(02-04-2018 10:48 AM)Surbadger Wrote:  

(02-04-2018 10:17 AM)Herd2believe Wrote:  UTSA in the last three has beaten UAB in Birmingham, and MU and WKU in SA. Very strong, obviously a better team than given credit for. I see some of the “bad” losses, are they just inconsistent due to youth?

Yeah, I must say that UTSA is a team on the rise. Probably too inexperienced to be at the top this year, but they seem to be much improved. That Freshman you guys start is crazy clutch. I can't remember his name.

They're clearly punching above their weight class at the moment, that's three wins in a row and with UTEP next on the schedule they have a very good chance at their first four game winning streak since 2011. If they then were to somehow topple the Monarchs, they might be a real threat down the stretch, but with a likely loss to ODU, even going 4-1 down their final five after that would put them at 8-2 heading into Frisco and probably a team none of the top seeds would want to see on their side of the bracket.

Conversely, as I was looking for their last four game winning streak, they had more than a few aberrant three game winning streaks over the years. Lose to UTEP on Saturday and then lose soundly to ODU, maybe they spiral down the stretch.