2/20/2006 - MEN'S BASKETBALL This Week in A-Sun Men's Basketball

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Heading into the final weekend of the regular season, the Atlantic Sun Conference boasts the nation’s most exciting championship race. Five teams stand within one game of the league lead and have legitimate shots at claiming the regular season title along with the top seed at the 2006 General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Championship.

This Week in A-Sun Men's Basketball

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A-Sun Game of the Week

Friday, February 23
ETSU at Lipscomb
Allen Arena
Nashville, Tenn.
6:30 pm CT

The regular season title and the top seed in the upcoming General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Championship hang in the balance this weekend when ETSU makes a swing through the Music City. Lipscomb plans a less-than warm welcome for ETSU as the Bisons are tied with Belmont atop the league standings and hold a slim one game lead over three other teams. Three front-runners for A-Sun Player of the Year will be showcased in the game as the league’s top scorer Tim Smith is challeneged by Lipscomb’s dynamic duo of Brian Fisk and Eddie Ard.

A-Sun Notables

NCAA'S BEST RACE
Five teams stand within one game of the league lead and have legitimate shots at claiming the regular season title along with the top seed at the 2006 General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Championship. Music City rivals Belmont and Lipscomb hold a tenuous one-game lead atop the standings over ETSU, Florida Atlantic and Gardner-Webb. Power conferences Big 10 (five teams within 1.5 games), Missouri Valley (five teams within 2 games) and Pac-10 (five teams within 1.5 games) each feature tight races as well.

FILL 'ER UP
Three A-Sun schools rank in the top-10 nationally in scoring led by the high-flying Campbell Fighting Camels who average 83.7 points per game. ETSU (5th - 83.5) and Belmont (9th - 81.5) join Campbell among the top scoring teams in the NCAA. No other conference has as many teams in the top-10 and only the ACC claims three in the top-20 nationally.

HOT, HOT, HOT
Belmont, Gardner-Webb and Stetson have each posted 7-1 marks in the second half of the conference season. Both the Runnin’ Bulldogs and the Hatters have won nine of their last 10 games.

PILING UP THE WINS
A-Sun teams have posted nine 20-win seasons in the last three years. Only the Missouri Valley Conference can boast more 20-win seasons from their members among NCAA I-AAA conferences. Runs by Lipscomb, ETSU, Gardner-Webb and Belmont during the conclusion of the regular season and at the A-Sun Championship could add to the 20-win seasons.

A-Sun Players of the Week

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