HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - There were plenty of fans in blue and red at the Summit Arena for the Sun Belt Conference Tournament here on Saturday.

Nice of fans of Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky to show up.

Too bad, the same can't be said of FAU fans.

I won't say there weren't many there. I don't think there were any there. That's right. Zilch. Nada.

A women's basketball player's parents were there as was Mike Jarvis' wife, Connie.

Throw in a few members of the dance team and a few administrators (and of course, myself) and that was it, from what I saw. Some players on the FAU women's team (pictured) were among the few sitting behind the FAU bench during the loss to South Alabama.

Oh, I know it's hard to get here and it's far away and all the other excuses.

Save it.

FAU fans have nothing to explain to me. They had better things to do. I get it.

Instead, FAU fans should save the litany of excuses for the ADs and presidents of Conference USA and the Big East and all the other conferences some fans believe FAU will be invited to in the coming years.

Conferences look at things like how well does a team travel and when not one fan cared enough to follow their team to the conference tournament, I hardly see conferences falling over themselves to lock up the Owls.

At times this season, FAU had good crowd support and it looked like more fans were coming to games.

However, this is Division I athletics and it's time for FAU fans start thinking about getting serious about supporting their program. Having some representation at the annual conference tournament, which fans of the other Sun Belt schools found a way to do this weekend, would be a nice start.

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As I mentioned, FAUOwlAccess.com was in Hot Springs, Ark. for the tournament and here is my report along with a photo gallery of the action. As everyone knows it was a short stay by the both the men's and women's teams.

Back in Boca Raton, Chuck King was at the baseball game where at least he was around happy Owl fans after the baseball team pounded Boston College 15-6. He also had a video highlights package of the big game by Nick DelGuidice, who set a school record with 9 RBI.

The Mobile Press Register was in Hot Springs as well and had this recap of the game

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March 07, 2010

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