UAB and coach Jerod Haase won the Conference USA regular season title but are just a No. 7 seed in the NIT after falling in the C-USA tournament last week.
HAS Conference USA basketball really sunk this far?
‘Fraid so.
On Sunday, as the two major postseason brackets were unveiled, the 21-year-old league took a roundhouse slap in the face. The NCAA tournament and its early-week sideshow, the National Invitation Tournament, come with seedings that give a snapshot of where teams/conferences stand.
Particularly the mid-majors. And C-USA doesn’t look so good.
Middle Tennessee, second place in the C-USA regular season, won the league tournament last week, but was slotted 15th in the Midwest, tangling with Michigan State in St.