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  Sunday, November 20, 2005

Early Upsets and Highlighted Matchups, 11/20
By Drew Barnette

UPSETS href=/profile//> AND href=/profile//> NEAR href=/profile//> UPSETS

-Michigan href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> blown href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> Hawaii href=/profile//> 84-62. href=/profile//> Evidently href=/profile//> several href=/profile//> Spartan href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> having href=/profile//> problems href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> cramping href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> reason href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> badly, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> somewhat href=/profile//> surprising. href=/profile//> With href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> days href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Maui href=/profile//> Invitational href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> cramping href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> come href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> play. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Hawaii href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> always href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> floor href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> today href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> team.

-UC href=/profile//> Irvine href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> Stanford href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> convincing href=/profile//> fashion href=/profile//> 79-63. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> surprise href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> UC href=/profile//> Irvine href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Coaches href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> Cancer href=/profile//> Classic. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> manage href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> convincing href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Mississippi href=/profile//> Valley href=/profile//> State, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> blown href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> George href=/profile//> Mason. href=/profile//> Forward href=/profile//> Matt href=/profile//> Haryasz href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Stanford href=/profile//> due href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> injury, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> surprising href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> UC href=/profile//> Irvine href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> convincingly href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> did. href=/profile//> Stanford href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> slow href=/profile//> start href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//>

-This href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> wasn’t href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> upset, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Winthrop href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> Marquette href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> wound href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> 71-64 href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> improve href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> 2-0 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> People href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> know href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> name href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Winthrop href=/profile//> yet, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> outstanding href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> absolutely href=/profile//> dominate href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> South href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year.

-Eastern href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> appeared href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> beaten href=/profile//> twice, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> twice href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Badgers href=/profile//> forced href=/profile//> overtime. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> overtime href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> finally href=/profile//> put href=/profile//> away href=/profile//> Eastern href=/profile//> Kentucky. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> face href=/profile//> Old href=/profile//> Dominion href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> Monday href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Paradise href=/profile//> Jam href=/profile//> Championship href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//>

-After href=/profile//> leading href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> half, href=/profile//> Murray href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Cincinnati href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> seconds href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> trying href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> dribble href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> clock, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> turned href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Cincinnati href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> layup href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> tie href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> force href=/profile//> overtime. href=/profile//> Cincinnati href=/profile//> wound href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> O.T. href=/profile//> Murray href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> sort href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> expecting href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> upset. href=/profile//> Although href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> realize href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> yet, href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Cincinnati href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> Murray href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> dominate href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Ohio href=/profile//> Valley href=/profile//> Conference href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> easily href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> 20+ href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> kinds href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> trouble href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Gardner href=/profile//> Webb. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> 5 href=/profile//> late href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> missed href=/profile//> freethrows href=/profile//> allowed href=/profile//> Gardner href=/profile//> Webb href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> tie href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> David href=/profile//> Noel href=/profile//> hit href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> three-pointer href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> seconds href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> UNC href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> 83-80 href=/profile//> win.



HIGHLIGHTED href=/profile//> MATCHUPS

-TOLEDO href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> SOUTH href=/profile//> CAROLINA. href=/profile//> Toledo href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> favored href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Western href=/profile//> Division href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> MAC. href=/profile//> South href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> expectations href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Postseason href=/profile//> NIT href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> nice href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> South href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> seasons. href=/profile//> Toledo, href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> hand, href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> slow href=/profile//> start. href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> either href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> momentum href=/profile//> early href=/profile//> on. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>




BUY href=/profile//> GAMES

-ALABAMA href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> ALABAMA. href=/profile//> Alabama href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> looking href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> rebound href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> week. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> chance href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> it. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Tide href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> anywhere href=/profile//> near href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> level href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> potential href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> now. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> kind href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> help href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> gel href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//>

-LIPSCOMB href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> AUBURN. href=/profile//> Lipscomb href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> gave href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> scare href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Guardians href=/profile//> Classic. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> frontrunners href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Atlantic href=/profile//> Sun href=/profile//> Conference. href=/profile//> Auburn href=/profile//> needs href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> alert. href=/profile//>

-BUFFALO href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> (div2) href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> BUFFALO. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Bulls href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> dominate href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//>

-MOUNTAIN href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> (div2) href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> IOWA href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> opener href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Cyclones. href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> mean href=/profile//> nothing href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> committee href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//>

-WESTERN href=/profile//> CAROLINA href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> NORTHERN href=/profile//> IOWA. href=/profile//> Northern href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> contend href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> can’t href=/profile//> afford href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> slipups, href=/profile//> especially href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> Western href=/profile//> Carolina. href=/profile//>

-LAFAYETTE href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> NOTRE href=/profile//> DAME. href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> poor href=/profile//> finish href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> kept href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Irish href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> want href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> start href=/profile//> things href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> low href=/profile//> level href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//>

-CHICAGO href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> OHIO href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> Two href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Ohio href=/profile//> State’s href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> miss href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> due href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> suspension. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> difference href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> Buckeyes href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> bench href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> handily. href=/profile//>

-SOUTHERN href=/profile//> UNIVERSITY href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> TEXAS href=/profile//> A&M. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Aggies href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> come href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> long href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> short href=/profile//> period href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> time. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> push href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//>

-FURMAN href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> VANDERBILT. href=/profile//> Vandy href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> night href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> handily. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> shouldn’t href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> trouble href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> handily href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well.

-TEXAS href=/profile//> SOUTHERN href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> WICHITA href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> Wichita href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> fell href=/profile//> apart href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> missed href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> hunt href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> can’t href=/profile//> afford href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> this. href=/profile//>

-DELAWARE href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> NORTH href=/profile//> CAROLINA href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> American href=/profile//> Youth href=/profile//> Classic href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> NC href=/profile//> State. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> yesterday href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> trouble href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> today. href=/profile//>

-SAVANNAH href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> PACIFIC. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> part href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Hispanic href=/profile//> Fund href=/profile//> Classic. href=/profile//> Savannah href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> something href=/profile//> Friday href=/profile//> night href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> failed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that’s href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> However, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> come href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> div1 href=/profile//> team, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> won’t href=/profile//> count href=/profile//> toward href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI. href=/profile//> Pacific href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> looking href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> div1 href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-SHAWNEE href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> (div2) href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> BOSTON href=/profile//> COLLEGE. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> part href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Las href=/profile//> Vegas href=/profile//> Invitational. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> contest. href=/profile//>

-JACKSON href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> OKLAHOMA href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> part href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Las href=/profile//> Vegas href=/profile//> Invitational. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> contest. href=/profile//> href=/profile//> href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-TEXAS href=/profile//> PAN href=/profile//> AMERICAN href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> ILLINOIS. href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> somewhat, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//> One href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> expect href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> dominate href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well.

 
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