goodknight wrote:
From the Rhode Island Message board. Someone saying something good about the Ramblers. (I removed one very short sentence that didn't fit)
I would LOVE to be in their shoes. They are playing their best basketball now... They have one of the best young coaches in the NCAA. Remember how positive we were when we won four straight this year? Imagine being 9-1 in our last 10 and 13-2 in our last 15... This board would be going absolutely nuts with excitement.
They went to the tournament in 2018, 2021, 2022. Sister Jean became nationally known. I believe they will return Watson, Dame, Dawson, Rubin with a loaded freshman class. Who knows who else they can land because they can recruit impactful players. Either way, they should be in the hunt for a bid next year and likely the next few years if Valentine sticks around. They are 100% good enough to land the automatic bid this year, too. With the way they are playing, it wouldn't surprise me if they did. They help make this a tougher conference. I'm happy the A10 brought them on.
Most of the thread was pretty complimentary of us. A lot of folks saying we are great addition to the league, they wished their guys played as hard our guys, Drew is coaching his ass off, that we can beat anyone in the A10 and have a great shoot in Brooklyn, etc.
Love to see that. Especially after the abundance of negative comments from other fan bases, including some we beat / swept this year....
I appreciate that other fans think we can beat anybody but the truth is we are 0-2 against the top of the A 10 with no truly signature wins throughout the year. We have been bumslayers up to now, feeding on .500 teams in conference.