NCAA Basketball

Penn State Nittany Lions

The Penn State basketball program basically had nowhere to go but up after a rock bottom 2004-05 season in which they went 7-23 straight up...

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Pacific Tigers

The Pacific Tigers were coming off one of their most successful seasons ever in 2004-05 as they finished 27-4 straight up and 17-11-1 against the...

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Oregon State Beavers

Nice guy Mike Riley, in his second stint as head coach of the Oregon State Beavers after a brief taste of NFL life, had posted...

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Oregon Ducks

After a 2001 season in which they went 11- straight up and 7-5 against the spread, the Oregon Ducks picked right up where they left...

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Old Dominion Monarchs

Old Dominion has been one of the better known teams from the Colonial Athletic Association over the years, which has sometimes prevented them from bringing...

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Oklahoma State Cowboys

In 2004 the Oklahoma State Cowboys were coming off a 7-5 record both straight up and against the spread and their third consecutive bowl season...

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Oklahoma Sooners

The Oklahoma Sooners, since 2001, had posted straight up records of 11-2, 12-2, 12-2, and 12-1 respectively under head coach Bob Stoops but the last...

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Ohio State Buckeyes

Nobody would ever confuse Ohio State as a basketball school but the fact remained that Ohio State basketball was on the upswing and becoming a...

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Ohio Bobcats

The Ohio Bobcats finished the 2004-05 season with a record of 21-11 straight up, which included a mark of 11-7 in the Mid-American Conference, which...

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish

The Notre Dame basketball program was gaining national respect although it was still not anywhere near a national power type program.  In 2004-05 the Fighting...

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