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Obadiah

I don't really think that's how it works. I think the NIL is separate, so nothing from Day of Giving would actually go to the NIL No matter the format, nothing stops you from joining or making a one time gift to the URI NIL, the Road to Excellence, through the link you posted earlier. You can do th...

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Hey Everyone, this is my first post on Keaney Blue. I run the Loyola fan message board, and I wish I had as many posts about Loyola Basketball this summer as you've had on this thread... Look, I understand Loyola was an embarrassment in men's basketball last year. It was really bad. We're concerned...

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With the URI Day of Giving coming up on Oct. 5, this will be a chance for URI BB fans to ante up to build the NIL rather than just mouthing off.

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Of the seven CAA home games played on Saturday, the Bryant Family Day crowd (5,676) was among the smallest. Certainly the capacity and amenities of Meade Stadium are a problem, but if URI wants to continue its upward trajectory in football, it must make varied and stronger moves in building a larger...

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Sadly I will no longer be running the prediction contest, but it looks like it will be in good hands going forward. Best to all on this forum.

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An assessment of URI prospects from the a10Talk forum.

https://www.a10talk.com/2023-24-atlanti ... de-island/

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Thanks, ramster for the info. Interesting times for Rutgers. Also, the Fernandes move from UMass just points out that the number of players defecting from the A-10 to higher programs was significantly higher than other conference.

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La Salle game attendance has steadily declined over the last 10 years and over the last five seasons it has averaged well below 2000 per game, with last season being the worst at 1,481. So this renovation should boost that figure and possibly give them $50K per game revenue boost.

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A nice move by La Salle because the 360 bowl set-up will dispel the high school gym atmosphere of the place. This is about the best they can do given their financial profile. Among the nation's private Catholic schools, La Salle has one of the poorest financial situations. They are helped greatly by...

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I'm not interested in any kind of opinion poll, my interest is in positive thinking and the facts and providing that relevant info quickly which frees others from having to search for it. The fee was 1.45% in 2022 and this is not, as you claim, an above average rate and certainly not 10%.

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This is pretty interesting. What I see is URI alum do not give back to the University at all. Not sure why. Is it bad marketing ( we all know the marketing sucks at URI), or is it something else? Duquesne has half the enrollment of URI, but more than double the endowment? Really odd how low our end...

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A key question arising from realignment is - will it eventually change the A-10 membership and who departs, who comes on board. To help the discussion, the following is a summary of each school’s size and endowment. In the case of enrollment, I have listed separately the undergraduate and graduate ...

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Duquesne and St.Joe are private university can not compare to URI Why not? Private school grads give more than public school grads? Not buying it. VCU is a public school. Their endowment is $2.7 BILLION per OB. A few qualifying comments. VCU is a rather recent creation having been formed in 1968 th...

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A key question arising from realignment is - will it eventually change the A-10 membership and who departs, who comes on board. To help the discussion, the following is a summary of each school’s size and endowment. In the case of enrollment, I have listed separately the undergraduate and graduate e...

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What are the current game conditions at Villanova?

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Wait, did I read that correctly? There was a pre-registration for a Coaches Show at the MEWS? Yes, correct. The bait was a ticket for one Shaizone(spelling) beer. Attendance was poor(my opine) with few tables and chairs unoccupied. Apparently, people tried to register and was too late. Strange. It’...

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Siena has one of the better fan bases, averaging close to 6000 per game over the last 8 years.

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It's driven by the media/Fox - more quality teams = more quality games = more quality content Sorry, superfly, we are now in Catch-22 land. The above is a playback of my earlier comment on brands, pairings, and time slots as opposed to your emphasis on market size. Funny. It does not answer my ques...

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It's driven by the media/Fox - more quality teams = more quality games = more quality content Sorry, superfly, we are now in Catch-22 land. The above is a playback of my earlier comment on brands, pairings, and time slots as opposed to your emphasis on market size. Funny. It does not answer my ques...

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superfly, I do not have any strong understanding of why the BE would expand. Maybe ESPN and Fox may have some solid reasons for it. My sole interest here is that any BE expansion does offer URI an opportunity to move beyond the A-10. I understand that this is a low probability and is only possible i...

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P rovidence may not be a tiny media market, but it is hardly a large one. And so when you hear the league/Fox not pushing to share in larger media markets, or even closer media markets to places like D.C, Philly, etc., why would they have interest in RI? Sorry, superbly, you misunderstand what I am ...

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"A second team in a small media market is pretty much a non-starter because it does nothing to elevate the bar. Nothing about that is petty or short-sighted. It's long-term strategic thinking on what sells." superfly, you keep making this same old-same old comment which is a passe' though...

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Two questions. If the A10 and its commissioner are powerless in all of this, this is the natural order of things and nothing can be done to change it: 1. Why are other mid-major conferences passing over the once stronger A10? and 2. Why even have a commissioner than? What is their purpose if not to...

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Why would the BE want URI? I agree, they don’t. One factor is a move by the BE for URI would not grow their market, footprint, or a new TV market. No? Correct, and UConn and PC would never want a school so close to compete with them Which is shame because Oklahoma/Oklahoma St are only 80ish miles a...

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Guess what, college basketball and college athletics have changed, and not for the better for anybody not in the power 5, 4 whatever it is now. To blame the commissioner for the A10 sinking in this environment is not fair. Convenient scape goat for sure. You have to judge her based on what is going...

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Will URI continue to invest in URI basketball at this level in a 1 bid A10? Will most of the teams except the few with aspirations beyond the A10, reduce their commitments? I would think many would say why continue to invest at this level with a 1 in 100 chance of making the NCAA after this commiss...

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Will URI continue to invest in URI basketball at this level in a 1 bid A10? Will most of the teams except the few with aspirations beyond the A10, reduce their commitments? I would think many would say why continue to invest at this level with a 1 in 100 chance of making the NCAA after this commiss...

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As far as conference realignment goes I think URI’s ceiling is Big East for all sports except football ( staying in CAA ) and the floor could be a very watered down A-10 in all sports except football. Just to be clear Football belongs in the CAA with updates to stadium. URI going FBS is like me win...

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For what it's worth, UConn trails Georgia State, 21-0 at the half.

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... Let me use UConn as an example because that school has done so many right things over the last 25 years and yet is still currently in conference limbo. This is the price that UCONN continues to pay for suing the ACC for raiding BE member schools. Good move Blumenthal!!! Blumetnhal, never one to...

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While I find the realignment in college athletics to be a very interesting saga, my bigger concern is the eventual impact on URI. Realignment has evolved over many years driven by money and football and as a consequence there is a growing disparity between the Power Five and all other schools. And b...

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Last one I promise for now. Other NE flagship Schools UMass Amherst 190 67.6 UNH 171 68.9 Maine not ranked UVM 261 61.6 Uconn 46 79.2 Uconn based on these ratings is clear #1. URI would be #2 at 159 and 69.5. Much different outcomes than if you look at the US News & World report ratings and not...

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Last one I promise for now. Other NE flagship Schools UMass Amherst 190 67.6 UNH 171 68.9 Maine not ranked UVM 261 61.6 Uconn 46 79.2 Uconn based on these ratings is clear #1. URI would be #2 at 159 and 69.5. Much different outcomes than if you look at the US News & World report ratings and not...

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URI does not have the internal or NIL money to compete in the A league. Until we do, no top conference will be interested in us. But 72, Who in the A10 does have the internal or NIL money to compete in the A league? And even if they did have the money would they spend it chasing high school, Grad t...

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Also, one other thing.... there's nothing like California girls!

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I'm pretty sure when discussing the Atlantic Coast Conference football and basketball are more important than Nobel Prize winners. No question that I agree with that opinion. However, my point is calling those two schools "losers" based on recent records ignores their potential and future...

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I guess UNC, FSU and Clemson released statements that they voted no. It doesn’t appear that all is well in ACC land but schools are locked in to the GOR so there isn’t anything they can do for now but voice their displeasure. With that said: https://247sports.com/college/florida-state/Article/fsu-p...

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... You complained about spending $7.9 million for the practice Facility. Champions Center was a $30 million expenditure for a separate building at UMASS. ... My only complaints about spending $7.9M was how little we got for our money, and what we got should have been funded by URI as routine maint...

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What's with the ugly doors?

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As for predictions in the OOC, I am guessing 9-4 on the high side and 7-6 on the pessimistic end.

Note: Johnson & Wales included in above record, though does not count in NET calculation.

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This is a middling schedule, understandable only because of the Cox disaster and Archie's erratic opening season. But normally in a season with any NCAA aspirations, this schedule has too many opponents with NET in the 300's. 2023-24 Men's Basketball Non-Conference Schedule Opponent 2022-23 Performa...

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They are obviously going to have to hype the games, since historically games played in the period from 12/19 to 12/23 just before Christmas don't draw many fans (ex PC or Pitt games). The games played between Christmas and New Years draw much better. This season's schedule will provide a test of tha...

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I am neither for or against a home and home PC-URI series, what I am for is a good discussion of the subject, open minded, unbiased, fact based and, sorry, you do not contribute to that goal with your up-and-down, erratic reasoning.

Obadiah

Once again, a PC fan thinking they're Duke, Kentucky , Kansas or UConn. 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 ment...

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I am not advocating we should play twice a year but the data on all fronts supports the concept. For example in the last two seasons when URI played PC at the Dunk, the game drew 12,997 fans. That attendance was bigger than any other PC OOC games in both seasons and outdrew every single home Big Eas...

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1 - There is not a universe when PC/URI play twice a year again. Once a year is bad enough (your average KenPom is 99 the last decade, and that's a lie, because it's 99 while removing Hurleys and Millers first years). I think most of you acknowledge it would never happen, still made me spit out my ...

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https://www.yahoo.com/sports/sec-football-doesnt-fear-big-103026583.html interesting perspective. No question the SEC excels on the football field, but the Big Ten is in the biggest media markets and that brings money. When the Big Ten added Maryland and Rutgers, not great football schools, their m...

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For those having alignment nightmares here is a counter dream, though I admit it's a pipe dream. How about eliminating separate conferences altogether and form one big FBS Conference with regional groupings a la the NFL format. In this way a school can maintain playing some traditional regional riva...

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Don't know quite what to make of this, one of several possibilities, I guess. https://twitter.com/PeteThamel/status/1688627770987794433?s=20 J77, Interesting action by the ACC and it possibly reflects growing anxiety by the conference not to go the way of the PAC-12. The three weak holes to plug in...

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Yes, most of the markets you mentioned may have interests in more than one conference, but I was taking football-centric view which is why I put Big Ten and Maryland alongside Washington, DC. College park is only 15 miles from DC. No ACC school is that close. Please note that this listing of media m...

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