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reef wrote:Looks like that's one of DH strengths. I think he saw what happened at Bona 2 years ago their scheduling cost them a bid and he vowed that scheduling will never cost us a berth

Oh, I thought you were responding to Adam's comment that one of DH's strengths was reading this board

Some Seton Hall fans (see link to their board below) believe that URI will meet Seton Hall at the Barclays Arena in the NIT Season Tip-Off. Would play either Virginia or Vanderbilt in game two depending on first game outcomes. Pirate fans also think that Seton Hall will host Monmouth as one of the tournament's home games.

I have seen nothing anywhere else to confirm either of these items. Only the four Barclays teams have officially been announced and there have been no named match-ups. Monmouth would be a better than typical tournament home game if they were to come to Kingston.

https://setonhall.forums.rivals.com/thr ... ule.28725/

Interesting home and home Saint Louis and Oregon State

Rumor that we might be canceling the London and Paris trip:



First and only place I've heard of this, but he's been fairly accurate on what he tweets.

Prob a sensible call by admin...

I'm not sure. If they don't feel safe going it's best if they don't go. That said, the university already sends over a ton of students as part of study abroad programs. If it's not safe for the basketball team, should we be sending over other students?

RR02 thinking more in line that this is largely a veteran group. The trip might not be desperately needed to develop the squad. A D1 BB team also could draw quite a bit more attention than individual or small groups of anonymous students.

Regardless it is a sad reflection of these difficult times....

Bird man is right, the team will be going to the Bahamas instead...

Serious question - who are they playing against? Buddy Hield's high school team?

Birdman also said they might go to Canada.

As long as they can play against some kind of decent competition and have some fun doing it.....

I am disappointed by the cancellation.....but I understand their concerns for safety of the kids.....I am in London for part of the time we were scheduled to be there and was going to catch one of the games....

Hopefully they can play somewhere out of the country as these games and practices are crucial to get ahead of the other teams who aren't going

the game against Brown will be on 11/28

I guess this answers some peoples questions of whether we are willing or able to go to Europe to get some talent.

ace wrote:the game against Brown will be on 11/28

Should hopefully be a nice buffer game between the Preseason NIT games in Brooklyn and the PC/Alabama combo.

RhowdyRam02 wrote:

ace wrote:the game against Brown will be on 11/28

Should hopefully be a nice buffer game between the Preseason NIT games in Brooklyn and the PC/Alabama combo.

Brown's best players have graduated.

We should wipe the floor with Brown

Is the schedule final now? Thought we could get 2 more games?

I haven't seen any indication that the schedule is final

I know there was some confusion about where the Holy Cross game would be played this year. Originally it was set for the DCU Center, but about a month ago Bill Koch said it would be a home game. We're not listed as a home game in Holy Cross' season ticket ad, so that's further evidence we play them this year at home and next year in Worcester.

My guess would be like in years past, an email will be sent out with the full nonconference schedule. I rmememenr last year I received that email, and later that day Rothstein tweeted out the OOC schedule.

WLNE Report and video of practice for Bahamas trip

http://www.abc6.com/story/35828667/uri- ... he-bahamas

RhowdyRam02 wrote:
Home
Brown Tuesday 11/28
Providence Saturday 12/2
Iona Thursday 12/21
Florida Gulf Coast Wednesday 12/27
Holy Cross
College of Charleston
Preseason NIT
Preseason NIT
Duquesne
George Mason
Richmond
Saint Joseph's
Davidson
Dayton
La Salle
Massachusetts
St. Bonaventure

Away
Alabama Wednesday 12/6
Fordham
George Washington
Saint Louis
VCU
Davidson
Dayton
La Salle
Massachusetts
St. Bonaventure

Neutral at Barclays Center Thanksgiving week
Preseason NIT (Virginia, Vanderbilt, or Seton Hall)
Preseason NIT (Virginia, Vanderbilt, or Seton Hall)

29 games known thus far (17 home/2 neutral/10 away). Potential exists for two more OOC games. OOC schedule was released on August 15th in 2016 and July 21st in 2015. Based on the past practice, we should know the full schedule in the next few weeks.

Last year the Preseason NIT Barclays Center games were announced on July 14th and the campus games on July 27th.

I thought we knew the preseason NIT?? Was just thinking about this. Is it out? Or are tickets on sale?

We're in, but we don't know which two teams we're playing from Seton Hall, Vanderbilt, and Virginia in Brooklyn. We also don't know which two teams we'll play on campus. I don't believe tickets are out yet for Brooklyn.

RhowdyRam02 wrote:We're in, but we don't know which two teams we're playing from Seton Hall, Vanderbilt, and Virginia in Brooklyn. We also don't know which two teams we'll play on campus. I don't believe tickets are out yet for Brooklyn.

Only the four teams (URI/Seton Hall/Vanderbilt/Virginia) headed to Brooklyn have been announced for the NIT Tip-Off. The other four teams have not as yet been officially announced. Seton Hall fans think Monmouth is one of these four teams and they will meet them in one of their two home games. Pirate fans also think that SHU will play URI in the first game in Brooklyn with the winner/loser meeting their counterpart from the UVA-Vanderbilt match-up for the next game. I however have seen nothing to confirm either of the SHU fan assertions.

I would love to have the chance to beat the shit out of Seton Hall. I wonder if Dan feels the same.

Rhody74 wrote:I would love to have the chance to beat the shit out of Seton Hall. I wonder if Dan feels the same.

Seton Hall is in a lot of preseason top 25 lists.
If we beat the shit out of them, we are in good shape...
Beating the Hall and UVA would be our best possible outcome. I think they'll both be better than Vanderbilt.

Great video DH getting hands on in the drills

Thanks for answering my question.

You guys have to get with the times. We are a pick-em in any of those games if we have a serviceable front court.

I am certainly going to make the trip. Watch the Keaney Blue Rams win the tournament.

I hope we add an OOC away game to take the pressure off of the 1 true road game at Bama. Syracuse was killed on selection Sunday because they didn't play outside of the carrier dome. I would prefer we didn't fall into that trap.

Yes, but we'll have at least 3 games away from home

Blue Man wrote:I hope we add an OOC away game to take the pressure off of the 1 true road game at Bama. Syracuse was killed on selection Sunday because they didn't play outside of the carrier dome. I would prefer we didn't fall into that trap.

They are not going to play three true road games against real teams again, like they did last year. They don't feel like that worked for them and want to change scheduling models. I think you will definitely see more than one game (other than the exempt tournament games) away from the Ryan, but that could be a neutral site game. In years where they play Brown in Providence, they may play two true road games plus a neutral.

Kind of a scheduling note-




Dave Paulsen has taken to twitter (not the first to do so, but I like it)-

ramster wrote:

Of the OOC schedules released so far for teams from the top 6 conferences, Alabama has the second toughest behind only Kentucky.

Not on the schedule this year, but Penn State's OOC schedule is shockingly awful. Zero tournament teams from last year, average KenPom ranking of 209.8. Heading into his seventh season, Chambers seemed to have something going there with some solid recruiting, especially from the Philly area, but that's an awful approach. Wonder if he survives for an eighth season? Different sport, but I do enjoy every bad thing that happens to Penn State.

ace wrote:

ramster wrote:

Not on the schedule this year, but Penn State's OOC schedule is shockingly awful. Zero tournament teams from last year, average KenPom ranking of 209.8. Heading into his seventh season, Chambers seemed to have something going there with some solid recruiting, especially from the Philly area, but that's an awful approach. Wonder if he survives for an eighth season? Different sport, but I do enjoy every bad thing that happens to Penn State.

I think you have already mentioned the reason the Penn State OOC schedule is so bad, the tenuous position of Chambers. That schedule is not an attempt to get the Nittany Lions an NCAA at large bid. It is a blatant effort to pad their record with wins, crappy or not. Looks like the goal is to get wins to help save Chambers since it would look bad on the surface to fire him if he had a decent winning record. A closer look however at those wins would make such a record worthless.

RF1 wrote:

ace wrote:

ramster wrote:

Not on the schedule this year, but Penn State's OOC schedule is shockingly awful. Zero tournament teams from last year, average KenPom ranking of 209.8. Heading into his seventh season, Chambers seemed to have something going there with some solid recruiting, especially from the Philly area, but that's an awful approach. Wonder if he survives for an eighth season? Different sport, but I do enjoy every bad thing that happens to Penn State.

I think you have already mentioned the reason the Penn State OOC schedule is so bad, the tenuous position of Chambers. That schedule is not an attempt to get the Nittany Lions an NCAA at large bid. It is a blatant effort to pad their record with wins, crappy or not. Looks like the goal is to get wins to help save Chambers since it would look bad on the surface to fire him if he had a decent winning record. A closer look however at those wins would make such a record worthless.

Been there, done that.

If Penn St. finishes 11-7 or better in the B1G and devours that OOC schedule, they are in and likely a 7-8 seed.
If they finished 10-8 in the B1G, they are probably still in the 9-10 range assuming they have some marquee home/road wins.
If they finish 9-9, they could still be square on the bubble 11-12 seed depending on how their resume stacks up and how other teams have performed.
Anything less, out.

Just look at Virginia Tech last year.
KenPom 3 Top 100 games - @#20 Michigan, neutral #64 Texas A&M, home #74 Ole Miss.
2 games 101-200 - neutral #107 Nebraska, neutral #119 New Mexico
3 games 201-300 - home #201 UMBC, home #270 High Point, home #288 Citadel
4 games 301-351 - home #309 Charleston Southern, home #321 Maryland Eastern Shore, home #328 VMI, home #337 Maine.

#9 seed, 10-8 in conference, 1 win in conference Tournament.

Penn's St.'s OOC should only kill them if they perform poorly. Conference play will likely determine Penn St./Chambers fate.

ace wrote:

Wonder if Monmouth will also end up being one of our Ryan Center games.

Somewhat concerned that the NIT field is still not yet finalized at this late date. I hope the NIT Tip-off does not have to resort to non D1 schools as it has had to do in the past. That would suck. It was that scenario back the last time in 2013--14 when Rhody participated in this event as it had to play Metro State out in Arizona.

St Bonaventure released their OOC schedule. Six home games/two neutral site, and four true road games. Just two opponents that were in the NCAA Tournament last season - Maryland & Vermont.

I dont understand what Bona's doesnt understand about strengthening their schedule. Luckily with the new rule change making road games more important certainly will help them out with 4 true road games on the schedule.

All four of their road games are in upstate New York. As far as road games go, that's not too bad.

CT Rhody wrote:I dont understand what Bona's doesnt understand about strengthening their schedule. Luckily with the new rule change making road games more important certainly will help them out with 4 true road games on the schedule.

They're probably in the same situation URI and some other mid-majors are with scheduling, but worse. Olean in the late fall and winter probably isn't a glorious sell from a logistics standpoint either.

SGreenwell wrote:

CT Rhody wrote:I dont understand what Bona's doesnt understand about strengthening their schedule. Luckily with the new rule change making road games more important certainly will help them out with 4 true road games on the schedule.

They're probably in the same situation URI and some other mid-majors are with scheduling, but worse. Olean in the late fall and winter probably isn't a glorious sell from a logistics standpoint either.

For the love, URI is not a mid-major. We are closer to a high major than a mid major so let's stop this nonsense.

CT Rhody wrote:

SGreenwell wrote:

CT Rhody wrote:I dont understand what Bona's doesnt understand about strengthening their schedule. Luckily with the new rule change making road games more important certainly will help them out with 4 true road games on the schedule.

They're probably in the same situation URI and some other mid-majors are with scheduling, but worse. Olean in the late fall and winter probably isn't a glorious sell from a logistics standpoint either.

For the love, URI is not a mid-major. We are closer to a high major than a mid major so let's stop this nonsense.

We're as mid major as they come....

Let's not get crazy here.