There are a lot of great single days of Championship Week, but, for whatever reason, there is nothing better – to me – than the quarterfinal quadruple-header in the Colonial.\u00a0 Great basketball between teams that are not “playing for seeding.”\u00a0 This is a true championship.<\/p>\n
#1 Drexel vs. #9 UNC-Wilmington #4 Old Dominion vs. #5 Delaware #3 George Mason vs. #6 Georgia St. #2 VCU vs. #7 Northeastern There are a lot of great single days of Championship Week, but, for whatever reason, there is nothing better – to me – than the quarterfinal quadruple-header in the Colonial.\u00a0 Great basketball between teams that are not “playing for seeding.”\u00a0 … Continue reading
\n<\/em>UNC-Wilmington had a nice win yesterday over James Madison, but they are up against it today, as they get the CAA’s top seed, Drexel.\u00a0 This is probably the best team in the long history of Dragon basketball, as they enter the tournament having won 17 straight games.\u00a0 There is talk about potential at-large bid for the Dragons, but that is certainly not a certainty and will not happen if they lose today.\u00a0 20 CTC entries, 20 Drexel picks in this one.\u00a0 Somewhat surprisingly, though, is that only 9 people (Alexi, KA, Lil Lohse, Lynch, Mac, Rikey, RDoc, Scoot, Stri) have Drexel winning this tournament.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Delaware survived an ignominious defeat yesterday, outlasting 1-30 Towson, and now they get an ODU team that is incredibly well-coached and very talented.\u00a0 Kent Bazemore is as good and versatile of a player as you’ll find on any roster in America, and he does not want his senior season to end today.\u00a0 Plus, the youth surrounding Bazemore is coming along.\u00a0 Gross, J, KA, Lynch, and Water have UDel in this upset.\u00a0 Waters actually has them in the finals, so this is big for him.\u00a0 6 people (Bry, Dave, Gersh, Lohse, Primm, Teddy) have ODU reaching the finals.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Georgia St. looked as impressive as anyone anywhere yesterday, as they pounded Hofstra by 35.\u00a0 Now, the senior-laden Panther team gets to take their shot at a very, very good George Mason team.\u00a0 Mason is probably on the outside of the bubble, but I wouldn’t want to play them at any point in March.\u00a0 And, while Ryan Pearson may not look like the quintessential superstar, he can really play.\u00a0 This is a rather popular upset pick, as 7 people have them winning this game (Alexi, Dave, Doogan, J, Lohse, RDoc, and Teddy).\u00a0 Alexi and Teddy have the Panthers reaching the finals.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Northeastern survived a pretty ugly game with William & Mary in the Opening Round and now they get to take a shot at Shaka Smart’s VCU squad.\u00a0 The young Rams have really come together and are looking like they could be a real force this March.\u00a0 They lead the nation in steals with a really smart, calculated style of pressing that is so effective.\u00a0 19 people took VCU here, so only Teddy (who already lost this game with W&M) is rooting for NE.\u00a0 Bry, Dave, Doogan, Gross, J, and Lohse all have VCU winning this tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"