Marist at Siena 2/12

[leo16]

Siena the 10-point favorite. Foxes have to shoot the ball better than Friday night or this could get ugly.

[yankee]

I see little hope today. Should be a pumped crowd. Siena is getting healthier. They are better at basically every spot on the floor with the exception of Gardner. They have a good pg, we don't. They have a coach who wins a good amount of games, we have Dunne. They have best 3 pt shooter in maac, our aggressive D often leaves open 3's. Siena by 22 unfortunately.

[nomar33]

lose by 17

[ggaff]

Siena hasn't exactly been an offensive juggernaut. If Marist plays intelligent basketball and guards the three point line, they should be in it. That first game was a one point game in the second half. Same as always. They need to hit 33% of threes. Not 20%. It's irritating how bad Harris has been. Horrible on defense. Marist is in most games and then have a bad offensive stretch. Pound it to Gardner and when he kicks it out, make the damn open shot. And Cooley has shown the ability to drive. Do it!!! Stop just taking threes. He's an athlete.

You talk about coaching. Watch Siena's bench. The old guy does most of the talking.. Sort of like Steve Sauers with Magarity.

Siena was all out against Mount Saint Mary's. Lost to Niagara at home. We're not talking about 1990 UNLV here. :-)

My pick is Rider to win the MAAC. Siena does have a lot of guys 22-24 years old though.. :-) We talk about taking basketball seriously. It's their whole world and they still never dominate.. But they do make it their world even though the enrollment isn't much higher than 30 yrs ago.

All I'm asking for is that the administration takes MBB half of seriously as Siena does. Pretty sure we'd be ok. Need a new AD that will take no prisoners to do that. If it takes getting three 23-24 yr olds, do it. Get a offensive minded coach. Or an offensive coordinator. lol Losing is one thing. Playing games in the 50s and 60s and losing is really bad. You got some guys that can get out in transition. Use them. Even Gardner has taken it end to end. I think they should use Ingo and Belton more than usual. Don't let Stormo get 20. Gardner has terrible timing on D. And he needs to grab rebounds !!! All of them. Thank God Brickner hots the glass..

[d2basketballwatcher]

Feb 12, 2023 9:37:42 GMT -5 yankee said:

I see little hope today. Should be a pumped crowd. Siena is getting healthier. They are better at basically every spot on the floor with the exception of Gardner. They have a good pg, we don't. They have a coach who wins a good amount of games, we have Dunne. They have best 3 pt shooter in maac, our aggressive D often leaves open 3's. Siena by 22 unfortunately.

Nah ,,another close game ..it'll again come down to coaching down the stretch ..where we have our weakness ..i really think Dunne needs an offensive minded asssitant coach to help him with offensive plays especially down the stretch .

[ggaff]

As you can see, if Harris could ust hit a shot every now and then they could have a lead. Siena is nothing special. If Dunne is going to stat he better get two good players to support the kids for nexxt yr. The kids and Collins and Pascarelli can play. They need two transfer impact players..

[oldfox]

Harris has been a huge disappointment.

[ggaff]

And there you have it. They are making Siena look good. Play average and you're up at half. Hopefully Collins and Pascarelli can step in. Brickner wont have to do as much and he'll be better for it. But damn. Go out and get the guys you need. No more excuses.

[ggaff]

Unless Harris gets better he can't be a 20 minute player. Too small and doesn't shoot well enough. Drives in the lane and just throws the ball up. Collins and Pascarelli can easily move ahead. If you're a shooter you have to make shots. St Petes had a guy who did that. Farris is showing that today. These games they lose is because guys like Harris miss three or four in a row. I like Noah. But damn it. Make shots.

All that and down 4. Get the damn pieces in the offseason. Siena takes MBB 20 times more seriously, and there still isn't much of a difference. It's ridiculous.
Whoever on the board said they can do the ob better, I agree. :-) Get a young AD with a clue. Market the program and make it fun again. I live near Albany. This is the marquee. And for all that they put into it it's 29-25 at half. Missed layups and all. Stupid turnovers. Damn it Murray. If you're gonna keep your, job do what it takes. At one point in time Siena's average age on the court was like 23.5. Marist's was like 19.9. Pathetic. And still it's close.

Now they put up a trivia question. What Siena "legend" coached Marist.. lol. Get a new AD. Get someone who wants to achieve. Yes I'm hoping they play a good first five minutes and it will go to the wire. But if they lose by 1 it's because they never take the program seriously enough to get the things they need. They freakin settle..

[oldfox]

Well Siena tried to let the dead foxes back in the game by opening the half with back to back turnovers but alas the rout looks be underway regardless.

[ggaff]

Now the Siena announcer is talking about how Marist has struggled since Brady. He freakin won with Magarity's players. Murray is the total cause of this. He screwed Magarity Get him the hell out..

[oldfox]

Those of us who follow the women complain that the past two years that the games are played 3 vs 5. With the men, it‘s 1 vs 5.

[yankee]

Can we stop playing Harris? 1-10 from field

[ggaff]

I watched a few women's games. That is really slow motion. Hard to watch. The talent level there is really bad. 3 decent players. The rest are slow and can't shoot. Whatever "magic" you people think the coach had won't work. The players are too slow. And if you're slow you better be able to shoot.

The men have an excuse. They lost 80% of their scoring.

[fox94]

Harris stinks like Dung