Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB

[Rhody15]

UMass and UConn are not acronyms of anything so capitalizing all the letters makes no sense.

URI - UMass - UConn

Imagine getting triggered enough by capital letters that you feel the need to post about it.

Incredible.

[Jersey77]

UMass and UConn are not acronyms of anything so capitalizing all the letters makes no sense.

URI - UMass - UConn

Ramster be careful of the grammar police.
I guess we can all be in trouble on this board.

[reef]

Saturday A10 Games:

• Richmond (-4.5)(17-7) @ George Washington (14-10) USA Net 12:30pm

• Fordham (10-14) @ #16 Dayton (-14.5) (20-4) CBSSN 1:30pm

• UMASS (-6.5) (16-8) @ LaSalle (11-14) ESPN+ 2pm

• St Joseph's (16-9) @ Duquesne (-2.5) (14-10) USA Net 2:30pm

• Davidson (14-10) @ St Bonaventure (-7.5) (15-9) CBSSN 3:30pm

Other Saturday Games:

• #4 Marquette (19-5) @ #1 UCONN (-6.5)(23-2) FOX 3pm

• #22 Kentucky (17-7) @ #13 Auburn (-8.5)(20-5) ESPN 6pm

Will guess Richmond by 12 UMass by 10 Dayton by 18 and UConn by 2

[reef]

Richmond 52-37 halftime, GW spiral down continues

[NYGFan_Section208]

UMass and UConn are not acronyms of anything so capitalizing all the letters makes no sense.

URI - UMass - UConn

Ramster be careful of the grammar police.
I guess we can all be in trouble on this board.

So, is EARLY LINE an acronym for something? (Asking for a friend)

[PeterRamTime]

Was watching Fordham Dayton earlier and they said Fordham hadn't won a home conference game yet lol.

0-6 at home
Now 4-2 on the road

Fordham is so annoying

[Obadiah]

UMass falls at La Salle, 82-81.

[adam914]

This UConn team is unreal man...

[theblueram]

This UConn team is unreal man...

I think they could repeat. Dominating this year.

[adam914]

This UConn team is unreal man...

I think they could repeat. Dominating this year.

Yeah for sure, hard to pick against them at this point.

[reef]

UMass falls at La Salle, 82-81.

UMass never leads in that game , take that Coach Martin !

[RI_Bred]

This UConn team is unreal man...

I think they could repeat. Dominating this year.

Yeah for sure, hard to pick against them at this point.

They pretty much played a perfect game. Crazy good.

[Jersey77]

The Bonnies barely survive at home in OT against Davidson 81-80.
Amazing finish as time ran out, for them to secure the win.

[NYGFan_Section208]

I think they could repeat. Dominating this year.

Yeah for sure, hard to pick against them at this point.

They pretty much played a perfect game. Crazy good.

Clingan...17 points on 7-8 shooting. That dude is good

[RI_Bred]

Yeah for sure, hard to pick against them at this point.

They pretty much played a perfect game. Crazy good.

Clingan...17 points on 7-8 shooting. That dude is good

And ten boards. He's a game changer. Most teams don't have an answer for that. And they go pretty deep too. Amazing really. Hurley has done it.

[reef]

Friars win by 11 don’t cover the 19 v DePaul

[ramster]

UMass and UConn are not acronyms of anything so capitalizing all the letters makes no sense.

URI - UMass - UConn

Ramster be careful of the grammar police.
I guess we can all be in trouble on this board.

RamAttitude,
I see you joined KB a year ago and this was your 5th post since joining. Welcome to Keaney Blue

So a little research I did on the subject RamAttitude........


Searching UMASS there are 16,738 matches and 335 pages going back to 11 years ago
The first use of UMASS was 11 years ago by Blue Man under title thread SI.Com's Busting Brackets predicts 6 win season for Rhod
Many uses of UMASS but an edge to UMass and also to Umass.. Some use a Capital M and some use lower case m

Searching UCONN there are 7,538 matches and 151 pages going back to 11 years ago
The first use of UMASS was 11 years ago also by Blue Man under title thread Women's Uni's
Uses of UCONN, UConn, Uconn and also uconn were common among the 7,538 uses


I see your point in going with UMass and UConn. But I could also say that both schools should by UC and UM, just as we are URI. No need to have the ass or onn included with the UM or UC.

I'll find on the UMass and the UConn board where posters sometimes refer to URI as URIne, our should it be URINE? Urine? or urine??

At any rate, I think the only way this gets fixed consistently on Keaney Blue is if somebody corrects each poster whenever someone posts differently from UMass or UConn. Maybe somebody will volunteer for that job?

GO RHODY!
go rhody!
Go Rhody!

[ramster]

Saturday A10 Games:

• Richmond (-4.5)(17-7) @ George Washington (14-10) USA Net 12:30pm

Richmond wins by 16 easily exceeding their favored by 4.5 points

• Fordham (10-14) @ #16 Dayton (-14.5) (20-4) CBSSN 1:30pm

Dayton only wins by 8 points. 29P and 10R from HolmesBrea played 30 minutes off bench. Jack and Padegimas played 6 minutes each as we see more HC's reduce their Rotations to 6,7 or 8 players

• UMASS (-6.5) (16-8) @ LaSalle (11-14) ESPN+ 2pm

LaSalle upset UMass winning by 1 point. LaSalle hit 9-21 3P's for 43%. Diggins had a bad shooting day for UMass hitting only 4-16 FGs

• St Joseph's (16-9) @ Duquesne (-2.5) (14-10) USA Net 2:30pm

Duquesne with a solid 10 point win over St Joseph's. Duquesne hit 9-18 3P's for 50%

• Davidson (14-10) @ St Bonaventure (-7.5) (15-9) CBSSN 3:30pm

Davidson almost pulled the upset losing by just 1 point. Conner Kochera went 11-15 FG and 4-7 3P for 29 points to lead Davidson.

Other Saturday Games:

• #4 Marquette (19-5) @ #1 UCONN (-6.5)(23-2) FOX 3pm

• #22 Kentucky (17-7) @ #13 Auburn (-8.5)(20-5) ESPN 6pm

[ramster]

Sunday A10 Game:

• Loyola (-4.5)(18-7) @ URI (11-13) CBSSN 12:00pm

A10 Standings:

1.Dayton (11-2)
2.Loyola (10-2)
3.Richmond (10-2)
4.VCU (9-3)
5.St Bonaventure (7-6)
6.UMass (7-6)
7.George Mason (6-6)
8.St Joseph's (6-7)
9.URI (5-6)
10.Duquesne (5-7)
11.Davidson (4-8)
12.Fordham (4-8)
13.George Washington (3-9)
14.LaSalle (3-10)
15.St Louis (2-10)

Some other interesting games today:

#24 Florida Atlantic (-5.5) (20-5) @ South Florida (18-5) 12pm ESPN Huge AAC Game with South Florida at home and leaving the AAC at (11-1). Florida Atlantic is ranked #24 and tied for 2nd in AAC with Charlotte at (10-2)

Memphis (18-7) @ SMU (-4.5) (18-7) 4pm ESPN. Big Game for SMU with NET 41 and currently 4th place in AAC

Seton Hall (16-9) @ St John's (-6.5) (14-11) 5pm FS1

AAC Conference Standings: Team / Conference Record / NET
1. South Florida (11-1) 99
2. Charlotte (10-2) 95
3. #24 Florida Atlantic (10-2) 27
4. SMU (9-3) 41
5. UAB (8-3) 116
6. North Texas (7-5) 74
7. Memphis (7-5) 81
8. East Carolina (6-6) 175
9. Tulane (4-8) 122
10. Tulsa (4-9) 200
11. Rice (3-9) 241
12. Wichita State (2-10) 160
13. Texas San Antonio ((2-10) 283
14. Temple (1-11) 246

[ramster]

• #24 Florida Atlantic (-5.5) (20-5) @ South Florida (18-5) 12pm ESPN Huge AAC Game with South Florida at home and leaving the AAC at (11-1). Florida Atlantic is ranked #24 and tied for 2nd in AAC with Charlotte at (10-2)

10,659 at today's game in Tampa. 1st sellout for South Florida since 2001

South Florida upsets #24 Florida Atlantic 90-86
South Florida was once up by 25 points and FAU came back to within 1 point in the last minute

South Florida goes to 12-1 to lead the AAC, 19-5 overall. 11th straight win.

[Rhody15]

• #24 Florida Atlantic (-5.5) (20-5) @ South Florida (18-5) 12pm ESPN Huge AAC Game with South Florida at home and leaving the AAC at (11-1). Florida Atlantic is ranked #24 and tied for 2nd in AAC with Charlotte at (10-2)

10,659 at today's game in Tampa. 1st sellout for South Florida since 2001

South Florida upsets #24 Florida Atlantic 90-86
South Florida was once up by 25 points and FAU came back to within 1 point in the last minute

South Florida goes to 12-1 to lead the AAC, 19-5 overall. 11th straight win.

Yet another example of a team that turned it around instantly.

First year head coach, brought Kenneshaw St to the tourney last season.

[PeterRamTime]

USF also started the year 2-4

17-1 since

Crazy stat

[ramster]

Ohio State knocks off #2 Purdue 73-69

and we have a court storming!!!!

[reef]

USF also started the year 2-4

17-1 since

Crazy stat

Yeah wow insane !

[rjv]

The coach of USF brought 3 players with him from Kenneshaw State that went to NCAA tournament last year

[reef]

The coach of USF brought 3 players with him from Kenneshaw State that went to NCAA tournament last year

Yes Shareef Abdur Rahim brother is the coach

[ramster]

Tuesday A10 Games:

• Fordham (10-15) @ Davidson (-7.5) (14-11) ESPN+ 7pm

• St Louis (9-16) @ Duquesne (-9.5) (15-10) ESPN+ 7pm

• VCU (17-8) @ UMass (-1.5) (16-9) CBSSN 7pm

Wednesday A10 Games:

• St Bonaventure (16-9) @ LaSalle (-TBD) (12-14) ESPN+ 6:30pm

• #16 Dayton (21-4) @ George Mason (-TBD) (17-8) ESPN+ 7pm

• Richmond (18-7) @ URI (-TBD) (11-14) ESPN+ 7pm

• George Washington (14-11) @ St Joseph's (-TBD) (16-10) ESPN+ 7pm

Note grammatically correct UMass

[ramster]

Monday Feb 19 Standings

A10 Standings with remaining games for the Top 6 teams:
Top 4 Teams in Blue

1.Dayton (11-2) - @ GMU, Davidson, @ Loyola, @ St Louis, VCU
2.Loyola (11-2) - GMU, @ St Bonaventure, Dayton, @ Davidson, LaSalle
3.Richmond (10-2) - @ URI, Davidson, @ St Louis, VCU, St Joseph's, @ GMU
4.VCU (9-3) - @ UMass, St Joseph's, URI, @ Richmond, Duquesne, @ Dayton

5.St Bonaventure (7-6) - @ LaSalle, @ UMass, Loyola, At George Washington, St Louis
6.UMass (7-6) - VCU, St Bonaventure, @ George Washington, @ Davidson, Fordham

7.George Mason (6-6)
8.St Joseph's (6-7)
9.Duquesne (5-7)
10.URI (5-7) - Richmond, @ LaSalle, @ VCU, St Louis, GMU, @ Fordham
11.Davidson (4-8)
12.Fordham (4-8)
13.George Washington (3-9)
14.LaSalle (3-10)
15.St Louis (2-10)

[Jdrums#3]

Monday Feb 19 Standings

A10 Standings with remaining games for the Top 6 teams:
Top 4 Teams in Blue

1.Dayton (11-2) - @ GMU, Davidson, @ Loyola, @ St Louis, VCU
2.Loyola (11-2) - GMU, @ St Bonaventure, Dayton, @ Davidson, LaSalle
3.Richmond (10-2) - @ URI, Davidson, @ St Louis, VCU, St Joseph's, @ GMU
4.VCU (9-3) - @ UMass, St Joseph's, URI, @ Richmond, Duquesne, @ Dayton

5.St Bonaventure (7-6) - @ LaSalle, @ UMass, Loyola, At George Washington, St Louis
6.UMass (7-6) - VCU, St Bonaventure, @ George Washington, @ Davidson, Fordham

7.George Mason (6-6)
8.St Joseph's (6-7)
9.Duquesne (5-7)
10.URI (5-7) - Richmond, @ LaSalle, @ VCU, St Louis, GMU, @ Fordham
11.Davidson (4-8)
12.Fordham (4-8)
13.George Washington (3-9)
14.LaSalle (3-10)
15.St Louis (2-10)

Ramster, I am still holding on to hope that we can finish inside the top 10 but we are slipping.

An 8th or 9th place finish in a deeper A10 wouldn’t thrill me but I would be encouraged. A 4-2 finish in our last 6 would do it, I think. Maybe 3-3 with some lucky breaks from teams immediately ahead suffering upsets.

That said, I don’t like our chances of going 4-2 after suffering another loss today. Tough to be positive when the losses keep coming.

[reef]

Our schedule isn’t bad rest of way will guess 3-3 and end up 14-17

[ramster]

Virginia Tech 75 Virginia 41
VT was favored by 3.5 on their home court

[reef]

Virginia Tech 75 Virginia 41
VT was favored by 3.5 on their home court

Houston v Iowa St going to be a good one now !

[ramster]

Virginia Tech 75 Virginia 41
VT was favored by 3.5 on their home court

Houston v Iowa St going to be a good one now !

Yes it is
Houston is #1 NET, Iowa State #8 NET
Houston moving from AAC to Big 12 did not intimidate them at all

13 steals for Houston in the win tonight. 9th win in last 10 games with the loss at Kentucky
Houston plays at #11 Baylor Saturday

[reef]

Virginia Tech 75 Virginia 41
VT was favored by 3.5 on their home court

Houston v Iowa St going to be a good one now !

Yes it is
Houston is #1 NET, Iowa State #8 NET
Houston moving from AAC to Big 12 did not intimidate them at all

13 steals for Houston in the win tonight. 9th win in last 10 games with the loss at Kentucky
Houston plays at #11 Baylor Saturday

We may see UConn v Houston down the road former conf matchup

[ramster]

Reef,
Look at these NET rankings for the B12……

10 teams in the Top 40 including new additions Houston, BYU and Cincinnati. Newcomer UCF at 68.

[Jdrums#3]

Houston v Iowa St going to be a good one now !

Yes it is
Houston is #1 NET, Iowa State #8 NET
Houston moving from AAC to Big 12 did not intimidate them at all

13 steals for Houston in the win tonight. 9th win in last 10 games with the loss at Kentucky
Houston plays at #11 Baylor Saturday

We may see UConn v Houston down the road former conf matchup

That would be a very intense game, Reef. I’d like to see it.

[Jersey77]

Game To Watch Tonight:

#1 UConn at #15 Creighton 8:30 FS1

[reef]

Game To Watch Tonight:

#1 UConn at #15 Creighton 8:30 FS1

Oh yeah I’m all over that ball game , lots of NbA draft picks in that game

[ramster]

The only reason some have them in is by default, non had them in as an at large.

Since they were first in the A10, some bracketologists automatically put Richmond in as the AQ for the conference.

Yeah, I think this is a universally used approach where every 1st place team is the default AQ then they fill in the at-larges from there. If Richmond falls behind Dayton in the A10 standings over the next week or two, we'll see brackets only have 1 A10 team in.

Reef won’t see my post though because he blocked me.

Damn, that hurts.

I think of Reef as one of the kindest (if not THE kindest) posters I’ve ever encountered on this board. He compliments other posters with comments such as “that is a great find!” When an interesting article is posted.

Reef is not hesitant to change his mind and admit to being wrong. He is knowledgeable of many sports followed here including of course MBB, WBB, URI Football, NFL, NBA, MLB and others. He knows a lot about a lot of sports including not just the present but the history of the sport.

Not sure why he would block somebody but I’m sure if Reef were to block me I’d want to remedy the situation since I enjoy his comments and thoughts……..and have for a long time here.

[reef]

Yeah, I think this is a universally used approach where every 1st place team is the default AQ then they fill in the at-larges from there. If Richmond falls behind Dayton in the A10 standings over the next week or two, we'll see brackets only have 1 A10 team in.

Reef won’t see my post though because he blocked me.

Damn, that hurts.

I think of Reef as one of the kindest (if not THE kindest) posters I’ve ever encountered on this board. He compliments other posters with comments such as “that is a great find!” When an interesting article is posted.

Reef is not hesitant to change his mind and admit to being wrong. He is knowledgeable of many sports followed here including of course MBB, WBB, URI Football, NFL, NBA, MLB and others. He knows a lot about a lot of sports including not just the present but the history of the sport.

Not sure why he would block somebody but I’m sure if Reef were to block me I’d want to remedy the situation since I enjoy his comments and thoughts……..and have for a long time here.

Would never do that to you Ramster you are one of my favs !

I only blocked 15 and PMMM !

[adam914]

VCU down 18 at UMass in the first half. VCU has 2 made FGs in the first 15 minutes!

[hrstrat57]

VCU getting absolutely smoked in Amherst

[NYGFan_Section208]

the 'cuse in a battle...up 1 point, 3 minutes to go in Raleigh

[reef]

3 blowouts tonight in the A10 !

[NYGFan_Section208]

uconn down 14 at the break. Creighton with a 93% chance of winning. I still think the fighting Hurleys cover...what's the in-game line for that?

[NYGFan_Section208]

As I was saying...I wonder if Creighton will storm? (I think they will/should)

[Rhody15]

As I was saying...I wonder if Creighton will storm? (I think they will/should)

They’re ranked 15th and have second weekend caliber talent.

Shouldn’t storm, they’re a legit team. (and I love court storming)

[NYGFan_Section208]

As I was saying...I wonder if Creighton will storm? (I think they will/should)

They’re ranked 15th and have second weekend caliber talent.

Shouldn’t storm, they’re a legit team. (and I love court storming)

Yeah, I always err on the side of storming. If it's a t all a question...get out there. It only happens when it's an upset, so, who's to say what's a big enough upset? Get out there folks, storm. Although, I'm leaning back towards my UConn cover prediction...

I think if you beat the #1 team, you always storm. No exceptions.

[reef]

As I was saying...I wonder if Creighton will storm? (I think they will/should)

They’re ranked 15th and have second weekend caliber talent.

Shouldn’t storm, they’re a legit team. (and I love court storming)

Yeah, I always err on the side of storming. If it's a t all a question...get out there. It only happens when it's an upset, so, who's to say what's a big enough upset? Get out there folks, storm. Although, I'm leaning back towards my UConn cover prediction...

I think if you beat the #1 team, you always storm. No exceptions.

Good call 208 , easy court storm

How many times have we stormed @ Ryan Center ? I know Nebraska, any others ?

[damram]

I court stormed at Boston College when Rhody beat them at Conte Forum. Not in the Ryan Center.