ualbany mbb MBB - Game 28 / Conference Game 13 @ UMass-Lowell, Costello Athletic Center, Lowell, MA Saturday, February 24, 2024, 1:00 PM

[cwdickens]

An early afternoon game as a decent Providence Friars Ice Hockey Team comes to the UMass-Lowell early Saturday evening.

As I recall, our team fell apart in the last 10 minutes of the first match-up. 

 

Feb 24 (Sat) 1:00 PM

AE

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UMass Lowell

Lowell, MA

 

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[cwdickens]

2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings

 

2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings

SCHOOL	CONF	CPCT.	OVERALL	PCT.	STREAK
Vermont	12-1	.923	22-6	.786	W4
UMass Lowell	9-3	.750	18-7	.720	W2
Bryant	9-3	.750	17-10	.630	L1
New Hampshire	7-5	.583	15-10	.600	W1
Maine	4-8	.333	12-15	.444	W1
UAlbany	4-8	.333	12-15	.444	L2
Binghamton	4-9	.308	12-14	.462	L1
UMBC	4-9	.308	9-19	.321	L1
NJIT	3-10	.231	7-18	.280	L3

Edited February 23 by cwdickens

[nysteve661]

Men going down to another defeat, what else is new.  Today Thomas is hot and Bertram not.  No consistency.  And of course, the defense sucks, UML shooting 60% and will drop over 100 unless they send in the cheerleaders soon.  Even then.....

[GreatDanes06]

It’s literally not even worth watching a game the rest of the season. This team is awful.

[Dane96]

I will keep harping on this point- If Killings was banking on Neely coming back like a stud from his injury and Beagle's Double Doubles, well, it just goes to show once again how this team is built poorly.  Those two play a slower, methodical game.  Thomas and Marshall are thoroughbreds.  None are above average defenders.  You cannot score nearly 76 a game, consistently, in D1 and lose as many games as we have.  

There should be ZERO crutches for DK because Neely and Beagle are out.  NONE.  He looks absolutely lost out there, and it has been a habit for three years.  As much as it was great to see Thomas carry the team today, he was getting a bit out of control because Lowell got sucked into our AAU offense and also played ZERO defense, which is not a Duquette coached team trait.  It actually is a great teaching tool for Duquette. 

I want to say this: I give our kids a TON of credit...they play as hard as they can, in the system we have, and within the skillset each player inherently has in his arsenal.  There is NO lack of effort. They can hold their heads high.

[ctdanes]

Yeah results haven’t been there but none of these kids dog it out there. Always hustling, I can always appreciate that 

[cwdickens]

 

2023-24 Men's Basketball Standing

When you are tied for 7th place, losers 9 of your last 11 games, how can anyone throw any amount of praise towards this team.  You can site player abandonment (Beagle), injuries (Jackson, Nealey) or the coaching or incoherent game plans. This basketball program is in a bad spot.

 

Lastly, my concerns about Beagle's future started with our home game against UMass - Lowell, just seem to escalate to what happened at UVM, which was no surprise to me.

 

Further, I want to restate what I said yesterday, many of our players are thinking about "can I salvage my college basketball career and where will I be playing next year."  Whether Killings is here or not, we will be rebuilding for a fourth year in a row.

 

2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings

SCHOOL	CONF	CPCT.	OVERALL	PCT.	STREAK
Vermont	12-1	.923	22-6	.786	W4
UMass Lowell	10-3	.769	19-7	.731	W3
Bryant	9-3	.750	17-10	.630	L1
New Hampshire	7-6	.538	15-11	.577	L1
Maine	5-8	.385	13-15	.464	W2
UMBC	5-9	.357	10-19	.345	W1
Binghamton	4-9	.308	12-14	.462	L1
UAlbany	4-9	.308	12-16	.429	L3
NJIT	3-11	.214	7-19	.269	L4

Edited February 24 by cwdickens

[Clickclack]

There is no hope for this program for another 2 years before a new coach arrives. Complete train wreck!

[ctdanes]

I mean I’d be surprised if we see Thomas or marshall back next year. That’s alotttttttt of scoring to replace. Looks grim 

[ctdanes]

Margoupis looks like he can play as well. That’s at least one bright spot 

[jimbo]

Why would Margoupis stick around? I think next year will be a rag tag group of wannabes and never weres who are willing to play for a borderline AAU coach in order to get a scholly. I hope I’m wrong. 

[cwdickens]

Today's Times-Union story can be found on page 5 of the sports section, bottom corner, a recap of the UAlbany Sports release.  This is what happens when your team is deemed a non-contender. 

[Dane96]

11 minutes ago, cwdickens said:

Today's Times-Union story can be found on page 5 of the sports section, bottom corner, a recap of the UAlbany Sports release.  This is what happens when your team is deemed a non-contender. 

This team wouldn't win many more D2 games than it has D1 games.  D1 budget, higher end of mid-major facility, and a D2 product.