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Rutgers 81-79, CCSU 83-82 in 1 OT

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Chase Plummer gets called for a very very questionable blocking call at the timeline with 5 seconds left sending Kyle Vinalis to the line for 2, and UMBC loses 83-82.

Damn great game, though.

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NotDeadYet

UMBC and BU lose really close games. No divine help tonight.

UVM Hoop Cat

Fantastic effort by BU against Rutgers. Very close, could have won it but Malik Thomas got whistled for a flagrant foul late in the game.

Too bad about UMBC/CCSU. Thought they might have had that one.

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usslider

As usual, playing in a BCS school's gym does us no favors. Down by 1 with under 10 secs left, and BU gets called for an intentional foul? Seriously? So much for momentum

Showed a lot of heart coming all the way back from about 20 points down early in the game - we were the better team for the final 30 minutes. DJ Irving was tremendous.

In the first half, Rutgers got credit for a 3-pt and the dude's foot was like most of the way over the line - they never fixed it and the announcers chalked it up to playing in a BCS school's gym. I'm really glad we lost by 2 points instead of 1.

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umbc32244

What a game...best home game I've seen in a very long time. This team will be fun to watch this year, that's for sure.

I had a pretty good view of the late Plummer foul, and it was a terrible call. With six secs left, Plummer doubled teamed, forcing the CCSU guard to dribble with two feet over halfcourt. A whistle was then blown, but for the foul. Simply a very bad call, and even the CCSU fans around had a little "that was lucky" look on their face.

However, if I had to pick either CCSU or UMBC to watch for the rest of the season, I would actually pick UMBC. (Bias may be included....) CCSU didn't seem to have any offensive rhythm, as they chucked threes or haphazardly drove to the bucket. UMBC ran their most effective offensive scheme in years, and their young athletes (Morgan, Getz, Plummer, Cook, Garner) brought an unique energy to the floor.

UMBC may have gotten the short end of the stick tonight, and a win would've been nice, but I'm hard-pressed to find many negatives, which is a pleasant change.

Good game.

UVM Hoop Cat

Sounds a lot like how we got jobbed down in Tampa last season against South Florida. Refs waived off a perfectly good tip in by Glass.

Need to just beat these Big East teams outright like we did against Rutgers in 09-10. Can't leave it close.

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Aceinthehole

First, I agree - great game. As always, I'm impressed with UMBC team effort and the experience at the RAC. The band is great, but the student section was kinda small tonight.

I thought UMBC played very, very well, but from my seat the 10 for 20 from behind the arc really kept you in the game. Also, CCSU missed the layup at the end of regulation and a few other chippies throughout the game. I don't think it was an awful call at the end, but I didn't see it clearly.

UMBC has some shooters and played very well on the offensive glass. They were good both in the paint and good from behind the arc. Lots of ball movement and clearly they could have won the game.

On the CCSU side, I thought we look good despite very poor 3-pt shooting. We have 5 guys in double figures and Kyle almost put up 30. He took over the game in OT. CCSU is not deep, but this team plays hard and looks like they expect to win. To come out on top in a non-conf road game when we missed a lot of shots says a lot about this team. I'm looking forward to this season.

Good luck UMBC, I think you have a good team that should win its fair share of games in the AE.

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UVM Hoop Cat

Papale is also easily best shooter left in the conference.

Doesn't have much of a off-the dribble game and haven't seen him go to rim yet, but as he gets stronger and improves ball handling, I could honestly see him turning into a former URI-Jimmy Baron.

In terms of mechanics on his shot though, it's all there.

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usslider

yup.

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Patch

I don't know if he is easily the best shooter in the conference??????

He's 14-28 from three so far

UA has a guy who is 20-39 so far.

What say you?

mainejeff

Look like UMBC is turning things around.

Nice performance by BU......but since they are leaving I could really care less how they do.

farfromtheshow

No way, Jacob Iati... Papale has the benefit of 2 back court players who attack the rim off the dribble and create spacing, as well as Morris and Thomas who defenders have to at least pay attention to.

Iati is now the #2 guy that teams key off of and set out to stop. He faces far more defensive pressure and attention than Papale and he's shooting at a better percentage from 3...

bosiydid

WRONG!

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I honestly haven't even looked at FG% or 3pt FG% because there's only been a few games. I didn't even know Papale and Iati were both around 50% for 3s. I mean, the other day Jordan Clarke ex-UVM/Drake was leading the NCAAs in FG% after 2 games at 90% and one of those was against a Sub D1....but I'm not going to use that to tell you Jordan Clarke is the best shooter in the country

Anyways, Iati is obviously a terrific shooter and shooting the heck out of the ball- my preference between the two would be Papale though because he's taller and his technique/form is textbook.

It's also misleading to point out Papale benefits from Irving/Watson without mentioning Iati benefits from Mike Black and Guerrier- two players that both shot very well last season- Guerrier shot over 40% from 3, and Black is probably off to the most impressive start offensively in the conference.

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