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rambone 78

A lot of us were jumping the gun on Hare.

He will be HUGE for us. Biggest positive of the night, easily.

Practice FT's though, please.

rambone 78

Wait till next year....sigh

Seriously.

Something tells me Hurley will make sure this team, including the new guys next year, shoots FT's better.

They keep getting closer to winning.....some day they will.

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Won't Hassan be a 3? Although if he continues to grow, yeah you're right, he could end up a 4.

Just so much to look forward to, and as we all know, Hurley ain't done recruiting yet.

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Yeah, there will be only 2 players left next year from the previous regime. Powell and TJ, if they both stay. The way Powell is developing under Hurley, he's going to be a contributor for sure, and the most experienced also, along with Munford. TJ will be a defensive option off the bench, as long as...

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Biruta, Aaman, Hare, and don't forget the Big O. Maybe even another front court recruit.

Should be as good a front court overall as it gets in the A10.

For sure, it'll be as good a front court as it's EVER been at Rhody.

rambone 78

Yes Sean, your team is better than ours this year if everybody plays.

Starting next year though, different ball game.

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I can see Depaul and Creighton to the A10. Not so sure about Marquette. What a REALLY nice BB conference we will have.

Could you imagine if the BE totally collapses, and say, Seton Hall and PC want in?

Who would have thought this a couple of years ago?

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Another stake in the heart for the BE. UConn is itching to join the ACC, and I would think Louisville now wants out too, maybe to the SEC?

Looks like the BE is going to end up as an all Catholic conference [in BB] after all!

But not the way they envisioned it, that's for sure!

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Imo not having Nik hurt of course, but we have an 8 point lead with under 4 minutes left, and a 4 point lead with 2 minutes left. So him not being there wasn't the main reason we lost. Can't have shot clock violations that late in a game, especially how many? 3? That's nuts. They played not to lose,...

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This Baron clown will be gone after this season. Nik has talent, but unfortunately none between the ears. Powell and Hare will both be OK. Hare will be a force starting next year, when he gets a few more pounds on him. Powell will be a good backup. The way this is going, it's going to be Hurley's 4 ...

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Oh my goodness. If you take the way they played tonight, and add in next year's players, URI wins this game hands down. No one OOC is going to want to play us anywhere near Kingston starting next year. Too bad for this year, though. A couple capable bodies short of a pretty good team. Just keep impr...

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There's 50 million reasons why Maryland probably won't move to the B10.

As in moolah, the fee to leave the ACC. Only way it happens is they make a deal somehow, which of course is always possible.

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Why can't we get coaches like that?

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Why, thank you, ATP.

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imo, URI has 2-3 years to produce results. That's if they start NOW on improving the facilities, not years from now. It's going to take at least those 2-3 years, to build the roster back to where they were even last year. Otherwise, why bother? Those improvements in the physical plant need to be at ...

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Trying to improve the product on the field isn't going to happen, unless the FIELD itself is improved first. That means the facilities. They aren't even at the NEC level in that regard. Is the coaching staff substandard too? What kind of recruit will come here when they see that? The leftovers, guys...

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If PC gets Dunn, Council, and Cotton healthly by the start of the BE league season, they will be pretty good. A middle of the pack team I would guess. Still no frontcourt depth though. Next year, the rivalry with us should really pick up again. They will be better, and we will be a LOT better. Our d...

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PC loses another one to a team they should have beaten easily IF they had Council and Cotton.

If those guys are out for any length of time, they're toast. Their remaining players will have to be treated for exhaustion at this rate.

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Yep. Martin and Mathews are NBA potential types. Minnis and Reischel are good, but not quite as good.

Just need another big, and a backup for Munford at SG, and this team will be 2 quality players deep at every position.

When can we say that's ever happened at Rhody?

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Absolutely nothing new in that video. Nothing about facilities, etc.

Looks like a lot of hoping and wishing. Increasing donor support is nice, but it won't make much difference whatsoever.

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Rod nailed it. UMass looks like JB's best teams here. Talented, but no BB IQ. If PC had a healthy Council, they would have won.

UMass won't Dance this season. They will lose most of their games against the A10's best. Just like we did when Baron was here.

rambone 78

If these guys turn out to be as good as advertised, Powell will be a backup, playing a few minutes a game.

If he's OK with that, then fine.

rambone 78

Rod et all: Why give these douchebags the time of day? They don't care about us, why care about them? Even when we get really good, we'll still [and always] play second fiddle to PC. It's cow town Kingston versus the big city PC Friars, we can't win and never will. We will never get the same coverag...

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Well then why keep it? If you're going to have football, do you want it to be an embarassment? That's what we have now. It's the laughingstock of the East, maybe the entire country. What I want to hear from the administration and Thorr are CONCRETE proposals for improving the program. Not just "...

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ATP, agree on all points. This program is going to need a MAJOR infusement of money to become competitive again. Just because Albany and Stony Brook will be added to the schedule, instead of a couple of Southern teams, isn't going to solve anything. Yeah, save a few bucks on travel great deal! Still...

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Blue Man, you better hope that Talib helps that sorry ass Patriots secondary, or there's no Supe for them this year. With his rap sheet, looks like they are desperate for ANY help.

As for Luck, he's the future, and he's not bad right now either. If the Pats can't beat him now, they won't later.

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Beating Ohio State or even Seton Hall would take a literal miracle, after what we've seen so far. I guess we come out strong, and give them a game for 10 minutes or so. Then reality sets in. Oh well. That's OK though. The phrase "Wait till next year" applies big time to Rhody BB. P.S. I wi...

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It's really amazing. URI will go from having quite possibly the least talented team in the A10 in 2012-13, to most likely a top third talented team in 2013-14. From maybe 8-10 wins this year, to 18-20 or more, and at least an NIT caliber team, next year. I say we schedule Canisius next season. Cupca...

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I'm guessing also that we have at least 2 spots open next year. If Bigby only has 1 year that's 2 spots. Maybe even 3, if Powell sees the writing on the wall, or Hare completely flames out. I don't see TJ leaving. We'll see.

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What everybody fails to realize, is that when URI was planning to drop down, they were going to suck in the NEC also! Look at what happened with Monmouth this season, a middling NEC program. We got blown out. That was our future in the NEC also. Simply put, the URI football program was fast on their...

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The jury is out on him for sure. We can see that Aaman will be fine, and that Munford is a player. I would have thought, even being a freshman, that the weeks spent practicing and learning under the Hurleys and Carr, would have produced much more than we've seen so far. Seems overrated at this point...

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Essam, I truly hope you [and the rest of us too] are around to see a new era of Rhody hoops, similar to the late 90's or even better. We all deserve it, especially the ones who have faithfully followed this program since they were in school. We may get pissed off at URI hoops [and the rest of the at...

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The attendance at the Ryan will pick up....when they start winning. The casual fan will not show up until that starts to happen. Too many years of mind numbing mediocre BB got us to this point.

Same with the students. It's all out there waiting to happen...will just take time.

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At X, there's very little drop off in talent from the starting five to the last guy on the bench. All quality players for the most part. Sort of like an A10 version of Kentucky with Calipari. The good players just keep on coming. That's what consistent success will do. MAYBE we'll be like that in a ...

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Rod, agree on the OOC schedule next season, have some tough games, but don't frontload them if at all possible. Will take time to gel, but once they do.... now beginning in 2014, play as many good teams as they can get early on, they'll be ready.

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I know we're harping on this, but next year.... 7 new players at least, all of whom are major upgrades over most of what we have now. NO ONE will be, or should be, calling for Hurley's head on a platter anytime soon, or ever for that matter. Someone else here nailed it: just looking for improvement ...

rambone 78

With no post game, there won't be a lot of open looks from 3 as this year goes on. Munford will get doubled a LOT. If no one else can make shots....it's ugly, isn't it? On defense, we also just don't have a lot of good man to man defenders. This team needs everything. Even the Hurleys won't be able ...

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Rod, he just doesn't seem to have the BB IQ needed for the position, but that's nothing new for players recruited by the previous coach. Of course he doesn't have much help either, there's just no one there to help down low.

rambone 78

From the looks of things, the team will have to find that committment to defense from some others. One guy shouldn't be the reason for not wanting to play defense.

Really going to be a long year.

rambone 78

RI Fan, remember last year's group couldn't hit a 3 to save their lives. They are lousy shooters simple as that. Contested 3's or open 3's. Doesn't matter. What's going to change this year? The Hurleys can't make shots for them. We've got Munford and little else right now. Next year, this team is go...

rambone 78

I think the coaching staff is well aware of the challenges facing them the rest of this season. They've got to keep on working to not only improve, but keep their heads in the game while the losses keep piling up. There are just not enough quality players to compete with the better teams they will f...

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I shudder to think how bad this team would be, if JB was still here. No new talent, no returning talent, especially with the loss of Holton.

They would be hard pressed to win more games than last year's womens team. For all you newbies here, that's a big fat ONE.

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Now I think we're beginning to realize that, yes, Baron was a lousy coach, but an even worse judge of talent, as in recruiting. His old players really weren't, and aren't, that good.

Yes, he did have a few bright spots for players, but that was a few years ago.

rambone 78

Like I said, the players from last year, ugh. Malone, VERY overrated. Powell, not good enough. Nik, good at times but streaky. TJ, big hustle, good D, no O. Brooks, can't score, at least better than last year. Hare, needs to snap out of it and soon. Yes, he's a 1st year player, but he was recruited ...

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Really beginning to look like the holdovers from the Baron error just weren't that good, except Nik and TJ at times. That might even include Hare, although the jury's still out on him, seeing that it's only his 2nd game. He's got to work harder though, or he'll be sitting way more than he plays. The...

rambone 78

Will be a HUGE upgrade over Powell.

College BB teams are only as good as their guards. We should know.

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One problem this team is going to have, playing the better teams, is that the intense focus on playing defense is going to wear them out due to the lack of depth. No matter how good a shape they are in. That will affect the offense late in games, as we saw tonight. Can also cause the FT shooting to ...

rambone 78

Hmmm....maybe 15-14 [my prediction] might be a little too optimistic, although it's only one game. Munford couldn't hit a shot, that will change though. Rhody will be in most games for sure. Just have to shoot a little better. Not going to get a lot of points near the basket, that's for sure. Like s...

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Looks like Onyekaba is 21? Just a guess?

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5-24? Baron is NOT the coach here anymore.

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