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  Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Bracket Express Conference Preview #30: MEAC
By Drew Barnette

#30 href=/profile//> THE href=/profile//> METRO href=/profile//> EASTERN href=/profile//> ATLANTIC href=/profile//> CONFERENCE:



This href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> wasting href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> time. href=/profile//> They’ve href=/profile//> already href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> media href=/profile//> day href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> South href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> picked href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//> As href=/profile//> you’ll href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> voted href=/profile//> for, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> voted href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> wouldn’t href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> media href=/profile//> day href=/profile//> favorites href=/profile//> anyway. href=/profile//> However, href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> surprised href=/profile//> SC href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> picked href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Hampton. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> pirates, href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> least href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> paper, href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> strongest href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//>



-1. href=/profile//> FLORIDA href=/profile//> A&M. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> rattlers href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> deal href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> deep href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> dependent href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> critical href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> Tony href=/profile//> Tate href=/profile//> (who href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> perhaps href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference) href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Darius href=/profile//> Glover href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> perimeter. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> world href=/profile//> underneath, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> hold href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> own href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> rest href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> open href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> games, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> completely href=/profile//> overmatched href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> wins. href=/profile//> It’s href=/profile//> highly href=/profile//> unlikely href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> kinds href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> caliber href=/profile//> program href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> take href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> momentum href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play. href=/profile//>

I href=/profile//> realize href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Florida href=/profile//> A&M href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> people href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> picking href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> come href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> league, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> based href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> experience href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> back, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> depth href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> asset href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> later href=/profile//> rounds href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> (if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> advance href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> far) href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> coaching href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Mike href=/profile//> Gelespe href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> utilize href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> strengths href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> take href=/profile//> advantage href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> opponents’ href=/profile//> weakenesses, href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//> It’s href=/profile//> somewhat href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> long href=/profile//> shot, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> it’s href=/profile//> my href=/profile//> shot. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-2. href=/profile//> HAMPTON. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> pirates href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> deep href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> bench, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> important href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> comes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> wearing href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> teams, href=/profile//> especially href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> Senior href=/profile//> center href=/profile//> Bruce href=/profile//> Brown href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> factor href=/profile//> underneath href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> boards href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> role href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> pirate’s href=/profile//> success href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> Guards href=/profile//> Jeff href=/profile//> Granger href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Rashaad href=/profile//> West href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> contributors href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> eleven href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> thirteen href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> With href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> experience href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> force href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> again. href=/profile//> Unlike href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> somewhat href=/profile//> manageable href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> rack href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> losses. href=/profile//>

-3. href=/profile//> SOUTH href=/profile//> CAROLINA href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> bulldogs href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> finish href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> twelve href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> MEAC href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> expected href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> questions href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> answers. href=/profile//> Look href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> guards href=/profile//> Brian href=/profile//> Mason href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Thurman href=/profile//> Zimmerman href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> carry href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> eleven href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> manage href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> least href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> stretch. href=/profile//>

-4. href=/profile//> DELAWARE href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> hornets href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> champions href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> MEAC href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> Key href=/profile//> returners href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> senior href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> Aaron href=/profile//> Williams href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> sophomore href=/profile//> G/F href=/profile//> Jahsha href=/profile//> Bluntt href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> freshman href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> extremely href=/profile//> young href=/profile//> Delaware href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> seven href=/profile//> freshman href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> roster. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> key href=/profile//> role href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year’s href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> repeat href=/profile//> performance href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year’s href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> won’t href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> easy. href=/profile//> Their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> eight href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> eight href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> accomplishment. href=/profile//> Like href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> MEAC href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> heads href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> hurt href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> chances href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> ticket href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> automatic href=/profile//> bid. href=/profile//>

-5. href=/profile//> MORGAN href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Bears href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> senior href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> Christopher href=/profile//> Grant href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> senior href=/profile//> center href=/profile//> Aaron href=/profile//> Andrews href=/profile//> underneath. href=/profile//> Other href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bit href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> holes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> fill href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> order href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> contend href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> title. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> problems href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> turnovers href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> successful href=/profile//> until href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> corrected. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-6. href=/profile//> NORFOLK href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Spartans href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> competitive href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> anyone href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> given href=/profile//> night, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> consistent href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> push href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> title. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> role href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Tony href=/profile//> Murphy href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Calvin href=/profile//> Brown, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> appears href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> position href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> carry href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> Nine href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> pressed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those. href=/profile//>

-7. href=/profile//> COPPIN href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> talent href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> nor href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> experience. href=/profile//> Sophomore href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> Darrell href=/profile//> Proctor href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> freshman href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Nicholas href=/profile//> King href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> contributor href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> finish href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> youth href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> dangerous href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> future, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> does href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> year.

-8. href=/profile//> BETHUNE-COOKMAN. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> drop href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> begins. href=/profile//> Antonio href=/profile//> Webb href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> carry href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> however href=/profile//> far href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> winds href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> going, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> underneath. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> agonizing href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> wildcats.

-9. href=/profile//> NORTH href=/profile//> CAROLINA href=/profile//> A&T. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> aggies href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> six href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> div1 href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> standout href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> chances href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> drastically href=/profile//> improving href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> good. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> below href=/profile//> 300 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> 13 href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> 14 href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> start href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> either.

-10. href=/profile//> HOWARD href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> MARYLAND href=/profile//> EASTERN href=/profile//> SHORE. href=/profile//> These href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> combined href=/profile//> total href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> Maryland href=/profile//> Eastern href=/profile//> Shore href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> absolute href=/profile//> worst href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> #330 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> It’s href=/profile//> unlikely href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> we’ll href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> drastic href=/profile//> improvements href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> These href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference’s href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA’s href=/profile//> worst href=/profile//> teams. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>




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