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Memphis gets its swerve on

By Kieran Darcy
Page 2

Friday, December 30, 2005

Conference play is about heat up, and everyone is wondering how the nation's top teams will fare once they begin facing conference foes on a regular basis. But let's take a little different approach: I took a look back to see which major-conference teams had the worst pre-conference season. I picked one team from each of the big six conferences (ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-10, SEC). ACC: Virginia (5-4) Bad losses: Fordham, Arizona (by 30) Best win: Northwestern Big 12: Missouri (5- ...

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