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Blue Man

I don't think there's a rush to fill this spot. EC is a PG/SG - we still have powell for the next couple years. Munford and Biggie as well. I don't think Hurley is going to fill a scholarship spot just to fill it. We have a big class coming in next year as it is.

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whatever. still one of the best classes we've ever had, still one of the best coaches we've ever had, he'll regret that decision when when he realizes he's in ohio and we'll be celebrating titles. more of this to come: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j51MGq-gQI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YfSI_3...

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bigappleram wrote:steve mello was from bristol, not portsmouth.

I'm a west bay guy. My geographic knowledge doesn't extend over bridges

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Kendall Pollard ‏@__KP
Goodmorning World... Woke up this morning feeling like a Flyer #FlyerNation #UDbound

on to the next.

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I am actually more excited by Ohio state at #5. That is probably the highest ranked team we have played since st joes with delonte and jameer. Hopefully now we'll have a different result (against any ranked team). But it would have been a Hollywood script if Steve Mello, the walk on from Portsmouth...

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i enjoy most of the away games that are within driving distance. except for uconn and peecee, the seats i get are always better than what is available to me at the ryan center. i love when they play at northeastern, i sit front row and head over to the omni parker house for a piece of the best bost...

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Hah even in high school football I was 2 inches taller and 20 pounds heavier.

I guess in my college years I must've shrunk!

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Well that's what I mean. Something with serious game missing implications

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You'd think if it were very serious you'd see it somewhere.

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Without a doubt he's one of the best pure shooters in the world. I am legitimately shocked an NBA team hasn't sniffed interest.

He has a shot you can't teach. Plenty of guards don't play D. Not many guards shoot like that.

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Definitely over. Pre-season polls rely on school names, not how good of a team they are. Does anyone have the stats on how many teams are in the top 25 preseason vs at the end?

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Agree on both points, especially the coaching aspect. If Hurley thinks these kids can play, I trust what he'll do with them. Who cares what the rankings are after we sign em, they'll learn soon enough what we've got here :-D (But it certainly holds true that it's Kingston vs. the world, every year i...

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I know that URI usually puts a trip together for the road UMASS game and Fordham - are there any other games people are excited to make a trip for? Excluding the Mohegan games and the PC game of course. I'm thinking I might make a trip to Indy to see the Butler game. Shouldn't be too heavy on the wa...

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I agree with Rhody78PSC..it seems unenforceable. I will donate $10 to every school we are recruiting against for a kid, become a booster, and then pester the kid with illegal tweets about going to college. Very true. I feel like this rule applies to the Nevin Shapiros of the world. If a fan were to...

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ATPTourFan wrote:Blue Man, last I heard from the Athletic Dept was tweets from fans to unsigned recruits are considered (correctly or not) to be from University Boosters, which would be a violation.

Jeez. Talk about muddy waters.

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Since eevryone and his mother is tweeting recruuits, despite NCAA rules, it would seem, as PSC78 (what ever happened to him?) used to say, it's an unenforceable rule. I was initially worried at what you said, because the last thing I think anyone would want to do on this board is affect Hurley's re...

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BlueMan just tweeted about how great it would be to have E.C. and Kendall together in the same backcourt and Kendall retweeted that too. I'm starting to think he's coming here. I was looking at his twitter feed because I'm officially a junkie until the season starts...but he hasn't RT'd anything fr...

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Every single thing about this team is so very very likeable. It's going to be so much fun to root for them.

Even better when they get really, really good.

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Love when Hurley says we haven't even seen what Malone can do on the court. LOVE THIS MAN.

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Dan Hurley's response to me asking about open practices on twitter - @jaycoppa appreciate your excitement about hoops. Will b looking at some open practices soon. Just need to get thru first week. Teaching. Damn this man is awesome. Beyond the fact that he is so awesomely receptive to fans, that las...

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you gotta think URI would be in the lead if he went to midnight madness here. i can't see that as a coincidence.

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http://telly.com/5BAAI

As if we didn't need anything to make us want that NCAA decision any more

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Actually Blue Man, watching two former UCLA coaches on the Keaney floor, put the Rams through their paces in 1997, was amazing. I thought it was a dream. The winningest player in NCAA history, Larry Farmer, and an NCAA championship coach , Jim Harrick, following a Midnight Madness that was on ESPN....

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C'mon guys - this isn't your first rodeo. Do you expect him to say to prospective recruits (or anyone else) that if he is successful he won't be here in 4 years? Dan said what every new coach says. Do you believe that Ed Cooley's lifelong ambition was to coach PC? Re-read the comments here on Baron...

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I mean I know some of us were hopeful back in the day...but has anyone ever been this excited for practice before? This is awesome.

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I can go on record having seen him play a couple times at URI...Munford is a player. Until he's declared eligible by the NCAA, I just assume Ifeanyi Onyekaba isn't playing for us this year. That is what a lot of people around the team called Orion. I was thinking the same. I'm going with If or Big If

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Another one of those "pinch me" moments

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Just think what we have to look forward to this year alone: Pre- and post-game interviews, coaches shows at Mews/RhodyJoes, interviews with local and national media, features on gorhody and interviews by our very own Jim Parisi (RhodeIslandRams, aka AZRhodyBlue) Holy crap. I didn't even think about...

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I don't see Hurley as a Martelli, content being a big fish in a small pond. I think Hurley wants to compete at the highest level and would love to do it with a program he built, I believe him when he says he's here because he sees URI as having the potential to be that program. But if the support d...

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Temple wasn't a stepping stone for Chaney, St. Joes wasn't a stepping stone for Martelli, and both those guys have enjoyed national level and consistent success. And great point about UCONN 30 years ago. With the volitility of the college basketball landscape right now, Hurley could turn URI into a ...

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Dan Hurley's Media Day Rewind on GoRhody

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For the right coach, it doesn't take long to rebuild a team to be among the top 20% in D1. Recruit 3 very talented players and you are 90% there. That is why "da process" is a joke. The entire team turns over in 5 years. I believe that we will be competitive in 2 years and get to the NIT....

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BFC wrote:
Blue Man wrote:But more importantly BFC, what terrible things did roman numerals do to you to earn such a fate??
They made it completely impossible to know what number Super Bowl it is, why are we all supposed to be so impressed by capital v's and i's?

Very true. Those bastards.

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You are right, and I probably should have used "potential for profit" instead. Profitability is really more of a misnomer anyways, seeing as how only a very small handful of college ADs are profitable. Men's basketball keeps the lights on at URI, and certainly is the only program here that...

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That was really navy? Jeez. Always saw them as black. Either way. Pretty bad ass.

And Rod is right, these actually look like real uniforms, not off the rack knock offs that we've had recently.

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It's a 100% different game. And by different, I mean boring. They say it's about "skill" instead of speed. Sorry, maybe I'm not PC enough for it, but women's basketball at any level is dreadful. Women's soccer at a higher level is more tolerable, as is tennis, but I'm sorry it's just not e...

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reef wrote:If for some reason we dance in yr 2 I will be doing cartwheels !!!!!

We can do them together outside of whatever arena where our first round game is.

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The team improved from last year. I get we're young, but Hurley will probably win a handful of games by himself and coaching, nevermind how prepped his team is. No one in the A10 has a wealth of experience against him, that surprise may steal another few wins. He beat Pitt with WAGNER. He got WAGNER...

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about time we got someone like this...we've suffered enough! Dan Hurley welcome to Kingston!

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The loss was to Boston College , but point taken. Our high water mark as far as national rankings was that big faceoff against Dayton. Unfortunately, it was one of the few times we actually lost to Dayton. ohhh right. I stand corrected. So many big wins/close losses/late season collapses, my brain ...

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Can't see Dan Hurley offering scholarships to kids at this level.

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I think you're right...we had that one loss to Duke and went into the Dayton game at 15-1, and then slowly became part of the process again.

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Judging from this prediction and the team's lack of depth, I would think making it to Barclay's would be a real achievement. I agree, but if IF gets eligible, I don't think we have depth problems. I'm a firm believer that fitness, defense, and coaching can steal wins for you. We certainly don't hav...

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Surfri72 wrote:plus you have a day to recover before the honeymoon sunday.

Probably the most important.

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There was one season I remember where the campus was actually on fire for basketball and that was (one of) our huge collapse years. We beat 'cuse and were 8-1 or 7-1 when PC was coming to the Ryan Center. There was a legitimate stampede and ensuing riot for tickets when gates opened, and there were ...

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Very good to see the A-10 going after big teams. Yes Temple will be missed.

Does Butler play Xavier OOC as well? That part confused me.

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Ask him if he could see himself doing what his father did and making this place truly his own. As in, if you have to get on your knees and beg him to tell you he'll be here when my kids are in school at URI, do it.

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They look a lot like the ones worn on our last deep tourney run. LOVE.

Wonder if we'll get the black and blues back though.

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Barclays is our NCAA tournament this year. No, no, no my friend. This is the Dan Hurley era. He'd be appalled to see you say that. The NCAA tournament is our NCAA tournament. We will not over-inflate mediocrity, we will not celebrate "almost," we will not take comfort in "good" ...

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Shinze88 wrote:Onyekaba would be a pleasant surprise if he can get eligible.

I was under the impression he was already eligible?

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