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Post by nolesaint on Oct 11, 2019 5:54:47 GMT -5
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Post by sienafanallyearlong2 on Oct 16, 2019 21:28:25 GMT -5
If Pickett is the real deal and not a 1 yr wonder boy where he can be successful in an up tempo Carm defense creating offense type of system where he is not controlling the ball for 25 seconds on the shot clock, and Carey lives up to his hype as making them the best guard tandem in the MAAC, with all the other tools they have around them, I "expect" them to win the MAAC this year. It all starts with how competitive they are when they travel to Xavier. If they are close or can win that game which I think they could they will do much better than expected and if they lose big its reality giving them a big slap in the face letting them know they have to work that much harder, that much smarter if they are going to successful. Its kind of like what the Stanford game was to the Eubiles, Franklin, and Moore freshmen class when Hasbrouck was this years Pickett. Regardless of the outcome that game was a springboard to better things to come. Go Saints!
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Post by Tony on Oct 17, 2019 4:48:59 GMT -5
I am cautiously optimistic for the upcoming season. Saints start off with in my mind the best player in conference, I’ve been saying since last season Saints could have best back court in conference- and I’ve been watching the MAAC a long time, if you have the best guards you usually win or are “right there” in the MAAC. On down side Pickett and Carey have to prove they can play together- both are unselfish players so I’m not expecting problems, but it’s something the dynamic duo has to prove on court. We need Elijah to stay relatively healthy, we need to get something from back up guards Hein and King. Add to that we have an unproven head coach, plus Burns, Carey, Hein haven’t played one min for us, and we will probably have at least 3 freshmen in playing group. That’s a lot of question marks to “expect” a MAAC championship What I do expect is a fun team to watch and root for, a much more athletic team. It’s been quite discouraging the last 10 years to play a AE,NEC, PL, Ivy team and have them equal or usually more athletic than us- for most part those days are over with Coach Carm and staff. I don’t want to piss on anyone’s optimism, but fella’s I would temper the “I expect a championship talk”. We definitely have the potential to win the MAAC, but we do have several question marks. And for me it all starts Nov 5th vs American- we want to start the year off with a win, protect the home court. The Xavier game is a bonus. I remember an early season game in Fran’s tenure were we got killed at Memphis and went on to win the MAAC. With so many new players and such a young team I do expect the team to be a lot better next March than in November. I am ‘stoked” for season to start and if Carm can coach the program is most definitely headed in right direction!!! My expectations are a fun season to watch and root for this team!! spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/sports/2019/10/16/siena-men-s-basketball-holds-media-daydailygazette.com/article/2019/10/16/siena-men-s-basketball-in-no-rushwww.news10.com/sports/cbs6albany.com/sports/content/siena-basketball-holds-annual-media-day
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Post by IndianSaint on Oct 17, 2019 5:21:03 GMT -5
I am cautiously optimistic for the upcoming season. Saints start off with in my mind the best player in conference, I’ve been saying since last season Saints could have best back court in conference- and I’ve been watching the MAAC a long time, if you have the best guards you usually win or are “right there” in the MAAC. On down side Pickett and Carey have to prove they can play together- both are unselfish players so I’m not expecting problems, but it’s something the dynamic duo has to prove on court. We need Elijah to stay relatively healthy, we need to get something from back up guards Hein and King. Add to that we have an unproven head coach, plus Burns, Carey, Hein haven’t played one min for us, and we will probably have at least 3 freshmen in playing group. That’s a lot of question marks to “expect” a MAAC championship What I do expect is a fun team to watch and root for, a much more athletic team. It’s been quite discouraging the last 10 years to play a AE,NEC, PL, Ivy team and have them equal or usually more athletic than us- for most part those days are over with Coach Carm and staff. I don’t want to piss on anyone’s optimism, but fella’s I would temper the “I expect a championship talk”. We definitely have the potential to win the MAAC, but we do have several question marks. And for me it all starts Nov 5th vs American- we want to start the year off with a win, protect the home court. The Xavier game is a bonus. I remember an early season game in Fran’s tenure were we got killed at Memphis and went on to win the MAAC. With so many new players and such a young team I do expect the team to be a lot better next March than in November. I am ‘stoked” for season to start and if Carm can coach the program is most definitely headed in right direction!!! My expectations are a fun season to watch and root for this team!! spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/sports/2019/10/16/siena-men-s-basketball-holds-media-daydailygazette.com/article/2019/10/16/siena-men-s-basketball-in-no-rushwww.news10.com/sports/cbs6albany.com/sports/content/siena-basketball-holds-annual-media-day+1 While I don’t expect a MAAC Tournament Championship, I do feel much more confident in one for this season than I have in the past 8 or 9 (I sort of thought we might get one Long’s, Wright’s, JO’s Sr season). But then again, I’m always thinking we could win it even if we had to win 4 games in a row. 🙂 But this year seems much more likely that we finally could. Let’s Go Saints!!! PS: while it’s only been a few months since I felt sick to my stomach when JC left and I was thinking maybe we’d be starting all over again (more years if not winning); it now really feels like that was years ago with all the fresh optimism I’ve been feeling all spring & summer with all that Carm (and staff) have accomplished without playing the first game. I guess I’m trying to say that this optimism that seems to have overtaken this blog site feels very refreshing, to me at least.
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Post by glen on Oct 17, 2019 6:25:18 GMT -5
If Pickett is the real deal and not a 1 yr wonder boy where he can be successful in an up tempo Carm defense creating offense type of system where he is not controlling the ball for 25 seconds on the shot clock, and Carey lives up to his hype as making them the best guard tandem in the MAAC, with all the other tools they have around them, I "expect" them to win the MAAC this year. It all starts with how competitive they are when they travel to Xavier. If they are close or can win that game which I think they could they will do much better than expected and if they lose big its reality giving them a big slap in the face letting them know they have to work that much harder, that much smarter if they are going to successful. Its kind of like what the Stanford game was to the Eubiles, Franklin, and Moore freshmen class when Hasbrouck was this years Pickett. Regardless of the outcome that game was a springboard to better things to come. Go Saints! Spot on! While I think we could be dancing in March, I also expect this year to be more like Edwin/Ron/Alex's first year. The first game will send them on a trajectory and a win or a loss could be what they need. Either way I think this will be the most "above the rim" that I've experienced in a decade.
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Post by $cott on Oct 17, 2019 9:12:21 GMT -5
If Pickett is the real deal and not a 1 yr wonder boy where he can be successful in an up tempo Carm defense creating offense type of system where he is not controlling the ball for 25 seconds on the shot clock, and Carey lives up to his hype as making them the best guard tandem in the MAAC, with all the other tools they have around them, I "expect" them to win the MAAC this year. It all starts with how competitive they are when they travel to Xavier. If they are close or can win that game which I think they could they will do much better than expected and if they lose big its reality giving them a big slap in the face letting them know they have to work that much harder, that much smarter if they are going to successful. Its kind of like what the Stanford game was to the Eubiles, Franklin, and Moore freshmen class when Hasbrouck was this years Pickett. Regardless of the outcome that game was a springboard to better things to come. Go Saints! In Ubiles, Franklin, and Moore's freshman year Siena went to Stanford and lost by 20. That is the sort of result you should expect when they visit Xavier this year, line will have Xavier anywhere from 15 to 20 point favorites. It is nothing like the home game against Stanford in their sophomore year where Brook Lopez didn't play. Huge difference getting to play a big school at home without their best player vs going on the road. If people are using the Xavier game as a gauge on the season they are likely to be in for a rude awakening. If Siena can win there they shouldn't lose more than 2 games in the MAAC. They could easily lose there by 20 and still win the MAAC.
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Post by Sienafan on Oct 17, 2019 9:56:27 GMT -5
Based on Carm's comments about them being the 4 cornerstones, Camper, Pickett, Carey, and Burns are locked in as starters. Only the 3 spot remains open, but I'd bet a year's salary that Harris will win that spot with maybe Sutherland the darkhorse candidate. That's the most athletic starting five I've ever seen at Siena in the 30+ years I've been following the program.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2019 10:18:05 GMT -5
Based on Carm's comments about them being the 4 cornerstones, Camper, Pickett, Carey, and Burns are locked in as starters. Only the 3 spot remains open, but I'd bet a year's salary that Harris will win that spot with maybe Sutherland the darkhorse candidate. That's the most athletic starting five I've ever seen at Siena in the 30+ years I've been following the program. Could be Ratliff too...you don't know. Still, Ratliff is fairly athletic too. Per Singelais, the 4 guys in the dunk contest tonight are Camper, Harris, Sutherland, and Ratliff. Harris has the highest upside and he is very key but if Sutherland, King and Ratliff are solid contributors as well, Harris might not need to be as quite as great an all around player for us this year for the team to do fairly well. Still, the other top 3 MAAC teams have a lot of depth and athleticism themselves. And they likely have more shooting depth. It will be a battle.
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Post by goldsaint17 on Oct 17, 2019 10:19:27 GMT -5
If Pickett is the real deal and not a 1 yr wonder boy where he can be successful in an up tempo Carm defense creating offense type of system where he is not controlling the ball for 25 seconds on the shot clock, and Carey lives up to his hype as making them the best guard tandem in the MAAC, with all the other tools they have around them, I "expect" them to win the MAAC this year. It all starts with how competitive they are when they travel to Xavier. If they are close or can win that game which I think they could they will do much better than expected and if they lose big its reality giving them a big slap in the face letting them know they have to work that much harder, that much smarter if they are going to successful. Its kind of like what the Stanford game was to the Eubiles, Franklin, and Moore freshmen class when Hasbrouck was this years Pickett. Regardless of the outcome that game was a springboard to better things to come. Go Saints! In Ubiles, Franklin, and Moore's freshman year Siena went to Stanford and lost by 20. That is the sort of result you should expect when they visit Xavier this year, line will have Xavier anywhere from 15 to 20 point favorites. It is nothing like the home game against Stanford in their sophomore year where Brook Lopez didn't play. Huge difference getting to play a big school at home without their best player vs going on the road. If people are using the Xavier game as a gauge on the season they are likely to be in for a rude awakening. If Siena can win there they shouldn't lose more than 2 games in the MAAC. They could easily lose there by 20 and still win the MAAC. Wofford was a 7 seed in the NCAAT last year and yet they lost by 25 to a depleted Kansas team. Never take too much from a buy game.
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Post by Sienafan on Oct 17, 2019 10:37:36 GMT -5
Based on Carm's comments about them being the 4 cornerstones, Camper, Pickett, Carey, and Burns are locked in as starters. Only the 3 spot remains open, but I'd bet a year's salary that Harris will win that spot with maybe Sutherland the darkhorse candidate. That's the most athletic starting five I've ever seen at Siena in the 30+ years I've been following the program. Could be Ratliff too...you don't know. Still, Ratliff is fairly athletic too. Per Singelais, the 4 guys in the dunk contest tonight are Camper, Harris, Sutherland, and Ratliff. Harris has the highest upside and he is very key but if Sutherland, King and Ratliff are solid contributors as well, Harris might not need to be as quite as great an all around player for us this year for the team to do fairly well. Still, the other top 3 MAAC teams have a lot of depth and athleticism themselves. And they likely have more shooting depth. It will be a battle. Ratliff didn't strike me as a potential future starter material from what we saw of him. I think he can evolve into a reliable role player, but I'm not expecting much more than that. He bills himself as primarily being a shooter - yet he shot 30% from 3, so yeah. I'm not concerned about shooting depth. That's not going to be our game anyway, so we won't live and die by the 3 like the Iona's of the world. Carm learned under Fran and that's close to how he'll play. Like those teams this one will get points by driving to basket and either scoring or getting fouled. They'll take the 3 when it's there, but it won't be option 1. If the defenses zone us up, then you bring in King and let him fire away.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2019 11:02:14 GMT -5
Could be Ratliff too...you don't know. Still, Ratliff is fairly athletic too. Per Singelais, the 4 guys in the dunk contest tonight are Camper, Harris, Sutherland, and Ratliff. Harris has the highest upside and he is very key but if Sutherland, King and Ratliff are solid contributors as well, Harris might not need to be as quite as great an all around player for us this year for the team to do fairly well. Still, the other top 3 MAAC teams have a lot of depth and athleticism themselves. And they likely have more shooting depth. It will be a battle. Ratliff didn't strike me as a potential future starter material from what we saw of him. I think he can evolve into a reliable role player, but I'm not expecting much more than that. He bills himself as primarily being a shooter - yet he shot 30% from 3, so yeah. I'm not concerned about shooting depth. That's not going to be our game anyway, so we won't live and die by the 3 like the Iona's of the world. Carm learned under Fran and that's close to how he'll play. Like those teams this one will get points by driving to basket and either scoring or getting fouled. They'll take the 3 when it's there, but it won't be option 1. If the defenses zone us up, then you bring in King and let him fire away. Ratliff is 6-8 and quick enough to defend multiple positions. He has some defensive upside. His offensive pull up game reminded me a little of Rob Poole at times. Poole shot like 27% from 3 his first year for Siena. If his threes start falling and he's mixing in a few more drives, you never know what he could do. And you don't know yet what King or Harris will do either. How do you know how well King will shoot? Ratliff may fizzle out like Heurter or he may take a leap forward. We simply don't know.
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Post by goldsaint17 on Oct 17, 2019 11:10:49 GMT -5
The fifth starter needs to be the guy that fits best with the rest of the starters, not the 5th best player on the team. Jimmy was one of the few guys we trusted to press early last year for JC-- he's a good athlete and can hit outside shots. The ideal version of Gary Harris is the perfect 5th piece, but we may not get the ideal version of Gary Harris in game one.
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