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* Opponent: [[opponent_rhode_island|Rhode Island]] | * Opponent: [[opponent_rhode_island|Rhode Island]] | ||
* Start Time: ? | * Start Time: ? | ||
- | * Site: at The Palestra, Philadelphia PA | + | * Site: at [[wp> |
* Special Event: [[conference_tournaments|Atlantic 10 Tournament]], | * Special Event: [[conference_tournaments|Atlantic 10 Tournament]], | ||
+ | * Television: Creative Sports | ||
+ | * Radio: WHMP | ||
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+ | * **Result: UMass (#20) 76, Rhode Island 50** | ||
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+ | ^ Previous Game ^ Next Game ^ | ||
+ | | [[game19930307_st_bonaventure|vs St. Bonaventure (3/ | ||
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+ | ===== Recaps ===== | ||
+ | ==== Mass. Daily Collegian ==== | ||
+ | **Minutemen trounce URI**\\ | ||
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+ | By Michael Morrissey, [[http:// | ||
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+ | PHILADELPHIA – If revenge is truly a dish served cold, then the University of Massachusetts basketball team had an extra large helping in the [[conference_tournaments|Atlantic 10 Tournament]] semifinals last night, thanks to the ice cold shooting of [[opponent_rhode_island|Rhode Island]] in the 76-50 Minutemen victory. | ||
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+ | How dominating were the Minutemen (22-6) in avenging [[game19930220_rhode_island|the Feb. 20 71-68 loss in Providence]]? | ||
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+ | Rhode Island shot 29 percent in the first half and only 32 percent for the game. Their 50 points was a season-low, as was their 16 field goals. | ||
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+ | “Hou ‘bout Lou Roe tonight?” head coach [[calipari_john|John Calipari]] asked reporters. | ||
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+ | Roe dominated Rafael Solis and Mike Moten defensively and offensively from the opening tip. His monster rebounds set the tempo for the rest of the team. As one UMass fanatic at the [[wp> | ||
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+ | “Rhode Island had been talking all week, saying how they were waiting for this game,” Roe said. “I just wanted to show that I was worthy of being named to the first team all A-10.” | ||
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+ | Roe’s eight first-half boards helped UMass dominate the glass by a comfortable 27-12 margin. | ||
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+ | UMass had runs of 7-0, 5-0 and 6-0 in the first half en route to the comfortable 37-22 halftime lead. The Minutemen beat Rhode Island to every loose ball it seemed, and were always a step ahead of the fifth-seeded Rams. UMass outscored Rhode Island 20-2 in the second chance points, which may have pointed that UMass did have something extra to prove. | ||
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+ | Williams picked up in the second half where Roe left off, and it seemed as if the two were battling each other, in a game-within-a-game. | ||
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+ | “There was one reason why Harper was the Player of the Year last year . . . He faced Lou Roe in practice every day,” Calipari said. “It’s a battle every day between those two.” | ||
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+ | Rhode Island (18-10), with the game much out of their reach in the second half, resorted to fouling – hard. Kyle Ivey-Jones clotheslined [[dingle_dana|Dana Dingle]] in a move to the basket, and Damont Collins grabbed [[kellogg_derek|Derek Kellogg]] after Kellogg blew by on his way to an uncontested layup. | ||
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+ | “I don’t think they were too rough,” Harper Williams said. “They just played a physical style of game, one that we’ve been accustomed to all year. It’ll prepare us for the NCAA Tournament.” | ||
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+ | By playing hard in the first half for the first time in recent memory, UMass was determined not to let the scenario in Providence play out. Ivey-Jones, who scored 20 in the last URI-UMass game was held to 10 points and was not a factor, except of the distracting nature. | ||
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+ | “I think we were a little rushed in the first half,” said URI coach Al Skinner. | ||
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+ | **Synopsis** in [[http:// | ||
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+ | Player of the Game: [[roe_lou|Lou Roe]]. | ||
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+ | Why UMass won: The Minutemen took off to a 23-8 run and never looked back. UMass was not hassled down low as Lou Roe and [[williams_harper|Harper Williams]] had their way in the post. The Minutemen held Rhode Island to 32 percent shooting and a season-low 50 points, and they more than doubled the Rams on the boards (51-25). | ||
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+ | UMass' next opponent: The Minutemen take on the [[opponent_temple|Temple University Owls]], who are the number three seed in the A-10, in Thursday night' | ||
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+ | ===== Roe feature ===== | ||
+ | **Roe finds a new, yet old energy**\\ | ||
+ | By Dan Wetzel, [[http:// | ||
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+ | Monday night, [[roe_lou|Lou Roe]] had butterflies racing around his stomach. | ||
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+ | The University of Massachusetts forward was so nervous about playing [[opponent_rhode_island|Rhode Island]] in the [[conference_tournaments|Atlantic 10 Tournament]], | ||
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+ | “That’s when I knew I was going to have a big night,” Roe said. “Every time I get the butterflies in my stomach I have a big game.” | ||
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+ | It was URI coach [[skinner_al|Al Skinner]] who should have been nervous, as the sophomore from Atlantic City, N.J., poured in 24 points, grabbed nine rebounds and swatted two Ram shots. | ||
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+ | In Rhode Island’s 71-68 regular season victory over Massachusetts, | ||
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+ | “I got into foul trouble and he took advantage of me,” said Roe, who was named First Team All [[atlantic_10|A-10]] this season. | ||
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+ | “Before the game I went over to his bench and said ‘When you get into the game there is no way you are going to score. | ||
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+ | Ivey-Jones converted only two field goals and collected one rebound in the Minutemen’s 76-50 victory. | ||
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+ | Roe, who was named a District 1 (Northeast) First Team All-Star, by the United States Basketball Writers, was also motivated by the lack of respect the Rams were giving him after being named All A-10. | ||
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+ | “During the shoot-around they were saying ‘Lou who?’ and ‘Who are you?’” Roe said. “I wanted them to feel how a All-Conference player plays.” | ||
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+ | UMass coach [[calipari_john|John Calipari]] said, “When Lou Roe wants it, he’s the best player in our conference. | ||
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+ | Roe admits that on butterfly nights, he is difficult to stop. | ||
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+ | “Sometimes when I’m rebounding my eyeballs are right up next to the rim,” Roe said. “I just outleap everyone. | ||
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+ | Roe is uncertain why he is not nervous each game but Calipari wishes he could bottle the feeling. | ||
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+ | “If you know how, let me know,” Calipari said. “It’s tough to get Lou to play 40 minutes, but when he does, we usually win.” | ||
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+ | Roe said, “I have to think about what I did the night before. | ||
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+ | Motivation is more likely the reason for the 6-foot-7 Roe’s big games, Calipari said, which is why the fifth-year coach has tried to place more responsibilities on Roe. | ||
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+ | “Before the URI game, coach took me aside and told me he needed me to play well that night and how important me coming to play would be,” Roe said. “Right then I put my game face on. I didn’t break a smile the rest of the night.” | ||
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+ | In high school, Roe said he felt butterflies every time he stepped out on the court. | ||
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+ | “In high school, I was one of the most dominating players in New Jersey,” the Arts & Science major said. “Usually the most dominant players will come out confident, but I had butterflies every game, even though I knew I was the best player.” | ||
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+ | Roe averaged 26.1 points and 15 rebounds a game his senior season and attracted the attention of college coaches throughout the country. | ||
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+ | “A lot of coaches tell you what you want to hear, just so you feel good,” Roe said. “They come in and promise you playing time and tell you how you are going to be in the NBA. | ||
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+ | “Coach Cal didn’t promise any starting positions or even any playing time,” he said. “He said I would have to earn every minute of time. He would see me play in high school and he would criticize my game and tell me I was not ready for the NBA, unless I was ready to work.” | ||
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+ | At the time, UMass was still a somewhat unknown program and Roe’s decision to come to Amherst was questioned. | ||
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+ | “My friends were saying ‘UMass what?’ and ‘How could you pass up Florida State for that?’” Roe said. “But then we started getting on TV and we went to the NCAAs, so now they are all fans.” | ||
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+ | Roe said Calipari reminded him of his parents, because he held his ego in check. | ||
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+ | “I saw a little of my mom and my dad in him,” Roe said. “They also were always telling me I had a long way to go and how I would need a degree if I didn’t make the NBA. Coach Cal emphasized that also.” | ||
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+ | The NBA does not weigh heavily on Roe’s mind at this point. | ||
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+ | “I’d have to work really hard on a lot of aspects of my game to make the NBA,” Roe said. “That’s two years away anyway.” | ||
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+ | What is more appealing to Roe is [[game19930311_temple|Thursday night’s (9:30 p.m.) Atlantic 10 Championship game against Temple]], the upcoming NCAA Tournament and the Minutemen’s future the next two seasons. | ||
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+ | “The program is on the rise,” Roe said. “We get national exposure, a new facility and each year we get better and better players coming in.” | ||
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+ | Roe said he is looking forward to playing with UMass freshman [[bright_donta|Donta Bright]], an academic non-qualifier this season and UMass signee [[camby_marcus|Marcus Camby]], a 6-foot-11 center from Hartford, Conn., next season. | ||
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+ | “We’re going to keep getting better,” Roe said. “Out teams the next couple years are capable of accomplishing a lot.” | ||
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+ | Right now, Roe wants to capture a second straight Atlantic 10 Conference Championship by defeating a surging [[opponent_temple|Temple]] team at the Mullins Center. | ||
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+ | He knows the butterflies need to be present for him to play with the intensity his team expects of him. | ||
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+ | “I think the butterflies will be there,” Roe said. “I know those guys on Temple are pretty good. They are big and strong and if I don’t come to play, they will destroy me. That game will depend on who wants it the most.” | ||
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+ | It may also depend on butterflies. | ||
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+ | Rhode Island (18-10): Brown 2-6 0-0 5, Samuel 2-7 1-3 5, Solis 2-4 0-0 4, Cofield 2-10 2-4 6, Easterling 0-2 2-2 2, Fox 5-13 2-3 14, Ivey-Jones 2-5 6-8 10, Moten 0-1 1-2 1, Collins 1-1 1-1 3, Cowie 0-0 0-0 0, Keebler 0-0 0-0 0. | ||
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+ | Massachusetts (22-6): Dingle 2-4 3-5 7, Harper Williams 4-10 5-6 13, Roe 8-12 8-10 24, Kellogg 0-2 1-2 1, Barbee 3-10 4-6 12, Kennard Robinson 1-5 3-4 5, Malloy 4-10 2-4 10, Chris Robinson 0-0 1-2 1, Meyer 0-1 0-0 0, Nunez 0-0 0-0 0, Padilla 0-0 0-0 0, Cottrell 0-0 0-0 0, Berry 1-1 1-2 3. Totals: 23-55 28-41 76. | ||
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+ | Three-point goals: URI 3-15 (Brown 1-3, Cofield 0-4, Easterling 0-2, Fox 2-6), UM 2-10 (Dingle 0-1, Barbee 2-6, Malloy 0-3). Rebounds: URI 25 (Brown 8), UM 51 (Williams 11). Fouled out: Kennard Robinson. | ||
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