Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 07:56 AM
What's up guys. It is that time of the year to make more money...Looking forward to this year for sure and hopefully another profitable one. I do soley A-10 hoops and have for the past few years on this site. For those that wonder why, well I went to URI, got a chance to follow all these teams closely, and have continued to do so since graduating a handful of years back. Lets get right to it.
Last year in the A-10, we had 3 dancers. Temple, X and Dayton. Dayton made a nice little win against WVU...but not a ton of success for the conference tourney wise. X got bounced before they should have. Anyways, this is my thread to give an insight into what to expect this year (pretty much just my opinion) of what these teams have to offer. I will give their record last year, conf play and overall, mention some graduation losses, and a few comments about what to expect this coming year. I will break down the teams in alphabetical order...so you guys will have to wait for X til the end...
Great shot to dance: Dayton, Xavier
Decent shot: LaSalle, Richmond
Outside/little shot: Everyone else sans GW and Fordham
As a whole, the conference I think will take a step down in terms of team dominance. So many big names graduated, while not quite as many big stars remain. Xmas, Brown, Nivins, Baron to name a few have all departed for greener pastures, NBA, overseas, etc. While it is POSSIBLE that Dayton lives up to the hype and X's young cast makes a ru... [More]