Annual thread that will be updated weekly with the conference standings.

1. New Orleans: 2-0 (7-6)
2. Nicholls State: 1-0 (8-6)
3. Southeastern La: 1-0 (8-6)
4. Stephen F. Austin: 1-0 (6-7)
5. McNeese State: 1-0 (4-8)
6. Central Arkansas: 1-0 (2-12)
7. Houston Baptist: 1-1 (5-7)
8. Lamar: 0-0 (8-5)
9. Texas A&M-CC: 0-1 (7-5)
10. Northwestern State: 0-1 (6-6)
11. Incarnate Word: 0-1 (5-7)
12. Sam Houston:0-2 (9-6)
13. Abilene Christian: 0-2 (6-7)

1/2 Update. First time ever the top of the league is all Louisiana schools?

1. Nicholls State: 2-0 (9-6)
2. Southeastern La: 2-0 (9-6)
3. New Orleans: 2-0 (7-6)
4. McNeese State: 2-0 (5-8)
5. Lamar: 1-0 (9-5)
6. Stephen F Austin: 1-1 (6-8)
7. Houston Baptist: 1-1 (5-7)
8. Central Arkansas: 1-1 (2-13)
9. Northwestern State: 0-1 (6-6)
10. Sam Houston:0-2 (9-6)
11. Texas A&M-CC: 0-2 (7-6)
12. Abilene Christian: 0-2 (6-7)
13. Incarnate Word: 0-1 (5-7)

1/6 Update

1. New Orleans: 3-0 (8-6)
2. Nicholls State: 2-0 (9-6)
3. Southeastern La: 2-1 (9-7)
4. Houston Baptist: 2-1 (6-7)
5. McNeese State: 2-1 (5-9
6. Central Arkansas: 2-1 (3-13)
7. Lamar: 1-1 (9-6)
8. Stephen F. Austin: 1-1 (6-8)
9. Sam Houston:1-2 (10-6)
10. Incarnate Word: 1-2 (6-8)
11. Texas A&M-CC: 0-2 (7-6)
12. Northwestern State: 0-2 (6-7)
13. Abilene Christian: 0-3 (6-8)

A couple days old but still relevant:

I don't think anyone is the real deal, including UNO. But I guess it also depends on your interpretation of "real deal." Through 3/4 games, nobody seems better than anyone.

1/7 Update:

1. New Orleans: 4-0 (9-6)
2. Houston Baptist: 3-1 (7-7)
3. Lamar: 2-1 (10-6)
4. Nicholls State: 2-1 (9-7)
5. Central Arkansas: 2-1 (3-13)
6. Sam Houston: 2-2 (11-6)
7. SE Louisiana: 2-2 (9-8)
8. McNeese State: 2-2 (5-10)
9. Texas A&M-CC: 1-2 (8-6)
10. Stephen F Austin: 1-2 (6-9)
11. Abilene Christian: 1-3 (7-8)
12. Incarnate Word: 1-3 (6-9)
13. Northwestern State: 0-3(6-8)

A couple big games tonight.

Sam (2-2) at New Orleans (4-0)
Central Arkansas (2-1 at HBU (3-1)

Wide open indeed. Still a ton of games so it won't get cleared up for a while, but plenty of time for us to keep moving up. I'm pegging Sam as my favorite to still finish on top. However, there's nobody that we can't beat.

1/13 Update:

1. New Orleans: 4-1 (9-7)
2. Lamar: 3-1 (11-6)
3. Central Arkansas: 3-1 (4-13)
4. Sam Houston: 3-2 (12-6)
5. SE Louisiana: 3-2 (10-8)
6. Houston Baptist: 3-2 (7-8)
7. Nicholls State: 2-2 (9-8)
8. Stephen F Austin: 2-2 (7-9)
9. McNeese State: 2-2 (5-10)
10. Texas A&M-CC: 1-3 (8-7)
11. Northwestern State: 1-3 (7-8)
12. Abilene Christian: 1-4 (7-9)
13. Incarnate Word: 1-4 (6-10)

Movin on up, all of our goals are still very much in front of us.

1/19 Standings:

1. New Orleans: 5-1 (10-7)
2. Sam Houston: 5-2 (14-6)
3. SE Louisiana: 4-2 (11-8)
4. Stephen F Austin: 4-2 (9-9)
5. Lamar: 3-3 (11-8)
6. Nicholls State: 3-3 (10-9
7. McNeese State: 3-3 (6-11)
8. Central Arkansas: 3-3 (4-15)
9. Houston Baptist: 3-4 (7-10)
10. Texas A&M-CC: 2-4 (9-8)
11. Incarnate Word: 2-4 (7-10)
12. Abilene Christian: 2-5 (8-10)
13. Northwestern State: 1-4 (7-9)

Saturdays Games (should want bold team to win):

SFA @ UIW
UNO @ UCA
HBU @ SELA
TAMUCC @ Sam
NWST @ McNeese

Well, whatever. Everyone at the top won except us and we slide a game back. The good news is everything is technically still in front of us since we haven't played any games against the top 4. The bad news is we still have to play road games.

1/21 Update:

1. New Orleans: 6-1 (11-7)
2. Sam Houston: 6-2 (15-6)
3. SE Louisiana: 5-2 (12-8)
4. Lamar: 4-3 (12-8)
5. Stephen F Austin: 4-3 (9-10)
6. Nicholls State: 3-4 (10-10)
7. Incarnate Word: 3-4 (8-10)
8. McNeese State: 3-4 (6-12)
9. Central Arkansas: 3-4 (4-16)
10. Houston Baptist: 3-5 (7-11)
11. Northwestern State: 2-4 (8-9)
12. Texas A&M-CC: 2-5 (9-9)
13. Abilene Christian: 2-5 (8-10)

Lamar and SLU fall tonight. 'Jacks are tied for third, 2 games back, with UNO next. Big game that could turn this around.

I'll soon start putting the teams in bold that are placed to miss the conference tournament:

1/27 Update:

1. New Orleans: 7-1 (12-7)
2. Sam Houston: 6-2 (15-6)
3. SE Louisiana: 5-3 (12-9)
4. Stephen F Austin: 5-3 (10-10)
5. Lamar: 4-4 (12-9)
6. Incarnate Word: 4-4 (9-10)
7. Houston Baptist: 4-5 (8-11)
8. Northwestern State: 3-4 (9-9)
9. Texas A&M-CC: 3-5 (10-9)
10. Nicholls State: 3-5 (10-11)
11. McNeese State: 3-5 (6-13)
12. Central Arkansas: 3-5 (4-17)
13. Abilene Christian: 2-6 (8-11)

nacluth said:

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Am I right that ACU and UIW are the only ineligibles leaving the bottom 3 besides them out?

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Correct. Last year of their transition. So if the season ended today it would be UCA, McNeese and Nicholls that are out.

The frustrating part is that all of our conference loses are to teams that won't/may not make the tourney.

Still not buying UNO, they have arguably the POY right now in Erik Thomas...but that's all that I'm impressed with. If they can drop one at ACU they can drop a few more. Our games at SLU and UNO should be our deciding factor on tournament seeding. We can't afford to lose any others.

2/3 Update (Bold = Double-Bye, Italic = Single Bye, Strike-through = OUT)

1. Sam Houston: 8-2 (17-6)
2. New Orleans: 7-3 (12-9)
3. SE Louisiana: 6-4 (13-10)
4. Stephen F Austin: 6-4 (11-11)
5. Lamar: 5-4 (13-9)
6. Texas A&M-CC: 5-5 (12-9)
7. Incarnate Word: 5-5 (10-11)
8. Nicholls State: 4-6 (11-12)
9. Houston Baptist: 4-6 (8-12)
10. McNeese State: 4-6 (7-14)
11. Central Arkansas: 4-6 (5-18)
12. Northwestern State: 3-6 (9-11)
13. Abilene Christian: 3-7 (9-12)

UCA at the buzzer drops SLU and Sam just fell to ACU!

Crazy weekend for the league, still very much in this. Sam and UNO can still drop a few games, and we still play each of them.

2/6 Update:

1. Sam Houston: 8-3 (17-7)
2. New Orleans: 8-3 (13-9)
3. Stephen F Austin: 7-4 (12-11)
4. Lamar: 6-4 (14-9)
5. Southeastern Louisiana: 6-5 (13-11)
6. Texas A&M-CC: 5-5 (12-9)
7. Incarnate Word: 5-6 (10-12)
8. Houston Baptist: 5-6 (9-12)
9. Central Arkansas: 5-6 (6-18)
10. Nicholls State: 4-7 (11-13)
11. Abilene Christian: 4-7 (10-12)
12. McNeese State: 4-7 (7-15)
13. Northwestern State: 3-7 (9-12)

They would be out if the SLC tournament started today. Field definitely not set though.

Yeah just weekly updates with current standings. If it's confusing like this I don't mind changing it. The way the season is going I wouldn't expect anyone to be locked into the 1-8 seeds until the last game.

Easier to just do it this way. Getting crowded at the top!

UNO survives an ugly game with SLU, after trailing most of the game. Still not impressed with them honestly, but will probably end up winning the league with an easy schedule.

2/13 update

2/17 Update:

Very happy with where we are right now. Again, everything is still in front of us. This 3-game road trip however scares me. Landing in the Top 2 would be an amazing accomplishment as well as crucial for the tournament.

This is it, if we can't win at UNO, with their remaining schedule it's probably over for the regular season.

Zeke Woodley is expected to return tonight.