If the tournament started today, UALR would be the No. 2 seed as the West Division champion. Going into Thursday's games, UALR and Arkansas State were tied atop the West Division with ASU winning the tiebreaker. But after UALR won at Louisiana-Monroe and ASU lost at Middle Tennessee, UALR is on top of the West by one game.
Arkansas State dropped into a three-way tie for fourth with Florida International and Western Kentucky. FIU is 3-0 in that triad, Arkansas State is 1-2 and Western Kentucky is 0-3.
Arkansas State dropped into a three-way tie for fourth with Florida International and Western Kentucky. FIU is 3-0 in that triad, Arkansas State is 1-2 and Western Kentucky is 0-3.
Saturday's games are:
- Troy at Middle Tennessee, 5 p.m.
- Florida International at North Texas, 7 p.m.
- Arkansas State at Western Kentucky, 7 p.m.
- Florida Atlantic at South Alabama, 7 p.m.