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A Look at Dangerous Mid-Majors

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1. Murray State: 9-0 Ohio Valley Conference (21-0 overall)

Notable nonconference results: Beat Southern Miss (2 OT), beat Dayton, won at Memphis.

Most likely league loss: Feb. 15 at Southeast Missouri State. The Racers play the Redhawks at home Thursday night as well. Their overall perfect record will face its stiffest challenge on Feb. 18, when they play Saint Mary's at home as part of ESPN's BracketBusters series.

At-large prospects if they finish perfect: Certain. It would require an epic collapse and an early exit from the OVC tourney for the Racers to be out of the at-large picture in six weeks. Even if they lose in the tourney, the only suspense will be where they're seeded.

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