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Lunardi next A-10 commissioner? UD’s chances
Is ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi in line to become the next Atlantic 10 Conference commissioner?
If not, he’ll definitely have a say in who the new commissioner will be.
Lunardi told Dayton Agonis Club members on Friday, March 7, that he was due to meet with University of Dayton president Daniel Curran regarding the A-10 commissioner’s post.
Linda Bruno announced her resignation as A-10 commissioner, effective June 30, 2008.
Although the Dayton Flyers aren’t included in Lunardi’s 65-team NCAA field, he called UD’s high RPI “very good.”
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology
Lunardi also said he was called to Indianapolis by the NCAA Tournament Committee for a “mock” 65-team bracket filing, and said the experience was interesting and rewarding.
Lunardi said the A-10 will get two, maybe three, teams in the NCAA tourney field. Why so few?
“Only Xavier is going about it the right way, scheduling properly and playing properly,” Lunardi told the Agonis Club.
Lunardi’s “last four out” of the tournament are Florida. Syracuse. Saint Joseph’s and Western Kentucky.
Lunardi invented Bracketology and has been projecting the NCAA Tournament field for ESPN.com since its inception. He is a native Philadelphian and a graduate of Saint Joseph’s University, where he spends the rest of the year as assistant vice president for marketing communications, and also serves as the radio analyst for SJU men’s basketball.
Lunardi has missed only 10 teams in his final tourney projections over the past eight seasons. He has also never over-seeded his beloved Hawks, once writing “I’d put my own mother in the NIT if she played a lousy schedule.” You can see Joe throughout the season on ESPNEWS, College GameNight, and other studio shows.
Lunardi recently said:
“The next two weeks, I could do interviews, sports talk, chats and TV segments 24/7 if I didn’t have a job or need sleep. Thank goodness I only do them, like, 18/6.”
For more on Lunardi, check out
http://hamptonroads.com/node/70611
THIS EMAIL FROM TOM, A UD SEASON TICKET HOLDER:
“I don’t think Dayton’s going anywhere. I think the jury’s out on Brian Gregory because of his ability to coach. The thing that bothers me about Gregory is that he can’t build on a lead or protect a lead. He doesn’t set the pace of the game. He plays the other team’s game.”
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