Week #2 - Games of Interest

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 7 years ago

gahhhh I know this feeling.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketb ... nk-alabama

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 7 years ago

reef wrote:New Hampshire wins at Tenple 57-52 say it ain't so Franny Dunphy !!

GO WILDCATS!!!!!!

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 7 years ago

NYGFan_Section208 wrote:
sf2010 wrote:Dayton looking like they'll get a big win on the road vs Alabama, but Josh Cunningham goes down with a gruesome looking leg injury coming down from an exclamation point dunk being fouled on a breakaway with four seconds left.
Gruesome is an understatement...looked just awful....

Thanks for the heads up. I definitely will not be watching it.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 7 years ago

Excellent win for the A10 as Dayton beats Alabama

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 7 years ago

Are we overlooking those nasty Brown Bears?

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 7 years ago

There's a thread for game 3, but the Brown Bears are not a threat.

section(105) · Unread post by **section(105)** » 7 years ago

Overlooking the Bears.....nope, and maybe they will find away to challenge us in ways that the two previous weak sisters of the poor did not....and that maybe will give us our first look at so the opponent is not gonna be a walk over by mid way thru the first half.....I think that will help against Cincy.....sorry, my bad wrong thread...

rjsuperfly66 · Unread post by **rjsuperfly66** » 7 years ago

Iggy1979 wrote:
rjsuperfly66 wrote:
Iggy1979 wrote:I don't even buy into the Projo conspiracy theories against URI, but I did voice my displeasure with today's treatment of the two games. And I agree with Blue Man: if we all read the URI stories online, the powers that be will notice!
I think the Projo will give URI strong play this year. If they don't, I'll get the sports editor's email (URI grad) and we can all complain.
I just don't think you guys can have it both ways ... You can't defend attendance comparisons above with things like "PC draws more on average because they have 3-4x the interest in this state" and then complain when Projo headlines PC. Projo is going to cater to those who view and if PC is getting significantly more clicks on the Projo website (which I think has been mentioned here in the past), that's the audience they are going to push the stories to. It's still a business, regardless of on-court results.

Ultimately what I think will happen is as the season begins to shake out towards January and February, you might see that shift from Projo seeing a potential postseason run on the horizon, they just have to hope people haven't tuned them out by then.
Attendance and clicks equal interest so of course those are factors. But I think Top 25 should be a big factor.
And I don't think anyone is complaining about play online; it was the play in print. So clicks don't come into play there.
I say give the better team the better play. That's simple and defensible.

My point with the clicks is that projo online and projo paper are one in the same... if I'm a sports editor and I see one online getting 100 clicks an hour and another getting 25 clicks an hour, when I produce the paper I'm probably going to gear it to what seems to be a larger audience.

RoadyJay · Unread post by **RoadyJay** » 7 years ago

George Mason trails DIII, yes D3, Lebanon Valley by 10 at the Half, 43-33. Oooooph they are bad!

RoadyJay · Unread post by **RoadyJay** » 7 years ago

Good to see Mason come back and blow out Lebanon Valley in the 2nd half. 90-65 was the final.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 7 years ago

Other A-10 results this Tuesday:

GW edges Siena, 77-75 in a close match . GW avoided the dagger when Siena's three point shot missed with one second remaining. Jaren Sina was GW's high scorer with 14 points.

VCU wins a close one at Liberty, 64-59.

After a bad start and trailing by ten at the half, George Mason makes a big second half to punish Lebanon Valley, 90-65.

La Salle beats Delaware 74-68. The Explorers trailed by a point at the half, but came out strong in second stanza to build a 13 point lead before the Blue Hens rallied to get to within one with 4 minutes remaining. La Salle was able to turn back the threat in the closing minutes.

In games involving OOC opponents:

Penn State beat pesky Grand Canyon, 85-76.

Holy Cross was badly routed again, this time by Syracuse, 90-46.

Fairfield with a convincing win over Dartmouth, 79-62

Belmont trails Vanderbilt at the half, 36-21.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 7 years ago

Don't like Dartmouth taking it on the chin and losing by 17 that doesn't help us at all

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 7 years ago

Dan Hurley says Dartmouth was worse than Marist and Brown is better than Marist.

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 7 years ago

ATPTourFan wrote:Dan Hurley says Dartmouth was worse than Marist and Brown is better than Marist.

Good that we're at least building up to the weekend. Hopefully we're not "tested" scoreboard wise and needing to play our starters, but that we're given better competition to prepare for Saturday.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 7 years ago

The two secret scrimmages should help for this weekend's games too.

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 7 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:The two secret scrimmages should help for this weekend's games too.

Very true. I think that showed in the first 2 games.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 7 years ago

# 7 Kansas on the strength of a last second jumper knocked off #1 Duke last night at MSG, 77- 75.

Also, Vanderbilt, leading all the way, easily defeated Belmont, 80-66.

A-10 action is limited for Wednesday:

Brown visits URI, in a campus round game in the Hall of Fame Tip Off. The match-up is the 158th in this longstanding series in which URI leads 104-53.

1-1 Duquesne entertains St. Francis (PA). St. Francis lost at St. Bona in its opener, 92-82, though they pushed the Bonnies in second half when they cut their lead to three with 5 minutes left.

In only game involving URI OOC opponents:

Vermont at Marist. 7PM.

For what's it's worth comparative scores in the early going are not favorable to URI's OOC schedule. The overall OOC schedule is fairly decent, but the seven game home portion is not attractive with four dogs (RPI of 280+) and the three others lack name cognition and are just meh!! The one less home game also hurts. Also, URI gets to play only ONE P5 school and that only via the HOF. We need to do better!

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 7 years ago

Obadiah wrote: For what's it's worth comparative scores in the early going are not favorable to URI's OOC schedule. The overall OOC schedule is fairly decent, but the seven game home portion is not attractive with four dogs (RPI of 280+) and the three others lack name cognition and are just meh!! The one less home game also hurts. Also, URI gets to play only ONE P5 school and that only via the HOF. We need to do better!

Agreed that so far it's not going to help our RPI, which is why we need to beat Cinci and get Duke on the schedule. If that happens though, I don't think it matters who is coming in, we'll have a packed house regardless of opponent.

RoadyJay · Unread post by **RoadyJay** » 7 years ago

Clemson vs Davidson at 11am on ESPNU

sf2010 · Unread post by **sf2010** » 7 years ago

Any idea if Gibbs is back yet for Davidson? Any P5 win is a good win for the league...

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 7 years ago

Last night's results:

Duquesne pulled away in second half to beat St. Francis (PA), 89-75.

Vermont edged Marist, 76-72. UVM led from the outset building a comfortable lead of 10-12 points, but Marist caught them with six minutes remaining and the game was a one possession game the rest of the way. Vermont sealed the win when they put in two critical foul shoits with seconds left.

Thursday A-10 action :

Clemson versus Davidson in the Tire Pros Invitational in Orlando. 11 AM.

St. Bonaventure at Florida. 7 PM. On SECN.

Temple at UMass. 7 PM. In the early going the signs are UMass may have a better team than expected with their young players emerging. The outcome of this game will add more substance to that picture.

Arkansas - Pine Bluff at GW. 7 PM.

Eastern Illinois at Saint Louis. 8 PM.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

PC at Ohio State. 7 PM. On BTN. A Gavitt Tip Off Game.

Valparaiso at #4 Oregon. 9 PM. On PAC12.

Other games:

UConn at Loyola Marymount. 10 PM. ESPN3. This game is a prep as the Huskies head to Hawaii to play in the Maui Invitational. I understand the situation, but it is sad that UConn can't see fit to play URI in a home and home series when the schools are less than 60 miles apart. Blockhead Calhoun is gone, so what explains the reluctance now??

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 7 years ago

RoadyJay wrote:Clemson vs Davidson at 11am on ESPNU

Davidson was down 10 late in the first half last I checked. Come on, little Davidson!

RoadyJay · Unread post by **RoadyJay** » 7 years ago

Gibbs is back but they are down 20 early in the 2nd half

giovanni · Unread post by **giovanni** » 7 years ago

Davidson struggling to get a decent shot off. Clemson's length and athleticism hurting them big time. I've only watched half a game, but based on this effort, this doesn't look like a team that would scare me.

URIGONZO · Unread post by **URIGONZO** » 7 years ago

I'm interested in the PC/OSU line, it's only 6.5 I would think PC would be getting more points.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 7 years ago

giovanni wrote:Davidson struggling to get a decent shot off. Clemson's length and athleticism hurting them big time. I've only watched half a game, but based on this effort, this doesn't look like a team that would scare me.

They've had our number though.
Although, our D matches up well with them.
We shut them down 2 years ago. We just couldn't score...so if we can prove to score and our D is as good as it was two years ago, we shouldn't have too big a problem against them.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 7 years ago

I don't think Ohio state is all that good this year so 6.5 may be right

U mass should take care of Temple today

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 7 years ago

Georgetown losing huge 48-29 to Arkansas State at the half. Unbelievable.
PC losing by 10 to Ohio State at the half

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 7 years ago

Davidson bombed out......

On another note, Lunardi's lunatic bracketology has UConn in as a 10 seed playing......drumroll please.......US!

Has he watched UConn play? Douchebaggery indeed......

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 7 years ago

Was watching St Bonnie's and Florida play and the Bonnie's cut it to 45-49 and within literally two minutes, Florida was up 60-45...
Gonna be an L for the Bonnie's.

giovanni · Unread post by **giovanni** » 7 years ago

Got to give Cooley and PC credit. Very competitive even after losing 2 first round picks. With that being said, this certainly isn't a vintage Ohio St team. But still good game for a young Friar team on the road. Win or lose

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 7 years ago

Georgetown will lose to Arkansas State. JT3 will be toast if he doesn't turn things around.
That is a potential open job that scares me as it relates to our coach.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 7 years ago

Maybe, if we make the tourney and win a couple....otherwise no.......

It starts Saturday...or it doesn't

Bullock looks tough for PC...although they lost, he'll be a load for us to contain.....

860_rhody · Unread post by **860_rhody** » 7 years ago

Not a great showing for the A10 so far. 1-4 vs P5. Bonnies won't be making the tourney this year again.

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 7 years ago

A10 Conference teams not doing us any favors.

Bar none Cooley can coach. Bullock had almost 50% of their points but the other EC keeps them in every game. They had 3 turnovers with less than 2 minutes left, that is unfathomable.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 7 years ago

For a young team's first game on the road, that is REALLY unfathomable.......they will struggle to score, but if they keep doing that, they will hang with a lot of teams...good observation BAR......

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 7 years ago

UCONN losing to Loyola Marymount in 2nd half by 6........unimaginable that UCONN could be on their way to 0-3

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 7 years ago

UCONN edges out Loyola Marymount 65-62 going down to the wire. Already with losses to Wagner and Northeastern
UMASS with a good win against Temple of the AAC

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 7 years ago

I watched the end of that UConn game they won it at the very end.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 7 years ago

In some Thursday night action:

UMass came from behind in the closing minutes to beat old A-10 rival Temple, 70-67. The Minutemen were led by freshman guard, DeJon Jarreau, who scored the last five points of game. With UMass down by two, Jarreau drained a trey with 34 seconds to left to give them the lead. Jarreau then made a lay-up after a missed Temple three point attempt. UMass won despite 18 turnovers. A sparse crowd of 3732 attended.

GW bested Arkansas - Pine Bluff, 61-41.

Saint Louis beat Eastern Illinois, 74-69, to bring their record to 2-1.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

With at second half surge, #4 Oregon easily beat Valparaiso, 76-54, handing Valpo their first loss of season.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 7 years ago

Early on, looks like the #A10SuckFactor is dialed up.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 7 years ago

Friday action in the A-10:

In a game now underway in the Tire Pro Invitational at Orlando, Davidson has a big lead over Missouri, 58-45, with less than 4 minutes left in game.

In another game underway in the Paradise Jam, St. Joseph's leads Loyola (CHI), 35-26 at the half.

Fordham hosts Fairleigh-Dickinson in the Jonny Bach Classic. 6 PM.

Canisius at Duquesne in the Bluegrass Showcase. 7 PM.

Binghamton at VCU in a campus game in the Balltle 4 Atlantis tournament. 7 PM.

Mt. St. Mary's at George Mason. 7:30 PM.

Other games:

Bryant at #14 Gonzaga. 8:30 PM. On ESPN3.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 7 years ago

Looks like A10 could sweep the day if all goes well.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 7 years ago

ATPTourFan wrote:Looks like A10 could sweep the day if all goes well.

If they don't it will look bad.
Glad Davidson got a P5 win.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 7 years ago

bigappleram wrote:A10 Conference teams not doing us any favors.

Bar none Cooley can coach. Bullock had almost 50% of their points but the other EC keeps them in every game. They had 3 turnovers with less than 2 minutes left, that is unfathomable.

I agree BAR, but consider PC was only down 2 points with 4 minutes to go. Granted they were 6.5 point underdogs.
But if we were close with 4 minutes to go and lost then Dan Hurley would be accused as always of not being able to win the close ones.

In my opinion both guys can Coach. But our guy is truly leading us to the promised land in the what have you done for me lately category. The future for URI B-Ball looks great

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 7 years ago

I love this time of year.
Nice win by Davidson today over Missouri
St Joe's playing well in their game right now

I would love to see Wake Forest knock off Villanova and Clemson beat Xavier - those games are going on now. Simply because I do not like Big East teams

Interesting match up with Bryant playing at Spokane Washington and Gonzaga tonight

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 7 years ago

Last time I looked, Hart had 18 points for Nova......with 8 minutes left in the first half!

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 7 years ago

Saint Joseph's beats Loyola (CHI), 71-57 as Kimble puts in a career high 26 points. A-10 goes to 2-0 for the day so far.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 7 years ago

ramster wrote:I love this time of year.
Nice win by Davidson today over Missouri
St Joe's playing well in their game right now

I would love to see Wake Forest knock off Villanova and Clemson beat Xavier - those games are going on now. Simply because I do not like Big East teams

Interesting match up with Bryant playing at Spokane Washington and Gonzaga tonight

I would always be rooting for Xavier in the tournament when they were in the A-10 so it's hard for me to see them like I see other big east teams, so I still root for them generally.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 7 years ago

Nice Davidson win as Mizzou took Xavier to the wire yesterday

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