STC wrote: ↑2 weeks ago
My guess is he goes to a power conference, rots away on the bench for 1-2 years and then transfers down to mid major conference. A tale as old as time.
It’s all coming together…
Commit to power conference school
Completely blocked for minutes as a frosh
Enter portal in either 2025 or 2026
Maybe I’m misreading the portal but I’m not at all surprised we didn’t land Conway. Were we even in on him? He’s a 6’9 starter who averaged 10 and 4 for a tournament team that beat Kentucky, why the hell would he want to come here? Same reason Jamarques Lawrence has? 10 and 4 in the horizon isn't a...
Maybe I’m misreading the portal but I’m not at all surprised we didn’t land Conway. Were we even in on him? He’s a 6’9 starter who averaged 10 and 4 for a tournament team that beat Kentucky, why the hell would he want to come here?
A UMass fan was making fun of Meade on twitter, so Thorr responded with this. https://x.com/thorrbjorn/status/1786354426837361039 UMass bragging about anything football related is a joke. They haven't one more than 4 games in a season since joining the FBS and they are consistently one of the most ...
I'm rooting for Dowtin but he's going to be 27 next week and has never carved out a steady bench role for an NBA team. I think his future is in Europe.
I looked at staffs Archie has worked on going back to his Arizona days. The only assistant he’s worked with that I could realistically see coming here is James Whitford. Whitford and Archie worked together at Arizona and Whitford was most recently the head coach at Ball State for 9 years where he w...
Would have liked to see him here too. Has a connection to SLU assistant Antone Gray. Was URI in on Anya? Feels like this a recruiting battle Archie should be in on and winning but we’re not…. Yes, they did reach out. I’m going to try not to overreact to this commitment but I’m going to overreact to...
As expected, Anya commits to SLU. I would have liked him here, not far to go from Brown, oh well. https://x.com/kaluanya_/status/1784630069391917275 Would have liked to see him here too. Has a connection to SLU assistant Antone Gray. Was URI in on Anya? Feels like this a recruiting battle Archie sh...
Whoever suggested Brian Gregory I think was onto something. There is the obvious Dayton connection between Archie and Gregory and then you factor in Gregory's head coaching days are likely over based on age and overall results so a top assistant to Archie makes a lot of sense. Especially with someon...
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?
Wasn't sure if I should post this here or in the Patriot Way thread. In any event, it will be interesting to see what the Patriots do tonight. It seems that this will be a Kraft call at 3 so I'm resigned to the fact we are getting Maye. Seems like the football people are more open to trading back. I...
rjv wrote: ↑1 week 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
This would be incredibly underwhelming so it will probably happen.
I actually think it should be the other way around. If (insert big URI booster) donated $10M over the next five years to URI Basketball today that would fire up peasants like myself to donate to the collective. I think it's absolutely ridiculous to suggest that these big boosters need to see us peas...
FedEx pledges $25M to Memphis Athletics over the next 5 years ($5M per year). This is exactly what I’m talking about when I say we will be as good and as relevant as our big boosters want us to be. No bake sale is going to save us.
I looked at staffs Archie has worked on going back to his Arizona days. The only assistant he’s worked with that I could realistically see coming here is James Whitford. Whitford and Archie worked together at Arizona and Whitford was most recently the head coach at Ball State for 9 years where he wa...
I think it's BS if another team takes our asst and one of his recruits with him. No I will not get over it. I highly doubt Hammond is going with him. Mack was who Gtown was after; I still think there is a good shot Hammond ends up at Mason. If so....how do you think he'll be received at the Ry? The...
I saw Oumar Ballo's asking price was $1.2M per Jeff Goodman. Would love to know what kinda payroll you need to be in the top tier of the A10. I would imagine a $1M payroll would field us a damn good mid major squad. Looking at you Ryan, Fascitelli, Soloviev, etc. But you're asking them to donate th...
I saw Oumar Ballo's asking price was $1.2M per Jeff Goodman. Would love to know what kinda payroll you need to be in the top tier of the A10. I would imagine a $1M payroll would field us a damn good mid major squad. Looking at you Ryan, Fascitelli, Soloviev, etc.
My guess is he goes to a power conference, rots away on the bench for 1-2 years and then transfers down to mid major conference. A tale as old as time.
If I'm Archie, I'm spending my time "recruiting" big donors like Soloviev, Ryan and Fascitelli, etc. to bankroll a roster that can compete. Big donors were willing to pony up to get a guy like Archie, but times have changed and a big name coach and shiny new facilities doesn't translate to...
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.
I know Pepperdine is a dead end job but this is the best they could do? A re-tread who hasn't been a head coach in 20 years and was below .500 at Wright State between 1997-2003. There had to be some young plucky assistant coach eager to climb the ranks as opposed to a 58-year old re-tread.
One thing I’ve noticed about Archie’s portal strategy is he almost exclusively targets mid and low major talent looking to transfer, almost zero power conference transfers. Only Tchikou and Weston came from higher conferences. Obviously, those two didn’t work out but not much has in the first two ye...
https://x.com/derek__murray/status/1770527263253045547?s=46 Dude averaged 8.7 PPG on 36% shooting (29% 3 Pointers) for an atrocious 6-26 Pacific squad. Archie needs to do a lot better than this going into a critical 3rd year. Speaking of Pacific, did anyone see their loss to Pepperdine in the WCC t...
I'm seeing SJU -5.5 on FanDuel and -6 on William Hill. To me, this looks like a juicy play to take SJU -5.5. URI has hardly been world beaters at home with losses to UNH and Brown, and barely beating Yale. Meanwhile, St. Joe's comes in 10-3 with respectable losses to Kentucky and Charleston.... and ...