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https://twitter.com/BillKoch25/status/1637872841365266447 Unfortunately for the A10, I think Mike Rhoades makes a lot of sense for both sides. I know Rick Barnes will push for Kim English, but if they're taking an A10 coach they would be better off taking Rhoades I am not impressed with Mike Rhodes...

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That foul not being upgraded to a flagrant was ridiculous. The announcers say clearly will be upgraded no question then back pedal and say the refs do not want to decide the game. That should have been a flagrant foul end of story. Compete BS. Sucks that they battled back after an atrocious first ha...

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It's #2 vs #3. It should be a tough game. Point is record wise one is what 24-5 and the other is 15-17, so I think most people looking at those records only would not expect a tough game at all and would just say they choked (the classic lazy term used by many) if they lost the game. I hope not to ...

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I am certainly no expert on the Lady Rams, but I watched the St Louis game yesterday and that is a very good team. I have no idea how they have the record they have. I expect today's game to be very tough for the Rams as there will be better athletes and a little more size (I believe, at least the 6...

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Nice win by the Rhody rams. Did not think they would a game on a road all year so I'll take it. But for the love of God, you have to miss that second free throw. To put yourself in a spot to lose that game by making that shot was not smart. When they had the ball in the front court with 1.7 seconds ...

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I am fine with this effort from the team. I am completely fing frustrated by this obnoxious color commentator. STFU dude you are horrendous. He just rambles on about stupid shit all game. I got to find out who he is but he is unlistenable. You would think Archie was benching Kareen Abdul Jabbar abou...

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Any idea why the turnout for the '98 team was so small? Tough to "honor teams/players of the past if they can't/won't show up. Two of the players are assistant coaches so that explains why Tyson and ARD were not there. Can't speak for anybody else but agreed it was disappointing that only two ...

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I will admit that I was wrong, very wrong about Freeman. I thought he would be a good to very good player for us and he has not been that. He has been a major disappointment and has been a very inefficient player that does little to make others better around him. But how does it get to this so quick...

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Can't say I am surprised by this result. What I am surprised about are people that think this team may go on a run or finish in the top four of the conference. I love your passion Blue Man but that is a large leap. This team is pretty bad and just lacks talent. They usually play very good defense bu...

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Tchilkou is like a Rob Williams on the Celtics, ---Tall, long, blocks shots, and can dunk like hell. Otherwise isn't a threat on offense. The difference is that Williams has the strength to rebound and defend the larger opponents in the paint. Tchikou needs to improve that, but his abilities are se...

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The unconventional lineup he put in got us back in the game. So that’s 1 thing. Not fouling inside 5 seconds up 3 is just bad strategy. The fing sad part is we did foul, on a three point shot. This loss is ridiculous, Thomas makes alot of stupid plays but I am telling you, I am not feeling Archie i...

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Hopkins is the best player in the Cooley era. I have no idea what Calipari didn’t like but if he preferred to Toppin over him at the 4 spot he really whiffed. Agreed he is very good and will likely be gone after this year into the NBA draft. At least one can hope. I am jealous of the whistle Provid...

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I liked in the post game when Archie was asked about Brayon and he said “yeah, he didn’t get back in the game” and then when I asked if he was injured, Archie said “not that I’m aware of.” Gold, pure gold. And to give a less game thready comment than my Belichick one, that's the kind of culture and...

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Approved! 57.5% Approved 0835B6FE-F117-41E2-A3B8-6E0E95842027.jpeg Best news of the night!! Have to give it to Governor McKee. He was on campus several times promoting this bond and saying how important it was to invest in the University. He was on at halftime of the Maine game promoting the passag...

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Wow just heard this news. This is complete bullshit. The other assistant was like eight times more culpable than Johnson and they get the same penalty?? And Pitino gets nothing!! Outrageous and complete bullshit!! He is the captain of the ship, if these guys are penalized there is no way in hell tha...

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I do not think people realize how big of a loss Anthony Harris is. To me, he was either the best or second best (Freeman) pick up and his loss will hurt. And Foumena redshirting and Bilau being hurt is not good either. We have very little experience inside and Bilau would have helped there. And I th...

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Well Spookydog, time to update your radio information for this game.... https://twitter.com/GoRhodyRams/status/1587861567047188482?s=20&t=JWyd5OwSWU7kPfsOl3G0mQ The seems so damn small time! Even Brown has their football and men's basketball games and coach's show on 790 The Score and we're all...

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There is a reason a top 10 team brought them on. I love what we brought in for guards so far. I love that we landed a stud wing in Weston. I expected Archie to land one big that would make an immediate impact. Our frontcourt is a glaring weakness on this team right now. I think about how good the t...

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So I've heard a rumor of a new dorm going up in the Brookside area that would essentially be its twin. Here's a Good 5 Cent Cigar article that talks about the housing crunch this year: https://rhodycigar.com/2022/09/22/uri-plans-future-alternative-housing-to-combat-housing-crisis/ We had a nearly 8...

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So I've heard a rumor of a new dorm going up in the Brookside area that would essentially be its twin. Here's a Good 5 Cent Cigar article that talks about the housing crunch this year: https://rhodycigar.com/2022/09/22/uri-plans-future-alternative-housing-to-combat-housing-crisis/ We had a nearly 8...

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This has really become a very successful fund raising tool for the University. In April of 2019, they raised $785,644 from 2158 donors. Athletics received $291,000 and men's basketball $25,181. Yesterday they raised $1,668,797 which is more than double from more than 3,000 donors. Athletics received...

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for the record I disagree with the onside kick. Nothing was going to lead to 14 points in a minute and a half. And Pitt made them pay for it once with a TD, and then Pitt gave them their own onside kick for good measure and converted it. I don't think that's the way they should have left Pittsburgh...

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I guess the floor no longer has a corporate sponsor based on that new photo. In years past it had names on it such as CVS, Cox, Alex & Ani, and South County Health. Would have thought they had to pay for affixing their names. Hope this revenue is being made up elsewhere. That could still easily...

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This is a vision and a hope at this stage. They have created a fundraising campaign to try to accomplish this. Let's see what the final product looks like but this is several years out so not sure can we keep up is an accurate portrayal of what this is right now. This may or may not be reality depen...

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I was at the game yesterday with my wife and two kids who attend URI. My kids had to pay for their tickets (yes it was a last minute decision) as the student allotment was sold out. I was like wow, this place should be close to a sell out than if they sold out the student allotment. I was quite sur...

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I was at the game yesterday with my wife and two kids who attend URI. My kids had to pay for their tickets (yes it was a last minute decision) as the student allotment was sold out. I was like wow, this place should be close to a sell out than if they sold out the student allotment. I was quite surp...

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Malcolm Gladwell had a two or three part podcast series on the failings of the rankings, but... The biggest factor in the rankings is a nebulous prestige factor that is determined by them asking the schools to rank one another, by sending questionaires out to school administrators. So basically, yo...

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After missing all this time with the team and now 1st semester of OOC play, I am tempering my expectations for his immediate impact once he is able to enroll 2nd semester. I hope he gets his grades in order and concentrates on his academics. Not sure how long it will take him to mesh with his teamm...

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I agree with a lot of this. I do think, though, that once he gets his mojo back, Archie and company will start bringing in guys who are a little more nationally relevant/known. I don't agree with the best overall coaching staff in a long time part of it. Dan was doing just fine 5 years ago here. Ye...

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Billyboy78 wrote: ↑1 hour ago Awesome! Have we lost a recruiting battle yet? Hard to say, really. They’ve certainly offered guys and had visits with guys who then kind of went out of their current reach. They were some guys’ best offers, which is fine if you trust your ability to evaluate talent. Wi...

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I have mentioned several times I do not get caught up at how many stars a player has. I trust that good coaches can identify players that can play at their level either immediately or a couple of years down the road which is often times when a freshman should be expected to play significant minutes ...

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I mean I think these comments have jumped the shark a little bit here as they have become a referendum on Rhody Vault which is not really the issue here in any way shape or form. At least not from my perspective, I am just looking at that article as to what the Indiana alums (and a lot of fans) were...

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From an article in the Athletic written by John Hollinger about summer league stand outs and duds. Jeff getting some love which is very cool. Toronto is a very well run organization think it will work out well for him. Finally, the best part of any summer league is when players blast out from anonym...

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His tweet aside, that Athletic piece was brutal toward Archie. Yes they were. But the quotes were all from former IU players that never played for him. Would have been more relevant to him as a coach if they were from players that played for him. Curious as to what they would say. But not to unders...

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I thought this article does a nice job of discussing what may be more important today, spending money on facilities or basically on players. Now I am not sure the school themselves can directly pay players, but do you ask your boosters for support for building a practice facility or to fund some NIL...

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Love this pickup!! Tough nosed competitor with very good size. If he returns to health, this may be the best pick up of the off season. As one who was very underwhelmed with our guards last year, we really have improved there tremendously with Harris and Freeman. And I like the additions to the wing...

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Fun fact - he played his last year of High School with Lamelo Ball who was the third pick in the 2020 NBA draft after Anthony Edwards (looks like a stud) and James Wiseman (jury still out but amazing that Golden State is heading to the NBA finals and this guy drafted second has not played at all thi...

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I would love to see the Mitchells get their third successive coach fired. It would be great to see Musselman get what he deserves. I would love to see the Mitchells get their third successive coach fired. It would be great to see Musselman get what he deserves. That may be a near impossible task si...

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Those alternate uniforms are terrible So true. I thought he was wearing something else at first such as an AAU uniform as it has no recognition to any of the Rhody uniforms. How can we have such classy main uniforms and then come out with some washed out, no color, nothing burger for an Alternate u...

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RAMFAN wrote: ↑1 year ago not sure what the best place to put it but it's interesting

Damn, Goodman point blank says the Mitchells have gotten two coaches fired, and he dropped Arkansas down five spots once they announced they were going there. Ouch.

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Did he get hurt literally one minute into his first game? He had lingering knee issues (swelling) since his ACL surgery (winter 20-21 season) while at Hillcrest Prep in Arizona. Yes, against DePaul 1/13/22 in his debut suffered an ankle injury. Held out the rest of the season. Yes this is the issue...

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It's going to be interesting to see how Archie's strategy plays out long term. In theory it's great to try and build a team through 4 year players that can develop at URI, but with the transferring as prevalent as it is now it could be another school benefitting from that development. To be clear I...

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https://twitter.com/rhodyvault/status/1521829116961603585?s=21&t=_MvZ9Az-6xQ8EWYOpH6YTA Another great job by Rhody Vault who is weirdly and unfairly criticized on this site by people who really think Twitter and Journalism are one and the same. I give BAR, Reef and others props for continuing t...

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His own story about the injury he suffered and overcoming it.

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He mentioned breaking his thumb at one point but that wouldn’t have kept him out for long. He missed his entire junior year at IMG academy. It was much more than a broken thumb. He broke his left arm compound fracture. He posted a video on YouTube about the incident and the recovery. If you want to...

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I haven't been paying too close attention to who Bryant signed, but if those players (other than Walker) signed here instead, would you consider them A10 level players and make us a contender? Same for UMass (I know a couple of the UMass signs we were also hoping for). I know it's not easy to see o...

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I am surprised that Bill thinks Ileri is more likely to get starter minutes at Vermont than URI, at least next year. I have not done a deep dive into Vermont's roster I assume they must have lost a bunch of players off of this years roster for him to say that. But still that has been a solid program...

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I was never excited about someone who was not going to play as a sophomore at UConn. Seems to me another player who isn't living up to his prep rating. I agree, especially when you have a chance to take a kid that has already proven that he can do it at this level. Maybe he lives up to his billing,...

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I can't find a lot of recent tape on him, but his high school tapes show a really good ballhandler with a killer cross over move and a really good shooter. I guess you do not have ESPN+. I remember watching the GW game against Rhode Island at GW sometime in February and thinking, damn our guards ar...

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