Interesting read from the Newark paper that covers Rutgers and Seton Hall which obviously have different perspoectives. Rutgers' move out of Big East leaves uncertain future for basketball-only members By Brendan Prunty/The Star-Ledger The Star-Ledger November 20, 2012 http://www.nj.com/rutgersbaske...

Isaac has a point. Thorr may do some things well but could some one name which sports are CURRENTLY in noticeably better shape now than when Bjorn took over in July 2007. Men's Basketball Men's basketball had just gone 19-14 reaching the A-10 Tournament final months before Thorr was hired. While the...

As for how URI compares to the other A-10 schools - Fordham and Duquense both won close games last night. URI is now the only winless in the league.

The closest this team gets to Brooklyn is when it visits the Bronx to play Fordham in a regular season league game. Disagree here, I feel a lot better about Conference play after what I saw this weekend. I think, barring injuries to key players, we'll squeak into Brooklyn. As for the staff being ou...

If you can win at Wagner and Stony Brook,you can win at Rhody. URI should really study how UNH and Maine can field successful programs in the CAA most years. They have similar resource limitations and are not lcoated in recruiting hotbeds. How are they able to win most seasons while URI can't even ...

The closest this team gets to Brooklyn is when it visits the Bronx to play Fordham in a regular season league game.

I fully expected them to lose when I saw the score scroll on the tv that had them up by 5 with just a few minutes left. I unfortunately thought not having experience and a bona fide go to man down the stretch would prove fatal. It did. A 14-1 run in the last 3.5 minutes with multiple shot clock viol...

The SADC was first being discussed nearly TEN YEARS ago. Its cost is relatively minor compared to other athletic infrastructure facility costs such as practice facilities, arenas, and stadiums. It still however has yet to open. Unfortunately, don't expect anything to quickly change in Kingston.

Again the hockey talk. What makes anyone think hockey will succeed at URI? Most of the issues that currently surround football will be there for hockey as well. A hockey program's season would also go right up against basketball further diluting an already small potential customer base. The Boss Are...

Yikes! The URI women win a game before the football team and men's hoops program. Things are really bad in Kingston these days.

I am not at all ecstatic about this season. I am however ecstatic about the near future prospects after this season given the signings yesterday, new transfers eligble next year, and other changes brought about with the hiring of the Hurleys.

Uness URI hits an absolute homerun in hiring, don't expect much to change. The success of URI athletic programs is mostly all tied to the coach. There is no system in place which sets things up for success. When Rhody teams excel, it is not because of the school. It is sadly done so in spite of the ...

People need to have realistic expectations. It seems many here thought the addition of the Hurleys alone would immediately make a bad team better. They are not miracle workers. There is not much talent on this current team. John Wooden himself would not be able to do much with this bunch. This is (a...

Hare is a freshman that has only played two college games on a really bad team. Give him a break. Ordinarily, he would not see much time and be slowly eased into things. That however is unfortunately not the case in Kingston this year. Anyone thinking an untested freshman would make an immediate imp...

Preston married a Rhode Islander and I believe has lived in RI most of the time (when not playing overseas) since college in the state. I think he even still lived in RI when he worked up at BC for Skinner. He has many connections to the region. URI being his alma mater is one. His family ties hwoev...

I was just there on the deck having lunch and drinks a few weeks ago on the last really warm Saturday.

Jimmy is still a class act and great representative for URI. I wish all the best.

PC Friar fans are certainly giving a lot of thought very far in advance for a game that "supposedly" doesn't mean anything to them. Seems they are already thinking about a tee-shirt design for the game. Our very own PC Fan SeanMC94 has even chimed in on a thread on their forum. PC will now...

These are the four PC Friar opponents that individual game tickets cannot be purchased. Per the PC Ticket web site: =========================================== Men's Basketball InformationNew Season Tickets •New 2012-13 Season Tickets are on sale now Mini Plans and Single Game Tickets •Mini packages...

umass has an early game with the Friars. It will be interesting to see if they can keep their momentum from last year. UMass really needs to beat PC so it gets good compettion in the later rounds of that tournament. The UMass OOC schedule is really weak. I don't think Kellogg will be getting 25k th...

More detail from the Daily Hampshire Gazette: Link: http://www.gazettenet.com/blogs/umasssports/2403931-95/kellogg-contract-20000-basketball Salary Compensation Details: Base Salary $250,000 per year Speaking Appearances, television, & radio $415,000 per year The other compensation total can rea...

Extension of three years added to contract which will run through the 2016-17 season.

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basket ... -extension

Must be a system glich. I do not expect any games to sell out this season (save for possibly the pink out) and if any did, it would not be this far in advance.

I didn't mention baseball becuase that it one of the few sports that is doing well. Much of that success can probably be attributed to Coach Foster but the program has also received considerable investment (mostly from donors). If you go down the list of varsity sports sponsored by URI in the last t...

I think the soccer program's gradual decline is just another sign that the success of most of URI's athletic programs are predicated on having great coaches. The programs themselves are not set up to succeed on their own merit (facilities, funding, scholarship levels, etc...). Soccer succeeded becau...

URI Men's soccer is now 2-7-3. It has only beat UNH and UMass. Rhody tied Bryant, Northern Ill, and Temple. The Rams lost to Vermont, Brown, Northwestern, Holy Cross, Boston College, Fairfield, and St. Joe's. Six A-10 games remain to be played. URI would have to run the table and win all to have an ...

I have never seen anything like this before. URI lost by the score of 41-7 yet led in time of possession 38:10 to 21:50. Ga State drove at will and scored in just a few plays on their drives with little time expiring. Winless Ga State just shredded the URI defense to quickly score while URI's inept ...

URI is down 24-0 at home to an 0-6 Georgia State team. A winless season is looking like a very distinct outcome. This Rhody football team may be the worst in FCS. I feel bad for the Ram football family. The school has really let them down. The lack of resources and musical chairs with scholarship le...

A more fitting tribute to Gavitt would be a cash prize provided by a tv network to the school that won the tournament. This would dovetail nicely with Gavitt's legacy of promoting schools chasing the almighty tv revenue dollar. All the conference reshuffling today is because of Gavitt's "vision...

Just think what you could do with it if you won it.

A poster by the ID WH makes record predictions each season for all the A-10 teams. His picks for the OOC are tracked and typically are pretty close to what transpires. He has picked Rhody to go 5-8 in the OOC schedule and 3-13 in the the league for an overall record of 8-21. Our Rams would miss the ...

I don't mean to be a buzz kill, but where on this schedule are all the wins coming from: Norfolk State @ Va Tech vs Ohio State vs Seton Hall/Washington Loyola-MD @ Auburn George Mason Vermont @ Providence SMU Georgia State @ St Mary's Brown @ Richmond Charlotte @ St Louis GW @ Fordham VCU @ Butler @...

I thought it was worth keeping OBRAM's rendering of the proposed upgrade to Meade from several years back. It gives everyone an image of what could be.