Seawolves Fans

Up 6-5 at the half vs. Denver in a sloppy game. #2 is NOT playing for us today and it shows. (Hope she is ok). We are also being totally dominated at the draw control.  Team better wake up in the second half and start winning some draws or Denver will pick us off. Go SB.

One and done would be a monumental failure.  Beat Campbell, and we have a no-pressure game against UNCW, who in the back of their minds, have to remember that first half at SBU arena.

Stony Brook is running out of time to turn their season around, and will have lost three in a row as they walk into the CAA Tournament as the 8th seed. After wondering for most of the 2nd half of the season i the Seawolves would be the 4th or 5th seed, we ended up as the 8th seed. They will line up against a Campbell team which is much healthier in this game than they were the last time these two teams played each other in January.

Stony Brook won the last game by 12 pts, but Campbell played without a lot of their size. Leading big man Dovydas Butka missed the game with an injury and Chris Fields played only 4 minutes while he was still banged up. Butka was a player that nearly joined Stony Brook after he was heavily recruited by them last summer. He has been one of the best bigs in the CAA this season, averaging 14 pts, 9 rb and 2 ast. Fields has been on fire lately, scoring 10+ points in 3 of the last 4 games -- including 17 pt games vs UNCW and Towson. He is a physical player that really helps Campbell on the glass and defensively. Neither of these players were a factor in the last game and they have to be coming into the game with some playing with excitement an enthusiasm knowing how much better they make the team when they are on the floor.

With those guys back in the lineup it should mean more possessions for Campbell. The program is quietly the 2nd highest scoring offense in the CAA.
DJ Smith remains the engine of this offense, and averages 19 pts on 34% from deep this season. He gave Stony Brook 20 pts in the last matchup. Smith put up 26 pts vs a weak NC A&T team on Tuesday after never topping 30% from the floor in any of the previous 6 games. Stony Brook can contain him, but he will have more help this time around.

Jeremiah Johnson put up 15 on Stony Brook last time, but this Tasos Cook guy got hot too with 12 pts on 3/7 from three off the bench. However, they were successful in holding Cam Gregory to only two points.

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I walk into the tournament weekend thinking one thing: no one in this tournament has home court advantage. Its that kind of mentality that helped the 23-24 team go on long run, and its the mentality this team will have to adopt if they want any chance of making some noise. Three game losing streak, sure? But this team is still one of the best offenses in program history, and is one win away from feeling back to themselves again.

 Its time for the team to buckle down and get back to their scoring ways. Pratt passed Tyler Stephenson-Moore's for 3rd all time on the single season scoring list last Tuesday, but he has only put up 14 pts and 16 pts in the last two games. Stony Brook needs him to get back to taking over games if they want to go on a run in this tournament. There is no one on Campbell that really gave him issues in the last game, and Butka shouldn't present much of an obstacle at the time for Pratt because he is an offensive minded center. Pratt should have every chance to put together a big game and show he can end the season with some fight.

Shoshkikj put up 19 pts, 4 rb and 5 ast in the last game as he and Pratt carried the team to victory with their dual pronged attack. But he hasn't scored that many points sin a game since. Shoskikj has had a more down to earth February after his monstrous January. He should have a good opportunity to bounce back in this game if Smith is going to guard him.

Rob Brown put up a solid 15 pts on 3/9 from three in the loss to Towson the other night. It was the most pts he has put up since January 31st win over Elon. Stony Brook could use more production out of him if Shosh isn't going to be scoring 18+ pts most nights.

Richard Goods has earned the ire of Geno Ford lately as he has scored 6 or less pts in each of the last three games, while being pulled from the end of games early for defensive purposes. He is shooting 23% from the floor during the span. Goods has got to find a way to get into double digit scoring again, especially vs teams with a good interior presence like Campbell, if this team is going to find a way to compete. Oleg Kojonets will continue to see valuable minutes vs Campbell's bigs in this game. Defensively alone he has been the more productive center in the last several games. Stony Brook will need both of them crashing the boards heavily, because they won't be able to dominate the boards in this game as easily with everyone back healthy for Campbell.

Jonah Butler had one of his better games of the season vs Campbell last time, putting up 10 pts and 8 rb. Maybe he can bounce back after a slow game on Tuesday.

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Will this season be remembered for how great Erik Pratt played and how much offense he helped generate for this team, or will it be remembered for the spitting incident and the three game losing streak they walked into the CAA Tournament with? Its time to turn the tide.

I strongly suspect Goods and Shosh are one-and-done here. I heard big money for the former, big big money for the latter. It's hard to stand in the way of them, and it's unfortunate that we aren't likely able to keep up with the joneses. BUT ... Geno and Co. did find some great talent themselves, namely those two, Pratt and Brown. Just gotta keep on doing it.

Goods hasn't help his cause with his weak play down the stretch.  Very coincidental with his "signing with an agency".  I think the question is whether we want to keep Shosh or Collin.  Don't think we can afford both, and even if we could, they'd probably step all over each other with playing time and role.  Brown was a major disappointment IMO, with some occasional flashes of shooting brilliance.  Pratt was a one in a million find.  Whether Geno can find another Pratt remains to be seen.

CAA Tournament odds per DraftKings

1. UNC Wilmington (+260)
2. Charleston (+500)
3. Hofstra (+195)
4. Monmouth (+950)
5. Drexel (+2000)
6. William & Mary (+900)
7. Towson (+1500)
8. Stony Brook (+3500)
9. Campbell (+2500)
10. Hampton (+10000)
11. Elon (+8000)
12. North Carolina A&T (+13000)
13. Northeastern (+30000)

Per FanDuel:
UNC Wilmington +175
Hofstra +220
Charleston +700
Monmouth +1000
William & Mary +1100
Towson +1600
Drexel +2700
Campbell +3000
Stony Brook +4000
Elon +6500
Hampton +10000
North Carolina A&T +12500
Northeastern +22500

Hofstra odds 20 times better than ours

We ought to be a small dog on Saturday. Let's hope we bring our A game.