KeaneyBlue - The URI Basketball Forum

RhodyKyle

Not sure if should post this here or the NIL thread as they seem to be the same conversation topic...but this should get blueram going... https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/39967961/virginia-law-allows-schools-pay-athletes-nil So, there are 3 schools in our league with an advantage over...

RhodyKyle

I can't wait to see what this does to student fees...will the schools tack on a special NIL fee line item?

RhodyKyle

RIFan wrote: ↑2 hours ago Now this

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/sto ... hletes-nil

Ha! I just posted this in the Excellence thread at the exact same time!

RhodyKyle

Not sure if should post this here or the NIL thread as they seem to be the same conversation topic...but this should get blueram going...

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/sto ... hletes-nil

RhodyKyle

I really don't understand this. We have a kid sign with us and get excited about it. Then Hammond backs out and Farrell contacts him for moving to a better ranked team. They are both from the DC/Balt area , have played against each other most likely for years and are considered top players. They ar...

RhodyKyle

https://x.com/247hshoops/status/1780401360338354490?s=46&t=RiOaTCLvtjhXX7DAYI1lEg Reason 4849488327 I’ll never get excited for recruits this day and age. Agree. And I have to ask, why does this situation, which will happen again and again ad nauseum with zero oversite as of now, make you feel l...

RhodyKyle

I would assume this guy is on here, his tweets are not very bright/don’t make much sense most of the time under Rhody accounts, but this one is pretty pathetic. https://x.com/michaelglennan7/status/1780403986773782599?s=46&t=RiOaTCLvtjhXX7DAYI1lEg This is the guy who had a pic of him and Fatts ...

RhodyKyle

This is a depressing thread. God this fanbase just doesn’t get it. If everyone on this board gave $10 like you said, I bet Hammond becomes affordable. I hold anyone who can donate but chooses not to accountable. He was affordable. We got him. Kenny left. The money wasn’t everything when that happen...

RhodyKyle

Blue Man wrote: ↑2 days ago This is a depressing thread.

God this fanbase just doesn’t get it.

If everyone on this board gave $10 like you said, I bet Hammond becomes affordable. I hold anyone who can donate but chooses not to accountable.

RhodyKyle

Again.....how much the school/program makes or brings in or whatever doesn't matter. They cannot contribute to the collective and cannot directly pay the players. It. Is. A. Stupid. Point. To. Make.

RhodyKyle

Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑1 week ago Need. Rules. Now.

My representative (my wife) is calling other companies asking for $1.5 million salary for me.

RhodyKyle

reef wrote: ↑1 week ago Drew turns down Kentucky to stay at Baylor

Wonder who Kentucky turns their focus to ?

Time to bring him home!

RhodyKyle

If realignment takes UConn to the Big 12 or ACC then that will be another hard body blow to the NBE. Any hard blow to the BE will have a downstream affect of a hard blow to the A10 - it has happened nearly every single time. That may not so much be the case. The A-10 was already no longer getting m...

RhodyKyle

UConn's win over Purdue averages just under 4 million fewer viewers than South Carolina's victory over Iowa Viewership for Monday night's game was up slightly from UConn's victory a year ago https://www.yahoo.com/sports/uconns-win-over-purdue-averages-just-under-4-million-fewer-viewers-than-south-c...

RhodyKyle

I think the tiers are dependent on the consistency of the cash flow from each fan base. I’m hoping the P5 tier gap isn’t enlarged over the years. The Cal offer from Arkansas was for $15m per year for his salary and NIL and his salary is $8m of that, math says Arkansas has a NIL pool of at least $7m...

RhodyKyle

I think the tiers are dependent on the consistency of the cash flow from each fan base. I’m hoping the P5 tier gap isn’t enlarged over the years. The Cal offer from Arkansas was for $15m per year for his salary and NIL and his salary is $8m of that, math says Arkansas has a NIL pool of at least $7m...

RhodyKyle

hrstrat57 wrote: ↑1 week ago
steveystuds06 wrote: ↑1 week ago
RhodyKyle wrote: ↑1 week ago

Doesn't matter how much sense you make here. Someone already claimed that losing KJ is top 3 worst personnel losses all time here at URI....HC included
Wait someone actually said that?
Yep gonna needs linky on that one….

Here you go...

RhodyKyle

I don’t think they’re talking about KJ. Otherwise why would they wait to announce it? It’s probably a coach of a FF team. That said, again, Hammond and his coaches have talked about Archie Miller as a main reason for coming to URI. Also, with how overbearing and involved Georgetown boosters are - d...

RhodyKyle

My favorite seat on the carousel right now is Arkansas. It was reported last night that Chris Beard was all but a lock...now it's Jerome Tang from KState as the front-runner. Everyone running to be first on Twitter leading to so many people reporting rumors as fact.

RhodyKyle

A good thing about the portal is if you don’t get your guy now, there’s a good chance you will get another crack at landing him later. In the words of Gordon Gekko, recruiting never sleeps. Or, did he say it was money ? :D Greed is good. That phrase is etched above the entrance to the NCAA offices.

RhodyKyle

All of them? And if yes, how much? Maybe not all, but a hell of a lot of them were. Hard to say exactly how much because it was all so hidden. The players parents suddenly get a new job that they never have to actually show up for working for that one booster, new cars show up in the driveway, new ...

RhodyKyle

Some anonymous donor kicked in 15,000 so big ups to whoever that is. Another with a 1,200 donation so there are some generous fans out there who want to help the program succeed.

RhodyKyle

This is just so out of hand. What does this have to do with Name, Image and Likeness? https://x.com/highmajorscoop/status/1775311094728577197?s=20 Oh wait... but... but... schools cannot take part in the Collective or pay the players. Oh but of course they can negotiate to get the players and yeah ...

RhodyKyle

Let's see if some old fashioned peer pressure can work. In addition to donating to athletics and monthly subscription to the collective, I decided to help with this fundraising challenge. Hoping maybe some more here will be inspired to get us to the $50k match level. That's $100k and enough to get a...

RhodyKyle

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...

RhodyKyle

So I'll just ask Stone here. If top players are going for about $250K a year, and we get a starting five that the NIL is paying $1.25M a year for players, how does this work? So fans contribute money to the NIL, to pay for top players to come here and win games, pack the Ryan Center and go to the N...

RhodyKyle

I have a sneaking suspicion that our bigger boosters realize just how important this offseason is to the future of this coach and program, and are or will step up to ensure Archie can bring in the talent he needs to get good again. Consider the alternative. It's not pretty. So we are paying over $2...

RhodyKyle

Are we ODing on copium here or is there really a chance KJ actually stays?

RhodyKyle

It's going to be a real uphill battle. I don't think there are nearly as many "fans" out there that are enough of a URI basketball fan to donate as some think there are. Apart from people on this message board (and many of the "senior" season ticket holders who probably have no ...

RhodyKyle

nice try... but... try again... https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2024/03/24/tim-mcgraw-reps-caitlin-clark-jersey-on-stage-in-iowa/ I think Sandor knows it was a cheeky photoshop edit by Rhody Barstool. That being said, what is Tim McGraw's workout routine? Dude is 56 and looks yoked, like he's preparing...

RhodyKyle

You’re assuming they will do something smart with the money…you know what they say about assumptions. I foresee lots of expensive cars and other bad ideas that will leave them with nothing 3-5 years after their so called careers are over. (I guess that’s me making assumptions! Oh well…it’s a messag...

RhodyKyle

Yeah just saw that Pitino JR could be going from New Mexico to Louisville makes sense Makes sense for Baby Pitino. Louisville cannot miss on this hire after Chris Mack and then the Kenny Payne disaster - they swung for the fences with Dusty May and he chose UM and now they're doing their best not t...

RhodyKyle

I doubt this will happen, but imagine? https://x.com/RobDauster/status/1772634277118669119?s=20 I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure this is a bit. Goodman for years brought up Cooley for a ton of big jobs, including lobbying for him to replace Ewing for years. The Field of 68 guys ran with it and...

RhodyKyle

DH is making 5.25 M per year though 28-29 , big time value contract hope he gets a raise On the pace he's at, he's going to make way wayyyyy more than that right now. "Winning the Big East and the conference tournament are each worth $100,000. An appearance in the first and second rounds are e...

RhodyKyle

I do not get all the excitement for the Big East only getting 3 teams in. This is not good in my opinion for the A10 or any conference that does not sponsor football. To be consistent, I think it is ridiculous to come up with a NET that means nothing. I said this last year when VCU had no shot at a...

RhodyKyle

Really? People are not allowed to complain that 763,802 kids are in the transfer portal with the intent to become immediately eligible? That's all good for them and good for the game? Yippee, I'm so happy for the 763,802 kids. That's great that they're listening to Uncle Willie telling them "y...

RhodyKyle

Exactly! I've been waiting for the posts calling coaches selfish mercenaries who have no loyalty and are only after money. Weird how it's suddenly quiet on that front and all the concern about "culture" and "family" has disappeared! You never hear posters lamenting their lost lo...

RhodyKyle

You never hear posters lamenting their lost love of college basketball with all of the coach movement. So weird There are dozens of coaching changes each year vs thousands of kids abandoning schools. And tell the the last time you saw the same coach be a HC at three schools in 4 years? I agree with...

RhodyKyle

You never hear posters lamenting their lost love of college basketball with all of the coach movement. So weird There are dozens of coaching changes each year vs thousands of kids abandoning schools. And tell the the last time you saw the same coach be a HC at three schools in 4 years? Being a coll...

RhodyKyle

Looks like Danny Sprinkle off to Washington after only a year at Utah St. No one should complain about kids moving freely between schools. Really? People are not allowed to complain that 763,802 kids are in the transfer portal with the intent to become immediately eligible? That's all good for them...

RhodyKyle

Looks like Danny Sprinkle off to Washington after only a year at Utah St. No one should complain about kids moving freely between schools.

RhodyKyle

Anyone remember what other coaching names were said to be our finalists when we hired Cox? Would be interesting to see where they landed and what their records have been like since we passed on them for Cox. Link to 2018 search thread: https://keaneyblue.com/viewtopic.php?t=7515 And your finalist a...

RhodyKyle

It's impossible for Rhody to make the NCAAs without wining the A10 tourney? FIVE Mountain West just made the NCAA tourney without winning the MW title. Granted (and I vehemently disagree with the committee here), New Mexico had to win the autobid to dance. If SDSU had won, there would be 5 teams in...

RhodyKyle

stay hungover.. thats a good idea also - altho wouldn't raise $ and tv$ for ncaa the ultimate goal would be to get more mid-major teams in .. like Rhody granted this would also allow for much more P5 teams get in.. but.. it also can help the a10 i think its nearly impossible with this landscape to ...

RhodyKyle

We all have to support the team like an organization now. That is the direction college basketball is heading. We cannot fall behind the curve! Trust An organization sounds like the Boston Celtics. As a fan, how do you support the Celtics other than going to games????? Well, you send Wyc money, so ...

RhodyKyle

Yup, checked it when they played Northwestern. After that weekend, couldn’t bet them anymore. The app is a disaster so I’m not surprised they’re so inconsistent. The state needs to let DraftKings operate here. I wonder what rules changed to allow RI colleges to be bet on in RI...I thought they were...

RhodyKyle

You could take them on the app during the Mohegan tourney, but then not during regular season. Maybe they only allow betting for neutral site tournaments? The RI Sportsbook app? Odd. Even in past tourneys I haven't seen URI on the app. Did something change this year? Yup, checked it when they playe...

RhodyKyle

Well Spooky, this may be your last write-up this season, at least according to your prediction. Last I heard Sincere Parker, SLU's top player, is questionable for tomorrow. They surprisingly beat the Bonnies their last game and in Olean without Parker. For me this game is 50/50 for us depending on ...

RhodyKyle

Probably wouldn’t have gotten in if they lost in the A10 finals anyways, but Richmond now with zero shot at an at large with their loss @ GM. It’s a conspiracy. They should be allowed to lose to shitty teams and make the tournament. They should just be let in because the “cartel” is evil. Lost game...

RhodyKyle

I am out on this guy I’ll tell you that right now. Negative body language all the time. Surprised to hear that. I wouldn't go much by the interpretation of his body language. He seems like an intense player who wants to win badly. He is also one of the more vocal leaders on the team. I would like h...

Search found 1485 matches

Login • Register