The Tide faces Auburn in Tuscaloosa next Tuesday on ESPN and then travels to Knoxville to

The Tide faces Auburn in Tuscaloosa next Tuesday on ESPN and then travels to Knoxville to play Tennessee on CBS a week from Saturday.If the Crimson Tide can win their final three games, they will be a prime candidate for the NIT.  And while it's one thing to play top-tier conference opponents once, it's an entirely different thing, and infinitely more difficult, to play them twice.So while Connecticut will play Pittsburgh twice this season, they will only play Marquette, Villanova, and Louisville (three of the top five teams in the conference) once. Delegates at the Reuters Funds Summit in Luxembourg saymajor regulatory reforms in the pipeline for bank capital andcredit rating agencies won't be replicated in the world's $18trillion mutual funds sector "A mutual fund has broadly done what it said on the tin. It would kill me.Sixty Feet, Six Inches is an Indianapolis based sports blog covering a wide range of sports.

Ryan Doumit, Pittsburgh Pirates: In 2008, Doumit proved that he can produce at an elite level. Yeah, 20 ppg, 7 rpg looks pretty good on a stat sheet but he really hasn't provided any "sting" for the hornets.Can’t really say “Snubs” since the lineup was a pretty deserved one but there were a number of surprise absentees:Steve NashCarmelo Anthony (no excuse for him not being on…definitely should have made it over DAVID WEST).Al Jefferson (not really “surprising” per se but…)The Utah Twins…Carlos “C-Bo” Boozer and Deron Williams (…obviously only the injuries kept these two BEASTS off the roster).KEVIN DURANT - if only this guy did not play for such a horrendous team but my God has this kid improved in terms of bball IQ and rebounding skills  BIG PROPS TO MR. He was a quarterback at Kent State and has been a graduate assistant for the Minnesota Gophers' football team as well as a wide receiver and defensive backs coach.Also tutoring the offense will be 32-year old Jay Rodgers, a former Iowa State wide receivers coach. All other trademarks mentioned in thisdocument are the property of their respective owners. "We forecast an active M&A market in Israel in 2009 as a result."The average acquisition size was $31 million in 2008, down 18 percent from 2007.Deals involving companies backed by Israeli venture capital totaled $1.5 billion, down 22 percent from 2007.For the first time since 2003 no initial public offerings were made by Israeli high-tech companies last year, reflecting the problematic global markets, IVC said.The two most significant M&A deals last year were in the life sciences sector which is considered part of the high-tech sector in Israel.Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ.N) Ethicon division acquired Omrix, a provider of bio-surgery and passive immunotherapy products, for $438 million in cash.U.S medical device and services company St. Devin Setoguchi got the secondary assist.But the Rangers answered again before the mid-point, as Ryan Callahan put home a Brandon Dubinsky rebound.From that point, the Sharks had to bite down defensively because the Rangers began to take over play. Cleveland Browns)The Browns are forced to go back to Derek Anderson at quarterback after the injury to Brady Quinn.  The Colts are nothing special in the facets of the game that effect a fantasy defense scoring points. They have sacked the quarterback only 16 times through 11 games and have only forced 17 turnovers.  They do give up just over 22 points a game which also puts them about middle of the road in points allowed as a defense. Two Matchups To AvoidDenver Broncos (vs.

The Dolphins schedule dictates their chances are pretty damn good. Going out, and winning one at home.You have to give him credit for trying to stay positive. The Lions had two 10 point leads over the Bears Sunday, but couldn’t keep up the offense in the second half as Detroit faded in a 27-23 loss to Chicago. Dan Orlovsky is improving big time as a quarterback and has gotten better every week. Littlesurveyed CXOs across all industry sectors to determine just how severelybusinesses have been affected by the liquidity crisis and resulting downturn sofar, and to ask how their spending and management priorities are shifting inresponse.