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Men's Polls updated last night (11/17). Teams of local interest:

11. Iona (461) - MAAC

42. (tie) Quinnipiac (14) - MAAC

50. Stonybrook (9) - America East

52. (tie) Vermont (7) - America East

56. (tie) Siena (5) - MAAC

62. (tie) Manhattan (3) - MAAC

Albany fell off the board

Women's Poll has not yet been updated.

 

From OBW...

 

http://www.onebidwonders.com/2014/11/16/s-s-newcomers-singletary-and-sanders-announce-themselves-with-authority-aplomb/#more-5749

I really enjoy their articles.

 

I have this book marked:

http://www.onebidwonders.com/tag/albany/

Great spot to check and see anything written about the purple and gold...

We have hear a lot about how much Stire has impressed, about Baker's abilities, seen Peter's size, and have gotten very excited about Singletary and Sanders.

Any updates on any of the other newbies? The ones that Brown doesn't look like he will play this year? Redshirting? Any updates?

• Max Twyman - 6-5 SF - He was a ranked prospect with a score of 59 according to ESPN
• Mike Wells - 5-8 PG - Also ranked by ESPN with a score of 57
• Geremy McKay - 6-7 PF

From ESPN... http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/100636/albany-signs-11-year-old-with-rare-disease?ex_cid=espnapi_public

Preseason Rankings were posted today...

Teams of Local Interest:

17. Iona (311) - MAAC

26. Siena (71) - MAAC

28. Manhattan (51) - MAAC

46. (tie) Stonybrook (13) - America East

55. (tie) Vermont (7) - America East

65. Albany (2) - America East

Also, the women's preseason rankings are out as well:

6. Albany (549) - America East

I'm not sure I have heard anything about him... how did Peters look in the scrimmage? His size is very interesting. I am thinking we see a good amount of him against Providence and their 2 bigs...

For the longest time, I just wanted the game and didn't care how it was played. UA needs to grow a bigger set and demand that at the minimum it is considered a road game for both teams in the next contract - thus counts in neither season ticket package - or it needs to be a contract with an even number of years and it is a home game for each team every other year - giving UA season ticket holders the best seats in UA years. Keep it at TU for the fans.

The $aints played at VT last year. Silly that the Catamounts have a better deal with $iena than we do...

Winning does cure all, very true - but back to back tournament appearances with a win sounds like winning to me.

Mark told me on that site that there was no interest in UA so they don't report. Siena fans mock the attendance. Siena releases a video highlight reel of every game that the Times Useless posts on the blog. They seem to be a much more media friendly school.

To me its the old chicken or egg scenario. Get the press to report and push it and the fans and interest will follow.

Thanks for the answers btw. I have been reading the site for years, but finally registered and just got validated.

Has anyone with interaction with Will Brown or the Athletic department spoken with them about media exposure and availability. It seems that Siena gets most of the coverage in the local media and their games draw more fans even though they have a smaller student and alumni base and haven't been nearly as successful over the last few years? I think a lot of this is the amount of access Siena gives to press vs. what UA does.

Many of us are frothing at the mouth for more coverage. The TU college blog guys says it is because no one cares and Siena articles get more clicks (I stopped clicking on anything that has to do with Siena and click any Albany story from several devices hoping it might help lol)

Any thoughts? It appears that we will have a formidable team this year from what I have read, but there has been very little pre-season coverage to get the fans excited.