Seawolves Fans

Appeared to me that SBU simply did not have the players to compete with W&M in the second half. The Tribe's energy, pressure, movement and roster was just superior, and I guess that's the result you get.

At this moment feels difficult to imagine where SBU can get some CAA wins. Only the start of conference and no doubt they'll get a few, but they just don't look very good right now.

Maybe it all starts with the missing steady hand of O'Connor and sort of a domino struggle down the line?

Did not follow this one but appears another underwhelming outing from SBU. 

I hope UA comes out looking to create absolute chaos from the start on defense, as I'd like to see SBU work to settle down, stay away from those corner traps in the backcourt, and confidently get the ball up the floor with time left on the shot clock. CMU broadly failed at pretty much everything they tried to do last game, except somewhat regularly and effectively burning time off the SBU shot clock with a FC press to create some violations/turnovers.

In addition to general trouble with the FC press thought too that SBU got very lucky with several over-the-top passes that floated around for a long time but didn't get picked off. Credit the Lions for giving SBU the inbound and positioning exactly where they wanted to pounce. Yes, "Lions" and "pounce" was purposeful.

They are down a steady hand with O'Connor out. Additionally, not being a quick, trapping team themselves I can't imagine they can do too much to replicate these situations in practice. And, yes, it does seem that SBU teams often have trouble with FC pressure.

Maybe they need to hire Farmingdale to come over for a few practices and give them the business.

I would imagine the current version of LMU suffers from a similar malaise as SBU in no real (or long forgotten) basketball tradition and other things that interest students now. Many years of roughly 5-10 wins overall doesn't help, and for a hoops fan in LA you've also got the much bigger draws of Lakers/Clippers and UCLA in the same broad basin.  If you're going to drive to a game, probably better to choose one of those teams rather than venturing on the 405 next to LAX to catch LMU.

Game is past my bedtime tonight, but I gather from social media that the team has enjoyed their time out there. The few hundred or so fans in attendance will no doubt have no idea who or what a Stony Brook Seawolf is, so here's hoping the guys put on a good show.

That little glimmer of SBU optimism we may have had just came crashing down. *sigh*

Home team was rather flat the entire second half, but you can't complain too much about a 10 point win and 4-1 record. The pressure and trapping from Brown gave SBU some fits, which seems like something you see with SBU teams frequently.

Pratt's a talent, but I saw a lot of "give Pratt the ball and let him bail us out." Maybe not a bad idea when he's the best player on the floor, but felt like things stalled a bit from a team perspective in those situations. I hope whatever ailed his taped-up shooting hand doesn't turn into one of those lingering problems.

Lots of extensive, distant travel over the next two weeks/four games. A solid winning record after that stretch will be an accomplishment.