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PROJO: Bonnies Eager For Conference Road Win

Vegas: URI -7

Opponent

Record:
12-4, 2-2 in the Atlantic 10
Away: 4-2
Last season: 20-12, 11-7 in Atlantic 10

Rankings:
RPI: 47 (44.7 expected)
BPI: 56
KenPom: 63

Leaders:
Points - Jaylen Adams, 18.5
Rebounds - LaDarien Griffin, 7.1
Assists - Jaylen Adams, 5.5

Last Five (3-2)

1/10/18   FOR     W  77-61
1/6/18    @JOES   L  85-78
1/3/18    @DAY    L  82-72
12/30/17  UMASS   W  98-78
12/22/17  SYR     W  60-57 (OT)

Roster and Statistics



Preview

[TO BE ADDED]

Sorry for the delay. Will finish today.

Don't apologize, it's not your job, your volunteering

pivotal key game

ST BONA will be playing w/ alot of desperation to get them back into the mix

we need our A-game right from the start for this one

GO RHODY

Near sellout crowd...this team feeds off energy. Curious to see where the line falls

Cupcakes.

Is it tomorrow morning yet?

ElmCityRhody wrote:pivotal key game

ST BONA will be playing w/ alot of desperation to get them back into the mix

we need our A-game right from the start for this one

GO RHODY

My guess is -5.5

An example of how far our program has come in 5 years.....the last time the Bonnies won here was in Feb. 2013. As Ace points out on twitter, our starting lineup that night was Malesevic, Hare, Malone, Powell and Munford.

at least we had one NBA player on the court?

Also can’t wait till tomorrow. We will wear them down with our depth. It’s good to see how berry and Cyril pick each other up when the other has an off night. Let’s make some noise. Win and they will come!

For this URI team, I feel like home court advantage with a large crowd can't be stressed enough. I think the crowd will play HUGE. Sounds simplistic I know...

St Bonaventure Fan Forum Link:

http://bonabandwagon.proboards.com/boar ... eral-board

Reading some of the comments on the Bonnie's message board, they are not a fan of Hurley. Seems everyone has grown tired of his sideline antics and they tend to feel the officiating will tilt in their favor as a result. You hope that won't be the case since we're playing at home, but you never know with the questionable A-10 officiating.

NJRhodyFan wrote:Reading some of the comments on the Bonnie's message board, they are not a fan of Hurley. Seems everyone has grown tired of his sideline antics and they tend to feel the officiating will tilt in their favor as a result. You hope that won't be the case since we're playing at home, but you never know with the questionable A-10 officiating.

Who gives a shit?

neil wrote:Also can’t wait till tomorrow. We will wear them down with our depth. It’s good to see how berry and Cyril pick each other up when the other has an off night. Let’s make some noise. Win and they will come!

Berry is very much a rhythm choreographed act to me. If the plays happen the way he has practiced with those runners in the lane or the quick lay ups diving by the basket he becomes lethal. When he gets in foul trouble or something that is when his system gets gummed up. I've always been a Berry guy but now I view him more of a good if he has it going but not necessarily needed.

Hopefully tmrw Terrell and EC march ahead toward A10 First Team status.

TruePoint wrote:

NJRhodyFan wrote:Reading some of the comments on the Bonnie's message board, they are not a fan of Hurley. Seems everyone has grown tired of his sideline antics and they tend to feel the officiating will tilt in their favor as a result. You hope that won't be the case since we're playing at home, but you never know with the questionable A-10 officiating.

Who gives a shit?

I'm not suggesting that anyone needs to give a shit, I'm simply sharing some feedback from their fan base. And in reality, I often get tired of his sideline antics as well. I just hope it doesn't come back to bite us at a critical moment this season.

TruePoint wrote:

NJRhodyFan wrote:Reading some of the comments on the Bonnie's message board, they are not a fan of Hurley. Seems everyone has grown tired of his sideline antics and they tend to feel the officiating will tilt in their favor as a result. You hope that won't be the case since we're playing at home, but you never know with the questionable A-10 officiating.

Who gives a shit?

This year has been the best year for refs at URI in 20 years. Very fair overall.

NJRhodyFan wrote:Reading some of the comments on the Bonnie's message board, they are not a fan of Hurley. Seems everyone has grown tired of his sideline antics and they tend to feel the officiating will tilt in their favor as a result. You hope that won't be the case since we're playing at home, but you never know with the questionable A-10 officiating.

I love this narrative.

Dan is the boogeyman even though he's not even close to the demonstrative sideline performer he was a few years ago.

Good. Hate our coach. Hate his antics. Enjoy looking up at us in the standings since we'll be running this conference for the foreseeable future*




*as long as Dan stays here.

Seawrightspostgame wrote:

TruePoint wrote:

NJRhodyFan wrote:Reading some of the comments on the Bonnie's message board, they are not a fan of Hurley. Seems everyone has grown tired of his sideline antics and they tend to feel the officiating will tilt in their favor as a result. You hope that won't be the case since we're playing at home, but you never know with the questionable A-10 officiating.

Who gives a shit?

This year has been the best year for refs at URI in 20 years. Very fair overall.

Probably because this is the first year the A10 is depending on URI to get a good seed and go far in the tournament since no one else will.

Ew. 3rd post in a row but I've got a break right now and throw something actually related to the game itself out there:

How much 5 guard do we see?

According to RR's Q&A with the St Bonnies blogger, they have next to nothing inside, their best forward only plays about 12 minutes. To me that means 1 of 2 things:

Get Berry the ball to dominate inside all game.

OR

Play to your strengths. Run Jeff, Jarvis, Jared, EC, and Stan out there for spurts, mixing Fatts in, and wear them down to nothing.

I haven't seen a ton of 5-guard since the PC game, but this might be a chance to put it out there.

I predict the first couple of half court possessions will be to get the ball down low to Berry to see what he can do.

Blue Man wrote:Ew. 3rd post in a row but I've got a break right now and throw something actually related to the game itself out there:

How much 5 guard do we see?

According to RR's Q&A with the St Bonnies blogger, they have next to nothing inside, their best forward only plays about 12 minutes. To me that means 1 of 2 things:

Get Berry the ball to dominate inside all game.

OR

Play to your strengths. Run Jeff, Jarvis, Jared, EC, and Stan out there for spurts, mixing Fatts in, and wear them down to nothing.

I haven't seen a ton of 5-guard since the PC game, but this might be a chance to put it out there.

Might be easier said than done. Bonnies may not have much size but from the games I've watched they look pretty good on defense when they're playing zone which always seems to give us trouble. If and when they go to zone I'd like to see Stan be the guy who goes to the free throw line to try and open their defense up.

.......I like when the lane is left clear so that Jared/EC can flash into the lane from the weak side and receive the assist pass from the wing......

I believe this will be a game where Cyril will be the guy instead of berry. I think URI will want to play fast and tight D, idk how Berry will fare in this matchup. URI heavily relies on hedging the screens during the pick and roll. When Cyril isn't in foul trouble he hedges good and is quick enough to get back defensively to cover the roll. Both will be needed but, Cyril needs a big day on the boards at home like he's been doing.

Wonder if we'll see any ryan Preston in the coming games. He seems to have been replaced by akele.

Roster/stats updated in OP

Vinstu wrote:Wonder if we'll see any ryan Preston in the coming games. He seems to have been replaced by akele.

.......doubt it, unless major foul trouble and/or injury......

ramster posted some of these in the ticket thread, but I think they’re good enough to be here twice:

This from RhodyTickets twitter account:



so if anyone with tickets can't go tomorrow, please get them to another Ram fan and get those would be empty sold seats filled!

steviep123 wrote:This from RhodyTickets twitter account:



so if anyone with tickets can't go tomorrow, please get them to another Ram fan and get those would be empty sold seats filled!

I've never understood why people don't do that anyway. It aggravates the hell out of me to see empty seats that I know are sold, like the many I see in the 100 sections.

URI -7 open. Added to OP.

So who is going to get the start? Will it be Berry and Langevine and we go big to start? Or will it be the 4 guards and Berry for offense? Maybe the 4 guards and Langevine for defense? Man, it's nice to have three variable starting lineups that all work.

I'm sure it'll be the 4 guards and Berry.

Love the quotes from our guys shows the focus we have

I fully expect a win here won't be easy but definitely a win

Quotes:





http://www.independentri.com/rhody_over ... 83205.html

Here it is you got a good team coming to your place....gotta take care of business. Simple as that!

URIGONZO wrote:Here it is you got a good team coming to your place....gotta take care of business. Simple as that!

And the place is going to be packed even though students aren't on campus. It's gonna be a great environment tomorrow. Hope you are there for it. Don't want to miss this one.

Need to win this tomorrow for resume. Not many more chances for quality signature victories.

“With all due respect Rhodys home crowd isn't that daunting. I was there for the Season Opener and it wasn't anything special and I was even in the Presidential Suite because of my old man, and I've been to a ton more of other games over the yrs too, it doesn't remotely come close to the RC!! Rhody does play well at home but i just relate that to them obviously liking to stay home and them being familiar with their court. As long as our Bonnie's have forgotten all about last yr and realize this team Rhody team is completely different, we should be in good shape!”

Idiot quote from some toothless Oleans bumpkin from The Bonnie’s Board ..... ignorance at its best... the Ryan Center will prove this half wit wrong!!! I hate this guy!

Go Rhody!!!

Mongo wrote:“With all due respect Rhodys home crowd isn't that daunting. I was there for the Season Opener and it wasn't anything special and I was even in the Presidential Suite because of my old man, and I've been to a ton more of other games over the yrs too, it doesn't remotely come close to the RC!! Rhody does play well at home but i just relate that to them obviously liking to stay home and them being familiar with their court. As long as our Bonnie's have forgotten all about last yr and realize this team Rhody team is completely different, we should be in good shape!”

Idiot quote from some toothless Oleans bumpkin from The Bonnie’s Board ..... ignorance at its best... the Ryan Center will prove this half wit wrong!!! I hate this guy!

Go Rhody!!!

Sounds like that GW fan.

He has no reason to feel that confident.

7am Amtrak to Kingston...let’s go Rhody!!!

bigappleram wrote:7am Amtrak to Kingston...let’s go Rhody!!!

Great. The weather is amazing. 60 degrees!! Of course will not last but 60 in mid January??

Go Rhody!

Gameday!

Leaving for the RC now, LET'S GO!

We're here early any word if ts a legit sellout?

The place is still 80% empty. Going to be a lot of late arrivals.

6:30am pregame here out west still going strong! Let's do this!!

No surprise it’s a late arriving crowd for 11 am

There is not a time the game could start that would cause our fans to arrive on time.