A win here would clinch the Blazers their 17th trip to the NCAA Tournament in program history. It is also excellent on the offensive glass with an offensive rebound rate of 36.4%. Led by Jordan “Jelly” Walker, the Blazers have ripped off eight straight victories heading into the title game, including victories over Rice and North Texas in the league tournament.Īccording to KenPom metrics, UAB has one of the quickest offenses in the nation as its ranked 35th in tempo. UAB finds itself in the Conference USA Tournament championship game for a second straight year and is looking to claim back-to-back titles before departing for the American next season. The game will air on CBS Sports Network, and the winner will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. 1 Florida Atlantic Owls on Saturday, March 11 at 8:30 p.m. 1 or Dec.The championship game for the 2023 Conference USA Tournament will feature the No. New Mexico State's 2023 football scheduleĭec. "We are working with those schools on what the future looks like," Moccia said. Moccia said it's still unclear when or if games those games, or others in the future will be played in another year or cancelled. Schedules games against Northwestern, Louisiana and San Diego State were not part of the Aggies non-conference schedule as the school needed to make room for an eight-game C-USA schedule. "That is a big evolution in our scheduling is that we will now be playing more people like us in the Group of 5," Moccia said. 18 at Auburn for a $1.85 million guarantee. The Aggies played three guarantee games last season, but their lone money game in 2023 is Nov. 24 to complete the midweek portion of the schedule. 13, travel to Louisiana Tech on Tuesday, Oct.
5, new league member Sam Houston State travels to N>M. 9 at Liberty, where the Aggies beat an eight-win Liberty team 49-14 last season when both schools were independents.įIU travels to NMSU on Thursday, Oct. 16 and play at UTEP on Wednesday, October 18 in a midweek contest.Īfter a Week Zero home game against Massachusetts on August 26, and FCS team Western Illinois on Sept. We knew these things could occur, but I would remind people that when Kennesaw State comes in the league next year, these things could get shuffled around again." "One of the reason we wanted that is it guarantees one rivalry game at home from a budgetary standpoint. "That was one of a few things that we asked Conference USA if it could be accommodated, but obviously it didn't go our way," Moccia said. Unfortunately for Aggies fans, both rivalry games against New Mexico and UTEP will be played on the road this season as the Aggies beat the Lobos at home last year and the Aggies conference schedule, of which UTEP is now a conference opponent, is determined by the league. State, they beat three of their 2023 non-conference opponents during a 6-6 regular season last year but they lost to C-USA teams UTEP and Florida International. They will be televised, but I hope for great crowds."įortunately for N.M. I'm interested to see how the campus and Las Cruces reacts to the midweek games. We start with two home games and with the excitement of how we finished, we have a chance to start out of the game strong. I certainly think it's possible, but we have to stay healthy. "I think you can count the number of times we have won seven games on one hand. "I'm really excited about next year," New Mexico State Athletics Director Mario Moccia said. 23), the school had the option to play 13 games, but in order for Jerry Kill's team to reach bowl games in back-to-back seasons, the Aggies will need to finish the season 7-6 or better. Since the Aggies play at Hawaii this season (Sept. New Mexico State joins C-USA next year along with Liberty, Jacksonville State and Sam Houston State. Kennesaw State joins in 2024 to combine with C-USA holdovers Florida International, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee State, Western Kentucky and UTEP to form the 10-team league in 2024. State released its complete schedule, which features 13 games - six home games, eight league games and four midweek games in October as part of C-USA's multimedia rights deal. LAS CRUCES - After five years of playing as an independent football program, New Mexico State will enter Conference USA for the 2023 season.Ĭ-USA released its football schedule on Tuesday and N.M.
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