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Issac

Well, it was a win, but boring was not the word for this game. It was excruciating - like a street game except I don't pay to see street games and the many empty seats tells me others don't either. Yes, we had a great defense, but you can go only so far with that considering the Rams inept scoring. ...

Issac

Thanks for the greetings, rod. We all may not agree with each other at times, but we are united in our desire to see URI prosper on all fronts. The best of Christmases to all and peace, health and prosperity in the New Year.

Issac

A ragged game at best. Any URI post play was absent and the Rams got away with it because GSU had even less. Very disorganized on offense. URI has moved up the defensive effort over last year, but this game was a step back in that respect as shown by GSU getting a few uncontested lay-ups, in additio...

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What a weak response. Let me give some real facts, not opinion. College Athletics is currently racked by what is called the "arms race", the continuous building of new and better facilities for all sports and all the BCS schools with their football money (not just TV) are in the lead. Firs...

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You've been a phony from the first day on this board. And, BTW, you're not fooling anyone with your flattery/dumping alternations and we all know you have been on this board with another screen name.

Issac

What's stupid about it? Or are you your usual inarticulate self.

Issac

What you don't get in your density is that the BCS football money will help all their athletics programs including basketball. You get a windfall from basketball, they get it from both. Now do you get it or are you that dense.

Issac

The guy should be banned. He is here just to belittle URI and its fans. It takes a certain kind of person who enjoys needled others to spend time on a rival's board to this degree. There are no lofty intents with these kinds of people. They may even have mental issues. Most message boards are modera...

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Very clear to all that the only real child like & shoddy behavior on this board is by PC interlopers who come here just to disrupt. This from the fans of a school that cannot even do its duty to the City of Providence as the other finer institutions in the city have done. The apple does not fall...

Issac

Couple of items. First, Butler will not join a league with all Catholic schools. Trust me on that. Second, the demise of the BE will come at the initiative of the football schools or more departures from that group - primarily UConn or Cincy. Until that happens the BB schools can meet all they want,...

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GMU, VCU, and Butler will not join a conference with that kind of make-up.

Issac

Red is right in that the chips are held by the football schools, so don't expect action by the seven basketball only schools on their own. They don't want to give up the money. If change comes, it will be initiated by the football schools and only them.

Issac

Lists like this always have their defects. But in this one Bobby Hurley comes in at #19: a nice and worthy distinction.

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basket ... r-top-list

Issac

I have no doubt that Hurley will get the job done at URI, but he is no magician and some here exaggerate what he has accomplished as a reaction to the past regime. Yes, this team unlike last year's is energized, they dive for balls, they scrap wherever possible. But hustle should not be confused wit...

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These seven schools can meet and talk all they want. They can write reassuring letters to their supporters and bluster a bit, but in the end they will do nothing because they lack power and are trapped between desire and money. The facts are these seven schools enjoy the prestige and money they come...

Issac

Very true, RF1, St. Louis U. is a great institution, a much more impressive school in all respects than say PC.

Issac

Why did Mckoy leave and Brooks stay?

Issac

After 9 games, this URI team is making only modest progress with little consistency of play. However, there has been one consistency in all games, excepting Auburn, this team has faded in the second half, actually in the last ten minutes. I don't blame this on a lack of depth or fatigue - we just pl...

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I hear it will close in mid-December for renovation and re-open in March as a moderately priced steak and seafood house. The bar area will be kept largely as now configured. I wonder if it will remain as the place for URI sports fans.

Issac

The question in this Vermont game is whether this URI team really improving or is it one of those teams that plays just up to the competition and then falls short more often than not. The Mason game saw a return of the awful shooting seen in the first two games and this was not the result of the Mas...

Issac

Good point 74, we get fixed on size so much, we forget the importance of muscularity. Looking at the size of some of the Mason roster, I got lulled me into thinking we had a chance against Mason. Instead we got beat on the boards in a way not matched by the better teams the Rams have played. But eve...

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All of this is nice, but the truth is winning games (not having close games, or moral victories) leads to a show of natural enthusiasm. Canned enthusiasm is superficial and phony. The first half of the Mason game was as brutal as I hope it will ever get. The student section noticeably cleared out at...

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For awhile I have had the feeling that Nikola is not an A-10 level player, during the Mason game I believe he is not even a D1 caliber player. Watching him dribble is painful and his athleticism is non-existent. Was recruiting him, Gajic's last joke on URI fans?

Issac

Rather than heaping lots of abuse on Mike Powell, we have to step back and face the reality about the entire team. We have no low post offensive threat whatsoever, Hare and Brooks combined 5 points tonight shows that. More important, opponent coaches know that. They also know we lack depth and so pr...

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Mr. Powell, Sr. Touche' on showing your license, but to be safe, bring along yours and junior's birth certificates.

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Nice article by smarty. But you can't always go by records in this portion of schedule because the OOC for each school has such wide differences and the schedules themselves are not evenly paced, as a school could be in a easy or more difficult portion. For example, in our conference Butler is now 3...

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rodfromcranston has become the Donald Trump of this board. He'll soon want to see Mr. Powell's birth certificate.

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Mr. Powell, Sr., thanks for your thoughtful post. As long suffering fans we are often buried in the weeds and need a break to see the broader perspectives all around us. Last season, I had the pleasure of meeting your son at a alumni reception. We had a nice chat and when we parted, he shook my hand...

Issac

This team deserves a standing "O" when they first come on the floor on Wednesday night against George Mason. Great, gutsy win after 5 tough losses.

Issac

It always gets me when I sit in Ryan for a game and look up to see Ernie Calverley's banner and next to it a banner #18 for Robert Carothers; one a URI basketball legend, the other a guy who did more to hurt URI Athletics than anyone else. His lack of support in the 90's when other schools were inve...

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Blue Man, I'm going to ignore your childish rant and name calling to focus on some facts. You call me a troll in face of the fact that I have been a season ticket holder for 22 years and have been a contributor to the program for an even longer time, starting to give when I was in my senior year at ...

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Just when we thought this team had turned a corner, the terrible shooting of the Norfolk and VT games returned along with horrible sloppy play, turnovers at critical times and other miscues. Two raspberry awards: one goes to Mike Powell for poor ball management, clock management and poor court aware...

Issac

The problem with URI Athletics is the same problem they have with funding the University. Every year brings worse news on that front. For example, the state just this week merged the higher education board with the regents for k-12 education board and appointed George Caruolo to head the new combine...

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I lay the entire blame of this debacle at the feet of Thorr Bjorn. He has managed in his tenure to produce an dreadful record of ineptitude in not only football, but across URI Athletics. Volleyball, the once highest winning program at URI, suffered its eight losing season in a row. Golf which was a...

Issac

Given URI's slow start to games so far this season, a carryover from last year, this game will be no contest from beginning to end. The Rams will fail to score 50 points, the OSU margin will peak at 41 points and garbage time will reduce the final margin to 32.

Issac

I will be there with my wife and four other couples.

Issac

Right here, Ben. I always knew you were not the brightest poster around with your well known reputation as a "whiner" of the first order, but your comment just shows your typical distortion and lies. But then again no one is allowed an opinion that is not approved by big bad, Ben.

Issac

Gonebarongone, your description of game sounds lot like baronball.

Issac

rod, I don't disagree with much of what you say, but as you like to say, everyone is entitled to his own opinion. You miss my point on last year's team. I sat through the agony of every home game last year, so I certainly do not view that team wistfully. As the worst team in recent URI memory, I was...

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I was not a bit surprised by the outcome of last night's game. Last year we had inferior shooting, but we had an inside presence that out rebounded most of their opponents, got lots of second chance points, and beat teams in the paint. This offset the bad shooting somewhat. This year we have no insi...

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The basic rationale behind my prediction is: URI lost three starters from a team that outrebounded most of its opponents allowing that team to excel in second chance points which itself resulted from some dreadful shooting especially 3-pointers. The standard on three point shooting is if you can’t h...

Issac

In following some ex-Rams: Stevie Meija wil be in action today as Hofstra plays an exhibition contest versus Queens College. East Carolina U. does not play an exhibition so Akeem Richmond will not see his first action as a Pirate until next week. Also, Canisius played an exhibition last night agains...

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I thought the crowd was fair. The game atmosphere put on by Athletics was great especially given it was an exhibition game. The Mob seemed energized. The cheerleaders and Ramettes were outstanding as was the pep band. The Ramettes now total 21 hotties. I liked the intermission game of musical chairs...

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It's hard to judge the Rams from a game played against an inferior team like Coast Guard, but there was much to encouraged about. The team came out and looked unified and spirited like we never saw last year. The coaching staff was fully engaged and and was continuously barking instructions. In one ...

Issac

The number of no-shows is mostly among full season ticket holders and averages about 150 -200 per game depending on the opponent, current team performance, and weather. Last year the average was somewhat higher. No shows among mini package seat holders and single game ticket holders is very low for ...

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The poor UMass OOC schedule has also hurt them at the gate especially given their obviously fair weather fan base. For example, last year they had four OOC games and two A-10 games with under 3000 in attendance. This response for a 25 win team. Contrasting 7-24 URI which had two sub 3000 crowds, the...

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I have done the same, jmck. But if you want a good seat to a conference away game or a top OOC game like Kansas and Duke or VT and the HOF games, you have go through URI and that's when priority points count.

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Ticket availability for PC games to the general public will not be made until well after November 1. Prior to that date special ticket requests for the PC and Hall of Fame games are filled by URI based on priority point rank. Availability of tickets for PC will be tight, not as bad for Ohio State an...

Issac

Why don't you think a bond issue is possible? A sales job needs to be done with the legislature so that it approves a Meade Stadium revenue bond deal which does not involve a vote by the electorate. A project similar to the construction of Ryan. Timing would be a key issue, maybe not today, but in n...

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Judging from this prediction and the team's lack of depth, I would think making it to Barclay's would be a real achievement.

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