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CT Rhody

I agree. To me, he's at the skill level of Tertsea, only a few inches taller. A few inches could mean the difference between a win and a loss. A few inches could be the distance the two of them sit from each other on the bench. Rhody doesn’t need to recruit projects any more. Here is the reality, a...

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Everyone needs to relax, I have no inside knowledge but every top 100 kids will have a million offers. Relationships matter at this point so we need to stay on him and let him make his decision on his timeline.

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This is our number one target for those not paying attention. We are putting everything into landing this kid!

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Whatever the reason for the delay in the "official" hiring, it is mickey mouse way to operate an organization. Honestly why do people even care about this? I could care less, I’m excited about the staff they hired, prospects they are recruiting, their ability to hold onto almost all incom...

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Sad to hear the host couldn’t keep the show on message, nobody calls in to listen to them.

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They have already hit 5% additional season ticket sales over last year with 3-4 months left to sell more. If they can hit another double digit increase this year that would be amazing. Things continue to move forward, not back.

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Re-up with my 5 seats within the mini plan. The A-10 home schedule will partially offset the weaker OOC home schedule. The A-10 five partner grouping within the A-10 was a home run for URI. The only contender they won’t play twice is St Joes and who would you really swap them out for out of Umass, S...

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Doesn’t URI have a marketing major? If so then why is this so hard? This is REAL WORLD experience on their doorstep, shouldn’t be this hard.

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PeterRamTime wrote:I think we have as good a chance as any to win the league.

Can't see Dayton being better than us.

Agreed, I expect us to go through some growing pains but honestly who else in the league should be favored over us? The margins are slim at the top.

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Let’s post all the preseason 18-19’ A-10 predictions here.

First from a Umass fan..
https://www.bleedmaroonblog.com/way-too ... 0-rankings

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According to Rivals, he has an unofficial visit set up to URI next month and we are one of the perceived leaders for his commitment! Lock it in DC!

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I haven’t read anything that says this game is off, URI says its on so I don’t understand all the convo around this Neveda game just because some writer thinks it’s off? Am I missing something?

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Agreed, if academics and character aren’t an issue then this is 100% a player we should be chasing with that last scholarship.

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I never connected Cox with Rice, I would’ve been thrilled with Mike Rice instead of Carroll. Rice is a much better person than the media projects and Carroll is as slimey as Gassnola... be careful Rhody faithful... I pray y’all are right, as I’ve been a massive fan of David Cox since his days at Ge...

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Did the Neveda coach mention anything about the URI game? I’m confused by reading some of these post on what was exactly said about the game.

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Surprised the commission didn’t mention anything on scheduling or equality within the game. Missed opportunity to level the playing field a little.

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Great event. Highly recommend it for future years. Players were very interactive. The “Rammies” were funny. Things learned: The top Ast Coach is in place. He is “on the sidelines” just waiting to start. They have to wait right now because of snag with his existing contract. We be officially on boar...

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Three coaches can be on the road recruiting at any one time. In the case where a school doesn't have three coaches, someone else can be designated to go on the road and recruit. That's what they've been doing with TJ. The recruiting going on this weekend is 2019 and beyond so I'm sure they're just ...

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reef wrote:Yes love this grid

I forgot did Tertsea redshirt as a frosh ???

Yes

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reef wrote:Yes love this grid

I forgot did Tertsea redshirt as a frosh ???

Yes

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Change Thompson to a Junior this year, only two years left for him.

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Change Thompson to a Junior this year, only two years left for him.

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rambone 78 wrote:Tate a guard?

In a basic three guard lineup, yes. Can he play the undersized four position? Of course. We have options people.

CT Rhody

If that’s the determination he makes, fine. But I’d love to add an experienced guy to compete for minutes. They’re going to have no choice but to depend on all four freshman in an 8 man rotation unless a Layssard makes the leap. Adding Cheddi or another 5th year would give you a little insurance in...

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ATPTourFan wrote:Been posted and discussed in this thread:
http://keaneyblue.com/viewtopic.php?f=6 ... ng#p368589

Yes followed by this post lol

Should any subject related to Rhody MBB going forward be posted to The David Cox Era thread? (:

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Little surprised he wasn’t ranked in the top 250 in 247 sports updated rankings today. All of our other three incoming recruits moved significantly up in the rankings which was great to see.

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http://www.richmond.com/sports/college/ ... db4ad.html

URI is sixth in the league at just over 4.7M.

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I don’t dislike Beatty, but I’d take Cheddi with my last spot. Doesn’t seem like we will do that - all indications are we are out on him. But if it were me that’s where I’d start trying to fill this spot. In DiSano’s interview with Coach Cox the Coach said the last scholarship will most likely be u...

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The spending per school was posted. My contention I believe was valid. Since this information was made available, I simply asked where would the money come from to satisfy Hurley's demands. "Donors" is not the answer. Tom Ryan was all in on Pitino as he was 20 years ago on Harrick. I don'...

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Dre3000 wrote:Former ACC assistant

Can anybody say where this hire fits within the staff? As in associate HC? Second assistant?

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Kingston wrote:A new assistant will be named in the next 24 hours

Feel free to put a name to this announcement!

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I don’t think we need Beatty and Omar. I’m taking Omar, can play immediately! Man, people said the same thing about Stan when we took him. I think we ended up needing him quite a bit, Again, it’s a hard pass for me. Get Omar and a big. This has to be two guards, how many bigs can we have? We curren...

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Just read a sporting news article that predicted the A-10 next year and had us 8th. It highlighted Adams recommitment so it’s pretty recent.

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A few things are disappointing. 1 - The NCAAT money is going into the general athletic dept budget, not exclusive to mens basketball. 2- Basketball practice facility/Tootell West renovation is at least 2 years away,Thorr won't commit to a timeline and they are definitely not breaking ground anytime...

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I find it hard to believe URI would be dumb enough to set up a serious that Nevada could easily buy its way out of. This doesn’t make sense at all.

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RF1....nailed it. +1000 No excuses indeed. URI only upped their offer to Dan because they had no choice otherwise if they wanted any chance to keep him. They waited too long. They also probably knew he was likely going to UConn a while before. Why do things ass backward? Same for the assistant's po...

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.....But, the reality is that URI athletic department is at least another year from getting the budget on tract......They are asking for payment now for 18/19 tickets to pay 17/18 bills. .....Sure the benefits of our recent success will be coming [tournament revenues, clothing sales, season ticket ...

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I think Adams was waiting to see if Fatts and Dowtin were staying.....he was the only one of the 4 that would most likely not see a lot of playing time his first 2 years here. I saw Adams spelling both Fatts and Dowtin his freshmen year, that’s a hell of an opportunity. We have no guard depth and i...

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Iggy1979 wrote:The UConn hire has no meaning for URI. UConn still holding a spot for Cox.

They would need two spots, one for Cox and one for Boswell.

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I would consider a .500 record next season as a realistic goal. C'mon, we just graduated 4 starters and a top reserve. I see URI as a 3 year rebuilding job to reach the NCAAT. We are in a better position now than when CFL departed. This is why Hurley left now while he was hot. Hire a coach with thi...

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Can we just make this DC hire official so he can move on filling his staff and recruiting please! It’s time already!

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With Cox I wouldn’t say the dance is a pipe dream, even if it took us the non conference and some conference games to jell, a top four seed in the A-10 is certainly attainable as would be winning three to make the dance. Please hire Cox and let’s keep this train moving!

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Is this all the members we have on this board? Vote people!

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You pay Cox what he'll accept to take the job. That's what agents and administrators do. You guys ever take an economics class? If he'll take the job for 750k (plus whatever bumps maybe for performance) than you don't pay him over a million. URI has the leverage here. Use it. They had less with DH ...

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I don’t see any reason why URI if DC is hired that they won’t win the A-10 next year. Returning 3 critical pieces, nice depth returning, and a top 30 national freshmen class. By the time conference play starts roles will be defined and inexperience will be as much an issue.

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I'm tired of being a stepping stone. Coaches leave for money. Plain and simple. What was Cooley's first contract? Was it $750k? What was Mack's first contract at X? Was it $750K? He was an assistant prior. Just pay people what the expectations are. We expect to dance. That is worth X amount of mone...

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reef wrote:What could we pay Murph to be top assistant?? How much is he making now ??

PMurph according to reports makes in excess of 300k and has a charter plan at his disposal for private trips back to Rhode Island as well as recruiting. That’s a tough gig to give up.

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3 out of the 4 recruits will play. A lot. Adams may not get as many minutes as the others, being behind Dowtin and Fatts at PG. Akele and Layssard will get occasional minutes, not much more. With CT it depends on whether he's fully back from injury...I don't see him playing major minutes. Tertsea w...

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If they choose Cox and get off to a slow start...depending who's in town...those during break games...may not fetch 3,000? Stop, this program is growing, has a solid foundation returning and a top 30 class coming in if Cox stays. Let’s worry about working towards double digit season ticket growth i...

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Rhody83 wrote:The best message possible to the general public, media, players and potential 2019 recruits would be an announcement in Sept/Oct that there is a 10-15% increase in season tickets again this year.

Spot on, 100% agree.

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