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The Dude

It doesn't take much to mess up your brain. I've taken plenty of shots to the head over the years...mostly in soccer (like taking a full force line drive ball to the face). One or two of which were brutal black outs...still conscious but no lights on...just darkness for a bit. It's scary stuff. Ther...

The Dude

Sounds good to me too! Mews Tavern sounds good. I think the last Rhody player's family member I spoke to was Will Daniels aunt during one of the games many years ago in Kingston (or mother...I forget which...I'm pretty sure it was his Aunt. Wonderful woman.).

The Dude

Rhody got out rebounded and outplayed this game, but the officiating has been terrible as well. Come on man! Damn zebras.

The Dude

I use a Mac. I use Safari. I never have a problem with FirstRow Sports. I also have Adblock for Safari as well.

The Dude

I agree. You can definitely tell he's listening to the coaches. In my opinion, if people watch how he's been playing the last few games, he does what's necessary WHEN it's necessary. He's really becoming a leader. He manages the game well. He's starting to hit shots, but he's doing it when he's need...

The Dude

1st semester grade; B-, his defensive presence is the only thing that gets him into the B grade. His offense(or lack there of)in both shooting %, and inability to offer anything at the point is below where we need that coming off the bench role to be. Didn't Marquis go from scoring very little(in s...

The Dude

In Mike's defense, he had a man out at the 3 point line(cough...Nik...cough) one time who should've cut backdoor as he went to the basket. Another time he was fouled and didn't get the call. Myself and many others next to me thought he deserved a foul call as well. A third time you could see he was ...

The Dude

I'm not really concerned about TJ. He's not a defensive liability. I think the offensive part of his game will develop as the season goes on. He's way behind the rest of the team in terms of development because of the injury. There are good point guards that aren't the biggest offensive threats. Ron...

The Dude

Mike Powell and Andre Malone were lighting the basket on fire in this game! It was nice to see the confidence building for Mike throughout the game. He had a tremendous game...nice assists, great shooting, limited turnovers...everything you want from a good point guard.

The Dude

I just wanted to throw this up on the board because I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the highlight on ESPN. Marshon Brooks got the crap stuffed out of him by little o'l Nate Robinson. It was a thing of beauty! Totally priceless! Loved every second of it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XETtxGScV...

The Dude

Hmmm...since people someone started talking nicknames.
Maybe?
Jordan "The Bear" Hare - Don't poke the bear.
Haha. I couldn't come up with much.

The Dude

Wonder if this is one reason why Gilvydas left.

The Dude

Nik is very competitive, but wastes a lot of energy "fighting" side issues during a game. The anger level goes up, the concentration and game plan go out the window. I feel he gets mentally tired late in games. I still think Hurley was refurring to himself in the tweet. I think he grossly...

The Dude

"ICE BERG AHEAD!!"
-Big East's new slogan.

The Dude

It would not surprise me one bit if the Tweet was for NIk. He leads the team in turnovers and was a major factor/contributor to the beginning of PC's run in the second half of that game. If you think of the people who have bought in to the Hurley philosophy...Powell is a better point guard this year...

The Dude

I love hearing about PC's depleted roster. Hahaha....I get it. It's meant to be funny. URI hasn't had a limited roster or anything. T.J. came back within the last couple of games from injury. Many aren't eligible to play this year. Some of the eligible players are walk ons. Hahaha...oh that's funny....

The Dude

I can't wait to see the look of astonishment on the faces of the PC players when Brooks ends up stuffing them on their way to the basket. He's like a whole different person this year. I'm stunned. I'm sure PC will be taken by surprise as well. I'm not saying the guy is going to dominate or anything....

The Dude

Do I think PC will win? Yup...probably. I don't expect it to be a blow out though. Has anyone looked at their out of conference schedule??? Holly soft serve Batman! PC isn't exactly a strong 6-2. They beat the N.J.I.T. Highlanders, Bryant, UNC-Asheville Bulldogs, Fairfield, Holly Cross (4-4 this yea...

The Dude

If he wasn't Italian, would you be referring to him as a "guido"??????? Really???....NO. Look it up. I wouldn't call an Irish guy a "guido". That would make no sense at all. Seriously??? Get off the soap box. Just like if the guy was Irish, like myself, I could refer to him as a...

The Dude

Billyboy78 wrote:I've never understood how Carpano got a job doing sports. He knows nothing about them. A lot of the local sports guys have been bad over the years, but Carpano is the worst.

He knew somebody who knew somebody. AAAAAA! Dis is Rhodiland!

(I actually have no idea how he got the job)

The Dude

In my opinion, Frank seems like is guido d-bag(one is not synonymous with the other, just with this guy). Regardless of any comments made lately, I've never been a fan of the guy.

The Dude

Powell was great today...had some great passes. Xavier had a great game as usual. Just had a feeling they would win by 10 (or more) in this one. ;) This team is getting better every game. It's amazing to watch. I'm starting to get this warm tingling sensation inside...could it be optimism???...I don...

The Dude

Anybody see how SOFT PC's out of conference schedule is? Unreal? These guys have and will play mostly cupcake teams in the out of conference portion of their schedule. These guys are not a tough 6-2 team. I expect this game to close. So two PC fans walk into a bar. Ouch! What do you get when Jordan ...

The Dude

I'm going to go out on a limb here by saying I think Rhody will beat Vermont by 10 points or more in this game. This team is due to break out. They've played some real stiff competition thus far. I think they'll thump Vermont. I see both Jordan and Xavier putting up some big stats. After that, thing...

The Dude

Ryan Rowdy wrote:I was impressed with how well he was moving without the ball last night. Some nice back door cuts. One of those missed layups looked like it came from a bad pass from Brooks (from where I was sitting), seemed like he passed it towards his feet.

Yup.

The Dude

With all due respect to Blue Man, Kilt Man was an original and will go down in URI lore. Wonder where he is? Things started to go the wrong way when they grounded Blue Man. thorr should have fought that and I told him that. You'll all be happy to know that Kilt Man is doing just fine. We were at a ...

The Dude

I agree that Hare needs more muscle and needs to further develop his skills. His lack of size may be a contributing factor as to why people can move him towards the basket when they are posting up down low (in preparation for a shot), but I disagree with the notion that his weight is/should be a con...

The Dude

1) Moving the Mob behind the basket was a bad idea. 2) I saw students with blue T-shirts on...I assume mob members?....up in the end zone seats in the 300 level when the other end zone of the 200's was empty...WHY? They should never be placed in the 300's unless the place is sold out with thousands ...

The Dude

We all saw Xavier light the net on fire tonight, but there were two other players that looked really good as well. Mike Powell was clutch tonight with a couple key 3 point shots, limited turnovers and great defense. He had one hell of a steal as well. Mike is really starting to become a solid leader...

The Dude

The biggest difference I can see over every single game, is that we keep getting better. Jim Carr said the toughest thing with this team was teaching them how to win because they only knew how to lose. Game 1: great first half, wore themselves out and lost the 2nd half bad. Game 2: awful shooting p...

The Dude

As much as some may want to beat up on Powell during his "first real year of learning how to play point guard under the Hurleys", he was the one who had the game saving assists on the 3 pointers that helped Rhody get the win. The kid doesn't even lead the team in turnovers. Nik does. Mike ...

The Dude

Maybe I'm the only person that is concerned, but outside of the shot clock violation that Loyola should've had, it seemed to me that the last couple of games we've been out coached and not aggressive enough. There were multiple times during the end of this game where Hurley had the team together dur...

The Dude

Hare found his beast mode tonight! 8 points, 16 rebounds, 7 blocks..."garbage clean up aisle seven"
He's finally playing with some confidence. It's nice to see.

The Dude

in what universe is the A10 all of a sudden the stable conference? you guys are out of your tree. If some people seem out of their tree, it's sometimes because their feet are planted firmly on the ground. It's typically preferable to having a head in the clouds or up a rear end. Truce on the insult...

The Dude

Forget about it! We'll just send Toll Booth Willy and a couple goons to go breaka some legs. Badda bing. Nough said. Nobody and I mean nobody other than Temple is leaving the A10 or they'll be sleep'n with da fishes. Capisc.. I don't like this wise guy. Maybe it's time we pay this Mr. Francesa a vis...

The Dude

Thanks for taking my post with a bit of humor/grain of salt. As I'm sure you guys know by now, I'm not out to slam anyone. Just joking around. I understand that after the past 10 years old habits get hard to break.

The Dude

WE NEED A POINT GUARD!
haha
Oh...wait....RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGT...we have one already.
I swear sometimes I think people jump ship on our players faster than the people abandoning the Titanic.

The Dude

In my eyes, this season has never been a lost season. I don't have high expectations for this year, but never thought that we would be in the bottom of the conference standings at the end of the year. We had an ok team last year with mediocre-poor coaching at best. We pretty much have the same kind/...

The Dude

Nik needed a game off. He had 5 turnovers against OSU. It was the most of all the starting players. Most of the other players had only 1 or 2 if that. I appreciate this kid's fire, but he really hurt his team during the "end" of the OSU game. One of the breakaway points scored by OSU at th...

The Dude

In my opinion, Hare's problem is all mental. If he put in the same fight and intensity that Aaman brings to the game, he'd dominate. He has the deer in headlights look. New school, new destination, new players and a new coach are all factors, but the one thing he should know how to do is play ball. ...

The Dude

I'm pleased with the team's overall performance as well. They're also averaging fewer turnovers...only 9 per game as opposed to 14.5 last year and approx. 12 the year before. They're averaging fewer assists right now as well, but I believe keeping the turnovers down is more important. As the people ...

The Dude

Wow...one year under Baron where Powell probably didn't get the best coaching at the point guard position and people already want to get oust the kid from the point guard position. He's just a sophomore. Practically a freshman again if you count this year as being the only one with quality coaching....

The Dude

When Powell sat, X was the PG. hurleys don't see TJ as a PG. I thought TJ and Bigby would get more minutes. NSU coach did the least amount of coaching I've ever seen. TJ is coming off an injury. I believe one of the Hurley's mentioned having TJ at point guard part of the time, after the Coast Guard...

The Dude

These guys are going to take their lumps early this season. The out of conference schedule is brutal. It wouldn't surprise me if they went 1-4 to start the season. I expect them to get even better as the season goes on. Defense was good during today's game. They just came out flat and with less ener...

The Dude

Reg. Season: 17-12
A-10 Con. Record: 8-8
A-10 Tourn. Record: 2-1
URI vs. Umass Game Winner and Score: URI 71-68

Bonus:
Nikola Malesevic 14.12

I expect them to struggle in the beginning half of the season, but expect them to improve and make a run at the end of the season.

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