Guilford Men, Roanoke Women Earn Top Draws
SALEM, Va. --- The pairings for the 2009 ODAC
Men and Women's Basketball Tournaments feature of pair of teams
with championship pedigree holding down the #1 seeds.
Guilford College earns top billing on the men's side for the second
straight season after churning out a 14-2 conference record, 21-4
overall. The Quakers won their first ODAC crown in
2008. Roanoke College returns to the top of the ODAC women's
postseason seedings for the first time since 1997. The
Maroons go in search of the program's 14th conference
title and first since the 2000 campaign.
The ODAC tournaments are set to begin Tuesday, February 24 and
continue to "Championship Sunday" on March 2. The men's first
round games will be played at the campuses of the #6, #7 and #8
seeds. All remaining tournament games will be played in the
Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.
Randolph-Macon (20-5, 14-2 ODAC) goes into the men's tourney as the
second seed. The Yellow Jackets tied with Guilford in terms
of conference record, but the head-to-head tie-breaker secured the
top seed for GC. Roanoke College (19-6, 11-5) and Bridgewater
College (14-11, 10-6) maintain the third and fourth seeds.
Eastern Mennonite (15-10, 9-7) will meet BC in the quarterfinals as
the fifth seed.
Hampden-Sydney College (12-13, 7-9) will host one of three ODAC
men's first round contests. The #6 Tigers play host to
11th seeded Lynchburg (4-21, 2-14) with the winner
advancing to play Roanoke in the quarterfinals.
Seventh-seeded Virginia Wesleyan (13-12, 7-9) hosts #10 Randolph
College (6-18, 3-13). The winner of that contest meets
Randolph-Macon at the Salem Civic Center. Washington and Lee
(13-12, 6-10) hosts the remaining first round event as the eighth
seed. Ninth-seeded Emory & Henry College (11-14, 5-11)
travels to Lexington with the winner squaring off with Guilford in
the quarters.
Randolph-Macon (20.5, 173), winners of three of the past four
women's titles, opens the tourney as the #2 seed. Virginia
Wesleyan (17-8, 14-6) maintains the third position.
Bridgewater (15-10, 13-7) matches its men's contingent as the four
seed with Washington and Lee (14-11, 13-7) holding the fifth
spot. Guilford (11-14, 10-10) returns to the ODAC postseason
as the sixth seed while Eastern Mennonite (13-12, 8-12) and
Lynchburg (9-16, 7-13) round out the field as the seventh and
eighth seeds.
Listed below are the pairings for both the men and women's
tournament quarterfinals as well as the remainder of the tournament
schedule. For more information, visit the ODAC Basketball
Tournament website at www.odaconline.com/odacbballtourney.
You can also visit any of the participating schools' websites, of
the ODAC's home on the Internet at www.odaconline.com.
2009 ODAC Women's Championship Pairings and Schedule
Quarterfinals - Thursday, February
26th
#1 Roanoke vs. #8 Lynchburg - 1:00 p.m.
#4 Bridgewater vs. #5 Washington and Lee - 3:00 p.m.
#2 Randolph-Macon vs. #7 Eastern Mennonite - 6:00 p.m.
#3 Virginia Wesleyan vs. #6 Guilford - 8:00 p.m.
Semifinals - Saturday, February 28th
Winner 1v8 vs. Winner 4v5 - 1:00 p.m.
Winner 2v7 vs. Winner 3v6 - 3:00 p.m.
Finals - Sunday, March 1st
Winner Semi #1 vs. Winner Semi #2 - 1:00
p.m.
2009 ODAC Men's Championship Pairings and Schedule
First Round - Tuesday, February
24th
#11 Lynchburg at #6 Hampden-Sydney - 7:00 p.m.
#10 Randolph at #7 Virginia Wesleyan - 7:00 p.m.
#9 Emory & Henry at #8 Washington and Lee - 7:00 p.m.
Quarterfinals - Friday, February 27th
#1 Guilford vs. #8 Washington and Lee/#9 Emory &
Henry - 1:00 p.m.
#4 Bridgewater vs. #5 Eastern Mennonite - 3:00 p.m.
#2 Randolph-Macon vs. #7 Virginia Wesleyan/#10 Randolph - 6:00
p.m.
#3 Roanoke vs. #6 Hampden-Sydney/#11 Lynchburg - 8:00 p.m.
Semifinals - Saturday, February 28th
Winner 1v8/9 vs. Winner 4v5 - 6:00 p.m.
Winner 2v7/10 vs. Winner 3v6/11 - 8:00 p.m.
Finals - Sunday, March 1st
Winner Semi #1 vs. Winner Semi #2 - 3:30 p.m.