Glad We're Out of the AAC

Here’s how much more fun the basketball season has been compared to life in the AAC, as spelled out in the current KenPom rankings for the flotsam and jetsam of that once-decent league:

• FAU – 28
• SMU – 43 [Paying for ACC recruiting might have helped; then again, they’re gone in July]
• Memphis – 63 [Could’ve used Williams’ 20^th year of eligibility]
• UNT – 68
• Charlotte – 105
• Tulane – 116 [Still have Forbes & Cross, but stagnant]
• USF – 128 [Banner year]
• UAB – 137
• WSU – 151 [Oh, for the halcyon days of Gregg Williams roughing up players and coaches]
• Tulsa – 174 [Haith gone; no change]
• ECU – 177 [Same ol’, same ol’]
• Rice – 228
• Temple – 245 [Slow, unathletic and unskilled; Chaney scowling in his coffin (more than usual)]
• UTSA – 280