Week #3 - Games of Interest

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 8 years ago

The polls out today continue to show lots of turnover in the Top 25, typical of the early season. No A-10 teams were ranked in the top 25 in either polls. In the AP poll, GW and Dayton got votes. GW and Dayton also got votes in the USA Today poll as did Davidson.

Cumulative record of URI OOC opponents now stands at 27-23, a winning percentage of .541. Patriot and Metro Atlantic opponents contributed 11 of the losses alone.

Good showing by the conference this past week and the A-10 cumulative record in OOC play now is at 44-10, .815 winning percentage, with seven teams yet to suffer a loss.

Monday action for A-10 teams:

* Duquesne versus Pepperdine in the Gulf Coast Showcase in Estero, FL. 2:30 PM. This game already underway and Pepperdine leads the Dukes, 36-21 at end of first half.

* Lafayette at LaSalle. 7 PM.

* 3-0 Mercer at 2-0 Davidson. 7 PM.

* UMass versus Clemson in the Main Event tourney in Las Vegas. 9:30 PM.
(BTW, a comment on the UMass message board said the injury to EC couldn't have happened to a better coach and fan base. Hard to root for UMass given that no class comment.)

In the only OOC action:

* NJIT at Providence. 6:30 PM.

In another game, Vanderbilt is pummeling St. John's, 53 -24 at the half in Maui.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 8 years ago

There's a certain segment of the UMass fanbase who is obsessed with Dan Hurley. It's disturbing. Or hilarious. Maybe both. If he was actually a horrible human being, maybe they'd be on to something, but it really is just that they don't seem to like how he coaches, say he's completely classless. But then they celebrate an injury to a college kid.

Duquesne will be living and dying by their outside shooting. Today? Dying so far, 0-13 from 3.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 8 years ago

Screw Dumbass. Can we please sweep those scrubs this year?
Best of luck against Clemson tonight.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 8 years ago

Duquesne absorbs its first loss of young season as they fall to Pepperdine, 84-70. The Dukes trailed most of the way.

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 8 years ago

Wake Forest knocked off Indiana, a team many pundits are high on. I believe Richmond beat Wake opening week.

steveystuds06 · Unread post by **steveystuds06** » 8 years ago

Dunn is close to a Quadruple double this guy is amazing to watch

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 8 years ago

steveystuds06 wrote:Dunn is close to a Quadruple double this guy is amazing to watch

My friend at the game sent me a picture of the crowd - there probably isn't 3500 people there. I don't know what they will announce, but it makes the crowds at the Ryan so far seem pretty respectable.

rjsuperfly66 · Unread post by **rjsuperfly66** » 8 years ago

Terrible night at the Dunk. Early start lost a lot of people, Pats game didn't help. And even though NJIT has a decent team, to most they are no different than facing Johnson & Wales.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 8 years ago

UMASS is just nailing threes against Clemson. Smokin them 53-28 right now.
Trey Davis just nailed back to back 40 footers.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 8 years ago

PeterRamTime wrote:UMASS is just nailing threes against Clemson. Smokin them 53-28 right now.
Trey Davis just nailed back to back 40 footers.

UMass fans are gross, but then winning against a P5 team is good for the A10

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 8 years ago

TruePoint wrote:
steveystuds06 wrote:Dunn is close to a Quadruple double this guy is amazing to watch
My friend at the game sent me a picture of the crowd - there probably isn't 3500 people there. I don't know what they will announce, but it makes the crowds at the Ryan so far seem pretty respectable.

Announced crowd for NJIT was 5,009. PC has had very good size crowds for its first three games and its average through four games is 7,815. Playing NJIT during the holiday week on a Monday at 6:30pm with a Pats games hurt tonight's gate.

Harvard 9,477
Illinois 8,069
Brown 8,706
NJIT 5,009

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 8 years ago

RF1 wrote:
TruePoint wrote:
steveystuds06 wrote:Dunn is close to a Quadruple double this guy is amazing to watch
My friend at the game sent me a picture of the crowd - there probably isn't 3500 people there. I don't know what they will announce, but it makes the crowds at the Ryan so far seem pretty respectable.

Announced crowd for NJIT was 5,009. PC has had very good size crowds for its first three games and its average through four games is 7,815. Playing NJIT during the holiday week on a Monday at 6:30pm with a Pats games hurt tonight's gate.

Harvard 9,477
Illinois 8,069
Brown 8,706
NJIT 5,009

They're also obviously not above announcing crowds twice the number of how many people actually showed up, which doesn't hurt either. I'm not criticizing them for this. Crowd sizes are like roster heights. Nobody gives the real number except the people at URI.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 8 years ago

Rhode Island at 6 on CBSSN, Arizona State at 8 on ESPN2. My plans for tonight are set.

Wojo vs Bobby is an interesting coaching match-up. Who do the Duke haters root for?

bressler3south · Unread post by **bressler3south** » 8 years ago

ace wrote:Rhode Island at 6 on CBSSN, Arizona State at 8 on ESPN2. My plans for tonight are set.

Wojo vs Bobby is an interesting coaching match-up. Who do the Duke haters root for?

No one.
However, URI fans root for Bobby Hurley, Jr., for his time at URI…..

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 8 years ago

Dunn is close to a Quadruple double this guy is amazing to watch

My friend at the game sent me a picture of the crowd - there probably isn't 3500 people there. I don't know what they will announce, but it makes the crowds at the Ryan so far seem pretty respectable.

Announced crowd for NJIT was 5,009. PC has had very good size crowds for its first three games and its average through four games is 7,815. Playing NJIT during the holiday week on a Monday at 6:30pm with a Pats games hurt tonight's gate.

Harvard 9,477
Illinois 8,069
Brown 8,706
NJIT 5,009

They're also obviously not above announcing crowds twice the number of how many people actually showed up, which doesn't hurt either. I'm not criticizing them for this. Crowd sizes are like roster heights. Nobody gives the real number except the people at URI.

It's no different than URI as attendance is sold tickets.
I guarantee you that URI actual attendance is not the actual number of warm bodies in the seats

PC has a lot more season ticket holders than URI so tons stayed away last night due to business travel, work, family events, perceived lack of a quality opponent, illness, Patriots game, etc. The actual attendance was more likely 2500.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 8 years ago

In Tuesday action in the A-10:

* In a game now underway, Gardner-Webb plays at GW in a Barclays Center Classic campus site game.

* In the Gulf Coast Showcase, Duquesne meets Milwaukee. At 12 Noon.

* TCU versus URI in the Cancun Challenge. 6 PM. On CBS Sports.

* St. Bonaventure at Canisius. 7 PM. On ESPN3.

* In a Brooklyn Hoops Classic campus site game, St. Louis hosts North Florida. 8 PM.

* Colgate at Fordham. 8 PM.

In OOC action besides Rider vs. Cleveland State and Illinois State vs. Maryland at Cancun:

* UNH at Brown. 7 PM.

* Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Nebraska as part of the Barclays Center Classic. 8 PM.

* Valparaiso at Oregon State. 9 PM. On PAC12.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 8 years ago

GW beats Gardner-Webb 94-65

SmartyBarrett · Unread post by **SmartyBarrett** » 8 years ago

TruePoint wrote:
steveystuds06 wrote:Dunn is close to a Quadruple double this guy is amazing to watch
My friend at the game sent me a picture of the crowd - there probably isn't 3500 people there. I don't know what they will announce, but it makes the crowds at the Ryan so far seem pretty respectable.

Captainron@ · Unread post by **Captainron@** » 8 years ago

ramster wrote:
Dunn is close to a Quadruple double this guy is amazing to watch

My friend at the game sent me a picture of the crowd - there probably isn't 3500 people there. I don't know what they will announce, but it makes the crowds at the Ryan so far seem pretty respectable.

Announced crowd for NJIT was 5,009. PC has had very good size crowds for its first three games and its average through four games is 7,815. Playing NJIT during the holiday week on a Monday at 6:30pm with a Pats games hurt tonight's gate.

Harvard 9,477
Illinois 8,069
Brown 8,706
NJIT 5,009
They're also obviously not above announcing crowds twice the number of how many people actually showed up, which doesn't hurt either. I'm not criticizing them for this. Crowd sizes are like roster heights. Nobody gives the real number except the people at URI.

It's no different than URI as attendance is sold tickets.
I guarantee you that URI actual attendance is not the actual number of warm bodies in the seats

PC has a lot more season ticket holders than URI so tons stayed away last night due to business travel, work, family events, perceived lack of a quality opponent, illness, Patriots game, etc. The actual attendance was more likely 2500.

PC attendance isn't tickets sold, it's actual turnstile count. There are close to 7,000 season ticket holders this year so if you counted tickets sold it would never be below that. Last year at the game that replaced one that was snowed out, the attendance was below a thousand. Killed the overall for the entire season.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 8 years ago

Duquesne needs OT but beats Milwaukee 96-92. The A-10 is now a combined 40-11 (D1 only) to start the year.

luke · Unread post by **luke** » 8 years ago

Very nice.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 8 years ago

If anyone missed it posted in another thread, Cleveland State won today against Rider.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 8 years ago

Makes you wonder a little bit about Maryland....overrated?

Need to win tonight to find out soon......

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 8 years ago

I don't know that you can necessarily draw those kinds of conclusions. Could be, or maybe they slept walked in that game and as a result will come out extra focused today and tomorrow. Never really can tell.

Ram1019 · Unread post by **Ram1019** » 8 years ago

steveystuds06 wrote:Dunn is close to a Quadruple double this guy is amazing to watch

Don't think that's ever been done before in D1. KD came close to doing it last night. Any chance he can pull it off this season?

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 8 years ago

Bonnies closing out a win in the Little 5 matchup against Baron's Golden Griffs. Go Brown Indians!!

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 8 years ago

SBU wins at Canisius 77-73. A-10 is 4-0 on the day thus far and its teams have leads in the two games not completed.

A-10 record vs D1 is currently at 42-11 (.792) and it is rated 2nd in RPI. The league is 8-5 vs the Power-5 and 2-0 vs the AAC. This has been a very good start to the year. The supposed bottom tier teams in the league are performing much better than expected.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 8 years ago

St. Louis wins

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 8 years ago

ace wrote:Rhode Island at 6 on CBSSN, Arizona State at 8 on ESPN2. My plans for tonight are set.

1-1

peeps4life · Unread post by **peeps4life** » 8 years ago

Captainron@ wrote:
ramster wrote:
Dunn is close to a Quadruple double this guy is amazing to watch

My friend at the game sent me a picture of the crowd - there probably isn't 3500 people there. I don't know what they will announce, but it makes the crowds at the Ryan so far seem pretty respectable.

Announced crowd for NJIT was 5,009. PC has had very good size crowds for its first three games and its average through four games is 7,815. Playing NJIT during the holiday week on a Monday at 6:30pm with a Pats games hurt tonight's gate.

Harvard 9,477
Illinois 8,069
Brown 8,706
NJIT 5,009
They're also obviously not above announcing crowds twice the number of how many people actually showed up, which doesn't hurt either. I'm not criticizing them for this. Crowd sizes are like roster heights. Nobody gives the real number except the people at URI.

It's no different than URI as attendance is sold tickets.
I guarantee you that URI actual attendance is not the actual number of warm bodies in the seats

PC has a lot more season ticket holders than URI so tons stayed away last night due to business travel, work, family events, perceived lack of a quality opponent, illness, Patriots game, etc. The actual attendance was more likely 2500.

PC attendance isn't tickets sold, it's actual turnstile count. There are close to 7,000 season ticket holders this year so if you counted tickets sold it would never be below that. Last year at the game that replaced one that was snowed out, the attendance was below a thousand. Killed the overall for the entire season.

i'd say 5k was fair. it took a while for the small crowd to even get in the building.

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 8 years ago

Given the glass house we live in I don't think we should be throwing stones at PCs attendance.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 8 years ago

Manhattan is expected to have just 5 scholarship players available for their game against George Mason.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 8 years ago

Wow, what's going on over at Manhattan? They had been on a roll the past few years.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 8 years ago

Chris Mullin's coaching attire is one of my favorite things from the tournaments this week.

Manhattan has a lot of injuries and also lost a player (Jermaine Lawrence) who left following a discrepancy about positive drug tests/length of suspension/maybe something else I'm forgetting.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 8 years ago

Yesterday's perfect day in the A10 has bumped the conference to #6 in RPI Forecast (full season prediction). At the moment, it is ranked #2 for games played this season so far (but that's not as important).

http://www.rpiforecast.com/confrpi.html

Rhode_Island_Red · Unread post by **Rhode_Island_Red** » 8 years ago

That's nice, but unless we beat that hideous disgusting school that shall not be named it won't mean anything to me.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 8 years ago

Getting to the NCAA Tournament is 1000x more important than beating PC.

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 8 years ago

ATPTourFan wrote:Getting to the NCAA Tournament is 1000x more important than beating PC.

True, but beating PC will help us with the more important goal.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 8 years ago

Yes, it's more important, by about one tenth of one percent.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 8 years ago

bigappleram wrote:Given the glass house we live in I don't think we should be throwing stones at PCs attendance.

That wasn't really what I was doing. I was more pointing out that many teams struggle to fill their building at this point in the season against off-brand opponents.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 8 years ago

TruePoint wrote:
bigappleram wrote:Given the glass house we live in I don't think we should be throwing stones at PCs attendance.
That wasn't really what I was doing. I was more pointing out that many teams struggle to fill their building at this point in the season against off-brand opponents.

This is my biggest gripe with all the attendance talk around here. While I agree it would be nice if the numbers were a little stronger at the Ryan Center, I think that sometimes people miss that's its a bigger problem then just at URI.

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 8 years ago

Nick Saban goes on a rant monthly over fans leaving early or not showing up.

The pats game against the bills had a ton of empty seats.

There is a certain combo that lends itself to a packed house.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 8 years ago

I love this

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 8 years ago

Why can't we get players like that?

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 8 years ago

TCU is putting it to ISU.
Hate that freakiin' clock with the red numbers. Some assholes have to over think everything.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 8 years ago

Richmond in nice win for the A-10 over #14 California, 94-90 in the Las Vegas Invitational. Richmond got the win on great shooting across the board. Forward Terry Allen put in 34 points with 17 coming from the FT line. Allen also gathered in 13 boards.

In other A-10 action, GW leads Tennessee early in the second half, 48-34, in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center Classic.

Also, Dayton in a tussle with upstart Monmouth, winner last night over Notre Dame. The Flyers have a four point lead with 4 minutes left in the first half.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 8 years ago

Also noticed that Northeastern beat #15 Miami by a point. They don't play us, but we are seeing teams that we're supposed to be better than, beating top 25 teams.

With what we have now, could we beat those teams?

The Dude · Unread post by **The Dude** » 8 years ago

It's a really interesting start to the NCAA Men's Basketball season to say the least. I honestly can't recall the last time there were so many upsets this early in the season. Monmouth beat Notre Dame the other day. Alabama just beat Wichita State. Based on what I've seen thus far, I can't figure out whether the A10 teams are better this year than anyone thought they would be or if the rest of the teams aren't as good as people thought they would be.
This season could be a wild ride. I don't envy a the selection committee come tournament time. Good luck sorting out the mess. haha.

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 8 years ago

10 teams in the AP top 25 have lost this week

10 Gonzaga
13 Indiana (twice)
14 Cal (twice)
15 Miami
17 ND
18 UConn (twice)
19 Vandy (in fairness to 5 Kansas)
20 Wichita St (twice)
22 LSU (twice)
25 Texas A&M

BPR2010 · Unread post by **BPR2010** » 8 years ago

#11 Zona on the ropes against PC right now as well. Have to say, PC is playing on a different level than we are right now. Going to be an absolute handful next week if they keep playing this way.

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