A-10 Standings
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I understand, not saying it will happen, but there are people on both sides that have no humor right now.
It was funny. However, I must say if we continue to improve, I will book a room in Trump DC. It might be too soon to buy plane tickets to the final four.
ESPN already has us in 3rd place. This shows how important the Davidson game will be.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...dings/_/id/3/year/2018/atlantic-10-conference
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...dings/_/id/3/year/2018/atlantic-10-conference
Discussed at length how weak the A-10 is this year. Came across a couple of stats to confirm. Conference vs. Top 25 0-15. Squeaked out 6 wins vs. Top 50, however 38 losses !
Lets go Rhody, carrying entire dead weight of conference in March Madness.
Lets go Rhody, carrying entire dead weight of conference in March Madness.
If VCU loses to George Mason and Duquesne loses to Rhode Island, Richmond would be in sole possession of 3rd place in the conference. If Richmond wins tomorrow, we will be in sole possession of 2nd place.
The only way for VCU to make the tournament is the same way UR could make the tournament.
VCU’s profile is garbage: One barely decent non-conference win over ODU and already three conference losses in the weakest A-10 since we have been a member. Oh yeah, there’s also that 17 point HOME loss to sub-200 us (a resume crater). Piling up a bunch of wins against this non-descript league isn’t going to impress who they need to impress. They need to win the tourney just like everyone else not named Rhode Island, we will beat them again though just to be safe
Unless they crater at the end of the year, Rhody's getting in. They're #11 in RPI.
Broc, a few losses to the likes of Duquesne (alomst today!) and URI is out. Very unimpressive.
Yes, but they didn’t lose. They’re 17-3 and no. 24 in the country, with a good rpi.
A bunch of losses to bad teams will sink them but I wouldn’t say they’re unimpressive.
To date the Highest rpi left out of NCAA is #21. And with the “strength” of A10 it would not take many losses to a10 teams for URI to fall below that.
Most reasonable people would likely currently project that URI is VERY likely to get in (90%) (unless they crater), and the winner of the A-10 tourney is definitely (100%) likely to get in. The biggest question is whether any team in the A-10 can beat URI in the A-10 Tourney and the odds are probably at least 30% that an "upset" will happen. The "best" team does not always win.
Why can't UR be the team that pulls off that upset? Just gotta keep winning and improving and gaining confidence and developing our defense, our alternate "schemes" and our bench. Lots of work to do, but definitely not a pipe-dream. It could happen.
Why can't UR be the team that pulls off that upset? Just gotta keep winning and improving and gaining confidence and developing our defense, our alternate "schemes" and our bench. Lots of work to do, but definitely not a pipe-dream. It could happen.
URI will get an at large if they don't win the A10 tournament. They are a top 25 team, ranked in both polls and also ranked very highly by predictive metrics.
So you are not impressed with a top 25 URI team that has 3 losses, is 11 in RPI, and is undefeated in conference but you are impressed with our coaching staff as we sit at 7-13. This is over the top even for you Ulla.
Good article on Hurley. His antics during the game certainly get on my nerves but the way he runs the program and intensity certainly is paying dividends. Like the way he didn't use the excuse losing Matthews ti injury and tow great forwards as an excuse. love the no excuses and accountability. https://nypost.com/2018/01/27/danny...he-beneficiary/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Spiders are in 2nd place in the A10. 6-3 in the league, with 2 wins over Davidson and 1 over VCU. Spiders lead both through the tiebreaker.
Massey, using Sagarin I believe, predicted a 77-67 win by Davidson and gave us a 16% chance of winning.
https://www.masseyratings.com/team.php?t=6547&s=298892
Realtimerpi.com projected an 86- 64 win by Davidson, with a 19% chance of a Spiders win.
http://www.realtimerpi.com/cgi-bin/rpi/scouting?team1=117&team2=368&gender=1&home=at&date=01-28
The predictive ability of these has been uncanny in the past
https://www.masseyratings.com/team.php?t=6547&s=298892
Realtimerpi.com projected an 86- 64 win by Davidson, with a 19% chance of a Spiders win.
http://www.realtimerpi.com/cgi-bin/rpi/scouting?team1=117&team2=368&gender=1&home=at&date=01-28
The predictive ability of these has been uncanny in the past
Of course, we will not be listed in either poll, but I still see a path for us to make it to the post season.
Hope the guys can savor today's win, learn from anything we did not do particularly well, and continue to "live-in-the moment" for the rest of the season. Looking forward (or backwards) is a loser's game. Whatever we have been doing lately... let's keep doing it. The "D" is getting consistently better and our offense against the Zone is improving from game-to-game. And, we have figured out which 5 starters give us the best chance of winning, and what rotations work pretty darned well. Let's keep this going. Roll Spide.
Breitbart had us losing by 15. And that's with your man, Bannon, gone.
I used to use your boys Rose, Lauer and Pelley for predictions, but they are all gone too.
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