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<p>November 2002</p><p> </p><p> <strong>November 2002</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Team News</strong></p><p> </p><p> Freshman walkon SF Cliff Dawson has been ruled academically ineligible for the first semester. This is a big blow as he was expected to give us some minutes at the 3. Our bench was already going to be a weak link for us but it looks like we will have to rely extra on the starters now. Remember to temper expectations this season. We may not be able to replicate last season's success but 9 of our 10 best players will be underclassmen.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 15, 2002</span></p><p> </p><p> Grand Canyon (0-0) vs. Abilene Christian (0-0)</p><p> </p><p> Final Score: Grand Canyon - 73, Abilene Christian - 74. Frank Landa had 22 points and Dudley O'Neil had 16 points to go with 8 rebounds. This Grand Canyon team might not win 3 games this season as their talent pool is absolutely atrocious. Winning this game by single digits is absolutely unacceptable and tells me that we are not a good team. This should have been a blowout. Miguel Cabrera had 11 points and 5 rebounds in his debut and Michael Shaver had 8 points. Preston Yap had 5 points and 8 rebounds while Joe Webb had 6 points and 4 rebounds.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 18, 2002</span></p><p> </p><p> Abilene Christian (1-0) vs. Florida Atlantic (0-0)</p><p> </p><p> Going to put this series on hold a bit while I learn more about this game. I simmed this game 20 times as a test. 10 times I did "sim day" and the other 10 actually watched out the game. We went 10-0 when I simmed through the game to the next day. We went 0-10 when I sat through the play by play. I went ahead and simmed the next game 10 times and the exact same thing happened, 5-0 and 0-5 for both. I love watching the play by play of the game but if I'm not able to do that because we lose (our first two seasons almost all of our wins came from me fast simming and all but 3 or 4 losses were from me watching the sim through). If anybody else has encountered this I would love to hear a fix but unfortunately every time I do a sim through of this game after about 3 seasons the game seems to break itself and becomes unplayable.</p>

<p>2002-2003 Season Preview</p><p> </p><p> <strong>2002-2003 Season Preview</strong></p><p> </p><p> This year I upped our schedule a bit. I didn't schedule the same low prestige teams but instead went for teams that are a bit better in the prestige department but had disappointing seasons. We scheduled two teams from Power-5 conferences and even get a crack at one of them at home. I figure we will probably have a couple OOC losses anyways and it looks better to lose to a good team than to lose to a team that ends up being very bad.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>AD Goal</strong></p><p> </p><p> The goal again set forward by the Athletic Director is to avoid last place in the conference. We were able to up our prestige from 1 to 2 last season so we are hoping to again see that take a rise. I have high hopes for this team given our sophomore class but turning around this program is not going to be something that happens overnight. There is going to be a lot of blood, sweat, and tears that go into it. </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Team Schedule</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode">ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS Schedule Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/15/02 Grand Canyon 0-0 293 11/18/02 at Florida Atlantic 0-0 228 11/24/02 UC Davis 0-0 350 12/04/02 at Air Force 0-0 179 12/07/02 Arkansas 0-0 90 12/09/02 at Penn State 0-0 232 12/12/02 at Alabama A&M 0-0 345 12/15/02 Bryant 0-0 309 12/21/02 Army 0-0 257 12/25/02 Nicholls 0-0 335 12/28/02 Prairie View A&M 0-0 171 01/01/03 at Houston Baptist 0-0 351 01/04/03 at Lamar 0-0 176 01/08/03 Central Arkansas 0-0 239 01/15/03 at Central Arkansas 0-0 239 01/18/03 New Orleans 0-0 236 01/25/03 Incarnate Word 0-0 295 01/29/03 at Nicholls 0-0 335 02/01/03 at Sam Houston State 0-0 214 02/04/03 Northern Kentucky 0-0 270 02/08/03 Southeastern Louisiana 0-0 218 02/12/03 at Incarnate Word 0-0 295 02/15/03 Houston Baptist 0-0 351 02/19/03 at New Orleans 0-0 236 02/22/03 Lamar 0-0 176 02/26/03 Stephen F. Austin 0-0 112 03/01/03 at Northwestern State 0-0 204 03/05/03 McNeese 0-0 307 03/08/03 at TAMU-Corpus Christi 0-0 246 </pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Starting Lineup</strong></p><p> </p><p> PG: Miguel Cabrera (FR)</p><p> SG: Frank Landa (SO)</p><p> SF: Dudley O'Neil (SO)</p><p> PF: Preston Yap (SO)</p><p> C: Joe Webb (SO)</p><p> </p><p> 6th: PG Michael Shaver (FR)</p><p> 7th: C Jerry Navarrette (FR)</p><p> 8th: PF Chris Vasques (SR*)</p><p> 9th: PG John Acuff (FR)</p><p> 10th: SF Cliff Dawson (FR)</p>

<p>2002 Offseason</p><p> </p><p> <strong>2002 Offseason</strong></p><p> </p><p> There was a little bit of conference movement this offseason with Western Kentucky leaving Conference USA for the AAC and East Carolina taking their place. Xavier and TCU swapped spots as well as Xavier joins the Big 12 and TCU joins the Big East. </p><p> </p><p> We have decided to cut two walkons from the team in order to free up the spots for scholarship players. It was difficult but sophomores Jerald Zimmerman and Eugenio Albano will both be cut from the team. I will give them a quick appreciation post here.</p><p> </p><p> SG Jerald Zimmerman played in 29 games for Abilene Christian as a freshman, all off the bench. He averaged 6.1 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 1.3 assists. He was a walkon from Brookshire, Texas who had career highs of 12 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists. Zimmerman helped us out a lot as a freshman but quite simply is not as good as John Acuff who is a walkon freshman this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode"> PLAYER DETAILS #13 SG Jerald Zimmerman - Abilene Christian - Sophomore -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Height: 6-0 Weight: 175 High School: Royal High School Hometown: Brookshire, TX Attributes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current: 5 52 34 43 44 18 6 23 28 42 13 5 89 22 59 78 2001: 5 50 32 41 42 16 6 21 26 40 13 5 87 20 59 64 Potential: F C C C C D F D C C D F Health: Good Scholarship: No Status: Active Roster Academics: 40 Stat Averages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 29 0 21.2 6.1 0.2 2.2 1.3 1.6 0.80 0.5 0.1 1.7 Career 29 0 21.2 6.1 0.2 2.2 1.3 1.6 0.80 0.5 0.1 1.7 Shooting Averages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 1.8 4.8 .364 1.7 2.4 .725 0.9 2.8 .309 1.26 -2.55 Career 1.8 4.8 .364 1.7 2.4 .725 0.9 2.8 .309 1.26 -2.55 Stat Totals: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 29 0 615 177 7 64 37 46 14 3 50 Career 29 0 615 177 7 64 37 46 14 3 50 Shooting Totals -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 51 140 50 69 25 81 -74 Career 51 140 50 69 25 81 -74 Career Highs: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career 12 1 6 3 2 1 4 4 9 4 6 3 7 Awards & Acheivements: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Award -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 High School: Rated * and #1407 overall by the FBCB scouting service. 2001 Walked on at Abilene Christian </pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> Eugenio Albano is a SF from Cado Mills, Texas who appeared in 29 games as a freshman and averaged 1.7 points, 0.5 rebounds, and 0.2 assists per game. His career highs were 8 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 assists. Albano played some minutes for us last season but just like Zimmerman has an incoming freshman who is of the same quality already with slightly higher potential. Right now these walkon cuts are difficult because these guys are better than our scholarship players that are juniors and seniors but we need the scholarship spots so badly and can't afford to burn two of them for a year. </p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode"> PLAYER DETAILS #10 SF Eugenio Albano - Abilene Christian - Sophomore -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Height: 6-4 Weight: 214 High School: Caddo Mills High School Hometown: Caddo Mills, TX Attributes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current: 32 13 36 49 44 28 5 9 12 32 13 15 62 50 79 61 2001: 30 11 34 45 42 26 5 9 12 30 13 15 60 44 77 39 Potential: C D C B C C F F F D D F Health: Good Scholarship: No Status: Active Roster Academics: 81 Stat Averages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 29 0 5.2 1.7 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.2 1.17 0.1 0.0 0.4 Career 29 0 5.2 1.7 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.2 1.17 0.1 0.0 0.4 Shooting Averages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 0.5 1.4 .357 0.5 0.6 .938 0.1 0.8 .167 1.17 -2.07 Career 0.5 1.4 .357 0.5 0.6 .938 0.1 0.8 .167 1.17 -2.07 Stat Totals: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 29 0 151 49 2 14 7 6 4 0 12 Career 29 0 151 49 2 14 7 6 4 0 12 Shooting Totals -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 15 42 15 16 4 24 -60 Career 15 42 15 16 4 24 -60 Career Highs: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career 8 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 5 6 6 1 3 Awards & Acheivements: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Award -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 High School: Rated * and #1800 overall by the FBCB scouting service. 2001 Walked on at Abilene Christian </pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> Here is our roster after the cuts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode">ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS General Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Vasques 20 PF Sr* 6-8 250 Yes 43 OK Houston, TX Kevin Buckingham 43 C Sr 6-6 226 Yes 6 OK Fabens, TX Amos Boone 53 C Jr* 6-4 222 Yes 11 OK Corrigan, TX Mark Bautista 12 SG Jr 5-8 190 Yes 89 Unhappy Sturgeon Falls, Canada Joe Webb 25 C So 6-10 269 Yes 62 OK Cisco, TX Preston Yap 54 PF So 6-11 264 Yes 80 OK Merkel, TX Dudley O'Neil 51 SF So 6-4 211 Yes 49 OK Townsville, Australia Frank Landa 50 SG So 6-4 197 Yes 71 OK Killeen, TX Michael Shaver 42 PG Fr 6-1 196 Yes 75 OK Hobart, OK Miguel Cabrera 55 PG Fr 6-2 171 Yes 62 OK Weatherford, TX Jerry Navarrette 33 C Fr 6-9 233 Yes 37 OK Kingfisher, OK Cliff Dawson 15 SF Fr 6-8 226 No 44 OK Englewood, CO John Acuff 32 PG Fr 6-0 187 No 31 OK Houston, TX </pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> Our biggest problem this year will be our lack of depth. The reason for this is that none of our juniors or seniors are any good and any time they are on the court it will hurt us. Mark Bautista is already unhappy and since he will not receive any play time this year there is a good chance he transfers out at year end. This year expect to see the same starting lineup just with Miguel Cabrera running point in place of Rinehart. </p><p> </p><p> Here is our call list going into the season:</p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode">ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS Recruiting Name Pos Ht Wt Rating Interest State -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emilio Sanchez PG 6-1 199 ** Very High Texas Chris Ramirez SF 6-6 240 ** Very High Texas Jospeh Noe SF 6-6 213 * Very High Kansas Jasper Wheeler SG 6-0 177 * Very High Texas Marshall Mick PG 5-9 164 *** High Texas George Arce PG 5-10 156 *** High Texas Justin Dove SF 6-4 202 *** High Texas Reggie Embry SF 6-6 225 *** High New Mexico Emmanuel Walker C 6-9 213 *** High Oklahoma Paul Hecht PG 5-11 160 *** High Oklahoma Glen Alexander PG 5-9 169 *** High Texas Charles Means C 6-8 236 *** High Texas James Tingley C 6-8 231 ** High Texas Henry Forsythe PF 6-7 217 ** High Texas Javier Riker C 6-7 218 ** High Texas Jonathan Moore SG 6-3 180 ** High New Mexico Marcos Matney SG 5-10 177 * High Kansas Marshall Ainsworth C 6-9 265 * High Texas Joseph Ives PG 6-4 197 * High Oklahoma Brad Lee SG 6-2 178 * High Oklahoma </pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> It appears that some players have taken note of our success and rise the past couple of seasons. Perhaps the Coach of the Year award helped or perhaps they saw the freshman of the year and 3 players on the All-Freshman team and realized they have a chance to contribute early. I'm looking forward to scouting and meeting these players and finding the right fights for our program! We have 4 scholarships available so</p>

<p>Season Recap</p><p> </p><p> <strong>2001-2002 Season Recap</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode">ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS Schedule Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/16/01 North Dakota 10-21 321 L 65-52 0-1 11/20/01 North Carolina Central 7-23 338 L 78-74 0-2 11/23/01 Dartmouth 3-26 337 W 69-62 1-2 11/27/01 Sacramento State 6-24 342 W 85-76 2-2 12/02/01 at Prairie View A&M 20-13 171 L 72-57 2-3 12/05/01 at Bryant 10-22 309 W 65-35 3-3 12/09/01 at SIU-Edwardsville 5-24 315 W 71-62 4-3 12/15/01 at Northern Kentucky 6-24 270 L 55-52 4-4 12/21/01 at Army 10-22 257 L 73-64 4-5 12/25/01 Grand Canyon 5-25 293 L 62-54 4-6 12/29/01 Omaha 2-27 347 W 64-61 5-6 01/02/02 at Southeastern Louisiana 15-15 218 W 76-60 6-6 (1-0) 01/05/02 at Stephen F. Austin 22-10 112 L 64-55 6-7 (1-1) 01/09/02 at Central Arkansas 10-20 239 W 64-54 7-7 (2-1) 01/12/02 Lamar 19-15 176 L 74-73 7-8 (2-2) 01/16/02 Central Arkansas 10-20 239 L 62-44 7-9 (2-3) 01/19/02 Sam Houston State 16-16 214 L 87-79 7-10 (2-4) 01/26/02 TAMU-Corpus Christi 14-16 246 L 81-64 7-11 (2-5) 01/30/02 at Lamar 19-15 176 L 68-54 7-12 (2-6) 02/02/02 at TAMU-Corpus Christi 14-16 246 W 73-65 8-12 (3-6) 02/06/02 at Sam Houston State 16-16 214 L 58-52 8-13 (3-7) 02/09/02 Incarnate Word 10-19 295 W 72-46 9-13 (4-7) 02/13/02 Nicholls 6-23 335 L 52-49 9-14 (4-8) 02/16/02 at Houston Baptist 4-25 351 W 66-53 10-14 (5-8) 02/20/02 Southeastern Louisiana 15-15 218 W 59-56 11-14 (6-8) 02/23/02 at McNeese 15-15 307 L 77-61 11-15 (6-9) 03/02/02 Stephen F. Austin 22-10 112 W 54-53 12-15 (7-9) 03/06/02 New Orleans 14-16 236 W 74-66 13-15 (8-9) 03/09/02 at Northwestern State 14-15 204 W 62-61 14-15 (9-9)</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> We vastly improved this year by going 14-15 overall and 9-9 in conference play. We could have made the conference tournament and secured an overall record of at least .500 but blew a double digit lead to Lamar with 90 seconds left. That one still leaves a bad taste in my mouth but the team was resilient late in the year. We won 5 of our final 6 games when the team could have rolled over. This year in minutes per game freshmen were #1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 9 on that list. That shows how much we can improve moving forward. I expected us to be better than last season as far as ability but wasn't sure with a ton of freshmen that it would show in the win column. We got better but a lot of other teams got better too. This will be something to build off and given that we are only losing 1 player who played serious minutes for us (Rinehart) and are replacing him with what we view as a high-end recruit who is already more advanced, I think we can improve on this record next season. All 5 of our starters this season had a positive +/- but everyone on the bench had a negative one. That goes to show that the starters were good but the bench was very poor which will improve as we are able to recruit more players. </p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode">ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS TEAM INFO Current Performance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Prestige: 1 Record Vs 1-50: 0-0 Poll Rank: NR Season Record: 14-15 Record Vs 51-100: 0-0 RPI Rank: #333 Conference Record: 9-9 Record Vs 101-200: 1-4 Home Record: 7-8 Record Vs 200+: 13-11 Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points 63.4 6 231 Points 63.4 3 59 Points 0.0 4 170 O.Reb 8.8 10 323 O.Reb 10.9 12 179 O.Reb -2.1 12 287 D.Reb 24.5 9 194 D.Reb 24.2 3 107 D.Reb 0.3 7 147 Rebounds 33.2 10 276 Rebounds 35.0 5 123 Rebounds -1.8 9 227 Assists 10.6 10 295 Assists 11.1 2 7 Assists -0.6 6 178 Steals 3.7 12 336 Steals 5.3 2 100 Steals -1.6 9 299 Blocks 1.2 13 349 Blocks 2.1 2 14 Blocks -0.8 10 248 Turnovers 13.2 4 103 Turnovers 11.5 10 322 Turnovers 1.7 9 268 Fouls 19.4 5 210 Fouls 19.7 10 118 Fouls -0.2 6 162 FG% .411 11 266 FG% .428 4 162 FG% -.018 8 237 FT% .700 3 70 FT% .649 3 35 FT% .052 2 25 3P% .345 1 106 3P% .290 1 29 3P% .054 1 24 PPS 1.28 1 36 PPS 1.21 4 153 PPS .073 2 73 Adj. FG% .493 2 105 Adj. FG% .466 4 92 Adj. FG% .026 2 77 </pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> The metric that stands out to me the most in this is our points per shot taken. We are 36th in the nation in that stat which doesn't surprise me given how well we played and how easily we were able to score this year without a distributor. Our guys had to create their own shot a lot of the time, as evidenced by us being 295th in in assists. You will even notice that we were 231st in points per game. We were best in the conference in 3 point percentage which is an encouraging sign. A lot of our defensive stats are misleading as we played a horrendously weak schedule. It says more about the lack of quality in our opponents than about our own defense.</p><p> </p><p> Here are out season stats:</p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode">ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS Averages Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Landa SG 29 29 32.0 16.8 1.4 5.0 1.7 0.9 0.1 2.3 2.6 2.9 Preston Yap PF 29 29 30.9 8.3 2.4 7.7 1.1 0.1 0.3 1.6 3.1 2.1 Romeo Rinehart PG 29 29 30.7 7.6 0.4 2.2 2.0 0.8 0.1 2.3 2.5 0.0 Dudley O'Neil SF 29 29 27.4 12.1 1.2 4.9 1.8 0.5 0.1 2.5 3.2 3.3 Joe Webb C 29 29 23.9 4.8 1.8 5.2 1.0 0.2 0.2 1.1 2.3 1.7 Jerald Zimmerman SG 29 0 21.2 6.1 0.2 2.2 1.3 0.5 0.1 1.6 1.7 -2.6 Chris Vasques PF 29 0 18.8 4.3 1.0 4.1 0.8 0.4 0.2 1.0 2.1 -2.0 Amos Boone C 29 0 5.2 0.9 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.9 -1.1 Eugenio Albano SF 29 0 5.2 1.7 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.4 -2.1 Rickie Fullerton PG 21 0 4.3 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 -2.2 Emil Haptonstall C 10 0 3.2 0.1 0.0 1.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 -1.2 Mark Bautista SG 10 0 1.8 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 -0.2 Kevin Buckingham C 3 0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 -3.0 Merlin Jarrell C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Erwin Burnside PF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 </pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Departing Players</span></p><p> </p><p> PG Romeo Rinehart - Graduating</p><p> PG Rickie Fullerton - Graduating</p><p> C Emil Haptonstall - Graduating</p><p> C Merlin Jarrell - Transfer</p><p> PF Erwin Burnside - Transfer</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Incoming Players</span></p><p> </p><p> PG Miguel Cabrera (**, #672 Overall)</p><p> C Jerry Navarrette (*, #1,151 Overall)</p><p> PG Michael Shaver (*, #1,048 Overall)</p><p> SF Cliff Dawson - Walkon (*, #1,119 Overall)</p><p> PG John Acuff - Walkon (*, #1,456 Overall)</p><p> </p><p> Note: It is no guarantee that Dawson or Acuff end up making the team. Of the 4 walkons we currently have it is likely that 2 are cut this offseason.</p>

<p>Senior Appreciation Day</p><p> </p><p> <strong>2001-2001 Senior Appreciation Day</strong></p><p> </p><p> It is that time of year folks! The time to pay homage to our seniors as they leave us. This year we had 3 seniors who varied from starter to last man off the bench. </p><p> </p><p> Our first senior is PG Romeo Rinehart from Joaquin, Texas. Rinehart appeared in 58 career games at Abilene Christian and started all of them. He averaged 7.6 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game. He had career highs of 18 points, 5 assists, and 6 rebounds. Rinehart was nothing special as far as talent goes but he was an important member of our team this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode"> PLAYER DETAILS #30 PG Romeo Rinehart - Abilene Christian - Senior -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Height: 6-2 Weight: 189 High School: Joaquin High School Hometown: Joaquin, TX Attributes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current: 9 28 49 47 43 33 5 9 30 30 31 19 83 43 47 59 2000: 8 26 46 44 43 32 5 9 29 28 29 19 82 41 46 49 1999: 8 25 44 42 43 31 5 9 28 27 28 19 81 39 44 39 Potential: F D C C D C F F D D C D Health: Good Scholarship: Yes Status: Active Roster Academics: 71 Stat Averages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 29 29 29.2 7.5 0.4 2.2 1.0 2.1 0.45 0.9 0.1 1.9 2001 29 29 30.7 7.6 0.4 2.2 2.0 2.3 0.85 0.8 0.1 2.5 Career 58 58 29.9 7.6 0.4 2.2 1.5 2.2 0.85 0.8 0.1 2.2 Shooting Averages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 2.4 6.2 .394 1.8 2.5 .722 0.8 2.3 .353 1.21 -6.21 2001 2.4 5.6 .441 1.7 2.8 .613 1.0 2.8 .366 1.37 0.03 Career 2.4 5.9 .416 1.7 2.6 .664 0.9 2.6 .360 1.29 -3.09 Stat Totals: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 29 29 846 218 12 63 28 62 27 2 55 2001 29 29 889 221 13 64 57 67 22 4 72 Career 58 58 1735 439 25 127 85 129 49 6 127 Shooting Totals -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 71 180 52 72 24 68 -180 2001 71 161 49 80 30 82 1 Career 142 341 101 152 54 150 -179 Career Highs: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 17 3 6 5 3 1 7 5 9 5 8 4 7 Career 18 3 6 5 3 1 7 6 11 9 10 4 7 Awards & Acheivements: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Award -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No awards. </pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> Next up we have PG Rickie Fullerton from Weimar, Texas. Fullerton appeared in 50 career games for the Wildcats, all off the bench. He averaged 2.7 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 0.9 assists per game. He played 19.3 minutes per game as a junior but saw his minutes diminish to 4.3 per game as a senior. He had career highs of 9 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists. He was named player of the game once during his time at Abilene Christian.</p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode"> PLAYER DETAILS #55 PG Rickie Fullerton - Abilene Christian - Senior -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Height: 6-0 Weight: 198 High School: Weimar High School Hometown: Weimar, TX Attributes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current: 11 6 27 31 44 52 15 26 27 54 7 12 72 49 46 59 2000: 10 6 27 30 44 51 14 25 26 50 6 12 71 46 44 49 1999: 10 6 26 29 44 50 14 25 25 48 6 12 71 43 44 38 Potential: F F D C D C F D D B F F Health: Good Scholarship: Yes Status: Active Roster Academics: 43 Stat Averages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 29 0 19.3 4.1 0.5 2.4 1.2 1.3 0.95 0.4 0.0 1.9 2001 21 0 4.3 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.4 0.2 2.00 0.1 0.0 0.2 Career 50 0 13.0 2.7 0.4 1.7 0.9 0.8 2.00 0.3 0.0 1.2 Shooting Averages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 1.4 3.4 .404 0.9 1.5 .591 0.4 1.4 .293 1.19 -2.59 2001 0.2 1.0 .250 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.1 0.6 .154 0.85 -2.24 Career 0.9 2.4 .378 0.6 1.0 .633 0.3 1.1 .259 1.13 -2.44 Stat Totals: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 29 0 561 118 15 71 35 37 13 1 55 2001 21 0 90 17 4 15 8 4 3 0 5 Career 50 0 651 135 19 86 43 41 16 1 60 Shooting Totals -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 40 99 26 44 12 41 -75 2001 5 20 5 5 2 13 -47 Career 45 119 31 49 14 54 -122 Career Highs: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 5 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 2 1 3 Career 9 2 6 3 2 1 4 4 10 4 5 1 6 Awards & Acheivements: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Award -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Player of the Game: 1 </pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> Our last senior is C Emil Haptonstall from Braunschweig, Germany. Haptonstall appeared in 39 games in his career, all off the bench. He averaged 2.1 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 0.3 assists per game. He played 13.2 minutes per game as a junior but only 3.2 minutes per game as a senior. His career highs were 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 assists.</p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode"> PLAYER DETAILS #4 C Emil Haptonstall - Abilene Christian - Senior -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Height: 6-6 Weight: 230 High School: Hometown: Braunschweig, Germany Attributes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current: 27 22 34 5 35 5 20 33 21 20 13 17 33 82 54 47 2000: 25 21 33 5 34 5 19 32 20 19 13 16 33 79 54 39 1999: 24 20 32 5 33 5 18 31 19 19 13 16 33 76 52 29 Potential: D D C F C F D C D D F F Health: Good Scholarship: Yes Status: Active Roster Academics: 60 Stat Averages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 29 0 13.2 2.8 0.6 2.7 0.4 1.0 0.41 0.2 0.2 1.8 2001 10 0 3.2 0.1 0.0 1.3 0.1 0.2 0.50 0.0 0.0 0.4 Career 39 0 10.6 2.1 0.4 2.4 0.3 0.8 0.50 0.2 0.1 1.4 Shooting Averages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 1.1 2.3 .478 0.6 0.8 .696 0.0 0.1 .250 1.21 -0.21 2001 0.0 0.3 .000 0.1 0.2 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.33 -1.20 Career 0.8 1.8 .457 0.4 0.6 .680 0.0 0.1 .250 1.17 -0.46 Stat Totals: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 29 0 383 81 16 79 12 29 6 5 51 2001 10 0 32 1 0 13 1 2 0 0 4 Career 39 0 415 82 16 92 13 31 6 5 55 Shooting Totals -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 32 67 16 23 1 4 -6 2001 0 3 1 2 0 0 -12 Career 32 70 17 25 1 4 -18 Career Highs: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 Career 13 3 7 2 1 1 5 5 7 6 6 1 1 Awards & Acheivements: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Award -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No awards. </pre><div></div><p></p>

<p>NIT, CBI, and CIT</p><p> </p><p> <strong>NIT, CBI, and CIT</strong></p><p> </p><p> First up is the NIT</p><p> </p><p> <a href="<a href="https://imgur.com/7LrrT4o" rel="external nofollow">https://imgur.com/7LrrT4o"><img</a> src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/7LrrT4ol.png" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/7LrrT4ol.png"</a> title="source: imgur.com" /></a> <a href="<a href="https://imgur.com/iNzMzMf" rel="external nofollow">https://imgur.com/iNzMzMf"><img</a> src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/iNzMzMfl.png" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/iNzMzMfl.png"</a> title="source: imgur.com" /></a> <a href="<a href="https://imgur.com/q42l7dB" rel="external nofollow">https://imgur.com/q42l7dB"><img</a> src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/q42l7dBl.png" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/q42l7dBl.png"</a> title="source: imgur.com" /></a> <a href="<a href="https://imgur.com/Gf5zdea" rel="external nofollow">https://imgur.com/Gf5zdea"><img</a> src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Gf5zdeal.png" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Gf5zdeal.png"</a> title="source: imgur.com" /></a> <a href="<a href="https://imgur.com/DlmmKFC" rel="external nofollow">https://imgur.com/DlmmKFC"><img</a> src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/DlmmKFCl.png" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/DlmmKFCl.png"</a> title="source: imgur.com" /></a></p><p> </p><p> Congratulations to Maryland on winning the NIT! This was their second appearance in the NIT and their first time winning it! The Southland Conference did not have a representative in the NIT this season.</p><p> </p><p> Next up is the CBI!</p><p> </p><p> <a href="<a href="https://imgur.com/je3gchE" rel="external nofollow">https://imgur.com/je3gchE"><img</a> src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/je3gchEl.png" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/je3gchEl.png"</a> title="source: imgur.com" /></a></p><p> </p><p> Congratulations to St. Joseph's on winning the CBI! This was the program's first ever appearance in the CBI! The Southland Conference also failed to place a team in this year's CBI.</p><p> </p><p> Last we have the CIT!</p><p> </p><p> <a href="<a href="https://imgur.com/qiQbiLg" rel="external nofollow">https://imgur.com/qiQbiLg"><img</a> src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/qiQbiLgl.png" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/qiQbiLgl.png"</a> title="source: imgur.com" /></a></p><p> </p><p> Congrats to Southern Mississippi on winning the CIT! This was their first every appearance in the tournament. Lamar represented the Southland Conference in the CIT but lost in the first round as a 10 seed to Hawaii.</p>

<p>March Madness!</p><p> </p><p> <strong>2001-2002 March Madness</strong></p><p> </p><p> <a href="<a href="https://imgur.com/Ptm6srs" rel="external nofollow">https://imgur.com/Ptm6srs"><img</a> src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Ptm6srsl.png" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Ptm6srsl.png"</a> title="source: imgur.com" /></a></p><p> </p><p> First up is the West Region! This Region had a couple first round upsets as a 31-3 New Mexico State team that was a 12 seed took down 5 seed BYU and 10 seed Minnesota took down 7 seed South Carolina. The second round saw Minnesota take out 2 seed Stanford as well as 6 seed Western Kentucky take out 3 seed Oklahoma State. Western Kentucky beat Minnesota in the Sweet 16 to set up a matchup with 1 seed Wisconsin who took down 4 seed Dayton. Wisconsin won that matchup to punch their ticket to the Final Four!</p><p> </p><p> <a href="<a href="https://imgur.com/D3bjWFK" rel="external nofollow">https://imgur.com/D3bjWFK"><img</a> src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/D3bjWFKl.png" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/D3bjWFKl.png"</a> title="source: imgur.com" /></a></p><p> </p><p> Next is the Midwest Region! This Region had our Southland representative Stephen F. Austin who lost to 3 seed Michigan State. The Southland is still looking for our first tournament win. 10 seed Creighton took down 7 seed UMass to round out the surprises in the first round. Creighton followed that up by beating 2 seed UCLA to advance to the Sweet 16 where they fell to 3 seed Michigan State. 4 seed Kansas took down 1 seed Xavier in the Sweet 16 and then handled Michigan State to advance to the Final Four!</p><p> </p><p> <a href="<a href="https://imgur.com/mhAE88T" rel="external nofollow">https://imgur.com/mhAE88T"><img</a> src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/mhAE88Tl.png" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/mhAE88Tl.png"</a> title="source: imgur.com" /></a></p><p> </p><p> The South Region saw a huge upset as 14 seed Boston University took down 3 seed Arizona in a 19 point win! Unfortunately BU could not keep it going and lost to 6 seed North Carolina in the Round of 32. 7 seed Villanova took down 2 seed Florida and then North Carolina to advance to the Elite 8. They matched up with 1 seed Louisville in a thrilled but were unable to win. Congratulations to the Cardinals on making the Final Four!</p><p> </p><p> <a href="<a href="https://imgur.com/BmKLMBE" rel="external nofollow">https://imgur.com/BmKLMBE"><img</a> src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/BmKLMBEl.png" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/BmKLMBEl.png"</a> title="source: imgur.com" /></a></p><p> </p><p> Finally we get to the East Region. 10 seed Illinois beat 7 seed Georgia and 11 seed Green Bay took down 6 seed Cal. Green Bay fell by 3 to 3 seed Gonzaga in the second round and Illinois fell to 2 seed Syracuse. 5 seed West Viriginia took down 1 seed Kentucky in the Sweet 16 to setup a matchup with Gonzaga. Gonzaga took full advantage of not having to play the 1 seed to be the last team in the Final Four.</p><p> </p><p> <a href="<a href="https://imgur.com/MNg7YN7" rel="external nofollow">https://imgur.com/MNg7YN7"><img</a> src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/MNg7YN7l.png" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/MNg7YN7l.png"</a> title="source: imgur.com" /></a></p><p> </p><p> In our first matchup Wisconsin took down Louisville by 17 in the battle of the 1 seeds. Our second game saw Kansas beat Gonzaga by 20 as neither game was close. The national championship did not disappoint as overall #1 seed Wisconsin beat 4 seed Kansas to claim the national championship. Big Cat would be going wild right now! Congrats to the Badgers!</p>

<p>Season Wrapup</p><p> </p><p> Here is a quick wrapup for the 2001-2002 season!</p><p> </p><p> The National Player of the Year was SR PG Cristobal Demars from Cal who averaged 17.5PPG, 8.1APG, and 3.4RPG. Freshman of the year was SG Stan Loveland from Memphis and Coach of the Year was Johnny Dawkins from Stanford. </p><p> </p><p> For the Southland Conference the player of the year was Senior C Lanny McNeese. This doesn't surprise me one bit as McNeese was an absolute stud. He only averaged 8.8 PPG but he had 9.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.4 blocks. </p><p> </p><p> The freshman of the year in the Southland Conference is Frank Landa! Congratulations to Landa on a stellar season that saw him be named freshman of the year, on the all-freshman team (no surprise there) as well as being on the 2nd team All-Conference team! It really looks like the sky is the limit for Landa.</p><p> </p><p> Other Southland news is that Preston Yap and Joe Webb were both named to the All-Freshman team. Neither of them were anywhere near as impressive as Landa but it is nice to see them both recognized.</p><p> </p><p> Now for the surprise of the year. The Southland Coach of the Year is....yours truly! I have to say I am very surprised with the news and didn't think this would be something I would even be in contention for. I will happily accept it though and it has helped my "Hot Seat" rating with the AD change to "Cool". Hopefully we can build on this next year!</p><p> </p><p> Here is the end of season Top 25 going into the NCAA Tournament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode">Top 25 # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Wisconsin (72) 30-2 1800 1 Big Ten Conference 2. Louisville 28-4 1723 3 Atlantic Coast Conference 3. Syracuse 27-4 1656 2 Atlantic Coast Conference 4. Kentucky 28-4 1568 4 Southeastern Conference 5. Stanford 29-4 1468 5 Pac-12 Conference 6. Gonzaga 27-5 1454 6 West Coast Conference 7. UCLA 26-6 1419 10 Pac-12 Conference 8. BYU 26-6 1288 7 West Coast Conference 9. Connecticut 26-6 1203 8 American Athletic Conference 10. Xavier 26-6 1129 16 Big East Conference 11. Memphis 26-5 1060 9 American Athletic Conference 12. Dayton 28-5 988 13 Atlantic 10 Conference 13. Nevada 27-4 905 11 Mountain West Conference 14. Michigan State 24-7 873 12 Big Ten Conference 15. Temple 25-7 795 15 American Athletic Conference 16. Florida 24-7 670 14 Southeastern Conference 17. Oklahoma State 26-7 632 18 Big 12 Conference 18. Arizona 24-8 593 17 Pac-12 Conference 19. Utah State 25-7 451 19 Mountain West Conference 20. New Mexico State 30-3 437 23 Western Athletic Conference 21. Kent State 27-5 361 NR Mid-American Conference 22. North Carolina 21-10 264 20 Atlantic Coast Conference 23. California 24-8 226 21 Pac-12 Conference 24. Maryland 23-9 158 25 Big Ten Conference 25. Ohio 27-4 139 24 Mid-American Conference Others Receiving Votes: Duke 20-11 55 Atlantic Coast Conference Chattanooga 28-4 35 Southern Conference Massachusetts 26-7 27 Atlantic 10 Conference Kansas 21-10 12 Big 12 Conference Providence 24-8 6 Big East Conference Western Kentucky 25-7 4 Conference USA UC Santa Barbara 27-6 1 Big West Conference </pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> Here is the Mid-Major Top 25 going into the NCAA tournament!</p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode">Mid Major Top 25 # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Xavier (56) 26-6 1780 3 Big East Conference 2. Gonzaga (9) 27-5 1722 4 West Coast Conference 3. Connecticut (7) 26-6 1660 1 American Athletic Conference 4. BYU 26-6 1583 2 West Coast Conference 5. Memphis 26-5 1484 5 American Athletic Conference 6. Temple 25-7 1416 6 American Athletic Conference 7. Dayton 28-5 1391 7 Atlantic 10 Conference 8. Utah State 25-7 1284 9 Mountain West Conference 9. Nevada 27-4 1270 8 Mountain West Conference 10. Kent State 27-5 1144 12 Mid-American Conference 11. Western Kentucky 25-7 1023 10 Conference USA 12. Butler 21-10 957 11 Big East Conference 13. New Mexico State 30-3 947 14 Western Athletic Conference 14. Ohio 27-4 880 13 Mid-American Conference 15. Massachusetts 26-7 807 19 Atlantic 10 Conference 16. Providence 24-8 697 18 Big East Conference 17. Villanova 21-10 590 15 Big East Conference 18. Chattanooga 28-4 523 20 Southern Conference 19. Charlotte 22-8 506 16 Conference USA 20. Saint Mary's 23-9 488 17 West Coast Conference 21. Green Bay 26-6 394 23 Horizon League 22. Georgetown 17-13 219 21 Big East Conference 23. Illinois State 21-9 198 22 Missouri Valley Conference 24. Murray State 25-5 169 24 Ohio Valley Conference 25. UC Santa Barbara 27-6 132 NR Big West Conference Others Receiving Votes: Creighton 19-12 58 Big East Conference Bradley 22-8 19 Missouri Valley Conference Siena 24-9 17 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Cincinnati 21-10 14 American Athletic Conference Manhattan 23-7 14 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Miami (OH) 23-8 5 Mid-American Conference Austin Peay 24-7 3 Ohio Valley Conference Richmond 21-11 3 Atlantic 10 Conference Milwaukee 23-8 2 Horizon League Bowling Green 22-9 1 Mid-American Conference </pre><div></div><p></p>

<p>March 2002</p><p> </p><p> <strong>March 2002</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode">ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS Schedule Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/16/01 North Dakota 9-20 336 L 65-52 0-1 11/20/01 North Carolina Central 7-23 335 L 78-74 0-2 11/23/01 Dartmouth 3-26 331 W 69-62 1-2 11/27/01 Sacramento State 6-23 337 W 85-76 2-2 12/02/01 at Prairie View A&M 18-11 177 L 72-57 2-3 12/05/01 at Bryant 10-21 307 W 65-35 3-3 12/09/01 at SIU-Edwardsville 5-24 311 W 71-62 4-3 12/15/01 at Northern Kentucky 6-24 269 L 55-52 4-4 12/21/01 at Army 10-22 260 L 73-64 4-5 12/25/01 Grand Canyon 5-24 298 L 62-54 4-6 12/29/01 Omaha 2-27 346 W 64-61 5-6 01/02/02 at Southeastern Louisiana 15-14 207 W 76-60 6-6 (1-0) 01/05/02 at Stephen F. Austin 20-9 132 L 64-55 6-7 (1-1) 01/09/02 at Central Arkansas 10-19 230 W 64-54 7-7 (2-1) 01/12/02 Lamar 16-13 194 L 74-73 7-8 (2-2) 01/16/02 Central Arkansas 10-19 230 L 62-44 7-9 (2-3) 01/19/02 Sam Houston State 14-15 243 L 87-79 7-10 (2-4) 01/26/02 TAMU-Corpus Christi 14-15 245 L 81-64 7-11 (2-5) 01/30/02 at Lamar 16-13 194 L 68-54 7-12 (2-6) 02/02/02 at TAMU-Corpus Christi 14-15 245 W 73-65 8-12 (3-6) 02/06/02 at Sam Houston State 14-15 243 L 58-52 8-13 (3-7) 02/09/02 Incarnate Word 10-19 288 W 72-46 9-13 (4-7) 02/13/02 Nicholls 6-23 330 L 52-49 9-14 (4-8) 02/16/02 at Houston Baptist 4-25 350 W 66-53 10-14 (5-8) 02/20/02 Southeastern Louisiana 15-14 207 W 59-56 11-14 (6-8) 02/23/02 at McNeese 15-14 306 L 77-61 11-15 (6-9) 03/02/02 Stephen F. Austin 20-9 132 W 54-53 12-15 (7-9) 03/06/02 New Orleans 14-15 228 W 74-66 13-15 (8-9) 03/09/02 at Northwestern State 14-15 200 W 62-61 14-15 (9-9)</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">March 2, 2002</span></p><p> </p><p> Stephen F. Austin (18-8) vs. Abilene Christian (11-15)</p><p> </p><p> Final Score: Stephen F. Austin - 53, Abilene Christian - 54. This is the signature win we have been looking for! This is by far our biggest win in program history and the team has proven me very wrong. Since our 5 game losing streak when I claimed the team has given up we are 5-3. Dudley O'Neil led the way with 13 points and 10 rebounds to record the double-double. Jerald Zimmerman had 10 points off the bench and both Frank Landa and Romeo Rinehart had 8 points. The bench was huge for us in this one with 20 points.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">March 6, 2002</span></p><p> </p><p> New Orleans (13-14) vs. Abilene Christian (12-15)</p><p> </p><p> Final Score: New Orleans - 66, Abilene Christian - 74. Frank Landa re-claimed his role as team MVP with 27 points and 6 rebounds and Preston Yap had a monster double-double with 13 points and 16 rebounds, the most in program history for a single game. Joe Webb added on 8 points and 7 rebounds in a huge win that gives us a chance to end the season with a .500 conference record. Even if we lose our last game of the season I did not expect us to pick up 8 conference wins this season and I am incredibly proud!</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">March 9, 2002</span></p><p> </p><p> Abilene Christian (13-15) vs. Northwestern State (14-14)</p><p> </p><p> Final Score: Abilene Christian - 62, Northwestern State - 61. Frank Landa had 22 points and 5 rebounds and Dudley O'Neil had 12 points. This win moves us to 9-9 in conference play but due to tiebreakers we will miss out on the conference tournament. Either way this is a great way to end the season and makes me very excited for next season. Joe Webb sprained his ankle in this game and will be out for 15 days but that doesn't mean much since our season has come to an end. This also should greatly help our end of season RPI. For most of this season and last we were hovering between the 348-351 range but there is a chance we end up significantly better in RPI than last season.</p><p> </p><p> Here is the final standings for the Southland Conference. We just missed out on making the conference tournament but I am very proud of the team for going .500 in conference play. </p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode">2001 Southland Conference Standings TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 15 3 .833 20 9 .690 132 53 Southeastern Louisiana Lions 11 7 .611 15 14 .517 207 29 TAMU-Corpus Christi Islanders 11 7 .611 14 15 .483 245 31 New Orleans Privateers 10 8 .556 14 15 .483 228 5 McNeese Cowboys 10 8 .556 15 14 .517 306 24 Lamar Cardinals 10 8 .556 16 13 .552 194 31 Central Arkansas Bears 9 9 .500 10 19 .345 230 8 Sam Houston State Bearkats 9 9 .500 14 15 .483 243 38 Abilene Christian Wildcats 9 9 .500 14 15 .483 329 1 Incarnate Word Cardinals 9 9 .500 10 19 .345 288 1 Northwestern State Demons 8 10 .444 14 15 .483 200 29 Nicholls Colonels 4 14 .222 6 23 .207 330 13 Houston Baptist Huskies 2 16 .111 4 25 .138 350 6</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> <a href="<a href="https://imgur.com/VS8Ct9A" rel="external nofollow">https://imgur.com/VS8Ct9A"><img</a> src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/VS8Ct9Al.png" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/VS8Ct9Al.png"</a> title="source: imgur.com" /></a></p><p> </p><p> Stephen F. Austin won the conference tournament and was seeded as a #14 seed in the NCAA tournament.</p>

February 2002 February 2002 ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS Schedule Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/16/01 North Dakota 8-18 334 L 65-52 0-1 11/20/01 North Carolina Central 7-21 331 L 78-74 0-2 11/23/01 Dartmouth 2-24 330 W 69-62 1-2 11/27/01 Sacramento State 5-21 343 W 85-76 2-2 12/02/01 at Prairie View A&M 16-10 180 L 72-57 2-3 12/05/01 at Bryant 7-21 326 W 65-35 3-3 12/09/01 at SIU-Edwardsville 5-23 309 W 71-62 4-3 12/15/01 at Northern Kentucky 6-22 250 L 55-52 4-4 12/21/01 at Army 8-20 282 L 73-64 4-5 12/25/01 Grand Canyon 5-21 312 L 62-54 4-6 12/29/01 Omaha 2-26 341 W 64-61 5-6 01/02/02 at Southeastern Louisiana 14-12 219 W 76-60 6-6 (1-0) 01/05/02 at Stephen F. Austin 18-8 123 L 64-55 6-7 (1-1) 01/09/02 at Central Arkansas 9-17 234 W 64-54 7-7 (2-1) 01/12/02 Lamar 14-12 191 L 74-73 7-8 (2-2) 01/16/02 Central Arkansas 9-17 234 L 62-44 7-9 (2-3) 01/19/02 Sam Houston State 13-14 236 L 87-79 7-10 (2-4) 01/26/02 TAMU-Corpus Christi 12-14 265 L 81-64 7-11 (2-5) 01/30/02 at Lamar 14-12 191 L 68-54 7-12 (2-6) 02/02/02 at TAMU-Corpus Christi 12-14 265 W 73-65 8-12 (3-6) 02/06/02 at Sam Houston State 13-14 236 L 58-52 8-13 (3-7) 02/09/02 Incarnate Word 8-18 294 W 72-46 9-13 (4-7) 02/13/02 Nicholls 6-21 325 L 52-49 9-14 (4-8) 02/16/02 at Houston Baptist 4-23 345 W 66-53 10-14 (5-8) 02/20/02 Southeastern Louisiana 14-12 219 W 59-56 11-14 (6-8) 02/23/02 at McNeese 14-12 301 L 77-61 11-15 (6-9) 2001 Southland Conference Standings TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 13 2 .867 18 8 .692 123 53 Southeastern Louisiana Lions 10 5 .667 14 12 .538 219 29 TAMU-Corpus Christi Islanders 9 6 .600 12 14 .462 265 31 McNeese Cowboys 9 6 .600 14 12 .538 301 24 New Orleans Privateers 8 7 .533 12 14 .462 228 5 Central Arkansas Bears 8 7 .533 9 17 .346 234 8 Lamar Cardinals 8 7 .533 14 12 .538 191 31 Sam Houston State Bearkats 8 8 .500 13 14 .481 236 38 Incarnate Word Cardinals 7 8 .467 8 18 .308 294 1 Northwestern State Demons 7 8 .467 13 13 .500 174 29 Abilene Christian Wildcats 6 9 .400 11 15 .423 346 1 Nicholls Colonels 4 12 .250 6 21 .222 325 13 Houston Baptist Huskies 2 14 .125 4 23 .148 345 6 February 2, 2002 Abilene Christian (7-12) vs. TAMU-Corpus Christi (7-11) Final Score: Abilene Christian - 73, TAMU-Corpus Christi - 65. Finally a win! Frank Landa had 17 points and Dudley O'Neil had 8 points and 8 rebounds. Preston Yap added 8 points and 11 rebounds and Chris Vasques had 11 points and 8 rebounds off the bench in only 18 minutes. February 6, 2002 Abilene Christian (8-12) vs. Sam Houston State (10-10) Final Score: Abilene Christian - 52, Sam Houston State - 58. Frank Landa had 22 points and 5 rebounds but nobody else had more than 8 points. Both Joe Webb and Preston Yap had 8 rebounds. February 9, 2002 Incarnate Word (6-14) vs. Abilene Christian (8-13) Final Score: Incarnate Word - 46, Abilene Christian - 72. Frank Landa had 21 points and Dudley O'Neil had 15. Joe Webb grabbed 8 rebounds and Preston Yap had 12. Jerald Zimmerman had 11 points off the bench. This was the type of win we needed. February 13, 2002 Nicholls (3-19) vs. Abilene Christian (9-13) Final Score: Nicholls - 52, Abilene Christian - 49. We finished the first half by missing the front end of the one and one on 3 straight possessions. We played down to a truly awful Nicholls team and even fouled them on the buzzer beater but they made it anyways so it didn't matter. I sound like a broken record but this is embarrassing. I know I have sounded harsh in some of these writeups but it is because I have high standards for this team and just hate seeing them lose games they should win. This is one of those growing pain games. February 16, 2002 Abilene Christian (9-14) vs. Houston Baptist (4-19) Final Score: Abilene Christian - 66, Houston Baptist - 53. Preston Yap had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Dudley O'Neil had 17 points. Frank Landa had 11 points and 5 assists. After this win we are 5-8 in conference play which is trending up from last season when we went 5-13. This was our 10th win and we only won 11 games last season. February 20, 2002 Southeastern Louisiana (12-11) vs. Abilene Christian (10-14) Final Score: Southeastern Louisiana - 56, Abilene Christian - 59. Dudley O'Neil had 20 points with 8 rebounds and Preston Yap had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Chris Vasques had 4 points and 10 rebounds off the bench. Frank Landa only had 4 points and took a backseat in this one. This win matched our total wins from last season and topped our conference wins from last season! I know I was very frustrated recently with these results but I'm proud of these freshmen. I need to remember that we have 6 freshmen playing meaningful minutes. February 23, 2002 Abilene Christian (11-14) vs. McNeese (13-11) Final Score: Abilene Christian - 61, McNeese - 77. Dudley O'Neil had 14 points and Preston Yap had 11 points with 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Frank Landa got in foul trouble and was limited to 8 points. Jerald Zimmerman tried picking up the slack with 12 points in 26 minutes. An interesting thing to note is that right now we only have 4 players with a positive +/- on the season and that is our four freshmen starters. Romeo Rinehart and the bench are all negative. Bringing in this new wave of recruits should help us have more players who are able to help and not hemorrhage points when they go in the game. I didn't think these 4 freshmen would be so successful this early. Again it is worth noting our strength of schedule has been very weak but what they are doing is still impressive as you have to take into account that we are performing better than last season. Overall Record: 11-15 Home Record: 5-8 Road Record: 6-7 Conference Record: 6-9 Ranking: NR RPI: 346 Season Stats PPG SG Frank Landa - 16.2 SF Dudley O'Neil - 12.2 PF Preston Yap - 8.2 RPG PF Preston Yap - 7.4 C Joe Webb - 5.3 SG Frank Landa - 5.0 APG PG Romeo Rinehart - 2.0 SF Dudley O'Neil - 1.9 SG Frank Landa - 1.8

January 2002 January 2002 ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS Schedule Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/16/01 North Dakota 6-12 327 L 65-52 0-1 11/20/01 North Carolina Central 4-16 295 L 78-74 0-2 11/23/01 Dartmouth 0-19 320 W 69-62 1-2 11/27/01 Sacramento State 3-15 330 W 85-76 2-2 12/02/01 at Prairie View A&M 12-7 137 L 72-57 2-3 12/05/01 at Bryant 6-15 313 W 65-35 3-3 12/09/01 at SIU-Edwardsville 2-18 299 W 71-62 4-3 12/15/01 at Northern Kentucky 5-16 226 L 55-52 4-4 12/21/01 at Army 5-15 242 L 73-64 4-5 12/25/01 Grand Canyon 3-15 240 L 62-54 4-6 12/29/01 Omaha 1-20 336 W 64-61 5-6 01/02/02 at Southeastern Louisiana 8-10 272 W 76-60 6-6 (1-0) 01/05/02 at Stephen F. Austin 12-7 118 L 64-55 6-7 (1-1) 01/09/02 at Central Arkansas 5-14 233 W 64-54 7-7 (2-1) 01/12/02 Lamar 12-7 150 L 74-73 7-8 (2-2) 01/16/02 Central Arkansas 5-14 233 L 62-44 7-9 (2-3) 01/19/02 Sam Houston State 10-9 209 L 87-79 7-10 (2-4) 01/26/02 TAMU-Corpus Christi 7-11 285 L 81-64 7-11 (2-5) 01/30/02 at Lamar 12-7 150 L 68-54 7-12 (2-6) 2001 Southland Conference Standings TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 7 1 .875 12 7 .632 118 53 Lamar Cardinals 6 2 .750 12 7 .632 150 31 Incarnate Word Cardinals 5 2 .714 6 12 .333 254 1 McNeese Cowboys 5 3 .625 10 9 .526 343 24 Sam Houston State Bearkats 5 3 .625 10 9 .526 209 38 TAMU-Corpus Christi Islanders 4 3 .571 7 11 .389 285 31 Southeastern Louisiana Lions 4 4 .500 8 10 .444 272 29 Northwestern State Demons 4 4 .500 10 9 .526 143 29 New Orleans Privateers 4 4 .500 8 10 .444 204 5 Central Arkansas Bears 4 4 .500 5 14 .263 233 8 Abilene Christian Wildcats 2 6 .250 7 12 .368 349 1 Nicholls Colonels 1 7 .125 3 16 .158 333 13 Houston Baptist Huskies 0 8 .000 2 17 .105 340 6 January 2, 2002 Abilene Christian (5-6) vs. Southeastern Louisiana (4-6) Final Score: Abilene Christian - 76, Southeastern Louisiana - 60. Frank Landa had 32 points and 7 rebounds in a performance that saw him go 9 for 9 from deep. Jerald Zimmerman had 12 points off the bench. January 5, 2002 Abilene Christian (6-6) vs. Stephen F. Austin (6-7) Final Score: Abilene Christian - 55, Abilene Christian - 64. Even though we lost this was probably the best game we have played all season. We held a lead throughout most of the game but got cold once we needed help from the bench. Dudley O'Neil had 22 points and Frank Landa had 15 points and 6 rebounds. January 9, 2002 Abilene Christian (6-7) vs. Central Arkansas (2-12) Final Score: Abilene Christian - 64, Central Arkansas - 54. Dudley O'Neil had 16 points and 8 rebounds while Frank Landa had 15 points. Preston Yap had 9 points and 11 rebounds while Joe Webb fouled out with 4 points. Chris Vasques was huge off the bench with 10 points and 6 rebounds and Jerald Zimmerman also had 6 rebounds off the bench. January 12, 2002 Lamar (8-4) vs. Abilene Christian (7-7) Final Score: Lamar - 74, Abilene Christian -73. Lamar made 9 straight 3's to close the game and we went 9-16 from the line in the final two minutes as we blew a 12 point lead with 90 seconds left. You cannot make this stuff up. Every game we lose in a new way that is just so wild and impossibly unrealistic. We have now had 15+ point leads in all 8 of our losses this year. We went 26-38 from the free throw line which is unacceptable. Dudley O'Neil had 25 points and 7 rebounds and Preston Yap had 13 rebounds. January 16, 2002 Central Arkansas (2-13) vs. Abilene Christian (7-8) Final Score: Central Arkansas - 62, Abilene Christian - 44. We were just absolutely embarrassed AT HOME to a team we beat easily a week ago. Looks like the team has given up after the ridiculous loss to Lamar. Looks like the rest of this season will be a lot of losses now. This should have been a 20 point win. January 19, 2002 Sam Houston State (8-8) vs. Abilene Christian (7-9) Final Score: Sam Houston State - 87, Abilene Christian - 79. Frank Landa had 28 points but was a putrid 9-25 from the field. Joe Webb had 14 rebounds. January 26, 2002 TAMU-Corpus Christi (5-11) vs. Abilene Christian (7-10) Final Score: TAMU-Corpus Christi - 81, Abilene Christian - 64. The team has given up on the season and I don't blame them. 19 for Frank Landa. 11 points and 12 rebounds for Chris Vasques off the bench. January 30, 2002 Abilene Christian (7-11) vs. Lamar (11-7) Final Score: Abilene Christian - 54, Lamar - 68. Overall Record: 7-12 Home Record: 3-7 Road Record: 4-5 Ranking: NR RPI: 349 Season Stats PPG SG Frank Landa - 17.8 SF Dudley O'Neil - 12.1 PG Romero Rinehart - 7.9 RPG PF Preston Yap - 6.5 SG Frank Landa - 5.6 C Joe Webb - 5.3 APG PG Romeo Rinehart - 2.2 SF Dudley O'Neil - 1.7 SG Frank Landa - 1.5 SG Jerald Zimmerman - 1.5

December 2001 December 2001 ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS Schedule Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/16/01 North Dakota 2-9 275 L 65-52 0-1 11/20/01 North Carolina Central 2-11 133 L 78-74 0-2 11/23/01 Dartmouth 0-13 291 W 69-62 1-2 11/27/01 Sacramento State 1-8 264 W 85-76 2-2 12/02/01 at Prairie View A&M 6-5 32 L 72-57 2-3 12/05/01 at Bryant 3-9 279 W 65-35 3-3 12/09/01 at SIU-Edwardsville 1-10 269 W 71-62 4-3 12/15/01 at Northern Kentucky 4-8 142 L 55-52 4-4 12/21/01 at Army 2-9 161 L 73-64 4-5 12/25/01 Grand Canyon 3-10 69 L 62-54 4-6 12/29/01 Omaha 1-11 177 W 64-61 5-6 December 2, 2001 Abilene Christian (2-2) vs. Prairie View A&M (1-2) Final Score: Abilene Christian - 57, Prairie View A&M - 72. Prairie View A&M didn't miss their first shot until the 12:04 mark in the first half. We were incredibly lucky to only be down 7 at that point. This was one of those growing pain games. We had twice as many turnovers and we didn't have a single steal. I'm trying to wrap my head around how last season teams could barely score 40 when playing us and this year they are reaching 70+ with ease. They shot 50% from 3 so losing by 15 was actually surprising. Frank Landa had 17 points and 4 rebounds to lead the team. Jerald Zimmerman had a great game off the bench with 9 points and 3 rebounds. December 5, 2001 Abilene Christian (2-3) vs. Bryant (1-5) Final Score: Abilene Christian - 65, Bryant - 35. We went on a 14-0 run to start the game and we never looked back. We held Bryant to 24% from the field while shooting 50% ourselves. We shot 9 of 17 from 3 which shows how potent our offense can be. We did have 16 turnovers in this one though so there is still room for improvement. Frank Landa is showing his potential with 21 points (6 of 6 from 3) and 6 rebounds. He's averaging over 20 points per game as a freshman. I know the quality of our opponents has not been good but that is still very big. He's averaging 55% from the field and from 3 and the only downside right now to his shooting is that he is 59% from the free throw line. His 20.3 PPG is currently 30th in the nation and 3rd among all freshmen. Romeo Rinehart had 12 points and 2 rebounds and has been a pleasant surprise this season as he has outperformed expectations and has been our #3 scorer. Preston Yap had only 3 points but he added on 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Dudley O'Neil had 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists. The bench even performed well as Jerald Zimmerman had 6 points and 6 rebounds and Chris Vasques had 5 point and 6 rebounds. December 9, 2001 Abilene Christian (3-3) vs. SIU-Edwardsvile (1-4) Final Score: Abilene Christian - 71, SIU-Edwardsville - 62. Frank Landa had 22 points and 3 rebounds and Dudley O'Neil had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists. Man I am excited about these guys! Landa and O'Neil may be the two "star" freshmen in terms of points but I don't want anybody to forget about Webb or Yap. They may not be the focal point of the offense but they are young big men holding their own. Yap had 9 points and 9 rebounds and Webb had 8 points and 3 rebounds. Jerald Zimmerman again was a sparkplug off the bench with 4 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists. We allowed SIU to shoot 52% from the field which is going to need to improve. We also went 14-21 from the free throw line and fortunately that did not cost us. Chris Vasques was a spark off the bench as well with 5 points and 5 rebounds. December 15, 2001 Abilene Christian (4-3) vs. Northern Kentucky (2-4) Final Score: Abilene Christian - 52, Northern Kentucky - 55. Northern Kentucky shot 57% from the field as our defense has continued to be abysmal. The only reason this game was close was that they went 11-25 from the line. We committed 16 turnovers but they had 14 of their own. Frank Landa went 3 for 16 from the field and had 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 assists. Dudley O'Neil tried to pick up the slack with 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists. Chris Vasques was great off the bench with 9 points and 5 rebounds. Team News Rickie Fullerton left the game against Northern Kentucky with a concussion and will out for about 32 days. December 21, 2001 Abilene Christian (4-4) vs. Army (0-8) Final Score: Abilene Christian - 64, Army - 73. This was a rough one to lose and was one of those growing pain type of games. Army shot 58.5% from the field and we shot 40.8%. Foul trouble caused us to get a lot of minutes from the bench and Chris Vasques came up big with 8 points. Romeo Rinehart tried to carry the team with 16 points and 4 assists while Joe Webb had 8 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists. While we may not be much better right now than we were last year this team is so much more exciting to watch than the one last year. December 25, 2001 Grand Canyon (1-10) vs. Abilene Christian (4-5) Final Score: Grand Canyon - 62, Abilene Christian - 54. We were up 36-22 but then Grand Canyon went on a 31-12 run to take the lead as we couldn't buy a bucket or make a free throw. Their most efficient way of stopping us was by sending us to the line. This game was in the bag and it looked like Grand Canyon was about to roll over. Their run wasn't them playing insanely well but a product of us only making one field goal over a 15 minute span. Extreme growing pains in this one as we committed 18 second half fouls and had 15 turnovers. To be outscored 40-18 is just embarrassing and there will be a lot of windsprints after this one. Jerald Zimmerman had 12 points off the bench and Romero Rinehart had 13 points to go with 4 rebounds. We really need a bounceback win after this one. December 29, 2001 Omaha (1-9) vs. Abilene Christian (4-6) At halftime Omaha had 17 points and Frank Landa had 17 points. We had a 33-17 lead thanks to Landa's performance. The second half was the same as always though as we opened up a 17 point lead with under 10 minutes left but then let it become a 3 point game. We need to be able to close games and this one we only won because the clock ran out. Landa ended up with 28 points and 5 rebounds while Dudley O'Neil had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists. Chris Vasques had 6 points and 5 rebounds off the bench and Joe Webb had 9 rebounds. Team News Erwin Burnside has been suspended for the 2nd half of the season due to academics. I also received a message that both him and Merlin Jarrell are unhappy with their lack of playing time. Obviously nothing will change now for Burnside but Jarrell will not be receiving any playtime. Overall Record: 5-6 Home Record: 3-3 Road Record: 2-3 Ranking: NR RPI: 351 Season Stats PPG SG Frank Landa - 18.3 SF Dudley O'Neil - 12.8 PG Romeo Rinehart - 8.5 RPG PF Preston Yap - 6.3 SG Frank Landa - 6.1 C Joe Webb - 5.0 APG PG Romeo Rinehart - 2.4 SF Dudley O'Neil - 2.4 SG Frank Landa - 1.5 SG Jerald Zimmerman - 1.5 Recruiting News We have a new recruit! C Jerry Navarrette has committed to play for Abilene Christian next season. Navarrette is from Kingfisher, Oklahoma. Navarrette is 1 star recruit and the #1,151 recruit in the nation and chose us over Oral Roberts. Navarrette is a decent scorer but is an animal on the offensive glass. He is also a solid defender and a great passer. He isn't somebody the offense will ever run through but should be a capable player when he is on the floor.

November 2001 November 2001 The preseason #1 team is Wisconsin. The only other team to receive any votes was Syracuse. BYU is the preseason #1 in the mid-major poll. UConn, Temple, and Xavier also received votes. ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS Schedule Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/16/01 North Dakota 1-2 213 L 65-52 0-1 11/20/01 North Carolina Central 1-3 175 L 78-74 0-2 11/23/01 Dartmouth 0-4 235 W 69-62 1-2 11/27/01 Sacramento State 0-2 342 W 85-76 2-2 November 16, 2001 North Dakota (0-0) vs. Abilene Christian (0-0) Final Score: North Dakota - 65, Abilene Christian - 52. It only took 37 seconds for us to have an all freshmen lineup on the court for the first time this season! Romeo Rinehart picked up two quick fouls and was sent to the bench early. We had assists on each of our first 3 made shots of the game which was so nice to see. The downside was that we didn't record our 4th assist until 2 minutes into the second half and finished the game with only 5. Rebounding is still a problem as we allowed 11 offensive boards. We only forced 4 turnovers and shot 5-29 from 3. Like I said, there will be growing pains but this team already looks so much better than last year. We won't shoot 17% from 3 every game. Frank Landa had 8 points and 11 rebounds in his debut and Preston Yap had 8 points and 10 rebounds. We had 13 offensive boards which we only did one time all of last season. Preston Yap had 7 of those which is the most in a game ever for us. Landa's 11 rebounds was also the most in a game in program history. Dudley O'Neil had 18 points to go with 4 rebounds and 2 assists. Him and Landa went a combined 5-19 from deep and the rest of the team went 0-10. This was the most team rebounds we had in a game in program history with 41. Funny thing is the 2nd most was to this same North Dakota team last season. Joe Webb fouled out in his debut in 15 minutes but had 2 points and 3 rebounds. Jerald Zimmerman had 2 points and 3 rebounds and Eugenio Albano had 5 points. We may have lost but this game has me very excited! November 20, 2001 North Carolina Central (0-0) vs. Abilene Christian (0-1) Final Score: North Carolina Central - 78, Abilene Christian - 74. Back to back turnovers inside 2 minutes did us in here as we had 14 turnovers to their 10. We upped our assist total to 10 though and despite losing this was still an encouraging game. Frank Landa led the charge with 28 points, a new school high! He also added on 7 rebounds and an assist. Dudley O'Neil fouled out but had 12 points in his 17 minutes. Joe Webb played 27 minutes and had 9 points and 7 rebounds. The story of this game was rebounding as we allowed NC Central to bring down 20 offensive rebounds. These are things that happen with young teams. I would have loved to see us win this one and the fans will be disappointed but it appears we have some very promising freshmen. We may have gotten better this year but so did all of the other bottom tier teams. This was the most points we have scored in program history. November 23, 2001 Dartmouth (0-2) vs. Abilene Christian (0-2) Final Score: Dartmouth - 62, Abilene Christian - 69. We let a 15 point lead slip away but were able to regain the lead and finish off the game. We were a putrid 20-32 from the free throw line which will have to improve but we did have 14 assists which tied for most in team history. Romeo Rinehart had 5 assists which is the most by a player in one game in school history. Frank Landa had 21 points and 9 rebounds Preston Yap had 12 points with 7 boards. Joe Webb had 6 points and 9 rebounds. Webb has not been doing much scoring but has made a serious impact on the glass. We allowed only 6 offensive rebounds this game while having 8 of our own. November 27, 2001 Sacramento State (0-1) vs. Abilene Christian (1-2) Final Score: Sacramento State - 76, Abilene Christian - 85. Frank Landa had a gem of a game with 27 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 assists. Romeo Rinehart had a nice game as well with 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Preston Yap added 11 points and Dudley O'Neil had 10 points. Overall Record: 2-2 Home Record: 2-2 Road Record: 0-0 Ranking: NR RPI: 348 Season Stats PPG SG Frank Landa - 21.0 SF Dudley O'Neil - 12.8 PF Preston Yap - 8.8 RPG SG Frank Landa - 9.0 PF Preston Yap - 6.8 C Joe Webb - 6.0 APG PG Romeo Rinehart - 3.5 SG Frank Landa - 2.0 SF Dudley O'Neil - 1.8 Recruiting News We have amazing news to share! PG Miguel Cabrera from Weatherford, Texas has accepted our scholarship offer. Cabrera is a 2 star recruit and #672 overall in the country. We believe we have found a real gem here though as Cabrera is already a refined shooter as he can score from the inside, mid-range, and from deep. He is an adept ball handler with the potential to rack up a ton of assists. His defense is the only area where he is lacking but even then he is solid and not a complete liability. We think this kid can be special and I am so incredibly excited to bring him in. We beat out UT-San Antonio in signing him. We also had a scholarship declined by PF Michale Barker who has decided to attend Oral Roberts.

2001-2002 Season Preview 2001-2002 Season Preview Here is the preview for the 2001 season! Athletic Director Goal Our AD's goal is the avoid last place in the conference. This is basically the smallest goal that could be set forward and I hope we are able to reach it again after succeeding last year. This year will have its ups and downs with 6 freshmen playing meaningful minutes but I believe we will be a better team than next year. We also saw our RPI rise from 0 to 1 this offseason! Schedule We improved our strength of schedule but not by much. We still went after the low prestige teams but didn't pick only the bottom of the barrel like last year. It still is going to be a very weak schedule but gives us a chance to at least have a RPI that isn't bottom 3 in the nation. ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS Schedule Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/16/01 North Dakota 0-0 325 11/20/01 North Carolina Central 0-0 351 11/23/01 Dartmouth 0-0 292 11/27/01 Sacramento State 0-0 336 12/02/01 at Prairie View A&M 0-0 339 12/05/01 at Bryant 0-0 305 12/09/01 at SIU-Edwardsville 0-0 331 12/15/01 at Northern Kentucky 0-0 237 12/21/01 at Army 0-0 345 12/25/01 Grand Canyon 0-0 347 12/29/01 Omaha 0-0 334 01/02/02 at Southeastern Louisiana 0-0 172 01/05/02 at Stephen F. Austin 0-0 98 01/09/02 at Central Arkansas 0-0 291 01/12/02 Lamar 0-0 124 01/16/02 Central Arkansas 0-0 291 01/19/02 Sam Houston State 0-0 198 01/26/02 TAMU-Corpus Christi 0-0 258 01/30/02 at Lamar 0-0 124 02/02/02 at TAMU-Corpus Christi 0-0 258 02/06/02 at Sam Houston State 0-0 198 02/09/02 Incarnate Word 0-0 302 02/13/02 Nicholls 0-0 329 02/16/02 at Houston Baptist 0-0 297 02/20/02 Southeastern Louisiana 0-0 172 02/23/02 at McNeese 0-0 200 03/02/02 Stephen F. Austin 0-0 98 03/06/02 New Orleans 0-0 276 03/09/02 at Northwestern State 0-0 149 Here is our starting lineup for the 2001-2002 season! C: Joe Webb (FR) PF: Preston Yap (FR) SF: Dudley O'Neil (FR) SG: Frank Landa (FR) PG: Romeo Rinehart (SR*) 6th - PG Jerald Zimmerman (FR) 7th - PG Rickie Fullerton (SR*) 8th - PF Chris Vasques (JR*) 9th - SG Mark Bautista (SO) 10th - SF Eugenio Albano (FR) 11th - C Amos Boone (SO*) 12th - C Emil Haptonstall (SR*) As you can see we have 4 freshmen in the starting lineup! There is a decent chance we are the only team in the country this year that will be doing that. Romeo Rinehart rounds out the starters but expect to see a lot of Zimmerman and Fullerton as well. Rinehart is not all that great as a distributor so he may be supplanted in the lineup by Rickie Fullerton at some point to help guys get more open looks. Last year Rinehart averaged 1 assist per game in 29 minutes while Fullerton averaged 1.2 per game in 19 minutes. I anticipate that in most of our games 10-11 of these guys will get in at some point. Webb has 0 stamina so Vasques will be in the game a lot.

2001 Offseason 2001 Offseason Here is our roster for the upcoming season! ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS General Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emil Haptonstall 4 C Sr* 6-6 229 Yes 60 OK Braunschweig, Germany Rickie Fullerton 55 PG Sr* 6-0 196 Yes 43 OK Weimar, TX Romeo Rinehart 30 PG Sr* 6-2 188 Yes 71 OK Joaquin, TX Chris Vasques 20 PF Jr* 6-8 248 Yes 43 OK Houston, TX Erwin Burnside 32 PF Jr* 6-8 226 Yes 29 OK Woodsboro, TX Merlin Jarrell 31 C Jr 6-9 235 Yes 69 OK Borger, TX Kevin Buckingham 43 C Jr 6-6 222 Yes 6 OK Fabens, TX Amos Boone 53 C So* 6-4 218 Yes 11 OK Corrigan, TX Mark Bautista 12 SG So 5-8 189 Yes 89 OK Sturgeon Falls, Canada Joe Webb 25 PF Fr 6-10 252 Yes 62 OK Cisco, TX Preston Yap 54 C Fr 6-11 259 Yes 80 OK Merkel, TX Dudley O'Neil 51 SF Fr 6-4 209 Yes 49 OK Townsville, Australia Frank Landa 50 SG Fr 6-3 188 Yes 71 OK Killeen, TX Jerald Zimmerman 13 PG Fr 6-0 170 No 40 OK Brookshire, TX Eugenio Albano 10 SF Fr 6-4 200 No 81 OK Caddo Mills, TX As you can see we have 7 upperclassmen as well as 6 freshmen. Two of these freshmen are walkons. Our two walkons are Jerald Zimmerman and Eugenio Albano. Zimmerman was a 1 star recruit and the #1,407 overall player and Albano was a 1 star recruit and the #1,800 overall player. To be completely honest these guys are both better than the upperclassmen we already have on the team which shows how little talent we have. There is a good chance these guys play serious minutes this season. These next two years will be crucial as we will fill 3 scholarship spots this year and 4 more the next. Here is our call list for the upcoming season: ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS Recruiting Name Pos Ht Wt Rating Interest State -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Shaver PG 6-1 196 * Very High Oklahoma Gerardo Abraham C 6-8 248 * Very High Texas Brian Pipkin PF 6-6 238 * Very High Texas Joel Sales PF 6-6 202 * Very High Oklahoma Wiley Flores SF 6-7 212 * Very High New Mexico Michale Barker PF 6-7 215 *** High Texas Von Willett SG 6-3 189 *** High Texas Miguel Cabrera PG 6-2 171 ** High Texas George Scoggins SF 6-7 220 ** High Louisiana Jacob Green PG 6-1 177 ** High Texas Peter Singer SG 5-10 177 * High Germany Jerry Navarrette C 6-9 233 * High Oklahoma John Forester PF 6-6 215 * High Texas Theodore Bordelon SG 5-10 171 * High Missouri Merrill Barge PG 6-6 208 * High Oklahoma Stephen Soares SG 6-0 198 * High Canada Andrew Milburn C 6-8 232 * High New Mexico Frank Evans C 6-7 221 * High Iowa Roman Drake PG 6-3 193 * High Texas Jochem Guyer SF 6-6 217 * High Germany Our budget was increased this year so instead of $6,000 per month to spend on recruiting we will have $6,250. This is a small change but will help as every dollar really counts when we have so little to spend. As you can see we do not have the same good fortune as last year where a ton of high quality players are interested in us. That was an anomaly. I thought about going after some higher type guys with "Average" interest but with how little money we have I think right now the best bet is to try and secure one or both of the 3 star guys interested. I will be scouting a lot of these guys and seeing how they are. Right now I would say our biggest need is at PG and I added a few guys with high assist rates in here.