2018 Atlantic 10 Tournament - Washington, D.C.

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

VCU up 5, 38-33 at the break.

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

Rooting for the flyers. Lots of Virginia com fans there. Heading down to Washington tonight.

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

VCU has had problems closing teams out this season also....maybe Dayton can pull this off.

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

Looks to me like the VCU Rams and we will have to do with Tillman

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

reef wrote:Looks to me like the VCU Rams and we will have to do with Tillman

It's a five point game with 15 minutes left its far from over.

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

And also, I'm not convinced that Tillman is all that much more worrisome than Cunningham. Whatever, man. Tomorrow, and really all weekend, is all about us. If we show up to play, I'm not worried about any of these teams.

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

VCU Dayton neck and neck.

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

I want VCU out !!!

sf2010 · Unread post by **sf2010** » 6 years ago

70-70 with 1:30 left - wouldn't be sad to see them go to OT!

sf2010 · Unread post by **sf2010** » 6 years ago

Hahahaha that annoying kid Mobley on VCU just made a gesture indicating "massive balls" when Williams made a tough layup.

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

The only real interest I have in this game is how much I HATE Williams, and really I admit that it is 100% superficial. I just hate looking at his stupidly shaped body and his ugly face/beard/hair combo. He looks like a troll doll come to life and I hate looking at him.

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

Dayton falls apart late and loses 77-72.

VCU like I said has a knack for winning these types of games in the tournament.

We had better not let them hang around late.

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

rambone 78 wrote:Dayton falls apart late and loses 77-72.

VCU like I said has a knack for winning these types of games in the tournament.

We had better not let them hang around late.

They hung around in the finals last year and that was a much better VCU team than this one. I expect us to come out angry and laser focused. We will not lose to another A10 team this year.

gorhody89 · Unread post by **gorhody89** » 6 years ago

I think VCU is a decent matchup for us after the last few games: they will look to push the pace and would expect them to play mostly man to man defense which plays to our strengths

Getting off to a good start will be key

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

VCU will have a decided home crowd advantage tomorrow. It is very nice for the league to make new members so welcome by siting the tournament so close to their fan bases. The A-10 bent over backwards for Xavier, Dayton, and VCU to give them all a tournament in their backyards. This is something URI has never been given and will likely never see despite being one of the longest tenured conference members.

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

we know the gameplan for this one. Man up Cyril on Tillman and let em go. Guards stick to the perimeter and stop the secondary scoring.

wpbrown8267 · Unread post by **wpbrown8267** » 6 years ago

RF1 wrote:VCU will have a decided home crowd advantage tomorrow. It is very nice for the league to make new members so welcome by siting the tournament so close to their fan bases. The A-10 bent over backwards for Xavier, Dayton, and VCU to give the a tournament in their backyards. This is something URI has never been given and will likely never see despite being one of the longest tenured conference members.

I hear ya on that, but we went right into their backyard earlier and played well. I'm confident our guys come out focused and more importantly rested and get back to playing team basketball on offense and harassing on the defensive end

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

Williams for VCU I call the caveman because he looks like the caveman in the geico commercials from a few yars ago.

sf2010 · Unread post by **sf2010** » 6 years ago

TruePoint wrote:The only real interest I have in this game is how much I HATE Williams, and really I admit that it is 100% superficial. I just hate looking at his stupidly shaped body and his ugly face/beard/hair combo. He looks like a troll doll come to life and I hate looking at him.

I don't like him because his game reminds me of Jordair Jett - former PG at SLU who randomly went off for like 33 of SLUs 50-something total points when they beat us at the Ryan in Hurley's early years

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

I think it is because when I played I was a 6'2" 150 lb PG and I had to match up with tons of little stocky kids built like fire hydrants and it was the worst. I feel for Jeff having to deal with him, although he hasn't seemed as bothered by it as I was.

hrstrat57 · Unread post by **hrstrat57** » 6 years ago

RF1 wrote:VCU will have a decided home crowd advantage tomorrow. It is very nice for the league to make new members so welcome by siting the tournament so close to their fan bases. The A-10 bent over backwards for Xavier, Dayton, and VCU to give them all a tournament in their backyards. This is something URI has never been given and will likely never see despite being one of the longest tenured conference members.

Yep and Mohegan Sun could be a fabulous venue!!

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

UMass goes down, 80-75 to Mason. Pipkins had 31 points.

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

Bye bye Zoo mass bye bye !!

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

Anyone need a hotel room got an extra.

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

......who, down in DC is the KB information reporter?

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

Richmond beats Duquesne 81-68. Will face SBU tomorrow.

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

Looks like the four VA-DC schools like having the tournament in their backyard. 4-0 thus far and it looks like GW will make it an even better 5-0 if they close the deal vs SLU. Must be nice. Rhody has been in the league more than 35 years and never had that experience. Likely will never get it.

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

All the top seeds advance as SLU beats GW.

The announcers tonight sound like GW alumni.

Rhody Guy · Unread post by **Rhody Guy** » 6 years ago

How many points did the DPOY Yuta score? Apparently it wasn't enough to keep SLU in check.

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

He hurt his ankle badly. Many in the stands thought that he broke it but post game they called it a bad sprain. They carried him off the court and he did not return.

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

City tap house is the spot. All others are bitches.

89er · Unread post by **89er** » 6 years ago

So is Bar Deco the pre-game spot before the first of our three wins this weekend? Where will everyone be tomorrow?

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

RF1 wrote:Looks like the four VA-DC schools like having the tournament in their backyard. 4-0 thus far and it looks like GW will make it an even better 5-0 if they close the deal vs SLU. Must be nice. Rhody has been in the league more than 35 years and never had that experience. Likely will never get it.

Most conference members would think New York is in our area. It's only one hour longer to get from URI to New York as it is to get from Richmond to DC, and that's not even counting the frequent train service if you drive in to Connecticut and travel from there. We need to stop complaining that the tournament isn't held in RI and start dominating the NYC tournaments

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

Also let's dominate the D.C. tournament while we are here.

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

RhowdyRam02 wrote:
RF1 wrote:Looks like the four VA-DC schools like having the tournament in their backyard. 4-0 thus far and it looks like GW will make it an even better 5-0 if they close the deal vs SLU. Must be nice. Rhody has been in the league more than 35 years and never had that experience. Likely will never get it.
Most conference members would think New York is in our area. It's only one hour longer to get from URI to New York as it is to get from Richmond to DC, and that's not even counting the frequent train service if you drive in to Connecticut and travel from there. We need to stop complaining that the tournament isn't held in RI and start dominating the NYC tournaments

Not only is DC closer to VCU in Richmond (vs URI to NYC), the great majority of its alumni base live in the area between the two cities. This makes it even closer than the two hours for many of their fanbase. The majority of URI fans do not live in the three hour corridor between the school and NYC.

I get that the tournament is not going to be in New England very often. I however think it not unreasonable that it come to NE on ocassion given two of the most tenured league members are there. It is now going on more than 35 years and it has not happened.

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

RF1 wrote:
RhowdyRam02 wrote:
RF1 wrote:Looks like the four VA-DC schools like having the tournament in their backyard. 4-0 thus far and it looks like GW will make it an even better 5-0 if they close the deal vs SLU. Must be nice. Rhody has been in the league more than 35 years and never had that experience. Likely will never get it.
Most conference members would think New York is in our area. It's only one hour longer to get from URI to New York as it is to get from Richmond to DC, and that's not even counting the frequent train service if you drive in to Connecticut and travel from there. We need to stop complaining that the tournament isn't held in RI and start dominating the NYC tournaments

Not only is DC closer to VCU in Richmond (vs URI to NYC), the great majority of its alumni base live in the area between the two cities. This makes it even closer than the two hours for many of their fanbase. The majority of URI fans do not live in the three hour corridor between the school and NYC.

I get that the tournament is not going to be in New England very often. I however think it not unreasonable that it come to NE on ocassion given two of the most tenured league members are there. It is now going on more than 35 years and it has not happened.

DC is geographically convenient for 2 Philly schools 2 Maryland schools and 2 Virginia schools.

It’s also easily accessible via train and plane for everyone.

Boston is convenient for only 2 schools and inconvenient for everyone else. No shot.

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

Well if we can have our tourney in NY [Barclay's] then we can have it at Mohegan.

Other than Rutgers, where is it convenient for the rest of the B10, to have their tourney in NY?

Other than BC, where is it convenient for the rest of the ACC, to have theirs there too?

I can see it happening if we get tossed out of the Barclay's down the road. At least for a year or 2?

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

I would love Mohegan. Could make sense for the A10 since they had it in Atlantic City all those years.

On a separate note. Any watch parties in RI? I am thinking of going to Arooga's for the game today for a very long lunch break.

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

rambone 78 wrote:Well if we can have our tourney in NY [Barclay's] then we can have it at Mohegan.

Other than Rutgers, where is it convenient for the rest of the B10, to have their tourney in NY?

Other than BC, where is it convenient for the rest of the ACC, to have theirs there too?

I can see it happening if we get tossed out of the Barclay's down the road. At least for a year or 2?

That’s possibly the least convenient tournament locati M in the history of college basketball

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

RF1 wrote:
RhowdyRam02 wrote:
RF1 wrote:Looks like the four VA-DC schools like having the tournament in their backyard. 4-0 thus far and it looks like GW will make it an even better 5-0 if they close the deal vs SLU. Must be nice. Rhody has been in the league more than 35 years and never had that experience. Likely will never get it.
Most conference members would think New York is in our area. It's only one hour longer to get from URI to New York as it is to get from Richmond to DC, and that's not even counting the frequent train service if you drive in to Connecticut and travel from there. We need to stop complaining that the tournament isn't held in RI and start dominating the NYC tournaments

Not only is DC closer to VCU in Richmond (vs URI to NYC), the great majority of its alumni base live in the area between the two cities. This makes it even closer than the two hours for many of their fanbase. The majority of URI fans do not live in the three hour corridor between the school and NYC.

I get that the tournament is not going to be in New England very often. I however think it not unreasonable that it come to NE on ocassion given two of the most tenured league members are there. It is now going on more than 35 years and it has not happened.

A huge chunk of our alumni are located in NY and NJ, close by Brooklyn, and that's one of our major recruiting areas for students. Having the tournament there is great for us, and once a year we need to break the RI mentality of not going more than 15 minutes in any direction and we need to flood Barclays. Anything else is pathetic whining.

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

jmck wrote:I would love Mohegan. Could make sense for the A10 since they had it in Atlantic City all those years.

On a separate note. Any watch parties in RI? I am thinking of going to Arooga's for the game today for a very long lunch break.

Atlantic City was in the middle of a large chunk of the conference. Mohegan is in the middle of nowhere, only close to URI and maybe UMass I guess. Plus it's a crappy arena in the middle of a depressing casino.

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

I agree Barclay's is great as long as we can stay there.....just speculating here.....

I remember back in the day we used to have a large presence at MSG....the subway alumni came out in droves.

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

Blue Man wrote:
RF1 wrote:
RhowdyRam02 wrote:
Most conference members would think New York is in our area. It's only one hour longer to get from URI to New York as it is to get from Richmond to DC, and that's not even counting the frequent train service if you drive in to Connecticut and travel from there. We need to stop complaining that the tournament isn't held in RI and start dominating the NYC tournaments

Not only is DC closer to VCU in Richmond (vs URI to NYC), the great majority of its alumni base live in the area between the two cities. This makes it even closer than the two hours for many of their fanbase. The majority of URI fans do not live in the three hour corridor between the school and NYC.

I get that the tournament is not going to be in New England very often. I however think it not unreasonable that it come to NE on ocassion given two of the most tenured league members are there. It is now going on more than 35 years and it has not happened.
DC is geographically convenient for 2 Philly schools 2 Maryland schools and 2 Virginia schools.

It’s also easily accessible via train and plane for everyone.

Boston is convenient for only 2 schools and inconvenient for everyone else. No shot.

How were Cincinnati for two years and Dayton for two years convenient for a lot of A-10 schools? Heck, even Pittsburgh is a bit of an outlier for the present make-up (it wasn't in the early days of the conference when it hosted many times as there were several nearby members).

I am not arguing that DC is not a good location. You can throw Philadelphia into the mix as well. Plenty of schools nearby and somewhat centrally located. Makes sense to have it in either location every few years. My problem is that not once in 35 years has the tourney ever come to our region, home to two of the most tenured league members. Yet, the johnny come lately members, some being geographic outliers, get the tournament nearby relatively early in their membership.

URI has played EVERY A-10 Tournament in some other member's back yard. It has been at a disadvantage in the tourney EVERY year it has been in the A-10.

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

Pittsburgh is a better option than Boston?

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

Blue Man wrote:
RF1 wrote:
RhowdyRam02 wrote:
Most conference members would think New York is in our area. It's only one hour longer to get from URI to New York as it is to get from Richmond to DC, and that's not even counting the frequent train service if you drive in to Connecticut and travel from there. We need to stop complaining that the tournament isn't held in RI and start dominating the NYC tournaments

Not only is DC closer to VCU in Richmond (vs URI to NYC), the great majority of its alumni base live in the area between the two cities. This makes it even closer than the two hours for many of their fanbase. The majority of URI fans do not live in the three hour corridor between the school and NYC.

I get that the tournament is not going to be in New England very often. I however think it not unreasonable that it come to NE on ocassion given two of the most tenured league members are there. It is now going on more than 35 years and it has not happened.
DC is geographically convenient for 2 Philly schools 2 Maryland schools and 2 Virginia schools.

It’s also easily accessible via train and plane for everyone.

Boston is convenient for only 2 schools and inconvenient for everyone else. No shot.

sounds like Pittsburgh...

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

Blue Man wrote:City tap house is the spot. All others are bitches.

Was there a couple of years ago. I’m a big fan.

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

LETS GOOOOOO

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

St joes doing to gmu what they did to us, Cuse like zone and 3 point shooting.

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

Bonnies and Spiders tied at 32 at the half. Stockard again coming up big with 12 points.

Adams with ZERO points so far.....I doubt that will continue....he will get going, and Bona will win it.

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

Bona cruising now

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