BURN THE HORSE
UALR’s start to the 2012-2013 season has been for the most
part solid. The Trojans have beat the teams they were supposed to beat – mostly
in spectacular fashion – and lost to the teams they were supposed to lose to –
in equally spectacular fashion. The only real exceptions were that UALR was not
supposed to beat Wisconsin-Milwaukee or SMU and the only questionable loss came
to South Carolina.
If UALR is going to contend in the Sun Belt’s West division,
the Trojans is going to have to find ways to win on the road, something they’ve
yet to do this season.
Based on the numbers of today, Omni Rankings believes UALR
will finish the season 16-15 overall and 10-10 in Sun Belt Conference play.
They believe UALR continues its home-road play with two exceptions. Omni
Rankings has a loss at home to Middle Tennessee and a win on the road at
Louisiana-Monroe.
Real Time RPI sees it a little differently. They have UALR
set to finish 18-13 overall and 11-9 in Sun Belt Conference play. The two
differences are next Monday’s game vs. Louisiana Tech and a Feb. 21 game at
Florida International that RTRPI thinks UALR will win.
USA Today’s Jeff Sagarin is in the same ballpark. He has
UALR to finish 16-15 overall and 10-10 in the Sun Belt Conference. He has WKU
to sweep UALR but has the Trojans winning at Troy.
