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She seems very solid so far. Great start. Now ... can she recruit her son for Dan?
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her son verballed to FSU
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Congratulations to the women. They beat Bryant today 60-56. Have beaten all three D1 teams in RI this season.

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Awesome. Give Thorr a high five and a thank you next time you see him.
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maybe the most surprising thing i saw today, 7 straight wins is just 1 behind the program record of 8 straight
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Does anyone go to the games? If so, what is the main difference between this year and previous years? Is there a different style of play? Is freshman Charise Wilson that much of a difference maker?
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Very impressed with the turnaround of this team. What a great hire by the AD!
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Bring on UConn!

Well, not yet. ;)
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I haven't been to a game yet.....but I will soon......
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RhowdyRam02,

Yes, Wilson makes a very big difference. She is a hard-nosed player who brings an attitude to the team. Beyond that, they are actually playing basketball. The dribble drive offense La-Force brought in gives the team a focus it has lacked for several years. The team actually is fun to watch. Wilson and Ward are legit players as freshman (Wilson is all-conference caliber, and Ward will be eventually), and there is an energy to the games that was lacking for years.
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Trailing by 16 points with 13 minutes to play, URI staged a great comeback to ring up an upset win 62-61 against Duquesne to go 1-0 in A10 Play. This was our 9th win of the year!!!!!!!!!!!!
We matched our best win total since the 2009-2010 Season with today's win. Last 5 years we have won no more than 2 total games in A10 Conference Play. What a difference a Coach can make.
2013-2014 = 7-23 (2-14)
2012-2013 = 6-23 (1-13)
2011-2012 = 1-28 (0-14)
2010-2011 = 7-21 (1-13)
2009-2010 = 9-20 (2-12)

Preseason A10 Coaches Poll
1. Dayton - 196 (14)
2. George Washington - 173
3. Saint Joseph’s - 156
4. St. Bonaventure - 153
5. Fordham - 143
6. Richmond - 104
7. Duquesne - 103
8. La Salle - 97
9. Saint Louis - 90
10. VCU - 87
11. George Mason - 54
12. Davidson - 42
13. Rhode Island - 39
14. Massachusetts - 24
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I know it's early, but La-Force must be considered for women's COY in the A10. What a turnaround.
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Let's start fretting about losing her to a BCS school........
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Gettin it done!
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Rod, she is definitely getting it done. To be able to enjoy both the men & women's team sporting winning records is something we haven't had in quite awhile. I suspect she is a master motivator besides being a terrific coach. With continued success in the A10, she should have recruits knocking on her door. Wilson is one outstanding freshman that has already made an impact.
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To turn around a program like that in ONE YEAR is truly amazing.

It's more than just the talent level, that's for sure.

I mean, most of the team are still holdovers from the previous coach. Wonder how good it will get once she's able to get a couple more years of recruits in here?

Who knows, the program might even get to where they can get 1000+ to the games. At Rhody, that would be a first.
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Jalissa Ross' Team has moved up to #6 Ranking in the Massachusetts Boston Globe Poll having gone 6-0 to date.

1 Braintree 5-0
2 Bishop Feehan 8-0
3 Duxbury 5-0
4 Archbishop Williams 4-2
5 Brockton 3-0
6 Fenway 6-0
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I live in the area of those schools, but I admittedly know nothing about any of them. But how can there be a 2-loss team on that list? I'm sure there's a reason, just looks funny.
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TruePoint wrote:I live in the area of those schools, but I admittedly know nothing about any of them. But how can there be a 2-loss team on that list? I'm sure there's a reason, just looks funny.
This will help you get up to speed :)
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2014/ ... story.html
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ramster wrote:
TruePoint wrote:I live in the area of those schools, but I admittedly know nothing about any of them. But how can there be a 2-loss team on that list? I'm sure there's a reason, just looks funny.
This will help you get up to speed :)
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2014/12/30/braintree-girls-basketball-beats-archbishop-williams/my3zovRKX7FuPahmUAXgBP/story.html
I'm not clicking that or reading it. Feel free to post the cliff notes, but honestly I'm not actually interested in the answer.
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La-forza azul wins again today over Davidson on the road !
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Nice 71-62 win by URI with Freshman Charise Wilson leading the team with 22 points. URI was 20-25 on FTs for 80% :D
Amazing season so far
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If Dan needs any more advice on helping his team shoot FT's, call Daynia.
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URI had lost 35 consecutive road games to Atlantic opponents until yesterday's victory.
Monumental progress for this program in a short amount of time.
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Gotta be the most significant turnaround of a program at URI,
since Tom Penders took over for Brendan Malone back in 1986-87.
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....and Tom Penders had Brendan Malone's good recruits to work with when he got here.........La-Force has to build totally from the ground up.....making it even more impressive....
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Does anyone know how she has done this? Looks like Wilson has a lot to do with it, but what else?
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i'm not sure exactly but my guess is she really relates to the players well, look at rhody madness she's out there dancing and having fun with the players. I truly think the players enjoy plying for her and are giving max effort for her.
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They are now 11-6 with an OT win over LaSalle, 3-2 in the conference.

Amazing. They lost to the top team in the conference, GW, by only 10 last week. And GW is a projected 5 seed in the NCAA tourney.

Imagine next year, with a few good recruits on board.
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PeterRamTime wrote:Does anyone know how she has done this? Looks like Wilson has a lot to do with it, but what else?
PRT,
Charise Wilson is obviously a big part of the success as you said having received four A10 Freshmen of the Week awards already. She is averaging 34 minutes per game, 16 ppg and just under 5 rebounds per game.

Another key Freshman is Dominique Ward who has now started 11 consecutive games since being inserted into the Starting Line Up - she has played well.

A big difference from last year is that URI had 14 different starting line ups in their 30 games played - this year they have had only 5 different starting line ups in 17 games and some of those changes have been due to injuries. Much more stability.
Also, URI going with more minutes spread among fewer players - not spreading across 10 players like last year but having 4-5 players with 30 or more minutes each.

Starting Line up lately has been:
Charise Wilson - Freshman
Tayra Melendez - Junior
Dominique Ward - Freshman
Symone Bullard - Junior
Sydney Lewis - Senior

On the plus side, Samantha Tabakman 6'3" Junior is back after missing last 7 games with injury. She was back for the LaSalle game and played solidly off the bench with 5 rebounds and 9 points - good to have her back. She is an excellent rebounder. Consider also that we are 3-2 in A10 play without Samamtha so there is upside potential for A10 success - plus our 2 Freshmen continue to improve.

Senior Megan Straumann played great for 10 games this year before injury. She was averaging 8ppg, 3.4 rpg and 39% 3FG Shooting and was in the starting line up all 10 games.

BIG Game tonight (Tuesday) against Dayton 3-1 A10 and 11-4 overall and it is AT Dayton. URI is 3-2 A10 and 11-6 overall.
URI took a Charter Flight to Dayton for this game.
Some comparison scores:
Duquesne: Dayton beat at Home by 11...........URI beat at Home by 1
George Washington: Dayton lost at Home by 3.............URI lost AT GW by 10
Davidson: Dayton beat AT Davidson by 16..............URI beat AT Davison by 9

Should be a great game tonight.
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URI and Dayton is on the A10 Network tonight starting at 6:50pm

http://www.atlantic10.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml
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Ouch.
Dayton 46 Rhode Island 15 at halftime in game being played at Dayton. Dayton passes the ball very well.
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Will has a good feature in this week's Independent on the resurgance of the program at the hands of La-Force, Wilson: http://www.independentri.com/independen ... 663fe.html
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Happy Birthday, to Coach LaForce!!!
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33 points for Charisse Wilson in victory over UMASS.
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Booyah!!!
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She should already have coach of the year locked up
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Beat St. Joe's in OT last night 63-61. They are now 14-9 overall and 6-5 in league play. Just five games remaining in the regular season.
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Amazing
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If Dan needs some advice on how to win close games, he should give Daynia a call.

:o :o :o :o :lol:
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The men's team is 7-5 in games decided by less than 10, and 5-3 in games decided by less than 5. They're winning their share of close games.
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rambone 78 wrote:If Dan needs some advice on how to win close games, he should give Daynia a call.

:o :o :o :o :lol:
odd comment, almost all of our conference games have been close and we are 9-3. i am gonna roll the dice with DHs end of game decision making.
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Rhody is leading top A10 womens team Fordham right now early in the 2nd half by 5pts.

Live stats here:
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URI wins pretty handily 71-56
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Pretty big win
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If La-Force doesn't get COY in the A10, there ought to be an investigation.
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Still happily amazed at what's happened under La Force.
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I hope the upward trend continues for the WBB team, it would be great to have some M/W doubleheaders next season and beyond where both games are 'important' (with post-season implications) to both home teams.
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First winning record in 11 years, awesome. Can she coach football too?
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