Atlantic 10 Non-Conference Grades: VCU Rams
Mike Rhoades’ third edition VCU Rams headed into the season with a brand new grading curve. No longer underrated like last season’s group picked seventh preseason before a 16-2 first place regular season run, instead the A-10’s preseason top dog with serious expectations that included a November top-25 national ranking. Good Wins There are good …
Spiders head to Tuscaloosa –
Richmond vs Alabama Preview: What: Richmond Spiders (10-2) vs Alabama Crimson Tide (6-5) When: 12/29 – 6:30 pm EST Where: Coleman Coliseum; Tuscaloosa, AL How to Watch: SEC Network Spiders look to end OOC play with a victory After what felt like a long week of no Spiders basketball, Richmond will be back in action …
GW WBB balancing success, development
As George Washington women’s basketball seniors Mei-Lyn Bautista and Kelsi Mahoney sat in La Salle’s visiting locker room last season, the two had a feeling that the team was beginning to click and that the season could be something special. Two months later that vision was realized as GW won the Atlantic 10 Women’s Basketball …
MAJOR FOCUS: Duquesne – Penn State Photos
PITTSBURGH, pa — The Duquesne Dukes took on the Penn State Nittany Lions on Wednesday night. In what was their final “Goliath” game of non-conference play, the Dukes ultimately fell to Penn State, 73-67. The end was particularly frustrating for the Dukes, as a controversial foul call (block) on Michael Hughes led to a verbal …
Let’s talk about who can beat Rhode Island
My good friend Grant Labedz posted an article just this morning on the likelihood of Rhode Island (17-3, 9-0) going undefeated in Atlantic 10 play. Possible? Certainly. But let’s dig deeper. WHO HAS GIVEN RHODY TROUBLE URI has cruised through most of Atlantic 10 play, defeating seven of their nine opponents by double-digits. The two opponents …
Sunday musings: A historical Rhody comparison and some A-10 stock advice
Checking in for another statistics-based look at the A-10. Let’s GO! IS RHODE ISLAND THE NEW XAVIER? When was the last time there was this much of a disparity between the A-10’s top team and the rest of the conference? Answer: 2007 This year’s Rams currently rank 31 spots higher in kenpom’s current rankings than …
Atlantic 10 Non-Conference Grades: VCU
Having lost two head coaches in just three years time, VCU headed into the 2017-18 season with a decent amount of questions and a brutal OOC schedule staring them in the face. The Rams lost eight players from the previous year’s NCAA tournament team and two scheduled incoming top-100 recruits, a mass exodus that included …
An interview with a #FireMooney advocate
Richmond Spiders head coach Chris Mooney is in his 13th season with UofR. He’s led his teams to seven post season appearances including a Sweet 16 trip in 2011, one of just two times the program has ever advanced that deep into the tournament. The Spiders have finished within the top-five of the final Atlantic …
Preseason Top 25 Atlantic 10 Player Countdown: #11 Shavar Newkirk
Welcome to A10 Talk’s Preseason Top 25 Player Countdown for the 2017-18 season. Each day, we’ll be publishing a new article, counting down our best 25 players for the coming season. Today, we feature #11 Shavar Newkirk of Saint Joseph’s. Our Top 25 Player Countdown is a compiled list based on voting from our staff and writers …