Stifling Defense Returns Mason to Colonial Final by Jay Pearlman RICHMOND, Va. – Twice in the regular year, No. 2 UNC-Wilmington’s high-powered offense and senior-laden team bested No. 3 George Mason, 61-58 in Wilmington and then 75-73 in Fairfax – wins that served as the tie-breaker for the tournament 2nd […]
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CAA Semifinal Notes
CAA Semifinals by Phil Kasiecki RICHMOND, Va. – The CAA championship game is set, and it features one team no one would have predicted. William & Mary won their third straight game in the final seconds, knocking off top seed VCU to advance to the title game for the first […]
CAA Tournament Quarterfinals
William & Mary Magic Carpet Ride Continues by Jay Pearlman RICHMOND, Va. – The win over Georgia State was surprising, but believable. But surely the run to the CAA’s fifth seed and tournament quarterfinals would end here, against a charging and improving No. 4 Old Dominion team that had won […]
CAA Tournament First Round
Schneider Shoots William and Mary to Improbable First Round Win by Jay Pearlman RICHMOND, Va. – It sounds more like a law firm than a coach-player tandem. Shaver and Schneider, Schneider and Shaver; perhaps a Williamsburg, Virginia firm. Not much litigation down that way, but a ton of gorgeous real […]
CAA Awards Recap
Maynor Gets top Honor but Lefty Steals Show, at CAA Dinner by Jay Pearlman RICHMOND, Va. – It was not unexpected that Virginia Commonwealth junior guard Eric Maynor was named Player of the Year tonight in the CAA. Maynor was joined on the First Team All-Conference by Antoine Agudio of […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Jay Pearlman You play all winter for seeding, and for four of twelve teams for first round byes. And then you play a final week in the regular season, with precisely the expected outcomes. Predictably, of the twelve games played this week in the CAA, […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Jay Pearlman With Obama now safely ahead of Hillary, McCain long since having dispatched Giuliani and Romney, and even Boston folks now over the Pats’ near-perfect season, America’s hoops-junkies can return to their true passion. And with BracketBusters Saturday behind us, one week left in […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Jay Pearlman What an exciting week in the CAA! Teams showed character in must-win games, even against the league’s best teams and on those teams’ home courts. The race for tournament byes is heating up, now with just three games to go. Never has the […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Jay Pearlman The dynamic is different in different sports and conferences, that of whether some or all teams make the post-season, and whether or not seeding provides byes for some. In some college conferences (e.g., the Big East) only the first 8, 10 or 12 […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Jay Pearlman One Trip, Two Wins for Huskies Those of you who read this space regularly – and even some who don’t – know how treacherous the road is in the CAA, that this is a conference in which home teams prevail almost 70 percent […]
