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Date Posted: 23:55:26 02/23/03 Sun
Author: Bainsey
Subject: Maine solid in win over SBU

A 59% first-half shooting performance gave Maine a good early margin, and the Black Bears kept it thoughout its 74-56 win over Stony Brook in Orono on Sunday afternoon.

The outside game worked well for Kevin Reed (17 points) and Eric Dobson (12), while both Rickey White and Clayton Brown drove the lane for 16 each. Maine's turnover problem (16 today) still shows up, but it's better than what I've seen.

While the Seawolves also had four players in double figures (Spencer 14, Munir 11, Santiago 11, McCollum 10), SBU simply had diffulty going inside, and its shooting wasn't really on, either (38% for the game). By the way, Nick Marcarchuk is easily the most stressed-out coach in America East. I thought his head was going to pop off the way he screamed at players and officials. He was neither a calm nor rational man that day. (I could cite a few examples, but we could be here a while.)

Maine's situation: A win over Hartford next Sunday (televised) gives Maine a #3 seed in the tourney, while a loss puts Maine at #4 or #5, depending on how Northeastern does.

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[> Re: SBU - Macarchuk -- Patch, 02:25:52 02/24/03 Mon

Great Win - Macarchuk was irrational at UA also, in fact some thought he and McCollum were going to go after each other. He was also heard screaming at his players after the game on the team bus. His son is a piece of work too.

>A 59% first-half shooting performance gave Maine a
>good early margin, and the Black Bears kept it
>thoughout its 74-56 win over Stony Brook in Orono on
>Sunday afternoon.
>
>The outside game worked well for Kevin Reed (17
>points) and Eric Dobson (12), while both Rickey White
>and Clayton Brown drove the lane for 16 each. Maine's
>turnover problem (16 today) still shows up, but it's
>better than what I've seen.
>
>While the Seawolves also had four players in double
>figures (Spencer 14, Munir 11, Santiago 11, McCollum
>10), SBU simply had diffulty going inside, and its
>shooting wasn't really on, either (38% for the game).
>By the way, Nick Marcarchuk is easily the most
>stressed-out coach in America East. I thought his
>head was going to pop off the way he screamed at
>players and officials. He was neither a calm nor
>rational man that day. (I could cite a few examples,
>but we could be here a while.)
>
>Maine's situation: A win over Hartford next Sunday
>(televised) gives Maine a #3 seed in the tourney,
>while a loss puts Maine at #4 or #5, depending on how
>Northeastern does.

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[> [> Re: SBU - Macarchuk -- rozzie, 09:13:08 02/24/03 Mon

>Great Win - Macarchuk was irrational at UA also, in
>fact some thought he and McCollum were going to go
>after each other. He was also heard screaming at his
>players after the game on the team bus. His son is a
>piece of work too.
>
>>A 59% first-half shooting performance gave Maine a
>>good early margin, and the Black Bears kept it
>>thoughout its 74-56 win over Stony Brook in Orono on
>>Sunday afternoon.
>>
>>The outside game worked well for Kevin Reed (17
>>points) and Eric Dobson (12), while both Rickey White
>>and Clayton Brown drove the lane for 16 each. Maine's
>>turnover problem (16 today) still shows up, but it's
>>better than what I've seen.
>>
>>While the Seawolves also had four players in double
>>figures (Spencer 14, Munir 11, Santiago 11, McCollum
>>10), SBU simply had diffulty going inside, and its
>>shooting wasn't really on, either (38% for the game).
>>By the way, Nick Marcarchuk is easily the most
>>stressed-out coach in America East. I thought his
>>head was going to pop off the way he screamed at
>>players and officials. He was neither a calm nor
>>rational man that day. (I could cite a few examples,
>>but we could be here a while.)
>>
>>Maine's situation: A win over Hartford next Sunday
>>(televised) gives Maine a #3 seed in the tourney,
>>while a loss puts Maine at #4 or #5, depending on how
>>Northeastern does.
what is the problem with Macarchuk....AND his staff?? i've never seen a bigger bunch of whack jobs in all my life and i can't believe anyone would want to play for that staff. i mean, i think coach G sometimes gets on players too much for things at times......you know, when you complain about where you're seated, how the silverware is arranged, the temperature of the drinking water, etc. the waiter's not gonna listen when you tell him your meal sucks...but the stony brook staff is another level!! constantly yelling at his players for mistakes, micromanaging everything from the sideline such that the players can't(or won't) use their instincts, and very little positive reinforcement when someone does something well......if i were playing for SB, i wouldn't know who or what to listen to--there was a constant cacophony of screaming voices coming from the bench from macarchuk AND all of his assistants....it was confusion and loud noise and why on God's green earth any of those guys would want to play in that situation befuddles me. he wasn't teaching--he was the dictatorial prison warden telling them what to do and punishing them if they did it wrong. i've never, ever seen anything like it.

what do SB fans think of that staff? did i just get them on a bad day?

as to Maine, once again, they've shown they can beat anyone in this league.....with the exception of the BU game last week(an 11 point loss), Maine has been within single digits of everyone of its opponents this year. ISBAL, is Maine the only team that doesn't have a blow-out conference loss this year? btw--they can lose to anyone too!!!

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[> [> [> Re: SBU - Macarchuk -- Van Lier, 09:21:12 02/24/03 Mon

>>>By the way, Nick Marcarchuk is easily the most
>>>stressed-out coach in America East.

Roz, sorry I missed it ... backed off from making the trip up from southern Maine because of the freezing rain. Plus, conference tourney got the official Mrs. endorsement so that'll be a couple days in sunny Boston in a couple weeks. Sounds like Marcarchuk provided lots of entertainment.

Hope the seniors received a nice round of applause. I would have liked to seen Derrick Jackson one more time at home.

Please send along any other notes of interest from the game.

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[> [> [> [> Re: SBU - Macarchuk -- rozzie, 12:59:24 02/24/03 Mon

>
>
>>>>By the way, Nick Marcarchuk is easily the most
>>>>stressed-out coach in America East.
>
>Roz, sorry I missed it ... backed off from making the
>trip up from southern Maine because of the freezing
>rain. Plus, conference tourney got the official Mrs.
>endorsement so that'll be a couple days in sunny
>Boston in a couple weeks. Sounds like Marcarchuk
>provided lots of entertainment.
>
>Hope the seniors received a nice round of applause. I
>would have liked to seen Derrick Jackson one more time
>at home.
>
>Please send along any other notes of interest from the
>game.
nice crowd for a crappy sunday. derrick jackson got a nice ovation(as did all three seniors) and i was pleased to see ricky white NOT announced as a senior. must mean he is coming back!!! allays some of my fears for next year.

ricky is all out hustle--on three consecutive plays, he intercepted the entry pass to his man by diving around him and knocking it away.....lead to two lay-ups and a three attempt by ricky.

kevin reed continues to develop...he's much more assured and confident out there. he's this close to being a leader on that team. he defends well, shoots well(as we all know), rebounds well, and now is taking the ball to basket now with more frequency and assurance. if they can get some size next year, with ricky, markwood, reed, and udo, well, that's a nice foursome.....

petkus continued to be a solid role player. he hit a three, drove to the hoop, rebounded well and defended. he's a nice solid player. he, not anyone else, has taken joe campbell's minutes.

now that justin isn't counted on to score, he looks so much more comfortable out there. i don't know if it's been a conscious decision or not, but they run very few plays for him,unlike earlier in the year. however, he blocks and gets defensive rebounds better than anyone in the conference, billings included.

the team has really rounded into shape from a chemistry perspective...the lowpoint was the BU loss at home. they've seemingly turned a corner since. i can't imagine this team's record if they hadn't had to wait 6 games to get all their players in due to suspensions and injury. maybe the chemistry would have been better sooner. nonetheless, they can win this thing.....

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: SBU - Macarchuk -- Van Lier, 13:41:13 02/24/03 Mon

>kevin reed continues to develop...he's much more
>assured and confident out there. he's this close to
>being a leader on that team. he defends well, shoots
>well(as we all know), rebounds well, and now is taking
>the ball to basket now with more frequency and
>assurance. if they can get some size next year, with
>ricky, markwood, reed, and udo, well, that's a nice
>foursome.....
>
>petkus continued to be a solid role player. he hit a
>three, drove to the hoop, rebounded well and defended.
>he's a nice solid player. he, not anyone else, has
>taken joe campbell's minutes.
>
>now that justin isn't counted on to score, he looks so
>much more comfortable out there. i don't know if it's
>been a conscious decision or not, but they run very
>few plays for him,unlike earlier in the year.
>however, he blocks and gets defensive rebounds better
>than anyone in the conference, billings included.
>
>the team has really rounded into shape from a
>chemistry perspective...the lowpoint was the BU loss
>at home. they've seemingly turned a corner since. i
>can't imagine this team's record if they hadn't had to
>wait 6 games to get all their players in due to
>suspensions and injury. maybe the chemistry would
>have been better sooner. nonetheless, they can win
>this thing.

Thanks for the recap. I had heard that Rickey wasn't included with the seniors. Not sure if you know, but the final outcome on Rickey regaining that year won't be known until the end of the summer session. Let's hope he does it. You're right, with Rickey, Reed, Markwood, Udo, Dobson, Hill and Campbell, we've got a good core group coming back; all of whom know the league. Need a defender/rebounder/sometimes-scorer underneath. Flavin and Dubois sure will have an opportunity if they can crank it up a notch or three.

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