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- 12 hours ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1607
- Views: 56882
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
By no means would Hammond play in the NBA. All I was referencing is that he is a high level point guard. And with a bit more size could be playing anywhere in the country. NBA candidacy is entirely different. The other poster said he would not have a significant role on this team his freshman year....
- 12 hours ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1607
- Views: 56882
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Nah man that is ridiculous to say. And I’m the one who said losing KJ would be the greatest loss in program history aside from Hurley, so that’s saying something. This kid Hammond was the leading pg, essentially the captain of the #2 program in all of US high school basketball. He plays a different...
- 12 hours ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1607
- Views: 56882
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Looks like Archie saw this coming with the Recruitment of Lawrence. I didn't really understand (still don't) the excitement over an undersized freshman point guard to come in and play a key role. He may turn into a star someday, but chances are slim to none it's happening as a freshman. It's mostly...
- 15 hours ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
- Replies: 85
- Views: 2180
Re: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
If this really is about name, image and likeness, why don't the players get the TV money? After all, it's their names, images and likenesses we see on the TV screen. Umm, that case is in court, and if it goes in the players favor schools are going to owe a massive amount of money, including back pa...
- 1 day ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1607
- Views: 56882
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Sorry to say, but a URI fan funded collective is not going to keep up. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/indiana-hoosiers-land-top-transfer-portal-center-for-stunning-nil-price/ar-BB1lJLr6?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=6faccb11760d48e683cf41038628e7f5&ei=19 Gotta ask, who is it that we are ...
- 1 day ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1607
- Views: 56882
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Sorry to say, but a URI fan funded collective is not going to keep up.
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- 1 day ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1205
- Views: 65953
Re: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
I don't have a problem with Kenny leaving. I have a problem because he wasn't replaced weeks ago. Preston, ARD and Luke didn't have to recruit the portal immediately after the season ended. So much has changed in that regard. The month or so after the season ends is now the most important in roster...
- 2 days ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1607
- Views: 56882
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Life’s a portal. :D I've decided, after much consideration, I'm entering the Fan Portal. Any College team can reach out to me and provide NIL offers. Free tickets, free beer and concessions would put them at the top of my fan list. Willing to make official visits as well. Please have a lot of swag ...
- 3 days ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1607
- Views: 56882
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Good thing The Masters is holding my interest today (it looks like an exciting finish is possible) otherwise, the lack of Rhody portal commitments, news, rumors and buzz would be getting me really frustrated. Some rumors about a new assistant, too. A string of good news around the program would be ...
- 3 days ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1205
- Views: 65953
Re: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
Yeah just because he doesn't like talking to media people doesn't mean he can't relate to basketball players. He definitely can, when he's talking about basketball. We don't know whether he can relate on a human level with these guys or not. He doesn't appear to be a narcissist or anything. I think...
- 3 days ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1607
- Views: 56882
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
I've decided, after much consideration, I'm entering the Fan Portal. Any College team can reach out to me and provide NIL offers. Free tickets, free beer and concessions would put them at the top of my fan list. Willing to make official visits as well. Please have a lot of swag available for me. (c...
- 3 days ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1607
- Views: 56882
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
We have walkons in the portal. What's next, Ramettes? Life’s a portal. :D I've decided, after much consideration, I'm entering the Fan Portal. Any College team can reach out to me and provide NIL offers. Free tickets, free beer and concessions would put them at the top of my fan list. Willing to ma...
- 4 days ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1607
- Views: 56882
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
We have walkons in the portal. What's next, Ramettes?
- 4 days ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1607
- Views: 56882
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
He is young. Didn't fully focus on basketball until a year ago. He was basically a freshman last year. I look at it like, next year will be a Christion Thompson like redshirt year and he can really contribute the following season. Yup, that's part of the reason I'm not that high on him. He's a juni...
- 5 days ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Questions for Thorr and Stone
- Replies: 48
- Views: 1809
Re: Questions for Thorr and Stone
Who makes the decisions on amount each player gets? Couldn't Rhody15 answer this? He states that the school can not be a part of NIL. So I would think no University employee can control where the money goes. LOL...then who the eff does? And if the school, or the coach, isn't deciding who gets paid ...
- 5 days ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
- Replies: 85
- Views: 2180
Re: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
Why the hell do you need to see how much they get? For the millionth time, If it’s $1 or $1000000, URI is allowed to contribute ZERO to NIL. But continue bringing this up! Maybe it’ll make the rule change! The reason I keep bringing this up, is because I want to know how much URI gets on the media ...
- 5 days ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
- Replies: 85
- Views: 2180
Re: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
I need to see the A10 media rights agreement that was just signed and how much URI gets from it first. So it's a no for me. Why the hell do you need to see how much they get? For the millionth time, If it’s $1 or $1000000, URI is allowed to contribute ZERO to NIL. But continue bringing this up! May...
- 5 days ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Questions for Thorr and Stone
- Replies: 48
- Views: 1809
Re: Questions for Thorr and Stone
Couldn't Rhody15 answer this? He states that the school can not be a part of NIL. So I would think no University employee can control where the money goes.
- 6 days ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
- Replies: 85
- Views: 2180
Re: URI Rhode to Excellence Poll
I need to see the A10 media rights agreement that was just signed and how much URI gets from it first. So it's a no for me.
- 6 days ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 56627
Re: Understanding the NIL
The issue is going to be Olympic sports. These are non revenue generating sports that football and basketball pay for. So the money football and basketball make through media contracts and tickets/merch etc. are paying for sports that no one watches. That money, that football and basketball make is ...
- 6 days ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 56627
Re: Understanding the NIL
https://chroniclet.com/news/296791/fans-paying-for-nils-is-latest-college-sports-scam/ Apples and oranges.....How much is a ticket to see the Red Sox, Patriots, or Celtics? How much is a ticket at the Ryan to see a basketball game. I can get two tickets for tonight's Red Sox game for $6 each. I sai...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1205
- Views: 65953
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1205
- Views: 65953
Re: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
Different world than it used to be and it lessens the importance of having an assistant coach that is a great recruiter. I thought that is fairly obvious by the result of the first two classes he helped bring in. Were any of them, other than the kid from GW who did not work out, his recruits or any...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Where Are They Now? Former Player Results and News
- Replies: 4073
- Views: 447867
Re: Where Are They Now? Former Player Results and News
Ron Petro hired a National Coach of the Year and National Championship winner as well.
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 2024 NCAA/NIT Post Season Tournaments - All Things
- Replies: 654
- Views: 13764
Re: 2024 NCAA/NIT Post Season Tournaments - All Things
Great win By UConn over the forces of dark and evil. First Yale beat Auburn and now Alabama falls. So nice to see New England teams beat back two Southern football obsessive pseudo universities in a state where the public officials routinely thwart free inquiry and academic freedom. Not sure what y...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 56627
Re: Understanding the NIL
And every year the core improves they’ll want a raise…I just see no way we can keep a core 4 together without basically doubling your NIL budget every year. And if our core players aren’t good enough that bigger programs don’t try and poach them, then will we ever be as good as we want? Everyone(el...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Conference Realignment
- Replies: 1588
- Views: 130996
Re: Conference Realignment
I read an article that said schools are reviewing whether to have Olympic sports or not. The basis was that Football and Basketball programs fund Olympic sports entirely, and the schools question whether they can pay football and basketball players and still fund Olympic sports. I'll try and find it...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1607
- Views: 56882
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
We've had some hits with Jeremy Sheppard, Stan Robinson, Antwan Walker, Ish Leggett and Jaden House. We've had questionable ones like the Mitchell twins and Brayon Freeman. We've had misses like Jermaine Harris, Mekhi Long, Abdou Samb, Connor Dubsky and Tyson Brown. And we had the most mysterious o...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1205
- Views: 65953
Re: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1607
- Views: 56882
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
If Kenny does leave, we need to replace him with a coach with strong ties to the DMV. That market has been very good to us for the past decade or so. We need to still have a presence there. Besides JD, who came from the DMV? We've had some hits with Jeremy Sheppard, Stan Robinson, Antwan Walker, Is...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1607
- Views: 56882
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
How good are things now with KJ? I would agree if he leaves and takes Hammond with him, but if he leaves and Ben stays, dont see it as a big loss. What has Archie done to this point? As far as I'm concerned, we're at or very near the bottom as a program right now. It can't get much worse no matter ...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Where Are They Now? Former Player Results and News
- Replies: 4073
- Views: 447867
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1607
- Views: 56882
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Aside from losing Dan Hurley, Kenny Johnson moving out would be the worst loss in URI athletics history. The implications would be drastic. They really would be. Realistically, he is all but gone, and so is Hammond (as if he’d stay for more than two years anyway). There is just this sad lack of loy...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 56627
Re: Understanding the NIL
Does this mean schools can require NIL money in there media rights?
- 2 weeks ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 56627
- 2 weeks ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 56627
Re: Understanding the NIL
Whether it was pre-NIL or now, we would never be in the discussion with certain kids, so drawing comparisons to "million dollar demands" is an exercise in absurdity. When the dust settles the 5-star kids get the big bucks and go to the P4 conferences. They were going to those schools befo...
- 2 weeks ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 56627
Re: Understanding the NIL
Whether it was pre-NIL or now, we would never be in the discussion with certain kids, so drawing comparisons to "million dollar demands" is an exercise in absurdity. When the dust settles the 5-star kids get the big bucks and go to the P4 conferences. They were going to those schools befo...
- 2 weeks ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 56627
Re: Understanding the NIL
NIL is kaput. It's a pay to play free for all. Highest bidder wins. Unfortunately we are going to be under bidders for a lot of players that could really help us 50k won't buy a bucket of shit. God help us. 50k gets us to 100k because of the matching promotion. That isn't the only money we'll have ...
- 2 weeks ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 56627
Re: Understanding the NIL
And just for perspective, the URI collective is having a $50k fundraiser.Billyboy78 wrote: ↑2 weeks ago This is just so out of hand. What does this have to do with Name, Image and Likeness?
- 2 weeks ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 56627
Re: Understanding the NIL
It's going to take more for me. I need to see the numbers. How much does URI take in on media contracts. How much do they make each game on men's basketball. Until I see that transparency, not sure what to say. Are they running a deficit, so bad they need fans to pay players? Is the ESPN contract t...
- 2 weeks ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 56627
Re: Understanding the NIL
It's going to take more for me. I need to see the numbers. How much does URI take in on media contracts. How much do they make each game on men's basketball. Until I see that transparency, not sure what to say. Are they running a deficit, so bad they need fans to pay players? Is the ESPN contract th...
- 2 weeks ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 56627
Re: Understanding the NIL
Between football and basketball season tickets, I spend 800 dollars a year. Add concession and merch, a conservative estimate would be that I''m :? spending about 1000 dollars per year, about 83 dollars per month on the average. Retirees don't have the income they once had. So, when I retired, I ap...
- 2 weeks ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1607
- Views: 56882
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Rudy Ruettiger?Billyboy78 wrote: ↑2 weeks ago Why do walk-ons come here (or anywhere else) in the first place? They know they're not going to play. If it's playing time they're looking for, why not go to a lower level to begin with?
- 2 weeks ago
- Forum: Down the Line
- Topic: Stock Market tips
- Replies: 6
- Views: 190
Re: Stock Market tips
Blue: You couldn't have found my GMAT scores with an electron microscope! However, I finished no. 1 in the business school and was in athletics, campus activities and honor societies so that helped to offset the crappy board scores. I applied to Wharton, Columbia, Chicago and Harvard. Dr. Rayack wa...
- 2 weeks ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1607
- Views: 56882
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
In 2009 with Baron as coach? You think fans would pay for players back then? Most here wanted him fired.section(105) wrote: ↑2 weeks ago So the coach will fail? Bizarre scenario, but…….hope soon we get players to talk about here.
- 2 weeks ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1607
- Views: 56882
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
I would first like see how our A10 basketball rivals due in the portal as compared to us. Let's not keep getting in the habit of making excuses for our results. I don't think 9 teams in the A10 invested more than we did in 23-24. If you feel it is just a question of NIL $, then why have one of the ...
- 2 weeks ago
- Forum: Down the Line
- Topic: Stock Market tips
- Replies: 6
- Views: 190
Re: Stock Market tips
Love this. We do have a financial advisor we really like and has done well for us, but not quite as well as the numbers theblueram is saying. Might be worth looking into. Thanks for posting. Take a look Stevie for sure. It's not like I'm pushing stock, these are just mutual funds. The 10 year numbe...
- 2 weeks ago
- Forum: Down the Line
- Topic: Stock Market tips
- Replies: 6
- Views: 190
Re: Stock Market tips
After we got the kids educated both my wife and I maxed our IRA contributions every year until we retired. They were invested in a mixed stock portfolio that probably returned a solid 8% per year. Also we didn"t retire until our 70's allowing us to make contributions up to 70 1/2 years old. By...
- 2 weeks ago
- Forum: Down the Line
- Topic: Stock Market tips
- Replies: 6
- Views: 190
Stock Market tips
Just wanted to post this so we can discuss stock market tips. My retirement savings are invested in VIIIX, VEMPX and FCNTX.VIIIX has a 5 year return of 15.16%, VEMPX has a 5 year return of 10.22% and FCNTX has a 5 year return of 17.25%. They have been pretty solid for me over the years. Figure, ther...
- 2 weeks ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 2024 NCAA/NIT Post Season Tournaments - All Things
- Replies: 654
- Views: 13764
Re: 2024 NCAA/NIT Post Season Tournaments - All Things
Dan Hurley kicking the crap out of Illinois.