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Re: Game 14: vs. Norfolk State 12/30
DIR By: laxnation
Date: December 31, 2017, 8:32 am
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Sturdivant- is an absolute clown and has done nothing to improve
his inside game over the last 4 years. I can’t wait until he
ends career at Stony Brook!
Yeboah - is an absolute man-child, but he still makes too many
mental errors - he needs to play more in the summertime and
receive more coaching.
Saintel - always has the deer in the head lights look. Has great
athletic talent, but it is very obvious that he never received
the correct coaching before he arrived at Stony Brook.
Sekunda - has probably been the most disappointing player over
the last 4 years. Other than a 8 game stretch in his junior
year, he has been brutal - the knee injury didn’t help.
Cornish - has been a great burst of energy and has to improve on
finishing his drives to the basket.
McKenzie - has taken major lumps in his first year, but I don’t
understand all the wide open misses from 3-Point land.
Olaniyl - is a major guestion mark since his minutes have been
limited. Maybe, he can start taking minutes away from Sekunda.
Petras - basically gives you what you expect from him.
Garcia - has great potential and hopefully, does well at the
charity stripe.
Iroegbu - needs to be more consistent.
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Re: Game 14: vs. Norfolk State 12/30
DIR By: Moveitfred
Date: December 31, 2017, 8:37 am
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--- Quote from: VA_Seawolf link ---
>
> Just check the score...
>
> We lost? We ******** lost?!? Are you kidding me? NSU had an
RPI in the 330s. This kind of loss at home is pathetic. Good
lord.
>
--- End Quote ---
The next morning and I'm still thinking about this one, and
still cannot decide if it's worth analyzing or just one of those
games you forget and move on. Like COB said, Norfolk didn't look
1-12/worst D1 team bad even with only 9 players suited up.
Frankly, as is the case, they just looked about like most of
that big crowd of mid-low D1 teams. The pieces were all there
among those teams--physical, quick, solid-shooting guards and a
couple of bigs who could hold their own down low.
Pressure out high continues to haunt SBU (we saw that right away
back in that D3 game, where even that team bothered SBU). 17
turnovers was brutal. Combine that with the inevitability of the
mid-major 3 ball game and with Norfolk hitting close to 50% and
SBU at a pedestrian 30% and you've got the equation for the
loss, I'd say.
Oddly, too, for whatever reason SBU came out with low energy and
attention to detail which seemed to get worse as the game
progressed. If Yeboah didn't have his monster first half, this
would have been an easy Norfolk win vs a rather close game.
Upside, again, is Garcia looked good. And among the obvious
bucketful of downsides was Almonacy (wasn't the buzz over the
summer that he was vastly improved?) and Ochefu (hopes of AE
freshman of the year candidate prior to the start of the year?)
parked on the bench the whole game. For this night, things
simply did NOT look very good.
#Post#: 20721--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 14: vs. Norfolk State 12/30
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: December 31, 2017, 10:14 am
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--- Quote from: Moveitfred link ---
>
> [quote author=VA_Seawolf link=topic=664.msg20718#msg20718
date=1514707518]
> Just check the score...
>
> We lost? We ******** lost?!? Are you kidding me? NSU had an
RPI in the 330s. This kind of loss at home is pathetic. Good
lord.
>
--- End Quote ---
The next morning and I'm still thinking about this one, and
still cannot decide if it's worth analyzing or just one of those
games you forget and move on. Like COB said, Norfolk didn't look
1-12/worst D1 team bad even with only 9 players suited up.
Frankly, as is the case, they just looked about like most of
that big crowd of mid-low D1 teams. The pieces were all there
among those teams--physical, quick, solid-shooting guards and a
couple of bigs who could hold their own down low.
Pressure out high continues to haunt SBU (we saw that right away
back in that D3 game, where even that team bothered SBU). 17
turnovers was brutal. Combine that with the inevitability of the
mid-major 3 ball game and with Norfolk hitting close to 50% and
SBU at a pedestrian 30% and you've got the equation for the
loss, I'd say.
Oddly, too, for whatever reason SBU came out with low energy and
attention to detail which seemed to get worse as the game
progressed. If Yeboah didn't have his monster first half, this
would have been an easy Norfolk win vs a rather close game.
Upside, again, is Garcia looked good. And among the obvious
bucketful of downsides was Almonacy (wasn't the buzz over the
summer that he was vastly improved?) and Ochefu (hopes of AE
freshman of the year candidate prior to the start of the year?)
parked on the bench the whole game. For this night, things
simply did NOT look very good.
[/quote]
If you take out Shawnee State, you could argue that this is the
first game that we entered as the clearcut favorite. And I think
our guys knew that.
We will be favored to beat Maine on Wednesday and can’t afford
to make the same mistake.
33 marks the most three attempts in a game in the Boals era; it
makes more sense against a team like Michigan State than lowly
Norfolk State. 10 made threes, *10* made twos [emoji51]
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Re: Game 14: vs. Norfolk State 12/30
DIR By: ry1nik
Date: December 31, 2017, 11:51 am
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It’s telling that the game story hasn’t been posted on the SB
Athletics site. Just embarrassing.
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Re: Game 14: vs. Norfolk State 12/30
DIR By: Wolfie_MD
Date: December 31, 2017, 11:53 am
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Garcia getting onto the court has me very excited- the guy may
be a better athlete than Saintel.
Cornish has settled into a starting PG role well but he needs
help. He and Yeboah need some help and Garcia could provide some
critical help.
Give those two (or three) a decent big man and we'd be a
contender.
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Re: Game 14: vs. Norfolk State 12/30
DIR By: SBU03
Date: December 31, 2017, 12:42 pm
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I went to this game last night...it has become a tradition to go
to a game with an out of town buddy of mine when he is home
visiting family for the holidays if the SBU schedule aligns. I
almost suggested not going to this one, thinking it would be
boring due to the supposed "lousy" opponent. But, we figured it
would be a night out...and my daughter wanted to come too...
Wow. Our team looked very sloppy. I don't get why so many 3's
were taken on our part. As someone else mentioned, I understand
doing that against a Michigan State or in any other over-matched
scenario...but not sure why they'd take that approach against a
supposed bottom of the barrel D-I team. I guess when we're
dealing with mid-major and below, anyone can beat anyone on a
given night.
Anyway, very disappointing...does not bode well for conference
play. But, it's just one game, and I try not to be too hard on
these students...we need to remember they are students and not
millionaire pros. That said, we can still be disappointed in
them...and moreso the coaching staff really...but I just try to
keep in in perspective.
After the game I did a little research on Norfolk State. While
they are ranked very poorly and have a lousy record so far this
season, the program does have some pedigree (relative to what I
thought of them before the game, which was zilch...I had
literally never heard of them). They made the NCAA tournament
in 2012 and won a round against the #2 seed. And they've made
the NIT/CIT every year since. And, they have an alum who is a
current NBA player on the Knicks. (None of this is an excuse
for the loss.)
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Re: Game 14: vs. Norfolk State 12/30
DIR By: Hammertime
Date: December 31, 2017, 12:46 pm
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--- Quote from: ry1nik link ---
>
> It’s telling that the game story hasn’t been posted on the SB
Athletics site. Just embarrassing.
>
--- End Quote ---
I noticed that this morning. SB athletics must be hanging their
heads over this total, debacle of a lose... As they should...
Losing to teams that are on par with you is exceptable and
honorable. losing to teams that are in the running to be the
worst team in Div1 is totally unexceptionable..
#Post#: 20726--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 14: vs. Norfolk State 12/30
DIR By: Hammertime
Date: December 31, 2017, 12:55 pm
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--- Quote from: Moveitfred link ---
>
> [quote author=VA_Seawolf link=topic=664.msg20718#msg20718
date=1514707518]
> Just check the score...
>
> We lost? We ******** lost?!? Are you kidding me? NSU had an
RPI in the 330s. This kind of loss at home is pathetic. Good
lord.
>
--- End Quote ---
The next morning and I'm still thinking about this one, and
still cannot decide if it's worth analyzing or just one of those
games you forget and move on. Like COB said, Norfolk didn't look
1-12/worst D1 team bad even with only 9 players suited up.
Frankly, as is the case, they just looked about like most of
that big crowd of mid-low D1 teams. The pieces were all there
among those teams--physical, quick, solid-shooting guards and a
couple of bigs who could hold their own down low.
Pressure out high continues to haunt SBU (we saw that right away
back in that D3 game, where even that team bothered SBU). 17
turnovers was brutal. Combine that with the inevitability of the
mid-major 3 ball game and with Norfolk hitting close to 50% and
SBU at a pedestrian 30% and you've got the equation for the
loss, I'd say.
Oddly, too, for whatever reason SBU came out with low energy and
attention to detail which seemed to get worse as the game
progressed. If Yeboah didn't have his monster first half, this
would have been an easy Norfolk win vs a rather close game.
Upside, again, is Garcia looked good. And among the obvious
bucketful of downsides was Almonacy (wasn't the buzz over the
summer that he was vastly improved?) and Ochefu (hopes of AE
freshman of the year candidate prior to the start of the year?)
parked on the bench the whole game. For this night, things
simply did NOT look very good.
[/quote]
Well said Moviethread. This game and year is a total fog and
mindbogling.. Ochefu, who i thought would be our big and go to
go is a no show. I guess we'll find out next season when he
actually plays if he is the real deal or not.
Garcia reminds me of Yeboah. Strong, fast and div1 ready. Give
him some more playing time and this team could have that 1 , 2
punch next season..
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Re: Game 14: vs. Norfolk State 12/30
DIR By: Seawolf97
Date: December 31, 2017, 1:01 pm
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The upside to last night is Garcia looks ready after 23 months
of surgeries and rehab . Put him in the starting role and sit
Saintel or Sturdivant. Garcia just made it look easy last night
being in the right places at the right time . We should win
Wednesday against Maine hopefully .
#Post#: 20728--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 14: vs. Norfolk State 12/30
DIR By: Hammertime
Date: December 31, 2017, 2:07 pm
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--- Quote from: Seawolf97 link ---
>
> The upside to last night is Garcia looks ready after 23 months
of surgeries and rehab . Put him in the starting role and sit
Saintel or Sturdivant. Garcia just made it look easy last night
being in the right places at the right time . We should win
Wednesday against Maine hopefully .
>
--- End Quote ---
I dont see coach Boals sitting seniors over Garcia.
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