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This Rhody team currently does not deserve a preview, but I will begrudgingly write up a small one. Richmond is an anomaly within the A10 as 3 of their top 4 scorers are forwards. Tyler Burton & Grant Golden are both averaging 15+ while their 4th leading scorer Nathan Cayo is averaging almost 9 per contest. Jacob Gilyard, who seems like he is a 10th year senior, is averaging 12 points & an impressive 6.2 assists per game. He is the straw that stirs the drink for the Spiders. Speaking of straws, the free throw & 3-point shooting for Rhody is the straw that broke the camel’s back for me. If we did a straw poll on this site about Cox’s future with this team, it wouldn’t look good for him. His loss to GW was the last straw. Rhody will be favored by about 1 since they are at home. Rhody will falter because of their shooting as I predict a Richmond win, 74-70. Go Rhody!!

Opponent
Record:
12-7, 3-3 in the A-10
14-9, 6-5 in the A-10

Rankings (URI):
NCAA NET: 96 (110)
RPI: 95 (72)
KenPom: 95 (94)
BPI: 87 (100)
Sagarin: 88 (100)

Leaders:
Points – Tyler Burton 16.8 (Jr., F)
Rebounds – Tyler Burton 7.0 (Jr., F)
Assists – Jacob Gilyard 6.2 (Fr., G) (1.8 TO per game)

Historical
Series: 11-16
H: 8-4, A: 3-10, N: 0-2
Most Recent Matchup: 1/6/21 80-73 L at Richmond
Most Recent Win Streak: 2 – Richmond
Match-up Predictor: 55.2% Chance of URI Winning

Just heard on the radio from "Gym Shorts" that the Rams will feature a NEW "ocean state" themed jersey. Should be interesting.

Wife and I will be there. Can't turn down free tickets from a friend...nice that it's a 6:30pm start.

It is difficult for me to think we will win this game.
Our last 2 games, probably the easiest on the schedule we looked pathetic.
The team isn't clicking right now and bottom line that is on the HC, Cox.
We have serious shooting woes (ongoing issue) and can't trust the Mitchells on the foul line.
Shep isn't the impact player I thought he would be.
I feel Richmond is a much better team than their record indicates, opposite of us.
Our starters just aren't as good as theirs.
Gilyard and Burton will be the 2 best players on the court.
Cayo, Sherrod, and Golden all have plenty of experience and very capable.

Sometimes things playout unexpectedly.
Maybe our team finds a way to win, who knows.

Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑2 years ago Just heard on the radio from "Gym Shorts" that the Rams will feature a NEW "ocean state" themed jersey. Should be interesting.

……..plate of calamari…….?
……..two all the way wieners, coffee milk…….?
……..failing bridges and barricades……?
……..Rhody Island the Barricade State……?

Incredible how we could look that good @ Davidson and @ UMass, then look completely inept at home against two of the worst teams in the conference.

Who the hell knows how we'll play tomorrow.

section(105) wrote: ↑2 years ago

Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑2 years ago Just heard on the radio from "Gym Shorts" that the Rams will feature a NEW "ocean state" themed jersey. Should be interesting.

……..plate of calamari…….?
……..two all the way wieners, coffee milk…….?
……..failing bridges and barricades……?
……..Rhody Island the Barricade State……?

I'm thinking the RI waves license plate.

i like the colors but just put Rhode Island on them.

Honest, I'm not a huge fan. Looks like ocean state- job lot- type of jersey.

Of course Makhi is pointing to the name on the back of the jersey

I actually really like them...kind of torn on the grey, but the "Ocean State" and design is nice.

I was anticipating something with a giant wave and looking wack. Pleasantly surprised and for a one off think these are cool.

……..they are for me……meh……

White on gray and Keaney blue on gray is not good for the eyes...not enough contrast in the coloring. It's very hard to decipher names and numbers (for those who don't follow a team closely) on TV with the color combination or if you're far from the action in person.

URI has a branding problem if they're going with gray uniforms.

Need to stick with their color base.

"Ocean State"? I was hoping for "Think Big" on the top, and "We Do" on the bottom!

Need Malik back big time need him to defend Burton

I like the uniforms! As an alt look I think they work.

Rhody15 wrote: ↑2 years ago Incredible how we could look that good @ Davidson and @ UMass, then look completely inept at home against two of the worst teams in the conference.

Who the hell knows how we'll play tomorrow.

This is what it's been like under Cox for years. We can look like a top 25 team in moments and then barely beat Lasalle and lose to GW. It wouldn't surprise me at all if we beat Richmond. All I know is Thorr better be aware that Richmond will be looking for a new coach after this season, and it wouldn't surprise me if we were going after the same targets.

Yeah who knows what the hell to expect out of this one. I kind of have a feeling we bounce back and get a win though.

Should read "Can't throw it in the Ocean State"

Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑2 years ago

I think they're pretty sweet.

Maybe would have been better if they were keaney blue with white lettering.

Frank Keaney is spinning in his grave.

Rhode_Island_Red wrote: ↑2 years ago Frank Keaney is spinning in his grave.

DC is second only to FK in their first 100 games.

rhodyrudder wrote: ↑2 years ago

Rhode_Island_Red wrote: ↑2 years ago Frank Keaney is spinning in his grave.

DC is second only to FK in their first 100 games.

I don’t know why people are still so hung up on that.

It’s a stone cold fact, and social media is responsible for putting out anything positive for the program.

Obviously we all know Cox is a below average head coach, but the program has to do what the program has to do to paint this team and coach in a positive light.

Trash jersey. Not as bad as the pink out with the sleeves, but it's bad.

The only alternates we should do is the navy/keaney lamar odom ones (more recent NCAA runs as well) - I'd even like the old school Carlos Easterling blue/yellow/white.

Rhody15 wrote: ↑2 years ago Incredible how we could look that good @ Davidson and @ UMass, then look completely inept at home against two of the worst teams in the conference.

Who the hell knows how we'll play tomorrow.

It was shooting, teams have bad shooting stretches. In general I think we are an ok shooting team this year so I expect a bounce back.

You can order the replica jersey

https://ramszone.uri.edu/MerchDetail?Me ... e8ovi1h3q6

Right now not a fan of the new jerseys. I went to the Univ of Rhode Island NOT the Univ of Ocean State. Does it say URI or Rhody or Rhode Island anywhere. It's a hard pass for me so far.

They look like rec-league uniforms from the local sporting-goods store. All that's missing is "Al's Pizza."

I like the uniforms. Would like to see URI do away with the jersey’s that have the interlocking RI on the front and look like Memphis Grizzlies summer league uni’s.

I like them.

Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑2 years ago

section(105) wrote: ↑2 years ago

Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑2 years ago Just heard on the radio from "Gym Shorts" that the Rams will feature a NEW "ocean state" themed jersey. Should be interesting.

……..plate of calamari…….?
……..two all the way wieners, coffee milk…….?
……..failing bridges and barricades……?
……..Rhody Island the Barricade State……?

I'm thinking the RI waves license plate.

Or, Cooler and Warmer?

Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑2 years ago Honest, I'm not a huge fan. Looks like ocean state- job lot- type of jersey.

Not that there's anything wrong with that

STC wrote: ↑2 years ago I like the uniforms. Would like to see URI do away with the jersey’s that have the interlocking RI on the front and look like Memphis Grizzlies summer league uni’s.

…….I suppose flashy type uniforms might attract some folks, couple that with winning some games, social media things, and maybe we will look on ESPN+…….give me traditional URI simple design colors, from the Keaney chem lab………no yellow……no black…….no gray…….

Rhode_Island_Red wrote: ↑2 years ago They look like rec-league uniforms from the local sporting-goods store. All that's missing is "Al's Pizza."

……on a beer softball league…….

I'm kind of indifferent about the color. And I think I recognize that font as one of the five that came pre-installed on Windows 3.0.

STC wrote: ↑2 years ago I like the uniforms. Would like to see URI do away with the jersey’s that have the interlocking RI on the front and look like Memphis Grizzlies summer league uni’s.

The interlocking "RI" goes back to the 30s and Frank Keaney as well. Might as well change our colors to black and white.

Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑2 years ago

That font they're using is as fugly as Makhi's foul shooting. And he puts the foul in foul shooting.

They need to add this to the back of the uni:

Maybe pull out a win

I kind of like the uniforms for change of pace

If we were winning and the program was in a good state, 99% of people would love these jerseys.

Rhody15 wrote: ↑2 years ago If we were winning and the program was in a good state, 99% of people would love these jerseys.

If we were winning and the program was in a good state, this whole thread would be focused on the big game coming up in less than 24 hours and not what the team will be wearing.

I miss the real stitched lettering of the previous jerseys. These look cheap and a missed opportunity.But if it helps motivate the players then so be it.

Imo the new uniforms are drab . I prefer something bright . Have always liked the style of uniform that has the team name running vertically
down the right side of the jersey placed inside two team colored stripes as borders that continues down to the bottom of the shorts . always
thought they looked so classy . Marquette wore them in the early 70s as did my high school in NJ . I would think RHODE ISLAND RAMS or maybe
just RI RAMS running vertically between the two blue stripes would look awesome . This blah gray doesn't do it for me at all . I like the current
uniforms better . But for this year's team maybe blah gray is appropriate . Sorry , the last game has really put me in a foul mood no pun intended .

For me personally, i don't give a F about the uniforms. I am infinitely more concerned about the talent wearing them & the person leading them.

Would love to go back to stitched uniforms. These just look like bad chinese knockoffs - or the sports section at Bob's where you can't buy the official licensed stuff.

I mean it's bad enough you can't get legit game jerseys at the RamZone.

But passing printed practice jerseys off as cool alternates is pretty lame.

I also remember when we did away with the Ram logo (best logo ever) because of "branding" and the importance of keeping a consistent brand across all platforms...that isn't even the same anchor as the football team uniforms?

And not for nothing unless Rhody dons a scuba suit since when are Rams associated with the sea?

I get that we're the Ocean State and whatever - but this whole thing is stupid.

TL;DR - I'm incredibly salty at everything going on with this program, I miss good basketball, we were good 4 years ago and our coaching hire didn't work out, so now I'm going to complain about jerseys since there's no point in arguing about basketball anymore.

I will say the Ram logo from the Skinner era (or started in Skinner's years somewhere in the mid 90s) is my favorite. I didn't like the interlocking RI at first, but it has grown on me.

Blueman nailed it.

PlayMikeMotenMore wrote: ↑2 years ago White on gray and Keaney blue on gray is not good for the eyes...not enough contrast in the coloring. It's very hard to decipher names and numbers (for those who don't follow a team closely) on TV with the color combination or if you're far from the action in person.

URI has a branding problem if they're going with gray uniforms.

Need to stick with their color base.

Agree. And, who outside of RI residents know we are the Ocean State. If they want people to know who we are without using "Rhode Island", they should just put "Road Work Ahead" on the jerseys.