Around the A-10 (2021-22)

[capezona]

Sacred Heart leading URI 31-29 at the half.

[uz2b-len]

I'd still give points and take Rhody

[bobolink]

not covid again! Penn State vs VCU scheduled for Saturday is off, and GW vs MD_East Shore next Wednesday will be without fans. Reminder to enjoy every game whenever we can.

[69MG]

An impossible year to figure out.

Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein
22m
Georgia loses a buy game to George Mason. The epitome of brutality.

Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein
Dec 17
Things you didn't think you'd tweet: Virginia Tech over St. Bonaventure by 37.

[bobolink]

Davidson, by far the top-rated A10 team as conference play nears, beat #10 Alabama on the road tonight. Davidson started the night with a NET ranking of 52 (must be in the 40s now). Next highest A10 team is St. Louis at 72

[bobolink]

Hard to believe, but the 2022 transfer portal is already going. No high impact transfers yet, but already 3 from the A10. About 100 players in the portal already. I'm not sure whether some of those transfers go after first semester (i.e., now).

Verbal Commits says:
12/27/2021 - La Salle 2019 SG Sherif Kenney (6-4, 215, 4★) will be transferring. - Per Adam Ayalew, Prep Hoops
12/27/2021 - Saint Joseph's 2019 SG Rahmir Moore (6-3, 205, 2★) will be transferring to Wagner. - Per Adam Zagoria, ZagsBlog
12/27/2021 - Dayton 2021 PG Lynn Greer III (6-3, 185, 4★) will be transferring.

[Juice Stand]

Piggy backing off my post in the St Louis thread, CBS' Matt Norlander says all A10 Thursday games are off. That's Dayton/Rhody, Davidson/Duquesne, SBU/GW, SLU/UMass, and Mason/VCU.

The A10 also voted to change their forfeit rules. Games will be postponed and rescheduled. If unable to be rescheduled, it's a no-contest, but if one team opts out of playing the rescheduled game, it can be a forfeit.

[69MG]

The A10 has to use it's brain (if it has one) and flex games with healthy teams so that a reasonable number of games can be played. Otherwise, it may be a lost season. Look how well Hockey East did with that process last year. Not perfect, but a lot of games were played.

[InnervisionsUMASS]

Agreed... if they have healthy teams, move things around.

[minutefanjsf]

Agreed... if they have healthy teams, move things around.

It is a lot easier with the HE foot print of New England and most schools within a 3 hour drive. A10 is all over the place now. If it can be done, do it.

[Juice Stand]

I'm anticipating a pretty slow day at work. If Bamford needs me to make some calls, I can certainly make myself available.

[69MG]

I thought there was a rule against transferring within a conference???

12/28/2021 - Dayton 2021 PG Lynn Greer III (6-3, 185, 4★) will be transferring to Saint Joseph's.

[minutefanjsf]

I thought there was a rule against transferring within a conference???

12/28/2021 - Dayton 2021 PG Lynn Greer III (6-3, 185, 4★) will be transferring to Saint Joseph's.

Conferences set their own rules. A 10 allows it for going home I believe. He is going back to his hometown.

[69MG]

^ I got "un-lazy" and looked it up. It's even broader than I/you/all of us thought.

6/10/2021 4:21:05 PM
Story LinksNEWPORT NEWS, Va.— The Atlantic 10 Conference concluded its annual Presidents Council / Athletic Directors business meetings Thursday, making several key decisions related to student-athlete welfare, league policies, procedures and championships. Lead among these was removal of the league's intraconference transfer policy for men's and women's basketball. This action permits immediate eligibility for basketball student-athletes transferring between two A-10 institutions, aligning the conference with the NCAA transfer legislation.

It probably won't benefit the men's team (what great player would transfer here) but might the women's team be able to entice a great A10 player if a specific need came about?

[minutefanjsf]

^ I got "un-lazy" and looked it up. It's even broader than I/you/all of us thought.

6/10/2021 4:21:05 PM
Story LinksNEWPORT NEWS, Va.— The Atlantic 10 Conference concluded its annual Presidents Council / Athletic Directors business meetings Thursday, making several key decisions related to student-athlete welfare, league policies, procedures and championships. Lead among these was removal of the league's intraconference transfer policy for men's and women's basketball. This action permits immediate eligibility for basketball student-athletes transferring between two A-10 institutions, aligning the conference with the NCAA transfer legislation.

It probably won't benefit the men's team (what great player would transfer here) but might the women's team be able to entice a great A10 player if a specific need came about?

Missed that this summer. Makes sense. With the transfer portal being opened for one time transfers the league needed to allow this or worry about losing top talent. I believe the other P6 leagues did a similar thing. I do remember it being allowed for kids going home before (hardship rule-I think UMass benefitted at times with this rule). Guess that doesn’t matter now.