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Mountain West Conference Standings
(updated 3.18.2010 at 10:33 PM PDT)
| Conf | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | |
| New Mexico Lobos | 14 | 2 | 30 | 4 |
BYU Cougars
Vanquish The Foe
|
13 | 3 | 30 | 5 |
| San Diego St. Aztecs | 11 | 5 | 25 | 9 |
| UNLV Runnin Rebels | 11 | 5 | 25 | 9 |
| Colorado St. Rams | 7 | 9 | 16 | 16 |
Utah Utes
Block U
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7 | 9 | 14 | 17 |
| TCU Horned Frogs | 5 | 11 | 13 | 19 |
| Wyoming Cowboys | 3 | 13 | 10 | 21 |
| Air Force Falcons | 1 | 15 | 10 | 21 |
Basketball Rankings
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas Jayhawks | 1625 |
| 2 | Kentucky Wildcats | 1559 |
| 3 | Duke Blue Devils | 1427 |
| 4 | Syracuse Orange | 1412 |
| 5 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | 1377 |
| 6 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 1365 |
| 7 | Kansas St. Wildcats | 1209 |
| 8 | New Mexico Lobos | 1043 |
| 9 | Villanova Wildcats | 961 |
| 10 | Purdue Boilermakers | 915 |
| 11 | Butler Bulldogs | 903 |
| 12 | Temple Owls | 843 |
| 13 | Michigan St. Spartans | 836 |
| 14 | Georgetown Hoyas | 788 |
| 15 | Tennessee Volunteers | 616 |
| 16 | Wisconsin Badgers | 603 |
| 17 | BYU Cougars | 600 |
| 18 | Pittsburgh Panthers | 566 |
| 19 | Baylor Bears | 550 |
| 20 | Maryland Terrapins | 394 |
| 21 | Vanderbilt Commodores | 382 |
| 22 | Gonzaga Bulldogs | 359 |
| 23 | Texas A&M Aggies | 290 |
| 24 | Richmond Spiders | 141 |
| 25 | Xavier Musketeers | 106 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas Jayhawks | 775 |
| 2 | Kentucky Wildcats | 744 |
| 3 | Duke Blue Devils | 699 |
| 4 | Syracuse Orange | 667 |
| 5 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 661 |
| 6 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | 626 |
| 7 | Kansas St. Wildcats | 566 |
| 8 | Butler Bulldogs | 511 |
| 9 | Villanova Wildcats | 471 |
| 10 | New Mexico Lobos | 467 |
| 11 | Purdue Boilermakers | 462 |
| 12 | Michigan St. Spartans | 409 |
| 13 | Temple Owls | 403 |
| 14 | Tennessee Volunteers | 352 |
| 15 | Georgetown Hoyas | 341 |
| 16 | BYU Cougars | 265 |
| 17 | Pittsburgh Panthers | 265 |
| 18 | Gonzaga Bulldogs | 245 |
| 19 | Wisconsin Badgers | 215 |
| 20 | Maryland Terrapins | 184 |
| 21 | Baylor Bears | 177 |
| 22 | Vanderbilt Commodores | 127 |
| 23 | Texas A&M Aggies | 126 |
| 24 | Northern Iowa Panthers | 122 |
| 25 | UTEP Miners | 67 |
NCAA Tournament Open Thread: New Mexico And BYU In Action
by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 20, 2010 9:45 AM PDT
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All right there will just be one post for the open threading which will include all of today's games with focus on BYU and New Mexico. As always you can watch any game via this link from
1:05 p.m. ET (South: Providence) No. 10 St. Mary's (27-5) vs. No. 2 Villanova (25-7)
3:20 p.m. ET (West: San Jose) No. 13 Murray State (31-4) vs. No. 5 Butler (29-4)
3:35 p.m. ET approx. (Midwest: Providence) No. 14 Ohio (22-14) vs. No. 6 Tennessee (26-8)
5:40 p.m. ET (Midwest: Oklahoma City) No. 9 Northern Iowa (29-4) vs. No. 1 Kansas (33-2)
5:45 p.m. ET (South: New Orleans) No. 11 Old Dominion (27-8) vs. No. 3 Baylor (26-7)
5:50 p.m. ET approx. (East: San Jose) No. 11 Washington (25-9) vs. No. 3 New Mexico (30-4)
UNM's Darrington Hobson has a hurt wrist.
8:10 p.m. ET approx. (West: Oklahoma City) No. 7 BYU (30-5) vs. No. 2 Kansas State (27-7)
More previews for BYU vs. K-State. Vanquish The Foe and Mountain West Connection
8:15 p.m. ET approx. (East: New Orleans) No. 9 Wake Forest (20-10) vs. No. 1 Kentucky (33-2)
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Round One Bracket Challenge Update
by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 20, 2010 8:35 AM PDT
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Here is the top 10 for our CBS Bracket Challenge. I was in a pretty good lead after Thursday morning's session, but have cooled off since then. Mine is apparently highlighted since I was logged in.
Group Standings
Rank
Team Name
Score
Correct
Best Score
Best Correct
Champion
1
Jeff Maslan
118
22
426
49
Kansas (132)
2
jason mauss
116
24
362
53
Kansas (135)
3
Ted Gambles
111
23
361
49
Kentucky (129)
4
Jeremy Mauss
107
23
399
52
Kentucky (188)
4
Role Player
107
23
449
50
Kansas (151)
6
Taylor Dunn
104
23
324
46
Georgetown (142)
7
Wesley Gruenberg
99
21
329
46
Duke (121)
8
Bryson Cutler
97
21
311
49
Kansas (182)
9
Mel Clemens
96
21
412
47
Kentucky (122)
9
Mike Cutillo
96
21
342
47
Syracuse (152)
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NCAA Tournament: #3 New Mexico vs. #11 Washington
by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 19, 2010 8:56 PM PDT
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Next Game
Washington Huskies
@ New Mexico Lobos
Saturday, Mar 20, 2010, 2:50 PM PDT
NCAA Tournament - East Region - Second Round - HP Pavilion - San Jose, CA
TV: CBS
Washington only made it to the tournament by winning the Pac-10 tournament and then upset Marquette in round one by two points. New Mexico was not immune as they played a closer then expected game against Montana. On the surface New Mexico should run away with this game since Washington is an eleven seed and the Pac-10 was down this year. However, 25 wins is nothing to sneeze at which is what the Huskies accomplished this year, plus the Lobos tend to play to the level of the competition -- good or bad.
The difference could be that Washington was not good away from home as they went only 6-6, where as New Mexico went 11-2. Also, New Mexico has been tested more and is 5-0 against top 25 teams while Washington went 1-1.
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NCAA Tournament: #2 Kansas State vs. #7 BYU
by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 19, 2010 8:27 PM PDT
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Next Game
BYU Cougars
@ Kansas St. Wildcats
Saturday, Mar 20, 2010, 5:10 PM PDT
NCAA Tournament - West Region - Second Round - Ford Center - Oklahoma City, OK
TV: CBS
The Cougars are looking to upsetting Kansas State in an effort to make it to the Sweet 16 which will be in Salt Lake City a mere 45 minute drive from their Provo campus. If BYU wins this will be only their second time in school history to make it to the Sweet 16 with the last time being in the 1980-81 season with Danny Ainge.
Kansas State is the opponent who took care of 15 seeded North Texas by 20 points. The Cats are currently ranked 7th in the country and is 27-7 on the year with three of those loses coming to top seed Kansas. Kansas State is a well balanced team that shoots a good percentage, scores a lot of points, and as Vanquish The Foe puts it K-State rebounds quite well. The difference in this game will come down to if BYU can out rebound Kansas State and hold them under 45% shooting from the field.
In all of seven Kansas State's losses they were out rebounded and also shot less then 45 percent from the field. So, it is quite simply if BYU can duplicate those numbers then they will beat Kansas State and be in Salt Lake.
Right?
Well not so fast.
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NCAA Tournament: Late Game Open Thread And Watch Party
by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 19, 2010 3:30 PM PDT
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No Mountain West games today but join us anyways for the early games and go watch the games at NCAA® March Madness on Demand® Or click on the schedule widget below and find your game and click 'watch now.' Here is a full preview for today's games.
7:10 p.m. ET (West: Buffalo) No. 9 Florida State (22-9) vs. No. 8 Gonzaga (22-6)
7:15 p.m. ET (Midwest: Milwaukee) No. 10 Georgia Tech (22-12) vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State (22-10)
7:20 p.m. ET (Midwest: Spokane) No. 12 New Mexico State (22-11) vs. No. 5 Michigan State (24-8)
9:40 p.m. ET (West: Buffalo) No. 16 Vermont (25-9) vs. No. 1 Syracuse (28-4)
9:45 p.m. ET (Midwest: Milwaukee) No. 15 UC Santa Barbara (20-9) vs. No. 2 Ohio State (27-7)
9:50 p.m. ET (Midwest: Spokane) No. 13 Houston (19-15) vs. No. 4 Maryland (23-8)
9:55 p.m. ET (South: Jacksonville) No. 9 Louisville (20-12) vs. No. 8 California (23-10)
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NCAA Tournament: Early Game Open Thread And Watch Party
by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 19, 2010 9:11 AM PDT
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No Mountain West games today but join us anyways for the early games and go watch the games at NCAA® March Madness on Demand® Or click on the schedule widget below and find your game and click 'watch now.' Here is a full preview for today's games.
Come join and chat about these games.
#15 Morgan State vs. #2 West Virginia 12:20 PM ET
#11 Minnesota vs. #6 Xavier 12:25 PM ET
#12 Cornell vs. #5 Temple 12:30 PM ET
#13 Siena vs. $4 Purdue 2:30 PM ET
#10 Missouri vs. # Clemson 2:35 PM ET
#14 Oakland vs. #3 Pittsburgh 2:45 PM ET
#13 Wofford vs. #4 Wisconsin 2:50 PM ET
#12 Utah State vs. #5 Texas A&M 4:45 PM ET
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Northern Iowa Outlasts UNLV With NBA Range Three Pointer
Another deep three was the end for UNLV in the NCAA tournament. This was a great game, and again sorry about not a more indepth recap. Just click the link for some good info.
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