Game Thread - @ Elon - Wed 12/17 7pm (FLO)

[*23*]

Interesting note about the refs and Aiden. I did not watch the game either. But he is a slight build, and takes a lot of contact in the way he plays. If the refs are letting them play a bit that definitely hurts his game a bit. I believe this will be less of a hindrance for him as he gets stronger and even more saavy in the future - but I do worry about him wearing down this season - even with the limited minutes. The minutes he is on the court he takes a lot of contact.

 

[SpiderRick]

The A10 is currently a 2 bid league and it is going to take significant effort to become anything more. The conference is more likely to lose outstanding players than gain them and the scheduling is generally going to be weak. Dayton has consistently shown the ability to schedule well in the OOC for unknown reasons and VCU gets a bump for its recent success. Otherwise, you have a bunch of similar teams and just about anyone can win the tournament. All you have to do is look at the results for the last 10 years. 8 different champions and only VCU has more than one.

It is really kind of remarkable. However, many live in the distant past of the A10 when it was more of a major than a mid-major. Those days are long gone.

I put 11 years below since there was no conference championship in 2020.

Season	Date	Champ	Runner Up	MVP
2024-2025	Mar 12 - 16, 2025	#1 VCU	#2 George Mason	Jack Clark
2023-2024	Mar 12 - 17, 2024	#6 Duquesne	#5 VCU	Dae Dae Grant
2022-2023	Mar 7 - 12, 2023	#1 VCU	#2 Dayton	DaRon Holmes II
2021-2022	Mar 9 - 13, 2022	#6 Richmond	#1 Davidson	Jacob Gilyard
2020-2021	Mar 3 - 14, 2021	#1 St. Bonaventure	#2 VCU	Osun Osunniyi
2019-2020	Mar 11 - 15, 2020	N/A	N/A	N/A
2018-2019	Mar 13 - 17, 2019	#6 Saint Louis	#4 St. Bonaventure	Tramaine Isabell
2017-2018	Mar 7 - 11, 2018	#3 Davidson	#1 Rhode Island	Peyton Aldridge
2016-2017	Mar 8 - 12, 2017	#4 Rhode Island	#2 VCU	E.C. Matthews
2015-2016	Mar 9 - 13, 2016	#4 Saint Joseph's	#2 VCU	Isaiah Miles
2014-2015	Mar 11 - 15, 2015	#5 VCU	#2 Dayton	Treveon Graham

VCU was in 7 out of 10 final games....