Around the A10

[fan2011]

Doesn't speak well for conferemce

Seems like our schedule could be part of a conference wide strategy or something.

Or, if I put on my tinfoil hat, collusion by the P6 conferences to freeze out mid-majors.

 

[Section9_RowD]

So for me after seeing two great Spiders wins live at RC in the last 24 hours, taking the optimistic approach.

We have to lose only 1 or at most 2 in non-conference and if we do, our A10 schedule shapes us pretty nicely for Q1 and Q2 this year for a change - i..e. we will have our opportunities as our home and home games may be against 5 of the top 7 teams.

Home and home

VCU
GMU
GW
Davidson
Bonne

Home vs Dayton
@SLU

 

[Urmite]

Seems like our schedule could be part of a conference wide strategy or something.

Or, if I put on my tinfoil hat, collusion by the P6 conferences to freeze out mid-majors.

Maybe the A10 thought the committee was returning to RPI this season.

 

[SFspidur]

GW in trouble against McNeese.

 

[*23*]

And the great Caputo and GW go down.

 

[RichmondNative]

And the great Caputo and GW go down.

I think that should put the dream of the A10 getting 3 bids in the dance to bed. I never was a believer but got a fair amount of talk in the early season.

 

[*23*]

McNeese is supposed to be good this year but they lost a ton. For starters a great coach in Wade, and he took his two best players with him to State. And they lost Aura.

 

[Spiders4ever]

McNeese is supposed to be good this year but they lost a ton. For starters a great coach in Wade, and he took his two best players with him to State. And they lost Aura.

.....but defeated GW

 

[97spiderfan]

you're correct that our schedule does not set us up for one of the very few at-large bids that mid-majors will get. we've discussed that plenty. it's better to beat good teams than bad teams.

but you greatly increase your risk of losing ... see Loyola. preseason #5 in the A10, much higher than us. how's that working out at 1-4 with losses to Wichita St, Colorado St, and North Texas? they've shot themselves in the foot.

we're not getting an at-large unless the conference ends up ranked around #7 and we go 15-3.
we're doing more to help the conference ranking than Loyola is with their tougher schedule.

Loyola's record has much more to do with the quality of their team then their schedule. Put a good team on the floor and put together a quality schedule should be pre-requisites for any A-10 coach. Loyola failed the good team portion of that equation, we failed the scheduling portion. If anyone shot themselves in the foot, it is us, because our failure is entirely self inflicted.

 

[sman]

And the great Caputo and GW go down.

looked at the box score. 24 turnovers for GW. that seems like a lot.

 

[Urmite]

KenPom #100?

For a moment…

 

[SFspidur]

Back to 101. Hope we got the banner hung in that brief window.

 

[fan2011]

Back to 101. Hope we got the banner hung in that brief window.

We still have a top 100 historic program rank. We are 100th best historically, according to kenpom

 

[SpiderPrime]

Middle Ten putting up a good fight with GW

 

[SpiderPrime]

GMU’s Kanga savagely assaults Ohio player

 

[SpiderPrime]

Poor Loyola

 

[*23*]

Valentine should be fired at half time. Wow they are bad.

 

[Spiders4ever]

Valentine should be fired at half time. Wow they are bad.

The watch is on

 

[fan2011]

Poor Loyola

And people thought our schedule wasn’t preparing us for a10 play. We will be ready for Loyola at least, haha

 

[sman]

And people thought our schedule wasn’t preparing us for a10 play. We will be ready for Loyola at least, haha

Loyola will turn it around in A10 play and I'll be told that it was their brilliant, tough OOC schedule that prepared them for conference play.