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RE: Bad news for Rice basketball
Going to VCU might be a good move for him personally but it won't increase his exposure and will have the same stigma of playing in CUSA against less talented competition.
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RE: Bad news for Rice basketball
(03-27-2017 11:07 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  Going to VCU might be a good move for him personally but it won't increase his exposure and will have the same stigma of playing in CUSA against less talented competition.

Not sure if that's a joke, but there's a big exposure jump at VCU and in the much tougher Atlantic 10.
03-28-2017 06:40 AM
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RE: Bad news for Rice basketball
(03-27-2017 05:32 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  
Quote:Mark Berman‏ @MarkBermanFox26
Former Rice guard @Marcus_Evans12 has already been contacted by @StJohnsBBall, @CanesHoops, @PackMensBball, @fsuhoops & @BluejayMBB

Or to rephrase that, those schools have more then likely been recruiting him as soon as any inkling Rhodes was leaving Rice or hell the way college basketball is may have started even earlier in Jan. or Feb...

I would assume a huge reason your AD hired you new head coach was to stop the mass exodus of players, disappointing to see that video for you guys and see it didn't even matter....
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RE: Bad news for Rice basketball
All of these Rice players who are transferring because they want to play in "better conferences" are smart enough to understand that their team finished in the middle of the pack of a weak conference, right?
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RE: Bad news for Rice basketball
(03-28-2017 06:40 AM)TribeNiner Wrote:  
(03-27-2017 11:07 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  Going to VCU might be a good move for him personally but it won't increase his exposure and will have the same stigma of playing in CUSA against less talented competition.

Not sure if that's a joke, but there's a big exposure jump at VCU and in the much tougher Atlantic 10.

No it's not, no where near elite basketball. Yes they get 2 or 3 teams in the tournament but I'm not watching or hearing about st bonaventure vs Fordham on ESPN. Can you name any NBA players from these schools right off hand because I can't. I'm sure there are a few but no where near what I see from other elite conferences

No A-10 player projected to be drafted in 2017, 1 A-10 player was drafted in 2016, none in 2014 and 1 in 2015. Not a big jump
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RE: Bad news for Rice basketball
(03-28-2017 09:07 AM)Dawgxas Wrote:  
(03-28-2017 06:40 AM)TribeNiner Wrote:  
(03-27-2017 11:07 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  Going to VCU might be a good move for him personally but it won't increase his exposure and will have the same stigma of playing in CUSA against less talented competition.

Not sure if that's a joke, but there's a big exposure jump at VCU and in the much tougher Atlantic 10.

No it's not, no where near elite basketball. Yes they get 2 or 3 teams in the tournament but I'm not watching or hearing about st bonaventure vs Fordham on ESPN. Can you name any NBA players from these schools right off hand because I can't. I'm sure there are a few but no where near what I see from other elite conferences

No A-10 player projected to be drafted in 2017, 1 A-10 player was drafted in 2016. Not a big jump

Comparing the A10 to Big6 conferences has no basis in the fact that it's a bigly jump up from CUSA
03-28-2017 09:26 AM
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RE: Bad news for Rice basketball
(03-28-2017 07:51 AM)ODUCoach Wrote:  All of these Rice players who are transferring because they want to play in "better conferences" are smart enough to understand that their team finished in the middle of the pack of a weak conference, right?

I made this point in a friend in our subforum...

These guys think that they're ACC-level players but can't beat Utah Valley at home?!

I do think Evans and Koulechov could play at the power conference level, but otherwise no...

Look for Jackson (who is graduating) to transfer to a California school... He says he wants to play close to home for his last year of college basketball. Can't really blame him, and at least he stuck around through one coaching change.
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If you can play the pros will be there---where ever.Alice Lloyd,Rio Grande,Nicholls State,etc..
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RE: Bad news for Rice basketball
(03-28-2017 09:26 AM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(03-28-2017 09:07 AM)Dawgxas Wrote:  
(03-28-2017 06:40 AM)TribeNiner Wrote:  
(03-27-2017 11:07 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  Going to VCU might be a good move for him personally but it won't increase his exposure and will have the same stigma of playing in CUSA against less talented competition.

Not sure if that's a joke, but there's a big exposure jump at VCU and in the much tougher Atlantic 10.

No it's not, no where near elite basketball. Yes they get 2 or 3 teams in the tournament but I'm not watching or hearing about st bonaventure vs Fordham on ESPN. Can you name any NBA players from these schools right off hand because I can't. I'm sure there are a few but no where near what I see from other elite conferences

No A-10 player projected to be drafted in 2017, 1 A-10 player was drafted in 2016. Not a big jump

Comparing the A10 to Big6 conferences has no basis in the fact that it's a bigly jump up from CUSA

Right. A conference that's gotten 3 teams in the tournament for three straight years and 6 teams in the tournament the year before that.

And of course I can - Andrew Nicholson was one helluva player for the Bonnies in the last few years. I'm fairly certain Smush Parker from Fordham made the NBA for a little bit as well. Also - trying to pick the bottom teams from a conference and say that the rest of the conference can't be good is atrocious logic. Kentucky must not get any exposure and the SEC must not be worth playing in because I can't name a single NBA player from Vanderbilt.

Not only is the Atlantic 10 one of the top 7 or 8 conferences that sends several teams to the dance every year, the exposure he receives is also measured by a move to VCU. As I've said before, I love Rice and their fans, but going to VCU which is regularly flirting with the top-25, has sold out 100 straight home games, has made 7 straight NCAA tournament appearances, has won 24+ games for 11 years in a row (only Kansas also has that active streak), has a final four this decade, etc., is a step up for most mid-major players/coaches. Doing that in a conference like the Atlantic 10, which is such a highly rated conference is pretty impressive.

We shouldn't throw shade just because we're envious.
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RE: Bad news for Rice basketball
Rice picked up a graduate transfer from Penn... 6'8" PF Dylan Jones who has two years of eligibility left (he's been hurt for the past two). Had some nice offers out of high school so hopefully a change of scenery will help! If nothing else, it rebuilds some depth we've lost the last couple days.

If we only lose Drone (to graduation) and the three guys who've transferred, we might still be able to piece together a decent team (centered around Koulechov).
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Another one, Corey Douglas transferring out of Rice.
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(03-28-2017 12:18 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  Another one, Corey Douglas transferring out of Rice.

That's rough. Y'all hang in there. We had a similar mass exodus at Charlotte when Major was fired/Price was hired.
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RE: Bad news for Rice basketball
(03-28-2017 11:03 AM)TribeNiner Wrote:  
(03-28-2017 09:26 AM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(03-28-2017 09:07 AM)Dawgxas Wrote:  
(03-28-2017 06:40 AM)TribeNiner Wrote:  
(03-27-2017 11:07 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  Going to VCU might be a good move for him personally but it won't increase his exposure and will have the same stigma of playing in CUSA against less talented competition.

Not sure if that's a joke, but there's a big exposure jump at VCU and in the much tougher Atlantic 10.

No it's not, no where near elite basketball. Yes they get 2 or 3 teams in the tournament but I'm not watching or hearing about st bonaventure vs Fordham on ESPN. Can you name any NBA players from these schools right off hand because I can't. I'm sure there are a few but no where near what I see from other elite conferences

No A-10 player projected to be drafted in 2017, 1 A-10 player was drafted in 2016. Not a big jump

Comparing the A10 to Big6 conferences has no basis in the fact that it's a bigly jump up from CUSA

Right. A conference that's gotten 3 teams in the tournament for three straight years and 6 teams in the tournament the year before that.

And of course I can - Andrew Nicholson was one helluva player for the Bonnies in the last few years. I'm fairly certain Smush Parker from Fordham made the NBA for a little bit as well. Also - trying to pick the bottom teams from a conference and say that the rest of the conference can't be good is atrocious logic. Kentucky must not get any exposure and the SEC must not be worth playing in because I can't name a single NBA player from Vanderbilt.

Not only is the Atlantic 10 one of the top 7 or 8 conferences that sends several teams to the dance every year, the exposure he receives is also measured by a move to VCU. As I've said before, I love Rice and their fans, but going to VCU which is regularly flirting with the top-25, has sold out 100 straight home games, has made 7 straight NCAA tournament appearances, has won 24+ games for 11 years in a row (only Kansas also has that active streak), has a final four this decade, etc., is a step up for most mid-major players/coaches. Doing that in a conference like the Atlantic 10, which is such a highly rated conference is pretty impressive.

We shouldn't throw shade just because we're envious.

None of that increases his chances of being in the NBA, the A-10 conference as whole hardly sends any players to the NBA just like CUSA. The talent level or lack there of is on par with CUSA

BTW I didnt pick two bottom teams, I don't know the bottom teams because I dont watch or care about A-10 basketball neither does anyone else outside the Atlantic region.

A-10 is a better basketball conference, but that's not saying much because you know how bad CUSA basketball has become. A transfer to A-10 team doesnt help a player increase his draft stock, thats all Im saying
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And Egor Koulechov too. That might be it finally but that's way more than enough. 4 starters (everyone but Connor Cashaw) and a 5th guy who was starting before he got hurt early in the year. Koulechov might turn pro instead of transferring. Two of the 5 are graduating. The other 3 will have to sit out a year somewhere.

Ugh. College basketball seriously sucks right now.
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at this point, rice education would be hell'va plan B
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