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by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Where Are They Now? Former Player Results and News
Replies: 4017
Views: 442697

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

Remember when people compared Bradford to Chet Holgrem? Good times. I found him kind of intriguing as a "big guy who can shoot!" type, but yeah, he clearly would have been overmatched at the A-10 level. Also, either the scouting of HS prospects or the recruiting of them, or both, was just...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Where Are They Now? Former Player Results and News
Replies: 4017
Views: 442697

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

adam914 wrote: 3 months ago Incredible recap once again!! Thanks!
It's amazing what you can accomplish in the slow work period leading up to the holidays!
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Where Are They Now? Former Player Results and News
Replies: 4017
Views: 442697

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

The Extensive Where Are They Now? - Volume 2! "Why didn't he do that here?!?" - URI Transfers Edition - Ileri Ayo-Faleye is logging about 20 MPG for Vermont (8-3), up from 12.3 the previous year. He has started all 10 of Vermont's games, but he's 7th in MPG, 3rd among their forwards. He's...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 12/16 | Delaware | 4:30PM (FloHoops) | Holiday Hoopfest
Replies: 507
Views: 38332

Re: 12/16 | Delaware | 4:30PM (FloHoops) | Holiday Hoopfest

It’s a hoot that it’s tossed around regularly here that S Thomas is a better player than Wright. Wright is a baller. Keep your eyes on this kid. To be fair to both, Thomas has been playing way, way better for Albany than he ever did here. I'm not sure if it's simply a matter of "needing" ...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
Replies: 2339
Views: 137834

Re: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB

If I looked correctly, there are 14 D1 games on tonight and 7 of them are against non D1 teams. It's kind of wild to me how widespread these games have become. There is pretty much zero upside to them. In most cases, you'd be better served by just organizing a really intense scrimmage with your ros...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2023-24 Rotation
Replies: 1054
Views: 189807

Re: 2023-24 Rotation

Whatever happened to APR? Does that even exist anymore? Haven't seen/heard on any updates on that, seems like forever. It's publicly available information . We haven't had an issue with it in a while now. If you're at 930 or lower, you can be banned from postseason participation. We were at 926 in ...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: Recruitment Corner
Topic: 20’ FL F David Green (LA Tech —> Rhode Island)
Replies: 304
Views: 67751

Re: 20’ FL F David Green (LA Tech —> Rhode Island)

It’s not the Supreme Court but just a federal district court. Plus it’s an injunction that expires in 14 days. Also RI didn’t join the suit so it’s not clear if it affects URI. If I were Archie I wouldn’t play Green until after the 27th at the earliest. Rhode Island didn't have to join the suit to ...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2023-24 Rotation
Replies: 1054
Views: 189807

Re: 2023-24 Rotation

Bring back illegal backdoor deals, one year sit out transfers, no waivers, no 24/25/26 year old players. This is a goddamn mess and exhausting. I agree that this waiver deal is a mess and stupid. I kind of want a halfway solution - I think players shouldn't have to sit for a first time transfer (be...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: NET Rankings
Replies: 138
Views: 22284

Re: NET Rankings

AAC vs. A-10 seems pretty even to me - I'm not really sure why Wichita State would want to make that jump. The AAC has lost Houston, Cincy, UConn and SMU in recent years, but they still have Memphis, Temple and suddenly good Florida Atlantic. I'd also add that the overall NET rankings don't necessar...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2012's Rebuild vs. Today
Replies: 935
Views: 167244

Re: 2012's Rebuild vs. Today

You never really know what you get when you take 5 guys from the portal or whatever it was then try to get them to play as a team , maybe the players are worse than we or the coaches thought they would be ? Anyway things aren’t looking too good and it’s early in his tenure let’s see how this team i...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2012's Rebuild vs. Today
Replies: 935
Views: 167244

Re: 2012's Rebuild vs. Today

If there's one thing you can say about Hurley, it's that no matter the level of talent, the game, the moon, the tides, the alignment of the planets...his teams always played hard. I can't say that about Archie. Last year's team you at least saw cohesive offense, and I figured you'd see growth in ot...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
Replies: 2339
Views: 137834

Re: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB

St Joe's with a big win over Princeton That loss to D1 transitioning Texas A M Commerce is gonna come back to haunt them come bubble time. Their opponent strength of schedule is currently 322 by KenPom, 302 by Sports Reference. Might get better if they can beat Princeton and Charleston, but right n...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
Replies: 411
Views: 175706

Re: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)

Rhodymob05 wrote: 3 months ago We aren’t good at threes and struggle in the paint. What else is there?
We're 100th in 3-point percentage. It doesn't really matter so much if Montgomery is just vanishing from games, though. (Five total attempts vs. Brown and Providence.)
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
Replies: 411
Views: 175706

Re: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)

There is kind of a hierarchy of shots, if you will. It goes something like: Layup / Dunk Open 3 by 35+ percent shooter, or attacking drive or post-up for 2 Open 2 by 40+ percent shooter Strongly contested 2 Strongly contested 3 Part of the reason the open 3 has become such an emphasis point isn't ju...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: A10 Outlook for 2023-24
Replies: 1257
Views: 103921

Re: A10 Outlook for 2023-24

https://x.com/jonrothstein/status/1733120439184920879?s=46&t=RiOaTCLvtjhXX7DAYI1lEg Another non “cartel” transfer waiver. So people really can’t say only the P6 schools are getting waivers. It’d be worthwhile if the NCAA explained why players don’t get waivers. People would still get pissed, bu...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
Replies: 411
Views: 175706

Re: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)

We're 322nd in steals per game, and teams are only averaging 8.8 turnovers per game against us. We're 294th in fouls per game, which seems good on the surface, but suggests we're being too passive on defense because we're not generating steals, blocks (227th), or especially low shooting percentages ...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: A10 Outlook for 2023-24
Replies: 1257
Views: 103921

Re: A10 Outlook for 2023-24

Kenpom currently has it at: 1 Dayton (56) 2 Duquesne (83) 3 Bonaventure (84) 4 St. Joe's (88) 5 Richmond (90) 6 George Mason (98) 7 VCU (105) 8 Davidson (120) 9 Loyola (121) 10 UMass (142) 11 George Washington (158) 12 URI (190) 13 Fordham (198) 14 St. Louis (206) 15 La Salle (217) Last year, the ra...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
Replies: 411
Views: 175706

Re: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)

Fuchs was a -7 with 11 points. I rest my case. If you score double digit points and your team is significantly worse with you on the floor you probably suck. Too much emphasis on the +/- Not when it lines up with what I saw with my own eyes. The lineup of Kortright/House/Montgomery/Weston/Bilau iro...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
Replies: 411
Views: 175706

Re: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)

The fixation on Fuchs is kind of bizarre to me. He had 11 points, eight rebounds and drew six fouls in 24 minutes. Unless he was the primary defender on Anya (5-for-7 from the field), he was fine. Brown won because their starting guards combined to play 77 minutes and shoot 6-for-14 from 3. They com...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Conference Realignment
Replies: 1562
Views: 128299

Re: Conference Realignment

If we had to pay both basketball teams scholarship players $30k a year that is completely doable. I think a D1 basketball league of teams willing to make that commitment would be good. Probably cut the D1 ranks down to under 300 teams. I really don’t care what level the rest of the sports teams pla...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
Replies: 411
Views: 175706

Re: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)

Brown is probably a bit better than their record indicates - they have four losses by 5 or less points, and only lost by 11 to USC. But they also lost to Maine by 11 and New Hampshire by 18. It's a team we should handle easily, but they'll probably want to make the game ugly. They've got a brutal of...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: Recruitment Corner
Topic: '24 VA PG Ben Hammond (URI signed LOI)
Replies: 336
Views: 54557

Re: '24 VA PG Ben Hammond (URI signed LOI)

Hamm is directing a pretty efficient and high scoring O, it appears. Nothing like a good floor general running the show. Thanks for the updates, 78. I wish I could find a box score and see how many assists he's getting in these 100+ point games. Eh, probably kind of irrelevant. Sounds like they're ...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Conference Realignment
Replies: 1562
Views: 128299

Re: Conference Realignment

Assuming they leave the A-10 at some point, I'm OK with playing UMass if it gets rid of some of the dreck, 300+ games we're seemingly playing every year now. Better to play them than like Wagner or Central Connecticut. But they're not good enough from a basketball or gate standpoint to warrant signi...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: All Other College Sports
Topic: Just FBS D1 football
Replies: 106
Views: 7910

Re: Just FBS D1 football

It is kind of amusing that they get the "perfect" field for an eight-team playoff the year before it is implemented. They had been flirting with this kind of nightmare scenario in the past, but it didn't hit them until now.
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: NET Rankings
Replies: 138
Views: 22284

Re: NET Rankings

Yup. I'm still not bullish on the A-10's ceiling but their floor is certainly WAY higher than last year. I think that's fair - the A10 has no "unbeatable" teams, but it doesn't look like we're going to have any abjectly embarrassing 250+ teams either. Not the best recipe for multiple NCAA...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: NET Rankings
Replies: 138
Views: 22284

Re: NET Rankings

Rhody's schedule to date is pretty much either feast or famine in SOS with no in between. URI has played THREE Quad 1 games, 1 Quad 3 game, and three Quad 4 games. Only about 30 other teams nationally have played that many or more Quad 1 games. No other A-10 team has played as many and several have...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: FT and 3P Percentages 2023-2024
Replies: 53
Views: 6608

Re: FT and 3P Percentages 2023-2024

Screen Shot 2023-12-03 at 6.33.56 PM.png Thanks for posting this, ATP. Now that we have a practice facility, our foul shooting percentage stinks. Go figure. Our 3 point percentage has been a bright spot so far this season - though, we don’t fire up a lot of 3’s per game - as has our overall field g...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
Replies: 2339
Views: 137834

Re: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB

Yale coughs up a 5-point lead to Vermont with about three seconds left and loses:

by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: Lady Rams Hoops
Topic: 12/3 | Princeton | 1:00 pm (ESPN+)
Replies: 22
Views: 2364

Re: 12/3 | Princeton | 1:00 pm (ESPN+)

Heck of a game right now! Tied 56-56 with 47 seconds.
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
Replies: 2339
Views: 137834

Re: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB

VCU lays another egg - against a team that lost to Fordham The horror…..the horror. I thought VCU would struggle a bit this season, even more so with Bairstow out and Bam denied. Still this is a bad loss for them. But Norfolk State isn't horrible, and neither is Fordham. They are picked 2nd in the ...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: THE EARLY LINE URI VS PC
Replies: 40
Views: 4252

Re: THE EARLY LINE URI VS PC

Early season KenPom incorporates the previous season until early to mid-January, IIRC, with the assumption usually being that decent teams tend to stay decent. (Games from this year replace games from last year, until there is no effect.) Fordham will likely tumble down the ratings by that point, s...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: THE EARLY LINE URI VS PC
Replies: 40
Views: 4252

Re: THE EARLY LINE URI VS PC

Sometimes it doesn’t make sense. Tell me how Fordham has a better KenPom rating. Early season KenPom incorporates the previous season until early to mid-January, IIRC, with the assumption usually being that decent teams tend to stay decent. (Games from this year replace games from last year, until ...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: Lady Rams Hoops
Topic: 11/30 | Quinnipiac | 6 p.m.
Replies: 15
Views: 2404

11/30 | Quinnipiac | 6 p.m.

We didn't create a thread before this game - apparently we were sleepwalking as much as URI tonight. Woof.
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 12/2 | Providence | 7:30PM (FS1)
Replies: 656
Views: 102888

Re: 12/2 | Providence | 7:30PM (FS1)

At least vs. Yale, Brown was the only big man that got more than 20 minutes (25). Fuchs started and had 13, Bilau 15, Foumena 6. That's roughly 59 minutes out of 80 minutes available for the 4 and 5 - Weston played 24 minutes, so plenty of his time came at the 4. It wouldn't surprise me if Miller tr...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Just for RF1, imagine all three Southern New England Flagships to the MAC.
Replies: 5
Views: 1358

Re: Just for RF1, imagine all three Southern New England Flagships to the MAC.

You can imagine many things, like winning the lottery or a date with Sydney Sweeney. I think that's equally as likely as this bizarro Frankenstein conference you're suggesting. I think there is a much greater chance that UMass gives up on their pursuit of burning barrels of money each year in footba...
by SGreenwell
3 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
Replies: 2339
Views: 137834

Re: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB

This seems like a make-or-break year for Lange, and the league is better if St. Joe's is better, so hopefully they have figured some things out. Xzayvier Brown has been dynamite from day one, and their guard depth is pretty impressive.
by SGreenwell
4 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
Replies: 2339
Views: 137834

Re: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB

As a conference, the A-10 is scheduling more like we're the Big East or ACC or Big Whatever. Meaning, a ton of Q3 and Q4 games OOC. Losing one or two of those games doesn't kill you, but it means you have nothing impressive on your resume when it comes tournament time. It means you land in that no-m...
by SGreenwell
4 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
Replies: 2339
Views: 137834

Re: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB

Not a fan. I've never been a fan. Ever. This system was brought up last March on Friday (the off day media day) prior to the Semi-Finals by Travis Ford when it was his turn to speak. He talked about it hurts the Mid-Majors. Since inception the NET has underrated the Top A10 Teams as compared to the...
by SGreenwell
4 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 12/2 | Providence | 7:30PM (FS1)
Replies: 656
Views: 102888

Re: 12/2 | Providence | 7:30PM (FS1)

OK, so they "need" to keep improving. 1) You can improve and still lose this game or other games. and 2) Improvement is not linear over the course of season. (Let me know if you need me to explain what I mean by that.) Keeping players from transferring? I don't think any coach has a magic...
by SGreenwell
4 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: PC Tix
Replies: 56
Views: 9337

Re: PC Tix

Seatgeek has a bunch available in the $50 to $65 range.

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by SGreenwell
4 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
Replies: 2339
Views: 137834

Re: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB

The Pomeroy ratings as of this morning (11-28-2023) for the A-10 69 Dayton 79 Richmond 81 Duquesne 83 VCU 103 GMU 104 SBU 116 St Joe's 125 Loyola 139 GW 140 Davidson 142 UMass 167 St Louis 169 Fordham 174 URI 205 LaSalle My general observation without a big dive into the individual game details is ...
by SGreenwell
4 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: FT and 3P Percentages 2023-2024
Replies: 53
Views: 6608

Re: FT and 3P Percentages 2023-2024

Per Sports Reference, we're 343rd right now. I'm not sure how many teams they rank, but its near the bottom. There are about 360 D-I hoops programs.
by SGreenwell
4 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: Garrett Johnson Interview
Replies: 15
Views: 1847

Re: Garrett Johnson Interview

I think the A-10 is improved this year, but most of the teams have a pretty awful loss on their resume already, or like us, they might have one decent win. I'd be surprised is anyone is as bad as we or Loyola were last year, but we don't have any clear at-large teams either. Short of Dayton in the b...
by SGreenwell
4 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 12/2 | Providence | 7:30PM (FS1)
Replies: 656
Views: 102888

Re: 12/2 | Providence | 7:30PM (FS1)

Is it better or any benefit for this particular Rhody team to have no game in between for us before the big game (5 days off between games) ? Would any have preferred a tune up game in between ? I am not sure one way or the other. Although, I think it is good for us that we are coming off a good, c...
by SGreenwell
4 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2023-24 Rotation
Replies: 1054
Views: 189807

Re: 2023-24 Rotation

If Montgomery keeps playing at this level he’s an all conference level player. Too soon to tell on Estevez. Yup, the difference with Zek/House is Zek has consistently produced against all levels of competition. Jaden has struggled mightily against bigger and better teams. He's definitely struggled ...
by SGreenwell
4 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2023-24 Rotation
Replies: 1054
Views: 189807

Re: 2023-24 Rotation

Now that we're roughly a quarter through the season, and faced off against a couple decent teams - Weston has been a good surprise! I was pretty pessimistic on him coming into the year, but he's been stroking it on offense. It isn't sustainable to shoot, hm, 72.7 percent from 3 for the year, but eve...
by SGreenwell
4 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2023-24 Rotation
Replies: 1054
Views: 189807

Re: 2023-24 Rotation

So, we haven't had a close game yet. Here's my question. 10 seconds left in the game, we're down one and we have the ball. What play does Archie go to for the last shot and who takes it? We've seen 6 games so far, so we're starting to get an idea of what each player does well and what they don't do...
by SGreenwell
4 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 2023-24 Rotation
Replies: 1054
Views: 189807

Re: 2023-24 Rotation

I hope Foumena still gets minutes, but he may be the odd man out, which will suck. Archie seems to have Brown and Fuchs ahead of him. Bilau is probably the best out of the bunch right now, so I don't see how he doesn't start or is the first big off the bench. If Fuchs continues to not give a shit a...
by SGreenwell
4 months ago
Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
Topic: 11/19 | Washington St | 3:30PM (ESPNU) | Hall of Fame Tip-Off
Replies: 328
Views: 50606

Re: 11/19 | Washington St | 3:30PM (ESPNU) | Hall of Fame Tip-Off

Last year, our best wins by Kenpom rating were Dayton (79), UMass-Lowell (134) and Fordham (137). Everyone else was 200+. Yale is currently at 78, although the season is only roughly five to six games deep for most teams. They'll likely slide as the season goes on, but last year the top three Ivy te...
by SGreenwell
4 months ago
Forum: Lady Rams Hoops
Topic: 2023-24 WBB games of interest
Replies: 48
Views: 5039

Re: 2023-24 WBB games of interest

RhowdyRam02 wrote: 4 months ago Fordham won vs Georgian Court 85-44
Dayton won vs SIU Edwardsville 75-74
Saint Louis lost vs Wake Forest 94-66
Georgian Court sounds like a fast travel location in Skyrim or The Witcher.