MBB Game 26 @ Northeastern, 2/8/23 (Wed), 6 PM

[HUSID80]

We are now 7.5 pt favs...get this done!

[EvanJ]

We went up 8, down 1, and up 8 at 37-29 at halftime. Estrada's first points were a three with 2:52 left, and Thomas had 14 points before then. Thomas and Jahmyl Telfort tied for the most points with 14. We committed only 2 turnovers.

[stuball888]

Very Impressive win. Mediocre games from Thomas and Estrada and we still won easily. We had 16 assts and only 5 turnovers. Star of the game was Carlos with 10 points 9 assts and 9 boards. Game was never in doubt. Also credit the defense limited another team to under 60 points. Defense wins championships. Carlos also had zero turnovers

[Wags]

Told ya guys, don't worry so much. This is not at all the same good Northeastern team we've seen in some past years.

They win 72-53, nearly identical to last year's 72-50 in Boston.

9 of HU's 11 CAA wins by 13-24 points this year.

Carlos (10 pts, 9 reb, 9 ast) barely misses his first triple-double after his first double-double last game.

[triplec2195]

Carlos came VERY CLOSE to a triple double how about that. I thought he was scoreless in the first half??

[HUSID80]

Thomas early Estrada later and Carlos closes it out...becoming a script

[Wags]

Thomas early Estrada later and Carlos closes it out...becoming a script

Yup, and a problem for the rest of the CAA.

[HofstraMathew]

We actually paly like a team this year. Feel like we haven't seen this in the past. Speedy really has built a solid rotation of 7-9 players; each with their own role. We aren't just relying on one guy to be the guy to win the game for us. But we also do have the luxury of having a guy like in Estrada if we need it (and heck maybe even a second guy in Thomas).

[Wags]

We actually paly like a team this year. Feel like we haven't seen this in the past. Speedy really has built a solid rotation of 7-9 players; each with their own role. We aren't just relying on one guy to be the guy to win the game for us. But we also do have the luxury of having a guy like in Estrada if we need it (and heck maybe even a second guy in Thomas).

Yes, which is why we can't give up on the season after OOC play. Takes time to develop and grow as a team. Also, the team defense has largely been reliable in CAA play: 73, 79, 51, 62, 57, 62, 68, 46, 65, 81, 72, 58, 53 (63.6 ppg allowed in CAA play).

Was hoping UNCW could get a win tonight to move HU into sole possession of first place, but forget that: 64-39, Charleston with 10:26 left. Might not be the worst thing if Charleston keeps pace and pushes HU to run the table the rest of the way until D.C. rather than if HU get a one-game cushion and gets complacent.

p.s. you have the best login name on this board any time Hofstra wins in Boston (only missing the 's' at the end to make it even better).

[HofstraMathew]

We actually paly like a team this year. Feel like we haven't seen this in the past. Speedy really has built a solid rotation of 7-9 players; each with their own role. We aren't just relying on one guy to be the guy to win the game for us. But we also do have the luxury of having a guy like in Estrada if we need it (and heck maybe even a second guy in Thomas).

Yes, which is why we can't give up on the season after OOC play. Takes time to develop and grow as a team. Also, the team defense has largely been reliable in CAA play: 73, 79, 51, 62, 57, 62, 68, 46, 65, 81, 72, 58, 53 (63.6 ppg allowed in CAA play).

Was hoping UNCW could get a win tonight to move HU into sole possession of first place, but forget that: 64-39, Charleston with 10:26 left. Might not be the worst thing if Charleston keeps pace and pushes HU to run the table the rest of the way until D.C. rather than if HU get a one-game cushion and gets complacent.

p.s. you have the best login name on this board any time Hofstra wins in Boston (only missing the 's' at the end to make it even better).

Right there with you on OOC. We played a very strong schedule which led to our record to be a bit weak. Definitely a few games we should have won but its essentially pointless once we wracked up a few losses and had zero chance at an at large. They got prepped for conference play and that tough schedule probably helped us pull out the Charleston win.

I have been debating what we wanted in that UNCW/Charleston game. I feel like ideal situation is we want Charleston and Towson to be the 2 and 3 seeds. So the UNCW loss helps push them down to 4th. This way we can just take care of business and then avoid a potential Charleston/Towson until the finals.

[stuball888]

highlights of game and presser up on youtube already

[Wags]

They got prepped for conference play and that tough schedule probably helped us pull out the Charleston win.

I think you're right, and maybe helped them win the Towson game at home too as well as really take care of business well and win all of these other CAA games by 13+ instead of playing down to opponents and either barely getting by or getting picked off more than once (besides the NC A&T loss).

I have been debating what we wanted in that UNCW/Charleston game. I feel like ideal situation is we want Charleston and Towson to be the 2 and 3 seeds. So the UNCW loss helps push them down to 4th. This way we can just take care of business and then avoid a potential Charleston/Towson until the finals.

I think you're spot on here. If they keep TCB and get the 1, we'd want Charleston and Towson to get the 2 and 3, because if top seeds hold until the semis, we'd want either Charleston or Towson to knock off the other in the semis so HU only has to go through one of them and not both. Of course, be careful what we wish for there because a 5 seed won it last year... however, I think it's different this year. That was a good 5 seed that put it together at the right time. I don't see that this year from 4 down - maybe UNCW, but I just don't see it the way they've played the last few weeks. This looks like a three-team race in D.C. this year, so if you can get the 1 and let the other two fight it out among each other, that's what you want.

[Wags]

Other CAA games tonight:

Drexel won at Delaware, 58-54
Charleston over UNCW at home, 93-61
Monmouth won at Stony Brook, 61-54
NC A&T over Elon at home, 66-61
Towson over Hampton at home, 86-72

Current Standings (not sure about the order of the 4-8 teams; didn't look into those tiebreakers - what matters most for now are those first six spots):

Hofstra 11-2
Charleston 11-2
Towson 9-3
UNCW 9-4
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Drexel 8-5
NC A&T 7-6
William & Mary 4-8
Northeastern 4-8
Stony Brook 4-8
Monmouth 4-8
Delaware 4-9
Hampton 3-8
Elon 3-9

[Hofstra]

Total butt whooping tonight. Great game.

[EvanJ]

Carlos came VERY CLOSE to a triple double how about that. I thought he was scoreless in the first half??

His first points were with 17:33 left.

We won 72-53. Estrada and Carlos combined to shoot 13-34 (.382). The announcers did not mention that Marshall, Barrouk, and Tomasco came in, and Tomasco had a dunk without me knowing he played. We used 11 players. Estrada got time off as he played 1:57 of the last 10:11. Thomas had 18 points in 38 minutes, and led all players in both of those statistics. Estrada scored 13, Carlos scored 10, Plotnikov scored 8 without missing, Dubar scored 7, Boachie-Yiadom and Williams scored 6, Washington and Tomasco scored 2, and Marshall and Barrouk did not shoot. Thomas and Jahmyl Telfort combined for 28 points in the first half and 6 points in the second half. Telfort scored 16 and was Northeastern's only double-digit scorer. Northeastern used 12 players, 8 of whom played at least 13 minutes. Chris Doherty shot 1-7 and had 5 points, 2 rebounds, and 4 fouls in 17 minutes. Joe Pridgen shot 1-8 and scored 4, but he was the only double-digit rebounder in either team with 13. Coleman Stucke shot 1-7 and scored 3.

Carlos became the first player from 2010-2011 to now to have at least 10 points, at least 9 rebounds, at least 9 assists, 0 turnovers, 4 or fewer field goal attempts, and 4 or fewer free throw attempts.

https://gohofstra.com/news/2023/2/8/men ... ctory.aspx is titled "Sixth Sense; Pride Extends Win Streak To Six With Dominant Road Victory." We had an a season-low in turnovers for the second consecutive game, with 6 against Stony Brook and 5 against Northeastern. We are 3-0 on CBS Sports Network. Hopefully we make it 5-0 with wins in the CAA Semifinals and Final. Saturday's game at Monmouth is on SNY.

https://gohofstra.com/sports/mens-baske ... core/12123 is the box score. The attendance was 899.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SjiVePl38Y is highlights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3WxqZhbZPw is the press conference.

https://nuhuskies.com/news/2023/2/8/men ... 72-53.aspx is titled "Hofstra Tops Northeastern, 72-53."

Monmouth led most of the game and won 61-54 at Stony Brook. Monmouth's Tahron Allen led all scorers with 22 points, and had 6 steals. Teammate Myles Foster had 15 points, shot 7-9, and had 9 rebounds. Monmouth did not make any threes. Stony Brook's Tyler Stephenson-Moore returned from injury and led his team with 17 points.

Drexel held on to win 58-54 at Delaware. Drexel led by 14 with 3 minutes left. Delaware did not make a three until Ebby Asamoah made 3 threes in the last 56 seconds. He was scoreless before that, and I wish people kept track of the record for most points scored in the last minute by a player with no points before that. Drexel no longer has James Butler, but freshman Yame Butler led all players with 17 points, and did it in 16 minutes. Delaware got 15 points from Jameer Nelson Jr., and Jyare Davis did not play.

Towson won 86-72 hosting Hampton. Towson's Nicolas Timberlake scored 31, and was the only CAA player to score more than 23 today. He shot 11-17 and made 6 threes. Teammates Cameron Holden and Charles Thompson had double-doubles. Holden had 22 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 assists. Thompson had 11 points and 11 rebounds, but he shot 4-12, which is poor for a player who shoots by the basket. Hampton was led by Marquis Godwin with 17 points, and Russell "Deuce" Dean with 16 points and 7 assists. Elon's Kyrese Mullen shot horribly with field goals 3-11 and free throws 2-7, which cost him a double-double because he had 14 rebounds, which was the most by a CAA player today.

Charleston won 93-61 hosting UNCW. UNCW led by 5 early, and it was tied until 9:17 left in the first half. That started a 28-9 run for the rest of the half. Ante Brzovic led all players with 23 points, and shot 9-14. Teammates Pat Robinson III and Ben Burnham scored 18, while leading scorer for the season Dalton Bolon scored 3. UNCW was led by Jamarii Thomas with 9 points. Charleston had more rebounds 42 to 23. Charleston used 15 players, and UNCW used 14 players.

North Carolina A&T came back to win 66-61 hosting Elon. The largest lead was 6 by Elon, and Elon led for over 70 percent of the game. North Carolina A&T ended on a 9-0 run. North Carolina A&T's Demetric Horton waited as long as possible to score his only points, as they counted after the clock expired. The first time the clock ran out, they put 0.8 seconds on it. North Carolina A&T needed to inbound the ball to run out the clock and threw long pass that resulted in Horton scoring by the basket, and it was not reviewed because it was irrelevant to the outcome. North Carolina A&T was led by Marcus Watson and Love Bettis with 20 points. Bettis made 6 threes in 26 minutes off the bench, including the winning three with 1:15 left. He entered averaging 3.8 points and 0.8 made threes. Leading scorer for the season Kam Woods scored 10 and shot threes 2-11. Torrence Watson led Elon with 17 points. He had 10 rebounds, and the only double-double on either team.

Here are standings tiebreakers:

7. William & Mary 4-8 (1-0 vs. Northeastern, 1-0 vs. Stony Brook, did not play Monmouth, 2-0 combined)
8. Stony Brook 4-8 (1-1 vs. Northeastern, 0-1 vs. William & Mary, 1-1 vs. Monmouth, 2-3 combined)
9. Monmouth: 4-8 (did not play William & Mary, 1-1 vs. Stony Brook, did not play Northeastern, 1-1 combined)
10. Northeastern: 4-8 (1-1 vs. Stony Brook, 0-1 vs. William & Mary, did not play Monmouth, 1-2 combined)
12. Elon: 3-9 (did not play Hampton, win over Drexel who is above every team that Hampton beat)
13. Hampton: 3-9

Every team except Delaware plays on Saturday, and after that the bottom seven will have the same amount of games played.

https://caasports.com/news/2023/2/8/men ... aight.aspx is titled "#CAAHoops MBB Recap – Feb. 8 – North Carolina A&T Pulls Off Comeback; Hofstra Wins Sixth-Straight." It says:

"Hofstra 72, Northeastern 53
Tyler Thomas led three Hofstra players in double figures as the Pride won its sixth-straight contest. Hofstra (18-8, 11-2) received 18 points from Thomas, 13 from Aaron Estrada, and 10 from Jaquan Carlos – along with nine rebounds and nine assists – while holding Northeastern (8-15, 4-8) to 29% shooting. Hofstra got off to a 7-0 start before Northeastern battled back for an 18-17 advantage with 8:17 remaining in the first half, but the Pride followed with a 9-3 stretch to take the lead for good. Hofstra scored 34 of its 72 points in the paint."

[Wags]

Yet another game for HU in which they are outrebounded yet have no problem winning because of once again, a considerable disparity in FG%, and taking care of the ball while forcing TOs.

Rebounds were +5 for Northeastern, but HU shot 47.6% and committed only 5 TOs (none for Carlos) while holding the Huskies to just 29.3% shooting and forcing 12 TOs (including 7 HU steals).

[Jojogunne]

Sign me up for it right now Wags! Seems we all have meories of struggles with our rivals to the north.

Why do people only remember the bad? Most of that is ancient history at this point. HU has actually (for the most part) fared very well in recent years against Northeastern.

HU vs. Northeastern since the Huskies joined the CAA:

2021-22: 2-0
2020-21: 0-2
2019-20: 2-0
2018-19: 1-1
2017-18: 1-1
2016-17: 2-0
2015-16: 2-0 (including a 3OT win in Boston)
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2014-15: 0-2
2013-14: 0-2
2012-13: 0-2
2011-12: 0-2
2010-11: 2-0
2009-10: 1-1
2008-09: 1-1
2007-08: 1-1
2006-07: 1-1
2005-06: 1-1

Thanks for digging up these records, Wags. Do you happen to know what our record has been up at Northeastern? I guess I remember that string of 0-2 years.

Also, during last night's broadcast CBSSN showed a graphic with Coach Coen's career record at Northeastern. I was surprised that it was only a little above .500.

[EvanJ]

We now lead the CAA in field goal percentage, opponents' field goal percentage, free throw percentage. In the other 31 conferences, the only teams to lead in both are Massachusetts-Lowell (America East), Eastern Washington (Big Sky), Norfolk State (Mid-Eastern Athletic), and Grambling (Southwestern Athletic).

Of 363 teams, we are 27th in field goal percentage, 74th in opponents' field goal percentage, 54th in three-point field goal percentage, 67th in free throw percentage, 31st in fewest turnovers per game, and 16th in fewest fouls per game.

The CAA shoots poorly. Of 32 conferences, the CAA is 30th in field goal percentage, 29th in three-point field goal percentage, and 26th in free throw percentage.

[Wags]

The CAA shoots poorly. Of 32 conferences, the CAA is 30th in field goal percentage, 29th in three-point field goal percentage, and 26th in free throw percentage.

Yikes, if the conference is already at these levels now, imagine some of the rock fights we may see in D.C. next month as defensive intensity normally elevates and FG percentages and scoring usually drop in the CAA tourney.

[Wags]

Thanks for digging up these records, Wags. Do you happen to know what our record has been up at Northeastern? I guess I remember that string of 0-2 years.

Here you go JoJo - including last night, HU is 8-10 in Boston since the Huskies joined the CAA. There is a clear dividing line since the string of 0-2 years you mentioned - up to and including those, HU was just 2-8 (from where the HU fan PTSD associated with playing in Boston stems ), but since then, HU is 6-2 in Boston and the two most recent were wins by 22 and 19.

2022-23: 1-0 Won in Boston
2021-22: 2-0 Won in Boston
2020-21: 0-2 Lost in Boston
2019-20: 2-0 Won in Boston
2018-19: 1-1 Lost in Boston
2017-18: 1-1 Won in Boston
2016-17: 2-0 Won in Boston
2015-16: 2-0 Won in Boston
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2014-15: 0-2 Lost in Boston
2013-14: 0-2 Lost in Boston
2012-13: 0-2 Lost in Boston
2011-12: 0-2 Lost in Boston
2010-11: 2-0 Won in Boston
2009-10: 1-1 Won in Boston
2008-09: 1-1 Lost in Boston
2007-08: 1-1 Lost in Boston
2006-07: 1-1 Lost in Boston
2005-06: 1-1 Lost in Boston

Also, during last night's broadcast CBSSN showed a graphic with Coach Coen's career record at Northeastern. I was surprised that it was only a little above .500.

I think that's because we recall the four regular season CAA titles and two NCAA tourney trips, but he's only had five 20-win seasons since he started with NU in their second year in the CAA (2006-07). Also, these past two seasons have really hurt his overall record. Prior to last year, he was 29 games over .500, but 9-22 last year and 8-15 so far this year have brought that considerably down.