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  Thursday, January 12, 2006

BX Weekly Rewind: This Week's News and Notes
By Drew Barnette

CAN href=/profile//> YOU href=/profile//> GUESS href=/profile//> THE href=/profile//> THEME href=/profile//> FOR href=/profile//> NEXT href=/profile//> WEEK??

-ESPN href=/profile//> likes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> themes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> weeks href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> started href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Championship href=/profile//> Week href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> years href=/profile//> back. href=/profile//> Shortly href=/profile//> thereafter href=/profile//> we href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> Rivalry href=/profile//> Week. href=/profile//> Now href=/profile//> we href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> barrage href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> themes href=/profile//> such href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> Judgment href=/profile//> Week, href=/profile//> Feast href=/profile//> Week, href=/profile//> Bracket href=/profile//> Buster href=/profile//> Week, href=/profile//> etc. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> ESPN href=/profile//> must href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> running href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> low href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> themes. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> week href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> Home href=/profile//> Court href=/profile//> Advantage href=/profile//> Week. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> broadcast href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> Duke, href=/profile//> Kentucky, href=/profile//> Kansas, href=/profile//> Oklahoma, href=/profile//> New href=/profile//> Mexico, href=/profile//> Pittsburgh href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> others href=/profile//> while href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> celebrating href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> court href=/profile//> advantages href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> unbelievable href=/profile//> coincidence href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> same href=/profile//> week. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> reality href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> nearly href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> (and href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> some) href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> least href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> week. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> makes href=/profile//> me href=/profile//> wonder href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> we’re href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> week. href=/profile//> What’s href=/profile//> next?? href=/profile//> White href=/profile//> Jersey href=/profile//> Week?? href=/profile//> Conferences href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> Begin href=/profile//> With href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Letter href=/profile//> B href=/profile//> Week?? href=/profile//> Sheesh. href=/profile//>



PAC href=/profile//> TEN href=/profile//> NOTES

-Thursdays href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> always href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> nights href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Pac href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> interesting href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> night.

Oregon href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> jumped href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> 11-0 href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Arizona href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> 41-19 href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> half. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Beavers href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> 20 href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> half, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Arizona href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> charging href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> tie href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Oregon href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> managed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> away href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> minutes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> 10, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> announcers href=/profile//> said href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> box href=/profile//> score href=/profile//> won’t href=/profile//> indicate href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> was. href=/profile//> Someone href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> tell href=/profile//> Oregon href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> begins href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> November href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> January. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> fairly href=/profile//> successful href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> finishing href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> middle, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> poor href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> weren’t href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> considered href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA. href=/profile//>

UCLA href=/profile//> jumped href=/profile//> ahead href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> every href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> seemed href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> Wazzu href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> fight href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> it, href=/profile//> they’d href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> cold href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> UCLA href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> open href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> lead. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> 17 href=/profile//> late href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> half, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> Wazzu href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> 19-4 href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> cut href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> 2. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> late href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> UCLA href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> line href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> freethrows. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Bruins href=/profile//> hit href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Wazzu href=/profile//> forced href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> court, href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> open href=/profile//> layup href=/profile//> and….MISSED!!! href=/profile//> UCLA href=/profile//> held href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> points. href=/profile//> Wazzu href=/profile//> falls href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> 1-1 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> goes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> USC href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> Saturday href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> winnable href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> shouldn’t href=/profile//> hurt href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> much, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> it’s href=/profile//> disappointing href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> helped href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> kind href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> drought href=/profile//> Wazzu href=/profile//> has, href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> want href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> help href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> get. href=/profile//>

Washington href=/profile//> ended href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> streak href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> USC. href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> jumped href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> lead. href=/profile//> USC href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> back, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> couldn’t href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> hump. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-Stanford href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> California href=/profile//> face href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> Friday href=/profile//> Night.



CINCINNATI

-If href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> truth href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> phrase href=/profile//> “What href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> kill href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> makes href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> stronger” href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> everyone href=/profile//> involved href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Cincinnati href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> program href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> bench href=/profile//> press href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> 600 href=/profile//> lbs href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> now. href=/profile//> First href=/profile//> head href=/profile//> coach href=/profile//> Bob href=/profile//> Huggins href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> untimely href=/profile//> fired href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> cause href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> university. href=/profile//> Andy href=/profile//> Kennedy href=/profile//> took href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> head href=/profile//> coach, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> embittered href=/profile//> fans href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> reluctant href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> support href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> program. href=/profile//> Things href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> worse href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> assistant href=/profile//> coach href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> pulled href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> drunk href=/profile//> driving href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> resigned href=/profile//> shortly href=/profile//> thereafter href=/profile//> leaving href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> program href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> assistant href=/profile//> coach. href=/profile//> Then href=/profile//> Abdul href=/profile//> Hererra href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> declared href=/profile//> academically href=/profile//> ineligible href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> student href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> standing href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> university href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> student href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> school, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> English href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> language href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> refused href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> credit href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> basic href=/profile//> English href=/profile//> class href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> took href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> school, href=/profile//> leaving href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> credit href=/profile//> short href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> needed href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> eligibility. href=/profile//> Nevertheless, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Bearcats href=/profile//> pushed href=/profile//> on, href=/profile//> jumped href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> 13-2 href=/profile//> record href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> competition, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> appeared href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> put href=/profile//> together href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> 25 href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> country href=/profile//> despite href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> they’ve href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> through. href=/profile//> Then href=/profile//> earlier href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> week href=/profile//> tragedy href=/profile//> struck href=/profile//> again. href=/profile//> Senior href=/profile//> Armein href=/profile//> Kirkland href=/profile//> tore href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> ACL href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Connecticut href=/profile//> Monday href=/profile//> night, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> ended href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> college href=/profile//> career href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> left href=/profile//> Cincinnati href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> players. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tank href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> credit href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> committee href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> things href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> accomplished href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> him. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> nine href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> left href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> team, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> easy href=/profile//> facing href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> East href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> rest href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//>



MISSOURI href=/profile//> VALLEY href=/profile//> NOTES

-Southern href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> appears href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> among href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Missouri href=/profile//> Valley href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> disappointing href=/profile//> start href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> midst href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> streak href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> unbeaten href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> MVC href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> yet, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> chances href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play. href=/profile//> One href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> things href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> div2 href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Alaska, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> streak href=/profile//> they’ve href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> on.

-Star href=/profile//> center href=/profile//> Patrick href=/profile//> O’Bryant href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> eligible href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Bradley, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> him. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> managed href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> De href=/profile//> Paul href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> opener href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> decent href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Northern href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Western href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> However, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> currently href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> streak href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> recent href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Wichita href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> jumped href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> half. href=/profile//>

-Creighton href=/profile//> continues href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> Nate href=/profile//> Funk href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> picture href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> all. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> streak href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Northern href=/profile//> Iowa. href=/profile//> Pretty href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> missing href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> tie href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> place href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Northern href=/profile//> Iowa, href=/profile//> Missouri href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Wichita href=/profile//> State. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> important href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> send href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dance href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> standings href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> determinant href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> does href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> in. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>



OTHER href=/profile//> NON-MAJOR href=/profile//> CONFERENCE href=/profile//> TEAMS

-Buffalo href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Air href=/profile//> Force href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> trying href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large href=/profile//> candidates. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> took href=/profile//> care href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> business href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> struggling href=/profile//> somewhat href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> Air href=/profile//> Force href=/profile//> fell href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Wyoming href=/profile//> earlier href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> week href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Buffalo href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> fell href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Toledo. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> take href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> drop href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> picture. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> already href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> thinking href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> themselves href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> bubble href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> leagues href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ones href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> damaging href=/profile//> loss. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-Bucknell href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Western href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> trying href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large href=/profile//> candidates href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> calls href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> week. href=/profile//> Western href=/profile//> KY href=/profile//> barely href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Arkansas href=/profile//> Little href=/profile//> Rock href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Bucknell href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> American. href=/profile//>

-Wisconsin href=/profile//> Milwaukee href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> Loyola, href=/profile//> IL href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> Wednesday. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> held href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> remain href=/profile//> unbeaten href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Horizon href=/profile//> League, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> given href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> poorly href=/profile//> Loyola href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> expected href=/profile//> UWM href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> handle href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> easier. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> can’t href=/profile//> afford href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> want href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> remain href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large href=/profile//> picture. href=/profile//> Their href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> superb href=/profile//> 15th href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> now, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> drop href=/profile//> somewhat href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> continue href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> due href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> level href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> competition href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> facing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

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Wake href=/profile//> Forest href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Clemson href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> needed href=/profile//> overtime href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> settle href=/profile//> things. href=/profile//> Clemson href=/profile//> picked href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> each href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> gave href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> multiple href=/profile//> chances href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> failed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> take href=/profile//> advantage href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> chances. href=/profile//> Clemson href=/profile//> improves href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> 2-1 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> while href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> falls href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> 0-2. href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> needs href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> start href=/profile//> winning. href=/profile//> Their href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 59 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> profile href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> now. href=/profile//>

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