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This is a pretty good analysis of the Rams' defense woes.

https://www.golocalprov.com/sports/uri- ... alachowski

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Several exciting finishes in tonight's A-10 games. After leading a good part of game Loyola lost at VCU, 74-67. VCU took the lead from LUC with 8 minutes left in game, though Loyola closed to within 4 with a minute left, but got no closer. After a 0-5 start, Duquesne got its first A-10 win by beatin...

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rambone 78 wrote: ↑3 months ago Nobody in this league has played worse in a particular game than we have so far this season.

Twice.

Actually if you look at all the D1 scores on both days we got blown out, there are only a few scores with greater matgins, notably PC's thrashing of DePaul 100-62.

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I thought David Green would be that guy even though in my heart I don't believe one man can make that much of a difference.

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This thread has gone way off the rails. Besides engaging is fantasy scenarios, we focus on dumping on the A-10, McGlade, Loyola and ridding the conference of some members. People in glass houses should never throw stones.

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BTW, we aren't the only ones who see lack of effort and basically giving up when things aren't going well. The announcers noticed it too. They said when we came out of the locker room after halftime that the players had bad body language, looked dejected, were moving very slowly and had no energy. ...

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Archie's staff deserves a lot of criticism. What do they with the game videos? Don't they go over every flaw again and again with advice on corrective action? So why all the standing around watching the game, all the lazy, thoughtless passes???

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All the good things that happened through our win streak were real, not a fluke. Something happened to switch this team around, but they have the potential to play well. We didn't beat high school teams. I'm not gonna pretend we are a top team, but I'm also not gonna act like our previous wins didn...

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This Ram team is very immature with a shocking inability to protect the ball. Expect them to suffer a second straight rout on the road. Don't know if you get the memo, but part of being a member of this community is to have optimism even in a slow rebuild ... The game hasn't even been played. There...

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This Ram team is very immature with a shocking inability to protect the ball. Expect them to suffer a second straight rout on the road.

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What is discussed in this WaPo article is just a proposal, but it does show that the direction the NCAA has already been moving will intensify. Essentially, the "haves" do not what to be subjected to the concerns of the "have nots" and that motivation is becoming more transparent...

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That sound you hear is the air coming out of the balloon.

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Despite 3-0, I am a bit skeptical about this Rams team against the Bonnies. SBU has strengths - 3 point and FT shooting - which are much better than URI. Moreover they protect the ball well and the Rams are prone to TO's especially giving the ball up on steals, Can the Rams duplicate in any form the...

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The Richmond win at Duquesne was another travesty of A-10 officiating. Duquesne had a 4 point lead and the ball with less than two minutes when a series of questionable calls gave Richmond the chance to tie game on four FT's. Admittedly Duquesne choked on last second FT's to tie, but they should nev...

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Sorry, I stand by what I said while PC was a good program before the Big East, the formation of the league made PC into what it is today. That is not the case with URI and the A-10. Dave Gavitt was a visionary, not because he conceived a conference based on media markets, but because he saw the uniq...

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Despite some last second bonehead plays, Brown holds on for a nice road win over Harvard, 74-72!

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Yeah I’m a bit surprised I thought they were good with the road win @ Nova and the close loss to Kentucky, oh well hope they keep losing not a fan They definitely were good then. They looked like a different team in the OOC and now they drank some EMBARONSING juice. ..people are still referring to ...

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I recall no other speculation, other than this alleged Rothstein comment, about the thought of a merger. Anyone with some contact with the last three URI AD's would know how much disdain PC and the Big East had for URI and the A-10 to make such a merger idea implausible. The BE approach has always ...

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I never said it was plausible or going to happen. I simply wrote that Jon Rothstein tweeted that the A10 should offer the 7 BE schools to join. I'll dig up the tweet if I find time. Sorry stevie for not being articulate enough, because my plausible reference was not directed at you but everyone aro...

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I recall no other speculation, other than this alleged Rothstein comment, about the thought of a merger. Anyone with some contact with the last three URI AD's would know how much disdain PC and the Big East had for URI and the A-10 to make such a merger idea implausible. The BE approach has always b...

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Not mentioned earlier, but while URI was beating UMass, Bryant visited UNH and came away a 89-74 winner. Close first half, but Bryant dominated in the second stanza. Bulldogs had 4 players with double digit scoring.

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It's not a propaganda table. It is the entrance and sign-in for people who have accepted an invitation to the several suites on that level. They get name tags and other information since some may have never been in the Ryan Center before.

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What's up with Zek? For a time ,he was the team's leading scorer and yesterday he got only 9 minutes PT and scored 0 points. His play started to deteriorate with the Brown game and seems to have accelerated when he was pulled from starting line-up in the Davidson game. Before Brown, he was 11-24 on ...

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Thanks PMMM for the correction, I went astray by my scribbling and got my Northerns confused. The correct school is Northern Iowa and the MacLeod Center with its 6,500 capacity.

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Encouraged by the addition of David Green, but this is simply not a good URI team and even in the wins over Northeastern and St Joe's we saw long stretches of bad basketball and shooting. Also given URI's recent record against Davidson and its inability to win on the road this game doesn't look like...

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Like I said before Loyola's arena size and their attendance isn't my concern, last I looked I am not in charge of their financial budget or bottom line. I would just like to see them competitive in our conference. They have invested in their program and opened up the $18.5M Alfie Norville practice ...

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And my bad about confusing MVC and Horizon - I think it goes to my larger point about teams that can’t even dominate those meaningless 1 bid leagues aren’t the teams we desperately need to add. I wouldn’t confuse the MVC with the Horizon and denigrate them as a meaningless one bid league. Big diffe...

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The question is does the attached link support Blue Man's assertion about Loyola: "Their students don't care. Their adult fans don't care. They don't exist.” “No basketball players really want to go there. No fans really want to go there either” And just how does URI 's Soloviev facility compar...

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If they can never fill a 4300 seat arena...and have 17K students and Rhody averages more than than their total capacity....I think it's pretty safe to say, "their students don't care." What else can you call that? The Loyola arena can hold more than 4300 and this is supported by the fact ...

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Sorry, Blue Man, while I respect your opinion on this subject I don’t think we will ever agree on this. You dismiss size of school as unimportant factor using PC as an example, totally ignoring the key point that PC has enjoyed the advantage for the last 50 years of playing in a better conference wh...

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Yes, Loyola does have many non-traditional students and a large commuting population like many urban schools, but this is concentrated mostly in the professional and graduate programs which are much larger compared to URI. All first and second year students are required to live in one of the 23 Loyo...

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Impressive road game for UMass especially when you consider their guards had a very bad shooting day especially on threes where the team went 3-22 and Rahsool Diggins alone was 0-10. Turn that around even slightly and this could have been a Minuteman win.UMass dominated the boards versus the Flyers ...

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Dayton escapes with the win. UMass made a good run, but on an earlier possession they took too long to take a shot and ended with a poor selection shot. Matt Cross will be a load for URI to handle next Saturday - great 3 point and FT shooter!

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UMass showing some heart and great defense has now cut the Dayton lead to 2 with 3 minutes left!

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Sorry, but I am more partial to Loyola since I have good friends who went to the school. Also, I am familiar with the school having lived in Chicago on two occasions, once as a student at the University of Chicago getting an advanced degree and a second time working for a major Fortune 25 company. W...

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I wouldn't describe Loyola Chicago, with 17,000 students and $1billion endowment, a small Catholic school. Also Loyola is the only school in Illinois to have ever won a national championship in basketball.

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Interesting start to A-10 play with Dayton the only top pick in conference to win . VCU is now 0-2 and surprisingly Loyola Chicago who finished last season in last place is now 2-0.

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I did attend the St. Joe's game and had no problem with phone service.i was able to keep track of all other A-10 games and the up to date status of URI game stats continually. When some around me asked what was David Green's FT stats I was easily able to respond 3-10 at that moment. Also, too much n...

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FWIW, in the modern era (after 1920) URI has had 16 MBB coaches. Bob (Red) Haire was #2 and succeeded Frank Keaney who was coach for 28 seasons. Haire, began his tenure with the 1948-49 season, only coached for 4 years, had two losing seasons and an overall record of 57-42. In the complete MBB histo...

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Harvard beat Albany, 76-71 tonight, and Sebastian Thomas was the leading scorer with 24 points. Close game, but Harvard led most of way. I saw where Thomas had his usual TO in crunch time. He had 6 turnovers, was 1-7 on threes, an 7-12 FT. Sorry I don't care if he's the greatest gift to Albany baske...

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In comparison, the Big East went 26-24 versus P5 OOC opponents

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Great win for the Rams! This game had all the markings of a transformative game to the rest of the season. Central to this was the appearance of David Green whose experience, toughness, athletic and scoring ability were apparent from the minute he stepped on the court. And the greatest contribution ...

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LaSalle the only team that lost today so far A10 The A-10 finished the day at 12-1. This may have concluded the OOC for the league. If so, it was the conference's best w/l record (131-60 .689) in many years. The only losing records were had by URI and Fordham The A-10 record against P5 OOC opponent...

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Merry Christmas to all and to brighter days ahead!!!

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Fifth straight loss, now six losses by double digits and still in OOC whereas last year we had 5 such losses in the whole regular season.

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Who thinks this team is better than last year's.

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The outlook to better last year's nine win season is looking bleak. In fact if URI is unable to beat either UNH and Northeastern, then considering the schedule, an 11 game losing streak is possible.

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Not to make us feel worse, but the next two opponents at Ryan are no slouches.

New Hampshire defended its home court in beating Brown by 18 points.

Northeastern lost a heartbreaker at #22 Virginia, 56-54.

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You can"t teach maturity and confidence.

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Besides suspect talent, this team continues to show the key markers of immaturity: • Blowing large leads in wins versus inferior opponents. • Inability to show team cohesiveness and improvement • Long periods of inept play allowing opponent to go on a run. Delaware went on 15-0 run in six minutes. •...

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