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- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 2012's Rebuild vs. Today
- Replies: 935
- Views: 167989
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
- Replies: 2339
- Views: 139331
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
- Replies: 411
- Views: 175780
Re: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
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.)Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑4 months ago We aren’t good at threes and struggle in the paint. What else is there?
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
- Replies: 411
- Views: 175780
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: A10 Outlook for 2023-24
- Replies: 1257
- Views: 105181
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
- Replies: 411
- Views: 175780
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 ...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: A10 Outlook for 2023-24
- Replies: 1257
- Views: 105181
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
- Replies: 411
- Views: 175780
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
- Replies: 411
- Views: 175780
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Conference Realignment
- Replies: 1588
- Views: 131074
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
- Replies: 411
- Views: 175780
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: Recruitment Corner
- Topic: '24 VA PG Ben Hammond (URI LOI ---> ??? )
- Replies: 443
- Views: 59882
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 ...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Conference Realignment
- Replies: 1588
- Views: 131074
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: All Other College Sports
- Topic: Just FBS D1 football
- Replies: 106
- Views: 8413
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.
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: NET Rankings
- Replies: 138
- Views: 22366
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: NET Rankings
- Replies: 138
- Views: 22366
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: FT and 3P Percentages 2023-2024
- Replies: 53
- Views: 6619
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
- Replies: 2339
- Views: 139331
Re: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
Yale coughs up a 5-point lead to Vermont with about three seconds left and loses:
- 4 months ago
- Forum: Lady Rams Hoops
- Topic: 12/3 | Princeton | 1:00 pm (ESPN+)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2426
Re: 12/3 | Princeton | 1:00 pm (ESPN+)
Heck of a game right now! Tied 56-56 with 47 seconds.
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
- Replies: 2339
- Views: 139331
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 ...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: THE EARLY LINE URI VS PC
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4264
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: THE EARLY LINE URI VS PC
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4264
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 ...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: Lady Rams Hoops
- Topic: 11/30 | Quinnipiac | 6 p.m.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2478
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.
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 12/2 | Providence | 7:30PM (FS1)
- Replies: 656
- Views: 103066
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Just for RF1, imagine all three Southern New England Flagships to the MAC.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1359
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
- Replies: 2339
- Views: 139331
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.
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
- Replies: 2339
- Views: 139331
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
- Replies: 2339
- Views: 139331
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 12/2 | Providence | 7:30PM (FS1)
- Replies: 656
- Views: 103066
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: PC Tix
- Replies: 56
- Views: 9358
Re: PC Tix
Seatgeek has a bunch available in the $50 to $65 range.
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- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
- Replies: 2339
- Views: 139331
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 ...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: FT and 3P Percentages 2023-2024
- Replies: 53
- Views: 6619
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.
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Garrett Johnson Interview
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1848
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 12/2 | Providence | 7:30PM (FS1)
- Replies: 656
- Views: 103066
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 2023-24 Rotation
- Replies: 1054
- Views: 190896
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 ...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 2023-24 Rotation
- Replies: 1054
- Views: 190896
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 2023-24 Rotation
- Replies: 1054
- Views: 190896
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 2023-24 Rotation
- Replies: 1054
- Views: 190896
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 11/19 | Washington St | 3:30PM (ESPNU) | Hall of Fame Tip-Off
- Replies: 328
- Views: 50622
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...
- 4 months ago
- Forum: Lady Rams Hoops
- Topic: 2023-24 WBB games of interest
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5233
Re: 2023-24 WBB games of interest
Georgian Court sounds like a fast travel location in Skyrim or The Witcher.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
- 4 months ago
- Forum: Lady Rams Hoops
- Topic: 11/14 | Maine | 6:00PM (ESPN+)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3114
Re: 11/14 | Maine | 6:00PM (ESPN+)
Team hasn't shot well from 3 to start the year. If only we had a great shooter last year that we didn't give enough minutes to and she transferred....... If you're referring to Dolly Cairns, she's currently shooting 27 percent from 3 for Florida Gulf Coast. Maybe she'll bounce back, but its not lik...
- 5 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 11/22 | Johnson & Wales | 2:00PM (Varsity Network)
- Replies: 175
- Views: 12489
Re: 11/22 | Johnson & Wales | 2:00PM (Varsity Network)
J&W is 1-3 so far this year, with a 33-point loss to Salve Regina, a 34-point loss to WPI and a 23-point loss to Ithaca. This kind of seems like a waste of time for both sides, but whatever. Might as well get Dubsky, Stewart and the walk-ons some time to play in a game.
- 5 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 11/19 | Washington St | 3:30PM (ESPNU) | Hall of Fame Tip-Off
- Replies: 328
- Views: 50622
Re: 11/19 | Washington St | 3:30PM (ESPNU) | Hall of Fame Tip-Off
True the portal gives and takes. Well, I guess we don’t expect to have that kind of success again(Hurley). If we wont be able to keep our best freshman…how many people think Cam will make it to his junior year here? Unfortunately for teams like URI I think it's gonna be more taking than giving unle...
- 5 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
- Replies: 2339
- Views: 139331
Re: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
Ummmm, so are Dayton actually good this year or will they let the conference down like last year lol. Another great win! St. John's has two wins - Stony Brook by 16, and North Texas by 1. They've lost to Michigan, Dayton and that D-II team in the exhibition season. I think they're getting that shee...
- 5 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 11/18 | Northwestern | 2:30PM (ESPN+) | Hall of Fame Tip-Off
- Replies: 353
- Views: 44096
Re: 11/18 | Northwestern | 2:30PM (ESPN+) | Hall of Fame Tip-Off
Their message board https://northwestern.forums.rivals.com/forums/wildcat-basketball-board.18/ No game thread and zero chatter about their matchup for us. It looks like their football coach going from interim to the guy has taken up a lot of the oxygen, but they do have a decent amount of activity ...
- 5 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Ryan Center In-Game Experience - Issues and Upgrades
- Replies: 4249
- Views: 334389
Re: Ryan Center In-Game Experience - Issues and Upgrades
I kind of doubt that the wifi is having a huge effect on the gate for games, but it still seems stupid that it is a problem that has dragged on for multiple seasons. URI probably got "unlucky" when it came to that and the Ryan Center construction (2000 to 2002), because IIRC that's right b...
- 5 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 11/18 | Northwestern | 2:30PM (ESPN+) | Hall of Fame Tip-Off
- Replies: 353
- Views: 44096
Re: 11/18 | Northwestern | 2:30PM (ESPN+) | Hall of Fame Tip-Off
Northwestern's best rebounder so far this year is Brooks Barnhizer, a 6'6" wing that's 215 pounds. They also have a 7', 255 pound center, and a 6'9", 220 pound forward that play regular minutes. In comparison, Wagner had one player taller than 6'9" that plays. NW has significantly mor...
- 5 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: FT and 3P Percentages 2023-2024
- Replies: 53
- Views: 6619
Re: FT Percentages 2023-2024
It obviously isn't great that they're missing so many free throws, but it's a problem you live with if the rest of the offensive is improved, as it is through three games so far. I doubt everyone is going to be shooting 75+ percent, but its an issue you can identify, work on or scheme away from. I t...
- 5 months ago
- Forum: Lady Rams Hoops
- Topic: 11/14 | Maine | 6:00PM (ESPN+)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3114
Re: 11/14 | Maine | 6:00PM (ESPN+)
Team hasn't shot well from 3 to start the year. If only we had a great shooter last year that we didn't give enough minutes to and she transferred....... If you're referring to Dolly Cairns, she's currently shooting 27 percent from 3 for Florida Gulf Coast. Maybe she'll bounce back, but its not lik...
- 5 months ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 2023-24 Rotation
- Replies: 1054
- Views: 190896