sportsfanmas Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 After cutting some dead weight from the team, we've got a whopping 6 scholarships to hand out! Unfortunately, this is going to create a problem as we already have 11 players on the roster. I'm not sure if there is a max roster, I was thinking it was 15. We only lose 3 seniors, so I have a feeling not every scholarship is going to get used, and if they do, I may have to say bye bye to some players I really don't want to lose. As it stands, the plan of attack this year is to go after big men, as all 3 of the seniors we lose are big men, and we only have 1 other on the roster. 4 big men total, yikes! Here is the initial 20 man call list. Name Pos Ht Wt Rating Interest State -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Domenic Fogel C 6-7 228 *** Very High Texas Carlos Villa C 6-11 289 *** High Texas J.C. Devaughn C 6-9 228 *** High Texas Charles West PF 6-8 269 *** High Texas David Diorio SF 6-5 237 *** High Texas David Leach SG 5-10 177 *** High Texas Kendall Sirois C 6-9 247 *** Average Texas Michael Parker C 6-8 228 *** Average Texas Judson Stutz PF 6-7 241 *** Average Texas Chris Guffey C 6-11 226 *** Average Kansas Kenneth Rigdon C 6-9 234 *** Average Oklahoma Abraham Hillard PF 6-7 206 *** Average Oklahoma Rodger Smyth C 6-10 263 *** Average Ohio Richard Shepherd PF 6-9 251 **** Low Texas Jed Caines PF 6-6 222 *** Low Kansas Dewitt Donald PF 6-8 242 ***** Very Low Texas Sebastian Sthilaire C 6-7 221 ***** Very Low Illinois Fritz Daniels C 6-8 245 **** Very Low Kansas Brian Palumbo C 6-9 258 **** Very Low Wisconsin Walter Cruz C 6-7 223 **** Very Low Indiana As always, some of these guys will be reaches, and some of these guys will get cut from the call list after evaluation, but I've got a nice starting base to go off of, as once again I tried to stay local, as local as I could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Offseason Recruiting News August 2017 I've offered scholarships to Devaughn, Daniels, and Sirois, all centers, but they all can play PF if I need them to. Unfortunately only Devaughn is showing any interest in us at the moment. September 2017 David Leach, a SG, has been offered a scholarship after his evaluation, as has Dewitt Donald, a 5 star PF. What a steal he would be. Sadly, Devaughn now has only average interest in us. October 2017 We are going after 5 guys that have average interest in us, time to start thinking about back-up plans, as the early signing period is about to begin, and I have a feeling we are gonna lose at least 2 of these guys. November 2017 (early signing period) As I feared, we lost out on Leach, Donald, and Sirois. Dangit! I've thrown some more players on the call list, as back-ups, but I did an absolutely horrible job of recruiting this time around, as I spent way too much time going after guys I had no chance of getting as opposed to sticking with the 3 star guys that showed interest in us. Rats! I redshirted Jon Leduc, as he was the only one willing, so that gives us 10 eligible players this season. That's more than enough, as long as nobody gets hurt or suspended, knock on wood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 Here's a look at the roster for the upcoming season: SAM HOUSTON STATE General Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- George Travers 2 C Sr 6-10 267 Yes 87 OK Paris, TX Lonnie Tingley 50 PF Sr 6-9 255 Yes 26 OK Hitchcock, TX Chris Edgar 30 SF So 6-7 225 Yes 57 OK Conroe, TX Burt Wan 23 PG Sr 6-0 192 Yes 26 OK Houston, TX Dudley Dillon 4 PG Fr 6-2 187 Yes 93 OK Mackay, Australia Kevin Penland 10 SG Jr 6-4 184 Yes 23 OK Marble Falls, TX George Hazard 54 PF Jr* 6-6 229 Yes 45 OK Grandview, TX Chester Kumar 21 SF So 6-7 225 Yes 59 OK Dimmitt, TX Cody Headley 1 PF Sr 6-6 227 Yes 28 OK Port Lavaca, TX Jason Wicker 35 SF Jr 6-5 215 Yes 43 OK Katy, TX John Leduc 55 SG Fr 6-3 199 Yes 93 Redshirt Forth Worth, TX I wish I could figure out a way to get the current/potential colors to show up, as you could see how troubling the roster for the future really is. Aside from any recruits we may get, we'll have just 4 players of blue or green potential coming back. As for this year, the team should run through Wan, no doubt about it. And a look at the schedule: SAM HOUSTON STATE Schedule Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/10/17 at Massachusetts 0-0 153 11/14/17 Nebraska 0-0 176 11/18/17 at San Diego 0-0 230 11/22/17 at Texas A&M 0-0 269 11/24/17 Grambling State 0-0 101 11/30/17 Louisiana Tech 0-0 140 12/06/17 Alcorn State 0-0 7 12/10/17 Air Force 0-0 1 12/14/17 vs. Niagara 0-0 182 12/24/17 at Houston 0-0 109 12/26/17 at Louisiana State 0-0 139 12/28/17 Rice 0-0 219 01/06/18 Texas State 0-0 250 01/10/18 at McNeese State 0-0 154 01/13/18 Texas-San Antonio 0-0 275 01/17/18 at Southeastern Louisiana 0-0 241 01/24/18 Nicholls State 0-0 183 01/27/18 at Texas A&M-CC 0-0 270 01/31/18 Central Arkansas 0-0 342 02/03/18 at Lamar 0-0 133 02/07/18 at Northwestern State 0-0 194 02/10/18 Stephen F. Austin 0-0 258 02/14/18 Texas-Arlington 0-0 273 02/17/18 at Texas-San Antonio 0-0 275 02/21/18 Lamar 0-0 133 02/24/18 at Texas State 0-0 250 02/28/18 at Texas-Arlington 0-0 273 03/03/18 Texas A&M-CC 0-0 270 Definitely not as tough of a schedule as it was last season, but still some challenging games upcoming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 November 2017 Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/10/17 at Massachusetts 1-5 211 W 81-65 1-0 11/14/17 Nebraska 2-4 265 W 64-50 2-0 11/18/17 at San Diego 3-3 53 W 71-52 3-0 11/22/17 at Texas A&M 2-3 98 W 75-65 4-0 11/24/17 Grambling State 0-4 96 W 61-45 5-0 11/30/17 Louisiana Tech 3-3 221 L 62-59 5-1 Rats! So close to a perfect month, dang it Louisiana Tech! Still a much better start than I figured, but we've got a couple more tough ones in December. Overall Record: 5-1 Home Record: 2-1 Road Record: 3-0 Rank: RV in media poll, #9 in mid-major poll RPI: 217 We will definitely be going down in both polls after our loss to LA Tech. Leaders PPG SG Burt Wan- 18.2 SF Chris Edgar- 14.5 PG Dudley Dillon- 9.2 RPG PF Lonnie Tingley- 11.8 C George Travers- 6.8 SF Chris Edgar- 3.7 APG SG Kevin Penland- 2.2 SG Burt Wan- 2.0 PF Lonnie Tingley- 2.0 Recruiting News We lost out on a couple recruits we were going after, and I knew we would. I'm evaluating some new recruits and hoping we can make it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 <p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">December 2017</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode"> Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/10/17 at Massachusetts 5-8 169 W 81-65 1-0 11/14/17 Nebraska 4-7 284 W 64-50 2-0 11/18/17 at San Diego 5-8 174 W 71-52 3-0 11/22/17 at Texas A&M 6-6 171 W 75-65 4-0 11/24/17 Grambling State 1-10 119 W 61-45 5-0 11/30/17 Louisiana Tech 9-4 129 L 62-59 5-1 12/06/17 Alcorn State 5-6 180 W 87-42 6-1 12/10/17 #24 Air Force 12-2 53 W 64-61 7-1 12/14/17 vs. Niagara 7-6 65 W 68-56 8-1 12/16/17 vs. Michigan State 10-3 80 L 82-72 8-2 12/24/17 at Houston 9-3 35 L 93-69 8-3 12/26/17 at #17 Louisiana State 11-2 24 L 80-56 8-4 12/28/17 Rice 4-8 307 W 74-73 9-4</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> Well we've already lost as many games this season as we did last season, but we've played some really good competition. Air Force was a great win and we hung with Michigan St. Houston and LSU were games to forget though.</p><p> </p><p> Overall Record: 9-4</p><p> Home Record: 5-1</p><p> Road Record: 3-2</p><p> Neutral Record: 1-1</p><p> Rank: NR in media poll, #13 in mid-major poll.</p><p> RPI: 31</p><p> </p><p> That RPI proves how tough our schedule has been early on, and it could have been even tougher. It's almost time for conference play, and I'm expecting nothing less than a dominant run again.</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Leaders</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">PPG</span></p><p> </p><p> SG Burt Wan- 18.6</p><p> SF Chris Edgar- 13.5</p><p> PG Dudley Dillon- 10.5</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">RPG</span></p><p> </p><p> PF Lonnie Tingley- 9.4</p><p> C George Travers- 6.2</p><p> SF Chris Edgar- 3.5</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">APG</span></p><p> </p><p> SG Burt Wan- 2.6</p><p> PG Dudley Dillon- 2.3</p><p> SG Kevin Penland- 1.7</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Recruiting News</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> We've lost out on a couple more recruits, but we might get a steal with Richard Jeter, as right now we are at the top of his list, overtaking some big schools. He's coming to campus this month and hopefully that'll seal the deal.</p><p> </p><p> Now for the really bad news: We've lost Burt Wan for the rest of the season. The clown decided that grades weren't important, and now he's done for the season, on academic suspension. Really Burt? Really? Kevin Penland will take his place in the starting line-up, and now we are just 9 deep heading into conference play.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 <p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">January 2018</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode"> Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/10/17 at Massachusetts 5-16 308 W 81-65 1-0 11/14/17 Nebraska 9-11 187 W 64-50 2-0 11/18/17 at San Diego 8-14 222 W 71-52 3-0 11/22/17 at Texas A&M 9-11 121 W 75-65 4-0 11/24/17 Grambling State 4-15 205 W 61-45 5-0 11/30/17 Louisiana Tech 14-6 66 L 62-59 5-1 12/06/17 Alcorn State 9-10 168 W 87-42 6-1 12/10/17 Air Force 16-6 29 W 64-61 7-1 12/14/17 vs. Niagara 10-10 128 W 68-56 8-1 12/16/17 vs. #16 Michigan State 17-5 38 L 82-72 8-2 12/24/17 at Houston 14-7 58 L 93-69 8-3 12/26/17 at Louisiana State 14-7 11 L 80-56 8-4 12/28/17 Rice 8-12 219 W 74-73 9-4 01/06/18 Texas State 9-11 175 W 76-62 10-4 (1-0) 01/10/18 at McNeese State 7-13 270 W 65-54 11-4 (2-0) 01/13/18 Texas-San Antonio 9-11 246 W 87-71 12-4 (3-0) 01/17/18 at Southeastern Louisiana 9-11 159 L 68-60 12-5 (3-1) 01/24/18 Nicholls State 11-9 228 W 76-61 13-5 (4-1) 01/27/18 at Texas A&M-CC 11-9 304 W 72-66 14-5 (5-1) 01/31/18 Central Arkansas 3-17 320 W 72-46 15-5 (6-1) </pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> We just can't seem to make that undefeated run through conference play, as there always seems to be a slip-up. Not to be expected though, when you play in a conference as weak as ours, of course there's going to be mental lapses.</p><p> </p><p> Overall Record: 15-5</p><p> Conference Record: 6-1</p><p> Home Record: 9-1</p><p> Road Record: 5-3</p><p> Neutral Record: 1-1</p><p> Rank: NR in Media Poll, #11 in mid-major poll.</p><p> RPI: 60</p><p> </p><p> No surprise our RPI would drop from playing in this conference, but not as much as I thought. Still a month left in the season though, and we really need to go through February undefeated.</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Leaders</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">PPG</span></p><p> </p><p> SG Burt Wan- 18.6</p><p> SF Chris Edgar- 13.3</p><p> PG Dudley Dillon- 10.2</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">RPG</span></p><p> </p><p> PF Lonnie Tingley- 9.4</p><p> C George Travers- 6.7</p><p> SF Chris Edgar- 3.7</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">APG</span></p><p> </p><p> SG Burt Wan- 2.6</p><p> PG Dudley Dillon- 2.6</p><p> SG Kevin Penland- 2.2</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Recruiting News</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> We're still on top in the race for Richard Jeter, and I'll be visiting him personally this month. Out of necessity, I've went after some 2 star recruits. I can safely say this won't be our best recruiting year. Naturally, this will be the year we get promoted to a better conference, when the recruiting is down.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 <p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">February 2018</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode"> Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/10/17 at Massachusetts 6-23 319 W 81-65 1-0 11/14/17 Nebraska 9-19 190 W 64-50 2-0 11/18/17 at San Diego 15-14 159 W 71-52 3-0 11/22/17 at Texas A&M 12-16 101 W 75-65 4-0 11/24/17 Grambling State 9-19 244 W 61-45 5-0 11/30/17 Louisiana Tech 16-12 92 L 62-59 5-1 12/06/17 Alcorn State 14-13 182 W 87-42 6-1 12/10/17 Air Force 21-8 25 W 64-61 7-1 12/14/17 vs. Niagara 18-10 96 W 68-56 8-1 12/16/17 vs. #12 Michigan State 23-6 28 L 82-72 8-2 12/24/17 at Houston 21-8 38 L 93-69 8-3 12/26/17 at Louisiana State 18-11 14 L 80-56 8-4 12/28/17 Rice 11-17 222 W 74-73 9-4 01/06/18 Texas State 14-14 148 W 76-62 10-4 (1-0) 01/10/18 at McNeese State 10-18 304 W 65-54 11-4 (2-0) 01/13/18 Texas-San Antonio 13-15 257 W 87-71 12-4 (3-0) 01/17/18 at Southeastern Louisiana 15-13 230 L 68-60 12-5 (3-1) 01/24/18 Nicholls State 14-14 290 W 76-61 13-5 (4-1) 01/27/18 at Texas A&M-CC 16-12 287 W 72-66 14-5 (5-1) 01/31/18 Central Arkansas 8-20 301 W 72-46 15-5 (6-1) 02/03/18 at Lamar 6-22 333 W 61-48 16-5 (7-1) 02/07/18 at Northwestern State 8-20 312 W 68-56 17-5 (8-1) 02/10/18 Stephen F. Austin 12-16 310 W 70-64 18-5 (9-1) 02/14/18 Texas-Arlington 13-15 327 W 54-52 19-5 (10-1) 02/17/18 at Texas-San Antonio 13-15 257 W 83-56 20-5 (11-1) 02/21/18 Lamar 6-22 333 W 61-48 21-5 (12-1) 02/24/18 at Texas State 14-14 148 W 65-64 22-5 (13-1) 02/28/18 at Texas-Arlington 13-15 327 L 90-88 22-6 (13-2)</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> And let the downslide begin. For the first time in my reign here, we've lost 2 conference games. I suppose it's a good loss though, as it gives another team a chance to make the postseason. Anything to better the conference, as our conference ranking is currently 28th. Eek! Brutal</p><p> </p><p> Overall Record: 22-6</p><p> Conference Record: 13-2</p><p> Home Record: 12-1</p><p> Road Record: 9-4</p><p> Neutral Record: 1-1</p><p> Rank: RV (8 votes) in Media Poll, #6 in mid-major poll.</p><p> RPI: 53</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Leaders</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">PPG</span></p><p> </p><p> SG Burt Wan- 18.6</p><p> SF Chris Edgar- 13.6</p><p> PG Dudley Dillon- 10.6</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">RPG</span></p><p> </p><p> PF Lonnie Tingley- 9.9</p><p> C George Travers- 6.4</p><p> PG Dudley Dillon- 3.6</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">APG</span></p><p> </p><p> PG Dudley Dillon- 2.8</p><p> SG Burt Wan- 2.6</p><p> SG Kevin Penland- 2.5</p><p> </p><p> Finally, somebody overtakes Burt in a statistical category.</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Recruiting News</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> Ugh! Richard Jeter ended up signing with UConn. We'll now look to go after SG Johannes Bory hard, as we are at the top of his list. We're also going after a few others, but no way do we fill all 6 scholarships, and to me that is just embarrassing.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 <p>We won our final conference game 81-59, so the final Southland standings look as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode"> EAST CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southeastern Louisiana 11 5 .688 16 13 .552 219 21 Nicholls State 10 6 .625 15 14 .517 291 21 McNeese State 6 10 .375 10 19 .345 296 17 Northwestern State 6 10 .375 8 21 .276 329 23 Central Arkansas 5 11 .313 8 21 .276 298 6 Stephen F. Austin 5 11 .313 12 17 .414 322 34 WEST CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam Houston State 14 2 .875 23 6 .793 47 54 Texas State 11 5 .688 14 15 .483 142 11 Texas-Arlington 9 7 .563 14 15 .483 303 26 Texas A&M-CC 8 8 .500 16 13 .552 282 29 Texas-San Antonio 7 9 .438 14 15 .483 252 29 Lamar 4 12 .250 7 22 .241 338 27 </pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> Again, we win the conference with ease and clinch a postseason berth no matter what. We're projected in the NCAA Tournament, as of now, but I'd prefer just to go take care of business and win 3 games in our conference tournament to leave no doubt. Here are the Quarterfinal pairings:</p><p> </p><p> (8) McNeese St. vs. (1) Sam Houston St.</p><p> (5) Texas-Arlington vs. (4) Nicholls St.</p><p> (6) Texas A&M-CC vs. (3) Texas St.</p><p> (7) Texas-San Antonio vs. (2) SE Louisiana</p><p> </p><p> I'm pretty sure it won't make a difference, but SE Louisiana and Texas A&M-CC are both 16-13, the next best overall records in our conference (pathetic). If either one of those schools advances to the Southland Championship, I think they have a great chance to make the postseason.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 <p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">March 8, 2017</span></p><p> </p><p> Southland Quarterfinals</p><p> (8) McNeese St. (10-19) vs. (1) Sam Houston St. (23-6)</p><p> </p><p> This should be a game we win easily as we beat them by 11 at their place early in the conference season. Unfortunately it was a lot tougher than it should have been, as we trailed by 6 at halftime and had to rely on a last second putback from George Travers just to send the game to overtime, but we pulled it out 59-56. Whew! Unfortunately we lost Chester Kumar for the rest of the season. He didn't start, but he did give us minutes off the bench, and we are now just 8 deep the rest of the way.</p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode">Sam Houston State 59, McNeese State 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- McNeese State (10-20, 6-10): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Clint Dressler C 37 2-8 0-0 1 10 1 3 4 Mark Billy PF 31 1-10 0-0 1 3 1 5 2 Mac Stevenson SF 34 6-12 6-7 0 5 2 2 18 Dionisio Pena SG 26 2-5 4-6 2 5 3 3 8 Jenaro Menendez PG 26 3-6 3-4 1 3 1 4 11 John Gatewood PG 19 2-6 1-2 0 2 1 2 5 Arthur Foss SG 21 2-5 0-0 0 1 2 2 5 Jack Whited PG 4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 John Cromer SF 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Poncio Delgado PF 16 0-0 1-2 1 2 2 3 1 James Beck C 6 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 Turnovers: 15 (C.Dressler 1, M.Billy 2, M.Stevenson 4, D.Pena 2, J.Menendez 1, A.Foss 4, P.Delgado 1) Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Dressler 2, J.Gatewood 1, A.Foss 1) Steals: 8 (C.Dressler 1, M.Billy 2, M.Stevenson 4, J.Gatewood 1) 3P FGs: 3-12 (M.Stevenson 0-2, D.Pena 0-1, J.Menendez 2-3, J.Gatewood 0-3, A.Foss 1-3) Sam Houston State (24-6, 14-2): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts George Travers C 38 6-8 3-4 0 7 1 3 15 Lonnie Tingley PF 34 0-2 2-2 1 17 5 1 2 Chris Edgar SF 22 3-9 1-1 0 2 0 4 7 Kevin Penland SG 36 3-9 2-4 2 5 0 4 9 Dudley Dillon PG 36 4-7 5-6 1 4 4 2 15 George Hazard PF 17 0-1 0-2 1 3 0 1 0 Chester Kumar PG 20 2-5 2-3 1 2 1 2 6 Cody Headley SG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Wicker SF 19 1-8 2-2 2 2 1 2 5 Turnovers: 23 (G.Travers 3, L.Tingley 3, C.Edgar 3, K.Penland 2, D.Dillon 6, C.Kumar 2, C.Headley 1, J.Wicker 3) Blocked Shots: 3 (L.Tingley 2, G.Hazard 1) Steals: 5 (G.Travers 1, K.Penland 1, D.Dillon 2, C.Kumar 1) 3P FGs: 4-20 (C.Edgar 0-4, K.Penland 1-5, D.Dillon 2-3, C.Kumar 0-2, J.Wicker 1-6) Player of Game: C George Travers (SMHOU)</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> Other Conference Tournament Games:</p><p> </p><p> (4) Nicholls St.- 67, (5) Texas-Arlington- 64</p><p> (3) Texas St.- 80, (6) Texas A&M-CC- 59</p><p> (7) Texas-San Antonio- 70, (2) SE Louisiana- 59</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">March 9, 2018</span></p><p> </p><p> Southland Semifinals</p><p> (4) Nicholls St. (16-14) vs. (1) Sam Houston St. (24-6)</p><p> </p><p> After last night, I'm not taking anything for granted here. Nicholls St. is a pretty good team, even if we did beat them by 15 at home in conference play. Things have changed a lot since then though. The bad news in this one was that we didn't play a lick of defense. The good news is neither did they, and we escaped with a 95-90 victory to advance to the championship game. The real difference in this one came at the line as we made 8 more free throws than they did.</p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode">Sam Houston State 95, Nicholls State 90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicholls State (16-15, 10-6): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Kristopher Shreve C 19 2-5 0-0 0 3 1 2 5 John Wilford C 30 2-6 1-2 2 5 1 1 5 Henry Delisle SF 24 3-8 1-2 0 2 2 2 8 Tony Nesbit SG 17 4-9 3-3 1 2 2 5 12 Lindsey Carlile PG 29 7-11 2-2 3 5 6 3 20 Porter Webster SF 24 2-7 5-5 2 5 5 5 10 Loyd Thompson PF 18 2-4 1-2 2 4 1 0 5 Raymond Beltran PF 12 5-5 0-0 0 1 1 0 10 D. Weatherspoon PG 11 2-2 0-0 0 0 1 3 4 James Bollinger SG 14 5-6 0-0 0 0 2 4 11 Jerry Lines SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 12 (K.Shreve 1, J.Wilford 1, H.Delisle 1, T.Nesbit 1, L.Carlile 2, P.Webster 4, L.Thompson 1, J.Bollinger 1) Blocked Shots: 2 (J.Wilford 1, P.Webster 1) Steals: 12 (K.Shreve 1, H.Delisle 2, T.Nesbit 2, L.Carlile 1, P.Webster 1, L.Thompson 2, D.Weatherspoon 1, J.Bollinger 2) 3P FGs: 9-21 (K.Shreve 1-1, J.Wilford 0-1, H.Delisle 1-2, T.Nesbit 1-5, L.Carlile 4-7, P.Webster 1-2, L.Thompson 0-1, J.Bollinger 1-2) Sam Houston State (25-6, 14-2): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts George Travers C 35 5-11 0-0 1 6 1 2 10 Lonnie Tingley PF 31 1-4 0-0 1 7 1 0 2 Chris Edgar SF 33 10-17 6-6 5 7 5 3 31 Kevin Penland SG 22 2-7 3-4 2 3 0 4 8 Dudley Dillon PG 33 9-15 10-13 2 7 3 3 32 George Hazard PF 19 2-2 0-0 2 4 0 3 4 Cody Headley PF 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Jason Wicker SG 24 2-4 2-4 4 4 2 1 6 Turnovers: 16 (G.Travers 1, C.Edgar 4, K.Penland 4, D.Dillon 4, G.Hazard 1, J.Wicker 2) Blocked Shots: 1 (G.Hazard 1) Steals: 7 (G.Travers 1, L.Tingley 2, C.Edgar 1, D.Dillon 3) 3P FGs: 10-22 (C.Edgar 5-8, K.Penland 1-5, D.Dillon 4-9) Player of Game: PG Dudley Dillon (SMHOU)</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> Other Conference Tournament Games:</p><p> </p><p> (3) Texas St.- 85, (7) Texas-San Antonio- 73</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">March 11, 2018</span></p><p> </p><p> Southland Championship</p><p> (3) Texas St. (16-15) vs. (1) Sam Houston St. (25-6)</p><p> </p><p> We beat them by 14 at home and by 1 at their place in the regular season, as they are in our division we see them twice. They base their game through the post play, so if we can shut that down we have a good chance to win our 3rd consecutive Southland Tournament, if not, we could very well lose. And lose we did, as Texas St. came out hot, never looked back, and beat us 79-73. The good thing is the conference will be sending at least 2 teams to postseason play, but now we have to sweat it out to see if we made the NCAA Tournament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode">Texas State 79, Sam Houston State 73 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Texas State (17-15, 11-5): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Stephen Kroll C 19 4-7 1-2 1 6 1 4 9 Kris Hill PF 29 4-6 2-2 1 5 3 2 10 Lorencio Vila SF 26 2-4 2-3 0 1 1 4 7 G. Litchfield SG 23 7-11 0-0 1 2 0 2 17 Tom Sanchez PG 25 8-11 3-5 0 4 1 3 23 George Manzano SG 25 2-8 1-2 3 3 4 4 5 Jack McDonald SF 10 1-4 0-0 1 2 1 0 2 Leonel Sims PF 14 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 Lewis Kimura PG 7 1-3 1-1 0 2 0 1 3 Earnest Witmer C 11 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 James McKenzie C 6 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 Earl Helmer C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Charles Thomas SG 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Turnovers: 11 (S.Kroll 1, K.Hill 2, L.Vila 2, G.Litchfield 2, G.Manzano 1, J.McDonald 1, L.Kimura 1, J.McKenzie 1) Blocked Shots: 3 (E.Witmer 3) Steals: 6 (L.Vila 1, G.Litchfield 3, T.Sanchez 1, J.McDonald 1) 3P FGs: 8-14 (L.Vila 1-1, G.Litchfield 3-3, T.Sanchez 4-5, G.Manzano 0-4, J.McDonald 0-1) Sam Houston State (25-7, 14-2): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts George Travers C 34 5-13 4-5 1 9 2 5 14 Lonnie Tingley PF 29 3-4 1-2 4 8 1 0 7 Chris Edgar SF 32 4-16 2-2 1 2 2 3 10 Kevin Penland SG 33 7-15 1-1 10 14 3 3 19 Dudley Dillon PG 25 3-7 3-5 1 3 3 4 9 George Hazard PF 20 2-3 1-1 3 4 1 1 5 Cody Headley PF 5 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 Jason Wicker PG 21 2-7 4-5 0 1 2 2 9 Turnovers: 15 (G.Travers 2, L.Tingley 2, C.Edgar 4, K.Penland 3, D.Dillon 2, J.Wicker 2) Blocked Shots: 5 (G.Travers 1, D.Dillon 1, G.Hazard 2, C.Headley 1) Steals: 4 (G.Travers 1, L.Tingley 1, K.Penland 2) 3P FGs: 5-31 (C.Edgar 0-9, K.Penland 4-12, D.Dillon 0-4, G.Hazard 0-1, J.Wicker 1-5) Player of Game: PG Tom Sanchez (SWTS)</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> Texas St. received the #15 seed in the NCAA Midwest Region where they will play #2 seed Creighton in the First Round. We had to sweat it out for a couple regions, but were ecstatic when we saw our name pop up: Sam Houston St. earns an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament as the 11th seed in the South Region, where we will take on #6 seed Florida St. It's going to be a tough game for sure, but I am crazy happy that we had a good enough resume to get an at-large berth.</p><p> </p><p> The Southland had 4 teams make the postseason this year, as SE Louisiana and Texas A&M-CC both made the CIT. SE Louisiana will be the 11th seed and travel to 6th seed Wichita St., while Texas A&M-CC will be the 12th seed and travel to 5th seed Wright St.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emark Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Hopefully the job offer comes or a move to more prestigious conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted May 24, 2015 Author Share Posted May 24, 2015 March 15, 2018 NCAA Tournament- South Region First Round (11) Sam Houston St. (25-7) vs. (6) Florida St. (23-9) The one thing I haven't accomplished here yet is winning an NCAA Tournament game. I'm 0-2 so far, and this one certainly won't be easy. The Seminoles really only go about 7 deep, and all 5 of their starters average over 30 mins a game. The key is to get a couple of them in foul trouble and make them get into their bench. And we did, getting 2 of their starters and 1 of their bench players in foul trouble. We led by 3 at halftime, and quite frankly outplayed them, but 1 frikkin basket cost us, as we walked off 53-51 losers, ending our season with a 25-8 record. Heartbreaking loss. Florida State 53, Sam Houston State 51 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam Houston State (25-8, 14-2): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts George Travers C 34 5-12 3-5 2 8 1 1 13 Lonnie Tingley PF 31 2-4 0-0 0 9 2 3 4 Chris Edgar SF 28 4-13 1-3 0 1 2 3 11 Kevin Penland SG 24 1-5 0-0 0 2 1 5 2 Dudley Dillon PG 34 2-6 3-4 1 4 2 3 8 George Hazard SF 21 0-2 0-0 1 2 1 1 0 Cody Headley PF 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Wicker SG 21 4-7 3-4 2 4 2 3 13 Turnovers: 12 (G.Travers 1, L.Tingley 1, C.Edgar 3, K.Penland 2, D.Dillon 3, G.Hazard 1, J.Wicker 1) Blocked Shots: 1 (G.Hazard 1) Steals: 8 (G.Travers 3, K.Penland 2, D.Dillon 3) 3P FGs: 5-19 (C.Edgar 2-10, K.Penland 0-3, D.Dillon 1-3, J.Wicker 2-3) Florida State (24-9, 11-5): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Jonathon Gott C 34 4-5 2-2 3 19 2 2 10 Dennis Riddle PF 36 2-6 1-2 3 8 2 1 5 Thomas Catlett SF 29 3-6 0-1 0 1 1 4 7 Jose Ellis SG 31 4-7 4-4 1 4 2 4 14 Andrew Alton PG 31 4-14 2-4 2 3 2 2 10 Prince Calton PF 8 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 0 2 Logan Crim SG 18 1-6 2-3 3 3 1 5 5 Lyle Hardy PG 11 0-4 0-1 0 1 0 0 0 Harold Keene SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Antone Gowan C 2 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 Turnovers: 15 (D.Riddle 3, T.Catlett 3, J.Ellis 4, A.Alton 3, L.Crim 2) Blocked Shots: 7 (J.Gott 1, D.Riddle 4, J.Ellis 2) Steals: 2 (J.Ellis 1, A.Alton 1) 3P FGs: 4-15 (T.Catlett 1-2, J.Ellis 2-4, A.Alton 0-4, L.Crim 1-3, L.Hardy 0-2) Player of Game: C Jonathon Gott (FLST) The other Southland teams had about the same kind of results, as Texas St. lost 84-57 to Creighton in the NCAA Midwest Region First Round, SE Louisiana lost 90-82 to Wichita St. in the CIT First Round, and Texas A&M-CC actually beat Wright St. 52-51 before losing to 13th seeded San Diego 67-61, ending the Southland run in the postseason. One huge upset in the NCAA Tournament, and I do mean huge! 16th seeded St. Francis-NY shocked the world by beating top seed Washington in the NCAA West Region First Round, then followed that up with a 65-54 win over 9th seeded San Diego St. in the Second Round before getting hammered by 4th seed Kentucky in the Sweet Sixteen. If they can do it, we can too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted May 24, 2015 Author Share Posted May 24, 2015 2018 Offseason Awards No national awards, and I didn't get Southland Coach of the Year. That went to Milton Gaona of Texas St. I'm ok with that. However, we did have several conference awards. Let's take a look: 2017-2018 SOUTHLAND AWARDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player of the Year: JR SG Charles Benson Texas-San Antonio 16.5 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 2.3 APG 1.2 SPG, 0.0 BPG Freshman of the Year: [b]FR PG Dudley Dillon Sam Houston State 11.5 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 2.8 APG 1.3 SPG, 0.2 BPG[/b] Coach of the Year: Milton Gaona Texas State 17 - 16 (11 - 5) All-league 1st Team: C SO Clinton Lyles Stephen F. Austin 14.4 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.2 BPG [b]PF SR Lonnie Tingley Sam Houston State 6.3 PPG, 9.9 RPG, 1.5 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.7 BPG[/b] [b]SF SO Chris Edgar Sam Houston State 13.6 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 1.7 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.3 BPG[/b] SG JR Charles Benson Texas-San Antonio 16.5 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 2.3 APG, 1.2 SPG, 0.0 BPG PG SO Franklin Williams Texas-Arlington 10.3 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 5.0 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.3 BPG All-league 2nd Team: [b]C SR George Travers Sam Houston State 9.7 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 1.0 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.6 BPG[/b] PF SR Issac Moen Stephen F. Austin 6.1 PPG, 10.7 RPG, 1.6 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.6 BPG SF JR Gregory Litchfield Texas State 12.1 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 1.5 APG, 1.6 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG SO Lorencio Vila Texas State 9.4 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 1.6 APG, 1.7 SPG, 0.0 BPG [b]PG FR Dudley Dillon Sam Houston State 11.5 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 2.8 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.2 BPG[/b] All-freshman Team: C FR Omar Hammond Texas-San Antonio 6.4 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 0.9 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.2 BPG PF FR Trey Cox Southeastern Louisiana 7.7 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 0.9 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.3 BPG SF FR Teddy Price Stephen F. Austin 10.3 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 1.9 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG FR Delmar Scarberry Northwestern State 10.3 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 2.3 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.2 BPG [b]PG FR Dudley Dillon Sam Houston State 11.5 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 2.8 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.2 BPG[/b] Nice job Dudley! We'll be relying on him for sure next season. Departing Players PF Lonnie Tingley- graduating C George Travers- graduating PF Cody Headley- graduating SG Burt Wan- graduating Lonnie, George, and Burt are going to be killers to lose, and I wish Burt would have stayed eligible for his senior season, as we really could have used him down the stretch. Each of these guys played key roles, and unfortunately with our lack of a recruiting class this season, we're in some trouble depth wise. Final Recruiting Class none. Not one single recruit. That falls on me. I went after guys that were out of our range, and my fallback guys had already committed elsewhere. I screwed the pooch here. No need to mention our recruiting class was last in the nation. Whew boy! None of our seniors got drafted, and our prestige again stayed at 54. Also, my coaching skill improved, so I put 10 points each in offensive and defensive coaching, bringing those up to 65 each. Conference Movement A little bit bittersweet, as once again Sam Houston St., even after 3 regular season conference championships in a row, does NOT get promoted. Actually, with a depth chart of 7 right now, the last thing we needed is to move up. We may actually have our struggles in the Southland this season. Job Offers I actually got 3 offers in the first round of head coach movement, but they were all crap offers: Brown, Texas-Arlington, and UC Santa Barbara. Why in blue blazes would I wanna move to a team in the same conference, especially since we've dominated it? Although Texas-Arlington does have a stacked roster, and by stacked I mean 15 players, but only a few look to be decent. Same thing with Brown. UCSB tempted me for a moment, but no. The second round of head coach movement was a completely different story. Belmont, Houston, Memphis, Penn, Western Kentucky, and Winthrop all want me. I gotta be honest with you, that Memphis job is looking very, very tempting. The only thing stopping me from jumping on it is guilt. Is it fair for me to leave Sam Houston St. with just 7 eligible players on the roster? Kinda like I'm letting somebody else clean up my mess. I'm gonna have to stop here and think about it. I realize it's only a game, and if this was a real life decision it'd be that much tougher. I'm treating it like a real life situation. Anybody that has any opinions, feel free. I'm gonna sit on this one for a little while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emark Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 <p>It's a tough call but look at it this way:</p><p> </p><p> If you stay, you still have 7 players and walk-ons.</p><p> If you go, the AI still has 7 players and walk-ons.</p><p> </p><p> Come the next time to recruit, you and the AI will be on equal ground going after players. I say take the Memphis job, build on that and call this a lesson learned.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 For those wondering, I have made a decision... Mike Schaplowsky is moving to Memphis! In the long run it was just too good of an opportunity to pass up. I'll still feel a little bad about leaving Sam Houston State in such bad shape depth wise, and I'll continue to track them, but this is about my career. Had they gotten a promotion to a better conference like they should have, then I might have stayed. I will be learning more about my new team, and will have some more posts either tomorrow or Tuesday, to get my 4th? season going. Can't remember if I was at Sam Houston for 2 or 3 seasons, but I think 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Name Pos Ht Wt Rating Interest State -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jake Struck PF 6-5 240 *** Very High Arkansas Irvin Haynie SF 6-7 218 *** Very High Mississippi Tony Mick PG 6-3 209 *** High Illinois Marcel Jones SF 6-6 237 *** High Ohio Steven Luster SG 6-5 183 *** High South Carolina Alexander Mann C 6-10 229 *** High Oklahoma Anthony Oden SF 6-5 204 *** High Minnesota Sylvester Johnson SF 6-4 215 *** High Kansas Troy Tomblin C 6-8 236 *** High Florida Brice Meyer SF 6-5 232 *** High Georgia Larry Easterday SG 6-3 184 *** High Alabama Paco Prieto SF 6-6 222 *** High Texas Eric Strom PF 6-7 220 ***** Average Georgia Emory Maggio PG 6-2 172 ***** Average Mississippi Michael Hatcher PF 6-8 244 **** Average Illinois Timothy Castello SF 6-5 239 **** Average Texas David Parkman SF 6-5 203 **** Average Indiana Fletcher Kopp SF 6-5 210 **** Average Indiana Elliot Nemeth PF 6-9 245 **** Average Virginia Fred Cepeda PG 5-9 160 **** Average South Carolina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Offseason Recruiting News August 2018 I've offered scholarships to Tomblin, Maggio, Hatcher, and Strom. I feel like my chances are good to get Tomblin, even if he is just a 3 star recruit. Maggio and Strom are already evaluated out to be decent players. I have 6 scholarships, I'm holding onto the other 2 for now. September 2018 We are still at the top of Tomblin's list, while Hatcher, Strom, and Maggio have us toward the bottom. I've offered my last 2 scholarships to Nemeth and Mick, who aren't being heavily recruited at the moment, so if I can steal them it would be great for the program. October 2018 Tomblin has given us a verbal, so we've got him. I think we've got a shot at Mick, as Green Bay and Wisconsin are his other choices right now, and Wisconsin hasn't offered. If they don't, I think we'll jump over Green Bay. We're in a dead heat for Maggio, with Auburn and UAB. As far as Hatcher, Strom, and Nemeth go, I don't like our chances. November 2018 (early signing period) It was a no on everybody but Tomblin, and not even Tomblin signed his letter this time. Bummer, back to the grind. I suck at recruiting. We've offered scholarships to the other 3 still on our call list that haven't signed, those being Prieto, Parkman, and Cepeda. There's a 4 star player from Russia that nobody is looking at, so we're going after him now as well. That's it for tonight, roster and schedule coming tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 Here is a look at the roster for your 2018 Memphis Tigers. Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Franklyn Crandell 42 C Jr 6-11 243 Yes 39 OK Lebanon, MO Gaston Lytle 5 C Jr 6-10 253 Yes 74 OK Byhalia, MS David Berg 50 SF Sr 6-6 230 Yes 6 OK Memphis, TN Thomas Diaz 55 SG Sr 6-3 197 Yes 61 OK Eddyville, KY Amos Lusk 23 PG Fr 6-0 173 Yes 44 OK Madisonville, KY Carrol Nilsen 43 PF Sr 6-6 228 Yes 67 OK Richland, MO Mark Cohen 20 PF So 6-10 217 Yes 54 OK Stuttgart, AR Antione Cantwell 0 SG Fr 6-2 206 Yes 29 OK Memphis, TN Kurt Marshall 4 C Sr* 6-8 266 Yes 11 OK Jasper, AL John Breland 3 SF So 6-7 239 Yes 23 OK Paris, TN Michael Higgins 45 SG So 6-0 176 Yes 33 OK Memphis, TN Gerald Sena 40 PG Fr 6-3 201 No 74 OK Bethalto, IL Post play is going to be the strength of this years team, as we have 4 C/PF that are either green or blue current. We've only got 1 perimeter play that is currently rated in the blue, but a few others with blue potential. And the schedule: Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/15/18 vs. Detroit 0-0 69 12/01/18 at #4 Tennessee 0-0 264 12/06/18 Yale 0-0 325 12/10/18 Milwaukee 0-0 320 12/13/18 Green Bay 0-0 319 12/17/18 Western Kentucky 0-0 313 12/22/18 Wichita State 0-0 315 12/29/18 at George Mason 0-0 93 01/05/19 Villanova 0-0 300 01/07/19 at Southern Illinois 0-0 244 01/09/19 North Carolina Central 0-0 338 01/12/19 at Miami 0-0 157 01/16/19 at Tulsa 0-0 281 01/19/19 at Marshall 0-0 150 01/23/19 at Southern Methodist 0-0 245 01/26/19 at Rice 0-0 219 01/30/19 Southern Methodist 0-0 245 02/02/19 Central Florida 0-0 43 02/06/19 Houston 0-0 109 02/09/19 Rice 0-0 219 02/13/19 Marshall 0-0 150 02/16/19 at Southern Mississippi 0-0 246 02/20/19 at UTEP 0-0 296 02/23/19 Tulane 0-0 280 02/27/19 at Central Florida 0-0 43 03/02/19 UAB 0-0 282 03/06/19 at East Carolina 0-0 74 03/09/19 Tulsa 0-0 281 By no means is this the worlds toughest schedule, with Tennessee being our toughest non-conference opponent. But with this my first season on the job, I wanted to get a good feel for the team. Don't get me wrong, this schedule isn't a cakewalk. Villinova and Southern Illinois should both provide tough games, and Wichita St. and George Mason could as well. Something I have to deal with here at Memphis that I didn't really have to deal with at Sam Houston St. is the possibility of early draft entries. We've got 2 such players this season. Gaston Lytle is projected to go late in the draft, so he most likely will not enter. Mark Cohen is projected to go late 1st round, and he is still on the fence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 November 2018 Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/15/18 vs. Detroit 0-1 170 W 90-63 1-0 11/17/18 vs. Creighton 1-1 252 W 72-70 2-0 11/24/18 vs. #8 Maryland 2-1 114 W 76-68 3-0 11/26/18 vs. #18 Connecticut 4-0 11 L 74-68 3-1 Not a bad start to the season, as we lost in the championship game of the Preseason NIT. Didn't have any other games scheduled this month because we know there was a possibility of a deep run. Overall Record: 3-1 Neutral Record: 3-1 Rank: #7 in Coaches Poll (apparently Memphis isn't a mid-major team as Conference USA appears to be a prestige of 5). RPI: 23 There will be a decrease in the polls thanks to the UConn loss. Leaders PPG PG Amos Lusk- 14.8 PF Gaston Lytle- 14.0 C Franklyn Crandell- 8.8 SG Thomas Diaz- 8.8 RPG SG Thomas Diaz- 10.5 C Franklyn Crandell- 6.5 PF Mark Cohen- 5.0 APG SG Thomas Diaz- 4.0 SF David Berg- 2.5 PG Amos Lusk- 2.3 Never would have expected a shooting guard to be the team rebounding leader, let alone average double figures in rebounding. Not only that, but he is the assist leader, but still, 4 a game isn't earth shattering. Recruiting News We did get a commit this month, but had 3 other offers declined. Troy Tromblin, a 3 star center from Florida, signed on the dotted line. Not as if we needed another post, but when you're trying to fill slots, you'll take what you get. Still 5 scholarships to hand out though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 December 2018 Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/15/18 vs. Detroit 2-8 128 W 90-63 1-0 11/17/18 vs. Creighton 6-5 106 W 72-70 2-0 11/24/18 vs. #17 Maryland 9-3 55 W 76-68 3-0 11/26/18 vs. #22 Connecticut 9-2 7 L 74-68 3-1 12/01/18 at #3 Tennessee 11-0 16 L 67-61 3-2 12/06/18 Yale 4-6 262 W 72-61 4-2 12/10/18 Milwaukee 6-6 62 W 75-73 5-2 12/13/18 Green Bay 6-5 91 L 86-84 5-3 12/17/18 Western Kentucky 1-11 308 W 81-64 6-3 12/22/18 Wichita State 7-4 26 L 78-71 6-4 12/29/18 at George Mason 7-4 103 W 71-63 7-4 A 4-3 month is my worst month ever as a D1 head coach. I knew that some of those non power 5 schools would be a challenge, and Green Bay and Wichita St. proved to be. Of course, Tennessee is rolling over everybody so far, but as soon as I get my guys in here (who am I kidding, I suck at recruiting) maybe we'll be good again. Overall Record: 7-4 Home Record: 3-2 Road Record: 1-1 Neutral Record: 3-1 Rank: NR RPI: 58 Leaders PPG PF Gaston Lytle- 12.8 SF David Berg- 10.9 PG Amos Lusk- 10.7 RPG SG Thomas Diaz- 9.2 C Franklyn Crandell- 6.7 PF Mark Cohen- 5.1 APG SG Thomas Diaz- 3.9 PG Amos Lusk- 2.6 SF David Berg- 2.5 I do like the fact we have 4 guys averaging double figures in scoring, with 1 more just missing the double figure mark. Diaz has to be our MVP right now, as he is averaging 9.9 PPG along with leading the team in RPG and APG. Recruiting News 4 scholarship offers, all rejected. We're going overseas to find guys that aren't being recruited yet and hopefully steal some of those. Recruiting is pathetic right now, has to get better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share Posted July 3, 2015 <p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">January 2019</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode"> Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/15/18 vs. Detroit 7-12 59 W 90-63 1-0 11/17/18 vs. Creighton 12-8 73 W 72-70 2-0 11/24/18 vs. #15 Maryland 14-5 10 W 76-68 3-0 11/26/18 vs. Connecticut 16-4 13 L 74-68 3-1 12/01/18 at #4 Tennessee 17-2 1 L 67-61 3-2 12/06/18 Yale 9-8 252 W 72-61 4-2 12/10/18 Milwaukee 9-11 123 W 75-73 5-2 12/13/18 Green Bay 11-9 101 L 86-84 5-3 12/17/18 Western Kentucky 6-15 263 W 81-64 6-3 12/22/18 Wichita State 12-7 40 L 78-71 6-4 12/29/18 at George Mason 12-8 165 W 71-63 7-4 01/05/19 #23 Villanova 13-5 16 L 74-56 7-5 01/07/19 at #24 Southern Illinois 16-5 18 W 76-75 8-5 01/09/19 North Carolina Central 4-16 169 W 75-59 9-5 01/12/19 at Miami 7-11 90 W 74-55 10-5 01/16/19 at Tulsa 10-9 111 W 97-80 11-5 (1-0) 01/19/19 at Marshall 7-12 330 W 84-64 12-5 (2-0) 01/23/19 at Southern Methodist 6-11 243 W 79-59 13-5 (3-0) 01/26/19 at Rice 9-9 215 W 66-56 14-5 (4-0) 01/30/19 Southern Methodist 6-11 243 W 72-50 15-5 (5-0)</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> Conference play has been my saving grace in my first season at Memphis, as the non-conference slate was an issue to say the least. We are currently on an 8 game winning streak, but let's be honest. Conference USA isn't exactly one of the elite conferences, as it is only 13th in the conference RPI. However, we've got a great win at Southern Illinois on our resume. It's not out of the realm of possibility that we only end up with 1 or 2 more losses in the regular season.</p><p> </p><p> Overall Record: 15-5</p><p> Conference Record: 5-0</p><p> Home Record: 5-3</p><p> Road Record: 7-1</p><p> Neutral Record: 3-1</p><p> Rank: #19 Coaches Poll, not eligible for mid-major poll</p><p> RPI: 25</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Leaders</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">PPG</span></p><p> </p><p> PF Gaston Lyle- 12.2</p><p> SF David Berg- 11.0</p><p> PG Amos Lusk- 10.4</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">RPG</span></p><p> </p><p> SG Thomas Diaz- 8.0</p><p> C Franklyn Crandell- 7.3</p><p> PF Mark Cohen- 4.9</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">APG</span></p><p> </p><p> SG Thomas Diaz- 3.9</p><p> SF David Berg- 2.8</p><p> PG Amos Lusk- 2.5</p><p> </p><p> 6 guys averaging 9 ppg or more is nice, but I'm still disappointed that our highest assist guy is only 3.9 apg. Gotta find some guys that are willing to share the ball a little better.</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Recruiting News</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> SF Stan Martin is now #1 on our list, and we are #1 on his. If the campus visit goes well, we should get him. Sadly, that still leaves 3 scholarships to fill, assuming we do get Stan. There's a 4 star guy still out there that hasn't received any offers, we're gonna try to steal him.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 <p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">February 2019</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode"> Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/15/18 vs. Detroit 13-14 40 W 90-63 1-0 11/17/18 vs. Creighton 19-9 47 W 72-70 2-0 11/24/18 vs. #12 Maryland 18-9 16 W 76-68 3-0 11/26/18 vs. Connecticut 22-6 15 L 74-68 3-1 12/01/18 at #8 Tennessee 19-7 9 L 67-61 3-2 12/06/18 Yale 14-10 219 W 72-61 4-2 12/10/18 Milwaukee 12-16 157 W 75-73 5-2 12/13/18 Green Bay 13-15 116 L 86-84 5-3 12/17/18 Western Kentucky 11-18 286 W 81-64 6-3 12/22/18 Wichita State 15-12 55 L 78-71 6-4 12/29/18 at George Mason 18-10 96 W 71-63 7-4 01/05/19 Villanova 18-8 2 L 74-56 7-5 01/07/19 at Southern Illinois 22-6 19 W 76-75 8-5 01/09/19 North Carolina Central 6-21 178 W 75-59 9-5 01/12/19 at Miami 10-16 112 W 74-55 10-5 01/16/19 at Tulsa 18-9 56 W 97-80 11-5 (1-0) 01/19/19 at Marshall 10-17 265 W 84-64 12-5 (2-0) 01/23/19 at Southern Methodist 6-19 316 W 79-59 13-5 (3-0) 01/26/19 at Rice 12-14 160 W 66-56 14-5 (4-0) 01/30/19 Southern Methodist 6-19 316 W 72-50 15-5 (5-0) 02/02/19 Central Florida 11-14 95 W 59-49 16-5 (6-0) 02/06/19 Houston 15-12 65 L 67-65 16-6 (6-1) 02/09/19 Rice 12-14 160 W 77-60 17-6 (7-1) 02/13/19 Marshall 10-17 265 W 66-58 18-6 (8-1) 02/16/19 at Southern Mississippi 7-20 293 W 76-45 19-6 (9-1) 02/20/19 at UTEP 19-8 76 L 77-72 19-7 (9-2) 02/23/19 Tulane 16-10 126 W 82-65 20-7 (10-2) 02/27/19 at Central Florida 11-14 95 W 81-66 21-7 (11-2)</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> I picked up my 100th career win in the 77-60 win over Rice, and I'm now 104-25 in my career. As expected, we did lose a couple in February, and we've got 3 games left. We lead the Conference USA by 1.5 games over Tulsa, who, ironically we play in the last game of the regular season, a game that could decide the C-USA regular season title. Either way, we're a lock for the Big Dance, although that could change if we lose our last 3 regular season games.</p><p> </p><p> Overall Record: 21-7</p><p> Conference Record: 11-2</p><p> Home Record: 9-4</p><p> Road Record: 9-2</p><p> Neutral Record: 3-1</p><p> Rank: #19 in coaches poll, not eligible for mid-major poll</p><p> RPI: 34</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Leaders</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">PPG</span></p><p> </p><p> PF Gaston Lyle- 11.8</p><p> SG Thomas Diaz- 11.4</p><p> SF David Berg- 11.0</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">RPG</span></p><p> </p><p> SG Thomas Diaz- 8.1</p><p> C Franklyn Crandell- 6.9</p><p> PF Mark Cohen- 4.5</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">APG</span></p><p> </p><p> SG Thomas Diaz- 3.5</p><p> SF David Berg- 2.6</p><p> PG Amos Lusk- 2.4</p><p> </p><p> Diaz is the MVP of this team, no doubt. He's in the top 3 in almost all of the statistical categories, and leading 3 of them (he's also leading us in steals per game). Of course, he just so happens to be a senior, which means I'm losing a lot of my production next season, and recruiting isn't going as well as I'd hoped. Speaking of...</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Recruiting News</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> As expected, we did sign SF Stan Martin, another 3 star prospect, out of Australia. Unfortunately, everybody else we were looking at signed elsewhere. All we can do now is go after the best 3 star guys that we can find, and hope we can luck out in getting a couple of them, otherwise we'll have 4 scholarships available for transfers.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 We rolled through our last 3 conference games in March, and the final C-USA standings look like this. TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #16 Memphis 14 2 .875 24 7 .774 34 79 Tulsa 11 5 .688 19 11 .633 57 69 UTEP 11 5 .688 21 9 .700 70 64 Tulane 10 6 .625 17 12 .586 120 45 Houston 9 7 .563 18 12 .600 62 71 UAB 9 7 .563 19 11 .633 115 79 Rice 7 9 .438 13 16 .448 165 39 East Carolina 7 9 .438 10 19 .345 189 43 Southern Mississippi 6 10 .375 8 22 .267 305 51 Central Florida 6 10 .375 13 15 .464 97 57 Marshall 6 10 .375 12 18 .400 252 52 Southern Methodist 0 16 .000 6 22 .214 328 41 I'd be shocked if it isn't us against either Tulsa or UTEP in the championship. We get a bye into the Quarterfinals, and on March 13th, 2019, the First Round was played. Here are those results. (5) Houston- 72, (12) SMU- 53 (11) Marshall- 65, (6) UAB- 49 (7) Rice- 77, (10) Central Florida- 71 (8) ECU- 78, (9) Southern Miss- 66 The Quarterfinal pairings are as follows: (8) ECU vs. (1) Memphis (5) Houston vs. (4) Tulane (7) Rice vs. (2) Tulsa (11) Marshall vs. (3) UTEP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 March 14, 2019 Conference USA Quarterfinals (8) ECU (11-19) vs. (1) #12 Memphis (24-7) We only played these guys once in the regular season, and we beat them by 30 at their place. I'm not expecting much trouble with this one at all. Once again though, I came in overconfident and not with the best gameplan. They jumped out to an 8-2 lead early before we righted the ship, forcing 19 turnovers and holding them to 36.5% shooting in a 63-55 win. Memphis 63, East Carolina 55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- East Carolina (11-20, 7-9): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Dannie Gallaher C 24 0-4 1-4 0 4 1 4 1 Desmond Parham PF 29 0-3 0-0 2 6 0 2 0 Harold Shaw SF 33 5-11 1-1 2 9 0 2 11 Bernard Deleon SG 25 2-9 1-2 0 3 2 2 5 Jon Powell PG 31 9-14 1-2 1 5 0 2 23 Z. Crutchfield C 26 2-6 6-6 5 8 0 3 10 Kenneth Voorhees SG 14 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 2 0 Thomas Hare SF 7 0-3 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 Chuck Dulin C 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Errol Jones SG 7 1-2 2-3 0 0 0 2 5 Turnovers: 19 (D.Gallaher 2, D.Parham 2, H.Shaw 3, B.Deleon 1, J.Powell 4, Z.Crutchfield 2, K.Voorhees 4, T.Hare 1) Blocked Shots: 6 (D.Gallaher 1, D.Parham 3, H.Shaw 1, J.Powell 1) Steals: 3 (B.Deleon 2, Z.Crutchfield 1) 3P FGs: 5-20 (D.Gallaher 0-3, D.Parham 0-1, H.Shaw 0-2, B.Deleon 0-4, J.Powell 4-5, Z.Crutchfield 0-1, T.Hare 0-2, E.Jones 1-2) Memphis (25-7, 14-2): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Franklyn Crandell C 33 4-8 0-0 6 12 2 2 8 Gaston Lytle PF 26 2-7 2-4 2 5 1 1 6 David Berg SF 33 3-11 6-6 2 5 3 3 13 Thomas Diaz SG 33 4-5 2-2 2 8 2 3 11 Amos Lusk PG 17 2-9 1-2 2 2 2 2 5 Carrol Nilsen PF 12 1-7 4-4 0 3 1 1 6 Mark Cohen PF 9 5-6 0-2 1 3 0 5 10 Antione Cantwell PG 24 2-7 0-2 1 2 1 2 4 Kurt Marshall C 6 0-0 0-1 0 1 0 0 0 John Breland SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Michael Higgins SG 5 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Gerald Sena PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 10 (F.Crandell 2, D.Berg 1, T.Diaz 4, A.Lusk 1, M.Higgins 2) Blocked Shots: 5 (F.Crandell 4, D.Berg 1) Steals: 11 (F.Crandell 2, D.Berg 4, T.Diaz 3, A.Lusk 1, K.Marshall 1) 3P FGs: 2-8 (D.Berg 1-4, T.Diaz 1-2, A.Lusk 0-1, A.Cantwell 0-1) Player of Game: SF David Berg (MMPHS) Other Conference Tournament Games: (5) Houston- 74, (4) Tulane- 55 (3) UTEP- 74, (11) Marshall- 66 (2) Tulsa- 76, (7) Rice- 68 As expected, we take care of business in the semifinals, we face either UTEP or Tulsa in the ship. March 15, 2019 Conference USA Semifinals (5) Houston (20-12) vs. (1) #12 Memphis (25-7) Crap! I just found out Amos Lusk tore his ACL during yesterdays quarterfinal, and he's out for a long time. Houston is another team we only played once in the regular season, and they handed us one of our 2 conference losses, so this is a revenge game for us. Unfortunately, we didn't play like it. The Cougars dominated us from start to finish, leading by 13 at the half. The free throw shooting disparity, which is a big problem in FBCB, went their way. They were 24-30, we were 10-15, a huge factor. The final score, 93-80 in their favor. So now we sit and wait, knowing we will be safely in, but also knowing we blew a huge chance. Houston 93, Memphis 80 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Houston (21-12, 9-7): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Timothy Jimerson C 27 4-15 0-0 2 7 0 1 8 Mervin Weathers PF 26 2-8 5-6 2 7 0 2 9 Don Wynn SF 26 4-11 0-0 1 5 2 1 12 Angelo Mead SG 22 5-8 1-2 2 3 3 2 14 John Cline PG 26 5-8 6-7 0 1 1 1 17 Eddie Emery SG 21 1-2 4-4 4 7 4 2 7 Dusty Murphy C 20 3-5 1-2 1 1 1 1 7 Britt Crockett SF 13 3-5 3-4 0 1 1 2 10 David Hamilton PG 9 2-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 5 Steven House SF 2 0-1 3-3 0 0 1 0 3 Andrew Rosenbaum PF 7 0-0 1-2 1 4 1 2 1 Turnovers: 10 (T.Jimerson 1, M.Weathers 1, D.Wynn 2, A.Mead 1, J.Cline 3, E.Emery 2) Blocked Shots: 1 (J.Cline 1) Steals: 9 (M.Weathers 1, A.Mead 1, J.Cline 2, E.Emery 3, D.Murphy 1, A.Rosenbaum 1) 3P FGs: 11-21 (D.Wynn 4-8, A.Mead 3-4, J.Cline 1-1, E.Emery 1-2, B.Crockett 1-2, D.Hamilton 1-3, S.House 0-1) Memphis (25-8, 14-2): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Franklyn Crandell C 33 8-11 0-0 3 13 3 0 16 Gaston Lytle PF 12 3-5 0-0 0 0 1 5 6 David Berg SF 23 3-7 0-0 0 0 1 4 7 Thomas Diaz SG 34 7-11 0-0 2 9 5 3 18 Antione Cantwell PG 27 4-7 2-2 2 3 2 3 11 Carrol Nilsen PF 16 1-6 3-4 1 3 0 1 5 Mark Cohen PF 16 1-5 2-4 1 5 0 2 4 Kurt Marshall C 9 0-1 0-0 1 3 0 3 0 John Breland SF 9 2-5 1-2 0 2 0 1 6 Michael Higgins PG 16 1-3 0-1 0 0 4 2 2 Gerald Sena PG 3 1-2 2-2 0 0 0 0 5 Turnovers: 17 (G.Lytle 2, D.Berg 2, T.Diaz 2, A.Cantwell 3, C.Nilsen 1, M.Cohen 1, K.Marshall 1, J.Breland 2, M.Higgins 3) Blocked Shots: 15 (F.Crandell 9, G.Lytle 1, D.Berg 1, A.Cantwell 1, M.Cohen 2, K.Marshall 1) Steals: 5 (F.Crandell 1, G.Lytle 1, T.Diaz 2, C.Nilsen 1) 3P FGs: 8-20 (D.Berg 1-5, T.Diaz 4-6, A.Cantwell 1-3, K.Marshall 0-1, J.Breland 1-3, M.Higgins 0-1, G.Sena 1-1) Player of Game: C Franklyn Crandell (MMPHS) The Tulsa-UTEP game came down to a buzzer beater, as Tulsa won 82-80. The Golden Hurricane kept it going in the C-USA Championship, getting another buzzer beater to win 80-78 over Houston and win the conferences automatic bid. 2019 Selection Sunday Tulsa got the 12th seed in the NCAA Midwest Region, and will take on 5th seed Southern Illinois. We received the 7th seed in the NCAA South Region, and will take on 10th seed USC. UTEP got the 4th seed in the NIT West Region and will host 5th seed George Mason in the Second Round. Houston got the top seed in the NIT Midwest Region and will host the winner between (9) Arizona St./(8) Penn in the Second Round. UAB got the 7th seed in the NIT South Region and will host 10th seed Winthrop in the First Round, with the winner travelling to 2nd seed Texas A&M. And finally, Tulane got the 14th seed in the CBI and will travel to 3rd seed St. Marys in the First Round. Oh, and for those that are wondering, Sam Houston St. finished 18-13 overall, and 13-3 in the Southland. They were upset in the First Round of the Southland Tournament, but got an automatic bid to the NIT as a result of winning the Southland regular season conference title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 March 21, 2019 NCAA Tournament- South Region First Round (10) USC (21-9) vs. (7) #14 Memphis (25-8) This is a winnable game, but we're still gonna have to bring our A game. USC has 8 guys that can hurt us at any time, and we've got to key in on their post guys. If we can shut down action in the post, I think we've got a good chance to win. And win we do! It was only a 2 point game at halftime, but we turned it up in the 2nd half, forcing a lot of turnovers and forcing them to take some terrible shots. For the first time in my career, I've accomplished the goal of winning an NCAA Tournament game, as we advance with a 68-57 victory! Memphis 68, Southern California 57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern California (21-10, 11-7): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Carter Norman C 28 0-2 1-2 1 8 1 4 1 Micheal Leech PF 24 6-9 4-5 1 5 0 4 17 Brian Garcia SF 28 2-6 0-0 4 7 1 4 5 Joe Fowlkes SG 25 3-11 2-2 1 5 2 1 10 Brad Lanning PG 29 1-5 0-0 1 1 4 2 2 William Porter SG 24 5-13 2-2 0 3 1 1 15 Thomas Shifflett SG 11 1-6 0-0 0 2 0 0 3 Dennis Moniz C 19 1-1 2-3 0 3 1 3 4 Logan Rude PF 7 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 Mark Gordon PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Enrique Pascual SF 2 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 Turnovers: 17 (C.Norman 4, M.Leech 1, B.Garcia 3, J.Fowlkes 3, B.Lanning 3, W.Porter 2, D.Moniz 1) Blocked Shots: 5 (C.Norman 5) Steals: 4 (B.Garcia 1, B.Lanning 1, W.Porter 2) 3P FGs: 8-28 (M.Leech 1-1, B.Garcia 1-3, J.Fowlkes 2-8, B.Lanning 0-3, W.Porter 3-8, T.Shifflett 1-5) Memphis (26-8, 14-2): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Franklyn Crandell C 35 7-11 1-3 2 5 2 1 15 Gaston Lytle PF 23 6-10 1-2 0 2 1 2 13 David Berg SF 35 0-6 4-4 2 6 2 1 4 Thomas Diaz SG 35 2-7 0-1 2 11 4 2 6 Antione Cantwell PG 31 3-9 1-4 3 4 4 3 7 Carrol Nilsen PF 14 6-9 2-4 0 5 0 1 14 Mark Cohen PF 8 2-3 1-2 1 5 1 3 5 Kurt Marshall C 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 John Breland SF 3 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 Michael Higgins PG 12 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Gerald Sena PG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 1 0 Turnovers: 13 (F.Crandell 1, G.Lytle 4, T.Diaz 4, A.Cantwell 2, C.Nilsen 1, M.Higgins 1) Blocked Shots: 6 (F.Crandell 4, D.Berg 1, C.Nilsen 1) Steals: 8 (G.Lytle 1, D.Berg 2, T.Diaz 1, A.Cantwell 1, C.Nilsen 1, M.Cohen 1, J.Breland 1) 3P FGs: 2-12 (D.Berg 0-5, T.Diaz 2-6, A.Cantwell 0-1) Player of Game: C Franklyn Crandell (MMPHS) March 23, 2019 NCAA Tournament- Second Round (15) Illinois-Chicago vs. (7) #14 Memphis (26-8) Wow! I'm not sure what to make of the fact that we are playing Illinois-Chicago, who beat (2) Villanova 57-54 in the First Round. On paper, it looks like we should have the advantage, but they beat a team that beat us by 18 back in January. To say I'm nervous is an understatement, especially since I was really looking forward to a rematch against Villanova. But.. we move on. A look at Illinois-Chicago's roster doesn't really scare me too much, they've got a PG and a C that are currently in the green, but they've got 8 or 9 others with green potential. We just need to play a good, balanced game. As expected, this one was tough! They jumped out on us quick, but we responded like a championship team should, taking an 11 point lead into the locker room. Their starting backcourt, Gerry Passmore and James Stotts, combined for 35 of their points, but we were able to shut everybody else down. Despite the fact that we committed 21 turnovers, which I'm not happy about, we move on to the Sweet Sixteen with a 67-62 victory! Memphis 67, Illinois-Chicago 62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis (27-8, 14-2): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Franklyn Crandell C 35 1-6 2-2 2 8 1 2 4 Gaston Lytle PF 27 5-11 3-4 0 4 0 2 13 David Berg SF 34 4-9 3-3 0 8 3 1 12 Thomas Diaz SG 35 3-8 1-2 1 10 1 1 8 Antione Cantwell PG 17 3-3 0-0 0 1 0 4 6 Carrol Nilsen PF 13 2-5 2-2 0 4 0 1 6 Mark Cohen PF 6 1-3 2-4 1 1 0 2 4 John Breland SF 3 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 1 0 Michael Higgins PG 26 3-5 2-4 0 0 2 1 8 Gerald Sena PG 3 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 Turnovers: 21 (F.Crandell 1, G.Lytle 2, D.Berg 1, T.Diaz 7, A.Cantwell 1, C.Nilsen 1, M.Cohen 3, J.Breland 2, M.Higgins 3) Blocked Shots: 5 (F.Crandell 1, D.Berg 1, C.Nilsen 3) Steals: 9 (G.Lytle 1, D.Berg 2, T.Diaz 3, C.Nilsen 1, M.Higgins 2) 3P FGs: 4-10 (D.Berg 1-3, T.Diaz 1-3, M.Higgins 0-2, G.Sena 2-2) Illinois-Chicago (19-17, 7-11): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Eusebio Benz C 31 3-9 0-2 6 13 0 2 6 August Goforth PF 17 1-4 0-0 3 5 0 4 3 John Weis SF 28 2-11 2-2 0 0 3 0 8 Gerry Passmore SG 32 6-16 2-6 1 4 0 3 17 James Stotts PG 35 7-9 2-4 2 7 3 4 18 Derrick Barber PF 25 4-12 0-0 1 5 1 2 8 Henry Smith PG 19 0-3 0-0 0 4 6 1 0 William Tice PG 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 David Kline SF 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 2 0 Kevin Reams C 5 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 2 Dwight Shell PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Turnovers: 16 (E.Benz 2, J.Weis 3, G.Passmore 6, J.Stotts 1, D.Barber 1, H.Smith 1, D.Kline 2) Blocked Shots: 2 (E.Benz 1, D.Shell 1) Steals: 10 (A.Goforth 1, J.Weis 1, G.Passmore 3, J.Stotts 3, D.Barber 1, D.Kline 1) 3P FGs: 8-28 (A.Goforth 1-3, J.Weis 2-8, G.Passmore 3-11, J.Stotts 2-2, H.Smith 0-2, W.Tice 0-1, D.Kline 0-1) Player of Game: PG James Stotts (ILCHI) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 March 29, 2019 NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen (7) #14 Memphis (27-8) vs. (3) #22 Auburn (25-9) I'm not quite sure how Auburn did so well this season, other than about 3 blue/green rated players on their roster, the rest are yellow, orange, or red. Aldo Waring and James Ange are the guys to stop, if we can contain them, we've got a good chance. If not we probably end our season today. What we needed to do, we didn't. Ange lit us up for 30 points, Waring had 15, and they had 2 other guys in double figures. They certainly didn't beat the tar out of us, as the lead never got into double digits, but it was steady, holding between 6 and 9 most of the game. We led once, and that was only because we scored the first basket. Our season ends with a 90-81 loss. Auburn 90, Memphis 81 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Auburn (26-9, 12-4): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Thomas Mello C 23 2-5 6-8 1 4 2 4 10 Brett Witkowski PF 20 1-4 0-0 5 5 2 4 2 Aldo Waring SF 33 5-19 4-5 7 17 1 1 15 James Ange SG 34 9-17 6-7 0 2 4 4 30 Malik Tucker PG 34 2-7 9-10 1 5 3 3 13 Patrick Hirsch SG 14 2-7 2-2 0 2 1 2 7 Michael Williams PG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Sidney McCormick SG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Wes Lathrop SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Charles Nix C 26 3-3 0-0 2 4 0 1 7 Harland Barton PF 11 2-2 2-2 2 3 0 3 6 Turnovers: 12 (T.Mello 3, A.Waring 3, J.Ange 3, M.Tucker 1, P.Hirsch 1, C.Nix 1) Blocked Shots: 6 (C.Nix 6) Steals: 8 (A.Waring 1, J.Ange 2, M.Tucker 2, P.Hirsch 1, C.Nix 1, H.Barton 1) 3P FGs: 9-33 (T.Mello 0-1, A.Waring 1-13, J.Ange 6-11, M.Tucker 0-2, P.Hirsch 1-5, C.Nix 1-1) Memphis (27-9, 14-2): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Franklyn Crandell C 33 2-7 1-1 3 8 2 4 5 Gaston Lytle PF 27 5-11 8-10 2 4 0 5 18 David Berg SF 22 5-7 4-4 2 3 1 5 16 Thomas Diaz SG 33 2-6 7-8 0 3 0 3 13 Antione Cantwell PG 29 0-3 4-4 2 4 8 3 4 Carrol Nilsen SF 17 4-9 2-2 2 6 0 2 10 Mark Cohen PF 11 1-3 1-1 2 6 2 2 3 Kurt Marshall C 3 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 John Breland SF 7 3-6 0-0 0 0 0 2 8 Michael Higgins PG 16 1-5 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 Gerald Sena PG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 13 (F.Crandell 2, G.Lytle 2, D.Berg 2, T.Diaz 3, A.Cantwell 2, C.Nilsen 1, M.Higgins 1) Blocked Shots: 5 (F.Crandell 2, T.Diaz 1, C.Nilsen 2) Steals: 4 (D.Berg 2, M.Higgins 2) 3P FGs: 6-20 (F.Crandell 0-1, D.Berg 2-3, T.Diaz 2-5, A.Cantwell 0-3, J.Breland 2-4, M.Higgins 0-4) Player of Game: SG James Ange (AUBRN) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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