Duquesne Dukes Fan Forum / Could the A-10 be back to multiple bids?

**Posted by Wildwood13** 11/16/2023 8:53 pm

So far this season,
Davidson beat Maryland Big Ten
St. Bonnie’s beat Okla St Big 12
Dayton beat LSU SEC.
All on a neutral court.
Nice start to the season for the A-10 !!!

**Posted by townsonkid** 11/16/2023 9:28 pm

St lou over wyoming today too. Not as impressive as beating a P6 but still good. We need these next 2 to keep pace and to grow the brand.

**Posted by PistolPete** 11/16/2023 9:32 pm

Yep I just saw the Bonnies game and Schmidt does his usual quality coaching job. Hopefully Dukes can put a string of wins together!!

**Posted by DuqLaw95** 11/16/2023 9:59 pm

This makes last night’s loss that much more depressing.

**Posted by pressurecooker** 11/17/2023 3:57 pm

St Louis lost to Vermont by about 10. Dayton up on St. Johns with about 4 minutes left.

**Posted by kidd082000** 11/17/2023 6:52 pm

Unfortunately the Charleston win is already quickly losing it's value. They are now 1-3 with losses to Vermont and Wyoming. They are currently down to 177 in KenPom. Not great for us.

**Posted by PhoenixRising2** 11/18/2023 11:16 am

Yesterday started out promising for the A10 highlighted by Dayton’s win over St. John’s. But went quickly into the crapper with St.Joes losing to Texas A&M Commerce, Davidson losing to East Tennessee St, UMass losing to Harvard and the Bonnies getting blown out by Auburn. Dukes had the only conference win last evening.

**Posted by levon1975** 11/20/2023 4:14 pm

Yes, it fell apart quickly with StLouis getting beaten by Wichita St as well. Dayton made a good run to the final before losing to Houston who is a top 10 team.
A Duquesne win at Nebraska would restore prestige for the Dukes and the A-10., but they are off to a fast start. They did only beat Rider by something like 13 or 14.

**Posted by NapaDuke** 11/20/2023 8:28 pm

The season is too early to pick what is or isn't a good or bad win. For DU. Just beat everyone. That Princeton lose was a fluke. The right call by the refs at the 8 second mark and we would have won. That won't keep happening all this season. Go Dukes.

**Posted by FAM** 11/20/2023 9:29 pm

St. Joes took Kentucky to overtime and Mason is extremely strong so far this year.

**Posted by PhoenixRising2** 11/21/2023 10:39 am

https://x.com/a10talk/status/1726632282805699070

A10 KenPom movement this week 🥶

60. DAY (📈5)
81. DUQ (📉2)
100. VCU (📈12)
106. SBU (📉8)
107. RICH (📉12)
121. SJU (📉20)
122. LOY (📉42)
126. DAV (📉19)
128. GMU (📉4)
148. SLU (📉19)
161. GW (📈31)
173. MASS (📈26)
204. URI (📉19)
205. FORD (📉10)
207. LAS (📉20)

**Posted by townsonkid** 11/21/2023 11:26 am

St Joey hung tough with Kentucky last night, took them to OT. No one will notice or care.

Whats up with Fordham, I thought they were set up to be really good this year, already 3 losses and all to lesser opponents, Cornell, Abilene Christian, Kent. Did their guys from last year transfer out?

**Posted by PhoenixRising2** 12/04/2023 11:14 am

Initial A10 MBB NET Rankings of the season; good to see 7 Top 100 teams:
#42 Dayton
#62 George Mason
#79 Saint Joseph’s
#85 Richmond
#86 George Washington
#91 Duquesne
#94 UMass
#121 Davidson
#125 Loyola Chicago
#127 St. Bonaventure
#138 VCU
#181 La Salle
#186 Fordham
#192 Rhode Island
#258 Saint Louis

Also, good to see in Ken Pom that the A10 conference is ranked 8th (ahead of the AAC, MVC and WCC).
1 Big 12 Conference +17.36
2 Big East Conference +15.03
3 Big Ten Conference +14.65
4 Southeastern Conference +14.44
5 Pac 12 Conference +12.42
6 Atlantic Coast Conference +10.93
7 Mountain West Conference +8.19
8 Atlantic 10 Conference +4.19
9 American Athletic Conference +3.36
10 Missouri Valley Conference +2.81
11 West Coast Conference +2.64
I read somewhere that conferences that have a +4 or higher rating have historically received multiple bids. Hope that is true and that the A10 can keep this up for the next 4 weeks or so.

**Posted by NapaDuke** 12/04/2023 3:41 pm

PhoenixRising2 wrote:
Initial A10 MBB NET Rankings of the season; good to see 7 Top 100 teams:
#42 Dayton
#62 George Mason
#79 Saint Joseph’s
#85 Richmond
#86 George Washington
#91 Duquesne
#94 UMass
#121 Davidson
#125 Loyola Chicago
#127 St. Bonaventure
#138 VCU
#181 La Salle
#186 Fordham
#192 Rhode Island
#258 Saint Louis

Also, good to see in Ken Pom that the A10 conference is ranked 8th (ahead of the AAC, MVC and WCC).
1 Big 12 Conference +17.36
2 Big East Conference +15.03
3 Big Ten Conference +14.65
4 Southeastern Conference +14.44
5 Pac 12 Conference +12.42
6 Atlantic Coast Conference +10.93
7 Mountain West Conference +8.19
8 Atlantic 10 Conference +4.19
9 American Athletic Conference +3.36
10 Missouri Valley Conference +2.81
11 West Coast Conference +2.64
I read somewhere that conferences that have a +4 or higher rating have historically received multiple bids. Hope that is true and that the A10 can keep this up for the next 4 weeks or so.

The A-10 needs multiple bids. It increases our exposure.

**Posted by KenOTR73** 12/04/2023 4:33 pm

Next year the PAC-12 goes poof so we move up a step automatically.

**Posted by SkepticAl** 12/06/2023 10:57 pm

PRETTY ROUGH day for some of the others in the A-10

Fordham loses at home to NJ Tech (2-6) 80-77
VCU loses to a good Memphis State Team
St Louis loses to Drake 75.-63
Richmond loses to Northern Iowa (3-6) 78-73
LaSalle beats Loyola Md (1-8) 62-61
Rhode Island loses to Brown (3-8) 67-64
U Mass loses to Towson State (4-5) 81-71