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by rhodylocal
10 hours ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Rhody MBB Scholarship Tracker
Replies: 604
Views: 54285

Re: Rhody MBB Scholarship Tracker

You shit on Blue Man and I and called us Kool Aid drinkers in the middle of year 5 when we were defending Hurley but now it's plausible? Pretty sure everyone posting on this board, including blue man completely lost their stuff and gave up on Hurley after the home loss to Fordham. Everyone who had ...
by rhodylocal
23 hours ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Rhody MBB Scholarship Tracker
Replies: 604
Views: 54285

Re: Rhody MBB Scholarship Tracker

You shit on Blue Man and I and called us Kool Aid drinkers in the middle of year 5 when we were defending Hurley but now it's plausible? Pretty sure everyone posting on this board, including blue man completely lost their stuff and gave up on Hurley after the home loss to Fordham. Everyone who had ...
by rhodylocal
23 hours ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Rhody MBB Scholarship Tracker
Replies: 604
Views: 54285

Re: Rhody MBB Scholarship Tracker

Blue Man, defending Dan was plausible by year 5 because the program was trending up by year 3. Archie needs to get this train rolling in the right direction and then my attitude will also change in the right direction. No better time to start than next season! You shit on Blue Man and I and called ...
by rhodylocal
6 days ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Replies: 734
Views: 23794

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

And now here we are. Hired a coach on the cheap and paid dearly for it. After that failure we tried to rectify it with the Archie hire, and so far how has that worked out? We had our chance and we blew it Anyone remember what other coaching names were said to be our finalists when we hired Cox? Wou...
by rhodylocal
2 weeks ago
Forum: All Other College Sports
Topic: All things Dan Hurley/UCONN THREAD
Replies: 1345
Views: 132995

Re: All things Dan Hurley/UCONN THREAD

“Just like Rhody…”

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by rhodylocal
3 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Houston, we have a problem
Replies: 126
Views: 3419

Re: Houston, we have a problem

Comparisons to Hurleys early teams is night and day for me. Even through the losing in Dan's early years you always had the sense we were building toward something with a culture and style of play. The team took on Dan's personality and played hard on EVERY possession regardless of opponent or scor...
by rhodylocal
3 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Houston, we have a problem
Replies: 126
Views: 3419

Re: Houston, we have a problem

I remember really boring grind it out slogs the first 2 years under Hurley. We had some exciting ones this year.

But yeah we play terrible D.
by rhodylocal
3 weeks ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Houston, we have a problem
Replies: 126
Views: 3419

Re: Houston, we have a problem

I'm not saying things are great but we need to have some patience with Miller. The dude recruited an entire team last year with no clue how they would fit together. We have decent players on the roster, decent players coming in and a team that will have a year playing together under their belts. Yea...
by rhodylocal
1 month ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Where Are They Now? Former Player Results and News
Replies: 4017
Views: 442457

Re: Where Are They Now? Former Player Results and News

I would think that he did for sure , DH has nothing but love for Rhody and who knows maybe he coaches again here in his late 60s early 70s to finish it all up I was never more fired up when Hurley was hired since Harrick. Although I was pretty fired up when we hired Miller. He needs to get his ass ...
by rhodylocal
2 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Rhody Radio Feedback
Replies: 8
Views: 685

Re: Rhody Radio Feedback

Great points on the radio broadcast... Still night and day better than what's on ESPN. Would it kill the students running the ESPN broadcast to use the stat sheet they have in front of them? It is hilarious when the only stat they give when calling the game is literally reading what's featured on th...
by rhodylocal
2 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: the ARCH-itect !
Replies: 133
Views: 7884

Re: the ARCH-itect !

Donate to Rhode of Excellence now Definitely. Unfortunately, I don't own any oil wells. :) If everyone on here gave $10 a month it’s $120k a year for a player like Cam. Got a link below and everything Been in for 20 a month since this summer when I followed your link I didn’t even know it was a thi...
by rhodylocal
2 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 1/20 | Dayton | 12:30PM (USA)
Replies: 356
Views: 12728

Re: 1/20 | Dayton | 12:30PM (USA)

Just gonna take time. Archie has been saying all along this team is fragile.
by rhodylocal
2 months ago
Forum: Lady Rams Hoops
Topic: 12/30 | at Saint Louis | 8 pm (ESPN+)
Replies: 52
Views: 1335

Re: 12/30 | at Saint Louis | 8 pm (ESPN+)

Gotta say, the SLU announcer is good. He knows much more about our team than our own ESPN+ "announcers" do. I know they are students doing their best but its painful.
by rhodylocal
2 months ago
Forum: Lady Rams Hoops
Topic: 12/30 | at Saint Louis | 8 pm (ESPN+)
Replies: 52
Views: 1335

Re: 12/30 | at Saint Louis | 8 pm (ESPN+)

Yes hope MT is back soon. She was limping around pretty bad on the bench in time outs. She’s a special player.
by rhodylocal
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2012's Rebuild vs. Today
Replies: 935
Views: 167228

Re: 2012's Rebuild vs. Today

On this topic and also in comparing Archie to Dan, I thought this interview could apply in some ways. I thought Tammi Reiss' post game interview yesterday was telling about not meeting expectations. She shed some light on the coaches side of suffering losses and teams questioning /not able to find t...
by rhodylocal
4 months ago
Forum: Lady Rams Hoops
Topic: 11/19 | at NC State | 2:00 PM (ESPN+)
Replies: 20
Views: 1812

Re: 11/19 | at NC State | 2:00 PM (ESPN+)

forget about the refs and great effort. You need to win games. You want to be in the NCAA tournament you need to win. Plain and simple!!!!! Agreed. That would have been a statement win, and we need a bunch of them this year to get to the tournament. For starters we can't afford any more losses to H...
by rhodylocal
4 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
Replies: 2339
Views: 137811

Re: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB

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by rhodylocal
5 months ago
Forum: Rhody Gridiron
Topic: Game 9 Football vs New Hampshire 1pm Sat Oct 28 FloSports
Replies: 62
Views: 3404

Re: Game 9 Football vs New Hampshire 1pm Sat Oct 28 FloSports

INEXPENSIVE FLOSPORTS LINK ALERT: (We should add these to new game thread posts) Shout out to EZBuckets for this post awhile ago. That link still works and you can watch Rhody Football for $15 per month. I just did this and I'm watching the game. EZBuckets wrote: ↑11 months ago Hey all, for anyone w...
by rhodylocal
5 months ago
Forum: All Other College Sports
Topic: Grasso - Bryant
Replies: 122
Views: 11361

Re: Grasso - Bryant

It really seems like he had a psychotic break.
by rhodylocal
6 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Is Team Foul Shooting Contagious?
Replies: 3
Views: 539

Re: Is Team Foul Shooting Contagious?

Here's a odd take. I'd love to see a team suffering from poor foul shooting bring in someone to teach the team underhand as an experiment. Make it a requirement for the whole team to shoot underhand if it improves their percentage and practice it everyday. If your whole team is doing it, you won't g...
by rhodylocal
7 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Morey Hershgordon Leaving WPRI 12 - Latest in Series of TV Departures
Replies: 33
Views: 3132

Re: Morey Hershgordon Leaving WPRI 12 - Latest in Series of TV Departures

Early on in his coverage of Rhody he was critical of URI essentially saying he doubted we would ever get a player of Fatts caliber again which rubbed me the wrong way. He did have some good takes over the years, especially calling out Cox publicly for sitting Walker in the Umass game.
by rhodylocal
7 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Rhody Vault
Replies: 380
Views: 28768

Re: Rhody Vault

Fact is that Vault over exaggerated Archie's situation going into 23-24. I 100% agree with this statement. The rebuild seems to be off to a okay start this year but we won't know until we see the guys on the court for an extended time. I just hope Vault cuts the "you heard it here first" ...
by rhodylocal
8 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Phantom #Gorhody TBT team
Replies: 218
Views: 18225

Re: Phantom #Gorhody TBT team

Blue Man wrote: 8 months ago We should be playing Boeheim's Army tonight after a huge upset of Blue Collar U.

I'm still mad.

Right there with you! I watched the start of that Virginia Dream massacre last night and was thinking what could have been.
by rhodylocal
8 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Phantom #Gorhody TBT team
Replies: 218
Views: 18225

Re: Phantom #Gorhody TBT team

I'd like to know what really happened. Was it players who committed but then ended up not being able to make it? Or was it really the entry fee not being paid. Someone mentioned the fee not being paid but I didn't see that announced anywhere.
by rhodylocal
8 months ago
Forum: Down the Line
Topic: New RI License Plates
Replies: 44
Views: 11307

Re: New RI License Plates

Personally, I don’t much care that PC has a license plate and we don’t. I’ve never seen one on the road, and if I did I would probably get the same feeling if I saw someone with spinner rims on their car.
by rhodylocal
8 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Phantom #Gorhody TBT team
Replies: 218
Views: 18225

Re: Phantom #Gorhody TBT team

https://t.co/CjntLe0Zqt the go fund me raising money for the TBT.

I just gave $50. I give to the Rhode to Excellence too. I feel like we these alumni at least a night at a hotel for all they did for the program. Lot of great memories!
by rhodylocal
8 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Phantom #Gorhody TBT team
Replies: 218
Views: 18225

Re: Phantom #Gorhody TBT team

Just got an invite today to create a bracket for the TBT tournament. Glad to see Rhody Way listed as taking on UMass Commonwealth in the first round.

Rhody with a team in the TBT. Can't believe it is really happening!
by rhodylocal
10 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Phantom #Gorhody TBT team
Replies: 218
Views: 18225

Re: Phantom #Gorhody TBT team

Need Hassan in there and I'd feel like they could have a decent shot at winning it.
by rhodylocal
10 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Phantom #Gorhody TBT team
Replies: 218
Views: 18225

Re: Phantom #Gorhody TBT team

On the podcast, Jerrell Coleman mentioned needing funding and getting fan support. It made me think they were going to start a gofundme to raise money for expenses. I imagine they must have to pay for their own uniforms and travel. Didn't see anything more. Anyone have any info?
by rhodylocal
11 months ago
Forum: Down the Line
Topic: New RI License Plates
Replies: 44
Views: 11307

Re: New RI License Plates

Haven't heard of anything URI relate but I'm thinking they will be put up here when available:

https://dmv.ri.gov/registrations-plates ... ity-plates
by rhodylocal
11 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Do you want Jalen Carey to Return for the 2023-2024 Season - his 5th year of Eligibility?
Replies: 91
Views: 4560

Re: Do you want Jalen Carey to Return for the 2023-2024 Season - his 5th year of Eligibility?

Here is an interesting question for you all: What if we had a crystal ball and could tell now that next year we will be a middle of the pack A10 team with or without Carey. Yet with Carey on the team, we would win say 2 more games than without? Would you want him on the team in that case or are you ...
by rhodylocal
11 months ago
Forum: Recruitment Corner
Topic: '19 G Charles Pride (Bryant ---> Bonnies)
Replies: 258
Views: 17076

Re: '19 G Charles Pride (Bryant ---> ???) (URI visit planned)

I don't understand why he's not a priority. Let's just leave it like that. Why do we feel like we are a great option for him? Grasso said he wants to go somewhere he can win this year or somewhere that can get him to the next level. Sure, he may have a girlfriend at Bryant and Antwan Walker probabl...
by rhodylocal
11 months ago
Forum: Recruitment Corner
Topic: '19 G Charles Pride (Bryant ---> Bonnies)
Replies: 258
Views: 17076

Re: '19 G Charles Pride (Bryant ---> ???) (URI visit planned)

I don't understand why he's not a priority. Let's just leave it like that. Why do we feel like we are a great option for him? Grasso said he wants to go somewhere he can win this year or somewhere that can get him to the next level. Sure, he may have a girlfriend at Bryant and Antwan Walker probabl...
by rhodylocal
11 months ago
Forum: Recruitment Corner
Topic: '19 G Charles Pride (Bryant ---> Bonnies)
Replies: 258
Views: 17076

Re: '19 G Charles Pride (Bryant ---> ???) (URI visit planned)

I feel like Pride is a long shot. I hope I'm wrong.
by rhodylocal
11 months ago
Forum: All Other College Sports
Topic: All things Dan Hurley/UCONN THREAD
Replies: 1345
Views: 132995

Re: All things Dan Hurley/UCONN THREAD


From a year ago.
by rhodylocal
11 months ago
Forum: All Other College Sports
Topic: All things Dan Hurley/UCONN THREAD
Replies: 1345
Views: 132995

Re: All things Dan Hurley/UCONN THREAD

Somewhat interesting Dan Hurley experience. I was at a Bank Newport reception where he spoke, I think it was the summer going into his second year at URI, when he was hyping Gilvydas Biruta and his other recruits that were becoming eligible that year. He talked about how his goal was to turn URI int...
by rhodylocal
1 year ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: URI 2023 Transfers - Who Will Stay and Who Will Go?
Replies: 1736
Views: 85537

Re: URI 2023 Transfers - Who Will Stay and Who Will Go?

100% hope Jalen comes back to take advantage of his extra year. We all have heard Archie say it, it takes time to learn a new system so he will be better next year and can help teach the system to the incoming players. We need some upperclassman to set an example and him coming back would be a bless...
by rhodylocal
1 year ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: URI 2023 Transfers - Who Will Stay and Who Will Go?
Replies: 1736
Views: 85537

Re: Who will Stay and Who will Go?

My predictions of who will leave 1. Samb 2. Alex 3. Ish Hope i'm wrong. Ish and Samb have transferred. Assuming the intel, I received that Alex is going to be gone may be true.. But keep in mind I was told that if we do not land talent Alex would be welcome back if he decided to stay. I'd like to s...
by rhodylocal
1 year ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: TJ Buchanan Podcast
Replies: 19
Views: 1314

Re: TJ Buchanan Podcast

Those last questions are particularly excellent. His story about Baron leaving is the biggest part of the show. He will reveal something he had not mentioned before. You will be shocked. Scott, did you already do the interview? Or are you still looking for questions? We miss seeing TJ both on the c...
by rhodylocal
1 year ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: URI 2023 Transfers - Who Will Stay and Who Will Go?
Replies: 1736
Views: 85537

Re: Who will Stay and Who will Go?

The 5 spot is overvalued on this board. How many offensively dominant true 5 men have we had? Ever? Not many. We need rebounding, defense and dunking from the 5. A Bonzie Colson type is just fine for an A10 team. Bilau had the ability to be that type but not sure what he will be post injury. No opi...
by rhodylocal
1 year ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: URI 2023 Transfers - Who Will Stay and Who Will Go?
Replies: 1736
Views: 85537

Re: Who will Stay and Who will Go?

Size and toughness are not the same. ARD was tough but undersized…I’d take him, Hassan and Cyril any day over an athletic 6-11 softie. Not only is this Alex's first year playing college ball its also his first year being relied on to play the 5. Pretty sure he was a 4 his whole life before Rhody.
by rhodylocal
1 year ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Ticket Exchange 2022-23
Replies: 102
Views: 8106

Re: Ticket Exchange 2022-23

I have an extra ticket to todays game. Any one wants it send me a PM with your email address.
by rhodylocal
1 year ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Where Are They Now? Former Player Results and News
Replies: 4017
Views: 442457

Re: Where Are They Now? Former Player Results and News

"Profanity is the attempt of a lazy and feeble mind to express itself forcefully." “You’re stupid. No one likes you. Go fuck yourself.” This is how I envision BM and R72 interacting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfog8WjfKyo Maybe we can get SBrand to interview them together on his youtu...
by rhodylocal
1 year ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Rhody Vault
Replies: 380
Views: 28768

Re: Rhody Vault

I'm rephrasing my post because I'm not trying to be critical of posters here. I should have said I for one enjoy seeing RV's Rhody content and don't mind seeing coverage of Bryant (even though I can't really stand Grasso). The guy does almost a weekly check in with Rhody Rampage and Abu B to talk Rh...
by rhodylocal
1 year ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Zoom hour with Archie Miller and Ed Cooley
Replies: 61
Views: 3565

Re: Zoom hour with Archie Miller and Ed Cooley

I figured it out. I signed up late and didn't get the link so I had to call the number on the receipt email. If it happens to anyone else thats probably what you have to do.
by rhodylocal
1 year ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Where Are They Now? Former Player Results and News
Replies: 4017
Views: 442457

Re: Where Are They Now? Former Player Results and News

Was listening to this interview with Dan Hurley and noticed Jon asked him about his Rhode Island tournament teams. Skip to 20:20 for that little soundbite. Those were great days! <iframe style="border: solid 1px #e4edf2;"src="https://www.stitcher.com/embed/76879/208788352" width=...
by rhodylocal
1 year ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Where Are They Now? Former Player Results and News
Replies: 4017
Views: 442457

Re: Where Are They Now? Former Player Results and News

Hurley loves to mention how many of his assistants end up as head coaches. He does have a decent track record and I'm sure it helps him recruit top assistants. He seemed to genuinely believe in Cox's head coach abilities I think more so than Cox believed in himself.
by rhodylocal
1 year ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Coach’s Shows 2022-23
Replies: 163
Views: 9749

Re: Coach’s Shows 2022-23

Does anyone know if this Varsity App will archive the shows so they can be listened to later? I don't mind listening to the show on an app on my phone but I will miss I Heart Radio/Tune in if they don't allow us to access an archive. Anyone on twitter want to tweet at Stone or Thor?