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After URI beats Davidson, I love going back and reading old posts from previous games. High comedy. Name me a fanbase that wouldn’t get upset after losing five games in a row with two of them being at home against Brown and New Hampshire? Upset is fair game. The problem is the race to declare seaso...

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Exactly - it's not just the size of the arena. It's a constellation of things. None of those are schools I'd be looking to form a conference with. Again, if it were just arena size than George Mason would be a great basketball program too. But it's sad that Loyola has a smaller arena than all of th...

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This is pathetic. I'm out have seen enough. This team is worse than last years. We thought Cox was bad. Think again. Paying 1.7 mil a year to win maybe 10 games. Actually doubt that will happen Miller has no clue. Cox 2.0 After URI beats Davidson, I love going back and reading old posts from previo...

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And my bad about confusing MVC and Horizon - I think it goes to my larger point about teams that can’t even dominate those meaningless 1 bid leagues aren’t the teams we desperately need to add. I wouldn’t confuse the MVC with the Horizon and denigrate them as a meaningless one bid league. Big diffe...

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Sorry, but I am more partial to Loyola since I have good friends who went to the school. Also, I am familiar with the school having lived in Chicago on two occasions, once as a student at the University of Chicago getting an advanced degree and a second time working for a major Fortune 25 company. ...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQjNmWhOfkM Hearing Archie say that Fuchs might someday risk it all to go after a ref might be the thing that puts me over the line in terms of being in his corner. I already thought he was getting a raw deal on here before and came to his defense a little then, but ...

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Please save us David Green Amen 🙏 PRAYER ANSWERED 🖕PMMM I'm happy you're happy about David Green. I'm glad he's playing well thus far thru 2 games. And I'm happy anytime URI wins. I guess, in your opinion, the season has been saved based on wins over Northeastern and St. Joe's? If you've determined...

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Billy Lange should've been fired 1/3rd of the way into his second season? Or certainly his 3rd season? Or was it his 4th season?

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Players thrive off a coaches emotions. Definitely worked with Dan. I saw Archie walk up to Zek I believe and was almost under the basket. Intense. Players thrive off a coach's emotions? I didn't know that. Was that true with Dean Smith? John Wooden? Bob McKillop? Tony Bennett? Lute Olson? Al Skinne...

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Players thrive off a coaches emotions. Definitely worked with Dan. I saw Archie walk up to Zek I believe and was almost under the basket. Intense. Players thrive off a coach's emotions? I didn't know that. Was that true with Dean Smith? John Wooden? Bob McKillop? Tony Bennett? Lute Olson? Al Skinne...

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There is no way you knew how bad Cox would be. Lucky guess! It was still a no brainer. It wasn't only to keep the recruits, it was to sustain the culture Dan built because Cox had helped build it. I don't understand how you could not see it. Cox had no head coaching experience. And reason #1: you N...

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Thanks again Spooky for keeping up, can't be enjoyable right now. Their other starter is (G)Joe Pridgen averaging 9.5 pts/5.7 rebs. Even though they list only 1 forward starter, I wouldn't consider their line-up super small. Their guards and wings all have length: Pridgen (6'5"/227), Troutman ...

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Thanks again Spooky for keeping up, can't be enjoyable right now. Their other starter is (G)Joe Pridgen averaging 9.5 pts/5.7 rebs. Even though they list only 1 forward starter, I wouldn't consider their line-up super small. Their guards and wings all have length: Pridgen (6'5"/227), Troutman ...

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Don't know about Kobe as father/hubby of the year, nor do you...I do know that he cheated on his wife and was accused of rape. Doesn't matter if he's dead or alive...that's part of his legacy. Using articles from Fox News as your sources...interesting. Is that the same Fox News that was sued for ly...

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Jesus Christ man. As you told me, “it’s an A10 message board, it’s not that serious.” Meanwhile you spent probably an hour with that post to defend your “character” 😂 My god dude, you could’ve watched a high school prep game with that time. When someone says that I'm ignoring that he's a rapist bec...

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I know you said year 2, and I'm counting year 1 as well. Last year was a train wreck, this year is starting to look like one again. Archie's being paid way too much money to lose to UNH and Brown in the same season. Year one should be counted, I wasn’t omitting it. But we should take last years res...

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Anyone think we are just shutting down Bilau for the rest of the OOC? I have a slight feeling Archie is doing that for Bilau, Fuchs and possibly Green Fuchs must've had one heck of a concussion. My guess is you've never had one. And secondly, you're not an expert on recovery. Here's an article on f...

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Yup, this is the guy that literally every single person said has stood out at practice. Our coach, our assistants, any fan that watched our practices in the offseason, Disano. ETC... He was also the player that went off in the scrimmage... The Conference USA has some legitimate talent, and our team...

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Please save us David Green Amen 🙏 If you're counting on this David Green to be URI's savior, I think you'll be sorely disappointed. Last I checked, he's not projected to be a lottery pick. And even if he was, he could be the next Emoni Bates, who wasn't Eastern Michigan' savior either. The hype att...

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I still think you need to get Zek and House going to have any chance at a mid A-10 finish. Also, I’m not in the Archie camp that this game was good defensively. Delaware is a stone throw away from D2 and they dominated us. I also question where the preparation was for this game as 13 was basically ...

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Yes, we look terrible. You also don't talk about firing a coach in year fucking 2 if you have any clue unless that coach is on the Jerry D level. Even Cox, as bad as he was, deserved a third year. There's no such thing as a win now situation in year 2 of a college coach or you'll never get another ...

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I can't believe people are saying Archie should be in the hot seat in year 2. Dan took over a much more drastic rebuild on a program level considering we hadn't been to a tournament in 13 seasons when he took over and he had to deal with an APR nightmare when recruiting but let's not act like this ...

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Regarding your apathy...nobody cares.

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I think analytics are very helpful and insightful but you need context - which it appears to me that 78 is providing a few posts above. One needs to try to ascertain shooting percentages while contested versus open or with pressure versus no pressure. An open 3 is great but I would rather have a pl...

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It’s the worst shot in basketball. The worst shot is a shot taken by a player who is not comfortable taking or comfortable making that particular shot. So if a player is more comfortable taking a mid-range jumper and will make it at a much higher clip then a shot from deeper, then that's a good sho...

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Do you ever comment on the actual topic, or do you just come on here to criticize what other people post? Then again, I never took anything you said seriously after you claimed that Fatt's shot against Oklahoma was a bad shot... Low percentage shot that was made by Fatts (which made him a highlight...

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I knew Connor wasn't going to play this year as he's not remotely ready, but I'm totally confused about why Cam doesn't get more minutes. He was one of the best players on the floor against a high major in Northwestern and seemed to be taking a turn. However, his playing time has been inconsistent:...

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I think the mid range can arguably be the best shot in basketball. Especially for a team like URI who don’t dominate from the arc and can have issues at the rim. Zek has been good from mid range. The spacing needs to be better. Agree. Somewhat of a lost art for many players/teams in my opinion. It’...

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We are seriously overrated talent wise. It's becoming more obvious game by game. The only people who have overrated our talent are the ones on this board who wave their pompoms at every player signed. Everyone without Rhody blinders on, knew we wouldn’t be a good team. I remember how Cam and Dubsky...

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Are they “effective” in the sense that you spend your own presumably hard-earned and nevertheless real American Dollars on that shit and then willingly ingest it into your body as a result of seeing the commercials? Or, like, another kind of effective? Just because you don't like something doesn't ...

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Rhody_NYCT...welcome to the world of hyperintense posters, where every game, every shot in every game, and every substitution is a referendum on each player, each official and the head coach. People like to pass premature judgment. It's unfortunate. (Those Dr. Pepper college football commercials ar...

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It's possible to be a winning team and a poor FT shooting team at the same time. (Conversely, good FT shooting teams can also stink.) No need to harp on this. Teams just have to be better in other areas of the game to offset.

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I am not responding to one of you in particular but sadly to a lot of you. Maybe it's me who has lost my mind. But this is what I see. We are only 8 games into a season with basically a completely new roster. Last season was one of the worst teams we have ever had. This years team is far better. We...

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Jersey77 wrote: ↑4 months ago Utah State at Saint Louis 8:00pm Bally Sports
Chicago State at Loyola Chicago 8:00pm ESPN+

There is zero interest in Chicago St. at Loyola...even in Chicago.

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reef wrote: ↑4 months ago
ATPTourFan wrote: ↑4 months ago
Good to see the local scribes taking notice of our nice win yesterday

We really need a solid showing @ PC to keep up that momentum

Jim Donaldson is a lazy journalistic hack, a URI-hater/PC-lover...won't read him, ever.

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It should be a big game for him. This is probably the best team we will play the rest of the season. He needs to win a game on the road. The win at Dayton over PC in the tourney has nothing to do with here. They have to show that they are growing and playing well in a hostile environment even if th...

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We haven’t won at their place in forever. It’s a big game for whoever our coach is. We also have lost both games away from home this year, and I believe Archie only won one road game last season @ Loyola. Rivalry, at their place, sold out, etc etc. So yes, it’s a big game and measuring stick for ou...

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7,605 on hand at MVP Arena in Albany to watch rivals Albany and Sienna Sienna Saints were favored by 3.5 points Albany crushed Sienna by 86-51 Sienna falls to 1-5. Some here have thrown out Sienna as Bernadette McGlade's possible 16th team as she has publicly admitted her desire to go to 16 once Lo...

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Rhode_Island_Red wrote: ↑4 months ago Where have you gone, Ted Doherty?

"For St. Joe's, starting at guard, a 5-foot-9 inch junior from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...number-11...Mark Bass."

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Year #2 of the Archie era looks remarkably like year #1 of the Archie era This...is why it's maybe not such a bad thing that you can't post from the games... and it's better to just catch up, like this... Better yet...if you're going to post about year-2 vs. year-1, why don't folks wait until the a...

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The very early opening has this game as URI - 1 . This line could change quickly if Northwestern and Big Ten fans jump on that line . Will monitor this line to see if it makes any significant move . After watching Northwestern and going through their stats and performances against low level teams s...

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Jersey77 wrote: ↑5 months ago Michigan over St. John's 48-38 halftime at MSG.

Isn't the coach at St. John's the same coach who had the Johnnies lose to Pace?

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I was even squirming watching this guy squirm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm49wSy6W1A Grasso must be on drugs or something, with his rambling and conspiracies. He's a bad liar, and Patrolman Switzer (and everyone who watches this) can see right through his BS. Wow, he’s a weird dude. There’s d...

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While I agree alternate helmets are probably not first on the priority list some of you underestimate the role these things play in marketing the program. Ya know who would love alternate helmets -- potential recruits, the actual players and fans. Now I know those are important stakeholders here (l...

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College basketball just does not draw in Chicago I guess. Looked like DePaul had about two hundred fifty people last night. Of course it's a pretty poor product as usual with them. Yes and no. Chicago, like Boston, is a pro sports town. However, college hoops can and has drawn in Chicago. You've go...

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With both La Salle and UMass winning their home openers tonight, the A-10 goes 13-1 with only Loyola Chicago yet to open its season. The Ramblers do that tomorrow night as they host #10 Florida Atlantic. VCU of all teams decides to lay an egg. That loss could very easily ruin any shot they have at ...

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Sure. There's plenty of extra money floating around the football program to throw at something so frivolous as an "alternate" helmet. So the conversation goes something like this, I'd imagine?: STAFFER #1 - "Item number-1 on the agenda...you know, football has been nagging us for impr...

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Is there a prediction as to when:
1) People will be pissing and moaning after which loss?
2) People will be calling for Archie to be fired?

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I was even squirming watching this guy squirm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm49wSy6W1A Grasso must be on drugs or something, with his rambling and conspiracies. He's a bad liar, and Patrolman Switzer (and everyone who watches this) can see right through his BS. This might be the first time I’ve...

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I was even squirming watching this guy squirm.

Grasso must be on drugs or something, with his rambling and conspiracies. He's a bad liar, and Patrolman Switzer (and everyone who watches this) can see right through his BS.

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