sportsfanmas Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 2019 Postseason Wrap-Up I won't go into a full postseason run-down, Kansas beat Maryland in the National Championship game, while Mercer beat Indiana in the NIT championship. Tulsa lost 87-69 to Southern Illinois in the First round of the NCAA Tournament. UTEP lost to George Mason 76-67 in the Second Round of the NIT Tournament. Houston lost 88-85 to Penn in the Second Round of the NIT Tournament. Our most successful conference teams were UAB, who made it to the NIT Elite Eight, and Tulane, who won the CIT. Next time, I'll take a look at the offseason. I can tell you right now, that this team next year might resemble the team I would have had at Sam Houston St. this season. It's going to be ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 2019 Offseason Awards No national awards, which is a bit disappointing, but I was named Conference USA Coach of the Year, and several of my players got awards. Let's take a look: 2018-2019 CONFERENCE USA AWARDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player of the Year: [b]SR SG Thomas Diaz Memphis 11.3 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 3.2 APG 1.9 SPG, 0.2 BPG[/b] Freshman of the Year: FR SF Greg Henriquez Rice 14.6 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 1.9 APG 1.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG Coach of the Year: [b]Mike Schaplowsky Memphis 27 - 9 (14 - 2)[/b] All-league 1st Team: C SR Bryan Voyles Central Florida 15.4 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.3 SPG, 2.4 BPG PF SR Tony Griffin Tulsa 12.1 PPG, 9.7 RPG, 1.6 APG, 1.2 SPG, 0.4 BPG SF SR Jordan Justice Tulsa 14.5 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 1.6 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.3 BPG [b]SG SR Thomas Diaz Memphis 11.3 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 3.2 APG, 1.9 SPG, 0.2 BPG[/b] PG SR Andrew Hubbard Tulane 11.9 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 6.4 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-league 2nd Team: [b]C JR Franklyn Crandell Memphis 8.4 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 1.5 APG, 0.5 SPG, 3.8 BPG[/b] PF JR Mervin Weathers Houston 10.5 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 1.6 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.5 BPG [b]SF SR David Berg Memphis 10.9 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 2.6 APG, 1.4 SPG, 0.3 BPG[/b] SG JR Wilton Glaser Tulane 18.8 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 2.1 APG, 1.1 SPG, 0.3 BPG PG SR Rafael Cano UTEP 14.4 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 4.5 APG, 1.1 SPG, 0.2 BPG All-freshman Team: C FR Charles West Rice 2.3 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 1.0 APG, 0.6 SPG, 1.5 BPG PF FR Abraham Hillard Tulsa 2.1 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 0.5 APG, 0.2 SPG, 0.4 BPG SF FR Greg Henriquez Rice 14.6 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG FR Lenard Meunier Marshall 15.5 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 2.2 APG, 1.4 SPG, 0.2 BPG [b]PG FR Amos Lusk Memphis 9.7 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 2.3 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG[/b] Departing Players C Kurt Marshall- graduating SG Thomas Diaz- graduating SF David Berg- graduating PF Carrol Nilsen- graduating PF Mark Cohen- entering draft C Franklyn Crandell- entering draft PF Gaston Lytle- entering draft. F*ck!!!!! Basically my entire post is gone. Kurt didn't play much, and Carrol was disappointing, but the other 5 are huge losses. We are losing the C-USA player of the year in Diaz, while Franklyn Crandell was on the C-USA Second Team. Ok, so to be honest, while it sucks losing Cohen, he wasn't as big of a star as he should have been. Lytle outplayed him, but man it would have been nice to have 1 of those 2 back, and Crandell. Ugh! Final Recruiting Class FR C Troy Tomblin (***, #173 overall) FR SF Stan Martin (***, #407 overall) Well, at least I did sign 2 recruits this year, but I lost 7 players. And of those 7, only 1 was drafted. Mark Cohen went 44th overall. Damn you Gaston and Franklyn. Despite all that, Memphis still pulled the #124 class in the nation, but only 5th in the C-USA. Troy is going to thrown into the fire early, as he is the only big man on the roster, although John Breland is 6'7'', he may see some time at the 4. Stan will most likely redshirt. I'm hoping for some luck as far as transfers go. Chuck Lugo, my recruiting coordinator, wants a raise. Yea, I'm taking a huge chance here, but I'm giving him his raise. Joshua Amos also wants a raise, but he didn't do squat to help me this season, so he isn't getting that raise. No conference movement to speak of, so we're ok there. Job Offers Louisiana Tech has offered me their head coaching position. While they do have a full roster, it's a roster that quite frankly sucks. No thanks. And that was it. I'm staying at Memphis. Talk about a slap in the face. Remember how I gave Chuck Lugo that raise? So how does he thank me? By taking the head coaching job at LA Tech. What a POS. Now I need a new recruiting coordinator. Didn't take long for me to find my guy. Gregg Orman is my new recruiting coordinator. His recruit rating is 81, which is 6 better than Chuck. But he's also costing me $60,000 more than Chuck would have. Transfers Remember how I said this years roster would resemble the roster of Sam Houston St. if I'd have stayed there? I wasn't lying. We go 7 deep, 6 if you take out Amos, who is still injured for another 286 days and probably won't be able to play until next February, at best. We've got 7 scholarships available for transfers. We need bodies, I don't care if they are red/red, red/orange, we just need bodies, especially in the post. We've added 2 to the roster, C Scottie Harris and PF Brenton Tweedy. Neither one will amount for much but a warm body, which is what we need. Still 5 schollies to dish out. Add 1 more to the roster, PF Monte Donofrio, another red/orange guy. So we'll play the 2019-2020 season with 10 players. 10 sounds a lot better than 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank_Vest Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 How do you adjust your team settings (pace, passing, defensive schemes)? Do you keep it set the same for the year or do you adjust based on your opponent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 How do you adjust your team settings (pace, passing, defensive schemes)? Do you keep it set the same for the year or do you adjust based on your opponent? To be honest, I actually don't mess with that much, I let the computer AI take care of all that. Once every couple weeks or so, I'll hit the recommend button for game planning and go with it. Since this is pretty much a quick sim anyways, I don't do a lot of hands on activity other than scheduling and recruiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 Here is a look at the initial 20 man call list for the recruiting period Name Pos Ht Wt Rating Interest State -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hector Friday C 6-11 311 *** Very High Tennessee Daniel Stout SG 6-2 177 *** Very High Tennessee Drew Osterman SF 6-6 222 *** Very High Tennessee Randell Sellars SG 6-3 171 **** High Tennessee Eldridge Boyd C 6-11 261 *** High Illinois Nicolas Lack PG 5-9 181 *** High Illinois Robert Nickel SG 6-4 197 *** High South Carolina David Gilpin C 6-9 221 ***** Average Minnesota Brent Sides C 6-8 230 ***** Average Wisconsin Mark Santoro SF 6-4 217 ***** Average New York Johnny Carillo C 6-7 232 **** Average Tennessee Wayne Rogers C 6-11 224 **** Average Illinois Garrett Oliveira C 6-8 235 **** Average North Carolina Roosevelt Mason PF 6-10 229 **** Average Texas Ervin Parent PF 6-6 231 **** Average Washington Claud Stevens PF 7-0 230 **** Average North Carolina Chris Sharp PF 6-9 234 **** Average Indiana John Farrell C 6-10 241 **** Average Virginia Clint Goodnight C 6-9 221 *** Average Tennessee Xander Aguilar PF 6-10 211 *** Average Tennessee With 3 scholarships to hand out, we are still in a serious need for post players that can contribute, but I can't pass up on a 4 star SG that has high interest in us at the moment. Simply put, we need to get the best players we can get, and hopefully get these scholarships filled quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 Offseason Recruiting News August 2019 We've offered scholarships to 3 centers, Boyd, Friday, and Gilpin. All are either green or blue rated potential. September 2019 No change in the 3 guys we offered schollies to, as Boyd and Friday still have very high interest, while Gilpin has average interest. We freed up another scholarship by cutting another walk-on, and offered it to 4 star Garrett Oliveira, another center. Good thing is, all 4 of these guys can play PF if need be. October 2019 No change in interest with Boyd, Friday, or Gilpin. Boyd has us as his #1, with Xavier and Auburn on our heels. Friday has us #2, with Ole Miss in the lead. We're competing with Kansas for the services of Gilpin. Oliveira now has high interest in us, but we're behind North Carolina for his services. November 2019 (early signing period) Gilpin signed with Kansas, Friday signed with Ole Miss, Oliveira signed with North Carolina, and Boyd signed with us. Now we're back to the grind on our other 3 scholarships. I've added a few players to the call list, and here is what the new, updated call list looks like: Name Pos Ht Wt Rating Interest State -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Houser C 6-9 232 *** Average Oklahoma Donato Vila C 6-9 246 *** Average Spain Cyrus Cathey C 6-8 221 *** Average Texas Daniel Stout SG 6-2 177 *** Average Tennessee Robert Nickel SG 6-4 197 *** Average South Carolina Dominic Hewett SF 6-7 220 ***** Low Texas Mario Albertini PG 5-10 154 ***** Low Italy Richard Mundell PG 5-11 155 ***** Low Canada We'll go 10 deep this season, as I decided to redshirt Amos Lusk. He's still injured for another 3 months, and if he came back this season, it would be in mid-February. Why have him waste a whole season on the IR? So he redshirts, everybody else plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 Here is a look at the roster for the 2019-2020 Memphis Tigers, as I finally learned how to use print screen for screenshots, so now you can see the color ratings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 ok, so that didn't work like I thought it would, I thought it would actually show the screenshots in the post, but instead you have to click on the links. If you guys like it that way, I'll do it that way year by year, but if not, I'll just do the copy and paste and code from FBCB without the color codes. Here's a look at the schedule. Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/10/19 vs. Detroit 0-0 66 11/22/19 VCU 0-0 69 11/27/19 at Utah State 0-0 45 12/01/19 at #9 Tennessee 0-0 6 12/05/19 Towson 0-0 38 12/09/19 at Kansas State 0-0 35 12/15/19 Purdue 0-0 287 12/20/19 South Florida 0-0 52 12/22/19 UL-Lafayette 0-0 84 12/28/19 Alcorn State 0-0 236 12/30/19 Texas Tech 0-0 65 01/04/20 Seton Hall 0-0 108 01/15/20 Tulane 0-0 67 01/18/20 at Tulsa 0-0 39 01/22/20 Southern Methodist 0-0 322 01/25/20 at Rice 0-0 151 01/29/20 at Southern Methodist 0-0 322 02/01/20 at UAB 0-0 106 02/05/20 UTEP 0-0 107 02/08/20 at East Carolina 0-0 198 02/12/20 at Tulane 0-0 67 02/15/20 Tulsa 0-0 39 02/19/20 Houston 0-0 58 02/22/20 Rice 0-0 151 02/26/20 UAB 0-0 106 02/29/20 Southern Mississippi 0-0 289 03/04/20 at Central Florida 0-0 122 03/07/20 at Marshall 0-0 238 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 November 2019 Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/10/19 vs. Detroit 1-2 173 W 88-86 1-0 11/11/19 vs. Western Michigan 1-2 184 W 57-43 2-0 11/17/19 vs. #13 Southern Illinois 7-0 13 L 83-66 2-1 11/22/19 VCU 1-4 315 W 67-66 3-1 11/27/19 at Utah State 4-1 91 L 64-59 3-2 About what I expected, as Southern Illinois is really good, and going to Utah State is always tough. 2 of our 3 wins have been by a combined 3 points. Oh boy! Overall Record: 3-2 Home Record: 1-0 Road Record: 0-1 Neutral Record: 2-1 Rank: NR RPI: 77 Recruiting News None to speak of, no signings, none of the guys we are looking at signed elsewhere. I offered a couple scholarships to some of the 5 star guys that have average interest that haven't been offered yet. Player Averages Attached is a link to the player averages, so you can see how everybody is doing statwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 December 2019 Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/10/19 vs. Detroit 4-7 138 W 88-86 1-0 11/11/19 vs. Western Michigan 3-7 247 W 57-43 2-0 11/17/19 vs. #8 Southern Illinois 13-0 27 L 83-66 2-1 11/22/19 VCU 3-9 346 W 67-66 3-1 11/27/19 at Utah State 11-2 69 L 64-59 3-2 12/01/19 at #23 Tennessee 8-2 133 L 92-57 3-3 12/05/19 Towson 7-2 84 L 70-53 3-4 12/09/19 at Kansas State 6-5 189 L 85-71 3-5 12/15/19 Purdue 6-6 150 L 97-74 3-6 12/20/19 South Florida 9-3 50 L 61-51 3-7 12/22/19 UL-Lafayette 7-4 25 L 72-62 3-8 12/28/19 Alcorn State 3-8 202 L 89-66 3-9 12/30/19 Texas Tech 9-3 71 L 78-69 3-10 How in the f*ck do we lose EVERY SINGLE GAME IN DECEMBER? Including getting pounded by teams like Towson and Alcorn St? Un-frikkin-believable! This team is an absolute joke, and it's thanks to my inept recruiting that we are in such bad shape. Of course it didn't help that half the team decided to leave early to go pro, and where are those guys now? I hope you like walking the streets looking for a dollar, you POSes. We start conference play next month, and hopefully, by the grace of god, that will be our saving grace. Overall Record: 3-10 Home Record: 1-6 Road Record: 0-3 Neutral Record: 2-1 Rank: NR RPI: 199 199? Really? That's f'in pathetic. This is not Memphis basketball. I may be looking for a new job next season due to the fact that my ass got canned here. Recruiting News The 5 star guys we were looking at signed elsewhere, but check this out, Mario Albertini, from Italy, is another 5 star recruit. And guess what, his interest in us is very high. Amazing, since we're not even on his top 5 list of schools. But nobody has offered him yet, so guess what, we're throwing everything his way, including a scholarship offer. Maybe I'll get lucky here. Player Averages Here's a look at the player averages through December, and it's not pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 January 2020 Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/10/19 vs. Detroit 8-12 134 W 88-86 1-0 11/11/19 vs. Western Michigan 7-11 250 W 57-43 2-0 11/17/19 vs. #8 Southern Illinois 21-1 14 L 83-66 2-1 11/22/19 VCU 5-16 327 W 67-66 3-1 11/27/19 at Utah State 14-6 93 L 64-59 3-2 12/01/19 at #18 Tennessee 14-4 28 L 92-57 3-3 12/05/19 Towson 15-3 47 L 70-53 3-4 12/09/19 at Kansas State 9-10 136 L 85-71 3-5 12/15/19 Purdue 11-9 100 L 97-74 3-6 12/20/19 South Florida 14-5 49 L 61-51 3-7 12/22/19 UL-Lafayette 14-6 79 L 72-62 3-8 12/28/19 Alcorn State 8-11 185 L 89-66 3-9 12/30/19 Texas Tech 12-6 27 L 78-69 3-10 01/04/20 #14 Seton Hall 16-3 38 L 59-43 3-11 01/15/20 Tulane 13-6 215 L 89-65 3-12 (0-1) 01/18/20 at Tulsa 12-7 81 L 68-66 3-13 (0-2) 01/22/20 Southern Methodist 5-13 346 W 60-59 4-13 (1-2) 01/25/20 at Rice 8-10 231 W 91-75 5-13 (2-2) 01/29/20 at Southern Methodist 5-13 346 L 79-56 5-14 (2-3) Well, at least we won a couple games in January, but this team is still absolutely pathetic. We'll be lucky to win 10 games this season. I just don't understand it. Ah well, I'm still in good with the AD, let's write this season off and move on to next season. Overall Record: 5-14 Conference Record: 2-3 Home Record: 2-8 Road Record: 1-5 Neutral Record: 2-1 Rank: NR RPI: 195 Recruiting News Boom shaka boom boom! That 5 star PG from Italy, Marco Albertini? We took a chance and through a schollie his way because nobody else had, and the MFer ACCEPTED IT! Hells yeah, that is my first 5 star signing so far. It's sad that it had to be a foreign guy though. We also signed SG Justin Bouldin. So I've got 1 scholarship left to fill, and I'm using it on a 4 star C from Washington who hasn't signed yet. If not, I have a fallback (hopefully) on a 3 star C from Georgia who hasn't been offered yet. Player Averages Here's a look at the player averages through January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 February-March 7, 2020 I decided there was no reason to waste a post just for 2 regular season games in March, so I lumped them into the February post. Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/10/19 vs. Detroit 16-13 65 W 88-86 1-0 11/11/19 vs. Western Michigan 16-13 157 W 57-43 2-0 11/17/19 vs. #8 Southern Illinois 31-2 12 L 83-66 2-1 11/22/19 VCU 12-20 254 W 67-66 3-1 11/27/19 at Utah State 18-12 109 L 64-59 3-2 12/01/19 at #18 Tennessee 20-9 39 L 92-57 3-3 12/05/19 Towson 21-8 47 L 70-53 3-4 12/09/19 at Kansas State 15-15 107 L 85-71 3-5 12/15/19 Purdue 14-16 106 L 97-74 3-6 12/20/19 South Florida 20-10 44 L 61-51 3-7 12/22/19 UL-Lafayette 19-10 72 L 72-62 3-8 12/28/19 Alcorn State 13-16 190 L 89-66 3-9 12/30/19 Texas Tech 18-11 16 L 78-69 3-10 01/04/20 #11 Seton Hall 24-6 30 L 59-43 3-11 01/15/20 Tulane 22-8 115 L 89-65 3-12 (0-1) 01/18/20 at Tulsa 15-15 165 L 68-66 3-13 (0-2) 01/22/20 Southern Methodist 7-22 346 W 60-59 4-13 (1-2) 01/25/20 at Rice 15-14 166 W 91-75 5-13 (2-2) 01/29/20 at Southern Methodist 7-22 346 L 79-56 5-14 (2-3) 02/01/20 at UAB 23-8 34 L 84-61 5-15 (2-4) 02/05/20 UTEP 17-13 145 W 88-75 6-15 (3-4) 02/08/20 at East Carolina 14-15 180 L 89-70 6-16 (3-5) 02/12/20 at Tulane 22-8 115 L 64-63 6-17 (3-6) 02/15/20 Tulsa 15-15 165 W 77-60 7-17 (4-6) 02/19/20 Houston 18-10 67 L 100-93 7-18 (4-7) 02/22/20 Rice 15-14 166 W 79-71 8-18 (5-7) 02/26/20 UAB 23-8 34 L 62-38 8-19 (5-8) 02/29/20 Southern Mississippi 13-17 189 L 77-61 8-20 (5-9) 03/04/20 at Central Florida 13-16 154 W 74-63 9-20 (6-9) 03/07/20 at Marshall 10-20 245 W 78-47 10-20 (7-9) At least we've got some momentum going into the C-USA Tournament, and we did get to 10 wins with an absolutely crap roster. It's pretty simple though, it's win the C-USA Tourney and get the auto bid to the NCAA Tourney, or for the first time in my career, I'll be watching the entire postseason from home. Overall Record: 10-20 Conference Record: 7-9 Home Record: 5-11 Road Record: 3-8 Neutral Record: 2-1 Rank: NR RPI: 173 Recruiting News Nothing new on the recruiting front, we've still got 1 scholarship to use, and I've gone after some 3 star players who haven't been offered yet. Not that I'm expecting anything, I think I'll have that scholarship to use for a possible transfer. In any case, that 5 star guy we picked up has me excited for the future... that is if I have a future here after this season is over. Here's a look at the final C-USA standings. TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tulane 13 3 .813 22 8 .733 115 50 Houston 11 5 .688 18 10 .643 67 70 UTEP 10 6 .625 17 13 .567 145 65 UAB 10 6 .625 23 8 .742 34 76 Rice 10 6 .625 15 14 .517 166 42 Central Florida 8 8 .500 13 16 .448 154 55 East Carolina 8 8 .500 14 15 .483 180 45 Memphis 7 9 .438 10 20 .333 173 81 Tulsa 6 10 .375 15 15 .500 165 71 Southern Mississippi 5 11 .313 13 17 .433 189 49 Marshall 5 11 .313 10 20 .333 245 51 Southern Methodist 3 13 .188 7 22 .241 346 40 We are the #9 seed in the C-USA Tournament and will take on #8 seed Tulsa. The other First Round Pairings are as follows: (12) SMU vs. (5) Rice (10) Southern Miss vs. (7) ECU (11) Marshall vs. (6) Central Florida Player Averages Here's a look at the player stat averages through the end of the regular season: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 March 11, 2020 Conference USA First Round (9) Tulsa (15-15) vs. (8) Memphis (10-20) I've never been in this position in my young coaching career, playing so early in a conference tournament. We lost to Tulsa by 2 at their place, but won by 17 at home. This is a neutral game, so it'll be interesting to see how it plays out. They've got a great guard tandem of Lamar Coble and Jere Salter, so if we can contain them, our chances are good. We got lucky as Coble only played 11 minutes due to foul trouble, and Salter only scored 9 points. They did have 2 that had 16, but we had 4 in double figures led by Troy Tomblin with 18. The result was a 73-60 win, and we are one step closer to going back to the NCAA Tournament. Memphis 73, Tulsa 60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tulsa (15-16, 6-10): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Leandro Pena C 30 0-5 0-0 2 8 0 4 0 Dewey Rasmussen PF 21 1-1 0-0 1 4 0 5 2 D. Ghesquier SF 27 4-17 0-0 3 5 1 2 10 Lamar Coble SG 11 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 4 0 Jere Salter SG 32 3-12 1-2 2 6 5 3 9 Everette Sapp PG 27 6-12 1-2 2 2 1 3 16 James Stauffer PG 3 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Paul Porter SG 15 5-11 3-4 1 1 2 3 16 Abraham Hillard PF 16 0-1 0-0 1 5 0 0 0 Ricky Braziel C 11 1-4 0-0 3 5 1 0 2 Lamont Nordstrom SF 5 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 Charles Marino PF 2 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Turnovers: 7 (D.Rasmussen 1, D.Ghesquier 2, L.Coble 2, J.Salter 2) Blocked Shots: 2 (L.Pena 1, P.Porter 1) Steals: 3 (J.Salter 3) 3P FGs: 11-39 (L.Pena 0-1, D.Ghesquier 2-11, L.Coble 0-1, J.Salter 2-9, E.Sapp 3-5, J.Stauffer 0-2, P.Porter 3-8, L.Nordstrom 1-2) Memphis (11-20, 7-9): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Troy Tomblin C 25 4-8 10-13 2 6 1 1 18 Monte Donofrio PF 27 1-3 2-2 1 8 3 4 4 John Breland SF 29 6-13 0-0 1 6 0 3 13 Gerald Sena SG 35 4-6 4-4 0 2 3 0 14 Antione Cantwell PG 33 5-13 3-4 2 3 0 2 13 Brenton Tweedy C 22 2-3 0-1 2 12 0 0 4 Jerry Robertson SG 19 1-5 5-8 0 1 0 3 7 Stan Martin SF 9 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Scottie Harris C 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 6 (M.Donofrio 3, J.Breland 1, A.Cantwell 1, S.Martin 1) Blocked Shots: 5 (A.Cantwell 1, B.Tweedy 2, J.Robertson 2) Steals: 1 (G.Sena 1) 3P FGs: 3-13 (J.Breland 1-2, G.Sena 2-4, A.Cantwell 0-3, J.Robertson 0-4) Player of Game: PF Troy Tomblin (MMPHS) March 12, 2020 Conference USA Quarterfinals (8) Memphis (11-20) vs. (1) Tulane (22-8) We played Tulane to a 1 point loss at their place, and if that team shows up, we've got a great chance to win this game. It's not going to be easy though. They've got very balanced scoring, and Wilton Glaser is their stud, averaging 20 points a game. We'll definitely be keying tight on him. While Glaser did score his 14 points, John Breland was sensational for us, scoring 31 points in this shootout. We trailed by 5 at halftime but turned it on in the second half to stun Tulane, as we move to the semifinals with an 84-77 victory! Memphis 84, Tulane 77 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis (12-20, 7-9): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Troy Tomblin C 18 4-5 3-4 1 3 0 4 11 Monte Donofrio PF 34 3-4 1-2 1 4 2 2 7 John Breland SF 34 12-29 0-0 2 9 1 0 31 Gerald Sena PG 37 5-8 3-3 1 4 1 1 15 Antione Cantwell PG 10 1-2 8-10 0 1 0 4 10 Brenton Tweedy C 10 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 5 0 Jerry Robertson SG 22 0-1 0-0 0 3 1 4 0 Stan Martin SF 19 4-7 2-2 2 7 3 2 10 Scottie Harris C 16 0-2 0-0 1 5 1 0 0 Turnovers: 10 (M.Donofrio 2, J.Breland 2, G.Sena 1, B.Tweedy 1, J.Robertson 1, S.Martin 3) Blocked Shots: 4 (M.Donofrio 1, J.Breland 1, S.Martin 1, S.Harris 1) Steals: 5 (J.Breland 1, G.Sena 2, J.Robertson 1, S.Martin 1) 3P FGs: 9-18 (J.Breland 7-14, G.Sena 2-2, S.Martin 0-1, S.Harris 0-1) Tulane (22-9, 13-3): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts C. Pomerleau C 30 6-13 3-5 4 7 4 3 15 Stephen Jarboe PF 30 2-4 4-6 1 6 2 0 9 Herschel Xiong SF 28 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 2 3 Wilton Glaser SG 30 4-12 3-4 1 6 5 5 14 Floyd Leos PG 15 5-6 0-0 0 2 0 5 13 Gerardo Clark SG 24 2-4 4-4 0 1 1 2 10 Stanton Mangum PF 17 1-2 3-4 0 3 1 2 5 Wayne Whitehouse PG 13 2-5 1-2 0 2 0 0 6 John Dunning PF 5 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Charles Clawson SG 5 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 2 0 Basil Jenkins PG 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Charles Poland SF 2 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 Turnovers: 13 (S.Jarboe 2, H.Xiong 3, W.Glaser 4, S.Mangum 2, W.Whitehouse 1, J.Dunning 1) Blocked Shots: 1 (G.Clark 1) Steals: 3 (H.Xiong 2, W.Whitehouse 1) 3P FGs: 11-24 (S.Jarboe 1-2, H.Xiong 1-3, W.Glaser 3-8, F.Leos 3-3, G.Clark 2-3, W.Whitehouse 1-3, B.Jenkins 0-1, C.Poland 0-1) Player of Game: SF John Breland (MMPHS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 March 13, 2020 Conference USA Semifinals (8) Memphis (12-20) vs. (4) UAB (24-8) It doesn't get any easier here in the tourney, as UAB is really one of the toughest teams in the conference. They hammered us twice in the regular season, and we're going to have to play a perfect game to beat them. Not much to talk about with their team, they are stacked, with 2 guys averaging over 15 ppg. We're just hoping not to get blown out of the water here. As expected, they jumped out on us early, but we hung with them. They led by 6 at halftime, and 2 of their players combined for 39 of their points. If only we could have stopped them. As it stands, a gallant effort but not enough. We end a very, very dismal season with a 68-59 loss. UAB 68, Memphis 59 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UAB (25-8, 10-6): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts David Barnett C 27 3-10 0-0 3 5 2 0 6 Jackson Mobley PF 38 1-3 0-0 4 12 5 3 2 Chris Francis SF 29 6-11 2-3 2 5 0 2 16 Arthur Doane SG 28 11-22 0-1 3 9 2 4 23 Chris Fairfield PG 27 3-7 2-3 1 7 0 3 9 Brian Thompson SG 18 0-2 0-0 0 2 1 2 0 John Springer PG 13 2-3 0-1 0 1 1 1 5 Kerry Perry SF 4 2-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 5 Dennis Eggleston SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Tan She C 15 1-4 0-1 2 3 1 0 2 Turnovers: 13 (J.Mobley 4, A.Doane 3, C.Fairfield 2, B.Thompson 3, D.Eggleston 1) Blocked Shots: 7 (D.Barnett 1, J.Mobley 4, C.Fairfield 1, T.She 1) Steals: 5 (J.Mobley 1, C.Francis 1, A.Doane 1, B.Thompson 2) 3P FGs: 6-17 (C.Francis 2-4, A.Doane 1-4, C.Fairfield 1-4, B.Thompson 0-2, J.Springer 1-1, K.Perry 1-1, T.She 0-1) Memphis (12-21, 7-9): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Troy Tomblin C 26 1-12 0-0 0 2 3 2 2 Monte Donofrio PF 34 1-3 0-0 3 7 4 2 2 John Breland SF 32 4-18 0-0 2 6 2 0 11 Gerald Sena SG 36 4-9 6-7 2 6 1 0 15 Antione Cantwell PG 33 8-11 0-0 2 4 3 2 17 Brenton Tweedy C 17 2-2 0-0 1 7 1 2 4 Jerry Robertson SG 11 3-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 6 Stan Martin SF 10 1-4 0-0 1 2 1 1 2 Scottie Harris C 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 8 (T.Tomblin 1, M.Donofrio 1, G.Sena 2, A.Cantwell 4) Blocked Shots: 2 (J.Breland 1, B.Tweedy 1) Steals: 4 (M.Donofrio 1, B.Tweedy 2, J.Robertson 1) 3P FGs: 5-15 (J.Breland 3-11, G.Sena 1-2, A.Cantwell 1-2) Player of Game: SG Arthur Doane (UAB) I just realized I forgot to put the other conference tournament scores up, my bad. But in the C-USA championship, UAB hammered UTEP 68-48. 2020 Selection Sunday It was a very down year for Conference USA, who is sending only 4 teams to the postseason. UAB got the 9th seed in the NCAA South Region and will face (8) Texas Tech in the First Round. Houston got the 5th seed in the NIT West Region and will travel to (4) Wake Forest in the Second Round. Tulane got the 5th seed in the NIT South Region and will travel to (4) Syracuse in the Second Round. UTEP got the 8th seed in the CBI and will host (9) Elon in the First Round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 2020 Postseason Wrap-Up Auburn beat Arizona 70-58 to win the NCAA Tournament. Wake Forest beat Kent St. 70-58 (go figure) to win the NIT. Georgetown beat Iowa 2 games to 1 to win the CBI. St. Marys beat Western Illinois 58-50 to win the CIT. UAB lost to (8) Texas Tech 99-84 in the First Round of the NCAA Tourney. Houston lost to (4) Wake Forest 71-68 in the Second Round of the NIT. Tulane lost to (4) Syracuse 80-72 in the Second Round of the NIT. UTEP beat (9) Elon 95-91 in the First Round of the CBI, then in the Quarterfinals beat (1) Hampton 72-70, but lost to (13) Iowa 83-62 in the Semifinals. Not a good postseason for the C-USA. Next post will include a few notes about the Memphis Tigers season, as well as get into the offseason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 2020 Offseason Awards To the surprise of nobody, we were shut out on the national award front. 1 of my players got a conference award. Let's take a look. Player of the Year: SR SG Wilton Glaser Tulane 21.5 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 2.2 APG 1.0 SPG, 0.3 BPG Freshman of the Year: FR SG Norman May UTEP 14.7 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 2.3 APG 0.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG Coach of the Year: Carey Finlay Tulane 22 - 10 (13 - 3) All-league 1st Team: C SR Chance Hewlett UAB 6.6 PPG, 11.6 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.5 SPG, 3.6 BPG PF SR Mervin Weathers Houston 12.0 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 1.7 APG, 0.5 SPG, 1.0 BPG SF SO Chris Francis UAB 15.8 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 2.1 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG SR Wilton Glaser Tulane 21.5 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 2.2 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.3 BPG PG JR Jere Salter Tulsa 14.6 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 4.9 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-league 2nd Team: C SR Chris Hart UTEP 7.8 PPG, 7.2 RPG, 1.2 APG, 0.7 SPG, 2.2 BPG PF SR Jackson Mobley UAB 5.0 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 1.8 APG, 0.6 SPG, 3.0 BPG [b]SF JR John Breland Memphis 15.2 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 1.8 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.8 BPG[/b] SG SO Greg Henriquez Rice 20.4 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 2.3 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.2 BPG PG JR Steven Whitehead Rice 12.4 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 5.8 APG, 1.2 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-freshman Team: C FR Dewey Rasmussen Tulsa 7.1 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 0.9 APG, 0.2 SPG, 0.2 BPG PF FR Ricky Braziel Tulsa 4.2 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 0.9 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.1 BPG SF FR Gerardo Clark Tulane 7.7 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 1.4 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG FR Norman May UTEP 14.7 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 2.3 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG FR Tobias Waugh Central Florida 4.1 PPG, 1.0 RPG, 1.4 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG The question is, does Breland return? I sure hope so. Departing Players none, and this pleases me very much. Memphis should return back to prominence next season. Final Recruiting Class FR PG Mario Albertini (*****, #20 overall) FR C Eldridge Boyd (***, #523 overall) FR SG Justin Bouldin (***, #531 overall) Not the greatest class, but I'm stoked about Albertini, he's going to be sensational. All 3 of these players have either blue or green potential, and FBCB rated our class 47th best in the nation, which is tops in the C-USA. We are the only school in the conference to pick up a 5 star recruit, and only 1 other school even got a 4 star recruit. Don't call me Coach Calipari, I did everything by the book! Joshua Amos is still requesting a raise. I was lucky enough to keep him this season without giving him a raise, to me he's not good enough to be bumped up to $50,000, so I'm keeping him at $40,000 and if he walks, he walks. No conference movement that concerns us, so now it's time to see what kind of offers come my way. Not that I expect to take any of them, as I'm expecting huge things at Memphis this season. Aaaaand my decision was made quite easy. Nobody wants my services after the disastrous season I had, so I'll be staying at Memphis, not that I wasn't going to anyways. Unbelievably, Joshua Amos is still here. Nobody else thinks he's worth $50,000 a year either. Transfers We've still got one scholarship to use on transfers, if I care to. I put out a couple feelers, but no takers, so I'm keeping my roster the way it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 2020 Initial Recruiting We've got 3 scholarships to hand out and have a major need for SF and PF, so we're keying on those areas. Unfortunately, with the disastrous season we had last season, most of the interest comes from 3 star players, but I've stretched to add a few 4 and 5 star players as well. Here's a look at the initial 20 man call list: Name Pos Ht Wt Rating Interest State -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prince Burden PF 6-6 224 ***** Low Mississippi Del Owen PF 6-9 222 **** Average Georgia Donnie Kozlowski PF 6-7 222 **** Average Illinois Boris Herrod PF 6-5 225 **** Low North Carolina Danilo Cohen PF 6-10 247 **** Low North Carolina David Wang PF 6-7 223 **** Low Florida Russel Hines PF 6-8 240 **** Low Florida Carl Hurtado SF 6-4 238 **** Average Georgia Joesph Bethel SF 6-4 207 **** Low Mississippi Teddy Johnson C 7-1 231 *** High Kentucky Manuel Abel PF 6-8 221 *** Very High Tennessee David Marvin PF 6-6 211 *** High Louisiana Brian Crow PF 6-7 206 *** High Illinois Paul Russell PF 6-7 221 *** High Texas Arthur Saito PF 6-7 205 *** High Oklahoma Alphonse Chester SF 6-8 223 *** Very High Tennessee Hector Whitmer SF 6-7 213 *** High Illinois William Barrera SF 6-6 210 *** High Illinois David Roberson SG 6-1 180 *** Very High Arkansas Darrin Chesson SG 6-3 177 *** High Texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 2020 Recruiting News August 2020 4 star Donnie Kozlowski is showing average interest in us now, so I'm going after him fairly hard. I offered a scholarship, we'll see what happens. I also offered a scholarship to 5 star Prince Burden, but I'm sure I'll end up with 3 star recruits. September 2020 Kozlowski is still showing average interest, but we've got Burden up to average interest, crossing fingers. I'm probably making a mistake by putting all my recruiting into those 2 players and looking at a few others. October 2020 I'm about to give up on Burden, as Florida and Mississippi St. are at the top, and I don't think we can overtake them. I like my chances to get Kozlowski though, as right now Iowa is in the lead, but we've offered, they haven't. I've also sent an offer to Manuel Abel. He's a 3 star, but he is still showing very high interest in us. He'll be a good backup. November 2020 (early signing period) 1 for 2 with the recruits so far, as Abel signed with us, but Burden signed with Florida. That's ok, that means Kozlowski is still on the market, but he's still average. We'll keep after him though. Hey at least we finally pulled a signing in the early signing period. We've got 3 guys willing to redshirt: Brenton Tweedy, Scottie Harris, and Monte Donofrio. All post players. All juniors. None of my freshmen are willing to redshirt, and I was hoping at least one would be. So, here's what we're going to do, since I only have 5 post players, with a couple others than can play post if necessary, I'm going to redshirt Harris and Tweedy. That means John Breland, who is only 6'7'', will probably spend some time at PF. Fortunately I have a number of perimeter players, so I can mix and match there. Early draft reports are in, even with a heck of a training camp, John Breland is still projected to go undrafted. That's just crazy talk. And of our projected starting 5: 4 of the 5 are green rated currently, with another current green player (Albertini) set to come off the bench. Our weakness is Donofrio who is only orange rated current. Unfortunately, the bench isn't very strong, but we'll make it work. Our starting 5 plus a top reserve should each get over 30 minutes a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 <p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 2020</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode"> Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/16/20 at Illinois 3-1 38 L 79-70 0-1 11/20/20 UL-Lafayette 2-3 152 W 81-72 1-1 11/22/20 vs. East Tennessee State 0-6 310 W 69-57 2-1 11/24/20 vs. Green Bay 3-3 33 L 69-67 2-2 11/25/20 vs. Notre Dame 2-1 60 L 85-63 2-3 11/30/20 at Arizona State 0-2 273 W 93-84 3-3 </pre><div></div><p> </p><p> </p><p> Aside from the Notre Dame loss, all our other losses have been close, but man, losing to Green Bay? I've still got a long ways to go to get this team good again. At least we finished the month at .500.</p><p> </p><p> Overall Record: 3-3</p><p> Home Record: 1-0</p><p> Road Record: 1-1</p><p> Neutral Record: 1-2</p><p> Rank: NR</p><p> RPI: 265</p><p> </p><p> That is a good awful RPI!</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Recruiting News</span></p><p> </p><p> No change as far as Kozlowski goes, he's still got us behind Iowa, but we'll keep fighting to get him. We're also going after Danilo Cohen, another 4 star PF although not as highly ranked.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Player Stats</span></p><p> </p><p> Here's a look at the stats through November.</p><p><a class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image" href="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2015_08/1140817031_memphisstatsthroughNovemebr.jpg.8f91088cb6db8eb72a9c6867966d4f8c.jpg" data-fileid="2978" data-fileext="jpg" rel=""><img data-fileid="2978" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt="1140817031_memphisstatsthroughNovemebr.jpg.8f91088cb6db8eb72a9c6867966d4f8c.jpg" data-src="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2015_08/1140817031_memphisstatsthroughNovemebr.jpg.8f91088cb6db8eb72a9c6867966d4f8c.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 <p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">December 2020</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode">Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/16/20 at Illinois 9-5 10 L 79-70 0-1 11/20/20 UL-Lafayette 8-5 47 W 81-72 1-1 11/22/20 vs. East Tennessee State 4-11 304 W 69-57 2-1 11/24/20 vs. Green Bay 6-7 144 L 69-67 2-2 11/25/20 vs. #18 Notre Dame 10-1 171 L 85-63 2-3 11/30/20 at Arizona State 4-7 62 W 93-84 3-3 12/09/20 Tennessee-Martin 5-7 213 L 79-67 3-4 12/14/20 at Tennessee State 7-6 256 W 63-62 4-4 12/19/20 Western Kentucky 5-9 235 L 77-69 4-5 12/22/20 Mississippi Valley State 3-7 160 W 97-65 5-5 12/25/20 Wisconsin 9-3 16 L 72-66 5-6 12/29/20 at Oakland 1-10 117 W 93-77 6-6</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Are you kidding me? Teams like Tennessee-Martin and Western Kentucky should not be beating us. I mean don't get me wrong, I'm glad we're at .500, but we should be at least 3 games over .500. And things don't get any easier in January, as we finish off the non-conference schedule against 2 teams with a combined record of 19-3. I'd be willing to bet the farm that we are sitting under .500 at the end of the month.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Recruiting News</span></p><p> </p><p> Cohen signed with N.C. State, Kozlowski with Iowa. Now it's just a matter of getting the best guys we can. That could start with Korbl Willner, a 4 star PF out of Germany. He's tops on the list right now. We're also looking at Timothy Jepson, a 3 star SF.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Player Stats</span></p><p> </p><p> Here's a look at the averages through January, and you can see they aren't where I thought they'd be.</p><p><a class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image" href="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2015_08/1738058956_memphisstatsthroughDecember.jpg.0286a0dbedb1ce440503bca311160a90.jpg" data-fileid="2979" data-fileext="jpg" rel=""><img data-fileid="2979" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt="1738058956_memphisstatsthroughDecember.jpg.0286a0dbedb1ce440503bca311160a90.jpg" data-src="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2015_08/1738058956_memphisstatsthroughDecember.jpg.0286a0dbedb1ce440503bca311160a90.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 January 2021 Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/16/20 at Illinois 14-7 25 L 79-70 0-1 11/20/20 UL-Lafayette 14-7 83 W 81-72 1-1 11/22/20 vs. East Tennessee State 6-17 323 W 69-57 2-1 11/24/20 vs. Green Bay 8-14 199 L 69-67 2-2 11/25/20 vs. #18 Notre Dame 15-5 35 L 85-63 2-3 11/30/20 at Arizona State 6-13 116 W 93-84 3-3 12/09/20 Tennessee-Martin 10-11 214 L 79-67 3-4 12/14/20 at Tennessee State 11-11 308 W 63-62 4-4 12/19/20 Western Kentucky 8-14 287 L 77-69 4-5 12/22/20 Mississippi Valley State 6-14 311 W 97-65 5-5 12/25/20 Wisconsin 13-8 40 L 72-66 5-6 12/29/20 at Oakland 9-11 141 W 93-77 6-6 01/02/21 West Virginia 14-6 14 L 76-57 6-7 01/07/21 Kansas State 13-6 13 W 82-77 7-7 01/13/21 Southern Mississippi 8-11 247 L 73-65 7-8 (0-1) 01/16/21 at UTEP 9-11 161 W 81-63 8-8 (1-1) 01/20/21 Tulsa 10-8 72 L 99-81 8-9 (1-2) 01/23/21 East Carolina 8-12 96 L 68-63 8-10 (1-3) 01/27/21 at East Carolina 8-12 96 W 92-83 9-10 (2-3) 01/30/21 at Marshall 7-11 238 W 68-60 10-10 (3-3) I'm happy that this team is still at .500 as we enter February. The postseason is still very much in reach, but we've got to have a strong rest of the season. Unfortunately, the consistency on this team just isn't there, so it'll be interesting to see how things play out. Overall Record: 10-10 Conference Record: 3-3 Home Record: 3-7 Road Record: 6-1 Neutral Record: 1-2 Rank: NR RPI: 210 This is a complete reversal of how most teams are. Usually most teams are better at home, but we've proven to be road warriors thus far this season. Recruiting News Nothing new to report as far as signings go, but at least Korbl Willner is showing more of an interest in us. Unfortunately, we're still 4th on his list. Player Stats Here's a look at the player stats through January: Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amos Lusk SG 20 20 30.2 13.8 1.5 4.6 2.9 1.4 0.1 1.8 2.2 1.5 John Breland SF 20 20 28.3 13.4 1.2 5.5 1.9 0.6 1.3 2.0 3.1 3.7 Troy Tomblin C 20 20 25.0 11.7 1.2 5.4 1.4 0.8 0.3 1.3 3.0 0.7 Antione Cantwell SF 20 20 29.6 11.3 2.9 5.3 4.1 0.7 0.3 2.0 3.3 0.7 Mario Albertini PG 20 0 24.8 8.0 0.5 2.3 3.4 1.6 0.1 1.5 2.3 0.1 Monte Donofrio PF 20 20 30.8 6.2 2.6 8.8 1.2 0.9 0.4 1.1 2.7 1.7 Michael Higgins SG 20 0 10.5 3.9 0.5 1.1 1.2 0.5 0.0 0.9 0.7 -3.4 Justin Bouldin SF 20 0 9.5 3.0 0.5 1.5 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.8 1.2 -0.6 Eldridge Boyd C 20 0 9.1 2.3 0.6 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.2 -2.5 Stan Martin SF 5 0 3.4 1.2 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.2 -0.8 Gerald Sena SG 13 0 2.0 1.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 -0.2 Brenton Tweedy C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Scottie Harris C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Jerry Robertson SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Higgins and Boyd are absolutely killing us. Got to get more out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 February-March 6, 2021 Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/16/20 at Illinois 20-11 20 L 79-70 0-1 11/20/20 UL-Lafayette 20-9 92 W 81-72 1-1 11/22/20 vs. East Tennessee State 10-20 328 W 69-57 2-1 11/24/20 vs. Green Bay 10-22 243 L 69-67 2-2 11/25/20 vs. #9 Notre Dame 24-6 12 L 85-63 2-3 11/30/20 at Arizona State 11-17 126 W 93-84 3-3 12/09/20 Tennessee-Martin 14-18 210 L 79-67 3-4 12/14/20 at Tennessee State 17-14 226 W 63-62 4-4 12/19/20 Western Kentucky 14-17 260 L 77-69 4-5 12/22/20 Mississippi Valley State 12-17 270 W 97-65 5-5 12/25/20 Wisconsin 20-10 27 L 72-66 5-6 12/29/20 at Oakland 13-15 171 W 93-77 6-6 01/02/21 West Virginia 20-10 19 L 76-57 6-7 01/07/21 Kansas State 18-11 22 W 82-77 7-7 01/13/21 Southern Mississippi 12-17 237 L 73-65 7-8 (0-1) 01/16/21 at UTEP 12-18 198 W 81-63 8-8 (1-1) 01/20/21 Tulsa 17-11 71 L 99-81 8-9 (1-2) 01/23/21 East Carolina 12-18 154 L 68-63 8-10 (1-3) 01/27/21 at East Carolina 12-18 154 W 92-83 9-10 (2-3) 01/30/21 at Marshall 12-16 180 W 68-60 10-10 (3-3) 02/03/21 at Central Florida 13-17 145 W 86-77 11-10 (4-3) 02/06/21 UAB 18-10 135 W 75-73 12-10 (5-3) 02/10/21 at Tulsa 17-11 71 W 95-83 13-10 (6-3) 02/13/21 Tulane 18-11 64 L 67-55 13-11 (6-4) 02/17/21 at Southern Mississippi 12-17 237 W 87-83 14-11 (7-4) 02/20/21 Southern Methodist 12-17 238 W 80-74 15-11 (8-4) 02/24/21 Marshall 12-16 180 L 75-72 15-12 (8-5) 02/27/21 at Rice 18-11 74 L 81-73 15-13 (8-6) 03/03/21 at Houston 18-11 111 W 89-79 16-13 (9-6) 03/06/21 UTEP 12-18 198 W 77-76 17-13 (10-6) I could not be happier with the way we finished the regular season. Obviously I'm disappointed at some of our losses, especially the Marshall loss on February 24th, but this team is really gelling and playing together, and I strongly believe a win or 2 in the C-USA Tourney will get us to the postseason, despite our less than impressive RPI. Overall Record: 17-13 Conference Record: 10-6 Home Record: 6-9 Road Record: 10-2 Neutral Record: 1-2 Rank: 3 points in mid-major poll. RPI: 118 Again, the RPI is the only thing that scares me about making a postseason tournament. We've got to have at least 1, maybe even 2 wins in the C-USA Tourney just to have a chance, in my opinion. Speaking of which, we'll be the 3rd seed and get a bye to the Quarterfinals, where we'll take on the winner of (11) SMU/(6) Tulane. That game, I'm not too worried about. Recruiting News Both guys we were looking at declined our offer, so now it's on to a couple new guys. Player Stats Here are the final regular season stats: Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amos Lusk SG 30 30 30.6 13.9 1.5 4.6 3.0 1.6 0.1 1.9 2.2 1.0 John Breland SF 30 30 29.3 13.4 1.4 5.9 1.7 0.7 1.0 1.8 3.1 1.9 Troy Tomblin C 30 30 26.6 12.8 1.3 5.8 1.7 0.6 0.3 1.4 2.9 2.2 Antione Cantwell SF 30 30 30.0 11.9 2.7 5.0 3.9 0.8 0.3 2.0 3.3 1.4 Mario Albertini PG 30 0 24.2 7.8 0.5 2.2 3.2 1.3 0.1 1.3 2.2 0.3 Monte Donofrio PF 30 30 30.1 6.4 2.2 8.0 1.1 0.9 0.4 1.1 2.9 3.2 Michael Higgins SG 30 0 10.2 3.9 0.3 0.9 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.9 0.8 -1.4 Justin Bouldin SF 30 0 9.0 2.7 0.5 1.5 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.9 1.3 -0.8 Eldridge Boyd C 30 0 8.2 2.2 0.6 2.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.9 -1.6 Gerald Sena SG 20 0 2.1 1.1 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 -0.5 Stan Martin SF 8 0 3.3 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 -2.1 Jerry Robertson SG 2 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -2.0 Brenton Tweedy C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Scottie Harris C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 Here's a look at the final Conference USA standings: TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tulsa 11 5 .688 17 11 .607 64 67 UAB 11 5 .688 18 10 .643 138 77 Memphis 10 6 .625 17 13 .567 119 76 Houston 10 6 .625 18 11 .621 97 72 Central Florida 8 8 .500 13 17 .433 128 55 Tulane 8 8 .500 18 11 .621 80 56 East Carolina 8 8 .500 12 18 .400 140 48 Rice 7 9 .438 18 11 .621 72 46 Marshall 6 10 .375 12 16 .429 204 49 Southern Mississippi 6 10 .375 12 17 .414 228 47 Southern Methodist 6 10 .375 12 17 .414 262 39 UTEP 5 11 .313 12 18 .400 202 65 Here's a look at the First Round C-USA Tourney Results: (5) Central Florida- 61, (12) UTEP- 53 (6) Tulane- 56, (11) SMU- 48 (7) ECU- 89, (10) Southern Miss- 68 (8) Rice- 81, (9) Marshall- 55 The Quarterfinals will be as follows: (8) Rice vs. (1) Tulsa (5) Central Florida vs. (4) Houston (7) ECU vs. (2) UAB (6) Tulane vs. (3) Memphis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 March 11, 2021 Conference USA Quarterfinals (6) Tulane (19-11) vs. (3) Memphis (17-13) This isn't going to be an easy game, as overall they had a better record than us, and they beat us 67-55 at home in our only regular season match-up. They don't really have a stacked lineup though, PG Floyd Leos is their best player, so this is a very winnable game, and we're hot right now. Let's see what happens. This was a nip and tuck game throughout the 1st half, as we went into the locker room tied, but an 11-0 run to open the 2nd half gave us a lead we would not lose as we get a big, big win 78-63. Memphis 78, Tulane 63 Tulane (19-12, 8-8): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Justin Johnson C 25 3-12 7-10 4 5 2 4 13 Stanton Mangum PF 30 5-7 1-4 3 9 1 4 11 Charles Clawson SF 23 0-1 2-2 0 3 1 5 2 Gerardo Clark SG 28 3-10 3-4 0 5 1 3 10 Floyd Leos PG 34 4-8 2-4 2 5 0 1 12 Wayne Whitehouse SG 24 3-7 0-1 0 6 4 1 8 John Dunning C 19 0-3 0-0 1 4 1 4 0 Charles Guinn PF 6 2-3 1-3 1 2 0 0 7 Charles Poland SF 9 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Michael Garcia PG 3 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 Turnovers: 14 (J.Johnson 2, C.Clawson 2, G.Clark 1, F.Leos 3, W.Whitehouse 3, J.Dunning 3) Blocked Shots: 2 (S.Mangum 1, W.Whitehouse 1) Steals: 4 (C.Clawson 1, G.Clark 2, F.Leos 1) 3P FGs: 7-19 (C.Clawson 0-1, G.Clark 1-6, F.Leos 2-4, W.Whitehouse 2-4, C.Guinn 2-2, C.Poland 0-1, M.Garcia 0-1) Memphis (18-13, 10-6): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Troy Tomblin C 14 4-6 4-4 0 0 1 4 12 Monte Donofrio PF 36 1-4 2-4 2 14 1 2 4 John Breland C 34 9-14 3-10 1 6 1 5 22 Antione Cantwell SF 34 6-10 6-6 4 7 5 3 19 Amos Lusk PG 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Mario Albertini PG 33 1-3 3-5 0 2 5 4 6 Michael Higgins SG 20 1-6 3-6 0 2 0 1 6 Gerald Sena SG 11 0-2 0-0 1 3 0 1 0 Justin Bouldin SF 8 2-5 0-0 1 2 0 0 5 Eldridge Boyd C 9 1-4 0-0 1 3 1 1 2 Jerry Robertson SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 8 (T.Tomblin 1, M.Donofrio 2, J.Breland 1, A.Cantwell 1, M.Albertini 1, M.Higgins 1, G.Sena 1) Blocked Shots: 3 (J.Breland 3) Steals: 7 (M.Donofrio 1, J.Breland 1, A.Cantwell 1, M.Albertini 1, M.Higgins 2, E.Boyd 1) 3P FGs: 5-15 (J.Breland 1-3, A.Cantwell 1-4, M.Albertini 1-2, M.Higgins 1-3, G.Sena 0-1, J.Bouldin 1-2) Player of Game: SF Antione Cantwell (MMPHS) Other Quarterfinal Results: (1) Tulsa- 94, (8) Rice- 67 (4) Houston- 70, (5) Central Florida- 56 (7) ECU- 68, (2) UAB- 58 Semifinal Pairings: (4) Houston vs. (1) Tulsa (7) ECU vs. (3) Memphis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 March 12, 2021 Conference USA Semifinals (7) ECU (14-18) vs. (3) Memphis (18-13) We got some bad news earlier in the day as Amos Lusk ended up tearing a ligament in his thumb yesterday and he's out for the rest of the season. That means Mario Albertini will make his first start of the season in a pressure role. We got a bit lucky from a seeding standpoint as we get ECU instead of UAB, but they did split with us in the regular season, and we'll see how the guys react to the loss of Lusk. Well it wasn't a great effort, as we were down early, but we rallied to lead by 2 at halftime. Neither team took care of the ball, but we forced 19 turnovers and only committed 17. That combined with the fact we made 7 more shots, and we advance to the C-USA Championship with a 70-60 win! Memphis 70, East Carolina 60 Memphis (19-13, 10-6): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Troy Tomblin C 25 4-11 3-6 1 6 2 2 11 Monte Donofrio PF 35 3-5 0-0 3 14 1 3 6 John Breland SF 28 7-13 2-4 1 2 0 4 19 Antione Cantwell SG 22 4-9 0-0 2 4 1 4 9 Mario Albertini PG 32 2-5 1-2 0 1 5 3 6 Michael Higgins SG 17 3-4 4-4 0 0 4 4 10 Gerald Sena SF 12 0-1 0-0 0 2 3 2 0 Justin Bouldin SF 11 2-6 0-1 1 2 0 1 5 Eldridge Boyd C 10 2-4 0-0 3 6 0 0 4 Jerry Robertson SG 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 Turnovers: 17 (M.Donofrio 4, J.Breland 3, A.Cantwell 4, M.Albertini 3, M.Higgins 3) Blocked Shots: 1 (M.Donofrio 1) Steals: 8 (T.Tomblin 1, J.Breland 2, A.Cantwell 1, M.Higgins 2, J.Bouldin 2) 3P FGs: 6-15 (J.Breland 3-5, A.Cantwell 1-3, M.Albertini 1-3, J.Bouldin 1-4) East Carolina (14-19, 8-8): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Z. Crutchfield C 31 3-6 0-1 2 8 0 2 6 Monte Tavares PF 31 2-6 4-5 0 6 1 3 8 Kenneth Voorhees SF 23 2-9 2-4 2 2 0 4 6 Bernard Deleon SG 33 2-9 4-5 5 8 5 1 8 Arlen Hague PG 35 6-14 1-2 1 3 3 1 16 Will Moya PF 11 1-2 1-2 2 6 1 0 3 Hans Reed PF 6 1-1 2-2 0 1 0 0 4 Larry Thorton SF 22 3-7 0-0 0 2 1 5 7 Joe Leiker SF 6 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 G. Satterwhite PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Turnovers: 19 (Z.Crutchfield 2, M.Tavares 1, K.Voorhees 5, B.Deleon 7, A.Hague 3, J.Leiker 1) Blocked Shots: 1 (M.Tavares 1) Steals: 8 (K.Voorhees 1, B.Deleon 1, A.Hague 2, W.Moya 1, H.Reed 1, L.Thorton 1, J.Leiker 1) 3P FGs: 4-24 (K.Voorhees 0-4, B.Deleon 0-5, A.Hague 3-11, L.Thorton 1-4) Player of Game: SF John Breland (MMPHS) Our opponent in the title game will be (1) Tulsa, who handled (4) Houston 85-67. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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