DURHAM, North Carolina — N.C. Central stacked up 22 wins last season — the most for the team since its head coach was a freshman guard with the Eagles during the 1992-93 season.
NCCU lost a total of nine games last season, and the Eagles were 15-1 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference during the regular season.
But when it came time for the Eagles to pick up their tickets for the Big Dance, rival N.C. A&T cut in on them at the MEAC Tournament.
The MEAC team that wins the league tournament is the only squad from the conference that gets an automatic NCAA Tournament bid. And last year, that team was A&T.
In other words, NCCU accomplished a lot without really doing anything, NCCU coach LeVelle Moton said during NCCU’s media day Tuesday.
“Our league is pretty much defined by a title or bust, with it being 13 teams,” Moton said. “I always use the analogy of 13 dogs chasing one bone. And, unfortunately, whoever wins the tournament, you have 12 sad puppies going home, and that taste has to remain in your mouth for a complete year.”
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