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My ballot for this week’s Sports Network poll:
1. Villanova
2. Southern Illinois
3. Richmond
4. Montana
5. William & Mary
6. McNeese St.
7. Appalachian St.
8. New Hampshire
9. South Carolina St.
10. South Dakota St.
11. Northern Iowa
12. Eastern Illinois
13. Liberty
14. Holy Cross
15. Eastern Washington
16. Stephen F. Austin
17. Elon
18. Jacksonville St.
19. Lafayette
20. Montana St.
21. Weber St.
22. Prairie View A&M
23. Pennsylvania
24. Colgate
25. James Madison

—I’ll be back later this evening with the usual Tuesday press conference notes. No basketball blog post today.

—One basketball note, though. Here’s my ballot for this week’s AP Top 25, which is completely unchanged from my preseason vote, seeing as none of these teams lost a game last week:

1. Kansas
2. Michigan State
3. Texas
4. Villanova
5. Purdue
6. North Carolina
7. Kentucky
8. West Virginia
9. Duke
10. Tennessee
11. Michigan
12. Butler
13. California
14. Washington
15. Minnesota
16. Connecticut
17. Maryland
18. Ohio State
19. Dayton
20. Boston College
21. Siena
22. Florida State
23. Clemson
24. Oklahoma
25. Tulsa

The Stony Brook scouting report:

STONY BROOK
LOCATION: Stony Brook, N.Y.
ENROLLMENT: 23,997
FOUNDED: 1957
NICKNAME: Seawolves
COLORS: Red, Blue and Grey
CONFERENCE: Big South
STADIUM: LaValle Stadium (8,136)
SURFACE: FieldTurf

HEAD COACH: Chuck Priore (Albany, ‘82)
RECORD: 60-31 overall; 21-22 at SBU, fourth year

2008 RECORD: 5-6 (3-2 Big South)
POSTSEASON: None
2009 RECORD: 5-5 (4-1 Big South)
OFFENSIVE FORMATION: Multiple
DEFENSIVE FORMATION: 3-4
LETTERMAN RETURNING/LOST: 40/21
STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 15/7
OFFENSIVE/DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING: 7/8

2009 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (5-5)
September
5….....at Hofstra…............................L, 17-10
12…...at Colgate…...........................L, 23-13
19…...BROWN….............................W, 21-20
26…...at Massachusetts…................L, 44-17
October
3….....PRESBYTERIAN….................W, 52-14
10…...at North Dakota…....................L, 31-24
17…...at VMI….................................W, 27-20
24…...COASTAL CAROLINA…..........W, 16-10
31…...at Gardner-Webb…..................W, 24-14
November
14…...at Charleston Southern…..........L, 30-27 (OT)
21…...LIBERTY…..............................1 p.m.

2008 RESULTS
August
30…...COLGATE….............................W, 42-26
September
6…....ELON….....................................L, 30-20
13…..at Maine….................................L, 28-13
20…..at Brown….................................L, 17-7
27…..HOFSTRA…..............................L, 43-3
October
11…..at Liberty….................................L, 33-0
18…..CHARLESTON SOUTHERN…......W, 20-19
25…..at Coastal Carolina…...................W, 28-24
November
1…....GARDNER-WEBB…....................L, 34-33
8…....at Iona….....................................W, 68-9
15…..VMI…..........................................W, 40-26

PLAYERS TO WATCH

QB MICHAEL COULTER
Photo credit: Stony Brook University

Coulter has given the Seawolves’ passing game some bite this season. He’s econd in the Big South with 1,903 yards, has thrown 14 touchdowns and has tossed 10 interceptions.

RB EDWIN GOWINS
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Gowins broke out with a season-high 177 yards last week at Charleston Southern, and the sophomore enters Saturday’s game ranked second in the Big South with 725 yards. His teammate, senior Conte Cuttino, is third in the league with 711 rush yards.

LB TYLER SANTUCCI
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Santucci is third in the Big South with 86 tackles and has two sacks.