Golden Eagles To Meet Florida State For 2009 Old Spice Classic Title
The Marquette University men's basketball team will play for a regular-season tournament title for the sixth-straight year when the team faces Florida State Sunday night in the championship matchup of the 2009 Old Spice Classic in Orlando, Fla.
http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/marq/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112809aab.html
FSU also released their own presser...
http://www.seminoles.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112809aaa.html
Dunno if this is commonplace but ballsy:
"LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO...
...Defeat Marquette and win the championship of their second consecutive in-season tournament. The Seminoles defeated Coastal Carolina, Western Illinois, Cincinnati and Cal to win the title of the Global Sports Classic in November of 2008;
...Defeat Marquette and defeat a team from the Big East for the second consecutive season. The Seminoles defeated Cincinnati in the third round of the Global Sports Classic on Nov. 28, 2008 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas;
...Defeat Marquette and up its record to 6-1. It would mark the third consecutive season that the Seminoles will have won at least six games during the month of November."
some stats from the site:
PROBABLE STARTERS FOR FLORIDA STATE
F #31 Chris Singleton (11.3 ppg, 7.8 rpg; 14 pts and 6 rebs vs. Alabama, Nov. 27, 2009)
F #42 Ryan Reid (7.7 ppg, 6.0 rpg; 11 pts and 8 rebs vs. Stetson, Nov., 18, 2009)
C #32 Solomon Alabi (10.2 ppg, 2.8 bpg; 17 pts and 8 rebs. vs. Jacksonville, Nov. 16, 2009)
G #4 Deividas Dulkys (9.2 ppg, 2.8 rpg; 14 pts and 2 blks vs. Mercer, Nov. 231, 2009)
G #22 Derwin Kitchen (10.8 ppg, 2.8 apg; 16 pts and 2 asts vs. Iona, Nov. 26, 2009)
...AND TOP RESERVES
G #2 Jordan DeMercy (4.5 ppg, 1.8 rpg; 12 pts and 2 asts vs., Mercer, Nov. 21, 2009)
G #3 Luke Loucks (1.3 ppg, 2.7 apg; 4 pts and 3 asts vs. Jacksonville, Nov. 16, 2009)
F #1 Xavier Gibson (8.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg; 11 pts and 6 blks vs. Stetson, Nov. 18, 2009)
G #21 Michael Snaer (6.2 ppg, 2.5 rpg; 14 pts and 2 blks vs. Jacksonville, Nov. 16, 2009)
G #0 Pierre Jordan (2.0 ppg, 1.3 apg; 6 pts and 1 sat vs. Mercer, Nov. 21, 2009)
PROBABLE STARTERS FOR MARQUETTE
F #32 Lazar Hayward (19.7 ppg, 6.3 rpg; 22 pts and 9 rebs vs. Michigan, Nov, 27, 2009)
F #33 Jimmy Butler (16.7 ppg, 7.0 rpg; 17 pts and 9 rebs vs. Michigan, Nov. 27, 2009)
G #1 Darius Johnson-Odom (11.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg; 18 pts and 5 asts vs. South Dakota, Nov. 24, 2009)
G #10 David Cubillan (7.2 ppg, 3.7 apg; 8 pts and 5 stls vs. Grambling State, Nov. 21, 2009)
G #23 Dwight Buycks (8.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg; 10 pts and 10 rebs vs. Grambling State, Nov. 21, 2009)
FLORIDA STATE VS. MARQUETTE - A SERIES HISTORY
The Series: Marquette leads, 2-1
Last Game: March 1, 1981; Florida State 81, Marquette 78*
Last Florida State Win: March 1, 1981; Florida State 81, Marquette 78*
Last Marquette Win: Jan. 19, 1980; at Marquette 74, Florida State 64
Last Florida State Win at a Neutral Site: March 1, 1981; Florida State 81, Marquette 78*
Last Marquette Win on a Neutral Site: None
Current Streak: Florida State has won 1
Leonard Hamilton vs. Marquette: 0-0
* Game played at Tampa, Fla.
Quote from: 77ncaachamps on November 28, 2009, 03:03:55 PM
"LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO...
...Defeat Marquette and win the championship of their second consecutive in-season tournament. The Seminoles defeated Coastal Carolina, Western Illinois, Cincinnati and Cal to win the title of the Global Sports Classic in November of 2008;
...Defeat Marquette and defeat a team from the Big East for the second consecutive season. The Seminoles defeated Cincinnati in the third round of the Global Sports Classic on Nov. 28, 2008 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas;
...Defeat Marquette and up its record to 6-1. It would mark the third consecutive season that the Seminoles will have won at least six games during the month of November."
*bulletin board material
Game over. They galactically jinxed themselves.
The only way FSU wins now is if MU's team bus rams into a busload of nuns.
Quote from: 77ncaachamps on November 28, 2009, 03:03:55 PM
Dunno if this is commonplace but ballsy:
"LOOK FOR FLORIDA STATE TO...
...Defeat Marquette and win the championship of their second consecutive in-season tournament. The Seminoles defeated Coastal Carolina, Western Illinois, Cincinnati and Cal to win the title of the Global Sports Classic in November of 2008;
...Defeat Marquette and defeat a team from the Big East for the second consecutive season. The Seminoles defeated Cincinnati in the third round of the Global Sports Classic on Nov. 28, 2008 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas;
...Defeat Marquette and up its record to 6-1. It would mark the third consecutive season that the Seminoles will have won at least six games during the month of November."
I wouldn't get my panties in a wad over it. They do that for every pre-game release and I can't recall ever seeing us predicted to lose. It's a fluff piece.