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  Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Bracket Express Conference Preview: #31 SWAC
By Drew Barnette

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I'm href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> updating href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> CONFERENCE href=/profile//> TOURNAMENT href=/profile//> INFO href=/profile//> page, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> linked href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Bracket href=/profile//> Express href=/profile//> main href=/profile//> page href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> go. href=/profile//> All href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> information href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> SWAC href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> relates href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> countdown href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> completed, href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> info href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> current. href=/profile//>



#31 href=/profile//> SWAC

Welcome href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> college href=/profile//> basketball. href=/profile//> We’ve href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> seen href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> likes href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Duke, href=/profile//> Syracuse, href=/profile//> Arkansas href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> others href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> handful href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> cupcakes href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> order href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> tuned href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play. href=/profile//> Well, href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> cupcakes. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> things href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> reverse href=/profile//> order. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> load href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> heavyweights href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> order href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> paydays href=/profile//> (which href=/profile//> helps href=/profile//> fund href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> seasons) href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> experience href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> notch href=/profile//> competition href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> prepare href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play. href=/profile//>

The href=/profile//> SWAC href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> overall href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> unlikely href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> Barring href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> major href=/profile//> sort href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> surprise href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> comes href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> beats href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> heavyweights href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> schedule, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> automatic href=/profile//> bid href=/profile//> (as href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> case href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> conferences). href=/profile//> Here href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> stack href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> each href=/profile//> other. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

Many href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> didn’t href=/profile//> realize href=/profile//> this, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> races href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> country href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> Three href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> (Grambling, href=/profile//> Alabama href=/profile//> State, href=/profile//> Mississippi href=/profile//> Valley href=/profile//> State) href=/profile//> tied href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> place. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> winner, href=/profile//> Alabama href=/profile//> A&M, href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> ahead href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> teams. href=/profile//> Just href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> separated href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> fifth href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> sixth href=/profile//> place href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> place, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> parity href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> standings. href=/profile//>




-1. href=/profile//> ALABAMA href=/profile//> A&M. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> bulldogs href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> title href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> senior href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> currently href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> favorites href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> repeat. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> returns href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bulk href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> its href=/profile//> talent, href=/profile//> including href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> (Obie href=/profile//> Trotter, href=/profile//> Marcus href=/profile//> Jones, href=/profile//> Joseph href=/profile//> Martin, href=/profile//> Rick href=/profile//> Ricketts) href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> averaged href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> double href=/profile//> figures href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> poorly href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> (39.2%), href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> defense.

-2. href=/profile//> MISSISSIPPI href=/profile//> VALLEY href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> delta href=/profile//> devils href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> greatest href=/profile//> nicknames href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> college href=/profile//> basketball. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> highest href=/profile//> ranked href=/profile//> teams, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> nickname, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> far href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> SWAC href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> concerned href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> balanced href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> Junior href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> Hosea href=/profile//> Butler href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> perimeter href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> underneath href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> likes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> deep href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> its, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> freshman href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> tell href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> effective href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> bench href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be. href=/profile//> Like href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> SWAC href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> rough href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> many, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> successful href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> begins. href=/profile//>

-3. href=/profile//> GRAMBLING. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> tigers href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> eight href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> nine href=/profile//> deep href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> wear href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> opponents href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> years. href=/profile//> Martez href=/profile//> Stevens href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Jamar href=/profile//> Lewis href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> offensive href=/profile//> strength href=/profile//> underneath. href=/profile//> Junior href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> Brion href=/profile//> Rush href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team’s href=/profile//> leading href=/profile//> scorer href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> averaging href=/profile//> 17.6 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> major href=/profile//> contributor href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team’s href=/profile//> success href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> struggles href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> boards href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> relies href=/profile//> heavily href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> play. href=/profile//>

-4. href=/profile//> JACKSON href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> tigers href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> shown href=/profile//> improvement href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> seasons href=/profile//> under href=/profile//> coach href=/profile//> Tevester href=/profile//> Anderson href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> continue href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> won’t href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> easy href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> extremely href=/profile//> young href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> although href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> moving href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> direction href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bright href=/profile//> future, href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> fairly href=/profile//> decent href=/profile//> underneath href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Kelly href=/profile//> Ross href=/profile//> (center) href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Ernest href=/profile//> Hassle href=/profile//> (forward) href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> positions href=/profile//> either, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> work href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//>

-5. href=/profile//> SOUTHERN. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> call. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Jaguars href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> balanced, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> inconsistent. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> experienced href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> perhaps href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> consistency href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> fairly href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> offensive href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> around href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> plays href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> spots href=/profile//> deep href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> bench. href=/profile//>

-6. href=/profile//> TEXAS href=/profile//> SOUTHERN. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> perhaps href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Sean href=/profile//> Walker href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Michael href=/profile//> Sneed. href=/profile//> Unfortunately href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> struggling href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> areas. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> started href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> poorly href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> eight href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> (and href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> weren’t href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> major href=/profile//> conferences), href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> six. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> guards href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> momentum, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> order href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//>

-7. href=/profile//> ALABAMA href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> hornets href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> lacking href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> experience href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> turn href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> younger href=/profile//> freshman href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> heavy href=/profile//> contributors href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> Forward href=/profile//> Kevin href=/profile//> Spicer href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> force href=/profile//> underneath href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> averaged href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> seven href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> Senior href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> Rafael href=/profile//> Golden href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> major href=/profile//> contributor href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> shoot href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> well, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> takes href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> care href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> rarely href=/profile//> turns href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> over. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> long href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> hornets href=/profile//> though.

-8. href=/profile//> ALCORN href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> returns href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> key href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> experience. href=/profile//> That’s href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> problem href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> seven href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> (six href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> div1). href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> team’s href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> not, href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> January href=/profile//> 7th. href=/profile//> That’s href=/profile//> NOT href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> typo. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> long href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> agonizing href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Alcorn.

-9. href=/profile//> ARKANSAS href=/profile//> PINE href=/profile//> BLUFF href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> PRARIE href=/profile//> VIEW href=/profile//> A&M. href=/profile//> It’s href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> say href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> worse href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> I’ll href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> put href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> together. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> often href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> worst href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> SWAC, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> college href=/profile//> basketball. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> managed href=/profile//> five href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> ago. href=/profile//> Many href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> nor href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> nationally href=/profile//> ranked href=/profile//> teams. href=/profile//> href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> RPIs href=/profile//> worse href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> 300. href=/profile//> There href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> anything href=/profile//> else href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> say. href=/profile//>



CONFERENCE href=/profile//> TOURNAMENT: href=/profile//>
March href=/profile//> 9, href=/profile//> 10, href=/profile//> 12
Birmingham, href=/profile//> AL href=/profile//>




-The href=/profile//> MEAC href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> posted href=/profile//> tomorrow.

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