Christmas in March?
I ripped out my vocal chords in Binghamton and have two tests this week. Plus, there's work, which is almost impossible at this point. Right now, I feel like the guy on the Bud Light commercial trying to work to 5:02, ON A FRIDAY!
Shout-out of the week to UVM for beating Binghamton (my new Georgetown of the '80's), and not because we get to play them instead of Binghamton. Thanks to UVM's victory on saturday, no Binghamton fans stuck around to watch our game to root against us, making life a bit easier for the team. That being said, we weren't crazy about the fact that the Albany section made more noise for UVM than their actual fans.
Actually, it would've been sweeter beating Binghamton for a third time for a trip The Dance-- don't mind typing it now that it can't happen.
One last thing about Bingo-- what's up with all this "safety school" nonsense? That's all I heard from Binghamton fans over the weekend. BU is a great institution, but do you think I wanted to go to school in that POS town? Then there's all the crying about the officiating. Officiating was brutal all weekend, and Albany's Public Enemy #1 who has been killing us all year also officiated the UNH game, so I don't want to hear it.
The Bearcats were spotted a 15-point lead at home, primarily thanks to UVM's careless ballhandling and unconscious first-half shooting from Andre Heard. I will say this about Binghamton-- Heard is an awesome player, and Gordon plays tight D. However, BU blew a large lead and lost a close game against a team with no true ball handlers, so BU Zoo, you have no one to blame but the team-- and the fact that Hermenier was out.
After a great day of hoops on Saturday, we made it to Ruby Tuesday's in time to catch the tail-end of UNC's whuppin' up on Duke on Senior Day. Would've loved to see JJ and Admiral Akbar cry (no, not really), but I guess that'll have to wait until the Sweet 16.
Not sure if the AE does an All-AE tournament team or not, but as of right now, both Brent and Lucious have got to candidates. Lucious continued his fine play and ridiculous 3-point shooting on Saturday, dropping 22 on 8-14 shooting, 5-6 from the arc. On Saturday, Lucious only scored 7, but shot an efficient 3-5 from the field.
Brent had a very solid two games and probably one of the finest all-around weekends of any player in the tournament. In Friday's win, Brent shot 5 of 8 for 12 points, had 5 assists and 3 steals. On Saturday's game, Brent shot 7-8, good for 16 points. When I have time, I'd like to see how Brent performs after getting a prolonged rest, becuase he seems to always play well after a layoff. Hopefully a good omen for this weekend!
UA shot 58% v. UMBC! No one in our conference is gonna' beat us when we shoot like that. We simmered down v. UNH, shooting 49%, but it was still a higher percentage than in our previous two matchups against the Wildcats.
The most obvious difference in the team's play over the weekend was how well they passed the ball. The team always made the extra pass, without over-passing. This helped the team get a lot of good looks down low and open shots on the perimeter. Against UMBC and UNH, the team had 15 and 16 assists respectively, against 12 and 9 turnovers.
Some of the crew were nervous about another UNH matchup. All things being equal and based on our recent play, however, we were gonna' win that game by double digits. By Aall things being equal, I mean a neutral court (although we had the fans on our side thanks to Bingo's loss) and equal rest(actually a little more). I'd like to think the same about this saturday.
That isn't to take anything away from a good UNH team that is going to only get better under Herrion's guidance.
At one point in the second half of the UNH game, Siggers takes a 3 from the top of the key. A few people put up the field-goal signs in the air as usual, but I also noticed coach Brown doing a mini-field goal with fists clenchde from the sidelines before the three went down. That's having confidence in your players, and while that is a no-brainer at this point in the season, its good to see coach display little bit of that confidence during the game. Or, maybe the shot just looked good from his angle.
I apologize to anyone sick of seeing my name mentioned on the UA website or in the TU. I'm not proud of it. However, I have places to be, I take CDTA, and couldn't handle thinking that there could be 100 people waiting in line already. The funny thing is, the tickets I bought were mostly for my friends coming to town. We may have to do this all over again on Saturday, not that I mind one bit. I have a backup ticket just in case. No more media, this time, though. Give someone else a chance.
Shout-out of the week to UVM for beating Binghamton (my new Georgetown of the '80's), and not because we get to play them instead of Binghamton. Thanks to UVM's victory on saturday, no Binghamton fans stuck around to watch our game to root against us, making life a bit easier for the team. That being said, we weren't crazy about the fact that the Albany section made more noise for UVM than their actual fans.
Actually, it would've been sweeter beating Binghamton for a third time for a trip The Dance-- don't mind typing it now that it can't happen.
One last thing about Bingo-- what's up with all this "safety school" nonsense? That's all I heard from Binghamton fans over the weekend. BU is a great institution, but do you think I wanted to go to school in that POS town? Then there's all the crying about the officiating. Officiating was brutal all weekend, and Albany's Public Enemy #1 who has been killing us all year also officiated the UNH game, so I don't want to hear it.
The Bearcats were spotted a 15-point lead at home, primarily thanks to UVM's careless ballhandling and unconscious first-half shooting from Andre Heard. I will say this about Binghamton-- Heard is an awesome player, and Gordon plays tight D. However, BU blew a large lead and lost a close game against a team with no true ball handlers, so BU Zoo, you have no one to blame but the team-- and the fact that Hermenier was out.
After a great day of hoops on Saturday, we made it to Ruby Tuesday's in time to catch the tail-end of UNC's whuppin' up on Duke on Senior Day. Would've loved to see JJ and Admiral Akbar cry (no, not really), but I guess that'll have to wait until the Sweet 16.
Not sure if the AE does an All-AE tournament team or not, but as of right now, both Brent and Lucious have got to candidates. Lucious continued his fine play and ridiculous 3-point shooting on Saturday, dropping 22 on 8-14 shooting, 5-6 from the arc. On Saturday, Lucious only scored 7, but shot an efficient 3-5 from the field.
Brent had a very solid two games and probably one of the finest all-around weekends of any player in the tournament. In Friday's win, Brent shot 5 of 8 for 12 points, had 5 assists and 3 steals. On Saturday's game, Brent shot 7-8, good for 16 points. When I have time, I'd like to see how Brent performs after getting a prolonged rest, becuase he seems to always play well after a layoff. Hopefully a good omen for this weekend!
UA shot 58% v. UMBC! No one in our conference is gonna' beat us when we shoot like that. We simmered down v. UNH, shooting 49%, but it was still a higher percentage than in our previous two matchups against the Wildcats.
The most obvious difference in the team's play over the weekend was how well they passed the ball. The team always made the extra pass, without over-passing. This helped the team get a lot of good looks down low and open shots on the perimeter. Against UMBC and UNH, the team had 15 and 16 assists respectively, against 12 and 9 turnovers.
Some of the crew were nervous about another UNH matchup. All things being equal and based on our recent play, however, we were gonna' win that game by double digits. By Aall things being equal, I mean a neutral court (although we had the fans on our side thanks to Bingo's loss) and equal rest(actually a little more). I'd like to think the same about this saturday.
That isn't to take anything away from a good UNH team that is going to only get better under Herrion's guidance.
At one point in the second half of the UNH game, Siggers takes a 3 from the top of the key. A few people put up the field-goal signs in the air as usual, but I also noticed coach Brown doing a mini-field goal with fists clenchde from the sidelines before the three went down. That's having confidence in your players, and while that is a no-brainer at this point in the season, its good to see coach display little bit of that confidence during the game. Or, maybe the shot just looked good from his angle.
I apologize to anyone sick of seeing my name mentioned on the UA website or in the TU. I'm not proud of it. However, I have places to be, I take CDTA, and couldn't handle thinking that there could be 100 people waiting in line already. The funny thing is, the tickets I bought were mostly for my friends coming to town. We may have to do this all over again on Saturday, not that I mind one bit. I have a backup ticket just in case. No more media, this time, though. Give someone else a chance.
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