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Blue Man

I didn’t realize this team was so stacked we were looking for players to play 8 min a game and be good in the locker room. We should be top 25, A10 champs and dancing next season! How about getting better players than what you have on a lousy team and then what you have becomes the backups? I mean ...

Blue Man

You guys are OK with getting backups for guys who finished in 12th place in the A10? That's what our new practice facility and increase in NIL money gets us? Wow, expectations have become really low. We finished 11th. I mean does anyone have any perspective on here? We already got two starters (con...

Blue Man

I didn’t realize this team was so stacked we were looking for players to play 8 min a game and be good in the locker room. We should be top 25, A10 champs and dancing next season! How about getting better players than what you have on a lousy team and then what you have becomes the backups? I mean ...

Blue Man

Well they could be in play. We bess not have Traore backing up Fuchs, so we could (should) pick up two guys that can play center. 0.0% chance a 6'8 215 lb kid is playing center I wouldn’t say 0. I could see a situation where he is the 5 at times - depends who else we bring in. He was used to spell ...

Blue Man

I did not say Koch guessed. I don’t know where he got it. I also don’t know where you got that Thomas is a horrendous shooter but the facts prove otherwise. Fuchs and Green heights can be debated but the real issue inside is that neither one jumps well. Both give strong effort and both were very fr...

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Could be a fine bench piece, but i would still really like a big that could make an instant impact. Atiki Ally Atiki from BYU or Mohamed Wague from Alabama I have no knowledge of us even contacting them, just my dream commitments Well they could be in play. We bess not have Traore backing up Fuchs,...

Blue Man

lmao. This is so wild. This is a player who is expected to play 8 mins a night at most. He is bench depth. Are we not allowed to say incendiary phrases like "perfect wing depth?" Are we really nitpicking bench players now? Just so I can keep up - I heard it wasn't cool to look in depth at ...

Blue Man

PowderBlueButBetter wrote: ↑18 hours ago

6’8 with a 40% 3 point shot and Big East experience. Perfect wing depth for Green.

Blue Man

I mentioned that a week ago...if the players have agents, why don't the schools have GMs? Who deals with the agents for Rhody? Arch? Thorr? Stone? Parlange? Stevie? I am gonna take stab at this. Arch, no. Thorr, no but retains final approval brought to him by Stone. Stone initial and direct dealing...

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SmartyBarrett wrote: ↑1 month ago Folks in my mentions are talking about Fou like he's Giannis. Let's all calm down.

He certainly thinks he is. Hence the issues between him and the coach.

Committed to High Point, probably the right level for him to dominate and not have to submit to a coach.

Blue Man

I mentioned that a week ago...if the players have agents, why don't the schools have GMs? Who deals with the agents for Rhody? Arch? Thorr? Stone? Parlange? Stevie? I am gonna take stab at this. Arch, no. Thorr, no but retains final approval brought to him by Stone. Stone initial and direct dealing...

Blue Man

Hahahhaa what a pathetic response Yep! Players can't get better! Still far less pathetic than watching an Albany basketball game. Get more hobbies Aren't we all college basketball fans? You never watch any low majors? Do you watch anyone but URI? By that logic it's pathetic to watch URI basketball ...

Blue Man

ElmCityRhody wrote: ↑5 days ago unfortunately the prize was not claimed

and i totally was going to honor it

I'd have taken the prize and donated it to the collective in your name

Blue Man

Everyone lost someone. This is the first off season that I’ve noticed that no one is safe from the portal. Duke, Kansas, ect. Which makes me feel better that to this point we've kept 3 starters/probably our best 3, 2 freshmen who could easily go to a higher level program, and we've improved at 2 po...

Blue Man

I know we're all bummed about Hammond. I want to show that it's not a URI thing but a part of a larger problem that even blue bloods have to deal with. Bill Self should be on the hot seat! Guy clearly doesn’t know what he’s doing! No one wants to play for him! Don’t you dare look at how he did in t...

Blue Man

You are correct. International players cannot accept NIL $ as it is violation of their student visas. Anyone ever wonder why all these schools do an overseas trip every year? You are only allowed 1 overseas trip every 4 years. Applies to all teams. No team does an overseas trip every year. Or an MT...

Blue Man

Some of these transfers just don't make much sense. This is 1 of them. Follows his coach across the country. Has an alpha role on a team that fills their gym every game and can contend for an NCAA bid. I am sure he was being paid to some extent but how much more is someone offering him? I can't ima...

Blue Man

I did not want Luis to leave, but to be fair I didn’t want Bassy to leave last year either. I do think Bassy is a better fit for uptempo and a better true PG, but Luis was a tough kid and good player. Are we really going to be uptempo? Remember, with Fuchs and Green we are not at all fast! This is ...

Blue Man

If Archie can't bring in any more impact players for this season, then what does that tell us? Not enough dough? Or something else? Draw your own conclusions. OR it could tell you...he likes the guys he's got in core rotation. Yeah I mean, we've improved. Literally at every position either by growt...

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ramster wrote: ↑6 days ago I don’t think it’s an option. We must get stronger than just adding Thomas and Lawrence IF we are going to knock on the NCAA door.

I think we're one big away.

We're not trying to win the B1G or Big East. We're trying to win the A10.

I think this roster plus another big can get it done.

Blue Man

Is it totally unrealistic to hope/think they could bring in guys (that we haven't considered) that would be among the top 3 players on the team? And everyone slide down a slot? Or two? I wouldn’t expect that to be a back court guy. It would seem hard to compel an impact guard to come here given how...

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He decided to use it but………. https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1780987471041302932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April Yep, all about the $. Not a good 2 days for VCU losing 2 probable starters to the portal. They would have been favorites to win the A10. Some of these transfers just don't make m...

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Iggy1979 wrote: ↑1 week ago Blue Man: you have 4 returnees being better next year. How much better will be the key to the season.

100000 %.

If they aren’t, that’ll be the first time you hear me start to be critical of our staff. I just don’t believe that to be the case.

Blue Man

We have an interesting fan base. This rotation, as of 3:47 on 4/22, is already better than last year's and it's not even close. Bassy > Luis Sr House > Jr House Lawrence > Montgomery/Weston Sr Green > Jr ineligible Green So Fuchs > Fr Fuchs So Estevez > Fr Estevez Farrell is a TBD freshman defensiv...

Blue Man

The only good tournaments URI seems to get into more recently seem to be restricted to when it plays at Mohegan Sun. Unfortunately that can only happen every four years. Given we are coming off four straight losing seasons and do not travel well outside this area, we are not really a desirable team...

Blue Man

We have an interesting fan base. This rotation, as of 3:47 on 4/22, is already better than last year's and it's not even close. Bassy > Luis Sr House > Jr House Lawrence > Montgomery/Weston Sr Green > Jr ineligible Green So Fuchs > Fr Fuchs So Estevez > Fr Estevez Farrell is a TBD freshman defensive...

Blue Man

In defense of Archie's packline, we want to score in transition. UVA wants to setup the halfcourt and slow the game down. UVA is awful basketball to watch. It's lifeless and slow on purpose. UVA wants to win rock fights, we want to win track meets. We averaged 72.6ppg this year. Virginia averaged 6...

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Here’s hoping that after watching UVa get destroyed and having the Packline fail at URI that Miller will think it’s time to adapt. In defense of Archie's packline, we want to score in transition. UVA wants to setup the halfcourt and slow the game down. UVA is awful basketball to watch. It's lifeles...

Blue Man

"We've played other teams with injury problems, sometimes without their best player. If we were totally healthy and the teams we played were totally healthy, I actually think our record would be worse than it is now." This is the quote. I didn't exactly remember it right! And I wasn't jus...

Blue Man

Also, this is not a knock on Hammond as I was excited to see him play here and develop, but since when did a true freshman PG lead a team to a title of some sorts? And yes, in high school games Hammond was pressuring the ball very well. Doesn’t mean he’d be effectively doing that from day 1 in a gua...

Blue Man

What is, "we don't do that here "? I don’t think we had the speed to do that here. He played a lot of press at Dayton, I think he lacked a quick pg who could handle the ball pickup and establish the line in the back court. See if that doesn’t change this season. He would have had he been ...

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Maybe……if we change to an uptempo belly to belly to belly 94 ft pressing defense as soon as they toss the ball up….run platoons in and out, but, “we ………………………..” What is, "we don't do that here "? I don’t think we had the speed to do that here. He played a lot of press at Dayton, I think ...

Blue Man

Blue Man, are you okay? You had posted many times that KJ wasn't leaving, and you would have the last laugh. You also said that Hammond was staying because of Archie. Now we bring back your favorite Rhody player, Bassy. Just want to make sure you are all good. Of course, you realize this is just so...

Blue Man

Someone check on Blue Man, his blood pressure is definitely rising This is spectacular.....spec- freeking - tacular. I want to hear the Bassy hating NIL pimps in full throat, please...trying to convince US to donate so they can afford to waste money on players that THEY have already thoroughly t-ra...

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Current—> former—> current https://x.com/bassyyyyy4/status/1781736742359277859?s=46&t=NTydXGgoYaTZr0wF3SgCbQ I have been mentally preparing myself for this the past 36 hours. Even 3 years ago with David Cox, we said the kid was a good, fast, pure PG with good court vision and great ball handlin...

Blue Man

NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑2 weeks ago
Ramfan22 wrote: ↑2 weeks ago
Him coming back here, and getting paid...would be epic.

I think him scoring 19.6 ppg and only getting serious consideration at Fordham should explain everything.

Blue Man

How can someone who is here for 1 year be a program changer? All it takes is one good season in this new landscape for the future of a program to make a 180. I agree with this statement to a certain degree. With all of the shifting and personal changes every year, I DO BELIEVE YOU CAN TURN A "...

Blue Man

Guys, keep our friend Rhody Vault in your thoughts tonight. He’s having a hard time heaping any praise at Arch or URI with this signing.

But Bryant picking up the kid averaging 3.3 a game from St Bonnie’s was great!

Blue Man

Would love nothing more than Ed Cooley falling flat on his face @ Gtown , he gets a pass year 1 but you would expect some improvement in year 2 I just don't think you get a pass when you have unlimited money to go and buy a team. If I'm a Gtown fan I think the most "tempered" of expectati...

Blue Man

No one better celebrate this Lawrence transfer. Just because he’s a borderline B1G starter who played well against good B1G competition and represents a lot of things we missed on the court last year doesn’t mean we can be happy. The staff didn’t let this message board know what they were doing, so...

Blue Man

No one better celebrate this Lawrence transfer. Just because he’s a borderline B1G starter who played well against good B1G competition and represents a lot of things we missed on the court last year doesn’t mean we can be happy. The staff didn’t let this message board know what they were doing, so ...

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Not Mike Powell wrote: ↑1 week ago Why does it feel like the wheels are falling off of this program?

Idk the B1G transfer seems to think that’s not the case.

Blue Man

To me, donating to the NIL is kind of like making a campaign contribution. I may donate $100 bucks or whatever, but at the end of the day it’s the deep pockets that will drive any meaningful impact. You're not wrong, but if everyone on this board had the same opinion as you, it would matter a lot.

Blue Man

Would love nothing more than Ed Cooley falling flat on his face @ Gtown , he gets a pass year 1 but you would expect some improvement in year 2 I just don't think you get a pass when you have unlimited money to go and buy a team. If I'm a Gtown fan I think the most "tempered" of expectati...

Blue Man

While visiting the GU board looking for news on KJ’s hire, I checked out their other topics and read some posts on NIL strategy. One self proclaimed inside poster said Cooley - anticipating his first year would be a struggle - purposely held back a significant chunk of NIL last year so he could hav...

Blue Man

It's funny, I don't really remember the meltdowns when Dan Hurley lost arguably better top level assistants to similar level jobs - Preston Murphy, ARD, Luke Murray all left for the same jobs at higher level programs that could pay more. Just because Archie's assistants pool is good "for us&qu...

Blue Man

This is a depressing thread.

God this fanbase just doesn’t get it.

Blue Man

While visiting the GU board looking for news on KJ’s hire, I checked out their other topics and read some posts on NIL strategy. One self proclaimed inside poster said Cooley - anticipating his first year would be a struggle - purposely held back a significant chunk of NIL last year so he could hav...

Blue Man

It's funny, I don't really remember the meltdowns when Dan Hurley lost arguably better top level assistants to similar level jobs - Preston Murphy, ARD, Luke Murray all left for the same jobs at higher level programs that could pay more. Just because Archie's assistants pool is good "for us&quo...

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This is why we were hesitant about putting it on here. Vault tweeted out the info as his own. That dudes sources are jokes. He takes guesses, sometimes educated, and hopes they’re right. Tre Mitchell being one of them. Remember how he knew that KJ was going to be officially announced last week? He ...

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