For starters, the A-10 is not a mid major conference. You would think the guy that is our BOT President and largest athletic backer would know that but apparently not.
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still did not make it up to Buffalo. Maybe he felt he was too toxic or would get too many questions.
Do high major conferences think the A10 is their peer? I don’t think they do.
there's really no need to label it high major vs mid-major. we're certainly not comparable to the bottom 20 conferences.
but no, I don't think the A10 is considered high major by the masses. we don't bring in or spend high major money. I think we're pretty consistently ranked between 7-10.
but no, I don't think the A10 is considered high major by the masses. we don't bring in or spend high major money. I think we're pretty consistently ranked between 7-10.
We are not a mid major conference. Mid major conferences are the one auto bid conferences. Honestly, don't know what we are considered but multi-bid conferences like the A-10, American, MWC are not considered or called mid-majors.
So, here is wiki's definition. It starts with a definition of every conference outside the BCS conference but the further down explains how conferences like the A-10, MWC have been viewed differently and above mid major but below the high majors.
Either way, him calling us a mid-major gives us insight into how he views our basketball program. I guarantee not one single person within the athletic department at VCU considers their program a mid-major.
Wiki mid-major definition
Either way, him calling us a mid-major gives us insight into how he views our basketball program. I guarantee not one single person within the athletic department at VCU considers their program a mid-major.
Wiki mid-major definition
It all depends on who you ask. Many consider the auto bid conferences to be low majors. If that's the terminology being used, we absolutely fit as a mid-major.
P5 or P6 would be high majors, and then we'd be in the mid-major grouping with MWC, AAC, MVC, WCC, maybe CUSA but they've fallen.
P5 or P6 would be high majors, and then we'd be in the mid-major grouping with MWC, AAC, MVC, WCC, maybe CUSA but they've fallen.
Sure would be nice to get back to the days where 3 bids was the minimum expectation with more as gravy. We've been a two-bid conference the past three tournaments, and dangerously close to being one-bid in two of them (though I guess we were ultimately a "safe" two this year considering Dayton was first one out).
Loved the attitude Chris Mack and Xavier had about being a mid major.
Short lived, but now we have nothing. VCU is your conference big dog, think about that. Sad
I have selective memory and I’m choosing to remember that our last tournament win was 5 days ago.
VCU’s last tournament win was 2,195 days ago
A10 had Butler for a year or two. X and Temple were certainly losses, but Temple is not the program it once was. I think you can argue leaving the A10 has hurt Temple basketball. And I think Davidson and now Loyola are very solid additions to the conference. I think the issue with the A10 is the very bottom of league. LaSalle, Fordham, and Duquesne seem consistently finish in the bottom of the conference. We need those schools to improve. Duquesne is spending money to upgrade the program. LaSalle and Fordham need to go. I think all the other schools can be very successful with the right leadership. I think coaching talent is getting better. Archie is a good hire for URI. Hopefully UMass can make a splash.
Fordham was almost .500 this year and seems to have made a good hire. LaSalle is starting over and needs to go. Duquesne has run a lot of good players through there under Dambrot but they either transfer out or he gets rid of them. Not sure what's going on there but that program should be better.
Fordham has a 4 star PG coming in next year who had some pretty big offers but wanted to stay local. that's huge news for them. now they've got to keep him and build from there.
Xavier and Temple are powerhouse programs and we could fully replace them (I don't count Butler, because they were here for a hot minute). But, I think the league has really done well in backfilling the losses, with Davidson, Loyola and certainly VCU.
If there was one thing the league could do to really improve it would be somehow find a way to jettison LaSalle and Fordham. Yeah, I get that people say that will never happen, but it doesn't discount the fact that it should.
Haven't you overheard the Fordham players when they play at Robins talking about how the court is named after a former Fordham player? Wouldn't want to miss that!
I remember when people were saying this about St. Bonaventure over a decade ago, they were a fairly consistent cellar dweller from 2002-2010 with losing or .500 records each season. They're now a good program, so a good hire can turn a program around.
It absolutely torpedoed them...the whole staff, AD, and school president lost their jobs, and the NCAA penalized them with probation and loss of scholarships. They had to forfeit games, and the team refused to play the final week of the season.
In the five seasons before the scandal one, they'd gone to an NCAA and three NITs. All of that momentum was lost, Solomon couldn't get things going again, and it fell to Schmidt to get things back on track.
In the five seasons before the scandal one, they'd gone to an NCAA and three NITs. All of that momentum was lost, Solomon couldn't get things going again, and it fell to Schmidt to get things back on track.
"Celebration" planned for 4/12 at Robins. Glad they are doing this.
This is it exactly. We can debate whether or not the A10 is a mid major or not (for the record, I’m a not), but the team/school/most important can’t think/say that we are. We need to portray confidence that we’re a big deal and people need to respect us.
If we don’t respect ourselves and our standing, then no one else ever will…
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My wife got one of those t-shirts for free at the watch party on campus. They’re typical t-shirt giveaway quality.Is 500 t-shirts a lot? More than the usual bookstore volume, I'm sure, but is this worth an RTD article?
Want to rapidly sell 500 T-shirts, with more ordered? UR did it by winning an A-10 hoops title.
The best way to quickly sell 500 T-shirts — with more on the way — for the University of Richmond Bookstore appears to be the Spiders winning an Atlantic 10
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