KeaneyBlue - The URI Basketball Forum

RF1

Yianni seems to like speculating more than reporting.

RF1

Looks like the four VA-DC schools like having the tournament in their backyard. 4-0 thus far and it looks like GW will make it an even better 5-0 if they close the deal vs SLU. Must be nice. Rhody has been in the league more than 35 years and never had that experience. Likely will never get it. Mos...

RF1

Middle Tenn State loses to So Miss in the CUSA Tournament. They have a RPI ranking in the low 30's but no high profile wins. Could possibly get an at large.

RF1

Looks like the four VA-DC schools like having the tournament in their backyard. 4-0 thus far and it looks like GW will make it an even better 5-0 if they close the deal vs SLU. Must be nice. Rhody has been in the league more than 35 years and never had that experience. Likely will never get it.

RF1

Richmond beats Duquesne 81-68. Will face SBU tomorrow.

RF1

Nevada beats UNLV on their home court 79-74 in the MWC Tournament.

RF1

Several teams projected to be in and around URI's projected seed have been knocked out of tournaments today - Creighton, Missouri, and Texas A&M. If URI can register a few wins, it has the chance to better its seed position.

RF1

The wins today by bubble teams PC and Alabama probably strengthens URI's NCAA Tournament position. Two URI OOC opponents (Iona and Charleston) that the Rams beat are already in the field. Two OOC opponents (UVa and Nevada) that URI lost to are locks. Seton Hall, whom URI defeated, is a lock. PC, ano...

RF1

Bubble team Alabama squeaks out a win over Texas A&M 71-70 in the SEC Tournament. Alabama is currently 18-14 with an RPI ranking of #47. It however has impressive wins over Auburn, Texas A&M (2x), Tennessee, Oklahoma, Florida, and URI.

RF1

VCU Fan Forum
https://www.vcuramnation.com/forums/for ... ketball.4/

RF1

VCU will have a decided home crowd advantage tomorrow. It is very nice for the league to make new members so welcome by siting the tournament so close to their fan bases. The A-10 bent over backwards for Xavier, Dayton, and VCU to give them all a tournament in their backyards. This is something URI ...

RF1

RF1

Seawrightspostgam?e wrote:ND guts it out.

ESPN is in an all out pimping effort for Notre Dame. It makes me sick.

RF1

Bobby's ASU team is in a heap of trouble down 7 with 4 to go...if they lose are they out? I mean we're struggling, but they have really crapped the bed down the stretch. thats a tough one. i mean if they are in i see them as a play-in game now ASU was being projected as a 10 seed before today's los...

RF1

NC State was being projected to be 9 seed. This loss should eliminate the prospect of them jumping ahead of Rhody in seed lines. The Pack now has a record of 21-11 and an RPI rank of #65. They have impressive wins versus Arizona, Duke, Clemson, and North Carolina but losses to the likes of Northern ...

RF1

I don't want to be a Joes crusader. I have hated them for a long time. Throwing the dels guy out. Knocking out KI and breaking JG's jaw. I dislike Martelli and thought I knew about most of his bad boorish behavior (shouting match with crowd at St Bonaventure/flipping off fans at GW/challenging Bill...

RF1

PMMM, things are actually trending in the opposite direction when it comes to conference importance. The P5's want 20 game conference schedules, so they get even more opportunities for Q1 wins and the like. Takes away from the mid majors' chances to get wins that matter come Selection Sunday. They ...

RF1

Hang Time's very own Reggie Theus gets let go at CAL State-Northridge after compiling a 53-105 record in five seasons as head coach.

RF1

Iona and Charleston going to the NCAA further strengthen URI's inclusion in the field and its seeding. It appears at this time that only two (out of eleven) URI non-conference opponents will not be in either the NCAA or NIT. There is still the possibility that seven OOC opponents may be in the NCAA ...

RF1

Stan got screwed big time. Since the media did not vote it must have been the coaches. Was it head coaches only? Anyone know? Only the coaches vote. URI is always at a disadvantage in the A-10 on these types of things. Being a geographic outlier hurts. Being a public in a majority private school le...

RF1

It is a bit of a curse of riches. URI has so many players that make solid contributions that it hurts its members for individual honors. Some of the A-10 award winners play out-sized roles on their teams due to a lack of quality depth. Many play a ridiculous number of minutes. If Rhody's players log...

RF1

Got to give some credit to the Ryan Center experience for the increase in attendance. Playing college basketball on an actual college campus where it was intended. It is also good being able to schedule all our home games in a single venue. Thankfully our games have never had to be relocated because...

RF1

BC beats Georgia Tech 87-77. Eagles now 18-14 with an RPI rank of #98. Coach Jim Christian has them trending upward.

RF1

adam914 wrote:Stan got robbed, but no surprise there. More motivation for this weekend.

Bill Koch agrees with you:

RF1

A-10 Awards announced http://www.atlantic10.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31600&ATCLID=211704410 2017-18 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball End-of-Year Awards Co-Players of the Year Peyton Aldridge, Davidson Jaylen Adams, St. Bonaventure Defensive Player of the Year Yuta Watanabe, George Washington R...

RF1

The US Basketball Writers Association has named their 2017-18 MEN'S ALL-DISTRICT TEAMS DISTRICT I ME, VT, NH, RI, MA, CT PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jared Terrell, Rhode Island COACH OF THE YEAR Dan Hurley, Rhode Island ALL-DISTRICT TEAM (10) Jalen Adams, UConn Trae Bell-Haynes, Vermont Ky Bowman, Boston Col...

RF1

RF1

Very possible that the hint is that there will be two sharing the player of the year award - most likely Adams and Aldridge

RF1

Big upset in West Coast tourney as BYU beats #20 St. Mary's, 85-72. It's going to be a long wait for St. Mary's until Selection Sunday. St. Mary's is 28-5 with a current RPI of #43. Played an OOC SOS of #187 and overall SOS of #164. They certainly would have helped their strength of schedule had th...

RF1

reef wrote:Yeah them to the Mountain West makes a lot of sense

Except for having no football program and having little in common with most of its members (all its current members are large publics).

RF1

Florida Gulf Coast and UNC-Asheville, while not winning their league tournament and NCAA bid, are both going to the NIT via automatic bids as regular season conference champs.

RF1

Iona, after a somewhat disappointing league season comes through during the MAAC Tournament beating Fairfield 83-71. Now going to the NCAA.

RF1

Charleston beats William & Mary 83-73 to advance to the CAA Final tomorrow night in N Charleston.

RF1

Marist coach Mike Maker is out.

Not a bad job for a lower profile school. Nice campus in a beautiful spot on the Hudson. Decent little 3,200 seat gym. Not far from NYC for recruiting.

RF1

Thanks, RF1, for the correction. I glanced down the opening post in this thread and missed the OVC March 3 final as the earliest final date. Several conferences are opening their tournaments today, but the only final tonight is the Southern Conference title match between E. Tenn. State and UNC Gree...

RF1

I guess the last two losses had absolutely no bearing on our seeding and the probability of advancing in the NCAA Tournament. Facing a #1 seed in the 2nd round is I guess something really great.

RF1

Wow. I guess if one strays from the party line, there is a problem. Seems like some here would have been quite happy being in the former Soviet Union or Nazi Germany where all news was good and dissent squashed. Some Keaney Blue posters come off as quite insecure and very immature. I thought this fo...

RF1

The first four automatic bids to the 2018 NCAAT were issued on Sunday: Taking the first bid, Radford of the Big South qualified on a buzzer beater over Liberty, 55-52. Loyola-Chicago won the Missouri Valley title, 65-49. This will be the Ramblers first trip to the NCAAT in 33 years. Lipscomb upset ...

RF1

.......Bryant......Bob Walsh...... Walsh had a worse record at Maine than O'Shea at Bryant. Can't see Bryant going there. Walsh is going to need a few seasons as an assistant at a higher profile school to get the stink off from his time in Orono. Probably not in line for a head job for several years.

RF1

Rhode Island remains in the USA Today Coaches Poll coming in at #24.

http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/ba ... ches-poll/

RF1

I was thinking a drop out of the polls might be a good motivational tool for our team. Instead, we will have a ranking giving every opponent in DC even more of an incentive to beat us.

RF1

https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/970708155326967808 Maine is really tough job for anyone to succeed at. Dr Giannini is the only coach that I can think of that left there for a better job. Goes to show you that you need to use care when accepting a coaching job. it is probably not a wise move ...

RF1

Paul Lusk done at Missouri State. Larry Hunter resigns from Western Carolina. Dave Simmons out at McNeese State.

RF1

URI kept St Bonaventure out of the rankings as they were the 26th team with just 14 votes separating them.

RF1

How the hell did we stay ranked after this horrible week? This is another example of voters not paying attention to what transpired since the last poll. Rhody doesn't deserve to remain in the top 25 after the week it just had. https://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll I'll take it , plus how often does...

RF1

It will be the seventh straight week that URI has been in the AP Top 25. Regardless of outcomes this week, it will be the 25th ranked team in the nation on Selection Sunday when the field is announced.

RF1

I don't necessarily agree with URI still being ranked given its recent performances. Regardless of the outcomes of games this week, Rhody will be nationally ranked on Selection Sunday. It will be its seventh straight week in the AP rankings. While it has happened on an odd occasion, it is very rare ...

RF1

How the hell did we stay ranked after this horrible week? This is another example of voters not paying attention to what transpired since the last poll. Rhody doesn't deserve to remain in the top 25 after the week it just had.

https://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll

RF1

Will St Bonaventure enter the rankings this week?

RF1

Iona advances to the MAAC Championship game beating St Peters 65-62. They will next face Fairfield with the winner getting an NCAA bid.

Search found 9130 matches

Login • Register