[MBB] Game #6: 11/23/18 - 8PM @ Milwaukee

[Eli]

Last Up: L (69-65) vs Holy Cross

Next Up: @ Milwaukee (1-4, win against LIU in OT 92-87 and losses to BC 75-53, U. ND 63-60, FIU 86-83 and Cincinnati 74-63) 

TV/Streaming: ESPN+

Local Radio: TBD

 

UA started out rough against HC but in the 2nd half almost came back from 18 down to win the game. They forced overtime and just ran out of steam. Promising exhibit though from this young team and showed that they have some resolve and don't give up.

 

UM will be another tough test as they have played some good teams pretty close.

This game is the first as part of the Belfast Classic.

 

Stats Tracker:

UAlbany Wins																																	
** Albany stats are the left side in each grouping **																																	
Opponent	Type	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		RBG		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	
Canisius	OOC	75	66	25	23	47	60	53.2%	38.3%	8	6	18	30	44.4%	20.0%	17	14	25	25	68.0%	56.0%	37	32	17	12	5	11	1	2	18	8	19	24
Oneonta		OOC	79	62	30	24	63	62	47.6%	38.7%	7	9	22	24	31.8%	37.5%	12	5	16	8	75.0%	62.5%	45	32	14	16	8	9	2	6	17	19	13	20
																																	
Tot. W			154	128	55	47	110	122	50.0%	38.5%	15	15	40	54	37.5%	27.8%	29	19	41	33	70.7%	57.6%	82	64	31	28	13	20	3	8	35	27	32	44
Avg. W			77.0	64.0	27.5	23.5	55.0	61.0	50.4%	38.5%	7.5	7.5	20.0	27.0	38.1%	28.8%	14.5	9.5	20.5	16.5	71.5%	59.3%	41.0	32.0	15.5	14.0	6.5	10.0	1.5	4.0	17.5	13.5	16.0	22.0
																																	
UAlbany Losses																																	
** Albany stats are the left side in each grouping **																																	
Opponent	Type	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		RBG		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	
Iona		OOC	68	72	21	25	58	57	36.2%	43.9%	11	6	24	25	45.8%	24.0%	15	16	16	25	93.8%	64.0%	39	34	10	16	0	12	0	2	22	13	20	16
Boston Univ.	OOC	61	71	20	28	59	55	33.9%	50.9%	5	10	20	22	25.0%	45.5%	16	5	22	11	72.7%	45.5%	33	40	14	18	7	3	3	4	8	14	13	21
Holy Cross	OOC	65	69	23	26	63	56	36.5%	46.4%	10	5	28	17	35.7%	29.4%	9	12	14	20	64.3%	60.0%	45	32	16	18	5	6	1	7	15	9	22	12
																																	
Tot. L			194	212	64	79	180	168	35.6%	47.0%	26	21	72	64	36.1%	32.8%	40	33	52	56	76.9%	58.9%	117	106	40	52	12	21	4	13	45	36	55	49
Avg. L			64.7	70.7	21.3	26.3	60.0	56.0	35.5%	47.1%	8.7	7.0	24.0	21.3	35.5%	33.0%	13.3	11.0	17.3	18.7	76.9%	56.5%	39.0	35.3	13.3	17.3	4.0	7.0	1.3	4.3	15.0	12.0	18.3	16.3
																																	
Tot. (all)		348	340	119	126	290	290	41.0%	43.4%	41	36	112	118	36.6%	30.5%	69	52	93	89	74.2%	58.4%	199	170	71	80	25	41	7	21	80	63	87	93
Avg. (all)		69.6	68.0	23.8	25.2	58.0	58.0	41.5%	43.6%	8.2	7.2	22.4	23.6	36.6%	31.3%	13.8	10.4	18.6	17.8	74.8%	57.6%	39.8	34.0	14.2	16.0	5.0	8.2	1.4	4.2	16.0	12.6	17.4	18.6
			PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		RBG		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	

 

Edited November 21, 2018 by Eli

[bob87]

Eli

Next game is in Milwaukee. 2 games after that are in Belfast. 

I guess I won't see you there

[Eli]

Ahh, you're right. I've updated.

Edited November 21, 2018 by Eli

[godanesgo99]

Not sure why, but the Oneonta site says that their game against UA was part of the Belfast Classic as well.

https://oneontaathletics.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=542

 

[bob87]

7 minutes ago, godanesgo99 said:

Not sure why, but the Oneonta site says that their game against UA was part of the Belfast Classic as well.

https://oneontaathletics.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=542

 

Maybe that is why the game was played yesterday. I am sure the original schedule had oneonta on November 6.

It could be that the game counts differently towards the number of games a team can play in a season if it is part of an exempt tournament. Also there probably is an amount of time the start and finish of an exempt tournament. 

Just my best guess.

[Eli]

1 hour ago, bob87 said:

Maybe that is why the game was played yesterday. I am sure the original schedule had oneonta on November 6.

It could be that the game counts differently towards the number of games a team can play in a season if it is part of an exempt tournament. Also there probably is an amount of time the start and finish of an exempt tournament. 

Just my best guess.

I too thought that the game was originally our first game of the year. Glad I wasn't the only one who caught that.

[UA'08]

They got their first win against LIU yesterday. Definitely a winnable money game.

[DC615657]

9 hours ago, bob87 said:

Maybe that is why the game was played yesterday. I am sure the original schedule had oneonta on November 6.

It could be that the game counts differently towards the number of games a team can play in a season if it is part of an exempt tournament. Also there probably is an amount of time the start and finish of an exempt tournament. 

Just my best guess.

You are right on both guesses.  

https://www.bloggingthebracket.com/2016/7/18/12172716/2016-17-college-basketball-exempt-holiday-preseason-tournaments-MTE-background

[Clickclack]

There are two area's that JUMP off the page analytically that if we can clean up, we are going to be much better. 

- TO's - ranked 308, it is very very hard to win games consistently with the number of turnovers we are making. I understand why they are making them, the game hasn't slowed down for many of these kids. They may be nervous and rushing, pressing etc. This should get better with time. 

- Finishing inside the arc/2pt fg% - ranked 328th in the country. Right now, they simply can't finish at the rim at all. Not really sure why.

Clean those two things up at least to acceptable levels and this Albany team will win a lot of games. 

[DanesRGood]

3 hours ago, Clickclack said:

There are two area's that JUMP off the page analytically that if we can clean up, we are going to be much better. 

- TO's - ranked 308, it is very very hard to win games consistently with the number of turnovers we are making. I understand why they are making them, the game hasn't slowed down for many of these kids. They may be nervous and rushing, pressing etc. This should get better with time. 

- Finishing inside the arc/2pt fg% - ranked 328th in the country. Right now, they simply can't finish at the rim at all. Not really sure why.

Clean those two things up at least to acceptable levels and this Albany team will win a lot of games. 

I really think #2 has lot to do with the reasoning you gave for number one.  They are rushing and pressing too hard. There is no way that Lulka's touch around the rim is as bad as it's looked.  Last night he got a rebound and because HC had that shot blocker he rushed, spun and just sort of chucked it towards the basket with little control. Once he slows down a little and sort smooths it out, more of those will drop.  This is just my opinion and I may be totally wrong but all the big men seem so rushed all the time with no Sam Rowley type smoothness we saw later in his career.

[Dane Pound]

Milwaukee is kind of like the Horizon League version of Albany. They had a couple player poached via grad transfer to bigger programs last season.

[UAalum72]

Massey, Sagarin, and Pomeroy all have this game within a couple of points.

Panther forum: http://uwmfreak.proboards.com/

 

Edited November 21, 2018 by UAalum72

[UAalum72]

John Puk in the house, Wyland will interview at halftime.

 

[Eli]

Anyone able to find the game on ESPN? It doesn't exist...

[Clickclack]

Not finding it... Hmm...