Here are news and notes from OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/span> Dragons and Monarchs are tied for third place in the It is Homecoming Week at the The Hawks are caught in a tough stretch of games and are Despite losing a stunning five of their last seven games, The early season setbacks against Virginia Tech and <\/body> Thursday, February 1, 2007 Here are news and notes from OffshoreInsiders.com private clipboard. They are compiled from hometown newspapers and the team\u2019s own press releases. The latest on the DOJ\u2019s War on Gambling at CasinoBettingNews.com CBB Old Dominion-Drexel Press Notes Dragons and Monarchs are tied for third place in the league with 8-3 records. Drexel … Continue reading Thursday News and Notes<\/span>
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Old Dominion-Drexel
Press Notes
\nleague with 8-3 records. Drexel is 16-5 on the season overall while the Monarchs
\nbegin play with a 15-7 record. This will be the second meeting of the year
\nbetween the two schools. Old Dominion defeated the Dragons earlier this season
\nin
\nfrom the floor. Drexel committed 15 turnovers in the game and shot just
\n3-for-15 from behind the three-point arc. Old Dominion has won three straight
\ngames and five of its last seven. Drexel has won four of its last five,
\nincluding a 68-59 win at Northeastern on Monday night.South Alabama-New <\/span>
Press Notes
\nof
\nhottest teams in the Sun Belt Conference.
\nUNO<\/span> will host Sun Belt Conference leader
\nAlabama<\/st1:place>. The game will feature a
\nteam that has won eight straight games. The Jaguars (15-7, 9-2 Sun Belt) are
\ncoming off a 90-89 overtime win over North Texas after defeating
\nLouisiana-Monroe two days earlier despite missing three suspended starters.
\nhas also been boosted by 6-9 forward Ernest Little. Little, who became eligible
\non Dec. 16 after transferring from UAB<\/span>, has averaged
\n12.9 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. He missed the
\ngame due to personal reasons, and his status for Thursday\u2019s contest is unknown.
\nFor the Privateers (10-11, 6-4 Sun Belt), the game begins a busy February.
\nfour of the next five on the road. UNO<\/span> has lost three
\nstraight to the Jaguars but has won five of the last six games in
\nOrleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.St. Louis-St. Joseph\u2019s
College Publisher
\nfinding themselves playing good teams night in and night out. Three of the four
\ngames were against conference opponents that were the preseason top three and
\nthe fourth game was an always tough city opponent. St. Joe\u2019s had a very good
\nwin against Xavier, let one slip on the road to George Washington, had another
\nbig win against Big 5 adversary Penn, and now the Hawks must battle
\nLouis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at the Alumni Fieldhouse<\/span>.
\nThe Hawks lost four players from last year\u2019s team, including the top three
\nscorers. No excuses are being made for St. Joe\u2019s, but the Billikens<\/span>
\ncome in with an extreme edge in experience.
\ncomes into this game struggling inside the conference. To this day they have
\nposted a below .500 record of 3-4 and are looking to even it out against the
\nHawks. Devastating losses to
\nFordham, St. Bonaventure, and Duquesne are what set back
\nLouis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.
\nAlthough the Billikens<\/span> have dropped some games
\nagainst a few of the weaker teams in the conference, they do have some
\nimpressive wins. Wins against Xavier and
\nbolstered their record and showed that the Billikens<\/span>
\ndo have the talent and ability to succeed. Also,
\nLouis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has gone 13-7 in the season, three of those
\nlosses coming to top 25 teams in the country and the other four against
\nAtlantic 10 conference teams.Washington State-Arizona
LA Times
\nthe Wildcats\u2019 Ratings Percentage Index ranking is still No. 6, so Lute Olson\u2019s
\n22-year NCAA tournament appearance streak appears fine. Still, Arizona has
\nrarely looked as bad as it has during its recent offensive funk, going one for
\n23 from three-point range against North Carolina, and shooting less than 40%
\nfrom the field in three of the last four games. At 14-6,
\nlooks tired and beaten. You can blame the nonconference<\/span>
\nschedule Olson made, which is rated the most difficult in the country, just
\nahead of UCLA\u2019s. Or you can blame the luck of the draw with the Pac-10
\nschedule, which already has taken
\nto
\nState, USC and UCLA, handing the Wildcats three of their four Pac-10 losses on
\nthe road. Other factors seem to be at work too, though. There\u2019s
\nlack of depth: All five starters average more than 31 minutes a game, and point
\nguard Mustafa Shakur<\/span> averages more than 35. The
\nemergence of freshman forward Jordan Hill, who logged major minutes and made a
\nbig contribution the last two games, could help, along with the return of
\nforward Bret Brielmaier<\/span>, who had been out after minor
\nknee surgery. Leading scorer Marcus Williams is expected to play after being
\nsuspended for unspecified reasons for the
\n
\nCarolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> game because of a sprained ankle.Duke-Virginia
Scout
\nGeorgia Tech are now distant memories for this young Blue Devil team after
\nreeling off five consecutive wins including decisions over Clemson and
\n
\nDuke in the standings at tip off. Meanwhile the Cavaliers have surprised many
\nwith their run to a 5-2 start in ACC play. After all this was the same
\nteam that lost to Appalachian State in
\nDecember. After losing to
\nand at
\nthe Cavaliers have dispatched
\n
\nState, and Clemson by an average of 9.5 points per game. Duke enters the game
\nwith third year sophomore David McClure listed as questionable after the 6\u20196
\nwing fell to the ground with a hyper extended knee against
\n
\nthe Cavaliers are looking to get a shot in the arm with the return of 6\u20199
\njunior post player Ryan Pettinella<\/span>, who suffered a
\ndislocated knee cap in the San Juan Shootout during the team\u2019s final game
\nagainst the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez<\/span>.
\nwin at Clemson on Sunday, but did not play. On Wednesday, he looked good in
\npractice, leading the way in sprints at the end of the session. He also looked
\ngood in controlled scrimmages according to the local UVa<\/span>
\nbeat writers.
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