Lathen Scott with an oppurtunity of a lifetime (College Hoops 2k8)

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NCAA ACCOLADES

NCAA Champions: West Virginia Moutaineers 32-7
NIT Champions NC State Wolfpack
Player of the Year: Kyle Singler - SR - Duke
Mid-Major Player of the Year: Keith Benson - SR - Oakland
Coach of the Year: Bob Huggins - West Virginia Moutaineers
Defensive Player of the year: JaJuan Johnson - SR - Purdue
Big Man of the Year: JaJuan Johnson - SR - Purdue
Freshman of the year: Josh Selby - FR - Kansas

First Team All-Americans

PG: Jimmer Fredette - SR - BYU
SG: John Jenkins - SO - Vandy
SF: Kyle Singler - SR - Duke
PF: Tracy Smith - SR - NC State
C: JaJuan Johnson - SR - Purdue

Second Team All-Americans

PG: Jacob Pullen - SR - Kansas St.
SG: Ashton Gibbs - JR - Pitt
SF: Cameron Moore - JR - UAB
PF: Jeff Allen - SR - VT
C: Keith Benson - SR - Oakland


UC Davis Accolades:

Regular Season Champions
Conference Freshman of the year: Mike Kurtz (who is no longer on the team)
Second Team All-Conference: Mike Kurtz
Freshman All-Conference: Alex Tiffin and Mike Kurtz

(Long Beach St. coach won Conf CotY... Gay right?)

UC Davis season review

23-11 (15-1)
Made it to conference championship
Made tournament

Achievements:
Regular Season Chmpionships: 1
NCAA Tournaments: 1
20 Win Seasons: 1
All-Conference Players: 1
(Everything else 0)

Legacy Goals
Go entire season with no unhappy players
Have a player chosen freshman all-conference
Have a player chosen all-conference
Coach a team to a winning record
Coach a team to 10 wins
Coach a team to 20 wins
Coach a team to conference championship
Coach a team to an NCAA tournament bid
Get 5,000 legacy points in one season

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RECRUITING UPDATE

According to rivals.com Lathen Scott handed out 5 scholarships for this upcoming season:

3* C: Akin Leonard, 6'11 226 lbs. (Ovr. 448, Pos. 39)
2* PG: Keon Terry, 6'0 173 lbs. (Ovr. 452, Pos. 126)
2* SG: Wes Seegars, 6'5 209 lbs. (Ovr. NR, Pos. NR)
2* PG: Terry Holcomb, 5'11 172 lbs. (Ovr. 563, Pos. 164)
1* C: Ismael Sinville, 6'10 228 lbs. (Ovr. NR, Pos. NR)

It was not the greatest recruiting job by coach Scott but he did get some solid players in Keon Terry and especially 3* Akin Leonard. With time, Leonard can turn into a beast.

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Meet your UC Davis Aggies

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UC Davis Aggies Depth Chart - 2011-12
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Eddie Miller	Keon Terry	Tyler Les
SG	Ryan Sypkens	Ryan Howley	Eddie Miller	Wes Seegars
SF	Harrison DuPont	Ryan Howley	Josh Ritchart
PF	Alex Tiffin	Josh Ritchart
C	Akin Leonard	Alex Tiffin, Josh Ritchart, Ismael Sinville

Eddie Miller - SR (63): 6'5 197 lbs. - Eddie played a lot of SF and SG last year and coach Scott will look for him to make the transition to PG. With the Aggies not having a ton of depth in the backcourt, Eddie will look to play a lot of minutes.

Ryan Sypkens - JR (64): 6'5 187 lbs. - Ryan will start out in the starting line-up. He is coming in as the "shooter" of the team even though he had a down sophmore year shooting the ball.

Harrison DuPont - RS SO (67): 6'5 232 lbs. - Many Aggie fans are excited about DuPont. A transfer who redshirted last year is looking to make an immediate impact for the Aggies especially on the offensive end.

Alex Tiffin - JR (61): 6'9 229 lbs. - Tiffin will go back to playing at his natural position at the power forward. He will look to go back to where he left off from last season.

Akin Leonard - FR (65): 7'1 242 lbs. - No that is not a typo. He grew 2 inches over the summer and now UC Davis might have the best big man in the conference, as a freshman! This kid is what you call a monster on both ends. Double doubles will be expected.

SF: Ryan Howley - JR (63): 6'5 198 lbs. - Howley will be in the same role as last year. He will be a defensive specialist off the bench and will look to score a little bit as well. He is the, for a lack of a better term, 6th man for the team.

PG: Keon Terry - FR (61): 6'0 173 lbs. - Keon is a very good defender and he is fast. He is not looking to shoot but help his teammates get the open shots. Coach Scott will depend on him to guard the star guard on the other team.

PF: Josh Ritchart - SO (58): 6'9 221 lbs. - Coach Scott will be looking for Josh to come off the bench and give him solid minutes wherever playing. Sometimes he will play the 3 but mainly he will be at the PF position doing what he does: rebounding and scoring.

PG: Tyler Les - SO (56): 6'2 189 lbs. - Tyler got a little bit of playing time backing up Mark Payne at the point but this year is different. Sources indicate that Freshman Keon Terry will get the nod at point guard for now.

SG: Wes Seegars - FR (50): 6'5 209 lbs. - He really has no offensive skill at all. He is never comfortable on the offensive end. On defense he is pretty good but probably won't get to see the floor too much this year.

C: Ismael Sinville - FR (46): 7'0 244 lbs. - Sinville, like Leonard, grew 2 inches over the summer. Sinville was very underrated in highschool and will have to play very hard when he does play to get any significant minutes this season.

PG: Kerry Holcomb - FR (54): 5'11 172 lbs. - Holcomb will redshirt this season. With Miller being a senior Holcomb will sit this season out in hopes of getting playing time next year.

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UC Davis schedule:

@ BYU
Hawaii
Nevada
Southern Utah
Oregon
Montana
Longwood
California
Southern Utah (again)
Conference Schedule

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AROUND THE NCAA

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NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Oct 20, 2011
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	UCLA
2	Kansas
3	North Carolina
4	Duke
5	Louisville
6	Florida State
7	Pittsburgh
8	Memphis
9	Oklahoma State
10	Ohio State
11	Arizona
12	Florida
13	Michigan State
14	Gonzaga
15	Georgia Tech
16	Minnesota
17	Indiana
18	West Virginia
19	Texas Tech
20	Clemson
21	Connecticut
22	Kentucky
23	Xavier
24	Marquette
25	Saint Mary's

1st Team All-Americans
PG: Josh Selby - SO - Kansas
SG: Ashton Gibbs - SR - Pittsburgh
SF: Robbie Hummell - SR - Purdue
PF: Kevin Jones - SR - West Virginia
C: Colt Seymour - FR - Florida (52 Ovr, Pos 1)

2nd Team All-Americans
PG: Kyrie Irving - RS FR - Duke
SG: Shelvin Mack - SR - Butler
SF: Jeff Taylor - SR - Vanderbilt
PF: Dante Taylor - JR - Pittsburgh
C: Dontaye Rand - FR - Ole Miss (Ovr 53, Pos 2)

Major Coaching Changes

Shaka Smart (VCU Head Coach) > Connecticut
Scott Sutton (Oral Roberts head coach) > VCU
*There were a few others but they were insignificant

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Well after typing my butt off these past couple of days I finally cought up and I am ready to start off the season in the next couple of days. Should be an interesting season since this team is very different from last year, but more to my liking.

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Wes Seegars is released from UC Davis

"We found out almost immediately that Wes was not the type of player we wanted on our team. When he found out the depth chart and where he was, he was not happy to say the least. So me and the other coaches decided to cut him. We feel bad about wasting our scholarship like that but you've gotta do what you've gotta do.

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New assisstant coach in Davis, Ca.

After the season Taurance Conley went back to Sacramento High School where he coached with Lathen Scott but this time he is the head coach. When asked on the decision he said, "I feel like if I ever am going to be a head coach in college, I have to prove myself and I feel Sacramento High School is a good place to do it." Lathen Scott went out and grabbed 38 year old, Devin Chiles. Chiles did not have a job as a coach last year and accepted the offer as assisstant coach for UC Davis.

Coaches:

Lathen Scott (32 years old) Year 2:

Offense: C
Defense: C+
Teaching: C
Scouting: C+
Charisma: B-
Discipline: C

Devin Chiles (38 years old) Year 1:

Offense: D
Defense: C+
Teaching: C-
Souting: C+
Charisma: C
Discipline: C-

Smush Hess (37 years old) Year 2:

Offense: C+
Defense: F
Teaching: D
Scouting: C+
Charisma: C
Discipline: D