A10 Outlook for 21-22

[Jersey77]

Could have major impact on VCU this season.



https://vcuathletics.com/news/2021/6/3/ ... njury.aspx

[ramster]

[ramster]

[ramster]

In the latest NBADraft.net Bones Hyland is 3rd player in the 2nd round.

yes, I see Hyland as an NBA Player.

His Freshman Year he was 43% 3FG, 67% FT
Sophomore year he was 37% 3FG and a much improved 86% FT plus a solid 4.7 rebounds per game

3 Point Shooting accuracy is a big desirable in the NBA - Hyland has shown a good 3FG accuracy and the potential to improve

• Hyland is the only A10 Player among the 60 players in the 2021 NBADraft.net Draft of 2 rounds

• 4 of the 60 players are from the G-League

• 9 of the 60 players are from Foreign Countries

https://www.nbadraft.net/nba-mock-drafts/

So NBA draft net has him as the 3rd pick in the Second round. I personally think that is high, I can see mid to late Second but I am no expert for sure.

But many second round picks end up not playing in the NBA, and most college players are not leaving early to be a second round pick. Maybe he goes overseas and plays.

I wish the guy luck and maybe he does sneak into the first round but I do not see it. They value 3 and D guys, that is not Bones game. He is not a spot up shooter, he has the ball in his hands and creates his 3's, and his lack of physical strength will prevent him from being a good defensive player.

In the latest NBADRAFT.net Hyland is now #22 in the 1st round.

https://www.nbadraft.net/nba-mock-draft ... -mock=2021

Latest nbadraft.net has Hyland going 19th in 1st round to my knicks

https://www.nbadraft.net/nba-mock-drafts/

[Jersey77]

It will take some great coaching for them to finish in the upper half of the A10.
Lot of unknowns with all the transfers and youth, and losing their top 6 scorers from last season.

[ramster]

It will take some great coaching for them to finish in the upper half of the A10.
Lot of unknowns with all the transfers and youth, and losing their top 6 scorers from last season.

77,
Dambrot says it’s the best team he has had at Duquesne. He purposely revamped the roster. Interesting article.

Some excerpts....

“I decided we needed to reboot, reorganize, regroup,” he said. “I have a saying: ‘You can’t lower your standards. You have to raise your standards.’ We decided to raise our standards, and because of that, some people decided to leave.”

The result is an almost complete makeover of the Duquesne team that started the 2020-2021 season. Only six players remain, and seven of the top eight scorers are gone.

Some he was not shy about showing the door to the NCAA transfer portal.

“They didn’t want to do the things that we asked, or we didn’t think they could do the things we asked,” he said.

[Jersey77]

It will take some great coaching for them to finish in the upper half of the A10.
Lot of unknowns with all the transfers and youth, and losing their top 6 scorers from last season.

77,
Dambrot says it’s the best team he has had at Duquesne. He purposely revamped the roster. Interesting article.

Some excerpts....

“I decided we needed to reboot, reorganize, regroup,” he said. “I have a saying: ‘You can’t lower your standards. You have to raise your standards.’ We decided to raise our standards, and because of that, some people decided to leave.”

The result is an almost complete makeover of the Duquesne team that started the 2020-2021 season. Only six players remain, and seven of the top eight scorers are gone.

Some he was not shy about showing the door to the NCAA transfer portal.

“They didn’t want to do the things that we asked, or we didn’t think they could do the things we asked,” he said.

Yeah, I did read (it was interesting), "sounds like coach's talk".
He is optimistic, but with their roster makeover and the strength of the A10 this year, it could be a tough uphill battle for them.
They do manage to give us problems though.

[Rhode_Island_Red]

“I decided we needed to reboot, reorganize, regroup,” he said. “I have a saying: ‘You can’t lower your standards. You have to raise your standards.’ We decided to raise our standards, and because of that, some people decided to leave.”

“I’m upping my standards, so up yours.” — Pat Paulsen

[SGreenwell]

Duquesne's top three players in minutes and scoring from 2021-22 graduated and either transferred or pursued pro ball, and they finished .500 last year. That's quite a bit of production to replace at once. The incoming transfers might be highly required, but if only there was some example of an Atlantic 10 team that had a bunch of highly rated transfers coming in, only to have some of them work out, some of them disappoint, and some of them be perfectly average...

[ramster]

It will take some great coaching for them to finish in the upper half of the A10.
Lot of unknowns with all the transfers and youth, and losing their top 6 scorers from last season.

77,
Dambrot says it’s the best team he has had at Duquesne. He purposely revamped the roster. Interesting article.

Some excerpts....

“I decided we needed to reboot, reorganize, regroup,” he said. “I have a saying: ‘You can’t lower your standards. You have to raise your standards.’ We decided to raise our standards, and because of that, some people decided to leave.”

The result is an almost complete makeover of the Duquesne team that started the 2020-2021 season. Only six players remain, and seven of the top eight scorers are gone.

Some he was not shy about showing the door to the NCAA transfer portal.

“They didn’t want to do the things that we asked, or we didn’t think they could do the things we asked,” he said.

Yeah, I did read (it was interesting), "sounds like coach's talk".
He is optimistic, but with their roster makeover and the strength of the A10 this year, it could be a tough uphill battle for them.
They do manage to give us problems though.

imho Keith Dambrot is a heck of a coach. While he has improved his team at Duquesne, he was not satisfied after last year and he had discussions with his players on an individual basis, just as most HC's do and for sure Dan Hurley had them at the end of every season. Dambrot was upfront and honest with them. A number of players left Duquesne and Dambrot has brought in a number of new transfers. I would not bet against Keith Dambrot - if anyone can turn Duquesne around it is Dambrot. Maybe he doesn't but this year should be interesting.

[Jersey77]

77,
Dambrot says it’s the best team he has had at Duquesne. He purposely revamped the roster. Interesting article.

Some excerpts....

“I decided we needed to reboot, reorganize, regroup,” he said. “I have a saying: ‘You can’t lower your standards. You have to raise your standards.’ We decided to raise our standards, and because of that, some people decided to leave.”

The result is an almost complete makeover of the Duquesne team that started the 2020-2021 season. Only six players remain, and seven of the top eight scorers are gone.

Some he was not shy about showing the door to the NCAA transfer portal.

“They didn’t want to do the things that we asked, or we didn’t think they could do the things we asked,” he said.

Yeah, I did read (it was interesting), "sounds like coach's talk".
He is optimistic, but with their roster makeover and the strength of the A10 this year, it could be a tough uphill battle for them.
They do manage to give us problems though.

imho Keith Dambrot is a heck of a coach. While he has improved his team at Duquesne, he was not satisfied after last year and he had discussions with his players on an individual basis, just as most HC's do and for sure Dan Hurley had them at the end of every season. Dambrot was upfront and honest with them. A number of players left Duquesne and Dambrot has brought in a number of new transfers. I would not bet against Keith Dambrot - if anyone can turn Duquesne around it is Dambrot. Maybe he doesn't but this year should be interesting.

Agreed, Dambrot is a good coach and was previously successful in the MAC.
His first 3 years with Duquesne, they improved every year. Last season was shortened with the pandemic.
Will be interesting to see how this team performs with a new roster.

[ramster]

[Jersey77]

Yeah saw that, would of been nice for GW if he returned for the additional year.
Was a 10 pt/10 reb player last season, will probably end up overseas or in the G league.

[4Diffs]

It will take some great coaching for them to finish in the upper half of the A10.
Lot of unknowns with all the transfers and youth, and losing their top 6 scorers from last season.

77,
Dambrot says it’s the best team he has had at Duquesne. He purposely revamped the roster. Interesting article.

Some excerpts....

“I decided we needed to reboot, reorganize, regroup,” he said. “I have a saying: ‘You can’t lower your standards. You have to raise your standards.’ We decided to raise our standards, and because of that, some people decided to leave.”

The result is an almost complete makeover of the Duquesne team that started the 2020-2021 season. Only six players remain, and seven of the top eight scorers are gone.

Some he was not shy about showing the door to the NCAA transfer portal.

“They didn’t want to do the things that we asked, or we didn’t think they could do the things we asked,” he said.

Yeah, I did read (it was interesting), "sounds like coach's talk".
He is optimistic, but with their roster makeover and the strength of the A10 this year, it could be a tough uphill battle for them.
They do manage to give us problems though.

Sorry, I think this is nothing more than political spin going on here. I thought Chad Baker was a big loss for them, he showed a lot of promise and transferred to San Diego State. He sounds a little spiteful about Dunn-Martin bailing on him as well. I don't know coach, you ran off ten of his teammates, maybe that is the reason he left. I know if 10 colleagues of mine were let go, it would impact my decision if I wanted to stay with that Company or not.

He is a good coach, but I see them in the same spot as last year. And I think he is just putting a positive spin on massive roster turnover over the last two or three years. We shall see how it plays out, but very unlikely they are better than last year.

[4Diffs]

So NBA draft net has him as the 3rd pick in the Second round. I personally think that is high, I can see mid to late Second but I am no expert for sure.

But many second round picks end up not playing in the NBA, and most college players are not leaving early to be a second round pick. Maybe he goes overseas and plays.

I wish the guy luck and maybe he does sneak into the first round but I do not see it. They value 3 and D guys, that is not Bones game. He is not a spot up shooter, he has the ball in his hands and creates his 3's, and his lack of physical strength will prevent him from being a good defensive player.

In the latest NBADRAFT.net Hyland is now #22 in the 1st round.

https://www.nbadraft.net/nba-mock-draft ... -mock=2021

Latest nbadraft.net has Hyland going 19th in 1st round to my knicks

https://www.nbadraft.net/nba-mock-drafts/

Wow that is a nice rise up draft boards. Good for him if that is the case. But if he goes to the Knicks, he will be tough to root for. But it would be nice for the A10 to have a pro. It has been a while.

[bigappleram]

Not for nothing but it's been a year since an A10 player was picked in the lottery. Not sure if you forgot about that Obi character.

[Rhody15]

In the latest NBADRAFT.net Hyland is now #22 in the 1st round.

https://www.nbadraft.net/nba-mock-draft ... -mock=2021

Latest nbadraft.net has Hyland going 19th in 1st round to my knicks

https://www.nbadraft.net/nba-mock-drafts/

Wow that is a nice rise up draft boards. Good for him if that is the case. But if he goes to the Knicks, he will be tough to root for. But it would be nice for the A10 to have a pro. It has been a while.

Obi Toppin was drafted in November.

Eric Paschall was drafted the year before.

[4Diffs]

Latest nbadraft.net has Hyland going 19th in 1st round to my knicks

https://www.nbadraft.net/nba-mock-drafts/

Wow that is a nice rise up draft boards. Good for him if that is the case. But if he goes to the Knicks, he will be tough to root for. But it would be nice for the A10 to have a pro. It has been a while.

Obi Toppin was drafted in November.

Eric Paschall was drafted the year before.

Dang how did I forget about Toppin, oh yeah I know he never played and he played in New York. Kidding you are correct, I missed that one.

And Paschall I don't know, I consider him a Big East guy since he only played one year at Fordham and I think 3 at Villanova. But yes I guess we can say that as well.

[Jersey77]

"Bonnies Continue To Add To Outstanding Recruiting Class With Signing of Anouar Mellouk"

http://redirect.viglink.com/?key=71fe21 ... 0617hfnc3a

[Jersey77]

[luke]

Maybe St. Joes should look to build an actual honest to goodness arena to like actually play their real games on first.

[ramster]

[ramster]

Best coaching jobs, facilities and programs in A10 MBB

[Blue Man]

Nice to be an also-ran in these articles again.

[RF1]

Maybe St. Joes should look to build an actual honest to goodness arena to like actually play their real games on first.

Rhody may have a better arena for games but St Joe's will blow URI away when it comes to proposed basketball practice facilities. They are building an entirely new 27,000 sf structure and already have a single $20M gift committed to an overall project that will be in the $55M range. URI is still, several years in, trying to put together commitments for an $8M carve out of existing space. Per announcements three major gifts have contributed $5M leaving the entire project cost not yet fully committed.

$20M Lead Gift Launches Campaign For Reimagined SJU Athletics Complex
https://atlantic10.com/news/2021/6/29/a ... mplex.aspx

[ramster]

Maybe St. Joes should look to build an actual honest to goodness arena to like actually play their real games on first.

Rhody may have a better arena for games but St Joe's will blow URI away when it comes to proposed basketball practice facilities. They are building an entirely new 27,000 sf structure and already have a single $20M gift committed to an overall project that will be in the $55M range. URI is still, several years in, trying to put together commitments for an $8M carve out of existing space. Per announcements three major gifts have contributed $5M leaving the entire project cost not yet fully committed.

$20M Lead Gift Launches Campaign For Reimagined SJU Athletics Complex
https://atlantic10.com/news/2021/6/29/a ... mplex.aspx

3 months ago URI had $7.2 million committed to the Practice Facility, only short $700,000.

[theblueram]

Maybe St. Joes should look to build an actual honest to goodness arena to like actually play their real games on first.

Rhody may have a better arena for games but St Joe's will blow URI away when it comes to proposed basketball practice facilities. They are building an entirely new 27,000 sf structure and already have a single $20M gift committed to an overall project that will be in the $55M range. URI is still, several years in, trying to put together commitments for an $8M carve out of existing space. Per announcements three major gifts have contributed $5M leaving the entire project cost not yet fully committed.

$20M Lead Gift Launches Campaign For Reimagined SJU Athletics Complex
https://atlantic10.com/news/2021/6/29/a ... mplex.aspx

3 months ago URI had $7.2 million committed to the Practice Facility, only short $700,000.

3 years ago we were in the NCAAT and took Tres Young down.

[ramster]

Rhody may have a better arena for games but St Joe's will blow URI away when it comes to proposed basketball practice facilities. They are building an entirely new 27,000 sf structure and already have a single $20M gift committed to an overall project that will be in the $55M range. URI is still, several years in, trying to put together commitments for an $8M carve out of existing space. Per announcements three major gifts have contributed $5M leaving the entire project cost not yet fully committed.

$20M Lead Gift Launches Campaign For Reimagined SJU Athletics Complex
https://atlantic10.com/news/2021/6/29/a ... mplex.aspx

3 months ago URI had $7.2 million committed to the Practice Facility, only short $700,000.

3 years ago we were in the NCAAT and took Tres Young down.

What’s that got to do with the practice facility? My point is that $7.2 million has been raised as of 3 months ago - not $5.0 million as was stated.
The practice facility is going to be built.

[luke]

So where is ST. Joes going to build this fabulous practice facility . They could not find suitable land too build a new arena , so they refurbished their
old fieldhouse . Where is the practice facility going to be ?

[Jersey77]

Way To Early Top 25 Rankings for Mid-Majors 21-22

https://bustingbrackets.com/2021/06/29/ ... 22-season/

2. Bonnies
7. Richmond
11. SLU

[RF1]

So where is ST. Joes going to build this fabulous practice facility . They could not find suitable land too build a new arena , so they refurbished their
old fieldhouse . Where is the practice facility going to be ?

They purchased the old Episcopal Academy prep school literally across the street several years ago giving them quite a bit more land. URI alumnus Terrence Mack had went there.

[reef]

Way To Early Top 25 Rankings for Mid-Majors 21-22

https://bustingbrackets.com/2021/06/29/ ... 22-season/

2. Bonnies
7. Richmond
11. SLU

Zags are # 1 does that mean they are officially a mid major ??

[Jersey77]

Way To Early Top 25 Rankings for Mid-Majors 21-22

https://bustingbrackets.com/2021/06/29/ ... 22-season/

2. Bonnies
7. Richmond
11. SLU

Zags are # 1 does that mean they are officially a mid major ??

Reef, you are stirring the pot on that one.

[RF1]

nm

[Jersey77]

Good news for St. Joe's

[ramster]

[Jersey77]

Disappointing projection for us in the A10 21-22, but not totally unrealistic based upon last season's finish.
I tend to be a little more optimistic and feel we will be more competitive that most think.

https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go ... preview%2F

[rambone 78]

The so called experts see the same things we do, 77.

[Billyboy78]

Disappointing projection for us in the A10 21-22, but not totally unrealistic based upon last season's finish.
I tend to be a little more optimistic and feel we will be more competitive that most think.

https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go ... preview%2F

Spot on with the weaknesses. It's not only Rhody fans who notice.

[Jersey77]

Disappointing projection for us in the A10 21-22, but not totally unrealistic based upon last season's finish.
I tend to be a little more optimistic and feel we will be more competitive that most think.

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Spot on with the weaknesses. It's not only Rhody fans who notice.

I do think the assessment on us was fair, but I hope we finish higher than 8.

I can understand the Bonnies, Richmond, Dayton, SLU, and VCU in the top 5.

But not sure about George Mason ranked ahead of us. They lost 7 transfers and their top 3 scorers including the Freshman A10 POY.
They did add some nice players in the portal plus 4 freshman.

Although Davidson has a very solid frontcourt, they have question marks at guard and I feel we have overall more balance and talent.
They always seem to give us problems though.

Our biggest question mark is coaching, which they alluded to, and we are all aware of. I hope they will step up their game and the addition of Bozeman should be a boost.

[reef]

I can see anywhere from 4-8 if we do worse than that changes need to be made

[KingstonLane]

Disappointing projection for us in the A10 21-22, but not totally unrealistic based upon last season's finish.
I tend to be a little more optimistic and feel we will be more competitive that most think.

https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go ... preview%2F

This article really glosses over the fact that we have the best front court in the A10. I think 3-6 is a realistic range for us to finish, but that being said who in this league stops walker, Mitchell and Mitchell?

URI will go as far as their guards can take them

[Jersey77]

Disappointing projection for us in the A10 21-22, but not totally unrealistic based upon last season's finish.
I tend to be a little more optimistic and feel we will be more competitive that most think.

https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go ... preview%2F

This article really glosses over the fact that we have the best front court in the A10. I think 3-6 is a realistic range for us to finish, but that being said who in this league stops walker, Mitchell and Mitchell?

URI will go as far as their guards can take them

KL, I like our roster including the potential of our bigs, but to say we have the best front court in the league and nobody in the A10 can stop them is a huge reach. You can't dismiss the rest of the A10.

Richmond - Cayo, Burton, and Golden all averaged over 12 pts/game

VCU- Watkins, Williams, Ward, Levi, and PC transfer Nichols, lots of returning depth and talent.

Dayton - Camara (maybe the biggest impact transfer in the A10), Nwokeji, Amzil, Holmes, combination of youth, talent , and size.

Bonnies - Osun is the most dominating post presence in the conference, plus they added talented Pitt transfer Coulibaly, and several others.

This doesn't even include SLU with Oregon transfer Okoro, plus Bell and Linssen.

[ramster]

Disappointing projection for us in the A10 21-22, but not totally unrealistic based upon last season's finish.
I tend to be a little more optimistic and feel we will be more competitive that most think.

https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go ... preview%2F

This article really glosses over the fact that we have the best front court in the A10. I think 3-6 is a realistic range for us to finish, but that being said who in this league stops walker, Mitchell and Mitchell?

URI will go as far as their guards can take them

Love the optimism.
What did you predict last seasons team to finish?
Do you think last season 10th place finish was unique?
Same starting line up returns with the exception of Fatts. TBD who takes the 5th spot - El-Amin? Martin? Betrand? Carey? Who do you think starts in your 3rd to 6th prediction?

[KingstonLane]

Disappointing projection for us in the A10 21-22, but not totally unrealistic based upon last season's finish.
I tend to be a little more optimistic and feel we will be more competitive that most think.

https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go ... preview%2F

This article really glosses over the fact that we have the best front court in the A10. I think 3-6 is a realistic range for us to finish, but that being said who in this league stops walker, Mitchell and Mitchell?

URI will go as far as their guards can take them

Love the optimism.
What did you predict last seasons team to finish?
Do you think last season 10th place finish was unique?
Same starting line up returns with the exception of Fatts. TBD who takes the 5th spot - El-Amin? Martin? Betrand? Carey? Who do you think starts in your 3rd to 6th prediction?

Can’t recall on my prediction for last season, I actually think it was probably the same range, 3rd-6th.

I’d imagine it’s Leggett-Shep-Martin—Walker-Mitchell to start. We’ll see how long that lasts. El-Amin will have to shoot his way into the lineup, which is very possible. I think Martin is a good player to have on your team but doesn’t bring anything to that lineup, no spacing.

Hopefully we run a more condensed rotation this year. You start those 5 and have El Amin, Carey/Berry, and Mitchell x2 off the bench. My assumption is Betrand won’t be healthy until January at best

[KingstonLane]

Disappointing projection for us in the A10 21-22, but not totally unrealistic based upon last season's finish.
I tend to be a little more optimistic and feel we will be more competitive that most think.

https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go ... preview%2F

This article really glosses over the fact that we have the best front court in the A10. I think 3-6 is a realistic range for us to finish, but that being said who in this league stops walker, Mitchell and Mitchell?

URI will go as far as their guards can take them

KL, I like our roster including the potential of our bigs, but to say we have the best front court in the league and nobody in the A10 can stop them is a huge reach. You can't dismiss the rest of the A10.

Richmond - Cayo, Burton, and Golden all averaged over 12 pts/game

VCU- Watkins, Williams, Ward, Levi, and PC transfer Nichols, lots of returning depth and talent.

Dayton - Camara (maybe the biggest impact transfer in the A10), Nwokeji, Amzil, Holmes, combination of youth, talent , and size.

Bonnies - Osun is the most dominating post presence in the conference, plus they added talented Pitt transfer Coulibaly, and several others.

This doesn't even include SLU with Oregon transfer Okoro, plus Bell and Linssen.

Yes my post was a bit optimistic, that being said I truly believe we have a worthy pitch of the best front court in the A10, regardless of all the names mentioned

1) are we so quick to forget who lead the A10 in FG%? Some guy named Antwan Walker I heard, not too shabby. To take that one step further, Makhel checked in at #8 on that same list. Who finished #9? Tre Mitchell

2) oh and while we’re at looking at some stats, that guy Makhel Mitchell manage to finish 4th in blocks in the conference too

3) really the biggest differentiator for me here is depth. I’m not going to sit here and try to argue any of these guys are better than Osun. But we have 3 legit bigs that would start on any team in this conference. And one of them we were robbed of seeing their impact last year - debatably the better of the brothers too

[steveystuds06]

Disappointing projection for us in the A10 21-22, but not totally unrealistic based upon last season's finish.
I tend to be a little more optimistic and feel we will be more competitive that most think.

https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go ... preview%2F

"Cox often looked overmatched on the sidelines, and his OOB and ATO numbers per Synergy back up that eye test assessment."

DC I'm assuming you're going to call out this writer for saying one of our biggest weaknesses as a team is our coaching?? It looks like Umass and URI are the only teams that have coaching as a weakness in the entire article. Great company to be in! But ya, we are all idiot simple-minded fair-weather fans when we question Cox's ability as a head coach... At the bottom of the page, you can leave a reply. Make sure to include that Cox deserves another 3 years.

Anyways I think he's spot on. I think we can be a good team and jump up in the standings with the talent we have.
We will have a very, very strong frontcourt, and we have some nice pieces at other positions. If Cox improves and Bozeman helps, we could be dangerous in the A10 play. Go, Rhody!

[steveystuds06]

This article really glosses over the fact that we have the best front court in the A10. I think 3-6 is a realistic range for us to finish, but that being said who in this league stops walker, Mitchell and Mitchell?

URI will go as far as their guards can take them

KL, I like our roster including the potential of our bigs, but to say we have the best front court in the league and nobody in the A10 can stop them is a huge reach. You can't dismiss the rest of the A10.

Richmond - Cayo, Burton, and Golden all averaged over 12 pts/game

VCU- Watkins, Williams, Ward, Levi, and PC transfer Nichols, lots of returning depth and talent.

Dayton - Camara (maybe the biggest impact transfer in the A10), Nwokeji, Amzil, Holmes, combination of youth, talent , and size.

Bonnies - Osun is the most dominating post presence in the conference, plus they added talented Pitt transfer Coulibaly, and several others.

This doesn't even include SLU with Oregon transfer Okoro, plus Bell and Linssen.

Yes my post was a bit optimistic, that being said I truly believe we have a worthy pitch of the best front court in the A10, regardless of all the names mentioned

1) are we so quick to forget who lead the A10 in FG%? Some guy named Antwan Walker I heard, not too shabby. To take that one step further, Makhel checked in at #8 on that same list. Who finished #9? Tre Mitchell

2) oh and while we’re at looking at some stats, that guy Makhel Mitchell manage to finish 4th in blocks in the conference too

3) really the biggest differentiator for me here is depth. I’m not going to sit here and try to argue any of these guys are better than Osun. But we have 3 legit bigs that would start on any team in this conference. And one of them we were robbed of seeing their impact last year - debatably the better of the brothers too

I totally agree. Our frontcourt is very dangerous. Walker should only get better. The twins are high major bigs and will cause teams headaches. They also seem completely dedicated to improving weaker areas of their games. I bet Makhel comes in shooting free throws better next season. If we can somehow fix our shooting and opens things up for our bigs, they should dominate most teams in the A10.

[KingstonLane]

Disappointing projection for us in the A10 21-22, but not totally unrealistic based upon last season's finish.
I tend to be a little more optimistic and feel we will be more competitive that most think.

https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go ... preview%2F

"Cox often looked overmatched on the sidelines, and his OOB and ATO numbers per Synergy back up that eye test assessment."

DC I'm assuming you're going to call out this writer for saying one of our biggest weaknesses as a team is our coaching?? It looks like Umass and URI are the only teams that have coaching as a weakness in the entire article. Great company to be in! But ya, we are all idiot simple-minded fair-weather fans when we question Cox's ability as a head coach... At the bottom of the page, you can leave a reply. Make sure to include that Cox deserves another 3 years.

Anyways I think he's spot on. I think we can be a good team and jump up in the standings with the talent we have.
We will have a very, very strong frontcourt, and we have some nice pieces at other positions. If Cox improves and Bozeman helps, we could be dangerous in the A10 play. Go, Rhody!

To be fair anyone can write an article and post it on the internet, doesn’t make it more valid/insightful than say any other post on this board. No idea who the kid is who wrote it

He sneakily edited his article too - which should be frowned upon. Kid thought Hassan French was still on SLU and Ibi Watson still at Dayton. Wouldn’t classify him as an expert

[theblueram]

Disappointing projection for us in the A10 21-22, but not totally unrealistic based upon last season's finish.
I tend to be a little more optimistic and feel we will be more competitive that most think.

https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go ... preview%2F

"Cox often looked overmatched on the sidelines, and his OOB and ATO numbers per Synergy back up that eye test assessment."

DC I'm assuming you're going to call out this writer for saying one of our biggest weaknesses as a team is our coaching?? It looks like Umass and URI are the only teams that have coaching as a weakness in the entire article. Great company to be in! But ya, we are all idiot simple-minded fair-weather fans when we question Cox's ability as a head coach... At the bottom of the page, you can leave a reply. Make sure to include that Cox deserves another 3 years.

Anyways I think he's spot on. I think we can be a good team and jump up in the standings with the talent we have.
We will have a very, very strong frontcourt, and we have some nice pieces at other positions. If Cox improves and Bozeman helps, we could be dangerous in the A10 play. Go, Rhody!

To be fair anyone can write an article and post it on the internet, doesn’t make it more valid/insightful than say any other post on this board. No idea who the kid is who wrote it

He sneakily edited his article too - which should be frowned upon. Kid thought Hassan French was still on SLU and Ibi Watson still at Dayton. Wouldn’t classify him as an expert

Why would anyone write an article not associated with URI and talk about the coaching issues at URI? Why?