Game #26: Davidson - Wednesday @ 7pm - PINK OUT

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 9 years ago

EFF IT - JUST GOT MY TIX

EFF THE STREAM

dear boss, please don't fire me... I've been waiting 15 years for meaningful hoops...

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 9 years ago

where is the coke tower for my pink tshirt ?

I am in sec 207

is it the entrance from mackal or the opposite side ?

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 9 years ago

ElmCityRhody wrote:where is the coke tower for my pink tshirt ?

I am in sec 207

is it the entrance from mackal or the opposite side ?

It's near the Mackal end of the arena where the URI players come in from their locker room. I think Rod sits in that section. Not sure where the coke tower is, but I'd guess it's near the north entrance.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

What? Coke at the RC? Does DEA know about this?
ECR come by and say hello!
It's always nice to put the faces with the Keanyblue folks.
I'll be wearing a hideous over sized pink hoodie.
The only negative about sitting on that side of the court
is, no access to the floor level through the stands.

GansettSummer · Unread post by **GansettSummer** » 9 years ago

ElmCityRhody wrote:where is the coke tower for my pink tshirt ?

I am in sec 207

is it the entrance from mackal or the opposite side ?

Coca-Cola Tower is the Main Box office tower on the north side main entrance of the building, opposite of Mackal.

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 9 years ago

great.. I will need to work for my tshirt for my fiancée on the opposite side..

rod- I am traveling from Stamford..
if I can get there early I will def say hello..

I will be w/ my nutty bro-in-law..
who is a retired new haven fireman..
so, I am sure he will be tanked up for the game

funny how things come full circle..
back in the early 90s (I think 1992) we played PC..
and it was on espn..
and I was right behind the hoop w/ the same bro-in-law

there used to be a youtube clip of it..
and we both were on it..

unfortunately, I never bookmarked it and can't find it anymore.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 9 years ago

sf2010 wrote:This will be the toughest test yet for our excellent perimeter defense. Switch on everything, especially with the guards. Be careful about helping too much from dribble penetration - better to give up a contested look at the rim from a guy who might be looking to pass than a wide-open 3.

Benchmarks for winning, need to hit on most (not all) of these.
-8 or fewer 3ptrs allowed
-Less than 14 TOs
-70% FTs
-35% 3pt
-14 or more TOs forced
-Three of EC, Hassan, Jarvis, Jared in double figures
-Fewer than 7 offensive rebounds allowed

SF what is the basis for this? Did the Bonnie's, Richmond or St Joes accomplish all these when they beat Davidson? I doubt it. If all of these happen, Rhody will win in a blowout. It isn't realistic to think Rhody will accomplish all of that. I feel they can (and will) still win even if they give up more the 8 threes (DU avgs 12.6) and force less than 14 TOs.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 9 years ago

Andrew wrote:
Oh we can certainly beat them, but worth noting that their PG Gibbs missed quite a bit of time over the last 2 months with an injury. He's back now.

Good point on Gibbs. I checked into that. He missed 7 games. He has played the last two games and Davidson has scored 65 and 77 points. He played in the blowout loss to Richmond (he was 2-10 FGs) and the loss to VCU (he was 1-10 FGs).

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 9 years ago

man, there are a lot of empty seats left <sigh>

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

I hope we get a sellout or close to it.
Our kids deserve support, especially in our biggest remaining
home game.
Gibbs is obviously rusty or still hurt.

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 9 years ago

ElmCityRhody wrote:man, there are a lot of empty seats left <sigh>

This game will sell out. Every pink out game draws well - even in our worst couple of years.

A pink out game near the end of the season where there is NCAA talk about us in the press and around campus? After 2300 students and another 5000 fans saw us beat the shit out of a rival the week before?

I expect 2500+ students and 5000+ in the crowd.

sf2010 · Unread post by **sf2010** » 9 years ago

Rhody83 wrote:
sf2010 wrote:This will be the toughest test yet for our excellent perimeter defense. Switch on everything, especially with the guards. Be careful about helping too much from dribble penetration - better to give up a contested look at the rim from a guy who might be looking to pass than a wide-open 3.

Benchmarks for winning, need to hit on most (not all) of these.
-8 or fewer 3ptrs allowed
-Less than 14 TOs
-70% FTs
-35% 3pt
-14 or more TOs forced
-Three of EC, Hassan, Jarvis, Jared in double figures
-Fewer than 7 offensive rebounds allowed
SF what is the basis for this? Did the Bonnie's, Richmond or St Joes accomplish all these when they beat Davidson? I doubt it. If all of these happen, Rhody will win in a blowout. It isn't realistic to think Rhody will accomplish all of that. I feel they can (and will) still win even if they give up more the 8 threes (DU avgs 12.6) and force less than 14 TOs.

No hard basis - just arbitrary things I will be looking for to see if we perform well in various aspects of the game. And note that I said we'll need to do most of them, not all

And as far as if the other teams did that:
-3ptrs allowed: Richmond 6, SJU 14, SBU 9
-FT%: Richmond 81%, SJU 56%, SBU 61%,
-3pt%: Richmond 45%, SJU 43%, SBU 23%
-TOs forced: Richmond 12, SJU 8, SBU 11
-Off. reb. allowed: Richmond 9, SJU, 9, SBU 10

So to answer your question, no, obviously not every team that beat Davidson accomplished those things, but each of those teams have different strengths than we do and different aspects of game-planning that I'm sure they focused on. Richmond and SJU won because they shot lights out from 3pt range. SBU won on a buzzer-beater and because they killed them on the boards. Unless we absolutely dominate in one or two phases like those teams did, performing solidly in several different facets is a reasonable goal to have. And we do not need to hit on all of those points, but I think that hitting a majority of them will result in a Rhody win. I don't think we disagree about that.

I selected those criteria because (in order), 3pt defense is a strength of ours and 3pt offense a strength of theirs, FT% has been inconsistent for us this year, 3pt% because while we have shot well over the past month prior to that we were among the worst in the country, TOs forced because we are 2nd in the conference in TO forced% (23.3%) while Davidson is the best in the a10 and third in the country at preventing TOs on offense (14.2%), and off. reb. allowed because if Davidson misses 3ptrs which I hope they will, that'll result in a lot of long rebounds which could lead to additional possessions, negating our efforts on perimeter defense if we can't close out possessions.

Long story short, I selected those numbers arbitrarily. I think each of those phases will be critical to URI earning a victory, but they do not need to hit on all of them.

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 9 years ago

fire it up blue man and rod.. fire it up !

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 9 years ago

i full expect a blue man rant tomorrow morning

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

I don't do game rants. I leave that up to my rambunctious
friend, Blue Man.
That said, I am really looking forward to this game, if
I can stop sneezing long enough to get there tomorrow.

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 9 years ago

you are there rod..
we need you..

I am feeling like crap too but I will be there

don't let me down tito's..

BPR2010 · Unread post by **BPR2010** » 9 years ago

Opening line is out and we are favored by 2. That's strictly because of home court with a spread that low, almost a toss-up in terms of how Vegas views the 2 teams on a neutral floor.

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 9 years ago

Blue Man wrote:
ElmCityRhody wrote:man, there are a lot of empty seats left <sigh>
This game will sell out. Every pink out game draws well - even in our worst couple of years.

A pink out game near the end of the season where there is NCAA talk about us in the press and around campus? After 2300 students and another 5000 fans saw us beat the shit out of a rival the week before?

I expect 2500+ students and 5000+ in the crowd.

Maybe if you repeat your proposal????

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 9 years ago

http://www.independentri.com/rhody_over ... 97c95.html

Hurley-
On Davidson's vaunted offense: They can all shoot and they can all handle the ball. The scheme of their offense is incredibly complex. They're probably one of the three or four best offensive teams in the country. What they did to Virginia – which is maybe the best defensive team in the country – is scary. It's about trying to put together a game plan to limit them as much as possible, but they're going to score in here. The one thing that gives us hope is the last five games, we're much better offensively. We've averaged around 75 points per game in the last five games and we're going to have to score the ball if we're going to have a chance to win – because they're going to. The precision of their offense is unlike anything we've seen this year.

Matthews-
On the team's identity: At the beginning, we didn't know what type of team we were. Now we do and we know what we need to do. We feed off coach Hurley and our fans. We just go out there and have fun.

Terrell-
On his second Rookie of the Week honor: I got it earlier. It's a great feeling, but I'm more of a team player – winning games, winning championships.

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 9 years ago

"Hurley On how his team has handled success: That's the thing we didn't know because there just hasn't been a whole lot of winning, especially at this level, here. They've become more determined and more focused. We've asked them to go out these last few games here and treat them like they're championship games and play with championship intensity, championship focus. We've got to go out there tomorrow night and play angry, play with rage, play with emotion and incredible energy."

I AM FUCKING JACKED

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 9 years ago

I love rage.

Rhody15 · Unread post by **Rhody15** » 9 years ago

This NEEDS to be a sellout, or at least 7500. Absolutely no reason why it shouldn't be, especially with the ticket deals that have been going on.

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 9 years ago

He used the same term in the show last night saying he likes that Terrell "plays with rage".

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 9 years ago

Over/under on Hurley's bench warning?

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 9 years ago

well he only gets 1 so i assume the O/U has to be 0.5, usually after 1 it becomes technicals

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 9 years ago

I think Iggy's asking in what minute of the game.

rhodyrudder · Unread post by **rhodyrudder** » 9 years ago

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

Save it for the road at Dayton, my guess is, there will be plenty of "rage" in that one.

The refs there, have their red sweater vests on, under their shirts.

Rod and Twisted will know what I'm talking about on that one.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 9 years ago

Iggy1979 wrote:Over/under on Hurley's bench warning?

Haha yeah its coming, no doubt about that. I need to know the refs first to though. That'll determine whether its 2 minutes into the game or maybe more like 5.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 9 years ago

GoRhody media release and game notes (PDF).

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 9 years ago

I will be shocked if this place isn't packed tomorrow, I feel like going back to my mob days and taunting the hell out of the away bench.

STC · Unread post by **STC** » 9 years ago

ATPTourFan wrote:GoRhody media release and game notes (PDF).

Great stat buried in that link - URI is 12-1 when Terrell scores in double digits.

brady1 · Unread post by **brady1** » 9 years ago

Let's GO RHODY!

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 9 years ago

wonder if RhodyJay is gonna do a "Kiss My Grits" poster for this one

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 9 years ago

How are ticket sales looking for this one? Will the crowd exceed UMass game or will it be less.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

Obadiah wrote:How are ticket sales looking for this one? Will the crowd exceed UMass game or will it be less.

Doesn't look like sales went as hoped. In section 213 alone, pretty good seats, there are almost 100 left. There are a lot more seats available on game day than there were against UMass. Going to need a huge walk up to come anywhere close to selling this one out.

jmck · Unread post by **jmck** » 9 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:
Obadiah wrote:How are ticket sales looking for this one? Will the crowd exceed UMass game or will it be less.
Doesn't look like sales went as hoped. In section 213 alone, pretty good seats, there are almost 100 left. There are a lot more seats available on game day than there were against UMass. Going to need a huge walk up to come anywhere close to selling this one out.

Yeah I don't see us getting past 7k which is dissapointing. we got a decent boost from Umass fans last Wednesday that we won't get here. I hope they spread the word about the 2 for 20 deal. Only reason I knew about that was because of this board

sf2010 · Unread post by **sf2010** » 9 years ago

I think there will be a larger than normal student crowd, pink-out always has a good turnout with them. If there are more tickets left approaching game time they will likely release them for students.

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 9 years ago

The two for twenty deal expired yesterday.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 9 years ago

I think they maxed the student crowd at the UMass game. I believe they reported 2,300 students.
I know they cap the student tickets at some number even if there are tickets still available. I don't know if the number is 2,300 or 2,500.

No snow forecasted for tonight (there was snow foecasted for the ride home from UMass game). Maybe that will increase the general public walk up crowd.

I am confident there will be 2,300 students for the Pink Out. That should make for a lowd crowd of 7,000.

Rhody15 · Unread post by **Rhody15** » 9 years ago

Too amped for this game. I'll be at Mews or Rhody Joe's for a few drinks before the game. Can't wait!

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 9 years ago

ElmCityRhody wrote:great.. I will need to work for my tshirt for my fiancée on the opposite side..

rod- I am traveling from Stamford..
if I can get there early I will def say hello..

I will be w/ my nutty bro-in-law..
who is a retired new haven fireman..
so, I am sure he will be tanked up for the game

funny how things come full circle..
back in the early 90s (I think 1992) we played PC..
and it was on espn..
and I was right behind the hoop w/ the same bro-in-law

there used to be a youtube clip of it..
and we both were on it..

unfortunately, I never bookmarked it and can't find it anymore.

If that's the game I'm thinking of, URI won it on a late layup by Mike Brown - 81-79. It might have even been overtime. I believe there was an A10-Old Big East double header on espn that night. Temple/BC played the other game. (Why do I remember this stuff)?

Smokinjimit · Unread post by **Smokinjimit** » 9 years ago

We stay out of foul trouble we win. Gil and Hass can't pick up their second foul
Until very late in the first half. JT's offense seems to pick up when he is
Active and effective on defense. When he picks up cheap fouls it hurts his offense.

BleedBlue87 · Unread post by **BleedBlue87** » 9 years ago

My little brother is on campus and says tonight's game is the only thing people are talking about. He thinks the turnout is going to be huge.

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 9 years ago

as far as students go they wont cap it unless there are no more large area of tickets remaining

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 9 years ago

I didn't see a preview in Projo.

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 9 years ago

all I see, nothing else online

http://www.providencejournal.com/articl ... 9568/14015

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 9 years ago

There was one in print. I don't know about online.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 9 years ago

BleedBlue87 wrote:My little brother is on campus and says tonight's game is the only thing people are talking about. He thinks the turnout is going to be huge.

This is great to hear!

SmartyBarrett · Unread post by **SmartyBarrett** » 9 years ago

BleedBlue87 wrote:My little brother is on campus and says tonight's game is the only thing people are talking about. He thinks the turnout is going to be huge.

I didn't think it was possible to get any more pumped for tonight, but reading this got me even more jacked up. LET'S GOOOOOO