How Important do you think it is for URI MBB to be Nationally Ranked Right Now?

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How Important do you think it is for URI MBB to be Nationally Ranked Right Now?

Extremely Important
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30%
Very Important
8
19%
Important
12
28%
Somewhat Important
5
12%
Only Important to the Fans - Not Important to the Players or Coaches
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7%
Not Important - Only Poll that Matters is at the end of the Season
2
5%
Does not Matter
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I ranked Extremely Important
Stan's comment in this morning's Projo was evident that it is important to the players. How much of the Sell-Out today for Duquesne is due to the Win Streak or the National Ranking? The National Ranking has to be helping to energize fans and want them to head to the Ryan Center especially with only 4 Home Games remaining after today.

The Ranking is fantastic free publicity for the school. Alumni around the US and the World can proudly wear their URI attire and brag to coworkers, neighbors, friend about their URI Rams.

Just thinking that this is only the 4th game since 2008 that URI is playing at Home in the RC as a Nationally Ranked Team - pretty awesome

Many teams are in or close to being in the Top 25 every year. But it is great to see Gonzaga, St Mary's, Nevada and URI in the Top 25. Teams that are considered to be Mid-Major Type Teams - certainly not P5 Teams.

Top 25 is great publicity for these schools but especially for a URI because it is so rare since the days of Jim Harrick.

Dan Hurley and this group of Players, Coaches and Support Staff (hat's off Academic Support) have put this Team and University in the National Spotlight and it is not even February yet - great things are happening.

“It feels great to be a ranked team,” URI guard Stanford Robinson said. “It’s something the fans wanted. It’s something that we wanted. It’s exciting to come back home and play in front of the fans.”

Duquesne (14-7, 5-3) will be looking to spoil just the fourth home game for a ranked URI team since 2008.

RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Villanova (63) 18-1 1,623
2 Virginia (1) 18-1 1,537
3 Purdue (1) 19-2 1,499
4 Duke 17-2 1,439
5 Kansas 16-3 1,338
6 Michigan State 17-3 1,243
7 West Virginia 16-3 1,217
8 Xavier 18-3 1,180
9 Cincinnati 17-2 1,087
10 North Carolina 16-4 1,014
11 Arizona 16-4 974
12 Oklahoma 14-4 917
13 Ohio State 17-4 787
14 Texas Tech 15-4 763
15 Gonzaga 17-4 610
16 Saint Mary's 19-2 571

17 Wichita State 15-4 547
18 Clemson 16-3 474
19 Auburn 17-2 470
20 Florida 14-5 366
21 Arizona State 15-4 353
22 Tennessee 13-5 260
23 Nevada 18-3 190
24 Rhode Island 15-3 189

25 Michigan 17-5 123
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....extremely important in continued building of the national program.....
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And to go a season wire to wire without letdown allows maximum fan base engagement. Leave them wanting more.
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100% agreed
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It's important, but it's more important to keep it there.
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Extremely important. It's why we're sold out today.
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I think it’s very important but I don’t attribute today’s sell out to us being ranked. I think with it being the first game back with students who have not been to a game in well over a month has a lot to do with it. As well as ticket packages and large groups that had bought blocks of tix.
Th importance is in that it is free exposure. URI will be on the front page of CBB scoring pages. It also has peaked the interest of the local media.
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Rhodyram wrote:I think it’s very important but I don’t attribute today’s sell out to us being ranked. I think with it being the first game back with students who have not been to a game in well over a month has a lot to do with it. As well as ticket packages and large groups that had bought blocks of tix.
Th importance is in that it is free exposure. URI will be on the front page of CBB scoring pages. It also has peaked the interest of the local media.
This game is not in the 5 game plan and the student allotment is standard for today. There are 6,000 non-student tickets and only sold old of those for the PC game
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Rhody83 wrote:
Rhodyram wrote:I think it’s very important but I don’t attribute today’s sell out to us being ranked. I think with it being the first game back with students who have not been to a game in well over a month has a lot to do with it. As well as ticket packages and large groups that had bought blocks of tix.
Th importance is in that it is free exposure. URI will be on the front page of CBB scoring pages. It also has peaked the interest of the local media.
This game is not in the 5 game plan and the student allotment is standard for today. There are 6,000 non-student tickets and only sold old of those for the PC game

It’s part of the 3 game mini plan. With the Dayton game and another non pc game of your choice.
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Spoke to a ticket rep very early in the season(November) and he had specificly mentioned the Duquesne game as one with a good amount of group sales.
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Does anyone know the history of when URI has been included in the Top 25 by year and by week within that year?
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ramster wrote:Does anyone know the history of when URI has been included in the Top 25 by year and by week within that year?
I can't speak for the accuracy of this, but its all I could find.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/sc ... polls.html
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.......can I change my vote to extremely, extremely important......?
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If you want to be the Gonzaga of the East, it is Extremely Important to be ranked.
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Very.

Ranked teams are at the top of all the sports outlets and get more eyeballs.

Brings in more fans, builds the rep of the program and is a good recruiting tool
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"Youuuge" wasn't an option?
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