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That's a really good get for Dayton.

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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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RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑4 days ago It's amazing how many people don't care about college sports now but are still posting on a college sports message board a month to the day that our basketball season ended

NIL isn't alienating fans. Unlimited movement will tho, over time. But that will eventually get regulated.

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per espn Indiana State star Robbie Avila, one of the breakout stars of the 2023-24 college basketball season, has entered the NCAA transfer portal. Avila's portal entry is marked by a red exclamation point, which means not to reach out to him, a sign that he's already made up his mind on his destin...

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Mason has a pretty good PG Baraka Okojie who just finished his FR year. He torched us and seems to be slotted in as their starter next year. So much so Polite the veteran PG transferred out. I don't think that is a likely landing spot either if he wanted to go elsewhere. Anddddd.....Okojie just ent...

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I don’t get the we have to have someone from the DMV. Just get the best person out there; talent comes from everywhere. In fact I wish we recruited the NEPSAC much better than we do.

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Hurley isn't leaving UConn. Certainly not before he passes Calhoun for titles. Then - it would be more likely he retires. Just like when I said Kentucky would be open, and Dan would use this as leverage to improve UConn (assistant's pay, NIL, etc), Dan isn't doing another rebuild. He's a God in a p...

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Mason has a pretty good PG Baraka Okojie who just finished his FR year.
He torched us and seems to be slotted in as their starter next year. So much so Polite the veteran PG transferred out. I don't think that is a likely landing spot either if he wanted to go elsewhere.

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You kinda need both. Best teams have their best players also be their best leaders/hardest workers.

A team full of TJ Buchanan's isn't going to win a lot of games either. Hopefully the staff can bring in some high character kids who can also play.

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I think yesterday will be UConn’s toughest game. Beyond the Clingan of it all they are too good for 1 guy to beat them and 1 thru 4 UConn on paper has a big advantage. Guys like Loyer and Smith are gonna struggle with UConn’s length and athleticism I think. Making entry passes to Edey is going to be...

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Clash of styles. High powered finesse offense vs Shaheen’s defense first approach.

Agree that both should have received bids.

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The A10 is probably the right level for him.

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Hire Macariello !!

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Dalton Knecht came from Northern Colorado. Talent is everywhere it’s about finding the profile that suits your desired identity. It’s like some fans think we are going to get a productive power conference player to transfer down. I’m sure we are talking to power conference transfers too but anyone o...

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Thats too bad on Zek, he obviously had a rough season, but I still thought there was some potential there. This is one where I'd be real curious to know which side initiated it. I usually consider myself annoyingly logical about hoops, but there is something about watching Montgomery and Weston tha...

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I don't think that's the Fordham thread people are referring to. The game in reference was played on Feb 5, 2017. This thread is from the game many years before that. However it is funny to go read our old friend GBG - who believed: 1.) Despite being raised by a HOF coach Dan needed a father figure ...

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I was in Pittsburgh that year for the conf tourney. It was a very very small fan contingent.

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It would be great for the conference if either Young or Murray get A10 jobs. Dan wants to keep them. He specifically lobbied in that last contract to expand his pool to pay them more. They’d definitely be worthy of a job - but I think Dan wants to pay them well enough to stay, and wait out a plum P...

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They (Umass) did the same thing with RJ Luis last year and a few weeks/months later he accepted a bigger bag to go to St John's. Seems like there are 3 waves to the portalers... Wave 1: those leaving no matter what due to role, PT or bigger bag. They announce quickly. Wave 2: those that after meetin...

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DH is making 5.25 M per year though 28-29 , big time value contract hope he gets a raise On the pace he's at, he's going to make way wayyyyy more than that right now. "Winning the Big East and the conference tournament are each worth $100,000. An appearance in the first and second rounds are e...

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Rhody15 wrote: ↑3 weeks ago
steveystuds06 wrote: ↑3 weeks ago I can't belive we beat someone that beat Auburn haahaha. Nuts
We did, however Yale’s best player was out hurt.

Wolf is Yale’s best player. And he played in that game.

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They have always drawn well. If there was going to be expansion I always preferred them over the small southern schools that sometimes get thrown around. To give you context on how serious they are about hoops he finished 1st, 1st, 3rd and 3rd prior to this being his first bad season. And they canne...

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Those two Cornell kids can play. I'd take either of them.

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So, these are the types of schools that might look at him? And Archie had him buried at the end of the bench. George Washington’s big Hunter Dean went to LSU and only averaged 4 pts / 3 rebs, having interest from P5 means your looked as valuable Another cautionary tale of A10 to P5, Josh Nickelberr...

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I don't think Hammond to Georgetown is a reality. Georgetown has their eyes set on higher caliber PGs. He may decide to de-commit but I would be shocked if it's to go to Georgetown. So I hold out hope KJ is telling him A10 is the right level for him and to stay put. Also even if Ben initially commit...

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Never mind the casual fan, but when even the diehards are starting to bail, the alarm bells should be sounding in Thorrs and Parlanges offices. If Archie is unwilling to adapt and adjust, and continue to force a defensive philosophy that isnt working on his team, maybe change is needed sooner than ...

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It’s much more Portal and unlimited player movement than NIL. The kids deserve to be paid but the source of the funds ultimately shouldn't be coming primarily from fans. That isn’t killing interest. But the movement will eventually.

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Can we at least have some transparency here? The A10 has a media rights deal with NBC, CBS and ESPN. How much is that worth to URI and how much is going to the players? If the men's basketball team makes the NCAAT, how much of the NCAA credits is going to the players? This is the pie the players wa...

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Chasing a lot of scoring guards thus far

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rambone 78 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago Even Hurley was complaining that one of his players (Stewart) was being tampered with.

Nobody is immune.

Dan verbatim told me that Fatts was being tampered with from his FR year at Rhody. Nobody is immune. And no coach even the blue blood coaches want unlimited movement.

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We have been linked with 3 guards - from Northern Colorado, Idaho State and Mt St Mary's fwiw. In addition to the bigger kid from BU.

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A PG with 3 years of eligibility. Read into that as you’d like.

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I hate saying this, but I dont expect us to ever repeat our NCAA tourney runs again. The new landscape is stacked a mile high against us. Is the A10 losing their automatic bid? Are we ending our series with PC? Did the Ryan Center get demolished over night? Someone has to win the A10. We will be ab...

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Something will have to give and soon. Hopefully whatever happens will give us a fair chance to compete for the top of the league we are in Not that I'm expecting that, unfortunately. In a year when Duquesne is going to the tourney I think we can abandon the we can't compete mantra. If we can't comp...

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I don't know, the sport doesn't seem that dead to me. Look at how much discussion there is already and we're just a few days in to the offseason. Normally it'd be dead right now! :D It's only because we suck. Everyone who supports good teams doesn't have as many of these discussions. Unfortunately ...

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rambone 78 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago What's it going to take to get our shit together?

A pant load of money?

A new coach who doesn't play the pack line?

Any other ideas?

Much simpler. Win games.

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Rhody15 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

Like I’ve said, talented roster.

He’ll go P5.

He already was P5 so not really going out on a limb with that.

And not sure how someone entering the Portal validates your opinion on their roster/talent?

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steveystuds06 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago If we lose KJ and Hammond that may be what breaks me...No shot Hammond comes if KJ is gone.

It was kinda odd to me when KJ’s son committed to St. Joes.
Not much was made of it here. But if the kid is good enough for the A10 and his Dad is planted at an A10 program why isn’t he going there?

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Innovate or die people.
Freakin Duquesne is going to the Dance and people are acting like we are doomed forever. Duquesne. Whether Archie is the guy or not I promise the Rams will rise again. Put on your big boy pants it’s Portal Kombat.

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If Hammond leaves we will back to square one. Who the fuck will want to come here? If KJ does leave hopefully he convinces Hammond and Farrell to stay. At least for a year anyway. Let's face it, this program has become a train wreck on top of a dumpster fire Would money even fix this? Getting an en...

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Someone here told me I was crazy when I said they didn’t deserve the Top 10-15 billing they got early in season. They were media darlings, deservedly so, but it’s very hard for any non power school to repeat the kind of success. Fwiw PCs resume is much better than theirs. Much better. Lol part of t...

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Portalers

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Someone here told me I was crazy when I said they didn’t deserve the Top 10-15 billing they got early in season. They were media darlings, deservedly so, but it’s very hard for any non power school to repeat the kind of success. Fwiw PCs resume is much better than theirs. Much better.

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When you have the best player on the floor almost every single night you can win a lot of games. Carter is having a generational type season. A true hoopers hooper. Creighton is also incredibly soft. No depth, very good top 3 players, Ashworth is alright, then trash. Kalkbrenner has to be the most ...

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When you have the best player on the floor almost every single night you can win a lot of games. Carter is having a generational type season. A true hoopers hooper.

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3 types of Portalers: 1. Those whose mind was made up/ writing on the wall and will enter before even having end of year convo with Coach 2. Those who decide after those convos 3. Those who get a "bag" late in the process and change their mind I don't think we have many that will fall into...

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Some credence in the defense by Blue. But IMO too many misses with the guys that joined after the first year which IMO doesn't really count.

Still all in on Archie but as others have said this is a very very big offseason for him and this program.

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I have 3 tiers Really want to keep them: House Green Cam Fuchs Keep them if they will accept lesser roles next season and still be team first guys: Luis Weston Everyone else expendable. If the above plays out you have a core 6 returnees plus 2 freshmen. Then you hit the Portal as surgically as poss...

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Also in regards to PG there is at least a chance that Hammond was told he would get the keys from Day 1 and that is why he chose us. I have no way of knowing that but it wouldn’t be that surprising. I also wouldn’t hate it. But it will come with significant growing pains even if he is every bit as g...

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I have 3 tiers Really want to keep them: House Green Cam Fuchs Keep them if they will accept lesser roles next season and still be team first guys: Luis Weston Everyone else expendable. If the above plays out you have a core 6 returnees plus 2 freshmen. Then you hit the Portal as surgically as possi...

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