[MBB] Game #11: 12/15/18 - 3PM vs Dartmouth

[Eli]

Last Up: L (71-63) @ Yale

Next Up: vs Dartmouth (6-5, play Boston U. before they play us...beat us previously in Ireland to start a run of winning 3 of their last 4)

TV/Streaming: ESPN+

Local Radio: Possibly 104.5 FM

 

Didn't watch the Yale game but looked like another dreadful defensive effort. Still, we are young and such play is expected out of such a young team. Keep pluggin away...

 

Stats Tracker:

UAlbany Wins																																	
** Albany stats are the left side in each grouping **																																	
Opponent	Type	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		REB		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	
Canisius	OOC	75	66	25	23	47	60	53.2%	38.3%	8	6	18	30	44.4%	20.0%	17	14	25	25	68.0%	56.0%	37	32	17	12	5	11	1	2	18	8	19	24
Oneonta		OOC	79	62	30	24	63	62	47.6%	38.7%	7	9	22	24	31.8%	37.5%	12	5	16	8	75.0%	62.5%	45	32	14	16	8	9	2	6	17	19	13	20
Monmouth	OOC	82	63	21	24	46	60	45.7%	40.0%	14	5	29	20	48.3%	25.0%	26	10	30	19	86.7%	52.6%	27	40	15	10	7	7	4	1	16	18	19	24
																																
Tot. W			236	191	76	71	156	182	48.7%	39.0%	29	20	69	74	42.0%	27.0%	55	29	71	52	77.5%	55.8%	109	104	46	38	20	27	7	9	51	45	51	68
Avg. W			78.7	63.7	25.3	23.7	52.0	60.7	48.8%	39.0%	9.7	6.7	23.0	24.7	41.5%	27.5%	18.3	9.7	23.7	17.3	76.6%	57.0%	36.3	34.7	15.3	12.7	6.7	9.0	2.3	3.0	17.0	15.0	17.0	22.7
																																	
UAlbany Losses																																	
** Albany stats are the left side in each grouping **																																	
Opponent	Type	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		REB		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	
Iona		OOC	68	72	21	25	58	57	36.2%	43.9%	11	6	24	25	45.8%	24.0%	15	16	16	25	93.8%	64.0%	39	34	10	16	0	12	0	2	22	13	20	16
Boston Univ.	OOC	61	71	20	28	59	55	33.9%	50.9%	5	10	20	22	25.0%	45.5%	16	5	22	11	72.7%	45.5%	33	40	14	18	7	3	3	4	8	14	13	21
Holy Cross	OOC	65	69	23	26	63	56	36.5%	46.4%	10	5	28	17	35.7%	29.4%	9	12	14	20	64.3%	60.0%	45	32	16	18	5	6	1	7	15	9	22	12
UW-Milwaukee	OOC	70	79	23	31	59	53	39.0%	58.5%	10	12	30	21	33.3%	57.1%	14	5	17	7	82.4%	71.4%	28	32	12	19	7	1	2	4	8	12	9	14
LIU Brooklyn	OOC	77	80	25	26	56	63	44.6%	41.3%	6	11	22	28	27.3%	39.3%	21	17	27	22	77.8%	77.3%	42	32	10	13	6	10	5	6	26	16	24	21
Dartmouth	OOC	77	91	26	30	61	57	42.6%	52.6%	6	17	22	33	27.3%	51.5%	19	14	23	21	82.6%	66.7%	30	37	11	21	8	6	0	4	11	15	16	21
Yale		OOC	63	71	23	29	60	54	38.3%	53.7%	8	4	26	14	30.8%	28.6%	9	9	13	22	69.2%	40.9%	32	40	15	19	6	4	1	2	11	13	19	16
																																
Tot. L			481	533	161	195	416	395	38.7%	49.4%	56	65	172	160	32.6%	40.6%	103	78	132	128	78.0%	60.9%	249	247	88	124	39	42	12	29	101	92	123	121
Avg. L			68.7	76.1	23.0	27.9	59.4	56.4	38.7%	49.6%	8.0	9.3	24.6	22.9	32.2%	39.3%	14.7	11.1	18.9	18.3	77.5%	60.8%	35.6	35.3	12.6	17.7	5.6	6.0	1.7	4.1	14.4	13.1	17.6	17.3
																																	
Tot. (all)		717	724	237	266	572	577	41.4%	46.1%	85	85	241	234	35.3%	36.3%	158	107	203	180	77.8%	59.4%	358	351	134	162	59	69	19	38	152	137	174	189
Avg. (all)		71.7	72.4	23.7	26.6	57.2	57.7	41.8%	46.4%	8.5	8.5	24.1	23.4	35.0%	35.8%	15.8	10.7	20.3	18.0	77.2%	59.7%	35.8	35.1	13.4	16.2	5.9	6.9	1.9	3.8	15.2	13.7	17.4	18.9
			PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		REB		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	

 

[Clickclack]

Let's see if they got some revenge on the mind after getting wrecked in Belfast. 

[DanesRGood]

9 hours ago, Eli said:

 

"looked like another dreadful defensive effort." 

 

 

I think dreadful is an overstatement but it wasn't good.  It's not like they gave up 90 pts. Hopefully they will continue to improve defensively as the season moves on.  Let's start with the next one!

[Clickclack]

I'm glad to see that the to's last few games have been relatively under control...only 11 yesterday, 16 against Monmouth but 11 against Dartmouth a few games ago. That's important for a young team. They are trending the right way there. 

[godanesgo99]

9 hours ago, Eli said:

Last Up: L (71-63) @ Yale

Next Up: vs Dartmouth (6-5, play Boston U. before they play us...beat us previously in Ireland to start a run of winning 3 of their last 4)

TV/Streaming: ESPN+

Local Radio: Possibly 104.5 FM

 

Didn't watch the Yale game but looked like another dreadful defensive effort. Still, we are young and such play is expected out of such a young team. Keep pluggin away...

 

I didn't watch live as I was at my sons winter concert, but I was actually able to avoid looking at the score at all and watched the replay. 

Defense actually looked better. Yale is very good. They are one of the top scoring teams in the county and only allowed 71. Still need to work on a lot, but this part of the game didn't bother me as much. 

Game was actually way worse than 8 points. Rizzuto hit 2 three pointers in the last minute to bring it closer after Yale had emptied its bench

I do not think Yale was that much better than us. More athletic and experienced yes, but I do not think they are more talented. Clark got into foul trouble early and only played 9 minutes in the first half. He then got his 4th with like 9 minutes left in the second half, if I remember correctly. 2 of them were ticky tack fouls. The Yale announcer on ESPN+ actually laughed about one of them. 

Team needs a few things and I think they will be fine:

• Miller or Brooks to step up and become a reliable back-up point guard. Get in coaches face and prove they deserve the time. 
• Rizzuto to catch up to the rest of the team to take some of Healey's time at the two (allowing Healy to play some PG as well) or as a third guard when going small
• Flory to get into real game shape by the middle of January to reduce Campbell's time at the 3 and enable him to play more 4. I still think deSousa is the most athletic guy on the team and will be a star, he just isnt ready for D1 yet. He will be next year or the year after.
• One or two of the bigs to step up and learn how to be mean. If one of them could become a junk yard dog and throw their body around I think it would help the team immensely and be a way one of them can differentiate themselves and get more playing time.

[UA1882]

34 minutes ago, DanesRGood said:

I think dreadful is an overstatement but it wasn't good.  It's not like they gave up 90 pts. Hopefully they will continue to improve defensively as the season moves on.  Let's start with the next one!

I think dreadful is pretty accurate.  Remember , Yale started the game 1-13.  That means they shot 28-41 the rest of the game.  That's 68 %!!!!! That's against another mid major not Duke . Several easy layups and missed assignments.  

Defense is somewhat alarming because its teachable. However I do believe we will be ok. 

[Clickclack]

Defense gave up 1.01pts/per possession...it's not great but hardly dreadful. Yes, they were ball watching on a few screens and back-cuts and that was troubling...tail end of 1st half especially but I thought they played decent on the ball defense. Right now they are getting caught on screens, not communicating consistently on switches and closing off back-cuts. Even if the baseline cuts are given up, the big has to step in and close off the driving lane instead of giving up a dunk or layup, that didn't happen a few times. 

Focus has to be right now keeping opposing guards from penetrating and breaking down the D at will, and getting out to shooters contesting the 3. Yale is ranked 108 in the country on 3's and yesterday we gave up 28% from 3. I'll take it!

Edited December 12, 2018 by Clickclack

[UAalum72]

Surprised we only lost rebounding 32-40. Seemed like we'd shoot a three and there's three Yalies and none or one of us under the basket.

Were lucky they only shot 40% free throws or it could've been worse. They carved us up pretty good inside.

[Clickclack]

36 minutes ago, UAalum72 said:

Surprised we only lost rebounding 32-40. Seemed like we'd shoot a three and there's three Yalies and none or one of us under the basket.

Were lucky they only shot 40% free throws or it could've been worse. They carved us up pretty good inside.

Yep, they were dreadful from the line...and they did carve us up inside...

[Eli]

5 hours ago, DanesRGood said:

I think dreadful is an overstatement but it wasn't good.  It's not like they gave up 90 pts. Hopefully they will continue to improve defensively as the season moves on.  Let's start with the next one!

 

4 hours ago, UA1882 said:

I think dreadful is pretty accurate.  Remember , Yale started the game 1-13.  That means they shot 28-41 the rest of the game.  That's 68 %!!!!! That's against another mid major not Duke . Several easy layups and missed assignments.  

Defense is somewhat alarming because its teachable. However I do believe we will be ok. 

This is why I said dreadful...the %. It might not been easy cuts and blown covers, but as I didn't watch the game, I was just going by stats. Semantics I think :).

[Oldtimer]

Come on coaches, SHUT that back door even if your not playing Princeton.

[Clickclack]

Dartmouth just beat Boston U by 10...this is going to be a tough game. Dartmouth is ridiculous shooting the ball. Unconscious...

 

Albany favored by 3 at KenPom...

Edited December 14, 2018 by Clickclack

[Oldtimer]

We need to stop the Dartmouth 3's.  I would like to CB's 1-3-1 zone changed to a 3 - 2 which covers the outside and the corners BUT the foul line is a problem.  However, I'm not the coach so what do I know!

[nysteve661]

No Hank today.   Leg contusion.  Rizzuto got the start but we are much smaller.  So far, so good.  No 3's allowed yet.

[Eli]

Defense looks good. Especially on that shot clock violation that mysteriously was called a foul.