A-10 Standings

[CAAguy]

Bonny's RPI on Selection Sunday when snubbed two years ago was 30, not 19. Syracuse got in with a 72 RPI.

Rhody's in easily barring a total collapse (e.g. lose 5 straight and an early A-10 tourney exit). 21-4 now, 13-1 conf, RPI 9. Enough good wins..........Seton Hall, Prov, Bonny. Zero bad losses. Non Conf SOS of 3.

If Bonny wins out and makes it to the A-10 final and loses, they'll get in (easily). 26-7, RPI likely 20-ish. 2nd place reg season, 2nd place A-10 tourney. Plenty of Tier 1/2 wins. The committee will already have Bonny and Rhody placed in the bracket before the A-10 final even starts (on Selection Sunday).

A third team would be the one that beats Bonny in the final (that, of course, would need to be someone other than URI). The team that beats Bonny in the final would (essentially) be "stealing" a bid from another conference. This has happened many times before in the A-10.

Unlikely, of course, but still possible. The strength/dominance of URI/Bonny makes the chances of another team winning the A-10 tourney remote.

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

Wasn't that the reason we were given for such a crappy seed in 2011? Basically the "just in case Dayton wins" excuse?

 

[spider fan]

A-10 discussion of who gets double bye -http://www.atlantic10.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31600&ATCLID=211700782

Nice pic of Grant

 

[Eight Legger]

We're not getting 3 teams in.

 

[spider23]

Bona, URI and Spiders in NCAA this year. 8 of top 16 teams in jail so Bonnie make run to elite 8. Hurley gets triple technical I 1st round flame out.

 

[gospidersgo]

Umm GW leads VCU by 20 in the first half...

 

[Gospiders06]

VCU looks totally lost today. Losing by thirty now at GW.

 

[ItsyBitsySpidUR]

They don’t defend at all. Refreshing to see

 

[wr70beh]

All those suckers who went up to GW today are truly disappointed. They'll stop doing it if they keep losing.

 

[urmite]

Not that anyone cares...

But there were a couple of interesting games tonight.

 

[gospidersgo]

Exhibit A for how not to purposely foul to close out a game when you are up 3 as time runs down.

 

[gospidersgo]

Good to see Saint Louis lose for our top 4 prospects. Looks like nobody wants that spot.

Also, I care urmite.

 

[spiderman]

did that basket count??? foul shot didn't hit the rim. that's a violation. URI ball.

 

[97spiderfan]

They reviewed the play and the foul shot grazed the rim ever so slightly. So, the play was confirmed as good. Interestingly enough, Rhody did the exact same strategy in OT, but LaSalle made the FT they were trying to intentionally miss.

 

[spiderman]

wow. heck of a miss by the LaSalle kid then.

 

[97spiderfan]

Yeah, I guess you don't practice missing FT's. He chucked it up and nothing but net. Ironically enough, after they made that foul shot, there was enough time to repeat the process again. LaSalle made the second one again, but there was a lane violation so they waived it off. The last set occurred with under 3 second left, with that amount of time left, I would be content with them trying some off balance half court heave than the intentional foul.

 

[gospidersgo]

I usually cringe a little on the intentional foul scenario because there's always that chance the guy rises up for a wild shot as you foul him - doesn't matter if it's from half court, if he's shooting it's a shooting foul. I seem to remember K0 throwing up a late prayer and getting a 3 shot foul in a game.

 

[SFspidur]

Yeah, I guess you don't practice missing FT's.

We MUST practice it...we're quite good at missing.

 

[VT_Spider]

I remember in the vcu game in 2015 when we were faced with the same scenario. We were down three in OT with not a lot of time left and vcu fouled so we couldn't shoot the three. Shawn'dre executed the make one and intentionally miss the second shot strategy about as good as you possibly can. The ball went out of bounds from the miss off of a vcu player and we inbounded the ball to TJ for an easy two and tied the game and proceeded to win in second OT. That was the craziest basketball game I have ever witnessed. Hard to believe I was a senior in high school back then.

 

[spider23]

I usually cringe a little on the intentional foul scenario because there's always that chance the guy rises up for a wild shot as you foul him - doesn't matter if it's from half court, if he's shooting it's a shooting foul. I seem to remember K0 throwing up a late prayer and getting a 3 shot foul in a game.

I seem to recall something about Charlotte using this against us once too.

 

[fan2011]

The bracket matrix (http://www.bracketmatrix.com/) is now predicting a 5 seed for URI and an 11 seed for the Bonnies. Bonnies now have a good shot at an at-large. The chances are tiny, but it could be possible for the A10 to sneak 3 teams in if the Bonnies lose to a dark horse in the A10 championship game. Their snub last year might work to their advantage.

 

[wr70beh]

http://www.nycbuckets.com/current-nit-bracketology/

Davidson is on the list. Didn't see any other A10 team in NIT or CBI projections. I knew we weren't going anywhere, but HAHA VCU....no better than us!!!

 

[VT_Spider]

The Nit bubble watch is a very low place to be.

 

[Eight Legger]

Kendall got fouled on a three-point heave at GW a few years ago, and I think it was right at the end of the game. As I recall he had to make all 3 FTs and did, to send the game to OT. Or maybe he needed 2 for OT and 3 for the win but only made 2. Can't recall.

 

[gospidersgo]

St Joe's leads URI 50-21 mid 2nd

 

[Spider B]

St. Joes sitting back in a tight 2-3 zone letting URI shoot threes at a 1-19 clip. Maybe switching up defenses does work...

 

[spider23]

St. Joes sitting back in a tight 2-3 zone letting URI shoot threes at a 1-19 clip. Maybe switching up defenses does work...

U$$a is going to say we are 25 points better than Rhody

 

[wr70beh]

U$$a is going to say we are 25 points better than Rhody

Even though we already PLAYED Rhody and couldn't get it done.

 

[spider23]

Even though we already PLAYED Rhody and couldn't get it done.

Don't let head to head results get in the way of transitive properties.

 

[spider23]

BET The Ranch, Spiders are #1

On 12/30/2017 Richmond beat Davidson 69 - 58
On 1/3/2018 Davidson beat St Louis 54 - 51
On 11/16/2017 St Louis beat Virginia Tech 77 - 71
On 2/10/2018 Virginia Tech beat Virginia 61 - 60

 

[spider fan]

St. Joe's coach Phil Martelli credited the Richmond overflow crowd for preparing his team to play at Rhody leading to a 78-48 smackdown of the Rams.. Video clip soon to be available and featured on Richmond website....................

 

[Spiders10]

Anyone else finally realize that the joke is on us?

 

[gospidersgo]

Bonnies just beat Davidson 117-113 in 3 OT, teams combined for 30 threes, 64 made ft's - incredible game.

 

[SpiderPride]

Bonnies just beat Davidson 117-113 in 3 OT, teams combined for 30 threes, 64 made ft's - incredible game.

I stayed up and watched the entire game. What a phenomenal game! Aldridge had 45 points and carried them until he fouled out on a lame call. Glad he's graduating, though not looking forward to three more years of facing Grady. Kid was so cool at the line. I think he was 16 of 16 from the line and had 39 points.

Adams was fun to watch as well and I was ultimately glad the home team won. One of those games you wish they could both win. I think the Bonnies sealed an at large bid as long as they don't implode in the tournament.

 

[Eight Legger]

Sounds like a pretty lame effort from Bona. We beat Davidson twice, didn't even need any overtimes to do it! Extend Mooney!

 

[urmite]

I watch our games against Davidson and wonder how anybody loses to them.
I watch everybody else’s games against Davidson and wonder how anybody beats them.

 

[ur2K]

I watch our games against Davidson and wonder how anybody loses to them.
I watch everybody else’s games against Davidson and wonder how anybody beats them.

We're like Mason is to us to them

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

I stayed up and watched the entire game. What a phenomenal game! Aldridge had 45 points and carried them until he fouled out on a lame call. Glad he's graduating, though not looking forward to three more years of facing Grady. Kid was so cool at the line. I think he was 16 of 16 from the line and had 39 points.

Adams was fun to watch as well and I was ultimately glad the home team won. One of those games you wish they could both win. I think the Bonnies sealed an at large bid as long as they don't implode in the tournament.

Most of the bracketology sites now have them "in" and not in the last four.

 

[SpiderPride]

Sounds like a pretty lame effort from Bona. We beat Davidson twice, didn't even need any overtimes to do it! Extend Mooney!

Now you're talking!

 

[SFspidur]

VCU was up 11 with just over 5 minutes to play and lost to the Goo Moo on a tip in with one second left .