ATLANTIC TEN CONFERENCE

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Oh. My. God.

#13 Butler defeats #8 Gonzaga 64-63 with a buzzer-beater at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse on ESPN!

College basketball at its best!!!

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Oh. My. God.

#13 Butler defeats #8 Gonzaga 64-63 with a buzzer-beater at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse on ESPN!

College basketball at its best!!!

AMAZING

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St. Bonaventure 81-78 Temple
La Salle 63-70 Xavier
George Washington 79-76 Massachusetts
Penn 59-79 Saint Joseph’s (Palestra)
Charlotte 61-81 Richmond
VCU 90-63 Duquesne
Rhode Island 82-80 Saint Louis
Gonzaga 63-64 Butler

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Rhode Island 63-66 Fordham
Charlotte 54-82 George Washington
Duquesne 56-72 Dayton
Saint Louis 67-57 St. Bonaventure
Temple 71-83 Butler
Xavier 49-59 Saint Joseph’s
La Salle 69-61 VCU
Richmond 65-70 Massachusetts

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Saint Joseph’s 66-62 Fordham
Massachusetts 61-60 La Salle
VCU 70-64 Rhode Island
Richmond 64-71 Temple
Dayton 61-66 Xavier
Butler 58-75 Saint Louis

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A-10 Standings - 2/10/13
TeamW L PCT W L PCT

#14 Butler 7 – 2 .778 20 – 4 .833
VCU 7 – 2 .778 19 – 5 .792
Saint Louis 7 – 2 .778 18 – 5 .783
La Salle 6 – 3 .667 16 – 6 .727
Massachusetts 6 – 3 .667 16 – 6 .727
Xavier 6 – 3 .667 13 – 9 .591
Charlotte 5 – 4 .556 17 – 6 .739
Temple 5 – 4 .556 16 – 7 .696
George Washington 5 – 4 .556 11 – 11 .500
Saint Joseph's 4 – 5 .444 13 – 9 .591
Richmond 4 – 5 .444 14 – 10 .583
St. Bonaventure 4 – 5 .444 11 – 11 .500
Dayton 3 – 6 .333 13 – 10 .565
Fordham 2 – 7 .222 6 – 18 .250
Rhode Island 1 – 8 .111 6 – 16 .273
Duquesne 0 – 9 .000 7 – 16 .304


top four = tourney bye
botton four = miss tourney

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A-10 Standings - 2/16/13

Team
VCU
Saint Louis
Butler
La Salle
Xavier
Charlotte
Temple
Massachusetts
George Washington
Saint Joseph's
Richmond
Dayton
St. Bonaventure
Rhode Island
Fordham
Duquesne

top four = tourney bye
botton four = miss tourney

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Remaining Schedule Before A10 Tourney (2/23/13)

1. St. Louis.. 21-5, (10-2) St. Joes, @GW, @Xavier, La Salle
2. VCU.. 22-6, (10-3) Butler, Richmond, @ Temple
3. Butler.. 22-6, (9-4) @VCU, @UMass, Xavier
4. La Salle.. 18-7.. (8-4) @URI, Duquesne, GW, @St. Louis
5. Xavier.. 15-11 (8-5)- Memphis, UMass, St. Louis, @Butler
6. Temple.. 18-8 (7-5) @Charlotte, Detroit, URI, @Fordham, VCU
7. Charlotte.. 18-7 (6-5) Temple, Dayton, @St. Bonaventure, @Duquesne, St. Joes
8. UMass.. 17-9, (7-6) @Xavier, Butler, @URI
9. St. Joes.. 15-10 (6-6) @St. Louis, Fordham, URI, @Charlotte
10. Richmond.. 16-11 (6-6) GW, @Dayton, @VCU, Duquesne
11. GW.. 12-13 (6-6) @richmond, St. Louis, @La Salle, Dayton
12. St. Bonaventure.. 13-13 (6-7) Charlotte, @Dayton, Fordham
13. Dayton.. 14-12 (4-8) @Charlotte, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, @GW
14. Rhode Island.. 8-17.. (3-9) La Salle, @Temple, @St. Joes, UMass
15. Fordham.. 6-22 (2-11) @St. Joes, Temple, @St. Bonaventure
16. Duquesne.. 8-19 (1-12) @La Salle, Charlotte, @Richmond

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2012–13 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings (3/9/13)
#16 Saint Louis
#21 VCU
La Salle/Butler/Temple (2 of 3)
Massachusetts
Xavier
Charlotte
Saint Joseph's
Richmond
George Washington
Dayton
St. Bonaventure
Rhode Island
Fordham
Duquesne

eliminated from tourney
bye in 1st round

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FIRST ROUND
MARCH 14, 2013

GAME ONE - 12:00PM
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND
vs.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE

GAME TWO - 2:30PM
BUTLER UNIVERSITY
vs.
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON

GAME THREE - 6:30PM
XAVIER UNIVERSITY
vs.
SAINT JOSEPH'S COLLEGE

GAME FOUR - 9:00PM
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
vs.
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

QUARTERFINAL ROUND
MARCH 15, 2013

GAME FIVE - 12:00PM
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
vs.
Winner of Game One

GAME SIX - 2:30PM
LaSALLE UNIVERSITY
vs.
Winner of Game Two

GAME SEVEN - 6:30PM
VCU
vs.
Winner of Game Three

GAME EIGHT - 9:00PM
TEMPLE
vs.
Winner of Game Four

SEMIFINAL ROUND
MARCH 16, 2013

1:30PM
WINNER OF GAME FIVE
vs.
WINNER OF GAME SIX

4:00PM
WINNER OF GAME SEVEN
vs.
WINNER OF GAME EIGHT

FINAL ROUND
MARCH 17, 2013
1:00PM

There will be a minimum of at least 23 minutes in between each game.

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2012-13 Atlantic 10 Conference Men’s Basketball End of Season Awards

Player of the Year
Khalif Wyatt, TU

Defensive Player of the Year
Briante Weber, VCU

Rookie of the Year
Semaj Christon, XU

Coach of the Year
Jim Crews, SLU

Sixth Man of the Year
Cody Ellis, SLU

Chris Daniels Most Improved
Travis Taylor, XU

First Team All-Conference
Khalif Wyatt, TU
Ramon Galloway, LAS
Rotnei Clarke, BU
Dwayne Evans, SLU
Chaz Williams, UM

Second Team All-Conference
Juvonte Reddic ,VCU
Treveon Graham, VCU
Semaj Christon, XU
Tyreek Duren, LAS
Kevin Dillard, UD

Third Team All-Conference
Darien Brothers, UR
Ronald Roberts, SJU
Kwamain Mitchell, SLU
Jordair Jett, SLU
Travis Taylor, XU

All-Academic
Andrew Smith, BU
Dwayne Evans, SLU
Nemanja Mikic, GW
T.J. DiLeo, TU
Nikola Malesevic, URI

All-Defensive TeamBriante Weber,VCU
Jordair Jett, SLU
Pierria Henry, CHA
Roosevelt Jones, BU
Darius Theus, VCU

All-Rookie Team
Semaj Christon, XU
Kellen Dunham, BU
Derrick Colter, DUQ
Willie Clayton, CHA
Melvin Johnson, VCU

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Official:
George Mason is leaving CAA for A-10


First VCU, now George Mason. The two mid-majors that made stunning runs to the Final Four from the Colonial Athletic Association will reunite in the Atlantic 10.

George Mason is joining the A-10 as of July 1, an official with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press on Sunday night. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because both the school and the conference plan to announce the move today.


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A-10 close to adding Davidson

The A-10 is close to adding Davidson to the league, likely in 2014-15, sources told CBSSports.com. The move is pending approval from the school's board of trustees.

The league has lost Butler and Xavier to the Big East, and is likely to see two more schools eventually bolt -- potentially Dayton and Saint Louis. The A-10 has already added George Mason, and commissioner Bernadatte McGlade had targeted Davidson -- which had previously spurned the CAA.

Davidson has been the elite school in the Southern Conference, but that league has also been hit by realignment as College of Charleston is bolting for the CAA. Bob McKillop has been the head coach since 1989, and the Wildcats have gone to the NCAA tournament in five of the past eight seasons.

Sources told CBSSports.com that Siena is also under consideration by McGlade to join the A-10.

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Rothstein:
5 Teams That Will Rise During The 2013-14 College Basketball Season



RHODE ISLAND
Can a team go 8-21 one year and compete for an Atlantic 10 title the next? Absolutely. The Rams will have a massive turnaround in 2013-14, thanks to four players that red shirted this past season. Gilvydas Biruta (Rutgers), Jarelle Reischel (Rice), and DeShon “Biggie” Minnis (Texas Tech) are three high-level transfers that should be immediate factors in Rhode Island’s rotation.

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Davidson College Wildcats
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20 Mid-Major College Basketball Teams
You Should Watch at Least Once in 2014


VCU
Saint Louis
LaSalle
Rhode Island
UMass

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Atlantic 10 offers challenge, reward for Davidson basketball


DAVIDSON Davidson College’s impending move from the Southern Conference to the Atlantic 10 is one of the rare conference realignment moves motivated by basketball rather than football.

In a time when schools are changing conferences for bigger television money for football, Davidson will go the Atlantic 10 in the 2014-15 season in search of an elevated national profile, a more challenging conference schedule and high-caliber recruits for its men’s basketball program.

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A-10 Releases 2013-14 Men's Basketball
Conference Schedule Pairings

Teams Will Play 16-Game League Schedule

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- The Atlantic 10 Conference on Wednesday released the 2013-14 men’s basketball schedule conference team pairings. The league’s 13 members will play a 16-game conference schedule in the upcoming season, which allows teams to face each opponent once and four teams twice. The complete 2013-14 Conference schedule with dates and times will be announced at a later date.

The following is a list of each school's home and away pairings for the 2013-14 season.

DAYTON
Home - GW, LAS, UM, VCU, UR, SJU, SLU,URI
Away – DUQ, FOR, GM, SBU, UR, SJU, SLU, URI

DUQUESNE
Home – DAY, FOR, UR, UM, GM, LAS, SBU, SLU
Away – GW, SJU, URI, VCU, GM, LAS, SBU, SLU

FORDHAM
Home – DAY, GM, LAS, SBU, GW, UR, URI, VCU
Away – DUQ, SJU, SLU, UM, GW, UR, URI, VCU

GEORGE MASON
Home- DAY, UR, SBU, SJU, DUQ, GW, SLU, UM
Away- FOR, LAS, URI, VCU, DUQ, GW, SLU, UM

GEORGE WASHINGTON
Home – DUQ, SJU, UM, URI, FOR, GM, LAS, VCU
Away – DAY, UR, SBU, SLU, FOR, GM, LAS, VCU

LA SALLE
Home – GM, SLU, URI, VCU, DUQ, GW, SBU, SJU
Away – DAY, FOR, UR, UM, DUQ, GW, SBU, SJU


MASSACHUSETTS
Home – FOR, LAS, SLU, VCU, GM, SBU, SJU, URI
Away – DAY, DUQ, GW, UR, GM, SBU, SJU, URI

RHODE ISLAND
Home – DUQ, GM, UR, SLU, DAY, FOR, SJU, UM
Away – LAS, GW, SBU, VCU, DAY, FOR, SJU, UM

RICHMOND
Home – GW, LAS, SJU, UM, DAY, FOR, SBU, VCU
Away – DUQ, GM, SLU, URI, DAY, FOR, SBU, VCU

ST. BONAVENTURE
Home – DAY, GW, SJU, URI, DUQ, LAS, UR, UM
Away – FOR, GM, SLU, VCU, DUQ, LAS, UR, UM

SAINT JOSEPH’S
Home – DUQ, FOR, SLU, VCU, DAY, LAS, UM, URI
Away – GM, GW, UR, SBU, DAY, LAS, UM, URI

SAINT LOUIS
Home – FOR, GW, UR, SBU, DAY, DUQ, GM, VCU
Away – LAS, SJU, UM, URI, DAY, DUQ, GM, VCU

VCU
Home – DUQ, GM, SBU, URI, FOR, GW, UR, SLU
Away – DAY, LAS, SJU, UM, FOR, GW, UR, SLU


The conference play will begin in early January and conclude the weekend prior to the 2014 Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Championship, which will be played March 13-16, 2014 at Barclays Center. For the first time since 2005, every Atlantic 10 team will advance to the championship in Brooklyn

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Mason is having fans vote for A-10 logo for next season

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Eric Skeeters new Mason Assistant BB Coach


University of South Florida assistant coach Eric Skeeters joined the USF staff for the 2009-10 campaign, following his five seasons as an assistant coach at Towson.

The 2011-12 season was a memorable one for Skeeters and the Bulls as they advanced to NCAA Tournament for the first time in 20 years. In the postseason the Bulls defeated California in the First Round, 65-56, for their first win in the NCAA Tournament in program history. USF then beat Temple 58-44 in the Second Round before falling to Ohio 62-56 in the Third Round, just one game shy of reaching the Sweet Sixteen. Skeeters also was vital in helping the Bulls secure a top -15 recruiting class for the 2012-13 season.

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2013 Commissioner's Honor Roll

NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--The Atlantic 10 Conference recorded its second-highest number of student-athletes that earned a spot on the prestigious Commissioner's Honor Roll. There were 1,618 student-athletes that qualified for Commissioner's Honor Roll distinction for the Spring 2013 semester.

To be listed on the Commissioner's Honor Roll, a student-athlete in an Atlantic 10-sponsored sport must have a 3.5 GPA or better (on a 4.0 scale) during the specified semester. Freshmen are eligible to receive the award.

The 1,618 honorees is second only to the Fall 2012 semester when 1,637 student-athletes received the distinction. For the 2012-13 year, there were 3,255 selections to the Commissioner's Honor Roll, which eclipsed the previous single-year record of 2,728 by over 500 selections.

"The fact that we continue to shatter records with the number of student-athletes honored with Commissioner's Honor Roll distinction is a credit to the dedication our student-athletes have to their academic endeavors," stated A-10 Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade. "Academics is at the forefront of our mission as a conference and something our membership puts a high value on. These numbers demonstrate a commitment by our institutions to that academic success."

The Atlantic 10 also ranks second in the NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) among 31 conferences and fifth in the Academic Progress Rate (APR).

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Facts About the A-10's Newest Member George Mason


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Jon Rothstein’s Atlantic 10 Offseason Notebook
Power Rankings, Players To Watch & More

FIVE QUESTIONS ENTERING THE ATLANTIC 10

1. WILL THE CONFERENCE BE AS COMPETITIVE AS IT WAS LAST SEASON?
Without question. The Atlantic 10 may have lost brand name schools like Temple, Xavier, and Butler, but everyone else in the league improved since the end of last season. Teams like Fordham, Duquesne, Rhode Island, and George Washington should be significantly better than they were a year ago, while George Mason joins the conference as a team capable of beating anyone they have to play against. VCU may be the Atlantic 10′s clear favorite, but after that things are wide open.

2. HOW WILL LA SALLE HANDLE EXPECTATIONS?
The Explorers went to the Sweet 16 last season, but now for the first time under John Giannini they’ll have to deal with being the hunted. While many believed that VCU or Saint Louis were more likely to advance deep into the NCAA Tournament last season, La Salle played their best when it mattered most and found themselves as one of the premier stories during March Madness. Giannini has a savvy, veteran team that should be more than up to the task that is in front of them. The Explorers will start three senior guards — Tyreek Duren, Sam Mills, and Tyrone Garland along with two junior big men in Steve Zack and Jerrell Wright. Another name to watch on this team? Khalid Lewis. The Delaware transfer got bigger and stronger during his red shirt season, and should be La Salle’s first player off the bench.

3. COULD LESS BE MORE FOR SAINT JOSEPH’S?
Quite possibly. The Hawks have had high expectations the past two years, only to finish short of their goal of reaching the NCAA Tournament. Gone is combo guard Tay Jones and skilled big man C.J. Aiken, but Phil Martelli returns a strong base with seniors Langston Galloway, Halil Kanacevic, and Ron Roberts. The biggest surprise for Hawks’ fans may be freshman small forward DeAndre Bembry. The 6-6 wing is a terrific prospect that could have an impact in most BCS leagues — he’s that good. A high-level athlete with a tremendous nose for the ball, Bembry could go a long way in providing Saint Joseph’s with some of the intangibles they’ve been missing over the past two seasons. Another name to remember? Kyle Molock. The point guard has had multiple knee surgeries over the past few years, but the Hawks’ staff is cautiously optimistic that Molock can give them the type of pass-first floor general they’ve so desperately needed.

4. WILL RHODE ISLAND HAVE TWO OF THE TOP 10 PLAYERS IN THE ATLANTIC 10?
Absolutely. Xavier Munford is the conference’s top returning scorer at 17.4 PPG, while Rutgers transfer Gilvydas Biruta is simply a volcano just waiting to erupt. The 6-8 Biruta averaged 9.7 points and 5.7 rebounds two years ago with the Scarlet Knights, and has worked relentlessly during his red shirt year to expand his perimeter game. With he and Munford, Rhode Island has the foundation to immediately become a factor in just Danny Hurley’s second year in the Atlantic 10. Biruta will likely have the biggest impact of the Rams’ transfers, but Jarelle Reischel (Rice) and DeShon “Biggie” Minnis (Texas Tech) are both capable players that will be integral pieces of Rhode Island’s success. A real wild card for this team will be 6-4 freshman guard E.C. Matthews, who spurned several BCS schools to play for Hurley.

5. WHO IS THE SLEEPER?
Dayton. The Flyers lost six games last season by six points or less, and return several key contributors. Archie Miller’s team will miss do everything point guard Kevin Dillard, but adds several key pieces including freshman floor general Dayshon “Scoochie” Smith, who could wind up being the Flyers’ starting point guard. Ohio State transfer Jordan Sibert will also join the fold — along with big man Matt Kavanaugh — who was suspended for all of last season after averaging 9.0 PPG and 5.9 RPG during the 2011-12 campaign. Kavanaugh, Devin Oliver, and Jalen Robinson give Dayton a strong base in the front court, while Sibert, Smith, and Vee Sanford should round things out on the perimeter. Keep an eye on 6-6 sophomore Dyshawn Pierre, who shot an impressive 46.2% from three-point range last season as a freshman.

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