Game #29: St Joseph's - Saturday 1:45p - SENIOR DAY

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 9 years ago

I decided the game thread should be separate from the Senior Day thread Neil so eloquently posted. If you haven't read that yet, please do.

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 9 years ago

THE HAWK WILL NEVER DIE!

The Hawk will never die?

Saturday URI gets over their ATP induced funk that resulted in a poor game thread and even worse game and they follow my lead and get back in the win column. We honor our seniors, shut down Bembry, win the game, and clinch a bye in the A10 tournament. Our run in Brooklyn starts by killing the hawk.

Taylor Swift · Unread post by **Taylor Swift** » 9 years ago

That damn hawk!

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

So, then this losing stuff is all ATP's fault?
Let's make sure his keyboard is confiscated, ASAP!

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 9 years ago

because this belongs here:

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

I love the smirk on Harrick's face. I was right over where that happened.
By the way, note the fantastic ball movement.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

Blue Man wrote:because this belongs here:

That is funny, but oh, that Wheeler behind the back dribble and that gorgeous bounce pass are things of beauty.

Taylor Swift · Unread post by **Taylor Swift** » 9 years ago

One of my favorite YouTube videos.

Rhodyhooopz · Unread post by **Rhodyhooopz** » 9 years ago

best Rhody bounce pass ever.

eli#10 · Unread post by **eli#10** » 9 years ago

Not quite--not sure if it can be found but a bounce pass from Owens to Garrick (I think) in a 1988 Presidents Day game against West Virginia is the best. Game was on ESPN and announcer Larry Conley raved about it. I am not absolutely certain about the date and opponent but the pass was special.

Rhodyhooopz · Unread post by **Rhodyhooopz** » 9 years ago

eli, you are right. The one from Silk was a full court bounce pass. Ok so now we know the top 2 bounce passes in Rhody history.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

The '88 President's Day game was played against GW at GW,
which we won, 92-61 on 1/18/88.
Kenny Green was in the midst of his 22 straight shot streak.
I thought Silk's almost court length bounce pass against Syracuse to Kenny,
was Ernie to Marvin stuff.
We beat a very strong West Virginia team three times that year, including
twice at their place, once in the A-10 Tourney.
Penders did the unheard of thing of moving our home game with
The Mountaineers, to MSG, to get his team ready for the bright lights.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

Rod, we've played a lot of good games at that place over the years [MSG].

We used to be fairly regular visitors, with plenty of fan support.

How long has it been since we played there, not counting the NIT loss to UNC several years ago?

Maybe Dan can get a couple of games there at some point soon.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

College basketball in NYC is light years away from what it
was before.
St. John's when Carneseca was there was the last hurrah for
college ball in MSG.
They still play there once in awhile, but they don't draw that well.
Iona, Fordham and Manhattan play in antiquated glorified
high school gyms.
In the 60's MSG was Manhattan's home court.
Imagine that?

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 9 years ago

So, the hawk must be sacrificied to win the A10 tourney? Then Sacrifice the Hawk we will!

eli#10 · Unread post by **eli#10** » 9 years ago

OK--I was not that far off.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

No you weren't.
One reason I remember that day was, I took
the afternoon off to watch it
Those were exciting times for Rhody basketball.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

They were, Rod. I loved it, I used to travel to see us play quite often.

Now, don't have the time or money to do so.

Nowadays, it's the RC and Mohegan, and not anywhere else. And not as often either.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

Same here.

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 9 years ago

I wonder if we'll ever see those days again. URI wasn't just a basketball team, it was a way of life.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 9 years ago

We NEED the bye. I guess I'm gonna have to lose my voice again saturday.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

"URI wasn't just a basketball team, it was a way of life."
For some of us, it is, now.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 9 years ago

I hate the Hawk! I don't like Martelli either.
He seems arrogant acting like he is above everyone.

Ramulous · Unread post by **Ramulous** » 9 years ago

I had the pleasure of being at that game at GW......

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 9 years ago

Nice video with the seniors to...

http://www.coxhub.com/articles/uri-rams ... nt-josephs

Running Ram · Unread post by **Running Ram** » 9 years ago

rodfromcranston wrote:"URI wasn't just a basketball team, it was a way of life."
For some of us, it is, now.

Keaneyblue is the first outlet I go to every time I get online (both in season and preseason), it's the first bookmark in my list of bookmarks, which reads like this...

http://keaneyblue.com/
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... sland-rams
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... sland-rams
http://www.atlantic10.com/
http://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basket ... acketology
http://www.gorhody.com/landing/index
http://rhodeislandrams.com/
https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/
then other less relevant bookmarks follow

I schedule my visits with my dad around big games so we can have something in common, I text pictures of my favorite Jay signs to friends, during the season I have at least one item of Rhody clothing/accessory on my body at all times unless showering. I scheduled my Thanksgiving around the game this year, I get a good amount of my world news here on keaneyblue, okay maybe not the details, but get alerted to news here. I familiarize myself with URI mbb staff member's contracts, building specs of facilities. I stand in front of Rodman Hall once a year and contemplate the genius of Frank Keaney, etc...

And I'm just one person here, safe to say I'm not the only one who considers this a way of life, heck Blueman got engaged at a game, neil hasn't missed a senior game in what 50 years? Ramster would have adopted, clothed and fed ______ if he would have stayed and played, there are keaneyblue kin that have 3X the amount of posts as the amount of days this forum has been at 'keaneyblue.com', etc...

I think it has always been a way of life for many of us, good times and bad, thankfully the good times are back.

neil · Unread post by **neil** » 9 years ago

Two things - the bounce pass at GW was the best, and after the game was over when they were interviewing Penders, super fan Karl Koussa was in the background for almost the whole interview.

Also, -Running Ram - absolutely love that attitude. True fans support their team whether they are 20 and 8, or 8 and 20. Have not and will not quit...that ram fan

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 9 years ago

Running Ram wrote:
rodfromcranston wrote:"URI wasn't just a basketball team, it was a way of life."
For some of us, it is, now.
Keaneyblue is the first outlet I go to every time I get online (both in season and preseason), it's the first bookmark in my list of bookmarks, which reads like this...

http://keaneyblue.com/
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... sland-rams
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... sland-rams
http://www.atlantic10.com/
http://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basket ... acketology
http://www.gorhody.com/landing/index
http://rhodeislandrams.com/
https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/
then other less relevant bookmarks follow

I schedule my visits with my dad around big games so we can have something in common, I text pictures of my favorite Jay signs to friends, during the season I have at least one item of Rhody clothing/accessory on my body at all times unless showering. I scheduled my Thanksgiving around the game this year, I get a good amount of my world news here on keaneyblue, okay maybe not the details, but get alerted to news here. I familiarize myself with URI mbb staff member's contracts, building specs of facilities. I stand in front of Rodman Hall once a year and contemplate the genius of Frank Keaney, etc...

And I'm just one person here, safe to say I'm not the only one who considers this a way of life, heck Blueman got engaged at a game, neil hasn't missed a senior game in what 50 years? Ramster would have adopted, clothed and fed ______ if he would have stayed and played, there are keaneyblue kin that have 3X the amount of posts as the amount of days this forum has been at 'keaneyblue.com', etc...

I think it has always been a way of life for many of us, good times and bad, thankfully the good times are back.

The more I think of it, the more I agree. I've always thought that I have mellowed through the years because I no longer challenge sections of the Dunk (Civic Center), employees at the same or even priests that are near the opponents bench to mortal combat that the feeling has waned through the years. Not true.
I still wake up to this board. My eyes focus for the day on this board. It's the last thing I check before going to bed.
i also plan my work according to games.
I guess if it's in us, it doesn't go away until "We're Rhode Island Dead."

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 9 years ago

ramfan85 wrote:
Running Ram wrote:
rodfromcranston wrote:"URI wasn't just a basketball team, it was a way of life."
For some of us, it is, now.
Keaneyblue is the first outlet I go to every time I get online (both in season and preseason), it's the first bookmark in my list of bookmarks, which reads like this...

http://keaneyblue.com/
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... sland-rams
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... sland-rams
http://www.atlantic10.com/
http://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basket ... acketology
http://www.gorhody.com/landing/index
http://rhodeislandrams.com/
https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/
then other less relevant bookmarks follow

I schedule my visits with my dad around big games so we can have something in common, I text pictures of my favorite Jay signs to friends, during the season I have at least one item of Rhody clothing/accessory on my body at all times unless showering. I scheduled my Thanksgiving around the game this year, I get a good amount of my world news here on keaneyblue, okay maybe not the details, but get alerted to news here. I familiarize myself with URI mbb staff member's contracts, building specs of facilities. I stand in front of Rodman Hall once a year and contemplate the genius of Frank Keaney, etc...

And I'm just one person here, safe to say I'm not the only one who considers this a way of life, heck Blueman got engaged at a game, neil hasn't missed a senior game in what 50 years? Ramster would have adopted, clothed and fed ______ if he would have stayed and played, there are keaneyblue kin that have 3X the amount of posts as the amount of days this forum has been at 'keaneyblue.com', etc...

I think it has always been a way of life for many of us, good times and bad, thankfully the good times are back.
The more I think of it, the more I agree. I've always thought that I have mellowed through the years because I no longer challenge sections of the Dunk (Civic Center), employees at the same or even priests that are near the opponents bench to mortal combat that the feeling has waned through the years. Not true.
I still wake up to this board. My eyes focus for the day on this board. It's the last thing I check before going to bed.
i also plan my work according to games.
I guess if it's in us, it doesn't go away until "We're Rhode Island Dead."

Yeah this isn't dying in me.

Still challenging opposing fans to physical combat though...maybe that'll subside some day.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

85 even used to challenge TV guys who said stupid things about us.
He did challenge an entire section once. Nobody moved.
My biggest regret is, when he wanted to punch out Jerry D for ignoring his
son's autograph request (The entire team signed his book, including Harrick)
I tried to talk him out of it. What was I thinking?
When you get to our age, things like going to jail and having to hire lawyers, kind of makes
acting on impulses, take a back seat.

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 9 years ago

I don't know, Rod. i can swing my walker pretty good.

And, that section I challenged had some of the toughest looking 80 year olds you'd ever want to see.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 9 years ago

Looks like we may have a good crowd for this game.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

theblueram wrote:Looks like we may have a good crowd for this game.

Not a lot of green dots. I'm sure some of the back rows of the 300s aren't sold yet, but even with those, there's less than 1000 left. If the students fill up their sections, it looks like it'll be a very big crowd.

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 9 years ago

Get up, it's Gameday!!! Just a note, last night the Ryan Center sent out an informational email and in it they said they're expecting a near capacity crowd. I don't remember them saying the same for UMass, but I could be wrong.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 9 years ago

Sounds like less than 1000 tickets left...get there early!!!

Keatgsr07 · Unread post by **Keatgsr07** » 9 years ago

Any idea if this game will be broadcast via live stream?

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 9 years ago

Keatgsr07 wrote:Any idea if this game will be broadcast via live stream?

Yes, it is on Cox Ocean State Network (OSN), you will to pay if you don't have it already

About to start the car up now and head over to the RC. Beautiful Day for a Senior Day Celebration, a domination of St Joseph's, a demoralizing of the St Joe Wind Flapping Hawk and a securing of the #3 Seed for Barclay's

GO RHODY!!

Rhody15 · Unread post by **Rhody15** » 9 years ago

Damn I'm gonna miss TJ.

KMar970 · Unread post by **KMar970** » 9 years ago

Where's the best pregame spot... On my way to check in my hotel in Narragansett then maybe bobby gs for a tidal wave

DanInAZ · Unread post by **DanInAZ** » 9 years ago

Enjoy the game for those of you lucky enough to be there. Wish I was there.

KMar970 · Unread post by **KMar970** » 9 years ago

Not loving this traffic on 108 right now prb gonna miss tip off

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 9 years ago

Damn stream isnt up for the ceremonies. Hope we get some video of it later at least. This however, is not promising.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 9 years ago

Stream is up now! Awesome! Disappointing crowd for the ceremony though for sure.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 9 years ago

Amazing tribute for all the guys, but TJ especially. Got real dusty in here when that video of his fiance and son came up.

DanInAZ · Unread post by **DanInAZ** » 9 years ago

No sound for the live feed. Grrrrrrr

DanInAZ · Unread post by **DanInAZ** » 9 years ago

and just like that on queue... it has sound.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 9 years ago

DanInAZ wrote:No sound for the live feed. Grrrrrrr

Try just refreshing it, came back for me after that.

KMar970 · Unread post by **KMar970** » 9 years ago

TJ playing great today

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 9 years ago

Cox is not working again today. At least for me and we are not playing well fuuuuuckkk I don't like this at all. This offseason we have to figure out how to run and execute an effective offense.

Keatgsr07 · Unread post by **Keatgsr07** » 9 years ago

PRT, re offensive program, agree.