Billikens hope to even CBI Championship Series

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03/31/2010 - St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Now back at home, the Saint Louis Billikens will try to even the series with the Virginia Commonwealth Rams in the championship round of the 2010 College Basketball Invitational.

The CBI championship series is a best-of-three, and if necessary, the third game will be played at Chaifetz Arena on Friday.

The Rams took game one of the series on Monday night, capturing a 68-56 victory in Richmond. It marked the 11th straight home win for VCU, which is 18-1 in its own backyard this season. The Rams though, are much more vulnerable on the road, boasting just a 6-7 ledger as the visiting team.

Saint Louis, meanwhile, played its first game of the tourney on the road this past Monday and that obviously made things more difficult. The Billikens, however, now get the chance to protect their home floor and they are a healthy 18-3 at Chaifetz Arena this season, including 3-0 in this event.

Monday's game marked the first-ever meeting between the two programs in men's basketball.

The Rams scored 25 points off 16 turnovers in posting a 68-56 victory over Saint Louis on Monday night. VCU, which had 12 steals and only 10 giveaways itself, shot 48.2 percent from the floor, including 6-of-14 from three-point range. Joe Rodriguez headed the charge with 22 points and six assists, while Larry Sanders turned in an impressive all-around effort consisting of 20 points, 12 rebounds, four blocks and three steals. It was the 14th double- double of the season for Sanders, who leads the club with 14.7 ppg, 9.3 rpg and 88 blocks. Rodriguez is also a big part of what VCU does as he averages 12.9 ppg, to go with team-highs of 5.9 apg and 66 steals. Bradford Burgess gets in on the action as well, contributing 10.6 ppg and 5.0 rpg.

Besides their problems hanging onto the ball on Monday, the Billikens also struggled from beyond the arc, connecting on just 5-of-20 three-point attempts. The team didn't have much luck getting to the foul line either, as SLU was just 1-of-2 on the night. Willie Reed paced the squad in defeat with 11 points and six boards, while Kwamain Mitchell and Cody Ellis tallied 10 points apiece. For the season, Mitchell tops the roster in scoring at 16.1 ppg and he is also the team's best defender with 49 steals. Reed is the main threat down low and he comes in with 12.3 ppg and team-highs of 8.0 rpg and 70 blocks. Ellis adds 10.8 ppg and 5.0 rpg for Saint Louis, which his limiting opponents to only 59.9 ppg for the season.

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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.


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