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Message: [QUOTE="Pudge, post: 2016891, member: 364"] Are we just all into "Money Ball"/ Ken Pom stuff ... or just use our eyes? I actually do watch America East frequently walking a thousand steps to see UAlbany play UNH or Vermont or Stony Brook. It is good basketball. But you are absolutely nuts if your eyes are telling you that the caliber of ball players at a UAlbany/Binghamton/Stony Brook/UNH/Maine/Vermont is anywhere near what we just saw in these three last teams on our schedule. There is no one close to Holston on any of these. Big guys? None like Washington (ECU) Guerrero (USF) or even Ryan Smith would be a solid player in that league. Having said that ... all three of those programs were unimpressive. The exception (maybe) is that I thought Tulane was better than last year - in spite the 4-18 record. I like what Dunleavy is running and know that he had very little addition to his roster since he was hired; Let us see on that. I thought ECU had a good complement of players ... but played sluggishly for too long. If the average American East marks you at 220, these programs are a good 20-50 places better based purely on what we just saw in the last week. Not their earlier schedules. And 2 of these programs have interim coaches. Lots of good insight however. Facey obviously is playing far greater than ever; evidence that he always could. I agree on Purvis and Brimah. It is too bad that Enoch and Durham missed some very valued court time. [/QUOTE]