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Game 24: vs. Hartford 2/3
Checkmate:
HARTFORD
Record: 13-10 (6-3 America East)
Last Game: W, 79-62, at New Hampshire 1/31
Last 10: 7-3
Last Meeting: Stony Brook 63-61 on 1/6/18; Sturdivant late game-winning three; Yeboah and Saintel team-high 14
CM Unofficial Line: Hartford -2.5
KenPom RPI: Stony Brook 225, Hartford 222
KenPom Prediction: Stony Brook 71, Hartford 67
Listen/Watch:
TV: http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/3273047/hartford-vs-stony-brook-m-basketball
Stony Brook radio: http://www.943theshark.com/listenlive.aspx
Notables:
6-8/220 rjr F John Carroll 15.5 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 1.1 bpg, .488 FG%
6-4/185 jr G Jason Dunne 14.8 ppg, 3.1 rpg, .791 FT%, .359 3-pt FG%
5-10/170 jr G JR Lynch 12.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 4.3 apg, .857 FT%, .366 3-pt FG%
6-2/215 jr G Travis Weatherington 9.1 ppg, .493 FG%, .471 3-pt FG%
6-10/270 sr C Hassan Attia 7.8 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2.0 bpg, .710 FG%
Before you get all worked up about the recent stretch, let's look at the schedule ahead. After this one, we face the four worst teams in the AE (if you take out us ... ;D) so it's possible ... POSSIBLE ... that we can string together some wins here. KenPom, FWIW, has us winning the next five. But that's just a website spewing out results based on statistics. We've watched this team. Nothing is guaranteed.
I think everyone should be realistic about the lineups going forward. We're not going to abandon what we're doing and give the kids a majority of the minutes. That said, we're all clamoring for at least a slightly bigger glimpse of the youngsters, especially Ochefu, recently with McKenzie and possibly with Garcia. I don't think 12-15 minutes for any of them is a crazy maneuver where we're upsetting the apple cart. Especially with Chef and Mac, I feel like they've shown enough to warrant it. I was hoping that Garcia would be farther along, but of course he's getting his legs under him.
I love the Hartford game because of the potential Attia/Petras matchup. They're the two biggest guys in the league, no?
Hartford's coming off an impressive win up in Durham, with the team going 11 for 20 from deep and shooting 55 percent from the field overall. On the season and for the conference slate as well, they're behind only Vermont in terms of PPG, FG% and 3-pt FG%. As we've discussed ad nauseam in this space, their and many teams' success depends on whether the three's going down. The Hawks are 18 for 64 (.281) from deep in their losses and 53 for 113 (.469) in their wins. I'm too depressed to compute those numbers for us.
The key point total is 70. They're 6-0 in conference when they score more than 70, 0-3 when they don't. I chose a more notable number, but you can actually bring that down to 62. Hartford has scored 61 (us), 56 (UMBC) and 53 points (UVM) in their AE losses, and topped 75 in all but one of their wins.
I'm happy for them though. It's been a real bad stretch for them, but Gallagher has them pointing in the right direction. They should be a top two or three team next year with almost everybody back; maybe even challenge for a tournament bid. But for one night, if you were there for it, I'm in agreement with the students – HUCK FARTFORD.
guest282:
Pull a Joe Madden- mix it up and start MacKenzie, Garcia, Olaniyi, Ochefu and Yeboah.
Chairman of the Board:
lets see how we stack up against a team with a bona fide center.
Checkmate:
--- Quote from: Chairman of the Board on February 02, 2018, 12:49:04 pm ---lets see how we stack up against a team with a bona fide center.
--- End quote ---
Attia hasn't really hurt us, in part because he's always in foul trouble. He's pretty limited offensively also. That said, he's a good big for this conference.
Moveitfred:
Dare I say, in the small world of AE hoops all the games on Saturday have interesting lines:
UNH@UA, tied at 5-4 and in the thick of that 3/4/5 battle in the AE.
Bing@Maine, Can the winner move/trend up and out of the dreaded cellar and 8 spot?
UVM@UMBC, opening a new arena and can UMBC make some real noise in the standings only place it really counts?
our game...is Hartford really, truly, actually near the top of the AE for once or can SBU show some signs of life?
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