After a weekend with an impressive win over Cleveland State of the Horizon league, the Monarchs of ODU all but secured their spot in the NCAA tourney for an at large bid. According to collegerpi.com, the Monarchs are ranked 28th nationally, while the CAA conference leader George Mason is ranked 20th. For those who don't know the RPI is the ratings percentage index. This is somewhat like a strength of schedule, and this ranking is very important during this time of year. Out of 345 schools the Monarchs are ranked 28th in the nation in terms of RPI, which helps them out a lot when the time comes for the NCAA selection process. Head coach Blaine Taylor offered some opinion on this time of year, when he was interviewed by David Teel of the Daily Press. He said its "almost impossible" to get an at large birth, but also that he was "not worried about it". Lastly he stated that he was proud of the fact that they played a tough schedule and that they were successful in that.
With only two games left before the CAA tourney, the Monarchs are looking good!. They definitely need to finish the season strong, however the real match ups will come during the CAA tourney which will decide what happens next. Espn's Joe Lunardi currently has ODU in the WEST (ANAHEIM) division, that is if the season were to end today. This will change after the final two games and after the tournament concludes. The hard contests of the regular season are over, we'll just have to wait and see what happens in the tournament.
David Teel opinion of ODU Ncaa tourney chances. (Information used from this article written by David Teel)
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