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Gone, you are dismissing the fact that we have 1-2 guys on the court you even need to cover on an in bounds play. Your strategy is sound, with a team that has a few different answers and isnt in their infancy of coming together as a team. Our guys need to learn how to Win, nothing said in a TO can g...

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wow Rhody72 was wrong, no f-in way!

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call a TO and draw up the magical play where the other team lies down and lets you shoot a layup. call a TO and do what? draw up a play to get the ball to 1 of the 2 guys we have who can break their guy down off the dribble (powell and munford), when said guy already has the ball in his hands. we ar...

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call a TO with 8 seconds left and draw up a play to do what....put the ball in powell or munfords hands? given the ball was probably in their hands already why call a TO and risk not being able to get the ball back in play. i take that as our coach wanting our kids to learn how to play down the stre...

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Not sure how you deduce that they were severely outcoached....we dictated the tempo of the game to shorten the game given our lack of depth and lack of play makers. When you are that undermanned and manage to stay in both games I think a lot of it had to do with coaching.

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McKoy never brought the ball up court. You are dreaming. If he played the 3 it was because Baron was forced to use him there, our prior coach had his mind set on guys positions and never adjusted regardless of the opposing lineup or flow of the game. One of his biggest flaws in the Xs and Os departm...

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tough to feel optimistic after two defeats this weekend but brighter days are definitely ahead Hare showed flashes of what he can eventually become....he was giving up 100 pounds and 4 years to Teague, and you cant really fault him for getting put in jail by him a few times, that guy was a monster. ...

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that is not the #4 team in the country, but nonetheless a great effort by the rams our execution is so much better than previous years, OSU was all over us and in the past we would have had 15+ turnovers against defense like that. powell is still tentative when he gets in the lane, but all in all he...

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i would be shocked if they (St Joes) don't win the league and flirt with a top 25 ranking all year long.

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PC hanging in with zero depth and no margin of error. Cooley can coach, they play disciplined and Batts is a beast. He tore us up 2 years ago, imagine what is going to happen this year. Easy he could go for 30 against our front court.

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i agree with Essam!! them being good does nothing for us except take away projo space that could be about URI.

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what are the reasons players are allowed waivers, besides the "ill family member, have to go closer to home" reason....like Dez Wells from Xavier, why is he able to suit up right away? why can these rice players do the same, but reischel cannot? it seems so arbitrary, but then again it is ...

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we can agree to disagree then, and i will trust dan hurley knows more than you about how to get the most out of this season. not sure passing the ball into the post 5 times to a kid who looks ill equipped in establishing position or making an interior move is getting you anything more than ruining t...

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the offense is not the issue, its the guys running the offense. as TP alluded to, we dont have anyone (with the exception of Munford) that can break a guy down off the dribble, get by him and force the defense to react and thus leave other guys open. we also dont have a single inside guy that is a t...

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i'm there for both games. looking fwd to it.

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I would imagine the list of players that contributed little their FR year but became all league players by their JR and SR years is quite a long list.

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Poythress is the kid on UK to watch

Duke will be tough this year, inside out ball and veteran leadership.

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its possible our starting lineup next year consists of no one playing for us right now.

matthews, minnis, reischel, martin, biruta

munford, powell, tj, hare and aaman off the bench.

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in the history of 140 character or less communiques that is the best one ever!!!

HASSAN....Welcome to Rhody!

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Xavier is amazing....mass defections, ineligibility issues, etc. and they keep winning. A true program, swap out the players (and coaches) and the results stay the same.
#envy

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something i find odd is that there were a number of posters that were high volume contributors in the anti-baron era.....and haven't said a word since the Hurley hiring. what kind of fan, or supporter of URI are you, if you only care to contribute vitriol and criticisms. those shall remain nameless,...

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agree rod, no similarities in their games....but 2 big guys who came here with some hype recently and who both had the chance to get minutes immediately. one looked too confident, but certainly could hold his own athletically....the other seems to lack any confidence, and appears to get bullied. i w...

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i agree with that sentiment 89.

but also compare holton and hare at the same points in their career....holton had more holes than a sponge in his game, no pun intended, but looked like an all american compared to jordan.

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i am not saying losing everyone from last year is a bad thing, just stating it as a fact of the matter that is another obstacle in rebuilding for long term while trying to remain competitive in the short term. quite a challenge for the new staff, but brighter days ahead in kingston. gil biruta will ...

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not only is it instilling a new system and culture into the program, its doing so with an empty cupboard given we lost basically everyone from last year at least Cooley had a stud PG to start to rebuild around, and in the meantime maintain some semblance of competitive basketball. we lost an entire ...

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after 2 games almost every outside shot we have taken has been highly contested shooting percentages for contested shots across the board are very low compared to open looks that's a function of having zero inside presence to draw double teams and an average PG who doesnt find the open man often eno...

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Seemed to have an issue with his foot, which i think was what he just recovered from.

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the unis are awesome! the play needs to catch up.

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agree, not sure powell cant be it but he needs to hit open 3s other guys have to hit shots as well though, we are getting nothing out of malone dont even bother talking about inside, we have zero. we threw it in the paint i think 1 time that entire half, to aaman who quickly kicked it out. its not p...

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Obes, i was referring to FR bigs....guards definitely are able to step in and make impact more regularly.

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certainly not ready to make any judgments on Hare's game....outside of the elite big men, most dont make huge impacts in their FR year, and certainly not in their first game. he is clearly raw talent, if you trust the coaching staff you have to think they will develop him effectively. lets have some...

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lack of talent and lack of depth everyone is going to have to be very patient you have to look at the little things and enjoy the subtle changes b/c the big change in terms of Ws wont happen until next year if anyone significant gets hurt, if we get in foul trouble, if the opposing team is strong in...

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i dont think in his best dreams he is ever a 3. undersized 4 for sure, but with hustle, hands and good footwork a guy like him can do solid work in a league like the A10

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forcing tempo, attacking, playing with a lot of effort

need more shooters!

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our team has been coached more in those 12 minutes than in 10 years!

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first bet of the year...

over/under 50% chance the live stream works flawlessly from the opening tip.....my bet is under

bonus bet: who will be the first out of state viewer to complain, adam or myself?

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Stay away for now Reef, St Joe's just suspended their leading returning scorer (Carl Jones) for the first 3 games!

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that team and the team his sophomore year with Will Daniels, Seawright, Baron, Cothran, Ulmer, Delroty, etc. I think a few coaches could've made the tourney with that talent. For comparative purposes IMO Its definitely as much if not more talent than Al's early NCAA team with Fox, Cofield, Andre, et...

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reef, dont put your money down on them yet on my account!! its my hunch they will be leaders of the pack this year, but i have been wrong many times before!

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i will be shocked if SLU does as well as people are predicting. losing majerus is a huge blow.

and i also will be shocked if St Joe's isnt higher than a 10 seed. they look to be very strong.

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i read recently that the juco kid Orlando Sanchez that signed with St Johns is 24 years old. And though he only played 2 years of Juco the NCAA was going to give him only 1 year of eligibility at St Johns. Could be a similar situation as it didnt seem like he should be robbed of 2 years if not for s...

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23% shooting and 19 turnovers are also great defensive stats we havent seen in some time

given its prob a lot of bad offense too

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questioning the knowledge of a poster who cited the strength of Duquesne....they are going to be awful this season by all accounts. St Bonnies will fall back to the bottom and I do not have any confidence in Giannini at Lasalle regardless of how great of a backcourt they have.

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i think high expectations for as early as next season are not wishful thinking. Gil Biruta will dominate A10 level competition, no doubt. All of our transfers were from BCS level schools, and I imagine all of them will be immediate contributors. Combine that with what should be a great recruiting cl...

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sorry Obes, revised and official below.

11 - 18
6 - 10
1-1
UMass 78 - URI 68
Munford: 13.55

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xcrun changed his handle? get this clown outta here.

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i am going to try and get to a couple of Hassan's games once they start up, and shoot some amateur video to post on here.

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I agree with Iggy that Hare will be up and down this year. His build and raw offensive game will lead him to struggle at times, but his athleticism and skill set will always show great promise for the future.

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Preston must carry that torch from his days with Cat and Tyson....he had to put up points or else it would've been easy for him to get lost. Despite having two of our all time greats in the back court he still managed to be a vital cog of that elite 8 team. And I loved it when he wore the high socks...

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the Hurleys should stick to their day jobs, clearly acting is not in the cards for them :) given the name value and brand of the Hurleys i would have opted for something a bit more sophisticated, they can sell themselves, the comedy/shtick was probably more needed for our former regime but i too app...

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