Liberty (6-2) - We've mentioned the Flames and freshman Seth Curry on MarchManiacs.com before; but this week we get to see if the Flames have enough heat to become a household name come March. Wednesday night they travel to DePaul and Friday night they go to St. Louis. Don't be surprised if Liberty beats one, or even both larger conference foes.
Cleveland St (7-4) - Would you believe we had them slotted here before the Syracuse stunner tonight? We really did actually, because the "stunner" is in regards to the nature of the shot - not the win itself. Yes, they have lost 4 games already, but to the likes of: @Washington, Kansas St, @West Virginia, and to conference foes Butler (on a 3 at the buzzer...karma baby, karma.) All but the Washington loss were by ten or less. The Horizon league is not a gimme for Butler this year, and Cleveland St. is a main reason why. (Illinois-Chicago knocked off Ga Tech last week too - the Horizon league is really good this year.)By the way - this was Cleveland State's biggest win since the 1986 stunner of Bobby Knight's Hooisers as a #14 seed (second grade memories, remember it like yesterday...)
Evansville (7-1) - No, they are not going to win in Chapel Hill Thursday night. But I can assure you they will give UNC every bit the test that Kentucky and Michigan St. did. Last week they whooped Western Kentucky 72-40. The Missouri Valley has a history of producing Cinderella sleepers. Don't overlook the Valley's newest member this year.Evansville was actually a very good small-major program throughout the 80's, battling Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now defunct) rival Xavier for conference supremecy in most seasons, and won a tourney game in 1989. Anyone know if they still wear those half-sleeve ladies volleyball-lookin' jerseys?? Just curious.
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