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the_one_mike

Big point of coaching development - when Omar comes in Cox switches to a zone. Wasn’t doing that earlier in the year. Love improvement and I love being wrong. First appeared in the second half of the Duquesne game. It didn’t end well. Regardless, he stuck with it and it has been applied in situatio...

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Take a breath guys, there was also a long stretch with no dead balls. Cox had some subs ready to check in from around the 2:00 mark and pulled them back heading into our last possession. The credit there goes to LaSalle, they made some adjustments to the hedge and pushed our offense up to half court...

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Is there a story behind the several players wearing the highlighter yellow sneakers today? They wore them on Senior Night to. Not sure if there is a story behind it though. Just a new Adidas shipment maybe. Correct... every Adidas school I’ve seen play in the last week or so has had one or two play...

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Beginning today, this tournament, like many others is wide open. Anybody from the 1 through 8 seeds has a legitimate shot at winning an auto bid.

This is going to be a fun March.

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Still pisses me off how the knicks jerked him around, I was under the assumption they were going to take him in the draft.

If he graduated this year, he’d be drafted. The NBA doesn’t let shooters like that go anymore.

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Jimmy Baron just got a nice shout out by Dicky V during a little segment about great 3 point shooters in college basketball this year during the WCC championship. I’ll never forget that Duke game. Man how bad I wish we could have pulled that one off. That whole season was tough. The great almost Ba...

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I would like to see UVM have a crack at joining the A10 as a basketball member. They’ve been a strong program the last decade in the America East, they already have strong attendance vs capacity for a city/state that isn’t exactly known for its deep athletic history, and it would likely grow if they...

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Jimmy Baron just got a nice shout out by Dicky V during a little segment about great 3 point shooters in college basketball this year during the WCC championship.

I’ll never forget that Duke game. Man how bad I wish we could have pulled that one off. That whole season was tough.

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Seawrightspostgame wrote: ↑5 years ago Coach Cox is undefeated in March. That's good. Funny we have beat SLU, Dayton, and VCU.

If Cox finds some success I can see him walking around with that towel becoming his calling card.

The man is undeboutedly a sweater. That towel is a requirement, not a prop.

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Those that seem to be concerned with Ty: I suggest watching the game again and keying in on his play the whole time. While he has had a rough go of it offensively, he’s certainly aware of that and making up for it with intangibles. A lot of stuff that won’t show up in the stat sheet. I can easily ar...

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I feel like there could be a lot to say about the last few minutes and OT, lots of takes and praise and criticism. But I’ll save all of that. Best win of the year by a country mile. At the right time, no less. They’ve had this all along. Looks like an entirely new offense with Jeff back at the true...

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I feel like there could be a lot to say about the last few minutes and OT, lots of takes and praise and criticism. But I’ll save all of that. Best win of the year by a country mile. At the right time, no less. They’ve had this all along. Looks like an entirely new offense with Jeff back at the true...

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reef wrote: ↑5 years ago Boy u see Cox chew out JD ?? He was livid

Telling him to move the ball.

the_one_mike

The key to Fatts’ strong play here is a team first mentality. He is obviously a scorer by nature but his size makes it easy to defend his finish at the rim.

As he continues to rely on pass-first basketball and change of pace with the ball in hand, this offense will continue to produce.

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I’d be willing to bet 100% of the people calling for Cox to be fired are atrocious in their own career field.

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I’d be willing to bet 100% of the people calling for Cox to be fired are atrocious in their career field.

the_one_mike

Here's the problem: We have one ballhandler, AND HE NEVER HANDLES THE GODDAMN BALL! Fatts Russell is not a 30-minutes-a-game point guard -- in fact, he shouldn't be starting, period. Jeff Dowtin is one of the best point guards we've had in my 45-ish years of following URI basketball. The fact that ...

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COACH COX - time go put your big boy leader pants on and cut Ryan Preston - I’m assuming you’ve seen his tweet and the thread resulting from said tweet. Can someone catch me up to speed with this? Haven’t sent the tweet or a thread on this board about it (I probably just skimmed by it while looking)

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theblueram wrote: ↑5 years ago I mean who calls a TO when we just scored?

I like the timeout. It allows you to set the defense and the under 12 comes at the next dead ball, effectively giving you a chance to draw plays to bring it within a possession.

the_one_mike

No more Preston tonight. Not in a close game. He has no defensive discipline, immediately fouls on a reach in after entering. Love his energy but it needs to be contained.

More Tate, please. He’s had a huge impact on this game

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This guy Brankevic probably runs an 8.3 40. Shouldn’t be beating us to 50/50 balls. Martin having his worst game since entering starting 5. Still time to turn it around, but that’s the difference right now. Strong drive at the basket and playing hard. His missed shots haven’t helped but I think his...

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theblueram wrote: ↑5 years ago Martin is the key to the second half. Cox needs to calm him down and get him focused.

Davidson will be coming out looking to shoot. Sharpness will be key.

We need to stay disciplined on defense and make a few shots and this game can be won. Minimize forced shots - MOVE THE BALL.

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As much as we want to get on Thompson, Martin is 0-5 all three pointers. And just missed front end of 1 and 1. Now 1-3 FT. Agreed - this is noteworthy. With that said, his shots have been late in the shot clock or in flow of the offense while CT’s have been “hero” style shots from deep, early in th...

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Have seen a lot of good things in the first half, minus shooting. At 50% shooting we have a pretty significant lead. Tate has earned a lot more minutes. His and CT’s roles should be swapped and soon - Tate shows much more potential overall as a freshmen AND appears willing to play a utility player r...

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Silviero and Preston cannot both be in the floor at the same time. Recipe for disaster, neither are noted for their ability to rotate on defense. Will result in a lot of layups.

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Thompson is having an awful game. His minutes need to go Tate or we lose this game.

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phipsiGD'11 wrote: ↑5 years ago I think Dana needs to stay in this game. This has to be the game where he takes that next step forward.

He has shown huge improvement on defense as well. Would like to see a lot more minutes for him.

the_one_mike

Rams adjust and sandwich two high low buckets between a three and cut the lead to 5 on a 7-0 run.

Would like to see them continue moving the ball inside big to big as it continues to show results.

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Bob Mackillop coming in with an intelligent and unexpected game plan early, attacking inside. Defense playing a classic 2-3 defense, we really need to find the high post and work inside out to get some open jumpers.

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Seems Cox is moving more and more towards 4 players getting the majority of the minutes. Last game vs St Louis Dowtin 39 min Martin 37 min Langevine 36 min Russell 33 min Harris 14 min Thompson 23 min Tate 13 min Silverio 5 min In my opinion Thompson should be getting 20 mins, Fatts should be getti...

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I suspect we will see Cox employ the zone a bit at times tonight to neutralize outside shooting. Should allow some solid minutes for Silviero and Tate if they are on time with rotations. I think JH could be a mismatch in our favor on offense tonight. Look for him in the mid range - as an above avera...

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I find it woefully disappointing that the threads following a loss have twice as many posts within 24 hours. Criticizing Cox, freaking out about the team, etc.

Pull off a major win and basically nothing from the peanut gallery.

Ironic.

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Worst loss of year No way. It sucks to lose a game when you’re ahead by that much, but the reality is that Duquesne isn’t terrible and they played a terrible first half a very good second half. The UMass loss was much, much worse. First of all, UMass is terrible and second of all at least we played...

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Tough loss. Fatts needs to figure out where he fits into this offense. An ISO guard clearly isn’t the role. This team really needs to re-examine the small details and rethink the rotations being used. Saw some new looks that worked in the first half but we came out way overconfident in the second. F...

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Thompson proves his worth as a leader with a methodical possession on ball. Slows into a half court set, calls the screen and hits a big 3 to put URI back on top by 1.

Huge possession here after the under 4 media timeout. Hopefully better result than the errant pass to Langevine last inbound.

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Cox goes to the zone to protect Silviero on defense, Duquesne finds the soft spot twice for three.

Martin and Fatts to check back in. Momentum all Duquesne.

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Another good time out by Cox. Fatts needs to sit for Solviero here. Let’s see if he does it. Made that exact move. I like it, but it doesn’t work out. Makes a bucket on offense, but loses his man for an open 3 to the chagrin of Cox. Then failed to box out and makes a desperation foul on a dunk. Nee...

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Another good time out by Cox. Fatts needs to sit for Solviero here. Let’s see if he does it.

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Careless with on ball defense to start the 2nd.

2 quick turnovers. Not a terrible turnover by Martin and I like that Jeff passed on the shot to move the ball. Good timeout by Cox. Bucket here stops the bleeding.

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Now before we write Fatts off, although he is 1-8, he does have 6 rebs and 5 assists. So he is distributing at a much higher clip. He is making others around him better. Agreed. He’s trending in the right direction but has forced a few ugly shots tonight. He needs to let the offense come to him mor...

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Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago I would like to see more Omar in the second half with this lead.

All four freshmen and Dowtin. Let’s see how it plays.

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Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago URI 11 Assist to ONE turnover

Stat of the day. Guards are playing pass first and it shows.

For future last shots, I’d like to see a double screen for Martin, Tate or Silviero. Fatts just isn’t the guy until he gets his head right.

the_one_mike

FATTS, as great as he can be, he still takes two steps forward to take one back. While it’s still progress, he just can’t help himself sometimes to try and get his stats up. It’s an absolute killer. He needs to dig deep and realize his numbers won’t mean anything if he’s scouted as a ball hole on o...

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Hated that last possession but great first half.

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Good adjustment by Cox, we are collapsing in Hughes with his back to the basket. Great passing this game, much less selfish play out of Fatts. They look great in the first 16 mins. Jeff appears to be playing pass first and it shows. All 4 freshmen have made solid contributions. Would like to see mor...

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Momentum turning in Duquesne’s favor on the back of good rim protection. Have adjuated very well to play underneath by Cyril. Need to get Harris and Cyril on the floor at the same time and spread the block. Big to big passes will beat their rotation.

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I would like to see all 4 freshmen and Dowtin in the floor at the same time and see how that lineup plays...

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Billyboy78 wrote: ↑5 years ago Omar, a block and a 3, give him some minutes!

Came here to say this. Stayed on his feet until the ball went up too. Disciplined defense there, that small detail just earned him playing time.

the_one_mike

So far so good. Testing Harris on D early, let up a couple buckets but they were tough shots. Will likely need to adjust and collapse on the block to avoid the easy turnaround baby hook.

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I’ll never forget torturing Eric Maynor from about 9 feet away. Somebody, who is likely here, just kept saying “MAAAAAYYYYYYYNOOORRRRRRR” over and over every time he came to the bench. Didn’t take long until everyone else was on him too. He played like shit that night. Good times.

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