December 4, 2041
@#1 Villanova 72, Virginia 55
The Hoos tend to be a step forward, step back kind of program. They'll win 20 games for a couple years in a row, and follow them up with a stinker of a season. Right now, their Prestige is as high as it's been since the first year of our universe (67).
They fall apart in the second half against us, turning what was a five-point game into a comfortable Wildcat victory. The Hoos take only 38 shots, which is as few as I remember from a power conference team.
Dan O'Halloran leads us with 20 points.
Asaad Richardson and
John Cannon contribute matching 17-point performances; Asaad grabs 6 rebounds, too.
Kai Smith, the second leading assist man in the nation, hands out 9 assists, which is just below his season average.
Record: 7-0.
December 7, 2041
Code:
#1 Villanova 86, Johns Hopkins 65
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Johns Hopkins (0-5, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jim Fiske C 28 5-9 0-3 2 6 0 3 11
Matthew Ide PF 26 1-2 2-2 2 3 1 2 4
Hal Thompson SF 18 2-4 0-2 1 3 1 5 5
Buford Radke SF 27 6-19 0-0 2 5 5 3 14
Eric Williams PG 26 4-7 0-0 1 2 7 3 10
Delmar Lin SG 25 4-7 0-1 1 7 2 5 8
Stewart Stallings PG 18 0-3 0-0 0 1 3 1 0
Britt Quinonez PF 26 5-6 2-2 0 4 0 1 13
Casey Johnson SG 6 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0
Turnovers: 22 (J.Fiske 1, M.Ide 4, H.Thompson 2,
B.Radke 4, E.Williams 1, D.Lin 3, S.Stallings 5,
B.Quinonez 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (J.Fiske 1)
Steals: 6 (H.Thompson 1, E.Williams 2, D.Lin 1,
S.Stallings 1, B.Quinonez 1)
3P FGs: 7-26 (J.Fiske 1-3, H.Thompson 1-3, B.Radke 2-8,
E.Williams 2-5, D.Lin 0-3, S.Stallings 0-2, B.Quinonez
1-2)
Villanova (8-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Immanuel Bahr C 22 2-5 1-2 4 11 1 4 5
Weston Wagner PF 24 3-7 0-0 2 5 4 2 7
Brian Cioffi SF 33 3-8 0-1 2 5 1 1 6
Tyson Lien SG 33 3-8 7-8 1 1 4 3 14
Nick O'Brien PG 33 6-10 0-0 2 4 4 3 14
John Cannon SF 21 8-12 7-10 1 2 1 0 27
Dan O'Halloran C 19 3-6 4-6 0 7 1 0 10
Forrest Curl PF 4 1-2 1-2 0 1 0 0 3
Asaad Richardson SF 6 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 0
Kai Smith PG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Turnovers: 13 (I.Bahr 1, W.Wagner 2, B.Cioffi 2, T.Lien
2, N.O'Brien 3, J.Cannon 3)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 14 (I.Bahr 1, T.Lien 4, N.O'Brien 3, J.Cannon
5, D.O'Halloran 1)
3P FGs: 8-22 (I.Bahr 0-2, W.Wagner 1-3, T.Lien 1-4,
N.O'Brien 2-4, J.Cannon 4-8, A.Richardson 0-1)
Player of Game: SF John Cannon (VLNV)
The new Division I teams I created are slowly becoming more competitive. Their players are gradually getting better; now they have Orange and even Yellow players in their starting fives, and most of them have recruited players with promise.
I still use a game against one of the newbie teams as a chance to give some meaningful playing time to the reserves, but this year, the Blue Jays hang with our bench guys quite well. They can't handle
John Cannon when he comes off the bench with guns blazing, and
Dan O'Halloran pushes them around, but John and Dan have been schooling more seasoned players this fall, too.
Nick O'Brien demonstrates that things won't fall completely apart if he runs the point for us. And
Tyson Lien continues to show us that he's more than
Joe Lien's son.
Record: 8-0.
December 11, 2041
@#1 Villanova 88, William & Mary 46
The Tribe has no answer for
Dan O'Halloran, who creates a 24-point, 15-rebound, 5-block, 3-steal masterpiece at Wawa Arena today. All four of those totals are career highs for the 6'10" sophomore.
First-year forward
Asaad Richardson scores 25 points with 7 rebounds.
John Cannon combines 15 points with 5 steals.
Kai Smith contributes 7 points, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Altogether, the Wildcats steal the ball 18 times.
William & Mary shoot only 28 percent and miss all but 1 of their 13 threes.
Record: 9-0.