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  Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Tournament News and Highlighted Matchups (2/23)
By Drew Barnette

NEWS href=/profile//> ABOUT href=/profile//> THE href=/profile//> RPI:

-Bob href=/profile//> Bowlsby, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> chairman href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> selection href=/profile//> committee, href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> nice href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> me. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> selection href=/profile//> committee href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> new href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> old href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> selections. href=/profile//> As href=/profile//> far href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> changes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI, href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> indicated href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> effect href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> used href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> selection href=/profile//> process. href=/profile//> Really, href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> reason href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> would. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> makes href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> sense href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> change href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> aren't href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> abide href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> changes href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> making href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> selections. href=/profile//> Using href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> RPIs href=/profile//> simply href=/profile//> allows href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> tool href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> at.


RECAPPING href=/profile//> TUESDAY:

-NC href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina. href=/profile//> Unfortunately href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> lose. href=/profile//> That's href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> happened. href=/profile//> NC href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> chance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> Forest. href=/profile//> Their href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Virginia href=/profile//> Tech href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Virginia. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> in. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> least href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> shot, href=/profile//> unless href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> course href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> something href=/profile//> spectacular href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> Right href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> NC href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 5-8 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bye href=/profile//> unless href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> then, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> worst href=/profile//> they'd href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> bottom href=/profile//> feeders href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> opening href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> shouldn't href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> trouble href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> quarters.

Yesterday href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> talked href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> cruising href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> basically href=/profile//> controlled href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> own href=/profile//> destiny href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> far href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> seed. href=/profile//> Last href=/profile//> night, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> Nebraska. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> tied href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> place href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> damage href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> far href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> goes. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> jumped href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> early href=/profile//> lead, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Nebraska href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> sign href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> won't href=/profile//> catch href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> due href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> slow href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> offense. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Huskers href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> caught href=/profile//> up, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> took href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> own href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> held href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game.

Someone href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> want href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> form href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> search href=/profile//> party href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> College href=/profile//> Park, href=/profile//> Maryland href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> University href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Maryland href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> forgot href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> show href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Clemson href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> night. href=/profile//> Clemson href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> jumped href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> held href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> Maryland. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> committee href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> hands href=/profile//> full href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Maryland. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> aren't href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> danger href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> left href=/profile//> out. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> issue href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> put href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> Their href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Duke href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> indicate href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they'd href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> high. href=/profile//> Losses href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> Clemson href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> indicate href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> high. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> needed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> tonight href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> Virginia href=/profile//> Tech. href=/profile//> Based href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> Maryland href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> had, href=/profile//> they'll href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> blown href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> Virginia href=/profile//> Tech. href=/profile//>

Iowa href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> didn't href=/profile//> show href=/profile//> up. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> seven href=/profile//> straight href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> including href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> overtime href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> Kansas href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> weekend. href=/profile//> Last href=/profile//> night href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> blown href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> A&M. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> rest href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> State's href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> winnable href=/profile//> games, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> they'll href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> gone href=/profile//> 9-1 href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> in, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> aren't href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> tonight. href=/profile//> href=/profile//> href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

A href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> tip href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> helped href=/profile//> LSU href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Alabama. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> easily href=/profile//> LSU's href=/profile//> biggest href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> They've href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> seven href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> nine href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> remaining href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Auburn, href=/profile//> Mississippi href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Vanderbilt. href=/profile//> Auburn href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Ole href=/profile//> Miss href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> aren't href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> good. href=/profile//> Vandy href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> trouble href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they've href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> lately, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> LSU href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Tigers href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home. href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> finish href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> important href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they've href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> chance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> three. href=/profile//> For href=/profile//> Alabama, href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> hurt href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> pod href=/profile//> chances href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> SEC href=/profile//> does href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> abundance href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> fifty href=/profile//> teams, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> opportunities href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> add href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> resume href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> trying href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> pod href=/profile//> system. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Mississippi href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> remaining, href=/profile//> plus href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> SEC href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> chances, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> margin href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> error href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> want href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> seeded href=/profile//> #4 href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> better.

href=/profile//>



SPOTLIGHTED href=/profile//> GAMES:

-MEMPHIS href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> CHARLOTTE href=/profile//> (***pod href=/profile//> system href=/profile//> spotlight href=/profile//> game***). href=/profile//> Charlotte href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> possibly href=/profile//> finish href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> favorable href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> around href=/profile//> #5 href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> finish href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> five href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> streak. href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> trying href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> Many href=/profile//> people href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> commented href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> low href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> comparison href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> rest href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> resume. href=/profile//> Well, href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> others href=/profile//> remaining href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> schedule, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> improve href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> quickly. href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> desperately href=/profile//> needs href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> Louisville, href=/profile//> Saint href=/profile//> Louis href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Cincinnati href=/profile//> remaining href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> and/or href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> something href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> lately href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> possible href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> in.

-VANDERBILT href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> FLORIDA href=/profile//> (***pod href=/profile//> system href=/profile//> spotlight href=/profile//> game***). href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> here href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Vandy href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bubble. href=/profile//> Florida href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> great, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> weekend href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> red href=/profile//> hot href=/profile//> LSU href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> lately href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> trying href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> rebound href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> loss. href=/profile//> It's href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> trying href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> improve href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> resume href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> seed.

-IOWA href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> MINNESOTA href=/profile//> (***desperation href=/profile//> spotlight href=/profile//> game***). href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> must href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> teams. href=/profile//> Minnesota href=/profile//> snapped href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> streak href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> weekend, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> hanging href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> thread href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> looking href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> sure href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> weeks href=/profile//> ago. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> 1999, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> deal href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> off. href=/profile//> Their href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Purdue href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Penn href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> Minnesota href=/profile//> needs href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> maybe href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> Tourney href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> completely href=/profile//> safe. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> match href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Iowa. href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> bigger href=/profile//> state href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> free href=/profile//> fall. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> weekend href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Illinois, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> obviously href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 4-8 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 3-7 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> Like href=/profile//> Iowa, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> rest href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> manageable, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> one.

-LONGWOOD href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> WAKE href=/profile//> FOREST href=/profile//> (***mismatch href=/profile//> spotlight href=/profile//> game***). href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> something href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> rarely href=/profile//> see. href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> Forest href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> #2 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI. href=/profile//> Longwood href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> dead href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> 330. href=/profile//> From href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> standpoint, href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> almost href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> biggest href=/profile//> mismatch href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> possibly href=/profile//> have. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> Longwood's href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> div1 href=/profile//> level href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they've href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Chances href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> aren't href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> tonight. href=/profile//> Interestingly href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> surprisingly href=/profile//> competitive href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> 25 href=/profile//> minutes. href=/profile//>




OTHER href=/profile//> HIGHLIGHED href=/profile//> MATCHUPS:

-MIAMI href=/profile//> OH href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> AKRON. href=/profile//> Akron href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> #45 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> hopes href=/profile//> aren't href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> great. href=/profile//> However, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Miami href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> East href=/profile//> division, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> here href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> chance. href=/profile//> For href=/profile//> Miami, href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> chance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> pick href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> fifty href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> boost href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> resume. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> won't href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> easy href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> though, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> guarantee href=/profile//> Akron href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> fifty. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> chance href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Miami. href=/profile//> Three href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> remaining href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100 href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Marshall. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> avoid href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Marshall href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> games, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> division href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large href=/profile//> bid. href=/profile//> Obviously href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> better.

-DUKE href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> GEORGIA href=/profile//> TECH. href=/profile//> Duke href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> struggling href=/profile//> somewhat href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> manage href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> weekend, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home. href=/profile//> Georgia href=/profile//> Tech href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> B.J. href=/profile//> Elder href=/profile//> back, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> haven't href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> manage href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> Florida href=/profile//> State, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> partially href=/profile//> due href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> busted href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> seconds, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> resulted href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> loose href=/profile//> ball, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> resulted href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> open href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> shot. href=/profile//> Tech href=/profile//> isn't href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bubble, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> closer href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> they'd href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> Georgia href=/profile//> Tech's href=/profile//> biggest href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> solidify href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> resume. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> use href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> really. href=/profile//> Believe href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> not, href=/profile//> Duke's href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> Miami href=/profile//> FL. href=/profile//>

-NORTHWESTERN href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> ILLINOIS. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> call href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> In-State href=/profile//> Non href=/profile//> Rivalries. href=/profile//> Northwestern href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> managed href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> slow href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> Princeton href=/profile//> offense, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> managed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> keep href=/profile//> pace href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> earlier href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> spots, href=/profile//> especially href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home. href=/profile//>

-AUBURN href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> KENTUCKY. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> mismatch. href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> wants href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> sure href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> want href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> resume, href=/profile//> especially href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> current href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 25.

-BUFFALO href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> MARSHALL. href=/profile//> There href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> talk href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Buffalo href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> guess href=/profile//> it's href=/profile//> possible, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can't href=/profile//> finish href=/profile//> higher href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> MAC href=/profile//> standings href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> shot. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> fast href=/profile//> tempo href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> watch. href=/profile//> Marshall href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> shouldn't href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> match href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//>

-HOFSTRA href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> OLD href=/profile//> DOMINION. href=/profile//> Old href=/profile//> Dominion's href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> 31, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> absolutely href=/profile//> nothing href=/profile//> else href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> up. href=/profile//> Winning href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> push href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> more, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> James href=/profile//> Madison href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> push href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> down. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> sort href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> part href=/profile//> dominated href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> definitely href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> it.

-WEST href=/profile//> VIRGINIA href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> PITTSBURGH. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> installment href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> rivalry. href=/profile//> West href=/profile//> Virginia href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> thrilling href=/profile//> fashion. href=/profile//> West href=/profile//> Virginia href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> come href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> nowhere. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> began href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> followed href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> six href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> seven. href=/profile//> Since href=/profile//> then, href=/profile//> they've href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> five href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> seven href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> onto href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bubble. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> out, href=/profile//> they'll href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> in. href=/profile//> Pitt href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> trying href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> improve href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> resume. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> six href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> seven href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> Villanova href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> weekend. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> well, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> weren't href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> intense href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> it's href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> rivalry href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> use href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//> Pitt href=/profile//> needs href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> improve href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> West href=/profile//> Virginia href=/profile//> needs href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> period. href=/profile//>

-NORTHERN href=/profile//> IOWA href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> SOUTHERN href=/profile//> ILLINOIS. href=/profile//> Northern href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> tremendous href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> fell href=/profile//> apart href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> Whatever href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> wrong href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> must href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> fixed href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they've href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> five href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> six href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> better. href=/profile//> Their href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> 46, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> currently href=/profile//> third href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> standings href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> losses. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Southern href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> yet href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> fifty. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> resume href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> boost href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> seeding, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bit href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> here.

-SAINT href=/profile//> JOHN'S href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> SYRACUSE. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> mismatch, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Saint href=/profile//> John's href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> stepped href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> knocked href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> teams. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> knocked href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> Georgetown href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> weekend. href=/profile//> Not href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> that, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Syracuse href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> want href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> five href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> along href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> streak href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> knock href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> pod href=/profile//> system. href=/profile//> Syracuse href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> good, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> always href=/profile//> dominate href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> you'd href=/profile//> expect href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to.

-BOSTON href=/profile//> COLLEGE href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> VILLANOVA. href=/profile//> Boston href=/profile//> College href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> trying href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> needs href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> get. href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> wonders href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> Nova href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Pitt href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> looking href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> follow href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> improve href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> already href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> resume. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> met, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> wire. href=/profile//> Nova href=/profile//> appeared href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> won, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> turned href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> times. href=/profile//> You href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> bet href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> minds, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> BC href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> alert. href=/profile//>

-GEORGE href=/profile//> WASHINGTON href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> XAVIER. href=/profile//> GW href=/profile//> needs href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> place href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> division, href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> 70s, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Maryland href=/profile//> (although href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> beginning href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> less href=/profile//> impressive) href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> State. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> enough, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lose href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they're href=/profile//> done. href=/profile//> Xavier href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> meeting href=/profile//> between href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> balance href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> shot. href=/profile//> GW href=/profile//> plays href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> fast href=/profile//> pace href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> gets href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> control href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> times. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> want href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Xavier href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> X href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> chance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> upset.

 
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