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Re: Game 1: v Farmingdale State, 11/3 6:30pm
By: Checkmate Date: November 3, 2025, 6:48 pm
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Sooooo … this isn’t going as well as I’d hoped.
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Re: Game 1: v Farmingdale State, 11/3 6:30pm
By: davem711 Date: November 3, 2025, 7:55 pm
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Cool, so we are apparently a smidge better than D-III
Farmingdale State.
Loving this new "landscape".
At least we are undefeated.
Dave
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Re: Game 1: v Farmingdale State, 11/3 6:30pm
By: Moveitfred Date: November 3, 2025, 8:03 pm
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Terrible idea to schedule such a strong opponent for a first
game.
A lot of good to report about Farmingdale State, especially the
spirit and scrap they brought to the court.
Perhaps at best one might hope SBU shook off some bad mojo, but
I certainly didn't see anything that looked like promise. Long
way to go, however.
Found myself watching SH during the last five minutes. He seemed
to be projecting a "I'm upset" vibe, but couldn't help thinking
"you're the one who built this...."
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Re: Game 1: v Farmingdale State, 11/3 6:30pm
By: Checkmate Date: November 3, 2025, 9:20 pm
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Some takeaways ...
- "Closer than I thought" and "more depressing" were two ways we
used to describe the game. That was not the plan.
- Kudos to Farmingdale State. They did not fear us for one
second and really competed on the defensive end and on the
glass. Here's our history with FSC: 91-42, 91-44, 87-57 ... and
66-59. Across the league: Drexel 93, Widener 59. William & Mary
110, Georgian Court 63. Charleston 79, Tusculum 58. UNCW 106,
Mount Olive 77. And Stony Brook 66, Farmingdale State 59.
- Let's be positive: It could have been a laugher and we'd gain
little from it. Instead, we got an unexpected test, maybe one
that resulted from it being their Super Bowl and us wondering
why the game was scheduled in the first place.
- In these kind of games, occasionally you'll see the underdog
battle for a half and then get steamrolled out of the gate in
the second. That run never came. We usually see some dunks, some
fast break, seamless ball movement to wide open shooters,
smiling, laughing, etc. But there was little to none of that.
- We lose this game without Shoshkikj. I found it so interesting
that it was him on the ball in the waning moments, not O'Connor.
Shoshkikj was awesome. He had a Woodhousy air of confidence with
the ball, with more of an appetite to attack the basket. Head
was on a swivel. Lots to like.
- Valentiny gets after it and showed some playmaking with a
game-high five assists. I had wondered he could be our
replacement for Snoddy and he's got a shot to impersonate him at
least a little.
- O'Connor's shooting was ... something. I turned to a friend
after his first or second shot and said "he has the yips." The
misses were bad. He probably recovers and this is an
afterthought but, whoa, tonight was rough. That said, he had a
big three in the second half for us. And by big, I mean to help
us not lose to Farmingdale State.
- More in that vein: Brown's first points came at the line with
7 seconds left. 0 for 11 from the field. A reminder: A candidate
for leading scorer, against Farmingdale State. Better be better
days ahead.
- I liked what I saw from Kojenets on the surface. He was more
athletic than I anticipated, and looked like had decent feel
around the rim. He had a couple good finishes with his left
hand. I'm not sure why he or Goods didn't play more, especially
with the game in the balance. Yes, they have to guard smaller
players on the defensive end, but especially Kojenets seemed to
have his way down low (albeit not at the line). Maybe we were
saving guys or testing things out.
- Starting lineup: Goods, Gorman, Brown, Onyekonwu, O'Connor.
Final five in a close game: Valentiny, Gorman, Brown, Shoshkikj,
O'Connor.
- We felt thin. Farmingdale State fought us to a draw on the
glass. Their tallest guy is 6-6.
- Welcome to the board, Dave.
- No Pratt, no Nahar. No idea on what their health status is.
- Arena stuff: They're trying. I give them credit. I don't think
I'd ever seen a DJ on the scene – maybe I've just been
oblivious. I thought the music was just right for a college
crowd and has a chance to lure people back. Of course, this
marginalized the band, but they'll find a balance somewhere.
They also tried some things with lights, which I thought worked.
The games during timeouts were solid; the rewards were BAD.
Those feats usually net a year's tuition or a car or free food
for a year someplace, not $1,000 and a 40-inch TV that you can
get at Target for $179. I don't think the knockout kid won
anything (maybe because he got knocked out but went back in
unbeknownst to those running it #cmonpeople #youhadonejob). But
they're trying. Even the social media in the couple weeks
leading up to the game was good. Is this the new norm? I don't
know. But it should be and has to be. It was good.
- I'm glad the season's underway, but wish I had a more
optimistic outlook after this one.
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Re: Game 1: v Farmingdale State, 11/3 6:30pm
By: VoiceofthePeople Date: November 3, 2025, 9:32 pm
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God Help Us
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Re: Game 1: v Farmingdale State, 11/3 6:30pm
By: sbugold Date: November 4, 2025, 8:18 am
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Although it's very difficult to do so, I'm really trying hard to
limit the gloom and doom and imagine some positives.
1) I really was impressed with Goods. I thought he showed great
skills in all phases of the game. I would expect him to see
many more minutes going forward, as soon as Coach can stop
experimenting and settle on a consistent starting 5.
2) It would be great if someone could check on Pratt's status.
I would expect that he would be an extremely valuable
contributor, and hope that he doesn't have a serious injury (or
based upon some of his history, exhibit significant disciplinary
issues).
3) Shoshkikj looks like the real deal to me, and Gorman was
outstanding.
4) I'm betting on O'Connor to shake off the cobwebs and return
to his better self from the second half of last season, once he
adjusts to his new set of mates.
5) There's no doubt in my mind that Brown was inexplicably out
of sorts last night. Unimaginable that he will not be a major
source of upside.
6) I would like to see Harbatkin given a shot at playing a role.
He certainly can shoot!
7) At this point, here's my hope for the starting 5 for
saturday's Maine game:
-- Goods, O'Connor, Gorman, Shoshkikj, (Brown or Pratt)
I'm not expecting a championship, but I certainly would expect a
much-improved showing from this lineup!
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Re: Game 1: v Farmingdale State, 11/3 6:30pm
By: Checkmate Date: November 4, 2025, 10:14 am
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Before last night, I (quickly) counted 23 sub D-I games since we
turned D-I. We were 23-0, with an average margin of victory of
more than 40 points. Yesterday marked the first single-digit win
in this "series." 24-0 nevertheless.
In all but two of these we scored at least 80 points. We beat
STAC – a good D-II – 70-49 with Warney and Co. Back in 2001, we
knocked off SUNY Maritime 63-38.
Maine got demolished in its opener too, so hopefully we can beat
them at our place this weekend.
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Re: Game 1: v Farmingdale State, 11/3 6:30pm
By: Moveitfred Date: November 4, 2025, 10:28 am
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I suppose the few of us still paying attention hoped we would
have seen some more spark or promise from SBU, but Maine will
hopefully give us a truer (my gosh, hopefully better) glimpse of
the team.
Being one degree away from Cooper Flagg adds to the interest, at
least as an idea going in.
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Re: Game 1: v Farmingdale State, 11/3 6:30pm
By: Chairman of the Board Date: November 5, 2025, 5:45 am
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Offense sputters as Stony Brook Men’s Basketball stumbles to
opening-night win
HTML https://sbstatesman.com/140081/sports/offense-sputters-as-stony-brook-mens-basketball-stumbles-to-opening-night-win/
[quote]Stony Brook’s shooting struggles began almost
immediately. In the first half, it went 2-for-11 from
three-point range and made just four of 11 free-throw attempts.
Heading to the locker room, the Seawolves led 30-22.
“I didn’t like our movement without the ball,” head coach Geno
Ford said in a postgame press conference. “I thought we stood
and settled and when we got there, we were unable to finish,
which was disappointing and alarming.”
Throughout the night, the Seawolves struggled to connect
consistently. On the night, they posted a .343/.250/.619 triple
slash headlined by rough nights from parts of their veteran
core.
Most notably, Brown III — one of Ford’s biggest transfer portal
pickups — went 0-for-11 on field goals while guard Toby
Onyekonwu went 1-for-7.
“If you pull our two-point shooting of 16-for-39, that’s just
not good enough,” Ford said. “We didn’t take a whole handful of
midrange jumpers, meaning we got it to the rim and we failed to
make layups. And it was predominantly from older guys. Just to
be blunt.”
“We’ll get better from here,” Ford said. “But yeah, we’ve got a
lot of work to do and that’s obvious.”
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Re: Game 1: v Farmingdale State, 11/3 6:30pm
By: Checkmate Date: November 5, 2025, 7:37 pm
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[quote author=Chairman of the Board
link=topic=1191.msg46113#msg46113 date=1762343132]
Offense sputters as Stony Brook Men’s Basketball stumbles to
opening-night win
HTML https://sbstatesman.com/140081/sports/offense-sputters-as-stony-brook-mens-basketball-stumbles-to-opening-night-win/
[quote]Stony Brook’s shooting struggles began almost
immediately. In the first half, it went 2-for-11 from
three-point range and made just four of 11 free-throw attempts.
Heading to the locker room, the Seawolves led 30-22.
“I didn’t like our movement without the ball,” head coach Geno
Ford said in a postgame press conference. “I thought we stood
and settled and when we got there, we were unable to finish,
which was disappointing and alarming.”
Throughout the night, the Seawolves struggled to connect
consistently. On the night, they posted a .343/.250/.619 triple
slash headlined by rough nights from parts of their veteran
core.
Most notably, Brown III — one of Ford’s biggest transfer portal
pickups — went 0-for-11 on field goals while guard Toby
Onyekonwu went 1-for-7.
“If you pull our two-point shooting of 16-for-39, that’s just
not good enough,” Ford said. “We didn’t take a whole handful of
midrange jumpers, meaning we got it to the rim and we failed to
make layups. And it was predominantly from older guys. Just to
be blunt.”
“We’ll get better from here,” Ford said. “But yeah, we’ve got a
lot of work to do and that’s obvious.”
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[/quote]
Not to be overlooked ...
To add insult to injury, Ford was without another one of his
big-ticket acquisitions, guard Erik Pratt, who suffered a knee
injury in the team’s final preseason scrimmage on Saturday, Oct.
25 against Fordham.
“It’s impossible for me to say [his status],” Ford said. “I
mean, I’ll call it day-to-day, but he hasn’t shot a basketball
since [Oct. 25] so it’s not like he’s going to walk in tomorrow
and feel 100% and ready to go.”
Oof.
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