2018 Atlantic 10 Tournament - Washington, D.C.

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

wgracie99 wrote:It"s either $20 or $89 (for tickets on ends)? I guess we'll just go at game time and get them there or from someone looking to sell theirs.

You might want to buy the first Friday session in advance. With the game starting at noon there might not be a lot of tickets being sold outside. I would buy the $20 ticket from the A10 site and blend in with the Rhody crowd in the lower arena as they take their seats. You can buy other sessions outside. Fans from losing teams will sell their semifinal and final sessions on their way out.

Rhody1988 · Unread post by **Rhody1988** » 6 years ago

Rhody_JAM wrote:This is my first time going to the A10 tournament. I was wondering if anyone knew how purchasing single game tickets work? Is there a URI specific section if you buy single game tickets? Also, I was looking on the A10 website and went to ticket master. I saw the tickets are $20 a session, but did not understand how the ticket locations correspond to the seating chart. For example ticket seat says section: LW1 and row: GA0, while seating chart is labeled as sections 100 - 229. My goal is to have all the URI sessions purchased once the seeding is known. I may make it to a few other games of interest.

It’s so frustrating I know!!!! I bought tickets back in January for LWR1 ROWGA1 and I still can’t find where they are. There isn’t a single seating chart that has that area. Ticketmaster is USELESS. They place you on hold forever then the person who takes the call has zero clue how to do anything. I’m going to try and call the Capital One Arena tomorrow.

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

The tickets listed as LWR are all general admission behind the baskets on the lower level that are colored in blue. this is per the Capital Arena staff.

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

Oh also the numbers are meaningless and just for the sake of the ticket sellers , so if you have these tickets get there early since they are general admission assigned first come first served as far as seat location in those blue sections.

BleedBlue87 · Unread post by **BleedBlue87** » 6 years ago

ATPTourFan wrote:

This is such a good deal.

Rhody1988 · Unread post by **Rhody1988** » 6 years ago

luke wrote:Oh also the numbers are meaningless and just for the sake of the ticket sellers , so if you have these tickets get there early since they are general admission assigned first come first served as far as seat location in those blue sections.

Yup. I called the box office there today. I plan to get there an hour before the game and claim our seats. Hopefully the RUCKUS will be there in force!! Horrible that Ticketmaster fools you and gives you seat numbers.

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

For those heading to DC for the A10 Tourney, the Alumni association is holding pregame receptions (hopefully for all 3 games) at Bar Deco a few blocks from the Arena. Here's the link with all the info:

Alumni Assoc A10 Tourney Pre Game Reception Info

Section104 · Unread post by **Section104** » 6 years ago

student bus cancelled due to lack of demand...not ideal. Not a great look.

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 6 years ago

Hows that happen? I would die to be a student right now. Although when are midterms?

section(105) · Unread post by **section(105)** » 6 years ago

.......think big.......now make the deal available to everyone......no?

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

Section104 wrote:student bus cancelled due to lack of demand...not ideal. Not a great look.

While a good deal, $300 is a lot for a college kid....

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 6 years ago

Rhodyram wrote:
Section104 wrote:student bus cancelled due to lack of demand...not ideal. Not a great look.
While a good deal, $300 is a lot for a college kid....

This is very true, I was on a very tight beer budget then.

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

Rhodymob05 wrote:
Rhodyram wrote:
Section104 wrote:student bus cancelled due to lack of demand...not ideal. Not a great look.
While a good deal, $300 is a lot for a college kid....
This is very true, I was on a very tight beer budget then.

20 year old me probably couldn't swing it $ wise, 42 year old me would jump on it but can't because of work/kid/life...

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 6 years ago

Rhodyram wrote:
Section104 wrote:student bus cancelled due to lack of demand...not ideal. Not a great look.
While a good deal, $300 is a lot for a college kid....

Plus the tournament is the weekend leading into spring break, I'm sure a lot of students already made plans to get off of campus

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

Great seats. Bought early and now 3 family members unable to attend. Full sessions Mar 7-11: center section 111, row K, seats 5, 6 & 7. Not seeking profit. $398/book.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 6 years ago

RhowdyRam02 wrote:
Rhodyram wrote:
Section104 wrote:student bus cancelled due to lack of demand...not ideal. Not a great look.
While a good deal, $300 is a lot for a college kid....
Plus the tournament is the weekend leading into spring break, I'm sure a lot of students already made plans to get off of campus

Good point, didn't even realize that. Even without that though totally agree with others, as a student there is no way I would have had $300 to spend on that.

BleedBlue87 · Unread post by **BleedBlue87** » 6 years ago

Section104 wrote:student bus cancelled due to lack of demand...not ideal. Not a great look.

If they opened this up to the rest of us I would buy a ticket immediately.

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

Come on parents step up to the plate and send those students to see those URI Rams !!!

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

BleedBlue87 wrote:
Section104 wrote:student bus cancelled due to lack of demand...not ideal. Not a great look.
If they opened this up to the rest of us I would buy a ticket immediately.

Same...

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

I’ll be there, and I’m at the Alumni events on Saturday and Sunday.... who else is planning on being there?

ram1980 · Unread post by **ram1980** » 6 years ago

Not looking as forward to this trip as I was a week ago... Not playing well.. What happens if they lose game 1... R they definitely in??? Tough to play well against a zone when u never play one yourself... Not getting the steals and easy baskets they need..

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

None of that should have mattered. Make a couple of free throws and the game was won.

We don't score in the last few minutes of close games. When you think about it, this isn't anything new.

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

With the way the last week played out, I don't think you will see a surge of people going that had not already previously made their plans. Got to think if anyone had any hesitations, this past week will cause them to stay home.

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

Yes we are in even with a loss Friday

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

reef wrote:Yes we are in even with a loss Friday

Really?

Suppose we lose Friday, St Bonaventure and Davidson meet in the Championship game on Sunday. Davidson wins and gets the auto bid.

You think 3 A10 teams get in?

You think they pick URI over St Bonaventure?

I don't think it is near as automatic as most of you are thinking.

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

Yes in that scenario 3 teams will get in

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

ramster wrote:
reef wrote:Yes we are in even with a loss Friday

Really?

Suppose we lose Friday, St Bonaventure and Davidson meet in the Championship game on Sunday. Davidson wins and gets the auto bid.

You think 3 A10 teams get in?

You think they pick URI over St Bonaventure?

I don't think it is near as automatic as most of you are thinking.

Agree with you here. If we had won last night we were in no matter what. But of course we have to make it harder on ourselves.

section(105) · Unread post by **section(105)** » 6 years ago

.......my thoughts, if we don’t make it into to the A-10 Final game, The Selection Show is gonna be a tension convention......

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

ramster wrote:
reef wrote:Yes we are in even with a loss Friday

Really?

Suppose we lose Friday, St Bonaventure and Davidson meet in the Championship game on Sunday. Davidson wins and gets the auto bid.

You think 3 A10 teams get in?

You think they pick URI over St Bonaventure?

I don't think it is near as automatic as most of you are thinking.

Aren’t the Bonnie’s and Davidson locked in to the 2 & 3 seeds? Impossible for them to meet in the finals.

steveystuds06 · Unread post by **steveystuds06** » 6 years ago

If we lose Friday we don’t deserve to be in.

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

Backroads wrote:
ramster wrote:
reef wrote:Yes we are in even with a loss Friday

Really?

Suppose we lose Friday, St Bonaventure and Davidson meet in the Championship game on Sunday. Davidson wins and gets the auto bid.

You think 3 A10 teams get in?

You think they pick URI over St Bonaventure?

I don't think it is near as automatic as most of you are thinking.
Aren’t the Bonnie’s and Davidson locked in to the 2 & 3 seeds? Impossible for them to meet in the finals.

Ok,

Let me reword it.......

If URI Loses Friday and St Bonaventure plays another team - take your pick VCU, Richmond, St Joe, St Louis, GMU etc - and the team that St Bonaventure plays beats St Bonaventure then I think URI is out, St Bonaventure is in for having made it to the Championship game.

I do not think there is any way that the NCAA takes 3 teams from the A10 this year. Heck posters here have been posting all season about how crappy the A10 is this year, now they think the A10 will get 3 bids? I have been much higher than most here about the A10 all season but I think URI is in very big trouble if they lose on Friday, Bonnies lose in the Championship game and someone like VCU, Dayton, SLU, GMU, St Joe's shocks the world and wins the A10. If URI is out then the Championship game becomes a free for all.

But URI would have:
Lost St Bonaventure
Won @ LaSalle in OT
Won Dayton
Lost in destroyed fashion by 30 to a bad St Joe team
Lost @ Davidson
Lost to 8/9 seed in A10 Tournament
Losing 4 of last 6 will be a bad position to be in if someone other than St Bonaventure wins the A10 and Bonnies come in 2nd. Odds are slim but it's not good that this type of scenario even seems plausible now

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

The reality is, they're not as good as we thought they were.

Our piss poor play in the last few minutes of games has come back to haunt us. For whatever reason or excuse.

We were never meant to be a 4 or 5 seed. Now it's just get in.

We're giving the committee reasons to leave us out.

And like was said, if we don't win Friday do we even deserve to be in? Right now, our numbers are still good enough, but another bad loss....

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

What is amazing is that we could be playing any one of 9 teams in our game on Friday vs the 8/9 seed winner from Thursday.
Saturday will be crazy.

I would not want to play VCU, Dayton or St Joseph's in the Friday game but it could happen. Friday is far from an automatic victory

SLU (9-8) vs St Bonaventure - Bonnies by 2.5
GMU (9-8) vs Richmond - GMU by 2
St Joseph's (9-8) vs LaSalle - St Joseph's by 5.5
VCU (8-9) @ Fordham - VCU by 5
Richmond (8-9) @ GMU - GMU by 2
Duquesne (7-10) @ UMASS - UMASS by 2
George Washington (7-10) @ Dayton - Dayton by 5
Dayton (7-10) vs George Washington - Dayton by 5
LaSalle (7-10) @ St Joseph's - St Joseph's by 5.5

Standings if the favorites win Saturday:

1-URI
2-Bonaventure
3-Davidson
4-GMU (10-8)
5-St Joseph's (10-8)
6-Saint Louis (9-9)
7-VCU (9-9)
8-Richmond (9-9)
9-Dayton (8-10)
10-Duquesne (7-11)
11-George Washington (7-11)
12-LaSalle (7-11)

So I have not figured out the tiebreakers but if the favorites win on Saturday then URI would play the winner of 9-seed Dayton and from among the teams tied at (9-9) VCU, Richmond or Saint Louis.

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

VCU has a knack for playing well in the tourney. They have made the final what 8 straight years?

We know about Joe's....they have stepped it up in the past too.

Not worried about Dayton. The others not so much either.

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

Please stop with URI being out with a loss on Friday keep dreaming lol

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

Rambone are you saying we are on the bubble? Sorry, we are in the dance my friend. We have been playing for seeding for almost two weeks. This last week hurt us bad, but our name is being called on March 11.

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

Rambone why do you refer to URI as "they", rather than "us"?

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

ramster wrote:What is amazing is that we could be playing any one of 9 teams in our game on Friday vs the 8/9 seed winner from Thursday.
Saturday will be crazy.

I would not want to play VCU, Dayton or St Joseph's in the Friday game but it could happen. Friday is far from an automatic victory

SLU (9-8) vs St Bonaventure - Bonnies by 2.5
GMU (9-8) vs Richmond - GMU by 2
St Joseph's (9-8) vs LaSalle - St Joseph's by 5.5 -JOSEPH'S WINS BY 8
VCU (8-9) @ Fordham - VCU by 5 - VCU WINS BY 25
Richmond (8-9) @ GMU - GMU by 2
Duquesne (7-10) @ UMASS - UMASS by 2
George Washington (7-10) @ Dayton - Dayton by 5 - DAYTON WINS BY 10
Dayton (7-10) vs George Washington - Dayton by 5 - DAYTON WINS BY 10
LaSalle (7-10) @ St Joseph's - St Joseph's by 5.5 -JOSEPH'S WINS BY 8

Standings if the favorites win Saturday:
Now Blue are Updated as Dayton beat GW by 10, St Joseph's beat LaSalle by 8 and VCU won commandingly @ Fordham by 25
Still to go tonight are in Red

1-URI
2-Bonaventure
3-Davidson
4-GMU (10-8)
5-St Joseph's (10-8)
6-Saint Louis (9-9)
7-VCU (9-9)
8-Richmond (9-9)
9-Dayton (8-10)
10-Duquesne (7-11)
11-George Washington (7-11)
12-LaSalle (7-11)

So I have not figured out the tiebreakers but if the favorites win on Saturday then URI would play the winner of 9-seed Dayton and from among the teams tied at (9-9) VCU, Richmond or Saint Louis.

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

Although I am very firmly on the 'optimistic' side of the spectrum about the state of our team, if we lose our first game of the tourney I would definitely be nervous on selection sunday. I think there is a slim chance we lose our first game, but for the sake of hypotheticals I'll explain my reasoning.

Before our recent 3 losses, the strength of our resume lay in our number of overall wins and lack of losses. Our worst loss was at Bama, which wasn't a bad loss at all.

If we lost our first game, we would be limping into selection sunday losing 4 out of 6 games and with a very damaged resume. 3 quality wins and 7 losses is not "lock worthy"

eli#10 · Unread post by **eli#10** » 6 years ago

Despite the last 2 games I can't wait to get to DC and paint the town in Rhody blue. Arrive Thursday afternoon and will be ready to go at noon on Friday...........

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 6 years ago

I tried reading through this and stopped so I guess I’m back to the point where I just put a post out there that says:

“NOT ALL URI FANS ARE AS DUMB TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ALL OF A SUDDEN NOT AN NCAA TOURNAMENT TEAM BECAUSE OF TWO GAMES”

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

Blue Man wrote:I tried reading through this and stopped so I guess I’m back to the point where I just put a post out there that says:

“NOT ALL URI FANS ARE AS DUMB TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ALL OF A SUDDEN NOT AN NCAA TOURNAMENT TEAM BECAUSE OF TWO GAMES”

Want to read my post again and have an actual discussion? I still think we're a great team but right now our resume does not accurately reflect our ability. 3 quality wins and 4 losses in last 6 games (3 of which would be to non-tournament teams) is not a lock resume.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 6 years ago

Let's get this back on track. We have a week to get things straightened out. I'm confident that we will. We still have to be the favorites to win the A10 tourney.

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

URI'21 wrote:
Blue Man wrote:I tried reading through this and stopped so I guess I’m back to the point where I just put a post out there that says:

“NOT ALL URI FANS ARE AS DUMB TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ALL OF A SUDDEN NOT AN NCAA TOURNAMENT TEAM BECAUSE OF TWO GAMES”
Want to read my post again and have an actual discussion? I still think we're a great team but right now our resume does not accurately reflect our ability. 3 quality wins and 4 losses in last 6 games (3 of which would be to non-tournament teams) is not a lock resume.

Last week we were fighting for a fucking 4 seed. Even with the Bonnies loss. We are a lock if we don't score 1 point next Friday.

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

URI'21 wrote:
Blue Man wrote:I tried reading through this and stopped so I guess I’m back to the point where I just put a post out there that says:

“NOT ALL URI FANS ARE AS DUMB TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ALL OF A SUDDEN NOT AN NCAA TOURNAMENT TEAM BECAUSE OF TWO GAMES”
Want to read my post again and have an actual discussion? I still think we're a great team but right now our resume does not accurately reflect our ability. 3 quality wins and 4 losses in last 6 games (3 of which would be to non-tournament teams) is not a lock resume.

Also, I'm guessing your not a Math Major. We have 3 losses in the last 21 games.

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

I'm with those who don't think we are a lock if we lose Friday. We have a total of 5 top 100 wins including 3 in the top 50. We have O top 100 road wins (in the past people on this board have screamed that Syracuse shouldn't be in because they had no road wins). Up until last Tuesday, what made us a lock is that we had NO bad losses and seemed destined to keep that in tact.

With a loss on Friday, we will not have added to our quality win totals, but will have added two BAD losses. How the hell is 5 top 100 wins with none coming on the road a lock? Is it because we played one of the most difficult OOCs playing UNCA, Charleston, and FGCU all at home? If it is, this will have to be one of the worse fields in NCAA history.

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

Can you tell me why we were seeded a 4 or 5 last week? Maybe that might help you.

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

theblueram wrote:Can you tell me why we were seeded a 4 or 5 last week? Maybe that might help you.

exactly blueram....it is hard to imagine going from a 4 or 5 seed to out of the tournament in 3 games. so we are probably in, but you will be squirming if we lose on Friday.

look at it this way...if you never saw a bracket, didn't know our RPI and had no inkling of our national ranking, but just looked at our resume and saw that we were 5-5 vs top 100 RPI with none of those wins on the road, would you honestly say.."Yeah, that team is definitely worthy of an at large bid"?

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

I'm not squirming about the bid. We are a lock. I'm squirming about our seed. We should have been a 5 seed but this week has squashed that.

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

theblueram wrote:I'm not squirming about the bid. We are a lock. I'm squirming about our seed. We should have been a 5 seed but this week has squashed that.

I will be squirming with a Friday loss, but I really hope it doesn't come to that. Before last Tuesday, I was hoping for a win out, a 4 seed and a very realisting chance of dancing into the second week. Now we are at let's just get in and anything can happen. That's a major letdown over the last handful of days.