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  Tuesday, March 7, 2006

Conference Tourney Matchups for Tuesday, 3/7
By Drew Barnette

NEWS href=/profile//> AND href=/profile//> NOTES

-Seeing href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> George href=/profile//> Mason href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> 20s href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> seemed href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> keep href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> themselves href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> foot. href=/profile//> Well, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> didn’t href=/profile//> shoot href=/profile//> themselves href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> foot, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> senior href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> Tony href=/profile//> Skinn href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> punch href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> groin href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> semifinal href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Hofstra. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> incident href=/profile//> earned href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> suspension, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be 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//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> there. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> important href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> committee href=/profile//> looks href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> injuries href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> suspensions. href=/profile//> George href=/profile//> Mason href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> given href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> committee href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> reason href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> leave href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> didn’t href=/profile//> exist href=/profile//> before. href=/profile//> Skinn href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> assists. href=/profile//> Five href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> average href=/profile//> double href=/profile//> figures href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> George href=/profile//> Mason href=/profile//> though, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> such href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> balanced href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> effect href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> committee’s href=/profile//> decision href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> much. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> George href=/profile//> Mason href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> left href=/profile//> out, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> highest href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> ever href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bid. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> my href=/profile//> bracket href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> something href=/profile//> tells href=/profile//> me href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> okay, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> incident href=/profile//> certainly href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> help. href=/profile//> To href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> credit href=/profile//> Skinn href=/profile//> publicly href=/profile//> apologized href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> happened. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>


-More href=/profile//> tickets href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> punched. href=/profile//> Iona href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Saint href=/profile//> Peter’s href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> handily. href=/profile//> Saint href=/profile//> Peter’s href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> 5 href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> MAAC href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 17-14 href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> tonight’s href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> nice href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> run, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Iona href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> clearly href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> superior href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> continue. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> opponent href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> whoever href=/profile//> draws href=/profile//> them.


-Gonzaga href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> taken href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> wall href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> tonight href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> LMU. href=/profile//> LMU href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> missed href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> wide href=/profile//> open href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> under href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> basket href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> running href=/profile//> out. href=/profile//> An href=/profile//> LMU href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bubble href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> crowded href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> already href=/profile//> is, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> whoever href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> selected href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> field href=/profile//> needs href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> send href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Zags href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> nice href=/profile//> thank href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> note. href=/profile//>


-Hofstra href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> forgot href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> show href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> tonight’s href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> UNC href=/profile//> Wilmington href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> CAA href=/profile//> Championship. href=/profile//> UNCW href=/profile//> jumped href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> early href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> opened href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> 22 href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> half. href=/profile//> Hoftra href=/profile//> finally href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> together href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> roaring href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 2, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> couldn’t href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> hump. href=/profile//> UNCW href=/profile//> clinches href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> spot href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> important href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> CAA href=/profile//> fighting href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> spot href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dance, href=/profile//> UNCW href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> least href=/profile//> safe. href=/profile//> Hofstra href=/profile//> remains href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bubble, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> they’re href=/profile//> in. href=/profile//>



HORIZON href=/profile//> LEAGUE href=/profile//> CHAMPIONSHIP

-BUTLER href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> WISCONSIN href=/profile//> MILWAUKEE. href=/profile//> These href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> tied href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> title, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> fitting href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> meet href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> Milwaukee href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tiebreaker href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> why href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> floor. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> loser href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NIT, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> neither href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> today. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> potentially href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> matchups. href=/profile//> Butler href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> heavyweights href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> beating href=/profile//> Ohio href=/profile//> State, href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Indiana. href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> Milwaukee href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> contrasting href=/profile//> styles href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> fun href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> watch. href=/profile//>



SUN href=/profile//> BELT href=/profile//> CHAMPIONSHIP href=/profile//>

-SOUTH href=/profile//> ALABAMA href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> WESTERN href=/profile//> KENTUCKY. href=/profile//> These href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> question, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> it’s href=/profile//> fitting href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> meet href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> championship. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> different href=/profile//> divisions, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> met href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Western href=/profile//> KY href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road. href=/profile//> South href=/profile//> Alabama href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> undergone href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> turnaround. href=/profile//> Last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 7 href=/profile//> div1 href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> 22 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> brink href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> making href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament. href=/profile//> Western href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> advantage href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> comes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> fans href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> campus href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> roughly href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> hour href=/profile//> away href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> Middle href=/profile//> Tennessee’s href=/profile//> campus, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> played. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> loser href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> NIT href=/profile//> bid, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> must href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAAs. href=/profile//>



MID href=/profile//> CONTINENT href=/profile//> CHAMPIONSHIP

-CHICAGO href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> ORAL href=/profile//> ROBERTS. href=/profile//> Chicago href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> 6th href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> pulled href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> upsets href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> advance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> row href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> low href=/profile//> seeded href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> advanced href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> finals href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> row href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> low href=/profile//> seeded href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> facing href=/profile//> Oral href=/profile//> Roberts href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> floor. href=/profile//> Last href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> Oakland href=/profile//> pulled href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> third href=/profile//> straight href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> advanced href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> Chicago href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> manages href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> headed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Dayton href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> again. href=/profile//> Oral href=/profile//> Roberts href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #15 href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//>



BIG href=/profile//> SKY href=/profile//> SEMIFINALS

-Eastern href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> Montana
-Sacramento href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> @ href=/profile//> Northern href=/profile//> Arizona

Northern href=/profile//> Arizona href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> title href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> therefore href=/profile//> gets href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> semifinals href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> finals href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> floor, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Montana href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> profile href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Northern href=/profile//> Arizona href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> handily href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> played. href=/profile//> Northern href=/profile//> Arizona href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> meeting href=/profile//> earlier href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> though, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> definitely href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> advantage. href=/profile//> Eastern href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Sacramento href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> looking href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> #16 href=/profile//> seeds href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//> Montana href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Northern href=/profile//> Arizona href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> seeded href=/profile//> 15th href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> manage href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//>



SOUTHLAND href=/profile//> QUARTERFINALS

-Texas href=/profile//> San href=/profile//> Antonio href=/profile//> @ href=/profile//> Northwestern href=/profile//> State
-Texas href=/profile//> Arlington href=/profile//> @ href=/profile//> Sam href=/profile//> Houston
-Lamar href=/profile//> @ href=/profile//> Southeast href=/profile//> Louisiana
-McNeese href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> @ href=/profile//> Stephen href=/profile//> F href=/profile//> Austin

The href=/profile//> Southland href=/profile//> plays href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> floors href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> seeds href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> reseeds href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> each href=/profile//> round. href=/profile//> Northwestern href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> court href=/profile//> advantage href=/profile//> throughout href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> long href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> keep href=/profile//> winning. href=/profile//>



MOUNTAIN href=/profile//> WEST href=/profile//> OPENING href=/profile//> ROUND

-TCU href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> Colorado href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> (winner href=/profile//> gets href=/profile//> San href=/profile//> Diego href=/profile//> State)

The href=/profile//> MWC href=/profile//> hasn't href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> nearly href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> typically href=/profile//> is. href=/profile//> At href=/profile//> best, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bubble, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> anything href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> sure href=/profile//> thing. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> looks href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAAs href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> (especially href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ones href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> today) href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//>



MEAC href=/profile//> OPENING href=/profile//> ROUND

-Howard href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> A&T href=/profile//> (winner href=/profile//> gets href=/profile//> Delaware href=/profile//> State)
-Maryland href=/profile//> Eastern href=/profile//> Shore href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> Norfolk href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> (winner href=/profile//> gets href=/profile//> Coppin href=/profile//> State)

The href=/profile//> winner href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> seeded href=/profile//> 16th, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> today href=/profile//> manage href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Dayton href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> opening href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Delaware href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> title href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> favorite href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament.

 
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