A Quest for Greatness (CH2K8 Legacy)

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Play Mode: Simulation
Difficulty: MOP
Half Length: 17 Minutes
Simulated Half Length: 20 Minutes
Game Speed: 55
Player Speed: 55
Free Throw Difficulty: 75
Player Lock: Off
Real Player FT%: Off
Fatigue: On
Injuries: On
Team Unity: On
Sixth Man: On
Clutch Factor: On

I try to stay true to self imposed rules. With my current team I force myself to also recruit 2 star players. I will always try my best to run my primary offense and defense as they’re intended to be run.

Backstory

After playing four seasons at Western Michigan University and seven seasons in the NBA, Coach Corey Haas found himself at the helm of Fairleigh Dickinson University’s basketball team at 28 years old. Coach Haas, now 35, and in his 8th year as Head Coach of the Knights has lead them to three NIT bids as well as four NCAA tournament bids. Going as far as the Sweet 16 in his second year. He also has seven regular season Northeast Conference titles to go with four Northeast Conference Tournament Titles. Here is his philosophy in his own words.

Offensive Philosophy

To some extent it’s my own, but I have taken from a lot of my influences - more so later on. Those include Pete Carril, Jerry Tarkanian, John Wooden, Coach K, Bob Knight Nolan Richardson, and Phil Jackson. To some extent we now use multiple offenses in one. That however makes it sound more complex than it is. For example, I feature a couple plays out of the UCLA High Post but don’t incorporate the entire offense. (Same goes for Triangle, Read&React, ISO, Fast break, and 1-4 High Stack) They're all also either related or share some of the same principles. When I first got here we ran only Princeton, and at our base that’s most of our offense. Though over my tenure here we've transitioned to more of a 3-2 Motion offense. We've also began to incorporate more ISO’s and fast breaks since having some success in recruiting.

At our core we're more of a lower possession/scoring, good ball movement, inside out, screens, backdoor cuts, few drives to draw fouls and get to the free throw line. More talent here has allowed me to be a bit more versatile. When I first got here I wanted low scoring, ugly, defensive type of games. It was our only chance. For the most part that’s how we try to play.

Defensive Philosophy

That brings me to defense. When I first got here I wanted to win with defense and athleticism. So that’s what I recruited. Until I got recruits here we started with 2-3 zone. Years 2-4 I started bringing in other zone defenses. We went mostly 2-3/2-1-2 zone, as well as 1-3-1 zone and 1-3-1 match up zone. In small doses I tried a 1-2-2 zone. I got some good results, mostly mixed, and the 1-3-1 match up zone was just an absolute disaster for some reason. It was only used in year two. Year 5 we started with just 2-3/2-1-2 zone but we started horrid on defense. I tried 3-2 zone, 1-2-2 zone and 1-1-3 zone. I featured small doses of man to man. Ultimately I ended up playing mostly 1-2-2 with the 3-2 zone as my secondary defense. Year 6-7 I transitioned back into 2-3 zone mostly. With some 1-3-1, 2-3 match up as well as 3-2 zone and 1-2-2 zone. The latter three were used sparingly. Now in year 8 we run mostly a 2-3 zone or amoeba/2-3 match up zone defense with occasional man to man if the 2-3 isn’t working well.


Recruiting Philosophy

I go for mostly defense and athletes, but I also look for size and versatility. I try to keep a couple shooters on the team but we’ve never had a real good three point shooting team statistically.

Currently in my 8th Year (I'll recap previous years of course)

Coach Record: 176-61

Overall: B
Offense: B-
Defense: B-
Teaching: B
Scouting: B-
Charisma: B
Discipline: B-

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Recap

Year 1: 2014-2015
Record: (19-12, 14-4)
Team MVP: SR - Scooter Gillette (13.1ppg, 7.5rpg)
Coach Awards: N/A
Season Results: NIT - 1st Rd. Loss 88-77 to Butler
Conference Champion (Reg): Fairleigh Dickinson
Conference Champion (Tou): Monmouth
National Champions: 1 Arizona (33-6)

Spoiler

This season went a lot better than anybody expected. We had virtually no height or depth. Most the games we played in weren’t decided until the final seconds. Luckily for us we won most of those.

Year 2: 2015-2016
Record: (27-8, 14-4)
Team MVP: FR - George Wyatt (20.9ppg, 11.6rpg)
Coach Awards: NEC Coach of the Year
Season Results: NCAA - Sweet 16 Loss 88-63 to Texas
Conference Champion (Reg): Fairleigh Dickinson
Conference Champion (Tou): Fairleigh Dickinson
National Champions: 1 Duke (34-6)

Spoiler

George Wyatt was my first recruit. This was just the beginning of his great career here. We played through him from the get go. We were able to get a couple lucky match ups in the NCAA tournament and with Wyatt we were able to make the Sweet 16 run before it was abruptly ended.

Year 3: 2016-2017
Record: (18-13, 13-5)
Team MVP: SO - George Wyatt (19.4ppg, 12.0rpg)
Coach Awards: NEC Coach of the Year
Season Results: NIT - 1st Rd. Loss - 99-76 to Hofstra
Conference Champion (Reg): Monmouth
Conference Champion (Tou): Robert Morris
National Champions: 2 UCLA (29-9)

Spoiler

Most of my original team was gone after the second year. We became a very young team at this point and it showed on the court. George Wyatt was once again our main offense and he was able to lead us to the NIT.

Year 4: 2017-2018
Record: (21-11, 15-3)
Team MVP: JR - George Wyatt (19.8ppg, 12.1rpg)
Coach Awards: N/A
Season Results: NIT - 1st Rd. Loss - 87-71 to FGCU
Conference Champion (Reg): Fairleigh Dickinson
Conference Champion (Tou): Central Connecticut
National Champions: 2 UCLA (34-6)

Spoiler

We were a bit more experienced and I had another solid recruiting class coming in. And the recruits I got for year 5 helped make this up and down year a little easier to deal with. This also marked the birth of a new conference rival in Central Connecticut. We had good games to begin with, but this year the rivalry had both conference titles on the line.

Year 5: 2018-2019
Record: (27-6, 16-2)
Team MVP: SR - George Wyatt (19.5ppg, 10.3rpg)
Coach Awards: NEC Coach of the Year
Season Results: NCAA - 2nd Rd Loss 49-46 to UConn
Conference Champion (Reg): Fairleigh Dickinson
Conference Champion (Tou): Fairleigh Dickinson
National Champions: 1 Wisconsin (35-3)

Spoiler

I was very, very excited coming into this year. Wyatt was a senior, we had experience and talent to compliment him. Including a 3 star 7‘3“ center out of Africa (B. Abdur-Rahim). I figured I would only have him for one, maybe two years. But I also had gotten a 4 star SG that was 6‘6“ (Chadd Lettenberger). I really thought we would for sure get a Sweet 16 apperance and could realistically make an Elite Eight/Final Four run. It was a very well built team. We had depth, we had size, we had talent. UConn, however, had other plans. I didn’t know it but this was the beginning of our rivalry with UConn. The loss to UConn was really disappointing. It didn’t help that Wyatt got hurt late in the year and missed one month. We went 5-2 without him. We really struggled at first finding offense. I then decided we were gonna just win. Whatever it took. Didn’t matter who scored. Make it defensive and ugly. We found some chemistry doing that, however once Wyatt came back it was difficult getting him back into it. His first game back was the first game in the NCAA tournament. He played poorly in both tournament games. He would’ve averaged probably 22ppg and 11.5rpg had he not been injured.

Year 6: 2019-2020
Record: (27-6, 16-3)
Team MVP: SR - Riccardo Moody (12.9ppg, 7.7apg)
JR - Dion Wheeler (16.3ppg, 6.4rpg)
SO - Abdur-Rahim (10.2ppg, 10.7rpg,2.0bpg)
Coach Awards: NEC Coach of the Year
Season Results: NCAA 1st Rd Loss 70-66 to UConn
Conference Champion (Reg): Fairleigh Dickinson
Conference Champion (Tou): Fairleigh Dickinson
National Champions: 5 Michigan State (31-7)

Spoiler

Abdur-Rahim returned after averaging 4.2ppg and 6.0rpg. Figured for sure this would be his last season. Though we didn’t have Wyatt anymore, Wheeler had taken over the scoring role. Riccardo Moody was originally a SG, but I played him as PG. He was a great player. He was clutch almost all year, scored at big times, got our offense set and could spark it almost at will. Rahim started more games this year and was able to anchor our defense. However once again, we ran into UConn in the NCAA tournament.

Year 7: 2020-2021
Record: (29-4, 17-1)
Team MVP: SR - Dion Wheeler (19.6ppg, 5.5rpg)
Coach Awards: NEC Coach of the Year
Season Results: NCAA 2nd Rd Loss 91-81 to UNLV
Conference Champion (Reg): Fairleigh Dickinson
Conference Champion (Tou): Fairleigh Dickinson
National Champions: 1 Arizona (33-5)

Spoiler

We started this season off pretty poorly. We seem to start slow every year. Wheeler started the season averaging 9ppg, 3rpg on 32% FG. By midseason he was at 15ppg and 4rpg on 40% shooting. He ended very strongly. Abdur-Rahim (7‘4” at this point) regressed down to 9.9ppg, 9.1rpg and 2.1bpg. It ended up hurting his draft stock. I was surprised he even stayed. All year we really struggled to find an identity. It was really the reason we lost the games we lost.

We defeated Creighton in a great game in the first round of the NCAA tournament and were very confident going against 2 seeded UNLV. Against Creighton we were down 38-36 at halftime. We shot 50% but they shot 68%. In the second half, however, everything changed. We ended up getting an easy 90-76 victory. I had been using a 1-3-1 zone. And at halftime I ended up placing Wendall Pinnock (5‘11“ SG) in the middle of the 1-3-1 as he was my shortest player and one of my better ones. It ended up working well and it worked even better when I had tall guards out there. My 6‘3“ freshman PG (4 star recruit) had 21 points on 5/8 FG. Verses UNLV i tried to use the same idea of moving Pinnock in the middle. It didn’t work as well. We kept it some what close for part of the first half before going down 42-26 at halftime. At one point we were down 80-50 before ending the game on a 31-11 run.

Year 8: 2021-2022
Record: (29-8, 16-2)
Team MVP: SO - G - Bassirou Cole (15.8ppg, 4.4rpg, 5.7apg, 2.6spg,2.0topg)
SR - C - B. Abdur-Rahim (13.1ppg, 11.4rpg, 2.6bpg
SR - G/F - Chadd Lettenberger (13.1ppg, 3.6rpg)
Coach Awards: NEC Coach of the Year
Season Results: NIT Semifinals Loss 64-58 to Wake Forest
Conference Champion (Reg): Fairleigh Dickinson
Conference Champion (Tou): Wagner
National Champions: 8 Florida (29-10)

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Retired/Honored Numbers

#15 - F/C - George Wyatt (Career 19.9ppg, 11.5rpg)

Spoiler

1x NCAA Freshman of the Year
1x NEC Freshman of the Year
4x NEC Player of the Year
1x NEC Top Scorer
1x NEC Top Rebounder
1x All-NEC Freshman
4x All-NEC 1st Team
1x All-NCAA 1st Team
1x All-NCAA Freshman
3x NEC Regular Season Champion
2x NEC Tournament Champion
2x NIT Appearance
2x NCAA Tournament Appearance
1x NCAA Sweet 16 Appearance

#5 - G -Riccardo Moody (Career 12.0ppg, 4.6apg)

Spoiler

1x All-NEC Freshman
2x Most NEC Steals
1x Most NCAA Steals
1x All-NEC 1st Team
1x Most NEC Assists
1x Most NCAA Assists
3x NEC Regular Season Champion
2x NEC Tournament Champion
2x NIT Appearance
2x NCAA Tournament Appearance

#12 - F - Dion Wheeler (Career 15.8ppg, 5.5rpg - 43% FG, 33% 3PT)

Spoiler

Career Highs

40 Points
13 Rebounds
5 Assists
7 Steals
3 Blocks
8 Three Pointers

1x All-NEC Freshman
2x All-NEC 2nd Team
1x All-NEC 1st Team
1x NEC Freshman of the Year
1x NEC Player of the Year
4x NEC Regular Season Champion
3x NEC Conference Tournament Champion
1x NIT Appearance
3x NCAA Tournament Appearance

#34 - C - Bahaadar Abdur-Rahim (Career: 9.3ppg, 9.2rpg, 2.1bpg)

Spoiler

1x NEC Freshman All-Conference
2x All-NEC 1st team
1x All-NEC 2nd team
1x NEC Player of the Year
2x NCAA Defensive Player of the Year
4x NEC Regular Season Champion
3x NEC Conference Tournament Champion
1x NIT Appearance
3x NCAA Tournament Apperance

Coach Awards

6x NEC Coach of the Year

[JJ4]

Season 8: 2021-2022

Assistant Coaches

Van Macon (41 years old)

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

Courtney Haywood (42 years old)

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

Offense: Hybrid Princeton/Motion

We'll feature less stack offense this season and more triangle. But at least 90% of our offense will be Princeton/Motion. We only have a 10 man rotation this season so I'll also be toning down fast break a bit.

Defense: 2-3 Zone/Amoeba/Man to Man

We'll play hopefully 90% 2-3 Zone, but Amoeba will be used probably every game. Man to man sparingly. 1-3-1 and 1-2-2 zones may be used at some point here and there to change things up. Seeing as we only have a 10 man rotation we can't play as aggressive as we have last couple years. Last season we had a 12 man rotation, deep at every position.


Roster

#1 - G/F - Chadd Lettenberger (81 overall)
SR - 6'7" 229lbs - Baltimore, MD
Last Season: 10.9ppg, 3.4rpg, 1.2spg
(Started 92 games in his career)

Plays SG/SF mostly but has played PG & PF before. Had a great freshman year, had a sophomore slump, rebounded greatly last season. Best player on the team. Can drive, shoot the 3 (second best on team with 84 rating), and even defend. Four Star recruit out of high school.
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#31 - G - Bassirou Cole (79 overall)
SO - 6'4" 193lbs - Vineland, NJ
Last Season: 9.5ppg, 2.8rpg, 3.7apg, 2.2spg

Played PG his entire freshman year. Right from the get go I saw this kid was going to be something special. He's better at SG so in his sophomore year he'll be playing both guard spots. Maybe even SF at times. Quite possibly the best ball handler, passer, driver on the team. Goes to the free throw line a lot. He's taken over games in his freshman year, probably will in his second year. Very athletic, probably best on ball defender on the team. He can do it all really. Four Star recruit out of high school.
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#34 - C - Bahaadar Abdur-Rahim (78 overall)
SR - 7'4" 319lbs - Nigeria, Africa
Last Season: 9.9ppg, 9.1rpg, 2.1bpg

I didn't think I would have him more than two seasons at most. He's never really been a huge part of my offense. His sophomore year was better than his junior year statistically. But he's my only center. I have a 6'11" SF, but my other PF's are only 6'7"-6'8". He, along with Lettenberger and Cole, will be my big three. They'll be playing the most minutes. Three star recruit out of Africa (my only world recruit to date)
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#3 - G - Chauncey Caporn (76 overall)
JR - 5'11" 168lbs - Austin, TX
Last Season: 1.5ppg, 1.1apg

His PPG and APG were both higher in his freshman year. We didn't need his scoring so much last year. He played only PG his first two years. He, like Cole, is better at SG. So he'll play 1G & 2G as well. I've never had many true PGs. I've played mostly two SGs since being here so I won't have any issues. Three Star recruit out of high school.
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#0 - G/F - Jerrold Lhota (75 overall)
SR - 6'6" 209lbs - Richmond, CA
Last Season: 4.5ppg, 1.0rpg, 1.0apg

His freshman year he was probably the worst player on the team overall wise. But he had to play out of position at PG. Still averaged 2.1 APG. His sophomore year he played 2G (SG) and SF. He averaged career high 5.3ppg. His numbers and minutes dipped his junior year. We were a bit crammed last year. He'll be getting career high minutes. May even start games. Three star recruit out of high school.
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#25 - F - Garland Watts (74 overall)
SR - 6'11" 262lbs - Jacksonville, FL
Last Season: 4.3ppg, 1.9rpg

Like with Lhota and Caporn, his role diminished a bit last season. His FR numbers were better. He'll be getting career high minutes as well. (Most of my team will). He can score from anywhere on the floor but by far the weakest defender. We got him out of JUCO where he played center. He's best suited at SF, but he'll also play PF and C. He might actually be my best inside scorer. His freshman year (5.4ppg, 3.0rpg) was highlighted by a couple games where he came in and took over and carried us to a win. He can go off any night. (as can Lhota and Caporn. My entire roster except the freshman have at some point carried us to a win or at the very least hit big shots at some point in their careers). Three Star recruit out of JUCO.
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#10 - F/C - Timmy Hairston (73 overall)
FR - 6'7" 22lbs - Trenton, NJ
Four Star Recruit

He may start some games. He's one of the better three point shooters on the team. I was hoping he'd grow an inch or two. He'll play PF and center mostly. Occasionally he'll play wing but he's better at the 4 or 5.
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#24 - F - Kendrick Gomes (72 overall)
SR - 6'7" 264lbs - Dallas, TX
Last Season: 1.2ppg, 1.3rpg

He was brought in as the future after Wyatt. Didn't turn out that way. Averaged 2.0ppg and 1.7rpg his FR year but his stats/minutes went down ever year after that. He'll get career high minutes. Can score from anywhere. Almost transferred but decided to stay. I hope he feels rewarded after this year. He may start at some point. Outside of my big three, the other two positions are toss ups. Three Star recruit out of high school.
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#2 - F - Ed Badu (71 overall)
SR - 6'8" 269lbs - Berkley, CA
Last Season: 2.4ppg, 1.7rpg

Along with Kendrick Gomes, he was brought here as the future after Wyatt. It hasn't panned out that way, but he put up career numbers last year. And will probably outdo them this year. May start. Quite possibly might be my backup center. Three Star recruit out of high school.
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#32 - F - Bob Smalls (71 overall)
SR - 6'7" 224lbs - San Antonio, TX
Last Season: 2.2ppg, 1.4rpg

Another guy who didn't quite pan out how I expected. Career high PPG & RPG last season. Will also probably play more minutes with my 10 man rotation. Can score from anywhere. Best at SF, but if he can hold his own at PF he may get more playing time. Three Star Recruit out of high School. Might start a game. I don't have full time starters figured out yet. I won't until conference play really gets going.

(Reminds me I forgot to list Dean Smith as an influence. I was watching UNC @ Duke - I'm actually a huge Duke fan in real life - from 1991 on YouTube last night and Dickie V I believe mentioned Dean Smith not having a set 8 man rotation until conference play. Hence the reminder lol)
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#11 - G - Tahric Dalgarn (72 overall)
FR - 6'3" 178lbs - Brooklyn, NY
Three Star Recruit
Redshirt This Year

He won't be playing this season, but he's gonna have a bright future here. He's already the best three point shooter (86 rating) on the team. As of right now he's a pure jump shooter. He's really the first pure shooter I've ever had on this team. He's gotta work on his ball handling skills though. Should improve his passing skills as well.

#12 - F - Mohamed Higgins (71 overall)
FR - 6'8" 228lbs - New York, NY
Three Star Recruit
Redshirt this year

He also won't be playing this year. He has a bit more potential than Dalgarn. Can score from anywhere but he'll primarily play inside. I'm sure at some point he may be playing some center but I'll look to keep him at the 4. Decent on ball defender, even better post defender. Very good at blocking shots. Pretty good athlete but not a great one. Should also have a pretty bright future.

(I'm nine games into Season 8 so far)

[JJ4]

Season Schedule/Results

11/8: at Columbia (W, 63-49)
11/10: vs Army (W, 79-59)
11/12: at Vermont (L, 55-51)
11/16: at UConn (W - 91-71)**
11/18: at Rutgers (W, 80-71)
11/23: at Stony Brook (W, 62-60)
11/28: vs Creighton (W, 90-64)
11/30: at Long Island (W, 70-66)**
12/4: at Sacred Heart (W, 83-49)
12/17: at Cincinnati
12/20: vs Princeton
12/26: at UNLV **
12/28: vs American
1/3: vs Mount St. Mary's
1/5: at Central Connecticut **
1/10: at Wagner
1/15: vs Saint Francis (PA)
1/17: at St. Francis (NY)
1/22: vs Central Connecticut **
1/24: vs Quinnipiac
1/29: at Saint Francis (PA)
1/31: at Robert Morris
2/5: vs Long Island **
2/12: at Mount St. Mary's
2/14: vs Monmouth **
2/19: vs Robert Morris
2/21: at Quinnnipiac
2/26: vs Wagner
2/28: vs Sacred Heart


Blue = Tournament
Red = Conference Game
** = Rivalry

Rivalries

7-5 vs C. Conn.
6-4 vs Monmouth
7-3 vs Long Island

1-3 vs UConn
0-1 vs UNLV

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vs Columbia

Cole/Lhota/Lettenberger/Watts/Rahim

That was the starting five. We trailed at halftime, really struggled shooting all game (33%). But we only held them to 19 points in the second half. (27% total FG). Freshman Hairston was huge for us off the bench hitting 2/4 from deep.

Cole: 10pts, 6rbs, 7asts (4/13 FG)
Lettenberger: 11pts, 4 rbs (5/18 FG)
Rahim: 10pts, 14 rbs, 5blks (3/10 FG)
Hairston: 13pts, 4rbs (5/9 FG)
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vs Army

same starting line up. It was never really close, which I was happy about. We got blown out at Army last year. I wanted some revenge. I'm 3-2 vs Army in my career, I'm strongly considering them as a rival. (Navy as well)

Cole: 17pts, 9rebs, 8 asts, 3 stls (6/10 FG)
Lettenberger: 13pts, 5 rbs (5/11 FG)
Abdur-Rahim: 23pts, 15rebs, 2 blks (10/17 FG)
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at Vermont

This game was ugly for us. We trailed 24-13 at halftime. We couldn't buy a shot. We did much better in the second half but ran out of steam trying to make the comeback. Vermont had a kid I tried recruiting. 6'6" guard. He's a senior now, career average of 23.6ppg, he went 8/15 FG, 4/7 3pt for 24 points. Killed us.

Lettenberger: 10pts, 9rebs (5/15 FG)
Abdur-Rahim: 16pts, 11rebs (7/10 FG)
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at UConn

Cole/Lettenberger/Smalls/Hairston/Rahim

Didn't think I would stand a chance, but we were on fire all game. 32/58 FG, 8/15 3pt, 19/27 FT as a team. We led by 15 at halftime and controlled most the game.

Cole: 16pts (3/7 FG)
Lettenberger: 13pts, 5rebs,5asts (5/11 FG)
Abdur-Rahim: 19pts, 4rebs, 3 blks (fouled out)
Caporn: 18pts, 3 rebs (6/8FG, 5/7 3pt)
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at Rutgers

Caporn/Cole/Lettenberger/Smalls/Abdur-Rahim

We trailed at halftime 40-38. Our defense was very poor in the first half but tightened up greatly in the second half. Our offense wasn't in sync like at UConn, but Cole helped put the team on his back getting to the FT line and Lettenberger also carried the team getting to the basket. Only shot 2/14 from deep but 24/3` FTs. (as a team)

Cole: 22pts, 4rebs (4/13 FG, 14/16 FT)
Lettenberger: 23pts, 6 rebs (9/14 FG)
Abdur-Rahim: 2pts, 14rebs, 3 blks (1/4 FG)
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at Stony Brook

Despite their poor record at the time, this was a dog fight. It's been a trend since I got here that we struggle on the road. No matter how good we are. ONe year i lost back to back games to teams with a combined 4-14 record. Then almost lost to an 0-9 team the next game.

This game was tied at halftime, we really struggled to score all game. We shot a mere 29% total FG.

Cole/Lettenberger (Combined): 16pts, 8 rebs, 4 asts, 3 stls
(4/29 FG, 1/13 3pt, 7/12 FT)

Abdur-Rahim: 15pts, 19rebs, 0 blks (6/11 FG)
Lhota: 11pts (3/8 FG)
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vs Creighton

Cole/Caporn/Lettenberger/Smalls/Abdur-Rahim

At home it's usually a different story for us. We just throttled them from the beginning and they never got close.

Cole: 14pts, 6rebs, 6asts, 4 stls, 3 to's (5/10 FG)
Caporn: 10pts (3/12 FG)
Lettenberger: 13pts (6/13 FG)
Abdur-Rahim: 13pts, 12 rebs, 4stls, 2blks (6/9 FG)
Lhota: 10pts (4/7 FG)
Watts: 12pts, 3sts, 4 stls (4/7 FG)
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at Long Island

Cole/Lettenberger/Watts/Badu/Abdur-Rahim

I LOVED playing this game. It was back and forth almost all game. It came right down to the end. ANd statistically, it turned out greatly. Cole took the most shots and shot very poorly. However, he made the game winning lay up with 1.9 left. LIU would turn it over on the inbounds by throwing it out of bounds. Cole then hit two FTs to for sure seal the deal for us.

Cole: 19pts, 5rebs, 9 asts, 6stls, 5 to's (6/20 FG)
Lettenberger: 15pts, 4 rebs (5/7 FG)
Abdur-Rahim: 11pts, 7 rebs, 1 blk (5/9 FG)
Lhota: 14pts, 4 rebs (4/7 FG)


Stat --- FDU -- LIU

FGs --- 23/59 -- 27/63
FG% -- 39% -- 42%
3PT --- 2/8 -- 6/22
FT ---- 22/30 -- 4/7
Assists -- 15 -- 19
TOs --- 11 --- 13
Fouls --- 11 -- 18
REBS -- 33 --- 29
Steals -- 11 --- 10
Blocks -- 7 ---- 7
Pts Paint - 36 -- 24
Bech Pts -- 21 -- 9
2nd Chance -- 14 -- 4
FB Points -- 8 -- 8

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at Sacred Heart

This game was never close. A rare blow out road win for us. Good for our confidence with Cincinnatti next.

Cole: 21pts, 4rebs, 9asts, 3 stls, 4 to's (6/12 FG)
Lettenberger: 19pts, 4rebs (8/14 FG)
Abdur-Rahim: 18pts, 11 rebs, 2 stls, 3blks (8/13 FG)

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Recruiting Signings

4* - SF - Louis Santee
6'6" 208lbs - Waterbury, CT
#99 Overall, #17 Position

3* - C - Demetrius Boxley
6'11" 251lbs - Jersey City, NJ
#291 Overall, #20 Position

3* - C - Aly O'Neil
6'9" 244lbs - Philadelphia, PA
#396 overall, #29 Position

3* - SF - Wesley Boykin
6'6" 212lbs - Quincy, MA
#141 Overall, #23 Position


Recruiting Targets

2* - SG - Kabir Torbert
6'7" 204lbs - Queens, NY
Rankings N/A

3* - PF - Bernie Norwood
6'6" 212lbs - Queens, NY
#161 Overall, #30 Position

2* - PF - Coric Bass
6'7" 222lbs - Yonkers, NY
#519 Overall, #94 Position

2*- SF - Darmetreis Assel
6'5" 204lbs - New York, NY
#524 Overall, #109 Postion

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Team Stats

Record: 8-1 (2-0 NEC)
74.3 PPG
38.3 RPG
8.8 SPG
5.2 BPG
7.7 TOPG

42.5% FG
27.4% 3PT
68.7% FT

Opponent Stats

60.4 PPG
29.7 RPG
14.2 APG
6.2 SPG
4.0 BPG
10.8 TOPG

39% FG
27% 3PT
72.9% FT

Player Stats

B. Cole: 14.7ppg, 4.7rpg, 5.4apg, 2.3spg, 2.1topg (35%FG / 21% 3pt / 86%FT)

B. Abdur-Rahim: 14.1ppg, 11.9rpg, 2.2bpg (57% FG / 0% 3pt / 51% FT)

C. Lettenberger: 13.9ppg, 4.9rpg (42% FG / 20% 3PT / 51% FT)

C. Caporn: 6.7ppg, 2.1apg (38% FG / 39% 3pt / 75% FT)

J. Lhota: 6.2ppg (38% FG / 30% 3PT / 82% FT)

B. Smalls: 4.6ppg, 3.4rpg (44% FG / 23% 3PT / 50% FT)

G. Watts: 4.2ppg, 2.7rpg (30% FG / 25% 3PT / 58% FT)

T. Hairston: 3.9ppg, 3.2rpg (48% FG / 40% 3PT / 33% FT)

E. Badu: 3.3ppg, 2.8rpg (41% FG / 100% 3PT / 75% FT)

K. Gomes: 2.8ppg, 1.6rpg (45% FG / 33% 3PT / 66% FT)