ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Greetings from press row at Boardwalk Hall, where we're underway in the first game in this year's Atlantic 10 Tournament. It's 8-seed Dayton vs. 9-seed Saint Louis for the right to play top seed Xavier tomorrow at noon.
The Dayton band is here, and the all put big foam basketball-shaped hats on their heads a few minutes after tipoff.
I'd say there are at least a few hundred Flyers fans in the house. Not so many Billikens supporters, though; around 40 behind their bench, and their band isn't here.
But Rick Majerus is, dressed in a black turtleneck and black pants.
Here are the starting lineups:
Saint Louis
G Sr 00 Dwayne Polk
G Jr 21 Kevin Lisch
G Jr 25 Tommie Liddell
F Sr 32 Luke Meyer
C Sr 44 Bryce Husak
Dayton
G Sr 2 Brian Roberts
G Sr 3 Andres Sandoval
G So 32 Marcus Johnson
F Sr 33 Jimmy Binnie
F So 41 Kurt Huelsman
So as the four days of liveblogging get underway, what I want to know from you is this: Who do you think will win this thing? The consensus among the media here is that no one has any idea.
Come back throughout the week for stats, video and audio of press conferences, possibly some game highlights, and everything else interesting that happens here at Boardwalk Hall.
