Just when I was starting to wonder ...
... why who the heck Kennesaw was, and why they kept showing up as winners on the ESPN Bottom Line crawl at the bottom of my screen, along comes ESPN.com's Kyle Whelliston to answer my question.
The Owls are an interesting case study in transitioning from D-II to D-I. Yes, it's pretty impressive that they're leading the Atlantic Sun right now, but bear in mind these guys won the D-II national title. Sometimes - and I'm not saying that's the case with Kennesaw - the restrictions on who you can or can't get into school are a bit looser at the D-II level. Let's give them a few years of recruiting at the D-I level to see if this success holds. For the time being though, it's neat to wonder how Kennesaw - which beat Gardner-Webb, the same team that nearly shocked UNC this season - would far against the Tar Heels.
Oh, and one more juicy tidbit. The No. 2 team in the Atlantic Sun? The Florida Atlantic Owls, coached by none other than Matt Doherty. FAU is in state tonight, playing at fellow Atlantic Sun member Campbell.
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See my post above: The FAU Owls and Campbell Camels are tangling as we speak. And FAU is co-leader with Kennesaw at 6-1 in the Atlantic Sun -- or at least were before today's games -- and it's beaten Kennesaw head to head. Imagine this scenario: Doherty gets FAU into the NCAA's and gets Duke in Greensboro first round. Oh, what fun that would be.
Posted on January 17, 2006 8:08 PM