Siena at Marist 1/29 at 2pm

[oldfox]

Albany Times Union reporting the Saints will hold out leading scorer Javian McCollum as well as regular rotation players Jordan Kellier and Mike Baer for injury and family reasons, respectively. Saints coming off a convincing win at home over Iona. If Marist was competent I would say they could lay a trap for Siena, but Marist is not and won't. Siena has to much on the line. A win to end the 3 game losing streak would be nice, but I don't see it.

[d2basketballwatcher]

Upset alert !!

[yankee]

Marist has no PG. Marist can't drive the ball to the hoop. Marist shoots poorly from field and not good from FT line. Marist defense is average at best. Gardner often has to force shots because we have no PG. Our returning PG basically just goes through the motions. Our head coach yells screams, swears and pouts like an overgrown toddler. Our band is not as good since Art left. The ticketing system and pricing sucks. The concessions blows. The parking still stinks, the AD doesn't give a crap about wins, the fox isn't named shooter anymore. Marist has no shot and do we even really care anymore. Final will be something like Siena 65-58.

[oldfox]

And sports information can stop referring to Marist/Siena as a “rivalry” game. They confuse geographic proximity with rivalry. Marist MBB has never been an equal or comparable program to Siena. Never beaten them in a championship game, etc, etc, etc. It’s been for the most part a one sided beat down going back to before either school was D1. Stop it. Just, stop it.

[yankee]

31-25 Siena at half. Disgusting offense. Harris at least looks engaged today, but doing little.

[nomar33]

Jan 29, 2023 12:31:36 GMT -5 d2basketballwatcher said:

Upset alert !!

You are right I’m Upset

[oldfox]

Yea. No point guard. Had hopes that Brickner might be one, but I’m not seeing it. He is not a good enough ball handler to run the offense and not a good enough shooter to play the two. Basically a tweener with nowhere land skills. Hence, no flow to the offense. No ability to score at the rim. Just more chuck and pray ball at the end of the shot clock.

[yankee]

Jan 29, 2023 15:00:19 GMT -5 oldfox said:

Yea. No point guard. Had hopes that Brickner might be one, but I’m not seeing it. He is not a good enough ball handler to run the offense and not a good enough shooter to play the two. Basically a tweener with nowhere land skills. Hence, no flow to the offense. No ability to score at the rim. Just more chuck and pray ball at the end of the shot clock.

I think he will develop into a good combo guard his last couple years, but yeah, this year, not a PG.

[shooter]

Siena is down 3 of its best players and we'll still lose, probably even get smoked.

[leo16]

Just no reliable 3 point shooting from the guards and wings

[yankee]

How can Dunne face tne fans and his bosses putting together this team. Get away, go away, we don't want you. This team needs another complete reboot.

[fox94]

How can TM?

[oldfox]

Jan 29, 2023 15:58:26 GMT -5 fox94 said:

How can TM?

Until someone(s) above TM installs some tension in the system regarding wins and losses nothing is going to change. TM delivers what his bosses want. Clean programs and coaches who graduate players. Wins are classified as optional.

[oldfox]

Jan 29, 2023 15:31:26 GMT -5 shooter said:

Siena is down 3 of its best players and we'll still lose, probably even get smoked.

If all 3 are back for the game in Albany the Saints will have leads of 25 or more at multiple points during the game.

[fox94]

Jan 29, 2023 16:10:44 GMT -5 oldfox said:

Jan 29, 2023 15:58:26 GMT -5 fox94 said:

How can TM?

Once someone(s) above TM installs some tension in the system regarding wins and losses nothing is going to change. TM delivers what his bosses want. Clean programs and coaches who graduate players. Wins are classified as optional.

Don’t forget cheap $$$