A-10 is getting ready for the 49ers

We'll get Dayton, George Washington and Richmond twice for the first two years in the conference... and this is being proactive far in advance of the other conferences dealing with realignment.

Atlantic 10 Announces 2005-06 and 2006-07 Scheduling Models

BOCA RATON, FL - With the additions of Charlotte and Saint Louis for the 2005-06 season, the Atlantic 10 directors of athletics have adopted a revised scheduling model as it pertains to men's and women's basketball. The directors also adopted scheduling models in each sport in which regular season competition is conducted.

The directors, at their annual meeting at the Boca Raton Resort and Club, voted to maintain a 16-game Conference basketball schedule, while eliminating divisional play in favor of one 14-team division.

"We compiled a number of scheduling models so the directors would have many options from which to choose," says Atlantic 10 commissioner Linda Bruno. "The directors were emphatic in their desire to play every team at least once. The model they adopted best meets that goal."

Under the new regular season basketball scheduling model, each team will play three opponents twice and the remaining 10 opponents once, creating a 16-game league schedule. After the 2005-06 season, the sites of the games will change with those played at home being played on the road in 2006-07 and vice versa.

Below is a list of which men's basketball teams will face each other in a home-and-home series in 2005-06 and 2006-07:

Charlotte - UD, GW, UR
Dayton - CHA, SLU, XU
Duquesne - FOR, LAS, SBU
Fordham - DUQ, URI SBU
George Washington - CHA, UR, SJU
La Salle - DUQ, UM, TU
Massachusetts - LAS, URI, TU
Rhode Island - FOR, UM, SLU
Richmond - CHA, GW, SBU
St. Bonaventure - DUQ, FOR, UR
Saint Joseph's - GW, TU, XU
Saint Louis - UD, URI, XU
Temple - LAS, UM, SJU
Xavier - UD, SJU, SLU

Below is a list of which women's basketball teams will face each other in a home-and-home series in 2005-06 and 2006-07:

Charlotte - UR, SLU, XU
Dayton - DUQ, SLU, XU
Duquesne - UD, SBU, SLU
Fordham - URI, SBU, SJU
George Washington - UR, TU, XU
La Salle - UM, URI, SJU
Massachusetts - LAS, URI, SBU
Rhode Island - FOR, LAS, UM
Richmond - CHA, GW, TU
St. Bonaventure - DUQ, FOR, UM
Saint Joseph's - FOR, LAS, TU
Saint Louis - CHA, UD, DUQ
Temple - GW, UR, SJU
Xavier - UD, CHA, GW

The format of the 2006 Atlantic 10 basketball championships will be discussed at further length when the directors of athletics meet in September.

The directors also adopted a nine-game schedule in men's and women's soccer and a full round-robin schedule in softball. Previously, the directors adopted nine three-game series in baseball with each game being nine innings, full round-robin schedules in women's lacrosse and field hockey, and divisional play in women's volleyball with each team facing its divisional opponents in a home-and-home series and its non-divisional opponents once.

 

This Sucks

After the awesome action of C-USA playing in the A-10 will really suck. It does have a few tough teams, but home and homes with GW Gosh!!!! SOMEONE help. WE NEED FOOTBALL!!!!

 

No home-and-home with SLU.... say it with me now...

Please let them be coming here... Please let them be coming here... Please let them be coming here...

 

Get off the glamour names of Cincy and Louisville, the top 2/3s of the A-10 have been just as good as Conference USA. Outside of the 2003 season, the A-10 might be a wee bit better over the past 4 years.

2004
Conference USA - .5540 (5) average non-conference RPI, .5146 (6) average non-conference SOS, .5490 (5) average overall RPI; Ranking of members: 11 high, 222 low, 93 average, 73 median

b]Cincinnati[/b], 24-6, RPI 11
Memphis, 21-7, RPI 32
Alabama Birmingham, 20-9, RPI 33
Charlotte, 21-8, RPI 34
DePaul, 21-9, 37
Louisville, 20-9, RPI 24
Saint Louis, 18-12, RPI 64
Marquette, 16-11, 83
Texas Christian, 12-17, RPI 120
Southern Mississippi, 12-15, 123
East Carolina, 12-14, RPI 151
Tulane, 10-17, 181
Houston, 9-18, 187
South Florida, 7-20, 222

Atlantic 10 - .5506 (7) average non-conference RPI, .5400 (1) average non-conference SOS, .5379 (8) average overall RPI; Ranking of members: 3 high, 211 low, 109 average, 91 median

St. Joseph's, 27-1, RPI 3
Dayton, 24-8, RPI 40
George Washington, 18-11, RPI 74
Xavier, 23-10, RPI 35
Richmond, 20-12, RPI 47
Temple, 15-13, RPI 100
Rhode Island, 19-12, RPI 82
Duquesne, 12-17, RPI 162
LaSalle, 10-20, RPI 188
Massachusetts, 10-19, RPI 174
St. Bonaventure, 7-21, RPI 198
Fordham, 6-22, RPI 211

2003
Conference USA - .5550 (7) average non-conference RPI, .5447 (8) average overall RPI; Ranking of members: 10 high, 219 low, 95 average, 97 median

Marquette, 23-5, RPI 10
Memphis, 23-6, RPI 26
Louisville, 24-6, RPI 11
Cincinnati, 17-11, RPI 29
Saint Louis, 16-13, RPI 57
DePaul, 16-12, RPI 62
Alabama Birmingham, 18-12, RPI 90
Charlotte, 13-16, RPI 95
Tulane, 15-15, RPI 142
South Florida, 14-14, RPI 127
Houston, 8-20, RPI 219
Southern Mississippi, 13-16, RPI 149
East Carolina, 10-15, RPI 156
Texas Christian, 9-19, RPI 197

Atlantic 10 -.5363 (9) average non-conference RPI, .5236 (9) average overall RPI; Ranking of members: 13 high, 289 low, 140 average, 128 median

Xavier, 25-5, RPI 20
Dayton, 24-5, RPI 13
St. Joseph's, 23-6, RPI 27
Temple, 15-15, RPI 88
Rhode Island, 18-11, RPI 85
Richmond, 15-13, RPI 93
St. Bonaventure, 13-14, RPI 140
Massachusetts, 10-18, RPI 209
George Washington, 12-17, RPI 164
LaSalle, 12-17, RPI 172
Duquesne, 9-21, RPI 243
Fordham, 2-26, RPI 289

2002
Conference USA – .5415 (9) average non-conference RPI, .5394 (8) average overall RPI; Ranking of members: 3 high, 203 low, 110 average, 102 median

Cincinnati, 29-3, RPI 3
Marquette, 26-5, RPI 22
Memphis, 21-9, RPI 70
Charlotte, 18-11, RPI 35
Houston, 17-14, RPI 81
Saint Louis, 15-16, RPI 110
Louisville, 18-12, RPI 61
South Florida, 19-12, RPI 75
Texas Christian, 14-15, RPI 129
Alabama Birmingham, 13-17, 154
Tulane, 5-11, 13-15, RPI 131
East Carolina, 10-18, RPI 172
Southern Mississippi, 9-17, RPI 203
DePaul, 9-19, RPI 192

Atlantic 10 - .5474 (T7) average non-conference RPI, .5262 (9) average overall RPI; Ranking of members: 19 high, 233 low, 107 average, 118 median

Xavier, 24-5, RPI 19
St, Joseph’s, 18-11, RPI 73
Temple, 15-14, RPI 79
Richmond, 19-12, RPI 74
Dayton, 20-10, RPI 63
St. Bonaventure, 17-12, RPI 84
Massachusetts, 13-16, RPI 107
LaSalle, 15-17, RPI 144
George Washington, 12-16, RPI 139
Duquesne, 9-19, RPI 184
Rhode Island, 8-20, RPI 225
Fordham, 8-20, RPI 233

2001
Conference USA – .5405 (8) average non-conference RPI, .5259 (10) average overall RPI; Ranking of members: 31 high, 232 low, 113 average, 117 median

Cincinnati, 23-9, RPI 31
Southern Mississippi, 21-8, RPI 53
Charlotte, 21-10, RPI 48
Memphis, 16-14, RPI 95
South Florida, 18-13, RPI 103
Marquette, 15-14, RPI 113
Alabama Birmingham, 17-14, RPI 108
Saint Louis, 17-14, RPI 116
Louisville, 12-19, RPI 129
Houston, 9-20, RPI 212
DePaul, 10-18, RPI 165
Tulane, 7-21, RPI 232

Atlantic 10 - .5474 (7) average non-conference RPI, .5315(9) average overall RPI: Ranking of members: 36 high, 234 low, 70 average, 109 median

St. Joseph’s, 25-6, RPI 36
Temple, 21-12, RPI 38
Xavier, 21-7, RPI 44
Massachusetts, 15-15, RPI 64
St. Bonaventure, 18-11, RPI 69
Dayton, 19-12, RPI 72
George Washington, 14-18, RPI 126
LaSalle, 12-17, RPI 147
Fordham, 12-17, RPI 148
Duquesne, 9-21, RPI 224
Rhode Island, 7-22, RPI 234

 

Impressive

Those are some good stats. Maybe it is just the glamour but we built up a rivalry with cincinnati. I guess i'm just gonna miss going to halton and seeing the cards and the bearcats come to town. I guess it will just take a while.

 

UAB is going to miss beating your ass.

 

UNCC lobbied hard to keep from having to go to Olean

 

Correct grid, there is no need to get lost up there like you for months at a time in the snow!

 

I agree that we need a different conference situation, football ain't the answer. Trying to average 17,000 a game (D-I requirement) is too difficult. What we need is to throw some of the weak A-10 schools out and reform the conference.

The schools I'd keep: Dayton, St. Louis, Richmond, St. Joe's, Xavier, Temple and GW.

The ones to boot: La Salle, St. Bonnie, DuQuesne, Fordham.

Unsure: UMass and URI