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Duke Barely Survives Rhode Island

There are big things planned in Durham this year. While haters around the country are celebrating the supposed "demise" of the Blue Devils, they are gearing themselves for another Final Four run.That swagger was nearly ruined by Rhode Island yesterday. The Rams gave Duke fits before losing, 82-79.Rhode Island led much of...

Saint Joseph's Is the Second Best Team in the Atlantic 10

Wins over big-time nonconference opponents earned teams like Dayton and Rhode Island a lot of headlines in the first two months of the season. Each flew to the top of the RPI and into the Top 25 before getting cooled off by A-10 opposition. The Saint Joseph's Hawks, on the other hand, lost to teams big (Gonzaga) and small...

And Rhode Island Makes 3: A-10 Favorites Keep Losing

It's not often that the Atlantic 10 gets three teams into the Top 25 at the same time. It's even rarer that all three of those teams lose games within 24 hours of each other but thanks to the resurgent Saint Louis Billikens that's just what's happened. They shut down the league's best shooting team for a surprising 68-61...

A-10 Weekend Wrap: Xavier's Defense Gets Back on Track

Xavier 68, Fordham 50 - After beating St. Bonaventure this week, Sean Miller wasn't happy with the way his team played defense. Yesterday, though, he had no reason to be upset. The Musketeers shut out the Rams for seven minutes and set a new low in points allowed on the season. Up six at the half, the X-men put the game...

Atlantic 10 Round Up

Day one of the Atlantic 10's conference season was a good one. So good, in fact, that they didn't even let the start of league play stop them from knocking off another ACC school. Charlotte went into Clemson and whipped the Tigers 82-72 to even their record against the conference to 2-2 on the season. While that's a good...

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05/10/12 Fourmilewater outclass weakened Roanmore Source: Waterford News and Star - Waterford - Ireland Hit hard by departures and injuries Roanmore are now a side much weakened from that which won the Intermediate title just two years ago and based on this performance they will find it very hard to avoid a return to that grade at the end of this year.