An Atlantic 10 MBB Summer Poll
In the nice Rhode Island summer weather, I have made my first Atlantic 10 men's basketball poll for the 2017-2018 college basketball season:
1. Rhode Island - Self-explanatory
2. VCU - Favorable conference schedule
3. Saint Bonaventure - Jaylen Adams can carry the Bonnies a long way.
4. Dayton - Winning games at home can keep them in the top four of the conference but the Flyers will not be flying anywhere for the 2018 NCAA tournament.
5. Davidson - Betting against Bob McKillop is a mistake that continues to be made in each season that the Wildcats have been in the Atlantic 10.
6. Richmond - De’Monte Buckingham, Khwan Fore, and Nick Sherod are a talented core that Chris Mooney has to build off from last season's top-four finish.
7. Saint Louis - Travis Ford has built a talented roster that includes the likes of Michigan State transfer Javon Bess and UCF transfer Adonys Henriquez, as well as incoming recruits Jordan Goodwin and Hasahn French.
8. La Salle - The Explorers look to be the conference's most Jekyll and Hyde team again.
9. George Mason - Dave Paulsen still has Otis Livingston II and Jaire Grayer to lean on but there is no more Marquise Moore and Jalen Jenkins.
10. Saint Joseph's - Charlie Brown has all-Atlantic 10 potential and he will welcome back Shavar Newkirk, Lamarr Kimble, and Pierefrancesco Oliva.
11. UMASS - Losing DeJon Jarreau and Brison Gresham is not how Matt McCall wanted to start his tenure with UMASS but they still have a couple of talented pieces.
12. Duquesne - Keith Dambrot is a great coach that needs at least a few years to rebuild.
13. George Washington - The Colonials' roster has completely broken down, with Kevin Marfo, Jared Sina, Colin Goss, and Jordan Roland all leaving. Yuta Watanabe can only do so much.
14. Fordham - All of their good players trasnferred out.
I am interested to hear all of your thoughts on how the teams in the Atlantic 10 will stack up in the preseason polls for the 2017-2018 college basketball season. Be sure to let me know on Twitter (@LoveRI401) or on the forums of this website.
Drink up and enjoy the summer Rhode Island MBB fans, college basketball season will be back before you know it. .
