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It's all rumors but I am hearing from people that Albany is talking to the CAA. What that means I don't know. All rumors of course but I am hearing that there are at least talks going on.  I have to think the Sefcu was a part of this.  

Being a message board if I hear something I try to let people know . Could be nothing , could be something.  

7 minutes ago, cwdickens said:

Do we call it a win for Josh Pelletier?     

No.  Doles served a purpose but I hope we can do much better in the portal. Doles was very soft. I mean that will no disrespect. Everything he did was going away from the basket. He was a below average shooter. I wish him the best. 

Doles to UMBC.  So another scholarship is open.  

25 minutes ago, Dane96 said:

Earl Timberlake has been a flat out bust since his TOP 35 HS recruit days.  He will do well in this league but no better than guys we have had in this league before.  In short, he's a mental and injury reclamation project.  Hope he does well because that means the league will be forced to continue to grow.

This signing is literally the most overblown signing I have seen in years.   

I guess we will see.  I'll mark this and see what happens after the season.  Davis dominated our league last year. (He is not the same player of course but has a chance to dominate like him) I believe he will average at least 15 a game for a good Bryant team (as a sophomore).  He has a chance to be an all league player for 3 years. I would take that all day.

We are talking to John Stansbury. Delaware State Sr. Averaging 10 a game on one of the 5 worse D1 teams. Playing in one of the worse D1 conferences. 

Sources: Memphis transfer Earl Timberlake has committed to Bryant.

I only post this because the Bryant coach I obviously a recruiter.  Something Killings was brought in to do. 

Hopefully Killings is on the trail hard because Bryant right now will kick us in the teeth. 

I openly admitted to never seeing our D3 commit , Da'Kquan play. However I have seen Timberlake play several times.  He can be a little erratic but will dominate our league if he gets he head on straight even a little.   

Amazing information my Dane96 . Awesome.  

It appears Howard will be added to the CAA. I believe that gives them 15 for football, 14 for everything else. I know they want to get to 16 teams. Add another southern school for football (getting them to 16) / basketball to 15. I wonder if the Sefcu Renovation was moved up to accommodate a potential move? Making it 16 in both Football/ Basketball. Make us look more attractive? Maybe , maybe not.  Just a thought. 

I don't mind it.  Im guessing it can be used as a recruiting tools. Telling recruits that they are playing in a tournament in Florida.

Probably will be fun for the team as well. 

Offered Joe Nugent. 6'6 player with range.  

We do need players that can score. 

One plus is that he will be very old. Played 4 years and took last year off.  That means he is going to be at least 23 during the season. He should have a large advantage over 18 and 19 year olds. 

I didn't want to be a downer but I thought Syracuse was bad. Very bad. Glad we got the win against them but I really don't think we are very good.  I did not want to say that before the game because I didn't want to be negative.  

Bottom line is that this team is just not a good team. 

2 hours ago, Dane96 said:

Doesn't mean jack. There are DIII guys that have played in the NBA.   You should watch him play before commenting. Kid will do well in his year here, and my guess he fills a role in case Amica isn't ready.  Kid can ball. San Jose St., North Texas, and others have offered.

Stuff like this happens more than you think. 

I do fell better knowing you have seen him play several times this year.  Because you said he can ball . I know you are not taking his 1 minute recruitment video as proof. He was only offered.  We will see what happens.  

1 hour ago, Dane96 said:

Doesn't mean jack. There are DIII guys that have played in the NBA.   You should watch him play before commenting. Kid will do well in his year here, and my guess he fills a role in case Amica isn't ready.  Kid can ball. San Jose St., North Texas, and others have offered.

Stuff like this happens more than you think. 

Sorry if I offended you.  We do need guys that can put the ball in the hoop. However a D3 guy for 1 year does not seem helpful.  But again u can't win them all.  And only 5 guys are on the court.

1200+ players in the D1 portal and we offer  Da’Kquan Davis (Roman Catholic high school so it makes sense ). 

I guess I dont understand a "recruiter" making that offer.  He is a D3 player.  

From Twitter:

Jonathan Beagle: "As long as DK comes back I'll be back." No change in plans for Killings' first recruit for the 2022-23 season.

2 minutes ago, Clickclack said:

Agreed...UA needs to be fully transparent or as much as they can do remove the cloud over DK IF again IF after a full and impartial investigation he was cleared. 

I could be wrong.  But there is no way they are going into specifics.  I doubt Killings will as well . What I believe will happen will be a "love fest" between Ualbany and Killings at the press conference.  Talking about the positives and not the negatives.  

I'm sure there will be a press conference very soon . It will go something like this ....

After a thorough investigation into an alleged incident we found no fault in Coach Killings. Coach Killings is a tremendous leader of young men and we are thrilled to have him as our baskeyball coach.  

Almost word for word . Just watch . 

It appears to be over. ...now let's get out there and get some players and start winning!!!!!!

Example wyland. Play by play announcer stated publicly that people have told him that they don't expect Killings to keep his job. 

1 hour ago, uofalbany said:

Didn't one or two of you mention that you had some sort of inside information...?

Fifteen pages of speculation and conjecture. 

It's just my opinion but I believe that's what a message board is for. 

Anyone with inside information believes, and has stated it publicly, Killings will be let go.  Ex) Wyland. 

Unfortunately it appears our school has done a very poor job handling the situation.  

12 minutes ago, Clickclack said:

Oh boy!!!! Race card is out! 

Crazy. It's whether or not the striking of the kid was intentional or not.  That's it.  

We have beaten this thing to death but I believe that's what a message board should do. Two things that continue to remain on my mind:

1) I'm not in HR, at least one of you are, but how can a coach be allowed to coach after a complaint of physical contact? Remove the player but not the coach? Is that the norm because that's odd?

2) In this day in age when a player will put his name in the portal for playing 19 minutes and not 20, why is not a single scholarship non senior player in the portal? Seems so odd to me as well.  This could change at anytime but I thought it would have happened by now. 

15 minutes ago, Ron said:

How long is this investigation expected to take?

Killings will be relieved of his duties after the final four (Rumored). Championship game Monday night so I would expect an announcement Tuesday or the latest Wednesday 

Mark my words, and I hope to god I'm wrong but Killings will be fired and that moron Benson will be allowed to keep his job. Wait and see. If that's true I will not donate another dollar over the amount I need to keep my season tickets.  

Then let's get this over with now . No need to wait . Fire the AD as well.