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             How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be In
The Shortest Time Possible
Management consultant and business author Ken Blanchard once said, "Feedback
is the Breakfast of Champions." That's great advice, and it's just as true for
managing your own body as it is for managing a company.
The formula for success in any endeavor is simple: First, you set a specific goal
and designate a time limit for its achievement.
Second, you devise an action plan or strategy for achieving your goal. Your goal
and your action plan must both be in writing.
Third, you launch at once, whether you think you're ready or not, and you begin
taking efficient daily action in the direction of your goal.
That brings you to the fourth step – and it's a vitally important step that too many
people forget: Get feedback on your results. Feedback means measuring your
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way, it means you have to "keep score."
Imagine a company where the owners did not meticulously keep track of sales and
expnses on a daily basis. They probably wouldn't be in business for long would
they? Imagine a basketball game where there are no hoops and the players just
run around the court, dribbling, passing and so on, but there is nothing to shoot at
and no way to keep score. Ridiculous? Well, it's just as silly to start a fitness or
weight loss program and not keep score as it is to play any game or run any
business without keeping score.
The way to get from where you are to where you want to be is to get continuous
feedback to see how you're doing, adjust your action plan according to your results
and repeat the process until you reach your goal.

Siena colege

Vermont outshot Siena 45-25 but sophomore goalie Kristin Concordia made a career-high 21 saves as Siena held off the Catamounts 14-11 Wednesday afternoon in Burlington. This marks Siena's first ever win against Vermont. Junior Caitlin Mikel led all players with seven points on five goals and two assists.

This is Siena's second bounce back win of the season after suffering a big loss. The Saints defeated Wagner 12-10 after losing at Boston College 20-5 and won today after losing to cross-town rival UAlbany 18-2 last Friday.

Siena (4-2) led Vermont (1-4) 12-6 midway through the second half, but Vermont scored five of the next six goals in a nine-minute span to cut the deficit to 13-11.

The Catamounts took six shots in the final eight minutes, but couldn't break through. Concordia saved two shots and another hit the post.

Erin Hepper and Michelle Andreo each tallied three points for the Saints while freshman Casey Harkins scored her first collegiate goal.

Vermont only scored on 2-of-10 free-position shots.

The Saints return to action on Sunday when they play at St. Bonaventure.

Ncaa basketbal tournament 2010 scores

Washington's remarkable late-season run has extended right into the NCAA Tournament, thanks to a big shot by the Huskies' senior leader.

Quincy Pondexter drove for a tiebreaking bank shot with 1.7 seconds left, and 11th-seeded Washington rallied for an 80-78 victory over Marquette in the first round of the East Regional tonight.

Pondexter scored 18 points in his school-record 134th game, and Isaiah Thomas had 19 as the Huskies (25-9) won their eighth in a row in dramatic fashion, roaring back from a 15-point deficit with 13½ minutes left.

Washington made two late defensive stops before Pondexter drove by Jimmy Butler from the perimeter and scored the winner.

Lazar Hayward missed a half-court heave at the buzzer for the sixth-seeded Golden Eagles (23-11), who didn't manage a field goal in the final 4:33.

Washington will face the winner of third-seeded New Mexico's late game against Montana at the Shark Tank, which was filled with Huskies fans.

Elston Turner had another strong second half for the Huskies, scoring 11 of his 14 points while they rallied. Washington led for less than a minute of the entire second half before the final layup by Pondexter, who also had 11 rebounds while breaking Justin Dentmon's Huskies record for appearances.

Hayward scored 15 of his 20 points after halftime, but lost his duel with fellow senior forward Pondexter — his dorm mate on a World University Games team in Serbia last summer. Hayward crumpled at midcourt after his final miss, but his teammates gathered around and raised him up for final handshakes.

Darius Johnson-Odom had 19 points and David Cubillan added 14 for the Eagles, who also finished strong in the regular season to earn a surprisingly high seed.

Marquette's loss completed an ugly 1-3 opening day for the mighty Big East, which put eight teams in the NCAA Tournament, most of any conference. No. 2 seed Villanova posted the league's only victory despite an overtime scare from 15th-seeded Robert Morris.

Washington's win was a welcome development for the beleaguered Pac-10, which got just two teams into the NCAAs after a down season for the league.

Sporting new haircuts featuring patterns and uniform numbers etched in the left sides of their heads, the Eagles kept pace with the up-tempo Huskies for most of the day, but couldn't execute their deliberate offense late. The Big East's top three-point shooting team went 12 for 19, but lost for the eighth time in an astonishing 16 games decided by four points or fewer this season.

The first-round game was every bit as entertaining as the Huskies' back-and-forth victory over California last weekend in the Pac-10 tournament, which Washington probably needed to win just to make the NCAAs after its rough season ended with a lengthy winning streak.

Marquette jumped ahead with a 15-1 run shortly after halftime, getting eight points from Hayward while taking a 60-45 lead. Washington answered with a 13-2 run in less than three minutes, and eventually took a 72-71 lead on Turner's 3-pointer with 5:20 left.

Marquette went back ahead on Cubillan's three-pointer moments later — but it was the Eagles' final field goal. Hayward didn't score in the final six minutes.

The win was hardly an upset: Washington and Marquette have similar smallish lineups, and both teams needed tremendous late-season finishes just to make the NCAAs.

The Eagles went 11-3 down the stretch with two wins in the Big East tournament, saving a season that was in trouble after a 2-5 start to Big East play. Marquette was pleasantly surprised to get a No. 6 seed in its fifth consecutive trip to the NCAAs.

Washington began the season with a national ranking, but slipped out of the polls with a midseason swoon that put the talented team in danger of missing the postseason. The Huskies rallied in recent weeks, winning nine of 11 before rolling through the Pac-10 tournament with three victories in a row, including that back-and-forth thriller over Cal in the championship game.

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spring arbor university

Spring Arbor University, also known as The Arbor, is an evangelical Protestant university located in Spring Arbor, Michigan, United States. It was established in 1873 by leaders of the Free Methodist Church. The university offers more than 40 program majors in diverse areas of study. It is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.

Spring Arbor University has an active student life. The campus is home to a wide variety of clubs and organizations based on the varied interests of the students. The student body includes an impressive number of international students. The university's athletics department fields several men’s and women’s sports teams. Their sports teams are nicknamed the Cougars.

Siena heights university

Siena Heights University is a Catholic university founded and sponsored by the Adrian Dominican Sisters. Founded in the liberal arts tradition, Siena offers associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees. The university is headquartered in Adrian, Michigan with degree completion centers located throughout Michigan.

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Siena won Saturday afternoon in large part because of Manhattan’s incessant showboating.

Siena won Monday night in small part because of some showboating of its own.

It’s different.

In Manhattan’s case, it was its mugging toward the Siena bench and Times Union Center crowd. It made no sense, riling fans and the more talented Saints team. A better strategy would have been to lull both to sleep and try to sneak out with a W that way.

Which brings us to the second half Monday night, a little less than six minutes in, after Siena had carved Fairfield’s lead from 13 to 6. At part of Siena’s devastating trap, Edwin Ubiles created the Stags’ fourth turnover in six possessions, and raced down the left sideline before angling before the center of the court.

A slam was coming. But not just any slam.

armon bassett

2008 HONORS

Third team All-Big Ten selection as chosen by the conference media and coaches.

SOPHOMORE (2007-08)

Led the Big Ten in three-point field goal percentage (45.4) and fifth in the league in 3-pt. field goals made (2.38) • ninth in the league in assists (3.31) scored 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting, including 4-for-5 from 3-point range vs. Chattanooga • also chipped in six rebounds and five assists against the Mocs • had 14 points, four rebounds and five assists against Longwood • was second on the team with 19 points against UNC Wilmington, on 4-of-5 shooting beyond the three point line • dished out six assists vs. Georgia Tech • scored 12 points and recorded four assists at Southern Illinois • played 39 minutes vs. Tennessee State, netting eight points with three rebounds and three assists • scored 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting while recording five assists and three steals against Chicago State • shot 3-for-5 from the floor, including three made shots from long range for 11 points against Illinois, all in the second half • made of 5-of-6 three-point attempts en route to a 17-point performance against Penn State • contributed three assists and two steals versus the Nittany Lions as well • was a perfect 3-for-3 from the floor, including two three-pointers against Iowa • tallied three boards, three assists and two steals as well • led IU with 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting from three-point range against UConn • added two rebounds, three assists, zero turnovers and two steals versus the Huskies • recorded a game-high six assists against Northwestern • went 8-for-8 from the free-throw line and scored 16 points at Illinois • added a career-high seven rebounds against the Illini • dropped in 12 points on 4-of-9 shooting and recorded four rebounds against Wisconsin • recorded five assists, five points, two steals and two rebounds against Michigan State • scored 16 points by hitting all four of his 3-point attempts and 4-of-5 foul shots against Purdue • also pulled downed a career-high eight rebounds and tallied four assists versus the Boilermakers • led all IU scorers with 24 points, including a 4-of-7 effort behind the three-point line, at Northwestern, while playing all 40 minutes • recorded his second straight 20-plus point effort, hitting 7-of-11 shots from the floor en route to 23 points against Ohio State • scored 13 points and dished out six assists at Michigan State • scored double-digit points for the fifth consecutive game with 11 points against Minnesota • matched a career high playing 42 minutes at Penn State • shot a career-high 12 3-pointers, which shares ninth place in school history • was red-hot vs. Arkansas in the NCAA Tournament, making 7-of-9 shots, including 5-of-7 from 3-point range for 21 points • also contributed a season-high seven assists, three rebounds and two steals against the Razorbacks.

FRESHMAN (2006-07)

Played in 32 games and started 24 • averaged 9.5 points per game and finished second on the team with 97 assists • finished eighth in the Big Ten after leading the team with a 41.0% success rate from three-point range • grabbed 2.4 rebounds per contest • had nine points and three assists in the NCAA Tournament against Gonzaga (3/15/07) • logged a career-high 42 minutes and poured in a team-high 18 points at the Big Ten Tournament vs. Illinois (3/9/07) • scored 10 points and matched a career high with nine assists at Northwestern (2/28/07) • netted a career-high 25 points and dished out five assists at Michigan State (2/24/07) • recorded 16 points with five assists, five rebounds and three steals at Purdue (2/15/07) • tallied 15 points with five assists and five rebounds against Illinois (2/10/07) • tallied fourth straight double-figure scoring effort with 13 points at Connecticut, including the final four points of the game from the free throw stripe (1/20/07) • recorded third straight double-figure scoring effort with 10 points against Iowa (1/16/07) • scored 14 points at Penn State, 11 in the second half, for his second straight game in double figures (1/13/07) • tallied 13 points in his Big Ten debut at Ohio State, including a 3-of-4 performance from beyond the arc (1/2/07) • recorded third straight game in double figures with 20 points vs. IUPUI (12/22/06) on 7-of-10 shooting to go along with five assists • scored a team and then-career-high 16 points at No. 10/11 Duke, going 4-of-5 from 3-point range (11/28/06) • tallied a then-career high in points (10) and a career-best in assists (nine) in his first collegiate start against Chicago State (11/19/06) .

PREP/PERSONAL

Earned a four star rating from Scout.com and three stars from Rivals.com • averaged 24 points, six rebounds and six assists for a Hargrave Military Academy team that ranked second nationally among prep schools • was among 10 prep school teammates to earn Division I scholarships, including Marreese Speights (Florida), Jonathan Mandelove (Connecticut) and Vernon Macklin (Georgetown) • as a senior at Terre Haute South Vigo High School, Bassett averaged 22.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists to earn a spot on the 2005 Indiana All-Star Team • Bassett was a McDonald's All-American Nominee as a senior and competed on the Indiana Junior All-Star Team in 2004 • Bassett played four years of varsity basketball and was a three-time all-conference and all-star honoree who led his team to the 2005 semi-state final four • the son of Anita Burks and Carl Bassett was born on Dec. 28, 1986.

Career Statistics

                                 Total         3-Point                    Rebounds
Year      GP-GS   Min/Avg    FG-FGA   Pct   FG-FGA   Pct   FT-FTA   Pct Off-Def  Tot  Avg  PF-FO Ast  TO Blk Stl  Pts/Avg
2006-07   32-24   881/27.5   97-251  .386   45-110  .409   65-78   .833  17-61    78  2.4  59-0   97  55   1  22  304/9.5
2007-08   29-26   912/31.4  105-238  .441   69-152  .454   52-62   .839   8-66    74  2.6  39-0   96  51   0  27  331/11.4
TOTAL     61-50  1793/29.4  202-489  .413  114-262  .435  117-140  .836  25-127  152  2.5  98-0  193 106   1  49  635/10.4

wake forest university

Last night Wake Forest defeated Texas 81-80 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. It took many lead changes, overtime, and a couple of clutch performances to get there, but in the end that was the final result. To describe the game in such terms, however, is to do it a great disservice. The passion and heart-felt emotion displayed last night, both on the floor in New Orleans and in the living rooms of Demon Deacon fans everywhere, are what will truly define that win for years to come.

As a writer here at Deacons Illustrated I watch many games from the somewhat privileged seats of the credentialed media, trading the excitement and emotion of fandom for the objectivity and access of a pregame buffet and a post game press conference. With every first round NCAA Tournament site requiring a minimum of an eight hour drive or an exorbitantly expensive plane ticket, I knew several weeks ago that covering this tournament as a media member on site was going to be prohibitively expensive. Therefore, I spent last night watching the game on a living room couch with a dozen other Wake seniors eating chips and dip, enjoying a few beers, and watching an incredible basketball game as nothing but a fan.

Normally I approach a post game write up like this looking to provide a written highlight package of the game, relevant statistics, choice quotes (when I have them), and a dose of analysis to wrap it all together. If that's what you're looking for today then I invite you to look here, here, here, or here, because you just aren't going to get it from me.

Late last night, after a small amount of the excitement from the end of the game had worn off, I tried to think of a way to write that article. I quickly realized it wouldn't happen then, and resolved to go to bed and try again in the morning. But waking up this morning it was still clear that I just didn't have that kind of story in me. I could review the stats, watch the highlights, and remember the plays, but what could I tell you about those moments that you didn't already see for yourself last night? What value could I add to a game that already gave us everything we could possibly want and then gave us a little bit more?

For the most part, Wake played pretty good basketball last night, but it doesn't matter. They shot the ball better than they have in weeks and dominated the boards, but it doesn't matter. They turned the ball over way too much and missed a lot of free throws, but it doesn't matter. What the hell was L.D. Williams thinking? It thankfully doesn't matter. Why wasn't CBS showing us L.D. Williams' epic mistake live? Actually, that really ticks me off, but it still doesn't matter.

For me, all that really matters about last night was an Ari Stewart three pointer, two inexplicably missed free throws, one more round of heroics from Ishmael Smith, and an eruption of excitement and emotion that I haven't felt in a long while. Jumping up and down in the middle of the living room and yelling at the top of my lungs. Calling friends in Texas just to yell at them. My phone blowing up with stunned congratulatory text messages from friends and family around the country.

When I step back from all of that emotion I realize that it was just a first round NCAA Tournament game. Wake played well, but they didn't play that well. Texas made some pretty big mistakes and even then could just have easily gone home winners. I recognize, even if I don't want to, that this weekend will probably end with Wake having exited the Tournament with a double digit defeat at the hands of Kentucky.

But for now, I choose not to think about those things. I plan to enjoy last night for what it was: The most exciting game of Wake Forest basketball in my four years at the university, a fun night with friends, an incredible adrenaline rush, and an exuberant outpouring of emotions.

march madness results 2010

Are you ready for some B-Ball?

2010 NCAA March Madness began with the highly anticipated Selection Sunday official picks on March 14 when college basketball team match-ups were announced at 6 pm ET on CBS and ESPN — followed by the opening round games on March 16.

The national championship will now be determined during a month-long battle of skill, determination, and dazzling performances by top competing college teams leading up to the final four games played April 3 - 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

2010 March Madness Venues

Opening Round: March 16
UD Arena, Dayton, OH

First and Second Rounds: Thursday and Saturday, March 18 and 20
New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA
Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence, RI
HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA
Spokane Memorial Arena, Spokane, WA

First and Second Rounds: Friday and Sunday, March 19 and 21
HSBC Arena, Buffalo
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, FL
Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI
Ford Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Regionals: Thursday and Saturday, March 25 and 27
East: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY
West: Energy Solutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT

Regionals: Friday and Sunday, March 26 and 28
Midwest: Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO
South: Reliant Stadium, Houston TX

Final Four: Saturday and Monday, April 3 and 5
Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN

March Madness Trivia & Fun Facts


March Madness a reason to have a vasectomy?

The phrase “March Madness” was coined by Henry V. Porter in 1939 to describe an Illinois high school basketball tourney. Brent Musburger first used it during NCAA coverage in 1982 causing a legal battle almost as insane as the playoffs.

But everyone finally worked things out and the madness was official. There isn't a good record of who first called the playoffs "The Big Dance", but it does describe the action.

The 6 schools who have the winningest history in NCAA Division I Men's basketball are:

* UCLA with 11 championships;
* Kentucky who won the March Madness games 7 times;
* Indiana with 5 Big Dance victories;
* North Carolina outlasted all the other teams 4 times, including their championship win in 2005, and
* Duke and Kansas with 3 titles each.
* There are 8 teams that won twice and others who are trying to reach that goal this year...

Although past history is no guarantee in this Cinderella laced NCAA tournament, number one seeds have won every time in the first round for the past 16 years and number two seeds have only lost three first round games... a 95% win average.

What makes the brackets exciting are the number 13 and 14 seeds who came out winners in the first round 20 times since 1992... a sweet 16% that leads to dreams of glory. Watch for them in your brackets. Look for teams from smaller conferences or those who had a bad start to the season, but got their game on during the last weeks to pull off an invitation. A power player on a slump or injury roster who recovers can mean a lower seed for a solid team. Check out the Boston Sports Hub analysis for more stats all the way through the Final Four...

march madness bracket update

The matchups have been announced on Sunday and we have added all of the teams to our free 2010 march madness bracket but just in case you would like other option we have listed 2 other sources to get this years NCAA basketball tournament brackets. Please be patient as everyone is downloading these printable ncaa brackets from maddux sports and all other websites on the web. Also, you will need adobe acrobat to view our bracket, 98% of computers all ready have this program but you can download adobe acrobat by clicking their link. It is a free program for the 2% of people that need to download it. Click to see if your computer opens the file to find out if you need adobe.

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For whatever reason CBS sportsline is very quick at getting their NCAA basketball bracket made up and posted on the Internet before most websites. You can get your blank tournament bracket by clicking on this NCAA basketball Mens Bracket link. Right now this link is pointing towards the 2010 tourney as we will update the link once they go live with this years NCAA brackets. Either way every year on selection Sunday we will update this page with the correct link to this years march madness brackets from cbs sportsline.
Printable NCAA Tournament Brackets

Another source to grab a printable tournament bracket is ESPN. Just like sportsline they have their NCAA bracket up and posted on the site immediately. Here is the link to this years 2010 NCAA tournament brackets. Knowing ESPN they won't be using the same URL as last year we have posted the correct link for those that have trouble navigating through ESPN's monster website searching for their march madness bracket. Remember it doesn't have the opening number point spreads like our 2010 march madness brackets does once the point spreads are announced.

If you are going to be doing an office pool with the 2010 NCAA basketball brackets, we would like you to check out our bracket picks page. Most of you know maddux sports for providing winning sports picks against the point spread but the last couple years we have also helped out people with their office pool picks. Each year we do our best to help visitors succeed in their pools by making accurate predictions on the march madness brackets. We don't claim to get every prediction right but we have accurately predicted 10 of the 16 final 4 teams over the last 4 years including nailing North Carolina and Illinois in the championship game in 2005. We normally have our bracket finalized by 9:00 eastern time on Sunday. For more information and to get signed up check out the bracket picks page.

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temple basketball cornell university

Entering the 2009-10 season, the vaunted senior class had one goal it hadn't reached and desperately wanted to secure its place among the all-time Ivy League dynasties - advance in the NCAA tournament.

After Cornell's 78-65 victory over No. 5 seed Temple on Friday afternoon in the East Regional first round at Jacksonville veterans Memorial Arena, now all that remains is advancing as far as it possibly can.

Cornell dominated the backboards (30-20), shot 56 percent from the field and scored at a season-high clip against the Owls in capturing the program's first-ever postseason basketball win and first NCAA tourney victory by an Ivy school since Princeton defeated UNLV during the 1997-98 campaign.

The Big Red's big three of Louis Dale (21 points, seven assists), Ryan Wittman (20 points, five rebounds) and Jeff Foote (16 points, seven rebounds) controlled the game and the 12th-seeded Big Red took advantage of 11 turnovers by Temple to score 18 points off of them.

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Confident, relaxed and definitely on their game.

Cornell lived up to its billing as the best team to come out of the Ivy League in more than a decade, and now the senior-heavy Big Red have a chance for a nice run in the East Regional of the NCAA tournament.

"Everyone was saying we were Cinderella or it's an upset. Not us," sophomore Chris Wroblewski said Friday after the 12th-seeded Big Red dominated No. 5 seed Temple 78-65 in a game that wasn't even that close.

Down to their last chance to experience success on college basketball's biggest stage, seniors Ryan Wittman, Louis Dale and Jeff Foote paced the school to its first win in five NCAA appearances.

Dale scored 21 points and Wittman, the Ivy League player of the year, had 20 for the Big Red, who led the nation in 3-point shooting this season and have three other elements - strong guard play, experienced leadership and a 7-foot center in Foote - that make them a threat to play beyond the first weekend of the tournament.

Cornell (28-4) made eight of its first 10 shots and never looked back, shooting 68 percent in the opening half and 56 percent for the game.

Temple (29-6) lost in the first round for the third straight year under coach Fran Dunphy, whose former assistant, Steve Donahue, has led Cornell to three straight Ivy League titles and the winningest season in school history.

Juan Fernandez and Ryan Brooks each had 14 points for Temple. Lavoy Allen added 11.

Having gone through a non-conference schedule that included games against Kansas, Syracuse, Seton Hall, St. John's and Alabama, Donahue felt the Big Red was better equipped this year to face a tough, physical opening-round opponent such as Temple, one of the nation's stingiest defensive teams.

Cornell lost by 24 to Stanford in 2008 and 19 to Missouri a year ago, and entered this year's tournament determined to make the most of the last opportunity Wittman, Foote, Dale and fellow senior Jon Jaques have to enjoy the NCAA's.

Dunphy, who's been at Temple since 2006, fell to 1-12 in the NCAA tournament and has lost 11 straight.

The Owls coach appeared in the tournament nine times in 17 seasons at Penn, where Donahue was an assistant under him for 10 years. They remain close, and the mentor freely admitted he did not relish the idea of facing the pupil on Friday.

"I'm torn right now with the feeling in my stomach," Donahue said after his first win over his former boss.

Temple trailed 37-29 at the half and was fortunate to be that close. The Owls uncharacteristically turned the ball over nine times, with Cornell coming up with seven steals while playing tight man-to-man defense and occasionally switching to a 1-3-1 zone that made it difficult to get the ball inside.

Cornell's lead would have bigger if its 3-point shooters hadn't struggled from beyond the arc. The Big Red were 13 of 19 from the field at the break, and five of those six misses were 3-pointers that could have left Temple in a deeper hole.

After misfiring on its first two 3-point attempts of the second half, Cornell's shooters caught fire. Jon Jacques hit a long 3, then Wittman made three straight during a stretch in which the Big Red weathered another Temple surge to lead 51-42.

The closest Temple would get the rest of the way was seven.

"Wittman just went crazy with those 3s. We're trying to get back in the game and he's not allowing it," Dunphy said.

Dunphy's lone victory in the NCAA's came in 1994, when Penn beat Nebraska. He lost his next eight tournament games with the Quakers and now his first three with Temple, including losses to Michigan State and Arizona State the past two years.

Cornell, which has won 16 of 17 games since a 5-point road loss at Kansas on Jan. 6, became the first Ivy League team to win an NCAA tournament game since fifth-seeded Princeton took down No. 12 seed UNLV in 1998.

"This is our last chance to do this," said Foote, who had 16 points and seven rebounds. "It's nice to see all our hard work for four years pay off."

west virginia basketball

Kevin Jones scored 17 points and Devin Ebanks contributed 16 points and 13 rebounds to lead No. 2-seeded West Virginia to a 77-50 victory over Morgan State Friday afternoon in an NCAA tournament first round game at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, N.Y.


Kevin Jones scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds in leading West Virginia to a 77-50 victory over Morgan State in an NCAA tournament first round game at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, N.Y..
All-Pro Photography/Dale Sparks photo

Morgan State (27-10) scored the first 10 points of the game and led 17-9 before Jones got things going with a 3 from the corner and a short one inside to reduce Morgan State’s lead to 17-14.

“I felt in the beginning I wasn’t being aggressive enough,” said Jones. “My shows were falling – I was just in one of those zones and I’m glad that it worked out for my team and it got us back into the game.”

“We didn’t attack them,” added West Virginia coach Bob Huggins. “We were playing pitch and catch on the perimeter. I think after the first media timeout, we did a much better job of doing what we’re good at doing.”

A Casey Mitchell 3 cut the lead to two, 19-17, and West Virginia tied the game at 19 with 7:03 remaining in the first half on an Ebanks basket. Joe Mazzulla’s three-point play with 5:22 left gave the sixth-rated Mountaineers their first lead of the game, and they used a 16-6 run over the remaining five minutes to take a more comfortable 38-27 advantage into the locker room at halftime.

Ebanks said his thoughts turned to last year’s opening round loss to Dayton last year when his team was struggling early in the game.

“They started off 10 points to our zero,” said Ebanks. “I was just trying to get it going with my teammates. We can’t have another close game. We have to step up –during the game we stepped up and broke it out to a big lead.”

It was an 11-2 run to begin the second half that really opened the game up for West Virginia, now 28-6.

“We have not gotten out of the gate very good in the majority of games,” said Huggins. “For whatever reason, I’m not sure what it is, but I thought we were ready to play. I didn’t think it was a matter of us not being ready to play. I just didn’t think we attacked them very well.”

Jones was 8 for 10 from the floor and also grabbed eight rebounds.

“There are days when some of our guys shoot the 3 pretty well,” said Huggins. “We just try and ham-and-egg it to the one that’s making it that particularly day.”

West Virginia had a 49-38 advantage on the glass and handed out 20 assists on 24 made baskets. The Mountaineers were also 25 of 31 from the line.

Morgan State’s leading scorer, Reggie Holmes, finished with 12 points for the Bears.

“Holmes is a great player as far as his team and his coverages,” said Ebanks, who was assigned to Holmes for the game. “Watching tape of him the last three days, I really tried to study his moves to the basket. Two dribbles in, step back and create an open shot. I was trying to eliminate his touches.”

West Virginia’s tournament win was just the second for the Big East Conference, which took it on the chin yesterday when Notre Dame, Georgetown and Marquette all lost and Villanova needed overtime to defeat 15th-seeded Robert Morris.

Huggins said those performances had no bearing on the way his team played today.

“I didn’t watch any of the games,” he said. “I’m a bad one to ask about those things because I was watching (Morgan State) tape last night.”

West Virginia’s 28 victories are now one shy of the school-record 29 the Mountaineers won on the way to the 1959 NCAA finals. The victory was West Virginia's seventh in a row and ninth in its last 10 games.

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West Virginia University is advancing to the next round of the NCAA tournament.

It was business as usual on West Virginia University’s campus Friday afternoon, as students shuffled between classes and car stereos blared music.



And in Buffalo, it was all business for the men’s basketball team as they beat Morgan State University to advance to the second round of the men’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament.



WVU beat Morgan State, 77-50.



After the game, some students celebrated the win near campus.



WVU plays Sunday against the winner of the Clemson and Missouri game in the second round.

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Not surprisingly, Wisconsin relied on its defense to beat pesky Wofford.

Jon Leuer scored 20 points, including a jumper and two free throws in the final 17 seconds, and the fourth-seeded Badgers eked out a 53-49 win over the 13th-seeded Terriers in the first round of the NCAA tournament Friday.

Trevon Hughes added 19 points for Wisconsin, including 12 of the team's first 21.

The Badgers (24-8) slowed it down early and then turned things up when the Terriers (26-9) opened the second half with a flurry of points.

Jamar Diggs scored 11 of his 13 points in the first 5 minutes after the break, helping Wofford overcome an eight-point deficit. The Terriers, who made just seven of 25 shots in the first half, hit their first eight baskets to start the second and took a 38-37 lead.

But Wisconsin, one of the Big Ten's best defensive teams the last decade, stayed poised. The Badgers pulled out a victory in the final minute thanks to two steals.

Hughes picked Diggs' pocket near midcourt and turned it into a layup on the other end. The play of the game came a few minutes later when Leuer tipped the ball out of Cameron Rundles' hands and out of bounds. Officials conferred before deciding Rundles touched it last.

Instead of getting a shot to tie the game at 51 or go ahead, Wofford was forced to foul with 4.2 seconds left. Leuer hit both free throws to seal the victory.

Wofford also missed two free throws in the closing minutes, with Rundles coming up short on the front end of a one-and-one and Terry Martin clanking one with 1:17 remaining.

Leading scorer Noah Dahlman finished with 10 points and five rebounds for the Terriers, who shot 56.5 percent in the second half but couldn't get any good looks late.

Wisconsin advanced to the second round for the fourth consecutive year and will play 12th-seeded Cornell in the East Regional on Sunday.

The Badgers finished with seven steals, which helped them overcome 37 percent shooting, 1-of-9 shooting from 3-point range and just three assists.

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No. 6 Xavier University move on in the West Region and will play either No. 3 Pittsburgh or No. 14 Oakland in the next round.

Temple was knocked out by Cornell out of the NCAA Tournament 2010.

New Mexico (30-4), seeded third in the Middle, 11th advanced to play in the tournament and Washington in the second round.

Those are some of the NCAA Basketball Tournament 2010 Updates. It looks like West Virginia basketball is quite interesting to the fans.

More of this Xavier basketball, Temple basketball, and 2010 NCAA Bracket Results March Madness Bracket Updates!

ncaa basketball tournament 2010 live

Watch NCAA Basketball Tournament 2010 Live Stream Scores, Results, Bracket: Fredette is a popular player who has made a name for himself in the tournament by his postseason hot streak. He is the talk of the town. And in March Madness everybody was talking about him. Fredette played an important role in helping his team win over Florida. He poured in 37 points that made it possible for the Cougars to overcome Florida 99-92. It is another matter that it was achieved in double overtime

He repeated the feat on the opening day of the tournament. Chances are high that in the coming next 24 hours no player would come close to his record.

Live Streaming of the Game

The 2010 NCAA college basketball tournament will tip off at 12:20 today and many people will search for live 2010 NCAA college basketball scores, results and updates because the early games start when America is still hard at work. CBS Sports has exclusive rights to the NCAA tournament and they will be offering live streaming video of all tournament games. March Madness is truly upon us as America is searching for many NCAA college basketball related terms.

Just Visit website http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/scoreboard and get your latest scores updates with out any hesitation with full details of all games.
The NCAA’s March Madness on Demand site is the place to go for live streams of all the games, starting with Selection Sunday on March 14th all the way to the National Championship game on April 4th. Missed a game? No worries, the site will also provide game highlights and full game archives. Make sure you have Microsoft’s Silverlight installed if you want to use the site’s high-quality video player, with up to 1.8 Mbps.

ncaa basketball tournament 2010 schedule

NCAA Basketball Tournament 2010 Updates and Schedule of Northern Iowa vs UNLV Live Stream and Online Free Video Coverage. Are you looking for a place to watch this game between Northern Iowa vs UNLV? It seems this two will be drawing the line for each other until the game ends this March 18, 2010. Rather than keeping it that way they just need to boosts their way to the top of this game.

UNLV is looking to pass easily the team who wants also a shot in the next stage of NCAA Basketball Tournament, Northern Iowa. A very tight game is to be expected.

Northern Iowa vs UNLV Score Updates : It seems the UNLV is on the run with 5 points but this is not a big lead because N. Iowa can still get this done with a 3 point shot and a simple basket.

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Over at The Sporting Blog, Andy Hutchins drops an interesting piece of trivia:

Wofford is small. How small, you ask? The school's enrollment is just under 1,500 students, which makes Wofford the second-smallest school to ever make the NCAA Tournament -- and makes the Terriers' 15-man roster about one percent of the student body.

Time to catch up on some math, since your fifth-period class doubtlessly spent the whole 50 minutes today watching basketball. Here's how Wofford stacks up against Florida (the largest school to have played in the 2010 NCAA Tournament so far).

Wofford: 1,439 students enrolled, 53 points scored in first round
Florida: 59,050 students enrolled, 92 points scored in first round

So! If distributed evenly, every student at Wofford would have about 0.04 points. Meanwhile, every Florida student would have about 0.002 points - 1/40th as many as the Terriers. The obvious conclusion to draw is that Wofford is far better than Florida, and is quite possibly the best school in the country per capita. Yet they are out of the tournament in the first round. Well, they don't call it March Per Capita Madness for nothing!

morgan state university

Cornell University which is ranked at No. 12 position won against Temple which is No. 5 on Friday in the one of the opening rounds of NCAA March Madness Tournament 2010. The three of Cornell including Louis Dale, Ryan Wittman and Jeff Foote had great role in the game.

Tennessee also won again San Diego State with 69-59 to ensure their place in the Second round of NCAA tournament. Melvin Goins and J.P Prince lead the Tennessee Volunteers, both had fifteen points each. Tennessee was seeded number 6 where as San Diego State was seeded number 11.

One the other hand of NCAA tournament 2010, West Virginia won over Morgan State University with a 77-50.

siena college

Siena was staging a comeback against Purdue until they fell. As a result the Siena College men’s basketball team has bowed out of the NCAA tournament Friday.

Siena will still come away with more than $50000 for its effort.

Siena College’s The Saints, a private school in Loudonville, lost to Purdue University, 72-64, in a first-round game played in Spokane, Wash.

march madness

Overview | How can the sports tournament bracket concept be applied to academic questions? How can competition enliven debate over perennial topics in your curriculum? In this lesson, students use the March Madness bracket structure to decide a question in their field of study, holding a research- and debate-based “tournament” to determine the “winners” of each round, until a final “winner” is declared. Along the way, they write essays about the last two topics standing, use the bracket to organize debates, and, perhaps, share their thoughts on N.C.A.A. tournament basketball.

Materials | Computer with Internet access and projectors, research materials, word-processing software and printing capability, or board or chart paper and chalk or markers

Note to Teachers | Aside from a way to organize debate on an academic topic, this activity might also be a fun, tension-lessening way to approach big decisions that require many students to vote. You might keep this structure in mind the next time students have to choose a class trip destination, school play, prom theme, or the like. Tell us how you adapt game formats like sports brackets for classroom use!

Warm-up | Have a student who is an avid March Madness fan explain the concept of the N.C.A.A. bracket to the class. If you have the technology handy, you might also show the short Tournament Tipoff video, above.

Be sure that students understand that “bubble crop” means the teams that made the tournament shortly before it started, through weighted calculations that take into consideration things like competition level of their conferences, and those teams thought to have the most potential to win the tournament start by playing those deemed the weakest. For fun, you might want to show the video of President Barack Obama revealing his own completed bracket.

If you prefer to limit discussion of basketball in class, you might use School Library Journal’s Battle of the Kids’ Books bracket or the ideas in the ArtsBeat blog post March Madness: The Geek Edition to illustrate how the system works. (ArtsBeat links to suvudu.com and shows a “cagematch” between characters from science fiction and fantasy literature like Gandalf, Dumbledore and Edward Cullen.)

Invite students to share ideas about how fans make their picks to fill in their brackets and the factors they consider. Ideas might include personal favorites, sentiment, player statistics and intuition.

Sketch on the board a blank bracket that starts with eight teams (or people or issues or books, etc.). Or, you can show students an online bracket, which will be useful to have on hand later in the lesson. (You can also follow directions here to create printable bracket sheets that fit your needs.)

Next, explain that the class will now consider a question to demonstrate and explore the way the bracket works. Pose the question, “If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, what is the best breakfast food?”

Ask students to brainstorm ten to twelve breakfast foods (knowing that only eight will “make” the bracket), considering nutritional value, convenience, taste, popularity, and so on. Invite them to think creatively about breakfast.

Their ideas might include whole-grain items such as oatmeal or polenta, toast with hazelnut spread, hash browns, cereal (“healthy” versus “sugary”), or even things like breakfast pizza or breakfast tacos.

Students might compose their own brackets in pairs at their desks, or you might choose to do this exercise as a whole class, using what you have sketched on the board or the online version.

Have students first brainstorm the most popular and healthful foods. Then, to help them choose the less obvious, or “bubble” foods, have them offer brief explanations of why each questionable food should make it, or not make it, onto the bracket. When you have come up with the final list, have students make the match-ups, pitting what they believe will emerge as the most important foods against the least important in the first round.

For example, whole-grain oatmeal might meet chocolate donuts there, only to face more formidable opponents, like egg-white omelets, in subsequent rounds. Depending on how much time you can devote to this activity, you may let students draw on previous nutrition knowledge or have them consult the U.S.D.A. National Nutrient Database as they make their arguments.

Designate two students, each championing one option, to debate for each set of brackets in the first round. Set a time limit of one minute for each. As judge, decide each winner quickly before moving on to the next round. Continue this way until you reach a winner, or allow students to vote in the final round(s). Remind them that as winning foods advance, the students arguing for them will likely repeat some information from earlier rounds, but they should also directly “face” each opponent, addressing relevant issues that arise in each match-up.

When the winner is chosen “most important breakfast food,” retrace its journey through the tournament, having students name all the foods it defeated. Do the same for the runner-up. Students should now be prepared to do this same exercise with more complex academic content.

Ncaa basketball tournament 2010 scores

NCAA Basketball Tournament 2010 Scores and Results March 19, 2010. Day Two of the March Madness 2010 NCAA Basketball Tournament as it provides as 16 games of exciting basketball. In the early games, Morgan State started a 10-0 run but the West Virginia forces themselves back in the game to capitalize it and even take the lead.

Cornell leads Temple also but it is battle with many lead changes. A Big Ten Conference team Minnesota will try to enter the second round by facing Xavier. There’s so much in the NCAA Tournament Basketball 2010 today that you shouldn’t miss. Expect for upsets again just like yesterday. But which of these top ranked teams will bow to the lower seeds? This is the reason why we call March Madness for we don’t know which team will win in the matches. All the games are do or die, the winner will enter the next round. If you lose, the end of the year for you. So do the fans who wait for the scores to be updated.


NCAA Basketball Tournament 2010 Scores and Results March 19

Updated: 3:23 PM ET March 19

Morgan State 50 vs West Virginia 77 Final
Cornell 78 vs Temple 65 Final
Minnesota 54 vs Xavier 65 Final
Siena 32 vs Purdue 29 Halftime
Missouri 26 vs Clemson 28 6:32 Left 1st Half
Oakland vs Pittsburgh
Wofford vs Wisconsin
Florida State vs Gonzaga

Tune in here for more of the NCAA Basketball Tournament 2010 Scores and Results March 19, 2010

Beat the Siena Saints

NCAA Basketball Tournament 2010 Final Scores: In what was once a close NCAA basketball tournament game, the Purdue Boilermakers pulled away in the 2nd half and beat the Siena Saints by a final score of 72-64.

In the first half the score was close between the two teams, but once the 2nd half rolled around the Boilermakers rolled up their sleeves and went to work dismantling Siena's hopes of an upset win - dashing the hopes of everyone's favorite underdogs of the tournament.

The Saints fell behind by double digit scores in the second half, but rallied to stage a comeback and almost pulled off a win that would have drove the arena crazy.

JaJuan Johnson led the way for the Boilermakers with 23 points and 15 rebounds to advance Purdue to the second round.

President has picked Siena

Tip off time at the Spokane Arena in Spokane, WA for the Siena and Purdue 2010 NCAA mens basketball tournament is 2:30 PM EST today.

The Siena Saints are a 13th seed in the tournament and finished the season with a won-loss record of 27-6. The Purdue Boilermakers are seeded 4th and had a record of 27-5 on the season. Late night television host Jimmy Fallon picked Siena as the underdog team he is rooting for in this years tournament. He is the latest celebrity to pick Siena - even the President has picked Siena. Sometimes it's good to be at the bottom? ...only if you win.

Clarence Jackson is wearing his green warm-ups

Clarence Jackson is wearing his green warm-ups and on the court with his Siena teammates as they shoot around before facing Purdue this afternoon in an NCAA Tournament first-round game.

Jackson also is listed as a starter in the lineups that were distributed to the media.

The 6-foot-3 junior guard, who sprained his ankle in practice this past Saturday, had done only some light jogging and shooting the past few days. On Thursday he was said to be a game-time decision.

Wearing a brace on his left ankle, Jackson is going through the layup drill with his teammates.

Siena came back from 15 down

Siena gets to within 66-63 when Ryan Rossiter lays it in off a Ronald Moore pass to complete a 12-0 run with 1:11 remaining.

Then Siena chooses to foul Purdue guard Lewis Jackson, 2-of-7 from the foul line all season, with 49.3 seconds left. However, Jackson makes both ends of a 1-and-1 – the first one clangs off the back iron before falling through – to end Purdue’s scoring drought at 4 minutes, 58 seconds and restore a 68-63 lead.

Then Chris Kramer and E’Twaun Moore both make a pair of free throws to dash Siena’s comeback hopes.

Purdue 66-59, 2:06 left, second half

Edwin Ubiles, silent for most of the second half, scores six points and dishes to Ryan Rossiter for a layup during an 8-0 run that gets Siena within 7.

The Saints miss a chance to draw closer when Purdue’s JaJuan Johnson blocks Ryan Rossiter on a layup attempt. Purdue will have possession coming out of the final media timeout as Siena tries to continue its comeback magic.

Purdue’s struggling since Siena switched to man-to-man.

Purdue 59-47, 7:57 left, second half

Siena came back from 15 down to win the MAAC championship against Fairfield, but time is running out here. The Saints have gone to a fullcourt press that hasn’t fazed Purdue much.

Ronald Moore is starting to heat up with a put-back basket and a jumper. He’s got 10 points.

But Edwin Ubiles and Alex Franklin, who dominated the first half, still haven’t scored in the second.

The Saints are shooting 5-of-18 in the second half.

Purdue 56-41, 11:59 left, second half

A JaJuan Johnson dunk helps the Boilermakers match their largest lead as Siena’s season is in real jeopardy.

Purdue is 4-for-5 from 3-point range after missing eight of their nine attempts in the first half.

Siena senior point guard Ronald Moore, the MAAC’s all-time assist leader, is having a rough game with four turnovers and only one assist. He just turned it over right before the media timeout.

Purdue 45-35, 15:54 left, second half

The Boilermakers take control with a 13-0 run to start the second half. The previously frigid Keaton Grant hits a pair of 3-pointers and Siena doesn’t score until Kyle Downey makes his own trey with 16:48 left in the game.

But then Grant responds with his third 3-pointer.

Purdue’s Chris Kramer is getting under Siena’s skin. He saves a ball off of Downey’s face and out of bounds, which Downey doesn’t care for as he and Kramer have to be separated.

Siena 32-29, halftime

Siena’s Kyle Downey does his specialty, knocking down a 3-pointer with 1:07 left in the first half to send the Saints into halftime with the lead.

Edwin Ubiles (11 points) and Alex Franklin (10 points) are carrying the load for Siena. E’Twaun Moore paces Purdue with 10 points.

Siena’s shooting only 40.6 percent (13 of 32) from the field but is holding the Boilermakers to 38.7 percent.

Siena junior guard Clarence Jackson, who has a sprained ankle, hasn’t entered the game. Of course, Purdue is without its best player, forward Robbie Hummel, out for the year with a knee injury.

Siena 27-24, 3:49 left, first half

Purdue finally makes a 3-pointer after seven straight misses as sub Ryne Smith knocks one down from the left side to tie it at 22.

But Siena’s Ryan Rossiter scores on an offensive rebound and then Edwin Ubiles knocks down a 3-pointer from the right wing in transition for the 27-24 lead. Purdue’s JaJuan Johnson is headed to the free throw line.

The Saints haven’t turned the ball over in about seven minutes.

Siena 20-17, 7:35 left, first half

The Saints hit Purdue with a 10-2 run, including six points from Alex Franklin, who is working over Boilermaker defensive stalwart Chris Kramer, two inches shorter.

Franklin starts the run with a loud follow dunk off a Ronald Moore miss that seems to get Siena going. Defensively, Siena’s packing it in a zone, and Purdue doesn’t seem to have anyone who can make a jump shot. The Boilermakers have missed all six of their 3-point attempts.

Purdue 13-8, 11:48 left, first half

The Saints are still having trouble functioning against Purdue’s stingy halfcourt defense. They have four field goals and five turnovers. Owen Wignot gives Siena a lift when he comes off the bench to tip in Edwin Ubiles’ missed layup on the fast break to make it 11-8. Then Purdue’s JaJuan Johnson answers with a right-baseline jumper.

Alex Franklin is going to the line for two shots.

Purdue 7-4, 15:26 left, first half

Some ugly offensive basketball so far – or is it tough defense? – as Purdue takes the early lead.

Siena scores easily on its first possession, working it inside to Ryan Rossiter for a layup 10 seconds in. Perhaps too easily, as the Boilermakers clamp down after that. The Saints have three turnovers.

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At 4:35 p.m. this afternoon, the curtain closed on the greatest act in Siena men’s basketball history.

The No.13-seeded Saints threatened a dramatic comeback but lost to No. 4 Purdue, 72-64, in a first-round NCAA Tournament game at Spokane Arena.

The loss not only ended the Saints’ season but also the program’s most storied chapter. Ronald Moore, Edwin Ubiles and Alex Franklin all stepped off the court for the last time.

Ubiles led Siena with 18 points, Moore scored 14 and Franklin finished with 10.

JaJuan Johnson paced the Boilermakers with 23 points.

Siena finished with a 27-7 record in winning its third consecutive Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title.

But a third straight first-round NCAA Tournament win proved elusive – though not before a thrilling comeback fell just short.

The Saints were down 66-51 with five minutes to play when the comeback began.

Moore made both ends of a one-and-one to cut the lead to 66-61 with about 90 seconds to play.

After Purdue’s Lewis Jackson then missed the front of end of a one-and-one, Rossiter made a layup to cut the lead to three.

Jackson then went to the line again, one-and-one. His first shot hit the back of the rim – then ever so slowly trickled through the hoop. He made the second, too.

When Moore missed a jump shot, Purdue had the ball and led 68-63 with 36.4 seconds left. The Saints were just short.

Really, the turning point came when Purdue scored the first 13 points of the second half, capped by a sensational steal and dunk from defensive stalwart Chris Kramer.

That forced Siena coach Fran McCaffery call timeout – his second in the half’s first three minutes.

Meanwhile, Purdue guard Keaton Grant was heating up from 3-point range. He hit his first 3 tries of the second half, the last of which put Purdue ahead, 45-35, before ultimately leading by as many as 15.

Ubiles cut the lead to nine with 4:05 to play, hitting a twisting jump shot in the lane that made the score 66-57.

The Saints were on their way to a 12-0 run, their best offense since the first half.

Siena led, 32-29, at halftime thanks to 11 points from Ubiles and 10 from Franklin, who missed a floater at the buzzer that could have extended the lead.

The Saint sputtered early against Purdue’s vaunted half-court defense but got traction midway through the first half, when they went on a 10-2 run to take a 20-17 lead.

Franklin scored six points during the spurt, including two on a spinning layup.

He had one last chance to score as Siena ran an out-of-bounds play with 0.9 seconds left. Moore lobbed to Franklin, who tried to finesse the ball in but saw it rim out.

McCaffery was irate that no foul was called on the play.

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Clarence Jackson was medically cleared, but he didn’t play in Siena’s 72-64 loss to Purdue in the first round of the NCAA Tournament because of a sprained ankle.

The junior guard said Siena coach Fran McCaffery asked him during the first half if he was ready, and Jackson said he was.

But in the end McCaffery decided Jackson’s ankle, which he sprained during practice this past Saturday, wouldn’t have allowed him to be effective.

“I think it was the best decision,” Jackson said. “I just trust him. It’s tough when you want to be out there so bad. You want to jump and tell coach, ‘Put me in! Put me in!’ But you don’t want to have a negative impact.”

Sophomore Kyle Downey started in pace of Jackson and contributed six points on two 3-pointers. But he shot just 2-for-10 from the field.

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Basket, more frequently referred to as Montepaschi Siena, is an Italian basketball club from Siena. More precisely, it is the now-autonomous basketball section of the comprehensive sports club Polisportiva Mens Sana. "Montepaschi" is an internationalized short form for the name of the club's principal sponsor, the Siena banking company Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena.

The parent club, founded in 1871, claims to have been the first in Italy to play and organize basketball, asserting that it did so shortly after James Naismith invented the sport in 1891. However, despite its history, it was mostly a provincial side until 1973, when it joined Italy's top division for the first time. The club became increasingly competitive over the years, starting to play in European competitions in the 1990s.

Since the turn of the 21st century, Montepaschi has established itself as one of the strongest clubs in Europe, with a win in the Saporta Cup, an Italian league championship, and regular Euroleague appearances, including two trips to the competition's Final Four.

Siena's Alex Franklin drives to the basket

Siena's Alex Franklin drives to the basket as Purdue's John Hart, right, and Patrick Bade, left, defend in the first half of an NCAA first-round college basketball game in Spokane, Wash., Friday, March 19, 2010.

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Siena men's basketball team

Tournament time is now just one day away for the Siena men's basketball team. The Saints took to the court Thursday at Spokane Arena as they make their final preparations for tomorrow's NCAA Tournament game against Purdue.

The day began with a special feature on the Siena spirit groups represented here in Spokane - The Pep Band and Dance Team. The groups were featured on the local CBS affiliate's morning show. To watch the video of the show, click on the link above.

Meanwhile the basketball team arrived at Spokane Arena just before noon local time where members of the local and national media asked a number of questions. Afterwards, the Saints took to the court where they were greeted by Saints fans who made the trip as well as "When The Saints Go Marching In" playing over the in-house PA system.

The Saints are now less than 24 hours away from their third straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Siena, the #13 seed, takes on #4 seed Purdue here tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. local time, 2:30 p.m. Eastern.