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I don't know how you predict who is hard and who is soft especially given the transfer portal and mass defections. Davidson returns two guys who averaged a combined 7.5 ppg last year. Dayton two averaging 18.7. Duquesne 3 at 22.9 ppg. Fordham one ay 3.8 ppg. Mason one at 9.1 ppg. Geedubya two at 22.4 ppg. La Salle no one. Loyola two at 16.4 ppg. Rhode Island one at 2.8 ppg. Richmond two at 12.8 ppg. SLU two at 23.8 ppg. The Bonnies one at 1.7 ppg (plus injured Dasonte Bowen who played only 10 games last year). St. Joes four (including Deuce Jones from La Salle) with 33/9 ppg. And VCU with no returning starters projected but three guys off the bench who were part time starters last year. So when you get your home-and-home opponents, the best appeasr to be St. Joes, Geedubya, Loyola and us. The key across the entire league is developing chemistry and hoping you have ballers on the roster.

Despite being a freshman in 1975-76, I did not attend a single game that year. Didn't have a reason to in my mind. Team was mediocre at 13 and 14. Riding Fireline seemed like quite the chore to get to old Kiel. No one I knew had a car nor liked basketball much to go. Sophomore year it was even worse. Randy Albrecht on his way out with posting a 7 and 19 record. But I got dragged to the Cincinnati game at Kiel on January 16, 1977. It was free after all. Cincinnati came in ranked like #1 in the nation. My roommate, from Louisville, the least athletic guy I knew, wanted to go and spent the whole time screaming at Bobby Miller, UC's center who was, of course, from Louisville. He spent the whole game in the student seats on the north baseline calling Miller a "traitor"" for not only not going to UofL but going to hated UC. After the game, which the Bills narrowly lost 54 to 52, the Cincy team had to walk up through the student section to get to the locker room and that was grand theater. No fights, but the trash talking was incredible. Still, it took me a few years to get locked in and of course I had to endure the dreaded Ekker years. I think the school missed the NCAA boat at this time in the late 70's when Bird and Magic were lighting it up. Our administration did little to help the program and we are still paying for that mistake today.

Do you think all this will have an effect on certain schools and individuals? Let'a say Texas Tech and Nijee Canady.

@Coach314: I want to know if Coach314 is still lol with this verification?

@Bay Area Billiken: there you go Bay. Bif money out there for lawyers with a sports affection. Will you change your "major" and go looking for those millions the Billikens need?

Who's taking cheap shots? I'm askign what I missed in CJS' big man resume. He's only had Avila, right?

@ARon: Since whne did CJS gain a reputation for developing big men? I missed that. Unless Diakite brings a skill set like Avila, then I get it.

Curious: where does SLU get a paltry $20.5 million to divvy out amongst its athletes? Does every athlete get "X" and then the collectives go out and augment the Pay-for-Play money to make bigger deals? If SLU already has growing financial issues, doesn't this hurt more?

All one has to do is look at the past few seasons at Dayton. Last year, Dayton played at home against Northwestern, then went to Maui for the MTE with Uconn, North Carolina and Iowa State. They then got a luck home-and-home with Marquette and a regional game with Cincinnati on a neutral floor. Without the MTE, the schedule is similar to what Davidson is doing now. The year prior, Dayton went to Northwestern repaid the following year. They then used another MTE to meet LSU, St. John's and Houston in Charleston. After that, a close out with SMU and another neutral site game with Cincinnati. Xavier won't play them. In 22-23, an opener with SMU, and another MTE, the battle for Atlantis with Wisconsin, NC State and BYU. Finally, a one-off game with Virginia Tech. In 21-22, it's the ESPN Invitational with Kansas, Belmont and Miami of Florida, augmented by home-and-homes with SMU and Virginia Tech withe a one-off at Ole Miss. 20-21: COVID. 19-20: Maui. 18-19: Battle for Atlantis. 17-18: Charleston Classic. 16-17: Wooden Legacy. Prior to doing this research, I didn't realize how popular and accepted Dayton is in MTE circles. You can debate why that is so ..... a decent high mid-major, fans that will travel, whatever. And they win those games. Beat North Carolina and Iowa State this year; LSU and St .John's the previous year. Our neutral site games are Santa Clara, we played one game in the Hall of Fame Classic and got pounded by Wichita State. Our home-and-homes are Loyola Marymount, San Francisco and Grand Canyon, not SMU, Marquette or Northwestern. Dayton's other games are essentially shite but that's how it works. Win all the shite games, upset one or two biggees, and your rep grows. I thought we were moving there with CTF what with the Mohegan Sun tourney, Phoenix Classic and the Y2K MTE but CTF's crash in 23-24 set us back to square one. if it's not Dayton we need to pass, then it is VCU. They've been in the Charleston Classic, the ESPN Invitational and the Legends Classic the last three years. The Myrtle Beach Invitational and some of the other MTEs don't cut the same cloth.

Further proof that college basketball has officially adopted professional rules. Used to be that once a player declared for and stayed in the draft, his time in college was done. If drafted, great. If not, shopping the Balkans and Pampas for a professional team to hook up with. Now, since college players are paid, the professional distinction has gone away. But since there are no contracts to bind players for multiple years, it's a free agent frenzy every spring. The college game always had the built-in illusion of rooting for Alma Mater U. That is all but gone now. Rare will be the four-year player ala Jordan Goodwin, Hasahn French, Kevin Lisch, Erwin Claggett and the rest of our stars. If you can make $1 million per year and stay in that situation for upwards of 12 years, why not?

Just for fun .... I have seen two way-too-early bracketology predictions for 2026 and the one has VCU in as the sole A10 entry while the other has St. Bonaventure. Neither team has a projected starter who played at their schools last year except Xander Wedlow who got in 27 games at Olean, with no starts and a 1.7 ppg average. Going to be wide open.

This roster looks pretty damn good when compared to all other A10 rosters. If Schertz can gets these guys to implement his offense, we might be pretty good. The issue to me is development. Diakite and Kerr are freshmen. Past SLU history for foreign bigs is not good. Diarra. Cisse. Traore. Magassa. Brockhoff. Pikaar. van Bussel. Loe and Ellis were rare exceptions and that was under Majerus. The last foreigner that amounted to much was Vouyoukous.

Atlantic 10 Rosters 2025-26 - Google Sheets This site lists him on our roster already.

You damn well know that if the NCAA tournament is indeed expanded, the bulk of those expansion slots will STILL go to P5 teams.

David Burns cleared out of school when that season mercifully ended. Burns was selected by the New Jersey Nets in the 3rd round (49th pick)in 1981. He spent part of that season with the Nets and also with the Denver Nuggets. He saw action in 9 games total. He played the 1982-83 season in the CBA with the Ohio Mixers and was named second team all-defensive team. The Ohio Mixers played in Lima, Ohio, which later became the Cincinnati Slammers. It appears they folded in 1987 with the whole CBA folding in 2009.

Just read where Texas Tech gave NiJaree Canady over one million dollars. She is being heralded as the "first woman's million dollar player." A one-year contract worth $1,050,024. A million to the player, $50k for one year of 'living expenses,' and $24 bucks for her "jersey number." (Can't wait to see all the "Texas Tech #24" jerseys flood the market!) This was the incentive for her to leave the Stanford environment and transfer to Lubbock, Texas. If, not so much when, her college career is over, I am sure she can mov eon to professional woman's (wherever the hell that is) and continue to reap riches. Sure, Texas Tech made the college woman's softball playoffs but yippee-cay-ay who really cares? The death of college sports as we knew them is on the doorstep.

In case you missed it ...... 13 teams from the SEC in the regionals.

@slu72: I believe you are referring to the old APR ----Academic Progress Rate --- which was to account for eligibility and retention of student-athletes for each academic term. There was also the GSR --- Graduation Success Rate --- which was supposed to measure the percentage of student-athletes graduating within a specific time frame. I can't believe either is still alive or useful in today's atmosphere. The professional one-and-doners had to blow the overall GSR out of the water a long time ago. And I can't believe the APR is doable in today's migratory transfer portal. There is no way anyone could regulate those requirements in today's college basketball world.

I don't think the four-year guarantee will work especially with NIL offers in a competitive market. If money is the driving force, and a lot of these kids don 't seem to care much about college degrees, then the free schooling offer pales when compared to money. (What does a degree in African-American Studies or Phys Ed get you anyway?) I think most of these kids see school as just a bothersome hindrance to what they really want to do right now. It's required still to stay eligible but with old rules dropping left and right, how long until this rule gets passed by?

Attendance won't be great anywhere (except of course Dayton where they will pay to watch paint dry). The two best attended sessions for the A10 anywhere that I have witnessed were a few years ago when Fordham was pretty good and the subway brought fans to Barclays. The best atmosphere I have ever seen at the A10 tourney was at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City when Temple and St Joe's fans took the trains down from Philly and nearly filled the 9,000 seats. I think the A10 thinks holding the tournament in New York City and Washington make them big league.

Green Bay has filed a waiver requesting the opportunity to play in The Basketball Tournament: Green Bay files waiver to play in The Basketball Tournament - ESPN Given the overwhelming farce that is Pay-For-Play (NIL, to the uneducated) why not let college teams play for the $1 million winner-take-all summer free-for-all. I expect college players to also shortly file to continue to play after their eligibility is over (under the old 5-in-4 rule). How dare anyone restrict their ability to earn a living.

Let's see ...... only SLU basketball .... Chaifetz, Kiel Aud, Checkerdome, Savvis, West Pine Gym, Hagan Arena (St. Joes), UPMC/Palumbo (Duquesne), Eagle Bank Arena (Mason), Gola (La Salle), Smith Center (Geedubya), Rose Hill (Fordham), Convocation Center (Notre Dame), Boardwalk Hall, Dayton Arena, Barclays, Capital One Arena, Madison Square Garden, Prudential Center (Seton Hall), Freedom Hall, Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center (UAB), Fifth Third Arena (Cincinnati), Heritage Bank Center (Cincinnati), HTC Center (Coastal Carolina), Market Square Arean (Indy)..... so 24. Ooops ..... add Hearnes Center, Nationwide Arena (Columbus) and Mohegan Sun Casino/Arena. So total now at 27,

As noted previously, this season defines the pinnacle of success. You made the NCAAs! Congratulations. Hang some banners, move on to next year, next sport.

The ACC handed out $45 million per school this past week. SEC teams dominated March Madness and now women's softball. They will dominate baseball as well. That kind of money can upgrade just about any facility. Showing physical facilities at this point means nothing. The pinnacle was reached by making the NCAAs. That's our finish line.

Congratulations to the Ladies! I'll be watching the Selection Show to see what their reward is. Isn't this the ultimate measure of success for us, no matter the sport? Thirty-plus wins. A conference title. And an NCAA berth. This is what the soccer men and women do. This is what we want the men's basketball to do. Given today's professional athlete playing college sports, this is as good as it gets.