Week #12 - Games of Interest

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 4 years ago

Guess who has sole possession of 2nd place in the A10?

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 4 years ago

Rhody15 wrote: ↑4 years ago Alabama with another win, getting them in top 25 NET would be HUGE.

Top 30 gets them Q1

Rhody15 · Unread post by **Rhody15** » 4 years ago

Blue Man wrote: ↑4 years ago
Rhody15 wrote: ↑4 years ago Alabama with another win, getting them in top 25 NET would be HUGE.
Top 30 gets them Q1

Thank you for not yelling at me tonight.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 4 years ago

Middle Tennessee won!!!!!!

What a day!

The Dude · Unread post by **The Dude** » 4 years ago

Since prior to last weekend I figured we'd know who the contenders and pretenders are in the A10 after this weekend's games. In my opinion it appears we now have a good idea as to who will be fighting for the top spots in the A10 down the stretch.
It looks like Dayton, Richmond, URI, & maybe VCU will be fighting for the likely top 2- 3 NCAA Tournament spots in the end.

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 4 years ago

We are battling Richmond, VCU and SLU for 1 maybe 2 NCAA spots pending how things break. I will root against those teams every night.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 4 years ago

PeterRamTime wrote: ↑4 years ago
TruePoint wrote: ↑4 years ago 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 pretty sure we mentioned this . Talk about an experienced assistant on your bench

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 4 years ago

Great news on Bama approaching Q1

Watch out for Davidson coming on

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 4 years ago

No way Davidson.

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 4 years ago

ATPTourFan wrote: ↑4 years ago No way Davidson.

Agree this isn’t the Davidson of the past - but we will need to exercise demons on Bob McKillop court. That place is a disaster factory for us.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 4 years ago

One game on Sunday in the A-10

Fordham at Saint Louis, 3 PM. On ESPN+.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Maryland at Indiana, 1 PM. On CBS.

Rider at Manhattan, 2 PM. On ESPN+.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 4 years ago

Maryland has been struggling on the road (1-4). They need a win today.

RAMFAN · Unread post by **RAMFAN** » 4 years ago

For those of you into scoreboard watching, Joe Lunardi's Friday Bracketology lists 16 bubble teams (Last 4 Byes,Last 4 In, First 4 out,Next 4 out) and URI wasn't listed. Since then, 11 teams played for a 5-6 record. I believe the remaining 5 play today. We want losses for Northern Iowa, Minnesota, Xavier, Virginia, and Georgetown.

URI2006_Andy · Unread post by **URI2006_Andy** » 4 years ago

Any bracketologist who has VCU ahead of us isn’t paying attention. The only thing VCU has over us is they beat bad teams more efficiently than we do. (Not saying we’re a better team, just saying our resume is better)

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 4 years ago

URI2006_Andy wrote: ↑4 years ago Any bracketologist who has VCU ahead of us isn’t paying attention. The only thing VCU has over us is they beat bad teams more efficiently than we do. (Not saying we’re a better team, just saying our resume is better)

They also beat LSU and dont have a bad loss like ours with Brown.

URI2006_Andy · Unread post by **URI2006_Andy** » 4 years ago

PeterRamTime wrote: ↑4 years ago
URI2006_Andy wrote: ↑4 years ago Any bracketologist who has VCU ahead of us isn’t paying attention. The only thing VCU has over us is they beat bad teams more efficiently than we do. (Not saying we’re a better team, just saying our resume is better)

They also beat LSU and dont have a bad loss like ours with Brown.

Alabama and LSU pretty close.

Pc and Alabama better than LSU and VCU’s next best non-conference win (which is probably North Texas who we beat)

Brown loss was a negative. But again, that’s the only advantage VCU has. They play much better against bad team than we do.

And our win at VCU is the biggest separator.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 4 years ago

On the strength of the win at St. Bonaventure and yesterday's 7-2 performance by our OOC partners, the URI NET moves to 49, only Dayton and VCU have a better ranking.

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 4 years ago

how long is the leash in storrs. None of the players there have an elite college basketball trait. That’s the thing URI has in spades. All of the guys playing for uri now have a high end basketball trait to lean on and some of them have a few others they showed up with or have developed.

Section104 · Unread post by **Section104** » 4 years ago

Seawrightspostgame wrote: ↑4 years ago how long is the leash in storrs. None of the players there have an elite college basketball trait. That’s the thing URI has in spades. All of the guys playing for uri now have a high end basketball trait to lean on and some of them have a few others they showed up with or have developed.

It’s crazy because pretty much everyone on the team was ranked higher coming out of HS compared against our roster. They even have a former McDonald’s All American (injury problems). Hurley recruited a large chunk of these guys while at URI - i wonder if they were just recruiting misses or developed bad habits under Ollie. Their offense is atrocious.

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 4 years ago

Section104 wrote: ↑4 years ago
Seawrightspostgame wrote: ↑4 years ago how long is the leash in storrs. None of the players there have an elite college basketball trait. That’s the thing URI has in spades. All of the guys playing for uri now have a high end basketball trait to lean on and some of them have a few others they showed up with or have developed.
It’s crazy because pretty much everyone on the team was ranked higher coming out of HS compared against our roster. They even have a former McDonald’s All American (injury problems). Hurley recruited a large chunk of these guys while at URI - i wonder if they were just recruiting misses or developed bad habits under Ollie. Their offense is atrocious.

I agree. Our best guys are obviously the guys that came here under Hurley. Although our younger players might rival the older guys in terms of potential.

The UConn job is just a completely different animal than it was 10 years ago and than a job at uri.

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 4 years ago

UConn’s younger guys look like they can be better. They are showing some talent down the stretch. It’s also Tulsa at home. Not exactly duke at MSG.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 4 years ago

Dan and Huskies into overtime.

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 4 years ago

Not sure what you mean by none of their guys have good traits- Akok and Bouknight both have NBA potential. The Ollie holdovers are what is killing Dan. They came back with the FRs and SOs on the floor but he’s gotta balance chemistry and build culture which you can’t do by just benching the older guys.

RhodyRam86 · Unread post by **RhodyRam86** » 4 years ago

3rd OT loss of the season. Also recent losses by 6 at NOvA and 4 at Houston. The Fighting Hurleys just can't win a close one.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 4 years ago

Dan can be calm because he knows Big East is coming. It makes his life so much easier.

HobbyBurley · Unread post by **HobbyBurley** » 4 years ago

Yeah I mean, UConn is gonna be just fine. Pretty sure the leash is quite long. Different question 2-3 years from now if there are similar struggles.

Edit: RIP Kobe. Unreal.

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 4 years ago

Seawrightspostgame wrote: ↑4 years ago how long is the leash in storrs. None of the players there have an elite college basketball trait. That’s the thing URI has in spades. All of the guys playing for uri now have a high end basketball trait to lean on and some of them have a few others they showed up with or have developed.

He doesn’t have his guys yet? Our leaders were his guys. They’ll be fine. It’s year 2 of a dumpster fire.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 4 years ago

Yeah I think you have to give DH time , by end of year 3 they should be approaching NIT territory and 4th year should dance
If no dance by end of 4th year maybe they get a little restless

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 4 years ago

Who will get in first? UConn w/Hurls, or URI w/o him?

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 4 years ago

Maryland gets a 77-76 win AT Indiana. Manhattan falls at home to Rider 67-63.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 4 years ago

NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑4 years ago Who will get in first? UConn w/Hurls, or URI w/o him?

We are way ahead at the moment.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 4 years ago

URI has the best team in New England
PC 11-10, 4-4
UConn 10-9, 1-5

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 4 years ago

SLU beats Fordham 55-39. Glad I missed this one.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 4 years ago

RAMFAN wrote: ↑4 years ago For those of you into scoreboard watching, Joe Lunardi's Friday Bracketology lists 16 bubble teams (Last 4 Byes,Last 4 In, First 4 out,Next 4 out) and URI wasn't listed. Since then, 11 teams played for a 5-6 record. I believe the remaining 5 play today. We want losses for Northern Iowa, Minnesota, Xavier, Virginia, and Georgetown.

Results on Sunday
Minnesota is beat at home by Michigan State. Xavier loses at Creighton. Virginia wins on the road at Wake Forest. Northern Iowa prevails at home in OT over Loyola-Chicago. Georgetown has been off since last Wednesday (loss at Xavier) and will next host Butler on Tuesday.

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 4 years ago

RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑4 years ago 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

Saint Mary's won 73-62
DePaul lost 79-66
Virginia Tech lost 61-56
NC State lost 64-58
Oklahoma beat Mississippi State 63-62
Texas Tech lost 76-74 in overtime
VCU won 76-65
Richmond lost 87-79
We won 81-75
Arizona State won 66-65
Alabama won 77-74
Tennessee lost 74-68

In today's bubble games

Third to last in Minnesota lost at home to #11 Michigan State 70-52
First out Xavier lost at Creighton 77-66

Bubble teams are now 24-25

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 4 years ago

The fact Xavier is mentioned as first out is preposterous.
They have beaten no one. Shouldn’t be in the convo.

SmartyBarrett · Unread post by **SmartyBarrett** » 4 years ago

Same with Virginia. Pick any metric and put UVA side by side with Rhody. It’s not even close.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 4 years ago

Right even a team like Texas Tech is 12-7 3-3 yet they are ranked 28th ????