Wednesday, March 15, 2006
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Oklahoma State-Miami Florida
Press Notes
The University of Miami’s has been selected to compete in the National Invitation Tournament and will host Oklahoma State in the first round. This marks the Hurricanes’ second consecutive post season appearance and its 13th post season appearance overall (5 NCAA, 8 NIT). Miami has now reached the post-season its nine of the last 12 seasons. Miami is 4-12 all-time in post season competition. The Hurricanes will be hosting a post-season game for the first time in school-history. Oklahoma State enters its opening round game of the NIT with a record of 17-15 and are the No. 6 seed. The Cowboys are coming off a 63-62 loss to Kansas in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament. Oklahoma State defeated Iowa State, 79-70, in the opening round before falling to the eventual tournament champions. The Cowboys, who went 6-10 in Big 12 Conference play.
Louisiana Tech-Clemson
Press Notes
This is the second consecutive year Clemson has been invited to the NIT, the first time Clemson has made back to back postseason appearances since 1997-98 and 1998-99. Last year Clemson traveled to Texas A&M for the NIT and was defeated, 82-74. This will be Clemson’s first NIT home game since March 18, 1999 when Clemson defeated Butler 89-69 in the quarterfinals. Clemson lost in the finals that year to California 61-60, the furthest Clemson has advanced in the event. Overall, this is Clemson’s 13th appearance in the NIT and the Tigers have a 10-12 overall record.
Old Dominion-Colorado
Press Notes
The Old Dominion University Monarchs (21-9) will take on the Buffaloes of the University of Colorado (20-9).
Vanderbilt-Notre Dame
Press Notes
Notre Dame (15-13) will play host to a first round game in the 2006 National Invitation Tournament against Vanderbilt (16-11) on Wednesday, March 15 at 7:00 p.m. (EST). The Irish are the No. 5 seed in their bracket, while the Commodores earned the No. 4 seed. The 40-team field was announced on Sunday evening, March 12 with both Notre Dame and Vanderbilt receiving opening round byes. This will mark Notre Dame’s 10th appearance in the NIT. Through the years, Irish teams have compiled a 22-9 mark (.710) overall in 31 games. The contest will be the ninth meeting ever between the two schools with the series tied at 4-4. Notre Dame has been victorious each of the last two times the teams have met. The last matchup between the two schools was during the 2002-03 campaign when the Irish earned a 76-63 victory at the Joyce Center on December 30, 2002. Wednesday’s contest will mark the fourth visit by a Commodore team to the Joyce Center. Vanderbilt teams are 2-1 in the three previous games they have played at the Joyce Center. Its last victory over Notre Dame was an overtime decision (87-85) at the Joyce Center on December 4, 1999.
Western Kentucky-South Carolina
The State
The Gamecocks are “down (mentally) and disappointed” after the 49-47 loss to Florida that ended their magic carpet ride through the SEC tourney. The Gamecocks had hoped to use the 2005 NIT championship as a springboard to bigger and better things this season, but those plans dissolved in a series of close losses. Odom knows the numbers. The Gamecocks went 7-5 down the stretch, including the SEC tourney, and four of those losses came by a total of seven points. Coming back and playing well Wednesday night will be taxing, too. But resiliency in difficult times has been a trademark for the 2006 Gamecocks, and Odom does not expect that to change. “We have bounced back all year,” he said Monday, and he went to work to get his team ready to play one more time. He and his staff went about the task of obtaining information on Western Kentucky the hard way. Alabama-Birmingham called with an offer to provide a scouting report if Odom would reciprocate with details on Kentucky, the Blazers’ first-round NCAA opponent. South Alabama offered to exchange Western Kentucky reports for one on Florida. “Anything goes, but I won’t share (reports) on a conference team,” he said. “By the time we meet (Monday), we will be well versed on Western Kentucky, and we will be will prepared.”
Wake Forest-Minnesota
Duluth News Tribune
Not including vacated games, the Gophers are 17-9 in the NIT, including a championship run in 1993. They are 5-4 under Monson, and made it to the semifinals in 2003 before losing to Georgetown, then Texas Tech in the third-place game at Madison Square Garden in New York.”I think the guys were really excited after they found out,” Monson said. “They’ve played well in the Barn. They wanted to keep playing, and there’s no better place.” Minnesota finished 12-5 at home during the regular season, including 8-1 in nonconference games. The Gophers won four home games in a row—against Indiana, Michigan State, Iowa and Purdue—in the second half of the Big Ten season. Wake Forest lost Saturday to Duke in the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
BYU-Houston
Desert News
The No. 6-seed Cougars (20-8) will test No. 3 Houston (20-9). in the 8,500-seat Hofeinz Pavilion. The Cougars will try and avoid losing back-to-back games for the first time this season when they take on the Cougars from Texas. “I’d say this was the hardest practice we’ve had in two months,” freshman Lee Cummard said. “On a scale of one to 10, this was an eight,” junior Austin Ainge said. “It was like one of our normal Monday practices; it was a tough one, and I think we came out and worked hard.” BYU likes the Wednesday post-season game since it required little change in BYU’s script for Mountain West Conference road trips.
NBA
Nuggets-Pacers
Daily Camera
Denver is 3-1 on this seven-game road trip and has increased its lead over Utah in the Northwest Division to 41/2 games.
Jazz-Magic
USA Today
The Utah Jazz need to rebound from their worst loss of the season if they want to have a chance at making the postseason. The Jazz make the second stop on their four-game road trip to play the Orlando Magic, who have won three of the last four matchups between the two teams. Utah has lost eight of its last 11 road games, averaging just 88.7 points in that span.
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