A-10 Basketball: Way-Too-Early 2019-2020 Power Rankings

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 13: Maceo Jack #14 of the George Washington Colonials handles the ball against Carl Pierre #12 of the Massachusetts Minutemen in the second half during the first round of the 2019 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament at Barclays Center on March 13, 2019 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Lawrie/Getty Images) /

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NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 13: A detailed view of a Spalding basketball during a quarterfinal game between the Davidson Wildcats and La Salle Explorers in the 2015 Men’s Atlantic 10 Basketball Tournament at the Barclays Center on March 13, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images) /

If the A-10 basketball season were to start right now, where could each team reasonably be expected to finish in the standings?

A lot of things have and will continue to change between this past A-10 Basketball season and the one that we’ll enter in November. So far this offseason, there have been two head-coaching changes and twenty-nine players that have decided to transfer. Some teams are poised to enter rebuilds, while others, for good reason, are hoping that this is the season they finally break out. Overall, the league is shaping up to be a much more competitive version of the one that we saw in 2018-19, even though they somehow managed to still get two bids to the NCAA Tournament.

I recognize that a lot of factors are still up in the air: the grad transfer market is still wide open, assistant coaching vacancies aren’t completely filled, and highly-touted freshmen are still waiting to sign. That’s why this will be one of several editions of these preseason power rankings. Consider these the “if the season started tomorrow” rankings instead of one that will be still be accurate in August.

As a way of recognizing each team’s room for movement in either direction, I’ve placed them in tiers as well as given them numbered rankings. Consider each A-10 team within a given tier able to move up or down.

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