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       #Post#: 15425--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 32: AE Championship – SBU v. Vermont
   DIR By: Chairman of the Board
       Date: March 13, 2016, 8:08 am
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       photos:
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       halfway down in the middle is warney laying one up with five
       catamounts in the background.
       for warney- for dougher- for pikiell- for tre, for stanley and
       heilbron, for guys like tommy brenton that helped build the
       program, going back to munir and el amin, etc.  and lastly, what
       a nice day for the mcgrew family.  GO SB
       #Post#: 15426--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 32: AE Championship – SBU v. Vermont
   DIR By: Chairman of the Board
       Date: March 13, 2016, 8:14 am
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       twitter has congratulations from brenton, gov cuomo, senator
       schumer, assemblyman murray, and most importantly... the Sonoma
       State University Seawolves!!!  Perhaps next is the Alaska
       Anchorage Seawolves???
  HTML https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CdZAbDFUYAEaV4f.jpg
       by the way im pretty sure we had ZERO bench points, is that
       right???
       #Post#: 15428--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 32: AE Championship – SBU v. Vermont
   DIR By: Checkmate
       Date: March 13, 2016, 9:20 am
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       Great posts, CotB, love the perspective. That number is
       incredible - 77. Of course, it takes a village but Pikiell's
       been a big part of it.
       I have received confirmation that Seawolf80 was one of the 77.
       #Post#: 15431--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 32: AE Championship – SBU v. Vermont
   DIR By: Seawolf97
       Date: March 13, 2016, 10:39 am
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       I remember some of those games in the old arena .  We got killed
       one night  by Colgate and then UMBC  came in a few days later
       and ran us off the court.  The place was dark and empty.  Now
       tickets are a premium , the home court is a Palace. Great job
       this weekend by the whole athletic department for a job well
       done. This was an event beyond events with a happy ending
       scripted in .
       #Post#: 15432--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 32: AE Championship – SBU v. Vermont
   DIR By: SBU03
       Date: March 13, 2016, 10:45 am
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       What a win, what an experience I had.  Ive followed this team
       since we went division I in 1999, while I was a student.  Been
       waiting for this moment a long time.  The current senior team
       really deserved this!  They all seem like great kids in addition
       to being great players.  Am I the only one who notices that
       McGrew goes all the way to the corner and high fives all of the
       little kids every time he subs out?
       Awesome story:
       I was resigned to not going to the game after it sold out before
       even going on sale to the public.  The night before the game, I
       commented on a Facebook post by the SB Facebook page about the
       game, and I basically said go team, wish I could be there, but
       selling out so fast is a great thing for the program! (But
       didn't ask for tickets.)  Moments later, Lucas Woodhouse's Aunt
       posts that she has tickets if I want.  So I got 2 tickets at
       face value, met the Woodhouse family, and sat with the
       grandparents during the game.  Nicest people!  They had tears in
       their eyes after the win, and gave my brother and I huge hugs.
       It added a personal touch to the experience, which already felt
       so personal being an alumn and watching the likes of Jameel,
       Carson, and Rayshaun mature over these past few seasons.
       The atmosphere rivaled Islanders playoff games for me.  Amazing
       how far this program has come since 1999!  The support from both
       the students and community where a beautiful thing to see.
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       Re: Game 32: AE Championship – SBU v. Vermont
   DIR By: guest282
       Date: March 13, 2016, 12:06 pm
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       Great story SBU03!
       #Post#: 15436--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 32: AE Championship – SBU v. Vermont
   DIR By: Chairman of the Board
       Date: March 13, 2016, 2:17 pm
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  HTML http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2016/3/13/11213894/stony-brook-jameel-warney-ncaa-tournament-america-east
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       > The crowd that stormed this court an hour and a half ago is
       gone. Now it's just Warney, his trophies, and some leftover
       confetti. He carefully places his shiny conference championship
       trophy to his left, his equally shiny MVP award to his right,
       lowers himself to the floor, and as a teammate snaps a picture,
       he kisses the school logo.
       --- End Quote ---
       [img]
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       > Stony Brook wasn't always good. Steve Pikiell, once a point
       guard at Jim Calhoun's UConn, keeps a picture of his first game
       of his 4-24 debut season in his office.
       >
       > "There were maybe 100 students," Pikiell says. "Now they're
       scalping tickets."
       --- End Quote ---
       --- Quote ---
       > Instead, Jameel Warney had decided he'd had enough. In a
       career of dominance, Warney found the strength to dominate
       harder than he'd ever dominated.  For the last 16 minutes of the
       game, Warney would not miss. He would not turn the ball over. He
       scored 23 points on 11-for-11 shooting.
       >
       > As the Seawolves roared back from the brink of tragedy, Warney
       did all these things, and he didn't fail once. He committed his
       last turnover with 16:16 to go, he missed his last shot with
       15:50 to go.
       --- End Quote ---
       --- Quote ---
       > For about an hour, this was a celebration for the whole
       school. They tried to clear the students from the floor to give
       out the trophy, but it simply wasn't going to happen. When the
       nets came down, a cheerleader, a dancer and a band member got to
       snip a piece.
       --- End Quote ---
       --- Quote ---
       > Warney happily took a picture with what seemed like every
       student in the entire damn school. He starred in what must've
       been hundreds of selfies. For now, this was everybody's
       celebration.
       --- End Quote ---
       #Post#: 15476--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 32: AE Championship – SBU v. Vermont
   DIR By: Chairman of the Board
       Date: March 14, 2016, 4:43 pm
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       a few more game thoughts now that the dust has settled...
       i awoke at the crack of dawn and hailed a cab to penn station...
       the cab driver looked like jameel warney.  it was a sign.
       i got to the bench by 8 something, it wasn't even serving beer
       yet.  perhaps another sign?
       I wore my red "12th man" football shirt under a warmer shirt.
       didn't have the red out until 5min into the second half and
       decided I needed to show the red.  that's when the turnaround
       started... not like im taking credit or anything!
       Walker is a total spark plug for the team.  their bigs got into
       much early foul trouble which really did them in.  yet every
       time SB got some momentum or a big play, there was a media
       timeout, an injury, a stoppage of play, it was so frustrating.
       on to time outs, i thought VT really mismanaged the game.  early
       foul trouble for three bigs (two fouled out and the other had 4)
       in a game against jameel warney?  they also used ALL their TOs
       with 5min to go.  very odd.
       the atmosphere was crazy and deafening.  i think i was standing
       next to the Woodhouse family, because they were wearing jerseys,
       and at the buzzer, one was crying and were embraced.  still not
       sure who it was!
       Mcgrew had a tough first half, every shot was a few inches
       short.  we need him on point for Thursday.  woody couldn't get
       open shots and was purely a distributor.  we're all assuming a
       drop-in on warney so woody's perimeter shooting will be one of
       many keys.
       lastly, there were awful calls, but equal to both sides.  i
       thought the refs missed many travels, but i guess butterflies
       for both teams even can confound those who dribble the ball
       daily.
       GO SB
       #Post#: 15500--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 32: AE Championship – SBU v. Vermont
   DIR By: Chairman of the Board
       Date: March 16, 2016, 1:21 pm
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       ok one more gloat before we shut the book on the big victory.
       various quotes from:
  HTML http://bigpurplefans.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=8135
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       > Man, it would be so glorious to beat SB again in the final
       game. Even if we get the number 16 seed and lose by 60...beating
       SB would be awesome.
       >
       > I bet Stony Brook could get a waiver to have their potential
       semifinal game moved to Sunday.
       >
       > Hey stony brook, hope #YouCanPlay in the NIT this year.
       >
       > The conference does benefit in it's unit share payout with a
       win. The AE get's about 2 mil to spread out to all the teams
       over the 6 years, but they'll find a way to funnel it all to SB
       lol.
       >
       > Point of the matter is that rooting for SB because one of our
       leagues players might make it to the NBA does ZERO for Albany
       and the AE.
       >
       > As others have said, I couldn't care less about SBU and
       Warney...if they don't score a bucket, that'll be sweet.
       >
       > I'd root for out of the America East. We compete with them for
       recruits, money from the state, and maybe conference affiliation
       one day.
       >
       > I hope Kentucky shuts out brook. Yeh, I mean like zero
       points--a first in ncaa history! I hope they lose so badly, they
       have to disband their athletic department; or better yet the
       whole university. As you can tell I really hate brook;
       >
       > Love it.
       >
       > I too hate SB MUCH MUCH more than VT. If VT won, I would have
       rooted for them in the tourney...but with SB going, I'm most
       definitely rooting against them.
       --- End Quote ---
       Contrast with Vermont fans:
  HTML http://www.basketballforum.com/america-east-conference/
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       > Looking forward to this one. While everyone knows the odds, if
       SBU can hang around you never know. Good luck to the Seawolves.
       >
       > Sagarins favor Kentucky by 12. Not bad. Suggests to me that if
       the Seawolves play their A-game, they could get a "W".
       >
       > Best of luck to the seawolves and their fans, you guys really
       did earn it. Now that the dust has settled from the championship
       game its easier to see this stony Brook team is pretty easy to
       cheer for....give 'em hell.
       >
       > Good luck SBU! You guys are going to make the conference
       proud. We are all Seawolves now. :-)
       >
       > Let's go SBU! Make the conference proud!
       >
       > I do want to say I am sincerely very happy to see Stony Brook
       in the NCAA Tournament.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       #Post#: 15501--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 32: AE Championship – SBU v. Vermont
   DIR By: Hammertime
       Date: March 16, 2016, 1:42 pm
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       --- Quote from: Chairman of the Board link ---
       >
       > ok one more gloat before we shut the book on the big victory.
       various quotes from:
  HTML http://bigpurplefans.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=8135
       >
       > [quote]Man, it would be so glorious to beat SB again in the
       final game. Even if we get the number 16 seed and lose by
       60...beating SB would be awesome.
       >
       > I bet Stony Brook could get a waiver to have their potential
       semifinal game moved to Sunday.
       >
       > Hey stony brook, hope #YouCanPlay in the NIT this year.
       >
       > The conference does benefit in it's unit share payout with a
       win. The AE get's about 2 mil to spread out to all the teams
       over the 6 years, but they'll find a way to funnel it all to SB
       lol.
       >
       > Point of the matter is that rooting for SB because one of our
       leagues players might make it to the NBA does ZERO for Albany
       and the AE.
       >
       > As others have said, I couldn't care less about SBU and
       Warney...if they don't score a bucket, that'll be sweet.
       >
       > I'd root for out of the America East. We compete with them for
       recruits, money from the state, and maybe conference affiliation
       one day.
       >
       > I hope Kentucky shuts out brook. Yeh, I mean like zero
       points--a first in ncaa history! I hope they lose so badly, they
       have to disband their athletic department; or better yet the
       whole university. As you can tell I really hate brook;
       >
       > Love it.
       >
       > I too hate SB MUCH MUCH more than VT. If VT won, I would have
       rooted for them in the tourney...but with SB going, I'm most
       definitely rooting against them.
       --- End Quote ---
       Contrast with Vermont fans:
  HTML http://www.basketballforum.com/america-east-conference/
       --- Quote ---
       > Looking forward to this one. While everyone knows the odds, if
       SBU can hang around you never know. Good luck to the Seawolves.
       >
       > Sagarins favor Kentucky by 12. Not bad. Suggests to me that if
       the Seawolves play their A-game, they could get a "W".
       >
       > Best of luck to the seawolves and their fans, you guys really
       did earn it. Now that the dust has settled from the championship
       game its easier to see this stony Brook team is pretty easy to
       cheer for....give 'em hell.
       >
       > Good luck SBU! You guys are going to make the conference
       proud. We are all Seawolves now. :-)
       >
       > Let's go SBU! Make the conference proud!
       >
       > I do want to say I am sincerely very happy to see Stony Brook
       in the NCAA Tournament.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       [/quote]
       Thanks for compiling those quotes, Chairman. Did you post this
       on the UA forum?. Maybe they need to be reminded how trashy they
       sound and why nobody ever cheers them on!. I am the one who
       thanked the poster on the Vermont forum who said "we are all
       seawolves fans now"!!! Much classier up in Vermont than it is in
       Albany!!!
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