The Conference USA previews are in the books. We have four G5 leagues to go, and while there’s room for contention among the proper order of the top three (I preview these leagues by general vibes/quality), it’s pretty hard to argue that the C-USA and MAC should be the first two on the board.

This league had, relatively speaking, a good year in 2023. It didn’t send a team to the NY6, as the C-USA did, but it produced three groups with at least 10 wins for the first time since 2013 and some l…