TOUGH LUCK
Of Conference USA's 34 non-conference losses, a total of 21 have been come by one goal, including four in overtime. Eight of the nine C-USA teams have suffered at least one loss by one goal (with Marquette being the only school that has not).
REGIONAL RANKINGS
Five Conference USA schools are regionally ranked in the latest (Oct. 30) NSCAA regional polls. Here's a look at the polls in C-USA's regions:
Great Lakes Region
4. Louisville
5. Marquette
Midwest Region
2. (tie) Saint Louis
5. Memphis
South Region
2. UAB
OUT OF LEAGUE
Here's a summary of the non-conference records of Conference USA teams in 2000:
Charlotte 3-5-1
Cincinnati 3-6-0
DePaul 1-8-0
Louisville 8-4-0
Marquette 8-1-2
Memphis 6-2-0
Saint Louis 5-2-1
South Florida 7-4-0
UAB 8-2-0
Total 49-34-4 (.586)
CONFERENCE SUMMARY
Here's a summary of C-USA's record vs. other conferences in non-conference play in 2000:
Conf. Record Conf. Record
ACC 2-5-0 Mid-American 1-2-0
America East 0-0-0 Mid-Continent 3-3-0
Atlantic Soccer 0-1-1 Mo. Valley 5-5-1
Atlantic 10 2-1-0 Mtn.Pac S Fed 3-2-1
Big East 2-0-0 Northeast 0-0-0
Big South 3-2-0 Pac-10 2-0-0
Big Ten 2-3-1 Patriot 0-0-0
Colonial 0-3-0 Southern 1-2-0
Ivy 1-0-0 TAAC 12-3-0
Metro Atlantic 0-0-0 WCC 0-0-0
MCC 1-2-0 Independents 6-0-0
TOTAL 49-34-4 (.586)
10 + WIN CLUB
For the fifth straight season Conference USA has at least five teams that have won 10 or more matches. Saint Louis, UAB, Memphis, Louisville and South Florida have all won at least 10 times, while Marquette needs just one more win to become the sixth. Six teams reached the 10-win plateau during the 1998 and 1997 seasons.
CLOSE CALLS
Here's a look at each C-USA's team's record in one-goal matches this season:
Team No. Record
Charlotte 8 4-4-0
Cincinnati 9 3-6-0
DePaul 4 0-4-0
Louisville 6 1-5-0
Marquette 9 5-4-0
Memphis 7 4-3-0
Saint Louis 7 5-2-0
South Florida 7 3-4-0
UAB 6 4-2-0
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Conference USA names a men's soccer Offensive and Defensive
Player of the Week each Monday, as selected by the conference office. Here's a look at this season's winners:
OFFENSE
S5 Marshall Morehead, F Marquette
S11 Sean Fraser, F Memphis
S18 Lars Thorstensen, F Memphis
S25 Marshall Morehead, F Marquette
O2 Brad Davis, F Saint Louis
Greg Krauss, F/MF South Florida
O9 Lane Knight, F UAB
O16 Anders Cedergren, D Cincinnati
O23 Juan Munoz-Airey, MF Charlotte
O30 Greg Krauss, F South Florida
DEFENSE
S5 David Clemente, GK UAB
S11 Jeremy Morales, GK Louisville
S18 Jeremy Morales, GK Louisville
S25 Lucas Mackanos, GK Charlotte
O2 John Politis, GK Saint Louis
O9 Jason Cole, D Saint Louis
O16 David Clemente, GK UAB
O23 Sacha Nathu, GK Cincinnati
O30 John Politis, GK Saint Louis
SA TEAM OF WEEK
A total of 41 Conference USA players have been named to Soccer America's Team of the Week in the league's first five years, including nine during the 1999 season. Here's a look at this season's winners:
S25 Marshall Morehead, F Marquette
O9 Lane Knight, F UAB
TOUGH SCHEDULING
Conference USA teams have faced 12 of the 18 non-C-USA teams ranked in the top 20 of this week's (Oct. 30) NSCAA poll, with Charlotte playing a 13th (No. 14 Clemson on Sunday).
Five different C-USA teams have posted victories against schools ranked in the current top 20. UAB defeated No. 2 North Caroliina, Saint Louis beat No. 7 St. John's, Marquette downed No. 11 Creighton, Charlotte beat No. 19 South Carolina and Cincinnati defeated No. 20 Ohio State.
AGAINST RANKED TEAMS
Conference USA has posted an 8-8-1 record against nationally-ranked, non-conference teams in 2000. Here's a look at the results:
S1 (3) Virginia 3, South Florida 2
S2 (25) Va. Commonwealth 4, Cincinnati 3
S3 (16) Maryland 3, South Florida 0
S3 (8) UAB 2, (24) North Carolina 1
S4 Charlotte 2, (22) South Carolina 1
S15 Louisville 1, (19) Akron 0
S17 Saint Louis 3, (21) Cornell 1
S17 (6) Furman 4, South Florida 2
S21 (12) Indiana 2, Louisville 0
S23 Saint Louis 1, (9) SW Missouri St. 1 (ot)
S24 Marquette 3, (3) Creighton 1
O8 Saint Louis 1, (3) St. John's 0 (ot)
O8 UAB 2, (6) Furman 1 (ot)
018 (1)North Carolina 3, Charlotte 0
O27 (13) Penn State 1, Cincinnati 0
O27 (9) Duke 5, Charlotte 4
O29 Cincinnati 3, (23) Ohio State 1
WORKING OVERTIME
Here's a look at the records of C-USA schools in overtime matches this season:
Charlotte 1-2-0
Cincinnati 0-2-2
DePaul 0-1-0
Louisville 0-1-0
Marquette 2-1-2
Memphis 0-3-0
Saint Louis 3-0-2
South Florida 3-0-0
UAB 4-1-2
C-USA SUCCESS
Here's a look at each school's records since the league began play in 1995:
Charlotte 60-36-7
Cincinnati 43-53-13
DePaul 31-66-2
Louisville 38-56-6
Marquette 53-42-10
Memphis 51-45-4
Saint Louis 75-31-12
South Florida 70-44-3
UAB 75-32-5
NCAA LEADERS
Here's a look at C-USA's national statistical leaders (through matches of October 29):
POINTS PER GAME
17t- Sean Fraser, MEM 2.13
GOALS PER GAME
16t- Greg Krauss, USF 0.88
ASSISTS PER GAME
12t- Jeff Thwaites, USF 0.64
GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE
1- John Politis, SLU 0.23
15- Jeremy Morales, LOU 0.78
7- SAINT LOUIS 0.68
SCORING OFFENSE
6t- MEMPHIS 3.06
SHUTOUT PERCENTAGE
5t- LOUISVILLE .556
17t- SAINT LOUIS .467
WINNING STREAK
6- UAB 8
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
MOST POINTS, SINGLE-GAME
4t- Martin Rey, UAB (8) vs. DePaul 9-24
MOST ASSISTS, SINGLE-GAME
2t- Martin Rey, UAB (4) vs. DePaul 9-24
MOST GOALIE SAVES, SINGLE-GAME
3t- Jash Chavero, DPU (17) vs. E. Illinois 9-3
MOST GOALS, SINGLE-GAME
4t- Saint Louis (9), Vanderbilt (0) 9-1
C-USA TOURNAMENT
The 2000 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament will take place Thursday, November 9-Sunday, November 12. Once again this season, the highest seed will play host to the championship. The winner of the tournament receive's the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Championship. UAB hosted last season's tournament and defeated Saint Louis, 4-0, in the championship match.
Be sure and go to c-usasports.com for live statistics, play-by-play and photos from each match via Totalcast, in cooperation with Total Sports.
SCENARIOS TO HOST
C-USA TOURNAMENT
(Thu. Nov. 9-Sun., Nov. 12 at Highest Seed).
1. If Saint Louis wins at South Florida (11/3), Saint Louis hosts
SLU 6-1-1 (19 points - three for each win, one for each tie)
Outcome of UAB-Louisville match (11/5) would not matter
2. If Saint Louis ties at South Florida (11/3) and UAB wins at Louisville (11/5),
Saint Louis hosts
SLU 5-1-2 (17 points - three for each win, one for each tie)
UAB 5-1-2 (17 points - three for each win, one for each tie)
CHA 5-2-1 (16 points - three for each win, one for each tie)
Saint Louis won head-to-head matchup with UAB.
3. If Saint Louis ties at South Florida (11/3) and UAB ties or loses at Louisville (11/5), SLU hosts
SLU 5-1-2 (17 points - three for each win, one for each tie)
Saint Louis would have most overall points. Charlotte (5-2-1) would have 16, UAB would have either 15 points (4-1-3) or 14 (4-2-2) points.
4. If Saint Louis loses at South Florida (11/3) and UAB defeats Louisville (11/5), UAB hosts
UAB 5-1-2 (17 points - three for each win, one for each tie)
SLU 5-2-1 (16 points - three for each win, one for each tie)
CHA 5-2-1 (16 points - three for each win, one for each tie)
5. If Saint Louis loses at South Florida (11/3) and UAB ties at Louisville (11/5), Charlotte hosts
CHA 5-2-1 (16 points - three for each win, one for each tie)
SLU 5-2-1 (16 points - three for each win, one for each tie)
UAB 4-1-3 (15 points - three for each win, one for each tie)
Charlotte won head-to-head matchup with Saint Louis
6. If Saint Louis loses at South Florida (11/3) and UAB loses at Louisville (11/5), Charlotte hosts
CHA 5-2-1 (16 points - three for each win, one for each tie)
SLU 5-2-1 (16 points - three for each win, one for each tie)
UAB 4-2-2 (14 points - three for each win, one for each tie)
Charlotte won head-to-head matchup with Saint Louis
