UAlbany Great Danes basketball (Times Union)

Two college professors conducted a study that found biases among basketball referees. The professors analyzed 365 college games during the 2004-05 season and say they discovered referees favored home teams, are big on “make-up” calls, and make more calls against teams that are ahead, especially if the games are nationa...lly televised Obviously, these were already widely held suspicions among college basketball fans....

UAlbany coach Will Brown made his weekly appearance on WOFX (980 AM) this morning and explained his team’s upcoming eight-game road trip that starts at Central Florida on Saturday. “Bad scheduling,” Brown quipped. “We struggled last year on the road in conference play (1-7 in America East). I just wanted to challenge this team, test this team....

ALBANY – There’s now a full box score online for UAlbany’s 71-66 win over Robert Morris after the computer statistics program crashed during the game. Among the more notable numbers are UAlbany shooting 23 of 44 (52.3 percent) from the field compared to Robert Morris’ 23 of 67 (34.3 percent). The Colonials kept themsel...ves in the game by shooting 13 of 33 (39.4 percent) from 3-point range. The Great Danes held a 38-32 rebounding...

ALBANY – Senior forward Will Harris scored 22 points as the University at Albany men’s basketball team defeated Robert Morris 71-66 today in the final game of the 2K Sports Classic subregional at SEFCU Arena. Junior guard Tim Ambrose pitched in with 15 points for UAlbany (3-3), which won two of three games in the event to benefit Coaches vs....

ALBANY – Senior forward Will Harris scored seven straight UAlbany points, including a 3-pointer with :01 left on the shot clock, and the Great Danes have a 58-49 lead with 2:16 remaining. Robert Morris’ Mezie Nwigwe just answered with a 3-pointer from the left side and the Colonials called timeout.

ALBANY – UAlbany opened a 12-point lead in the second half and is still ahead 44-35 with 11:56 left. Robert Morris closed within 42-35 before a swing in momentum when the Colonials couldn’t score on a fast break and UAlbany’s Tim Ambrose hit a short jumper to put the Great Danes back up by nine points.

With nine players scoring, UAlbany has seized a 35-27 halftime lead over Robert Morris. Freshman center Blake Metcalf came off the bench to lead the Great Danes with seven points. Leading 24-21, UAlbany ran off seven unanswered points with some nice ball movement. Freshman Derrek Tartt, taking over at the point for str...uggling Mike Johnson, drove and kicked to senior forward Will Harris for a 3-pointer to start a 7-0 run. Then junior guard...

ALBANY – Freshmen guards Derrek Tartt and Mike Black did get into the game in the first half today after being benched for the opening 20 minutes against Detroit on Saturday night for being late for a film session. Tartt entered with 12 minutes left in the half and Black came in with 9:27 remaining....

ALBANY – After Robert Morris scored the game’s first basket on a 3-pointer, UAlbany responded with 10 unanswered points and now leads 14-9 with 11:57 left in the first half. UAlbany center Brett Gifford drew his second foul just 2:54 into the game, but freshman Blake Metcalf took his place and scored on a layup for a 4...-2 lead. UAlbany guard Tim Ambrose scored three straight baskets to put UAlbany ahead 12-6 with...

ALBANY – Since in our world, everything comes back to UAlbany basketball eventually, Great Danes fans might enjoy this tidbit. UAlbany is getting ready to play Robert Morris, which has a coaching staff that includes assistant Andrew Toole. Today will be Toole’s second visit to SEFCU Arena. The first came 10 years ago, ...when Toole was a guard for Elon College, which UAlbany beat 73-69 for its first victory as a Division I program...

ALBANY – It’ll be interesting to see how much steam UAlbany has left in its third game in three days today against Robert Morris in the 2K Sports Classic sub-regional. A player who bears particular scrutiny is senior point guard Mike Johnson, who played a team-high 31 minutes in Saturday’s 66-54 loss to Detroit....

ALBANY – UAlbany head coach Will Brown said after tonight’s 66-54 loss to Detroit that he sat freshman guards Mike Black and Derrek Tartt the entire first half because they were late for the pre-game film session. That forced senior point guard Mike Johnson to play the entire first half and deprived UAlbany of Tartt, w...ho had scored a career-high 13 in Friday’s win over Alcorn State. “That hurts us right there because...

ALBANY – Junior forward Xavier Keeling scored 21 points and sophomore center Eli Holman added 20 points and 14 rebounds as Detroit defeated UAlbany 66-54 tonight on the second day of the 2K Sports Classic at SEFCU Arena. UAlbany (2-3), which had a two-game winning streak snapped, will face Robert Morris in the tourname...nt’s final game on Sunday at 5 p.m. Junior guard Tim Ambrose had a team-high 12 points for the Great...

ALBANY – It’s all but over as Detroit leads UAlbany 65-48 with 3:44 left. Freshman guard Derrek Tartt checked in for the first time with 4:10 left after scoring a career-high 13 points in Friday’s win over Alcorn State.

ALBANY – UAlbany’s rally has dissipated as Detroit’s Eli Holman just scored on a put-back for a 52-41 lead with 7:48 left. Holman is about to go to the free throw line coming out of this media timeout. UAlbany is shooting 34.2 percent from the field with 16 turnovers leading to 20 Detroit points.

ALBANY – Detroit still leads UAlbany 47-40 with 11:41 to play, although Scotty McRae just got the crowd into it with an emphatic follow dunk off a Mike Johnson miss. However, the Great Danes have squandered a few chances to get closer. They had gotten within 43-38 when Tim Ambrose missed a shot and then Jake Lindfors t...raveled. Then Johnson, who had four turnovers at halftime, committed another by traveling on a transition...

ALBANY – Freshman guard Logan Aronhalt came out firing to give struggling UAlbany a lift as the Great Danes closed to within 40-33 of Detroit at halftime. After the Great Danes had fallen behind by 15 points, Aronhalt made a pair of 3-pointers in to pull them within 38-29. When Aronhalt had another 3-point attempt rim ...out, Scotty McRae scored on the offensive rebound to make it 38-31. UAlbany’s Mike Johnson sank a...

ALBANY – Detroit used a 22-3 run to take a 34-21 lead with 3:48 remaining in the first half. For a stretch of over 10 minutes, UAlbany’s only basket was a 3-pointer by junior guard Tim Ambrose with 8:41 left. The Titans have some serious athletes with a capital ‘A,’ one reason why UAlbany finds itself in the unusual po...sition of being down 18-13 in the rebounding battle....

ALBANY – Sophomore center Eli Holman has 10 points as Detroit leads UAlbany 19-16 with 11:08 to go in the first half. Holman, a former Indiana signee, and forward Xavier Keeling, an ex-Hoosier player, have combined for 17 points. UAlbany got off to a hot start behind senior forward Will Harris, who made two 3-pointers..., and led 12-5 early. But Detroit’s man-to-man pressure is really bothering UAlbany and the Titans have run off...

ROBERT MORRIS – Freshman guard Karon Abraham scored 18 points off the bench and Robert Morris rolled to a 107-76 victory today in the 2K Sports Classic at SEFCU Arena. The defending Northeast Conference champion Colonials (1-3) earned their first win of the season by shooting 53 percent from the field and making 12 of ...21 3-point attempts. Robert Morris, which built a 51-25 halftime lead, will face UAlbany Sunday at 5 p.m....

ALBANY – Freshman guard Derrek Tartt of Chicago and his career-high 13 points were the main topic of discussion after UAlbany’s 71-55 win over Alcorn State on Friday night. “When he plays with a sense of urgency, he’s pretty good,” UAlbany coach Will Brown said. “I expect him to be a good player for us … We’ve got to g...et a kid like that ready through the non-conference to really help us...

ALBANY – Senior forward Will Harris scored 15 points and freshman guard Derrek Tartt added a career-high 13 points as the UAlbany men’s basketball team beat Alcorn State 71-55 tonight in the 2K Sports Classic sub-regional at SEFCU Arena. The Great Danes (2-2) won their second straight game. They’ll face Detroit, a 71-5...9 victor over Robert Morris, tonight at 7 p.m. With UAlbany leading 31-28 late in the first half, Tartt hit a...

ALBANY – UAlbany appears headed to its second straight win with a 65-52 lead over Alcorn State with 3:57 remaining. The pesky Braves got within 56-48 on Jonathan Boyd’s 3-pointer with 7:05 left. But UAlbany’s Will Harris answered with a 3-pointer of his own, followed by Jake Lindfors’ lefty banker, Brett Gifford’s shor...t jumper and Mike Johnson’s layup off an Alcorn State turnover.

ALBANY – UAlbany went on an 18-3 run bridging the first and second halves and is ahead 49-37 with 11:12 to play. The Great Danes, victimized by turnovers in their two losses, have converted Alcorn State’s 16 miscues into 23 points. Freshman center Blake Metcalf scored on an offensive rebound while being fouled to give... UAlbany its biggest lead at 49-31 with 13:59 left.

America East preseason favorite Boston University beat Indiana 71-67 tonight in the second round of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. Obviously, this isn’t the Indiana program of Bobby Knight or even Mike Davis. The Hoosiers are coming off a 6-25 campaign under second-year coach Tom Crean. Still, it’s a nice win for the Terriers after an 0-3 start.

ALBANY – Led by freshman guard Derrek Tartt’s 11 points, UAlbany holds a 36-28 lead over Alcorn State at halftime of the 2K Sports Classic. After Alcorn State had pulled within three points, UAlbany junior forward Scotty McRae had a resounding block that led to Tartt’s 3-pointer to give UAlbany a 34-28 lead. Then UAlba...ny freshman guard Logan Aronhalt dunked off an Alcorn State turnover with 25 seconds left to send the Great...

ALBANY – Freshman guard Derrek Tartt came off the bench to score eight straight points and UAlbany holds a 31-26 lead with 3:41 to play in the first half. Tartt scored on a lefty layup off a fast break to put UAlbany ahead 25-17. He added a drive for a 3-point play and a 3-pointer from the right wing to make it 31-22. ...However, Alcorn State keeps hanging around as Brandon Rogers and...

ALBANY – UAlbany is in the middle of an 8-0 run to grab a 20-11 lead over Alcorn State with 11:41 left in the first half. Junior forward Fran Urli, in his first game back from an ankle injury, made two free throws to give the Great Danes a 14-11 lead. Then UAlbany pressed on the inbounds pass and forced a turnover whic...h Will Harris (eight points) converted into a 3-point shot....

ALBANY – Senior forward Thomas Kennedy scored 19 points to lead Detroit to a 71-59 victory over Robert Morris in the first game of the 2K Sports Classic at SEFCU Arena tonight. Sophomore center Eli Holman added 14 points and eight rebounds for the Titans (2-1), who will face UAlbany on Saturday night at 7 p.m. Senior f...orward Rob Robinson scored 14 points for Robert Morris (0-3), which will meet Alcorn State on...