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Game 1: vs. Yale 11/5, 7pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: October 30, 2019, 3:43 pm
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YALE
Last Year's Record: 22-8 (10-4 Ivy League)
Last Game with SBU: Yale 82, Stony Brook 62 on 11/23/01 in
Washington, DC; DJ Munir game-high 19 points
Checkmate Unofficial Line: Stony Brook -1.5
Net Ranking: TBD
KenPom RPI: Stony Brook 228, Yale 146
KenPom Prediction: Yale 74, Stony Brook 73
Listen/Watch:
TV:
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Stony Brook radio: TBD
Notables (2018-19 stats):
6-9/205 sr F Jordan Bruner 10.4 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.0 spg,
1.5 bpg, .511 FG%
6-10/220 jr F Paul Atkinson 9.1 ppg, 5.0 rpg, .697 FG%
6-0/185 jr G Azar Swain 7.9 ppg, .409 3-pt FG%
6-5/200 so G Matt Cotton reserve player in 18-19; 4-star recruit
out of HS
6-4/190 fr G August Mahoney NYS Class A POY; 3-time state champ;
SBU recruit; 2-3 star recruit out of HS
Hoops is BACK, ladies and gentlemen. Good competition, good
crowds, good venue, good family time – gotta say that I'm fired
up to get it going again.
This is a real nice test from the opening tip – a team with a
tradition of excellence with a few core players and other
promising talent that was just waiting for an opportunity.
I mentioned the tradition. What kind of tradition you ask? Well,
in James Jones' 20 seasons at the helm, Yale has finished no
worse than fourth in the Ivy every year since the 2000-01
campaign. The program is as strong as ever, coming off a
nailbiting first-round loss to third-seeded LSU, its second NCAA
bid in four years. In 2016, Yale ambushed 5 seed Baylor in the
first round for its first ever tournament win.
Bruner and Atkinson present interesting matchups for us
defensively. The former is a big-time athlete who will be active
on the offensive glass and has ready hands on the interior. But
he can also step out and shoot – not at a terrific clip last
year (.278) – and the shot's a little funky, but he isn't
someone who you can leave out there a la our bigs. I wonder who
gets that assignment. Atkinson is more of your traditional big –
a bigger body, will get on the glass, limited range, not
necessarily a guy you feed the ball but his size and energy
stand out. They were part of a 2018-19 team that made its
possessions count, shooting over 49 percent from the field. I
even like this kid EJ Jarvis coming in. He looks like an ox, and
it seems to me he can handle himself well in traffic, off the
bounce and on the perimeter. Looks like a good get to me.
It begs the question: going into year two with Jeff Otchere,
what has he learned in the last eight months to be a factor out
there for 28-32 minutes a night? Never mind offensively; just be
a presence in the middle for the opposition to think about.
On the perimeter, Swain takes on a more significant role after
being a key piece off the bench. He didn't HAVE to score last
year but did when asked, including when he dropped in 15 (incl.
four threes) in Yale's tournament loss. I'm curious if we see
him at the point – Yale will be very inexperienced in the
backcourt having lost three huge assets in Trey Phills, Alex
Copeland and, most notably, Ivy League POY Miye Oni who's now
with Utah's G League squad. Senior captain Eric Monroe figures
to be in the mix, and I wonder if we see a dose of two southpaws
– Cotton and Mahoney. The latter for sure can SHOOT IT.
Questions I'm looking to have answered on day one:
1. Just how good is Foreman? Is he a leader? Can he handle the
point? Is he really a distributor? Does he finish at the rim?
Can he create his own shot? A lockdown defender? Everything
basically. He has to be a big piece of the puzzle for us with
Cornish gone.
2. Just how good is Gueye? And Stephenson and Pierre? Are any of
them ready to play major minutes?
3. Down one, who gets the ball – Foreman? Olaniyi? Garcia?
4. Has Latimer's game developed beyond being a three-point
shooter?
5. How different is the system under Ford vs. Boals?
6. Aforementioned question about Otchere, and Gueye had bouts
with foul trouble at the juco level.
7. Is the area ready? Tuesday night, the middle of football
season, election day ... will we get out of the gate well
ourselves?
KenPom has us going 15-16, 9-7 in conference. I'd like to think
we'll do better than that.
I had us at Yale -1.5 initially and then switched it to us. I
dunno though. These guys might be tough.
#Post#: 27965--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 1: vs. Yale 11/5, 7pm
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: October 30, 2019, 7:09 pm
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its back! thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#Post#: 27968--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 1: vs. Yale 11/5, 7pm
DIR By: steveoh
Date: October 31, 2019, 11:21 am
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This might be the second best thing I'll read all day.
#Post#: 27969--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 1: vs. Yale 11/5, 7pm
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: October 31, 2019, 1:02 pm
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Great job as always Checkmate! Hard to believe we're starting
up again. I have a late work commitment so I'm going to have to
DVR and watch late; I'll need to stay off this board during game
time.
#Post#: 27970--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 1: vs. Yale 11/5, 7pm
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: October 31, 2019, 11:48 pm
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Can't believe we're back to basketball season already. Make it a
good one!!
#Post#: 28022--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 1: vs. Yale 11/5, 7pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: November 4, 2019, 4:23 pm
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Early line: Yale -2
#Post#: 28029--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 1: vs. Yale 11/5, 7pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: November 5, 2019, 9:34 am
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I'm surprised that there is no sign of our games being on the
radio this season. I have enjoyed listening to the postgame show
on the ride home.
#Post#: 28037--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 1: vs. Yale 11/5, 7pm
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: November 5, 2019, 2:24 pm
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where would we be without the first-class newsday coverage:
HTML https://www.newsday.com/sports/college/stony-brook/stony-brook-men-s-basketball-1.38116301
HTML http://longisland.news12.com/story/41254407/stony-brook-seawolves-prepare-for-new-basketball-season-following-trip-to-europe
HTML https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/university-of-south-carolina/usc-mens-basketball/article236983871.html<br
/>
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> USC’s young players “didn’t really mentally prepare to play
some of these teams because they were schools that they had
never heard of,” Martin said.
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Re: Game 1: vs. Yale 11/5, 7pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: November 5, 2019, 3:14 pm
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--- Quote from: Chairman of the Board link ---
>
> where would we be without the first-class newsday coverage:
HTML https://www.newsday.com/sports/college/stony-brook/stony-brook-men-s-basketball-1.38116301
>
>
>
HTML http://longisland.news12.com/story/41254407/stony-brook-seawolves-prepare-for-new-basketball-season-following-trip-to-europe
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>
HTML https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/university-of-south-carolina/usc-mens-basketball/article236983871.html
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> [quote]USC’s young players “didn’t really mentally prepare to
play some of these teams because they were schools that they had
never heard of,” Martin said.
--- End Quote ---
[/quote]
I love the Foreman praise. He HAS to be really really good for
us.
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Re: Game 1: vs. Yale 11/5, 7pm
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: November 5, 2019, 3:25 pm
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i read it as- makale is going to run the 1 (and can maybe shoot
too), maybe spelled by mack and others. maybe TPP?
im encouraged by his rethinking the three pointer (i've been
pretty clear about that going back to the pikiell era). i think
if we can reduce attempts, we will simply win more games.
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