Re: 2023 CBB Post Season All Things NCAA/NIT
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2023 5:22 pm
Yep whose gonna lose to UConn in the final? Lol
Yep whose gonna lose to UConn in the final? Lol
Good find Stevie , class act for suresteviep123 wrote: ↑1 year ago This was a class move - KSUs coach Tang going into FAUs locker room to congratulate them and tell the team to stay focused etc.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-baske ... ite-eight/
It was a very physical game, surprised they blew the whistle on that one as time ran out.section(105) wrote: ↑1 year ago Re: Creighton vs SDSU end of game foul call. I will go with, a foul is a foul. Which it was.
If the game wasn't called tight the entire time then you don't call that foul with a Final Four on the line.section(105) wrote: ↑1 year ago Re: Creighton vs SDSU end of game foul call. I will go with, a foul is a foul. Which it was.
But man they can score. So many weapons on the offensive end. I think it’s gonna be a battle. Winner of that games wins the national championship.bigappleram wrote: ↑1 year ago Miami doesn’t have much height. Not a great formula for Sanogo/Clingan. Uconn could boatrace 2 more.
Yeah, but they score so well. I don't think it'll be easy for UConn.bigappleram wrote: ↑1 year ago Miami doesn’t have much height. Not a great formula for Sanogo/Clingan. Uconn could boatrace 2 more.
Larranaga is an alumnus of the mental hospital. Nuf ced.
This is true. And they have 2 really good guards that can keep them in it. Think they will really struggle to stop uconn inside.steveystuds06 wrote: ↑1 year agoBut man they can score. So many weapons on the offensive end. I think it’s gonna be a battle. Winner of that games wins the national championship.bigappleram wrote: ↑1 year ago Miami doesn’t have much height. Not a great formula for Sanogo/Clingan. Uconn could boatrace 2 more.
Jordan Miller played 3 years at George Mason then transferred to Miami for the last 2 years.PeterRamTime wrote: ↑1 year ago Jordan Miller of Miami
I remember back when he came off the bench and killed us in his first ever D1 basketball game.
And we shouldn't be concerned because Miami has a billionaire willing to throw money around like that. He's like the only person doing that in the country.bigappleram wrote: ↑1 year ago You have 1 roster built predominantly thru development and continuity in FAU. SDSU and UConn’s were built similarly with a mix of development/continuity and Portalpalooza. And Miami’s built with the Benjamin’s from Johnny Ruiz.
Since we don’t have a Johnny I’m thinking a mix of continuity and portaling will be Archie’s formula.
That we know of.PeterRamTime wrote: ↑1 year agoAnd we shouldn't be concerned because Miami has a billionaire willing to throw money around like that. He's like the only person doing that in the country.bigappleram wrote: ↑1 year ago You have 1 roster built predominantly thru development and continuity in FAU. SDSU and UConn’s were built similarly with a mix of development/continuity and Portalpalooza. And Miami’s built with the Benjamin’s from Johnny Ruiz.
Since we don’t have a Johnny I’m thinking a mix of continuity and portaling will be Archie’s formula.
Once again. Had we invested in 2017 the way we are investing now, Danny never sets anything in motion. We messed up, and we've rectified. What he's doing at UConn he would've done here - as long as we had supported him the same. Thank Dave Dooley. If Parlange was here then, the world would be different for us.Rhody09 wrote: ↑1 year ago Great interview with Hurley on Pardon My Take. One interesting tidbit that I haven't heard before, paraphrased below:
“My first couple days on the job when I got to Uconn – cause I loved Rhode Island – that last team with Fatts and EC Matthews and Jared Terrel – beating Tre Young and Oklahoma first round of the tournament. That was a fun team, we won a lot of games. I had this great team that I loved to death, and I took that job at UConn, and it was a disaster. Talent, the way these guys were moving on campus, academics, behavior – it was so far away from anything you could win with – everything was a mess. […] The day after the press conference, I had buyer’s remorse. I was calling my agent like ‘can I go back?’ They explained the buyout, and I said ‘I guess I’ll just stay.’”
It's tough thinking about 'what could have been' if we had been proactive and were able to keep him here. Brings back memories of both Penders and Harrick as we were becoming nationally relevant then right back to irrelevancy.Blue Man wrote: ↑1 year agoOnce again. Had we invested in 2017 the way we are investing now, Danny never sets anything in motion. We messed up, and we've rectified. What he's doing at UConn he would've done here - as long as we had supported him the same. Thank Dave Dooley. If Parlange was here then, the world would be different for us.Rhody09 wrote: ↑1 year ago Great interview with Hurley on Pardon My Take. One interesting tidbit that I haven't heard before, paraphrased below:
“My first couple days on the job when I got to Uconn – cause I loved Rhode Island – that last team with Fatts and EC Matthews and Jared Terrel – beating Tre Young and Oklahoma first round of the tournament. That was a fun team, we won a lot of games. I had this great team that I loved to death, and I took that job at UConn, and it was a disaster. Talent, the way these guys were moving on campus, academics, behavior – it was so far away from anything you could win with – everything was a mess. […] The day after the press conference, I had buyer’s remorse. I was calling my agent like ‘can I go back?’ They explained the buyout, and I said ‘I guess I’ll just stay.’”
Good for Dan. He showed everyone what's possible here. Him and Cox back to back showed everyone the contrast between what could be and what was, and why you need to invest.
Above it all Dan's a good guy, who gave us 100% the entire time he was here (unlike Eddy "first round exit"). Dan's a great example for anyone who coaches. He deserves all the support he got from UConn, and he's repaying them in kind with the run they're on.
I mean it's pretty easy to play that out at least in the short term.Billyboy78 wrote: ↑1 year agoIt's tough thinking about 'what could have been' if we had been proactive and were able to keep him here. Brings back memories of both Penders and Harrick as we were becoming nationally relevant then right back to irrelevancy.Blue Man wrote: ↑1 year agoOnce again. Had we invested in 2017 the way we are investing now, Danny never sets anything in motion. We messed up, and we've rectified. What he's doing at UConn he would've done here - as long as we had supported him the same. Thank Dave Dooley. If Parlange was here then, the world would be different for us.Rhody09 wrote: ↑1 year ago Great interview with Hurley on Pardon My Take. One interesting tidbit that I haven't heard before, paraphrased below:
“My first couple days on the job when I got to Uconn – cause I loved Rhode Island – that last team with Fatts and EC Matthews and Jared Terrel – beating Tre Young and Oklahoma first round of the tournament. That was a fun team, we won a lot of games. I had this great team that I loved to death, and I took that job at UConn, and it was a disaster. Talent, the way these guys were moving on campus, academics, behavior – it was so far away from anything you could win with – everything was a mess. […] The day after the press conference, I had buyer’s remorse. I was calling my agent like ‘can I go back?’ They explained the buyout, and I said ‘I guess I’ll just stay.’”
Good for Dan. He showed everyone what's possible here. Him and Cox back to back showed everyone the contrast between what could be and what was, and why you need to invest.
Above it all Dan's a good guy, who gave us 100% the entire time he was here (unlike Eddy "first round exit"). Dan's a great example for anyone who coaches. He deserves all the support he got from UConn, and he's repaying them in kind with the run they're on.
Yeah we have all been thinkin that lately for sureBillyboy78 wrote: ↑1 year agoIt's tough thinking about 'what could have been' if we had been proactive and were able to keep him here. Brings back memories of both Penders and Harrick as we were becoming nationally relevant then right back to irrelevancy.Blue Man wrote: ↑1 year agoOnce again. Had we invested in 2017 the way we are investing now, Danny never sets anything in motion. We messed up, and we've rectified. What he's doing at UConn he would've done here - as long as we had supported him the same. Thank Dave Dooley. If Parlange was here then, the world would be different for us.Rhody09 wrote: ↑1 year ago Great interview with Hurley on Pardon My Take. One interesting tidbit that I haven't heard before, paraphrased below:
“My first couple days on the job when I got to Uconn – cause I loved Rhode Island – that last team with Fatts and EC Matthews and Jared Terrel – beating Tre Young and Oklahoma first round of the tournament. That was a fun team, we won a lot of games. I had this great team that I loved to death, and I took that job at UConn, and it was a disaster. Talent, the way these guys were moving on campus, academics, behavior – it was so far away from anything you could win with – everything was a mess. […] The day after the press conference, I had buyer’s remorse. I was calling my agent like ‘can I go back?’ They explained the buyout, and I said ‘I guess I’ll just stay.’”
Good for Dan. He showed everyone what's possible here. Him and Cox back to back showed everyone the contrast between what could be and what was, and why you need to invest.
Above it all Dan's a good guy, who gave us 100% the entire time he was here (unlike Eddy "first round exit"). Dan's a great example for anyone who coaches. He deserves all the support he got from UConn, and he's repaying them in kind with the run they're on.
Pay him appropriately if/when the time comes.PeterRamTime wrote: ↑1 year ago
Yeah we have all been thinkin that lately for sure
And I'm also like, WHEN Archie gets us rolling, can he please just stay a little while?? At least don't bolt immediately after one or two tournament runs. Ponders left after one, AL, Jim and Dan after two. Let's at the very least get three out of you Archie!
Don't really see why he would lie on the most popular sports podcast in America and say he wanted to come back to Rhody the day after his UConn press conference.steveystuds06 wrote: ↑1 year ago I don't believe for a second that Dan stays here. He was always going to Uconn. Hard to find loyal coaches in this day and age. I thought Cooley was one of the good ones, but even he bailed.
I think UConn getting back in the Big East is the big outlier here. And Dan was clued in that the wheels were in motion for that when he agreed to the job. Uconn in the AAC long term probably wouldn't have drawn him there. They weren't the Uconn of old in the AAC and Dan knew that. He couldn't sell that to recruits. That was a key development.Blue Man wrote: ↑1 year agoI mean it's pretty easy to play that out at least in the short term.Billyboy78 wrote: ↑1 year agoIt's tough thinking about 'what could have been' if we had been proactive and were able to keep him here. Brings back memories of both Penders and Harrick as we were becoming nationally relevant then right back to irrelevancy.Blue Man wrote: ↑1 year ago
Once again. Had we invested in 2017 the way we are investing now, Danny never sets anything in motion. We messed up, and we've rectified. What he's doing at UConn he would've done here - as long as we had supported him the same. Thank Dave Dooley. If Parlange was here then, the world would be different for us.
Good for Dan. He showed everyone what's possible here. Him and Cox back to back showed everyone the contrast between what could be and what was, and why you need to invest.
Above it all Dan's a good guy, who gave us 100% the entire time he was here (unlike Eddy "first round exit"). Dan's a great example for anyone who coaches. He deserves all the support he got from UConn, and he's repaying them in kind with the run they're on.
For all the people (DC and his burners and a few others) who said "Cox had a bare cupboard" - Dan Hurley probably immediately wins another A10 title and goes to the NCAA that year. He probably goes and does the same the year after too.
Dan would've had a roster in year 1 of Cox with Jeff, Fatts, and Cyril - along with Tyrese Martin. Jeff never leaves the point. Fatts is probably reigned in.
I'd imagine Jacob Toppin comes and stays too.
Maybe Dan leaves then for UConn - or maybe we've continued to invest. What I do know is that Dan was going to leave anywhere that his own ambitions are outpacing the investments of where he is. And he'll stay anywhere the investments of where he is are prepared to meet him wherever he goes.
The "brand" was important - but he also talked about the weight of it. He could've built a brand here too.
What mattered to Dan was the tangible things EVERYWHERE in the program - from the arena to the promotions to the pep band.
He also needed the infrastructure to win - film rooms, athletic training rooms, charter flights, assistant coaches budget, practice facility. He got some of those things here - but not everything. Worse, he couldn't even get a commitment on those things.
Everything that he had to scratch and claw to get at URI - UConn already had in place on day 1. So he was comparing all of that - even with the rebuild - against what we had at URI. We didn't come close - but worse, we lacked the ambition to. That's why he left.
C'mon Dan had no intention of coming back.Rhody15 wrote: ↑1 year agoDon't really see why he would lie on the most popular sports podcast in America and say he wanted to come back to Rhody the day after his UConn press conference.steveystuds06 wrote: ↑1 year ago I don't believe for a second that Dan stays here. He was always going to Uconn. Hard to find loyal coaches in this day and age. I thought Cooley was one of the good ones, but even he bailed.
Don't really see why he would embellish all these years after though.Jersey77 wrote: ↑1 year agoC'mon Dan had no intention of coming back.Rhody15 wrote: ↑1 year agoDon't really see why he would lie on the most popular sports podcast in America and say he wanted to come back to Rhody the day after his UConn press conference.steveystuds06 wrote: ↑1 year ago I don't believe for a second that Dan stays here. He was always going to Uconn. Hard to find loyal coaches in this day and age. I thought Cooley was one of the good ones, but even he bailed.
Shouldn't take it that literally, lots of things are said but not really meant.
Because at the time just after he took the UConn job, it was all probably a little overwhelming and stressful.
Or if they rightly call the blocking foul.PeterRamTime wrote: ↑1 year ago I think if we had ponied up the investments after 2017 he would have stayed a little while longer. He probably still would have moved on.
Like maybe gets us to the dance a couple more times without any big time runs then goes somewhere like UConn.
Idk. The allure of UConn would have still been difficult for him to pass even with everything promised.
You also gotta wonder, if Hass doesn't get hurt and we go sweet 16 or deeper how much changes?
He wasn't staying.Rhody15 wrote: ↑1 year agoDon't really see why he would lie on the most popular sports podcast in America and say he wanted to come back to Rhody the day after his UConn press conference.steveystuds06 wrote: ↑1 year ago I don't believe for a second that Dan stays here. He was always going to Uconn. Hard to find loyal coaches in this day and age. I thought Cooley was one of the good ones, but even he bailed.
What they said? Or what he saw?Rhode_Island_Red wrote: ↑1 year agoHe wasn't staying.Rhody15 wrote: ↑1 year agoDon't really see why he would lie on the most popular sports podcast in America and say he wanted to come back to Rhody the day after his UConn press conference.steveystuds06 wrote: ↑1 year ago I don't believe for a second that Dan stays here. He was always going to Uconn. Hard to find loyal coaches in this day and age. I thought Cooley was one of the good ones, but even he bailed.
Not after Slickee-boy Moore whispered sweet nothings in his ear for a whole year, not with Arrogant Haystack Calhoun at his practices -- you can only imagine what those two said to him about URI.
And even more important, when URI becomes good (not if, but when) this investment will make it harder for Archie to leave, but also, if he does, will allow us to have a better class of candidates to replace him. We need to continue to improve investments. While the past 5 years have sucked, Dan would have eventually left if not that year then some other time without these investments so we are where we are. Now keep improving the backbone, Arch turns us into the winner we can become and let it feed itself. Yes, it's easy to fall into the "what if" rabbit hole and forget about the future, knowing we had THE GUY and he's doing that with another team. The best time to invest in the needed infrastructure and program improvements was six years ago. The second best time is NOW. We're doing it now. Keep it going.Blue Man wrote: ↑1 year agoWhat they said? Or what he saw?Rhode_Island_Red wrote: ↑1 year agoHe wasn't staying.
Not after Slickee-boy Moore whispered sweet nothings in his ear for a whole year, not with Arrogant Haystack Calhoun at his practices -- you can only imagine what those two said to him about URI.
Because saying things like "imagine what you could do with a practice facility, charter flights, and not losing your assistant coaches every year" isn't really slander if it's true.
In fact. That's literally exactly what Dan asked for that we didn't provide.
I really don't understand some in this fanbase. URI needed to invest to keep someone like Dan. For some reason you think people who didn't go here/didn't grow up here should love URI like we do. Dan did exactly what we asked of him - got us to national prominence and winning without scandal. We were a national conversation piece by him doing things the right way. We did literally nothing in return that Dan asked of us as a fanbase or university:
Invest: assistant coaches, charter flights, practice facility.
Show up: We didn't come close to selling out every game down the stretch those 2 years we were good. We had "historically good" attendance for URI - but we as a fanbase fell short of our commitment as well. We got good and couldn't fill up our 7700 seat arena. UConn had more people in the building than us when they were bad, then they got good and routinely sell out a 10k and 15k arena.
I'm sure it wasn't hard for Calhoun to "sell" UConn against URI when you look at everything that Dan saw and then asked us to provide.
URI also needed to invest to get someone like Archie. We finally started investing. Too late for Dan, but at least we got Arch.
Yeah attendance was fucking embarrassing.Blue Man wrote: ↑1 year agoWhat they said? Or what he saw?Rhode_Island_Red wrote: ↑1 year agoHe wasn't staying.
Not after Slickee-boy Moore whispered sweet nothings in his ear for a whole year, not with Arrogant Haystack Calhoun at his practices -- you can only imagine what those two said to him about URI.
Because saying things like "imagine what you could do with a practice facility, charter flights, and not losing your assistant coaches every year" isn't really slander if it's true.
In fact. That's literally exactly what Dan asked for that we didn't provide.
I really don't understand some in this fanbase. URI needed to invest to keep someone like Dan. For some reason you think people who didn't go here/didn't grow up here should love URI like we do. Dan did exactly what we asked of him - got us to national prominence and winning without scandal. We were a national conversation piece by him doing things the right way. We did literally nothing in return that Dan asked of us as a fanbase or university:
Invest: assistant coaches, charter flights, practice facility.
Show up: We didn't come close to selling out every game down the stretch those 2 years we were good. We had "historically good" attendance for URI - but we as a fanbase fell short of our commitment as well. We got good and couldn't fill up our 7700 seat arena. UConn had more people in the building than us when they were bad, then they got good and routinely sell out a 10k and 15k arena.
I'm sure it wasn't hard for Calhoun to "sell" UConn against URI when you look at everything that Dan saw and then asked us to provide.
URI also needed to invest to get someone like Archie. We finally started investing. Too late for Dan, but at least we got Arch.
Agreed, Jersey. The heart wants to come back, perhaps, but the head says no.Jersey77 wrote: ↑1 year agoC'mon Dan had no intention of coming back.Rhody15 wrote: ↑1 year agoDon't really see why he would lie on the most popular sports podcast in America and say he wanted to come back to Rhody the day after his UConn press conference.steveystuds06 wrote: ↑1 year ago I don't believe for a second that Dan stays here. He was always going to Uconn. Hard to find loyal coaches in this day and age. I thought Cooley was one of the good ones, but even he bailed.
Shouldn't take it that literally, lots of things are said but not really meant.
Just goes to show you how important making the right hire is , coaching is everything in college hoopsRhody09 wrote: ↑1 year ago Great interview with Hurley on Pardon My Take. One interesting tidbit that I haven't heard before, paraphrased below:
“My first couple days on the job when I got to Uconn – cause I loved Rhode Island – that last team with Fatts and EC Matthews and Jared Terrel – beating Tre Young and Oklahoma first round of the tournament. That was a fun team, we won a lot of games. I had this great team that I loved to death, and I took that job at UConn, and it was a disaster. Talent, the way these guys were moving on campus, academics, behavior – it was so far away from anything you could win with – everything was a mess. […] The day after the press conference, I had buyer’s remorse. I was calling my agent like ‘can I go back?’ They explained the buyout, and I said ‘I guess I’ll just stay.’”
My personal opinion - and it is not a shot at President Dooley at all because I have a great deal of respect for him and I believe his urgent priorities were not Athletic Dept related at the time Dan left - is it took a change in Presidents to realign the priorities after the excellent job President Dooley performed addressing his urgent priorities.Blue Man wrote: ↑1 year agoI mean it's pretty easy to play that out at least in the short term.Billyboy78 wrote: ↑1 year agoIt's tough thinking about 'what could have been' if we had been proactive and were able to keep him here. Brings back memories of both Penders and Harrick as we were becoming nationally relevant then right back to irrelevancy.Blue Man wrote: ↑1 year ago
Once again. Had we invested in 2017 the way we are investing now, Danny never sets anything in motion. We messed up, and we've rectified. What he's doing at UConn he would've done here - as long as we had supported him the same. Thank Dave Dooley. If Parlange was here then, the world would be different for us.
Good for Dan. He showed everyone what's possible here. Him and Cox back to back showed everyone the contrast between what could be and what was, and why you need to invest.
Above it all Dan's a good guy, who gave us 100% the entire time he was here (unlike Eddy "first round exit"). Dan's a great example for anyone who coaches. He deserves all the support he got from UConn, and he's repaying them in kind with the run they're on.
For all the people (DC and his burners and a few others) who said "Cox had a bare cupboard" - Dan Hurley probably immediately wins another A10 title and goes to the NCAA that year. He probably goes and does the same the year after too.
Dan would've had a roster in year 1 of Cox with Jeff, Fatts, and Cyril - along with Tyrese Martin. Jeff never leaves the point. Fatts is probably reigned in.
I'd imagine Jacob Toppin comes and stays too.
Maybe Dan leaves then for UConn - or maybe we've continued to invest. What I do know is that Dan was going to leave anywhere that his own ambitions are outpacing the investments of where he is. And he'll stay anywhere the investments of where he is are prepared to meet him wherever he goes.
The "brand" was important - but he also talked about the weight of it. He could've built a brand here too.
What mattered to Dan was the tangible things EVERYWHERE in the program - from the arena to the promotions to the pep band.
He also needed the infrastructure to win - film rooms, athletic training rooms, charter flights, assistant coaches budget, practice facility. He got some of those things here - but not everything. Worse, he couldn't even get a commitment on those things.
Everything that he had to scratch and claw to get at URI - UConn already had in place on day 1. So he was comparing all of that - even with the rebuild - against what we had at URI. We didn't come close - but worse, we lacked the ambition to. That's why he left.