Bracketology - Its never too soon

[RamJam]

Gotta love Joe Lunardi. Always on top of his stuff for bracketology. I dont like the fact that they do this throughout the year, kinda takes the excitement out of it because most of the times, he is pretty darn accurate... at least towards the end of the season. Anyways, he has 5 A-10s in, with one being one of the last 4 out. Here they are with their projected seed.

9) Saint Louis (IMO, they will be higher)
7) VCU
12) Temple
11) Butler
10) St Joes

Last Four Out- UMASS.

I was also surprised he went ahead and picked BOTH the new comers to make the tourny this year, I am assuming at large. I definetly think VCU makes it in, but wouldnt be surprised if Butler and UMass swap places

[bigappleram]

i will be shocked if SLU does as well as people are predicting. losing majerus is a huge blow.

and i also will be shocked if St Joe's isnt higher than a 10 seed. they look to be very strong.

[reef]

Plus Mitchell is hurt to start the yr for SLU

I am backing SJU early on due to BAR's advice

[bigappleram]

reef, dont put your money down on them yet on my account!! its my hunch they will be leaders of the pack this year, but i have been wrong many times before!

[Blue Man]

what a difference a year makes - pre-season prediction has 5-6 teams in the tournament from the A-10...and we only lose one of those next year.

A conference on the rise indeed.

[Iggy1979]

Gotta love Lunardi? Quite the opposite.

[reef]

Speaking of gambling on college hoops it would be cool if we could have a thread each day discussing all the lines for that particular day both URI games and other games of interest. We can gather alot of useful info that will help us beat the books

[jro44]

I will be shocked if UMASS doesn't get in. They are going to be solid!!

[jro44]

Three things I hope happens in A10 this year...
A10 gets 5-6 teams in big dance.
St. Joe's chokes...
Someone beats the crap out of that damn Hawk. Most annoying Mascot ever!!

[Blue Man]

Three things I hope happens in A10 this year...
A10 gets 5-6 teams in big dance.
St. Joe's chokes...
Someone beats the crap out of that damn Hawk. Most annoying Mascot ever!!

Still my favorite game ever. Better than rhody knocking off the head with the tube, was the kid who came to rhody's defense later that game with a 2 section, down stair running head start, superman donkey punch to the back of the Hawks head.

WELCOME TO KINGSTON.

God I can't wait to be good again.

[bigappleram]

Stay away for now Reef, St Joe's just suspended their leading returning scorer (Carl Jones) for the first 3 games!

[reef]

Thanks for the heads up BAR