A-10 Team By Team (2015-2016)

[Bizziken]

To accurately determine 'acceptable progress', especially in conference play, we have to see the state of each A-10 team. It's still early, so some things may change. <I emailed this to a friend a few weeks ago>

Davidson

Key Losses:
- Guard Tyler Kalinoski (17 PPG, 6 RPG, 4 APG)...leading scorer and minutes getter

Key Gains:

- Jake Belford, their starting Center, got hurt 6 games into the season. He will return next year to add to the rotation

Bottom Line:

- Davidson returns 7 of their top 8 rotational players (plus Belford)

Dayton

Key Losses:

- Forward Jordan Sibert (16 PPG, 3 RPG, 2 APG)...their leading scorer and minutes getter

Key Gains:

- Steve McElvene, a 6'11'' Center who sat out this season (academics)
- Charles Cooke, a 6'6'' transfer (averaged 14 PPG for James Madison)

- Four recruits, the best of whom is 6'7'' Sam Miller, the 47th ranked SF in next year's class

Bottom Line:

- UD returns 6 of their 7 man rotation

Duquesne

Key Losses:
- Forward ​Dominique McKoy (8 PPG, 6 RPG, 1 APG)

​Key Gains:​

- Rene Castro​, a 6'3'' transfer from Butler

- MarQywell Jackson, a 6'5'' former UTEP signee​

Bottom Line:

- Duquesne returns 7 out of their top 8 rotational players

Fordham

Key Losses:

- Guard Bryan Smith (7 PPG, 3 RPG, 2 APG)

- Eric Paschall (16 PPG, 6 RPG, 1 APG) transferring...leading scorer

Key Gains:
- Ryan Canty, their starting senior center, returns from injury

Bottom Line:

- Depending on their coaching situation, Fordham would return 6 of their top 8 rotational players

George Mason

Key Losses:

- Forward Vaughn Gray (4 PPG, 1 RPG)

- Guard Corey Edwards (5 PPG, 2 RPG, 3 APG)

Key Gains:

- Ahmad Gilbert (6'6''), the 28th ranked SF recruit

Bottom Line:

- Depending on their coaching situation, Mason returns 8 of their Top 10 rotational players

George Washington

Key Losses:

- Forward Jon Kopriva (7 PPG, 4 RPG)

- Guard Nick Griffin (3 PPG, 1 RPG)

Key Gains:

- Tyler Cavanaugh, a 6'9'' Wake Forest transfer

Bottom Line:

- GW returns 6 of their Top 7 rotational players

LaSalle

Key Losses:

- Center Steve Zack (9 PPG, 9 RPG, 2 APG)

- Forward Jerrell Wright (12 PPG, 7 RPG, 2 APG)

- Guard DJ Peterson (3 PPG, 3 RPG, 2 APG)

Key Gains:

- BJ Johnson, a 6'7'' transfer from Syracuse (will likely sit out 2015-16 if he can't get a hardship waiver)

- Yevgen Sakhniuk, a 6'7'' Forward who plays on the Ukrainian National Team (served a year in residence this season)

Bottom Line:

- LaSalle should return 5 of their top 8 rotational players

Massachusetts

Key Losses:

- Center Cady Lalanne (12 PPG, 10 RPG)

- Forward Maxie Esho (11 PPG, 6 RPG, 1 APG)

- Guard Derrick Gordon (10 PPG, 5 RPG, 3 APG)

Key Gains:

- Seth Berger, a Forward who sat out with an injury (2 PPG, 2 RPG, 1 APG)

- Rashaan Holloway (6'10''), the 34th ranked Center in the 2014 class (academically ineligible this year)

- Malik Hines, a 6'7'' 3-Star recruit who sat out this year (academically ineligible)

- LuWane Pipkins, a 5'11'' PG who is the 152nd ranked player in the class of 2015

Bottom Line:

- UMass returns 7 of their 10 man rotation

Rhode Island

Key Losses:

- Forward Gilvydas Biruta (8 PPG, 5 RPG, 2 APG)

- Guard TJ Buchanan (6 PPG, 3 RPG, 3 APG)

Key Gains:

- Kuran Iverson, a 6'8'' Memphis transfer (was the 36th ranked recruit in the class of 2013)

- LeRoy Butts (6'8''), ranked as the 52nd PF in the class of 2015

Bottom Line:

- Rhodey returns 7 from their 9 player rotation

Richmond

Key Losses:

- Point Guard Kendall Anthony (17 PPG, 2 RPG, 3 APG)...leading scorer and minutes getter

Key Gains:

- Marshall Wood, a Virginia Tech transfer Forward

Bottom Line:

- Richmond returns 7 of their 8 player rotation

Saint Joseph's

Key Losses:

- Guard Chris Wilson (8 PPG, 4 RPG, 3 APG)

Key Gains:

- Papa Ndao, their 6'8'' starting Forward medically redshirted and will be back

- Kyle Molock, the 41st ranked PG recruit in the class of 2013 who medically redshirted last season

- Markell Lodge, a 6'7'' Forward who sat out this season (academics)

- LaMarr Kimble, the 30th ranked PG recruit
Bottom Line:

- SJU will return 6 of their 7 man rotation, plus Ndao

St. Bonaventure

Key Losses:

- Center Ndoye (12 PPG, 10 RPG, 1 APG)

- Guard Cumberbatch (10 PPG, 5 RPG, 2 APG)

- Forward Dees (1 PPG, 2 RPG)

Key Gains:

- Jaylen Adams (starting PG) was injured for some of the year

- In the running for a lot of JuCos

Bottom Line:

- Welders return 5 of their 8 man rotation

VCU

Key Losses:

- Guard Briante Weber (8 PPG, 4 RPG, 4 APG)

- Forward Traveon Graham (16 PPG, 7 RPG, 2 APG)...leading scorer and minutes getter

- Forward Jared Guest (2 PPG, 2 RPG)

Key Gains:

- 4-Star Top 100 Forward Tevin Mack (66th Overall)

- 4-Star Top 100 Guard Kenny Williams (91st Overall)

- 3-Star Top 150 Forward Jordan Murphy (119th Overall)

Bottom Line:

- VCU returns 8 of their 11 rotational players

A lot of teams lose their best player but return practically everybody else (Davidson, Dayton, Richmond, VCU) so they should still be pretty good. It will be interesting to see how these teams adapt.

In my opinion, GW and Rhodey look to be the frontrunners going into next season, along with whoever can best replace the loss of their best player from the teams mentioned above.

[majerus mojo]

RT @JoshuaParrott: Fordham F Eric Paschall announced he has permission to contact other schools. A-10 FRofYR/15.9 PPG/5.5 RPG as 6-6 FR. 3-star recruit from NY

RT @JonRothstein: Fordham's Eric Paschall will transfer, per the school. Three years of eligibility remaining. Long line for this one.

[Bizziken]

RT @JoshuaParrott: Fordham F Eric Paschall announced he has permission to contact other schools. A-10 FRofYR/15.9 PPG/5.5 RPG as 6-6 FR. 3-star recruit from NY

RT @JonRothstein: Fordham's Eric Paschall will transfer, per the school. Three years of eligibility remaining. Long line for this one.

Wow...that's huge. I'll edit. I don't understand why Fordham didn't give Pecora 1 more year.

[wgstl]

Early look seems to show Davidson, UD, and GW are gonna be real strong next season.

[FromDaEastSide]

BJ Johnson from Syracuse possibly landing at La Salle

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12545357/bj-johnson-transferring-la-salle-explorers-syracuse-orange-college-basketball

[Bizziken]

BJ Johnson from Syracuse possibly landing at La Salle

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12545357/bj-johnson-transferring-la-salle-explorers-syracuse-orange-college-basketball

His dad played at LaSalle. It's crazy how successful the Explorers are at getting high level transfers.

[ChicagoBill]

His dad played at LaSalle. It's crazy how successful the Explorers are at getting high level transfers.

A Sweet 16 appearance will do that for you.

Southwest Philly Floater!

[3star_recruit]

Based on what the rest of the league is returning, expecting us to leapfrog 6 of them isn't realistic, as brian noted elsewhere. The preseason mags will pick us to finish near the bottom again. A record above .500 would put Crews in the running for his third Coach of the Year honor in 4 years. If expecting something closer to 8-10 makes one a Crews apologist, then I'm a Crews apologist.

[Pistol]

Interesting exercise and good idea, Bizziken.

Another edit to the list: Derrick Gordon just announced he's transferring out of UMass for his final season.

Looks like most teams in the conference will improve marginally, given the high percentage of returning players. LaSalle and Bonaventure should both drop deeper back into the bottom half after being mid-tier teams this season. I could also see VCU being slightly down from this season.

[Bizziken]

Interesting exercise and good idea, Bizziken.

Another edit to the list: Derrick Gordon just announced he's transferring out of UMass for his final season.

Looks like most teams in the conference will improve marginally, given the high percentage of returning players. LaSalle and Bonaventure should both drop deeper back into the bottom half after being mid-tier teams this season. I could also see VCU being slightly down from this season.

I saw that Gordon transferred. That's crazy...I would add UMass to the list of teams that drop. 3 of their best players gone will hurt.

Also, Detwon Rogers transferred from Dayton...I thought he had a chance to take over Sibert's spot, but it looks like that's going to be Charles Cooke.

[Pistol]

I don't expect to see a drop-off at Dayton despite losing Rogers and Sibert. They add some much needed size and depth. I could also see a nice transfer or two landing there.

But yeah, UMass, Bona, VCU, and LaSalle will probably all be down from this season, although VCU always manages to stay an NCAA Tournament-level team. We'll probably still see some other transfers head out from the league, too.

Like 3star says above, I don't think there's enough drop-off from the bottom half teams for us to leap frog very many. We're still a long way off.

Any other coaches on the block? Is Martelli still hanging on for another year?

[waldo027]

We can be a much better team and still be something like 7-11 in conference, if the conference is much better too.

[slufan13]

We can be a much better team and still be something like 7-11 in conference, if the conference is much better too.

This is kind of what I'm expecting. Unfortunately (but probably fairly) results matter. So if we still aren't winning, it won't be a fun year on this board. Still I have no idea what to expect and as I said in another thread, I'm not going to let some positive or negative vibes this summer change that. Next year could be anything for us. I won't do too much speculation.

[waldo027]

Paschall is transferring to Villanova.

[HoosierPal]

‏@JonRothstein Apr 15

The A 10 should be much improved in 15-16. URI, Dayton, VCU, GW, and Davidson will all enter the season aiming for a bid. A sleeper? SLU.

[Bizziken]

Bonaventure just got a commitment from Courtney Stockard, a 6'5'' JuCo who is originally from St. Louis (Jennings). Anybody know anything about him?

[thetorch]

Bonaventure just got a commitment from Courtney Stockard, a 6'5'' JuCo who is originally from St. Louis (Jennings). Anybody know anything about him?

Undersized 4. Slasher, can't shoot. Improved immensely since HS though.

Fits in with St Bonaventure. He's long and can score. He looks more like a player than he actually is. The Bonnies collect guys like him, swingman size, wingspan of a 7 footer, poor athletes.

[Littlebill]

UMass's Cady Lalanne drafted 55th by San Antontio

[brownwolves]

you guys have to make that long journey to Otterville this season ..... we'll finish this discussion then.

I have a feeling that your opinion of the St Louis native Courtney Stockard will improve after the post-game interview.

Let's go Bonas