mbb 2022 Game #8: 11/26/22 - 1PM vs Florida Atlantic University

[Eli]

Last Up: W (68-65) vs Presbyterian (Sunshine Slam)
Next Up: vs Florida Atlantic University (4-1, beat Florida by 2 and Bryant - a common foe of ours - by 11)
Date: 11/26/22 @ 1PM
TV/Streaming: ESPN+
Local Radio: ESPN 104.5 The Team
ESPN Matchup Predictor: 31.5% 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	
Immaculata	OOC	Away	250	74	47	28	17	54	39	51.9%	43.6%	10	3	25	12	40.0%	25.0%	8	10	17	25	47.1%	40.0%	42	20	19	8	11	16	0	4	24	22	23	17
Union		OOC	Home	500	87	75	30	29	60	61	50.0%	47.5%	9	5	24	12	37.5%	41.7%	18	12	24	14	75.0%	85.7%	37	30	17	17	7	4	5	2	12	15	16	18
Presbyterian	OOC	Home	1417	68	65	26	24	61	55	42.6%	43.6%	9	0	20	11	45.0%	0.0%	7	17	15	22	46.7%	77.3%	38	36	11	4	5	6	1	2	11	12	17	21
																																		
Tot. W		OOC		2167	229	187	84	70	175	155	48.0%	45.2%	28	8	69	35	40.6%	22.9%	33	39	56	61	58.9%	63.9%	117	86	47	29	23	26	6	8	47	49	56	56
Avg. W		OOC		722.3	76.3	62.3	28.0	23.3	58.3	51.7	48.0%	45.2%	9.3	2.7	23.0	11.7	40.6%	22.9%	11.0	13.0	18.7	20.3	58.9%	63.9%	39.0	28.7	15.7	9.7	7.7	8.7	2.0	2.7	15.7	16.3	18.7	18.7
																																			
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	Away	3242	62	67	19	23	53	53	35.8%	43.4%	10	3	31	12	32.3%	25.0%	14	18	18	21	77.8%	85.7%	34	32	14	13	5	6	4	3	15	13	21	16
Siena		OOC	Away	9561	62	75	21	23	54	54	38.9%	42.6%	8	9	22	17	36.4%	52.9%	12	20	18	33	66.7%	60.6%	30	42	7	14	4	4	3	5	12	13	27	18
St. Josephs	OOC	Away	1452	79	99	25	31	60	55	41.7%	56.4%	9	12	27	26	33.3%	46.2%	20	25	29	43	69.0%	58.1%	34	38	12	16	7	10	1	1	12	12	29	27
Austin Peay	OOC	Away	-	59	74	20	24	48	49	41.7%	49.0%	5	3	22	13	22.7%	23.1%	14	23	21	27	66.7%	85.2%	31	30	12	11	3	2	1	3	15	8	24	18																																			
																																			
Tot. L		OOC		14255	262	315	85	101	215	211	39.5%	47.9%	32	27	102	68	31.4%	39.7%	60	86	86	124	69.8%	69.4%	129	142	45	54	19	22	9	12	54	46	101	79
Avg. L		OOC		3563.8	65.5	78.8	21.3	25.3	53.8	52.8	39.5%	47.9%	8.0	6.8	25.5	17.0	31.4%	39.7%	15.0	21.5	21.5	31.0	69.8%	69.4%	32.3	35.5	11.3	13.5	4.8	5.5	2.3	3.0	13.5	11.5	25.3	19.8
																																			
Tot. (all)			16422	491	502	169	171	390	366	1	1	60	35	171	103	1	1	93	125	142	185	1	1	246	228	92	83	42	48	15	20	101	95	157	135
Avg. (all)			2346.0	70.1	71.7	24.1	24.4	55.7	52.3	43.2%	46.6%	8.6	5.0	24.4	14.7	35.3%	30.5%	13.3	17.9	20.3	26.4	64.1%	70.4%	35.1	32.6	13.1	11.9	6.0	6.9	2.1	2.9	14.4	13.6	22.4	19.3
			LOC	ATN	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		REB		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	

 

[cwdickens]

Just looking at their record and the teams that they have won against, Florida Atlantic is no Presbyterian.  

Florida Atlantic is capable of two or more scoring runs, so our scoring cannot disappear for five to ten minutes segments or this game is in the L column.

[Eli]

This is a loss. Let's be real.

[UA'08]

10 minutes ago, Eli said:

This is a loss. Let's be real.

Highest conference profile team to visit Albany?

[nysteve661]

54 minutes ago, Eli said:

This is a loss. Let's be real.

Absolutely.  Florida beat our old friend SBU by 36 and FAU beat Florida.  Will be ugly. By the way, anyone notice that both UA and SBU have fallen precipitously in both football and basketball (SBU up and down since Pikeill left)the last few years?   Just coincidence?  Lousy AD's( Hielbron, Benson)? Football coaches not fired sooner(Priore, Gattuso)? Basketball staff changes year after year? 

Just a black eye on SUNY D1 athletics from these two schools.

Edited November 23, 2022 by nysteve661

[UAalum72]

2 hours ago, UA'08 said:

Highest conference profile team to visit Albany?

Other than Syracuse downtown as part of a 1 for 4 deal, twenty years ago (12/02/02, 91-65 L)

Edited November 23, 2022 by UAalum72

[B9j2j6s]

VCU

[UA'08]

24 minutes ago, B9j2j6s said:

VCU

Colonial back then.

[Eli]

This game is strictly about practicing against a better opponent and hopefully getting ourselves better (basically - prep for conference play). I have no idea how we managed to get them to agree to come to Albany but hey...

Edited November 23, 2022 by Eli

[nysteve661]

2 hours ago, B9j2j6s said:

VCU

That VCU game was a return game from the previous season due to ESPN Bracketbuster format they did for a few years. The following Bracketbuster was a game vs Boise St and they came to SEFCU the following year.

[Dane96]

3 hours ago, UA'08 said:

Colonial back then.

They were a Top 45 team back then.  No matter the conference.

[cwdickens]

8 hours ago, Eli said:

This is a loss. Let's be real.

When I posted my comment, I was thinking Florida Atlantic is a potential NCAA Tournament team ... our chances of winning less then 10%

[UA'08]

1 hour ago, Dane96 said:

They were a Top 45 team back then.  No matter the conference.

I asked conference profile. If we want to go team then pretty sure Bucknell was top 30 in 2007. Conference USA is clearly a shell of its old self though.

Edited November 23, 2022 by UA'08

[godanesgo99]

Too bad this game is this year. Would be way better to have it at a brand new SEFCU. Would get a big crowd and be a great way to highlight the new digs. 

 

[olddog71]

20 hours ago, Eli said:

This game is strictly about practicing against a better opponent and hopefully getting ourselves better (basically - prep for conference play). I have no idea how we managed to get them to agree to come to Albany but hey...

FAU team members can go holiday shopping after the game without palms. It will be a cultural experience for them.