The Road to #4

Now that the Dukes have hit goal number one (winning season), the next obstacle is trying to get one of the top 4 spots in the conference going into the CAA tournament. This would give us a first round bye, which helps a great deal on the road to making a run deep into the tournament. Here's what the rest of our conference schedule looks like:
@Hofstra (17-9, 9-6), tied for #5, Kenpom predicts Hofstra winning 68-66
VCU (18-8, 11-4), tied for #1, Kenpom predicts VCU winning 72-70
@Delaware (11-16, 5-10), #9, Kenpom predicts JMU winning 73-71

Right now our biggest opponents at getting a top 4 seed are Drexel, Hofstra, and ODU. While Drexel has a one game lead, if we can win out, we can claim the #4 seed. If not, it will be up to the other teams to give us a chance by losing a game or two. Every game from here on out will be huge, though the Hofstra game is undoubtedly the biggest as it will directly effect tie-breaker scenarios.

Juwann is back in the lineup and still playing very well in his first game back. Andrey Semenov, after suffering a concussion at GSU, will be starting individual practices early this week and progressing into team practices towards the end of the week getting ready to play in the Bracketbuster game against Gardner Webb on Saturday. Dazz is definitely playing better than he has been playing recently and is starting to show some aggressiveness.

Photos from W&M