Games of Interest - 2023-2024 MBB

[RF1]

This pretty much sums up VCU's season woes

[bigappleram]

Dayton now at 24-6 and an NET around #21 is a guaranteed 100% lock for the NCAA. Could even lose their first A-10 Tournament game.

Interesting in Dayton's 91-86 OT victory they got zero points from their bench.
All their starters played over 40 minutes and scored in double-digits (14 pts or more).
PG Javon Bennett was out with a thumb injury, his status for the A10T is currently questionable.

Their win also knocked VCU out of the top 4.

And UMass now has the Double Bye 4-Seed locked up as they have played all 18 games

And that’s a helluva job by Martin.
Selective Retention + smart portaling to a system + couple FR recruits = the new winning formula.

[ramster]

Final stretch

[SGreenwell]

Interesting in Dayton's 91-86 OT victory they got zero points from their bench.
All their starters played over 40 minutes and scored in double-digits (14 pts or more).
PG Javon Bennett was out with a thumb injury, his status for the A10T is currently questionable.

Their win also knocked VCU out of the top 4.

And UMass now has the Double Bye 4-Seed locked up as they have played all 18 games

And that’s a helluva job by Martin.
Selective Retention + smart portaling to a system + couple FR recruits = the new winning formula.

He didn't give 500 minutes to his son this year, which was bizarre in 2022-23. He was one of the worst starters in the A-10 that year, and it was especially puzzling because they had decent options coming off the bench instead. That lineup shift alone - from Brandon Martin to Cohen - was probably worth a couple wins.

[reef]

Interesting in Dayton's 91-86 OT victory they got zero points from their bench.
All their starters played over 40 minutes and scored in double-digits (14 pts or more).
PG Javon Bennett was out with a thumb injury, his status for the A10T is currently questionable.

Their win also knocked VCU out of the top 4.

And UMass now has the Double Bye 4-Seed locked up as they have played all 18 games

And that’s a helluva job by Martin.
Selective Retention + smart portaling to a system + couple FR recruits = the new winning formula.

Yup and he can have fun coaching against Akron and Kent St now instead of Dayton and VcU

[reef]

Really good finish Creighton after leading by 24 beats Nova by 2 on Alexander hoop with 0.2 left

[reef]

Couple surprises
Richmond loses by 18 @ GMU and Bonnie’s lose @ home to St Louis

[Blue Man]

Utah State is relevant now, similar to what URI was nationall . There’s a lot of fan support, the infrastructure and investment, and Sprinkle was coaching the season before on an NCAA team, able to bring his guys.

Is Dan Hurley a bad coach because it took 5 years to get out of the first round at UConn?

Utah State more highlights how bad Dave Cox was than says anything about what Archie is doing.

Being out of coaching by a year puts a delay on things.

Yes Blue Man, Sprinkle's situation was much different than Archie's.

Nobody is bailing on our staff just yet; it is only year 2.

Not expecting us to contend next season but would like us to be much improved.
Doubtful we will see that big of a jump like in Hurley's year 3, because we can see he had some of those pieces already in place. Not sure we can say the same.

Why is it that some programs (that no one has ever even heard of) can turn it around in one year, but, it's "acceptable" to not make a big jump here even in year 3?

I mean most basketball fans had heard of Utah State and Ryan Odom. Probably the same as people on the west coast who heard about URI when we were tournament relevant.

Every situation is different. It's easy to take a program that has an excited fan base, has a "brand" in the sense that they're making the tournament, and has a coach coming in with recruits. It's why Dave Cox was a garbage coach and why he had to be fired as soon as possible(year 4), and not once we were truly at rock bottom. If you have a turn-key program, you can expect turn-key results.

Just like when some people tried to say that Dave Cox got a rebuild because Dan Hurley left. Not true. If you have a roster that had been to 2 NCAAs with 2 conference championships, an all-conference PG, SG and C, and a top 25 recruiting class...you should be dancing immediately.

Archie Miller came here as a coach with no recruits. Kenny Johnson came here as a coach with no recruits. We hired them for the long road, not for the first 2 years.

So if some of us are preaching patience, it's because we understand that this is a rebuild. That the last 6 years are not on Archie, and he is rebuilding from the previous guys mess. I don't think any of us expect another dumpster fire next year nor would a season like this be acceptable. We certainly expect more growth (because we did grow this year) and to build off of the long term guys Archie brought in.

Either way, the plan is always 4 years. You're not firing a guy like Archie Miller from a historically under-performing program when it's not a Jerry D level meltdown at all levels of the organization. Because then you won't be able to sell another highly-touted coach to agree to come here if you have ridiculously out of whack expectations.

If Dave Cox got 4 years to bring us down into the pit of despair, the proven coach with a successful track record gets 4 years too.

And again, I'm saying this on a board where a disturbingly large contingent of posters were calling for Dan Hurley to be fired in year 5, so I'm basically pissing into the wind with this take.

[ramster]

Couple surprises
Richmond loses by 18 @ GMU and Bonnie’s lose @ home to St Louis

How about Houston beating #14 Kansas 42-21 early in 2nd half

[reef]

Couple surprises
Richmond loses by 18 @ GMU and Bonnie’s lose @ home to St Louis

How about Houston beating #14 Kansas 42-21 early in 2nd half

Yeah Ramster 64-38 now Kansas is really bad on the road this year now 8 losses in conference when the last time that’s happened?

[PeterRamTime]

Yes Blue Man, Sprinkle's situation was much different than Archie's.

Nobody is bailing on our staff just yet; it is only year 2.

Not expecting us to contend next season but would like us to be much improved.
Doubtful we will see that big of a jump like in Hurley's year 3, because we can see he had some of those pieces already in place. Not sure we can say the same.

Why is it that some programs (that no one has ever even heard of) can turn it around in one year, but, it's "acceptable" to not make a big jump here even in year 3?

I mean most basketball fans had heard of Utah State and Ryan Odom. Probably the same as people on the west coast who heard about URI when we were tournament relevant.

Every situation is different. It's easy to take a program that has an excited fan base, has a "brand" in the sense that they're making the tournament, and has a coach coming in with recruits. It's why Dave Cox was a garbage coach and why he had to be fired as soon as possible(year 4), and not once we were truly at rock bottom. If you have a turn-key program, you can expect turn-key results.

Just like when some people tried to say that Dave Cox got a rebuild because Dan Hurley left. Not true. If you have a roster that had been to 2 NCAAs with 2 conference championships, an all-conference PG, SG and C, and a top 25 recruiting class...you should be dancing immediately.

Archie Miller came here as a coach with no recruits. Kenny Johnson came here as a coach with no recruits. We hired them for the long road, not for the first 2 years.

So if some of us are preaching patience, it's because we understand that this is a rebuild. That the last 6 years are not on Archie, and he is rebuilding from the previous guys mess. I don't think any of us expect another dumpster fire next year nor would a season like this be acceptable. We certainly expect more growth (because we did grow this year) and to build off of the long term guys Archie brought in.

Either way, the plan is always 4 years. You're not firing a guy like Archie Miller from a historically under-performing program when it's not a Jerry D level meltdown at all levels of the organization. Because then you won't be able to sell another highly-touted coach to agree to come here if you have ridiculously out of whack expectations.

If Dave Cox got 4 years to bring us down into the pit of despair, the proven coach with a successful track record gets 4 years too.

And again, I'm saying this on a board where a disturbingly large contingent of posters were calling for Dan Hurley to be fired in year 5, so I'm basically pissing into the wind with this take.

Yes and Sprinkle bringing two of his top 3 players from Montana State is still way more than what Arch brought back this year. Utah State has been to the tournament a bunch of times the last couple decades. 14 NCAA appearances, 6 NIT's 22 twenty win seasons, two 30 win seasons...all since 94-95. LOL @ "They came out of nowhere"

I'll also point out Utah State has had ONE player miss ONE game all season long. But oh yeah, having half the roster injured and guys not able to play makes absolutely no difference and ya know our rosters overall availability issues has been super normal

Still stands that there is not a single team that has brought back as little as we have, had the roster availability issues we have had and not sucked total ass. (Does not excuse players blatantly not caring)

[PeterRamTime]

Couple surprises
Richmond loses by 18 @ GMU and Bonnie’s lose @ home to St Louis

How about Houston beating #14 Kansas 42-21 early in 2nd half

Yeah Ramster 64-38 now Kansas is really bad on the road this year now 8 losses in conference when the last time that’s happened?

Kansas needs to get their ass beat for once.

Looked it up the other day that they have EIGHTY

EIGHTY conference championships in their history lolol

64 regular season titles, 16 conference tournament championships.

Glad they are experiencing failure today lol

[reef]

How about Houston beating #14 Kansas 42-21 early in 2nd half

Yeah Ramster 64-38 now Kansas is really bad on the road this year now 8 losses in conference when the last time that’s happened?

Kansas needs to get their ass beat for once.

Looked it up the other day that they have EIGHTY

EIGHTY conference championships in their history lolol

64 regular season titles, 16 conference tournament championships.

Glad they are experiencing failure today lol

Wow PRT what a rich history lol

Dalton Knecht of the Vols has 40 in a loss

[Rhody15]

Probably wouldn’t have gotten in if they lost in the A10 finals anyways, but Richmond now with zero shot at an at large with their loss @ GM.

[PeterRamTime]

Yeah Ramster 64-38 now Kansas is really bad on the road this year now 8 losses in conference when the last time that’s happened?

Kansas needs to get their ass beat for once.

Looked it up the other day that they have EIGHTY

EIGHTY conference championships in their history lolol

64 regular season titles, 16 conference tournament championships.

Glad they are experiencing failure today lol

Wow PRT what a rich history lol

Dalton Knecht of the Vols has 40 in a loss

Go Vols! Kentucky has nailed 500 off balance 3's today...it's been their day.

Dalton Knecht should be player of the year.

[reef]

Kansas needs to get their ass beat for once.

Looked it up the other day that they have EIGHTY

EIGHTY conference championships in their history lolol

64 regular season titles, 16 conference tournament championships.

Glad they are experiencing failure today lol

Wow PRT what a rich history lol

Dalton Knecht of the Vols has 40 in a loss

Go Vols! Kentucky has nailed 500 off balance 3's today...it's been their day.

Dalton Knecht should be player of the year.

Vols down 11 with 56 secs left had a chance to tie it on a 3 lose by 4

[PeterRamTime]

Wow PRT what a rich history lol

Dalton Knecht of the Vols has 40 in a loss

Go Vols! Kentucky has nailed 500 off balance 3's today...it's been their day.

Dalton Knecht should be player of the year.

Vols down 11 with 56 secs left had a chance to tie it on a 3 lose by 4

DK fell down and Josiah Jordan James forces the three instead

Kentucky was 15-29 from 3...ya tend to win when that's the case.

[RI_Bred]

Let's go Huskies, crush PC's hopes of an at-large tonight!

[NYGFan_Section208]

Let's go Huskies, crush PC's hopes of an at-large tonight!

Big Game Gus on the call, woohoo! Love that guy. Makes every game seem like it's the end of the world. Nice!

[theblueram]

Hurley got a tech 3 minutes into the game . LOL.

[PeterRamTime]

Yeah Ramster 64-38 now Kansas is really bad on the road this year now 8 losses in conference when the last time that’s happened?

Kansas needs to get their ass beat for once.

Looked it up the other day that they have EIGHTY

EIGHTY conference championships in their history lolol

64 regular season titles, 16 conference tournament championships.

Glad they are experiencing failure today lol

Wow PRT what a rich history lol

Dalton Knecht of the Vols has 40 in a loss

Here's another crazy stat I saw this week

Maine hasn't won a conference tournament game since 2005

Next closest is a bunch of teams that haven't won a conference tourney game since 2018

[theblueram]

Uconn was down 15-2 early against pc. They have gone on a 30-9 run since.

[theblueram]

Hurley is a wizard. Uconn down 15-2 early. He goes apeshit and gets a technical. Uconn goes on a 40-9 run and leads by 18 at the half.

[rjv]

PC only scored 3 point since the 8:51 to halftime...WOW

[reef]

Kansas needs to get their ass beat for once.

Looked it up the other day that they have EIGHTY

EIGHTY conference championships in their history lolol

64 regular season titles, 16 conference tournament championships.

Glad they are experiencing failure today lol

Wow PRT what a rich history lol

Dalton Knecht of the Vols has 40 in a loss

Here's another crazy stat I saw this week

Maine hasn't won a conference tournament game since 2005

Next closest is a bunch of teams that haven't won a conference tourney game since 2018

Great find PRT , how can you not win a conf tournament game since 2005 !

[Rhodymob05]

PC got smoked. UCONN is a machine.

[ElmCityRhody]

PC only scored 3 point since the 8:51 to halftime...WOW

Bye

[rhodysurf]

2 uri wins and a pc home loss to Hurley is a good uri Saturday lol

[Rhody15]

He is the absolute man.

[reef]

Good night Providence College !

[reef]

Kansas needs to get their ass beat for once.

Looked it up the other day that they have EIGHTY

EIGHTY conference championships in their history lolol

64 regular season titles, 16 conference tournament championships.

Glad they are experiencing failure today lol

Wow PRT what a rich history lol

Dalton Knecht of the Vols has 40 in a loss

Here's another crazy stat I saw this week

Maine hasn't won a conference tournament game since 2005

Next closest is a bunch of teams that haven't won a conference tourney game since 2018

Couple other crazy stats

Georgetown is 4-55 Big East record last 3 years

DePaul is 3-37 conf record last 2 years

Utter futility!

[PeterRamTime]

Wow PRT what a rich history lol

Dalton Knecht of the Vols has 40 in a loss

Here's another crazy stat I saw this week

Maine hasn't won a conference tournament game since 2005

Next closest is a bunch of teams that haven't won a conference tourney game since 2018

Couple other crazy stats

Georgetown is 4-55 Big East record last 3 years

DePaul is 3-37 conf record last 2 years

Utter futility!

We know G-Town will turn around eventually

But wtf is DePaul even doing? In 17 seasons they've had one winning season....went 19-17 back in the 18-19 season.

NIT in 06-07 and it was the last time they had a winning record in conference. 66-274 all time in the Big East...not sure any other team has a worse winning percentage in any conference all time.

[ace]

[reef]

Here's another crazy stat I saw this week

Maine hasn't won a conference tournament game since 2005

Next closest is a bunch of teams that haven't won a conference tourney game since 2018

Couple other crazy stats

Georgetown is 4-55 Big East record last 3 years

DePaul is 3-37 conf record last 2 years

Utter futility!

We know G-Town will turn around eventually

But wtf is DePaul even doing? In 17 seasons they've had one winning season....went 19-17 back in the 18-19 season.

NIT in 06-07 and it was the last time they had a winning record in conference. 66-274 all time in the Big East...not sure any other team has a worse winning percentage in any conference all time.

Yeah I wonder if any talk of them getting rid of DePaul for the Big East ?

[NYGFan_Section208]

It is pretty cool that Hurls refers to RI as 'home'

[LoveThoseRams]

It is pretty cool that Hurls refers to RI as 'home'

Yes, and how he says go RHODY at the end of his press conferences!

[ramster]

Here's another crazy stat I saw this week

Maine hasn't won a conference tournament game since 2005

Next closest is a bunch of teams that haven't won a conference tourney game since 2018

Couple other crazy stats

Georgetown is 4-55 Big East record last 3 years

DePaul is 3-37 conf record last 2 years

Utter futility!

We know G-Town will turn around eventually

But wtf is DePaul even doing? In 17 seasons they've had one winning season....went 19-17 back in the 18-19 season.

NIT in 06-07 and it was the last time they had a winning record in conference. 66-274 all time in the Big East...not sure any other team has a worse winning percentage in any conference all time.

10-seed Georgetown plays 7-Seed PC Wednesday in BE Tournament 6:30pm Wednesday
Georgetown lost at PC Jan 27 by 8 points then lost at home by 13 points on March 5 - not bad considering the rebuilding Colley has to handle

Consider Cooley just lost to Pitino by 0nly 8 at Madison Square Garden with 16,000 attendance. Jayden Epps was off 9-23 FG, 1-7 3P for 23P but when he is on he is capable of big scoring games.

Can you imagine how badly Cooley wants this win? Winner plays 2-seed Creighton Thursday 7pm

[ramster]

1-seed Vermont was a 16.5 point favorite over 8-seed Albany playing at home Burlington VT in opening round of the 8 team A-East Tourney
Albany barely made the 8 team playoff as the 9th team gets left out (NJIT)

Albany almost pulled off the upset losing 75-72. Albany led 37-31 at the half

Former RAM Ileri Ayo-Faleye 9P 7R 2 Blocks in 31 minutes for the Catamounts

Sebastian Thomas 32 minutes
11-16 FG, 4-6 3P, 5-5 FT for a game high 31 points
2 Reb
2 Assists
2 TO
1 Steal

[Rhody15]

[section(105)]

That made my day!,

[BobfromMatunuck]

4:30PM in Brooklyn on Tuesday. Trust

[LoveThoseRams]

4:30PM in Brooklyn on Tuesday. Trust

We will be there cheering on our Rams....TRUST THE PROCESS.

[Blue Man]

Probably wouldn’t have gotten in if they lost in the A10 finals anyways, but Richmond now with zero shot at an at large with their loss @ GM.

It’s a conspiracy. They should be allowed to lose to shitty teams and make the tournament. They should just be let in because the “cartel” is evil.

[woodennickel1]

Probably wouldn’t have gotten in if they lost in the A10 finals anyways, but Richmond now with zero shot at an at large with their loss @ GM.

It’s a conspiracy. They should be allowed to lose to shitty teams and make the tournament. They should just be let in because the “cartel” is evil.

Lost games to BC, Wichita state and Northern Iowa win even 2 out of those 3 and they would have been in very good shape even going into A10. Just can't lose that many of those type games if you want an a t large.

[reef]

It is pretty cool that Hurls refers to RI as 'home'

DH back to coach Rhody in 2040 to finish his hall of fame career

[RhodyKyle]

Probably wouldn’t have gotten in if they lost in the A10 finals anyways, but Richmond now with zero shot at an at large with their loss @ GM.

It’s a conspiracy. They should be allowed to lose to shitty teams and make the tournament. They should just be let in because the “cartel” is evil.

Lost games to BC, Wichita state and Northern Iowa win even 2 out of those 3 and they would have been in very good shape even going into A10. Just can't lose that many of those type games if you want an a t large.

Not sure if your response is also leaning into it, but BM isn't being serious with his post there.

[reef]

Is Indiana St in or out with a loss to Drake here ??

[SGreenwell]

Indiana State making a hell of a run - 14-1 to get within three of Drake with 5:20 left, 70-67. It's on CBS, if anyone is looking to toggle between it and the women's game.

ETA: Holy hell, Indiana State knots it with 4:08 left, 72-72, on a 3-point shot - and a foul. They'll have a chance to take the lead out of the media timeout after erasing an 18-point deficit.

[Jersey77]

Indiana State making a hell of a run - 14-1 to get within three of Drake with 5:20 left, 70-67. It's on CBS, if anyone is looking to toggle between it and the women's game.

Two good head coaches that will probably get the opportunity at some point to trade-up.

[reef]

Great game ! Give the Sycamores a bid they have a Top 30 NET !