Ugly game of the day

[Da Coach]

In a game that was played Saturday afternoon, Grambling State beat Mid-Atlantic Christian University by 59 points 85-26!

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/conversation?gameId=400850872

Note that Grambling is possibly the worst Division I program in the history of Division I.
They were 0-27 last year against D1, and they finished with the 351st ranked RPI out of 351 teams, and they weren't even close to the 350th team.

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_Men.html

To prove it was no fluke, they were 4-23 against D1 and 350th in RPI out of 351 in 2014, 0-28 with an RPI 347th out of 347 in 2013, 4-24 with RPI of 341 out of 344 in 2012.

A couple things- Mid-Atlantic Christian University is located in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. They are not NCAA, but rather USCAA (United States Collegiate Athletic Association- formerly called the National Little College Association), an association of 81 very small, low level colleges that few people have ever heard of.
But the game is being played in MACU's gym in Elizabeth City, NC. What? How bad do you have to be to play a road game at Mid-Atlantic Christian University?
And yet, Grambling is annihilating MACU. How bad must MACU be?
This game was obviously scheduled for one single reason. Grambling was so desperate to record a win, that they were even willing to play a road game at this lowly, non-NCAA school just to get a win, and avoid another winless season! Embarrassing.

[Big Lance]

It looks like it's Grambling's new head coach was just throwing his old program a bone...he had coached at Elizabeth City for the last 12 years and played for them as well. I'd sure hope they weren't resorting to that simply for a cheap win. Can you imagine what it would be like to be a lifelong fan of Grambling State basketball the last few years? I know we've all not enjoyed the last few years around here very much but that is an unbelievable level of bad....

[Da Coach]

On further review, the Grambling head coach, Shawn Walker, coached for the last 14 years at Elizabeth City State University and is also an alum of the school, not at Mid-Atlantic Christian University. They are 2 different schools located across town from each other. I can't find that he has ever had any connection to MACU, the school they played today.
ECSU is an NCAA Division II state school in Elizabeth City, while MACU is a much smaller, private, non-NCAA school.

[tornado]

in contrast to ugly the most remarkable individual game of the day
Former Bradley recruit Quinton Chievous - transfer from Tennessee to Hampton - had 29 points & 23 rebounds

but.....his team lost 102-95 to Winthrop whose starting shooting guard ex-Brave Jimmy Gavin had 26 points, 3 rebs, 3 asst and was 5-5 from 3-pt range!

[Big Lance]

My apologies DC. In the article on MACU's own website it called Grambling's coaches return "a long awaited homecoming" and that he was bringing his young Tigers "back" to face the Mustangs. But that appears to not only be technically incorrect, but just plain strange that the only link between the two schools is the city.