By Harry Minium
The Old Dominion's men's basketball team did what it had to do this weekend, rallying from a 13-point deficit Friday night to defeat Western Kentucky and claim a first-round bye in the Conference USA tournament.
But the basketball gods did not shine on the Monarchs in Saturday's rematch in Bowling Green, Kentucky, as WKU eked out a 60-57 victory in a game that ended when an attempted three-point shot from ODU's Kalu Ezikpe rimmed out just before the buzzer sounded.
A sweep would have given ODU (15-7 overall, 11-5 C-USA) the East Division championship.