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Monday, February 27,
2006

 

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Raptors-Heat

Sun Sentinel

The Heat is riding a season-high five-game winning streak
as it fattens up on weak opponents. Coach Pat Riley is looking for more
defensive effort.  It took the Raptors 10
games to get their first victory, and it came against the Heat. Toronto
lost five in a row after that win but has played decently since then, posting a
19-20 record.

Sixers-Mavericks

Phillyburbs.com

The Sixers begin their very own Texas
two-step tonight. They visit the Dallas Mavericks tonight and then face the
Houston Rockets on Wednesday night. The Mavericks (44-11) own the best record
in the Western Conference. They are 25-4 at home, having overcome a 24-point
third-quarter deficit to edge the Toronto Raptors in overtime Saturday to
extend their American Airline
Center
winning streak to 14 games. Dallas
hasn’t lost at home since Dec. 30. The Sixers are likely to have Chris Webber,
who sat out Saturday night’s 108-102 win over the Bulls with the flu, back
tonight. Samuel Dalembert, who missed the last two
games with a sprained left ankle, didn’t travel with the team to Dallas
on Sunday and isn’t expected to play until Wednesday, at the earliest.

CBB

Pittsburgh-West Virginia

Post Gazette

Third place or sixth place. That,
in a nutshell, is what the game against West Virginia
means for Pitt. If the Panthers win, they will clinch third place in the Big
East Conference and a bye in the conference tournament next week at Madison
Square Garden

in New York, provided they beat
Seton Hall Friday at the Petersen Events
Center
in the regular-season finale.  They defeated West
Virginia
, 57-53, Feb. 9 at the Petersen
Events Center
.
Pitt has scored 80 points or more in each of its past four games. If there is
one thing missing from Pitt’s NCAA resume this season, it’s a signature road
win. The Panthers are 3-4 away from home in Big East play. Pitt is winless
against top echelon teams on the road this season. The Panthers’ most
impressive road win? How about South
Carolina
?

Boise-Fresno

Idaho Statesmen

It’s the first appearance on Big Monday for the Broncos,
who are 5-5 in 10 previous games televised by ESPN networks.

Northern Arizona-Montana

Great Falls Tribune

Coach Larry Krystkowiak’s
Grizzlies have already clinched second place in the Big Sky and an accompanying
bye into the league tournament semifinals, slated for March 7 in Flagstaff,
Ariz.
Tonight’s game offers one more chance
for Grizzly seniors Kevin Criswell and Virgil Matthews to hear the cheers of
the home folks. Northern Arizona (12-1, 20-8) has taken
the Big Sky by storm this season. The Lumberjacks of coach
Mike Adras were picked to be a middle-of-the-pack
team but have prospered behind senior shootists Kelly
Golob and Steve Sir. Forward Ruben Boykin Jr., off-guard
Tyrone Bazy and freshman point guard Josh Wilson have
also had outstanding years for the Jacks. Northern
Arizona
rallied from a 19-point
deficit to defeat
Montana 83-80 in Flagstaff on Jan. 19.

Cal State
Sacramento-Montana State

Great Falls Tribune

Tonight in Bozeman,
the Montana State Bobcats will also celebrate Senior Night as the Sacramento
State Hornets visit Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. A
Bobcat victory, though, means coach Mick Durham’s club will earn another home
game Saturday afternoon as the league tournament gets under way. Montana
State
(6-7, 14-14) will earn fourth
place with a victory tonight. The Bobcats, though, are reeling — both
physically and emotionally. Durham’s
club has dropped five straight conference games and was blown out twice on the
road last week while playing without leading scorer Ja’Ron
Jefferson (the flu) and an ineffective Marvin Moss, who was also a bit under
the weather. Jefferson, Moss, center Al Beye and reserve Taylor Pratt are MSU’s
seniors. Sacramento State
(5-8, 14-13) is also struggling, having lost four in a row, including a 92-72
drubbing by Northern Arizona on Saturday. The Cats are
11-3 at Brick Breeden this year.

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