2006
Simply put over the last 26 years, at least 19 of the
greatest college hoops postseasons were here (or at our predecessor scorephone
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as we finished off college hoops a remarkable 69-37. Five of the last seven years, from conference play through
the Final 4 we hit at least 64 percent.
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CBB
Cal Santa Barbara-Cal Riverside
Press Enterprise
The Highlanders won their last game, 94-87 in overtime,
over UC Davis. Two of their past three losses have
come in overtime, and the team seems to have regrouped since back-to-back
blowout losses to Pacific and UC Irvine.
Press Notes
Junior forward Glenn Turner will miss the Big West
Tournament but senior guard Cecil Brown will play for the Gauchos. Brown is second team All Conference.
Xavier-Massachusetts
Press Notes
Xavier, 17-10 overall and 8-8 in the Atlantic 10
Conference, lost its regular season finale on Saturday at
65-56. Xavier has compiled a 15-7 (.682) all-time record in 10 Atlantic 10
Tournament appearances. XU is 3-0 in first round games.
Washington State-Oregon
Press Notes
is 2-6 all-time in Pac-10 Tournament games. Ducks have won 10 straight in the
series and 18 of the last 19.
has won eight of 12 meetings on a neutral floor, including an 8-2 record at the
Far West Classic in
Ducks are averaging 68.6 points on offense and give up 64.6 points on defense.
The Cougars lead the Pac-10 in scoring defense (57.4 points per game), field
goal percentage defense (39.0) and 3-point field goal percentage defense
(29.5).
has led just once at halftime in its last 13 games, 11 of which have resulted
in loss.
Central Florida-East Carolina
Press Notes
The UCF men’s basketball team has
made two-consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament, but will have a new
challenge this season as it participates in the 2006 Conference USA
Championship presented by Aeropostale. The Golden
Knights (13-14) earned the fifth seed at the league tournament and will face
No. 12 East Carolina (8-19) in the first round on Wednesday evening in
to the start of the 2001-02 campaign, UCF is 10-1 in
conference championship action. The Golden Knights have won six-straight league
tournament games. UCF has a 4-0 edge in the all-time
series with
with the Pirates this year. The Golden Knights closed the regular season in
strong fashion, winning three of their last four games.
Cincinnati-Syracuse
Press Notes
19-11, closed regular season play with a 78-75 win over No. 16 West Virginia to
finish eighth in the BIG EAST with an 8-8 ledger.
19-11, finished in ninth place with a 7-9 record following Sunday’s 92-82 loss
to No. 4 Villanova, SU’s third straight defeat.
Though both teams have won over 70 percent of their home games this season,
neither found the home court to be an advantage when the played each other.
Syracuse beat Cincinnati, 77-58, at UC’s Fifth Third
Arena while the Bearcats retaliated with an 82-65 win over the Orange in the
Carrier Dome, the two teams’ largest margins of defeat at home in 2006. The
Bearcats were rated No. 4 in the RPI and No. 5 in the
Sagarin Index in strength of schedule rankings at the conclusion of the regular
season.
Dayton-St. Joseph’s
Press Notes
finished the regular season 14-16 overall and 6-10 in the A-10. UD tied
for 11th place, and is the tournament’s 12th seed by
tiebreaker. St. Joe’s is the fifth seed with a 9-7 conference record and 15-12
overall mark.
a five-game winning streak with it to
has won five of the last six. The Flyers won this year’s meeting 77-69 at the UD Arena on February 1. UD leads
the Atlantic 10 in 3-pt. FG% defense (.303, 167-551),
and is second in FG% defense (.403, 632-1568), 3-pt. FG% (.377, 180-478)…Included in
16 losses are ten that have been by nine points or less. Five of the eight
(Creighton, Vanderbilt,
and Xavier) were a two-point game, or closer, in the final minute.
Pittsburgh-Louisville
Post Gazette
After sleeping on their third loss in four games to end
the regular season, the Pitt Panthers met Saturday afternoon and aired some of
their grievances concerning the team as they get set to enter the postseason.
Gray said Pitt has to get back to playing a defense-first approach instead of
the offensive-minded play that has been the norm the past month.