For most teams, we are at the end of the non-conference season. Some teams may have one more game to go. A few teams have actually started the conference season, and then finished a non-conference season after! Crazy times.
Usually the end of the non-conference season means that is basically the half-way point of the season, even though there are 18 conference games left to go. For a few teams in the A10, the non-conference schedule is very important to their NCAA Tourney at-large hopes. For others, those hopes have all but diminished after a few bad losses to some lesser teams in the non-con.
Let’s look at where everyone stands at this point in the season.
*All rankings in parentheses are from KenPom.
Right on Track
Saint Louis (#38)
Notable Wins: vs. LSU (#28), vs. NC State (#39)
Losses: at Minnesota (#52)
The Billikens have had the best start to the season out of any team in the conference. The loss to Minnesota on the road won’t hurt them in the least. Minnesota will most...
