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West Virginia – Kentucky: Tale Of The Tape »
Who will establish tempo, and which players will execute? Kentucky averages almost 79 a game while allowing 60. West Virginia goes for almost 73 and keeps opponents to 63. Thursday night, they held Washington to 24 points under their average.
Butler – Kansas State: Tale Of The Tape »
Thursday night, Butler held a Syracuse team that averaged over 81 a game to 59. For that trend to continue, the Bulldogs will need to keep K-State off the glass. The Wildcats grabbed 15 offensive rebounds in their thriller over Xavier.
Purdue – Duke: Tale Of The Tape »
Duke averages over 77 points a game. The Blue Devil front court holds a +6 rebounding margin, including 14 and a half offensive rebounds a game. The emergence of Brian Zoubek and freshman Mason Plumlee gives Duke a well-rounded attack. Zoubek grabbed 13 rebounds to go with 14 points in Duke’s victory over California.
Open Thread Thursday | March 25, 2010 »
Okay loyal readers, here is your chance to get the discussion going. Let us know your insights and reactions to the games. Today is a great day for the Pine!
Butler-Syracuse: Tale Of The Tape »
Butler scores almost 70 a game while limiting opponents under 60. Syracuse scores over 81. Their opponents get less than 66.
Xavier – Kansas State: Tale Of The Tape »
K-State got the better of Xavier earlier this season. That was then. This is now, and this game is on neutral court. The Wildcats out-rebounded Xavier 39-30 in the win. McLean played 17 minutes and Taylor logged four.
Washington-West Virginia: Tale Of The Tape »
The two coaches faced each other seven times in Conference USA when Romar led St. Louis and Huggins roamed the sidelines for Cincinnati. Huggins holds a 5-2 advantage, but Romar’s Billikens knocked off then No.1 Cincy to win the C-USA tournament and grab the automatic bid.
Name That Team | March 23, 2010 »
This team will make its third Regional Semi-finals appearance in the last six years and ninth in school history. The school has not advanced beyond this round since 1953 when they lost in the national semi-finals. That was part of a ten-year period under three different coaches where the school reached the Elite Eight on four occasions.
College Basketball Splinters | March 22, 2010 »
It really doesn’t matter. With one shot, Ali Farokhmanesh put himself into history. Yeah, it was his fourth trifecta of the night. Of course, he was 0-4 up to that point in the second half, but, hey, shooters shoot. And shoot is what “Farook” did. Clinging to a one-point lead and too much time on the clock..
Name That Team | March 22, 2010 »
This team will make its 16th Sweet Sixteen appearance later this week. 16 times this school has won at least two games in the NCAA Tournament. In the last 20 years though, this team has only won one game in The Dance. In the 70s, this school made three Elite Eight and two Sweet 16 appearances.
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