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AE Men's Gameday 02-25-23

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2:00 PM
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  • Maine
    (11-16, 5-9 Am. East)


  • Binghamton
    (12-15, 8-6 Am. East)

  • Previous meeting was a 78-57 home win for Maine

  • For Maine it's a chance to build some momentum heading into the playoffs and a chance to stay ahead of NJOT for seeding. For Binghamton it is must win time if they want to claim a home playoff game. They can't afford to be dropping games to the bottom half of the conference.

4:00 PM
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  • Vermont
    (18-10, 12-2 Am. East)


  • Bryant
    (17-10, 8-6 Am. East)

  • Previous meeting was a UVM home win 74-64

  • For Bryant it's a shot at some redemption after a hideous turnover filled performance on national TV. Obviously there are plenty of seeding implications for the Bulldogs as well since they can finish anywhere from 2nd to 6th depending on how the tiebreaks fall. For Vermont there are no seeding implications. There is the benefit of tweaking Jared Grasso's nose one more time. I expect Vermont to come out and half ass it since that's what they've done the last two games and now with the one seed locked up, they'll probably lose by double digits.

5:00 PM
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  • New Hampshire
    (13-13, 8-6 Am. East)


  • UMass Lowell
    (23-7, 10-5 Am. East)

  • Previous meeting was a UNH home win 69-65

  • For UML it's the final day of the regular season, senior day, and a chance to lock up the 2 seed and 2 playoff home games. For UNH it's a chance to grab ahold of a home playoff game with both hands. A win here will almost certainly give them the edge in any tiebreak scenario.

7:00 PM
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  • NJIT
    (7-20, 4-10 Am. East)


  • Albany
    (7-22, 2-12 Am. East)

  • Previous meeting was a NJOT home win 74-67

  • Awww Yesssss...And the primetime game is AE Playoffception. The Playoff game to get a Playoff game. How could this get any more high stakes. For Albany it's win or your fat lady has sung. For NJOT it's win and your in with the possibility of passing Maine in the seeding and avoiding that long trip to Burlington.
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Two 20 loss teams in the main event of the evening. It doesn’t get more America East than that!
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Thank you Alumni96 for such a clear presentation of the upcoming games.
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Tough to pick against Lowell or Binghamton. Both at home and both have plenty to play for.

The other two are tricky.

Vermont is favored by 2.5 on the road. But there is such a big gap in level of importance of this game between the teams. Also wonder if Penn will be at full strength (or playing at all). I guess I’d lean toward Bryant at home because it just matters so much more for them. Would be happy to be wrong.

Both NJIT and Albany have played better in the last couple games. NJIT was a couple of possessions away from beating Vermont and Bryant back to back. If that had happened, they’d be 6-8 and legitimately in the discussion for a 6 seed. But they didn’t make the plays when it counted, and they also only have 2 road wins all season. I’m leaning toward them anyway. Between Sullivan, Hess and Osawe, they’ve got a lot of scoring punch. Neither team is fantastic defensively, so could be some big numbers in this game.
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Think of how good NJOT would be if games were only 30 minutes long...
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Old_Cat_Fan
What is NJOT?
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Old_Cat_Fan said:
What is NJOT?
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Been wondering if this is intentionally or just autocorrect
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mainejeff
NJIT....testing....NJIT.
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Off topic, I didn't realize UConn's Donovan Clingan was the son of the late Stacey Porrini, UMaine '97, 1,000 point scorer and three time all-conference player.
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I think you could fairly call Maine "out of sorts" defensively early
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Since the loss to UMBC, Binghamton seems to be around 50% shooting every night. They’ve been much, much better, especially from 3 the last few weeks.
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Bingo v2.0 said:
Since the loss to UMBC, Binghamton seems to be around 50% shooting every night. They’ve been much, much better, especially from 3 the last few weeks.
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They're moving the ball on offense much better, so that's what happens.
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Did the cameraman leave his tripod or whatever at home? I'm getting seasick.
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Percentages evening out a bit, Maine run gets back to a more respectable 32-26 Bing lead.

Clayton is a nice looking freshman.
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Alumni96 said:
They're moving the ball on offense much better, so that's what happens.
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or at least they were.
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Maine-Binghamton women in the last minute for your halftime viewing. Maine up 5.
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mainejeff
Nice comeback by Maine to make it a game.
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Game is reminiscent of the Bing-Vermont game, but now Binghamton is in the other role.
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I can't wait for the Maine men to get the atmosphere at the Pit that the Maine women do. That place gets f'ing loud.
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Old_Cat_Fan said:
What is NJOT?
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It's me amusing myself. NJIT has played 4 OT games in conference this season. That's in addition to also losing two really close games at home in which they lead against UML and Bryant up until the waning minutes.
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