In November, Old Dominion was leading Clemson 59-57 with less than 10 seconds to play. The Monarchs faced a tough inbounds pass under the Clemson basket, a spot play, so Kent Bazemore couldn’t move and Clemson would be aggressive because they needed a steal. Bazemore took the ball from the official, slapped it, and the [...]

As I clear the decks for a big Saturday, here’s a few items to stick in your mind tonight and tomorrow. Let them marinate as we slow cook our way to a huge day. Presented as unrelated paragraphs: Saturday begins the second “four-in-eight” sprint. Consider who plays whom, because this is where the grind begins [...]

The real world had me in meetings since 8:00am, and that is the truth. However plenty of perspective to glean from last night. It’s coming later… As I mentioned to The Brain Trust: can somebody win a lottery so we can cover college basketball for a living and support a family, from Barbados? I don’t [...]

Fun notes and links today, where upon retrospect we’ve realized that the mood of CAAHoops is directly tied to the amount of sunshine there is outside my window. There’s “good fun” where we uncover nuggets, and we like to link out to others who do likewise. Then there’s just damn good writing using perspective, story [...]

I always liked Dean Keener. For the unwashed, Keener took over as head coach at JMU in 2004 for Sherman Dillard, who was most famous for tearing up his knee trying to dunk the ball in practice. Keener inherited a mess, and as it turns out tried to use a handkerchief to clean up the [...]

I’ve got to be honest. We’re flying so quickly through this season, and everything feels so fluid, that I’m failing to see the value in recapping the weekend for you. The results are in and you know what happened. It seems like we should continue to live in the present, with an eye ever-trammeled towards [...]

The Standings JMU: 5-1 VCU: 5-1 Hofstra: 5-1 Old Dominion: 4-2 Mason: 4-2 Drexel: 3-3 UNCW: 3-3 Georgia State: 3-3 Delaware: 3-3 William & Mary: 1-6 Northeastern: 0-6 Towson: 0-6 *** I keep hearing people bandy about “The P-Word.” Everyone is channeling their inner Pete Rozelle, and every time William & Mary (at home) beats [...]

Because actual life intervened, here’s a half-written post–a blog first? Yesterday note: How well Drexel played. Obviously defensive, but four guys in double figures, Darryl McCoy with 16 rebounds against the 1a best rebounding team in the conference. ODU didn’t give them anything–five turnovers. Today Note: Comcast Tripleheader: NU/VCU at Noon, Georgia State at Mason [...]

After Bruiser speaks to Dana O’Neil, read the story. Brian Mull does some advance scouting. *** You don’t need the rewind of Drexel’s half-and-half victory over Old Dominion last night. After all, we’re ever-forward and a full slate of game is on tomorrow’s docket. The Dragons protected home court in a very Bruiser-like manner, outrebounding [...]

Georgia State finally made it to Harrisonburg to take on the Dukes. Both teams are 3-1. Useless reference point: last year Georgia State was 2-0 and lost 13 of its last 16 games. The Panthers won five games all season, two over JMU.However none of that really matters because both rosters are wholly different. In [...]