Is the Atlantic 10 Cratering?

Obviously this is subject to certain changes, but recall that the A-10 had eight teams in the postseason. Three already lost in various stages of NIT/CBI nonsense. The league's dominant regular season champion, Xavier, is losing to Georgia. The league's tournament champion, Temple, is getting hammered by Michigan State. If both scores hold up, that would be a 2-5 record thus far, with St. Joe's still to play.

Georgia would become the third 14 seed to win this decade, joining Bucknell in 2005 (over Kansas) and Northwestern State in 2006 (over Iowa). I would venture that Georgia might be the least-underdoggy of the 14th-seeded winners, but for some reason the official tournament record book doesn't include betting lines. The Dawgs, in any case, were about nine-point dawgs.

[UPDATE: The publication of this entry corresponded almost exactly with Xavier going on a 9,374-1 run. Sorry to any Georgia fans who might accuse me of cursing their team. That's my bad.]

By Dan Steinberg | March 20, 2008; 2:01 PM ET | Category: College Basketball
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Update: Xavier is winning

Posted by: JDP | March 20, 2008 2:07 PM

18 FTs to 2???

Posted by: Rob Iola | March 20, 2008 2:16 PM

Thank you Dan for cursing Georgia. My bracket was looking to be busted for a sec there...

Posted by: Laura | March 20, 2008 2:20 PM

Can't watch (at work, ironically just a couple blocks away) but am following the ticker - Dan, is Georgia really hacking away at Xavier or are they getting jobbed by the refs (27 FTs to 5)?

Posted by: Rob Iola | March 20, 2008 2:33 PM

Georgia fans, get in line behind the DC United fans.....

Posted by: Kim | March 20, 2008 2:38 PM

Just electronically wandered over to Mark Bradley's AJC blog (yeah, I'm getting a lot done here at work) and predictably they're going bonkers about the officiating...

Posted by: Rob Iola | March 20, 2008 2:41 PM

Rob, we've talked about this. Get back to work.

Posted by: Rob Iola's Boss | March 20, 2008 2:55 PM

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