11/19 | Washington St | 3:30PM (ESPNU) | Hall of Fame Tip-Off

[rhodyrudder]

Absolutely horrible foul there
Wow

[jcru]

I like this team they have out there right now:

House
Zek
Weston
Fou
Kortright

[rhodyram22]

Horrendous foul…

[Blue Man]

Guys who showed up:

Zek, Louie, Cam

Guys MIA:

House, Weston

Guys actively working against the team:

Fuchs

[PeterRamTime]

Make a run and foul a 3 point shooter

GOD am I tired of sucking

[Jdrums#3]

Absolutely horrible foul there
Wow

Bad timing, too. Just after we start cutting the lead. Oooph!

[theblueram]

House seems to have hit the P5 wall

[rhodyram22]

We can’t fucking rebound

[KingstonLane]

There may be less than 1000 people at the Ryan center on Wednesday

[Rhodymob05]

We’re not good right now.

[KingstonLane]

12 turnovers to their 3

When you’re not a good 3 point shooting team, and your bigs can’t do anything down low. That is a recipe for disaster

[theblueram]

So, do we go portalling again or can these guys get to at large caliber????

[Jdrums#3]

Nice drive by House to draw the foul.

We are shooting well from the line. It’s keeping us in it.

Getting hurt on the boards though. Giving up too many O rebounds. Frig!

[section(105)]

So, do we go portalling again or can these guys get to at large caliber????

Too early to tell, but this weekend has been hugely disappointing, and I think there will be stayers, departures, and arrivals.

[Jdrums#3]

Somebody box out! Man!

[Donrxer79]

Rebounding !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[theblueram]

I really wish we had the NIL per player. That has to come out soon. We need to know who is getting paid what, so we can assess their worth.

[PeterRamTime]

We are a walking disaster

[luke]

Looks like another tough season .

[spar]

This is tough to watch. Sadly, we have a lot further to go than I was hoping after the first 3. We look inept against a 2-3. Gotta figure that sh*t out, stat.

[theblueram]

I can't see this team vying for an At Large bid in 2 years.

[Jdrums#3]

Not including Cam, our bench is giving us squat today and our bench is being badly outscored by theirs.

Brutal showing. Need to fix this somehow before the conference schedule starts.

[section(105)]

Fuchs out of the starting lineup, please.

[hrstrat57]

I’m surprised this team laid such an egg this weekend.

Very disappointing.

[ram1980]

So much for cautiously optimistic. Hugely disappointing weekend. Same crap we've seen the last few years. Soft as marshmallows underneath Defense is not good and we never change it up. Guards that keep forcing it in traffic and no one that can shoot the 3: pointer. Supposed to be a transition oriented team. Can't do that lf you don't rebound. Get some shooters. If they aren't strong man to man here's an idea play zone for a short time if you have to. Teams are going to clog the lane against us and we are going to struggle.

[theblueram]

Turned it off. This game is over and this team has some serious deficiencies.

[Jdrums#3]

What a deflating finish to this game. Brutal.

We need House to play much better to have a shot at winning. He’s been a disappointment this weekend. He needs to bounce back soon or we will finish outside 10th place in the A10.

[DeanDome88]

We have an improved front court but it still is not good enough yet to compete with good teams. Hopefully the coaching staff can coach them up. Recruiting while very important is not the whole job.

[SandorClegane]

This offense looks so stagnant. I can’t really tell what they are running. Plus our defensive rebounding is atrocious. Need to figure that out.

[KingstonLane]

Obviously bummed about the results of this weekend, but not actually surprised. Were still a couple pieces away

Shooting wise, I’m guessing Archie was optimistic that either Green would get a waiver, or Rory/Dubsky wouldn’t be so bad they couldn’t see the floor. Is what it is now.

Once Bilau is back and is a true banger in the post, we’ll have a better idea of this teams ceiling.

[Rhodymob05]

Someone better win the lottery for the NIL or we’re screwed.

[Rhodymob05]

Obviously bummed about the results of this weekend, but not actually surprised. Were still a couple pieces away

Shooting wise, I’m guessing Archie was optimistic that either Green would get a waiver, or Rory/Dubsky wouldn’t be so bad they couldn’t see the floor. Is what it is now.

Once Bilau is back and is a true banger in the post, we’ll have a better idea of this teams ceiling.

Johnny Optimistic, I don’t hate it.

[theblueram]

We have an improved front court but it still is not good enough yet to compete with good teams. Hopefully the coaching staff can coach them up. Recruiting while very important is not the whole job.

Did you actually watch the last two games? Our frontcourt was so exposed, they were playing in their underwear. Fuchs was just turrible. This team, unfortunately, is not the team.

[adam914]

Until we find a couple guys who want to rebound we are going to struggle to beat most good teams. Still a lot of season left, but a disappointing weekend for sure. I had both of these games as losses in my prediction, but I was hoping to have a better showing in the process.

[KevanBoyles]

-22 in the paint.

[KevanBoyles]

-11 rebounds

[KevanBoyles]

-10 second chance points.

[KevanBoyles]

I can go on.

[Donrxer79]

Rebounding is all about effort, less about skill. As we have seen this weekend, there was no effort from our bigs. We were severely beaten on the defensive glass, just no excuse for that.

[theblueram]

Until we find a couple guys who want to rebound we are going to struggle to beat most good teams. Still a lot of season left, but a disappointing weekend for sure. I had both of these games as losses in my prediction, but I was hoping to have a better showing in the process.

For sure. I think I had them pegged at 8-5 OOC. But the downfall is, we don't have many players that look to improve in the next two years to bring us an At Large bid. That is a serious problem.

[DeanDome88]

We have an improved front court but it still is not good enough yet to compete with good teams. Hopefully the coaching staff can coach them up. Recruiting while very important is not the whole job.

Did you actually watch the last two games? Our frontcourt was so exposed, they were playing in their underwear. Fuchs was just turrible. This team, unfortunately, is not the team.

Montgomery is hands down better than any forward we had last year. The staff needs to coach up the young bigs. I wrote they are not good enough to compete with good teams. What gave you the impression that I think this is the team?

[KingstonLane]

Until we find a couple guys who want to rebound we are going to struggle to beat most good teams. Still a lot of season left, but a disappointing weekend for sure. I had both of these games as losses in my prediction, but I was hoping to have a better showing in the process.

For sure. I think I had them pegged at 8-5 OOC. But the downfall is, we don't have many players that look to improve in the next two years to bring us an At Large bid. That is a serious problem.

If you had URI pegged for 5 OOC losses, these 2 games were probably in that bunch. Shouldn’t be surprised really.

Also this isn’t a shot at you. I just went through the prediction thread and most people had the team with > 4 OOC losses. These 2, PC and pick your poison of one other were the likely culprits

[ElmCityRhody]

Missed the game today but glad I did (

[theblueram]

We have an improved front court but it still is not good enough yet to compete with good teams. Hopefully the coaching staff can coach them up. Recruiting while very important is not the whole job.

Did you actually watch the last two games? Our frontcourt was so exposed, they were playing in their underwear. Fuchs was just turrible. This team, unfortunately, is not the team.

Montgomery is hands down better than any forward we had last year. The staff needs to coach up the young bigs. I wrote they are not good enough to compete with good teams. What gave you the impression that I think this is the team?

Maybe it was worded wrong. We are not where we need to be at this point.

[Rhodyg]

Could be very possible

Could be very possible

[theblueram]

Until we find a couple guys who want to rebound we are going to struggle to beat most good teams. Still a lot of season left, but a disappointing weekend for sure. I had both of these games as losses in my prediction, but I was hoping to have a better showing in the process.

For sure. I think I had them pegged at 8-5 OOC. But the downfall is, we don't have many players that look to improve in the next two years to bring us an At Large bid. That is a serious problem.

If you had URI pegged for 5 OOC losses, these 2 games were probably in that bunch. Shouldn’t be surprised really.

Also this isn’t a shot at you. I just went through the prediction thread and most people had the team with > 4 OOC losses. These 2, PC and pick your poison of one other were the likely culprits

Well it is a prediction contest. So sure, I had these two as losses. Which means the team is not exceeding my expectations.

[True Big Blue]

@Cuttino, Brown was the only big that could slow down Jones when he was in, Not sure what game you’re watching. Also we have a full team of guards that are playing for themselves the don’t dish off.

[Jdrums#3]

Until we find a couple guys who want to rebound we are going to struggle to beat most good teams. Still a lot of season left, but a disappointing weekend for sure. I had both of these games as losses in my prediction, but I was hoping to have a better showing in the process.

Adam,

I agree wholeheartedly with your rebounding point. Being a good rebounder has a lot to do with desire - you have to “want” to rebound. It’s a mindset.

Good post overall, too.

[Dino611]

Playing against a 2-3 against 4 guys that are 6’7” is a recipe for disaster for us and where David Green would help big time

At least we had this weekend to give us a wake up call now instead of in two months.

Bilau will replace one of the two forwards in the starting lineup.

We’re a pure PG (hopefully Ben) and a true big like Cyril or Hassan away from being back to great

[RF1]

This weekend very much proved this team is not very good. The earlier double digit home wins over lesser competition do however seem to indicate that it is better than last year's team. Will most likely not see a dramatic jump this season but hopefully should see continued incremental growth. A lot of patience will be required.