Top 10 Keys to a Rhody Win over PC

[Rhody72]

I think we get smoked. ...

Is this your coming out as a closet PC fan? Do you watch all their games? GO RHODY!!!

[Jdrums#3]

As others have aptly stated, I am most concerned with how we handle Hopkins and Croswell.

Overall, I am not sure how this game will go. I have watched parts of PC games to get a feel for how good they are as a team but still not sure. At times they looked good; at times average or uninspired.

But, because this is an emotional rivalry game for the teams and because it causes me to get stressed much more than any other regular season game or any game in any sport, I hardly ever have had a good feel of how the game will go.

If my doctors ever knew what this game does to me, they would ban me from watching for sure.

[reef]

I think PC will be a -4.5 or 5 point fav

[Rhodymob05]

We can win this. I've seen past Rhody players with something to prove, step up in these situations and surprise us. I think that will happen Saturday.

[steveystuds06]

I think we get smoked. ...

Is this your coming out as a closet PC fan? Do you watch all their games? GO RHODY!!!

Yup, you caught me. I sit on here posting 100 times a day and take the time to post clips of our recruits, scrimmages, and games because I'm a PC fan. That makes plenty of sense.

What section are your season tickets in? I'm in 211 ROW A

[Mattrams94]

I think it's not too crazy to say our guard play has been better than theirs. their two main guards are Devon Carter and Jared Bynum, who are both averaging ten ppg. Bynum is shooting 17% percent from 3 and Carter is around 31%. Outside of Brayon's first two games, he has had a stretch of 18ppg on fairly efficient shooting and Leggett is averaging 18 &6. Our starting guards are what they are as they have been the only main portion of scoring this year. Where we will win this game is down low, as they have experienced bigs like Croswell and Hopkins. Keep in mind we are still a very young team, but the big men are going to have to help out Ish and bray if we want a shot at winning

[Jersey77]

I think it's not too crazy to say our guard play has been better than theirs. their two main guards are Devon Carter and Jared Bynum, who are both averaging ten ppg. Bynum is shooting 17% percent from 3 and Carter is around 31%. Outside of Brayon's first two games, he has had a stretch of 18ppg on fairly efficient shooting and Leggett is averaging 18 &6. Our starting guards are what they are as they have been the only main portion of scoring this year. Where we will win this game is down low, as they have experienced bigs like Croswell and Hopkins. Keep in mind we are still a very young team, but the big men are going to have to help out Ish and bray if we want a shot at winning

I will continue to disagree that our guards are better than theirs.
They have 3 starters that all have had success at P6 level and averaging double-digits.
Plus, they have depth which is something we are missing.

I will say that Ish (was always a fan) has turned things around this season and Bray has recently come on strong.
Those 2 are carrying our team right now.

Yes, the weakest part of our team right now is our frontcourt, hopefully they will continue to improve.

[RhodyKyle]

I think PC will be a -4.5 or 5 point fav

Closing line may end that way but Kenpom has it as PC -3 and I know sportsbooks really lean on KP for their CBB lines so I'd expect the opening line to be -3 or -3.5

[PlayMikeMotenMore]

I think we get smoked. ...

Is this your coming out as a closet PC fan? Do you watch all their games? GO RHODY!!!

Yup, you caught me. I sit on here posting 100 times a day and take the time to post clips of our recruits, scrimmages, and games because I'm a PC fan. That makes plenty of sense.

What section are your season tickets in? I'm in 211 ROW A

You guys are ridiculous. I don't know either of you nor do I care. But I'll state again (as I've stated before)...nobody has to show their "URI Fan Card" to prove that they are a URI fan. There is no ID required. Having season tickets doesn't make you or anybody a better fan than somebody who doesn't have season tickets.

10 Keys to a Rhody win? 9 of the keys are get better players and the 10th key would be to get extra eligibility for Sly Williams, Pappy Owens, Silk and Cat.

[Jersey77]

Is this your coming out as a closet PC fan? Do you watch all their games? GO RHODY!!!

Yup, you caught me. I sit on here posting 100 times a day and take the time to post clips of our recruits, scrimmages, and games because I'm a PC fan. That makes plenty of sense.

What section are your season tickets in? I'm in 211 ROW A

You guys are ridiculous. I don't know either of you nor do I care. But I'll state again (as I've stated before)...nobody has to show their "URI Fan Card" to prove that they are a URI fan. There is no ID required. Having season tickets doesn't make you or anybody a better fan than somebody who doesn't have season tickets.

10 Keys to a Rhody win? 9 of the keys are get better players and the 10th key would be to get extra eligibility for Sly Williams, Pappy Owens, Silk and Cat.

Look Stevey was just defending himself from a poster stirring up shit.

[Jdrums#3]

I think it is possible the back courts are close to even so far this year.

PC had a different supporting cast last year that could have skewed last years performance for Bynum. Going by my eye test off of what I’ve seen from both backcourts this year - which is no longer 20/20 - I don’t see much of a difference this season between the two. Of course, I choose the right to discount Bray’s first few games as outliers ( this right is written in my copy of the Rhody Fan Constitution ).

[Rhody15]

I think we get smoked. ...

Is this your coming out as a closet PC fan? Do you watch all their games? GO RHODY!!!

Yup, you caught me. I sit on here posting 100 times a day and take the time to post clips of our recruits, scrimmages, and games because I'm a PC fan. That makes plenty of sense.

What section are your season tickets in? I'm in 211 ROW A

Welcome to the club of getting called a PC fan! I've been wanting some company.

It's been a fun 2+ years getting called a PC fan when I post neutral, informed posts or have opinions that aren't completely Rhody bias.

[Jdrums#3]

What’s this insidious, hideous PC virus infecting KB!? Now Stevey, too?

I better mask up! Be gone demon seed!!

[ramster]

Is this your coming out as a closet PC fan? Do you watch all their games? GO RHODY!!!

Yup, you caught me. I sit on here posting 100 times a day and take the time to post clips of our recruits, scrimmages, and games because I'm a PC fan. That makes plenty of sense.

What section are your season tickets in? I'm in 211 ROW A

Welcome to the club of getting called a PC fan! I've been wanting some company.

It's been a fun 2+ years getting called a PC fan when I post neutral, informed posts or have opinions that aren't completely Rhody bias.

Your 2+ years of trashing Jermaine Harris were something I’ve never witnessed any URI Fan ever come close to. It was way, way beyond necessary. Everyone here got your point early on yet you pounded the guy over and over again.
No respectful URI would do what you did to Harris.

[RJRam]

I've probably watched as many PC Rhody games as anyone, and I ALWAYS like to think Rhody can win. But this time, in my mind, there is not much hope. This team is so very young and has not showed me enough at this time. PC has some talent and although they are not running well as a cohesive team, their players are far more experienced individually than ours. I think individual matchups all favor PC at this time. As far as team cohesiveness, maybe PC is more advanced than Rhody, or maybe not. But I believe the individual matchups so overwhelmingly favor PC that the only chance we have is for the 6th man (Ryan Center crowd) to go off for 40 points. We all will need to do some heavy lifting and take it to the rim!! GO RHODY!!

[LoveThoseRams]

I've probably watched as many PC Rhody games as anyone, and I ALWAYS like to think Rhody can win. But this time, in my mind, there is not much hope. This team is so very young and has not showed me enough at this time. PC has some talent and although they are not running well as a cohesive team, their players are far more experienced individually than ours. I think individual matchups all favor PC at this time. As far as team cohesiveness, maybe PC is more advanced than Rhody, or maybe not. But I believe the individual matchups so overwhelmingly favor PC that the only chance we have is for the 6th man (Ryan Center crowd) to go off for 40 points. We all will need to do some heavy lifting and take it to the rim!! GO RHODY!!

I hate to admit it but I agree with this post. I am not feeling confident that we can win at all at this point. I wish I could say differently. That being said, I am uncertain of how good Pee Cee is either at this point. So maybe, somehow, some way the Ryan Center crowd can contribute to a W.

Go RHODY!

[LoveThoseRams]

I think we get smoked. ...

Is this your coming out as a closet PC fan? Do you watch all their games? GO RHODY!!!

Yup, you caught me. I sit on here posting 100 times a day and take the time to post clips of our recruits, scrimmages, and games because I'm a PC fan. That makes plenty of sense.

What section are your season tickets in? I'm in 211 ROW A

I can say that I met Stevey in Daytona last year...BTW, were the folks saying he is a Pee Cee fan there? If you recall it was a pretty dismal few years with our team but some of us spent the time and money to travel to yucky Dayton to cheer on a yucky team. It was a pleasure to meet Stevey and it is always my pleasure to view and learn from his posts here on KB.

[steveystuds06]

Is this your coming out as a closet PC fan? Do you watch all their games? GO RHODY!!!

Yup, you caught me. I sit on here posting 100 times a day and take the time to post clips of our recruits, scrimmages, and games because I'm a PC fan. That makes plenty of sense.

What section are your season tickets in? I'm in 211 ROW A

I can say that I met Stevey in Daytona last year...BTW, were the folks saying he is a Pee Cee fan there? If you recall it was a pretty dismal few years with our team but some of us spent the time and money to travel to yucky Dayton to cheer on a yucky team. It was a pleasure to meet Stevey and it is always my pleasure to view and learn from his posts here on KB.

It was great meeting you as well! Although the team was pretty bad, I had a blast hanging out with you and other Rhody fans.

[Jdrums#3]

I've probably watched as many PC Rhody games as anyone, and I ALWAYS like to think Rhody can win. But this time, in my mind, there is not much hope. This team is so very young and has not showed me enough at this time. PC has some talent and although they are not running well as a cohesive team, their players are far more experienced individually than ours. I think individual matchups all favor PC at this time. As far as team cohesiveness, maybe PC is more advanced than Rhody, or maybe not. But I believe the individual matchups so overwhelmingly favor PC that the only chance we have is for the 6th man (Ryan Center crowd) to go off for 40 points. We all will need to do some heavy lifting and take it to the rim!! GO RHODY!!

I hate to admit it but I agree with this post. I am not feeling confident that we can win at all at this point. I wish I could say differently. That being said, I am uncertain of how good Pee Cee is either at this point. So maybe, somehow, some way the Ryan Center crowd can contribute to a W.

Go RHODY!

The Dark Force is strong with these two KB’ers. Damn these logical posts!

[theblueram]

I think we get smoked. ...

Is this your coming out as a closet PC fan? Do you watch all their games? GO RHODY!!!

Yup, you caught me. I sit on here posting 100 times a day and take the time to post clips of our recruits, scrimmages, and games because I'm a PC fan. That makes plenty of sense.

What section are your season tickets in? I'm in 211 ROW A

You have great seats

[Blue Man]

Yup, you caught me. I sit on here posting 100 times a day and take the time to post clips of our recruits, scrimmages, and games because I'm a PC fan. That makes plenty of sense.

What section are your season tickets in? I'm in 211 ROW A

Welcome to the club of getting called a PC fan! I've been wanting some company.

It's been a fun 2+ years getting called a PC fan when I post neutral, informed posts or have opinions that aren't completely Rhody bias.

Your 2+ years of trashing Jermaine Harris were something I’ve never witnessed any URI Fan ever come close to. It was way, way beyond necessary. Everyone here got your point early on yet you pounded the guy over and over again.
No respectful URI would do what you did to Harris.

I submit it was much more egregious and disrespectful what Harris did to URI.

[sbrand]

Does anyone have any questions for William Geohegan of the Independent. We are breaking down the game.

[Rhody15]

Welcome to the club of getting called a PC fan! I've been wanting some company.

It's been a fun 2+ years getting called a PC fan when I post neutral, informed posts or have opinions that aren't completely Rhody bias.

Your 2+ years of trashing Jermaine Harris were something I’ve never witnessed any URI Fan ever come close to. It was way, way beyond necessary. Everyone here got your point early on yet you pounded the guy over and over again.
No respectful URI would do what you did to Harris.

I submit it was much more egregious and disrespectful what Harris did to URI.

And we have another PC fan along with Stevey and I! 3s company.

[79RhodyFan]

Your 2+ years of trashing Jermaine Harris were something I’ve never witnessed any URI Fan ever come close to. It was way, way beyond necessary. Everyone here got your point early on yet you pounded the guy over and over again.
No respectful URI would do what you did to Harris.

I submit it was much more egregious and disrespectful what Harris did to URI.

And we have another PC fan along with Stevey and I! 3s company.

Where is Harris playing now?

[Blue Man]

Does anyone have any questions for William Geohegan of the Independent. We are breaking down the game.

Curious to hear Will's take on Ed's seemingly more respectful tone around the rivalry game from Monday's Zoom call. Is it as simple as Archie is his friend and he doesn't want to insult him?

Does he see Archie tinkering the lineup? We saw a few changes in Cayman and for BC.

Any insight on the practice leaderboard Archie has talked about? Who's at the top? Who's made the most gains?

Can we expect to see Carey at all?

[Rhody15]

I submit it was much more egregious and disrespectful what Harris did to URI.

And we have another PC fan along with Stevey and I! 3s company.

Where is Harris playing now?

Was supposed to play at New Mexico St last year but was not on the roster when the season started.

[Jersey77]

And we have another PC fan along with Stevey and I! 3s company.

Where is Harris playing now?

Was supposed to play at New Mexico St last year but was not on the roster when the season started.

Yes, he never actually enrolled after committing to them.
Never heard from since.

New Mexico State was pretty loaded last season beating UConn in the NCAAT.

[sbrand]

Great questions. Especially Cooleys new tone.

Does anyone remember the fight in the 82 game with Claude English, Pappy Owens. Who was fighting at first. It went into the stands.

[Rhody72]

Look Stevey was just defending himself from a poster stirring up shit.

You are right. I've been posting here for over 20 years and Stevey calls me a PC troll. I root for URI to win every game and would never predict that they will get smoked. I rarely attack posters (unlike Stevey) and will try to avoid doing so in the future.

[Rhode_Island_Red]

Great questions. Especially Cooleys new tone.

Does anyone remember the fight in the 82 game with Claude English, Pappy Owens. Who was fighting at first. It went into the stands.

I remember the 1996 game when Ruben (The Thug) Garces sucker-punched Mike Andersen at center court. Then there was the game where a bunch of mental patients jumped Rhody. Whatever came of Pee-C's "investigation" of that assault?

[bigappleram]

Limit turnovers (less than 12) and shoot it decently (<40%) and we can stay in the game with them. Last year we had no shot they were loaded with talent and experience. They may have more talent this year but they have much less experience and cohesion. No Watson and Durham leaves a big void. We will need a 3rd scorer to emerge but we have hung with better PC teams in the past especially at home.

[eli#10]

Getting off to a real good start is paramount so we can then play with some confidence.

[steveystuds06]

Look Stevey was just defending himself from a poster stirring up shit.

You are right. I've been posting here for over 20 years and Stevey calls me a PC troll. I root for URI to win every game and would never predict that they will get smoked. I rarely attack posters (unlike Stevey) and will try to avoid doing so in the future.

Attack posters? Give me a break. The only people I have issues with here are you and DC Rams. Oh, and TJ Rams..

Do I disagree with some comments? 100%. Can I have a heated debate? Yup. This is an online message board, after all. I'm giving my opinion on how I truly feel. On the other hand, you post stuff on here to antagonize people intentionally. PC fan or not, that's my problem with you.

To give you some tips on how sports work. Just because you think a team will beat your favorite team doesn't mean you're not rooting for them. I think a lot of teams are better than URI right now. I still bleed Rhody Blue, as I always have for 34 years. I think the Bills will beat the Patriots tomorrow. I'm still a Patriots fan. I think the Lakers are arguably the worst team in the NBA. I'm still a Lakers fan.

Anyways, I agree with what many people have said. Limit turnovers, shoot well, and find a 3rd scorer, and we have a chance. Anything is possible in a rival game.

[Billyboy78]

Look Stevey was just defending himself from a poster stirring up shit.

You are right. I've been posting here for over 20 years and Stevey calls me a PC troll. I root for URI to win every game and would never predict that they will get smoked. I rarely attack posters (unlike Stevey) and will try to avoid doing so in the future.

Attack posters? Give me a break. The only people I have issues with here are you and DC Rams. Oh, and TJ Rams..

Do I disagree with some comments? 100%. Can I have a heated debate? Yup. This is an online message board, after all. I'm giving my opinion on how I truly feel. On the other hand, you post stuff on here to antagonize people intentionally. PC fan or not, that's my problem with you.

To give you some tips on how sports work. Just because you think a team will beat your favorite team doesn't mean you're not rooting for them. I think a lot of teams are better than URI right now. I still bleed Rhody Blue, as I always have for 34 years. I think the Bills will beat the Patriots tomorrow. I'm still a Patriots fan. I think the Lakers are arguably the worst team in the NBA. I'm still a Lakers fan.

Anyways, I agree with what many people have said. Limit turnovers, shoot well, and find a 3rd scorer, and we have a chance. Anything is possible in a rival game.

I liked you until you said you are a Lakers fan.

[steveystuds06]

You are right. I've been posting here for over 20 years and Stevey calls me a PC troll. I root for URI to win every game and would never predict that they will get smoked. I rarely attack posters (unlike Stevey) and will try to avoid doing so in the future.

Attack posters? Give me a break. The only people I have issues with here are you and DC Rams. Oh, and TJ Rams..

Do I disagree with some comments? 100%. Can I have a heated debate? Yup. This is an online message board, after all. I'm giving my opinion on how I truly feel. On the other hand, you post stuff on here to antagonize people intentionally. PC fan or not, that's my problem with you.

To give you some tips on how sports work. Just because you think a team will beat your favorite team doesn't mean you're not rooting for them. I think a lot of teams are better than URI right now. I still bleed Rhody Blue, as I always have for 34 years. I think the Bills will beat the Patriots tomorrow. I'm still a Patriots fan. I think the Lakers are arguably the worst team in the NBA. I'm still a Lakers fan.

Anyways, I agree with what many people have said. Limit turnovers, shoot well, and find a 3rd scorer, and we have a chance. Anything is possible in a rival game.

I liked you until you said you are a Lakers fan.

I'm a Kobe fan. I don't like Lebron or Rob Pelinka. But I loved Kobe, so I still root for them. Trust me, I'd much rather be a Celtics fan right now. They are the best team in the NBA..

Sorry to get off track. Beat PC!!

[reef]

I am expecting a close low scoring war , I like the fact we have a whole week to prepare for this game under Arch

[Billyboy78]

Attack posters? Give me a break. The only people I have issues with here are you and DC Rams. Oh, and TJ Rams..

Do I disagree with some comments? 100%. Can I have a heated debate? Yup. This is an online message board, after all. I'm giving my opinion on how I truly feel. On the other hand, you post stuff on here to antagonize people intentionally. PC fan or not, that's my problem with you.

To give you some tips on how sports work. Just because you think a team will beat your favorite team doesn't mean you're not rooting for them. I think a lot of teams are better than URI right now. I still bleed Rhody Blue, as I always have for 34 years. I think the Bills will beat the Patriots tomorrow. I'm still a Patriots fan. I think the Lakers are arguably the worst team in the NBA. I'm still a Lakers fan.

Anyways, I agree with what many people have said. Limit turnovers, shoot well, and find a 3rd scorer, and we have a chance. Anything is possible in a rival game.

I liked you until you said you are a Lakers fan.

I'm a Kobe fan. I don't like Lebron or Rob Pelinka. But I loved Kobe, so I still root for them. Trust me, I'd much rather be a Celtics fan right now. They are the best team in the NBA..

Sorry to get off track. Beat PC!!

I was just kidding. But yeah, I've been a Celtics fan since Bill Russell and John Havlicek were playing.

[reef]

I liked you until you said you are a Lakers fan.

I'm a Kobe fan. I don't like Lebron or Rob Pelinka. But I loved Kobe, so I still root for them. Trust me, I'd much rather be a Celtics fan right now. They are the best team in the NBA..

Sorry to get off track. Beat PC!!

I was just kidding. But yeah, I've been a Celtics fan since Bill Russell and John Havlicek were playing.

The Celtics are so fun to watch right now very entertaining

JT went off for 49

Friars lose they lose , Go Rhody

[bigappleram]

I think it's not too crazy to say our guard play has been better than theirs. their two main guards are Devon Carter and Jared Bynum, who are both averaging ten ppg. Bynum is shooting 17% percent from 3 and Carter is around 31%. Outside of Brayon's first two games, he has had a stretch of 18ppg on fairly efficient shooting and Leggett is averaging 18 &6. Our starting guards are what they are as they have been the only main portion of scoring this year. Where we will win this game is down low, as they have experienced bigs like Croswell and Hopkins. Keep in mind we are still a very young team, but the big men are going to have to help out Ish and bray if we want a shot at winning

I will continue to disagree that our guards are better than theirs.
They have 3 starters that all have had success at P6 level and averaging double-digits.
Plus, they have depth which is something we are missing.

I will say that Ish (was always a fan) has turned things around this season and Bray has recently come on strong.
Those 2 are carrying our team right now.

Yes, the weakest part of our team right now is our frontcourt, hopefully they will continue to improve.

I just don't rate their back court as highly as you do.

Bynum is prob the worst PG Cooley has had in his tenure (Council, Cotton, Dunn, Cartwright). He's a sub 40% lifetime shooter, 31% from 3, 10 pts and 4 apg for his career. Just ok. He can be an effective facilitator and with Durham out there last season he was able to operate more freely as a complimentary piece vs being the alpha. Devin Carter is an elite defender but offensively still a work in progress. Locke is a one trick pony three point shooter. Pierre has the most upside of all of them IMO but he's not there yet. They have more depth and an edge in experience but I think offensively speaking Ish and Bray are capable of keeping up with or even outplaying them.

Have to keep Croswell off the boards and limit his 2nd chance buckets. He isn't Nate Watson, they can't throw it down to him and let him operate. He is a junkyard dog kind of big i.e. a bigger Cyril. Hopkins is a matchup nightmare for us but he's still young and capable of inconsistency. He also can look unstoppable at times. Last night TCU bothered him with length. Perhaps Tchikou is a better match for him than Malik. But I am sure Malik or Lou (pending who we start) will end up on him at the onset. I feel like he is going to abuse either of them.

This isn't the 21-22 Friars. Durham and Watson were 2 high impact players for them to replace. Besides Carter they seem soft at times. The environment at TCU was tame compared to what they will encounter at the Ryan. I hope our team shows up, limits TOs and hits some shots bc if we do I think we make it a game.

[Jersey77]

I think it's not too crazy to say our guard play has been better than theirs. their two main guards are Devon Carter and Jared Bynum, who are both averaging ten ppg. Bynum is shooting 17% percent from 3 and Carter is around 31%. Outside of Brayon's first two games, he has had a stretch of 18ppg on fairly efficient shooting and Leggett is averaging 18 &6. Our starting guards are what they are as they have been the only main portion of scoring this year. Where we will win this game is down low, as they have experienced bigs like Croswell and Hopkins. Keep in mind we are still a very young team, but the big men are going to have to help out Ish and bray if we want a shot at winning

I will continue to disagree that our guards are better than theirs.
They have 3 starters that all have had success at P6 level and averaging double-digits.
Plus, they have depth which is something we are missing.

I will say that Ish (was always a fan) has turned things around this season and Bray has recently come on strong.
Those 2 are carrying our team right now.

Yes, the weakest part of our team right now is our frontcourt, hopefully they will continue to improve.

I just don't rate their back court as highly as you do.

Bynum is prob the worst PG Cooley has had in his tenure (Council, Cotton, Dunn, Cartwright). He's a sub 40% lifetime shooter, 31% from 3, 10 pts and 4 apg for his career. Just ok. He can be an effective facilitator and with Durham out there last season he was able to operate more freely as a complimentary piece vs being the alpha. Devin Carter is an elite defender but offensively still a work in progress. Locke is a one trick pony three point shooter. Pierre has the most upside of all of them IMO but he's not there yet. They have more depth and an edge in experience but I think offensively speaking Ish and Bray are capable of keeping up with or even outplaying them.

Have to keep Croswell off the boards and limit his 2nd chance buckets. He isn't Nate Watson, they can't throw it down to him and let him operate. He is a junkyard dog kind of big i.e. a bigger Cyril. Hopkins is a matchup nightmare for us but he's still young and capable of inconsistency. He also can look unstoppable at times. Last night TCU bothered him with length. Perhaps Tchikou is a better match for him than Malik. But I am sure Malik or Lou (pending who we start) will end up on him at the onset. I feel like he is going to abuse either of them.

This isn't the 21-22 Friars. Durham and Watson were 2 high impact players for them to replace. Besides Carter they seem soft at times. The environment at TCU was tame compared to what they will encounter at the Ryan. I hope our team shows up, limits TOs and hits some shots bc if we do I think we make it a game.

Yes, Bynum is currently struggling with his shot, but he is still averaging over 5 assists per game.
Also, his Assist/TO ratio is almost 5:1, which is incredible (42/9), we have no one even close to that.
Remember, on this team they have several scoring options, Bynum doesn't need to be the man.

I don't think he is as bad as you suggest, after all he played a big part in Cooley's best season ever (Sweet 16).
He averaged about 28 minutes (41% 3PT), 2nd Team All-BE, and BE 6th MOY, not shabby.

As I said their guards are more seasoned than ours plus they have much more depth.
I think highly ranked Pierre is going to be a player.

I think our entire team, will need to take a huge step forward to pull this out.
Especially the frontcourt, and Ish and Bray need to continue to impress.

Remember I hate PC, just trying to be realistic here.
I was one of the few in my frat back in '73 that rooted against them in the final 4.

[bigappleram]

I agree that someone other than Ish/Bray will have to step up...and both of them will need to bring their normal output.
We need a 3rd (or 4th) scorer to beat them.

[ramster]

Your 2+ years of trashing Jermaine Harris were something I’ve never witnessed any URI Fan ever come close to. It was way, way beyond necessary. Everyone here got your point early on yet you pounded the guy over and over again.
No respectful URI would do what you did to Harris.

I submit it was much more egregious and disrespectful what Harris did to URI.

And we have another PC fan along with Stevey and I! 3s company.

Nah.
Stevey has never belittled, trashed, insulted and personally destroyed a YRI player on the roster like you did 1000+ times. A true URI fan would not have fine what you did to a URI player in multiple threads time after time after time.

There is no 3’s company.

[ramster]

Is this your coming out as a closet PC fan? Do you watch all their games? GO RHODY!!!

Yup, you caught me. I sit on here posting 100 times a day and take the time to post clips of our recruits, scrimmages, and games because I'm a PC fan. That makes plenty of sense.

What section are your season tickets in? I'm in 211 ROW A

Welcome to the club of getting called a PC fan! I've been wanting some company.

It's been a fun 2+ years getting called a PC fan when I post neutral, informed posts or have opinions that aren't completely Rhody bias.

Rhody72 is most definitely not a PC fan. He/she is a long term poster and fan of all URI sports. He/she gets trashed by a few here on occasion but he/she does not personally insult other posters very often at all.

[PeterRamTime]

Yup, you caught me. I sit on here posting 100 times a day and take the time to post clips of our recruits, scrimmages, and games because I'm a PC fan. That makes plenty of sense.

What section are your season tickets in? I'm in 211 ROW A

Welcome to the club of getting called a PC fan! I've been wanting some company.

It's been a fun 2+ years getting called a PC fan when I post neutral, informed posts or have opinions that aren't completely Rhody bias.

Rhody72 is most definitely not a PC fan. He/she is a long term poster and fan of all URI sports. He/she gets trashed by a few here on occasion but he/she does not personally insult other posters very often at all.

Rhody 72 is they/them

[ramster]

Welcome to the club of getting called a PC fan! I've been wanting some company.

It's been a fun 2+ years getting called a PC fan when I post neutral, informed posts or have opinions that aren't completely Rhody bias.

Rhody72 is most definitely not a PC fan. He/she is a long term poster and fan of all URI sports. He/she gets trashed by a few here on occasion but he/she does not personally insult other posters very often at all.

Rhody 72 is they/them

If so why does it matter. Does that make it ok to belittle relentlessly by some?

[ramster]

I will continue to disagree that our guards are better than theirs.
They have 3 starters that all have had success at P6 level and averaging double-digits.
Plus, they have depth which is something we are missing.

I will say that Ish (was always a fan) has turned things around this season and Bray has recently come on strong.
Those 2 are carrying our team right now.

Yes, the weakest part of our team right now is our frontcourt, hopefully they will continue to improve.

I just don't rate their back court as highly as you do.

Bynum is prob the worst PG Cooley has had in his tenure (Council, Cotton, Dunn, Cartwright). He's a sub 40% lifetime shooter, 31% from 3, 10 pts and 4 apg for his career. Just ok. He can be an effective facilitator and with Durham out there last season he was able to operate more freely as a complimentary piece vs being the alpha. Devin Carter is an elite defender but offensively still a work in progress. Locke is a one trick pony three point shooter. Pierre has the most upside of all of them IMO but he's not there yet. They have more depth and an edge in experience but I think offensively speaking Ish and Bray are capable of keeping up with or even outplaying them.

Have to keep Croswell off the boards and limit his 2nd chance buckets. He isn't Nate Watson, they can't throw it down to him and let him operate. He is a junkyard dog kind of big i.e. a bigger Cyril. Hopkins is a matchup nightmare for us but he's still young and capable of inconsistency. He also can look unstoppable at times. Last night TCU bothered him with length. Perhaps Tchikou is a better match for him than Malik. But I am sure Malik or Lou (pending who we start) will end up on him at the onset. I feel like he is going to abuse either of them.

This isn't the 21-22 Friars. Durham and Watson were 2 high impact players for them to replace. Besides Carter they seem soft at times. The environment at TCU was tame compared to what they will encounter at the Ryan. I hope our team shows up, limits TOs and hits some shots bc if we do I think we make it a game.

Yes, Bynum is currently struggling with his shot, but he is still averaging over 5 assists per game.
Also, his Assist/TO ratio is almost 5:1, which is incredible (42/9), we have no one even close to that.
Remember, on this team they have several scoring options, Bynum doesn't need to be the man.

I don't think he is as bad as you suggest, after all he played a big part in Cooley's best season ever (Sweet 16).
He averaged about 28 minutes (41% 3PT), 2nd Team All-BE, and BE 6th MOY, not shabby.

As I said their guards are more seasoned than ours plus they have much more depth.
I think highly ranked Pierre is going to be a player.

I think our entire team, will need to take a huge step forward to pull this out.
Especially the frontcourt, and Ish and Bray need to continue to impress.

Remember I hate PC, just trying to be realistic here.
I was one of the few in my frat back in '73 that rooted against them in the final 4.

77, and others,
I’d highly recommend reading all 22 pages of last nights PC/TCU game from the 247Friars board. I found it interesting and informative as to how the majority of Friar fans feel right now.

By far, posters are frustrated with Bynum and to a lesser extent Locke. They want Bynum out of the starting line up.
It’s a good read.

https://247sports.com/college/providenc ... 4/?page=22

[Rhody15]

I submit it was much more egregious and disrespectful what Harris did to URI.

And we have another PC fan along with Stevey and I! 3s company.

Nah.
Stevey has never belittled, trashed, insulted and personally destroyed a YRI player on the roster like you did 1000+ times. A true URI fan would not have fine what you did to a URI player in multiple threads time after time after time.

There is no 3’s company.

Every single person here has moved way on from Jermaine Harris. I suggest you do the same.

[hrstrat57]

Ramster is winning this thread by a mile….

[Jersey77]

I just don't rate their back court as highly as you do.

Bynum is prob the worst PG Cooley has had in his tenure (Council, Cotton, Dunn, Cartwright). He's a sub 40% lifetime shooter, 31% from 3, 10 pts and 4 apg for his career. Just ok. He can be an effective facilitator and with Durham out there last season he was able to operate more freely as a complimentary piece vs being the alpha. Devin Carter is an elite defender but offensively still a work in progress. Locke is a one trick pony three point shooter. Pierre has the most upside of all of them IMO but he's not there yet. They have more depth and an edge in experience but I think offensively speaking Ish and Bray are capable of keeping up with or even outplaying them.

Have to keep Croswell off the boards and limit his 2nd chance buckets. He isn't Nate Watson, they can't throw it down to him and let him operate. He is a junkyard dog kind of big i.e. a bigger Cyril. Hopkins is a matchup nightmare for us but he's still young and capable of inconsistency. He also can look unstoppable at times. Last night TCU bothered him with length. Perhaps Tchikou is a better match for him than Malik. But I am sure Malik or Lou (pending who we start) will end up on him at the onset. I feel like he is going to abuse either of them.

This isn't the 21-22 Friars. Durham and Watson were 2 high impact players for them to replace. Besides Carter they seem soft at times. The environment at TCU was tame compared to what they will encounter at the Ryan. I hope our team shows up, limits TOs and hits some shots bc if we do I think we make it a game.

Yes, Bynum is currently struggling with his shot, but he is still averaging over 5 assists per game.
Also, his Assist/TO ratio is almost 5:1, which is incredible (42/9), we have no one even close to that.
Remember, on this team they have several scoring options, Bynum doesn't need to be the man.

I don't think he is as bad as you suggest, after all he played a big part in Cooley's best season ever (Sweet 16).
He averaged about 28 minutes (41% 3PT), 2nd Team All-BE, and BE 6th MOY, not shabby.

As I said their guards are more seasoned than ours plus they have much more depth.
I think highly ranked Pierre is going to be a player.

I think our entire team, will need to take a huge step forward to pull this out.
Especially the frontcourt, and Ish and Bray need to continue to impress.

Remember I hate PC, just trying to be realistic here.
I was one of the few in my frat back in '73 that rooted against them in the final 4.

77, and others,
I’d highly recommend reading all 22 pages of last nights PC/TCU game from the 247Friars board. I found it interesting and informative as to how the majority of Friar fans feel right now.

By far, posters are frustrated with Bynum and to a lesser extent Locke. They want Bynum out of the starting line up.
It’s a good read.

https://247sports.com/college/providenc ... 4/?page=22

I have already and also read several of the forums on our competitors in the A10.

But sometimes you have to take it with a grain of salt.
How many here wanted to bury Ish after last season and now he is their hero.
Same goes for Bray after the first couple of games.

They wanted Moody out at Richmond and then he wins the A10T and a game in the NCAAT.
Then he was okay, now after a few losses, they want him gone.

Also the way Hurley got beat up by some fans after they lost to NMSU in the 1st round.
Now he is in good graces.

If Bynum puts together a couple of strong games, the fans will change their minds.
If not, Cooley may tweak the starting lineup, they do have options.

I don't think they have a stellar line-up or backcourt by BE standards, but against the A10 not bad.

[ramster]

Yes, Bynum is currently struggling with his shot, but he is still averaging over 5 assists per game.
Also, his Assist/TO ratio is almost 5:1, which is incredible (42/9), we have no one even close to that.
Remember, on this team they have several scoring options, Bynum doesn't need to be the man.

I don't think he is as bad as you suggest, after all he played a big part in Cooley's best season ever (Sweet 16).
He averaged about 28 minutes (41% 3PT), 2nd Team All-BE, and BE 6th MOY, not shabby.

As I said their guards are more seasoned than ours plus they have much more depth.
I think highly ranked Pierre is going to be a player.

I think our entire team, will need to take a huge step forward to pull this out.
Especially the frontcourt, and Ish and Bray need to continue to impress.

Remember I hate PC, just trying to be realistic here.
I was one of the few in my frat back in '73 that rooted against them in the final 4.

77, and others,
I’d highly recommend reading all 22 pages of last nights PC/TCU game from the 247Friars board. I found it interesting and informative as to how the majority of Friar fans feel right now.

By far, posters are frustrated with Bynum and to a lesser extent Locke. They want Bynum out of the starting line up.
It’s a good read.

https://247sports.com/college/providenc ... 4/?page=22

I have already and also read several of the forums on our competitors in the A10.

But sometimes you have to take it with a grain of salt.
How many here wanted to bury Ish after last season and now he is their hero.
Same goes for Bray after the first couple of games.

They wanted Moody out at Richmond and then he wins the A10T and a game in the NCAAT.
Then he was okay, now after a few losses, they want him gone.

Also the way Hurley got beat up by some fans after they lost to NMSU in the 1st round.
Now he is in good graces.

If Bynum puts together a couple of strong games, the fans will change their minds.
If not, Cooley may tweak the starting lineup, they do have options.

I don't think they have a stellar line-up or backcourt by BE standards, but against the A10 not bad.

Yep.
Leggett was getting the Jermaine Harris treatment last February and March. It was brutal, being called a D2 player.
PC Board seems pretty united on Bynum whereas Leggett had a couple detractors but not the majority of posters or as brutal as some.
Love seeing Leggett demonstrating All A10 caliber performance.

I think reading the PC board is good for you right now because it comes after a Wed night game, a good opponent and just before our Sat game. It’s not like they just played Merrimack or some other 300 level NET team. Some posters are saying some things never heard other places like here. New stuff.

Key to me for Saturday is for the guys to have fun (I know Cox told them the same thing so shoot me), enjoy the Ryan Center environment with your fellow students, don’t fret if you miss a shot, Adrenalin often makes you shoot a tad long so consider that, get off to a quick start to build confidence, this is your house, leave it all out on the court, get good rebounding position, remember all that we have practiced this summer, fall and past week - carry what we have practiced and learned into the game. You can beat any team at any time, especially in our house.