Niners go 2-2 this week are 31-11 overall and 14-4 in the A-10. RPI is at 89. Niners are in first by three games.
This week’s results:
Charlotte @ Wintrop - rained out
L -Charlotte 0, Orange County Community College 5
L -Charlotte 4, Temple 8
W -Charlotte 23, Temple 0
W -Charlotte 8, Temple 7
The standings look like this:
W-L GB
Charlotte - 14-4 -
GW, St. Joe’s, Rhody - 11-7 3
StL, Fordham, X - 10-8 4
LaSalle, UMass - 9-9 5
Dayton - 8-10 6
Richmond - 7-11 7
St. Bona - 6-12 8
Duq, Temple 5-13 9
The week ahead:
@ Xavier (17-29, 10-8 rpi 235) Fri @ 3 pm
Sat @ 1 pm
Sun @ Noon
With 9 games left in conference play various scenarios will begin to play out. The top six teams make the tournament with the top two receiving a bye. Just win baby!
If we go 6-3 from here on out, we’re 20-7. 20 wins is the magic number, because that’s the absolute best that everyone else in the league can do at this point. More realistically (since we have 6 of the last 9 on the road), if we can go 5-4, 19-8 should at least get us 2nd place and the all-important bye in the tournament.
Or we could just go 9-0, finish 23-4 like we did in 2007, and then romp in the A-10 Tournament. I’d be all for that.
[quote=“UNCCTF, post:2, topic:23198”]If we go 6-3 from here on out, we’re 20-7. 20 wins is the magic number, because that’s the absolute best that everyone else in the league can do at this point. More realistically (since we have 6 of the last 9 on the road), if we can go 5-4, 19-8 should at least get us 2nd place and the all-important bye in the tournament.
Or we could just go 9-0, finish 23-4 like we did in 2007, and then romp in the A-10 Tournament. I’d be all for that.[/quote]
That is all I care about. We have to be playing our best come tourney time. No slips ups like Friday night.
I wouldn’t say it means nothing. The goal of the regular season is to secure the 1 or 2 seed in the tournament. That bye is huge for assuring that we win the tourney.
• Charlotte is the clear favorite in the Atlantic 10. The 49ers lead the league by three games over Rhode Island, George Washington and St. Joseph's, and their potent offense should carry them through the A-10 tourney. Sidenote: Massachusetts is just 9-9 in the league, but the Minutemen received one of the better individual performances of the season in yesterday's 14-13 win against George Washington, as senior center fielder Brian Baudinet [url=http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-basebl/stats/2009-2010/2010gm34.html]slugged four home runs[/url] and drove in seven.
I wouldn’t say it means nothing. The goal of the regular season is to secure the 1 or 2 seed in the tournament. That bye is huge for assuring that we win the tourney.[/quote]
Yep. It puts a team at a distinct disadvantage when they have to play that first round game, especially when they lose that 1st round game (which forces a team to win 5 in a row).
