Ranked third in both polls with a 28-3 record...the Orange won the Big East regular season title...this is Syracuse's 40th consecutive winning season...Syracuse is fifth all-time with 1,781 wins...this year's roster features nine freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, led by junior forward Wes Johnson, who leads the team in scoring (15.7 ppg) and rebounding (8.5 rpg)...sophomore frontcourt mate Kris Joseph is netting 11.0 points a game...Syracuse has been to the postseason 38 times in the last 39 seasons, winning the 2003 National Championship...Syracuse won the 2008 O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic and the 2009 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.
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Began the 2009-10 season ranked 15th in both polls...the Wolverines are the youngest team in the Big Ten and start only one senior...junior guard Manny Harris, who ranks among the top 15 in virtually every career offensive category in Michigan history, averages a team-best 17.7 points a game to go along with a high of 120 assists...sophomore guard Zack Novak is scoring at a 7.5 ppg rate...Michigan has been to the NCAA Tournament 21 times, earning the National Championship in 1989.
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The Yellow Jackets have been ranked much of the season and are 19-11 on the year...Georgia Tech owns 23 postseason berths including 15 trips to the NCAA Tournament...has just two seniors on its 13-man roster, only one of whom starts...junior forward Gani Lawal leads the Ramblin' Wreck with averages of 13.6 points and 8.8 rebounds a game...freshman forward Derrick Favors is right behind with at 11.9 points and 8.4 rebounds per game.
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The Miners are 24-5 and are ranked 21st in the ESPN/USA Today poll and 25th in the AP poll...UTEP won the Conference USA regular season championship...UTEP has been to 27 postseason tournaments, including the College Basketball Invitational each of the last two years...features a roster with no seniors with four starters scoring in double figures...leading the pack is junior guard Randy Culpepper, who is scoring at an 18.1 ppg clip and ranks fifth on the Miners' career scoring list...junior forward Derrick Caracter has averages of 14.3 ppg and a team-high 8.4 rpg...UTEP (then Texas Western) won the 1966 National Championship, which was the topic of the bestselling 2005 book and the 2006 movie, "Glory Road."
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Albany Great Danes – Head Coach: Will Brown (America East Conference)
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Bowling Green Falcons – Head Coach: Louis Orr (Mid-American Conference)
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Detroit Titans – Head Coach: Ray McCallum (Horizon League)
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Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs – Head Coach: Rick Scruggs (Big South Conference)
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Mercer Bears – Head Coach: Bob Hoffman (Atlantic Sun Conference)
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Niagara Purple Eagles – Head Coach: Joe Mihalich (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
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Western Carolina Catamounts – Head Coach: Larry Hunter (Southern Conference)
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William & Mary Tribe – Head Coach: Tony Shaver (Colonial Athletic Association)
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