Georgetown is overrated, how about the CAA!

Luke: don't fall for the hype about GU... keep an eye on the Colonials of George Washington (currently 3-0)! You are welcome back to Foggy Bottom and Smith Center anytime!

What makes this upset all the more surprising was that just 2 days earlier I stood in the student section at the Ted wondering why ODU was tied against Florida Atlantic in the 2nd half. I just hope this win gives us the spark we need for this year. O-D-U!

Luke, Thanks for revealing this story. The Monarchs truly played a very good TEAM oriented ballgame. We were the better TEAM last night. GU has a very good ball players but lack the team chemistry. That was very clear last night. Keep in mind mid major TEAMS deserve more press coverage and NCAA bids than the mid level major programs. Don't let the ACC, Big East and other BCS conferences feed the media Kool Aid. Don't waste your time with GW. ODU has beaten them twice in the last two meetings against them.
Start providing more coverage for the CAA. George Mason will be playing Duke soon.

Luke, this isn't the biggest upset yet for the still-young season. Did you forget about OralRoberts beating KU (SI's #1) at home? Isnt' THAT the
'biggest' upset this year thus far?

Georgetown is not overrated, ODU is very good. And you can keep Foggy Bottom, fool. Come to the Hilltop and play us anytime....oh that's right. You won't!

Mark, I'll direct you to this line from the story:

"ODU had reason to party: the 75-62 upset it had just pulled off over the Hoyas stands, after Oral Roberts' win over No. 3 Kansas on Nov. 15, as the second-biggest stunner of this young season."

Thanks for commenting.

Next big upset, Gonzaga over North Carolina Wed. night - bulldogs are better than last year and will prove it twice in the Big Apple when they beat Duke on Dec. 21st.

Luke-Valdas Vasylius got T'ed up for talking trash to Jeff Green (after he hit a 3 in his face)-not Hibbert. This year Georgetown is the hunted rather than the hunter...they are going to have up their intensity to match their opponent...something they didn't do last night (and at times last year, S. Florida). While it hurts today, it is going to help them prepare not only for Duke in 2 weeks, but also for BE play.

anon, you sure it was Green? I looked at my notes and had it written as an altercation with big Roy ...

Luke-I am positive. I was in the third row on that side of the court screaming at the ref for the T (which shockingly actually happened.) That T was further proof that ODU came to play and that Gtown did not. Question for you-Gtown killed the dookies last year when they refused to play zone. Think Coach K's hubris will prevent them from playing zone this year? I do.

I'll trust you on the Green bit ... as for Duke, I fully expect a m2m D.

Gonzaga will not beat UNC. Heytvelt will be in foul trouble all night trying to check Hansborough.

Book it.

Luke:

ODU was really upset about being relegated to this tiny little gym with no TV coverage. We would have brought a few thousand fans if played at the Verizon Center. I, too, have seen all of the home games for ODU, and the shooting was very poor. However, this team appears to have a better chemistry than the one led by Loughton and Hunter last year. I love the combination of WIlliamson and Johnson......makes matchup problems for every team we face,

Great win in a very hostile environment. Go ODU!!!

Here is what I don't understand. ODU played in the same conference with the Charlotte 49er's, Richmond, South Florida, GW, UAB, and other non Mid Majors schools... ODU has for years been equal to all of these programs. Why now does this team (and the CAA) have this label of Mid Major which really is a slap in the face and a huge crutch to a quality program like ODU and a very good conference like the CAA? Who came up with this label of Mid Major and how was it determined which conferences would be tagged as a Mid Major??? Had ODU followed Charlotte, GW or Richmond to the Atlantic 10, UAB to Conference USA or South Florida to the Big East instead of moving into the Colonial conference then they would not be a Mid Major today however no one even distinguished those conferences as Mid Majors back then. It is a big disadvantage as this label would suggest that schools with a Mid Major tag can not compete with non Mid Major schools and if they do then they are labeled as a Cinderella team. If anyone can clear this up for me it would be much appreciated.
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Eh. This is just an early bump in the road for a team trying to build chemistry after losing three seniors. ODU returned an experienced group and played well, on the same night Green had his worst performance ever.

We'll be firing on all cylinders come Big East play, and our frosh and new role players will be ready to step up. It takes time to perfect the Georgetown offense.

does the mid-major thing have anything to do with BCS stuff. The PAC-10, BIG-12, BIG-10, ACC, SEC and I think the Big East all get automatic bids in to BCS games. I would assume this is because the schools in these conferences often time have more resources (scholarships, general funds) to maintain dominating programs. This is probably why these are the major conferences. The mid-majors don't have as many resources and are usually filled with smaller schools. Therefore they are less able to maintain a solid program. Why do you think when a coach does well at a "mid-major" school, he usually is snatched up by a team from a major conference? They can pay him more and provide better facilities for better recruits. Its all about money. BCS schools make tons of money from bowl games and TV contract. Therefore they have more of an ability to maintain their program over years.

That's why teams like Gonzaga are so rare. For a team like that to perennially challenge and beat major conference teams is amazing. Most mid-majors are going to have some good years (George Mason) and some bad ones. But the likelihood of them challenging the teams like Duke, UNC, Kansas, and all the other major programs in college basketball every year is unlikely. Usually because when a coach does well, he is rewarded by being offered a larger contract and more resources at a bigger school. So the smaller teams have to keep rebuilding.

Just my two cents. Feel free to disagree.

I am trying to figure out something. I got the Street and Smith's preview yesterday and the CAA is an afterthought for conference previews. They finished witht a conference RPI of 8 last year and the Big West (Nevada), Mtn West (SDSU, BYU, UTAH, and Conf USA (UAB) the big pages. I think the CAA should have replaced the Big West since they finished 8th in the RPI and had 4 teams with 24 wins in the conf. Other than the SEC, They were the only confence with at least 1 team (SEC at LSU and FLA in NCAA final 4) in the Final four of NIT and NCAA.

hey anon nevada is in the wac not the big west