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SEASON 6

Recent Game Recaps

Epilogue, The Ninth: Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Memories

So We Meet Again

Rte. 139 - End of the Line

Hanging On

A Championship in Pictures

This Time of Year

Dotson Leads Ducks to the Sweet Sixteen

Grizzlies Overwhelmed by Orangemen

Empire

Challenge 11: Final Four Memories

By George, UConn is Dead

Butler and Us

Donning the Black and Gold

Challenge 10: Tourney Memories

The Madness of the Horizon League

The Rare Ivy League Conference Tournament

MAC Madness

Anything Can Happen in the MAAC

Challenge 9: Shock The Neighborhood

A Youthful Surprise

From Worst to First

Peers and Seers

The Hoops National: February 20, 2010
February 20, 2010 7:30 am ET by The Robot


Big Games

BracketBusters: at Northern Iowa 71, Old Dominion 62
UNI - 24-3 (14-2) [RPI: 21, State: 12] ODU - 21-8 (13-3) [RPI: 41, State: 48]
Star of the Game: Ali Farokhmanesh 23 Pts (6-10 FG, 6-6 FT)

Farokhmanesh's 23-Point Second Half Pushes #24 UNI Past Old Dominion, 71-62 - CEDAR FALLS, Iowa-University of Northern Iowa senior guard Ali Farokhmanesh poured in a career-high 23 points and the No. 24-ranked Panthers scored a 71-62 victory over the Old Dominion Monarchs in a BracketBusters matchup in the McLeod Center.> (via Northern Iowa)

BracketBusters: at Iona 69, William & Mary 53
IONA - 20-8 (11-5) [RPI: 97, State: 92] CWM - 19-8 (11-5) [RPI: 45, State: 67]
Star of the Game: Alejo Rodriguez 12 Pts (5-5 FG, 2-2 FT), 8 Reb

Gaels Top Tribe for Win No. 20 - The Iona College men's basketball team beat the Tribe 69-53 in front of a raucous, sell out home crowd earlier tonight in a nationally-televised ESPN Bracketbusters contest. The Gaels shot an impressive 48% from the field and 42% from downtown, though those numbers are watered down by below-average shooting in the final minutes. When it really counted, it seemed as if Iona couldn't miss. The Gaels shot an eye-popping 63% in the first half; after going ahead 18-17 with 7:09 left, they never trailed again, leading 36-23 at the break. (via Iona)

Ivy League: Cornell 79, at Harvard 70
CORN - 22-4 (8-1) [RPI: 53, State: 51] HARV - 17-6 (6-3) [RPI: 93, State: 83]
Star of the Game: Ryan Wittman 27 Pts (10-20 FG, 1-2 FT), 8 Reb

Wittman's Big Night Pushes Cornell Past Harvard, 79-70 - Senior Ryan Wittman scored 27 points and hit every big shot all night and Cornell matched its school record win total by topping Harvard 79-70 on Friday evening at a sold-out Lavietes Pavilion. The Big Red improved to 22-4 (8-1 Ivy), while Harvard slipped to 17-6 (6-3 Ivy). (via Cornell)
Other Games of Note

America East: Stony Brook 68, at Albany 66
SB - 20-7 (12-2) [RPI: 151, State: 142] ALB - 7-22 (2-12) [RPI: 301, State: 339]
Star of the Game: Tommy Brenton 5 Pts (2-6 FG, 1-1 FT), 12 Reb, 4 Stl

El-Amin Lifts Men's Basketball Past Albany, To 20th Win Of Season - Senior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) scored a game-high 19 points including the game-winning jumper with 1.8 seconds left to send the Stony Brook University men's basketball team to a 68-66 win over the Albany Great Danes at SEFCU Arena on Friday night. It is the 20th win of the season for the Seawolves, who have won nine straight games. Stony Brook improves to 12-2 in the America East with the win, a full game ahead of second place Vermont. (via Stony Brook)

Ivy League: Brown 80, at Pennsylvania 73
BRWN - 9-17 (3-6) [RPI: 281, State: 298] PENN - 4-18 (3-5) [RPI: 292, State: 315]
Star of the Game: Matt Mullery 22 Pts (9-12 FG, 4-6 FT), 11 Reb

Matt Mullery's 22 Points Leads Brown Over Penn, 80-73 - Brown senior Matt Mullery scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, while juniors Peter Sullivan and Garrett Leffelman added 18 points each, as the Bears withstood a late Penn rally to defeat the Quakers, 80-73, at the Palestra. (via Brown)

Top Performances

Gold: Matt Mullery, Brown - 22 Pts (9-12 FG, 4-6 FT), 11 Reb in 80-73 win at Pennsylvania
Silver: Ryan Wittman, Cornell - 27 Pts (10-20 FG, 1-2 FT), 8 Reb in 79-70 win at Harvard
Bronze: Alejo Rodriguez, Iona - 12 Pts (5-5 FG, 2-2 FT), 8 Reb in 69-53 win vs. William & Mary
Honorable mentions:
Ali Farokhmanesh, Northern Iowa - 23 Pts (6-10 FG, 6-6 FT) in 71-62 win vs. Old Dominion
Dan Mavraides, Princeton - 20 Pts (8-14 FG), 6 Reb in 82-58 win vs. Yale
Louis Dale, Cornell - 20 Pts (7-12 FG, 2-2 FT) in 79-70 win at Harvard
Miles Taylor, Campbell - 13 Pts (6-6 FG, 1-2 FT), 6 Reb in 79-57 win vs. East Tennessee State
Full Scoreboard

America East: SB 68 @ ALB 66
Atlantic Sun: ETSU 57 @ CAMP 79
Ivy League: CORN 79 @ HARV 70 ... COLU 44 @ DART 48 ... BRWN 80 @ PENN 73 ... YALE 58 @ PRIN 82
Other: ODU 62 @ UNI 71 ... CWM 53 @ IONA 69

Today's State of the Other 24 (full list)

1. Northern Iowa 102.547 ... 2. Butler 101.654 ... 3. Xavier 96.476 ... 4. Temple 96.352 ... 5. Richmond 93.129 ... 6. Utah State 93.059 ... 7. Rhode Island 90.859 ... 8. Siena 90.224 ... 9. Dayton 90.202 ... 10. Saint Mary's 89.825

Game! Of! The! Night!

Siena at Butler
Hinkle Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, IN
11:00 EST



SIE - 22-5 (15-1) [RPI: 32 State: 42] SOS: 130 Last 10: 9-1 Form: WWWLW PF/PA: 76.3/66.3
BUTL - 24-4 (17-0) [RPI: 20 State: 13] SOS: 87 Last 10: 10-0 Form: WWWWW PF/PA: 70.0/60.5

Players to watch:
Siena - #22 Ryan Rossiter Jr. F (14.5 ppg, 10.8 rpg, 0.9 apg)
Butler - #20 Gordon Hayward So. F (15.9 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 1.8 apg)

Butler Hosts Siena In Feature BracketBusters Game - Butler will step away from Horizon League play, but not out of the spotlight, when it hosts Siena in a prime BracketBusters match on Saturday, Feb. 20. The feature showdown at Hinkle Fieldhouse will tip at 11 a.m. (ET) and will be televised nationally on ESPN2. (via Butler)

Basketball State Preview/Box

#Pixelvision BracketBuster Picks (all times Eastern)

Siena at Butler - 11:00 am
Louisiana Tech at Northeastern - 1:00 pm
Nevada at Missouri State - 3:00 pm
College of Charleston at George Mason - 8:00 pm
Wichita State at Utah State - 11:59 pm

Today's Full Schedule (all times Eastern)

Atlantic 14
Saint Joseph's 9-17 (3-9) at Temple 21-5 (9-2) - 12:00 pm
Xavier 18-7 (9-2) at Charlotte 18-7 (8-3) - 2:00 pm
Fordham 2-22 (0-12) at Rhode Island 19-6 (7-5) - 4:00 pm
George Washington 14-10 (4-7) at Richmond 21-6 (10-2) - 7:00 pm

Atlantic Sun
Jacksonville 16-10 (12-5) at Mercer 14-13 (10-7) - 3:30 pm
Belmont 17-10 (12-5) at Florida Gulf Coast 7-20 (4-14) - 5:15 pm
Lipscomb 14-12 (11-6) at Stetson 6-21 (4-14) - 7:00 pm
North Florida 12-15 (7-10) at Kennesaw State 12-16 (7-10) - 7:30 pm

Big Sky
Sacramento State 9-18 (3-10) at Montana 18-8 (9-5) - 6:00 pm
Eastern Washington 8-19 (4-9) at Northern Arizona 12-13 (6-8) - 8:35 pm
Idaho State 7-19 (4-9) at Weber State 17-8 (11-2) - 9:00 pm
Portland State 10-16 (5-8) at Northern Colorado 21-6 (10-4) - 9:05 pm

Big South
Charleston Southern 12-14 (6-9) at Coastal Carolina 23-5 (12-3) - 2:00 pm
High Point 13-13 (8-7) at Liberty 13-14 (8-7) - 7:00 pm

Great West
Texas-Pan American 4-23 (3-5) at New Jersey Tech 7-15 (2-3) - 4:00 pm
Utah Valley 11-14 (4-5) at North Dakota 6-18 (3-3) - 4:00 pm

Ivy League
Brown 9-17 (3-6) at Princeton 16-6 (7-1) - 6:00 pm
Cornell 22-4 (8-1) at Dartmouth 5-18 (1-8) - 7:00 pm
Columbia 9-14 (3-6) at Harvard 17-6 (6-3) - 7:00 pm
Yale 10-16 (4-5) at Pennsylvania 4-18 (3-5) - 7:00 pm

MEAC
Hampton 8-17 (5-8) at Bethune-Cookman 14-12 (7-6) - 4:00 pm
Coppin State 7-17 (2-11) at Maryland-Eastern Shore 8-18 (6-7) - 4:00 pm
Winston-Salem State 9-14 (6-7) at Norfolk State 7-17 (6-7) - 6:00 pm

Northeast
Sacred Heart 13-13 (6-9) at Saint Francis (PA) 10-16 (8-7) - 4:00 pm
Fairleigh Dickinson 9-19 (8-7) at Saint Francis (NY) 10-16 (7-8) - 4:30 pm
Monmouth 12-15 (8-7) at Long Island 11-15 (9-6) - 4:30 pm
Bryant 1-26 (1-14) at Mount Saint Mary's 12-14 (9-6) - 7:00 pm
Central Connecticut State 9-17 (6-9) at Wagner 4-24 (2-13) - 7:00 pm
Quinnipiac 18-8 (12-3) at Robert Morris 19-9 (14-1) - 7:00 pm

Patriot League
Colgate 8-17 (4-7) at Bucknell 12-15 (7-4) - 12:00 pm
Lehigh 17-9 (8-3) at Lafayette 15-11 (6-5) - 1:00 pm
Navy 13-13 (7-4) at Army 13-12 (3-8) - 2:00 pm
American 8-18 (5-6) at Holy Cross 7-19 (4-7) - 7:00 pm

Southern
North Carolina-Greensboro 5-21 (4-11) at The Citadel 16-12 (9-6) - 1:00 pm
Furman 12-14 (6-9) at Davidson 13-13 (8-6) - 2:00 pm
Wofford 20-8 (12-3) at Georgia Southern 7-20 (4-10) - 2:30 pm
Chattanooga 13-14 (5-9) at Samford 10-16 (4-10) - 3:00 pm

Southland
Texas-Arlington 14-10 (6-5) at Central Arkansas 8-17 (2-9) - 3:00 pm
Lamar 14-13 (5-6) at Northwestern State 9-15 (4-7) - 3:00 pm
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 13-12 (7-4) at McNeese State 8-17 (3-8) - 3:00 pm
Texas State 12-13 (6-5) at Nicholls State 7-17 (3-8) - 3:00 pm
Stephen F. Austin 19-6 (8-3) at Southeastern Louisiana 14-10 (6-5) - 4:00 pm
Sam Houston State 19-5 (11-0) at Texas-San Antonio 15-9 (5-6) - 8:00 pm

Badlands
South Dakota State 13-13 (9-6) at IUPU-Fort Wayne 13-13 (8-8) - 2:00 pm
North Dakota State 10-15 (7-8) at Oakland 21-8 (15-1) - 6:00 pm
Southern Utah 6-20 (2-13) at IUPUI 19-9 (12-3) - 7:00 pm
Missouri-Kansas City 11-15 (5-10) at Western Illinois 12-14 (5-10) - 8:00 pm

Sun Belt
Arkansas-Little Rock 7-19 (3-12) at North Texas 18-8 (10-5) - 4:00 pm
Denver 15-11 (8-7) at New Orleans 8-18 (3-12) - 8:00 pm
South Alabama 15-13 (7-9) at Middle Tennessee 16-12 (10-5) - 8:00 pm
Western Kentucky 16-12 (9-6) at Arkansas State 15-11 (10-5) - 8:05 pm
Louisiana-Monroe 11-16 (6-10) at Louisiana-Lafayette 12-14 (9-6) - 8:05 pm
Florida Atlantic 14-12 (10-5) at Troy 15-11 (10-5) - 8:30 pm

SWAC
Jackson State 14-11 (12-1) at Grambling State 6-15 (4-9) - 5:00 pm
Texas Southern 12-12 (8-4) at Mississippi Valley State 7-19 (6-7) - 5:30 pm
Southern 4-21 (2-11) at Alabama A&M 8-12 (5-7) - 7:00 pm
Prairie View A&M 13-10 (8-4) at Arkansas-Pine Bluff 10-14 (10-3) - 8:30 pm

West Coast
Gonzaga 21-5 (9-2) at Pepperdine 7-20 (3-8) - 9:00 pm
San Francisco 11-15 (6-5) at Santa Clara 11-17 (3-8) - 10:00 pm
Portland 17-8 (8-3) at Loyola Marymount 14-13 (5-6) - 10:05 pm

BracketBusters
Siena 22-5 (15-1) at Butler 24-4 (17-0) - 11:00 am
Morgan State 20-8 (13-1) at Murray State 25-3 (16-0) - 12:00 pm
New Hampshire 10-15 (5-9) at Loyola (Md.) 12-14 (5-11) - 1:00 pm
Louisiana Tech 20-6 (8-4) at Northeastern 18-9 (13-3) - 1:00 pm
Fairfield 18-8 (11-5) at Vermont 20-8 (11-3) - 2:00 pm
Boston University 15-12 (10-5) at Delaware 7-20 (3-13) - 2:00 pm
Savannah State 10-14 (0-0) at Longwood 10-17 (0-0) - 2:00 pm
Towson 7-19 (4-12) at Manhattan 9-17 (4-12) - 2:00 pm
Buffalo 15-9 (8-5) at Saint Peter's 15-11 (10-6) - 2:00 pm
Valparaiso 15-14 (10-7) at Bowling Green 13-12 (6-7) - 2:00 pm
Tennessee-Martin 4-22 (1-15) at Ball State 14-11 (8-5) - 2:00 pm
Southeast Missouri 7-20 (3-13) at Miami (Oh.) 11-15 (8-5) - 2:30 pm
Nevada 16-9 (8-4) at Missouri State 17-10 (7-9) - 3:00 pm
Western Michigan 14-12 (6-7) at Southern Illinois 14-12 (6-10) - 3:05 pm
Eastern Michigan 14-12 (6-7) at Detroit 15-13 (7-9) - 3:35 pm
Rider 15-13 (8-8) at Hofstra 15-13 (8-8) - 4:00 pm
Wright State 18-9 (11-5) at Ohio 14-13 (5-8) - 4:00 pm
Akron 20-7 (10-3) at Virginia Commonwealth 18-7 (10-6) - 4:00 pm
Morehead State 19-8 (13-3) at Illinois State 19-8 (10-6) - 5:05 pm
Toledo 3-24 (0-13) at Cleveland State 13-15 (9-7) - 6:00 pm
South Carolina State 14-10 (9-5) at Georgia State 11-17 (5-11) - 6:00 pm
Tennessee State 8-20 (5-11) at Central Michigan 12-13 (7-6) - 6:30 pm
Tennessee Tech 13-15 (7-10) at Appalachian State 16-11 (10-5) - 7:00 pm
Marist 1-25 (1-15) at California-Irvine 11-16 (4-9) - 7:00 pm
James Madison 11-16 (4-12) at Canisius 12-15 (7-9) - 7:00 pm
Northern Illinois 8-17 (4-9) at Eastern Illinois 15-11 (9-7) - 7:00 pm
Winthrop 15-10 (11-4) at Eastern Kentucky 18-10 (10-6) - 7:00 pm
North Carolina-Wilmington 8-19 (4-12) at Radford 15-11 (11-5) - 7:00 pm
Elon 7-19 (5-10) at Gardner-Webb 7-19 (4-12) - 7:00 pm
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 4-21 (0-0) at Cal State Fullerton 13-12 (7-6) - 7:05 pm
Howard 7-20 (6-7) at Florida A&M 6-19 (4-9) - 7:30 pm
College of Charleston 18-9 (13-3) at George Mason 16-11 (11-5) - 8:00 pm
Presbyterian 4-23 (2-13) at Jacksonville State 11-16 (7-10) - 8:00 pm
Western Carolina 19-9 (9-7) at Kent State 19-8 (10-3) - 8:00 pm
Indiana State 15-12 (7-9) at Wisconsin-Green Bay 18-10 (10-6) - 8:00 pm
Niagara 15-13 (8-8) at Wisconsin-Milwaukee 16-12 (8-8) - 8:00 pm
Drexel 15-13 (10-6) at Bradley 14-12 (9-7) - 8:05 pm
Illinois-Chicago 6-20 (2-14) at Evansville 7-19 (1-15) - 8:05 pm
Long Beach State 12-14 (6-7) at Idaho 12-12 (4-8) - 8:30 pm
Oral Roberts 16-12 (11-5) at Austin Peay 16-12 (10-6) - 8:30 pm
Youngstown State 8-18 (2-14) at California-Riverside 10-15 (4-9) - 9:00 pm
California-Davis 10-15 (6-6) at Boise State 12-14 (2-10) - 9:05 pm
San Jose State 12-12 (5-7) at Montana State 14-12 (9-6) - 9:05 pm
Loyola (Ill.) 14-12 (5-11) at Creighton 13-14 (8-8) - 9:35 pm
New Mexico State 16-9 (9-3) at Pacific 17-8 (9-3) - 10:00 pm
Drake 12-16 (7-9) at Cal State Northridge 10-16 (5-7) - 10:05 pm
Fresno State 13-14 (6-7) at California-Santa Barbara 15-8 (10-3) - 10:30 pm
Wichita State 22-6 (11-5) at Utah State 21-6 (11-2) - 11:59 pm
Cal Poly 9-16 (6-7) at Hawaii 9-16 (2-10) - 11:59 pm