Men's Basketball Weekly Release #13

Feb. 8, 2010

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Highlights & Storylines ...

• League-leading and #18/15 Butler enters the week with a 4 1/2-game lead over Cleveland State and needs just one victory to clinch at least a share of the regular-season title and no worse than the number-two seed in the postseason tournament, which includes a bye to the semifinals. The Bulldogs could do so as early as Monday night's game against Loyola. But the Ramblers have defeated nationally ranked Butler teams twice at Hinkle Fieldhouse in the last three years (75-71, Feb. 22, 2007; 71-67, Feb. 15, 2009) for the Bulldogs' only two regular-season home League losses in the last 43 games. • Cleveland State enters the week in second place, one-half game ahead of Green Bay and Wright State. Detroit and Valapraiso are one game back of that duo in fifth. The top two teams earn byes to the semifinals of the League championship, while seeds 3-6 host first-round games on campus sites.

• According to the latest NCAA RPI released Monday, Butler enters the week 15th in the nation, while Wright State has moved into the top 100 at 96th.

• This week's HLN TV Game of the Week features #18/15 Butler at Cleveland State on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET.

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