Murray State University Athletics
Saturday, February 18
CFSB Center
5 p.m.
Murray State
vs
Saint Mary's
Photo by: Tab Brockman
#16 Racers Host #21 Saint Mary's In BracketBusters Showdown
2/18/2012 9:14:00 AM | Men's Basketball
#21/16 Saint Mary's (23-4) (12-2 WCC)
at
#16/14 Murray State (25-1, 13-1 OVC)
Saturday, Feb. 18
5:05 p.m. - CFSB Center - ESPN
Game Notes I Live Stats I Live Radio
The Murray State Racers are at home on BracketBusters Saturday when they host Saint Mary's of California in a 5:05 p.m. tip on ESPN. The game finds both teams having outstanding seasons as the Racers enter the game 25-1, while the Gaels are 23-4. Both teams are ranked in the ESPN/USA Today and Associated Press rankings. Both previous meetings (both won by SMC) were played on the Gaels home court in 2004 and 2006 as MSU participated in SMC's Shamrock Classic. The Racers are 5-2 in the BracketBusters and have won the last two with home wins over Evansville last season and Morgan State in 2010. The game will mark the first time a ranked Murray State team has played another ranked team and the first time two ranked teams will have played at MSU's CFSB Center.
The Racers won their third straight outright Ohio Valley Conference regular season title with a win this week at Southeast Missouri State. It's MSU's 15th solo title of the all-time total of 23 they've won. The Racers have won three straight outright titles once in their history, that coming from 1989-92. The Racers' three straight titles is the first since 2000 when the program won the last of seven straight championships. Coach Steve Prohm is the eighth straight MSU coach to win an OVC regular season championship and the eighth in 10 coaches since the OVC was formed in 1948 to win at least one.
The Racers' 2011-12 season has been one of a shooting star rise to be the top story of the college basketball season. However the final has yet to be written on how this team will takes its place in the MSU tradition. MSU has clinched their 25th straight winning season which is tied with UConn for the fourth-best streak in the nation behind only Syracuse (42), Kansas (29) and Arizona (28).
The Racers are now into their 10th straight week of being ranked in the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls. This week the Racers are ranked 14th in the coaches poll and 16th in the AP poll, after a high of seventh and ninth. MSU's previous best ranking was no. 16 twice in the early 1950's. This season's rankings are the first for the Racers since 1998. MSU is also the no. 1 team in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll. This season marks the first no. 1 ranking in MSU history and the first for an OVC team.
at
#16/14 Murray State (25-1, 13-1 OVC)
Saturday, Feb. 18
5:05 p.m. - CFSB Center - ESPN
Game Notes I Live Stats I Live Radio
The Murray State Racers are at home on BracketBusters Saturday when they host Saint Mary's of California in a 5:05 p.m. tip on ESPN. The game finds both teams having outstanding seasons as the Racers enter the game 25-1, while the Gaels are 23-4. Both teams are ranked in the ESPN/USA Today and Associated Press rankings. Both previous meetings (both won by SMC) were played on the Gaels home court in 2004 and 2006 as MSU participated in SMC's Shamrock Classic. The Racers are 5-2 in the BracketBusters and have won the last two with home wins over Evansville last season and Morgan State in 2010. The game will mark the first time a ranked Murray State team has played another ranked team and the first time two ranked teams will have played at MSU's CFSB Center.
The Racers won their third straight outright Ohio Valley Conference regular season title with a win this week at Southeast Missouri State. It's MSU's 15th solo title of the all-time total of 23 they've won. The Racers have won three straight outright titles once in their history, that coming from 1989-92. The Racers' three straight titles is the first since 2000 when the program won the last of seven straight championships. Coach Steve Prohm is the eighth straight MSU coach to win an OVC regular season championship and the eighth in 10 coaches since the OVC was formed in 1948 to win at least one.
The Racers' 2011-12 season has been one of a shooting star rise to be the top story of the college basketball season. However the final has yet to be written on how this team will takes its place in the MSU tradition. MSU has clinched their 25th straight winning season which is tied with UConn for the fourth-best streak in the nation behind only Syracuse (42), Kansas (29) and Arizona (28).
The Racers are now into their 10th straight week of being ranked in the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls. This week the Racers are ranked 14th in the coaches poll and 16th in the AP poll, after a high of seventh and ninth. MSU's previous best ranking was no. 16 twice in the early 1950's. This season's rankings are the first for the Racers since 1998. MSU is also the no. 1 team in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll. This season marks the first no. 1 ranking in MSU history and the first for an OVC team.
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