The game featured a tale of two teams for the Dragons. In the first half, Drexel looked like a team that was severely overmatched. Stifled by VCU’s “havoc” defense, the Dragon’s squad had double digit turnovers. Going with a 6 man rotation, from the senior leader down to the freshman sensation, nobody wanted to take control of a game that was seemingly spiraling out of control. Drexel went into the locker room at halftime down 16 points.
Seriously, a 16 point halftime deficit for the Drexel Dragons? The same team that has dominated since the calendar flipped to 2012? Bruiser must have sent a message, and somebody must have heard it.
The second half was a completely different game. The fans at a neutral site in Richmond, Virginia, so they say, were amazed at what they saw. Drexel, slowly but surely, chipped away at VCU’s lead. 16 down to 13. 13 down 7. 7 down to 4. Drexel had the game all the way back to a one possession game with under a minute to go. Just as happened in the first half, a final three point attempt went unanswered as time expired.
The tournament selection committee is notoriously all about their numbers: strength of schedule, RPI, wins against top 50 RPI. Unfortunately, Drexel is desperately lacking in many of the major statistical categories focused on by the committee. As Drexel fans, let’s hope and pray that the committee focuses on things like conference record, a defense that has garnered national attention, a 19 game winning streak that stretched through a majority of conference play, and a regular season conference title in a conference that has made a name for itself with deep runs in the NCAA tournament. It would have been nice to go through the week knowing that Drexel was officially in the big dance, but now it is in the hands of the committee. And now we must wait.
--Written By Kevin Rossi
@kevin_rossi
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