Charlotte has a +19 scoring differential, putting up 74.4 points per game (233rd in college basketball) and allowing 73.5 (181st in college basketball). The 49ers average only 0.3 more points than the Owls give up (74.1). Charlotte connects on 8.5 three-pointers per game (127th in college basketball), while its opponents have made 7.8 on average. At home, the 49ers are putting up 4.3 more points per game (76.7) than they are away from home (72.4).
The third week of playoff rankings have been released and the wildest thing is North Texas is sitting -115 both ways to make or miss the playoff ... while not even being ranked. Tulane is the only AAC team the committee is willing to acknowledge, and Navy isn't in the Top 25 either. Yet the books hung a number that basically says: this is the team the market expects to rise.