Week #6 - Games of Interest

[Obadiah]

No A-10 team appears in the rankings of both polls. St. Bonaventure and Loyola Chicago get other votes in both the AP and Coaches polls.

The A-10 OOC record showed some improvement and now stands at 85-60, .586.

URI continues to struggle and has shown only small improvements since the season opener. In its 7-3 record URI has recorded no significant wins and two of the losses border on the bad. With exams coming up, the game tonight against Milwaukee will be the only one in week #6. A loss tonight will just about end any Ram chances of dancing.

The combined won-loss record of URI OOC opponents now stands at 74-52, .587, a small increase over previous week.

Reflecting an unimpressive home court win over a low ranking Sacred Heart, the key URI metrics moved slightly in both an up and down direction. The URI NET Ranking dropped, but at #88 remains the fourth highest in the A-10.

NET - 88, down 5
BPI - 75, up 1
Pomeroy - 81, up 2.
Sagarin - 89, down 4.

Two games on Monday in the A-10:

URI at Milwaukee, 8 PM. On ESPN+.

Radford at George Washington, 7 PM. On ESPN+.


In games involving URI OOC opponents:

Sacred Heart at Columbia, 8 PM. On ESPN+.

Albany at Boston College, 8 PM. On ACCN.

[KevanBoyles]

Got to win the game tonight by at least 10 to get any improvement in our NET, etc. I hope it’s not a high bar.

[STC]

For those interested in tracking potential future HC candidates a couple interesting games the next two days.

Tonight, Dennis Gates takes his 6-2 Cleveland State squad on the road to Oklahoma State where they are +12.5. Cleveland State currently on a 6 game winning streak.

Tomorrow, Bob Richey takes his 7-3 Furman squad on the road to UNC where they are +11.5.

[JimSidd]

BC is a candidate for Rothstein’s epitome of brutality: losing late.

[JimSidd]

BC is a candidate for Rothstein’s epitome of brutality: losing late.

And it’s official. They lost 61-57. I saw it was televised on the ACC Network and watched the last three minutes. I think it took twenty minutes to complete: horrible. Entire sections of empty seats. Good luck against Duke, Eagles.

[reef]

Not good for an ACC team to lose to Albany especially @ home

[Obadiah]

There are no A-10 games on Tuesday and the only other game involving URI OOC opponents is;

Georgia State at Mississippi State, 8 PM. On ESPN+/SECN+.

Also, Tulane canceled a game at Texas A&M. because of Covid situation within the program. It has also canceled its game versus Grambling on Dec,18.

[CaptainRon]

Not good for an ACC team to lose to Albany especially @ home

I saw someplace that the ACC has lost 8 buy games this year. Not good for a conference that considers itself basketball royalty.

[Rhody15]

Not good for an ACC team to lose to Albany especially @ home

I saw someplace that the ACC has lost 8 buy games this year. Not good for a conference that considers itself basketball royalty.

Huge down year for the conference as a whole.

[Jersey77]

Not good for an ACC team to lose to Albany especially @ home

I saw someplace that the ACC has lost 8 buy games this year. Not good for a conference that considers itself basketball royalty.

Huge down year for the conference as a whole.

This may be a down year for the ACC, but the BE looks strong.
There are 4 teams that can easily contend for their title: Nova, UConn, Xavier, and Seton Hall. St John's is a sleeper and dare I say our enemy PC.
So far, I wouldn't be surprised if they get 6 teams (possibly more) in the NCAAT.

[RF1]

Not good for an ACC team to lose to Albany especially @ home

I saw someplace that the ACC has lost 8 buy games this year. Not good for a conference that considers itself basketball royalty.

The A-10 may be generally struggling in the OOC schedule but it is presently 7-1 versus the ACC and is guaranteed to have a winning record as there are just two more OOC contests in the regular season between the leagues.

A-10 vs ACC
W URI 57 BC 49
W URI 71 BC 65
W SLU 79 BC 68
W VCU 67 Syracuse 55
W SBU 68 Clemson 65
W Dayton 76 Miami 60
W Dayton 62 Va Tech 57
L Fordham 66 Miami 72

There are two games left that will be both be played this Friday 12/17 in Charlotte as SBU will play Va Tech and Richmond will meet NCSU.

[reef]

Wow 7-1 is pretty impressive

Definitely a down year for ACC and up year for the Big East

[Obadiah]

Mississippi State easily handles Georgia State, 79-50. The Bulldogs have a OT neutral court win over Richmond.

[reef]

ASU just won @ Creighton 58-57 great game

[Jersey77]

ASU just won @ Creighton 58-57 great game

Hurley had them playing great defense in the 2nd half after trailing by 6 at halftime.

[reef]

Good D on the last possession forced a tough Creighton game winning shot

[NYGFan_Section208]

Memphis up 16 over 6 Alabama with under 7 left

[Obadiah]

Only one game in Wednesday night action.

Florida Atlantic at VCU, 7 PM. On ESPN+.

[Obadiah]

In last night action, VCU blew by Florida Atlantic, 66-46, bringing their record to 7-4.

There are no games in the A-10 on Thursday.

There are two games involving URI OOC opponents:

Charleston at Stetson, 7 PM. On ESPN+.

Alcorn State at Tulsa, 8 PM. On ESPN+.

[Bos8]

VCU's home game vs PSU was canceled due to Health and Safety Issues in PSU's program.

[Obadiah]

Covid concerns leading to game cancellations are on the increase in college basketball. The UCLA-UNC match-up in Las Vegas could be the next victim.

[ramster]

Cancelled:

Ohio State - Kentucky
Seton Hall - Iona

[RhodyKyle]

Cancelled:

Ohio State - Kentucky
Seton Hall - Iona

The other game in the CBS Classic is in jeopardy too - as Obi said above, UCLA is running into covid issues (I know Cronin is currently out with covid)

[Obadiah]

Ric Pitino has offered to have his Iona team play Kentucky on Saturday since both schools had games canceled because of Covid in their opponents programs.

[Obadiah]

Stetson takes a win at home over Charleston, 67-59.

Tulsa has an easy time with Alcorn State, 83-62.

[brady1]

Ric Pitino has offered to have his Iona team play Kentucky on Saturday since both schools had games canceled because of Covid in their opponents programs.

Marketing genius!

GO RHODY!

[Obadiah]

The only two games of interest on Friday involves A-10 teams who are participating in the first ever Hall of Fame Shootout being held at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC. This one day event is comprised of four games with the A-10 teams playing in games #2 and #3:

St. Bonaventure vs. Virginia Tech, 4 PM. On ESPN2.

Richmond vs. NC State, 6:30 PM. On ACCN.

[Rhode_Island_Red]

Ric Pitino has offered to have his Iona team play Kentucky on Saturday since both schools had games canceled because of Covid in their opponents programs.

That's only to give him an excuse to visit his (ahem) support services in Louisville.

[reef]

The only two games of interest on Friday involves A-10 teams who are participating in the first ever Hall of Fame Shootout being held at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC. This one day event is comprised of four games with the A-10 teams playing in games #2 and #3:

St. Bonaventure vs. Virginia Tech, 4 PM. On ESPN2.

Richmond vs. NC State, 6:30 PM. On ACCN.

Bona trails 25-7 early !!

[ramster]

The only two games of interest on Friday involves A-10 teams who are participating in the first ever Hall of Fame Shootout being held at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC. This one day event is comprised of four games with the A-10 teams playing in games #2 and #3:

St. Bonaventure vs. Virginia Tech, 4 PM. On ESPN2.

Richmond vs. NC State, 6:30 PM. On ACCN.

Bona trails 25-7 early !!

32-12 now with 6 minutes left in half
Lofton is back in the line up

Games like this are opportunities for the A10 to build reputation or unbuild it

[ramster]

The only two games of interest on Friday involves A-10 teams who are participating in the first ever Hall of Fame Shootout being held at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC. This one day event is comprised of four games with the A-10 teams playing in games #2 and #3:

St. Bonaventure vs. Virginia Tech, 4 PM. On ESPN2.

Richmond vs. NC State, 6:30 PM. On ACCN.

Bona trails 25-7 early !!

32-12 now with 6 minutes left in half
Lofton is back in the line up

Games like this are opportunities for the A10 to build reputation or unbuild it

42-20 Virginia Tech at halftime

[theblueram]

Bona trails 25-7 early !!

32-12 now with 6 minutes left in half
Lofton is back in the line up

Games like this are opportunities for the A10 to build reputation or unbuild it

42-20 Virginia Tech at halftime

Bona gettin stomped.

[Jersey77]

Bona trails 25-7 early !!

32-12 now with 6 minutes left in half
Lofton is back in the line up

Games like this are opportunities for the A10 to build reputation or unbuild it

42-20 Virginia Tech at halftime

They are really taking the Bonnies to the woodshed.
The Bonnies look totally out of sync and some bad shot selection.

Dayton just beat Va.Tech 5 days ago.
The Bonnies might not be such a shoe-in for the A10 title.

Besides I also don't expect the Bonnies to win the A10T.
3 games in 3 days may be too much for them with all the minutes their starters get.

[DeanDome88]

32-12 now with 6 minutes left in half
Lofton is back in the line up

Games like this are opportunities for the A10 to build reputation or unbuild it

42-20 Virginia Tech at halftime

Bona gettin stomped.

Lofton is not himself.

[reef]

Just a lack of fire and effort today by them

Trailed 13-0 and now by 30

Back to the drawing board for Coach Schmidty

[ramster]

32-12 now with 6 minutes left in half
Lofton is back in the line up

Games like this are opportunities for the A10 to build reputation or unbuild it

42-20 Virginia Tech at halftime

They are really taking the Bonnies to the woodshed.
The Bonnies look totally out of sync and some bad shot selection.

Dayton just beat Va.Tech 5 days ago.
The Bonnies might not be such a shoe-in for the A10 title.

Besides I also don't expect the Bonnies to win the A10T.
3 games in 3 days may be too much for them with all the minutes their starters get.

If they can’t win because the starters get too many minutes then that’s 100% on the coach.

[Jersey77]

42-20 Virginia Tech at halftime

They are really taking the Bonnies to the woodshed.
The Bonnies look totally out of sync and some bad shot selection.

Dayton just beat Va.Tech 5 days ago.
The Bonnies might not be such a shoe-in for the A10 title.

Besides I also don't expect the Bonnies to win the A10T.
3 games in 3 days may be too much for them with all the minutes their starters get.

If they can’t win because the starters get too many minutes then that’s 100% on the coach.

Well Ramster, not untypical for Schmidt to use a short bench.

Also their entire bench from last season entered the portal this year, and they have a completely new bench (8 players).
Not sure yet how comfortable Schmidt is with all those new faces.

[theblueram]

Bona down 34. That's like, yikes.

[Jersey77]

Bona down 34. That's like, yikes.

The game was over after the first 5 minutes.

[ramster]

83-40 with 4 minutes left

[PeterRamTime]

Bonnies will never be that good. Their ceiling is losing to a P5 in the NCAA because they can't recruit well enough.

[reef]

They seemed to take a step back after last seasons run , we shall see if they get things together once conf season starts

[Jersey77]

Richmond beating NC State 39-35 at the half in Charlotte.
Cayo with 14 pts.

[Rhodymob05]

Dayton just beat VT. Hows that happen to the Bonnies?

[Roz]

They got smoked

[Roz]

Furman v Miss State close

[Roz]

Crazy season

[Jersey77]

Richmond beats NC State 83-74 in Charlotte.
This is their 4th win in a row, maybe they are turning it around.

[Jersey77]

Creighton beats #9 Villanova 79-59 in the BE opener.

[Obadiah]

Penn State at VCU game on Saturday has been canceled and will not be re-scheduled due to Covid situation in the Penn State program.