assists. ... The Pistons went 8 of 13 from 3-point range.WEARING D

(STATS) -- Whos in, whos out?Eight teams have distinguished themselves for seeds and first-round byes in the 24-team FCS playoffs. But plenty of teams will be on edge leading into the ESPNU selection show on Sunday (11 a.m. ET).After having five teams in the field each of the past two seasons, it would be bizarre for the Missouri Valley Football Conference if three other conferences -- the Big Sky Conference, CAA Football and Southern Conference -- have more teams. Its possible if at-large hopeful Illinois States bubble is burst.On an odd final full weekend of the regular season, so many teams in contention for an at-large bid lost their game, including Liberty, Maine, Montana, Northern Colorado, Northern Iowa, Samford and Western Illinois.So there are a good seven teams in contention for the final spots. Well go Maine, New Hampshire, Samford and Weber State over Illinois State, Fordham and Southeastern Louisiana.---=PROJECTED BIDS BY CONFERENCE*- automatic qualifierBig Sky (4): Cal Poly (7-4), *Eastern Washington (10-1), North Dakota (9-2), Weber State (7-4)Big South (1): *Charleston Southern (7-3)CAA (5): Albany (7-4), *James Madison (10-1), New Hampshire (7-4), Richmond (8-3), Villanova (8-3)MEAC (1): North Carolina A&T (9-2)Missouri Valley (3): North Dakota State (10-1), *South Dakota State (8-3), Youngstown State (8-3)NEC (1): *Saint Francis (7-4)OVC (1): *Jacksonville State (10-1)Patriot (1): *Lehigh (9-2)Pioneer (1): *San Diego (9-1)Southern (4): Chattanooga (9-2), Samford (7-4), *The Citadel (10-1), Wofford (8-3)Southland (2): *Sam Houston State (11-0), Central Arkansas (9-2)---=STATS PROJECTED PAIRINGSTop 8 seeds have first-round byesSan Diego-Weber State winner at No. 1 seed North Dakota StateSaint Francis-Villanova winner at No. 8 seed North DakotaSamford-Richmond winner at No. 5 seed Sam Houston StateChattanooga-North Carolina A&T winner at No. 4 seed James MadisonLehigh-New Hampshire winner at No. 7 seed South Dakota StateAlbany-Youngstown State winner at No. 2 seed Eastern WashingtonCal Poly-Central Arkansas winner at No. 3 seed Jacksonville StateCharleston Southern-Wofford winner at No. 6 seed The Citadel Custom Toronto Blue Jays Jerseys . -- Teemu Selanne scored the first goal of his 22nd NHL season, and the Anaheim Ducks extended the best start in franchise history with their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. 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Detroit closed the game with eight straight points, and the Knicks didnt score after Derrick Roses bank shot with 5:40 remaining.I thought our offense in the first half was excellent, Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said. Defensively, I thought we finished the game real well.The Pistons have won three in a row -- all by double digits -- since dropping their season opener. They held New York to 10 points in the fourth quarter.Carmelo Anthony scored 24 points for the Knicks, and Rose added 19.Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 19 points for Detroit, and Andre Drummond had nine points and 13 rebounds.Its been an encouraging start for Detroit, which has been playing without injured point guard Reggie Jackson. The Pistons shot 55 percent from the field in a smoothly played first half, and Detroit was up 64-55 after two quarters.I have been very amazed about how we move the ball, Caldwell-Pope said. Everybody is getting equal shots. Nobody is being selfish. We are being a little too unselfish, but thats good.The offenses bogged down in the second half, and the Knicks had chances to close the gap in the fourth quarter. Down 94-89, New Yorks Lance Thomas missed from the perimeter. Morris made two free throws at the other end with 3:22 remaining.A 3-pointer by Caldwell-Pope put the Pistons up by 10, and Harris added a three-point play with 1:11 left.It just didnt go down tonight, Rose said. When the shots arent falling, we have to depend on our defense even more. We have to play tthe type of game where if were having a hard time scoring, youre definitely going to have a hard time scoring.dddddddddddd Thats the mentality and culture were trying to build.TIP-INSKnicks: Joakim Noah had only two points, but he contributed eight assists and 11 rebounds. ... Former Detroit G Brandon Jennings scored 12 points for the Knicks.Pistons: Detroit outscored the Knicks 50-32 in the paint. ... Harris had 10 rebounds. ... Ish Smith, starting in place of Jackson (knee), had 10 points and eight assists. ... The Pistons went 8 of 13 from 3-point range.WEARING DOWN?Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek said his teams stamina may have played a role in the offensive struggles late.Were not in the kind of condition that we need to be to play offense and defense for 48 minutes, Hornacek said. It looked like we did get a little tired and thats going to affect the shooting.STICKY FINGERSThe Knicks had only three turnovers in the first half, and the Pistons had only two. That was a big reason the game was so high-scoring early. New York finished with 12 turnovers and Detroit had 11.REPLACEMENTSVan Gundy wasnt totally buying the idea that the Pistons have had no problems without Jackson. Smith and Beno Udrih were a combined 8 of 23.I think anybody in the league would tell you that were playing well, but Reggies just a really difficult guy to guard in the pick-and-roll. So we miss him, and thats taking nothing away from Ish and Beno.UP NEXTKnicks: Host Houston on Wednesday night.Pistons: Detroit heads to New York as well. The Pistons face Brooklyn on Wednesday night.---Follow Noah Trister at www.Twitter.com/noahtrister ' ' '