Golden Grizzlies Report: Notes, Quotes

--Oakland equaled its Summit League records for wins (17) and winning percentage (.944).

--There's still a slim chance, if the Grizzlies get upended in the conference tournament, that they might get an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament. Oakland was 61st in the RPI through all games played Feb. 26.

--Oakland and Southern Utah, who concluded the regularseasons against one another on Feb. 26, will play again in the quarterfinals of the Summit League tournament. The Thunderbirds put up quite a fight in the second half, trading jumpers, dunks and physical fouls.

BY THE NUMBERS
0 -- The number of Division I teams that clinched a conference regular-season championship before Oakland. The Golden Grizzlies became the first D-I team to do so, capturing the title with a Feb. 17 victory over North Dakota State.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"I'd prefer not to play them again. They worry the hell out of me." -- Coach Greg Kampe, to the St. George (Utah) Daily Spectrum, on facing Southern Utah again in the Summit League tournament quarterfinals.

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