Rams 2013-2014 Schedule

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 10 years ago

Rod, again as we know, URI has [or will soon] hit a home run with this hire. Let's just hope, that the next hire will keep things going in an upward direction.

I would think that if Thorr and Dooley are still here when that happens, we'll get another good one.

Again, don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves here, but with URI's track record, it's hard not to.

Dan will be here for a while. There, I've said it! How long, will depend on several factors.

Commitment to the program by EVERYONE involved. That means not just money, as in program improvements and coaching staff compensation. Last but not least, success on the court. The short term recruiting losses are somewhat of a setback, but I'm sure Dan is looking big picture. The only thing that would worry me concerning recruiting, is if Dan finds, in the next couple of years, that he just can't get the players he wants due to URI's shortcomings compared to the big boy schools.

Just how far can he go here? That might be the ultimate issue for him.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

You can win with 3 star players.
This staff is savvy enough to be able to coach people up to
their potential.
We'll be seeing some of that coaching with Jordan Hare this season.
I'm not worried about recruiting, if staff isn't.
Looks like it was Terrell or nothing at SG, and they've turned
their attention to SF.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 10 years ago

Agreed, except the only issue to me, is that in 2 years, we'll have a lot of seniors meaning a lot of turnover. That continuity thing we like to talk about. I mean, some of this is due to the number of transfers, but Dan had to do that, or else success would take a lot longer to happen.

Justns11 · Unread post by **Justns11** » 10 years ago

Reminder: Single-game tickets went on sale this morning @ 10AM.

I just bought 4 tickets to the George Mason game on Saturday 01/18.

ELeslie's 1st assist · Unread post by **ELeslie's 1st assist** » 10 years ago

Rod,

I did mention Penders in the 2nd paragraph of my previous post. I still have the VHS game tapes from the Missouri, Syracuse, and Duke games. I remember coming home from school to watch URI pound Derrick Cheivous and Missouri. Good times!

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

Yup! Kenny Green destroying Derrick Coleman, Silk outplaying Sherman Douglas.
We had no answer for Ronnie Seikely (sp?) Big lead on top ranked Orange
almost lost on a last second three pointer.
That Duke game still bothers me. They let that goon Danny Ferry kill Kenny Green,
and never called a thing. We still only lost by 3.
One memory was a bunch of State Legislators, relatives and staff members snagging
tickets that real URI fans would have killed for.
One guy went there specifically to root for Duke, because his daughter went there.
Most of the rest were well known PC people.
Only in Rhode Island!

seanmc94 · Unread post by **seanmc94** » 10 years ago

Yeah, no other state has bandwagon fans and front runners

neil · Unread post by **neil** » 10 years ago

I literally spent five consecutive hours on the phone, continuously getting a busy signal, to try to get tickets to the Meadowlands. When I finally got through, nothing left. At that point, I was a donor and season ticket holder for thirteen years. Whatever, and yes, I thought Ferry got away with a heck of a lot that evening.

Ramtastico · Unread post by **Ramtastico** » 10 years ago

I was at that game, pretty good seats(I was not and never have been a state legislator!!). The thing I remember most was during a Duke fast break Kenny and Ferry where at the opposite end out of the picture and attention of everyone and Ferry sucker punched Kenny with a quick backhand fist to the face(Kenny was behind him to the right with his head down and they were both jogging back up the court). I happened to be looking right at them and went nuts. I scared everyone around me and my brother thought I was having a heart attack.

Weird that was my most vivid memory that night, other than meeting C Koussa for the first time later that night in a Howard Johnson's on 95 on the way home. I had managed to avoid him up to that time and now my life has changed forever.

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 10 years ago

We knew going into that game with Duke that Ferry wasn't going to foul out and that we needed a big lead going into the last few minutes.
We ought to start a thread of Carl Koussa stories. Could be fun. I know I've got a bunch.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

"Michael Jordan and Sam Perkins are transferring to URI!".

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 10 years ago

I think grades kept them from transferring here.

neil · Unread post by **neil** » 10 years ago

I have a tape of the game and the rally at the beginning of the second half to temporarily take the lead was my favorite part. There was a play where Garrick was trapped in the corner, he drove around his man on the baseline where he was cut off, you can actually hear Evans yell "foul line chief" and the ball went right to John for an open jumper. Yes, Brent and Packer said it correctly - they really did know where they were on the court and all times.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

That '88 team was so likeable!
They were one bench player short of being
a Final Four team.

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 10 years ago

agree with rod, so likable and a true underdog story. a bunch of guys on that team had the skills to play at higher levels (silk the gunshot, tommy the football player, kenny and his knees, evans being undersized, mergin was a SHU transfer i believe), but their was a reason or circumstance that led them to URI. a perfect example of guys coming together that knew their roles and performed them at high levels every night. with Silk as the maestro.

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 10 years ago

Yes. One of my favorite teams.
If only Jordan had gotten into URI. He would have been great coming off the bench.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

I'm sure MJ would have loved playing for Claude English.

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 10 years ago

I think he would have. Just think how good he could have been as a pro with Claude's coaching.

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 10 years ago

URI win take on Manhattan in a "secret" scrimmage on Oct 27

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

twisted3829 wrote:URI win take on Manhattan in a "secret" scrimmage on Oct 27

Manhattan's a solid team- expected to contend for their conference title (with, among others, Iona and that other school in Buffalo).

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

twisted3829 wrote:URI win take on Manhattan in a "secret" scrimmage on Oct 27

Any details on this?

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

It's just a scrimmage and "secret" in that no stats are supposed to be kept and no one can watch. I think each team gets 2 total scrimmages and/or exhibitions per season. The scrimmages are very loose- not necessarily 40 minutes and can be used to set up certain game situations, for example. They're useful but kind of strange in that coaches aren't supposed to officially talk about what happened (not unlike Fight Club) but everyone knows about them

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

Thanks, Ace. Just wondering if we could watch it...guess not.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 10 years ago

Yep, can't watch it. Shhhhhhhh... it's a secret!!

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 10 years ago

Ace is right about the 2 scrimmages and/or exhibitions

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 10 years ago

Hopefully someone here can get us a report. Too bad we couldn't get the Jaspers in for a regular game.

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Unread post by **SGreenwell** » 10 years ago

Yeah, the scrimmage thing is fairly common. I think PC is playing Harvard this year, or they already have.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

SGreenwell wrote:Yeah, the scrimmage thing is fairly common. I think PC is playing Harvard this year, or they already have.

October 30. Harvard also has one against UMass.

SmartyBarrett · Unread post by **SmartyBarrett** » 10 years ago

ATPTourFan wrote:Yep, can't watch it. Shhhhhhhh... it's a secret!!

URI96 · Unread post by **URI96** » 10 years ago

So this is closed to the public?

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 10 years ago

Yes, scrimmages between D1 teams are called "secret" because they are closed to the public and coaches/staff are not allowed to discuss what happened during them.. a la Fight Club.

rjsuperfly66 · Unread post by **rjsuperfly66** » 10 years ago

How sure are you on the stats being kept? Saw an image over the weekend of the boxscore of the Xavier/Ohio "secret" scimmage. Full legit boxscore, and Ohio won the scrimmage 84-75. Assumed it was real.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

So maybe we will hear something from the coaches about tomorrow's game. And, the NCAA continues to be ridiculous.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 10 years ago

Andy Katz has been on this crusade against the secret scrimmages for a while. He spoke about it at length in his College Basketball podcast this week.

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 10 years ago

You don't talk about "secret scrimmages"

I wonder if the coaches have to sign a disclaimer stating " Any description of this scrimmage, without the signed, written consent of the NCAA is strictly prohibitted."

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 10 years ago

Ramfan85, so according to Andy Katz and his contacts at the NCAA, there's no real rule stating that coaches cannot talk about these scrimmages. It will take some time for coaches to learn this, since they are rightly concerned about breaking any NCAA guidelines.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

If Hurley talks about the secret scrimmage, he'll be put
on double secret probation by the NCAA!

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 10 years ago

You don't talk about double secret probation.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

No. It's secret.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 10 years ago

Did URI scrimmage Manhattan today as reported earlier? Any word on outcome? Blue Ribbon picks Manhattan to win the Metro Atlantic and make the NCAA. They just missed last year losing in the MAC tournament final.

CT Rhody · Unread post by **CT Rhody** » 10 years ago

It's way too quite, I've been waiting all day for some sort of info on the game! Any info would do at this point!

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 10 years ago

Maybe Tom Penders will tweet something!

URI96 · Unread post by **URI96** » 10 years ago

I saw on someone's Twitter (Goodman maybe?) that there are reports from some of these scrimmages that they have been foul fests due to the new rules.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 10 years ago

URI96 wrote:I saw on someone's Twitter (Goodman maybe?) that there are reports from some of these scrimmages that they have been foul fests due to the new rules.

Goodman has tweeted that a few times. Everyone's observed this.

Luckily, Rhody has their secret scrimmage, public exhibition this Friday, and next Friday's game vs Maine to tune up to the new officiating standard before the games get tough.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 10 years ago

Andy Katz' 3 Point Shot video discusses the VCU-WakeForest "Secret" scrimmage.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:9896199

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 10 years ago

At about the 28th minute of this week's ESPN College Hoop Podcast with Andy Katz and Seth Greenburg, Andy confirms that you can discuss "secret" scrimmages AFTER the fact, but NOT before in any kind of promotional way.

In fact, he discusses a scrimmage with Baylor's coach Scott Drew.

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=9893499

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 10 years ago

From an Arizona exhibition game...This kid will be a handful!

Andrew · Unread post by **Andrew** » 10 years ago

McConnell was very good at Duquesne as well. No surprise he's continuing.

URIGONZO · Unread post by **URIGONZO** » 10 years ago

You're correct Andrew, he was a beast at Duquesne.

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 10 years ago

Love the way he plays.