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University of Rhode Island at University of Dayton
UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio
Saturday, January 20, 2018
1:00PM


Media

TV: CBSSN

Radio: B101, 101.5 FM

Previews:
Disano: Insider Breakdown
Independent: Overtime
GoRhody.com: Rams Head to Dayton For Saturday Matinee
Projo: Dayton Out to End Rams Win Streak
Dayton Daily News: Rhode Island Brings Familiar Names to UD Arena

Vegas: URI -4.5

Opponent

Record:
9-9 in Div I, 3-3 in the Atlantic-10 Conference
Road: 1-4
Neutral: 1-2
Home: 7-3
Last season: 24-8, 15-3 in the Atlantic-10 Conference

Rankings:
RPI: 88
BPI: 146
KenPom: 133

Leaders (returning from 2016-17):
Points - Xeyrius Williams, 8.4 ppg
Rebounds - Xeyrius Williams, 4.8 rpg
Assists - Darrell Davis, 1.3 apg

Leaders (after the first 17 Div I games of 2017-18):
Points - Darrell Davis, 17.6 ppg
Rebounds - Josh Cunningham, 9.1 rpg
Assists - Jalen Crutcher, 3.7 apg

Preview

The University of Dayton (UD) is a private Roman Catholic national research university, located in Dayton, Ohio's sixth-largest city. Founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary, UD is one of three Marianist universities in the United States and is the second-largest private university in Ohio, currently having about 8,000 undergraduate and 2,200 post-graduate students.

The sports teams at Dayton are called the Flyers; their team colors are red and blue.

University of Dayton men's basketball team enjoys considerable support from a very energized fan base. The Dayton men's basketball team is perennially among the top 25 programs nationally in attendance.

The Flyers play their home basketball games at the University of Dayton Arena (or, as it is more commonly known, the UD Arena), a 13,435-seat multi-purpose arena located in Dayton, Ohio. From 2001 to 2010, the UD Arena facility hosted the annual "play-in" game in the NCAA men's basketball tournament (officially the "opening round" game) which featured the teams rated 64th and 65th in the tournament field. In 2011, when the tournament expanded to four opening round games, the arena continued to host all "first four" games. Overall, the UD Arena has hosted more men's NCAA Division I basketball tournament games than any other venue.

The current head coach for UD men's basketball is Anthony Grant, a former Oklahoma City Thunder assistant who is now in his first year as head coach for Dayton.

Anthony Grant is a UD alum. He played for the Flyers for four seasons, graduating in 1987, averaging 11.6 points and 6.7 rebounds over the course of his career. He had previously been the head coach at VCU and at Alabama.

Coach Grant was hired in March-2017 to replace Archie Miller, who had just left Dayton for the head coaching job at Indiana.

Last year under Miller, the Flyers won the A-10 regular season with a 15-2 record. In post-season tournament play, the Flyers went to the NCAA Tournament, losing in the first round to Wichita State, finishing their season 24-8.

So far this season, Dayton is 9-9 (3-3 in Atlantic-10 Conference play):

opponent RPI   DATE      Opponent                score
------------  ------     --------                -----
    107       Nov 10     Ball State          W   78-77	
    087       Nov 16     Hofstra             L   69-72      @TD Arena, Charleston, SC
    216       Nov 17     Ohio                W   79-65      @TD Arena, Charleston, SC
    110       Nov 19     Old Dominion        L   67-75      @TD Arena, Charleston, SC
    243       Nov 25     Akron               W   73-60	
    005       Nov 29     Auburn              L   60-73
    061       Dec  3     Misssissippi State  L   59-61
    157       Dec  6     Tennesee Tech       W   79-66
    175       Dec  9     Penn                L   70-78
    187       Dec 16     Georgia State       W   88-83
    041       Dec 19     @Saint Mary's       L   54-69
    177       Dec 23     Wagner              W   79-67
    211       Dec 30     @Duquesne           L   62-70
    045       Jan  3     St Bonaventure      W   82-72
    166       Jan  6     U Mass              L   60-62
    236       Jan  9     @Richmond           W   87-81
    103       Jan 12     VCU                 W  106-79
    194       Jan 17     @St Joseph's        L   65-81


Over the Division I games that Dayton has played so far this season, Coach Grant has pretty much stayed within an eight-nine player rotation (likely starters in bold)
  • Jalen Crutcher (6-1 161) Freshman guard from Memphis, Tennesee. Crutcher is currently the assist leader and the starting point guard for Dayton. In addition to dishing out assists, Crutcher (Coach Grant's first recruit to UD) can also score and rebound. In the loss to the Auburn Tigers back at the end of November, Crutcher had 15 points, six rebounds, two assists and one turnover. In the epic beat-down of VCU last Friday, Crutcher nearly triple-doubled, racking up 12 points, eight rebounds, and 10 assists. In the puzzling road loss to St Joes, Crutcher had a team-high and a career-high 23 points, making 7 of 10 3-pointers.
  • Jordan Davis (6-2 195) freshman guard from South Carolina. Jordan Davis moved into the starting lineup in early December. He had a career high 21 points in the blow-out win over VCU, scoring 11 points in the first four minutes.
  • John Crosby (6-3 197) junior point guard from Baltimore, Maryland; he prepped at the New Hampton School. During his first two seasons in Dayton, Crosby played in the shadow of Scoochie Smith, one of the most celebrated point guards ever to play for the Flyers (and now a pro in Australia). At the start of this season, Crosby was the starting point guard, but since the Auburn game that role has shifted to Jalen Crutcher. Nevertheless, the likeable Crosby remains a competent guard that the Dayton staff continues to believe in. In the season opener against Ball State, back when he was still the point guard, Crosby played 28 minutes, scored 13 points, had six rebounds, four assists and two turnovers. Most recently, Crosby did not play Wednesday night against St. Joseph’s at Hagan Arena, as he was sick and did not travel with the team to Philadelphia.
  • Darrell Davis (6-5 170) senior guard from Detroit, Michigan. In the 106-79 win over VCU, Darrell Davis had nine assists and 28 points, 20 of which he scored in the first half on 7-of-7 shooting.
  • Trey Landers (6-5 224) sophomore guard from Dayton; a local kid, he played for Wayne High School in the Dayton suburb of Huber Heights, where he earned All-Ohio honors as a high-schooler. Last year as a freshman, he played in nine games for the Flyers. This year, he is starting. He averages 9.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg,
  • Matej Svoboda (6-7 224) freshman forward from the Czech Republic. The sport of basketball is not played in Czech high schools, but Svoboda did play four seasons as an amateur on the CEZ Basketball Nymburk professional team, which won the Czech Republic Championship in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (one of his teammates was Lauri Markkanen, a 7-0 forward who starred for Arizona last season and is now in the NBA). This year, coming off the bench for Dayton, he is averaging 13 minutes per game, with 3 ppg and 1 rpg. Against Rhody, he is not likely to far exceed his averages.
  • Josh Cunningham (6-7 233) redshirt junior forward from Chicago, where comng out of high school he was a Top-100 prospect (No. 98 on the ESPN Top 100). He played his freshman year at Bradley, then transferred to Dayton. Last season, the 2016-17 season, his first year eligible for Dayton, he was one of three co-captains for the Flyers, playing in only 11 games and starting a mere two, primarily due to an injury occurred early in the season. This season once again team captain, he is injury-free and doing quite-well-thank-you, playing 30+ minutes per game, scoring 15 points per game, and leading the Flyers in rebounds at 9 per game (154 total rebounds through the first 17 games).
  • Xeyrius Williams (6-9 205) junior forward from Springfield, Ohio. He started the first four games of the 2017-2018 season, but now is coming in off the bench, averaging 6 ppg and 3 rpg. A slender bigman capable of hitting the trey, he struggled from long range early this season: in his first nine appearances, he made 12 of 44 3-pointers (27.3 percent). However, in the last three games BEFORE ST JOSEPH'S, though, Williams has made the six 3-pointers that he has taken: made 3 of 3 against UMass, didn’t attempt a shot in the 87-81 victory at Richmond, and made 3 of 3 against VCU. The last time Dayton and Rhode Island met (10-Feb-2017 in the Ryan Center), Williams came in off the bench in a tightly-contested game to contribute 13 points and 5 rebounds; he remains capable of making the same type of contribution this year against Rhody on Saturday in Dayton.
  • Kostas Antetokounmpo (6-10 197) redshirt freshman forward, originally from Athens, Greece; he played his high school ball at Dominican High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Took the 2016-17 season as a redshirt year. This season, his second year at Dayton but his first season actually playing for the Flyers, he comes in off the bench for double-digital minutes (he actually started six consecutive games in late-Nov early-Dec), and is averaging 5 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block per game. In the game against VCU, due to an illness, he didn’t play at all; he was at the arena but not on the bench. By the way, if his unusual last name seems oddly familiar, it may be because two of his three brothers are currently playing in the NBA: Giannis Antetokounmpo plays for the Milwaukee Bucks, and Thanasis Antetokounmpo plays for the New York Knicks.

Members of Dayton roster who have not yet seen much (if any) court time this season:
  • Camron Greer (5-7 160) freshman guard from Country Club Hills, Illinois; attended Rich Central High School, where he was named Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Got in for some garbage time minutes against Akron and against VCU, but did not do anything in either game. He had a nice trey at the end of the puzzling loss at St Joes.
  • Jack Westerfield (6-1 180) junior guard from Cincinnati, Ohio. Walk-on, currently in his third year of contributing to the Dayton M-BB efforts. Honor Roll type of student. Has coaching as a long-term career goal. Westerfield is mostly a practice player, and had played a total of seven minutes in his entire career, prior to the St Joe's game Wednesday night. In the St Joseph's game with 7:47 to play and the Flyers trailing by 18, Dayton head coach Anthony Grant had seen enough of his starters, so he subbed in Westerfield. Westerfield the walk-on played the rest of the game, hitting a trey along the way.
  • Joey Gruden (6-1 185) senior guard from Leesburg, Virginia. In garbage time at the end of the blow-out against VCU, he hit a trey, which just happened to be his first field goal ever for the Flyers.
  • Dalton Stewart (6-2 190) freshman guard from Brookville, Ohio. This guy is usually a practice player who does not play in games. However, even Dalton Stewart got in at the end of Wednesday's road game at St Joe's (and he almost sank a shot at the buzzer!).
  • Ryan Mikesell (6-7 215) junior forward from St. Henry, Ohio. Mechanical Engineering major. As a freshman, he averaged 8.0 minutes, 3.0 points, and 1.5 rebounds per game. As a sophomore, he saw action in all 32 games, starting in 24 of them (including both games against Rhode Island), averaging for the season 5.7 ppg and 3.9 rpg. This year, as a junior, he is sitting out, rehabbing from off-season surgeries on both hips.
  • Obadiah "Obi" Toppin (6-8 193) freshman forward from Ossining, New York. After graduating from high school, he did a prep year at Mt. Zion Prep in Baltimore, Maryland. Has not not done much statistically since arriving in Ohio.
  • Jordan Pierce (6-11 265) freshman bigman from Union, New Jersey, where he played for Union Catholic. Currently buried deep on the Dayton bench. Has played a total of 4 minutes in the first 17 games. In the away game against Richmond, he didn’t travel with the team, staying behind in Ohio because of a disciplinary issue.
From an historical perspective, Dayton has clearly established themselves as a premier basketball program within the Atlantic-10 Conference. For example, the Flyers have won the Atlantic 10 regular season title in each of the past two seasons, and have gone to the Big Dance in each of the past four seasons.

However, that was then and this is now.

Last spring, the Flyers lost four valuable seniors to graduation and lost to Indiana the head coach who had made Dayton a regular NCAA tournament participant, with the Flyers having gone 139-63 during Archie Miller's tenure.

Dayton now has a new coach, who, despite his experience elsewhere, is still in the process of getting his new team to gel.

The current version of the Dayton Flyers can shoot. The question is whether their shots go in. When their shots go in, Dayton wins. This season, Dayton is 5-0 when it shoots 50 percent or better. However, the statistical reality is that Dayton as a team is averaging 45% from the field (37% from three).

When their shots do go in, Dayton can be spectacular. In the 106-79 win over VCU on last Friday evening, the Flyers set a Dayton program record with 17 made-3-pointers. Dayton went 39 of 62 (62.9 percent) from the field, including 17 of 32 (53.1 percent) from 3-point range. In that game, Dayton also set a program record with 66 points in the first half. Interestingly, in that game, Dayton's successful field goals came either from very close-in or from the 3-point arc: Dayton had almost no intermediate game.

When their shots do not go in, Dayton can be quite mediocre. On Wednesday night in the away game against the St Joseph's Hawks, the Flyers shot 37% from the field, losing 81-65. Dayton was unable to score as many points in the entire St Joes game as they had scored in the first half of the VCU game.

During Archie Miller's tenure, Dayton hung its hat on defense: the Flyers defensive efficiency improved each year under Miller. Currently, KenPom has Dayton with an adjusted defensive efficiency of 104.8, which ranks them 188th defensively in Division 1, and 11th defensively in the Atlantic-10. Rhode Island sits at number one in the Atlantic-10 with a KenPom adjusted defensive efficiency of 95.0, which is 28th in Division 1.

In short, Dayton this season under their new coach continues to be inconsistent. On any given night, they can sneak up and bite you bad, and then in the next game they can just roll over and go belly up. Their defense, which in previous seasons had been a hallmark of the Flyers basketball style, has become equally variable.

Even with the erratic on-again off-again performance of this season's Flyers, the up-coming contest will be a road game for Rhode Island, and the UD Arena is always a tough place for any opponent to play. The Dayton fans are vocal, and they show up for the Dayton home games, no matter how hard the wintry winds blow.

Look -- while I have a high level of respect for Dayton basketball as a program, this is not the Archie Miller's Flyers that Rhody will be facing this season. In last year's regular season matchups, Dayton won both of their games against Rhody (67-64 in January at the UD Arena, and 75-74 in February at the Ryan Center). Somehow, with URI standing at 6-0 in A-10 conference play, you gotta think the Keaney Blue faithful are ready for a Rhody sweep of Dayton in both regular season games this year. Let's go, Rhody! win this Dayton road game!


GO RHODY!
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Thanks for the write up Native! Nice job! I never take Dayton for granted, especially on the road. Of the course of the last 10-12 years, URI vs. UDayton have had some down to the wire classics and a few buzzer beaters (remember Hellenga and Marquis Jones?) from both sides. Even though Dayton is having an un-Dayton type year, URI needs to stay focused and take care of this one. It will be a difficult game, but hopefully they'll pull through.

PS: I noticed that after this game is over, Creighton vs. Providence is on CBSSportsNet at 3pm.
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Always tough playing at Dayton. I'm expecting a close game. Also, not looking forward to the camera angle that is basically up in the ceiling and gives me vertigo.

Nice write up Native!
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Good call Adam. I forgot about that about Dayton's arena. So awful on TV. Even for the "First Four" games it's bad!
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steviep123 wrote:Good call Adam. I forgot about that about Dayton's arena. So awful on TV. Even for the "First Four" games it's bad!
Ha yeah, it drives me nuts!
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Dayton LOVES to shoot the 3, they shot 38 of them against St Joes, around 22 of them were in the first half
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Can't stand watching from the rafters. It's disorienting.
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adam914 wrote:Always tough playing at Dayton. I'm expecting a close game. Also, not looking forward to the camera angle that is basically up in the ceiling and gives me vertigo.

Nice write up Native!
I’ve watched a couple of their games this season and I didn’t think the camera angle was as bad as it was in the past. I know with their new renovations they wanted to fix the television broadcast so maybe they already finished that part.

Definitely going to be a tough game. Probably the best home court advantage in the a10 and I’m not sure it helps they’re coming off a blowout loss at Saint Joes.
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Native's preview is spot on . I have watched almost all of the Flyers games including most of their game tonight. Very hot and cold.
I think our defense will contain and frustrate them . They are often a turnover machine against lesser defensive opponents. They
are specializing in unforced TOs . Just don't give them a bunch of uncontested threes and it should be a win. Langevine and Berry
must also contain Cunningham who seems to get lost when things aren't going well. They need to put it to them early as they did with UMASS.
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Agree Luke that Native's preview is spot on. And I agree with you about Cunningham. If we can create turnovers right from the start and suffocate Dayton with our defense I think we can take Cunningham and others out of this game. I always thought Xeyrius Williams would have been a starter for Dayton this season. He always seemed to kill URI. So surprising he is not starting and has had less playing time than I would have expected.
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At this point, the only team that can beat us is....us.

The one thing we have always been consistent with is defense.

Our defense always shows up, so they aren't going to rain threes on the six pack.

We should have plenty of motivation to go In there and disappoint 14,000 Dayton Flyers.

I'm sure Dan won't let the guys forget the heartbreaking losses we suffered to them last year.

I'm sure Dayton will be game! Hopefully they are, could be good for us to get a test.
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I think that a road victory against a program like Dayton is a good notch in the belt. Wins against UMASS and Dayton this week should get a number of more individuals voting us to the Top 25. It should also send a message to the rest of the A10 that we are very solid - able to go into a Dayton Home Court and win.
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No doubt this is going to be a win. DH will have us motivated playing for a National ranking plus they beat us in two close ones last year
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Thanks to the A10 sucking horribly...road wins have become a lot more important to keep our ranking high.
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adam914 wrote:
steviep123 wrote:Good call Adam. I forgot about that about Dayton's arena. So awful on TV. Even for the "First Four" games it's bad!
Ha yeah, it drives me nuts!
Worst part of the First Four is you have to watch PC.
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really want this game to catapult us into the top 25

this teams deserves the recognition

i think this one will be a dog fight as a gotta assume dayton is due for a better effort

FOCUS and let's fight for the W

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normal year, winning at Dayton is a big effort. But this isnt a normal year.

On offense, they play the Iona game...1st person with the ball behind the arc, just jack it up. That type of offense plays right into the strength of our defense. We suffocate and kill perimeter teams.

Frankly, I dont see anyone that can consistently stay in front of our guards on defense either.

As long as they dont pull some unreal shooting night out of their tails this is a 7-12 point win
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Native wrote:[*] Joey Gruden (6-1 185) senior guard from Leesburg, Virginia. In garbage time at the end of the blow-out against VCU, he hit a trey, which just happened to be his first field goal ever for the Flyers.
He is the son of Redskins coach Jay Gruden, nephew of Raiders Jon Gruden (who also went to Dayton).
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Big game for Rhody. If they win this game, I see a clear path to 10-0. That 10th game would be home vs Duquesne in front of a huge crowd.
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Rhody83 wrote:Big game for Rhody. If they win this game, I see a clear path to 10-0. That 10th game would be home vs Duquesne in front of a huge crowd.
The game against Duquesne will be the ninth A-10 game that URI will play.

URI are currently at 6-0 in conference play.

The remaining regular season games are

RPI	  date    opponent       time
---	------- -------------   -------
 88	Jan. 20	 @ Dayton	1:00 PM
274	Jan. 24	 @ Fordham	7:00 PM
221	Jan. 27	 Duquesne	noon
151	Jan. 30	 @ U Mass	6:30 PM
136	Feb. 2	 @ VCU          7:00 PM
130	Feb. 9	 Davidson	7:00 PM
211	Feb. 13	 Richmond	8:30 PM
 45	Feb. 16	 @ Bona  	7:00 PM
155	Feb. 20	 @ La Salle	7:00 PM
 88	Feb. 23	 Dayton         7:00 PM
179	Feb. 27	 Saint Joseph's	7:00 PM
130	Mar. 2	 @ Davidson	8:00 PM



Assuming that Rhode Island wins their next two games (both on the road), they would be 8-0 as they take the floor in the Ryan Center to tip off with Duquesne.
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Rhody83 wrote:Big game for Rhody. If they win this game, I see a clear path to 10-0. That 10th game would be home vs Duquesne in front of a huge crowd.
The game against Duquesne will be the ninth A-10 game that URI will play.

URI are currently at 6-0 in conference play.

The remaining regular season games are

RPI	  date    opponent       time
---	------- -------------   -------
 88	Jan. 20	 @ Dayton	1:00 PM
274	Jan. 24	 @ Fordham	7:00 PM
221	Jan. 27	 Duquesne	noon
151	Jan. 30	 @ U Mass	6:30 PM
136	Feb. 2	 @ VCU          7:00 PM
130	Feb. 9	 Davidson	7:00 PM
211	Feb. 13	 Richmond	8:30 PM
 45	Feb. 16	 @ Bona  	7:00 PM
155	Feb. 20	 @ La Salle	7:00 PM
 88	Feb. 23	 Dayton         7:00 PM
179	Feb. 27	 Saint Joseph's	7:00 PM
130	Mar. 2	 @ Davidson	8:00 PM



Assuming that Rhode Island wins their next two games (both on the road), they would be 8-0 as they take the floor in the Ryan Center to tip off with Duquesne.
Sorry, you are right I was mixing up the road UMass game I am going to on the 30th.
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Native wrote:
Rhody83 wrote:Big game for Rhody. If they win this game, I see a clear path to 10-0. That 10th game would be home vs Duquesne in front of a huge crowd.
The game against Duquesne will be the ninth A-10 game that URI will play.

URI are currently at 6-0 in conference play.

The remaining regular season games are

RPI	  date    opponent       time
---	------- -------------   -------
 88	Jan. 20	 @ Dayton	1:00 PM
274	Jan. 24	 @ Fordham	7:00 PM
221	Jan. 27	 Duquesne	noon
151	Jan. 30	 @ U Mass	6:30 PM
136	Feb. 2	 @ VCU          7:00 PM
130	Feb. 9	 Davidson	7:00 PM
211	Feb. 13	 Richmond	8:30 PM
 45	Feb. 16	 @ Bona  	7:00 PM
155	Feb. 20	 @ La Salle	7:00 PM
 88	Feb. 23	 Dayton         7:00 PM
179	Feb. 27	 Saint Joseph's	7:00 PM
130	Mar. 2	 @ Davidson	8:00 PM



Assuming that Rhode Island wins their next two games (both on the road), they would be 8-0 as they take the floor in the Ryan Center to tip off with Duquesne.
Nothing but landmines.
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Duquesne is going to fade, they cannot sustain. Good coach, they will get there, but they will play back to the rest of the crappy middle of this league real soon. Net net, I wouldn't circle Duquesne as a big game.
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Two 'big' games left, just mile-markers flying by... @UMass for a nice, shiny 10-0 and, @Davidson for a perfect 18-0 conference record.
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this is the first of the 4 toughest game left (@UD, @ Bona, @VCU and @Davidson)
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I'd add @Lasalle assuming they have BJ Johnson. Matchup wise, at full strength, they are 1 of the only teams in the league that have the guard play to handle our pressure. At a certain point Dan's biggest coaching challenge is keeping the team sharp and focused, beating up teams by double digits can naturally start to take the edge off.
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I expect the tremendous defensive play by our guards will result in a win at Dayton. Let's not forget that Dayton is now starting a freshman point guard who will have a very difficult time running their offense with Jeff and Jarvis (and some Fatts) in his face for 90 feet.
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Had a good interview with Dayton beat writer tonight. Will post podcast Friday afternoon.
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bigappleram wrote:Duquesne is going to fade, they cannot sustain. Good coach, they will get there, but they will play back to the rest of the crappy middle of this league real soon. Net net, I wouldn't circle Duquesne as a big game.
URI will be favored by about 18 over Duquesne.
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twisted3829 wrote:this is the first of the 4 toughest game left (@UD, @ Bona, @VCU and @Davidson)
I agree, especially when you look at the remaining regular season games through the prism of the Selection Committee’s team sheets.

As mentionned in a previous post in this thread, the A-10 games remaining to play for URI are as follows:
RPI	  date    opponent       time
---	------- -------------   -------
 88	Jan. 20	@ Dayton	1:00 PM
274	Jan. 24	@ Fordham	7:00 PM
221	Jan. 27	Duquesne	noon
151	Jan. 30	@ Massachusetts	6:30 PM
136	Feb. 2	@ VCU           7:00 PM
130	Feb. 9	Davidson	7:00 PM
211	Feb. 13	Richmond	8:30 PM
 45	Feb. 16	@ Bona  	7:00 PM
155	Feb. 20	@ La Salle	7:00 PM
 88	Feb. 23	Dayton          7:00 PM
179	Feb. 27	Saint Joseph's	7:00 PM
130	Mar. 2	@ Davidson	8:00 PM

However, the importance of each game this year is more than just the RPI rank of the opponent. Instead of teams being grouped solely by RPI, as in the past, the Selection Committee’s team sheets this season classify wins-and-losses into four groups that account for location played, as illustrated below:
RPI Group           Home           Neutral            Road
---------           ----           -------            -----
    1              #1-#30           #1-#50            #1-#75

    2             #31-#75          #51-#100          #76-#135

    3             #76-#160        #101-#200         #136-#240

    4            #161-#351        #201-#351         #241-#351
Mapping URI's current record 14-3 record on to the Selection Committee’s team sheet looks something like the following:
RPI Group           Home           Neutral          Road
---------           ----           -------          -----
    1               0-0             1-1              0-2

    2               2-0             0-0              0-0

    3               4-0             0-0              2-0

    4               5-0             0-0              0-0


If you then map just the games yet-to-be-played-by-URI on to the Selection Committee’s team sheet, the importance of @SBU, @DAY, @DAV, @VCU, @LS stands out:
RPI Group           Home           Neutral          Road
---------           ----           -------          -----

   [1]               -                -               1 (@SBU)

   [2]               -                -               2 (@DAY+@DAV)

   [3]               2 (DAY+DAV)      -               3 (@VCU+@UMASS+@LS)

   [4]               3 (StJ+RICH+DUQ) -               1 (@FOR)
The above data is part of the reason why the Dayton game on Saturday is so important to Rhody.
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Native, it's a great illustration. And just for comparison purposes, I picked a team that has gotten a little attention here this past week, Creighton. Currently, Creighton is RPI 23. Here is what they have done and what they have coming:

Done:
RPI Group           Home           Neutral          Road
---------           ----           -------          -----
    1               1-0             1-0              0-3

    2               2-0             1-1              0-0

    3               3-0             0-0              1-0

    4               6-0             0-0              0-0

Coming:
RPI Group           Home           Neutral          Road
---------           ----           -------          -----
    1                2              0               4

    2                1              0               1

    3                2              0               1

    4                0              0               0
When you compare this to URI, obviously Creighton is going to get higher raw win totals in cats 1 & 2. They have 11 cat 1 chances and 6 cat 2 chances, compared to URI's 5 cat 1 chances and 4 cat 2 chances. URI will, almost assuredly, finish with a better record (if we don't, then this comparison is obviously meaningless because Creighton is going to be a #1 seed if they win 16 conference games). The more interesting thing is whether it is more impressive for Creighton to go 3-8 or even 4-7 against cat 1 teams with 3 home games or URI to go 2-3 with no home opportunities. Is it more impressive for Creighton to go 4-2 in cat 2 games or URI to go 3-1? In both cases, Creighton gets more wins in the category but has a worse percentage.

I think this is a good way for the committee to look at these teams, I'm just curious how they're going to interpret the data.

However they look at it, agree that this @Dayton game is very important and will be challenging.
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There is so much assumption that we will win this game and will be ranked soon that I am afraid. I don't want to believe in jinxes but I have a bad feeling. I hope the team proves me wrong and stomps Dayton.
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It’s gonna be #LOWD there.
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Rhody Guy wrote:There is so much assumption that we will win this game and will be ranked soon that I am afraid. I don't want to believe in jinxes but I have a bad feeling. I hope the team proves me wrong and stomps Dayton.
I’m starting to not believe we will be ranked.

Look at our conference!?!? We have a total of FOUR quadrant 1 or 2 games on our schedule this year from 2 teams.

That number goes up to 135 for road games. This conference STINKS.

The A10 has 3 teams in the top 135. That is some horizon, ovc, mvc type shit
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They will continue to climb the ladder this Saturday
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Rhody Guy wrote:There is so much assumption that we will win this game and will be ranked soon that I am afraid. I don't want to believe in jinxes but I have a bad feeling. I hope the team proves me wrong and stomps Dayton.
Fret not, RhodyGuy...tomorrow's my birthday, URI will stomp...not sure the environment/schedule is going to allow for getting them ranked tho...
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Good interview. Interviewer refers to Rhode Island being a strong team coming in with an RPI RANKING OF 11

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/day ... EdB18XPaK/
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Anthony Grant interview on the Rhode Island game. Very complimentary on URI.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/day ... om5xMDjlJ/
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ramster wrote:
that is such an absurd stat...
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Blue Man wrote:
ramster wrote:
that is such an absurd stat...
It really is!!!
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That is an absurd stat but...seems like he frequently looks for ways to give Rhody props.
Outside of here, would have to say he's the Leader of the Bandwagon...which is all good.
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NYGFan_Section208 wrote:That is an absurd stat but...seems like he frequently looks for ways to give Rhody props.
Outside of here, would have to say he's the Leader of the Bandwagon...which is all good.

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Chris DiSano’s preview:

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I think it is exciting (but of course I love all URI Sports teams) that the URI WBB Team will be televised on the same Channel CBSSN on Saturday at 11:00am so that will be just prior to the MBB Team Game versus Dayton at 1pm

URI will be playing LaSalle at the Ryan Center.

This will be the first Nationally Televised game for the URI WBB Team this season.

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Ramster, Xerius Williams was a starter until he got hurt and missed several games. He has been back from injury for
only a few games and will probably return to the starting lineup soon if he is able to regain some of his shooting skills.
As far as Cructher, he really isn't the point guard in the truest sense. Often the ball handling is left up to Jordan
Davis or even Darrell Davis and sometimes Trey Landers. Often you will find Crutcher firing up threes from the corner.
He does pass well though and has been a consistent scoring threat while leading the team in assists too. He has been
hot from three, so they have to stay on him as if he were Jalen Adams . The same goes for Darrell Davis. the rest of
the team is erratic from three. the key i think is to take away the three early and they lose their confidence. I am sure
that is what coach Hurley will have them doing and it should result in a 8-12 point win ( I hope ).
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FYI, Duquesne tickets are flying off the shelf.
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Here's my interview with David Jablonski of the Dayton Daily News. Worth a listen:

https://soundcloud.com/colby-cotter/the ... -episode-7
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Preview quotes:



http://www.independentri.com/rhody_over ... 15964.html


An excerpt, from Dan:

On whether winning makes it harder to improve: Our approach is real consistent. My leadership style, for me and for the culture of the program, it’s always about that next thing and that next game. We don’t celebrate victories very long. We’re on to our next opponent really quickly. That’s just our mindset. We want that next thing - we want to be 7-0. We want to get our third road win in a row and continue this run we’re on.
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