conference realignment

The 2021-2022 Loyola Ramblers team gathers at half court of Gentile Arena after their preseason scrimmage for season ticket holders.

Insights into Loyola’s A10 Move

Previously, I chatted about the potential roster that the Loyola Ramblers could suit up for the 2022 – 2023 NCAA season. Now I want to understand how Loyola Chicago got into the Atlantic10 and why it’s a great fit for the entire Rambler Athletic program. SCHOOL BACKGROUND I’ll have to state the obvious first …

Additions and Subtractions Blog

BREAKING: The A10 adds Bellarmine as its 16th School

The A10 has made another bold move to secure its standing as one of the premier athletic conferences in college basketball, adding Bellarmine University to be the conference’s 16th full time member, beginning in the 2022-2023 school year. “Bellarmine University is a perfect new addition to the Atlantic 10 Conference,” said A10 Commissioner Bernadette McGlade. …

Additions and Subtractions Davidson Dayton Duquesne Fordham George Mason George Washington La Salle News Rhode Island Richmond Saint Louis St. Bonaventure St. Joseph's UMASS Uncategorized VCU

The Time is Now for the A10 to Realign the Conference

Here We Go Again This past offseason has been no stranger to conference realignment talks, most of them being fans just speculating and debating on how the A10 should eventually realign itself. As it would turn out, Oklahoma and Texas came out and decided they were going to join the SEC, a tremendous feat for …

Blog

Another crazy (or brilliant) conference expansion idea: East meets West

A little over a year ago I wrote about a crazy and/or brilliant conference expansion idea that used an EPL-style relegation system to expand the league to 20 teams broken into two divisions, or truth be told, tiers in this particular conference. Some loved the idea, others hated it. Some loved to hate it. Well …

Blog

A down year for the A-10 or par for the course?

We’re inching closer and closer to March Madness, meaning it’s bubble talk time across the college hoops landscape. At this very moment, most of the discussion for the Atlantic 10 includes just three teams: Dayton, VCU and Rhode Island, perhaps no big surprise as those three were your predicted top-three heading into the season, both …

Blog

Fordham, Duquesne…we need to talk

Sad stat I stumbled upon this morning while searching home attendance numbers for A-10 teams: both the Fordham Rams and Duquesne Dukes are averaging fewer than 1,000 fans per game. Insert: sad face emoji + gun emoji. There’s no way to sugarcoat just how embarrassing that is and how unacceptable that should be for a …