A10 2022 Tourney in DC ...

[Section9.RowD]

All-in for at least the dream of a magical 4 days in DC and beyond. Sort of thinking the 6 seed might actually be better for us than the 5 seed at this point given how the potential bracket is lining up. Rooms booked and hope to not drive back down I-95 to Richmond until Sun night ..

(Side story - I already had airplane tix booked from DEN where I was at for the kid's spring break to LGA for the A10 tourney in Brooklyn in 2020. While the tourney got canceled, 4 of us ended including at least one lurker on this blog went ahead and still decided to come to Brooklyn. Flew east on Thursday 3/12 as the market continued to crash. Stayed at a lower end airbnb situation but Cards were played, my 45th birthday came and went, Maker's Mark was enjoyed, Peter Luger steak was consumed, and the KS/Richmond game from 2004 was watched a few times on youtube. Remember heading to LGA on that Sun morning when COVID was exploding renting a car to drive back south and hearing crazy news reports of the "hundreds of cases" - little did I know at the time)

Go Spiders ....

 

[712_VT]

I will drive up that Sunday if we are playing for the championship. Please give me a reason to watch some meaningful basketball for once.

 

[SpiderLaw]

I will drive up that Sunday if we are playing for the championship. Please give me a reason to watch some meaningful basketball for once.

I will be at the tourney Thursday thru Sunday with my 3 sons! Regardless of UR results.

 

[SpiderK]

I will drive up that Sunday if we are playing for the championship. Please give me a reason to watch some meaningful basketball for once.

Better stick with the Hokies then.

 

[SpiderK]

When I went to Atlantic City in 2011, I didn’t realize that would be the only time we would ever win anything in the A-10.

 

[whampas]

First tournament of the year for my granddaughters 14U travel softball team. Can't wait. They have a real chance.

 

[Long Island Spiders]

I can’t do it. I was going to go but can’t justify it given the pain this team causes me.

 

[SpiderK]

Pittsburgh was my last one. I will go again the next time the tournament is in Florida.

 

[ur2K]

Ever since I was in Atlantic City in 2012 and the Spiders weren’t, I stopped making plans to attend.

 

[Section9.RowD]

Better stick with the Hokies then.

Pretty sure VT won’t be playing later in the week than our Spiders …

 

[SpiderK]

Pretty sure VT won’t be playing later in the week than our Spiders …

I can guarantee you the Hokies will be playing longer this year than the Spiders.

 

[plydogg]

would be nice if the spiders played a game on the west coast in the coming years, I haven’t been to a game since a drubbing at George Washington in I believe 2018

 

[kneepadmckinney]

I will drive up that Sunday if we are playing for the championship. Please give me a reason to watch some meaningful basketball for once.

The prodigal fair-weather fan returns! What will they ever do without your stalwart support for the first three days.

 

[Spiders4ever]

would be nice if the spiders played a game on the west coast in the coming years, I haven’t been to a game since a drubbing at George Washington in I believe 2018

Talk to your buds at UCLA.

 

[Section9.RowD]

I can guarantee you the Hokies will be playing longer this year than the Spiders.

Ok … my comment was next week not the season - I expect VT will lose in quarters in Acc on Thursday and we will will make it to at least our quarters on Friday ..: but free country so fine if you guarantee I am wrong

 

[Spider B]

Ever since I was in Atlantic City in 2012 and the Spiders weren’t, I stopped making plans to attend.

Same. Think we lost opening round to LaSalle. Bad loss, although LaSalle has been to the NCAA since Richmond has.

 

[Eight Legger]

The prodigal fair-weather fan returns! What will they ever do without your stalwart support for the first three days.

Come on, knee, this is Mooney we're talking about. Since when does he make it to day 3?

 

[Gospiders06]

Lasalle just beat St.Joe's. So we better be ready....

 

[kneepadmckinney]

Come on, knee, this is Mooney we're talking about. Since when does he make it to day 3?

This...is...depressingly accurate.

 

[SpiderAlways]

This...is...depressingly accurate.

Don’t be depressed knee. You hung in there with him for a long time. Good on ya

 

[PalmTreeSpidUR]

Did anyone else get the survey about the tournament? More fine "work" by whoever created it.

One of the early questions, did you buy tickets for the tournament?
I clicked "no" but instead of being directed to a "why not" question or even "thank you for taking the survey" it took me to the next question.
"Where did you buy tickets" (it listed several options, one of them being the "Captial One Arena Ticket Office").

Needless to say, that was their misspelling, not mine.

 

[ur2K]

Or having no way to submit if you are not going without having to enter your communication preference and all contact info. Nailed it.

 

[SpiderK]

Did anyone else get the survey about the tournament? More fine "work" by whoever created it.

One of the early questions, did you buy tickets for the tournament?
I clicked "no" but instead of being directed to a "why not" question or even "thank you for taking the survey" it took me to the next question.
"Where did you buy tickets" (it listed several options, one of them being the "Captial One Arena Ticket Office").

Needless to say, that was their misspelling, not mine.

The kids or Romanians that wrote the code never learned about “if-then” statements in their programming classes. 😊

 

[Section9.RowD]

The kids or Romanians that wrote the code never learned about “if-then” statements in their programming classes. 😊

Too bad they didn't take Dr. Charlesworth's comp sci classes ...

 

[mcspider]

Ok … my comment was next week not the season - I expect VT will lose in quarters in Acc on Thursday and we will will make it to at least our quarters on Friday ..: but free country so fine if you guarantee I am wrong

Well we are playing in the late game on Thursday night. So there is the chance that we could lose that game (hopefully not) and still manage to last longer next week than Virginia Tech. And like you I will be trekking up to see us play for as long as we do.

Also - ahhh Dr. Charlesworth. I always liked his classes. I miss seeing him from time to time at a basketball game here or there.

 

[SpiderGuy]

The kids or Romanians that wrote the code never learned about “if-then” statements in their programming classes. 😊

I think the deck of punch cards got out of order.

 

[Section9.RowD]

So next Friday night at 830, what are the odds I will be watching our Spiders in quarterfinals or in the poker room at Mgm National Harbor ? Sigh that was another rough game …

 

[mcspider]

There's a good chance we will be in the quarterfinals, considering that we do better against teams that are worse than us. And that's what we have in our Thursday matchup. But there are definitely some below us in the standings that match up much better against us than others.

 

[SFspidur]

UMass or Duquesne would be fine. URI led us almost the whole game until they couldn't make a bucket down the stretch. I'm a little nervous about a potential matchup with them, although they really seem to have given up on the season.

 

[SpiderK]

UMass or Duquesne would be fine. URI led us almost the whole game until they couldn't make a bucket down the stretch. I'm a little nervous about a potential matchup with them, although they really seem to have given up on the season.

Might be a battle of who wants to get home the soonest.

 

[SpiderRick]

A10 tournament.....yawn

 

[Section9.RowD]

Getting on the road late morning and will be DC bound. Still a kid at heart and I wake up this morning just like the start of any season or tourney. Anything can happen in 4 days .. Section9 will be loud and hopefully even with General Admission tix will be close to the court. Go Spiders

 

[SpiderDad75]

Getting on the road late morning and will be DC bound. Still a kid at heart and I wake up this morning just like the start of any season or tourney. Anything can happen in 4 days .. Section9 will be loud and hopefully even with General Admission tix for at least tonight's session will be close to the court. Go Spiders

We will be there…tomorrow 😥 Momma Dji couldn’t get off until late this afternoon…hopefully we will see you up there Fri night. 😀🕷🏀

 

[Eight Legger]

There's a good chance we will be in the quarterfinals, considering that we do better against teams that are worse than us. And that's what we have in our Thursday matchup. But there are definitely some below us in the standings that match up much better against us than others.

If VCU loses to Bye today, we could have a cakewalk into the semifinals, too.

 

[spider23]

If VCU loses to Bye today, we could have a cakewalk into the semifinals, too.

EL, Do not forget, last year VCU lost in the NCAA tournament without ever walking on the court. So this is a distinct possibility. Who knows what BYE has planned?

 

[Section9.RowD]

EL, Do not forget, last year VCU lost in the NCAA tournament without ever walking on the court. So this is a distinct possibility. Who knows what BYE has planned?

That did cross my mind as well ..

 

[spider23]

LI Spider, you going in heavy on the Spiders, looks to me line already moved from -4 to -5.5

 

[SpiderK]

If VCU loses to Bye today, we could have a cakewalk into the semifinals, too.

Is Bye the team that was in the fight with the Wagner parents?

 

[GKiller]

LI Spider, you going in heavy on the Spiders, looks to me line already moved from -4 to -5.5

It’s probably all the vcu fans who want to play us.

 

[spider23]

Is Bye the team that was in the fight with the Wagner parents?

No that was BYE-ant .