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by rhodyrudder
6 days ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2024 NCAA/NIT Post Season Tournaments - All Things
Replies: 428
Views: 7209

Re: 2024 NCAA/NIT Post Season Tournaments - All Things

Barkley had Rhody beating Duke in his ‘18 bracket
by rhodyrudder
1 week ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Replies: 735
Views: 23853

Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25

Also from Umass - Sawyer Mayhugh and Robert Davis These dudes don't wanna play in the MAC. Sure, but they're still in the A10 next year. I haven't heard one way or the other if we're allowing them to play in the conference tournament next year. If so it seems you're better off staying for the 2024-...
by rhodyrudder
1 week ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Replace NIT w/ Last 4 In Tourney
Replies: 21
Views: 648

Re: Replace NIT w/ Last 4 In Tourney

I wouldn’t be surprised if something like that happens..
The power conferences could tell all the other AQs, here you go.
Winners are the 16 seeds.
Have fun.
by rhodyrudder
1 week ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
Replies: 2339
Views: 137812

Re: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB

rambone 78 wrote: 1 week ago Purdue will not make the FF imo.

My prediction for the natty is either UConn or Houston.

Everybody else is too inconsistent.
Purdue hasn’t won a tourney game since ‘97 in Memphis, have they?

I know they lost in the first round last year.
by rhodyrudder
1 week ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Replies: 735
Views: 23853

Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25

NYGFan_Section208 wrote: 1 week ago we should have a prediction contest...I predict 2,697
There might not be that many actual transfers…
But EVERYONE wants to know how much money they’re getting paid next year.
So I’ll take the over if it’s based on portal entrants.
by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Can Anything Make This Season A Success This Week?
Replies: 44
Views: 1031

Re: Can Anything Make This Season A Success This Week?

Like I said in the game thread y’all are sure you wanna roll this train wreck out again? Not sure about that. We will know in short order if the big time boosters agree with forum members. This has Parlange attention for sure. Our coach in waiting is just up the street IMO. How long will he wait? N...
by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round
Replies: 266
Views: 4439

Re: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round

But then when u hafta foul, let’s put weston in
by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round
Replies: 266
Views: 4439

Re: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round

I can literally hear what green just said…
It’s very quiet here
by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: A10 2024 Tournament March 12 - 17 Barclays Bracket and Results
Replies: 125
Views: 3534

Re: A10 2024 Tournament March 12 - 17 Barclays Bracket and Results

Anyone hear about the tournament location for next year?

A google search tells that the women are back in richmond, but I can’t find any news about the men
by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round
Replies: 266
Views: 4439

Re: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round

reef wrote: 2 weeks ago
rhodyrudder wrote: 2 weeks ago
How many bodies will be in the stands after the under 4:00 timeout at 6:30 pm?
812 fans @ the U 4
I’m taking the under by a lot, even if you count the bands
by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round
Replies: 266
Views: 4439

Re: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round

KeaneyBluBallz wrote: 2 weeks ago
rhodyrudder wrote: 2 weeks ago $5 for this seat.

:)

IMG_1842.jpeg
how much are beers?
$8 for a dog

30 years ago i woulda known how much the beers are…

Guessing $15
Almost every stand is closed
by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round
Replies: 266
Views: 4439

Re: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round

Thoughts to ponder while waiting for PIG #3… Will SLU play today, or have they packed it in? Ford is out, and everyone knows it. Will Foumena get minutes? Who among the 11 available will still be Rams in 8 months? Will the scoring record set at the NBA all-star game get broken? Will I need a hotel r...
by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Can Anything Make This Season A Success This Week?
Replies: 44
Views: 1031

Re: Can Anything Make This Season A Success This Week?

HBD BM
U in BKLYN?
Obviously a title and bid would go a long way…

Devils advocate here, say we beat SLU & Duq…
But then get absolutely waxed by 30 in the quarters.
U still gonna look back fondly?

I personally voted for 1 win.
On the Metro North now.

See ya there if u head down
by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: Lady Rams Hoops
Topic: 3/10 | WBB – Richmond | 4:00PM (ESPN2) | A-10 Championship
Replies: 48
Views: 830

Re: 3/10 | WBB – Richmond | 4:00PM (ESPN2) | A-10 Championship

Looks like the band is there
The cheerleaders definitely are
Good decision athletics!!!
by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 3/9 | Fordham | 1:00PM (ESPN+)
Replies: 158
Views: 3404

Re: 3/9 | Fordham | 1:00PM (ESPN+)

If lasalle beats loyola we would beat FU in a 2-team tiebreak, cuz we beat umaass

But if it’s 3-teams tied, i think we’re last

Edit: game notes say if lasalle loses we get the 11 seed
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by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 3/9 | Fordham | 1:00PM (ESPN+)
Replies: 158
Views: 3404

Re: 3/9 | Fordham | 1:00PM (ESPN+)

reef wrote: 2 weeks ago Davidson up 10 loses by 18 @ Joes

So it looks like a 3 way tie @ 6-12 for spots 10-12 with LaSalle URI and Fordham assuming LaSalle loses @ Loyola

What seed does URI get in that scenario?
Lasalle was 3-0
FU 1-2
Rhody 1-3

We should be the 12 seed unless I misunderstood of miscalculated
by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 3/9 | Fordham | 1:00PM (ESPN+)
Replies: 158
Views: 3404

Re: 3/9 | Fordham | 1:00PM (ESPN+)

Women up six to start the 4th.
by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 3/9 | Fordham | 1:00PM (ESPN+)
Replies: 158
Views: 3404

Re: 3/9 | Fordham | 1:00PM (ESPN+)

Women up 16 at the half.
If they hang on they face Richmond tomorrow at 4 in the final.
by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 3/9 | Fordham | 1:00PM (ESPN+)
Replies: 158
Views: 3404

Re: 3/9 | Fordham | 1:00PM (ESPN+)

Trying to win the game…ok i guess we will start there
by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: A10 2024 Tournament March 12 - 17 Barclays Bracket and Results
Replies: 125
Views: 3534

Re: A10 2024 Tournament March 12 - 17 Barclays Bracket and Results

12-13 game tips off first at 11:30.
Will Rhody be on the way home before rush hour?
by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
Replies: 243
Views: 5086

Re: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)

I’m on the fence with Luis K , I like him but if the staff wants to move on them I’m ok with that as well As a bigger body guard who is capable of going down low, is a plus offensive player, and can at least handle the ball? I'd like him to stay. I'm figuring House is on the way out, and you'll nee...
by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Houston, we have a problem
Replies: 126
Views: 3420

Re: Houston, we have a problem

Based on PT from last night, a couple of tier 2 & 3 guys are likely moving on. Did AM comment on why specific players got no run?
by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
Replies: 243
Views: 5086

Re: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)

Random thoughts about last night while trying to forget about the last six years or so… The Governor was taking photos with Ramette seniors? Haha!!! Never seen that before. Also, the Mason kid airballed a dunk in the first half. Never seen that either, unless you count when me and 108 were playing p...
by rhodyrudder
2 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Houston, we have a problem
Replies: 126
Views: 3420

Re: Houston, we have a problem

What's the over/under on new faces next year?
9 again?
by rhodyrudder
3 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
Replies: 243
Views: 5086

Re: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)

rhodyrudder wrote: 3 weeks ago I don’t think weston played in the second half
He actually started after playing the last 9 minutes of the first…
He was taken out with 18 to go, and never returned.
by rhodyrudder
3 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
Replies: 243
Views: 5086

Re: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)

I don’t think weston played in the second half
by rhodyrudder
3 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Ryan Center In-Game Experience - Issues and Upgrades
Replies: 4249
Views: 331221

Re: Ryan Center In-Game Experience - Issues and Upgrades

adam914 wrote: 3 weeks ago Now we're talkin! A coke tower would get some fans in the building for sure!
some EMTs too
by rhodyrudder
3 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Practice Facility
Replies: 678
Views: 51962

Re: Practice Facility

Archie likes to practice there, according to what I hear.
by rhodyrudder
3 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Houston, we have a problem
Replies: 126
Views: 3420

Re: Houston, we have a problem

rhodyrudder wrote: 3 weeks ago but you have to improve. Or else people are going away.
by rhodyrudder
3 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Ryan Center In-Game Experience - Issues and Upgrades
Replies: 4249
Views: 331221

Re: Ryan Center In-Game Experience - Issues and Upgrades

Don’t know where to post this. This just in. No film at 11. Season tickets holders get a car interior Ram magnet sticker, pick up at Mason game. Can’t make that up. Keepsake for the season, I guess. Thanks. Details, one magnet per account, not per seat. OMG, why do they bother. Didn’t they do one t...
by rhodyrudder
3 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Houston, we have a problem
Replies: 126
Views: 3420

Re: Houston, we have a problem

We did not have those expectations this season - so it's outlandish that so many people want the coach fired and feel the need to pile on when he's literally meeting the expectations. It's NCAA or bust. So it's pass/fail. This wasn't an NCAA year, so who cares how far away this one season was from ...
by rhodyrudder
3 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Conference Realignment
Replies: 1562
Views: 128246

Re: Conference Realignment

Bottom line: I’m tired of sucking at everything in this sucky league, and I don’t see any way out of sucking in it ever, because not only of what we’ve done in the last 20 years, but what the P5 are doing the last couple of years (and look like they will keep going much further).
by rhodyrudder
3 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Conference Realignment
Replies: 1562
Views: 128246

Re: Conference Realignment

I think the A-10 is already a 1-bid league, and the P5 or P2 or whatever it is going forward will insist that it be so. But a move to AEC doesn’t doom Rhody, as a title at least every four years would mean 3 or maybe 4 NCAA games per decade, more if we dominate like we should. And a typical 4 or 5K ...
by rhodyrudder
3 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Who is Archie Miller?
Replies: 368
Views: 10326

Re: Who is Archie Miller?

"Our fans deserve better. ... They should. "We have to continue to show progress." "That's part of the territory, criticism." "I know what we have to do." "I'm glad there's frustration. That means there's people out there that really care." Little piece ...
by rhodyrudder
3 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Conference Realignment
Replies: 1562
Views: 128246

Re: Conference Realignment

I again question our fit in this league The America East is a downgrade, for sure, But we just don’t fit with any school in the A-10 anymore Our historic league rivals: Duquesne, st bona, gw and st joe Can’t see any of them missing us terribly, in any sport The other 9: loyola, slu, dayton, davidson...
by rhodyrudder
3 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 3/2 | Saint Louis | 4:00PM (CBSSN)
Replies: 224
Views: 4622

Re: 3/2 | Saint Louis | 4:00PM (CBSSN)

I have a fantasy football league with all my best friends. Every year, we go somewhere new around the country and spend a weekend together. In our league, we have a 4-week playoff for the two worst teams called the "shit.com bowl." If you win, you get to have the first pick in the draft n...
by rhodyrudder
4 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2/28 | VCU | 6:30PM (CBSSN)
Replies: 319
Views: 5492

Re: 2/28 | VCU | 6:30PM (CBSSN)

Its still way too early to be making any comparisons to Cox or Jerry D, or to be counting out Archie just yet. If we have two more years of this then have at it, but we're not there yet. 2 more years of this? Finishing last in the a-10 for 2 more f-n years? And everyone wants Fordham out? You’ll ha...
by rhodyrudder
4 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2/28 | VCU | 6:30PM (CBSSN)
Replies: 319
Views: 5492

Re: 2/28 | VCU | 6:30PM (CBSSN)

We have 1 basket
by rhodyrudder
1 month ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Conference Realignment
Replies: 1562
Views: 128246

Re: Conference Realignment

Even if the ACC lost them, they would still have UNC, NC St, Duke,Syracuse , Pitt, Wake Forest, and BC. UConn would jump to join that group for all sports securing a home for football with several old rivals. The Big East without football is not in the most secure position given what is transpiring...
by rhodyrudder
1 month ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Conference Realignment
Replies: 1562
Views: 128246

Re: Conference Realignment

uMass plays hoops in a hockey rink. They are now a hockey school first. Basketball is a low priority. Frank Martin must be pissed. Expect he’ll be looking for a life raft. I hate uMass hoops but it’s a love to hate them. One of our most ancient and important basketball rivals to the MAC. This is ba...
by rhodyrudder
1 month ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Pregame options
Replies: 99
Views: 1816

Re: Pregame options

Comin from newport changes things!
Eat there!
Bowen’s wharf, Thames St, anywhere.
by rhodyrudder
1 month ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2/25 | La Salle | 12:00PM (USA)
Replies: 185
Views: 3989

Re: 2/25 | La Salle | 12:00PM (USA)

After we kick out all the loser programs beneath us who keep beating us we should move up in the conference standings If they kicked out the bottom 5 teams, Rhody would be pretty much guaranteed top 10 in the conference every year. I've said this before (during the UNH game), but I am really questi...
by rhodyrudder
1 month ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2/25 | La Salle | 12:00PM (USA)
Replies: 185
Views: 3989

Re: 2/25 | La Salle | 12:00PM (USA)

If anyone was wondering why Foumena doesn’t play more…… Confidence is absolutely HUGE for young players. When Fou was getting close to 15 minutes a game, or sometimes more, he had a much better groove and motor. He's a step slow today because Archie stopped playing him. I agree he's a massive liabi...
by rhodyrudder
1 month ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2/25 | La Salle | 12:00PM (USA)
Replies: 185
Views: 3989

Re: 2/25 | La Salle | 12:00PM (USA)

This is fn brutal
by rhodyrudder
1 month ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Who is Archie Miller?
Replies: 368
Views: 10326

Re: Who is Archie Miller?

If you believe this, which is fine, what was the personality of Tom Penders's and Al Skinner's teams? Penders had the name Runnin' Rams on all the warmups...he wanted to make you dizzy with the number of points...not quite Loyola Marymount, but the kids bought into that big time! Al was tough, not ...
by rhodyrudder
1 month ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Who is Archie Miller?
Replies: 368
Views: 10326

Re: Who is Archie Miller?

I would argue that every URI team I've seen to some extent has taken on the personality of the coach. From the negativity of Baron to the intensity of Hurley. So, what personality traits is Archie passing on to this team? If you believe this, which is fine, what was the personality of Tom Penders's...