The Salem Civic Center will be the site of the annual Old Dominion Athletic Conference basketball tournament this weekend. Men’s semifinals are Friday evening with the championship game at 8 pm Saturday. Women’s semifinals are Saturday afternoon and the championship is Sunday at 2 pm.
Each tournament included eight teams, with action beginning Tuesday for the men and Wednesday for the women at home sites. In the men’s tournament top-seeded Randolph-Macon was scheduled to host Guilford. Randolph-Macon, at 23-2 overall and 14-2 in league play, slots as the ODAC’s top seed for the eighth time since 2018 with only the COVID-shortened 2021 season keeping RMC from an nine-season run.
In other first round men’s action seventh seed Averett was at second seeded Virginia Wesleyan, third seeded Roanoke College played host to Washington & Lee and fourth seeded Hampden-Sydney was scheduled to host Lynchburg.
In the women’s tournament Roanoke snuck into the eighth seed and will play at undefeated Washington & Lee on Wednesday. The Generals victory over Guilford College to end the regular season marked their 16th win in as many tries in ODAC play. W&L’s win also brought the Generals’ full regular-season record to 25-0 to showcase as the first-ever completely unbeaten regular season slate in ODAC women’s basketball history. The Generals are riding the Division III’s second-longest winning streak, tied with the University of Scranton and trailing behind two-time defending national champion NYU, which is on an 85-game unbeaten run.
Other first round women’s games find second seeded Randolph-Macon hosting Virginia Wesleyan, Hollins at third seeded Bridgewater and Shenandoah hosting Guilford in the four-five game.
