Atlantic 10 Tournament – Second Round
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC
Thursday, March 10, 2022
8:30PM
Media
TV: USA
Online: USA
Radio: 101.5 FM (B101) or Tune In Radio App
Previews:
Richmond Fan Forum
Rhody barely advances to the second round of the A10 conference tournament after a close win against an awful Duquesne team. They had about 20 turnovers which they will need get under control for tomorrow night. The only reason they won this game is because they shot well from deep. The Rams now face the 6th seeded Richmond Spiders. Richmond comes into this game losers of two straight (Dayton & St Bonaventure). The Rams look to avenge a loss to Richmond at the Ryan Center where they blew a 15 point second-half lead. Rhody was up 7 with 5:50 to go after a made three by Jalen Carey. David Cox used his patented time-out after a made basket. It clearly was a great use of a time-out URI went scoreless for the next 5 minutes and Richmond closed the game on a 15-1 run for the win. The Spider’s forward Tyler Burton, who had a double-double in his last game against URI, is the team’s leading scorer at 16.5 per game as well as their leading rebounder at 7.4. He is also there best three-point shooter, shooting it a hair over 38% on the season. Richmond is a big team, starting three forwards all 6’ 7” or bigger. Grant Golden got a bunch of open looks from deep against whichever Mitchell twin was covering him at the time. I think Rhode Island can keep this close but I don’t think they will have enough to get the win. My prediction Richmond 68 – URI 64. Winner of this game takes on VCU in the quarterfinals tomorrow night. Go Rhody!!
Opponent
Record:
19-12, 10-8 in the A-10
14-9, 6-5 in the A-10
Rankings (URI):
NCAA NET: 91 (138)
RPI: 70 (171)
KenPom: 92 (126)
BPI: 79 (128)
Sagarin: 85 (125)
Barttovik: 59 (137)
Leaders:
Points – Tyler Burton 16.5 (Jr., F)
Rebounds – Tyler Burton 7.4 (Jr., F)
Assists – Jacob Gilyard 5.6 (Fr., G) (1.6 TO per game)
Historical
Series: 11-17
H: 8-5, A: 3-10, N: 0-2
Most Recent Matchup: 1/25/22 70-63 L at URI
Most Recent Win Streak: 3 – Richmond
Match-up Predictor: 27.8% Chance of URI Winning