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Maybe our Brown win will be the better win

NYGFan_Section208 wrote:Fry-ers down 12 at half...while solidifying that Rhody is the best team in New England (maybe NY and NJ, too?)...still not good.

Granted that I am not a mathematician, but I think it's actually 15.

TruePoint wrote:

NYGFan_Section208 wrote:Fry-ers down 12 at half...while solidifying that Rhody is the best team in New England (maybe NY and NJ, too?)...still not good.

Granted that I am not a mathematician, but I think it's actually 15.

I don't think that trey at the buzzer counted.

Martin must have watched our game 10 times.

Rhody74 wrote:

TruePoint wrote:

NYGFan_Section208 wrote:Fry-ers down 12 at half...while solidifying that Rhody is the best team in New England (maybe NY and NJ, too?)...still not good.

Granted that I am not a mathematician, but I think it's actually 15.

I don't think that trey at the buzzer counted.

Someone should tell ESPN. They have it as 43-28.

Update: they fixed it.

Anderson hit a 3 at the buzzer to make it 43-28, they waived it off saying it came after the buzzer. Was not a mistake by ESPN, simply timing. So really 40-28.
Cartwright is not playing. They are saying he hurt his ankle back in the BC game.

Friars get a gift charge call and then they let Brown steal it and the guy gets fouled taking a 3.

Bears should be down 2 with 28.1 left.

not that it matters to us in terms of opponents, but Florida is in full melt down mode after getting up to #5.

2 straight losses with the latest being at home to Loyola-Chicago in a game they failed to score 60pts...and they have to go to Cincy next.

Wednesday results in the A-10 ended up at 6-4.

Besides the URI loss to Alabama, Fordham, after leading most of the way, choked in its game with Harvard, 47-45. Fordham allowed a 8-0 Harvard run in the final minute capped by Harvard hitting a 3-pointer with 9 seconds left.

Also, Richmond with a slim halftime lead, faltered in the second half to lose at Old Dominion, 79-60. The Spiders now sport a 1-8 record.

George Mason blew at 10 point halftime lead and lost on their home court to William & Mary, 77-70.

The best win of the evening was George Washington beating Ivy favorite Princeton, 71-60. The teams traded the lead in the first half, but it was all GW in second half.


Thursday night action is sparse, only game is Drexel at La Salle. 7 PM.

That the league is having a tough time in the OOC with performance is even further mirrored in its attendance figures. Seven of last night's A-10 games were held at home and the respective attendance figures for each:

Dayton -12,976
George Mason - 3,406
GW - 2,004
UMass - 2,395
Saint Louis - 5,633
Fordham - 1,012
Duquesne - 1,191

Yes, URI can do better on attendance, but our history has not been as bad as some other conference members.

Also how about Washington winning at Kansas

Another downer for the A-10 as Drexel, not a member of Philly's Big Five, hands La Salle a 72-70 loss. Drexel put in the first basket after the tip-off and led for the entire game with a lead as large as 13 points before La Salle rallied to close the deficit to two points, but the Explorers could not get further.

Obadiah wrote:Another downer for the A-10 as Drexel, not a member of Philly's Big Five, hands La Salle a 72-70 loss. Drexel put in the first basket after the tip-off and led for the entire game with a lead as large as 13 points before La Salle rallied to close the deficit to two points, but the Explorers could not get further.

When I read Drexel and tip

I thought of this.

Wow what highlights and Monty with the tip in for win ??

What year was this 2009 ??

He really has perfected the disgruntled Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to end his media availability when he’s fed up with talking-





Drexel won last night with just 7 scholarship players. La Salle is a confusing team this season. Sammy Mojica (out of MA and Brimmer and May) is playing well for Drexel, after almost transferring over the summer.

Thanks for the video Peter! Talk about stealing a win! I wonder if monte has any eligibility left?

reef wrote:Wow what highlights and Monty with the tip in for win ??

What year was this 2009 ??

Yep 2009!

Monty still remains the most athletic player I've seen in Keaney.

I think he averaged like 30 points 16 rebounds his first few years playing professionally in Luxembourg and Finland.

PeterRamTime wrote:

reef wrote:Wow what highlights and Monty with the tip in for win ??

What year was this 2009 ??

Yep 2009!

Monty still remains the most athletic player I've seen in Keaney.

I think he averaged like 30 points 16 rebounds his first few years playing professionally in Luxembourg and Finland.

agreed. The best leaper I've seen here, by a long shot too (no offense to Hass)

No A-10 action on Friday evening .

An interesting event is the the second annual Basketball Hall of Fame Classic being held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. This unique, one-day triple header features:

Game #1 - St. John’s vs. 7-0 #16 Arizona State. 8 PM. PAC12 Network.

Game #2 - Oklahoma vs. #25 USC. 10:30 PM. On ESPN2.

Game #3 - #22 Nevada vs. 9-0 #20 TCU. 1 AM. On ESPNU.

Nevada not looking quite as good away from home not getting every foul call. We would have beaten them at the Ryan center.

TCU getting every call just like Nevada did against us

Although as the game has progressed the inside players TCU has to block shots is the difference. It is a neutral court, but still seems to be favoring TCU. this is a TCU win

Looks like too much TCU tonight

Nevada becomes TCU's 15 straight victim as the Horned Frogs win 84-80 in a game they led all the way. After winning its first eight games, Nevada has lost its last two and most certainly will fall out of the polls. The URI win remains their best victory to date. For Nevada to win the Mountain West, the Wolfpack has to get by Boise State. Here's rooting for them to do just that.

Lots of Saturday action in the A-10:

Delaware State at Duquesne. 12:30 PM.

Yale at St. Bonaventure. 2 PM. On ESPNU.

In a Big Five match-up, Saint Joseph's at Temple. 2:30 PM. On CBSSN.

VCU versus Seton Hall in the Never Forget Tribute Classic at the Prudential Center in Newark. 3 PM. #5 Florida squares off against #17 Cincinnati in the second game of the doubleheader.

PC at UMass. 3 PM.

Penn at Dayton. 3 PM. On NBCSN.

St. Francis (BKN) at Fordham. 3 PM.

George Washington at Penn State. 4 PM. On BTN.

North Carolina Central at George Mason. 4 PM.

Houston at Saint Louis. 8 PM.

James Madison at Richmond has been postponed due to weather.


In games involving URI OOC opponents:

UMass-Lowell at Brown. 2 PM.

Florida Gulf Coast at UT- Arlington. 3 PM. On ESPN3.

UNH at Holy Cross. 3:05 PM.

Iona at NJIT. 4 PM. On ESPN3.

Alabama at Arizona. 10 PM. On ESPN2.

Yea heres a thought after seeing that Ulmer video, why the hell doesn’t anyone on this team dunk the ball besides a fast break, and I haven’t seen an alley oop in five years. Is Hurley coaching them that way?

That might change next year with the quality size we'll have.

Although they could do it with Preston at some point this season....maybe

Rhodymob05 wrote:Yea heres a thought after seeing that Ulmer video, why the hell doesn’t anyone on this team dunk the ball besides a fast break, and I haven’t seen an alley oop in five years. Is Hurley coaching them that way?

If you get to the game early and watch warmups, you'll see a lot of guys trying some crazy dunks. Yet, you're right, we're a team that never dunks. I'm thinking they should be practicing layups (with some defensive pressure on them) rather than crazy dunks.

BC hanging with Duke...down 3, 5 minutes to go...that's pretty interesting...

NYGFan_Section208 wrote:BC hanging with Duke...down 3, 5 minutes to go...that's pretty interesting...

Up by 4 with 36 sec. to go

Rhody74 wrote:

NYGFan_Section208 wrote:BC hanging with Duke...down 3, 5 minutes to go...that's pretty interesting...

Up by 4 with 36 sec. to go

Wow, BC beat Duke by 5, 89-84.

Biggest BC win, since Skinner left BC.
Amazing.

Rhody74 wrote:

Rhody74 wrote:

NYGFan_Section208 wrote:BC hanging with Duke...down 3, 5 minutes to go...that's pretty interesting...

Up by 4 with 36 sec. to go

Wow, BC beat Duke by 5, 89-84.

why this is the best sport going....

Rhody74 wrote:

Rhody74 wrote:

NYGFan_Section208 wrote:BC hanging with Duke...down 3, 5 minutes to go...that's pretty interesting...

Up by 4 with 36 sec. to go

Wow, BC beat Duke by 5, 89-84.

Time to give URI grad Jim Christian a long term contract. Lock up the BC coaching job for many years.

It's early yet, but Bona is struggling against Yale, down by 6 at 11:09 in the 1st half.

I'm not sure if that BC win says anything other than it's hard to win on the road no matter who you play

And UMass giving PC problems, too. Up by 9 iin the 1st half.

Stop! Rammer Time wrote:I'm not sure if that BC win says anything other than it's hard to win on the road no matter who you play

A lot of top 10 teams have fallen this week. The common theme is final exams week, and with the most of the top tier of college basketball teams being freshmen/sophomore led, this is may be the first time going through that experience. Also, it was Duke's first TRUE road game (and first for many of the players as well). That has a huge impact too.

It has everything to do with road games and little to do with exams week. The other team has exams too, unless you think exams are harder on basketball players at Top 10 schools than at other schools...I'd say its actually the opposite, the Top 10 schools have all the benefits and accouturements set up to make things easier on the athlete.

You're definitely right that the first true road games of the season for a lot of these teams is the biggest factor. Point I was making is that a lot of these top 10 teams are loaded with freshmen (who in all likelyhood don't even care about exams in the 1 and done era), but haven't been through this experience before. Fraschilla/Greenberg both brought it up this week.

Bye bye Duke bye bye

Congrats to Jimmy Christin

Duquesne routed a woeful Delaware State, 97-48

In a more competitive game, St. Bonaventure down by as many as nine points in the first half rallied in the second stanza to beat Ivy favorite, Yale, 75-67

Unmass is much better than I anticipated..... hanging tough with the Criers. The kid Pipkin is very impressive for the Minutemen... only a sophomore.

need SH and pc to win.

I think Umass might just pull this out....55-51....6:40 left

that's gonna mess up our good wins

Seton Hall is handling VCU pretty well.

Tom98 wrote:I think Umass might just pull this out....55-51....6:40 left

UMass making PC look foolish now. Up by 10 with 3:30 left.

This would be a bad loss for pc.

UMass on a 17-2 run!