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godanesgo99

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  1. So we have 3 commits for next season so far, and only 2 graduations in Patel and Davis? Am I missing something or is Verbal Commits not correct for this year?

    I know we have to assume transfers out in today's world, but not sure how you can give a scholly for someone who hasn't left yet.

    For 2022-23 - 13 Scholarships, 1 Walk-on

    • Sr. - Patel and Davis
    • Jr. - Drumgoole, Hutcheson, Schafer
    • So. - Amica, Edmead, Little, Reddish, Neely, Kellogg, Ketner
    • Fr. - Jackson (WO), Beagle

    Commits for 2023-24

    • Adnan, Margoupis, Robinson
  2. So glad I didnt waste my time trying to watch this game for a second. The ESPN app had UA at about 92% to win late in the game. How the Bing do you choke in the 4th quarter that badly to Fordham?

    Cant wait to see the article in the paper tomorrow with a positive spin saying it was within a score, and games like this we should win, followed by throwing a few players under the bus for small mistakes they made. Blah. Another loss to blame solely on inept leadership.

    The definition of grabbing defeat from victories clutches.

  3. I was pissed at myself for not renewing my season tickets and potentially losing my perfect seats, but the way things are going, I'm pretty sure the same or similar seats will be available in the future. No longer pissed at myself. I'm going to make a GDAC donation in the amount I would have made with my tickets. I have no urge to go to a game this season.

  4. On 8/22/2022 at 7:23 AM, GreatDanes06 said:

    How someone hasn't put a yearly NY State type mid-major tournament together is mind blowing...

    UA, Bingo, SB, Hofstra, Siena, LIU, Columbia, Buffalo, Marist, Niagara, St. Francis, Cornell, Wagner, Fordham, St. Bonaventure, Colgate, Canisus, Manhattan

    Put together a yearly 4 team tournament, you got enough NY schools, this way you can avoid conference teams playing each other. I would rather see this then these teams playing DII or DIII schools.

    Hell, I even got a name...Empire State Classic.

    How long before a certain poster starts telling you all the reasons why it couldn't happen and that we should be ashamed of ourselves for pointing out something that is fairly obvious and a good idea?

    I suggested it as a SUNY tournament because the contracts should be easier to accomplish this way, but expanding it to include a larger number of schools would be fun to. I am not sure if waivers can be created for allowing teams in the same conference to play during the OOC as part of MTE's or not, but it surely would be a lot of fun!

    20 D1 schools in NY according to this site (not sure how they make SBU the second best, but thats another discussion for another time) https://www.collegefactual.com/rankings/sports/basketball-men/division1/middle-atlantic/new-york/ 

     

  5. 7 hours ago, cwdickens said:

    When does pointing out the lack of insight your discussion into a subject you created.  Let me make real simple for you ask yourself this question .... why would UB and SBU try themselves to tournament with BU and UA whether one year or 4 years?.... At this point .... no reason unless you can find a sponsor to underwrite the tournament.  Yes, I feel same way about posting here....

    Blocked for poor reading comprehension, unnecessary arguing, and all around annoyingness. 

    The original post on this topic clearly says it can't happen because they aren't all in different conferences, so an exercise in putting an idea down for reasons that may or may not exist in a universe where it could possibly happen just gives me a headache.

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  6. 4 hours ago, cwdickens said:

    I am not disagreeing with with your statement; however who or what is the force to change what has occurred historically.  Is there any interest from the Stony Brook and Buffalo fan base for such a tournament?

    As a reminder, The Albany Cup took 2 Athletic Directors over two years to come to a three year agreement, think about what would take to get four AD's and four MBB coaches to agree on a multiple year agreement.     

    Further, I am of the belief that SBU sports administration is looking to put distance between themselves and America East Conference, in particular Albany and Binghamton.  With sports team scheduling, an individual institutional decision. no reason to throw mud at SUNY leadership, not their problem, not their concern.

    Wow. I don't know what to say to this comment. I'm just gonna shake my head and wonder why I still post here. Something about your posts always rub me the wrong way and this one is no exception. I guess some people always want to argue. Definitely going to leave this board for a while, and help speed up the demise of the dwindling active fan base here. It's no longer fun to post and be active.

  7. 7 hours ago, cwdickens said:

    History shows that over the last ten plus years only Binghamton has had a two away for one home series with UB .... that ended 7 years ago +/- .... UB has never played Albany and Stony Brook in MBB and WBB .... for UB, with rare exceptions no OOC road trips over 3 hours via bus  .... so they view their natural NY opponents as Cornell, Syracuse, St. Bonnies, Niagara and Canisius .... the only way Albany gets to play UB is a road game .... common sense prevails in Buffalo .... lastly UB plays at least one D3 school every year .....

    I know what has happened historically, but that doesn't mean it is right or makes sense. We have 4 SUNY schools that are division 1 in Athletics. While none are huge national names, games against each other should draw pretty well. In a perfect world all 4 SUNY schools would be in different conferences and there would be a SUNY Tournament on the OOC calendar each year that rotates from city to city for the SUNY Cup or something like that, but alas a smart and easy scheduling solution like that is above the heads of the SUNY leadership.... 

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  8. On 8/9/2022 at 1:31 PM, godanesgo99 said:

    Confirmed OOC schedule so far:

    • 11/12 @ Siena (Albany Cup/MVP Arena/Neutral Site)
    • 11/17 @ St Joes
    • 11/21 and 11/22 @ Sunshine Slam in Daytona Beach (Ocean Bracket)
      • Teams in our bracket are Presbyterian, Austin Peay, and Bucknell
    • 12/10 @ Providence
    • 12/28 @ Virginia

    Potential Games:

    • Road Games (Return from last seasons home games): @Towson, @Harvard, @Columbia, @Niagara
    • Home Games (Return from last seasons road games): La Salle, Yale, Lehigh
    • No idea if the above were home and home contracts, but they make sense. 
    • I am doubting that any of the other games from last years Kentucky/Kansas trip will have return games, but of course they could.

    If all of the above happen, that is 13 OOC games (Counts as 12 for game limits because of the MTE). With a 16 game conference schedule this year, I am guessing there is only 1 or 2 more games left to announce. With the SEFCU construction I would guess that 1 will be a road game and 1 would be a home game. Having only 3 or 4 OOC home games is probably about right this year. Enough to play a few home events on a strange court, but more importantly it gives additional ability to pack a home schedule the following year for the renovated arena. 

    Confirmed OOC schedule so far:

    • 11/7 @ Towson 
    • 11/12 @ Siena (Albany Cup/MVP Arena/Neutral Site)
    • 11/17 @ St Joes
    • 11/21 and 11/22 @ Sunshine Slam in Daytona Beach (Ocean Bracket)
      • Teams in our bracket are Presbyterian, Austin Peay, and Bucknell
    • 12/10 @ Providence
    • 12/28 @ Virginia

    Towson schedule released today so that one @bob87mentioned is now confirmed.

  9. 4 hours ago, UAalum72 said:

    For those who thought the “rivalry” might continue, we are not on Stony Brook’s schedule for 2022-23

    Still makes no sense to me. This should be a no brainer. UA and Bing should both play SBU and Buffalo each year. Easy 2 non conference games to schedule. Watch us end up with a D3 on the schedule again.... Blah.

  10. Confirmed OOC schedule so far:

    • 11/12 @ Siena (Albany Cup/MVP Arena/Neutral Site)
    • 11/17 @ St Joes
    • 11/21 and 11/22 @ Sunshine Slam in Daytona Beach (Ocean Bracket)
      • Teams in our bracket are Presbyterian, Austin Peay, and Bucknell
    • 12/10 @ Providence
    • 12/28 @ Virginia

    Potential Games:

    • Road Games (Return from last seasons home games): @Towson, @Harvard, @Columbia, @Niagara
    • Home Games (Return from last seasons road games): La Salle, Yale, Lehigh
    • No idea if the above were home and home contracts, but they make sense. 
    • I am doubting that any of the other games from last years Kentucky/Kansas trip will have return games, but of course they could.

    If all of the above happen, that is 13 OOC games (Counts as 12 for game limits because of the MTE). With a 16 game conference schedule this year, I am guessing there is only 1 or 2 more games left to announce. With the SEFCU construction I would guess that 1 will be a road game and 1 would be a home game. Having only 3 or 4 OOC home games is probably about right this year. Enough to play a few home events on a strange court, but more importantly it gives additional ability to pack a home schedule the following year for the renovated arena. 

  11. 1 hour ago, Dane96 said:

    Not a shock, the move was planned.  THis belongs in the realignment thread. 

    You are probably right, but I put it in the media day thread as I was supposed to add a comment to the links about how it is interesting that this move happened after media day, then point out the articles about how great their recruiting is and how they might be a CAA powerhouse right away - but I hit submit reply before I added the comments. 

  12. https://nuhuskies.com/news/2022/8/3/athletics-campbell-university-accepts-invitation-to-join-caa-in-2023.aspx

    https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/33323417/how-campbell-small-fcs-school-north-carolina-competing-deion-sanders-fbs-teams

    https://footballscoop.com/news/recruiting-nfl-mike-minter-deion-sanders-coach-prime-campbell-camels

    Edited to add context:

    Interesting that they announced this after media day. I guess they figured they didn't want to take away any excitement from this coming season and didn't want any reporters focusing on this change. Either way, a quick google search will show how they are doing with recruitment. Getting lots of kids that would normally go FBS and with that they have the top ranked FCS recruiting class this year. They will probably contend in the CAA on day 1 next season. 

  13. 1 hour ago, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

    Albany Attendance in the D1 Era

    • 2000 - 1,290
    • 2001 - 1,148
    • 2002 - 1,649
    • 2003 - 1,168
    • 2004 - 1,193
    • 2005 - 1,945
    • 2006 - 2,541
    • 2007 - 3,175
    • 2008 - 3,031
    • 2009 - 2,826
    • 2010 - 2,646
    • 2011 - 2,163
    • 2012 - 2,480
    • 2013 - 2,924
    • 2014 - 2,656
    • 2015 - 3,390
    • 2016 - 3,160
    • 2017 - 2,654
    • 2018 - 2,474
    • 2019 - 2,105
    • 2020 - 2,162
    • 2021 - COVID
    • 2022 - 

     

  14. 23 hours ago, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

    Perhaps that meeting with DK has something to do with bringing him back into the fold...?

    I saw an email about the coaching staff being filled out that no one posted here, but I bet he would make a great coach somewhere with the experience he has over the last 2 decades.

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