Week #17 - Games of Interest

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 6 years ago

Week #17 marks the last week of the regular season in CBB. With last week's two wins, URI moved up slightly in both polls - #17 in the AP Top 25 Poll poll and #16 in the USA Today Coaches Poll . Virginia gets the #1 spot in both the AP Top 25 poll, and the USA Today Coaches Poll. Nevada grabs #21 in both the AP poll and the Coaches' polls. Getting other votes in AP poll are St. Bona with 39 votes and Seton Hall with 3 votes. In the USA Today Coaches Poll, in the other votes category, St. Bona gets 6 votes and Seton Hall gets 2 votes.

The cumulative won-lost records of URI OOC opponents now stands at 209-102, 0.672, an increase over the previous week.

The key ratings for URI at the start of Week #17 are:

RPI - 8, down one. The expected RPI is 9.
BPI - 25, up 1.
Sagarin - 33, stable.
Pomeroy - 27 up 6.

No Monday action in the A-10:

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

South Carolina Upstate at Florida Gulf Coast . 7 PM. On ESPN3.
Atlantic Sun Tournament Quarterfinal

In Top 25 action:

#5 Duke at Virginia Tech. 7 PM. On ESPN.

Texas at #6 Kansas. 9 PM. On ESPN.

#12 Texas Tech at #20 West Virginia. 9 PM. On ESPN2.

Keatgsr07 · Unread post by **Keatgsr07** » 6 years ago

I find this line extremely interesting.

Is the road game for us to close out the season at Davidson a "trap game?" Not sure why the Bonnies would only be a 2.5 point favorite hosting Davidson on senior night?

Rhody15 · Unread post by **Rhody15** » 6 years ago

BPI gives us only a 41% chance to win at Davidson this Friday.

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 6 years ago

Keatgsr07 wrote:I find this line extremely interesting.

Is the road game for us to close out the season at Davidson a "trap game?" Not sure why the Bonnies would only be a 2.5 point favorite hosting Davidson on senior night?

This game is extremely important for both teams. Davidson clinches 2nd place with a win as they've already beaten SBU head to head. If SBU wins, then it gives them the leg up on 2nd, but Davidson still could reclaim 2nd with a loss, followed by a win vs. us, and a loss by SBU in their finally (and maybe some other help. It's complicated). I'm not surprised it's a low spread.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 6 years ago

Rhody15 wrote:BPI gives us only a 41% chance to win at Davidson this Friday.

Take the points when they come out then. It's going to favor Davidson.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 6 years ago

ace wrote:Bobby needs to adopt a little of all the things that have made Dan chill the eff out a bit. I always laughed at anyone who said Bobby was the calmer, more restrained brother (because no, just no).

(don’t do this, Bob)

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 6 years ago

After a bad foul call, to which the fans reacted with a "Bull-sh--, bull-shi--" chant, Buzz Peterson just grabbed a mic and told the crowd, "Quit cussin'"...for some reason, I can't see DH doing that...not that there's anything wrong with that....

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 6 years ago

I personally love the intensity of the whole Hurley clan! Only when I felt Dan's frustration with the officiating was taking away from precious coaching moments and further rattling his young team did I feel it needed to be toned down. Going after the officials = awesome!

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 6 years ago

Nice senior night for Va Tech with a last second win over Duke....

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 6 years ago

I don't agree with sports leagues going above and beyond to coddle referees and insulate them from criticism. Referees suck sometimes. Why don't they have to hear about it? Especially when they screw up and are arrogant about it, or worse when they get retribution against players or coaches with their whistles - which they definitely do. If a coach wants to yell at you, you probably deserve it. And if you don't like it, consider being better at your job or find a new one.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 6 years ago

Florida Gulf Coast bests USC Upstate 96-76.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 6 years ago

Dicky V doing Texas vs Kansas game. He makes a big statement after KU player hits a three, “I like shooters who when they take a shot it has a chance of going in”. I kid you not.

He also thinks every team he does a game for should be in the tournament. His field must be up to 80 teams. Tonight he said Texas should be in. Retire Dicky V.

URI'21 · Unread post by **URI'21** » 6 years ago

Rhody83 wrote:Dicky V doing Texas vs Kansas game. He makes a big statement after KU player hits a three, “I like shooters who when they take a shot it has a chance of going in”. I kid you not.

He also thinks every team he does a game for should be in the tournament. His field must be up to 80 teams. Tonight he said Texas should be in. Retire Dicky V.

He has us at #13, so it's all good.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 6 years ago

Such a smartass

jmck · Unread post by **jmck** » 6 years ago

theblueram wrote:
Rhody15 wrote:BPI gives us only a 41% chance to win at Davidson this Friday.
Take the points when they come out then. It's going to favor Davidson.

Vegas will not have Davidson favored against us Friday. My guess is URI -3

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 6 years ago

Oh I prefer Dicky V over all of them.

More fun to watch when the guy has enthusiasm. Bilas just points out the short comings for 2 hours.

I thought his comment about shooters is funny. It is better to watch Jimmy Baron shoot than Darrell Harris. I agree.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 6 years ago

Two games on Tuesday night in the A-10:

Saint Joseph's at #17 URI. 7 PM. On CBSSN.

Davidson at St. Bonaventure. 9 PM. On CBSSN.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Florida at Alabama. 7 PM. On ESPN.

In Top 25 action:

#16 Tennessee at Mississippi State. 7 PM. On SECN.

#14 Auburn at Arkansas. 9 PM. On SECN.

Miami at #9 North Carolina. 9 PM. On ESPN.

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 6 years ago

Obadiah wrote:Two games on Tuesday night in the A-10:

Saint Joseph's at #16 URI. 7 PM. On CBSSN.

Davidson at St. Bonaventure. 9 PM. On CBSSN.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Florida at Alabama. 7 PM. On ESPN.

In Top 25 action:

#16 Tennessee at Mississippi State. 7 PM. On SECN.

#14 Auburn at Arkansas. 9 PM. On SECN.

Miami at #9 North Carolina. 9 PM. On ESPN.

Wow, both URI and Tennessee are #16?

Seriously, Obadiah, should URI be 17, or are you using the USA Today Coaches Poll for URI since it is higher?

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 6 years ago

Thanks. I made the correction for consistency. I was using the coaches ranking.

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 6 years ago

What a finish...Miami beats UNC on a 3 at the buzzer.....

KMar970 · Unread post by **KMar970** » 6 years ago

bonnies and davidson headed to ot

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 6 years ago

Davidson and St. Bonnies going to OT......we are going to have a problem Friday night....maybe we better hope Davidson pulls this one out.

KMar970 · Unread post by **KMar970** » 6 years ago

double ot

KMar970 · Unread post by **KMar970** » 6 years ago

triple ot

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 6 years ago

Looks like Bonnies are going to pull out a win in triple ot. Davidson would have clinched the #2 seed with a win tonight. Would not have had as much at stake on Friday vs URI. The Rhody game will now still have a lot of importance for them as they have seeding position still at stake.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 6 years ago

Aldridge 45 points fouled out early in 2OT
Adams 34 points fouled out in 1OT
Mobley 33 points

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 6 years ago

Rhody83 wrote:Aldridge 45 points fouled out early in 2OT
Adams 34 points fouled out in 1OT
Mobley 33 points

You forgot Boston native Kellan Grady, who had 39.

It's crazy that there were some high scorers in a game where 230 points were scored.

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 6 years ago

Ridiculous is correct:

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 6 years ago

TruePoint wrote:
Rhody83 wrote:Aldridge 45 points fouled out early in 2OT
Adams 34 points fouled out in 1OT
Mobley 33 points
You forgot Boston native Kellan Grady, who had 39.

It's crazy that there were some high scorers in a game where 230 points were scored.

Stockard also had 31. 5 players (3 SBU and and 2 Davidson) had 30 or more!

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 6 years ago

Bona and Davidson are playing better due to the emergence of another scoring threat.....Stockard for Bona, and Grady for Davidson....

Makes them tougher to defend.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 6 years ago

Wednesday night action in the A-10:

Dayton at La Salle. 7 PM.

Saint Louis at Duquesne. 7 PM.

Fordham at George Washington. 7 PM.

George Mason at VCU. 7 PM.

UMass at Richmond. 7 PM.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

PC at #3 Xavier. 6:30 PM. On FS1.

#4 Villanova at Seton Hall. 8:30 PM. On FS1.

#21 Nevada at UNLV. 11 PM. On CBSSN.

In Top 25 action:

Ole Miss at #23 Kentucky. 7 PM. On ESPN2.

Florida State at #18 Clemson. 9 PM. On ESPNU.

#25 Houston at SMU. 9 PM. On ESPN2.

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 6 years ago

Bye bye PC
be careful
Must beat the johnnies

Let’s go seton hall

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 6 years ago

PC couldn't help us out and beat former A10 foe Xavier. Lot's of mentions of the A10 in that game, how this was X's first share of a Big East title and that they won a few A10 reg season and tourney titles.

We need Seton Hall to win tonight!

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 6 years ago

Richmond, 5.5 point favorite in their game with UMass, ends up routing the Minutemen 90-65.

La Salle easily defeats Dayton, 71-53.

In a close battle at Siegel, VCU falls to George Mason,81-80

Fordham in a neck and neck race with UMass for the bottom of A-10 lost at GW, 72-56.

Duquesne comes from behind to beat Saint Louis, 76-69.

PC absorbed its 12th loss of season. Yikes!

Ramulous · Unread post by **Ramulous** » 6 years ago

I was rooting hard for the friars.....

RhodyRam86 · Unread post by **RhodyRam86** » 6 years ago

After tonight's action, St. Joes and St. Louis in a 2 way tie for 4th. St. Louis won the only head to head game so they have the tie breaker, but they have the tougher last game with St. Bonnies at home, while St Joe's hosts LaSalle. Assuming St. Bonnies and St. Joes both win, SJU will be the 4 seed. Guess who we would likely play 2nd round in the A10 tourney...

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 6 years ago

Ian Boyd had yet another buzzer beater for the win. VCU turned it over with 17 secs left, and Boyd's tip in after a miss won it. GM is tied for 4th and currently has the 4th seed with whatever tie breaker they own over SJU and SLU.

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 6 years ago

RhodyRam86 wrote:After tonight's action, St. Joes and St. Louis in a 2 way tie for 4th. St. Louis won the only head to head game so they have the tie breaker, but they have the tougher last game with St. Bonnies at home, while St Joe's hosts LaSalle. Assuming St. Bonnies and St. Joes both win, SJU will be the 4 seed. Guess who we would likely play 2nd round in the A10 tourney...

George Mason is actually tied with them. 3 way tie for 4th. I'm assuming the tie breaker is head to head. They beat SJU twice and beat SLU in their only meeting with them. 3-0 against them. I'm just not sure if head to head is always the first tie breaker in a more than 2 way tie, or perhaps that's if team A beats B, B beats C and C beats A.

1. URI 15-2
2. Bona 13-4
3. Davidson 12-5
T4. George Mason 9-8
T4. Saint Joseph's 9-8
T4. Saint Louis 9-8
T7. Richmond 8-9
T7. VCU 8-9
T9. Duquesne 7-10
T9. GW 7-10
T9. Dayton 7-10
T9. La Salle 7-10
T13. UMass 4-13
T13. Fordham 4-13

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 6 years ago

Obadiah wrote:Richmond, 5.5 point favorite in their game with UMass, ends up routing the Minutemen 90-65.

La Salle easily defeats Dayton, 71-53.

In a close battle at Siegel, VCU falls to George Mason,81-80

Fordham in a neck and neck race with UMass for the bottom of A-10 lost at GW, 72-56.

Duquesne comes from behind to beat Saint Louis, 76-69.

PC absorbed its 12th loss of season. Yikes!

PC is 11-10 vs RPI Top 150 and has two losses against DePaul #173 and UMass #236.

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 6 years ago

Watching Nova @ Seton Hall and they Rafferty was giving Rhody a lot of love, mentioning what a great season we are having while discussing notable regular season champions. I took a screen image of the graphic on Fox Sports Go:

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 6 years ago

SH/Nova going to OT tied at 52.

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 6 years ago

Over. Nova hangs on, wins 69-68 in OT. Nova had a 66-59 lead under a minute left and nearly coughed it up. SH was fouled with 1 sec left just before a last second 3 pt attempt down 3. Made the first, tried to miss the 2nd and it went in anyway.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 6 years ago

Pc gets St. John's at home so that may seal up a berth with a win ???

RhodyRam86 · Unread post by **RhodyRam86** » 6 years ago

steviep123 wrote:
RhodyRam86 wrote:After tonight's action, St. Joes and St. Louis in a 2 way tie for 4th. St. Louis won the only head to head game so they have the tie breaker, but they have the tougher last game with St. Bonnies at home, while St Joe's hosts LaSalle. Assuming St. Bonnies and St. Joes both win, SJU will be the 4 seed. Guess who we would likely play 2nd round in the A10 tourney...
George Mason is actually tied with them. 3 way tie for 4th. I'm assuming the tie breaker is head to head. They beat SJU twice and beat SLU in their only meeting with them. 3-0 against them. I'm just not sure if head to head is always the first tie breaker in a more than 2 way tie, or perhaps that's if team A beats B, B beats C and C beats A.

1. URI 15-2
2. Bona 13-4
3. Davidson 12-5
T4. George Mason 9-8
T4. Saint Joseph's 9-8
T4. Saint Louis 9-8
T7. Richmond 8-9
T7. VCU 8-9
T9. Duquesne 7-10
T9. GW 7-10
T9. Dayton 7-10
T9. La Salle 7-10
T13. UMass 4-13
T13. Fordham 4-13

Oops...Missed GM. I'm happy to be wrong in this case.

Da_Process_Survivor · Unread post by **Da_Process_Survivor** » 6 years ago

reef wrote:Pc gets St. John's at home so that may seal up a berth with a win ???

i'm not entirely sure there. if they beat St Johns and lose game 1 of the BE tourney I think they're in trouble. And definitely would become huge fans of all lower conference tourney favorites.

I think they need 2 more wins to feel confident and 3 to erase any doubt

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 6 years ago

assuming st john's win..

must be nice to be 19-12 and 10-8 and consider in the tourney by msot ppl

TUDE !

my goodness.. so you beat a couple of top teams in the conference..

it's conference play and certainly not any "major upset"..

and their OOC schedule wasn't anything special

whatever...

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 6 years ago

They play in a conference that, rightly or not, a .500 or better record gets you in.

We will never be in that situation.

Why do people think Archie Miller left Dayton? Not so much for the money, he was making 2+ million at Dayton....

Tough to recruit there even with that arena....2 years ago they should have been a 7 seed and they barely made the tournament....

Will be interesting to see what happens with our seeding....if we get the stiff job what will Dan be thinking?

I don't mean getting left out entirely just to be clear....but what if we get say a 10 even if we finish well?

Assume nothing....with Kenpom at 48 that gives the committee an opportunity to bone us.

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 6 years ago

i hear ya.. i don't quite understand it .. but i hear ya..

ok. my focus is now back on URI and righting our ship.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 6 years ago

If the Bonnies win the A10 tourney they will get a better seed than we will. Book it.

Their numbers are just about as good as ours now.

RhodyRam86 · Unread post by **RhodyRam86** » 6 years ago

ElmCityRhody wrote:assuming st john's win..

must be nice to be 19-12 and 10-8 and consider in the tourney by msot ppl

TUDE !

my goodness.. so you beat a couple of top teams in the conference..

it's conference play and certainly not any "major upset"..

and their OOC schedule wasn't anything special

whatever...

let's be fair here...if we had two wins vs. top 5 in the country and sprinkled in a couple other nice wins, most on this board would be incredulous to be left out. we would be complaining about the other team in the state and asking why they should get in with beating only a couple lower tier quadrant 1 teams all the while discounting bad losses. And on top of that the other team in the state has 2 wins against top 100 teams in their conference and only 5 total. not saying this would be your take ECR...I'm just confident that would be the overriding take on this board.

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