Old Dominion Monarchs NCAA Basketball News

Badly-needed size arrived via email for Old Dominion on Wednesday in the form of national letters of intent from a pair of 6-foot-7 forwards.

If you are headed to the Big Blue BBQ tomorrow, have a sandwich for me. I'll be wearing my other beat reporter hat, at the Virginia spring game in Charlottesville.

Jeff Jones was just 18 hours removed from the end of basketball season and creeping along in Washington D.C., rush-hour traffic, but his enthusiasm was evident.

GAME NOTES: The 2014 College Basketball Invitational soldiers on with the semifinals, the nightcap of which features the Old Dominion Monarchs paying a visit to the Fresno State Bulldogs.

Old Dominion 's semifinal opponent in the College Basketball Invitational tournament, Fresno State , knows a thing or two about turnarounds, as well.

The College Basketball Invitational quarterfinals are officially underway, as the final eight teams attempt to make it to the semifinals.

GAME NOTES: Coming off their first postseason win as a Division I program, the Radford Highlanders clash with the Old Dominion Monarchs in the second round of the College Basketball Invitational at the Ted Constant Convocation Center on Monday night.

They might not get the same publicity as their counterparts competing in the NCAA tournament, but schools still have pride and a tournament title to play for in the College Basketball Invitational.

Dimitri Batten netted 18 points and hit 4- of-6 from 3-point range as the Old Dominion Monarchs outlasted the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, 72-65, in first-round action of the College Basketball Invitational at the Constant Convocation Center.

Postseason basketball below the NCAA tournament level often is uneven, owing to travel and unfamiliarity and varying degrees of desire.

Brookings to Sioux Falls to Minneapolis to New York to Norfolk, Va. - that's how South Dakota State got to the College Basketball Invitational.