godanesgo99

Would be a good get. Nice list of schools.

He has a TON of offers. Guess he would be a great get based on this:

http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/travis-atson

Offers from:

DePaul

Vermont

Hofstra

Richmond

Duqusene

Texas-Arlington

Fairfield

UC Santa Barbara

Sacred Heart

Towson

St. Bonaventure

Quinnipiac

Iona

Binghampton

Interest from

Holy Cross

Colgate

TCU

Wont be bad when we start 3-1

Lol I meant Charles not Cooper. Cooper went to another school. Forget which. Green bay maybe?

SUNY as a whole has pushed the whole 2 year school for less money than transfer to one of the 4 year schools for your last 2 years. That is the bread and butter of the community colleges.

The problem I see with all the JUCO players is that most of them are athletes first and couldn't get into a 4 year school out of high school because of academics. If we want to grow the program to a bigger conference and get more national recognition we will probably have to get used to a lower quality student - not to take anything away from our kids, as Will Brown has seemed to do a great job (with a few exceptions) of finding high character student athletes - but that is the reputation of JUCO players in general.

Looking into my crystal ball and at the roster as it stands today, I see the following:

Starters: Hooley, Singletary, Sanders, Peters, Rowley

Bench players with Significant minutes:

G: Ennema, Green (he deserved more last year), Robinson

F/C: Stire, Brown, Mckinley (probably promised a strong opp to play to recommit)

That is 11 deep of people who will play a lot and leaves out Cremo and Cooper. Both deserve to play. I am guessing Brown tries to red shirt Cremo to have 4 years of him after he loses Hooley, Sanders, and Singletary. Cooper might see the floor, but from what I have read - he seems like a guy that will need the 1 year transition period from JUCO to D1, while Chas Brown has the size and athleticism, to jump in quickly.

Maybe I am wrong, but this looks like trouble for Coach Brown in keeping everyone happy.

Looks like another hard year of Will Brown trying to get everyone the playing time they deserve. I know it's a good problem to have, but the roster looks stacked from Sr. to Fr.

So who is paying their own way next year? Cremo? By my count UA is (-1) scholarship if they are allowed to have 12, and I see 14 players.

Sr

Peter Hooley (1)

Evan Singletary (2)

Ray Sanders (3)

Reese Williams (walk-on)

Jr

Richard Peters (4)

Tre Green (5)

Dallas Ennema (6)

Mike Rowley (7)

DaShawn Robinson (8)

Chas Brown (9)

Travis Charles (10)

So

Greg Stire (11)

Fr

Joe Cremo (12)

Kyle McKinley (13)

So either I am wrong and UA can have more than 12, someone will pay their own way, someone else is leaving, or I am missing something.

EDIT: I must be the one who is wrong. I see now that it looks like 13 are able to be given according to http://www.scholarshipstats.com/ncaalimits.html

Dont know why I always thought it was 12.

He's going to go JUCO one year and then come back lol!

He could sit out entirely (not play at a JUCO) and come back and have 3 years remaining right? LOL.

 

 

 

 

http://www.bcccpanthers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=421

 

Stats from this past year. Has potential - seems inconsistent. Rebounding numbers all over the place - some games with 15, some games with 4. Shoots fairly poorly for a big man. Unsure of his style - from the reel above seems that he drives a fair amount too. Some games at 50-75%, others in the low 20-30% range.

 

Big body though - that's for sure.

Looks like he was very foul prone, leading to the games where he had lower stat/minute totals - unless I am having a brain fart and pf means something other than personal fouls. I could be misreading something as one game he had 6 - technical on foul out?

I was focusing more on the Mins per game, relative to fouls. Think that's a better indicator, but certainly if in foul trouble, hurts ability to go get boards

Look at most of the games with low minutes played and look at the fouls. He appeared to foul out in 10-12 minutes a few times. Hopefully that is a function of being bigger than everyone else and not over aggressive play.

http://www.bcccpanthers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=421

 

Stats from this past year. Has potential - seems inconsistent. Rebounding numbers all over the place - some games with 15, some games with 4. Shoots fairly poorly for a big man. Unsure of his style - from the reel above seems that he drives a fair amount too. Some games at 50-75%, others in the low 20-30% range.

 

Big body though - that's for sure.

Looks like he was very foul prone, leading to the games where he had lower stat/minute totals - unless I am having a brain fart and pf means something other than personal fouls. I could be misreading something as one game he had 6 - technical on foul out?

Very strong Aussie contingent there. EW already has three Aussies on the roster now!

Washington is significantly closer to his home as well...

UA should go after this guy. He is transferring and eligible to play immediately as a grad student

http://sports.espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/56783/mike-thorne-jr

Also being reported on Verbalcommits.com for what it is worth.

 

http://verbalcommits.com/players/geremy-mckay

Verbal Commits cites ESPN's Jeff Goodman as the source though. So while it may be true, the verbal commits page adds no clarification

Hurley Officially hired by Arizona now

Another interesting tidbit I noticed on verbalcommits... Cooper has a scholarship offer from Arkansas-Little Rock. Ray Sanders chose Albany over the same school last year.

It looks like we may have interest from Elijah Davis, a 6-4 SF from the Bronx.

Walker has 2 years left I believe. For Cooper - the video says he is class of 2017 - so I would guess he has 2 years remaining? http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/charles-cooper

Also on http://www.verbalcommits.com/schools/albanyCooper isn't showing yet, but it shows UA has interest from Randall Clarkson a 5-9 guard, and Kyle Benton a 6-7 SF

Assuming he's he only Chima Moneke playing this year, he's played for the Northeast Community College Hawks of Norfolk, NE

Chima Moneke - 6-7, 220 SO Canberra, Australia Forward

Prep: Chima played in back-to-back Australian high school championships. He averaged a double-double each of the last two seasons. He scored 42 points in one game during his senior year and recorded a 20-rebound game. Chima was listed as one of the top up-and-coming Australian basketball players in the Class of 2013.

College: Chima appeared in 28 games as a freshman, recording 14 starts. Averaged 10.7 points and 7.2 rebounds during his first season as a Hawk. Had a career high 26 points against Indian Hills Community College. Recorded five double-digit rebounding games and had 33 blocks last season.

Major: Health, PE, and Recreation

Parents: Sydney and Eucharia Moneke

 

Averaged 17.2 ppg and 12.0 rpg this year, looks well-built in the team picture here

I know UA isn't Harvard, and many times these kids choose an easy major in community college to boost their grades to qualify for a 4 year D1 school - but I am think that major may point to a Syracuse University student than UA.

Rivals has us offering former Stony Brook player Ahmad Walker and getting a visit from JC player Charles Cooper today.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-Ahmad-Walker-168166

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-Charles-Cooper-167978

Is this the same Walker that played for Stony Book? http://www.onebidwonders.com/2014/06/20/ahmad-walker-to-transfer-from-stony-brook/

I seem to remember him being promising. The article I posted seems to state him as a defensive guy that needed work on offense. He averaged 20.6ppg, 7.7rpg, and 5.5 apg in community college so maybe he figured the offensive side out. Would be a nice pickup, but if he has 2 years of eligibility left it looks like he would be a 1 year guy really - get 15 minutes per game next year or so like Baker did this year and possibly start is senior year.

Don't know much about Cooper beyond his stats at Kaskaskia, and these 2 links:

First a juco link about his athletic ability http://jucoreport.com/dunkage-charles-cooper-kaskaskia-college/

and this youtube video of his 'dunk of the year:

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While both players look like nice additions - they are both 6-4 guards. I thought Brown was going to focus on finding big guys? Having so many guards would almost force the team to play a more up tempo run and gun style of play without more bigs. WB seems to be best when he can play the grind style of defense and set plays.

Haven't gone back through the thread, but who is this Chima Moneke guy I see listed on verbal commits? It looks like he has interest from a lot of big schools. Yes an Aussie though so maybe we have a shot?

I get McKinley leaving if Baker is going. I might even guess that leaving was partially because of how bad this winter and Spring were - but those 2 are from Minnesota. Shouldn't phase them, LOL.

I wonder if it has a little to do with all the speculation that Brown might leave?

Very strange that we would lose guys from a team that looked like a tight knit family, just won 3 straight titles and appeared in the NCAA, and only appears to be stronger next year.

Maybe Baker thought he was going to have another year of under 20 mpg, and told McKinley that he wouldn't play much as a freshman? I had high hopes of Baker improving a lot next year and getting up to 25 mpg, then leading the Danes for his Junior and Senior year to their 5th and 6th consecutive titles...

Odunsi had a very good year in Houston this year

Wow that sucks. He was my pick for most increased PT and possible AE POY his Junior and Senior years. I hope it isn't true or is a late April Fools joke.

I said it since day 1 - giving enough PT to a lot of the talent on this team this last year was going to be job #1 for WB and we might lose talent to transfer if he doesnt do it well enough

Hate to be that loser that brings up $iena in a Will Brown Thread - but I just read this article over at OBW and the whole thing reminds me a lot of this years UA team. I do not know if we have the talent they had those years, but I think we are close. I have a feeling we will see a Ubiles like progression with Wheeler Baker.

I won't venture a guess if our player / coach relationships are anything like what this article discusses - but with the Hooley situation and the way UA played as a team and looked like they were a family - I get that impression.

I guess I bring this up because that $iena team fell apart when the "glue" that held them together in Fran left. They have not been able to recover. If these UA players have the relationship with CB that it appears they do - losing him to another school would be a BIG blow. Thats not saying we couldn't get another coach that is as good or better with the rising program - but the odds are certainly against that.

Anyway - even though its an article about a team that most of us hate - its still a pretty good read.

http://www.onebidwonders.com/2015/03/06/onions-rings-reliving-sienas-maac-three-peat/

Wow. St. Johns, the Big East, and playing most of your games at MSG might prove too much to pass up. While I would miss him at UA, I could hardly fault him for taking on that type of a gig. I guess it might blow my bold prediction of him running UA to 5 straight NCAA appearances then leaving to take Syracuse when Jim Boeheim retires in 2-3 years...

and my price was a little low. Looks like it is a 7 figure investment for the full 3D. Doesn't mean you couldn't forgo 3D and just use some cool projections.

I think this idea, while cool, is probably a little far fetched considering other more prominent needs

LOL. Might be a little much but hell why not. My first thought was how expensive that must be, but then i though about it and realized it probably isn't all that expensive to get a projector or 3D projector. For one that can display that size of an image, I would have to imaging that it could be done for under $100,000. The question would then come back to if the ceiling is high enough to project that size image

After some research - some college programs use similar stuff: http://www.athleticbusiness.com/stadium-arena/showtime-turning-playing-surfaces-into-3d-video-boards.html

I know it means absolutely nothing - but my wishlist for a renovation would be:

External:

1. Renovation of Western Ave entrance to SEFCU. Something to make it match the look and feel of Ford Field - with a ticket booth, concession stands, escalators up to the seat levels

2. Increase in parking closer to arena and stadium - or at least repairs and upgrade of the walking path from Dutch Lot to SEFCU/BFF

Internal

1. Redo seating to add a "bowl" feel with seats in the corners and more chairbacks - if not 100% chairbacks. If possible add cub holders (could be an attachment to the backs of the seat in front of you that pop up. Even if this removes 500 seats and brings the capacity to 4,000 instead of 4,500 it would be worth it.

2. New scoreboard with more info and video screen. It is hard to tell from a distance, but if I had to guess - the current scoreboard is something like 6' x 10'. While raising the ceiling would be nice - why not just go wider and do something like 8' x 20' or even wider. If it is all LCD - could easily display whatever they want

3. see external above - concessions, team store, etc

I thought my list would be longer, but really thats all I would need to feel the place was a warm and inviting home.