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Re: Looking ahead to 2023-24
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: October 29, 2023, 6:52 pm
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Pace 63
St. John’s 59
This lessens my belief that we will win. Pitino will be on them
all week in practice.
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Re: Looking ahead to 2023-24
DIR By: nyrfan1013
Date: October 29, 2023, 7:17 pm
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Agreed. Kind of wish this didn’t happen because you know they
are going to come out pissed off. However, they did play really
really bad lol.
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Re: Looking ahead to 2023-24
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: October 29, 2023, 7:51 pm
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Aaron Clarke hopes to play crucial role in second shot with
Stony Brook
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> Clarke wound up making his debut with Stony Brook on Dec. 3,
2022 against the 8-1 Yale Bulldogs and proved exactly why he was
brought in. In only 22 minutes of play off the bench, Clarke
scored 20 points on 6-of-13 shooting. His great debut allowed
the Seawolves to give Yale a run for its money, but they fell
just short 77-72.
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> Clarke played the next two games against Bryant and his former
school, Sacred Heart, but struggled. In those games, he combined
for just 10 points on 3-of-18 shooting, but he did collect 10
assists and four steals.
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> After Clarke was shut down for the year, a bigger problem was
discovered by his doctors: tests revealed no structural damage
to his back. Instead, it turned out that he suffers from an
autoimmune disease that was causing his aches and pains. To
treat his condition, he took the rest of the year to recover
while receiving biweekly Adalimumab (Humira) shots.
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> After graduating from Sacred Heart, Clarke searched for a
change of scenery and found the ideal landscape with Stony
Brook. While recruiting him, head coach Geno Ford and assistant
coach Jalen Avery told Clarke that they wanted him to run their
offense. The family-oriented nature of their program helped sell
him on the idea.
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Re: Looking ahead to 2023-24
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: October 29, 2023, 8:01 pm
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Finally healthy, Stony Brook men’s basketball hopes for major
bounce-back year
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> Starting the season with more healthy bodies than a year ago,
Stephenson-Moore should not have to carry that type of load
anymore. Point guards Aaron Clarke and Dean Noll are back
healthy after suffering season-ending injuries. Clarke only
played three games, while Noll never took the floor.
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> Clarke and Noll will serve as the starting backcourt, and
Stephenson-Moore — a shooting guard by trade — will remain at
small forward after playing it for most of last season.
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> In their absence last year, shooting guard Toby Onyekonwu was
called on to run the offense as a point guard for much of the
time. He played in 28 games and started 14 in his freshman
season but will be relegated to a bench role this year. However,
this is not the worst thing for the sophomore, as he will be
able to slide back to his natural position at shooting guard
while Clarke and Noll will be tasked with most of the
ball-handling responsibilities. He may even become their sixth
man.
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> Joining Onyekonwu and Stephenson-Moore on the wing is
sophomore shooting guard Jared Frey, who Ford has tabbed as the
“best three-point shooter he has ever seen. Frey only played one
game as a freshman: the season opener at Florida. He will likely
split minutes between the two and the three this year, as he
will be the Seawolves’ three-point specialist this year. His
younger brother Peyton — a 6-foot-6 freshman small forward — has
also joined the team.”
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> The starting frontcourt is to be determined, but there are
many candidates. No matter who is starting at what position, it
is certain that plenty of minutes will go to center Keenan
Fitzmorris, who played in all 33 games last season and started
29.
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> Another candidate to start is center Chris Maidoh. The
graduate student averaged 4.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 0.7
blocks in 15.7 minutes per game in his four years at Fairfield.
At 6-foot-10, Maidoh brings some much-needed defensive
versatility to a team that was towards the middle of the pack in
the CAA on that end. Ford confirmed that there will be lineups
with both Maidoh and Fitzmorris on the floor, meaning that the
former will likely play some power forward this season as well.
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> The most athletically versatile big on the roster is power
forward Leon Nahar. The 6-foot-10 sophomore has a clean jump
shot and good handles, which convinced Ford to float him around
on the wing last year. Nahar is another good distributor, as he
put his passing ability on display with a couple of dimes last
year. Ford plans to use him more this year after he averaged
only 7.5 minutes per game as a freshman. His versatility may
lead to him playing all three positions on the frontcourt this
season.
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> Standing at 6-foot-6, 223 pounds, Snoddy will most likely
split his time between the two forward positions this year.
Though it is unclear if he will be in the paint or on the
perimeter more, Snoddy and his coaches are confident that he
will be a threat anywhere he is on the court.
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> “On the offensive end, I’m able to make plays and get us extra
possessions with offensive rebounds,” Philip said. “I like to
play in transition. It starts on defense; you’ve got to get a
stop. Any way of getting it: a deflection, a block, a rebound.
Just trying to push off that, that’s really my game.”
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Re: Looking ahead to 2023-24
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: October 29, 2023, 8:05 pm
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Toby Onyekonwu preparing for breakout sophomore year
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> With point guards Aaron Clarke and Dean Noll back and fully
healthy for the 2023-24 season, Onyekonwu will return to his
natural position of shooting guard. Now back in his comfort
zone, Onyekonwu is primed to build on his promising freshman
season.
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> With Clarke and Noll returning to the floor, Onyekonwu’s load
will be significantly lighter and his job will be simplified. He
can focus more on displaying his scoring ability off the wing
like he did in high school, rather than needing to be the team’s
lead facilitator every night.
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Re: Looking ahead to 2023-24
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: October 29, 2023, 8:11 pm
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Stony Brook men’s basketball getting boosts from two transfer
classes
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> All six of these transfers from the two combined classes bring
a different set of skills that collectively deepen the
Seawolves’ roster. However, several of them share a particularly
important skill: passing ability.
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> Now with the two of them back, plus a couple of other good
ball-movers acquired through the portal, Ford loves the selfless
look of his offense.
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> “We have a lot of really, really good passers,” Ford said.
“It’s the deepest passing roster that we’ve ever had. They share
the ball, man. They don’t seem to care who scores or shoots or
any of that.”
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> Noll will be Clarke’s partner in crime. Though Noll is a point
guard by trade, he will start on the backcourt beside Clarke at
the shooting guard position.
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> This season, wing depth is not an issue. Philip — who missed
all of last season with an Achilles tendon tear — is back
healthy and will help carry the load. Snoddy will also play a
significant role at forward and give Stephenson-Moore some
much-deserved rest.
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> Snoddy is a skilled wing that can stretch the floor, as he
shot 30% from three-point territory last season. He will most
likely split his minutes between both forward positions, as he
has the ability to both play on the perimeter and crash the
glass to grab rebounds.
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> “Last year, I was guarding one through five,” Snoddy said.
“There were times when I played the five and I was guarding the
five. There were times when I got switched onto the guards. I
tell Coach Ford and Coach [Jalen] Avery, ‘You put me on whoever,
and I’m up for the challenge.’”
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> Snoddy also prides himself on his ability as a playmaker. Ford
and the staff plan to use him as a “point forward,” and may
utilize his passing ability on drive and kick plays.
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> “[In] 25 years, I don’t think I’ve ever had a frontcourt guy
be as good a team defender as he is,” Ford said in a press
conference. “We just got the right guy. Chris Maidoh has been
terrific.”
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Re: Looking ahead to 2023-24
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: November 2, 2023, 10:04 pm
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