Week #12 - Games of Interest

[rhodysurf]

I need Dayton to blow the shit out of Richmond saturday

Nope, don't play for second. Win the conference instead. jmho

Dayton still has chances to lose to teams that we dont own a tiebreaker over. Not to mention we are competing with Richmond for an at large and if they beat dayton we are way behind them all of a sudden

[luke]

looking at it realistically , we have very little chance to beat Dayton out for first , so having a very realistic shot at the second spot becomes
even more realistic with a Richmond loss . A Richmond loss drops them behind URI in the standings if URI beats SBU so I am rooting for and
also expecting Dayton to crush Richmond . I expect Richmond to lose some more games . I am not that impressed by them. VCU concerns me
more. URI must beat VCU at home to validate the win at VCU .

[Obadiah]

Only relevant game in Friday night action is Yale visiting Brown, 7 PM. ON ESPNU.

Yale won the first match with Brown, but needed a big second half surge to beat the Bruins. Yale sports a NET of 61 while Brown stands at #221. Naturally we root for Brown to win this one in their crappy gym.

[NYGFan_Section208]

looking at it realistically , we have very little chance to beat Dayton out for first , so having a very realistic shot at the second spot becomes
even more realistic with a Richmond loss . A Richmond loss drops them behind URI in the standings if URI beats SBU so I am rooting for and
also expecting Dayton to crush Richmond . I expect Richmond to lose some more games . I am not that impressed by them. VCU concerns me
more. URI must beat VCU at home to validate the win at VCU .

OK...if you 'expect Richmond to lose more games' (which, I translate as "more games than Rhody")'...why wouldn't you want them to pin a loss on the only undefeated team in the conference, since they're going to lose more games anyway? We have a better chance of beating Dayton out for first if they lose to Richmond. Seems like no one cares about that, folks just keep on "hoping for second-best..." Go for the gold til it's no longer available.

Unrelated... if Dayton comes here in the Top 15 and we win...court storm or no?

[theblueram]

looking at it realistically , we have very little chance to beat Dayton out for first , so having a very realistic shot at the second spot becomes
even more realistic with a Richmond loss . A Richmond loss drops them behind URI in the standings if URI beats SBU so I am rooting for and
also expecting Dayton to crush Richmond . I expect Richmond to lose some more games . I am not that impressed by them. VCU concerns me
more. URI must beat VCU at home to validate the win at VCU .

OK...if you 'expect Richmond to lose more games' (which, I translate as "more games than Rhody")'...why wouldn't you want them to pin a loss on the only undefeated team in the conference, since they're going to lose more games anyway? We have a better chance of beating Dayton out for first if they lose to Richmond. Seems like no one cares about that, folks just keep on "hoping for second-best..." Go for the gold til it's no longer available.

Unrelated... if Dayton comes here in the Top 15 and we win...court storm or no?

I can't see us court storming Dayton. We have beaten them too many times when they are good.

[steviep123]

Realistically (or at least mathematically), if URI runs the table, they win first place. They'd be 17-1 and Dayton 16-2. Will it happen? Probably not. But it is the best way to ensure first place. Win all your games.

[TruePoint]

Go Brown Bears

[NYGFan_Section208]

Realistically (or at least mathematically), if URI runs the table, they win first place. They'd be 17-1 and Dayton 16-2. Will it happen? Probably not. But it is the best way to ensure first place. Win all your games.

Exactly. And until that opportunity is gone...I want the teams ahead of us to lose...starting with those farthest ahead of us.

[RAM67]

Why give a team you just beat, the feeling that you were inferior to them? No court storming ever, in my book. (Maybe National Championship)

[reef]

I am pulling for Dayton to put a butt whoopin in Richmond

[rjsuperfly66]

Why give a team you just beat, the feeling that you were inferior to them? No court storming ever, in my book. (Maybe National Championship)

Quite a departure from the Baron era when he invited court storms after beating teams they were favored over

[RhodyRam86]

I need Dayton to blow the shit out of Richmond saturday

Nope, don't play for second. Win the conference instead. jmho

disagree with you again NYG for so many reasons, but i'll give you the simplest one here...

How about this thought? If Richmond loses to Dayton, we control our destiny in the conference.

1) If Richmond wins out and we win out, RIchmond wins the A10
2) if Richmond loses tonight and we win out, We win the A10

once we've done enough to secure a bid to the dance, then i will start rooting for the best path to win the A10 regular season. for now, Dayton is a lock so i don't care if they win games. richmond is not a lock, but they are ahead of us on the dance card so i want them to lose games.

[TruePoint]

Assuming a Dayton win over Richmond tomorrow, a URI win puts us alone in second place - one game out of first place Dayton; a loss puts us in a 5-way tie for 2nd place (with Bonnies, Richmond, Duquesne and VCU), two games out of first. We’d be down a tie-breaker against Richmond and Bonnies.

[Rhody15]

Why give a team you just beat, the feeling that you were inferior to them? No court storming ever, in my book. (Maybe National Championship)

*insert Old Man yells at cloud gif*

It’s college, court storming will always happen during big upsets.

With that being said, if we beat Dayton at home, no chance we should storm, wouldn’t be thaaaaat big of an upset.

[DeanDome88]

I need Dayton to blow the shit out of Richmond saturday

Nope, don't play for second. Win the conference instead. jmho

Dayton still has chances to lose to teams that we dont own a tiebreaker over. Not to mention we are competing with Richmond for an at large and if they beat dayton we are way behind them all of a sudden

It may be a total long shot but if Dayton beats Richmond we are back in control of our own destiny as far as the conference standings.

[Blue Man]

looking at it realistically , we have very little chance to beat Dayton out for first , so having a very realistic shot at the second spot becomes
even more realistic with a Richmond loss . A Richmond loss drops them behind URI in the standings if URI beats SBU so I am rooting for and
also expecting Dayton to crush Richmond . I expect Richmond to lose some more games . I am not that impressed by them. VCU concerns me
more. URI must beat VCU at home to validate the win at VCU .

OK...if you 'expect Richmond to lose more games' (which, I translate as "more games than Rhody")'...why wouldn't you want them to pin a loss on the only undefeated team in the conference, since they're going to lose more games anyway? We have a better chance of beating Dayton out for first if they lose to Richmond. Seems like no one cares about that, folks just keep on "hoping for second-best..." Go for the gold til it's no longer available.

Unrelated... if Dayton comes here in the Top 15 and we win...court storm or no?

I can't see us court storming Dayton. We have beaten them too many times when they are good.

Lol with our super vaunted history of beating top 10 and 15 teams all of a sudden we’re above court storming? Seriously?

We’ve never beaten a top 15 team in the regular season. Yeah - I would say a storming would be warranted.

[rhodyfan3000]

Storming will be fine.



Storming will be fine.

[ramster]

Put my vote in for Storming!!

And I’m with 208, go for 1st place!

There is no way this group of players and coaches is going got anything less than the Championship.

[reckless jake]

Watching Yale at Brown. Nether team can score. Its 8- 6 at the 13 minute mark. How did we ever lose to Brown?

[Billyboy78]

I stormed the court once when we beat Dayton at the buzzer with the Marquis shot. Everybody else stormed so I did too. Blueman was running wild all over the court high fiveing everyone. I figure I'd get a high five from the crazy kid too.

[TruePoint]

Put my vote in for Storming!!

And I’m with 208, go for 1st place!

There is no way this group of players and coaches is going got anything less than the Championship.

The only thing a regular season title gets you is a guaranteed NIT spot, which isn’t what we are playing for. Otherwise, there is no real difference between the 1st and 2nd seed. I’m all for setting the goal at first place because why the hell not - try to win every game you play. But when there is a top-5 type team in the A10 I don’t think second place is anything to be ashamed of.

Who we root for has no actual impact on anything that happens on the court in any of these games. As a fan, I’ll root for the path to second place to open up versus rooting for Dayton to lose, which is probably pointless and would be bad for the conference in any event. Gooooooo Dayton Flyers I hope they go 16-2 with two losses to Rhody.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Be aggressive, seek the conference title first and foremost. It's the first goal that can be reached, and since everyone seems to have just given Dayton the title...seems the biggest barrier is the idea that it's impossible for Dayton to lose multiple games (it isn't, and the sooner that happens, the better.
And it can't even start to happen until Dayton loses one, I don't care who it's against, let's start that process. Go Spide.

[RhodyRam86]

I'm sure the players will perform aggressively on the floor with the goal of winning the regular season conference title. I certainly hope they do. But curious, if we as fans are more "aggressive" in rooting for one team or another, will that help? If so...while ramster and 208 aggressively root for teams that are on the bubble with URI to pick up marquis wins...i will root just as aggressively for teams that are securely in the field to beat bubble teams.

GO FLYERS! BEAT THE SPIDERS!

[PeterRamTime]

Spiders gon get worked without Francis.

[NYGFan_Section208]

I'm sure the players will perform aggressively on the floor with the goal of winning the regular season conference title. I certainly hope they do. But curious, if we as fans are more "aggressive" in rooting for one team or another, will that help?

GO FLYERS! BEAT THE SPIDERS!

My many years of Red Sox experience research have shown that, no...how hard you root for a team has no bearing whatsoever on the outcome. Not just not very much, but absolutely none. Having said that, if I'm going to root for something, knowing it has no impact, I want best case scenario - 1st place. Means Dayton has to lose multiple times, let's start 'em now.

I'll take my chances with it "coming back to bite me" and someone saying "If only Dayton hadn't lost to Richmond, Rhody woulda ______"

Roll. Spide.

ETA: The upside to this is...if Dayton does win, even though I will be less than pleased...there will be a lot of people that know more about all of this than me that will still think it's a good thing...so I won't be totally bummed. (But still way happier if Richmond did)

[Rhody83]

You can clean up this thread with one action. Mission accomplished.

[Obadiah]

Lots of Saturday action in the A-10

Rhode Island at St. Bonaventure, 3 PM. On Stadium.

VCU at La Salle, 12 Noon. On NBCSN.

Duquesne at UMass, 2 PM. On ESPN+.

Saint Joseph's at George Washington, 4 PM. On ESPN+.

#7 Dayton at Richmond, 6 PM. On ESPN+.

George Mason at Davidson, 6 PM. On CBSSN.


In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Missouri at West Virginia, 12 Noon. On ESPN. This game is part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge.

#9 Villanova at Providence, 1 PM. On CBS.

LSU at Texas, 2 PM. On ESPN. This game is part of the Big12/SEC Challenge.

Robert Morris at Long Island U., 4:30 PM.

Kansas State at Alabama, 6 PM. On ESPN2. This game is part of the Big12/SEC Challenge.

Southern Miss at Middle Tennessee, 6 PM. On ESPN+.

UTEP at North Texas, 6 PM. On ESPN+.

Nicholls at New Orleans, 7 PM.

Marshall at Western Kentucky, 7:30 PM.

[Rhody74]

All 6 of the A10 games could go either way methinks. Glad I don’t gamble.

[Rhody83]

All 6 of the A10 games could go either way methinks. Glad I don’t gamble.

I think Duquesne and VCU will have easy wins.

[Rhody83]

[ATPTourFan]

Gola Arena is embarrassing. VCU plays so sloppy.

[RhowdyRam02]

In today's bubble games:

Fourth to last bye Saint Mary's is at Loyola Marymount at 9
Third to last bye DePaul hosts St. John's at 2 on FS1
Second to last bye Virginia Tech is at Boston College at 2 on ESPNU
Last bye NC State is at Georgia Tech at 4
Fourth to last in Oklahoma hosts seventh out Mississippi State at 2 on ESPN2
Second to last in #18 Texas Tech hosts #15 Kentucky
Last in VCU is at LaSalle now on NBC Sports
Second out Richmond hosts #7 Dayton at 6
We're fourth out at St. Bonaventure at 3 on Stadium
Fifth out Arizona State hosts #22 Arizona at 9:30 on PACN
Sixth out Alabama hosts Kansas State at 6 on ESPN2
Eighth out Tennessee is at #3 Kansas at 4 on ESPN

[ATPTourFan]

Thank God we didn’t lose to LaSalle.

[Rhody83]

VCU up 21-8 at the 8:00 mark. LaSalle has 8 points in 12 minutes.

[TruePoint]

How much longer can VCU bring Bones off the bench. Guy is probably going to be the ROY and is a definite all-A10 player down the road. I know Simms brings other stuff to the table outside of scoring, but to me it is Bones time in Richmond.

[PeterRamTime]

VCU is a bit better with Crowfield out there. The only guy who isn't brick city from three.

They are going to be even tougher next week.

[SmartyBarrett]

La Salle comes storming back. I've seen this movie before.

[TruePoint]

Did we talk about Martelli being an assistant at Michigan? I’m watching the end of this game and they’re showing the Wolverine huddle and I did a triple take.

[PeterRamTime]

Did we talk about Martelli being an assistant at Michigan? I’m watching the end of this game and they’re showing the Wolverine huddle and I did a triple take.

I did the same a few weeks ago!

I dont remember any of us talking about that.

[PeterRamTime]

Providence led by Pipkins is a disaster in crunch time lol

[SmartyBarrett]

Duquesne is about to lose to UMass. Down 10 with 5 minutes left.

[PeterRamTime]

Duquesne is about to lose to UMass. Down 10 with 5 minutes left.

We can kiss that Q2 win goodbye.

Pretenders.

[Blue Man]

Duquesne is about to lose to UMass. Down 10 with 5 minutes left.

We can kiss that Q2 win goodbye.

Pretenders.

They were a must blowout at home for a reason. Thank God we showed up in the 2nd half.

[PeterRamTime]

Duquesne is about to lose to UMass. Down 10 with 5 minutes left.

We can kiss that Q2 win goodbye.

Pretenders.

They were a must blowout at home for a reason. Thank God we showed up in the 2nd half.

SCREW them for sucking.

[RamIt!]

Only benefit of Richmond winning is bettering our chances of grabbing a regular season title.

[steviep123]

Did we talk about Martelli being an assistant at Michigan? I’m watching the end of this game and they’re showing the Wolverine huddle and I did a triple take.

I did the same a few weeks ago!

I dont remember any of us talking about that.

Yes. I thought we talked about this in probably the coaching carousel thread. Unless we had a separate thread for the Klingon.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Only benefit of Richmond winning is bettering our chances of grabbing a regular season title.

welp....no worries about that. We lost to those guys....?

[Rhody74]

Pretty entertaining Davidson-GMU game. Wildcats up 7 with 4 to go. Mason can be turned over. Fatts and Jeff should be able to dominate. Best moment of the game is when some college kids stripped down to bathing suits and shook their asses to distract Mason at the line.

[Rhody15]

Alabama with another win, getting them in top 25 NET would be HUGE.

[rhodysurf]

Second place baby