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February 2008
Mesa men head East
The Mesa State College men’s basketball team clinched the seventh seed in the upcoming Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Shootout and will play a first round game at the No. 2 seed sometime next weekend.
The No. 2 seed will be either Colorado Christian (16-10, 13-5 RMAC) or Nebraska-Kearney (14-12, 12-6 RMAC) depending on Saturday night’s games.
Colorado Christian will get the No. 2 seed if it beats the Colorado School of Mines at home. If Mines upsets the Cougars and Kearney defeats the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, the Mavericks will travel to Kearney.
For the latest on the RMAC basketball tournament, check GJSentinel.com.
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Mesa women to play CSU-Pueblo
When the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Shootout pairings are released Saturday night, the Mesa State College women’s basketball team will find it will face Colorado State University-Pueblo for the third time in four weeks in the first round of the tournament next weekend.
The Mavericks (14-13, 12-7 RMAC) clinched the No. 4 seed with their victory over Western State on Thursday night. CSU-Pueblo (17-9, 11-7 RMAC) clinched the No. 5 seed with its victory over New Mexico Highlands on Friday night.
The ThunderWolves could finish with the same conference record as Mesa State, but the Mavericks hold the tiebreaker by virtue of winning the two regular season games.
Fort Lewis will be the No. 1 seed, Nebraska-Kearney is No. 2 and Metro State is No. 3.
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Mesa to find identity
Mesa State College baseball coach Chris Hanks would’ve loved to host No. 4 Cal State-Chico in its home opening series this weekend, but moving the series to Chico, Calif. isn’t so bad either.
The four-game series was changed to a three-game series and moved to Chico because of weather and field conditions in Grand Junction. The morning frost has melted, causing a wet, soft surface on baseball diamonds in town.
As a result, Hanks was left scrambling what to do. He could’ve opted to cancel the series. Instead, he chose with the help of Mesa State administration and Cal State-Chico, to move the series.
This will give Hanks a chance to see how his team will handle adversity, something a team is sure to face if it wants to reach its goals, he figures.
The Mavericks are on a 15-hour bus ride to Chico on Thursday.
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