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Right now that’s our best 5 for sure.

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Not sure why only a couple people see how this is a BAD thing for Rhody big picture. Allowing players to just move at a whim is not good for us. I would rather Green sit and we struggle than the floodgates that could open from this esp for mid majors.

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Just saw we offered 2025 Adlan Elamin....a 4 star 6'6" shooting guard from Paul VI. Same school as Ben Hammond.

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This is mentioned here ad nauseum but I am not sure it is the defensive philosophy we have been employing the last 2 years. If so we aren’t doing it very effectively.

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Always

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This is the same type of thinking that led to the Baron 2.0 thread in the first place. First of all, it's not year six of a rebuild, David Cox was left players that could have and should have led to at least one tournament bid. Squandering talent on the roster is not the same as rebuilding. Also, i...

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Look at St John's and Pitino for anyone who thinks this shit is easy. He's probably the greatest living coach and is struggling with a first year squad.

While NIL and Portal make it easier to acquire players they don't make it any easier to build a winning culture and program.

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We may be the worst defensive team in the country.

We lose every 50/50 effort ball.

Can’t blame Fuchs tonight.

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How many open midrange shots do u think are there in a D1 game. Not many. Most are gonna end up being contested end of shot clock type stuff.

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All the numbers say otherwise. Jalen Carey was the king of the midrange. At the rim and behind the arc are where the game is played. We only struggled at the rim against Northwestern and Wash State. PC didn't bother us at the rim and Brown certainly didn't. Zek has passed up numerous open 3 pt looks...

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The double bigs worked at times not because of their mid range game, but rather the high low from the top of the key. It’s actually worked a significant amount considering it’s not done often. But I didn’t see one decent mid range jumper from anyone vs brown. This team is too dependent on taking it...

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But who in our league is “getting good that way”? The 2 best teams thus far - Dayton and Duquesne - returned a ton of talent from previous season. Dayton has key players who were recruited there out of high school and are still there (Holmes and Brea). What A10 team is “good” with a whole new 10 guy...

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We're 322nd in steals per game, and teams are only averaging 8.8 turnovers per game against us. We're 294th in fouls per game, which seems good on the surface, but suggests we're being too passive on defense because we're not generating steals, blocks (227th), or especially low shooting percentages...

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Billyboy78 wrote: ↑4 months ago Yep, finally some great news. Let's at least keep the RI kids like Pena and Buchanan here.

Pena isn't from RI. I think Jersey. But yeah let's keep him here because he's good. He's on pace to break all time sacks record I believe.

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That's huge.

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While we might not have Tysons or ECs, we at least should have a semblance of Cofields, Ivey Jones or Samuels (made NCAA and won a game). I do think guys like Zek, House and Bilau have the ceiling to be key parts of a pretty good team. Jury probably out on everyone else but I'd put Fuchs, Estevez an...

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I believe Hurley staff recruited Policelli. That’s how long he’s been in school. Their big kid will be an issue for everyone but Bilau. He’s built like an ox and has some ball skills.

If we don’t show well I will be severely disappointed.

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It seems clear Arch thought hyping Fuchs would carry/pull his performance upward somehow, which didn't seem like a terrible strategy. It clearly has not worked though, if you're talking about expectations. I do think that, if there had been no hype on the kid at all...folks would be talking more ab...

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The Fuchs bashing is so off base. Yes he had moments in Mohegan where he seemingly either dogged it or was so dejected he gave up. But since then he has shown more motor IMO. He’s averaging 7 and 7 in 20 minutes of action while adjusting to a new style of play, new country and new lifestyle. If he p...

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Again I don’t get the Fuchs hate. So many other places to point it.

It starts with Wright playing 15 minutes and Bilau 18.
Bilau needs to start tomorrow. And Archie needs to bring in Dan to teach these guys about being dogs and taking pride on the defensive end.

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2nd year in a row Martin outcoached Archie Our defensive intensity for long stretches is putrid Not sure why Always Wright played what seemed like an eternity in the first half. The offense completely stalls with him out there he doesn’t even look at the rim. He comes off ball screens and never atta...

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Maybe schools like us can be D1 in Basketball, FCS in football and D2 for everything else and that could get you around the $30k issue? There has to be a loophole. Or you chop a bunch of sports…which would be very unfortunate. That would be the necessary impact- either cut sports or allow schools t...

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Agreed, in past years they probably would have been gone but with nil now alot more players sticking around. If I had to guess I think they will be back. Of course grad transfer also may be on the table but I would be surprised if they wanted to play for what would be their fourth coach in four yea...

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Agreed with that much parity league will beat up on each other, road wins will be tough to come by. To me to game the system a mid major that wants to build a resume could try to schedule a 2-3 road games with teams projected 60-100…win 1-2 of those and hope they end up as Quad 1. We have PC but mos...

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anyone notice that shit play by play guy calling Zek Montgomery by Luis Kortright all game.
after he did once I was like ok just a mistake, then he did it the rest of the game. Cmon man read a roster card or something.

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Difference for A10 this year they have seven teams in top 100 where as I think last year they had two. Creates plenty of opportunity to move up. Yup. I'm still not bullish on the A-10's ceiling but their floor is certainly WAY higher than last year. I think that's fair - the A10 has no "unbeat...

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Prov loses a lot. But they are likely to lose even more than that from this roster. There is a good chance Pierre leaves with those upperclassmen. They are going to need a huge recruiting year just to be respectable. I didn't see any pressure on Rams this year. Next year - another matter entirely. ...

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Bilau has amazing footwork. and ball skills.
He more than held his own trying to cover Hopkins out by the three point line. I hope he stays healthy.

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Couldn’t agree more with the last two posts. In fact if we aren’t at least mid table it’s a disappointment based on the talent. Bilau is only going to get better - 7pts and 9rebs in limited action yesterday. House was able to show out against probably the best perimeter defensive team we will face a...

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We will beat them next year at the Ryan. Have faith. This year was always about identifying a core that can be part of a top of conf team. Some of those pieces are coming into place. Some aren’t. The Fuchs hate after this game is misplaced IMO. Yes he missed a couple bunnies early but he finished in...

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SandorClegane wrote: ↑4 months ago Something happen between House and Fuchs??

I saw a tweet saying they had a practice altercation. But it was from a PC account.

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Zero talk or thread on their forum about the game. Kinda surprising, would’ve thought they would have had it up and running this week. The general feeling among PC fans is that PC is the better team and if they play their game should be a 10+ point victory. Most of the fanbase just wants to take ca...

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Don’t think people realize just how good Zek has been thus far. Performing at an all league level.

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Win the battle of the boards Less than 12 TOs Make them a perimeter shooting / iso team - don't allow them to play through Oduro. Oduro is a tremendous passer out of double teams, we will need to dig down responsibly but largely try to cover him 1 on 1. Bilau gives us the best chance for that tho no...

bigappleram · Re: 12/2 | Providence | 7:30PM (FS1) lol, case in point.

lol, case in point.

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Article on ESPN… love this, for the shit we get for sucking we have only two less tournament wins all time lolol 34. State of Rhode Island Tournament wins since 1985: 18 Providence shot what at the time was regarded as a high number of 3s and appeared in the 1987 Final Four. Keep in mind, however, ...

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PC is going to bother us defensively - they are long and athletic on the perimeter and driving lanes will be tough to come by. Too bad we don’t play more zone bc I think that could be effective against them. It neutralizes Oduro from facilitating things and it turns them into a perimeter shooting te...

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It’s great that they are getting fat on Wagner. Much better than them struggling and getting crushed at practice next few days. Strategery people.

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He’s kinda equal opportunity hater. Kmac has the PC/BE slant IMO but Donaldson seemed to more be curmudgeonly on everything.

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You’re losing it. We played them at the Ryan last year. While I don’t think the players have anywhere near the same resentment toward each other as the fans they still know what’s what. Our guys still know it’s a big east school up the road that gets a lot of attention. Their guys know it’s a local ...

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The league has a higher floor lower ceiling dynamic this year. Not great for multi bid but will bring madness to conference play. Probably the lowest separation between 1 and 15 that I can remember. No one elite no one putrid.

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This needs to be our first complete game. Wire to wire, we can't have those horrendous slumps we've had in other games. My guess is that PC wins by double digits. I hope I'm wrong! Very much agree, Stevey, on the complete game and, which is why I think (like BM posted above), we can’t start Fuch’s ...

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If Montgomery keeps playing at this level he’s an all conference level player. Too soon to tell on Estevez. Yup, the difference with Zek/House is Zek has consistently produced against all levels of competition. Jaden has struggled mightily against bigger and better teams. Zek also is a more rounded...

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If Montgomery keeps playing at this level he’s an all conference level player. Too soon to tell on Estevez.

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He should go with Bilau and Brown to start. Those are the two bigs that have shown they can best hang with higher level front courts.

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Please don’t quote A10 talk. Their power rankings are as informed as if they were coming from my three year old.

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This needs to be our first complete game. Wire to wire, we can't have those horrendous slumps we've had in other games. My guess is that PC wins by double digits. I hope I'm wrong! Very much agree, Stevey, on the complete game and, which is why I think (like BM posted above), we can’t start Fuch’s ...

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If I’m them I put Carter on House and Gaines on Zek. And try to take them both out of our offense. PC doesn’t have P5 size up front so we should be able to attack the rim, however they are long and really good defenders on the perimeter. Could be tough sledding for Jaden and Zek. That means someone ...

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I will be praying for any rhody fan who goes. The line between safely leaving that arena is thin. The booze filled locals talking about the glory days of Ernie D are just one too many beers away from starting fights. Wouldn’t a fan lamenting about the days of Ernie D be in their 70s? If that guy ki...

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A thing with Fuchs that I don’t think has been brought up yet. Maybe he regrets coming to the states, misses home, etc etc so that’s reflective in his effort level sometimes? That’s obviously not a legitimate excuse, and not what I believe to be true, just something that popped into my head. I thin...

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