Richmond defeats #10 Kentucky
Spiders Bite Wildcats What a fun one that was! ...
VCU Finishes Third in Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic
At 3 p.m. on Monday, the VCU Rams were set to fly to Knoxville, Tennessee for a three-team multi-team event. Four days later, the Rams were finishing up a third-place performance in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, after a 2-1 opening week. VCU replaced Wichita State in the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic after Wichita State …
McKillop hopes to get Davidson more defensive
Think of Davidson and the mind’s eye sees transition offense, motion in half court and a host of deadly perimeter snipers draining three pointers. For a minute, do not discount defense. It is very much a priority in coach Bob McKillop’s scheme of things. It is something he preaches and all told, wants improvement …
Auburn Outplays Saint Joe’s in Overtime
Saint Joe’s showed a ton of promise in their Thanksgiving 96-91 overtime loss to Auburn. The Hawks kept up with the Auburn Tigers for over 60 minutes of play. But in the end, Auburn proved to be too much for the Hawks and took the win in overtime. Auburn was Bigger Saint Joe’s had a …
Dayton Announces New Season Opener Against Alcorn State
Having fun yet, folks? Earlier this evening, Dayton announced….wait for it…..a schedule change. The Flyers already open up with an exhibition game on Saturday against Cedarville, but now will open the regular season again the Alcorn State Braves. The game against Alcorn State will be on Tuesday, December 1st at 7:00 PM at UD Arena. …
The Pandemic’s Impact on Non-Conference Games
College basketball is officially one day away from the first tip off. Fans of college basketball should be excited . Unfortunately, as the start date approaches news breaks that a different team has to quarantine due to Covid-19. The good and bad news seems to come in twos. One day we get the much anticipated …
A Quarantine Read: Looking at What’s Ahead for St. Bonaventure
Quarantining At this point last year, St. Bonaventure just wrapped up its fifth game of the season: a 61-57 setback to its fellow Western New York rival, Canisius. This year is obviously quite different. To date, 2020-21 non-conference schedules have been as reliable as the one-seed in recent Atlantic 10 tournaments. (Yes, only two one-seeds …
What We Learned from VCU’s Black and Gold Event
The scene was set like any other event at VCU’s Stuart C. Siegel Center. The VCU Peppas, the school pep band, opened up with their usual set list of songs. Chants of “You don’t want to go to war with the Rams” were met with silence and echoes off the rafters. The normally sold-out Siegel …
Dayton Flyers 2020-21 Season Preview: Full Roster Breakdown and Starting Lineup Predictions
Coming off the most successful regular season in program history, the Dayton Flyers are looking to recreate some of last year’s magic. I think everyone who pays attention to college basketball in the slightest is well aware of what Dayton accomplished last season, but in case you’ve literally been living under a rock since November …
VCU Rams 2020-21 Season Preview: Rebuild in the Cards for Rhoades’ Rams?
On the morning of March 12, I walked in the cold down a Brooklyn sidewalk from my hotel to the Barclays Center. The mood in the city was strange, like the beginning of an apocalypse movie, as the full scope of the COVID-19 pandemic was being unveiled. The night before, the NBA announced that their …
Predicting Saint Joseph’s A10 Record for 2020-21
After much anticipation the Atlantic 10 has finally released the conference schedules for men’s basketball. I have compiled a non-scientific and biased prediction for how Saint Joseph’s University will perform this season in the Atlantic 10. To some it will read like a Christmas wish list, to others a window into the future… The Predictions …