Week #2 - Games of Interest

[Obadiah]

On the basis of two opening season wins, St. Bonaventure, retains its top 25 ranking in both polls - #22 in the AP poll and #24 in the Coaches Poll. No other A-10 team gets any votes.

So far in the OOC portion of schedule, A-10 record is 21-10.

After the first week in CBB, key URI metrics are:

NET - NA
BPI - 107
Pomeroy - 91
Sagarin - 97


Monday action in the A-10:

Penn State at UMass, 7 PM. On CBSSN

St. Thomas -Minnesota at Fordham, 7 PM. On ESPN+.

Weber State at Duquesne, 7 PM. On ESPN+.


In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Bryant at Clemson, 7 PM. On ACCN.

PC at Wisconsin, 9 PM. On FS1.

Oregon State at Tulsa, 9 PM. On ESPNU.

Bethune-Cookman at Utah, 10 PM. On PAC12.
Campus game in Sunshine Slam.

[DC_Rams]

Kiss and Childs have 29 of Bryant’s 33 points 15 minutes into the game. They are hanging tough with Clemson.

Those damn cupcakes won’t go away.

[Jersey77]

UMass up on Penn State at the half 37-33

[theblueram]

Kiss and Childs have 29 of Bryant’s 33 points 15 minutes into the game. They are hanging tough with Clemson.

Those damn cupcakes won’t go away.

DC we have our differences. It's not personal.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Kiss and Childs have 29 of Bryant’s 33 points 15 minutes into the game. They are hanging tough with Clemson.

Those damn cupcakes won’t go away.

An hour later...down 17

[theblueram]

Kiss and Childs have 29 of Bryant’s 33 points 15 minutes into the game. They are hanging tough with Clemson.

Those damn cupcakes won’t go away.

Bryant down by 24. Guess the frosting fell off.

[theblueram]

Kiss and Childs have 29 of Bryant’s 33 points 15 minutes into the game. They are hanging tough with Clemson.

Those damn cupcakes won’t go away.

A cupcake is defined as a low level basketball team that has no chance of an at large bid. Like Bryant. Which lost to Clemson, which is a low level P5 basketball team by 33 points.

[Jersey77]

UMass punishes Penn State 81–56

[Rhodymob05]

It's true that Bryant, although competitive in their own conference, is miles away from actually competing with the big boys. Unless its March, where anything can happen. Still rooting for them to have a good season. Plus Clemson looked like a top half ACC team to be honest.

[DC_Rams]

Kiss and Childs have 29 of Bryant’s 33 points 15 minutes into the game. They are hanging tough with Clemson.

Those damn cupcakes won’t go away.

DC we have our differences. It's not personal.

Never personal. I was just ribbing you.

[Obadiah]

Tuesday action in the A-10:

Future URI OOC opponent Georgia State at Richmond, 7 PM. On CBSSN

Saint Louis at Memphis, 8 PM. On ESPN+. First real test for the Billikens.

George Washington continues its West Coast pilgrimage with a visit to CSU-Fullerton, Kevin Costner's alma mater, 10:30 PM. On ESPN+.


In games involving URI OOC opponents:

USC at Florida Gulf Coast 6 PM. On ESPNU

Boston U. at Northeastern, 7 PM.

Johnson & Wales at Brown, 7 PM. On ESPN+. A chance to make a comparison to the URI game with J&W.

North Carolina at Charleston, 8:30 PM. On CBSSN. How did they get a home game with UNC?

[ramster]

North Carolina is the first Power 5 school CofC has hosted at TD Arena since Oklahoma State visited on Nov. 13, 2019 and the first AP Top-20 team since Ben Simmons and No. 19 LSU came to TD on Nov. 22, 2018.

[RF1]

Other A-10 results last night, Fordham in the Bronx slipped by transitioning to D1 St Thomas-MN 84-78 and Duquense lost at home 63-59 to Weber State. The A-10 is just 23-11to start the season with most of the really good OOC opponents yet to be played. Some of the losses have been to the likes of Yale, Wagner, UMass-Lowell, Manhattan, San Francisco, Sacred Heart, Hofstra, and UC-San Diego (not to be confused with SDSU).

[ramster]

Rhode Island kid makes headlines

Click and you can see the huge steal and 3 point play

[NYGFan_Section208]

North Carolina is the first Power 5 school CofC has hosted at TD Arena since Oklahoma State visited on Nov. 13, 2019 and the first AP Top-20 team since Ben Simmons and No. 19 LSU came to TD on Nov. 22, 2018.

Ben Simmons...
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[Jersey77]

Georgia State at Richmond should be a good game.
GS has been without all conference big Eliel Nsoseme (12 pts/10 rebs), nursing a knee injury. Not sure if he is available for tonight's game.

[Rhody15]

Rhode Island kid makes headlines

Click and you can see the huge steal and 3 point play

There's another RI kid, Jawarie Hamlin from Westerly, doing a post grad year at PRISE Academy in Missouri. His team is playing a few New England schools this week and next up this way.

He's had many D1 contacts and/or offers from mid majors (schools lower than the A10) from the tweets I've seen, maybe Cox and company could get a look at him while he's in the area?

[SGreenwell]

Rhode Island kid makes headlines

Click and you can see the huge steal and 3 point play

There's another RI kid, Jawarie Hamlin from Westerly, doing a post grad year at PRISE Academy in Missouri. His team is playing a few New England schools this week and next up this way.

He's had many D1 contacts and/or offers from mid majors (schools lower than the A10) from the tweets I've seen, maybe Cox and company could get a look at him while he's in the area?

From his posted highlights on Twitter, I don't really think he looks like an A-10 talent - more of a low D1 player, if that. Also, while he might be getting interest, I can't find any offers, and he doesn't have pages on Verbal Commits or the usual spots. (Then again, I'm always annoyed when URI gets crapped on for not recruiting a Rhode Island kid, as if it is every school's divine right and/or responsibility to sign all local talent.)

[KevanBoyles]

Watching the FGCU game against #25 USC on ESPNU. Looks likes a tough matchup for us. Nice arena and it looks packed. It sits 4,500. They are tied with 7+ minutes left in the first half.

[KevanBoyles]

USC up by 8 at the half. FGCU got sloppy in the last several minutes.

[KevanBoyles]

FGCU now shooting 21% from 3. 4-19. Some bigs but not dominant in the paint. Lots of transfers. Down by 9 with 15 left in 2nd half. If we can lock them down from 3, force TOs, and dominate the paint, we should have a good chance.

[KevanBoyles]

USC wins by 17. +20 in the paint. FGCU shoots 8-30 from 3. 50% of shots from 3.

[steviep123]

Tuesday action in the A-10:

Future URI OOC opponent Georgia State at Richmond, 7 PM. On CBSSN

Saint Louis at Memphis, 8 PM. On ESPN+. First real test for the Billikens.

George Washington continues its West Coast pilgrimage with a visit to CSU-Fullerton, Kevin Costner's alma mater, 10:30 PM. On ESPN+.


In games involving URI OOC opponents:

USC at Florida Gulf Coast 6 PM. On ESPNU

Boston U. at Northeastern, 7 PM.

Johnson & Wales at Brown, 7 PM. On ESPN+. A chance to make a comparison to the URI game with J&W.

North Carolina at Charleston, 8:30 PM. On CBSSN. How did they get a home game with UNC?

UNC at CoC - I was thinking the same thing!

[Rhodymob05]

I think I've seen St. Louis miss about 10 layups.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Why are some refs wearing masks and some not? Is it a vax status thing, or just a choice? Seems like there's usually one per game...

[NYGFan_Section208]

Tuesday action in the A-10:

Future URI OOC opponent Georgia State at Richmond, 7 PM. On CBSSN

Saint Louis at Memphis, 8 PM. On ESPN+. First real test for the Billikens.

George Washington continues its West Coast pilgrimage with a visit to CSU-Fullerton, Kevin Costner's alma mater, 10:30 PM. On ESPN+.


In games involving URI OOC opponents:

USC at Florida Gulf Coast 6 PM. On ESPNU

Boston U. at Northeastern, 7 PM.

Johnson & Wales at Brown, 7 PM. On ESPN+. A chance to make a comparison to the URI game with J&W.

North Carolina at Charleston, 8:30 PM. On CBSSN. How did they get a home game with UNC?

UNC at CoC - I was thinking the same thing!

CoC keeps playing like this, they may not get the heels there again....

[reef]

Northeastern beats BU. 49-48 in what must have been a thriller
Old recruit Chris Doherty had 16 for NE

Richmond nice win 94-78 led by 32 at one point v Ga St

Memphis 90 STL. 74

[reef]

Hall beats Michigan 67-65 great finish

[PeterRamTime]

GW is horrible

[JimSidd]

GW is horrible

I know it’s extremely early in the season, but what does this say about Maryland?

[Rhody15]

Why are some refs wearing masks and some not? Is it a vax status thing, or just a choice? Seems like there's usually one per game...

My guess would be a combination of both.

[Obadiah]

In A-10 Wednesday action our attention will fixed on the URI vs. Boston College game at Ryan, 6 PM. On CBSSN.

Other A-10 action tonight:

George Mason at Maryland, 7 PM. On BTN.

Drexel at Saint Joseph's, 7 PM.

La Salle at Delaware, 7 PM.

Lipscomb at Dayton, 7 PM. On ESPN+.

VCU at Vanderbilt, 8 PM. On SECN/ESPN+.


In a game involving a URI OOC opponent:

Harvard at Albany, 7 PM. On ESPN+.

[steviep123]

UNC at Charleston last night - I only watched the first half, but based on the score it looked like it was a game until the last couple of minutes. TV broadcast did a good job of explaining how the game came to be. CoC's AD went to UNC and worked in the athletic dept there and built many ties. When he became AD he worked his personal connections at UNC to get a 2 for 1. Last season at UNC, this season at CoC and next at UNC.

A good get - I would take a 2 for 1 against a school like this in a heart beat or a "home and home" vs a WVa with our home game at Mohegan. Be creative.

[Rhody15]

UNC at Charleston last night - I only watched the first half, but based on the score it looked like it was a game until the last couple of minutes. TV broadcast did a good job of explaining how the game came to be. CoC's AD went to UNC and worked in the athletic dept there and built many ties. When he became AD he worked his personal connections at UNC to get a 2 for 1. Last season at UNC, this season at CoC and next at UNC.

A good get - I would take a 2 for 1 against a school like this in a heart beat or a "home and home" vs a WVa with our home game at Mohegan. Be creative.

..well I would hope you, and everyone, would take a 2 for 1 against UNC, a top 4 program in college basketball. Talk about stating the obvious.

Although I am sure there are people on this board who wouldn't take this deal.

[steviep123]

UNC at Charleston last night - I only watched the first half, but based on the score it looked like it was a game until the last couple of minutes. TV broadcast did a good job of explaining how the game came to be. CoC's AD went to UNC and worked in the athletic dept there and built many ties. When he became AD he worked his personal connections at UNC to get a 2 for 1. Last season at UNC, this season at CoC and next at UNC.

A good get - I would take a 2 for 1 against a school like this in a heart beat or a "home and home" vs a WVa with our home game at Mohegan. Be creative.

..well I would hope you, and everyone, would take a 2 for 1 against UNC, a top 4 program in college basketball. Talk about stating the obvious.

Although I am sure there are people on this board who wouldn't take this deal.

I can guarantee you there are some that wouldn't take a 2 for 1 with UNC. BC (like we did) I can understand, but a blue blood like them? Absolutely.

[RF1]

UNC at Charleston last night - I only watched the first half, but based on the score it looked like it was a game until the last couple of minutes. TV broadcast did a good job of explaining how the game came to be. CoC's AD went to UNC and worked in the athletic dept there and built many ties. When he became AD he worked his personal connections at UNC to get a 2 for 1. Last season at UNC, this season at CoC and next at UNC.

A good get - I would take a 2 for 1 against a school like this in a heart beat or a "home and home" vs a WVa with our home game at Mohegan. Be creative.

..well I would hope you, and everyone, would take a 2 for 1 against UNC, a top 4 program in college basketball. Talk about stating the obvious.

Although I am sure there are people on this board who wouldn't take this deal.

I can guarantee you there are some that wouldn't take a 2 for 1 with UNC. BC (like we did) I can understand, but a blue blood like them? Absolutely.

2-1's with programs such as UNC are fine by me. My issue was with BC. The Eagles may be in the same ACC conference but they have a much lesser profile than the Tarheels. URI has a better arena and draws more than the Eagles. It should not be giving programs like BC 2-1 's.

[Rhody15]

UNC at Charleston last night - I only watched the first half, but based on the score it looked like it was a game until the last couple of minutes. TV broadcast did a good job of explaining how the game came to be. CoC's AD went to UNC and worked in the athletic dept there and built many ties. When he became AD he worked his personal connections at UNC to get a 2 for 1. Last season at UNC, this season at CoC and next at UNC.

A good get - I would take a 2 for 1 against a school like this in a heart beat or a "home and home" vs a WVa with our home game at Mohegan. Be creative.

..well I would hope you, and everyone, would take a 2 for 1 against UNC, a top 4 program in college basketball. Talk about stating the obvious.

Although I am sure there are people on this board who wouldn't take this deal.

I can guarantee you there are some that wouldn't take a 2 for 1 with UNC. BC (like we did) I can understand, but a blue blood like them? Absolutely.

And fans who wouldn't take a 2 for 1 with UNC are idiots, plan and simple.

[Jersey77]

The BE swept the B10 in the first 4 games of the Gavitt Tipoff:
Creighton over Nebraska 77-69
Seton Hall over #4 Mich. 67-65
PC over Wisc. 63-58
Marquette over #10 Ill. 67-66

[NYGFan_Section208]

..well I would hope you, and everyone, would take a 2 for 1 against UNC, a top 4 program in college basketball. Talk about stating the obvious.

Although I am sure there are people on this board who wouldn't take this deal.

I can guarantee you there are some that wouldn't take a 2 for 1 with UNC. BC (like we did) I can understand, but a blue blood like them? Absolutely.

And fans who wouldn't take a 2 for 1 with UNC are idiots, plan and simple.

I'm not sure there are any...are there?

[PeterRamTime]

GW is horrible

I know it’s extremely early in the season, but what does this say about Maryland?

Probably GW playing out of their mind and Maryland just not being insync yet

[Jersey77]

George Mason up 10 on Maryland at the 13 min mark 48-38.

[steviep123]

Up 6 with 6 to play.

[steviep123]

Up 8 with 3 to play.

[steviep123]

1 point game. 57 secs left. 2 huge 3s by md.

[steviep123]

Up 3 going to line 14 secs left.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Mason wins!

[steviep123]

And ball game. GMU 71 MD 66. Good win for them and for the A10.

[RF1]

Patriots are exceeding expectations. Terps on the other hand have not looked good thus far with several close calls.

St Joe's loses at home to Drexel 78-75
Dayton drilled at home by Liscomb 78-59

[Jersey77]

Wow, George Mason beats #20 Maryland 71-66 at Maryland.
English is doing something special there.
Put together a nice roster.
Plus adding Dennis Felton as assoc. HC was smart with all his head coaching and NCAAT experience (Western Kentucky, Georgia).

[KingstonLane]

Looking like URI @ Mason could be a previously unexpected Q1 game for us