Yeah this Morrisville team is better than they look at first glance, Ramapo can tell ya that. But I expect Coach Walsh to have the team ready and focused. If RIC plays their game (Tough D and a balanced Off) they win.
I say RIC 71-62

I agree 7express, first lets just win this weekend. But I will say the region RIC comes from is a far better region. I guarantee that Alverina would not be #1 in a New England region.
All that being said the best part of March is that for all we know, St. Marrys could end up hosting Morrisville....

The Anchormen will host again next Saturday. As good a road as they could want to the Sweet 16.

RIC with the win and Ramapo goes does. The road got easier for the Anchormen playing Morrisville in round 2

Pat you really think RIC is a 6 or a 7 if you think D1 brackets? How would Ramapo be such a metter seed?

An update for RIC Mike Neal has been cleared and will be playing Saturday. He is expected to start over Paige.

RIC alum here. All friendly stuff, but I don't know much about Hobart. What would you say about the team?
Also anyone here making the trip to Providence this weekend?

Is there really an argument for Coach of the Year? Every single school in the conference would trade their guy for Walsh in a second. Then this year he goes out and goes 24-3, gets his team to the dance for a 7th straight year, and two of their three loses came to teams in the dance themselves (Also those teams are currently #2 and #4 in the country)

I will say that yeah they cannot go through all the box scores, but the #1 team in the country they don't look at?
If that is the case any voter that doesn't look at the games of the #1 team should resign from the poll right away.

Why on the Little East board are we trying to lessen a big out of conference win by a LEC team?
We should be beating the chest of our league and saying yet again the LEC makes another step toward being elite.

RIC beats MIT 68-44. The RIC offense looked better and the defense was great again.

Anyone going to be making the trip to Providence to see RIC take on #1 MIT this Thursday?
A win would be big for the Anchormen and huge for the LEC to get that type of win out of conference.
I am guessing a tough hard-nosed low scoring game, first to 60 wins (if it even gets that high).

This Thursdays game  of #1 MIT at #27 RIC should be a good early season match up. RIC is always tough at home and has been playing good defense but the offense has been no where to be found.
MIT played well in the second half against Curry and has played great defense as well.
If there was a line I would be on the under all day.

No matter what they graduate the LEC should have a Top 25 team in the preseason every year. They never do but always end up with some great teams.
This year maybe it should be Eastern, but also RIC continues to never get national respect. Yes they had two great players graduate but they return to guys that played on the team in Europe this summer and have multiple very talented transfers and freshman. At some point, like say after 6 straight NCAA trips, will the "power" schools admit RIC into the club? They have had a leading scorer/all-conference guy or two leave every year but they come back again and again. Still no love.

Sports Flash on WXIN Ricradio tonight 4 to 6pm. Interviews with head coaches from 3 NESCAC teams and Virgina Wesleyan, RIC and Pat Coleman so tune it.  Go to www.anchortv.org to tune in.