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01-31-2004, 04:02 PM
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NCAA Tournament Champions
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Grambling 3 Northern Arizona 2 Idaho 1 Santa Clara 1 Arkansas State 1 Fordham 1 Duquesne 1 Bethune-Cookman 1 St. Bonaventure 1 Final Four Teams Code:
Northern Arizona 4 Grambling 3 Georgia State 2 Washington 2 Canisius 2 Duquesne 2 Wichita State 2 Sacramento State 2 Idaho 1 Prairie View A&M 1 Howard 1 Seton Hall 1 Central Michigan 1 Boston University 1 Akron 1 LaSalle 1 Cal State Northridge 1 Arizona 1 Texas 1 Santa Clara 1 Cal Poly 1 UMKC 1 Villanova 1 Arkansas State 1 San Francisco 1 St. Joseph’s 1 Norfolk State 1 Troy State 1 Fordham 1 Eastern Washington 1 South Carolina State 1 Bethune-Cookman 1 IUPUI 1 Loyola Marymount 1 Denver 1 Delaware State 1 St. Bonaventure 1
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01-31-2004, 04:29 PM
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Off Season Stuff
The East breaks the West run of wins in the High School All-Star Game Code:
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Tran was the top assist man in the country and led his team to the Final Four. He is an out going Senior. Deaver is a true freshman and averaged 12.8 points and 5.6 rebounds along with 2.6 assists per game this year. He was ranked as the #18 recruit in 1940. John Smith came over to UCLA from Mississippi Valley State and took a team with no post season appearances in 4 seasons to a 20-11 record and a NCAA appearance. The Recruiting Class Rankings Code:
In addition to the #1 overall recruit, Troy State brings in #45 and #15 and #26. Northern Arizona gets #3, #28, #37, #41 Top Conferences: Atlantic 10 (#1 Duquesne, #4 Fordham, #6 St. Bonaventure, #14 LaSalle, St. Josephs, Umass) Big Sky (#3 Northern Arizona, #13 Sac State, #25 Weber State) Ivy (#5 Brown) Mid-Continent (#15 UMKC, IUPUI, Western Illinois) Mid-Eastern Atheltic (#9 Bethune, #23 Delaware State, Norfolk State, Coppin State, South Carolina State) Missouri Valley (#7 Wichita State, #11 Southern Illinois, #18 Drake, #21 Southern Iowa) West Coast (#10 San Fran, #12 Santa Clara, #24 Loyola Marymount) WAC: 1 Big Ten: 1 Top Teams Bethune 77 Duquesne 76 Northern Arizona 76 Sac State 76 Troy State 73 Arkansas State 72 St. Bonaventure 72 IUPUI 71 Wichita State 71 Drake 70 Fordham 70 San Fran 70 UMASS 39 Penn State 29 UTEP 27 Illinois 27 Iowa 25 Coaching Movement Illinois fired their coach, Scottie Castaneda. He was their coach for 7 years and has just 1 NCAA appearance to show for it. Illinois brings in Tim Sink, formerly a Grambling and Western Michigan assistant (among other teams). This will be his first head coaching job. He is known for his decent recruiting and hard nosed defensive style. He is decent at judging talent, but runs a miserable offense. St. Joseph’s fired their coach, Tony Cancellor. He Took them to the Elite 8 in 1938, then the Sweet Sixteen in 1937, then the 1st round in 1940 and then the NIT’s in 1941. Not a good trend and he was fired for it. They bring in Rob Barkslee from Texas Southern. Rob also was the head coach at other schools like Kentucky and Pennsylvania. He brings a 208-165 record. He has 6 NCAA appearances and an Elite Eight.
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01-31-2004, 04:39 PM
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1942-1943
Another first time champion this past season. Nobody wants to separate themselves from the pack and be the top dog. Anyway, on to recruiting where we have nine 5 star recruits this year. Three of them have declared for the draft, and another 3 have already committed to schools: #3 PF Jonathan Gilmore, from Torrington, CT has committed to Fordham. #4 SG Osmond Coxhead, from Denton, UK, has committed to Bethune-Cookman. #6 SF Angelo smith, from Overton, NV has committed to Sacramento State. And the other three are still deciding: #2 PG Keith Frampton, from Jonesville, LA: Bethune #5 C Frances Klinger, from West Carrollton, OH: Duquesne, St. Bonnie #7 PG David Reis, from Carbondale, CO: Bethune Pre Season Polls Code:
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01-31-2004, 04:42 PM
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Hey Jeeber, I was just poking around in the Top 100 recruits and noticed this guy:
PF Jonah Neese, ranked #98 overall, from Carlsbad, NM. Schools he is interested in, with interest in the school and scholly status: UTEP, Very High, Scholly offered Air Force, High, Scholly Offered New Mexico State, Average, No Scholly offered Colorado State, None, Scholly offered Prairie View, Average, No Scholly Offered
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01-31-2004, 04:53 PM
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Mid Season Review
All of our recruits have finally committed: #2 PG Keith Frampton committed to Bethune-Cookman. #5 C Frances Klinger committed to Wichita State. #7 PG David Reis committed to Duquesne. Oh, and Jeeber, Jonah committed to UTEP. You have a Top 100 recruit! Mid Season Polls Code:
UMASS: 0-4, 7-8 Iowa 2-1, 7-6 Illinois 2-1, 6-8 Penn State 1-2, 9-5 Wichita State 1-4, 8-8 UTEP 3-4, 7-8
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01-31-2004, 04:54 PM
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#10 PF Jonah Neese
6'10" - 212lbs Carlsbad High School - Carlsbad, NM Season Stats PPG ORB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% 12.6 2.2 7.2 1.0 2.2 0.47 0.8 1.2 2.4 5.6 13.8 .404 1.4 2.2 .622 0.2 2.2 .070 Recruiting Notes Rating: *** GPA: 2.66 Test Score: 1010 Qualified: Yes Rankings: #98 Overall, #21 PF, West Region #30 Overall, West Region #5 PF Awards: None
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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01-31-2004, 08:13 PM
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End of Regular Season Report
Final Polls Code:
UMASS: 6-10 (5th in East), 13-16, RPI 119 Iowa 11-5 (3rd), 18-11, RPI 140 Illinois 9-7 (4th), 15-16, RPI 210 Penn State 7-9 (T5th), 15-14, RPI 164 Wichita State 11-7 (3rd), 20-13, RPI 35 UTEP 10-8 (T4th), 15-14, RPI 134 Points per game Code:
Overton is a Junior this year. He was rated #480 overall back in 1938. Morgan is a Senior and was ranked just #507 in 1938. He has been a 4 year starter. Rebounds per game Code:
Hannan is a Senior and was ranked #344 back in 1937. Adkisson is also a Senior and was ranked #121 in 1938. Assists per game Code:
Steger is a Senior and was ranked #170 back in 1938. Pugh is also a Senior and was ranked #25 overall in 1938. Early Departures Code:
The Brackets West 1 Northern Arizona 2 Seton Hall 3 St. Bonaventure 4 Brown 5 St. Mary’s 8 Southern Illinois 9 Delaware State 12 Denver 7 Washington 14 Cal Poly Could this be the best bracket we have ever seen? Midwest 1 New Mexico State 2 Weber State 3 Santa Clara 4 Fordham 8 IUPUI 9 Wichita State 5 Grambling 6 Drake A deep bracket, but no real powerhouse. South 1 Bethune-Cookman 2 St. Joseph’s 3 Arkansas State 4 Portland State 9 UCLA 12 UMKC 7 Cal State Northridge 11 Troy State Pretty average bracket. East 1 Duquesne 2 Sacramento State 3 San Francisco 4 New Hampshire 5 South Carolina State 7 Georgia State 10 Florida International 14 Villanova 6 Howard Another fairly deep bracket.
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01-31-2004, 08:19 PM
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Round One Highlights
No problems for any of the #1 seeds in the first round. In the South Region, we lost a #2 seed. #15 Virginia beats #2 St. Joseph’s. All of the 3 seeds advance into the next round. Only 2 of the 4 seed advanced: Brown and New Hampshire. In the South, #13 Georgia Southern beat #4 Portland State and in the Midwest, #13 Texas Tech beat #4 Fordham. Other notable to advance: #8 Southern Illinois, #5 St. Mary’s, #9 Wichita State, #5 Grambling, #6 Drake, #9 UCLA, #12 UMKC, #7 Cal State Northridge, #5 South Carolina State, #7 Georgia State, #6 Howard Round Two Highlights We lost a #1 seed this round. #9 Wichita State always excels in the tournament and this year is no exception, as they knock off #1 New Mexico State. All three of the #2 seeds that are left have advanced. We lost one of our 3 seeds in this round as well. #6 Drake upsets #3 Santa Clara in the Midwest Region. All of the 4 seeds are now gone. In this round, #5 South Carolina State beat #4 New Hampshire and #5 St. Mary’s beat #4 Brown. Other notables in the Sweet 16: #12 UMKC#7 Cal State Northridge
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01-31-2004, 08:23 PM
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Sweet Sixteen Highlights
In the West Region, #1 Northern Arizona has shaken off some bad tournament performances of late and advanced to the Elite Eight with a win over St. Mary’s. They will face #3 and defending champs, St. Bonaventure. In the Midwest, #9 Wichita State continues to shine in the tournament by beating #13 Texas Tech. They will face off against #6 Drake, who beat #2 Weber State. In the South, another #1 seed advances. Bethune-Cookman will face #3 Arkansas State. Finally, in the East, #1 Duquesne also advances to face #2 Sacramento State, who beat in state rival, San Francisco. Elite Eight Highlights We are in for an incredible Final Four this year. Starting in the West, #1 Northern Arizona makes another trip to the Final Four. In the Midwest, #6 Drake is the Cinderella of the Final Four after they beat #9 Wichita State. In the South, another #1 seed advances, as Bethune beats #3 Arkansas State. And in the East we have yet another #1 seed, Duquesne. They beat Sacramento State.
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01-31-2004, 08:32 PM
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Final Four
In the NIT Finals, Alabama State beats Canisius. The Match Ups #1 Northern Arizona vs. #1 Bethune-Cookman #6 Drake vs. #1 Duquesne In game 1, Bethune had 4 players score in double figures, led by PG James Pugh. Pugh is a Senior and was ranked as the #25 recruit in 1938. He is a 2 year starter and averaged 12 points and 6.8 assists this year. Tonight he scored 19 to pace Bethune. Northern Arizona did not have that may scoring threat, but they did have SF Hayden Hendon. Hayden is a Junior and was ranked #2 overall in 1939. He has started every game in his career and tonight he went for an incredible 32 points. He helped Northern Arizona to the 87-76 victory. In game 2, Drake continued its magical run by feeding the ball to their SF, Mervin Vargas. Vargas is a Senior and was ranked #17 back in 1938. He is a 3 year starter and led the Drake team with 22 points. PF Joshua Castello also had a monster game with 16 points and 15 boards. Josh is a Senior and was ranked #18 in 1937. Duquesne had a great performance from freshman Adrian Montgomery, ranked #5 in 1940. He scored 15, but it was not enough as Drake wins 69-61. In the Finals, Hendon had another fine game for Northern Arizona with 15 points. PF Cliff Harrelson and bench player SG Cristobal Stowell each scored 10. Drake countered with SG James Tucker who scored 11 and had 11 rebounds as well. They also had 10 points each from C Dan Smart and backup SG David Joplin. The difference was Drake’s PG Michael Moffitt, a true freshman. He led the team with 13 points, 3 assists and 6 boards, as well as the game winner with less than 30 seconds left. Drake takes it 65-64 and are the NCAA Champs!
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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01-31-2004, 08:34 PM
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NCAA Tournament Champions
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Grambling 3 Northern Arizona 2 Idaho 1 Santa Clara 1 Arkansas State 1 Fordham 1 Duquesne 1 Bethune-Cookman 1 St. Bonaventure 1 Drake 1 Final Four Teams Code:
Northern Arizona 5 Grambling 3 Duquesne 3 Georgia State 2 Washington 2 Canisius 2 Wichita State 2 Sacramento State 2 Bethune-Cookman 2 Idaho 1 Prairie View A&M 1 Howard 1 Seton Hall 1 Central Michigan 1 Boston University 1 Akron 1 LaSalle 1 Cal State Northridge 1 Arizona 1 Texas 1 Santa Clara 1 Cal Poly 1 UMKC 1 Villanova 1 Arkansas State 1 San Francisco 1 St. Joseph’s 1 Norfolk State 1 Troy State 1 Fordham 1 Eastern Washington 1 South Carolina State 1 IUPUI 1 Loyola Marymount 1 Denver 1 Delaware State 1 St. Bonaventure 1 Drake 1
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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01-31-2004, 08:49 PM
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Off Season Stuff
The West look to begin another winning streak in the High School All-Star game. Code:
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Luna is just a Junior and will be returning for his senior season. He is a three year starter and this year scored 16.2 points per game and had 10.8 rebounds per game. Moffiitt took Drake to a National Championship and hit the game winning shot. Enough said. Teets is one of the best coaches in the National and along with a National Title, this award solidifies his spot in the coaching universe. In fact, Teets is the winningest coach in the nation with 325 wins and only 1217 losses in his tenure with Duquesne, Florida Atlantic and Akron. He has been with Duquesne for 10 years now. Recruiting Rankings Code:
Bethune only had 2 recruits this year. However, when they are #2 and #4 in the country, you have the best class. The Bonnies got ##11, #27, #33 and #18. Top Conferences Atlantic 10 (#2 Duquesne, #4 St. Joseph’s, #9 Fordham, #14 St. Bonaventure) Big Sky (#1 Northern Arizona, #10 Weber State, #12 Sac State, #13 Portland State) Ivy (#15 Brown) Mid Eastern Athletic (#6 Bethune, #22 Howard, #24 South Carolina State, Delaware State, Norfolk State) Missouri Valley (#19 Drake, Wichita State) Sun Belt (#3 New Mexico State, #5 Arkansas State, Denver) West Coast (#7 Santa Clara, #11 San Fran, #18 St. Mary’s) Top Teams Duquesne 81 Bethune 80 Drake 76 Northern Arizona 75 Sac State 75 St. Bonnie 74 Wichita State 74 Brown 72 Troy State 72 UMASS 41 Iowa 26 UTEP 26 Illinois 25 Penn State 24 Coaching Changes No major changes this year.
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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01-31-2004, 11:00 PM
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Wow! The Miners got a top 100 recruit, a top 100 overall recruiting class, and they finished with a winning record! Things could be looking up in Miner-ville!
Thanks for the extra info, Marm. 
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01-31-2004, 11:55 PM
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Wow, the Illini whacked their coach! Outstanding news, plus a guy with a Grambling background. Crappy offense be damned, I feel a surge coming!
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02-01-2004, 12:04 PM
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1943-1944
So Drake finally gets a title after being one of the top teams the last few years. They finally are able to punctuate their nice run as of late. But, if they want to keep it up, they need to capitalize on the title in the recruiting process. This year we have nine 5 star prospects and 3 of them have declared for the draft. That leaves only 6 players for the top teams to fight over. One of them has already committed, and Drake wrapped him up: #7 SG Justin Walsh, from East Bridgewater, MA has committed to Drake. That leaves 5 guys still undecided: #1 SF Jerald Purcell, from Sacramento, CA: Drake #2 PF Mark Waddle, from Poultney, VT: Brown, Wichita State, St. Bonnie (He is a JUCO, you might remember him not qualifying a couple years back.) #4 SF Lucius Hughs, from Newark, DE: Arkansas State #5 PF Reed Gouge, from Campbellsport, WI: St. Bonnie #8 PF Dan Krawczyk, from Saxonburg, PA: St. Bonnie, Brown, Duquesne The Pre Season Polls have been released: Code:
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02-01-2004, 12:22 PM
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Mid Season Report
All but one of our recruits have signed on with teams, and did Wichita State pull out a huge class! #1 SF Jerald Purcell committed to Wichita State. #2 PF Mark Waddles committed to Wichita State. #4 SF Lucius Hughs committed to Arkansas State. #5 PF Reed Gouge committed to St. Bonaventure The only hold out is #8 PF Dan Krawczyk: Wichita State, Brown, Drake Mid Season Polls Code:
UMASS: 0-2, 7-7 Iowa: 4-0, 9-5 Illinois: 2-1, 6-8 Penn State: 1-3, 7-7 Wichita State: 3-3, 12-6 (ranked #17) UTEP: 3-4, 8-7
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02-01-2004, 12:43 PM
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Regular Season Report
Our final recruit has made a commitment: #8 PF Dan Krawczyk has committed to Drake. Final Polls Code:
UMASS: 5-1 (4th in East), 12-17, RPI 134 Iowa 12-4 (T1st), 20-10, RPI 93 Penn State 8-8(T4th), 18-13, RPI 111; Penn State won the Big X tournament and they are in the NCAA’s! Illinois 8-8 (T4th), 12-17, RPI 226 Wichita State 10-8 (4th), 21-12, RPI 19 (ranked #19) UTEP 7-11 (8th), 16-16, RPI 178 (They made a run to the conference finals, but could not close the deal and was just that one win away from the NCAA’s) Points per game Code:
Cline is a Senior and is a 3 year starter. He was ranked #110 in 1939. Campbell is just a Junior and is returning. He was ranked just #264 back in 1940. Rebounds per game Code:
Brunelle is a Senior and was ranked #83 overall in 1938. Piercy is a Junior and will return. He was ranked #198 in 1940. Assists per game Code:
Sweat is a senior and was ranked #124 in 1939. Ruth is also a Senior and was ranked #80 in 1938. Early Departures Code:
The Brackets West 1 Northern Arizona 2 St. Joseph’s 3 New Mexico State 4 Nicholls State 8 Coppin State 5 LaSalle 12 Cal State Northridge 7 Troy State A fairly deep bracket here. Midwest 1 Bethune 2 Sacramento State 3 Denver 4 St. Bonaventure 5 Wichita State 7 Georgia State 10 IUPUI The top 5 teams are all heavyweights here. I would not be surprised to see 4 of the top5 in the Sweet 16. South 1 Fordham 2 Santa Clara 3 Arkansas State 4 Norfolk State 12 Washington 6 Grambling Although we have a bunch of former champs, this year, this region is not a tough one. East 1 Duquesne 2 Drake 3 Brown 4 South Carolina State 9 Seton Hall 5 Pennsylvania 15 Penn State 7 Delaware State Pretty solid up and down the bracket here.
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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02-01-2004, 12:51 PM
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First Round Highlights
One of the most prestigious teams in the country fell flat on their face today. #1 Bethune lost to #16 seed Oral Roberts in the first round! The final score was 75-73. The other #1 seeds survived, all with ease. All four #2 seeds advanced, which means Penn State is gone already. We also lost a #3 seed in this round. #14 Hofstra beat #3 Brown. The #4 seeds all advanced pretty easily as well. Other notable to advance: #8 Coppin State, #12 Cal State Northridge, #7 Troy State, #7 Georgia State, #6 Grambling, #5 Penn, #7 Delaware State Second Round Highlights We lost another #1 seed this round. #8 Navy beat Seton Hall in round 1 and then knocked off #1 Duquesne in this round. That leaves us with just two #1 seeds in the Sweet Sixteen. We also lost our first #2 seed in this round. #2 Sacramento State was upset by #7 Georgia State. All three of the remaining 3 seeds advanced in this round. We started this round with all four #4 seeds, and suddenly we are down to just one of them: St. Bonaventure in the Midwest bracket. In the West, #12 Cal State Northridge beat #4 Nicholls State. In the South, #5 Princeton beat #4 Norfolk State and in the East, #5 Penn beat #4 South Carolina State. Other notables to advance: #16 Oral Roberts, #11 Chicago State
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02-01-2004, 12:57 PM
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Sweet Sixteen Highlights
Starting in the West, #1 Northern Arizona advances by beating Cinderella #12 Cal State Northridge. They will face #2 St. Joseph’s in a what should be a greet #1/#2 matchup. In the Midwest, #16 Oral Roberts saw their run come to end end at the hands of #4 St. Bonaventure. The Bonnies will face #7 Georgia State who knocked off #3 Denver. In the South, our other #1 seed, Fordham advances over Princeton to face #2 Santa Clara. Another great #1/#2 matchup. Finally in the East, #8 Navy moves on to face #2 Drake. Elite Eight Highlights Starting out in the West, #1 Northern Arizona makes their second consecutive Final Four appearance by beating #2 St. Joseph’s. This is Northern Arizona’s 6th Final Four appearance! In the Midwest, #7 Georgia State is making a return to prominence by advancing to the Final Four over #4 St. Bonaventure. In the South, #1 Fordham goes down to a former champion themselves, #2 Santa Clara. Finally in the East, the defending champs, Drake advance by knocking out upstart Navy.
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02-01-2004, 01:04 PM
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Location: Roseville, CA
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Penn State is gone....but hey, we made it!!! Hopefully we can turn this into more success.
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02-01-2004, 01:06 PM
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Final Four
San Francisco had a down year, but settled for the NIT title with a win over Gonzaga. The matchups #1 Northern Arizona vs. #2 Santa Clara #7 Georgia State vs. #2 Drake Three of these teams are former champs, with Drake being the defending champ. This is also Georgia State’s third trip to the Final Four, although they have yet to win it all. Northern Arizona had a tough time scoring against the Santa Clara defense. Sophomore SF San Moreau, a #5 overall recruit in 1941 scored a team high 13 points for Northern Arizona. Santa Clara had not only the defense but a killer offense going for them. It was led by Senior C Jaime Luna. Luna was the #23 overall recruit in 1938, and the National Freshman of the year in 1940. He was also last year’s National Player of the year! He went crazy for 25 points and 14 rebounds as Santa Clara crushed N. Arizona 81-63. In game 2, Drake survived a pair of double doubles by Georgia State players PF Charles Crissman and SF Jose Helms. Helms is a junior and tied a game high with 17 points along with 11 rebounds. But Drake had 4 players score in double figures and are determined to defend their title. They were led by PG Mike Moffitt, now a sophomore. He was ranked #8 overall in 1941 and had a huge impact last year if you recall. He led the team with 17 points and SF Milton McGlothlin added 16 as Drake wins 72-64. Drake fell one game short of winning back to back titles, something only Grambling has been able to do. The great Santa Clara defense was up to the task, shutting two of the Drake starters out of the scoring column. C Jamie Luna had another great game for Santa Clara with 21 points and 9 boards. SF Will Roll also added in 16 points and 10 boards. Santa Clara takes the game, 75-62 and wins their second National Title!
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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02-01-2004, 01:07 PM
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NCAA Tournament Champions
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Grambling 3 Northern Arizona 2 Santa Clara 2 Idaho 1 Arkansas State 1 Fordham 1 Duquesne 1 Bethune-Cookman 1 St. Bonaventure 1 Drake 1 Final Four Teams Code:
Northern Arizona 6 Grambling 3 Duquesne 3 Georgia State 3 Washington 2 Canisius 2 Wichita State 2 Sacramento State 2 Bethune-Cookman 2 Santa Clara 2 Drake 2 Idaho 1 Prairie View A&M 1 Howard 1 Seton Hall 1 Central Michigan 1 Boston University 1 Akron 1 LaSalle 1 Cal State Northridge 1 Arizona 1 Texas 1 Cal Poly 1 UMKC 1 Villanova 1 Arkansas State 1 San Francisco 1 St. Joseph’s 1 Norfolk State 1 Troy State 1 Fordham 1 Eastern Washington 1 South Carolina State 1 IUPUI 1 Loyola Marymount 1 Denver 1 Delaware State 1 St. Bonaventure 1
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02-01-2004, 01:27 PM
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Off Season Recap
The West win the All Star game once again: Code:
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What a career for Luna. Back to back Final Fours, back to back National Player of the Year Awards, Freshman of the year and a National Title. Could he be the greatest player in NCAA history? Ken Turner was not highly regarded in recruiting last year. He was ranked just #382. He started every game and scored 20 points and grabbed 6 boards per game. Scheel has been the only head coach in Santa Clara history, and after winning his second National Title, he solidifies his standing as a top coach with a National Coach of the Year Award. Scheel is the 14th winningest coach in NCAA history and has only failed to reach a post season tournament once, and that was 1930, the first year of exitance for the NCAA. Amazing. The Recruiting rankings have been released: Code:
A bit of a surprise here as Wichita State grabbed the top 2 recruits in the country and finished 3rd. Drake hauled in #8, #25, #108, #7 Northern Arizona got #11, 36, 77, 20 Wichita State had just those 2 recruits. Not a single change in the 5 star cnferences this year, so I won’t repeat them like I normally do. Here are some notables: Big East 3 Big Ten 2 WAC 2 Teams Drake 80 Duquesne 80 Bethune 79 Northern Arizona 78 Sac State 75 Santa Clara 75 St Bonnie 75 Arkansas State 72 Brown 72 Wichita State 72 UMASS 39 Iowa 29 UTEP 28 Penn State 26 Illinois 19 Louisville 3 Southern Miss 3 Coaching Changes The biggest news here is that Duquesne’s head coach, Ken Teets has retired as the all time leader in career victories! Duquesne will not be able to get a coach this great, but they almost did! They stole Fordham coach Chris Martinez right out from under a perennial #1 seed’s nose! Chris has a 311-157 career coaching record and a National Championship! He also has countless NCAA appearances. Duquesne may not miss a beat with him. Fordham had to find a replacement and they made a decent choice. They got Gary Moua from Chicago State. Gary got Chicago State to the Sweet Sixteen last year. He has a 239-199 career record. He has only 3 NCAA appearances, but a bunch of NIT appearances with some mediocre team like Buffalo and Jacksonville. He also was the head coach at UCLA and got them to where they are now. Iowa made a coaching change, and a pretty darn good one. James Coker has been all over the country as an assistant coach, most recently with Pennsylvania. He is considered one of the top defensive minds in the country (rated 100). He helped get Penn to the Sweet Sixteen last year and was also a part of a Sweet Sixteen Bethune coaching squad. So Ken Teets retires, and he is arguably the best coach in the history of the NCAA so far. A National Title, an NIT Title, and a coach of the year award top his resume. He is third all time in winning percentage with a 0.745. Code:
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02-01-2004, 02:47 PM
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Glad to have a good coach removed from Chicago State so the Illini can hopefully elevate their standing in the home state. But a little dismayed to hear that Iowa brought in some talent. Based on the recruits I have seen come in the last three years I hope our guy is a hardcourt Belicheck when it comes to coaching/defense.
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02-02-2004, 08:21 PM
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Yeah two 5 star recruits from Vermont in 14 years! Took Waddles a couple tries but with him and #1 recruit Jerald Purcell Witchita State should be in for a good future. I'm sure Shaplowsky loves this.
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02-04-2004, 08:57 PM
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Location: Manchester, CT
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1944-1945
Another recruiting season is upon us and we have twelve 5 star recruits this year. Four of them have already declared for the draft while another 5 of them have committed to schools already. #4 SF Sean Morris, from Dunkirk, NY, has committed to Duquesne. #5 SF Henry Parent, from Flinton, PA, has committed to Brown. #6 PG Malcolm Corson, from Panama, NY, has committed to Brown. #11 PG Raul Bryant, from Bowie, MD, has committed to Wichita State. #12 PG Aaron Ashmore, from Baltimore, MD, has committed to Duquesne. Terrific recruiting jobs by Duquesne and Brown so far! Here are the guys who are still undecided: #1 C Chris Stansberry, from Las Vegas, NM: Bethune, St. Bonnie. #7 PF Daniel Scott, from Shenandoah, VA: Drake #9 PF Mark Nightingale, from Barrington, RI: Drake The Pre Season Polls have been released: Code:
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02-04-2004, 09:26 PM
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Mid Season Review
All of our recruits have committed to schools! #1 C Chris Stansberry has committed to Bethune-Cookman. #7 PF Daniel Scott has committed to Drake. #9 PF Mark Nightingale has committed to Drake. Mid Season Polls Code:
UMASS: 2-2, 6-7 Penn State: 3-0, 11-3 Iowa 3-1, 10-3 Illinois 2-2, 9-6 Wichita State: 3-2, 11-4 (Ranked #6) UTEP: 2-4, 6-9
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02-04-2004, 09:47 PM
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Regular Season Wrap up
Final Polls Code:
UMASS: 5-11 (Last in the East), 12-18, RPI 132 Penn State: 15-1 (1st), 26-5, RPI 23 Iowa: 14-2 (2nd), 24-5, RPI 25 Illinois: 4-12 (Last), 12-17, RPI 252 Wichita State: 7-11 (8th), 15-14, RPI 64 UTEP: 6-12 (8th), 11-19, RPI 282 Points per game Code:
Ken Turner is just a sophomore, but he has already declared for the NBA draft. Ken really came out of nowhere, as he was ranked just #382 during the 1942 recruiting period. Tony Boyd is a 5th year senior and was ranked #125 overall in 1939. Rebounds per game Code:
Crumley is a Senior and was ranked #172 in 1940. Booker is only a Junior and was ranked just #376 back in 1940. Assists Per Game Code:
Christopherson is a junior and was ranked #160 overall in 1940. Williams is a Senior and was ranked #145 in 1940. Early Departures Code:
The Brackets! West 1 Northern Arizona 2 Arkansas State 3 Santa Clara 4 Norfolk State 9 Denver 5 Washington 7 Penn State 6 Cal State Northridge Very impressive bracket of teams. Midwest 1 Drake 2 St. Joseph’s 3 Loyola Marymount 4 Southern Utah 9 Penn 13 St. Louis 5 Sacramento State 7 Iowa 6 New Mexico State Some good teams, but I think it will be a surprise if Drake does not blow through this bracket. South 1 Bethune-Cookman 2 Georgia State 3 Air Force 4 St. Mary’s 8 Troy State 9 IUPUI 6 Delaware State Weaker than average bracket East 1 Brown 2 Coppin State 3 UMKC 4 Wyoming 5 Duquesne 7 Fordham 14 Florida Some big names, but overall, not incredibly strong. Look for Duquesne to come out of this bracket.
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02-04-2004, 11:55 PM
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Man, Penn State had a great year. Hope they can go deep into the tourney.
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02-05-2004, 07:00 AM
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rjolley - Both Penn State and Iowa came out of nowhere with RPI's in the 20's and gaudy regular season records. The conference may finally get some respect!
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02-07-2004, 12:28 PM
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First Round Highlights
All of the #1 seeds advanced easily into the second round. We had three of our #2 seeds advance, but #15 Fairfield knocked off #2 Coppin State in the East Region, 76-67. We lost two #2 seeds in this round as well! #14 George Mason beat #3 Santa Clara in the West, and again in the East we had a big upset as #14 Florida beat #3 UMKC. The four seeds had the same success as the 2 seeds in this round. We only lost one of them when #13 Maryland beat #4 St. Mary’s in the South Bracket. Other notable to advance: #9 Denver, #6 Cal State Northridge, #9 Penn, #5 Sacramento State, #6 New Mexico State, #8 Troy State, #5 Nicholls State, #6 Delaware State, $5 Duquesne, #7 Fordham Penn State and Iowa were both knocked out in the first round. Second Round Highlights We have our first #1 seed casualty in this round. In the South Bracket, #8 Troy State knocked off #1 Bethune Cookman. We lost 2 more #2 seeds in this round, which leaves us with just St. Joseph’s as the lone 2 seed. In the West, #10 Indiana State beat Arkansas State and in the South, #7 Princeton beat #2 Georgia State. All of the #3 seeds have been eliminated. Two in the first round and two more today. #6 New Mexico State beat #3 Loyola Marymount and #6 Delaware State beat #3 Air Force. The 4 seeds are falling by the wayside as well. We lost two more today, which leaves us with just #4 Southern Utah in the Midwest Bracket. #12 Portland beat #4 Norfolk State and #5 Duquesne beat #4 Wyoming in the East. Other Notable to advance: #13 Maryland, #6 Delaware State#7 Fordham, #5 Duquesne
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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02-07-2004, 12:32 PM
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Sweet Sixteen Highlights
The #2 seeds started falling today. In fact, only #1 Drake in the Midwest remains. #12 Portland continues its magical run by knocking off #1 Northern Arizona in the West. They will face #10 Indiana State in a battle of double digit seeds for a trip to the Final Four. In the Midwest, Drake survived and will face #2 St. Joseph’s in a #1/#2 showdown. In the South, #8 Troy State advanced over #13 Maryland. They will face #7 Princeton, who were able to beat #6 Delaware State. Finally, in the East, #5 Duquesne knocked off #1 seed Brown to advance. #6 Columbia will face them after beating #7 Fordham. Elite Eight Highlights In the West, #10 Indiana State won the battle of the Cinderellas over #12 Portland to advance to the Final Four. In the Midwest, our only #1 seed, Drake beat the 2 seed, St. Joseph’s to advance. In the South, another high seed advances as #8 Troy State beats #7 Princeton. Finally in the East, #5 Duquesne is no surprise as they return to the final four after taking care of #6 Columbia.
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02-07-2004, 12:41 PM
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Final Four
In the NIT, San Francisco beat UNLV for the Title. The matchups #10 Indiana State vs. #8 Troy State #1 Drake vs. #5 Duquesne It would seem game 1 will determine who gets crushed in the finals…. Game 1 was a defensive affair, but two players stood out. For Troy State, SG Harley Pinada, a Junior and ranked #15 overall in 1941 led his team with 19 points. For Indiana State, SF Al Holden, a senior and ranked #66 overall in 1940, did a little bit better with 21 points and 12 rebounds. That little bit more gave Indiana State just a little more on the scoreboard and a 66-63 victory. Game 2 was supposed to be a battle. Duquesne is always great and Drake is in their 3rd consecutive Final Four. The game turned out differently though as Duquesne just ran Drake right out of the gym. Junior SG Adrian Montgomery, who is leaving after this year for the draft scored 20 to lead the team. Junior C Chris Funke, ranked #16 overall in 1941, added 19. Drake had a great performance from Senior C Nestor Reed, ranked #237 in 1939. He scored 19 points and grabbed 10 boards in the losing cause. Duquesne wins big, 90-65. Duquesne, looking for their second title in 6 seasons had a great gameplan and shut down the starters for Indiana State. But they didn’t count on little used SG, Sophomore John Hacker, who was ranked just #1118 in 1941. John scored 13 points in 17 minutes off the bench, all in the second half to keep Indiana State in the game. Duquesne was just a little too much today though. Guards Adrian Montgomery and Edward Densmore, both leaving college after this year paced Duqesne with 13 points each and gave Duquesne the title with a narrow 60-58 victory!
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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02-07-2004, 12:44 PM
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NCAA Tournament Champions
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Grambling 3 Northern Arizona 2 Santa Clara 2 Duquesne 2 Idaho 1 Arkansas State 1 Fordham 1 Bethune-Cookman 1 St. Bonaventure 1 Drake 1 Final Four Teams Code:
Northern Arizona 6 Duquesne 4 Grambling 3 Georgia State 3 Drake 3 Washington 2 Canisius 2 Wichita State 2 Sacramento State 2 Bethune-Cookman 2 Santa Clara 2 Troy State 2 Idaho 1 Prairie View A&M 1 Howard 1 Seton Hall 1 Central Michigan 1 Boston University 1 Akron 1 LaSalle 1 Cal State Northridge 1 Arizona 1 Texas 1 Cal Poly 1 UMKC 1 Villanova 1 Arkansas State 1 San Francisco 1 St. Joseph’s 1 Norfolk State 1 Fordham 1 Eastern Washington 1 South Carolina State 1 IUPUI 1 Loyola Marymount 1 Denver 1 Delaware State 1 St. Bonaventure 1 Indiana State 1
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02-07-2004, 01:09 PM
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Off Season Stuff
The East get back on top in the High School All-Star game: Code:
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Beckley is a Senior and was ranked #26 in 1939. He started his final 2 seasons at Fordham and this past year averaged 14.6 points and 11.4 rebounds per game. Pimental is a freshman who red shirted last year. He was ranked #156 in 1942. He scored 12.5 points and had 7 rebounds per game this year. Pettus came over from Fresno State and took a team that has not been to the NCAA tournament in 4 years, to the second round and had 25 wins. Recruiting Rankings Code:
Duquesne wins the national title and hauls in the #1 class in the nation! They got #45, #12, #95, #15, #4 Brown got #80, #6, #5, #127 Top Conferences Atlantic 10 (#8 St. Joseph’s, #11 Duquesne, #14 Fordham, St. Bonnie, LaSalle) Ivy (#3 Brown, #18 Penn) Mid-Continent (#21 UMKC, #24 IUPUI, #25 Southern Utah) Mid-Eastern Athletic (#5 Bethune, #6 Coppin State, #15 Norfolk State, Delaware State) Missouri Valley (#1 Drake, Indiana State, Wichita State) Mountain West (#12 Wyoming, #16 Air Force) West Coast (#10 Santa Clara, #17 St. Marys, #19 Loyola Marymount, San Fran) Top Teams Drake 82 Duquesne 81 Bethune 79 Northern Arizona 78 Santa Clara 75 Brown 74 Sac State 74 Wichita State 64 UMASS 38 Iowa 35 Penn State 30 UTEP 24 Illinois 17 Coaching Changes Big news this year! UMASS has hired away Arkansas State’s Head Coach of 11 years, Mason Morgan. Mason won a title with them in 1936 and has been to the NCAA tournament every year with Arkansas State. Now he will try to bring UMASS to that level of play. Arkansas State went out and hired the Washington head coach, Tony Harness. Tony has a 279-148 record as a head coach and took Washington to the NCAAs every year he was there, including an elite Eight appearance. Illinois fired their head coach after 3 mediocre years and hired Stony Brook assistant Tyrell Pope. This will be Pope’s first head coaching job. LaSalle fired their coach after just reaching the NCAA tourney once in the last three years and not winning a single game. They hire Stony Brook’s head coach, Michale Rodriguez. He has a 223-231 record as a head coach with mostly Cleveland State. Nicholls State head coach was hired away by Alabama A&M. Nicholls State replaces him with Clayton Ross, Maryland’s head coach. He brought Maryland to the Sweet 16 last year and has a 113-77 career record. Northern Arizona’s Kelly Twomey retired! Northern Arizona went and hired Georgia State’s head coach Saul Anderson. Saul has a 312-178 career record and a Final Four appearance 2 years ago. Penn State saw their coach hired away. They replaced him with Quincy Wood, a Wyoming assistant. This will be Wood’s first head coaching job. UTEP fired their coach, Chris Edington and hired a St. Joseph’s assistant! Cameron Engle is just 53-97 as a head coach, but as part of St. Joseph’s staff for the last 3 years, he helped them reach 2 Elite eights. So, Kelly Twomey has retired from Northern Arizona. He took the job in 1934 after starting his job in Lafayette. He won a Championship and was in 3 other Final Fours with Arizona during his career. He retired with a 374-143 record, the most wins in NCAA history right now. He was named Conference Coach of the Year 5 times in his career. He is 5th on the all time winning percentage list with 0.723. He has won 8 conference titles. He also recruited and coached 3 All Americans in his career. The NCAA will miss this legend.
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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02-07-2004, 02:38 PM
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1945-1946
This year’s crop of high schoolers are slim. Only eight 5 star recruits this season. Four of them have already declared for the draft. That leaves four of them for college, and none have declared a school yet. #3 PF Robert Murray, from Canton, OH: Bethune #5 SF Randolph Jarman, from Salt Lake City, UT: Sac State #7 SF Pedro Bryan, from Charleston, SC: Drake #8 PF Maynard Hicks, from Albuquerque, NM: Bethune, Drake Pre Season Top 25 Code:
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02-07-2004, 02:45 PM
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Hopefully the new coach can help the Miners, and it's good to see that they had a half-way decent recruiting class. Maybe they can put together a second winning season soon...
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UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO |
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02-07-2004, 02:55 PM
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Mid Season Report
Two of our recruits have given commitments: #3 PF Robert Murray: Bethune-Cookman #5 SF Randolph Jarman: Drake The other 2 are still undecided: #7 SF Pedro Bryan: Pedro did not qualify for college. #8 PF Maynard Hicks: Bethune Mid Season Polls Code:
UMASS: 2-1, 7-7 Iowa: 2-0, 9-5 Penn State: 1-2, 9-4 Illinois: 1-2, 6-8 Wichita State: 5-2, 12-5 UTEP: 2-4, 8-6
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02-07-2004, 03:16 PM
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Regular Season Report
Our last eligible recruit has given his commitment: #8 PF Maynard Hicks committed to Bethune-Cookman. Final Polls Code:
Northern Arizona with a perfect regular season! UMASS: 3-13 (5th in East), 9-20, RPI 240 Iowa: 13-3 (1st), 23-8, RPI 34 Penn State: 11-5 (2nd), 22-9, RPI 73 Illinois: 7-9 (T6th), 13-17, RPI 220 Wichita State: 12-6 (3rd), 22-10, RPI 8, Ranked #6 UTEP: 6-12 (8th), 14-16, RPI 159 Points per game Code:
Goodrich is a senior and was ranked #25 in 1941. He is a 2 year starter at Penn. Lightfoot is just a junior, but has declared for the draft. He was ranked #309 in 1942. Rebounds per game Code:
Fedorov is a senior and was ranked #310 in 1941. He was a 3 year starter at SC State. Warren is just a junior and was ranked #11 overall in 1942. Assists Per Game Code:
Basham is just a junior and was ranked #142 in 1942. Moffitt is a senior and was ranked #8 overall in 1941. He was part of Drake’s 1942 Championship squad. The Brackets! West 1 Northern Arizona 2 Wichita State 3 Prairie View 4 South Carolina State 5 Southern Illinois 12 St. Mary’s 7 Delaware State 10 Washington 6 Denver A very deep bracket. Northern Arizona will have a challenge to complete the perfect season. Mid West 1 Drake 2 Loyola Marymount 3 Oakland 4 Fordham 14 Texas Possibly the weakest bracket I have ever seen. Drake has a wide open road to their unheard of 4th consecutive Final Four. South 1 Arkansas State 2 Bethune 3 Troy State 4 San Francisco 8 Norfolk State 5 Alabama State 7 IUPUI 6 New Mexico State 11 Nicholls State Very solid bracket top to bottom. East 1 Brown 2 Coppin State 3 Duquesne 4 Campbell 8 Grambling 5 LaSalle 10 Iowa 6 Wyoming 11 Princeton Another solid, deep bracket.
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02-07-2004, 03:22 PM
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First Round Highlights
The top 8 teams in the tournament, that is all of the #1 and #2 seeds advanced into the Second Round. Things feel apart with the 3 seeds though, as only #3 Duquesne in the East bracket survived. #14 George Mason beat #3 Troy State, #14 Texas beat #3 Oakland and #14 Georgia Southern beat #3 Prairie View. All of the 4 seeds advanced as well. Notables: #12 St. Mary’s, #10 Washington, #6 Denver, #10 Howard, #8 Norfolk State, #5 Alabama State, #7 IUPUI, #6 New Mexico State, #8 Grambling, #7 Georgia State Second Round Highlights The run of Final Fours has come to an end for Drake. They were upset today by #9 Texas Southern. The other #1 seeds are all in the Sweet 16. All of the #2 seeds advanced. The only #3 seed left, Duquesne advanced. We also lost our first 4 seed today as #5 Alabama State beat #4 San Francisco. Other Notables: #14 Georgia Southern, #14 Texas, #6 New Mexico State
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02-07-2004, 03:26 PM
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Sweet Sixteen Highlights
In the West Region, we lost another #1 seed. Northern Arizona bows out early to #4 South Carolina State. They will face #2 Wichita State in the next round. In the Midwest, #4 Fordham beats #9 Texas Southern to advance. They will play #2 Loyola Marymount for a trip to the Final Four. In the South, #1 Arkansas State is our first #1 seed in the Elite Eight. They beat #5 Alabama State. They will face #2 Bethune Cookman. Finally, in the East, #1 Brown will face #3, defending champion, Duquesne. Elite Eight Highlights In the West, #4 South Carolina State is the first team to reach the Final Four this year. They beat Wichita State, the 2 seed. In the Midwest, the #2 seed, Loyola Marymount advances with a victory over #4 Fordham. In the South, the #1 seed advances to the Final Four. Arkansas State beat #2 Bethune. And in the East, the other #1 seed also advances as Brown knocks out the defending champions, Duquesne.
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02-07-2004, 03:32 PM
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Final Four
St. Joseph’s wins the NIT Title by beating Evansville. The Match Ups #4 South Carolina State vs. #1 Arkansas State #2 Loyola Marymount vs. #1 Brown In Game 1, C Vitali Fedorov single handidly won this game for South Carolina State. In grabbing 20 rebounds in the game, he never allowed Arkansas State to get any second chance points. He finished with 12 points and 20 boards. Dale Beach also added 17 points in the 70-61 victory. In Game 2, it was SF Henry Parent, a true freshman for Brown, and ranked #5 overall last year, who led the team to a victory. He scored a game high 23 points and also grabbed 7 boards from the SF spot. The defense held Loyola in check all game and Brown wins 72-64. In the Finals, Vitali could not get anything going inside, although he did finish with 11 boards. Once again it was super freshman, Henry Parent who led the team to victory. He scored a game high 24 points for Brown and led them to an easy 85-66 victory and their first ever National Championship, thanks to a true freshman….and he will be back next year!
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02-07-2004, 03:34 PM
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NCAA Tournament Champions
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Grambling 3 Northern Arizona 2 Santa Clara 2 Duquesne 2 Idaho 1 Arkansas State 1 Fordham 1 Bethune-Cookman 1 St. Bonaventure 1 Drake 1 Brown 1 Final Four Teams Code:
Northern Arizona 6 Duquesne 4 Grambling 3 Georgia State 3 Drake 3 Washington 2 Canisius 2 Wichita State 2 Sacramento State 2 Bethune-Cookman 2 Santa Clara 2 Troy State 2 South Carolina State 2 Loyola Marymount 2 Arkansas State 2 Idaho 1 Prairie View A&M 1 Howard 1 Seton Hall 1 Central Michigan 1 Boston University 1 Akron 1 LaSalle 1 Cal State Northridge 1 Arizona 1 Texas 1 Cal Poly 1 UMKC 1 Villanova 1 San Francisco 1 St. Joseph’s 1 Norfolk State 1 Fordham 1 Eastern Washington 1 IUPUI 1 Denver 1 Delaware State 1 St. Bonaventure 1 Indiana State 1 Brown 1
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02-07-2004, 03:38 PM
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Wow!
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02-07-2004, 03:45 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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Wow another person from VT here!
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02-07-2004, 03:55 PM
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Off Season Stuff
The East wins the All Star game for the second year in a row Code:
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Goodrich is an outgoing Senior. He was ranked #25 in 1941. He started his final two years at Penn. Holstein red shirted last season. He was ranked #14 in 1943. He scored over 16 points a game this year. Biggs took over the Prairie View team this year and got them back to the tournament for the first time in 4 years. Recruiting Rankings Code:
Bethune had a huge freshman class this year: 21, 265, 9, 3, 8 Drake got: 5, 29, 31 Top Conferences Big Sky Ivy Mid-Continent Mid-Eastern Athletic Missouri Valley Sun Belt West Coast Others: Atlantic 10: 4 Big East: 4 Big 10: 2 WAC: 3 Top Teams Drake 82 Brown 80 Duquesne 80 Northern Arizona 77 Bethune 76 Arkansas State 72 Fordham 72 Santa Clara 70 Wichita State 65 Iowa 40 Penn State 37 UMASS 36 Illinois 19 UTEP 19 Coaching Changes Bethune-Cookman’s coach, Nicolas Trout retired. Mark Lieberman is their new coach, who they hired away from Wichita State. He has a career record of 322-207. He has been the head coach of 2 different Final Four teams. Delaware State’s head coach retired, Darren Garcia. They hired Mike Dowling from Howard. He has a career record of 251-244. Illinois coach Tyrell Pope retired after just 1 season at Illinois. They hired San Francisco assistant, Charles Leonard. This will be his first head coaching job. Iowa’s coach left for greener pastures, and they brought in Richard Bey from UC Irvine. Bey has been an assistant his entire career at many schools and finally get his own head coaching job. Umass also lost their coach. They hired Brian Park, who was unemployed last year. He was Washington State’s long time assistant and was also a head coach at a couple of Illinois directional schools a while back. His career record is 118-127. Northern Arizona’s coach, Saul Anderson has retired after just 1 season there. They hired the hottest coach on the market, South Carolina State’s Tom Walker. Walker led SC State to the Finals this past season. His coaching record is 297-196. Santa Clara’s John Scheel retired. They hired Carl Burgess from Xavier. Burgess has a career record of 289-165. He got most of those wins in the Seton Hall glory days. South Carolina State hired David Woody, long time Yale coach. He has a career record of 245-225. Wichita State lost their coach and hired John Smith, from Indiana State. John led Indiana State to the Final Four 2 years ago. His record is 220-157.
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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02-07-2004, 03:56 PM
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Waddles left school early. sorry guys.
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02-07-2004, 04:06 PM
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1946-1947
This year there are only four 5 star recruits, and #1 overall has declared for the NBA draft. The other 3 have not committed to a school yet, but here they are and who they are favoring right now: #2 PG Colombain Lhernoult, from Lille France: Bethune #3 SF Samuel Shetler, from Salt Lake City, UT: Northern Arizona #4 PG Emerson, Ngo, from Monroe, UT: Northern Arizona, Brown, Bethune, Duquesne Pre Season Polls Code:
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02-07-2004, 04:21 PM
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Mid Season Review
One of our 3 recruits have signed with a school: #3 SF Samuel Shelter has committed to Northern Arizona. The other two…. #2 PG Colombain Lhernoult: Bethune, Arkansas State #4 PG Emerson Ngo: Arkansas State Mid Season Polls Code:
UMASS: 0-4, 7-9 Iowa 3-1, 7-7 Penn State 1-2, 10-3 Illinois 1-3, 9-6 Wichita State 7-1, 12-5 UTEP 2-4, 5-10
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02-07-2004, 04:42 PM
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Regular Season Report
Our last 2 recruits have given their commitments: #2 PG Colombain Lhernoult has committed to Arkansas State. #4 PG Emerson Ngo has committed to Bethune-Cookman. Final Polls Code:
UMASS 3-13 (Last in East), 10-19, RPI 225 Illinois 11-5 (2nd), 20-10, RPI 98 Iowa 8-8 (T5th), 15-17, RPI 194 Penn State 7-9 (8th), 20-12, RPI 106 Wichita State 14-4 (2nd), 23-9, RPI 20, Ranked #11 UTEP 6-12 (T7th), 10-20, RPI 237 Points Per Game Code:
Squires is a Senior this year and was ranked #186 in 1942. Campbell is also a senior and was ranked #363 in 1941. Rebounds per game Code:
Risley is a Senior and was ranked #158 in 1944. Deutch is a Senior as well and was ranked #66 in 1941. Assists per game Code:
Massa is a senior and was ranked #63 overall in 1942. Frampton is a senior and was ranked #2 overall in 1942. Early Departures Code:
Brackets West 1 Loyola Marymount 2 Oakland 3 New Mexico State 4 Hawaii 5 Wichita State 11 Delaware State Not particularly strong, but a bunch of good teams who have never made a deep run have a good shot this year. Mid West 1 Drake 2 IUPUI 3 Arkansas State 4 St. Mary’s 9 Sacramento State 15 Washington 11 Norfolk State Drake is the team to beat. South 1 Northern Arizona 2 St. Bonaventure 3 Valparaiso 4 Santa Clara 12 Fordham 7 Coppin State 10 Grambling 6 South Alabama Maybe a new region can get Northern Arizona back to the Final Four. East 1 Duquesne 2 Brown 3 Bethune 4 Air Force 10 Troy State 14 Penn State 6 Wyoming 11 Nicholls State This is a stacked bracket, specifically, the top 3 teams are easily the in the top 5 programs of recent memory.
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