BilliesBy40 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, wgstl said: A vcu-less Bones isnt very good, middle of the pack maybe. As of right now I'd say top 4 is: Bonnies SLU VCU(with bones) Richmond VCU managed to beat us without Bones. I agree losing him hurts, but I don't think they will fall too far without him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 minute ago, BillsBeliever!!! said: If Bones comes back the A10 might have 4 teams that could make the top 25 I have absolutely ZERO faith that Richmond or the Bonnies will put together a good OOC, and it will end up hurting the conference. AGB91 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Just now, wgstl said: I have absolutely ZERO faith that Richmond or the Bonnies will put together a good OOC, and it will end up hurting the conference. Bonnies need to put together a bench before thinking that far ahead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Just now, BilliesBy40 said: VCU managed to beat us without Bones. I agree losing him hurts, but I don't think they will fall too far without him. I understand what you're saying, but really anyone could have beaten us at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Joel Soriano is leaving Fordham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Littlebill said: Bonnies need to put together a bench before thinking that far ahead They can easily replace the bench or lack thereof what they had this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Pistol said: Joel Soriano is leaving Fordham. His loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 14 minutes ago, Littlebill said: Bonnies need to put together a bench before thinking that far ahead They are putting a bench together. Have landed some decent transfers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 41 minutes ago, Pistol said: Joel Soriano is leaving Fordham. Wasn't this kind of a running joke all year that he'd transfer because Fordham almost always loses their best player to transfer? Yikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 T-Rank has kind of a fun tool where you can add / subtract players and see how the 2022 roster projects. https://barttorvik.com/rostercast.php?team=Rhode+Island&run=1&player=&transfers=&seniors=&recruits=&everyone= Here is the A10 rankings without any adjustments - unadjusted rosters seem to be somewhat updated for transfers or seniors coming back, but not 100% accurate: 13. St Bonaventure 44. SLU (this is with without Nesbitt and adding Nesbitt doesn't change anything because the tool is using his Memphis stats) 62. Richmond (doesn't include Gilyard for some reason jump up to 38 if you add him) 67 VCU (without Bones, jumps to 27 if you add back Bones) 70. Rhode Island 129. UMass 135. Dayton 144. Davidson 157. Duquesne 189. Fordham (this includes Soriano, drops to 255 without him) 196. LaSalle 200. George Mason 222. St Joes 231. GW Obviously super rough at this point, but that looks about right to me. Bona is maybe a little too high, but they're a legit top 25ish team. Dayton maybe a little too low, but they have a bunch of new faces so who knows. For the A10's sake, I hope that the bottom 5 can overachieve. Having 5 teams around 200 or worse is not good and will drag down the conference as a whole. Bones coming back and potentially having 4 NCAA caliber teams with Bona, VCU, SLU, and Richmond would be pretty great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 -I thought it was a rule that SVU had to be the preseason favorite AGB91 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NH Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 16 minutes ago, RUBillsFan said: T-Rank has kind of a fun tool where you can add / subtract players and see how the 2022 roster projects. https://barttorvik.com/rostercast.php?team=Rhode+Island&run=1&player=&transfers=&seniors=&recruits=&everyone= This is cool. If I add Tamar Bates as a proxy for Nesbitt (similar size and ranking) it brings us up to 39. If I were to get frisky and add Goodwin after that it brings us up to 21. That number will likely drop some as the uncommitted guys in the portal start to decide where they're going. BilliesBy40 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 In Penn State's 8 man rotation last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 UMass restocking its roster. 9.9 ppg / 5.4 rpg / 0.6 bpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUMedBilliken15 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/6/2021 at 2:53 PM, wgstl said: A vcu-less Bones isnt very good, middle of the pack maybe. As of right now I'd say top 4 is: Bonnies SLU VCU(with bones) Richmond Dayton likely near the top as well with all the talent they are bringing in. HoosierPal likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Busy day in Amhurst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 And one for the Dukes. Last season, Ayers (6-foot-six, 180-lbs.) played in 29 games and averaged 23.6 minutes, 12.2 points and 3.8 rebounds, while shooting 52.1% from the field and 39% from 3-point range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Dayton just landed a really nice forward from Georgia. Dayton is going to be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 2 hours ago, ACE said: Dayton just landed a really nice forward from Georgia. Dayton is going to be good. 12.8 ppg and 7.7 rpg. 6'8" 220 lb. Solid pickup from Belgium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Never discount the Flyers. Grant can recruit. We've lost 4 straight to them. Time to get that going the other way. Speaking of them; is Crutcher out of their picture, ie has he found an agent? Also, if Gilyard returns does that mean Richmond comes back intact? The last NBA draft forecast I saw had Bones as a late second round pick. Might not make him all that anxious to leave. Another thought on VCU, is there any chance Fletcher decides to join Kern as a Ram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenHudDude Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 1 hour ago, slu72 said: Never discount the Flyers. Grant can recruit. We've lost 4 straight to them. Time to get that going the other way. Speaking of them; is Crutcher out of their picture, ie has he found an agent? Also, if Gilyard returns does that mean Richmond comes back intact? The last NBA draft forecast I saw had Bones as a late second round pick. Might not make him all that anxious to leave. Another thought on VCU, is there any chance Fletcher decides to join Kern as a Ram? I don’t believe Francis has announced yet that he is returning to the Spiders next year, has he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 Francis has not declared his intentions. Additionally, the extra year covers fifth-year senior Nick Sherrod who blew out his other ACL this off season. Technically, he coudl come back but when he suffered the second ACL injury, he declared his collegiate career over. He could have a change of heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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slu72 Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 9 hours ago, HoosierPal said: Note to Travis: When we face St. B's don't force the ball inside too much. Run, baby, just run. Wear them down. No wonder why ST. B's is so good on D, they take away the chippies. willie likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 On 4/7/2021 at 11:28 AM, SLUMedBilliken15 said: Dayton likely near the top as well with all the talent they are brining in. Ibi Watson told the Dayton Daily News yesterday that he has not made a decision on returning or not. The DDN has 'crickets' on Crutcher. I believe Cohill is coming back. Weaver will be back. Tshimanga is not coming back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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