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Dec. 20, 2012
46th Annual Cable Car Classic
Hosted by Santa Clara
Leavey Center (4,500)
Santa Clara, California
SMU Mustangs (8-3) vs. WAGNER Seahawks (4-4)
Fri. Dec. 21 - 8pm CT/6pm PT
Radio: KAAM 770 AM
(Rich Phillips, Herman Hudson)
SMU Mustangs vs. ALCORN STATE Braves (2-8) or at SANTA CLARA Broncos (9-2)
Sat. Dec. 22 - 8pm CT/6pm PT or 10:15pm CT/8:15pm PT
Radio: KAAM 770 AM
(Rich Phillips, Herman Hudson)
SMU (8-3) plays in the 46th annual Cable Car Classic hosted by Santa Clara on Friday and Saturday. The Mustangs face Wagner (4-4) in the first semifinal on Friday at 8 p.m. CT/6 p.m. PT. The other semifinal is Alcorn State (2-8) against Santa Clara (9-2). The championship and third-place games are Saturday evening. The Cable Car Classic is the second tournament of the season for SMU. The Mustangs went 3-1 in the Hoops for Hope Classic, winning the third-place game 62-61 against Missouri State. SMU enters the event 3-2 on the road and 1-1 in neutral-site games. After the Classic, SMU will have played nine of its first 13 games away from home.
UP NEXT: After the Cable Car Classic, SMU has three home games. SMU hosts Furman on Dec. 30 at 4 p.m., then Wyoming on Jan. 2 at 7 p.m. before opening Conference USA action by hosting Tulsa on Jan. 6 at 7 p.m. in an FSN-televised matchup.
THE SERIES VS. WAGNER (0-0): The teams are meeting for the first time.
THE SERIES VS. ALCORN STATE (1-1): This contest marks the third meeting between the Braves and the Mustangs, with each team owning a win in the series. Both games have been played in Dallas, with Alcorn State winning the most recent matchup, 75-74, on Dec. 5, 1998.
LAST MEETING VS. ALCORN STATE (Dec. 5, 1998 - L, 75-74): DALLAS - Alcorn State's Karl Jones hit his only three-pointer of the night at the buzzer as Alcorn State defeated SMU 75-74 on the Mustangs' home floor. Jones scooped up Wallace Harris' errant shot and nailed the game-winner from long range. SMU's Chad Elsey finished with 28 points and Jeryl Sasser added 15. The Mustangs converted just 44 percent of their free throws in the second half but did force 24 turnovers.
THE SERIES VS. SANTA CLARA (1-2): This game marks the fourth meeting between these two programs, with Santa Clara holding a 2-1 all-time series edge. The most recent contest came during the 2010-11 CollegeInsider.com tournament semifinals, with Santa Clara winning 72-55.
LAST MEETING VS. SANTA CLARA (March 25, 2011 - L, 72-55): DALLAS (AP) - Kevin Foster scored 35 points, Troy Payne added 15 and Santa Clara beat SMU 72-55 to reach the championship of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. Robert Nyakundi led SMU with 14 points and 10 rebounds. The Mustangs spent most of the game without leading scorer (18.3 ppg) and rebounder (9.6 rpg) Papa Dia. Dia suffered an ankle injury when he was fouled on a layup with 8:18 left in the first half. Justin Haynes went to the line and made both free throws. Dia had four points and five rebounds in 11 minutes. SMU (20-15), finished with its first 20-win season since 1999-2000. Foster sealed the victory with a four-point play with 2:14 left. With two seconds left on the shot clock, he drained a 3 from the left wing while getting fouled to give the Broncos a commanding 66-54 lead.
LAST GAME (L, 62-53 at Utah on Dec. 18): SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Justin Seymour scored 11 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer, to lift Utah to a 62-53 win over SMU on Tuesday night. Cannen Cunningham, who had 12 points for the Mustangs (8-3), had made a follow shot to tie the game at 51 with 3:04 to play. After Seymour's big shot, Jordan Loveridge muscled a tip-in just before the shot-clock buzzer to put Utah (7-3) ahead 56-51. Nick Russell made a layup to cut the lead to 56-53, but the SMU bench complained throughout the ensuing timeout that a shot-clock violation should have been called on Loveridge's basket. The SMU bench was called for two technical fouls, and Jarred DuBois made four free throws to clinch the victory for the Utes, who have won five straight at home. Reserves Brandon Taylor and Jason Washburn each scored 10 for the Utes, who avenged a 62-55 loss Nov. 28 at SMU.
HALL OF FAME HEAD COACH Larry Brown...was named head men's basketball coach at SMU on April 19, 2012. He is the only head coach to win both an NCAA title (Kansas 1988) and an NBA Championship (Detroit 2004). Brown was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach on Sept. 27, 2002. He is in his 38th season as a head coach and eighth at the NCAA level. He has an overall record of 1661-1195 when combining his head coaching marks from the NBA, the ABA, the NCAA and USA Basketball. His collegiate record is 185-64 (8-3 at SMU), making the NCAA tournament in each of his previous seven season including three Final Fours (1980, 1986, 1988) and the 1988 NCAA title.
ACTIVE HALL OF FAMERS: There are four active coaches that have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
- Jim Boeheim, Syracuse - HOF 2005
- Larry Brown, SMU - HOF 2002
- Mike Kryzewski, Duke - HOF 2001
- Roy Williams, North Carolina - HOF 2007
Larry Brown AT HOME (NCAA): His teams are 99-11 (.900) at home. He is 4-0 at SMU. His teams were 24-6 (.800) at Pauley Pavilion at UCLA and 71-5 (.934) at Allen Fieldhouse while at Kansas. (At KU, his teams won a Big 8-record 55 straight home games which is 3rd all-time at KU - Started 3/3/84 vs. Oklahoma State W, 91-70 - Ended 1/30/88 vs. Kansas State L, 72-61).
Larry Brown ON THE ROAD (NCAA): His teams are 46-35 (.568) in road games. He is 3-2 at SMU.
Larry Brown IN NEUTRAL SITE GAMES (NCAA): His teams are 40-18 (.690) in neutral site games. He is 1-1 (.500) in neutral site games with SMU.
MENTOR VS. MOP: On Jan. 6, Larry Brown (SMU) and Danny Manning (Tulsa) will matchup as head coaches for the first time. Brown was the head coach and Manning was the Most Outstanding Player (MOP) of the Final Four as Kansas won the 1988 NCAA Championship. It will be just the second matchup as head coaches for a tandem that was head coach and MOP for an NCAA title team. - Howie Dallmar - 1942 MOP for Stanford (Coach was Everett Dean); Dean (Stanford) vs. Dallmar (Penn) at Penn on Dec. 29 1950 (Penn wins 59-58) - Danny Manning - 1988 MOP for Kansas (Coach was Larry Brown); Manning (Tulsa) vs. Brown (SMU) at SMU on Jan. 6, and at Tulsa on March 6
BIG EAST: Dec. 7, 2011 - SMU accepted an invitation to join the BIG EAST Conference in all sports, President R. Gerald Turner announced, fulfilling the University's goal to join a Bowl Championship Series Automatic Qualifier (BCS-AQ) conference. SMU, Houston, Memphis and UCF accepted full membership into the BIG EAST while Boise State and San Diego State will compete as football-only members. The BIG EAST Conference Board of Directors, by a unanimous vote of its Presidents, extended the invitations for membership. SMU, Houston, UCF and Memphis will begin competing in all BIG EAST-sponsored sports in the 2013-14 academic year. The football-only members are Boise State and San Diego State beginning in 2013, East Carolina in 2014 and Navy in 2015. Tulane also accepted an invitation to join the BIG EAST in all sports on Nov. 27, 2012, and will be an all-sports member begining in 2014-15.
COVERING PRACTICE: The SMU men's basketball team practices at 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday (excluding game days). Head Coach Larry Brown, other members of the staff and student-athletes will only be available BEFORE practice. Practices are open to members of the media. Media members can watch practice from designated areas off the court. Please notify the Public Relations Office in advance.
8-3: SMU's 8-3 start is the best through 11 games since opening 9-2 in 2006-07. The Mustangs 5-0 start was the best since a 10-0 start to the 1997-98 season.
20/20/20/20 VISION: SMU has had four players score 20+ points this season.
- Jalen Jones (4x): 21 at TCU 11/15, 24 at Texas St 11/17; 20 vs. Malone 11/19, 20 vs. Utah 11/28
- Nick Russell (3x): 20 at Hofstra 12/1, 25 vs. Missouri St 11/25; 25 at Texas State 11/17
- Cannen Cunningham: 20 vs. Rider 11/21
- Ryan Manuel: 24 vs. Rider 11/21
ATTENDANCE UP: SMU season tickets are up 79% from last year. The Mustangs are off to their best start since 2006-07 and the excitement is quickly spreading. SMU saw a 101% gain in attendance during the month of November (compared to the Nov. 2011).
Season Tickets - 79% increase
Avg. Attendance - 58% increase (3,198 to 2,018)
Avg. Nov. - 101% increase (3,198 to 1,593)
Season high attendance - 3,578 vs. Loyola Marymount 11/11 (Last year: 3,508 vs. TCU 2/8/12)
BALANCED SCORING: SMU has had 4 players score in double-digits in 5 of 11 games (4-1).
1. - LMU (11/11) - W, 73-58: Russell (19), Manuel (14), Williams (12), Jones (11), Cunningham (10)
2. - Malone (11/19) - W, 81-47: Jones (20), Williams (13), Manuel (13), Cunningham (12)
3. - Rider (11/21) - W, 83-70: Manuel (24), Cunningham (20), Jones (15), Russell (12)
4. - UALR (11/24) - L, 69-56: Williams (15), Giles (12), Cunningham (11), Russell (10)
5. - at Hofstra (12/1) - W, 73-47: Russell (20), Jones (14), Williams (10), Cunningham (10)
BLOCK THAT SHOT: SMU is averaging 4.4 blocked shots (4th C-USA). SMU had a season-high 11 blocked shots at Texas State (11/17), the 5th-most in school history and most since the Mustangs had 12 against UT-Tyler 11/19/04.
FAR AWAY, BUT VERY CLOSE: SMU has played six games away from home (5 road 3-2, two neutral site 1-1), with three of them resulting in wins by three or less points. - 11/15 at TCU - W, 64-61 - 11/17 at Texas State - W, 78-75 - 11/25 vs. Missouri State - W, 62-61
FREE THROWS: SMU is leading C-USA in free throw percentage (.737).
MUSTANG STATE: Through 9 games, all of SMU's starters are all from the state of Texas, with 4 of the 5 from the DFW area: Cannen Cunningham (Arlington), Jalen Jones (Dallas), Ryan Manuel (Houston), Nick Russell (Duncanville), Shawn Williams (Duncanville), The Mustangs top reserve is also from DFW; London Giles (Dallas).
ROAD MUSTANGS: SMU is 3-2 on the road this season. The Mustangs have won 3 road non-conference games for the first time since 2003-04. SMU last won a school-record tyring 4 road non-conference games was 1991-92. Dec. 1 is also the earliest SMU has had 3 road wins, beating the previous date of Dec. 9 in 2003-04.
TRANSFERS: SMU has 3 transfers sitting out this season
Player From Years Remaining
Crandall Head Illinois 2
Markus Kennedy Villanova 3
Nic Moore Illinois State 3
YOUTH & INEXPERIENCE: The Mustangs are one of the youngest and least experienced teams in the country this season, totaling just 11 collegiate seasons among those eligible to play this season.
Team Yrs. Players Avg.
Navy 14 18 0.78
UC Santa Barbara 14 18 0.78
Missouri State 9 11 0.82
Rice 8 9 0.89
Tulsa 12 13 0.92
Loyola, Ill. 16 16 1.00
Wright State 14 14 1.00
SMU 11 11 1.00 * 3 transfers sitting out this season
North Carolina 12 12 1.00
Georgia State 19 16 1.19
Hoops for Hope All-Tournament: - Nick Russell (11.5 pts, 3.8 rebs, 4.5 asts; SMU went 3-1; GW shot in 62-61 win vs. Missouri St)
C-USA Player of the Week:
- Jalen Jones (Dec. 3 - 17.0 pts, 14.0 rebs, 2.0 blks, 1.5 asts, 1.0 stl in wins over Utah & Hofstra)
- C-USA POTW: Jalen Jones (Dec. 3 - 17.0 pts, 14.0 rebs, 2.0 blks, 1.5 asts, 1.0 stl)
- National High-Major & C-USA POTW: Jalen Jones (Dec. 3 - 17.0 pts, 14.0 rebs, 2.0 blks, 1.5 asts, 1.0 stl)
2012-13 Opponent Stats Season Career
Jalen Jones Loyola Marymount 11/11 11 pts, 11 rebs 1st 1st
Ryan Manuel Rider 11/21 24 pts, 11 rebs 1st 1st
Shawn Williams vs. UALR 11/24 15 pts, 10 rebs 1st 1st
Jalen Jones vs. Utah 11/28 20 pts, 16 rebs 2nd 2nd
Jalen Jones at Hofstra 12/1 14 pts, 12 rebs 3rd 3rd
Shawn Williams at Hofstra 12/1 10 pts, 10 rebs 2nd 2nd
10+points: Russell (13), Cunningham (12)
8+ rebounds: Cunningham (8)
5+ assists:
3+ steals: Cunningha (3), Jones (3)
2+ blocks: Jones (2), Russell (2)
Brian Bernardi (Fr.): Averaging 3.0 points in 9.7 minutes... Scored a career high 8 points against Hofstra (12/1)...Hit a 3FG in 5 straight games (TCU 11/15 - UALR 11/24).
Cannen Cunningham (So.): Averaging 9.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks (1st SMU, 4th C-USA)... Shooting 52.9% on FGs (T-10th C-USA)... Tied a career high with 9 rebounds against Hofstra (12/1)... Great all-around night against Utah (11/28) with 8 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals and 4 blocks (tied career high)... Posted a career high 20 points against Rider (11/21); made 8-10 FGs.
Jordan Dickerson (Fr.): Has totaled 13 rebounds, 5 points and 4 blocked shots in 9 games.
Kevin Dunleavy (So.): Played in 2 games (Rider 11/21 and Malone 11/19).
London Giles (Sr.): Averages 3.8 points in 16.7 minutes per game...Season high 12 points against UALR (11/24), making 4-4 3FGs; played in a season high 24 minutes...RECORDS: 8th SMU history in 3FG% (38.7%, 60-155); shooting 43.5% (10-23) this season.
Crandall Head (Transfer): Transferred after sophomore season at Illinois...Played 26 games in 2 seasons.
Jalen Jones (So.): Averages 15.0 points (1st SMU, T-9th C-USA), 8.1 rebounds (1st SMU, 8th C-USA) and 1.2 blocked shots (8th C-USA)...Has three double-doubles on the season...Has 4 games with 20+ points...HONORS: C-USA Player of the Week (12/3) after averaging 17 pts and 14 rebs in two wins over Utah and Hofstra...FIRST SINCE: Had consecutive double-doubles (Utah, at Hofstra), first Mustang to post back-to-back double-doubles since Papa Dia in 2010-11... Scored 20 points with a career-high 16 rebounds against Utah (11/28); first Mustang with 15+ points and 15+ rebounds since Papa Dia (3/21/11 at Northern Iowa - 17 pts, 21 rebs) - had 8 offensive boards, first since Ike Ofoegbu (1/10/07) had 8 against Southern Miss... 20+: Had 20+ points in 3 straight games against TCU, Texas State and Malone, becoming the first Mustang to score 20+ in 3 straight since Papa Dia (1/8/11-1/15/11)....Scored a career-high 24 points at Texas State (11/17); tied a career high with 3 blocks...Scored 21 points against TCU (11/15), including a career-high 4 three-pointers; had 3 blocks.
Markus Kennedy (Transfer): Transferred after freshman season at Villanova...Averaged 3.0 points and 4.4 rebounds per contest in 31 games.
Ryan Manuel (So.): Averages 12.6 points (18th C-USA) in 34.1 minutes (8th C-USA)...Is 77.8% on FTs (13th C-USA)... Blocked Missouri State's Marcus Marshall's 3-point attempt with 4 seconds left to clinch the 62-61 victory; now has 2 game-clinching blocks this season (also against TCU 11/15)... Posted first career double-double (career high 24 pts, career high 11 rebs) against Rider (11/21); made 11-12 FTs...Had 16 points and a career-high 5 assists at TCU (11/15)... Made 12-of-15 free throws against LMU (11/11) the most made free throws made by a Mustang since Derek Williams converted 14 attempts on Jan. 30, 2010 against Memphis.
Blaise Mbargorba (Fr.): Missed first eight games with a shoulder injury.
Nic Moore (Transfer): Transferred after freshman season at Illinois State...At ISU, he played all 35 games with 29 starts...Averaged 10.0 points and 3.9 assists while posting a 1.71 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Uche Ofoegbu (Fr.): Totaled 8 rebounds (4 offensive), 2 points and 3 blocks in 8 games.
Nick Russell (Jr.): Averages 14.2 points (2nd SMU, 13th C-USA), 4.5 assists (5th C-USA) in 36.8 minutes (1st SMU, 2nd C-USA)...Has a 1.1 assist-to-turnover ratio (9th C-USA)...Posted third 20+ point game against Hofstra (12/1) with 20 points; added 7 assists, 5 rebounds and a career high 4 steals... Tied a career high with 8 assists against Utah (11/19)... Tied a career high with 25 points against Missouri State (9-15 FGs)...Career-high 25 points at Texas State (11/17); also grabbed 6 rebounds and 2 steals...GAME-WINNER: Hit the game-winner with 10 seconds left in the 62-61 win vs. Missouri State 11/24 in the Hoops for Hope 3rd-place game (had 25 points, 2 assists, 2 steals)... HONORS: Named to the Hoops for Hope All-Tournament Team (11.5 pts, 3.8 rebs, 4.5 asts) and had the game-winner vs. Missouri State (62-61) in the 3rd-place game.
Shawn Williams (Jr.): Averaging 8.2 points and 5.7 rebounds (T-19th C-USA)...Has two double-doubles this season... Notched second career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebs (tied a career high) against Hofstra (12/1); 2-2 3FGs... First career double-double (15 pts, 10 rebs) against UALR (11/24); 15 points was a career high; 10 rebounds tied a career high; 6-6 FTs... Played a career-high 40 minutes at TCU (11/15).
Garrett Wilson (Fr.): Played a career high 4 minutes against Malone (11/19)... Made his first career appearance in college at the end of the first half against LMU (11/11).
FAMILIAR FOE: SMU has met seven opponents more than 100 times.
Rice 195 118-77 F9 at Rice, F27 at SMU
TCU 188 103-85 N15 at TCU (W, 64-61)
Texas A&M 177 90-87
Baylor 175 100-75
Texas 174 71-103
Arkansas 153 59-94
Texas Tech 104 47-57
Larry Brown IN OT (NCAA): 3-4
1/16/81 UCLA at Arizona St L, 78-74 (3ot) Pac 10 Game
1/4/86 Kansas at Memphis L, 83-80
3/21/86 Kansas vs. Michigan St W, 96-86 NCAA RSF (Kansas City)
12/29/86 Kansas vs. Ohio St L, 79-78 Rainbow Classic (Honolulu)
12/30/86 Kansas at Hawaii W, 81-80 Rainbow Classic (Honolulu)
2/4/87 Kansas at Kansas St W, 80-75 (2ot) Big 8 Game
2/28/87 Kansas at Nebraska L, 83-81 Big 8 Game
Facebook - /SMUMustangs, /SMUBasketball
Twitter - @SMUMustangs, @SMUBasketball, @LarryBrownSMU, #SMU, #PonyUp, #smumbb
YouTube - /SMUMustangsAthletics
SMU SIGNS 3 FOR 2013-14: SMU Head Coach Larry Brown announced that three student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to play for the Mustangs beginning with the 2013-14 season, which will be SMU's first campaign in the BIG EAST. The class includes a top-flight junior college signee in Yanick Moreira and a pair of highly-touted Chicago-area student-athletes in Sterling Brown and Ben Moore. Brown is a four-star 6-4 guard from Proviso East High School, Moore is a three-star 6-8 forward from Bolingbrook High School, and Moreira is a 6-11 forward that is rated as high as No. 1 for junior college signees. The Mustangs will add six newcomers next season, including the three signees. SMU has three transfers sitting out this year in Nic Moore (5-9, 170, So. from Illinois State), Markus Kennedy (6-9, 260, So. from Villanova) and Crandall Head (6-4, 180, Jr. from Illinois).
SMU Men's Basketball Signees
Sterling Brown - G, 6-4, 190 - Chicago, Ill. (Proviso East)
Ben Moore - PF, 6-8, 185 - Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook HS)
Yanick Moreira - C/PF, 6-11, 220 - Luanda, Angola (South Plains C.C.)
Moody Coliseum Renovation And Expansion - $47 MILLION PROJECT:
Two lead gifts - a $20 million gift from the Moody Foundation and a $10 million commitment from SMU trustee David B. Miller '72, '73 and his wife Carolyn Lacy Miller - will help provide an extensive expansion and renovation of Moody Coliseum. Through the years, Moody Coliseum, a campus and Dallas landmark, has served both the University and community. Home to men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball and the pageantry of SMU Commencement, the coliseum also has hosted commencement ceremonies for thousands of area high school students, cultural programming and political rallies. Speakers have included four U.S. presidents and numerous other national and international figures. Moody Coliseum is undergoing expansion and extensive renovation, providing many new and improved features that include new premium seating, renovation of the entry lobby and concourses and state-of-the-art upgrades. This project will revitalize Moody Coliseum as a preeminent collegiate sports arena and multi-purpose event facility, preserving its historical character while adding the most modern technological enhancements. Construction began in August 2012 with the expansion of the building's north façade followed by renovation of the interior space and infrastructure upgrades. The renovated Moody Coliseum is scheduled to reopen in December 2013.
- Renovated main entry lobby
- Expanded concourses with raised ceilings
- Club seats, loge boxes, private suites and group suites
- New event space, offices, team locker rooms and meeting space
- Relocated, expanded volleyball locker room suite
WORLD-CLASS FACILITY: The new Crum Basketball Center at SMU is a world-class training center. The 2011 NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks used the Crum Center for their 2008, 2009 and 2010 training camps. Several other NBA teams have used the facility when they are in town to play the Mavericks.
1. Chicago Bulls
2. Cleveland Cavaliers
3. Dallas Mavericks
4. Denver Nuggets
5. Detroit Pistons
6. Indiana Pacers
7. Golden State Warriors
8. New Orleans Hornets
9. Philadelphia 76ers
10. San Antonio Spurs
11. Utah Jazz
Nick Russell NAMED ALL-TOURNAMENT AT HOOPS FOR HOPE TOURNAMENT: PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (SMU) - Junior guard Nick Russell received Hoops For Hope Classic All-Tournament honors on Sunday night, just hours after hitting the biggest shot during SMU's (6-1) first seven games. Russell hit the game-winning jumper with 10 seconds remaining in the Mustangs' 62-61 victory over Missouri State on Sunday night. The junior tied a career high with 25 points in the contest on 9-of-15 shooting in 38 minutes. For the tournament, Russell averaged 11.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists, and guided SMU to a 3-1 record over the four-game event.
Russell has been a key part of SMU's 6-1 start to the 2012-13 season, leading the team in scoring (16.0) and assists (3.9). SMU is off to its best start since opening the 2006-07 campaign at 10-1.
Hoops For Hope Classic All-Tournament Team
-Anthony Miles, Rider
-Nick Russell, SMU
-Anthnoy Downing, Missouri State
-Lakeem Jackson, South Carolina
-Will Neighbour, UALR
Outstanding Player:
-LaShay Page, South Carolina
COACH BROWN RETURNS TO NEW YORK: Head Coach Larry Brown had a "homecoming" as SMU won 73-47 at Hofstra on Dec. 1. Hofstra, located in Hempstead, N.Y., is just over 20 miles away from Brown's hometown of Brooklyn. Brown went to high school in Long Beach, N.Y., which is about 10 miles away from the site of Saturday's game. Brown also had NBA coaching stints with the New York Knicks (2005-06) and the nearby New Jersey Nets (1981-83).
RETURN TO NEW YORK: On Dec. 1, SMU won 73-47 at Hofstra in its first game in the state of New York for the first time since Dec. 9, 1950 (L, 64-55 at Canisius). SMU had last played in the New York metro area in 1994, when splitting two games in the Seton Hall/Meadowlands Tournament.
Games in the state of New York: (4-6)
at Long Island - 1937-38 - L, 40-29
at Buffalo - 1946-47 - W, 64-37
at NYU - 1946-47 - L, 76-63
at CCNY - 1948-49 - W, 62-56
at Niagara - 1948-49 - W, 67-57
at CCNY - 1949-90 - L, 67-53
at Niagara - 1949-50 - L, 55-47
at St. John's - 12/7/1950 - L, 76-72 (MSG)
at Canisius - 12/9/1950 - L, 64-55
at Hofstra - 12/1/2012 - W, 73-47
East Rutherford, N.J. (Seton Hall/Meadowlands Tournament): (1-1)
vs. Southern California - 12/28/1994 - L, 91-83
vs. Lehigh - 12/29/1994 - W, 88-84
MUSTANGS' INTERNATIONAL: The Mustangs played in the Hoops for Hope Tournament in Puerrto Vallarta, Mexico, on Nov. 24 and 25. The Mustangs had played in two previous international tournaments: The San Juan Shootout (San Juan, P.R.) during the 2000-01 season and the Suntory Ball Classic (Tokyo, Japan) in the 1986-87 campaign. SMU has also participated in two offseason international tours: Canada in 2003 and the Tour d' Africa in 2008.
SMU in international events during the season: (4-3)
Nov. 24-25 - Hoops For Hope Classic - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - went 1-1
- N24 vs. UALR - L, 56-69
- N25 vs. Missouri State - W, 62-61
Dec. 20-22, 2000 - San Juan Shootout - San Juan, P.R., went 2-1
- D20 vs. Puerto Rico-Mayaguez - W, 101-72
- D21 vs. VCU - W, 94-88
- D22 vs. Nebraska - L, 70-72
Dec. 19-21, 1986 - Suntory Ball Classic - Tokyo, Japan, went 1-1
- D19 vs. Boston College - W, 62-49
- D21 vs. #16 Georgia Tech - L, 54-63
SMU in international tours during the offseason: (5-2 in exhibitions)
May 27-June 4, 2008 - Tour d' Africa - went 1-2
- M27 at Senegal National Team (Dakar, Senegal) - L, 54-62
- J2 vs. South African National Team (Johannesburg, S.A.) - L
- J4 vs. South African Club (Johannesburg, S.A.) - W, 107-87
Oct. 11-13, 2003 - SMU Preseason Canadian Tour - went 4-0
- O11 vs. EA Sports All-Stars - W, 81-69
- O11 vs. Simon Fraser - W, 79-77
- O12 vs. EA Sports All-Stars - W, 91-77
- O13 vs. University of British Columbia - W, 88-76


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04 April 2013
Boise, Idaho, USA
By Sandra Harwitt in Boise
The city of Boise is definitely going bonkers for Davis Cup.
The whole community seems involved in the upcoming weekend and have already started coming out to Davis Cup-related events before even one of the official balls has been hit in competition.
On Tuesday, over 300 children came to the Century Link Arena to the U.S. Davis Cup Team Welcome and Family Event hosted by the city of Boise. The American squad - Sam Querrey, John Isner, Bob and Mike Bryan, and captain Jim Courier - played tennis with the kids while others watched the show from nearby seats.
On Wednesday, fans lined up to come to an open afternoon U.S. team practice at the Taco Bell Arena.
The local news have been leading their newscasts with Davis Cup reports and information all week long.
American tennis fans have been known to root outside of the American players, but Courier isn't anticipating that will happen this weekend in Boise.
"I've never seen American fans cheer for the other side in a Davis Cup match," Courier said. "Certainly in other tournaments, absolutely. I think there will be a pretty vocal Serbian audience as well. We've seen them around Boise this week.
If the U.S. crowd is a little unsure early, if the Serbian crowd is doing their normal job, which is to be vocal for their team, I expect our fans will probably respond."
Benevolence & Tennis Go Hand-In-Ha
By Rex Gowar in Buenos Aires
The terrible floods in and around Buenos Aires and the provincial capital La Plata that have claimed more than 50 lives over the last few days have been a source of expressions of solidarity on the part of the French team and their entourage towards the Argentine people on occasion of their Davis Cup by BNP Paribas tie this weekend.
At every Davis Cup function in the capital - the official dinner on Wednesday and Thursday's draw - members of both teams have expressed their horror for what has happened. Argentines Juan Monaco and David Nalbandian asked fans to bring donations such as food, water, and clothes, when they come to the tie starting at Parque Roca on Friday.
It's a dramatic situation and from where we are with the lads it occurred to us that each one should turn up with food, or anything to multiply the gestures of solidarity that we're seeing all around," said Nalbandian, during the press conference at the official draw.
The Argentines will be playing for their passionate fans, as they always have, and also for the entire country. Add to that the feel good factor that's overtaken Argentina since the appointment of Pope Francis, who hails from Argentina, and France may be facing a lot more than just a tennis team that on paper are underdogs.
Monaco, who is from La Plata, the worst affected city from the floods, had this to say: "From the sporting side we'll try to give people some happiness, however small, but the most important thing is for those affected to be able to recover their lives."
Western Canada's Finest Davis Cup Heroes
By Jeff Paterson in Vancouver
As the members of both the Canadian and Italian teams gathered for Thursday's
draw ahead of this weekend's Davis Cup quarterfinal, they were surrounded by 100 years of Davis Cup history on Canada's west coast.
The draw was conducted at the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame which is housed at BC Place Stadium in downtown Vancouver and among the distinguished inductees are five members of past Canadian Davis Cup teams beginning with the first one exactly a century ago.
Bernie Schwengers (inducted in 1966) was part of Canada's inaugural Davis Cup entry in 1913 and represented the country in four ties. Fellow 1966 inductee Jack Wright took part in 14 ties for Canada starting in 1923. Lorne Main (1949) was a member of Canada's Davis Cup team from 1949 to 1955 then had the opportunity to serve as captain from 1958-61.
Grant Connell (1999) represented Canada in 21 Davis Cup ties beginning in 1987 and served as honorary captain for the team during the 2012 World Group stage quarterfinal versus France. And Tony Bardsley (2007) proudly wore Canadian colours for seven ties starting in 1972.
All five men either hailed from Canada's westernmost province or have lived significant portions of their lives here. All are deserving of their places in the provincial sports hall of fame. And it's fitting that they all had this opportunity to be a part of one more Davis Cup competition in this unique way.
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The Serbian team had a special visitor earlier in the week here in Boise, Idaho.
Very Rev. Archimandrite NekTarios (Serfes), a Greek Orthodox priest, came to see Novak Djokovic & Co.
The priest, who lives in Boise, is the President of the Decani Monastery Relief Fund USA. Through the years he's continually raised money to help people of Kosovo, who have suffered from attacks and violence in the city.
The team members seem to know of a number of the monasteries that have received help from the Decani Monastery Relief Fund USA.
As for fans, Boise is not the easiest place to get to, but the Serbians will have at least one section of the arena with loyalists rooting for them in the stands this weekend.
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CARBONDALE, Ill. - Southern Illinois University's athletic department was one of 10 institutions nationwide selected to receive a literacy grant from Verizon Corp., the school announced Monday.
The Salukis will use the money to purchase t-shirts and new books and distribute them to elementary students at Lewis School this week as part of the "Verizon Reads with the NCAA Week."
Student-athletes will be visiting Lewis School Monday through Friday as part of an ongoing program of community service and outreach.
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Five Aid Workers Freed In Mogadishu; Four Still Held
Five of nine expatriate aid workers held captive in the Somali capital were handed over early Wednesday to the transitional administration, government officials said.
Four UN officials were still being held, and their fate was unclear.
Two of those released were United Nations staff and three employees of the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) medical aid organization.
They had been abducted on Tuesday during fighting that erupted between two militia groups near an MSF compound in north Mogadishu.
The expatriates were taken to a house belonging to politician Abduraman Muhamud "Shifti" when the fighting between rival militias erupted, during an attack on the MSF compound in north Mogadishu by militiamen loyal to warlord Musa Sudi Yalahow, according to an AFP reporter in Mogadishu.
The fate of the four others, who were abducted by Yalahow's fighters, remained unclear.
Those released were handed over to transitional government officials following negotiations between the governor of Mogadishu Ali Ugas Abdulle and Yalahow's gunmen.
Six of the nine were UN staff and three employees of the MSF.
The four UN international officials still in the hands of Yalahow's militiamen were on a brief assessment trip to Mogadishu when they were taken hostage during a protracted gun battle with a rival group outside the MSF compound.
The UN staffers involved in the saga were from the United States, Britain, Belgium and Algeria. Two MSF workers were from Spain and one from France -- MOGADISHU (AFP)
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LAREDO, TEXAS (KGNS) - A south-side recreation center could soon see some much need improvements.
Thanks to some left over funds from last year, the City of Laredo wants to make the Cigarroa Recreation Center safer for the youth.
With students getting out of school at the end of the week, the park will be used more than ever.
The city hopes to put in some water fountains, irrigation system, some shade structures and sidewalks.
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If you can, pretend for a moment that the first MMA show that was thrown together as a whim back in 1993 never happened and MMA didn't take off years later and isn't the surging sport that it is today. That's right, imagine there's no MMA at this time and then ask yourself if you would care about professional boxing any more than you do now. I'll bet the answer is no.
If you're a real boxing fan, MMA hasn't effected your interest in boxing one iota. If you're fed up and disenchanted with boxing, it's not because you're watching MMA or watched Silva versus Belfort this past Saturday night. And it's a waste of time debating who wins between an upper-tier boxer and MMA fighter. But in case anyone wants to know where I stand - here goes....In the Octagon an MMA fighter will beat a boxer eight out of 10 times, in the ring, the boxer will win 10 out of 10 times. And please, don't wander off and think about who wins in a street fight. Both boxing and MMA are combat sports with many rules, unlike street fighting. There are a plethora of Krav Maga tactics that are forbidden in the ring and Octagon that are legal in the street.
The reason(s) for boxing's decline in popularity, especially in the United States, has been chronicled at length by others. It's grating to hear and read MMA get credited with being a big reason as to why boxing has dropped down lower on the sports food chain. Blaming MMA or anything else but boxing as to why it's in the current state it's in is short sighted, and that's being nice. If you want to blame MMA, you can blame it for perhaps being a big part of the reason why professional boxing may never rebound, but that's it.
The biggest problem with boxing is those who run it only care about making money and could care less about the sports' future once they've sucked every penny they can from it. The viewing public has been conditioned to only care about the mega fights and superstars. And sadly, that's all most fans care about. Also, the best fights are seldom made and in almost every main event fight there's an A-fighter and a B-fighter. Which usually translates into a lopsided decision with no drama or a one or two round blowout. In addition to that, Olympic boxing is a joke. Not only is it not televised, but the computerized scoring is a disaster. With no network fights, fans not only don't see the top amateurs win their medals, they don't get a chance to take an interest in them as they move up the ranks as a pro. Remember when we used to care?
Yes, the interest in boxing has declined. With the sport getting so little exposure it's hard to see where the next generation of outstanding fighters is going to come from. Even the high profile fights that everybody sees are seldom dramatic or memorable. Bad matchmaking, too many hands in the till, too many undeserving PPV fights, fighters getting ripped off, the lack of exposure having killed the interest, just about all the great trainers are dead, these bullet points only touch the surface on why boxing, not MMA or the NFL, have the sweet science on the ropes.
The talent pool for the next generation of upper-tier fighters has shrunk dramatically in the United States, as opposed to in the world of MMA, where every high school and college wrestler who is considered a tough guy by his peers is a potential MMA champ. The money in MMA at the top isn't nearly as good as it is in boxing. And strength and toughness will over-compensate for skill in the Octagon more so than in the ring. Tapping out isn't nearly as embarrassing as getting stopped. Add to that MMA is actually less dangerous and safer than boxing, something all MMA participants will admit, it's hard to see where the next Sugar Ray Leonard or Mike Tyson is going to come from.
The bottom line is, boxing has been its own worst enemy for a long time. Anyone who thinks MMA has dealt boxing a serious body blow is misinformed. It's those who control boxing who are to blame, and they'll be in power until they die. And by then it may be too late to bring it back anywhere close to where it was less than 10 or 12 years ago.
Maybe one day the money will be as good in MMA as it is/was in boxing, and if that happens, that sport will be on the same path as boxing has been on. Like all sports, boxing and MMA are businesses first in the eyes of those who wield the power and make the fights, and the fighters are just lions being led by the rats. Just ask Bernard Hopkins and Randy Couture. However, at this time boxing's decline in popularity has nothing to do with anything outside of boxing. I don't know a single person who is disenchanted with boxing who has turned to MMA, and that's not a shot at MMA, it's just the way it is.
Boxing only needs to look itself in the mirror to find the blame for its all-time low regarding the public's consciousness, or should I say those who govern it need to look in the mirror. And they know it but just don't care because they're making a fortune and getting over on the fighters and fans.
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i didn't read the article yet but i agree. both sports are NOT mutually exclusive. i love both.
Boxing is very humanistic and metaphoric. Every human eventually finds his bigest enemy when he take a peep at a mirror. Dat darn archenemy is eyeballin' him like a muthasucka. The super boxing matches, and the super boxing movies have, are, and will continue to kick MMA's arse. I know boxing people, who if they were still alive like my old my old uncle they would be well over a 100 years old. Many up to 130, if not more. I clearly recall these cats laughing about the predictions of the demise of boxing. Danggit every living soul and dirt-napping corpse who I've ever spoke to have heard some new jive-turkey sport which is always ending boxing.
Wow! Why don't somebody go pick on baseball. That sports doesn't get the type of fans and crowds that it use to. As far back as I can remember -- at two and three years old -- while still gettin' on my pee pee on myself, on GOAT Ali, the late, great Archie Moore, the late, great boxing spiritual trainer Drew Bundini, the late, great cutman Chuck Bodak and some other famous cats, BOXING was supposed to be getting destroyed by roller derby and martial arts. Now it is mixed martial arts that my three-year-old son is hearing. C'mon! When professional Queensberry's Rule pugilism is SLOW, it finds everybody and dey mommas B-slappin' it to get a BUZZ. Holla!
Boxing will never die. Can't take your eyes off two men fighting. May be fewer eyes, but will...never...die.
The title to this article should be "The Faces Of Steroid Abuse And The Jokes They Are." After his short lived success in the WWE, Brock Lesnar sucked down some more steroid pills faster than you can say, "Mark McGuire" and then joined the other joke of the sports world, the UFC. What was Lesnar's "fantastic" pro record upon winning the heavyweight title in that sport, something like 3-1? LOL! Of course, like all so called champions in the Mixed Martial Arts world, roid rage BUM supreme Lesnar lost his title faster than you can say, "more steroid milkshakes Mr. LEECH, Dana White, please!" Yes, TRUE boxing fans know, that the joke of the UFC and all groping and holding male ground shows similar to it can't compete with boxing on it's worst night because these so called "ultimate fighters" have more glass in them than a china shop and more bums in the sport then a homeless shelter. Now, as for the boxer on this article, his boxing skills can't be rivaled, but that really means nothing because, let's put it like this..... Do you bring a souped up Dodge Charger and race it only on a go kart track and even then, only very rarely? If you're a man, no! You take those skills and pay the bills against REAL competition on a regular basis. Manny Pacquiao>>>>>>>>>>>Floyd Mayweather. Oh yeah, symptoms of roid rage include the following.... baldness, aggressive behaviour, shrunken "parts" and acne. I'm betting Mayweather's doctor could confirm the last 2 and with the first 2, you look at Manny and Floyd and see which one these symptoms relate to. Time for Floyd to lay off the Estrogen pills and step back in the ring. Yeah, that's right. He's taking everything! LOL! Well, with all those Estrogen pills, not sure if Floyd is a he or she at this point. No wonder Floyd thought it was a fair fight against Josie Harris. Don't worry Floydina. Manny doesn't hit women, he just hits on them. (::drum roll: Take the "gender" test Fraud! Since 2003, no one has been able to tell if you're still a man or not! No wonder you're daddy and uncle are protecting you like it was from an abusive man. To paraphrase from John Lennon, "you can't buy my love" (sorry Floyd, already got a woman, LOL!) but I'll kick your @$$ for free! Oh no! You better stay retired! I hear Manny Pacquiao (P4P King) and Sergio Martinez (the TRUE #2 P4P guy) are waiting for you FINALLY step up and recieve that beatdown your COWARDICE has been BEGGING for! Let's see how "undefeated" you are in the streets with no gloves and no roided up guards to help you Floydina. CHUMP! Better keep on shoulder rolling. @donputo69. Man, I've seen you've been posting lately. How long do you think GIRLweather would last against the Pacman or Martinez? I'd say if either fight happened to not get up to get a beer because Fraud would be kissing the canvass so bad, it'd make Ricky Hatton jealous. LOL! Also, how long do you think until roid rage Brock Lesnar goes bald like Floyd? At least his opponents don't chicken out on some OSDT crap. "Oh, I'm scared! He's on roids. Somehow, I just know it! CLUCK, CLUCK, CLUCK!"
MMA is ok .....but even Anderson Silva couldn't beat a 2 year amateur in the ring with just gloves on. When MMA evolves to the point where fighters can actually use their hands instead of flailing away like school girls,.. then I'll become a more dedicated viewer of their products
The MMA events are simply not that appealing to me. Perhaps I've been raised on boxing and can't understand the nuances of MMA. To me, grappling and ground and pounding guys, the kicking is just not as intriguing to me. I've tried to watch but I've decided that since (except for Laila and Christy and Freda George) I don't like girl boxing I just watch the girl MMA fights - Gina Carano was super fine until she got a good whuppin"
Finally responding to the article, but a couple of things. MMA IS a good reason why fewer NEW boxing fans are made. If nothing else, it's boxing's lack of exposure and disregard for the times. MMA in general but specifically the UFC has gone to great lengths to make itself accessible. They deliver the goods both inside and outside the Octagon. Fans get the fights they want. UFC has tons of merchandise that appeal to the younger generation. They also release tons of DVD's for fans to collect or to give people a chance to see the PPV's they missed. You can purchase individual fights over Xbox Live. MMA reaches out to its fans, and they're supposed to be faulted for that? You mention that in the octagon 8 out of 10 times the MMA fighter will beat the boxer and in the ring, the pro boxer will beat the MMA fighter 10 out of 10 times. Figures are probably not that far off, but what defines an MMA fighter as an MMA fighter, and the boxer as a boxer? Doesn't a boxer stepping in the Octagon essentially qualify him as an MMA fighter, and doesn't an MMA fighter qualify as a boxer if he steps into the ring to fight under pro boxing rules? My point is you can only hypothesize about specific matchups rather than throwing the proverbial "typical" boxer vs the "typical" MMA fighter. And as you say, there are many more techniques in the streets that are not legal in MMA or boxing, but that does NOT level the playing field. MMA fighters can use these unconventional techniques on top of the other techniques they already have, which the boxer does not. Furthermore, while there are no rules in the street, most streetfights are fought under unwritten codes. Most people will not resort to maiming their opponents for obvious reasons such as going to jail or in fear of the fight escalating into something much worse, like the other guy's friends jumping in or using a weapon. People in streetfights want to keep it fair for their own sake.
Frank is spot on about boxing being it's own worst enemy...unfortunately, somehow this article was twisted into another MMA vs boxing debate with derogatory remarks aimed at MMA...I agree 100% with FighterforJC's satements regarding both sports...The people behind the scenes marketing the UFC are pretty damn good at their job. Boxing could be more popular if it was marketed like the UFC...whenever they have a PPV you see their promos everywhere on TV...the same can't be said for boxing, not even when it's Pacquiao PPV...but at the end of the day, both sports are here to stay...both have very loyal cult followings and there's always gonna be room for both in my heart.
Some people just cannot come out of their self-denial. The BIG PPV bouts of boxing continue to kick the holy spit outta of the UFC/MMA ones. Boxing is a word-of-mouth sport. For a good, good bout, It doesn't need a lot of billboards, publicity, photo adds and all dat silly jive. If Da Manny and Money May decide to dance tomorrow, you want need any advertising. [Before most of us were born, GOAT Ali went to Smokin' Joe Frazier's gym callin' out the Smoke to get down with him at the local park in Philly. The Smoke didn't show, but something like 30,000 curious fans and fanfaronades did. Da Manny can go to Mall in the world and fans would rush there by word of mouth. Money May was hanging out at a Vegas Mall a couple of months ago and thousands of fans started calling up others on their cellphones. The Mall was loaded with thousands in a New York second. Not a single star in the UFC/MMA can do this.
You can measure the buzz of boxing by if the Pope, U.S. President, Queen of The United Kingdom, The Mufti of Jerusalem and the presidents of China, India and Russia know the name of the more popular boxer. All of the above knows Da Manny. Matter of fact, Da Manny is meeting with the U.S. Prez next week. And China and Russia have invited him to fight there. The boxing STAR
just keep on bringing those fans droppin' their bucks. Along with UFC/MMA great propaganda and public relations, it is a master at giving comp tickets and cooking the books.
With all that say, somebody name the top dawg in the UFC/MMA. Only its hardcore fans can name you that. Eighty percent of every dang kid above 12 years old in eighty percent of every dang country of the world can name Da Manny. The UFC/MMA hardcore fan base is arrogrant as a mutha. Excuse me for pullin' a Lou DeBella, but UFC/MMA is like porno. Only the hardcore fans can name the stars. Otherwise, people are trying getting their peep on every once and a while. And they couldn't tell you who are ___ ____ ____ ____ _____ ____ ___! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! Holla!
Riiiiiiight. Which is why Nonito Donaire, Tim Bradley and Amir Khan are household names but not Anderson Silva, GSP or Randy Couture. LOL.
Those guys are straight-up mudhole, pond and/or fishbowl names. Outside of boxing, nobody knows them. Inside of MMA/UFC, not too many folks know Anderson Silva, GSP or ancient Randy Couture, less alone Donaire, Bradley or Khan. Dana White is a master at localizing, staging, creating optical illusions, working and cooking books and slinging dat good old propaganda. His poison will go the way of the 1980s' television martial arts fighting and roller derby did. No HATE or LUV from yours truly. Just expressing my HO. Holla!
So enlighten all of us then. What's that "good ol propaganda?" Give us some examples of those "optical illusions" that Dana White is so good at.
FighterforJC,.. you are either a very creative fellow, or your having problems with reading comprehension..... MMA could never by a source of insecurity for me BECAUSE I AM MMA... I wrestled for 4 years placing either #1, #2, or #3 in most tournaments, I boxed a couple years,. and my Pinoy Brothers in the military taught me how to use my feet.... even though I was never a thug or a tough guy,..usually every street fight I've had in my glorious days of youth ended with me concluding the altercation with the "Ground and Pound" game... I don't care who would win a street fight between the 2 disciplines because I already know... I think that in 5-15 years well see MMA contests with sharp fluid execution in both the standup and ground game that will rival popular video games like Virtual Fighter and Dead or Alive... but for now (IMHO) the MMA striking game is weak weak weak....It's not esthetically pleasing to eye at all when fighters like Brock Lesnar go into tramatic shock when Ever fists travel toward their faces and they compelled to put on ear muffs, screw their eyes shut and tuck their heads between their legs while curling themselves in a fetal position until the ref stops the fight or they miraculously make it to the end of the round... As good as Anderson Silva and GPS look,.. their boxing skill is on par with an amatuer who's only had 20 fights, and 99% of the rest of the MMA combatants look embarassingly worse. Even majority of the leg strikes remind me of someone hitting a tree trunk with a dead fish... I don't hate MMA... just don't particularly like to watch it. There have been some noteworthy exceptions, but for the most part MMA matches remind me of some of the fledgling ESPN boxing shows they put on 30 years ago where they literally picked guys off street corners to flesh out a card. Boxing is an Institution that will never be extinguished. MMA is still in its embryotic stage...which means that it's still growing strong.... baby's are cute,.. embryos are gross(unless it belongs to you).
@brownsugar: OFF TOPIC here, saw your comment on my FNC demo impressions blog. But have you downloaded the demo? You can go head to head online with the demo but only until 2/17. It's like some sort of beta almost. You should check it out.
Nope..... wish I could but I gave my X360 to my grandsons...... I'm getting an elite with a kinect hopefully by the end of March so I can play some kinect games, Fear 3, and FN. ****The method of defense looks interesting and less like guesswork,.. can't wait to combine that with the weave, side step, and counter... but yeah I'll just be patient and wait another month or so.
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For those parents looking for a free but simple, user-friendly reading and math practice website, ScootPad may be the answer. Designed for grades K-5, it gives practice to children based on the Common Core Standards. It is personalized, so that teachers (yes, homeschool parents may set-up a FREE account as a teacher) may continually gage their students' needs by viewing reports of questions missed and answered correctly, and then tailoring practices to those needs. Math practices are typically 20 questions in length while reading questions are usually 10 questions in length but may include an long passage to read.
The online program can be accessed from any platform (and has so far proven true in my experience), anytime, and generates an unlimited number of practices. The site is ad free, which in a world where parents are continually having to monitor what their children are viewing, is assuring. Grades K and 1st also have an audio feature that will read the problems aloud.
Pitfalls of the program may include the timer feature. Each problem includes a clock that will not stop until the problem has been answered and the "next" button pressed. Such a feature may give added pressure to the student, but at the same time, it may encourage the student beat his/her last time. However, the timer may misconstrue how quickly the student is able to complete the concept if the student is lacking in typing skills. For instance, a first grader may be asked to write the last word of a sentence that ends with "Saturday"—a lengthy word for someone searching out each key individually on the keyboard. Also, some concepts may be brought up in practice that have not been covered yet in daily schooling, but that may actually be a springboard toward learning a new concept.
Scootpad also has a reward system in which parents may set up rewards for a certain number or hours or coins the student s collect in practice. There is an actual reward list that can be created using items that much be purchased, but parents may also reward students with a "trip to the park" or "frozen yogurt."
One last feature is the wall. Other students can be added to the student's classroom so they may chat with each other, including using an avatar and "mood" faces. Kids get a kick out of seeing kids they know on screen, in a private, secure environment.
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hello everyone. You're probably aware that i don't post here much so here's a few links to places i update more.
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Former "X Factor" judges Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger have remained pretty tight-lipped regarding the news that Britney Spears and Demi Lovato will replace them on the next season of the Fox show. Until now, that is.
This week, Abdul sat down with Wendy Williams on her talk show and had only the kindest things to say about both of those ladies.
"I think it's going to be great, and I'll tell you why. I think people are anticipating seeing Britney Spears. She's overcome a tremendous amount of adversity. And I'm always for the underdog coming back.
"She's a big star," Abdul said in footage posted on Perezhilton.com.
"And then there's a new budding star, Demi, with her music," she continued. "Her songs are great. She's riding a wave that's really exciting. It's a younger demo."
Scherzinger is also sending positive vibes Spears' way. She toured with her back in 2009 and added a bit of advice for the pop star. "Britney is so bubbly and warm and everyone loves her anyway, so she just has to be herself," Scherzinger told E! News. "I think that it's something that we can't deny, but there's something about Britney that we … are always rooting for her and behind her, no matter what."
According to Britney fansite Breatheheavy.com, Spears and Lovato will sit at the judges' table for the first time on Thursday (May 24) in Austin for auditions. Spears is expected to work an eight-hour day. She will also be in Austin on Friday for more auditions.
Cowell confirmed at the Fox upfront earlier this month that this week would mark the beginning of filming with the new judges .


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NORTHERN ILLINOIS (1-6) AT ILLINOIS-CHICAGO (2-6) » December 19, 2009 » 3 p.m. » UIC Pavilion (Chicago, Ill.) » 3 p.m.
Match-Up At-a-Glance Arena: UIC Pavilion (8,000) Tip-off: 3 p.m. Central Standard Time Radio: Northern Illinois ISP Sports Network (Flagship WLBK, 1360, DeKalb) Cybercast: Horizon League Network (FREE Live Video) Live Stats: NIUHuskies.com/UICFlames.com (Gametracker) Social Media Coverage: Twitter.com/NIUAthletics; Twitter.com/MACMBBall Series Record/Streak: UIC leads, 20-14/L2
DEKALB, Ill. - Northern Illinois (1-6) will play its second-of three road games in the Chicagoland region Saturday, when the Huskies travel to the Windy City to take on Illinois-Chicago (2-6) at the UIC Pavilion beginning at 3 p.m. The rivalry dates back more than 30 years, but the Huskies and Flames will be meeting for the first time since the 2006-07 campaign.
Northern Illinois is coming off Tuesday's 89-48 loss at Minnesota, marking the Huskies' largest margin of defeat in more than two years. Junior guard Xavier Silas' return to the Huskie lineup was not enough to slow down the host Gophers, who claimed their fourth-straight double-digit win behind a record-setting eight three pointers by Blake Hoffarber.
UIC recorded its second win of the season Wednesday night, outlasting visiting Oregon State at the UIC Pavilion, 63-61. Robo Kreps drove in for the go-ahead layup with 5.6 seconds left to cap a rally from a seven-point deficit in the game's final three minutes. The Flames are 2-1 at home this season, with wins over the Beavers and Illinois-Springfield (11/13/09), and a four-point defeat to Illinois State on Nov. 23.
Northern Illinois will jumpstart a three-game non-conference homestand next Tuesday (12/22/09), when the Huskies host Maryland-Eastern Shore at the Convocation Center in a rare 1 p.m. tip-off. After starting out the season 0-5, the Hawks have now won three-straight, including an 80-72 win over Navy on Dec. 9.
Northern Illinois and Illinois-Chicago will be meeting for the first time since the 2006-07 season, and for 35th time in the all-time series ... The Huskies and Flames have three common opponents this season; Central Michigan, Akron and Toledo ... Illinois-Chicago represents the eighth in-state non-conference foe the Huskies have played under third-year head coach Ricardo Patton ... In Northern Illinois' current four-game losing streak, the Huskies are averaging 51.5 points per game, shooting 33.8 percent from the field (16.5 percent from three-point range), being out-rebounded by more than two caroms per game (36.8-34.5) and have an assist-turnover ratio of -1.78 (37 assists, 66 turnovers) ... NIU's previous four road games this season came against 2009 postseason teams, including three that advanced to the NCAA Tournament (Illinois, Northern Iowa and Minnesota) ... Sophomore guard Mike DiNunno, who recorded his first start since Nov. 22 on Tuesday at Minnesota, enters Saturday's game with 399 career points, and 93 career assists ... Senior center Ante Dzepina enters the contest with 96 career rebounds in his one-plus year career at NIU, and is four caroms away from equaling 100 -- Dzepina has pulled down four rebounds twice this season ... Junior center Sean Kowal has 190 career rebounds in his second season at NIU -- tying his season-high of 10 rebounds would give Kowal his 200th career rebound as a Huskie.
» Pick up its first road win of the season
» Record its first win over UIC in the Windy City since Jan. 28, 1993, a span of nine games
» Break a six-game losing streak versus Horizon League foes, dating back to the 2005-06 season
» Drop its 40th road game in the last 45 tries, dating back to the 2006-07 season
» Record at least a five-game losing streak for the fourth-consecutive season
» Drop its third-straight decision to UIC, including its ninth-consecutive loss to the Flames in Chicago
Northern Illinois enters Saturday's game with a 1-6 overall record, and has dropped four-straight contests. The Huskies have played four teams that appeared in the postseason following the 2008-09 season, including two that advanced to the NCAA Tournament. NIU is 0-4 on the road in the early going, falling to hosts Northwestern (11/13/09), Illinois (11/17/09), Northern Iowa (11/28/09) and Tuesday at Minnesota.
Through seven games, the Huskies are being led offensively by juniors Darion "Jake" Anderson (12.0 ppg) and Sean Kowal (9.6 ppg). Junior guard Xavier Silas made his return to the Huskie lineup on Tuesday after sitting out the previous five games with a fractured second metacarpel in his right hand -- Silas is averaging 13.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game in two appearances verus Big Ten Conference foes (Northwestern and Minnesota).
NIU is averaging 58.1 points per game, and allowing its opponents to score 69.7 points per contest. The Huskies are shooting 38.1 percent from the field, 21.9 percent from three-point range and 54.0 percent from the free throw line.
Illinois-Chicago enters Saturday's game with a 2-6 record, and both of its victories have taken place at the UIC Pavilion. The Flames are averaging 59.9 points per game on the season, but scoring nearly six points more (66.7) per home contest.
Zavion Neely and Robo Kreps have each scored 113 points on the season, and lead the Flames with 14.1 points per game. Jeremy Buttrell has added 8.9 points per contest to go along with a team-leading 6.4 rebounds per game. Eleven players on UIC's roster have averaged seven or minutes per outing.
UIC is averaging 59.9 points per game, and allowing its opponents to score 68.6 points per contest. The Flames are leading the Horizon League in defensive field goal percentage, holding their opposition to just a 41.3 percent clip. UIC ranks 10th in the Horizon in scoring offense, scoring margin (-8.8), free throw percentage (.657), field goal percentage (.376), three-point field goal percentage (.265), assists per game (9.4) and assist/turnover ratio (0.6).
Northern Illinois has recorded an 80-91 all-time record versus opponents affiliated with the Horizon League. The Huskies are 3-6 all-time versus Butler, 8-5 against Cleveland State, 3-4 versus Detroit, 16-16 against Loyola-Chicago, 5-24 versus Green Bay, 17-9 against Milwaukee, 11-8 versus Wright State, 3-1 against Youngstown State, and 14-20 all-time versus Illinois-Chicago.
As mentioned, Illinois-Chicago leads the all-time series versus Northern Illinois, 20-14. The Flames have won two-straight in the series, and five-of the last six meetings overall. From 1990-97, NIU and UIC shared membership in the Mid-Continent Conference, before the Huskies began their second stint in the Mid-American Conference.
Junior guard Xavier Silas, who fractured the second metacarpal bone on his right hand in Northern Illinois' season opener at Northwestern (11/13/09), returned to the Huskie lineup Tuesday night at Minnesota, and scored a team-high tying nine points on 4-of-15 shooting. Silas, a transfer from Colorado, knocked down three-of his first four shots, and played a total of 22 minutes, including 17 in the first half.
Silas made his return to the Huskie lineup Tuesday.
Junior Darion "Jake" Anderson, one of the Mid-American Conference's most consistent scorers the past two seasons, has seen his scoring average dip by more than four points per game this season, but has been on a tear in the rebounding department. The 6-foot-2 guard enters Saturday's game ranked second in the MAC in rebounding, averaging 8.0 caroms per game through seven contests. Anderson, who became just the third NIU guard in the Division I era to lead the Huskies in rebounding last season, currently boasts the nation's best rebounding average for a player standing 6-foot-2 or less.
Darion "Jake" Anderson, the Huskies' leader this season in points (84), rebounds per game (8.0), assists per game (3.1) and free throw percentage (.725), enters Tuesday's game as the only player in the Mid-American Conference to be ranked in the individual top-15 in scoring, rebounding and assists. Anderson scored a season-high 23 points versus Southeast Missouri (11/22/09), dished out a season-best six assists against Tennessee State (11/20/09), and twice tied his career-high with 13 rebounds -- he also corralled 10 rebounds at Illinois (11/17/09) in the second game of the season. Anderson is the Huskies' career active leader in points (917), rebounds (357), assists (166), steals (75), field goals (301), three-point field goals (71) and free throws (244) made, and total minutes played (1,953/30.5 mpg).
FAST START FOR Bryan Hall
Sophomore point guard Bryan Hall entered his sophomore campaign known as much more of a facilitator than a scorer -- he ended his freshman season with just 41 points on only 40 field goal attempts. But this season, he has been much more aggressive on the offensive end. Hall has recorded two of his top-three career scoring outputs, and has done so in impressively efficient fashion. He is shooting 66.7 percent (14-of-21) from the field, which would rank as the fifth-best single season effort by an NIU player if the statistic would hold up at the end of the 2009-10 campaign.
The Huskies finished the 2008-09 season with 239 steals, which was the second-highest single-season total in program history, trailing just the 259 steals recorded during the 1994-95 campaign. NIU's 8.0 steal per game average was also the third-best total for a single-season. Darion "Jake" Anderson (46 steals) and Mike DiNunno (44) combined for 90 steals, with both efforts ranking in the top-15 individual marks in NIU history. This season, NIU is averaging 7.4 steals per game, which would qualify as the ninth-best single-season average in program history.
Northern Illinois' junior tandem of Darion "Jake" Anderson and Sean Kowal have each posted one double-double in the early going this season. Anderson's fifth-career double-double (23 points, 13 rebounds) came against Southeast Missouri on Nov. 22, while Kowal secured his third-career double-double (18 points, 10 rebounds) in the previous contest versus Tennessee State (Nov. 20). Kowal nearly tallied his second-straight double-double against SEMO, falling just one rebound short with 14 points and nine caroms.
Junior center Sean Kowal led the Mid-American Conference in field goal percentage (.551) last season, but as all players do, he needs an occasional breather. The good thing for NIU head coach Ricardo Patton is that NIU doesn't take much of a step back when his reserves enter the game. Senior Ante Dzepina (.558) and redshirt sophomore Michael Fakuade (.580) are both shooting near 60 percent from the field for their careers. Notably, power forward Najul Ervin is shooting 50.0 percent (80-of-160) in his third season at NIU.
Freshman guard Tony Nixon, the lone member of Ricardo Patton's 2009-10 recruiting class, has wasted no time getting adjusted to college basketball. The 6-4, 200-pounder has started each of the last five games, and recorded respective season-high scoring outputs of 10 and 16 points against Illinois (Nov. 17) and Tennessee State (Nov. 20). Nixon is also averaging 25.1 minutes per game, fourth-highest on the team.
Northern Illinois head coach Ricardo Patton will be embarking on his 15th season as a Division I head coach in the 2009-10 campaign. After spending 12 years as the mentor at Colorado, Patton was hired as the Huskies' 26th head coach on March 19, 2007.
As the old cliche' goes, it's not how you start, but how you finish. But how it starts may be just as important for the Northern Illinois basketball team. Under head coach Ricardo Patton, when the Huskies lead at halftime, they have compiled a record of 14-6. When NIU trails at intermission, it is just 2-40 the past two-plus seasons.
When Northern Illinois has been on the positive side of the rebounding ledger the past two seasons, it has enjoyed significant success. Sixteen of the Huskies' 17 wins under head coach Ricardo Patton have occurred when NIU has out-rebounded its opponent.
One year after being picked to finish sixth in the Mid-American Conference West Division, Northern Illinois was slotted second in the 2009-10 preseason media poll, as announced by the conference office on Oct. 28. In addition, junior guard Darion "Jake" Anderson was named to the preseason West Division All-MAC team for the second-consecutive season. The Huskies were picked second behind division favorite Central Michigan, who swept NIU last season.
In 2009-10, Northern Illinois returns 88 percent of its scoring, 79 percent of its rebounding and 87 percent of its assist totals from the 2008-09 season. The Huskies return 12 letterwinners, including four starters, and back are the Huskies' top-three scorers (Darion "Jake Anderson, 16.9 ppg; Mike DiNunno, 11.9 ppg and Sean Kowal, 9.4 ppg).


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The Brown Foundation Fellows Program, based at the Dora Maar House in Ménerbes, France, provides residencies of one to three months for midcareer professionals in the arts and humanities to concentrate on their fields of expertise.
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07 AugWed / 2013Announcing the 2013 Summer/Fall Brown Foundation Fellows at the Dora Maar House
19 OctFri / 2012One of our current residents at the Dora Maar House, Anne Vilsbøll is a Danish painter, author and curator. While at the Dora Maar House, Vilsbøll continues to work on her series of paintings "Les Doyennes and Les Doyens de Provence," portraits of people between 80-100 years old. As she searches out, meets and talks with some of the oldest citizens of the village, she returns to Dora Maar full of awe and enthusiasm....
20 JulFri / 2012On July 31 at 7 p.m. we will hold a salon at the Dora Maar House. The Brown Foundation Fellows in residence will present their work to the public. Presentations will be followed by informal discussions and drinks and hors d'oeuvres in the garden. . . .
10 JunSun / 2012On June 19, we will hold a salon at the Maison Dora Maar. Susan Opton, Jane MacAvock, and Lisa Williams, the current artists in residence, will talk about their work, followed by informal discussions with drinks and hors d'oeuvres in the garden. Everyone is welcome. . . .
11 MayFri / 2012It is with great pleasure that we announce that eight individuals have been chosen to enter The Brown Foundation Fellows Program at the Dora Maar House during the Fall 2012 term (July to November): Rachel Tzvia Back, Nancy Bowen, Peter Doroshenko, Tillar Mazzeo, Greg Miller, Nadine Pinede, Anzhelina Polonskaya, Evelyn Toynton, Anne Vilsboell. We wish to thank all those who applied to the fellowship program. It was...
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College Hockey:Crane scores two as Ohio State completes road sweep of Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Every time Michigan had a scoring punch, Ohio State replied with a counterpunch, and just a little more.
The Buckeyes punched and counterpunched their way to a 6-5 Saturday night victory over the Wolverines, sweeping their weekend two-game series with Michigan in Ann Arbor at Yost Ice Arena.
The game marked the seventh straight between the two rivals decided by a lone goal.
The Buckeyes won the opening tilt of the series on Friday night, 2-1, in a defensive battle with the Wolverines.
The last time Michigan was swept at home was in November 2009, when Miami won a weekend series at Yost Arena.
"We take pride in all of our games, but Yost has been a special place," said Michigan coach Red Berenson. "To give up back-to-back games to anybody is a big disappointment. To win these games, you have to play better. Whether it is penalty killing, goalkeeping, special teams, or defensive zone play."
"A game like that reminds you of the late '80s, wide-open, high scoring," said Ohio State coach Mark Osiecki. "It was a very interesting game."
Saturday's rematch was a totally different game than the series opener, with up-and-down play, great offensive flourishes, and a large amount of special teams success.
After going a combined zero-for-nine on power plays in the series opener, Ohio State and Michigan combined to score six of the game's 11 goals on special teams.
"I thought Michigan made some nice adjustments in moving the puck," Osiecki stated, explaining the special-teams bonanza. "For us, our key (on the power play) is just getting pucks down toward the net and then try to win some battles. It wasn't anything fancy.
"That's our mentality. We're worried about ourselves and not worried so much about who we're playing. We want to take care of ourselves. That's the only way we can get better as a group."
Both goaltenders had good moments despite the frequent scoring. Ohio State's Cal Heeter stopped 26 Michigan shots. Wolverines netminder Shawn Hunwick made 31 saves, 14 alone in the third period.
Chris Crane and Heeter successfully worked both ends of the ice for the Buckeyes in the first period, giving Ohio State a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes.
Crane scored both Ohio State goals in the opening period. Heeter used his 6-4, 195 pound frame to stop 15 of the 16 shots thrown his way by the Wolverines.
Michigan opened the scoring at 2:56 on a power play. After failing to click with the man advantage in four tries on Friday night, the Wolverines' freshman defenseman Mike Chiasson scored his first career goal on a screened shot after he snuck in from the right point to receive Chris Brown's pass from the left corner.
Crane's pair of first period goals in reply were his seventh and eighth of the season. At 6:25, the Buckeyes sophomore right wing converted from Hunwick's doorstep after a long period of sustained Ohio State pressure in the Michigan zone. Less than three minutes later, at 9:04, Crane took a pass from freshman Ryan Dzingel and whistled a shot from the slot high toward Hunwick's glove. The Michigan netminder got a piece of the shot, but not enough to stop its momentum from carrying it into the net.
In a second period chock full of special teams play, Ohio State parlayed a five-minute advantage into two of their three goals in the period to take a 5-3 lead into the final period. Michigan also connected on a power play on one of its two tallies in the middle stanza.
Luke Moffatt tied the game at 2-2 with a beautiful solo effort at 1:54 of the second period
Brown received a boarding major at 4:17 for driving Ohio State blueliner Devon Krogh into the half boards in the Buckeyes zone. Although Ohio State didn't get a shot on Hunwick in the first 3:30 of the power play, Ryan Dzingel made up for it with two quick goals 16 seconds apart near the end of the advantage, one on a deflection and the other with a quick shot.
Alex Guptill replied on a power play for the Wolverines at 12:03 to draw Michigan within one, 4-3.
The Buckeyes re-established a two-goal lead at 15:58, 5-3, on freshman Max McCormick's second career goal, after Hunwick had several saves on a flurry of Buckeyes forays.
Michigan closed to within one goal again early in the final period on a Derek DeBlois short-handed goal at 1:46.
True to form, Ohio State replied three minutes later at 4:48 on Alex Lippincott's power-play goal extending the Buckeyes lead to 6-4.
Not quite finished, Guptill pulled the Wolverines back within with his second goal of the night with only 1:40 to play.
Despite pulling Hunwick for an extra attacker, Michigan couldn't put an equalizer past Heeter.
"That's nice to get the results," said Osiecki of the road sweep. "It's more important for us to get better. That's been our approach. We've got 10 freshmen in the lineup, and for a young team to be able to make some strides and take another step, it's very important for our team."
Michigan (7-5-2, 3-5-2-1 CCHA) gives thanks next holiday weekend with home games against Northeastern on Friday and Union College on Saturday.
Ohio State (10-3-1, 7-2-1-1 ) gets a holiday break from action, resuming play again when it hosts Lake Superior on December 2-3.
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Politically incorrect alphabet, garage electron microscopes, Blair and Arnie…
1 – Bike Lock HolderThis could come in handy when my new cruiser BMX arrives this week…
Funny, but with a point to make too. Link via MetaFilter.
3 – The New Cold WarWill the development of robotic workforces in Communist countries provoke a new cold war of ideologies? I'm not sure whether this post is for or against, but it certainly has some interesting points to make.
Jamais Cascio strikes again. Food for thought.
Underground soapbox derby racing in NYC – great pictures of defiantly illegal and slightly looney behaviour. If only we had some decent hills round here…Link via MAKEblog.
"The goal of this project is to build a simple STM that can resolve atoms, with a cost of materials less than $100.00 excluding oscilloscope." Wow. Just…wow. Garage electron microscopy rules! Link via MAKEblog.
Not keen on Windows Genuine (dis)Advantage? Me neither. So remove it, already!
8 – Pinch My RideRFID security not so effective at preventing your SUV going off with someone else.
Tony B and Der Gubernator announce a plan to sidestep the Bush administration and begin trading carbon dioxide credits between the UK and California. I know, I can't believe it either, there must be a catch.
10 – World's Tallest BikeOver 14 feet above the road surface, in fact. Mad as a sack of spanners. Link via MAKEblog.
Momus on post-materialism.
Does what it says on the tin.
You know, that's an idea that might just work…if you'd all stop just talking about it and make a plan to get people up there, damn it!
14 – Firefly fishMore fun with gene splicing! Add firefly DNA to zebra fish, to make creatures that will glow if lowered into polluted water. Weird but true.
Tinfoil hats at the ready! DARPA has some sneaky satellites on the move, and no-one seems to know for sure what they're for.
For once, the UK isn't lagging behind the US. Curry's have just started stocking roof-mounted solar panels!
Looks like someone's finally made a robotic hand that can do almost everything the human original can…pics and video available.
Is there an iPod phone in the pipeline? Not like *I* give a crap…my new N80 will do me fine until my next upgrade, thankyou. Link via CyberNetTechNews.
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Senior Jennifer Dien is a perfect 6-0 this spring.
Feb. 28, 2013
By Tim McCaughan
SKILLMAN, N.J. -- The Southern Illinois women's tennis team entered the national rankings at No. 59 in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings released today. This marks the first time in school history that the Salukis have been nationally ranked by the ITA.
"We are excited about receiving a national ranking and accomplishing something that has never been done in the history of this program," said head coach Audra Nothwehr.
Southern is off to its best start since the 2003-04 campaign and coming off a weekend sweep of Austin Peay and McKendree University.
"The sky is the limit with this team -- they are so focused and are training hard," said Nothwehr. "We also know that this is just a stepping stone to where we want to go. It's just a poll -- it's not a conference championship, and that is our ultimate goal."
The Salukis will be back in action Tuesday, March 12, when they head to Miami, Fla. to take on Florida International.


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OVIEDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- About 20 million people in the United States, including more than half of all diabetics, suffer from neuropathy. It can cause weakness, numbness, and pain in hands and feet. Now, a new therapy is helping people back on their feet.
For some it's like electricity or pins and needles. Others feel like their feet are on fire.
For Eddie Jeffcoat, just walking across the street was almost impossible.
Eddie has neuropathy. Damaged nerves in his feet have left him homebound for the last three years.
"It came to where I couldn't stand. I couldn't walk," Eddie Jeffcoat told Ivanhoe.
However, now he's walking his dog, bear, and even enjoying his treadmill time. He's done it all in 90 days!
"It's incredible, most people start seeing results literally with the first treatment," Dr. Marc Ott, DC, Chiropractic Physician at Integrative Physical Medicine, told Ivanhoe.
Dr. Marc Ott says the new treatment for feet and hands centers around an electric stimulator called The ReBuilder. It measures how a person's nerves are abnormally firing, then sends an electrical frequency to get the nerve back into a normal firing pattern.
"So, for each patient the way the unit actually fires is different. It builds a pattern that's specific to you," Dr. Ott explained.
The therapy includes exercises on a vibrating platform to help restore balance and neurological control.
"It's pretty astonishing to watch the results these patients experience and the lifestyle changes that it makes for them," Dr. Ott said.
While Eddie's still not up to full speed, he's lost 40 pounds and his pain level's been cut in half.
"90 days ago the pain was a ten. It hurt real bad. I'm at a five," Eddie said.
This home unit could help reduce the pain even more. In the meantime, Eddie says The ReBuilder has made life a lot more bearable.
Dr. Ott says almost all of his patients see a change with the therapy. He tells us the degree of improvement depends on the individual. The ReBuilder treatment is available across the country. It is covered by Medicare and most insurance plans. MORE.
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