Dane Pound

Alex Rivera leaving UML. That stinks.

Anthony Mack, who we recruited out of high school, has announced he's transferring from Miami.

I basically see this rule as a way for power conferences to stock their rosters with experienced mid-major players. Maybe I'm just cynical.

You're Ethan Stark's field goal at the end of the Stony Brook game.

Pete Dougherty had an interesting story about grad transfers in today's TU - https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Graduate-transfer-rule-may-be-hurting-UAlbany-13729315.php Coach Brown talked about how some coaches don't want to redshirt players anymore because they're afraid they'll lose them to grad transfer. Also, about how the Aussies are on pace to graduate early.

So....you're doing some off-season bracket picking workouts? Hitting the KenPom books hard.

Really just three guards on the roster now - Cam, Rizzuto and Clark. Two more guards would make sense.

Probably one of the other problems with society is that people get to publicly judge other people online while remaining (somewhat) anonymous themselves. I'm as guilty of this as anyone. As for the transfers. Sucks to see a guy get derailed by injuries like Flory. I had thought Brooks may have figured things out on the offensive end at some point with time. The defensive end was just as much of an issue. It's weird, we've had guys that size - the Iati brothers, DJ Evans and they've managed to defend pretty well but Brooks struggled on that end of the floor.

That's pretty much the way the internet works.

It'll be interesting to see what happens to Mika Adams-Woods. A Syracuse area PG who had signed with Nebraska before their coaching change.

We've also offered 6"5 shooting guard Austin McCullough. McCullough was originally at Cal before going to JUCO. He host 48% from 3 last season.

This didn't age well.

Iona came to play tonight. Up 5 at the half over Carolina. Don't care about my bracket for this one. It's fun to watch.

Really good tournament for the Ohio Valley Conference. At-large bid and win for Belmont. Another win with Murray State.

Just remembering last year.

Not sure why your laughing. This means another spring of "Will Brown to Siena" rumors. Seemed like they cast their fate last year the way they got rid of Pastos. I'm not sure how any coach coming in is going to believe a long-term contract deal or extension over there.

Caught my eye because we played them in a tourney a few years ago. In the past 24 hours, UMKC has had 9 guys announce they are going to transfer.

Really, really wanted to pick Gardner Webb over Virginia. Had to stop myself.

Probably not a surprise after their amazing win over Virginia in the NCAA tourney last year. Oh, wait. That was Odom and not Boals? Bleh. At SBU for three years and then moves on.

Maybe. It seems like every year people are saying Vermont is going to take a step back next year and then they don't. They dropped a little this year but I also think there are more good coaches in the conference now. That's a good thing. I will say, this time last year I was a little jealous Vermont got Isiah Moll. Now, not quite as jealous. He might end up being really good but he didn't have the freshman year I thought he would.

Cook is playing on a JUCO team with a bunch of guys who are D1 transfers. I'd have to think that's a higher level than where Brooks was playing. He had over 100 assists this year and really good rebound numbers for guard. Funny the schools that are involved with a guy from Georgia are all in the northeast and upper midwest. If he's a PG and playing with a lineup with De Sousa, that's a big lineup of guards.

And now Monmouth is in the "lowly MAAC" championship game. Yank, please PM me the winning powerball numbers while you can still see the future. Thanks!

I'd be more impressed if Kenpom told us Bing was going to beat SBU. I'll stop complaining about Sessoms being ROY now.

Cool story on ESPN about the Aussies at Albany. http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26182429/the-story-college-basketball-unlikely-aussie-stronghold

It's a pretty good freshman class when guys like Lulka and Rivera from UML don't event make the all-rookie team. To me, Lutete is a first-team guy.