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Jermareo Davidson (Bama, 3.2 bpg)

Ekene Ibekwe (Mary, 3.1)

Stephane Lasme (UMASS, 5.3)

McHugh Mattis (USF, 4.0)

Greg Oden (OSU, 4.0)

Hasheem Thabeet (UCONN, 4.1)

Sean Williams (BC, 5.3)

Lasme becomes just 23rd player in NCAA history to post multiple triple-doubles in one season.

Oh Louisville.. what should we make of you? You have a big name and a hall of fame coach.. but I guess you're just not that good. Graduation losses and injuries have been too much to bare. There's no shame in losing to a 9-2 UMASS team, or an 8-1 Dayton team, or a 7-1 Arizona team either.. but ultimately you're running out of chances to prove your worth. You don't play a ranked team again until 10 games from now.. by then, perhaps with a loss to Kentucky this weekend or a loss to Notre Dame in a couple weeks.. you'll have blown your at-large chances. Sorry, David Padgett's not going to help you.. the fragile one is as reliable as my old 1980 Ford Fiesta. Juan Palacios is solid but not the star I'd thought he'd be. Derrick Caracter almost has more missed free throws than career points.. But perhaps our expectations are simply too high for you Louisville.. so many freshmen and sophomores is hard to deal with.. especially against more experienced teams like UMASS and Dayton. Perhaps you only need time.. but my patience is running thin.

Xavier is the overwhelming favorite of coaches and favorites to win the Atlantic 10 Conference.

UMASS has a shot at the Big Dance depending on the play of a crop of incoming transfers