Around the A-10: 2024–25 Edition

[SFspidur]

Figured we could use a thread separate from the betting one to follow how our conference mates are doing.

14 squads in action on opening day, with 13 of them playing D-I competition. Davidson was the exception, hosting D-III William Peace, and of course the Spiders were not in action. The A-10 went a respectable 11–3 on the day, with several squads recovering from early deficits to score wins.

Not a lot of surprises I guess. Mostly beating up on inferior competition, though Loyola only winning by 5 over Chicago State is a bit surprising to me even though Chicago State isn't quite the basement dweller they were a few years ago. SLU falling to Santa Clara was a missed opportunity for a decent win...gotta have those if you've hoping to be a contender. Hope Avila is okay.

I don't know whether to be surprised about Duquesne losing to Lipscomb...it's Duquesne. VCU rolled over Bellarmine with their guards doing a ton of damage. Not a lot of bench production and they really only went 8 deep. Billups only got 4 minutes but had 5 points, while Jennings was scoreless in 15 minutes.

Wins
Bona 70, CSUN 56
UMass 103, UNH 74
Dayton 87, St. Francis 57
Mason 75, NC Central 58
VCU 84, Bellarmine 65
St. Joe's 70, Navy 63
La Salle 65, American 52
URI 96, Fairfield 58
GW 76, Mercyhurst 59
Loyola 77, Chicago State 72
Davidson 88, William Peace 47 (D-III)

Losses
Santa Clara 85, SLU 78
St. John's 92, Fordham 60
Lipscomb 77, Duquesne 72

 

[SFspidur]

Ouch.

 

[MDspider8]

Tough break with Avila. That's going to put a major dent in SLU's chances to build an at-large resume.

 

[MDspider8]

Speaking of A10 teams with significnat injuries, VCU's Zeb Jackson is out 4-6 weeks with a hand injury.

 

[GKiller]

Tough break with Avila. That's going to put a major dent in SLU's chances to build an at-large resume.

Eh. Can u put a major dent in close to non existent chances. Like us their ooc schedule prevented it anyway & Santa Clara was 1 of their best ooc games which they lost.

 

[brooklyn brownstone]

Yup they were almost dead in the water for at large after yesterday.

No worries they'll just replace Avila with their 31m, zero points, zero assists, 5 fouls bench mob.

A10 off to another blazing OOC start!

 

[97spiderfan]

Eh. Can u put a major dent in close to non existent chances. Like us their ooc schedule prevented it anyway & Santa Clara was 1 of their best ooc games which they lost.

Exactly, like us, SLU pretty much as to run the table and losing one of their marqee games (if you can call it that) is game, set, match. It will dent their NET ranking though, which will impact the league going forward, as SLU was supposed to be one of the better teams in the league this year.

 

[dobbiethespider]

St Louis versus Avila on 11/10 looking to be an interesting matchup.