There’s a lot of great talent in the New York City area. As it’s defined the metro region encompasses 23 schools from Princeton to Army to Yale and everything in between. That means there are a lot of players here. In this countdown I’m going to be revealing five each morning as we go from 25 down to No. 1.
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Season At A Glance — Stony Brook
This is the sixth of what will eventually be capsules for each of the NYC teams when I’m sure their season has concluded.
Team: Stony Brook
Record: 22-10 (14-2 in America East)
Season High: Going 14-2 in America East play with the two losses on the road
Season Low: The offense disappearing in the first half of two big games (at Boston College, championship vs. Vermont)
Really Good At: Defense — Stony Brook’s defense was just stifling during America East play. The Seawolves led the conference in defensive rebounding and defensive free throw rate.
Struggled With: Turnovers – No single Seawolf had an assist rate higher than their turnover rate this season. It speaks volumes that Tommy Brenton led the team in assist rate. Stony Brook turned the ball over on 20.4% of its offensive possession in America East play, sixth in the conference.
Key Losses:
- Bryan Dougher (First Team All-America East, Stony Brook’s all-time Division I leading scorer, 13.2 PPG)
- Al Rapier (8.1 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 51.0% FG%)
- Dallis Joyner (Third Team All-America East, 8.8 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 60.0% FG%)
- Danny Carter (key guy off the bench)
Key Returnees:
- Dave Coley, So., G (10.0 PPG, 3.7 RPG)
- Tommy Brenton, Jr., F (America East Defensive Player of the Year, 8.0 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 3.3 APG, 1.6 SPG)
- Anthony Jackson, So., G (5.6 PPG)
They Said It:
“As a person, he’s been the best I’ve coached in 20 years.” — Steve Pikiell on Dougher
Outlook: Reloading. This senior class is one that deserved to play in the NCAA tournament. Stony Brook got so close on multiple occasions, but they just couldn’t get over the hump. With Dougher, Rapier and Joyner graduating much of the Stony Brook offense is going to have to be reconfigured. There will still be talent on Long Island. Coley is a talent that Pikiell can build an offense around. Of course they’ll have to make sure the defense stays up to recent levels. Interior defense is going to be of a concern. Still, the program is definitely trending in the right direction and Stony Brook will be a consistent America East contender.
Stars come out as Stony Brook takes lead in America East
A defensive struggle might not seem ideal for national television, but Stony Brook and Boston University showed how to turn a slow-paced (61-possession), defensive battle into must watch television on Friday night. With a crowd worked into a frenzy thanks to a red out and the Seawolves wearing their road jerseys at home, Stony Brook made the final run and got a sliver of revenge for last season’s America East title game with a 66-57 win.
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Monday means Awards and Polls
Monday means another week is in the books and lots of players garnered weekly awards from their respective conferences this week. Also, three local teams are in the Mid-Major Top 25.
KenPom stats observations
If you don’t subscribe to Ken Pomeroy’s site you should. Here’s a few interesting things I found while skipping through team profiles today.
Stony Brook an AE contender and random variance
Wednesday provided three illustrations of different ways to win and lose basketball games. Stony Brook delivered a crushing blow to UMBC, 89-49. Fordham was on the other side in an 80-62 loss to Saint Joseph’s and Hofstra lost a heartbreaker to Northeastern 64-62 to fall to 0-5 in CAA play.
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Missing offense too much for Stony Brook to overcome versus Rutgers
In its first appearance at Madison Square Garden as a Division I program Stony Brook pulled out all the stops. The Seawolves brought the band, the cheerleaders, the dance team and a bunch of fans from Long Island. Unfortunately they forgot to pack the offense.
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Season Snapshot: Stony Brook
While Stony Brook’s 2-3 record might be concerning this early in the season, fans should just give the Seawolves time. Things appear to be moving in the right direction, and while the loss to Sacred Heart is problematic, over the past three games SBU has established a healthy baseline of performance.
Three Questions – Stony Brook
As the season approaches every team has questions. This series is going to look at three key ones.
1. How does the return of Tommy Brenton impact the offense? – The redshirt junior forward missed all of last season with a knee injury. His offensive rebounding and ability to score in the paint should result in a big improvement on offense for the Seawolves. Last season SBU finished 9th in America East in two-point percentage, so Brenton should help there. His return will also allow Stony Brook to be one of the best offensive rebounding teams in the conference for the second season in a row.
Bryan Dougher named to America East Preseason All-Conference Team
America East held its season opening Tip-Off Luncheon today and unveiled both the projected conference standings and the Preseason All-Conference Team. The league kept the team to just five players and Stony Brook’s Bryan Dougher was recognized amongst them.
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