The Hoops National: February 25, 2010

Big Games

Atlantic 14: at Temple 49, Dayton 41
TU - 23-5 (11-2) [RPI: 13, State: 21] UD - 18-9 (7-6) [RPI: 43, State: 51]
Star of the Game: Lavoy Allen 9 Pts (3-8 FG, 3-5 FT), 17 Reb

#18/20 Men's Basketball Tied For First In A-14 With 49-41 Win Over Dayton - PHILADELPHIA – Sophomore Ramone Moore led all scorers with 13 points and senior Luis Guzman dished a career high seven assists as the #18/20 Temple men’s basketball team topped Dayton, 49-41 at the Liacouras Center Wednesday night. With the win, the Owls are now 23-5, 11-2 in A-14 play and tied for first place in the conference with Richmond. > (via Temple)

Atlantic 14: Xavier 73, at Saint Louis 71
XU - 20-7 (11-2) [RPI: 18, State: 18] SLU - 18-9 (9-4) [RPI: 82, State: 81]
Star of the Game: Jason Love 21 Pts (9-17 FG, 3-4 FT), 9 Reb

Love Comes Up Big As XU Defeats SLU 73-71 In a game in which both teams only had one senior between the two of them it was Xavier senior center Jason Love that proved to be the key as Xavier defeated Saint Louis 73-71 Wednesday night in front of a near sell-out at the Chaifetz Arena. With the win, XU improved to 20-7 overall and 11-2 in the Atlantic 14 Conference. SLU fell to 18-9 overall and 9-4 in the A-10. With the win, XU sealed its fifth straight 20 win season. (via Xavier)
Other Games of Note

Missouri Valley: at Bradley 75, Wichita State 73
BRAD - 15-13 (9-8) [RPI: 110, State: 127] WICH - 22-8 (11-6) [RPI: 50, State: 64]

Star of the Game: Sam Maniscalco 19 Pts (4-9 FG, 7-7 FT), 10 Ast, 2 Stl

Bradley Holds Off Wichita State on Senior Night, 75-73 - Bradley junior guard Sam Maniscalco capped off his first career double-double by sinking the game's two deciding free throws with 11.7 seconds remaining, leading the Braves (15-13, 9-8 MVC) to a 75-73 Senior Night victory versus Missouri Valley Conference rival Wichita State (22-8, 11-6 MVC) Wednesday night at Carver Arena. (via Bradley)

Mid-American: at Akron 77, Buffalo 67
AKR - 21-8 (11-3) [RPI: 102, State: 96] BUFF - 16-10 (8-6) [RPI: 90, State: 126]
Star of the Game: Jimmy Conyers 11 Pts (5-8 FG, 1-4 FT), 10 Reb

Men's Basketball Downs Buffalo, 77-67, on Senior Night - Jimmy Conyers turned in a fitting performance on Senior Night, scoring 11 points and grabbing 10 rebounds to achieve his seventh double-double of the season, as the University of Akron men's basketball team earned a 77-67 win over Buffalo in a Mid-American Conference game on Wednesday at Rhodes Arena. With the win, Akron (21-8, 11-3 MAC) remains in a tie for first place atop the MAC's East Division standings with Kent State and also assured itself of a first round bye in next month's league tournament. (via Akron)

America East: at Stony Brook 82, Vermont 78
SB - 21-7 (13-2) [RPI: 145, State: 125] UVM - 21-9 (11-4) [RPI: 133, State: 133]

Star of the Game: Dallis Joyner 20 Pts (9-13 FG, 2-2 FT), 8 Reb

Men's Basketball Clinches First Ever Regular Season America East Title With 82-78 Victory Over Vermont - Senior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) led four Seawolves in double-figures with 23 points and Stony Brook University men's basketball team shot a season-high 54.7 percent from the field as it clinched its first America East regular season title with an 82-78 victory over Vermont before a sellout crowd at Pritchard Gymnasium. It was the 10th straight win for the Seawolves, who clinched the No. 1 seed in next week's America East Tournament with the victory. (via Stony Brook)

Top Performances

Gold: Troy Franklin, Towson - 27 Pts (7-10 FG, 10-10 FT) in 83-77 win at William & Mary
Silver: Sam Maniscalco, Bradley - 19 Pts (4-9 FG, 7-7 FT) in 75-73 win vs. Wichita State
Bronze: Kevin Palmer, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi - 26 Pts (8-11 FG, 8-11 FT), 6 Reb in 68-57 win vs. Southeastern Louisiana
Honorable mentions:
Joey Rodriguez, Virginia Commonwealth - 24 Pts (8-14 FG, 5-5 FT) in 76-62 win vs. James Madison
Kyle Weems, Missouri State - 17 Pts (7-9 FG), 10 Reb in 75-59 win vs. Drake
Jon Hall, Saint Bonaventure - 24 Pts (10-17 FG, 4-7 FT), 8 Reb in 73-68 win at Fordham
Chris De La Rosa, Maryland-Baltimore County - 23 Pts (8-12 FG, 6-7 FT) in 79-50 win at New Hampshire

Full Scoreboard

America East: UMBC 79 @ UNH 50 ... UVM 78 @ SB 82 ... HART 53 @ BING 66 ... ALB 53 @ UME 66
Atlantic 14: UD 41 @ TU 49 ... BONA 73 @ FORD 68 ... LAS 72 @ GW 81 ... SJU 58 @ CHAR 95 ... XU 73 @ SLU 71
Big West: CSN 69 @ UCSB 74 ... CSF 70 @ POLY 68
Colonial: GMU 61 @ DEL 59 ... UNCW 75 @ DREX 69 ... TOWS 83 @ CWM 77 ... JMU 62 @ VCU 76
Mid-American: BUFF 67 @ AKR 77 ... EMU 72 @ BSU 67 ... KENT 75 @ BGSU 69 ... MIO 68 @ OHIO 70 ... WMU 61 @ TOL 41 ... CMU 65 @ NIU 67
Missouri Valley: WICH 73 @ BRAD 75 ... DRKE 59 @ MOST 75 ... INST 58 @ ILST 75
Patriot League: AMER 80 @ NAVY 77 (2OT) ... COLG 79 @ HC 74 (OT) ... LAF 80 @ ARMY 54 ... BUCK 59 @ LEH 81
Southern: UNCG 56 @ DAV 60
Southland: UCA 51 @ NICH 68 ... LAM 71 @ UTA 75 ... MCN 56 @ SAMH 74 ... NWSU 74 @ UTSA 88 ... SELU 57 @ TAMC 68 ... SFA 77 @ TXST 70
Western Athletic: ID 57 @ NMSU 74

Top Teams

America East: Stony Brook 21-7 (13-2) [RPI: 145 State: 125] ... Atlantic 14: Temple 23-5 (11-2) [RPI: 13 State: 21] ... Atlantic Sun: Jacksonville 17-10 (13-5) [RPI: 127 State: 135] ... Big Sky: Weber State 18-8 (12-2) [RPI: 71 State: 84] ... Big South: Coastal Carolina 24-5 (13-3) [RPI: 128 State: 110] ... Big West: California-Santa Barbara 17-8 (11-3) [RPI: 97 State: 97] ... Colonial: Old Dominion 22-8 (14-3) [RPI: 42 State: 46] ... Great West: South Dakota 15-9 (6-1) [RPI: 229 State: 195] ... Horizon League: Butler 25-4 (17-0) [RPI: 15 State: 11] ... Independents: Seattle 14-14 (0-0) [RPI: 199 State: 175] ... Ivy League: Cornell 23-4 (9-1) [RPI: 49 State: 52] ... MEAC: Morgan State 21-9 (14-1) [RPI: 114 State: 129] ... Metro Atlantic: Siena 22-6 (15-1) [RPI: 36 State: 44] ... Mid-American: Kent State 21-8 (11-3) [RPI: 54 State: 68] ... Missouri Valley: Northern Iowa 24-4 (14-3) [RPI: 22 State: 14] ... Northeast: Robert Morris 19-10 (14-2) [RPI: 154 State: 185] ... Ohio Valley: Murray State 26-3 (16-0) [RPI: 74 State: 55] ... Patriot League: Lehigh 18-10 (9-4) [RPI: 170 State: 192] ... Southern: Wofford 21-8 (13-3) [RPI: 86 State: 82] ... Southland: Sam Houston State 20-6 (12-1) [RPI: 73 State: 85] ... Badlands: Oakland 22-8 (16-1) [RPI: 67 State: 100] ... Sun Belt: North Texas 19-8 (11-5) [RPI: 140 State: 122] ... SWAC: Jackson State 15-11 (13-1) [RPI: 218 State: 222] ... West Coast: Gonzaga 22-5 (10-2) [RPI: 26 State: 29] ... Western Athletic: Utah State 22-6 (11-2) [RPI: 35 State: 34]

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

1. Butler 102.220 ... 2. Northern Iowa 99.582 ... 3. Xavier 98.286 ... 4. Temple 97.060 ... 5. Richmond 93.185 ... 6. Utah State 93.056 ... 7. Saint Mary's 89.568 ... 8. Rhode Island 89.479 ... 9. Siena 88.581 ... 10. Old Dominion 88.221

Game! Of! The! Night!

Murray State at Morehead State (Ohio Valley)
E.T. Johnson Arena - Morehead, KY
8:00 EST

MURR - 26-3 (16-0) [RPI: 74 State: 55] SOS: 310 Last 10: 10-0 Form: W W W W W PF/PA: 78.7/60.7
MORE - 19-9 (13-3) [RPI: 100 State: 108] SOS: 171 Last 10: 7-3 Form: W L W W L PF/PA: 70.9/63.4

Players to watch:
Murray State - #43 Tony Easley Sr. F (10.8 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 1.0 apg)
Morehead State - #35 Kenneth Faried Jr. F (16.9 ppg, 13.3 rpg, 0.6 apg)

OVC Top Seeds, Morehead And Murray State, Battle Thursday - The long anticipated rematch between Morehead State and Murray State is here. The second place Eagles will host the first place Racers Thursday night at 8:00 pm in Johnson Arena. Morehead State 19-9 (13-3) enters the game locked into the second seed in the OVC tournament and Murray State 26-3 (16-0) will be the first seed, but that doesn't mean nothing will be on the line. The Eagles will be shooting for their 20th win this season, which would mark back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in school history. It would also be the first time Morehead State has garnered 20 regular season wins since the 2002-03 season. (via Morehead State)

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#Pixelvision Picks (all times Eastern)

West Coast: Santa Clara at Gonzaga - 11:00 pm

Today's Full Schedule (all times Eastern)

Atlantic Sun
South Carolina-Upstate 5-22 (5-13) at Florida Gulf Coast 8-20 (5-14) - 7:05 pm
Campbell 18-9 (13-5) at Jacksonville 17-10 (13-5) - 7:15 pm
East Tennessee State 15-14 (11-7) at North Florida 13-15 (8-10) - 7:45 pm
Mercer 14-14 (10-8) at Belmont 17-11 (12-6) - 8:15 pm
Kennesaw State 12-17 (7-11) at Lipscomb 15-12 (12-6) - 8:30 pm

Big South
Liberty 14-14 (9-7) at Coastal Carolina 24-5 (13-3) - 7:00 pm
Winthrop 16-11 (12-4) at High Point 13-14 (8-8) - 7:00 pm
Presbyterian 5-24 (2-14) at Radford 16-11 (11-5) - 7:00 pm
Virginia Military Institute 10-16 (5-11) at Charleston Southern 12-15 (6-10) - 7:30 pm

Big West
Long Beach State 13-14 (6-7) at California-Davis 11-15 (6-6) - 10:00 pm

Great West
South Dakota 15-9 (6-1) at New Jersey Tech 8-16 (3-4) - 7:00 pm
North Dakota 8-18 (5-3) at Chicago State 7-20 (2-7) - 8:30 pm
Utah Valley 11-15 (4-6) at Houston Baptist 7-19 (6-2) - 8:35 pm

Horizon League
Detroit 16-13 (7-9) at Cleveland State 14-15 (9-7) - 7:30 pm
Wright State 18-10 (11-5) at Youngstown State 8-19 (2-14) - 7:35 pm
Wisconsin-Green Bay 19-10 (10-6) at Illinois-Chicago 7-20 (2-14) - 8:00 pm
Wisconsin-Milwaukee 16-13 (8-8) at Loyola (Ill.) 14-13 (5-11) - 8:00 pm

Northeast
Robert Morris 19-10 (14-2) at Wagner 4-25 (2-14) - 7:00 pm
Saint Francis (PA) 11-16 (9-7) at Mount Saint Mary's 13-14 (10-6) - 7:30 pm
Saint Francis (NY) 10-17 (7-9) at Central Connecticut State 10-17 (7-9) - 7:30 pm
Monmouth 12-16 (8-8) at Quinnipiac 19-8 (13-3) - 7:30 pm
Long Island 12-15 (10-6) at Bryant 1-27 (1-15) - 7:30 pm
Fairleigh Dickinson 10-19 (9-7) at Sacred Heart 13-14 (6-10) - 7:45 pm

Ohio Valley
Tennessee-Martin 4-23 (1-15) at Eastern Kentucky 19-10 (10-6) - 7:30 pm
Murray State 26-3 (16-0) at Morehead State 19-9 (13-3) - 8:00 pm
Austin Peay 16-13 (10-6) at Eastern Illinois 16-11 (9-7) - 8:30 pm
Tennessee State 8-21 (5-11) at Southeast Missouri 7-21 (3-13) - 8:45 pm

Southern
College of Charleston 19-9 (13-3) at Wofford 21-8 (13-3) - 7:00 pm
Elon 8-20 (5-11) at Georgia Southern 8-21 (5-11) - 7:00 pm
The Citadel 16-13 (9-7) at Furman 12-15 (6-10) - 7:00 pm
Samford 11-17 (5-11) at Western Carolina 19-10 (9-7) - 7:00 pm
Chattanooga 14-15 (6-10) at Appalachian State 18-11 (11-5) - 7:30 pm

Badlands
IUPUI 20-9 (13-3) at North Dakota State 10-16 (7-9) - 8:00 pm
Western Illinois 13-14 (6-10) at South Dakota State 13-14 (9-7) - 8:00 pm
Centenary 8-19 (3-13) at Missouri-Kansas City 11-16 (5-11) - 8:05 pm
Oral Roberts 17-12 (11-5) at Southern Utah 6-21 (2-14) - 9:00 pm

Sun Belt
Western Kentucky 17-12 (10-6) at Florida Atlantic 14-13 (10-6) - 7:00 pm
Troy 16-11 (11-5) at Arkansas-Little Rock 7-20 (3-13) - 8:00 pm
Louisiana-Lafayette 13-14 (10-6) at North Texas 19-8 (11-5) - 8:00 pm
Middle Tennessee 17-12 (11-5) at Florida International 7-22 (4-12) - 8:00 pm
New Orleans 8-19 (3-13) at Arkansas State 15-12 (10-6) - 8:05 pm
Denver 16-11 (9-7) at South Alabama 15-14 (7-10) - 8:05 pm

West Coast
San Francisco 12-15 (7-5) at Portland 17-9 (8-4) - 10:00 pm
Pepperdine 7-21 (3-9) at Saint Mary's 22-5 (9-3) - 10:05 pm
Loyola Marymount 15-13 (6-6) at San Diego 9-19 (2-10) - 10:30 pm
Santa Clara 11-18 (3-9) at Gonzaga 22-5 (10-2) - 11:00 pm

Western Athletic
Boise State 12-15 (2-10) at Louisiana Tech 21-6 (8-4) - 8:00 pm
Nevada 16-10 (8-4) at San Jose State 13-13 (5-7) - 10:00 pm
Utah State 22-6 (11-2) at Hawaii 9-17 (2-10) - 11:59 pm

Other
North Carolina Central 7-21 (0-0) at Longwood 11-18 (0-0) - 7:00 pm
Hannibal LaGrange at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 4-23 (0-0) - 8:30 pm

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