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As anyone who reads this board knows, as YOU obviously do, I boycotted Baron ball. Glad I did. My point is Rod, that to the average, casual fan, this year is not going to much different than last year. While the hardcore fans on this board appreciate Hurley's coaching style, the team's effort and t...

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rodfromcranston wrote:It's not even seasnon ticket holders.
There are so many empty seats in season ticket areas, it isn't funny.
They are counted in the attendence. Guess they're too busy to
bother showing up on a rainy Saturday.
Pathetic.

How many games did you go to last year, Rod?

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TJ was 1-1 from the field for the entire game, and it was a lay-up. Got fouled a lot, played high-energy defense. 4-8 from the line is not great, but he's improving every game and I would've liked to see more of him in the 2nd half when it became obvious that Nik and X weren't going to be much of a ...

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Thought we should've won this one, even with the crazy rebounding margin. TJ played great in the first half and barely saw the court in the second. Tried way too hard to get X involved in the offense in the 2nd half and it completely disrupted our flow. Nik is a complete non-factor, and probably wou...

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Bad loss for the golden griffs, Siena is a very bad team, who had lost 11 straight games before besting Jim Baron and co.

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I may be inferring things here, but are you saying that you think Billy Baron is a better basketball player than Xavier Munford? Because he's not. Period. He may be a better pure shooter (he's shot better than X from three and the line this year, but worse from 2-pt land) but he's a limited defensiv...

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URIGONZO wrote:One year we lost to them 3 times I believe.

Did it twice, in 2003 and 2010.

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Excellent preview Native. If someone on a message board can put forth this much effort into a preview, why can't the projo?? I'm not too worried about this game. They recently lost to a bad Troy team (who's a bottom dweller in the Sun Belt Conference which Georgia St is about to join) on the road, a...

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My god I've never seen so much complaining in one thread. What do people want the marketing department to do? Nationwide basketball attendance is way down and this is a clear rebuilding year for our program. Casual fans don't come to games against opponents like SMU, Vermont and George Mason when th...

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I think he grossly underestimated the talent needed to have competed, and win this year. Can't say I agree with this. He's consistently been very honest about how little they have and what this season is about. It's not like he passed up some great talent, saying no thanks, we're good here. Interes...

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Or like how Outerbridge was forced into playing the 5 when he had the body and abilities of a 4.

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The basketball-only schools can't afford to leave the Bigheaded East because they'd lose access to the brand name, the tournament at Madison Square Garden and especially all that television money. Besides, when conference realignment settles out they'll be on the outside looking in just like us. Re...

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Baron has to be in his glory looking at the ultimate in conference cupcake schedule. He has inherited a bunch of transfers, including a 6'10" very mobile center, and others who are contributing. Of course, one of his recruits was in trouble for filming himself having sex. Can't make this stuff...

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Ledo will never play a single minute in college basketball, never mind for PC. Keep dreaming.

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There's nothing sadder than the fact that PC fans feel the need to come over here and troll us. They know that this is going to be the highlight of their season, so they have to savor it while they can. Enjoy your last-place finish in the Big East and good luck next year with your lineup of guys who...

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Brooks is a frustrating guy to watch because he can rebound and play defense competently but is just absolutely lost on the offensive side of the ball. I think its less that he has bad hands and more that he panics anytime he gets the ball near the hoop. He's the teams leading rebounder and has been...

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Didn't have any sound at the bar, but the play-by-play guy was Don Orsillo. Never heard him do basketball but he's listed as being a PC fan on wikipedia despite the fact that he went to Northeastern.

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Wow talk about delusional. Only PC fans could hear what Cooley and Hurley said and proclaim Hurley the immature one.

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Watched at Rhody Joes and had the same issues. Went to fatbellies first and they didn't have the game because they have DirecTV. URI needs to get a better TV deal. Cox is bush league. Get in with CSNE or NESN. Wider coverage, better production values.

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That comment by Cooley is ridiculous and gutless. They have yet to play a true away game this season and are only playing two in the non-conf (against Brown and BC no less). They're obviously afraid to gut it out on the road. I'm disappointed by the loss, but I wouldn't read too much into it. X had ...

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PC is the Notre Dame of College Basketball, minus the success. I've still yet to meet a PC fan who actually went to PC.

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Rhody Blue wrote:I will be there tonight. First game of the season for me . Go Rhody. Anyone think Cooley unveils Dunn tonight??

He's not playing according to KMac and posters in the other PC thread.

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I'm hearing rumors that Florida International and Hofstra are heavily recruiting Mabry now that he has been cleared of all charges. You have a good source...Holton signed with FIU a week and a half ago. http://www.fiusports.com/Sports/MensSports/MBasketball/Article/tabid/417/Article/19225/Panthers-...

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My predicition is UMass finishes in the bottom half of the A10 and Kellogg is put on the hot seat. They just extended him so I can't see him getting canned but watching them play is ugly. They play good D but their offense is chaos (by design) and will prevent them from going to the postseason this ...

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Congrats on the "tough" schedule. How's that working out? Thank god PC is playing doormats. Any real competition and they might not be able to field a team. With a full compliment if players(incl VC) I stand by my prediction. You only get credit fir tough scheduling if you actually beat a...

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ATP, Easy on the good to great competition. Rhody played very well vs OSU and got throttled by a very good Va Tech team. Outside of that, the competition has been less than stellar. PC has played a very soft schedule; outside of PSU and UMass who are just ok. Difference is PC has lost 2 heartbreake...

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I'm hearing rumors that Florida International and Hofstra are heavily recruiting Mabry now that he has been cleared of all charges.

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They had Dels for quite awhile in the RC but I think the owner of Dels got in a dispute with the RC owners and pulled out.

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I won't be there in person but I'll be at bar watching. Anyone know who's going to have the game? Mews, fatbellies?

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rhodyrudder wrote:They would be really dumb if they show up for a rivalry game with 6 players.
But then again, they are the school on Smith Hill.

What other choice do they have?

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^^KenPom also had us losing to VT by 3-4, with only a 30% of us winning the game. His predictions are not his strong suit. They also have less healthy scholarship players then we do. I watched some of their game yesterday and was thoroughly unimpressed. Mississippi St. looked dreadful and frankly PC...

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Reactionary and stupid? At least you are not making it personal! Thanks I truly hope Hare puts on weight and learns the fundamentals and learns the basic of being big man, boxing out. All I said was he(Hare) should fix this by the end of the year. If not, how much time would you give him? As for yo...

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Could not help noticing that Hurley was clearly running out of patience with Hare and his inability or desire to box out. Took him out and never put him back in. I would not be surprised that if Hare does not do more fundamental things right(Imagine if Hare had AAman's fundamental and desire)before...

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3-4 sounds about right, KenPom has Vermont winning this game 63-59. I think we win by more than 5, I don't think this VT team is particularly good.

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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/hofstra_basketball_players_busted_qKaH4omWlkdqZplG3FU9kL Four Hofstra players arrested for running a pretty extensive burglary ring, and it looks like one of their victims was head coach Mo Cassara. Good to see Stevie Mejia wasn't involved. Say what you will about ...

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I was a member of the mob for my first two years here at URI but for the last two I have opted to just get regular student tickets. The main draw behind the Mob used to be guaranteed seating behind the opponent's bench, which are great seats. I was more than happy to pay the $25 dues for that alone....

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rodfromcranston wrote:ATP,
Cox OSN is only in RI.
If you're in RI, how about just going to the game to
support the team?

If you pay to stream online you don't have to be in RI. It's a great service for alumni no longer in the area.

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OSN is Cox's sports channel so I assume it isn't provided by anyone but Cox.

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Battle of the boards....thought it was time to dig into Team Rankings Stats. For what its worth Offensive Rebounds/Game Defensive Rebounds/Game rank # rank # 103 11.5 URI 195 21.7 URI 301 7.5 GM 229 21,0 GM If you use the code function, it's easier to read stuff like this (the code button is right ...

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rodfromcranston wrote:Maybe CFL knew he'd get fired and decided to screw the school and the new coach?
Nah!

I think it's more likely Baron was/is just an idiot.

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Not to crap on the former coaching staff too much but what is with the scheduling of this game? Team has played 3 times in the last 6 games and you schedule another game two days later? It was Baron who signed up for the Hall of Fame tournament, right?

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rodfromcranston wrote:How about fouling? Even if they made 2, we win.

Hurley said after the game he was concerned about our rebounding ability off missed free throws. I'd say OT proved him right on that count.

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A Loyola player came free on the left side outside the arc and got the ball. Malone left Olson to cover him. The ball was passed to Olson who drained the 3 to tie the game. Look back at what Hurley said and it clearly wasn't Malone's fault. He switched on the screen, but whoever was covering #23 di...

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I think the first shot after the inbounds did hit the rim, but the guy bobbled it before shooting, and it looked like the shot clock expired before he shot. We'll never know, since they decided not to check.

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Devastating loss, shot ourselves in the foot about 20 times down the stretch. The blown shot clock call didn't help us either, that gave them two points they didn't deserve.

On the positive side of things look at Hare's stat line: 8 pts (3-5 FG, 2-6 FT) 16 rebounds, and 7 blocks!

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Looking at individual players stats on KenPoms site (buy a subscription if you're into stats, it's worth the 20 bucks) and it doesn't seem like they have much in the way of three point shooters. Their two best long-range shooters are Robert Olson (8-32, 25%) and Tyler Hubbard (12-24, 50%), and they ...

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Where's Rod when you need him? This Hal guy seems like a real troll.

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Great story on deadspin about this: http://deadspin.com/5962514/d+iii-players-138-point+game-is-a-sham-record-and-shouldnt-be-celebrated-by-anyone?utm Not only is Grinnell a DIII team, their opponent was a Division II, non-NCAA christian team. The game was an exhibition for them, but Grinnell counte...

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Yeah I saw him there, but I don't think he had anything to do with Nik's suspension.

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