mbb 2021 Game #7: 12/1/21 - 8:00PM at Kansas State

[Eli]

 Last Up: W (64-62) @ Eastern Illinois
Next Up: @ Kansas State (2-2, game against North Dakota before us)
Date: 12/1/21 @ 8:00PM
TV/Streaming: BIG12/ESPN+
Local Radio: ESPN Radio 104.5 FM
ESPN Matchup Predictor: 13.4% chance of a UAlbany win

 

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	
E. Illinois	OOC	Away	100	64	62	23	25	52	62	44.2%	40.3%	8	9	21	17	38.1%	52.9%	10	3	16	4	62.5%	75.0%	30	35	11	14	5	2	0	1	11	12	16	16
																																			
Tot. W		OOC		100	64	62	23	25	52	62	44.2%	40.3%	8	9	21	17	38.1%	52.9%	10	3	16	4	62.5%	75.0%	30	35	11	14	5	2	0	1	11	12	16	16	

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	
Towson		OOC	Home	4215	56	77	19	30	53	64	35.8%	46.9%	5	7	24	24	20.8%	29.2%	13	10	14	22	92.9%	45.5%	28	45	8	14	3	10	5	4	14	9	19	16
La Salle	OOC	Away	3047	64	67	22	23	48	47	45.8%	48.9%	7	4	15	18	46.7%	22.2%	13	17	19	21	68.4%	81.0%	25	30	12	16	15	12	1	5	26	23	24	21
Harvard		OOC	Home	2684	53	60	20	19	55	51	36.4%	37.3%	3	8	15	23	20.0%	34.8%	10	14	16	17	62.5%	82.4%	38	34	6	10	7	4	5	1	12	12	21	17
E. Kentucky	OOC	Away	2251	64	77	21	26	52	60	40.4%	43.3%	5	9	18	26	27.8%	34.6%	17	16	26	22	65.4%	72.7%	32	40	8	13	8	3	2	6	14	15	19	21
Kentucky	OOC	Away	18201	61	86	24	32	70	59	34.3%	54.2%	7	5	25	15	28.0%	33.3%	6	17	13	22	46.2%	77.3%	24	48	10	13	9	3	0	8	10	17	19	15
																																			
Tot. L		OOC		30398	298	367	106	130	278	281	38.1%	46.3%	27	33	97	106	27.8%	31.1%	59	74	88	104	67.0%	71.2%	147	197	44	66	42	32	13	24	76	76	102	90																																			
Avg. L		OOC		6079.6	59.6	73.4	21.2	26.0	55.6	56.2	38.1%	46.3%	5.4	6.6	19.4	21.2	27.8%	31.1%	11.8	14.8	17.6	20.8	67.0%	71.2%	29.4	39.4	8.8	13.2	8.4	6.4	2.6	4.8	15.2	15.2	20.4	18.0
																																			
Tot. (all)			30498	362	429	129	155	330	343	39.1%	45.2%	35	42	118	123	29.7%	34.1%	69	77	104	108	66.3%	71.3%	177	232	55	80	47	34	13	25	87	88	118	106
Avg. (all)			5083.0	60.3	71.5	21.5	25.8	55.0	57.2	39.5%	45.2%	5.8	7.0	19.7	20.5	30.2%	34.5%	11.5	12.8	17.3	18.0	66.3%	72.3%	29.5	38.7	9.2	13.3	7.8	5.7	2.2	4.2	14.5	14.7	19.7	17.7
			LOC	ATN	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		REB		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	

 

[godanesgo99]

Kansas St is really an average/slightly below average offensive team, but really strong defensively. Doesn't bode well for a team that can't seem to get the ball to fall, but it would be a great game to break out of any slumps players are having. I know it's early in the season, but they really play hard year round now. People have been on Horton, but he was pretty good last year. He didn't start with the role last season, but ended with it, and earned it. He will shake out of it and be closer to what we saw last season.

[UAalum72]

K-State $iena’d North Dakota 84-42. Massey only gives us 6% chance, 71-56 

[godanesgo99]

Almost gametime. Little chatter.

Not expecting a win tonight, but I'd love to see some more shots fall. I've seen all the games this year except the first win as it wasn't televised, but they've shown improvement on shot selection each game. Sooner or later they will start falling. Why not tonight?

[UA1882]

1 hour ago, godanesgo99 said:

Almost gametime. Little chatter.

Not expecting a win tonight, but I'd love to see some more shots fall. I've seen all the games this year except the first win as it wasn't televised, but they've shown improvement on shot selection each game. Sooner or later they will start falling. Why not tonight?

Not trying to be mean but no . They don't have the guys who can put the ball in the basket . They average 60 points a game.  Bad.  Very very bad shooting team 

Edited December 2, 2021 by UA1882

[UA1882]

They play good defense . They try hard . They are going to need to win ugly this year.  Good start.  Playing hard.  

[jimbo]

Announcers are very good. 

[blorp]

Can someone share with me why Doles isn't in the starting lineup? He just seems to offer a lot more on both ends than Newman does

[godanesgo99]

18 minutes ago, UA1882 said:

Not trying to be mean but no . They don't have the guys who can put the ball in the basket . They average 60 points a game.  Bad.  Very very bad shooting team 

You can say that all you want, and so far this season you are right, but I still don't believe that is who they are. 

[godanesgo99]

And for clarity, they are still showing an extreme ability to avoid putting the ball in the hoop tonight.

That said, the defense has been really really good tonight. Forcing turnovers, keeping KState off balance. My original point was that they can't possibly be this bad offensively all season. Some shots will start to fall. Keep the defensive intensity up and they will break out of the shooting slump.

[UA1882]

7 minutes ago, godanesgo99 said:

You can say that all you want, and so far this season you are right, but I still don't believe that is who they are. 

I hope I'm not right either !!!! Lol. But unfortunately I am.  This teams margin of error is so small . I will watch every game but I have general college basketball friends watch these games and they all say this team is boring and unwatchable. Completely objectively they are right.  

[jimbo]

They don’t seem to have a reliable shooter on the squad. 

[Clickclack]

Really can't make a shot...

[UA1882]

19 minutes ago, godanesgo99 said:

And for clarity, they are still showing an extreme ability to avoid putting the ball in the hoop tonight.

That said, the defense has been really really good tonight. Forcing turnovers, keeping KState off balance. My original point was that they can't possibly be this bad offensively all season. Some shots will start to fall. Keep the defensive intensity up and they will break out of the shooting slump.

So it does not take a rocket scientist to figure this out :

-they can't beat you off the dribble

-they can't post you up

-they can't shoot from the outside 

-they can't hit a free throw 

so I don't see that magically changing .  

Edited December 2, 2021 by UA1882

[nysteve661]

This could be the worst shooting team in D1 era.   25% from the floor and 11% from three.