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• Perez Arau wins 400 IM at Mizzou Invitational; Beaupre 3rd in 1m

  And she did it by blowout.

  Tonight, Sonia Perez Arau swam the 400 Individual Medley final in 4:12.95, a fat 6.37 seconds faster than second place Dani Spradlin from Missouri, for FIU's second win in an individual event. Johanna Gustafsdottir won the 200 IM Thursday.

  Junior Sabrina Beaupre scored 263.85 to finish third behind [...]

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• Dealing with the big & the bad wolves; swimmer stuff

  This hasn't been a week for rote predictability for basketball games in South Florida. Not in Coral Gables, on the edge of Biscayne Bay or Thursday night at The Branch.

  The FIU women opened with what looked like an undercard tuneup: 0-5 Arkansas State. And it's not as if the [...]

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• Yup -- it's FAU & Middle

   

  Multiple reports are saying what I projected last night by crossing some streams -- Conference USA will invite FAU and Middle Tennessee State to join the conference in 2014.

  This not only means the Shula Bowl revives after a year in suspended animation, but FIU breathes a sigh of relief [...]

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• FIU wants FAU to join Conference USA

  FIU athletic director Pete Garcia said Wednesday morning that he and president Mark Rosenberg are lobbying Conference USA to invite FAU to join in 2014.

  FIU's motivation is obvious. Why it wouldn't be a surprise if Conference USA warmed to the idea was detailed in my last post. And the [...]

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• What next for Conference USA?

  Tuesday, Conference USA commissioner Britt Barnowsky issued a statement on Tulane and East Carolina leaving for the Big East:

  “We thank East Carolina and charter member Tulane for all their contributions to the league and wish them well. These are unprecedented times in higher education. Notwithstanding the changes, we are [...]

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• Coley Sun Belt POW; Conferences & Malls

  Junior guard Jerica Coley put up 31 points on Iowa Friday, finishing with a floor-length drive to a buzzer beater, and 25 points in a 76-69 loss to LSU Sunday. Over the two games, Coley garnered 15 rebounds, six steals, six assists and a blocked shot.

  So, Coley got the fifth Sun [...]

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• Basketball Jones; TY & History

  The women ballers fell to LSU Sunday, 76-69, in the championship game of the FIU Thanksgiving Classic, but the weekend transitioned the seasons from football/volleyball to basketball. The former seasons ended. The latter seasons get some home action this week with doubleheaders at The Branch against Arkansas State and South [...]

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• A few thoughts from ULM 23, FIU 17 (OT)

  That figured.

  When E.J. Hilliard painted a rainbow that Willis Wright ran under – past a startlingly stationary ULM secondary that looked bewildered to be back on the field – for a 58-yard game-tying touchdown with 14 seconds left after a Victory Formation Fumble, I thought of the great call from [...]

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• Gameday XII: FIU vs. Louisiana-Monroe

  This is simple: if FIU quarterback Jake Medlock plays, he gets into a shoot out with ULM's Kolton Browning, who has about 8,000 yards of total offense against FIU over the previous two games. OK, maybe I exaggerated by a zero and change and Browning's mobility could still be limited by that ankle. [...]

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• Breaking down how FIU broke Iowa down

  How did that happen?

  How did an FIU team that got destroyed by Florida Gulf Coast and beaten by Western Kentucky just walk down Iowa, 66-65, which has 11 postseason tournament appearances in 12 seasons under coach Lisa Bluder and five straight NCAA berths? Bluder [...]

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