By Harry Minium
Considering all the obstacles the Old Dominion University men's basketball team has faced this season, it's remarkable that the Monarchs head into Saturday's home game with Charlotte half a game out of first place in Conference USA's East Division.
The Monarchs lost their best player, and team captain, when Jason Wade tore his Achilles tendon just before the season began. Then late last month, the entire team went into quarantine for nearly two weeks because of positive COVID-19 tests within the program.
ODU was down to nine players, was without two starters and had not played in three weeks when the Monarchs tied a school record by erasing a 21-point deficit to defeat Marshall Friday.