Interesting Stat Lines

[Sid Louick]

Former Flyer Ralph Hill barely saw any playing time earlier this year for Oakland. It appeared he would get a couple of minutes of mop up time in blowouts and didn't even get into close games. All of a sudden it appears he is a starting forward (at least the way the box score is composed). At any rate, Friday night he scored 17 points in 11 minutes of playing time and today, in a one point loss to WSU, he scored 15 points in 20 minutes. Strange development.

Another interesting story involves our old friend Jim Baron. He is now coaching at Canisius and of course has one of his endless string of sons (Billy) playing guard on his team. Friday night the kid played 38 out of 40 minutes and scored 34 points including 10 of 16 from the field and 11 of 14 from the foul line. Today he played all 55 minutes of a three overtime game and scored 40 points including 18 of 19 from the foul line, 10 rebounds, 2 steals, and 5 assists.

A glance at his stat line for the year shows he leads the team in scoring (25 ppg), shoots 47% from the field, 43% from the three, 90% from the line, is third on the team in rebounding, averages 5 assists per game, and leads the team in steals. He has one flaw -- he leads the team in TOs with 80 but he averages 39 minutes per game so that's only 3 TOs per game.


Can you imagine what he would have done to the Flyers the last couple of years if the Baron family was still at URI?

	Rhode Island RHODE ISLAND The University of Rhode Island was chartered as the state's agricultural school in 1888. The school became the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1892. Located in southern Rhode Island, URI is a quintessential New England campus - rural in feeling yet close to the city of Providence, the state's capital. Linked to the city, the beaches, and nearly every corner of the state by both rail and public transit, the campus is easily accessible from Boston and New York URI currently offers 100 majors in seven degree-granting colleges. There are more than 12,000 students on the Kingston campus, about 3,000 in Providence, and a complement of about 700 faculty. Fellow members of the A10 Conference. Nickname is the Rams.

[bobber]

Originally Posted by Sid Louick Former Flyer Ralph Hill barely saw any playing time earlier this year for Oakland. It appeared he would get a couple of minutes of mop up time in blowouts and didn't even get into close games. All of a sudden it appears he is a starting forward (at least the way the box score is composed). At any rate, Friday night he scored 17 points in 11 minutes of playing time and today, in a one point loss to WSU, he scored 15 points in 20 minutes. Strange development. Another interesting story involves our old friend Jim Baron. He is now coaching at Canisius and of course has one of his endless string of sons (Billy) playing guard on his team. Friday night the kid played 38 out of 40 minutes and scored 34 points including 10 of 16 from the field and 11 of 14 from the foul line. Today he played all 55 minutes of a three overtime game and scored 40 points including 18 of 19 from the foul line, 10 rebounds, 2 steals, and 5 assists. A glance at his stat line for the year shows he leads the team in scoring (25 ppg), shoots 47% from the field, 43% from the three, 90% from the line, is third on the team in rebounding, averages 5 assists per game, and leads the team in steals. He has one flaw -- he leads the team in TOs with 80 but he averages 39 minutes per game so that's only 3 TOs per game. Can you imagine what he would have done to the Flyers the last couple of years if the Baron family was still at URI?

I don't even want to think about it.

[TerryK_67]

The guy that was starting ahead of Ralph got injured, thus his increase in playing time. I saw most of that game on TV and Ralph played very well.... until about 1/3 of the way into the second half. He took a 3 pointer, that seemed to be in the flow of the offense, and the coach sat him the rest of the game. They got a guy that just broke JJ Redick's 3 point record for 3 pointers made. It is almost like watching old Miss with that Henderson guy. The kid can shoot, but not much team ball going on there. Maybe that is why Ralph got benched... he took a 3 pointer away from the star.
Speaking of stars.... Baron's numbers are impressive, but Canisius is quite a step back from the A10 and IIRC he started his carrer at Virginia..... talk about a big fish in a little pond......

[UACFlyer]

...I'm not thinking about Baron's kids...I'm thinking about Jim Baron the coach.

When UD was looking for a BG replacement Baron was 57 years old, had extensive experience with the A10 (to say the least), had been a head coach for many years....and was winding down at URI.

Baron knew UD like the back of his hand...his teams gave UD fits.

Baron never had the kind of resources that UD program offers...I'll bet he would have been interested in our job. I wonder if TW ever considered JB.

Too late....but just thinking.

	Rhode Island RHODE ISLAND The University of Rhode Island was chartered as the state's agricultural school in 1888. The school became the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1892. Located in southern Rhode Island, URI is a quintessential New England campus - rural in feeling yet close to the city of Providence, the state's capital. Linked to the city, the beaches, and nearly every corner of the state by both rail and public transit, the campus is easily accessible from Boston and New York URI currently offers 100 majors in seven degree-granting colleges. There are more than 12,000 students on the Kingston campus, about 3,000 in Providence, and a complement of about 700 faculty. Fellow members of the A10 Conference. Nickname is the Rams.

[m21eagle45]

Originally Posted by UACFlyer ...I'm not thinking about Baron's kids...I'm thinking about Jim Baron the coach. When UD was looking for a BG replacement Baron was 57 years old, had extensive experience with the A10 (to say the least), had been a head coach for many years....and was winding down at URI. Baron knew UD like the back of his hand...his teams gave UD fits. Baron never had the kind of resources that UD program offers...I'll bet he would have been interested in our job. I wonder if TW ever considered JB. Too late....but just thinking.

Hire a coach who was fired from another school in the A10 because he had UD's number? No Thanks.

	Rhode Island RHODE ISLAND The University of Rhode Island was chartered as the state's agricultural school in 1888. The school became the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1892. Located in southern Rhode Island, URI is a quintessential New England campus - rural in feeling yet close to the city of Providence, the state's capital. Linked to the city, the beaches, and nearly every corner of the state by both rail and public transit, the campus is easily accessible from Boston and New York URI currently offers 100 majors in seven degree-granting colleges. There are more than 12,000 students on the Kingston campus, about 3,000 in Providence, and a complement of about 700 faculty. Fellow members of the A10 Conference. Nickname is the Rams.

[Whacker]

Baron had the exact same problem BG had. Set the non-con on fire and then self-immolate during conference play.

[Sid Louick]

Originally Posted by TerryK_67 The guy that was starting ahead of Ralph got injured, thus his increase in playing time. I saw most of that game on TV and Ralph played very well.... until about 1/3 of the way into the second half. He took a 3 pointer, that seemed to be in the flow of the offense, and the coach sat him the rest of the game. They got a guy that just broke JJ Redick's 3 point record for 3 pointers made. It is almost like watching old Miss with that Henderson guy. The kid can shoot, but not much team ball going on there. Maybe that is why Ralph got benched... he took a 3 pointer away from the star. Speaking of stars.... Baron's numbers are impressive, but Canisius is quite a step back from the A10 and IIRC he started his carrer at Virginia..... talk about a big fish in a little pond......

I would take that fish in my pond any day.