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Billyboy78

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: ↑5 hours 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: ↑17 hours 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: ↑21 hours 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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While I love me some Jon Rothstein, when he tweets, "Virginia basketball: a thing of beauty" I wonder what he's smoking because it's butt ugly and unwatchable! Winning a national championship is beautiful. It certainly eased the sting of being the first 16:1 upset lol I'll take 1 national...

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I’d resigned myself to thinking Hammond wasn’t coming about 6 -8 weeks ago. Never appeared at a URI game including local to DC road games at GW and GMU. Hammond Played very well at Isle of Palms Ft Myers prestigious December Tournament, Paul VI got ranked Top 5, then Top 2, then Paul VI got ranked ...

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Gone are the days of Jarvis Garrett who could have been a started in many programs (and was here until Dowtin surpassed him). He stayed here to accept a good role on a talented team that went to 2 tourneys. He was here for 4 years and loved the school. He has said so. He made a best friend for life...

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We better get some players soon, 1 under-sized big is not going to cut it. Right now renewing the season tickets is a no go. Got until May 15th to decide and will probably wait until the last day. Agree ..so far, leaning towards 'pass' but there's still time Speaking of season tickets, I got an e-m...

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Just too slow to stick with/get by A10 guards on a consistent basis. Agreed. He could have been a nice 10-15 mpg steady backup PG but I am sure that is not the role he would want. Is anyone, anywhere "ok" with a backup role of any sort? Seems like everyone thinks they can play now... some...

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I thought Luis actually was 1 of the only guys who pretty much performed at or above what you would have expected coming in from QU. But he has limitations and he was going to command minutes. Higher floor lower ceiling type profile. Just too slow to stick with/get by A10 guards on a consistent bas...

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So in the scheme of things (at the moment) it seems we've traded Kortright and Hammond for Bassy and Lawrence. I'm not sure I like that trade, but can talk myself into it. I’d resigned myself to thinking Hammond wasn’t coming about 6 -8 weeks ago. Never appeared at a URI game including local to DC ...

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5 left. Who's next? 16 players on the '23-'24 roster (including walk-ons). 11 are gone. I'm not so sure this is a bad thing. Will need to see what the final roster looks like before we know for sure though. I think huge roster turnover EVERY year is a bad thing. Just my opinion. I'll bet that is Ar...

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Our understaffed coaching crew has a lot of work to do.

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5 left. Who's next? 16 players on the '23-'24 roster (including walk-ons). 11 are gone.

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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...

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ElmCityRhody wrote: ↑1 day ago i am waiting for the "new" "new" "new" Rhode to Excellence being run by Stone and then will decide - ia m thinking of equally splitting at the moment

You have something to cut that penny in half?

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Backroads wrote: ↑1 day ago
Billyboy78 wrote: ↑1 day ago Has the open job been posted yet? Where do I look?
https://jobs.uri.edu/postings/search

The job is not posted. Why?

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Bassy left because he didn't think he'd see the court. No one questioned that logic. Now he's returning and could be a starter. I think that's an indictment of the staff's recruiting. They failed to land a better PG than an undersized local player! I wish him all the luck but the recruiting of Arch...

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Has the open job been posted yet? Where do I look?

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NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑1 day ago
PeterRamTime wrote: ↑1 day ago
NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑1 day ago

so interested in this...please, someone, anyone, start throwing out some numbers
Where's Rhody Vault when you need him!
I'm sure he knows, but he promised not to tell anymore...'member?

Maybe Archie told him.

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rhodyrudder wrote: ↑1 day ago I just want to beat Brown, win 9 A-10 games, and not get beat in the Tuesday afternoon PIG. We need to be better than the last two years.

Imagine if the day we hired Archie, somebody said those were the goals in year 3?

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What is Miranda's plan? He left Oklahoma State in the middle of the season, supposedly to get ready to turn pro. Has that changed?

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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 able to keep his top recruit this year. Liste...

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Three bigs are gone....Bilau, Foumena and Brown....4 if you want to put Rory in there (not really). Who replaces them? That has to be the focus with at least 2, if not 3 of the remaining spots.

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So, if we suck again this year, does Thorr start talking with Archie about an extension on the hope that we will eventually get to where we want to be? Tough decisions will have to be made. I think if we suck again(whatever record that is?)the conversation with Archie should be different? Extension...

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So, if we suck again this year, does Thorr start talking with Archie about an extension on the hope that we will eventually get to where we want to be? Tough decisions will have to be made.

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Most people think we should be back in the tourney by year 4. So, would it have been better to have Ben Hammond and Cam Estevez here this year? Or would it be better to have Jaden House and Sebastian Thomas here this year, both of whom will not be next year? There's no guarantee that Ben and Cam wo...

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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 ...

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Most people think we should be back in the tourney by year 4. So, would it have been better to have Ben Hammond and Cam Estevez here this year? Or would it be better to have Jaden House and Sebastian Thomas here this year, both of whom will not be next year? There's no guarantee that Ben and Cam wou...

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Listen, first let me say that I like Bassy. You can go back and look at my posts when he was here when most people were bashing him. I think he can run a team, facilitate and makes nice passes. He's still not a good shooter. He scored a lot of points last season despite shooting 43% from the floor a...

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Is it a sabbatical year for bigs not named Fuchs at Rhody next season ? We need bigs. Miranda is 7'1". Is that big enough? Are you hearing rumblings, 78 ? I’d be good with bringing in another Rhode Islander. Maybe he turns out to be a pleasant surprise playing at home State U with his buddy. E...

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Serious question. Are minimum credit load, minimum GPA, graduation rates etc, still a thing any more? It must be fun being in the admissions offices across the land? Remember how important APR was? How can that be applied now with so much movement which undoubtedly will lead to lower graduation rat...

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You'll see.

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Jdrums#3 wrote: ↑2 days ago Is it a sabbatical year for bigs not named Fuchs at Rhody next season ?

We need bigs.

Miranda is 7'1". Is that big enough?

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Serious question. Are minimum credit load, minimum GPA, graduation rates etc, still a thing any more? It must be fun being in the admissions offices across the land? Remember how important APR was? How can that be applied now with so much movement which undoubtedly will lead to lower graduation rat...

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Jdrums#3 wrote: ↑2 days ago Another great movie reference.

One of my favorite sports movies because of the basketball scene with the Chief.

I'm sure you know that's where Robert Parish got his nickname too.

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You seem to have this crazy need to not just be right... all the time...but to make sure that everyone else better damn sure recognize.... not sure if that's something the Rhody rehab package includes or not. Or, could just realize, maybe it's not that serious...? About this, I will make sure ppl r...

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Serious question. Are minimum credit load, minimum GPA, graduation rates etc, still a thing any more? It must be fun being in the admissions offices across the land? Remember how important APR was? How can that be applied now with so much movement which undoubtedly will lead to lower graduation rat...

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Bassy will have a more productive year this year than Hammond. Mark it down. What is production? Do wins and losses count towards production? In this case, I'd go with mpg, ppg, rpg, and assists per game. Others may differ... Ben is a much better player than Bassy....right now. And I'm not one of t...

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👍🏼 And I think he still does that. Just maybe not to the extent that he did when he was here, although, I haven’t paid close enough attention to know with full confidence. Maybe Dan is getting soft as he wins natty’s and ages. :lol: He just had a 5* freshman playing his ass off on defense. Defense ...

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NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑3 days ago Bassy will have a more productive year this year than Hammond. Mark it down.

What is production? Do wins and losses count towards production?

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