Thursday, March 16, 2006
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Pacific-Boston College
Press Notes
Pacific has won 13 of the last 14 games and have claimed a third straight Big West Conference title.
Washington-Utah State
Press Notes
Utah State
will be participating in its seventh straight postseason (5 NCAA, 2 NIT) and
the Aggies have gone to the NCAA Tournament (1998,
2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006) or NIT (2002, 2004)
eight times in the last nine years. USU is 6-18
(.250) in its previous 16 NCAA Tournament appearances. Utah
State is 4-12 all-time in the first
round of the NCAA Tournament. In its last NCAA Tournament in 2005, USU (14th seed) lost to Arizona
(3rd seed) 66-53 in Boise, Idaho
(Chicago Region). Utah State’s
last win in the NCAA Tournament was in 2001 when USU
(12th seed) defeated Ohio State
(5th seed) 77-68 in overtime in the first round of the East Region
in Greensboro, N.C.
That win by the Aggies was the school’s first in 31
years as USU had lost nine straight NCAA games dating
back to 1970. Utah State
(23-8) is one of five teams across the country to win at least 23 games in each
of the last seven years. Utah State is 23-8 on the season after defeating San
Jose State (76-69) and Louisiana Tech (68-64), and losing to 21st-ranked
Nevada (70-63 ot) last weekend in the 2006 WAC Tournament in Reno, Nev. Utah State, which finished in
a tie for second-place in the Western Athletic Conference with an 11-5 league
record, is 2-0 on neutral courts this year. Despite losing in the championship
game of the WAC Tournament, Utah
State has won seven of its last
nine games heading into the NCAA Tournament.
Winthrop-Tennessee
Sports Illustrated/CNN
The Vols deserved a No. 2 seed—if
the season had ended in mid-February, when they were 19-3. What was the NCAA
selection committee thinking, handing a two to a team that lost four of its
last six games to finish 21-7? Coach Bruce
Pearl has worked miracles to get this squad where it is—from nowhere to
the top of the SEC East—but Tennessee
looks like it may have peaked too soon.
Gonzaga-Xavier
Press Notes
Xavier, 21-10 overall, defeated Saint Joseph’s 62-61 in
the Atlantic 10 Championship Game on March 11, earning Xavier its fourth
Atlantic 10 Championship all-time and its third in the last five years. Xavier,
21-10 overall, defeated Saint Joseph’s 62-61 in the Atlantic 10 Championship
Game on March 11, earning Xavier its fourth Atlantic 10 Championship all-time
and its third in the last five years. Xavier head coach Sean Miller is the
first Xavier head coach to win an Atlantic 10 Tournament Championship without a
senior starter.
George Washington-NC Wilmington
Associated Press
The Colonials (26-2), ranked No. 6 in last week’s AP poll
and the only Division I team with fewer than three losses, received only a No.
8 seed in the NCAA tournament. They beat only one school – A10 tournament
champion Xavier – in the NCAA’s field of 65. Their
non-conference schedule was one of the weakest in the country. They were
thumped 68-53 by Temple in the
first round of their conference tournament. Center Pops Mensah-Bonsu,
the team’s emotional leader and anchor in the middle, has a knee injury and
might not play Thursday. North Carolina-Wilmington is a patient team that poses
a tough matchup for the Colonials, who like to run the floor and pile up the
points. GW’s only two losses – to N.C.
State and Temple
– were against teams that kept the pace slow. The Seahawks often win with
scores in the 60s, although they play more man-to-man instead of zone, which Temple
used to great success.
Nebraska-Hofstra
NY Times
Hofstra was another N.I.T. pick hoping for an N.C.A.A.
bid. It lost to North Carolina Wilmington in the Colonial Athletic final and
received a No. 3 seeding in the N.I.T. It will open
against Nebraska.Hofstra won 14 of its last 16 games
and beat George Mason, which made the N.C.A.A. tournament,
twice.
