The Trojans lost their final three games, including a defeat in their first game of the Pac-12 tournament.
Either way, as it had been in their first game against Poland, Greece's first-half luck was completely out.
Michael Smith scored a hat-trick as Accrington Stanley beat Gillingham in their first game without John Coleman in charge for 13 years.
In their first game since falling in double overtime Sunday at Boston, the Heat made sure this would be a much easier night.
Having fought back from a goal down and with only 10 men in their first game against Poland, Greece looked set to stage another second-half revival.
In 2006, Beckham suffered an Achilles injury during England's World Cup quarter-final defeat by Portugal but recovered in time to play for Real Madrid in their first game of the Spanish season eight weeks later.
"We knew before the game it was going to be tough - we warned the players and warned the people, " added McClaren, whose side drew at home to Brazil in their first game at Wembley on Friday.
New York was led then by newcomers Ryane Clowe, Derick Brassard and John Moore, who combined for eight points in their first game with New York after being picked up just hours earlier at the trade deadline.
As you may have seen elsewhere, the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association has asked its members, in their first game of the season, to show support for former Ohio State head football coach Jim Tressel by wearing a shirt and tie.
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Given how much the Rangers have struggled to score in this postseason they scored four times in their first game and haven't scored as often in any of their subsequent 15 games the notion that a coach would help his team rally by not playing his top offensive player seems counterintuitive at best.
After comfortably beating Morgan's Rovers 32-10 in their first home game of the season back in February, Wigan clinched the League Leaders' Shield when they won 38-18 at Craven Park on the penultimate weekend of the season.
Jerian Grant, Jerami's brother, finished with 15 points to lead the Irish in their first college game against one another.
Substitute Shaun Batt struck a sensational 25-yard equaliser to earn a draw for rock-bottom Posh, who were playing in their first home game since Cooper succeeded Darren Ferguson.
Imagine a stadium full of grown men and women brought to tears when The Saints blocked a punt against the Falcons and ran it back for a touchdown in their first home game since Hurricane Katrina.
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Throughout the night, Brooklyn implored fans to dress all in black as part of their "Blackout in Brooklyn" theme when they host their first playoff game in the borough.
This was the first meeting between the teams since the Devils eliminated the Panthers in double overtime in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series last season.
The Rangers tied the NHL record for largest margin of victory by a road team in a Game 7, and posted their first Game 7 shutout, too.
Both teams wrapped up their first-round series Friday night, the Knicks' victory in Game 6 in Boston giving them their first series victory in 13 years and sending them on to face a familiar postseason foe in Indiana, which ousted Atlanta.
England dominated in the scrum but were poor in the rest of their game, especially in a woeful first-half performance at Subiaco Oval.
They won their first game in 70 days and only the second time this season.
Their first game in the new arena is scheduled for later this month.
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But then they also lost their first game in the championships in England four years ago and went all the way to the final before losing to Germany at Wembley.
"We will have a tough first game in their stadium before bringing them to the Bernabeu but let's see if we can all do enough to get through to that final, " he added.
We've had a great buzz, and the guys were very enthusiastic, but for nine of the guys it was their first game in a while, so to get away with the win was important.
In their first-ever NCAA tournament game on Friday, the 15th-seeded Eagles busted brackets everywhere with a win over Georgetown, a game in which they took control with a 21-2 run in the second half.
England secured their place in the final with a 146-run victory over West Indies on Tuesday, although they were beaten by Australia - their first defeat in 17 matches - in their final group game.
The Memphis Grizzlies beat up the Oklahoma City Thunder the day before on the road in the first game of their series just 36 hours after taking down the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs in six games.
Brendan Shanahan, whose position as the league's director of player safety isn't to be confused with Valentine's old job, apparently had seen enough by the time the Phoenix Coyotes' Raffi Torres leveled the Chicago Blackhawks' Marian Hossa with a hit to the head in the third game of their first-round playoff series.
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