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MSU draws Illinois-Chicago from Bracket Buster pool
1/31/2006 6:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
As part of the agreement, the Racers will play a return game at UIC in the 2006-07 season.
The Flames and Racers have never met before.
In the latest RPI (Rating Percentage Index) rankings, Murray State appears at 109th and Illinois-Chicago 139th.
The Racers are 14-5 and 11-2 in the Ohio Valley Conference after a 59-38 victory over Samford Monday, a win that gave MSU sole Possession of first place.
The Flames lost to Butler at home Monday 67-39 and are 10-12 this season and 3-7 in the Horizone league.
The Flames have non-conference victories over Georgia Tech 73-51 on Nov. 25, Ole Miss 87-75 in overtime Dec. 1, and Davidson 76-67 Dec. 29.
Ten Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball teams were in the Bracket Buster pool.
Highlighting the list of games for OVC teams are two contests involving four squads currently ranked in the Top 150 of the Ratings Percentage Index, as compiled by Collegiate Basketball News: Tennessee Tech (119) at Bradley (56) and Murray State (109) at (139) Illinois-Chicago.
Here is a list of the non-conference matchups involving OVC teams:
Illinois-Chicago (10-12) at Murray State (14-5)
Arkansas State (9-13) at Austin Peay (12-10)
Eastern Michigan (3-14) at Eastern Illinois (5-14)
UNC Asheville (5-13) at Eastern Kentucky (10-10)
New Orleans (5-14) at Jacksonville State (9-10)
Morehead State (2-17) at Central Michigan (3-15)
Southeast Missouri (6-14) at UC Riverside (2-16)
UT Martin (8-12) at Evansville (5-14)
Tennessee State (8-10) at Ball State (7-10)
Tennessee Tech (15-7) at Bradley (12-7)
