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Current Scores:
78-59 Temple over Duquesne
66-46 Saint Louis over Fordham
73-66 St. Joes over GW
81-61 St. Bonaventure over Rhode Island
72-71 La Salle over UMass
53-52 Richmond over Charlotte
86-83 Xavier over Dayton in OT.

Scheduled Games:
TEMPLE (-11) plays Duquesne at 2 pm
SAINT LOUIS (-22) plays Fordham at 4 pm
GEORGE WASHINGTON (+3.5) plays Saint Joseph's at 4 pm
ST. BONAVENTURE (-11.5) plays Rhode Island at 4:30 pm
RICHMOND (-5.5) plays Charlotte at 6 pm
UMASS (-3) plays La Salle at 6 pm
XAVIER (-7.5) plays Dayton at 8 pm

Atlantic 10 Up to Date Standings
Temple 10-2 21-5
Saint Louis 10-3 22-5
Xavier 8-4 17-9
St. Joseph's 8-5 18-10
La Salle 7-5 18-9
Massachusetts 7-5 18-8
St. Bonaventure 7-5 14-10
Duquesne 6-6 15-11
Dayton 6-6 16-10
Richmond 5-8 14-14
Geo. Washington 4-8 9-17
Charlotte 4-8 12-13
Fordham 2-10 9-16
Rhode Island 2-11 5-23

Overall Non-Con Record: 122-74

*Caps denote home team

7 conference games on tap for the A-10 on Saturday. To start off the day Temple is a double digit favorite as they go for their 10th win in a row hosting Duquesne at 2 pm. GW is a 3.5 point underdog as they host suddenly hot St. Joes at 4 pm. Saint Louis is a 22 point (Yes 22 point) favorite at home as they host Fordham at 4 pm. The Bonnies look to rebound from a tough home loss to Temple as they welcome in Rhode Island as double digit favorites at 4:30. Richmond is a 5.5 point favorite as they host Charlotte in a big game for A-10 tournament seeding at 6 pm. UMass is a 3 point favorite at home in another big seeding game against La Salle at 6. Finally to cap it off Xavier is a 7.5 point favorite in the classic rivalry against Dayton at 8 pm.

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Free Quebec

Very interested to see how GW does against St. Joe's. Generally, when GW has had a big game that they should be up for, they have struggled (but have done well when there are zero expectations -- like vs. Temple and Xavier).

Like St. Joe's, GW is playing well right now. They are coming off a road win at Richmond and a game where they dominated Temple for 34 minutes, until Tony Taylor fouled out and GW collapsed.

That said, this is a tough matchup for GW. Physical guards like Galloway have been a problem for GW, as have physical forwards like Kancevic.

On the other side, St. Joe's will have to work hard to keep Tony Taylor and Lasan Kromah out of the lane, and either shadow Mikic relentlessly or just hope he has an off shooting night.

I wouldn't be surprised if GW wins -- or if they lay a complete egg.

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Bona84

Brown Indians/Rhode Island is the 2nd game of a doubleheader. The 22nd ranked Brown Squaws host Xavier on national TV (CBS Sports Network) at 2pm. Then, they pack up the cameras before the men welcome home Jimmy Baron, and we get to tune into SBUTV on our computers. Official word is that the Reilly Center is sold out for Senior Day for both squads.

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owlfan2272

I agree, GW impressed me when we played and the Richmond game. If they play like that consistently they can be dangerous.

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Knobby

If X, Temple and Umass win tomorrow we will finally have a lead group for the bye round. Dayton and the Dukes have a head to head so one of them has no chance of sneaking back into the bye conversation, and likely would not have been able to anyway. I have a feeling hta X and Umass are going to have the same outcome - so X better root for a Umass win.

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ExplorerSteve

La Salle matches up well with UMass and has had very good success against them the past few years. I don't see UMass as a top 4 team. John G usually has a good game plan especially when he has extra time to prepare - the next 2 games are not going to be easy for the Explorers but the week off should help them against UMass and Temple coming up next week.

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Both UMass and La Salle had a week to prepare - I'm not really sure it would favor one team over the other. UMass hasn't lost a league game at home, but La Salle and Xavier will both test them.

Even Saint Louis couldn't win up there - it'll be tough.

Knobby

I feel much better about the LaSalle game than I do X. The Umass fans are worried about them running out of gas as the end of the season approaches. They play fast and they are down two bodies from their original rotation so this week off was perfect timing. Then X comes in and it is a day early (Tuesday) - if there is going to be signs of fatigue, then I would think we will start to see it against them?

Steve I didn't say Umass will win, I said if they win, they are in position to be a bye team. And Umass has not lost at home to anyone, not just in conference.

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ktabz16

let's call a spade a spade, la salle is the only team in your top 4.

fact is we've been doubted all year and if 1 of 2 end of game possessions at uri go our way, umass would be in second place with a tie breaker over slu and a game at temple to determine the conference championship.

we're going 4-1 to finish the season, you can bank on that.

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El Shaqtus

The spread on the Saint Louis game is ridiculous. 22?

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Muddy Waters

Impressive.

I don't follow women's basketball, but your post sparked some curiosity:


Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Standings (Atlantic 10)

1. St. Bonaventure ... 24-2 (11-0)

14. Rhode Island ...... 1-25 (0-11)


Not a good season for the Rams' basketball fans.

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El Shaqtus

And Jim Baron thought he had it bad. He has the best basketball team at Rhode Island.

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waldo027

What's wrong with it?

res

I don't think many people realize how high St. Louis has been ranked all year in the various power rankings. For example, they are currently 10th in Pomeroy, ahead of Georgetown and Duke. They are also 12th in Sagarin's Predictor and 17th in Massey. Sagarin's numbers would have them giving 25.5 today.

So 22 is more than understandable.

El Shaqtus

Any spread over 20 catches my eye.

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RIP Coach Rick Majerus 12/1/12. You were the one that said it was OK to think big at SLU. You were right.

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