Time and time again throughout this basketball season, both UL coach Robert Lee and Florida Atlantic coach Mike Jarvis looked on the court only to find a shell of the teams they expected to have. During some stretches, injuries and health issues forced their best players to watch from the bench.

Here's the difference: While Lee's team is healthy again, Jarvis is down to only eight available scholarship players going into tonight's Sun Belt contest between the two programs in Boca Raton, Fla.

Both sides are struggling mightily amid the adversity.

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Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • January 31, 2009