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Post by Chuck on Feb 27, 2021 22:29:24 GMT -5
NOTE: Unless Saint Louis inexplicably loses to UMass, it looks like Dayton/Duquesne will be the 8/9 game.
7. Saint Louis 5 4
8. Dayton 8 7
9. Duquesne 7 7
Monday, March 1
Dayton at St. Bonaventure, 5 p.m.
Saint Joseph’s at Richmond, 6 p.m.
Massachusetts at Saint Louis, 6 p.m.
Above is latest update from no1stunna (copied from first page of this thread).
If both Dayton and St. Louis lose on Monday, there will be a 3 way tie between St. Louis, Dayton and Duquesne. According to A-10's 3 way tie breaker Bonnies will player winner of 8/9 game between St. Louis and Duquesne.
-- Dayton/Duquesne split their series at 1-1.
-- Dayton won both games against St. Louis.
-- Duquesne and St. Louis didn't play each other this season.
First rule of 3 team tie breaker "Use each team’s record against the tied teams as a group rather than performance against individual teams." Dayton has the best record at 3-1 and would move up to 7th place.
Considering VCU's injuries, St. Louis is the last team I would want the Bonnies to open play with in the A-10 Tournament. It would be a terrible draw for the Bonnies. I'm hoping no1stunna is correct with it is "inexplicably" to expect St. Louis to lose to UMass.
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Post by mjf4428 on Feb 27, 2021 23:44:06 GMT -5
So if my calculations are correct I think the best thing for us would be for all home teams to win on Monday. It would leave us with a Dayton/Duquesne matchup and avoiding St Louis. It would leave Davidson as the 4 and St Louis as the 5 on our side of the bracket. And St Louis wouldn't see us till their 3rd day in a row. We would avoid VCU and Richmond till the Finals as they would be the 2&3 seeds. Obviously this only happens if the tournament is chalk but IMO its the best route for us. We need that first game no matter what if not more.
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Post by bigcat on Feb 28, 2021 5:09:38 GMT -5
NOTE: Unless Saint Louis inexplicably loses to UMass, it looks like Dayton/Duquesne will be the 8/9 game.
SLU has lost to Dayton twice and La Salle. Why would we be surprised if they lose to UMass? I see that Mitchell came off the bench in UMass’ loss to Richmond and only played 22 minutes. Is he still not 100% healthy (shoulder)?
Seems like every time posters say “we don’t want to face Team X in our first or 2nd game of the A10 tourney” that is who we end of playing. SLU is talented but inconsistent and unpredictable. They would give our net a boost if we beat them — potentially helping our NCAA seeding. SLU’s current net is 44 which would be a Q1 win on a neutral court.
Let’s hope the mentality of SBU coaches and players is: win the A10 tourney, eliminate all doubt and get a great seed. One game at a time. We will beat anyone in our path.
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Post by fjs64 on Feb 28, 2021 8:14:10 GMT -5
NOTE: Unless Saint Louis inexplicably loses to UMass, it looks like Dayton/Duquesne will be the 8/9 game. SLU has lost to Dayton twice and La Salle. Why would we be surprised if they lose to UMass? I see that Mitchell came off the bench in UMass’ loss to Richmond and only played 22 minutes. Is he still not 100% healthy (shoulder)? Seems like every time posters say “we don’t want to face Team X in our first or 2nd game of the A10 tourney” that is who we end of playing. SLU is talented but inconsistent and unpredictable. They would give our net a boost if we beat them — potentially helping our NCAA seeding. SLU’s current net is 44 which would be a Q1 win on a neutral court. Let’s hope the mentality of SBU coaches and players is: win the A10 tourney, eliminate all doubt and get a great seed. One game at a time. We will beat anyone in our path. Saint Louis is 11 - 1 at home, tbere only was to Dayton, the first game back after their 34 day pause. They are good at home, so yes they shpuld be favored to win, and should win. |
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Post by magnusbu on Mar 1, 2021 20:59:10 GMT -5
Who had SJU winning 3 in a row against lasalle, dayton and Richmond
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Post by ohs73 on Mar 1, 2021 21:09:28 GMT -5
Who had SJU winning 3 in a row against lasalle, dayton and Richmond Watch out. They could steal some games this week. |
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Post by ohs73 on Mar 1, 2021 21:11:05 GMT -5
Stunna, as always, thank you for your timely updates as the season reached crunch time. Both m/w.
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Post by tastylicks on Mar 1, 2021 21:13:49 GMT -5
Damn that hurts
We are looking at facing Richmond in Richmond and then fellow bubble team St. Louis
So much love for the 1 seed 😬
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Post by joe48 on Mar 1, 2021 22:08:49 GMT -5
We need to beat the best teams in our conference to EARN a tournament bid every year. Our resume is not that strong and beating a Richmond and SLU in the tournament will only help us.
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Post by ewenke13 on Mar 2, 2021 22:06:56 GMT -5
I’m not sure a win vs Duquesne does anything for us, that’s Q3. A win vs Richmond would be Q2. That *could* be enough especially if more bubble teams keep falling. A win vs Saint Louis in the semi’s would be Q1 and would help me sleep much better at night. If Saint Joe’s, UMass or La Salle make it that far, a win wouldn’t do much but a loss there would sure hurt...
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Post by bonniefanatic508 on Mar 3, 2021 9:40:50 GMT -5
For FUN post your daily A-10 Tournament predictions!
I'm taking the upset and going with St. Joseph's over LaSalle in game 1 and then GW over Fordham in game 2! Let the Madness begin!
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Post by bonagrad89 on Mar 3, 2021 10:11:56 GMT -5
For FUN post your daily A-10 Tournament predictions! I'm taking the upset and going with St. Joseph's over LaSalle in game 1 and then GW over Fordham in game 2! Let the Madness begin! I concur with your picks. |
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Post by mjf4428 on Mar 3, 2021 13:09:34 GMT -5
Good game to kick off the tournament with the Hawks getting a 72-66 victory over LaSalle. Earned themselves a crack at UMASS and with the Hawks rolling right now has upset potential
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Post by dadster81 on Mar 3, 2021 16:21:00 GMT -5
it is so weird to see teams that played 24 games facing teams that may have played 16
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Post by ceharv on Mar 3, 2021 18:38:07 GMT -5
If was an St. Joe’s fan, I would be feeling pretty good about my new coach. He has those kids playing hard and has some talented young guys on the roster. But attitude is more important. Faced with tough prospects at the end of the year, they have shown themselves to be very tough minded and determined to fight to the end. I only watched part of their game today but obviously came away impressed. Whether they win again or not in the tournament, they have done the Program proud and should feel good going into next year, particularly if Ryan returns.
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