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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- On Selection Sunday last March, two of the biggest story lines involved the Syracuse Orange (in) and the Monmouth Hawks (out).Syracuse, a middle-of-the-pack Atlantic Coast Conference team, justified the NCAA Tournament selection committees decision to make the Orange a No. 10 seed by reaching the Final Four.Monmouth, meanwhile, received a No. 1 seed in the National Invitation Tournament and is back to the drawing board this season as the Hawks seek their first NCAA Tournament bid since 2006.In an early-season matchup that recalls the committees controversial decision, Monmouth (1-1) will visit 18th-ranked Syracuse (2-0) on Friday night in a Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational game at the Carrier Dome. The five-team, round-robin tournament also includes South Carolina, South Carolina State and Holy Cross.Syracuse thumped Holy Cross 90-46 Tuesday at the Dome after routing Colgate 83-55 to open the season.After defeating Drexel 78-65 in its opener Nov. 11, Monmouth overcame an 18-point deficit against South Carolina to send the game into overtime Tuesday before losing 70-69 on a buzzer-beater.Last season, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular-season champ Hawks became a mid-major media darling by playing 17 road games and 23 games away from home and beating Power Five teams Notre Dame, USC, Georgetown, UCLA and Rutgers. Ultimately, the selection committee couldnt ignore Monmouths eye-popping losses to Canisius, Army and Manhattan.Led by reigning MAAC Player of the Year Justin Robinson, Monmouth was selected to finish first in the MAAC this season in a poll of the leagues coaches.Against South Carolina, the Hawks trailed 40-22 before mounting a 27-8 run to briefly take the lead. In overtime, the Gamecocks Duane Notice blocked Robinsons layup with eight seconds left, and PJ Doziers 15-footer at the buzzer won it for South Carolina.We were in the right place, they got a lucky shot, Monmouth coach King Rice said immediately after the game. All you have to do is watch (South Carolinas) reaction. They knew they were in a big-time fight. Their kids are tired, they all hugged me and said, Man, coach, your guys. Whoo!While they struggled offensively for three-quarters of the game, the Hawks stayed close by making 23 of 27 foul shots and holding South Carolina to 33.8 percent shooting from the floor. Senior center Chris Brady recorded the second double-double of his career with 17 points and 10 rebounds.The Orange steamrolled Holy Cross behind a 13-for-25 shooting effort from 3-point range. Fifth-year graduate senior transfer Andrew White sank all four of his shots from beyond the arc and led Syracuse with 19 points.The Syracuse offense is directed by point guards Frank Howard and John Gillon, who have combined for 46 points, 27 assists and just five turnovers in two games.There is no answer if we are all hitting jumpers. and when you go to man-(to-man) you will get beaten that way, too, said Gillon, a fifth-year graduate senior transfer from Colorado State. With our depth, our smarts and our athleticism, it is really hard to stop us. Ronnie Lott Jersey . On Saturday night, the normally free throw-challenged centre did just that. 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Mitch Wishnowsky Youth Jersey . -- Derrick Rose shook off poor shooting early to hit clutch shots late and Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 104-95 preseason victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. BEREA, Ohio -- Robert Griffin III hopes to return this season for the Cleveland Browns, but said Wednesday its not anything that Im going to rush back into.Its more if the doctors say Im good and the trainers say Im good and my body feels good -- then that [returning] is the goal, Griffin said Wednesday, three days after he broke the coracoid bone in his left shoulder. Its not something where Im saying all bets are off, it doesnt matter what they say, Im going back out there.I just want to do the right thing and listen to what they have to say.Griffin, who had his left arm in a sling, will have the shoulder re-examined in three or four weeks. A determination will be made then on whether he needs surgery. He declined to discuss possibly having surgery.Im going to do everything they ask me to do and then well make the best decision whenever I get my retest and well go from there, Griffin said.He added that he is in it with these guys every step of the way.Griffin has been placed on injured reserve, and its possible the Browns could designate him to return. He wiill have to miss a minimum of eight games, meaning the earliest he could return would be Nov.dddddddddddd10 at Baltimore. Josh McCown steps in as the starter.Griffin was injured on a run late in a 29-10 season-opening loss in Philadelphia. He again said he was trying to run out of bounds when he was hit.I wasnt trying to run anybody over or make it a bravado moment, Griffin said. I was just trying to run out of bounds.Tight end Gary Barnidge had blocked Jalen Mills on the play, and Barnidge said he pushed him out of bounds. At that point, Barnidge said he could not hit Mills again because he was out of bounds. Griffin arrived as Mills was stepping back on the field and the two collided.I dont think it was necessarily a dirty play, Griffin said. I think it was something unfortunate that happened. If you watch my reaction, I was as surprised as anybody else.Griffin summed up his feelings in four words.It sucks, he said. Its football. ' ' '