When the dust settles…

As of two days ago, the Atlantic 10 is officially a 16-team conference (at least for the next season), and folks can finally start to settle in in preparation for the fall sports season. So while we wait for the action to heat up again, why not gaze deep into our A10Talk crystal ball and attempt to predict what’s sure to be an unpredictable hoops season.

What I decided to do was go through each teams conference season and predict games they might win and lose.

DISCLAIMER: These are a ROUGH estimate of upcoming performance. Under one team’s A-10 schedule I may have them winning a game, but under another team’s schedule have that same game resulting in a different outcome. The idea is there are always toss-up games, so having those results match perfectly through the entire A-10 schedule isn’t a must for our purposes. There are always those unexpected wins, and unexpected losses. Our final standings are meant to give a general idea of — based on returning talent/expectation — how a certain team should do. There will be teams that play under their potential (perhaps Butler?) as well as a team or two who may surprise (Richmond?).

Predicted wins in green, losses in red.

1. SAINT LOUIS (12-4)
Home – BU, CHA, UD, LAS, UM, URI, SJU, VCU 
Away – BU, DUQ, FOR, GW, UR, SBU, TU, XU

1. VCU (12-4)
Home – BU, UD, FOR, GW, LAS, UM, UR, SJU 
Away – CHA, DUQ, URI, UR, SBU, SLU, TU, XU

1. XAVIER (12-4)
Home – UD, FOR, GW, LAS, UM, SLU, TU, VCU 
Away – BU, CHA, UD, DUQ, URI, UR, SBU, SJU

4. BUTLER (11-5)
Home – CHA, DUQ, URI, UR, SBU, SLU, TU, XU 
Away – UD, FOR, GW, LAS, UM, SJU, SLU, VCU

4. MASSACHUSETTS (11-5)
Home – BU, UD, DUQ, GW, URI, UR, SJU, TU 
Away – CHA, FOR, LAS, URI, SBU, SLU, VCU, XU

4. SAINT JOSEPH’S (11-5)
Home – BU, FOR, GW, URI, UR, SBU, TU, XU 
Away – CHA, UD, DUQ, FOR, LAS, UM, SLU, VCU

7. DAYTON (10-6)
Home – BU, DUQ, FOR, UR, SBU, SJU, TU, XU 
Away – CHA, GW, LAS, UM, URI, SLU, VCU, XU

8. TEMPLE (9-7)
Home – CHA, DUQ, LAS, URI, UR, SBU, SLU, VCU 
Away – BU, CHA, UD, FOR, GW, UM, SJU, XU

9. LA SALLE (8-8)
Home – BU, UD, DUQ, FOR, GW, UM, UR, SJU 
Away – CHA, GW, URI, SBU, SLU, TU, VCU, XU

10. DUQUESNE (7-9)
Home – CHA, GW, URI, SBU, SJU, SLU, VCU, XU
Away – BU, UD, FOR, LAS, UM, UR, SBU, TU

10. RICHMOND (7-9)
Home – CHA, DUQ, GW, URI, SBU, SLU, VCU, XU 
Away – BU, UD, FOR, LAS, UM, SJU, TU, VCU 

12. ST. BONAVENTURE (6-10)
Home – CHA, DUQ, FOR, LAS, UM, SLU, VCU, XU 
Away – BU, UD, DUQ, GW, URI, UR, SJU, TU

13. RHODE ISLAND (3-13)
Home – CHA, UD, GW, LAS, UM, SBU, VCU, XU 
Away – BU, DUQ, FOR, UM, UR, SJU, SLU, TU

14. CHARLOTTE (2-14)
Home – UD, FOR, LAS, UM, SJU, TU, XU, VCU 
Away – BU, DUQ, GW, URI, UR, SBU, SLU, TU

14. GEORGE WASHINGTON (2-14)
Home – BU, CHA, UD, FOR, LAS, SBU, SLU, TU 
Away – DUQ, LAS, UM, URI, UR, SJU, VCU, XU

16. FORDHAM (1-15)
Home – BU, DUQ, UM, URI, UR, SJU, SLU, TU 
Away – CHA, UD, GW, LAS, SBU, SJU, VCU, XU