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Tuesday, February 7, 2006
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Wednesday’s card is the confluence of sharpies and couch potatoes. We have a Wise Guy and two Majors and all are on national TV: Tennessee-Kentucky, Duke-North Carolina and Missouri State-Southern Illinois. Get out the remote and live like the sharpest of players tonight with three national TV games.
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NBA
Clippers-Knicks
NewJersey.com
The Knicks are 14-32 and have lost 10 of 11 games, including the last five straight. The addition of Rose for Sunday’s game helped, but was not good enough. Quentin Richardson did not practice, resting a bruised right shin. He is listed as probable for tonight’s game.
Lakers-Mavericks
Dallas Morning News
They are 1-4 so far on a seven-game road trip that ends Wednesday in Houston. Injuries have hurt them as starters Mihm (shoulder) and Lamar Odom (ribs) are doubtful. The Lakers have played as many close games as any team in the league. They are 12-11 when the final margin is six points or fewer. The Lakers are the only team this season to have beaten the Mavericks twice.
CBB
Missouri Stat-Southern Illinois
Press Notes
The Southern Illinois University men’s basketball team returns home Tuesday night against Missouri State, a team which has had the Salukis’ number in recent years. Missouri State (15-6, 8-5) trails the Salukis (16-7, 9-4) by one game in the Missouri Valley Conference standings, and have won four out of the last five meetings between the two. The Bears beat SIU by seven points in Springfield in January, and they have also knocked Southern out of the MVC Tournament the last two years. The game will feature a showcase of two elites in the MVC. Missouri State, the most prolific scoring offense will be playing a Saluki defense that is ranked fifth in the nation in scoring defense by allowing only 56 points per game.
Duke-North Carolina
Press Notes
After defeating Florida State by one point in overtime at Durham, the No. 2 Blue Devils (21-1, 9-0 ACC) head to Chapel Hill on Tuesday night to take on the newly ranked No. 23 Tar Heels (14-5, 5-3) in the teams’ first meeting of the season. The teams split two meetings in 2004-05, with the Blue Devils winning by one point in the first matchup and the Tar Heels winning by two in the second game. While Duke has dominated the series of late, taking 15 of the last 18 meetings, North Carolina has won five of the last seven at the Smith Center. The Devils have won four in a row, beating then-No. 15 Boston College 83-81 on Wednesday before the one-point victory over the Seminoles. Although this season has been rocky at times for a young Tar Heels squad, Carolina has won three in a row coming into Tuesday’s matchup.
St. Joseph’s-Villanova
Press Notes
Saint Joseph’s and fourth-ranked Villanova will play for the Big 5 title. The Hawks Dave Mallon is questionable for the game after suffering a grade-2 sprain of his left ankle at Dayton, which kept him out of the St. Bonaventure game. Mallon went down with 11:30 to play in the first half and was sidelined for the rest of the game. The Hawks missed the senior whom Phil Martelli has called, “the anchor of the defense” and “our best communicator on defense”. SJU owns a 19-3 record against city teams over the last four seasons (counting this year). This mark counts all games against Philadelphia teams (Drexel included). The Hawks went 3-3 last season and are 4-0 in 2005-06 with wins over Drexel, Temple, La Salle and Penn.
Tennessee-Kentucky
Press Notes
Tennessee hasn’t had much success against Kentucky over the past few seasons, but this time around, it’s the one sitting in the Top 25. The 11th-ranked Volunteers (16-3, 7-1 SEC) enter their 200th matchup with the Wildcats (15-7, 5-3) as a ranked team for the first time since 2001 when they play at Rupp Arena on Tuesday.Kentucky and Tennessee have the second-most played rivalry in SEC history with the Wildcats leading the all-time series 137-62. Kentucky swept all three meetings last season, including a 76-62 victory in the conference tournament, and has won eight in a row over Tennessee. The Vols have dropped six straight in Lexington since a 47-46 win on Jan. 12, 1999. Tennessee now plays four of its next five on the road, including a rematch with the Gators on Feb. 22.
Virginia-Maryland
Press Notes
Virginia enters tonight’s Atlantic Coast Conference game with an 11-8 overall record and a 5-4 mark in the ACC. The Cavaliers snapped a two-game losing streak with a 75-73 victory over Wake Forest (Feb. 4) at University Hall. Maryland stands at 14-7 overall and 4-4 in the ACC. The Terrapins have lost their last three games and are coming off a 62-58 loss to 18th-ranked NC State (Feb. 5) in Raleigh, N.C. Maryland leads the series with Virginia 99-64 in a rivalry that dates back to the 1912-13 season. UVa has lost the last four meetings in the series, including both contests last season. In the first meeting of the 2004-05 season, UVa fell 82-68 (Jan. 19) in College Park and the Cavaliers lost 92-89 in double overtime (Feb. 19) in Charlottesville. The Cavaliers lost both games in the 2003-04 season to Maryland. Virginia has lost seven of the last 11 and 17 of the last 24 contests in the series The recent series with Maryland has featured quite a few close games. Since 1987, 25 of 39 games have been decided by nine points or less, with Virginia winning 12 of the close games. In the last 19 years there have also been five overtime games, with Virginia winning three of the five games.