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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
VCU won’t have any questions about whether or not they belong in the NCAA Tournament this season. Capturing the Colonial Athletic Association championship with a 59-56 win over Drexel leaves no doubt, and it’s also an indication of how the team has grown over the course of the season.
In recent years, Drexel hasn’t had a great deal of success in the CAA Tournament. The Dragons are one win away from making any questions about that or an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament a thing of the past.
Northeastern fought turnovers often this season, and had relatively mixed results with some streaks along the way. The Huskies should be better next season, but there is clear room for improvement and that was evident on Saturday night in the season-ending loss.
It’s time to recognize the job that Monte Ross has done at Delaware. A lot of his tenure at the school has not been pretty, but the Blue Hens had a breakthrough year and could see postseason play, which should take any heat that may have been on him right off.
With UNCW’s season over, there’s a look toward a brighter future that was helped by this weekend in Richmond. The young Seahawks had some bright spots during the season in trying to rebuild, and capped it off with something else they can take with them.
James Madison came into the season as an interesting team to project. There was not a lack of talent, and it wasn’t a young team, but there were intangibles questions. In the end, injuries were the biggest problem, but the Dukes kept fighting right to the end no matter how demoralizing the injuries were.
Notes on the first round of the CAA Tournament, where the seeds held to form, the first 20-20 game in tournament history occurred and a team that went bowling to help get ready for the opening game of the day came out on top.
Quinn McDowell’s career is unfortunately over, and it’s obvious that he’ll be missed by William & Mary. But he’ll also be missed by anyone who is a fan of college basketball, because Quinn McDowell is the kind of young man that a fan of the game can root for.
