Games of interest - Rest of Season

[ramster]

Big game for Dan Hurley and his UConn team today at Villanova. UConn now sports a 7-5 BE record, but the Huskies have got to that point via a favorable BE schedule. For example, using today's BE standing to divide that league into the top five and the bottom five shows that UConn is 6-1 against the bottom five, their only loss coming at the hands of PC, and they are scheduled to play a complement of 10 games against those teams.

A different story exists against the top five BE teams where the UConn record is 1-4, the one win coming vs. Xavier and given present BE scheduling which can change at any moment, UConn is scheduled to play only 7 games against these five teams, playing solo games against Xavier, St. John's and Villanova. Offsetting these scheduling questions, there is the absence of Bouknight from several recent games and with him back, UConn is poised to give substance to their current record and really enhance their resume for post season. Should be interesting to see what develops today.

UCONN @ #10 Villanova (-6.5) 1pm FOX

Agree. Big game for Dan Hurley and team at Villanova

Hurley has UCONN up to a NET of 52. Big opportunity today vs Villanova with a NET of 12 and Ranked #10 AP Poll. Not only a chance to strengthen UCONN's record for a bid but to improve the Tournament Seeding as well. National TV on Saturday afternoon to boot.
Funny how the addition of UCONN to the BE will result in at team or teams not making the NCAA Tournament

Big East would be much better to get rid of DePaul with their NET of 142. That program disappoints year after year. (1-10) in BE and (3-10) overall

The best teams always seem to put winning streaks together in February. Creighton with 3 straight, Seton Hall with 4 straight, UCONN going for 3 straight today

12-Villanova (8-2) (13-3) L1
23-Creighton (12-4) (16-5) W3
45-Seton Hall 10-5) (13-8) W4
52-UCONN (7-5) (10-5) W2
68-St. John's (8-7) (14-8) W1
48-Xavier (4-4) (11-4) L2
84-Providence (7-9) (11-11) L1
99-Marquette (6-10) (10-12) W1
142-Butler (6-10) (7-12) L2
107-Georgetown (4-7) (6-10) W1
178-DePaul (1-10) (3-10) L5

[bigappleram]

NET
31 - VCU (9-2) (16-4) W6
113 - UMass (7-2) (8-4) W2
71 - Davidson (6-2) (11-5) W5
44 - St. Bonaventure (8-3) (10-3) L1
80 - Dayton (8-6) (12-7) W1
47 - Saint Louis (4-3) (11-4) L1
59 - Richmond (4-3) (11-5) L1
131 - Duquesne (6-5) (7-6) W3
88 - Rhode Island (7-8) (10-12) W1
154 - George Mason (5-6) (9-8) W1
243 - George Washington (2-3) (3-10) L2
180 - La Salle (5-10) (8-14) L3
318 - Fordham (2-11) (2-11) L2
269 - Saint Joseph's (0-9) (1-14) L6

The saddest thing- does anyone in the A10 have 3 better wins on their resume than Seton Hall, @VCU and Bonnies?
I don't think so, all 3 are squarely in the tourney as of now. Too bad we gave up 4-5 games that were winnable. What could have been.

[Billyboy78]

Speaking of Villanova, I think Cole Swider should come home for his senior season.

[reef]

Just turned on UConn Villanova gonna be a war

[reef]

34-32 Nova at half

Bouknight is great for them

[Obadiah]

Tyrese Martin played for 34 minutes and was the Huskies' leading rebounder with 11 rebounds and had nine points, but 0-4 on treys. Game was marked by poor three point shooting on both sides. Villanova is certainly not the great 3 point shooting team that showed up in the Pittsburgh NCAA in 2018, the year Rams also played there.

[reef]

Tough loss by UConn and they probably on the outside looking in now but they have time to play themselves in

What’s the fan reaction on Boneyard ??

[reef]

VCU in a war late

Bones is hurt night night VCU

[reef]

67-67 OT

VCU is 0-3 in Q1 games not sure that’s at large worthy right now if a loss to a bad GM team ??

[reef]

VCU lose they lose way to screw your at large chances

[rambone 78]

VCU loses...and if the injury to Hyland causes him to miss the rest of the season, they won't win the A10 tourney and could be in trouble.

[theblueram]

VCU loses...and if the injury to Hyland causes him to miss the rest of the season, they won't win the A10 tourney and could be in trouble.

"could be"?

[KingstonLane]

VCU vs STL on Tuesday for an at large bid? Whole conference is going to be squarely on the bubble at this rate

[RF1]

With SLU losing last night and VCU today, winning the A-10 Tournament might be the only NCAA route for every league member.

[rambone 78]

The A10 won't get 3 in. Two looks likely at least right now.

[ramster]

Just announced at halftime of the Duquesne-Richmond game that Bones Hyland has a foot sprain. Further evaluation tomorrow.

[reef]

I guess it’s possible it may be a 1 bid league also , the A10 tends to get screwed if it’s close

[Jersey77]

VCU vs STL on Tuesday for an at large bid? Whole conference is going to be squarely on the bubble at this rate

VCU also has Davidson next Sat., not exactly a walk in the park for them prior to the A10T.

[reef]

Richmond Duquesne in a war too

[Rhodymob05]

Bones is hurt. Definitely a case of conference cannibalism.

[ramster]

6'8" Freshman Jordan Hall had a triple double for St Joseph's in their win over LaSalle
12 rebounds
10 assists
22 points

[reef]

Joes got a layup at buzzer to force OT

[theblueram]

So the worst team in the A10 beat the 3rd worst team in the A10? Hmmm. Time for a victory party.

[McRam]

Fellow KB's Can anyone help me with these questions

1. How are they seeding the teams?. Number of wins, w-L percentage ??? Some other way?Have they announced this?
2. Is it possible for Rhody to still get in the top four? (First glance says it is possible?)
3. Who should I root for in the Davidson-St. Bonaventure game tomorrow

Thanks

[ramster]

So the worst team in the A10 beat the 3rd worst team in the A10? Hmmm. Time for a victory party.

It's of interest because we could be playing either of these 2 teams in our 1st round game of the A10 Tournament

We only beat St Joseph's by 8 points at URI and St Joe's did not have Ryan Wall who had 30 points today plus the freshman who had the triple double has improved a lot since we played St Joe's.

Seed 14 plays Seed 11
Seed 13 plays Seed 12

[KingstonLane]

Fellow KB's Can anyone help me with these questions

1. How are they seeding the teams?. Number of wins, w-L percentage ??? Some other way?Have they announced this?
2. Is it possible for Rhody to still get in the top four? (First glance says it is possible?)
3. Who should I root for in the Davidson-St. Bonaventure game tomorrow

Thanks

1) Normal Win/Loss. Theres a contingency plan if not every team plays enough games but it appears every team should play enough games to qualify

2) Not possible

3) likely doesn’t matter referring to point 2

[rhodylaw]

NET
31 - VCU (9-2) (16-4) W6
113 - UMass (7-2) (8-4) W2
71 - Davidson (6-2) (11-5) W5
44 - St. Bonaventure (8-3) (10-3) L1
80 - Dayton (8-6) (12-7) W1
47 - Saint Louis (4-3) (11-4) L1
59 - Richmond (4-3) (11-5) L1
131 - Duquesne (6-5) (7-6) W3
88 - Rhode Island (7-8) (10-12) W1
154 - George Mason (5-6) (9-8) W1
243 - George Washington (2-3) (3-10) L2
180 - La Salle (5-10) (8-14) L3
318 - Fordham (2-11) (2-11) L2
269 - Saint Joseph's (0-9) (1-14) L6

The saddest thing- does anyone in the A10 have 3 better wins on their resume than Seton Hall, @VCU and Bonnies?
I don't think so, all 3 are squarely in the tourney as of now. Too bad we gave up 4-5 games that were winnable. What could have been.

It is really crazy when you think about how close we are to being 14-8 with a super hard schedule and squarely on the bubble. Maybe a total of 10 mins of basketball that has defined the season the wrong way.

[ramster]

Sunday Feb 21
URI (-9) @ George Washington 11:30am

Davidson @ St Bonaventure (-4) 3:30pm

[JimSidd]

So the worst team in the A10 beat the 3rd worst team in the A10? Hmmm. Time for a victory party.

It's of interest because we could be playing either of these 2 teams in our 1st round game of the A10 Tournament

We only beat St Joseph's by 8 points at URI and St Joe's did not have Ryan Wall who had 30 points today plus the freshman who had the triple double has improved a lot since we played St Joe's.

Seed 14 plays Seed 11
Seed 13 plays Seed 12

If this scenario plays out, that probably means Rhody loses these last two regular season games and there wouldn’t be any hope for a tournament run.

[ramster]

So the worst team in the A10 beat the 3rd worst team in the A10? Hmmm. Time for a victory party.

It's of interest because we could be playing either of these 2 teams in our 1st round game of the A10 Tournament

We only beat St Joseph's by 8 points at URI and St Joe's did not have Ryan Wall who had 30 points today plus the freshman who had the triple double has improved a lot since we played St Joe's.

Seed 14 plays Seed 11
Seed 13 plays Seed 12

If this scenario plays out, that probably means Rhody loses these last two regular season games and there wouldn’t be any hope for a tournament run.

That’s not what I mean.
Statement was made who cares about the St Joseph’s vs LaSalle game.

My point is I’m interested because we (URI) could end up playing one of these two teams in out 1st game.
We will likely be a 7,8,9 or 10 seed.

So our 1st game could be vs winner of 11 vs 14 OR the winner of 12 vs 13

[reef]

I like Bona to beat Davidson and most likely cover the 4

[JimSidd]

It's of interest because we could be playing either of these 2 teams in our 1st round game of the A10 Tournament

We only beat St Joseph's by 8 points at URI and St Joe's did not have Ryan Wall who had 30 points today plus the freshman who had the triple double has improved a lot since we played St Joe's.

Seed 14 plays Seed 11
Seed 13 plays Seed 12

If this scenario plays out, that probably means Rhody loses these last two regular season games and there wouldn’t be any hope for a tournament run.

That’s not what I mean.
Statement was made who cares about the St Joseph’s vs LaSalle game.

My point is I’m interested because we (URI) could end up playing one of these two teams in out 1st game.
We will likely be a 7,8,9 or 10 seed.

So our 1st game could be vs winner of 11 vs 14 OR the winner of 12 vs 13

That makes sense: my bad. Too much work on the computer today and my brain is fried.

[rhodylaw]

If this scenario plays out, that probably means Rhody loses these last two regular season games and there wouldn’t be any hope for a tournament run.

That’s not what I mean.
Statement was made who cares about the St Joseph’s vs LaSalle game.

My point is I’m interested because we (URI) could end up playing one of these two teams in out 1st game.
We will likely be a 7,8,9 or 10 seed.

So our 1st game could be vs winner of 11 vs 14 OR the winner of 12 vs 13

That makes sense: my bad. Too much work on the computer today and my brain is fried.

I don’t think that is how the bracket works - I think we play the 1 or 2 seed in the second game if we win a 7-10 matchup.

[ramster]

That’s not what I mean.
Statement was made who cares about the St Joseph’s vs LaSalle game.

My point is I’m interested because we (URI) could end up playing one of these two teams in out 1st game.
We will likely be a 7,8,9 or 10 seed.

So our 1st game could be vs winner of 11 vs 14 OR the winner of 12 vs 13

That makes sense: my bad. Too much work on the computer today and my brain is fried.

I don’t think that is how the bracket works - I think we play the 1 or 2 seed in the second game if we win a 7-10 matchup.

You are right, I’m wrong.
Looking at last year's bracket:
Winner of #11 vs #14 plays the #6 seed
Winner of #12 vs #13 plays the #5 seed

Winner of #8 vs #9 plays the #1 seed
Winner of #7 vs #10 plays the #2 seed

Right now URI is in 10th place so would play 7th place St Louis in their 1st game. But of course more games to be played in Conference this next week..

URI still has to play @ 11th place GW today and @ 9th place Duquesne on Saturday Feb 27

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[ramster]

Remaining A10 Games:
Sunday February 21
URI @ George Washington
Davidson @ St Bonaventure

Tuesday February 23
UMASS @ Richmond
St Louis @ VCU

Wednesday February 24
St Joseph's @ Dayton
St Bonaventure @ Davidson
George Washington @ George Mason
Duquesne @ LaSalle

Friday February 26
St Bonaventure @ George Washington
Richmond @ St Louis

Saturday February 27
URI @ Duquesne
LaSalle @ George Mason
VCU @ Davidson

Sunday February 28
Dayton @ St Bonaventure
UMASS @ St Louis

Monday March 1
St Joseph's @ Richmond

1- VCU (9-3): Saint Louis, @ Davidson
2- Davidson (6-2): @ St Bonaventure, St Bonaventure, VCU
3- UMASS (6-2): @ Richmond, @ Saint Louis
4- St Bonaventure (8-3): Davidson, @ Davidson, @ George Washington, Dayton
5- Richmond (5-3): UMASS, @ Saint Louis, St Joseph's
6- Dayton (8-6): St Joseph's, @ St Bonaventure
7- Saint Louis (5-3): @ VCU, Richmond, UMASS
8- George Mason (6-6): George Washington, LaSalle
9- Duquesne (6-6): @ LaSalle, URI
10- URI (7-8): @ GW, @ Duquesne
11- George Washington (2-3): URI, @ George Mason, St Bonaventure
12- LaSalle (5-10): Duquesne, @ George Mason
13- Fordham (2-11):
14- St Joseph's (1-9): Dayton, @ Richmond

[PeterRamTime]

Time to not give a single fuck about basketball again.

[Rhody22]

There are no games of interest if you’re a Rhody fan...

[ramster]

Updated Sunday Night:
URI loses to George Washington
Davidson loses to St Bonaventure

Tuesday February 23
UMASS @ Richmond
St Louis @ VCU

Wednesday February 24
St Joseph's @ Dayton
St Bonaventure @ Davidson
George Washington @ George Mason
Duquesne @ LaSalle

Friday February 26
St Bonaventure @ George Washington
Richmond @ St Louis

Saturday February 27
URI @ Duquesne
LaSalle @ George Mason
VCU @ Davidson

Sunday February 28
Dayton @ St Bonaventure
UMASS @ St Louis

Monday March 1
St Joseph's @ Richmond

1- VCU (9-3): Saint Louis, @ Davidson
2- St Bonaventure (9-3): @ Davidson, @ George Washington, Dayton
3- UMASS (6-2): @ Richmond, @ Saint Louis
4- Davidson (6-3): St Bonaventure, VCU
5- Richmond (5-3): UMASS, @ Saint Louis, St Joseph's
6- Dayton (8-6): St Joseph's, @ St Bonaventure
7- Saint Louis (5-3): @ VCU, Richmond, UMASS
8- George Mason (6-6): George Washington, LaSalle
9- Duquesne (6-6): @ LaSalle, URI
10- George Washington (3-3): @ George Mason, St Bonaventure
11- URI (7-9): @ Duquesne
12- LaSalle (5-10): Duquesne, @ George Mason
13- Fordham (2-11):
14- St Joseph's (1-9): Dayton, @ Richmond

[ramster]

Games Remaining:
0 - Fordham
1 - URI
2 - VCU, UMASS, Davidson, Dayton, George Mason, Duquesne, George Washington, LaSalle, St Joseph's
3 - St Bonaventure, Richmond, St Louis

[JimSidd]

I don’t have much enthusiasm for the A10 tournament after today’s result. However, if I interpreted the graphic from the telecast correctly, GW will be seeded based on its NET ranking instead of its conference record because they won’t hit the required playing of 60% of conference games to be seeded by record.
If the choice for the 10 seed comes down to Rhody and GW, I would give it to GW, based on head to head.

[ramster]

Imagine if URI plays St Joseph's in the #11 vs #14 matchup and we lose? When we played St Joseph's they did not have Ryan Daly who scored 30 points yesterday.

or

Imagine if Fordham falls to the #14 position and we play Fordham in our 1st game and lose?

Things can get worse believe it or not

[reef]

Right and we got lucky to beat St Joe with Fatts getting fouled taking that 3

[rambone 78]

reef, don't have to imagine us losing...we will.

There are NO games of interest left this season.

[Obadiah]

Here is the latest Pitino letters to Iona boosters. I don't know if these are of real interest, but they do draw a contrast to the stuff Cox hands out. Let me know if you would like to see more.

Letter of February 18

Dear Tim,

Well, we could have won this game with five minutes to go, but we beat ourselves with defensive mistakes and offensive fouls that made zero sense. So what are our deficiencies? 1. We foul too much 2. We need to take less challenged shots and pass to Nelly inside. 3. Turnovers. Good defensive teams win the turnover battle. Five steals is not what we should be about. A challenged shot at the collegiate level is less than 26%. 4. Absorb the scouting report and stop the 3! 5. We need to get our deflection totals. If you get 35+ per game, you win 95% if you don’t give up an excessive number of 3s. Becoming frustrated is not what we need. The key is the continued development of our young players and learning how to play defense without fouling.

Monmouth is an explosive offensive team that pushes the pace at a high level. We will need a very focused effort on stopping their break. Our four recruits are playing well, and we need to replace Ross with a scorer. We have our antennas up everywhere. The tricky part is doing all of this with film. I want to see continued improvement. A summer foreign trip and two more additions will make us strong. The schedule includes two Garden games, a Barclays Center game, and a Disney Classic with Kansas and Alabama. I want to sell 2,000 season tickets, and more importantly, take my team to Greece in August for a foreign trip to play against their pro teams. So stay positive. With all the time we missed, it is unlikely that big things can happen this year. Let’s hope COVID gets under control, and we can get back to normalcy.


Stay safe and Go Gaels!

Rick

[Obadiah]

Here is a Pitino letter for next day, Febuary 19, that includes a video of pre-game coaching session.

Dear Tim,


If we didn’t turn it over 27 times and foul as much. We could have had the best game of the season. Thought you would enjoy what we do pre-game.





Go Gaels!


Rick

[rambone 78]

Pitino knows he has a lot of work to do at Iona.

But he will do it.

He knows his shit and is a very good coach. His coaching record speaks for itself.

I hate to say this....but I've changed my tune on him. We could have used him.

Didn't think I could overlook the off the court stuff.....but how many here think he would have gotten us to the dance and soon?

[Jersey77]

Pitino knows he has a lot of work to do at Iona.

But he will do it.

He knows his shit and is a very good coach. His coaching record speaks for itself.

I hate to say this....but I've changed my tune on him. We could have used him.

Didn't think I could overlook the off the court stuff.....but how many here think he would have gotten us to the dance and soon?

I am not so sure he would of, but we can't look back. I still think they made the correct decision at the time in hiring Cox, not going to second guess that. Time will tell, only hope he proves them right, although at the moment there are several question marks.

[rambone 78]

David Cox is running out of chances.

Several question marks?

77, you are way too kind.

[Obadiah]

Talk about the luck of the draw as I just learned from my Iona friend that Iona is once again on a Covid pause for 10 days and will next play in the MAAC tournament.

[rambone 78]

They are doing a bad job of testing those ladies of the evening for covid.