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Date Posted: Sun April 10, 2005 09:40:57
Author: Rambacker
Subject: The Evolution of the A-10

Below is a post from "Headpainter", a St. Joe's fan, that's on the A-10 message board. Interesting to see the evolution of the A-10 over the years from a league dominated by state schools to a heavily private, Catholic grouping of schools.

"Looking at this collection of schools points out how much this league has changed over the years."

The original 8 member Eastern 8-late 1970's
1 Duquesne
2 George Washington
3 Massachusetts
4 Penn State
5 Villanova
6 Rutgers
7 Pittsburgh
8 West Virginia

5 state schools/2 Catholic/1 private/

The 10 member Atlantic-10 - mid-1980's
1 Duquesne
2 George Washington
3 Massachusetts
4 Penn State
5 Rhode Island
6 Rutgers
7 St. Bonaventure
8 Saint Joseph's
9 Temple
10 West Virginia

6 state schools/3 Catholic/1 private

The 12 member Atlantic-10 - circa 2002
1 Duquesne
2 George Washington
3 Massachusetts
4 Fordham
5 Rhode Island
6 Dayton
7 St. Bonaventure
8 Saint Joseph's
9 Temple
10 Xavier
11 Richmond (Va Tech for a short period)
12 La Salle

7 Catholic schools/3 state/2 private

The 14 member Atlantic-10 - circa 2005
1 Duquesne
2 George Washington
3 Massachusetts
4 Fordham
5 Rhode Island
6 Dayton
7 St. Bonaventure
8 Saint Joseph's
9 Temple
10 Xavier
11 Richmond
12 La Salle
13 St. Louis
14 Charlotte

8 Catholic schools/4 state/2 private

"The league has basically evolved over almost 30 years from a collection of mainly large northeast state schools within a small geographic footprint to a collection of mostly small Catholic schools spread across a wide swath of the country."

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Finally, a Rambacker post that actually cites a source!!!! Good job, Rambacker. We all had faith that you'd come back to the Ignatian life of ethics, service, and Christian virtue. And, no I am NOT a troll from Iona. (NT) -- Turabian, Sun April 10, 2005 10:12:24
- Your interest in me over the info in the post illustrates your agenda. I suggest you follow your team or our team, whichever is appropriate Obsessions are not healthy. (NT) -- Rambacker, Sun April 10, 2005 10:57:14
- Actually the post is from RF1 not headpainter. But it is from the A-10 board. (NT) -- Clara Fire, Sun April 10, 2005 12:40:52
  - True, my bad. RF1 is a Rhode island poster. (NT) -- Rambacker, Sun April 10, 2005 17:23:31
Shouldn't the A-10 of the 80's reflect 5 State Scools and 2 Private? (NT) -- Curious, Sun April 10, 2005 13:17:57
- Temple is considered to be a state school, although it is, I believe, the only university in the nation that is both privately and publicly supported. (NT) -- Rambacker, Sun April 10, 2005 17:21:22
  - Also the University of Pittsburgh, which falls under the same category of "State-related." (NT) -- Belmont Juice, Sun April 10, 2005 22:20:45

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