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East Region Game by Game Previews – 1st Round (pt. 2)

nvr1983 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:55:57 +0000

EAST REGION GAME PREVIEWS – PART TWO (By Dave Zeitlin and Steve Moore)

Once again, we will be picking the East Regional games, while also pitting non-basketball alums from each school in a no-holds barred battle for March supremacy.

Friday’s Games – Dayton, Ohio

(8) Oklahoma State vs. (9) Tennessee (12:25 p.m.)

DZ: This match-up is about as even as they come. Both teams play fast-paced, high-scoring basketball. The Cowboys’ James Anderson (18.6 ppg) will be the best player on the court, but the Vols are stronger in the interior with Tyler Smith (17 [...]

NCAA Preview: East Tennessee State Buccaneers

rtmsf — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:41:56 +0000

East Tennessee St. (#16, East, Dayton pod)

vs. Pittsburgh (#1) Mar. 20 @ 2:55pm Vegas Line: ETSU +20

General Profile

Location: Johnson City, Tennessee Conference: Atlantic Sun — Tournament Champion Coach: Murray Bartow, hired 2003. Record at ETSU = 118-71 08-09 Record: 23-10 (14-6) Last 12 Games: 8-4, won 5. Best Win: vs Jacksonville 85-68 on 3/7/09 for the Atlantic Sun title. Worst Loss: at Florida-Gulf Coast, 61-64, on 1/12/09. Off. Efficiency Rating: 105.3 (105th) Def. Efficiency Rating: 100.3 (149rd)

Nuts n Bolts

Star Player(s): Kevin Tiggs (6’4″ senior guard), 21.5 ppg on 54% shooting. Unsung Hero: Mike Smith (6’6″ junior forward), 17.5 ppg/7.7 rpg/1.3 steals/gm. Potential NBA Draft Pick: None. Key Injuries: No significant injuries. Depth: 28.4% mins [...]

4 Tickets Punched, 61 to go…

rtmsf — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:35:23 +0000

We punched four RSVPs to the Dance in the last 24 hrs, so we thought it’d be worthwhile to show these guys a little love before they get crowded out by all the bigger leagues next week.

These Four Teams Got Their Dance Tickets

#1 – Cornell (21-9, 11-3 Ivy). Your back-to-back Ivy League champion dominated Penn 83-59 last night to clinch the Ivy again. The Big Red fans were so excited that they RTC’d and “demolished” a computer that ran the scoring system. Believe it or not, the o/u for that game was [...]

Conference Primers: #28 – Atlantic Sun

rtmsf — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:26:31 +0000

Predicted Order of Finish:

North

East Tennessee St. (20-7) (13-3) Belmont (19-12) (12-4) Lipscomb (15-15) (10-6) Campbell (13-16) (7-9) Gardner-Webb (10-18) (6-10) South Carolina – Upstate (6-21) (4-12)

South

Jacksonville (17-10) (11-5) Mercer (17-12) (10-6) Kennesaw St. (14-14) (10-6) Stetson (13-15) (8-8) Florida Gulf Coast (5-23) (3-13) North Florida (3-24) (2-14)

WYN2K. The Atlantic Sun has been an up and down league over the past decade. It spent much of the late 90s and early 2000s as a league hovering at the top of the low-majors (#19-#23 ranked conference most years). But the last two seasons it has fallen hard, finishing as one [...]