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Not only UAlbany concern, and money also appears to be a $iena concern. Tough times in the Capital District.

Penn State fans likely felt the same way. Better record this year, absolutely.

For Dwayne Killings, he has down this road in each of his preceding years for one reason or another, somehow, he survived. I expect nothing different this year.

Colgate has wins over Penn State and Hobart and a loss to Syracuse. Inside Lacrosse has taken notice of Colgate after the upset win over a highly touted Penn State team. Feb 17 (Sat) 1:00 PM vs Colgate Albany, N.Y. Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium History Please note: ESPN+ is streaming the game. Weather forecast for: Saturday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Chance of precipitation is 40%. As a veteran of extreme weather events at Casey Stadium, good boots, Woolrich socks, cold weather gloves, lined pants, and a wind resistant coat and hat wear, which will cover your ears are in order.

In Southern Saratoga County, not even a flake and no wind to speak of. UAlbany WLAX has another opportunity to tune-up for tomorrow.

NJIT beat Vermont last Thursday on the road, then two days beat UMass-Lowell at home. Our chances of making the America East Tournament go down dramatically if we lose on Thursday followed with a lost to UMBC on Saturday. Feb 15 (Thu) 7:00 PM AE vs NJIT Albany, N.Y. Broadview Center Live Stats Tickets History 2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings 2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings SCHOOL CONF CPCT. OVERALL PCT. STREAK Vermont 9-1 .900 19-6 .760 W1 Bryant 8-2 .800 16-9 .640 W2 UMass Lowell 7-3 .700 16-7 .696 L1 New Hampshire 6-4 .600 14-9 .609 W1 Maine 3-6 .333 11-13 .458 L1 UAlbany 3-6 .333 11-13 .458 L3 Binghamton 3-7 .300 11-12 .478 L1 NJIT 3-7 .300 7-15 .318 W2 UMBC 2-8 .200 7-18 .280 L2

NJIT comes to this game 1-9 in conference play; however, beating UMass-Lowell in their last game 68-56. Feb 15 (Thu) 7:00 PM AE at NJIT Newark, N.J. ESPN+ Int'l Video Live Stats Tickets History

The Chestnut Hill area is now predicted to get 5 to 9 inches of snow on Tuesday.

Update: The date and time has changed to Wednesday at 3:00 PM Please take of this note from the Boston College website: HOME GAMES IN FISH FIELD HOUSE ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC That being said, the greater Boston area is covered by a Winter Storm Warning from late Monday and all-day Tuesday, with a snow predication of 5 to 9 inches. Feb 14 (Wed) 3:00 PM at #2 Boston College Fish Field House, Chestnut Hill, Mass. History

There is a posting with pictures of yesterday's scrimmage on Instagram @grayed_danes_nil He is a trusted source of all things UAlbany MLAX and WLAX.

Yes, Duquette had a technical called in 1st half and the second technical came early in the 2nd half, which was off camara.

NJIT MBB beats UMass-Lowell MBB, first year coach getting the results Killings can only dream about. Our season looks like it hinges on Thursday match-up with NJIT.

NJIT MLAX beats $iena MLAX in New Jersey on overtime, final score 16-15, the Highlanders held $iena scoreless in the fourth period.

NJIT MBB lead UMass-Lowell MBB by 14 points at the half, which confirms that possibility of UAlbany MBB going winless in conference the rest of the way. The announcers for NJIT talk about how the chemistry has come together. (verus the implosion we are witnessing with our team)

I have stewed about the lack of UAlbany MLAX home games, here is make up opportunity on February 21, 2024 between Colgate and Yale currently scheduled for the UAlbany Campus: Feb 21 (Wed) 7 p.m. Yale Albany, N.Y. / UAlbany Feb 21 (Wed) TBD Colgate Albany, N.Y./UAlbany I will continue to monitor this as we all know, the weather can change this. This is a rare opportunity to see the Patriot Conference and Ivy Conference best teams play here.

At yesterday's WLAX match, a fellow blogger said "What is a person to do without any UAlbany basketball... well if you want to see 15,000+ people gather in downtown Saratoga Springs come for Chowder Fest on Saturday or stay and watch America East BB Saturday, February 10, 2024 Women's Basketball Away Home Time Location Links NJIT UMass Lowell 1:00 p.m. Lowell, MA (Conf.) International Stream ESPN+ UMBC Vermont 2:00 p.m. Burlington, VT (Conf.) Stats International Stream ESPN+ Binghamton Bryant 2:00 p.m. Smithfield, RR (Conf.) International Stream ESPN+ New Hampshire Maine 2:00 p.m. Orono, ME (Conf.) International Stream ESPN+ Saturday, February 10, 2024 Men's Basketball Away Home Time Location Links Vermont UMBC 1:00 p.m. Baltimore, MD (Conf.) International Stream ESPN+ Bryant Binghamton 2:00 p.m. Vestal, NY (Conf.) International Stream ESPN+ UMass Lowell NJIT 4:00 p.m. Newark, NJ (Conf.) Stats International Stream ESPN+ Maine New Hampshire 7:00 p.m. Durham, NH (Conf.) Stats International Stream ESPN+

One week out, two things expect next Saturday: Colder weather and a very good Colgate MLAX team, From Inside Lacrosse: Tier 4: Final Four Contenders If Things Break Right 23. Colgate +50000 This strikes me as absolutely insane. Do I think Colgate has a realistic shot to advance to Championship Weekend? Not really. But you know whose odds are twice as good as the Raiders'? Marist and Mercer. No disrespect to the Red Foxes or Bears, but do either of those teams have a win over a team that advanced to the 2023 Final Four? No. And for what it’s worth, what I saw from Colgate’s win over Penn State and loss to Syracuse on Monday night was devoid of flukiness. The Raiders can compete at the face-off X, rely on their goalie to make saves, create chaos between the lines and rely on Rory Connor, Hunter Drouin and Jack Turner to score.

Absolutely, if NJIT can beat Vermont, they can beat us.

The Great Danes fall to John Hopkins 14-10, had an opportunity to see the rule changes and their enforcement. As a parent said to me, while the changes were intended to speed up the game, their impact on this game significantly slowed the game down (the game took well over two hours to play out.)

We lost to Binghamton 69-57.

Is there any update on Sebastian Thomas? After he was led to locker room, I moved on. Sadly, after a hopeful pre-season, a reasonable out of conference results, this team has fallen apart from injuries and a player who seems to feed up with the coach's methods and woeful coaching. In a pre-season ranking of DI coaching skills, Dwayne Killings was ranked in the bottom 10% of coaches. He has demonstrated nothing to improve his ranking despite the injuries because no team player has been held accountable for how they play even when the team was heathier.

Thank god, we started to play better defense and shoot better in the second half for the 60-52 win!!! I hope Mark Benson bottled some of the excess excitement the young ones generated. Something that I have rarely seen in the Broadview Center this season.

Feb 8 (Thu) 6:07 PM AE at Binghamton Vestal, NY ESPN+ 104.5 FM The Team Live Stats Preview Game Notes History

From today's Times-Union: UALBANY FOOTBALL Gattuso announces class, hints at retirement By Mark Singelais ALBANY — University at Albany football coach Greg Gattuso, who guided the program to the best season in its history, recently agreed to a contract extension he said could be his last. Whether or not he retires after the new deal that takes him through the 2026 season, Gattuso is trying to sustain last year’s unprecedented success. To that end, the Great Danes announced a 21-player recruiting class on Wednesday, the first day of the regular signing period. Gattuso said UAlbany’s run to its first Football Championship Subdivison semifinal appearance helped the Great Danes on the recruiting trail. “Positive publicity is the best,” he said. “When you have this kind of season, kids want to come.” Gattuso said he’s still finalizing the two-year contract extension he agreed upon with athletic director Mark Benson. He had one year left on his previous deal. “I’m excited,” he said. “I love being here. Everybody that knows me knows that. It’s comforting. We’ve had our ups and downs and that’s part of football, especially the CAA (Coastal Athletic Association). Mark and I have always had a good working relationship, and I trust him completely and I think signing on to probably my last contract as a head coach is good and exciting and it’s something that I’m looking forward to.” Gattuso, who turns 62 in May, will be 64 at the end of the new contract. He said he’d like someone on his staff to succeed him. “I’m definitely getting to that age and we have some people on our staff that I think are great coaches and my old boss always used to say, ‘Win and we all win,’” Gattuso said. “I think if we continue to win, my dream has always been to hand it off to somebody within this program and I’m going to bust my tail to get us to that point where we win enough that we can keep the consistency. Because, really, in this football world, consistency is such a big thing.” Gattuso added he’s not looking too far ahead. “If we’re winning, and I feel great, and they want me back, then we’ll talk again,” he said. “So hopefully we can get back to the final four one of these years coming up and finish what we started this year.” UAlbany’s recruiting class includes 11 transfers and 10 freshmen, including five freshmen who were announced on early signing day in December. The transfers include quarterback Myles Burkett, who served as a Wisconsin backup for two seasons. He’ll compete to replace Reese Poffenbarger, who transferred to Miami. Burkett’s competition includes graduate student Trey Lindsey, the former Auburn transfer who backed up Poffenbarger last season. There are 12 recruits on defense and nine on offense. The only local player is CBA’s Donald Jones, who will play cornerback. The Great Danes, who have successfully dipped into the Division II college ranks for transfers, found another in defensive tackle Dasean Dixon of East Stroudsburg, who had 81 tackles and 81 /2 sacks in 23 career games for the Warriors. “I do have that small-school mentality, like just work, work, work,” Dixon said. “I wanted to put myself in a position where I know if I can work, I’m going to have a fair shot of being able to play at a bigger level.”

LOL ....no one longer wants to start a MBB Game Day thread anymore .... thanks Dwayne. An article from today's Times Union: UALBANY MEN’S BASKETBALL Danes adjust to not having Beagle By Pete Dougherty ALBANY — The second half of the America East men’s basketball season begins Thursday night, and for the University at Albany, it will be considerably different than the first eight games. The Great Danes (11-12, 3-5 America East), losers of five of their previous six and below .500 overall for the first time since late November, play Thursday night at Binghamton, and will do so without Jonathan Beagle, their 6-foot-10 sophomore who “stepped away from the program” last week. UAlbany coach Dwayne Killings had nothing new to offer Wednesday on Beagle’s situation other than he is still enrolled in school. Killings and the remaining players must figure out how to navigate the remaining schedule without the reigning conference Rookie of the Year. “We were a little more low-post oriented at times,” Killings said. “Coming out of timeouts, key moments in the game, you have foul situations, you want to get to the line, you play through certain guys. We have to change. “When you look at the game this past Saturday,” he continued, referring to a 114-102 home loss to Maryland Baltimore County, “we can score the ball. No matter what our personnel’s been all year, our challenge has been defending.” Since the last time they faced Binghamton, a 95-75 victory Jan. 13 at home, the Danes have allowed an average of 91.7 points per game and scored 80.3. UAlbany was outrebounded by UMBC 39-33 in its first game without Beagle, the conference leader with 9.5 boards per game. The Danes rank third in the nine-team conference in rebound margin (+1.3), but that could change for a roster with only one other player — 6-8 freshman Jack Margoulis — taller than 6-7. “I’m not 6-10,” said Muneer Newton, a 6-5 junior who likely will get Beagle’s starting post. “I definitely need (rebounding) help, for sure. We need to get the guards in, the wings in.” “We’ve got to be the hardest-playing team,” point guard Sebastian Thomas said. “On defense we have to be a gritty team. We lost a player who was our leading rebounder.” Beagle isn’t the only starter missing for UAlbany. Sophomore forward Marcus Jackson, considered the team’s best defender, injured his hand last week in practice. He has missed the past two games and will be sidelined for several more until he is cleared to play. “Offensively,” Killings said, “you can see we’re versatile, play fast, we’ve got a lot of guys who can score the ball. The other part of it is we’ve got some guys — we look at Amar’e and Sebastian — they get worn down.” UALBANY AT BINGHAMTON When: 6:07 p.m. Thursday Where: Events Center, Vestal TV/radio: ESPN+ (streaming), WTMM 104.5 FM