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Young
Oilers Hoping to Defend NCAA D2 Title
Matt Markey
The Toledo Blade
 Findlay
begins its defense Saturday of its NCAA Division II national championship
when the Oilers face Grand Valley in a Midwest regional.
Findlay, which went 36-0
last season, is making its ninth straight appearance in the NCAA
tournament.
Coyotes
in a Tight Pack
Kevin Pearson
The Press-Enterprise
 There
will no doubt be a sense of familiarity for the Cal State San Bernardino
men's basketball team at the NCAA Division II West Regional.
After all, the Coyotes know
their first-round opponent, Humboldt State, better than they know any
other team. The two are longtime rivals and will be meeting for the third
time in less than four weeks when they tip off today.
Seattle
Pacific Faces BYU-Hawaii in Opener
Terry Wood
The Seattle Times
 Making
its sixth straight appearance in the NCAA Division II tournament, Seattle
Pacific plays a first-round West Region game at 12:30 p.m. Friday against
BYU-Hawaii at Western Washington's Carver Gymnasium in Bellingham.
The contest between the
third-seeded Falcons (22-5) and sixth seeded BYU-Hawaii (20-5) matches two
of the most accurate shooting teams in Division II.
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Baptist
Goes From Death Bed to Dynamo
By Don
O'Brien
The Quincy Herald-Whig
 Tony
Wysinger didn't have much reason to be optimistic at the time.
As he looked at Billy
Baptist lying in a Peoria hospital room one day in the fall of 2005, he
saw a 6-foot-3, 130-pound teen-ager clinging to life.
Wesleyan
Won't Renew Lilly
Charleston
Daily Mail
 Bill
Lilly, the men's basketball coach at West Virginia Wesleyan for the past
five seasons, will not return for 2010-11. Wesleyan Athletic Director Ken
Tyler announced Thursday that Lilly's contract will not be renewed.
Lilly's career record with
the Bobcats was 38-105. Wesleyan finished 8-21 this season, placing 11th
in the 16-team West Virginia Conference standings. The Bobcats upset
Wheeling Jesuit in the WVC Tournament first round before falling to
Alderson-Broaddus.
Trio
Leads Vikings into Postseason
Ben Fletcher
The Bellingham Herald
 A
trio this good for this long may very well deserve a nickname.
Seniors Morris Anderson,
Derrick Webb and Zach Bruce have already put their collective mark on
Western Washington basketball this year, helping the Vikings men's team to
a 25-5 record and, now, the chance to host the NCAA Division II West
Regional, starting Friday, March 12, at WWU's Sam Carver Gym.
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