These type of results should help put in perspective the good vs bad years.
Imagine being a Dayton fan. An embarrassment of riches for the program, 13k fans every game, a once in a generation season cut short due to a global pandemic and going on 6 years without an NCAA bid. Grant’s seat should be warm if they don’t get there this year.KingstonLane wrote: ↑1 year agoThese type of results should help put in perspective the good vs bad years.
Sure this year sucks for URI, but it was supposed to suck. Imagine if you’re SLU or Dayton and projected to be a top 25 or top 50 team and you’re getting these results? That hurts a lot more to me as a fan
Great point. I really hate this new world of transfer portal free-for-all. IMO it's ruining the game.RIFan wrote: ↑1 year ago How many A10 players transferred out to B6 programs over the last 2 seasons? Doesn’t PC have like 3? Our top (a10) players are getting poached and we have to get players from the B6 who didn’t pan out for a variety of reasons hoping that they can live up to their promise in the A10. This has always happened, but I assume it has accelerated and is part of the issue for the A10. Our league historically benefited from developing overlooked players who stayed together with a few studs and transfers mixed in. Just a theory and it may not be the top reason, but I suspect it played a role along with the well documented injuries issues some teams are dealing with. Our teams are just not deep enough to overcome significant injuries especially with all the talent transferring out.
FWIW, the top two All-A10 teams last year had one transfer, and one graduate transfer. Players in good situations, on winning teams, seldom transfer. If anything, the player market being way, way more open seems to have led to a ton of parity - more so for the "bad" teams. New Hampshire's top four in minutes per game are all junior college players or transfers. Bryant is obviously fielding a team full of transfers. You can't necessarily sleepwalk and steamroll small conference teams anymore just by showing up - Even the worst of them probably have a decent D1 player or two.RIFan wrote: ↑1 year ago How many A10 players transferred out to B6 programs over the last 2 seasons? Doesn’t PC have like 3? Our top (a10) players are getting poached and we have to get players from the B6 who didn’t pan out for a variety of reasons hoping that they can live up to their promise in the A10. This has always happened, but I assume it has accelerated and is part of the issue for the A10. Our league historically benefited from developing overlooked players who stayed together with a few studs and transfers mixed in. Just a theory and it may not be the top reason, but I suspect it played a role along with the well documented injuries issues some teams are dealing with. Our teams are just not deep enough to overcome significant injuries especially with all the talent transferring out.
It’s certainly a lot of grey evaluating his success, or lack there of. The special season cut short by Covid is so cruel.bigappleram wrote: ↑1 year agoImagine being a Dayton fan. An embarrassment of riches for the program, 13k fans every game, a once in a generation season cut short due to a global pandemic and going on 6 years without an NCAA bid. Grant’s seat should be warm if they don’t get there this year.KingstonLane wrote: ↑1 year agoThese type of results should help put in perspective the good vs bad years.
Sure this year sucks for URI, but it was supposed to suck. Imagine if you’re SLU or Dayton and projected to be a top 25 or top 50 team and you’re getting these results? That hurts a lot more to me as a fan
Fwiw neither Dayton nor SLU lost anyone to transfer that were part of their core contributors. That isn’t it tho it’s being used to explain anything these days. Good coaches will retain players. Good programs will retain players.RIFan wrote: ↑1 year ago How many A10 players transferred out to B6 programs over the last 2 seasons? Doesn’t PC have like 3? Our top (a10) players are getting poached and we have to get players from the B6 who didn’t pan out for a variety of reasons hoping that they can live up to their promise in the A10. This has always happened, but I assume it has accelerated and is part of the issue for the A10. Our league historically benefited from developing overlooked players who stayed together with a few studs and transfers mixed in. Just a theory and it may not be the top reason, but I suspect it played a role along with the well documented injuries issues some teams are dealing with. Our teams are just not deep enough to overcome significant injuries especially with all the talent transferring out.
Agree with this. So much whining that portal palooza is killing mid majors which is not grounded in facts. In fact I’d argue it’s helping mid majors bc if you can keep a core together you prob have a better shot at beating P5s of new rosters in the early OOC.SGreenwell wrote: ↑1 year agoFWIW, the top two All-A10 teams last year had one transfer, and one graduate transfer. Players in good situations, on winning teams, seldom transfer. If anything, the player market being way, way more open seems to have led to a ton of parity - more so for the "bad" teams. New Hampshire's top four in minutes per game are all junior college players or transfers. Bryant is obviously fielding a team full of transfers. You can't necessarily sleepwalk and steamroll small conference teams anymore just by showing up - Even the worst of them probably have a decent D1 player or two.RIFan wrote: ↑1 year ago How many A10 players transferred out to B6 programs over the last 2 seasons? Doesn’t PC have like 3? Our top (a10) players are getting poached and we have to get players from the B6 who didn’t pan out for a variety of reasons hoping that they can live up to their promise in the A10. This has always happened, but I assume it has accelerated and is part of the issue for the A10. Our league historically benefited from developing overlooked players who stayed together with a few studs and transfers mixed in. Just a theory and it may not be the top reason, but I suspect it played a role along with the well documented injuries issues some teams are dealing with. Our teams are just not deep enough to overcome significant injuries especially with all the talent transferring out.
A friend of mine is a Louisville fan....(insert sad face or laughter here)...he said they play (1-9) FSU on Sat for maybe their only conference w of the year... I suggested BC on 1/25...
They are contenders this year. That giant true freshman they have that can spell their superstar Sanogo is legit. They are deep and athletic, with a coach that stresses D. And they have enough O.
RI_Bred wrote: ↑1 year agoThey are contenders this year. That giant true freshman they have that can spell their superstar Sanogo is legit. They are deep and athletic, with a coach that stresses D. And they have enough O.
Jackson is a freak athlete. May not score a ton but he is a game changer.
Watch out. They're going deep.
Amazing what DH is doing there, as much as I hate to admit it.
Agree, just saying that DH has pretty quickly brought them out from the abyss...kind of like he did with URI, albeit at a different level...Rhody15 wrote: ↑1 year agoRI_Bred wrote: ↑1 year agoThey are contenders this year. That giant true freshman they have that can spell their superstar Sanogo is legit. They are deep and athletic, with a coach that stresses D. And they have enough O.
Jackson is a freak athlete. May not score a ton but he is a game changer.
Watch out. They're going deep.
Amazing what DH is doing there, as much as I hate to admit it.
To me, it’s not amazing at all. It’s what was expected.
That school, with that pedigree and those resources, it was only a matter of time before Hurley had them back in the national picture.
Not too many schools have more titles than UConn, they should always be in the conversation for a deep tournament run.
Hurley got URI to be the top team in New England. Ahead of UCONN, ahead of PC………RI_Bred wrote: ↑1 year agoAgree, just saying that DH has pretty quickly brought them out from the abyss...kind of like he did with URI, albeit at a different level...Rhody15 wrote: ↑1 year agoRI_Bred wrote: ↑1 year ago
They are contenders this year. That giant true freshman they have that can spell their superstar Sanogo is legit. They are deep and athletic, with a coach that stresses D. And they have enough O.
Jackson is a freak athlete. May not score a ton but he is a game changer.
Watch out. They're going deep.
Amazing what DH is doing there, as much as I hate to admit it.
To me, it’s not amazing at all. It’s what was expected.
That school, with that pedigree and those resources, it was only a matter of time before Hurley had them back in the national picture.
Not too many schools have more titles than UConn, they should always be in the conversation for a deep tournament run.
Yes he’s the master rebuilder first Wagner then URI and now Uconn , good for himramster wrote: ↑1 year agoHurley got URI to be the top team in New England. Ahead of UCONN, ahead of PC………RI_Bred wrote: ↑1 year agoAgree, just saying that DH has pretty quickly brought them out from the abyss...kind of like he did with URI, albeit at a different level...Rhody15 wrote: ↑1 year ago
To me, it’s not amazing at all. It’s what was expected.
That school, with that pedigree and those resources, it was only a matter of time before Hurley had them back in the national picture.
Not too many schools have more titles than UConn, they should always be in the conversation for a deep tournament run.
Now he has UCONN the top team in New England and knocking in the #1 in the Nation Door
Common denominators Hurley as Head Coach and High Level Recruiting
Jack Kraft made it to 1 sweet 16, 2 elite 8s and one championship game, losing to UCLA in '71 before he came here. UCLA was winning it almost every year back then.That wasn't bad either. He also had a team that could have won a national championship here.theblueram wrote: ↑1 year agoI just like we had a coach who won the National Championship and took us to the Elite 8.
Win or lose today, UMass/ Lowell is a much better team than us right now.
Been watching this whole game.
Reef, for the contest, I had our game with UML pegged as a win. Shows how a bit of ignorance (of UML) swayed my perception. Watching them for a bit last night flipped my perception. They will be a tough matchup for us and a good test as to how our D is progressing.
URI will likely not beat UMass-Lowell. They are a far better team at this time. Rhody's best chances for more OOC wins are Army and Milwaukee and they are not givens. Rhody will be underdogs versus UMass-Lowell and at Georgia State. The best reasonable case OOC record scenario at this point for the Rams is most likely 4-9. The A-10 schedule will also not likely bring about many more wins. St Joe's and LaSalle look to be the bottom dwellers with Rhody. URI plays at St Joe's and has a home and home with LaSalle. The next best chance for a win might be in Kingston versus GW. There are no other league games where URI has a high predictive path to victory. They will have to overcome the odds for nearly all their other A-10 games. They will probably find enough luck to beat a few teams but these will be few and far between. It is so bad now in Kingston that we may be looking at a ceiling of about four to five conference wins (out of 18 games) even in a year where the entire A-10 looks to be down. Rhody fans are faced with the very possible reality that this team may not even reach double digit wins.