GW won the A-Ten by defeating Charlotte in DC. The tight game included ten lead changes; the 49ers sank more treys, but the home team pulled down more boards.

GW now has seven straight 20-win seasons under coach McKeown, who described the game: "We kept switching defenses, but Charlotte kept making shots, and kept running at us. It was a tough game to get control of. You have to give Charlotte credit. They were in first place going into today, they've won 20 games. They're going to be a handful in the tournament too."

Charlotte and GW have identical records-- GW gets first seed by winning the teams' only (in fact, their first-ever) meeting. The teams have somewhat different nonconference schedules, which won't be lost on the NCAA committee-- GW beat Purdue and Villanova: the 49ers have no wins against big-conference teams-- though their losses to Florida and Old Dominion look more forgivable now than ever.

Speaking of Old Dominion, the Monarchs haven't lost since January 2; their seven losses (all nonconference) include Duke, Rutgers, Tennessee, Vandy, and North Carolina, whom they took to overtime. Last night they beat William and Mary 85-33. Perhaps they deserve to be ranked?