(01-16-2015 02:31 AM)Almadenmike Wrote:  What do the numbers within the parentheses (before the W/L) stand for or indicate?

(01-15-2015 10:09 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  A look at some of the teams Rice has played so far this season
How Are They Doing?:

Oregon State 11-4 (2-1) L 54-67
Prairie View 2-14 (0-3) W 68-64
William & Mary 10-6 (4-1) L 65-69
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Conference record. Oregon State is now (2-2) 11-5.

(01-15-2015 10:10 PM)I45owl Wrote:  

(01-15-2015 04:43 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(01-15-2015 01:46 PM)Da.Owl Wrote:  

(01-15-2015 01:25 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  Man I like me some Mike Rhoades! Post this in the Rhoades Recruiting thread for posterity, Da.Owl.

Done and Done, Sir.

Let's be honest. You posted this because you are featured.

Was that Antarius next to you? IIRC he said he had made some games there in your group.

Yeah, he was there cheering for the Owls. But to the greater issue ... I've got a call in to my agent. Too much of our footage was left on the cutting room floor. I mean, c'mon man ... that shot panning our seats couldn't have been much more than 1.5 seconds.

(01-15-2015 11:00 PM)DaBigBlue Wrote:  Good game, Rice has some players that seem to be able to take advantage of our mistakes. They came to play and gave a solid effort, just need to work at getting into paint more. Mike will have you guys playing better, sooner than later.

Marcus Evans, of Cape Henry, was nominated to the McDonald's All-American Game, he's been playing real well this season. He's a player who does the little things it takes to win.

Thanks. One of the mantras here is about whether a coach can maximize existing talent and make them into a good team or whether he coaches a system that requires superior talent to work. I think we can all see significant improvement in the effort and production of the returning players and we can also see some really good talent coming down the pipes. It's really hard not to be excited about this program right now. To my perception, I think there are some things that the team does that will get better results in the future as Rhodes gets his recruits in, but the current team may be marginally better if they did not do them now (at least not in the same way), if that makes sense. Specifically, I mean some of the energy expended defensively in pressing and some of the motion and passing on offense. That said, I think they're better this year than they would have been under Braun, and you can really see the energy from the players and you can tell that they never give up.

All of that said, I was happy to see ODU getting up to a ranked position. Losing to ODU basketball was not nearly as disappointing as losing to ODU in football last fall.