2/8 | George Washington | 12:00PM (CBSSN)

[reef]

Yeah they made the Sweet 16 and lost to Michigan in 93 if I recall right ????

[Rhody83]

Nice to see Rhody taking a charter flight to DC today.

[theblueram]

Nice to see Rhody taking a charter flight to DC today.

They should be taking one every game.

[rhodysurf]

Nice to see Rhody taking a charter flight to DC today.

They should be taking one every game.

Gotta be honest, DC is a 30 minute flight lol

[wpbrown8267]

Google his son, forget his name but he’s 5’3 and playing low major D1 somewhere. I remember seeing a highlight recently. A southern school I wanna say. Shawnta and Yinka Dare were on that same GW team, dude could ball out.

Yinka and Shawnta weren’t on the same GW teams, Yinka played till ‘93 and Shawnta came after him. We beat Shawnta in the A10 semis and Lamar hit ‘the shot’ the next game in ‘99

[theblueram]

Nice to see Rhody taking a charter flight to DC today.

They should be taking one every game.

Gotta be honest, DC is a 30 minute flight lol

7 hour drive lol.

[ramster]

Google his son, forget his name but he’s 5’3 and playing low major D1 somewhere. I remember seeing a highlight recently. A southern school I wanna say. Shawnta and Yinka Dare were on that same GW team, dude could ball out.

Yinka and Shawnta weren’t on the same GW teams, Yinka played till ‘93 and Shawnta came after him. We beat Shawnta in the A10 semis and Lamar hit ‘the shot’ the next game in ‘99

Shawnta's son is Darnell Rogers. He plays for University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC).
He is listed as 5'2" but I think is is 5'0" or less. I saw him play in EYBL AAU Ball and believe me he is very small. Dribbles the ball well, but amazingly low dribble to the ground, even low to the ground for a 5'0" player. He has been injured.

[PeterRamTime]

Google his son, forget his name but he’s 5’3 and playing low major D1 somewhere. I remember seeing a highlight recently. A southern school I wanna say. Shawnta and Yinka Dare were on that same GW team, dude could ball out.

Yinka and Shawnta weren’t on the same GW teams, Yinka played till ‘93 and Shawnta came after him. We beat Shawnta in the A10 semis and Lamar hit ‘the shot’ the next game in ‘99

Shawnta's son is Darnell Rogers. He plays for University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC).
He is listed as 5'2" but I think is is 5'0" or less. I saw him play in EYBL AAU Ball and believe me he is very small. Dribbles the ball well, but amazingly low dribble to the ground, even low to the ground for a 5'0" player. He has been injured.

He also played for Florida Gulf Coast when we played them two years ago.

[TulaneGradRamFan]

This GW fan and moderator of the board wrote what I think is a really thoughtful in depth analysis of the Rhody Rams strengths as well as weaknesses of the team - and each player, no less, in this post: https://gwhoops.boardhost.com/viewtopic ... 4107#p4107

He describes each challenge GW will need to overcome just to make it a close game. He REALLY seems to have done his homework on the Rams!

He finishes by saying," If URI is putting up points, I don't see how we keep up with them unless we are on our game from distance like the Davidson game. It does help that we have won three in a row at home, but it will be very tough to make it four in a row. UMass played them tough on the road, only losing by 6 (though the margin was probably closer to 10 all game), and since I'd consider we are probably on their level right now, I'm definitely not hoping we see another blowout. A single digit loss should be the minimum goal."

[RhodysRelevant]

That is a really well put together post, I'd bet some fans couldn't put that together for their own team never mind an opponent

[NC_Ram]

They should be taking one every game.

Gotta be honest, DC is a 30 minute flight lol

7 hour drive lol.

It seemed like 7 hours from I-485 to my hotel (8.2 mi).

[bigappleram]

Google his son, forget his name but he’s 5’3 and playing low major D1 somewhere. I remember seeing a highlight recently. A southern school I wanna say. Shawnta and Yinka Dare were on that same GW team, dude could ball out.

Yinka and Shawnta weren’t on the same GW teams, Yinka played till ‘93 and Shawnta came after him. We beat Shawnta in the A10 semis and Lamar hit ‘the shot’ the next game in ‘99

You are right i thought they overlapped but memory did me wrong.

[rhodyfan3000]

Shawnta "The Peanut" Rogers. I remember his final season well, when Penders was coach of GW.

His final season stats: "1998-99: 20.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 6.8 apg, 3.6 spg"

He was basically dominant. When we played him, his ppg was much closer to 24. The key to stopping GW that year was to stop the second highest scorer on the team, and try to make Rogers beat you all by himself.

All you need to know about the Peanut, was that he was listed at 5'4. And that's with some Hollywood height thrown in, I'm sure, and he dunked the ball that season.

[rhodyfan3000]

Yeah, at the time, Mike King, was the second leading scorer at near 17 ppg himself. So, our best defender was T-Bell, Tavorris Bell. People were saying we should put our best defender on Shawnta Rogers.

But, no one was going to stop Shawnta Rogers except Rogers. So, the idea was put T-Bell on Mike King, stop King, eliminate a good chunk of points they were relying on to win.

[RI_Bred]

Google his son, forget his name but he’s 5’3 and playing low major D1 somewhere. I remember seeing a highlight recently. A southern school I wanna say. Shawnta and Yinka Dare were on that same GW team, dude could ball out.

Yinka and Shawnta weren’t on the same GW teams, Yinka played till ‘93 and Shawnta came after him. We beat Shawnta in the A10 semis and Lamar hit ‘the shot’ the next game in ‘99

I was there, in Philly. We watched the semi game the night before at Casey's and myself and three URI buddies said we'll drive down tomorrow if we win. Great road trip.

[rhodylocal]

That is a really well put together post, I'd bet some fans couldn't put that together for their own team never mind an opponent

Great write up. I bet that is the guy who calls their games. I remember our last game at their place and the announcer on the stream really knew his stuff but his play calling was repetitive and boring.

[TulaneGradRamFan]

That is a really well put together post, I'd bet some fans couldn't put that together for their own team never mind an opponent

No kidding! I bet a lot of so called 'reporters/journalists" couldn't either.

[Rhody83]

[LoveThoseRams]

Very thorough analysis of the game from a GW perspective.

https://gwhoops.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=340

Sorry, I just saw this posted earlier and tried to delete it not to be duplicative!

[giovanni]

[RI_Bred]

Hmmm, interesting...

[RhodysRelevant]

Hmmm, interesting...

I know its been discussed ad nauseam but if we cant get the dub against GW without their best player we don't have a prayer Tuesday against Dayton

[Billyboy78]

I wonder if Ish will be at the game?

[TulaneGradRamFan]

Steve MacDonald just said on the pre-game show that their flight yesterday afternoon was cancelled due to high winds so they tried to leave later from Boston and then THAT flight was cancelled and so last night they were able to leave from Hartord and didnt get to D.C until late. Then they had to get a practice in before hitting the hay.

Sounds like a terrible travel day. I hope they are rested and raring to go now....

[adam914]

That Cyril 3 to open the game was the greatest play in Rhode Island basketball history!

[RhodeIslandBorn]

Cyril shooting with confidence!

[PeteRI]

I'm up in NH doing my Civic duty so I can't watch the game. GO RHODY!!!

[ramster]

Harris as always wins the tip, Langevine with the 3 Pointer on the first shot of the game!

Love these URI Ram Big Men!!

[Joe95]

I had to rewind to make sure that my eyes saw what they saw. CYRIL FOR THREEEE!

[Rhodymob05]

Anyone having issues with the stream?

[RhodysRelevant]

Harris in foul trouble early

[adam914]

How the hell is that a foul on Harris? All he did was set a screen!

[RhodysRelevant]

Cyril and Martin just had back to back get out of the paint shot blocks

[Ram1019]

Helluva start

[adam914]

I had to rewind to make sure that my eyes saw what they saw. CYRIL FOR THREEEE!

As soon as it went in I said, "Wow I thought that was Cyril for a second"...and then realized that it actually was!

[ramster]

How the hell is that a foul on Harris? All he did was set a screen!

I’m glad you said that. I saw nothing Harris did wrong in setting that screen, both live and on the replay.

[PeterRamTime]

Cyril hits a three.

We aren't losing this game lol

[Joe95]

Let's try to play a defensive possession without fouling.

[RhodysRelevant]

Were shooting the fucking lights out

[RI_Bred]

Great start!

[adam914]

Fatts feelin' it right now from deep!

[PeterRamTime]

Ballin

[RhodysRelevant]

Didn’t even look like Martin touched that kid on his way to the basket wtf

[Joe95]

Defense has been subpar so far, too many times it looks like someone is getting caught out of position.

[RI_Bred]

So many fouls Jesus...

[DeanDome88]

Steve and Don spend way too much time talking about what the score used to be.

[PeterRamTime]

Well that 11 point lead was nice...

[steveystuds06]

The second Cyril sits our interior defense takes an enormous hit.

[ghostofkeaney]

The second Cyril sits our interior defense taking an enormous hit.

He will be missed next season for sure

[adam914]

Fatts can't miss a 3 and can't make a layup today!