2/5 | UMass | 2:00PM (YurView/ESPN+)

[RI_Bred]

Under 50% from ft line now i believe. Icing on the cake.

[Section104]

Huge loss for our program to take a step in the right direction when the season is over. Onto the next one!

[scine20]

Is this the worst stretch this school has had in the Ryan Center era given expectations? It’s not the fact that they’re losing, it’s who they’re losing to.

[PeterRamTime]

Our fans aren't even booing wtf

[RoadyJay]

CUT BAIT!

I may also start quoting full song lyrics.

This is embarrassing. Thorr needs to act now!

[Dino611]

Our fans aren't even booing wtf

Because everyone left

[Taylor Swift]

Steve just said 5800 in attendance??!?! You've gotta be kidding me.


I'm the man in the box
Buried in my shit
Won't you come and save me?
Save me


I think I played better ball as a 14 year old on the JV team at Prout.

[rhodyrudder]

How do u have 20 turnovers against a freakin ZONE DEFENSE?!?

[PeterRamTime]

Steve just said 5800 in attendance??!?! You've gotta be kidding me.


I'm the man in the box
Buried in my shit
Won't you come and save me?
Save me


I think I played better ball as a 14 year old on the JV team at Prout.

Oh yeah Alice In Chains!

Cox is singing

"Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, losin' my soul
Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, outta control"

[Matt Keebler]

Silk Owens in attendance, did he even get mentioned?

[Taylor Swift]

Steve just said 5800 in attendance??!?! You've gotta be kidding me.


I'm the man in the box
Buried in my shit
Won't you come and save me?
Save me


I think I played better ball as a 14 year old on the JV team at Prout.

Oh yeah Alice In Chains!

Cox is singing

"Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, losin' my soul
Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, outta control"

I'd like to fllyyyyyyyyyyyyy but my wings have been so denieeeeed

[Taylor Swift]

Silk Owens in attendance, did he even get mentioned?

Sh*t and I always love when the legends come back to Kingston.

[Blue Man]

I gotta say our fans (those at the game) are as lame as our players.

It’s UMass. I felt the same and then I saw a lot of clapping at the end. Umass fans always show up at URI.

[Matt Keebler]

Chatted with him in the beer line under the student section. Don’t know if he got a shout out as I go to the alumni lounge for halftime but disappointing if he didn’t.

[steveystuds06]

Man, it sucks that 95% of us were right about Cox. I wanted Cox to win this year. I honestly thought we would beat the bad teams, at least. I never thought it would get this bad. This reminds me of Baron's last year. The Ryan Center is lifeless. The players look disinterested. The coaches do as well.

Cox is best as a top assistant at a great program. He's fantastic at that.

Thorr needs to get rid of Cox now.... Let's see if Bozeman can bring some life to our guys to finish the season...

[Taylor Swift]

There was a bit of a delay in the presser starting. The first thing Dave said was that he was talking to Thor. There's no way that was a pleasant conversation.

[Rhode_Island_Red]

Cox's first comment was that he had a talk with Thorr after the game. Wonder what was said?

[steveystuds06]

Our fans aren't even booing wtf

We all booed during the loss against GW... We all booed during the loss against Richmond. I didn't go today after that Fordham loss, but I've witnessed plenty of people booing this year...

[steviep123]

So glad I didn’t waste energy watching this game

[bigappleram]

He’s throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks in terms of personnel…combos of guys who have hardly played together now getting put out there 21 games deep. 20 turnovers against one of the worst defenses in the country and they were in a passive 2-3 zone half the time. That’s unheard of.

This can’t end soon enough. What a depressing Feb and March this will be. We need to get on the other side of this asap.

[Taylor Swift]

Cox's first comment was that he had a talk with Thorr after the game. Wonder what was said?

Yes! I cannot imagine that was pleasant and I don't think I can imagine Thor being ticked off. He's a very pleasant guy!

[rambone 78]

Hopefully Thorr told him he'd see him in his office later........and will tell him he will not be retained......

Thorr told Baron he was done...and so he will tell Cox the same very soon.

I'm sure he doesn't like the part of his job that requires him to fire people, but what has to be done has to be done.

[KeaneyBluBallz]

Amazing

[bigappleram]

We have done the impossible…our on court play is as painful as our tv broadcast. Todays gem was “uri is usually good at closing games”. Said the same about Umass. Neither team is good at anything let alone closing games.

[RI_Bred]

Cox still saying he has to figure it out...it's been four years man, plus another four with Hurley prior!

[section(105)]

…….I have nothing…….

[rambone 78]

Any team that has 2 or 3 of their best players shooting 30% from the FT line, is as embarrassing as it gets.

Are there ANY other programs in the country that compare to that?

Not just D1 programs either.

BAR, they must be broadcasting the wrong games.....

Cox will figure it out from his seat as an assistant somewhere next year......

[Dino611]

I gotta say our fans (those at the game) are as lame as our players.

It’s UMass. I felt the same and then I saw a lot of clapping at the end. Umass fans always show up at URI.

Especially when there’s 3 players from RI on UMass’ team

[Jersey77]

Losing to this UMass team at home by double digits is so.... disappointing, but the sad thing is I am not surprised.
Even the the LaSalle game felt like a loss.
Now the team gets into the real meat of the schedule, doesn't appear things are going to get any better.

The worst part for me is that I still feel our roster has a lot of talent, just very disappointed in our staff's inability to take advantage of what we have.
Are they not properly prepared?
Are the coaches not able to make the proper in game adjustments? Don't think so.
Bottom line is things are currently as bad as I have seen here in a long time.

I was really hoping the Cox hire was going to work out. Oh well.

BlueMan with the way this team is performing and derailing you needn't worry about the fans.
The HC is sealing his own fate.

[PeteRI]

Cox's first comment was that he had a talk with Thorr after the game. Wonder what was said?

As Bush said to his DEM director who totally screwed up the post-Katrina response:

"You're doing a heck of a job."

[brady1]

Cox's first comment was that he had a talk with Thorr after the game. Wonder what was said?

Hopefully Thorr said David I’ve made a terrible mistake in hiring you. URI has gone from back to back tournament appearances with wins in each. You Mr Cox have turned the program into a dumpster fire. But David I have a favor to ask you PLEASE PLEASE do me just one favor. David PLEASE call no more time outs after made threes to KILL momentum. You’re causing 40 year donating fans to abandon the program for good with that self destructive shit!!!!

GO RHODY!

[rhodyrudder]

Silk Owens in attendance, did he even get mentioned?

No
And they still have not mentioned Jim Norman’s passing.
How the f does bob caruthers get his name in the rafters for 18 years and Jim Norman doesn’t. He was here for like 50!

[rhodyrudder]

Cox's first comment was that he had a talk with Thorr after the game. Wonder what was said?

Hopefully Thorr said David I’ve made a terrible mistake in hiring you. URI has gone from back to back tournament appearances with wins in each. You Mr Cox have turned the program into a dumpster fire. But David I have a favor to ask you PLEASE PLEASE do me just one favor. David PLEASE call no more time outs after made threes to KILL momentum. You’re causing 40 year donating fans to abandon the program for good with that self destructive shit!!!!

GO RHODY!

The ONLY TIMEOUT HE USED IN THE SSCOND HALF OF THIS GAME WAS ON A MADE THREE

[rambone 78]

Cox is just like Baron was, when asked to explain losses and poor play, he would say "We gotta get better" or "We have to figure it out"....never offers anything specific about what he or the team needs to do better.

It's clear he has run out of ideas....no clue what to do......he's admitting it in so many words.

[bigappleram]

Losing to this UMass team at home by double digits is so.... disappointing, but the sad thing is I am not surprised.
Even the the LaSalle game felt like a loss.
Now the team gets into the real meat of the schedule, doesn't appear things are going to get any better.

The worst part for me is that I still feel our roster has a lot of talent, just very disappointed in our staff's inability to take advantage of what we have.
Are they not properly prepared?
Are the coaches not able to make the proper in game adjustments? Don't think so.
Bottom line is things are currently as bad as I have seen here in a long time.

I was really hoping the Cox hire was going to work out. Oh well.

BlueMan with the way this team is performing and derailing you needn't worry about the fans.
The HC is sealing his own fate.

Well, hate to say this, but we prob have one of the weakest assistant staffs in the league. Compare this staff to the staff Dan had any of his 6 years. That’s not about a salary pool. That’s poor staffing by the HC.

[ghostofkeaney]

I did feel like Cox was a little more honest with the game issues in this presser. Not as much cliche bs at the start.

[Rhody72]

Losing because you can't score is one thing, losing because you quit defensively is never acceptable.

[RIFan]

I take the not booing as worse than booing, they have accepted it and apathy has set in. I missed this glorious mess and went skiing.

[Matt Keebler]

Our all-time leading score was in attendance, how does that not even get mentioned? Where is the pride and sense of history?

[RhowdyRam02]

Silk Owens in attendance, did he even get mentioned?

No
And they still have not mentioned Jim Norman’s passing.
How the f does bob caruthers get his name in the rafters for 18 years and Jim Norman doesn’t. He was here for like 50!

It feels like the entire athletic department has fallen, not just the basketball program. When a legend comes back you fucking honor them! These aren't hard things, they're basic things

[DeanDome88]

The offense was horrible in the first half and the defense was horrible in the second half. The fans in my section have had it with the head coach. It seemed like the trivia question was a needle to the coach.

[Rhody_NYCT]

As Charles Barkley likes to say...TURRIBLE!

[Rhodyram]

Steve said 5800. It was a little more than half full but not 5800

[RhowdyRam02]

The offense was horrible in the first half and the defense was horrible in the second half. The fans in my section have had it with the head coach. It seemed like the trivia question was a needle to the coach.

What was the trivia question?

[ghostofkeaney]

The offense was horrible in the first half and the defense was horrible in the second half. The fans in my section have had it with the head coach. It seemed like the trivia question was a needle to the coach.

What was the trivia question?

Answer was Antwan and his career high in points and rebounds last year vs Zoomass

[adam914]

I made the decision to stop watching at halftime and head to the local brewery. Best decision I have made in quite some time. Great taco truck in the parking lot today. Missed the whole second half. Nice little Saturday!

[reef]

This is an absolute horror show !!

We were so unprepared against a bad hoop team !!

Make the change Thorr !!

[DeanDome88]

Silk Owens in attendance, did he even get mentioned?

No he did not.

[JimSidd]

The fact that this game thread is only four pages just shows the apathy that has set in with this program. Apathy is worse than anger. At least anger shows you care.

[RhowdyRam02]

Currently we're tied for 10th, but we're probably 12th because we're tied with Fordham and UMass. I won't say we hit rock bottom in case we haven't, but I can see rock bottom from where we are in the standings