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Top 5 A-10 Performances of the Week

After an exciting week of Atlantic 10 basketball, the conference continues to experience some ups and downs. Below are the best performances from the past week. The performances must have come in a win, and no two players from the same team can be selected. The level of competition was also taken into account. 1. …

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5 players that could lead the Atlantic 10 in rebounding in 2017-18

1. Justin Tillman, VCU Who else should you look towards as this year’s leading rebounder? He was second in the league in boards per game last season, averaging 8.8 per contest. In fact, he did so while only playing 25.5 minutes per contest. This season, the frontcourt isn’t going to be so crowded without Mo …

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Peyton Aldridge happy to call Davidson home

Washington, D.C. — It was July 2013 when Davidson coach Bob McKillop was at an AAU tournament in Pittsburgh looking at recruiting Sam Singer; he looked two courts down and spotted a 6-foot-8 forward whose game appeared familiar. Singer ended up playing for California but the person McKillop saw was Peyton Aldridge and Davidson’s now 28-year …

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3 Questions for Davidson Heading into the 2017-18 Season

The Davidson Wildcats are confident heading into the 2017-18 season, even with Jack Gibbs no longer there to lead them. With six seniors returning and a young core oozing with potential, Davidson plans to exceed expectations and finish near the top of the Atlantic 10. However, questions remain. After a ninth place finish last season …

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Preseason Top 25 Atlantic 10 Player Countdown: #2 Peyton Aldridge

Welcome to A10 Talk’s Top Pre-Season 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 #2 Peyton Aldridge, from Davidson. Our Top 25 Player Countdown is a compiled list based on voting from our staff …

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A10 Talk Top 25 Countdown: #6 Peyton Aldridge

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 #6 Peyton Aldridge. Before I dig into this article let me start with a personal apology to Peyton Aldridge on behalf of …

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Mat’s A-10 Halfway There Awards

We are officially halfway through the conference season and one game past that for four Atlantic 10 teams. Let’s hand out some awards! Player of the First Half of the Year Award: TJ Cline (Richmond) There is a reason Richmond is 7-3 and right on the heels of VCU and Dayton for the A-10 lead: TJ …

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Video: Davidson wins at Richmond

I hit the 4WD around 5PM last night and made the treacherous journey through Richmond, VA’s ice-covered roads to UofR’s Robins Center to take in what I thought was going to be a shootout among two of the A-10’s best offenses. What I found when I got there however was a defensive rock fight and two …

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Quick hits: Super sophs, Spider bounce-back and the VCU advantage

CAN OFFENSE SAVE THE SPIDER MEN? Richmond is off to a tough 2-3 start against a very challenging opening A-10 schedule. The Spiders have two home losses, which puts them in catchup mode and may force them to steal some road contests in order to be a top-four A-10 team by year’s end. But here’s why I …