Stories from the February 8, 2007, Print Edition
As the women's basketball team moves into the top 10, athletic officials have a lot to be happy about. There's just one big letdown. "If I can be blunt, the only disappointment is that students don't come," Director of Athletics Jack Kvancz said about game attendance.
The GW's men's basketball game Saturday comes under a set of unusual circumstances. The Colonials (15-6, 6-3 Atlantic 10) are playing to avoid its first three-game losing streak since the 2003-2004 season, when the team lost four in a row. The game is also on national television (ESPN2) and Smith Center is sold out, both firsts for the season.
The writing is on the wall at Xavier - literally. When talking about the Musketeers - for years the cream of the crop in the Atlantic 10 - Karl Hobbs mentions the jerseys hanging on the wall of Cintas Center in Cincinnati. They commemorate the 13 former Xavier players that have found their way on to NBA rosters.
The University is expecting a capacity crowd for Saturday's men's basketball game against conference rival Xavier at Smith Center and is taking measures to ensure a "level playing field" to get lower-tier seats, Assistant Athletic Director Jason Wilson said.
For the first five minutes of the GW women's basketball team's 76-46 home win over Duquesne Thursday night, the action could have been called 'the Sarah-Jo Lawrence show.' The junior scored the team's first eight points on two three-point shots and another jumper, while the Dukes remained scoreless.
For the first time in a few years, fans began filing out of Smith Center with time remaining on the clock. It's been a while that a game was so out of reach that even an highlight-worthy run, one which the GW men's basketball team always has buried in its arsenal, would not matter.
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