2015-16 MBB and America East Prediction Thread

[godanesgo99]

I'm surprised no one has done this yet, but it's always fun to look back at the end of the season to see how we did. I'd love to hear everyone's predictions on the following items:

 

AE final standings for the top 5 teams

UA non-conference record

UA regular season record

AE Tournament final teams and winner

AE Representative seed in March

How far the AE team makes it in March

Bold prediction for the season

 

I'll post mine in a few minutes

[godanesgo99]

Final standings:

 

SB (14-2)

UA (13-3)

NH (11-5)

VT (10-6)

Bing (10-6)

 

UA Non-Conference 13-2

UA Conference 13-3

Tournament Final SB vs Alb, Albany wins 67-57. No where near as exciting as last season

 

Albany gets a 12 seed and wins in the first round easily, wins on a Singletary 3 in the last 30 seconds of the round of 32 and gets blown out in the sweet 16

 

Bold prediction: Richard Peters gets third team all AE (joining Mike Rowley on that squad)

[godanesgo99]

http://www.midmajormadness.com/2015/11/10/9592422/2015-16-american-east-conference-basketball-season-preview-projections-rankings-stony-brook

 

A little fuel for the team:

 

"The reign of the Great Danes could come to a cataclysmic end in 2015-16"

 

"Albany could struggle against length this year and more talented teams in both Stony Brook and Vermont"

Edited November 12, 2015 by godanesgo99

[UAalum72]

http://www.midmajormadness.com/2015/11/10/9592422/2015-16-american-east-conference-basketball-season-preview-projections-rankings-stony-brook

 

A little fuel for the team:

 

"The reign of the Great Danes could come to a cataclysmic end in 2015-16"

 

"Albany could struggle against length this year and more talented teams in both Stony Brook and Vermont"

He calls Wheeler Baker a "key loss". That discounts his prediction right there. Wheeler had a lot of potential, but I don't think the team revolved around him last year, with 13 mpg.

[Phoenix]

Weird article.

 

"They won't have much time to prepare for the conference slate, as they face powerhouse Kentucky in their season opener." So they won't have much time to prepare for conference play..which begins January 6th..because they're playing Kentucky on November 13th?

 

"Head coach Will Brown does still have possible all-league point guard Evan Singletary to utilize." Would seem to ignore the fact that Singletary currently is an all-league point guard..first team all-league actually. And is the only point-guard..and one of just two guards total..on the preseason all-conference team.

 

"Facilitating the ball for efficient looks is essential to repeat as champions in the America East." The article suggests the team will have to turn around its 312th ranked APG performance in order to repeat..apparently deciding to not look at their 286th ranking in 12-13 and their 289th ranking in 13-14.

[godanesgo99]

Yes the article made me laugh, that's why I posted it here. I used to like the coverage on midmajormadness, but this one is laughable. I have no problem with them ranking UA 3rd, or even fourth if that's what they see, but the narrative appears to either be written by someone that doesn't know the league or is a delusional VT fan.

[Patch]

Since when do we worry about the prognosticators or things like Pomeroy ratings!!!!!!

 

We are the 3 time AE Champs and will remain so until we're knocked out of the AE Tourney!!!!!

[godanesgo99]

Maybe it was playing in the AM or the rule changes, but Vermont looked unimpressive with a 20 point loss to a team that does not appear to be all the strong. Maybe I should have picked them 5th or 6th instead of 4th.

[Phoenix]

Probably worth noting they were without Dre Wills.

[godanesgo99]

True but Eastern Michigan was without their best player as well for a "violation of team rules" (1st team all conference in their league)

[Clickclack]

bad showing by UVM...they played OK in the first half and got smacked in the last 15 minutes.