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Blue Man

For everyone who cannot stand so-called "coach speak," be thankful you have Archie Miller not blowing smoke up anyone's rear. end He sees exactly what everyone else sees. He's 100% truthful to the fans. He's not sugarcoating it. His honesty and straightforwardness is refreshing and spot o...

Blue Man

What's the over/under on new faces next year? 9 again? New faces isn't the issue, it's the norm. UConn won a national title with 7 new faces last year. They've got 6 this year. It's your core. Question is, who is that core on this team? Who's got the attitude issue(s)? From a priority perspective I...

Blue Man

Remember when future NBA point guard Jeff Dowtin was moved off the ball for 2 years so that a shoot first inefficient selfish player could have his ego fed?

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

(and so do I, I'm going to lay down and weep tears of unfathomable sadness now)

Blue Man

Gonna throw in Dubsky as a positive from last night. Not saying he needs to start or even play more minutes but he brought some of that energy and hustle last night that's been sorely missed. Kind of sad that when a dude plays hard and looks like he wants to be on the floor it stands out, but that'...

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https://x.com/jonrothstein/status/1765595116578693243?s=46&t=RiOaTCLvtjhXX7DAYI1lEg Again, rebuilds don’t need to take years, you don’t need to give coaches 2/3+ seasons. Multiple instances of turnarounds overnight. ZERO points from last season and won the MWC which will get anywhere from 4-6 b...

Blue Man

Don’t know where to post this. This just in. No film at 11. Season tickets holders get a car interior Ram magnet sticker, pick up at Mason game. Can’t make that up. Keepsake for the season, I guess. Thanks. Details, one magnet per account, not per seat. OMG, why do they bother. Didn’t they do one t...

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Yeah, how did the A-10 get multiple bids back in the day? Winning marquee games in the non-conference and not losing to low majors. Even high majors need marquee OOC wins. Look at Ole Miss right now. They went undefeated in the OOC, 13-0. Best wins? UCF and Memphis who are NIT teams right now. Ever...

Blue Man

This was the student section for the 4pm St Louis Game Saturday Maybe better tonight for Senior Night and tge last home game of the season? Overall announced attendance was better than I expected at about 4700 IMG_2497.jpeg I'm going to be honest - the crowds have actually impressed me this year. N...

Blue Man

I think Ish would have been a leader on this team and maybe would have stopped some of the bullshit that's been going on with some of the attitudes and apathy of some of the players. If Ish stated, we wouldn't have some of the bs attitudes because House wouldn't be here. I do like some of House's g...

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9 A10 Teams with NET between 68 and 108 The power conferences and their allies that run the NCAA must be very pleased that their secretive NET ranking system is working exactly as they intended. It means that only one A-10 team (#21 Dayton) is at this time guaranteed an NCAA bid. Rankings in the ra...

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Asking about playing time isn’t something new. That’s been one of the biggest recruiting factors since the beginning of time. But yea, he’s stating the obvious saying playing time and NIL are being mentioned by recruits. Nothing groundbreaking there. I'm so sick of whiny coaches with all the flexib...

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From Article by Nick Bromberg..Yahoo!Sports about why Nick Saban Retiring Saban also talked about how the way the college football landscape is changing influenced his decision. He estimated that "maybe 70 or 80% of the players you talk to" wanted to know about their playing time for the ...

Blue Man

This was the student section for the 4pm St Louis Game Saturday Maybe better tonight for Senior Night and tge last home game of the season? Overall announced attendance was better than I expected at about 4700 IMG_2497.jpeg I'm going to be honest - the crowds have actually impressed me this year. N...

Blue Man

Sort of what I was hinting at before when I said that there's a lot of investment and focus on our collective now, and why I had faith for the upcoming season and player retention. I fully believe we'll be able to make serious NIL commitments to players moving forward. The previous "director&qu...

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RF1 wrote: ↑1 month ago Sign of the changed times in the college era of free agency? No Neil post on Senior Day.

Update - looking at his profile, it seems he has not posted at all this season. I sincerely hope he is ok.

I’ve seen him at the games, he’s as OK as any of us who continue to sign up for this pain.

Blue Man

He doesn't really get to showcase his skills at this games honestly. He's one of the most popular DJs in the state of Rhode Island. Very successful. And people don't have to like him but he was best man at my brothers wedding and he's one of nicest people I ever met. Blueman and I are good friends ...

Blue Man

Yeah we suck, blah blah. It's a rainy day and I want to talk about different things. Like what's good at the moment. Brandon Weston's Defense: Yes, while our team defense sucks as a whole, it's been clear Weston is the best defender on this roster. I bring this up and I put this first because he's ...

Blue Man

Yeah we suck, blah blah. It's a rainy day and I want to talk about different things. Like what's good at the moment. Brandon Weston's Defense: Yes, while our team defense sucks as a whole, it's been clear Weston is the best defender on this roster. I bring this up and I put this first because he's t...

Blue Man

Now, let’s look at our own school URI. Basketball use to be the premier sport for the school. Now who knows what the hell is going on. Before the season people were saying how URI and some of the top schools should form their own conference. Kick out Lasalle, Fordham, etc. last I knew we got blown ...

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RF1 wrote: ↑1 month ago Does our new facility has some rule that prohibits practicing defense?

With almost 2 dozen kids, I'd say our main benefactor for the facility is a pretty big fan of pulling the goalie.

Blue Man

I have read that UMass will have to pay the A-10 an exit fee of $4M if their departure goes as planned in more than a year from now. It would be $5M if leaving was less than a year notice. It likely will not have to be concerned about leaving behind NCAA revenues as it earned none to date in the la...

Blue Man

This is where I'm at. In terms of "basketball only" conferences, there's the Big East, then the A10, then everyone else. The Big East is the only place that a program like Dayton or VCU could go for a step up in competition or revenue. The Big East doesn't seem interested in expansion, as...

Blue Man

This is where I'm at. In terms of "basketball only" conferences, there's the Big East, then the A10, then everyone else. The Big East is the only place that a program like Dayton or VCU could go for a step up in competition or revenue. The Big East doesn't seem interested in expansion, as...

Blue Man

Loyola also did $1 beers for the Dayton game. The agony! Copying other teams’ gimmicks to get people in the door! They also did not storm the court. $1 beers is awesome. That gets people through the door. We have done $5 beers, which isn't really a draw. If you do $1 beers for a big game in a seaso...

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ElmCityRhody wrote: ↑1 month ago
hrstrat57 wrote: ↑1 month ago Captain Obvious response here

URI Women get dibs on it too.

i was thinking that also.. just seems like a lot from ryan center...

The walk is 2 minutes at most. It's no different than the walk to the workout facility or training rooms.

Blue Man

It really makes no sense for anyone thinking we should drop down to a lower conference. Hurley came here specifically because he wanted to get out of a one bid conference. Now some of you think it wouldn’t be a bad idea. What the actual F! It is not really people saying that URI should drop down. I...

Blue Man

Now, let’s look at our own school URI. Basketball use to be the premier sport for the school. Now who knows what the hell is going on. Before the season people were saying how URI and some of the top schools should form their own conference. Kick out Lasalle, Fordham, etc. last I knew we got blown ...

Blue Man

We did not have those expectations this season - so it's outlandish that so many people want the coach fired and feel the need to pile on when he's literally meeting the expectations. It's NCAA or bust. So it's pass/fail. This wasn't an NCAA year, so who cares how far away this one season was from ...

Blue Man

My concern is not Archie's basketball pedigree. It's does he have these players respect? Examples: players constantly chirping at refs after fouls on them or no calls on the opponent. Terrible defensive effort almost across the board. Numerous times not hustling after loose balls. 2 egregious ones ...

Blue Man

If you and PRT want to keep using the injury issue as an excuse for this season, be my guest. But in my opinion and most here there is very little merit to that. Should we really go through every game we played and see who was healthy and who wasn't for us and the opposing team. And then do the sam...

Blue Man

Maybe it takes 2 seasons to learn this defense? Or maybe it's too complicated in today's college game? Archie has been disappointing as has the recruiting by the staff. Next year is pivotal. We gotta keep a guy for 2+ seasons. Weston is the best defender on this team. Weston is also the only rotati...

Blue Man

Dayton lost their Starting PG Malachi Smith 7 minutes into the 1st game of the season. He was preseason 2nd Team All Conference Pick Huge loss for the entire season He was a Junior, previous year starting PG. They lost their lead guard unexpectedly but still recovered with Bennett doing a fine job ...

Blue Man

I agree with you about the fan overreaction regarding Archie and it is way too early to throw him under the bus. Like I keep saying, I still trust this staff at least for now. I knew it wasn't going to be a quick fix, but still disappointed in our team's play this season. However, I don't think we ...

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Me thinks Bluemans description of the recipe, on paper, makes sense regarding the rebuild timeline. However, the fan base, many of us, are frustrated by the loosing, the spill over from Cox years and have difficulty see the fruits of rebuild timeline. No? Oh 1000% that's what's happening. Which is ...

Blue Man

Blue Man, I agree that the first 2 years is still too early to make a judgement call on Archie. Still, I think most here, including you were expecting more improvement than what we saw this past season. Remember this past summer we kept going back and forth and you were continuing to double-down th...

Blue Man

Blue Man, I agree that the first 2 years is still too early to make a judgement call on Archie. Still, I think most here, including you were expecting more improvement than what we saw this past season. Remember this past summer we kept going back and forth and you were continuing to double-down th...

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Blueman, how are doing? Fine. I turned off my caring meter after the Mohegan games. It's year two. I'm in survival mode and understand that we've "improved" with a cavalcade of injuries and changes. We have a capable scoring attack, just no defense. A couple thoughts: The comparison to Ma...

Blue Man

The facts: Miller versus Hurley at the Two year mark 2011-12 | 7-24 | Baron 2012-13 | 8-21 | Hurley 2013-14 | 14-18 | Hurley 2021-22 | 15-16 | Cox 2022-23 | 9-22| | Miller 2023-24 | 11-18 ytd | Miller Hurley's first two seasons both showed improvement with both being superior to the last year of hi...

Blue Man

Loyola playing well vs #21 Dayton. Proof that a coach doesn't need 4-5 years to be a serious team in the A10. Oh is this Drew Valentine’s second year as a coach with his team? Or is it his 3rd? Did he take on a complete and total rebuild or did he take on a built program coming off of NCAA appearan...

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I read these takes, I look at some of the posters, and I laugh. No one was “OK” with Dan losing and most of the people complaining now were the people wanting Dan fired in February of year 5. The revisionist history is WILD on this board. The first 2 years of any coach are an indictment on the guy ...

Blue Man

Loyola playing well vs #21 Dayton. Proof that a coach doesn't need 4-5 years to be a serious team in the A10. Oh is this Drew Valentine’s second year as a coach with his team? Or is it his 3rd? Did he take on a complete and total rebuild or did he take on a built program coming off of NCAA appearan...

Blue Man

I read these takes, I look at some of the posters, and I laugh. No one was “OK” with Dan losing and most of the people complaining now were the people wanting Dan fired in February of year 5. The revisionist history is WILD on this board. The first 2 years of any coach are an indictment on the guy b...

Blue Man

Again Blue Man and PRT, it is wait and see what happens next season. We should expect a dramatic change for the better, not saying we should be "Dancing" in 24-25. That isn't asking a lot considering Archie was considered a "Splash " hire and the program upgrades from the staff ...

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I don't have to. There hasn't been a one that was "egregious"... storm.JPG PC stormed the court against #19 UConn like a decade ago. PC also stormed the court against #10 Seton Hall 4 years ago. PC stormed the court when they were ranked #11 and blew out Creighton 2 years ago. PC became t...

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ramster wrote: ↑1 month ago Has URI had a court storming at Ryan Center since it opened other than Nebraska?

Dayton/Quis buzzer beater in '09.

Blue Man

That's why I said "getting impatient" - I've just watched this movie before so it's not hard to play the string out. The immediate turnaround in a rebuild isn't something you see at this level. Sure, if you're McNeese State or Iona and you play in a lower level conference and can bring in...

Blue Man

Cam will be one to watch as it'll take NIL money to keep him despite the freshman wall he's hit. I think we keep him because we're putting a lot more into NIL now and I expect a lot of positive developments there over the next year. Serious question, how do you know what URI is putting into the NIL...

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name some? Go google it. There's a court-storm every few days. Court-storms used to be incredible because of how infrequently they happened, you felt like you were witnessing something historic. Every win over a ranked opponent is not historic. I'm glad the SEC is fining programs $100k for an occur...

Blue Man

Steveystuds - would be good to hear if you have a rough # of how many we may be looking to replace. Is it a possible 1 or 2 defections or much higher? I've got no inside information, but I'd think the floor for transfers is 3, and I'd wager money on 4 or 5. Stewart has to be gone unless he's just c...

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I enjoy the comments about getting impatient from the same people who wanted Dan Hurley fired mid-season in February of 2017. The board is starting to collectively do that thing again where the previous coach is absolved of all their sins and now the new coach needs to atone for them in a much less...

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