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The Road to El Paso: Conference USA Game Night Open Thread

Here is your C-USA Game Night Open Thread.  The stakes have never been higher for UTEP fans as the dust will finally settle on the C-USA Regular season tonight in Birmingham.  UTEP's three point win at Moody Coliseum today guarantees that the Miners can finish no worse than tied for second in the C-USA.  Here's the deal:

1)  If ECU beats UAB:   UTEP Will Be Co-Champions in the C-USA.  The Miners cannot earn the #1 seed but can get a share of the title.  

2)  If USM beats Tulsa:  UTEP will be the #2 seed in the C-USA Tournament.

3)  If Tulsa Beats USM:  UTEP will be the #3 seed in the C-USA Tournament.  Note that if UAB loses and Tulsa wins, the Hurricane can also earn a share of the C-USA Championship along with UTEP and UAB.  In that scenario, Tulsa would be the #1 seed, UAB 2nd, and UTEP the #3 seed in El Paso since TU would have a 2-1 record against the others.  USM would be 1-1 and UTEP would be 1-2.  

Tulane and Memphis are in a barn burner as we speak.  Donnie Jones is heading back to Marshall tonight in what should be a hostile, near sell-out environment.  Southern Miss vs. Tulsa and ECU at UAB both tip off at 6:00 pm MST.

UPDATED SEEDING:  If in "bold" these seed spots are locked up.

1.  UAB Blazers

2.  Tulsa Golden Hurricane

3.  UTEP Miners

4.  Memphis Tigers

5.  Southern Miss. Golden Eagles

6.  Marshall Thundering Herd

7.  SMU Mustangs

8.  East Carolina Pirates

9.   Central Florida Knights

10.  Rice Owls

11.  Houston Cougars

12.  Tulane Green Wave