The A10 has had multiple NCAA bids in 18 of the last 19 years, so I really wish people would stop calling it a “one bid league.”

DC Native wrote:

The A10 has had multiple NCAA bids in 18 of the last 19 years, so I really wish people would stop calling it a “one bid league.”

19 years is not a good reference point. The college basketball world has changed greatly in that time. Recent history is more telling and we are trending toward a 1-2 bid league. The last four years we have had 2-2-1-2. That's unfortunate but that's how a lot of people see it. With 15 teams that is essentially a one bid league. There is no other league with more teams and fewer bids.

Note: This will be especially true if Dayton and SLU join the Big East as has been rumored. 

Gwmayhem wrote:

GWRising, I am not saying that you're not making any cogent points.  However, the one you keep making that I wish you would stop making is your sixth point.  When I see LaSalle playing at Duke last year and playing at UNC this year, along with the numerous examples I previously provided of A10 teams scheduling exactly the type of game you are claiming GW can't schedule (as opposed to choosing not to schedule), I perceive this point to be absolute bullshit.  You've since added this "fly to the west coast right before exams" example which is about as straw man as it gets.  Forget the west coast.  Go play at Xavier, Cincinnati, Ohio State, Indiana, Butler, Purdue, West Virginia, Rutgers, Maryland, Penn State, Boston College, Syracuse, or against any Big East school.  Or, schedule a home and home with James Madison, Indiana State, Yale, Colgate, Oakland, Akron, Charleston, or some other quality midmajor.  There is at least one solid program out there who would agree to play GW.  Am pretty confident of this.

 

Gwmayhem - you can claim this to be bullshit all you want. Were you at the open practice reception Saturday? Our own new AD made this very point. He said when he was at NC State they weren't looking for games with App State. This was made in the context of something CC said immediately prior about the risk/reward of playing GW right now. The larger point was that we have to win first to schedule better games. Because a few other teams were able to schedule a game that fits your criteria does not mean the opportunities for GW are plentiful or line up with other committed games, exams, travel etc. Also, don't discount the Fran Dunphy effect with La Salle. Sometimes coach relationships cut through the fog. Yes, there could be a team out there but if you know one, call CC. I am sure he will listen.

Just FYI apparently the conference schedule is slated to finally be released this week.  Word on the street is the delay is entirely due to TV.  With more conference games to fill for the big boys, the A10 was scrambling for slots.  Remains to be seen how many games the A10 gets on ESPN2, USA, and CBSSN.

Last edited by GW0509 (9/23/2024 9:51 am)

Today’s the day for the conference schedule

https://x.com/a10mbb/status/1838570860828918257

GW0509 wrote:

Alum '04 wrote:

GWRising wrote:

Doubt this one will be worse.

Again, didn't learn anything from last year apparently. Is CC trying to get fired?

Entering December we had dropped our KenPom from 217 to 139. In the end we did go 11-2.

Our “bad” OOC also got us off to a 3-1 start in conference play before injuries derailed everything.

I believed that the OOC schedule did nothing to help us prepare for the conference.  Yes, we started 3-1. but 1 of the wins was against a VCU team that had not been playing well and had a disappointing OOC record; another was against Davidson, at home, which finished the conference at 5-13, and the 3rd was against Mason, who also was off to a slow conference start.   More telling was our 12 game losing streak and last place finish.  Winning close games against sub 300 teams really didn't prepare us very well.  It was more than just injuries.