Bueller?\u00a0 Bueller?<\/p>\n
The Bad<\/strong><\/p>\n The Ugly<\/strong><\/p>\n Traveling without injured\u00a0Head Coach Matt Brady (ruptured\u00a0achilles – seriously are you\u00a0kidding me with the injuries this\u00a0season?), it was to no one’s surprise that men’s hoops got handled 82-70 in their bracketbuster game at Detroit.\u00a0 Dick Vitale coached there.\u00a0 Other than that, nothing really to report about another rock in the mountain of losses piling up this season.\u00a0 Thankfully, with the prestigious and annual trip to the 8\/9 game in the CAA tourney looming a week from Friday, we can all be thankful the deathwatch is almost over.<\/p>\n Equally ugly though a good deal more surprising, Women’s hoops laid their\u00a0biggest egg of the season at Northeastern Sunday in a shocking 61-50 loss to the Huskies in which no Dukes player was even in double figures.\u00a0 The Dukes fell to 20-6 and 11-4 in the CAA and in a symetrical oddity the Huskies “improved” to 6-20 and 4-11.\u00a0 Kenny Brooks’ team better not forget this one though, as the Dukes are still in solid position for the #2 seed in the women’s tourney in three weeks in scenic downtown Upper Marlboro while the Huskies look headed to the 7\/11 matchup, with the winner advancing to play the Dukes.\u00a0 One weird note from this game though could explain a little about the Dukes seeming lack of preparation.\u00a0 With all the membership changes in the conference and resulting odd and unbalanced schedules, this was actually JMU’s first game at Northeastern in a few years.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Toohers-Fr.png\" "\\"Toohers")
<\/a>The Diamond Dukes tied national powerhouse and neighborhood rival UVA <\/a>in an ugly, rain-soaked game in South Carolina to wrap up a season opening trip 0-2-1.\u00a0 Ughhh.\u00a0 Given the zillion-game schedule in baseball, probably not worth getting too worked up over, but for a team with high expectations, this definitely qualified as stumbling out of the gate.\u00a0 On Friday, the Dukes threw a huge crooked number up in the “E” column and got blown out by tourney hosts Coastal Carolina 7-1.\u00a0 Then Saturday, JMU hit into a seemingly impossible five double plays in falling 8-5 to Boston College.\u00a0 But no worries, they “salvaged” the weekend with a 4-4 tie against the Cavaliers when the game had to be called after the 8th inning turned into a deluge.\u00a0 At least the Dukes come home for their Veterans Memorial Stadium opener Wednesday at 4 p.m. against Longwood.<\/p>\n