Show Bruins rUins I own U Not 0 Out U J w r Nate Wilcox Contributing Writer Mens Men's basketball team dropped 4 positions in the National Junior College Athletic Association polls following their loss Saturday Night against the College of Southern Idaho The defeat drops the Bruins to 17 in the country and their conference conference conference con con- ference record to 4 2 leaving them in a tie with Snow College I J for second place in the South SouthWest SouthWest SouthWest West Athletic Conference Unfortunately the first place team happens to be the undefeated ed squad from The loss also marks the second second second sec sec- ond straight defeat for the Bruins in conference play However all of the remaining twelve regular season games are against conference opponents First up on the remaining schedule is Snow College who handed the Bruins a crushing 78 63 defeat down in Ephraim Utah less than two weeks ago They are scheduled to play at on the 28 and 29 of January meaning that the Bruins could potentially take a two game leap over their divisional rival in one weekend Look for freshman guard Bret Rubin to try and make amends for his horrid 1 for 12 shooting in the Bruins recent 15 point loss lossin lossin lossin in last game against Snow jih J La ad r t 1 I Ill l 1 A H I J II III JU j Following Snow will face 4 14 Dixie State College The Bruins will be headed down south to take them on twice over the weekend of February 4 If can pull out two more victories in St. St George they could be on their way to a possible possible possible ble six-game six winning streak Their following opponent happens happens happens hap hap- pens to be the dweller cellar-dweller of the otherwise known as Colorado Northwestern College who is 2 14 overall 6 0 in conference conference conference con con- ference play In the teams previous meeting dominated in a 51 victory Once the Bruins make their way back to Salt Lake City from Rangely Colorado look for their for their focus to immediately shift to the upcoming two games against If the Bruins can pull out a couple victories against the division division division divi divi- sion leader they will put themselves themselves themselves them them- selves back into position to take takeover over first r lace l n th the V A P 1 L ASS All No matter their conference conference conference confer confer- ence position at the end of the regular season the Bruins can still earn a bid to the national tournament by winning the Region 18 Tournament The Region 18 tournament tournament touma- touma ment will be held at the home court of the regular season conference winner winner winner win win- ner from March 9 All students get into any campus anyon-campus campus on-campus athletic athletic athletic ath ath- letic event free of charge with a valid ill ID The next home game for the Bruins is January 28 2005 at pm Games and prizes provided provided provided pro pro- vided by Salt Lake City Credit Union will be available to families and individuals Dont Don't miss the Lady Bruins either they play playon on the same day two hours before the men tip- tip off |