Week #15 - Games of Interest

[Rhody83]

Davidson up 32-18 in the first half.

[jaywin86]

Davidson coming on quick 32-18

[NYGFan_Section208]

What's the score?

[PeterRamTime]

Always appreciate RF's research.

Can add even more:

PC does have more NIT wins than URI since the 1979-80 season. The Friars have 13 while the Rams have 11.

PC NIT Wins
1986 2
1991 2
1993 3
1995 1
1996 1
2003 2
2013 2

URI NIT Wins
1992 2
1996 2
2003 1
2004 1
2009 1
2010 3
2015 1


I would bet most people don't realize that the post season history between the two schools over the last four decades was so similar. Many fans without much real knowledge would just assume PC has been far more successful in March given perception. That however is not the reality.

You would have to think if the roles were reversed we would have probably faired better than they have over the last 40 years.

The state university. Bigger school.

Better colors.

Easier for a Rhode Islander to identify with a school with the state name on the jersey.

RI might be the only state where the flagship university isn't the preferred team to root for.


We get great recruits. Imagine how much easier it would have been for us to sustain a high level since we dont have the private school snobby/stuffy religious school aspect.

Regardless we are a better program right now.

Hope to add some more NCAA wins!

[reef]

Davidson 42-23 at the under 4

Our game down there is going to be very difficult they are moving the ball well and making threes very worried about that game

[McRam]

davidson currently up 46 to 28 This game at Davidson will be real tough for us This is not the same Davidson team as early in the season.

[jaywin86]

Davidson 42-23 at the under 4

Our game down there is going to be very difficult they are moving the ball well and making threes very worried about that game

agreed, reef lee is playing very well off the bench for Davidson.

[reef]

Agreed they are a different team now playing with confidence and McKillop can coach
Davidson 47-28 halftime

[ElmCityRhody]

Yikes - just catching up
Here on the score - my goodness

We’ll have our hands full w them

AGITA

[ramster]

Nice zinger from Donaldson on Twitter about PC having 1 NCAA win in last 23 years. For context little brother Rhody has 5 in that same period. Their fans are also complaining that they had to play in a 6k on campus arena last night. Ya hate to see it.

and a "play in" game to boot was their only win

jerky boys: "i'm very proud of ya.."

For the 9500th time, PC did not beat USC in a play-in game. In 2016, they played a Round of 64 game in Raleigh. They later played, and lost to, the #1 seed UNC in the Round of 32. It wasn't until 2017, one year later, that they played USC in a play-in game.

Their fans are also complaining that they had to play in a 6k on campus arena last night. Ya hate to see it.

My reading comprehension isn't exactly the best, but I'm pretty sure one fan complained about playing at Carnasecca, and received some of the following responses:

"Excuses, excuses. That gym is as easy as it comes and it wasnt even full."

"Its not our home game! Why should SJU care about Friar fans? Comical."

"Typical Friars fan base...complaining that we didnt play in a big enough arena to let our fan base show up to a ROAD GAME. Ugh...the excuses around this program are unbearable. Brings back nightmares of Dayton in Ohio."

"They are what the number 3 tenant at msg assuming their isnt a billy joel concert or something. They can only use it if the Knicks and Rangers are not playing or a big concert is scheduled. Im guessing msg management could give a crap about st. johns. View them as filler for off nights"

"You do realize St. John's is in Queens right? I'm not really getting your beef with their gym. Are you some how trying to blame that on our pathetic performance tonight?"

"Please stop. we lost because we sucked. not because we played in a high school gym. If that gym was such an advantage to them they would play every home game there. If PC decided to play at Alumni our fan base would complain it didnt provide a good enough home court advantage. Its weak sauce."

"Ok. why dont they play every home game there then? get that huge home court advantage. Stop the excuses."

A lot of those were from the same guy, but no one else besides one guy complained about the location. My wife works for a glasses company. I can give you the hook-up.

It’s embarrassing for the Big East to:

• Schedule to play a St Johns vs PC game in New York City in mid February in an old on campus 5602 capacity arena when College Basketball should be at its peak for the Big East

• Carnesecca capacity is 5,602 seat capacity But PC vs St Johns only drew 4,083!! That’s only 73% capacity

• 19,812 capacity MSG would be a ghost town if they held this game there. Good move to have it on campus

Dare I say the Big East is losing its luster?



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[UCH21377]

The days of NYC as a college basketball hotbed are long gone. It’s not the NBE.

[ramster]

But even the New Big East.....
Playing on campus and only getting 4000 for St Johns and PC?
URI is going to have close to 8000 for a Sy Joe team winless in A10 and 4-20 overall

You can’t make this up

[PeterRamTime]

Davidson is freakin me out already!

I mean the Bonnie is now extinct.

[STC]

But even the New Big East.....
Playing on campus and only getting 4000 for St Johns and PC?
URI is going to have close to 8000 for a Sy Joe team winless in A10 and 4-20 overall

You can’t make this up

St John’s is in rebuild mode, PC flopped big time this year. Nobody is shocked by the attendance of PC at St. John’s last night. I’d actually say 4K for two deadass teams isn’t that bad.

URI should draw big given they are on bubble.

What’s your point?

[theblueram]

Davidson is freakin me out already!

I mean the Bonnie is now extinct.

Bonnies can't play defense against the 3. They sagged all night and were torched. We won't have a problem with that.

[Rhodymob05]

Brown with a big win

[Obadiah]

Davidson crushed the Bonnies with three pointers raining down with them putting in 13 on 52% accuracy and this stat was even more impressive earlier in game. The Wildcats showed good ball movement totally designed to get a man open to take an uncontested three. Also showed good ball control with only 7 turnovers and allowed only one SBU steal. Besides good beyond arc shooting, Davidson controlled the boards 42-25 leading to second chance points and efficient shooting at the rim. What happen to Osunniyi??

To beat these guys, the Rams will have to turn in a stellar defensive effort to thwart the threes, limit them on the glass and disrupt their passing lanes

[PeterRamTime]

Davidson is freakin me out already!

I mean the Bonnie is now extinct.

Bonnies can't play defense against the 3. They sagged all night and were torched. We won't have a problem with that.

Indeed.

However, Davidson looks like they've finally gotten a rhythm on offense.

Good thing we have a whole week to get ready for them.

Give them the ol Rhode block D.

[steviep123]

Davidson wins by 29. Didn’t see that coming. Wow. While I thought Davidson could potentially win a close one I didn’t expect a 29 point blowout. They are going to be a problem next week.

Brown also wins over Princeton by 12

[Obadiah]

Brown gets a big road win, 75-63, over Penn, conquerors of PC.

[Obadiah]

Iona overwhelms Manhattan, 80-57, avenging an earlier loss to the Jaspers. Cluess less Iona is poised for a comeback.

[theblueram]

Davidson is freakin me out already!

I mean the Bonnie is now extinct.

Bonnies can't play defense against the 3. They sagged all night and were torched. We won't have a problem with that.

Indeed.

However, Davidson looks like they've finally gotten a rhythm on offense.

Good thing we have a whole week to get ready for them.

Give them the ol Rhode block D.

yeah, the prototypical A10 team. Suck all year and come in with bad metrics, then get good and kill everybody's NCAAT chances. F Davidson.

[Rhody15]

Like I’ve been saying for weeks and received pushback on it, I’m very very nervous for @ Davidson. Hell of a performance by them tonight in a tough environment.

[PeterRamTime]

Bonnies can't play defense against the 3. They sagged all night and were torched. We won't have a problem with that.

Indeed.

However, Davidson looks like they've finally gotten a rhythm on offense.

Good thing we have a whole week to get ready for them.

Give them the ol Rhode block D.

yeah, the prototypical A10 team. Suck all year and come in with bad metrics, then get good and kill everybody's NCAAT chances. F Davidson.

Them and St Bonaventure are all about that noise right now. Now, they did have some significant injuries, so I cant hate them too much, but still annoying.

[Rhodymob05]

Davidson lives and dies by the 3, hence why they loss to an awful GW team two weeks ago.

[RhodyRam86]

For the 9500th time, PC did not beat USC in a play-in game. In 2016, they played a Round of 64 game in Raleigh. They later played, and lost to, the #1 seed UNC in the Round of 32. It wasn't until 2017, one year later, that they played USC in a play-in game.

Also, why did dick Donaldson cut it at 23 years? Because in 97 pc made the Elite 8? Thus in the last 25 years pc has 4 wins and Rhody has 5. Biased reporting to ignite fire I guess.

You can go back even further to the last 40 years which roughly correlate to PC first joining the Big East (1979-80). Despite all the advantages that league membership gave PC over URI, the two schools have the EXACT SAME number of NCAA Tournament wins at eight. Furthermore, the Friars had just three tournaments where they recorded wins while Rhody did so in five different tournaments.

PC NCAA Wins
1987 4
1997 3
2016 1

URI NCAA Wins
1988 2
1993 1
1998 3
2017 1
2018 1

i would happily trade a few of our 1 win years for their trip to the final 4.

[Rhody15]

Neeeeed a VCU win tomorrow.

[reef]

Nice win Brown

[giovanni]

https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com ... cketology/

[Obadiah]

Action picks up in the A-10 on Saturday. Of course, our interest is intensely focused on the Rhode Island match up versus St. Joe's, 12 Noon. On CBSSN. We will looking for signs of how the Rams rebound from the loss at Dayton and how we play the second game against the Hawks with Dowtin in the line-up this time.

Other A-10 games:

Dayton at UMass, 12:30 PM. On ESPN2.

La Salle at Saint Louis, 2:30 PM. On NBCSN.

VCU at Richmond, , 4 PM. On CBSSN.

George Washington at George Mason, 4:30 PM. On CBSSN.


In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Old Dominion at North Texas, 2 PM. On ESPNU.

Western Kentucky at UTSA, 3 PM.

UAB at Middle Tennessee, 3 PM. On ESPN+.

#14 West Virginia at #1 Baylor, 4 PM. On ESPN+.

#25 LSU at Alabama, 4 PM. On ESPN2.

SE Louisiana at Nicholls, 4 PM. On ESPN3.

Sacred Heart at Long Island U., 4:30 PM.

#9 Maryland at Michigan State, 8 PM. On ESPN.

Brown at Princeton, 6 PM. On ESPN+.

#10 Seton Hall at Providence, 8 PM. On CBSSN.

[Rhody15]

Thought our game was at 12 today?

[RhowdyRam02]

In today's bubble games

Fourth to last bye Florida vs Vanderbilt at 8 on SECN
Second to last bye Virginia at North Carolina at 8 on ESPN
We're the last bye vs St. Joe's at noon on CBSSN
Last in Arkansas vs seventh out Mississippi State at 1 on SECN
First out Stanford vs Arizona at 10:30 on PACN
Second out Georgetown at #19 Butler at 2:30 on Fox
Fourth out Utah State at Fresno State at 10 on ESPNU
Fifth out VCU at sixth out Richmond at 4 on CBSSN
Eighth out Tennessee at South Carolina at 6 on SECN

[Obadiah]

The Brown win over Penn improved their NET rating by 23 spots to #203. In contrast, Saint Joseph's NET is at #237 and Fordham is lodged at #276. Both now represent potential losses worse than the earlier one to Brown.

[Obadiah]

Thought our game was at 12 today?

Sorry, typo on the missing 2.

[steviep123]

In today's bubble games

Fourth to last bye Florida vs Vanderbilt at 8 on SECN
Second to last bye Virginia at North Carolina at 8 on ESPN
We're the last bye vs St. Joe's at noon on CBSSN
Last in Arkansas vs seventh out Mississippi State at 1 on SECN
First out Stanford vs Arizona at 10:30 on PACN
Second out Georgetown at #19 Butler at 2:30 on Fox
Fourth out Utah State at Fresno State at 10 on ESPNU
Fifth out VCU at sixth out Richmond at 4 on CBSSN
Eighth out Tennessee at South Carolina at 6 on SECN

Just curious which bracket predictor you use for this?

[reef]

The Brown win over Penn improved their NET rating by 23 spots to #203. In contrast, Saint Joseph's NET is at #237 and Fordham is lodged at #276. Both now represent potential losses worse than the earlier one to Brown.

Awesome baby let’s get Brown sub 200 !!

[DC_Rams]

Dayton is in a war right now against UMASS.

[ramster]

Crutcher just scored 11 points in 2 minutes for Dayton

[ramster]

67-63 Dayton leading UMASS with 15 seconds to go

Tre Mitchell with 26 points and 10 rebounds

[Puck Frovidence]

I don't say this often but that officiating down the stretch at UMass-Dayton is some of the most atrocious I've seen. Refs blatantly kept UMass in it. AG and players just shaking their heads and laughing in disbelief towards the end. Can't blame them.

[reef]

Yeah watched the end there and it was pretty bad

At least Dayton got out of there with a win

[KevanBoyles]

Who should we pull for, LSU or Alabama?

[Blue Man]

Who should we pull for, LSU or Alabama?

Bama. LSU is a locked in Q1 loss. A run by bama could still get them to a Q1 win.

[jaywin86]

looking forward to the VCU/Richomond @4p

[ElmCityRhody]

Let’s go VCU

[Rhody74]

Richmond looking tough. Up by 10 early.

[Rhodymob05]

VCU without Evans today

[reef]

26-13 Richmond under 8

[Joe95]

Richmond is the better team, so much offensive skills.

[Joe95]

Our VCU wins may be significanty in trouble, it only gets harder for them with Dayton and St. Louis following this game.