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Men’s Basketball Preview

George Washington (13-13, 7-6 Atlantic 10)
Fordham (13-13, 6-8 A-10)

Saturday, Feb. 26, 2 p.m.
Rose Hill Gym (3,470)
Bronx, N.Y.
TV: A-10 TV
Radio: WAGE 1200 AM (available on Internet at Broadcast.com)
Campus Radio: WRGW 540 AM (available on GWTV Channel 22; available on Internet at www.gwradio.com)
Rankings: Fordham is ranked 97th in the unofficial Ratings Percentage Index (Strength of Schedule is 40th); GW is 112th in the RPI (SOS is 83rd)
Standings: Fordham is fifth in the East; GW is tied with Xavier for second in the West
Rams’ last game: Fordham won 89-88 at Duquesne Wednesday night
Fordham at Rose Hill in 1999-2000: 6-4 (4-3 A-10)
GW on the road in 1999-2000: 2-8 (1-5 A-10)
All-time series: GW leads 7-3 (1914-present)
All-time series at Rose Hill: GW leads 2-1
Last meeting: GW won 76-63 at the Smith Center (Jan. 1999)
Last meeting at Rose Hill: GW won 71-65 (Jan. 1998)
Series streaks: GW has won last five dating back to 1970 and last two at Rose Hill
Rams’ leading scorer: Junior guard Bevon Robin (15.6 points per game)
Rams’ coach: Bob Hill (first year)
Tom Penders vs. Fordham: 3-3
Fordham notes: Founded in 1841; enrollment of 6,344; a Jesuit-Catholic university; fourth year in the A-10; Tom Penders coached at Fordham from 1978-1986; Rose Hill, built in 1925, is the oldest gym still in use in Div. I; at home in 1999-2000, Fordham has beaten Dayton and St. Bonaventure; Coach Bob Hill has never been a college head coach before but was coach of the New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers and the San Antonio Spurs; Fordham’s second leading scorer, Jason Harris, is ill and may not play; game is Fordham’s home finale; Fordham has not beaten GW since 1969; Penders: Fordham’s a tough little building. I know `cause I coached there.

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