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[GMUYoda]

GW hands Delaware their first loss tonight, 66-56

 

[GMUYoda]

ODU leads vcu 29-28 at the half

 

[Patriotsince81]

The top half of the A10 is now 50 - 9 overall.

 

[ephoops]

As of this morning, only three teams in D-1 have 10 wins: Mason, Maryland and Liberty.

 

[GMUYoda]

Dayton cruising against St. Mary's 37-18 late in the 1st half

 

[GMU1983]

I will go out on a limb - we have no chance against Dayton! Awesome top 10 team!

 

[gmujim92]

I will go out on a limb - we have no chance against Dayton! Awesome top 10 team!

Most people thought the same thing before we played UConn. Dayton is playing great, but you never know what’s gonna happen on any given day.

 

[Falco]

Most people thought the same thing before we played UConn. Dayton is playing great, but you never know what’s gonna happen on any given day.

Maybe Toppin won’t show up.

 

[GMUgemini]

Maybe Toppin won’t show up.

UConn played well in their game against us, Mason played better.

 

[Falco]

UConn played well in their game against us, Mason played better.

Ok

 

[GMUYoda]

Dayton #14 in new AP Poll

Richmond 3 votes, Dusquene 1 vote, vcu 1 vote

 

[GMUYoda]

Dayton #14 in new AP Poll

Richmond 3 votes, Dusquene 1 vote, vcu 1 vote

Coaches Poll

Dayton #12
vcu 17 votes (29th place)

 

[Five Two]

Dayton #14 in new AP Poll

Richmond 3 votes, Dusquene 1 vote, vcu 1 vote

Duquesne??? I know our strength of schedule is pretty bad (but by design as pointed out in other threads), but I've got to think any of our 3 wins in the Caymans is better than any of their 7 wins. It really doesnt matter since its mid-December and the poll will change 15x before March, but still....

 

[masonjoe]

Duquesne??? I know our strength of schedule is pretty bad (but by design as pointed out in other threads), but I've got to think any of our 3 wins in the Caymans is better than any of their 7 wins. It really doesnt matter since its mid-December and the poll will change 15x before March, but still....

Forget that “, Liberty got a vote !

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

Coaches Poll

Dayton #12
vcu 17 votes (29th place)

Awesome! That means we will have at least one top 25 win this year.

I kid but man, the game before Dayton is homecoming against St. Joe's. Then Dayton visits on the following Tuesday into Fairfax. We could have two 7,000+ attendance games in a row. Not too often, we get a Top 25 team at home.

 

[Bricker]

Forget that “, Liberty got a vote !

Liberty also gets the last spot on Katz's Power 36 this week. They are 11-0.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

Just for comparison's sake if anyone cares:

Liberty's RPI: 86
Liberty's Kenpom: 71

Duquesne's RPI:73
Duquesne's Kenpom: 77

Mason's RPI: 42
Mason's Kenpom: 120

 

[psyclone]

Duquesne??? I know our strength of schedule is pretty bad (but by design as pointed out in other threads), but I've got to think any of our 3 wins in the Caymans is better than any of their 7 wins. It really doesnt matter since its mid-December and the poll will change 15x before March, but still....

After your comment, I checked the Kenpom data on Duquesne. Apparently they are (relatively) highly ranked in defensive efficiency (58th nationally which is second only to vcu in the A10. They are in the top 100 on each of the Kenpom defensive "four factors" and are 2d in Block % and 5th in defense against 3 point %.

Kenpom has them going 11-7 in conference (vs Mason 8-10) and favored by 8 when we play them in Pittsburgh.

 

[MasonSAE4]

After your comment, I checked the Kenpom data on Duquesne. Apparently they are (relatively) highly ranked in defensive efficiency (58th nationally which is second only to vcu in the A10. They are in the top 100 on each of the Kenpom defensive "four factors" and are 2d in Block % and 5th in defense against 3 point %.

Kenpom has them going 11-7 in conference (vs Mason 8-10) and favored by 8 when we play them in Pittsburgh.

I'm not really up on exactly how KenPom calculates the individual efficiencies, but I'm gonna assume the game they played where Lipscomb bricked about 25 3-pointer's probably has that 3-pont defense % a bit skewed.

 

[GMUgemini]

I'm not really up on exactly how KenPom calculates the individual efficiencies, but I'm gonna assume the game they played where Lipscomb bricked about 25 3-pointer's probably has that 3-pont defense % a bit skewed.

That was one of the ugliest games I've ever seen...from both teams.