http://hamptonroads.com/node/472091 ODU Basketball en-us Copyright 2012 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:46:16 -0500 Ok, so it was last week, but, as in the movie starring noted CAA maven  Bill Murray, in which a weatherman lives the same day every day, there's a sameness to William and Mary-ODU basketball games these days. For we media types, there's a sameness to the press conferences as well. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/02/groundhog-day Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:09:49 -0500 Maybe it was those recovered home uniforms, laundered with a touch of silk. Or perhaps, as the ever-helpful Kent Bazemore suggested, it was a change in the pre-game routine. ODU took more "game shots" in warm-ups than usual, he explained. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/02/jmu-wrap Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:19:01 -0500 Blaine Taylor was hoping to draw a quality opponent. That was a given. He was hoping to get a TV game. That was no slam dunk. But Old Dominion's "street cred" among non-BCS conference schools, coupled with a string of 7 wins in 8 games, apparently convinced the folks making the "BracketBusters" matchups to include the Monarchs in the package of 13 TV games. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/missouri-state Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:47:58 -0500 WILMINGTON, NC. Fresher legs, bigger bodies, earlier birth certificates, more games under their belts. Old Dominion had all those things going for it, in a 53-48 win at UNC-Wilmington Wednesday night. For the game story, click here. Hard-won experience carried the day for the Monarchs, veritable road warriors who improved to 5-1 away from the Ted in CAA play. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/dub Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:18:17 -0500 The turnover count last night from the Ted. Red Panda: 0. This, folks, is what's known as bowl control. ODU: 17. While that's not an insignificant number, it's eight fewer than the Monarchs had Saturday night at VCU. In the second half, ODU did exhibit some ball control. If you missed the gamer from the Monarchs' 69-57 win over Northeastern last night, click here. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/northeastern-wrap Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:28:07 -0500 Red Panda, blue uniforms. It should be an interesting scene tonight at the Ted, when ODU hosts Northeastern. As we reported Sunday afternoon, ODU's home blue unfiforms went missing Saturday night, while the Monarchs were in Richmond losing to VCU. ODU will wear road blue this evening. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/northeastern Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:20:47 -0500 RICHMOND Oh, the turnovers. Seven from Kent Bazemore. Five from Marquel De Lancey. Four from Trian Iliadis. Sixteen from ODU's senior guards, 25 from the team as a whole. Those miscues were the story of ODU's 61-48 loss to VCU Saturday. ODU's post-game press conference was in exercise in seeing how many different ways the Monarchs could say they basically threw the game away. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/vcu-wrap Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:29:42 -0500 There's no rivalry quite like VCU-ODU in the Colonial Athletic Association. Nor in the state, for that matter. The I-64 feud resumes tonight, when the Monarchs head to West Broad Street. The names change. Instead of Frank Hassell and Keyon Carter anchoring ODU inside, the Monarchs look to 'Chris Cooper and Nick Wright. (For an in-depth read on Wright, click  here.) http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/vcu Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:39:00 -0500 A few takeaways from ODU's 71-41 win over Towson Wednesday night. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/towson-wrap Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:27:20 -0500 NEWARK, DEL. A few quick thoughts before hitting the road back to the 757 tonight. Was the ghost of Matt Howard purged tonight, courtesy of Chris Cooper's tip-in?  The one that lifted ODU to a 68-66 win at Delaware? The one that leaves the Monarchs sitting pretty, at 4-1 in the CAA? http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/delaware-wrap Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:09:05 -0500