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Game 5: v Yale, 11/20 6:30pm
By: Checkmate Date: November 19, 2024, 7:53 pm
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YALE (2-3, 0-0 Ivy)
Last Game: Minnesota 59, Yale 56 on 11/16/24
Last Game vs SBU: Yale 79, Stony Brook 71 on 11/29/23; Yale 22
second-chance points; Noll/TSM team-high 16
Checkmate Guess the Line: Yale -7.5
NET Ranking: TBD
KenPom Rating: Stony Brook 296, Yale 103
KenPom Prediction: Yale 79, Stony Brook 69
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Notables:
6-6/205 sr G John Poulakidas 20.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg, .442 3-pt FG%
6-4/185 sr G Bez Mbeng 11.8 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 5.0 apg
6-7/240 jr F Nick Townsend 10.0 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 3.6 apg
6-6/210 fr F Isaac Celiscar 8.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg, .533 FG%
6-10/225 so C Samson Aletan 6.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.6 bpg, .636 FG%
All year, I expect to type these up and have to familiarize
myself with new faces in new places. But with Yale's big three,
you have three guys who know New Haven well and have put up big
numbers against us before.
This is an NCAA tournament tested team. They got there last year
by stunning Brown in the Ivy title game, scoring five points the
final 15 seconds, winning on a walkoff layup. Then in the Big
Dance, Poulakidas had an out-of-body experience in helping the
Bulldogs knock off four seed Auburn, totaling 28 points courtesy
in part to 6 of 9 shooting from deep. They were ran out of gas
against San Diego State, but nevertheless kept the Ivies on the
list of schools that no high seed wants to face in the opening
round. A year earlier, Princeton made a run to the Sweet 16,
joining 2010 Cornell among the especially dangerous Cinderellas.
Not to be overlooked, the 2016 Yale and 2013 Harvard teams each
won game in the tournament.
Overall, Yale has been on some kind of roll under Jones, in the
last 10 seasons having won at least 18 games, and as many as 23
on three occasions. And they seem primed to go on another run
with Princeton and our next opponent, Columbia, both off to
great starts – Columbia beat Villanova by 10 a couple weeks ago.
It's amazing to see how the league as a whole has climbed the
conference ranks. From 2000-2010, they were never better than
20th nationwide. Since then, they've been above 20 every year
but one, and as high as 12 in 2018-19 and 2022-23. You have to
give it to guys like Jones, Tommy Amaker and Mitch Henderson
whose teams have won 13 of the last 14 regular season titles
(2018 Penn being the exception).
Yet another difficult matchup for our guards, as Mbeng is the
two-time defending Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year.
You'll recall that Pritchard was Co-DPOY in the MAC last year
for Central Michigan, and Marquette and George Mason were both
relentless on the ball, in passing lanes and just physically.
Mbeng has battled issues with fouls this year, fouling out three
times in four games, including playing just 21 minutes against
Minnesota, drawing his fifth foul with about a minute to go as
Yale trailed by just one late. The Bulldogs were right there
with Purdue also, losing by eight.
It was Townsend who killed us last year, especially on the
offensive glass. He had seven of their 18 offensive boards, 11
in the second half when were trying to close a double-digit
deficit. His 22 points and 15 rebounds were career highs –
pretty good night for a guy who averaged 6 and 4 on the year.
It's not right to draw conclusions based on the Marquette and
GMU games, situations in which we were just destined to fail.
These guys are closer to our size, so I'm hoping we see Snoddy
do what he does best, Woodard be able to use his physicality a
little more, and maybe some minutes from Nyarko against a
frontcourt whose only major size is Aletan. Can we win the
rebound battle after dropping it in the first three? Can we find
a lineup minus Wight in which we can compete on the glass? Is
there adequate resistance at the rim against mid-major types? I
sure hope we see some good things against a very good opponent.
The early tests are fun, but now we can get into a rhythm
against similar competition and see where we're really at.
#Post#: 44627--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 5: v Yale, 11/20 6:30pm
By: OldSeawolf Date: November 20, 2024, 6:57 am
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Amazed that Yale is only -10 in Kenpom. I would have thought at
least -15, given their returnees, and our new team. Hope we can
compete with them tonight.
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Re: Game 5: v Yale, 11/20 6:30pm
By: sbupatriots Date: November 20, 2024, 11:06 am
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Just got tickets for tonight. Should be a fun one. Glad to see
Danny Wolf is gone. One of the better players in the Big 10 now.
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Re: Game 5: v Yale, 11/20 6:30pm
By: Moveitfred Date: November 20, 2024, 1:22 pm
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Looking forward to the game against a quality opponent tonight.
Feels to me like it will be a good test for SBU and a positive
sign if they can compete.
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Re: Game 5: v Yale, 11/20 6:30pm
By: Accelerator Date: November 20, 2024, 2:54 pm
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Didn't realize the Island Federal naming rights deal ran out.
It's really been 10 years already, huh.
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Re: Game 5: v Yale, 11/20 6:30pm
By: Chairman of the Board Date: November 20, 2024, 5:38 pm
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oh my, poulakadis. what a stroke. he misses nothing.
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Re: Game 5: v Yale, 11/20 6:30pm
By: OldSeawolf Date: November 20, 2024, 5:51 pm
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A well coached team (Yale). We look like we have a pick-up
intramural team out there. What are we running on offense?
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Re: Game 5: v Yale, 11/20 6:30pm
By: Accelerator Date: November 20, 2024, 5:54 pm
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The fact that no one on our roster can make a midrange is
disturbing. Not used to that after watching TSM for so long.
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Re: Game 5: v Yale, 11/20 6:30pm
By: Checkmate Date: November 20, 2024, 6:00 pm
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Yale’s piping hot but it’s really difficult to identify
something that we do well right now.
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Re: Game 5: v Yale, 11/20 6:30pm
By: Accelerator Date: November 20, 2024, 6:30 pm
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I forgot how not good Geno is at winning the final 2 minutes of
the first half.
Had all the momentum after cutting it down to 14, you think
maybe we can make it to single digits, and instead it goes back
up to 20.
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