Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB

[RF1]

Brown gave #16 USC all they could handle before falling, 71-60. In game's waning moments, Brown had numerous opportunities to tie or take the lead, but the wheels came off with 2 minutes left and Brown trailing by 2 points when senior guard Felix Kloman committed a foul and a technical foul. USC made all 4 foul shots which essentially sealed the Trojans' win. Should be interesting game when Brown comes to Ryan in early December.

The Ivy League has played well thus far. It has several wins over the A-10 to date: Cornell at Fordhan, Princeton at Duquesne, UMass at Harvard. It also has wins over the Big East (Penn over Villanova) and Big ten (Princeton over Rutgers).

Anyone that thinks that this URI team is going to easily handle Yale and Brown in upcoming games might want to temper their expectations.

[Jdrums#3]

It's when you lose all 5 games and you lose them by the point spread too.
Not beneficial to maximizing A10 Conference NET

Washington State (-6.5) beats URI by 21 (78-57)
Abilene Christian (+2.5) beats Fordham by 14 (59-45)
Charlotte (+2.5) beats George Mason by 5 (54-49)
Wichita State (-3.5) beats St Louis by 17 (86-69)
Houston (-12.5) beats Dayton by 14 (69-55)

Are all those HC’s on the hot seat ?

Asking for a friend.

Yet people call me a troll

Because on this board you have a tendency to treat sincere posters like crap and to take their opinions out of context by misdirected insinuations and assumptions.

Here’s a suggestion: don’t rush to call posters out based on YOUR OWN misguided assumptions and insinuations and let posters speak for themselves.

To everyone else on the board, my apologies for going off topic. I will now take my own advice and not engage further with 15.

[RhowdyRam02]

Brown gave #16 USC all they could handle before falling, 71-60. In game's waning moments, Brown had numerous opportunities to tie or take the lead, but the wheels came off with 2 minutes left and Brown trailing by 2 points when senior guard Felix Kloman committed a foul and a technical foul. USC made all 4 foul shots which essentially sealed the Trojans' win. Should be interesting game when Brown comes to Ryan in early December.

The Ivy League has played well thus far. It has several wins over the A-10 to date: Cornell at Fordhan, Princeton at Duquesne, UMass at Harvard. It also has wins over the Big East (Penn over Villanova) and Big ten (Princeton over Rutgers).

Anyone that thinks that this URI team is going to easily handle Yale and Brown in upcoming games might want to temper their expectations.

Yale will probably be favored in our game

[Rhody15]

Brown gave #16 USC all they could handle before falling, 71-60. In game's waning moments, Brown had numerous opportunities to tie or take the lead, but the wheels came off with 2 minutes left and Brown trailing by 2 points when senior guard Felix Kloman committed a foul and a technical foul. USC made all 4 foul shots which essentially sealed the Trojans' win. Should be interesting game when Brown comes to Ryan in early December.

The Ivy League has played well thus far. It has several wins over the A-10 to date: Cornell at Fordhan, Princeton at Duquesne, UMass at Harvard. It also has wins over the Big East (Penn over Villanova) and Big ten (Princeton over Rutgers).

Anyone that thinks that this URI team is going to easily handle Yale and Brown in upcoming games might want to temper their expectations.

Yale will probably be favored in our game

Yea, ESPN has Yale like a 70 something percent chance to win.

[woodennickel1]

A clustastastrophe is a combination cluster and catastrophe

It's when you lose all 5 games and you lose them by the point spread too.
Not beneficial to maximizing A10 Conference NET

Washington State (-6.5) beats URI by 21 (78-57)
Abilene Christian (+2.5) beats Fordham by 14 (59-45)
Charlotte (+2.5) beats George Mason by 5 (54-49)
Wichita State (-3.5) beats St Louis by 17 (86-69)
Houston (-12.5) beats Dayton by 14 (69-55)

Back to back 1 bid league !! How far we have fallen

Still think the A10 could possibly get 2 or 3 bids its still early so tuff to say but have some decent ooc wins this year. Wins over St John's and Maryland should turnout to be good wins. Saw Dayton beat St John's thought they played well if they do not win A10 I can definitely see them under consideration.

[PeterRamTime]

It's when you lose all 5 games and you lose them by the point spread too.
Not beneficial to maximizing A10 Conference NET

Washington State (-6.5) beats URI by 21 (78-57)
Abilene Christian (+2.5) beats Fordham by 14 (59-45)
Charlotte (+2.5) beats George Mason by 5 (54-49)
Wichita State (-3.5) beats St Louis by 17 (86-69)
Houston (-12.5) beats Dayton by 14 (69-55)

Back to back 1 bid league !! How far we have fallen

Still think the A10 could possibly get 2 or 3 bids its still early so tuff to say but have some decent ooc wins this year. Wins over St John's and Maryland should turnout to be good wins. Saw Dayton beat St John's thought they played well if they do not win A10 I can definitely see them under consideration.

Yeah I think if Dayton runs the table in the OOC they'll be in a pretty good position to get an at-large.

They they'll have to navigate the A-10 landmines correctly.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Brown gave #16 USC all they could handle before falling, 71-60. In game's waning moments, Brown had numerous opportunities to tie or take the lead, but the wheels came off with 2 minutes left and Brown trailing by 2 points when senior guard Felix Kloman committed a foul and a technical foul. USC made all 4 foul shots which essentially sealed the Trojans' win. Should be interesting game when Brown comes to Ryan in early December.

The Ivy League has played well thus far. It has several wins over the A-10 to date: Cornell at Fordhan, Princeton at Duquesne, UMass at Harvard. It also has wins over the Big East (Penn over Villanova) and Big ten (Princeton over Rutgers).

Anyone that thinks that this URI team is going to easily handle Yale and Brown in upcoming games might want to temper their expectations.

Despite back to back drubbings (and some ghastly 'quit')...I refuse to have my expectations tempered. Yet.

[PeterRamTime]

Brown gave #16 USC all they could handle before falling, 71-60. In game's waning moments, Brown had numerous opportunities to tie or take the lead, but the wheels came off with 2 minutes left and Brown trailing by 2 points when senior guard Felix Kloman committed a foul and a technical foul. USC made all 4 foul shots which essentially sealed the Trojans' win. Should be interesting game when Brown comes to Ryan in early December.

The Ivy League has played well thus far. It has several wins over the A-10 to date: Cornell at Fordhan, Princeton at Duquesne, UMass at Harvard. It also has wins over the Big East (Penn over Villanova) and Big ten (Princeton over Rutgers).

Anyone that thinks that this URI team is going to easily handle Yale and Brown in upcoming games might want to temper their expectations.

Definitely not Yale

Brown? Very possible.

USC had just lost to UC Irvine by 10 earlier in the week. They are down two starters. Not giving Brown too much credit for that one.

[rhodysurf]

Ok he’s actually David cox now

[Jdrums#3]

Joe’s hanging tough at 16 Kentucky in the 2nd half.

Can they pull a Bryant tonight ?

[Jersey77]

Joe’s hanging tough at 16 Kentucky in the 2nd half.

Can they pull a Bryant tonight ?

Yes, quite a battle in Lexington.

[Jdrums#3]

Ok he’s actually David cox now

DC ain’t walking through that door…

Denny Crum, that is.

[Jdrums#3]

Joe’s hanging tough at 16 Kentucky in the 2nd half.

Can they pull a Bryant tonight ?

Yes, quite a battle in Lexington.

Richmond’s playing close to even early on with 18 Colorado, too. Would be great for the A10 to grab one of the two tonight.

[Jersey77]

Joe’s hanging tough at 16 Kentucky in the 2nd half.

Can they pull a Bryant tonight ?

Yes, quite a battle in Lexington.

Richmond’s playing close to even early on with 18 Colorado, too. Would be great for the A10 to grab one of the two tonight.

Yes, watching that too, and switching back and forth with Monday Night Football.

[adam914]

Gotta love the refs at Kentucky completely ignoring the St. Joe's kid calling a timeout on the last possession. What a joke.

[Jdrums#3]

Yes, quite a battle in Lexington.

Richmond’s playing close to even early on with 18 Colorado, too. Would be great for the A10 to grab one of the two tonight.

Yes, watching that too, and switching back and forth with Monday Night Football.

Joe’s and Kentucky to OT. Damn, Joe’s had a shot to win but missed the 2nd of two freebies.

[rhodyram22]

ST JOES AND KENTUCKY TO OT LOL

[rhodyram22]

Gotta love the refs at Kentucky completely ignoring the St. Joe's kid calling a timeout on the last possession. What a joke.

unreal.

[adam914]

Gotta love the refs at Kentucky completely ignoring the St. Joe's kid calling a timeout on the last possession. What a joke.

unreal.

Yeah, the refs know they can't let Kentucky lose at home to St. Joe's.

[rhodyram22]

Gotta love the refs at Kentucky completely ignoring the St. Joe's kid calling a timeout on the last possession. What a joke.

unreal.

Yeah, the refs know they can't let Kentucky lose at home to St. Joe's.

yup

[adam914]

Nice win by UConn over Texas to win the Empire Classic. This Hurley guy just might become something someday!

[PeterRamTime]

ST JOES AND KENTUCKY TO OT LOL

College basketball doesn't make sense yall.

[reef]

Decent night for A10 with St Joes and Richmond showing well

[PeterRamTime]

Decent night for A10 with St Joes and Richmond showing well

Well the A-10 is still 1-8 the last two days

Glad they played well but...doesn't really help anything.

[reef]

Decent night for A10 with St Joes and Richmond showing well

Well the A-10 is still 1-8 the last two days

Glad they played well but...doesn't really help anything.

True , the league looks improved as a whole from last season tjough it may not translate into a multi bid league

[Blue Man]

Decent night for A10 with St Joes and Richmond showing well

Well the A-10 is still 1-8 the last two days

Glad they played well but...doesn't really help anything.

True , the league looks improved as a whole from last season tjough it may not translate into a multi bid league

Disagree. Same problems as last year. Lack of big OOC wins and head scratching losses.

The biggest problem is “hanging tough” but not getting the wins to balance out the terrible losses that are going to come.

Shaping up to be an at-large-less season unless Dayton goes 7-1 the rest of OOC and takes one of SMU/Cinci.

Davidson nullified their Maryland win, VCU has their Q4 loss, St Louis with double digit L’s to Vermont and Wichita St.

Sick conference battleaxe! At least Loyola will save us!

[KevanBoyles]

At least, so far we haven't lost a game we were favored to win. Granted, I had higher expectations this past weekend and I was wrong. Our 3 bigs had a total of 9 games of D-1 experience (and it showed) and House was a no show. Hopefully, Bilau and Green can make a difference. Gotta focus on progress not perfection. Out time will come. Keep the faith.

[Jersey77]

Well the A-10 is still 1-8 the last two days

Glad they played well but...doesn't really help anything.

True , the league looks improved as a whole from last season tjough it may not translate into a multi bid league

Disagree. Same problems as last year. Lack of big OOC wins and head scratching losses.

The biggest problem is “hanging tough” but not getting the wins to balance out the terrible losses that are going to come.

Shaping up to be an at-large-less season unless Dayton goes 7-1 the rest of OOC and takes one of SMU/Cinci.

Davidson nullified their Maryland win, VCU has their Q4 loss, St Louis with double digit L’s to Vermont and Wichita St.

Sick conference battleaxe! At least Loyola will save us!

Not looking great for an at-large this season which is against my earlier thoughts.
I was hoping for Dayton, but the loss of Malachi was huge and certainly didn't help.
The Bonnies, VCU, Duquesne, St. Joe's, and Fordham all with bad home losses won't help their cause.
SLU lost their top scorer Parker, also bad.
Unless any of the above teams go on a big run with some impressive wins, the A10 will end up with just the one auto-bid.

Still the A10 has good depth and balance with plenty of decent teams just no really great ones.
We will still end up a top 10 conference and more than hold our own against most of the other mid-majors.

[McRam]

A good bet could be St Joe’s to win conference. Excellent guards plus the big boy up,front.

[Jersey77]

A good bet could be St Joe’s to win conference. Excellent guards plus the big boy up,front.

I think the conference is wide open, you can make a good case for quite a few teams.

[Blue Man]

A good bet could be St Joe’s to win conference. Excellent guards plus the big boy up,front.

I think the conference is wide open, you can make a good case for quite a few teams.

Including us. There’s not a team in the conference that is unbeatable. Dayton included.

[Jdrums#3]

A good bet could be St Joe’s to win conference. Excellent guards plus the big boy up,front.

I think the conference is wide open, you can make a good case for quite a few teams.

Including us. There’s not a team in the conference that is unbeatable. Dayton included.

Blueman, this would be a great story. Sticking it to the “expert” prognosticators that picked us 14th. It would be tremendous!

The A10T is a ways off so there’s still a lot of time for us to grow and improve to be able to pull this off. Gotta keep the injury bug away.

[Obadiah]

La Salle, the only school predicted to finish below URI in the A-10 preseason poll, is now 4-0 having played 4 straight home games against lesser competition. But the Explorers will face stark reality tonight as they visit Cameron to play Duke in a 7 PM game. Duke is favored to win by 26.5 and the only question is whether La Salle can beat the line.

[Jersey77]

A good bet could be St Joe’s to win conference. Excellent guards plus the big boy up,front.

I think the conference is wide open, you can make a good case for quite a few teams.

Including us. There’s not a team in the conference that is unbeatable. Dayton included.

That is very true Blue Man, every team is beatable.
Although the odds of us winning the A10 at this time are still very long.

I think the PC game can be very ugly because talent-wise and experience, not a very good match-up for us.
Yale, Charleston, and Delaware should all be good measuring sticks for us on how we compare and competitive we will be.

[Jdrums#3]

La Salle, the only school predicted to finish below URI in the A-10 preseason poll, is now 4-0 having played 4 straight home games against lesser competition. But the Explorers will face stark reality tonight as they visit Cameron to play Duke in a 7 PM game. Duke is favored to win by 26.5 and the only question is whether La Salle can beat the line.

Like lambs (Rams) to the slaughter. Yikes!

Hope one of the LaSalle players brings a sling shot. It’s the only chance they have of slaying Goliath tonight.

[PeterRamTime]

A good bet could be St Joe’s to win conference. Excellent guards plus the big boy up,front.

Meh

Hard to believe in them when they just got bullied by Texas A&M commerce

Which, had they beaten UK, would have made that win all the more frustrating.

Say they beat Kentucky...well they still have that Q4 HOME loss hanging over their head all year, which means despite their great win, could not afford to drop hardly any other Q4 or Q3 games.

We've VCU and Dayton do this for the last few years. Beat great teams and wreck their resume losing to crappy teams. Its an A-10 tradition. It's just so frustrating that basically 14 out of 15 teams in the league have already played themselves out of the tournament and we are still in November.

[Jersey77]

A good bet could be St Joe’s to win conference. Excellent guards plus the big boy up,front.

Meh

Hard to believe in them when they just got bullied by Texas A&M commerce

Which, had they beaten UK, would have made that win all the more frustrating.

Say they beat Kentucky...well they still have that Q4 HOME loss hanging over their head all year, which means despite their great win, could not afford to drop hardly any other Q4 or Q3 games.

We've VCU and Dayton do this for the last few years. Beat great teams and wreck their resume losing to crappy teams. Its an A-10 tradition. It's just so frustrating that basically 14 out of 15 teams in the league have already played themselves out of the tournament and we are still in November.

Yes PRT those inexcusable losses and lapses seem to haunt us year after year.

[reef]

Agree looks like a 1 bid league and also don’t see a dominant team that can put up a 15-3 or better conference record
13 or 14 wins may take the conf

[ramster]

La Salle, the only school predicted to finish below URI in the A-10 preseason poll, is now 4-0 having played 4 straight home games against lesser competition. But the Explorers will face stark reality tonight as they visit Cameron to play Duke in a 7 PM game. Duke is favored to win by 26.5 and the only question is whether La Salle can beat the line.

I like Fran Dunphy. Watched Fran Dunphy at the A10 Media Event as he talked about this year's team.

Last year I watched in Brooklyn 11-seed LaSalle beat URI 73-56, then beat #6 Duquesne 81-70 then lost 70 3-seed Fordham 69-61

I'd be shocked if LaSalle finishes 15th

They have their starting 3 guards from last year back.

I hope they give Duke a good game. Would be good for the A10.
Dunphy will have his guys ready and he instills confidence in them.

[Jersey77]

La Salle, the only school predicted to finish below URI in the A-10 preseason poll, is now 4-0 having played 4 straight home games against lesser competition. But the Explorers will face stark reality tonight as they visit Cameron to play Duke in a 7 PM game. Duke is favored to win by 26.5 and the only question is whether La Salle can beat the line.

I like Fran Dunphy. Watched Fran Dunphy at the A10 Media Event as he talked about this year's team.

Last year I watched in Brooklyn 11-seed LaSalle beat URI 73-56, then beat #6 Duquesne 81-70 then lost 70 3-seed Fordham 69-61

I'd be shocked if LaSalle finishes 15th

They have their starting 3 guards from last year back.

I hope they give Duke a good game. Would be good for the A10.
Dunphy will have his guys ready and he instills confidence in them.

Actually Ramster, I was one of those who thought La Salle would finish in the cellar of the A10.
I realize that they were probably set in the backcourt with their returning guards.
Shepherd has been really playing well at wing and making more of an impact than I would have thought.
He is currently averaging 12.5 pts (40% 3PT)/ 6 rebs.

I felt their frontcourt would be a major issue, they are very thin there and inexperienced.
Just have soph center Jocius returning.

[reef]

Richmond and Davidson cruising to easy wins over Unlv and BU respectively

LaSalle is close to the 26 point spread @ Duke

[ramster]

La Salle, the only school predicted to finish below URI in the A-10 preseason poll, is now 4-0 having played 4 straight home games against lesser competition. But the Explorers will face stark reality tonight as they visit Cameron to play Duke in a 7 PM game. Duke is favored to win by 26.5 and the only question is whether La Salle can beat the line.

I like Fran Dunphy. Watched Fran Dunphy at the A10 Media Event as he talked about this year's team.

Last year I watched in Brooklyn 11-seed LaSalle beat URI 73-56, then beat #6 Duquesne 81-70 then lost 70 3-seed Fordham 69-61

I'd be shocked if LaSalle finishes 15th

They have their starting 3 guards from last year back.

I hope they give Duke a good game. Would be good for the A10.
Dunphy will have his guys ready and he instills confidence in them.

Actually Ramster, I was one of those who thought La Salle would finish in the cellar of the A10.
I realize that they were probably set in the backcourt with their returning guards.
Shepherd has been really playing well at wing and making more of an impact than I would have thought.
He is currently averaging 12.5 pts (40% 3PT)/ 6 rebs.

I felt their frontcourt would be a major issue, they are very thin there and inexperienced.
Just have soph center Jocius returning.

Sheppard killed us in Brooklyn getting a double double off the bench in March. 7-10 FG, 11 rebounds and 15 points. Jocius is a key with the Drames transferring to Duquesne.

So I struggle to see how A10 Coaches have LaSalle 15th with so many returnees from a team that won their 1st 2 games in the tournament.

[Jersey77]

I like Fran Dunphy. Watched Fran Dunphy at the A10 Media Event as he talked about this year's team.

Last year I watched in Brooklyn 11-seed LaSalle beat URI 73-56, then beat #6 Duquesne 81-70 then lost 70 3-seed Fordham 69-61

I'd be shocked if LaSalle finishes 15th

They have their starting 3 guards from last year back.

I hope they give Duke a good game. Would be good for the A10.
Dunphy will have his guys ready and he instills confidence in them.

Actually Ramster, I was one of those who thought La Salle would finish in the cellar of the A10.
I realize that they were probably set in the backcourt with their returning guards.
Shepherd has been really playing well at wing and making more of an impact than I would have thought.
He is currently averaging 12.5 pts (40% 3PT)/ 6 rebs.

I felt their frontcourt would be a major issue, they are very thin there and inexperienced.
Just have soph center Jocius returning.

Sheppard killed us in Brooklyn getting a double double off the bench in March. 7-10 FG, 11 rebounds and 15 points. Jocius is a key with the Drames transferring to Duquesne.

So I struggle to see how A10 Coaches have LaSalle 15th with so many returnees from a team that won their 1st 2 games in the tournament.

Ramster, no denying that La Salle does return some talent,
You can almost make a case that not any team is a clear-cut pick to finish last in the conference, or even first for that matter.
That is why I say there is so much parity in the A10.

[Jersey77]

Aside from our game other A10 action today.

Central Connecticut vs UMass - 2:00 ESPN+
#8 Creighton vs Loyola Chicago - 4:00 CBSSN
Bucknell vs St. Bonaventure - 7:00 ESPN+
Duquesne vs Nebraska - 8:00 BTN

Loyola game will be ugly, aside from playing the Blue Jays they will probably be without their best player again (F) Alston.
Starting center Rubin has been slowed and played limited minutes due to chronic knee issues.

[reef]

Creighton is -19 v Loyola
UMass -14 v CCSU

[Jersey77]

Last night Duquesne lost at undefeated Nebraska 79-89.
The Dukes were up most of the first half and led at the break 39-37.

The refs then decided to take over the game in the 2nd half making it unwatchable.
I am not one to usually call out the refs but it got ridiculous and obvious.
Duquesne was called for 5 fouls in the first 2 minutes of the 2nd half to zero for the Huskers.
Foul trouble including 4 on their guards and then Clark and Dixon both fouling out.
Duquesne was basically taken out of the game.
Final 24 PF vs. 13 PF for the Huskers, who scored 28 pts from the FT line.
Unfortunately Duquesne was served up a good dose of home cooking.

[Obadiah]

Yes, Duquesne looked to be a victim of a homer job, but give some credit to Nebraska, who shot 50% for game was close to 40% on threes, hit 28-31 FT for 90% and had two turnovers. We should have a team with such ball handling and free throw shooting.

[Jersey77]

Yes, Duquesne looked to be a victim of a homer job, but give some credit to Nebraska, who shot 50% for game was close to 40% on threes, hit 28-31 FT for 90% and had two turnovers. We should have a team with such ball handling and free throw shooting.

Yes, some are predicting this is Hoiberg’s break thru year with the Huskers. They still have some players out with injury and still have to play Creighton.

[reef]

Last night Duquesne lost at undefeated Nebraska 79-89.
The Dukes were up most of the first half and led at the break 39-37.

The refs then decided to take over the game in the 2nd half making it unwatchable.
I am not one to usually call out the refs but it got ridiculous and obvious.
Duquesne was called for 5 fouls in the first 2 minutes of the 2nd half to zero for the Huskers.
Foul trouble including 4 on their guards and then Clark and Dixon both fouling out.
Duquesne was basically taken out of the game.
Final 24 PF vs. 13 PF for the Huskers, who scored 28 pts from the FT line.
Unfortunately Duquesne was served up a good dose of home cooking.

I noticed the exact same thing 77 !

[theblueram]

Not a game of interest but Creighton got smoked by 21 today.