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Towson Tigers (18-13 overall, 13-5 conference) Projected starting five: So. G Jerome Hairston So. G Four McGlynn Sr. G Mike Burwell Sr. F Marcus Damas Sr. F Jerrelle Benimon Important departures: C Bilal Dixon (6.9 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 1.2 bpg) is the only starter who has departed, […]
Towson opens a new arena this year, and the CAA Tournament will now be in nearby Baltimore. Add in being picked to win the CAA based on their personnel, and it looks more and more like a lot is coming together for the program.
CAA Media Day had a new destination this year, and the tournament will as well right around the corner. It’s a changing conference in a changing world, and one whose place in college basketball is uncertain.
It’s easy to say Towson will be better this season when one looks at their record last season. But the Tigers seem poised to make a significant leap thanks largely to a big jump in the talent base.
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.
There’s no way to sugar-coat it: Towson is having a season to forget. And while the bottom line isn’t the first place new head coach Pat Skerry is looking, Tuesday night’s 70-51 loss at Northeastern was not a good one for the Tigers.
Towson came up empty in CAA play last season, and the Tigers are working with an almost entirely clean slate in 2011-12.
Towson’s season came to an end on Friday with a loss to Drexel in the first round of the CAA Tournament. You could be forgiven for thinking it was perhaps the most difficult time for coach Pat Kennedy, but that’s not the case.
It’s fair to say that this season hasn’t exactly gone the way Towson coach Pat Kennedy drew it up. After Wednesday night’s 82-78 loss at Northeastern, the Tigers are winless in 2011 and 0-14 in CAA play.
Fresh off a successful postseason, the CAA hopes for even more success this time around. There is the personnel to do it, though not much may change as far as contenders go, and the middle of the pack should be fiercely competitive.
