Key College Hoops Strength Indicators

Continued hopes for a regular season Big East title are on the line Saturday when Connecticut visits Morgantown to take on West Virginia. This showdown between top national powers is the StatFox FREE College Basketball FoxSheet of the Week! UConn comes in still stinging from Monday’s loss to Villanova in which the Huskies surrendered a double-digit second half lead. It was the second overall and conference loss for the top-ranked team in the land. Meanwhile, West Virginia shares the same Big East mark after dropping its Valentine’s Day outing at Seton Hall. Each trailing Villanova right now by a game in the league standings, neither team can afford a loss.

Besides showing that the Mountaineers have been a reliable side and under play in conference action, the StatFox FREE College Hoops FoxSheet of the Week is loaded with plenty of other great tidbits. Be sure to visit sometime after early Friday evening to get all you need for handicapping the exciting showdown between Connecticut and West Virginia.

The tip-off for this Big East Clash is scheduled for 3:45 PM ET on Saturday.

ESPN’s annual Bracket Buster Weekend, showcasing the best in mid-Major conference basketball, starts this Friday, and StatFox is here to help you get prepared for the action. We will be taking a look at the full slate of Bracket Buster games and pinpointing the highlights on the unique slate as teams from the Mid-American & Missouri Valley Conferences, the WAC, the Horizon League and several others clash.

In all, 13 games are to be televised over the course of the weekend, and many of the teams you will be watching will be those eventually making noise when the NCAA Tournament tips-off in about a month. Get a jump start by reading StatFox’s look at Bracket Buster Weekend 2006, featuring stats and trends, analysis, power ratings, and opinions on the key games. Read this StatFox Feature article by clicking here

George Washington has been the class of the expanded Atlantic 10 this year, but other teams have played good basketball as well. How many teams can expect to earn a bid to the Big Dance in March from this East Coast conference? What needs to happen for some of the teams on the bubble to gain that elusive bid?

Take a look at the StatFox Weekly Conference Call, this week featuring the Atlantic 10 Conference. Then dig into the StatFox Archive for past conference calls featuring these leagues:

• Mountain West
• Missouri Valley
• MAC

Coming March 1st!!! The StatFox “King of the Dance” College Hoops Contest

You’ve probably heard of a little three-week stint in March delirium called Madness, but have you ever experienced the insanity of an entire month of college hoops craziness? If not, StatFox has the opportunity for you. StatFox and Sportsbook.com are offering a tournament style contest for the college hoops action throughout the entire month of March. No longer just focusing on the Big Dance, StatFox is allowing you, the hoops handicapper, to strut your stuff through the final regular season games, the conference tournaments, the NIT, and the NCAA tournament!

The winner will receive a set of Bose Quite Comfort Headphones and a Logitech wireless mouse courtesy of Sportsbook.com, plus one year of StatFox Premium FoxSheets service!!!

The best thing is it’s FREE!!! Simply register for StatFox and visit the StatFox Contests home page for more details on the rules. The competition is slated to begin on March 1st, so sign up today!

The green flag on the 2006 NASCAR season drops on Sunday, February 19th with the annual running of the Daytona 500, stock car racing’s most prestigious event. The “Great American Race” as it is often called, is NASCAR’s Super Bowl, the Crown Jewel if you will. Naturally, it boasts NASCAR’s biggest purse, this year to be in excess of $18 million dollars. In all, 43 drivers will be vying for the coveted trip to victory lane, hoping to add their name to Daytona 500 lore, joining an impressive winner’s list that includes the likes of Petty, Waltrip, Allison, Elliott, Gordon, and Earnhardt.

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