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Unless it's really bad, no reason to think he won't be able to play next season. That grade of F for play calling. Sometimes that's a product of the talent level available. It just seems like bad play calling, because the players can't execute them. Not that I'm really defending Fleming, it's hard t...

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This game will only be close if we keep bricking FT's.

Make them, and they should have a comfortable margin late in the game.

Miss them, and it will be a nail biter.

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Big Earl will take care of 'em.......

Iverson will need to get in there and mix it up also.

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Iverson's ceiling hasn't been close to reached yet.

That, and keeping everyone healthy [especially Garrett] is the key to having a season which may not be too far off our expectations pre-EC injury.

Here's to hoping anyway.....

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Terrell, Jarvis, and Hassan were expected to improve their outside shooting this year. So far, nada. That must happen if we're to advance beyond where we went last season. With EC's injury, that does change things since it puts more pressure on the others to pick up the slack, but hopefully we'll se...

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Nobody is giving up.

Not even me, TP.

Just not as optimistic as we were a week ago.......

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But you're still alive!

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REVISED

1. 20-11
2. 11-7
3. 63.5
4. Terrell 13.8
5. 5595

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The reality check is this folks: If we want to realize the best results for this team, this season or any season, we have to be better at the FT line. Accepting the fact that we are bad at the line, we will have to be just that much better in all other aspects of the game, to make up for that. Even ...

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65% as a team may not be doable with this group. EC was our best at it last year, and he took more FT's than anybody else too. Four will help, but he won't shoot anywhere near as many as EC did...... It's a scary thought, but Hassan and Earl are going to shoot a lot of them this year...this could be...

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Greenwell, we can't be up by 10, because we miss so many from the line, we keep the other team in the game to the end, where they beat us like a drum.... And that's a fact, like it or not. It's been that way for many years now...... And I know the circumstances are difficult right now, and the team ...

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All well and good, Ace. Let's see what happens... Hurley gets it. He knows what's going on. It must frustrate him a ton when this shit keeps happening over and over again. Not just FT's either... If I'm an opposing coach, I would tell my team just get to where we've even with URI with 2 minutes to g...

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ECR, the beat goes on... Game after game, the FT shooting sucks.... Then we have a game where we shoot 20-22. Everybody then goes, whoa we're getting better... Then whoops, back to reality and 50% land....or worse, and another one bites the dust, another Davidson bomb....or even Fordham for Christ's...

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How noble of you, TP. Some of us would rather see us win and make the Dance for the first time in a million years. Some of us aren't exactly spring chickens either. Some of us remember the good times. Many here are used to losing also. Some of us are selfish. I'd like to see us make the tourney befo...

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Students nowadays are more concerned with their I phones, tablets, and laptops than going to a game where they can't use them, other than texting nonstop. Any one of us who have kids or grandkids old enough to know how to use them [which is about 8 years old now] are quite aware of this..... And URI...

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I agree with DiSano about recruiting good FT shooters. That should be part of what the staff is looking for. I realize Dan and co. look for guys who can defend, but they have got to produce on the other end and that includes making FT's consistently. Hopefully the 3 big men who are coming in next ye...

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Ace, you nailed it about depressing...... Their entire style that they were going to play, has changed back to last season's. They will run and gun against the weak sisters, but big deal. They will not be able to replace EC's scoring, and the fact that opponents had to respect EC's driving and scori...

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Rod, you're right about all the games where it didn't go Rhody's way in the end.... We also never seem to get a call in these close games. You would think it should be like flipping a coin, in the long run, the breaks [and calls] should even out. In URI's case, they never do and never have...... Of ...

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Back in the day some of us would be shocked and appalled if we went to a class!

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luke, that last comment, "when they turn the corner next year , isn't it all about NEXT year, sad to say?

Another long wait.

This year's team will give it their all, but they don't have enough.

Enough scorers, enough depth, enough FT shooting.

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66, you are right on that one. Looks like they didn't work on FT's this summer.... and with EC, we still win today's game, poor FT's or not.... if Valpo is borderline top 25, then we're not far off we lost 17 pts. a game with the loss of EC, and how much of that did we get back today? Very little......

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Wow, I guess our talent is overrated too. Might as well stop all the hype, right here and right now. We stink. Remember back to Hurley's comments about the transfers? How good they were going to be...whoops... I guess someday.... I am kidding, for those who think...... Seriously, and this one is for...

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Adam, you're right about Henton. So sorry. You know what? I'd take 74% any day of the week, for ALL of our players [except Four of course]. Right now we really don't have an adequate sample size for Akele, Thompson, and Iverson. Could they be any good? At FT's I mean. I wonder, because if were them,...

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Well, I doubt they will do this again, I mean 10 AM games any more..... URI students can't get up that early, they are still hung over. Nothing has changed there since my day.....And what do classes have to do with it? Well Adam, might as well concede that our team stinks at FT's, no matter the reas...

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That is shocking about the student turnout....I would have thought there would be 2000 there.... After today's loss, good luck the next home game..... Dan's not going anywhere soon, but another 2 years of this, especially if we don't Dance at least by next season, and it could be bye-bye......or eve...

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Follow Four's lead.....just follow it.....obviously they aren't......not yet anyway...... woodenickel, yes that's true about Council, but they ALL improved dramatically, I was told they made a collective effort to improve by practicing on their own, and it worked.... I don't think some of our player...

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Adam, in my previous post, I mentioned that this is not lost on the coaching staff. What I'm saying, is that maybe they should practice them outside of the normal practices they have. Like, day and night. Night and day. It was also mentioned that Four went on the court after the game and started pra...

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I remember a couple of years ago, PC shot them at 60% as a team, and the following season, they ended up in the top 10 in the country, with the same cast of characters [plus one, Harris]. It CAN be done. Please. Maybe not Earl [hopeless], but the rest of them need to make their hands bleed shooting ...

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I was going to make that observation. If we're not a good shooting team from the floor, it can be made up sometimes by making your FT's. You know, steal games because we make a high percentage from the line. Hell, just make 70%, which is about the national average, and we win all of the above games ...

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One more thing, TP. Sorry if my brand of realism bothers you. Get used to it. Actually, I'm sure you are, but tough. I'm not the only one on here with the same opinion, but you love to single me out every time. Keep doing it. I'm not going to stop. And I'm not going to respond to you any more when y...

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TP, I agree with you. They played hard, and pretty well from what little I saw. Just didn't make shots and free throws, again. Just looking at the big picture. They are a good team, and will win some games against other good teams. Just that it's very frustrating to realize that the ceiling has been...

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Like I've said, Hassan and Earl are horrid FT shooters. As great as he is, Martin has killed us late in games with misses from the line. How is that going to change? A shrink? I'm not worried that much about our shooting from the field. We had several games last year where 35% would have been good. ...

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Jarvis and Terrell just HAVE to get better at FT's. Hassan is at 33% for the season so far. Earl not much better. This is what we have. This team could still be a threat to Dance, but.... 70% FT's today wins the game..... What a shame. With EC, we win this game even with the putrid foul shooting......

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Caught the end on my lunch break. If we don't shoot FT's better we will lose most close games to good teams. Simple as that. Hope the new guys shoot them better next season. Most of the guys we have now don't have a clue, sorry to say. Thought they would work on them this summer. Obviously not......

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What screwed up the Giants was that the clock stopped at 2:01 after the Beckham play. That one second basically gave the Pats another timeout. That most likely saved them at least 40 seconds, if the Giants run the ball after the 2 minute warning. Who knows if they would have, really? There are so ma...

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New to football? Good one, TP. Your rudeness knows no bounds, does it? Sorry to offend your absolute knowledge of everything. Possession of the ball, both feet inbounds. That's a catch. What about a guy who has both tiptoes in, falling out of bounds with full possession of the ball? Does he have to ...

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Losing football is tolerated at URI and by most of the fans that go to the games. Of course Dooley isn't happy but it is what it is. The culture of losing. There is no support for the program like there is for men's basketball. Like RR said, there is no way URI can make money on the sport. There is ...

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He's got a sore knee. He will play imo.

If he's out, I would say we will have little chance of winning tomorrow.

Any more major injuries to key players, and this season which had so much hope and promise, will be torpedoed before it even starts....

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The Giants were robbed. How they could call that pass to Beckham incomplete is a freaking joke. He had BOTH feet down before the ball came loose. Must be nice to be so good that the refs are in their back pocket too. The Pat's that is. What a stupid rule. Of course, if the kid had hung on to that wo...

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How many games nowadays can we say the refs were GOOD?

They stink, almost all of them. Even when there is a good ref, the others make up for it by sucking....

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Fleming will be the last coach of this program if they are going to kill it. He's been here for 2 years now. There's 2 years left on his contract I think. Imo there are 2 more years to either improve, or end the misery. Maybe only one. They need a lot more talent at many more positions to become res...

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I don't think so, but can't be sure. So far no one has come out and said anything really specific about the injury other than it being an ACL tear. Was it a complete tear or a partial? How long a recovery period hasn't been mentioned either. I would think more info will come out once surgery has bee...

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A torn ACL is bad, but nowhere near as bad as it would have been if he had blown out his MCL with it. He should be back at full strength at the beginning of next season. If the MCL was torn, then it would be doubtful if he could come back even next season.... We will be an absolute powerhouse next s...

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I don't think we're going totally back to those kind of games.... Just hope our returning players plus the newbies equal better offense. Our shooting will be OK, I think. FT shooting, well that's a horse of a different color...... We still have the type of players and enough depth to play relatively...

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He's not done. He'll get 2000 if he plays 4 years here. He has 2 more years eligibility, if he misses this season. Obviously no NBA next season, and maybe not the season after, either. Just hope it's not a total blowout of the knee. [ACL and MCL] That could mean more than a year to recover. See Derr...

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Four can shoot it way better than what we've had, that's for sure. Unfortunately, better teams will find a way to slow him down without the threat of EC on offense. Terrell and Garrett will have to shoot it more, and hopefully their shooting has improved enough. Terrell does look like he might..... ...

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Even with all that, EC just does so many things that it will be impossible to fully replace him. The only thing is that we might actually be better on defense, but that depends on the new guys. EC shoots FT's well, and he rebounds. Not just scoring. We're going to go back to depending on defense mor...

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probably close to last year, I would guess.

Good, but not good enough.

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This will still be a good team without EC. An NCAA tourney team? No. They deserve better. The program deserves better. It's like they are cursed.....why us And yes, what happened in Paris makes everything else seem trivial, but it's not... this world is one fucked up place. I fear for my children an...

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It's not good. Not at all. On top of that, EC's the best FT shooter on the team, except for Four. 13-31. Isn't that what we shot against Davidson last year? Pathetic. Hassan and Earl are terrible from the line. Hopefully Iverson gets better at them. The only silver lining, if there is one, is if EC ...

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