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Norris Cole
ODU-Cleveland State a tournament-worthy matchup

Kent Bazemore is focused on the task at hand: winning a basketball game. Flotsam and jetsam not directly related to that goal, like RPI numbers, aren't spared much thought. "To be honest, I don't even know how they come up with that stuff," said Bazemore, Old Dominion's junior guard. "I just come to play every night." Bazemore and the Monarchs want to come to play Sunday, when they take on Cleveland State in a BracketBuster game televised on ESPN2. The matchup features two on-the-rise mid-major teams who have had recent NCAA tournament success (ODU beat Notre Dame in the first round of the Big Dance last year; the Vikings upended Wake Forest in the...