GW women's basketball coach Joe McKeown clearly recalls the last time his team went undefeated in the Atlantic 10 because the players on that team shaved it in the back of his head. A decade later, it could be time for another haircut. No. 9 GW (23-2, 12-0 A-10) will face a feisty Saint Joseph's team Friday night, which sets up a match with Temple Sunday.
If first impressions are any indicator of how a basketball game will flow, the GW women's basketball team showed Saint Joseph's early in Friday night's game which team would dictate game play. The No. 9 Colonials cruised to an 87-60 victory, setting up a meeting with Temple Sunday that will determine the Atlantic 10 regular season champion and the first seed in the A-10 Tournament.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24 - The only positive that Karl Hobbs said he would take out of this game against La Salle is the victory. Everything else about the game, he said, left him wondering if the GW men's basketball team would be prepared for tournament play. "I'm a little disappointed we didn't execute down the stretch," Hobbs said.
Karl Hobbs does not understand why people seem to be obsessed with which players make the starting lineup at GW's men's basketball games. Even so, it's hard to ignore that sophomore Rob Diggs, who had started every game this season until three games ago, came off the bench for Wednesday's 68-49 win over Richmond at Smith Center.
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