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I guess we need a dedicated basketball practice facility.

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Believe it or not I think this would have been a better job for bobby - that program needs a good ambassador and he would do well enough there to meet the Rutgers expectations which are low. Hoping Danny doesn't go but I would understand if he did - of course that makes me more pissed that bobby too...

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Kentucky is a good get for an OOC game - however it is not as if that is a home and home. That is the type of game rhody has gotten.

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The question for me is how successful will fox be? If this league does not get the viewers on fox then G'town and nova can become mid major really fast. It is going to be different for those teams to not be the Espn darlings always being pumped up. BTW I hope the ACC just adds UConn and makes a real...

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Wakefield - too bad they won't ever go to those leagues. What a mistake letting both those teams in. Fordham is a better fit in the patriot.

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X and Butler did it that way due to the late addition of butler...I don't see it happening in this case.

At least we got some buy money out if mason last year

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We will need to find another game to replace the GMU home and home series on the non conference schedule

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I am only surprised that he took the buffalo job - I think if he stayed another year something better may have opened up, although he has no HC experience so maybe not. His salary will go a long way in buffalo - very affordable place to live

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Rhody72 wrote:Transfer are attractive if they fill a hole....

That's what she said - sorry just in that kind of mood today.

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I'm rooting for VCU and LaSalle to go far this year.

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Bone - I was thinking the same thing that we may now be able to play some of these teams in non-conference games assuming we have kept up good relations

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Just read an article calling sina a shooting guard. I have no issue bringing in a Lou if guys who can play either spot. Worked well for st joes with Nelson and west.

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Mob - I agree about mike. He is very secure with the ball which is a good thing.

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My thought on the 2 to 4 bids is that a lot of the A10 teams that don't make the tourney each year actually have pretty decent OOC records an probably would make the tourney but for better teams in the conference. Maybe that logic is flawed but we need to see this as an opportunity for UMass, URI et...

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I don't see VCU and Richmond leaving - the only league better than ours without football is the C7 and I don't think they are getting the invite. A10 can build itself into a perreniel 2 to 4 bid league with the teams left, lets focus on getting that done. I am rooting hard for VCU this year (and the...

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Cleveland is not that Far East - there is a track record of the horizon being an A10 feeder. If it goes mason and Cleveland state I am happy

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Conference USA really is a better name but they won't admit that is what they are

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GBG - I am with you that I don't want to get too excited about guys we have not seen but Biruta was a good player in the big east and I am fairly certain he will have an impact. If we get anything from Biggie and Reischell it will be a bonus but I am not counting on it. Also do not forget the big O ...

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I have no issue with them being quiet in tis case...we are losing our top programs and unless the next few additions are home runs (which I am not even sure is possible) then no need to go all over the place bragging about replacing butler and x with gmu and cle and state (my short list - in the lon...

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Shaka stayed at VCU when it was in the CAA. Diminished A10 is still better than CAA

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Rambone - UMass staying would be a huge plus for the A10 and for rhody. I hope they do stay. This new BE football conference makes no sense for non-football sports. I really think it would be best to make a football only conference and let the programs go to other conferences for other sports. The m...

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I love the grease board segment - really gives you an inside look at what these guys do in practice.

Also love TPs endorsement of the transfers waiting on the wings.

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I am excited about a backcourt rotation next year with Powell, biggie, x, tj and ec.

I think the team will have a lot of options to match up against other teams. I would expect Danny has ec playing off the ball a lot even though he is recruited as a point guard just to get guys minutes.

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First 10 minutes or so Danny seems very disappointed with attendance by fans. Win and that will change!

I think we will see a good crowd for VCU next week, plus there are some other good home matchups the rest of the way.

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If the acc loses those teams they will turn around and take in UConn, Cincy and temple and still be ok. ACC football was always he little brother to the sec and big10 and I don't think that changes. I just don't see where Duke is leaving the ACC for the basketball only C7 - that is a rumor that make...

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Hoping we get some good crowds for the conference games - VCU and a couple others in particular

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If someone with deep pockets asks you how you are doing you always say you could be doing better. Not too worried about this we have the Hurleys at least until they get a good run in the tourney.

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I agree that I would rather be in the better conference - my point is that we have never been in a super conference before so why be upset that we aren't now. UConn and Cincy will be absorbed by one of the football conferences again and we can go back to being the best mid major conference in the co...

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I think the a10 without the teams leaving can still be a 3 bid conference more years than not.

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PC, Seton hall, DePaul, etc should be careful what they wish for. Most of the teams being thrown around for joining this new league are going right to the top. Tough to argue that interest in rhody hoops goes down from where it is now. We should see more success in this weaker league. A10 will add s...

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ATP - that is my hope too. If I remember correctly the butler and VCU additions seemed to come from thin air so we can only hope that she is working things behind the scenes. I also read somewhere that UMass has been talked about for the new big east. Not sure if that is all sports or football only....

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The difference between rhody and Fordham is huge. Fordham has had zero success in the A10 ever. I still don't mind them being in the league if they are going to keep trying to improve and get some non-conference Ws to help the league. With the right coaching I think Fordham can be an ok member in th...

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I had been calling for Fordham to be dropped for years - but the more I think about it I don't mind that there are a few weaker teams in the conference. As long as we have a top 25 upper portion of the conference and the next 6 or 8 teams are in the top 100 we have a good conference. The super confe...

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I guess my point (which re-reading my post I did not make because I was rambling on waiting for the judge call my case) is that losing a couple of good teams from the a10 will sting but not kill the league. Those teams will be replaced with other up-and-coming programs that 5 years from now may be t...

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After much thought I have decided I don't care about those schools leaving the a10. Sad to see butler go before we had a real chance to see them grow but this really isn't the end of the world. We still have a strong conference with a weak bottom - same as always. Dayton is a bubble team we can find...

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makes the situation even worse when you are dealing with a third world country and the NCAA - I would trust Nigeria to get it right before the NCAA does.

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At least we would be back on the "all-name" team.

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I figured it was a curfew issue.

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Does anyone know the line on tomorrow's game?

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The difference in last nights game was VT hit their open 3s. I was pleased watching the team work to create open looks but nothing was dropping. Then VT grabbed the momentum at the end of the 1st half and ran with it. I thought Powell played better than last year for most of the game. He is what he ...

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If he is a shooter I am interested. That is what this class is still missing.

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1. 20-9
2. 11-5
3. 2-1
4. Rhody 82-73

Bonus - Munford 18.21

(I can't allow myself to predict under 20 wins - eternal optimist)

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I hope he gets to play this year. The NCAA makes no sense, a kid can qualify academically but still need a waiver to play?

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Martell worked hard to become serviceable but he was never good enough to be a starter in this league. Not his fault the coach didn't out-recruit him.

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Seems like a waste of a practice to me. Want to see what it is like to play in front of 1000 people? That's what the coast guard game is for.

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Seems like he has pretty good shooting stats.

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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.

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