Ended the season ranked 18th (AP) and 20th (ESPN/USA Today) with a 25-9 record...Pitt is the only team in the Big East to have won at least 20 games overall and 10 league games each of the last nine seasons...the Panthers are led by junior guard Ashton Gibbs (15.7 ppg), a second-team All-Big East honoree, and senior guard Brad Wanamaker (12.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg)...Pitt earned a bid to its ninth-straight NCAA Tournament, reaching the second round - the longest streak among Big East schools.
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The Longhorns went 24-10 in 2009-10, spending two weeks atop both polls in mid-January...sophomore guard J'Covan Brown (9.6 ppg, 80 assists) and sophomore swingman Jordan Hamilton (10.0 ppg) highlight a young and talented Longhorn squad...Texas advanced to its 12th-straight NCAA Tournament in 2010 and has been to five Sweet 16s over the last nine years.
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The Terps were 24-9 this past season and co-champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference...ended the season ranked 20th (AP) and 18th (ESPN/USA Today) and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament...Maryland has won at least 19 games each of the last 14 seasons...the Terps return 10 members players, including junior guard Sean Mosley (10.1 ppg and 5.1 rpg) and sophomore forward Jordan Williams (9.6 ppg and a team-best 8.6 rpg), who was named to the ACC All-Rookie team...head coach Gary Williams, who will begin his 22nd year at Maryland in 2010-11, was named ACC Coach of the Year...the Terps won the 2006 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer.
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Went 21-15 in advancing to the quarterfinals of the NIT...first-team All-Big Ten pick Demetri McCamey returns for his senior year after leading the Illini in scoring (15.1 ppg) and placing second in the nation in assists (7.1 apg)...Big Ten Rookie of the Year guard D.J. Richardson netted 10.5 ppg as a freshman last year...Illinois returns 10 players from 2009-10 and has finished among the Big Ten's top five in six of head coach Bruce Weber's seven seasons.
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College of Charleston Cougars – Head Coach: Bobby Cremins (Southern Conference)
The Cougars went 22-12 and reached the second round of the CBI, marking the third time in four years under head coach Bobby Cremins that they achieved a 20-win season…Charleston will be led by senior guard Andrew Goudelock, who earned first-team All-Southern Conference honors and averaged team-bests of 19.4 ppg and 3.9 apg…6-8 senior Jeremy Simmons, who garnered second-team all-conference laurels, averaged 11.9 ppg and a team-high 8.0 rpg
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Louisiana Tech Bulldogs – Head Coach: Kerry Rupp (Western Athletic Conference)
Louisiana Tech posted a 24-11 record, its most wins since the 1984-85 season...the Bulldogs also recorded 13 non-conference Division I wins, again the most since 1984-85...for their efforts, the Bulldogs earned a berth in the collegeinsider.com tournament, advancing to the quarterfinal round...in 2010-11, Tech will rely on junior swingman Olu Ashalou, who posted averages of 10.7 points and 8.1 rebounds...senior DeAndre Brown earned a spot on the WAC's All-Newcomer Team for averaging 10.6 points a game and handing out a team-best 119 assists after transferring from Navarro College.
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Navy Midshipmen – Head Coach: Billy Lange (Patriot League)
The Midshipmen, who were 13-17 this past season, are one of only two programs in the Patriot League to finish in the top half of the standings each of the last three seasons...Navy will look to do it again in 2010-11 behind the leadership of junior guard Jordan Sugars and senior guard O.J. Avworo...Sugars netted 15.8 ppg and pulled down a remarkable 8.0 rpg for a 6-3 guard...Avworo netted 8.1 points a game and led the Patriot League with his 5.8 assists per game average.
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Rhode Island Rams – Head Coach: Jim Baron (Atlantic 10 Conference)
Rhody compiled a 26-10 record in advancing to the semifinals of the NIT...the Rams have now won 52 non-conference games over the last three seasons...senior forward Delroy James averaged 13.2 points and 5.3 rebounds while also blocking 44 shots...senior guard Marquis Jones tallied 5.7 ppg and handed out a team-high 4.1 assists a game...he is the first Ram in eight years to dish out 100 assists in back-to-back seasons.
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Seattle Redhawks – Head Coach: Cameron Dollar (Independent)
Seattle, which is currently in the process of reclassifying from Division II to Division I, posted a 17-14 record last season playing a Division I schedule...junior guard Cervante Burrell is the Redhawks' leading returning scorer at 11.4 ppg...he also led the team with a 3.5 apg average...junior forward Aaron Broussard put up 10.3 ppg and 5.1 rpg...as a team, Seattle averaged 80.3 ppg in 2009-10.
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Toledo Rockets – Head Coach: Tod Kowalczyk (Mid-American Conference)
The Rockets will be led by first-year head coach Tod Kowalczyk, who comes to Toledo after eight successful seasons at Wisconsin-Green Bay...this past year Kowalczyk led UWGB to its first-back-to-back 20-win seasons in 14 years...senior swingman Justin Anyijong is the Rockets' leading returning scorer (9.4 ppg) and rebounder (5.3 rpg)...sophomore guard Malcolm Griffin recorded averages of 7.1 points and 2.9 assists last season.
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UC Irvine Anteaters – Head Coach: Russell Turner (Big West Conference)
Russell Turner will make his collegiate head coaching debut in the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer...Turner was hired after spending six years with the Golden State Warriors after stops as an assistant at Stanford and Wake Forest...he inherits a team that was 14-18 last season but one which returns 13 players, including second-team All-Big West performer, junior Eric Wise, who led the Anteaters in scoring (16.3 ppg) and rebounding (6.5 rpg) last season...also back is senior guard Darren Moore (11.2 ppg, 4.6 rpg).
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UIC Flames – Head Coach: Howard Moore (Horizon League)
The Flames return 12 players from last year's team as head coach Howard Moore takes over the reins of the UIC program...leading that dozen is senior guard Robo Kreps, who led UIC in scoring with a 15.2 ppg average to go along with a 3.9 rpg average in 2009-10...junior guard Zavion Neely returns after netting 12.2 ppg a year ago.
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