TheBand Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 The closest conference race in college basketball has ended in a five-way tie for first place. Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, Memphis and UAB have all finished with identical league records of 12-4. Based on tie-breaker procedures, DePaul will be the top seed at the 2004 Kelly Tires Conference USA Men’s Basketball Tournament in Cincinnati. The four day, 12-team event will be held Wednesday-Saturday, March 10-13 at U.S. Bank Arena in downtown Cincinnati. Twice Conference USA has had two schools share the regular season championship, but never has more than two schools earn a piece of the crown. For Cincinnati, it has now won at least a share of eight of the conference’s first nine regular season titles. Memphis gains a piece of its second title, as the Tigers split the league’s first regular season championship with UC back in 1996. Charlotte, DePaul and UAB all won titles in other leagues during the 1990’s. Charlotte captured the final regular season title of the Metro Conference in 1995, DePaul shared the inaugural Great Midwest Conference championship with Cincinnati in 1992 and UAB won the 1990 Sun Belt Conference title. http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/mbball...RELEASE_ID=6387 Wednesday, March 10 (First Round) (5) Charlotte vs. (12) Tulane (ESPN 2) 1:00p (8) Marquette vs. (9) TCU (ESPN 2) 3:30p (6) Louisville vs. (11) East Carolina (ESPN Plus) 7:00p (7) Saint Louis vs. (10) Southern Miss (ESPN Plus) 9:30p Thursday, March 11 (Quarterfinals) CHA/TUL vs. (4) UAB (ESPN Plus) 1:00p MAR/TCU vs. (1) DePaul (ESPN Plus) 3:30p LOU/ECU vs. (3) Cincinnati (ESPN Plus) 7:00p SLU/USM vs. (2) Memphis (ESPN Plus) 9:30p Friday, March 12 (Semifinals) Semifinal No. 1 (ESPN) 4:30p Semifinal No. 2 (ESPN Plus) 7:00p Saturday, March 13 Championship Game (CBS) 11:41p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLURadioBoy Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 If we advance past the first round, I'd rather play Memphis than Cincinnati, especially since the tourney is at "the Shoe". Besides, we kept it close with the Tigers in Memphis (until a run by them in the second half) and even led at the half. Of course we gotta get by Southern Miss first. "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBand Posted March 7, 2004 Author Share Posted March 7, 2004 With the 5 way tie, C-USA had to go to tiebreakers for the final seedings. The folks in Cincy expected a 2 seed with Memphis falling to a 3... (from the Cincy Enquirer) " UC, 10-1 against the Tigers at Fifth Third, also need a win to receive a first-round bye in next week's conference tournament. They will claim the No. 2 seed if there's a five-way tie for first. " Folks on the Cincy board are quite confused and a little miffed over the situation. As a side note from SLU athletics: Charter Communications will carry the first round game on its CCIN channel. Should the Billikens advance, the quarterfinal game also will air on CCIN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 >If we advance past the first round, I'd rather play Memphis >than Cincinnati, especially since the tourney is at "the >Shoe". Besides, we kept it close with the Tigers in Memphis >(until a run by them in the second half) and even led at the >half. Of course we gotta get by Southern Miss first. The Tourney is not at First Third Arena (f/n/a Shoemaker Center), Cincinnati's home court. It's at U.S. Bank Arena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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