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(05-23-2018 01:09 PM)monarx Wrote:  

(05-23-2018 12:57 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  From a pure optics perspective I hope ODU never does a guarantee game with U.Va. They did home-and-homes with VCU and GW and 2-for-1s with George Mason and JMU. I don't think ODU warrants a H/H series right now but I'd rather see them never play the Cavs again than tell the world "hey, we're a level below Mason and JMU."

If I were feeling cocky, Id say ODU is a level above GMU and JMU in hoops. Though that would justify VCU feeling cocky and saying the same thing about us. Truth is, we're all pretty much at the same level, looking up at UVA.

I don't think it's cocky to say that ODU basketball is a level ahead of JMU, factoring in recent results, history and facilities. George Mason is a closer call, because they had the Final Four run and got into the A-10, but they serve as an object lesson of how to **** up a wet dream. They're in a better conference but they've contributed nothing to it, at least in men's basketball.

VCU is still ahead of ODU, though that's a gap that can quickly evaporate if ODU improves and VCU doesn't from last year. I suspect they'll be OK, but there's no sure things.