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- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Rhody Rehab is Open
- Replies: 160
- Views: 4255
Re: Rhody Rehab is Open
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1284
- Views: 69747
Re: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
Who can blame KJ for leaving this clusterfuck? Gtown will be better fast. Will we? Yeah right. People are going to call me naive for this take, and they're probably right, but I would blame him. 16 months ago he got show caused and was unemployable in college basketball. Archie, Thorr, and the Univ...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1284
- Views: 69747
Re: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
Who can blame KJ for leaving this clusterfuck? Gtown will be better fast. Will we? Yeah right. People are going to call me naive for this take, and they're probably right, but I would blame him. 16 months ago he got show caused and was unemployable in college basketball. Archie, Thorr, and the Univ...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Players we like: "Why won't they stay and develop here!"
Players we don't like: "Get out of here, you'll never develop!"
There are a lot of fans that really don't like the players...
Players we don't like: "Get out of here, you'll never develop!"
There are a lot of fans that really don't like the players...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1284
- Views: 69747
Re: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
Look, I assume this is going to happen at this point, but if I remember right Casual Hoya had Dan Hurley leaving URI to coach Georgetown...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: A-10 Awards
- Replies: 17
- Views: 579
Re: A-10 Awards
Was on the overhead screen during the URI St Louis game Fuchs was 6th in rebounding in A10. He had some injuries that limited his playing time minutes in some games including a concussion causing 3 missed games. Holmes, Cohen and Cross were all 1st team A10 Hall was 2nd team A10 Fleming a solid cen...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: Recruitment Corner
- Topic: General High School Recruiting Discussion/Comments 2023-24
- Replies: 304
- Views: 38725
Re: General High School Recruiting Discussion/Comments 2023-24
This combined with Siena announcing they're moving on from their head coach. Makes sense his recruitment is back openRIrugger01 wrote: ↑1 month ago Apparently we offered Jakai Sanders out of Eagle Academy in Brooklyn. Said he had a visit. Averaged 17.1pts 6.5 reb 10.1 assists. Committed to Siena
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1284
- Views: 69747
Re: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
Ben Hammond and Brayon Freeman have a good chance of occupying two of those spots in some order
- 1 month ago
- Forum: Recruitment Corner
- Topic: '20 G Jaden House (High Point -> URI)
- Replies: 171
- Views: 26616
Re: '20 G Jaden House (High Point -> URI)
I hope House decides to stick with URI. If used correctly, I think he could be a stud next year. The only way to use him correctly is as a sixth man microwave guy who gets a bunch of run when he's hot and a lot of bench when he's not. Basically Fatts Russell's freshman season. A. Will we have enoug...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Who is Archie Miller?
- Replies: 368
- Views: 10599
Re: Who is Archie Miller?
House, at times definitely dogged it, but with focus, he’s a very good scorer. 100%... I mean, all of us were miserable watching this team. Imagine being a good player, but you keep losing like we did? I'm not making excuses for him, but he was a very good player when he was locked in. I remember m...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Who is Archie Miller?
- Replies: 368
- Views: 10599
Re: Who is Archie Miller?
Don't tell me, tell 105 and 15. Jared Terrell was an All A10 first team player and part of multiple A10 titles and NCAA wins. NBA player. Future URI HOFer. Jaden House doesn’t even come close to him. He's way more Fatts Russell than Jared Tarrell. Not even close. I said early in the season that the...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Looks like Virginia needs to work on its pack line defense too. What? According to KenPom they had the 7th ranked defense in the country and the 2nd ranked defense in the ACC. Defense isn't their issue, it's their offense Their ability to go ice cold is beyond all reason. And they will just miss wi...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
What? According to KenPom they had the 7th ranked defense in the country and the 2nd ranked defense in the ACC. Defense isn't their issue, it's their offense
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
As I agreed to renew season tickets, these thoughts rattled around in my head. Wonder what the gain/loss of season tickets will be. Thinking net loss. In this environment the need to be able to sorta Coach on the fly is needed. Kinda like rolling out the ball in practice see what we got, then devel...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
The packline is just a wrinkle of man to man defense. Sure, time in the system helps with the nuances, but it's not even as complicated as zone, which people scream about us not playing. Our defense didn't suck this year because we played packline or Archie forgot how to coach defense. Hell, our def...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: All Other College Sports
- Topic: Realignment 2021
- Replies: 126
- Views: 18287
Re: Realignment 2021
I wonder if UConn will offer the ACC what SMU did to get their football out of independent hell. "In a stunning concession, SMU agree to a package of 0dollars in media generated revenue for the first 9 years they will be in the ACC, starting in the fall of 2024. In addition, SMU will have to pa...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: Lady Rams Hoops
- Topic: Women's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1734
- 1 month ago
- Forum: Recruitment Corner
- Topic: ‘22 France F Jeremy Foumena (URI ---> ??? )
- Replies: 224
- Views: 22567
- 1 month ago
- Forum: Lady Rams Hoops
- Topic: Women's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1734
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Rhody Excellence Collective Executive Director
- Replies: 65
- Views: 2542
Re: Rhody Excellence Collective Executive Director
This new landscape of college sports is turning a school's fan base on itself with the who's a bigger fan or real fan based on if and how much you donate to its own NIL fund. it's wild. can't be a fan anymore unless you pony up on top of whatever you already do to the institution. Nobody's saying s...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: 2024 Coaching Carousel
- Replies: 551
- Views: 22154
Re: 2024 Coaching Carousel
I know when Archie was hired, the salary pool for assistants was about $750,000. Anyone know if that’s still the number or if it’s increased? http://www.transparency.ri.gov/payroll/ https://gorhody.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster Kenny Johnson - $205,000.12 Austin Carroll - $123,000.02 Ben Sander...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
He’s the type of kid who probably should enter the portal / I don’t fault kids in his situation at all. Stayed all 4 years, will graduate. Probably could’ve left last year for a bigger school. Using the freak covid year to try and make some money and join a P5 team for his last season. Why would yo...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1342
- Views: 58098
Re: Understanding the NIL
Dayton $1,000,000 St. Louis $750,000 St. Bonaventure $440,000 Loyola Chicago $300,000+ St. Joe's $200,000, a car, plus There you go. You want an All-Atlantic 10 first or second teamer you're looking at a 6 figure deal, and you need to be in six figures to even be in the top half of the league. Hate ...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Assistants under Coach Miller 2022-23
- Replies: 1284
- Views: 69747
- 1 month ago
- Forum: URI Athletics
- Topic: 2024 baseball
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5126
Re: 2024 baseball
One weird note on the schedule. We list an April 10th game at Holy Cross, but Holy Cross' schedule has them at Yale that day. Yale has not released their schedule yet We are now scheduled to play at Quinnipiac on 4/10, however Quinnipiac doesn't list the game on their schedule yet, that's still lis...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Yeah, that's not going to happen...Section104 wrote: ↑1 month agoA bigger program. Likely St Johnstheblueram wrote: ↑1 month agoIsn't he making like $450k a year? Marketing for what? A HC job?Section104 wrote: ↑1 month ago As I said in the past: Kenny Johnson is likely marketing himself and bringing Hammond and Farrell with him.
We might be starting from scratch entirely
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
I know the portal and NIL has made it tough for mid-majors but it's disappointing that a staff that was supposed to be strong recruiting has missed so often. I wonder if you gave the staff truth serum what they'd say about the guys they've brought in so far. How many did they bring in and met or ex...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Interesting that you're surprised. His body language did not look great throughout this season. I don't think he was enjoying it here. For the first year and a half I agree. It seemed things had turned a corner with him getting a bigger role and Miller praising his leadership in the media That IS t...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Surprised with this one. Wouldn't have been surprised about halfway through the season, but with how things seemed down the stretch I thought he might be back I’m ok with it Fuchs Cam and DG are the 3 I don’t want to lose anyone else I can live with Only returning 3 is too small a number. That woul...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
https://x.com/portal_updates/status/1769793528001896824?s=46&t=vVGdusvnQrbChkxMUt4KEw Surprised with this one. Wouldn't have been surprised about halfway through the season, but with how things seemed down the stretch I thought he might be back Interesting that you're surprised. His body langua...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
A. It appears I did in fact jinx things.
B. It appears guys have started having their end of year meetings
B. It appears guys have started having their end of year meetings
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
I'm not sure he was ever going to be athletic enough to be an A10 regular. I guess the hope was that he would stick around and get to the point where he was usable as a reserve sniper. Unfortunately he was one of the few that seemed to give a shit down the stretch
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Good point. I just know other conferences don't allow teams to compete in the tournament their last year in the conference
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
Already started. Their star center Josh Cohen (16 pts/ 7 rebs) just entered the portal. Also from Umass - Sawyer Mayhugh and Robert Davis These dudes don't wanna play in the MAC. Sure, but they're still in the A10 next year. I haven't heard one way or the other if we're allowing them to play in the...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: Recruitment Corner
- Topic: A Request
- Replies: 9
- Views: 580
Re: A Request
I think another mod might have seen this and taken care of it. I think all of the pinned threads are guys on the team, or verbal commits like Hammond and Farrell. I think he's saying that guys on the team are no longer recruits. Only Hammond and Farrell should be pinned. I think in the past, the co...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
I'm probably jinxing things, but I'm surprised that our season ended 6 days ago and we've only had two players announce they were heading to the portal so far. I really expected a flood Well the two that entered knew they were going to be asked the leave, the reason others haven’t left is because t...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1342
- Views: 58098
Re: Understanding the NIL
I didn't turn it down. It doesn't mean that number has any real value in determining benefits. Like I didn't factor in that number while I was working in the Rams Den. I wasn't sitting there at 7 in the morning saying, "you know, this job sucks, but when you factor in my scholarship I'm actuall...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
- Replies: 2129
- Views: 71730
Re: Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel and Portal - 2024-25
I'm probably jinxing things, but I'm surprised that our season ended 6 days ago and we've only had two players announce they were heading to the portal so far. I really expected a flood
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: How much does Oak View Group 360 contribute to the Collective?
- Replies: 69
- Views: 1602
Re: How much does Oak View Group 360 contribute to the Collective?
Honest question to get back to the original question posed. Do we want facility management companies to start donating? If they did they would just do something like 5% of proceeds from a building sent back to that school's NIL. Seems to me with our lethargic attendance even in some of our best year...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: How much does Oak View Group 360 contribute to the Collective?
- Replies: 69
- Views: 1602
Re: How much does Oak View Group 360 contribute to the Collective?
Earlier today on espn2 they were saying that it's become a straight pay to play free for all, NIL or no NIL. Those who pay the most will get the best talent. It was also mentioned that some sort of salary cap should be established, the amounts to differ based on conference. If that happens it will ...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: How much does Oak View Group 360 contribute to the Collective?
- Replies: 69
- Views: 1602
Re: How much does Oak View Group 360 contribute to the Collective?
Outside the diehards, our fans want the performance without paying for it. The cart before the horse. As BM just said, it doesn't work that way. But we keep trying! I thought the issue is all the money the NCAA makes and the players don't get any of it????? Where the hell is that money????? What ot...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1342
- Views: 58098
Re: Understanding the NIL
Was wondering how much in compensation and benefits the typical URI player now gets and decided to put something together. These numbers are just some ballpark figures. Stipend $6,000 (NCAA allows up to $5,980) NIL $30,000 (URI avg - see below) Tuition/Room & Board $50,000 (out of state URI cos...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1342
- Views: 58098
Re: Understanding the NIL
Too much lawyering for my simple mind.... The collective has said....they are not contacting recruits. It's what they said. Should people not believe them? How does that align with "This is not dispositive of the fact that Rhody Excellence is not contracting recruits." I mean, we all know...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1342
- Views: 58098
Re: Understanding the NIL
We do not need to "save face". The court rulings are in the books. Are they going for it or not? Quit sending mixed signals if you want to raise money! Kids will know what they’d be getting before committing. That is a fact. It may not DIRECTLY from Rhody Excellence, but the message with ...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1342
- Views: 58098
Re: Understanding the NIL
So you'd rather we announce NCAA violations on the website so at least we're following our own rules?section(105) wrote: ↑1 month ago That, if true, doesn’t make me comfortable and confident the money will go where intended. Meaning the collective won’t be following its own rules a. Nice.
- 1 month ago
- Forum: NCAAs or Bust!
- Topic: Understanding the NIL
- Replies: 1342
- Views: 58098
Re: Understanding the NIL
From the website Q&A: DOES RHODY EXCELLENCE WORK WITH RECRUITS OR PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES? No – In compliance with NIL regulations, Rhody Excellence will not meet with, contact, offer a deal, etc. to any prospective student-athlete. Until a student-athlete has signed their NLI and/or the i...
- 1 month ago
- Forum: Lady Rams Hoops
- Topic: WNIT 2024
- Replies: 18
- Views: 934