SFspidur said:

Have seen several articles about Stanford and Cal equipment trucks making the cross-country ACC trips. Minimum of four days each way, so make sure you didn’t forget to pack anything. If they’re playing out east two weeks in a row the trucks obviously just stay out and do laundry and other prep stuff on the road.

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VT4700 said:

If we go 12-1 OOC, and are sitting at 7-2 A-10 (19-3 overall), we will be on some bubbles out there. Not saying 19-3 will happen, but just saying I think it's possible to be on the bubble even with our OOC schedule.

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VT4700 said:

If we go 12-1 OOC, and are sitting at 7-2 A-10 (19-3 overall), we will be on some bubbles out there. Not saying 19-3 will happen, but just saying I think it's possible to be on the bubble even with our OOC schedule.

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spiderjpo said:

Many supported this move and talked themselves into thinking this conference change needed to take place. The data does not lie. The Patriot League is weak and we will be a big fish in a small pond. Many knock the CAA additions but the quality of individual talent and commitment to winning football is much better in the CAA. The only way this changes is if Villanova and WM join the Patriot to help elevate the conference profile nationally.

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brooklyn brownstone said:

my favorite matchup that didn't happen was S. Florida and Washington St. being in the same conference.

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KE Spider said:

Anyone see the Bill Clinton video campaigning for Dem ticket? Jeez, looks/acts like he ought be sharing a nursing home room with Biden.

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brooklyn brownstone said:

I was really only gauging last 5 years when it has seemed A10 has been a 1-2 bid league most years (often getting 2 because of A10 tourney upset.)

VCU has been to 2 ncaas since 19-20 and they weren't an at large hopeful in at least one of those NCAA seasons where they finished 4th in the A10 (weirdly I cannot recall how they were viewed 2 years ago and if they won the tourney or got at large, or were even in conversations.)

But those 5 seasons reinforces the case that VCU are playing good, but not great overall basketball - not consistently high-level or in ncaa at large consideration most years. That's the case for most A10 schools. Dayton was a stone lock for NCAA at large in 2 seasons of the last 5 (last year and in 19-20) so I'll give them the nod.

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Section9.RowD said:

Oh I'm still planning to enjoy the bubbly debates .. after our 11-1 or 10-1 or 9-1 or 8-1 non conference D1 schedule.

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spiderman said:

if all of our home conference games are ranked in the top 160, worst we can get is a Q3 loss.
if all of our road conference games are ranked in the top 135, worst we can get is a Q2 loss.

so that's good.

but with no weak teams in the conference, I expect a lot of teams within a few games of .500
while fun, that's not the formula for multiple bids.

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GKiller said:

I’d say vcu has def been a little more consistent than Dayton in a10. More NCAAs. Goes further in a10 tourney. vcu is regularly going to a10 finals. Dayton has that high water mark of 19-20 when in line for national 1 seed. Counts for something but kinda like us we don’t know what was going to happen. Idk how they compare to vcu with A10 reg season finishes but likely correlates to the other things.

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97spiderfan said:

Yep, this the new normal for the A-10. A one to 2 bid conference most years and the top team better not win the A-10 tourney or you are looking at 1 bid only. For us, with our putrid OOC schedule, we are gonna have to win the A-10 tourney to dance this year. This will save this board having to do a lot of bubble watch discussion cause our name isn't gonna be on it.

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brooklyn brownstone said:

Too much instability at the top of the A10. Dayton has been mostly consistent, but the wheel of the rest of the league hasn't lately led to consistently up years from teams who should have consistent at large hopes in UR, SLU, VCU.

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