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Every team on the bubble will have a bad loss.
At large is not completely impossible, that is fallacy.
We just have an even smaller margin of victory. Finish 2nd and we are getting in, it will require us stacking victories.

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I’ve been complimentary of our staff thus far as I think in many games they have made some great moves. But Martin out coached us tonight... Took Cyril away from the hoop and kept Fatts off the ball by using Choh to initiate offense. Spaced the floor well and found their shooters. Packed the paint a...

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No defensive intensity we were sleepwalking out there. Cannot allow 85 points to Brown. Got outrebounded against a team with no size. Unlike last two games ball got sticky no sharing of the ball, no working for good shots instead settled for bad ones. Looked a lot like last year in that regard, for ...

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rambone 78 wrote: ↑4 years ago Rutgers is not a mid major, they are in the B10.

Ha ha URI vs. UConn in the NIT.

Not the preferred tourney, but it would be interesting.

They know that, it's part of the shtick on that account to troll BE and bad P5 teams and call them mid major.

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Outside of St Bonaventure maybe 4 years ago I cannot remember a case in the last bunch of years where an A10 team has been screwed a bid or more positive seeding due to the selection committee...reality is the league has been treated pretty well IMO. The teams that have done well enough to earn a bi...

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Would there be anything more indicative of modern recruiting than prioritizing a kid, recruiting him hard, losing him, reverting to a Plan B, then Plan B transfers out and your priority transfers in.

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rambone 78 wrote: ↑4 years ago Obvious question of the day:

Do we pursue him?

YES

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/atlantic-10-faces-an-unfamiliar-label-for-ncaa-tournament-one-bid-league/2018/02/01/7ebbcdd0-0600-11e8-94e8-e8b8600ade23_story.html%3FoutputType%3Damp A yearly exercise - 3 bids at least for almost 15 years. Last year was the aberr...

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There are many things I agree with in there, but you lost me with trying to fluff your argument with X and Butler. X is 3-3 in Q1/Q2 games with a NET of 47. I hardly find that egregious. I personally find Butler overrated, but it's hard to argue a Top 5 NET and a #11 ranking for a team who is 4-1 i...

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Agreed on Creighton, Zegarowski kid looks very good. Marquette is a 1 man team, and a fraud. So is Georgetown. Butler is a nice team but no way are they a fringe Top 10 team.

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The Big East is the darling of the NET but the eye test is not great on a bunch of their teams. This Marquette game is another example, as was the Georgetown thrashing last night. Yes Georgetown was down McClung, but they were losing by 35+ against a team that lost to Long Beach State. Marquette som...

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5 bids is never happening.
4 only happens if a lot of things breaks right for the Top 3 and then someone steals a bid by winning the tourney outside the Top 3.

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Agreed ^^. If you chase off folks with relationships and intel the board loses a ton. And if you require those that may know something to fully disclose such info those people will certainly lose any relationships or intel they have for the future. It’s a pretty simple concept.

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The variable for us, beyond in conference performance, is how the Alabama and PC wins age. Both of those teams have numerous Q1/Q2 opportunities to improve their numbers, as they rise we rise.

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So far 3pt shooting and scoring is down across the country.
However, our 3pt numbers and total scoring are up significantly vs last year.

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No way, Dayton might be the only 1 getting a bid if Dayton wins the A10T. Looking like 2, Dayton and somebody else winning the A10T. VCU is barely hanging on right now, Mason, Richmond, and Duquesne have fallen off. Nobody else is contending right now, but things can change I suppose. Sorry to insu...

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I don't know the NET comparisons, but per KenPom the A10 is the 8th strongest conference through OOC play. Last year at same time the league was ranked 11th.

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And I’m ok if we never recruit another player from Louisiana. I’ll gladly roll the dice with the kid from Shea who scored 2000 points the other night instead.

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Every situation with these kids is unique, but Hammonds coach’s comments obviously hint at the perception from the players perspective in this case. And if so then sorry it didn’t work out but good riddance. IMO we are every bit as good as Xavier, Dah Bishop isn’t sniffing the court and was ranked 2...

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Good night for me betting vs a10 had Buffalo over Bonnies and Vsndy over Davidson I think most here think A10 will get 3 bids not 4 The problem in the A10 is the same every year. Only one or two teams perform or exceed expectations in the OOC. The rest of the teams need to beat those teams to get s...

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Too bad Aaron Parker is trying to make the NFL or he’d be a great addition !

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And that he should be fired if we don’t make the NCAA tourney. You sound like emotional and delusional fans on the PC board.

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Check out Dayton’s roster/personnel fluidity in the time after Archie left and within Anthony Grants first 12 months. -multiple transfers (4+) including 2 starters -multiple de commits (3+) Look where they are now? Dayton has 5 inbound transfers on their current active roster so that tells you there...

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People loved getting on TruePoint in this thread, but he was closest to right. Clearly a suspension of at least a month was unacceptable in Dana's eyes for whatever happened and when Cox didn't let him play at Middle Tennessee or if Cox told Tate upon returning from the trip that he'd also be sitti...

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Just saw them as well, he certainly shows a diverse repertoire with a steal and flush, block at the rim of a dunk, nice pass to Cyril and looking very comfortable stepping out to hit a corner 10 footer and then a wing 3.
To say he has exceeded expectations would be an understatement.

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Lots of good posts in this thread. I believe it’s natural for our forum members to downplay the importance of this player and the transfer as we remain loyal to our Rhody laundry. Most of the emotions expressed here have crossed my mind. However bottom line for me is whilst this is not a death blow...

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I think if some of the messy middle teams performed better in OOC - namely Davidson and Bonnies - the league could have been in 4 bid territory. But they failed miserably. So there just won’t be enough quality wins in conference for a 4th bid. Unless say 3 teams squarely play themselves in and someo...

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I see it somewhere between our 6th man and a warm body. Outside of a couple minute stretch of Bama game Dana had not played particularly well this year. If Walker and Sheppard were on board day 1 he would have been at best our 8th man. He bumped up to 6th due to that. Walker will have in short order...

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Dayton, VCU, RI and St Louis competing for 3 bids.

The messy middle: Richmond, Duquesne, Mason, Bonnies, Davidson

The landmines: Umass, GW, Lasalle, St Joes, Fordham

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It is really hard to have a strong opinion on player personnel matters when you (we) simply don't have all the details, context and nuance.

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Eric Dadika is that option.

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2 weeks after the last change. Sheesh. I hope this team dances this year, cause next year looks like a real young team Next year you slot Sheppard (Senior) and Walker (Junior) into Jeff and Cyril's spots from Day 1. Not a young team...Tyrese, Fatts and Harris around them. Add Long, Toppin and Legge...

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I wish Dana the best, but the reality is the position he plays is one we have the most depth at currently. Margin of error got smaller but an 8 man rotation is plenty good enough to get it done.

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The best idea I’ve heard is making the concourse under the scoreboard a Rhody pub, with sight lines to the game in a beer garden format, few beer stations, tall boy tables to congregate around, etc. That would be awesome. There are probably 1,365 reasons why that’s not possible tho I’m assuming. To ...

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Just keep winning baby. I like the way this team is coming together. Offensively we look much more dynamic than last years team. 5 guys in double figures, elite Assist/FG rate in our last couple contests, protecting the ball, a blossoming front line with depth and scoring ability, 2 warrior guards w...

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Since this tread exists - what a game by the kid yesterday. I said it in the game thread but the last 2 games with Walker in the lineup have produced Jermaine's best 2 career games. I am not sure if it's the confidence in knowing that there's someone to back him up if he picks up fouls, or if it's ...

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For the 2nd game in a row 21 assists on 33 baskets.

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Agree with this. It’s like URI fans didn’t read the manual on moving in and out of seats during stoppages of play. It never fails that the first 3-4 minutes of every game are interrupted by late arrivals who don’t wait for the under 16 timeout to go down to their seats.

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Good article though they completely botched some stats to try to make a point. Said we have only assisted on 27% of our last 90 FGs. Very wrong...over last 3 games we have assisted on 46 of our 90 made shots. 51%. Anything over 50% is where you want to be. Couple that with low turnover numbers and t...

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There is a program, not too far from UMD, that has found itself with a lot of openings recently and is coached by a legendary big man. That would be my guess where they end up.

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Finishing 9-3 against a Top 50 non con SOS would not be a so so record. Yes we missed a chance at a marquis win but at beginning of year if you said we swept Bama, PC and WKU most would have signed up for that. We will control our own destiny and I like our chances.

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Hands down it’s beating VCU in the A10 title game to go back to the NCAAs for first time in almost 20 years.

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Best stat of the night: 21 assists on 32 turnovers. 66% of FGs were assisted, anything in the 60s is tremendous. Antwan Walker, how do you do...can't think of a better way to come back after a 2 year layoff. Kid may not do that every game but he is going to help A LOT. At one point in 2nd half when...

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I think he would have 1.5 years of eligibility Played freshman year at ND....this past semester at ND...that blows this year essentially... Sits out first semester next year...plays 2nd semester....that eats his third year Plays the next year for a full year....that is 4 years of playing.... If a f...

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Not sure if it’s been mentioned (it probably has), but I’m a big fan of fouling up 3 on that final possession...letting them get 3 shots at a chance to tie is no bueno- especially when we have Fatts to strategically target in end of game foul shooting contests No it has not been mentioned. As I sat...

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I am perplexed when there are now crowds above the capacity of 7,657. The Pitt game was before the 2003 Station Nightclub Fire when an overflow of 500 SRO was allowed. It was my understanding that new fire codes no longer allowed for SRO. The later addition of many more exits on the east side (Mead...

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I know we got burned by it with Walker, but don’t dismiss the idea of a waiver that would allow him to play from the jump next season. He’d be returning closer to home and Brey would have no reason to block him - we don’t typically battle for recruits and Doherty didn’t do anything wrong at ND or l...

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LSU was also a rematch with their former coach, and undoubtedly carried with it more emotion and ammo from VCU side than it did for the LSU players. And it was at home in the early season, best time to get a P5. It's still a good win, bc I think LSU is a good team and will perform well in SEC, but n...

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A-10 went 6-3 on the day. The Dayton loss was a heartbreaker. Most disappointing outcome was the VCU effort against WSU, they were out of it from the beginning. Not sure what to make of VCU - on paper they look deep and talented, but aside from the LSU win, they haven't done anything impressive yet...

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Best stat of the night: 21 assists on 32 turnovers. 66% of FGs were assisted, anything in the 60s is tremendous. Antwan Walker, how do you do...can't think of a better way to come back after a 2 year layoff. Kid may not do that every game but he is going to help A LOT. At one point in 2nd half when ...

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