UNC Wilmington coach Kevin Keatts reacts to a play during the team's NCAA college basketball game against James Madison on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Harrisonburg, Va. (Nikki Fox/Daily News-Record via AP)
UNC Wilmington's C.J. Bryce (12) pushes past the defense of James Madison's Ivan Lukic (55) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Harrisonburg, Va. (Nikki Fox/Daily News-Record via AP)
James Madison tight end Jonathan Kloosterman (88) catches a pass for a touchdown in the first half of the FCS championship NCAA college football game against Youngstown State, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, in Frisco, Texas (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Maryland quarterback C.J. Brown (16) scores a touchdown past James Madison linebacker Rhakeem Stallings (7) during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, warned that the "freedom of the people" is imperiled more by "gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations.” (Library of Congress)