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Tulsa Plays Marshall-Rice Winner in C-USA Tournament
3/7/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 7, 2009
2009 C-USA Men's Basketball Championship Bracket 
Irving, Texas - Tulsa completed the regular season on Saturday afternoon with a 60-50 win over Rice in Houston, Texas. The Hurricane enters this week's Conference USA Tournament as the No. 2 seed and will play on Thursday at 12 noon at Memphis' FedEx Forum.
Tulsa will play the winner of the Marshall-Rice match-up in the quarterfinals. The Marshall-Rice game will be played on Wednesday at 12 noon.
Tulsa finished the regular season with an overall 22-9 record and a 12-4 league mark. Marshall, the No. 7 seed, is 15-16 overall and 7-9 in C-USA, while No. 10 seed Rice has records of 9-21 overall and 4-12 in league play.
The Hurricane won both games against the Marshall Thundering Herd this season. Tulsa captured a 69-50 home victory on January 17th, and won by 16 points, 73-57, in early February in Huntington, WV. Tulsa's game on Saturday at Rice was the only meeting between the two teams this season.
Tulsa leads both series, including a 5-2 edge against Marshall, winning the last three contests. The Hurricane now has a 17-6 advantage in the Rice series.
Last year, Tulsa was the No. 6 seed and advanced to the championship finals after wins against East Carolina (66-49) and overtime wins over UAB (78-68) in the quarterfinals and 64-62 in a semifinal win over UTEP. Tulsa lost in the championship game to No. 1 seed and the No. 2-ranked team in the nation, Memphis.
C-USA Men's Basketball Championship FedEx Forum • Memphis, Tenn.Wednesday, March 11 (7) Marshall vs. (10) Rice, 12 noon (6) UCF vs. (11) Southern Miss, 2:30 pm (8) Tulane vs. (9) East Carolina, 6 pm (5) Houston vs. (12) SMU, 8:30 pm
Thursday, March 12 (2) Tulsa vs. Marshall/Rice winner (CSS), 12 noon (3) UAB vs. UCF/USM winner (CSS), 2:30 pm (1) Memphis vs. Tulane/ECU winner (CSS), 6 pm (4) UTEP vs. Houston/SMU winner (CSS), 8:30 pm
Friday, March 13 Semifinal No. 1 (CBS College Sports), 3 pm Semifinal No. 2 (CBS College Sports), 5:30 pm
Saturday, March 14 Championship Final (CBS), 10:35 am
