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The Dayton loss makes the A-10 a multi bid league.

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Would think Bobby's financial situation is in a lot better position after nine seasons making several million annually at ASU. Despite having played in the NBA, he had made some bad investments and was supposedly in debt 12 years ago when he was on the URI staff.

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Isaiah Miranda is entering the portal again. Pretty sure he left the Oklahoma State program a while ago, only appeared in 3 games. Don’t know if Archie will show interest but I know Bryant will be involved. He may be from Pawtucket but there are a lot of red flags surrounding him. He didn't work ou...

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Tough to gauge what our NIL salary cap needs to be in order to buy all the free agents at the talent level we need.

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90-57 Arizona State loses to Utah Seat getting hot https://www.yahoo.com/sports/asu-basketball-fans-call-head-173525273.html Has been at ASU for nine years with a majority of seasons (5) having a losing record including this year (14-18). Took the program to three NCAA Tournaments but failed to eve...

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VCU dispatches UMass 73-59. Probably better for the A-10 that a team which will continue to be a league member advances. This was probably the closest a men's conference tournament will be to Amherst for a very long time. The last A-10 tournament for UMass next year is in DC. The MAC only has the to...

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I hope we are successful in buying better players. The great bulk of the rented paid professional mercenaries we had this past year just did not get it done. They most definitely did not earn their compensation and perks and proved on the court to be a bad investment. We need better professionals.

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adam914 wrote: ↑1 month ago With the least surprising announcement yet, Rory in the portal.

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4 Teams will play their 1st game Thursday in the Quarterfinals Some very close point spread Last year the Top 4 Seeds all won and moved on to the Semi-Finals on Saturday. Dayton, VCU, Fordham and St Louis. This year the teams seem very closely matched. Great matchups with St Joseph’s vs Richmond, V...

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URI plays on day one in the PIG Round and losses. Fordham and LaSalle play the same day but advance.

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Archie Miller URI Tenure SEASON | OVERALL | A-10 | SEED 2022-23 | 9-22 | 5-13 | 14 2023-24 | 12-20 | 6-12 | 12 TOTAL | 21-42 | 11-25 | 13 (avg) Miller is 0-2 in the A-10 Tournament having lost both games on the first day of the PIG round. His program has been entirely shut out of the A-10 Season Awa...

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I was of the fifteen that voted right.

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Very deservedly clinched the absolute worst NET rank in the A-10 for this season.

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Good news is that with just one day at the tournament, URI spent the bare minimum possible. Better to put the money into the future rather than waste it on this edition of Rams.

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It is finally mercifully over. The last two seasons have been near the worst such span in the 46 years I have been following URI hoops. My interest level has accordingly cratered. I do not even have much hope for the near future as there was little improvement this season and there does not appear t...

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For the second season in a row, no one from URI was named. Every other A-10 school was represented. Holmes, King, Mooney Headline 2023-24 Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Awards https://atlantic10.com/news/2024/3/12/holmes-king-mooney-headline-2023-24-atlantic-10-mens-basketball-awards.aspx 2024 A-10 Aw...

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The other option of the AAC that has been thrown around for these schools to move to is also now a lesser probability. The AAC recently lost most of its best members and luster. It is now ranked BEHIND the A-10.

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Frank Martin has UMass on the up and up. If they can sustain winning, and beat some top 25 teams, the fans will return. The MAC is stable but the rust belt area has some better teams than the A10. Now Martin needs to get the AD on the phone and schedule a long term series with UConn again. Just win...

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Supposedly the Fordham Rose Hill Gym presently has a capacity of 2,850 despite the school still listing it at 3,200. Some changes over the years such as replacing some bleachers with chair backs and making accessibility improvements have reduced capacity. Last year, Fordham capped capacity at even l...

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The odds say this is the last day of the 2023-24 season for URI Men's Basketball. If so, it is much welcomed.

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ramster wrote: ↑1 month ago “Guess that will be the last question”

Awkward time of year for HC’s and AD’s

The Utah State AD is going to be very busy having to hire both a men's and women's basketball coach at the same time.

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I tried to go to the new Phantom Farms Brewery (Cumberland) on Saturday afternoon. The place was very crowded with all its seating taken. Decided to leave and come back in the future on a weekday after the initial opening buzz had died down. The space is great as it is in a old boiler house for the ...

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DraftKings looks to agree with the NET ranks and gives Rhody the worst odds in the league to win the A-10 Tournament Dayton +150 Richmond +475 Loyola +550 UMass +700 VCU +1000 St Bonaventure +1300 Duquesne +1400 George Mason +1500 St Joe's +2500 Davidson +5000 Fordham +35000 LaSalle +35000 GW +40000...

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reef wrote: ↑1 month ago Wow Dayton what a league member !

Basically every one of their home games has been a sellout for several years. The Flyers just don't lead the the A-10. They were 21st nationally by average last year.

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Given that attendance has been falling off and money is getting increasingly tight (less ticket and adv revenues/Miller comp about to increase by 1M next year/NCAA units expiring), I am going to predict that URI will not play as many home games next year as it did this past season (17). I would thin...

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The regular season is now concluded. These are the attendance numbers for the A-10. Keep in mind that these may not be the final NCAA reported numbers as some members may host post season games which are factored into the official NCAA numbers. URI once again placed 5th in the league. Worth noting t...

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I will give you that UMass has found a home in a very stable conference. The MAC is unlike most other leagues in this chaotic conference realignment era as it sees few teams come or go. Your football team will finally have a long term home which will make scheduling far easier. I however do not thin...

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Steve: Could you offer some insight to why UMass fans no longer come out to basketball games and how you think the lower level MAC will impact attendance. Are UMass hoops fans anxiously awaiting games with the directional Michigans? Even with 20 wins this season (present record of 20-10), the UMass ...

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This pretty much sums up VCU's season woes

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Temple University reviewing reports of potential match-fixing of men's basketball game
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/busine ... rcna142532

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Get a break with next game as #2 seed VCU was eliminated by St Louis.

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Dayton now at 24-6 and an NET around #21 is a guaranteed 100% lock for the NCAA. Could even lose their first A-10 Tournament game.

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FINAL WEEK OF THE SEASON A10 Game Friday March 8 VCU (19-11) @ #25 Ranked Dayton (-8.5) (23-6) ESPN2/ESPN+ 7pm Best thing for the A10 is a strong finish for Dayton, win all the way to the finals, and lose to another team. Would be nice for Dayton to be a 6 seed. I know there's an asterisk because o...

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Agreed. VCU has no shot at an at large. It would be best for the A-10 for Dayton to win out until the conference tournament championship game.

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A story is developing that might be worth watching. A sports book gambling watchdog named US Integrity has identified unusual activity which has caused a big change in the odds line for a recent Temple Owls game with UAB. While it’s not unusual for a line to move a point or two during a course of th...

RF1 · Re: 3/9 | Fordham | 1:00PM (ESPN+) No heart, no pride, no chance

No heart, no pride, no chance

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ATLANTIC 10 TOURNAMENT (at Henrico, Va.) First Round Massachusetts 54, La Salle 49 Dayton 66, St. Bonaventure 52 Thursday’s Second Round Loyola Chicago 53, Fordham 52 Duquesne 81, Massachusetts 57 Saint Louis 75, George Washington 68 Rhode Island 70, Dayton 57 Friday’s Quarterfinals 1. Richmond (26-...

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Unlike the UMass Collective, I don't think the primary focus this year will be on keeping players. One would think more effort will go into attracting better players.

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theblueram wrote: ↑1 month ago URI now owns the worst NET ranking in the A10. What a season.

The bottom NET rankings of the A-10

179 Fordham
195 GW
196 LaSalle
217 St Louis
223 URI

Link
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketbal ... t-rankings

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I'm thinking because of total lack of interest, there will be a lot of tickets available for the PC game for their fans to grab. That would really suck. I think they will make even more extra tickets available for the PC game to season ticket holders so that won't necessarily be the case. It wasn't...

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I just hope we do not enter an attendance death spiral like UMass. Multiple down years took a huge toll on their numbers. Even with 20 wins this season (present record of 20-10), their average attendance could not even get near 4k as it was only 3,477. This was actually less than the prior year when...

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I wonder whether we will see people now trying to offload their A-10 Tournament tickets? Would think URI Athletics is really going take on bath trying to sell its mandated allotment. It was bad enough in the past when the school openly tried to sell them to fans of other A-10 schools. I have not see...

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I would expect to see a significant drop off in season ticket sales heading into next year (even with the allure of a PC home game). These customers have sat there through three horrible seasons and all the poor performances and losing has taken a toll. I would think that many are going to take a w...

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I would expect to see a significant drop off in season ticket sales heading into next year (even with the allure of a PC home game). These customers have sat there through three horrible seasons and all the poor performances and losing has taken a toll. I would think that many are going to take a wa...

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URI thanks UMass for the approximate $280K contribution ($4M exit fee divided by remaining a-10 members) to Rhody athletics.

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The problem with getting a lot of guys in the portal is that you really don't know what type of person you're getting. With high school recruits, sometimes you're with them for 2 years, sometimes even more. You talk to them often. You get to know them. You visit and get to know their families. By t...

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The URI NIL Collective should ask for refunds from several Rhody players. They did not deliver on what they were paid for.

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Last night's official reported attendance of 3,139 was the lowest of the entire season. A weeknight game, rain, poor performance of the team, and good sense of fans likely kept the number down. This season registered the second lowest average attendance in the history of the Ryan Center. I have adde...

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The home slate at the Ryan Center is now concluded with the last game versus George Mason drawing the smallest crowd (3,139) of the entire season. URI drew a total of 72,024 to seventeen games for an average of 4,237. This average was an 18% decline from the prior season as the program drew 82,531 t...

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