BTH Need to Read: UALR men beat Middle Tennessee and a look around the Sun Belt

BURN THE HORSE
Read about UALR's victory over Middle Tennessee in The Daily News Journal from Murfreesboro:
http://www.dnj.com/article/20110220/BLUERAIDERS02/102200325/1012/SPORTS04/UALR++holds+off++Raiders++62-58++
Around the Sun
From the "It could be worse" category, North Texas lost at home last night to Louisiana-Monroe. Here's the Denton Record Chronicle's story:
http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/sports/stories/DRC_untmen_0220.16f9fbd24.html

Louisiana-Lafayette started conference play 0-5, but has now won nine consecutive games. Read about the ninth victory over Western Kentucky in The Daily Advertiser:
http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20110220/SPORTS/102200347/1006/9-and-doing-fine

Arkansas State kept pace with a road victory at Troy. Here's the Jonesboro Sun:
http://www.jonesborosun.com/story.php?ID=46221

Florida Atlantic wrapped up the East Division championship when UALR defeated Middle Tennessee on Saturday afternoon. Then the Owls needed overtime to sneak past Florida International. Here's the story from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/fau-owls/fl-fau-fiu-basketball-0220-20110218,0,7187018.story

And don't forget that South Alabama is at Denver today. UALR really, really, really could use a victory by South Alabama in this game for tiebreaker purposes. However, don't expect it to happen.