mbb 2023 Game #15: 1/2/24 - 7PM @ Harvard

[Eli]

Last Up: W (86-69) @ Long Island University
Next Up: @ Harvard (8-3, 5-0 at home)
Date: 1/2/24 @ 7:00PM
TV/Streaming: ESPN+
Local Radio: ESPN Radio 104.5 FM
ESPN Matchup Predictor: 25.9% 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		FST BRK		PTS IN PNT		FOUL	
Columbia	OOC	Away	761	78	75	27	23	59	57	45.8%	40.4%	6	7	17	22	35.3%	31.8%	18	22	27	24	66.7%	91.7%	40	25	14	11	4	7	3	3	15	10	17	15	40	26	18	19
Army		OOC	Home	2011	62	59	22	22	53	62	41.5%	35.5%	7	4	21	18	33.3%	22.2%	11	11	14	17	78.6%	64.7%	31	31	8	7	5	7	4	3	11	7	6	7	28	34	17	10
Siena		OOC	Away	7605	86	51	36	20	70	61	51.4%	32.8%	6	3	19	14	31.6%	21.4%	8	8	9	13	88.9%	61.5%	45	33	14	9	12	6	1	3	12	18	26	1	60	24	18	9
Boston Univ.	OOC	Home	3103	86	72	25	25	55	65	45.5%	38.5%	14	4	32	14	43.8%	28.6%	22	18	37	26	59.5%	69.2%	36	42	15	9	9	6	4	4	10	13	12	6	20	38	22	25
Dartmouth	OOC	Home	2075	73	68	27	25	63	56	42.9%	44.6%	5	6	20	26	25.0%	23.1%	14	12	24	16	58.3%	75.0%	38	34	14	10	11	5	1	9	14	17	4	9	42	38	20	23
SUNY Potsdam	OOC	Home	1653	98	59	39	22	73	65	53.4%	33.8%	9	4	23	19	39.1%	21.1%	11	11	15	13	73.3%	84.6%	38	32	20	7	17	5	3	5	13	21	24	4	54	24	14	10
Sacred Heart	OOC	Home	1415	93	79	31	34	58	65	53.4%	52.3%	10	5	21	18	47.6%	27.8%	21	6	26	13	80.8%	46.2%	40	22	18	19	7	8	1	3	17	10	17	13	38	54	13	18
Long Island	OOC	Away	1704	86	69	29	25	56	56	51.8%	44.6%	5	3	15	17	33.3%	17.6%	23	16	31	24	74.2%	66.7%	43	25	16	12	16	16	5	3	22	20	26	9	46	32	16	22
		
Tot. W				20327	662	532	236	196	487	487	48.5%	40.2%	62	36	168	148	36.9%	24.3%	128	104	183	146	69.9%	71.2%	311	244	119	84	81	60	22	33	114	116	132	64	328	270	138	136
Avg. W				2540.9	82.8	66.5	29.5	24.5	60.9	60.9	48.2%	40.3%	7.8	4.5	21.0	18.5	36.1%	24.2%	16.0	13.0	22.9	18.3	72.5%	69.9%	38.9	30.5	14.9	10.5	10.1	7.5	2.8	4.1	14.3	14.5	16.5	8.0	41.0	33.8	17.3	17.0
																																							
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		FST BRK		PTS IN PNT		FOUL	
UMass		OOC	Away	3015	71	92	20	33	56	76	35.7%	43.4%	9	10	26	22	34.6%	45.5%	22	16	31	26	71.0%	61.5%	40	43	10	20	2	12	5	4	18	5	16	16	22	46	23	21
Seton Hall	OOC	Away	7712	71	96	25	36	61	58	41.0%	62.1%	8	5	28	14	28.6%	35.7%	13	19	19	25	68.4%	76.0%	29	33	12	17	7	11	3	3	13	9	7	15	28	58	20	13
Quinnipiac	OOC	Away	763	82	85	29	30	73	68	39.7%	44.1%	7	1	20	7	35.0%	14.3%	17	24	23	30	73.9%	80.0%	38	39	11	13	7	3	6	7	10	11	8	20	44	50	21	27
Temple		OOC	Neutral	-	73	78	27	26	62	57	43.5%	45.6%	5	4	24	16	20.8%	25.0%	14	22	18	32	77.8%	68.8%	37	37	16	12	8	10	6	3	17	13	11	3	42	36	22	16
Drexel		OOC	Away	991	52	71	21	29	66	67	31.8%	43.3%	4	6	22	17	18.2%	35.3%	6	7	7	11	85.7%	63.6%	26	54	10	12	10	4	2	6	10	18	14	14	30	36	16	11
South Florida	OOC	Away	2759	73	89	28	31	64	65	43.8%	47.7%	7	6	21	23	33.3%	26.1%	10	21	15	30	66.7%	70.0%	37	40	13	16	8	7	2	3	20	11	14	13	42	38	23	13
			
Tot. L				15240	422	511	150	185	382	391	39.3%	47.3%	40	32	141	99	28.4%	32.3%	82	109	113	154	72.6%	70.8%	207	246	72	90	42	47	24	26	88	67	70	81	208	264	125	101
Avg. L				2540.0	70.3	85.2	25.0	30.8	63.7	65.2	39.3%	47.7%	6.7	5.3	23.5	16.5	28.4%	30.3%	13.7	18.2	18.8	25.7	73.9%	70.0%	34.5	41.0	12.0	15.0	7.0	7.8	4.0	4.3	14.7	11.2	11.7	13.5	34.7	44.0	20.8	16.8
																																							
Tot. (all)			35567	1084	1043	386	381	869	878	44.4%	43.4%	102	68	309	247	33.0%	27.5%	210	213	296	300	70.9%	71.0%	518	490	191	174	123	107	46	59	202	183	202	145	536	534	263	237
Avg. (all)			2540.5	77.4	74.5	27.6	27.2	62.1	62.7	44.4%	43.5%	7.3	4.9	22.1	17.6	32.8%	26.8%	15.0	15.2	21.1	21.4	73.1%	70.0%	37.0	35.0	13.6	12.4	8.8	7.6	3.3	4.2	14.4	13.1	14.4	10.4	38.3	38.1	18.8	16.9
			LOC	ATN	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		REB		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FST BRK		PTS IN PNT		FOUL	

 

 

Edited December 29, 2023 by Eli

[cwdickens]

A tough road game against a good Harvard MBB team 5-0 at home.

[cwdickens]

UALBANY MEN’S BASKETBALL

 

Amica out to make bigger contribution

Oft-injured senior guard feeling healthy this season, gaining playing time in rotation

 

By Pete Dougherty

Stephen Weaver/Times Union archive

UAlbany senior guard Will Amica has averaged 11 minutes of playing time a game over the Danes’ past six contests.

UALBANY AT HARVARD

When: 7 p.m. Tuesday

Where: Lavietes Pavilion, Cambridge, Mass.

TV/Radio: ESPN+ (streaming), WTMM 104.5 FM

ALBANY — When he first arrived on campus more than three years ago, Will Amica brought with him a lot of promise for the University at Albany basketball program.

The lone freshman on the roster in the final season of the tenure of former coach Will Brown, Amica played nine minutes that first season. Elbow and head injuries limited him to just one game. Since then, Amica has been plagued by problems in both hips, undergoing surgery on both.

 

Entering this season, he had totaled nine games, scoring 18 points in 70 total minutes.

Now in his fourth year, Amica is healthy again and making a growing contribution to the Great Danes (8-6), who will finish their nonconference schedule Tuesday night at Harvard (8-4).

“He really wants to be a part of the impact,” third-year coach Dwayne Killings said. “He wants to win, he wants to have success. He’s trying to do his part. He’s an easy guy to root for.”

Amica, a 6-foot guard, has averaged 11 minutes the past six games as he works his way into UAlbany’s playing rotation. In12 games this season, he has 22 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, which may seem modest but they all surpass his career numbers coming into the season.

The injury bugaboo finally has been pushed to the background.

“I feel like I got my explosiveness back,” Amica said. “I can run, jump. Everything feels good.”

That has been a long time coming for the young man out of Syracuse and a former player for the AAU Albany City Rocks. He potentially could have had a large role as a freshman under Brown.

“He checked every box,” Brown said of Amica’s recruitment, “and I thought he would be a really good program kid. Coming out of high school, I was so impressed with his athleticism. He played so much bigger than what he is. Also, defensively, he was a guy that could be a pest, to guard other point guards 94 feet. We had high expectations for him when we recruited him. We were excited when he committed to us and decided to sign with us.”

At no time did Amica believe he wouldn’t be back, despite the endless hours of doctor visits and rehab. He has tremendous parental support — “You see a lady, standing behind the bench, just being loud, that’s my mom,” he said — and an exceptional amount of fortitude to persevere.

“I just had to tell myself just stay patient,” he said. “I trusted myself, I trusted my body, and I knew eventually I would come around and start to feel the way I did feel before.”

“Will’s a great kid, and he’s got a great spirit,” Killings said. “He’s the same guy every day. He’s a low-maintenance guy. He’s good in the classroom, good in the community. He’s where he needs to be (on the court), gives you what he has. He comes and plays with this burst of energy and speed that is really good. We’re finding ways to use him more.”

Amica, on schedule to graduate in May with a degree in business economics, is listed on the roster as a senior, but he could have two years of eligibility remaining because of an injury redshirt and the COVID-19 year. Those are decisions to be made after the season.

“Right now, I’m just being where my feet are,” he said. “I’ve got more years of eligibility. After I graduate this year, I’m going to focus on getting my master’s after that. That’s as far as I’ve looked so far.”

“The biggest focus for Will is graduating,” Killings said. “He’s a smart kid, capable student. With all these guys, let’s focus on the season, nothing else, nothing beyond it. Just get focused on the season, the week, the day that we’re in, and at the end of the journey, then we figure out the next best thing to do.”

The next thing for the Great Danes to figure out is Harvard, which defeated UAlbany 60-53 two seasons ago in the only previous meeting between the schools. The Crimson have victories over Massachusetts and Army. UAlbany lost to UMass and defeated Army in November.

[Dane96]

What a terrible article by Pete in the last paragraph- we have played Harvard more than one other time. In fact, many on this board were at that game.  That was the game I learned Brian Connelly suffered from diabetes.  He had chugged more Gatorades than any human i have ever witnessed drink the stuff. 

[nysteve661]

Brick city from three tonight. 

Valiant effort but can't win on the road shooting 4 of 21 from three.

Edited January 3 by nysteve661

[Clickclack]

Great effort...fun team. Definitely heading in the right direction. I like it ...

[UAalum72]

3 hours ago, nysteve661 said:

Brick city from three tonight. 

Valiant effort but can't win on the road shooting 4 of 21 from three.

Or with 17 turnovers. I was wondering if they had any idea how to attack the zone

[UAalum72]

3 hours ago, Dane96 said:

What a terrible article by Pete in the last paragraph- we have played Harvard more than one other time. In fact, many on this board were at that game.  That was the game I learned Brian Connelly suffered from diabetes.  He had chugged more Gatorades than any human i have ever witnessed drink the stuff. 

Blame the dept. The box score only mentioned the two games since 2021. If something was more than ten years ago it didn’t happen. There’s no longer a listing of all-time opponents with the records, you have to go thru all the year-by-year results and add them up yourself (now 2-3 vs Harvard)

[cwdickens]

On 12/29/2023 at 6:58 AM, cwdickens said:

A tough road game against a good Harvard MBB team 5-0 at home.

Harvard had little more grit and I thought Killings was out-coached, in particular, when Harvard went with a taller team with no true point guards.

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

3 hours ago, cwdickens said:

Harvard had little more grit and I thought Killings was out-coached, in particular, when Harvard went with a taller team with no true point guards.

Biggest problem I saw is that Thomas overdribbles and about 3-4 times completely missed passes or forced passes in the lane. He's great when he has room, but forces things a lot when he gets down into the trees.

[Oldtimer]

No defense until 10 minutes to go,  too much  1 on 1.