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Scores
Wednesday, December 28
Drexel 77, Fairfield 69
Thursday, December 29
Miami (Ohio) 73, William & Mary 69
VCU 76, Akron 75 (OT)
Hofstra 83, Iona 75
Rhode Island 79, James Madison 60
Friday, December 30
Missouri 75, Old Dominion 68
Northeastern 53, Vermont 51
Temple 66, Delaware 63
Virginia 57, Towson 50
George Mason 84, Charleston 76
UNC Wilmington 72, Furman 61
James Madison 71, Stetson 69 (OT)
Saturday, December 31
Drexel 63, St. Francis (PA) 42
The Colonial Athletic Association proved how formidable it was last season when three teams made the NCAA Tournament (George Mason, Old Dominion, and Virginia Commonwealth), with one of them …

Scores
Monday, December 19
Delaware 70, La Salle 66
James Madison 67, Citadel 49
UNC Wilmington 67, Campbell 65
Tuesday, December 20
Manhattan 81, Towson 62
Richmond 90, Old Dominion 82 (OT)
VCU 68, UAB 49
Northeastern 56, Louisiana Tech 53
Wednesday, December 21
Wake Forest 87, UNC Wilmington 78
Duquesne 75, George Mason 64
Iona 83, William & Mary 65
Thursday, December 22
Drexel 68, Binghamton 44
Hofstra 82, Colgate 59
Old Dominion 81, Virginia Military 73
VCU 80, UNC Greensboro 68
North Carolina State 88, Northeastern 59
Georgia State 72, Georgia Southern 52
James Madison 62, George Washington 57
Howard 88, Delaware 83 (OT)
Friday, December 23
George Mason 81, Manhattan 61
Vermont …

Scores
Tuesday, December 13
Drexel 71, Niagara 58
Wednesday, December 14
Coppin State 71, Towson 57
Thursday, December 15
William & Mary 70, Wesley 47
Saturday, December 17
Drexel 73, Bradley 68
Hofstra 82, Binghamton 62
UCF 61, Old Dominion 53
VCU 87, UNC-Wilmington 64
Georgia State 71, Utah Valley 68
Sunday, December 18
Missouri 94, William & Mary 56
Princeton 71, Northeastern 62
There wasn’t a lot of news to be found this past week in the Colonial Athletic Association. The second full week and the third full weekend of December usually offer a diminished slate of high-quality games following the glut of Thanksgiving tournaments …

Scores
Tuesday, December 6
Kent State 71, James Madison 51
Virginia 68, George Mason 48
UNC-Wilmington 77, Liberty 68
Wagner 58, Hofstra 43
Bradley 79, Northeastern 68
Wednesday, December 7
La Salle 89, Towson 51
Pennsylvania 69, Delaware 60
Friday, December 9
Virginia Commonwealth 73, Richmond 51
Fairfield 59, Old Dominion 51
Saturday, December 10
Delaware 58, Delaware State 42
Georgia State 96, Rhode Island 64
Drexel 64, Princeton 60
Manhattan 68, Hofstra 59
George Mason 76, Radford 61
UMBC 62, Towson 58
The great thing about the 2010-2011 season in the Colonial Athletic Association was that it represented a banner campaign for the mid-major league near the Atlantic Seaboard. …

James Madison, Hofstra eliminated in CBI Tournament’s first round
CBI First Round: Davidson 85, James Madison 65
The Colonial Athletic Association’s miserable Tuesday began with this 20-point setback for the James Madison Dukes at the hands of the Davidson Wildcats. James Madison was one of six CAA teams to win at least 20 games this season, and one of two in the CBI Tournament, but the Dukes didn’t put up much of a fight at Belk Arena in Davidson, North Carolina. Coach Bob McKillop’s Wildcats rolled to an easy win behind 50 …

(2) Old Dominion 70, (4) Virginia Commonwealth 65
Frank Hassell scored 14 of his game-high 22 points in the first half, as the Old Dominion Monarchs (27-6) took a 39-26 halftime lead and staved off a frenzied second-half rally by the Virginia Commonwealth Rams (23-11) to claim the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament championship.  The Rams outscored the Monarchs 39-31 in the second half, but were unable to completely overcome the 13-point deficit they faced, as Old Dominion’s Kent Bazemore hit crucial baskets at the 3:12 and 1:33 marks of the second …

Semifinal No. 2: (2) Old Dominion 77, (3) Hofstra 69
It truly was a hassle for the Hofstra men’s basketball team to guard Frank Hassell, and that’s pretty much the reason why Old Dominion is going to be the favorite team in many college basketball towns and locker rooms on Monday night.
Hassell continued his stellar play in the 2011 CAA Tournament, scoring 22 points to lead the Old Dominion Monarchs past the Hofstra Pride and into the CAA championship game.  Hassell, who scored 24 points in the Monarchs’ 59-50 quarterfinal victory …

The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) semifinals had a touch of that patented March Madness, as fourth-seeded Virginia Commonwealth knocked off George Mason, the tournament’s top seed, 79-63.  The seeds held in the other semifinal, as second-seeded Old Dominion beat Hofstra, 77-69, to set-up an intrastate championship game clash with VCU.
Semifinal No. 1: (4) VCU 79, (1) George Mason 63
The hot-shooting VCU Rams (23-10) led for nearly the entire game, coasting to a rout of the George Mason Patriots (26-6), that ended the Patriots’ 16-game winning streak, the longest in the …

Saturday, March 5 – Richmond, VA
(4) Virginia Commonwealth 62, (5) Drexel 60
The Virginia Commonwealth Rams are almost certainly not going to make the NCAA Tournament as an at-large team. They’ll have to win the CAA Tournament in order to go Dancing in 2011, and all they can say on Sunday morning is that they’re still alive in the push for an automatic bid.
It’s all that needs to be said after a Saturday escape.
Senior forward Jamie Skeen had a game to remember for the VCU crew, scoring 18 second-half points and …

(2) Old Dominion 59, (7) Delaware 50
There’s always a tricky aspect to a conference tournament opener for a team that gets a bye in at least one round. The Old Dominion basketball team learned how to deal with it, and that’s why the Sunday slate in the Colonial is going to knock everyone’s socks off.
The Old Dominion Monarchs used a 15-4 second half run to blow a close game wide open and claim a victory over the Delaware Blue Hens and a spot in the CAA tournament semifinals.  Senior forward …