Yesterday, the Atlantic 10 announced that the championship game of this year's Atlantic 10 Tournament will be televised by CBS College Sports. The championship game was also televised back in 2008 when the tournament was also held at Charlotte. It does appear that the championship game will actually be televised live instead of on tape delay.
Now my thoughts...
Well it's about time for the A10 to be on some sort of television. This CBS College Sports contract that the A10 signed a few years ago has been an absolute dud, especially for softball. Just two softball games have been televised and I find that very disappointing. Last year the Atlantic 10 had the top two pitchers in the country in terms of strikeouts, but did not have a single game televised. Both the SWAC and MEAC had more games televised. Now no offense to those conferences, but they do not have the same level of play as the Atlantic 10. Not to mention those games were on ESPNU as opposed to CBS College Sports. ESPNU is a much better platform for national exposure than CBS College Sports. For the A10's next contract they need to get games on ESPNU and ESPN3
Atlantic 10: "Let's be better"
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Atlantic 10 Standings
Team Overall A10
Fordham 28-16 11-3
Temple 18-18 9-3
UMass 17-14 8-3
St. Joseph's 24-13 7-3
Charlotte 24-19 8-4
St. Louis 26-17 9-5
Fordham 28-16 11-3
Temple 18-18 9-3
UMass 17-14 8-3
St. Joseph's 24-13 7-3
Charlotte 24-19 8-4
St. Louis 26-17 9-5
Sunday Results
Saint Joseph's vs La Salle 12:00 PM Philadelphia, Pa. Canceled due to rain
Saint Joseph's vs La Salle 2:00 PM Philadelphia, Pa.
Charlotte, N.C.
Charlotte 4 George Washington 1
WP-Katy Hackett (16-10)
LP-Kara Clauss (8-11)
Charlotte 9 George Washington 1 (6 inn)
WP-Kalie Lang (4-3)
LP-Heidi Penna (3-7)
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton 12 Rhode Island 0 (5 inn)
WP-Alysha Isaacson (9-9)
LP-Alison Hartzell (0-15)
WP-Wedel (4-5)
LP-Cassie Basker (0-3)
The Atlantic 10 and Rain
Well the conference standings this year have been closer than ever, but they have been a little skewed by some rainouts. The rainouts have been very prevalent the past couple weeks, which has prompted some fervent discussion around the A10 among everyone that follows the conference.
I am not going to comment on the specifics of the rainouts since I was not at the field, but there are some aspects that need to be changed or made into uniform policies. Some examples of the policies that I would like to see...
1. If it is scheduled to rain on a Friday, the field should be made playable for Sunday. It is really unacceptable to not play games two days after it last rained
2. If rain is in the forecast for Saturday, don't just play a single game on Friday: play a doubleheader.
3. Make sure there is some accountability, don't let teams cancel against teams at the top of the standings only to turn around and play against teams at the bottom of the standings
4. Invest in a tarp
5. Make the effort to get the game in even if it is at a different location
Just an example of everything that is wrong with the current policy (Just looking at the past three years)
UMass, Fordham, and Charlotte have been rained out 13 times
La Salle and Rhode Island have been rained out 0 times
So now that that is all out there, I believe these are the tie breakers that the conference using to determine seeding (of course they are no longer available on the conference site)
If anyone has them please post them in a comment or email them to atlantic10softball@gmail.com
1. Head to head record
2. Record vs. highest ranked team (down to the the very bottom of the standings if necessary)
3. Coin flip
I am not going to comment on the specifics of the rainouts since I was not at the field, but there are some aspects that need to be changed or made into uniform policies. Some examples of the policies that I would like to see...
1. If it is scheduled to rain on a Friday, the field should be made playable for Sunday. It is really unacceptable to not play games two days after it last rained
2. If rain is in the forecast for Saturday, don't just play a single game on Friday: play a doubleheader.
3. Make sure there is some accountability, don't let teams cancel against teams at the top of the standings only to turn around and play against teams at the bottom of the standings
4. Invest in a tarp
5. Make the effort to get the game in even if it is at a different location
Just an example of everything that is wrong with the current policy (Just looking at the past three years)
UMass, Fordham, and Charlotte have been rained out 13 times
La Salle and Rhode Island have been rained out 0 times
So now that that is all out there, I believe these are the tie breakers that the conference using to determine seeding (of course they are no longer available on the conference site)
If anyone has them please post them in a comment or email them to atlantic10softball@gmail.com
1. Head to head record
2. Record vs. highest ranked team (down to the the very bottom of the standings if necessary)
3. Coin flip
Saturday, April 16, 2011
The Atlantic 10 and NCAA RPI III
The NCAA released its second official RPI of the year and here is how the A10 stacked up as individual teams out of 289 teams in Division 1 softball.
41 Fordham
59 UMass
114 St. Joseph's
140 Temple142 St. Louis
170 Charlotte
192 Dayton
224 George Washington
265 Rhode Island
267 St. Bonaventure
276 La Salle
So what does this mean for the A10 teams? Well not too much for anyone other than Fordham and now UMass. The Minutewomen have been slowly creeping up the RPI and if they keep this pace up they could end up with an at large, however they are still very far away from that. Fordham, on the other hand is moving in the opposite direction and if the Rams cannot get things going in the right direction soon they could play themselves out of an at large bid. No other team is within striking distance for a bid, though a couple teams are near that bottom spot in the RPI of 289.
Does this sound familiar? Well it is because nothing really changed RPI wise. It is concerning however that La Salle has inched closer to that bottom RPI mark
So how does the A10 stack up against other conferences?
1 Pac-10 21.75
2 Big 12 24.7
3 SEC 49.7
4 Big Ten 59.1
5 ACC 72.1
6 CUSA 76
7 Sun Belt 86.3
8 Mountain West 93.5
9 Big East 106
10 Big West 106.2
11 Atlantic Sun 124.6
12 WAC 125.6
13 Missouri Valley 135.4
14 Southland 143.8
15 Mid-American 146.9
16 Horizon 147.4
17 Southern 154.7
18 Big South 162.7
19 OVC 168.7
20 A10 171.8
21 CAA 177.3
22 America East 182.8
23 Summit 187.7
24 Northeast 197.9
25 Ivy 198.8
26 Pacific Coast 211
27 Independent 220.1
28 Metro-Atlantic 223.1
29 Patriot 227.3
30 Mid-Eastern 249.3
31 SWAC 265.8
The A10 dropped down to number 20 out of 31 conferences. This shows that the A10 needs to improve non conference results. Every game has consequences and there is no time for anyone to take a game off.
41 Fordham
59 UMass
114 St. Joseph's
140 Temple142 St. Louis
170 Charlotte
192 Dayton
224 George Washington
265 Rhode Island
267 St. Bonaventure
276 La Salle
So what does this mean for the A10 teams? Well not too much for anyone other than Fordham and now UMass. The Minutewomen have been slowly creeping up the RPI and if they keep this pace up they could end up with an at large, however they are still very far away from that. Fordham, on the other hand is moving in the opposite direction and if the Rams cannot get things going in the right direction soon they could play themselves out of an at large bid. No other team is within striking distance for a bid, though a couple teams are near that bottom spot in the RPI of 289.
Does this sound familiar? Well it is because nothing really changed RPI wise. It is concerning however that La Salle has inched closer to that bottom RPI mark
So how does the A10 stack up against other conferences?
1 Pac-10 21.75
2 Big 12 24.7
3 SEC 49.7
4 Big Ten 59.1
5 ACC 72.1
6 CUSA 76
7 Sun Belt 86.3
8 Mountain West 93.5
9 Big East 106
10 Big West 106.2
11 Atlantic Sun 124.6
12 WAC 125.6
13 Missouri Valley 135.4
14 Southland 143.8
15 Mid-American 146.9
16 Horizon 147.4
17 Southern 154.7
18 Big South 162.7
19 OVC 168.7
20 A10 171.8
21 CAA 177.3
22 America East 182.8
23 Summit 187.7
24 Northeast 197.9
25 Ivy 198.8
26 Pacific Coast 211
27 Independent 220.1
28 Metro-Atlantic 223.1
29 Patriot 227.3
30 Mid-Eastern 249.3
31 SWAC 265.8
The A10 dropped down to number 20 out of 31 conferences. This shows that the A10 needs to improve non conference results. Every game has consequences and there is no time for anyone to take a game off.
Saturday Results
Massachusetts vs Dayton 12:00 PM Dayton, Ohio CANCELLED
Saint Louis 5 St. Bonaventure 3
WP-Hannah Huebbe (11-6)
LP-Jen Sansano (5-6)
Saint Louis 4 St. Bonaventure 3
WP-Hannah Huebbe (12-6)
LP-Diana Phalon (3-7)
Friday Results
Philadelphia, Pa.
Temple 7 La Salle 0
WP-Kristen Marris (11-8) 1-Hitter
LP-DJ Guinn (1-11)
Temple 5 La Salle 0
WP-Kristen Maris (12-8) 2-Hitter 8 K's
LP-Laura McCreesh (1-4)
Dayton, Ohio
Massachusetts 9 Dayton 1
WP-Sara Plourde (15-10) 3-Hitter 17 K's
LP-Alysha Isaacson (8-9)
Charlotte, N.C.
Fordham 6 Charlotte 4
WP-Jen Mineau (13-7)
LP-Katy Hackett (15-10
Fordham 7 Charlotte 3
WP-Chelsea Plimpton (14-9)
LP-Kalie Lang (3-3)
Kingston, R.I.
Boston 9 Rhode Island 2
WP-Erin Schuppert (7-3)
LP-Cassie Basker (0-2)
Boston 7 Rhode Island 4
WP-Whitney Tuthill (6-5)
LP-Jayshree Narendan (2-5)
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Weekday Scoreboard
Tuesday, April 12th
Rhode Island 6 Central Connecticut 4
WP-Jayshree Narendran (2-4)
LP-Jordan Tingley (7-5)
Central Connecticut 12 Rhode Island 7
WP-Julie Marks (5-3)
LP-Sam Bedore (1-9)
St. Bonaventure 8 Canisius 6
WP-Jen Sansano (5-5)
LP-Caroline Main (4-5)
S-Diana Phalon (1)
Canisius 9 St. Bonaventure 8 (8 inn)
WP-Jen Consaul (4-2)
LP-Diana Phalon (3-6)
Philadedlphia, Pa.
Drexel 4 La Salle 0
WP-Hillary Allen (6-9) 10 K's
LP-DJ Guinn (1-10)
Ambler, Pa. -- Rained Out
Wagner vs Temple 3:00 PM
Wagner vs Temple 5:00 PM
Easton, Pa. -- Rained Out
St. Joseph's vs Lafayette 3:00 PM
Wednesday, April 13th
Providednce, R.I. -- Rained Out - Rescheduled for April 20
Rhode Island vs Brown 3:00 PM
Rhode Island vs Brown 5:00 PM
Stony Brook, N.Y. -- Rained Out
Fordham vs Stony Brook 2:00 PM
Fordham vs Stony Brook 4:00 PM
Ambler, Pa. -- Rained Out
Saint Peter's vs Temple 3:00 PM
Saint Peter's vs Temple 5:00 PM
Morehead State 6 Dayton 1 (10 inn)
WP-Kelcey McMurray (5-8)
LP-Alysha Isaacson (8-8)
Morehead State 14 Dayton 2 (5 inn)
WP-Kelcey McMurray (6-8)
LP-Amanda Daly (2-7)
Chestnut Hill, Mass. -- Rained Out
Massachusetts vs Boston College 4:00 PM
George Washington 6 George Mason 5
WP-Ali Pardo (1-1)
LP-Kelsey Byrd (3-8)
Charlotte 1 Elon 0
WP-Katy Hackett (15-9) 2-Hitter
LP-Erin O'Shea (7-8)
Charlotte 6 Elon 1
WP-Kalie Lang (3-2)
LP-Lauren Taylor (10-7)
Saint Louis 3 Evansville 1
WP-Kelcie Matesa (10-5)
LP-Taylor Perry (1-5)
S-Hannah Huebbe (2)
Saint Louis 10 Evansville 2 (6 inn)
WP-Hannah Huebbe (11-5)
LP-Emily Morris (4-7)
Thursday, April 14th
Saint Joseph's vs Drexel 3:00 PM
Monday, April 11, 2011
Atlantic 10 Standings
Team Overall A10
Fordham 26-16 9-3
Charlotte 20-17 6-2
St. Joseph's 23-12 7-3
Temple 16-18 7-3
UMass 16-14 7-3
St. Louis 22-17 7-5
Fordham 26-16 9-3
Charlotte 20-17 6-2
St. Joseph's 23-12 7-3
Temple 16-18 7-3
UMass 16-14 7-3
St. Louis 22-17 7-5
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Sunday Results
Massachusetts beat St. Bonaventure 7-1
WP- Sara Plourde (13-10)
LP- Jen Sansano (3-5)
UMass beat St. Bonaventure 1-0
WP-Sara Plourde (14-10)
LP-Diana Phalon (3-5)
Fordham beat La Salle 8-0 (5 innings)
WP- Jen Mineau
LP- DJ Guinn
Fordham beat La Salle 10-1 (5 innings)
WP- Chelsea Plimpton
LP- Kristen Paoletti
Charlotte vs Temple 12:00 PM Ambler, Pa.CANCELLED
Charlotte vs Temple 2:00 PM Ambler, Pa.
Saturday Results
St. Bonaventure 12 Rhode Island 4 (6 inn)
WP-Jen Sansano
LP-Sam Bedore
Fordham 11 George Washington 1 (5 inn)
WP-Chelsea Plimpton
LP-Kara Clauss
Philadelphia, Pa. -- Rained Out
Charlotte vs Saint Joseph's 12:00 PM
Charlotte vs Saint Joseph's 2:00 PM
Saint Louis 8 Dayton 0 (6 inn)
WP-Kelcie Matesa
LP-Alysha Isaacson
Dayton 4 Saint Louis 0
WP-Alysha Isaacson
LP-Hannah Huebbe
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