{"id":154,"date":"2016-01-02T00:19:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-02T06:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/?p=154"},"modified":"2016-01-02T00:26:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-02T06:26:54","slug":"mbb-conference-usa-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/2016\/01\/02\/mbb-conference-usa-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"MBB Conference USA Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 188<\/p><p>Here are the Rankings for Conference USA as of 01\/01\/2016 as available on the ESPN website. \u00a0I am also adding the RPI Ranking as this can be a factor for whether a team may appear in post season play if they do not win the conference tournament.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mens-college-basketball\/statistics\/team\/_\/stat\/scoring-per-game\"><b>Points Per Game<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louisiana Tech (13) &#8211; #47<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Western Kentucky (13) &#8211; #88<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>North Texas (13) &#8211; #95<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UAB (13) &#8211; #112T<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marshall (13) &#8211; #112T<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UTEP (13) &#8211; #123<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rice (13) &#8211; #159<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charlotte (12) &#8211; #215<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UTSA (13) &#8211; #231<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle Tennessee State (12) &#8211; #240<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIU (13) &#8211; #241<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Old Dominion (11) &#8211; #307<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FAU (13) &#8211; #339<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Southern Miss (11) &#8211; #346<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mens-college-basketball\/statistics\/team\/_\/stat\/assists\"><b>Assists<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UAB &#8211; #8<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UTEP &#8211; #60<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marshall &#8211; #97<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Western Kentucky #107<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louisiana Tech &#8211; #126<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIU &#8211; #192<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rice &#8211; #201T<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Old Dominion &#8211; #201T<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle Tennessee &#8211; #228<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charlotte &#8211; #241<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>North Texas &#8211; #260<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FAU &#8211; #294<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Southern Miss &#8211; #305<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UTSA &#8211; #325<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mens-college-basketball\/statistics\/team\/_\/stat\/field-goals\/sort\/fieldGoalPct\/count\/\"><b>Field Goal Percent<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>North Texas &#8211; #31T<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UAB &#8211; #31T<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Western Kentucky &#8211; #53<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIU &#8211; #80<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louisiana Tech &#8211; #122<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UTEP &#8211; #152<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle Tennessee State &#8211; #176<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rice &#8211; #201<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Old Dominion &#8211; #214<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UTSA &#8211; #244<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marshall &#8211; #248<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charlotte &#8211; #315<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Florida Atlantic #331<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Southern Miss &#8211; #348<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mens-college-basketball\/statistics\/team\/_\/stat\/free-throws\"><b>Free Throw Percent<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FAU &#8211; #25<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Southern Miss &#8211; #65<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rice &#8211; #107T<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UAB &#8211; #107T<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Western Kentucky &#8211; #163<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Old Dominion &#8211; #168<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UTSA &#8211; #201<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marshall &#8211; #217<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louisiana Tech &#8211; #254<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charlotte &#8211; #270<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UTEP &#8211; #287<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle Tennessee State &#8211; #291<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>North Texas &#8211; #338<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIU &#8211; #344<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mens-college-basketball\/statistics\/team\/_\/stat\/3-points\/count\"><b>3-Point Field Goal Percent<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Western Kentucky &#8211; #51<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIU &#8211; #81<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle Tennessee State &#8211; #100<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UAB &#8211; #126<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UTEP &#8211; #191<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>North Texas &#8211; #202T<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charlotte &#8211; #202T<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Southern Miss &#8211; #250<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rice &#8211; #287<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UTSA &#8211; #294<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louisiana Tech \u2013 305<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Old Dominion &#8211; #334<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FAU &#8211; #340<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marshall &#8211; #341<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mens-college-basketball\/statistics\/team\/_\/stat\/rebounds\"><b>Rebounds<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louisiana Tech &#8211; #56<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Western Kentucky &#8211; #73<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FUI &#8211; #75<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UAB &#8211; #97<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle Tennessee State &#8211; #121<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UTEP &#8211; #131<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charlotte &#8211; #135<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Old Dominion &#8211; #180<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>North Texas &#8211; #201T<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marshall &#8211; #201T<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UTSA &#8211; #278<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rice &#8211; #297<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Southern Miss &#8211; #300<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FAU &#8211; #324<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mens-college-basketball\/statistics\/team\/_\/stat\/blocks\/count\"><b>Blocks<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UAB &#8211; #4<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIU &#8211; #28<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Western Kentucky &#8211; #32<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louisiana Tech &#8211; #50<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Old Dominion &#8211; #73<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle Tennessee State &#8211; #132<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>North Texas &#8211; #156<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rice &#8211; #170<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charlotte &#8211; #192<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FAU &#8211; #196T<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UTEP &#8211; #196T<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marshall &#8211; #214<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UTSA &#8211; #230<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Southern Miss &#8211; #349<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mens-college-basketball\/statistics\/team\/_\/stat\/steals\/count\"><b>Steals<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louisiana Tech &#8211; #18<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marshall &#8211; #41<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>North Texas &#8211; #113<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rice &#8211; #126<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UAB &#8211; #149<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UTSA &#8211; 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