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Friday, March 24, 2006

 

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Villanova-Boston College

Press Notes

When Villanova plays Boston College on Friday, it will be a showdown between two teams who used to meet regularly during the Big East Conference regular season slate. The Eagles played their first season as a member of the ACC this season. Villanova is 51-24 all-time against Boston College, including two wins last season. The Wildcats are 35-34 (.507) all-time against ACC teams, not including its record against recent additions to the conference Boston College, Miami (Fla.) and Virginia Tech. This season, the Big East is 4-4 against the ACC.

Courier Post

Like Arizona, Boston College has the advantage over Villanova in what may be considered a traditional offense. The Eagles field a pair of 6-7 forwards in senior Craig Smith and junior Jared Dudley, and they have a 6-10 forward in sophomore Sean Williams. These are players the Wildcats could have a difficult time matching up against. What Villanova has been able to do is force other teams to react to their speed, quickness and court awareness more so than they’ve had to adjust to the opposition’s height.

George Mason-Wichita State

Hutchinson News

One month and two days ago, Wichita State and George Mason squared off in a Bracket Buster contest in Wichita.Wichita State, playing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 18 years, advanced to the round of 16 with an 80-73 victory over Tennessee on Saturday. Both teams had RPIs in the 20s when they played on Feb. 18. Four days before that, Wichita State arguably won its biggest game of the Missouri Valley Conference season when Matt Braeuer hit a 3-pointer with less than a second left in overtime to defeat Creighton. The George Mason game ended in a similar fashion as Tony Skinn hit a 3-pointer from the right wing with 10 seconds left for a 70-67 victory.

Florida-Georgetown

Herald Tribune

The Gators barely had to break a sweat to win both games this past weekend to not only get to the Sweet 16 but also end all the talk about the program underachieving in the NCAA tournament. They beat South Alabama by 26 points in the first round Thursday, then cruised to a 22-point win over UW-M Saturday to make it out of the first weekend for the first time since 2000. On Saturday, the nation’s top field goal percentage shooting team hit 54 percent of its shots while hounding the Panthers with a tight defense. It resulted in Florida’s seventh straight win, and the Gators have not trailed in their last 136 minutes, dating back to early in the second half of their win over LSU in the Southeastern Conference tournament semis.

Washington-Connecticut

Spokane Review

Connecticut may be the most talented team in the country. But like Washington, UConn lost its first Big East tournament game (to Syracuse), then struggled to beat 16^th-seed Albany 72-59 and held off Kentucky.

NBA

Sonics-Nuggets

Seattle PI

The Sonics, 27-40 and winners of six of their past 10 games, will face their former starting power forward Reggie Evans for the first time tonight at 6 when they visit Denver (39-30) at The Pepsi Center.