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  Wednesday, April 6, 2005

A Look Back at the 2004-2005 Season (BC Blog)
By Drew Barnette

The href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> tipped href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> November href=/profile//> 11, href=/profile//> 2004 href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> Bucknell href=/profile//> took href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> Princeton href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Coaches href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> Cancer href=/profile//> Classic. href=/profile//> Princeton href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> 61-48. href=/profile//> Most href=/profile//> critics href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> touting href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Ivy href=/profile//> League href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> potentially href=/profile//> cause href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> damage href=/profile//> come href=/profile//> March. href=/profile//> As href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> turned href=/profile//> out, href=/profile//> Bucknell href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> highest href=/profile//> rated href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> beat. href=/profile//> Princeton href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 14-13 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> Bucknell href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> damage href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> March. href=/profile//>

The href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> night href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> ended href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> defeating href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> fourth href=/profile//> National href=/profile//> Championship. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> safe href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> say href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> significantly href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> people href=/profile//> watched href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> watched href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> began href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> ranked href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> five, href=/profile//> ended href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> two, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> five href=/profile//> straight href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> advance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Title href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> games, href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> opener href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Santa href=/profile//> Clara. href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> 29 href=/profile//> straight href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Ohio href=/profile//> State, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> eight href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> championship. href=/profile//>


There href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> significant href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> between href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//>


GREAT href=/profile//> GAMES href=/profile//> OF href=/profile//> THE href=/profile//> 2004-2005 href=/profile//> SEASON

I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> it's href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> safe href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> say href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> National href=/profile//> Championship href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> tops href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> list. href=/profile//> When href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> factor href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> combine href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stakes href=/profile//> were, href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> better. href=/profile//> There href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> Siena href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Youngstown href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> 79-78 href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> overtimes href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> December, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> wasn't href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> national href=/profile//> championship. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> fact, href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> combined href=/profile//> total href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> nine href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> isn't href=/profile//> noteworthy href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Most href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> maybe, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best. href=/profile//>

-WEST href=/profile//> VIRGINIA href=/profile//> 111, href=/profile//> WAKE href=/profile//> FOREST href=/profile//> 105. href=/profile//> An href=/profile//> unbelievable href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> people href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> weren't href=/profile//> fans href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> either href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> breath href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> watching href=/profile//> it. href=/profile//> Imagine href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> felt href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> fans href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams. href=/profile//> Imagine href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> felt href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> coaches. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best, href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> THE href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year's href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament. href=/profile//>

-ALABAMA href=/profile//> 102, href=/profile//> CHARLOTTE href=/profile//> 101. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> took href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> overtimes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> decide href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> one, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Charlotte href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> provide href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> chances href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> wins. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> turns href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> safely href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> type href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> love href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> resumes. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> shame href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> wasn't href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> national href=/profile//> television href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> saw href=/profile//> it, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season.

-DUKE href=/profile//> 71, href=/profile//> NORTH href=/profile//> CAROLINA href=/profile//> 70. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> meeting href=/profile//> between href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> two. href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> eventually href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> revenge, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> exciting, href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> played, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> instrumental href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Duke href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> seed. href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> chance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> didn't href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> off. href=/profile//>

-THE href=/profile//> ELITE href=/profile//> EIGHT. href=/profile//> Enough href=/profile//> said. href=/profile//> Four href=/profile//> GREAT href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> One href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> decided href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> minute, href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> others href=/profile//> weren't href=/profile//> decided href=/profile//> until href=/profile//> overtime, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> wasn't href=/profile//> decided href=/profile//> until href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> overtimes. href=/profile//> All href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> maximum href=/profile//> potential href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> greatest href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> we href=/profile//> saw href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//>

-KANSAS href=/profile//> 70, href=/profile//> GEORGIA href=/profile//> TECH href=/profile//> 68. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> come href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> behind href=/profile//> thriller href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> overtime href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> New href=/profile//> Year's href=/profile//> Day. href=/profile//> Kansas href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> undefeated href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Georgia href=/profile//> Tech href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> looking href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> add href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> resume. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> B.J. href=/profile//> Elder href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> injured. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> wasn't href=/profile//> great, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> rest href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was.

-LOUISVILLE href=/profile//> 75, href=/profile//> MEMPHIS href=/profile//> 74. href=/profile//> Louisville href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> rivalry href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> goes href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> back. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> 1970s href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Missouri href=/profile//> Valley href=/profile//> Conference href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> rivalry href=/profile//> escalated href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> hired href=/profile//> former href=/profile//> Louisville href=/profile//> assistant href=/profile//> Dana href=/profile//> Kirk href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> head href=/profile//> coach. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> we href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> each href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> awhile href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> Louisville href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> East href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> doesn't href=/profile//> display href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> interest href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> carrying href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> series href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> reason href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> role href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> preventing href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> East href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> early. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> prequel href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> highly href=/profile//> intense, href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> stakes href=/profile//> showdown href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> C-USA href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> championship. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> forty href=/profile//> minutes href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> series href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> ever href=/profile//> seen, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> ended href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> missing href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> free href=/profile//> throws href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> tied href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> sent href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-ILLINOIS href=/profile//> 73, href=/profile//> IOWA href=/profile//> 68. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> overtime href=/profile//> thriller href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> almost href=/profile//> ended href=/profile//> Illinois's href=/profile//> unbeaten href=/profile//> streak. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> almost href=/profile//> gave href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//>

-OHIO href=/profile//> 80, href=/profile//> BUFFALO href=/profile//> 79. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> MAC href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> Ohio href=/profile//> overcame href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> 19 href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> deficit href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> force href=/profile//> overtime, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> wrap href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> automatic href=/profile//> bid. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Florida href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> twenty href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> tie href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> top. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> games, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> saw href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> year.

-PACIFIC href=/profile//> 64, href=/profile//> UTAH href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> 63. href=/profile//> Utah href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> eventually href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> revenge href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> championship, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> night href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> nationally href=/profile//> ranked href=/profile//> Pacific href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> seven href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> 30 href=/profile//> seconds href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Pacific href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> it. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> minutes href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> over, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Utah href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> fans href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> packed href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stands href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> sitting href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> stunned href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> seen.

-CINCINNATI href=/profile//> 76, href=/profile//> NORTHERN href=/profile//> IOWA href=/profile//> 70. href=/profile//> Northern href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> twenty href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> half, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Cincinnati href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> force href=/profile//> overtime. href=/profile//> After href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> overtime href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> finally href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> done. href=/profile//> At href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> I'm href=/profile//> sure href=/profile//> Cincinnati href=/profile//> fans href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> highly href=/profile//> discouraged href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> struggling href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> knew href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> about, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> Northern href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> proved href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> caliber href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> heartbreaking href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> difference. href=/profile//> As href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> turns href=/profile//> out, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large href=/profile//> anyway, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they'd href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> slept href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> night href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> Selection href=/profile//> Sunday href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> off. href=/profile//>

-WISC. href=/profile//> MILWAUKEE href=/profile//> 59, href=/profile//> DETROIT href=/profile//> 58. href=/profile//> It's href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> believe, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> Milwaukee's href=/profile//> dramatic href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Sweet href=/profile//> Sixteen href=/profile//> almost href=/profile//> ended href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> began. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> hit href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> seconds href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> ahead href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Detroit href=/profile//> 59-58 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> Detroit href=/profile//> missed href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> sent href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> instead href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> UWM. href=/profile//>

-TEXAS href=/profile//> TECH href=/profile//> 80, href=/profile//> KANSAS href=/profile//> 79. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> DEFINITELY href=/profile//> worthy href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> list. href=/profile//> Kansas href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> ranked href=/profile//> #2 href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> time, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> Tech href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> yet href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> pick href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//> After href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> gritty href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> part href=/profile//> unimpressive href=/profile//> starts href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> begin href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> Tech href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> kept href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> every href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> played. href=/profile//> On href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> night, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> reached href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> maximum href=/profile//> potential, href=/profile//> took href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> highly href=/profile//> ranked href=/profile//> Jayhawks href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> overtimes, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> pulled href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> dramatic href=/profile//> fashion href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> mistaken, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> highest href=/profile//> ranked href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> beaten href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> Bobby href=/profile//> Knight href=/profile//> arrived href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> campus. href=/profile//>




BIG href=/profile//> UPSETS:

-BUCKNELL href=/profile//> 69, href=/profile//> PITTSBURGH href=/profile//> 66. href=/profile//> At href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> Pitt href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> ranked href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> near href=/profile//> perfect href=/profile//> record href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home. href=/profile//> As href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> was, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> wasn't href=/profile//> anywhere href=/profile//> near href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> biggest href=/profile//> upset.

-BUCKNELL href=/profile//> 64, href=/profile//> KANSAS href=/profile//> 63. href=/profile//> Bucknell's href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> lowest href=/profile//> seeded href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> advance href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> 2001. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> played, href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Bucknell href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> throughout href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> it. href=/profile//> Undoubtedly href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> biggest href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> school href=/profile//> history. href=/profile//> It's href=/profile//> sort href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> funny href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Bucknell href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Pitt href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Kansas, href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 25 href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Navy href=/profile//> who's href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> 304 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> same href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//>

-SANTA href=/profile//> CLARA href=/profile//> 77, href=/profile//> NORTH href=/profile//> CAROLINA href=/profile//> 66. href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Maui href=/profile//> Invitational href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> stopped href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> California href=/profile//> first. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> highlight href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Santa href=/profile//> Clara's href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> At href=/profile//> least href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> started href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> weeks href=/profile//> later href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> began href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> nine href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> streak. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> night, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> college href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> world. href=/profile//>

-VERMONT href=/profile//> 60, href=/profile//> SYRACUSE href=/profile//> 57. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> overtime href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> featured href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> closer href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> mid href=/profile//> court href=/profile//> line href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> line, href=/profile//> Vermont href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> hell href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> advanced href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> ever href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> tournament.

-FLORIDA href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> 91, href=/profile//> WAKE href=/profile//> FOREST href=/profile//> 83. href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> Forest href=/profile//> missed href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> free href=/profile//> throw href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> regulation href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> given href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> Florida href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> put href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> away href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> overtime. href=/profile//> Florida href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> put href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> away href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> manage href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> knock href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//>

-VIRGINIA href=/profile//> TECH href=/profile//> 67, href=/profile//> DUKE href=/profile//> 65. href=/profile//> After href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> 30 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> meeting href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> seeing href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> head href=/profile//> coach href=/profile//> ejected, href=/profile//> Virginia href=/profile//> Tech href=/profile//> pulled href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> meeting href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> floor. href=/profile//>

-WISCONSIN href=/profile//> MILWAUKEE href=/profile//> 83, href=/profile//> ALABAMA href=/profile//> 73. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> UWM href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> ever href=/profile//> trip href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> again.

-WISCONSIN href=/profile//> MILWAUKEE href=/profile//> 83, href=/profile//> BOSTON href=/profile//> COLLEGE href=/profile//> 75. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> days href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> UWM. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> set href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> meeting href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> ranked href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> eventually href=/profile//> lost, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> weekend href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> UWM href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> fans href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> soon href=/profile//> forget. href=/profile//>




GREAT href=/profile//> COACHING href=/profile//> PERFORMANCES

-RICK href=/profile//> PITINO href=/profile//> (Louisville). href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> thought href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> awhile, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> Rick href=/profile//> Pitino href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> my href=/profile//> coach href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> everything href=/profile//> right. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> recruited href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> When href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> guys href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> pro href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> transferred, href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> pushed href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> had. href=/profile//> Players href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> injured href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> didn't href=/profile//> stop href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> either. href=/profile//> href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> 29 href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> advanced href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Final href=/profile//> Four href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> performances href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Georgia href=/profile//> Tech href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Washington. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> alone href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> incredible href=/profile//> coaching href=/profile//> jobs, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> job href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//>


Others href=/profile//> worth href=/profile//> noting:

-Tubby href=/profile//> Smith. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> supposed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> building href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Kentucky, href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> dominated href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> SEC href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> extremely href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> making href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Final href=/profile//> Four. href=/profile//> Not href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> building href=/profile//> year.

-Lorenzo href=/profile//> Romar. href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> earlier href=/profile//> exit href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> wanted, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> incredible href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Pac href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> earned href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> dance. href=/profile//>

-Mike href=/profile//> Krzyskewski. href=/profile//> After href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> guys href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> either href=/profile//> graduation href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NBA href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> people href=/profile//> expected href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> Duke href=/profile//> team, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> incredible href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> wrapped href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> own.

-Bobby href=/profile//> Knight. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> my href=/profile//> original href=/profile//> choice href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> coach href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> expected href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> anything href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> Tech href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> ever href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Elite href=/profile//> Eight. href=/profile//> Things href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> recruits href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> in. href=/profile//> What href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> job href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> Bobby href=/profile//> Knight href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//>

-Mark href=/profile//> Few. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> supposed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> building href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Gonzaga, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> young href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> chalked href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Washington, href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Georgia href=/profile//> Tech. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> early href=/profile//> exit href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> exceeded href=/profile//> expectations href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Zags. href=/profile//> Expect href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> dynamite href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//>




BIGGEST href=/profile//> DISSAPOINTMENTS:

-MEMPHIS. href=/profile//> Remember href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> ranked href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> start href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season?? href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> were. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> imploded. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> kinds href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> drama href=/profile//> internally, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> failed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament. href=/profile//> Afterwards, href=/profile//> Coach href=/profile//> John href=/profile//> Calipari href=/profile//> blamed href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> scheduling href=/profile//> among href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> things href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> why href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> didn't href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> it. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> said href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> thought href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> help href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> RPI. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> overall href=/profile//> SOS href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 80. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> opened href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Savannah href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> them, href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> SOS href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> several href=/profile//> spots href=/profile//> higher. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> almost href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> it, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> failed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Louisville href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> C-USA href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-PRINCETON. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> know href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> happened href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> supposed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> dominate href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Ivy href=/profile//> League href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> anything href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> dominate. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 14-13 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 6-8 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> sixth href=/profile//> place href=/profile//> finish. href=/profile//>

-MARYLAND. href=/profile//> Wow!! href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> absolutely href=/profile//> fell href=/profile//> apart. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Duke, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> highlight. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Clemson href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> straight href=/profile//> times, href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 7-9 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> failed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament. href=/profile//>



BIGGEST href=/profile//> SURPRISES:

-NEVADA. href=/profile//> After href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> coach href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> several href=/profile//> contributing href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> didn't href=/profile//> expect href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> dominate href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> WAC, href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> less href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> advance. href=/profile//> Back href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> November href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Kansas href=/profile//> 85-52 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> seemed href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year's href=/profile//> Sweet href=/profile//> Sixteen href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> already href=/profile//> centuries href=/profile//> away. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> followed href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> three, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> 20 href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> 22 href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> quarterfinals href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> WAC href=/profile//> Tournament. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> didn't href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> matter href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> already href=/profile//> safely href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> field href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> selected href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #9 href=/profile//> seed.

-OHIO. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Bobcats href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 10-20 href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> somewhat href=/profile//> slow href=/profile//> start href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> reason href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> things href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> different. href=/profile//> However, href=/profile//> things href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> VERY href=/profile//> different. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> 13 href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> 15, href=/profile//> including href=/profile//> five href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> fifty href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> MAC href=/profile//> Tournament. href=/profile//> Then href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> nearly href=/profile//> knocked href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> Florida. href=/profile//>

-MIAMI, href=/profile//> FL. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> close. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> weren't href=/profile//> expected href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> anything, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> held href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> own href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ACC href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> together href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> dancing. href=/profile//>

-TEXAS href=/profile//> TECH. href=/profile//> Again, href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> expected href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> wound href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> having href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> making href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Sweet href=/profile//> Sixteen. href=/profile//>

-WEST href=/profile//> VIRGINIA. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> started href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tear, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> couldn't href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> anyone href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play. href=/profile//> Since href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> hadn't href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> anyone href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference, href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> attributed href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> quick href=/profile//> start href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> schedule. href=/profile//> However, href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> started href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> turn href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> on, href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Pittsburgh, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> advanced href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> East href=/profile//> Tournament. href=/profile//> After href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Creighton, href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> Forest href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> Tech href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> advance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Elite href=/profile//> Eight. href=/profile//> Not href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> people href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> expecting href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> started. href=/profile//> Toward href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> January, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> didn't href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> they'd href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> it. href=/profile//> When href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> it, href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> anyone href=/profile//> thought href=/profile//> they'd href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Elite href=/profile//> Eight. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> earns href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> honor href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> surprise href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//>





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-Indiana href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> award href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> heartbreaking href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Charlotte href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bomb href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> court href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> tenths href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> second, href=/profile//> blew href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Missouri href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> them, href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> tip href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> Wisconsin, href=/profile//> blew href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> Connecticut href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> hung href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> lost. href=/profile//> Had href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> in. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> fact, href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> Missouri href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> opponents, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> done href=/profile//> it. href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> placed href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> higher href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> standings href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> gotten href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> favorable href=/profile//> match href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> quarterfinals. href=/profile//> Patrick href=/profile//> Ewing href=/profile//> Jr. href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> transferred href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Bloomington, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> squad href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> season.


-Maryland href=/profile//> Eastern href=/profile//> Shore href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> dead href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> 2-26 href=/profile//> record. href=/profile//> Longwood href=/profile//> (1-29) href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Savannah href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> (0-28) href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> fewer href=/profile//> wins, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> higher href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI. href=/profile//> Either href=/profile//> way, href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> notable href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> bringing href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> rear. href=/profile//>


-Notre href=/profile//> Dame href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> George href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> underwent href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> melt href=/profile//> downs href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> George href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Maryland href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> appeared href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> safely href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> possibly href=/profile//> contending href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> spot href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> pod href=/profile//> system. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> proceeded href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> consideration href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large href=/profile//> bid href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> terrible href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Atlantic href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> earning href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> automatic href=/profile//> bid, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> unimpressive href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> latter href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year.

Notre href=/profile//> Dame href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> never href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> contention href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> pod href=/profile//> system, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> beginning href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> March href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> appeared href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> safely href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> five, href=/profile//> including href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Rutgers href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> East href=/profile//> Tournament, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NIT, href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> eventually href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Holy href=/profile//> Cross href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> opening href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> that. href=/profile//>


-Personally, href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> thought href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> we href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> several href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> sort href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> backed href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> in, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> fantastic href=/profile//> month href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> March. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournaments href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> tournaments href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> fair href=/profile//> share href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> heart href=/profile//> stopping href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> I'll href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> remember href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> seasons href=/profile//> we've href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> awhile. href=/profile//>



-This href=/profile//> page href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> updated href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> awhile href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> won't href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> college href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> news href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> affects href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> brackets. href=/profile//> Some href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> things href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> updated href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> sites href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> dates href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournaments, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> new href=/profile//> members href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> selection href=/profile//> committee, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> preseason href=/profile//> bracket. href=/profile//>

Dates href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> note href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> October href=/profile//> 13, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> practice href=/profile//> officially href=/profile//> starts. href=/profile//> Exhibiton href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> start href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> early href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> late href=/profile//> October href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> begins href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> weeks href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> that. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> know href=/profile//> anything href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> college href=/profile//> basketball, href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> know href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> every href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> matters, href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ones href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> November href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> selection href=/profile//> committee href=/profile//> evaluates href=/profile//> EVERYTHING. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> why href=/profile//> we href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> coverage href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> starting href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> November href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> plan href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> doing href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//>

This href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> fun. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> hope href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> reading href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> page href=/profile//> provided href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> insight href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> clarity href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> gotten href=/profile//> otherwise href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> added href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> your href=/profile//> enjoyment href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> understanding href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> impact href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> selection href=/profile//> process. href=/profile//> I'm href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> hoping href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> resources href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> am href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> graduate href=/profile//> student href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> nearing href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> completion href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> my href=/profile//> master's href=/profile//> degree, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> hopefully href=/profile//> means href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> soon href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> sort href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> full href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> job, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> I'm href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> exactly href=/profile//> certain href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> I'll href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> doing. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> absolutely href=/profile//> love href=/profile//> writing href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> site href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> hobby, href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> love href=/profile//> maxing href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> college href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> packages href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> Directv href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> hobby, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> hope href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> my href=/profile//> future href=/profile//> situation href=/profile//> allows href=/profile//> me href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> continue href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> that.

Thank href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> your href=/profile//> support href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> hope href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> here href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> November, href=/profile//> 2005!!!! href=/profile//> We href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> 59 href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> projected href=/profile//> within href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> actual href=/profile//> seed, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> major href=/profile//> media href=/profile//> site. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> years href=/profile//> I've href=/profile//> done href=/profile//> this, href=/profile//> I've href=/profile//> routinely href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> accurate href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> sites href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> projecting href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> field href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> seedings. href=/profile//> So href=/profile//> please, href=/profile//> come href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> us href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> worth href=/profile//> your href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> you're href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> college href=/profile//> hoops href=/profile//> fan.

 
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