Week #14 - Games of Interest

[reef]

Think Bona has a better conf record as of now

[rjsuperfly66]

*KenPom projected A10 tournament

Day 1: 6PM - #11 St. Joseph's (6-12) vs #14 UMASS(4-14)
8:30 PM - #12 George Washington (6-12) vs #13 Fordham (5-13)

Day 2: 12PM - #8 Duquesne (10-8) vs #9 LaSalle (8-10)
2:30 PM - #5 St. Bonaventure (10-8) vs George Washington/Fordham
6 PM - #7 St. Louis (10-8) vs #10 Richmond (6-12)
8:30 PM - #6 URI (10-8) vs St. Joseph's/UMASS

Day 3: 12PM - #1 Davidson (15-3) vs Duquesne/LaSalle
2:30 PM - #4 Dayton (12-6) vs St. Bonaventure/George Washington/Fordham
6PM - #2 VCU (14-4) vs St. Louis/Richmond
8:30 PM - #3 George Mason (12-6) vs URI/St. Joseph's/UMASS

Day 4: 1 PM - Davidson/Duquesne/LaSalle vs Dayton/St. Bonaventure/George Washington/Fordham
3:30 PM - VCU/St. Louis/Richmond vs George Mason/URI/St. Joseph's/UMASS

Day 5: 1 PM - See winners

Why would Bonaventure get the tiebreaker over URI when Rhody beat them h2h?

So if you look at the KenPom projections, SBU, URI, St. Louis, and Duquesne all are projected to finish 10-8. When there is 3 or more teams with the same record, here is the rule:

"Use each team’s record against the tied teams as a group rather than performance
against individual teams. When comparing records against a group of teams, the higher
winning percentage will prevail. In case of tied percentages vs. the team or group of
1.000 or .000, the following shall apply: 2-0 is better than 1-0; 0-1 is better than 0-2."

St. Bonaventure is currently 1-1 in those games (L - URI; W - Duquesne), with home games remaining against both Duquesne and St. Louis where they will be favorites, so against that grouping they are projected 3-1.
URI is currently 2-2 against that grouping, with no remaining games.
St. Louis is currently 1-2 in those games, with @ St. Bonaventure and home Duquesne left, projected to finish 2-3.
Duquesne is currently 2-1 in those games, but plays both St. Bonaventure and St. Louis on the road where they will be underdogs, projected 2-3.

That said, getting the 6 seed in the current format to me is a better draw. There are paths to the #5 seed, but this is just based off of the KenPom projected record.

[rambone 78]

If we go 5-3 the rest of the way, I think I will be pleasantly surprised.

Right now I doubt it.

[theblueram]

I think they will win the games at home. They seem to play good at home. Maybe it's the fans yelling at them to get their asses moving.

[rambone 78]

Well any discussion should wait until about 630 on Saturday.

Win that game, and 5-3 is doable. Lose, and look out below.

[Rhody83]

I think they will win the games at home. They seem to play good at home. Maybe it's the fans yelling at them to get their asses moving.

There is no consistency. Look at their performances against Stony Brook and Mason at home. Two of the worst performances of the year.

[theblueram]

I think they will win the games at home. They seem to play good at home. Maybe it's the fans yelling at them to get their asses moving.

There is no consistency. Look at their performances against Stony Brook and Mason at home. Two of the worst performances of the year.

I'm just trying to stay positive at this point.

[rambone 78]

URI has played consistently better at home since those losses.

That's where my hope lies.

[Rhody83]

[rambone 78]

No matter how we feel about his son....so sorry to hear that. RIP Pops.

[NYGFan_Section208]

*KenPom projected A10 tournament

Day 1: 6PM - #11 St. Joseph's (6-12) vs #14 UMASS(4-14)
8:30 PM - #12 George Washington (6-12) vs #13 Fordham (5-13)

Day 2: 12PM - #8 Duquesne (10-8) vs #9 LaSalle (8-10)
2:30 PM - #5 St. Bonaventure (10-8) vs George Washington/Fordham
6 PM - #7 St. Louis (10-8) vs #10 Richmond (6-12)
8:30 PM - #6 URI (10-8) vs St. Joseph's/UMASS

Day 3: 12PM - #1 Davidson (15-3) vs Duquesne/LaSalle
2:30 PM - #4 Dayton (12-6) vs St. Bonaventure/George Washington/Fordham
6PM - #2 VCU (14-4) vs St. Louis/Richmond
8:30 PM - #3 George Mason (12-6) vs URI/St. Joseph's/UMASS

Day 4: 1 PM - Davidson/Duquesne/LaSalle vs Dayton/St. Bonaventure/George Washington/Fordham
3:30 PM - VCU/St. Louis/Richmond vs George Mason/URI/St. Joseph's/UMASS

Day 5: 1 PM - See winners

Why would Bonaventure get the tiebreaker over URI when Rhody beat them h2h?

NET

[Obadiah]

Only Friday game in the A-10:

Saint Louis at Saint Joseph's, 7 PM. On ESPN2.


In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Columbia at Harvard, 7 PM. On ESPN+.

Penn at Brown, 7 PM. On ESPN+.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Wow...tough situation at St. Joe's...

[ramster]

Wednesday night action in the A-10:

URI at Davidson , 7 PM. On ESPNU.
George Mason at Richmond, 7 PM. On ESPN+
VCU at George Washington, 7PM. On ESPN+.
Fordham at UMass, 7 PM. On ESPN+.
St. Bonaventure at Duquesne, 7:30 PM.

Solid numbers for the 2 starting Freshmen for St Bonaventure in the 51-49 Bonnies win @ Duquesne

- Osun Osunniyi played 36 min, 4-14 FG, 1-2 FT for 9 pts plus an amazing 11 Offensive Rebounds and total of 22 rebounds! plus 6 blocked shots
- Kyle Lofton played 29 min, 7-15 FG, 2-2 FT, 2 assists for 16 points
- Stockard had a bad game hitting only 2-16 FG plus 8 TOs

Will be an interesting game Saturday 2pm CBSSN VCU @ Bonnies. Osunniyi could sew up A10 Freshman of the Week with a good performance

[section(105)]

Wow...tough situation at St. Joe's...

.......let’s be careful our game with them doesn’t become.......Super Bowl II......

[Obadiah]

The Hawks responded to their "tough situation" by thrashing Saint Louis tonight 91-61. Saint Louis often compared to URI as similar teams had another bad shooting night- 37%/23%/55% - and Saint Joseph's had a unusually good shooting 56% FG and 43% 3FG and 76% FT and that created the 30 point blowout.

[ramster]

Charlie Brown with a very efficient night 10-12 FG, 2-3 3FG, 6-7 FT, 9 reb, 3 assists for 28 points
St Joe Freshman Guard Jared Bynum with another good game 8-14 FG, 3-6 3FG, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, 1 TO for 20 points
@ St Joseph's March 5th could be tougher then we thought

[reef]

Oh yeah @ ST Joes will be very tough now

[Obadiah]

Wrapping up Friday night action:

It took three overtimes as Harvard bested Columbia, 98-96.

Trailing throughout game, Brown fell to Penn, 92-82.

[Obadiah]

Lots of Saturday action in the A-10:

Dayton at URI, 4 PM. On CBSSN.

Davidson at UMass, 1 PM. On ESPN+.

Duquesne at Fordham, 2 PM. On ESPN+.

VCU at St. Bonaventure, 2 PM. On CBSSN.

George Washington at Richmond, 6PM. On ESPN+.


In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Providence at St. John's, 12 Noon. On CBSSN.

Boston U. at Bucknell, 12 Noon.

Charleston at Drexel, 4 PM.

Princeton at Brown, 6 PM. On ESPN+.

Old Dominion at Middle Tennessee, 7 PM.

Bryant at St. Francis (PA), 7 PM.

UMass Lowell at Stony Brook, 7 PM. On ESPN+.

Cornell at Harvard, 7 PM. On ESPN+.

Texas at West Virginia, 8 PM. On ESPN2.

Charlotte at UAB, 8 PM. On ESPN+.

Hawaii at UC Irvine, 10 PM. On ESPN3.

[RF1]

Oh yeah @ ST Joes will be very tough now

URI is the only team in the A-10 to lose to UMass. Even Fordham and LaSalle have wins over them. All league games will be tough for Rhody.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Washington @ ASU at 10 on espn. Chance for a nice Hurley win. Plus...this would almost have to be a Walton game, wouldn't it?

[Rhody83]

PC beat up on St John’s 70-56 at MSG. Nice win. St John’s is incredibly undisciplined. Poor coaching.

[Rhody83]

Head shaking UMass 27 Davidson 25 at halftime.

[DC_Rams]

Where is TP?

Lowly UMASS defeats Davidson at home.

Stranger things have happened, eh?

That’s why they play the game.

Without Pipkins to BOOT!

[reef]

Not happy to see Friars win , lots of parity in BE outside of Nova and Marquette

Davidson at large hopes take a huge hit today !!

[Rhody83]

54-51 UMass. Davidson didn’t have a FG in the last 8:45 of the game. Brady gives up a 3 with 1 second on the shot clock with no attempt to get around a screen. Btw, he isn’t going pro this year with these types of performances. Was 1-10 FG. Got beat on D for layups several times late in 2nd half.

[Rhody74]

All teams in the A10will finish 9-9.

[reef]

Davidson has no quality wins OOC ???

[TruePoint]

Where is TP?

Lowly UMASS defeats Davidson at home.

Stranger things have happened, eh?

That’s why they play the game.

Without Pipkins to BOOT!

UMass is terrible. I didn’t watch the game but assume Davidson fans aren’t happy. Killed my 4 team parlay.

[DC_Rams]

Where is TP?

Lowly UMASS defeats Davidson at home.

Stranger things have happened, eh?

That’s why they play the game.

Without Pipkins to BOOT!

UMass is terrible. I didn’t watch the game but assume Davidson fans aren’t happy. Killed my 4 team parlay.

Lol, they’re bad bro, but they beat Davidson, and Davidson played well.

[Rhody83]

Where is TP?

Lowly UMASS defeats Davidson at home.

Stranger things have happened, eh?

That’s why they play the game.

Without Pipkins to BOOT!

UMass is terrible. I didn’t watch the game but assume Davidson fans aren’t happy. Killed my 4 team parlay.

Lol, they’re bad bro, but they beat Davidson, and Davidson played well.

Davidson didn’t play well. I watched the game. Their last basket in the game was with 8:44 left.
Their player of the year candidate went 1-10 FG. They scored 51 points.

[reef]

Yeah if Davidson played well they would have won not lost at UMass

Duke win at UVA

Amazing Utah wins at Ucla down 23 in 2h and 17 with 6 minutes left . Hit a 3 at buzzer to win by 1