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Last year, our best wins by Kenpom rating were Dayton (79), UMass-Lowell (134) and Fordham (137). Everyone else was 200+. Yale is currently at 78, although the season is only roughly five to six games deep for most teams. They'll likely slide as the season goes on, but last year the top three Ivy te...

RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑5 months ago Fordham won vs Georgian Court 85-44
Dayton won vs SIU Edwardsville 75-74
Saint Louis lost vs Wake Forest 94-66

Georgian Court sounds like a fast travel location in Skyrim or The Witcher.

Team hasn't shot well from 3 to start the year. If only we had a great shooter last year that we didn't give enough minutes to and she transferred....... If you're referring to Dolly Cairns, she's currently shooting 27 percent from 3 for Florida Gulf Coast. Maybe she'll bounce back, but its not lik...

J&W is 1-3 so far this year, with a 33-point loss to Salve Regina, a 34-point loss to WPI and a 23-point loss to Ithaca. This kind of seems like a waste of time for both sides, but whatever. Might as well get Dubsky, Stewart and the walk-ons some time to play in a game.

True the portal gives and takes. Well, I guess we don’t expect to have that kind of success again(Hurley). If we wont be able to keep our best freshman…how many people think Cam will make it to his junior year here? Unfortunately for teams like URI I think it's gonna be more taking than giving unle...

Ummmm, so are Dayton actually good this year or will they let the conference down like last year lol. Another great win! St. John's has two wins - Stony Brook by 16, and North Texas by 1. They've lost to Michigan, Dayton and that D-II team in the exhibition season. I think they're getting that shee...

Their message board https://northwestern.forums.rivals.com/forums/wildcat-basketball-board.18/ No game thread and zero chatter about their matchup for us. It looks like their football coach going from interim to the guy has taken up a lot of the oxygen, but they do have a decent amount of activity ...

I kind of doubt that the wifi is having a huge effect on the gate for games, but it still seems stupid that it is a problem that has dragged on for multiple seasons. URI probably got "unlucky" when it came to that and the Ryan Center construction (2000 to 2002), because IIRC that's right b...

Northwestern's best rebounder so far this year is Brooks Barnhizer, a 6'6" wing that's 215 pounds. They also have a 7', 255 pound center, and a 6'9", 220 pound forward that play regular minutes. In comparison, Wagner had one player taller than 6'9" that plays. NW has significantly mor...

It obviously isn't great that they're missing so many free throws, but it's a problem you live with if the rest of the offensive is improved, as it is through three games so far. I doubt everyone is going to be shooting 75+ percent, but its an issue you can identify, work on or scheme away from. I t...

Team hasn't shot well from 3 to start the year. If only we had a great shooter last year that we didn't give enough minutes to and she transferred....... If you're referring to Dolly Cairns, she's currently shooting 27 percent from 3 for Florida Gulf Coast. Maybe she'll bounce back, but its not lik...

rjv wrote: ↑5 months ago Am I correct in saying that not one player who played in a game for URI last year, played last night?

Correct. Foumena was on the roster, but he was a redshirt.

This was definitely a more impressive showing than the first two games, since they faced some adversity with the early fouls on House and weathered that. Through three games, our SOS on kenpom is 335th, so Northwestern (59), and Washington State (84) or Mississippi State (20) should hopefully tell u...

reef wrote: ↑5 months ago This Kansas Kentucky game is very good

Tre Mitchell, in year five and on team four!

It got mentioned briefly in another topic, but I figured it deserved its own thread, since the Projo did an article on him. Dave Stenhouse, 90, passed away this weekend. https://www.providencejournal.com/story/sports/2023/11/12/dave-stenhouse-former-mlb-pitcher-westerly-native-dies-at-90/71557383007...

Briefly on the topic of moderation - We give pretty wide latitude to all posters here when it comes to expressing their opinion on URI teams. We're not really going to play traffic cop when it comes to who's being sincere in their arguments, or administering purity tests about "true" fans....

Can't get details if nobody's willing to talk, and the Bryant men's basketball beat is the kind of thing you don't risk inviting litigation on by going with anonymous or back channel sources on a story. Whatever the "true story" is, at this point it probably only comes out if Grasso sues B...

Wagner hasn't gotten above 135 in its two games, and their adjusted tempo on Kenpom is 350th, although obviously, its the very small sample size of two games. But last year, their tempo ranked 358th, in Copeland's first year as a head coach. If its an honest to goodness blowout, then URI -9 isn't a ...

So we're 2 games into this "resurgence" by Thomas. I have no venom for the kid, IDK why you're fishing for me to keep burying the kid. He certainly wasn't meant to be a D1 player when he came to URI. Dave Cox recruited him (and gave him his only D1 scholarship offer) after he flat out ign...

Not sure exactly where to put this, but we all knew this was eventually going to happen. Still want to know why he was suspended though. https://x.com/jeffborzello/status/1724079955078767066?s=46&t=X3tFdRrojFvLeOstPVmZqw There is a Grasso thread over here, which is probably more appropriate for...

Belichick has been so brutally bad at drafting and scouting college talent that it makes his ability as a coach somewhat irrelevant. For example, they had 10 picks in the 2022 draft. First round pick Cole Strange has started 22 games on the offensive line - good! Third round pick Marcus Jones (CB) m...

That's a pretty good beatdown. Has UMass slipped from last year, or is Maine that good? A mixture of the two? Either way, it'll clearly be more of a test for URI.

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

I'm with you spooky - I think this will be a stiffer test than our first two games, but one we should still handle. Two of their three leading rebounders are a 6'5", 200 pound wing and a 6'7", 190 forward, so its another team that shouldn't really have the beef inside to bother our big men...

Much like Obie used to do, here is a summary, and some highlights and "highlights," of the guesses for this year's contest... Pure Averages and Figures. We had 71 entries this year, with an average prediction of 17.27 wins, 13.73 losses, 9.1 A-10 wins and 8.90 losses. The crowd expects PP...

Very surprised they called that a flagrant foul 2 on Foumena. Did not really see it live but looked at it when I got home. It looked to me that they locked arms and his left elbow did hit the dude in the face. But it came up from the hip and was not very forceful. Flagrant 1 was the correct call, t...

Ha, Last season not a single KB Poster predicted the correct opening day starting lineup in the Starting 5 thread. This year only 1 poster correctly predicted the starting line up in the Rotation thread. Most posters chose not to chose a starting lineup. Am I the noted scout who correctly predicted...

Good news for SLU, 7-ft/265 lbs, freshman rim protector from China. https://x.com/studurando/status/1722651683732238576?s=20 A huge unknown, but hey, seven foot is seven foot! The Post Dispatch did a profile on him . Two other players are listed in that article as contemporaries, but they're both f...

I doubt he changes it too, but who knows. We have Northwestern and Mississippi State / Washington State and PC coming up soon so good to get the right guys identified quickly. I wasn't impressed by Kortright or Brown. Team needs a PG. It's not Kortright imho but it's early. When you are preseason r...

I would be surprised if Varsity was paying us for games. I suspect that its more that they have the infrastructure and the app for URI to use, at little or no cost to the university. They offer the service for more than a thousand universities and organizations seemingly, so I highly doubt they're p...

Archie presser up on you tube 22 minutes, started out talking about Hammond and Farrell letter of intent signings Where is this Reef? What youtube account is it? It looks like they post his press sessions on this account now. You can also see the ruggedly handsome Shane Donaldson on the left. https...

They let go of Chris Disano, so I'd imagine that was part of a larger downsizing where they're not having anything to do with URI anymore. The last item URI related seems to be from May 11th https://www.yurview.com/category/uri-rams/ The last story specifically about men's basketball sure is an exa...

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/blackstone-valley/hit-and-run-charge-dropped-for-bryant-basketball-coach?utm_source=wpri_app&utm_medium=social&utm_content=share-link My guess is he settled out of court with the woman so she dropped the allegation. Most likely, plus, prosecutors dismiss...

This was a pretty thorough and impressive thrashing of Sacred Heart.

I'll add these couple to the blurb up above, just so I remember to include them in future updates. - Nicola Akele is in his sixth professional season. After his initial year in Serie A2 of the Italian leagues, he's been in Serie A for the past five years. (Note: Since he is Italian, this likely posi...

steveystuds06 wrote: ↑5 months ago No reason for Rory to see the floor especially with Bilau back soon

Yeah - I suspect there might be some breadcrumb laying here, to allow him to transfer or medical redshirt, if he wants. If Bilau is back soon, then it's really hard to imagine him in anything but spot match-up or emergency duty.

Opening Night Special - URI Transfers Edition - Ileri Ayo-Faleye started for Vermont, but only played 12 minutes in a 67-55 win against Merrimack. He did finish with 3 points and 6 rebounds, though. - Allen Betrand started and played 20 minutes for Norfolk State in a 102-55 win against Penn St.-Wil...

Pretty surprising to me! I thought Estevez might be ahead of him on the depth chart because there was more positive buzz, but it seems Wright is #2 on the PG depth chart right now. He and Estevez combined for 2 points in 34 minutes, which is something that bears watching going forward, but I don't ...

To be fair to Foumena, he went 2-for-4, and got to the line four times. I think he was fine on offense. I'd be more worried about one defensive rebound in 15 minutes, although that's even tempered by the fact that (most of) our guards and wings are good rebounders for their size or because of their ...

I posted this list of past winners yesterday, but a couple hours after posting, I realized - wait, I could link to the threads. That would be a helpful thing to do. So, here is the list of past winners, with links to their respective contest wins. Contest Season Participants Winner #1 2008-09 44 Rho...

Much like Obie used to do, here is a summary, and some highlights and "highlights," of the guesses for this year's contest... Pure Averages and Figures. We had 71 entries this year, with an average prediction of 17.27 wins, 13.73 losses, 9.1 A-10 wins and 8.90 losses. The crowd expects PPG...

Fairfield kind of seems like a god damn mess, from the outside looking in, and I think any team with a competent coach is probably going to dismantle them.

Wright with 27 minutes tied for 2nd most minutes of all players for both teams Could URI be starting 2 freshmen for Northwestern and Mississippi State/Washington State games? Maybe, let's see how Luis and Ways play in the next 2 games. I do like the energy, speed, and court awareness of Ways. Also ...

Also, its in the thread from last year, but copy-pasting it here as well - The distinguished honor roll of past winners! Contest Season Participants Winner #1 2008-09 44 RhodyRams08 #2 2009-10 50 luke #3 2010-11 67 URIGONZO #4 2011-12 62 Rhody78PSC #5 2012-13 85 CTRamfan (80 of 85) #6 2013-14 78 ram...

SGreenwell, do you truly believe the record you put in the prediction contest or was there some game theory involved? 11-20 (5-13) would be an absolute catastrophe Eh, for this year and last year, I basically just plugged some numbers into an equation. I'm assuming that some of the prediction model...

1) 11-20
2) 5-13
3) 66.50
4) House, 16.40
5) 4800

House and Ish had similar production levels in their good years, although in vastly different ways. Ish was a high efficiency player last year, whereas House is a player that attacks the rim and draws fouls. House is probably better for a "rebuilding" team that needs someone to do somethi...

House and Ish had similar production levels in their good years, although in vastly different ways. Ish was a high efficiency player last year, whereas House is a player that attacks the rim and draws fouls. House is probably better for a "rebuilding" team that needs someone to do somethin...

Monday AM, 40 something like entries. What has been the average over the years, just wondering. Last year's had 71, and we were at 61 before I went to bed last night, so I imagine we'll be right around that number this year. Pretty decent, considering that the team has been disappointing the past t...

I notified seven people of duplicate guesses for team PPG, leading scorer points per game and attendance per game.

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