Game 1, 2021-22: UMBC (11/9)

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Game 1, 2021-22: UMBC (11/9)

Post by MikeUMA » Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:27 am

20 days out, let's get started.

University of Maryland, Baltimore County
America East
We've never faced them before

The program made history in 2018 as the first 16 seed to beat a 1 seed (Virginia).

The Retrievers went 14-6 overall last season. They tied for first in the league at 10-4, but stumbled in the conference tournament, losing their first game to Lowell. Coach Ryan Odom got himself a new gig at Utah State for this season.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Odom
Ryan is son of Dave, Wake Forest's coach during the Tim Duncan years.

Jim Ferry takes over as head coach this season. Familiar name as he was Duquesne's coach from 2012-17. Prior to that he got LIU to consecutive NCAA Tournaments, but stumbled at Duq with a .382 overall record, and never higher than 10th in the league. Recently he was on staff at Penn State.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ferry_(basketball)

More on UMBC's roster later, but for now, I noticed they have 5'2" Darnell Rogers.
https://www.umbcretrievers.com/sports/m ... rnell_3pao
He's the son of Shawnta, who at 5'4" himself still snared the A-10 Player of the Year honor in 1998-99 with George Washington.
Darnell started at FGCU, didn't work out, went to JuCo for a bit, but has done pretty well with UMBC.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/pl ... ers-1.html

UMass hasn't announced a start time for 11/9 yet. Might be a double-header as the women are playing at home also (against CCSU). No time on theirs yet either.

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Re: Game 1, 2021-22: UMBC (11/9)

Post by Berkman » Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:30 am

How about TV?

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Re: Game 1, 2021-22: UMBC (11/9)

Post by MikeUMA » Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:34 am

^
Wasn't mentioned in the initial schedule release, so I don't think there will be traditional TV coverage for this one. But, anything that doesn't get TV will get ESPN+ streaming, so you'll be able to watch any UM home game, and any A-10 road game. The non-conference road games is where it will get spotty.

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Post by MikeUMA » Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:23 am

UMBC picked 5th out of the 10 in the America East.
https://umbc.prestosports.com/sports/mb ... 1020np6o1n

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Post by 69MG » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:47 pm

A quick check of their roster shows they lost their only 2 double digit scorers (14.3 and 13.1). Highest returning scorer is Rogers at 9.8 and 40% from 3.
The two top scorers were also their 1st and 3rd leading rebounders (4.9 and 8.7). They also lost their #2 rebounder (6.4) who scored 7.9.

They have 5 newcomers, including transfers from Oklahoma, DePaul, Marist and Akron.

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Post by mdogt12 » Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:48 pm

Berkman wrote: Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:30 amHow about TV?
Depends what games if any NESN will pick up as well.

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Post by MikeUMA » Sun Oct 24, 2021 12:14 am

^ Bruins at 7 PM that night, so at best it'd be NESN+

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Re: Game 1, 2021-22: UMBC (11/9)

Post by MikeUMA » Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:06 pm

https://twitter.com/UMassWBB/status/1453096465585352715
Here's a clue about the start time for the men's game season opener on 11/9. The women play at 5:00. That'd probably set the men's game vs UMBC for 7:30.
There was a twin-bill in 2019, games started 2.5 hours apart.
No confirmation as yet.

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Post by mdogt12 » Wed Oct 27, 2021 6:20 pm

https://umassathletics.com/sports/mens- ... l/schedule
Officially listed as 7:30
Penn St and Lowell 7:00
Rutgers 2:00

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Post by 69MG » Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:55 pm

Interview with UMBC coach Ferry about the upcoming season. One item of note is they lost 2 players for the season. A lot of that going around this year.

https://soundcloud.com/glennclarkradioc ... er-29-2021

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Post by Berkman » Mon Nov 01, 2021 7:46 pm

Who is UMBC? Not familiar with those initials. Hope it is on some kind of TV so I can watch it. They will be playing Davidson down here so I will be able to go to that game.

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Post by Floyd » Mon Nov 01, 2021 7:51 pm

See top post Berkie
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Post by mdogt12 » Tue Nov 02, 2021 6:03 pm

Berkman wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 7:46 pm Who is UMBC? Not familiar with those initials. Hope it is on some kind of TV so I can watch it. They will be playing Davidson down here so I will be able to go to that game.
Games are on ESPN+ unless National TV picks them up.

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Post by Berkman » Tue Nov 02, 2021 7:11 pm

Thanks.

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