BricksIt Weekly
Welcome to the A-10
Saint Louis rates 10th in the country. Dayton is 1-2.
The Billikens beat Missouri and scored 125 against Northern Kentucky. In Dayton, two home losses as double-digit favorites have started the season badly.
By the Hardwood Bricks desk
Hardwood Bricks now covers the Atlantic 10, fourteen schools from Kingston, Rhode Island to St. Louis. Every game gets a preview, a recap, a line history and a spot in our ratings.
Saint Louis is 3-0 and rates 10th nationally in our model, the best in the league by a wide margin. The Billikens beat Missouri 90-84 on a neutral floor as 2.5-point underdogs, then beat Northern Kentucky 125-63.
George Washington is next at 29th. The Revolutionaries are 4-0 and have won every game by at least 14 points.
Behind them sits a crowded middle: VCU (72nd), Davidson (76th), Rhode Island (79th), St. Bonaventure (81st), George Mason (85th) and Richmond (91st) are within about four points of each other.
Dayton is the surprise. The Flyers lost at home to Northern Illinois as 19.5-point favorites and to Siena as 14.5-point favorites, and rate 160th.
Richmond's first loss
The Spiders started 3-0, then lost 80-70 at Southern Illinois of the Missouri Valley.
Duquesne by a point
The Dukes beat Washington State 72-71 at home to reach 3-0.
Davidson on the road
The Wildcats opened with a 76-61 win at Washington State as 3.5-point underdogs.
Fordham bounces back
After a 95-65 loss at Kansas, the Rams have won three straight.
By the numbers
The pecking order
Our model's rating for every A-10 team: points better or worse than an average Division I team over 100 possessions. Record alongside.