Congrats to Temple

[nuts4xu]

Christmas is a freak. I am so glad he is graduating this year. Good luck my friend in the league.

[THRILLHOUSE]

yeah when he is on he's fun to watch. Hopefully they wont lay an egg in the first round again.

[Masterofreality]

Quite frankly, it would have been a crime if Temple didn't get in.

-They arguably had the most difficult A-10 regular season schedule having to go to Rhode Island, udump, Xavier, Duquesne and UMass and only played Charlotte, GW and Fordham once.
-They had a good overall SOS at 40.
-They had an RPI going into last night's game at 34.
-They had good wins against Penn State on the road and killed Tennessee at home.
-Their resume was actually better overall when you look at their schedule than the dump.

Sure they had some bad losses like Long Beach State, but what bubble team didn't?

I was getting pissed at the BESPN talking heads yesterday discussing all of these bubble team's resume's while dissing Temple. In any other league, Temple would have been considered a probable "In" to a lock, but not in the A-10.

Last night's game was a good exhibition for the league, but because there are so many market conflicts with the Big Greased, BESPN will never give the A-10 the credit it deserves.

Way to lock up your own bid Temple. Now our loss to them doesn't sting as much.