1/7 | La Salle | 2:00PM (ESPN+)

[steveystuds06]

OT, Tie game, one minute left, Freeman out.

Inexcusable.

Archie likely lost this game for us. Just a horrible performance.

[Big Rhody Guy]

It’s baffling that we are going to lose this game.

[RhodyRams916]

Disgusting.

[Blue Man]

Jesus fucking Christ. A layup. A god damn layup.

And carey needs to be better. A step back long 2 with 12 seconds left wasn’t the shot.

[RhodyRams916]

What a fucking disaster. Wow. Really makes me sick.

[theblueram]

Have to be fuckin kidding me.

[RI_Bred]

Bad teams find a way to lose...always have, always will...wow that was an embarrassing end. Jeez.

[Rhody15]

Then Archie doesn’t call a timeout instantly.

He SUCKED today.

Did not make once good decision all day.

Absolutely pathetic.

[RIFan]

We suck. But we knew that

[damram]

What a finish! What a shame!

[ElmCityRhody]

Pissed off

WTF

[PeterRamTime]

Yaaaaay way to blow it

[section(105)]

….hello A-10 bottom…….

[Jdrums#3]

Defeat from the jaws of victory. Absolutely brutal.

[Rhodymob05]

How did it get this bad.

[Big Rhody Guy]

Archie crumbles in the snake pit that is Tom Gola arena. What a terrible season this is turning out to be.

[bigappleram]

The unconventional lineup he put in got us back in the game. So that’s 1 thing.

Not fouling inside 5 seconds up 3 is just bad strategy.

[ram1980]

Reminds me of the old days leaving Schaefer stadium with my dad and thousands of us trudging back to our cars and saying how the hell did we lose that game..

[eli#10]

As I said earlier thank you Bassey.....

Martin had 5 points in the first 4 minutes of the game and winds up with 6 for the game. Come on.........

[Rhody15]

Jesus fucking Christ. A layup. A god damn layup.

And carey needs to be better. A step back long 2 with 12 seconds left wasn’t the shot.

Carey was the best player for us this game .

He makes those step backs consistently.

This is ALL on Archie today.

Played Rory too long. Didn’t play Weston enough. Played Thomas in critical moments which literally cost us the game.

This is on nobody but Archie today.

[Mark Macon]

I just vomited up a ham sandwich I ate 13 days ago.

[Jersey77]

I figured La Salle was going to be our most winnable true road game, oh well.

[Blue Man]

I still stand by the fact that we’ll be winning these games in March.

But the talent upgrades will be needed in the years to come.

I get why Bassy is necessary- but I’d love someone to ask Archie why he plays so much.

Weston looked like our best or second best player today, the team looked much more connected with him on the floor.

That sucked.

[KevanBoyles]

Another game we couldn’t close. How much of a lead did we have and when did we have it in the last five minutes?

[theblueram]

Can't wait till we are good.

[eli#10]

BAR--we did foul inside 5 seconds...........

How bout more Weston if Malik is absent......

[KevanBoyles]

Another game we couldn’t close. How much of a lead did we have and when did we have it in the last five minutes?

[rambone 78]

Bad coaching at the end...to me that's far worse than another loss...
Would like to hear the excuses afterward...not acceptable

[Mark Macon]

What does AM see in ST?

-- 2-8 0-3 3 4 4 8

[Big Rhody Guy]

It’s too bad there’ll be no media there for interviews after the game. Need to understand these garbage rotations.

[RhodeIslandRams]

This game sucked on so many levels. And as a lifetime broadcaster listening to terrible color commentary with a guy grunting and watching literally the worst camera work I've ever seen at the college level WTH is happening to the overall product???

[Rhody15]

BAR--we did foul inside 5 seconds...........

How bout more Weston if Malik is absent......

He Obviously means you foul a player dribbling to make them shoot two shots.

Nobody wants to foul a 3 point shooter up 3.

[Rhody15]

I still stand by the fact that we’ll be winning these games in March.

But the talent upgrades will be needed in the years to come.

I get why Bassy is necessary- but I’d love someone to ask Archie why he plays so much.

Weston looked like our best or second best player today, the team looked much more connected with him on the floor.

That sucked.

Thomas is not necessary the last minute of the second half and OT in a one possession game. He literally cost us the game.

Fouls a 3 point shooter when we’re up 3.

Gives up a 3 when we’re up 2 with Freeman on the bench.

[rambone 78]

I will be a lot happier when the talent level is far better down the road...good players make the coach look good....that will be the challenge going forward...remember when Hurley kept losing close games here...it all changed when when he brought in better players..Archie will do it but its sure frustrating to have to endure this right now.

[RhodyRams916]

Less minutes to Rory and Bassy and more for Weston. Archie has to stop with this shit.

[Rhody15]

I will be a lot happier when the talent level is far better down the road...good players make the coach look good....that will be the challenge going forward...remember when Hurley kept losing close games here...it all changed when when he brought in better players..Archie will do it but its sure frustrating to have to endure this right now.

Brayon Freeman is a good player. Thomas is not.

Freeman could have made Archie look a whole lot better if he was in the game for a Thomas at the end.

[theblueram]

I will be a lot happier when the talent level is far better down the road...good players make the coach look good....that will be the challenge going forward...remember when Hurley kept losing close games here...it all changed when when he brought in better players..Archie will do it but its sure frustrating to have to endure this right now.

I'm still waiting on the good players. October signing is going to be the tell all.

[rambone 78]

Why Bassy and no Freeman makes zero sense...Archie needs to explain himself.

[bigappleram]

BAR--we did foul inside 5 seconds...........

How bout more Weston if Malik is absent......

I mean a foul not in act of shooting. Brickus had the ball for 2-3 seconds, reach in take a foul and put them to line for 2with 5 seconds to go.

[Dino611]

Less minutes to Rory and Bassy and more for Weston. Archie has to stop with this shit.

Yeah it confuses me why Rory played so much today, he can’t box out to save his life

[Blue Man]

I still stand by the fact that we’ll be winning these games in March.

But the talent upgrades will be needed in the years to come.

I get why Bassy is necessary- but I’d love someone to ask Archie why he plays so much.

Weston looked like our best or second best player today, the team looked much more connected with him on the floor.

That sucked.

Thomas is not necessary the last minute of the second half and OT in a one possession game. He literally cost us the game.

Fouls a 3 point shooter when we’re up 3.

Gives up a 3 when we’re up 2 with Freeman on the bench.

Agreed. I mean in the general “need him to deter Bray from playing undisciplined” but he’s not great.

Love that he wanted to be a URI ram, so did I. But I suck so I found a place in the stands.

That said, to make the Archie defense. He’s trying to coach these guys for Brooklyn so they’re playing the right way.

Dave Cox was a “play through it” guy. Archie is a “come off the floor and let’s coach you” guy. I like that guy better.

Doesn’t make this any less painful.

The only thing I can think of that pretends to make sense is that he doesn’t care about Bassy’s mistakes as much as he does Bray or Weston or the guys were going to need in the tournament. So he’ll let Bassy screw up on the floor to teach the guys who he knows he’ll need.

Idk. Lot of mental gymnastics. Im going to go throw up now.

This is what living through a rebuild is like.

[rambone 78]

No Freeman because he's weak on D?

[Dino611]

No Freeman because he's weak on D?

Pretty much

[4Diffs]

The unconventional lineup he put in got us back in the game. So that’s 1 thing.

Not fouling inside 5 seconds up 3 is just bad strategy.

The fing sad part is we did foul, on a three point shot. This loss is ridiculous, Thomas makes alot of stupid plays but I am telling you, I am not feeling Archie in any serious way. Against Fordham the out of bounds plays were awful, throwing the ball into the left corner three straight times to get instantly doubled is what made that game close. Absolutely no creativity at all on the out of bounds plays. We all know the corner is where the defense wants the ball to go. Not playing your best players, because why I have no idea. This guy failed at Indiana, lets call it what it is. He won at Dayton like everyone does. I wish I had the same confidence that some others have that he will get us back to the top of the A10. But that may not matter anyway the way the A10 is trending. Will be a one bid league this year and there are 15 teams in the league. I have jumped to the dark side. This game sucked and now I am joining in with the negativity. We blow so many games that we should win. At some point in time, you have to look at the coaching. Players play with no confidence, have no idea what their roles are, why is Ish not playing down the stretch of these games? He was out today in the last minute, out the last four minutes of the Fordham game and came back in with like 30 seconds left. It is mind boggling and frustrating as hell. We are not good, but neither is Lasalle and this is a game we should have won.

[Dino611]

Also chalking that one up if Bilau is healthy we win, big guys just suck out loud this year

[RF1]

The result of this game could well decide last place in the A-10.

[theblueram]

I'm looking forward to the recruits Arch brings in year 1. This is a slap together team.

[reef]

I understand Bassy was on the floor when we made a run to get the lead but he needs to be subbed out during winning time

Ish our leading scorer is not in the game

Terrible loss

[Rhody15]

I'm looking forward to the recruits Arch brings in year 1. This is a slap together team.

The number 1 ranked recruit in the country is averaging 3 points and 2 rebounds this year at Duke.

We already have two recruits for next season.

There’s 4 kids left in the 24/7 Top 100.

Since that’s all you care about, next season is a failure if those kids go elsewhere right?

Transfers don’t count, you only care about Top 100 kids, so if we don’t land one of those kids from prep schools in FL and AZ, next season is a wash? Not gonna watch?

[Jdrums#3]

Not a smart team right now. Would be nice if they smarten up for the A10 Tourney. We will see.

I can live with the losing for now but not the stupidity.