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With nonconference play drawing to a close, we take a look at the start of Atlantic 10 play.

You know the drill. Here are five things I can't wait to see in the Atlantic-10: 1. The Dayton dynamic The questions about Dayton have nothing to do with talent. By returning NBA prospect and A-10 player of the year candidate Chris Wright, seco...

Editor's Note: Andy Katz's revised top 25 was published on Friday with Purdue at No. 2. With Saturday's news of Robbie Hummel's devastating retorn ACL, Katz has issued an updated version: 1. Duke: No reason to move the Blue Devils. Kyle Singler an...

With the official start of practice Friday night, it feels like a good time to revisit my preseason top 25, which hasn't been touched since the final underclassman decisions were made in mid-May. Not much has changed near the top. Duke is still No...

Now that we know who's in the draft and who's out, who gets Andy Katz's top spot in his revised top 25? The same team that ended last season No. 1. But a pair of Big Ten teams aren't far behind.

Purdue's Final Four dreams ended in devastating fashion this season after losing Robbie Hummel to injury. But with Hummel returning to a senior-laden squad, the Boilermakers are the early favorites as the top team in 2010-11.

Terrell Holloway hit a go-ahead three-point play with 1:22 to play and Xavier rallied from a 15-point deficit in the final 10 minutes to defeat Dayton 78-73 in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament on Friday night.

Dayton 90, Xavier 65

Georgetown versus Washington and a crosstown matchup between Cincinnati and Xavier highlight this weekend's action.

The Musketeers should have continued success despite the turnover in the program recently.

Continuing our Summer ShootAround series, we take a whirl around the Atlantic 10, where a host of rising programs are looking to dethrone standard-bearer Xavier and its new head coach.

There will be plenty of movement between now and November, but Kansas tops next season's initial Top 25.

Dante Jackson scored Xavier's first 11 points for a lead that held, and the 17th-ranked Musketeers beat Dayton 76-59 on Thursday night for their third straight Atlantic 10 regular-season championship.

Chris Wright led a balanced offense with 19 points, and Dayton ended its six-game losing streak against No. 14 Xavier with a 71-58 victory Wednesday night.

Xavier got the national love last season, but the Atlantic 10 struggled to parlay its hot nonconference start into national respect and NCAA berths. The A-10 ShootAround breaks down the league's hot topics this summer.

Stanley Burrell scored 13 points Thursday night and led a man-to-man defense that dug in from the opening tip and never let up, setting up a 69-43 victory over Dayton.