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Date Posted: 09:01:29 06/17/04 Thu
Author: sader1970
Subject: URI BB Game & HC Name recognition
In reply to: NTKHC64 's message, "New Jersey Reception" on 22:15:31 06/15/04 Tue

I'm sorry I forgot to report out about the BB team playing URI. I was focused on what Tom Gilmore had to say about football. Living here in RI but not being a RI native, my reaction about playing URI was "that's nice" but it was a bigger deal for some of the natives here.

I got in on the tail end of Dick's conversation because it wasn't a general announcement but one of my buddy's from the RI Club has been bugging both Dick and the URI AD for a game for a while now. What I heard was that this year's game will be at URI's Ryan Center (nice, new and BIG). I didn't get anything out of it other than it was a one-shot event. Maybe I'm reading between the lines but was also of the impression that this might be a test game to see how the game draws before either party would do anything more long-term. However, the proximity has to be a plus for drawing HC fans. URI coach Baron has people excited about BB in this little state.

My comments on Coach Gilmore's comment on HC name recognition, two things:
#1. Zipp has it exactly right. HC was national champs in basketball and baseball. I believe Colgate and all the other PL schools have none to their credit. It is PAST history (I know, redundant) but people know of Cousy, Heinsohn and Gordie Lockbaum. People DON'T know that Colgate ALMOST won the 1-AA football championship last year NOR do they know about HC having been a dominant 1-AA football power under Carter/Duffner.
#2. Yes, Tom Gilmore was preaching to the choir. He's trying to re-gain some enthusiasm for the HC football program. I mean the next comment as no slight on Tom Gilmore, but if he can coach half as well as he can "work a room," we'll be 1-AA champs again in football within 5 years.

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[> [> Re: URI BB Game & HC Name recognition -- jonny, 10:06:12 06/17/04 Thu

Not as many 17 year old recruits know bob cousy or tommy heinsohn. maybe their fathers do, but not the kids gilmore is trying to recruit.

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[> [> Come on down-URI's arena link inside -- RF, 12:23:36 06/18/04 Fri

This Rhody fan welcomes you on down to Kingston.

The link to the arena at URI is as follows:

http://www.theryancenter.com/

The facility is a 7,700 seat arena (all chairbacks) with luxury boxes and 2 video-screen scoreboards located on the campus in Kingston.

Atlantic-10 member Rhode Island is coming off back to back 20 win NIT appearances with the Rams making it to the 2nd round each year. URI has six 20 win seasons in the last nine years (3 NCAA with an Elite-8 and 3 Nits) and its post season record in this span is 7-6.

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[> [> [> Holy Cross at Rhode Island-Sunday, 01/02/05 4:30pm -- RF, 09:54:20 06/25/04 Fri

A tentative date of Sunday, January 2, 2005 has been set. The start time is 4:30pm at the Ryan Center (capacity 7,700) located on the URI campus in Kingston, RI.

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[> [> [> [> Re: Holy Cross at Rhode Island -- dadominate, 11:18:46 06/25/04 Fri

this is a good game against a solid program on the rise to even better things.

everyone gives ralph and regan a hard time about the scheduling, i think some props on the URI and minnesota efforts are due.

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