Go UMass

[American X]

After losing at Temple then at home to Fordham, UMass was dead in the water at 4-6. They have nicely won three straight since, including at Rhode Island.

They are currently 18-9 with an RPI of 38, nicely on the bubble. Three games remain:

at Richmond 3/1

LaSalle 3/5

at GW 3/8

Looks feasible until you remember Richmond and LaSalle are tied for second at 8-5, LaSalle is a road warrior, and the Smith Center is a snakepit. Good luck to UMass in earning an at-large bid. Double-digit conference wins would look great. Plus, if a 2 or 3 seed, they could pick up a couple more wins in AC.

[kyxu]

Nice post.

If I'm not mistaken, La Salle's only conference road loss was to the 2008 A-10 Regular Season Champions.

[American X]

Correct, LaSalle is 6-1 on the road with their only loss at the Cowbell.

If they played half-decent during the non-conference, they would be happily headed to the NIT. But, of course, no. Embarrassing.

[OX09]

"Not so fast!" (I can't believe I'm quoting Lee Corso)

Who said LaSalle isn't going to run the table in the A-10 tourney? Take that one selection committee

[American X]

Nice win at Richmond. One down, two to go.

Lunardi still has them as a 13 seed.

[American X]

Nice job:

LaSalle 63 UMass 100

[dc_x]

UMass is looking good. That is a team that I think will be a tough out in the NCAA tournament. They have 3 good guards and are starting to play some good defense.

[dc_x]

Just to pile on my own point. Here were the lines for UMass's 3 guards last night:

Forbes - 26 points (10-19 shooting), 11 rebounds
Harris - 21 points (7-15 shooting), 7 rebounds
Lowe - 14 points, 14 assists, 10 rebounds - TRIPLE DOUBLE

[American X]

UMass 67 @ GW 63.

Win one in AC, at-large forthcoming.

Well done, Minutemen. 6 in a row.

[American X]

UMass is looking good - 21-9, 40 RPI, 6 game win streak.

Earned 3 seed and a bye. Play winner of Charlotte-URI Thursday night.