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Game 18: vs. New Hampshire 1/12 7pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: January 10, 2019, 9:48 pm
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
Record: 3-12 (1-1 America East)
Last 10: 1-9
Last Game: New Hampshire 68, UMass Lowell 64 on 1/9/19
Last Game with SBU: Stony Brook 72, New Hampshire 63 on 2/18/18;
Iroegbu team-high 17; came back from 10 down in second half
Checkmate Unofficial Line: Stony Brook -14.5
Net Ranking: Stony Brook 138, New Hampshire 343
KenPom RPI: Stony Brook 147, New Hampshire 342
KenPom Prediction: Stony Brook 75, New Hampshire 57
Yeboah Point Watch: 1,075
Division I: Currently 7th. Next up: Dave Coley (2010-14) 1,222
All-time: Currently 19th. Next up: Dave Burda (1983-86) 1,100
Listen/Watch:
TV:
HTML http://bit.ly/MBBGm18Vid
(ESPN+)
Stony Brook radio:
HTML http://bit.ly/WUSBSports_FM
Notables:
6-5/185 so G Josh Hopkins 12.2 ppg, .429 3-pt FG%
6-0/190 sr G Jordan Reed 10.6 ppg, 1.0 spg, .931 FT%, .400 3-pt
FG%
6-7/195 fr F Jayden Martinez 8.5 ppg, 5.7 rpg
6-5/220 fr G Nick Guadarrama 8.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg
6-8/225 sr F David Watkins 7.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg
What do you get when a crummy team forges ahead having lost an
all-time talent? You get this edition of the UNH Wildcats, who
appear lost without Tanner Leissner as their anchor.
A couple 20-win seasons and postseason appearances probably
bought Herrion some time at UNH, but before winning 59 games
over three seasons with Leissner on the roster, he had "led" the
Wildcats to nine straight losing seasons. They took a dip again
last year, and now they’re back to being totally irrelevant in
the America East. But like Maine, it's a tough place to win
–zero tradition, poor facilities, cold weather and fan
indifference (note the 340 fans at the UMass Lowell game on
Wednesday).
Don't just blame it on Herrion. They've been bad forever, going
back to Phil Rowe before him, Gerry Friel in the 80s, and just
about everyone in the program's history. All time, only one
coach who's coached more than 20 games has a winning record, and
that was Butch Cowell (119-59 from 1916-1928), for whom the
FOOTBALL stadium had been named because he won doing that too
(87-69-24 from 1915-1936). Otherwise, wow, an impressive run of
futility. New Hampshire has just ELEVEN winning seasons since
World War II.
I'll keep from piling on, although maybe it's too late.
Let's look at the positives. First, they come to the Fed just
three days after their first Division I win of the year, a
truthfully quite startling 68-64 triumph over Lowell, which
ended an 11-game slide. They did it with major contributions
from three freshmen – Martinez, Guadarrama and guard Marque
Maltsby – and an emerging sophomore – Hopkins. A bright future!
Well, it's a nice win for them to build off of. Except now they
face the middle of the America East order in succession – at
Stony Brook, home to Vermont, at Hartford, home to UMBC. Still,
maybe Herrion has a corps of kids to work with going forward.
The aforementioned newcomers have displaced guys like Elijah
Jordan and John Ogwuche, who played significant minutes last
year.
This is a perimeter oriented team though. Reed is far more
comfortable hovering around the arc than taking it to the rack.
Hopkins may lead the team in scoring but he isn't a cold-blooded
killer who is going to consistently score off the bounce and at
all levels. Watkins is a good-sized kid who's come on of late
with increased minutes, stringing together four straight
double-digit nights, including a 24-point, 11-rebound night
against Dartmouth not long ago, but even leans on his jumper.
They have very little inside and aren't drawing contact – note
that they've made as many threes (141) as free throws (by
contrast we are at 120 threes and 279 free throws). We just have
to be careful that nobody heats up and beats us with a freak
shooting night. It's hard to see it happening though. They just
don't have the horses.
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Re: Game 18: vs. New Hampshire 1/12 7pm
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: January 10, 2019, 10:17 pm
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Fun fact: according to RealTimeRPI
HTML http://realtimerpi.com/college_Men_basketball_rpi_Full.html,
New
Hampshire is the worst team in all of division 1. That's right,
#353 out of 353, worse than D1 newcomers North Alabama and Cal
Baptist who just moved up this year. There's a reason this
conference is in the toilet when it comes to overall strength.
Us and Vermont carry this league, everyone else is bad, but UNH
is real bad. Pretty sure our D2 game was better than this.
If there was ever a game all year we were going to win by 25+,
this is it. We let Binghamton hang around for way too long last
night. Can't have that on Saturday.
#Post#: 25143--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 18: vs. New Hampshire 1/12 7pm
DIR By: Seawolf97
Date: January 10, 2019, 10:19 pm
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Superb right upon UNH . Looking forward to win 15 .
#Post#: 25145--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 18: vs. New Hampshire 1/12 7pm
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: January 11, 2019, 6:00 am
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Hate to sound like this one is in the bag, but maybe a good game
to get some extended minutes for Christie and Long.
11 winning seasons since WWII? Ouch.........
#Post#: 25146--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 18: vs. New Hampshire 1/12 7pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: January 11, 2019, 7:09 am
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--- Quote from: OldSeawolf link ---
>
> Hate to sound like this one is in the bag, but maybe a good
game to get some extended minutes for Christie and Long.
>
> 11 winning seasons since WWII? Ouch.........
>
--- End Quote ---
Check out their year-by-year records. They are staggering. It’s
not like they have hovered just under .500 each season and that
skews the numbers. They have been horrible.
HTML https://unhwildcats.com/sports/2015/6/30/MBB_0630154725.aspx
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#Post#: 25147--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 18: vs. New Hampshire 1/12 7pm
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: January 11, 2019, 9:22 am
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New Hampshire is what we call an RPI anchor. Hell, they're the
definition of an RPI anchor. Literally the worst team in
division 1. If how our backups played against Binghamton is any
indication, we couldn't play any of our starting 5 at all and
still win by 20.
Yes, I expect big minutes for Long, Moor, Christie, McKenzie and
others. I'd also love to see guys like Foreman, Aubry, and
Ceesay get significant minutes as I have yet to see any of them
play this year, and if there was ever a game for it, it's this
one.
We've talked about moving to a better conference before, but
when you've got programs like UNH in your conference, you really
have to think about what the hell you're doing when it comes to
your athletic affiliation. Most of the AE at least puts forth
some effort, UNH just doesn't seem to give a damn.
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Re: Game 18: vs. New Hampshire 1/12 7pm
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: January 11, 2019, 9:34 am
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--- Quote from: Checkmate link ---
>
> [quote author=OldSeawolf link=topic=743.msg25145#msg25145
date=1547208038]
> Hate to sound like this one is in the bag, but maybe a good
game to get some extended minutes for Christie and Long.
>
> 11 winning seasons since WWII? Ouch.........
>
--- End Quote ---
Check out their year-by-year records. They are staggering. It’s
not like they have hovered just under .500 each season and that
skews the numbers. They have been horrible.
HTML https://unhwildcats.com/sports/2015/6/30/MBB_0630154725.aspx
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
[/quote]
Crazy! Talking about the Leissner era tipping the scales....
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Re: Game 18: vs. New Hampshire 1/12 7pm
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: January 11, 2019, 9:38 am
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--- Quote from: VA_Seawolf link ---
>
> Yes, I expect big minutes for Long, Moor, Christie, McKenzie
and others. I'd also love to see guys like Foreman, Aubry, and
Ceesay get significant minutes as I have yet to see any of them
play this year, and if there was ever a game for it, it's this
one.
>
--- End Quote ---
I don't think Foreman is eligible to play until next year, given
the NCAA transfer regs. And I'm guessing that either Aubry or
Cessay have been redshirted for the year - hardly either have
logged any minutes this year.
#Post#: 25151--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 18: vs. New Hampshire 1/12 7pm
DIR By: iBOsbu
Date: January 11, 2019, 9:57 am
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I totally forgot about Ceesay and Foreman.
Foreman will slot in effortlessly with his div 1 experience and
further 1 year practice with current roster. But is he a ball
handler?
Ceesay is a PG. Pretty tall too for that position for AE level,
6-4. Hope he is developing well.
We will be loaded next year if Yeboah stays.
#Post#: 25152--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 18: vs. New Hampshire 1/12 7pm
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: January 11, 2019, 10:03 am
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When you guys talk about Yeboah leaving, you're talking about
him leaving for a P5/Big East school?
--- Quote from: OldSeawolf link ---
>
> [quote author=VA_Seawolf link=topic=743.msg25147#msg25147
date=1547220124]
> Yes, I expect big minutes for Long, Moor, Christie, McKenzie
and others. I'd also love to see guys like Foreman, Aubry, and
Ceesay get significant minutes as I have yet to see any of them
play this year, and if there was ever a game for it, it's this
one.
>
--- End Quote ---
I don't think Foreman is eligible to play until next year, given
the NCAA transfer regs. And I'm guessing that either Aubry or
Cessay have been redshirted for the year - hardly either have
logged any minutes this year.
[/quote]
I figured we had a couple guys redshirting, I just wasn't
exactly sure who or if the rules were like football where you
could play a few games even in the year you redshirted. Good
stuff. I love having depth at every position.
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