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The fun part is how many people post messages from smart phones on the go and have auto-correct issues or just don't think when they type. Grammar Nazi's make me laugh. Makes me want to say "get a life!" If I was looking at the SBU message board and saw a typo or even an all out error from someone who wasn't edumacated well I wouldn't think twice. It's the internet, not a published article or book.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/forde-minutes--referee-subterfuge-could-make-march-more-interesting-062724966-ncaab.html It's not just the AE...

SBU falls to #9 UA reappears in the top 25 at #24 I can't remember the last time (if ever) the America East had 2 men's teams in the mid-major top 25. (On the women's side I have seen both UA and Maine ranked for a while) LCC (who is getting crushed by Iona at home at the moment) is #26

Cremo wins rookie of the week for the third time this season: http://m.ualbanysports.com/mobile/ViewArticle.dbml?atclid=210735520&DB_OEM_ID=15800&

Not sure if this comment is better here or the SBU thread, but one other interaction I forgot about until someone brought it up on the AE message board. What was the deal when the ref blew the whistle, then brought Rich and Warney together and held both of their hands? I've never seen a ref do something like that before. Was it WB's comment getting Rich to be mean or what? I jokingly told my son that they were playing too rough with each other and the ref wanted them to kiss and make up.

You're a lot closer to me than I thought, haha. I dunno, it wasn't my cup of tea, but I'm glad they got something a little different in there from the usual stuff they do. I'm waiting until they get people doing dunks off trampolines, stacking plates on a unicycle, etc. That's the kind of stuff I wanna see haha. Lol, I'm only 2 rows behind you. Haven't said hi yet because anonymity is fun. I think you can see your hat in the bottom of the screen a few times. While the camera on my phone is very good, the digital zoom sucks.

Also, pretty cool that they did some halftime entertainment... From my seats: https://youtu.be/eyIJM08FU-I

I'm surprised you didn't hear it as I am just a few rows behind you lol. It was near the end with maybe 2 or 3 minutes left. I'll second the people changing the pace or going off beat during the defense chants. It did happen a few times last night. That said, I also like the increasing pace of chants during opponent foul shots. Our crowd tends to just get really loud to interrupt concentration. That works sometimes, but I have been to some games at other venues (my high school back in the early 90s being one) where the crowd stomped and chanted together starting slow and slowly going faster and faster until the player shoots. Supposedly it can mess with heart rate and cause misses. If you look at musically sound metal music, the beat is typically just a few ticks faster than the average heartbeat. This actually gets your heart pumping. Some start slower and then speed up in certain spots. Same theory applies when messing with opponents lol.

The crowd was amazing again. Everyone talks about how hard it is to play well in Patrick Gym, but I have to say that I am sure that NOBODY wants to play at SEFCU when there is an at or near capacity crowd. We all want renovations and improvements to the venue, but whatever happens I hope they do all that can to keep the environment the same. Best part of the night? The entire pep band putting down their instruments and chanting NIT NIT NIT!

Not sure where else to put this. Thought I would throw it here.... http://www.nycbuckets.com/2016/02/freshman-joe-cremo-embraces-key-role-off-the-bench/?platform=hootsuite

I see UAlbany at #32. You are right. My bad. I posted from my phone while waiting for a meeting to start. I don't know if I made a typo or if I counted wrong. That was all the way this morning and I don't remember what I did 10 minutes ago LOL. Good catch. I edited my original post.

SBU up to #7 in MM poll. Albany down to 32 LCC up to 29 I'm interested to see what happens to the women's ranking when it's released tonight after the trouncing of NH followed by the loss to Maine.

So many story lines to play up when marketing this game. If it isn't a sell out crowd it will be extremely sad. SBU's first visit to Albany since the Hooley shot SBU undefeated in league play this year, and owners of the longest winning streak in all of D1. UA undefeated at home this year and last home loss was to SBU one year ago. Match 1 had UA up 1 with under a minute to play. Last year SBU ruined UA's undefeated record in league play in mid February in Albany. Second to last regular season home game for UA's three best players. Last visit to Albany for a potential NBA Draft pick Hopefully the place will be as loud as it was for the Purple Growl game...

My memory is going, but maybe they wanted a repeat of last year's game in NH with the Singletary shot. I had forgotten that part.

Also, not sure what the stats were, and I was reading to my son while watching the second half so I had the sound off, but did UA shoot even 20% from the floor in the second half? Was Hooley 0-7 from behind the arc? I could be way off but that is what my gut is saying.

I still think UA got away with one when they called the foul on the Sanders layup with 35 seconds left based on the replay. Maybe the foul on Stire was payback? I see what a lot of you mean with the no time out and it working before, but even if they didn't call it right at half court, why not call it with 2-3 seconds left when there was no good look available instead of the contested 3. NH played great defense on the final possession.

Still don't understand why they didn't use their last time out and make sure they got a high percentage shot? Forcing a 3 through coverage? Oh well. UNH played well, UA didn't. On to the next.

Wow. Got a call there. I didn't see any foul to send Sanders to the line.

Watching the women's game now on aetv. It looks like education day brought out a very large crowd. Very nice. (Not like the MBB game in Maine, LOL) Anyway, UA up 24 at the half. This game just doesn't seem fair.

Home court advantage may not be all that important. In an article on big apple buckets it was mentioned that the America East has the lowest conference winning percentage at home of the 32 conferences at 48.5% or something like that: and that includes UA and SBU that are both undefeated at home. Kind of crazy when you think about it.

Women's team moves up to #10 in the mid major poll and received 5 points in the "other receiving votes" in the full NCAA top 25

UA did hold on to win as far as I know. At least that's what yahoo sports app says. I'd really like to make it to a women's game this year. It's a shame I have never been to one. I don't normally enjoy watching women's basketball as it just isn't the same pace. That said, these girls deserve much more community support than they get. Their run is just incredible and something tells me that this is the year they break through and win a game or 2 in March.

The real reason we aren't satisfied is because there have been so many games lost so far that the team should have won: SBU: up 1 with under a minute left Maine: lost to a bad team but still had a chance with the tip at the buzzer Those are the 2 league losses. Then look at the OOC: Kentucky: nothing to say about this loss Siena: I think UA is a better team but the loss of Peters and Charles for that game killed UA against their bigs. I have no problem with this loss except it was LCC. After that: BU: still not sure how we lost this game. Just scoring trouble at the wrong time I guess USF: terrible team we shouldn't have lost too In all reality, this team could be 24-2 if not 25-1

SBU up to #12 in today's rankings Albany #28 LCC was ahead of Albany last week, fell out of the rankings this week Buffalo #39 - making it 3 SUNY schools getting votes.

On the AE board the VT fans are complaining about the reffing benefiting UA. I watched some of the broadcast on DVR this morning to confirm or dispel my feelings on the refs from last night's person and they were terrible. A fun one was during the big run early in the second half (about 17:40 left in the second half of you watch a replay). Hooley almost gets a steal when the ball was knocked away towards out of bounds. Hooley chases after the ball. The VT player realizes it is off UA and literally boxes out Hooley to stop him from getting the loose ball. No call?