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- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: How Many Current Players on Roster Nov 1?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1886
Re: How Many Current Players on Roster Nov 1?
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.
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 1719
- Views: 60445
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
- Replies: 2339
- Views: 139384
Re: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: A10 2024 Tournament March 12 - 17 Barclays Bracket and Results
- Replies: 125
- Views: 3630
Re: A10 2024 Tournament March 12 - 17 Barclays Bracket and Results
URI plays on day one in the PIG Round and losses. Fordham and LaSalle play the same day but advance.
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Who is Archie Miller?
- Replies: 368
- Views: 10552
Re: Who is Archie Miller?
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: How Far Is Rhody Going In The A10?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 916
Re: How Far Is Rhody Going In The A10?
I was of the fifteen that voted right.
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round
- Replies: 266
- Views: 4577
Re: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round
Very deservedly clinched the absolute worst NET rank in the A-10 for this season.
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round
- Replies: 266
- Views: 4577
Re: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round
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.
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round
- Replies: 266
- Views: 4577
Re: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: A-10 Awards
- Replies: 17
- Views: 570
A-10 Awards
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Conference Realignment
- Replies: 1588
- Views: 131105
Re: Conference Realignment
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.
- 1 month ago
- Forum: Rhody Gridiron
- Topic: Delaware to leave CAA, what's next?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4524
Re: Delaware to leave CAA, what's next?
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 3/9 | Fordham | 1:00PM (ESPN+)
- Replies: 158
- Views: 3531
Re: 3/9 | Fordham | 1:00PM (ESPN+)
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round
- Replies: 266
- Views: 4577
Re: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round
The odds say this is the last day of the 2023-24 season for URI Men's Basketball. If so, it is much welcomed.
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 2024 Coaching Carousel
- Replies: 551
- Views: 21993
- 1 month ago
- Forum: Down the Line
- Topic: Local Microbreweries
- Replies: 464
- Views: 94670
Re: Local Microbreweries
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 ...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: A10 2024 Tournament March 12 - 17 Barclays Bracket and Results
- Replies: 125
- Views: 3630
Re: A10 2024 Tournament March 12 - 17 Barclays Bracket and Results
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 2023-24 Ryan Center Home Attendance
- Replies: 81
- Views: 5943
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 2024-25 Schedule (top post is current)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3184
Re: 2024-25 Schedule (top post is current)
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 2023-24 Ryan Center Home Attendance
- Replies: 81
- Views: 5943
Re: 2023-24 Ryan Center Home Attendance
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: Rhody Gridiron
- Topic: Delaware to leave CAA, what's next?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4524
Re: Delaware to leave CAA, what's next?
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: A10 2024 Tournament March 12 - 17 Barclays Bracket and Results
- Replies: 125
- Views: 3630
- 1 month ago
- Forum: Rhody Gridiron
- Topic: Delaware to leave CAA, what's next?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4524
Re: Delaware to leave CAA, what's next?
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 ...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
- Replies: 2339
- Views: 139384
Re: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
This pretty much sums up VCU's season woes
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Temple Basketball Betting Line Abnormalities
- Replies: 8
- Views: 434
Re: Temple Basketball Betting Line Abnormalities
Temple University reviewing reports of potential match-fixing of men's basketball game
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- 1 month ago
- Forum: Lady Rams Hoops
- Topic: 3/8 | WBB – Saint Joseph’s | 7:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 Quarterfinals
- Replies: 46
- Views: 706
Re: 3/8 | WBB – Saint Joseph’s | 7:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 Quarterfinals
Get a break with next game as #2 seed VCU was eliminated by St Louis.
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
- Replies: 2339
- Views: 139384
Re: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
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.
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
- Replies: 2339
- Views: 139384
Re: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
- Replies: 2339
- Views: 139384
Re: Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB
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.
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Temple Basketball Betting Line Abnormalities
- Replies: 8
- Views: 434
Temple Basketball Betting Line Abnormalities
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 3/9 | Fordham | 1:00PM (ESPN+)
- Replies: 158
- Views: 3531
Re: 3/9 | Fordham | 1:00PM (ESPN+)
No heart, no pride, no chance
- 1 month ago
- Forum: Lady Rams Hoops
- Topic: A10 2024 WBB Tournament March Begins Wed March 6
- Replies: 13
- Views: 475
Re: A10 2024 WBB Tournament March Begins Wed March 6
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-...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Rhody Excellence Collective Executive Director
- Replies: 65
- Views: 2526
Re: Rhody Excellence Collective Executive Director
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.
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: NET Rankings
- Replies: 138
- Views: 22369
Re: NET Rankings
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
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 2023-24 Ryan Center Home Attendance
- Replies: 81
- Views: 5943
Re: 2023-24 Ryan Center Home Attendance
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 2023-24 Ryan Center Home Attendance
- Replies: 81
- Views: 5943
Re: 2023-24 Ryan Center Home Attendance
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball - Ticket Exchange and Sales 2023-24
- Replies: 104
- Views: 10922
Re: Men's Basketball - Ticket Exchange and Sales 2023-24
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 2023-24 Ryan Center Home Attendance
- Replies: 81
- Views: 5943
Re: 2023-24 Ryan Center Home Attendance
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 2023-24 Ryan Center Home Attendance
- Replies: 81
- Views: 5943
Re: 2023-24 Ryan Center Home Attendance
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: Rhody Gridiron
- Topic: Delaware to leave CAA, what's next?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4524
Re: Delaware to leave CAA, what's next?
URI thanks UMass for the approximate $280K contribution ($4M exit fee divided by remaining a-10 members) to Rhody athletics.
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Houston, we have a problem
- Replies: 126
- Views: 3473
Re: Houston, we have a problem
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1315
- Views: 57179
Re: Understanding the NIL
The URI NIL Collective should ask for refunds from several Rhody players. They did not deliver on what they were paid for.
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
- Replies: 243
- Views: 6189
Re: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 2023-24 Ryan Center Home Attendance
- Replies: 81
- Views: 5943
Re: 2023-24 Ryan Center Home Attendance
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...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
- Replies: 243
- Views: 6189
Re: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
Season ticket holder in my section told me he knows at least two others that are giving up their seats after this season, basically "what am I getting in return" type of thing. It's become not worth for even seasoned fans. I would think there will be an unusually large drop off in season ...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
- Replies: 243
- Views: 6189
Re: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
Get rid of those players.Taylor Swift wrote: ↑1 month ago Listening to the post game. Archie is admitting there were players on the court who didn’t want to be there. Dubsky deserves credit.
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball 2023-24 Prediction Contest Chatter
- Replies: 154
- Views: 9258
Re: Men's Basketball 2023-24 Prediction Contest Chatter
Looks like Steve Greenwell with the worst record prediction wins the contest. Congratulations.
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
- Replies: 243
- Views: 6189
Re: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
Game and home portion of the season both mercifully over. I am happy for all the season tickets holders that they will not be put through anymore suffering watching this garbage. I do not know how they got through this. It must have been brutal watching it in person.
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
- Replies: 243
- Views: 6189
Re: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
We are presently shooting 29% from the field for the game.
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
- Replies: 243
- Views: 6189
Re: 3/6 | George Mason | 7:00PM (ESPN+)
These players are getting free college with room and board, receive a stipend from URI, and get NIL from the collective for this effort. They must be laughing their ass off. They are basically stealing from everyone.