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RoadyJay

I've never felt better about beating these guys than I do right now.

I know that doesn't mean a damn thing but I'm enjoying the feeling of confidence.

RoadyJay

Using PC as a comparison since they are the closest program of similar size, they have a four year NCAA streak going and their home game vs Belmont was at 53% capacity. And if I was Cooley and that basketball program I would not be happy about it. I also am not content just to compare ourselves to ...

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Ace is right.. I remember last season everyone saying all we have to do is win, make the NCAA tournament, win an A10 championship and the fans will show up. To date, they aren't showing up in the numbers expected and the excuse machine cranks up with new reasons as to why...same week as a PC home ga...

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4,485 tonight. 5,630 against Brown last year which was also a weeknight game.

But there is no problem right?

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brownkenpom.jpg There are a couple of interesting team stats when Brown has the ball. First, look at the Turnover %. Brown ranks 259th in the country in Offensive Turnover % and we rank 29th in Defensive Turnover %. This is bad news for the Brown Bears. One key to our success in this game will be t...

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I think this is a very healthy discussion, but it seems none of us know how much money is spent on marketing and how it is spent. Until I know that I really don't know if it's being done properly. I agree we should be going after the fan who likes both teams and alums who don't go to games. But I d...

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OK great. Now tell me why we should waste money on billboards and signs in the airport. You're talking about two of the places where people are most miserable, sitting in traffic and waiting for their luggage so they can finally get home. We freak out about those two things and if anything that cre...

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Is this the Cooley coach's show thread? Just kidding. Let's see what he says or doesn't say about the game Saturday. Given he's never lost to Hurley and PC has 7 straight, no need for him to drop any controversial lines like in years past. He will probably cry about having to play at the Ryan Center

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A day doesn't go by where I'm not hit with something on social media promoting URI basketball ticket sales. Mini-plans, four tickets, four popcorns etc. And I see plenty of print ads, too. So I can't say that marketing is non-existent. Getting into the tournament increased sales 10-15 percent. How ...

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Thank you RR.. I missed it.. See it now: https://www.facebook.com/StadiumCollegeBasketball/

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KevanBoyles wrote:It’s on Facebook.

Thanks, KB. Can you let us know where you saw this? Link?

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reef wrote:Yeah will the Brown game be streamed ??

Yea, will it?

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My buddy told me he talked to Rick Pitino at the Mobil station near the Tower while he was pumping gas. This is happening! One of the all-time best Keaney Blue rumors. Pat Riley of LA Looks fame! The interesting thing is that Bowen is from Saginaw, Michigan. I think we know a few guys from Saginaw,...

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I’ll be at the Marriott Brooklyn Bridge tomorrow thru Saturday.

Open to any and all festivities.

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reef wrote:Ok so if I set over under 4700 for Brown on aTues 11/28 what you guys take ??

We should crush 4700... The last two home games against Brown we had 5630 and 5015.

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I think many of the points by posters explaining 4300 against Holy Cross have some validity, but for me it boils down to this.... Are we doing the best we can with the marketing dollars we have? Are we even spending sufficient dollars on marketing? Are we doing everything single thing we can to get ...

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Gonzaga has a 6,000 seat arena and they sell out every home game Dayton has a 13,435 seat arena and had 12,400+ against both D2 St Joseph's (IN) and D1 VMI last season VCU has 7,637 seat arena and they sell out every home game Damn right we aint there yet! not saying you dont have a point, but... R...

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Gonzaga has a 6,000 seat arena and they sell out every home game
Dayton has a 13,435 seat arena and had 12,400+ against both D2 St Joseph's (IN) and D1 VMI last season
VCU has 7,637 seat arena and they sell out every home game

Damn right we aint there yet!

RoadyJay

ramster wrote:
Taylor Swift wrote:Per the Athletics website, AD for Marketing is Matt Moeller. http://www.gorhody.com/information/staf ... eller_matt
It says Associate AD so wouldn’t he be an assistant?

I believe all of the ADs from the different departments are Associate ADs under Thorr

RoadyJay

Thought DiSano did a great job on Sunday. I respect that he does his research on the opposing team and doesn't mail it in like other homer broadcasters we get to listen to during Rams' road games.

Hope there are more opportunities for him this season.

RoadyJay

I wonder how many other teams that are coming off a conference championship and at least one NCAA win have this type of attendance problem. I haven't been able to go to the first two home games because my primary residence is now Florida but I made sure my seats were spoken for. I feel like I have ...

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I wonder how many other teams that are coming off a conference championship and at least one NCAA win have this type of attendance problem. I haven't been able to go to the first two home games because my primary residence is now Florida but I made sure my seats were spoken for. I feel like I have ...

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I wonder how many other teams that are coming off a conference championship and at least one NCAA win have this type of attendance problem. I haven't been able to go to the first two home games because my primary residence is now Florida but I made sure my seats were spoken for. I feel like I have a...

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I'm not ignoring that fact, but keep in mind they average 7000-8000 fans over 40 games per year. 40 games! To me that says there are plenty of people looking for sporting events to go to and PBruins are capturing the bulk of that audience. There is no reason we shouldn't be able to get 6500 for 15 o...

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And even if you get big wins, you're not going to get big crowds for 'not big' games. Regardless of the record, probably never going to have a big crowd if you're playing HC on a Sunday afternoon......? Ideally it shouldn't matter who we are playing, we should get bigger crowds. I thought Donaldson...

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We are officially no longer the foulingest in the country. After today's defensive performance where Holy Cross only had 12 Free Throw Attempts on 53 Field Goal Attempts we move into 349th position out of 351 D1 teams. Now James Madison and Sam Houston St. foul more than us. I like the phrase that C...

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Aggression is a double edged sword. Controlled aggression is a valuable asset; uncontrolled aggression is a dangerous habit. Our first identity as a basketball program is to play aggressive defense, but there has to be some measure of control in how we use that aggression. A 90% defensive FTR is no...

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section(105) wrote:......I can almost here the calls now for the increase in zone defense......maybe justified......not in the DH DNA......?.

I don't think an increase in zone has to be or should be the answer. Plenty of the elite defenses I mentioned above play mostly man and do not foul at a high rate.

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We currently have the highest defensive Free Throw Rate (FTR) in the country. Yes, we are #1 in the country in fouling. This means we foul… A lot! Remember that FTR is Free Throws Attempted (FTA) / Field Goals Attempted (FGA). After two games this season we are allowing our opponents just over 89 fr...

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So great to hear EC talk as a 5th year senior... Amazing to see how much this guy has grown since he first stepped on campus with everything he's been through. Enjoy the ride this year.. will be a huge void left when he's gone

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The thing is, even if we get off to a rough start, I think we're head and shoulders above everyone else in the conference this season. Every other team has more questions and doesn't have as many answers. Agreed, A10 is certainly weaker than it's ever been in recent history. That's good in one way ...

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https://twitter.com/KevinMcNamara33/status/927343943943163904 KMac asks the question we all have be asking... Do we have enough answers inside to compliment a starry fleet of guards? I'm worried we don't. Hass and KI are major losses and I think some of us tend to gloss over this. We believe we are...

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1. 19-10
2. 12-6
3. 71.60
4. Terrell, 15.9
5. 5,318

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Couple of handsome dudes

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This is great news.. Looking forward to it.

This must be tricky for the coaches. You don't want to run any set plays, you don't want to play your starters any kind of significant minutes, but you also don't want to lose!

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Now it's time to use all that speed. Run! Run! Run! If we crash the boards and rebound we'll run.......I think we'll need to with our relative lack of size...... Dan would like to run after made baskets too. Just about every coach in the country says they want to play fast. They say this because it...

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TruePoint wrote:Complete disgrace.

I usually don't get fired up about a Rhody football win or loss because I don't care very much... But this was really pathetic.

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TruePoint wrote:What the fuck is happening? 21 3rd quarter points? What a joke.

Brown has figured something out at the half

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ATPTourFan wrote:Win this game.

21 unanswered points for Brown..

Brown 24 - URI 14... 3 minutes left in 3rd

Gross..

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Rhody74 wrote:Thompson's injury which may lead to a medical redshirt

Christion's redshirt has been confirmed

RoadyJay

I heard everyone will fold their shorts like El Jefe...

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Lamont Evans was at South Carolina while we were recruiting Chris Silva.

Is it a stretch to think we lost out on Silva because of $$$? That one still bothers me. Silva would have been great here.

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Iceice wrote:Daryl Jasper also left URI this summer for a promotion with Learfield Sports.

Two big losses.

Daryl? Is that you?

RoadyJay

I will miss Mike. He was always willing to help anytime I had a special request. More importantly, I know he worked his ass off for this program. While I don't know Mike well enough to know his motivation for the move, I know he has a young child and I remember how much having a young child motivate...

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Running Ram wrote: If I were Jay I'd feel completely unsupported by the program that I'd been putting so much of my own energy and money towards.

This sums it up perfectly and is precisely how I've been feeling.

RoadyJay

I think I need to mention again that this is not about one person. I singled out Lil because this was the most egregious and embarrassing incident and I would be thrilled if she left URI as soon as possible. Last season there were complaints from URI professors, our fans, opposing fans, etc. Innocen...

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I don't recall seeing her there. Doesn't mean she wasn't.

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ramster wrote: Was there any attempt to position you there because of your loudness in Pittsburgh?

Seems they went strictly by a point system in Sacramento. I was not sent up into the rafters.

RoadyJay

RoadyJay, It sounds like what she was disturbed about was you being loud behind her into her ear. This is what caused her to have your seats moved 30 rows back for the championship game. Wow. Moved for being too loud cheering for your favorite team. How many fans can be accused of the same? It's bo...

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I am really upset with what what happened to you and your wife Jay. That's absolutely rediculous. She obviously has no clue who you are and how important you are to our program. I will personally seek her out or talk to someone in her department to tell her to get a clue. I really look forward to y...

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