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Alright, let's keep this thread on topic.

I'm looking forward to an official photo of the new floor in the Ryan Center from the perspective of the TV camera angle (section 212).

Hal, you can't be serious. A10 plays for the REAL national chanpionship against all other schools.

CAA football is best of the 2nd or 3rd class football confs that cannot win a true national championship (as in better than any other school in America).

Engage tractor beam!!

I can't tell the difference with the backboards... gonna have to find a photo from last season. EDIT: OK, yeah, they're quite different. Looks like we've had the same backstops since the Ryan Center opened. 4 or 5 years ago they updated the Daktronics scoreboard system and put the translucent shot c...

And we'll also have new backstops, backboard glass, and goals from Spalding like this, same as they use at the NCAA Final Four: http://www.spaldingequipment.com/filesimages/products/spalding_portable_backstop.jpg UCLA has them: http://www.basketball-goals.com/images/spalding-portable-arena-basketbal...

New floor is beautiful... so much better than the rendering on GoRhody.com!!

I had been hinting at a new floor sponsor in recent posts. Alex & Ani is BIG TIME, and seems like they print their own money. I haven't seen many sporting venues where they haven't been a sponsor/partner.

We're lucky to have him as our only senior and captain this year. Congrats, X!!

Ramster, part 1, "Money", of the series was released today. I linked to it off that big SI Cover page graphic above.

I don't have a photographic memory, but I don't remember seeing much keaney blue outside of the interlocking RI logo (which is half Keaney, half navy) at center court. The navy blue color provides better contrast for any lettering you may see on the floor for sponsor logos and whatnot. The only thin...

In fairness to Jared Terrell, we will move discussion about OKST's scandal to its own thread.

Awesome!!

I wish the band would face the Ryan Center for at least SOME of their performance.

Welcome, Cowboy. Fair assessment of the decision.

Is that last year's ending RPI?? Not sure how that's all that relevent to this season.

So they're sure hoping that some PC fans buy the 5-game package to get preferred seating for the big game. Otherwise, by mid-October when single-game seats go on sale, there won't be much in the way of great seats for the rivalry game.

Another example of why this year in particular was very difficult to schedule "good" teams: but appropriate for a program that could finish near the bottom of the league again We have ESPN calling for a potential bottom quarter finish and other national guys (Rothstein, etc) calling for a ...

Yeah, especially now that they'll NEVER be in the big money of BCS.

That's why these staged announcements have a high potential to result in the player not going to the best school for them. There's too much added pressure on top of an already difficult decision. Add on top of that the "need" for their AAU coaching staff to market the crap out of these two...

Rhodymob5... your last point about coaches has validity after the first two weeks of this season.

Butler should not be spoken about as any kind of fill-in for Terrell. He's a designated shooter -- not the full package.

Holy exclamation points, Travis!!!!! Surprised he didn't go all Bressler with a dozen smilies. What if Terrell did decommit? It's *just* a verbal... nobody keeps their word anymore, right?! It's really telling that JT had high stability and a high ceiling here in Kingston but he chose to go somewher...

Trainer looked bad today. How about some ball security drills?? Does any team fumble more than Trainer's Rams? The coaching staff was too tentative and nervous! It makes the players tentative, too. Trainer is often 3 yards onto the field and most of the game the refs let him get away with it. When l...

Haha!! I was right! Gotta thank my son for the tip!

So for some good hoop news, following the Terrell disappointment... While chasing my son around the Ryan Center concourse (sure beats watching that Rams football team right now), I spotted the Ryan Center staff packing up the old basketball floor. It didn't look like they were simply "putting i...

I'm guessing this is the "perfect fit"? https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/376435440171360256 Pretty darn disgraceful. So on top of that from Goodman we have people close to Expressions who think Terrell may be a transfer candidate in a year. Why go to OK State if there's already a de...

ramster wrote:
Billyboy78 wrote:
McRam wrote:Where is the celebration party tonight?
Hopefully somewhere in Rhode Island.
At URI, tailgating area at the Football Game today - announcement will be at 3pm.

Ramster, where do you typically reside in the tailgate area? Maybe you can send me PM on this board and I can look for you.

Rhodymob05 wrote:I'm goin as well, might need a few nips for this one

My little kid will keep me happy distracted if things go south during the game. He'll find a way to have fun.

Hope you are right, ramster.

NC State is my guess.

I picked URI, but expect the unexpected.

Travis Ford is a slimeball who fits in perfectly w OkSt Cowboys.

Hope Terrell can see through it.

Stalker!!

Big bummer...

Blue Man and I were lucky enough to see a rendering of the floor (not an actual photo). Nothing is really a surprise now that they teased out that partial shot the other day.

I will say that Jimmy Baron may possibly the last Ram to drain a 3 from the CVS logo...

I'll be at the game with my 2yr old... Will Rhody get steamrolled here?

In that article, this line is consistent with my understanding of the situation:

"For Terrell, Oklahoma State had the momentum before his Rhode Island visit."

Meaning Hurley and staff perfectly executed their recruiting plan and official visit program to nudge them into the lead by a nose.

My source (a VERY good one on this matter) says to not worry as PC is not in the picture for these guys.

Give him NO attention, please.

Inexpensive Recruiting!! Yay?!?

When did they do these tryouts last year?

Agreed on Ace. Hope she's OK. Maybe it was too much to read the board with the anticipation of Saturday's announcement.

Speaking of Xavier and Butler, when do we get to cash in on their exit fees and NCAA credit money.

districtballer wrote:Good luck guys. Rooting for Rhody to nail this one down.

Thanks, DistrictBaller! Yes, this would ensure that VCU and URI have some epic battles in coming years and strengthen the Atlantic 10.

Yes, thx Obadiah for highlighting this for us.

I wish I could sign up for text alerts for every time there's a new post in this thread. You can subscribe to it and get emails sent to you on any new post. Also, for those with a decent mobile phone, you can buy the Tapatalk app and that will do the same thing on any thread you follow. The Subscri...

Isn't there also value to playing BCS/Ranked schools in a true road environment, such as in 2nd game in Arizona vs the 'Cats?

Ramster, in fairness, nobody calls the Big East the Catholic 7 (or 10).

BIRUTA!!! Favorite player!!

Low. 3500 fans if the weather is good.

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