Under the Radar Game of the Day – Sunday, February 14: New Hampshire at Stony Brook

Under the Radar Game of the Day: New Hampshire at Stony Brook, 2:00 PM Eastern, americaeast.tv

The UTR Game of the Day heads to Long Island this afternoon as the longest win streak in the nation is on the line.  Head coach Steve Pikiell’s Stony Brook Seawolves have won 17 straight games heading into today’s contest, and join Yale and Stephen F. Austin as the only three teams remaining in the nation that are undefeated within their conferences.  The Seawolves sit at 21-4 overall, 12-0 against America East play and four games away from completing the perfect conference regular season (though a big trip to second place Albany looms on Wednesday).  Jameel Warney is the clear star for Stony Brook.  He has 17 double-doubles on the season, and has scored in double digits every single game.  Warney’s average of 10.5 rebounds per game has him ranked 15th in the nation.  If the Seawolves can get the wins today and Wednesday at Albany, they will clinch the top seed in the America East tournament and have home court advantage for all three rounds.

New Hampshire enters plays today with a record of 15-9 overall and 8-3 in AEC play.  The Wildcats have won 7 of their last 8 games, including a huge home win Thursday night over Albany.  With that win, New Hampshire clinched at least fourth place in the conference and guaranteed themselves a home game in the conference tournament for the second straight season.  UNH’s home quarterfinal game last season had been the first ever Division I conference tournament game played in the state of New Hampshire.  This year, we will be seeing at least the second, if not more.  The Wildcats have won their last three without the help of Jacoby Armstrong who is in the midst of serving a five game suspension for violation of team rules.  Tanner Leissner has been leading the way in his absence, including a 20 point effort against Albany and 26 points in a win over Maine.  The Wildcats have clearly been one of the hottest teams in the conference, and if they can pick up the road upset today have a chance to move up to the #2 seed and establish themselves as potentially being Stony Brook’s top challenger as we head towards connference tournament play.