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Well it would be nice if they did something sooner rather than later. I am a big believer in this core group of players. 5 Freshman who will become sophomores and 3 freshman (1 redshirt from this year plus 2 signees). How great would it be to have a renovation and upgrade completed for their senior year. I mean, UA will be a Buffaloesque top 25 team that year, coming off back to back dances, including a round of 32 trip the year before right?

• 19/20 - 2 Seed in AE tournament, 15 Seed in NCAA, exit in round of 64
• 20/21 - 1 Seed in AE tournament, 13 Seed in NCAA, exit in round of 32
• 21/22 - Top 25, New or Renovated arena, and a sweet 16 appearance. 

 And then I woke up...

Right now we have no official scholarships available, but I'm sure at least 1 will open. The team started 5 freshman, so the guys on the team probably don't see a lot of time in the near future. 

Anyone know what happened to Nathan Fromm? He was a commit last year, then went back to JUCO for another year. I assumed he didn't graduate or something happened. I was excited for him from the videos online.

I have tried to stay as positive as possible on all members of the team this year, and I know that Clark infuriates at lot of people with how he forced so many shots, but I really think you would have a different opinion of Clark if the bigs had better hands. Clark led the league with 4.3 assists per game (next closest was 3.8) and he probably would have averaged well over 5 had so many balls not gone through the hands of the bigs. Get those guys to strengthen their hands and he doesn't force as many bad shots and gets more assists. 

From the beginning of the season:

Given he opportunity Healy could get, don’t be surprised if he leads all Australian freshmen in scoring, by the end of the 2018-19 season.

Lol was just about to post this...

Healy is about to lose this one to sessoms as well. Everyone vote early and often. Not sure when it closes...

https://americaeast.com/sports/2019/3/7/mbbfanschoice2019.aspx

Bigs take time to develop. At his size, he would have gone much higher if he was ready to contribute big minutes as a freshman. He will develop a little each year, and hopefully he will be ready to really contribute big time his Junior season. 

Blocks per minute played, only counting conference play, all players with at least 10 blocks in conference action:

Edit: Not sure why one of the cells pasted with a highlight. Very Strange. 

Top 10 Blocks per minute played, players with at least 10 blocks:

DeSousa is now tied for 10th in the league in blocked shots. Pretty amazing considering how little he played for 2/3s of the season...

Just now, Clickclack said:

A little better lately... I'm annoyed with this announcer continuing to Bob for apples in sessoms lap... You'd think Healy couldn't hold a candle to him when in fact every analytic model has Healy with the better season. 

Lol, think we posted the same thing at the same time.

Bing announcers seem convinced that Sessoms is the best rookie in the league and already has ROY won.

Can't believe that the final regular season game is now here. It is a sad day for us fans. The playoffs are great and I am excited to see if we can make it to the championship game. Doing that, much less making the big dance, would be an incredible over achievement for this team, and exciting to watch, but it is still a depressing thought. I follow LAX and football, but the hardwood is still my spectator sport of choice. Today symbolizes the end of what I waited all spring, summer, and fall for. 

While tonight means nothing for the standings, it is still a big game for the team. Momentum for the playoffs is at stake. Healy winning ROY might be at stake. Win lose or draw: Thank you to the team for providing us with endless distraction for 5 months. 

My assumption is that the suspension will last as long as the investigation takes to prove he wasn't paid for any endorsement he may have given the company.

Definitely a stupid reason for a suspension, but what if Zion Williamson tweeted about his shoes and tagged Adidas saying he liked theirs better than the Nike shoe that ripped. What would the NCAA do then?

These kids need to be trained about what they can and can not do publicly.

39 minutes ago, UA'08 said:

This is what I was talking about in the other post about high fiving Dunn after his missed shot at the end of regulation.  I know it might not be a big deal to some, but as a fan who just saw a 22 point lead blown, this isn’t a great look.

http://picresize.com/popup.html?images/rsz_30bb2100-bc36-4b3d-a038-9c452efc0f6a.png

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5 hours ago, Dane Pound said:

Got stuck at work the other night so I missed the game. Caught the replay last night.

Young teams need to learn how to handle adversity but they also need to learn how to handle prosperity. We didn't handle prosperity well. Three wins in a row and we relaxed and paid the price. 

Clark drives me crazy sometimes but going forward I see our backcourt as Rizzuto and Healy. I actually think Clark is a good weapon coming off the bench (when he plays under control.)

 

I have been an ardent defender of Clark on the board all year because I do not see anyone put in the effort he does on every single play. He is the best ball handler, and the only one that effectively attacks. 

That said, there were at least 3 occasions during this game that you could see (and hear with the light crowd during the snowstorm) that Brown yelled at him telling him to think. Kid seems smart. Seems like a great teammate. Seems like a great talent. Someone just needs to work with him on the mental aspects of his game and getting him to trust his teammates more. He needs to learn to not go up in the air not knowing if he is going to shoot or if there someone available to pass to. Kid has been a baller who was the best player on the court one minute, then makes high school mistakes the next. We all have to remember hat while he is technically a junior, he is really a freshman when it comes to minutes. He barely played last year, and was stuck behind some pretty good players in high school. I still see him as a major part of the team, and one that will improve next season. 

I like him in the 6th/7th man spot. This year with Campbell, and next year with what I assume will be Doherty. 

59 minutes ago, jimbo said:

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/iowa-coach-fran-mccaffery-suspended-over-incident-with-official-following-ohio-state-loss/

 

two generations of McCaffreys keeping it classy. 

If I happened to run into one of last night's officials at SEFCU, I would have had many more expletives to share than that article says McCaffrey used.

3 minutes ago, nysteve661 said:

All the positives from past few games go right down the toilet if they lose to 3-23 UNH at HOME.

1-23 if you remove non-D1 games.

If it holds, he also might have one of the top 5 FT% seasons in AE history...

He is at 89% currently. Here are the top seasons:

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/america-east/leaders/fg3-player-season.html

3 hours ago, nysteve661 said:

Outstanding but I just looked up Jamars stats and his freshman year he played 27 games.  Healy has played 28 so far with at least 4 more games left.  Certainly Healy has a great shot at 2000 in his career here (don't think of transferring!)

At this point, he has an outside shot at 2,000 points at UA even WITH a grad year transfer.

For arguments sake give him 6 more games this season (saying UA makes the AE championship game and loses) and he averages 22 pts a game. He would finish the year at 600 points total, meaning he would need 1400 more, or 700 a season to get there in 3 years. Over the last 5 years or so, UA has averaged about 33 games a season. That means he would need to average 21.2 ppg over the next 2 seasons to get there by the end of his junior year

Now that would be crazy. I really think that there is too much talent around him for him to average that many points per game, but it really isn't out of the question.

I was saying the same thing just a bit ago. Clark was doing Clark things, but kicking out for an open shot instead of a crazy forced shot. When is the last time a UA player had 8 assists? If he can play like that for the remainder of the year, this team will be very hard to beat.

I posted this thought on the AE board, and maybe it's just the booze and lack of sleep, but here is my bold prediction:

UA can beat anyone in the AE this season if they have the right mindset and the shots fall, but as we have seen, they could also get blown out on any given night as well. That's what happens when you have only 1 player that saw any significant time last season and start 4 or 5 freshman.

UA gets hot, finishes the season strong, and pulls the upset in the chip game at Patrick in typical Will Brown fashion. UA is rewarded with the PIG.

The MAAC is terrible this season. The team currently in first (Canisius) and the team that has been in first for most of the season (Monmouth) both lost to UA big. LCC is currently 1 game out of first in the loss column.

So.....

When $iena wins their tournament we could end up with the Albany Cup game this season after all, just played in Dayton.

Somebody pass the pipe lol.

12 minutes ago, UA'08 said:

The only good thing about starting is you get you get your name introduced. Clark still played 27 min last night. Look at Hank, he starts every game and avg 15 min a game. In the end it's about who finishes in my opinion and Clark was on the floor along with Campbell. 

100%

That said, for someone like deSousa, it can give them a taste of the spotlight, and give them a confidence boost. It can be a reward for hard work. 

Just now, Eli said:

Still no feed. This is a joke. In 2019 a campus doesn't have redundant internet? Who's running this IT shop? They clearly didn't get the same IT degree I got (from UA mind you).

I think I recently saw an RFP for a fiber connection at SBU on the NYS Contract Reporter lol.