The start times are up - http://www.ualbanysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15800&ATCLID=211074603
I might be in the minority but I'm glad they're starting the November home games at 1 PM instead of 3:30 and 7 as they've done in the past. Hopefully there will be a little bigger crowd and they stay longer if it's a little warmer.
CSM is doing their annual Top 144 countdown and preview. They have two of our opponents on the list so far - Yale at #137 and Stony Brook (really!) at #120. They list Stony Brook's backcourt as deep and talented. I guess we'll see.
http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/article/13325
http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/article/13289
We could be recruiting guys who are a little higher profile now.
Another offer to an Aussie in next year's class.
Also, Andrew Platek who we talked about offering somewhere in the beginning of this thread, committed to North Carolina.
According to City of Basketball Love we've offered guard Antonio Rizzuto from York, PA (aka Iativille)
http://www.cityofbasketballlove.com/news_article/show/669138?referrer_id=1566508
More about it on the Syracuse site:
http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2016/07/gov_andrew_cuomo_nixes_albany_game_at_duke_over_north_carolinas_hb2_law.html
FWIW Will and Lu having lunch at ATSP today.
Edit: Yes, it seems like I get all my information while drinking at the Pub
You're a pub scout.
I don't know if we have a coaching staff opening but hiring Lucious would add more spice to that game at SEFCU this year.
A story about Xavier Cochran coming to Albany - http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/-4927313095733275895/after-successful-juco-season-xavier-cochrans-dream-of-d-i-basketball-comes-true/
There's a kid in this class we should probably keep an eye on. His name is Sebastian Augustus Elias Wilson. Probably going to end up being really good, heard he is really good off the dribble.
Press release from Xavier Cochran signing, like the quotes from his coach and some of the other schools that were looking at him. This may be "too many" juco guys for some fans but it looks like a really talented group.
http://www.owensexpress.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/releases/20160427kv5vrr
She's had success as an assistant and as a head coach, that looks good.
I'm thinking Bob87 won't like her because Benson introduced her as "Coach Mac."
I see that J.J. N'Ganga is leaving New Mexico and can play next season because he sat out last year. The name was familiar because I remember us recruiting him two years. If he was buddies with Pancake Thomas maybe he'll go to Hartford.