Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB

[ramster]

Texas A&M NET=45 and favored at home vs Arkansas by 12.5 points loses 79-71
Too much Makhi Mitchell who had a career hi 22 points and 13 rebounds
Mitchell was 6-9 FG, 10-12 FT and 4 blocked shots

[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

All 3 home teams won and all 3 beat the point spreads

Dae Dae Grant with 31 point in 32 minutes to lead Duquesne. He got 10-19 FG and 6-13 3P

Big men Cross and Cohen led UMass to a 22 thrashing if VCU
The big men combined for 38 points, 19 rebounds and 6 assists
They were a very efficient 14-19 FG and 4-4 3P

[ramster]

Wednesday A10 Games:

• St Bonaventure (-5.5) (16-9) @ LaSalle (12-14) ESPN+ 6:30pm

• #16 Dayton (-2.5) (21-4) @ George Mason (17-8) ESPN+ 7pm

• Richmond (-4.5) (18-7) @ URI (11-14) ESPN+ 7pm

• George Washington (14-11) @ St Joseph's (-11.5) (16-10) ESPN+ 7pm

In 3 of today’s 4 games the visiting team is favored

[Jersey77]

GM can give Dayton a close game depending on the status of Darius Maddox (14 pts).
He missed the last 2 games with a sprained ankle.

[Blue Man]

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 ?

The Dayton game with the Marquis Jones buzzer beater in 2009. Dayton had just fallen out of the rankings but by all accounts was #26.

Plus that was at a time when we figured that win was going to put us on the right side of the bubble. Instead we decided to lose to a bad UMass team at home, and then lose to Duquesne in our first A10T game.

The end of that season sucked but that Dayton court storm was easily my favorite URI basketball memory when I was in school.

[adam914]

My opinion on court storming has completely changed over the years. I used to be one to call fans out for storming when I thought they shouldn't have, now I am the complete opposite. This is supposed to be fun, you're in college, if you want to storm the court then go crazy and storm the court!

In terms of Rhody court storms, there was a court storm in '03 when Dawan hit the game winner to take down Seton Hall in the first round of the NIT. I remember because I was working the game as a student and got in trouble because the emotion took over and I ran out there, forgetting that I wasn't supposed to do that because I was working.

I'm in here somewhere...

[reef]

My opinion on court storming has completely changed over the years. I used to be one to call fans out for storming when I thought they shouldn't have, now I am the complete opposite. This is supposed to be fun, you're in college, if you want to storm the court then go crazy and storm the court!

In terms of Rhody court storms, there was a court storm in '03 when Dawan hit the game winner to take down Seton Hall in the first round of the NIT. I remember because I was working the game as a student and got in trouble because the emotion took over and I ran out there, forgetting that I wasn't supposed to do that because I was working.

I'm in here somewhere...

That’s was a nice court storm , Dawan was really good for us

[rjsuperfly66]

I'm all for a good court storm, it just has to make sense.
Like I think storming as a favorite in a game generally makes you look like a loser.
I'll leave exclusions for accomplishment (such as winning the conference) or circumstance (a miracle shot).
Probably would use the same standard against a similar rated/ranked team.
If you upset a major wagon, I think court-storm should be expected.
A good storming frequency is probably once every 2-3 years, if situation allows for it. I wouldn't want to be storming every other night.

[ramster]

I'm all for a good court storm, it just has to make sense.
Like I think storming as a favorite in a game generally makes you look like a loser.
I'll leave exclusions for accomplishment (such as winning the conference) or circumstance (a miracle shot).
Probably would use the same standard against a similar rated/ranked team.
If you upset a major wagon, I think court-storm should be expected.
A good storming frequency is probably once every 2-3 years, if situation allows for it. I wouldn't want to be storming every other night.

So should Creighton have stormed the court or not with the win over #1 Ranked Connecticut? What do you think?

[Jersey77]

I'm all for a good court storm, it just has to make sense.
Like I think storming as a favorite in a game generally makes you look like a loser.
I'll leave exclusions for accomplishment (such as winning the conference) or circumstance (a miracle shot).
Probably would use the same standard against a similar rated/ranked team.
If you upset a major wagon, I think court-storm should be expected.
A good storming frequency is probably once every 2-3 years, if situation allows for it. I wouldn't want to be storming every other night.

So should Creighton have stormed the court or not with the win over #1 Ranked Connecticut? What do you think?

YES !!!

[Obadiah]

Court storming among other facets is an expression of free speech. There is never a need to put asterisks or other qualifying factors to justify it because the implication of that claim is that you only you are the arbiter of good taste. Nothing smacks more of arrogance. These are young college kids enjoying life and the experiences that come with it, so let's not stultify youthful exuberance or what makes college basketball what it is. I will always come down an the side of the open mind and free inquiry.

[reef]

I'm all for a good court storm, it just has to make sense.
Like I think storming as a favorite in a game generally makes you look like a loser.
I'll leave exclusions for accomplishment (such as winning the conference) or circumstance (a miracle shot).
Probably would use the same standard against a similar rated/ranked team.
If you upset a major wagon, I think court-storm should be expected.
A good storming frequency is probably once every 2-3 years, if situation allows for it. I wouldn't want to be storming every other night.

So should Creighton have stormed the court or not with the win over #1 Ranked Connecticut? What do you think?

Yes that’s a no doubter for me

[NYGFan_Section208]

I'm all for a good court storm, it just has to make sense.
Like I think storming as a favorite in a game generally makes you look like a loser.
I'll leave exclusions for accomplishment (such as winning the conference) or circumstance (a miracle shot).
Probably would use the same standard against a similar rated/ranked team.
If you upset a major wagon, I think court-storm should be expected.
A good storming frequency is probably once every 2-3 years, if situation allows for it. I wouldn't want to be storming every other night.

So should Creighton have stormed the court or not with the win over #1 Ranked Connecticut? What do you think?

No doubt about it ...I don't care if you're #2....beat #1....get out on that floor!

[ramster]

I'm all for a good court storm, it just has to make sense.
Like I think storming as a favorite in a game generally makes you look like a loser.
I'll leave exclusions for accomplishment (such as winning the conference) or circumstance (a miracle shot).
Probably would use the same standard against a similar rated/ranked team.
If you upset a major wagon, I think court-storm should be expected.
A good storming frequency is probably once every 2-3 years, if situation allows for it. I wouldn't want to be storming every other night.

So should Creighton have stormed the court or not with the win over #1 Ranked Connecticut? What do you think?

No doubt about it ...I don't care if you're #2....beat #1....get out on that floor!

I heard it’s the first time ever Creighton has beaten the #1 ranked team in the country. If that doesn’t justify a good ol’ court storming don’t know what does.

But for me never saw a court storming I didn’t like. The more the merrier.

Just curious what RJsuperfly thinks since it’s his conference and his earlier comment here.

[Jdrums#3]

What is the over-under line on Richmond layups tonight ?

Hope our D decides to show up.

Ooph!

[reef]

144.5 was the game total looks like an over @ the half !

[Jdrums#3]

Reef, I thought I had posted in the Richmond game thread. Lol!! Another brain fart.

[reef]

Reef, I thought I had posted in the Richmond game thread. Lol!! Another brain fart.

Drums Gtown is 3-51 in their last 54 conference games let that sink in !

[Jersey77]

Dayton loses at GM 67-71, the Flyers are now in 3rd place.
We still have to play GM in the RC.

La Salle dominated the Bonnies the whole game, they win 72-59.
We play them on Sunday in Philly.

GW loses to the Joes 75-79.
They have now lost 9 straight games.

[reef]

Dayton loses at GM 67-71, the Flyers are now in 3rd place.
We still have to play GM in the RC.

La Salle dominated the Bonnies the whole game, they win 72-59.
We play them on Sunday in Philly.

GW loses to the Joes 75-79.
They have now lost 9 straight games.

Yup 5 games left for us , will guess 2-3 for 13-18 record

[NYGFan_Section208]

Dayton loses at GM 67-71, the Flyers are now in 3rd place.
We still have to play GM in the RC.

La Salle dominated the Bonnies the whole game, they win 72-59.
We play them on Sunday in Philly.

GW loses to the Joes 75-79.
They have now lost 9 straight games.

Yup 5 games left for us , will guess 2-3 for 13-18 record

Is there anyone that, seriously, thinks, "y'know, that doesn't totally suck"?
'cuz me and Tyler Foley, we need people to convince us that we don't suck, and that we won't suck even worse next year...

[NYGFan_Section208]

I was such a moron to double up on season tix this year...might be one of he biggest regrets of my life (which basically means, I've had an awesome life)...but, still...

[damram]

I go to games out of habit, not interest. I wish that I was more excited about going. I can’t even give away my extra ticket now. Looking forward to football season.

[NYGFan_Section208]

I go to games out of habit, not interest. I wish that I was more excited about going. I can’t even give away my extra ticket now. Looking forward to football season.

lol...so totally the same, down to not being able to give away extra tix... I live in the 'hood, so I'm probably always going to go...not sure I'll ever buy season tix again tho...why would you?

[Rhody15]

I go to games out of habit, not interest. I wish that I was more excited about going. I can’t even give away my extra ticket now. Looking forward to football season.

lol...so totally the same, down to not being able to give away extra tix... I live in the 'hood, so I'm probably always going to go...not sure I'll ever buy season tix again tho...why would you?

Just for shits and giggles, what constitutes the “hood” for you lol

[NYGFan_Section208]

I go to games out of habit, not interest. I wish that I was more excited about going. I can’t even give away my extra ticket now. Looking forward to football season.

lol...so totally the same, down to not being able to give away extra tix... I live in the 'hood, so I'm probably always going to go...not sure I'll ever buy season tix again tho...why would you?

Just for shits and giggles, what constitutes the “hood” for you lol

West K...,1.3 mi from the Ry, but if I cut across the field, maybe 1.1?

[Rhody15]

lol...so totally the same, down to not being able to give away extra tix... I live in the 'hood, so I'm probably always going to go...not sure I'll ever buy season tix again tho...why would you?

Just for shits and giggles, what constitutes the “hood” for you lol

West K...,1.3 mi from the Ry, but if I cut across the field, maybe 1.1?

Ah so me and you have different interpretations of “hood”

[NYGFan_Section208]

Just for shits and giggles, what constitutes the “hood” for you lol

West K...,1.3 mi from the Ry, but if I cut across the field, maybe 1.1?

Ah so me and you have different interpretations of “hood”

Lol...it's a small hood I'm talking about for sure

[reef]

I was such a moron to double up on season tix this year...might be one of he biggest regrets of my life (which basically means, I've had an awesome life)...but, still...

We were all fooled 208 , I predicted 19-12 way off !

[section(105)]

I go to games out of habit, not interest. I wish that I was more excited about going. I can’t even give away my extra ticket now. Looking forward to football season.

I go to the games out of both habit and interest. And will continue to attend. As I stated in Loyola games thread, I am done being down after losses, done with thinking a NCAA bid is happening in my lifetime. Still like going to games, being on campus always have. It is for me refreshing to accept the what is. And the football comment drew me back into comment here. We purchased football season tickets for the first time. Rhody rehab is open…….

[Jersey77]

Well at least 3 of our remaining games are against teams with worse records than ours.
Fordham and La Salle are both away so it won't be easy, we should beat SLU at home.

George Mason (18-8) has been up and down and just beat Dayton, plus already beat us once, so maybe we can even up the score at the RC.

I don't expect us to win at VCU.

[ramster]

crazy finish at LSU

[ramster]

Thursday Feb 19 Standings

A10 Standings with remaining games for the Top 5 teams:
Top 4 Teams in Blue

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

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


Streaking
Loyola - 6 straight wins
George Mason - 3 straight wins
George Washington - 9 straight losses
Fordham - 4 straight losses
URI - 3 straight losses
St Louis - 3 straight losses

[ramster]

Friday A10 Game:

• Duquesne (-TBA) (16-10) @ Fordham (10-16) ESPN2 8:30pm

[ramster]

Ironically the handshake line is for postgame sportsmanship but it can sometimes result in mayhem

8 players suspended from this fight

Texas Commerce is 4-10 and Incarnate Word is 3-10 in Southland Conference play

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/southland- ... 11224.html

[ramster]

Marquette 105 DePaul 71

Tyler Kolek set the all time Marquette single game record with 18 assists

Kolek has 13 by halftime

He only played 26 minutes to get the 18 assists and only had 2 turnovers

[ramster]

Off Night tonight but you could catch this one involving 2 former Rhody players playing key roles for their teams

• Vermont (-11.5) (21-6) @ Albany (12-14) ESPN+ 7pm

Conference Stats:
Sebastian Thomas - Albany
4th Scoring 18.9 PPG
7th FT's 51-68 = 75%........ (FULL SEASON he is 4th with 118 for 156 = 75.6%. Most FTs made and Attempted among all in Conference)
3nd Assists 6.3 pg
3rd Assists/Turnover Ratio 2.1
2nd Steals 2.5 SPG

Ileri Ayo-Faleye - Vermont
33rd Scoring 9.3 PPG
15th Rebounding 5.9 RPG
10th FT's 33-46 = 71.7%
5th Blocks 1.8 BPG

[reef]

Ironically the handshake line is for postgame sportsmanship but it can sometimes result in mayhem

8 players suspended from this fight

Texas Commerce is 4-10 and Incarnate Word is 3-10 in Southland Conference play

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/southland- ... 11224.html

Yeah saw that the other night UGLY with a capital U !

[ramster]

4,252 for Richmond - now tied for 1st in A10

Student Section not too full

Attendance is much like the last 4 years in February

4,252 stated but realistically about 1000 less in actual bodies in seats

[reef]

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4,252 for Richmond - now tied for 1st in A10

Student Section not too full

Attendance is much like the last 4 years in February

4,252 stated but realistically about 1000 less in actual bodies in seats

Yeah that about sums up the state of the program right now Ramster

[hrstrat57]

Tons of empties lower bowl foul line to foul line. Have our most loyal and affluent fans packed it in on this crew? Aren’t most of those seats season ticket holders?

[rjsuperfly66]

So should Creighton have stormed the court or not with the win over #1 Ranked Connecticut? What do you think?

No doubt about it ...I don't care if you're #2....beat #1....get out on that floor!

I heard it’s the first time ever Creighton has beaten the #1 ranked team in the country. If that doesn’t justify a good ol’ court storming don’t know what does.

But for me never saw a court storming I didn’t like. The more the merrier.

Just curious what RJsuperfly thinks since it’s his conference and his earlier comment here.

If it were my team, I would have preferred not to court storm. Creighton is a Top 15 team, spread was close, game was a blowout, and Creighton sees itself as a Final Four contender.
To me that upends the ranking of the opponent.
Now do I think it's egregious? No.
I may not agree with it but I get why they did it.
I just like storms to mean something, and to many storms takes away from the impact of the truly great ones.

[theblueram]

No doubt about it ...I don't care if you're #2....beat #1....get out on that floor!

I heard it’s the first time ever Creighton has beaten the #1 ranked team in the country. If that doesn’t justify a good ol’ court storming don’t know what does.

But for me never saw a court storming I didn’t like. The more the merrier.

Just curious what RJsuperfly thinks since it’s his conference and his earlier comment here.

If it were my team, I would have preferred not to court storm. Creighton is a Top 15 team, spread was close, game was a blowout, and Creighton sees itself as a Final Four contender.
To me that upends the ranking of the opponent.
Now do I think it's egregious? No.
I may not agree with it but I get why they did it.
I just like storms to mean something, and to many storms takes away from the impact of the truly great ones.

They just beat the #1 team in the country for the first time ever. So no court storm???? Cmon man.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Tons of empties lower bowl foul line to foul line. Have our most loyal and affluent fans packed it in on this crew? Aren’t most of those seats season ticket holders?

yes and yes

[ramster]

Tons of empties lower bowl foul line to foul line. Have our most loyal and affluent fans packed it in on this crew? Aren’t most of those seats season ticket holders?

yes and yes

Some would say that some of those empty lower bowl (100 and 200) are season ticket holder seats that the people are simply not attending but a good number of them are available for purchase. Season tickets have diminished with all the tickets.

It’s been a downhill curve since Hurley left.

[theblueram]

Tons of empties lower bowl foul line to foul line. Have our most loyal and affluent fans packed it in on this crew? Aren’t most of those seats season ticket holders?

yes and yes

Some would say that some of those empty lower bowl (100 and 200) are season ticket holder seats that the people are simply not attending but a good number of them are available for purchase. Season tickets have diminished with all the tickets.

It’s been a downhill curve since Hurley left.

Because we have absolutely sucked since then. I don't even want to go to games anymore because the product on the floor is horrible. I don't get amped about a game anymore. It's a miserable existence that I wish would end.

[ramster]

yes and yes

Some would say that some of those empty lower bowl (100 and 200) are season ticket holder seats that the people are simply not attending but a good number of them are available for purchase. Season tickets have diminished with all the tickets.

It’s been a downhill curve since Hurley left.

Because we have absolutely sucked since then. I don't even want to go to games anymore because the product on the floor is horrible. I don't get amped about a game anymore. It's a miserable existence that I wish would end.

Exactly right. Ever since Cox took over the recruiting talent decreased and the corresponding team performance decreased. 4 years of Cox dug a huge hole. Hurley left the program and Cox in great shape and on an upward climb and Cox (who Hurley developed and recommended, Thorr and Dooley squandered it.

The deterioration in the attendance gets somewhat masked by the reported numbers. The trend is not Rhody MBB’s friend.

[Rhodyram]

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4,252 for Richmond - now tied for 1st in A10

Student Section not too full

Attendance is much like the last 4 years in February

4,252 stated but realistically about 1000 less in actual bodies in seats

Student attendance was boosted last night with the honoring of athletes on the Dean's list- couple hundred that prob wouldn't have been there normally.

[Rhody22]

yes and yes

Some would say that some of those empty lower bowl (100 and 200) are season ticket holder seats that the people are simply not attending but a good number of them are available for purchase. Season tickets have diminished with all the tickets.

It’s been a downhill curve since Hurley left.

Because we have absolutely sucked since then. I don't even want to go to games anymore because the product on the floor is horrible. I don't get amped about a game anymore. It's a miserable existence that I wish would end.

I had 4 season tix in 110 back with Hurley. Cut down to 2 this year and might cut down to 1 or 0 soon. Product is too frustrating for me to waste 4.5 hours each time. It’s sad, but that’s how I feel about the program right now.

[reef]

Next year should be similar with an avg around 4 k I’m thinking