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No, he made the same trip at the same time last year. Either his brother is still out there or he has other family in the area (which could explain how his brother ended up out there in first place). Not a huge leap for him to text his ex coach (Dan) or his brother to see if he can get in a gym. If ...

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The fact people are complaining that we don't have a game against UNH in late November proves why we can't have nice things. THIS IS THE BEST FREAKING SCHEDULE, FOR BOTH HOME GAMES AND IN TOTALITY THAT WE HAVE HAD IN LAST 20 YEARS OR MAYBE EVER. The team you dream up in your head as making sense (ie...

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What a great home opener against our old foe Derek Kellogg. Hope that will bring out Rhody Jay and his amazing sign he used to taunt DK with. Even the UMass players laughed at that one.

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So on average 100 spots better in rankings netted you 1 extra bucket of production? Wouldn't that sorta prove out the point when a significant 100 spot difference only yields a nominal spread in output?

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Schools offering and coaches chasing the kid outweigh rankings all day.
Outside of the Top 25 there are so many flaws with the recruiting ranking services.

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He must have grown a lot between May 21 and June 15th then.

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This is the best Rhody schedule in the last 20 years, if not ever - PC, Bama, LSU, Maryland, VCU, Davidson, Dayton - 10 games against Top 40ish teams. 6 more 2nd tier games (Top 75-150) against West Virginia, Western Kentucky, St Bonnie, Richmond, St.Louis, Duquesne. For a mid major that is ridiculo...

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101 is the floor for St. Bonnie, my guess is they end up closer to Top 75. I also would guess they are considering St Louis 7th in league, Bonnies 6th, and I guess Richmond 5th and they will pop next on this countdown. Then it will be Rhody at 4th, my guess is in the 60s or low 70s. 144 Madness is ...

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I reallllllllllly hope the staff is on point with their evaluation here because to say there are red flags is the understatement of the year. Not a huge fan of these made up basketball schools that pop up randomly, 4 schools in 5 years...if Vegas put odds on this kid seeing his Senior Night in Kings...

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101 is the floor for St. Bonnie, my guess is they end up closer to Top 75. I also would guess they are considering St Louis 7th in league, Bonnies 6th, and I guess Richmond 5th and they will pop next on this countdown. Then it will be Rhody at 4th, my guess is in the 60s or low 70s.

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Oh wow he went to Independence? That's the school featured on Last Chance U on Netflix. The coach is nuts. Entertaining show though. Was my immediate thought too as I just binge watched the 4th season...so if my math is right he would have been on the team for the 3rd season of the show. I gotta go...

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Iggy1979 wrote: ↑4 years ago Real shame Al isn't coaching somewhere.

Agreed. Not many that have his track record for evaluating and developing talent.

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At that size you have to be elite at something and most likely shooting. Fatts is a bit of an outlier in that he can find ways to score in the paint but he does have elite quickness. I am not going to argue that size is preferable if all things are equal, Of course it is.

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Did u ask Al if he is opposed to recruiting undersized guards? I’m guessing Tyrese Rice and Tyson Wheeler are 2 of the better guards he has ever had, both sub 6’0.

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The game has changed, yet a frail, skinny, unathletic and undersized PG is still amongst the Top 5 or 6 best players in the NBA. If you can play you can play, discriminating based on size is asinine in the context of an A10 PG.

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Let’s see where he ends up. Tell me which ‘20 PG or SG recruiting prospect on Rhody’s list that you would take Metheny over. His other offers are from Drexel, James Madison, Penn, Western Carolina & Youngstown State. He has visited Drexel, West Carolina & Youngstown State. Only two visits l...

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Rhody83 wrote: ↑4 years ago He is too small for D1 college. We are recruiting PGs that are 6’5”.

That is a ridiculous comment, especially at the A10 level.

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First and obvious hurdle, UMass and Uconn play FBS football and URI and any others you mention play FCS. With those 2 showing no signs of wanting to drop back down, and URI showing no signs of wanting to play up this would seem more far fetched than a home and home bball series with Tehran University.

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Sounds like something related to a girl.

It was Dana in the video shooting, I think when u turn the camera around for a selfie it reverses things so it made him look like he was lefty.

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I can't think of a better OOC/A10 schedule combination for Rhody in a long time. If you combine the 6 Q1 opportunities in OOC, with the likelihood of at least 6 more Q1/Q2 opportunities vs VCU, Davidson and Dayton you get 12 resume building opportunities with an unbelievable 7 of them taking place a...

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McKillop recruits to a system and philosophy, puts high emphasis on shooting, passing, ball skills and less so on athleticism, rebounding and measurables.

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My guess is Kuminga ends up reclassing to 2020. He’s a beast.

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Kuminga is a man child.

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I’d agree with that too and St Bonnies would be Exhibit A to back that point up...Al did that at URI to some extent as well. But it’s incredibly difficult to sustain without enduring some dud years in between the good ones.

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Agree with RJ here, the issue for the lack of A10 bids the last couple of years has not been transfers, has not been some conferences moving to 20 OOC games, has not been a P5 bias...its been because the top 4-5 teams in the league had abysmal OOC records. For context, over last 3-4 years I am strug...

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If we want to stay at the top of A10 we occasionally have to win recruiting battles against BE/AAC and mid to low tier P5. That is just the bottom line, we cannot be scared every time a P5 shows interest in someone we are prioritizing. We beat out those types of programs for guys like Harris, Terrel...

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RJ you love to use % of conference that makes the tourney as the barometer which to the college bball junkie is a very valid and legit data point. But perception and reality are not always aligned. To the regular Joe college hoops fan that drives the national perception they could care less what per...

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We will have more experienced depth this year behind the starters with Sheppard, Tate and Walker. I still expect Jeff, Fatts and Cyril to log 30+ minutes a night, so the bulk of the reserves minutes will likely come at the expense of the Jermaine and Tyrese spot. We also have a bunch of guys that ca...

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ace wrote: ↑4 years ago One minute you’re googling “Rhode Island basketball message board,” the next you’re researching who exactly is Parfait Bitee and realizing you might just hate PC.

Lol. Post of the year.

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The BE suffers from a perception problem, and UConn helps address that. The reality is that by the metrics the league has been very strong since its formation, the perception is that its Villanova and a bunch of good but not overly sexy programs. The general college hoops fan believes the NBE has fa...

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Boy, if JD makes a full transition to the 2, watch out. I was thinking the same thing...tho he is entering his senior year I do think we are going to see a whole different level of Dowtin this season. Last year was like an entirely new role for him, almost a complete 180 from the role he played Yea...

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Are you really asking that question? A 4 time national champ or the school Travy Ford coaches? It's a no brainer.

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The depth of the A10 this year will be great, don't agree with you Bone. Not this year. VCU, Davidson, Dayton are all preseason Top 35ish Rhody, St Louis, Bonnies and Duquesne could all be Top 75 (with Rhody hopefully topping that list and pressing the first 3) Richmond should be Top 100 That is 8 t...

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DC_Rams wrote: ↑4 years ago

Sheppard, Dowtin, Toppin and Hammond working...

Looked like Dowtin’s elbow was above the rim.

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Two possible dominoes to fall if Uconn does go.
Does AAC add Umass for all sports.
Or do they target someone like VCU for basketball only? The latter would be much more damaging to the A10.

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Rumor gaining traction that UConn will be announced as new Big east member this week.

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It has advanced indeed. Although what has also happened is that conditioning and b-ball trainers have made things sound ridiculously complex and invented new vernacular in the social media age to draw attention. Not saying that is what is happening here, but it is a thing.

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PeterRamTime wrote: ↑4 years ago At the very least it's likely he is better now than both Long and Toppin, so we have improved the roster.

This is a great take PRT

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I hear a lot of people saying there is a logjam at his perceived position and we don’t need him...many people said the same thing about Stan Robinson. Yes he had a higher pedigree but plenty of folks were like with EC, Jarvis, Jared, Jeff etc we didn’t need another guard. He then ended up being a v...

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I hear a lot of people saying there is a logjam at his perceived position and we don’t need him...many people said the same thing about Stan Robinson. Yes he had a higher pedigree but plenty of folks were like with EC, Jarvis, Jared, Jeff etc we didn’t need another guard. He then ended up being a ve...

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He could’ve/should’ve had a better career at Rhody. By his senior year he could step out to 20 feet and hit with consistency, was legit 6’9”/6’10”. Unfortunately played on some bad teams and with a coach who definitely didn’t get his max out of him.

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We have plenty of RPI boosters on the schedule already, every team plays a couple cupcakes and really 160 and 220 isn’t all that bad. Fordham, Umass, St Joe’s and maybe others will be bigger RPI killers.

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CBS just reported at least six schools will receive penalties stemming from the FBI investigation including “2 high profile programs”....also says there are other active investigations still ongoing and the fallout won’t end with this wave of penalties. Said the schools will be notified in next coup...

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I dont think many will argue that the likelihood of the 50th ranked guy having a better career than the 250th ranked guy is greater...but those are extreme differences. What most coaches have said, and I agree with, is that after the Top 25-30 kids there is a huge margin of error from 30 thru 150-17...

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Getting Dayton, Davidson and VCU would be a god send as it would add likely 3 Q1 road games and 3 Q1/Q2 home games pending where they net out after OOC.

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Leave well enough alone that’s the most positive thing the guy has said since the invention of the interwebs

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That list is also not terribly off from where we stand in terms of attendance, a big factor in generating revenue needed to pay coaches. I believe we ranked 4th in attendance last season? Are are 6th in terms of total budget? Not a huge disparity. Yes with NCAA units, and savings on Cox salary from ...

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The limitations at URI are nothing new, and we have had some great assistant coaching staffs in the past. Al had some great ones, as did Jim, as did Dan. It can be done. While there are limitations and obstacles to retaining great assistants, there is also an almost infinite pool of quality assistan...

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I like the Walsh suggestion for 1 of the roles. He recruited Isaac Vann (VCU starter) amongst at least 2 others that moved on to meaningful roles at higher majors. He is a great X/O guy supposedly, he now has ties to IMG and is very well regarded in the coaching community. I like it a lot. Cox needs...

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Rhody83 wrote: ↑4 years ago

The Nbpa camp roster is a joke, multiple kids being left off due to nepotism, favors and relationships.

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