mbb 2020 Game #3: 12/23/20 - 3:00PM vs Niagara

[Eli]

Last Up: L (65-60) vs UMBC
Next Up: vs Niagara (2-3)
Time/Date: 12/23/20 @ 3:00PM EST
TV/Streaming: ESPN+
Local Radio: ESPN Radio 104.5 FM
ESPN Matchup Predictor: UA 62.7% chance of winning

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	
UMBC		AE	Home	-	64	65	24	23	62	53	38.7%	43.4%	6	8	19	21	31.6%	38.1%	10	11	13	20	76.9%	55.0%	28	39	14	13	4	6	2	1	9	15	18	18
UMBC		AE	Home	-	60	65	20	20	62	47	32.3%	42.6%	6	7	22	18	27.3%	38.9%	14	18	19	29	73.7%	62.1%	29	36	9	10	6	2	2	7	11	17	23	18
																																
Tot. L		AE		0	124	130	44	43	124	100	35.5%	43.0%	12	15	41	39	29.3%	38.5%	24	29	32	49	75.0%	59.2%	57	75	23	23	10	8	4	8	20	32	41	36
																																			
Avg. L		AE		0.0	62.0	65.0	22.0	21.5	62.0	50.0	35.5%	43.0%	6.0	7.5	20.5	19.5	29.3%	38.5%	12.0	14.5	16.0	24.5	75.0%	59.2%	28.5	37.5	11.5	11.5	5.0	4.0	2.0	4.0	10.0	16.0	20.5	18.0
																																			
Tot. L			0	124	130	44	43	124	100	35.5%	43.0%	12	15	41	39	29.3%	38.5%	24	29	32	49	75.0%	59.2%	57	75	23	23	10	8	4	8	20	32	41	36
Avg. L			0.0	62.0	65.0	22.0	21.5	62.0	50.0	35.5%	43.0%	6.0	7.5	20.5	19.5	29.4%	38.5%	12.0	14.5	16.0	24.5	75.3%	58.5%	28.5	37.5	11.5	11.5	5.0	4.0	2.0	4.0	10.0	16.0	20.5	18.0
																																			
Tot. (all)			0	124	130	44	43	124	100	35.5%	43.0%	12	15	41	39	29.3%	38.5%	24	29	32	49	75.0%	59.2%	57	75	23	23	10	8	4	8	20	32	41	36
Avg. (all)			0.0	62.0	65.0	22.0	21.5	62.0	50.0	35.5%	43.0%	6.0	7.5	20.5	19.5	29.4%	38.5%	12.0	14.5	16.0	24.5	75.3%	58.5%	28.5	37.5	11.5	11.5	5.0	4.0	2.0	4.0	10.0	16.0	20.5	18.0
			LOC	ATN	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		REB		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	

 

Edited December 21, 2020 by Eli

[UAalum72]

Ok, you’re saying Albany is 4-1 vs Niagara.

NU is 2-3, 2-2 MAAC. Lost to Syracuse, two losses to St Peters, two wins over Fairfield 

[Eli]

4 minutes ago, UAalum72 said:

Ok, you’re saying Albany is 4-1 vs Niagara.

NU is 2-3, 2-2 MAAC. Lost to Syracuse, two losses to St Peters, two wins over Fairfield 

Haha, my bad. Copy paste error from previous game.

[UAalum72]

https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/UAlbany-plans-to-have-Antonio-Rizzuto-continue-to-15820596.php?utm_campaign=CMS Sharing Tools (Premium)&utm_source=share-by-email&utm_medium=email
Brown hopes to shorten bench. Rizzuto leads team in scoring and with a 27 (+/-)

[blorp]

Jojo playing like the star we need

[UAalum72]

Never mind the TU, Rizzuto starts as Healy has a sore hip

[blorp]

That half-assed alley oop rules

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

I see really good athleticism.  If only they had good coaching ...

[UA1882]

3 minutes ago, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

I see really good athleticism.  If only they had good coaching ...

That's kind of the chicken or the egg anology. Do we recruit guys that can't score ? Or do we recruit guys who can but aren't coached . I'm really not sure at this point . 

[blorp]

That's good defense there forcing that turnover in the baseline

Edited December 22, 2020 by blorp

[UA1882]

Shafer is a liability on offense and defense.  Yes he can hit a layup . So can I.  Otherwise he is terrible . 

[UA1882]

Another close loss . One positive at least was at the 10 minute mark in the second half they started to really drive to the hoop. I like that.  Need to attack the hoop. Something they have not done consistently this year . 

[Clickclack]

Another disappointing effort. Three games in and very unclear where a win will actually come from. This program is in a bad spot not sure how this will go the rest of the way but that was discouraging again.Niagara is not a good team and we're previously winless on the road.

[blorp]

Because this is such a weird season i think we've all got to try not to dwell too much into the bad moments and instead focus on the positive stuff. There are multiple players that can score and create their own shot. The two man game with Taylor is really strong. To me, the scoring droughts and defensive lapses look like more a result of conditioning than actual ability. Three games in four days seems like a lot even if the team were in late season form.

 

I just don't think that you can read too much into anything at this point

[Clickclack]

2 minutes ago, blorp said:

Because this is such a weird season i think we've all got to try not to dwell too much into the bad moments and instead focus on the positive stuff. There are multiple players that can score and create their own shot. The two man game with Taylor is really strong. To me, the scoring droughts and defensive lapses look like more a result of conditioning than actual ability. Three games in four days seems like a lot even if the team were in late season form.

 

I just don't think that you can read too much into anything at this point

I suspect that the season progresses this excuse will fall away and we'll see what's left.