2015-16 Schedule Discussion

RIhoopz14 · Unread post by **RIhoopz14** » 9 years ago

Remember last time we played them? That might have been one of my favorite rhody games (and teams) ever despite the outcome... Jimmy was unreal from deep

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

My understanding is that we will definitely be playing Duke in that tournament.

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

Good. That will be an awesome game.

EC and Hassan will be seniors, JT and JG will be juniors, Iverson a senior.

Plus ? We should be a no question NCAA tourney team in 2 years.

CT Rhody · Unread post by **CT Rhody** » 9 years ago

Did I read that Ajersey guys article wrong because I didn't see any mention of URI in it?????

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

You didn't read that wrong. This afternoon it mentioned URI a few times, with no mention of Harvard.

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

I think the thing to remember here is that UMass is trying to put on an event at the Garden. Who the other teams are that are involved is going to be fluid, and hopefully an event comes together and it includes us and we get to play somebody interesting. I think it could be an interesting idea to do an every-other-year situation with UMass where we play a double-header with them in Boston and at Mohegan against non-regional opponents. I know everyone here has some weird hatred for UMass, but I think of them as the "good" kind of rival and think they could be an important strategic ally for us.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 9 years ago

If the team playing Kentucky is Harvard, attendance will still not be great. The six MA team tournament at the Garden included UMass, Northeastern, and Harvard (along with BU, BC, and Holy Cross). It only attracted about 6k in total for the three games. Kentucky will bring fans regardless of who they play, but the Boston area teams will not bring large numbers.

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

CT Rhody wrote:Did I read that Ajersey guys article wrong because I didn't see any mention of URI in it?????

Looks like he removed it. Hmm. Here's a cached version of the article (where URI is mentioned)

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s ... clnk&gl=us

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 9 years ago

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

This is impressive considering their down year this year. Could be a hostile crowd when we play there next season.

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

From what I understand their new gym is a good amount bigger then average and I imagine a lot of the attendance is based around season tickets/mini plans/single seats sold before the season started. Basically coming on the heels of their best year in over a decade, lots of optimism for this season and discontent with the direction of their football team making the basketball team look even better. I'd be surprised if they're anywhere near that level next year.

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

This year was consistent with their 2013-14 attendance. Seems to be due to the new facility.

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports. ... ven-years/

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 9 years ago

RhowdyRam02 wrote:From what I understand their new gym is a good amount bigger then average and I imagine a lot of the attendance is based around season tickets/mini plans/single seats sold before the season started. Basically coming on the heels of their best year in over a decade, lots of optimism for this season and discontent with the direction of their football team making the basketball team look even better. I'd be surprised if they're anywhere near that level next year.

Pinnacle Arena (cap 15,147), located in downtown Lincoln, is brand new and opened up in the 2013-14 season. The Cornhuskers immediately saw a big jump in attendance that season and rode it to their first NCAA bid in many years. This last season had momentum from the prior year and came with high expectations which I am sure fueled advance ticket sales. Unfortunately their season tanked.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinnacle_Bank_Arena

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

I can't imagine there's a whole lot to see sportswise outside of the U. of Nebraska out there. I remember reading about Husker fans who would drive 6 hours each way to go to a football game.

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

I was about to say, this is one of those cases where it clearly is WTF else is there to do in freakin Lincoln!

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

Apparently make billions of dollars.

bressler3south · Unread post by **bressler3south** » 9 years ago

bigappleram wrote:I was about to say, this is one of those cases where it clearly is WTF else is there to do in freakin Lincoln!

It's 1 a.m. and I honestly thought you wrote: "…..this is one of those cases where it clearly is WTF else is there to do in a freakin Lincoln"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kN36oV ... freload=10

A BRESSLER PRODUCTION

IN ASSOCIATION WITH EMOTICON ENTERPRISES

A SUBSIDIARY OF A LITTLE IMAGINATION PLEASE LLC

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

Well done

Maineiac66 · Unread post by **Maineiac66** » 9 years ago

My wife's family is from Nebraska and my late father in-law had season tickets to the football games. As you know they are totally nuts for football out there. I think they've sold out the games going back to the 1960's. We used to thake the kids out there for a couple of weeks in the summer to visit their grandparents. I remember it took going to the last page of the Omaha World Herald to find out how the Red Sox did. The previous five pages concerned anything and everything concerning Husker Football. I think they even did features on the waterboy. My sister in law was not a great football fan but earned a considerable amount of spending money scalping her student ticket. My wife is the consumate anti sports fan but always manages to have a passing interest in the Huskers. Her passiveness regarding sports is forgiven as I was given World Series tickets as a birthday present in 2004 and 2013!

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

Very impressive palace-arena, there.
Maineiac, if you went to Montreal in the summer, it's all about
the Canadiens, 24/7.
Like the Huskers, they too have seen better days, despite the worship
of their fans.

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

You would assume Nebraska will be much better than they were this year, they're returning a ton of talent and I just can't see them having a season like this one again next year.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 9 years ago

RoadyJay wrote:Here is what we have so far... Guessed at a few of the home dates but should be pretty close

Out of Conference (13 games):

Home (? games):
THU 11/19/2015? - TBD*
SAT 11/21/2015? - TBD*
WED 12/9/2015? - Providence

Away (? games):
TBD - Brown
TBD - Nebraska

Neutral – Cancun Challenge (2 games):
TUE 11/24/2015 - Illinois St, TCU, or Maryland
WED 11/25/2015 - Illinois St, TCU, or Maryland

* - Home games as part of Cancun Challenge

bump
Known OOC schedule thus far. Need six more games. Hope a game in this rumored Garden doubleheader in Boston becomes a reality.

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

I would say, with respect to the Garden doubleheader, that that is a fluid situation. Whether the event will exist at all and which teams would participate if it does are both still open questions. URI playing Kentucky is a possible outcome, but it is also the best of many potential scenarios.

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

Are we going to Nebraska or was the game they played
here part of a home and home started during CFL's last season?

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

rodfromcranston wrote:Are we going to Nebraska or was the game they played
here part of a home and home started during CFL's last season?

We're going to Nebraska.

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 9 years ago

I'll bet the classy way the team and fans handled this year's game went a long way in developing a good relationship with Nebraska.

I also heard somewhere that the fans out there really love their football team.

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

Speaking of Kentucky, Calipari wins coach of the year and can't win a national championship despite having a team where all 5 starters and 2 BENCH players declare early for the NBA draft.

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

Billyboy78 wrote:Speaking of Kentucky, Calipari wins coach of the year and can't win a national championship despite having a team where all 5 starters and 2 BENCH players declare early for the NBA draft.

the praise he gets and the white washing of his laundry list of NCAA violations is infuriating. He's screwed over 2 different schools and has been proven time and again as a bad in game coach. His skill is he's better at being a weasel than other coaches.

The fact that he is going into the basketball hall of fame is beyond comprehension

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

Somebody tweeted that the program's APR must be a sight to behold.

He'll get out of town before that catches up with him......

oh that's right, there are rules for most programs, and then there are "rules" for programs like Kentucky and UNC, among others....

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

With the 7 Kentucky players leaving early, the door is now open for the top high school players to sign there. I believe 5 of the top 10 are unsigned. I bet at LEAST 3 of them sign with Kentucky next week, which would give them 6 of the top 13 high school players coming out this year.

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

Updated to reflect confirmed date for PC game

Out of Conference (13 games):

Home (? games):
THU 11/19/2015? - TBD*
SAT 11/21/2015? - TBD*
SAT 12/5/2015 - Providence

Away (? games):
TBD - Brown
TBD - Nebraska

Neutral – Cancun Challenge (2 games):
TUE 11/24/2015 - Illinois St, TCU, or Maryland
WED 11/25/2015 - Illinois St, TCU, or Maryland

* - Home games as part of Cancun Challenge

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

Billyboy78 wrote:With the 7 Kentucky players leaving early, the door is now open for the top high school players to sign there. I believe 5 of the top 10 are unsigned. I bet at LEAST 3 of them sign with Kentucky next week, which would give them 6 of the top 13 high school players coming out this year.

Losing seven players just clears lots of payroll space for Calipitino's (ahem) recruiting (ahem) class.

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

Rhode_Island_Red wrote:
Billyboy78 wrote:With the 7 Kentucky players leaving early, the door is now open for the top high school players to sign there. I believe 5 of the top 10 are unsigned. I bet at LEAST 3 of them sign with Kentucky next week, which would give them 6 of the top 13 high school players coming out this year.
Losing seven players just clears lots of payroll space for Calipitino's (ahem) recruiting (ahem) class.

I almost don't think it is fair to compare Pitino to Cal anymore. Pitino has been squeaky clean by comparison (sexcapades aside).

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

So Maryland is looking like a preseason top 5ish team. That probably didn't look that way a month ago.

Can Iffy shut down Diamond Stone?

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

Everyone likes to tag Calipari as a crook.
Still, despite scandals at UMass and Memphis, the
NCAA has yet to lay a glove on him for any impropriety.
At the same time, never a single word was said about John Wooden's
denying any knowledge of Sam Gilbert's bankrolling Wooden's program and players.
Why? Wooden was a grandfatherly man, who spouted nice quotes
and gave the appearance of being without sin.
Calipari is a slickster, who fits some people's idea of what someone
without scruples must look and act like.
I'm sure Kentucky closely monitors what's happening within their
program, not to have UMass and Memphis type doings in Lexington.
Meanwhile, Calipari uses the rules that exist on one and dones, to his advantage,
and is just smarter than everyone else in doing so.

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

rodfromcranston wrote:Everyone likes to tag Calipari as a crook.
Still, despite scandals at UMass and Memphis, the
NCAA has yet to lay a glove on him for any impropriety.
At the same time, never a single word was said about John Wooden's
denying any knowledge of Sam Gilbert's bankrolling Wooden's program and players.
Why? Wooden was a grandfatherly man, who spouted nice quotes
and gave the appearance of being without sin.
Calipari is a slickster, who fits some people's idea of what someone
without scruples must look and act like.
I'm sure Kentucky closely monitors what's happening within their
program, not to have UMass and Memphis type doings in Lexington.
Meanwhile, Calipari uses the rules that exist on one and dones, to his advantage,
and is just smarter than everyone else in doing so.

To steal Bressler's act for a moment, in this analogy, Calipari is Omar, and the coaches doing it "right" are Maurice Levy. They're all playing the same game here, some of them are just recruiting and using four-year players to get that NCAA money.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUvO2O7Iazw

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

Any Wire reference makes me happy.

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

Second that TP.

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

No clue what any of that was. Why not Game of Throne stuff
while we're at it? Maybe some Boardwalk Empire?

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

Omar comin'!

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

[whistles Farmer in the Dell at work]

[gets weird look from coworkers]

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

Keep this shit up, and Richie Madano will start showing up here.

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

I have to say that Andrew has the best avatar ever.

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

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

rodfromcranston wrote:Everyone likes to tag Calipari as a crook.
Still, despite scandals at UMass and Memphis, the
NCAA has yet to lay a glove on him for any impropriety.
At the same time, never a single word was said about John Wooden's
denying any knowledge of Sam Gilbert's bankrolling Wooden's program and players.
Why? Wooden was a grandfatherly man, who spouted nice quotes
and gave the appearance of being without sin.
Calipari is a slickster, who fits some people's idea of what someone
without scruples must look and act like.
I'm sure Kentucky closely monitors what's happening within their
program, not to have UMass and Memphis type doings in Lexington.
Meanwhile, Calipari uses the rules that exist on one and dones, to his advantage,
and is just smarter than everyone else in doing so.

Just because Calipitino hasn't been sanctioned by the NCAA doesn't mean he's clean. Some guys just know how to cover their tracks. And I'm sure the yahoos in Kentucky say, "if you're not cheating, you're not trying" or something like that.

Coaches know every single thing happening in their programs. They're control freaks of the highest order. I won't believe for one second that Calipitino had no idea what happened at UMass or at Memphis. Now that he's in the BCS cartel, the NCAA is basically going to have to catch him in bed with a dead woman or a live boy (see Fine, Bernie, and Sandusky, Jerry) to do anything to Kentucky.

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

Rothstein just confirmed date for Nebraska game

Out of Conference (13 games):

Home (? games):
THU 11/19/2015? - TBD*
SAT 11/21/2015? - TBD*
SAT 12/5/2015 - Providence

Away (? games):
TBD - Brown
WED 12/2/2015 - Nebraska

Neutral – Cancun Challenge (2 games):
TUE 11/24/2015 - Illinois St, TCU, or Maryland
WED 11/25/2015 - Illinois St, TCU, or Maryland

* - Home games as part of Cancun Challenge

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

At Nebraska on Wednesday, home against PC Saturday. What a week that's going to be!!

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

well, 1st week of December will be the make or break stretch for our OOC record.

in the spirit of the posts above, we gotta pull a Snoop and Chris and take them to some abandoned houses (figuratively).

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

Maybe I should just take off Wednesday-Friday that first week of December!

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

RoadyJay wrote:Rothstein just confirmed date for Nebraska game

Out of Conference (13 games):

Home (? games):
THU 11/19/2015? - TBD*
SAT 11/21/2015? - TBD*
SAT 12/5/2015 - Providence

Away (? games):
TBD - Brown
WED 12/2/2015 - Nebraska

Neutral – Cancun Challenge (2 games):
TUE 11/24/2015 - Illinois St, TCU, or Maryland
WED 11/25/2015 - Illinois St, TCU, or Maryland

* - Home games as part of Cancun Challenge

URI plays TCU in the 1st round game on Tuesday. Maryland plays Illinois state.
Winners play Wednesday

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