Memphis (31-3) captured its fourth consecutive C-USA title, extending the nation's longest winning streak to 25 games and winning their 61st straight league game. The Tigers, who finished unbeaten in league play for the third straight season, could slip into a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
Tulsa (24-10) and UAB (22-11) have nice records, but their power numbers are lacking and they've taken some bad losses. UAB can forget a bid after falling to Tulsa in the C-USA semis. Tulsa probably needed to beat Memphis for the automatic bid, because an at-large invite seems unlikely. The Golden Hurricane have an RPI in the 60s, an SOS in the triple digits, they were 0-6 vs. the RPI top 25 and they have three losses to teams outside the RPI top 100. Plus they lost three times -- including two blowouts -- against Memphis, the only team team of significance in their conference.
