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Checking In On… the Atlantic 10

nvr1983 — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:42:05 +0000

Four Thoughts About The Week of 1/18-1/24

The conference remains evenly divided between winners and losers. Individual team records and efficiency continue to be consistent. As the table below indicates, through the first 6-7 games of conference play teams with losing records show a negative efficiency difference (offensive efficiency – defensive efficiency is less than zero). Essentially the efficiency difference is reflected in the win-loss records, logical, indeed self-evident, but not always true for a conference like the Atlantic 10 which has a reputation for inconsistent and unpredictable outcomes. Through the first seven (more or less) conference games the members show the [...]

Checking In On… the Atlantic 10

Joe Dzuback (@vbtnblog) — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:01:57 +0000

Joe Dzuback (@vbtnblog) is the RTC correspondent for the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Last Week… and This Week

Conference teams played 12 games over the abbreviated week, going a total of 7-5. A winning percentage of only 58 percent continues the conference’s declining winning percentage this month, but Atlantic 10 teams have 12 more games through New Year’s Eve to rebuild their momentum. Four more games featuring Power Six opponents, two of which offer the signature-type of wins that can help a team’s postseason resume, are still to play — see the Five Games to Catch This Week section below. We then turn quickly to conference [...]

Checking in on… the Atlantic 10

Joe Dzuback (@vbtnblog) — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 17:47:43 +0000

Joe Dzuback (@vbtnblog) is the Rush the Court correspondent for the Atlantic 10 Conference.

The Best Kept Secret in Division I

Counting the four games played Monday night, the Atlantic 10 conference has compiled a 40-11 (0.784) record against their opponents through the first two weeks of the season. Every conference schedules its share of cupcakes and the A-10 is no exception, as nearly 38 percent of the slate — with a 15-0 record in those games — comes from conferences ranked in the lower third of Division I and Division II basketball. Versus the seven elite conferences and the A-10’s four fellow [...]

Checking in on… the Atlantic 10

Joseph Dzuback (@vbtnblog) — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 20:38:15 +0000

Joe Dzuback (@vbtnblog) is the Rush the Court correspondent for the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Impressions From the First Week

Mike Lonergan and George Washington picked up one of the bigger wins the A-10 has garnered in recent memory last week. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Best Win For a Program — George Washington over #6 Virginia. As one of the tip-off games for ESPN’s annual Marathon of Hoops, the George Washington’s win guaranteed that the Colonials — and by association the entire conference — had a full day’s worth of free national publicity. At the very least expect head coach Mike Lonergan’s program to gather a [...]

Other 26 Previews: Atlantic 10 Conference

Joseph Dzuback — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 21:11:02 +0000

Joe Dzuback (@vbtnblog) is the RTC correspondent for the Atlantic 10 Conference.

As the Carousal Turns

After two quiet offseasons, three Atlantic 10 programs filled head coaching vacancies last spring. This matched the turnover rate from the 2012 offseason, the highest in over a decade. Two programs, Fordham and George Mason, released their veteran coaches, Tom Pecora (14 years, the last five on Rose Hill) and Paul Hewitt (18 years, the last four at GMU) respectively, in an effort to change the trajectories of their programs. Meanwhile, Virginia Commonwealth’s Shaka Smart left of his own accord for Austin to take the reins [...]

Atlantic 10 Tournament: Second Round Review

Joe Dzuback (@vtbnblog) — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 14:31:55 +0000