06, 2006
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Villanova-Oklahoma
Scout
The Wildcats, who beat
85-74 last year in
and Kyle Lowry) to the NBA but are off to a 6-1 start this season, while the
Sooners are 4-2 and looking to protect the nation’s longest non-conference home
winning streak (49). Villanova holds wins over
Their lone loss came against Xavier, 71-66, at the
Norman Transcript
is a tough place to play for anyone not wearing white. It’s been nearly seven
years and 49 games since a non-Big 12 team walked off the Sooners’ home court
victorious. But hitting 50 will be a chore. To do it, OU
(4-2) must turn back Villanova (6-1). OU is still
shifting away from the team Taj Gray, Kevin Bookout and Terrell Everett led last season. The Wildcats
lost the backcourt trio of Kyle Lowry, Randy Foye and
Allen Ray from last year’s 28-5 squad. They combined for 63 points against the
Sooners. Ordinarily, losses like those will ensure a rebuilding season. But the
Wildcats are in a unique situation. Curtis Sumpter
was poised for an All-American season last year, but an early-season knee
injury kept him on the bench while the Wildcats ran to the Big East Conference
regular-season title and the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight. He’s back this
season and averaging 19.1 points and 5.0 rebounds a
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Old Dominion-Virginia Tech
Hampton
It’s cold and flu season, and the
Old Dominion Monarchs have discovered they are not immune. They took flu shots
in October to prepare for the grind of a college basketball season. But a virus
isn’t the flu. And a virus is spreading. Valdas Vasylius, who
scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in ODU’s
70-57 victory over James Madison on Saturday, hopped on the bus to Blacksburg
on Tuesday as the Monarchs headed for tonight’s game at Virginia Tech. There
were no promises he’d be playing tonight. Vasylius
sat out Monday’s practice, fighting a virus similar to the one that sidelined
Arnaud Dahi on Saturday. Senior
guard Drew Williamson walked out of Monday’s practice wearing a heavy coat and
wool hat. Williamson said the latest player to complain of symptoms was
7-foot-3 junior center Sam Harris. “It looks like it’s hitting the big men
first,” Williamson said. “Hopefully it won’t make it to the guards.” Stevie
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Ball State-Butler
The Star Press
The Bulldogs have won four straight games at home against
points.
ranked No. 1 in the national RPI, has been on an
incredible roll early in the season. The Bulldogs vaulted into national
prominence by beating
and Gonzaga in back-to-back games to win the Preseason NIT. The Bulldogs took
the court the day after their emotional win over Gonzaga and beat
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Duquesne-Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review
No. 2 Pitt is among the deepest college basketball teams
in the nation. Duquesne is the one of the youngest, dressing only two healthy
players with Division I experience prior to this season. Panthers junior Mike
Cook has started nearly as many Division I games (47) as every healthy player
on the Duquesne active roster combined (51). The Dukes are down to eight
healthy scholarship players. Pitt is 24-3 against Duquesne in the past 27
meetings and has won by at least 11 points in each of the past five years, but
the games aren’t always lopsided. Here is the margin of victory in Pitt’s wins:
10 points or fewer – 9, 11-15 points – 7, 16-20 points – 4, 20 points or more –
4. Duquesne opened the season at 2-0 — after going
an all-time worst 3-24 last season under former coach Danny Nee—but has dropped
four in a row. The Dukes are coming off a 73-72 loss to Robert Morris in which
the Dukes blew a seven-point lead in the final
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Wisconsin Milwaukee-Missouri State
News Leader
After two straight NCAA Tournament appearances, the
Panthers are young and it’s showing. They fell to 2-7
with a Saturday loss to
University. So this fits the category of a classic trap game. Coach Barry
Hinson vows not to allow his team to fall into that trap. The Bears (6-1)
received the 30th-highest point total in last week’s AP rankings.
Clara
thinks
is top-25 worthy. Wisconsin-Milwaukee has one of the nation’s youngest teams,
in terms of starting experience. The Panthers lost seven seniors from last
season’s NCAA Tournament team. Joe Duffy’s sports betting selections are at www.GodsTips.com Paige Paulsen is the only player with previous
D-I starting experience and his nine games came two years ago while at
Illinois
season’s team. Smith is averaging a team-best 15 points and scored 36 in a
Saturday loss to
University.
Denver-Wyoming
Star Tribune
and coming off a home loss to
win at then-No. 14
to answer your question, no, the
men’s basketball team is not looking past the Pioneers in anticipation of
Saturday’s game against the No. 10 Shockers. Those would seem to be wise words
and the right approach for the Cowboys (6-1), who,
despite having won three straight, were unable to put away Colorado School of
Mines and
until the later stages of the second half in their past two victories. McClain
said he isn’t concerned after his team’s slow starts in both games, pointing to
CSM’s and MSU’s ability to
live rather than die by the 3-pointer in the early stages against the Pokes.
hasn’t held the lead when it matters most but once this season, a 74-68 win
over
home last week, but they are 0-3 on the road, including a 43-point loss at
Stanford.