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UAlbany 5 - Vermont 4, at the end of the 1st half, long way to go in this one.
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UALBANY MEN’S LACROSSE
Danes look to solve Vermont
By Mark Singelais
University at Albany men’s lacrosse senior Jake Piseno said the Great Danes have never played their best against Vermont during his four seasons.
Fourth-seeded UAlbany (5-9) will try to bring its ‘A’ game on Thursday in the America East semifinals against the No. 1 Catamounts (9-4), who have beaten the Great Danes in their past eight meetings.
They meet at 4 p.m. in Burlington, Vt.
“We want it really bad, honestly,” Piseno said. “It’s always been a tough matchup but I don’t think we’ve ever given them our best game. So I think we’re going to give them our best game Thursday and we’ll hopefully come out on top.”
Piseno, a long-stick midfielder, was named Wednesday as the America East Defensive Player of the Year. He ranks second in Division I by causing an average of three turnovers per game.
Piseno said UAlbany head coach Scott Marr emphasizes the importance of effort, communicating on the defensive end and taking smart shots against Vermont.
“If we do all these little things right and come out with the effort and the attitude, I think that we’ll come out on top,” Piseno said.
Vermont dominated UAlbany 14-7 on March 25 in Burlington. The Catamounts have eliminated the Great Danes in the past three America East Tournaments — the semifinals in 2019 and last year, sandwiched around the championship game in 2021.
UAlbany will be down a couple of key players. Graduate midfielder Elijah Gash and senior attack/ midfielder Graydon Hogg each had his right foot in a boot at Tuesday’s practice and will miss the tournament, Marr said.
Attack Jack Pucci, who made first-team all-conference, is expected to play after missing the Penn and Binghamton matches.
UAlbany vs. Vermont
■› When: 4 p.m. Thursday
■› Where: Virtue Field, Burlington, Vt.▶› msingelais@- timesunion.com A 518-454-5509 A @MarkSingelais
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Well, one thing we know about Trey Hutchinson, today is his birthday. Happy Birthday, Trey, thanks for sticking around.
I learned about this from an Instragram posting from this evening from UAlbany MBB. The posting referenced him as the team's "Old Man".
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On 5/3/2023 at 12:47 PM, UAlbany09 said:
Speaking of Will Brown, does he have a job yet?
If he is working, whether in a basketball or outside basketball position, he has no made announcement to my knowledge.
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21 hours ago, Clickclack said:
You are advocating for giving a guy a scholarship because he grew up in the area and a father of a former player coached his HS team? LOL....
Again, he seems like a good kid, works hard, is an asset to the UAlbany community, I get all that. But Killings if he doesn't win is staring at unemployment. He better not be handing out scholarships because a kid is local.
I'm on record as saying that while he may eventually develop into a rotation player, him playing as much as he did as a walkon is a testament to how poorly last years team was constructed and not because he was very good. I wish him luck. I don't have any animus towards the kid, hey if he balls out that's better for UA.
In all due respect, at least I feel Marcus Jackson has earned a scholarship for the 2023-2024 year because there may be hidden value there. However, no one who posts here will have the final say whether or not Marcus ultimately gets a scholarship. As you, all too often do, you went a little over the top.
Lastly, was the construction of the team affected by injuries that sidelined Neely for the year and others for varying amounts of time. I strongly suspect that Killings, while not staring at unemployment at the moment, he may always have that feeling someone or something is following him. As a reminder, he has three more years on his contract.
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While this does involve UAlbany directly, some here pay varying degrees of attention to what is happening to St. Rose. Further, please do read too much into this, I am not advocating for Will Brown's return.
SAINT ROSE MEN’S BASKETBALL
Beaury back for Golden Knights
Longtime Saint Rose mentor replaces Mike Perno, who steps down
By Mark Singelais
Times Union archiveBrian Beaury, who won 643 games in 32 seasons during his first tenure as College of Saint Rose men’s basketball coach, is back in that role, the school announced Tuesday.
Mike Perno said he was “disheartened” with the direction that college basketball is taking.
Brian Beaury, 62, said he feels like a much younger man after a life-changing medical diagnosis.
The College of Saint Rose announced Tuesday Perno resigned as head men’s basketball coach and is being replaced by Beaury, who begins his second stint. Beaury won 643 games with the Golden Knights over 32 seasons before retiring in 2018 for health reasons.
Beaury rejoined Saint Rose in March as an associate head coach working under Perno.
“I wish we were starting practice tomorrow,” Beaury said. “I feel like I’ve been given a brand-new opportunity and I’ve got the energy I had when I was 25 years old when I started this job.”
Perno, 45, said he wanted to try a different career path, possibly in teaching, and spend more time with his sons, who are entering eighth and third grade. The Golden Knights went 9-20 last season and saw their best player, forward Shane O’Dell of Schalmont, transfer to Division I Stonehill.
Perno said his “heart’s not into it right now” and he had trouble picturing himself having to recruit a new team every year because of the transfer portal.
“I sat down with my wife and talked about other options,” said Perno, who spent five seasons as head coach and 12 years as Beaury’s assistant before that. “I’m kind of disheartened with the state college basketball is in. It wasn’t anything that transpired that made me step away specifically, but I just felt like I just need a change. The whole transfer portal thing was disheartening and my kids are growing up a little bit now. I’d like a chance to watch them play and do things.”
Beaury said this will give him a chance to conclude his coaching career on his own terms. He missed the 2014-15 and 2017-18 seasons due to medical reasons while Perno handled the day-today coaching duties.
About six months after his retirement, Beaury visited Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, defined by Johns Hopkins as a type of arthritis that causes inflammation in certain parts of the spine. Researchers believe genetics plays a role.
Beaury, who underwent 10 surgeries in the previous decade, went on medication.
“I felt 20 years younger,” he said. “I felt healthy enough to go back to some normalcy in life.”
Beaury served as an assistant coach under Will Brown with the Albany Patroons of The Basketball League in 2021-22. Then he joined Saint Rose with the idea of helping out Perno.
Now it’s Beaury’s show again. In his previous tenure as head coach, he guided the Golden Knights to NCAA Division II Elite Eight appearances in 1996, 1998 and 1999.
“It’s our goal and our vision to be a championship team next year,” he said. “We’re building an entire roster that I think can compete for a championship.”
Beaury said he already has commitments from nine recruits for next season, including five transfers — four from Division I programs. He’s also trying to schedule exhibitions with Siena and the University at Albany.
Saint Rose athletic director Lori Anctil said Beaury was the first person she called after she took the job in 2019.
“I didn’t know him personally before I started here, but I knew everything about him,” Anctil said. “That he was synonymous not only with Saint Rose basketball but Saint Rose in general. I wanted to connect with him right away and we did. We’ve developed a friendship ever since. We have so much respect for each other.”
▶› msingelais@- timesunion.com A 518-454-5509 A @MarkSingelais
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My question of the day: How do we balance fans' passion for analytics and the passion of just being fan of the team and one of its players, in particular when it comes to Marcus Jackson? Our passion (dslyank and me) comes from the fact that he grew up in the area, played for a highly respected local high school program, Albany Academy, coached by the father of a former UAlbany player and chose to come here without a scholarship.
Yes, he deserves a scholarship, and yes, Marcus deserves opportunities to prove himself, Just thinking about how Killings has thrown around scholarships in the past has always worried me.
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A rematch of an away game from earlier this season at Varsity FieldMay 3 (Wed) 1:00 PM
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The link to more information for the Men's tournament:
2023 America East Men's Lacrosse Championship - America East Conference
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2 hours ago, Clickclack said:
I respectfully and strongly disagree. If Jackson is anywhere near a starting PG position this team will be bottom of the AE again. His turnover rate is more than DOUBLE his assist rate (11.9/24.7). He has no business being anywhere near a starting point guard role on a competent team. Granted, he's only a freshman so maybe that improves but other than a few minutes of energy from the bench he's a marginal D1 player. We'll see if that changes this year. But no, he's not even an adequate passer let alone a god one.
I suspect DK is well aware that he couldn't go into next season with Jackson as the PG and recruited Thomas who not only played at a much higher level but also has an assist to turnover rate of 26.9/22.7. He's a bit of a turnover machine but his a/t rate is positive at least.
I have to respectively disagree if Marcus Jackson is a starting point and UAlbany MBB finishes at the bottom of the AE standings i 2023-2024, there are bigger issues then one ball player. That being said, I see Marcus's role as the 2nd or 3rd player off the bench. I highly suspect that two of three portal players are slotted as starters.
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On 5/1/2023 at 3:27 PM, UA1882 said:
Cornelius Robinson decommits from Albany. I know he was going to be a good player but I'm glad.
Punching a kid in the face has no place in basketball. Good luck to him.
Just to confirm, has Cornelius Robinson has de-committed due to on-court altercation in the NJ High School Basketball Tournament. Did UAlbany express concern about the incident or is there some other eligibility issue?
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CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULEHosted by No. 1 Seed UAlbany: May 5 & May 7
Friday, May 5 Semifinals Links Game 1 - 1:00 PM No. 4 New Hampshire at No. 1 UAlbany Live Stats | Video Game 2 - 4:00 PM No. 3 Vermont vs No. 2 Binghamton Live Stats | Video Sunday, May 7 Championship Game 4 - 10:00 AM Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner ESPNU | Live Stats -
CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULEHosted by No. 1 Seed Vermont: May 4 & May 6
Thursday, May 4 Semifinals Links Game 1 - 4 PM No. 4 UAlbany at No. 1 Vermont Live Stats | ESPN+ Game 2 - 7 PM No. 3 Binghamton vs No. 2 Bryant Live Stats | ESPN+ Saturday May 6 Championship Game 4 - 1:00 PM Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner ESPNU | Live Stats -
May 5 (Fri) 1:00 PM
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Can the Great Danes get off the bus on Thursday and finally put a complete game together? UVM has had a number of wins & losses that were close, however, my expectations are in checked by what has not happened this season.May 4 (Thu) 4:00 PMBurlington, Vt.
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When you were a starter and star in high school ... you have similar expectations for college days ... sometimes reality sets in or that feeling your talents are not appreciated and that post season chat with the coach you heard things that stinged or the educational challenges are more then you expected ... for others it is the adventure of trying something new ... the portal has made this happen.
Coaches and fans of the team need to get use to this constant change.
As I said to Jonathan Beagle on Friday afternoon, "thank you for returning for another season", however, I have no expectation that he will stay for all four years.
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Great Danes prevail 11-10 over Bryant.
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Bryant leads the Great Danes by one... 6-5 at the half
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Sometimes you have to eat your words .... 7-9 Binghamton at the half ... can we keep the heat on ....
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The makings of another bad loss... hmmm
MLAX - Game 15 America East Tournament Semi-Final May 4 (Thu) 4:00 PM Burlington, VT Virtue Field
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UAlbany holds Vermont scoreless in the 3rd period.