Here piggy, piggy! Tracking the A10 tournament PIG seeding

[RhowdyRam02]

With the conference schedule half over, or just over half over if the George Mason game isn't rescheduled, it's probably time to keep track of our seeding possibilities for the A10 tournament, and for the 3rd year in Cox' 4 seasons we're tracking the bottom of the conference. We're tied for 10th place with Fordham and UMass, but we'd be the 12th seed if the season ended today due to losing to those teams in our last two games. Right now the bottom of the league looks like:

George Washington 4-5 (.444)
St. Joseph's 4-6 (.400)
Fordham 3-6 (.333)
UMass 3-6 (.333)
Rhode Island 3-6 (.333)
La Salle 2-8 (.200)
Duquesne 1-7 (.125)

In today's piggy games:

We're at VCU
Fordham at St. Bonaventure at 7 on ESPN+
St. Louis at La Salle at 7 on ESPN+

Low level Atlantic 10 action, catch the fever!

[ramster]

That basket by Leggett to put us ahead 56-54 vs LaSalle is looming large now. Imagine if LaSalle had hit 1 of those 2 3FG attempts in the waning seconds of that game for LaSalle to win by 1? We would be 13th place.

[RhowdyRam02]

That basket by Leggett to put us ahead 56-54 vs LaSalle is looming large now. Imagine if LaSalle had hit 1 of those 2 3FG attempts in the waning seconds of that game for LaSalle to win by 1? We would be 11th place.

We'd be 13th if that happened

[ramster]

8 Remaining Games for URI:

Tuesday February 8 NET in Red. URI NET = 126

A-Feb 8 Tue @ VCU 7pm CBSSN 76
H-Feb 12 Sat vs Davidson 2pm ESPNU 47
H-Feb 14 Mon vs Dayton CBSSN Valentine's Day64
A-Feb 19 Sat @ George Washington 6pm ESPN+ 251
A-Feb 22 Tue @ St Bonaventure 7pm ESPN+ 106
H-Feb 26 Sat vs Duquesne 12:30pm USA 244
H-Mar 2 Wed vs St Louis 7pm ESPN+ Senior Night 53
A-Mar 5 Sat @ St Josephs 2:30pm USA 168

[ramster]

That basket by Leggett to put us ahead 56-54 vs LaSalle is looming large now. Imagine if LaSalle had hit 1 of those 2 3FG attempts in the waning seconds of that game for LaSalle to win by 1? We would be 11th place.

We'd be 13th if that happened

I meant to say that, just got overly excited and mis-keyed

[Blue Man]

8 Remaining Games for URI:

Tuesday February 8 NET in Red. URI NET = 126

A-Feb 8 Tue @ VCU 7pm CBSSN 76
H-Feb 12 Sat vs Davidson 2pm ESPNU 47
H-Feb 14 Mon vs Dayton CBSSN Valentine's Day64
A-Feb 19 Sat @ George Washington 6pm ESPN+ 251
A-Feb 22 Tue @ St Bonaventure 7pm ESPN+ 106
H-Feb 26 Sat vs Duquesne 12:30pm USA 244
H-Mar 2 Wed vs St Louis 7pm ESPN+ Senior Night 53
A-Mar 5 Sat @ St Josephs 2:30pm USA 168

Looking at this - what 2-6 the rest of the way? 14-15 might get us a new coach. Especially ending the year 2-11 or 2-12.

[ramster]

Tuesday February 8 NET in Red. Duquesne NET = 244

One of the Teams we might be fighting for bottom seeding with

9 Games Remaining for Duquesne - 4 home, 5 away

A-Feb 9 Wed @ Dayton 7pm ESPN+ 64
H-Feb 12 Sat vs Fordham 5:30pm CBSSN 181
A-Feb 14 Mon @ Davidson 7pm ESPN+ Valentine's Day 47
H-Feb 16 Wed vs George Washington 7:30pm ESPN+ 251
A-Feb 19 Sat @ St Bonaventure TBA ESPN2 106
H-Feb 23 Wed vs Davidson 7pm ESPN+ 47
A-Feb 26 Sat @ URI 12:30pm USA 126
A-Mar 2 Wed @ George Washington 7pm ESPN+ 251
H-Mar 5 Sat vs LaSalle 2pm ESPN+ 236

[Jersey77]

8 Remaining Games for URI:

Tuesday February 8 NET in Red. URI NET = 126

A-Feb 8 Tue @ VCU 7pm CBSSN 76
H-Feb 12 Sat vs Davidson 2pm ESPNU 47
H-Feb 14 Mon vs Dayton CBSSN Valentine's Day64
A-Feb 19 Sat @ George Washington 6pm ESPN+ 251
A-Feb 22 Tue @ St Bonaventure 7pm ESPN+ 106
H-Feb 26 Sat vs Duquesne 12:30pm USA 244
H-Mar 2 Wed vs St Louis 7pm ESPN+ Senior Night 53
A-Mar 5 Sat @ St Josephs 2:30pm USA 168

Looking at this - what 2-6 the rest of the way? 14-15 might get us a new coach. Especially ending the year 2-11 or 2-12.

I think our conference record (rather than overall) will be the determining factor in Thorr's decision, especially how they perform at the end.

[ATPTourFan]

Sure hope so

[reef]

If we are in the play in portion 11-14 no way Cox comes back even if we somehow make the finals

[RhowdyRam02]

After last night the standings look like this:

George Washington 4-5 (.444)
Saint Joseph's 4-6 (.400)
Massachusetts 3-6 (.333)
Fordham 3-7 (.300)
Rhode Island 3-7 (.300)
La Salle 2-9 (.182)
Duquesne 1-7 (.125)

In today's piggy games:

Duquesne at Dayton at 7 on ESPN+
Saint Joseph's at Davidson at 7 on ESPN+

But today's piggiest of all the games, the 5 star pillow fight of the day is:

George Washington at UMass at 7 on ESPN+

[rambone 78]

Used to be, we were all nervous about URI winning the remaining games, when we were on the bubble with a month to go.

Looked forward to reading Bubble Watch on espn.com every week to see our status.

Now we're nervous about LOSING our remaining games, so we can have hope for the future.

It's like we're living in an alternate universe.

Up is down, and visa versa....truly bizarro land.

[ramster]

Used to be, we were all nervous about URI winning the remaining games, when we were on the bubble with a month to go.

Looked forward to reading Bubble Watch on espn.com every week to see our status.

Now we're nervous about LOSING our remaining games, so we can have hope for the future.

It's like we're living in an alternate universe.

Up is down, and visa versa....truly bizarro land.

Would be best to just move on for all concerned.

[rambone 78]

Thanks ramster, I know you wanted to give Cox every chance to succeed...but it's just not happening nor will it in the future.

Imagine going thru this next year, and even the year after that?

If he stays I will go.......until a new coach is hired.

[ramster]

Thanks ramster, I know you wanted to give Cox every chance to succeed...but it's just not happening nor will it in the future.

Imagine going thru this next year, and even the year after that?

If he stays I will go.......until a new coach is hired.

I did. Similar to how I thought Hurley should get the full year in the infamous Baron 2.0 thread. But that team had more talent than this team has. Time to move on. This isn't helping anybody. The board is more toxic than I can ever remember.

[RF1]

The A-10 PIG games in Washington DC are scheduled for Wednesday, March 9th. Based on how things are going with this program, the current coaching staff likely has just four weeks left.

[Blue Man]

Thanks ramster, I know you wanted to give Cox every chance to succeed...but it's just not happening nor will it in the future.

Imagine going thru this next year, and even the year after that?

If he stays I will go.......until a new coach is hired.

I did. Similar to how I thought Hurley should get the full year in the infamous Baron 2.0 thread. But that team had more talent than this team has. Time to move on. This isn't helping anybody. The board is more toxic than I can ever remember.

The Baron 2.0 thread was dumb because of the trajectory of the program at the time. It was a frustration of "are we there yet" even though Hurley had already beaten multiple ranked teams and the team was in at-large contention the entire time that thread was in existence.

This toxicity? I think it's been boiling over because people had known Cox wasn't the right guy for years, but for whatever reason it wasn't a popular opinion to have. So now that it's obvious, I think you're just getting the result of pent up aggression and anger that we had the program built into a perennial A-10 power, and we let it all go to waste in such a short time.

[bigappleram]

Thanks ramster, I know you wanted to give Cox every chance to succeed...but it's just not happening nor will it in the future.

Imagine going thru this next year, and even the year after that?

If he stays I will go.......until a new coach is hired.

I did. Similar to how I thought Hurley should get the full year in the infamous Baron 2.0 thread. But that team had more talent than this team has. Time to move on. This isn't helping anybody. The board is more toxic than I can ever remember.

You were around during the baron years? The board was way worse at the end of that because it was seemingly a discussion for 5+ years before it happened. This fall has been more sudden and the frustration more concentrated.

[rambone 78]

There's usually a recency bias that favors what's happening now versus then.

Both situations were/are bad.

It's just a shame that something like this is happening again to this program.

If URI won't spend the money to seriously upgrade the program, this will happen again down the road.

[ramster]

Thanks ramster, I know you wanted to give Cox every chance to succeed...but it's just not happening nor will it in the future.

Imagine going thru this next year, and even the year after that?

If he stays I will go.......until a new coach is hired.

I did. Similar to how I thought Hurley should get the full year in the infamous Baron 2.0 thread. But that team had more talent than this team has. Time to move on. This isn't helping anybody. The board is more toxic than I can ever remember.

You were around during the baron years? The board was way worse at the end of that because it was seemingly a discussion for 5+ years before it happened. This fall has been more sudden and the frustration more concentrated.

Makes no sense because last year's 10-15 and 10th place finish was worse. Plus consider that we had a Legend PG in Fatts Russell transfer to Maryland - a position we had to backfill this season. Last year was more unexpectedly worse than this year in some respects.
Losing Tyrese Martin and Jacob Toppin was horrendous for the program but most posters took more the approach that they were not that good anyway and don't let the door hit you on the way out. Martin had 18 points and 15 rebounds last night. We never filled his position with a rebounding guard. Terrell, Mathews and Tyrese Martin all provided that rebounding capability from the 3rd guard - a position filled now by El-Amin.
Year 1 was worse than it should have been considering the talent level, but again people did not read that first year for what it really was - very much underachieved. That Year 1 was our best shot at an NCAA Bid and we faltered down the stretch.

[theblueram]

Thanks ramster, I know you wanted to give Cox every chance to succeed...but it's just not happening nor will it in the future.

Imagine going thru this next year, and even the year after that?

If he stays I will go.......until a new coach is hired.

I did. Similar to how I thought Hurley should get the full year in the infamous Baron 2.0 thread. But that team had more talent than this team has. Time to move on. This isn't helping anybody. The board is more toxic than I can ever remember.

You were around during the baron years? The board was way worse at the end of that because it was seemingly a discussion for 5+ years before it happened. This fall has been more sudden and the frustration more concentrated.

Bar I joined the Projo board in 2008 to push for Baron to be fired. That board was a lot of fun. Clammy, Ben, Rod, yourself, many others. It took years before that clown was fired. But the board was so much fun!!!

[bigappleram]

Those were the best of times and the worst of times.
I think I joined right around that same time blue

[rambone 78]

How about Gandy?

Whatever happened to him?

Some of his posts and pics about Baron were hilarious!

I still remember the one that had the shark billboard from the movie Jaws.....wish I could bring that one back.....

Some of you might remember it.

[bigappleram]

I only heard about the Gandy person. He was before my time and I never really understood the inside jokes about him.

[Rhode_Island_Red]

How about Gandy?

Whatever happened to him?

Some of his posts and pics about Baron were hilarious!

I still remember the one that had the shark billboard from the movie Jaws.....wish I could bring that one back.....

Some of you might remember it.

He once proclaimed that someone named Shawn James was the greatest defensive player and shot-blocker in the history of college basketball.

[rambone 78]

If we had made the dance in Cox's 1st year, everybody would have been happy at the time.

But think about this...would we be any better than we are now, even if that happened?

I'm only bringing this up, because if we had danced Thorr and URI would likely have extended Cox right then...and he would still have years left on his contract as of now.....and URI of course couldn't afford to fire him for some time to come.....scary thought.

[theblueram]

How about Gandy?

Whatever happened to him?

Some of his posts and pics about Baron were hilarious!

I still remember the one that had the shark billboard from the movie Jaws.....wish I could bring that one back.....

Some of you might remember it.

I had to shut my office door when I saw that. I was laughing so hard.

[rambone 78]

That pic would be appropriate for now, too.

[RhowdyRam02]

How about Gandy?

Whatever happened to him?

Some of his posts and pics about Baron were hilarious!

I still remember the one that had the shark billboard from the movie Jaws.....wish I could bring that one back.....

Some of you might remember it.

I was convinced Gandy on ProJo was Bressler on here. Nothing to base it on, just the posting styles were so similar

[SGreenwell]

How about Gandy?

Whatever happened to him?

Some of his posts and pics about Baron were hilarious!

I still remember the one that had the shark billboard from the movie Jaws.....wish I could bring that one back.....

Some of you might remember it.

He once proclaimed that someone named Shawn James was the greatest defensive player and shot-blocker in the history of college basketball.

You're thinking of Clamcake, who also had an obsession with Bam Harmon, IIRC.

[Rhode_Island_Red]

How about Gandy?

Whatever happened to him?

Some of his posts and pics about Baron were hilarious!

I still remember the one that had the shark billboard from the movie Jaws.....wish I could bring that one back.....

Some of you might remember it.

He once proclaimed that someone named Shawn James was the greatest defensive player and shot-blocker in the history of college basketball.

You're thinking of Clamcake, who also had an obsession with Bam Harmon, IIRC.

I always wondered if they were the same person.

[reef]

How about Gandy?

Whatever happened to him?

Some of his posts and pics about Baron were hilarious!

I still remember the one that had the shark billboard from the movie Jaws.....wish I could bring that one back.....

Some of you might remember it.

He once proclaimed that someone named Shawn James was the greatest defensive player and shot-blocker in the history of college basketball.

You're thinking of Clamcake, who also had an obsession with Bam Harmon, IIRC.

Lol I remember Clammy and Gandys Fantasy and Ramblinrose81

[SGreenwell]

He once proclaimed that someone named Shawn James was the greatest defensive player and shot-blocker in the history of college basketball.

You're thinking of Clamcake, who also had an obsession with Bam Harmon, IIRC.

I always wondered if they were the same person.

Nah, different guys.

[adam914]

Haha Gandy and Clamcake, haven't heard those names in forever! I think I used to get in to it with Gandy quite a bit back then, but I don't even remember why.

[adam914]

How about Gandy?

Whatever happened to him?

Some of his posts and pics about Baron were hilarious!

I still remember the one that had the shark billboard from the movie Jaws.....wish I could bring that one back.....

Some of you might remember it.

I was convinced Gandy on ProJo was Bressler on here. Nothing to base it on, just the posting styles were so similar

I definitely thought this to!

[RhowdyRam02]

After last night's games:

Saint Joseph's 4-7 (.364)
Fordham 3-7 (.300) Beat Rhode Island (1.000)
UMass 3-7 (.300) Split with Rhode Island (.500)
Rhode Island 3-7 (.300) Split with UMass, lost to Fordham (.333)
La Salle 2-9 (.182)
Duquesne 1-8 (.111)

[SGreenwell]

Haha Gandy and Clamcake, haven't heard those names in forever! I think I used to get in to it with Gandy quite a bit back then, but I don't even remember why.

Gandy was a pretty aggressive shit-poster, if I remember correctly. After a while, you kind of notice that some posters on a board just like to argue, haha. That kind of "act" tends to be better received when there is anger or frustration about the team, though. Kind of harder to channel it when they're legitimately rebuilding, or better yet, winning consistently.

[reef]

Haha Gandy and Clamcake, haven't heard those names in forever! I think I used to get in to it with Gandy quite a bit back then, but I don't even remember why.

Gandy was a pretty aggressive shit-poster, if I remember correctly. After a while, you kind of notice that some posters on a board just like to argue, haha. That kind of "act" tends to be better received when there is anger or frustration about the team, though. Kind of harder to channel it when they're legitimately rebuilding, or better yet, winning consistently.

Ugh I couldn’t stand him so glad that poster is gone !!

[ramster]

A10 Tournament Bracket Wednesday March 9 to Sunday March 13

https://atlantic10.com/documents/2021/1 ... df?id=7428

[rambone 78]

NBC Sports Network went off the air January 1st.


A lot of their content moved to USA Network.

So is the tournament on USA?

[ramster]

I would guess Rambone that the NBCSN games in the bracket will be USA. There are some games ESPN and CBS in the Bracket too.

[section(105)]

……Didn’t some of the NBCSN games go to CNBC? It looked the final was CBS, the semis on CBSSN…..PIG games……espn+…….

[RhowdyRam02]

In today's piggy action

Saint Joe's at UMass at 12 on ESPN+
Davidson at URI at 2 on ESPNU
Fordham at Duquesne at 5:30 on CBS Sports Network (great job getting this game on national TV A10, really highlighting the conference here!)
La Salle at Richmond at 6 on ESPN+

[reef]

URI may get out of the play in ??

[ramster]

6 Remaining Conference Games for URI. Our 2 Highest NET Opponent Games are at home with Dayton tonight and St Louis March 2.

Top 4 NET Rankings in A10:

59 - Dayton
60 - St Louis
61 - Davidson
67 - VCU

Monday February 14 NET in Red. URI NET = 119

H-Feb 14 Mon vs Dayton CBSSN Valentine's Day 59
A-Feb 19 Sat @ George Washington 6pm ESPN+ 241
A-Feb 22 Tue @ St Bonaventure 7pm ESPN+ 90
H-Feb 26 Sat vs Duquesne 12:30pm USA 256
H-Mar 2 Wed vs St Louis 7pm ESPN+ 60
A-Mar 5 Sat @ St Josephs 2:30pm USA 159

[RhowdyRam02]

Updated standings:

George Washington 5-6 (.455)
Fordham 4-7 (.364)
UMass 4-7 (.364)
Rhode Island 4-7 (.364)
St. Joe's 4-8 (.333)
La Salle 2-10 (.167)
Duquesne 1-9 (.100)

In tonight's action

Duquesne at Davidson at 7 on ESPN+
Dayton at Rhode Island at 9 on CBS Sports Network

[reef]

6 Remaining Conference Games for URI. Our 2 Highest NET Opponent Games are at home with Dayton tonight and St Louis March 2.

Top 4 NET Rankings in A10:

59 - Dayton
60 - St Louis
61 - Davidson
67 - VCU

Monday February 14 NET in Red. URI NET = 119

H-Feb 14 Mon vs Dayton CBSSN Valentine's Day 59
A-Feb 19 Sat @ George Washington 6pm ESPN+ 241
A-Feb 22 Tue @ St Bonaventure 7pm ESPN+ 90
H-Feb 26 Sat vs Duquesne 12:30pm USA 256
H-Mar 2 Wed vs St Louis 7pm ESPN+ 60
A-Mar 5 Sat @ St Josephs 2:30pm USA 159

So with these NET ratings good chance for a 1 bid League

[theblueram]

6 Remaining Conference Games for URI. Our 2 Highest NET Opponent Games are at home with Dayton tonight and St Louis March 2.

Top 4 NET Rankings in A10:

59 - Dayton
60 - St Louis
61 - Davidson
67 - VCU

Monday February 14 NET in Red. URI NET = 119

H-Feb 14 Mon vs Dayton CBSSN Valentine's Day 59
A-Feb 19 Sat @ George Washington 6pm ESPN+ 241
A-Feb 22 Tue @ St Bonaventure 7pm ESPN+ 90
H-Feb 26 Sat vs Duquesne 12:30pm USA 256
H-Mar 2 Wed vs St Louis 7pm ESPN+ 60
A-Mar 5 Sat @ St Josephs 2:30pm USA 159

So with these NET ratings good chance for a 1 bid League

Reef, I don't see how it can be anything but. Which many have been saying for awhile.

[reef]

6 Remaining Conference Games for URI. Our 2 Highest NET Opponent Games are at home with Dayton tonight and St Louis March 2.

Top 4 NET Rankings in A10:

59 - Dayton
60 - St Louis
61 - Davidson
67 - VCU

Monday February 14 NET in Red. URI NET = 119

H-Feb 14 Mon vs Dayton CBSSN Valentine's Day 59
A-Feb 19 Sat @ George Washington 6pm ESPN+ 241
A-Feb 22 Tue @ St Bonaventure 7pm ESPN+ 90
H-Feb 26 Sat vs Duquesne 12:30pm USA 256
H-Mar 2 Wed vs St Louis 7pm ESPN+ 60
A-Mar 5 Sat @ St Josephs 2:30pm USA 159

So with these NET ratings good chance for a 1 bid League

Reef, I don't see how it can be anything but. Which many have been saying for awhile.

Yeah Davidson was trending toward getting a bid then the loss set them back . It’s possible to get 2 in but I think the top teams will beat on each other and the resumes will ultimately fall short

[RhowdyRam02]

Updated standings:

George Washington 5-6 (.455)
UMass 4-7 (.364)
Rhode Island 4-8 (.333)
St. Joe's 4-8 (.333)
Fordham 4-8 (.333)
La Salle 2-10 (.167)
Duquesne 1-10 (.091)

We're tenth now, and out of the PIG, due to the third tiebreaker. All 3 teams at 4-8 have one win and one loss with the other teams. Third tie breaker is record against highest ranked common conference opponent. We're 1-1 against Davidson, Fordham is 0-1, St. Joe's is 0-2.

In tonight's action:

UMass is at St. Bonaventure at 7 on ESPN+
George Mason is at St. Joe's at 7 on ESPN+
George Washington is at Duquesne at 7:30 on ESPN+
La Salle is at St. Louis at 8 on ESPN+