louth
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Post by louth on Mar 23, 2019 10:28:26 GMT -5
I can’t prove it, but it is my belief that that post season A10 tournament circus is a leading reason the overall quality of the league is falling. Additionally, it seems to me the overall talent is suffering as well. The league needs to pick a place not NY and market both the league and the tournament. Just saying.
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Mar 23, 2019 13:45:17 GMT -5
Preach!!!!!
Really, the 0-4 in the postseason was just a perfect summation of the quality of the league this season.
The problem is, that neither SLU, nor VCU, was remotely competitive in their NCAA games.
Get away from the 18 game league schedule, or this thing is going to look like Conference USA in a couple of years.
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Post by dlasly62 on Mar 23, 2019 14:31:37 GMT -5
It's cyclical, remember how some years with some years ago we did some damage in the tournament. New York is a basketball mecca. Just for recruiting alone you have it there. It's not like if it is in Atlantic City or anywhere else there is going to be a difference.
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Post by Gnocchi on Mar 23, 2019 14:47:27 GMT -5
The Big Least, with ‘Nova and The 9 Dwarves” hasn’t been setting the world on fire this year, either, despite their MSG tourney venue.
The Johnnies got easily handled by Arizona St., who got manhandled by Buffalo. Ja and his Racers destroyed Marquette, Wofford drilled Seton Hall and in the NIT, Georgetown lost at home to Harvard in spacious McDonough “No Seats Behind the Basket” Gymnasium.
With the ACC joining B1G in a 20-game conference schedule next season, it’s only just begun...
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Post by coqui900 on Mar 23, 2019 16:42:43 GMT -5
Conference success is so cyclical. Judging the health of the conference based on a few games in a one-and-done scenario isn't really a good thing.
But I seriously hate almost every conference tournament format. No one is going to go watch an A-10 quarterfinal game anywhere in the country unless their school is directly involved. The only conferences that get any sort of draw are the big boys and the MVC, which is just because Arch Madness has become a huge thing over a lot of decades.
Just make it some sort of "highest seed has come court" thing for a while. Or if that's too much, just make it that the Top 8 seeds qualify and go from there. I'd much rather have watched a finals game at St. Louis this year or URI or whoever last year than in front of a 35% filled Brookyln arena.
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Mar 23, 2019 17:02:42 GMT -5
Double byes are stupid. I can make arguments against any bye.
I’d love to see a lot of conferences go to 8. Makes the regular season more important and shortens tournaments by two days.
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Post by blueandgold on Mar 23, 2019 21:12:59 GMT -5
The Big Least, with ‘Nova and The 9 Dwarves” hasn’t been setting the world on fire this year, either, despite their MSG tourney venue. The Johnnies got easily handled by Arizona St., who got manhandled by Buffalo. Ja and his Racers destroyed Marquette, Wofford drilled Seton Hall and in the NIT, Georgetown lost at home to Harvard in spacious McDonough “No Seats Behind the Basket” Gymnasium. With the ACC joining B1G in a 20-game conference schedule next season, it’s only just begun... Villanofun getting SPANKED by the Boilermakers, and it is wonderful. |
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Post by crayzeeguy on Mar 23, 2019 21:15:24 GMT -5
This whole tournament is so far proving there is only a handful of high caliber teams this season, regrdless of conference.
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Post by durenduren on Mar 23, 2019 21:27:08 GMT -5
My god, Purdue. Doing God's work.
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Post by durenduren on Mar 23, 2019 21:43:10 GMT -5
Poor Nova...
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Post by ltrain38 on Mar 23, 2019 21:56:25 GMT -5
I can't say if it's the awful tournament arrangements (go back to AC and be done with it instead of playing in a huge, empty building) or the 18 game schedule that's made the competitiveness of the league go down. It could be a bad cycle. Could be that our best performing programs left - Temple, Xavier, Butler (I know, one year, but that was a good replacement for the other two). But fixing the tournament and going back to 16 games would be better regardless of whether it addresses the post-season bids problem and competitiveness problem.
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Post by 23won on Mar 23, 2019 22:42:50 GMT -5
I think it is the inevitable pressure of P5 football influence and special stipend money from football that is driving the best talent to the football schools. The remaining Cinderellas will be gone tomorrow. BE gets one win then gets smoked. A10 gets smoked. Not a good trend
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Mar 24, 2019 7:08:21 GMT -5
It's about one year blip. A non football school won 2 out last 3 National Championships. Gonzaga took 2nd the year Nova didn't win. The Zags still may win the whole thing this year.
This college hoops season has been pretty blah. The rest of the tourney may also be blah. The A10 has been on a downward cycle since Dayton made the Elite 8. Look at the league's non league record. Look at it's record vs power 5 teams. Look at it's performance in the tournament.
None of it is good.
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Post by a10champion15 on Mar 24, 2019 7:28:13 GMT -5
This year was a down year for the A10. However, it was a year where the A10 was one of the most inexperienced conferences in the country. You also had a number of programs like Dayton, VCU, URI, La Salle who have new or newish coaches.
Here is the experience ranking posted by A10talk.
346: Dukes
332: UR
327: Davidson
321: Fordham
310: URI
291: GW
278: Dayton
274: SJU
269: Bona
267: UMass
240: La Salle
227: VCU
211: GMU
108: SLU
The future is bright.
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Post by lasalle69bestever on Mar 24, 2019 11:52:50 GMT -5
Guess I gotta put on my shades.
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Post by crayzeeguy on Mar 24, 2019 19:58:59 GMT -5
Really proud of you guys. A few days in and no one has suggested we drop down (up?) to the MAAC, Horizon or Atlantic Sun.
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Post by durenduren on Mar 25, 2019 11:41:05 GMT -5
Really proud of you guys. A few days in and no one has suggested we drop down (up?) to the MAAC, Horizon or Atlantic Sun. Remember when people thought we could actually join the Patriot with our academics?! |
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