Game Thread - Southern Methodist vs. URI

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

Line is 1.5.
Kinda scared.
They're 8-1.

Sunday, November 11th vs. Loyola Marymount WON (73 - 58)
Thursday, November 15th @ TCU WON (64 - 61)
Saturday, November 17th @ Texas State WON (78 - 75)
Monday, November 19th vs. Malone WON (81 - 47)
Wednesday, November 21st vs. Rider WON (83 - 70)
Saturday, November 24th @ Ark.-Little Rock LOST (56 - 69)
Sunday, November 25th vs. Missouri St WON (62 - 61)
Wednesday, November 28th vs. Utah WON (62 - 55)
Saturday, December 1st @ Hofstra WON (73 - 47)

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

Not exactly the toughest schedule around (ranked 199 to our 17) but going to be a tough game anyway. Pretty solid team, I'm surprised at the spread.

section(105) · Unread post by **section(105)** » 11 years ago

Are we gonna suffer from a slow out of the gate start, due to the fog of exams??........bust out game for someone(Malone/Nik)that leads us to a win...........I expect the Hurley coached teams do not suffer from the slow start problem of post exams and no games in a while........I/ll take us in a PK'em spread............

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

Looking for Munford to get back on track today. That performance from the PC game has to have been eating at him all this time.

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

Those bullies at SMU!
They beat Malone. He must've been exhausted
after playing 40 minutes of five on one.

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

rodfromcranston wrote:Those bullies at SMU!
They beat Malone. He must've been exhausted
after playing 40 minutes of five on one.

Hey he still put up 47 on them though, not bad!!

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

Hassan Martin will be at the game today it appears...

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

Good! Can we sneak him into the game?

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

SMU is HUGE!
Three guys over 6'10" and 6'4" guards, plus the Kennedy guy from Villanova is 6'9".
About the biggest overall team we've ever faced.

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

Uh oh, thats concerning. Hope Hare had a big breakfast.

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

I'm going to make this the game thread, since no one else has made a separate one. Follow along on our live chat here: http://patch.com/A-0wzJ

RIhoopz14 · Unread post by **RIhoopz14** » 11 years ago

Powell and Hare are impressing me with their intelligence on the court... Powell turns it into a chess game and can make the cut to the basket and dish it out. Hare really has been improving with his pick & rolls and understanding his role, also seen him try a couple post up moves which is good

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

No doubt they have been working with Hare on his offensive moves, its very obvious out there. Great first half for Malone as well.

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

How about Brooks with that steal and taking it in from half court? I was shocked he didn't fall down on the way to the basket, but good effort by him.

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

He also caught a pass under the basket in the first half and put it in for a layup. I'm honestly not sure Ive ever seen him do that before without fumbling the ball out of bounds.

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

Munford turning it on here in the second half. Nice steal and finish and one.

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

Munford starting to head up, 6 quick and a chance for 7 points in the first 4:45 of the 2nd half...love to see the aggressiveness these last few minutes.

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

Great decision by Powell to pull up on that fast break instead of forcing it into traffic. Maybe he's been reading some of the posts on here...

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

Clearly a week of practice has resulted in some coach "em up....team looks much improved.

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

Powell follows it up with a deeeeep 3!

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

That was a Jimmy Baron three right there, from the CVS logo.

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

hrstrat57 wrote:Clearly a week of practice has resulted in some coach "em up....team looks much improved.

Agree entirely. This SMU team may be a "soft" 8-1, but they've clearly got talent on that team. Jones in particular is a beast.

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

Powell is playing spectacular out there. Some of the nicest passes I have seen from him in his career to date.

RIhoopz14 · Unread post by **RIhoopz14** » 11 years ago

We're rolling with basically 4 guards in the 2nd half, would like to see more of Hare I thought he had a good 1st half.

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

We're finally getting a game where multiple guys are hitting their shots, especially from the outside. This has been a fun one so far...now lets close it out.

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

Let's Go Rhody...keep up the intensity here on defense!

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

Wow what a series of plays with the saves then Munford on the 1-on-3 fast break. Great great effort.

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

This might be the best half of basketball that a URI team has played in YEARS

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

I honestly dont think I have seen this much quality passing from a URI team in 13 years. 16 assists on 24 FGs

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

Hassan Martin had to like what we saw out there today, I know I did.

RIhoopz14 · Unread post by **RIhoopz14** » 11 years ago

URI played excellent in this game, and I am glad to see them finally play a VERY good 2nd half! Powell is really playing smart basketball, and check out his stat line: 4-5 FG, 3-3 3ptrs, 6 steals, 7-7 FT, 4 assists, 2 rebounds. Feels great seeing them improve every game

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

listening on the radio.. sounds like a great second half. good day for the A10, even more if butler can finish this off...

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 11 years ago

Almost had 5 double figure scorers. Hare with 9 and all the other starters in double figures.

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

Unbelievable win today, beating a quality team by 22.

Malone carried us in the 1st half, Munfold kicked it up in the 2nd, but unquestionably the best Ram today was Mike Powell. 18 pts, 4-5 FG, 3-3 from 3, 7-7 FT, 2 Reb, 4 Ast, 3 TO, 6 Stl. Fantastic line.

Really great effort up and down the roster today, excellent team win. Couldn't be more thrilled with this game.

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

One of the few games I could actually watch this year so far. Powell played outstanding. I also loved to see Dan Hurley coaching on the balls of his feet with that quick timeout call when nik dove for that ball. Great energy all around.

I'm looking forward to actually reading about a Rhody win in a Dallas paper tomorrow.

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

adam914 wrote:Hassan Martin had to like what we saw out there today, I know I did.

Was Hassan in the boot?

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

Finally some good news this week! If they play like this we will make the A10 tourney.

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

Great night to call-in our show. We start at 7pm!

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

Me too, Larry!

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

Just what the doctor ordered.

RAM67 · Unread post by **RAM67** » 11 years ago

Put the game on my computer at work when it was slow. Caught 2 min of the first half, as business picked up. Missed the entire second half of the best game of the year. This working stuff sucks. Larry Brown must be pissed.

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

I'm processing the video right now from the post-game, but some really interesting stuff was said.

- Hurley apparently ripped the everlasting **** out of the team, especially Malone and Malesevic, in tape sessions after the PC game. It seemed to work though, and Malesevic was one of the two at the post-game. He was quite happy and joking about it with Hurley.

- Brown was very, very complimentary of Hurley, and the team as a whole. He said he had watched tape of URI's previous nine games and knew it was going to be tough because they did have a plan, it was just that the execution wasn't always there.

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

RAM67 wrote:Put the game on my computer at work when it was slow. Caught 2 min of the first half, as business picked up. Missed the entire second half of the best game of the year. This working stuff sucks. Larry Brown must be pissed.

He was not pleased with the effort from his team, but he was subdued afterward. It wasn't a Cheney-like presser.

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

SGreenwell wrote:I'm processing the video right now from the post-game, but some really interesting stuff was said.

- Hurley apparently ripped the everlasting **** out of the team, especially Malone and Malesevic, in tape sessions after the PC game. It seemed to work though, and Malesevic was one of the two at the post-game. He was quite happy and joking about it with Hurley.

- Brown was very, very complimentary of Hurley, and the team as a whole. He said he had watched tape of URI's previous nine games and knew it was going to be tough because they did have a plan, it was just that the execution wasn't always there.

Great stuff- thanks for sharing!

section(105) · Unread post by **section(105)** » 11 years ago

Great win, balanced scoring, free throws made, rebounds aplenty, tuff defense on their main players(took 'em outta what they like to do)points off TO/s, assists abound, coaching is a huge factor for this team in that they suffer no let down, none of that "didn't come ready to play" crap we/ve experienced, Jordan becoming a major factor, really nice to sit back and enjoy this one.........here we come A-10 regualr season..........

section(105) · Unread post by **section(105)** » 11 years ago

I thought Larry Brown actually enjoyed watching these kids(ours) play, and during end of game congrats, had nice words and some quick hugs for some of our major contributors............nice to see and hear his thoughts on the program being in good hands.........we really, really, are!!

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

Back from the game.
Wow! A huge win over a BIG EAST team, and
a Hall of Fame coach.
Mike Powell played a PERFECT game. Both sides of the ball.
Malone saved us, when Munford had two fouls and no points in the second half.
Munford played a strong second half, and was awesome on defense.
Nik came out of his funk.
Quality minutes by Aaman, Brooks and Bigby.
Hare is just blossoming.
Our defense was incredible.
Only sour note, at 1:36 left, our "fans" began leaving in droves.
I turned to Blue Ram and said,"You might think the place was on fire!"
Come on, would it kill these people to stay in their seats and applaud the win?
Section 203, as usual, 75% empty. They're right across from where I sit, and
it's a shame that season ticket holders can't be bothered coming to the games.
You missed one hell of a game by our team.

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

What really STINKS, is, we had a great win, with easily our best game of the year,
and this thread is far down the ladder, to bullshit about Butler, and the new conference.
Can't you people at least savor this win for an hour??????????

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

Hurley videos are now up, as is one of the two Larry Brown videos: http://patch.com/A-0wHs

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

rodfromcranston wrote:What really STINKS, is, we had a great win, with easily our best game of the year,
and this thread is far down the ladder, to bullshit about Butler, and the new conference.
Can't you people at least savor this win for an hour??????????

For whatever reason - I blame the general attitude of the New England sports fan - traffic always seems to be higher when things are miserable than when everything goes right.

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