http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa Conference USA Sports blog covering C-USA football, basketball & baseball provided by the staff at CUSA-fans.com, C-USA's leading sports fan site. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:46:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been a long, tough road for SMU fans. For years they have suffered after their "death penalty," but fans of Southern Methodist University once again have hope. 2006 gave fans reasons to believe as the Mustangs finished the year 6-6 and 4-4 in C-USA play. But 2007 was a ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2008/06/30/optimism-abound-for-smu-football-in-2008/ CUSA Fans and College Sports Fans have partnered to provide fans with 2008 college football previews for the 12 Conference USA football schools, and 10 of the 12 C-USA team previews have been completed and are live @ CUSA-fans.com. We told you about 6 of the C-USA team previews earlier ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2008/05/28/more-c-usa-2008-football-previews/ With the help of the DFN Sports writing staff, CUSA Fans is pleased to announce the release of their 2008 Conference USA football previews. As CUSA-fans.com now enters their 4th year of coverage of Conference USA football, they work to provide fans with top-notch C-USA sports information, season and game ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2008/05/11/cusa-fans-begins-release-of-2008-conference-usa-football-previews/ Poor free throw shooting finally plagued the Memphis Tigers, creeping up at the most inopportune of times. The Tigers missed much-needed free throws as Kansas went on a 12-3 run to force overtime, then the Jayhawks scored the first 6 points of the extra frame en route to a 75-68 ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2008/04/07/tigers-fall-to-kansas-in-ot-in-national-championship-game/ The final minutes of the National Championship game could not have gone much worse for the Memphis Tigers. All year long we have heard about Memphis' free throw shooting problems, and the difference in a National Championship and overtime came down to free throws. After hitting his first 4 FT ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2008/04/07/overtime-in-san-antonio/ Foul trouble for Memphis and hot-shooting for Kansas has been the story of the first half of tonight's National Championship game as the Kansas Jayhakws lead the Memphis Tigers 33-28 at the half. Chris Douglas-Roberts leads the Tigers with 13 points, but the story is Memphis' foul trouble. Joey Dorsey, ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2008/04/07/tigers-trail-jayhawks-by-5-at-the-half/ Forwards Shawn Taggart and Robert Dozier are both in early foul trouble as the Memphis Tigers and Kansas Jayhawks are squaring off in the National Championship game on CBS. We're at the 11:33 mark left in the first half and neither team has connected on a 3-point field goal as ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2008/04/07/taggert-dozier-pickup-early-fouls-memphis-kansas-tied-at-13/ From the beginning of the season experts and fans alike have said Memphis was one of the best teams in the nation. With their win today over UCLA in the first of two Final Four match-ups, the Memphis Tigers have proven they are one of the top two teams in ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2008/04/05/memphis-runs-past-ucla-advances-to-national-championship-game/ After being ranked in the top 3 all season and being the undefeated, #1 team in the nation for several weeks, the Memphis Tigers have finally lived up to expectations. The Memphis Tigers defeated the Texas Longhorns, in Houston, by a score of 85-67 on Sunday to advance to the ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2008/03/30/memphis-advances-to-final-four/ With the Final Four on the line the Memphis Tigers came to play in the first half of their Regional Final against #2 Texas, leading the Longhorns 39-28 at the half. After two consecutive losses at this same point in the past two years, John Calipari has his team poised ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2008/03/30/memphis-lead-texas-by-11-at-half/