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Athletics => SBU Men's Basketball => Topic started by: Checkmate on January 04, 2018, 11:14:32 am
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HARTFORD
Record: 8-7
Last Game: W, 72-64, at Albany 1/3
Last 10: 5-5
Last Meeting: Stony Brook 66-54 on 2/15/17; wire-to-wire win, 11 for 26 from three
CM Unofficial Line: Hartford -5
KenPom RPI: Stony Brook 208, Hartford 281
KenPom Prediction: Stony Brook 72, Hartford 71
Listen/Watch:
TV: http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/3244890/stony-brook-vs-hartford-m-basketball
Stony Brook radio: http://www.943theshark.com/listenlive.aspx
Notables:
6-8/220 rjr F John Carroll 17.1 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 1.1 bpg, .505 FG%
6-4/185 jr G Jason Dunne 15.6 ppg, .793 FT%, .369 3-pt FG%
5-10/170 jr G JR Lynch 12.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 3.9 apg, .379 3-pt FG%
6-2/215 jr G Travis Weatherington 9.1 ppg, 3.3 rpg, .395 3-pt FG%
6-10/270 sr C Hassan Attia 7.6 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2.3 bpg, .727 FG%
All of a sudden, this would be a gigantic win. After nine- and 10-win seasons, Hartford appears to have turned things around, and we're in desperate need of doing the same thing after two highly uninspiring performances.
Hartford has ripped off three in a row, and five of their last six. The last three have all come on the road against FIU, Rutgers and Albany – a real nice stretch by any standard. By holding serve at home, they will equal last year's win total by the first week of January.
It's been a one-sided series of late, with SBU winning the last 10 games dating back to 2013. This may be the group that ends the drought for Hartford – they're experienced, they have a solid inside presence, shooters and guys who can get to the goal.
However, they, like us, will often live and die with the three. Nearly 45 percent of their attempts come from three – even more than us. Can they sustain success with that kind of ratio, particularly shooting at just 33.5% as a team? With the peaks and valleys that come with the perimeter shot, that will be tough to do. They're 3-0 when they shoot fewer than 20 threes. You guessed it – the last three games, all wins.
Carroll, Dunne, Lynch and Attia are all holdovers from last year, but Weatherington has come over from Palm Beach CC and really made a difference, particularly of late. He's gone for double figures in five of the last six contests, including a season-high 22 in their win over Quinnipiac a few weeks back. Most of the damage has come from beyond the arc.
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I am calling it. SB gets their doors blown off in this game.. Hope I am dead wrong...
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I am calling it. SB gets their doors blown off in this game.. Hope I am dead wrong...
My Hartford Hawks friend - How many points are you giving Stony Brook?
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Hartford always lived or died by the 3 ball . We don't defend the 3 very very well so if they get hot they sink us in this game. We have to get inside drive to the basket and sink high percentage shots. We don't need 6'7 forwards shooting from downtown and letting rebounds go the other way .
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I am calling it. SB gets their doors blown off in this game.. Hope I am dead wrong...
My Hartford Hawks friend - How many points are you giving Stony Brook?
SB+10
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I am calling it. SB gets their doors blown off in this game.. Hope I am dead wrong...
My Hartford Hawks friend - How many points are you giving Stony Brook?
SB+10
I'll take those points all day, Hammer.
Rare AE lines today. Bingo was -11 against Maine and lost. Albany -3 at UNH and lost.
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Interesting that Cornish had two early turnovers and got the hook. Back in now.
17-0 SBU on bench points.
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Definitely something going with Cornish. Bad turnover early in the second and immediately yanked in favor of Almonacy.
Saintel has been all over the place. Third foul sent him to the bench.
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i think were going on 8 minutes now without a point.
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i think were going on 8 minutes now without a point.
Yep. 14-0 run I think. Hartford went to the 1-3-1 and we have been clueless against it. They also went big and we are doing nothing on the glass.
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i think the same- word is out, zone SB, force them to shoot, they are helpless.
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Horrible non-call against Ty but a big-time makeup call on Dunne going the other way.
Woodhouse absence is so noticeable.
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Interesting series of events. Yeboah bullies Dunne on back to back possessions on the block. Scored on the second, then Dunne comes down and Ty draws an obvious charge. Frustrated play from Dunne.
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hey am i crazy or did we have 20 more seconds to kill on the shot clock, and instead forced it, which went the other way for 2 in transition. and the lead.
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UC contested miss on a drive and Lynch banks it in on the other end. Would love Cornish here if he hadn’t been out for the last 16 minutes.
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WOW. TY FROM THE SAME SPOT AS UC!
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very similar yes. even somewhat similar to the RU game. clutch.
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Crazy ending which seems the norm for this team . On we go to Albany should be interesting up there .
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Two of the most hideous second halves you’ll ever see in victory. But I’ll also say it was pretty gutsy of us to go through that lull and then draw even after falling behind by 8 or 9. Big back to back threes from Sekunda and UC to close the gap quickly.
It seems as though the coaching staff is most comfortable with UC running the point late. Who knows what will happen if he ever sees pressure? He isn’t much of a playmaker but will make good decisions I guess. The Cornish turnovers are killer, but I don’t want him looking over his shoulder all the time.
Ty redeems himself after a bad three attempt a minute earlier.
Big first half for Saintel and Almonacy. The latter had eight quick points off the bench to close an early nine point deficit. Saintel was great.
Team really buckled down on defense down the stretch.
UA will be desperate for a W next week and, needless to say, we are due to take one on the chin. We could easily be right there with them at 0-2.
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The game-winner ICYMI: https://twitter.com/aehoopsnews/status/949822000792555520
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That kid Lynch on Hartford is a nice little player. Attia is a nice player for them too.
Tough gutsy win but I'll take 2-0 to start conference play. I think Garcia is going to be a special player for us. Saintel is showing a lot of development from last year- still probably the best athlete on the court.
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The game-winner ICYMI: https://twitter.com/aehoopsnews/status/949822000792555520
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Nice. I did miss it, so good to see. Have to assume there was some mention of UC in the Hartford huddle before this shot, and whether or not true the final sequence feels like a counter-move by Boals perhaps knowing Attia would drift off to UC to the extent he did. That's how I'll interpret it, so gold stars and hero badges for SBU all around.
Have to assume, CoB, that the 3 ball won't go away any time soon. It wins games, no other way to look at it. :)
Okay, so with heroics SBU can squeak by the two projected AE basement-dwellers. What about next week and the two AE powers? I predict by next Saturday night they are either 2-2, 3-1, or 4-0.
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9 of 29???
i think you have to admit it was a pretty low % shot, regardless of the result.
with those 20 misses, think we wouldve been safer taking a couple of higher % shots so as to not come down to 1.7 seconds left?
also query why a 3 was even necessary when down 1.
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IMO, 2 of the ugliest wins that I’ve seen. We didn’t play well, and only late clutch shots by us, and some help from the opposition, allowed us to win. No offense to Sturdivant, but you have to scratch your head when Boals said that winning hoop was just as he diagrammed it up. Seriously? Sturdivant from 3 is the shot we wanted?
Lots of talent on this team, but we are not just geling yet IMO. With Lamb done for the year though, this thing is wide open.