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Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 7:14 am**

Butler -2 at the Dunk vs da Fryuzzzz tonight. Butler is 10-4-1 ATS in their 15 games played this season

Butler is now Ranked #6 Nationally - the highest Ranking ever for Butler
Butler is Ranked #4 in NET

Amazingly Butler was picked preseason to finish #8 in the BE!!

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 12:28 pm**

No Friday games in the A-10.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

#12 Maryland at Iowa, 7 PM. On FS1.

Manhattan at Fairfield, 7 PM. OnESPN+.

# 6 Butler at Providence, 9 PM. On FS1.

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:51 pm**

Pretty solid doubleheader on FS1. Go Terps and Bulldogs.

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 2:03 pm**

section(105) wrote: ↑4 years ago
Obadiah wrote: ↑4 years ago
NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑4 years ago

Woo-hoo! Go J-Woo!
Thanks, guys. I was beginning to think this board had lost its sense of humor!
.......are those items on the menus at the Holiday Inn?.....

Only on St. Buddy's Day.

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 5:50 pm**

Butler PC could be a war

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 6:33 pm**

Butler is not the 6th best team in the country. Wouldn’t shock me if PC beat them to go to 4-0.

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 6:54 pm**

bigappleram wrote: ↑4 years ago Butler is not the 6th best team in the country. Wouldn’t shock me if PC beat them to go to 4-0.

hope so!

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 8:01 pm**

Maryland losing by 14 at halftime to Iowa.

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 10:16 pm**

PC scores 18 points in the first half. Down 30-18. They are shooting 20% FG and 2-13 from three. Looks like URI vs Richmond.
Butler has 9 turnovers (avg 11 per game) and PC has 7 offensive rebounds (seemed like more). PC has taken 9 more shots.

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 11:27 pm**

PC loses, 70-58. Bad night for our OOC partners as they go 0-3 for the night.

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 11:42 pm**

Butler a much better passing team than PC
The Fryuzz senior citizen crowd was extra sleepy with the 9pm start time

Very strange to have 3 starters go without a Field Goal:
Holt (0-3)
Young (0-3)
Pipkins (0-4)
They had a combined 1 point from a Young FT

Add to them
Gantt (0-2)
Reeves (1-7)

That’s a combined (1-19) from 5 key players.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 12:16 am**

Fryuzzz have a had this concept where all their fans are supposed to stand in the game until they make their first basket

Loved it tonight as the Fryuzzz missed their first 13 shots in the game until White finally made a basket at the 13:27 mark.

Lots of tired legs in the crowd tonight.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:31 am**

bigappleram wrote: ↑4 years ago Butler is not the 6th best team in the country. Wouldn’t shock me if PC beat them to go to 4-0.

Maybe not the 6 th best team but that’s a damn solid team they have 1 loss on the year at # 4 Baylor and they have some decent wins with not too many cupcakes on their schedule

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:24 am**

ramster wrote: ↑4 years ago Fryuzzz have a had this concept where all their fans are supposed to stand in the game until they make their first basket

Loved it tonight as the Fryuzzz missed their first 13 shots in the game until White finally made a basket at the 13:27 mark.

Lots of tired legs in the crowd tonight.

Tired and drunk...probably a whole lot of swaying going on.

Did you hear the Cooley presser? Everyone was “tired” that’s why they lost....tired from playing too many games. Holy crap, it Conference time...maybe they need a little nappy before the game.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:44 am**

They lost because too many of their players didn't show up....just like when we lose. And Butler is just better.

That excuse is total bullshit.

They played better in the 2nd half.....doesn't support Cooley's "theory".

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:55 am**

Seven games on the Saturday schedule in the A-10:

Rhode Island at VCU, 2 PM. On CBSSN.

UMass, at Dayton, 12:30 PM. On NBCSN.

Fordham at St. Bonaventure, 2 PM. On ESPN+

George Mason at La Salle, 2 PM. On ESPN+.

Saint Joesph's at Davidson, 2;30 PM. OnNBCSN>

Duquesne at George Washington, 4 PM. On ESPN+.

Saint Louis at Richmond, 6 PM. On ESPN+.

In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Alabama at #14 Kentucky, 12 Noon. On ESPN.

Florida Atlantic at North Texas, 4 PM. On ESPN+.

Fairleigh Dickinson at Long Island U., 4:30 PM.

Nicholls at SE Louisiana, 5 PM.

#22 Texas Tech at #17 West Virginia, 6 PM. On ESPN.

Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee, 6 PM. On CBSSN.

Mississippi State at LSU, 8 PM. On ESPN.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 9:24 am**

LoveThoseRams wrote: ↑4 years ago
ramster wrote: ↑4 years ago Fryuzzz have a had this concept where all their fans are supposed to stand in the game until they make their first basket

Loved it tonight as the Fryuzzz missed their first 13 shots in the game until White finally made a basket at the 13:27 mark.

Lots of tired legs in the crowd tonight.
Tired and drunk...probably a whole lot of swaying going on.

Did you hear the Cooley presser? Everyone was “tired” that’s why they lost....tired from playing too many games. Holy crap, it Conference time...maybe they need a little nappy before the game.

Jim Baron
Cooley blaming arriving home at 2am Tuesday night following the 7pm Marquette game, his players had all day Wednesday, Thursday and til Friday at 9pm. No classes to attend, school is out. Geez what a tough life.

Rest of Big East schedule is games on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Same number of days between games. Weak excuse. Surprised to hear a HC blame this, even coming from Cooley. I like Coaches who don’t look for excuses, just take the loss.

“Quite frankly my team was flat and we looked extremely tired,” Cooley said. “I thought we looked tired for 40 minutes. That wasn’t the team I was accustomed to seeing over the last three weeks. I don’t know if that’s something that came from Butler being off for a week and we were on the road for five days and came home at two o’clock in the morning and then had to play 48 hours later. That’s tough to bounce back from.”
“When you’re in this league and you’re able to rest,” Cooley said, “most of the time you’re going to have an opportunity to have success. I don’t think my team had an opportunity to get enough rest to play against a high-caliber team like that.”

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 9:33 am**

These kids are 18-22 years old.

And they aren't in classes right now.

What an idiot.

Waaaahhhhhhhhh

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 11:05 am**

Hahahaha thats my new favorite Cooley quote of all time. Poor little guys were tired!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 11:20 am**

I wonder how much more rest his guys needed?

He sounds more like CFL Jim Baron as time goes on. I hope he is at PC for a long time.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 12:55 pm**

Dayton putting on a clinic vs UMass. Granted it’s UMass, but Daytons offense is efficient. Going to be tough to beat in the A10.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 1:13 pm**

Cooley is such a little piss ant now holy
Shit.

Grow a sack and play basketball.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 1:40 pm**

Alabama trailing by 6 with 4 minutes to go against #14 Kentucky

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 2:32 pm**

Uh oh.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 4:13 pm**

ramster wrote: ↑4 years ago
Obadiah wrote: ↑4 years ago Note: This thread originated in the belief that good college basketball fans should have a healthy knowledge and respect for URI opponents, both OOC and conference. In reality, the thread became more important as a gauge of URI prospects for post season play, especially an at-large berth in the NCAAT. As URI post season prospects have quickly dimmed, many have questioned why bother. I will continue this thread for another week, but considering the amount of work and time required in putting this together every week, it will be put on the back burner if the URI prospects further diminish. I hope all will understand that move. Thanks for your participation to date

In the AP poll, Dayton moves up to the #15 spot, Maryland is now #12 and West Virginia at #17, moves down only one spot with the loss at Kansas. In the others category, VCU gets 5 votes.

In the USA Today/Coaches poll, Dayton moves up to #15 position, with Maryland holding down the #14 slot, and West Virginia keeping #17. In the others category, LSU gets 2 votes. Gonzaga remains the #1 team in both polls.

The cumulative record of URI OOC opponents is 94-70, 0.573, a uptick from the previous week.

With the losses to Brown and Richmond, all the URI metrics declined from last Monday's.

NET - 89, down 22
BPI - 89, down 15
Pomeroy - 86, down 12
Sagarin - 105, down 25

No Games in the A-10 on Monday night

One game involving URI OOC opponents:

#17 West Virginia at Oklahoma State, 9 PM. On ESPN2.

I will certainly be cheering extra loud in an attempt to prevent your amazing thread from being put on the back burner
GO RHODY!!
BEAT DAVIDSON ON WEDNESDAY!!
BEAT VCU ON SATURDAY!!

Nice Week!!!

Davidson WIN

VCU WIN

Obadiah will have a Week #11 Games of Interest

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 4:52 pm**

Yes, indeed, I will!!

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 4:56 pm**

If Alabama can win against Auburn on there home court this Wednesday. That win is going start looking alot better. I think they do beat Auburn too. Nate oats has them playing very well, they could beat anyone especially at home.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 4:57 pm**

Davidson ended up beating St. Joe's in OT, but holy shit this shot.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 5:08 pm**

adam914 wrote: ↑4 years ago Uh oh.

Sprained his ankle, hopefully not too bad.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 7:11 pm**

According to the CBSSN post game show Obi was quoted as saying that the injury was not serious and he expects to be back quickly.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:07 pm**

Richmond goes down in flames to St. Louis at home.

2nd to 4th place in this conference is up for grabs.

Maybe VCU isn't such a lock for 2nd as was previously thought.

A lot of teams are going to take turns beating each other...except Dayton who I predict will go 16-2.

One of those losses needs to be to us.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:09 pm**

St Louis beating UR is good for us. We get a crack at SLU at home. Want them to keep winning.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:13 pm**

I watched the end of that game between St. Joes and Davidson.

The Wildcats tried so hard to give that game away, St. Joes had several chances to win it in regulation but kept rushing their shots.

That 3 to tie it at the end was ridiculous.

Davidson has virtually no chance for a wild card.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:34 pm**

rambone 78 wrote: ↑4 years ago Richmond goes down in flames to St. Louis at home.

2nd to 4th place in this conference is up for grabs.

Maybe VCU isn't such a lock for 2nd as was previously thought.

A lot of teams are going to take turns beating each other...except Dayton who I predict will go 16-2.

One of those losses needs to be to us.

Dayton’s height and depth concern me greatly.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:40 pm**

DC_Rams wrote: ↑4 years ago
rambone 78 wrote: ↑4 years ago Richmond goes down in flames to St. Louis at home.

2nd to 4th place in this conference is up for grabs.

Maybe VCU isn't such a lock for 2nd as was previously thought.

A lot of teams are going to take turns beating each other...except Dayton who I predict will go 16-2.

One of those losses needs to be to us.
Dayton’s height and depth concern me greatly.

I will be shocked if VCU beats Dayton at Dayton Tuesday, unless Obi is out

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2020 11:58 pm**

OOC partners went 6-2 on the day with the highlights being WVU's win over Texas Tech and LSU beating Mississippi State on a jump shot at the buzzer, 60-59. Other winners: North Texas, LIU, Nicholls, and WKU.

Posted: **Sun Jan 12, 2020 9:40 am**

No A-10 games on Sunday.

Only one URI OOC opponents game: Siena at Manhattan, 2 PM. On ESPN+.

Posted: **Sun Jan 12, 2020 5:13 pm**

Manhattan won.

Yay.

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2020 1:21 pm**

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2020 1:23 pm**

Obadiah wrote: ↑4 years ago Yes, indeed, I will!!

Now we need to beat St Joseph’s and LaSalle to get a Week 12

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2020 1:28 pm**

Big Week for Dayton with VCU home on Tuesday and St Louis on the road Friday

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2020 1:40 pm**

I actually think that if Dayton loses a couple of league games this season, that this game against St. Louis could be one of them.

And the other? Against us here.

Posted: **Tue Jan 14, 2020 10:08 am**

Am I the only one surprised to see the line continue to move against Richmond - they are now getting 5.5 points against Davidson? Partially because francis might not play, but seems like a crazy line.

Posted: **Tue Jan 14, 2020 10:13 am**

That line is so fishy.

Posted: **Tue Jan 14, 2020 10:50 am**

It mainly has to do with the Blake Francis being out, the game being on he road, and the loss Richmond just had prior to this game coupled with limited in conference game data. Under in that game seems likely especially without francis

Posted: **Tue Jan 14, 2020 6:34 pm**

Take Davidson. I don't think it'll be close.

Posted: **Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:46 pm**

Joe95 wrote: ↑4 years ago If Alabama can win against Auburn on there home court this Wednesday. That win is going start looking alot better. I think they do beat Auburn too. Nate oats has them playing very well, they could beat anyone especially at home.

Let's go Bama!!!! Up 25-17 against #5 Auburn rn!

Posted: **Wed Jan 29, 2020 8:06 am**

ramster wrote: ↑4 years ago
Obadiah wrote: ↑4 years ago Note: This thread originated in the belief that good college basketball fans should have a healthy knowledge and respect for URI opponents, both OOC and conference. In reality, the thread became more important as a gauge of URI prospects for post season play, especially an at-large berth in the NCAAT. As URI post season prospects have quickly dimmed, many have questioned why bother. I will continue this thread for another week, but considering the amount of work and time required in putting this together every week, it will be put on the back burner if the URI prospects further diminish. I hope all will understand that move. Thanks for your participation to date

In the AP poll, Dayton moves up to the #15 spot, Maryland is now #12 and West Virginia at #17, moves down only one spot with the loss at Kansas. In the others category, VCU gets 5 votes.

In the USA Today/Coaches poll, Dayton moves up to #15 position, with Maryland holding down the #14 slot, and West Virginia keeping #17. In the others category, LSU gets 2 votes. Gonzaga remains the #1 team in both polls.

The cumulative record of URI OOC opponents is 94-70, 0.573, a uptick from the previous week.

With the losses to Brown and Richmond, all the URI metrics declined from last Monday's.

NET - 89, down 22
BPI - 89, down 15
Pomeroy - 86, down 12
Sagarin - 105, down 25

No Games in the A-10 on Monday night

One game involving URI OOC opponents:

#17 West Virginia at Oklahoma State, 9 PM. On ESPN2.

I will certainly be cheering extra loud in an attempt to prevent your amazing thread from being put on the back burner
GO RHODY!!
BEAT DAVIDSON ON WEDNESDAY!!
BEAT VCU ON SATURDAY!!

7 Straight Wins since Obadiah Statement. Love the part “where many have questioned why bother” with the weekly Games of Interest. We were certainly at a low point in the season about 3 weeks ago following the Brown and Richmond losses. How quickly things changed.

4 of the 7 wins have been in the road

6 of the 7 wins have beaten the point spread

I think URI Players and Coaches love Obadiah’s Weekly Games of Interest Threads too. I think this lit a fire under everyone

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