#3 Oklahoma vs. #14 Albany

[DanesRGood]

Audio of Coach Brown on Wyland if you missed it.

 

http://www.foxsports980.com/onair/rodger-wyland-1777/will-brown-head-coach-ualbany-mens-13423592

[Clickclack]

Who wants to crush the $iena out of little oklahoma tomorrow?

I enjoy your enthusiasm lol but, let's be real... This is gonna be a tough battle just to stay in it. Hope I'm wrong but I've been called a pessimist.

[justdrastik1]

Only wish I would have seen his back page cover at the corner store this morning, and not on the message board - would have been a cool surprise.

 

This will undoubtedly have an amazing impact on our school, both athletically, and in terms of school spirit, exposure. It's honestly insane. I understand how unique of a story it is, but it has really captivate the hearts of many - that we are not 6 days removed from it, and it's getting the back page of the Post is crazy.

Happy for the program, but more happy for Peter. There's never a silver lining in death, but to know at least that he has made an impact on others, brought more awareness to colon cancer, and been in the spotlight for WAY more than 15 minutes is amazing.

 

Hoping we can continue the fairy tale for at least 1 more game.

[godanesgo99]

Looking at Oklahoma this year - it appears they have 3 losses to non-ranked teams:

 

They lost to KSU twice. Both times they put their best defender on Buddy Heild and held him in check - and a sharpshooter put in the dagger with a big 3 at the end of the game to win it.

 

The other loss was to Creighton. Creighton was down 18 at one point after shooting just 24% in the first half but got hot from the field and went on a late 24-4 run to take the lead. Oklahoma missed some free throws and a desperation 3 at the buzzer to fall short.

 

Lesson: Sanders on Heild and give Hooley or Singletary the ball at the end of the game and we have a shot.

[danstep]

for any horse players out there......in today's second race at Santa Anita....#5...ONE LUCKY DANE!!!! send it in!!!!

[MRSGDG]

Audio of Coach Brown on Wyland if you missed it.

 

http://www.foxsports980.com/onair/rodger-wyland-1777/will-brown-head-coach-ualbany-mens-13423592

 

 

I don't often listen to the interviews but this one is great if you want to know the game plan for tomorrow. Shooting quick and shooting 3s it seems.

[UA'08]

Baker time!

[danstep]

if 3's are on the menu...I'd expect Wheeler might get some extended minutes...especially if he hits one early!!!

[MRSGDG]

if 3's are on the menu...I'd expect Wheeler might get some extended minutes...especially if he hits one early!!!

 

 

He said he normally likes to wait for good shots but if we do that we may get crushed so that we may take quicker shots and will need to hit the 3 and be confident. He mentioned Oklahoma played Weber I think earlier this year and was up 4- 49? Maybe I heard wrong.. not sure...

[danstep]

U heard it correctly....OK was up 49-4 @MsGDG

[DanesRGood]

I never like changing the style of play that got you there but I trust the coaches to put together a solid game plan for this opponent.

[TheLoudestTrumpet]

We have shown that we can work the 3-ball a bit. Between Sanders, Singletary, Pete, Wheeler, and Dallas, hopefully a few of those guys could get their stroke going. Hey, even Sam put one up against Stony Brook!

[jalidanefan]

It's just that we can't, vs. up conference competition, run the O through Sam. That works against the AEast but not these big guys. We can't take a half ala Providence & SBU to realize that.

[KingDane]

Concerned about full court pressure and beating that. Also some concern about shooting 3s in the high school practice gym and not having a chance to shoot them at the real venue.

 

But....not really concerned. We've got this one.

[Eli]

I don't consider the HS gym an issue. They just worked on sets, strategy. By now, having played ball for 10+ years like these kids have, they can shoot at any gym; muscle memory has long been achieved. Comfort is another thing, but it's not like they are going to forget what a 30ft 3pt line (or whatever it is in college) is.