Dave Dickerson a candidate for Old Dominion job
Ohio State assistant head coach Dave Dickerson is said to be in consideration for the Old Dominion head coaching gig.
| Final - 3.2.2013 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Dominion Monarchs | 43 | 38 | 81 |
| Northeastern Huskies | 26 | 48 | 74 |
Ohio State assistant head coach Dave Dickerson is said to be in consideration for the Old Dominion head coaching gig.
In easily their most impressive performance this season, the Old Dominion Monarchs picked their heads up, went to work, and took care of Drexel in high fashion, dusting themselves off after the firing of the electric head coach Blaine Taylor.
Blaine Taylor is the winningest men's basketball head coach in Old Dominion history. He built the Monarchs program that we know today as a regal land o' hoops over the past decade. So we investigated what the ODU Athletic Director was thinking.
Old Dominion's longtime head coach, Blaine Taylor, is on the way out in the midst of a 2-20 season. That might not have been what did Taylor in.
According to reports on Twitter, Blaine Taylor is out as the head coach of the Old Dominion Monarchs. Here is the instant reaction from those who have covered the coach most closely during his 12 seasons at the helm.
STS: UVA has been playing some very good basketball, with the exception of any game against a CAA opponent. How do you explain UVA's 0-3 record against the CAA and undefeated record against...
Sick and tired of their losing ways, Old Dominion won its first game since November 10 against the Virginia Commodores, a team who hand't lost a game since November 13.
Dimitri Batten leads Old Dominion on a 26-7 second half run, as the Monarchs shock the Cavaliers in Richmond.
#4 Duke is on everybody's minds. But hopefully the Bears are focused on the Old Dominion Monarchs, who carry a perfect record of their own into tonight's game.
Carol Hudson, Jr., Old Dominion University's Hall of Fame Athletic Communication Director was kind enough to answer a few questions for us about ODU and the 2012-2013 season.
| November | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross Crusaders | Friday, November 09 2012 | loss 45 - 46 | coverage |
| Morgan St. Bears | Saturday, November 10 2012 | win 72 - 61 | coverage |
| Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners | Sunday, November 11 2012 | loss 70 - 79 | coverage |
| @ Cleveland St. Vikings | Saturday, November 17 2012 | loss 55 - 67 | coverage |
| Virginia Military Keydets | Wednesday, November 21 2012 | loss 71 - 76 | coverage |
| @ Murray St. Racers | Saturday, November 24 2012 | loss 72 - 79 | coverage |
| December | |||
| @ William & Mary Tribe | Saturday, December 01 2012 | loss 62 - 71 | coverage |
| Richmond Spiders | Tuesday, December 04 2012 | loss 53 - 80 | coverage |
| Va. Commonwealth Rams | Friday, December 07 2012 | loss 70 - 83 | coverage |
| Central Florida Knights | Friday, December 14 2012 | loss 71 - 75 | coverage |
| @ Charleston Cougars | Tuesday, December 18 2012 | loss 65 - 76 | coverage |
| Virginia Cavaliers | Saturday, December 22 2012 | win 63 - 61 | coverage |
| Fairfield Stags | Saturday, December 29 2012 | loss 54 - 55 | coverage |
| January | |||
| James Madison Dukes | Wednesday, January 02 2013 | loss 55 - 58 | coverage |
| Delaware Blue Hens | Saturday, January 05 2013 | loss 72 - 84 | coverage |
| @ George Mason Patriots | Thursday, January 10 2013 | loss 46 - 71 | coverage |
| @ UNC-Wilmington Seahawks | Wednesday, January 16 2013 | loss 60 - 65 | coverage |
| Georgia St. Panthers | Saturday, January 19 2013 | loss 54 - 69 | coverage |
| @ James Madison Dukes | Saturday, January 26 2013 | loss 46 - 56 | coverage |
| Towson Tigers | Wednesday, January 30 2013 | loss 66 - 68 | coverage |
| February | |||
| @ Georgia St. Panthers | Saturday, February 02 2013 | loss 63 - 83 | coverage |
| George Mason Patriots | Monday, February 04 2013 | loss 74 - 85 | coverage |
| @ Drexel Dragons | Thursday, February 07 2013 | win 78 - 66 | coverage |
| Northeastern Huskies | Saturday, February 09 2013 | loss 74 - 79 | coverage |
| @ Delaware Blue Hens | Monday, February 11 2013 | loss 73 - 75 | coverage |
| William & Mary Tribe | Saturday, February 16 2013 | loss 62 - 74 | coverage |
| UNC-Wilmington Seahawks | Wednesday, February 20 2013 | win 84 - 61 | coverage |
| @ Hofstra Pride | Sunday, February 24 2013 | loss 59 - 70 | coverage |
| Drexel Dragons | Thursday, February 28 2013 | loss 77 - 81 | coverage |
| March | |||
| @ Northeastern Huskies | Saturday, March 02 2013 | win 81 - 74 | coverage |
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekene Anachebe | 12 | CENTER | 265 | 6-9 | freshman | |
| Aaron Bacote | 2 | GUARD | 175 | 6-5 | freshman | |
| Dimitri Batten | 4 | GUARD | 190 | 6-3 | sophomore | |
| Deion Clark | 15 | GUARD | 198 | 6-3 | freshman | |
| Donte Hill | 25 | GUARD | 205 | 6-4 | junior | |
| Anton Larsen | 40 | CENTER,FORWARD | 240 | 7-0 | junior | |
| Stuart McEwen | 21 | FORWARD | 201 | 6-9 | freshman | |
| Ambrose Mosley | 10 | GUARD | 166 | 6-1 | freshman | |
| DeShawn Painter | 11 | CENTER | 235 | 6-9 | senior | |
| Keenan Palmore | 3 | GUARD | 174 | 6-1 | freshman | |
| Richard Ross | 23 | FORWARD | 210 | 6-7 | sophomore | |
| Martin Shaw | 0 | GUARD | 170 | 6-0 | freshman | |
| Nick Wright | 1 | FORWARD | 208 | 6-8 | senior |
| FG | 3PT | FT | Rebounds | Misc | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | M | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Ast | TO | Stl | Blk | PF | PPG | |
| DeShawn Painter | 30 | 29.0 | 5.2 | 11.9 | 43.5 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 33.3 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 60.9 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 8.4 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 13.0 |
| Dimitri Batten | 30 | 24.0 | 3.5 | 9.2 | 38.2 | 1.6 | 5.0 | 32.2 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 69.3 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 10.3 |
| Keenan Palmore | 29 | 26.4 | 2.8 | 6.7 | 41.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 10.0 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 68.8 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 8.2 |
| Donte Hill | 30 | 30.8 | 2.8 | 7.2 | 38.7 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 22.8 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 61.3 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 8.2 |
| Aaron Bacote | 29 | 27.3 | 2.6 | 6.7 | 38.3 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 29.1 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 70.3 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 7.8 |
| Richard Ross | 30 | 24.9 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 56.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 25.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 61.7 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 7.3 |
| Nick Wright | 28 | 20.3 | 2.2 | 6.4 | 34.4 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 19.6 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 74.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 6.7 |
| Deion Clark | 17 | 21.6 | 2.0 | 4.9 | 41.0 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 29.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 64.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 5.2 |
| Anton Larsen | 23 | 9.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 32.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 15.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 42.9 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
| Stuart McEwen | 12 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Martin Shaw | 4 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |