Safe at Last
With UNCW's 77-68 victory of Hofstra on Wednesday night from a boisterous Trask Coliseum the Seahawks ensured a spot in the top 4 in the conference come Tourney time therefore giving them a bye from the play in round that will be held on the first Friday. The Hawks used a 11-0 run early in the 1st half to take the lead for good and held on to it with clutch shooting and hard nosed defense. Hofstra's Carlos Rivera turned his ankle early in the game and The Pride never seemed to recover. Even though Hofstra head coach Tom Pecora complained a little about the physical play, most of his hurt players were self inflicted. Aurimas Kieza ran into Loren Stokes in the 2nd half causing Kieza to go the sideline for stitches. But back to the actual game.
TJ Carter led the way for the Seahawks with 20. (Do I even have to type that anymore?) And Antoine Agudio led the way for Hofstra scoring a game high 26. Vlad Kuljanin answered the bell when he came off the bench hitting all 6 of his field goals and both of his FT's for a grand total of 14 points in 18 minutes. For complete game stats...
In other CAA news GMU defeated Drexel easily in Fairfax to retain 1st place in the conference at 14-2. UNCW remains a game back 13-3. UNCW reached 20 wins on Wednesday for just the 2nd time in school history in the regular season. This has been accomplished in the past several times with the help of the CAA and NCAA tourney's. But the only other time it has been done in the regular season is back in 2002-2003 in Brownell's first year as head coach. GMU also reached the 20th win mark for I believe the 7th time in school history, but don't quote me on that.
Current CAA Standings.
As we speak VCU has just dispatched with their American East foe Albany to kick off the Bracketbuster's. The game was broadcast on ESPNU so I'm sure upwards of 5 people saw it throughout the country. But national TV is national TV. So congrats to the VCU rams for kicking off the Bracketbuster right.
Tomorrow ODU hosts Marist at 4:00 on ESPN2. And in the primetime slot GMU travels to Witchita State at 8:00 on ESPN2.
The other CAA bracketbuster games are:
Rider @ Northeastern
JMU @ Longwood
Siena @ Hofstra
Vermont @ Drexel
Delaware @ Clevland State
GSU @ College of Charleston
In other NCAA news be sure to watch the marquee Bracketbuster matchup between Bucknell @ Northern Iowa at noon on ESPN2.
The next game for the Seahawks is @ VCU on Thursday at 7:30. The game will be broadcast on Channel 17 on Time Warner Cable and as always on 980 AM.
TJ Carter led the way for the Seahawks with 20. (Do I even have to type that anymore?) And Antoine Agudio led the way for Hofstra scoring a game high 26. Vlad Kuljanin answered the bell when he came off the bench hitting all 6 of his field goals and both of his FT's for a grand total of 14 points in 18 minutes. For complete game stats...
In other CAA news GMU defeated Drexel easily in Fairfax to retain 1st place in the conference at 14-2. UNCW remains a game back 13-3. UNCW reached 20 wins on Wednesday for just the 2nd time in school history in the regular season. This has been accomplished in the past several times with the help of the CAA and NCAA tourney's. But the only other time it has been done in the regular season is back in 2002-2003 in Brownell's first year as head coach. GMU also reached the 20th win mark for I believe the 7th time in school history, but don't quote me on that.
Current CAA Standings.
As we speak VCU has just dispatched with their American East foe Albany to kick off the Bracketbuster's. The game was broadcast on ESPNU so I'm sure upwards of 5 people saw it throughout the country. But national TV is national TV. So congrats to the VCU rams for kicking off the Bracketbuster right.
Tomorrow ODU hosts Marist at 4:00 on ESPN2. And in the primetime slot GMU travels to Witchita State at 8:00 on ESPN2.
The other CAA bracketbuster games are:
Rider @ Northeastern
JMU @ Longwood
Siena @ Hofstra
Vermont @ Drexel
Delaware @ Clevland State
GSU @ College of Charleston
In other NCAA news be sure to watch the marquee Bracketbuster matchup between Bucknell @ Northern Iowa at noon on ESPN2.
The next game for the Seahawks is @ VCU on Thursday at 7:30. The game will be broadcast on Channel 17 on Time Warner Cable and as always on 980 AM.
posted by TAH at 11:23 PM
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