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Post by clifflee4mvp™ on Mar 8, 2010 17:03:15 GMT -6
William & Mary vs. Old Dominion, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN: Who's ready for their close up? William & Mary and Old Dominion will play for the CAA Championship in Richmond, Va., tonight, a game that will be broadcast is as primetime a college hoops spot as possible. For many of you, it will be your first glimpse of two CAA teams on the court at the same time all year. What better time to study up than now? In that spirit, here's three important things to know about tonight's game. Impress your friends, or something:
1. William & Mary has beaten every CAA team at least once in 2009-10 ... except for Old Dominion. The Monarchs beat the Tribe (let's take a second and appreciate just how awesome each of these teams' nicknames are, because they are awesome) twice this year, the first a three-point squeaker at William & Mary, the second a 19-point blowout at ODU.
2. Old Dominion is far and away the more efficient team: The Monarchs are ranked No. 34 in Ken Pomeroy's adjusted efficiency rating, a full 80 spots ahead of William & Mary. Besides being the best offensive rebounding team per possession in the country (eat your heart out, West Virginia), the Monarchs make their bones on defense, where they're No. 18 in the nation, and where they hold opponents to 30.1 percent shooting from three. This is bad news for William & Mary, who rank fourth in the country in their ratio of 3-point attempts to field goal attempts; the Tribe shoot a tremendous amount of 3-point attempts, and if ODU can close out on shooters well, it could be a tough offensive night for the underdog.
3. And what underdogs they are. Per ESPN researcher Jeremy Lundblad: "Since the advent of major college basketball -- or what we now call Division I -- in 1947-48, many teams have come and some have left D-I. However, only five have been playing major college basketball that whole time and never made the NCAA tournament. Northwestern, Army, William & Mary, Saint Francis (NY) and The Citadel were all part of the original 160 teams in D-I, but they were a collective 0-310 in trying to make the NCAA tournament entering this season." That number is now 0-313, as the Citadel, Army, and St. Francis have all bowed out of their respective conference tournaments. That leaves William & Mary fighting for their first NCAA tournament bid in history, a record that spans not only their own misfortunes but the misfortunes of several other clubs. Can the streak be broken? It'll be fun to find out.
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Post by clifflee4mvp™ on Mar 8, 2010 18:10:41 GMT -6
sean just made a sweet and-1 layup. He's headed to the line after the break. It's back and forth early. Should be a good game. It's tied at 7 with 16 minutes left in the first half
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Post by Dale on Mar 8, 2010 19:01:40 GMT -6
Thanks Matt
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Post by Buaman22 on Mar 8, 2010 23:46:00 GMT -6
He's the kid from the mean streets of Jersey right? Wish he'd had the talent to match the attitude, would've been a good SEC player
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Post by kickinfamily on Mar 17, 2010 8:59:30 GMT -6
Man, I didn't think he had any eligibility left for some reason... Nice to see him doing well...
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Post by Dale on Mar 17, 2010 9:10:16 GMT -6
They lost to North Carolina in the NIT last night.
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Post by kickinfamily on Mar 17, 2010 9:12:03 GMT -6
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