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rhodylaw

As I posted earlier today, I'd take Bassy over Ways. But in my opinion, both aren't A10-level guards. Cam and Hammond are the future backcourt. Always was fine out there today. He didn't do anything that screwed anything up. Made a nice little jump shot when we were in a slump. I think as the seaso...

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I really can’t think of another arena I have been to that dedicates that kind of space to the press.

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Agreed Steven - if we finish last or anywhere near the bottom of the A10 we have problems. Signature OOC wins are expected year three and on. If we got one this year that would be gravy.

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theblueram wrote: ↑5 months ago SBU wins!!! Great night for the A10!!!

Hell Yeah! About F’n time the “top of the conference” gets some good wins.

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RF1 wrote: ↑5 months ago November 13th updated A-10 Power Rankings:
https://www.a10talk.com/a10-mbb-power-r ... r-13-2023/

Still 14 - F those guys rankings. I put $3 on Rhody to win the A10. I want my $200 winnings. Let's Go!!!

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This bottom line. How do you fix it? Maybe sustained winning and a long tenure high level HC? Time will tell but no doubt a big portion of our crowd these first four games were retirees… I think a problem might be that the younger generation is getting priced out of South County, thus making them m...

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Let’s Fuch them up Come in our HOUSE you ALWAYS gon get FUCHED up. That's too good - had to put it on a TShirt. haha. https://www.bonfire.com/in-our-house-you-always-get-fuched-up/?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=campaign_page&utm_campaign=in-our-house-you-always-get-fuched-up&utm_conte...

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I realize that. I did mention Yale, but the point of that sentence is that we are going to win most of those games, not lose half of them. Someone else in the contest said 10-3 non-con. Maybe they know better than I do. But it is not going to be 7-6 That was me - I can assure you I know less than m...

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I only said that because Archie wants to be able to spell him and not have to rely on him for the entire game. Probably what's gonna have to happen though. House is more than capable of playing 30+ minutes. It's his game. House wants to play. Let him. That's like saying let's rest EC or Terrell or ...

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adam914 wrote: ↑5 months ago Looks like everyone but VCU woke up finally.

Was looking like a good night for the A10 until I got to that VCU score -

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If Connor can demonstrate the ability to be the designated three point bomber, early on in limited minutes, he stays. And further develops. I feel like Archie Dayton teams (or maybe I am confusing with Sean X teams) usually had a sniper off the bench who would play 10-15 mins a game. That type of p...

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4. Zek - 14.75
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If you win they will come - it’s that simple. Other than the people of this board, how many Rhody fans know that we blew out the entire roster that was not good. Who knows the name of any of the guys we brought in? Win and people will know. Win and people will be excited next year to know who Archie...

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https://twitter.com/BillKoch25/status/1712950533156118807 Hopefully Archie is on to something here - he is a smart basketball guy so it would not surprise me. Lots of P5 teams poaching lower D1 kids in the transfer portal it would not surprise me if there are a lot of kids in JUCO that may normally...

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Law, I'm guessing Jim Baron's 17 year basketball purgatory had something to do with all of that. Nothing like compounding the mistake of a bad hire by making it a permanent hire for nearly two decades. Only Rhode Island could have cooked up that one. The other A-10 teams must have secretly been bes...

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Would love nothing more than Loyola to prove to be more like VCU then George Mason. George Mason’s final four run was very coach dependent, they finally had some success in the league after a good hire in English (now gone). I am also very concerned that Davidson is Coach dependent and may not be cl...

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As Pac-12 looks to rebuild, there’s one nagging question for Fresno State, Mountain West Robert Kuwada Sun, Sep 24, 2023, 1:19 PM EDT Some Commissioners out West are really busy these days and getting very innovative. Schools as well. https://sports.yahoo.com/news/pac-12-looks-rebuild-one-171931706...

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Really excited to see Fuchs play. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8tH1y1qehg&ab_channel=TransitionTakes Same here , nice highlights let’s see how Arch uses him looks like he has nice touch around the basket Does look like he has nice touch - I do hope he throw down some of those dunks with aut...

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Call me crazy - but the more I think about it I am a little more optimistic long term. I think the COVID 5th year plus immediate transfer eligibility has hurt the A10 the last few years. The 5th year thing is fading out and as long as the NCAA holds strong on denying most waivers, I think kids will ...

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They’re certainly a competitive program as of late. I just worry that adding will eventually force others out, maybe top programs. Too many teams does water down the league. Yeah - i think it is inevitable that the best leagues will all be 20 teams or close to it. We probably lose someone in that s...

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Yeah Stevey, I also feel we will be better than 14. I am still thinking 8-12, hopefully closer to the middle. Don't think many here are down on our roster, I just feel we are still a year away, but we should be very competitive this season. Year away from what? Year away from a tourney bid, ok. I c...

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Charleston is an ok add - a team that I don't mind seeing on the OOC schedule, so not the end of the world to get a yearly game with them. Also gives a geographical rival for Davidson. Most A10 teams have a natural geographic rival which can draw some interest if the teams improve.

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I had a chance to read the blue ribbon breakdown of the A10. Here are some things that stood out to me about the team overall Archie said he knew early on that last season's rosters was going to need a major overhaul. It wasn't because of a lack of effort from the players; it was a serious lack of ...

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Assuming we pencil in Kortwrigbt as the starting 1, I think one of House, Weston or Zek will be the 6th man. All will get plenty of minutes playing the 2/3/4 spots and maybe even the 1 at times and will all likely average around 30 mins a game.

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Rory and Weston both start game 1 unless someone blows them away in practice. On 2 returning guys with game minutes in the system. For all the physical limitations he had/has, Rory is high IQ player.

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I think the main problem with the schedule is the JWU game. Replace that with BC or even freakin Bryant. Hell, Stonybrook, Manhattan, Buffalo any team from the MAC or CAA. I get we aren’t getting a Marquee home game this season, but how about a D1 team with a pulse.

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I just looked at this schedule and this thread and vomited. Delaware? 225 NET Delaware is a good game? JFC. It looks like we have an NEC OOC schedule and we play the worst A10 teams. There is not 1 team on this home schedule I am looking forward to seeing. Not 1. This is probably the worst schedule...

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Wow - if we have more than 3 losses we suck. If we have 3 losses we might still suck, just less than last year, maybe?

I like building confidence, but my god is this is puke level bad, especially that JWU game. For real? A game that does absolutely nothing for us.

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The main basketball locker rooms for both men and women should be at the Practice Facility and not the Ryan Center. The locker rooms at the RC should be used for games only. The current setup is crazy. Do you think UMass players walk over to the Mullins Center locker rooms when they have a practice...

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For this reason: (4) The committee reviewed the common circumstances submitted for such waiver requests and instructed the staff to continue reviewing such requests on a case-by-case basis. In addition, the committee noted immediate eligibility should be considered when the following circumstances ...

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Cal and Stamford in the ACC is stupid. FSU and/or Clemson probably still leave and you are stuck with only 2 west coast teams. Dumb. Unless they intend to poach a couple more west coast teams - but shocker here - they are too late to get anyone quality. I see the desire to have west coast teams in t...

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Don't over-rate UConn football. It sucks and is best fit with the ACC. Tough to say that joining Duke, UNC, Syracuse, etc would kill the UConn basketball program. They would be in the upper half of a strong basketball conference that actually makes sense for them geographically. Agree with you Rhod...

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I think UConn finds it way to the ACC eventually. If enough defect from there it is possible that even lowly UMass could make it there too. On its face that seems bad for football. However, having UConn, Syracuse, BC and UMass in the same league may just bring some juice back to New England college...

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I think UConn finds it way to the ACC eventually. If enough defect from there it is possible that even lowly UMass could make it there too. On its face that seems bad for football. However, having UConn, Syracuse, BC and UMass in the same league may just bring some juice back to New England college ...

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You sign the full amount until you find those 2-3 stars. We have not yet. You need to put out a wide net and get a little lucky.

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Archie did not have a choice. We were incredibly devoid of ball handlers last year. Cox chose this. In fairness to Cox - he chose him to be a redshirt long term development project. Unfortunately he was able to beat out everyone else on the team that should have been better. He does some things rea...

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Yup obviously, in this day and age, players can and will leave. I think we all know that. Players could also get injured, decommit, or not even show up like Ant. Anything can happen.... As of right now, they are Rams, so when people mention the potential of Hammond and Farrell as cornerstone-type p...

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That sounds great. and I agree with the basic sentiment, but he was who we had at the time, wanted to be here, we didn't have a better option, and he played to the best of his ability. Why bring him up with such negativity every other post? Apparently, Archie as well as Cox thought he could play un...

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How much were they paid? These examples bode well for us the next season - find a good core and get them to stick the next year and we are off. We did not find any core pieces last season. This is season we need to find core pieces and then PAY them if necessary to stay. No one worth going the extr...

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Pre Portal-NIL-palooza, I would have probably agreed with 'longer than year 2' and 'retained core players', but I feel like this is only the 2nd year of true portal free-for-all combined with NIL, it's not necessarily all figgered out. I see year to year carryover of talent becoming less and less o...

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I think Obadiah is absolutely right. The realignment ten years ago was all about media markets and conferences trying to get their new cable channels into as many households as possible so they could make money on carriage fees. Now with cord cutting and streaming being more important than cable ch...

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They should just embrace what Rory is: he's the slow white guy on the team, who is meant to be a shooting specialist. Let him concentrate on what he is meant to be good at. I realize Archie is probably one of those coaches who is like you have to be this--><--athletic to be on this team, but if tha...

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Rory finished 3-15 FG's and 2-11 from 3 Shots looked good leaving his hand just didn't drop That's disheartening.... because that's what I thought everytime he shot and missed last year....oh, awesome form, looks good...he just needs to make one or two, then he'll be on a roll. What the world needs...

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I think you're on to something PRT . I think a lot of posters are gun shy after last season's debacle . Injuries really hurt last season , so a real key for this upcoming season is to STAY HEALTHY . They seem to have some good pieces up and down the roster if they can stay on the court. I'm with ya...

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Kansas v. UConn would be a good game. Not traditional rivals but would a juicy matchup. Honestly, the rest of the Big12 teams wouldn’t do it for me if I was a UConn fan. Yes they are better teams than South Florida, but the lack of tradition or geography makes it tough. Now if the Big 12 goes and ge...

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Some guys (probably most) just can’t fight through losing - it’s really tough to keep your compete level high when your team loses so much. Hopefully some success on the court translates to more consistent effort, not just from Weston but other players too. By the end of last year you could count on...

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Low risk, High reward.

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jcru wrote: ↑11 months ago I don't think Weston has the luxury of "checking out" this season.

I would be surprised if he did unless we really suck again. It is tough mentally to stay there all season when you don’t get results.

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I really wish some credible sports writer would do an article on the impact of NIL on college basketball. And not just spin NIL as 'getting reimbursement for use of likeness', but for what it really is. They need to chronicle the bidding wars for basketball recruits and expose this information to t...

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I had some time to kill and I was interested to see what 3 point shooting percentage that the new transfers brought to the table. Collectively, House, Wright, Montgomery, and Kortright shot 36.175% from three last year. That number would place them 71st in the country. That is a hell of a lot bette...

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