[MBB] Game #25: 2/13/19 - 7:00PM vs UMass-Lowell

[Clickclack]

I'd run de Sousa, Hanks, Healey, Rizzuto and lulka out there till their tongue was hanging out. They are the only 5 that matter...eapecially De Sousa... Guy had 3 blocks today, hit a 3. His development and all their development is absolutely critical. Wish we had a pg to groom... I'd run him out there as well. 

 

What's left of this very bad season should be devoted to their development. 

 

Today wasn't only a step back... Today the entire program ran backwards. 

Edited February 14, 2019 by Clickclack

[Eli]

Got my grocery shopping done sooner than I thought. Left with about 10 minutes left. Disastrous night. 

[nysteve661]

2 minutes ago, Eli said:

Got my grocery shopping done sooner than I thought. Left with about 10 minutes left. Disastrous night. 

If I witnessed that debacle back in my day, I would have made a beeline to Sutters for a couple cold ones (and the best burger and fries ever).  The youngins here may not have had the pleasure.  Truly missed I'm sure.

[Dane Pound]

So much for my hopes of us rebounding better this game. The whole box score should just say "DNP - team decision"

Still, not making long-term decisions based on short term results.

Lutete is a transfer from Radford. Kind of wished we'd given him a call when he was looking to leave Radford.

Career high for Adam Lulka. Not sure why we don't go inside with the ball more against UML since they essentially play 4 guards and a forward.

[Eli]

We played ZERO D. Like, NONE. ZILCH. NADA. ZIPPO. 

Agree with DP....definitely a "DNP - team decision".

Out rebounded by 20+ and allowed them to shoot 57% while shooting 37% ourselves. You will lose 1000 out of 1000 games with that effort.

 

UAlbany Wins																																			
** Albany stats are the left side in each grouping **																																			
Opponent	Type	LOC	ATN	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		REB		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	
Canisius	OOC	Away	1540	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	Home	1659	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	Home	1902	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
Manhattan	OOC	Home	1412	77	67	20	27	40	58	50.0%	46.6%	9	6	20	18	45.0%	33.3%	28	7	35	13	80.0%	53.8%	33	24	16	18	7	11	4	2	19	13	18	27
Niagara		OOC	Away	829	79	74	29	22	64	60	45.3%	36.7%	10	8	28	22	35.7%	36.4%	11	22	13	30	84.6%	73.3%	40	37	13	8	6	4	0	6	12	8	22	17
Hartford	AE	Home	2085	84	77	25	24	52	51	48.1%	47.1%	10	11	25	23	40.0%	47.8%	24	18	33	26	72.7%	69.2%	32	28	16	16	10	9	3	4	16	16	22	23
New Hampshire	AE	Away	283	62	42	18	13	47	53	38.3%	24.5%	9	7	22	27	40.9%	25.9%	17	8	23	16	73.9%	50.0%	31	46	8	4	7	2	1	2	11	18	22	19
Binghamton	AE	Home	3891	64	50	24	17	61	47	39.3%	36.2%	12	5	32	17	37.5%	29.4%	4	11	9	21	44.4%	52.4%	42	34	17	9	6	7	1	3	11	12	18	13
																																			
Tot. W		OOC		7342	392	332	125	120	260	300	48.1%	40.0%	48	34	117	114	41.0%	29.8%	94	58	119	95	79.0%	61.1%	182	165	75	64	33	42	11	17	82	66	91	112
		AE		6259	210	169	67	54	160	151	41.9%	35.8%	31	23	79	67	39.2%	34.3%	45	37	65	63	69.2%	58.7%	105	108	41	29	23	18	5	9	38	46	62	55
																																			
Avg. W		OOC		1468.4	78.4	66.4	25.0	24.0	52.0	60.0	48.1%	40.0%	9.6	6.8	23.4	22.8	41.0%	29.8%	18.8	11.6	23.8	19.0	79.0%	61.1%	36.4	33.0	15.0	12.8	6.6	8.4	2.2	3.4	16.4	13.2	18.2	22.4
		AE		2086.3	70.0	56.3	22.3	18.0	53.3	50.3	41.9%	35.8%	10.3	7.7	26.3	22.3	39.2%	34.3%	15.0	12.3	21.7	21.0	69.2%	58.7%	35.0	36.0	13.7	9.7	7.7	6.0	1.7	3.0	12.7	15.3	20.7	18.3
																																			
Tot. W				13601	602	501	192	174	420	451	45.7%	38.6%	79	57	196	181	40.3%	31.5%	139	95	184	158	75.5%	60.1%	287	273	116	93	56	60	16	26	120	112	153	167
Avg. W				1700.1	75.3	62.6	24.0	21.8	52.5	56.4	45.9%	38.5%	9.9	7.1	24.5	22.6	40.5%	31.9%	17.4	11.9	23.0	19.8	73.2%	58.7%	35.9	34.1	14.5	11.6	7.0	7.5	2.0	3.3	15.0	14.0	19.1	20.9
																																			
UAlbany Losses																																			
** Albany stats are the left side in each grouping **																																			
Opponent	Type	LOC	ATN	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		REB		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	
Iona		OOC	Away	1871	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	Home	2579	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	Home	1614	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	Away	952	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	Neutral	-	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	Neutral	-	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	Away	904	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
Dartmouth	OOC	Home	1740	52	61	18	22	60	53	30.0%	41.5%	8	7	24	24	33.3%	29.2%	8	10	14	16	57.1%	62.5%	32	45	7	15	4	1	2	4	5	11	16	18
Providence	OOC	Away	4855	43	73	15	24	50	57	30.0%	42.1%	6	6	25	18	24.0%	33.3%	7	19	13	24	53.8%	79.2%	31	42	5	12	6	9	2	4	22	14	27	17
Kent State	OOC	Away	2114	68	70	24	24	53	60	45.3%	40.0%	8	6	23	22	34.8%	27.3%	12	16	15	20	80.0%	80.0%	39	28	9	10	2	10	3	5	17	6	18	15
Vermont		AE	Home	2733	51	80	19	31	54	57	35.2%	54.4%	5	10	21	26	23.8%	38.5%	8	8	11	13	72.7%	61.5%	26	39	10	17	9	5	2	4	12	12	16	15
Maine		AE	Home	1793	62	66	20	22	49	51	40.8%	43.1%	11	12	30	28	36.7%	42.9%	11	10	20	13	55.0%	76.9%	33	30	13	17	6	10	1	5	14	12	15	16
Umass-Lowell	AE	Away	411	72	84	27	31	55	53	49.1%	58.5%	8	8	22	19	36.4%	42.1%	8	14	9	16	88.9%	87.5%	25	28	12	14	4	3	1	3	13	9	18	17
UMBC		AE	Away	1659	64	65	21	24	52	56	40.4%	42.9%	10	6	29	18	34.5%	33.3%	12	11	17	15	70.6%	73.3%	37	31	12	9	4	7	1	1	14	10	19	18
Stony Brook	AE	Home	2316	66	67	23	26	67	62	34.3%	41.9%	8	7	31	22	25.8%	31.8%	12	8	16	14	75.0%	57.1%	44	40	19	12	7	5	4	6	9	13	14	13
Vermont		AE	Away	3116	49	67	18	24	49	59	36.7%	40.7%	8	10	20	25	40.0%	40.0%	5	9	9	9	55.6%	100.0%	29	39	9	12	7	6	1	7	15	12	14	13
Umass-Lowell	AE	Home	1876	54	86	23	34	61	59	37.7%	57.6%	4	8	26	21	15.4%	38.1%	4	10	10	13	40.0%	76.9%	23	45	18	21	10	9	4	6	14	19	15	15
																																			
Tot. L		OOC		16629	644	737	218	265	579	565	37.7%	46.9%	78	84	244	224	32.0%	37.5%	130	123	174	188	74.7%	65.4%	351	362	109	161	51	62	19	42	145	123	184	171
		AE		13904	418	515	151	192	387	397	39.0%	48.4%	54	61	179	159	30.2%	38.4%	60	70	92	93	65.2%	75.3%	217	252	93	102	47	45	14	32	91	87	111	107
																																			
Avg. L		OOC		1662.9	64.4	73.7	21.8	26.5	57.9	56.5	37.7%	46.9%	7.8	8.4	24.4	22.4	32.0%	37.5%	13.0	12.3	17.4	18.8	74.7%	65.4%	35.1	36.2	10.9	16.1	5.1	6.2	1.9	4.2	14.5	12.3	18.4	17.1
		AE		1986.3	59.7	73.6	21.6	27.4	55.3	56.7	39.0%	48.4%	7.7	8.7	25.6	22.7	30.2%	38.4%	8.6	10.0	13.1	13.3	65.2%	75.3%	31.0	36.0	13.3	14.6	6.7	6.4	2.0	4.6	13.0	12.4	15.9	15.3
																																			
Tot. L				30533	1062	1252	369	457	966	962	38.2%	47.5%	132	145	423	383	31.2%	37.9%	190	193	266	281	71.4%	68.7%	568	614	202	263	98	107	33	74	236	210	295	278
Avg. L				1796.1	62.5	73.6	21.7	26.9	56.8	56.6	38.3%	47.6%	7.8	8.5	24.9	22.5	31.2%	37.2%	11.2	11.4	15.6	16.5	70.1%	69.5%	33.4	36.1	11.9	15.5	5.8	6.3	1.9	4.4	13.9	12.4	17.4	16.4
																																			
Tot. (all)			44134	1664	1753	561	631	1386	1413	40.5%	44.7%	211	202	619	564	34.1%	35.8%	329	288	450	439	73.1%	65.6%	855	887	318	356	154	167	49	100	356	322	448	445
Avg. (all)			1765.4	66.6	70.1	22.4	25.2	55.4	56.5	40.7%	44.7%	8.4	8.1	24.8	22.6	34.1%	35.5%	13.2	11.5	18.0	17.6	71.1%	66.0%	34.2	35.5	12.7	14.2	6.2	6.7	2.0	4.0	14.2	12.9	17.9	17.8
			LOC	ATN	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		REB		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	

 

[Dane Pound]

Lost in my annoyance earlier, I forgot to say Duquette is doing an awesome job at UML. They were "supposed" to be down this year after losing Jahad Thomas. Bodes well for the strength of the conference if he can get UML playing well, Odom at UMBC, combined with Vermont and Stony Brook not stinking.

[UA'08]

Another 30pt loss at home 👍

[ontheroad]

Bad shooting and no offensive rebounding was the story. 

 

Regarding rebounding: we simply are not in position. Lowell had three or more crashing versus our one, typically on the short side of the rim. Our offense has a lot of wasted motion around the perimeter. 3 point shooting was maybe 50-50 of reasonable open shots versus being defended. But.. no one following shots or having bigs to rebound. Definitely a humbling game. 

Guess what? The lanes and underneath was open. Lulka did a good job. Malachi showed his talent on defense. He made a 3 and also made one strong move to the hoop. Rizzutto looked like he was in the dog house on offense, relegated to a corner and not part of the action. Again, too much waste at the perimeter. BTW- it is the same pattern we use on nearly all games. At D1, the opponent has the book. An aside, the placing of Clark at the post in the SBU game was creative. 

 

 

[dslyank]

On 2/12/2019 at 9:41 AM, dslyank said:

Not to put too much pressure on the team; but in many ways this is the biggest game of the year and very well could define the season one way or the other. OC was tough; but won 2 of last 3 and showed progress. Then ran into a buzz saw vt, and regressed to 0-5 in AmEast. Two OT loses and a 3 game win streak; and once again looked to be headed in the right direction. Then vt again, but IMHO we competed and were really in the game except for a 10 minute stretch in the second half where we looked like vt1. If this time we can learn from the vt. game and continue to move forward and get better, I think we will be OK the rest of the way. Not saying we will win the AmEast and there still may be some bumps; but a win tomorrow will be BIG!

Its ALL my fault. I put TOO much pressure on the team. I did not think that they actually read this stuff. I guess they did, because they certainly played like they HOPED they'd win; instead of like the KNEW they'd win. I take full responsibility . {I know don't flatter myself.} Coach says chalk it up just a BAD outing. Maybe it is time to admit, it is just a BAD team......... 

Edited February 14, 2019 by dslyank

[UA'08]

24 minutes ago, dslyank said:

Its ALL my fault. I put TOO much pressure on the team. I did not think that they actually read this stuff. I guess they did, because they certainly played like they HOPED they'd win; instead of like the KNEW they'd win. I take full responsibility . {I know don't flatter myself.} Coach says chalk it up just a BAD outing. Maybe it is time to admit, it is just a BAD team......... 

The good news, lacrosse season starts Saturday. 

[UA_MA_2000]

40 minutes ago, dslyank said:

Its ALL my fault. I put TOO much pressure on the team. I did not think that they actually read this stuff. I guess they did, because they certainly played like they HOPED they'd win; instead of like the KNEW they'd win. I take full responsibility . {I know don't flatter myself.} Coach says chalk it up just a BAD outing. Maybe it is time to admit, it is just a BAD team......... 

The MAAC has bad teams. We're simply a bottom tier team in our league (I guess that is bad too). 5-11 or 6-10 is probably a best case scenario but that requires beating Maine and BU and the road and beating UNH at home. Drop one of those, and we need to take one from HU or UMBC to reach 6-10. 

Edited February 14, 2019 by UA_MA_2000

[UA'08]

Seems to me this team got a tad bit too cocky after a three game winning streak against bad teams and promptly had their asses handed to them.

[Clickclack]

That was so brutal and SUCH a lazy effort that honestly even the morning after I'm completely at a loss. This team HAS been much better on the defensive end, effort was there even in OT loss to SBU and UBMC. I don't buy that they got cocky and that they only played well against the drags of the AE. They fought like hell against UMBC and SBU #2 and #3...yesterday they didn't want any part of being in that game on either end. That is hugely disappointing and upsetting to witness. 

If they don't come out flying on Sunday at Maine then wrap the season...if they have any pride they will come breathing fire on Sunday. Will be interesting to see how they respond.

[UA'08]

54 minutes ago, Clickclack said:

That was so brutal and SUCH a lazy effort that honestly even the morning after I'm completely at a loss. This team HAS been much better on the defensive end, effort was there even in OT loss to SBU and UBMC. I don't buy that they got cocky and that they only played well against the drags of the AE. They fought like hell against UMBC and SBU #2 and #3...yesterday they didn't want any part of being in that game on either end. That is hugely disappointing and upsetting to witness. 

If they don't come out flying on Sunday at Maine then wrap the season...if they have any pride they will come breathing fire on Sunday. Will be interesting to see how they respond.

Damn not even wanting to be there is worse than being a bit too cocky.

[godanesgo99]

I got to the game a little late last night. I think they were losing 11-4 at the time. As soon as we walked through the door, my 9 year old looked at me and said that it "felt weird" in the gym. I have said that in the past when I had an anxious feeling, or the environment just wasn't right, so he got that from me. By the time I sat down, I knew exactly what he meant. The air pressure was off, the sound of the crowd was off, and most definitely the players were off. 

I ended up staying till the final horn, but I have to say: I almost walked out early with about 4 minutes left for the first time in over a decade of attending every game possible. The team just didn't have "it" last night. 

A few thoughts: 

• Lauderdale checked in during the first half and saw like 30 seconds of time. Not sure he was ever in again that I noticed. What was that about? 
• If the long ball isn't falling, why do they keep chucking? I know shooters have to shoot themselves out of a funk, but that was crazy last night.
• DeSousa looked pretty good for the most part last night, especially with his length on defense. He might be an actual shot blocker for the team. There was one play where he tried to force a bounce pass down low in the first half and it was stolen. Brown took him out immediately and sat him for almost the rest of the half. It felt like a Patsos play where the second someone made a mistake he was out. That is no way to build confidence in young players. 

I still have high hopes for this squad. I don't think they are a bunch of non-D1 players as others have posted. There is a lot of talent top to bottom. They just need to figure out something to change the offensive and defensive scheme, because Will Brown grind doesn't work with the horses the team has.