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It looks like the old board is completely shut down now: http://rhodyrams.8.forumer.com/splash.html?f=1 Dear Forum Friend, As part of our ongoing effort to provide all of our users a better online community experience, we have migrated all active Forumer PHPBB2 boards to an improved, more modern pla...

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"According to the Washington Post, George Mason turned down an opportunity to join the A-10 last year before reversing course this year."

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013 ... a-caa-team

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Regarding GMU turning down an invite to the A10 last year, they do have a very similar profile to VCU, so I can see how the A10 may have invited them before VCU. I am guessing Butler got the first invite, GMU got the second invite, and VCU got the third invite after GMU turned the A10 down. GMU NCAA...

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I watched the Press Conference yesterday for GMU, and read all the information on it. GMU has a President who was very loyal to the CAA. He retired. The new President felt that they had to make this move, especially since they lost ODU, Georgia State and VCU from the Conference. He even got good ma...

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ramfan85 wrote:Don't feel bad. He would have been my last choice, too.

lol

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Baron was at Bonnies before URI, and he has won like 38,495 A10 COYs. It was actually said seriously by an announcer, but when it is repeated here it is said in jest (and with some level of disgust). Oh ok, now I got it. I completely forgot about Baron's St. Bonaventure tenure. Baron started at St....

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Thanks. Actually, during some of our locally televised games, before this year, the announcers would refer to JB as the "Dean." That's why i said it was sarcasm. Got it, thanks. I didn't understand the whole A10 Dean of Coaches thing at first, but I sort of get it now. I was thinking Mart...

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And??? And who? I'm curious who you are referring to. The "Dean of A10" Coaches (sarcasm, of course). Daytonflyer, What are you feeling about Dayton's future? Any insight on how they're feeling now? I hope they stay. Don't know if they'd be interested or not, but WSU will never be hotter....

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rambone 78 wrote:And some of the Northeast teams the A10 has, aren't so hot, either. But it doesn't look like they are going to cut any of them loose.

What would it take to drop a school from the A10? A simple majority vote? Any idea what the rules on that are?

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Rambone, why do you think Saint Louis will join the MVC which is a little diminished by the loss of Creighton? If SLU didn't leave before, why would they leave now? IMO, the MVC is now more attractive to SLU due to the fact that the MVC is now basically the competitive equal/or close to being the c...

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DFF, I hope they take a good look at Murray St. Not sold on Cleveland St, although they could do worse. I like Davidson too, but they're more Southern than Midwestern. FWIW, Cleveland State's attendance is poor. I think everybody goes to the Cavs NBA games, college basketball is not big in Cleveland.

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Wichita St? The folks on udpride seem to think that the MVC schools are out due to the potential instability of the A10 with not knowing what is going to happen with Richmond and/or VCU and/or Dayton and/or St. Louis potentially joining the Big East at some point in the future. I'm not sure what to...

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If the rumors about Xavier blocking Dayton's move to Conference X are true, I would guess the next shoe to fall would be either Cleveland St or Detriot Mercy to give Dayton a partner, with Davidson the backup for if Saint Louis jumps. I'll pass on Cleveland State or Detroit, the schools I mention b...

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ramfan85 wrote:And???

And who? I'm curious who you are referring to.

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I don't really follow www.xavierhoops.com, but they may have some information that Musketeer Madness doesn't have. I don't think the two boards always overlap each other in terms of covering various topics.

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URI wasted a chance in the last decade to favorably position itself for these realignment moves. Same here. It looks like we will continue to be conference brothers, at least for now. The Brian Gregory era at UD may have kept us out of this league. I'm hoping the A10 backfills now, and I hope Rhody...

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rambone 78 wrote:Rod! Rod! Rod!

I agree. I'm throwing my support behind Rod.

Rod! Rod! Rod!

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Rod, the other thing is, the A10 is almost all non football schools. Just Richmond, URI, and UMass? The new BE has no football. Of the teams being added, only Dayton has football I think. Would they keep it after they join? Dayton's football is FCS football, Dayton would keep their football if they...

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This might have been posted elsewhere, but Thorr Bjorn is rumored to be a candidate to be the new AD at Xavier.

http://musketeermadness.com/board/viewt ... =1&t=14080

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Yep, not looking good at all for Dayton joining the c7. I'm hoping maybe Cincinnati and UConn join the c7 to minimize the A10's losses. But, Cincinnati and Connecticut seemed destined for the ACC eventually.

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There was an unfortunate incident at the Dayton vs. Xavier game on Saturday. Some Dayton fans cursed at the wife of Xavier coach Chris Mack. Coach Mack's wife was brought to tears by the incident. Christi Mack, formerly Christi Hester, was a standout player for the UD women's basketball team. Hester...

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Link to article about the C7 taking 12-14 teams:

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... ources-say

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Yes, this whole deal of taking as many as 14 teams seems to have come out of nowhere. Hard to believe that they would take Richmond and VCU since Georgetown is so close to the Richmond area. Duquesne would make some sense for the Pittsburgh market, but Duquesne isn't any good. I'm pulling for you gu...

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Rpiforecast is projecting Canisius to finish at 17-12, #127. Even if they won every one of their remaining regular season games, that would only get them to #51, which most likely would not be good enough for an at large bid, so they will most likely have to win their conference tournament to make t...

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http://www.atlantic10.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/011513aab.html The group includes 11 former players, three head coaches and two individuals that were both a player and a coach for their respective institutions. The impressive list includes several nationally recognized names and four members of t...

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Honestly, just looking at the pictures of the Oregon court does kind of give me a headache. Maybe it is not so distracting in person. I think the design is awesome, but I'm not sure if I would want to have to look at that all the time.

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Maybe you guys should go with a funky new floor, like Oregon has. Oregon's floor is AWESOME IMO. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TbwfyDs5rsM/TWDkhGC5cgI/AAAAAAAAneU/ak4H87JL5YA/s1600/ducksfloor.jpg http://www.floorcraftsanding.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/oregon1.jpg http://espn.go.com/photo/2011/0113/n...

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Good post Rod, I agree with all of that. I too played basketball at night in the driveway with a spotlight on the hoop. We shoveled the snow off the driveway to play basketball. We had a killer wiffle ball league in the backyard. We cut the grass on the foul lines shorter than the rest of the field....

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I've been to Hinkle Fieldhouse to see a game. It's a neat, old school gym. Butler's attendance actually decreased last year, the year after 2 straight Final 4's. That is very surprising. I guess there is too much competition from Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame, and the Pacers. Butler 2009 5,897 Butler ...

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I don't know if this was posted on here already or not.

It's a spreadsheet with the profiles of all the candidates for the new BE conference.

Some interesting information.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub ... utput=html

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Wow. I guess I think they should have at least given you some advance notice. Good thing you set this board up, otherwise, right now there would be no board at all, right in the middle of the season. So, obviously the correct decision, to start a new board, was made. I wish you guys the best of luck...

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Thanks again for setting this up ATP.

It looks like the old forum has been taken down?

http://rhodyrams.8.forumer.com/viewforum.php?f=1

It is redirecting to:

http://www.forumer.com/offline.php

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1. Cincinnati is not going with the Carholic schools. Part of the reason the C7 want out is that they are upset with UC for campaigning openly to get into the ACC. But beyond that, Cincinnati needs to find a permanent home for its football program - a program they are clearly committed to based on ...

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It appears that the BE exit fees are not going to be an issue. If the BE7 all exit together, there is a clause that says that they don't have to pay the exit fees.

http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=4202

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I think the XU administration would jump at the chance to be in with the BE7. Another potential variable is what happens to the University of Cincinnati, which wants out of the BE. UC would not be open to being in the same conference as X. I know that a lot of the X fans all want to be in with the B...

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I believe Temple and Charlotte are already considered gone in these calculations. We have 16 this season - those two = 14 + BE 7 = 21 -5 = 16 Yes, I screwed up the math on that. 16-2-5=9+7=16 IMO, the weakest 4 A10 schools are Duquesne, Fordham, LaSalle, and St. Bonaventure. IMO, the 5th weakest wo...

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If they are talking about merging the A10 and Big East and then dropping 5 of the A10 schools, then how about dropping Duquesne, Fordham, LaSalle, and St. Bonaventure. I think Charlotte is getting ready to leave for CUSA, so that makes 5. You'd then have the BE-7 + the A10-9 for a 16 team league. Ma...

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I thought this article was good. http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=4202 There is a clause that allows the C7 to all exit the conference together at the same time and not have to pay the exit fee. There is also some talk that the C7 may be able to keep the Big East name and also keep the NCAA tournament post ...

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Rhodyhooopz wrote:What time is Pollard's announcement?

Per Matt Schwade, the rivals.com Dayton Flyers publisher, it is sounding like the announcement will be Friday morning sometime. Has anybody heard anything else?

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I'll go over. There were 7 non-BCS schools in the final AP poll last year. http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=2012 4 in the final AP poll from 2011. http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=2011 7 in the final AP poll from 2010. http://...

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Billyboy78 wrote:I've seen that one before. I love the pass at around 1:10.

Yeah, great pass.

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Pollard to pick either Dayton or Rhode Island this Friday afternoon.

http://ilprepbullseye.com/Pollard_Narrows_List.html

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Nice!

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Would like to see a poll set up to gauge peoples' opinions on this.

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I was thinking that, ATP. That big body could change the way this team battles inside on offense and defense. How can anyone predict anything, without knowing the makeup of the team? If the big guy gets eligible, you'd have a frontline of him, Aaman, Hare and Brooks. Nick and Malone could be 3's, a...

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Yes, thank-you to ATP and anyone else who helped set up this website. Thanks for all the hard work.

daytonflyerfan

Maybe set up a poll with all the choices for the new website domain name.

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i went back to the old URI site and found the info on Dayshon Smith. He got 3 stars from Scout. http://rhodyrams.8.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=2481 I sure hope http://www.foxsportsnext.com continues redesigning their site to make it more user friendly, and also so that the site has more team informa...

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I don't know, I really don't like http://www.foxsportsnext.com. Very hard to use/navigate around that site. Very hard to find player info. I have given up trying to find Dayshon Smith. I don't know, I really don't like the Scout site redesign. I'm very glad the administrators decided to not use scou...

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Looks like www.Scout.com is being redirected to http://www.foxsportsnext.com. I don't really like the new website, I'm having a lot of difficulty searching for recruiting info. on players. For example, Dayshon Smith just committed to Dayton yesterday, but I can't find out how many stars Scout gave h...

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