Games 28 & 29, 2021-22: Fordham (away 2/28, home 3/2)

[JoleonLescottsHair]

Canceled. I hope Bamford is on the phone with every program in the country trying to line up replacement games. I don’t care if it is D2 or D3 teams. There can’t be another year of 15 games. I am convinced that if we had filled out the schedule, even with weak teams, the perception of last season and the overall program trajectory would be different. ….

…..

Get on the phone and make sure there are few gaps, if any, providing the pandemic doesn’t ultimately dictate all options.

…Two full weeks and three canceled games later. And now urine grabs a game against AIC. I don’t think this has anything to do with “protecting McCall.” I think it more likely reflects good old fashioned laziness, lack of creativity, and an inability to troubleshoot.

[TruBluMaroon]

^ The AIC game is a replacement for a canceled Infependent game of which they had 2 - Charleston and Brown. The A10 games will be made up , like Fordham for UM. UM only has 1 canceled Independent game - NJIT. If UM has a good feeling about the rescheduling of the NJIT game , then they do not have an open spot on their schedule. URI probably will not be rescheduling one (1) of their Independent games - Guess : Charleston
Don’t think any of this is a result of laziness, creativity or any of the other previous thoughts….

[JoleonLescottsHair]

^ The AIC game is a replacement for a canceled Infependent game of which they had 2 - Charleston and Brown. The A10 games will be made up , like Fordham for UM. UM only has 1 canceled Independent game - NJIT. If UM has a good feeling about the rescheduling of the NJIT game , then they do not have an open spot on their schedule. URI probably will not be rescheduling one (1) of their Independent games - Guess : Charleston
Don’t think any of this is a result of laziness, creativity or any of the other previous thoughts….

And last year’s 15 total games couldn't be avoided? I understand we had the Covid pause, which was both responsible and not Bamford’s decision, but how many D1 programs played fewer? Almost nothing happened from mid December until late January when we could have presumably been scheduling area teams. And, what independent games was George Mason filling recently when they were able to schedule Wisconsin and Kansas?

[TruBluMaroon]

Coppin State was replaced by Wisconsin , which wasn’t played.
Kansas was on their original schedule (?)

[Kelz626]

^ The AIC game is a replacement for a canceled Infependent game of which they had 2 - Charleston and Brown. The A10 games will be made up , like Fordham for UM. UM only has 1 canceled Independent game - NJIT. If UM has a good feeling about the rescheduling of the NJIT game , then they do not have an open spot on their schedule. URI probably will not be rescheduling one (1) of their Independent games - Guess : Charleston
Don’t think any of this is a result of laziness, creativity or any of the other previous thoughts….

UMass won’t be playing NJIT, and they’ll be lucky to get every A10 game in before tournament time so this argument makes no sense. Using our canceled non-conference game against NJIT to play a local D2 or D3 team while the team sits stagnant for the better part of a month is well worth it at this point. There’s only 4 reasons why we haven’t: 1. Bamford is inept 2. Bamford is lazy 3. UMass actually has COVID in the program and doesn’t want to announce it or 4. He’s using the pause and uncertainty of the season as an excuse to not fire McCall at the end of the year

If this team struggles when they get back to playing there cannot be one word about not playing for an extended period of time or Bamford has lost all credibility. There are about a dozen local schools within 15-45 minutes of UMass and yet we aren’t doing anything while URI gets a team from down the street to come play them

[JoleonLescottsHair]

Coppin State was replaced by Wisconsin , which wasn’t played.
Kansas was on their original schedule (?)

Kansas was a replacement game scheduled 3 days out. Similarly, Wisconsin was looking for a game and GMU jumped on it.

[Juice Stand]

^ I believe that Mason scheduled Kansas last-minute to fill a hole in their schedule from a postponed/cancelled conference matchup with VCU. Regardless, I hear a lot of excuses about how multiple teams, pretty much anyone except for UMass it feels like, is getting replacement games. The drive from AIC to the Mullins Center is less than 45 minutes. If they received two phone calls, one from URI and one from Bamford, why would they choose to bus to URI over coming to UMass?

[capezona]

Don't know when the Fordham game can be made up. Week-long breaks for both teams don't coincide. (UMass around Feb 2 and Fordham around Jan 26.)

[albaby]

Amazing that URI can get a game on short notice with a team willing to play just 25 miles away. What the hell is Bamford doing. This is a disgrace. Wasn't Holy Cross looking for a game back on the 23'rd and he did nothing. Just amazing.

Face it, Bamford is definitely a POS.

[inthescoop]

Amazing that URI can get a game on short notice with a team willing to play just 25 miles away. What the hell is Bamford doing. This is a disgrace. Wasn't Holy Cross looking for a game back on the 23'rd and he did nothing. Just amazing.

Face it, Bamford is definitely a POS.

Face it, he’s a result of nepotism.

[Old Cage]

Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein · 11m
Sources: Fordham's Antonio Daye will withdraw from school due to personal reasons.
Daye was averaging 16.8 PPG.

[PreecherJenkins]

Amazing that URI can get a game on short notice with a team willing to play just 25 miles away. What the hell is Bamford doing. This is a disgrace. Wasn't Holy Cross looking for a game back on the 23'rd and he did nothing. Just amazing.

Face it, Bamford is definitely a POS.

Face it, he’s a result of nepotism.

You mean the shadow ad Steve bamford

[bmc24]

Face it, Bamford is definitely a POS.

Face it, he’s a result of nepotism.

You mean the shadow ad Steve bamford

I am annoyed as much as the next guy with RB. But, I think the nepotism comment is not accurate. Kid’s dad was the AD at Plymouth ST…. RB paid his dues on a track that allowed him positions of increased responsibility. Nobody on this board spoke of any nepotism when he was hired either…. All that said I think he should be on the same southbound train as McCalls ASAP.

[Juice Stand]

Well said BMC. Bamford worked his way up. The attacks on him are getting a little out of hand. Calling the guy definitely a POS, why, because the basketball team hasn't won as many games as you'd like? Talk about his job performance all you want, but calling him a POS is overboard.

And in terms of job performance, in hockey we have Carvel ('nuff said), in women's basketball, we have Verdi, who looks like a total home run, and he has atoned for the awful Walt Bell hire by getting Don Brown back. That's 3 of the 4 big sports here that I'd say are in good hands, and a lot of the smaller sports are in good shape as well. McCall's hiring was definitely not the greatest of circumstances being jilted by Kelsey, but this is where we are and he shoulders the blame for that as much as he gets credit for the other successes.

[Juice Stand]

Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein · 11m
Sources: Fordham's Antonio Daye will withdraw from school due to personal reasons.
Daye was averaging 16.8 PPG.

That's a shame. Fordham finally looks decent and then they lose a key player. Has anyone heard about a reschedule date for our game there?