Game 8: Providence College (Saturday, Dec 5, 7:00pm ESPNU)

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

Dunne

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

TruePoint wrote:Dunne

Oh thats priceless.

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

In a few months, he'll be "done."

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

steveystuds06 wrote:That Wooden post just made my morning how did he spell Kris Dunn?

And he obviously looked up the correct spelling and edited the post. He really shouldn't post his thoughts in public. It's pretty embarrassing.

woodennickel1 · Unread post by **woodennickel1** » 8 years ago

The Dude wrote:I'm not going to touch on Woody's comments. I wouldn't even know where to begin. It's just laden with grammar issues.

LOL Wow! Can't tell you how impressed I am with you coming to a message board to correct people's grammer.You must be really smart

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

woodennickel1 wrote:
The Dude wrote:I'm not going to touch on Woody's comments. I wouldn't even know where to begin. It's just laden with grammar issues.
LOL Wow! Can't tell you how impressed I am with you coming to a message board to correct people's grammer.You must be really smart

And you obviously are not.

Stop! Rammer Time · Unread post by **Stop! Rammer Time** » 8 years ago

woodennickel1 wrote:
The Dude wrote:I'm not going to touch on Woody's comments. I wouldn't even know where to begin. It's just laden with grammar issues.
LOL Wow! Can't tell you how impressed I am with you coming to a message board to correct people's grammer.You must be really smart

This one has a spelling issue, so spelling and grammar are both issues.

sf2010 · Unread post by **sf2010** » 8 years ago

woodennickel1 wrote:
The Dude wrote:I'm not going to touch on Woody's comments. I wouldn't even know where to begin. It's just laden with grammar issues.
LOL Wow! Can't tell you how impressed I am with you coming to a message board to correct people's grammer.You must be really smart

It's almost as impressive as coming to a message board of a team that you don't root for and posting over 100 times. Still can't understand people like that who take it upon themselves to be the voice of their respective fan bases.

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

woodennickel1 wrote:
The Dude wrote:I'm not going to touch on Woody's comments. I wouldn't even know where to begin. It's just laden with grammar issues.
LOL Wow! Can't tell you how impressed I am with you coming to a message board to correct people's grammer.You must be really smart

Damn still struggling with the space after periods. Don't worry, we'll get there. I'm here for you.

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

adam914 wrote:
woodennickel1 wrote:
The Dude wrote:I'm not going to touch on Woody's comments. I wouldn't even know where to begin. It's just laden with grammar issues.
LOL Wow! Can't tell you how impressed I am with you coming to a message board to correct people's grammer.You must be really smart
Damn still struggling with the space after periods. Don't worry, we'll get there. I'm here for you.

It's either no space, or just no period. Interesting take on English.

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

"With the exception of a too-small cadre of loyal fans, Rams rooters would rather whine and complain about the state of the program, and how Providence College takes precedence in eyes of many Rhode Islanders, than come to the Ryan Center and stand and cheer for their state university."

http://m.providencejournal.com/article/ ... /151209322

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

emBARONsing

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

Donaldson and his media buddies are part of the problem. They're the ones who have been brainwashing the locals for the past 50 years or so as to what a wonderful program PC has.

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

Nationally ranked Providence College, coming off two NCAA seasons, drew 5,169 for their last game versus Hartford.

I would bet if URI was ranked and coming off two NCAA appearances, attendance would have been much higher than it was last night for Houston.

Attendance at college sporting events is not just an issue at URI. It is happening everywhere.

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

Billyboy78 wrote:Donaldson and his media buddies are part of the problem. They're the ones who have been brainwashing the locals for the past 50 years or so as to what a wonderful program PC has.

I agree that he and others in the local media certainly do not help matters. He however does have a valid point here.

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

I agree with Donaldson on most of his rants about other teams and athletes....we can't cry when he is rightly critical of us.....

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

I'm not saying Donaldson is wrong about us. I agree that except for the hard cores, our fan base sucks. I'm just saying the media helped create what is largely a pro-PC attitude for most basketball fans in our state.

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 8 years ago

RF1 wrote:Nationally ranked Providence College, coming off two NCAA seasons, drew 5,169 for their last game versus Hartford.

I would bet if URI was ranked and coming off two NCAA appearances, attendance would have been much higher than it was last night for Houston.

Attendance at college sporting events is not just an issue at URI. It is happening everywhere.

A common idea that I strongly agree with, but...'can they' GET ranked? Do they have the schedule/talent for it?
If they beat Nebraska, IONA, ODU, Brown, St L, and Richmond...does that get them ranked? I

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 8 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:I'm not saying Donaldson is wrong about us. I agree that except for the hard cores, our fan base sucks. I'm just saying the media helped create what is largely a pro-PC attitude for most basketball fans in our state.

Any chance that "winning" creates the attitude AND probably drives the media coverage...?

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

We did plenty of winning when I was in school in the late 70s. Even our state government wished PC well in the NCAA tournament. We were in it too. The state school didn't exist in their mind. Why? Because PC dominated the media coverage. And we were the better team at the time.

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

That article was already posted this morning in the Houston game thread.

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

Interesting how that article chose to show the end zone that is always filled last in every game. The opposite end zone was full of students, but I made a comment to a friend of mine that I thought they should do a better job of seating and distributing the student body more evenly in each end zone. Having one end zone almost completely empty just looks really bad on TV and to media in general. Anyway, it would be nice to see some more students at the games. I wish we had this kind of talent and team when I was in school. Lazy kids were barely cheering in the Houston game without EZ having to encourage them every two seconds. It was kind of sad.

On a separate note, karma may already be biting PC in the rear end. Bentil is out of the game vs. BC with an ankle injury at half time.

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

I don't like to wish injury on anyone, but it would have been nice if that had happened to him in the 1st half Saturday night.

We'd all be talking about a win then.

I'll take a win, almost anyway we can get it. We were missing one of our best players, weren't we?

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

That actually sucks though, because as much as it goes against all instinct, the better PC does the better it is for us. If anyone on their team is going to get injured or have any limbs amputated, you'd prefer that to happen before we play them.

hrstrat57 · Unread post by **hrstrat57** » 8 years ago

I want Dunn in Celtic green next year so please be 100% all year

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

Dunn wasn't the main reason we lost.

It was Bentil more than anyone.

Hopefully our big man recruits can help contain him next time....

860_rhody · Unread post by **860_rhody** » 8 years ago

hrstrat57 wrote:I want Dunn in Celtic green next year so please be 100% all year

So he can play 4th string point guard? This makes no sense to me.

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

rambone 78 wrote:Dunn wasn't the main reason we lost.

It was Bentil more than anyone.

Hopefully our big man recruits can help contain him next time....

While Bentil obviously had a great game, Dunn is such an incredible presence out there that the entire defense is focused on him. Meaning, I think it's easier for Bentil to score because every other defender on the floor is keeping an eye on Dunn at all times. Again though, Bentil was very impressive in that game.

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

860_rhody wrote:
hrstrat57 wrote:I want Dunn in Celtic green next year so please be 100% all year
So he can play 4th string point guard? This makes no sense to me.

Right? The Celtics need a #1 scorer. Getting a knock off Marcus Smart isn't going to solve much.

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

Ben Simmons?

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

I don't know if Simmons will score 25ppg in the NBA, but I would step over certain of my own family members to get Ben Simmons in green.

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

TruePoint wrote:I don't know if Simmons will score 25ppg in the NBA, but I would step over certain of my own family members to get Ben Simmons in green.

The Nets have been winning too much lately. It's making me angry.

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

Billyboy78 wrote:Ben Simmons?

Simmons is the clear #1 draft pick at this point. Good god he's awesome.

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

I wonder if we will see another Donaldson column about disappointing local attendance in tomorrow's edition of the Jounral. Providence College, coming off an exciting last second road win and having its highest ranking (#15) since 2004 drew just 8,425 for its game versus Boston College at the 12,400 seat Dunkin Donuts Center.

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

RF1 wrote:I wonder if we will see another Donaldson column about disappointing local attendance in tomorrow's edition of the Jounral. Providence College, coming off an exciting last second road win and having its highest ranking (#15) since 2004 drew just 8,425 for its game versus Boston College at the 12,400 seat Dunkin Donuts Center.

That's still about 5000 more than we got at our game.

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

Billyboy78 wrote:
RF1 wrote:I wonder if we will see another Donaldson column about disappointing local attendance in tomorrow's edition of the Jounral. Providence College, coming off an exciting last second road win and having its highest ranking (#15) since 2004 drew just 8,425 for its game versus Boston College at the 12,400 seat Dunkin Donuts Center.
That's still about 5000 more than we got at our game.

We however weren't coming off an exciting last second win with a #15 national ranking.

The numbers were disappointing for both games in my view.

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

At least they got to about 75% capacity. We didn't even get 50%.

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

RF1 wrote:
Billyboy78 wrote:
RF1 wrote:I wonder if we will see another Donaldson column about disappointing local attendance in tomorrow's edition of the Jounral. Providence College, coming off an exciting last second road win and having its highest ranking (#15) since 2004 drew just 8,425 for its game versus Boston College at the 12,400 seat Dunkin Donuts Center.
That's still about 5000 more than we got at our game.
We however weren't coming off an exciting last second win with a #15 national ranking.

The numbers were disappointing for both games in my view.

That's a pretty good number for a mid-week game against a crappy team that was also in the news for having most of its team out because of a communicable virus from Chipotle. PC might have had a better gate with a 5-on-5 scrimmage.

RAM67 · Unread post by **RAM67** » 8 years ago

There are a lot of BC grads in the greater Providence are. Also people from Warwick will drive to the Dump because "we're only going downtown", whereas Kingston is somewhere near the Conn.-NY line.

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

Kingston is in the middle of nowhere with a crappy 2 lane road as it's only access.

URI games will NEVER draw as well as the Dump. Has nothing to do with the capacity of the arenas.

PC plays its games in a metro area with hundreds of thousands of people living nearly, and it's just off of Rt. 95.

URI has more cows than people living nearby.

Surfri72 · Unread post by **Surfri72** » 8 years ago

you can get in and out of Kingston a lot faster than Providence plus parking is free. In the summer I don't see any of these dipshits from north of EG saying its too far as they invade south county. URI is a whopping 4 miles from RT 1 and 3 miles from RT 2. not exactly the middle of nowhere.

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 8 years ago

For the love of God, RI residents, pack a lunch, drive more than 2 towns away and go see a URI game. Get out and explore!

I grew up in West Warwick. Going to URI, it might as well have been UCLA for the distance my family thought it was.

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

Funny, RI residents have no problems finding
Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun, of Gillette Stadium.
Face it, our fanbase is very small.

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

We have plenty of alumni who live in Providence County, probably a good deal more than live in Washington County.

They would more likely go to the Dunk for our games, than the Ryan Center.

It's a Ro-Dylan thing.

Driving 25 miles into the wilderness is just too much for these folks.

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

I really don't think it's miles or anything else.
Many alums just don't care.
I've read several people on the enemy board say they are URI
grads, but are PC fans.
My sister went to every game as a student, and
has not once gone to a game since graduating.
I think apathy is the main culprit, not time or distance.

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

Well, they see us losing key games from a distance time and time again over many years, with no trips to the NCAA's.

Maybe, just maybe, some of them will come when they see us actually win some of those games.

Otherwise, it's a bridge too far.

I think even Dan realizes by now, we have to win and win big to change the perception of this program.

Maybe that's what Ace means when she said that Dan is done talking about attendance issues.

Or maybe he's just getting fed up with it.....

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

another factor to consider in the attendance debate is the increase in TV coverage. More games on TV will have an effect on attendance, especially weeknight games.

Its a combo of increased TV coverage, distance to travel, day of the week and opponent.

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

I've always thought giving away the product was a mistake.
Why leave the comfort of home to drive somewhere and
pay?
The only thing that will boost attendance is winning.
No amount of marketing, or gimmicks can have the
impact that a winning program has.

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

Rod mentions the 9000+ average at the CC in '78. No coincidence that was probably the best team we've ever had.

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

Also, college basketball may have been at its peak
here in RI.
Both URI and PC had NCAA teams, both loaded with'star
players.
Sports talk was big then, too.
No big conferences in the Northeast.
So different than now in many ways.

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