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		<title>Sit Down with Sydney (Stag-sanity)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William S. Paxton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s chat with Fairfield men&#8217;s basketball coach Sydney Johnson includes the Stags&#8217; final two regular-season games, positioning for the postseason, why the Stags are so good on defense, Dez Wade&#8217;s status (I bet he plays Friday) and Linsanity.]]></description>
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		<title>Stags, Pioneers make postseason pushes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William S. Paxton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the final week of the regular season ahead of them, the Fairfield men and the Sacred Heart women are fighting for postseason positioning, with the top seed in the MAAC and NEC, respectively, still a possibility. FAIRFIELD MEN: The Stags (17-11, 12-4 NEC) have two road games left at first-place Iona (22-6, 13-3) on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sit Down with Sydney (The stretch run)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William S. Paxton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s conversation with Fairfield men&#8217;s basketball coach Sydney Johnson covers the win over Loyola, closing out the MAAC regular season and positioning for the tournament, Saturday&#8217;s BracketBuster game with UW-Milwaukee and Desmond Wade&#8217;s healthy. (Pardon my voice in the interview as I try to recover from a cold now after a bout with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breakfast with the Stags (contenders again?)</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/paxton/2012/02/10/breakfast-with-the-stags-contenders-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William S. Paxton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Stags got off to a good start on a critical week by beating Manhattan at home 60-54. However, they can&#8217;t enjoy the win very long with a rematch against Loyola, Md. set for Sunday on the road &#8211; especially if the Stags lose guard Dez Wade (hamstring) for an extended period of time. HE&#8217;S [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stags Live vs. Manhattan</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/paxton/2012/02/09/stags-live-vs-manhattan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William S. Paxton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manhattan at Fairfield]]></description>
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		<title>Sit Down with Sydney (Winning does wonders)</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/paxton/2012/02/06/sit-down-with-sydney-winning-does-wonders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William S. Paxton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s chat with Fairfield coach Sydney Johnson includes improvements on offense, what&#8217;s going on with Ryan Olander, how quickly the season has gone and just how awesome Rakim Sanders can be at times.]]></description>
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		<title>Breakfast with the Stags (Streaking Stags)</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/paxton/2012/02/05/breakfast-with-the-stags-streaking-stags/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William S. Paxton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Stags extended their win streak to three games with a 64-56 victory over Siena on Sunday at the Webster Bank Arena. Next up for Fairfield (13-10, 8-4 MAAC) is a rematch with Manhattan at 7:30 Thursday night at the WBA. Here are some notes and quotes from Sunday&#8217;s game: REMAIN CALM, ALL IS WELL: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Siena vs. Fairfield live chat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William S. Paxton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Siena at Fairfield]]></description>
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		<title>Stags juggle schedule</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/paxton/2012/02/02/stags-juggle-schedule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William S. Paxton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few changes were made Thursday to the Fairfield men&#8217;s basketball schedule. The Stags will play at Marist at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20 in a rescheduled game from Jan. 22. Three people, including two Marist students, were killed in an off-campus fire on Jan. 21 which prompted the schools to postpone the game. Also, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mihalich still confident in Stags</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/paxton/2012/01/31/mihalich-still-confident-in-stags/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William S. Paxton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few notebook items off Tuesday&#8217;s MAAC teleconference: HIGH REGARD: The Fairfield Stags might be 6-4 in the MAAC and alone in fourth place, but Friday&#8217;s opponent at Webster Bank Arena &#8211; the Niagara Purple Eagles &#8211; are not taking them lightly. &#8220;Everybody is a little surprised,&#8221; Niagara coach Joe Mihalich said.  &#8220;But they have [...]]]></description>
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