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Gone are the days of Jarvis Garrett who could have been a started in many programs (and was here until Dowtin surpassed him). He stayed here to accept a good role on a talented team that went to 2 tourneys. He was here for 4 years and loved the school. He has said so. He made a best friend for life...

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I feel like life as a Rhody fan is just figuring out how to exist in a constant state of between stages 2 and 4.

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5 left. Who's next? 16 players on the '23-'24 roster (including walk-ons). 11 are gone. I'm not so sure this is a bad thing. Will need to see what the final roster looks like before we know for sure though. I think huge roster turnover EVERY year is a bad thing. Just my opinion. I'll bet that is Ar...

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Billyboy78 wrote: ↑1 week ago 5 left. Who's next? 16 players on the '23-'24 roster (including walk-ons). 11 are gone.

I'm not so sure this is a bad thing. Will need to see what the final roster looks like before we know for sure though.

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I do hope this is a sign that we'll be looking to play faster this year in general.

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Kind of expected that one at some point. Felt like we didn't really have a spot for him to play his natural position/role. He always seemed to play hard and had some really good games. Best of luck with whatever comes next!

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Ok - I know this has been asked before, but now with the "new" Rhode to Excellence being run by Stone, I'm donating what I can afford to both the Athletic Dept's director's fund and the NIL. I started my donation to the NIL about 6 weeks ago and initially am doing half of what I am donati...

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Thanks for posting that, Adam. I have no idea if this step will slow the flow of transfers at all but I do wonder if this is a first step of several from the NCAA to try to slow the flow ? Yeah, I don't know if that's part of their reasoning or not. My guess would be probably not, but ultimately wh...

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The NCAA also just announced some rules a few days ago regarding academic eligibility requirements in order to transfer and be immediately eligible. I'm surprised more people didn't notice this since so many people pretend to suddenly care about players education. :lol: https://www.ncaa.org/news/202...

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Alright Bassy! Let's go!!

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AndreBerryLover33 wrote: ↑1 week ago Bassy on campus today for a visit.

Well that's surprising and a bit odd!

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Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑1 week ago Leaving to follow a coach is understandable, but he’s basically a quitter if he goes elsewhere. Commitments are futile.

I can't believe you think Jared Terrell is a quitter to then! Could not disagree more.

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steviep123 wrote: ↑2 weeks ago What I think should happen is football be formed as they want and all other sports have more traditional conferences.

Great minds...we posted the same thing at the same time.

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Football, football, football. I am really, really - started a few yrs ago - to dislike major college football, it’s major conferences, major schools and what it all represents. The north (Big 10) and the south (SEC) playing out the Civil War on the football field like it’s some sacred religion. I a...

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I already said this in the recruiting thread to, but please just anywhere but Providence or another A10 school so I can still root for him... And I already said there, anywhere but Pvd or another A10 school so I can ignore him and his future like I would any other decommit. Yeah, I get that to!

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Article https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/39974973/fedex-pledges-25m-5-years-nil-program-memphis We would need 10’s of thousands of $10/mo pledges to keep up. Why bother But a lot of that money will be going towards football. So it's not really a fair comparison to the URI situation or...

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There's a few things that give me hope: 1. They hired fans that worked on College Football Revamped, so they'll have fan voices not just in the room but actively working on it. 2. It's not just a reskin of Madden. If so it wouldn't be three plus years to bring it to market. 3. Unlike comparing this...

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I already said this in the recruiting thread to, but please just anywhere but Providence or another A10 school so I can still root for him... For me I have no reason to root for him because he played zero minutes for us and never actually enrolled. We already wasted too much time writing and report...

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I already said this in the recruiting thread to, but please just anywhere but Providence or another A10 school so I can still root for him... Why would you root for him? Couldn’t be less relevant. That’s like cheering for Anthony Harris at his NAIA school. I like his game after watching him play so...

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I already said this in the recruiting thread to, but please just anywhere but Providence or another A10 school so I can still root for him...

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Can't wait! Please don't screw this up EA (they're probably going to screw it up)

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Please just anywhere but Providence or another A10 school so I can still root for him...

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Finally bringing back Jerry D!!

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This is just a random thought and not related to any of the players mentioned in this thread...but it would be interesting to know how many players transfer because its their own decision and how many transfer because the coach essentially pushes them out. I know we'll never know that info for a who...

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How clueless do you have to be to look at this whole situation and come away thinking the players are the ones who are greedy.

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What about Girl Scout Cookies? They're a big seller. :lol: I would double my monthly donation if it came with a box of tagalongs. Those things are incredible. My daughter was in girl scouts about 20 years ago and my wife was the troop leader. She was in charge of the cookies. We had hundreds of box...

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He was top 50ish coming out of high school. I don't think we even attempt to recruit that high anymore. Lucky if we see a top 150. How often were we pulling in top 50ish players before the rule changes anyway? Once or twice every 20 years or so? It's not like we were regularly racking up top 50 or ...

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But you're asking them to donate that kind of money every single year, or we don't get any good new players and lose the good players we already have. That appears to be parameters we’re working in these days, so yes. What’s the alternative? We aren’t going to field an elite team by holding a bake ...

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sevegny7 wrote: ↑2 weeks ago Was thinking the same thing. It is trending towards angry troll status.

Yeah, I mean ECR already admitted that half his posts are just trolling, so it's not really a stretch.

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And then Jared played here for 4 years. The way things are now, we have zero chance to land a talent like Jared Terrell anyway. I disagree, no reason we can't land a talent like Terrell still. He was top 50ish coming out of high school. I don't think we even attempt to recruit that high anymore. Lu...

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Dunphy back for another year at LaSalle.

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I'm as disappointed about Hammond leaving as anyone else, but it's not the end of the world and some of these responses are a little over the top. Players decommitting isn't really even anything new. When Jared Terrell asked out of his LOI from Oklahoma State and came to URI instead I don't recall ...

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I'm as disappointed about Hammond leaving as anyone else, but it's not the end of the world and some of these responses are a little over the top. Players decommitting isn't really even anything new. When Jared Terrell asked out of his LOI from Oklahoma State and came to URI instead I don't recall a...

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Sucks to lose Hammond obviously, I was really looking forward to watching him play here. I feel better knowing we already added a solid guard today to though. The rational part of my brain agrees with you... but fuck, Hammond looked like the real deal. Oh yeah, no doubt about it. I'm trying to find...

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Sucks to lose Hammond obviously, I was really looking forward to watching him play here. I feel better knowing we already added a solid guard today to though.

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Backroads wrote: ↑2 weeks ago
adam914 wrote: ↑2 weeks ago
CamsRams wrote: ↑2 weeks ago
Nice!! Finally some good news!
I’ll believe it when RV tweets about it

I'm sure he'll claim he is breaking the news soon.

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CamsRams wrote: ↑2 weeks ago

Nice!! Finally some good news!

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Sorry to say, but a URI fan funded collective is not going to keep up. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/indiana-hoosiers-land-top-transfer-portal-center-for-stunning-nil-price/ar-BB1lJLr6?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=6faccb11760d48e683cf41038628e7f5&ei=19 Couple things to note here. We we...

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Looking forward to seeing who the replacement is!

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Bottom line, in my opinion, is we have zero D1 point guards on the roster right now so I think we need two (I don't consider Kortright a true PG even if he does come back). How we end up getting there is anyone's guess!

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Because he sees his playing greatly reduced? For 2 years? We've got plenty of minutes available for 2 point guards. The starter plays about 30? Back up gets 10? Maybe. Or maybe 25 and 15. Or maybe 20 and 20. Or maybe Lawrence can play off the ball sometimes. Or they both come in and compete in prac...

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Billyboy78 wrote: ↑2 weeks ago
PeterRamTime wrote: ↑2 weeks ago
Billyboy78 wrote: ↑2 weeks ago So, if we get Lawrence, how long before Hammond decommits?
Lol why would he?
Because he sees his playing greatly reduced? For 2 years?

We've got plenty of minutes available for 2 point guards.

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This is why we were hesitant about putting it on here. Vault tweeted out the info as his own. That dudes sources are jokes. He takes guesses, sometimes educated, and hopes they’re right. Tre Mitchell being one of them. Remember how he knew that KJ was going to be officially announced last week? He ...

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I think we're reading way too much in to twitter followers. It can be a good indication of guys we might be recruiting but I wouldn't read much more in to it then that. When it comes to transfers, I would guess that Archie is the lead recruit in most cases, especially for the top targets.

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McRam wrote: ↑2 weeks ago Isn’t Cunningham the least experienced assistant coach on our staff and is somehow our lead recruiter? If this is the case, what does it say about Archie?

I don't see any reason to believe Cunningham is our lead recruiter.

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Well, it doesn't appear that we have a new coach during this critical time involving the portal. Instead, we're paying a guy to recruit elite players to another school. If it's true that Kenny has been recruiting for Georgetown for a month, as Joe says, we've been short handed in probably the most ...

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As I've said before happens all the time. No one complained that Sutton was here for weeks while getting paid by Pitt. Exactly. And is everyone going to demand that we pay whatever school our new coach comes from to? Well, it doesn't appear that we have a new coach during this critical time involvi...

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True, he makes almost $5,000 a week for a job he has blatantly abandoned. Please reimburse us to our NIL fund…we really need it. If he is really working for Cooley and we are still paying him, shame on us. Working for someone else while on our payroll, is terms for immediate termination. Duh! As I'...

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If we can get a big man in here that can defend and rebound that's good enough for me. I don't think we need to have a big guy that is counted on to score much with our current roster.

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Maybe I'm wrong on this, but the lack of announcement doesn't seem like that big of a deal to me. Everyone who needs to know already knows. If Kenny is really gone then we likely already have a replacement lined up to, so I'm not too worried about it. Adam, that thought of yours came to me earlier,...

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