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22, 2006
Ole Miss-Kentucky
Press Notes
Ole Miss hits the road for the second consecutive game,
traveling to
the Wildcats.
in the SEC Eastern Division standings and has taken its last two games,
including Saturday’s 79-66 road win at
Tubby Smith’s Wildcats have a trio of sophomores leading the team in scoring
and currently coming off the bench. After being suspended for the entire
non-conference slate, forward Randolph Morris is posting 12.8 points and 5.8
rebounds since rejoining the squad and leads the SEC in field goal percentage
in league play (.611).
Utah-UNLV
Press Notes
The Runnin’ Utes (12-12, 5-8 MWC) open a two-game road swing against the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels (14-10, 8-4 MWC).
tied for sixth place in the Mountain West Conference, dropped a pair of games
at home last week. The Utes pushed
69-61 on Wednesday night, then lost to Air Force 52-51
on Saturday night.
opponents’ home courts overall this season and 2-4 in Mountain West Conference
play. Over the last seven games,
has held its opponents to an average of 59.7 points per game on 39.6 percent
shooting from the field and 33.3 percent from three-point range. The Utes have
owned a 34.7 to 28.1 edge in rebounds per game, outworking all seven teams on
the glass.
is playing one redshirt freshman and four other newcomers. Through 24 games,
56.9 percent of the Utes’ points, 47.2 percent of their rebounds, 51.9 percent
of their assists, and 54.1 percent of their minutes played have come from the
first-year players. UNLV is 14-10 overall and tied
for third place in the Mountain West Conference with an 8-4 record. The Rebels
are 10-4 at home overall this season and 4-2 in conference games. The Runnin’ Rebels ended a two-game losing steak with an 80-72
win at
last Saturday afternoon. Before then, UNLV lost at BYU (75-72) on Feb. 11 and to San Diego State at home
(81-70) on Feb. 16.
TCU-Colorado
State
Press Notes
finishes out a two-game homestand Wednesday night
against the TCU Horned Frogs. The Rams suffered an
80-72 setback Saturday night against UNLV and are now
13-12 on the year overall. The Horned Frogs bring a 5-21 record into Moby Arena
on Wednesday with their only conference victory (1-11) coming at the Rams’
expense, 85-72 in Fort Worth on Jan. 21.
414-164 (.716) in Moby Arena. The Rams hold an 9-33
record in the month of February during Dale Layer’s tenure as head coach. The
Rams have a 4-22 record in February in their last three-plus seasons. CSU snapped a 20-game league road losing streak with last
Wednesday’s win over
Lake City
holding opponents to a .379 field goal percentage in non-conference games, CSU
has allowed league opponents to shoot at a .493 clip after 12 MWC games. MWC foes are scoring
77.7 points per game on the Rams compared to a 67.0
points per game average in non-conference play.
Ohio State-Michigan
Press Notes
owns the all-time series lead with a record of 59-46 vs. the Buckeyes.
Lansing
Tennessee-Florida
Press Notes
will hit the road for the fourth time in its last five games. The
game will mark the fourth consecutive road game the Vols
have played that has been sold out. UT also played before sold out arenas at
UT saw its eight-game SEC winning streak come to an end with a 79-92 loss at
Saturday. Halftime bettors note that UT has rallied to overcome deficits of
nine points or more four times. South Carolina (1/8/06) led by as many as 15
points in the second half before the Vols came back
to win 76-69 in Columbia. The Vols have recorded at
least 10 steals in 15 of their 23 games.
is getting an average of 22.6 points per game from its bench. The Vols’ bench has contributed 520 points in 23 games this
season. UT has recorded 100 more steals than its opponents. The Vols have 241 steals compared to just 141 by their
opponents.
Maryland-Florida State
Press Notes
(16-9, 6-6 ACC) looks for its seventh conference win when it travels to
to take on the upstart Florida State Seminoles Wednesday.
game having won three of its last four contests following a 76-62 win over
Saturday in
leads the all-time series with FSU, 23-7, dating back to the first meeting in
1992. The Terps have won two straight over the
Seminoles and 17 of the last 19 contests.
is 9-4 against the ‘Noles in
and has won six of the last seven meetings at FSU.
Rutgers-Georgetown
Press Notes
Georgetown put together its second seven-game winning
streak of the season from Jan. 17-Feb. 9, but the Hoyas
then hit a rough stretch of their schedule and suffered consecutive losses to
then-No. 9
Virginia
then-No. 4 Villanova.The Hoyas’
last three games aren’t nearly as tough, as they’ll face
(15-11, 5-8) and
followed by
over No. 1 Duke and No. 9 Pittsburgh this season, one or two more wins could be
enough to get the Hoyas into the NCAAs.
After losing six of seven games over a three-week stretch,
has won two of its last three. The Scarlet Knights are coming off a 65-51
victory over
ahead 35-21 at halftime. The Scarlet Knights went on to deal
Florida
Fordham-St. Joseph’s
Press Notes
The
men’s basketball team will play back-to-back games at Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse for the first time this season, beginning with
Wednesday’s (Feb. 22) game with Fordham. The Hawks are 2-3 this season in the Fieldhouse and will be looking to avoid a sub-.500 record
on their homecourt, something which hasn’t happened since 1997-98. Entering
this season, the Hawks owned a 30-2 record in the building since 2002-03, and
that record is now 32-5.
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23, 2006
Utah State-Boise
Press Notes
has won 14 of its last 17 games after starting the year with a 4-3 record. Over the last seven years,
in league play and 41-26 (.612) all-time on the road under head coach Stew
Morrill (separated at birth from world class handicapper the Animal) in
conference games. USU’s overall road record under
Morrill is 54-39 (.581). Utah State is
92-24 (.793) in league games over the last seven years and it has won 40 of its
last 50 conference games dating back to the 2002-03 season.
of February under Morrill, which includes a 19-12 (.613) road record.
three-point field goal percentage (.431) and ranks second in the country in
overall field goal percentage (.510). USU is also
second in the nation in assists per game (18.46).
Athletic Conference with an 8-4 league record following its 80-42 win at
with the Aggies owning a 17-5 all-time record against
the Broncos, which includes a 4-5 road record.
Athletic Conference with a 5-8 league record. The Broncos snapped a three-game
losing streak by defeating Cal State Northridge 82-71 at home in its last game.
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2006
UTEP-Memphis
Press Notes
This matchup is to decide first place in Conference
Off to the best start in school history, the fourth-ranked Tigers (24-2, 10-0)
enter this contest with 13 consecutive wins. The Miners (17-6, 9-1) have won
five straight and 10 of 11, staying within one game of
for the conference lead. If UTEP pulls off the upset,
it will be tied with the Tigers for the league’s best record but will have won
the only meeting of the season between the schools. The Miners have allowed the
fewest points per game in the conference at 58.5 and are second in field-goal
percentage defense at 39.6 percent. The Miners have held 20 of their 23
opponents below 70 points, going 16-4 in those games.
meanwhile, has scored less than 70 points just twice this season, losing 70-67
to top-ranked Duke on Nov. 25 and 69-58 to then-No. 15 ranked
on Jan. 2.
The Tigers lead C-USA in scoring (84 points per game),
average margin of victory (16.6 ppg) and field-goal percentage (46.0). The
Miners have not played a ranked team this season and are just 31-71 all time
against Top 25 opponents. They haven’t faced a team ranked as high as
since a 62-56 loss to then-No. 3
on
at home and 4-1 overall in the all-time series, with the lone defeat coming on
since a 90-65 Tigers win on
2001
Nevada-Utah State
Press Notes
is 5-20 over the last 15 years versus ranked opponents, defeating the
of
once. All-time,
is 9-50 versus ranked opponents. The last time Utah State played a ranked team
was on Mar. 17, 2005 when it lost to then ninth-ranked Arizona 66-53 in the
first round of the 2005 NCAA Tournament in Boise, Idaho. The last time
was on
it lost to then 24th-ranked Pacific 64-63. Under Morrill, USU is 2-7 versus top-25 opponents.
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