Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Trying to Recover

While losing in overtime at Seton Hall must have been tough for the James Madison men's basketball team, for the women their recent fortunes have been even tougher.

Madison began the season 6-0 with four freshman starting, and their surprising start included a win over then-No. 14 George Washington. It was JMU's first win over a ranked opponent since the 1991 NCAA tournament, and extended the Dukes' NCAA-leading home win streak to 29.

Since that game JMU is 1-3, and has lost three straight. Two of those losses were on the road.

The Dukes play their next game at Pittsburgh (8-3), the team that knocked JMU out of the NCAA tournament last year in Pittsburgh. With such a young, inexperienced squad, how would you assess their chances of breaking out of a slump?

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