Comments on: Summer School in the Atlantic 10

By: Scout

Scout — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:12:06 +0000

Can’t wait to watch Pops in the 2011 European Qualifiers next summer

By: XU2006

XU2006 — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:38:10 +0000

Mr. Dzuback – could be good to add Gonzaga as one of XU’s key non-conference opponents in your list of Wake, Florida, Butler?

By: jstevrtc

jstevrtc — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:16:01 +0000

Hey, everybody. Given the number of issues people had with this Summer School article, we gave our correspondent Mr. Dzuback another crack at it. He’s come back with an updated revision, and I’ve substituted it here. I didn’t want to change the post and NOT tell people what we did (unlike some major media outlets, ha), so give the new version a read and tell us what you think.

We appreciate everyone reading the site. We love the A10 around here, and the revisions to the article by our correspondent are indicative of our desire to show the conference the respect it deserves and have the best and most accurate information possible.

Thanks! Can’t wait until the new season. Can’t get here fast enough.

John from RTC

By: mackj

mackj — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:42:09 +0000

Please find someone who actually follows the A10 rather then covering from afar with Big East tinted glasses.

By: fordhamfan

fordhamfan — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:33:48 +0000

Funny that Chris Gaston did not even get mentioned for Fordham. He was the rookie of the year.

By: Squidlegs

Squidlegs — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:05:51 +0000

Metz: The only way St.L has a shot at the A10 this year is if Jabba the Hut Majerus eats Coach Gregory at the lunch buffet. Your boys have no heart and marginal talent. The only chance you have is to move to the MVC. Dayton will rule this league for the next 4 years until BG moves on the Michigan State.

By: MissedHer DelAware

MissedHer DelAware — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:45:04 +0000

Sam Mills and Cole Stefan are top freshmen recruits for La Salle that will surprise many. No way the Explorers finish below 5th place with Murray winning POY.

By: Metz

Metz — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:09:06 +0000

Bob Woodward, excuse me.

By: Metz

Metz — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:08:33 +0000

Looks like Bob Woodwards is in the employ of Xavier with all that info on our SLU guys getting busted. I don’t know if that is common knowledge, or if privacy issues kept those “unnamed players” unnamed for a reason, but good digging. Do you work for the Cincy Enquirer?

By: Mister Delaware

Mister Delaware — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:59:26 +0000

Sooo … not a lot of research went into this one, huh? I’ll just handle #14, other people can work their way up.

– Rubin is Ruben. As are most people with that first name.

– Its weird (albeit not factually incorrect) to list TT Carey (9.0 MPG) and Parrish Grant (17.5) as departing production but not Kimmani Barrett (35.1) or Yves Mekongo (35.6).

– Devon White didn’t redshirt last year, that was 2 years ago. Last year he played 28 games.

Otherwise, a spot on analysis of La Salle. Keep up the work!

By: hatedayton

hatedayton — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:52:22 +0000

The three SLU players involved were Mitchell, Reed and Jon Smith (who is transferring out of the program). This is from a high-ranking official in the SLU compliance dept.

By: Joe Dzuback

Joe Dzuback — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:07:03 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to post Xavier Fan & James XU. I did miss Mark Lyons and will be sure to include him in the 2011 season preview which will be posted on Rush the Court in late October. I did look at stats going back to 2007 Xavier Fan, and I see your point — Coach Mack is actually returning a higher percentage of minutes for 2011 than the 2008-2010 teams. The difference is the percentage of returning minutes and returning points — going back over those years, the two were pretty close, within 2-4% of each other. In 2011 the difference is over 10%, and well beyond the difference for the rest of the conference. The Xavier staff has, using the red shirt and transfer rules, developed a good system of insuring the squad that takes the court in any given year an extra season’s worth of practice and orientation. I think you have seriously undervalued the impact of Jordan Crawford on the program though. Crawford scored 718 points last season. That is the most points by a Musketeer in a season going back to Byron Larkin’s 758 points in 1988. Crawford took about one in three Musketeer field goal attempts when he was on the floor. Xavier will most likely return to the pattern of team play/scoring that characterized the squads going back to 2005, and that means a number of players will have to make up the offensive presence Crawford took to the NBA. Stanley Burrell’s 27.9% shot rate in 2005 is the closest (by several percentage points) to Crawford’s 34% rate in 2010. Talk/projections aside, the best part of basketball is the games. No matter what you and I write, the team will settle it on the court. Thanks again for taking the time to share your perspective.

By: Metz

Metz — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:13:26 +0000

Great pic of Crawford. Reminds me of this guy:
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQckjr7Q5eef2P6foAstT8a_-sDWIXOq7rEaTG0n7hOYMbkVwU&t=1&usg=__7M_3voTdzznp1Y8oJF-nXfdb0KM=

also, the Billikens will win the A-10 this year. Mark my words.

By: James XU

James XU — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:52:49 +0000

Yeah, agreeing with this previous XU fan. Every year people say Xavier is going to be down. Last year it was the loss of Derrick Brown and BJ Raymond and the inexperience of the team. The year before it was the loss of Drew Lavender, Stanley Burrell and Josh Duncan and the lack of a point guard. I’m tired of this. We have a good team coming back that’s going to defend and get a lot of points from the guards. We will at least tie for the A-10 regular season for the fifth straight time and I see no reason to doubt that.

By: Xavier Fan

Xavier Fan — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:10:05 +0000

Joe,

Could you please look up the same stats for Xavier in the last 3/4 years. It seems like every year they lose a ton and every year they win the A10- regular season. Losses of Doellman,Cage, and Cole followed by Duncan, Lavender, and Burrell followed by Raymond, CJ Anderson, and D.Brown didn’t hurt X’s team because they have quality depth and the players wait there turn. Losing Crawford’s points will be easy. I worry more about Love’s rebounding. BTW, the key player that you failed to even mention for X is Mark Lyons. He’s a soph this year after averaging almost 9 his freshman year. I’d look for him to have a marked improvement this year. X will finish no worse than 2nd. Take that to the bank.