BGF wrote:

I believe the tiebreaker is head-to-head if there are only two tied teams.  If there are three, it is based upon record by those three teams versus each other, and then the lowest ranked team is dropped and given the worst seed, and then the heads-up tiebreak is performed for the final two teams.  If there is still a tie, the tied teams' records versus the #1 seed are then used, then the #2 seed, etc...

If I read it correctly, we win the heads up tiebreaker vs. St. Bonaventure, lose the heads up to Duquesne, and come in 2nd of the three teams in the three-way tiebreaker.  

This is my understanding.  Bonies and Dukes split two meetings with one another.  That makes Duquesne 2-1, GW 1-1, and SBU 1-2 in the tiebreaker.  Bonnies are at Davidson Saturday at 2 while the Dukes are in SLU for an 8:00 game on Saturday.  The bad news is that SLU trails Dayton, SJU and Loyola by a game in their quest for a double bye.  SLU could be locked in as the 6 seed before they tip off Saturday night.  Let's hope not.

Correct, if Duquesne loses we are the 7 seed. If they win we are 8.

Based on the final-day matchups, I'd say URI is favored to get the 10 seed which means we'd likely face them in our first game if we get the 7 seed.

Long Suffering Fan wrote:

From what I heard, seats for the Thursday sessions are unreserved and have not yet gone on sale.

All sessions are on sale. I just bought Saturday and Sunday tickets.

Robbie Avila doing everything he can to lose this game for SLU right now with his double-double consisting of 17 points and 10 TOs.

Crazy ending to regulation.  SLU down 6 with about 35 seconds left and Isaiah Swope hits a three.  Then, then tie up Dukes after the inbounds pass and have the possession arrow.  Then Swope hits another three, kind of a step back three in corner. 

Duqs hold for last shot, but Dinkins, who has had a great game, airballs a contested three. 

Going to OT.

SLU by 2 after a 3 at the buzzer in OT.  GW the 7 seed!  See you Thursday evening!

If you happen to see SLU's Isaiah Swope while he's in DC, be sure to thank him.  Gibson Jimerson too.

The last A10 game played on Saturday featured Duquesne going up against St. Louis.  The Bills were already eliminated from double bye consideration and had little to play for aside from winning on Senior Night (not to belittle this) and moving up from the 6 seed to the 5 (which I would contend may not have been in their best interests).  This game had quite a bit of meaning to GW.  A Duquesne loss meant the 7 seed and an opening game against probably URI but perhaps Fordham.  A win by the Dukes meant an 8/9 matchup with St. Bonaventure.  We can debate the more favorable matchup for GW who has beaten the Bonnies three straight times as opposed to URI who routed GW in the Smith Center in between two GW victories in Kingston.  Personally, I am very happy to avoid a Mark Schmidt coached team who just seems to be due for a win against GW and who finished two games ahead of URI in the conference standings.  If we then dare to look ahead, a win gives us a 3rd chance at George Mason who we've lost in double overtime to as well as by 3 with a shot to tie that game at the buzzer.  Mason has also looked wobbly of late though one could argue that this is how they've looked all season.  Unsure as to the extent of the Haynes injury but suffice it to say that the Patriots would look like a very different team without him.  The alternative of course would have been a VCU team who I believe anyone in the A10 would want to delay playing for as long as possible.  This is one of those times where the 7 seed holds a big advantage over the 8.

As for Swope and Jimerson, I hope you got to see it.  The Dukes were up 6 with 35 seconds left in regulation.  Swope had played an awful game by his standards though he made a big bucket with 1:45 left that clearly gave him some confidence.  He then hit a 3 with 34 seconds left to cut the lead in half.  Then, SLU trapped in the backcourt and forced a jump ball (alternative possession: SLU).  Then, Swope again takes and makes a step back 3 pointer from the corner to tie the game with 27 seconds left.  That's right, Swope erased a 6 point lead in 7 seconds.  He then scores 5 of the team's 10 points in overtime to help seal the deal.  By the way, Swope had ben 0-7 from 3 before his heroics. As for Jimerson, he was not a late game hero but without his career high 35 points, this would never have been a game.  His line for the game was 14-20 from the floor, 4-8 from 3, an uncharacteristic 3-5 from the line, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.

So a big shout-out to SLU.  Thanks for that effort on Saturday night.

  

Can’t believe URI is only a 4pt favorite over Fordham.  Seems very low..is there an injury for Rhody?

The league didn't even put the special tournament logo at center court this year? What a disgrace. Fire Bernadette already.