Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
8-4 - 1st in CUSA2025 Schedule
Courtney Blakely finishes through contact
— Ayoka Lee scored 16 and blocked four shots and No. 13 Kansas State dominated the second half in a 74-48 victory over Middle Tennessee on Saturday night in the second-annual Bill Snyder Classic.
— Audi Crooks scored 21 points and No. 15 Iowa State rebounded from a 40-point loss to South Carolina with a 75-59 win over Middle Tennessee in the Fort Meyers Women's Tip-Off on Saturday.
Tournaments from Las Vegas to the Bahamas played around the Thanksgiving holiday offer a feast of top nonconference games.
Realignment and the quad system will change how the March Madness bracket is built, but big nonconference wins still carry weight.
Hidalgo or Latson in the ACC? Watkins or Betts in the Big Ten? Booker vs. Morrow in the SEC? We project all 31 Division I conference POY races.
— LSU coach Kim Mulkey pledged that she wouldn't let an impending Washington Post “hit piece” about her derail the defending national champion Tigers during the women's NCAA Tournament.
Angel Reese makes a nice pass down low for the easy LSU layup.
Two epic rallies and a lot of chalk cut the field in half. Who disappointed? Who impressed? Where does every team rank heading into the second round?
CUSA Standings
TEAM | W | L | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberty | 81.4 | - | 1 | 12 |
Louisiana Tech | 80.5 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
UTEP | 74.1 | 2.5 | 3 | 9 |
Western Kentuc.. | 82.0 | 2.5 | 3 | 9 |
Middle Tenness.. | 79.5 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
Jacksonville S.. | 79.1 | 4.5 | 5 | 7 |
Kennesaw State | 78.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 7 |
New Mexico Sta.. | 73.7 | 5.5 | 6 | 6 |
Sam Houston | 78.7 | 5.5 | 6 | 6 |
Florida Intern.. | 73.8 | 6.5 | 7 | 5 |