Longwood University

Va. Tech, Longwood in NCAAs; ODU, NSU, VCU & Liberty in WNIT

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5 Things — Whoa Longwood along with CNU, JMU, Liberty, ODU, NSU

“UConn, is that you?” I mean, we figured, could the Lancers ultimately hoist the trophy? Sure. But expecting them to lay waste to three opponents with the precision the Huskies typically display in tearing through the Big East? C’mon. Yet consider:  At the 8:45...

5 things: George Mason cool fact, CNU’s quest, Longwood’s Smith & Tech’s Kitley & more

It didn’t get the attention of Missouri’s shocker over top-ranked South Carolina, but a case can be made that the biggest upset of the Division I women’s basketball season was engineered by our own George Mason.  On Dec. 1, the Patriots stunned Florida 75-71 at...

5 Things — Liberty, Tech, Longwood, CNU & Virginia included

After a long hiatus, we’re back just in time for the 2022 postseason, hoping to stick to a weekly diet of 5 things, a collection of notables from the past week about WBB in the Commonwealth. We didn’t put out any state rankings this season and we doubt...

Making sense of a crazy WBB season in the Commonwealth

You think we've forgotten about you? Not a chance. Some things seem strange these days, and one of them we can't really wrap our arms around right now is college basketball. And yet . . . Don't think we haven't noticed you freshmen at JMU or Kiki Jefferson's...