UA @ Bing

[Dane96]

That has got to be cool for the people and family back home in Australia to see their prodigy on ESPN! Great for him personally...great for the program.

[TruthbeTold]

Nice to see coach Brown tinker with the line up after he saw what happened at Vermont. In many article's, he stated that he was thinking of changing the lineup, but was afraid to do so with the winning aura that the team was engaged in.

My true thought is that he went to Coach "Abe" and bounced a few of his thoughts off her to see what her opinion was! It should be interesting in Maine to see how his gameplan will change if they try to shut down UAlbany's guards.

 

By the way, why no thread on the most productive and inspiring "new" coaching hire and her absolute leap to success, that being Coach "Abe". Her hiring and the way she transitioned the Women's basketball individuals into a cohesive, successful, integrated TEAM from the abysmal mess it was under Coach Trina Patterson is AWE INSPIRING! Coach "Abe" not only took the individuals that Coach Patterson had, but made them successsful in the first year she coached the team. Then add to that the RECRUITING she did for the UAlbany Sports program ...all Coach "Abe" did was to get the UAlbany Womens Basketball TEAM to it's FIRST EVER NCAA DIV ! Post season invite. Third, Coach "Abe" has a record of 3 - 0 over the hated "evil empire" known as Siena over the last 3 years...she has routinely "kicked their butts"!

And what do you hear from the UAlbany Sports community and it's fans....nothing! It's amazing how many fans want the UAlbany Sports Department to become as big as the University of Michigan, Ohio State, or numerous other "big time" colleges / universities, BUT don't want to support, ....hell, TALK ABOUT and TALK UP one of the universities leading sports programs

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Wonder how long it took the University of Tennessee faithful to back and support Coach Summitt and revel in her successes (how many NCAA Div 1 National Champions did Coach Summitt have?) over her male counterpart's "successes" at the University?!

[madDOG]

quite a few threads on Coach Abe and the woman's team. Just use the search function "coach abe". Here are a couple of links...

 

http://bigpurplefans...?showtopic=7235

 

http://bigpurplefans...?showtopic=7136

Edited January 9, 2013 by madDOG

[TruthbeTold]

Appreciate the suggestion, Maddog; I will try to liven up the views and opinions of the UAlbany Sports community on the basketball prowess that I believe Coach "Abe" exhibits, particularily from Day One when she arrived.

[uofalbany]

Being wet behind the ears on the bpf board, you've missed plenty of lively chatter over the years.

Coach Abe's success and impact has been well noted here, and certainly hasn't gone without praise.

Who knows if Brown went to Abe for her opinion, but I can't imagine he'd have time between team responsibilities and

his social media accounts.

[Clickclack]

SBU played at Bing...they gave up 37 points, we gave up 59 (almost 60)...

[Dane Pound]

SBU played at Bing...they gave up 37 points, we gave up 59 (almost 60)...

 

True but...SBU was only able to score 62. Weak!

[haggyland]

Appreciate the suggestion, Maddog; I will try to liven up the views and opinions of the UAlbany Sports community on the basketball prowess that I believe Coach "Abe" exhibits, particularily from Day One when she arrived.

 

Coach Abe rocks, but that strength of schedule needs a little attention. (I'm trying to play fair.)

 

PS: Speaking of the programs stepping it up, did you see that the women's tennis team got a professional player for next semester (and next semester only)? How they convinced her to come here instead of a Stanford or a UCLA or some school in Florida is beyond me. Anyhow, she is definitely a story to watch in the Spring.

[Dane Pound]

 

How they convinced her to come here instead of a Stanford or a UCLA or some school in Florida is beyond me.

 

It's gotta be the football stadium!

 

Speaking of the women's team, no wonder we haven't posted about them in a while. Saturday will be their first home game since November ?!?

[Clickclack]

SBU played at Bing...they gave up 37 points, we gave up 59 (almost 60)...

 

True but...SBU was only able to score 62. Weak!

 

Agreed...clearly not ready to compete for the AE crown.

[haggyland]

It's gotta be the football stadium!

 

Heard she's cutting the ribbon.

[DanesRGood]

SBU played at Bing...they gave up 37 points, we gave up 59 (almost 60)...

 

Bing was 2-16 from 3 compared to 10-25 against us. And UVM lost to BU so BU must be the best team in the league. Every game is different against every team.