MBB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[y_jack_lok]

Re: Guilford. Three of their four remaining games are against teams above them in the standings. I think you are right, that the final team in the tournament, whoever it is, will finish at 6-10. And I think there could be a tie-breaker involved.

[y_jack_lok]

Guilford gets a win at Roanoke last night, separating them by two games from Shenandoah and EMU for the 8th spot in the tournament. EMU kept its hopes alive, though, by downing W&L in OT. They'll likely have to win out vs Lynchburg, Averett, and Shenandoah (with whom they are currently tied at 4-9). It now seems less likely that there will be two or more teams tied at 6-10.

RMC got off to a fast start last night and Shenandoah got off to a slow start. The Jackets had an 18-point lead after seven minutes. From that point on it was a pretty competitive game, but RMC was able to add a bit to its lead the rest of the way. Only one Jacket played more than 18 minutes. All 17 players saw action and 13 of them scored.

The next two games, both at home, give RMC the opportunity to go 1-1 on the season vs Averett and VWU and lock up the #1 seed in the conference tournament.

[hasanova]

Huge road win for the Quakers last night.  In a 12-team conference where only the top 8 make the tournament, even #8 is still a pretty good team.  Raise your hand if you want your team to play Guilford in the first round.

[y_jack_lok]

Huge road win for the Quakers last night.  In a 12-team conference where only the top 8 make the tournament, even #8 is still a pretty good team.  Raise your hand if you want your team to play Guilford in the first round.

I don't know how the coaches and players might feel, but I'd accept that challenge for RMC since it would be a home game for the Jackets. A semi-final or final round game in Salem is another matter.

[hasanova]

Huge road win for the Quakers last night.  In a 12-team conference where only the top 8 make the tournament, even #8 is still a pretty good team.  Raise your hand if you want your team to play Guilford in the first round.

I don't know how the coaches and players might feel, but I'd accept that challenge for RMC since it would be a home game for the Jackets. A semi-final or final round game in Salem is another matter.

I understand your logic ... and RMC would certainly be favored.

[rmc1982]

Huge road win for the Quakers last night.  In a 12-team conference where only the top 8 make the tournament, even #8 is still a pretty good team.  Raise your hand if you want your team to play Guilford in the first round.

HASA!! Good to see you back on here pal! Have missed your insightful posts!

[Tigerfan]

Very disappointing loss for the Tigers at Lynchburg.  In less than 10 minutes, they were down 17.  Hard to come back from that, especially when H-SC cannot defend Jamarcus Russell.  Santana Lynch remains out and that hurts; Colin Radcliffe came back but, sadly, was completely ineffective.  There's still a way for the Tigers to get to the 4 seed, but it requires a win at Guilford on  Saturday and H-SC doesn't appear to be playing with a lot of confidence.

It looked like things were getting interesting at the 8 seed with EMU knocking off W&L, but Guilford surprising Roanoke in Salem added a different twist.  8 seed now becomes a possibility for H-SC with tough games remaining against GC and W&L. 

[Tigerfan]

Randolph avoids the 0-16 ignominy by defeating Bridgewater 89-80.

I don't know what is happening at H-SC.  Still no Lynch and Fernald played only 2 minutes today.  However, they scratched out a win at Guilford. 

W&L lost at VWU 76-59.  I note that Colin Ryan did not play for the Gennies.  He's the straw that stirs the drink.

The other games went as expected.   

[y_jack_lok]

RMC split the season matchups with Averett, avenging the loss in Danville 86-50. Another game where all available Jackets got playing time, no one played more that 25 minutes, and scoring was spread out among 13 players.

Guilford needs a win over either Averett or Shenandoah to lock up the final conference tournament slot. The winner of Wednesday night's EMU vs Shenandoah game will still have a shot if Guilford loses at Averett.