With Conference USA play hitting the two-thirds mark this weekend, a few trends have emerged, including:
• The league is top-heavy;
• From a Rating Percentage Index standpoint, the league is down;
• Even league leader Alabama-Birmingham may not have the resume for an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, if the Blazers fall in the league tourney in their home city;
• And those Blazers have one of the toughest remaining schedules.
All teams are playing their 12th league game this weekend. Marshall (12-12 overall, 8-3 C-USA) and Western Kentucky (12-12, 4-7) tip off at 8 p.