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Monday, February 20, 2006
PollBusters and late arrivals
Bucknell dropped out of both major polls today, as the BracketBusters seemed to confuse voters who seemed to split their token mid-major votes between George Mason, Northern Iowa and Nevada. Mason takes the No. 25 spot in the coaches poll, UNI and Nevada tied for No. 25 with the AP voters.

Mason was the top "others receiving" vote getter in the AP vote. Bucknell was fourth in that category in both polls.

The BracketBusters did manage to accomplish one thing for certain. They solidified Gonzaga's hold on the No. 1 spot in the Mid-Major Top 25. The Zags back to claiming all 31 first place votes after Bucknell, which had siphoned off one of those first place ballots in recent weeks, drops from No. 2 to No. 5 after the loss at Northern Iowa.

George Mason moves to No. 2 with its win over Wichita State. Northern Iowa up a spot to No. 3 with the win over Bucknell.

HUH? WHAT? -- In a column posted on the Morning Call Web site after we had updated this morning, Andre Williams writes:
Lehigh (18-9, 11-1) will try to extend its winning streak to seven in a Patriot League visit to No. 24 Bucknell (21-4, 12-0) at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Lehigh will move into a first-place tie if it wins, and would then need to win at Holy Cross on Saturday to secure the No. 1 seed for the Patriot League Tournament.
What is missing is that Lehigh would also need Bucknell to lose at home against Army. Otherwise, the tiebreaker would go to RPI and that is not even close.
Published at 4:47 PM by Hoop Time.
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