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Siena has parted ways with Carmen Maciarello. Saints just finished 4-28 with an NET rank of #353 for 2023-24. Even with such a horrible season, they still managed to draw an average of 5,189 to fourteen home games.

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From what I saw last year, I would not want any players or coaches from our team if I was looking for help. I am sure they work hard but it is a win - loss business. Kenny is known to be one of the top recruiters and top assistants in the country. He'll do much better at a school who has the money ...

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Always nice to beat UConn in any sport.

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The NIT results tonight are not helping all the Big East sycophants that have been crying about not getting more NCAA bids. All three BE teams that played today lost, even with the advantage of having two of the games on their home courts.

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Can we at least have some transparency here? The A10 has a media rights deal with NBC, CBS and ESPN. How much is that worth to URI and how much is going to the players? If the men's basketball team makes the NCAAT, how much of the NCAA credits is going to the players? This is the pie the players wa...

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LOL. Watching this play in game. Seth Towns is 26 years old and in his 8th year of college. Pretty ridiculous, but also kinda the dream. The days of 18-22 year old amateur student athletes are over. we now have professional adult mercenaries that are on one year job assignments with schools.

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bigappleram wrote: ↑4 weeks ago
A PG with 3 years of eligibility. Read into that as you’d like.

That we might not be getting a pg with four years of eligibility as had been previously thought?

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Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago These are college kids, not professionals. Different standards apply.

Sorry but they are today far more like paid professionals than they are student athletes. The main attachment to a college these days is just the name on the uniform they wear that season.

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It may be getting to the point that it might be wiser to direct funds to the NIL rather than coaching salaries and facilities. The college basketball model of the past has been turned upside down.

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The portal and NIL are going to completely kill college basketball save for the very top schools. The game as we knew it is DEAD.

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I cannot vouch for the accuracy of this post from the LaSalle fan forum but thought that it was relevant to this thread given it concerns the A-10 NILs.

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First home game is a win for the boys, 7-1 over Northeastern! Imagine pretty much any other sport where you play your first 13 games on the road. Hope they win the series tomorrow. Go Rhody! In order to have a successful season, you then have to do very well versus the other northern schools, espec...

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Good point. I just know other conferences don't allow teams to compete in the tournament their last year in the conference Let teams that are leaving play in the tournament. Just make sure the refs you pay understand their opponent is expected to prevail. Adds a win to the record of whoever draws t...

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Also from Umass - Sawyer Mayhugh and Robert Davis These dudes don't wanna play in the MAC. Sure, but they're still in the A10 next year. I haven't heard one way or the other if we're allowing them to play in the conference tournament next year. If so it seems you're better off staying for the 2024-...

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The press conference has occurred and it is now official that Dambrot is retiring. He indicated that he was some 80% decided on retiring back in November before the season even started.

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Jersey77 wrote: ↑1 month ago
Dino611 wrote: ↑1 month ago UMass is about implode, brace for impact
Already started.

Their star center Josh Cohen (16 pts/ 7 rebs) just entered the portal.

Also from Umass - Sawyer Mayhugh and Robert Davis

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St Bonaventure transfer portal entries thus far
Barry Evans
Kyrell Luc

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RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑1 month ago Cost to attend is a bullshit number that almost nobody pays

It is still a benefit that has numeric dollar value to the recipient. If it is bullshit, would you have turned down a completely free college education had it been offered to you?

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https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1769728580299174220 https://twitter.com/trillydonovan/status/1769729962167165050 Not surprising. Many were expecting this well before they ever won the A-10 Tournament and made the NCAA field. Dambrot is of retirement age and his wife had health issues this p...

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Granted our OOC wasn't the best, but it didn't prevent us from the opportunity of going to the NCAAT. 3 teams in the Mohegan Sun Tourn. in the NCAAT- Northwestern, Wash. State, and Miss. State. Charleston, Yale, and Wagner are all in the NCAAT. Five out of thirteen OOC opponents in the NCAA field i...

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Today was a glimpse into the future for the Big East. I can remember three decades back when there were many non power conferences that regularly sent multiple teams to the NCAA. The MAC and the MVC are prime examples. The power conferences however began to expand and consolidate control. The MAC an...

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There is an irony in PC not making the NCAA due in large part to their former Coach. PC's metrics were much hurt by having to play Cooley's dreadful Georgetown team THREE times. I wonder if Ed got some satisfaction given how nasty Friar fans were to him. Two games versus an even far worse DePaul als...

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reef wrote: ↑1 month ago Norm Nixon was a senior on the last Duquesne team to dance in 77

And it wasn't all that far off from when Dick Nixon was president.

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Tragic ending to Brown as they miss 3 of 4 free throws in the closing seconds as they fall to Yale 62-61. Brown led by 6 with 27 seconds left but clutch threes by Yale took the game. Had they won, they would likely have been the only RI team. Now looks like the state will be shut out. Only UConn an...

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Dukes have not been to the NCAA in 47 years - last trip was 1977. URI has been eight times since then and recorded eight NCAA wins.

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Tragic ending to Brown as they miss 3 of 4 free throws in the closing seconds as they fall to Yale 62-61. Brown led by 6 with 27 seconds left but clutch threes by Yale took the game. Had they won, they would likely have been the only RI team. Now looks like the state will be shut out. Only UConn an...

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The Big East had three very good teams - UConn, Marquette, and Creighton and two extremely bad teams - Georgetown and Depaul. There was a lot of parity between these two groups. That formula often dilutes the number of NCAA bids. The A-10 is in a similar position (and has often been before) as it ha...

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While PC (NET #57) has some significant wins against Quad 1 teams, this is a bit offset by more than half their total wins (11) coming in quad four games. 1/4 (five) of PC's wins came versus BE cellar dwellers Georgetown (205) and DePaul (#320).

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Some bracketology sources that some may find helpful: The Bracket Matrix is a summary of NCAA Tournament field selection projections and seeds made by over 100 entities. http://www.bracketmatrix.com/ Joe Lunardi ESPN Bracketology https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-brack...

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Was wondering how much in compensation and benefits the typical URI player now gets and decided to put something together. These numbers are just some ballpark figures. Stipend $6,000 (NCAA allows up to $5,980) NIL $30,000 (URI avg - see below) Tuition/Room & Board $50,000 (out of state URI cost...

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Reggie Witherspoon out at Canisius

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VCU wins 66-60 and advances to championship game on Sunday.

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The NET rankings are used to determine the breakdown of quad games. The final NET rank for a particular team is however mainly only used to EXCLUDE non power conference teams. Power conference teams with bad/high NET rankings regularly get selected every year. That rarely happens with teams outside ...

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Michigan now open:

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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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