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First Round Highlights
We have a huge upset in the West Region as #16 Bowling Green with just a 16-17 record upsets the #1 seed Santa Clara! The other 1 seeds advanced. All of the #2 seeds advanced, as did the #3 seeds and the #4 seeds. Out of the top 16 teams, just that #1 seed Santa Clara failed to win their first game. Notables: #8 Weber State, #9 St. Joseph’s, #5 Princeton, #7 Penn, #6 Grambling, #8 New Mexico, #7 Yale, #6 Drake, #9 Northern Arizona, #5 Pepperdine, #11 Delaware State Second Round Highlights Our three remaining #1 seeds all advanced into the Sweet Sixteen. In the Midwest, #7 Yale upset #2 Eastern Washington. The other #2 seeds advanced. All of the #3 seeds advanced. We lost two of our #4 seeds in this round. In the West Region, #5 Pepperdine pulled the mild upset over #4 Coppin State. In the East, #12 Maryland pulled the upset against #4 Army. Notables: #7 Yale, #9 Northern Arizona
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02-15-2004, 12:31 AM
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Sweet Sixteen Highlights
In th4e South Region another #1 seed falls as #4 St. Mary’s defeats #1 Southern Illinois. St. Mary’s will face #2 Arkansas State, who beat #3 Norfolk State. In the East, #1 Xavier advanced over #12 Maryland. They will face #2 Bethune-Cookman, who beat #3 Wyoming. In the Midwest, #1 Oakland advanced over #4 San Francisco. They will play #3 Duquesne, who advanced over #7 Yale. Finally, in the West, #9 Northern Arizona beat #5 Pepperdine to reach the Elite Eight. They will play #3 Sacramento State, who got by #2 New Mexico State. Elite Eight Highlights Starting in the West, the Northern Arizona curse is still in affect. They were beaten by #3 Sacramento State. In the Midwest, #3 Duquesne advanced over the #1 seed, Oakland. In the South, #2 Arkansas State beat #4 St. Mary’s to reach the Final Four. In the East, #1 Xavier survived to advance over #2 Bethune-Cookman.
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02-15-2004, 12:55 AM
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Final Four
Utah State beat Lafayette for the NIT Title. The Match Ups #3 Sacramento State vs. #2 Arkansas State #3 Duquesne vs. #1 Xavier In game 1, Arkansas State used a swarming defense to force 21 turnovers, and also used Freshman SG Ross Noonan, ranked #97 overall in 1952. Noonan scored 22 points to lead the team and the defense did the rest of the work in an easy 68-55 victory. In game 2, Duquesne got a team high 14 points from Junior SF Caleb Gonzalez. Caleb was ranked #286 overall in 1951. Xavier got a game high 16 points from their Senior PG Nestor Marx. Marx was ranked #86 overall in 1949. Senior PF Richard Adams, ranked #30 overall in 1949 also added 10 points and Xavier had just enough to get by and take this one 62-58. In the finals, it was Xavier from start to finish. They had a monster performance from Junior Center Melvin Davis, ranked #86 overall in 1950. Davis will return next year to defend the title too. He scored a game high 24 points today. PF Richard Adams was co-MVP with his 14 points and 11 rebounds. Xavier rolled, 74-55 to claim their first ever National Title!
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02-15-2004, 01:03 AM
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Arizona Post Season Wrap Up
Our three seniors will go undrafted: Maximo Lewis Preston Thornton Brian James PF Joaquin Andres was named to the PAC 10 Freshman Team.
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02-15-2004, 03:28 PM
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NCAA Tournament Champions
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Grambling 3 Northern Arizona 2 Santa Clara 2 Duquesne 2 Bethune-Cookman 2 Oakland 2 Brown 2 Idaho 1 Arkansas State 1 Fordham 1 St. Bonaventure 1 Drake 1 Sacramento State 1 Pepperdine IUPUI 1 Wyoming 1 Xavier 1 Final Four Teams Code:
Duquesne 8 Northern Arizona 6 Oakland 4 Sacramento State 4 Grambling 3 Georgia State 3 Drake 3 Bethune-Cookman 3 Santa Clara 3 Brown 3 IUPUI 3 South Carolina State 3 Arkansas State 3 Loyola Marymount 2 Washington 2 Canisius 2 Wichita State 2 Troy State 2 St. Bonaventure 2 Cal State Northridge 2 Fordham 2 San Francisco 2 Norfolk State 2 New Mexico State 2 Idaho 1 Prairie View A&M 1 Howard 1 Seton Hall 1 Central Michigan 1 Boston University 1 Akron 1 LaSalle 1 Arizona 1 Texas 1 Cal Poly 1 UMKC 1 Villanova 1 St. Joseph’s 1 Eastern Washington 1 Denver 1 Delaware State 1 Indiana State 1 St. Mary’s 1 Texas Southern 1 Montana 1 Southern Illinois 1 Pepperdine 1 Pennsylvania 1 Wyoming 1 Princeton 1 Southern Utah 1 Xavier 1
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02-15-2004, 03:50 PM
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Off Season
The West takes this year’s All Star Game: Code:
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Alexander is a Senior this year. He was ranked only #352 back in 1949. He averaged almost 17 points and 11.6 rebounds per game this year. Wright is a true freshman this season. He was the #8 overall recruit in 1953. He scored over 14 points a game this year. Harness took Arkansas State to the National Finals this year! Recruiting Rankings Code:
New Mexico State landed recruits #3, 12, 38 . Drake landed 30, 46, 60, 18 Top Conferences Big Sky Ivy Mid-Eastern Athletic Mountain West Patriot Sun Belt West Coast Others: Atlantic 10: 4 Big 12: 1 Big 10: 1 Missouri Valley: 4 PAC 10: 1 WAC: 2 Top Teams Oakland 79 Brown 78 Wyoming 77 Duquesne 74 IUPUI 74 Sacramento State 74 Santa Clara 74 New Mexico State 71 Southern Illinois 71 Drake 70 Wichita State 65 UTEP 34 Penn State 31 UMASS 29 Missouri 20 Arizona 19 Illinois 19 Iowa 12 Coaching Changes Bethune-Cookman’s Tim Verduzco retired. He is replaced by Henry Guimond, from Bradley. He has a career record of 341-335. He has taken Bradley to the NCAA tournament the last two years. Illinois coach, Brian Gott retired. He is replaced by Hershel Bollinger from Texas A&M Corpus Christi, where he has been a long time assistant. In the early 30’s he was a head coach for a few years and had a 35-51 record. Iowa fired Josh Waters. He is replaced by Stanley Houston who was an assistant at Wagner the last two years. This will be his first head coaching job. Oakland’s Ken Moore retired. He is replaced by Willie Smith, Fordham’s coach of the last 6 years. He has a 331-166 career record. Fordham replaced him with Oscar Jones, head coach at Troy State. He has a 212-248 career record.
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02-15-2004, 04:05 PM
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Arizona, 1955-1956
A lot of pressure will be on my guys this year as I receive the following from my AD: Code:
I better finish with at least a 500 record this year, or it just might be my last. No changes with my coaching staff again this year. Scheduling. No change to my scheduling. All easy teams this year. Code:
Recruiting This year we have 2 scholarships to give out. We don’t have any real position needs for next year, so we will try and get the best 2 players we possibly can. At the early signing period, the results were not good at all. The two guys we are after never took to our pitch. One of them already signed somewhere else, and the other is still not very interested. We will have to turn our sights to a couple of new guys now.
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02-15-2004, 04:13 PM
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This year we have just six 5 star recruits. Only one of them have declared for the NBA draft. Only one other has decided upon a school:
#2 SF Nigel Clapp, from Colton, OR has committed to Sacramento State. The others: #1 C Gerald Goree, from Valencia, CA: Wyoming #3 PF Henry Lemoine, from Lynn Haven, FL: Wyoming, New Mexico State #5 PG Dudley Redman, from Cairns, Australia: Santa Clara #6 SG Thomas Lewis, from Los Banos, CA: Sacramento State Pre Season Polls Code:
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02-15-2004, 04:36 PM
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Arizona Roster
Centers 23 Lon Williams C Sr 6'10" 239 Westminster, CA We played great last year after Lon joined the starting 5, so we go with him again at the PF spot. 1 Alfonzo Baptiste C So 6'11" 224 Newman, CA Baptiste retains his starting Center position this year. 15 John Lindsey C Fr 6'10" 207 Lac St. Pierre, Canada John is buried in the depth chart and will see little to no playing time. Power Forwards 50 Andrew Amaral PF Jr 6' 9" 233 Lake Havasu City, AZ Amaral will be the secondguy off the bench when it comes to backing up both of the post positions. He is solid on the boards and has a nice offensive game, but his defense is not all that great. 54 Joaquin Andres PF So 6' 6" 251 Silver City, NM Andres is the main backup for both post positions this year. Terrific defender and rebounded, he almost got the start, but will see decent time off the bench instead. Small Forwards 5 Robert Valliere SF Sr 6' 8" 231 Vernal, UT Valliere will once again start at the SF spot. This will be his third year as the starter and what we need the most is more consistency from game to game from him. 43 Jarrett Corley SF Jr 6' 7" 255 Kelseyville, CA Corley will be the backup at the SF spot. Valliere will play a lot of minutes, so Corley’s time will be somewhat limited. 2 Steven Gallaway SF So 6' 7" 244 Tillsonburg, Canada Gallaway will backup both the SF and SG spots this year, but is still a bit down the bench when it comes to depth. Shooting Guards 45 Charles Shelly SG Fr 6' 3" 198 Canby, OR Shelly is our best pure shooter so he gets the start at SG this year. His defense is not at all what I desire, but we truly don’t have any other reasonable options. 20 Alex Quach SG Fr 6' 2" 175 Eagar, AZ Alex gets a red shirt this year. Point Guards 32 César Moreno PG So 6' 3" 218 Gandia, Spain Cesar will be the backup at the SG and PG positions. He is not really terrible at anything, but does not really excel at anything either. Pretty much a role player type of guy. 35 Paul Lin PG Fr 5' 6" 187 Las Vegas, NV Lin is buried in the depth chart this year, but his time will come in a year or two I think. 12 Tony Alcantar PG Fr 6' 1" 182 Cambria, CA Tony gets the start thanks to one reason…his sensational defensive ratings. Lin and Moreno might not be all that much worse overall, but Tony’s defense gets him the start as a true freshman. We will run a balanced offense once again, with Baptiste and Shelly will be our go to guys on offense. We will try to play at an average pace to start out the season. As always, we will run a man to man defense, only double teaming on the outside when Shelly gets in trouble. Very little pressing and trapping. I don’t have high hopes for this team. We need to finish 500 in conference play, and in order to do that, our defense has to be one of the best. I don’t know if we have the talent to do that though.
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02-15-2004, 04:52 PM
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November 13, 1955
Vanderbilt (0-0) at Arizona (0-0) We start the season off on the right foot with a 64-55 victory. Baptiste looks to take charge at the offensive end for this team, and today he scores 20 points. Alcantar added 13 and Valliere had 10. Code:
November 18, 1955 Arizona (1-0) at Kansas State (0-0) We begin a very long road trip with a 80-66 victory. Baptiste and Valliere each scored 18 to lead our team to victory. Williams added 14 points. Code:
November 22, 1955 Arizona (2-0) at Liberty (0-1) We run our record to 3-0 on the season, of course, it is all against very poor competition. Valliere had a career high in scoring with 26 points. Baptiste added a dozen points and Andres came off the bench to claim 10 rebounds. Code:
November 27, 1955 Arizona (3-0) at Kansas (1-2) The defense put on a show today and held Kansas to just 46 points in a 56-44 victory to run our record to 4-0. Baptiste led the team again with 16 points while Shelly added 10. Code:
November Recruiting Still no recruits for us this year. We are targeting a PG and a PF, but to be honest, I am not terribly excited about either one of them.
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02-15-2004, 05:28 PM
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December 2, 1955
Arizona (4-0) at East Tennessee State (1-2) We keep our perfect record in tact with a 81-67 road win today. Valliere and Baptiste have really stepped up and took the lead on offense this year. Valliere had 20 and Baptiste had 18. As a team we are playing terrific defense and have been ranked in the top 20 in that category. Code:
After this win, we crack the top 25 poll! We are ranked #23 in the nation. I think whoever is voting for us is crazy, but we’ll take it. December 8, 1955 #23 Arizona (5-0) at Furman (1-4) We move to 6-0 on the season with a 69-59 victory today. Our defense is out performing my expectations, and that is why we are winning. Baptiste scored 23 to lead the team. Valliere was held to just 6 points but collected 11 rebounds. Shelly added 11 points as well. Code:
We have moved up to #20 in the polls. Our defense is ranked 13th in the nation. December 13, 1955 #20 Arizona (6-0) at Texas (1-5) We pull out a close contest on the road today, 69-65. Valliere saved us with his 22 point outburst, as the rest of the offense was average at best. Code:
December 16, 1955 Rice (4-1) at #20 Arizona (7-0) We return home after a 6 game road trip and our stadium is noticeably more attended as we now have a national ranking. We give the fans something to cheer about with a 80-58 victory. Baptiste sets a career high with 27 points tonight. Williams added 12 points along with 8 rebounds. Code:
We are now ranked #19 in the nation. December 19, 1955 Iowa (2-6) at #19 Arizona (8-0) We were tested at home today because our defense was off its game. We did prevail however, 76-70. Valliere led us with 12 points while both Shelly and Baptiste added 11 each. Williams had 9 points and 8 rebounds. Code:
December 23, 1955 #19 Arizona (9-0) at Long Island (4-5) We get to 10-0 on the season with a 79-63 victory on the road. Moreno came off the bench to lead us in scoring today with 17 points in just 18 minutes of play. Baptiste added 15 while Valliere had 11 along with 7 boards. Code:
We have inched up to #18 in the polls. December 29, 1955 Oregon State (4-6) at #18 Arizona (10-0) The 10-0 record is great, as is the national ranking, but conference play opens today and this is where it really counts. The first of 18 PAC 10 games is a great success as we put this one away, 83-75. Baptiste scored 23 points to lead the way today. Alcantar had a 14 point game, very rare for him. Moreno and Valliere also scored in double figures. Code:
December 31, 1955 Oregon (3-7) at #18 Arizona (11-0) We remain perfect by hammering Oregon, 77-59. Baptiste again sets a career high with 28 points today. Alcantar added 18 of his own, also a career high. The great thing is that Baptiste is still only a sophomore! Code:
December Recruiting. We landed both recruits we were after. PF Grant Weber is from Eloy, AZ. Code:
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02-15-2004, 05:44 PM
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As odd as it was that we were ranked as high as #18 in the country, we are now not ranked at all, and not even receiving any votes. We never even lost a game!
January 5, 1956 Arizona (12-0) at Stanford (3-9) Our perfect record is finally marred by an ugly road loss in conference, 62-42. Baptiste scored 10 points while Valliere and Williams scored 9 each. That was all the offense we had basically. The defense played fine, but 42 points won’t win any games. Code:
January 7, 1956 Arizona (12-1) at California (4-8) We barely pull this one out to avoid a 2 game losing streak, 67-66. Valliere led us to the win with 17 points including a last minute shot to put us ahead. Baptiste added 10 points. Code:
January 14, 1956 Arizona State (6-7) at Arizona (13-1) There is nothing better than pounding on our in state rivals, and that is exactly what we did. The final score was 75-57. Valliere and Baptiste each scored 16 points to lead the team. Shelly added 14 of his own. Code:
January 21, 1956 Arizona (14-1) at Arizona State (6-9) The Sun Devils return the favor and hand us our second loss in convincing fashion, 83-58. Where the heck did the defense go today? Valliere had 17 points and Shelly added 10. Moreno was injured in this game and will miss 3 weeks. Lindsey was also banged up but will be fine for our next game. Code:
January 26, 1956 Arizona (14-2) at UCLA (8-8) We drop two in a row now. It is not time to panic as they were both road games, but we cannot lose the momentum we built in the OOC portion of our schedule. The final here was 73-61. Valliere and Baptiste each scored 17 and Williams added 11. Shelly was injured today and will miss a week or two. Code:
January 28, 1956 Arizona (14-3) at Southern California (6-11) We snap the losing streak and get back to winning with a 68-63 victory. Gallaway started in place of the injured Shelly and scored 10 points. Valliere and Baptiste each scored in double figured and Williams had 13 boards along with 14 points. Code:
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02-15-2004, 05:45 PM
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Arizona Mid Season Report
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02-15-2004, 05:49 PM
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Mid Season NCAA Report
We had 2 more recruits commit to schools, and a third did not qualify for college and will have to go to a Junior College for a couple of years. #1 C George Goree committed to New Mexico State. #6 PG Thomas Lewis committed to Sacramento State. #3 PF Henry Lemoine was ruled ineligible. #5 PG Dudley Redman: No favorites yet. Mid Season Polls Code:
UMASS 3-5, 6-13 Missouri 6-0, 9-8 Iowa 5-2, 7-11 Illinois 2-4, 9-8 Penn State 0-6, 5-13 Wichita State 9-0, 17-3, ranked #11 UTEP 6-2, 12-5
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02-15-2004, 06:06 PM
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February 2, 1956
Stanford (7-12) at Arizona (15-3) We defend our home court by a dozen points in a 69-57 victory. Baptiste had a terrific game again with 19 points as well as 11 rebounds. If this guy starts rebounding half as good as he scores, other teams are in for big problems. Valliere added 13 points. Code:
February 4, 1956 California (8-12) at Arizona (16-3) We drop a home game by just 1 point. What a tough way to go down as they drilled a 25 footer with time running down in overtime! Baptiste scored 24 points in the losing effort. Valliere had 15 and Williams had 11 points and 10 boards. Code:
February 9, 1956 Washington State (11-9) at Arizona (16-4) Moreno is almost at 100% and Shelly is back in the lineup, although we will hold him out of the starting spot for 1 or 2 more games. We drop two in a row at home, which is completely unacceptable. The final here was 65-62. Baptiste had 21 points and Valliere added 12. Code:
February 11, 1956 Washington (12-9) at Arizona (16-5) Shelly returns to the starting lineup today but we drop another home game and fall to just 6-6 in conference play, despite the success we are having this year. The final here was an embarrassing 77-56. Not a single player was able to crack 9 points on our team. Code:
February 16, 1956 Arizona (16-6) at Oregon State (11-13) We get killed again, and now the pressure is on as we drop to 6-7 in league play with just 5 games to go. Baptiste scored 18 to lead us in the losing effort. We need to win our next three games to finish at 500 because our final 2 games are both in the state of Washington, where we just don’t get wins. Code:
February 18, 1956 Arizona (16-7) at Oregon (5-19) We know this is a must win game, and we play like it from tip off right up until the final buzzer and run away with a 82-45 victory. Baptiste led the team with 24 points, and 4 other players scored in double figures, including Andres off the bench. Code:
February 23, 1956 Southern California (10-14) at Arizona (17-7) We drop this home game and now we must win one of the two games up in Washington in order to finish 500. The noose is starting to tighten. The final here was 66-57. Baptiste had 19 points and Valliere had 11. Code:
February 25, 1956 UCLA (10-15) at Arizona (17-8) Our defense had the game of their lives, holding the Bruin to just 38 points! The final here was 76-38 and we sit at 8-8 with those two impending road games up next. Baptiste scored 20 to lead us. Valliere had 15 along with 11 rebounds. Williams also had 11 rebounds. Alcantar scored 14. Code:
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02-15-2004, 06:09 PM
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March 1, 1956
Arizona (18-8) at Washington (17-9) We drop this one 81-70, so the season comes down to one final game in order for us to finish at 500 and hopefully save my job. Baptiste had 22 in the losing effort and Shelly added a dozen. Code:
March 3, 1956 Arizona (18-9) at Washington State (17-10) We play our hearts out today, but unfortunately, we come up just a couple of baskets short, and lose this game 82-76 to finish the conference schedule at just 8-10. Baptiste had 21 points and Valliere added 10. Code:
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02-15-2004, 06:14 PM
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PAC 10 Tournament
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March 8, 1956 (3) Arizona State (15-13) vs. (6) Arizona (18-10) If these are my last games as the Arizona Head Coach, I sure don’t want to go out with a loss to the Sun Devils, but that is exactly what might happen as we lose 80-69. Our two seniors, Valliere and Williams played OK in the final game. Williams scored 11 with 10 boards and Valliere had 12 points. Code:
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02-15-2004, 10:05 PM
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Regular Season Review
Our lone recruit still has not picked a school to play at. Final Polls Code:
UMASS 4-12 (Last), 8-21, RPI 283 Missouri 12-4 (1st), 15-14, RPI 186 Illinois 8-8 (T4th), 15-14, RPI 154 Iowa 8-8 (T4th), 13-20, RPI 242 Penn State 6-10 (9th), 12-18, RPI 174 Wichita State 13-5 (1st), 22-9, RPI 30, Ranked #24 UTEP 11-7 (T4th), 17-12, RPI 151 Points per game Code:
Owens is a senior this year. He was ranked #79 in 1951. Whiteside is also a senior and was ranked #213 in 1951. Rebounds per game Code:
Johanson is a senior and was ranked #493 in 1950. Unknow is a junior this year. He will return for his senior season. He was ranked #507 in 1951. Assists per game Code:
Duvall is a senior and was ranked #23 overall in 1951. Allen is just a junior and will also be returning next year. He was one of our 5 star recruits in 1952, Ranked #9 overall. Early Departures Code:
Brackets West 1 Santa Clara 2 New Mexico State 3 Eastern Washington 4 Oakland 5 Utah State 15 Arizona State 7 South Carolina State 11 Troy State Average Region, at best. Midwest 1 Brown 2 Bethune 3 Weber State 4 Loyola 9 Wyoming 5 Southern Illinois 12 Sacramento State 7 IUPUI 10 Xavier 6 Wisconsin Very strong region. South 1 Duquesne 2 Arkansas State 3 Coppin State 4 San Francisco 8 Yale 5 Grambling 6 Northern Arizona Another strong region, but very top heavy East 1 Penn 2 Delaware State 3 Central Florida 4 Hartford 5 Pepperdine 12 Seton Hall 7 Wichita State 6 Montana Average region.
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02-15-2004, 10:18 PM
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First Round Highlights
For the second year in the row, we see a #1 seed go down in flame sin the very first round. This year it happened in the Midwest as #16 San Jose State upsets #1 Brown. All of our #2 and #2 seeds advanced. We did lose a pair of 4 seeds though. In the East Region, #13 UMBC upsets #4 Hartford. In the South, #13 Maryland upsets #4 San Francisco. Other Notables: #7 South Carolina State, #12 Sacramento State, #7 IUPUI, #8 Yale, #5 Grambling, #6 Northern Arizona, #5 Pepperdine, #7 Wichita State Second Round Highlights Our three remaining #1 seeds all advanced. In the East Region we see one of our #2 seeds fall when #7 Wichita State upsets #2 Delaware State. All of our #3 seeds have advanced into the Sweet 16. We lost 1 of our remaining #4 seeds today as #12 Portland advanced over #4 Oakland. Other notables: #8 Texas A&M Corpus Christi, #5 Grambling, #13 UMBC
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02-15-2004, 10:26 PM
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Sweet 16 Highlights
In the West Region, #1 Santa Clara advances over #12 Portland. They will face #3 Eastern Washington, who got by #2New Mexico State. In the Midwest, #4 Loyola Marymount defeats #8 Texas A&M Corpus Christi to advance into the Elite Eight. They will play #2 Bethune-Cookman, who beat #3 Weber State. In the south, #1 Duquesne advanced over #5 Grambling. They will match up with #2 Arkansas State in a #1/#2 matchup. Arkansas State beat #3 Coppin State. In the East Region, our third #1 seed advanced when #1 Penn defeated #13 UMBC. They will play #7 Wichita State, who upset #3 Central Florida. Elite Eight Highlights In the West, #3 Eastern Washington pulls off the upset and knocks out #1 Santa Clara to advance to the Final Four. In the Midwest, #2 Bethune Cookman once again returns to the Final Four with a victory over #4 Loyola Marymount. In the South, #1 Duquesne survives over #2 Arkansas State. In the East, #1 Penn also advances. They beat #7 Wichita State.
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02-15-2004, 10:36 PM
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Final Four
NIT: UMKC defeats Dartmouth The Match Ups #3 Eastern Washington vs. #1 Duquesne #2 Bethune-Cookman vs. #1 Penn In game 1, Duquesne used their tournament experience and Junior PF Jimmy Sadler to advance with relative ease over Eastern Washington. Sadler is leaving after this year and wants to top his collegiate career with a title. Tonight he scored 23 points and grabbed 7 rebounds to lead the team to a 75-60 victory. In Game 2, Penn’s Sophomore SF John Conley came to play. He scored a game high 21 points. Bethune-Cookman also has a ton of tournament experience though and they had a pair of star players tonight. Junior C Herbert Noonan and Sophomore SF Alex Dacosta both scored 18 points to lead Bethune to a 74-61 victory. The finals was a complete blowout. Duquesne just dominated from start to finish in a 92-52 win. Senior SF Caleb Gonzalez was the high scorer with 14 points, but 3 other Duquesne players scored 11 tonight and the title goes to Duquesne, which is their 3rd title, tied for the most ever with Grambling!
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02-15-2004, 10:38 PM
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NCAA Tournament Champions
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Grambling 3 Duquesne 3 Northern Arizona 2 Santa Clara 2 Bethune-Cookman 2 Oakland 2 Brown 2 Idaho 1 Arkansas State 1 Fordham 1 St. Bonaventure 1 Drake 1 Sacramento State 1 Pepperdine IUPUI 1 Wyoming 1 Xavier 1 Final Four Teams Code:
Duquesne 9 Northern Arizona 6 Oakland 4 Sacramento State 4 Bethune-Cookman 4 Grambling 3 Georgia State 3 Drake 3 Santa Clara 3 Brown 3 IUPUI 3 South Carolina State 3 Arkansas State 3 Loyola Marymount 2 Washington 2 Canisius 2 Wichita State 2 Troy State 2 St. Bonaventure 2 Cal State Northridge 2 Fordham 2 San Francisco 2 Norfolk State 2 New Mexico State 2 Pennsylvania 2 Eastern Washington 2 Idaho 1 Prairie View A&M 1 Howard 1 Seton Hall 1 Central Michigan 1 Boston University 1 Akron 1 LaSalle 1 Arizona 1 Texas 1 Cal Poly 1 UMKC 1 Villanova 1 St. Joseph’s 1 Denver 1 Delaware State 1 Indiana State 1 St. Mary’s 1 Texas Southern 1 Montana 1 Southern Illinois 1 Pepperdine 1 Wyoming 1 Princeton 1 Southern Utah 1 Xavier 1
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02-15-2004, 10:41 PM
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Arizona Post Season Wrap Up
We have two outgoing seniors, and both of them are projected to go very late 2nd round in the NBA draft! Lon Williams Robert Valliere SF Robert Valliere was named to the PAC 10 Second Team. SG Charles Shelly was named to the PAC 10 Freshman Team. PG Tony Alcantar was named tot the PAC 10 Freshman Team. I was named PAC 10 Coach of the Year! That might buy me one more season. Let’s hope!
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02-15-2004, 11:09 PM
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Off Season
The East takes the All Star Game this year. They have been trading on and off for the past 6 years. Code:
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Maynard is a Senior this year. This was his only year as a starter at San Francisco but he made the most of it scoring over 16.5 points per game and just about 10 rebounds. Hopkins was a red shirt last year, and this year he scored 14 points per game. He was ranked #145 overall in 1953. Glassman has been the Delaware State Coach for 3 years now. This year he went 28-5 with a #5 National Ranking. Recruiting Rankings Code:
New Mexico State lands #1, 5, 36, 39 Sac State lands #2, 6, 22. Top Conferences Big Sky Ivy Mid Continent Mid-Eastern Missouri Valley Sun Belt West Coast Others: Atlantic 10: 4 Big 12: 1 Big 10: 2 PAC 10: 2 WAC: 1 Top Teams: Duquesne 80 Oakland 77 Wyoming 76 Brown 75 Santa Clara 75 Penn 73 New Mexico State 72 Loyola 71 Sacramento State 71 Bethune 70 IUPUI 70 Wichita State 68 UTEP 33 UMASS 27 Missouri 25 Penn State 22 Illinois 20 Arizona 15 Iowa 8 Coaching Changes Penn State fired their coach, Lenny Purser. They hired Will Vela, who was an assistant with Lehigh the last two years. This will be Will’s first head coaching job. Prairie View fired their head coach and hired Forest Cusick from Savannah State. He has a 111-99 record. And 2 straight NCAA appearances. San Francisco’s Les Emery has retired. They replace him with Josh Williams from Wyoming. He has a 326-242 record as a coach as well as a National Title in 1951 with Wyoming! Santa Clara’s Michale Rodriguez retired. They replace him with Tom Robb from Eastern Washington. He has a 382-245 record as a coach and took his team to the Final Four last 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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02-15-2004, 11:26 PM
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Arizona, 1956-1957
Once again there are no changes to my coaching staff. Here is the email I get from the AD: Code:
Just like last year, I am on the hot seat. I think winning Coach of the Year in the conference saved my job. I cannot count on that again. Last year’s schedule worked great for us, and I will do the same exact thing this season Code:
Recruiting We have 2 scholarships to offer up this year. We will have needs at SF and PF in 2 years, and that is where we will begin our focus. We did land one recruit in the early signing period. SF Eberhard Kreckel is from Weimar Germany. He is the #14 ranked foreign player this year. Code:
I am also hitting two PF’s very hard, hoping I can land one of them.
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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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02-15-2004, 11:35 PM
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Arizona Wildcats Roster
Centers 1 Alfonzo Baptiste C Jr 6'11" 224 Newman, CA Baptiste gets the start once again at Center. He should be our leading scorer once again this year. 15 John Lindsey C So 6'10" 211 Lac St. Pierre, Canada John will be the second backup for the low post positions, and he is actually last on my bench. I don’t expect him to see much court time at all. Power Forwards 50 Andrew Amaral PF Sr 6' 9" 234 Lake Havasu City, AZ Amaral is our top backup off the bench for the C and PF positions. He will bring in some great rebounding and some nice low post offense. 54 Joaquin Andres PF Jr 6' 7" 253 Silver City, NM Andres gets the start again at PF. His defense is much superior to Amaral, and he is also an excellent rebounded. 53 Grant Weber PF Fr 6'10" 249 Eloy, AZ Grant gets a red shirt this year. Small Forwards 43 Jarrett Corley SF Sr 6' 7" 256 Kelseyville, CA Corley will be the backup SF this year. He is good enough to start, I just decided to go with the younger Gallaway. 2 Steven Gallaway SF Jr 6' 7" 245 Tillsonburg, Canada As I said above, Gallaway gets the start at SF this year. He has a very nice jump shot and is a very good defender on the perimeter. His post defense needs some work though. Shotting Guards 45 Charles Shelly SG So 6' 4" 209 Canby, OR Sheely is demoted to backup SG this year. He is still a fine player, but our red shirted freshman is ready to play now. 20 Alex Quach SG Fr 6' 2" 177 Eagar, AZ Alex has great defense and great offense, so this is a no brainer to give him the starting no over the incumbent, Shelly. Point Guards 32 César Moreno PG Jr 6' 3" 218 Gandia, Spain Moreno is our top backup at the point, just as he was last year. He did a great job last year, and we except the same from him this season. 35 Paul Lin PG So 5' 7" 188 Las Vegas, NV Paul is buried in the depth charts still and may never work his way out. 12 Tony Alcantar PG So 6' 1" 185 Cambria, CA Tony gets the start again at the point thanks to his defensive play. 5 John Bates PG Fr 6' 0" 173 Bayard, NM John gets a red shirt this season. Not much change in coaching philosophy this year. We will run a medium paced, balanced offense. Baptiste and Quach will be our go to guys on offense. We will run a man to man defense with just a bit of pressing and a bit of double teaming, only when needed. I expect a better than 500 finish this year, with a very aggressive defense!
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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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02-15-2004, 11:39 PM
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NCAA Pre Season Recap
This year we have ten 5 star recruits. 3 of them have declared for the NBA draft, and two more have declared for defending National Champions, Duquesne. #1 SG Stuart Fernandes, from Bel Air, MD, has committed to Duquesne. #8 C Chuck Enoch, from Ubly, NM, has committed to Duquesne. The other are undecided: #2 SF Ronald Totten, from Sandy Hook, KY: Penn, Brown, Loyola #5 SG Harley Ellis, from Pawtucket, RI: Santa Clara, Brown, Penn #6 PF Edward Buckles, from Shephard, MT: Wichita State, Brown #7 SG John Nesbitt, from South San Francisco, CA: Santa Clara #9 C Drew French, from Knoxville, TN: Brown Pre Season Polls Code:
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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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02-15-2004, 11:46 PM
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November 18, 1956
Arizona (0-0) at Vanderbilt (0-0) We stumble out of the gates and drop our season opener, 68-63. Baptiste is ready for a huge season though as he scores 22 and grabs 10 boards. Corley chipped in with 12 points off the bench. Code:
November 23, 1956 Arizona (0-1) at Mississippi (0-1) We drop another close on on the road to start the season off 0-2. The final here was 66-64. Baptiste scored 19, but everyone else struggled on offense. Code:
November 27, 1956 Arizona (0-2) at Liberty (0-1) We finally pick up our first win of the season, although it was not easy. We pulled this one out, 77-76. Quach led the team with 19 points, but Baptiste was right behind him with 17. Andres also added a dozen. Code:
November Recruiting. We lost out on both Power Forwards. We turn our attention to a SF who would probably play SG for us.
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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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02-16-2004, 02:01 AM
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December 2, 1956
Minnesota (1-2) at Arizona (1-2) We even up our record with a 74-67 final score at home today. Baptiste scored 22 points to lead the team. Alcantar added 14 and Andres had 12 points and 18 rebounds! Code:
December 7, 1956 Arizona (2-2) at Notre Dame (2-2) We go back on the road and drop this one to the Irish, 71-67. Baptiste scored 20 in the losing effort. Quach had 15 tonight and Alcantar added 10. Code:
December 11, 1956 Syracuse (1-3) at Arizona (2-3) We get back home and play Wildcat basketball and win a grind it out 55-49 game. Baptiste led us with 14 points and Quach is starting to get the hang of things. He scored 11. Code:
December 16, 1956 Arizona (3-3) at Rice (1-4) We finally pick up a road win today, 72-57. Baptiste led the team with 17, but Quach was right behind him with 16 points. Alaral added 14 off the bench. Andres also had 11 rebounds for us. Code:
December 20, 1956 Kentucky (2-3) at Arizona (4-3) Our defense was suffocating today and we cruised to a 67-39 victory. Baptiste led us with 16 points. Quach scored 15 and Alcantar added 10. Andres grabbed a dozen rebounds. Code:
December 25, 1956 Arizona (5-3) at Kansas (1-5) Just when I thought we were firing on all cilenders, we drop this road game, 72-63. Baptiste scored 16 points and Alcantar added 11. Code:
December 29, 1956 Boston College (2-6) at Arizona (5-4) Another solid win, Wildcat style. The final score was 51-46. Baptiste led the team with 13 and Gallaway had a rare double figure game with 10. Code:
December Recruiting. We landed SF James Millsaps, from San Diego, CA. Code:
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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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02-16-2004, 02:25 AM
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January 3, 1957
Oregon State (2-6) at Arizona (6-4) We open the conference schedule at home and it is always nice to start off 1-0 in conference play. Especially when you job depends on finishing at 500. The final here was 88-62. Baptiste had a career day today scoring 36 points and pulling in 10 rebounds! Andres also grabbed 12 boards and Alcantar had 15 points. Code:
January 5, 1957 Oregon (1-9) at Arizona (7-4) We move to 2-0 on the season in PAC 10 play with another solid home win, 69-53. Baptiste with back to back huge games now. He scored another 23 points tonight along with 8 rebounds. Andres scored 10 along with 13 rebounds. Code:
January 10, 1957 Arizona (8-4) at Oregon (1-10) We win our first road game in conference play to move to 3-0. We are on the right track, but we are playing some of the worst teams in the league right now. The final here was 80-54. Baptiste goes off for another 23 points tonight. Quach added 13 and Amaral had 10 off the bench. Code:
January 12, 1957 Arizona (9-4) at Oregon State (2-9) We go 4-0 over the Oregon schools after a 73-63 victory today. Baptiste scores 20 today to make that 4 games in a row with over 20 points. Gallaway and Amaral each scored 13 today. Code:
January 17, 1957 Arizona State (7-6) at Arizona (10-4) We clobber our rivals, 72-59 and move to 5-0 in league play! Baptiste scored 17 tonight along with 10 rebounds. Gallaway had 11 more points tonight and Andres added 10. Code:
January 26, 1957 Arizona (11-4) at Arizona State (8-7) We sweep the Sun Devils this year, which is always a great feeling. The final here was 74-66. More importantly, we are 6-0 in the PAC 10. Baptiste sets yet another career high by scoring 38 points and grabbing 9 rebounds. He is only a junior!!!! Code:
January 31, 1957 Arizona (12-4) at California (4-12) We fall just 2 points shot of wrapping up a perfect month of January. We suffer our first league loss today, 70-68. Alcantar was our leading scorer with 20 points. Baptiste was held to just 14 and Amaral had 10 off the bench. Code:
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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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02-16-2004, 12:40 PM
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Arizona Mid Season Report
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02-16-2004, 12:43 PM
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NCAA Mid Season Report
All of our recruits have signed on with a school. This year there is little variety in which schools are signing top recruits. Duquesne already got two of them….. #2 SF Ronald Tottenn committed to Santa Clara. #5 SG Harley Ellis committed to Santa Clara. #6 PF Edward Buckles committed to Sacramento State. #7 SG John Nesbitt committed to Sacramento State. #9 C Drew French committed to Loyola Marymount. Mid Season Polls Code:
UMASS 2-5, 8-10 Missouri 3-2, 6-10 Iowa 4-2, 7-11 Penn State 2-3, 4-13 Illinois 2-4, 7-10 Wichita State 7-3, 16-5, Ranked #15 UTEP 1-7, 6-11
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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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02-16-2004, 12:59 PM
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February 2, 1957
Arizona (12-5) at Stanford (10-7) We win again on the road, against a team with a winning record as well. This puts us just 2 wins in our last 10 games from 500 in league play. The final here was 73-68. Baptiste led the way with 16 points. Gallaway, Quach and Alcantar all scored in double figures as well. Code:
February 7, 1957 Arizona (13-5) at UCLA (7-12) We crush another team on their home court. While UCLA is not great, they are still a middle of the pack team in our league. The final score was 77-58. Baptiste led the way with 19 points. Quach scored12, as did Andres, but Andres also grabbed 13 rebounds. Code:
February 9, 1057 Arizona (14-5) at Southern California (8-13) They snap our win streak and deny us our 9th conference win of the year. We fall to 8-2 in league play with a 72-60 setback. Quach led us with 19 points while Baptsite scored 16 along with 10 rebounds. Not only did we lose, we lost our starting PG, Tony Alcantar for 4-6 weeks with an injury. Code:
February 14, 1957 California (8-12) at Arizona (14-6) Cesar Romano gets the starting point guard job until Tony can return. We are once again denied out 9th league win today, and it was a 66-52 home court loss. Baptiste scored 20 but nobody else came to play today. Code:
February 16, 1957 Stanford (12-9) at Arizona (14-7) We finally pick up that 9th victory and we are now a lock to finish at 500 on the year. Goal #1 accomplished. Now we try to fight for the top seed in the PAC 10. The final today was 69-61. Quach scored 18 points to lead us. Baptiste added 15 and Andres scored 7 along with 13 rebounds. Code:
February 21, 1957 Washington State (12-10) at Arizona (15-7) We are tied for the top spot in the league with Cal, and we hold a 2 game lead over third place. Well, Cal wins today and we drop this home game, 85-73. I just cannot seem to get wins over any team in WA. Andres had a double double with 11 points and 12 boards. Baptiste scored 16 and Moreno scored 13 along with 5 assists. Code:
February 23, 1957 Washington (8-15) at Arizona (15-8) We finally get a win over a team from way up north. The final here was 91-82. Baptiste led us with a 21 point night. Quach added 17 points, and Moreno almost had a triple double. He scored 13, grabbed 10 boards and handed out 8 assists! Code:
February 28, 1957 Arizona (16-8) at Washington State (13-11) We gave up way too many points today. Our defense is just not the same with out Tony Alcantar in our lineup. The final here was 90-72. Quach led us with 14 points. Andres and Moreno both scored in double figures as well. Code:
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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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02-16-2004, 01:04 PM
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March 2, 1957
Arizona (16-9) at Washington (8-17) We drop a 1 point road game here, and 1st place is now officially out of reach. The final was 61-60. Baptiste, of course, came to play. He scored 23. Moreno added a dozen and Andres had 8 points and 11 rebounds. Code:
March 7, 1957 Southern California (11-15) at Arizona (16-10) We pick up a 67-57 victory at home today, which keeps us in third palce, and within striking distance of second. Baptiste scored 23 points. Andres had 7 points and 14 boards. Quach added 13. Code:
March 9, 1957 UCLA (10-17) at Arizona (17-10) We blow our final home game of the season, 63-59. We finish the PAC 10 schedule with a 11-7 record. Baptise scored 18 while Moreno scored 10 and grabbed 10 boards. Code:
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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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02-16-2004, 01:10 PM
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PAC 10 Tournament
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March 14, 1957 (3) Arizona (17-11) vs. (6) Southern California (11-17) We don’t have much problems getting into the Semi-Finals of the tournament. The final scores was 83-65. Baptiste scored 26 points to lead all scorers. Moreno added 20 of his own, a career high. Quach added 14. Code:
March 15, 1957 (2) Arizona State (18-11) vs. (3) Arizona (18-11) We did beat the Sun Devils twice this year, but winning a third time is always tough to do. Our defense clamped down on them and held them to just 20 points in the first half. They fought back in the second half, but our defense continued to get the job done and we take this game, 56-47! Baptiste scored 22 points to lead all scorers. Gallaway and Quach each scored in double figures. We are in the conference finals! Code:
March 16, 1957 (3) Arizona (19-11) vs. (8) UCLA (13-17) The worst team to make our conference tournament has made a run to the finals by beating the top seed and the 4 seed. This game I sours for the taking….. And the Arizona Wildcats are headed to the BIG DANCE! We take this game 65-63 to earn my very first NCAA birth!!!!!! Code:
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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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02-16-2004, 02:14 PM
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Congrats on making the tourney - nice to see that you are starting to establish some momentum with these guys.
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02-16-2004, 03:22 PM
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Regular Season Wrap Up
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UMASS 4-12 (T5th), 11-18, RPI 264 Missouri 5-11 (T10th), 9-20, RPI 293 Iowa 9-7 (T3rd), 13-17, RPI 248 Penn State 7-8 (7th), 9-20, RPI 303 Illinois 6-10 (8th), 12-18, RPI 279 Wichita State 12-6 (2nd), 22-9, RPI 30, Ranked #19 UTEP 5-13 (T9th), 13-18, RPI 142 Points per game Code:
Cruse is a senior this year. He was a 4 year starter at Bradley. He was ranked #59 overall in 1951. Descamps is also a senior this year and he has also started for all 4 seasons as Holy Cross. He was ranked #84 overall in 1952. Rebounds per game Code:
Roche is a junior and will be returning next season. This was his first season as a starter. He was ranked #168 overall in 1952. Davis is just a junior for UTEP and will be returning. He was ranked #217 overall in 1953. This was his second season as a starter. Assists per game Code:
Edwards is a senior this year. This was his only year as a starter. He was ranked #351 in 1952. Candler is also a senior. He has been a starter for 4 years. He was the 30th overall recruit in 1952. Players leaving early Code:
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02-16-2004, 03:23 PM
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Arizona Regular Season Wrap Up
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02-16-2004, 03:40 PM
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Brackets
West 1 Santa Clara 2 UMKC 3 Bradley 4 South Carolina State 16 Canisius 8 Troy State 9 Prairie View 15 Arizona 10 Fordham 14 Cal State Northridge 11 Delaware State An extremely good and very deep region! Mid West 1 Oakland 2 Weber State 3 Pepperdine 4 Southern Illinois 5 Sacramento State 7 IUPUI 10 Denver 6 Penn Some great teams on top of this region, but not a lot of depth. South 1 Coppin State 2 New Mexico State 3 Portland 4 Brown 8 Duquesne 5 Wichita State 14 Army The 2 and the 4 seed are my prediction to meet in the Elite Eight. The other teams are not all that impressive, but watch for Duquesne as the 8 seed. East 1 Yale 2 Northern Arizona 3 Bethune 4 St. Mary’s 16 UMBC 5 Stony Brook 7 Arkansas State 14 LaSalle 6 Princeton Bethune is the only team in the top of this region that has accomplished anything in the last 10 years.
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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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Looks like Wisconsin has become the darlings of the Big TenPlusOne. Who from the Big Ten actually made either field?
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02-16-2004, 04:20 PM
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March 22, 1957
(2) #9 UMKC (26-6) vs. (15) Arizona (20-11) We were able to stick with them for about 5 minutes, and then Baptiste went down with an injury. He did not return in the first half and we trailed 39-24 at the half. When it was all said and done, we got crushed, 76-50. Alcantar scored 14 points, and Baptiste never returned from his injury. Still, it was a successful season. Code:
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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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02-16-2004, 04:22 PM
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Wisconsin is in there as a 9 seed and that is it rjolley.
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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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02-16-2004, 05:03 PM
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First Round highlights
We see another huge first round upset this year, in the West bracket. #16 Canisius took down the #1 seed, Santa Clara! The other #1 seeds all advanced. All of the #2 seeds advanced, but in South Region, we lost a 3 seed when #14 Army defeated #3 Portland. All of the #4 seeds advanced. Notables: #5 Stony Brook, #6 Princeton, #8 Duquesne, #9 Wisconsin, #5 Sacramento State, #7 IUPUI, #8 Troy State, #10 Fordham Second Round Highlights Our three remaining #1 seeds all advanced into the Sweet Sixteen. We lost a pair of 2 seeds today. In the West, #10 Fordham knocked off #2 UMKC. In the Midwest, #7 IUPUI defeated #2 Weber State. All of the remaining #3 seeds advanced into the Sweet Sixteen. We did lose one of our #4 seeds. In the West, #5 Western Illinois knocked off #4 South Carolina State. Notables: #14 Army
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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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02-16-2004, 05:09 PM
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Sweet Sixteen Highlights
In the West Region, #8 Troy State advanced over #5 Western Illinois. They will face #3 Bradley, who got by #7 Fordham. In the Midwest, #1 Oakland advanced over #4 Southern Illinois. They will match up with #7 IUPUI, who continues to march on with a win over #3 Pepperdine. In the South, #4 Brown knocks off the #1 seed, Coppin State. #2 New Mexico State will play them after beating #14 Army. In the East, another #1 seed goes down as #4 St. Mary’s beats #1 Yale. They will face #3 Bethune-Cookman, who beat #2 Northern Arizona. Big Surprise there. Elite Eight Highlights Starting in the West, #8 Troy State advances into the Final Four with a victory over #3 Bradley. In the Midwest, our #1 seed advances as #1 Oakland beats #7 IUPUI. In the South, #4 Brown advances over #2 New Mexico State. Finally, in the East, #3 Bethune-Cookman advances over #4 St. Mary’s.
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02-16-2004, 05:13 PM
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Final Four
NIT Results: Drake beats Illinois State The Match Ups #8 Troy State vs. #4 Brown #1 Oakland vs. #3 Bethune-Cookman In Game 1, Troy State’s Cinderella run as an 8 seed comes to and end, 61-48. Brown used a pair of 11 point performances from Senior Center Milton Howard and Junior PF Danial Howze, and a great defensive effort to advacne to the final game. In Game 2, Oakland also had 2 great performances. Senior PG Daren Kennedy went for 20 points and Junior C Tyrell Tyler went for 18. Tyler has declared for the draft already. That lead to a 73-47 Oakland victory! In the Finals, it was once again Brown’s defense that determined the outcome of the game. Brown shut down all of Oakland’s stars and held them to 57 points. Brown’s Senior PF Jarrod Poling had a double double with 11 points and 14 rebounds in a 68-57 victory. Brown claims their 3rd National Title and their 2nd in the last 4 years!
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02-16-2004, 05:15 PM
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NCAA Tournament Champions
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Grambling 3 Duquesne 3 Brown 3 Northern Arizona 2 Santa Clara 2 Bethune-Cookman 2 Oakland 2 Idaho 1 Arkansas State 1 Fordham 1 St. Bonaventure 1 Drake 1 Sacramento State 1 Pepperdine IUPUI 1 Wyoming 1 Xavier 1 Final Four Teams Code:
Duquesne 9 Northern Arizona 6 Oakland 5 Bethune-Cookman 5 Sacramento State 4 Brown 4 Grambling 3 Georgia State 3 Drake 3 Santa Clara 3 IUPUI 3 South Carolina State 3 Arkansas State 3 Troy State 3 Loyola Marymount 2 Washington 2 Canisius 2 Wichita State 2 St. Bonaventure 2 Cal State Northridge 2 Fordham 2 San Francisco 2 Norfolk State 2 New Mexico State 2 Pennsylvania 2 Eastern Washington 2 Idaho 1 Prairie View A&M 1 Howard 1 Seton Hall 1 Central Michigan 1 Boston University 1 Akron 1 LaSalle 1 Arizona 1 Texas 1 Cal Poly 1 UMKC 1 Villanova 1 St. Joseph’s 1 Denver 1 Delaware State 1 Indiana State 1 St. Mary’s 1 Texas Southern 1 Montana 1 Southern Illinois 1 Pepperdine 1 Wyoming 1 Princeton 1 Southern Utah 1 Xavier 1
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02-16-2004, 05:17 PM
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Arizona Post Season Wrap Up
Our two seniors will go undrafted: Andrew Amaral Jarrett Corley PF Joaquin Andres was named to the PAC 10 Second Team. SG Alex Quach was named to the PAC 10 Freshman Team. C Alfonzo Baptiste was snubbed! I have been named PAC 10 Coach of the Year once again!
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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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02-16-2004, 05:33 PM
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Off Season
The West is back on top in the All-Star Game, continuing the trend of the two sides going back and forth. Code:
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Ludwig is a three year starter and an outgoing senior. He was ranked #164 overall in 1951. He averaged 15.6 points and 11 boards per game this year. Dilorenzo red shirted last year and scored over 10 points a game this year. He was ranked #86 overall in 1954. Chambers took over the UMKC squad last year, and won the NIT, and then this year he got them a #2 seed in the tournament. Recruiting Rankings Code:
Santa Clara got recruits #: 2, 5, 17, 43, 201 Duquesne got # 1, 8, 22 Top Conferences: Big Sky Ivy Mid-Continent Mid-Eastern Missouri Valley Sun Belt West Coast Others: Atlantic 10: 4 Big 12: 1 Big 10: 1 PAC 10: 1 WAC: 3 Top Teams: Brown 80 Oakland 79 Duquesne 77 Bethune 75 Santa Clara 75 New Mexico State 74 Penn 70 Yale 70 Wichita State 68 UTEP 26 UMASS 26 Illinois 23 Arizona 21 Missouri 20 Penn State 18 Iowa 12 Coaching Changes Drake’s Chris Ahmad retired. They replaced him with Andrew Callendar from Illinois State. He has a career record of 289-301. Georgia State fired their coach, James Holmes. Holmes was there for 3 years and failed to get them to the tournament. They hired a New Mexico State assistant, Marlon Munford. He had a short head coaching stint with American and went 63-59. Sacramento State’s Wilford Navarro retired. They replace him with Sammy Thompson from Valpo. He has taken Valpo to the tournament two years in a row and has a record of 231-255 as a head coach.
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02-16-2004, 08:07 PM
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Arizona, 1957-1958
Our assistant coaches got some notice last year and they left for much more money as a couple of prominent programs in New Mexico and Fordham. Her replace them with: Chris Wells, Recruiter. Rated 36 Bobbie Linker, Scout. Rated 35 Scheduling. We go with a slightly different philosophy this year. Since we only get 3 home games, we decide to try and bring some tougher competition into our arena. We still go very light on the road schedule. Code:
Recruiting. We have 4 scholarships to offer this year. Center and Power Forward are the biggest needs in recruiting this year. With 4 to offer though, we will go after anyone we can get. We land one recruit in the early signing period. Center Ali Fink is from Tucson, AZ and is ranked as the #31 Center in the nation. Code:
We are heavily recruiting another Center, a PF and an SF. We are leading on all of them, but that does not mean we will get them all by any means.
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02-16-2004, 08:18 PM
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Arizona Wildcats Roster
Centers 1 Alfonzo Baptiste C Sr 6'11" 230 Newman, CA Without a doubt, Baptiste is our starting Center and will be the #1 scoring option on this team. 15 John Lindsey C Jr 6'10" 211 Lac St. Pierre, Canada John will be our primary backup for both of the low post positions this year. He is being groomed to take over the starting spot next year. Power Forwards 54 Joaquin Andres PF Sr 6' 7" 254 Silver City, NM Andres is our starting PF again. His defense is about as good as it possibly can be. He is also a rebounding machine. He has developed a bit of a post game on offense as well. 53 Grant Weber PF Fr 6'10" 259 Eloy, AZ Weber is the secondary backup for both low post positions. He has a nasty offensive game, but his defense is going to hold him back in our program. Small Forwards 2 Steven Gallaway SF Sr 6' 7" 246 Tillsonburg, Canada Gallaway gets the start at SF again this year. He plays more like a SG, as he plays great offense and defense on the perimeter. His inside games needs a bit of work though. 30 James Millsaps SF Fr 6' 7" 232 San Diego, CA James gets a red shirt this year. 44 Eberhard Kreckel SF Fr 6' 7" 240 Weimar, Germany Eberhard is the backup SF as a true freshman. Gallaway will see a lot of minutes due to this fact. Shooting Guards 45 Charles Shelly SG Jr 6' 4" 210 Canby, OR I decide to give Shelly a red shirt this year, even though he was once our starter. We have a glutton of guards this year, and he has not used a red shirt yet. 20 Alex Quach SG So 6' 2" 178 Eagar, AZ Alex is once again the starting SG. He is our #2 option on offense because he has a smooth jumper. Point Guards 32 César Moreno PG Sr 6' 3" 219 Gandia, Spain Cesar is the top backup off the bench and will backup both the PG and SG spots. 35 Paul Lin PG Jr 5' 7" 189 Las Vegas, NV Lin is the second option off the bench and will also backup both guard spots. 12 Tony Alcantar PG Jr 6' 1" 185 Cambria, CA Tony gets the starting nod again this year. His defense is phenomenal, and he can keep the defense honest with his shot. 5 John Bates PG Fr 6' 0" 173 Bayard, NM Bates is at the very end of the bench, and just needs time for his game to come around. I like his game though. Not much change in the way we will play again this year. We will run an averaged paced offense with Baptiste and Quach our inside out side threats. On defense we will run a man to man, which should be the best one we have run so far. We will press and trap a bit, since we have some solid depth. Our defense is very solid and there is no need to double team. Here is the AD email: Code:
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