Fordham Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:44:59 PDT

To say that Fordham's season was a disappointment would be an understatement. The Rams, picked fourth in the A-10 preseason coaches' poll, barely slid into the A-10 tournament as the No. 12 seed and bowed out in embarrassment with an 80-62 first-round loss to St. Joseph's.

This year's collection of seniors, coach Dereck Whittenburg's first recruiting class, helped pick up a Fordham program that was a combined 8-48 in the two previous seasons before their arrival. In 2004-05, the Rams went 13-16 behind a team comprised of only five true freshman and four scholarship players, including A-10 Rookie of the Year Bryant Dunston. The following year, Fordham finished 16-16, leading up to an 18-12 season of a year ago.

So you might see why 2007-08 expectations were so high with...