mbb 2019 Game #19: 1/18/20 - 7:00PM @ Stony Brook

[UA1882]

Rizzuto needs to shoot 10000 or more three pointers before next year. If he is going to contribute to this team it will be the 3 pointer . He is not a rebounder, passer, or a person who can break you down off the dribble.  

He needs to shoot 40 percent from 3 and give us 10 to 15 minutes next year . If he cant do that then he should either sit the bench or transfer (wont transfer since a coach is his cousin.)

Edited January 19, 2020 by UA1882

[dane85]

Like many other teams, SB has an inside game; they have a number of people who can handle the ball and score; and I hate to state the obvious, but  guys like Rizzuto are not Div. I players. We are not getting recruits that match other teams - that is pretty disappointing especially when the Stony Brook coach is very new. 

[Clickclack]

Brown needs to find a productive back to the basket big and a wing to displace both rizzuto and DeSousa. 

 

These two will be marginal fringe rotation players going forward and he will absolute recruit over them. This is what they are... Shocking considering the hype they came with and how many legit programs wanted both. Both are borderline d1 players. 

 

Brutal in the biggest game of the year its like these two were even playing basketball. 

[UA1882]

2 minutes ago, Clickclack said:

Brown needs to find a productive back to the basket big and a wing to displace both rizzuto and DeSousa. 

 

These two will be marginal fringe rotation players going forward and he will absolute recruit over them. This is what they are... Shocking considering the hype they came with and how many legit programs wanted both. Both are borderline d1 players. 

 

Brutal in the biggest game of the year its like these two were even playing basketball. 

I'm not ready to write them both off just yet.  Yes ,they both played very poorly but I do think that both can at least be rotation players. O'Dell at 6'6 would be in my opinion a good recruit to get and would push De Sousa immediately. 

[UA1882]

Also can someone tell me what happened to Doherty. He was suppose to be a good player with an immediate impact.  To me he looks slow and confused . Plus at 6'7 is really cant play center. I hope he really improves because right now I dont see him as even a rotational player next year. 

[Dane Pound]

We can beat the bottom half of the conference with Clark, Cam and Hutch carrying the offense. Against the top half of the conference, we're going to need more from more guys. I thought that after the UNH and Maine game and it's still true. 

Us shooting 27% from three and SB shooting 50% from three isn't going to help us.

I like the small lineup sometimes, but not in this game. That may be something we'll have to rethink down the road.

On the bright side, I thought Lulka looked more like he did his freshman year.

As poorly as we shot the ball tonight, we win on Wednesday and we're still tied for the conference lead. Plus, we finally have some home games.

[DanesRGood]

de Sousa upsets me the most.  He played close to my home and I knew some people who attended some of his games and they RAVED about him.  He was selected to the All NEPSAC Team as a senior which is a solid accomplishment.  I REALLY thought he was going to be a player.  He has shown flashes the past two years but just cannot put it all together and even his blocked shots are down from last year.  I really hope he can figure this out and become a contributor. 

[Real Purple Fan]

Wow.  I can't take the bipolar "fandumb" any longer. First of all.  "Click" off the television if you can't bare watching these kids play their heart out for one another. "Clack" back in 2 years once this group is gone and has won an AE title or 2.  You guys have no clue the work these kids put in and sacrifice on a daily basis. Rizzuto & de Sousa both chose Albany over higher level schools and have contributed to this program tremendously. Do we win without Rizzuto last game against UNH?  Do we win at Columbia without de Sousa?  All of these student athletes should be given a chance to develop and some should hold off on burying their careers game by game.  IDC what you donate or how long you have been a fan.  The real purple family is just that; A Family! Family has your back through thick and thin!

[Eli]

25 minutes ago, Real Purple Fan said:

Wow.  I can't take the bipolar "fandumb" any longer. First of all.  "Click" off the television if you can't bare watching these kids play their heart out for one another. "Clack" back in 2 years once this group is gone and has won an AE title or 2.  You guys have no clue the work these kids put in and sacrifice on a daily basis. Rizzuto & de Sousa both chose Albany over higher level schools and have contributed to this program tremendously. Do we win without Rizzuto last game against UNH?  Do we win at Columbia without de Sousa?  All of these student athletes should be given a chance to develop and some should hold off on burying their careers game by game.  IDC what you donate or how long you have been a fan.  The real purple family is just that; A Family! Family has your back through thick and thin!

Malachi Rizzuto...is that you? lol. AE title...or two? Marijuana must be legal in your state cause you be smokin the good stuff. The only way this team wins a title is if both Rizzuto and DeSousa do a complete 180 and revert to the players they were in the 2nd half of last year. This team is not winning a title with Healey and Clark carrying 95% of the load (remember Cremo and Nichols, same deal). We now have 19 games of empirical evidence an analytics that proves they are what they are...borderline bench warmers.

Way to list out 1 play (from 19 games) where they shined...what's the saying? A broken clock is right twice a day? They are on the court. They are bound to make a play...but that's the problem. We don't need 'a play'...we need 'plays'.

As for fandom...welcome to college athletics. Can't stand the heat (criticism)? Get outa the kitchen!

Glad I didn't find time to watch this game.

Edited January 19, 2020 by Eli

[Eli]

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
Niagara		OOC	Home	1776	84	80	28	28	50	57	56.0%	49.1%	9	11	19	25	47.4%	44.0%	19	13	23	14	82.6%	92.9%	29	18	19	14	1	6	2	1	11	8	13	23
Columbia	OOC	Away	1395	67	66	25	22	58	56	43.1%	39.3%	13	6	27	20	48.1%	30.0%	4	16	7	21	57.1%	76.2%	31	39	10	7	3	6	0	4	13	11	19	13
Binghamton	AE	Away	3035	74	62	26	20	56	56	46.4%	35.7%	9	8	20	28	45.0%	28.6%	8	12	10	15	80.0%	80.0%	32	27	12	4	6	6	1	3	11	11	17	8
Maine		AE	Home	1885	76	70	17	23	46	59	37.0%	39.0%	6	12	24	36	25.0%	33.3%	36	12	47	18	76.6%	66.7%	34	33	10	15	10	4	1	4	11	16	20	35
New Hampshire	AE	Away	393	76	73	24	24	54	62	44.4%	38.7%	9	8	17	24	52.9%	33.3%	19	17	25	24	76.0%	70.8%	34	37	7	6	5	9	2	2	16	14	20	23
																																			
Tot. W		OOC		8913	517	444	183	157	384	424	47.7%	37.0%	58	43	139	152	41.7%	28.3%	93	87	129	112	72.1%	77.7%	242	227	104	79	33	48	28	14	86	87	110	128
		AE		5313	226	205	67	67	156	177	42.9%	37.9%	24	28	61	88	39.3%	31.8%	63	41	82	57	76.8%	71.9%	100	97	29	25	21	19	4	9	38	41	57	66
																																			
Avg. W		OOC		1273.3	73.9	63.4	26.1	22.4	54.9	60.6	47.7%	37.0%	8.3	6.1	19.9	21.7	41.7%	28.3%	13.3	12.4	18.4	16.0	72.1%	77.7%	34.6	32.4	14.9	11.3	4.7	6.9	4.0	2.0	12.3	12.4	15.7	18.3
		AE		1771.0	75.3	68.3	22.3	22.3	52.0	59.0	42.9%	37.9%	8.0	9.3	20.3	29.3	39.3%	31.8%	21.0	13.7	27.3	19.0	76.8%	71.9%	33.3	32.3	9.7	8.3	7.0	6.3	1.3	3.0	12.7	13.7	19.0	22.0
																																			
Tot. W				14226	743	649	250	224	540	601	46.3%	37.3%	82	71	200	240	41.0%	29.6%	156	128	211	169	73.9%	75.7%	342	324	133	104	54	67	32	23	124	128	167	194
Avg. W				1422.6	74.3	64.9	25.0	22.4	54.0	60.1	46.2%	37.5%	8.2	7.1	20.0	24.0	41.5%	29.1%	15.6	12.8	21.1	16.9	73.1%	75.3%	34.2	32.4	13.3	10.4	5.4	6.7	3.2	2.3	12.4	12.8	16.7	19.4
																																			
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
St. Johns	OOC	Away	2963	57	85	20	36	56	71	35.7%	50.7%	6	6	27	21	22.2%	28.6%	11	7	16	13	68.8%	53.8%	30	47	11	18	8	15	1	11	24	19	13	19
Monmouth	OOC	Away	1669	70	72	25	24	52	67	48.1%	35.8%	7	8	20	23	35.0%	34.8%	13	16	24	19	54.2%	84.2%	39	38	11	9	3	7	4	3	15	10	21	21
Stony Brook	AE	Away	2763	62	70	22	27	59	49	37.3%	55.1%	8	8	29	16	27.6%	50.0%	10	8	15	17	66.7%	47.1%	32	34	13	11	7	9	2	4	16	21	19	18
																																			
Tot. L		OOC		16860	484	572	164	205	432	475	38.0%	43.2%	53	68	199	196	26.6%	34.7%	103	94	153	138	67.3%	68.1%	273	289	101	117	40	71	17	33	126	99	141	147
		AE		2763	62	70	22	27	59	49	37.3%	55.1%	8	8	29	16	27.6%	50.0%	10	8	15	17	66.7%	47.1%	32	34	13	11	7	9	2	4	16	21	19	18
																																			
Avg. L		OOC		2107.5	60.5	71.5	20.5	25.6	54.0	59.4	38.0%	43.2%	6.6	8.5	24.9	24.5	26.6%	34.7%	12.9	11.8	19.1	17.3	67.3%	68.1%	34.1	36.1	12.6	14.6	5.0	8.9	2.1	4.1	15.8	12.4	17.6	18.4
		AE		2763.0	62.0	70.0	22.0	27.0	59.0	49.0	37.3%	55.1%	8.0	8.0	29.0	16.0	27.6%	50.0%	10.0	8.0	15.0	17.0	66.7%	47.1%	32.0	34.0	13.0	11.0	7.0	9.0	2.0	4.0	16.0	21.0	19.0	18.0
																																			
Tot. L				19623	546	642	186	232	491	524	37.9%	44.3%	61	76	228	212	26.8%	35.8%	113	102	168	155	67.3%	65.8%	305	323	114	128	47	80	19	37	142	120	160	165
Avg. L				2180.3	60.7	71.3	20.7	25.8	54.6	58.2	38.0%	44.5%	6.8	8.4	25.3	23.6	27.2%	35.5%	12.6	11.3	18.7	17.2	68.7%	65.4%	33.9	35.9	12.7	14.2	5.2	8.9	2.1	4.1	15.8	13.3	17.8	18.3
																																			
Tot. (all)			33849	1289	1291	436	456	1031	1125	42.3%	40.5%	143	147	428	452	33.4%	32.5%	269	230	379	324	71.0%	71.0%	647	647	247	232	101	147	51	60	266	248	327	359
Avg. (all)			1781.5	67.8	67.9	22.9	24.0	54.3	59.2	42.3%	40.8%	7.5	7.7	22.5	23.8	34.7%	32.1%	14.2	12.1	19.9	17.1	71.0%	70.6%	34.1	34.1	13.0	12.2	5.3	7.7	2.7	3.2	14.0	13.1	17.2	18.9
			LOC	ATN	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		REB		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	

 

[Clickclack]

39 minutes ago, Real Purple Fan said:

Wow.  I can't take the bipolar "fandumb" any longer. First of all.  "Click" off the television if you can't bare watching these kids play their heart out for one another. "Clack" back in 2 years once this group is gone and has won an AE title or 2.  You guys have no clue the work these kids put in and sacrifice on a daily basis. Rizzuto & de Sousa both chose Albany over higher level schools and have contributed to this program tremendously. Do we win without Rizzuto last game against UNH?  Do we win at Columbia without de Sousa?  All of these student athletes should be given a chance to develop and some should hold off on burying their careers game by game.  IDC what you donate or how long you have been a fan.  The real purple family is just that; A Family! Family has your back through thick and thin!

I've been here for 15 years and will be here God willing for another 30...apparently in your family it's just blowing smoke up everyone's ass...no matter how much you try to sugar coat it, the truth is closer to what I and others have observed and not your rosy view of things. It's hard to watch. I wish it wasn't so. 

 

As for what I donate... You don't get to be top 150 booster without putting a little bit of money up. That doesn't necessarily give me a free check to run in on these guys... Im just being honest with what I see. Look at a kid like Hutch... See and feel the difference.

 

They stink... Sorry if that hurts your feelings. 

They aren't green freshman any more, they look completely lost, neither one can shoot worth a lick. It's all there for people to see. Much was expected out of both and they haven't delivered at all. Once in a great while every 10 games they will have a good 3 minutes. Staying quiet about it may not hurt feelings but you lying to yourself won't help either. 

Edited January 19, 2020 by Clickclack

[Clickclack]

45 minutes ago, UA1882 said:

Also can someone tell me what happened to Doherty. He was suppose to be a good player with an immediate impact.  To me he looks slow and confused . Plus at 6'7 is really cant play center. I hope he really improves because right now I dont see him as even a rotational player next year. 

Just not ready to contribute at all... Every time he's out there he's lost. 

[Eli]

I would be all for the 'patience' speeches but we're about to play game number 20. There is what, 9-10 games left? We're not in the first month of the season. These guys have nearly played 2 full years. They are what they are. Most have regressed majorly, which is shocking.

Edited January 19, 2020 by Eli

[Clickclack]

1 minute ago, Eli said:

I would be all for the 'be patience' speeches but we're about to play game number 20. There is what, 9-10 games left? We're not in the first month of the season. These guys have nearly played 2 full years. They are what they are. Most have regressed majorly, which is shocking.

Neither rizzuto nor DeSousa have regressed.. You have to progress to regress. DeSousa had a good end of season stretch but rizzuto has been a mess his entire career. 

[Real Purple Fan]

Must of missed the part about me not caring how long you guys have been a fan.  I've been a fan long enough to know there's more to contributing than just PPG.  I'm sure if coach Brown felt the same as some of you, there'd only be 2 players worthy of being on the court at all times. I'm not going to say anything negative about any of these young men but there isn't a player on the team who hasn't had a bad game win or lose.  Just because I have never posted until tonight doesn't mean Idk anything about UAMBB. NONE of these kids are getting paid and the fact that you so called fans curse their names as if they were is ridiculous. Continue to hide behind your phones and talk crap, and I'll continue to pay $5 per month to watch them play on tv when I cant make a game.  Not look at a box score to determine who had a good game or not.  Not sure who coined the phrase but I do believe that "Defense Wins Championships "!