League A10 Basketball: news and discourse around the league

PhantomRam said:
I always love this debate. So, if we kick them out, who becomes the bottoms dwellers that we will want to kick out next? Will you be happy with a league that can beat VCU all the time and then maybe VCU becomes the bottom dweller? Or maybe we have a league where everyone goes 9-9. All leagues have teams that are perpetually poor. Let's face it, if we lose to any team in the A-10 maybe except for Dayton, it hurts any chances of a bid. We are faced with having to be the best house in a poor neighborhood every year. Tearing down a few of those bungalows will not help elevate us. At our level we cannot have a league full of VCU's/Dayton's.
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If you are pushing top half teams into the bottom half of the conference then you are doing something right regarding conference strength. The jury is still out regarding Loyola - Chicago as they have only been in the A-10 for a year, but I would take Wichita State in a second in order to make the A-10 stronger. What you don't want to do is add teams that start in the bottom half of the league and stay there. fmason certainly has fit that bill to date. They are entering their 11th season in the A-10 and have an overall conference record of 73-99.
 
Honestly. Can/will the A10 kick out anybody? I doubt it, so we need to focus on moving up, if someone will invite us.
 
share the ball said:
I would love to see an analysis of what every a-10 school spends on every sport they operate and the number of scholarships they award by each sport
would be exceptionally eye opening and maybe shame some of the laggards to catch up and compete financially or MOVE ON if they lack the commitment to catch up
every Email I send to A10 front office asking financial questions Goes Unanswered (something as simple as explain a10 basketball policies on distribution of NCAA basketball tournament money)

go rams
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I’m glad you’re asking. Keep pressing the A10 front office for answers. Our conf needs a policy on OOC scheduling from front office. It needs to be a metric, like schedule min of quad 1,2,3 teams for a net rating. If a school claims they can’t schedule a quad 1 then schedule more quad 2’s, etc, to met the metric. At end of year disperse men’s bb revenue based on season performance in both the metric and post season. Then if they don’t meet metric after say 3 years, give them financial probation from A10 revenues until they turn it around. Some form of metric based accountability. If the A10 office won’t do that they’re a major part of the problem.
 
RamJamFan said:
I’m glad you’re asking. Keep pressing the A10 front office for answers. Our conf needs a policy on OOC scheduling from front office. It needs to be a metric, like schedule min of quad 1,2,3 teams for a net rating. If a school claims they can’t schedule a quad 1 then schedule more quad 2’s, etc, to met the metric. At end of year disperse men’s bb revenue based on season performance in both the metric and post season. Then if they don’t meet metric after say 3 years, give them financial probation from A10 revenues until they turn it around. Some form of metric based accountability. If the A10 office won’t do that they’re a major part of the problem.
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I (roughly) remember Wade telling a story about how he went to one of the a10 media days to present to the other coaches a scheduling strategy. He said they looked at him like he had 2 heads.
 
2012Ram said:
I (roughly) remember Wade telling a story about how he went to one of the a10 media days to present to the other coaches a scheduling strategy. He said they looked at him like he had 2 heads.
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I would believe it. I also think Wade knew how to schedule. RO being so metric oriented I believe will also be good at OOC scheduling. I’m writing off this year’s bad OOC schedule due to his and staff late arrival and need to focus on team construction. I’ll be super disappointed if next year’s OOC is as lackluster as this year’s.
 
SteveMM said:
Fordham and Duq are potential top six teams THIS year, but what about next year? Fordham builds itself up, then drops back down when it loses players and/or coaches. Their facilities are old and not very good, and I don't think anyone REALLY wants to be there. The minute Urgo leaves, they're back down to the bottom of the league.

Personally, I would say start with LaSalle and UMass. UMass doesn't want to be in the league anyhow.
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while i see urgo staying and fordham being good for atleast a while i think u make a good point. their facilities need to be up to par.
 
plan for new conference just announced forming 2026 includes:
vcu
dayton
slu
davidson
wichita st
charleston
iona
wku
uncw
unca
hofstra
loyola
temple
 
RamJamFan said:
I’m glad you’re asking. Keep pressing the A10 front office for answers. Our conf needs a policy on OOC scheduling from front office. It needs to be a metric, like schedule min of quad 1,2,3 teams for a net rating. If a school claims they can’t schedule a quad 1 then schedule more quad 2’s, etc, to met the metric. At end of year disperse men’s bb revenue based on season performance in both the metric and post season. Then if they don’t meet metric after say 3 years, give them financial probation from A10 revenues until they turn it around. Some form of metric based accountability. If the A10 office won’t do that they’re a major part of the problem.
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Travis Ford, in an A-10 tourney presser, mentioned that teams had been told to schedule easier due to the efficiency portion of the NET.


 
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ramluvr99 said:
plan for new conference just announced forming 2026 includes:
vcu
dayton
slu
davidson
wichita st
charleston
iona
wku
uncw
unca
hofstra
loyola
temple
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That looks weaker than what we currently have. Hofstra, no. UNCW, no. WKU, no. UNCA, no...well perhaps since my sister moved there and I would have a place to stay if I wanted to fly up to see a game.....other than that, no, Iona, no (Pitino is gone)
 
Mercury said:
Travis Ford, in an A-10 tourney presser, mentioned that teams had been told to schedule easier due to the efficiency portion of the NET.


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There's a lot of conjecture around the NET because the formula is somewhat opaque, and some coaches feel like it's weighted too heavily towards efficiency. So many coaches feel like teams that are scheduling and rolling bad opponents are benefiting from it.
 
Travis Ford is a genius and even a better coach, so there is that.
 
BradRamFan said:
That looks weaker than what we currently have. Hofstra, no. UNCW, no. WKU, no. UNCA, no...well perhaps since my sister moved there and I would have a place to stay if I wanted to fly up to see a game.....other than that, no, Iona, no (Pitino is gone)
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tobin anderson will keep that program on the right track. but uncw wku unca are all better than the bottom half of our league usually is.
 
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