Hate to say I warned you, but...
January 26, 2010 Don Donoher 
Only cost Jim Harrick his career.The Rhode Island Rams came into the University of Dayton Arena tonight and wanted to make their presence known. Gone are the days of Tyson Wheeler, Cuttino Mobley, and Lamar Odom. Seriously. Lamar Odom fucking went to Rhode Island. Jim Harrick is so shady, he makes John Calipari blush! I for one was glad to see Jimmy Baron, Jr. finally gone. The guy was the Brian Cardinal of the Atlantic 14. You know, the guy that was around for about 10 years.
Well, we knew that the home winning streak would have to come to an end sometime. I wouldn't necessarily call this a bad loss, but this does put Dayton behind the 8-ball. I don't want to go all "John" on everyone, but Dayton needs to win out to even have a chance at an at-large bid. Is Dayton going to go undefeated the rest of the way? Absolutely not. We here at the BR want to give you all an honest opinion.
My honest opinion is that this team is flawed in several areas. They have no consistent point guard play (London plays well, Lowery plays like shit. Neither play well the same game. The 3 point shooting is horrific, 21% tonight). Foul trouble keeps our best players off the court. Rhode Island stayed in the game and Dayton never put them away, as all of you should have predicted would happen. Do not be shocked if Dayton goes .500 the rest of the way. St Louis and Duquesne are going to be tough wins, Charlotte is very good, and I'll just say it now -- Xavier is better than Dayton. Here is the fucking recap of the game. Fuck this shit. I'm getting drunk.
First Half Highlights
- Loved Dayton jumping out to an 8-0 lead. They showed some intensity. Something tells me that BG told the players that they would take the bus home if they lost. (Note: That was seriously a quote on UDPride after Saturday's loss. Someone said that the team should take the bus home to "become men." I wish I could find it to use it as Shithouse Rat comment of the year.)
- Mike Hartsock told us that several players had a bout of food poisoning. As someone who has had food poisoning before, I cannot imagine playing a basketball game after losing about 15 pounds. Something tells me that this "bout" was nothing major.
- 0-4 from 3 going into the first media timeout. Good thing this team found it's touch!
- $100 says that Kurt Huelsman saw the t-shirts Blackburn made and it boosted his confidence. His 6 early points led the way for the Flyers. REMINDER: IF you want a shirt, email Blackburn by Friday.
- Luke Fab"three"zius nails his first shot after coming into the game. I hate to say John is right but...gulp. John is right. The Flyers win on Saturday with Luke Fab.
- All of you young kids out there won't understand this, but Chris Johnson is the best offensive rebounder since Ryan Perryman. That is probably one of the greatest compliments you could give a UD player.
- Delroy James was straight crushing Dayton before picking up his 2nd foul. It feels like any time that Dayton went on a run, someone from the Rams would nail a big shot. Dayton couldn't separate themselves from the Rams.
Not Ryan PerrymanOH SHIT! As you all can see from reading this, I typed most of this as the game went on. Ryan Perryman is actually in the house. And picking his nose. It's like Mike Hartsock is in my fucking head! Looking forward to his interview with "me" at halftime.- London Warren is playing so much better than Rob Lowery right now that it's actually an embarrassment to think that we all thought Rob would be the key to this team succeeding this year. London's defense is still very good and his offense (the fast break and drive) is getting better.
- Dayton was up 33-24 at halftime. While Dayton played well (47% from the field), they still shot 22% from the 3 point land. This team is definitely living and sometimes dying by the 3 ball. Dayton should have been up more and it had to make you feel a little sick to your stomach that Dayton was letting this Rhode Island team hang around to possibly win the game. London led the way with 8 points while Delroy James (plagued by foul trouble) led the Rams with 9 points.
- Love that halftime coincides with Scrubs. I will admit, this "new class" is actually pretty funny. Not as good as the first, but very watchable.
Second Half Lowlights
- London Warren with a furious dunk to start the half (well, a few minutes in) was fun to see. You all can stop emailing me asking for a London t-shirt.
- Delroy James is a fucking STUD! He single handedly kept the Rams in the game.
Hot or Not?Programming note: Wife again was watching American Idol. Katy Perry. Hot/Not? She is the hot one minute and not the next. If you don't like Zooey Deschanel, then you won't like Katy.- FYI: The winning numbers tonight were 3-9-0 and 5-4-7-3. Not sure if you all saw that during the game.
- I have to admit that Blackburn might be on to something. I would not be shocked if Paul Willie is not on this team next year.
- Keith Cothran was also straight balling tonight. At one point, the Rams were shooting about 54% from beyond the arc. His 3 point play put RI in the lead for the first time all game at the 13 minute mark of the 2nd half.
- Chris Johnson's foul trouble hurt this team in the 2nd half. Throw in the defense that was missing when he was out and this team was struggling. I am too lazy to do it, but someone needs to get me a +/- of CJ's game tonight.
- Rhode Island went up 54-49 with about 8 minutes left. At this point, I decided that instead of having the 2nd Annual Blackburn Review NCAA Tournament Pool, we will be doing an NIT version this year. Or CBI. To be continued.
- Huelsman played a great game tonight knowing full well that his t-shirt will be on Snorgtees by tomorrow.
- Here's a rhetorical question for you all. Where would "we" be without Chris Johnson? Him being on the floor kept Dayton from losing by even more, despite being in foul trouble all game.
- Lamonte Ulmer tried to give Dayton the win but, fuck it. You know the rest.
Effective Field Goal Percentage (eFG%): adjusts for the fact that a 3-point field goal is worth one more point than a 2-point field goal.
Turnover Percentage (TO%): is an estimate of turnovers per 100 plays.
Offensive Rebouning Percentage (OR%): measures a team's ability to get offensive rebounds.
Free Throw Rate (FT Rate): is a measure of both how often a team gets to the line and how often they make them.
| S | MIN | PTS | FGM | FGA | FG% | FTM | FTA | FT% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | OR | DR | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | ||
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L. Ulmer | * | 37 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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K. Cothran | * | 30 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 75 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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M. Jones | * | 26 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
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D. James | * | 23 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 63 | 2 | 3 | 66 | 6 | 8 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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W. Martell | * | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
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S. Mejia | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
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B. Eaves | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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O. Outerbridge | 15 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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A. Richmond | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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R. Brooks | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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J. Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| S | MIN | PTS | FGM | FGA | FG% | FTM | FTA | FT% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | OR | DR | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | ||
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C. Wright | * | 30 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 4 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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K. Huelsman | * | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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L. Warren | * | 26 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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C. Johnson | * | 24 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 100 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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M. Johnson | * | 23 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
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M. Perry | 23 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
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P. Williams | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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R. Lowery | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
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L. Fabrizius | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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D. Searcy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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J. Benson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reader Comments (75)
I can't believe I picked this team to finish third in the conference.
Katy Perry isn't hot, but I'd still B my L on her Ts.
Someone get Jonathan Moxon to deliver the pregame speech at Weldy.
I just wanted to report that Sancho is dead, on the floor after drinking too much. his wish was to not be moved, so we can all bury him where he loved to be, close to UD Arena but not close enough to smell the smoke as it burns this evening.
London Warren Dunks, has his best game, and shit blows up all over the place. wow.
Just want to say that we had nothing to do wtih the porno over on UDPride.
The pressure is off, now we just regroup and try to win the A-10 tournament. At this rate, we will have a home game in the first round, more money for UD!
For some reason I think Katy Perry is like the hottest recent pop singer ever. I don't know what it is.
Also ... Blackburn ... make a t-shirt with that picture I sent you of London and I will buy it.
Woah, wait. There's porno on UD Pride? And I've been risking spyware on Redtube and YouPorn for nothing.
@John: Im definitely getting one for myself, I'll mark you down as well.
The shit house comment= fuck yeah
NOT DEAD YET!!!!!
I'M INCITING A RIOT. WHO'S FUCKING WITH ME???????????????????????????????????????????
@Blackburn let me here some phrases you are going to put on the shirt ... or maybe we can collaborate.
I'll wear that shit everywhere.
lowery sucks. london should be playing 30 minutes a game. nobody can shoot a fucking midrange jumpert. its a layup or a 3.
@blackburn and @john
Add me also, I want one I'll never take it off
@ Hauschild ... wait till you see the picture ... its legendary.
Blackburn I am thinking something with a 'Lil John reference ... Like ... "I AM THE JACKSONVILLE JET ... YEAAAAAAAA"
Devan Downey is putting on a fucking show!
Can't believe we lost but w.e shit happens. Chris Wright hasn't shown up in games we needed him to show up in minus the St. Joes game very sad. London has been playing lights out recently and that awesome, again the downfall to this team is not being able to shoot the 3point shot. I want nothing more than to see the Flyers Dance but its not looking good, hopefully they can rebound and beat Temple and XU, or just flat out win the A-10 tournment
@blackburn Definitly put me down for a London shirt of him dunking plz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Mr. Smith: the picture is of London, but he damn sure ain't dunking in it.
@Mr. Blackburn well whatever shirt it is I want one haha! if possible
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I WANT ONE
http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=GER&PlayerID=36162
Brian Roberts is kicking ass ! ha what would he say now when he sees the dayton scores go by?
AW SHIT!
"I manually approve all new users, but I have elected to turn all new registrations OFF until the end of the season. In the offseason I may institute a yearly fee for all current and future members wishing to post or sign up in the future.
Im not here to be popular."
-Chris R
Trust me boys ... I's found's a good's one's of London.
Blackburn? Yeaaaa involved?
Once again. This was my intention.
I busted up Pride. I am a king amongst men.
Long Live Blackburn
@Pride Buster: I think you just became a legend. What are the chances of you revealing your identity?
Smart money's on Julia.
no way it was julia, she was at the game
I have to be honest, the idea of people in a game thread hitting refresh to see a dude rimming another dude is a legit LOL moment. I have no gripes with Chris R, in fact I applaud and respect him, Blackburn and the others, Ray and Nate, Secaur, Schwade, and the 97 people that used to run PB&aB. It's just the mental picture of them freaking out and getting offended is so damn hilarious.
"Oh, this guy says Huelsman is doing well. OH MY GAHHHH IT'S GREG ODEN'S COCK!"
Well. I may do that. One day I am going to want the glory.
Maybe a private e-mail, but I don't want anyone to know.
@Adam: I got to admit, once I actually saw the thread I was laughing my ass off. LMAO, if you will. No explanation, just a cock in your face. Guarantee some took a longer look than others. Just a well done practical joke.
I am good. I know. Thanks for the support in my quest to BUST it.
One last thing since I am a hero.
A poster mentioned reporting me to the FBI in the URI Game Thread. That should somehow be a Shithouse Rat Comment.
Love the site.
Was the picture posted the Greg Oden one? Or did someone post gay porn on udpride?...Either way...that's pretty f'in funny...
This could open the flood gates, I can see it getting hardcore on that site after we lose to the bonnies...
No, it wasn't Oden's wang, I was just mocking. Pride Buster just posted a bunch of porn pics. Some giant dongs, a dude tossing salad, chicks with a big ol' rubber dildo.
Greg Oden's wanker woulda been funny...all those old dudes woulda had a stroke.
2 Bid League. X and Temple ... Wait until URI hits a rough patch like the one UD's in now.
@Adam: why is smart money on me?
Thanks for your 4 turnovers Uncle Mickey. Was he looking for BG to launch a three in the 2nd half? Worst pass I have ever seen.
Hey guys, just an FYI from the Review. We're going to be down for a few days while we retool the website to cover the NFL Pro Bowl....year round.
O'Brien I did not bust up Pride for that. Never waver, always triumph.
BBR lives on.
Alright, fine, but only because we're about to play the bonnies.
I've lost all faith in BG's ability to teach this team a half court offense. I'm sick of watching possession after possession with 20 seconds of the "BG Weave" followed by backing it out to half court followed by either a contested 3, a moving mid-range jumper or an akward attempt to drive the lane. This team is completely incapable (with few exceptions) of generating either an open look or an easy layup/dunk. Plus every time someone does try to drive the lane, they get halfway to the basket and look to kick it back out...EVERY TIME. They're not looking to go to the rim and kick out if necessary, they're looking to kick out and go to the rim only if necessary.
I admit that I don't know shit about basketball but I do know the definition of insanity and if this team keeps trying the same offensive scheme they've been trying all year then they're going to lose at least 4 more games this year.
@Julia- Just a joke.
@BRPride- I'm the same way on BG's offensive skills, or lack thereof. They generally run a set play with a single purpose in mind, and when it doesn't work they have no chance of scoring, so they have to set back up again. There's no fluidity. That worked with Roberts running the point because he could score whenever he wanted, however he wanted. Not so much with Warren and Lowery.
I'm no basketball genius, but I like to think I have a reasonable basketball intelligence. To me, with a ton of slashers but no truly dominant point guard you need constant motion to create space and passing lanes. How difficult would it be to guard our guys through a screen and move offense? I'm not talking a Princeton offense, but there's a Grand Canyon between the Princeton and what BG runs.
My hope is that next year with so many guards and newcomers, BG will retool the offense. Then if Staten's as ready to play as many believe, you can still have the high ball screen sets for him to just go to work at times.
"They areN'T who we thought they were"-Thanks Denny Green.
Last nights devestating loss I think has brought even the most optimistic fan to the sad realization that unless UD wins out, which they won't as Donoher mentioned, we will not even be close to an at large team. However, I don't know how we didn't see this coming. Everyone that thought we would build on last season has been fooled. If you look back at last season, all the stars aligned and everything fell into place for us to get into the tournament as an 11 seed. Last season we barely beat George Mason at home, we beat GW when they had that game won b/c Karl Hobbs tried to play with 6, we beat LaSalle on a last second dunk, SLU at home by 1 on a dunk. We had so many close calls that we squeked out against inferior competition. We started this season ranked in the Top 25 and preseason #1 in the A-10 b/c last season we beat West Virginia in the tournament, played Kansas hard for a half, returned everyone, and all the preseason prognosticators simply looked at that. Those of us that follow this team consistently should have known how many flaws we had coming back and how last season practically everything went our way to get to that point. Sadly, I was one of those that bought into the preseason hype. Not giving up yet, but its close.
i wouldnt say we should have seen this coming, because i was anticipating c flight to be a lot more ahead or where he was, and kinda lead this team. we still are very talented, but the offense clearly needs some work. the only way we can score is on a transition, early in the offense. if the shot clock gets below 20, the offense becomes so stagnant
@Pride Buster - The Athletic Dept is probably cursing you. Apparently, they get more than a few angry calls/emails from people that think UDPride is associated with the university. Ideally, they would want the site to go away but since that won't happen they have to play nicely with the douche that runs it so they can tell him to kill threads on certain topics etc. He listens to them so they don't take away his credentials/Flyer Feedback gig.
My buddy that used to work for the AD has some great stories about people that would call in with "I'm a paying member of UDpride.com and I demand...." and "This poster made fun of me and if you don't take it down i'm suing..."
Swampy's A-10 predictions already incorrect after a short 3 weeks of A-14 conf play
Hello NIT.
Nothing on the TV during last night's game looked better to me than Cassano's Pizza. But I couldn't decide on pizza, subs, or wings, then I lost my appetite.
It amazes me how quickly people lose faith in their team.
Okay, I admit, we should have won last night. And yeah, we definitely should have beat St. Joe's. It might be true "they aren't who we thought they were," But I'm pretty sure this is how we were last year at this point. I wouldn't kiss the big dance goodbye just yet.
I'll be the first to offer criticism to our team, but they are OUR team. And I will always support them. We had a few tough road losses last year, and we still did fine. I'm looking to see this team pull together and play like we know they can.
Kurt and London played awesome last night. There is no other way to put it. And I know that sounds like a very "UD Pride" thing to say after last night. But it's true. Yeah, we could have done a LOT of things better. You win some, you lose some. It happens. Brush it off and get ready for the next game.
@Julia - No one's going to stop supporting the team at all. That's not really in question. I root for UD, Ohio State football, the Reds and the Bengals. I'm used to heartbreak and high levels of suckitude. Nothing will drag me off the bandwagon, no matter how clearly I see the impending doom.