Okay, so this one came against James Madison, whose Pomeroy rank is 274 and whose RPI is a whopping 316 -- one spot below Iona, the only winless team in Division I.
Nonetheless, you have to give credit to Drexel for winning its 10th consecutive game tonight, a 65-54 road win over the Dukes. The real test, though, will come Thursday night at the DAC, when preseason CAA favorite Hofstra visits. Hofstra's 9-4 record, including a loss to St. Joe's at Madison Square Garden last month, has led some people to wonder whether the CAA will get the multiple NCAA Tournament bids some thought it would at the beginning of the season.
(By which I mean ESPN.com bracketologist Joe Lunardi, whose remarks to that effect are accessible only to those with an Insider subscription. If you have one, click here and scroll down a ways.)
Anyway, I think it might still happen, especially if Drexel makes the CAA tournament final but loses it. There are four CAA teams in the RPI Top 100: Drexel (18), Old Dominion (75), Hofstra (86) and Virginia Commonwealth (97, and surprising a lot of people). Pomeroy-wise, Drexel (63), ODU (71) and VCU (65) are in the top 100, but Hofstra (120) isn't.
So yeah, that Drexel-Hofstra game should be a good one. At least it's on CN8 if you can't get in the door.
