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Game 15: v College of Charleston, 1/6 6:30pm
By: Checkmate Date: January 5, 2024, 2:21 pm
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COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (10-4, 1-0 CAA)
Last Game: College of Charleston 73, Hofstra 61 on 1/6/24
Last Game vs SBU: College of Charleston 74, Stony Brook 52 on
3/5/23 in CAA quarters; Fitzmorris game-high 18; SBU 2 for 14
from three
Checkmate Guess the Line: Charleston -8.5
NET Ranking: Stony Brook 226, Charleston 100
KenPom Rating: Stony Brook 236, Charleston 112
KenPom Prediction: Charleston 77, Stony Brook 73
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TSM Point Watch: 993; 27 players in SBU 1,000 point club
Next up: T-26 Bill Myrick (1969-72), Larry Gibson (1994-98),
1,002; 25. Joe Grandolfo (1977-81), 1,006
Notables:
6-7/220 jr F Ben Burnham 13.1 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 1.2 spg, .463 FG%,
.362 3-pt FG%
6-2/190 jr G Reyne Smith 11.8 ppg, .381 3-pt FG%, .838 FT%
6-10/225 jr F Ante Brzovic 10.6 ppg, 6.0 rpg
6-5/205 gr G Bryce Butler 8.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg, .494 FG%
6-9/225 gr F Frankie Policelli 8.6 ppg, 4.8 rpg
6-2/190 jr G CJ Fulton 3.5 ppg, 4.3 apg, 1.4 spg, team-high 26+
minutes
Are we sure that Charleston isn't as good last year? And aren't
about to steamroll everybody again?
It's close. I loved Larson, Bolon was gritty, Scott was a high
high level defender, Robinson was solid. They've left town, but
Kelsey's brought in formidable reinforcements, and it seems now
that they're hitting their stride as winners of six straight and
nine of their last 10. They were viewed as this at-large caliber
team (but really had no shot), yet they won the CAA and put up a
good fight against the eventual national runner-up. Now, one
might argue that they have two wins (by 9 over Liberty on a
neutral floor, by 7 at home against St. Joe's) that are better
than their best last year (two-point wins at home against
Virginia Tech or Kent State).
There has at least been some banter about Charleston jumping
ship to fill a vacancy that may open up in the A-10. You can see
the attraction. A great market, a fun brand of basketball at
least for the moment, an arena that is consistently filled to
the brim, a dip into the south, and another really good
non-football program to join others like them in the A-10. Years
ago, Kelsey was actually set to be the UMass coach years ago,
only to back out a half hour before the press conference and
returning to Winthrop. That didn't go over well. But you can't
deny the man's success, with at least 17 wins in each of the
last 10 seasons, and he's well on his way to an 11th. Impressive
stuff. Given how freely players can play, the quick pace, the
inspirational vibes he gives off, I can't help but think that
kids enjoy playing for him.
This is where Policelli's dad returns to the forum a year later
and gives us a rundown of how things are better, worse, etc.
It will be great to have Frankie back in the arena on Saturday.
While things were really falling apart, on the roster, with
COVID, with injuries, he was a rock right in the middle. I don't
know that we ever witnessed the deadliness from deep that was
projected, or the dominance that we may have foreseen getting a
high A-10 guy over to us, but last year he was so steady and
tough, and he was a wrecking crew on occasion. That 31-point
second half at Hampton last year wasn't on the same stage as
Warney's AE title game performance but it was as awe-inspiring.
His year at C of C has just been OK 9 and 5, not bad. A slip
from three, but 22 for 60 since starting 3 for 20. Minutes
aren't what they were last year, but lest we forget the whole
team was hurt. Also, Kelsey gets guys in and out. We have six
players averaging 24 minutes or more a night. Charleston has two
just Fulton and Smith. Policelli is coming off the Hofstra win
in which he led the team in minutes (28) and had a nice 11 and 7
effort.
Burnham's emergence has been enormous, elevating himself from a
reserve to their top scorer, leapfrogging the heir apparents,
Brzovic and Smith. Whether that remains ... remains to be seen.
The bottom line is that they have a bunch of guys who can do
damage, even with all the departures. One of those guys, it's
worth noting, is Khalil London, who went to St. Dom's and
escaped our grasp sadly. He's just a peripheral guy for them now
but I suspect he will emerge.
Two notable differentiators for C of C: the volume of threes
they take, and the way they attack the offensive glass. They're
top 50 in the country in the latter, averaging 13 of them a
night. Part of it's because of long rebounds resulting from the
former. Charleston is third nationally in three-point attempts
per game at just under 32 per contest. The conversion rate is
not great at 31%, but they turn teams over and they move the
ball extremely well to find an open shooter. It's not like D-III
Grinnell, which took 111 in a game last year, but there is a
frenetic element to it.
We, frankly, got annihilated in our two games against Charleston
last year. The regular season finale was an absolute massacre,
and the conference tournament game was only marginally better. I
do think that this year we have better ballhandling and better
shooting to try to keep stride with them. During this win
streak, they've found their mojo a bit, going for 80-plus in
five of their wins. TO's been a little quiet of late, logging
just four minutes against Northeastern, but I could see him
re-entering the fray with his ability to put points on the board
and also rebound for a small guy. Having Maidoh and Fitz in the
lineup together has been effective for us; however, I wonder how
much we'll be able to do that with so many shooters in the
floor. It's great when we can park the bus against plodding
teams like Northeastern, but Charleston is going to make
everybody on the floor guard.
Big ovations to come: Frankie during the starting lineups, and
TSM when, I suspect, he hits the 1,000 point mark. I loved
seeing him raise his level of play in the second half against
Northeastern, or get hot and get us a W at Army. With his
ability to score everywhere on the floor and to blow by or
elevate over his defender, I'd love to see more of that. We were
looking for him late, as we should. He's been terrific for us.
He had to have been tempted this offseason by some high-major,
or at least better mid-major teams, but instead he'll hit a
really big milestone at SBU and be this rare one-school player
from the COVID era.
This Thursday-Saturday schedule makes for tough turnarounds, for
a team coming off a big road win and forum posters [emoji38]. A
win would really announce us as a contender, not a pretender, in
the CAA. I'm hopeful.
#Post#: 42224--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 15: v College of Charleston, 1/6 6:30pm
By: Accelerator Date: January 5, 2024, 2:37 pm
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I don't think I'll ever get exactly how this works, but we
jumped up 25 in NET and 15 in KenPom with yesterday's win.
I hope Frankie has a great season at Charleston except for this
one game. He deserves the ovation he'll get.
#Post#: 42225--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 15: v College of Charleston, 1/6 6:30pm
By: Knicksbu99 Date: January 5, 2024, 2:43 pm
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I watched a replay of them against Hofstra I could see them
making another dominant run they have a big and versatile lineup
can beat you in a lot of styles. Good to see Policelli back
always liked him as a player even though I wanted a little more
I thought last year he and TSM kept us from being a 3 win team.
Interesting he scored 1k points probably would have been on the
Stony brook list if he stayed. I think this is a good spot for
us at home I expect a decent crowd can we get to 2700 without
students? they might let down after a big Hofstra win I expect
us to keep it close until late. The two big lineup might need to
pivot from early if things go sideways but Madioh is a plus
defender.
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Re: Game 15: v College of Charleston, 1/6 6:30pm
By: Checkmate Date: January 5, 2024, 3:16 pm
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Fun to think about ...
What TSM has to average to reach certain thresholds on the
all-time scoring list, based on 18 games played (17 regular
season plus one CAA tournament game)
Top 10: 21.1 ppg 1,373 (tied with Tillery)
Top 12: 18.0 ppg 1,317 (tied with Yeboah)
Top 15: 11.3 ppg 1,197 (tied with Olaniyi)
18 a game would mean we're really in business in conference
play.
#Post#: 42227--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 15: v College of Charleston, 1/6 6:30pm
By: Chairman of the Board Date: January 5, 2024, 3:50 pm
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CoC will be great again i think. will be good to see the
policeman in action! wish the best for him.
also FYI ladies start at 630pm tonight.
#Post#: 42228--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 15: v College of Charleston, 1/6 6:30pm
By: guest441 Date: January 5, 2024, 5:16 pm
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[quote author=Chairman of the Board
link=topic=1076.msg42227#msg42227 date=1704491438]
CoC will be great again i think. will be good to see the
policeman in action! wish the best for him.
also FYI ladies start at 630pm tonight.
[/quote]
I think it is on sny.
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Re: Game 15: v College of Charleston, 1/6 6:30pm
By: Knicksbu99 Date: January 5, 2024, 8:42 pm
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Really like the $6.31 ticket promo for the game tm should be a
packed house. Line opens Charleston -6 pretty much same as
Northeastern Vegas knows we have a shot.
#Post#: 42234--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 15: v College of Charleston, 1/6 6:30pm
By: OldSeawolf Date: January 6, 2024, 6:51 am
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[quote author=Checkmate link=topic=1076.msg42226#msg42226
date=1704489370]
Fun to think about ...
What TSM has to average to reach certain thresholds on the
all-time scoring list, based on 18 games played (17 regular
season plus one CAA tournament game)
Top 10: 21.1 ppg 1,373 (tied with Tillery)
Top 12: 18.0 ppg 1,317 (tied with Yeboah)
Top 15: 11.3 ppg 1,197 (tied with Olaniyi)
18 a game would mean we're really in business in conference
play.
[/quote]
Good stuff. Tillery - nice blast from the past. That 1977-78
team that he was on (Final 4 DIII team), was amazing - they were
good enough to compete at the D1 level. Tillery was maybe 5'10"
(on a good day), but he could really both score and facilitate.
I saw him play a few games that year (I was an UG at that time).
#Post#: 42236--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 15: v College of Charleston, 1/6 6:30pm
By: ry1nik Date: January 6, 2024, 8:50 am
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[quote author=OldSeawolf link=topic=1076.msg42234#msg42234
date=1704545518]
[quote author=Checkmate link=topic=1076.msg42226#msg42226
date=1704489370]
Fun to think about ...
What TSM has to average to reach certain thresholds on the
all-time scoring list, based on 18 games played (17 regular
season plus one CAA tournament game)
Top 10: 21.1 ppg 1,373 (tied with Tillery)
Top 12: 18.0 ppg 1,317 (tied with Yeboah)
Top 15: 11.3 ppg 1,197 (tied with Olaniyi)
18 a game would mean we're really in business in conference
play.
[/quote]
Good stuff. Tillery - nice blast from the past. That 1977-78
team that he was on (Final 4 DIII team), was amazing - they were
good enough to compete at the D1 level. Tillery was maybe 5'10"
(on a good day), but he could really both score and facilitate.
I saw him play a few games that year (I was an UG at that time).
[/quote]
Same here. Along with Earl Keith, Wayne Wright etc. they would
have given last years version of the SB team a battle into the
4th quarter.
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Re: Game 15: v College of Charleston, 1/6 6:30pm
By: Accelerator Date: January 6, 2024, 1:48 pm
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I forgot the turnaround was so short in the CAA.
After how badly they brutalized us last year, it's a miracle
that the computers think we'll only lose by 4. I'll take that
for us.
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