MBB Game 33 - CAA Semifinals - W&M - 3/8/15, 2:30 PM NBCSN

[HofstraPride1]

I disagree Stu on playing a home game in one of these joke tourneys. It was a disaster when they tried doing that in 2010 with CBI so want no part of it.

[HUSID80]

There are some reports that JMU is in the CIT

[Jojogunne]

Are these the candidates for the CBA/CIT?

http://www.collegeinsider.com/mens-mid-major-top-25.php

[stuball888]

Hofstra Pride 1 this is a new coach a new AD who believes in promoting the game. I think Jeff will get the word out and we should have a nice crowd. Under Pecora we got 898 people there. This team and Moosa and Dion deserve an encore.

[stuball888]

Jojo some of those midmajors have already punched their ticket to the BIG dance. Others will be in the NIT if they won their conference regular season. We need upsets in the mid major tournaments so that will open the field to us.

[Polito]

Yeah I'm normally against those lesser tourneys but this is a different situation different team different staff different year – the team and the fans deserve more – yes they should've taken care of business and got that done when it mattered, but there was no question those guys put their heart out on that floor and they should've won the game – I'm in the camp that they should and deserve at least a shot to win one of those events

And this kind of stuff does help prepare guys for next year

It was a heartbreaking way to end the year, would love the seniors to have another shot at something – and if eight you can get a home game, that's even better – I 100% say they should go for whatever they can – it's year two for JM having any kind of continuation and play is big IMO

Oh and the HU game was absolutely a major factor in WMs performance a that was an incredible game and an exhausting one for both sides

[Wags]

I think our game with W&M had a lot to do with their performance against Northeastern...I think they were gassed and sore...They were down 10-0 right at the start and Thornton was not a factor.

If that were the case, they wouldn't have immediately answered that 10-0 deficit with a 15-5 run to tie the game at 15-all.

The 10-0 run at the start was about the MVP of the tournament, Quincy Ford, playing like the MVP and coming out aggressively, scoring 8 straight pts after Eatherton got the first bucket.

I think people are really selling Northeastern short and the job they did on W&M. They had a 13-point lead cut to 7, they hadn't scored in 5 1/2 minutes, it was essentially a road game for them, with W&M fans going nuts at that point. They had every good reason to wilt and blow all of their 13-point lead while allowing W&M to take the lead and think they could win instead. And yet what does NU do at that point? They started making a lot of great shots and went on a 20-5 run to go up 22. And even after that, down 22, with only 3:39 left, W&M still mustered the energy to score the next 16 to cut it to 6 in the final minute.

I don't think it was W&M's fatigue from playing HU (although that was a small factor) as much as Northeastern having some of the best players in the league, being extremely well-coached and playing unselfishly and generally playing the way they needed to play to win a title.

[stuball888]

Wags agreed I said all along the Quincy Ford 6ft8 225 was a matchup nightmare. Northeasterns front linr is the best in the league. next year coach Coen will have 3 players coming in who are 6ft9 and taller.

[HUSID80]

I think our game with W&M had a lot to do with their performance against Northeastern...I think they were gassed and sore...They were down 10-0 right at the start and Thornton was not a factor.

If that were the case, they wouldn't have immediately answered that 10-0 deficit with a 15-5 run to tie the game at 15-all.

The 10-0 run at the start was about the MVP of the tournament, Quincy Ford, playing like the MVP and coming out aggressively, scoring 8 straight pts after Eatherton got the first bucket.

I think people are really selling Northeastern short and the job they did on W&M. They had a 13-point lead cut to 7, they hadn't scored in 5 1/2 minutes, it was essentially a road game for them, with W&M fans going nuts at that point. They had every good reason to wilt and blow all of their 13-point lead while allowing W&M to take the lead and think they could win instead. And yet what does NU do at that point? They started making a lot of great shots and went on a 20-5 run to go up 22. And even after that, down 22, with only 3:39 left, W&M still mustered the energy to score the next 16 to cut it to 6 in the final minute.

I don't think it was W&M's fatigue from playing HU (although that was a small factor) as much as Northeastern having some of the best players in the league, being extremely well-coached and playing unselfishly and generally playing the way they needed to play to win a title.

No way am I selling NE short. I think they are the best team in the League this year but you can't tell me that our game with William & Mary did not take something out of them. All you need to do is look at the performances of their top two scores...did not come close to their performance against us...Thorton was throwing up BRICKS early. The two teams on paper are pretty evenly matched and very similar in styles.

[Wags]

I think our game with W&M had a lot to do with their performance against Northeastern...I think they were gassed and sore...They were down 10-0 right at the start and Thornton was not a factor.

If that were the case, they wouldn't have immediately answered that 10-0 deficit with a 15-5 run to tie the game at 15-all.

The 10-0 run at the start was about the MVP of the tournament, Quincy Ford, playing like the MVP and coming out aggressively, scoring 8 straight pts after Eatherton got the first bucket.

I think people are really selling Northeastern short and the job they did on W&M. They had a 13-point lead cut to 7, they hadn't scored in 5 1/2 minutes, it was essentially a road game for them, with W&M fans going nuts at that point. They had every good reason to wilt and blow all of their 13-point lead while allowing W&M to take the lead and think they could win instead. And yet what does NU do at that point? They started making a lot of great shots and went on a 20-5 run to go up 22. And even after that, down 22, with only 3:39 left, W&M still mustered the energy to score the next 16 to cut it to 6 in the final minute.

I don't think it was W&M's fatigue from playing HU (although that was a small factor) as much as Northeastern having some of the best players in the league, being extremely well-coached and playing unselfishly and generally playing the way they needed to play to win a title.

No way am I selling NE short. I think they are the best team in the League this year but you can't tell me that our game with William & Mary did not take something out of them. All you need to do is look at the performances of their top two scores...did not come close to their performance against us...Thorton was throwing up BRICKS early. The two teams on paper are pretty evenly matched and very similar in styles.

You can't go 2 OT's in a back-and-forth, rollercoaster type of game on Sunday and not have something taken out of you for a title game on Monday. So I agree to an extent. But I think W&M's performance in the title game had more to do with Northeastern -- to use Coen's words after the title game -- being able to "show the best version of itself" at just the right time, and W&M simply couldn't match it. W&M didn't look that tired, especially not with 16 straight late or going on a 15-5 run early after trailing by 10. They simply looked out-executed on both ends of the floor. Fatigue was a factor, but it's not why they lost.

[Polito]

No doubt NU earned it - they're the best team this yr with WM right behind IMO

[Cards]

Stony Brook loses to Albany 51 - 50 for a spot at the big dance. Albany hit 3-pointer with 2 seconds left for the win........sound familiar???? Sb blew it as they were up 7 several time with only a few minutes left!

Actaully it was a very different game than our game as the offensive display by Sb and AU was pitiful. They went 15 minutes into the game before either team was in double digits!

[Wags]

Stony Brook loses to Albany 51 - 50 for a spot at the big dance. Albany hit 3-pointer with 2 seconds left for the win........sound familiar???? Sb blew it as they were up 7 several time with only a few minutes left!

Actaully it was a very different game than our game as the offensive display by Sb and AU was pitiful. They went 15 minutes into the game before either team was in double digits!

Has to be the most heartbreaking March for Long Island college hoops ever, for HU and SBU to lose those ways on consecutive Saturdays.

I was saying down the stretch that Albany was 0-for-9 from 3. Watch them hit one, because... that's sports. Sure enough.

And right before that, Puriefoy missed one of two FT's. Warney (the two of them, by the way had 43 of SBU's 50 pts and made 15 of their 17 made FG's) also missed two FT's with SBU up five and 1:33 left.

But, you know, we were always told on the other board that FT's don't matter much.

We were also told on that board that HU would have a whole bunch of NCAA tourney bids had they stayed in the America East. Well, SBU has been in the AE finals 4 of the past 5 years, hosting the game twice. And they're STILL waiting for their first NCAA tourney bid. They have become to the AE final what Marv Levy's Bills were to the Super Bowl.

[Cards]

SB will have the exact same team next year - no graduating seniors this year. As soon as 2015/2016 SB tickets go on sale, we will all have to scoop up a bunch to get some HU blue mixed in with the red seawolves in the stands. Although SB new arena is nice, its pretty small (maybe 2,500 capacity), so tickets might be hard to get.

[stuball888]

Cards their arena is over 4,000. pritchard gym was about 2,000.

[Cards]

Even better - more room for HU fans!!!!

[HUSID80]

It's becoming a March ritual forSB to spit the bit in March. It has now become something ingrained in that program. I also agree that the game was hard to watch, particularly early...a veritable festival of turnovers and shots clanking off rims. Maybe we'll play the again in one of the post season tourneys.

[EvanJ]

Has to be the most heartbreaking March for Long Island college hoops ever, for HU and SBU to lose those ways on consecutive Saturdays.

Hofstra lost last Sunday.

[stuball888]

true but he got the month of march right. At least the women still have a chance to make some noise.

[Polito]

Ouch, another brutal way to bow out...

Go Lady Pride! Need this!