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Texas -San Antonio defeats UC-Irvine 66-56 Eds: APNewsNow. Texas-San Antonio 66, California -Irvine 56.

Posted on Nov 16, 2009 by Scott Dochterman . Iowa's men's basketball team dropped its first home opener in 47 years Sunday night in aA 62-50 loss to Texas-San Antonio.

East Central placed four players in double figures, but it wasn't enough as NCAA Division I Texas San-Antonio received a combined nine 3-pointers from its top two scorers and held a 52-25 rebounding advantage to beat the Tigers 103-80 Wednesday night at the Convocation Center in ECU's final exhibition.

After hitting four 3-pointers in his first college basketball game, UTSA freshman guard Melvin Johnson III can no longer be considered a secret weapon.

Posted on Nov 16, 2009 by Scott Dochterman . Todd Lickliter Todd Lickliter has preached defense in his three seasons as Iowa's men's basketball coach.

The Hawkeyes have a brutal schedule awaiting them during the 2009-10 season. So Iowa has to take every opportunity like the one it has today in its season-opener against Texas-San Antonio at 5:05 p.m. 'I think we've come a long way since we started in September,' sophomore Anthony Tucker said.

Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, Rasheed Wallace, even former Spurs favorite Malik Rose - Philadelphia's fraternity of professional basketball players is deep and distinguished.

But now his basketball coach believes Gibson has added some Peyton Manning to his game.

Yes, I know, the headline might mislead you to believe that ESPN.com has created a new fantasy game, which revolves around college basketball.

Conference tournaments are rife with dark horses and Texas-San Antonio nearly crossed the SLC finish line in a gallop last season.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Freshman SG Melvin Johnson III should fit in well after scoring 23.0 points per game at Humble Christian Life, a high-powered fifth-year prep program.

Texas-San Antonio again plays at Iowa to open the season, a game that will be televised on ESPNU.