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Can Butler Win the Atlantic 10 in its First Season? (Yahoo! Round Table Discussion - 4 hours ago)

At the College Basketball Roundtable, we ask members of the college basketball coverage staff for their opinions about a current topic in the sport.

This Week's Question:

Butler is moving into the Atlantic 10 next season, a year ahead of schedule; can the Bulldogs win the league in their inaugural go-round?

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Bona Wolf for Pope

I'd give them a 10% chance.

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z8-Minutemen

I'd give them a 0% chance.

It goes 33.33% VCU, 33.33% UMass, and 33.33% SLU. No one else stands a chance. Sorry, but that's the way it is.

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twisted3829

I give them a 6.25% chance just like everyone else...

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Bona Wolf for Pope

Oh, ok. Thanks for the info.

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mm4cc

This implies everybody else has a .01% chance

sheg

So you're saying there's a chance.

UMass87

I'd bet on them at 4 to 1

Blue Blobster

I'll bet against all three with those odds and make a killing in vegas. All ST JOES!!!!

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stophorseabuse

Butler, VCU, UMass, SLU, St. Joes, Temple, Xavier.

I could see any of those teams winning it. I think Temple and Especially X will both be down, but until it is pulled from their cold bloody hands I leave them in the discussion.

Wow what a league this will be.

In addition to those teams Dayton, Richmond, and GW will be pretty good. SB will win some on positive experience. Only Duquesne looks to go from respectable to bad.

BrownIndians85

This from a guy with a Kim Jong Il avatar. Offensive enough by itself, but then he posts this worthless drivel.

I think the prime contenders next year are Temple, X, SLU, UMass, and Butler. I don't think in the end that Butler will win simply because a Horizon League schedule is not the same as going through an A-10 schedule. And the sheer number of upper echelon teams in the conference hurt their chances to win the conference tournament. Can they win? Sure. But I'd think somewhere around 12-1 odds.

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ace93

Are we talking regular season or conference tournament?

paulxu

In the first ESPN preseason poll, VCU was the only A10 member listed. They are now just outside as the first one not listed to be considered. I think it's reasonable to expect they will contend.

This is your "preseason" conference championship being discussed. You know the answer to that question I'm sure.

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Bona Wolf for Pope

Then clearly Dayton is the favorite, followed closely by UMass and then La Salle (pending refs).

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ace93

Well I'm glad I saved the keystrokes then.

Kidding aside, when I looked at the question "Can Butler win the Atlantic 10 in its First Season?" I thought it unlikely that they will win the regular season, but that they were 1 of about 8 teams that could make a run in the conference tournament and win that.