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December 30, 2007

Back to Work..Curry Out

By Kevin McNamara

After yet another long break of no college basketball games in this state, it's back to work for these fingers.
The Rams just wrapped up a title in a tournament in Corpus Christi, Tex. They took care of business and won two games they had no business losing, even if they did not play well in the second half of the Georgia Southern win. Jim Baron's Boys return home today and will play FDU Wednesday to wrap up their impressive non-conference slate.
Rhody is also getting ready for its A-10 schedule and what's shaping up as a huge A-10 opener comes Jan. 9 at Dayton. The Flyers blitzed Pittsburgh last night at DU arena, a major surprise only by the final score. If fans actually watched the game (instead of the Patriots), three things led to the blowout.
*Horrible officiating that cost Pitt its dominant center, DeJuan Blair, most of the game.
*An injury to Levance Fields
*Brian Roberts.
Dayton will jump into the top 25 this week and join the Rams as the A-10's poll reps.
The PIThttp://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07364/845485-175.stmT news could be very bad if Fields' ankle injury is severe.
By the way, an A-10 and Big East prediction in today's Journal was indeed written before last night's games. However, we're sticking by our guns. It's Pitt (with a healthy Fields) to win the Big East and Dayton to finish 4th in the A-10. Call me crazy. See you in March.

At Providence, the Friars are preparing for a N/L game against St. Peter's Monday at 2p.m. Then they'll hit the road for the first two Big East games, at Marquette and DePaul. The Warriors (yep, I can call them that on this blog) are now healthyhttp://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=701690
....just in time for the Friars.
Sharaud Curry did not return to campus in time for the resumption of practice on Friday. He's home in Atlanta helping his mother deal with his ill younger brother. Best of luck to the Curry's on this important matter.
This personal issue will more than likely take Curry out of this week's games. We'll see if he's ready to practice a bit once he returns to campus Monday.

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