Week #3 - Games of Interest

[Obadiah]

St. Bonaventure , winner of the Charleston Classic moves up to #16 in both Top 25 polls. George Mason gets one vote in the AP poll.
So far in the OOC portion of schedule, A-10 record is a decidedly lackluster 36-29, .656. Right now the prospects for the A-10 getting multiple bids to the Big Dance are dim.

Compounding this dilemma, URI did not have a good week as the Rams blew the opportunity to notch a win on a neutral court over a competent opponent. The loss to Tulsa had a double impact since it also prevented URI from playing a top 100 team in Utah. The remaining OOC schedule offers only one opportunity to get a quality win - PC - and given the game is at the Dunk where the Rams haven't won since 2003, that prospect is slim. The rest of the OOC games are land mines, where a win provides marginal benefits and a loss has out sized impact. This may explain why some here are somewhat glum despite a 4-1 record to date.

Key URI metrics:

NET - NA
BPI - 106, down 1
Pomeroy - 95, down 4
Sagarin - 102, down 11


Monday action in the A-10:

Bradley vs. Duquesne, 1 PM. The battle for 7th place in the Paradise Jam. This game is underway and the Dukes lead early in the second half, 41-28.

Wright State vs, George Washington, 2:30. Opening game in the Naples Invitational.

Akron vs. Fordham, 5 PM. Opening game in the Gulf Coast Showcase in Estero, FL.

Hofstra at Richmond, 7PM. On ESPN+.

George Mason vs. Washington, 9:30 PM. Opening game in the Crossover Classic in Sioux Falls, SD.


In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Sam Houston vs.Boston U., 1:30 PM. Jacksonville Classic. This game is also underway and late in first half, BU has a 25-18 lead.

Brown vs. Colorado, 3:15 PM. Paradise Jam.

Sacred Heart at Stony Brook, 6:30 PM. On ESPN3.

Harvard at Siena, 7 PM. On ESPN3.

Charleston at Oklahoma State, 8 PM. On Big12/ESPN+.

Providence vs. Northwestern, 9:30 PM. Roman Legends Classic at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. On ESPN+.

[reef]

Good start for the A10 today

2 wins and Fordham beating an Akron team that almost won @ Ohio St

[DeanDome88]

Richmond showing a pulse cutting the halftime deficit to 4 points vs Hofstra.

[DeanDome88]

Richmond wins 81-68 their defense looked decent in the second half.

[Obadiah]

Not a good night for URI OOC opponents.

Boston U. was an easy winner over Sam Houston, 72-59.

Brown in a heartbreaker of a loss to Colorado, 54-52.

Siena won its first game in beating Harvard, 72-69.

Sacred Heart fell to Stony Brook, 75-72.

Oklahoma State routed Charleston, 96-66.

[STC]

Santa Clara is 5-0 with double digit wins over Stanford, Nevada and TCU.

[reef]

Santa Clara is 5-0 with double digit wins over Stanford, Nevada and TCU.

That’s impressive coached by Herb Sendek

[Obadiah]

Tuesday action in the A-10:

URI at Florida Gulf Coast, 7 PM. On ESPN+.

Kent State vs. George Washington, 5:30 PM. Naples Invitational.

George Mason vs. Nevada, 7 PM. On ESPN+. Game in the Crossover Classic in Sioux Falls, SD.

Fordham vs. Delaware, 7:30 PM. Gulf Coast Showcase.

Northern Illinois vs. Saint Louis, 8:30 PM. On CBSSN. Opening game in the Cancun Challenge.


In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Bowling Green vs. Milwaukee, 2:30 PM. Ft. Meyers Tip-Off .

Virginia vs. Providence, 7:30 PM. On ESPN2. Roman Legends Classic in Newark, NJ.

[Jersey77]

Best game by far tonight is #1 Gonzaga vs. #2 UCLA in Vegas (10:00 PM/ ESPN)

[Obadiah]

First results of day are in and it continues yesterday's pattern of poor results for URI OOC opponents, as Milwaukee loses to Bowling Green, 82-68.

[reef]

Best game by far tonight is #1 Gonzaga vs. #2 UCLA in Vegas (10:00 PM/ ESPN)

Dickie V on the call first game he doing in person since pre Covid

[Obadiah]

Virginia spanks PC, 58-40. The Lady Rams beat Harvard, 70-46, to move to 6-0. So some good news does exist.

[PeterRamTime]

If SLU loses then the A-10 goes winless for the night.

Literally one good team in this entire conference.

[reef]

STL wins but doesn’t cover the 11 they win by 6

[Obadiah]

Wednesday action in the A-10:

Rice vs, Fordham, 5 PM. Gulf Coast Showcase.

VCU vs. Syracuse, 5 PM. On ESPN2. Opening game in the Battle 4 Atlantis, Nassau, Bahamas.

George Washington vs. Missouri State 5:30 PM. Naples Invitational.

UMass Lowell at UMass, 7 PM. On ESPN+. UMass is 2-0 on home court.

Stephen F. Austin vs. Saint Louis, 8;30 PM. Cancun Challenge

George Mason vs. South Dakota State, 9:30 PM. On ESPN+. Game in the Crossover Classic in Sioux Falls, SD.


In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Yale vs. Milwaukee, 11 AM. Ft. Meyers Tip-Off .

Colgate at Harvard, 7 PM. On ESPN+.

Boston U. at Florida State. On ACCN. Jacksonville Classic-Campus Game.

[theblueram]

Not a game of interest but this uconn Auburn game is pretty entertaining.

[Shinze88]

Not a game of interest but this uconn Auburn game is pretty entertaining.

Watching this game is making me absolutely sick to my stomach. To think what Hurley is doing at UCONN is making our current situation just that more frustrating. I can honestly say that not 1 of our guys would even see the floor on this UCONN team. Hurley just gets his kids to play hard, period.

[Jersey77]

Not a game of interest but this uconn Auburn game is pretty entertaining.

Exciting game for sure.

[theblueram]

2OT. I love college basketball.

[adam914]

Very fun game. Nice win for UConn. I miss playing meaningful games…

[rambone 78]

Hurley finally has a few guys who can shoot.....they will be a 2nd weekend team come March, for sure.

[Rhody_NYCT]

Nice win for VCU. Love seeing Cuse go down. VCU passed the ball very well in the 2nd half. Well done.

[ramster]

Nice win for VCU. Love seeing Cuse go down. VCU passed the ball very well in the 2nd half. Well done.

Beating Syracuse by 12 points is a solid A10 win and win for VCU. VCU looked good defensively and offensively.

[reef]

Not a game of interest but this uconn Auburn game is pretty entertaining.

Watching this game is making me absolutely sick to my stomach. To think what Hurley is doing at UCONN is making our current situation just that more frustrating. I can honestly say that not 1 of our guys would even see the floor on this UCONN team. Hurley just gets his kids to play hard, period.

Yeah it’s fun watching this Uconn team play . Really good win over Auburn today

[NYGFan_Section208]

Nice win for VCU. Love seeing Cuse go down. VCU passed the ball very well in the 2nd half. Well done.

Beating Syracuse by 12 points is a solid A10 win and win for VCU. VCU looked good defensively and offensively.

The 'cuse lost to Colgate by 15....too many Boeheims....

[ramster]

Wednesday action in the A-10:

Rice vs, Fordham, 5 PM. Gulf Coast Showcase.

VCU vs. Syracuse, 5 PM. On ESPN2. Opening game in the Battle 4 Atlantis, Nassau, Bahamas.

George Washington vs. Missouri State 5:30 PM. Naples Invitational.

UMass Lowell at UMass, 7 PM. On ESPN+. UMass is 2-0 on home court.

Stephen F. Austin vs. Saint Louis, 8;30 PM. Cancun Challenge

George Mason vs. South Dakota State, 9:30 PM. On ESPN+. Game in the Crossover Classic in Sioux Falls, SD.


In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Yale vs. Milwaukee, 11 AM. Ft. Meyers Tip-Off .

Colgate at Harvard, 7 PM. On ESPN+.

Boston U. at Florida State. On ACCN. Jacksonville Classic-Campus Game.

• St Louis wins the Cancun Challenge being SF Austin by 11

• Fordham underdog by 6.5 to Rice beats Rice by 10

• #12 Houston was -5 points but destroyed Oregon 78-49 in Maui - say it ain't so Dana Altman

• A10's Loyola of Chicago was +2.5 points, just missed vs Michigan State losing 63-61 in the Bad Boy Mowers Battle for Atlantis.

• Florida State was favored by 18.5 points at home vs Boston University and squeaked by with a 1 point win in OT

[rambone 78]

Some teams like VCU are already improving, as they play more together and make POSITIVE adjustments.

We'll see if Cox can [for the first time] do the same.

Not holding my breath lol.

[Jersey77]

Dayton over Miami at the half 36-25.

[Blue Man]

Dayton working Miami. As disappointing as the A10 has looked, the conference is starting to pick up some good P5 wins.

[RamStock]

Tyrese Martin looks real good today. He has put on weight and is a big factor on this Uconn team

[reef]

Tough loss UConn as Sparty outscore them 9-0 to end game and win by 4

DH blew a gasket on a poor foul call on Cole with 30 secs left

[theblueram]

Not a game of interest, but Iona (5-0) giving #10 Alabama a game. Some people can just coach. Like Harrick. They just have it. Pitino has it. You may not like the guy but he gets his teams winning.

[Jersey77]

Not a game of interest, but Iona (5-0) giving #10 Alabama a game. Some people can just coach. Like Harrick. They just have it. Pitino has it. You may not like the guy but he gets his teams winning.

I don't think anyone ever doubted his ability to coach, everything else was a problem.

[reef]

Baylor fails to score in the last 5 minutes of the 1h

Baylor 29 VCU 27 halftime

[Jersey77]

Baylor fails to score in the last 5 minutes of the 1h

Baylor 29 VCU 27 halftime

Much closer at half than most would of thought.

[reef]

Yes VCU hanging close and Iona beating Bama by 3 with 4 minutes left

[theblueram]

Not a game of interest, but Iona (5-0) giving #10 Alabama a game. Some people can just coach. Like Harrick. They just have it. Pitino has it. You may not like the guy but he gets his teams winning.

I don't think anyone ever doubted his ability to coach, everything else was a problem.

Well, the way everyone dismisses everyone else's problems in society, probably should have hired Rick.

[ramster]

Not a game of interest, but Iona (5-0) giving #10 Alabama a game. Some people can just coach. Like Harrick. They just have it. Pitino has it. You may not like the guy but he gets his teams winning.

I don't think anyone ever doubted his ability to coach, everything else was a problem.

Well, the way everyone dismisses everyone else's problems in society, probably should have hired Rick.

Iona goes to 6-0 upsetting #10 Alabama
VCU cut it to 4 points with 20 seconds left but #6 Baylor prevailed. Good showing by VCU.

[reef]

Not a game of interest, but Iona (5-0) giving #10 Alabama a game. Some people can just coach. Like Harrick. They just have it. Pitino has it. You may not like the guy but he gets his teams winning.

I don't think anyone ever doubted his ability to coach, everything else was a problem.

Well, the way everyone dismisses everyone else's problems in society, probably should have hired Rick.

Pitino was my top choice at the time , once admin wouldn’t hire him I was OK with giving Cox a chance. Now I want a change at end of season

[Jersey77]

Not a game of interest, but Iona (5-0) giving #10 Alabama a game. Some people can just coach. Like Harrick. They just have it. Pitino has it. You may not like the guy but he gets his teams winning.

I don't think anyone ever doubted his ability to coach, everything else was a problem.

Well, the way everyone dismisses everyone else's problems in society, probably should have hired Rick.

It wasn't going to happen, so shouldn't dwell on it.

[theblueram]

I don't think anyone ever doubted his ability to coach, everything else was a problem.

Well, the way everyone dismisses everyone else's problems in society, probably should have hired Rick.

It wasn't going to happen, so shouldn't dwell on it.

The admin should listen to donors.

[Jersey77]

Well, the way everyone dismisses everyone else's problems in society, probably should have hired Rick.

It wasn't going to happen, so shouldn't dwell on it.

The admin should listen to donors.

I guess the administration wanted no part of the controversy and baggage, the donors don't have to deal with that part of it.

[theblueram]

It wasn't going to happen, so shouldn't dwell on it.

The admin should listen to donors.

I guess the administration wanted no part of the controversy and baggage, the donors don't have to deal with that part of it.

I know. Iona is so involved in controversy. You know why URI has problems? They don't listen to donors.

[Jersey77]

The admin should listen to donors.

I guess the administration wanted no part of the controversy and baggage, the donors don't have to deal with that part of it.

I know. Iona is so involved in controversy. You know why URI has problems? They don't listen to donors.

Tell that to the new president.

[Rhode_Island_Red]

The admin should listen to donors.

I guess the administration wanted no part of the controversy and baggage, the donors don't have to deal with that part of it.

I know. Iona is so involved in controversy. You know why URI has problems? They don't listen to donors.

Just wait. Little Ricky will have Iona on probation.

[RamStock]

I guess the administration wanted no part of the controversy and baggage, the donors don't have to deal with that part of it.

I know. Iona is so involved in controversy. You know why URI has problems? They don't listen to donors.

Just wait. Little Ricky will have Iona on probation.

Who cares! They make the NCAA tournament for a few years than miss it on probation for a couple. Better than being URI, an irrelevant program who people think ending up in the top 7-8 in the A-10 is a big deal. URI is non existent in the college basketball world right now and need to cut ties with Cox at the end of the year.

[reef]

Richmond loses 86-80 to Maryland , Spiders led by as many as 12

Fatts had 15

[ramster]

Friday

Dayton vs #4 ranked Kansas (-16) 1:30pm ESPN
VCU vs #22 ranked UCONN (-8) 130pm ESPN2
Iona vs Belmont (-3.5) 6:30pm ESPNU
Arizona State vs Loyola Chicago (-6.5) 7pm ESPNN
St Joseph’s vs Georgetown (-7.5) 9pm ESPNU

[rambone 78]

Watching the Atlantis tourney final....they posted the 2022 tourney field...and Dayton is there.

Fat chance we get invited to any good November tourney next season.

Maybe we can start our own.....Little, and I mean Little, Rhody Classic, featuring URI, Bryant, Brown, and either RIC or J@W....I can't wait.

Maybe we could throw in RICC, Hendricken, Central, and SK too.

[ramster]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Rick Pitino's Iona Gaels became the first team in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference's history to beat an AP top-10 team after upsetting No. 10 Alabama 72-68 on Thursday night.