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92 are participating in this year's contest, slightly below last season. No participant predicted a losing season for URI. The most popular bet is 21-9 with 23 board members selecting that record which was followed closely by the 20 selecting 20-10. The most bullish prediction at 26-4 is offered by Seawrightspostgame who was also at the top of the list last season. Interestingly the most pessimistic prediction at 15-15 is made by ramster who last season shared with seawright the most bullish prediction. ramster, on the other hand, spared Billyboy78 from the ignominy of being the most pessimistic predictor two years in a row.

For easy reading, I have clustered the predictions, first by overall record, followed by A-10 record, and then by team scoring sequenced from highest to lowest. Please review summary and let me know if there are errors because juggling all these numbers can make one cross-eyed .

NOTE: In cases where duplicates/errors were noted and there was no response to PM request to make correction, I have designated the disputed predictions by DNQ . If in that position, you will have one week to make the correction, otherwise you will not be eligible to win in that category.


2019-20 Contest Predictions Summary
(Sequenced From Best Record to Worst)

Poster
Regular Season Record	
A-10 Record	
Team Scoring Average	
Top Scorer/Average, PPG	
Average Attendance

1.	Seawrightspostgame 26-4	16-2	78.62	Dowtin, 16.94	 6,146

2.	Rhody74	           23-7	15-3	73.68	Martin, 18.29    6,263
3.	NJ03	           23-7	14-4	75.50	Dowtin, 19.10	 5,814
4.	DeanDome88	   23-7	14-4	75.00	Langevine 19.00	 6,137
5.	rhodylaw	   23-7	14-4	73.15	Russell, 16.15	 6,001
6.	sf2010	           23-7	13-5	71.71	Dowtin, 15.32	 6,169
7.	PeteRI	           23-7	13-5	69.72	Martin, 18.86	 6,134

8.	rhodyfan3000	   22-8	14-4	75.50	Russell, 18.20	 5,750
9.	sevegny7	   22-8	14-4	73.35	Martin, 16.50	 5,975
10.	DelroyIsMyHero	   22-8	14-4	72.30	Russell, 17.12	 6,010
11.	steviep123	   22-8	14-4	71.73	Martin, 16.73	 5,898
12.	Taylor Swift	   22-8	14-4	71.23	Dowtin, 17.10	 6,198
13.	HASwatTeam	   22-8	14-4	69.54	Martin, 18.91	 6,123
14.	Dino611	           22-8	13-5	77.58	Martin, 18.32	 6,320
15.	Rhody Guy	   22-8	13-5	74.35	Martin, 17.12	 6,112
16.	luke	           22-8	13-5	72.25	Dowtin, 15.15	 6,241
17.	jaywin86	   22-8	13-5	70.86	Dowtin, 14.11	 6,011
18.	KevanBoyles	   22-8	12-6	72.76	Russell, 15.10	 5,999

19.	mjg13x	           21-9	14-4	73.01	Harris, 17.34	 6,109
20.	neil	           21-9	14-4	71.38	Martin, 16.12	 6,111
21.	section(105)	   21-9	14-4	68.00	Dowtin, 15.80	 5,000
22.	rjsuperfly66	   21-9	13-5	74.03	Russell, 16.13	 5,748
23.	cRAM4finals	   21-9	13-5	73.83	Dowtin, 16.82	 6,234
24.	RAM67	           21-9	13-5	73.56	Dowtin, 15.89	 6,012
25.	Shaolin Swat	   21-9	13-5	73.41	Dowtin, 16.31	 6,027
26.	R.Kelly150	   21-9	13-5	73.28	Langevine, 17.89 6,254
27.	URIFIJI	           21-9	13-5	72.24	Martin, 16.88	 5,692
28.	Rhody Sody	   21-9	13-5	71.74	Russell, 16.19	 5,919
29.	Rhody_JAM	   21-9	13-5	71.54	Martin, 17.12	 6,009
30.	Rhodyhoopz	   21-9	13-5	71.35	Martin, 16.31	 6,262
31.	PeterRamTime	   21-9	13-5	73.02	Dowtin, 15.45	 6,051
32.	Ram1019	           21-9	13-5	68.82	Martin, 16.49	 6,245
33.	Rhody22	           21-9	13-5	67.22	Martin, 15.73	 6,067
34.	OhioRam32	   21-9	12-6	73.65	Martin, 16.80	 5,768
35.	bpaz11	           21-9	12-6	72.22	Dowtin, 16.92	 6,275
36.	URIRecruitingInfo  21-9	12-6	72.00	Langevine, 17.10 5,444
37.	URI96	           21-9	12-6	71.88	Dowtin, 16.28	 5,867
38.	Blue Man	   21-9	12-6	71.69	Russell, 16.69	 6,069
39.	DaveMac00	   21-9	12-6	70.89	Langevine, 17.44 6,089
40.	steveystuds06	   21-9	12-6	68.50	Dowtin, 15.80	 5,272
41.	bwerner10	   21-9 12-6	70.20	Martin, 15.00	 6,000 

42.	TruePoint	   20-10 14-4	73.51	Martin, 17.00	 5,900
43.     RhodeIslandBorn    20-10 13-5   71.66   Martin, 16.66    5,887
44.	ramsman75	   20-10 13-5	71.60	Dowtin, 16.40	 6,154
45.	rhodysurf	   20-10 13-5	71.26	Dowtin, 16.10	 5,534
46.	RhodyFanNotAlum	   20-10 13-5	71.00	Langevine, 16.88 5,912
47.	reckless jake	   20-10 13-5	70.45	Russell, 15.88	 5,680
48.	LoveThoseRams	   20-10 13-5	70.25	Martin, 16.75	 5,791
49.	DC_Rams	           20-10 12-6	73.50	Russell, 17.92	 5,765
50.	mmp136	           20-10 12-6	72.61	Martin, 17.42	 5,824
51.	Rhody83	           20-10 12-6	72.15	Martin, 15.48	 5,934
52.	jmck	           20-10 12-6	71.69	Dowtin, 17.69	 6,069
53.	Mongo	           20-10 12-6	71.40	Martin, 16.78	 5,859
54.	hrstrat57	   20-10 12-6	70.65	Dowtin, 16.17	 5,976
55.	bigappleram	   20-10 12-6	70.56	Langevine, 16.55 6,050
56.	JimSidd	           20-10 12-6	70.22	Martin, 16.46	 6,103
57.	twisted 3829	   20-10 12-6	70.15	Russell, 17.21	 5,879
58.	wgracie99	   20-10 12-6	70.05	Martin, 16.83	 6,204
59.	RhodyRamFan69	   20-10 12-6	69.69	Dowtin, 16.38	 5,863
60.	RhodyRam86	   20-10 12-6	69.50	Russell, 17.12	 6,115
61.	Rhodyram	   20-10 12-6	68.09	Russell, 15.82	 5,848

62.	raminwarwick	   19-11 13-5	72.11	Langevine, 16.02 5,978
63.	phipsiGD'11	   19-11 12-6	74.45	Martin, 17.28	 5,733
64.	Chico 78	   19-11 12-6	73.52	Langevine, 16.58 5,993
65.	wpbrown8267	   19-11 12-6	73.46	Martin, 15.26	 5,988
66.	rhodyrunner	   19-11 12-6	72.85	Dowtin, 16.01	 5,899
67.	rambone 78	   19-11 12-6	72.55	Martin, 15.36	 5,959
68.	reef	           19-11 12-6	72.26	Martin, 16.68	 5,954
69.	RIFan	           19-11 12-6	71.96	Russell, 17.19	 5,998
70.	Ram96	           19-11 12-6	71.80	Dowtin, 15.90	 5,925
71.	DowtinDimes	   19-11 12-6	70.07	Russell, 16.61	 5,885
72.	79RhodyFan	   19-11 11-7	70.85	Dowtin, 16.20	 6,009
73.	Shinze88	   19-11 11-7	70.01	Dowtin, 15.80	 6,274

74.	RamIt!	           18-12 12-6	75.24	Martin, 15.60	 5,966
75.	NC_Ram	           18-12 12-6	73.58	Martin, 16.85	 5,785
76.	RhodyRams12	   18-12 12-6	72.69	Martin, 16.69	 5,369
77.	RamStock	   18-12 12-6	71.30	Martin, 17.34	 5,805
78.	rhodyruckus	   18-12 12-6	71.22	Dowtin, 16.66	 5,942
79.	UCH21377  	   18-12 12-6	71.10	Dowtin, 16.60	 5,888
80.	OldSchoolRhody	   18-12 12-6	70.00	Martin, 16.20	 5,500
81.	CTRamfan	   18-12 11-7	74.11	Martin, 16.47	 6,122
82.	Rhody15	           18-12 11-7	71.32	Dowtin, 15.96	 5,767
83.	spookydog	   18-12 11-7	70.35	Dowtin, 16.05	 6,031
84.	4Diffs	           18-12 11-7	69.52	Russell, 16.10	 6,045
85.	NHRamFan	   18-12 11-7	68.88	Martin, 16.55	 5,353
86.	NYGFan_Section208  18-12 11-7	64.80	Martin, 16.11	 5,200

87.	zporiri	           17-13 11-7	71.50	Dowtin, 15.01	 5,909
88.	adam914	           17-13 11-7	71.44	Martin, 16.04	 5,741
89.	ramfan85	   17-13 11-7	69.25	Dowtin, 14.92	 5,636
90.	josephski	   17-13 11-7	69.13	Dowtin, 15.13	 5,723

91.	Billyboy78	   16-14 10-8	67.95	Russell, 15.57	 5,762

92.	ramster	           15-15 10-8	69.86	Dowtin, 19.45	 5,715

The average prediction for the 92 entries is 20-10.

Pessimistic?.....nah. Realistic?.....maybe.

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑4 years ago Pessimistic?.....nah. Realistic?.....maybe.

16-14 is realistic? You have them 1 game better than last year in the A10 so I guess it is looking up

Rhody83 wrote: ↑4 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑4 years ago Pessimistic?.....nah. Realistic?.....maybe.

16-14 is realistic? You have them 1 game better than last year in the A10 so I guess it is looking up

OOC is much tougher this year, and lack of guard depth will take its toll on Jeff and Fatts. People were bashing me last year for my predictions, but I believe I came in 2nd or 3rd in every category, IIRC. Obie would know.

Thanks! This is a lot of work to sort and Rank!

Results after Game #8 West Virginia

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                             2019-20 Season	    2018-19 Season

Team Scoring, ppg	        73.88                  69.70

Top Scorers, ppg	     Russell, 21.12          Dowtin, 15.3
                             Dowtin, 13.88           Langevine, 14.6
                             Martin, 10.63           Russell,  14.6  
                 
Home Attendance                             
After Four Home Games:                        	
             Total              20,231                 20,348
             Average             5,058                  5,087

Record After Eight Games:
             A-10                 0-0		         0-0
             OOC 	          5-3                    5-3
             Overall              5-3                    5-3

Results after Game #9 PC

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                             2019-20 Season	    2018-19 Season

Team Scoring, ppg	         74.00                  69.70

Top Scorers, ppg	     Russell, 21.44          Dowtin, 15.3
                             Dowtin, 13.22           Langevine, 14.6
                             Langevine, 11.22        Russell, 14.6  
                 
Home Attendance                             
After Five Home Games:                        	
             Total              28,283                  26,730
             Average             5,657                   5,346

Record After Nine Games:
             OOC                  6-3		         5-4
             A-10 	          0-0                    0-0
             Overall              6-3                    5-4

Just think how much Fatts avg next season maybe 24 ??

reef wrote: ↑4 years ago Just think how much Fatts avg next season maybe 24 ??

Getting a little ahead of ourselves. If we applied that logic to last year’s leading scorer who was a Jr, Jeff would average 18-19 ppg this year. He is avg 13 ppg. Fatts may also see better defense overall against him in the A10. He is at 21 ppg thru 9 games. There are still 21 games to go and the postseason.

It’s unlikely the contest winner goes to the player scoring average, but if it does, you’re toast if you didn’t select Fatts. I selected Martin.

Good point JimSidd. Another question is why did ramster predict an OOC record of 5-7????

Given what I saw with Bassey’s Injury last night, the odds of a 9-3 OOC record have increased. Anything less than
9-3 now would be disappointing. I thought that there could be a misstep in one of the group of three home games with Alabama, PC or Western Kentucky and predicted 8-4. I’m not thinking that now.

Given what I saw with Bassey’s injury last night, the odds of a 9-3 OOC record have increased. Anything less than a 9-3 record would be disappointing now, to say the least. Rhody can’t take Western Kentucky for granted if Bassey doesn’t play because they still have some decent players, but we should win.
Preseason, I thought that there could be a misstep in one of three home games against Alabama, PC or Western Kentucky and predicted 8-4. I’m not thinking that now.

Obadiah wrote: ↑4 years ago Good point JimSidd. Another question is why did ramster predict an OOC record of 5-7????

He was confused and thought you were asking for PC’s OOC record

I also picked Martin what a fool I was

JimSidd wrote: ↑4 years ago Given what I saw with Bassey’s injury last night, the odds of a 9-3 OOC record have increased. Anything less than a 9-3 record would be disappointing now, to say the least. Rhody can’t take Western Kentucky for granted if Bassey doesn’t play because they still have some decent players, but we should win.
Preseason, I thought that there could be a misstep in one of three home games against Alabama, PC or Western Kentucky and predicted 8-4. I’m not thinking that now.

That injury did look brutal. It was one of those where, when I saw the replay, said, 'they aren't going to show that again' (not sure if they did or not, but it was not good). Anyone heard anything further?

Hilltoppers coach Rick Stansbury said that Bassey will undergo an MRI on Sunday.

“I mean, I really don’t for sure,” Stansbury said about Bassey’s injury status. “We just don’t know for sure. He’ll have an MRI in the morning at 8:00. We’ll figure it out from there. Anything I say right now, you know, would be all speculation. Actually, he’s got a little bit of swelling in there, so that’s never good. So, we’ll see in the morning.”

Ouch! Kind of reminds me of EC.

I think they’re still waiting on MRI results. It definitely looked like it hurt but it wasn’t an obvious break or snapping of a joint like we’ve seen before with other injuries. It was a bad hyperextension but he may be able to come back from that with some rest and a lot of ice.

Likely out for a few weeks at least.

Looks like we might have caught a break if he can't play.

Personally, I’m disappointed. I wanted to see him play in person.

JimSidd wrote: ↑4 years ago Personally, I’m disappointed. I wanted to see him play in person.

Agreed, same thing I said in the other thread, whenever you have a chance to see a potential top 10 talent, it's a treat, especially if Rhody wins vs that top 10 talent

Results after Game #10 Western Kentucky

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                             2019-20 Season	    2018-19 Season

Team Scoring, ppg	         75.20                  69.70

Top Scorers, ppg	     Russell, 20.80          Dowtin, 15.3
                             Dowtin, 13.30           Langevine, 14.6
                             Martin, 11.70           Russell, 14.6  
                 
Home Attendance                             
After Six Home Games:                        	
             Total              33,608                  32,113
             Average             5,601                   5,352

Record After Ten Games:
             OOC                  7-3		         6-4
             A-10 	          0-0                    0-0
             Overall              7-3                    6-4

Results after Game #11 Middle Tennessee

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                             2019-20 Season	    2018-19 Season

Team Scoring, ppg	         76.45                  69.70

Top Scorers, ppg	     Russell, 19.82          Dowtin, 15.3
                             Dowtin, 14.00           Langevine, 14.6
                             Martin, 11.91           Russell, 14.6  
                 
Home Attendance                             
After Six Home Games:                        	
             Total              33,608                  32,113
             Average             5,601                   5,352

Record After Eleven Games:
             OOC                  8-3		         6-5
             A-10 	          0-0                    0-0
             Overall              8-3                    6-5

I predict RhodyLaw wins this year... congrats!!!!

With the OOC record at 8-3, we just have the Brown game left to finish the midseason and then announce the first winner of the Midseason Award. (actually Rhody83 won the first midseason award, but that was done after the fact to recognize his creativity, not to mention his accuracy).

With one game to go on the OOC schedule, here is where we stand on the MidSeason Award:

Option #1 - URI wins at Brown, the OOC record finishes at 9-3.

15 participants will have correctly predicted this record, so the winner will be determined by Team Scoring prediction. Team scoring currently stands at 76.45 and the following bettors under this option have the best chance at winning:

Dino611 - 77.58
NJ03 - 75.50
DeanDome88 - 75.00
RhodyGuy - 74.35

Option #2 - URI loses at Brown, the OOC record finishes at 8-4.
.
35 participants will have correctly predicted this record and the following bettors under this option have the best chance of winning using the Team Scoring tiebreaker:

rhodyfan3000 - 75.50
rjsuperfly66 - 74.03

I had our OOC at 8-4 so I will be thrilled to be wrong.

And thank you Obadiah for your amazing work on this!

Mongo wrote: ↑4 years ago I predict RhodyLaw wins this year... congrats!!!!

Jinxed it. Had a real shot this years until tonight.

Results after Game #12 Brown

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                             2019-20 Season	    2018-19 Season

Team Scoring, ppg	         76.33                 69.70

Top Scorers, ppg	     Russell, 20.25          Dowtin, 15.3
                             Dowtin, 13.67           Langevine, 14.6
                             Martin, 11.92           Russell, 14.6  
                 
Home Attendance                             
After Six Home Games:                        	
             Total              33,608                  32,113
             Average             5,601                   5,352

Record After Twelve Games:
             OOC                  8-4		         7-5
             A-10 	          0-0                    0-0
             Overall              8-4                    7-5

With the the 85-75 loss to Brown, the URI OOC record finishes at 8-4. The total team scoring points totals 916 and the average ppg for the 12 games is 76.33.
These two factors determine the winner of the Mid-Season Award and the winner is rhodyfan3000!!

Congratulations!!

Hey, thanks, Obadiah. I would have rather been wrong in this case with the Brown game, but I still think Rhody is going to do very well in the second half of the season. Here's hoping.

rhodylaw wrote: ↑4 years ago

Mongo wrote: ↑4 years ago I predict RhodyLaw wins this year... congrats!!!!

Jinxed it. Had a real shot this years until tonight.

Damn, I’m sorry. Never would have predicted Brown would trip you up.

With the OOC portion of schedule complete at 8-4, everyone who did not have that prediction is eliminated from the overall contest. There are two exceptions to this caveat: 1) anyone in a single bettor cluster is still eligible no matter the OOC prediction. For example, Billyboy78 is the only bettor in the 16-14 cluster and his OOC prediction of 6-6 is irrelevant and so if the Rams end season with 16-14 record he wins. 2). if you are in cluster where no one has the correct OOC record you can still win the contest. Two variations of this option. In the 17-13 bet cluster, all four bettors have the same incorrect 6-6 OOC prediction so if that ends up being the Rams overall record, then Team Scoring will determine the winner. A second variant of this option is with clusters where there is a variation in wrong OOC records. For example in the 18-12 cluster, one group had OOC of 6-6 and another group had 7-5. Since 7-5 is closer to actual, they remain eligible and those with 6-6 are eliminated. Team scoring in both cases will determine the winner. Hope all of this is clear!!

So if we go 7-11 or worse in A10, I win, right?

If it's clear to Obadiah...that's all we need.

ramster wrote: ↑4 years ago So if we go 7-11 or worse in A10, I win, right?

You are absolutely correct. The beauty of being alone at the bottom of the prediction summary (like being alone at the top) is you have no competition and all the other tiebreakers don't mean squat. 8 URI wins in conference eliminates you, but you win on anything worse down to zero.

Obadiah wrote: ↑4 years ago

ramster wrote: ↑4 years ago So if we go 7-11 or worse in A10, I win, right?

You are absolutely correct. The beauty of being alone at the bottom of the prediction summary (like being alone at the top) is you have no competition and all the other tiebreakers don't mean squat. 8 URI wins in conference eliminates you, but you win on anything worse down to zero.

Thanks

We go 7-11 in conference heads will roll on this board ???

With the loss to Richmond, the URI record moves to 8-5 and Seawrightspostgame is eliminated from contest.

Results after Game #13 Richmond

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                             2019-20 Season	    2018-19 Season

Team Scoring, ppg	         75.15                  69.70

Top Scorers, ppg	     Russell, 18.92         Dowtin, 15.3
                             Dowtin, 13.62          Langevine, 14.6
                             Martin, 12.31          Russell, 14.6  
                 
Home Attendance                             
After Seven Home Games:                        	
             Total              38,933                  37,729
             Average             5,662                   5,390

Record After Thirteen Games:
             OOC                  8-4		          7-5
             A-10 	          0-1                     0-1
             Overall              8-5                     7-6

Results after Game #14 Davidson

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                             2019-20 Season	    2018-19 Season

Team Scoring, ppg	         74.71                  69.70

Top Scorers, ppg	     Russell, 19.43         Dowtin, 15.3
                             Dowtin, 13.29          Langevine, 14.6
                             Martin, 11.92          Russell, 14.6  
                 
Home Attendance                             
After Eight Home Games:                        	
             Total              44,028                  43,603
             Average             5,504                   5,450

Record After Fourteen Games:
             OOC                  8-4		          7-5
             A-10 	          1-1                     1-1
             Overall              9-5                     8-6

Results after Game #15 VCU

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                             2019-20 Season	    2018-19 Season

Team Scoring, ppg	         74.07                  69.70

Top Scorers, ppg	     Russell, 19.20         Dowtin, 15.3
                             Dowtin, 13.80          Langevine, 14.6
                             Martin, 12.00          Russell, 14.6  
                 
Home Attendance                             
After Eight Home Games:                        	
             Total              44,028                  43,603
             Average             5,504                   5,450

Record After Fifteen Games:
             OOC                  8-4		          7-5
             A-10 	          2-1                     1-2
             Overall              10-5                    8-7

Results after Game #16 Saint Joseph's

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                             2019-20 Season	    2018-19 Season

Team Scoring, ppg	         73.88                  69.70

Top Scorers, ppg	     Russell, 19.56         Dowtin, 15.3
                             Dowtin, 13.80          Langevine, 14.6
                             Martin, 12.19          Russell, 14.6  
                 
Home Attendance                             
After Eight Home Games:                        	
             Total              44,028                  43,603
             Average             5,504                   5,450

Record After Sixteen Games:
             OOC                  8-4		          7-5
             A-10 	          3-1                     2-2
             Overall             11-5                     9-7

Results after Game #17 La Salle

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                             2019-20 Season	    2018-19 Season

Team Scoring, ppg	         73.41                  69.70

Top Scorers, ppg	     Russell, 19.18         Dowtin, 15.3
                             Dowtin, 13.56          Langevine, 14.6
                             Martin, 11.94          Russell, 14.6  
                 
Home Attendance                             
After Nine Home Games:                        	
             Total              50,351                  49,732
             Average             5,595                   5,526

Record After Seventeen Games:
             OOC                  8-4		          7-5
             A-10 	          4-1                     3-2
             Overall             12-5                    10-7

Results after Game #18 Duquesne

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                             2019-20 Season	    2018-19 Season

Team Scoring, ppg	         73.61                  69.70

Top Scorers, ppg	     Russell, 19.39         Dowtin, 15.3
                             Dowtin, 13.76          Langevine, 14.6
                             Martin, 12.00          Russell, 14.6  
                 
Home Attendance                             
After Ten Home Games:                        	
             Total              56,358                  56,991
             Average             5,636                   5,699

Record After Eighteen Games:
             OOC                  8-4		          7-5
             A-10 	          5-1                     4-2
             Overall             13-5                    11-7

Results after Game #19 St. Bonaventure

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                             2019-20 Season	    2018-19 Season

Team Scoring, ppg	         74.00                  69.70

Top Scorers, ppg	     Russell, 19.89         Dowtin, 15.3
                             Dowtin, 13.61          Langevine, 14.6
                             Martin, 12.11          Russell, 14.6  
                 
Home Attendance                             
After Ten Home Games:                        	
             Total              56,358                  56,991
             Average             5,636                   5,699

Record After Nineteen Games:
             OOC                  8-4		          7-5
             A-10 	          6-1                     4-3
             Overall             14-5                    11-8

Results after Game #20 George Mason

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                             2019-20 Season	    2018-19 Season

Team Scoring, ppg	         74.20                  69.70

Top Scorers, ppg	     Russell, 19.65         Dowtin, 15.3
                             Dowtin, 13.95          Langevine, 14.6
                             Martin, 12.40          Russell, 14.6  
                 
Home Attendance                             
After Ten Home Games:                        	
             Total              56,358                  56,991
             Average             5,636                   5,699

Record After Twenty Games:
             OOC                  8-4		          7-5
             A-10 	          7-1                     4-4
             Overall             15-5                    11-9