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ElmCityRhody wrote: ↑2 days ago i am waiting for the "new" "new" "new" Rhode to Excellence being run by Stone and then will decide - ia m thinking of equally splitting at the moment

You have something to cut that penny in half?

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Backroads wrote: ↑2 days ago
Billyboy78 wrote: ↑3 days ago Has the open job been posted yet? Where do I look?
https://jobs.uri.edu/postings/search

The job is not posted. Why?

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Bassy left because he didn't think he'd see the court. No one questioned that logic. Now he's returning and could be a starter. I think that's an indictment of the staff's recruiting. They failed to land a better PG than an undersized local player! I wish him all the luck but the recruiting of Arch...

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Has the open job been posted yet? Where do I look?

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NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑3 days ago
PeterRamTime wrote: ↑3 days ago
NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑3 days ago

so interested in this...please, someone, anyone, start throwing out some numbers
Where's Rhody Vault when you need him!
I'm sure he knows, but he promised not to tell anymore...'member?

Maybe Archie told him.

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rhodyrudder wrote: ↑3 days ago I just want to beat Brown, win 9 A-10 games, and not get beat in the Tuesday afternoon PIG. We need to be better than the last two years.

Imagine if the day we hired Archie, somebody said those were the goals in year 3?

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What is Miranda's plan? He left Oklahoma State in the middle of the season, supposedly to get ready to turn pro. Has that changed?

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I don’t think we had the speed to do that here. He played a lot of press at Dayton, I think he lacked a quick pg who could handle the ball pickup and establish the line in the back court. See if that doesn’t change this season. He would have had he been able to keep his top recruit this year. Liste...

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Three bigs are gone....Bilau, Foumena and Brown....4 if you want to put Rory in there (not really). Who replaces them? That has to be the focus with at least 2, if not 3 of the remaining spots.

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So, if we suck again this year, does Thorr start talking with Archie about an extension on the hope that we will eventually get to where we want to be? Tough decisions will have to be made. I think if we suck again(whatever record that is?)the conversation with Archie should be different? Extension...

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So, if we suck again this year, does Thorr start talking with Archie about an extension on the hope that we will eventually get to where we want to be? Tough decisions will have to be made.

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Most people think we should be back in the tourney by year 4. So, would it have been better to have Ben Hammond and Cam Estevez here this year? Or would it be better to have Jaden House and Sebastian Thomas here this year, both of whom will not be next year? There's no guarantee that Ben and Cam wo...

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Maybe……if we change to an uptempo belly to belly to belly 94 ft pressing defense as soon as they toss the ball up….run platoons in and out, but, “we ………………………..” What is, "we don't do that here "? I don’t think we had the speed to do that here. He played a lot of press at Dayton, I think ...

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Most people think we should be back in the tourney by year 4. So, would it have been better to have Ben Hammond and Cam Estevez here this year? Or would it be better to have Jaden House and Sebastian Thomas here this year, both of whom will not be next year? There's no guarantee that Ben and Cam wou...

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Listen, first let me say that I like Bassy. You can go back and look at my posts when he was here when most people were bashing him. I think he can run a team, facilitate and makes nice passes. He's still not a good shooter. He scored a lot of points last season despite shooting 43% from the floor a...

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Is it a sabbatical year for bigs not named Fuchs at Rhody next season ? We need bigs. Miranda is 7'1". Is that big enough? Are you hearing rumblings, 78 ? I’d be good with bringing in another Rhode Islander. Maybe he turns out to be a pleasant surprise playing at home State U with his buddy. E...

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Serious question. Are minimum credit load, minimum GPA, graduation rates etc, still a thing any more? It must be fun being in the admissions offices across the land? Remember how important APR was? How can that be applied now with so much movement which undoubtedly will lead to lower graduation rat...

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You'll see.

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Jdrums#3 wrote: ↑4 days ago Is it a sabbatical year for bigs not named Fuchs at Rhody next season ?

We need bigs.

Miranda is 7'1". Is that big enough?

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Serious question. Are minimum credit load, minimum GPA, graduation rates etc, still a thing any more? It must be fun being in the admissions offices across the land? Remember how important APR was? How can that be applied now with so much movement which undoubtedly will lead to lower graduation rat...

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Jdrums#3 wrote: ↑4 days ago Another great movie reference.

One of my favorite sports movies because of the basketball scene with the Chief.

I'm sure you know that's where Robert Parish got his nickname too.

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You seem to have this crazy need to not just be right... all the time...but to make sure that everyone else better damn sure recognize.... not sure if that's something the Rhody rehab package includes or not. Or, could just realize, maybe it's not that serious...? About this, I will make sure ppl r...

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Serious question. Are minimum credit load, minimum GPA, graduation rates etc, still a thing any more? It must be fun being in the admissions offices across the land? Remember how important APR was? How can that be applied now with so much movement which undoubtedly will lead to lower graduation rat...

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Bassy will have a more productive year this year than Hammond. Mark it down. What is production? Do wins and losses count towards production? In this case, I'd go with mpg, ppg, rpg, and assists per game. Others may differ... Ben is a much better player than Bassy....right now. And I'm not one of t...

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👍🏼 And I think he still does that. Just maybe not to the extent that he did when he was here, although, I haven’t paid close enough attention to know with full confidence. Maybe Dan is getting soft as he wins natty’s and ages. :lol: He just had a 5* freshman playing his ass off on defense. Defense ...

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NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑4 days ago Bassy will have a more productive year this year than Hammond. Mark it down.

What is production? Do wins and losses count towards production?

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"We've played other teams with injury problems, sometimes without their best player. If we were totally healthy and the teams we played were totally healthy, I actually think our record would be worse than it is now." This is the quote. I didn't exactly remember it right! And I wasn't jus...

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I think scholarships should be cut to 11. The 12th and 13th men on almost every team is in the portal, I bet. What's the point of paying 13 players in addition to them having a free ride when the bottom 2 on the roster are unlikely to stay? I would have said 10, but you might need that 11th guy in c...

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"We've played other teams with injury problems, sometimes without their best player. If we were totally healthy and the teams we played were totally healthy, I actually think our record would be worse than it is now." This is the quote. I didn't exactly remember it right! And I wasn't jus...

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With Hurley you didn’t get on the floor if you did’t play defense. That’s how he built the team. He recruited defense (which was the lower hanging fruit) and then developed their offense abilities. It took time but it worked for him. 👍🏼 And I think he still does that. Just maybe not to the extent t...

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Ways is definitely gone or definitely Redshirting Even Bassy/Cam/Luis/House/Jemarcus seems crowded no? I’m waiting for another shoe to fall Imho this is how it’ll go: JL,LK,JH as the three starting guards ST and CE as the backups I don't see Cam staying here if he's not starting. Isn't he the one p...

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Rhode to mediocrity? Like landing a guy who started on a big ten team that went to the NCAA tournament? Show me 3 or 4 more guys like him or better. Otherwise, we're no better than we were last year. You're the same person who thinks we would have been WORSE last year completely healthy and availab...

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Never mind contributing to NIL. The question looming is do I want to fork out season ticket money again for a program that appears to be in complete disarray. With payment due in a few weeks, is the product worth driving an hour each way anymore. Who's on the team? Who's our lead recruiter? Has our...

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As quiet as things have been here, things are even quieter on the women's side. Zero info about anyone coming in and zero info about our players in the portal. Could this have anything to do with sorting out donations to Rhody Excellence and what team gets what?

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Top 10 reasons for Ben leaving:

1. $$$$$
2. $$$$$
3. Kenny leaving
4. $$$$$
5. Our new transfer
6. $$$$$
7. $$$$$
8. Playing closer to home
9. $$$$$
10. $$$$$

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Yeah URI (tried to?) play Packline. The larger point is UVA which won a national championship playing Packline got smoked multiple times this past season. Obliterated. Elite D1 coaching has figured out how to destroy it. It will also be a interesting study to watch what Bennett does. Does Miller ha...

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NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑5 days ago
Rhody15 wrote: ↑5 days ago Just so ironic to me Hammond decommitted (supposedly) because Kenny left, and now he’ll go to to a school where Kenny isn’t coaching at either lol
I think Lawrence is the reason he left

If Lawrence is more of a 2 than a 1, why would that make Ben leave?

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Apostolos Roumoglou. He was added right before the 22-23 season for roster depth. He’s solid, can shoot like crazy. Great talent in front of him and probably his defense kept him from the rotation, but AP was a crowd favorite. Place went wild when this happened. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2p6D...

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Rammgr wrote: ↑5 days ago Anyone know anything about the kid from Greece that was at UConn? He’s now in the portal . 6’8” 215 lbs.

Apostolos Roumoglou

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Someone needs to train, feed, pay(?) them for the 4 years in between the 10 days that people care about... Good point, NYG. Let RI College do it ? What else is that school there for ? My apologies to any RIC students, supporters or parents that sent students there. My angst is more towards the geni...

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Iggy1979 wrote: ↑5 days ago This kid holds on long enough and he could start

Does this mean you're not hearing any buzz about players coming in?

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Don't anybody tell Blueman about this.

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Yes, why the hell would he come here? Lol. Archie is a great coach: Archie has coached and developed some incredible guards in his career. Opportunity for a significant role: Joining URI presents the chance to play a substantial role and emerge as one of the standout guards in the conference. We al...

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Jdrums#3 wrote: ↑5 days ago Great educational institutions but they can’t count.

They also don't know much about geography.

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rambone 78 wrote: ↑5 days ago We certainly haven't been too good against UNH lately on the court.

And Vermont would have wiped the floor with us if we had played them last season.

Back in the day we routinely blew those teams out and scored in triple digits often.

Where did those days go?

The Big East was formed...

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Vaguely. Central was SK's biggest rival back then. They were the school that snapped the 56 game winning streak, but SK did go on to win the state title again though. Check this out. SK won the state title 3 years in a row. Then Sacred Heart won it one year. Then Central won it 7 years in a row. ht...

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rambone 78 wrote: ↑5 days ago Vaguely. Central was SK's biggest rival back then.

They were the school that snapped the 56 game winning streak, but SK did go on to win the state title again though.

The core of that team all went to CCRI together. Billy Perry, Willie Washington, Mike Hazard, Dobie Dennis. CCRI went undefeated.

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Yes, why the hell would he come here? Lol.

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