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Re: 2019-2020 Season
DIR By: Seawolf97
Date: July 21, 2019, 3:08 pm
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If this European trip pans out they can clear up alot of the
rough spots as far coaching calls , players and playing together
as a unit . Six games against some good competition will
help us organize for Yale and the others. Not worried about the
wins in Europe just start to gel as a team .
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Re: 2019-2020 Season
DIR By: iBOsbu
Date: July 21, 2019, 4:26 pm
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--- Quote from: Hammertime link ---
>
> [quote author=VA_Seawolf link=topic=773.msg27330#msg27330
date=1563726693]
> [quote author=Hammertime link=topic=773.msg27322#msg27322
date=1563567185]
> [quote author=Checkmate link=topic=773.msg27319#msg27319
date=1563550602]
> Heilbron is a cheerleader through and through. Visionary,
ambassador, supporter, all fantastic. But evaluator of talent? I
dunno about that.
>
> Unfortunately, when you lay it on that thick, it's more
difficult to believe. TPP and TSM are HIGH-major guys all of a
sudden? Akwasi, who starred here and would be in the discussion
to have his number retired if he stayed, just transferred to
Rutgers. Rotational guys Moor and Long just transferred to Texas
State and Southern New Hampshire. So you're telling me that
these incoming players went completely under the radar and
should be playing P5 basketball? What did he tell us about Moor
and Long?
>
> Hey, I hope he's right, but ... have you seen Vermont's
roster?
>
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Well said. But you have to give Helibron credit. He is the most
positive person I think I have ever spoken to. He definitely
knows how to rally his troops. But, I still se SB finishing 500
this season.
[/quote]
We'll have some serious competition in the AE this year, but
this is better than a .500 team. I expect 20 wins and a 2nd or
3rd place finish in the AE. He's a cheerleader for the team, but
at the same time we're basically getting four starters back from
a 24 win team last year. No reason to be a pessimist.
[/quote]
Quite frankly. I dont think 500 is a pessimist at all. This is a
rebuilding team from top to bottom. From an entirely new
coaching staff, players and heck! Even a new president. Going
500 for year 1 of a new team is expectable, respectable and
plausible.
[/quote]
I don’t see how this is a rebuilding team “top to bottom” when 9
players are returning players. Again I don’t see how is this
“entirely new” coaching staff when the Head coach and assistant
Head coach has been with us since 2016 albeit in different
roles. The AD specifically chose continuity over top to bottom
rebuild.
No doubt Vermont will again be the cream of the crop this year
but I fully expect us to give them a run for money.
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Re: 2019-2020 Season
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: July 31, 2019, 6:21 pm
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HTML https://stonybrookathletics.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball
America East schedule is out. Of note, we travel to Vermont the
first weekend, and finish at Albany and UMBC, both likely top
four seeds.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Re: 2019-2020 Season
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: July 31, 2019, 10:36 pm
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Open practice download!
- First off, personnel. We have two new players – 6-2/183 soph
guard Quari Alleyne (#12) and 6-4/215 jr G Lenny Kadisha (#24).
Alleyne last played as a reserve at Herkimer CC in 2016-17
before, according to a Statesmen story, walking on last year
with Aubrey. I don't recall his name though. Kadisha played
minimal minutes alongside Mouhamadou Gueye (pronounced GEE
supposedly ... like the beginning of geese? or geez?) at Monroe.
I don't suspect either will play anything more than mop-up
minutes.
- Hassan Ceesay: out for the year with a torn right ACL. Sucks.
- Frankie Policelli: I was told "50/50 at best" for him to be
eligible this year. He did participate in practice with the
team, but I was a little underwhelmed. Is he more than just a
spot-up shooter? In a practice in which the guys were getting
after it, he was didn't seem as enthused.
- Geno kept on saying "the defense is ahead of the offense" and
that our halfcourt offense has to improve as these guys get used
to each other and how things are done.
- We're playing three games against pro teams in Europe soon –
two in Spain, one in France I believe. In other news, Jaron
Cornish recently signed to play professionally in Spain but
we're not facing his new squad.
- I went in wondering where we were at with point guard. It
looks to me like Makale Foreman can very much handle the
position. I'm guessing he starts with McKenzie and Tavin
(pronounced TAY-vin) Pierre-Phllippe behind him. Foreman's going
to be a dude. He felt like a veteran presence out there, and I
think he's a guy who's going to really look to fill it up.
- Speaking of Pierre-Philippe, I think he'll be an asset down
the road but probably not a ton this year. I have Tyler
Stephenson-Moore a little bit ahead of him. TSM looks smooth. He
knocked down open threes, looked comfortable in the mid-range
and was more explosive than I anticipated. Defensively, both TSM
and TPP looked the part to me. Granted, this is an amateur eye
making an assessment based on a single practice.
- Miles Latimer looked like he put on muscle. The roster lists
him at 6-3/192 – same as last year – but just looked more filled
out to me. The hair's shorter and (gulp) shorts are back!
- The guy you couldn't take your eyes off of was Gueye. He
looked comfortable handling the ball, has a nice looking jump
shot and can GLIDE. There was one break where it looked like he
took off from the elbow and dunked it with ease. I mean, EASY.
It probably wasn't the elbow but he is some athlete. His numbers
weren't much at Monroe so I'll reserve judgment before anointing
him a star.
- Otchere looked like Otchere. He and Gueye will be tough around
the rim but I hope they can stay on the floor.
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Re: 2019-2020 Season
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: August 1, 2019, 5:43 am
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--- Quote from: Checkmate link ---
>
> Open practice download!
>
> - First off, personnel. We have two new players – 6-2/183 soph
guard Quari Alleyne (#12) and 6-4/215 jr G Lenny Kadisha (#24).
Alleyne last played as a reserve at Herkimer CC in 2016-17
before, according to a Statesmen story, walking on last year
with Aubrey. I don't recall his name though. Kadisha played
minimal minutes alongside Mouhamadou Gueye (pronounced GEE
supposedly ... like the beginning of geese? or geez?) at Monroe.
I don't suspect either will play anything more than mop-up
minutes.
> - Hassan Ceesay: out for the year with a torn right ACL.
Sucks.
> - Frankie Policelli: I was told "50/50 at best" for him to be
eligible this year. He did participate in practice with the
team, but I was a little underwhelmed. Is he more than just a
spot-up shooter? In a practice in which the guys were getting
after it, he was didn't seem as enthused.
> - Geno kept on saying "the defense is ahead of the offense"
and that our halfcourt offense has to improve as these guys get
used to each other and how things are done.
> - We're playing three games against pro teams in Europe soon –
two in Spain, one in France I believe. In other news, Jaron
Cornish recently signed to play professionally in Spain but
we're not facing his new squad.
> - I went in wondering where we were at with point guard. It
looks to me like Makale Foreman can very much handle the
position. I'm guessing he starts with McKenzie and Tavin
(pronounced TAY-vin) Pierre-Phllippe behind him. Foreman's going
to be a dude. He felt like a veteran presence out there, and I
think he's a guy who's going to really look to fill it up.
> - Speaking of Pierre-Philippe, I think he'll be an asset down
the road but probably not a ton this year. I have Tyler
Stephenson-Moore a little bit ahead of him. TSM looks smooth. He
knocked down open threes, looked comfortable in the mid-range
and was more explosive than I anticipated. Defensively, both TSM
and TPP looked the part to me. Granted, this is an amateur eye
making an assessment based on a single practice.
> - Miles Latimer looked like he put on muscle. The roster lists
him at 6-3/192 – same as last year – but just looked more filled
out to me. The hair's shorter and (gulp) shorts are back!
> - The guy you couldn't take your eyes off of was Gueye. He
looked comfortable handling the ball, has a nice looking jump
shot and can GLIDE. There was one break where it looked like he
took off from the elbow and dunked it with ease. I mean, EASY.
It probably wasn't the elbow but he is some athlete. His numbers
weren't much at Monroe so I'll reserve judgment before anointing
him a star.
> - Otchere looked like Otchere. He and Gueye will be tough
around the rim but I hope they can stay on the floor.
>
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Thanks for the pre-season update! Great info! Really bad to
hear about Ceesay - I wish him a speedy recovery; I liked him in
the few minutes we saw of him last season. Read an article
recently that said that the NCAA is tightening up on waver
granting, as those applying for them are at an all-time high.
Maybe Policelli's enthusiasm last night was reflective of
pending denial. Really glad to hear about Foreman, as the point
was a major concern going into the season. Maybe Gueye will be
the X-factor this season, like Garcia was last season.
Congrats to Cornish; he definitely upped his game last season.
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Re: 2019-2020 Season
DIR By: iBOsbu
Date: August 1, 2019, 8:14 am
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Ditto. Thanks for the updates. Looking forward to you game
previews.
There’s a reason Policelli couldn’t crack the rotation at Dayton
and transferred. But I will be optimistic and may be what
Oldseawolf said is true and that he is feeling down due to
pending denial. He does have Div 1 b-ball body and height. May
be didn’t put in the effort and work at Dayton. Hope he learnt
from that.
Good to hear about Makale playing well. I have been hearing in
this board, I think it was from greatK, that he was the best PG
in practice last year. So can’t wait to see him on the floor
this year
#Post#: 27405--------------------------------------------------
Re: 2019-2020 Season
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: August 1, 2019, 11:54 am
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.... so foreman is the foreman?
;)
#Post#: 27406--------------------------------------------------
Re: 2019-2020 Season
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: August 1, 2019, 4:41 pm
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Foreman stepping up at PG is huge for us. That's great news!!
#Post#: 27407--------------------------------------------------
Re: 2019-2020 Season
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: August 2, 2019, 10:45 am
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At a glance, Foreman reminded me a little of Puriefoy. I never
looked at Puriefoy (or even Cornish) and said "that guy's a
point guard" but he's a pretty good hybrid of the 1 and 2 –
certainly good enough at this level to play the 1, and somebody
who can be dangerous playing off the ball too (Cornish less so).
Similar build to Puriefoy, not a pure distributor, looking to
score. I couldn't tell whether he was willing to finish at the
rim like the aforementioned alums, but the jumper was smooth.
Without any input from me, a friend seconded my note about
Policelli's energy. You know how Almonacy looked sometimes, just
kind of going through the motions? It was kind of like that.
I liked the on-ball defense that I saw from TPP and TSM. Guys
were in people's faces all night, fighting through screens,
diving on the floor on occasion, etc., and they seem to have
bought right in.
#Post#: 27423--------------------------------------------------
Re: 2019-2020 Season
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: August 7, 2019, 9:11 am
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OOC home schedules by comparison. Sub D-I opponents are
italicized.
VERMONT: Boston U, Gallaudet, Towson, UNC Greensboro, Lipscomb,
George Washington
UMASS LOWELL: UMass Boston, Jacksonville, Merrimack, Dartmouth,
Brown, Central Connecticut State, Sacred Heart, St. Francis
Brooklyn, Boston U
HARTFORD: Gordon, Emerson, Merrimack, St. Francis Brooklyn,
Sacred Heart, Wagner, Cornell
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Curry, Holy Cross, Bryant, Maine Maritime,
Dartmouth
BINGHAMTON: Sacred Heart, Army, SUNY Oneonta, Colgate, Boston U,
Hartwick
MAINE: Merrimack, Maine Maritime, Dartmouth, Quinnipiac,
Columbia
UMBC:
ALBANY:
What stands out to me is that Lowell has NINE home games before
the conference season, including eight against Division I
opponents. Fans have to be pumped up about that. Good ledger for
the Catamounts too.
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