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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial">Tues., 
                  Oct. 26, 2004</span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp; OLATE, 
                  Kan. – The University of Saint Francis will open its season on 
                  Nov. 5 rated No. 22 in the NAIA Men’s Basketball Top 25 
                  preseason ratings, which were released on Tuesday.</span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp; The 
                  Cougars, who finished No. 23 in the final 2003-04 NAIA 
                  Division II ratings before advancing to the Mid-Central 
                  Conference Tournament championship game, will open their 
                  32-game season at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5, against U.</span><span style="font-family: Arial"> 
                  of </span><span style="font-family: Arial">Michigan-Dearborn 
                  in the Fort Wayne Orthopaedics / Luxbury Tournament&nbsp; at 
                  Hutzell </span><span style="font-family: Arial">Athletic</span><span style="font-family: Arial"> 
                  Center on the USF campus.</span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp; USF 
                  men’s coach Jeff Rekeweg, who will enter his ninth season at 
                  USF with the most wins of any coach in the 41-year history of 
                  the program, welcomes 10 letter winners and five starters from 
                  a 2003-04 team that finished 20-15 and Mid-Central Conference 
                  Tournament runner-up. The Cougars were picked to finish third 
                  in the MCC in 2004-05 in the coaches preseason poll.</span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp; Along 
                  with the Mid-Central Conference 16-game meat-grinder that 
                  includes two games against NAIA No. 3 Huntington, No. 10 
                  Marian and Taylor (No. 18 in the final 2004 poll), the 2004-05 
                  USF schedule includes three members of the Wolverine-Hoosier 
                  Athletic Conference that are ranked -- cross-town rival 
                  Indiana Tech (No. 8), Siena Heights (No. 13), and Cornerstone 
                  (No. 17). </span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp; USF 
                  also plays at Cedarville (No. 4), always tough College of the 
                  Ozarks, and has the opportunity to play perennial power Embry 
                  Riddle (No. 7) in early January in a holiday tournament in 
                  Florida.</span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp; 
                  Cornerstone, Ozarks</span><span style="font-family: Arial">,
                  </span><span style="font-family: Arial">Indiana Tech, 
                  Huntington, </span><span style="font-family: Arial">Taylor</span><span style="font-family: Arial">, 
                  Marian and Siena </span><span style="font-family: Arial">
                  Heights</span><span style="font-family: Arial"> all played in 
                  the 2004 NAIA National Championship Tournament. Cedarville 
                  advanced to the sweet 16 losing to eventual champion Oregon 
                  Tech 83-78. Cornerstone, </span>
                  <span style="font-family: Arial">Huntington, Marian and Siena</span><span style="font-family: Arial">
                  </span><span style="font-family: Arial">Heights advanced to 
                  the second round in 2004. </span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp; USF 
                  opens MCC play at Hutzell </span>
                  <span style="font-family: Arial">Athletic</span><span style="font-family: Arial"> 
                  Center against Goshen on Tues., Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. The addition 
                  of Spring Arbor (MI) to the MCC necessitates starting the 
                  season earlier than in previous recent seasons.</span></p>
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