The top of the Atlantic 10 has already made some noise this season, with new kid Butler combining with traditional conference power Temple to spring some national wins. Butler beat Indiana and Temple knocked off Syracuse. So it’s the Bulldogs and Owls that will begin our overview of Atlantic 10 basketball, as league play tips off about the same time this article goes online.
Atlantic 10 basketball doesn’t have any ranked teams as of Sunday evening, but after the conference’s newest member, Butler, knocked off top-ranked Indiana in overtime yesterday, that’s likely to change. The A-10 is a consistently competitive league with some new additions. Can they make a national impact? We’re going to take a closer look at three teams—starting with Butler, then moving to fellow newcomer Virginia Commonwealth, both schools with recent runs to the Final Four. Then we’ll add in the league’s traditional power in Temple.