{"id":1158,"date":"2007-01-27T09:54:28","date_gmt":"2007-01-27T14:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/01\/sunday-advanced-news-and-notes-2\/"},"modified":"2007-01-27T09:54:28","modified_gmt":"2007-01-27T14:54:28","slug":"sunday-advanced-news-and-notes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/01\/sunday-advanced-news-and-notes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Advanced News and Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'><\/p>\n<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoDate>Sunday, January 28, 2007<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=bodytext1><u><span style='mso-ansi-font-size:\n12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:blue'><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.masterlockline.com\/\">MasterLockLine.com<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/span><span\nclass=bodytext1><span style='mso-ansi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> has the top plays from the top sports service<br \/>\nin their highest ranked sports.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Stevie<br \/>\nVincent\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/betonsports360.com\/\"><span style='color:black;\ntext-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>BetOnSports360.com<\/span><\/a> is pioneer<br \/>\nin forensic handicapping and part of <\/span><\/span><span class=bodytext1><b\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-ansi-font-size:12.0pt;\nmso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:blue'><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:\nnone;text-underline:none'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/b><\/span><span\nclass=bodytext1><span style='mso-ansi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'> <\/span><\/span><\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span class=SpellE><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>CBB<\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ohio-Ball<\/span><\/st1:PlaceName><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'> <\/span><st1:PlaceType><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>State<\/span><\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Press Notes <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The <st1:State><st1:place>Ohio<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> men\u2019s<br \/>\nbasketball squad (13-6, 4-2 MAC) will travel to take on <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ball<\/st1:PlaceName><br \/>\n<st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> (6-13, 2-4 MAC). This is the<br \/>\nonly meeting this year between <st1:State><st1:place>Ohio<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nand <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ball<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>.<br \/>\nAll-Time: <st1:State><st1:place>Ohio<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> holds a 36-29 edge<br \/>\nin the all-time series between the two programs.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wisconsin-Iowa<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Press Notes <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place>Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> (11-9,<br \/>\n3-3) plays the first of three games in seven days when it hosts #2\/3 <st1:State><st1:place>Wisconsin<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\n(20-1, 6-0). With the 79-63 win over <st1:place><st1:City>Penn State<\/st1:City>,<br \/>\n<st1:State>Iowa<\/st1:State><\/st1:place> improved its home winning streak in<br \/>\nBig Ten Conference games to 12 straight. <st1:State><st1:place>Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nhas won 28 of its last 29 home games in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. <st1:State><st1:place>Wisconsin<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nis ranked second by the Associated Press and third in the ESPN\/USA Today <span\nclass=GramE>coaches<\/span> poll. This marks <st1:State><st1:place>Wisconsin<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>\u2019s<br \/>\nhighest ranking of the season. <st1:State><st1:place>Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nhas posted a 1-2 record while facing three ranked opponents this season. Iowa<br \/>\nlost to 10<sup>th<\/sup>-ranked Alabama 72-60 in the semi-finals of the Paradise<br \/>\nJam, defeated 24<sup>th<\/sup>-ranked Michigan State 62-60 Jan. 4 in Iowa City<br \/>\nand lost to seventh-ranked Ohio State 82-63 Jan. 20 in Columbus. Under Steve<br \/>\nAlford, <st1:State><st1:place>Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 2-5 when playing<br \/>\nteams ranked among the top three in the nation. That includes a 1-3 mark vs.<br \/>\nNo. 1, a 1-1 record vs. No. 2 and a 0-1 record vs. No. 3.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tennessee-Kentucky<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Press Notes <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The <span class=SpellE>Vols<\/span> are looking to bounce<br \/>\nback from <span class=GramE>a<\/span> 83-69 loss at Ole Miss Wednesday night. UT<br \/>\nheld a 10-point halftime lead but the Rebels shot 59.4 percent from the field<br \/>\nin the second half to take the win. The <span class=SpellE>Vols<\/span><br \/>\nfinishing are a stretch where they have played five of six games on the road.<br \/>\nThe stretch began with three consecutive road games (at Vanderbilt, at <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName><br \/>\n<st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> and at <st1:City><st1:place>Auburn<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>)<br \/>\nbefore UT returned home to play <st1:State><st1:place>South Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\non Jan. 20. <st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> returned to<br \/>\nthe road Wednesday, Jan. 24, when they visited Ole Miss and now travel to <st1:State><st1:place>Kentucky<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>.<br \/>\nUT will return home Jan. 31 to host <st1:country-region><st1:place>Georgia<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><br \/>\nbefore hitting the road again when the <span class=SpellE>Vols<\/span> visit<br \/>\ntop-ranked <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> Feb. 3. UT has<br \/>\ndropped four of its last five games. Each of those four losses has come on the<br \/>\nroad and three of them were decided by three points or less. <st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nis leading the SEC and ranks eighth in the nation with 82.4 points per game.<br \/>\nChris Lofton, the SEC\u2019s leading scorer with 21.5 points per game, is out<br \/>\nindefinitely after suffering an ankle injury Jan. 20 against <st1:State><st1:place>South<br \/>\nCarolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. The All-America guard missed his first<br \/>\ncareer game Wednesday, Jan. 24, when he did not play against Ole Miss.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Massachusetts-Charlotte<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Charlotte Observer<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Maybe the comforts of home will give the 49ers some<br \/>\nassistance in Sunday\u2019s showdown with the Minutemen. <st1:City><st1:place>Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nis 5-2 at home this season with losses to <st1:place>North Texas<\/st1:place><br \/>\nand <st1:City><st1:place>Saint Joseph<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>\u2019s.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Virginia-Clemson<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Daily Progress<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=SpellE>UVa<\/span> fans have been getting a real<br \/>\nshow out of the Cavaliers\u2019 starting backcourt of senior shooting guard <span\nclass=SpellE>J.R<\/span>. Reynolds and junior point guard Sean Singletary. Since<br \/>\nreturning from a disastrous road trip to <st1:City><st1:place>San Juan<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nbefore Christmas, Reynolds and Singletary have combined to average 46 points<br \/>\nper game over the last eight contests. Singletary has averaged 23.9 per game,<br \/>\nReynolds 22.1 over that span. That\u2019s what it may require for the Cavaliers to<br \/>\ntame the Tigers, coming off a heart-wrenching, last-second loss at Duke on<br \/>\nThursday night. Clemson bounced back strong from its earlier loss to <st1:State><st1:place>North<br \/>\nCarolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> with an impressive home performance,<br \/>\nsomething the Cavaliers will have to contend with on Sunday afternoon at<br \/>\nLittlejohn Coliseum. Considering that Clemson ranks ninth in the ACC in both<br \/>\nfield-goal percentage defense and 3-point percentage defense, it at least<br \/>\nleaves the notion that it could be another one of those 40-plus point nights<br \/>\nfor the Cavalier backcourt.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>DePaul-West <\/span><st1:State><st1:place><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'>Virginia<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Scout.com<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>When viewing the Blue Demons schedule before this season<br \/>\nbegan it was plain to see that this week would be the toughest for the DePaul<br \/>\nBlue Demons. With back-to-back road games at <st1:City><st1:place>Georgetown<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nand <st1:State><st1:place>West Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, it was obvious<br \/>\nthat the Blue Demons would be in for a tough challenge this week. At the <span\nclass=SpellE>WVU<\/span> Coliseum, the Mountaineers are undefeated at 10-0 this<br \/>\nseason and are 23-2 over the last two years. While <span class=SpellE>WVU<\/span><br \/>\nhas struggled on the road in Big East play, they are awfully tough to beat at<br \/>\nhome.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><span class=SpellE><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>LSU<\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'>-Georgia<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>RedandBlack.com<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>With a win against the Wildcats, <st1:country-region><st1:place>Georgia<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><br \/>\n(12-6, 4-2 SEC) has to get ready for a Sunday battle with No. 21 <span\nclass=SpellE>LSU<\/span> (13-6, 2-3). The team is now in a tie with <st1:State><st1:place>Kentucky<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nand Vanderbilt for second place in the SEC East. Wednesday\u2019s home sell-out was <st1:country-region><st1:place>Georgia<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>\u2019s<br \/>\nfirst since last February\u2019s <st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\ngame. An SEC opponent such as <span class=SpellE>LSU<\/span> (the Tigers played<br \/>\nin last season\u2019s Final Four) should bring the fans back in droves on Sunday.<br \/>\nThe Tigers are coming off a 64-53 loss at home Wednesday to a resurgent<br \/>\nVanderbilt squad. This is almost the same <span class=SpellE>LSU<\/span> team<br \/>\nthat gave <st1:country-region><st1:place>Georgia<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><br \/>\ntheir worst loss last season, an 81-52 drubbing in <st1:place><st1:City>Baton<br \/>\nRouge<\/st1:City>, <st1:State>La.<\/st1:State><\/st1:place><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, January 28, 2007 MasterLockLine.com has the top plays from the top sports service in their highest ranked sports. Stevie Vincent\u2019s BetOnSports360.com is pioneer in forensic handicapping and part of OffshoreInsiders.com CBB Ohio-Ball State Press Notes The Ohio men\u2019s basketball squad (13-6, 4-2 MAC) will travel to take on Ball State (6-13, 2-4 MAC). 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