Our Hoop Dawgs take on Davidson today in the first round of the Charleston Classic in Charleston, SC. Tip-off is set for 5PM and the game will be carried by ESPNU.
The Dawgs come in 1-1 and Davidson is 0-3. This should be, and really needs to be, a win. The Southern Conference Wildcats, at first glance, might not seem like a very good ball team, but this crowd did play the 25th ranked team in the country, Virginia, pretty darn tough a few days ago.
We'll need for our starting five to play well in addition to our key bench guys. Look for Gaines and Mann to have big games and look for J.J. Frazier to impress off the bench as well. And we'll need for our big guys to continue their impressive rebounding numbers and add some quality points, too. Remember last year's early season tournament, the Progressive Legends Classic, in which we lost to Youngstown St. and Southern Miss before losing the games we were supposed to lose - that tournament really killed us, I think. It set the tone for a season that had moments of success but ultimately became a real disappointment. We really need to take care of business today.
Again, that's a 5PM tip on ESPNU. GO DAWGS!
The betting line is Davidson favored by 1....even though they are 0-3 so far on the year. It should be a close game. Could go either way. We aren't very good and neither are they.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. I hadn't seen the spread but that makes sense. They gave a pretty good Virginia team all they could handle. And right now, I agree, we aren't that good but I think this is a team that could be pretty good by the time league play starts. But we've got to win games like this to keep hopes up and not have a repeat of last year.
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