Tournament cancellation dashes Randolph-Macon’s hopes for national title
Fred Jeter | 2/25/2021, 6 p.m.
Randolph-Macon College will have to settle for a conference title this season, hopeful that a national crown remains on the table for 2021-22.
The Yellow Jackets have two conference games remaining before the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Tournament, March 1 through 11. All games will be played at a higher seed.
Randolph-Macon’s basketball team was a preseason No. 1 pick in the NCAA Division III, but the Yellow Jackets’ chances for a national championship were eliminated when the NCAA canceled its national playoffs recently because of the pandemic.
The private school in Ashland started this week 5-0 but hadn’t played since Feb. 2 because of COVID-19 restrictions.
Philip Stanton, R-MC’s sports information director, announced that seniors Buzz Anthony and David Funderburg are planning to return for the 2021-22 season. The NCAA is allowing an extra year of eligibility due to all the problems associated with the pandemic.
