A-10 Tournament Bracketology: The Halfway Point
We’re midway through the A-10 conference slate, which means it’s time to take a look at how the conference tournament bracket is shaping up. There’s plenty of clarity at the top and bottom, but the middle will prove the most complicated – and, therefore, the most interesting over the second half of the season. Let’s …
A10 Talk Top 25 Player Countdown: #21 Jeff Dowtin
Welcome to A10 Talk’s Top 25 Player Countdown. Each day, we publish a new article counting down the 25 best players in the Atlantic 10 this past season, as voted by our staff. Today, we feature #21 Jeff Dowtin of Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Rams saw themselves as the best team in the Atlantic …
Now that the A-10’s season is over, which second-weekend team should you root for?
On Saturday, the Atlantic 10’s season came to an unfortunate end. Rhode Island’s humiliating 87-62 loss to the Duke Blue Devils concluded a wildly successful season for a conference that sent three teams to the NCAA Tournament and won two games. A wild first weekend came to a close the following day. With URI, St. …
Your viewing guide to an action-packed NCAA Tournament Sunday
The final day of the most wonderful weekend of the year draws to a close with eight second-round matchups unfolding from noon to midnight. The past three days have featured buzzer-beaters, busted brackets, questionable calls, and the Loyola Ramblers. With so many matchups on tap today, it can be difficult to know which one to …
Previewing each A-10 representative’s opening matchup in the NCAA Tournament
If you had told me on February 11, when the Selection Committee revealed the then-current top 16 seeds in the NCAA Tournament, that the Atlantic 10 would be a three-bid conference, I’m not sure what I would have thought. I know for a fact that I would have thought you were lying, though. At that …
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 …
A-10 well represented in this July’s 5-on-5 tournament for $2 million (30+ former players)
It’s been about three months since the A-10 hoops season ended and it’s another five months roughly until the next begins. But thanks to a winner-take-all tournament for $2 million simply called “The Basketball Tournament“, we get a little A-10 July hoops to hold us over. Dozens of former ballers from current A-10 teams will …
A10 Talk Top 25 Countdown: #14 Justin Tillman
Welcome to A10 Talk’s Top 25 Player Countdown. Each day, we publish a new article counting down the 25 best players in the Atlantic 10 this past season. Today, we continue our countdown with #14 Justin Tillman. It’s perhaps no huge surprise that one of the largest motors in the Atlantic 10 is a product of the …