Searching for a Win -- Week 5

[MNSnowman]

Now that most conferences are starting competition within the conferences, cupcakes get to meet cupcakes. Since last week, eight teams got their first Division I win of the season:

• Pepperdine beat Coppin State on 12/29 in the "Battle of the No-Wins" and then Coppin State beat George Washington the next night
• Southern University beat Texas Southern on Saturday -- then Texas Southern won tonight against Alcorn State for their first win.
• Winthrop beat Liberty (59-57) at home on Saturday.
• Prairie View A&M also beat Alcorn State on Saturday.
• Loyola Marymount beat Cal State-Bakersfield but only after losing to Seattle in a 39-49 showing.
• Houston Baptist will invite Howard back any old time, beating them 69-59 on New Year's Eve in their third back-to-back game.

Here's the list of the seven remaining teams still searching for their first Division I win (listed in order of today's RPI per CollegeRPI.com).

• Mississippi Valley State 0-14 (295 RPI, was 264) - SWAC. Lost handily at UA-Pine Bluff (which is only 2-10 and just left the list a couple of weeks ago). Plays Alabama A&M and then Alabama State Friday and Sunday, so they've got a chance.
• Eastern Michigan 0-13 (308 from 297) - MAC Predictably lost to Illinois-Chicago last week. Plays Temple, Ball State and Central Michigan next week. • Alcorn State 0-11 (was 328, now 340) - SWAC. The team everyone wants to see if they're searching for a win!
• NCCU 0-16 (332 from 340) - Independent (No Conference)

• UNC Greensboro 0-10 (slipped further to 333, was 321) - Southern Lost to Akron and Princeton. Play Appalachian State and Western Carolina this week.

• NJIT 0-14 (336, was 340) - Independent (No Conference).

• Furman 0-9 (342 from 338) - Southern.



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Off the list as of 12/15

UMass
Alabama A&M
Wright State
Fairleigh Dickinson
South Carolina State
CS-Northridge
Fordham
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left list btw 12/15-22/08

Chattanooga
UA - Pine Bluff
Youngstown State
North Florida
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left list btw 12/22-29

SC Upstate
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