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WOW!

I was hoping for the best, but I didn't think we would actually start the season ranked.

What a special moment for the program.

Right above Cincy too. That game is shaping up to be a great one.

Any idea when the AP poll comes out?

Dayton and VCU weren't far off and even Davidson got a little love.

So first preseason ranking since 1998-9? I'll take it!

very proud - let's go.

lets goooooo

AP Poll comes out first week of Nov per KMac

Ranked 1 spot ahead of Cincinnati. Obviously a huge early season game for us as far as staying up in the rankings.

For the first time since the 1998-99 season, Rhode Island will begin the season nationally ranked as Rhody has made the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll Top 25.


USA Today Coaches Poll
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Duke (27) 0-0 792
2 Kansas (1) 0-0 721
3 Villanova (1) 0-0 700
4 Kentucky (2) 0-0 695
5 Oregon (1) 0-0 620
6 North Carolina 0-0 614
7 Virginia 0-0 596
8 Xavier 0-0 552
9 Michigan State 0-0 544
10 Wisconsin 0-0 487
11 Arizona 0-0 468
12 Indiana 0-0 435
13 Gonzaga 0-0 371
14 Louisville 0-0 367
15 Purdue 0-0 324
16 Connecticut 0-0 239
17 Syracuse 0-0 224
18 West Virginia 0-0 204
19 Saint Mary's 0-0 203
20 UCLA 0-0 185
21 Maryland 0-0 153
22 Texas 0-0 124
23 Creighton 0-0 113
24 Rhode Island 0-0 85
25 Cincinnati 0-0 75

Others receiving votes: Florida State 65, Iowa State 56, California 43, Miami 35, Dayton 34, Oklahoma 33, Seton Hall 24, Texas A&M 22, Notre Dame 18, San Diego State 17, Virginia Tech 16, Wichita St 15, Butler 14, USC 14, Ohio State 12, Colorado 11, Florida 11, Clemson 11, Michigan 10, Pittsburgh 7, Georgia 6, Yale 6, VCU 6, Chattanooga 5, Washington 4, Kansas State 3, Nevada 3, Davidson 2, Valparaiso 2, Arkansas 2, Utah 1, SMU 1

Here here! Wonder what the buzz is like around campus? We can use every student possible at our first three games going into Mohegan.

They should definitely get in the AP Top 25 as well. The ranking will help get attention of students. Hopefully the early games in Kingston will hook the students and we see big turnouts from them to fill the building.

I think it's fair to question the ticket paying fans as there is a large pool of them who won't come down until URI beats PC in any given season, even if that's not the most critical win of the year (and usually it's not).

AP Poll comes out on Halloween.

There is no question that games televised on Cox affects attendance. If problems persist with Cox and an agreement for the 16-17 season cannot be reached we should have a lot of sell outs.
Does anyone have an idea how much Cox has paid to televise our games in the past?

The word "ranked" is so huge for students along with other fans. It's like a boost of confidence that changes their priorities from "I might go" to "wow were actually really good". Easy to advertise a good team because the ranking is clear evidence. Wow, I might paint my face like blueman now.

I am very, VERY happy about this!!

I caution everyone to remember when Nebraska was ranked at the bottom of the Top 25 a couple of years ago and we beat them. By the end of that season Nebraska was a disaster.

I don't see us doing that, but I think early season-rankings are not at all indicative of end of the year results, especially when looking at teams ranked 20-25.

Here's a pretty good writeup on the team from reddit user terker who does a top 50 every year

rhodysurf wrote:Here's a pretty good writeup on the team from reddit user terker who does a top 50 every year

You are right. Excellent article. Thanks for posting.

That Reddit article could be motivation for Jeff Dowtin since he's the only player on the team not mentioned.

Nice top 25 from the coaches poll I wonder where we will be in the AP ??

I think we'll be 22 in the AP.

KenPom ranking ps are out. They need about a month of data to be worthwhile, but there are 3 A10 teams in the top 50 (VCU, Dayton, Rhode Island), 9 in the top 100 to start.

Need to be ranked in the AP poll.

ace wrote:KenPom ranking ps are out. They need about a month of data to be worthwhile, but there are 3 A10 teams in the top 50 (VCU, Dayton, Rhode Island), 9 in the top 100 to start.

Yes, new Kenpom rankings! We're getting close to real games!

Ken Pom Preseason Rankings quite different from others:

1. VCU #33
2. Dayton #37
3. URI #43
4. Davidson #74
5. Richmond #78
6. St Bonaventure #79
7. George Washington #83
8. St Joseph #90
9. LaSalle #100
10. Fordham #145
11. UMASS #151
12. Duquesne #168
13. George Mason #171
14. St Louis #224

He explains why and it's because his algorithm has to look at returning players most recent year results. We have some guy named Elbert who didn't score a point last year.

Welcome back Elbert!!!

Go get em Elbert !!

URI ranked @ #11 backcourt in the country

http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/ ... ackcourts/



I know a couple guys on this list #42 and #99

http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/ ... asketball/

23rd in AP Poll!

http://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll/2017/1

Ahh beat me to it Rhody15.

We don't even get a logo!

Or even a Kmac vote!

Ram1019 wrote:Or even a Kmac vote!

Well no surprise there.

This is my favorite site for AP Poll

http://www.collegepolltracker.com/basketball/

AP.com now has all the pollsters votes as well

Right, but as the season progresses, the CollegePollTracker site will be a good resource.

With friends like him who needs enemies.
Nothing new to see here.
Go rhody!

Well this news is certainly refreshing from this weekend. NOV. 11 lets rock the Ryan!

Great to see us at #23 in AP.
Cincinnati did not make the Top 25 in SP.

they are #26 though and Dayton is #27

bigappleram wrote:With friends like him who needs enemies.
Nothing new to see here.
Go rhody!

Let's just play the games, shall we?

Interesting that Top 25 voters picked Rhody ahead of Dayton. A10 MBB coaches dis Rams in favor of Flyers.

Although I went through a handful of ballots and everyone that had Dayton in the top 25 ranked them ahead of Rhody. Dayton just wasn't on enough ballots.

John Feinstein is drinking the A10 kool aid, based on his having Dayton #14 and URI #18. Dickie V and KMac's votes don't surprise me. Seth Davis is usually bullish on the A10 voting but he only had Rhody at #25 - but he is usually more outspoken about A10 deserving a lot of bids as the tourney nears not so much early season.

Chris DiSano makes a valid point as usual

ramster wrote:Ken Pom Preseason Rankings quite different from others:

1. VCU #33
2. Dayton #37
3. URI #43
4. Davidson #74
5. Richmond #78
6. St Bonaventure #79
7. George Washington #83
8. St Joseph #90
9. LaSalle #100
10. Fordham #145
11. UMASS #151
12. Duquesne #168
13. George Mason #171
14. St Louis #224

I was lookging at this, I wonder if we will be under-valued really early on since Vegas relies so heavily on KenPom. So much of his rankings is historical performance so I wouldnt be surprised if it takes a little while to catch up if we really take as big a jump as everyone is hoping.

ATPTourFan wrote:Chris DiSano makes a valid point as usual

It's a nice idea but not really true. If you look at both our conference schedules you can easily argue Dayton has the tougher schedule.

They do for sure. Road passes through Kingston.