A-10 Previews

[Mason32]

The SOS number is arbitrary and basically irrelevant at this point, less than a quarter through the schedule. But it seems to compare favorably to 05-06 — we’ll have to wait and see how it all plays out by March.

How so? UC Irvine, Wake, Creighton and ODU were strong RPI numbers that year. Much better than Navy, Longwood, LIU, and JMU, those teams aren't going to improve much given their conference.

 

[patriotchild]

Little bit of a tough break for Dayton to not get a shot at MSU. Hopefully they beat VT and VT gets some good wins in the ACC

 

[gmujim92]

How so? UC Irvine, Wake, Creighton and ODU were strong RPI numbers that year. Much better than Navy, Longwood, LIU, and JMU, those teams aren't going to improve much given their conference.

Because it’s a fluid number that changes until the final games are played. We literally won’t know how good this schedule will be until after the season is over.

 

[Patriot Lawdog]

2011? CAA's top RPI teams that year (excluding us):

ODU 20
vcu 49
Drexel 74
Hofstra 86
JMU 88

So we had 4 games against top 50 RPI teams in conference, 5 against top 100. Ironically, our best OOC win that season was against Harvard (RPI 35), worst loss N.C. State (RPI 125).

I'd agree in theory, but in both raw data and in public perception, I'd expect this to be a better year. I've already heard on multiple broadcasts about how good people think the A-10 is this year. It shouldn't really matter, but we all know that it does to some degree.

 

[ephoops]

exactly...

People crap on our schedule....to be honest with you all, it is eerily comparable to our 2005-2006 Final Four Team's OOC schedule...see below....

I fully expect the same conference RPI games if not more this year with the A10 Schedule

2019 OOC Comp
Neutral - New Mex State/South FloridaWAC/AAC- TBD
@ - #5/6 Maryland - BIG - L
Neutral - Nebraska - BIG - TBD
Home - LIU-Brooklyn- NEC - W
Home - AmericanPatriot - TBD
Neutral - Old Dominion - CUSA - W
Home - Longwood - Big South - W
Home - Loyola, MD - Patriot - W
Home - Navy - Patriot - W
@ - TCU - Big 12 - TBD
Home - Jacksonville State - OVC - TBD
Home - UMBC - AE - TBD
Home - JMU - CAA W


2005 OOC Schedule
N - UC-Irvine Big West - W
@ - Wake Forest (18) - ACC - L/OT
Creighton - MVC - L
@ - Manhattan MAAC- W
-N - American - Patriot- W
@ - Old Dominion - CAA - L
Radford - Big South - W
Hampton - MEAC - W
Holy Cross - Patriot - W
@ - Mississippi State - SEC - L
@ - Wichita State -MVC -W

The Championship game on Wednesday against either N. Mexico St. (93) or S. Florida (113) is missing from the 2020 chart.

 

[GMUYoda]

Wow... Dayton up 15 on VT

 

[Bricker]

Wow... Dayton up 15 on VT

They look dominant right now. Richmond put up a nice fight against Auburn during the first half but have run out of steam. Our boys are going to have to keep their feet on the gas come conference play.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

Dayton is toying with Virginia Tech (Tech just beat #3 Michigan State yesterday). Up 18 with 11 to go in the game. This will be Tech's first loss of the year.

Dayton is no joke.

 

[psyclone]

Toppin is going nuts with spinning to the rim, past his defender and finishing with 2 handed dunks. Bilas is beside himself..."we're watching a GREAT one!"

Flyers ahead by 26 with 3 minutes left.

 

[GMU1983]

Dayton is bloody awesome!!

 

[p8triotfan4life]

Dayton will be the A10 Champs. no doubt.

 

[Falco]

Little bit of a tough break for Dayton to not get a shot at MSU. Hopefully they beat VT and VT gets some good wins in the ACC

how about Kansas! Haha and VT already has wins over Clemson and MSU.

Dayton is so impressive it’s scary

 

[GMUgemini]

Dayton will be the A10 Champs. no doubt.

Regular season, and then UMass will win the tournament and we'll get like 5 teams in...happens every year.

 

[MasonSAE4]

Regular season, and then UMass will win the tournament and we'll get like 5 teams in...happens every year.

As much as we should root for the conference, I think I'd rather have three teams with better seeding in the tourney than four or five that all get bounced right away. Looks like Dayton could make serious noise in March; best thing (aside from Mason winning the A10) would be Dayton winning regular season and tourney to get a good seed.

 

[GMUgemini]

As much as we should root for the conference, I think I'd rather have three teams with better seeding in the tourney than four or five that all get bounced right away. Looks like Dayton could make serious noise in March; best thing (aside from Mason winning the A10) would be Dayton winning regular season and tourney to get a good seed.

I don't know...I think more bids gives you more opportunities to advance (4 teams in is equivalent to one team making the Elite 8 money-wise -- units are units). The MVC in 2006 got more money than the CAA despite our Final Four, because they had two teams in the Sweet 16, 4 teams overall (3+3+1+1 versus 5+1 for us).

The tournament is unpredictable, so seeding isn't necessarily a guarantee. Look at Dayton in 2016 as a 7 seed losing to a 10, but that 10 wound up making the Final Four. UVA went down to a 16 seed in the first round.

If Dayton is good enough, their seeding won't matter as much (look at our 11 seed in 2006, vcu's 11 seed in 2011).

 

[psyclone]

A10 has just moved past the West Coast Conference (Gonzaga, BYU) into the #8 slot. AAC is #7

 

[GMUYoda]

Dayton 37 #4 Kansas 36 at the half

 

[GSII]

This is Grants 2nd or 3rd year?

 

[Falco]

This is Grants 2nd or 3rd year?

According to google, it’s his third year.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

A10 goes 4-1 tonight with the only loss being by Dayton in OT to #4 Kansas.

A10 continues to have a fantastic year.