Week #17 - Games of Interest

[Joe95]

So VCU should not be considered a quality win anymore?

Unfortunately not, they are under .500 in conference. Hard to argue that's a quality win.

Welp we better finish the season with one Q1 win or selection Sunday is not going to be fun for Rhody Nation.

[PeterRamTime]

Way to go Duquesne!

[Rhodymob05]

Are the Dukes close to a quad 1 for us yet?

[Rhodymob05]

VCU was missing 3 players tonight, I believe.

[Rhody15]

Are the Dukes close to a quad 1 for us yet?

They have no chance to be, they’d have to get in Top 30.

[Rhody15]

If Rutgers continues losing they may fall off the bubble completely. I believe they’ve only won one true road game all year, no team has ever made the tourney with less than 3 road wins.

[PeterRamTime]

VCU was missing 3 players tonight, I believe.

Ouch

[Obadiah]

With VCU losing, both LSU and Maryland trailing badly in 2H, and a URI road win over a #277 NET Fordham, it will be interesting to see how the Rhody NET shakes out tomorrow.

[PeterRamTime]

Holy piss Maryland just shot a gopher in the face!

[Rhodymob05]

With VCU losing, both LSU and Maryland trailing badly in 2H, and a URI road win over a #277 NET Fordham, it will be interesting to see how the Rhody NET shakes out tomorrow.

Maryland won, unreal.

[ramster]

With VCU losing, both LSU and Maryland trailing badly in 2H, and a URI road win over a #277 NET Fordham, it will be interesting to see how the Rhody NET shakes out tomorrow.

Maryland won, unreal.

down 47-31 at the half.

Minnesota chose not to foul intentionally and let Morsell take the game winning 3 with 4 seconds to go.

[PeterRamTime]

With VCU losing, both LSU and Maryland trailing badly in 2H, and a URI road win over a #277 NET Fordham, it will be interesting to see how the Rhody NET shakes out tomorrow.

Maryland won, unreal.

down 47-31 at the half.

Minnesota chose not to foul intentionally and let Morsell take the game winning 3 with 4 seconds to go.

Most of the bubble teams got huge wins tonight.

[ramster]

Richmond game was interesting as it was an important win for the spiders

Armel Potter had the triple double for GW scoring 17 points, 12 assists but the dreaded part of his triple double was 11 turnovers Potter also shot a dreadful 3-9 FTs

Richmond continues to use Center Grant Golden as the central point of the offense as Golden picked up 8 assists or close to half the teams total of 17 assists. Golden also had 7 rebounds, 12 Points and 2 blocks.

[ramster]

Freshman Tre Mitchell was not intimidated going up against one of the A10’s best big men in Marcus Santos-Silva as he led UMASS to its 3rd straight A10 win.
Mitchell played 36 minutes committing only 1 foul
He had 3 blocks, 2 steals, 15 rebounds, 19 points on an efficient 9-14 FGs.

[reef]

I think I am changing my tune a little on our chances to dance

I still think if we finish 15-3 we will dance even if a loss in quarters

But if we go 14-4 then I think we will have to go to the A10 finals to get in

[RhodyRam86]

With VCU losing, both LSU and Maryland trailing badly in 2H, and a URI road win over a #277 NET Fordham, it will be interesting to see how the Rhody NET shakes out tomorrow.

Maryland won, unreal.

down 47-31 at the half.

Minnesota chose not to foul intentionally and let Morsell take the game winning 3 with 4 seconds to go.

Didn’t see the game, but why would a team foul intentionally when they are only up 2? Unless they weren’t in the bonus?

[Obadiah]

No Thursday night action in the A-10.

In games involving URI OOC opponents :

Wagner at Long Island U., 7 PM.

North Texas at Florida International, 7 PM.

Louisiana Tech at Western Kentucky, 8 PM.

[Obadiah]

Rhody lost a road game in OT at Davidson and edged Fordham for a road win and, in that time frame, the URI NET went from 31 to 42.

[RhowdyRam02]

In today's bracket games:

Fourth to last bye Rutgers is at #16 Penn State at 7 on BTN "Can Rutgers win away from home? That is the question to which the Scarlet Knights are still trying to provide a positive answer. You have heard this before. The last time a team got an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament with fewer than three wins away from home was in 1994. Rutgers has one, with this game and a road trip to Purdue before the conference tournament. I do not believe that the Scarlet Knights will break that precedent."

We're the second to last bye at Fordham at 7 on ESPN+ "URI has been hurt by the poor play of the teams that are the best teams they have beaten, VCU and Alabama. Each of them have spent some time either on the bracket or bubble – more VCU than Bama – but neither are contenders any more. On the other hand, the Rams also beat Providence and they are making a late surge. Obviously, the game with Fordham is must-not-lose"

First out Stanford vs Utah at 10 on PCN "The Cardinal had a good weekend, sweeping Washington and Washington State to get off the schneid. Now they have a home game against a team they need to beat. Their margin for error is still pretty small, but games that can actually help are still to come."

Fourth out Richmond at George Washington on 7 on ESPN+ "Richmond is barely in the bracket and has benefitted from a late season surge by Wisconsin, which is the Spiders' best win. They are coming off a loss to Saint Bonaventure, which has done well in Atlantic 10 play, but is still not considered a very good loss. Richmond has no good losses left on their schedule."

Seventh out Arkansas vs Tennessee at 8:30 on SECN "Arkansas got Isaiah Joe back and got a win over Missouri last time out to stop a five-game skid, all of which Joe missed. The Razorbacks need that win over the Tigers to be the start of a five-game winning streak. Only the home game with LSU can help them at all."

Eighth out Georgetown at Marquette at 8:30 on FS1

If it seems like there's a difference between how a team is ranked vs what's in the quote, it's because I use the more accurate Bracketville for where a team is ranked, but I've been using Jerry Palm for writeups on the games to give a little more context

Rutgers lost 65-64 "Away from The RAC, it’s been tough season for Rutgers. After rallying from a 21-point deficit Wednesday night, the Scarlet Knights saw another elusive road win disappear in the waning seconds at Penn State, leaving them 1-8 in road games and 1-10 in games played away from home. After hosting Maryland next Tuesday, Rutgers travels to Purdue to close the regular season; one last chance for the Scarlet Knights to win a road game before heading to the Big Tourney (neutral court) in Indianapolis. How might the Committee handle a Rutgers’ team with potentially 10 Big Ten wins – if they beat Maryland at home – but who might also finish 1-12 away from home if the Scarlet Knights lose at Purdue followed by an opening-round B10 tourney game? It’s a question we don’t have to answer right now, but it looms large over the next two weeks. Historically, that type of futility away from home has given past Committee’s a reason to leave a team out."

We beat Fordham 76-75 "Rhode Island narrowly avoided a disastrous loss at Fordham."

Stanford won 70-62

Richmond won 73-70

Arkansas won 86-69 "Arkansas routed Tennessee. The Razorbacks are a different (and better) team with Isaiah Joe back. The question becomes, can the Hogs win a couple of NCAA-level games on the way in to improve their tournament resume? As of this morning, only a win at Indiana is NCAA-worthy, and they are 5-10 against Quads 1/2 combined."

Georgetown lost 93-72 "Marquette dominated Georgetown, sending the Hoyas further away from the bubble; the Hoyas need to get healthy and win some games."

Bubble teams are 80-71

[Rhody15]

If Rutgers loses their final two games, which they have a pretty decent chance to (home Maryland, @ Purdue), I see them falling under us on the bubble.

As if we already didn't have enough reason to cheer against PC, the added layer of them being right below us on the bubble makes their game Saturday @ Villanova HUGE for us.

[ramster]

Maryland won, unreal.

down 47-31 at the half.

Minnesota chose not to foul intentionally and let Morsell take the game winning 3 with 4 seconds to go.

Didn’t see the game, but why would a team foul intentionally when they are only up 2? Unless they weren’t in the bonus?

Well I saw Hurley and Cooley do it recently. Why set yourself up to lose by one when you can send them to the line and still get the ball back for a game winning shot?

More and more coaches are opting to NOT allow a 3point shot to beat you vs putting the opponent on the line and tie at worst - and that is IF the guy hits both shots.

I know most on the board disagree but watch what some Head Coaches are doing these days. It’s not just me saying it.

[Billyboy78]

down 47-31 at the half.

Minnesota chose not to foul intentionally and let Morsell take the game winning 3 with 4 seconds to go.

Didn’t see the game, but why would a team foul intentionally when they are only up 2? Unless they weren’t in the bonus?

Well I saw Hurley and Cooley do it recently. Why set yourself up to lose by one when you can send them to the line and still get the ball back for a game winning shot?

More and more coaches are opting to NOT allow a 3point shot to beat you vs putting the opponent on the line and tie at worst - and that is IF the guy hits both shots.

I know most on the board disagree but watch what some Head Coaches are doing these days. It’s not just me saying it.

The strategy is when you're up by 3, you foul so they can't tie it. I've never heard of anyone fouling up by only 2.

[ramster]

Didn’t see the game, but why would a team foul intentionally when they are only up 2? Unless they weren’t in the bonus?

Well I saw Hurley and Cooley do it recently. Why set yourself up to lose by one when you can send them to the line and still get the ball back for a game winning shot?

More and more coaches are opting to NOT allow a 3point shot to beat you vs putting the opponent on the line and tie at worst - and that is IF the guy hits both shots.

I know most on the board disagree but watch what some Head Coaches are doing these days. It’s not just me saying it.

The strategy is when you're up by 3, you foul so they can't tie it. I've never heard of anyone fouling up by only 2.

Well, I'll be on the look out for examples.

[RF1]

More context on Rutgers:

NET# 34 | Overall D1 Record: 17-11 | Away Record: 1-8 | Home Record: 16-1 | Neutral Site Record: 0-2

The lone away win for Rutgers (1-10 record away from home) was in OT versus 6-20 Northwestern. The Scarlet Knights lost their only OOC games (2) not in Piscataway on the road at 15-14 Pitt and on a neutral court to a 17-10 St Bonaventure that was without is best player Osunniyi. Rutgers played an extremely weak OOC schedule that included a non D1 team (Caldwell) and the likes of Bryant, Niagara, Drexel, SF Austin, NJIT, UMass, and Lafayette.

[Rhody15]

Gonna be a late night tonight if we want to track the bubble, two Pac-12 games will have an impact on the bubble, Arizona vs USC and UCLA vs ASU.

[RhodyRam86]

down 47-31 at the half.

Minnesota chose not to foul intentionally and let Morsell take the game winning 3 with 4 seconds to go.

Didn’t see the game, but why would a team foul intentionally when they are only up 2? Unless they weren’t in the bonus?

Well I saw Hurley and Cooley do it recently. Why set yourself up to lose by one when you can send them to the line and still get the ball back for a game winning shot?

More and more coaches are opting to NOT allow a 3point shot to beat you vs putting the opponent on the line and tie at worst - and that is IF the guy hits both shots.

I know most on the board disagree but watch what some Head Coaches are doing these days. It’s not just me saying it.

Please count me as one of those that strongly disagrees with this strategy. I’d be screaming for Cox’s head off he ever pulled that stunt.

[RhowdyRam02]

In today's bubble action:

Third to last in Wichita State vs Temple at 8 on ESPN "The Shockers have a couple of tough road games coming up but they need to take care of business at home. They have already lost twice on their home court this season, which is usually a pretty rare occurrence. The games that can really help them will not appear until the conference tournament."

Last in USC vs Arizona at 10 on ESPN "Unlike its crosstown rival, USC is playing its way down the bracket. The Trojans have lost five out of seven, with four of those losses coming on the road. It is nothing but home cooking the rest of the way, however none of those game figure to be easy."

Second out UCLA vs Arizona State at 11 on PACN "UCLA is on fire. The Bruins have won nine of 11 to get within shouting distance of the bracket. One of those two losses was at ASU. UCLA did not play a great nonconference schedule and took a couple of bad losses at home. Their margin for error is still very small."

[Rhody15]

Arizona and Arizona St wins tonight would be huuuuuge.

Not expecting Temple to have much of a shot at WSU.

[RI_Bred]

UCLA always seems to come on late every year. Like Syracuse usually does.

[reef]

They were 750-1 to win it all at Caesars before they beat Colorado and then went to 400-1 they are playing tough lately

[reef]

Hoosiers lose they lose !!!

[reef]

Here we go Owls here we go !!! All tied up at Wichita

[reef]

Let’s get some help from Santa Clara hosting St Mary’s tonight

[steviep123]

Damn it Temple. Wichita St closing the game on a 11-3 run.

Just missed a tying 3. Temple with foul shots 5.8 secs to go. Foul on rebound not shot

[steviep123]

Wichita St going to line for 1&1 4.2 secs

[steviep123]

Up 3. One more ft

[steviep123]

Made both.

[reef]

Yup Temple blows a 7 point lead with 5 minutes left and not the result we wanted

[steviep123]

Wichita State won by 4 on a 14-4 run in the last 4 mins. Wich St switched to a zone and Temple had no answers. Temple was looking good before that as they were down 7 earlier in the half and had a big run to get to a 7 point lead.

[Joe95]

This Western Kentucky game has been unbelievable. Down by 13 with two minutes left and just tied it up with 2 seconds left. WOW heading to OT

[steviep123]

Wow! WKy was down by 6 with under 30 secs to play and sends it to OT. 3 pointer with 2.5 secs left. They never lead in this game and were down by 14 earlier.

[steviep123]

This Western Kentucky game has been unbelievable. Down by 13 with two minutes left and just tied it up with 2 seconds left. WOW heading to OT

Wow. I switched to it with 30 secs left and La Tech up 6!

[Joe95]

This Western Kentucky game has been unbelievable. Down by 13 with two minutes left and just tied it up with 2 seconds left. WOW heading to OT

Wow. I switched to it with 30 secs left and La Tech up 6!

This Hollingsworth Kid is absolutely unconscious rn

[Joe95]

OOC teams finish the night 3-0 thanks to WKU 13 point comeback with 2 min left. Our two OOC opponents WKU and North Texas battle it out for first place in Conference USA on Sunday @1

[PeterRamTime]

WKU 17 point comeback win!

Hollingsworth with 41!

Long Island also a winner.

Biggest win was from North Texas. Their win will keep them a Q2 win for us.

[Obadiah]

Hollingsworth put in 19 put in the game at Ryan, but it was that dude, Carson Williams, with his 4-4 three pointers that forced us into OT.

[reef]

St Mary’s leads Santa Clara 35-31 half

[gorhody89]

Every PAC12 game I watch is ugly

[reef]

St Marys and USC both won not good at all

[Obadiah]

Slim schedule for Friday action, but one interesting game in the A-10:

Davidson at Dayton, 7 PM. On ESPN2.


One game involving URI OOC opponents :

Princeton at Brown, 7 PM. On ESPN+.