It wasn’t an artistic game. At times, Western Kentucky’s offense resembled the sleepy-eyed four-corners offense employed at the University of North Carolina’s Dean Smith decades ago at North Carolina.
Both teams dug in for a defensive slugfest. And although it wasn’t a thing of beauty it’s difficult to understate how important the Saturday’s 67-63 victory over WKU was for ODU.
It all but guaranteed ODU (22-6,12-3 C-USA) a first-round bye in the Conference USA tournament. Four teams get byes, and although there are three games left to play, ODU can’t finish any lower than fourth.
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