Tonight’s VCU at Hofstra game is our first real live biggie of the year. (7pm tip on ESPNU). Here’s why: both teams sit at 2-3 in conference, and we established that 12 wins is likely the magic number for a Friday Bye this year. The team that loses this one faces the challenge of a [...]

VCU at Hofstra tips tonight on ESPNU. More on the game later, which will most likely not feature the first college game for Hofstra’s Brad Kelleher. Here’s why. *** Who monitors the NCAA? What happens if a school or conference has a beef with due process, a decision, or an inattention to the blatantly unfair? [...]

Thanks to Chris Kowalczyk of the VCU Around the Horns blog, we get this gem from Monte Ross. It’s post game after Delaware lost to VCU, and Ross drops gems on you like “Stevie Wonder is our shooting coach.”

One of the things I wanted to keep a keen eye towards this weekend was spurred by Wilmington Star News sports editor Dan Spears. He wrote late last week that UNCW needed a leader, and John Fields should be that guy. First, Spears was dead on the mark. One of the things I noticed about [...]

Weekend Games below the gibberish…your stat of the day: Delaware’s Jawan Carter is averaging 40.5 minutes per game in conference play. VCUs Larry Sanders was suspended by the CAA for one game for this incident. He will sit out tomorrow’s Delaware game. I’ve got to be honest: I’ve seen far worse given far lighter treatment, [...]

Weakened Preview coming later this afternoon. Nor’easter’s win over Mason brought five CAA teams to 3-1 on the season. Important nuggets from the game, in my mind: Mason took four free throws (NU was 16-17). In the Huskies previous win over VCU, the Rams only took four free throws. Defend without fouling folks. The key [...]

You’ve got to think Tony Shaver is on his way to CVS or Walgreens this morning. The finely-coiffed coach has surely sprouted new, ashen-colored hair this basketball season and he could use Aisle 6, Hair Color to keep that young, vital look. Last night was another swish in the wall for Shaver. The Pugs, if [...]

Here’s a stat for you: William & Mary, Georgia State and VCU were a combined 17-0 at home this season. All suffered their first home loss on Monday. Here’s another: 10 of the 18 CAA games this season have been decided by six points or less. Final stat: Mason is at #103 and UNCW at [...]

Buckle up. We’re three games into the season and we’ve seen nearly everything. Nearly. That’s what makes it fun. Here’s where you can get the official recaps and boxscores. The Dub was two days removed from a shellacking and managed to wriggle free from The Pugs on a John Fields tip in. After bandying about [...]

Tonight’s ledger (repeat link) is right here. Don’t forget the Comcast game is NU@VCU at 7:00. In fact, all six games are 7pm tipoffs. ODU at Towson: This is our Dee “Ooooh Raj, mama’s gonna’ kill you when she gets home” game. Blaine Taylor mentioned today that his team has been giving constant effort, which [...]