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It WAS just a bad night for Munford. He's a player and if the Hurleys both continue to speak about how good he is, I tend to believe them and trust their judgment. I think Munford will be fine. He had a terrible shooting night, but he has a nice looking shot...if that makes sense. He rolled his ank...

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Whoever picked Nik as the bonus in the prediction contest with the highest average is off to a good start...

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Thanks for posting those videos. Hare must really be struggling in practice. Every time his name is brought up Hurley talks about that. I'm guessing that a kid who is 6"10" and can jump through the roof never had to work hard in practice when he was in high school. I don't know that for s...

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I'm not as optimistic as some of you. Norfolk State did not look like a very good team to me. The effort was definitely there. The kids played hard. There's just not enough talent this year. At least 2 of the 3 Ms have to have their shot going if we're going to win. Tonight, only one of the Ms did. ...

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It's so painful to hear the ignorant hosts talk about URI Hoops. Thank goodness Steve MacDonald was there to keep things on track. At one point, the host of the show attempted to ask a question, but ended up rambling around for a minute while her listeners and on-air guest eagerly anticipated the c...

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Somebody do a summary. Can't listen right now. Trying to cram 11 hours of work into an 8 hour day so I can get down to Kingston for the game tonight. It was pretty short. He said he knows it's opening night by the amount (lack of) sleep he got last night. He said he's basically teaching kids how to...

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"Jon Severe - The sharpshooter from Christ the King Regional HS can score the rock from just about anywhere. Severe often softens up defenders from either the perimeter and then flips it with strong drives to the hole, or vice versa. While a bit undersized for a shooting guard, the senior will...

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http://www.920whjj.com/player/?station= ... d=22614651

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RhodyO wrote:My tickets say 5 PM on them but I thought the game started at 7:30?

It's a doubleheader with the women's game starting at 5:00

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eli#10 wrote:Has anyone noticed the big O's birthday is now on Rhody.com and he will be 19 next month!! Now I wonder what may be holding up his eligibility?

I can't imagine what it is. This is strange.

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Rhody74 wrote:
Rhodyhooopz wrote:Ahhh Elizabeth Shue. Every teenage guys dream back then.
Always thought it was Phoebe Cates ...

Mine was Raquel Welch, but that's showing my age a bit...

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Play intense defense, rebound the basketball defensively, take care of the basketball offensively and get consistent scoring from M&M&M (new nickname?). Those are the keys not only for this game but every game this season.

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with Mike Powell modeling. What do you think?

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http://www.golocalprov.com/sports/uris- ... d-success/

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twisted3829 wrote:his son plays for the clcf chiefs (cranston) according to his twitter

OK, so that must mean he was traveling out of RI today.

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rodfromcranston wrote:Preston is once more flying somewhere or coming back from somewhere.
I hope he got his man!

I know Preston was watching his son play football yesterday in a championship game. Does his family live here or are they back in Michigan? I wonder if that's where he was.

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Why is his age being brought up? That was never an issue before. According to this article, which was printed in April of 2010, he was 16 at the time. Seems to me that he's 18.
http://www.roanoke.com/sports/highschool/wb/243271

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Norfolk State's best player is Pendarvis Williams, who is a big guard at 6"6". He's a 1st team pre-season all conference selection. I am wondering who will draw the assignment to check him. I can definitely see TJ hounding this kid so it'll be good to have him back. I imagine Munford would...

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Blue Man wrote:My favorite part of this story was the fact that it took up the whole front page of sports in the projo, and the piece on Cooley and PC was an afterthought at the bottom..

PC has it's big article in today's paper.

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1. 9-20
2. 5-11
3. DNQ
4. UMass 63, URI 49
5. Munford 19.57

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Quite the opposite. Bob Hurely preaches what Hoopz said. Be aggressive without fouling. If you're in foul trouble, you can't play aggressively, and therefore hurt the team. Watching this team, if I'm an opposing coach, I'd jam the ball down low all night. Brooks will get some minutes, by default. A...

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ace wrote:Vedder is at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), division 2 school. McKoy is at Crowley College, a community college in Kansas, I think. Shengalia is now an Albany '13 recruit.

Vedder looks like he's been hitting the weights.
http://www.iupathletics.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball&

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In following some ex-Rams: Stevie Meija wil be in action today as Hofstra plays an exhibition contest versus Queens College. East Carolina U. does not play an exhibition so Akeem Richmond will not see his first action as a Pirate until next week. Also, Canisius played an exhibition last night again...

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Continued to be impressed with Bigby: 11 rebounds, 4 steals. Non-stop hustle; gets his hands on a lot of balls. Hurley was sending a message to Hare: work harder in practice if you want to play a lot of minutes. I think he'll get the message. Was impressed how under control Nik was. Opposite of las...

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Did students show up for the game? I think that's the key. There were times last year when I bet there were less than 100 students at games. We need lots of students there making lots of noise.

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Does anybody know the approximate attendance?

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Did Isaac just criticize Baron?

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One very strange stat for the game.... Coast Guard did not attempt a free throw the entire night. Even though we were playing very tough defense all night, we did not take a lot of fouls. That tells me that players have been taught not to take the silly type fouls, the reaching type, fouls 30 feet f...

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Our big guys actually have a chance to dominate in this game. I think CG has a pretty small team, as there is a height limit to be able to join the CG.

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http://www.abc6.com/story/19970445/uri- ... yan-center

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ace wrote:Smart kid!

I like his attitude. That also confirms what most of us thought. Yes, he was a Preston recruit, but it was the coaching change that was the last deciding factor in his recruitment.

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So my question is, is there any precedent to this? Has there ever been a case where a kid was in high school for 3 weeks and then in college the next week? This is possibly why it is more complicated than other cases.

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Yeah, all that is true (that he was planning on being in high school this year), but that's not the confusing part. Telep wrote that if Onyekaba didn't get on a campus this year, he risked losing up to two years of eligibility. Katz and Zagoria have further referenced the situation- that it's rare,...

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Has there ever been a case when a kid started his September school year in high school and ended up in college just a few weeks later?

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First of all, has anyone heard anything on him lately? Someone recently made a highlight tape of him....some good stuff on there.

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ace wrote:RhodyHoops is commenting on twitter. He/she said that Buchanan is not playing.

He must be one of the banged up guys Dan was talking about.

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Hope to see some reports about the practice/scrimmage today.....some video would be great!

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I still don't understand why he loses a year of eligibility.

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There was a 30-30 on ESPN about Loyola Marymount and the death of Hank Gathers. It was very well done. Lots of law suits, and a lot of people jumping in to point fingers. Bottom line was Gathers cut back on his meds to play, and paid the ultimate price. That was a shock to see that happen to Gather...

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In other non-URI news, did anyone see the ESPN 30 for 30 on Benji Wilson? I had never heard of that story, how sad!!! Mike Powell tweeted about him, being from Chicago. I think he went to the same high school that Kendall Pollard is at. Yeah, he was described as "Magic Johnson with a jump shot...

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rodfromcranston wrote:EC now rated #74 by Scout
http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p= ... 88&yr=2013

I'm looking forward to following EC and Hassan's senior seasons this year.

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If Severe is looking for playing time right away, he'd be competing with Munford for minutes next year. Supposedly, Munford is very good, so we'll see.

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I want to see Hare play defense, rebound and crash the offensive boards. His points will come from putbacks and alleyoops. I can't wait to see him as he adds some muscle to his frame. He is very athletic for a 6"10" guy, can really get off the floor. Hopefully he will develop a couple of p...

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Pete Maravich and Joe Hassett had macaroni bodies, but were limber enough to get shots off. Upper body bulk might interfere with form. Exactly my point. I mean, Nik is not a body builder by any means. But, he definitely added upper body bulk since his sophomore year, when he was a great outside sho...

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Scoring may be at a premiun, and Nik and Malone need to provide scoring, along with Munford. Could be a big year for Nik. Nik still looked like he was struggling with his shot at Madness. Maybe he was having an off night. He has put on a little bulk since his sophomore season too. Somtimes adding b...

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Video? Really? Well I guess video is the sure way to tell how good a player is huh? I'm not commenting on neither player. I wish them all well. However, I do remember rod saying that Kaza Keane was better than Powell too. I wonder what happened when Kaza came to visit. I heard they matched up on th...

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Billyboy78: Don't be surprised if Powell is better than you think. Many of you appear to want him gone today for a highschool guy which is surprising to me but hey, oh well. There is a lot of value in any player especially a PG, with 30+ min /gm as a "TRUE" freshmen. Stay tuned :D I hope ...

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Looking at last year’s stats shows a big opportunity for this season’s Rams’ to counter their thin roster by just playing better defense - based on 31 games the Rams were last in scoring defense, last in FG% defense, 11th in defending against the three, 12th in turnover margin, last in assists, and...

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Can the transfers play in the exhibition game against Coast Guard?

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