Week #2 - Games of Interest

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 8 years ago

Week #2 begins and the polls out today have small significance given the few games actually played. No A-10 teams were ranked in the top 25 in either poll. URI did get 5 votes in the AP Top 25 poll. Also getting votes were Dayton, PC, Old Dominion, and Valparaiso. Dayton and Davidson also got votes in the USA Today poll.

For the week URI OOC opponents were 8-6, a winning percentage of 57.1. Too early to have any great meaning.

The A-10 went 13-3 in the shortened week, unfortunately, most of the games were played on home courts facing generally inferior competition. The best opponent played was James Madison and Richmond managed to lose that one.

In Monday night action in the A-10

* George Mason at Mercer. 7 PM. On ESPN3

* New Orleans at Duquesne. 7 PM.

* #6 Virginia plays at George Washington. 7:30 PM. On ESPN2.

* Radford visits VCU as part of the 2k Classic. 7 PM.

In OOC action:

Buffalo at Old Dominion. 7 PM. This game is part of Hall of Fame Tip Off.

Holy Cross at Brown. 7 PM. Brown's home opener.

Morehead State at Illinois State. 8 PM. On ESPN3.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 8 years ago

I cannot wait to see what the Smith Center in foggy bottom looks like tonight when #6 Virginia comes to George Washington.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 8 years ago

GW is lookin forreal!

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 8 years ago

GW up 4 with 12 minutes to go vs #6 Virginia.
Great game on espn2.
Go A10!

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 8 years ago

GW has the ball and a 4pt lead with 55 ticks left coming out of a timeout. Go Colonials!!

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 8 years ago

Wow crazy sequence of missed shots on both ends results in a loose ball scramble. GW recovers and keeps ball on alternating possession.

7.5 seconds to go. GW gets fouled after a missed Cavalier 3. Double bonus....

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 8 years ago

GW hits both FTs, and as expected allows Virginia to go full court and get a barely contested layup without any foul.

2.9 seconds left. GW has huge inbounds and can use the entire baseline.

Team Ram-Jam · Unread post by **Team Ram-Jam** » 8 years ago

BigWin for A10 tonight!

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 8 years ago

GW wins! Great OOC win for the A10.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 8 years ago

Virginia gets a foul called before the ball is even inbounded. GW to line without using any time. 4 point lead. Just need 1 here to ice it....

GOT ONE
missed next!

Virginia can't do anything and chucks a desperation three.

A10 with HUGE non-conf scalp!!

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 8 years ago

Great 83-78 Atlantic 10 Win for George Washington over 6th Ranked Virginia.
Garino 7-8 fg and 3-3 ft for GW
Virginia shot 81% FT while GW shot 82% FT

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 8 years ago

Huge!
We are going to have our hands FULL with Larsen and Cavanaugh. Great guard play as well. GW much more aggressive tonight than they ever were last year and efficient....better!

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 8 years ago

Great win by GW!

In other conference action:

GMU falls to 0-2 as the Patriots lose at Mercer, 69-60.

Duquesne beats New Orleans, 95-75.

Unlike Georgetown, VCU cruises to a 92-74 win over Radford.

Also,

ODU easily beats Buffalo, 77-58.

With a strong second half effort, Brown wins its home opener over Holy Cross, 71-55.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 8 years ago

GMU stinking up the place early. Thank goodness Duquesne beat that powerhouse from Bourbon Street.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 8 years ago

OK, ESPN Tip Off Marathon is here and URI hosts Valparaiso at Ryan in the 10 AM slot and the 18th hour of the production.

Other A-10 conference games:

* Alabama at Dayton. 1 PM. On ESPN. Part of the Advocare Invitational (fomerly the Orlando Classic).
* Rider at La Salle. 7 PM.
* St. Bonaventure at Syracuse. 7 PM. On ESPN3.
* D2 Queens at Fordham. 7 PM. The last of the A-10 home openers.
* UMass at Harvard. 7 PM.

In OOC games:

* D2 Malone at Cleveland State. 7 PM. On ESPN3
* Hampton at American. 7:30 PM.
* Nebraska at #11 Villanova. 8:30 PM On FS1. Gavitt Tip-Off Games.
* Georgetown at Maryland. 9 PM. On ESPN2. Gavitt Tip-Off Games.
* Iona at Oregon State. 10 PM. On PAC12.

sf2010 · Unread post by **sf2010** » 8 years ago

Holy shit, what a smackdown Dayton laid on Alabama. 80-48. Damn. Some good wins for the A10 in the early going, wish we'd been able to add to the ledger today

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 8 years ago

The A-10 record was 4-2 for the day.

* Dayton routed Alabama, 80-48. Transfer player, Charles Cooke, scored 21 points and gives Dayton the depth the Flyers lacked last year.

* Rider fell at La Salle, 73-60. Jordan Price contributed 28 points for the Explorers.

* St. Bonaventure loses to Syracuse, 79-66. The Bonnies held a 6 point halftime lead, and built it to a 10 point lead in the first 5 minutes of the second half. before Syracuse came on strong. The Bonnies have not beaten Syracuse since 1981.

* Fordham defeats D2 Queens, 76-57. Queens cut the Fordham lead to 7 early in the first half, but Fordham then surged on the strength of balanced scoring from the Rams' starting five.

* UMass beats Harvard, 69-63. UMass put together a strong second half effort though Harvard cut the UMass lead to 4 with less 5 minutes left, but UMass repulsed every threat after that.

In OOC games:

* Cleveland State used a second half surge to overcome a one point halftime deficit in their win over D2 Malone, 62-46.

* In their home opener, American loses to Hampton, 61-48. Hampton, the favorite to take the Mid-Eastern Conference title, came out strong in second half to overcome American which managed to reduced a double digit deficit to 4 with a minute left in game.

* Nebraska led by seven at midway through the first half, but then Villanova used a 22-0 run to take over the game leading to an easy 87-63 win.

* Georgetown gave Maryland all it could handle before falling, 75-71. Game was tied 68 all with a little over a minute to play when Rasheed Sulaimon made a 3-pointer to key the Maryland win.

* Using their size to advantage, Oregon State romped over fast paced Iona, 93-73.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 8 years ago

Obadiah wrote:
* Fordham defeats D2 Queens, 76-57. Queens cut the Fordham lead to 7 early in the first half, but Fordham then surged on the strength of balanced scoring from the Rams' starting five.

Interesting comments from the new coach about that game and attendance-

http://www.nycbuckets.com/2015/11/fordh ... first-win/

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 8 years ago

I don't know what Neubauer's issue was. What did he realistically expect? Fordham has been bad for many years and that is expected to continue this season. They lost their first game to Texas-Arlington, which to say kindly is not a basketball powerhouse. They then open at home against a non D1 school. They still drew more than their average of last year and he is unhappy?

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 8 years ago

In Wednesday action in the A-10.

* Buffalo at St. Joseph's. 7 PM. Part of Hall of Fame Tip-Off.

* Richmond at Wake Forest. 7 PM. On ESPN3

* Saint Louis at SIU-Edwardsville. 8 PM.

In OOC games:

* Valparaiso playing three games in three days hosts D2 IU-Kokomo. 8 PM.

* Morgan State at Old Dominion. 7 PM.

* Brown visits Niagara. 7 PM. Niagara expected to struggle this year, but they still have more horses than Brown.

* Illinois at Providence. 7 PM.

* Prairie View A&M at Houston. 8 PM. On ESPN3. Late season opener for Houston.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 8 years ago

Went to the St. Joe's game tonight, watched Bembry score his 1000th point.

I didn't at all feel bitter, nor did I contemplate the unfairness of life and basketball. Not at all. It was totally fine. Really.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 8 years ago

ace wrote:Went to the St. Joe's game tonight, watched Bembry score his 1000th point.

I didn't at all feel bitter, nor did I contemplate the unfairness of life and basketball. Not at all. It was totally fine. Really.

That's pretty rough. I don't want to see anyone score their 1,000th point this season. (Except for Hassan. If Hassan goes off for 400+ points this season I will be happy as anyone you've seen.)

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 8 years ago

ace wrote:Went to the St. Joe's game tonight, watched Bembry score his 1000th point.

I didn't at all feel bitter, nor did I contemplate the unfairness of life and basketball. Not at all. It was totally fine. Really.

Ugh. That is all.

Rhody Guy · Unread post by **Rhody Guy** » 8 years ago

Bembry has been good, but not lighting the world on fire so far this year. I am a little surprised.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 8 years ago

In Wednesday action in the A-10, the conference goes 3-0 and notches another power conference scalp.

* Buffalo got the first basket, but after that St. Joseph's waltzed away to a convincing 89-67 win.

* Richmond in a neat win over Wake Forest, 91-82. TJ Kline put in 19.

* Saint Louis had to hold on in a 70-60 win over SIU-Edwardsville.

In OOC games:

* Valparaiso in a easy 78-40 win over D2 IU-Kokomo. Alec Peters continued his hot shooting with 18 points.

* Old Dominion routs Morgan State, 79-48.

* Brown loses to Niagara. A Brown run at start of second half brought the Bruins to within three, but they could go no further. Steven Spieth had 15 for the Bruins and Kuakumensah added 10 points with 11 rebounds.

* Houston slaughters Prairie View A&M from stem to stern, 101- 69.

sf2010 · Unread post by **sf2010** » 8 years ago

Obadiah wrote:
In OOC games:

* Valparaisoin a easy 78-40 win over D2 IU-Kokomo.

Had no idea Kokomo was in Indiana! Wonder why the Beach Boys wanted to go there...

Bermuda, Bahama...

Also, Obes, PC escaping with a good win over Illinois despite an off night for Dunn. Will make our win over them in a few weeks that much better!

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 8 years ago

Oops, forget them and their one point win over a mediocre Illini team.

In a game underway right now, George Mason leads Ole Miss, 43-36 early in the second half of the Charleston Classic.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 8 years ago

In Thursday A-10 action:

Beside Ole Miss-GMU, GW at South Florida. 7 PM. On ESPN3.

in Amherst, UMass takes on Central Arkansas as part of the Main Event tourney. 7PM.

In OOC games.

UNH at Holy Cross. 7 PM.

South Dakota State at Illinois State. Campus site game of the Cancun Challenge. 8 PM On ESPN3.

Houston Baptist at TCU. Another campus site game in the Cancun Challenge. 8 PM.

Delaware State at Nebraska. 8 PM.

D2 Trinity at Valapraiso. 8 PM. On ESPN3.

Rhody15 · Unread post by **Rhody15** » 8 years ago

Man, does Valpo take a night off?

I mean, I guess playing multiple D2 opponents is like a glorified scrimmage.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 8 years ago

I think the Valpo games are part of some very local tournament.

runninrams5 · Unread post by **runninrams5** » 8 years ago

After loses to Colgate and Mercer, George Mason knocks off Ole Miss behind a Huge game from Shevon Thompson 19 points/16 boards / 3 blocks

Shaolin Swat · Unread post by **Shaolin Swat** » 8 years ago

Always good to see the A10 notching some OOC victories vs Power 5 opponents so early in the season.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 8 years ago

Wow George Mason! Thats a wonderful surprise.
A-10 Looks a little better this year than last. All about that RPI

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 8 years ago

Shaolin Swat wrote:Always good to see the A10 notching some OOC victories vs Power 5 opponents so early in the season.

the A-10 is 4-1 vs the Power-5 thus far in the early going:

GW over Virginia
Dayton over Alabama
Richmond over Wake Forest
George Mason over Mississippi

Syracuse over SBU

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 8 years ago

Here is a summary of the 14 home openers in the A-10, how the teams fared and what kind of crowd attended. URI comes in the sixth on attendance and in the upper echelon, but we can do better.

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2015 A-10 Home Openers

November 13 Games

Team	             Opponent/Result	          Attendance

Dayton	         SE Missouri State/W, 84-67	   13,216*
Duquesne	       D2 Seton Hill/W, 96-71	          943
George Mason	   Colgate/L, 66-53	              5,124
GW	             Lafayette/W, 85-76	            3,118
Rhode Island	   American/W, 65-42	             5,089
Richmond	       James Madison/L, 87-75	        7,210*
St. Bonaventure	Binghamton/ W, 63-53	          4,277
St. Joseph's	   Drexel/W, 82-81	               4,200*
VCU	            Prairie View A&M/W, 75-50	     7,637*

November 14 Games

Davidson	       UCF/W, 90-85	                  4,676
LaSalle	        Towson/W, 78-76	               3,400
UMass	          Howard/W, 85-78	               3,188
  
November 15 Game

Saint Louis	    Hartford/W, 85-68	             6,068
		
November 17 Game

Fordham	        D2 Queens/W, 76-57	            2,132

*Sellout

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 8 years ago

A-10 3-0 today. GW took care of business against South Florida, UMASS beat down central Arkansas 89-62.
I've watched a little bit of TCU's game. They look really good. But they're playing Houston Baptist.
TCU has good athletes, they're big. It'll be a tough game for us.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 8 years ago

Keep in mind that this came just before they messed up the final play of the game- a drive and a kick out for three that went in, but after time ran out. Oh, Rutgers.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 8 years ago

In the game against Central Arkansas, UMass put up 29 three point attempts and hit on 16, 55%.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 8 years ago

Obadiah wrote:Here is a summary of the 14 home openers in the A-10, how the teams fared and what kind of crowd attended. URI comes in the sixth on attendance and in the upper echelon, but we can do better.

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2015 A-10 Home Openers

November 13 Games

Team	             Opponent/Result	          Attendance

Dayton	         SE Missouri State/W, 84-67	   13,216*
Duquesne	       D2 Seton Hill/W, 96-71	          943
George Mason	   Colgate/L, 66-53	              5,124
GW	             Lafayette/W, 85-76	            3,118
Rhode Island	   American/W, 65-42	             5,089
Richmond	       James Madison/L, 87-75	        7,210*
St. Bonaventure	Binghamton/ W, 63-53	          4,277
St. Joseph's	   Drexel/W, 82-81	               4,200*
VCU	            Prairie View A&M/W, 75-50	     7,637*

November 14 Games

Davidson	       UCF/W, 90-85	                  4,676
LaSalle	        Towson/W, 78-76	               3,400
UMass	          Howard/W, 85-78	               3,188
  
November 15 Game

Saint Louis	    Hartford/W, 85-68	             6,068
		
November 17 Game

Fordham	        D2 Queens/W, 76-57	            2,132

*Sellout

Three A-10 home sellouts on the Friday night that URI played American (Patriot League) in front of 5,089. Interestingly, George Mason, coming off a dreadful season and expected to struggle again, drew 5,124 for its opener versus Patriot League member Colgate.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 8 years ago

In a game in which they led from the very beginning, South Dakota State routed Illinois State, 83-67, in a campus site game in the Cancun Challenge. Illinois State could be a URI opponent when the tourney movies to Cancun.

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 8 years ago

Tomorrow night on ESPN2, VCU plays Duke. Looking forward to that one.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 8 years ago

In Thursday action, the A-10 went 3-0 highlighted by George Mason's win over Ole Miss. This is the same GMU that lost at home to Colgate! Go figure.

In OOC action:

UNH beats Holy Cross, 73-69. HC appears to have one of the its worst teams in recent years. How the mighty have fallen!

TCU beats Houston Baptist like a drum, 90-63.

Nebraska easily over Delaware State, 75-60.

Valparaiso gets another D2 scalp in Trinity (IL), 89-42. Their next game on the road against Oregon will be another real test for the Crusaders.

860_rhody · Unread post by **860_rhody** » 8 years ago

George Mason again? What in the hell?

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 8 years ago

George Mason carrying the torch for the A-10 in Charleston! Just beat Oklahoma State 71-68 in OT!
Shavon Thompson with 20 and 17. Beast.
They'll play the winner of UVA and Long Beach St.
This new couch for Mason must be the real deal. Too bad they dropped those two games to Colgate and mercer.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 8 years ago

Wow, good for Mason! This week will certainly pump some life into their program and could spring them up the A10 rankings faster than we would have imagined this season if their confidence continues.

And another loss for Travis Ford in a season where he's under added scrutiny.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 8 years ago

In the A-10 on Friday night three games are on tap:

* As already mentioned, George Mason edges Oklahoma State in OT, 71-68 at the Charleston Classic.

* Penn State pays a visit to Duquesne. 7 PM. The game to be played at Consol Energy Center.

* VCU meets Duke in the 2K Classic at MSG. 7:30 PM. On ESPN2.

In OOC action:

* Rider plays at Maryland in a campus site round of the Cancun Challenge. 7 PM. On BTN.

* Iona host Delaware. 7 PM.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 8 years ago

RF1 wrote: Another P5 win for the league as George Mason beats former A-10 Coach Travis Ford's Oklahoma State Cowboys.

The A-10 is 5-1 vs the Power-5 thus far in the early going:

GW over Virginia
Dayton over Alabama
Richmond over Wake Forest
George Mason over Mississippi
George Mason over Oklahoma State

Syracuse over SBU

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 8 years ago

The box score says George Mason attempted 24 three pointers and only 7 free throws in the game. Is that right? Weird.

Oklahoma State didn't have Forte, but that's still a nice win for GMU.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 8 years ago

How is Mo Alie-Cox only a junior? Seems like he's been around forever.

The Dude · Unread post by **The Dude** » 8 years ago

VCU in a tight one with #5 Duke. Go A10!
Coach K is heated!

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