it's all about BELMONT and then Everyone Else in the A-Sun

After yet another set of games in the Atlantic Sun this past weekend, I think we can all agree on one thing, Belmont has separated themselves from the rest of the pack in the A-Sun. With yet another sweep against two top 5 teams in my opinion, in the A-Sun in Jacksonville University and North Florida, Belmont is clearly now the favorite for the remainder of this conference slate. We mentioned in our last post about Coach Rick Byrd achieving the 500 win plateau, and now since then he is still winning and doing it with a balanced attack. Coach Byrd plays 12 guys between 22-18 minutes per game for the most part and that balanced attack with tons of depth is impressive to say the least. Belmont won both games this past weekend by a combined 63 points against two teams who are currently in the Top 5 of the A-Sun standings and two teams with RPI's under 130 in Jacksonville and North Florida.
ETSU had a good weekend of games as well, as they swept the series with FGCU and Stetson after a bit of a rough start. I look for ETSU to start to get things rolling like they usually do, however they do make the road trip to Jacksonville this upcoming week, which is becoming much like a Nashville road trip for teams.
This upcoming week is the first installment of the Battle of the Boulevard between Lipscomb and Belmont. This will be another good test for Belmont, and it will be a good to see how Lipscomb responds after two interesting performances at Allen Arena this past weekend.

My A-Sun Player of the Week: Mike Smith --ETSU

My A-Sun Newcomer of the Week: Corey Walden- Stetson


Below are the Updated A- Sun Standings

1. Belmont 6-0 (14-3)

2. Jacksonville 4-1 (10-4)

3. ETSU 5-1 (10-7)

4. Lipscomb 4-2 (9-6)

5. Campbell 3-3 (9-6)

6. Stetson 3-3 (5-11)

7. UNF 2-3 (5-11)

8. Mercer 1-4 (4-12)

9. Kennesaw 1-4 (3-12)

10. USC Upstate 1-4 (2-13)

11. FGCU 0-4 (3-10)