@Lowell 1/5

[Phoenix]

In non-disappointing game notes: great offensive game from Nichols..19 points on 13 shots..including 8-9 from two. Conversely..his T shows he still has some growing up to do. Cremo put up 23..despite not getting a single FT. And nice to see Lands get back on the court..though obviously showed some rust.

[Phoenix]

Lowell also turns our size advantage against us when Livingston is nailing threes from the outside. It drags Stire and Rowley away from the hoop.

 

I forgot Lowell swept Vermont last season.

 

Curious to see how this team responds this week down on the island.

 

Thomas is such a tough match-up. Would consistently drive from the perimeter and beat the big man guarding him..causing our guard to slide and leave a shooter open. Can then go small to cover him..but then it forces you to negate your size advantage. Guess that's why he's a First-Team type player.

[Dane96]

 

Did anyone notice that UA ranks next to last in the country in shot blocks? I don't see much intimidation on the drives by our bigs.

Undersized and not very athletic... Kid like lulka is going to get a chance to play.

 

 

You stole my line. Tsk Tsk.

[B9j2j6s]

Yuk defense was not what it needed to be. This is a game that could define the season. Either they fix the defense and some of the players start committing more to it or this squad will be a middle of the pack team come tourney time.

[uofalbany]

Not sure what to think about this team.... wasn't too amused watching that game.

[uofalbany]

Wish Cremo would hit more of these last minute buckets.... would have erased the agony

of a subpar, lackluster performance by the Danes

[UAalum72]

UAlbany men can't stop UMass Lowell in league defeat

 

"That was the worst defensive performance that I have had in my career at Albany," said Brown

Edited January 6, 2017 by UAalum72

[uofalbany]

It really was quite pathetic

[dslyank]

I know Brown hates playing zone and I hate second guessing him. But it is seems obvious this group of players is not cut out for man-to-man. Should a coach force his philosophy on them, even when they do not seem to have that ability, temperament, whatever?? Shouldn't he game plan to their abilities and skills?? I hate to second guess Brown, he has been too successful over the years and I ain't no coach. But it seems when they have tried the zone a few times this year, they were successful? Anyhow simply blog questioning and arm chair coaching.

[UA'08]

I know Brown hates playing zone and I hate second guessing him. But it is seems obvious this group of players is not cut out for man-to-man. Should a coach force his philosophy on them, even when they do not seem to have that ability, temperament, whatever?? Shouldn't he game plan to their abilities and skills?? I hate to second guess Brown, he has been too successful over the years and I ain't no coach. But it seems when they have tried the zone a few times this year, they were successful? Anyhow simply blog questioning and arm chair coaching.

Brown said it himself, he's a stubborn SOB. Greatest and worst attribute ever.

[uofalbany]

Imagine if this group of guys could play the 1-3-1 D exceptionally well.....

that would be amusing.

[Eli]

Just got done watching the game on replay. Well that was a waste of my time.

Got beat like a red headed step child...surprising we were so close to winning with a piss poor effort on D like that.

 

Anyway...stats for the game. Trend continues. If we don't out rebound AND get to the line a ton, we lose (if we only do one of those). If we do both, we win. On to the next one.

UAlbany Wins																								
** Albany stats are the left side in each grouping **																								
Opponent	FGM		FGA		FG%		FTM		FTA		FT%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		RBG		AST		TO	
Penn State	30	27	61	63	49.2%	42.9%	20	18	25	22	80.0%	81.8%	7	9	14	25	50.0%	36.0%	43	26	16	9	15	12
Oneonta	        38	20	81	71	46.9%	28.2%	16	11	25	13	64.0%	84.6%	5	5	12	27	41.7%	18.5%	69	31	15	11	12	13
Brown	        26	25	52	59	50.0%	42.4%	22	21	28	29	78.6%	72.4%	6	5	14	20	42.9%	25.0%	37	28	9	13	18	8
Siena	        27	23	52	49	51.9%	46.9%	21	19	32	25	65.6%	76.0%	6	7	12	22	50.0%	31.8%	29	31	15	11	6	11
Marist	        26	25	60	51	43.3%	49.0%	21	5	28	8	75.0%	62.5%	5	11	14	28	35.7%	39.3%	34	30	13	15	9	19
Colgate	        26	23	51	45	51.0%	51.1%	19	9	26	11	73.1%	81.8%	3	11	9	29	33.3%	37.9%	29	22	8	11	10	16
St. Francis BK	29	24	61	59	47.5%	40.7%	21	7	25	12	84.0%	58.3%	8	5	17	22	47.1%	22.7%	50	21	19	12	15	8
Columbia	21	24	52	51	40.4%	47.1%	24	12	28	18	85.7%	66.7%	4	7	12	23	33.3%	30.4%	39	27	8	16	15	13
Cornell	        27	22	62	49	43.5%	44.9%	11	5	16	9	68.8%	55.6%	4	10	16	31	25.0%	32.3%	43	24	14	14	10	13
OOC	        250	213	532	497	47.0%	42.9%	175	107	233	147	75.1%	72.8%	48	70	120	227	40.0%	30.8%	373	240	117	112	110	113
Total	        250	213	532	497	47.0%	42.9%	175	107	233	147	75.1%	72.8%	48	70	120	227	40.0%	30.8%	373	240	117	112	110	113
Average	        27.8	23.7	59.1	55.2	47.1%	43.7%	19.4	11.9	25.9	16.3	75.0%	71.1%	5.3	7.8	13.3	25.2	39.9%	30.4%	41.4	26.7	13.0	12.4	12.2	12.6
																								
UAlbany Losses																								
** Albany stats are the left side in each grouping **																								
Opponent	FGM		FGA		FG%		FTM		FTA		FT%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		RBG		AST		TO	
Cincinatti	20	28	48	61	41.7%	45.9%	9	13	14	20	64.3%	65.0%	2	5	14	21	14.3%	23.8%	33	34	8	16	22	10
Grand Canyon	27	29	59	69	45.8%	42.0%	15	14	21	21	71.4%	66.7%	8	10	21	24	38.1%	41.7%	36	33	10	15	13	9
Holy Cross	21	18	45	46	46.7%	39.1%	8	6	10	10	80.0%	60.0%	1	11	9	29	11.1%	37.9%	20	37	15	12	18	9
Yale	        22	22	50	56	44.0%	39.3%	9	4	10	5	90.0%	80.0%	2	11	12	29	16.7%	37.9%	31	33	13	15	12	13
Canisius	27	26	66	57	40.9%	45.6%	8	13	8	17	100.0%	76.5%	2	12	11	28	18.2%	42.9%	37	35	11	20	13	14
SMU	        21	25	51	47	41.2%	53.2%	4	13	5	24	80.0%	54.2%	7	8	23	17	30.4%	47.1%	25	33	10	14	12	10
Umass Lowell	32	33	56	52	57.1%	63.5%	8	7	11	12	72.7%	58.3%	7	12	16	23	43.8%	52.2%	28	18	13	17	13	11
OOC	        138	148	319	336	43.3%	44.0%	53	63	68	97	77.9%	64.9%	22	57	90	148	24.4%	38.5%	182	205	67	92	90	65
America East	32	33	56	52	57.1%	63.5%	8	7	11	12	72.7%	58.3%	7	12	16	23	43.8%	52.2%	28	18	13	17	13	11
Total	        170	181	375	388	45.3%	46.6%	61	70	79	109	77.2%	64.2%	29	69	106	171	27.4%	40.4%	210	223	80	109	103	76
Average	        24.3	25.9	53.6	55.4	43.4%	44.2%	8.7	10.0	11.3	15.6	81.0%	67.1%	4.1	9.9	15.1	24.4	21.5%	38.5%	30.0	31.9	11.4	15.6	14.7	10.9
																								
Total (all)	420	394	907	885	46.3%	44.5%	236	177	312	256	75.6%	69.1%	77	139	226	398	34.1%	34.9%	583	463	197	221	213	189
Average (all)	26.3	24.6	56.7	55.3	45.6%	43.9%	14.8	11.1	19.5	16.0	77.4%	69.5%	4.8	8.7	14.1	24.9	32.5%	33.7%	36.4	28.9	12.3	13.8	13.3	11.8