Week #9 - Games of Interest

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

Today's release of both the AP Top 25 Poll and the USA Today Poll once again finds no A-10 teams in the rankings. VCU was only A-10 school to get any votes, 2 in the AP poll.

With the loss to Virginia Tech, Duke fell to the #8 position in both polls. Cincinnati moves up one slot to #22 in both polls. Other than Duke and Cincinnati, no other URI OOC opponents are getting any votes in either poll.

Villanova continues as the #1 ranked team in both polls.

The cumulative won-lost record of URI OOC opponents moves to 99-64, a winning percentage of .607, a slight decrease from the previous week.

No A-10 games on this Monday holiday.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Holy Cross snuck by Navy. 51-50.

Marist edged Manhattan, 90-88 in OT.

Old Dominion beat North Texas, 55-48.

William & Mary beats Hofstra in OT, 95-93, with the winning shot a NBA length 3-pointer at the buzzer!!

runninrams5 · Unread post by **runninrams5** » 7 years ago

William and Mary wins in OT vs Hofstra tonight as well

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

Tuesday action in the A-10:

Saint Joseph's at URI. 7 PM. On CBSSN.

Dayton at St. Bonaventure. 8 PM.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

In a cross-country battle, Cal State-Bakersfield visits Dartmouth. 7 PM. After losing their first nine games, Dartmouth now has won three in a row.

Other games of interest:

BC is at so-so Wake Forest. 7 PM. On ACCN. Wake Forest lost its first two ACC games. Has BC turned a corner after wining four of its last five games??

In an intra-state fracas, 12-1 Kansas State pays a visit to 12-1 #3 Kansas. 9 PM On ESPN3. K-State handed Saint Louis a 31 margin defeat, second only to the Billikens' loss to URI last week. But is K-State a perpetual bridesmaid in Kansas??

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

Dayton beats St. Bonaventure, 90-74. Dayton hit 3-pointers at a 61% clip putting in 14 shots.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Cal State-Bakersfield edges Dartmouth, 64-60 snapping the Big Green's three game win streak.

Other games of interest:

BC led at the half, but a big second half surge ended any hopes for another ACC win as the Deacons won, 79-66.

In the Sunflower State rivalry game, Kansas puts in a lay-up with less than a second left to beat K-State, 90-88. The Kansas player was clearly traveling prior to the shot, but what ref is going to call that in Lawrence!!

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

BC covers 15 @ Wake

Impressive win by Dayton on the road easily

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 7 years ago

Obadiah wrote:Dayton beats St. Bonaventure, 90-74. Dayton hit 3-pointers at a 61% clip putting in 14 shots.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Cal State-Bakersfield edges Dartmouth, 64-60 snapping the Big Green's three game win streak.

Other games of interest:

BC led at the half, but a big second half surge ended any hopes for another ACC win as the Deacons won, 79-66.

In the Sunflower State rivalry game, Kansas puts in a lay-up with less than a second left to beat K-State, 90-88. The Kansas player was clearly traveling prior to the shot, but what ref is going to call that in Lawrence!!

Another screwing to KState. Been going on for years in Lawrence. Such an easy team to hate for some of us.

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

Wednesday night action in the A-10:

VCU at Duquesne. 7 PM.

Fordham at Richmond. 7 PM.

UMass at George Mason. 7 PM.

Saint Louis at La Salle. 7 PM. Interesting to see how the Billikens respond after their loss to URI last week.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Georgia Tech at Duke. 7 PM. On ESPN2.

Brown at NJIT. 7 PM.

Georgetown at PC. 7 PM. On CBSSN. Home cooking may be the perfect remedy to break the losing streak!

Tulsa at Houston. 9 PM. On ESPNU.

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

Soooooo Grayson Allen's indefinite suspension turned out to be just one game.

God I hate Duke.

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

#1 Villanova goes down to #18 Butler 66-58 breaking Nova's 20 game winning streak

#8 Duke favored over Georgia Tech by 19 points but win by 53!!!! 110-57. Ouch.

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

ramster wrote:#1 Villanova goes down to #18 Butler 66-58 breaking Nova's 20 game winning streak

#8 Duke favored over Georgia Tech by 19 points but win by 53!!!! 110-57. Ouch.

And Georgia Tech just beat UNC...

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 7 years ago

Our 10 point loss to Duke is looking awfully good, relatively.

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

Houston just barelyyy beat Tulsa without Rob Gray.
They are now 12-3 overall 3-0 in conf.
Keep on winnin Houston

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

I liked Tulsa to cover the 13 at Houston

Get ready for the Baylor Bears to be ranked #1

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

Wednesday night results in the A-10:

VCU beat back Duquesne, 94-87. This was a close game for the first 25 minutes. The Dukes actually grabbed a two point lead for a bit, but then VCU took control and built a 18 point margin with a minute and a half remaining, before the Dukes were able to whittled it down in garbage time.

Fordham loses at Richmond, 80-72. Richmond, receiving balanced scoring from it starting five, led the entire game though the Spiders could not achieve much separation until about the 13 minute mark in second half when they built their biggest lead at 15 points.

UMass loses at George Mason, 86-81. This was a close game all the way. UMass blew a 13 point lead late in first half, and the Patriots finally took the lead in the second. UMass had a last gasp when it narrowed the GMU lead to 2 points with 27 seconds left on a Jarreau lay-up but great FT shooting by Marquise Moore prevented UMass from getting any closer. Only 2,755 watched this one.

Saint Louis stayed close for the first half, but La Salle pulled away in second to beat the Billikens easily, 75-54.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Georgia Tech routed by Duke, 110-57. Grayson Allen was back in game and scored 15 points in 27 minutes of PT.

Brown loses a close one to NJIT, 75-73.

PC over Georgetown, 76-70.

Houston won its third straight as the Cougars rallied to beat Tulsa, 64-61.

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

Houston/Tulsa game looks like it went similar to our game with them - they were saddled with a modest halftime deficit but dominated the second half to win almost comfortably.

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

Only one A-10 game scheduled for Thursday:

Davidson at GW. 7 PM. On ESPNU.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

UT- Martin at Belmont. 7n PM.

Holy Cross at Colgate. 7 PM.

Old Dominion at Marshall. 7 PM.

Elon at William & Mary. 7 PM.

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

Hot shooting by GW, 61% on 3-pointers, offsets 17 GW turnovers to give the Colonials a 73-69 win over Davidson. Closely contested game all the way, though GW led most of the time.

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

Haven't seen GW play yet.
Tough 0-2 start for Davidson. A little surprising to me. They played Kansas and UNC so tough I thought they'd be better than that.

W&M
Holy cross
Belmont all winners!
ODU tied in OT!

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

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Belmont in a romp over UT-Martin, 83-67.

Wiliam & Mary edges Elon, 88-85.

Holy Cross over Colgate, 67-61.

In an overtime tilt, Marshall pulls out a win over Old Dominion, 90-86.

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

Dang it ODU!

URI2006_Andy · Unread post by **URI2006_Andy** » 7 years ago

I watched that GW vs Davidson game. Wasn't pretty. Don't see either one of those teams finishing in top half of the league.

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

Jack Gibbs gives me nightmares but looks like him and Peyton Aldridge aren't enough to get it done for Davidson. It's still early but very surprising they couldn't beat Richmond at home and GW on the road.

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

Crazy game Northeastern at home vs Delaware

NE a 12 point favorite had a 58-18 lead at the half - 40 points!
Won 90-54
NE shot 21-33 on 3 pointers for 64% so 63 of their 90 points came on 3's........
NE shot 7-19 on FTs for 37%. So should NE shoot their FTs from the 3 point line? Is that even allowed by the rules?
NE shot 10-18 on 2 pointers so only 20 of 90 points came on the traditional 2 point shot.

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

Northeastern is a solid club won at Mich State also

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

There is only one game of real interest tonight and that game is on ESPN2 at 7 PM.

But for the record......

Rider is at Marist. 7 PM. On ESPN3

Oakland at Valparaiso, 9 PM. On ESPN2

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

Valpo loses at home when it rains it pours

UCH21377 · Unread post by **UCH21377** » 7 years ago

Oakland was the much better team. And their style was what I was expecting out of us this year. A lot of overplay, risk taking, pressure defense, and high octane offense. We should have handled Valpo out there.

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

Saturday action in the A-10

UMass at VCU. 1 PM. On NBCSN. A road win by UMass will reverse their plunging fortunes.

Saint Joseph's at Fordham. 3 PM. On NBCSN. How the Hawks respond following their last game beat down by URI will be interesting.

George Mason at St. Bonaventure. 5 PM. On NBCSN.

Duquesne at La Salle. 8 PM.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Drexel at William & Mary. Postponed.

Boston College at #8 Duke. 2 PM. On ACCN.

#10 Creighton at PC. 2 PM. On CBSSN

Old Dominion at Western Kentucky. 6 PM.

Southeast Missouri State at Belmont. 8 PM.

#22 Cincinnati at Houston. 9 PM. On ESPNU.

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

Joes 70
For 55

VCU. 81
UMass 64

Bona 82
Mason 72

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

Today's results so far:

In the A-10:

VCU beat up a young UMass team, 81-64. VCU put in their threes, UMass did not. The game was close most of the first half, but VCU opened up at big lead half way though second and cruised to the win. VCU out rebounded UMass, 45-32. UMass' Rashaan Holloway is becoming a player to be reckoned with as he played 25 minutes and put up 22 points.

Saint Joseph's rebounded from their Ryan debacle to easily whip Fordham, 70-55. In the second half, the Metro Rams cut the Hawks lead to 5 on a Anderson trey at the 13 minute mark and then failed to score for the next seven minutes and the Hawks ballooned the lead to 21 points.

Bonnies put away George Mason from the beginning to win, 82-72.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Creighton over PC, 78-64.

Old Dominion makes a second half comeback to beat Western Kentucky, 79-67.

Duke in a easy one over BC, 93-82. Duke led by 19 at the the half.

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

Fordham hasn't changed a bit.....all they do is chuck 3's...and their defense isn't very good.......

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

La Salle beat Duquesne, 88-81. The game was close in the first half and the Explorers began to pull away in the second with the Dukes shaving the big margin to five before folding. These are two of the worst drawing teams in the A-10 and given storm conditions in Philly, a crowd under 2000 is likely.

La Salle comes to Ryan next Thursday and they will give us a tussle especially if URI enters the game with little enthusiasm and a Dayton hangover. La Salle is a great FT shooting team, they put in 24 of 25 against the Dukes, for example. Must sweep the home-home series with them.

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

Unlike the URI experience at Houston, Cincinnati took control of this game from the onset and kept their boot on the Cougars' throat and never let up to take the win, 67-58.

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

Belmont beat SEMizzou 87-75.
Belmont is 8-1 since we beat them.

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

BC covers a very large number at Duke

Agree Fordham looks really bad may be even worse than STL by the end of year

URI2006_Andy · Unread post by **URI2006_Andy** » 7 years ago

Cincy doing their part. They're up to # 16 in rpi and kenpom rankings.

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

Cincy is proving they are for real.

We are proving we are all hype.

The sad thing is, we are just as talented as them.

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

Cincinnati has looked very impressive. Beside their typical, stellar D, shot the ball well too. Based on the games each team, Houston and Cincy, played against us, I thought Cincy would win, even though they lost to us. They play SMU on Thursday at home and if they win that one, will clearly be team to beat in the AAC. I think they win that one and go on to win AAC and be ranked entire year. Kind of amazing we beat them , when we folded against Valpo. PC, Houston and Dayton.

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

The only game against a good team this season that we didn't seem to play tight at the end......

The others? When Dan tries to ramp up his micromanaging late in games, the play reflects that.

Tight coach, tight players.

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

......UMass Holloway will present match up challenges for us......

woodennickel1 · Unread post by **woodennickel1** » 7 years ago

You want to talk about bad coaching look no further then UMASS that team has some talent. So far they have woefully underachieved.

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

That team is very young....but yes there's another coach who underachieves...but he beats us up there......

We haven't had a coach who maxes out our talent here in a looooog while.......but we do have a few good ones in the A10....Archie, McKillop, Wade......

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

OK, Sunday games complete week #9 and in the A-10,there two games of interest:

Richmond at GW. 12 noon. On NBCSN. This game will give another info point as which of these two will be the more formidable opponent for URI. GW is a home game while the Richmond game is away. Last year we easily beat Richmond at Ryan and the previous year we beat them at Robins, 79-74, in a game we led all the way.

As for GW, we lost a close one last year at GW in a road game pattern that has become all too frequent this year. In the previous year we won over GW at Ryan. Simply stated we need to beat both teams this year if we have Dance hopes!

Davidson at Saint Louis. 2 PM. On NBCSN. How Davidson handles the Billikens will be interesting because they are a tough opponent and one where we need to notch a road win.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Detroit Mercy at Valparaiso. 1 PM. On ESPN3.

Bucknell at Holy Cross. 1 PM.

Marist at Monmouth. 2 PM. On ESPN3

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

While it is still early in second half, you have to be impressed with the pounding Richmond is applying to GW on the Colonials' home court.

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

Richmond finally won game 77-70. After the Spiders beat up GW for most of game with a margin that got as high as 23 points in the second half, GW came to life and went on a 19-4 run. The Colonials eventually cut the margin to four on a Jaren Sina 3-pointer with 30 seconds left, but the late game heroics went Richmond's way.

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

Hot shooting brought Richmond the win with four of their five starters in double digit scoring. The unheralded Spiders move their A-10 record to 3-0, with two of those wins notably coming on the road against good teams, Davidson and GW. They will give the Rams all they can handle in our January 25 match-up with them.

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

Richmond is surprising people right now. 3-0.
Under Dan that's the one team we have dominated. For whatever reason. Hope that continues.

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

Hot shooting Davidson held an eight point lead with 3 minutes left in first half, and then went on a 13-2 run to end the half with a 48-27 advantage over Saint Louis.

steveystuds06 · Unread post by **steveystuds06** » 7 years ago

Saint Louis is very very bad this year.

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

We dominated St. Joes....without their best player......so even that game might have been somewhat of a mirage.

St. Louis is beyond bad....games against teams like Richmond and GW will be very telling going forward...lose either one....bye-bye.

Davidson I expect a loss and one also to UMass there.......and St.Joes at Hagan will be a struggle.

Don't think so? Just wait. I expect us to finish 3rd-4th in conference.......with another loss to either Dayton or VCU at home....most likely VCU.

Is that 5-6 losses? Yeah about right.

Let's see, a win in the A10T, followed by a loss.....ending RPI in the 50's.......a 3 or 4 NIT seed.....you read it here first ladies and gentlemen.

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