We can agree to disagree Rising. Like MD's new AD, middle of the pack (even in the B-10) doesn't cut it anymore - I'm not saying that's reasonable but just reality.

The A10 has 7 of the top 100 KenPom teams, a real bounce back year for the A10, 8 of the top 110
We've already played 5 of them, beating both Rhode Island and George Mason.

at 16-3 Davidson #49 is the top dog in the league. Gonzaga remains #1, Houston having another great year at #6
 

The Great Ed Cooley and Providence beat Marquette, to improve to 18-2.

18-2, wow.
 

If Bates actually did come here, it might have been good from a publicity standpoint, but I think the team might have looked even worse. The last thing we need is another guy who wants the ball all the time and shoots inefficiently from the floor (he hasn't done much else at Memphis, although he is capable). I feel bad for Emoni, he was hyped up a lot early on and probably feels the pressure to live up to that early billing. He should probably go to the G league. I'm not sure college is the right fit for him.

Georgetown lost again. Local teams continue to underperform (outside Mason I guess). Never would have guessed Howard would have the most wins out of any team in DC (although hey we are the best defensive team in DC!).

Nebraska had a chance against Michigan tonight, but they came up short and are now 0-11 in the Big Ten. There are still some winnable games left (two chances against Northwestern, home against Maryland, maybe home against Jamison/Minnesota?) It definitely seems like anything more than 2-18 is a stretch. Hoiberg might be in trouble (Nebraska should be able to win 5-6 games at least in conference each year), but I'm not sure who can win there consistently. Tim Miles was underappreciated there.
 

I wasn't aware that Emoni Bates may be leaving Memphis until reading GW0509's post. It looks like E. Bates father was the one who started these rumors. I think if Bates shocked the world and picked GW, his talent was so overwhelming that JC would have allowed him to do whatever he wanted, no matter what sort of flaws(lack of strength, not a good shooter, etc.) he had. Despite the disappointing record, Memphis does have a lot of talent on the roster and it's not a total surprise that E.Bates has gotten lost in the shuffle. That wasn't going to happen if he came to GW. I'm always looking at local guys who may be considering or need to transfer down, Memphis sophomore/former DeMatha star Earl Timberlake isn't exactly dominating at Memphis this year, he may need to consider transferring again.   

Georgetown was very competitive in the loss to Seton Hall but the conference is just so tough from top to bottom. Seton Hall was struggling coming into the game and was missing one of their top players, this may have been one of the few winnable games for Georgetown. I mentioned how someone on their board started an 0-20 thread, Georgetown is now 0-8, so they are not that close to 0-20 but it may becoming more realistic as they have a number of games left(Creighton twice, at Villanova, at Marquette, UConn, Providence) where they could get blown out which could damage their confidence even more!!

George Mason's loss to GW on MLK day is their only conference loss, they've won 4 straight since then, that may end up being GW's best win of the year. George Mason may be good enough to win the A-10. Maryland lost at the buzzer(the MSU player hit the shot with a little over 1 second left) to #13 Michigan State at home last night. In their previous game, Maryland lost by about 15 to unranked Indiana at home(Maryland was never in the game after halftime) which shows they are still the same highly inconsistent team under Danny Manning that they were under Turgeon.

Mentzinger,  Davidson won by 5 but they were up by as much as 16 or 17 in the 2nd half. Davidson dropped out of the top 25 after they lost to VCU but they are 8-1 in the A-10, George Mason is "second" at 4-1. I don't think Davidson was in any big-time OOC tournaments like Dayton and VCU, because they'd be ranked in the top 15 if they played in one of those tournaments and knocked off a couple of BCS teams like Dayton and VCU did.  

Bates not leaving Memphis
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/33197965/emoni-bates-absolutely-plans-playing-memphis-healthy-dad-says

Gwmayhem wrote:

Interesting to see what happens to schools who migrate to stronger leagues.

Well, one thing that happens ... the league you're leaving immediately bans you from postseason play, a dick move exceeded only perhaps by firing a coach right after the winningest season ever under false pretenses to protect a high ranking predator.
https://twitter.com/SBAthletics/status/1488909294464647176/photo/1

The same thing happened with James Madison and the CAA after they said they were leaving for the Sun Belt. It's so unfair to punish the athletes for a decision they had nothing to do with

I didn't see the game, but I read some of the comments on George Mason's board and it looks like guard play and lack of depth is what doomed them in the double OT home loss to St. Louis and will probably cost them for the entire season. Last night saw some eye-opening conference results last night was Fordham beating Rhode Island by 6 at home, I don't think Rhode Island has won a game since GW beat them. Dayton also won by 30 at VCU last night, VCU was playing without their leading scorer Vince Williams, but you'd expect them to be more competitive than that, especially at home.  

Drexel at Delaware  6  CBS SportsNetwork  - Jameer Nelson Jr is 2nd in scoring, assists and rebounds for Delaware

St. John's at Georgetown  6  FS1 - this game will be played on campus at McDonough Gym. Georgetown is not that big of an underdog in this one because St. John's is just 3-6 in the Big East. St. John's won the first matchup by 19 and are probably playing below expectations at this point. I'm interesting to see what the student turnout will be for this game and how energetic will they be considering that Georgetown is currently on a 9-game losing streak

Georgetown got pounded tonight by St. John's, the final score was 90-77 but they were down by about 26 midway through the 2nd half. The announcers mentioned that the game was played at McDonough(after Donny Marshall thought he was in Foggy Bottom!! HA!) because country singer Kacey Musgraves is having a concert at the MCI-Verizon-Capitol Arena tonight/right now, this game was originally scheduled to be played on New Year's Day. Georgetown has now lost 10 straight games which is a program record!! If the losing streak reaches 15 or 16 games, will they just let Ewing out of his misery before the season ends?