Winning Old Dominion’s first regular-season basketball title in Conference USA next week during ODU’s final home game against Southern Miss would be sweet.
Coaches and players would love to celebrate with their families, fans and ODU students. The Ted undoubtedly would explode with noise.
But as the Monarchs departed Tuesday night for the 3-hour flight to San Antonio, they made it pretty clear that winning at UTSA’s Convocation Center Thursday night at 8 would be a lot sweeter.
First, ODU wants to avenge a 74-73 loss at UTSA on Jan 26, when the Monarchs blew an 18-point lead they held with just over four minutes left, and missed three potential game-winning shots in the final nine seconds.