A-10 Men's Basketball Notebook, Nov. 22, 2009

This is the Atlantic 10 Conference's men's basketball notebook for the week ending Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. Awards this week go to Duquesne's Damian Saunders, Xavier's Jordan Crawford, Saint Joseph's Carl Jones and George Washington's Lasan Kromah.   Full Story

This is the initial Atlantic 10 Conference's men's basketball notebook for the 2009-10 season. Awards this week go to Duquesne's Damian Saunders, Dayton's Chris Wright, Charlotte's Shamarr Bowden and La Salle's Aaric Murray.   Full Story

PITTSBURGH - Duquesne junior Damian Saunders (Waterbury, Conn./Notre Dame (Mass.) Prep) has been named Atlantic 10 co-Player of the Week for his performance in DU's season-opening 85-62 win over Nicholls State.   Full Story

Thursday, the Atlantic 10 Conference announced the league's men's basketball 16-game conference schedules for 2009-10. Teams face each opponent once and three teams twice. Here is each team's home-and-home A-10 opponents for the upcoming season.   Full Story

Dayton, which signed its only scheduled recruit for the 2009-10 season last November, got another opening after sophomore guard Stephen Thomas decided to transfer. Friday, the school announced an addition to the roster.   Full Story

While checking for National Letter of Intent signings on the spring period's first day (none on Wednesday), noted there has been a lot of happenings since the end of the season.   Full Story

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -- Aaron Jackson and Melquan Bolding scored 24 points each as Duquesne advanced to the Atlantic 10 Championship title game for the first time since 1981 with its second consecutive upset, this time over third-seeded Dayton, 77-66. The win left the Dukes one win away from earning their first NCAA tournament bid since 1977.   Full Story

Kansas center Cole Aldrich grabbed the national spotlight yet again on Sunday, this time for logging a triple-double in KU's win over Dayton, including an amazing 10 blocks by the KU big man.   Full Story

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - For the third straight time under Bill Self and the 26th time in school history, the University of Kansas men's basketball team is headed to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 after defeating Dayton, 60-43, Sunday afternoon at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.   Full Story

News, notes, and quotes on KU’s second-round NCAA tournament game with Dayton today (1:30 CST) at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, while wondering if sophomore guard Sherron Collins can carry KU to a national championship like Danny Manning did in 1988, when the Jayhawk legend averaged 27.2 points in six games during the Big Dance.   Full Story

Dayton isn’t just happy to be in the Big Dance. Soon after the No. 11-seeded Flyers captured their first NCAA tournament win since 1990 with a 68-60 first-round upset victory over No. 6 West Virginia Friday, the Flyers were already looking to extend the madness.   Full Story

MINNEAPOLIS -- West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins met with assembled media members at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on the eve of his team's first-round NCAA Tournament game with Dayton.   Full Story

MINNEAPOLIS -- Da'Sean Butler, Devin Ebanks and Alex Ruoff took questions from assembled media on Thursday afternoon before West Virginia took the Metrodome floor for an open practice.   Full Story

ST. LOUIS — The Saint Louis University basketball team’s promising future has arrived sooner than expected and turned the Billikens into a factor in the Atlantic 10 Conference late in the season.   Full Story

ST. LOUIS — Associated Press photos from the Saint Louis University basketball team’s 57-49 victory over visiting No. 25 Dayton in an Atlantic 10 Conference game on Saturday night at Chaifetz Arena.   Full Story

This is the Atlantic 10 Conference's men's basketball notebook for the week ending February 7, 2009. Duquesne's Aaron Jackson is the Player of the Week and St. Bonaventure's Andrew Nicholson is the Rookie of the Week.   Full Story

This is the Atlantic 10 Conference's men's basketball notebook for the week ending January 24, 2009. St. Joe's Ahmad Nivins and Justin Harper of Richmond are the Players of the Week and Xavier's Kenny Frease is the Rookie of the Week.   Full Story

This is the Atlantic 10 Conference's men's basketball notebook for the week ending January 17, 2009. Temple's Dionte Christmas is the Player of the Week and Fordham's Alberto Estwick and Chris Johnson of Dayton are the Rookies of the Week.   Full Story

Losing to a 16-2 opponent is a pretty respectable way to see a winning streak end. More on the game in this story.   Full Story

Senior Aaron Jackson kept his consecutive game streak going at 103 and scored 18 points and sophomore Bill Clark had 19, but the Dukes (12-5, 3-1) saw their winning streak stopped at seven as Dayton (16-2, 2-1) took the Atlantic 10 Conference game, 78-69, Saturday evening at the Palumbo Center on Player Reunion Night.   Full Story

OK folks, guess we need to get used to this. Duquesne is again the favorite, by a single point, in an Atlantic 10 game with one of the premiere programs in the league, the Dayton Flyers who enter the contest with a 15-2 record. Saturday's game will also see the gathering of nearly 60 former Dukes at Palumbo, which is described by an excellent story in today's Trib.   Full Story

This won't be one of those times when the opponent gets surprised by Duquesne. The Dukes' very successful start is well-noted around the league and Saturday night's foe, the Dayton Flyers, will be ready for their third Atlantic 10 Conference game after a 14-1 start in the non-conference schedule.   Full Story

The University of Dayton Flyers look to cool one of the hottest teams in the Atlantic 10 as UD plays the Duquesne Dukes in Pittsburgh on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET.   Full Story

Duquesne (12-4, 3-0), off to its best conference start in school history, puts its seven-game win streak on the line against Dayton (15-2, 1-1) on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 7:00 p.m. at the Palumbo Center.   Full Story

This is the Atlantic 10 Conference's men's basketball notebook for the week ending January 10, 2009. Xavier's Derrick Brown, Ahmad Nivins of Saint Joseph's are the Players of the Week and St. Bonaventure's Andrew Nicholson is the Rookie of the Week.   Full Story