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UMBC director of recruiting and program development Griff Aldrich was named the head coach at Longwood on Thursday. - “He's done an incredible job,” ESPN college basketball analyst Seth Greenberg said ahead of the Retrievers' NCAA tournament game Friday night against Virginia.
- Friends School guard Jihar Williams committed to William & Mary over American, Coppin State, High Point, Loyola, Siena, UMBC and Vermont.
- William & Mary, one of five original Division I schools to never make the men¿s basketball tournament, cut a 22-point deficit with under four minutes remaining to six, but Northeastern held on for a 72-61 win in the Colonial Athletic Association title game.
- Just as he did at the end of the first overtime, William & Mary guard Marcus Thornton took the ball with the game on the line. The game¿s leading scorer with 37 points and the Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year was destined to take the shot that could send his team to the final.
- Strapped with expectations as the top seed seeking its schools' first ever NCAA tournament berth, William & Mary took a comfortable first step in that direction with a 72-59 win over No. 8 Elon in Saturday¿s first Colonial Athletic Association quarterfinal game at Royal Farms Arena.
- Four teams had the opportunity to break their first-place deadlock entering the final week of the Colonial Athletic Association's regular season. Each eventually stumbled, which led to a four-way split of the regular season championship between William & Mary, UNC Wilmington, Northeastern, and James Madison.
- A look at the teams in the Colonial Athletic Association's men's basketball tournament, which is at Royal Farms Arena in downtown Baltimore for the second year.
- The Tigers played visiting William & Mary, one of three teams leading the Colonial Athletic Association, to a 35-35 tie at halftime. But the Tribe opened the second half with a 11-4 run that Towson could not recover from en route to an 85-72 loss before an announced 1,889 at SECU Arena Saturday afternoon.
- William and Mary guard Marcus Thornton scored 21 points as the Tribe defeated the Tigers, 75-71, denying Towson an opportunity to play in its first CAA championship game.
- The fans who did stick around to watch No. 3 seed William and Mary¿s matchup with the No. 6 seed College of Charleston in Saturday¿s fourth and final Colonial Athletic Association quarterfinal game saw the biggest comeback of the day.
