The DR's Latest Appointments

Welcome back to the blog folks. Time for the DR to take a look at some patients.

Patient #1: UAlbany Men's Basketball
Symptoms: 0-3 record, Blow-out losses to Georgia Tech and American, missing point guard, turnovers

Diagnosis: Simply, they need PG Mike Black to get healthy. Black had scored 10 points, and lead Albany to a 9 point advantage in the opening 13 minutes against Cornell. Since Black's injury, Albany has been out-scored 183-130. In regards to Black's replacements, Jacob Iati and Ralph Watts, Coach Will Brown said, "Our point guards are a work in progress right now." There has been no update on Black's condition, and the longer he is out, the harder it's going to be for UAlbany to right the ship.

Patient #2: UAlbany Women's Basketball
Symptoms: 2-0 record entering Friday, a first year head coach, two players who have had double-doubles in both games so far

Diagnosis: At first glance everything seems fine here, but there are some concerns that bear monitoring over the next few weeks. Julie Forster and Ebone Henry have been spectacular so far, combining to average 35 points, and 26.5 boards per game so far. The problem is the supporting cast. The rest of team is averaging 21.5 points per game and shooting just 24.6% (16/65) from the field so far including a painful 14.2% (3/21) from 3 point range. Guard Felicia Johnson has been off to a slow start shooting 21% so far, after being one of the teams leading scorers last year. It may be worth considering giving point guard duties to Henry to take the heat off Johnson, in the hope it will jump start her offense. Besides, Lebron and Jordan weren't point guards but typically held the ball and ran the offense anyway. Henry may not be at that level, but why not. Additionally, why not try to push the ball inside more and give Forster and Williams more shots from close in, Forster is shooting 75% from inside the 3 point line, and Williams is shooting just under 56% this year.