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Game 29: vs Albany, 2/26 6:31pm
« on: February 25, 2022, 11:23:01 pm »
ALBANY (13-15, 9-7 America East)
Last Game: Albany 72, Maine 68 on 2/23/22
Last 10 Games: 6-4
Last Game with SBU: Stony Brook 86, Albany 75 on 2/21/21. Five players in double figures. SBU 10-21 from three.
Checkmate Unofficial Line: Stony Brook -1.5
NET Ranking: Stony Brook 244, Albany 265
KenPom Rating: Stony Brook 262, Albany 270
KenPom Prediction: Stony Brook 72, Albany 68
Watch: SNY or https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/eventCalendarId/401369707?gameId=401369707&sourceLang=en&om-navmethod=espn:globalsearch:results
Listen: N/A
Notables:
6-4/190 sr G Jamel Horton 12.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 4.0 apg, 1.0 spg
6-4/190 gr G Matt Cerruti 11.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.2 spg, .477 FG%, .471 3-pt FG%
6-9/215 gr F Jarvis Doles 7.0 ppg, 3.9 rpg
6-5/200 fr F Justin Neely 6.9 ppg, 4.7 rpg, .471 FG%, .833 FT%

OK everyone, home stretch.

Anyone else not sure what to feel about these games? You want to be positive, but what players are even going to be here next year? Not Sayles, Habwe or Christie. Roberts, Policelli and Greene are four years removed from high school. I have no idea where they stand academically, but might they be attractive graduate transfer candidates, or is a step up to the CAA satisfying enough? Roberts and Greene in particular have had monster individual years. And Diallo's a 2018 HS grad too. Will he be back? It's crazy what college basketball has become.

And it's not right, but doesn't more chaos increase the likelihood of Heilbron pressing for a change on the bench? I realize the odds aren't in our favor, but everyone picking up and leaving, whether during the season or afterward, is not a good look. And then you have past stars calling for a change on social. Just not good.

UA's a mutant team too, but Dwayne Killings has done a great job up there. They started the year 0-5, and 1-7, and now they find themselves tied with UMBC for second place in the conference. So there ought to be some fight in the dog Saturday night, whereas we'll see what our energy level is like.

Going back to the state of college basketball, it does make you long for where we were 5-10 years ago, with these games meaning so much, battling for home court, familiar foes getting into these physical battles. All-time, we're 33-31 against Albany, with so many battles being decided by so few points. Who knows when the next time is we'll face UA? I suspect we'll see a couple AE teams on our schedule next year—Hartford's a ferry ride and will need opponents as an independent, NJIT can't be that angry with us as a conference noob, something like that.

Is ARob even available? And if he isn't, why isn't he? So many mysterious comings and goings. I don't know what to think.
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Re: Game 29: vs Albany, 2/26 6:31pm
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2022, 06:36:09 pm »
Roberts back but Policelli in street clothes.


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Re: Game 29: vs Albany, 2/26 6:31pm
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2022, 08:17:37 pm »
Policelli hurt his back last game. Nice win tn, we played loose. UA really isn’t very good, except for Horton. Pav said on the broadcast that Habwe, Sayles, and Christie all eligible to come back for 1 more year, due to Covid.
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Game 29: vs Albany, 2/26 6:31pm
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2022, 09:10:59 pm »
That was a really fun win.

“Loose” is the right word, Old. The guys looked like they were having a blast out there. A lot of grins, guys flying around, nifty playmaking (14 assists on 24 made baskets is really good for us). Sayles’ two big blocks stand out; everybody ate those up.


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Re: Game 29: vs Albany, 2/26 6:31pm
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2022, 09:58:26 pm »
I just got back home from the arena. Wasn’t planning on attending but I had a free time slot and said screw it.

Glad I went though. For the first time, it felt like pre-COVID level of attendance. Student section was fantastic, crowd got loud at all the dunks and blocks. We are capable of this homecourt feeling, just need it consistently.

Albany bricked a lot of threes but their offense was just garbage for the whole game. How did this porous defense crush them on the boards and hold them to a score in the 40s before the lazy last possession 3.

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Re: Game 29: vs Albany, 2/26 6:31pm
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2022, 11:53:28 am »
I may be reading too much into this, but for the last 2 televised home wins, Geno has had assistant coaches speak on the post-game, rather than himself.  Also, in probably one of the best 2 or 3 wins last night of the season (maybe the best, given their severe short-handedness), no presser AND no quotes in Newsday or online from Geno post-game.  Also, a little suspicious that assistant coach Rickard was missing at the game last night too.

I'll start a rumor here, but has Geno been given notice?
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Re: Game 29: vs Albany, 2/26 6:31pm
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2022, 12:04:13 pm »
I may be reading too much into this, but for the last 2 televised home wins, Geno has had assistant coaches speak on the post-game, rather than himself.  Also, in probably one of the best 2 or 3 wins last night of the season (maybe the best, given their severe short-handedness), no presser AND no quotes in Newsday or online from Geno post-game.  Also, a little suspicious that assistant coach Rickard was missing at the game last night too.

I'll start a rumor here, but has Geno been given notice?
"I'll start a rumor here, but has Geno been given notice?"

Highly unlikely considering how broke SB is. But we can still dream though.

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Re: Game 29: vs Albany, 2/26 6:31pm
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2022, 03:49:56 pm »
Hi all,

WUSB Sports was able to chat with Anthony Roberts, Jaden Sayles & Coach Ford following the win last night. Check it out.


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Re: Game 29: vs Albany, 2/26 6:31pm
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2022, 04:46:18 pm »
So much for my rumors!  Rickard very ill.  Excellent WUSB interview, by the way! 
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