It's hard to win March Madness games how many of these games was the A10 favored?

I would guess almost none of them

That's what makes the Gonzaga streak very much on the line tonight against the good McNeese team all the more incredible. They have won in the first round of the NCAA tournament every year since 2007-08 going back to the George w Bush administration

26 straight NCAA tournaments 15 years in a row with a win in the first round and at least four of those years they were double-digit seed.  Nine straight sweet 16s.  Would probably have to get by Kansas this year to keep that streak alive

Speaking of long streaks if Oregon can hold on and pull off this upset I believe that's 10 straight in the first round for Dana Altman one of the countries most underrated coaches

As for the A10 huge increase this year in win percentage and strength of schedule for the league this year. There's always one guy here claiming how bad the league is doing it just isn't true

Last edited by The Dude (3/21/2024 4:55 pm)

Probably too late, but they’re making it interesting…

Amazing!!! What a day for the A10!

districthoops wrote:

Long Suffering Fan wrote:

As much as it pains me to say this, betting against the A-10 in the postseason seems to have been a wise investment over the past several years.

Yeah, I mean I just don't see either Dayton (injuries) or the Dukes (6th in A10) reaching the second round. I think Dayton was extremely overseeded, especially with the last 3 of their last 6 games { loss @ Mason, @ Loy-Chi, and vs. Duquesne). The Cinderella story is there for Dambrot, but they just don't pass the eye test against real competition. But hey, it's March, I'd love to be and most likely will be embarrassingly incorrect. 

I suggest this be submitted to Freezing Cold Takes on Twitter. Insanity, what a comeback by Dayton

Wow! Dayton woke up. They were sleep walking most of the game. Good for them.

I’m also glad that Duquense shut up all the numbskulls who said they were oversteered as an 11 without checking their resume.  Aside from winning a very strong 8th ranked league, they had 8 wins over Q1/2 teams - more than all four 12 seeds combined.  If that’s the criteria used to keep Indiana St out, then it should also be used to seed Duquesne where they did.

Wow, Virginia's offense really poisoned Colorado State so far tonight.

Dayton was top 25 NET all season long, an excellent team that was highly disrespected, because they lost a few games down the stretch

Gonzaga is putting an absolute clinic +23 on a very good McNeese team.  McNeese has a lot of Power 5 talent like Shahada Wells, The Zags made them look like 16 seed in the half.  Fully expect them to make a run in the 2nd half 

Now, can the A10 pick up 2 more wins Saturday? Things figure to get tougher.

 

Calipari - on my dislike list since his UMass days.   Love to see UK lose.

Samford down 1, with one of the all time great defensive plays only to have the ref blow the call in the most brutal way. Instead of down 1 with the ball, down 3 with 14 seconds to go.

College basketball needs coaches challenges system. Even if just the last 2 minutes.  They check 11x to see in bounds out of bounds, but a clear mistsake on a call like that nothing can be done.  The NBA system is far superior, games should not be swung on such a clear mistake that we can correct, and quickly.

Great day for the A10, hopefully 2 Upsets on Saturday for the League.  

No team looked better Thursday than Gonzaga who ran up a 36 point lead before putting in the back of the bench (including Few's son who must have the worst +/- in the sport)

What a great win for Oakland

Big Props to DaRon Holmes for coming back to Dayton.  Imagine how many Power 5 offers he set aside to come back, now he's positioned himself for a 1st Round NBA pick and he's going to have a long career in the league.

A share of NCAA Tourney victories is worth about 2 Million dollars, the A10 made about 4 Million dollars with the 2 wins today.

 

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