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The Siena men's basketball team is getting any help from the schedule makers.

The Saints, who have lost four in a row, take on the Bonnies this evening, in Olean.

It is Siena coach Mitch Buonaguro's 59th birthday and the game is on national television, on NBC Sports Network. The game is a 9 p.m. tip.

Here is a link to my game preview. The game is the third in a four-game series and is for the Franciscan Cup, which has been won the past two years by St. Bonaventure.

Also, to add insult to injury, Yahoo! Sports writer Jeff Eisenberg has Siena as one of his early season disappointments.