TeamRankings has us finishing at 9-9 and 6th in the conference. I’m going to say we finish 3rd behind Liberty and LaTech with 12-6 solely based on our solid D and ability to score off TO’s.
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Conference prediction
- Thread starter LTMiner61
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Sounds about right. Maybe 11-7. And WKU may sneak in there somewhere.
Do conference standings really matter at the end? I rather win conference tournament than finish 1st in conference standings.
This was already discussed here: https://utep.forums.rivals.com/thre...s-for-mens-basketball-after-pre-season.12959/
I say we’re going to finish 12-6 too. Somewhere in the top 3. Maybe a 3 way tie for first.
It’s an accomplishment at least. Something tangible. Obviously in a 1 bid league, winning the tournament is tops.
UTEP has only won 2 league titles since 1992.
We get to hang a banner for it and celebrate being champions. In the old WAC it was good for an NCAA at-large bid, and until very recently it was at least good for an automatic NIT bid. It's a shame they took that away; the conference champions deserve some kind of reward.
Bynum seems to be prone to foul trouble and has fouled out in some games. Golding might be keeping him on the bench to have at the end of games. But, there have been times when he could have been in games at the end but wasn't. So, I dunno!
Barnes has been really good at 3s this year. Especially lately.
