UTEP men's basketball coach Tim Floyd addressed the media following the teams exhibition win. Felix Chavez/El Paso Times
One thing is for certain in Conference USA men's basketball: Middle Tennessee is once again good, once again the team to catch and it has set a high standard for the rest of the league to try and reach.
The Blue Raiders won an NCAA Tournament game in 2016 and 2017, and they did it with strong defense, timely offense and just a plain, good old fashioned team effort.
Head coach Kermit Davis has built a strong, well-established program and it doesn't appear the program is showing signs of slowing down.