11/15 | Stony Brook | 7:00PM (YurView/ESPN+)

[RI_Bred]

Moving the ball so much better than last year. Love it.

[CaptainRon]

Wasn't able to make the Texas State game so looking to see some improvement from whoever ends up seeing the floor tonight.

Just heard them announce a "Tee's for 3's" promotion, where they're supposed to throw shirts in the crowd after URI makes 3 point shots. They might want to re think that strategy if fan engagement is the goal.

Hopefully tonight changes that trend. I'll predict its Rory based off pre game warm-ups.

The promotion works well budget wise. The way things are going, one batch of shirts might last all season.

[ElmCityRhody]

keep up the positive vibes the entire game

[Jdrums#3]

We are shooting well so far: 52% from the field, 3-3 from the line, 25% from 3 (which is good for us so far this yr.).

Keep it going!

[KingstonLane]

We are shooting well so far: 52% from the field, 3-3 from the line, 25% from 3 (which is good for us so far this yr.).

Keep it going!

We’re 2-11 from 3 lol, try 18%. Not good. Especially given how many of these are wide open looks

[PeterRamTime]

I love the way we are moving the ball!

We will be fine

[reef]

We lead 34-30 @ halftime

We are 5-33 from 3 in. 2.5 games

Ish 11 Hutch 6. Malik. 6

[Jdrums#3]

Yea, I saw the 18% after I sent the message. ESPN doesn’t update too fast. Same with the turnover’s; we had 4 when I typed, then we had 8. My posting might be causing bad ju ju.

9 assists on 14 made baskets.

[reef]

I love the way we are moving the ball!

We will be fine

They are zoning us which is a smart thing to do with our 4 point shooting

Our ball movement is pretty good we need to get Rory some 3 point attempts!!

[Big Rhody Guy]

We are shooting well so far: 52% from the field, 3-3 from the line, 25% from 3 (which is good for us so far this yr.).

Keep it going!

We’re 2-11 from 3 lol, try 18%. Not good. Especially given how many of these are wide open looks

You realize percentages change as the game progresses?

[MTK4L]

We need shooters bad. Thomas is one of the worst shooting guards I've ever seen start at URI. Wide open looks. 30% FGP and 0% on 3P% . 0-7 on threes so far this season.

Guess it can only improve.....

[Jdrums#3]

Nice job on the boards 1st half. 21-12 advantage.

[KingstonLane]

We are shooting well so far: 52% from the field, 3-3 from the line, 25% from 3 (which is good for us so far this yr.).

Keep it going!

We’re 2-11 from 3 lol, try 18%. Not good. Especially given how many of these are wide open looks

You realize percentages change as the game progresses?

Correct, and he was looking at outdated stats as he admitted shortly there after.

Not sure what your point is anyways. I love a lot of what Archie has this team doing. Ball movement is amazing. We just don’t have shooters on the roster. Is what it is

[Jdrums#3]

How do we look on the defensive end in person?

Stony is 1-17 from 3 according to ESPN. Ooph

[BCRhody03]

Malik gets hot from 3!!!

He just rolled his ankle under the basket and limped off the court. Let's hope it's nothing serious

[reef]

43-34. 1502

Malik sprains his ankle

Lou Hutch looks good

[KingstonLane]

Thomas could be such a great player if he was even a below average shooter.

No exaggeration he’s one of the worst D1 guards I’ve ever seen at shooting

[RI_Bred]

Thomas could be such a great player if he was even a below average shooter.

No exaggeration he’s one of the worst D1 guards I’ve ever seen at shooting

Really bad. Like him a lot, but man...

[SandorClegane]

Thomas has to focus on facilitating. He’s great at pushing the offense. However, teams leave him open since he hasn’t proven he can hit from long range. Archie needs to curtail the shooting.

[BCRhody03]

Stony Brook might be a worse shooting team than us, they're just not shy about throwing it up there.

[MTK4L]

Thomas could be such a great player if he was even a below average shooter.

No exaggeration he’s one of the worst D1 guards I’ve ever seen at shooting

He really is. There's got to be something mental going on there....

[RI_Bred]

Thomas has to focus on facilitating. He’s great at pushing the offense. However, teams leave him open since he hasn’t proven he can hit from long range. Archie needs to curtail the shooting.

Agree. And a major difference between Archie and Cox - Archie WILL do something about it.

[KingstonLane]

Thomas could be such a great player if he was even a below average shooter.

No exaggeration he’s one of the worst D1 guards I’ve ever seen at shooting

Really bad. Like him a lot, but man...

Yea unfortunately his lack of shooting ability is just a non starter. He doesn’t play significant minutes on any tournament team

[KingstonLane]

Thomas has to focus on facilitating. He’s great at pushing the offense. However, teams leave him open since he hasn’t proven he can hit from long range. Archie needs to curtail the shooting.

It makes it tough to run an offense when the other team can leave your guard wide open and know he can’t shoot.

[SandorClegane]

Thomas has to focus on facilitating. He’s great at pushing the offense. However, teams leave him open since he hasn’t proven he can hit from long range. Archie needs to curtail the shooting.

It makes it tough to run an offense when the other team can leave your guard wide open and know he can’t shoot.

True.. it’s not a good thing, but you can still make an impact and be a crappy shooter. Won’t be the first we’ve seen in keaney blue.

[reef]

46-37. U. 12

Hutch looks great with 12

We are 5-23 them 2-23 from 3

[reef]

Thomas has to focus on facilitating. He’s great at pushing the offense. However, teams leave him open since he hasn’t proven he can hit from long range. Archie needs to curtail the shooting.

It makes it tough to run an offense when the other team can leave your guard wide open and know he can’t shoot.

Our ceiling is very low with Bassy starting at PG playing 30 plus minutes a night

[KingstonLane]

At this rate Dubsky may be asked to take 10 3s a game next year

[RI_Bred]

Offense stalling here...watch out...missing Martin...

and he's back

[SandorClegane]

Sweet Lou….

[rhodysurf]

Lou looks good

[JFrech21]

Wow, the piling on on Thomas is something. He obviously needs to improve his shot but the lack of shooting in the rest of the lineup is what is highlighting his poor shooting. The kid has 8 assists and could have double that if some of the other guys could hit open shots as well. He's not forcing bad shots, if he's open he's taking it, needs to make some obviously but that's not why he's out there. I have come around on him after thinking last year that he should not even see the court. There have been some very successful point guards who can't shoot, some have had very successful NBA careers, think Rajon Rondo.

[RhodeIslandRams]

I wish the announcer would stop saying "Rhody in control" even when we were only up by four. Geez

[Rhodymob05]

What is wrong with Weston? Looks very limited.

[reef]

Anyone have issues with the feed ?? Back working for me now

[KingstonLane]

Wow, the piling on on Thomas is something. He obviously needs to improve his shot but the lack of shooting in the rest of the lineup is what is highlighting his poor shooting. The kid has 8 assists and could have double that if some of the other guys could hit open shots as well. He's not forcing bad shots, if he's open he's taking it, needs to make some obviously but that's not why he's out there. I have come around on him after thinking last year that he should not even see the court. There have been some very successful point guards who can't shoot, some have had very successful NBA careers, think Rajon Rondo.

Rondo shot 55% from 2pt and 28% from 3pt in college lol.
Thomas is shooting 45% and 18% in his career respectively. That’s also SEC vs A10. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here

But yes, I said this last week. Thomas being a 0 as a shooter/shot created is amplified when the lineup as a whole lacks shooters

[steveystuds06]

Wow, the piling on on Thomas is something. He obviously needs to improve his shot but the lack of shooting in the rest of the lineup is what is highlighting his poor shooting. The kid has 8 assists and could have double that if some of the other guys could hit open shots as well. He's not forcing bad shots, if he's open he's taking it, needs to make some obviously but that's not why he's out there. I have come around on him after thinking last year that he should not even see the court. There have been some very successful point guards who can't shoot, some have had very successful NBA careers, think Rajon Rondo.

All Lane does is talk smack about Thomas. Reminds me of 15 with Harris. We would be losing if Thomas didn’t play tonight. He’s had some incredible passes. He shoukd have 10-12 assists if we hit some shots.

He has 9 assists... Keep doing your thing Bassy!!

[Jdrums#3]

Anyone have issues with the feed ?? Back working for me now

Still not working for me. The whole game. Brutal.

[JFrech21]

Wow, the piling on on Thomas is something. He obviously needs to improve his shot but the lack of shooting in the rest of the lineup is what is highlighting his poor shooting. The kid has 8 assists and could have double that if some of the other guys could hit open shots as well. He's not forcing bad shots, if he's open he's taking it, needs to make some obviously but that's not why he's out there. I have come around on him after thinking last year that he should not even see the court. There have been some very successful point guards who can't shoot, some have had very successful NBA careers, think Rajon Rondo.

Rondo shot 55% from 2pt and 28% from 3pt in college lol.
Thomas is shooting 45% and 18% in his career respectively. That’s also SEC vs A10. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here

But yes, I said this last week. Thomas being a 0 as a shooter/shot created is amplified when the lineup as a whole lacks shooters

I was not comparing him to Rondo, just used him as an example. I'm not getting ahead of myself at all, just stating that point guards don't have to be great 3pt shooters to make big contributions. Those last 2 shots he just made should help those percentages as well.

[reef]

Bassy makes a 3 and a hoop there we go

[Jdrums#3]

We’ve taken 27 3’s so far (with 5 plus minutes left). Archie must have given the guys the green light tonight.

[RI_Bred]

Can't quite pull away...c'mon guys...

[reef]

Ish finally makes a 3 then a Stony Brook miracle 3

61-57

[KingstonLane]

We’ve taken 27 3’s so far (with 5 plus minutes left). Archie must have given the guys the green light tonight.

Nothing wrong with taking them, we’ve had great ball movement and gotten a ton of open looks. We just don’t have enough shooters to be dangerous. I’m sure that is/will be a large focus for the staff going forward

[Rhodymob05]

What happened to Freeman??

[Jdrums#3]

What happened to Freeman??

Not playing. Coaches decision.

[RamStock]

They are going to win this game, but very disappointed in Freeman, Weston and the guard play this year. We are such a bad shooting team. I guess this rebuild is going to take a long time, but when Martin and Leggett are leading us we are definitely in for a long year. I guess Hutchinson was the bright side from this game. We haven’t been able to shoot at all the last 3 years

[RI_Bred]

I guess this rebuild is going to take a long time,

I think we knew this going in. This team was f*cked the past few years.

[ElmCityRhody]

Take the win and onto the next game

Building blocks

[KingstonLane]

Should a team up 6 with 30 seconds left in the game win 99% of the time? Yes

But kinda crazy our announcers are acting like that kind of lead has never been blown before