05-30-2009, 04:09 AM | #1001 |
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I'm graduating two players: McCants and McClurkin. I'm happy with the bigs I'll be bringing back next year but Devonish worries me a bit, I could see grabbing another big if I can land a top one, espicially if there's one with some size. Similar things at PG, I've got two on the roster, but Modica isn't great and is only here two years, and Carlisle is suspect. Additionally, I have to assume that Mayer is leaving, though i don't/won't have a 3rd scholarship to offer until the end of the year. And, all of that was before I looked at the recruits. After I look at the recruits my first instinct is to offer my scholarships to a SG and a SF. 5* SG Gregg Maye is Mr Basketball in Louisiana. He's the #16 overall recruit. He really likes Florida State. He's got me #1 and at 80%. He likes Texas A&M, Kansas, Ohio State too, but I am #1. Maye is a B+ 3 point shooter, a B- defender, good speed, B- off and def awareness. Maye looks like a total stud that does all the things I want in a SG. I don't think i can pass him up b/c of needs elsewhere. Porter can be a 4 year backup, that's jsut fine. 4* SF JJ Abellard is from Hollywood, FL. The same place Roberto Mayer is from. Abellard is only the #50 OVR recruit but he's the #3 SF. Abellard looks like a good shooter/scorer, an above average defneder, a guy with good awareness and speed... my first instinct is to go here but I'm scouting out some other guys as well. 5* PG D'or Devonish is from Staten Island, NY, but he lists me #1 early on. He likes Ga Tech and Pitt too. I have yet to scout him, he's a definite option. 4* PF Boomer Yeager out of chicago is the #3 PF in the nation, he's 6'9" and he also has me over 80%. We're just scouting him out as well. A couple other secondary 4* targets get some attention, including a 6'10" post player from Kansas who likes me right along with Mizzou and KSU, and Mr Basketball in Florida, a 4* PG from Ft Lauderdale. He seems to like Miami and South Florida a lot more than me though. Scholarship Offers I love the 6'10" PF out of Kansas... sadly, he falls in love with Mizzou. We're hoping to fight it out for him, and Mizzou has him in the 90% range in the first week. We can't compete, and drop off. After that, I am back to my first instinct. SG Gregg Maye gets a scholarship offer. Virginia Tech, UNC, Georgia Tech are 2/3/4 on the list for him. I fear what happens if any of them offer. SF JJ Abellard gets my second scholarship offer. Florida has also offered him and they lead early on. I may have to backtrack quickly if I cannot pass Florida. The 5* PG, and the 4* PF out of Chicago are still being worked on. Three weeks into recruiting I decide The SF that i want is going to Florida. I have no shot. That leaves two targets, a PF and a PG. Both fill needs. The PF though, isn't what I want. His defensive rebounding is a C. His post offense, C. He's not my guy. That leaves the PG, who plays some defense, can shoot, handle the rock, pass and has defensive awareness. He's my guy, if i can get him. My second offer goes to PG D'or Devonish out of Staten Island. #15 OVR/#8 PG. I sim my first game vs a poor UNC-Greensboro team: #21 Florida State 89 UNC-Greensboro 52 McCants 17, McClurkin 12, Day 11. Black 11 off the bench. ... two weeks left before early recruits sign... SG Gregg Maye is at 99%. Virginia Tech is probably in the 90% range, and they have not made an offer. The only question in the final two weeks of recruiting is, will Va Tech make an offer. Actually, there's a second question... if they do, who wins? PG D'Or Devonish is at 95%. Georgia Tech is around 90%. Same question here, if Tech makes an offer who wins? UNC is actually around 90% as well it would appear, maybe 2% behind Tech... I sim out one more game: #19 Florida State 72 Florida A&M 52 Balanced scoring... Day 14, McCants 13, Mayer 12, Millar 12. Final Week of Offseason Recruiting SG Maye is at 100% now. Virginia Tech has not made an offer yet, but they still could before the end of the week. PG Devonish is at 99%. He'll get to 100% by the end of the week. UNC passes Ga Tech for 2nd. Neither has made an offer. Remember that these are #7 and #8 at their position. It is entirely possible that the other ACC schools are fighting it out over top 10 guys and will leave me to land these two recruits that look extremely good. And, I'm a sucker, I have a game I'd normally play this week, but I've got to see the recruits, sim time: #14 Florida State 75 at Ohio State 63 Ohio State is rated 84 OVR. We're better, but its on the road. I'm thrilled, and a little surprised really, to win our first road game. McClurkin, Day, McCants all hit 15 points each. Early Signing Day Since I've got both my guys at 100%, there is no point in stopping the sim beforehand to see if anyone else is going to steal my guys away from me. I sim through to the next Monday and check the results. 5* PG D'or Devonish signs with FLORIDA STATE 5* SG Gregg Maye signs with FLORIDA STATE YES YES YES YES. Two 5*, top 20 recruits!! These guys are ranked around the same area that Mayer, Millar, and Carlisle are. I of course have high hopes that they both come into college looking more like Mayer than Carlisle. |
05-30-2009, 04:20 AM | #1002 |
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So that was a super long stream of consciousness post as I was going through recruiting, hopefully it didn't get too bogged down in crap not worth reading.
We played 3 games, one of which i might normally have played but I wanted to see the recruits. We're 3-0 and have shot from #21 up to #8 in the polls early on. We also filled both our scholarships in the early signing period, landing two of our top 3 targets. Here they are: 5* SG Gregg Maye - 6'2" 182 lbs - Baton Rouge, LA - #16 OVR/#7 SG One of the things that excited me the most is that Maye is one of the best scorers I've ever seen in the ABL. He averaged 20.2 points/game in the ABL, shooting over 42% from the floor, 38.6% from 3. Shooting: A Skills: B+ Defense: B+ Athleticism: B+ Rebounding: B- Intelligence: A Potential: A- Size: C+ C+ speed/C- quickness, a little slow(great, lets start off with a negative). B- close/C+ med/B+ 3/C+ off the dribble/C+ in traffic. Looks like a guy who could be a scorer the second he arrives in Tallahassee, and certainly the potential to develop into a dominant scorer. B- defense/B- steals, none of this 78 defense crap that we're getting from Porter. B- off awareness/B- def awareness. I don't expect many guys to be coaches on the floor the second they have enough experience to qualify, but I don't want recruits that come in with both awareness ratings under 70 if I can help it. Like Carlisle, his stamina an durability are low. But there is a LOT here that exites me. He doesn't care about playing time, I might even be able to get away with a redshirt if I want and have him step straight into the starting lineup when Day graduates. Or if he looks good enough he can back up Day next year and be a 3 year starter. I really think I've got a great looking player here. 5* PG D'or Devonish - 5'11" 168 lbs - Staten Island, NY - #15 OVR/#8 PG 12.3 ppg/4.1 rpg/7.6 apg in the ABL. Lots of turnovers too, but a 1.8:1 assist/turnover ratio. Shooting: A- Skills: A+ Defense: A- Athleticism: A Rebounding: C+ Intelligence: B+ Potential: B+ Size: C A- Speed/C quickness. C+ defense/C+ steals. B close/b med/C+ 3/B+ off the dribble. B- hands/B passing. C off awareness/B def awareness. I think I'm looking at an above average defender, a guy who can score a little and will develop into a bigger scoring threat down the road, and a very, very good ball handler and passer right out of the gate. The quickness is always a concern, and the offensive awareness might be a little low with a C rating, but on defense he should be set. I'm more exited about Maye than I am this guy, but I'm not really exited about the PG's on my roster right now after McClurkin leaves, so having another option is going to be a good thing. |
05-30-2009, 06:34 AM | #1003 |
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Absolutely love this dynasty, keep it up. One thing that appeals to me about big conference power teams like your FSU squad is that you rely less on incoming freshmen that are better each year, and more often have guys backup for a year or two or three before finally stepping in as starters. I just like that kind of progression for some reason.
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05-30-2009, 11:13 AM | #1004 |
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Off season recruiting is my favorite part, keep up the long posts.
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05-31-2009, 03:54 AM | #1005 |
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RPI: I agree, one and done may be more realistic these days for top recruits but this is definitely more fun. As long as some freshmen can break a lineup on occasion then I'm good with it.
gi: thanks, with so many names getting mentioned that come up once or twice in a recruiting post and then never again once I lose them to another school, I didn't know if there was any value there or if anyone read through that stuff. Thanks for the comments as always |
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December 5, 2023
#8 Florida State (3-0) at Cornell (4-3) TEAM: FSU|CU OVR: 91|69 OFF: 91|68 DEF: 90|68 SHT: 93:69 REB: 92|79 COA: 91|77 This isn't normally a game I'd play of course, but I've got 5 guys on the roster that I've never controlled before, and four new starters to figure out how to best use. I play a top 20 Louisville team a couple games from now, so I want to get in some practice. I'm a 91 rated coach now, woohoo! Scouting Cornell has a 78 rated SF named Bo Friend. Their SG and PF are rated 68 OVR, the center 57 OVR, the PG 51 OVR. Obviously this game should be more about what we can do, regardless of our opposition. Our team unity is currently 67, quite nice given our losses last year. Cornell is at 36.
#8 Florida State 89 Cornell 60 Easy enough. Mayer has very good speed for a SF. He doesn't have the best quickness, but if he gets the first step on his man, he's great in close and great in traffic, he just has to get to the rim and good things will happen. The question down the road is how much success will he be able to have driving by better defenders? And if he can't drive consistently against everyone, how good a 3 point shooter will he be. McCants ended up 4-11. I think I'll get some very very strong games from McCants. I expect a 30 point game or two from him this year. His 11 shots today came well within the flow of the offense. I think I owe it to my inside game to try to get McCants 10 shots a game no matter what else is going on. McClurkin: 12 points (1-3 from 3) Day: 6 points (0-4 from 3) Mayer: 35 points (13-18/2-6 from 3/7-11 at the line) Millar: 5 points/10 boards McCants: 10 points/9 boards Porter: 9 points (1-3 from 3) Modica: 6 points (2-4 from 3) Dearman: 4 points Jolly: 2 points/3 boards Black: 0 points/5 boards RS Freshman Center Maynard Black is the only player I'm unable to get on the board today. Last edited by Radii : 05-31-2009 at 05:18 AM. |
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05-31-2009, 07:32 PM | #1007 |
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New polls are out, and some teams have started to play 7-10 games so the polls are worth following:
1. Oregon 2. Florida 3. Maryland 4. LaSalle 5. Florida State ... 9. Georgia Tech 12. North Carolina 16. Clemson 19. NC State 25. Boston College This'll change drastically still over the next month, some teams haven't really played anyone good yet(we haven't outside of Ohio State on the road), and conference play shakes things up a lot. As for recruiting, I scout a bunch of 4* PF and SF types. I'll take a look over the next two weeks and pick probably a few to recruit all out so that hopefully I can land someone right away if Mayer goes to the NBA. Aside from that though its time to focus on HS Juniors and below. I'm going to play one more warmup type game against a terrible team, and then we play #14 Louisville at the end of the week. After that i might just sim the rest of my non-conference games. |
05-31-2009, 08:19 PM | #1008 |
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Hah I played out the game against Coppin State but its not even worth a full writeup. We lead 48-15 at the half. Mayer scores 10, McClurkin 8, McCants 6 in the first half alone. Modica gets 7, and Dearman 9 in very strong bench efforts.
December 11, 2023 at #5 Florida State 70 Coppin State 43 McCants 13 points/10 boards. Mayer 13, McClukin 12, Dearman 11. |
06-01-2009, 05:06 AM | #1009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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December 17, 2023
# 14 Louisville (8-1) at #5 Florida State (5-0) TEAM: FSU|UL OVR: 91|89 OFF: 91|90 DEF: 90|89 SHT: 93|94 REB: 92|92 COA: 91|99 Pitino is going to get his 900th win this season, he's 895-344. Their loss is to #2 Florida. Their only wins over winning teams are Bucknell and Loyola Maryland. They went to overtime vs Chicago State last game at their place. But, they've got talent and can beat anyone it would appear. The loss to Florida was a 1 point road loss. We do appear to be catching them at a good time. SF Cory Taft, rated 89 OVR, has a lower back injury and is out for two more weeks. Their backup SF is nowhere close to his level. Scouting PG Horace Attaway – SO – 71 OVR - 86 speed/82 quickness. 82 defense/80 steals. 85 hands/75 passing, both C+ only. 84 close/72 med/71 3/78 off the dribble. Awful awareness, 67 off/71 def. 6.3 ppg/7.2 apg, great assists feeding the post I assume. SG Deron Dye – JR – 86 OVR – 6'6”, actually a SF – 89 speed/86 quickness. 80 defense/69 steals. 86 close/84 med/90 3/83 off the dribble/90 in traffic. 80 off awareness/71 def awareness. WOW. Also, 89 defensive rebounding. A huge huge talent here. Just 6.6 ppg/2.9 rpg somehow, but I expect he'll do a lot more than that against us. SF Laurie Gray – SO – 76 OVR – 82 speed/81 quickness. 82 defense. 83 close/78 med/66 3/86 in traffic. Really a backup all the way. 3.7 ppg. PF Brannon Douglas – SR – 88 OVR – 6'8” PF – 91 orb/89 drb. 79 post off/84 post def. 80 blocks, 87 steals(A, wow!). 95 close/89 in traffic. Good str, great awareness, 82 off awarenses/81 def awareness. Douglas is averaging 20.8 points/game, 6.1 rebounds, leading the team in scoring by quite a bit. C Jerrold McCroskey – JR – 88 OVR – 6'8 PF – 93 orb/83 drb. 86 post off/79 post def. 90 close/85 med/80 3/87 in traffic. Great leaper, good strength, very good awareness (76 off/82 def). A complete player who can go shoot the 3 almost as well as he can hit a hook shot in the post. 13.2 ppg/5.3 rpg. Two big questions going into todays game. Can Mayer play half as well against a team like Louisville as he has against Coppin State. If they play man, he'll have Gray on him so he'll have a huge edge there, but they have big boys in the post that makes a huge difference when driving the lane. The second... how will our backups do against a good team? Can they hold their own or do they get run over? Unity is basically even, 69 for us, 63 for them.
We just have fun for the final 5 minutes, I think the closest they got it was 16. #5 Florida State 90 #14 Louisville 70 Now, before we get too excited about blowing out a top 15 team, we have to remind ourselves that their top rated player, the player that would have been guarding Mayer instead of the chump they had out there instead, was injured today. That changed everything. Mayer for most of the game had this subpar backup SF, or a PF guarding him out on the perimeter. So we are still waiting to see Mayer perform against a truly quality defender. But still, this is very, very promising. Its not just the SF, its the two bigs standing in the lane behind him. They have quality big men, and Mayer manhandled them. He drew fouls like crazy, getting to the line 12 times. I cannot think of a single time that he attacked the rim and got blocked or otherwise was completely stuffed by their defense. In past years talented players like Barrett or Forte would drive into big men rated so highly and would just practically fall over at the sight of them, without even getting the ball up towards the rim. That isn't happening with Mayer at all. Their SF, Gray, scores 19 today. This is one of those cases where the worst player on the other team has super high shot tendencies, and is only hitting marginally well. He took 17 shots for them. C McCrosky scored 17 on 8-12 shooting in the post, he was great. McClurkin: 6 points (2-2 from 3) Day: 8 points/5 assists (2-4 from 3) Mayer: 32 points/3 boards/2 assists (11-23, 1-5 from 3, 9-12 from the line) Millar: 4 points/6 boards McCants: 20 points/15 boards (9-12 shooting) Jolly: 8 points Dearman: 5 points I'm still running the same offense, same plays as last year. I'm not breaking out of that very often, I'm just more likely to break off a set play if I see McCants get good position in the post, more likely to have Mayer catch and drive instead of continue the play, etc. I'm hopeful this kind of success, maybe not to the extent of having McCants and Mayer combine for 52 points in a game, but this general success can continue in the ACC Season. Having great balance and finding the best shot regardless of the player can be effective like last year for us, but having a guy or two that can take over a game is a lot more fun, when its working at least |
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06-01-2009, 05:21 AM | #1010 |
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We stay #5 after those two wins. I've got 3 games in the next week but they're all cupcakes.
Dec 20, 2023 #5 Florida State 87 Central Arkansas 41 McCants 17 points/11 boards. Mayer 15 points, Porter 14 off the bench, Day 11, McClurkin 10. Dec 23, 2023 #5 Florida State 78 Long Beach State 70 McClurkin 16, Day 15. McCants 9, Mayer only 6. McCants and Mayer both played less than 20 minutes due to foul trouble. Dec 24, 2023 #5 Florida State 75 Delaware State 43 McCants 20, McClurkin 14, Day 11. We move up to #4. And I decide to sim out our last 3 non-conference games. Maybe I scheduled a little too easy this year, I didn't realize how we would be doing to this point! Dec 28th, 2023 #4 Florida State 76 Fresno State 64 Day 20, McCants 12, Dearman 10. Dec 31st, 2023 #4 Florida State 78 Wright State 48 Day 24, Modica 11, Porter 11, Black 10, Mayer 9. Jan 3, 2024 #4 Florida State 72 Kent State 61 McClurkin 17, Day 14, McCants 12, Mayer 7. WHEW. Heh,like Isaid, maybe I scheduled a bit too easy, I was afraid this would have been much more difficult with 4 new starters and 5 new guys as my backups. But we're pretty damn good apparently! We play Virginia Tech in our ifrst conference game. After that we have one more non-conference game against Radford, then its all about ACC play. current media poll: 1. Oregon (14-0) 2. Maryland (12-0) 3. Florida (13-1) 4. Florida State (12-0) 5. Vanderbilt (12-1) ... 10. Clemson (12-2) 14. NC State (14-2) 18. Virginia Tech (9-2) 19. North Carolina (9-2) 23. Wake Forest (10-1) Wake is pretty suspicious. The rest of these teams are all damn good. And missing from this poll is 92 rated Georgia Tech, they're 13-4. |
06-01-2009, 05:31 AM | #1011 |
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After non-conference play, McCants is leading us with 13.2 points/game. Mayer has 12.7, Day also has 12.7, and McClurkin 10.7. I'll be playing probably 12 of my conference games, maybe more, so those numbers will start to skew more towards my played game results instead of what I'm getting in simmed games.
I suppose if I *really* wanted to try to get a player of the year award I could have played out all those games and made sure Mayer put up 30 in all of them. But damn that sounds boring. With so many weeks having gone by, we've had some development. Backup SG Porter has gained two points to move up to a 79 OVR rating. One point each for Mayer (86 OVR), Day (83 OVR), Black (81 OVR), Dearman (78 OVR), and Modica (77 OVR). Day and Mayer have both gained a point in defense, which definitely helps out the starting lineup. No superstars on defense like Barrett(rated 91 on defense by the time he was done) but McClurkin/Day/Mayer are rated 84/84/85, very solid. And lastly, Mayer and McCants both picked up day to day injuries at some point in all those simmed games. They'll both be slowed for the next 7-10 days. I expected some of that of course, but did it have to be both my big time go-to guys at the same time? bah! No matter, its just a couple games in very early ACC action. Better now than during the tournament. |
06-01-2009, 11:52 AM | #1012 |
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Looking good so far. Would be nice to see Mayer come back for another year but if he's already listed as a lottery pick I can't see him staying in college. Never know, though, maybe he's got some loyalty to him.
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06-02-2009, 05:59 AM | #1013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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January 7, 2024
#4 Florida State (12-0) at #18 Virginia Tech (9-2) TEAM: FSU|VT OVR: 92|93 OFF: 91|93 DEF: 90|91 SHT: 93|94 REB: 92|95 COA: 91|94 We come into this game with both McCants and Mayer dinged up a bit. Millar and Day may both be called on to be much more productive than they have been in previous games. Va Tech returns only two starters from last year's team, but the guys they have pulled in to replace the graduated seniors are all outstanding. The Hokies most notably lost PF Lex Beeler, who averaged about 18 points/game last year and was very very good against us. Their remaining big, Tommie Graves, is a star in his own right though. Virginia Tech has played a very good schedule so far. They have a 1 point loss at #9 Michigan State, an 8 point win vs last year's national champs, #6 Oklahoma State, and a 3 point win over #7 Alabama. We are the 4th top 10 team they've played. Va Tech last year was one of the teams that we simply could not beat in the post. I really wish we had a fully healthy Mayer and McCants for this one, and on the road, without them fully healthy, I've now got a couple built in excuses for a loss. Scouting PG Darren Richard – JR – 87 OVR – first year starter – 95 speed/92 quickness. 88 defense/79 steals. A great PG with 90 handling/93 passing. 82 close/82 med/86 3/89 off the dribble/83in traffic. Only an average athlete, but he can score from anywhere and can create his own shot. 7.5 ppg/4.0 apg. SG Patrick Cuffee – FR – 82 OVR – 90 speed/87 quickness. 92 defense/76 steals. 84 close/84 med/69 3/84 off the dribble. An incredible defender, and a true freshman averaging almost 10 points/game (9.7). Cuffee was the #9 recruit last year and a very good talent. He lacks defensive awareness so we'll have to see hwo the poor awareness but great on ball defense jive. SF Reece Plummer – JR – 84 OVR – 6'7” SF – 87 speed/83 quickness. 88 close/84 med/72 3/84 in traffic. A good defender, 82 defense/71 steals. He's a very good rebounder for a SF, not much in the post. Just 6.6 ppg. PF Garry Sherman – JR – 84 OVR – first year starter, 6'8” PF – 90 orb/80 drb. 88 post off/75 post def. 81 blocks. 90 close/87 in traffic. A good leaper(78, great dunker too). Average strength. 86 off awareness/77 def awareness, not enough experience to be a coach on the floor yet, he will be next time we see them though. 10.1 ppg/3.7 rpg. C Tommie Graves – SR- 88 OVR – 6'10” C – 92 orb/83 drb. 90 post off/92 post def. 76 blocks (B-), 74 steals(A- for a C). 93 close/88 in traffic. Great athleticism for a guy his size, 81str. Coach on the floor, 84 off awaeness/79 def awareness. He's scoring 14.5 ppg and pulling in 6.5 rebounds. Those post ratings and offensive are monstrous. Backup SF Cameron Aguko is the teams' leading scorer with 16.4 ppg. He's rated lower than plummer but is a great scorer inside and gets a lot of minutes. Freshman PG Jesse Lavender, the #2 recruit in the nation last year, is rated 84 OVR and first off the bench. A stud defender and shooter, he's already projected as a firstround pick. They're an outstanding team, by far the best we've faced so far. All their bench players are rated in the low 80s, even if our starters can hand with them I'm very very worried about the backups. Unity is basically even, 72-70 in our favor.
We each commit quick turnovers, which just helps them as it runs 20 seconds off the clock. Day gets into the lane off a screen and misses a look inside. That pretty much does it. Day and Mayer were just terrible today. #18 Virginia Tech 72 #4 Florida State 63 road wins over top 20 teams are hard to come by, but our offense REALLY let us down today, big time. They shoot under 50%, 27-61, 8-23 from 3. PG Richard is brilliant, 25 points on 9-12 shooting(3-5 from 3). SF Plummer scores 19, but I'm fine with that as it was on 6-15 shooting, I'll take that any day. Graves only had 6 points/9 boards. McClurkin 3 points Day: 11 points (3-15 shooting, 1-6 from 3) Mayer: 10 points (3-9 shooting, 0-2 from 3) Millar: 6 points/13 boards McCants: 18 points/6 boards (8-12 shooting) Black: 6 points Dearman: 5 points McCants was great, but I wasn't able to force shots with him, he had a very good defender on him. But if I could get good position and get in close he was prety much automatic. Add any degree of difficulty though and Graves shut him out. Day was just awful. Mayer missed early a lot so I started going to Day more in transition, and Day is also a highly skilled 3 point shooter... but not today. 1-6, and he just got run down iniside. Any time he drove to the basket he just got pushed around, stuffed, and altogether embarrassed. Perhaps I should have recognized that a little earlier and gone back to Mayer more. Also, despite the horrible shooting, we still could have won it, or at least been in it, if we could make free throws. Mayer goes 4-9 at the line, leading us to a 12-22 day from the charity stripe. Between Day shooting 3-15 and us missing 10 free throws, I feel like we SHOULD have won here. Disappointing loss. |
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06-02-2009, 06:03 AM | #1014 |
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We fall to 8th after our first loss:
1. Oregon 2. Maryland 3. Florida 4. Michigan State 5. Alabama ... 8. Florida State 10. NC State 13. Virginia Tech 17. Clemson 18. North Carolina 22. Wake Forest 24. Georgia Tech We get our last non-conference game out of the way as well: January 10, 2024 #8 FSU 80 Radford 58 Mayer 16, Day 12, McCants 11, Modica 10 in the easy win. Next up, we host 93 rated/9-2 North Carolina. We're injury free for this one. |
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January 13, 2024
#18 North Carolina (9-2, 0-0 ACC) at #8 Florida State (13-1, 0-1 ACC) TEAM: FSU|UNC OVR: 92|93 OFF: 91|93 DEF: 90|94 SHT: 93|94 REB: 92|90 COA: 91|91 UNC has road losses at Syracuse and Siena, neither ranked but both with winning records. Their best win looks like a road win over 11-3 Wisconsin. They have yet to play a top 25 team. They've got a very talented roster. Scouting PG Daryl Troester – SR – 87 OVR – 95 speed/88 quickness – 88 defense/87 steals. 88 hands/90 passing. 89 close/78 med/90 3/88 off the dribble/87 in traffic. Incredible leaper and hustle (93/93, both A's). Ok, but not special awareness, low 70s on offense and defense. 12.1 ppg/2.9 apg. A great shooter who can score from all over. SG TR Stockman – SO – 84 OVR – 92 speed/93 quickness – 90 defense/79 steals. 94 close/75 med/75 3/85 in traffic. More of a penetrator than a shooter, but he can still hit the 3 if we leave him open. Poor athleticism and just average awareness. 8.3 ppg, the lowest of any starter SF Nigel Coombs – SR – 88 OVR – 91 speed/81 quickness. 85 defense/74 steals. 84 close/79 med/87 3/82 off the dribble/89 in traffic. Good athleticism and good awareness on both ends. Only 11.6 ppg in their balanced attack, but this is a guy who's going in the Lottery who can go off for a lot of points at any time. JR Shagari Andres – JR – 85 OVR – 6'9” PF – 85 orb/89 drb. 81 post off/80 post def. 84 blocks, very good there. 90 close/86 in traffic. 80 str, solid there. Good awareness, 76 off/77 def. A complete player on both ends, leading the team in points and rebounds, 13.5 ppg/6.7 rpg. C Spanky Powers – JR – 83 OVR – 6'8” PF – 87 orb/83 drb. 91 post off/81 post def. 87 close/83 in traffic, good athlete, good awareness. He's not the first option but he is capable of putting up good numbers inside too. Hopefully our size advantage counts for something here with McCants going up against him. 8.9 ppg/3.9 rpg. Three backups are rated over 80, 84 rate SF Diego Huertas is a great shooter, 84 rated SG Jamie Minor is by far the leading scorer off the bench at 9/game, and 82 rated PF Torris Blassinggame is a solid backup post man. We're fully healthy, though McCants played great last game anyway. We'll see how Mayer does today against this 3-2 zone that North Carolina plays.
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I never understand how, against these zone defenses that allow you to get 3 pointers with no one within 5 feet of you in any direction that 3 point shooters rated 90+ with confidence boosts can consistantly miss time after time, but that's the way it works. I just never seem to learn #18 North Carolina 100 #8 Florida State 91 OT We open ACC play with two losses to the better teams in the league. We've got Clemson next, at their house, and are worried about an 0-3 start now. They end up with 28 from Troester and 20 from Andres. All starters in double figures, their Center Powers has 11 points/13 boards on the day. McClurkin: 7 points/4 assists Day: 12 points (3-10 from 3) Mayer: 18 points/4 assists Millar: 10 points/4 boards McCants: 18 points/10 boards Porter: 12 points Black: 8 points/10 boards A full half of our shots were from 3 point land today. With McCants shooting 9-12 when we got him the ball, that's totally unacceptable. And that's my fault, I let the 3-2 zone do that to me at times, but its always better to work inside instead of passing around the perimeter for a 3. Even if I take a lot of 3's a lot more of them need to come out of passes from the post, creating even bigger open shots that seem to go down more often. Mayer had one great stretch at the end of regulation today but has been inconsistent in our two ACC games so far. McCants, however, has been simply outstanding. Mayer seems like he could go for 30 at any time but is going to have terribly off nights. Hopefully McCants can keep up this high level of play. |
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06-04-2009, 12:10 AM | #1017 |
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Our two losses in ACC Play have us dropping quite a bit in the polls:
1. Oregon (16-0) 2. Maryland (14-0) 3. Alabama (13-1) 4. Florida (14-2) 5. Vanderbilt (14-2) ... 12. Clemson (14-2) 13. North Carolina (10-2) 15. NC State (15-3) 16. Virginia Tech (11-3) 17. Florida State (13-2) 20. Georgia Tech (14-4) A giant mixup as the ACC has 6 teams ranked from 10-20, and Maryland way up there at #2. We only play Maryland once, and its 11 games from now. I'd like to get a shot at beating a #1 team. Another tough game as we travel to Clemson. We get a little break after that with games against Virginia and Duke. Since I simmed so many of my non-conference games, I might play out all 16 ACC games this year. In Development News... Prosper Day has gained a 2nd point to his overall ratings. He's now a 90 rated 3 point shooter, shooting 37% on the year. Given that I take so many 3's with him, seeing him shoot 37% is great. |
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#17 Florida State (13-2, 0-2 ACC) at #12 Clemson (14-2, 2-0 ACC) TEAM: FSU|CU OVR: 92|93 OFF: 92|93 DEF: 90|92 SHT: 93|94 REB: 92|93 COA: 91|94 We don't want to fall to 0-3 in league play, but clemson on the road is a hell of a challenge. Their backcourt is likely the best in the ACC, maybe the best in the nation. Two Juniors, one starting for his second year, one a 3 year starter, both rated 89 OVR and #1 and #2 on the team in scoring. They do a great job replacing 91 rated PF Jim Vitelli, they've got an 85 rated true freshman in his place! Scouting PG Mark Trammell – JR – 89 OVR – 96 speed/87 quickness. 85 defense/77 steals. 93 hands/83 passing, solid for a PG. 84 close/89 med/85 3/86 off the dribble. Coach on the floor with 75 off awareness/86 defensive. 97 hustle too. 2nd in scoring on the team with 14.8 ppg. Trammell is in contention for the first pick in the NBA Draft. SG Darren Bookout – JR – 89 OVR – 91 speed/87 quickness. 94 defense/85 steals. 92 close/83 med/81 3/80 off the dribble/92 in traffic. Great leaper, the strength of a forward, very good awareness(78 off/79 def). This guy has no weakness. 15.8 ppg leads the team. SF Mose Barnett – JR – 87 OVR – 6'6” natural SF - 84 speed/80 quickness. 78 defense/75 steals. 90 close/76 med/74 3/84 off the dribble/91 in traffic. Good athlete, 94 hustle is great, 81 awareness on both sides. His ratings are bolstered by the fact that he's a great rebounder (89 off/82 def) and a solid post player for a SF (73 off/72 def). But he is weakened by a 78 rated defense. Clemson plays a 2-3 zone mainly so Mayer won't get to take advantage too often. Just 4.9 ppg, this is Barnett's first year starting. PF Bruce Filipovic – FR – 85 OVR – Actually a SF, which helps us out some here. 6'7” though, and an elite defensive rebounder. 72 orb/88 drb. 83 post off/74 post def. 81 close/76 med/66 3/92 in traffic. 83 off awareness, incredible for a freshman, just 71 on defense. 8.3 ppg/5.8 rpg. Great freshman numbers. C Jesus Williamson – SO – 78 OVR – 6'6” PF – 83 orb/80 drb. 93 post off/70 post def. 89 close/88 in traffic. Not very strong, awful awareness. So they run a 2-3 zone which usually makes it hard for us to get inside, but their back 3 are two SF's and a 6'6 power forward. So maybe McCants can mix it up in there. I know I'm going to take a lot of 3 point shots with my highly rated 3 point players, but I'm going to make more of an effort to make more of those shots from inside-out passes and not just pass it around the wing and shoot.
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We lose our second straight game in overtime. This one is amazingly disappointing, we allowed them to score 17 straight in the final 5 minutes of the game as the entire team went cold and we just choked like we had 5 freshmen on the court with 3 turnovers in four possessions. Unbelievable. #12 Clemson 78 #17 Florida State 76 OT As I said before, this has to be an experience/pressure situation on the road thing. Bookout came up HUGE for them, but there's no excuse for a 5 minute scoreless stretch. Bookout leads them with 20. Filipovic with 13, Williamson scores 6 in OT and has 13 total. Filipovic has 13 as well. McClurkin: 9 points/4 assists Day: 24 points Mayer: 22 points/5 boards Millar: 5 points/8 boards McCants: 1 point/11 boards (0-8 from the floor) Black: 11 points/5 boards I considered bringing Black in for McCants, I would have shot the ball with McCants in the OT if the time had come up to see if he would come through in the clutch for me, but they double fast and he didn't really get the ball in the right spots, so it was a lot of kickouts. The one time he was in great position to shoot inside they insta-stripped the ball. |
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06-04-2009, 07:16 AM | #1020 |
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Gut punch loss there. I'm sure it is hard to see the good in this game (the first 30 or so minutes) right about now, but hopefully you are able to see the first 30 minute version of FSU a few more times this year and get your ACC record back in order.
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Yeah, its hard to assess where we are right now. Things get easier, with Virginia and Duke next. The lineup I have right now has a good amount of talent, but all of our backups have zero experience and 4 of the 5 starters had never started a single game before this year. Also, road games against two of the top teams in the league and a home game against a coach/system I've been struggling with for almost a decade now is about as hard as it could get to start the conference season. |
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Virginia (6-7, 0-3 ACC) at #17 Florida State (13-3, 0-3 ACC) TEAM: FSU|UVA OVR: 92|82 OFF: 92|82 DEF: 90|80 SHT: 93|84 REB: 92|86 COA: 91|87 Well, we have one thing in common with Virginia, 0-3 in the league. Duke and Wake are also winless in league play. We need to get out of the cellar, there's a long way left in the year and we can still end up near the top of the league, but every game vs the worse teams in the league like this are absolute must wins. Scouting PG Ramon Skrocki – SR – 73 OVR – 91 speed/87 quickness. 81 defense/81 steals. 84 hands/74 passing, both C+. 78 close/73 med/76 steals. And awful awareness. 14.1 ppg. SG Oliver Kounkorgo – FR – 76 OVR – 89 speed/80 quickness. 81 defense/73 steals. 84 close/80 med/74 3/80 off the dribble. Awful awareness, a decent freshman but he has holes. 8 ppg/4.2 rpg/2.7 apg. Solid freshman stats, could easily win freshman of the year starting as a freshman like this. SF Cheo Bean – FR – 74 OVR – 6'6” SF - 82 speed/77 quickness. 74 defense/70 steals. 80 close/77 med/65 3/81 in traffic. Again, awful awareness, shouldn't be starting. 7.8 ppg/4.2 rpg. PF PJ Bennett – JR – 79 OVR – 6'8” PF – 81 orb/87 drb. 80 post off/69 post def. 88 close/83 in traffic. He's a leaper, strong, 77 off awareness/72 def awareness. A decent player but weak post defense and nothing exceptional anywhere. The best player on a very bad team, 15.9 ppg/6.9 rpg. JR Byron Banjo – JR – 72 OVR – 6'8” PF – 80 orb/84 drb. 77 post off/69 post def. 81 close/89 in traffic. Just 3 points/3 boards a game. This team is awful. I never know when we're going to struggle, but we really ought to just run these guys off the court.
We don't really slow it down, our freshman backups aren't really that much better than their team, so I just play it out and get a lot of experience for the reserves today. #17 Florida State 111 Virginia 77 The big story is obviously Mayer. He ran over Virginia in transition, in the half court set, driving to the rim, shooting the 3, at the line... just a dominant game. But there's another story here that didn't really get mentioned above, and that's backup SF Patricio Dearman. 18 minutes out of our backups today, Dearman shoots 6-8 from 3 and 1-2 from inside, scoring 20 points for the reserves. Also the continued emergence of Maynard Black as a quality big man. 6-7 for 15 points, 6 boards. Black is putting up consistently good numbers off the bench. McClurkin: 6 points Day: 8 points Mayer: 37 points Millar: 6 points/5 boards McCants: 6 points/10 boards Modica: 6 points/3 assists Porter: 7 points Dearman: 20 points Jolly: 0 points/6 boards Black: 15 points/6 boards We win an ACC game! |
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06-10-2009, 11:41 PM | #1023 |
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Updated Poll after the Clemson loss/Virginia win:
1. Oregon 2. Maryland 3. Alabama 4. Michigan State 5. Pittsburgh ... 7. Clemson 8. Virginia Tech 9. NC State 14. Georgia Tech 21. Florida State 24. North Carolina Clemson, Va Tech, NC State all make big jumps into the top 10 this week. Clemson is 4-0 in early ACC play. Va Tech, Ga Tech, Maryland, NC State are all 3-1. UNC is 1-2 and we are 1-3. Still very early obviously. Just one game this week,we travel to Durham to take on Duke. |
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#21 Florida State (14-3, 1-3 ACC) at Duke (10-5, 1-2) TEAM: FSU|DUKE OVR: 92|85 OFF: 92|84 DEF: 90|86 SHT: 93|85 REB: 92|89 COA: 91|86 Duke won their last game in Chapel Hill beating the Tar Heels. That is their first win over a top 25 team, they're 1-5 vs ranked opponents now. They appear to have one guy that could make it at most of these top ACC programs, and they are really falling badly behind everywhere else. Scouting PG Cori Songcuacy – JR – 77 OVR – 92 speed/82 quickness. 90 defense/72 steals. 83 hands/80 passing, just a C ball handler. 81 close/73 med/72 3/84 off the dribble. An ok secondary scorer and solid defender. Average/below average awareness (69 off/74 def). 8.1 ppg/3.8 apg. SG Dermie Nichols- SO – 77 OVR – 86 speed/87 quickness. 82 defense/78 steals. 85 close/69 med/79 3/76 off the dribble. Terrible awareness on offense(67), much better on D. He averages 12.7 points/game and might get some against us but he's not a particularly imposing player in any way. SF Garrison Bragg – SR – 85 OVR – 6'7” SF – 82 speed/80 quickness. 81 defense/80 steals, all solid for a SF. 84 close/80 med/74 3/86 in traffic. Coach on the floor with great awareness on offense(84) and solid on defense (77) Great strength(81/A-), very good leaper and hustle. Easily leads the team with 17.9 points and 6.8 rebounds/game. PF Bernie Strong – SO – 76 OVR – 6'6” SF – 74 orb/77 drb. 67 post off/78 post def. 82 close/79 in traffic. 10 points/5 boards a game but so so out of place. Millar can walk over him. C Cori George – FR – 73 OVR – 6'7” PF – 73 orb/87 drb. 79 post off/72 post def. 85 close/81 in traffic. 65 defensive awareness. 8.1 ppg/6.1 rpg. They have backups rated in the same range, 75ish for the guards. In Cameron who knows but we ought to have a massive edge here, inside espicially but all over really.
Another easy one. #21 Florida State 84 Duke 54 McClurkin: 6points Day: 5 points Mayer: 34 points/4 boards (0-5 from 3!) Millar: 4 points/7 boards McCants: 4 points/10 boards Dearman: 14 points Porter: 11 points (3-4 from 3) As mentioned above during the game, Mayer can just singlehandedly dismantle teams like this, that don't have someone at SF that can keep with him and without very good defensive players inside, so the SF can't stop him and the bigs just hammer him over and over. |
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06-13-2009, 12:46 AM | #1025 |
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There's a new #1 in the nation after the prior week, and its the ACC's Maryland Terrapins. I've been wanting a shot at a #1 team for awhile, so I'm always rooting for ACC teams to hit #1, but we don't play the Terps for a good long while unfortunately.
1. Maryland 2. Alabama 3. Oregon 4. Michigan State 5. Clemson ... 8. Virginia Tech 11. Georgia Tech 13. NC State 25. Florida State We drop from 21 to 25 despite a crushing victory, and UNC is out of the polls. Its a huge week for us as we're now 2-3 in ACC play but play #13 NC State (at home) and #11 Georgia Tech(on the road). We struggle a lot against the 3-2 defense and style that North Carolina plays. By the same token, NC State plays a very relaxed defense, crashes the boards and usually lets our fast break run wild. So while we lose sometimes to UNC despite a talent advantage, I pretty much always expect to beat NC State even if they are as talented or more talented than us, so we really need to go out and get this first win this week. |
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#13 NC State (17-4, 3-2 ACC) at #25 Florida State (15-3, 2-3 ACC) TEAM: FSU|NCSU OVR: 92|92 OFF: 92|91 DEF: 90|91 SHT: 93|94 REB: 92|92 COA: 91|94 The Wolfpack look very similar to us from an overall roster strength comparison. NC State has had a very light schedule so far, they lost by 3 to #1 Maryland, but all their other conference games are against the unranked poorer teams at the bottom of the league. They lost to Boston College for their 2nd league loss, with wins over Duke, Miami, and UVA. This may be a different Wolfpack team that we're used to though. They are rated as the #2 most efficient offense in the country, and while yes they've had an easier schedule than some, the also average a 22 point margin of victory. Scouting PG Joey Couisnard – JR – 85 OVR – 95 speed/89 quickness. 88 defense/80 steals. 85 hands/85 passing. All very good numbers, exceptional speed really. 84 close/74 med/82 3/89 off the dribble. A solid shooter who does an incredible job at creating his own shot. He has one of the highest defensive awareness ratings I've ever seen, at 90. Just 74 on offense, but WOW 90 on defense along w/ good defense ratings. That worries me a good deal. 8.5 ppg. SG Danko Walls – JR – 87 OVR – Walls has been a star in the league, national freshman of the year two years ago, and a 2nd team all ACC performer last year, fairly unusual for an underclassman especially in the backcourt. 89 speed/85 quickness. 87 defense but only 72 steals. 89 close/87 med/85 3/85 off the dribble. He can score from everywhere and does with great frequency. 20.8 ppg this year. He's a coach on the floor as well. SF Gilson Onyekwe – SR – 80 OVR – 6'8” SF – 88 speed/79 quickness, very very good. 81 defense/67 steals. 86 close/76 med/69 3/80 in traffic. Average awareness, 78 off/72 def. Just 4 points/game. I expect Mayer can handle him easily, but my concern as mentioned below is the big men inside on defense. PF Caron Buboltz – JR – 79 OVR – 80 orb/76 db. 81 post off/86 post def. 91 close/82 in traffic. Solid awareness (80 off/74 def) though not great on defense or anything.. 3.7 ppg/4 rpg. C Cassiano Hunter – SR – 85 OVR – 6'10” PF – 91 orb/80 drb. 91 post off/77 post def. 87 blocks, a great shot blocker. 91 close/88 in traffic. Great athlete, good speed for a big man, good leaper, strong and a great hustler. Just average awareness. He is a key player this year, averaging 13.6 ppg/6.1 rpg for the Pack. His defense and strength might be good enough to slow down Mayer inside, something that could be a key to the game. Backup SG Angel McFadgon is rated 80 OVR, he'san inside threat, not a great shooter, just 4 points/game, but like PG Couisnard he has ungodly high defensive awareness at 88. Backup PG Garland Munns is also rated 84 OVR and is a great scorer One of the fastest players in the league at 97 speed/91 quickness, he's a great scorer inside. He gets a ton of minutes and actually is 2nd in scoring at 17.6 per game behind Walls. And backup C Zachary Horton is a very strong post defender, 85 post defense. In the past we've run VERY well against NCSU and blown them out at home frequently. I hope we can do the same today but their post players are just strong enough that I'm worried about how effective Mayer will be attacking the rim, and a couple of these guys have defensive awareness through the roof, it'll be interesting to see if that creates problems.
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They miss a couple 3's, we ice the game at the line and win a thrilling contest. #25 Florida State 101 #13 NC State 91 OT Whew. We trail by 21 midway through the first half, get a monster run created entirely by Mayer(and entirely within the flow of the offense, it never once felt like I was forcing the ball his way). We dominate the second half and lead by 7 with 4 minutes left. Then NC State takes over and scores 12 straight. Down 83-78 with 35 seconds left, we hit 3 straight 3's and they miss just enough free throws for us to get it into OT. The OT is ours, what a crazy game. Walls leads them with 19, Couisnard 14, Onyekwe 16, and Hunter 14. Munns 11 off the bench. McClurkin: 20 points/5 assists (5-10 from 3) Day: 23 points (7-16 from 3) Mayer: 36 points/5 boards Millar: 2 points/9 boards McCants: 6 points/11 boards Porter: 6 points Black: 5 points/6 boards After starting the game 4-14 from 3, we end up 17-36, going 13-22 in the 2nd half and OT. They played a lot more 2-3 zone in the second half than they did in the first, which is why there was a noted change from Mayer attacking the rim to finding Day and McClurkin for 3's. I'm not sure I've ever played a game with 3 20 point scorers before! |
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Millar is slowed for a couple more days with a sprained ankle. Since Black is not really much worse at all I go ahead and start Black against Georgia Tech. Millar will be back in the starting 5 next week.
February 4, 2024 #25 Florida State (16-3, 3-3 ACC) at #11 Georgia Tech (19-4, 6-1 ACC) TEAM: FSU|GT OVR: 92|91 OFF: 92|92 DEF: 91|89 SHT: 94|96 REB: 91|89 COA: 91|96 Georgia Tech was, last year, to put it mildly, our nemesis. They were #1 in the nation in the preseason polls while we were #2. They beat us all 3 times we played, and I'm convinced we only got to the national title game because another team, Oregon, took out Ga Tech in the Elite 8, preventing a 4th meeting with them. But that was last year, they graduated 4 starters. How their 5th didn't leave is beyond me. SG Femi Shavies was rated 88 OVR at the end of last season. This year, he's back for his senior season, is up to 90 OVR, and is leading the nation in scoring at 25 points/game. While Mayer only averages 17.1 points/game compared to Shavies 25, Mayer has scored 30 in three straight contests, and the two of them going at it is sure to have the fans excited for this one. We are extremely lucky in this contest now that I poke around. 87 OVR backup SG Kelenna Day is out for 16 days w/ an injury to his abdomen, and 86 OVR starting PG Koki Humphrey is o ut for 19 day s with a broken toe. We're catching them WAY down. Scouting PG Timmy Dawson – FR – 80 OVR – 91 speed/82 quickness. 81 defense/83 steals. 87 hands/81 passing. 83 close/80 med/85 3/82 off the dribble. Great awareness on offense, 81, but poor defense, 67. All of 5'7” tall. 3.6 ppg. A very solid freshman who will be great, the #5 recruit last year. But they miss their starter that's for sure. SG Femi Shavies – SR – 90 OVR – 89 speed/91 quickness. 82 defense/84 steals. 91 close/81 med/88 3/83 off the dribble/83 in traffic. Good athlete, 79 off awareness/80 def awareness. Has always scored well against us and this year leads the nation in scoring, 25/game. A very serious player of the year candidate. SF Goran Ravello – JR – 87 OVR – 6'6”, actually a SG. 89 speed/85 quickness. 87 defense/81 steals. 87 close/84 med/83 3/87 off the dribble/83 in traffic. Poor strength and if Mayer can get him in the paint Mayer will have a huge edge. Ravello has the edge when Tech has the ball though. 13.9 ppg, 2nd on the team. PF Reginald Franklin – FR – 79 OVR – 6'8” PF – 79 orb/85 drb. 82 post off/74 post def. Poor shot blocker. 88 close/82 in trafic. Another guy who will be very good, but is not all the way there yet. A very solid freshman though. Was the top big last year, #13 overall. I tried briefly to go after Franklin but had no shot as he was from Atlanta. 7.4 ppg/4.4 rpg. C Clifford McClaren – SR – 83 OVR – 6'7” PF – 92 orb/83 drb. 90 post off/72 post defense. 87 blocks. 85 close/92 in traffic. Serious weakness on defense, and tiny. Decent strength but I need(NEED) to re-focus my efforts in the post today. 7.3 ppg/4.7 rpg. They look like a poor defensive team all over. Ravello is a solid on ball defender, but Shavies and Dawson are not, while their bigs lack post defense. We need to score well against these guys,and we have to take advantage of the fact that 2 of their top 4 players are hurt and steal a road game.
At the start of the second half, I assumed that Mayer and McCants could just totally go off on their backups and at least give me a chance. And Mayer did score 8 and get to 14 in that first stretch but we couldn't get the lead under 20. After that I just got annoyed that my starters couldn't outscore their reserves and was determined to prove that I could. That's pretty dumb, risks injury and all that, and there's no point in doing it. Mayer and McCants end up getting their numbers as a result, but we never do cut it below 20. #11 Georgia Tech 86 #25 Florida State 64 Their backups play every minute of the 2nd half so the numbers are pretty irrelevant. McClurkin: 0 points Day: 4 points Mayer: 27 points Black: 2 points McCants: 21 points/7 boards Just a terrible game, McCants and Mayer run their numbers up as I just try to get the lead below 20 and refuse to sim out the game, but that's completely hollow in the end. We only outscore their reserve squad by 3 in a game that was totally over long before halftime. |
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06-13-2009, 04:26 AM | #1029 |
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Maryland picks up a loss and only gets to the #1 spot for a week.
1. Oregon 2. Alabama 3. Maryland 4. Michigan State 5. Clemson 6. Virginia Tech ... 13. Georgia Tech 18. NC State 21. Florida State we move up 4 spots going 1-1 against teams ranked higher than us. We're not quite at the halfway point of the ACC season yet, but we haven't looked at the standings in awhile: 1. Clemson 7-0 2. Georgia Tech 7-1 3. Maryland 5-2 4. Virginia Tech 5-2 5. Miami 4-3 6. Wake Forest 4-3 7. Florida State 3-4 8. NC State 3-4 9. North Carolina 2-5 10. Boston College 2-6 11. Duke 1-6 12. Virginia 0-7 Only one of our next 5 games comes against a ranked opponent. That ranked opponent is Virginia Tech, a team that beat us by 9 on the road in January, I'm looking forward to the rematch at home. There is definitely a legit chance to win 4 or 5 of our next 5 games and get squarely back in the upper half of the league. |
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Millar is still slowed with his ankle injury. Black gets one more start.
February 7, 2024 Wake Forest (15-5, 4-3 ACC) at #21 Florida State (16-4, 3-4 ACC) TEAM: FSU|WF OVR: 92|88 OFF: 92|88 DEF: 91|88 SHT: 94|91 REB: 91|92 COA: 91|85 Wake has been one of the worst teams in the league for awhile, and they've built up a respectable team this year. We still expect to beat them, especially at home, but its not like previous years where we expect to kill them without trying. Wake lost their first 3 league games, to Miami, Georgia Tech, and Virginia Tech. They've since beaten Boston College, Virginia, UNC and Duke. They return 4 of 5 starters from last season, but it looks like they've moved a SF to the 4 spot which might give us a nice edge. Scouting PG Preston Diakite – SR – 84 OVR – 96 speed/90 quickness. 91 defense/81 steals. 91 hands/76 passing(terrible passer). 90 close/75 med/87 3/91 off the dribble. Below average awareness, 71 off awareness/74 def awareness. 11.8 ppg/2.9 apg. SG Tre Almanson – SO – 83 OVR – Solid looking as a soph, he's going to have a couple more very strong years. 89 speed/83 quickness. 88 defense/77 steals. 88 close/74 med/85 3/80 off the dribble/83 in traffic. 81 off awareness/77 def awareness. 10 points/game. SF Robinson Holloway – SO – 77 OVR – 6'9” SF – heh this is the guy that should be playing PF, he can rebound a little at least. 86 speed/80 quickness. 75 defense. 79 close/77 med/74 3/82 in traffic. Just not that great. Just 3.5 ppg. PF Boo Gregory – SO – 82 OVR – 6'7” SF – 77 orb/73 drb. 69 post off/69 post def. Wow, so bad. 82 close/81 med/84 3/84 in traffic. Just so far out of place as a PF. 7.4 ppg/2.8 rpg. C Bracey Boddie – JR – 77 OVR – 7'0” C – 81 orb/79 drb. 81 post off/77 post def. Poor shot blocker. 84 close/88 in traffic. Great strength, 73 off awareness/76 def awareness. SG Luol Crenshaw is rated 83 OVR and is their best reserve by far, he scores 12.7 ppg, more than most of their starters. Poor in the post, poor rebounding, their guards play good defense but it seems like we look a lot better than they are.
Not even freaking close. Wake Forest 82 #21 Florida State 67 Losing the only guy that was giving us any offensive production when we'd cut the lead to 6 with 6 minutes left was pretty damn annoying. We couldn't get anyone else to step up. A 2-3 zone is kryptonite to Mayer, he's 4-13 today for 9 points. McCants did ok but his foul trouble killed his effectiveness in the second half. Diakite goes 5-8 from 3 and scores 22 for Wake. SF Holloway does a great job near the hoop, going 7-9 for 16 points. McClurkin: 13 points/3 assists Day: 20 points Mayer: 9 points Black: 2 points/5 boards McCants: 8 points/12 boards Modica: 6 points Porter: 5 points (0-6 from 3) Well, we are now 3-5 at the midpoint of the ACC season, a very disappointing home loss as we start the “easy stretch” of our season. |
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06-13-2009, 05:03 PM | #1031 |
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Day's injury was short term and we will be fully healthy for our next contest, at home vs Virginia Tech.
We're sitting in 9th place in the ACC after that loss and face a top 10 team next. We're better than this, but wow we need to start showing it on the court real damn fast! Since we went 13-0 in non-conference play, i'm assuming that 8-8 in the conference would be enough for an NCAA Bid. Even if we finished 7-9 we'd be 20-9 overall pending ACC Tournament play. But we've got to turn this around fast. |
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Back with our normal starting lineup for the first time in about a week.
February 11, 2024 #6 Virginia Tech (15-5, 5-3 ACC) at #21 Florida State (16-5, 3-5 ACC) TEAM: FSU|VT OVR: 92|94 OFF: 92|94 DEF: 91|91 SHT: 93|95 REB: 92|95 COA: 91|84 Re-reading the post on the first game against the hokies (a 72-63 loss at their place), I see McCants had a great game, Mayer and Day struggled to score when they attacked the rim, getting blocked/shut down instead of scoring or drawing fouls. We also missed 10 free throws which won't happen again. My confidence is suffering a bit after our last two poor showings but this is definitely a game we can pull off at home. In the first meeting PG Richard was by far the biggest threat with 25 points and 9-12 shooting. SF Plummer scored a lot too but took a ton of shots. We'll see what we can do better today. Scouting PG Darren Richard – JR – 87 OVR – first year starter – 95 speed/92 quickness. 88 defense/79 steals. A great PG with 90 handling/93 passing. 82 close/82 med/86 3/89 off the dribble/83in traffic. Only an average athlete, but he can score from anywhere and can create his own shot. 7.5 ppg/4.0 apg. SG Patrick Cuffee – FR – 82 OVR – 90 speed/87 quickness. 92 defense/76 steals. 84 close/84 med/69 3/84 off the dribble. An incredible defender, and a true freshman averaging almost 10 points/game (9.7). Cuffee was the #9 recruit last year and a very good talent. He lacks defensive awareness so we'll have to see hwo the poor awareness but great on ball defense jive. SF Reece Plummer – JR – 85 OVR – 6'7” SF – 87 speed/83 quickness. 88 close/84 med/72 3/84 in traffic. A good defender, 82 defense/71 steals. He's a very good rebounder for a SF, not much in the post. Just 6.6 ppg. PF Garry Sherman – JR – 84 OVR – first year starter, 6'8” PF – 90 orb/80 drb. 88 post off/75 post def. 81 blocks. 90 close/87 in traffic. A good leaper(78, great dunker too). Average strength. 86 off awareness/77 def awareness, not enough experience to be a coach on the floor yet, he will be next time we see them though. 10.1 ppg/3.7 rpg. C Tommie Graves – SR- 88 OVR – 6'10” C – 92 orb/83 drb. 90 post off/92 post def. 76 blocks (B-), 74 steals(A- for a C). 93 close/88 in traffic. Great athleticism for a guy his size, 81str. Coach on the floor, 84 off awaeness/79 def awareness. He's scoring 13.9 ppg and pulling in 6.5 rebounds. Those post ratings and offensive are monstrous. Backup PG Jesse Lavender is a brilliant 85 OVR as a freshman, scoring 6/game off the bench. Backup SF Cameron Aguko is rated 84 OVR and scores 14.5/game, leading the team.
They miss the next trip down and that pretty much seals the win. #21 Florida State 94 #6 Virginia Tech 87 Big, big win. After a tough, defensive game where we couldn't attack and couldn't draw fouls at their place, we basically foul out their entire team today, drawing 24 total fouls and taking 38 free throws. Of course, we miss 12, 26-38. Graves is their rock today, 20 points/9 boards. Backup SG Bowen scores 17. PG Richard gets 27 minutes, only minorly limited by foul trouble, but only scores 6 points today. He burned us for 24 in the first meeting. McClurkin: 13 points (3-4 from 3) Day: 8 points Mayer: 26 points/4 boards Millar: 4 points/2 boards McCants: 14 points/16 boards Porter: 11 points (3-5 from 3) Black: 5 points/8 boards We shoot an outstanding 10-18 from 3 today. HUGE win, there is a big difference between 4-5 and 3-6 in league play. |
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06-14-2009, 04:34 AM | #1033 |
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The ACC is back on top of the Media Poll as Oregon loses. Alabama seems stuck in the #2 spot, with various teams leapfrogging them each week.
1. Maryland (19-2) 2. Alabama (18-2) 3. Oregon (21-3) 4. Michigan State (22-4) 5. Oklahoma State (17-4) 6. Clemson (20-3) ... 9. Georgia Tech (21-4) 12. Virginia Tech (15-6) 23. Florida State (17-5) We fall a couple spots with the 1-1 week. Updated ACC Standings: 1. Georgia Tech 8-1 2. Clemson 7-1 3. maryland 7-2 4. Wake Forest 6-3 5. Virginia Tech 5-4 6. Miami 5-4 7. Florida State 4-5 8. NC State 4-5 9. North Carolina 4-5 10. Duke 2-7 11. Boston College 2-8 12. Virginia 0-9 This next week we face a very poorly rated Miami team who is ahead of us in the standings, and a solidly rated Boston College team that is struggling to a 2-8 conference record. Both are games we ought to win and if we are not 6-5 in league play and back up there in contention for one of the top 4 spots in the ACC after this week I will be pretty disappointed. |
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#23 Florida State (17-5, 4-5 ACC) at Miami (18-8, 5-4 ACC) TEAM: FSU|MIA OVR: 93|84 OFF: 92|85 DEF: 92|82 SHT: 94|86 REB: 92|85 COA: 91|86 Our roster improves to a 93 OVR rated roster, with increases in defense and shooting. Miami returns 3 starters from last year's team but they are just inferior position by position to us and most other teams in the league. Miami does have one marquee win, they beat Virginia Tech by 11 last week. They have losses to NC State, Ga Tech, Clemson and Maryland. They lost 73-38 to Clemson, 103-79 to Ga Tech. Scouting PG Laurence McKinney – JR – 70 OVR – this is the best they have? 84 speed/87 quickness. 81 defense/69 steals. 83 hands/78 passing. 83 close/65 med/67 3. Just average or worse everywhere. Not a major conference talent. Would not have played on many of my Ohio teams. Would not have even started on all of my NC A&T teams. SG Lukasz Danley – JR – 77 OVR – Technically an SF, and a big one, 6'7”. 82 speed/75 quickness. 84 defense/69 steals. 84 close/77 med/72 3/80 in traffic. Average awareness, and decent defensive ability but there's no way he can stick to Day.. SF Clint Blevins – JR – 78 OVR – Leads the team with 10.3 points/game. 6'5” SF, 84 speed/79 quickness. 81 defense/70 steals. 79 close/74 med/68 3/85 in traffic. How is he scoring 10/game again? PF Pearce Rowland – SR – 86 OVR – 6'6” PF, very small guy. 86 orb/86 drb. 75 post off/75 post def. 93 close/87 in traffic. Good strength, good athlete, and good awareness(all numbers over 80, coach on the floor w/ 84 off awareness/80 def awareness). 9.7 ppg/6.5 rpg, good for second in scoring on this low scoring team. C Diego Bermudez – JR – 75 OVR – 6'9” PF – 82 orb/72 drb. 71 post off/71 post def. 92 close/88 in traffic. Terrible strength, not a shot blocker. Great offensive awareness, average defensive awareness that maybe helps bump up the poor ratings? 4.8 ppg/2.9 rpg. Its always impossible to tell how things will shake down on the court, but surely we blow them out right?
#23 Florida State 78 Miami 53 As Miami went insanly cold and started jacking up tons of 3s late, Mayer just ran and ran and ran, its pretty much unstoppable. Miami SF Blevins went 4-21, 2-11 from 3. SG Danley 4-16, 2-10 from 3. McClurkin: 3 points Day: 3 points Mayer: 39 points/3 boards/3 assists Millar: 2 points/5 boards McCants: 22 points/10 boards McCants with a brilliant performance as well, with those two accounting for 61 of our 78 points. We're now 5-5 in ACC play, having clawed our way back up to .500 again. Time to get above it! |
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Boston College (15-9, 2-8 ACC) at #23 Florida State (18-5, 5-5 ACC) TEAM: FSU|BC OVR: 93|90 OFF: 92|90 DEF: 92|91 SHT: 94|93 REB: 92|986 COA: 91|93 BC is rated well but has been just awful in ACC play. They have a win over NC State but 2 losses to Miami and a loss to Duke, etc... so clearly something is going wrong or them on the floor. Scouting PG Duane Bowden – SR – 86 OVR – 95 speed/84 quickness. 88 defense/89 steals. 89 hands/85 passing. 85 close/80 med/87 3/81 off the dribble. A very solid player all the way around. Good awareness, 77 off/74 def, not great but solid. He leads the team with 17.6 points/game. SG Zack Hoyer – JR – 83 OVR – 89 speed/85 quickness. 84 defense/79 steals. 90 close/73 med/82 3/87 off the dribble/84 in traffic. Slightly above average awareness, 75 off/76 def. Great at creating his own shot, and an outstanding ball handler. Only averaging 9.9 ppg which is a little surprising, this seems like a guy that can shoot the 3 and navigate really well inside. SF Delbert Goss – SR – 81 OVR – 6'7” SF – 86 speed/79 quickness. 81 defense/71 steals. Great rebounder for a SF, 87 drb. 81 close/79 med/73 3/77 in traffic. 77 off awareness/77 def awareness, solid strength, solid leaper... 10 ppg/4.6 rpg. PF Dotun Obrzut – SR- 80 OVR – 6'7” PF – 75 orb/86 drb. 77 post off/80 post def. 91 close/88 in traffic. 5.9 ppg/4.1 rpg. C Egeman Wofford – FR – 81 OVR – 6'8” PF – 80 orb/90 drb. 85 post off/79 post def. 85 close/78 med/81 3/94 in traffic. Jesus. Awareness is bad, 76 off/65 def, but those rebound and post numbers are amazing for a freshman big, and he can go out and shot the 3 too. This guy is awesome. Just 6ppg/6.6 rpg, as his shooting tendencies develop he's going to be amazing I bet. Backup PG Otis Bradford is their second best player, rated 84 OVR, and averaging 14 points/game. He's been hurt much of the year though, only playing in 15 games total. The rest of their bench isn't that great, but I have to say I'm surprised to see this lineup out to a 2-8 record. I think we're better overall, and with Mayer and a huge size edge for McCants I hope we can do well here but I don't see an easy win. 78-55 team unity edge will help, and most teams in the ACC have coaches on the floor these days, so the 55 unity might be a big part of the problem.
We just shut this one down, Porter hits a couple 3's the rest of the way, and I resist the temptation to force Mayer to 40 points, seems every time he has one of these awesome games its a blowout and it would seem a bit hokey to bring him back in just for numbers. #23 Florida State 75 Boston College 56 Goss ends up with 18 for BC, hoyer with 12. McClurkin: 0 points (0-3) Day: 7 points/3 assists Mayer: 35 points/1 board (14-21) Millar: 0 points/7 boards McCants: 10 points/4 boards Black: 6 points/7 boards Porter: 6 points Modica: 6 points For the first time this year we are above .500 in conference play! |
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06-14-2009, 11:58 PM | #1036 |
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Radii, I do not think I would count on Mayer coming back next season with the numbers he is putting up.
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I get a chance to earn another coaching point this upcoming week, as we host the Terps on Sunday, and we have never beaten the #1 team in the nation:
1. Maryland 2. Alabama 3. Oregon 4. Michigan State 5. Oklahoma State ... 8. Clemson 9. Georgia Tech 12. Virginia Tech 19. Florida State 22. North Carolina North Carolina is back in the top 25 after being out for a few weeks as well. This is the first week for Bracketology. Miami sits on the bubble, the only ACC team there. As for the initial projections: 1 seed: Maryland 2. Georgia Tech 3. Virginia Tech 3. Clemson 5. Florida State 6. Wake Forest 6. North Carolina 9. NC State 11. Miami We're graded out as a 5 seed right now, and 9 ACC teams are projected to make it. I'm sure that will change heh. While we're here, its looking like another rough year for our friends in the Big 10. Michigan State is the big exception as they are 23-4 and looking for a 1 seed. Indiana is 18-7, clearly the #2 team in the league and will likely get in. Wisconsin is 16-8, RPI of 49, and they're on the bubble. That's probably it. Purdue is 14-9 with an RPI of 64, so they could play their way in. Iowa is 16-9 but RPI in the 90s. For the teams I know we have readers interested in: Penn State is next to last in the Big 10, 13-10 overall, but just 4-8 in the league. Michigan is 1/2 game better, 5-8, 14-10 overall. Actually their RPI is 60th so a late run isn't impossible. Illinois is in the middle of the league at 6-6, and is 13-10 overall, with an RPI of 58. So if they could step up they could make it too. Conference Rankings: 1. ACC 2. Big 12 3. SEC 4. Pac 10 5. Big 10 6. A-10 7. Big East 8. West Coast 9. C-USA 10. Mountain West So the A-10 is up again, and is ranked higher than the Big East. The West Coast Conference is a mid-major, so for them to be above CUSA and the MWC is very strong. They have two teams in consideration for tourney bids, Loyola Marymount and San Diego. Back to Florida State. We just got above .500 in league play but have two big challenges this week. First, a North Carolina team that beat us at our place in overtime. We took WAY too many 3's in that game and let the 3-2 zone really get us out of sorts. We travel to Chapel Hill next. After that, as mentioned above, we get our shot at the #1 team in the nation, 21-2 Maryland. Our "easy" stretch is over. Final 5 games: at #23 UNC (beat us already) vs #1 Maryland at NC State (gave us a very tough game at our place) vs #9 Georgia Tech (beat us already) at Wake Forest (beat us already) |
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Hah, agreed. He is still listed as a lottery pick. He is now the 4th leading scorer in the ACC at 19.2 points/game. I don't expect him to even be the first team SF though in the league. Duke's Garrison Bragg is putting up 18.1 points/6.1 rebounds/game, and the game seems to *love* rebounders at all positions. Mayer only averages 2.6 rebounds/game. His point production could have been a ton higher if I'd played out my games, he obviously wasn't the focus in simmed games the way he is in the games I play out. I rarely talk about recruiting in season, but I still have 3 seniors that I have been putting my time into. The guy I like the most is actually a big, PF Dru Zoric, Mr Basketball in Arkansas, #70 OVR/#7 PF. If I lose Mayer I'm really hoping to land this guy, he looks like he can rebound on both ends, play very well in the post, and score inside right away. This might leave me with only Dearman at SF for a little while, who looks like he has a legit shot to turn into an explosive athlete as well btw, not like I'm seeing from Mayer this year mind you, but getting 3 years out of Dearman as a starter is at least some consolation to the idea that I'm going to lose my superstar here. This is all way up in the air still since I can't offer the scholarship until Mayer is officially gone at the end of the year. I have an SF on my list as well that I like, but we're at the mercy of other teams who might offer before I get a chance to, we'll see how it goes. Last edited by Radii : 06-15-2009 at 12:10 AM. |
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#19 Florida State (19-5, 6-5 ACC) at #22 North Carolina (15-7, 6-5 ACC) TEAM: FSU|UNC OVR: 93|94 OFF: 92|94 DEF: 92|95 SHT: 94|95 REB: 92|91 COA: 91|91 This is a huge game. Every game is huge for us given the level of competition we have left on the schedule, but we're in a 3 way tie for 5th in the ACC right now. Play well and a top 4 finish and a bye could still be in our future. Play poorly and we could still finish 8th or 9th easily. Our first contest was pretty heartbreaking, but in the opposite way that our horrible loss to Clemson was heartbreaking. Here we came back from 13 down in the final 3 minutes, only to lose in OT. PG Troester scored 28 for them, and PF Andres put up 20 in the first meeting. On our end, Mayer gave us 18 but struggled with his consistency, coming up empty quite a lot, having just one good stretch in the game. McCants gave us 18 as well but fouled out in OT. Their 3-2 zone lulled me into taking tons of 3's, and not getting McCants(who shot 9-12) nearly enough touches. Also we need to try repeatedly to drive and try to draw fouls. The lanes are big against the 3-2, I can't give up if Mayer gets stuffed a couple times. Their SF Coombs has a dislocated finger coming into the game. Hopefully that slows him a bit. Scouting PG Daryl Troester – SR – 89 OVR – 95 speed/88 quickness – 88 defense/87 steals. 88 hands/90 passing. 89 close/78 med/90 3/88 off the dribble/87 in traffic. Incredible leaper and hustle (93/93, both A's). Ok, but not special awareness, low 70s on offense and defense. 12.1 ppg/2.9 apg. A great shooter who can score from all over. SG TR Stockman – SO – 85 OVR – 92 speed/93 quickness – 90 defense/79 steals. 94 close/75 med/75 3/85 in traffic. More of a penetrator than a shooter, but he can still hit the 3 if we leave him open. Poor athleticism and just average awareness. 8.3 ppg, the lowest of any starter SF Nigel Coombs – SR – 88 OVR – 91 speed/81 quickness. 85 defense/74 steals. 84 close/79 med/87 3/82 off the dribble/89 in traffic. Good athleticism and good awareness on both ends. Only 11.6 ppg in their balanced attack, but this is a guy who's going in the Lottery who can go off for a lot of points at any time. JR Shagari Andres – JR – 86 OVR – 6'9” PF – 85 orb/89 drb. 81 post off/80 post def. 84 blocks, very good there. 90 close/86 in traffic. 80 str, solid there. Good awareness, 76 off/77 def. A complete player on both ends, leading the team in points and rebounds, 13.5 ppg/6.7 rpg. C Spanky Powers – JR – 84 OVR – 6'8” PF – 87 orb/83 drb. 91 post off/81 post def. 87 close/83 in traffic, good athlete, good awareness. He's not the first option but he is capable of putting up good numbers inside too. Hopefully our size advantage counts for something here with McCants going up against him. 8.9 ppg/3.9 rpg.
Day misses a 3 and its over. #23 North Carolina 82 #19 Florida State 72 The backup squad did a great job trying to get us back in the game but we just dug ourselves too big a hole. Very frustrating to play against. I hate feeling like I'm completely reliant on hitting 3 pointers, but the other things that work against the 3-2 zone were simply not working at all. When a team has good post defenders, the bigs in the 3-2 zone can be extremely imposing and prevent one from driving in on them reliably. And that limits things to 3's and post passes, but they converge in the post so fast it is hard to get good post looks. Solid, balanced play from UNC. Coombs with 17, Stockman 12, Troester 12, though 8 of those were sealing the win. Powers 11, Andres 8. They shoot nearly 60%, 29-51. We're 24-54, though we end up a pretty solid 11-29 from 3. McClurkin: 4 points (0-5 from 3) Day: 14 points (4-7 from 3) Mayer: 10 points (3-10) Millar: 2 points/4 boards McCants: 14 points/7 boards (6-14) Porter: 9 points Modica: 6 points Dearman: 5 points freaking UNC. |
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Updated ACC Standings:
1. Georgia Tech 11-2 2. Maryland 9-2 3. Clemson 8-4 4. Wake Forest 8-4 5. UNC 7-5 6. Florida State 6-6 7. Virginia Tech 6-6 8. NC State 5-7 9. Miami 5-7 10. Duke 4-8 11. Boston College 4-9 12. Virginia 0-13 Next we get our first look at the #1 team in the nation, Maryland. |
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February 27, 2024
#1 Maryland (21-2, 9-2 ACC) at #19 Florida State (19-6, 6-6 ACC) TEAM: FSU|UMD OVR: 93|93 OFF: 92|93 DEF: 92|95 SHT: 94|97 REB: 92|97 COA: 91|93 Maryland has 4 starters rated 86+, all of them seniors. This definitely looks like their year. They lost by 1 to Georgia Tech earlier in the year, and by 13 in Chapel Hill at UNC. They beat Virginia Tech by 30, Georgia Tech by 7 in a return trip, Clemson by 8, they also beat #4 Michigan State earlier this year, in Lansing. Scouting PG Micah Williams – SR – 86 OVR – 95 speed/86 quickness. 89 defense/82 steals. 87 hands/80 passing. 83 close/84 med/92 3/80 off the dribble. 81 off awareness/78 def awarenes. Average athlete overall, but he is a deadly shooter. 10.1 ppg, he's a 43% 3 point shooter on the season. SG Marko Hancock – SR – 88 OVR – 6'5 SG – 90 speed/88 quickness. 83 defense/77 steals. 84Close/82 med/85 3/85 off the dribble/83 in traffic. 77 off awareness/84 def awareness. He's one of the top 2 or 3 scorers in the league this year, with Shavies at Ga Tech and NC State's great 2 guard Walls. 23 points/game, 5.1 rpg/2.3 apg. Those are national player of the year type numbers possibly, with that much rebounding from a guard. SF Jeffrey Jackette – SR – 86 OVR – 6'2” SG – 90 speed/88 quickness. 85 defense/91 steals. 95 close/87 med/76 3/88 off the dribble. This worries me quite a bit. Mayer might have a real hard time with Jackette on him. Just 6.6 points/game though, I fear he could burn Mayer as well. PF Adama Sogdazi – SR – 88 OVR – 6'9” PF – 84 orb/88 drb. 77 postoff/80 post def. Poor shot blocking, but good hands/steals inside. 92 close/83 med/79 3/91 in traffic. Good strength(79/B+), great leaping and hustle. 79 off awareness/90 defawarenses. Hate that 90 defensive awareness, really. 10.6 ppg/6.6 rpg. C Jordan Bing – JR – 82 OVR – 6'8” SF – A bit of a WTF here. SF at the 5 spot? 84 orb/80 drb. 76 post off/73 post def. Great on ball defender, very good SF. But this is weird. 86 close/90 in traffic. 5.3 ppg/2.9 rpg. Backup PG Austen Lenzly is rated 85 OVR and is a lockdown defender and good scorer. I worry a lot about Jackette on Mayer on both ends, and I hope McCants can own Bing inside as much as I'm imagining here. There is no other interior depth.
Day misses a 3 and its over. Wow. Basic fundamentals. That was shockingly bad. Mayer misses 3 free throws in the final few minutes, and we get them to miss two free throws but cannot box out and allow them to get TWO offensive boards and ice the game. We just GAVE a victory away. #1 Maryland 75 #19 Florida State 68 This loss hurts,bad. We lose our 7 foot center in the first 45 seconds and he becomes completely ineffective, unable to make layups, or jump to get rebounds. We miss 6 free throws, and allow them to get offensive boards when they miss. We do a decent job on their top scorer, holding Hancock to 6-14 from the field for 16 points. PG Williams also scores 16, Bing scores 14. McClurkin: 11 points Day: 16 points Mayer: 21 points (6-11 from the line) Millar: 4 points/11 boards McCants: 5 points/0 boards Jolly: 6 points Black: 0 points/7 boards/4 assists (0-4 shooting) |
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06-15-2009, 03:10 AM | #1042 |
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New Poll:
1. Maryland 2. Oregon 3. Alabama 4. Michigan State 5. Texas Tech ... 8. Georgia Tech 11. Clemson 17. Virginia Tech 18. North Carolina 23. Florida State ACC Standings: 1. Maryland 11-2 2. Georgia Tech 11-3 3. Wake Forest 9-4 4. North Carolina 9-5 5. Clemson 8-5 6. Virginia Tech 7-6 7. Florida State 6-7 8. NC State 6-7 9. Miami 5-8 10. Duke 4-9 11. Boston College 4-10 12. Virginia 0-14 We have one game this week, in Raleigh, against an NC State team that we're now tied with in the standings for 7th place. Its pretty much a must win if we want to go .500 in league play, because we play Georgia Tech next and I will be shocked if we beat them. Miami remains on the bubble. Bracketology: 1 seed: Maryland 2. Georgia Tech 4. North Carolina 4. Virginia Tech 5. Clemson 6. Wake Forest 7. Florida State 9. NC State 13. Miami We need to finish stronger than this, this isn't a final four team or anything but man we have played some very good teams very closely. If we could avoid a 1 or 2 seed as long as possible, anything could really happen, from a first round loss to a deep run if we get a good matchup. But damn I don't want to see a 7 seed. |
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#23 Florida State (19-7, 6-7 ACC) at NC State (20-9, 6-7 ACC) TEAM: FSU|NCSU OVR: 93|92 OFF: 92|91 DEF: 92|91 SHT: 94|94 REB: 92|92 COA: 91|94 We've played a lot of crazy games this year, but our game vs NC State in early February may be at the top of the list. We trailed by 12 minutes in, came storming back and led by 7 with 4 minutes left, watched NC State go on a 12-0 run to lead by 5, and hit a few 3's in the final minute to send the game to OT, where we finally won fairly easily. NC State SG Walls is one of the best players in the league and led them with 19, though they got fairly consistent scoring from all over. They're a very, very good 3 point shooting team. We took, and made a huge number of 3's as part of our comeback, something that I hope we don't have to do today. NC State does play a lot of 2-3 zone and we'll be actively fighting the urge to launch 3's over it all day long, at least without an inside out first. Scouting PG Joey Couisnard – JR – 85 OVR – 95 speed/89 quickness. 88 defense/80 steals. 85 hands/85 passing. All very good numbers, exceptional speed really. 84 close/74 med/82 3/89 off the dribble. A solid shooter who does an incredible job at creating his own shot. He has one of the highest defensive awareness ratings I've ever seen, at 90. Just 74 on offense, but WOW 90 on defense along w/ good defense ratings. That worries me a good deal. 8.5 ppg. SG Danko Walls – JR – 87 OVR – Walls has been a star in the league, national freshman of the year two years ago, and a 2nd team all ACC performer last year, fairly unusual for an underclassman especially in the backcourt. 89 speed/85 quickness. 87 defense but only 72 steals. 89 close/87 med/85 3/85 off the dribble. He can score from everywhere and does with great frequency. 20.1 ppg this year. He's a coach on the floor as well. SF Gilson Onyekwe – SR – 80 OVR – 6'8” SF – 88 speed/79 quickness, very very good. 81 defense/67 steals. 86 close/76 med/69 3/80 in traffic. Average awareness, 78 off/72 def. Just 4 points/game. I expect Mayer can handle him easily, but my concern as mentioned below is the big men inside on defense. PF Caron Buboltz – JR – 80 OVR – 80 orb/76 db. 81 post off/86 post def. 91 close/82 in traffic. Solid awareness (80 off/74 def) though not great on defense or anything.. 3.7 ppg/4 rpg. C Cassiano Hunter – SR – 85 OVR – 6'10” PF – 91 orb/80 drb. 91 post off/77 post def. 87 blocks, a great shot blocker. 91 close/88 in traffic. Great athlete, good speed for a big man, good leaper, strong and a great hustler. Just average awareness. He is a key player this year, averaging 13.6 ppg/6.1 rpg for the Pack. His defense and strength might be good enough to slow down Mayer inside, something that could be a key to the game. Backup PG Munns is their second leading scorer and has an amazingly quick trigger finger with the 3 point shot. We'll keep an eye out for him as much as the starters.
We cant' score on our next trip but we burn 30 seconds off the clock. They miss and have to foul and its all over. #23 Florida State 71 NC State 62 NC State gets solid scoring all over, with the exception of their PG Couisnard who goes 3-11, 1-5 from 3. Walls leads them with 13, their two bigs both score 12(which is great, both had 10 at the half). We end up holding them to under 50% shooting, 27-61 from the floor, and 5-19 from 3. McClurkin: 4 poitns Day: 0 points Mayer: 22 points/4 boards (7-11 FG, 8-11 FT) Millar: 0 points/8 boards McCants: 19 points/9 boards (8-18 FG) Porter: 11 points(3-7 from 3) Black: 6 points/5 boards McCants rarely shoots more often than Mayer... he did today by a good bit but ran at a bit under 50%. Still a solid day from both in a big win, we're back to .500 in conference play. |
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06-15-2009, 06:18 PM | #1044 |
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With just one week left in the regular season, we get our 20th win, and move back up to #21 in the polls:
1. Maryland 2. Alabama 3. Texas Tech 4. Oregon 5. Oklahoma State ... 8. Georgia Tech 11. North Carolina 18. Clemson 19. Virginia Tech 21. Florida State UNC beat Georgia Tech last week to shoot up from 18th to 11th in the polls. Miami remains the only ACC team on the bubble, they're 19-12 currently. Illinois out of the Big 10 seems to have run off a few wins in a row, they're now 17-10 and on the bubble with the #31 RPI in the land. Bracketology: 1 seed: Maryland 2. Georgia Tech 3. North Carolina 5. Virginia Tech 6. Florida State 6. Clemson 7. Wake Forest 9. NC State 12. Miami Our win last week bumps us back to a 6 seed, which would be perfectly fine, but we still have at least 3 critical games left. ACC Standings: 1. Maryland 12-2 2. Georgia Tech 11-3 3. North Carolina 10-5 4. Wake Forest 9-5 5. Clemson 8-6 6. Florida State 7-7 7. Virginia Tech 7-7 8. NC State 6-8 9. Miami 6-8 10. Boston College 4-8 11. Duke 4-8 12. Virginia 1-14 North Carolina has had an amazing turnaround. They opened ACC play with a win over us, but then lost 5 straight, Va Tech, Duke, Clemson, Ga Tech, Wake Forest. They stopped the bleeding by beating #1 Maryland and have run off 9 straight conference wins to get up to 10-5 in league play. They finish on the road at #1 Maryland this week. We finish with a home game against Georgia Tech, a team who has really owned us in the last couple years, it'd be nice to turn that around on our home floor, and then we travel to Wake Forest, a very surprising 9-5 in league play. They beat us rather soundly at our place earlier in the year. |
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March 5, 2024
#8 Georgia Tech (24-6, 11-3 ACC) at #21 Florida State (20-7, 7-7 ACC) TEAM: FSU|GT OVR: 93|94 OFF: 92|94 DEF: 92|93 SHT: 94|97 REB: 92|93 COA: 91|96 I've grown to hate seeing Georgia Tech. They have really embarrassed us the last couple years. They won by 20+ last time, and their starting PG was hurt for that game, PG Koki Humphrey is rated 86 OVR, replacing the 80 OVR backup they had. We're just going to slow things down and try to get Mayer and McCants in good spots, try to get McClurkin and Day 3's using the inside-out game and just find the hot hand, but no forcing anything against these guys. Scouting PG Koki Humphrey – SR – 86 OVR – 94 speed/88 quickness, 87 defense/75 steals. 92 hands/84 passing. 86 close/86 med/70 3/86 off the dribble. 7.2 ppg/4.8 apg. SG Femi Shavies – SR – 90 OVR – 89 speed/91 quickness. 82 defense/84 steals. 91 close/81 med/88 3/83 off the dribble/83 in traffic. Good athlete, 79 off awareness/80 def awareness. Has always scored well against us and this year leads the nation in scoring, 25/game. A very serious player of the year candidate. SF Goran Ravello – JR – 87 OVR – 6'6”, actually a SG. 89 speed/85 quickness. 87 defense/81 steals. 87 close/84 med/83 3/87 off the dribble/83 in traffic. Poor strength and if Mayer can get him in the paint Mayer will have a huge edge. Ravello has the edge when Tech has the ball though. 13.9 ppg, 2nd on the team. PF Reginald Franklin – FR – 81 OVR – 6'8” PF – 79 orb/85 drb. 82 post off/74 post def. Poor shot blocker. 88 close/82 in trafic. Another guy who will be very good, but is not all the way there yet. A very solid freshman though. Was the top big last year, #13 overall. I tried briefly to go after Franklin but had no shot as he was from Atlanta. 7.4 ppg/4.4 rpg. C Clifford McClaren – SR – 84 OVR – 6'7” PF – 92 orb/83 drb. 90 post off/72 post defense. 87 blocks. 85 close/92 in traffic. Serious weakness on defense, and tiny. Decent strength but I need(NEED) to re-focus my efforts in the post today. 7.3 ppg/4.7 rpg.
We're able to easily finish out the final 3 minutes. #21 Florida State 77 #8 Georgia Tech 62 This is a great feeling win today, after all the struggles we've had lately against Georgia Tech. They get 16 from backup SG Day, 15 from Shavies, and 12 from PF Franklin. The only guy that ended up with 4 fouls was their PG, Humphrey. No one else picked up more than 3 in the game. Our ability to drive to the rim won the game for us today. In Atlanta that ability was non-existent. I don't know what changed, just some home luck or a die roll or something that determines these things, but we dominated this one. McClurkin: 5 points Day: 10 points/3 steals Mayer: 27 points Millar: 6 points/7 boards McCants: 10 points/8 boards/3 assists Black: 10 points/5 boards Dearman: 6 points Great win! We guarantee ourselves a .500 finish in league play with this one. Last edited by Radii : 06-16-2009 at 12:31 AM. |
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06-16-2009, 12:30 AM | #1046 |
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ACC Standings with 1 game left:
1. Maryland 12-3 2. Georgia Tech 11-4 3. Wake Forest 10-5 4. North Carolina 10-5 5. Florida State 8-7 6. Clemson 8-7 7. Virginia Tech 8-7 8. NC State 7-8 9. Miami 6-9 10. Boston College 5-10 11. Duke 4-11 12. Virginia 1-14 We travel to Wake Forest for this final game. Maryland has clinched the 1 seed in the ACC Tournament(tiebreaker over Ga Tech). If Wake beats us and Ga Tech loses Wake will finish 2nd. If we win, we are guarenteed 5th and would play either Wake or UNC (assuming we beat 1-14 Virginia in the opening round). If we lose we could finish anywhere from 5th-7th depending on how Va Tech and Clemson end up. We have tiebreakers over them all with our overall record. We also have the tiebreaker over NC State so we cannot finish 8th behind them, its 5th, 6th, or 7th for us. Boston College has actually worked their way up to the bubble, they're 18-11 overall. Miami is still on the bubble as well. Illinois wins again, they're 18-10 and are looking more and more like a tournament team. Wake, Clemson, and Florida State are all projected 6 seeds right now, I'd love to work my way up to a 5, or maybe even a 4 if we have a good ACC Tournament run. Last edited by Radii : 06-16-2009 at 12:31 AM. |
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#21 Florida State (21-7, 8-7 ACC) at Wake Forest (22-7, 10-5 ACC) TEAM: FSU|WF OVR: 93|88 OFF: 92|87 DEF: 92|87 SHT: 94|89 REB: 92|91 COA: 91|85 Wake Forest is without a doubt the biggest surprise in the ACC this year. At worst they will finish 4th in the league, and possibly as high as 2nd. They've been in the cellar for quite awhile and 9 other teams in the league have higher OVR roster ratings than them. Our loss to Wake was certainly my most surprising loss this year. They run a 2-3 which I struggle against, too often relying on 3s and nothing but 3's. Since I last played Wake, I've learned that Mayer has some very nice post moves and hope to use that to our advantage a little today,and we'll try to simply force McCants on them. Oh wow. WOW WOW. Wake PG Preston Diakite, rated 84 OVR, a 87 rated 3 point shooter, went 5-8 from 3 against us last game and scored 22 in their 15 point win. I go look at Wake, and I see a 76 OVR freshman PG... Diakite is out for a week, he's going to miss the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament too. That might change everything here. They make one other lineup change too. Boo Gregory, their best SF, is actually slated at SF this game. He was listed in the 4 slot last game where he is not effective. They still have a SF playing the 4, but Gregory playing the 3 makes a big difference. This is a totally different team than we played last time. This will be Patrick's 4th start at PG. Without Diakite they're 2-1, beating Clemson, losing to UNC, beating Miami. Scouting PG Bobby Patrick – FR – 76 OVR – 88 speed/83 quickness. 85 defense/76 steals. 89 hands/80 passing. All are ok, good on ball defense actually. 76 close/75 med/80 3/84 off the dribble. Poor awareness overall, 66 off/71 def. Not a bad freshman, but out of place as a starter. 5 ppg. SG Tre Almanson – SO – 84 OVR – Solid looking as a soph, he's going to have a couple more very strong years. 89 speed/83 quickness. 88 defense/77 steals. 88 close/74 med/85 3/80 off the dribble/83 in traffic. 81 off awareness/77 def awareness. 10 points/game. SF Boo Gregory – SO – 82 OVR – 6'7” SF – 85 speed/83 quickness. 73 defense/70 steals. 82 close/81 med/84 3/84 in traffic. Poor on the boards, poor in the post which will matter in a 2-3, but he can score much better here. 7.8 ppg this year. PF Floyd Callans – SR – 81 OVR – 6'7” natural SF – 65 orb/76 drb. 74 post off/79 post def. 60 blocks, 86 close/84 in traffic. Out of place but he's not nearly the offensive talent Gregory is so putting him inside helps them anyway. 9.4 ppg. C Bracey Boddie – JR – 77 OVR – 7'0” C – 81 orb/79 drb. 81 post off/77 post def. Poor shot blocker. 84 close/88 in traffic. Great strength, 73 off awareness/76 def awareness.
They hit a 3 on their next trip to make it 10. I bring Porter in for McClurkin and he does hit 2 straight 3's, but they aren't missing any free throws and we have no shot at the end. Wake Forest 79 #21 Florida State 72 Well, I kinda expected to lose to Georgia Tech and beat Wake Forest. Instead I beat Tech and get swept by Wake. They get great offense all over. All 5 starters in double figures, with Almanson and Gregory with 15 each. They end up hitting 7-19 from 3, 12-12 at the line(note: ZERO MISSES). McClurkin: 3 points (1-6 from 3) Day: 11 points (3-7 from 3) Mayer: 29 points/5 boards Millar: 4 points/5 boards McCants: 9 points/12 boards Dearman: 8 points Porter: 6 points (2-6 from 3) We shoot 10-29 from 3, not terrible really but we just could not make any when we had to. The double teaming thing inside REALLY threw me. I put up 5 or 6 shots where the animation was desparation crap over a doubleteam that I thought were good looks, and was stunned to see I was doubleteamed. But that isn't the only reason why I lost, I lost because we missed 9 free throws and my PG who shoots over 40% from 3 on the year went 1-6. I wanted to go into the ACC Tournament on a better note than this, oh well. |
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06-16-2009, 02:05 AM | #1048 |
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Final Regular Season Poll:
1. Alabama 2. MAryland 3. Texas Tech 4. Oregon 5. Arizona .. 7. Georgia Tech 16. North Carolina 18. Virginia Tech 21. NC State 22. Florida State 23. Clemson 25. Wake Forest Heh. NC State and Wake are new to the polls this week, while Clemson fell a ways. so we have 6 teams rated 16-25 out of the ACC. Interesting. Final ACC Standings 1. Maryland 13-3 2. Georgia Tech 12-4 3. Wake Forest 11-5 4. North Carolina 10-6 5. Virginia Tech 9-7 6. Florida State 8-8 7. NC State 8-8 8. Clemson 8-8 9. Miami 6-10 10. Boston College 5-11 11. Duke 4-12 12. Virginia 2-14 Maryland lost to Boston College in the final week of the season to fall out of the #1 spot in the polls. I end up the 6 seed in the ACC Tournament. The 3 seed, Wake Forest, gave us two very frustrating losses this year. I guess I shoudl look forward to another shot at them? There are zero ACC teams currently on the bubble. Indiana is on the bubble at 20-10 out of the Big 10 (35 RPI). Illinois is no longer on the bubble, that has to be good for them. Yup, they're 19-10, having won their last 6 straight. Bracketology: 1. Maryland 2. Georgia Tech 4. UNC 4. Virginia Tech 5. Wake Forest 6. Florida State 7. NC State 7. Clemson Miami and Boston College are nowhere to be found, presumably they each need something big to happen to get in. Illinois is listed a 9 seed, Michigan State is still a 1 seed. Ohio, who I have not mentioned this year, is having another great season, they're 24-3 and in line for a 7 seed. We're a low 6 presumably, we need a good run to make sure we don't fall into the dreaded 7/8 range. ACC First Round 8. Clemson 9. Miami 5. Virginia Tech 12. Virginia 6. Florida State 11. Duke 7. NC State 10. Boston College We beat Duke by 30 at their place in our only meeting this season. hopefully that is a good sign for us. |
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March 13, 2024 – ACC First Round
#22 Florida State (21-8, 8-8 ACC) vs Duke (13-15, 4-12 ACC) TEAM: FSU|DUKE OVR: 93|85 OFF: 92|84 DEF: 92|86 SHT: 94|85 REB: 92|89 COA: 91|86 We destroyed Duke at their place earlier in the year, which I hope will end up repeating itself here. This was one of the games where Mayer had 35ish with 10-15 minutes left but we were ahead by so much I just brought him out. Scouting PG Cori Songcuacy – JR – 78 OVR – 92 speed/82 quickness. 90 defense/72 steals. 83 hands/80 passing, just a C ball handler. 81 close/73 med/72 3/84 off the dribble. An ok secondary scorer and solid defender. Average/below average awareness (69 off/74 def). 8.1 ppg/3.8 apg. SG Dermie Nichols- SO – 78 OVR – 86 speed/87 quickness. 82 defense/78 steals. 85 close/69 med/79 3/76 off the dribble. Terrible awareness on offense(67), much better on D. He averages 12.7 points/game and might get some against us but he's not a particularly imposing player in any way. SF Garrison Bragg – SR – 86 OVR – 6'7” SF – 82 speed/80 quickness. 81 defense/80 steals, all solid for a SF. 84 close/80 med/74 3/86 in traffic. Coach on the floor with great awareness on offense(84) and solid on defense (77) Great strength(81/A-), very good leaper and hustle. Easily leads the team with 17.9 points and 6.8 rebounds/game. PF Bernie Strong – SO – 77 OVR – 6'6” SF – 74 orb/77 drb. 67 post off/78 post def. 82 close/79 in traffic. 10 points/5 boards a game but so so out of place. Millar can walk over him. C Cori George – FR – 73 OVR – 6'7” PF – 73 orb/87 drb. 79 post off/72 post def. 85 close/81 in traffic. 65 defensive awareness. 8.1 ppg/6.1 rpg.
I haven't been quicksimming much but this is silly. We're up 35 with 15 minutes left, sim to end. #22 Florida State 102 Duke 67 McClurkin: 9 points Day: 10 points Mayer: 32 points/4 assists Millar: 7 points/10 boards McCants: 17 points/13 boards Dearman: 12 points |
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06-17-2009, 12:04 AM | #1050 |
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ACC First Round
9. Miami 102 8. Clemson 81 5. Virginia Tech 82 12. Virginia 81 6. Florida State 102 11. Duke 67 10. Boston College 68 7. NC State 60 ACC Quarterfinals 1. Maryland 9. Miami 4. North Carolina 5. Virginia Tech 3. Wake Forest 6. Florida State 2. Georgia Tech 10. Boston College Wake Forest is just not that good! I made some progress in figuring out how to play well against them last time, so hopefully we'll get it this time around. |
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