Week #14 - Games of Interest

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 5 years ago

Week #14 begins. The A-10 has no teams in the rankings. Davidson, despite a road win at St. Bonaventure, got no votes in either poll, inexplicably losing the six votes it got last week in the AP poll.

Tennessee and Duke hold the #1 and #2 positions in both polls. URI OOC opponents continue to get no votes in the top ranking or in the others category.

With the win over Saint Louis, the URI position in the key measurements improves versus last week:

NET - 116, up 12
BPI - 107, up 4
Sagarin - 107, up 9
Pomeroy - 119, up 6

The cumulative record to date for URI OOC opponents now stands at 141-119, .542, no change from previous week.

No Monday games in the A-10.

The only game involving URI OOC opponents is:

West Virginia at #8 Texas Tech, 9 PM. On ESPN.

Rhode_Island_Red · Unread post by **Rhode_Island_Red** » 5 years ago

Let's GOOOOOOOOO Mountaineers
Let's GOOOOOOOOO Mountaineers

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 5 years ago

Rhode_Island_Red wrote: ↑5 years ago Let's GOOOOOOOOO Mountaineers
Let's GOOOOOOOOO Mountaineers

They seem to currently be losing 74-38.

I’m sure Huggins is handling this season in a calm, relaxing manner.

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 5 years ago

Thankfully we beat WVU by double digits.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 5 years ago

Last night West Virginia got whacked at #8 Texas Tech 80-51. What a sad comedown for a team that was a preseason #16 pick.

Tuesday night action in the A-10:

Saint Joseph's at La Salle, 7 PM. On ESPN+.

Dayton at Saint Louis, 9 PM. On CBSSN.

No games involving URI OOC opponents tonight.

Other:

In Durham, Boston College versus #2 Duke and the Zion Williamson show, 7 PM. On ESPN.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 5 years ago

Obadiah wrote: ↑5 years ago Last night West Virginia got whacked at #8 Texas Tech 80-51. What a sad comedown for a team that was a preseason #16 pick.

I think it even sadder that WVU was voted #16 preseason. They obviously did not have anywhere near the talent for such a rating. The voters were lazy and did not do their homework. They merely voted for a high profile P5 school with a reputation and a legendary coach. Unfortunately, this is how the voting in the polls often goes.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 5 years ago

St. Louis is in trouble....they are down to only 6 or 7 scholarship players...injuries piling up.....Bess might not play tonight.

I expect Dayton to win that game.

The top 4 A10 teams are separating themselves from the rest.....I don't expect Duquesne to keep up.

ramsman75 · Unread post by **ramsman75** » 5 years ago

How about if we wait for the results of the next three weeks before we concede the top four to the current top four? We have 4 games against them in that time frame... as RJ likes to say, those games are opportunities...go and win them!

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 5 years ago

RF1 wrote: ↑5 years ago
Obadiah wrote: ↑5 years ago Last night West Virginia got whacked at #8 Texas Tech 80-51. What a sad comedown for a team that was a preseason #16 pick.

I think it even sadder that WVU was voted #16 preseason. They obviously did not have anywhere near the talent for such a rating. The voters were lazy and did not do their homework. They merely voted for a high profile P5 school with a reputation and a legendary coach. Unfortunately, this is how the voting in the polls often goes.

My reference to WVU preseason pick as #16 was not taken from the national polls, but from the Blue Ribbon Basketball yearbook whose correspondents can hardly be called "lazy" or unknowledgeable. Ask Chris Di Sano about that.

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 5 years ago

WVU was ranked based on having Sagobo Konate in the lineup, at full strength he is a shot blocking, dunking, physical specimen. And would be a major difference maker for them, not saying he catapults them from worst to first but they were ranked based on him being in the lineup and he hasn't played since November.

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 5 years ago

Syracuse with a matchup against the Noles tonite at home. Win, and they're still no more than a game out of 1st in the ACC.

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 5 years ago

After digging a nice 22 point hole...orange right back in it.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑5 years ago After digging a nice 22 point hole...orange right back in it.

The lost by 18. Why does Boeheim’s kid play so much. He sucked. 3-10 FG, 0-6 3P & 3 TOs. He couldn’t keep up.
He stood out as a D2 player playing with & against D1 players.

SmartyBarrett · Unread post by **SmartyBarrett** » 5 years ago

Dayton looked *very* beatable tonight...

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

Nice to pin a loss on Dayton there

DC_Rams · Unread post by **DC_Rams** » 5 years ago

SmartyBarrett wrote: ↑5 years ago Dayton looked *very* beatable tonight...

Hasn’t every team in the A10 looked beatable at some point?

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 5 years ago

I don’t think SLU beating Dayton was good for us in the short or long term.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 5 years ago

Dayton struggles on the road, like most in this conference.

Saturday is a must win...if you can call anything that.

St. Louis was due to play well....they didn't for 4 straight before last night. I though Bess was going to be limited....he wasn't.

They will still drop a few more games.

SmartyBarrett · Unread post by **SmartyBarrett** » 5 years ago

DC_Rams wrote: ↑5 years ago
SmartyBarrett wrote: ↑5 years ago Dayton looked *very* beatable tonight...
Hasn’t every team in the A10 looked beatable at some point?

For sure. I meant specifically from a URI perspective... this was the first full Dayton game I saw this year but I think Rhody matches up well with them.

DC_Rams · Unread post by **DC_Rams** » 5 years ago

SmartyBarrett wrote: ↑5 years ago
DC_Rams wrote: ↑5 years ago
SmartyBarrett wrote: ↑5 years ago Dayton looked *very* beatable tonight...
Hasn’t every team in the A10 looked beatable at some point?
For sure. I meant specifically from a URI perspective... this was the first full Dayton game I saw this year but I think Rhody matches up well with them.

True, but the entire A10 is extremely average. Any team has seemingly lost to what the league rankings consider lesser competition. No one team, including URI, is really impressive this year. Not even Davidson. GMU just caught us on a extremely bad day. I want to play them again, BAD.

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago
NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑5 years ago After digging a nice 22 point hole...orange right back in it.
The lost by 18. Why does Boeheim’s kid play so much. He sucked. 3-10 FG, 0-6 3P & 3 TOs. He couldn’t keep up.
He stood out as a D2 player playing with & against D1 players.

Captain Nepotism. I know Davidson's fans weren't happy when I was chanting that at McKillop's son years ago, back when the students had the better seats

Rhodyram · Unread post by **Rhodyram** » 5 years ago

LaSalle won its 4th straight A10 game. Granted its been against the bottom of the league but Howard has them moving quickly in the right direction. Wouldn't be surprised to see them in the top 4/5 of the conference in 2 years. There are also plans for an upgrade of their on-campus gym to make it less high-school-esque.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 5 years ago

Rhodyram wrote: ↑5 years ago LaSalle won its 4th straight A10 game. Granted its been against the bottom of the league but Howard has them moving quickly in the right direction. Wouldn't be surprised to see them in the top 4/5 of the conference in 2 years. There are also plans for an upgrade of their on-campus gym to make it less high-school-esque.

I will only believe the LaSalle gym upgrade rumors once actual construction is started. There have been lots of rumors over the years about something being done there. The fact however that the school is so cash strapped that it recently proposed having its art museum sell off pieces doesn't give me a lot of confidence. The recent commission on athletics there which included the possibility of leaving the A-10 or even dropping down from D1 also makes me skeptical.

Until then, it reminds me of the situation at Fordham. They have a fan on their forum that has been saying that a new arena had been approved and would soon have construction started. This fan has continually been stating this for over a decade and nothing has ever happened.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 5 years ago

Wednesday night action in the A-10:

URI at Davidson , 7 PM. On ESPNU.

George Mason at Richmond, 7 PM. On ESPN+

VCU at George Washington, 7PM. On ESPN+.

Fordham at UMass, 7 PM. On ESPN+.

St. Bonaventure at Duquesne, 7:30 PM.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Bucknell at Loyola (MD), 7 PM.

Army at Holy Cross, 7:05 PM.

Stony Brook at Binghamton, 7 PM. On ESPN3.

Georgetown at PC, 7:30 PM. On FS1.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 5 years ago

Will be interesting to see how UConn does At Temple. The Owls are favored by 4.

phipsiGD'11 · Unread post by **phipsiGD'11** » 5 years ago

Jalen Adam's gets fallen on and helped out of the tunnel. See if UConn responds without him like they did the other night.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

46-20 Temple at the half

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 5 years ago

This did not help

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

You want an omg. Fordham is up 47-26 AT UMass at the half.

Dino611 · Unread post by **Dino611** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago You want an omg. Fordham is up 47-26 AT UMass at the half.

No Pipkins for Umass tonight hence why they’re losing that bad

SmartyBarrett · Unread post by **SmartyBarrett** » 5 years ago

I know no Pipkins but holy shit how did Rhody lose to UMass?

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 5 years ago

Richmond killed GMU.

I guess Mason is tanking

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 5 years ago

Pipkins did shit against us.

UMass for some reason loves to play us at home...and no one else.

They used up all their made 3 pointers against us, and haven't been heard from since.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 5 years ago

PC bit the big one against Georgetown at home....their season is slip sliding away...join the club guys!

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 5 years ago

So...best team in New England? Vermont? Harvard? Yale?

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 5 years ago

rambone 78 wrote: ↑5 years ago PC bit the big one against Georgetown at home....their season is slip sliding away...join the club guys!

PC outrebounded 50-33 and shot 4-22 on 3FGs.

PC was favored by 5.5 points and playing on their home court.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 5 years ago

The bastards outshot us!

We should add Cooley to the land of the pitiful....he, Hurley, and Cox presided over a big ass suckfest tonight!

Fire them all! Sarcasm please...….

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 5 years ago

Richmond's win over GMU, Fordham trashing UMass at Amherst, and the Bonnies winning at Duquesne are just more signs that this Ram team has badly underachieved this season. Forget the excuses about being a young team and giving the freshmen time to gel because given the resources, Cox and his staff have so far produced lemonade.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 5 years ago

Obadiah wrote: ↑5 years ago Richmond's win over GMU, Fordham trashing UMass at Amherst, and the Bonnies winning at Duquesne are just more signs that this Ram team has badly underachieved this season. Forget the excuses about being a young team and giving the freshmen time to gel because given the resources, Cox and his staff have so far produced lemonade.

We've underachieved into looking like any other ol A-10 team instead of the top 30 program we have been

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 5 years ago

Obie, for returnees this year we have one solid big {Cyril}, one good PG [Dowtin]….and 2 players, one who played part time last season and one who didn't play due to injury....and neither one can throw the ball into the ocean from the beach. And this isn't anything we didn't know already.

Plus we have 4 freshmen, one who will be big star here and has already made a big impact [Martin] and 3 others who have had varying degrees of success so far....but 2 of them [Harris and Omar] very limited.

And we have a rookie coach who obviously has had his issues putting things together....not totally unexpected but some things are head scratching to say the least.

Put it all together and what have we got? A big mess so far....some flashes of good play mixed with the bad kind...and god awful shooting nights that are worse than CYO games.

I guess we expected too much out of this season, bottom line. What's worrisome is what can we expect next season? Are guys going to all of all sudden learn how to shoot 3's and FT's? Are the incoming recruits plus Walker going to help, and how much?

I think we may have to tone down our expectations until this coach and players prove otherwise, if they do.

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 5 years ago

NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑5 years ago So...best team in New England? Vermont? Harvard? Yale?

Well, UMass. is the State Champs

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 5 years ago

ramster wrote: ↑5 years ago
rambone 78 wrote: ↑5 years ago PC bit the big one against Georgetown at home....their season is slip sliding away...join the club guys!
PC outrebounded 50-33 and shot 4-22 on 3FGs.

PC was favored by 5.5 points and playing on their home court.

As Excruciating as our losses have been, that Umass win at PC where PC was up 20 at home , tops the list.

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 5 years ago

Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑5 years ago
ramster wrote: ↑5 years ago
rambone 78 wrote: ↑5 years ago PC bit the big one against Georgetown at home....their season is slip sliding away...join the club guys!
PC outrebounded 50-33 and shot 4-22 on 3FGs.

PC was favored by 5.5 points and playing on their home court.
As Excruciating as our losses have been, that Umass win at PC where PC was up 20 at home , tops the list.

Unless you are only counting games between New England teams, the game we blew against Duquesne is pretty damn close.

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 5 years ago

steviep123 wrote: ↑5 years ago
Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑5 years ago
ramster wrote: ↑5 years ago

PC outrebounded 50-33 and shot 4-22 on 3FGs.

PC was favored by 5.5 points and playing on their home court.
As Excruciating as our losses have been, that Umass win at PC where PC was up 20 at home , tops the list.
Unless you are only counting games between New England teams, the game we blew against Duquesne is pretty damn close.

Being away isn't as bad, plus the Dukes started the half on an 11-2 run or something, so the 19 point lead lasted minutes into the second half.

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 5 years ago

Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑5 years ago
steviep123 wrote: ↑5 years ago
Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑5 years ago

As Excruciating as our losses have been, that Umass win at PC where PC was up 20 at home , tops the list.
Unless you are only counting games between New England teams, the game we blew against Duquesne is pretty damn close.
Being away isn't as bad, plus the Dukes started the half on an 11-2 run or something, so the 19 point lead lasted minutes into the second half.

True...still that game bothers me more than any other this season. 19 point half time lead with the ball starting the 2nd half. Instead of scoring and putting the lead into the 20s, we had a travel, travel, offensive foul let to 7 points in the first couple of minutes bringing the game to 12 points and letting them back in it. Those first 3 or 4 minutes were critical.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 5 years ago

Here is a rather sobering thought - if the A-10 Tournament were to be held today, URI would be the #9 seed. They would be ranked right behind St Bonaventure and LaSalle.

rjsuperfly66 · Unread post by **rjsuperfly66** » 5 years ago

*KenPom projected A10 tournament

Day 1: 6PM - #11 St. Joseph's (6-12) vs #14 UMASS(4-14)
8:30 PM - #12 George Washington (6-12) vs #13 Fordham (5-13)

Day 2: 12PM - #8 Duquesne (10-8) vs #9 LaSalle (8-10)
2:30 PM - #5 St. Bonaventure (10-8) vs George Washington/Fordham
6 PM - #7 St. Louis (10-8) vs #10 Richmond (6-12)
8:30 PM - #6 URI (10-8) vs St. Joseph's/UMASS

Day 3: 12PM - #1 Davidson (15-3) vs Duquesne/LaSalle
2:30 PM - #4 Dayton (12-6) vs St. Bonaventure/George Washington/Fordham
6PM - #2 VCU (14-4) vs St. Louis/Richmond
8:30 PM - #3 George Mason (12-6) vs URI/St. Joseph's/UMASS

Day 4: 1 PM - Davidson/Duquesne/LaSalle vs Dayton/St. Bonaventure/George Washington/Fordham
3:30 PM - VCU/St. Louis/Richmond vs George Mason/URI/St. Joseph's/UMASS

Day 5: 1 PM - See winners

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 5 years ago

No Thursday night action in the A-10.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Charleston at Delaware, 7 PM.

Bryant at Robert Morris, 7 PM.

Charlotte at Middle Tennessee, 7:30 PM. On ESPN+.

Hawaii at Long Beach State, 10 PM.

SmartyBarrett · Unread post by **SmartyBarrett** » 5 years ago

rjsuperfly66 wrote: ↑5 years ago *KenPom projected A10 tournament

Day 1: 6PM - #11 St. Joseph's (6-12) vs #14 UMASS(4-14)
8:30 PM - #12 George Washington (6-12) vs #13 Fordham (5-13)

Day 2: 12PM - #8 Duquesne (10-8) vs #9 LaSalle (8-10)
2:30 PM - #5 St. Bonaventure (10-8) vs George Washington/Fordham
6 PM - #7 St. Louis (10-8) vs #10 Richmond (6-12)
8:30 PM - #6 URI (10-8) vs St. Joseph's/UMASS

Day 3: 12PM - #1 Davidson (15-3) vs Duquesne/LaSalle
2:30 PM - #4 Dayton (12-6) vs St. Bonaventure/George Washington/Fordham
6PM - #2 VCU (14-4) vs St. Louis/Richmond
8:30 PM - #3 George Mason (12-6) vs URI/St. Joseph's/UMASS

Day 4: 1 PM - Davidson/Duquesne/LaSalle vs Dayton/St. Bonaventure/George Washington/Fordham
3:30 PM - VCU/St. Louis/Richmond vs George Mason/URI/St. Joseph's/UMASS

Day 5: 1 PM - See winners

Why would Bonaventure get the tiebreaker over URI when Rhody beat them h2h?