1/22 | Duquesne | 7:00PM (ESPN+/YurView)

[ramster]

Food for thought as we await the official point spread in this game:

• Rhode Island is 0-10 ATS in the last 10 at home vs Duquesne

• Duquesne is 5-1 ATS in the last 6 versus Rhode Island

• The Dukes are 8-3 ATS in the last 11 played on the road

[TruePoint]

After pulling together 4 in a row, the TP bandwagon is pulled over on the side of the road, looking in the rearview mirror, and waiting to see if the team bus pulls out of the parking lot to head down the road to the tournament.

When I pronounced the season over, it wasn’t because I didn’t think that even at that point a 15-3 conference season wouldn’t be enough. It was because I didn’t think it was possible at that time. The VCU road win at least gave me enough pause to wait and see a little bit. I’m not suddenly convinced that it’s going to happen, but I’m more hopeful than I was then. I hope it turns out that I jumped the gun but I’m a long way from being convinced.

[DeanDome88]

Duquesne at 15-2 (and no real home court to speak of) is at the very least a decent team. They certainly are not going to beat themselves so hopefully URI is firing on all cylinders. I don't even want to think about the consequences of a loss!

[Rhody83]

[DeanDome88]

Food for thought as we await the official point spread in this game:

• Rhode Island is 0-10 ATS in the last 10 at home vs Duquesne

• Duquesne is 5-1 ATS in the last 6 versus Rhode Island

• The Dukes are 8-3 ATS in the last 11 played on the road

Lets hope the dukes are big favorites then.

[reef]

I will guess URI -4 ??

[PeterRamTime]

Another look:

NET: Duquesne 55, URI 61
RPI: URI 34, Duquesne 65
BPI: Duquesne 63, URI 74,
KenPom: URI 69, Duquesne 79

A10 Teams Below 100:
NET
5-Dayton
45-VCU
54-Saint Louis
55-Duquesne
56-Richmond
61-URI

RPI
12-Dayton
34-URI
37-Richmond
40-Saint Louis
55-VCU
65-Duquesne
96-St Bonaventure

BPI
7-Dayton
44-VCU
56-Richmond
63-Duquesne
73-Davidson
74-URI

Ken Pom
5-Dayton
48-VCU
69-URI
71-Richmond
79-Duquesne
85-Saint Louis
100-Davidson

Bottom Line:

• This is a Must Win for Both Teams

• Especially Important since URI-Duquesne play only once - therefore any ties for the A10 Tournament Seeding between URI and Duquesne will be broken first based on who wins this game

• Duquesne is not a team to be underestimated with a (15-2) overall record and (5-0) in A10 play

• Keith Dambrot is an excellent Coach

URI NET 59**

[PeterRamTime]

Another look:

NET: Duquesne 55, URI 61
RPI: URI 34, Duquesne 65
BPI: Duquesne 63, URI 74,
KenPom: URI 69, Duquesne 79



In the past an RPI of 34 almost guarantees you're in the tournament. If it were 2016/2017 we would be in better shape....
A10 Teams Below 100:
NET
5-Dayton
45-VCU
54-Saint Louis
55-Duquesne
56-Richmond
61-URI

RPI
12-Dayton
34-URI
37-Richmond
40-Saint Louis
55-VCU
65-Duquesne
96-St Bonaventure

BPI
7-Dayton
44-VCU
56-Richmond
63-Duquesne
73-Davidson
74-URI

Ken Pom
5-Dayton
48-VCU
69-URI
71-Richmond
79-Duquesne
85-Saint Louis
100-Davidson

Bottom Line:

• This is a Must Win for Both Teams

• Especially Important since URI-Duquesne play only once - therefore any ties for the A10 Tournament Seeding between URI and Duquesne will be broken first based on who wins this game

• Duquesne is not a team to be underestimated with a (15-2) overall record and (5-0) in A10 play

• Keith Dambrot is an excellent Coach

URI NET 59**

[RhodyRams916]

This is really damn good from the one and only Anthony Garro.

[phipsiGD'11]

I think a key to this game is the students packing out the Ryan Center.
I will be extremely disappointed in our school if the students don't show. This is the type of game we need the students to be hyped about.

[RI_Bred]

I think a key to this game is the students packing out the Ryan Center.
I will be extremely disappointed in our school if the students don't show. This is the type of game we need the students to be hyped about.

They've been pretty good so far, when around. This will be a good litmus test being the first home game post-break.

[ramster]

I think a key to this game is the students packing out the Ryan Center.
I will be extremely disappointed in our school if the students don't show. This is the type of game we need the students to be hyped about.

They've been pretty good so far, when around. This will be a good litmus test being the first home game post-break.

Some hoped for 5000 vs LaSalle and we got 6300. Excellent turn out for a Saturday 12:30pm game. We should go well over that 6300 number with the promotions in place, students back and a (15-2) opponent in Duquesne.

[ramster]

I will guess URI -4 ??

Close Reef,

Just saw the line from 2 betting houses

URI -3 points

Given norm of home team getting 3 points it’s very evenly matched opponents.

[rhodysurf]

Get pumped

[PeteRI]

Now THIS is a promotion!

[PeteRI]

And why can't Tilly's have a concession in the Ryan Center?!

[RhodyRams916]

And why can't Tilly's have a concession in the Ryan Center?!

The line would be around the arena lol. Tillys should have a food truck outside the arena every game. That would be awesome

[phipsiGD'11]

Their food is that good? Never been but will have to try now I suppose

[section(105)]

And why can't Tilly's have a concession in the Ryan Center?!

The line would be around the arena lol. Tillys should have a food truck outside the arena every game. That would be awesome

........hello Athletics Marketing.......food truck nite.......

[TruePoint]

And why can't Tilly's have a concession in the Ryan Center?!

The line would be around the arena lol. Tillys should have a food truck outside the arena every game. That would be awesome

I know you’re joking, but “this thing will be so popular that it will inconvenience people” seems like a very URI reason not to do something.

[Obadiah]

Here is a look on schedule comparison of home and home pairings:

URI                          Duquesne
Dayton        NET #5         Dayton     NET #5
VCU           NET #46        St. Louis  NET #54
Davidson      NET #110       St. Bona   NET #128
UMass         NET #175       GW         NET 199
St. Joseph's  NET #204       Fordham    NET 277

[theblueram]

Looking at the seat dots, we should have a great crowd especially if the students show up en masse.

[NYGFan_Section208]

And why can't Tilly's have a concession in the Ryan Center?!

The line would be around the arena lol. Tillys should have a food truck outside the arena every game. That would be awesome

........hello Athletics Marketing.......food truck nite.......

with tailgating

[PeteRI]

Their food is that good? Never been but will have to try now I suppose

I was skeptical as well until I tried it. Really outstanding cheesesteaks, sides ... and MILKSHAKES!

[RhodyRams916]

Their food is that good? Never been but will have to try now I suppose

I was skeptical as well until I tried it. Really outstanding cheesesteaks, sides ... and MILKSHAKES!

Their iced teas are also amazing. And the queso and chips

[Obadiah]

Absolutely delicious artery cloggers!

[Rhodymob05]

Winter tailgating with heaters , beer tents and food trucks? Hell of an idea actually.

[rambone 78]

Food for thought as we await the official point spread in this game:

• Rhode Island is 0-10 ATS in the last 10 at home vs Duquesne

• Duquesne is 5-1 ATS in the last 6 versus Rhode Island

• The Dukes are 8-3 ATS in the last 11 played on the road

Duquesne for some reason hasn't been a good matchup for us.

0-10 ATS is scary....but that has to end sometime right?

Now's the time.

But in this case, I will take a 1 pt. win any way we can get it.

[Taylor Swift]

Now THIS is a promotion!

A cheesesteak AND they can get on URI Secure WiFi. What a time to be alive!

[Bill Koch]

Duquesne preview.

[Running Ram]

These are pretty cool, PeterRamTime posted a link to them in the NET thread pg 5.

you can see that Alabama could possibly become a Q1 win and Providence could become a Q2 win, but Brown could end up being a Q4 loss.

[ramster]

Duquesne is proficient in blocking shots Ranked #5 Nationally

• Michael Hughes is #5 Nationally and #2 A10

• Marcus Weathers is #5 A10

• Next Tuesday at George Mason URI will face AJ Wilson who leads the A10 in Blocks and is #3 Nationally

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[ramster]

Duquesne Rhode Island Game Thread is up on their Board

https://duquesnefans.boardhost.com/view ... hp?id=3718

[ramster]

First game this year (in 18 games) that Duquesne has NOT been favored to win

[section(105)]

Winter tailgating with heaters , beer tents and food trucks? Hell of an idea actually.

.......good thing for the Senior Nite game......couple it with a men’s/women’s double header......make it an Alumni event.......bring back a former player nite......OK, no more coffee....

[ramster]

5 potential Cinderella stories

https://larrybrownsports.com/college-ba ... ron/534272

[ramster]

Duquesne gets no respect......

https://triblive.com/sports/how-can-duq ... the-world/

[ramster]

Andy Katz has Duquesne Ranked #36

36. Duquesne (NR): The Dukes are 15-2 overall and 5-0 in the A-10 (and without a home court since it is being redone). The Dukes will find out where they stand at Rhode Island this week.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-me ... ssion=true

[ramster]

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[Rhodymob05]

Winter tailgating with heaters , beer tents and food trucks? Hell of an idea actually.

.......good thing for the Senior Nite game......couple it with a men’s/women’s double header......make it an Alumni event.......bring back a former player nite......OK, no more coffee....

Get that to the marketing department stat

[Rhodymob05]

The more I see on the dukes the more I want to beat them by triple digits

[section(105)]

Winter tailgating with heaters , beer tents and food trucks? Hell of an idea actually.

.......good thing for the Senior Nite game......couple it with a men’s/women’s double header......make it an Alumni event.......bring back a former player nite......OK, no more coffee....

Get that to the marketing department stat

........I would like to think we just did.......the Alumni Association, my opine, needs an event to shake up for their Big Chill weekend.......

[PeterRamTime]

Duquesne is proficient in blocking shots Ranked #5 Nationally

• Michael Hughes is #5 Nationally and #2 A10

• Marcus Weathers is #5 A10

• Next Tuesday at George Mason URI will face AJ Wilson who leads the A10 in Blocks and is #3 Nationally

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PUMP FAKE

This is an area where a weakened Cyril and the rest may find some problems.

Maybe another reason why they beat SLU so bad, as they force the ball inside so often.

[RI_Bred]

Duquesne is a good defensive team and URI has not been shooting very well this year to date. Non-peaceful, uneasy feeling.

[DC_Rams]

Just win, baby, WIN!

I don’t care how it’s done.

[TruePoint]

Duquesne is a good defensive team and URI has not been shooting very well this year to date. Non-peaceful, uneasy feeling.

We are constructed pretty similar to Duquesne. Per KenPom, we are 145th in offensive efficiency and 38th in defensive efficiency. They are 129th and 54th, respectively. I’d expect this to be a bit of a rock fight, and the O/U reflects that as Vegas thinks this game will be played in the 60s.

[RI_Bred]

Duquesne is a good defensive team and URI has not been shooting very well this year to date. Non-peaceful, uneasy feeling.

We are constructed pretty similar to Duquesne. Per KenPom, we are 145th in offensive efficiency and 38th in defensive efficiency. They are 129th and 54th, respectively. I’d expect this to be a bit of a rock fight, and the O/U reflects that as Vegas thinks this game will be played in the 60s.

Quite similar, wow.

[RhodyKyle]

Duquesne is a good defensive team and URI has not been shooting very well this year to date. Non-peaceful, uneasy feeling.

We are constructed pretty similar to Duquesne. Per KenPom, we are 145th in offensive efficiency and 38th in defensive efficiency. They are 129th and 54th, respectively. I’d expect this to be a bit of a rock fight, and the O/U reflects that as Vegas thinks this game will be played in the 60s.

And the difference between the 129th ranked offense and the 145th ranked offense is 0.5 points per 100 possessions. The difference between the 38th ranked defense and the 54th ranked defense is 1.3 points per 100 possessions.

The keys to this one will be turning them over and winning the offensive rebound battle. They aren't terrible at grabbing offensive boards and URI is seemingly allowing their opponents to grab their fair share of them.

[rambone 78]

We've gotten pretty good at winning close games against mediocre or worse teams and not playing our best.

Now let's win a close game against a GOOD team....playing better will be necessary.

Will it take our best game? Probably not, but it will require a good performance.

We have to win these games against similar rated opponents. We have beaten VCU but lost to Richmond.

Beating Duquesne and St. Louis is a must. And by the way, VCU again.

[UCH21377]

I think these guys are better than we're giving them credit for being. Just like Richmond, they are good.

Now let's play our 'A' game and kick their butts!