[MBB] Game #31: 3/5/19 - 7:00PM @ Binghamton

[UA1882]

Here is the thing on Clark . He is the ONLY person on the team that can dribble and break down a defense. When Healy is the point he is far far far less effective. We need a point guard and unless they bring in someone better, he will be playing a ton again next year. 

Kendall is a decent offensive big man but he is terrible against the high ball screen. Several wide open looks because of him . If he does not learn to play defense he will play the same 10 mins next year at most . 

[Clickclack]

12 minutes ago, UA1882 said:

Here is the thing on Clark . He is the ONLY person on the team that can dribble and break down a defense. When Healy is the point he is far far far less effective. We need a point guard and unless they bring in someone better, he will be playing a ton again next year. 

Kendall is a decent offensive big man but he is terrible against the high ball screen. Several wide open looks because of him . If he does not learn to play defense he will play the same 10 mins next year at most . 

I think he's been OK recently with a bad shot here or there but it happens to everyone. Last night 14pts, 5ast and 1to...people see blood in the water on him and go crazy for one bad shot. As long as he isn't turning it over 5 times a game I'm OK even with the occasional crazy. Healy is not a PG, can't break down the D. 

Edited March 6, 2019 by Clickclack

[Eli]

Numbers shmumbers...Clark hurts my head whenever he has the ball. Cause you never know if he'll do a good thing or a bad thing...like that spin move followed up by the double pump.

[godanesgo99]

DeSousa is now tied for 10th in the league in blocked shots. Pretty amazing considering how little he played for 2/3s of the season...

[godanesgo99]

Top 10 Blocks per minute played, players with at least 10 blocks:

Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	BLK	BLK/GM	BLK/Min
1	Jeff Otchere	SO	C	Stony Brook	31	552	71	2.290	0.129
2	Calistus Anyichie	FR	F	Binghamton	30	256	19	0.633	0.074
3	Anthony Lamb	JR	F	Vermont	28	870	56	2.000	0.064
4	Malachi De Sousa	FR	F	Albany (NY)	27	326	19	0.704	0.058
5	Samuel Dingba	SR	F	Vermont	27	374	21	0.778	0.056
6	Caleb Stewart	SR	F	Binghamton	31	970	52	1.677	0.054
7	Chancellor Barnard	SR	F	Binghamton	31	957	47	1.516	0.049
8	Darius Henderson	FR	F	Massachusetts-Lowell	30	343	14	0.467	0.041
9	Jayden Martinez	FR	F	New Hampshire	20	393	15	0.750	0.038
10	Sam Schwietz	JR	F	Maryland-Baltimore County	27	343	12	0.444	0.035

Edited March 6, 2019 by godanesgo99

[godanesgo99]

Blocks per minute played, only counting conference play, all players with at least 10 blocks in conference action:

Edit: Not sure why one of the cells pasted with a highlight. Very Strange. 

Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	BLK	BLK/GM	BLK/Min
1	Jeff Otchere	SO	C	Stony Brook	16	283	41	2.563	0.145
2	Malachi De Sousa	FR	F	Albany (NY)	14	211	17	1.214	0.081
3	Samuel Dingba	SR	F	Vermont	16	240	17	1.063	0.071
4	Anthony Lamb	JR	F	Vermont	14	417	21	1.500	0.050
5	Sam Schwietz	JR	F	Maryland-Baltimore County	14	205	10	0.714	0.049
6	Chancellor Barnard	SR	F	Binghamton	16	492	22	1.375	0.045
7	Isaiah White	JR	G	Maine	15	492	15	1.000	0.030
8	Caleb Stewart	SR	F	Binghamton	16	559	17	1.063	0.030
9	George Blagojevic	SR	F	Hartford	16	528	16	1.000	0.030
10	Josh Gantz	SR	G	Massachusetts-Lowell	16	560	13	0.813	0.023
11	John Carroll	SR	F	Hartford	16	509	11	0.688	0.022
12	Adam Lulka	FR	F	Albany (NY)	16	480	10	0.625	0.021

Edited March 6, 2019 by godanesgo99

[UA'08]

14 hours ago, godanesgo99 said:

Blocks per minute played, only counting conference play, all players with at least 10 blocks in conference action:

Edit: Not sure why one of the cells pasted with a highlight. Very Strange. 

Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	BLK	BLK/GM	BLK/Min
1	Jeff Otchere	SO	C	Stony Brook	16	283	41	2.563	0.145
2	Malachi De Sousa	FR	F	Albany (NY)	14	211	17	1.214	0.081
3	Samuel Dingba	SR	F	Vermont	16	240	17	1.063	0.071
4	Anthony Lamb	JR	F	Vermont	14	417	21	1.500	0.050
5	Sam Schwietz	JR	F	Maryland-Baltimore County	14	205	10	0.714	0.049
6	Chancellor Barnard	SR	F	Binghamton	16	492	22	1.375	0.045
7	Isaiah White	JR	G	Maine	15	492	15	1.000	0.030
8	Caleb Stewart	SR	F	Binghamton	16	559	17	1.063	0.030
9	George Blagojevic	SR	F	Hartford	16	528	16	1.000	0.030
10	Josh Gantz	SR	G	Massachusetts-Lowell	16	560	13	0.813	0.023
11	John Carroll	SR	F	Hartford	16	509	11	0.688	0.022
12	Adam Lulka	FR	F	Albany (NY)	16	480	10	0.625	0.021

With all these advanced stats, can someone explain the reasoning behind starting Hank? I know I've said starting doesn't mean anything and it's about who's on the floor when the game ends, but this one I don't get. Is it just his size they want in there? 

[Eli]

Yeah Hank has been a huge disappointment thus far. He's a foul machine. That's it. Hopefully this summer does wonders for him.

Edited March 7, 2019 by Eli

[Clickclack]

35 minutes ago, Eli said:

Yeah Hank has been a huge disappointment thus far. He's a foul machine. That's it. Hopefully this summer does wonders for him.

He was always a project, what exactly did you expect out of him? He should be a serviceable big by the time he's a junior.

Edited March 7, 2019 by Clickclack

[Eli]

I guess I remember all three Aussies being highly touted...

[DanesRGood]

2 minutes ago, Eli said:

I guess I remember all three Aussies being highly touted...

I don't remember Hank being highly touted but I may be wrong.  I remember most of the talk being about Lulka and Healy but also remember hearing 3 very good Aussies but never really remember hearing Hank being at the same level as the other two. Hopefully he will grow into a Puk type player and understand how to not foul so much.

[Eli]

7 minutes ago, DanesRGood said:

I don't remember Hank being highly touted but I may be wrong.  I remember most of the talk being about Lulka and Healy but also remember hearing 3 very good Aussies but never really remember hearing Hank being at the same level as the other two. Hopefully he will grow into a Puk type player and understand how to not foul so much.

Yeah, that's what I meant. Maybe not 'highly touted' (wrong choice of words) but 'very good' for sure. He hasn't been very good. He hasn't even been just 'good'.

Hope this summer he makes a big jump and next year is more servicable.

[godanesgo99]

Bigs take time to develop. At his size, he would have gone much higher if he was ready to contribute big minutes as a freshman. He will develop a little each year, and hopefully he will be ready to really contribute big time his Junior season. 

[Dane Pound]

Hank has been more or less what I expected. He's been more valuable than he gets credit for against teams where he has someone his size to guard - Monmouth, Niagara, SB, Vermont. He struggles against a bunch of conference teams that play undersized big men and Hank has to dance around on the three point line with them. He might end up being more Blake Metcalf than John Puk but we'll see.