2020-21 MEN’S BASKETBALL CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK NOTES FOR GAMES SCHEDULED DECEMBER 18-21,USE 2020 #A10MBB STANDINGS SCOUTING REPORT CONFERENCE OVERALL The Atlantic 10 has had a stellar start to the season. Team W-L PCT H A W-L PCT H A N L10 STK Wins over No. 10 Kentucky, LSU, Seton Hall, San Massachusetts 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 2-1 .667 1-0 1-1 0-0 2-1 W1 Francisco, Northern Iowa, UNLV, Mississippi State, Saint Louis 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 6-0 1.000 6-0 0-0 0-0 6-0 W6 NC State and Vanderbilt have all been nice notches St. Bonaventure 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 1-0 1.000 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 W1 in the win column (see list below). But a few near misses are notable too. A-10 teams took No. 18 Richmond 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 5-1 .833 2-0 2-1 1-0 5-1 W1 Arizona State, No. 17 Texas, (RV) Providence and Dayton 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-1 .750 2-1 0-0 1-0 3-1 W2 Penn State to the wire. VCU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 6-2 .750 4-0 0-1 2-1 6-2 W4 George Mason 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 2-1 .667 1-0 1-1 0-0 2-1 W1 Saint Louis enters the weekend undefeated, having dispatched LSU and NC State at home as part of Davidson 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-3 .500 2-0 0-0 1-2 3-2 W2 their six wins. The Billikens are one of only eight Duquesne 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 1-1 .500 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 W1 programs in the country that has at least six wins Rhode Island 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-4 .429 1-0 0-2 2-2 3-4 L2 and is undefeated. They lead a pack of nine A-10 George Washington 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 1-6 .143 1-3 0-3 0-0 1-6 L4 schools with a .500 record or better. Fordham 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- Richmond is ranked No. 25th in the Coaches Poll. Saint Joseph's 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-3 .000 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-3 L3 The Spiders are receiving votes in the AP Poll. Saint La Salle 0-1 .000 0-1 0-0 2-4 .333 1-2 1-2 0-0 2-4 L1 Louis is receiving votes in both polls. Additionally both teams have been among media picks as team UPCOMING GAMES to watch, including Richmond, which has been DATE/GAME TIME TV DIGITAL called a "Final Four Sleeper." Friday, December 18 Eight Atlantic 10 teams rank in the Top 100 of the Richmond vs. Loyola-Chicago 6:00 pm NBCS-Wash. ESPN+ Davidson at Rhode Island* 7:00 pm ESPNU ESPN App KenPom metrics. Saint Louis leads at 37, followed by Richmond (57), VCU (59), Dayton (65), Davidson Saturday, December 19 (70), Rhode Island (73), St. Bonaventure (74), and Hofstra at St. Bonaventure 2:00 pm ESPN+ Duquesne (85). Davidson is the most efficient Mississippi at Dayton 2:30 pm NBCSN NBC Sports App Delaware at La Salle 4:30 pm NBCSN NBC Sports App offense in the A-10, ranking 20th overall. VCU leads Saint Joseph's at Villanova 9:00 pm FS1 FOX Sports Go the defensive efficiency rankings in the A-10, and is 18th nationally. Sunday, December 20 Saint Louis at Minnesota 8:30 pm FS1 ESPN+ You know it's going to be a special season when Monday, December 21 several players land on major award watch lists: Bryant at Massachusetts TBA NESN ESPN+ Dayton's Jalen Crutcher was named to the NABC VMI at George Mason 1:00 pm ESPN+ Player of the Year watch list and Crutcher, Kellan Saint Joseph's at Tennessee 6:00 pm Grady (Davidson) and Fatts Russell (Rhode Island) Tuesday, December 22 all are on the Naismith Trophy and Wooden Award Hofstra at Richmond 2:00 pm NBCS-Wash. ESPN+ watch lists. UD's Obi Toppin won both awards last Charlotte at George Washington 2:00 pm ESPN+ year. Crutcher, Russell, Jacob Gilyard (Richmond), Buffalo at St. Bonaventure 4:00 pm ESPN+ Grady, Jordan Goodwin (Saint Louis), Tre Mitchell Vanderbilt at Davidson 7:00 pm ESPN+ La Salle at Maryland 7:00 pm (UMass), Hasahn French (Saint Louis) and Grant VCU at LSU 9:00 pm SEC Network ESPN App Golden (Richmond) were also named to the Hall of Fame position-based awards watch lists. WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Richmond sophomore Tyler Burton was named A-10 Player of the Week Monday after leading the Spiders Saint Louis' Jordan Goodwin tied his career high of with a pair of double-doubles, averaging 15.7 points and 10.0 rebounds. UMass freshman Javohn Garcia was six steals and surpassed Anthony Bonner as SLU's selected as the league’s Rookie of the Week for averaging 20.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 3.0 steals in all-time leader with 194 thefts. Bonner (1986-90) UMass’ season-opening two-game series. had 192 steals. Goodwin also ranks first nationally in double-doubles with five (he's 11th in rebounds per COVERING THE ATLANTIC 10 game in the nation - as a guard). ON THE WEB Media Contact: Drew Dickerson NOTABLE NON-CONFERENCE WINS Scan the QR code at right to be 757-706-3058 Nov. 27 - VCU 70, Memphis 59 taken to the men’s basketball [email protected] Nov. 28 - Saint Louis 85, LSU 81 page at Atlantic10.com. Updated Nov. 28 - Rhode Island 84, South Florida 68 statistics and records can all be SOCIAL MEDIA Nov. 29 - Richmond 76, No. 10 Kentucky 64 found on the A-10 website. The USE #A10MBB Nov. 29 - Rhode Island 84, San Francisco 71 league has also partnered with Dec. 2 - Rhode Island 76, Seton Hall 63 Twitter: @A10MBB Dec. 2 - Davidson 77, UNLV 73 Statbroadcast to provide statistics to benches, media Dec. 9 - Richmond 78, Northern Iowa 68 and television in a digital, safe way in leiu of paper Facebook: /Atlantic10 Dec. 12 - Dayton 85, Mississippi State 82 (2OT) box scores. To load the live game statistics, please visit Instagram: /A10Conference Dec. 16 - Richmond 78, Vanderbilt 67 Statbroadcast.com/events Dec. 17 - Saint Louis 80, NC State 69 MEN'S BASKETBALL GAMEDAY NOTEBOOK The Atlantic 10 is commemorating its 45th Anniversary in 2020-21. The celebration began with ATLANTIC 10 TEAMS the unveiling of a commemorative logo and will include integration of anniversary elements into championships, apparel, digital and social media. Founded as a basketball conference on March 2, 1975, the league began with eight schools, including founding and current members IN THE POSTSEASON Duquesne, George Washington and Massachusetts. Other founding institutions included Penn The 14 member institutions of the Atlantic 10 all State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Villanova and West Virginia. One year after the idea of a basketball- have successful winning traditions on a national centric league was conceived, the A-10 held its first men’s basketball regular season and stage. Through their history, they have combined for tournament, with Duquesne claiming the first-ever championship. Known then as the Eastern Eight, the conference began to grow with new members and in 1982 was renamed the Atlantic 346 postseason appearances and the league and its 10. Since then, the conference has expanded into a 14-institution, 21-sport league that is universally hailed as members have made nearly 200 trips to the NCAA one of the best conferences in the country. Men’s Basketball Tournament. Those appearances have resulted in a national champion, multiple national runners up and numerous Final Four, Elite PRESEASON POLL 2021 MEN’S Eight and Sweet 16 appearances. 1. Richmond (19) 380 BASKETBALL Since the 2007-08 season, the Atlantic 10 has sent 79 2. Saint Louis (7) 364 teams to the postseason, including 41 appearances 3. Dayton (2) 318 CHAMPIONSHIP in the NCAA Tournament by A-10 teams in that 12- 4. St. Bonaventure 307 year time frame, 29 of which have come via at-large 5. Duquesne 278 bids. The Atlantic 10 has sent a team to the Sweet 6. Rhode Island 246 16 in seven of the last 12 years and each of the 14 7. Davidson 229 the current members have made the postseason during that span. The conference also has won the 8. Massachusetts 192 NIT twice during that time frame, and played in the 9. VCU 175 semifinals or finals in New York two other times. 10. George Mason 133 11. George Washington 113 In 2019, for the 14th year in a row, the A-10 earned at 12. Saint Joseph’s 85 least two bids into the NCAA Tournament, marking 13. La Salle 80 the 33rd time in the league’s 43-year history that the 14. Fordham 40 conference received multiple NCAA bids. The A-10 Number in parenthesis indicates first-place votes has also received multiple at-large bids for the 11 of the last 12 years and 24 times overall. PRESEASON AWARDS A-10 POSTSEASON The Atlantic 10 Conference Men’s Basketball APPEARANCES SINCE 2007-08 Championship returns to Brooklyn.