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Vermont comes into this contest with an overall record of 16-5 and 6-0, in conference. Are they unbeatable in conference? No, but UAlbany will have to bring both offense and defense to the game if they want a chance to win. No doubt, Patrick Gym will be at capacity this evening. Feb 1 (Thu) 7:00 PM AE at Vermont Burlington, VT Watch 104.5 The Team Live Stats Preview Game Notes History

The America East appears, in some situations, has paired. up road games in a manner similar to ECAC Hockey. The UAlbany MBB weekend to Maine then New Hampshire and the Maine WBB weekend trip to UAlbany then Binghamton. There is an effort on to control travel expenses.

College Insider Mid-Major Poll UAlbany WBB comes in at #18............

Want to see UAlbany MLAX and/or the America East... with rare exceptions this announcement offers alot of the ACC and John Hopkins... The ESPN Men's College Lacrosse TV schedule has dropped.

A critical game, I have not seen or heard any updates on Meghan Huerter or Lily Phillips injury status. Vermont WBB comes into this game with an overall record of 14-7 and 6-1 in conference record. Feb 1 (Thu) 7:00 PM AE vs Vermont Spread Respect/International Players' Night Albany, N.Y. Broadview Center ESPN+ Int'l Video Tickets History

Piseno Named Preseason All-America by Inside Lacrosse

Just a little over one year, WSOC has a new assistant coach: Women’s Soccer Adds Leslie Adams as Assistant Coach

The first DI Media is out and UAlbany WLAX is ranked at 21: ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll Rank Team Points Prev 1 Northwestern (0 - 0) 523 (20) -- 2 Boston College (0 - 0) 502 -- 3 North Carolina (0 - 0) 467 (1) -- 4 Denver (0 - 0) 458 -- 5 Syracuse (0 - 0) 452 -- 6 James Madison (0 - 0) 405 -- 7 Notre Dame (0 - 0) 383 -- 8 Loyola (0 - 0) 369 -- 9 Maryland (0 - 0) 347 -- 10 Florida (0 - 0) 336 -- 11 Stony Brook (0 - 0) 323 -- 12 Michigan (0 - 0) 290 -- 13 Penn (0 - 0) 268 -- 14 Johns Hopkins (0 - 0) 227 -- 15 Army (0 - 0) 213 -- 16 Virginia (0 - 0) 174 -- 17 USC (0 - 0) 162 -- 18 Penn State (0 - 0) 128 -- 19 Richmond (0 - 0) 126 -- 20 UMass (0 - 0) 112 -- 21 UAlbany (0 - 0) 96 -- 22 UConn (0 - 0) 83 -- 23 Clemson (0 - 0) 61 -- 24 Duke (0 - 0) 60 -- 25 Navy (0 - 0) 50 --

LOL, increase ticket prices and raise GDAC donation requirements....

The real situation is there any truth to what Siena's Athletic Director is saying privately to select alumni, sponsors, associates and donors about the future of their MBB coach.

Pre-season Media All American Selections are out: First Team A Brennan O'Neill Duke A CJ Kirst Cornell A Connor Shellenberger Virginia M Eric Dobson Notre Dame M Graham Bundy, Jr. Georgetown M Jake Stevens Syracuse FO Jake Naso Duke SSDM Beau Pederson Michigan SSD Ben Ramsey Notre Dame LSM Roy Meyer Boston U D Ajax Zappitello Maryland D Kenny Brower Duke D Cole Kastner Virginia Liam Entenmann Notre Dame Second Team A Pat Kavanagh Notre Dame A Coulter Mackesy Princeton A TJ Malone Penn State M Alexander Vardaro Georgetown M Shane Knobloch Rutgers M Matt Traynor Penn State FO Luke Wierman Maryland SSDM Brett Martin Johns Hopkins SSDM Grant Haus Penn State LSM/D Jake Piseno UAlbany D Mason Woodward Marquette D AJ Pilate Army D Scott V. Smith Johns Hopkins G Jack Fracyon Penn State

The MVP Arena opened on January 30, 1990, so tomorrow this arena will have served our community for 34 years. I cannot remember the last time I attended an event at the MVP arena. Beyond the face-lift to front entrance, I am not certain much else has changed in 34 years. The arena seating needs replacement and the concessions area needs to be gutted and updated. As for the MVP Arena being a basketball venue, no worse, no better than JMA Wireless Dome, which is now 42 years old, which I have attended events at in the last couple years.

My sister in law has stated the number of fans in the stands are far less than the reported number. I briefly watched the game, the stands appeared relatively empty.

2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings 2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings SCHOOL CONF CPCT. OVERALL PCT. STREAK Vermont 6-0 1.000 16-5 .762 W7 UMass Lowell 5-1 .833 14-5 .737 L1 Bryant 5-1 .833 13-8 .619 L1 New Hampshire 4-3 .571 12-8 .600 L1 UAlbany 3-3 .500 11-10 .524 W1 Maine 2-4 .333 10-11 .476 L1 Binghamton 1-5 .167 9-10 .474 W1 UMBC 1-5 .167 6-15 .286 L2 NJIT 1-6 .143 5-14 .263 W1

No doubt Vermont remains the top team in MBB in the America East Conference: Saturday, January 27, 2024 Men's Basketball Away Home Result Location Links UAlbany86 New Hampshire79 Final Durham, NH (Conf.) Box Score Live Event Binghamton51 Maine50 Final Orono, ME (Conf.) Box Score Full Game Archive Vermont67 Bryant57 Final Smithfield, RI (Conf.) Box Score NJIT75 UMBC74 Final Baltimore, MD (Conf.) Box Score Full Game Archive

Saturday, January 27, 2024 Women's Basketball Away Home Result Location Links Maine59 Binghamton56 Final Vestal, NY (Conf.) Box Score New Hampshire46 UAlbany54 Final Albany, NY (Conf.) Box Score Full Game Archive Bryant35 Vermont61 Final Burlington, VT (Conf.) Box Score UMBC72 NJIT61 Final Newark, NJ (Conf.) Box Score

Ley us hope the injuries are less serious then they appear and our Sports Medicine Team can work some miracles....

Withstood all the Wildcat runs and challenges... Beagle played hurt ... however; he was out of the funk today.

If you live in the Capital District, you may have seen this difficult story on dog hoarding involving Great Danes, the owner passed away thus bring light to the situation: UAlbany Athletics Raises Awareness for Rescued Great Danes

UALBANY MEN’S BASKETBALL Danes look to stop 3-game losing streak UAlbany tries to bounce back quickly after defeat at Maine, set to meet New Hampshire By Pete Dougherty UALBANY AT NEW HAMPSHIRE When: Noon Saturday Where: Lundholm Gymnasium, Durham, N.H. TV/Radio: ESPN+ (streaming), WTMM 104.5 FM Lori Van Buren/Times Union UAlbany coach Dwayne Killings said there’s no time to look back at the loss at Maine with a game against UNH on Saturday. Jim Franco/Times Union UAlbany’s Jonathan Beagle said road wins go a long way to helping a team secure a home berth for the postseason. Time waits for no one, a point University at Albany men’s basketball coach Dwayne Killings hopes to get across to his players as their season heads into the home stretch. Barely 39 hours after losing its third straight America East game, UAlbany returns to action at noon Saturday to face New Hampshire in Durham, N.H. The wounds from Thursday night’s 81-73 loss at Maine, a game in which they whittled an 18-point second-half deficit to three before running out of gas, are still fresh as the Great Danes prepare for a solid Wildcats squad. “We talk to our guys about time,” Killings said. “Time moves really quick. When we first had the conversation, I think we have 23 practices now left, 12 shootarounds and 12 games. That’s it for the season, and it moves fast. That surprised some people because they look at everything day-by-day. Don’t waste time. This is why you play. Let’s not waste a single second of it.” The Danes have just 12 regular-season games and what they hope is an extended run in the America East Tournament remaining. While that is far ahead of last season’s 8-23 team that failed to qualify for the league tournament, UAlbany’s outlook has changed in a flash. Less than a week and a half ago, UAlbany (10-10, 2-3) was one of four conference unbeatens. Now the Danes have lost to three of the America East’s four top teams, and their only victories — vs. NJIT and Binghamton — have come against teams still winless in the conference. “You’ve got to renew your mind,” Killings said. “My whole message to the team is we have to embrace doing hard things. Our focus has to move from Maine to New Hampshire, because that’s the next game. You can’t spend a lot of time dwelling on this last one.” New Hampshire (12-7, 4-2), which has won three straight, stands in the way of UAlbany ending its three-game skid. The Wildcats are coming off a 77-74 home victory over Binghamton and already have beaten Maine, NJIT and UMBC, all on the road. “Road games are super important in this league,” said Danes sophomore forward Jonathan Beagle, who is expected to play Saturday despite rolling his ankle in the loss at Maine. “If you want to have a home playoff game, you got to win road games (in the regular season).” The top four in the regular-season standings will play host to first-round tournament games in March. New Hampshire is currently in fourth. Maine and UAlbany are tied for fifth, although the Black Bears have the tiebreaker because of their victory Thursday night. The Danes will finish their three-game road stretch next Thursday night against Vermont, which has won 20 consecutive conference games, the longest streak in the nation. “On the road, I would love a little more time to prep and have a shootaround,” Killings said of the short span between games, “but it is what it is. You’ve got to get out there and be ready to win the game.”

New Hampshire comes into this context at 12 -7 overall and 4-2 in conference. Considering the funk the UAlbany MBB is in and the Wildcats ability to win at home spells a diaster for the Great Danes. Jan 27 (Sat) 12:00 PM AE at New Hampshire Durham, NH ESPN+ 104.5 The Team Live Stats Preview Game Notes History

Current Conference Standings: 2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings 2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings SCHOOL CONF CPCT. OVERALL PCT. STREAK UAlbany 6-0 1.000 17-2 .895 W13 Vermont 5-1 .833 13-7 .650 W4 Maine 5-1 .833 12-8 .600 L1 Bryant 3-3 .500 10-9 .526 W1 UMass Lowell 3-4 .429 3-16 .158 L3 Binghamton 2-4 .333 7-12 .368 W2 UMBC 2-4 .333 6-12 .333 L4 New Hampshire 2-5 .286 8-12 .400 L1 NJIT 0-6 .000 8-11 .421 L6

The Wildcats comes to the Broadview Center with an overall record of 8-12 and a 2-5 conference record. Jan 27 (Sat) 2:00 PM AE vs New Hampshire National Girls and Women in Sports Day Albany, N.Y. Broadview Center ESPN+ Int'l Video Live Stats Tickets Preview History

How close was this game .... the final minute of play took approximately 20 minutes actual time to play out.

Not the first time, we have seen a post similar to this. Brutally right to the point of our MBB problems. Jonathan Beage has been in a four-game funk ... I have been left wondering: What was Killings thought process in not starting Jonathan Did something happen between him and Killings and/or one of the assistants? Did something happen between him and one or more of his teammates? I did not watch the stream of last night's game as I attended the WBB game against Maine .... yes, I agree Coach Mullen time with us may come to the end of this season.