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We're almost halfway through Archie's contract and we're one of the worst teams in the A10. "We'll be good when we're good." Let me know when that happens. Hopefully before his contract is up.

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ramster wrote: ↑3 hours ago

You can't be REALLY REALLY good in the A10 anymore. If you are, you're gone. When great A10 programs like Dayton can't keep their best players, you know there's a problem.

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NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑18 hours ago
Billyboy78 wrote: ↑19 hours ago
Ramfan22 wrote: ↑19 hours ago

I expect someone to camp outside the Ryan center and report back about every transfer visiting and a possible new assistant coach.
I'll do it. You got a tent I can use.
I will bring you coffee every morning

And a bagel?

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His last 7 games he shot 66% from 3. He is so damn confident. He just hit some bad luck because of the Iowa betting scandal took out their star point guard and they forced him to play the 1 most of the season. He could play the 3 also when we want to go small. I think we will be going with a 3-guar...

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Not being snarky. Just trying to understand. My guess is someone has been working for Rhody that we don't know about (I'm sure some know) while KJ has been working for GT. I don't see this as a huge deal. Either they're covered in that area for now, or they aren't...and if they aren't, it'll be evi...

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STC wrote: ↑19 hours ago Virginia Tech just got a commitment from former Temple PG Hysier Miller. Is Hammond content to ride the pine for a year as long as it is power conference pine?

$$$$$$$$.....now factor #1.

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Rhody15 wrote: ↑23 hours ago
Billyboy78 wrote: ↑1 day ago
I'm sure the college basketball world is eagerly awaiting where Foumena is going. On the edge of their seats.

Well, at least more than Jimmy Ball and Jameson Smith.

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If we've already hired an assistant, as someone here suggested, why hasn't it been announced? Is that, for some reason, a secret too? Probably waiting for all the HR, Background check stuff to come back.. No reason to be snarky about it there Billy Boy Not being snarky. Just trying to understand.

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If we've already hired an assistant, as someone here suggested, why hasn't it been announced? Is that, for some reason, a secret too?

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Great. Simple. Consistent. Good catch! This avoids some real potential problems. Glad they fixed it. ! Yes. And I think with the extra Covid year there have been more grad students so it’s good to have all students ts on the same portal closure date. Seems common sense to begin with but it’s the Wi...

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Dan used to push publicly for what the program needed, has Archie said NIL is important to the program’s success? Has he been trying to drum up support among the fan base? Really, outside of the die hards who even knows it exists and why it’s important? Seems to me if something that I needed from o...

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I guess I'm old school. I love defense. There was nothing more beautiful than watching Bill Russell block a shot which led to an easy basket by the Celtics.

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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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So you take the ProJo over the URI roster info that is shared with all Of D1? What makes the ProJo right at 6’8” still higher than your 6’7”? It’s still an inch higher that your 6’7” declaration And again, it’s all relative. Sitting at courtside the differences in height between Fuchs, Green, Foume...

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It seems like Baron recruited Elijah Wood. That's how long ago it seems.

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Fuchs is 6’9” not 6’7” Sit at floor level and compare Fuchs to Foumena, Brown, Green, Stewart and Bilau he fits with their listed heights. So if 1 is exaggerated then they all are. It’s all relative. Fuchs goes not jump well, in fact he lost a lot of jump balls to start games. Green does not jump w...

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Just have Bassy call his buddy Miranda. We have more NIL money? Use it on him.

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Fuchs is 6’9” not 6’7” Sit at floor level and compare Fuchs to Foumena, Brown, Green, Stewart and Bilau he fits with their listed heights. So if 1 is exaggerated then they all are. It’s all relative. Fuchs goes not jump well, in fact he lost a lot of jump balls to start games. Green does not jump w...

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The Greek kid is listed as a guard. Yeah but he's 6'8. I'd figure he'd inevidently be matched up with with some bigger guys on the wing/inside by virtue of being 6'8. Fuchs is 6’9” not 6’7” Sit at floor level and compare Fuchs to Foumena, Brown, Green, Stewart and Bilau he fits with their listed he...

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adam914 wrote: ↑1 day ago File this info under "paying way too much attention to Twitter follows"...but Brian Gregory is followed on twitter by...Ben Hammond...

And Dubsky.

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Well obviously we would struggle if we didn't go and get other bigs to help Fuchs. I would for sure join the doom and gloom crew if we don't add another big! I think Bassy, Lawrence, a Sr House, Sr Green and Soph Fuchs is easily a better starting 5. But yeah, if they don't get the big transfers rig...

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8-12? Have you watched a second of him at Albany? Do you know who Jamarques Lawrence is? It wouldn't be "Bassy" getting us where we want us to go it would be the "Team" I'm guessing if we land a wing player and a big it won't matter how good they are because no one will watch re...

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How could we have hired a coach when it is required to be posted for 30 days (or whatever the time frame is)? There has been no posting. Im guessing we found a way around that, just like every other state school typically does.. Think about it, have you ever actually heard a coach say "We can'...

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Even though I start almost every post about Bassy by saying I like Bassy, I get accused of bashing him because I don't think he gets is anywhere near where we want to be. So where do we finish with him as our PG? Somewhere between 8-12? We are happy about that in year 3 of Archie? I've heard things...

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How could we have hired a coach when it is required to be posted for 30 days (or whatever the time frame is)? There has been no posting.

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I have mentally created a list of posters that when I see their names on the side of a new post I scroll right past. A lot of trolls that are out of touch from reality and provide no value or substance to a conversation. It is nice just skipping the nonsense. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 How long is your list? I know I...

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Even though I start almost every post about Bassy by saying I like Bassy, I get accused of bashing him because I don't think he gets is anywhere near where we want to be. So where do we finish with him as our PG? Somewhere between 8-12? We are happy about that in year 3 of Archie? I've heard things ...

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NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑2 days ago Is this pinned to the top? Does it need to be? I mean, even if you leave it there, still not going to threaten Ant's 20+ pages....

Hey, he might be here in '25-'26 for his sophomore year and then again in '27-'28 for his senior year. That might threaten even Jared Terrell's page count record.

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Might be some deals at the deadline. Players being too patient or trying to reach, only so many spots on each team. I think last COVID year so realistically too many people in the portal. When the music gets close to stopping they might be scrambling for a seat. Deadline is May 1st to enter the Por...

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PRT also has said he watched David Green play at Louisiana Tech 😂🤣 Yea man, sure ya did. LOL I said I watched their games on YOUTUBE you fucking dope. You know they have full games on YouTube right? Like, a for real "f***ing dope", or an "all in good fun" effing dope? :roll: Tak...

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After multiple horrible years and losing our top recruit, if our plan G was landing the leading scorer of the American East, I think that's great. If he wasn't named Sebastian Thomas, I think we'd have a lot more excitement about landing a guard who dropped 30-40 in multiple games. But for some rea...

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After multiple horrible years and losing our top recruit, if our plan G was landing the leading scorer of the American East, I think that's great. If he wasn't named Sebastian Thomas, I think we'd have a lot more excitement about landing a guard who dropped 30-40 in multiple games. But for some rea...

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rjv wrote: ↑2 days ago I would not be surprised to see Austin gets a promotion and one of the Grad Assistant get promoted and then URI hires a new Grad Assistant

Save some money that way.

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After multiple horrible years and losing our top recruit, if our plan G was landing the leading scorer of the American East, I think that's great. If he wasn't named Sebastian Thomas, I think we'd have a lot more excitement about landing a guard who dropped 30-40 in multiple games. But for some rea...

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ramster wrote: ↑2 days ago Brea highly regarded……

Top 3 point shooter in the country.

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Plan A: Hammond Plan B: Bassy Doesn't make sense That's what I'm saying. Bassy might have been plan G, or not even in the plan until we couldn't get plan b,c,d,e... I agree with the premise but how can Archie go after guys in the portal when Hammond was still committed here? His plan was up in flam...

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Iggy1979 wrote: ↑2 days ago Plan A: Hammond
Plan B: Bassy
Doesn't make sense

That's what I'm saying. Bassy might have been plan G, or not even in the plan until we couldn't get plan b,c,d,e...

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Neither of those three were BIG contributors. Neither was Irv Chatman. You saw Irv Chatman play? Well, I did. He was a HUGE contributor on the '78 team, a defensive force in the middle and a very good rebounder. Any of the other old timers here will back me up on that. He wasn't a big contributor a...

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78, good point above. Players can provide a team with a big boost without scoring. Playing very good D, rebounding, moving the ball, making clutch plays, etc. Very important ingredient to a winning team and those players listed above did those things. He was a very good starting center on what I be...

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Scott Hazelton. Uconn Luther Clay - Purdue Kuran Iverson - Memphis Stanford Robinson - Indiana Neither of those three were BIG contributors. Neither was Irv Chatman. You saw Irv Chatman play? Well, I did. He was a HUGE contributor on the '78 team, a defensive force in the middle and a very good reb...

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Luther Clay - Purdue Kuran Iverson - Memphis Stanford Robinson - Indiana Irv Chatman https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/irv-chatman-1.html He was a defensive force and rebounder on the '78 team. He didn't have to score a lot. We had Sly Williams, Jiggy Williamson and Stanley Wright, 3 all...

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Yeah it's depth guys that are left. Having 3 core guys who've played together, and a bench guy who has, is a key these days. For some reason I think people are dismissing how much Green being out of basketball/practice and not expecting to play this year affected him and the team. I expect a big ju...

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First off,once again, I like Bassy, before I get bashed for this post. Archie telling Austin to give Bassy a call tells me one thing. We struck out on at least a few other PG targets. Who knows how many. That's anybody's guess. There is no way that Bassy was Archie's #1 choice to run this team next...

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First off,once again, I like Bassy, before I get bashed for this post. Archie telling Austin to give Bassy a call tells me one thing. We struck out on at least a few other PG targets. Who knows how many. That's anybody's guess. There is no way that Bassy was Archie's #1 choice to run this team next ...

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ramster wrote: ↑3 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.

NCAA door? I think we lost the key.

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Overseas money vs. NIL money isn't a crazy delta anymore, is it? Somebody recently posted what the average salary is overseas. I don't remember the number, but it's a lot more than they'd be getting in NIL money, at least here. If you throw in room, board and a degree...that has to narrow the gap s...

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NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑3 days ago With whatever is up next as far as team practicing, bonding, etc...is it not odd that there's no news on what P5 school this kid is going to?
Or. is there, and I am just not looking for it just haven't seen it?

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PeteRI wrote: ↑3 days ago Here's another transfer. Redshirt freshman guard. Hardly played so not much to report.

She's from Finland as is 6'5" recruit Albina Syla. Seems like we've moved from France to Finland for recruiting overseas.

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