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I wasn't counting on him because of the injury.

Looks like desousa and Lauderdale checking in. Already played everyone but Jerotic and Fruscio?

Since when is Fruscio from Australia?

Hard to project having not seen them in a game yet, but I am optimistic guessing 15-20. Hard not to see 8-10 wins in conference. Maine, NH, UML, and Bing are all bad. Assume 6-2 or 7-1 against those 4. Then go 3-5 against SBU, Hartford, UMBC, and UVM. That's 9-10 wins. Going 6-8 or 7-7 in the OOC should be doable, even though there is no cupcake LCC on the schedule. Add 1 playoff win. I am hoping the above is being conservative.

Almost there. So many questions should start to be answered in just a few long dragging days. Has the team named Captains yet? I'm guess Clark and Campbell? New article in the gazette. They have been great with coverage so far. https://dailygazette.com/article/2018/11/06/ualbany-men-s-basketball-to-lean-on-clark When does Will Brown start his 1045 schedule?

Some of the people on this board seem like recently dumped boyfriends that cant get over the loss of their hot girlfriends. Neither won anything here, correct, but both represented the university well, and will continue to do so throughout this season. Beyond that, Cremo is a local kid. If you feel burned by them fine. No reason to bitch and complain in this thread. Many of us will continue to root for them both and may want to discuss how they do in their new roles. Get over yourselves. Move on. David looked pretty good for the most part, but made some bad decisions. Really the same stuff that plagued him here last season. Joe seemed comfortable, but it also looked like he was used in the way he stated he didnt want to be used. He pretty much was spotting up on the outside, and if he didn't get the ball he was uninvolved. On a different note, I couldn't stop thinking about Bill Laimbeer with the facemask.

From the looks of things, if you have season tickets and go to the home games, you won't need ESPN+ until the Milwaukee game on 11/23 Iona is on ESPN3 and Canisius is on ESPN3. The home games are ESPN+ if you aren't local. No broadcast is listed for LIU in Belfast yet though. Not sure how/if we will be able to watch those games...

I read the other day that Cremo suffered a facial injury and may not play in the first few games... https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2018/11/02/villanova-preview-jay-wright-phil-booth-eric-paschall

He never saw the court anywhere else. Transferred to North Dakota to be closer to home, supposedly, then got caught up in personal issues and left the team. Such a wasted talent. Hope he is doing well wherever he is.

NM. Less than a week till hoops. Let's focus on getting butts in the seats in SEFCU. Convince friends to buy tickets. Convince your employer to buy advertising at SEFCU. Support the companies that advertise and let them know why you are doing it. Add value to their sponsorship dollars to ensure they continue. Want SEFCU upgrades? Help build the program.

Hope you are right. It's probably to early to tell on Hank, but maybe it's all misdirection like NFL injury reports. Lol

Well that sucks. Might make the decision to redshirt Rizzuto easier. I imagine that Lulka will be fine if it was just something like the flu, but with only 4 "bigs" losing Hank for an extended period could hurt.

The Iona game isn't on that schedule, unless I am blind.

Wheeler Baker (left for unfortunate reasons and never played elsewhere) Kyle McKinley - will probably do well this year. But your point is well taken. Talent in High School and JUCO doesn't always translate to D1 ball. I hate to see kids transfer out, but in the end as long as it is best for them, then I am all for it and wish them well.

Not sure if this is a negative or positive bump lol. Bump because we were too positive, or because the team is going to surprise us all? I'm as excited for this season as I have been in a long time. I'm glad that people are starting with low expectations. Less pressure on the team while the new pieces figure out how they fit together. Brown can miss the AE playoffs (finishing last) for the next few years in a row before anyone starts making Patsos or Gattuso comments. He has earned it. He took a new program to the tournament in 5 years, had a rough patch where everyone called for his head, then worked and turned the program into a winner again. No one questions him today, except fans of other teams that cling to past mistakes. My heart is expecting a repeat of the 14-15 season. Rough OOC as the team tried to figure out how to best use Singletary and Sanders, but gelled by the time conference started, running to a 15-1 record (should have been 16-0 if a few calls went the other way or if Sanders hits that 3 against SBU), but my brain tells me to have patience with so many new pieces and unknowns. My excitement to see what is in store is why I complained about crickets twice this week. Hopefully Bhillguy is bumping at the end of the year because we all underestimated how quickly the team comes together and we are celebrating a 9 or 10 seed in March.

More crickets. It's pretty close to opening day for the board to be this quiet. Lol.

Crickets? Someone mentioned the team did well on the AE board, but I haven't seen anything on twitter. Hopefully it's because they dominated and don't want any scouting info to get to Iona lol. 12 days till opening tip! Too bad we start later than most other teams. It's going to be a hard opening week.

Any reports out there on today's scrimmage?

But... But... But.... But... We're a football school!

Favorite quote from the thread?

Nevermind

It's time to start the season! I don't know much about Iona this year, but they are picked at the top of the MAAC every season. Game will be streamed on ESPN+. It's still unclear to me if you will be able to watch if you have ESPN3. Predictions? Thoughts?

https://dailygazette.com/article/2018/10/25/brown-4-ualbany-men-s-basketball-players-separating-from-pack

LMAO