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With nonconference play drawing near a close, we take a look at the contenders and pretenders in Conference USA.

NEW YORK -- If you put Memphis in a corner and asked the Tigers where they want their program to be, the answer would be the Big East. If you directed that question toward UTEP and Houston, it would probably be the Mountain West. Football dec...

Despite its heavy losses, Memphis will once again be the heavy favorite in Conference USA. But UAB, with talented guards like Robert Vaden and Paul Delaney III, will rely on its perimeter players to try to knock off the Tigers.

While many predicted the demise of Conference USA when Louisville and Cincinnati left the league, Memphis has staved off elimination by becoming one of the best teams in the country. Can the rest of the league follow?