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RE: 2018 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament
It wasn't the result that we had hoped for, but realistically it was probably the result that was expected. The story of the game was that you can't win when you can't shoot. This team wasn't a very good shooting team to being with, shooting just 40% for the season. Their success was based on strong defense, playing within the system, limiting their opponents possessions, and generating just enough offense off of their defense to put teams away. Fatigue plays a major role in poor shooting. After putting away UNCW on Friday, they had their 2 of their 3 worst shooting games of the season at the worst time. They were very lucky and fortunate to sneak past Delaware, but there was no way that they could get past a bigger and stronger Elon team unless they could make shots, which didn't happen. It also didn't help that Woods got hurt. Sara was one of the team's better shooters and made so many huge jump shots throughout the season. Her signature mid-range jumper was sorely missed today. Her injury was very unfortunate but this team made it through the season almost unaffected by injuries which was remarkable.

It's almost as if this Drexel team was built to beat up on weaker opponents, and sneak past a few good ones too, which they did. But they probably weren't built to win 3 games in 3 days, even on their home court. This was supposed to be a transitional year, as their 4th place preseason pick would suggest and they exceeded expectations.

Great atmosphere at the DAC today that was just a few short of a sellout. They needed another great student turnout and they got it. They really fed off the electricity of the crowd in the 4th quarter as they fought their way back into the game. Credit Elon though for making the big shots when they needed to, to put the game away.

After the game, Drexel's RPI fell to 48, while Elon's jumped to 31. So it's a shame that 26 wins isn't enough to get them an at-large bid. Now we wait until late Monday night for the WNIT bracket to come out. JMU will be joining them, and Delaware has a chance to make it as well. The bracket is kind of random. Sometimes you get lucky like Drexel did in 2013. Hopefully they can get some early mid-major opponents. If they can regroup from today's loss, they have a shot to get a couple more wins to add on to a great season.
03-10-2018 05:16 PM
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