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Coming into the season, we knew from the beginning this was an inexperienced team with good size. The big questions were how much overall talent we had and specifically whether our guard play would show depth and leadership. Now with one-third of season gone, we got some answers to these questions, ...

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No sense to poke fun at Loyola for playing a NAIA team, Goshen, when URI played a D3 team in JWU. Practically no difference in NAIA and D3. What it does show is the increasing difficulty of mid-major D1 teams have in scheduling a full compliment of 31 D1 opponents.

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Brown showed energy and a tenacious defense that often had three men on a Rhody ball handler. This combined with the Rams' poor ball handling helped Brown disrupt our offense as seen by their greater number steals and URI's higher turnovers. But make no mistake, we lost this game at the free line by...

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Tonight's action gives further evidence that Duquesne, St. Joseph's, St. Bonaventure will be in the hunt for the A-10 crown.

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Big question: is the team we saw on the floor tonight the fourteenth worst team in the A-10 or the worst team?

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George Mason, with the second best NET in the A-10, visits #17 Tennessee Tuesday (on ESPN+ at 6:30 PM) and the game will be the first test for them as their 7-1 record was achieved by only so-so competition.

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Northwestern takes the win in OT, 92-88.

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In tonight's game versus Wagner, PC had 10 blocks and 25 assists. Facing that kind of talent, it will be near impossible for House or others to drive to basket for easy lay-ups. The Rams inexperience and immaturity in front of a hostile, large crowd will rattle them and unforced turnovers will resul...

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Yesterday's worst A-10 loss was the 34 point defeat absorbed by Davidson at St. Mary's whose own record to date does not sparkle. Davidson had a horrible shooting night and the Wildcats were killed on the boards. The A-10 team to watch is Duquesne who lost at Nebraska in a homer job if there ever wa...

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In a game in Nassau between two URI future opponents, Delaware defeats Brown, 67-59. Brown led at the half by one, but Delaware pulled ahead from the start of the second half. Brown has yet to win a D1 game.

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Interesting that they feel Sunday's game is just a prep for their important game with Vermont the following week.

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In today’s A-10 action:

Coming back from an eight point deficit, Loyola Chicago ended the game on a 14-2 run to defeat BC, 71-68. Loyola put in 13 treys on 29 attempts, a 45% clip.

Despite leading most of game, VCU loses a tough one to Iowa State, 68-64.

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Yes, Duquesne looked to be a victim of a homer job, but give some credit to Nebraska, who shot 50% for game was close to 40% on threes, hit 28-31 FT for 90% and had two turnovers. We should have a team with such ball handling and free throw shooting.

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Interesting contrast. At similar point in game UMass leads Central Ct by 29 points.

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Shocking stat J&W has more blocks than URI

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La Salle, the only school predicted to finish below URI in the A-10 preseason poll, is now 4-0 having played 4 straight home games against lesser competition. But the Explorers will face stark reality tonight as they visit Cameron to play Duke in a 7 PM game. Duke is favored to win by 26.5 and the ...

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Did the three early wins over cupcakes (now sporting a combined 3-10 record) lull us into elevated optimism over this team's talent? Certainly the Mohegan games showed a lack of toughness and teamwork. Getting concerned.

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Brown gave #16 USC all they could handle before falling, 71-60. In game's waning moments, Brown had numerous opportunities to tie or take the lead, but the wheels came off with 2 minutes left and Brown trailing by 2 points when senior guard Felix Kloman committed a foul and a technical foul. USC ma...

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Sorry, the team shows its inexperience and a lack of maturity.

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Average stats like this tell a story, but only part of story and you have to go well beyond the numbers to get real meaning. For example what is your 3point performance in critical junctures in any game, what is the performance versus good teams as opposed to cupcakes, etc. Does your 3 point shootin...

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Bad night for A-10 as teams go 3-5 with the St. Joe's loss at home especially stinging. BE didn't fare much better going 1-5.

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n the UVM-SLU match-up, while both teams had outstanding 3 Pt shooting, UVM 11-24 vs. SLU 10-18, UVM dominated the game from the outset and never trailed.

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Amazing comeback for Dayton, down by 15 with nine minutes left and they beat LSU. The crowd had tons of Dayton supporters and its this traveling fan base among other factors that gets Dayton invited to the best early season tournaments.

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Given our bad 3 PT and FT shooting, dominating in the paint or keeping the paint action close is critical to winning this game. And if Northwestern bigs are not as athletic as our bigs, that makes this game very winnable.

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Seton Hall blitzed Albany, 96-71. Sebastian Thomas, reverting to performance seen in his URI days, scored 7 points on 2-11 FG, 1-5 3-PTS, 2-2 FT, 4 TO's.

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Also noteworthy is the BE has played 23 of its 25 games at home to date. Last night was the first time they played on road, losing both match-ups. In all fairness, the A-10 with many more games in the time span has played only one true road game (Dayton at NW), but has recorded 4 games at neutral si...

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Bad night for the Big East as they record two losses in the Gavitt games series with the Big Ten - Michigan routed St. John's at MSG and Purdue was a 83-71 winner over Xavier. Also in Big Five game in Philly, Penn upset Villanova, 76-72, resulting in storming of court by the students.

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Davidson's usually good 3-pointer shooting deserted them as the Wildcats missed three 3 point attempts in the last 12 seconds of game.

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Two late games with impressive A-10 wins - Richmond routed Siena, 90-48 and Loyola Chicago dismantled Eastern Illinois, 80-65. Siena had opened its season with a win over Holy Cross which just knocked off Georgetown.

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To answer an earlier question Fairfield was 8-10 on three pointers in last 8 minutes of game. Up to then, Fairfield had total of 44 points and URI had a lead of 33 points when Goodine started the Fairfield three point barrage. From another perspective, Fairfield took 32 minutes to score 44 points, ...

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To answer an earlier question Fairfield was 8-10 on three pointers in last 8 minutes of game. Up to then, Fairfield had total of 44 points and URI had a lead of 33 points when Goodine started the Fairfield three point barrage. From another perspective, Fairfield took 32 minutes to score 44 points, a...

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SGreenwell wrote: ↑5 months ago
Obadiah wrote: ↑5 months ago Is there a video of the post game presser?
At least so far this year, all post-game press conferences for men's and women's basketball have been on YouTube, along with some media availability sessions:

https://www.youtube.com/@RhodeIslandRams

Thanks, SG

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Is there a video of the post game presser?

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Impressive road win by Duquesne over Charleston, 90-72!

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In a game between future URI OOC opponent. Charleston, and Duquesne in the Veterans Classic in Annapolis, Duquesne lead 25-14 at the midpoint of first half. Game is being televised by CBS Sports Network.

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In an unusual experience, 14 of 15 A-10 teams opened their seasons with home games with the lone exception being Loyola Chicago who played their opener at a neutral site in Chicago as part of a early season invitational. The conference went 13-2 in openers and the two losses were Loyola losing to Fl...

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In the second game of the doubleheader in the Barstool Sports Invitational in Chicago, Mississippi State comfortably beat Arizona State, 71-56. Last season the Bulldogs were the worst team in D1 in three point shooting, but hit on 38% of their treys in the game in which they were without their two t...

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Well we sucked last year, and the students showed not too bad. But the win should improve attendance. They posted 4100, I would guess 1500 actual. Half were students. Missed opportunity...Pretty sure that, if you include the 4,100 reported, plus filled all the empty seats....could have approached 1...

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With both La Salle and UMass winning their home openers tonight, the A-10 goes 13-1 with only Loyola Chicago yet to open its season. The Ramblers do that tomorrow night as they host #10 Florida Atlantic.

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Wow! He has 22 children.

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Ish Leggett was a starter for Pitt in its dismantling of North Carolina A&T in its home opener, 100-52. Leggett got PT of 25 minutes, scored 11 points on 4-7 FG, 1-2 3PTS, and 2-2 FT

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URI Thursday night's opponent, Fairfield, lost at BC. 89-70. Fairfield trailed the entire game.

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CCSU was selected in the NEC preseason poll to finish second just behind the top pick, Sacred Heart U.

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On coaches, remember that on two occasions we elevated assistants without head coaching experience to the top job. That is not a typical route for major players in MBB, let alone doing it twice.

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Here's a comparison of each A-10 schools overall record winning % since 2000 (23 years) versus the last five years. Some comments: • The last five years data includes the Covid season and its aftermath, so factor that into any conclusions. • Three years ago when I first looked at last five years dat...

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Nice job. As a fact based person I know how much work is involved with putting together this historical record and appreciate your effort. One admonishment, when go back deep into history it may water down more recent trends. For example, La Salle's past includes a lot more winning years and a natio...

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Today President Parlange gave his State of the University address. Early in the talk, he discussed URI's significant increase in research dollars and mentioned the school's several collaborative research efforts, one on undersea research, with UConn. Then seconds later he added a remarkable aside wh...

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You have to evaluate this event in a national context and what role this Day of Giving plays in overall URI giving. A Day of Giving is a technique that is used by many schools and has been growing in popularity over the last 6-7 years. Many schools conduct the affair in the Spring, others like URI c...

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Frankly, the camera work was terrible throughout the game.

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For those who missed this game like me, you can watch a replay of game on ESPN+. Nice feature that ESPN+ provides.

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