Game #9: @ Providence College - InGame!!!

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 11 years ago

Let's do this!!!

GO RHODY!!!

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 11 years ago

Got a feeling we get the win tonight. Cotton is starting also...

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 11 years ago

Cotton barely walked out onto the court during introductions. Willis Reed tonight. Dude is probably so shot up....I feel bad for him.

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 11 years ago

that's a gamer move by Cotton. undoubtedly better with him than without him.

Unread post by **SGreenwell** » 11 years ago

Ugh - the traffic tonight is truly brutal. I got to Providence at 6, and finally got a spot at the mall at like 7, only after being diverted from the civic center lot way too late. But, the live chat is up now: http://narragansett.patch.com/articles/ ... pc-tonight

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 11 years ago

WAKE UP NIK

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 11 years ago

Not sure if its just the guys right behind Steve and Don or not, but that place sounds pretty loud.

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 11 years ago

WAKE UP NIK... Ughhhhhhh

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 11 years ago

If they gave points for turnovers, this game would be much more interesting.

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 11 years ago

POWELL FrOM THREEEEEEEEEE

Unread post by **SGreenwell** » 11 years ago

adam914 wrote:Not sure if its just the guys right behind Steve and Don or not, but that place sounds pretty loud.

I'm guessing it's a capacity crowd, or very close to.

gorhody89 · Unread post by **gorhody89** » 11 years ago

I wonder who Greg burke is going for

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 11 years ago

SGreenwell wrote:
adam914 wrote:Not sure if its just the guys right behind Steve and Don or not, but that place sounds pretty loud.
I'm guessing it's a capacity crowd, or very close to.

Wow thats great. KMac tweeted it was "very, very, very far from full at the tip"

Guess it was all that traffic?

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 11 years ago

By the way, if you told me X would be 1-5 in the first half and we'd be down 1 point...I would have been thrilled.

Jks1985 · Unread post by **Jks1985** » 11 years ago

Cotton not looking good. Def still hurt. We can def steal it from them

Unread post by **SGreenwell** » 11 years ago

adam914 wrote:
SGreenwell wrote:
adam914 wrote:Not sure if its just the guys right behind Steve and Don or not, but that place sounds pretty loud.
I'm guessing it's a capacity crowd, or very close to.
Wow thats great. KMac tweeted it was "very, very, very far from full at the tip"

Guess it was all that traffic?

That would be my guess. It was really, really bad. I've covered a dozen games at the Dunk over the years, and this was the worst by far. I left my house in Narragansett at 5 and didn't get into the arena until about 7:15.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 11 years ago

adam914 wrote:
SGreenwell wrote:
adam914 wrote:Not sure if its just the guys right behind Steve and Don or not, but that place sounds pretty loud.
I'm guessing it's a capacity crowd, or very close to.
Wow thats great. KMac tweeted it was "very, very, very far from full at the tip"

Guess it was all that traffic?

I was not joking in the other thread when I said there was 3K people before tip off. Has definitely filled in some, but nowhere near capacity. Whole empty sections in the endzone opposite the bar.

RhodeIslandRams · Unread post by **RhodeIslandRams** » 11 years ago

What's happening with Nik??? Geez

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 11 years ago

Wake up X .. Come on kid.. Need ya here

Jks1985 · Unread post by **Jks1985** » 11 years ago

This game is running away from us... Get in the game X!

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 11 years ago

Ugh.. Over

sf2010 · Unread post by **sf2010** » 11 years ago

Shit...can't afford to get into an up-and-down game with anybody, no matter how short-handed PC is.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 11 years ago

X and Nik have really hurt us. I have confidence that X can bounce back, but Nik has checked out. This is not a good Friar team, but I don't know who we could beat playing this way.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 11 years ago

Is the officiating really as bad as Steve is making it sound on the radio?

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 11 years ago

Steve is going nuts

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 11 years ago

ElmCityRhody wrote:Steve is going nuts

haha yeah, its pretty funny.

sf2010 · Unread post by **sf2010** » 11 years ago

adam914 wrote:Is the officiating really as bad as Steve is making it sound on the radio?

I asked SGreenwell on this on his live chat, he said it seemed pretty even to him. But that was after the Powell foul on Cotton at the end of the shot clock, not sure what he would say now.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 11 years ago

The officiating has been bad but not unfair. We've gotten a few gifts, too. That isn't our problem tonight. Our problem is our FG%. I don't know what it is, but I'd venture that its not good.

RamInLA · Unread post by **RamInLA** » 11 years ago

So is the D on Munford that good or is he just no showing?

Unread post by **SGreenwell** » 11 years ago

The officiating has been pretty even to me. They're letting both teams play hard, and since PC has bigger, more physical players, it has favored them slightly.

hrstrat57 · Unread post by **hrstrat57** » 11 years ago

Can't score.

Jks1985 · Unread post by **Jks1985** » 11 years ago

Sucks... I thought we had a chance

And this is probably the last time in a while we will have a chance to win... They are going to be stacked for years to come

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 11 years ago

URI is shooting 37.5% which is about as bad as they do most games. FT shooting is actually good. Rhody's problem looks to be the turnovers with 19 thus far.

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 11 years ago

Better days ahead boys

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 11 years ago

not worried about the future, i expect us to be stacked as well.

cant win with 20 turnovers and bad games from your 2 best scorers

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 11 years ago

X, Nik, and Powell are a combined 8-32.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 11 years ago

On the plus side, Hare is having a great game.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 11 years ago

RF1 wrote:URI is shooting 37.5% which is about as bad as they do most games. FT shooting is actually good. Rhody's problem looks to be the turnovers with 19 thus far.

Yeah PC didnt shoot it a ton better. But we got killed in three important stat categories: turnovers, rebounds and free throws/fouls. Severely outgunned if we get nothing from Xavier.

Hare is going to be really, really good.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 11 years ago

Other than Munford stinking up the joint, no worries here. Thought he would play a lot better. Needs to be much more consistent going forward.

As for Hare, he's going to be a MAJOR star in the A10. Our inside game will be more than a match for PC starting next season. The key will be the guards, as always.

Hurley needs to find a couple of big time shooters. That's the only piece that might be missing from the puzzle.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 11 years ago

This game is going to be played at a much higher level next season.

Both teams will be vastly improved. PC will have Dunn, Cotton, Fortune, Batts , and Henton a year older. That plus their recruits, looks like a team that will finally be top half BE, and maybe a Dance contender.

As will we in the A10. PC might have a slight edge in experience when we meet again, but URI will have the home court. Should be a good one.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 11 years ago

My take on this stinkbomb.
We lost defensive intensity in the second half.
PC went on a 10-0 run and for some reason, Hurley didn't call
a timeout. Shades of Al Skinner.
Powell pretty much shut down Cotton, and did a nice job taking care of the ball.
Hare was terrific.
I knew we couldn't match up with Batts and Henton.
What I didn't anticipate was Munford playing his worst game since Norfolk State.
They'll say they held him, but he missed open shots, too.
I'm shocked we got blown out in the second half, by a team playing with six players.
This undoes, in my mind, all the progress we've seen
over the last few games.
We absolutely sucked in the second half.
I don't care about next year. This should have been a winnable game.
Very disappointing.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 11 years ago

Even Rooke and Hassett admitted this on their broadcast tonight, that there is a whole lot more talent sitting on the URI bench, than was playing tonight.

Hope they enjoy their win this year. Starting next year, different ballgame.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 11 years ago

What is this, the Red Sox? Wait til next year, and we'll beat the Yankees?
Who gives a shit? THIS was a winnable game with circumstances
that could not have worked more in our favor.
Is anyone concerned that we stopped turning PC over in the second half?
That our intensity vanished?
That there was a decisive 10-0 run without a timeout being called?
That X was 3-13, Nik was 4-12, and Powell was 3-9?
We made Henton and Batts look like Kevin Durant and Kevin Love.
Other than Hare, we did not have a single putback rebound.
Now we have a year to hear it from PC fans.
This blows!

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 11 years ago

Rod, the difference tonight was the play of Fortune versus Munford.

Nobody expected Fortune to completely outplay X.

There's just a lot of pressure on this team to play full out banzai defense for 40 minutes. They don't have the horses, simple as that. Bodies yes, just not enough talent to maintain it. They are going to have a lull almost every game, and against the better teams, it's going to kill them.

PC doesn't have any depth either, but fortunately for them, the players they do have are just better right now. Hare is going to be a beast, at least as good or probably better as either of the PC big men. The big O and Biruta will take care of them. Hassan, as he gets bigger, imo might be better than either of them too.

I'm not worried at all, as long as Hurley finds another piece or two for next season. Like guys who can shoot. Munford is too streaky, it looks like.

I'm sure EC will be the real deal. He's going to need some help, though.

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 11 years ago

We lost the game by not going inside in the second half, we controlled them in the first half and the offense ran nice through the high post but for some reason in the second half we decided to shoot the 3 (shot poorly all night)

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 11 years ago

So Rod, are you blaming the players or Hurley for the lack of defensive intensity in the 2nd half?

The coaching staff can only do so much. There are WAY too many holes on this team, to be able to plug them all.

For URI to win games against better teams, they've got to shoot better. 3-18 from 3 won't win many games this year, even against Fordham.

At least they shot FT's better. Of course, PC shot 24 for 26, and they weren't much better than us in that regard coming into tonight's game.

As for rebounding, there isn't any, and there won't be this season, unless O can play.

One last thing, do you really think we were going to win at their place, this year? I was hoping, but not optimistic. Sorry.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 11 years ago

Again, THIS was a very winnable game, and we wilted in the second
half against a team playing six guys, including one who was hurt.
Goddamned right I thought we should win, with the circumstances.
Even some diehard PC fans that I know, felt they'd lose.
THIS YEAR! NOW!
I would point out, that PC has some damned good players sitting out, so
there's no guarantees about next year, either.
Hell, get pissed! We lost to PC. Screw next year.
We took some giant steps backward tonight.

Unread post by **SGreenwell** » 11 years ago

twisted3829 wrote:We lost the game by not going inside in the second half, we controlled them in the first half and the offense ran nice through the high post but for some reason in the second half we decided to shoot the 3 (shot poorly all night)

PC stayed home a bit more, and dared URI to hit shots. For the most part, URI couldn't - Munford went 0-for-8 from 3-point range, and while two or three of those were forced, end of shot clock things, most of them were just open misses.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 11 years ago

Now KMac is tweeting that Cooley wants to play all the series at the Dump.
Bullshit! We went 33 years without having a real home game vs. PC.
Glad Hurley said, "that's not happening!"
Lot of nerve by Cooley.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 11 years ago

I agree with Rod. This is becoming a trend where we hang around....then fold. I'm willing to accept we're outmanned and not outcoached, but I'll feel much better if/when THIS group of guys nuts up and plays for 40 minutes. Norfolk State was disappointing. Seton Hall was frustrating. This PC game was hard to watch for the last 14 minutes or so.

I believe in this staff and our future, but I'm now measuring progress this your by whether we kick out habit of folding like a cheap suit in the second halves of games.

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