mbb 2019 Game #11: 12/10/19 - 7:00PM @ Boston College

[UA1882]

1 minute ago, Coach Nichols said:

You are of course entitled to your opinion, and you probably have seen more Dane ball than me.   But I have a pretty good source who said;  ‘There has never been a game where we weren’t the better prepared team’. 

Yeah it was David Nichols.  Hahaha 

[Clickclack]

3 minutes ago, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

Would be interesting to see year by year points per minute...

Ppg isn't a great measure but... Cremo was a far different player over his time here. Offensive rating bares this out. 

 

Greg stire...very different player 

 

Dallas ennema was a solid player by the time he graduated as was Mike Rowley. 

 

Dj evens... Much better in his second season here... 

 

There are more. 

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

Just now, Clickclack said:

Ppg isn't a great measure but... Cremo was a far different player over his time here. Offensive rating bares this out. 

 

Greg stire...very different player 

 

Dallas ennema was a solid player by the time he graduated as was Mike Rowley. 

 

Dj evens... Much better in his second season here... 

 

There are more. 

Points per minute.  Not per game 

[DanesRGood]

16 minutes ago, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

Now now click..I never call you out on some of your righteous indignation.  Don't trigger mine. 

It wouldn't be bad if it wasn't 90% of your posts. We get it. You want Brown gone. And I mean this all in the nicest way possible but it gets old. 

[Eli]

Back to back games where the other team has had 10+ steals (13 and 14 respectively). Disaster.

 

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	Home	1808	83	57	31	20	55	58	56.4%	34.5%	7	4	19	23	36.8%	17.4%	14	13	19	18	73.7%	72.2%	34	24	15	12	5	8	4	2	13	13	18	17
Potsdam		OOC	Home	2124	78	52	28	19	61	71	45.9%	26.8%	10	5	23	23	43.5%	21.7%	12	9	24	14	50.0%	64.3%	49	39	16	10	6	11	7	4	16	16	14	22
Sacred Heart	OOC	Away	154	72	65	29	21	61	59	47.5%	35.6%	7	5	14	20	50.0%	25.0%	7	18	9	19	77.8%	94.7%	32	40	20	9	7	3	4	1	10	15	22	13
Presbyterian	OOC	Away	150	65	60	20	22	50	56	40.0%	39.3%	5	4	20	15	25.0%	26.7%	20	12	24	16	83.3%	75.0%	35	34	12	11	5	6	4	0	11	13	13	22
American	OOC	Home	1506	68	64	22	25	49	67	44.9%	37.3%	7	8	17	26	41.2%	30.8%	17	6	23	10	73.9%	60.0%	32	33	12	16	6	8	7	2	12	11	11	18
																																			
Tot. W				5742	366	298	130	107	276	311	47.1%	34.4%	36	26	93	107	38.7%	24.3%	70	58	99	77	70.7%	75.3%	182	170	75	58	29	36	26	9	62	68	78	92
Avg. W				1148.4	73.2	59.6	26.0	21.4	55.2	62.2	46.9%	34.7%	7.2	5.2	18.6	21.4	39.3%	24.3%	14.0	11.6	19.8	15.4	71.7%	73.2%	36.4	34.0	15.0	11.6	5.8	7.2	5.2	1.8	12.4	13.6	15.6	18.4
																																			
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	
Lehigh		OOC	Home	2039	70	74	19	30	58	59	32.8%	50.8%	8	4	29	16	27.6%	25.0%	24	10	31	15	77.4%	66.7%	32	29	11	17	5	6	0	7	16	15	17	24
Manhattan	OOC	Away	1029	51	57	15	20	53	55	28.3%	36.4%	5	6	24	20	20.8%	30.0%	16	11	21	19	76.2%	57.9%	31	39	11	10	3	4	5	3	11	10	20	22
Quinnipiac	OOC	Away	890	69	86	29	30	68	57	42.6%	52.6%	7	17	29	33	24.1%	51.5%	4	9	7	12	57.1%	75.0%	37	33	23	24	4	6	1	5	9	11	15	10
Yale		OOC	Home	2337	52	61	19	23	53	48	35.8%	47.9%	7	10	26	23	26.9%	43.5%	7	5	7	8	100.0%	62.5%	26	31	14	13	7	6	3	1	10	13	11	9
Bucknell	OOC	Away	2059	64	65	20	20	43	54	46.5%	37.0%	7	7	19	28	36.8%	25.0%	17	18	26	22	65.4%	81.8%	36	28	11	9	6	13	1	3	21	15	22	23
Boston College	OOC	Away	3874	51	72	17	22	49	64	34.7%	34.4%	6	10	25	32	24.0%	31.3%	11	18	21	30	52.4%	60.0%	42	44	9	17	4	14	2	0	20	6	22	19
																																			
Tot. L				12228	357	415	119	145	324	337	36.7%	43.0%	40	54	152	152	26.3%	35.5%	79	71	113	106	69.9%	67.0%	204	204	79	90	29	49	12	19	87	70	107	107
Avg. L				2038.0	59.5	69.2	19.8	24.2	54.0	56.2	36.8%	43.2%	6.7	9.0	25.3	25.3	26.7%	34.4%	13.2	11.8	18.8	17.7	71.4%	67.3%	34.0	34.0	13.2	15.0	4.8	8.2	2.0	3.2	14.5	11.7	17.8	17.8
																																			
Tot. (all)			17970	723	713	249	252	600	648	41.5%	38.9%	76	80	245	259	31.0%	30.9%	149	129	212	183	70.3%	70.5%	386	374	154	148	58	85	38	28	149	138	185	199
Avg. (all)			1633.6	65.7	64.8	22.6	22.9	54.5	58.9	41.4%	39.3%	6.9	7.3	22.3	23.5	32.4%	29.8%	13.5	11.7	19.3	16.6	71.6%	70.0%	35.1	34.0	14.0	13.5	5.3	7.7	3.5	2.5	13.5	12.5	16.8	18.1
			LOC	ATN	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		REB		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	

 

[Clickclack]

9 minutes ago, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

Points per minute.  Not per game 

You wanted one player... I named you a bunch. Not to mention there is a lot more that goes into basketball than ppm. Bad take man... I hear you... You're are me with Gattuso 4 months ago... I get it. 

Edited December 11, 2019 by Clickclack

[nysteve661]

Just realized that we didn't even mention Hansen lately.  What on earth happened to the best player on the Canada tour and was relegated to garbage time today.  Here is another example of regression of a player as the season wears on.  Frustration!

[Clickclack]

3 minutes ago, nysteve661 said:

Just realized that we didn't even mention Hansen lately.  What on earth happened to the best player on the Canada tour and was relegated to garbage time today.  Here is another example of regression of a player as the season wears on.  Frustration!

Again... Another cautionary tale with recruiting kids that don't know system and are basically graduating in a few months. This is why I hate the juco recruiting strategy. I have always railed against it... For every one kid that works out... 10 juco kids are wast of scholarships. It's true... 

Edited December 11, 2019 by Clickclack

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

11 minutes ago, DanesRGood said:

It wouldn't be bad if it wasn't 90% of your posts. We get it. You want Brown gone. And I mean this all in the nicest way possible but it gets old. 

Point taken.  I’ll diversify.  I’m just very frustrated 

[Clickclack]

Just now, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

Point taken.  I’ll diversify.  I’m just very frustrated 

I can't kill you for it... We all are... 

 

Clark 0ast 6to... What are we doing here? Seriously bench him... And run the walk-on out there. 

[Coach Nichols]

I assume some of you won’t engage with me because based on the way I see you talk about the kids you probably slammed my son.  LOL.  But as it relates to Brown he is as solid as it gets as a coach.  Do I agree with everything he does? Of course not, but he can coach.  

[UA1882]

11 minutes ago, Coach Nichols said:

I assume some of you won’t engage with me because based on the way I see you talk about the kids you probably slammed my son.  LOL.  But as it relates to Brown he is as solid as it gets as a coach.  Do I agree with everything he does? Of course not, but he can coach.  

I try not to bash players . But I do call a spade a spade. We r not a very good basketball team . Our players to this point in the season have not progressed at all. It's one of 2 things . The players or the coach . We are turnover prone . Cant shot the basketball.  Have no bench . Ect. Ect . Ect . Ect . 

Will the team maybe improve . Maybe . But the bottom line is the team is no better then the end of last year.  If u are a coach, I would love to know who's fault u think it is. 

[UA1882]

Now to be far we are injured.  Luka will get his feet under him and Anderson will come back sometime . I will try and wait until conference play . But at this point I'm hoping for 8-8. 

[godanesgo99]

39 minutes ago, Coach Nichols said:

I assume some of you won’t engage with me because based on the way I see you talk about the kids you probably slammed my son.  LOL.  But as it relates to Brown he is as solid as it gets as a coach.  Do I agree with everything he does? Of course not, but he can coach.  

There are some fans here that get overly negative on everything. That is what being a sports fan is all about. When I complain about it and how it might affect a players mindset when/if they read it, I'm told that they are adults and can handle it, and that complaining is all part of being a fan on a message board. It wouldn't surprise me if the negativity here helped push your son and Cremo to transfer. I've been told directly from people that it had affected some of the other players in the past. It's sad, but it is what it is.

People on the board loved your son his sophomore year, but got on him hard his junior year. Clark exhibits many of the same things people got on David for. There are times when it seems forced and bad decisions are made. Both kids are/were immense talents. Some of the best we have ever seen at UA, but both had frustrating performances at times. Both can/could carry the team and look like the best players on the floor against an ACC team one game, then drive to rim against 3 defenders and throw a circus shot with no foul called on three straight possessions the next game.

Both were 1st team all AE talents. Both would be significantly better with another ball handling threat on the floor with them that UA just hasn't had.

If JoJo is as good as advertised, a guard rotation of Clark/JoJo/Healy/Rizzuto could be hard to beat. 

My biggest frustration with this team is the amount of 1 on 1 play and deep three point shots. The bigs haven't shown they are an inside threat or that they can handle passes. This allows the other team to focus on guarding the perimeter, which forces so much pressure on the guards that they turn the ball over. When the shots are falling, this team can play with every team they have faced so far. When they aren't, the team will see a 5 minute slump of 0 points scored. It's been the same MO since the 16-17 season.

To me, the top priority for the coaching staff right now would be to develop confidence in Lulka, Hank, Lauderdale, and French. Convince Hansen to use his length down low instead of the perimeter. Get Doherty minutes to develop for next year, and focus all recruiting effort on a talented 4 year big.

Edited December 11, 2019 by godanesgo99

[blorp]

8 minutes ago, godanesgo99 said:

There are some fans here that get overly negative on everything. That is what being a sports fan is all about. When I complain about it and how it might affect a players mindset when/if they read it, I'm told that they are adults and can handle it, and that complaining is all part of being a fan on a message board.

If I get discouraged with the negatives l negativity here and at the games as a fan, I can't imagine how discouraging it would be as a player... We're frustrated, I'm sure they're frustrated too

Lost among all the complaints about regressing and TOs, I've been impressed by Hank this year! He's made a big step forward. Playing really tough inside defense and he's all over every loose ball, though he was getting there toward the back half of last season. I'd love to see him putting up eight points every night too. He's shown he's got some solid post moves, use it more.