Week #2- Games of Interest

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 4 years ago

Says Richmond won 93-92.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 4 years ago

TruePoint wrote: ↑4 years ago Haha Richmond guy bricked a dunk (?) at the buzzer to win it for Richmond. Going to 2OT. That guy is going to be sick if they lose this game.

He was fouled on the dunk and hit a FT to win it.

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 4 years ago

Another solid W for the A10.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 4 years ago

Ha did they call a foul? I was watching on my phone with no volume. Didn’t look like a foul to me but either way still shouldn’t miss a dunk.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 4 years ago

TruePoint wrote: ↑4 years ago Ha did they call a foul? I was watching on my phone with no volume. Didn’t look like a foul to me but either way still shouldn’t miss a dunk.

You should buy a TV. Much easier to see the game. Just Kidding

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 4 years ago

Haha yeah my wife was watching something. I’m not going to use up any goodwill to watch 5 minutes of the Richmond game. I’ve learned to pick my battles.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 4 years ago

The best was the students dressing us as FBI agents at VCU

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 4 years ago

TruePoint wrote: ↑4 years ago
section(105) wrote: ↑4 years ago .......hhhhuuummm...are U Mass and Joe’s gonna be better than previously thought?
Maybe Joes. Their best players last night were all new - two transfers and a freshman, and as someone pointed out elsewhere in this thread, they’re playing an unorthodox style. So maybe their new guys will make them better than we expected, or maybe by the time we get to the league part of the schedule teams will have figured them out.

UMass I’m pretty sure is terrible. They’ve played pretty lousy teams so far but if they’re going to play a bad schedule at least they are winning which is good for the league. That roster is bad. Tre Mitchell is going to be a legit guy but not sure I see many other A10 players there right now.

Ryan Daly has been great for St Joseph’s in shooting and in rebounding. He transferred from Delaware after 2 years in CAA conference. Sat out last year. A bright spot for them. Projected #13 preseason - about right based on so far

For UMASS I wrote more in the UMASS thread in “other college sports”. We play UMASS and St Joseph’s twice this year so these are 4 important games to win this year for URI.
UMASS has exceeded expectations now (3-0) with road win at Fairfield and good win over Northeastern. NE had upset #44 ranked Harvard.

UMASS has upcoming games wit Virginia and from Arizona State/St Johns at Mohegan Sun. Home game with South Carolina. 7 of 13 OOC games with teams from Top 144 Madness rankings.

3 of UMASS freshmen are in A10 Top 16 in PPG
3 UMASS freshmen among top 5 in UMASS minutes played. A very young team that could improve fast.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 4 years ago

Two Friday night games in the A-10:

Besides our Rams entertaining Alabama, 7:30 PM. On NBCSN

Lipscomb at Duquesne, 7 PM. On ESPN+.

Two games involving URI OOC opponents.

West Virginia at Pitt, 7 PM. On ESPNU.

Western Kentucky at Eastern Kentucky. 7 PM. On ESPN+.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 4 years ago

Wrapping up Friday action:

Duquesne easily handled Lipscomb, last season's Atlantic Sun Champion, 58-35, for the Duke's third straight win. Duquesne has a favorable OOC schedule and other than several neutral site games, they do not see a true road game until they play at St. Joe's on January 8.

In games involving URI OOC opponents;

After a tight first half, West Virginia pulled away to grab a road win at Pitt, 68-53.

In a intra state battle, Western Kentucky beat Eastern Kentucky, 79-71.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 4 years ago

Lots of Saturday action in the A-10:

Morgan State at George Washington, 1 PM. On ESPN+.

Central Connecticut at UMass, 1 PM. On ESPN+.

Temple at La Salle, 2 PM. On ESPN+. Another Big Five tilt.

Saint Joseph's at Loyola Chicago, 2 PM. It's a battle between Jesuits.

UNC Wilmington at Davidson, 7 PM. On ESPN+. Finally Davidson holds its home opener.

Charleston Southern at Dayton, 7 PM. On ESPN+. This is a campus game in the Maui Invitational

Marist at Fordham, 8 PM. On ESPN+. The Marist Brothers battle the Jesuits.

James Madison at George Mason, 7 PM. On ESPN+. One of the framers of the Consitution faces off against a colonial that voted it down.

St. Bonaventure at Rutgers, 7:30 PM. On ESPN+. Given the rough start to season, the Bonnies deserve a break or two.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Oakland at Maryland, 12 Noon PM. On ESPN+

St. Peter's at PC, 2 PM. ON FS1. Another PC rout?

Nicholls at #23 LSU 4 PM. On SECN+. A campus game in the Jamaica Classic and two teams URI faces next week.

Another campus game in the Jamaica Classic is Eastern Michigan at North Texas, 4 PM.

Albany at Manhattan, 7 PM. On ESPN3.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 4 years ago

I love the comments following each announced game Obadiah.

Tjrams91 · Unread post by **Tjrams91** » 4 years ago

The line for LSU vs Nicholls is -21.0.

I’d take Nicholls in the upset.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 4 years ago

UMass hands Central Connecticut it fourth consecutive double digit loss, 89-43. 2873 hardy souls watched that one.

Morgan State even its record by pulling an upset on GW, 68-64.

Tjrams91 · Unread post by **Tjrams91** » 4 years ago

Obadiah wrote: ↑4 years ago UMass hands Central Connecticut it fourth consecutive double digit loss, 89-43. 2873 hardy souls watched that one.

Morgan State even its record by pulling an upset on GW, 68-64.

Upset?! GW stinks

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 4 years ago

Loyola Chicago rebounds in second half of game with Saint Joseph's to win going away, 85-68.

La Salle rally falls short as they lose their second Big Five game, this time to Temple, 70-65.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 4 years ago

I am able to watch Nicholls vs LSU on ESPN.com. It required me to identify my cable service and logon to my cable account.

Nicholls up 26-21

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 4 years ago

Rhody83 wrote: ↑4 years ago I am able to watch Nicholls vs LSU on ESPN.com. It required me to identify my cable service and logon to my cable account.

Nicholls up 26-21

We better not take Nicholls lightly. These guys can play.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 4 years ago

Nicholls up 39-37 at half. Nicholls is better than Alabama.
They won at Pitt by 5 and Pitt beat Florida State. Nichols lost at Illinois in OT.

Tjrams91 · Unread post by **Tjrams91** » 4 years ago

Rhody83 wrote: ↑4 years ago Nicholls up 39-37 at half. Nicholls is better than Alabama.
They won at Pitt by 5 and Pitt beat Florida State. Nichols lost at Illinois in OT.

I hope someone listened to me and went and put money on Nicholls or at least against that awful line...

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 4 years ago

LSU up 8 with 9 minutes left

LSU probably wins but Nichols gets the cover

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 4 years ago

Cox has the Pitt and LSU film on Nicholls to get the attention of the players. TJ has the Scout on Nicholls assuring they are rotating it.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 4 years ago

LSU takes over in second half to defeat Nicholls, 75-65.

In another game of interest, St. John's having opened its season with three straight wins lost on its homecourt to Vermont, 70-68.

RamStock · Unread post by **RamStock** » 4 years ago

Obadiah wrote: ↑4 years ago LSU takes over in second half to defeat Nicholls, 75-65.

In another game of interest, St. John's having opened its season with three straight wins lost on its homecourt to Vermont, 70-68.

Vermont is going to be Buffalo of last year. Maybe not quite as good, but can see them winning a game in the tourney

UCH21377 · Unread post by **UCH21377** » 4 years ago

Vermont is almost always a pretty good team. Not sure why we don't schedule them.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 4 years ago

Yeah, they better take Nicholls seriously. That team can ball. No time for let downs.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 4 years ago

Shorthanded Bonnies up on Rutgers by 12 in first half. Let’s Go A10.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 4 years ago

Need Bonnies and Davidson to get it together. Would be a good W for them.

I don’t think we will overlook Nichols, but I also think we are a lot better than Pittsburgh. I’d expect our game to go more or less like the LSU game. Get challenged on the way to a comfy win.

Tjrams91 · Unread post by **Tjrams91** » 4 years ago

TruePoint wrote: ↑4 years ago Need Bonnies and Davidson to get it together. Would be a good W for them.

I don’t think we will overlook Nichols, but I also think we are a lot better than Pittsburgh. I’d expect our game to go more or less like the LSU game. Get challenged on the way to a comfy win.

You mean like Bama?

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 4 years ago

Tjrams91 wrote: ↑4 years ago
TruePoint wrote: ↑4 years ago Need Bonnies and Davidson to get it together. Would be a good W for them.

I don’t think we will overlook Nichols, but I also think we are a lot better than Pittsburgh. I’d expect our game to go more or less like the LSU game. Get challenged on the way to a comfy win.
You mean like Bama?

Yeah, I would say like Bama. I think they need to play the same game or else they lose.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 4 years ago

I believe TP meant that he sees the Rhody vs Nicholls game going like the LSU vs Nicholls did. LSU pulled away in the second half and won comfortably. He sees URI pulling away and winning comfortably.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 4 years ago

Nice win for the Bonnies. I know Rutgers is the doormat of the BIG10 but it’s still an A10 win over a P5 school.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 4 years ago

Nice recognition for the A10.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 4 years ago

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 4 years ago

The afternoon A-10 crowd was 1-3, by but the evening gang swept the board 5-0 to give the conference a 6-3 record for the day!

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 4 years ago

Plagued by 19 TO's, North Texas lost on its home court to Eastern Michigan, 56-51. URI will play UNT next Friday under the palms in Montego Bay.

Also, Manhattan beat Albany, 57-51.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 4 years ago

Rhody83 wrote: ↑4 years ago I believe TP meant that he sees the Rhody vs Nicholls game going like the LSU vs Nicholls did. LSU pulled away in the second half and won comfortably. He sees URI pulling away and winning comfortably.

Correct.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 4 years ago

Nice dance by the GMU coach

Does Cox dance like that after a URI big win ???

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 4 years ago

Big game for A10 today - Seton Hall at SLU. SH is very good. Favored by 4.

DC_Rams · Unread post by **DC_Rams** » 4 years ago

Rhody83 wrote: ↑4 years ago Big game for A10 today - Seton Hall at SLU. SH is very good. Favored by 4.

Is Myles Powell back?

JimSidd · Unread post by **JimSidd** » 4 years ago

He played against Michigan State on Thursday and scored 37 points: played 33 minutes.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 4 years ago

Sorry for delay in posting I had sign-in problems which a klutz like me couldn't resolve quickly.

Sunday marks the final day of Week #2 of the College Basketball season and this is the action in the A-10:

Jacksonville State at VCU, 12 Noon. On ESPN+. This is a campus game in the Emerald Coast Classic. As stated earlier VCU won this one easily 93-65.

Seton Hall at Saint Louis, 4 PM. On ESPN. A good chance for the A-10 to shine.

CSU Northridge at Richmond, 4 PM. On ESPN+. A regional game in the Legends Classic

There are no involving URI OOC opponents.

Also noteworthy - #15 Florida visits UConn, 3 PM. On ESPN.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 4 years ago

UConn makes it thru the first TV timeout without scoring.
Florida not much better. 6-0

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 4 years ago

uconn fans stood for 6 minutes before the first basket

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 4 years ago

Florida is horrible. They can’t score. 18 missed FGs and 10 turnovers in the first half. 20 points. St Joes scored 96 points vs UConn.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 4 years ago

Florida is looking more overhyped than anyone in recent memory.

Switched over to SLU Seton Hall.

SLU is shooting 51 percent on free throws this year!!!

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 4 years ago

Syracuse comes to mind when over hyped is mentioned.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 4 years ago

UConn prevails over Florida, 62-59. Interesting to see how St Joseph's does against the Gators when they play next Thursday in Gainesville.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 4 years ago

Who other than Blackshear is suppose to be any good???

They looked real average.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 4 years ago

SLU has been getting pasted by Seton Hall from the start of game.