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02-16-2004, 08:24 PM
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This year we have eleven 5 star recruits. Three of them have declared for the NBA draft and only one has committed to a school.
#3 PF Timothy Pearson, from Mission, TX has committed to Santa Clara. The others: #1 SF Malcolm Marek, from Canyon Country, CA: Bethune #2 C Alex Vanzant, from Byers, CO: Eastern Washington #4 C Bob Davis, from Ridgewood, NJ: Bethune, New Mexico State #6 SF Danial Tolbert, from Eaton, CO: Oakland #7 PF Henry Lemoine, from Lynn Haven, FL: None right now #8 C George Bascom, from Westport, CT: Lafayette #11 C Dominque Tillery, from Aurora, CA: New Mexico State, Bethune Polls Code:
Impossible to believe, but we are ranked #21 in the preseason polls.
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02-16-2004, 08:32 PM
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November 17, 1957
Arizona (0-0) at Furman (0-0) We open up the season with a win on the road, which is the first of 7 road games to open the season. The final score was 67-57. Baptiste led the team with 18 points on opening day. Quach, Alcantar and Moreno all scored in double figures as well. Code:
We moved all the way up to #11 in the polls. I am sure they will work themselves out in the next few weeks and we will move down. Way down. November 22, 1957 #11 Arizona (1-0) at Charlotte (0-0) We suffer a setback here, 61-58. There goes our lofty ranking. Baptiste had a huge game though with 24 points. Alcantar added 10 points and Andres grabbed 10 boards. Code:
November 26, 1957 Arizona (1-1) at Mississippi State (1-1) We dominate in this game today and take it 71-57. Andres was our leading scorer with 18 points, which is a career high for him. Moreno added 13 off the bench and Baptiste had 11. Code:
November 30, 1957 Arizona (2-1) at UNC Greensboro (1-0) Our defense just fell apart to day and we got dumped, 79-66 to fall to 2-2 on the season. Baptiste had his highest scoring game of the young season with 26 points. Alcantar added 10. Code:
November Recruiting. We didn’t sign anybody, but neither did we lose anybody we are targeting.
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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, 08:48 PM
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December 5, 1957
Arizona (2-2) at Indiana (0-4) We lose to a previously winless team today, 65-54., More and more, I just want the conference schedule to start up. Of course, it is tough to win on the road in any venue. Baptiste scored 21. Code:
December 9, 1957 Arizona (2-3) at Memphis (1-3) We pick up a close victory today to even up our season record at 3-3. The final score was 59-56. Baptiste led the team with 17 points. Gallaway scored 12 points. Code:
December 13, 1957 Arizona (3-3) at St. Louis (2-2) We drop this game by just 1 point, thanks to a last second miss by us. Baptiste was held to just 14 points, and his overall output this season has been a bit down. Alcantar added 11 points. Code:
December 18, 1957 UTEP (1-6) at Arizona (3-4) We wrap up our out of conference schedule with 3 home games against high prestige teams. We get the first one over an underachieving UTEP team, 76-69. Baptiste broke out with a 27 point game. Alcantar scored a dozen and Quach had 11. Code:
December 23, 1957 Cal State Fullerton (1-6) at Arizona (4-4) We pick up another win over another underachieving team, 69-64. Baptise has back to back 20 point games, scoring exactly 20 tonight. Quach had 15, and hopefully he starts heating up. Alcantar and Andres each scored in double figures as well. Code:
December Recruiting. What great recruiting success! We landed all three of the guys we have been hitting hard for the past 5 months. C Joel Davenport is from Scottsdale, AZ. He is ranked #77 overall in the West Region. Code:
PF Andrew Collier, from Millbrae, CA is a 3 star recruit and ranked as the #45 PF overall. Code:
SF Romeo Knight is from Ennis, MT. He is a 3 star recruit and is ranked as the #33 SF overall. Code:
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02-16-2004, 09:22 PM
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January 2, 1958
Arizona (5-4) at Washington (4-5) We begin the league schedule on the road in a very unfriendly place for us, and drop this game, 62-57. Baptiste led us with 21 points while Alcantar had a dozen. Code:
January 4, 1958 Arizona (5-5) at Washington State (3-5) We steal a 1 point victory over Washington State in their house, 71-70. It is a miracle! Baptsite willed us to a win with a season high 29 points. Quach added 15 and Lindsey added 10 points off the bench. Code:
January 9, 1958 Oregon State (6-4) at Arizona (6-5) Our conference home opener is a disaster, and we lose 75-61. Baptiste scored 21 points and pulled in 11 rebounds. Alcantar added 12 points. Code:
January 11, 1958 Oregon (6-6) at Arizona (6-6) We get back to 2-2 in league play with a 73-65 victory. We tried slowing down the pace of the game, but putting on more of a press to create turnovers. Our scoring defense has not been up to par, and this seemed to help a bit. Baptiste scored 18 points to lead all scorers. Quach and Alcantar each scored in double figures as well. Code:
January 16, 1958 Washington State (4-7) at Arizona (7-6) Just an ugly, depressing, unacceptable loss today. We get killed, 88-67 at home to a team we just beat on the road a couple weeks ago. Baptiste scored 20 points and Quach had a dozen. Code:
January 18, 1958 Washington (5-8) at Arizona (7-7) We rebound with a blowout of our own against the other team from up north. The final here was 77-53 and we stand at 3-3 in the PAC 10. Quach led the team with 21 points. Gallaway and Baptsite added 14 points each. Alcantar added a dozen. Code:
January 23, 1958 Arizona (8-7) at Stanford (7-7) We cannot gain any ground this year. After winning big, we turn around and lose by even more. The final score was 89-65. We dip to 3-4 in the league. Baptiste scored 24 and Gallaway had 24. Code:
January 25, 1958 Arizona (8-8) at California (7-8) We get killed again and it might be time to panic. The final score was 69-48 and we drop to 3-5 in PAC 10 play. Baptiste scored 12 to lead us. Gallaway and Alcantar scored in double digits. Code:
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02-16-2004, 09:30 PM
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Mid Season Report
All but one of our recruits have decided upon a school. #1 SF Malcolm Marek committed to New Mexico State. #2 C Alex Vanzant committed to Eastern Washington. #6 SF Danial Tolbert committed to Oakland. #7 PG Henry Lemoine committed to Bethune. #8 C George Bascom committed to Lafayette. #11 C Dominque Tillery committed to New Mexico State. The only undecided recruit: #4 C Bob Davis: South Carolina State, Bethune. Polls Code:
UMASS 4-3, 12-7 Missouri 3-2, 4-13 Penn State 5-1, 8-8 Illinois 2-4, 6-11 Iowa 1-4, 2-15 Wichita State 7-3, 16-4, Ranked #15 UTEP 2-6, 4-13
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02-16-2004, 09:30 PM
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Arizona Mid Season Report
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02-16-2004, 09:52 PM
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February 1, 1958
Arizona State (8-10) at Arizona (8-9) I call for a fast paced style of play, since our defense is not responding to anything else, and we win. But not as expected. We won a defensive battle, 61-60. Still, we will take any win we can get to get this team back on track. Quach led us with 14 points and Baptiste added 13. Code:
February 4, 1958 #18 Northern Arizona (14-5) at Arizona (9-9) We overscheduled just a bit here, but played a tough game before falling 70-60. Baptiste put up 13 points and 11 boards against a top 25 team. Quach added 11 points. Code:
February 8, 1958 Arizona (9-10) at Arizona State (8-11) We lose a shootout on the road today and end up splitting the season series with our northern friends. The final was 91-86. Baptiste had a massive game with 37 points and Quach set a career high with 26. Code:
February 13, 1958 Arizona (9-11) at Oregon (10-11) We get blown out today, 102-85. The season is slowly becoming unsalvageable. Baptiste had 21 points tonight. Alcantar, Quach and Andres all scored in double figures. Code:
February 15, 1958 Arizona (9-12) at Oregon State (13-8) Another blowout loss on the road as the final score ends up as 86-60. Quach led the way with 16 while Alcantar and Baptiste each had 14. Code:
February 20, 1958 Arizona (9-13) at UCLA (13-9) Another road game, another loss. We drop to 4-9 in league play, which ties us for last place. Also, it means we need to win out in order to just finish at 500. The final score here was 85-71. Code:
February 22, 1958 Arizona (9-14) at Southern California (13-10) We try to slow the game down to a crawling pace, and we succeed. Still, we lose. 56-49 was the final score. Code:
February 27, 1958 California (10-14) at Arizona (9-15) The good news is that the rest of our games are at home. The bad news is we lose the first of them, 57-56. Code:
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02-16-2004, 09:58 PM
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March 1, 1958
Stanford (12-13) at Arizona (9-16) Our players have packed it in for the season, and to be honest, I have as well. We dropped this one, 63-59. Code:
March 6, 1958 UCLA (17-9) at Arizona (9-17) We drop this one 72-63. Code:
March 8, 1958 Southern California (15-12) at Arizona (9-18) The season finally comes to an end, and at least we are able to win our 10th game of the season. Wet ake this one 84-73 and the season is officially over, as we did not qualify for the PAC 10 tournament. We finished dead last at 5-13. Code:
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02-16-2004, 10:00 PM
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Arizona Season Recap
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02-16-2004, 10:02 PM
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California beats Stanford for the automatic NCAA bid.
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02-16-2004, 10:22 PM
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Regular Season Wrap Up
Bob Davis still has not decided upon a school. Final Polls Code:
UMASS 5-11 (5th), 13-16, RPI 151 Missouri 8-8 (T6th), 9-20, RPI 290 Penn State 12-4 (2nd), 15-14, RPI 229 Illinois 6-10 (T8th), 11-18, RPI 280 Iowa 6-10, (T8th), 8-22, RPI 323 Wichita State 14-4 (1st), 27-5, RPI 6, Ranked #8 UTEP 8-10 (T4th), 12-18, RPI 210 Points per game Code:
Falgoust is just a Junior but has declared for the draft already. He is a 2 year starter and was ranked #222 in 1954. Brooks is a senior this year. He is a 3 year starter and was ranked #197 in 1952. Rebounds per game Code:
Lozada is a senior. This was his only year as a starter. He was ranked #341 in 1952. Woodrum is a junior and will be returning. He was ranked #149 in 1953. He is a 2 year starter. Assists per game Code:
Kujawa is a junior this year and will be returning. This was his first year as a starter. He was ranked #131 overall in 1954. Arriola is a senior and has been a 3 year starter. He was ranked #111 in 1953. Early Departures Code:
Brackets West 1 New Mexico State 2 IUPUI 3 Loyola Marrymount 4 Northern Arizona 8 St. Mary’s 9 Georgia State 5 Bethune 12 New Mexico 15 California 7 St. Joseph’s 10 Bradley This bracket is way above average. Midwest 1 Duquesne 2 Wichita State 3 Santa Clara 4 Lafayette 13 Denver 5 Sacramento State 6 Air Force 11 Norfolk State This is a nicely balanced region. South 1 Troy State 2 Southern Illinois 3 South Carolina State 4 Princeton 16 Stony Brook 8 Army 5 Arkansas State 7 Brown 11 Grambling This is not a very strong Region. East 1 Penn 2 Oakland 3 Weber State 4 Navy 5 Campbell 12 Coppin State This bracket looks even weaker than the South.
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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, 10:33 PM
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First Round Highlights
This year, all of our #1 seeds advance to Round 2. We did not see all of the 2 seeds advance though. In the East Region, #2 Oakland fell victim to #15 Marist. We also lost the #3 seed in the west Region when #14 Illinois-Chicago knocked off #3 Loyola Marymount. All of the 4 seeds advanced. Notables: #12 Coppin State, #5 Arkansas State, #11 Grambling, #5 Sacramento State, #6 Air Force, #8 St. Mary’s, #5 Bethune, #7 St. Joseph’s Second Round Highlights Half of our #1 seeds did not have what it takes to advance in this round. In the South, #8 Army knocked off #1 Troy State. In the East, #9 UL-Lafayette beat #1 Penn. Our remaining three #2 seeds all advanced. Only one of our 3 remaining #3 seeds advanced and that was Weber State in the East Region. In the South, #11 Grambling advanced over #3 South Carolina State. In the Midwest, #6 Air Force beat #3 Santa Clara. We lost half of our #4 seeds in this round. In the East, #12 Coppin State beat #4 Navy. In the Midwest, #5 Sacramento State beat #4 Lafayette. Other Notables: #14 Illinois-Chicago, #7 Jacksonville
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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, 10:43 PM
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Sweet Sixteen Highlights
In the West Region, #4 Northern Arizona is one game away from actually making the Final Four after they beat #1 New Mexico State. They will face #2 IUPUI, who beat #14 Illinois-Chicago. In the Midwest Region, #1 Duqesne advanced over #5 Sacramento State. They will face #2 Wichita State, who got by #6 Air Force. In the South, #4 Princeton beat #8 Army to advance. They will face #11 Grambling, who continues to pull the upsets. This time they beat #2 Southern Illinois. In the East, #9 UL-Lafayette beat #12 Coppin State. They will face #3 Weber State, who got by #7 Jacksonville. Elite Eight Highlights In the West Region, #4 Northern Arizona returns to the Final Four for the first time in decades! They beat #2 IUPUI. In the Midwest, #1 Duquesne once again heads to the final four, after beating #2 Wichita State. In the South, we have #4 Princeton in the Final Four after they beat #11 Grambling. Finally, in the East, #3 Weber State beats #9 UL-Lafayette.
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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, 10:53 PM
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Final Four
NIT Results: Pepperdine defeats Illinois State The Match Ups #4 Northern Arizona vs. #4 Princeton #1 Duquesne vs. #3 Weber State In Game 1, the much maligned Northern Arizona team is trying to redeem thie rreputation. They dominated this game from start to finish in a 73-52 victory. They had two players with a double double today. Senior C Andrew Blakely scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Senior PF Emanuel Meunier scored 14 points and had 12 rebounds. In Game 2, Duquesne also dominated and cruised to an easy 85-68 victory. They also had two players with a double double. Junior Center Sid Battle scored 11 points and grabbed 13 boards. Battle has already declared for the draft. Junior PF Donovan Jost scored 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. He has also declared for the draft. In the Finals, Northern Arizona won the battle of the low post guys, but lost the war, 88-81. Duquesne’ Senior SF Bradley Quirk was the MVP of the Game, scoring 18 points. Their depth just proved too much as they had 4 other players score in double figures, three of them coming off the bench. Duquesne takes their 4th National Title, the most of any other team and 2nd in a 3 year span!
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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, 10:58 PM
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NCAA Tournament Champions
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Duquesne 4 Grambling 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 10 Northern Arizona 7 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 Princeton 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 Southern Utah 1 Xavier 1 Weber State 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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02-16-2004, 11:03 PM
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Arizona Post Season Wrap Up
None of our 4 seniors will be drafted: Steven Gallaway Alfonzo Baptiste Cesar Moreno Joaquin Andres SG Alex Quach was named to the PAC 10 Second Team.
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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, 11:28 PM
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Off Season
The West wins the All Star Game for the Second year in a row Code:
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O’Toole is a Senior. He was a 4 year starter with Rutgers. This year he averaged 22 points per game. He was ranked #36 overall in 1953. Brann is a true freshman. He scored 18.6 points per game this year. He was ranked #216 overall in 1956. Casto has been the only head coach of IUPUI in the history of the NCAA. He got his team to the Elite Eight this year, but this award is long overdue, with a record of 596-335 along with a National Title and 2 other Final Fours. Recruiting Rankings Code:
New Mexico State landed #1, 11, 20, 35 Oakland got #6 and #28. Top Conferences Atlantic Sun Big Sky Ivy Mid-continent Missouri Valley Patriot West Coast Others: Atlantic 10: 4 Big 12: 1 Big 10: 1 PAC 10: 2 WAC: 3 Top Teams: Duquesne 83 New Mexico State 77 Brown 76 Bethune 74 Oakland 74 IUPUI 73 Santa Clara 73 Arkansas State 71 Northern Arizona 71 Penn 71 Weber State 70 Wichita State 70 UMASS 26 UTEP 25 Illinois 19 Arizona 18 Missouri 16 Penn State 15 Iowa 10 Coaching Changes Arkansas State’s Tony Harness has retired. He is replaced by Ronald Ferland, who has been the Grambling coach the past 3 years. He has a 129-67 career record. He took Grambling to the Elite Eight last year. San Francisco’s coach, Josh Williams retired. They snagged the Bethune-Cookman head coach to replace him! Henry Guimond has a 419-362 record as a coach. He has been with Bethune for 3 years and took them to 2 Final Fours. Bethune replaced him with Joe Criswell, the Norfolk State head coach. Joe has a 246-188 career record. Illinois fired their coach, Hershel Bollinger after three very poor seasons. They hired Tom Rhoades from Southwest Texas State where he was an assistant. This will be his first head coaching job. Missouri fired Denver Tyler after 7 years and no post season appearances. They hired a Virginia assistant, Chet Fitch. This will be his first head coaching job. Penn’s Mason Morgan retired. They hired Rodger Lewis from Air Force. He took them to the Sweet 16 last year and has a 334-288 record. Santa Clara’s Tom Robb retired. They hired Elwood Bramlett from St. Joseph’s. He has a 206-120 record as a head coach.
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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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02-17-2004, 05:40 PM
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Arizona, 1958-1959
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I am right back on the hot seat this year, and rightly so. We keep our coaching staff in tact this year. Scheduling. We have 10 games OOC, the 6 road games will be against bad teams. The 4 home games will be split up between bad teams and a couple decent teams. Code:
Recruiting. We have 3 scholarships to offer this year. The guard positions are the biggest need this year. We landed one recruit in the early signing period. PG Clinton McCrary is from Apache Junction, AZ. He is a 3 star recruit, but ranked #44 overall in the Nation! Easily the best recruit I even contacted since coming to Arizona. I just hope I am around to see him play for us. Code:
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02-17-2004, 05:47 PM
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NCAA Pre Season
There are thirteen 5 star recruits out there this season. Only 3 of them have declared for the draft. Two more have decided on where they will play: #6 SG Arlie Giguere, from North Miami Beach, FL: Penn #10 SF Andrew Gonzalez, from Brooklyn, NY: Duquesne And the other: #1 C Christopher Nickles, from Worcester, MA: Yale #3 PF John Pitcher, from Washington, DC: None #4 PG Chris Eddins, from Joliet, IL: Penn #7 PF Gene Burford, from Wabash, IN: IUPUI, Oakland #8 PG William Marvin, from Boonsboro, MD: Brown, Northern Arizona, IUPUI, Santa Clara #11 SG Brian Baker, from Forestville, MD: Penn #12 PF David Lavoie, from Santa Ana, CA: Northern Arizona #13 PG Ernest John, from Oktaha, OK: Penn Pre Season Polls Code:
Once again we get a ridiculous preseason ranking of #23. I am sure we will drop out awfully quick again this year.
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02-17-2004, 05:59 PM
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Arizona Wildcats Roster
Centers 15 John Lindsey C Sr 6'10" 213 Lac St. Pierre, Canada John gets the start at Center this year. This is his first year as a starter. He is our best interior defender. He can get it done on the boards, but he might be a bit inconsistent there. His offense is poor. 34 Ali Fink C Fr 6'10" 225 Tucson, AZ Ali gets a red shirt this year. 50 Joel Davenport C Fr 6' 8" 224 Scottsdale, AZ As a true freshman, Joel will be our only backup for the two post positions. He plays decent defense and will help out on the boards as well. Power Forwards 53 Grant Weber PF So 6'10" 264 Eloy, AZ Grant is the starting PF this year. This is his first year as a starter. He will be providing all of the low post scoring for us. His defense is average, and his rebounding is not all that great. 2 Andrew Collier PF Fr 6'10" 261 Millbrae, CA Andrew gets a red shirt this year. Small Forwards 44 Eberhard Kreckel SF So 6' 7" 240 Weimar, Germany Kreckel will get the start at SF this year thanks to his superior defense. He doesn’t have much of an offensive game, so he will be rotating in and out with Millsaps. 30 James Millsaps SF Fr 6' 7" 234 San Diego, CA James has a pretty good inside outside offensive game, and will split time with Kreckel. Millsaps’ defense leaves a bit to be desired in the post, but his perimeter defense is OK. 52 Romeo Knight SF Fr 6' 7" 219 Ennis, MT Romeo gets a red shirt this year. Shooting Guards 45 Charles Shelly SG Jr 6' 4" 212 Canby, OR Shelly has a nice looking jumper and can also play some point guard, so he will back up both positions. His defense is not all that great though. 20 Alex Quach SG Jr 6' 3" 179 Eagar, AZ Alex becomes a 3 year starter this season. His career average is 10.4 points per game, but we are going to need him to do much better than that this year. His defense is very, very good as well. Point Guards 35 Paul Lin PG Sr 5' 7" 190 Las Vegas, NV Lin will see the bulk of the backup time at both guard spots. He is average everywhere, but probably an above average defender. 12 Tony Alcantar PG Sr 6' 1" 186 Cambria, CA Tony will now be a 4 year starter at the point. His defense is extremely strong. Possibly the best I have had at the point. He also has a nice enough shot and good passing skills. 5 John Bates PG So 6' 0" 173 Bayard, NM Bates has a deadly jumper but is buried in the depth chart. He will get his chance next year I think. I need him to work on the defense. We will do things pretty much the same as every other year to open the season. Medium paced flow to the game. Man to man defense. No doubling, no pressing, no trapping this year. Quach, Weber and Shelly will be our designated go to guys.
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02-17-2004, 06:07 PM
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November 16, 1958
#23 Arizona (0-0) at Kansas State (0-0) Our opening game is not a good sign of things to come at all. We get chewed up and spit out to the tune of 70-52 against a very weak team. Weber played fine. He scored 14 and grabbed 11 boards. Lindsey and Quach each scored in double figures as well. Code:
November 20, 1958 Arizona (0-1) at Ball State (0-0) We rebound with a very nice 20 point road win today. The final was 71-51. Quach was 1 point from matching a career high. He had 25 points to lead all scorers. Alcantar added 14 and Lindsey added 10. Code:
November 25, 1958 Arizona (1-1) at Charlotte (1-1) Our offense played the worst game in my tenure with this team and we get hammered, 62-38. Weber scored 16 for us, but nobody else bothered to show up. Code:
November 29, 1958 Tennessee (0-1) at Arizona (1-2) Our first home game of the year is a major success and we get the easy 76-53 victory. Quach led the way with 22 points today. We need a consistant 15-20 from him every night. Weber added 19 points. Lin and Kreckel (off the bench) each chipped in with 10. But even when things go right, we get bad news. Alcantar, our starting PG will miss the next 6 weeks with an injury. Code:
November Recruiting. We did not sign anyone, but we are still in the hunt for both of the Shooting Guards I am after.
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02-17-2004, 07:17 PM
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December 4, 1958
Arizona (2-2) at Florida (0-1) We get back on the road and give up way too many points in a 77-65 loss. Quach did score 21 points for us. Lin added 14 in his first start at the point, replacing the injured Tony Alcantar. Of course, we lose another player for 6 weeks. Our starting PF, Grant Weber is gone. We have no backups at the post positions now. Code:
December 9, 1958 Arizona (2-3) at Boston College (2-2) So we move Millsaps to the start SF spot. That means Kreckel goes to the bench and he will be backing up the low post positions, as well as SF. Joel Davenport takes over the starting PF spot. All that results in a 62-54 loss, but this team will need a few games to adjust to all the changes. Millsaps led the team in scoring in his new starting role with 17. Quach added 16. Code:
December 14, 1958 Arizona (2-4) at Bowling Green (2-3) We were competitive in this game, but a loss is a loss. The final score was 60-55. Quach led our team with 16 points. Lin scored 13 and Lindsey added 10. Davenport grabbed 11 boards in only his second start. Code:
December 19, 2958 Georgia Tech (4-3) at Arizona (2-5) We drop a home game against a decent team here, 61-54. At least our defense has been playing very good, even in the losses. That gives me a bit of hope for the PAC 10 schedule. Code:
December 24, 1958 Baylor (1-7) at Arizona (2-6) At least we will have a happy Christmas this year. We pick up a much needed win, 76-58. Lin scored a game high 20 points. Millsaps added 18 and Quach had 14. Code:
December 27, 1958 Prairie View (2-6) at Arizona (3-6) We pull off a 1 point upset of Prairie View today, 66-65. Despite Prairie View being down this year, this is the single biggest win in terms of knocking off a higher prestige team I think I have had yet. Lindsey had a great game in the blocks with 12 points and 17 rebounds. Lin, Quach and Millsaps all scored in double figures as well. Code:
December Recruiting. We picked up our second recruit of the year. SG David Kieffer is from Broadus, MT. He is ranked as the #44 SG in the Nation. 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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02-17-2004, 07:39 PM
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January 1, 1959
Washington (2-6) at Arizona (4-6) We have a great start to the PAC 10 portion of our schedule, which is by far the most important thing. We win at home, 81-76 in Overtime. Quach set a new career high with 27 points today. Millsaps had a double double with 12 points and 10 boards. Shelly was forced to play at PF and Center in this game due to foul problems and came up with a miraculous effort: 10 points and 13 rebounds. Shelly is naturally a SG! Lin also chipped in with 10 points. Code:
January 3, 1959 Washington State (4-6) at Arizona (5-6) We lose what momentum we had after that exhilarating win, with a setback at home today, 71-68. This game also went to overtime, but we were not able to pull it out again. Quach was our leading scorer with 17 points. Millsaps and Davenpost both scored in double figures as well. Code:
January 8, 1959 Oregon State (4-6) at Arizona (5-7) With 3 home games to open our conference schedule, it is almost a must win here so we don’t start out 1-2. But of course, we have nothing at all in this game positive. We get blown out, 84-49. Lindsey had 16 points and 13 rebounds, but there was little else to talk about. Quach did score a dozen, which is still below his average. Code:
January 10, 1959 Oregon (5-8) at Arizona (5-8) We drop another home game with a 74-66 final. To open up the conferecne schedule 1-3, all at home means we are a very long shot to even come close to finishing at 500. That also means I am pretty much a lame duck coach this year. Code:
January 15, 1959 Arizona (5-9) at Oregon (6-8) The good news is that Alcantar is back from his injury and back in the starting lineup. Lin moves to the bench, but will see increased playing time. Weber is also getting better and will be active, but not starting yet. Still, that gives us some much needed depth. It does not, however, mean we are going to start winning games, as evidenced by a 72-65 defeat. Quach scored 26 points tonight and Alcantar put up a dozen in his return. I think this lineup has 1 more game to do something, and then we revamp it. Code:
January 17, 1959 Arizona (5-1) at Oregon State (7-6) Our defense played fine, but the offense was horrendous. We lose once again, 56-45. There will be some whole sale changes to the lineup for the next game. Code:
January 22, 1959 Arizona State (5-10) at Arizona (5-11) Our new starting lineup for this game looks like this: C Lindsey PF Weber SF Millsaps SG Quach PG Lin And what do you know? It worked! We pick up a 65-60 home win today and our league record is now 2-5. Weber is back in the lineup after his injury and comes back with a 21 point, 10 rebound game. Kreckel, now permanently on the bench, responded with 10 points. Code:
January 29, 1959 Arizona (6-11) at Stanford (6-11) We get back on the road, and the results should be familiar by now. We get smacked, 77-52. Weber scored 19, and the rest of the team is in hibernation. Code:
January 31, 1959 Arizona (6-12) at California (6-11) We close out the month exactly how we started it…by losing. 88-72 was the final score. Code:
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02-17-2004, 07:41 PM
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Arizona Mid Season Report
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02-17-2004, 07:46 PM
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NCAA Mid Season Report
Here are the latest recruits to commit to a school: #1 C Christopher Nickels: Penn #3 PF John Pitcher: IUPUI #7 PF Gene Buford: IUPUI #12 PF David Lavoie: Northern Arizona And the others: #4 PG Chris Eddins: New Mexico State, Troy State, Oakland, Brown, Princeton #8 PG William Martin: Santa Clara, Princeton, Oakland, Lafayette #11 SG Brian Baker: Yale, Santa Clara, New Mexico State, Troy State #13 PG Ernest John: Northern Arizona, Oakland, Santa Clara, Brown Polls Code:
UMASS 3-4, 6-12 Missouri 3-4, 8-9 Iowa 4-3, 6-12 Illinois 3-4, 4-13 Penn State 1-6, 6-12 Wichita State 9-1, 19-2, Ranked #4 UTEP 4-6, 9-11
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02-17-2004, 08:04 PM
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February 5, 1959
Arizona (6-13) at UCLA (8-11) Same old story today. We lose by a final of 82-73. I am pretty much just playing out this string of games, and hoping I can land a new job next year. Code:
February 7, 1959 Arizona (6-14) at Southern California (4-16) In a battle for last place…we lose, 75-69 and claim sole possession of last in the league. Code:
In the interest of saving myself some time, and a lot of frustration, I am quick simming out to the Tournament. : ) Final Results: Code:
Arizona State won the Conference Tournament to get the automatic bid.
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02-19-2004, 05:51 PM
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NCAA Regular Season Report
We had 4 recruits still left that were not committed to a school yet. Only one of them has made up his mind: #11 SG Brian Baker committed to Yale. Final Polls Code:
UMASS 6-10 (T3rd), 10-19, RPI 223 Missouri 5-11 (11th), 13-18, RPI 238 Iowa 10-6 (T4th), 12-17, RPI 266 Penn State 4-12 (T9th), 10-19, RPI 296 Illinois 4-12 (T9th), 6-23, RPI 318 Wichita State 16-2 (1st), 29-3, RPI 3, Ranked #5 UTEP 8-10 (7th), 14-16, RPI 175 Points per game Code:
Brown is a senior this year. He was ranked #144 overall in 1954 and is a 3 year starter. Wiggs is also a senior. He was ranked #151 overall and is also a 3 year starter. Rebounds per game Code:
Walker is a Senior. He was ranked #84 overall in 1954. He started for 2 and a half seasons. Woodrum is a senior and was ranked #149 overall in 1953. He is a 3 year starter. Assists per game Code:
Beecher is just a junior and will be returning next year. He was ranked #140 overall in 1955. This was his second year as a starter. Smedley is a junior as well, and will also be returning next season. He was ranked #7 overall in 1954 and was one of our 5 star recruits. He was on Brown’s Title team in 1956. This was his first year as a starter. Early Departures Code:
Brackets West 1 Weber State 2 Wichita State 3 San Diego 4 Penn 16 Arizona State 8 Arkansas State 5 Loyola Marymount 6 Coppin State Overall, this is not a very strong bracket. Midwest 1 Oakland 2 Xavier 3 Wyoming 4 Northern Arizona 8 Navy 9 Pepperdine 5 New Mexico 12 Illinois State 7 Wisconsin 10 Eastern Washington 6 IUPUI 11 Drake A very deep and talented bracket. South 1 Santa Clara 2 Sacramento State 3 New Mexico State 4 St. Bonnie 8 Stony Brook 12 Georgia Southern 7 Brown 6 South Carolina State Very good on top, but not particularly deep. East 1 Duquesne 2 Troy State 3 Princeton 4 Portland 8 Army 7 St. Joseph’s 14 Illinois-Chicago 6 Lafayette 11 South Alabama My only question here is, by how many points will Duquesne roll through this bracket by?
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02-19-2004, 05:56 PM
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First Round Highlights
All of the #1 and #2 seeds in each Region Advanced without too much trouble. We did lose the 3 seed in the South when #14 Stephen F. Austin knocked off #3 New Mexico State. We also lost the #4 seed in the Midwest. #4 Northern Arizona are up to their old tricks again, getting dumped early on. They lost to #13 DePaul. Notables: #12 San Diego State, #6 Coppin State, #9 Pepperdine, #12 Illinois State, #10 Eastern Washington, #11 Drake, #6 South Carolina State, #8 Army Round Two Highlights Once again all of the #1 and #2 seeds advanced into the Sweet 16. We entered this round with three #3 seeds, and leave this round with only one of them: #3 Princeton in the East. In the West, #6 Coppin State knocked off #3 San Diego. In the Midwest, #11 Drake upset #3 Wyoming. Our three remaining #4 seeds all advanced. Notables: #12 Illinois State, #14 Stephen F. Austin
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02-19-2004, 06:01 PM
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Sweet Sixteen Highlights
We saw two big upsets today. The biggest of all happened in the East as #4 Portland knocked off #1 seed and defending champs, Duquesne. Portland will face #2 Troy State, who got by #3 Princeton. In the West, another #1 seed goes down as #4 Penn beats #1 Weber State. They will face #2 Wichita State, who beat #6 Coppin State. In the Midwest, #1 Oakland advanced over #12 Illinois State. They will face #2 Xavier, who beat #11 Drake. Finally, in the South, #1 Santa Clara advanced over #4 St. Bonnie. They will face #2 Sacramento State, who beat #14 Stephen F. Austin. Elite Eight Highlights In the West, #2 Wichita State beats #4 Penn to advance into the Final Four! In the Midwest, #1 Oakland holds their bracket by beating #2 Xavier. In the South, #1 Santa Clara also gets through the bracket by beating #2 Sacramento State. And in the East, #4 Portland keeps the momentum after beating Duquesne, to knock off #2 Troy State and advance.
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02-19-2004, 06:08 PM
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Final Four
NIT Results: Arkansas Little Rock beats Brigham Young. The Match Ups #2 Wichita State vs. #1 Santa Clara #1 Oakland vs. #4 Portland In game 1, Santa Clara went to Senior Center James Arciniega for 20 points and 14 rebounds, both game highs. James was the #5 overall recruit (5*) back in 1954. He was a 4 year starter as well. Wichita State had a very nicely balanced attack though and we able to outscore Santa Clara, 82-68. They were led by Junior PG (playing SG) Wilbert Riddell. Riddell was ranked 138 overall in 1954 and scored a team high 17 points. Riddell will be returning next year, no matter what the outcome of the finals is. In Game 2, Portland had a pair of 20 point games to lead them. Senior Center Arthur Voight, ranked #140 overall in 1953 and Senior SF Carl Cloyd, ranked #198 in 1953 both put up 20 points. It was not quite enough to get Portland over the top though. Oakland also had a 20 point game from Senior SF Clyde Hall, ranked #17 overall in 1953. Oakland also had more scoring depth and took this one 86-75. In the Finals, Oakland is going for their third title, Wichita for their first. The story of the game was the Wichita defense. They shut down all the big scorers for Oakland. They held them to just 52 points. Wichita’s offense was led by SG Tad Meraz, a senior ranked #106 overall in 1953. He scored 19 tonight. Senior PF James Shears added 17 and Wichita State wins the title, 67-52!
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02-19-2004, 06:10 PM
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NCAA Tournament Champions
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Duquesne 4 Grambling 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 Wichita State 1 Final Four Teams Code:
Duquesne 10 Northern Arizona 7 Oakland 6 Bethune-Cookman 5 Sacramento State 4 Brown 4 Santa Clara 4 Grambling 3 Georgia State 3 Drake 3 IUPUI 3 South Carolina State 3 Arkansas State 3 Troy State 3 Wichita State 3 Loyola Marymount 2 Washington 2 Canisius 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 Princeton 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 Southern Utah 1 Xavier 1 Weber State 1 Portland 1
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02-19-2004, 06:11 PM
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Arizona Post Season Wrap Up
I think it is a sure thing that I get fired after this season, so this will probably be my last time with these guys. Our three seniors will go undrafted: Tony Alcantar Paul Lin John Lindsey SF James Millsaps was named to the PAC 10 Freshman Team. SG Alex Quach was named to the PAC 10 Second Team.
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02-19-2004, 06:27 PM
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Off Season Report
The West take their third All Star Game in a row this year. Code:
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Murphee is a Senior this year. He was a 2 year starter for Chicago State and this year he averaged 22 points and 7 boards per game. He was ranked #55 overall in 1953. Northrup red shirted last year and this year he scored 13.6 points and had 5 rebounds per game. He was ranked #143 overall in 1956. Abramson has been the Jack. State coach since 1953. He took the team to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1947 and also won 21 games this year. Recruiting Rankings Code:
IUPUI landed #3, #7, #16 Princeton got #4, #31, #39, #320 Top Conferences Big Sky Ivy Mid-Continent Missouri Valley Mountain West Patriot West Coast Others: Atlantic 10: 4 Big 12: 2 Big 10: 1 PAC 10: 1 WAC: 2 Top Teams Duquesne 82 Oakland 78 Wichita State 78 Santa Clara 76 New Mexico State 74 Weber State 73 Penn 72 Northern Arizona 71 Sac State 71 Arkansas State 70 Brown 70 IUPUI 70 UTEP 27 UMASS 27 Arizona 14 Illinois 14 Penn State 13 Iowa 12 Missouri 12 Coaching Changes Bethune’s Joe Criswell retired. He is replaced by Colin Brown, the Jacksonville coach. He has a 130-88 record and took Jacksonville to the Sweet 16 two years ago, but this is certainly a downgrade in coaches. Fordham fired their coach, Oscar Jones after he failed to reach any post season tournament for 2 straight years. They hired Benito McLean, a New Hampshire assistant last year. This will be his first head coaching job. Penn State fired Will Vela. They replace him with Chris Poe, a Xavier assistant. This will be Poe’s first head coaching job. UTEP fired their coach, Dalton Eyler. They hired Princeton assistant, Wayne Albert. This will be Wayne’s first head coach job.
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02-19-2004, 10:51 PM
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Wayne's World, Wayne's World, party time, excellent....wooowooowooo!!!!
Hopefully he'll be the one to finally lead us to the Big Dance...
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02-19-2004, 11:48 PM
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By the grace of my Athletic Director, I have kept my job for another season! I can hardly believe it, but I don’t even know if I have the kind of team that can get to 500 this season. I am on borrowed time. I need a miracle.
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I keep my assistant coaching staff for another year. Scheduling. The motto this year is nobody who won ten games last year. Code:
Recruiting. We have 2 scholarships to offer up this year. A PF and a SG would be my preference this season. With some luck on our side this year, we sign the top two guys on our list in the early signing period. PG Alex Landis, from Ogden, UT has committed to Arizona. He is ranked #82 in the West Region. Code:
PF Eric McIntyre is from Plain City, UT. He is ranked as the #38 PF in the nation. Code:
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02-19-2004, 11:58 PM
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Arizona Roster
Centers 50 Joel Davenport C So 6' 9" 229 Scottsdale, AZ Joel started 10 games last year at Center, but is our full time guy this year. He plays solid post defense and also can get after the rebounds. His offense is poor, and he will not give us much help there at all. 34 Ali Fink C Fr 6'10" 233 Tucson, AZ Ali will need another couple of years before he is ready to contribute on a regular basis. He is the second backup at the post positions this year. 55 Brian Shuster C Fr 6' 9" 234 Weaverville, CA Brian gets a red shirt this year. Power Forwards 53 Grant Weber PF Jr 6'10" 265 Eloy, AZ Grant will get the start at PF this year, and it will be his second year as the starter. He will be a great scoring threat down low. His defense is only average though. 2 Andrew Collier PF Fr 6'10" 265 Millbrae, CA Andrew is not great at anything, but he can do a little of everything. He will be our workhorse off the bench, backing up the C, PF and SF spots. Small Forwards 44 Eberhard Kreckel SF Jr 6' 7" 240 Weimar, Germany I decide to give Kreckel a red shirt this year. 30 James Millsaps SF So 6' 8" 237 San Diego, CA James gets the start at SF. He plays very good perimeter defense, but his interior defense needs some work. He is a duel scoring threat though, able to hit the jumper and bang down low. 52 Romeo Knight SF Fr 6' 7" 220 Ennis, MT Romeo looks like a SG to me, and a very good one at that. He will back up both the SF and SG spots this year. Shooting Guards 45 Charles Shelly SG Sr 6' 5" 212 Canby, OR Shelly has a fine jumper, but his defense is not there yet, so he will have to settle for a backup spot on the bench. 20 Alex Quach SG Sr 6' 3" 180 Eagar, AZ Alex gets the start at SG again this year. It will be his 4th year as a starter. He plays awesome defense, and can score as we already know. 51 David Kieffer SG Fr 6' 1" 176 Broadus, MT David gets a red shirt this year. Point Guards 5 John Bates PG Jr 6' 0" 174 Bayard, NM Bates will have to be lumped in with the other backup guards because of his weak defense. 24 Clinton McCrary PG Fr 6' 0" 195 Apache Junction, AZ Clint get the start at the point as a true freshman. He plays excellent defense, has a nice jumper that is still developing and is very, very quick.
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02-20-2004, 12:02 AM
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NCAA 1959-1960
We have seven 5 star recruits this year. Three of them have declared for the draft already. None of them have committed to a school though. #3 SG Lynn Henriques, from Falls Church, VA: Did Not Qualify #4 SF Lanny Williams, from Prosperity, SC: Northern Arizona, Duquesne #5 C Zachary Ward, from Abilene, TX: Santa Clara #7 SF Brian Williams, from Decatur, GA: Sacramento State Pre Season Polls Code:
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02-20-2004, 12:11 AM
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November 15, 1959
Arizona (0-0) at Memphis (0-0) We start the season exactly how we left off last year, with a loss. The final score was 50-46. Nobody even reached 10 points on our team. At least the defense played good. Code:
November 19, 1959 Arizona (0-1) at Charlotte (0-0) Our defense plays just fine once again, but the offense still is not generating enough points. We drop this one 57-52. Quach was able to score 21 points, but every one else was very quiet. Code:
November 23, 1959 Arizona (0-2) at Michigan (0-3) We pick up our first win of the season here, 68-62. I really love how our defense is coming to play every game so far. Weber had a huge game with 25 points. Quach added 16 and Millsaps chipped in with 11. Code:
November 28, 1959 Arizona (1-2) at western Carolina (0-1) So much for the good defense. We give up over 80 today and get beat, 86-71. Millsaps led the team with 14 points. Quach, Weber and Collier off the bench all scored in double figures. Their SF had a game high 23 points and thei backup point guard burned us for another 17. Code:
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December 3, 1959
Arizona (1-3) at Robert Morris (0-2) We pick up just our second win of the season, but really, every one feels great to get these days. The final here was 67-53. Quach led us in scoring with 18 points. McCrary and Millsaps each scored 13 as well. Code:
December 7, 1959 Baylor (1-2) at Arizona (2-3) We give our fans something to cheer about in our very first home game of the year. We even up our season record at 3-3 with a nice 60-55 victory today. Quach scored 17 points to lead the team, but Weber was the MVP of this game with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Code:
December 11, 1959 Arizona (3-3) at Tennessee (2-2) We put together a 2 game winning streak with a 62-55 victory. Weber had another big game, scoring a game high 21 points. Quach and McCrary each scored a dozen. Code:
December 15, 1959 Arizona (4-3) at College of Charleston (3-3) Our offense goes back into hibernation and we drop this game, 57-45. Millsaps had 14 and Weber added 13, and there is really nothing else to talk about today. Code:
December 20, 1959 Illinois (2-5) at Arizona (4-4) The team has a giant let down on our home court, and we get beat, 78-74. Quach had 26 and weber had 22, but their great efforts went to waste. Code:
December 25, 1959 Notre Dame (4-3) at Arizona (4-5) We put together our most complete game of the year and get back to 500 on the season with a 75-58 victory at home. Quach had a career high 28 points in this one. Millsaps added 10 while Weber and Davenport each scored 9. Code:
December 31, 1959 Washington (4-4) at Arizona (5-5) All we have to do is win the rest of our home games and we finish even in league play. We get the first of the 9 we need with a 68-58 victory to round out the 1959 calendar year. Weber was huge, scoring 22 and grabbing 10 boards. Davenport had 16 rebounds. Quach had 16 points and McCrary added 10. Code:
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January 2, 1960
Washington State (1-8) at Arizona (6-5) Alex Quach, our starting SG, was put on academic suspension for the month. Shelly will get the start this month. And of course, we hit our slide. We lose at home to this terrible, terrible team, 68-60. Weber scored 17 along with 10 boards and Millsaps added 14 points. Code:
January 7, 1960 Arizona (6-6) at Southern California (3-9) Our offense has not produced for the second game in a row and we fall to 1-2 in league play with a 68-55 loss. Weber had 18 and that was about it. Code:
January 9, 1060 Arizona (6-7) at UCLA (4-7) We are quickly digging ourselves into a another deep hole as we drop this one 71-58. We are now 1-3 in the PAC 10. Millsaps led us with 15 points while Weber and Shelly each had 10. Code:
January 14, 1960 UCLA (5-7) at Arizona (6-8) Here we go again. The final score here was 67-49. Weber scored 13 and Davenport grabbed 13 boards. McCrary added 11 points. Code:
January 16, 1960 Southern California (5-10) at Arizona (6-9) We give up over 90 points today and lose 91-82. We scored a lot ourselves, but we can never win givin gup that many points. Code:
January 21, 1960 Arizona (6-10) at Washington (7-7) We lose here 70-59. We are now 1-6 in league play. Code:
January 23, 1960 Arizona (6-11) at Washington State (6-9) We lose this one 76-70. This is getting quite frustrating. Code:
January 30, 1960 Arizona State (10-8) at Arizona (6-12) We lose our 8th conference game of the year, and can only afford to lose 1 more. The final was 81-68. Code:
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02-21-2004, 12:10 PM
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NCAA mid Season Review
Out of our 3 recruits that qualify, only one of them has made a commitment as of yet. #5 C Zachary Ward had committed to Santa Clara. The other 2 guys: #4 SF Lanny Williams: Northern Arizona #7 SF Brian Williams: Northern Arizona Mid Season Polls Code:
UMASS 1-6, 5-13 Missouri 4-1, 10-7 Illinois 4-3, 7-11 Penn State 3-3, 10-8 Iowa 2-3, 4-13 Wichita State 7-1, 16-3, Ranked #8 UTEP 6-4, 12-6
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02-21-2004, 12:12 PM
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Arizona Mid Season Report
SG Alex Quach will return from academic suspension in February. Of course, that is neutralized by the fact the our starting PF Grant Weber will go on the ineligible list in February due to academics. Code:
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02-21-2004, 12:18 PM
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Decent start to the season for the Miners. Looks like Wayne's World is doing a nice job with the program...
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02-21-2004, 12:31 PM
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There is no way I will survive this season, and if for some reason I don’t get fired, I will resign from Arizona after this season. It is just not working here and a change of scenary is much needed.
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Southern California wins the PAC 10 Tournament over Washington State to earn the automatic bid.
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02-21-2004, 12:32 PM
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Arizona Final Stats
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02-21-2004, 12:48 PM
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NCAA Regular Season Wrap Up
One more recruit committed to a school: #4 SF Lanny Williams committed to Southern Illinois. Final Polls Code:
UMASS 3-13 (Last), 8-22, RPI 265 Missouri 11-5 (2nd), 17-12, RPI 156 Illinois 10-6 (T2nd), 15-16, RPI 190 Penn State 7-9 (T7th), 15-15, RPI 231 Iowa 6-10 (9th), 9-21, RPI 290 Wichita State 16-2 (1st), 28-4, RPI 3, Ranked #3 UTEP 8-10 (T7th), 19-13, RPI 137 UTEP made a run to the WAC tournament finals, but fell to Boise State. Points per game Code:
Nash is a Senior and has started all 4 years for Clemson. He was ranked #131 overall in 1955. Carroll is also a Senior and has been a 3 year starter. He was ranked #71 overall in 1954. Rebounds per game Code:
Wright is a senior and this was his only year as a starter. He was ranked #157 in 1955. Gideon is just a junior and will be returning next season. He has started all 3 of his seasons. He was ranked #9 overall in 1955. Assists per game Code:
Smith is a Senior and has started for the past two seasons. He was ranked #74 overall in 1955. Brookshire is also a senior. He is a 3 year starter and was ranked #58 overall in 1955. Early Departures Code:
Brackets West 1 Weber State 2 Santa Clara 3 Arkansas State 4 Troy State 5 Loyola 7 Yale 14 Boise State 6 Montana 11 Illinois State This is one of the weaker brackets we have seen. Midwest 1 Wichita State 2 Sacramento State 3 Penn 4 Pepperdine 9 South Carolina State 13 Wisconsin 5 Xavier 7 Air Force 6 San Francisco 11 Drake This is a very solid and deep bracket. South 1 New Mexico State 2 Northern Arizona 3 Brown 4 Clemson 8 Grambling 12 Georgia State 6 Bethune 11 Illinois State Some very good teams on top of the bracket, but not a ton of depth here. East 1 Duquesne 2 Wyoming 3 UL-Lafayette 4 Eastern Washington 8 Princeton 5 Army 7 Utah State Pretty weak bracket here as well.
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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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02-21-2004, 01:25 PM
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First Round Highlights
Out of the top 4 seeds from each region, only one single team was upset. In the Midwest Region, #13 Wisconsin upset #4 Pepperdine. Other notables: #5 Loyola Marymount, #7 Yale, #11 Illinois State, #8 Stephen F. Austin, #5 Xavier, #7 Air Force, #11 Drake, #10 Portland, #11 Southern Illinois, #5 Army, #7 Utah State Second Round Highlights We lose our first #1 seed of the tournament in the West Region, as #8 Evansville upset #1 Weber State. We also lost a 2 seed, and in the same Region. #7 Yale knocked off #2 Santa Clara in the West Region. We also lost a 3 seed today. It was not in the West, but #6 Columbia beat #3 UL_Lafayette in the East Region. A pair of 4 seeds went down today. It should be no surprise that one of them was in the West. #5 Loyola Marymount beat #4 Troy State. In the East, #5 Army beat #4 Eastern Washington.
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02-21-2004, 01:30 PM
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Ouch your Arizona Wildcats had an RPI of 325! Might want to start looking for a new home soon.
Don't come to UMass please...jk jk  |
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02-21-2004, 01:34 PM
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Sweet Sixteen Highlights
In the West Region, #8 Evansville continues to pull off upsets as they beat #5 Loyola Marymount to advance to the Elite Eight, where they will face #7 Yale, who upset #3 Arkansas State. In the Midwest, defending Champions, #1 Wichita State got by #13 Wisconsin. They will face #3 Penn, who knocked off #2 Sacramento State. In the South, we lose the #1 seed New Mexico State, as #4 Clemson beats them. Clemson will face #2 Northern Arizona, who beat #3 Brown. In the East, #1 Duquesne advanced with ease over #5 Army. They will play #2 Wyoming in the Elite Eight. Wyoming beat #6 Columbia. Elite Eight Hightlights In the West, Evansville’s great run comes to and end as they lose to #7 Yale. In the Midwest, Wichita State will get a chance to defend their title in the Final Four after beating #3 Penn. In the South, #4 Clemson gets the hard fought win over #2 Northern Arizona to advance. Finally, in the East, #1 Duquesne will be in their 11th Final Four of All-Time. What an amazing feat. They beat #2 Wyoming to advance.
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02-21-2004, 01:42 PM
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Final Four
NIT Finals: Duke beats Texas A&M Corpus Christi. The Match Ups #7 Yale vs. #4 Clemson #1 Wichita State vs. #1 Duquesne Game 1 was considered the runner-up game, because the second game is getting all of the hype, and rightly so. Yale put on quite a show for the fans though and will prove tough to beat on Monday night. First, worth mentioning is the sensational performance by Clemson’s Senior Center John Nash. Nash was ranked #131 overall in 1955 and tonight he was the leading scorer with 29 points. But Yale just ran them up and down the court, taking a 102-88 victory. Junior SG Jose Litton, ranked #48 overall in 1956, led the Yale team with 20 points. Litton has declared for the draft already. Yale’s backup SG, Senior Raleigh Myers also had a fine game, scoring 18 points. Game 2 was everything we thought it would be. Defense was the name of the game, but we still saw a great offensive performance from Wichita State’s sophomore backup SF, Emory Fahey. Fahey scored a game high 17 points. Duquesne had a pair of double digit scorers in Stuart Fernandes and Chuck Enoch (a 5 star recruit). Duquesne takes this one, 67-65. They knock off the defending Champs and get to play for the title. In the Finals, the Yale offensive showcase had the brakes put on them. They had three players score 10 points and that was a team high. On the other hand, Duquesne had a 22 point performance from Junior SG Stuart Fernandes. Stu has already declared for the draft, and topped off his collegiate career with a 22 point night and a National Championship with a 77-65 victory! This is now Duquesne’s third title in 5 years and 5th title overall!
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