4 hours ago, jimbo said:

I think there’s a better chance of hitting the Powerball. 

I told my wife to play the MM but noooooo...some other Floridian just won it! lol

UA schedule on the site has Harvard at 1/2 not 1/1...weird.

 

UAlbany Men's Schedule 2023-2024					
					
Date		Opponent	Home/Away	Type
11/7/2023	Umass		Away		OOC		
11/11/2023	Columbia	Away		OOC		
11/15/2023	Seton Hall	Away		OOC		
11/19/2023	Quinnipiac	Away		OOC		
11/21/2023	Army		Home		OOC		
11/26/2023	Siena		Away		OOC		
11/29/2023	Boston		Home		OOC		
12/2/2023	Dartmouth	Home		OOC		
12/5/2023	TBA		Home		OOC		
12/10/2023	Temple		Away		OOC		
12/16/2023	Drexel		Away		OOC		
12/19/2023	Sacred Heart	Home		OOC		
12/22/2023	USF		Away		OOC		
12/30/2023	LIU		Away		OOC		
1/2/2024	Harvard		Away		OOC		
1/6/2024	NJIT		Away		Conference		
1/13/2024	Binghamton	Home		Conference		
1/18/2024	Umass-Lowell	Home		Conference		
1/20/2024	Bryant		Home		Conference		
1/25/2024	Maine		Away		Conference		
1/27/2024	New Hampshire	Away		Conference		
2/1/2024	Vermont		Away		Conference		
2/3/2024	UMBC		Home		Conference		
2/8/2024	Binghamton	Away		Conference		
2/15/2024	NJIT		Home		Conference		
2/17/2024	UMBC		Away		Conference		
2/22/2024	Vermont		Home		Conference		
2/24/2024	Umass-Lowell	Away		Conference		
2/29/2024	New Hampshire	Home		Conference		
3/2/2024	Maine		Home		Conference		
3/5/2024	Bryant		Away		Conference		

2 hours ago, cwdickens said:

My main concern is whether or not Eli has any interest in starting each game's thread and maintaining the stats' flow.  Time will tell.

Likely not this year lol. I might watch a game here or there but I'm starting a new life in Charlotte, NC so will be busy. Now, if we go 5-0 to start the year? You will see my fair weather ass show up fo sho on the board lol.

9 hours ago, jimbo said:

I’m really not buying the college’s reasoning. Why take a long standing and widely recognized team name and cast it aside? Who does rebranding at the D3 level? My guess is that a few activists decided that Dutchmen was exclusionary or represented the patriarchy or echoed colonial powers and raised a stink internally. The school caved. I suppose there’s a good marketing opportunity for cell phone chargers in a garnet color with the new Gatorade Union charger logo on the side. 

Liberals. They ruin everything. AMIRITE? 😂

PSDs are basically a PSL lol...we know how much NFL fans love those...

@kikuria will be PUMPED about this news!

Email I just got, would love to do this.

 

Broadview Center Tours

Take an expertly guided, behind the scenes, tour of the future home of UAlbany Basketball. Fans will be treated to a variety of arena improvements which include updated chairback seating, new premium seating options, and hospitality areas. Explore areas of the arena typically not open to the public like team locker rooms and meeting spaces which will include mega-sized touch screen TV’s for film sessions.

Broadview Center tours will be led by the Project Manager and run for about 45 minutes. Fans will be asked to wear hard hats during tour(s) which will be provided to you. Sign up today, as spots are expected reach capacity!

Broadview Center Tours (limited to 16 guests per slot)

Additional Dates will be added as tours reach capacity.

August 9^th, 12 PM
August 16^th, 10 AM
August 29^th, 4 PM

Click Here to Schedule Tour

34 minutes ago, cwdickens said:

I concur with your sentiments that Broadview Center flows better ,,,only question: Is the parking lot adjacent to Broadview Center and Tom and Mary Casey Stadium now known as the Broadview Center Parking Lot? Chuckle Chuckle....

 

We didn't call it SEFCU Arena Parking Lot - we called it SEFCU lot. So this would be Broadview Lot. Flows just as well.

Looks like SEFCU will now be known as Broadview Center officially.

https://ualbanysports.com/news/2023/8/1/mens-basketball-new-name-expanded-offerings-sefcu-arena-becomes-broadview-center.aspx?fbclid=IwAR3o0LZun7Uspj7aEDWqUBC5NcdqefRqOtDKRSVEAv93nc0i4YYrRCgKveg

I like it...Broadview Center works better than Broadview Arena.

6 hours ago, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

Florida a bit unhinged for ya? 

More like not enough land - gettin back some acreage in the country. But that being said, I am kind of bummed because USF is like 10 minutes from me - would have been SUPER convenient.

54 minutes ago, bob87 said:

South Florida schedule released today. Danes at South Florida 12/22. That should be great for Florida  Danes fans. For me, not sure if flights will be worth it that close to the holiday.

Ha! Bummer that I'm moving to NC in 3 weeks. Just my luck.

59 minutes ago, Clickclack said:

They are off every year except they are not. Expecting a $ienaty product and Gattuso to finally get fired. Are my years off or is this the final year of Gattuso's contract?

 

2 more sadly:

https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/UAlbany-football-coach-Greg-Gattuso-gets-contract-16725680.php#:~:text=Gattuso's contract extension goes through 2024.&text=The University at Albany has,went 2-9 this season.

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The University at Albany has extended football coach Greg Gattuso’s contract through the 2024 season, athletic director Mark Benson said Thursday.

Gattuso was going to enter the final year of his contract in 2022. The Great Danes went 2-9 this season.

I want him fired.

Cause he's a $ienaty coach.

That is all :).

7 hours ago, Dane96 said:

That's a two-three week delay.  Jeesh.  

Hey, you give them more credit than I do. Opening night was supposed to be vs Siena on 11/12. I said the second they moved that to MVP that they were behind. Now it's December - likely closer to Christmas, Benson just won't say it. I wouldn't be surprised if the AE home opener is the actual opener for the arena.

That's not my point though - the point is they don't even have a tentative date to share so out of town alum/people can't make plans. Something this big and their update with less than 6 months to go is 'sometime in December'...maybe that annoys only me but come on now.

Knew there were delays. I think we all thought it'd be ready for the home opener but now it's into December.

Probably won't be visiting anymore, but looking forward to the opening on TV.

Some here seem to think that we have a "Bigpurplefans.ipbhost.com" internet package only and don't have access to ESPN, UAlbanySports.com, Timesuseless, etc.

I would love to spruce up the joint and minimize the 'social media aggregation' that is - umm - present here by a certain poster (as if we can't click links ourselves) but unfortunately I have no power here 🤣.

Looks great. I'm in Albany visiting for the week and have been on campus but didn't get a chance to try and peak through the doors to see if anything can be seen.

Side note: anyone know why the school stopped doing the little fountain 'show' at 10PM at the LC? Used to have lights and varying water height for 10 minutes or so at 10PM and stopped doing it before COVID and didn't do it again today. My wife and I spent many a summer night chilling by the fountain playing card games in the evenings when we were dating/just married.

15 hours ago, UAlbany09 said:

Really wish we had a D1 hockey program. The arena is right there to use with not much else going on in it. I’ve always thought how fun a Beanpot style tournament would be between Union, RPI and a UAlbany team. 

Winner winner chicken dinner!

I went to a Devils game late before they left and I regretted not going to more. It was awesome. Sat by the boards for cheap.

"End of November" is so loosey goosey. I can't order plane tickets for the arena opener until I know for sure what day they are going to open.

I still think they are behind schedule which is why they moved the LCC game.

Good. What a laughing stock. Guy should be the first living test subject for CTE; he's absolutely mental.

PowerBall shoulda let me win that $2B, I woulda thrown a few shekels UA's way but with the 'fire half the ADept' string attached lol.

You know what would be better in driving donations? Winning products on the floors and fields of our university. But no, the ADept only concerns themselves with extending bad coaches and overcharging for simple things like parking.

We didn't have nice things, but at least we were constantly winning under him.

1 minute ago, cwdickens said:

In the era of the Transfer Portal, this has such a high probability of changing. Thanks for doing it.

Would be easier if @Dane Pound would give me a Christmas gift of having a table plugin on the site 😛.

5 minutes ago, godanesgo99 said:

FYI - You are missing Matulu.... https://ualbanysports.com/news/2023/5/10/mens-basketball-mens-basketball-adds-zach-matulu-as-preferred-walk-on.aspx

Ugh. Stupid Verbal Commits. I just got done doing the next 3 years!