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  Monday, October 31, 2005

BX Conf. Prev. #15: Atlantic Ten
By Drew Barnette

#15 href=/profile//> ATLANTIC href=/profile//> TEN

The href=/profile//> Atlantic href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> added href=/profile//> Charlotte href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Saint href=/profile//> Louis href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> Despite href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> fact href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> fourteen href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> insist href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> calling href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Atlantic href=/profile//> TEN. href=/profile//> Last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> typical href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> Only href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> seeded href=/profile//> #12. href=/profile//> That’s href=/profile//> why href=/profile//> it’s href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> #15 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> countdown, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> stronger href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> least href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in.

Another href=/profile//> change href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> division. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> years href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> divisions href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> six href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> each. href=/profile//> Every href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> sixteen href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> homes href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> teams, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> twelve href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> once. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> exactly href=/profile//> create href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> balanced href=/profile//> schedule, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> standings href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> role href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> selection href=/profile//> process. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> committee href=/profile//> strongly href=/profile//> considers href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> standings, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> factor href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> whether href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> schedules href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> balanced href=/profile//> within href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//>


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-1. href=/profile//> CHARLOTTE. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> 49ers href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tremendous href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> 25 href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> air href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> sort href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> let href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> balloon href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> games, href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> cross-state href=/profile//> foes href=/profile//> NC href=/profile//> State. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> lose href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> contributors href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Eddie href=/profile//> Basden href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Brandon href=/profile//> Plavich, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bit href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> talent href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> deeper href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> talented href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> Senior href=/profile//> forward href=/profile//> Curtis href=/profile//> Withers href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> averaged href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> 18ppg href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 8rpg href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> shoots href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> field. href=/profile//> Guard href=/profile//> Mitchell href=/profile//> Baldwin href=/profile//> wasn’t href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> factor href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> due href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> having href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> through href=/profile//> injuries. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> health href=/profile//> holds href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> major href=/profile//> factor href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> Not href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> looking href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> contending href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> title, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> position href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament. href=/profile//>

-2. href=/profile//> GEORGE href=/profile//> WASHINGTON. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> stacked href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> talent, href=/profile//> athleticism href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> speed. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> absolutely href=/profile//> love href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> transition href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Colonials href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> west href=/profile//> division href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> nationally href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> somewhat href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> disappointment. href=/profile//> After href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Maryland href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> rankings href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> appeared href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> However, href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> character href=/profile//> trait href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> along href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> its href=/profile//> athleticism href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> talent href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> inconsistency. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large href=/profile//> picture href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> wouldn’t href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> gone href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dance href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> all. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> improved href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> know href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> peoples’ href=/profile//> radar, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> thrown href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> balance, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> tend href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> stay href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> balance. href=/profile//> Although href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> teams, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lose href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> ones href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> trend href=/profile//> changing href=/profile//> much. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> begin href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> ranked href=/profile//> #24 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> coaches’ href=/profile//> poll. href=/profile//> Whether href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> story. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> ton href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> experience href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> Mike href=/profile//> Hall, href=/profile//> Omar href=/profile//> Williams, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Pops href=/profile//> Mensah-Bonsu href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> talented href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> trio href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> anyone href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//>

3. href=/profile//> XAVIER. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Musketeers href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 17-12 href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> failed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> postseason href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> long href=/profile//> time. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> everyone href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> though, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> having href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> experience href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> result href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> wins. href=/profile//> Barring href=/profile//> legal href=/profile//> problems, href=/profile//> Dedrick href=/profile//> Finn href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> starting href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> PG href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> fourth href=/profile//> straight href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> somewhat href=/profile//> thin href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> perimeter. href=/profile//> Stanley href=/profile//> Burrell href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> newcomer href=/profile//> B.J. href=/profile//> Raymond. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> hold href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> own href=/profile//> underneath. href=/profile//> Justin href=/profile//> Doellman href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> attack href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> boards, href=/profile//> take href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> hole, href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> shoot href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> outside. href=/profile//>

-4. href=/profile//> TEMPLE. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Owls href=/profile//> haven’t href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> success href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> used href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> years, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> defensive href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> fun href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> anybody href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> against. href=/profile//> Once href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> ridiculously href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> schedule. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> fairly href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> start href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> terms href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> wins, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> terms href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> competitive href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> teams. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> away href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> didn’t href=/profile//> happen. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> key href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year’s href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> Mardy href=/profile//> Collins href=/profile//> averaged href=/profile//> 17.5ppg href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> Dustin href=/profile//> Salisbury, href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> averaged href=/profile//> double href=/profile//> figures href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> defensive href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> shoot href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> outside, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> based href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> kind href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> offense href=/profile//> coach href=/profile//> John href=/profile//> Chaney href=/profile//> likes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> run, href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> weakness href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have. href=/profile//> However, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> nails href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> defense href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> contribute href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Owls href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//>

-5. href=/profile//> DAYTON. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Flyers href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> brink. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bit href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> success href=/profile//> recruiting, href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> experienced href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> ago, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> continue href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> improve. href=/profile//> However, href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> away href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> breaks href=/profile//> through href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> national href=/profile//> scene href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> becomes href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> rankings. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> particularly href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> position. href=/profile//> Trent href=/profile//> Meacham, href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> highly href=/profile//> touted href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> guard, href=/profile//> transferred href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Illinois. href=/profile//> Senior href=/profile//> Warren href=/profile//> Williams href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> starter href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> hold href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> own, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tendency href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> turn href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot. href=/profile//> Other href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> spread href=/profile//> out. href=/profile//> Monty href=/profile//> Scott href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Brian href=/profile//> Roberts href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> contributors href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> hold href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> own href=/profile//> underneath, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> it’s href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> perimeter href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> struggle. href=/profile//> All href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ingredients href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> needs href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> develop. href=/profile//>

-6. href=/profile//> FORDHAM. href=/profile//> Three href=/profile//> years href=/profile//> ago href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> 2-26. href=/profile//> Coach href=/profile//> Dereck href=/profile//> Wittenberg href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> done href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> amazing href=/profile//> work href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> program href=/profile//> turned href=/profile//> around href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> improvement href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> continue href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> young href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> managed href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> wins, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> contributors href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> dangerous href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> Bryant href=/profile//> Dunston href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> presence href=/profile//> under href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> boards. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> averaged href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> 16ppg href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> 8rpg href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> that. href=/profile//> Guard href=/profile//> Marcus href=/profile//> Stout href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> averaging href=/profile//> 13.6ppg href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> dangerous href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> shooter href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> For href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> program href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> basically href=/profile//> lived href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> place href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> years, href=/profile//> things href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> looking href=/profile//> up. href=/profile//> Three href=/profile//> years href=/profile//> ago href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> ever href=/profile//> thought href=/profile//> they’d href=/profile//> ever href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> Fordham href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> position href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> postseason href=/profile//> tournament, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> legitimate href=/profile//> candidates href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NIT href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//>

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-8. href=/profile//> SAINT href=/profile//> JOSEPH’S. href=/profile//> It’s href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> imagine href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Hawks href=/profile//> finishing href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> low, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> based href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> can’t href=/profile//> seem href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> project href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> higher href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> moment. href=/profile//> After href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> slow href=/profile//> start href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> dominated href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> 14-2. href=/profile//> However, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> due href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> such href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> poor href=/profile//> showing href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> receive href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bid href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> contributors href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> smartest href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> coached href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> nation, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> problem href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> horses, href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> race. href=/profile//> Dwayne href=/profile//> Lee href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> averaged href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> 5 href=/profile//> assists href=/profile//> per href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> nearly href=/profile//> 10 href=/profile//> ppg href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> inexperience href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> supporting href=/profile//> cast href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> needs href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Hawks href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> finish href=/profile//> atop href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//> They’ve href=/profile//> fooled href=/profile//> us href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> though, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> can’t href=/profile//> entirely href=/profile//> write href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> off. href=/profile//>

-9. href=/profile//> RHODE href=/profile//> ISLAND. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Rams href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> favored href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> contend href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> title href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> injuries href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Jamaal href=/profile//> Wise href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Dawan href=/profile//> Robinson href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> almost href=/profile//> impossible href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> alone href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> improvement. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> fact, href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> somewhat href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> sleeper. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> share href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> means href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> automatic href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> anybody. href=/profile//>

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-11. href=/profile//> LA href=/profile//> SALLE. href=/profile//> When href=/profile//> John href=/profile//> Giannini href=/profile//> took href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> head href=/profile//> coach href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> explorers href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> things href=/profile//> couldn’t href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bigger href=/profile//> state href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> disrepair href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> La href=/profile//> Salle. href=/profile//> Under href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> circumstances href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> job href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> plan href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> La href=/profile//> Salle href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> LOOOONG href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> Steven href=/profile//> Smith href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> NBA href=/profile//> draft href=/profile//> choice. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> averaged href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> 20ppg href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 8.5rpg href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> passer. href=/profile//> As href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> is, href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> can’t href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> own href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> supporting href=/profile//> cast href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> needs href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> compete href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Explorers href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> schedule, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> move. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> enter href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> eight href=/profile//> wins, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> easy href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> starts. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> finish href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> record, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> achievement href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> program href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> synonymous href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> several href=/profile//> seasons. href=/profile//>

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-13. href=/profile//> DUQUESNE. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Dukes href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> 1994 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> either. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> Danny href=/profile//> Nee’s href=/profile//> fifth href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> head href=/profile//> coach. href=/profile//> When href=/profile//> someone href=/profile//> comes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> program href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> Duquesne href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> patient href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> them, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> eight href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> patience href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> wearing href=/profile//> thin href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can’t href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> done href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> Bryant href=/profile//> McAllister href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> averaged href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> 16ppg. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dukes href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> rely href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> thin href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> every href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> aspect. href=/profile//> With href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> mind, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> looks href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> far href=/profile//> between. href=/profile//>

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