Opening in the A-10

[RF]

A-10 versus CAA 2011-12

RPI
A-10: #7 CAA: #15

RPI Strength of Schedule
A-10: #8 CAA: #16

OOC Record
A-10: 120-74 CAA: 71-76

Teams with 20 or more wins
A-10: 8 CAA: 5

Teams at .500 or better
A-10: 10 CAA: 6

Teams below .500
A-10: 4 CAA: 6

Head to head record
A-10: 13-6 CAA: 6-13

Record vs the 6 BCS Leagues
A-10 25-26 CAA: 3-19
(10 of the 14 A-10 members had BCS wins)

NCAA Bids
A-10: 4 CAA: 1

NIT Bids
A-10: 4 CAA: 1

[RF]

Just to give you an idea about the difference in leagues.

Rhode Island finished in 13th place in the 14 team A-10

URI record vs A-10 4-12 (8 home/8 away)

URI record vs CAA 2-2 (1 home/2 away/1 neutral)
(wins over Hofstra and vs JMU, losses @GMU and @GSU)

[Jack]

moving to the A-10 for us would be tougher than some might think.

Not tougher than I think. My "conference hopping" story is now done and in the queue to be published shortly after the brackets come out. I make your point. I'm really happy with how it came out. Some tremendous quotes from some significant people.

[stuball888]

Looking forward to it Jack.

[Proud Pride Fan]

Not tougher than I think. My "conference hopping" story is now done and in the queue to be published shortly after the brackets come out. I make your point. I'm really happy with how it came out. Some tremendous quotes from some significant people.

I hope you included some stuff on things like San Diego State moving to the Big East for football. That kind of stuff drives me nuts. Yet another thing with conferences unfortunately driven by money.

[Proud Pride Fan]

One of our best recruits in a long time is starring on the EIGHTH-seeded A-10 team, one of the eight teams which had double digit conference wins in the A-10 this year, and they just beat the top seed today. That's how deep the A-10 is right now - moving to the A-10 for us would be tougher than some might think.

The Bonnies knock out Chaz & the Minutemen, 84-80. They'll play for the title at 1pm tomorrow against the St. Louis-Xavier winner.

[Jack]

I hope you included some stuff on things like San Diego State moving to the Big East for football. That kind of stuff drives me nuts. Yet another thing with conferences unfortunately driven by money.

Nothing about BCS level conferences whatsoever. It's all stuff that applies to us and schools similarly situated.

[RF]

Espn is reporting that Butler may be seeking to replace Temple in the A-10.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/st...10-sources-say

[JoeCoolHofstra]

Espn is reporting that Butler may be seeking to replace Temple in the A-10.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/st...10-sources-say

Butler has a great program and yes Saint Louis University from the A-10 is in the NCAA now. The A-10 has a respectable Midwest presence.
You have to hope Hofstra puts a bid in. Butler wants to take advantage of a major market. Hofstra is in a major market already. Anything is possible. We will have to wait and see.