mbb 2019 Game #8: 11/30/19 - 10:00AM vs American University

[jimbo]

American really has some athletic kids. Just losing track of some of these shooters on D.

 

[Eli]

This team is making my beard grayer than it should be. If only we could play with this effort consistently. 

Edited November 30, 2019 by Eli

[nysteve661]

Halftime speech, or yelling, seemed to have helped the boys, although Americans offense has not been the same as 1st half.  Our D did improve.  Now close it out!

[nysteve661]

Wow!  Down 19 in 1st half and pulled a victory out of their ass somehow.  Have to find a way to play two solid halves.

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

Credit where it’s due.  They adapted on the perimeter. Decent coaching job in the 2nd half 

[Clickclack]

Maddening team... Congrats on win I guess. Better then a loss but... 

[UA1882]

1 hour ago, Clickclack said:

That last 6 minites was the "feel good" portion of the loss. The one you'll look to as potential when you digest another 10pt loss. Head up! 

Team looked like one of the 50 worse teams in the country in the first half. Played better and got a win against a decent team 

[Clickclack]

3 minutes ago, UA1882 said:

Team looked like one of the 50 worse teams in the country in the first half. Played better and got a win against a decent team 

I don't get it... Perhaps this is progress because they usually fold this morning fought back. 

[nysteve661]

Ok football team, let's make 2 for 2 today.  Just don't have a 1st half like the BB team.  

[Dane06grad]

When the intensity and fire picked up, the entire pace of play and overall attitude of the team did. It was almost like someone FINALLY said enough is enough. Right up until the 10 minute mark of the first half they were perfectly fine with getting their asses kicked, again. Then something changed. They started diving for loose balls (something that they never do), scrapping for rebounds, pushing the ball in transition and driving hard to the rim. I think the attitude and desire of Rizzuto took over, and it needs to make its way through this entire team more. He goes hard, all the time. 

A real eye opener for me was with under a minute to go in the first half and the Danes still making a push to get closer there was a loose ball in the paint on the American end. DeSousa was right there and could have run through the ball to get the possession and keep the momentum for his team. Instead, he reached for the ball because he was afraid of contact, the American player, unafraid, stepped in and grabbed the ball. I don't remember if they scored on the second chance or not but it didn't matter. That softness has got to go for the entire team. I know DeSousa scored a lot in the second half and had the bucket that sealed it late in the second, but if everyone else has made the commitment to give everything they have and sacrifice their body, you need to as well. That was weak and really stood out to me.

Much better pace and tempo in the second half though. Like many said, lets see if they can keep that level of effort going. The guard play can be very good, the bigs not so much. The team is good enough to win if they play as hard as they did in the second half. Unfortunately for them, they aren't good enough to win with anything less than that.

Edited November 30, 2019 by Dane06grad

[alum73]

Did the basketball football doubleheader.  I  waited to get home to read the threads, which I thought might be interesting.  I'm on t football next.  I expect it will be similar.

We stink, we're lousy, things are looking better, we win. Wish we could play a complete game, but we'll take it.  Put the gas can back in the garage (we'll need it for the snowblower).

[Clickclack]

18 minutes ago, alum73 said:

Did the basketball football doubleheader.  I  waited to get home to read the threads, which I thought might be interesting.  I'm on t football next.  I expect it will be similar.

We stink, we're lousy, things are looking better, we win. Wish we could play a complete game, but we'll take it.  Put the gas can back in the garage (we'll need it for the snowblower).

To my credit... I didn't even lightyself on fire in this thread... Growth on my part? Don't know... Lol

[PurpleHoops]

5 hours ago, nysteve661 said:

Halftime speech, or yelling, seemed to have helped the boys, although Americans offense has not been the same as 1st half.  Our D did improve.  Now close it out!

I think the “Frusc” chewed them out at halftime, LOL.

[Eli]

UAlbany Wins																																			
** Albany stats are the left side in each grouping **																																			
Opponent	Type	LOC	ATN	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		REB		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	
Canisius	OOC	Home	1808	83	57	31	20	55	58	56.4%	34.5%	7	4	19	23	36.8%	17.4%	14	13	19	18	73.7%	72.2%	34	24	15	12	5	8	4	2	13	13	18	17
Potsdam		OOC	Home	2124	78	52	28	19	61	71	45.9%	26.8%	10	5	23	23	43.5%	21.7%	12	9	24	14	50.0%	64.3%	49	39	16	10	6	11	7	4	16	16	14	22
Sacred Heart	OOC	Away	154	72	65	29	21	61	59	47.5%	35.6%	7	5	14	20	50.0%	25.0%	7	18	9	19	77.8%	94.7%	32	40	20	9	7	3	4	1	10	15	22	13
Presbyterian	OOC	Away	150	65	60	20	22	50	56	40.0%	39.3%	5	4	20	15	25.0%	26.7%	20	12	24	16	83.3%	75.0%	35	34	12	11	5	6	4	0	11	13	13	22
American	OOC	Home	1506	68	64	22	25	49	67	44.9%	37.3%	7	8	17	26	41.2%	30.8%	17	6	23	10	73.9%	60.0%	32	33	12	16	6	8	7	2	12	11	11	18
																																			
Tot. W				5742	366	298	130	107	276	311	47.1%	34.4%	36	26	93	107	38.7%	24.3%	70	58	99	77	70.7%	75.3%	182	170	75	58	29	36	26	9	62	68	78	92
Avg. W				1148.4	73.2	59.6	26.0	21.4	55.2	62.2	46.9%	34.7%	7.2	5.2	18.6	21.4	39.3%	24.3%	14.0	11.6	19.8	15.4	71.7%	73.2%	36.4	34.0	15.0	11.6	5.8	7.2	5.2	1.8	12.4	13.6	15.6	18.4
																																			
UAlbany Losses																																			
** Albany stats are the left side in each grouping **																																			
Opponent	Type	LOC	ATN	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		REB		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	
Lehigh		OOC	Home	2039	70	74	19	30	58	59	32.8%	50.8%	8	4	29	16	27.6%	25.0%	24	10	31	15	77.4%	66.7%	32	29	11	17	5	6	0	7	16	15	17	24
Manhattan	OOC	Away	1029	51	57	15	20	53	55	28.3%	36.4%	5	6	24	20	20.8%	30.0%	16	11	21	19	76.2%	57.9%	31	39	11	10	3	4	5	3	11	10	20	22
Quinnipiac	OOC	Away	890	69	86	29	30	68	57	42.6%	52.6%	7	17	29	33	24.1%	51.5%	4	9	7	12	57.1%	75.0%	37	33	23	24	4	6	1	5	9	11	15	10
																																			
Tot. L				3958	190	217	63	80	179	171	35.2%	46.8%	20	27	82	69	24.4%	39.1%	44	30	59	46	74.6%	65.2%	100	101	45	51	12	16	6	15	36	36	52	56
Avg. L				1319.3	63.3	72.3	21.0	26.7	59.7	57.0	34.6%	46.6%	6.7	9.0	27.3	23.0	24.2%	35.5%	14.7	10.0	19.7	15.3	70.3%	66.5%	33.3	33.7	15.0	17.0	4.0	5.3	2.0	5.0	12.0	12.0	17.3	18.7
																																			
Tot. (all)			9700	556	515	193	187	455	482	42.4%	38.8%	56	53	175	176	32.0%	30.1%	114	88	158	123	72.2%	71.5%	282	271	120	109	41	52	32	24	98	104	130	148
Avg. (all)			1212.5	69.5	64.4	24.1	23.4	56.9	60.3	42.3%	39.2%	7.0	6.6	21.9	22.0	33.6%	28.5%	14.3	11.0	19.8	15.4	71.2%	70.7%	35.3	33.9	15.0	13.6	5.1	6.5	4.0	3.0	12.3	13.0	16.3	18.5
			LOC	ATN	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		REB		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	

 

[PurpleHoops]

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