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yes I meant the BPG not P&G - sorry typing too fast. I am hoping the Purple and Gold game starts again this year, and Killings pushes to have additional preseason events to help build some additional area support. Midnight madness, meet & greet, open practice sessions, that type of stuff. For all the things I liked about WB, his secrecy and closed doors always scared away some potential fans.

Which will be the Purple and Gold Game this year? Sat Home Games: 1/15 NJIT 1/22 SBU 2/12 UVM 2/19 NH I am hoping it is New Hampshire. Students wont be back yet for the NJIT game, SBU and UVM always draw well anyway, leaving NH as the game I would target for that event if I was the UA Marketing Team. It will probably be UVM though, but that's a wasted opportunity IMHO... SBU would be my second choice if they wanted to help build some buzz to help attendance for the rest of the season.

Definitely a great schedule. Disappointed with only 4 games at home in 2021, but I'll take the schedule.

https://videos-fms.jwpsrv.com/0_612e709e_0x54dffff264369380f9ba17beb4f4bf8fffe7dd51/content/conversions/f7sgzZuL/videos/eJt3XPA1-22582261.mp4

http://www.bisonville.com/forum/showthread.php?41846-Albany-Preview-(opener)

100% agreed. I met him a few times and he was so nice. He impressed me with his ball handling and feet for his size during the purple and gold games, but it never translated onto the court. He always seemed a step slow and foul prone. I always rooted for him. Good luck to him wherever he lands if he keeps playing, or in the real world if his playing days are over.

https://ualbanysports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster Roster looks like it is updated, so I guess that answers the Brent Hank questions....

I'm not one to complain about pricing. I don't complain about parking costs, I am all for the University charging as much as they can. What I do complain about is how they market these expenses. Why are my tickets showing as a face value of $15? You would think they want to show the value of purchasing season tickets! 5 Home Games X 4 Tickets X $15 each = $300 had I purchased each ticket individually Season Ticket cost = $624 ($212 for the deposit and then $412 for the remainder because of the web purchase fee of $12 on each transaction). I know that $200 of that is my GDAC donation, but at least make the face value of my seats $20 so it looks like I got my tickets for face value instead of $5 above face value by purchasing season tickets. MARKETING IS IMPORTANT! Am I missing something? To me, it feels like I actually made a $300 GDAC donation. Yes I should get a parking pass for the extra $100, but last season (2 years covid I know) I got Dutch Quad parking because I hadn't donated over $250 year to date at that time (just the $200 for my tickets) even though I would be donating again come basketball season. Is there any spot to see our GDAC standing currently? It used to be in my account when purchasing tickets. I do not see it any more.

@cwdickens ... why the confused response? I will root for him to have a great game because even though he left he is still purplefam to me and he was a great part of the Albany community over the last few years, but I still want him to lose to UA. Maybe I wasn't clear

Hadn't put 2 and 2 together. Season opener is at home and vs. Antonio Rizzuto. Does he get cheered or booed? I personally will root for him to have a great game in a losing effort.

Who knows that the schedule will bring with all the recent changes.... I'm hoping nothing. https://twitter.com/BillM_Albany/status/1428399022428000256?s=19

I'll be there. My Boss has season tickets for Syracuse, and he gave them to me for this game. Front row of the upper section at the 50 yard line. Basically the same spot I am in at Casey Stadium. Looking forward to wearing purple in the middle of a sea of Orange.

https://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/division-i-council-extends-eligibility-student-athletes-impacted-covid-19 The same rules were extended after the 19-20 season to apply for the 20-21 season. https://www.twincities.com/2021/03/19/extra-ncaa-eligibility-is-available-to-players-but-will-schools-help/ College Athletes that were in their last year of eligibility last year were all granted an additional year of eligibility, and if that extra year is taken, the scholarship will not count towards the teams limit. This only works for players that would have exhausted their eligibility last season. Apparently its different for Spring Sports such as LAX https://lanthorn.com/81318/sports/understand-the-ncaa-covid-19-eligibility-extensions/

I'm only counting 16. Champion and Doles dont count towards the limit as covid seniors returning, Let etc and Fizulich are walk-ons, that brings us to 14. My thought is that Hank isn't returning, but there hasn't been any announcements of that. He just hasn't been mentioned on any of the Instagram posts.

I feel like we are all gonna be surprised with the athleticism of the team this year. Aaron Reddish is still raw, but I'm betting we see big things from him as well. I've said it before, but one more time: if Amica is healthy, I'm betting he is the biggest surprise on the team, maybe in the league. In the little I saw of him, he reminds me of a faster David Nichols.

It's that time of year again ... you know the time when us UA Basketball addicts get starved for news and info. I know we try not to share links to the social media platforms because we can all go there on our own, but I know many of us shun twitter and instagram. The UA Instagram site posted a teaser video on their summer practices. Always great to see video of what we have to look forward to. https://www.instagram.com/p/CSfimAmnND9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Way too many offers to even think about posting any of them. Our verbal commits page is looking like Bryant's.... That said, I see we offered a ZION!

Tuesday 7/27 was amazing as well. I dropped a duece that looked just like the LCC "S". See how easy it is to provide context to what you are talking about?

I'm sure it's something posted on Instagram that he isn't sharing a link to because of the crap we give him for posting Instagram links (justifiably). Definitely makes me giggle wondering what he is referring to with this thread, but since I have absolutely zero interest in using Instagram, logging into that site, I won't even research what this post might be referring to.

I keep seeing concession revenue in conversations on attendance. Until a new contract is in place, please stop using this in your calculations of revenue. The athletic department could care less how much is sold during games. They have a contract with the current vendor, awarded from an RFP, where the vendor rents space at a certain rate. No matter what they sell or don't sell, UA collects the same. This could change in the next contract, so the more butts in the seats today will mean more competition and better bids during the next contract, but for today it makes no difference.

Anyone listen to this ESPN podcast (Courtside with Seth Greenberg and Dan Dakich) that had killings as a guest? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blubbering-and-dwayne-killings-edition/id970147132?i=1000525000300 Kind of funny to listen to him dodge the questions about the "great facilities" at UAlbany...

Cam transferred, Lulka graduated and I believe is going into teaching ... does anyone have any update on Brent Hank? I noticed that he doesn't seem to be mentioned in any of the UA instagram posts. It wouldn't surprise me if he left, but I always loved watching him play. Such a huge human. He is still listed on a bunch of the roster lists I have found, including Verbal Commits and other spots.

Anyone have any updates on where Brown will be landing? Assistant somewhere? I've heard rumors of him becoming the head coach at D3 Colby-Sawyer College (NH). Seems like a pretty big drop. https://hoopdirt.com/daily-dirt-small-college-search-updates/

Looks like the athlon sports preseason football rankings are out. Looks like they have UA at #26 (Technically the first school named as "On the Cusp") https://athlonsports.com/college-football/athlon-sports-preseason-fcs-top-25-2021 Other CAA teams: 1. James Madison 5. Delaware 16. Villanova 22. New Hampshire 26. UAlbany 32. Rhode Island 33. Richmond

Actually a ton of offers no one has posted lately. Lots of high level players.