(03-15-2018 02:02 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(03-15-2018 01:48 PM)odu09 Wrote:  Well, a mid major team won. You know what that means. A10 will only get one bid next year. /s

The A-10 always manages multiple bids. At times its kind of easy for them to be categorized as a mid major, but there are enough programs that spend, SCHEDULE, and compete appropriately that they usually get find a way to get 3 teams in the dance.

Since the A-10 has was supposedly decimated by a raid, they've had 19 bids in 5 years, won 11 (and counting) tournament games, placed a team in the Elite 8, and have placed an eye popping NINE separate teams in the dance. 12 teams currently in the league have been to the dance since 2011 (the other two teams are hopelessly outmatched in the league). The conference is so deep that its going to still usually get multiple bids even in down years.

This year, 3 teams (2-0 so far)
2017, 3 teams (1-2)
2016, 3 teams (2-3)
2015, 3 teams (2-3)
2014, 6 teams (4-6)

They might not be a top level conference, but they're somewhere between a mid major and a top tier conference.

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I agree, The A-10 has good basketball and Rhode Island is solid