2010-11 ODAC Men's Basketball "Virtual" Media Guide
After a banner 2010 campaign, what's in store for 2011?
That's one of several burning questions in many circles as the
start to the 2010-11 men's basketball season draws near. Four
ODAC teams were ranked in the D3hoops.com Top-25 Poll for much of
the season, and they spent the majority of their time amongst the
nation's 10-best rated programs. Virginia Wesleyan, Eastern
Mennonite, Randolph-Macon and Guilford all made the NCAA Division
III Tournament, making the ODAC the only conference to place four
teams in the 2010 tourney. Can the effort be duplicated in
2011?
Answers to that question and many others begins here and on
ODAC Men's Basketball Media Day (October 28 in Salem, Va.), and
will continue throughout the ultra-competitive ODAC regular season.
We'll learn if VWC can win its way to seventh straight trip
to the D-III dance, or if Guilford can retool for a third time
after graduating a pair of national players of the year in recent
seasons. Maybe it'll be EMU's season to continue on 2010's
program-record campaign, or maybe R-MC will knock on Salem's door
for the second straight. But with the ODAC, each of those
scenarios is just as likely due to the depth of competition.
Hampden-Sydney certain fancies a run at a conference-record
11th championship. Washington and Lee could turn the ODAC's
top rated defense from 2010 into its first league crown since 1980.
One thing is certain...the team (or teams) that makes an
appearance in the NCAA postseason will have definitely earned it.
Nine of the ODAC's 11 programs posted 10 or more wins in
2010. Against non-conference opponents, the ODAC went a
combined 88-44 (.667) with eight teams posting a .500 or better
record. Each team returns talent that can call upon
experiences from one of the deepest squad-pools in ODAC
history.
For more information on each of the ODAC's men's basketball
squads, click on the links and photos below.
The information inside will continue to evolve as the
preseason progresses, bringing you a more "virtual" experience than
a print or PDF media guide. Updates to come include full
rosters, individual program preview articles, and other team
specific information. This page will also evolve with the
addition of the annual ODAC Men's Basketball Preseason Poll (Oct.
28 after 2pm) and video clips from each of the coaches' appearances
at the 2010-11 ODAC Media Day. Remember to use the links on
the right to gather even more information including season
archives, records, all-conference teams and the 2010-11 composite
schedule.
Three ODAC Schools Ranked in Sporting
News College Basketball Preview Top-25 Poll
(9/25)
D3hoops.com Preseason Top-25 Poll
D3hoops.com Preseason All-Americans
2010-11 ODAC Men's Basketball Preseason
Poll
Video Clips from 2010-11 ODAC Men's Basketball Media
Day
Bridgewater: Head coach Don Burgess
Eastern Mennonite: Head coach Kirby Dean
Emory & Henry: Head coach Paul Russo
Guilford: Head coach Tom Palombo
Hampden-Sydney: Head coach Dee Vick
Lynchburg: Head coach Hilliary Scott
Randolph: Head coach Clay Nunley
Randolph-Macon: Head coach Nathan Davis
Roanoke: Head coach Page Moir
Virginia Wesleyan: Head coach Dave Macedo
Washington and Lee: Head coach Adam Hutchinson
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