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Game 21: v North Carolina A&T, 1/25 12pm
By: Checkmate Date: January 24, 2025, 10:15 am
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NORTH CAROLINA A&T (4-17, 0-8 CAA)
Last Game: Towson 83, UNC A&T 67 on 1/23/25
Last Game vs SBU: Stony Brook 80, UNC A&T 64 on 2/22/24; TSM
career-high 28; SBU 19 assists
Checkmate Guess the Line: UNC A&T -1.5
NET Ranking: Stony Brook 348, UNC A&T 328
KenPom Rating: Stony Brook 343, UNC A&T 324
KenPom Prediction: Stony Brook 75, UNC A&T 74
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Notables:
6-4/190 so G Ryan Forrest 19.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.0 spg
6-2/170 jr G Landon Glasper 18.2 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.6 spg, .841 FT%
6-4/190 so G Jahnathan Lamothe 11.7 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 1.3 spg, .356
3-pt FG%
5-10/170 jr G Camian Shell 7.4 ppg, 3.5 apg, .364 3-pt FG%
It's hard to keep the faith but gotta keep punching your time
card.
I'd like to think this would be some kind of fork in the road
for us. It's two winless teams, both recognizing that this is as
good of an opportunity as they've had all year to notch a win,
people tuning in on SNY shielding their eyes from what might be
a frightful scene for the locals. On the positive side, it's a
nice afternoon with the players bringing patients from the
children's hospital onto the court in the pregame and wearing
their names on their jerseys, and hopefully a good crowd on hand
for the matinee.
I woke up wondering if we were overreacting to everything with
Geno. We've been blown out before, right? But it's rarely looked
as bad as that, as careless and rudderless as that, just the
latest installment in an eight-game losing streak and a lost
year. Geno has had a couple 20-win seasons and the team was
seconds away from miraculously punching a ticket to the
tournament. But no. I trust my eyes, I trust what the announcers
and other basketball friends are saying and have said the past
few years, and if you boil it down, he's 82-93 overall here. How
much more do we want/need to see? I'm, sadly, at least a little
bit glad that the NCAA berth didn't happen a year ago, but that
could have easily resulted in a long-term extension, and that
would be an even worse scenario that we're in today.
A&T is supposed to be little more than a speed bump, with three
double-digit wins to our credit in our four all-time meetings,
the other an A&T victory at their place in our inaugural season
in the CAA. But here we are desperately desperately needing a
victory, no one more so than Geno. Our stock is the lowest it's
been for a long time, and Geno's has, without question,
cratered. We might be able to look past it if we'd been
competitive and/or entertaining, but that's been the case on
rare occasion this year. And our body language just seems
dismal. Maybe it's anecdotal with us getting ambushed by
Campbell – we all knew we weren't going to make up a 22-point
halftime deficit. We did play hard against Towson. But when
you're totally disjointed offensively and soft inside on the
defensive end, it's going to be hard to have any modicum of
success or optimism.
The problem with Saturday is ... while they're 0-fer in
conference, A&T's been competitive. And they have bonafide
talent. Lamothe was a four-star in HS, starting at Maryland
before transferring to A&T. Forrest averaged 12 a game as a
freshman at Northwestern State and is filling it up in his
sophomore season. Glasper's super erratic and not my cup of tea
but he's putting up big scoring nights, even with abysmal
efficiency. And I love Shell running the show, with almost three
assists for every turnover.
They flat out did not defend last year, got killed on the glass
and, at times, played only six guys because that's all they had
available. This year's not much better, as they go seven deep
generally, injuries again sprouting up. But the seven they have
are grinding, nearly pulling off an epic comeback against
Hampton last weekend, losing to William & Mary on a Boothby
three at the buzzer, and hanging around with some other tough
clubs. The defense is better. They have more options than just
Glasper. I flipped over to the Towson/A&T game during halftime
of ours, and the color guy called them the best 0-7 team he's
ever seen. And I saw them against somebody early in the year and
they are athletic and talented and certainly going to be hungry
for a win just like us.
Wrapping up the Campbell game, thanks for NYR for the link to
the Twitter Spaces. The recording's here:
HTML https://x.com/RealHVolpi/status/1882611091676733910.
It's a nice
listen, and we need this kind of energy from
alumni/students/fans.
Perhaps insightful, perhaps unfair stat: Joe Octave's collegiate
record is 44-101 (note: I didn't go game by game; I just looked
at what his teams have done in his five years. His games played
total is only 117). Man does he seem surly (what do I know?
seems it though). It's not a good look for a team that's
reeling. 20.8% from three this year. So many contested looks.
That said, this can't be what he expected for his final year of
college basketball, this wildly-put-together roster with holes
everywhere you look.
Eye-popping stat that's probably just apples and oranges: The
San Antonio Spurs had 42 assists in their win yesterday – not
far from an assist per minute. The team ranked first in assists
per game in the CAA, William & Mary, averages 17. In conference
play, we average eight.
KenPom stat of note: We are 331st in two-point FG%, and 359th in
two-point FG% against. You've witnessed it. We're taking and
missing difficult twos and giving up a million easy baskets. In
the defensive category, the teams behind us is truly truly a
who's who of college basketball futility – Prairie View A&M,
Maryland Eastern Shore, Coppin State, Mississippi Valley State
and Arkansas Pine Bluff.
I do give credit to Snoddy, who's in a difficult position as
somebody who, ideally, is getting on the glass, creating second
chances, defending a variety of guys on the perimeter, down low,
etc. He was perfect for last year's team. Yet here he is being
asked to bring the ball up, run the offense, create his own
shot, take threes. And it's taking away from what he does best,
which is a shame.
I feel bad for the team. This is just misery for everybody. We
have a handful of Division I guys but also guys who are better
suited for and could thrive at the D-II level (see Corry Long,
TPP) or could at least use a change of scenery and fresh start,
whatever the level is (see Mike Almonacy). These guys all chose
to come here, but we chose them too, and the result is quite a
motley crew.
As for this game, this is the best opportunity we'll have all
year. A&T comes up after a Thursday night loss at Towson,
seemingly no Chitikoudis, who's a double-double type inside, and
they have a really short bench. It's in our building. Can we
actually take advantage? We're just a marginal favorite so
there's some skepticism – how could there not be? If we win, we
can exhale a bit. If we don't, the conversation about the guy at
the wheel continues with even more fervor.
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Re: Game 21: v North Carolina A&T, 1/25 12pm
By: guest441 Date: January 24, 2025, 10:18 am
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nice writeup as usual. it takes a lot of your time to do.
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Re: Game 21: v North Carolina A&T, 1/25 12pm
By: Moveitfred Date: January 24, 2025, 11:34 am
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Thanks as always, Checkmate. Good notes on Snoddy. Was thinking
similar that he's serving a nearly impossible role this season
and clearly busts his tail out there. Also, congrats to Wight.
Another guy busting it out there in a tough role, and tallying
1k points is obviously a reflection of his work and durability.
Yes, up and down the roster certainly nobody signed up for this.
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Re: Game 21: v North Carolina A&T, 1/25 12pm
By: Chairman of the Board Date: January 24, 2025, 11:36 am
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i again think it's a chance to try something new. pass, paint,
physical, patience. it works for other teams.
otherwise, we look just like the boals era of tossing up hapless
low % shots 2 second into the shotclock. maybe its not the
players' fault- after all, the portal has made transferring into
"any port in a storm", and since SB isnt the draw that most
schools are for athletics- we are the landing spot for
undisciplined, underlooked players that fold under pressure and
watch too much stef curry.
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Re: Game 21: v North Carolina A&T, 1/25 12pm
By: Accelerator Date: January 25, 2025, 11:09 am
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Frey AND Octave out today. Lord help us
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Re: Game 21: v North Carolina A&T, 1/25 12pm
By: Chairman of the Board Date: January 25, 2025, 11:43 am
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10A in the first half. up 46-35. good job SB
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Re: Game 21: v North Carolina A&T, 1/25 12pm
By: Accelerator Date: January 25, 2025, 11:45 am
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Snoddy and O'Connor are in a great rhythm. Is A&T just bad
defensively or is this personnel better for a fluid offense?
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Re: Game 21: v North Carolina A&T, 1/25 12pm
By: Checkmate Date: January 25, 2025, 11:56 am
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It’s awesome to see O’Connor be assertive offensively. I feel
like he’s been a little hesitant on that end but we need it.
A&T is so soft inside and takes so many off-balanced shots. Why
they don’t get it in the middle of the zone and go right at
Wight is beyond me. On our end, it’s been great to see us make
precision interior passes that has led to a few layups and
dunks. We never see that.
A&T played a lot of that half without Shell and Forrest so we’ll
see if they have the juice to get back into it in the second
here.
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Re: Game 21: v North Carolina A&T, 1/25 12pm
By: Chairman of the Board Date: January 25, 2025, 1:18 pm
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you sound like me.
PS im watching pikiell in a tight game at #8 MSU. easy to root
for him.
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Re: Game 21: v North Carolina A&T, 1/25 12pm
By: Accelerator Date: January 25, 2025, 1:24 pm
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The balanced scoring effort was my favorite part. Luster with
31, Snoddy with 22/13, four starters total in double digits...
we had a cold stretch early in the second half but A&T can't
make free throws, thankfully. 13 offensive rebounds for us too!
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