AmEast Roundup: 1 Month In

We have about one month’s worth of games in the book, so I thought it might be a good time to check in on the league at large.

No long-winded, beautifully crafted messages on the America East from me this week, but I did want to provide some news, notes, and things I saw (liked or disliked) from each team across the conference.

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Tano’s Updated AmEast Power Ratings

Team

Net Rating

Offensive Rating

Defensive Rating

Vermont

-1.44

111.08

112.52

Bryant

-9.83

99.44

109.27

UMBC

-10.70

101.58

112.28

Maine

-13.17

94.72

107.89

Albany

-13.36

100.53

113.89

UMass Lowell

-13.48

103.32

116.80

New Hampshire

-17.18

95.49

112.67

NJIT

-17.45

94.96

112.41

Binghamton

-17.78

99.12

116.90

Vermont

Although Vermont has lost four of its past five — including two of three at the ESPN Events Invitational — there are still positives to take away from the past few weeks.

For starters, the Gus Yalden breakout is fully here. He’s averaging 18/4/2 on 65%/47%/67% shooting splits since making his debut against Northeastern.

His post presence (1.36 PPP on 33 possessions, 96th percentile) and passing vision provide the Catamounts with a true interior hub to play around and through. John Becker has been looking for a Ryan Davis replacement for a few seasons, and he’s finally found one.

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Yalden’s interior presence keeps defenses honest, meaning the Cats are getting more open perimeter jumpers. However, you don’t have to sacrifice anything with Yalden on the court, as he has a surprisingly smooth 3-point shot, and he’s a willing perimeter trigger-man in DHO actions.

My favorite thing I saw this week was Vermont drawing up flex actions with TJ Hurley as the screener to get Yalden post entries down the stretch against Princeton. Defenders can’t help off of Hurley, giving the Gus Bus plenty of space to do one-on-one damage down low.

As Yalden has cooked, the Catamounts’ offense has cooked. In my power ratings, they’ve jumped up to 111th nationally in offensive efficiency. They rank in the top-50 nationally in…

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