Flying Dutchmen Fans

Stony Brook (9-8) is reeling. Only 1-3 in league play, the Seawolves scored just 37 points at Drexel yesterday (1/8/25) and host #1 UNCW (15-2, 4-0) tomorrow (1/10/25).

Erik Pratt, a transfer from Milwaukee who started out at Texas A&M, leads Stony Brook with 18 ppg. Rob Brown III, a transfer from Nicholls State, adds 10 ppg.

Before our game next Thursday, there will be a pregame meet-up at The Bench (thebenchbar.com) starting at 5 pm. Sign up by Wednesday (1/14/26) to RSVP for the meet-up and register for free tickets at gohofstra.com/MBB/SB.

SNY (SBU's cable channel), FloCollege and WRHU (HAWC) will carry the game.

More then almost any game during the year clearly for bragging rights on Long Island want this game in a big way and I know I'm not alone. We need to reassert our dominance against the Seawolves who have been trying to balance their won loss record against us but have a long way to go.

The view from SBU:

https://sbufan.createaforum.com/stony-b ... lgje9i4cto

Jojogunne wrote: ↑Tue Jan 13, 2026 12:01 pm The view from SBU:

https://sbufan.createaforum.com/stony-b ... lgje9i4cto

Thanks for posting JoJo. Stony Brook's boards are great, enjoy visiting them and they do a good job of posting unbiased, in depth previews.

ESPN: Hofstra, 77%.

Hofstra can't afford to overlook any team, but with the Pride up and the Seawolves down right now, this is a great chance to reassert dominance over our Long Island rivals, especially with the advantages HU has in the backcourt with Davis and Edmead, and with Hofstra being a significantly better rebounding team. If they crash the boards, play focused and connected D, and Davis & Edmead do their usual thing offensively, they should really win this one by 12-15 or more. Stony Brook will be scrappy and up for this one though, and that could keep it much closer, especially if the Stony Brook team that appeared in the first half against UNCW on Saturday shows up in this one.

Hofstra won 23 of the first 28 meetings, but has lost the last three (getting swept last year and losing in the CAA semis the year before).

Since a 21-point Hofstra home win in Feb. 2023, the last six have all been close (Hofstra won at SBU by 3 and by 6, and at home, by 1 on that one-footed buzzer-beater from Tyler Thomas; Stony Brook then won that CAA semis game by 4, and last year's sweep was by 5 and 3). This "should" be the year Hofstra gets back to what we were accustomed to in the past in this series, with a couple of relatively easy wins against SBU this season, but we'll see.

Also, I think I say this every year, and although I'm normally a traditionalist with uniforms, it might be fun once a year or every other year to have alternate uniforms that say NASSAU and SUFFOLK for this matchup.

On paper we should win comfortably but this is becoming a real rivalry and we can't forget losing to them THREE TIMES. Hope Speedy hammers that home and we come out with FIRE!

https://gohofstra.com/news/2026/1/11/me ... brook.aspx is our Preview titled "Hofstra Brings CAA Surge Into Long Island Rivalry At Stony Brook."

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/side ... game18.pdf is our Game Notes.

Davis (tied for sixth) and Erik Pratt (27th) are in the national leaders in total field goals made.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/sc ... /2026.html has Stony Brook's statistics.

KenPom expects us to win 72-64 with a 79 percent chance of winning.

Here are the rest of the CAA games:

Elon at Northeastern at 7:00 P.M.
KenPom expects Elon to win 83-81 with a 57 percent chance of winning.

North Carolina A&T at William & Mary at 7:00 P.M. on MASN
KenPom expects W&M to win 86-72 with a 91 percent chance of winning.

Drexel at Monmouth at 7:00 P.M.
KenPom expects Monmouth to win 69-62 with a 71 percent chance of winning.

Charleston at Towson at 8:00 P.M. on CBS Sports Network
KenPom expects Towson to win 70-67 with a 58 percent chance of winning.

UNCW, Campbell, and Hampton have off.

Before our game next Thursday, there will be a pregame meet-up at The Bench (thebenchbar.com) starting at 5 pm. Sign up by Wednesday (1/14/26) to RSVP for the meet-up and register for free tickets at gohofstra.com/MBB/SB.

Did anyone get their tickets from the sign up yet?

ESPN has us as 7.5 point favorites. Lets not let SB hang around in this one. We don't need a one possession game at the end!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSfqYcIXzso will stream the game for free.

TY Evan.

https://defiantlydutch.blogspot.com/202 ... brook.html is Jerry Beach's "I'll Be Quirky: Stony Brook."

https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=614842 has statistics. We are starting Edmead, Davis, Plotnikov, DeCady, and Onuetu. Stony Brook is starting Erik Pratt (guard), Rob Brown III (guard), Andrej Shoshkikj (guard), Richards Goods (forward), and Quin Gorman (forward).

Stony TV just said Biggie out again but Hofstra expects him back soon. So finally a little info there

German had a ROUGH half. Need better ball in the 2nd half overall. Offense was stagnant. Had no flow at all.

NO BIGGIE, no game from PLOTNIKOV...he is singlehandley killing us...How bout we run a few plays for CRUZ...at leat get him to the line.
THIS IS EMBARRASSING so far!

Well that was pathetic. Cruz total no show and German can't buy a bucket.

Now to both compliment and criticize Speedy. Well done identifying he had to get DeCady off the floor, Stony would not guard him, he wasnt doing anything, and offense was a disaster while he was in there. And credit Speedy for going to Wills, kid is playing great right now hes earned his minutes.

But at the same time, with how poorly Cruz and German played you couldnt get either off the court to give Roberts a single minute that half?! Maybe he knocks down a 3 gives them a spark.

Team obviously misses Biggie, esp on the offensive end. But no reason to shrink the rotation to 7 guys without him

The one saving grace... remember Stony jumped up 20+ on Uncw last game and blew it. Only thing we can hang our hat on right now

dutchPride86 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 15, 2026 8:48 pm
Now to both compliment and criticize Speedy. Well done identifying he had to get DeCady off the floor, Stony would not guard him, he wasnt doing anything, and offense was a disaster while he was in there. And credit Speedy for going to Wills, kid is playing great right now hes earned his minutes.

Wills starts the 2nd half over DeCady. When was the last time Speedy didnt go back to his starting lineup for 2nd half without an injury? Cant remember any instance

This game has Iona written all over it.

Monmouth down 51-23 at home to Drexel!?!?! I know they've had 4 days off but maybe that game last Saturday took more out of both teams than you'd think

Got jumped. Hofstra just did not look good today. Maybe this loss will spark them moving forward, but this was just a putrid effort on Hofstra end. I dont understand how Roberts didnt get into the game for speed, and I dont understand how Plotnikov played the entire game?