Temple (23-9) NET 56 vs Belmont (26-5) NET 47 in Dayton Play-n Game. Belmont favored by 2.5 points. 9:10pm TRUTV
NIT:
7 Seed Hofstra (27-7) NET 76 @ 2 Seed NC State (22-11) NET 33 - 7pm ESPN2 NC State favored by 9 points
5 Seed Lipscomb (25-7) NET 49 @ 4 Seed Davidson (24-9) NET 75 - 7pm ESPN3 Davidson favored by 2.5 points
5 Seed Dayton (21-11) NET 69 @ 4 Seed Colorado (21-12) NET 56 - Interesting that games are being played on Dayton's Home Court while they travel to Boulder for an 11pm EDT Game on ESPN2 Colorado favored by 4.5 points
5 Seed Arkansas (17-15) NET 65 @ 4 Seed Providence (18-15) NET 70 - 9pm ESPN2 Providence favored by 7 points, Arkansas best player just declared for NBA Draft and cannot now play in this game
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It’s that time of year when I have to find what channel truTV is (and if I still have it). I can say with 100% certainty that I have not watched truTV since last March.
Bleed Keaney Blue!
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
Loses by 12 to Arkansas at the Dunk while favored by 7.
Frank Carpano, Bill Reynolds and Kevin Mac sitting side by side courtside but Ed Cooley and Team with not much to entertain them
People from the Providence Public Library have moved over to the Dunk because they heard how much quieter it was there to read
Cooley needs to return that Jacket tomorrow - bad luck
Box Score says Arkansas blocked 10 shots (7 by a guy off the bench) but it seemed like 25 blocked shots
AJ Reeves looked bad defensively, Announcers said a big objective this summer for the Coaching Staff is to work on Reeves' defense
Very low energy crowd
Cooley's postseason resume doesn't get any better. Another first game exit. Tonight's loss drops his Friars record this season to third best in the state behind Brown and URI.
Al Skinner was at the PC game last night. Don't know if he was just there to see Cooley but it would be cool if he still felt connected enough to RI to retire here now that he's done at Kennesaw.
I was thinking that although I hate the NIT it would have been good for us as a young team
Then I saw what providence did last night and thought that it hurt them and their brand....poor crowd....poor effort on national tv....poor attitude by the players who didn't want to be there.....all losses in my opinion.....and they are a young team also...I don't think they took anything positive away from the game...
I vote we never go the NIT if we are invited.....
F*ck Alacki, DarthFriar, DirtyBeanFriar94, xCoachK, Boxworth, Friar Faithful, bicycleicycle, Matt_Keough, Patrick Norton, the Rosato brothers, and especially Benjamin Lord !
Ramulous wrote: ↑5 years ago
I was thinking that although I hate the NIT it would have been good for us as a young team
Then I saw what providence did last night and thought that it hurt them and their brand....poor crowd....poor effort on national tv....poor attitude by the players who didn't want to be there.....all losses in my opinion.....and they are a young team also...I don't think they took anything positive away from the game...
I vote we never go the NIT if we are invited.....
I think the message here is not “don’t go to the NIT.”
Other teams in the NIT have done the same, Ace....it's like those football bowl games that don't result in the national championship tournament...including players holding themselves out of the games....
F*ck Alacki, DarthFriar, DirtyBeanFriar94, xCoachK, Boxworth, Friar Faithful, bicycleicycle, Matt_Keough, Patrick Norton, the Rosato brothers, and especially Benjamin Lord !
Like the name of this section of Keaney Blue says “NCAA or Bust”. In my opinion that means unless there is a significant financial benefit or a true young up in comingURI team filled with freshmen and sophomores and future promises than the NIT is not necessarily a key to the success of the our program.
NIT is still a valuable tournament. Sure you have teams who under achieved and are on their way out, but many teams are young teams on the cusp of making the NCAAT. Hungry. Those are the teams you want to play.
theblueram wrote: ↑5 years ago
NIT is still a valuable tournament. Sure you have teams who under achieved and are on their way out, but many teams are young teams on the cusp of making the NCAAT. Hungry. Those are the teams you want to play.
The NIT is actually now much harder to get into for an at large than it was for the four decades before the NCAA took it over. Not only was the field larger for some time (40 teams vs today's32), it did not give automatic bids (which now can account for nearly 1/3 of teams) and was entirely at large invites. It is now much better run, more selective, and much more merit based. In the old days, it was run by a NYC based old boys club that favored local teams and made many selections based on name value and who had big venues that could sell tickets. There was no initial set bracket. Matchups were decided after each round. Often easy paths (all home games) to NYC were created to help get the desired teams in the final four.
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Ramulous wrote: ↑5 years ago
I was thinking that although I hate the NIT it would have been good for us as a young team
Then I saw what providence did last night and thought that it hurt them and their brand....poor crowd....poor effort on national tv....poor attitude by the players who didn't want to be there.....all losses in my opinion.....and they are a young team also...I don't think they took anything positive away from the game...
I vote we never go the NIT if we are invited.....
I think the message here is not “don’t go to the NIT.”
The true message is “don’t be like Providence.”
Absolutely. I heard the announcers talking about PC's lack of effort last night.
Here is the situation with PC:
7 point favorites
Arkansas just two days ago heard they would need to play without their Best Player who is estimated to be the 20th Pick in the 2019 NBA Draft
PC was never going to the NCAA so it's not like they were UNC Greensboro and the last team out
They have several promising Freshmen developing
They are playing at home
Arkansas had to fly up with a minimum of 2 segments each way
So next time turn it down - don't go. Do players, your coaches, your fans, your ticket sellers, your cheerleaders, your band, Frank Carpano, Bill Reynolds and Kevin Macnamara all a favor and don't waste everyone's time.
In fact, build this type of attitude into the NET for next year - call it team spirit or lack thereof
rambone 78 wrote: ↑5 years ago
I guess PC does think they're above playing in the NIT.
Plenty of blame to go around.
Based on their horrible shooting, horrible defense - especially from AJ Reeves, sleepy fans, turnovers and a Head Coach who looked much of the night like he didn't care then they look more like a CBA or CIT Team. An embarrassment for the school and their conference. Just say no next time.
Plenty of teams would have loved to have had the NIT Opportunity
Don't get me wrong, I watched the game from beginning to end and or course rooted for Arkansas, but in al honesty, I don't think it was that they thought they were above the NIT or that they did not really come to play, I thought Arkansas simply shot better, jumped higher, ran faster and played harder than PC - they just simply got outscored badly on their home court.
Ace....not just Rhody......every team is too good for the NIT.....it is an event whose time passed when the NCAA expanded from 32 to 48 to 64 to 68....
F*ck Alacki, DarthFriar, DirtyBeanFriar94, xCoachK, Boxworth, Friar Faithful, bicycleicycle, Matt_Keough, Patrick Norton, the Rosato brothers, and especially Benjamin Lord !
Rhody74 wrote: ↑5 years ago
In the 40s, the NIT was the more prestigious tournament.
Then why aren't we given credit for being in the finals against Kentucky? I mean, that would be a final 4, no?
The winner of the NCAA tournament has always been considered the national champion but in the 40s teams turned down the NCAA for the NIT as the NIT was more prestigious.
Bleed Keaney Blue!
”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”