Post-Season
Holy Cross must play in the Play-In game in the tournament. They are one of the worst teams to ever make the dance, with an overall record of 13-20. They get beaten up by Charleston Southern, and the Patriot league will not even be represented in the field of 64 after last year’s Cinderella story.
March 17, 2005
Colgate 57, Depaul 41
We take care of business to show that we are for real and not just beating up on Patriot teams all year long. Depaul may not be from a major conference, but they are more prestigious than we are. Hogan led the team with 12 points, but backup PG, Jack Hatch was named POTG for chipping in 7 points in just 12 minutes.
Colgate Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Michael Hicks C 30 1-4 0-0 3 9 4 3 2
Richard Nichols PF 27 2-10 4-4 2 6 0 1 8
Hans Brewton SF 29 4-10 1-1 0 5 1 1 10
Jeramy Perez SG 25 4-9 0-1 2 4 4 4 9
Thomas Hogan PG 27 5-9 1-2 0 4 0 2 12
Jack Hatch PG 12 3-5 1-2 1 2 2 1 7
Warren Pond SF 15 0-2 1-2 0 1 1 1 1
Garrett Welch C 10 1-2 0-0 0 4 1 1 2
Sydney Greenwood SG 12 0-0 2-2 1 1 1 0 2
Tony Brown PF 11 2-2 0-0 0 4 0 2 4
James Hale PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Joseph Tiller PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Aultman SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 16 (M.Hicks 1, R.Nichols 1, H.Brewton 4,
J.Perez 6, T.Hogan 1, W.Pond 2, G.Welch 1)
Blocked Shots: 8 (M.Hicks 1, R.Nichols 5, H.Brewton 1,
T.Brown 1)
Steals: 7 (M.Hicks 1, H.Brewton 1, J.Perez 2, J.Hatch
2, W.Pond 1)
3P FGs: 3-9 (H.Brewton 1-3, J.Perez 1-3, T.Hogan 1-3)
Our next game is against the #8 seed, Ohio U.
March 18, 2005
Ohio 63, Colgate 58
Our season comes to an end here, but it was a great year, and a vast improvement. We were even able to win a post season game. Our best players will return next season, so the future is looking good.
Colgate Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Michael Hicks C 30 2-5 0-0 2 9 1 2 4
Richard Nichols PF 28 5-6 0-2 1 9 3 3 10
Hans Brewton SF 30 1-7 3-5 0 2 2 4 5
Jeramy Perez SG 31 8-10 3-4 1 4 5 2 19
Thomas Hogan PG 27 2-11 0-0 2 3 2 0 5
Jack Hatch PG 13 1-3 1-2 0 2 4 0 3
Warren Pond SF 11 1-1 0-0 0 2 0 2 2
Garrett Welch C 9 0-1 3-4 1 2 0 0 3
Sydney Greenwood SG 9 1-2 2-2 0 1 1 0 4
Tony Brown PF 10 1-2 0-0 1 3 0 0 3
James Hale PF 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Sammy Hynes C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 18 (M.Hicks 1, R.Nichols 5, H.Brewton 1,
J.Perez 3, T.Hogan 2, G.Welch 2, S.Greenwood 1,
T.Brown 3)
Blocked Shots: 3 (R.Nichols 3)
Steals: 5 (M.Hicks 1, R.Nichols 1, H.Brewton 1, J.Perez
1, S.Greenwood 1)
3P FGs: 2-9 (H.Brewton 0-2, T.Hogan 1-3, J.Hatch 0-1,
S.Greenwood 0-1, T.Brown 1-1, J.Hale 0-1)
For those that are curious, the following higher seeds lost in the first round of the NCAA:
Two 2s
Two 5s
Two 6s
One 7
One 8
Coupled with last year’s two number 1 seeds losing in the first round, the two number 2’s dropping this year, concerns me a bit, but this is more buyable than last year’s scenario. Heavyreign said he would have to tweak this, so I feel good about a patch addressing this issue.
NCAA Final Four:
#1 Texas
#2 Cincinnati
#3 Indiana
#1 Syracuse
So, although there are some problems with extreme upsets early on, the Final Four has been quite realistic both seasons.
Cincinnati beats Syracuse, 105-99 for the National Championship!
Wright State won the NIT tournament.