Rather than start a new thread, I'll recap my view of the A-10's here...
For a tourney that usually follows chalk the first two days, we had an unbelievable 0 for 4 from top seeds today. Of those four seeds, I'd have thought only
St Joe's was an obvious underdog on paper, and the other three should have been dominant. As weak as GW was for a 1 seed, so too was George Mason a bit suspect on both sides of the ball. And yet they pulled out the first 1/8 upset in this tournament's history.
If you thought the Flyers' flameout was depressing, worse yet may have been St. Joe's finish. They pulled the goalie at the 90th minute, then only managed to twice boot the ball out of bounds with under a minute to go. They also had several fouls called on
La Salle and took forever to restart them instead of trying to advance the ball. It was a poorly executed closeout to what was otherwise a mostly competitive match. It is possible that they were just too spent by then from La Salle's frequent runs.
Would hate to jinx them because no favorites appear to be safe in this field, but La Salle is a standalone favorite of the remaining four squads.