Later today we’ll get to tonight’s action. I have some catching up to do.

Last night, Nor’easter blew into Delaware and left with a 67-51 victory, and Drexel threw a handful of garbanzo beans on Towson, 97-55.

Not all that interesting notes:

• A Josh Brinkley dunk with a little over three minutes to play in the first half was the first Hens field goal made by anybody other than Jawan Carter. It took 13 minutes for anybody other than Carter to even score. I stopped watching at halftime, and that never happens.
• Chris Fouch continues to channel Phil Goss. Fouch drilled six of seven threes for the Dragons. Of semi-interest, Towson sandwiched a 59-point loss and this 42-point loss around a road win over UNCW. Don’t ask me.

The blog d1scourse (it’s very good) noted that last night’s action brings the top six to 36-3 against the bottom six. What are the three, you ask? Delaware over Drexel on 1/2; UNCW over The Pugs on 1/4; and JMU over The Pugs on 1/27.

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My take on Bracketbusters is over here at Storming. That’s really all you need to know–the CAA has a tremedous opportunity this season. The I think about it, the more five teevee games is very important. That’s more than anyone else, and we get a Friday night prime time block.

Also, Ron Bertovich said yesterday that ESPN did the right thing with Drexel. He strongly urged ESPN do the right thing and match up the two best RPI teams left, after the teevee games, so those two teams had an opportunity to strengthen NIT credentials. They did, and we get Drexel/Bradley.

I’ll also say this: considering the number of CAA games on teevee, if I’m VCU I may trade a 4:00 ESPNU teevee game with Akron for no teevee and Bradley. Think about it.

And this: with all the expansion and realignment talk, and with the competitiveness, fire, comparisons, and general equality of the conferences, when will the CAA and The Valley break down and become one giant Midsuperconference? The Roanoke Vally and Missouri Valley? A true Conference USA? Colonial and Homesteader?

The matchups (RPI in parens):

(45) ODU at (16) N. Iowa
(92) CoC at (104) Mason
(75) La Tech at (56) Northeastern
(141) Akron at (58) VCU
(51) WM at (83) Iona
(212) UDel against (165) bu
(103) Drexel against (106) Bradley
(245) GSU against (195) South Carolina State
(174) Hofstra against (132) Rider
(239) JMU against (191) Canisius
(211) UNCW against (184) Radford
(286) Towson against (223) Manhattan