Seven games and 13 days into the season, the Wednesday, November 29, 2006 Xavier is off to a 4-1 start with its lone loss to <\/body> Tuesday, November 28, 2006 CBB Maryland-Illinois SJ-R.com Seven games and 13 days into the season, the Illini are undefeated heading into an early showdown against No. 25 Maryland (7-0) at Assembly Hall on Tuesday in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge (6 p.m., ESPN). After Illinois beat Bradley 75-71 Saturday to win the Chicago Invitational in … Continue reading Advanced News and Notes<\/span>
\n28, 2006<\/st1:date>CBB<\/span><\/span>
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\nagainst No. 25 Maryland (7-0) at Assembly Hall on Tuesday in the ACC-Big Ten
\nChallenge (6 p.m., ESPN). After
\nbeat Bradley 75-71 Saturday to win the Chicago Invitational in
\nEstates<\/st1:place>, Weber appreciated the Illini\u2019s<\/span>
\nability to survive the season\u2019s first two weeks despite injuries to junior
\nforward Brian Randle and sophomore guard Jamar<\/span> Smith
\nplus the suspension of guard Rich McBride. Smith isn\u2019t 100 percent, the guard
\nsaid, and his ankle was tender after the game.A<\/span>
\nschedule that included Austin Peay<\/span>,
\nCBB<\/span><\/span>
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Press Notes
\nwill be participating in the Big Ten\/ACC Challenge for the fifth-consecutive
\nyear.
\nfirst participated in the event during the 2002-03 season<\/span>
\nagainst Duke in
\na 91-75 Blue Devils\u2019 victory. Georgia Tech traveled to
\n
\nBuckeyes traveled to Clemson in 2004-05 and fell to the Tigers, 80-73.
\n
\na year ago, 69-59, for its first victory in the event. The last time Ohio State
\nwas ranked No. 1 in either the coaches or media men\u2019s basketball poll was
\nagainst Cincinnati (3\/24\/62) in a loss to the No. 2-ranked Bearcats (71-59) in
\nnational title game in Louisville, Ky. Ohio State is 49-3 all-time as the No. 1
\nteam (AP).
\nlast four games as the No. 1 team have been played on neutral courts. The
\nBuckeye\u2019s last true road game as the No. 1 team was a loss at
\n(
\nCarolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> enters the game ranked No. 6\/7.
\n
\nplaying in a game in which both teams are ranked. The Buckeyes are 201-51 when
\nplaying with an AP Top 10 ranking.
\n
\nan AP Top 25 ranking.Iowa-Virginia Tech
Press Notes
\nconcludes a five-game road swing Wednesday, Nov. 29 at Virginia Tech (3-2) as
\npart of the annual ACC\/Big Ten Challenge. Game time is
\ndropped a 67-64 contest at
\nNov. 25 in its last outing after posting a 1-2 record in the Paradise Jam. Iowa
\ndefeated
\nround before losing to 10th<\/sup>-ranked
\n72-60 in the semi-finals and Villanova 89-60 in the consolation round. Virginia
\nTech is 3-2 on the season after dropping two of three games in the Old Spice
\nClassic in
\ndefeated lost to
\n77-56 win over
\n71-68 loss to
\nholds a 2-3 record in the ACC\/Big Ten Challenge, including a 2-0 record at
\nhome, an<\/span> 0-1 record on the road and an 0-2 record at
\nneutral sites.
\nin
\ndefeating Georgia Tech in
\nin 2001.
\n
\nin
\n
\ndefeated
\n45-42 in
\ndid not participate in the event in 2004 and 2005.Press Notes
\n55-63, in its final game of the Paradise Jam. In its most recent game, Xavier
\ncollected an 86-68 win against American on Saturday. Wednesday marks the 94th<\/sup>
\nmeeting between
\nwith the Musketeers holding a 48-45 edge in the all-time series. When playing
\non Xavier\u2019s home court, the Musketeers are 30-17 against the
\nMillett<\/span> Hall. The last time the teams met at the
\n(
\ncollected a 66-54 win to snap a seven-game losing skid on Xavier\u2019s home court.
\n
\ncontinues a four-game road stretch when it travels to Xavier.
\nwhich entered its Nov. 24 game against the RedHawks<\/span>
\naveraging 81.2 ppg, 41.2 rpg<\/span> and shooting .511 from
\nthe field, was bothered by a persistent RedHawk<\/span>
\ndefense which gave up just 51 points to the Illini<\/span>,
\nout-rebounded them by six boards and held them to 37.8 percent shooting from
\nthe field. It also was the smallest margin of victory for
\nthis season, with no team getting within 20 points of the Illini<\/span>
\nin their previous five wins.
\non Nov. 25 marked the fifth time this season the RedHawks<\/span>
\nhave restricted an opponent to less than 60 points. The previous day,
\nheld
\naveraging over 80 points per game, to 51 points. Over the past three seasons,
\nhas confined opponents to less than 60 points 33 times, including 16 times last
\nseason.
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