Joe Duffy is CEO of The Wildcats, who beat <\/span> It\u2019s<\/span> cold and flu season, and the The Bulldogs have won four straight games at home against No. 2 Pitt is among the deepest college basketball teams After two straight NCAA Tournament appearances, the
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Villanova-Oklahoma
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\n85-74 last year in <\/span>
\nand Kyle Lowry) to the NBA but are off to a 6-1 start this season, while the
\nSooners are 4-2 and looking to protect the nation\u2019s longest non-conference home
\nwinning streak (49)<\/span>. Villanova holds wins over <\/span>
\nTheir lone loss came against Xavier, 71-66, at the <\/span>Norman Transcript
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\nis a tough place to play for anyone not wearing white. It\u2019s been nearly seven
\nyears and 49 games since a non-Big 12 team walked off the Sooners\u2019 home court
\nvictorious. But hitting 50 will be a chore. To do it, OU<\/span>
\n(4-2) must turn back Villanova (6-1). OU<\/span> is still
\nshifting away from the team Taj<\/span> Gray, Kevin
\nlost the backcourt trio of Kyle Lowry, Randy Foye<\/span> and
\nAllen Ray from last year\u2019s 28-5 squad. They combined for 63 points against the
\nSooners. Ordinarily, losses like those will ensure a rebuilding season. But the
\nWildcats are in a unique situation. Curtis Sumpter<\/span>
\nwas poised for an All-American season last year, but an early-season knee
\ninjury kept him on the bench while the Wildcats ran to the Big East Conference
\nregular-season title and the NCAA Tournament\u2019s Elite Eight. He\u2019s back this
\nseason and averaging 19.1 points and 5.0 rebounds<\/span> a
\ngame.
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Old Dominion-Virginia Tech
\nOld Dominion Monarchs have discovered they are not immune. They took flu shots
\nin October to prepare for the grind of a college basketball season. But a virus
\nisn\u2019t the flu. And a virus is spreading. <\/a>
\nscored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in ODU\u2019s<\/span>
\n70-57 victory over James Madison on Saturday, hopped on the bus to Blacksburg
\non Tuesday as the Monarchs headed for tonight\u2019s game at Virginia Tech. There
\nwere no promises he\u2019d be playing tonight. Vasylius<\/span>
\nsat out Monday\u2019s practice, fighting a virus similar to the one that sidelined
\nArnaud Dahi<\/span> on Saturday. Senior
\nguard Drew Williamson walked out of Monday\u2019s practice wearing a heavy coat and
\nwool hat. Williamson said the latest player to complain of symptoms was
\n7-foot-3 junior center Sam Harris. \u201cIt looks like it\u2019s hitting the big men
\nfirst,\u201d Williamson said. \u201cHopefully it won\u2019t make it to the guards.\u201d Stevie
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\n<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Ball State-Butler
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\npoints.
\nranked No. 1 in the national RPI<\/span>, has been on an
\nincredible roll early in the season. The Bulldogs vaulted into national
\nprominence by beating
\nand Gonzaga in back-to-back games to win the Preseason NIT. The Bulldogs took
\nthe court the day after their emotional win over Gonzaga and beat
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\nhis first game after having wires removed to hold his broken jaw in place.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Duquesne-Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review
\nin the nation. Duquesne is the one of the youngest, dressing only two healthy
\nplayers with Division I experience prior to this season. Panthers junior Mike
\nCook has started nearly as many Division I games (47) as every healthy player
\non the Duquesne active roster combined (51). The Dukes are down to eight
\nhealthy scholarship players. Pitt is 24-3 against Duquesne in the past 27
\nmeetings and has won by at least 11 points in each of the past five years, but
\nthe games aren\u2019t always lopsided. Here is the margin of victory in Pitt\u2019s wins:
\n10 points or fewer \u2013 9, 11-15 points \u2013 7, 16-20 points \u2013 4, 20 points or more \u2013
\n4. Duquesne opened the season at 2-0 — after going
\nan all-time worst 3-24 last season under former coach Danny Nee\u2014but has dropped
\nfour in a row. The Dukes are coming off a 73-72 loss to Robert Morris in which
\nthe Dukes blew a seven-point lead in the final <\/span>
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\nPanthers are young and it\u2019s<\/span> showing. They fell to 2-7
\nwith a Saturday loss to
\nUniversity. So this fits the category of a classic trap game. Coach Barry
\nHinson vows not to allow his team to fall into that trap. The Bears (6-1)
\nreceived the 30th<\/sup>-highest point total in last week\u2019s AP rankings.
\nClara<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> coach Dick Davey<\/span>
\nthinks
\nis top-25 worthy. Wisconsin-Milwaukee has one of the nation\u2019s youngest teams,
\nin terms of starting experience. The Panthers lost seven seniors from last
\nseason\u2019s NCAA Tournament team. Joe Duffy\u2019s sports betting selections are at
\nD-I starting experience and his nine games came two years ago while at
\nIllinois<\/st1:place>. Junior guard Avery Smith was a key substitute on last
\nseason\u2019s team. Smith is averaging a team-best 15 points and scored 36 in a
\nSaturday loss to
\nUniversity.Denver-Wyoming
Star Tribune
\nand coming off a home loss to
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\n
\nwin at then-No. 14 <\/span>
\nto answer your question, no, the
\nmen\u2019s basketball team is not looking past the Pioneers in anticipation of
\nSaturday\u2019s game against the No. 10 Shockers. Those would seem to be wise words
\nand the right approach for the Cowboys (6-1), who<\/span>,
\ndespite having won three straight, were unable to put away Colorado School of
\nMines and
\nuntil the later stages of the second half in their past two victories. McClain
\nsaid he isn\u2019t concerned after his team\u2019s slow starts in both games, pointing to
\nCSM\u2019s<\/span> and MSU\u2019s<\/span> ability to
\nlive rather than die by the 3-pointer in the early stages against the Pokes.
\nhasn\u2019t held the lead when it matters most but once this season, a 74-68 win
\nover