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Freshman, Left footed punter Devin Walter may be the son of the former New England punter but he is struggling. URI had Dylan Shank punt once and he got off a 50 yarder. Maybe a change coming? We need somebody to step up at running back. Marques DeShields was a big reason for our success last year ...

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RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑7 months ago The A10 commissioner should be judged on one thing only, the strength of men's basketball

Because the commissioner controls the success of men's basketball teams the same way the commish controls women's soccer, men's track and field, etc.?

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I actually can't believe more of a big deal isn't being made about that call. I guess one URI player wasn't "playing along" and was beside himself, he saw the measurement at a perfect angle and was protesting to the officials, both times. It's not even that subtle anymore when the officia...

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The problem is coaches are not creative. If I was the coach of say Lipscomb and I had buy games against Duke, Kentucky ,Kansas etc, I would go to top 5* players and say you can go to Kentucky, but they expect you to win. Wouldn't you rather do something amazing? No one expects us to win. But if you...

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the reality is that Providence is a small TV market. Anyone decent will move on to bigger and better things. The reality is Providence is not considered a small TV market. (Obviously, smaller than Boston.) It's considered mid-size. It's bigger than Memphis, Buffalo, and just behind New Orleans. (Fa...

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section(105) wrote: ↑7 months ago
Rhody74 wrote: ↑7 months ago Typical of the profession.
Very few Chris Clark’s out there anymore.

Us old timers remember Mike Gorman working at Channel 12. He's now 77! Whoa.

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Jdrums#3 wrote: ↑7 months ago Strippers = Pitino.

Couldn’t resist, PMM. Back to our regularly scheduled programming.

If the shoe fits...

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I'll throw this out there since I'm getting old and bitching seems to like me right now. Pitino took over St. John on March 20. He pulled in 11 transfers and early bracketology has them last in in the NCAAT this year with an At Large bid. It doesn't take time in this new era. Not at all. Big east >...

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Anyone that considers us a bubble team or contenders this season will be in for a huge let down. They will be the first calling for Archie’s head. Then again I hope I will be wrong. Anyone who would not expect a bubble team in year two of Archie, needs to evaluate what they want in a coach. IMO Blu...

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If we pull a Fordham and win 20+ games but get left out in the cold for an NIT bid I will 100% sign up for that this season. It will mean Archie will have more than doubled the win total from last year and established a core and culture for future years. I'm sorry, I don't subscribe to this theory ...

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It’s a schedule that will support this programs growth. Very winnable games with a touch of competition that will get us noticed. Win and they will come. This is how I feel also , I’m still on the Archie train I don't think Archie is concerned about his team's RPI or any postseason metric this year...

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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. Rhody will definitely have more th...

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PMM, I will take a crack at your questions. Posting for myself only re your questions above: My opinions here are not solely based on vids posted here but also on other sources many members here have recommended. Although, I will admit that I don’t always take full advantage of those recommended re...

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Actually, PMM, Stevey most likely has seen all of our freshman play multiple times. He posts many vids of them on here, Twitter, etc. If you go back through the recruiting threads on here or other media, there’s a lot to watch that he has posted on our recruits and prospects. Others do a very good ...

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No just a PC fan that wants to see his team try to compete at the highest level. Playing URI twice is net suicide. And playing Merrimack, Stonehill, St. Peter's, Columbia, UNH, Fairleigh Dickinson is NET heaven, and not to mention, to quote a PC fan, you play those teams not because of the rivalry,...

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Yes, come on, everyone...This isn't a place where people come to unwind and relax to talk Rhody hoops. You obviously should be expecting detailed PowerPoint presentations in every post, complete with intricate data breakdowns and KPIs. Oh and make sure none of you have any incorrect grammar because...

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So would you agree that “most people” with a service dog have no legitimate need for one? And if you agree, can you show me any support for that idea that goes beyond observational or anecdotal or “a hunch”? What about suicide crisis and prevention resources? Is there evidence that “most people” th...

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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 ...

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So would you agree that “most people” with a service dog have no legitimate need for one? And if you agree, can you show me any support for that idea that goes beyond observational or anecdotal or “a hunch”? What about suicide crisis and prevention resources? Is there evidence that “most people” th...

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The folks in Waco, Provo and Ames have something against Morgantown? I’d take it any day over Lubbock, Stillwater or Manhattan. Arizona is joining, and they could add UConn and ASU… That would make 16. None of those 3 schools can make up for losing the ‘Horns, and the football group is definitely n...

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Big 12 Commish really wants UCONN https://www.ctinsider.com/sports/uconn/article/big-12-expansion-basketball-football-connecticut-18274399.php The members not so much. I think the commish and UCONN are in the minority here. They're the only ones who are trying to sell this. I don't think the rest a...

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There’s a 0% chance Uconn ends up in the ACC. Would kill their basketball program and ACC is losing all its juice as a football conference as we speak 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 baske...

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So I don't have a horse in this race, but I don't find the statements that far-fetched. In modern college basketball, good coaches should not suffer through significant rebuilds. They go places, and their name, pedigree, and connections immediately start pulling in top talent that can play right aw...

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As the article points out our wing position going forward will be loaded with depth and competition, currently adding Farrell to the mix of Weston, Zek, and Green. Maybe a little logjam there and wonder how things will pan out. Be interesting to see which players will emerge as the leaders of that ...

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Interesting perspective in the article, but its last sentence is puzzling: The Aztecs’ best chance is still the Pac-12 but right now that league is not in a rush to add teams or even get its media rights deal done . I agree that the PAC-12 is the best bet for SDSU, but make no mistake the PAC-12 me...

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What could she do? Jettison a few perpetual under performing programs and establish a minimum level of commitment. Maybe adjust revenue sharing to encourage and reward performance. Just a couple thoughts. If nothing like this is possible then change the charter or figure out a way to fold the A10 a...

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Wrong Rhody15...unfortunately, there are some on this board chomping at the bit to be first in line for the "Fire Archie" brigade. You know how it is...reality be damned. They demand an NCAA tournament in year-2 because they let it slide in year-1. Archie is getting paid a million of this...

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Yup. Steady growth sounds like a downer. I'm not looking for steady growth. I'm looking for NCAAT appearances. If you don’t want steady growth then go cheer for a blue blood where you’ll get second weekend appearances every other season. Steady growth happens at the majority of mid Major schools. A...

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I mean, it makes zero sense and has less than 0% chance of happening. Now some may have phrased my post differently, but I can guarantee the overwhelming majority here would agree with me that your idea is an absolute non starter. 15 you are critical of 78 by stating "I can’t think of a worse ...

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reef wrote: ↑9 months ago
Billyboy78 wrote: ↑9 months ago This explains why Rory hasn't been with the team this summer.

Awesome , congrats to him

But this doesn't explain why this stuff is posted on a thread about the schedule.

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St Bonaventure has released its 13 game OOC Schedule. The Bonnies will be following a recent scheduling pattern for them by playing several neutral site games. In addition to two neutral site games in the Legends Classic in Brooklyn (Notre Dame/Auburn/Okl St), the team will play Florida Atlantic (S...

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Do teams have any control over when conference games are played? I am guessing not. However, considering how the conference games fell on this schedule, and they were placed there by "Somebody" unless the CAA were picking games out of a Bingo hopper, I would call that quite lucky. No? Con...

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2 more weeks ! i said months ago i would make this happen and i did NO DOUBT ! looking forward to raising my kids away from this BULLSHIT ! Enjoy the third world school system lol Our kids are struggling to define what a woman is and who wants to be a cat today instead of math. I’m not sure that’s ...

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Fatts played defense, tenaciously. Fatts dove on the floor, scrapped and by all accounts was a good teammate. Fatts didn't have a family member sit behind the bench and heckle the coach. Fatts didn't have a family member poke shots at the coach on Twitter. Fatts won us 2 PC games and was a huge fac...

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... Fatts coached by Dan Hurley would have been a completely different player than Fatts coached by Dave Cox. Did you watch any of his games at Maryland? He was not the ball dominant player he was at URI. I suspect DH would have treated Fatts the same way Archie treated Bray Freeman. Fatts played d...

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Munford and fatts on the same roster is a volume scoring dream Assuming Fatts will let someone else have the ball once in a while. As a professional Fatts averaged 5.5 assists per game in Turkey, 7.3 assists per game in Montenegro and is 6th all time in assists in Rhode Island basketball history wi...

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reef wrote: ↑11 months ago Great coaching matchup A Miller v C Collins

It is? You know they coached against each other in the Big Ten and I don't remember that being mentioned by the fans or the media. But whatever...let the hype begin between these ancient rivals.

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Guess it depends on where you are and what group you offend. I think anywhere in New England he'd have been gone. We're waaaaay too uptight in these parts to tolerate that shizzle... Being uptight has nothing to do with finding what Huggins said offensive. Imagine a college professor talking like h...

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Hes' a great kid, but he was years away on the offensive end. It was tough to watch. He's best at a lower level. I'd rather see all his minutes go to Foumena. If Bilau comes back, I think we will have a solid 3 man frontcourt. Remember you said his NBA comps were Siakim and Durant before he even pu...

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Brian Forster wrote: ↑11 months ago Rhody Blue-I asked for 10 legit D1 schools who have a mens team and no women's?
How about naming one ??

Michigan State
Michigan
Notre Dame
Arizona State
Western Michigan
Ferris State
Miami of Ohio
Bowling Green
UMASS
Air Force Academy

I'll be on my way now.

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Bonnie’s have Yann Farrell and Billikens have Terrance Hargrove their starting 4s and Dalger is considering them I don’t know where Dalger is going that he’ll get more minutes than them Someone calm me down. Do you think the delay with Green was because of Dalger’s decision? The delay had to do wit...

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College basketball is no longer about patience and rebuilding over a 2 or 3 or 4 year period. The player turnover is going to happen every year and if you do not restock with quality players and win, you are going to have issues restocking. We are seeing it occurring right now. And as a fan, I'm su...

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Was he the second coming of Sly Williams? Or Jermaine Harris? There are other fish in the sea. What kind of people fixate on this stuff? Seriously.

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Interesting perspective here: https://twitter.com/tsnmike/status/1650522938611847170 Not sure what he's smoking. I got to Mike just a little bit years ago. Knows his stuff. But I don't agree with him here. He should ask himself why did he fall in love with covering college hoops in the first place?...

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In looking back at what I wrote after people raved about what they saw on video: 1) You'll see he often, although not always, twists and contorts his upper body while in air on his jumper. He's not totally square to the basket while shooting. 2) Sometimes his follow thru is abbreviated. 3) This is m...

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A completely new starting 5 and only one was on the team last year. The new college basketball. New team with new players every year Eh. Historically, bad teams don't retain players. That trumps anything related to the current transfer portal. Go back and look at the single-digit win Hurley, Baron,...

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Michigan State coach Tom Izzo never wastes an opportunity to give his unfiltered take on the college basketball transfer portal. Tuesday was no exception. It's fitting that another legendary anti-portal rant came from Izzo on the same day that Malik Hall announced he was returning to seemingly secu...

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Rhode_Island_Red wrote: ↑1 year ago Can anyone help an old friend?
https://twitter.com/TomPenders/status/1 ... 9228711939

Yo Tom...there's something called YouTube. Have him try this:

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I know a D1 mbb coach and he told me the transfer portal is ruining the sport. He’s gone through it personally. How much are they making? Deal with it or get a real job. There's a reason why I'm bringing up salary so much. It's amazing how hypocritical all of these coaches are. It's never ruining t...

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You do realize there is more than 1 assistant coach correct? Maryland lost an assistant coach who is now the head coach at George Mason. And his background was also the DC area so very doubtful that Jones' arrival has any impact on Cox. But it is a nice story though. ;) You make a good point. The D...

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