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  Tuesday, June 14, 2005

News and Notes from Bracket Express (BX Blog)
By Drew Barnette

I, href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> everyone href=/profile//> else, href=/profile//> am href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> settled href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> our href=/profile//> new href=/profile//> home. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> different href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> our href=/profile//> old href=/profile//> home. href=/profile//> It’s href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> we’re href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> express href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> city. href=/profile//> Everyone href=/profile//> else href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> busy href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> draft href=/profile//> (among href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> things) href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> shuffle, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> things href=/profile//> worth href=/profile//> noting href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> world href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> college href=/profile//> hoops. href=/profile//>


-The href=/profile//> biggest href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> note href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Pac href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> expanded href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> eight href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> include href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> ten. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> grand href=/profile//> scheme href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> things href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> move. href=/profile//> Part href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> me href=/profile//> wonders href=/profile//> why href=/profile//> we href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> eight href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> know href=/profile//> money href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> issue, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> honestly, href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> kind href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> attendance href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> TV href=/profile//> ratings href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> we href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> #7 href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> #10 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> #8 href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> #9 href=/profile//> opening href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Pac href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> Tournament?? href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> seems href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> me href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> lose href=/profile//> money href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> that, href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> mention href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> extends href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> extra href=/profile//> day href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> requires href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> Wednesday href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> Thursday. href=/profile//> Nevertheless, href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> conferences href=/profile//> take href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> As href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> Xavier href=/profile//> fan href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> Atlantic href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> fan, href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> tell href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> arena href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> empty href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> day href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> opening href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> Last href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> $35 href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> treated href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> double href=/profile//> header href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Richmond href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> Rhode href=/profile//> Island href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> La href=/profile//> Salle href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> UMass. href=/profile//> DOZENS href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> people href=/profile//> packed href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> arena href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> privilege. href=/profile//>


-Former href=/profile//> Baylor href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> Carlton href=/profile//> Dotson href=/profile//> pleaded href=/profile//> guilty href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> murdering href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> teammate href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> roommate href=/profile//> Patrick href=/profile//> Dennehy href=/profile//> earlier href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> week. href=/profile//> Back href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> 2003 href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> story href=/profile//> captivated href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> horrified href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> entire href=/profile//> country href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> same href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> sent href=/profile//> Baylor href=/profile//> basketball, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> poised href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> seasons href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> school href=/profile//> history, href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> complete href=/profile//> tailspin href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> yet href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> recover href=/profile//> from. href=/profile//> It’s href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> believe, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Jon href=/profile//> Lucas href=/profile//> III href=/profile//> (Oklahoma href=/profile//> State) href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Lawrence href=/profile//> Roberts href=/profile//> (Mississippi href=/profile//> State) href=/profile//> along href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Kenny href=/profile//> Taylor, href=/profile//> Tyrone href=/profile//> Nelson href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Brian href=/profile//> Harvey href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> same href=/profile//> team…at href=/profile//> BAYLOR!! href=/profile//> Dotson href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Dennehy href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> expected href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> major href=/profile//> contributors href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> easily href=/profile//> spent href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> large href=/profile//> part href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Top href=/profile//> 25 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> unexpected href=/profile//> force href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> Twelve href=/profile//> Conference. href=/profile//> As href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> turned href=/profile//> out, href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Harvey href=/profile//> transferred href=/profile//> out, href=/profile//> Coach href=/profile//> Dave href=/profile//> Bliss href=/profile//> misled href=/profile//> officials href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> investigation href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> forced href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> resign, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> tragic href=/profile//> part href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> this, href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> course, href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> murder href=/profile//> itself. href=/profile//>


-Conference href=/profile//> USA href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> drastically href=/profile//> different href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> Louisville, href=/profile//> Cincinnati, href=/profile//> DePaul, href=/profile//> Marquette href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> South href=/profile//> Florida href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> East, href=/profile//> Charlotte href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Saint href=/profile//> Louis href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> gone href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Atlantic href=/profile//> Ten, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> TCU href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> headed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Mountain href=/profile//> West. href=/profile//> That’s href=/profile//> eight href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> fourteen href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> upcoming href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> adding href=/profile//> six href=/profile//> new href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> (Marshall, href=/profile//> SMU, href=/profile//> Rice, href=/profile//> Tulsa, href=/profile//> UCF, href=/profile//> UTEP) href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> having href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> twelve. href=/profile//> Strangely href=/profile//> enough, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> keeping href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> division href=/profile//> format. href=/profile//> Each href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> eleven href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> once, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> homes href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> making href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> fourteen href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> sixteen href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> For href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> program href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> fears href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> its href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> heavyweights, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> happy href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> enables href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> chances href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> beef href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> All href=/profile//> twelve href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> qualify href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//>

It href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> all. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> certainly href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> before, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> bid href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> means. href=/profile//> Rice href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> improvements. href=/profile//> UTEP href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> years href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> row. href=/profile//> UCF href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> force href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> old href=/profile//> Atlantic href=/profile//> Sun href=/profile//> Conference, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> UAB href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> success href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> years. href=/profile//> Tulsa href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> now, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> deal href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> success href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bit href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> support href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> program. href=/profile//> They’ll href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> back. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> know href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> feels href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> slighted href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> invited href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> East, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> walk href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> over. href=/profile//>

Regardless href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> read, href=/profile//> C-USA href=/profile//> WILL href=/profile//> KEEP href=/profile//> THEIR href=/profile//> AUTOMATIC href=/profile//> BID!!! href=/profile//> There href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> discussion href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> members href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> added href=/profile//> six href=/profile//> new href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> C-USA href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> considered href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> “new” href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> placed href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> probationary href=/profile//> status href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> its href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> years. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> NOT href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> case. href=/profile//> C-USA href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> keep href=/profile//> its href=/profile//> automatic href=/profile//> bid. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> can’t href=/profile//> imagine href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> champion href=/profile//> needing href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> automatic href=/profile//> bid href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> in, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> event href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ninth href=/profile//> place href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> goes href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tear href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAAs. href=/profile//>

This href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> resulted href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> dominoes href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> WAC href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> deal href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> it’s href=/profile//> teams, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> add href=/profile//> Utah href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> San href=/profile//> Jose href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> West href=/profile//> along href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> New href=/profile//> Mexico href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Idaho href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> total href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> nine href=/profile//> teams. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> West href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> continue href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> eight href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> perhaps href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> news href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Pacific href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> enables href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> games, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> help href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> offset href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> such href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> comes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> building href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> resume. href=/profile//>



-Most href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> completed href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> schedules href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> Some href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> spots href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> fill, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> schedules href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> beginning href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> take href=/profile//> shape. href=/profile//> We’ll href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> hearing href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> official href=/profile//> announcement href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> completed href=/profile//> schedules href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> between href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> September. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> NBA href=/profile//> Draft, href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> I’m href=/profile//> sure href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> know, href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> Once href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> (or href=/profile//> shortly href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> guess) href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> definite href=/profile//> idea href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> roster href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> playing. href=/profile//> Once href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> happens href=/profile//> Bracket href=/profile//> Express href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> come href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> early href=/profile//> version href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> our href=/profile//> preseason href=/profile//> rankings href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> Until href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> though, href=/profile//> things href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> continue href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> slow href=/profile//> pace href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> world href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> college href=/profile//> basketball, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> we’ll href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> significant href=/profile//> updates href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> meantime.

 
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