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#Post#: 25193--------------------------------------------------
Game 19: at Maine 1/19/19 1pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: January 15, 2019, 9:03 pm
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MAINE
Record: 3-16 (1-3 America East)
Last 10: 2-8
Last Game: Hartford 77, Maine 76 on 1/15/19
Last Game with SBU: Stony Brook 64, Maine 61 on 2/11/18; 9-2 run
to end the game
Checkmate Unofficial Line: Stony Brook -9.5
Net Ranking: Stony Brook 127, Maine 328
KenPom RPI: Stony Brook 147, Maine 332
KenPom Prediction: Stony Brook 68, Maine 60
Yeboah Point Watch: 1,088
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://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=b18909fd-c8e1-44d0-93ce-61ea8e206bbd<br
/>(ESPN+)
Stony Brook radio:
HTML http://bit.ly/WUSBSports_FM
Notables:
6-5/195 rjr G Isaiah White 14.4 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.3 spg
6-7/220 jr F Andrew Fleming 13.3 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 3.5 apg, 1.1 spg,
.467 FG%
6-4/205 jr G Sergio El Darwich 11.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.1 spg, .551
FG%
6-8/215 so F Vilgot Larsson 7.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg
Maine's been a laughingstock for years and rightfully so. And
this year, their record doesn’t suggest that they’re a player in
the America East. Yet we don’t want to stub our toe here, and
Maine has been a nuisance to us in the recent past.
Last year’s squad had a troublesome time in both games with
Maine – Iroegbu beat them with a buzzer-beating three at the
Fed, and we held on to win by three in Bangor (our website says
Orono, which is wrong). And two years ago at our place, Nyama
drew a bogus foul and knocked down a go-ahead free throw with
one second left to win it. While they were all SBU wins, we’re
still talking about a miniscule eight-point aggregate spread.
Take another step back and you’ll see the one-sidedness of this
series. We’ve won 15 straight, dating back to the 2010-11 season
when Leonard Hayes’ career-high 22 wasn’t enough in a 70-59 road
loss. It’s as much an indictment on the Maine program as it is a
feather in our cap. Maine has finished with single-digit wins in
each of the last five years, going an abominable 30-123 over
that stretch.
BUT … there’s reason to believe that the arrow’s pointing in the
right direction up there.
First, the coach. Richard Barron had been wildly successful as
UMaine’s women’s coach before a health scare caused him to leave
the team – something horrible called superior semicircular canal
dehiscence to be specific. He was given the men’s job when Bob
Walsh stepped down, and, well, if you examine the numbers a
little closer, Maine may be on to something.
Yes, they’re 3-15, but they’ve played some teams very tough.
They’ve lost three games in overtime and have a nice win over
Fordham to their credit. They played Brown close, played with
Rutgers for a half, and all this is with a new coach and a
roster that had to adjust to a new system, never mind the fact
that Aaron Calixte (whose game I loved) graduated and bolted for
the big stage – Oklahoma – where he's started all 16 of their
games.
So presumably they are rounding into shape for the conference
season. They notched their first conference win on Saturday when
they handled Albany pretty easily. UA hit some cosmetic threes
late in a game that the Black Bears led by 16 in the second
half. The story was El Darwich, a juco transfer who continued
his recent outbreak with a season-high 26 that included five
triples. From what I saw in the UA game, he's pretty smooth –
nifty with the bounce, good mid-range game, and range beyond
19'9". Granted, I watched him on his best day, but he looks like
a nice combo guard and a good get for Maine (note he's a native
Lebanese who played postgrad ball in Maine for a now-UMaine
assistant; should have stayed home from the start).
His emergence gives Maine a third scorer alongside White – a
three-point artist – and Fleming, who has a nice jumper to go
with a polished post game (he had 29 in the win over Fordham).
According to ESPN, he was the #1 recruit from the state of Maine
in 2016. El Darwich was #2.
Back to Barron – I'm rooting for him because of his health
setback and because it's a tall task that he's taken on. I also
love what he's done with his coaching staff. One, he hired a
Maine all-timer, Kevin Reed, as an assistant. Two, he brought in
Edniesha Curry, a former assistant for his women's teams, as the
only full-time female assistant on a Division I men's staff. And
three, Igor Vrzina, the longtime Lee Academy coach who
undoubtedly has a network in New England and internationally (I
count TWELVE different countries on Maine's current roster).
Five current Maine players came out of Lee. Nobody's being held
hostage in the cold up there – I'd imagine they're committed to
helping their alma mater get out of this hole.
As for this game, hey, I like our chances against just about
anybody right now. We're very well balanced offensively, defend
the heck out of it, and play from the opening tip to the buzzer.
That's a good formula at whatever level we're talking about. I
like our wings shadowing their wings, and think we just have
more firepower and athleticism than they do. But ... Fordham,
another team from New York, might have made this same trip and
thought the same thing. So let's take care of business.
#Post#: 25194--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 19: at Maine 1/19/19 1pm
DIR By: Hammertime
Date: January 16, 2019, 4:58 am
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I hope i am wrong but something tells me Yeboah has a more
serious Knee issue It has been about one Month and he still has
the brace on. He could have a torn ACL, MCL , PCL, LCL. I say
that because of that heavy, metal brace he is wearing in every
game he's playing in. my son wore that same brace when he tore
his ACL in Sept. That brace clearly limits his lateral and
jumping mobilities. Though he can still play BB with any one of
these injuries, but this will surely slow his game down a bunch.
Hopefully, I am dead wrong about this but we really need Yeboah
at 100% when we play VT in 10 days.
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Re: Game 19: at Maine 1/19/19 1pm
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: January 16, 2019, 9:06 am
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Thanks Checkmate - I love the analysis as always - really
prepares us for the game. Keep up the great works!
Hammer, I hope your assessment is incorrect. No question that
Akwasi is a step slower and less quick since the injury (and the
brace). He's still effective though, and is still logging some
heavy minutes. Don't think the coaching staff would risk
further injury by throwing him out there the way they have,
unless the risk was minimal. We have enough depth on this team,
so that Akwasi at 80% is still OK.
#Post#: 25196--------------------------------------------------
Game 19: at Maine 1/19/19 1pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: January 16, 2019, 9:23 am
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I think it's OK for somebody to have a couple off nights
following an injury, if you can call these off nights.
UML: 19 pts in 32 minutes
UB: 13 pts, 13 rebs and 6 asts in 32 minutes
UNH: 13 pts and 5 rebs in 35 minutes
Based on usage, I'd say that he'll be fine.
#Post#: 25198--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 19: at Maine 1/19/19 1pm
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: January 16, 2019, 9:33 am
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:) :) :) :) :) :)
#Post#: 25199--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 19: at Maine 1/19/19 1pm
DIR By: iBOsbu
Date: January 16, 2019, 9:45 am
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Days like today I wish AE had even number of teams. Everyone is
playing today and we are resting. I want more basketball.
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Re: Game 19: at Maine 1/19/19 1pm
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: January 16, 2019, 11:30 am
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--- Quote from: iBOsbu link ---
>
> Days like today I wish AE had even number of teams. Everyone
is playing today and we are resting. I want more basketball.
>
--- End Quote ---
I'm going to be watching the UVM @ UNH matchup, and coaching UNH
from my armchair. Go UNH!
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Re: Game 19: at Maine 1/19/19 1pm
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: January 16, 2019, 1:40 pm
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Good point about Yeboah not quite being the same. That's a huge
bummer, but as long as the risk is low, I guess I don't have too
much of an issue with him continuing to play. I've liked enough
of what I've seen from Garcia to sit Yeboah entirely though,
especially for these weaker opponents.
--- Quote from: iBOsbu link ---
>
> Days like today I wish AE had even number of teams. Everyone
is playing today and we are resting. I want more basketball.
>
--- End Quote ---
I though it odd we had a whole week off and just assumed
everyone else did too. Clearly I was wrong. Hopefully the time
off doesn't make us rusty come Saturday. Obviously the
additional time off will be good for Yeboah's injury.
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Re: Game 19: at Maine 1/19/19 1pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: January 16, 2019, 8:08 pm
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Oof. Rotten loss for Maine tonight. Threes got them back into
the game, White makes 1 of 2 at the line to give them a
one-point lead with three seconds left. Hartford then throws the
long ball, it's tipped, Carroll collects it, drives, gets fouled
and knocks down both free throws to win it.
Crummy way to lose, but you get the sense that Maine's starting
to jell. On the other hand, Hartford sooooo close to 0-3 in
conference, which I would have enjoyed. I hate Jason Dunne.
#Post#: 25215--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 19: at Maine 1/19/19 1pm
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: January 17, 2019, 5:44 am
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--- Quote from: Checkmate link ---
>
> Oof. Rotten loss for Maine tonight. Threes got them back into
the game, White makes 1 of 2 at the line to give them a
one-point lead with three seconds left. Hartford then throws the
long ball, it's tipped, Carroll collects it, drives, gets fouled
and knocks down both free throws to win it.
>
> Crummy way to lose, but you get the sense that Maine's
starting to jell. On the other hand, Hartford sooooo close to
0-3 in conference, which I would have enjoyed. I hate Jason
Dunne.
>
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Even before that, Maine up by 2 with the ball and maybe 12
seconds left, and they lose the ball on the inbounds? They just
found a way to lose. Thought UNH played UVM really tough. UVM
has so many weapons and is going to be a tough out for SBU.
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