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#Post#: 25608--------------------------------------------------
Game 24: at Binghamton 2/6 7pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: February 5, 2019, 12:46 pm
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BINGHAMTON
Record: 6-17 (2-6 America East)
Last 10: 2-8
Last Game: Albany 64, Binghamton 50 on 2/2/19
Last Game with SBU: Stony Brook 59, Binghamton 46 on 2/6/18; SBU
15-0 run after being tied at 31; Bingo held to 29 percent
shooting
Checkmate Unofficial Line: Stony Brook -9
Net Ranking: Stony Brook 154, Binghamton 336
KenPom RPI: Stony Brook 169, Binghamton 337
KenPom Prediction: Stony Brook 70, Binghamton 61
Yeboah Point Watch: 1,161
Division I: Currently 7th. Next up: Dave Coley (2010-14) 1,222
All-time: Currently 14th. Next up: Ricky Wardally (1989-93)
1,175
Listen/Watch:
Notables:
6-0/190 fr G Sam Sessoms 17.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 3.4 apg, 1.1 spg,
.350 3-pt FG%
6-9/200 sr F Caleb Stewart 10.7 ppg, 7.3 rpg, .371 3-pt FG%
6-3/205 gs G JC Show 10.2 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.1 spg, .857 FT%
6-4/200 gs G Chancellor Barnard 8.3 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 1.6 bpg, .670
FG%
We're halfway home in the conference season, and hey, I'm not
going to lie, I'd take another 6-2 spell here, wouldn't you?
The back-to-back losses and relative struggles against the AE
underlings left us with a great deal of uncertainty heading into
last weekend, but you can't deny that we responded the way that
we needed to. Our leaders responded like they needed to –
Olaniyi with the career high 29, Yeboah with a monster double
double. We'd be shoveling dirt on ourselves if we'd laid another
egg in that spot.
This should be an interesting final month. Is UA on the rise? Is
Maine? Who gets that fourth home game in the tournament –
Hartford, Lowell or one of the aforementioned two? Can anyone
hand Vermont a second defeat?
Those are all good questions. There are some certainties too,
including the fact that Binghamton isn't going anywhere ...
again. It's been another long season for Tommy Dempsey, the
sixth of six he's had since leaving that BU (Boston) to coach
this BU. The task wasn't easy for him – he took over for Mark
Macon, who steered the Bearcats to a 2-29 season before being
shown the door. But still, Dempsey's club has been miserable
since he took the bench, reaching a high water mark of 12 wins
two seasons ago. This group, despite its seniority, has had a
difficult go of it, as BU has been beaten by double digits by
each of the league's top four teams.
Olaniyi did a terrific job on Sessoms here at the Fed, and if he
can duplicate that effort, this result doesn't seem to be much
in doubt. Sessoms has put up some impressive scoring numbers as
a freshman, including a 32-point night against Lowell a couple
weeks ago, but I just think we're too good on the perimeter and
with Jeff in the key. On a side note, I wonder if Sessoms is
related in some way to ODU legend Petey Sessoms.
Speaking of Jeff, let's look for another big night from him. The
last time against BU, he posted a season-high seven blocks, and
he altered plenty of other shots too. Sessoms wanted no part of
it. If he can stay on the floor, man, what a difference maker he
is. He's played at least 20 minutes in eight of the last 12
games, as opposed to three of the first 11. Unfortunately, he
seems to be foul prone whether he has the ball, he doesn't, or
is defending in the post, but I'll take whatever rim protection
he can give us. I think Boals has done a nice job managing his
minutes.
I'm not sure what the story is with Bingo's Barnard. He had been
a minutes hog all season long, and then he played just seven in
BU's loss to Albany over the weekend, all coming during a spell
in which the Bearcats fell behind 19-0. A BU beat writer said
that he didn't appear to be injured, but rather it was an
opportunity for an impressive freshman, Calistus Anyichie, to
make his mark. He did, playing a season-high 29 minutes, posting
10 points and seven boards to go with three steals. According to
247Sports, Anyichie made an unofficial visit to SBU back in
October 2016. He didn't make an impression in our first tussle
but I'm interested to see what kind of future he has in green.
With Sessoms, Show, Barnard, Rose, Davis and possibly Bruce all
moving on after this year, it ought to be him and Sessoms who
form the nucleus going forward.
This is a big stretch for us. We should handle our business
against Binghamton and New Hampshire, but Lowell, Albany and
Maine all feel like games that are up in the air right now. We
will have to play well to stay near the front of the pack.
#Post#: 25611--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 24: at Binghamton 2/6 7pm
DIR By: Seawolf97
Date: February 5, 2019, 4:10 pm
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As always excellent insight always much appreciated . We win
this one going away or at least we should. Tough games after
that as everyone seems to be improving as usual Albany and UMBC
will be tough outs at our house. UNH we win and Maine at home
should be a win. we will have a 20 win season this year
which should get us an invite somewhere but not the big dance.
#Post#: 25612--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 24: at Binghamton 2/6 7pm
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: February 5, 2019, 11:18 pm
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Great insight as usual Checkmate!
After tomorrow, three of our next four games are at home. I say
we win out all the way until UMBC at home on the 27th. I don't
care how good UA thinks they are, this team should roll
everybody other than Vermont if they can get their shots to go.
I'm not sure how the tiebreaker would work, but Vermont and UMBC
still have another game against each other, if we win out the
rest of the way we'd be in a tie with one or both of them. That
may break to give us the top seed in the conference tournament
and even if it doesn't. If we somehow can go up to Vermont and
win next month (don't laugh at me yet), it wouldn't be crazy to
say we could do it again in the AE championship. This team has
played better on the road than they have at home this year plus
Vermont would have all the pressure on them.
#Post#: 25613--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 24: at Binghamton 2/6 7pm
DIR By: guest282
Date: February 6, 2019, 7:14 am
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--- Quote from: VA_Seawolf link ---
>
> Great insight as usual Checkmate!
>
> After tomorrow, three of our next four games are at home. I
say we win out all the way until UMBC at home on the 27th. I
don't care how good UA thinks they are, this team should roll
everybody other than Vermont if they can get their shots to go.
>
> I'm not sure how the tiebreaker would work, but Vermont and
UMBC still have another game against each other, if we win out
the rest of the way we'd be in a tie with one or both of them.
That may break to give us the top seed in the conference
tournament and even if it doesn't. If we somehow can go up to
Vermont and win next month (don't laugh at me yet), it wouldn't
be crazy to say we could do it again in the AE championship.
This team has played better on the road than they have at home
this year plus Vermont would have all the pressure on them.
>
--- End Quote ---
A 6-2 second half of conference play would finish off an
impressive regular season, but I wouldn't bet against 7-1 or
even 8-0.
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Re: Game 24: at Binghamton 2/6 7pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: February 6, 2019, 12:22 pm
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According to Vegas, we are a 6 1/2 to 7 point favorite tonight.
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Re: Game 24: at Binghamton 2/6 7pm
DIR By: ecasadoSBU
Date: February 6, 2019, 1:22 pm
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Whip them kitties! GO WOLVES!
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Re: Game 24: at Binghamton 2/6 7pm
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: February 6, 2019, 6:14 pm
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Best start to a game all year? This is fantastic. I was thrilled
to see Olaniyi had carried over his momentum from the other
night, but the rest of the team is knocking everything down as
well. This is great!!
#Post#: 25622--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 24: at Binghamton 2/6 7pm
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: February 6, 2019, 6:26 pm
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Even McKenzie should make a couple threes tonight. It looks like
it might be that kind of night.
#Post#: 25623--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 24: at Binghamton 2/6 7pm
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: February 6, 2019, 6:28 pm
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So annoying. My espn transmission is cutting out every 2
minutes.
#Post#: 25624--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 24: at Binghamton 2/6 7pm
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: February 6, 2019, 6:34 pm
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This is great, when the shots go, but when they don't go we
struggle. Our offense has such little movement. It's really more
just chucking up a shot from somewhere in the early part of the
shot clock. I wish we were a bit more like Virginia where we
took more of the shot clock and moved the ball around more for
an open shot. That's a big thing this team needs to work on.
Probably too late for this season, but certainly for next season
that needs to be an area of emphasis.
As for Christie, big thing I'm seeing compared to big Jeff is
he's just too slow. Yeah he's much bigger, but he's so slow
what's the point?? He's got to get quicker.
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