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

Reporter Mike Sullivan updates the recruiting status of former Molloy burner, guard Russell Smith, who currently competes for South Kent in Connecticut ...   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

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

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Kevin and Theresa Lisch of Saint Louis, the Atlantic 10 Men's & Women's Basketball Student-Athletes of the Year, are among seven student-athletes from the Conference named to the I-AAA Athletic Directors Association Basketball Scholar-Athlete All-America Team. The A-10 had six of the 26 selections to lead all conferences.   Full Story

Without him La Salle would be looking at a losing season. With him the Explorers are acending to new heights. Rodney Green has gone from scorer to leader. He has become the glue for the program and he is EHR's Player of the Year for 2008-2009.   Full Story

Atlantic City, N.J. — Freshman guard Kwamain Mitchell scored on a driving lay-up with two seconds left in overtime to boost the Saint Louis Billikens past La Salle 62-60 in the opening game of the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament at Boardwalk Hall.   Full Story

Head Coach Dr. John Giannini has his second winning season already secured. Now, La Salle looks to position itself for a possible post-season bid to a tournament but first still needs to lay more groundwork with the season’s final two games against A-10 foes Fordham on senior night before traveling to St. Louis for the conference finale.   Full Story

With their most recent loss on Wednesday night, a frustrating 62-53 decision to the Richmond Spiders, La Salle once again fell below the .500 mark in Atlantic 10 conference play. Poor shooting and defensive lapses sealed the Spiders’ web and once again left Explorers fans wondering why the program cannot get over the proverbial hump.   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

Duquesne University guard Jason Duty (Cranberry Township, Pa.), a junior with a 3.75 GPA, has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 2 Basketball Team.    Full Story

La Salle has won 7 of its last 9 games. The recent resurgence can be traced to one player. The player that has the ball in his hands most of the time and the player that wants the ball with the game on the line. He is the player that the team leans on. Rodney Green is making a push for all Atlantic 10 honors and his Explorers are along for the ride.   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

Everyone close to the La Salle program knew the early part of the conference schedule was going to be very difficult. After losing the conference opener to Temple and defeating Charlotte on the road for the first time ever, La Salle struggled with 15th ranked Xavier at the Cintas Center and the Explorers left still searching for that first signature win.   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

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

La Salle begins Atlantic 10 Conference play this weekend against city rival Temple. The Explorers are currently 8-5 but have no impressive victories and 0-4 against Top 100 teams. Yet La Salle may be playing their best basketball now so the question begs to be asked. Can La Salle be an Atlantic 10 contender or are they a pretender. The Owls are the first test for the second half of the season.   Full Story

This is the Atlantic 10 Conference's men's basketball notebook for the week ending January 3, 2009. Aaron Jackson of Duquesne is the Player of the Week and Saint Louis's Willie Reed is the Rookie of the Week.   Full Story

For many one of the keys to the Explorers’ season was the continued development of Ruben Guillandeaux. Many thought this would be his breakout year. After 11 games it was far from that as the junior guard has struggled with consistency and confidence issues. Yesterday, Guillandeaux gave everyone a taste of his talent.    Full Story

This is the Atlantic 10 Conference's men's basketball notebook for the week ending December 27, 2008. Ahmad Nivins of Saint Joseph's is the Player of the Week and Duquesne's Eric Evans and Fordham's Jio Fontan are the Rookies of the Week.   Full Story

This is the Atlantic 10 Conference's men's basketball notebook for the week ending December 20, 2008. Tommie Liddell of Saint Louis is the Player of the Week and Duquesne's Eric Evans is the Rookie of the Week.   Full Story

La Salle lost another double digit second half lead at Cornell yesterday. Playing without junior center Vernon Goodridge the Explorers were hurt on the inside by Cornell’s 7 footer big man Jeff Foote and lost to the Big Red 79-70.   Full Story

La Salle has beaten the teams it should beat and probably have lost to teams it should have lost to just nine games into the 2008-2009 seasons. If the fans were to title the movie for the season thus far they might name it - opportunities missed. A win over Rider showed what the Explorers are capable of. Can the Explorers get out basketball purgatory and be a factor in the Atlantic 10?   Full Story

This is the Atlantic 10 Conference's men's basketball notebook for the week ending December 13, 2008. Duquesne's Aaaron Jackson and Dionte Christmas of Temple share player of the week honors. Fordham Jio Fontan is the A-10 rookie of the week honor.   Full Story