Wednesday, October 04, 2006

A10 Playoff Chances


Matty Vautour of the Hampshire Gazette has an interesting article about the state of A10's teams chances to make the playoffs at this time. Read it first . Registration required, but worth it.

A couple points I might add to Matty's article. Towson traditionally plays a weak OOC schedule and is, I believe, something like 11-0 against non-A10 opponents over the last few years. So their fast start against Morgan state (2-3), Elon (2-2) and Liberty (3-2) is not unexpected. The Tigers do have a nice win against Hofstra. Their game against Maine this week is critical for Maine's chances for the playoffs.

The odds guy Keeper has Towson as a 12.5 point favorite. He has UMass over William & Mary by 19+.

He has four A10 teams with a good chance for the playoffs: UMass, Richmond, JMU and UNH. In my opinion, Richmond and UNH both with I-A wins and 4-0 are in the catbird seat. JMU and UMass are probably fighting for the third A10 playoff slot. I doubt that the A10 would get four of the 16 playoff invites.