The Atlantic 10 Thread

[boomhauertjs]

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Flyer fans, at least we'll get an extra home game or two in the NIT.

[OSUFan_88]

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Please, Rhody, I plead to you...don't screw up tomorrow.

I think if they win tomorrow, they may be in. It's hard to argue against their resume. May need a win or two in the A-10 Tourney.

[OSUFan_88]

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Please, Rhody, I plead to you...don't screw up tomorrow.

I think if they win tomorrow, they may be in. It's hard to argue against their resume. May need a win or two in the A-10 Tourney.

Well, they indeed screwed up and lost by 2 to UMass.

They need to get to the finals to even have a shot at the NCAA's.

[SlimKibbles]

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Well, they indeed screwed up and lost by 2 to UMass.

They need to get to the finals to even have a shot at the NCAA's.

I think they're done as an at-large candidate. They need to win the tournament in AC. If they had just beaten St. Bona and UMass, I'd have felt pretty good about their chances of getting in. They were rather disappointing, yet again. Grant it, yeah, Jimmy Baron graduated, but I still expected them to do better.

[Eton Rifles]

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And to make things worse for URI, Baron's other son now is not coming to URI next year it was announced. Makes we wonder if Baron SR. is leaving the school soon.

[OSUFan_88]

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And to make things worse for URI, Baron's other son now is not coming to URI next year it was announced. Makes we wonder if Baron SR. is leaving the school soon.

It's time for him to move on. His teams have been choking on themselves way too often for a team that wants to become a strong mid major. I love what he did in making Rhody consistent, but they have also been predictable down the stretch when they are in NCAA contention.

[SlimKibbles]

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And to make things worse for URI, Baron's other son now is not coming to URI next year it was announced. Makes we wonder if Baron SR. is leaving the school soon.

A poster on a Xavier forum mentioned something about that and everybody was wondering if that meant Baron was leaving at the end of the season. Haven't heard anything definitive about that.

Here's an article on Billy Baron choosing UVa over Rhody.

http://www.projo.com/uri/content/URI_Rams_Baron_Virginia_Kenyon_03-03-10_T6HL2_v3.33840e4.html

[phenom1990]

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A-10 Tournament is set and I like the draw for Temple.
They would play the winner of the St. Bonnie's and Duquense ( Duquense shouldn't be slept on though). If Temple can win there play either St.Louis/Rhody or St.Joe's and avoid Xavier/Richmond until the title game.

[SlimKibbles]

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I'm sorry but Jordan Crawford was robbed of POY. Kevin Anderson is a great player and deserves to be on the First Team but Crawford was the leading scorer in the conference for a team that won a share of the league title. Frankly I think X is poorly represented among these awards. Whatever. No matter. They'll just show up in AC pissed off and ready to win the tournament.

2009-10 ATLANTIC 10 MEN’S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
First-Team School Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown PPG RPG Asts Stls Blks

Kevin Anderson Richmond Jr. G 6-0 Duluth, Ga. 17.8 3.4 83 56 12
Lavoy Allen Temple Jr. F 6-9 Morrisville, Pa. 11.7 10.8 72 17 46
Jordan Crawford Xavier So. G 6-4 Detroit, Mich. 19.7 4.7 89 39 5
Damian Saunders Duquesne Jr. F 6-7 Waterbury, Conn. 14.9 11.4 74 84 93
Chris Wright Dayton Jr. F 6-8 Trotwood, Ohio 14.3 7.3 29 27 41

Second-Team

Ryan Brooks Temple Sr. G 6-4 Narberth, Pa. 14.5 4.5 76 24 2
David Gonzalvez Richmond Sr. G 6-4 Marietta, Ga. 14.3 4.2 70 55 8
Rodney Green La Salle Sr. G 6-5 Philadelphia, Pa. 18.5 5.1 128 48 7
Kwamain Mitchell Saint Louis So. G 5-10 Milwaukee, Wis. 16.1 3.1 85 41 2
Andrew Nicholson St. Bonaventure So. F 6-9 Mississauga, Ontario 16.2 7.1 12 6 50

Third-Team

Keith Cothran Rhode Island Sr. G 6-4 New Haven, Conn. 15.0 3.5 61 53 15
Ricky Harris Massachusetts Sr. G 6-2 Baltimore, Md. 19.7 3.4 89 39 3
Delroy James Rhode Island Jr. F 6-8 Brooklyn, N.Y. 12.8 5.3 48 47 32
Jason Love Xavier Sr. F/C 6-9 Philadelphia, Pa. 11.9 8.6 26 14 46
Shamari Spears Charlotte Jr. F 6-6 Salisbury, N.C. 16.3 6.0 22 9 24

Honorable Mention

Juan Fernandez Temple So. G 6-4 Rio Tercero, Argentina 12.2 2.5 105 27 1
Damian Hollis George Washington Sr. F 6-8 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 13.1 4.8 36 24 24
Willie Reed Saint Louis So. F 6-9 Kansas City, Mo. 11.8 8.0 22 23 60
Rookie Team
Chris Braswell Charlotte Fr. F 6-8 Mount Pleasant, Md. 9.6 8.7 31 18 19
Cody Ellis Saint Louis Fr. F 6-8 Perth, Australia 11.6 4.9 22 16 3
Chris Gaston Fordham Fr. F 6-7 Palisades Park, N.J. 18.0 11.4 43 26 50
Lasan Kromah George Washington Fr. G 6-5 Greenbelt, Md. 11.8 3.4 55 58 9
Aaric Murray La Salle Fr. C 6-10 Philadelphia, Pa. 12.2 6.6 34 22 70
Akeem Richmond Rhode Island Fr. G 6-1 Samford, N.C. 9.0 1.7 16 17 2

Defensive Team

Lavoy Allen Temple Jr. F 6-9 Morrisville, Pa. 11.7 10.8 72 17 46
David Gonzalvez Richmond Sr. G 6-4 Marietta, Ga. 14.3 4.2 70 55 8
Damian Saunders Duquesne Jr. F 6-7 Waterbury, Conn. 14.9 11.4 74 84 93
London Warren Dayton Sr. G 6-0 Jacksonville, Fla. 4.6 3.1 125 36 5
Garrett Williamson Saint Joseph’s Sr. G 6-5 Lower Merion, Pa. 12.2 3.4 113 54 3

Player of the Year: Kevin Anderson, Richmond

Rookie of the Year: Chris Gaston, Fordham

Defensive Player of the Year: Damian Saunders, Duquesne

Chris Daniels Most Improved Player of the Year: Chris Johnson, Dayton

Sixth Man of the Year: Ramone Moore, Temple
Student-Athlete of the Year: Yves Mekongo, La Salle
Coach of the Year: Fran Dunphy, Temple

[CM1847]

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What a tough fnish for the league. Charlotte, Dayton and Rhody all imploded and made it a 3 bid conference. At least there are 3 locks this year, but it could have been much better.

[SlimKibbles]

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Well, finals from Round 1:

St. Bona - 83, Duquesne - 71
Rhody - 87, The Joe - 76
Dayton - 70, GW - 60
UMass - 59, Charlotte - 56 (WTF? The Niners lose 7 out of their last 8.)

Quarterfinals Fri. 3/12
#1 Temple v. #8 St. Bona (12 PM ET)
#4 SLU v. #5 Rhody (2:30 PM ET)
#2 Xavier v. #7 Dayton (6:30 PM ET) <--- The rubber match!
#3 Richmond v. #11 UMass (9:00 PM ET)

[Marino]

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I really wish they would fire Lutz, I am tired of this lets jack up 3's all game even when they aren't falling gameplan.

Is it hard to ask for them to give the ball to Spears or Braswell inside? But I am sure they wont fire him, so I expect the 49ers to continue to suck in the A-10 until he is gone.

[OSUFan_88]

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YES YES YES, Rhody! Finally.

Let's make a run at this darn thing!

[kodiak]

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Slim what's the word on Crawford? Is he staying or going to test the NBA waters?

As for POY, happy for KA but I also agree that Crawford probably should have won. In fact, I thought KA played terrible against X, especially in the 1st half

[boomhauertjs]

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Even though UD lost a close one at Xavier and beat the Muskies handily at home, they have no chance in this game. They were fairly unimpressive against GW at home last night and they are a terrible road team. I expect a double-digit loss to XU and a trip to the NIT.