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theblueram

Oh yeah 100%. I'm just saying that the collective is most definitely following that rule that they don't reach out to kids. It's legal for the staff to talk dollars with kids, that's 100% within the rules. Collectives can't. BlueMan, please read the below court ruling from a couple of weeks ago On ...

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I mean we definitely are following that rule. Stone or our big donors aren't out there recruiting. The collective's job is literally to collect the money and distribute it to current players with NIL agreements. Like anything, the clearly legal part is for the coaching staff to know what the NIL is...

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Since the success of a team now depends on donations from fans, the teams with the more rabid fan bases will always be the better teams. A team like Dayton averages 13,000 some fans. If one third of them donate, they're getting donations from 4300 fans or so. We average 4000 fans. If one third of u...

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Oak View manages many properties and it's that large number that produces a profit and the amount ascribed to any one property is not large. Asking them for large contribution makes no sense. Any collective dedicated to URI MBB has to be rooted in those that are committed to URI and have strong bon...

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Outside the diehards, our fans want the performance without paying for it. The cart before the horse. As BM just said, it doesn't work that way. But we keep trying! I thought the issue is all the money the NCAA makes and the players don't get any of it????? Where the hell is that money????? What ot...

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Since the success of a team now depends on donations from fans, the teams with the more rabid fan bases will always be the better teams. A team like Dayton averages 13,000 some fans. If one third of them donate, they're getting donations from 4300 fans or so. We average 4000 fans. If one third of u...

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They manage the Ryan Center and make a profit off basketball. And charge us $14 a beer. They need to cough up some dough. They manage the Ryan Center because URI pays them to do so. If URI told them they needed to pay, OVG would just leave and the RC would fall apart because URI doesn’t have the re...

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Do you really think we’re following that rule? We definitely are not along with every other collective. They just have to put that on the website to save face. We do not need to "save face". The court rulings are in the books. Are they going for it or not? Quit sending mixed signals if yo...

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On February 23, U.S. District Judge Clifton L. Corker of the Eastern District of Tennessee, issued an opinion and order granting the Tennessee and Virginia attorneys generals’ (AG) request for a preliminary injunction enjoining the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from enforcing its s...

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URI sold 70k tickets this year. Put a $5 NIL Fee on each ticket. That's $350K. If we sold out nightly, that would double.

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They manage the Ryan Center and make a profit off basketball. And charge us $14 a beer. They need to cough up some dough.

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Oak View Group 360 manages the Ryan Center. How much does this company contribute each year to the Collective? They manage over 400 facilities and profit off of URI Basketball. People are asking fans to pay for basketball players. Out of our own pockets. Welp, I want to see how much the folks making...

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Who runs the Ryan Center? And how much money have they given to the collective? Since they are making a profit off of URI Basketball, they should be shelling some dollars out for sure. Focus on that one for starters.

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BobfromMatunuck wrote: ↑1 month ago We all have to support the team like an organization now. That is the direction college basketball is heading. We cannot fall behind the curve! Trust

An organization sounds like the Boston Celtics. As a fan, how do you support the Celtics other than going to games?????

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Anyone think Izzo hangs it up after this year?

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Blue Man is 1000% right when he says that we could have gotten better talent but for the lack of money to give them. It's an arms race, and right now URI is bringing a knife to a gun fight when it comes to recruiting higher level talent I still believe Archie is a good enough coach to succeed here,...

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Billyboy78 wrote: ↑1 month ago Actually Archie's real name is Ryan Joseph Miller.

Who the F calls Archie Miller Ryan? I bet not even his wife does.

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We all need to help Ryan by creating an environment where he can be successful. Of course the street works both ways, but supporting the collective, going to games, and telling a few of your friends what is going on in Kingston is just a start Who is Ryan? If I told my friends what is going on in K...

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Who's the dolt that gave him an A-? Must be a friar fan.

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I gave a D. Since it's his second year. Same results next year will yield an F.

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I was as excited as anyone when we hired grumpy, but I don’t care anymore what he says and how he seems to understand what is wrong. I only care that he fixes it….that is literally all that matters. And I don’t know if he even has a plan, since he couldn’t even give us a rough timeline, all he gave...

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reef wrote: ↑1 month ago I’m giving this season a D , thoughts ?

Reef, there is no way this season was anything but a failure. I left the last home game at the under 8 in the first half. It was an empty arena. This season was the worst.

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theblueram · Re: 3/12 | Saint Louis | 4:30PM (ESPN+) | A-10 1st Round Season over

Season over

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rhodyram22 wrote: ↑1 month ago
theblueram wrote: ↑1 month ago
ram1980 wrote: ↑1 month ago Archie totally blew this game. How can he have weston on the bench and Montgomery out there. Horrendous in game coaching.
Weston has 4 fouls I believe
It’s the end of the game. Who cares?

He just went in and got five. Happy?

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ram1980 wrote: ↑1 month ago Archie totally blew this game. How can he have weston on the bench and Montgomery out there. Horrendous in game coaching.

Weston has 4 fouls I believe

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House misses 2 FT's in crunch time

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Archie needs to get some top freshmen. That will get the sports writers excited. Which will get the fan base excited. Top 100 players.

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Cam has been on Medley like glue on defense.

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Cam is playing pretty good.

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Definitely my all time favorite coach at URI. He was just a dude with a plan. Wish that included us, but he did very good for URI.

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BlueMan, not sure for me. If they made a miraculous run and won the Championship, I would be going crazy. But the games I sat through this year would not be compensated by that. NCAA or Bust though!!!!!!

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Billyboy78 wrote: ↑1 month ago
CamsRams wrote: ↑1 month ago
At least we're shooting higher. Top 50 ish in '26. This would be a Duane recruit.

Bout time we get shit going. I have not given up on Archie. He can turn this thing around.

theblueram

Will Dubsky be here next year? Probably not. My question is, who is Rory Stewart? The guy has better stats than Dubsky.

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I think the coaching carousel is about 20 teams right now. Too many to list.

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Looks like the band is there The cheerleaders definitely are Good decision athletics!!! So are my buddies BobFromMatunuck and Don_keedick! Glad we got a lot of Keaney Blue energy buzzin in Richmond. How many URI fans? Would you say as many as UCONN had at the dump when they killed pc? or less?

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Why have a limit on scholarships now? When you can pay a walk-on $150k a year? The coaches will be choosing how much money each player gets. Walk-ons will not be getting 150K. The coaches decide? Maybe I'm mistaken, but I don't think the coaches are giving anything to the collective. Why should the...

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Why have a limit on scholarships now? When you can pay a walk-on $150k a year?

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Hurley is a wizard. Uconn down 15-2 early. He goes apeshit and gets a technical. Uconn goes on a 40-9 run and leads by 18 at the half.

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Uconn was down 15-2 early against pc. They have gone on a 30-9 run since.

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Hurley got a tech 3 minutes into the game . LOL.

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I'm not contributing unless I know where the money is going. Sounds like the FastBreak Club on steroids.

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Depends on who you ask, I guess...many here seem cool with it..."takes time to rebuild" :roll: I guess in our situation I never really expected a quick fix. But now it's taking longer than I thought to even be respectable. You should never be below respectable...but that's where this team...

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Do we have a problem? Well, the last home game had about 1,000 people in the stands. Yeah, we have a problem.

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Why is it that some programs (that no one has ever even heard of) can turn it around in one year, but, it's "acceptable" to not make a big jump here even in year 3? Welp, Its not. Depends on who you ask, I guess...many here seem cool with it..."takes time to rebuild" :roll: You ...

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Utah State is relevant now, similar to what URI was nationall . There’s a lot of fan support, the infrastructure and investment, and Sprinkle was coaching the season before on an NCAA team, able to bring his guys. Is Dan Hurley a bad coach because it took 5 years to get out of the first round at UC...

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RhodyKyle wrote: ↑1 month ago

Think we're moving away from the initial intention? We need NYG's GM desperately.

I believe I brought GM up first. We need a GM to select the team and a coach to make them win.

theblueram · Re: 3/9 | Fordham | 1:00PM (ESPN+) Does it matter?

Does it matter?

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Jdrums#3 wrote: ↑1 month ago
ramster wrote: ↑1 month ago 1st round of WCC Tournament
Pepperdine is favored by 9.5 points over Pacific

At halftime the score:
Pepperdine 56
Pacific 9

Not a typo
Yikes

Suddenly I don’t feel so bad about yesterday’s loss. I could be a Pacific grad.

Why do I get a sense Pacific will be on our schedule next year?

theblueram

It is absolutely imperative that the NIT funds get as big as possible. Some might not care since we suck so bad right now. But that attitude will only result in making sure we will continue to suck. We have to give Archie the best chance to succeed I have always donated to the mens and womens teams...

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