sportsfanmas Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 March 13, 2021 Conference USA Championship (3) Memphis (19-13) vs. (1) Tulsa (19-11) This is a huge, huge game, as we should be extending our season regardless, but a win here would put us back in the NCAA Tournament. We split with them, each winning on the road (go figure). A lot of pressure in this one, they've got a couple guards that we'll be focusing on defensively, so far all the marbles, here we go! Unfortunately, their athleticism on the boards was just too much to overcome. We hung with them throughout but they've got some big bodies, and they had 11 offensive rebounds. It was a gallant effort, and a heck of an improvement over last season, but we fell short 83-72, and now our fate is in the hands of all the selection committees. Tulsa 83, Memphis 72 Memphis (19-14, 10-6): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Troy Tomblin C 20 4-5 1-3 0 3 0 3 9 Monte Donofrio PF 36 3-5 0-1 2 7 3 2 6 John Breland SF 18 5-12 1-3 0 3 0 4 12 Antione Cantwell SF 34 2-8 2-3 0 3 5 4 8 Mario Albertini PG 30 5-9 1-1 0 0 2 1 13 Michael Higgins SG 25 5-10 1-2 0 1 5 1 13 Gerald Sena SF 11 0-3 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 Justin Bouldin SF 6 2-5 0-0 0 2 1 0 5 Eldridge Boyd C 17 1-2 1-2 4 7 2 2 3 Jerry Robertson SG 2 1-1 1-2 0 1 0 0 3 Stan Martin PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Turnovers: 18 (M.Donofrio 2, J.Breland 2, A.Cantwell 6, M.Albertini 2, M.Higgins 4, E.Boyd 1, S.Martin 1) Blocked Shots: 3 (J.Breland 2, M.Higgins 1) Steals: 2 (A.Cantwell 1, M.Albertini 1) 3P FGs: 8-23 (J.Breland 1-3, A.Cantwell 2-6, M.Albertini 2-3, M.Higgins 2-6, G.Sena 0-2, J.Bouldin 1-3) Tulsa (20-11, 11-5): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Ricky Braziel C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Dewey Rasmussen C 25 3-6 5-6 1 6 0 1 11 D. Ghesquier SF 29 5-13 0-0 3 5 0 0 12 Lamar Coble SG 20 5-10 2-4 1 3 4 4 13 Jere Salter PG 35 4-8 5-6 2 4 12 2 14 Paul Porter SG 23 7-13 2-2 0 6 0 3 18 Eckbert Hornick PG 10 1-1 0-1 0 2 2 0 2 Abraham Hillard PF 36 6-10 1-3 4 11 1 4 13 B. Marroquin SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Charles Marino C 19 0-1 0-0 0 6 1 3 0 Chris Fiske SG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Leonard Blair C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 16 (D.Ghesquier 3, L.Coble 4, J.Salter 3, P.Porter 4, E.Hornick 1, A.Hillard 1) Blocked Shots: 4 (J.Salter 1, P.Porter 1, C.Marino 2) Steals: 7 (D.Ghesquier 3, L.Coble 1, J.Salter 2, P.Porter 1) 3P FGs: 6-23 (D.Rasmussen 0-1, D.Ghesquier 2-8, L.Coble 1-4, J.Salter 1-4, P.Porter 2-6) Player of Game: PG Jere Salter (TLSA) 2021 Selection Sunday We knew there was no chance of making the NCAA Tournament, and a very, very slim chance to make the NIT Tournament, so we held out hope for a call from the CBI or CIT. We got the call from the CBI, but I gotta tell ya, I've never been more ticked off in my life. I have no idea what kind of code FBCB has for postseason tournaments, but we drew the 15 seed, which irks me in itself. But our opponent? UA frikkin B. Yea, FBCB and the CBI have matched up 2 C-USA opponents in the First Round! I'm beyond ticked right now!!!! Tulsa got the auto bid to the NCAA Tournament and will be the C-USA's lone representative. They drew the 12th seed in the NCAA Midwest Region and will take on 5th seeded DePaul. Tulane got the 4th seed in the NIT Midwest Region and will host 5th seeded Idaho in the Second Round. Rice got the 8th seed in the NIT Midwest Region and will host 9th seeded Citadel in a First Round game. Houston got the 6th seed in the NIT South Region and will travel to 3rd seed San Diego in the Second Round. And of course, there is us and UAB playing each other (go F yourself FBCB) in the CBI. What a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 March 17, 2021 CBI First Round (15) Memphis (19-14) @ (2) UAB (18-11) So here we go with the total bs that is 2 conference teams playing in the First Round of the CBI. We played UAB once in the regular season, at our place and won by 2. Now we go to their place in a game that means so much more. UAB has about 5 guys that they really rely on, and not much after that. If we can get into their bench, we got a chance. We certainly didn't get blown out in this one, but we also never led either. We just went 8 deep tonight, as Troy Tomblin had a double-double for us, but they made just a few more shots than we did, and we end our season with a 65-55 loss. UAB 65, Memphis 55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis (19-15, 10-6): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Troy Tomblin C 25 6-15 4-6 5 12 1 2 16 Monte Donofrio PF 35 1-5 0-0 3 9 1 2 2 John Breland SF 33 3-10 4-7 1 5 0 2 10 Antione Cantwell SG 35 3-16 0-1 5 8 4 3 6 Mario Albertini PG 33 3-6 0-0 0 1 3 2 7 Michael Higgins SG 24 4-5 1-1 0 1 4 1 10 Gerald Sena SF 8 1-2 2-2 1 2 1 1 4 Eldridge Boyd C 7 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 0 0 Turnovers: 21 (T.Tomblin 2, M.Donofrio 1, J.Breland 1, A.Cantwell 8, M.Albertini 4, M.Higgins 5) Blocked Shots: 2 (J.Breland 1, M.Higgins 1) Steals: 8 (T.Tomblin 1, M.Donofrio 1, J.Breland 2, A.Cantwell 1, M.Albertini 1, M.Higgins 2) 3P FGs: 2-14 (T.Tomblin 0-1, J.Breland 0-1, A.Cantwell 0-6, M.Albertini 1-3, M.Higgins 1-2, G.Sena 0-1) UAB (19-11, 11-5): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts David Barnett C 13 0-1 2-2 1 3 1 5 2 Tim Logsdon PF 27 2-5 2-2 2 7 0 2 6 Nelson Young SF 35 3-14 0-0 4 11 1 2 6 Arthur Doane SG 33 6-15 3-6 0 3 2 0 15 Chris Francis PG 35 7-15 4-5 2 3 4 0 19 Brian Thompson SG 11 4-6 0-0 2 4 0 1 10 John Springer PG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Kerry Perry SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Tan She C 24 1-2 0-0 2 4 1 3 2 Dennis Eggleston PF 8 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 0 0 Brian Villatoro C 7 2-4 0-0 0 1 0 1 5 Turnovers: 15 (T.Logsdon 1, N.Young 4, A.Doane 7, B.Thompson 1, T.She 1, B.Villatoro 1) Blocked Shots: 1 (D.Barnett 1) Steals: 10 (T.Logsdon 1, A.Doane 3, C.Francis 3, B.Thompson 2, K.Perry 1) 3P FGs: 4-17 (T.Logsdon 0-1, N.Young 0-1, A.Doane 0-5, C.Francis 1-4, B.Thompson 2-3, T.She 0-1, B.Villatoro 1-2) Player of Game: PG Chris Francis (UAB) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 2021 Postseason Wrap-Up The NCAA Final Four saw (2W) North Carolina beat (3S) Florida St. 91-81, and (2E) Florida beat (2MW) Xavier 88-70. In the national championship, Florida beat North Carolina 89-87. The NIT Final Four saw (1S) Wichita St. beat (7W) Furman 81-62 and (1E) Texas Tech beat (2MW) New Mexico St. 106-89. The NIT Championship saw Texas Tech beat Wichita St. 95-87. The CBI Championship Series saw (16) Vanderbilt (why were they a #16 seed? This game needs some major recoding when it comes to seeding postseason tournaments) beat (7) SE Missouri St. 2 games to 0. Vandy won the first game 93-74 and the second game 80-64. The CIT Championship saw (15) Coppin St. beat (5) Samford 68-61. Tulsa lost in the NCAA Midwest Region First Round to (5) DePaul 77-64. Rice beat (9) Citadel 85-80 in the NIT Midwest Region First Round, then beat (1) Richmond in the Second Round before losing to conference foe (4) Tulane 81-77 in the NIT Round of 16. Tulane beat (5) Idaho 84-61 in the NIT Second Round, then beat (8) Rice 81-77 in the Round of 16 before losing to (2) New Mexico St. 85-81 in the NIT Round of 8. Houston beat (3) San Diego 70-65 in the NIT Second Round before losing to (2) Creighton 63-60 in the NIT Round of 16. UAB, after beating us in the CBI First Round, then lost to (7) SE Missouri St. 86-85 in the Quarterfinals. Another bad postseason for the C-USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 2021 Offseason Awards No surprise that we were shut out of the national awards. Here's a look at the C-USA season awards. Player of the Year: JR SG Greg Henriquez Rice 23.8 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 2.4 APG 1.7 SPG, 0.2 BPG Freshman of the Year: FR PG Alfredo Delgado Southern Methodist 11.4 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 2.5 APG 0.7 SPG, 0.1 BPG Coach of the Year: James Lamont Tulsa 20 - 12 (11 - 5) All-league 1st Team: C SR David Barnett UAB 11.8 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 1.6 APG, 0.5 SPG, 1.7 BPG PF JR Joseph Thomson Central Florida 17.5 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 1.2 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.7 BPG SF SR Donatien Ghesquier Tulsa 11.5 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 1.8 APG, 1.2 SPG, 0.4 BPG SG JR Greg Henriquez Rice 23.8 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 2.4 APG, 1.7 SPG, 0.2 BPG PG SR Jere Salter Tulsa 16.6 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 6.2 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.2 BPG All-league 2nd Team: C JR Charles West Rice 5.8 PPG, 8.9 RPG, 1.3 APG, 1.1 SPG, 3.2 BPG [b]PF JR Monte Donofrio Memphis 6.2 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 1.1 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.4 BPG[/b] [b]SF SR John Breland Memphis 13.7 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 1.5 APG, 0.8 SPG, 1.1 BPG[/b] SG SR Lamar Coble Tulsa 20.6 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 3.1 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.3 BPG PG SR Steven Whitehead Rice 13.1 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 6.9 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-freshman Team: C FR Justin Johnson Tulane 10.0 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 1.7 APG, 0.5 SPG, 1.1 BPG PF FR Monte Tavares East Carolina 8.4 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.7 BPG SF FR Nelson Young UAB 9.7 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG FR Wilfredo Johnson Southern Mississippi 4.8 PPG, 1.1 RPG, 0.6 APG, 0.2 SPG, 0.2 BPG PG FR Alfredo Delgado Southern Methodist 11.4 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 2.5 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.1 BPG Can't believe Albertini didn't make the C-USA Freshman Team. That just proves we've got some work to do. Departing Players SF John Breland- graduating SG Michael Higgins- graduating Losing Breland hurts as he was 2nd team all-conference the last 2 seasons. Higgins never really lived up to his potential. Final Recruiting Class FR PF Manuel Abel (***, #310 overall) That's it. 1 lousy scholarship filled, out of the 3 we had open. Abel looks like a decent player, he was an all-state player in Tennessee, but still, we need to be doing better. Our class was only good for 225th in the nation, and next to last in the C-USA. The only saving grace is that nobody in the conference got better than a 3 star player this season. No conference movement that matters to us, so we'll skip that. I've finally had it with Joshua Amos who insists on a raise. I can find a better coaching assistant, so I gave him the boot. New coaching assistant coming up for Memphis this season! Not a huge surprise, another year goes by without job offers. No surprise, as when I started, the prestige at Memphis was 81, now it's 71. A lot of that probably had to do with coaching. Hopefully that will be fixed this season. I have made another move, that I didn't really want to make but had no choice. I've fired our lead scout Kevin Shortridge. He's a great scout, but I need to save some money on my staff, so he has to go. I'll be getting a cheap lead scout, since to me, scouting doesn't matter a whole lot anyways. Charles Hill is our new scouting director. He only cost me $50,000 and his scouting rating is 44. Our new coaching assistant is Cole Murphree, he cost me $180,000 but he's got a 94 in offense and a 65 in defense, so he should really help us at least offensively. We've passed on the transfers this time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 We're going with a 15 man initial call list this time, as we've only got about a $6,000 monthly budget for recruiting, so things are going to be much more local and regional for a while. We've got 4 scholarships to use, and I definitely want to use 2 of them on a SF and a SG. As for the other 2, the best I can get. I'm also not going to reach, as you can see I've got it pretty much split evenly between 3 star recruits and 4/5 star recruits. I'd much rather sign 4 3 star recruits if I have to. Here's a look at the call list: Name Pos Ht Wt Rating Interest State -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Myles Coats C 6-7 242 *** Very High Arkansas Daniel Boyette PG 6-2 186 *** High Tennessee Frankie Hage SF 6-8 248 *** High Arkansas Thomas Mariano PG 5-11 178 *** High Arkansas Daniel Smith PF 6-6 246 *** High Arkansas Spencer Sanchez C 6-10 240 *** High Arkansas Armand Alexander PF 6-7 246 **** Average North Carolina Kenneth Thomas PG 6-2 183 **** Average Alabama Kelly Farley SF 6-6 229 *** Average Tennessee Michael Faris SG 6-2 192 ***** Low Tennessee Romeo Brinkman C 6-10 241 ***** Low Tennessee Bobby Valentine SG 6-3 192 **** Low Tennessee Jack Uribe SF 6-6 240 **** Low Tennessee Hector Linder SG 6-1 180 **** Low Tennessee Bennett Duffey C 6-8 222 ***** Very Low Tennessee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 2021 Offseason Recruiting August 2021 We're holding off on offering scholarships right now, but definitely have our eye on a couple 3 star players that have very high interest in us. September 2021 I've offered a scholarship to Frankie Hage, who has green potential. Unfortunately with only a $6,000 recruiting budget, I'm finding that I can do much in a month. October 2021 Still banking on Hage and 5 star Michael Faris, but I have a feeling it will be back to square one. November 2021 (early signing period) As expected, all our offers were declined. Back to square one. I suck at recruiting. We won't be redshirting anybody either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 Here's a look at the roster and schedule. Normally I would do a screenshot so that you could see the color ratings, but I'll just tell you this. Our starting 5 is mostly blue/green players, the entire bench is yellow or worse. Yeah, training didn't go very well at all. Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Troy Tomblin 43 C Jr 6-8 243 Yes 34 OK Royal Palm Beach, FL Monte Donofrio 30 PF Sr 6-6 253 Yes 44 OK Donaldson, AR Antione Cantwell 0 SF Sr 6-2 209 Yes 29 OK Memphis, TN Amos Lusk 23 SG Jr* 6-0 175 Yes 44 OK Madisonville, KY Mario Albertini 44 PG So 5-10 164 Yes 60 OK Verona, Italy Gerald Sena 40 SG Sr 6-3 206 No 74 OK Bethalto, IL Justin Bouldin 2 SF So 6-3 203 Yes 16 OK Parkin, AR Brenton Tweedy 10 C Jr* 6-10 266 Yes 59 OK Vincennes, IN Eldridge Boyd 42 C So 7-0 286 Yes 61 OK Mount Vernon, IL Manuel Abel 25 PF Fr 6-8 229 Yes 32 OK Memphis, TN William Auten 13 PG Fr 6-4 186 No 45 OK Woodbury, TN Stan Martin 4 SF Jr 6-5 208 Yes 32 OK Broken Hill, Australia Scottie Harris 21 C Jr* 6-8 216 Yes 44 OK Arab, AL Jerry Robertson 31 SG Jr 6-3 212 No 21 Suspended Westmoreland, TN Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/14/21 vs. Northwestern 0-0 193 11/22/21 at Nevada 0-0 177 11/26/21 Elon 0-0 80 11/30/21 at Kansas 0-0 127 12/04/21 USC Upstate 0-0 345 12/07/21 at Tennessee Tech 0-0 266 12/11/21 UC Davis 0-0 332 12/16/21 at Baylor 0-0 20 12/21/21 at Northern Iowa 0-0 192 12/27/21 North Carolina Central 0-0 338 12/31/21 #23 West Virginia 0-0 310 01/05/22 South Dakota 0-0 330 01/12/22 at Rice 0-0 219 01/15/22 at East Carolina 0-0 74 01/19/22 at Central Florida 0-0 43 01/22/22 at UTEP 0-0 296 01/26/22 Central Florida 0-0 43 01/29/22 at UAB 0-0 282 02/02/22 UTEP 0-0 296 02/05/22 Rice 0-0 219 02/09/22 Marshall 0-0 150 02/12/22 East Carolina 0-0 74 02/16/22 UAB 0-0 282 02/19/22 at Southern Mississippi 0-0 246 02/23/22 at Tulsa 0-0 281 02/26/22 at Tulane 0-0 280 03/02/22 Houston 0-0 109 03/05/22 Southern Methodist 0-0 245 Somehow we are starting the season ranked 20th in the nation and #1 in the mid-major poll. I see that lasting maybe a week or 2. Jerry Robertson is on academic suspension, no big deal, he won't play much anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 November 2021 Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/14/21 vs. Northwestern 2-4 155 W 82-61 1-0 11/16/21 vs. Towson 3-3 138 W 82-73 2-0 11/18/21 vs. #9 Mississippi State 5-0 32 L 85-73 2-1 11/22/21 at Nevada 3-3 261 L 83-73 2-2 11/26/21 Elon 0-3 160 W 74-55 3-2 11/30/21 at Kansas 3-1 147 L 80-72 3-3 Overall Record: 3-3 Home Record: 1-0 Road Record: 0-2 Neutral Record: 2-1 Rank: NR in Coaches Poll, RV in Mid-Major Poll. RPI: 149 Season started well, with a 2nd place finish in Puerto Rico, then went south from there, but still a major better RPI than what we had this time last season. A lot of work to do though. I loaded up on creampuffs in the non-conference schedule, at least they should be creampuffs. This should give the guys some confidence, assuming we win them. Our toughest games in December should be at Baylor and against West Virginia. Recruiting News At this point I'm just getting some guys back on the call list and evaluating. We'll see what happens, but I fear I'm going to be eating some scholarships yet again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 December 2021 Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/14/21 vs. Northwestern 5-8 123 W 82-61 1-0 11/16/21 vs. Towson 8-5 212 W 82-73 2-0 11/18/21 vs. #9 Mississippi State 11-1 15 L 85-73 2-1 11/22/21 at Nevada 6-6 127 L 83-73 2-2 11/26/21 Elon 0-10 185 W 74-55 3-2 11/30/21 at Kansas 9-3 87 L 80-72 3-3 12/04/21 USC Upstate 9-4 22 W 79-49 4-3 12/07/21 at Tennessee Tech 5-8 280 W 76-61 5-3 12/11/21 UC Davis 5-8 115 W 99-86 6-3 12/16/21 at Baylor 9-4 52 L 77-39 6-4 12/21/21 at Northern Iowa 7-4 198 W 76-62 7-4 12/27/21 North Carolina Central 7-6 24 W 76-67 8-4 12/31/21 #19 West Virginia 10-2 18 L 83-60 8-5 Overall Record: 8-5 Home Record: 4-1 Road Record: 2-3 Neutral Record: 2-1 Rank: NR in coaches poll, #16 in mid-major poll. RPI: 23 I love that 23 for an RPI, looks solid. With the recent loss to West Virginia, we'll probably drop a few spots in the mid-major poll, but at least we are getting looks. As expected, Baylor and West Virginia hammered us, and we handled everybody else. We've got 1 more what should be a fairly easy non-conference game, then we head into conference play. Conference USA is the 9th ranked conference right now, so I expect a grind. Recruiting News We were able to get PG Thomas Mariano from Arkansas to commit. That's a nice pickup as we stole him from Arknsas. He's the #251 recruit in the nation. Again though, with that $6,000 a month budget, we just can't do much on the recruiting end. I've sent my assistant to evaluate a few more players though. Team Statistics Here's a look at the player averages through December 2021. Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amos Lusk SG 13 13 29.5 17.0 1.8 5.5 3.5 0.7 0.1 2.5 3.0 2.3 Antione Cantwell SF 13 13 27.5 15.3 2.8 5.3 3.6 0.9 0.1 1.8 2.8 5.0 Troy Tomblin C 13 13 21.3 12.7 1.2 4.8 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.9 3.2 4.6 Mario Albertini PG 13 13 30.3 9.2 0.8 2.5 4.2 1.1 0.2 2.2 2.8 3.3 Gerald Sena SF 13 0 11.8 4.4 0.9 2.3 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.3 1.8 -0.5 Monte Donofrio PF 13 13 27.5 4.0 1.5 7.2 1.5 0.5 0.2 1.6 3.1 3.4 Justin Bouldin SF 13 0 12.2 3.8 0.7 2.2 0.9 0.8 0.2 1.6 1.7 -0.2 Brenton Tweedy C 13 0 18.3 2.5 1.8 5.8 0.5 0.4 1.5 0.7 1.7 -1.5 Stan Martin SF 9 0 5.7 2.1 0.3 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.1 -2.8 Eldridge Boyd C 13 0 7.8 2.1 0.5 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.9 -1.8 Manuel Abel PF 13 0 4.2 0.8 0.3 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.5 William Auten PG 12 0 5.0 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 Scottie Harris C 6 0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 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 As you can see, Lusk, Cantwell, and Tomblin are our big 3 at the moment. Oh yeah, Jerry Robertson is off academic suspension. Big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 January 2022 Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/14/21 vs. Northwestern 8-13 135 W 82-61 1-0 11/16/21 vs. Towson 13-9 107 W 82-73 2-0 11/18/21 vs. #19 Mississippi State 15-5 27 L 85-73 2-1 11/22/21 at Nevada 15-6 22 L 83-73 2-2 11/26/21 Elon 1-18 321 W 74-55 3-2 11/30/21 at Kansas 11-8 85 L 80-72 3-3 12/04/21 USC Upstate 11-10 169 W 79-49 4-3 12/07/21 at Tennessee Tech 11-11 228 W 76-61 5-3 12/11/21 UC Davis 8-12 174 W 99-86 6-3 12/16/21 at #23 Baylor 14-7 13 L 77-39 6-4 12/21/21 at Northern Iowa 13-7 126 W 76-62 7-4 12/27/21 North Carolina Central 14-9 47 W 76-67 8-4 12/31/21 #17 West Virginia 15-5 11 L 83-60 8-5 01/05/22 South Dakota 8-12 215 W 83-52 9-5 01/12/22 at Rice 13-7 66 L 61-49 9-6 (0-1) 01/15/22 at East Carolina 12-8 90 W 73-59 10-6 (1-1) 01/19/22 at Central Florida 7-13 136 W 77-51 11-6 (2-1) 01/22/22 at UTEP 8-10 238 W 83-74 12-6 (3-1) 01/26/22 Central Florida 7-13 136 L 86-78 12-7 (3-2) 01/29/22 at UAB 14-6 37 W 85-81 13-7 (4-2) Overall Record: 13-7 Conference Record: 4-2 Home Record: 5-2 Road Record: 6-4 Rank: NR in coaches poll, #2 (12 FPV) in mid-major poll. I feel like this team is just a key player or 2 away from being what they used to be. Some interesting results this week as we lose at home to Central Florida but win at UAB. I honestly was expecting a reverse there. We are definitely in postseason talk, but it's key to finish the regular season strong. 20 wins isn't out of the question, but it's going to be tough, because we still have a game against UAB, a game against Rice, and a game against Tulsa. Not to mention Marshall and Southern Miss are no slouches either. Recruiting News I've decided it's important to have another PF on the team next year, so I'll actively be recruiting the PF spot. My best hope at this point is probably a 2 star. If worse comes to worse I'll move a C to PF. I'm also going after SG Zach Gerkins. The big problem with him is his GPA is only 2.18, but still, I don't expect him to be a key player. He can be a roleplayer though. Player Averages I know I'm kind of fudging it with the screenshots, as doing it this way you can't see the player color ratings. I'll get back to actual screenshots next season, I just wanted to bust out a season quickly this weekend, with it being a holiday weekend. Anyhow, here's how the averages stack up through January. Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amos Lusk SG 20 20 29.7 16.9 1.5 4.7 3.4 0.9 0.1 2.3 2.8 4.0 Antione Cantwell SF 20 20 28.4 15.2 2.9 5.7 4.0 1.1 0.1 1.9 2.8 7.3 Troy Tomblin C 20 20 22.9 13.9 1.4 5.4 0.8 0.4 0.2 1.0 2.8 6.5 Mario Albertini PG 20 20 29.6 9.3 0.8 2.3 3.6 1.1 0.1 2.1 2.9 5.5 Gerald Sena SF 20 0 12.0 4.4 0.7 2.0 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.5 2.0 0.2 Monte Donofrio PF 20 20 28.3 3.9 1.5 6.9 1.5 0.7 0.5 1.2 3.2 4.0 Justin Bouldin SF 20 0 12.4 3.5 0.8 2.3 1.1 0.9 0.2 1.5 1.6 -0.8 Brenton Tweedy C 20 0 17.5 3.2 1.5 5.3 0.5 0.3 1.7 0.7 1.6 -0.5 Eldridge Boyd C 20 0 7.3 1.9 0.4 1.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.7 -0.9 Stan Martin SF 14 0 4.9 1.6 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.1 -1.9 Manuel Abel PF 17 0 3.9 0.8 0.2 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.8 William Auten PG 19 0 4.8 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 Scottie Harris C 6 0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 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 I actually like the production I'm getting out of Tweedy and Bouldin, as they may very well be stepping into bigger roles next season. Bouldin could be the starting SF next season with the fact that Cantwell is a senior. Also impressed with Albertini, but I'm still expecting more from him. This is still a starter based team, with not much off the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 February-March 5, 2022 Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/14/21 vs. Northwestern 14-16 85 W 82-61 1-0 11/16/21 vs. Towson 17-14 116 W 82-73 2-0 11/18/21 vs. #15 Mississippi State 22-8 24 L 85-73 2-1 11/22/21 at #16 Nevada 23-7 20 L 83-73 2-2 11/26/21 Elon 4-25 338 W 74-55 3-2 11/30/21 at Kansas 16-13 100 L 80-72 3-3 12/04/21 USC Upstate 17-14 193 W 79-49 4-3 12/07/21 at Tennessee Tech 15-17 236 W 76-61 5-3 12/11/21 UC Davis 12-17 202 W 99-86 6-3 12/16/21 at #14 Baylor 20-10 9 L 77-39 6-4 12/21/21 at Northern Iowa 19-11 101 W 76-62 7-4 12/27/21 North Carolina Central 17-12 64 W 76-67 8-4 12/31/21 West Virginia 20-10 21 L 83-60 8-5 01/05/22 South Dakota 14-15 214 W 83-52 9-5 01/12/22 at Rice 18-12 93 L 61-49 9-6 (0-1) 01/15/22 at East Carolina 17-13 98 W 73-59 10-6 (1-1) 01/19/22 at Central Florida 10-20 162 W 77-51 11-6 (2-1) 01/22/22 at UTEP 12-16 229 W 83-74 12-6 (3-1) 01/26/22 Central Florida 10-20 162 L 86-78 12-7 (3-2) 01/29/22 at UAB 19-11 62 W 85-81 13-7 (4-2) 02/02/22 UTEP 12-16 229 W 74-66 14-7 (5-2) 02/05/22 Rice 18-12 93 W 89-86 15-7 (6-2) 02/09/22 Marshall 19-10 77 W 84-44 16-7 (7-2) 02/12/22 East Carolina 17-13 98 L 70-62 16-8 (7-3) 02/16/22 UAB 19-11 62 L 76-68 16-9 (7-4) 02/19/22 at Southern Mississippi 21-9 29 L 73-52 16-10 (7-5) 02/23/22 at Tulsa 21-9 38 W 98-80 17-10 (8-5) 02/26/22 at Tulane 11-19 152 W 87-80 18-10 (9-5) 03/02/22 Houston 16-13 99 L 66-63 18-11 (9-6) 03/05/22 Southern Methodist 10-19 201 W 77-55 19-11 (10-6) Overall Record: 19-11 Conference Record: 10-6 Home Record: 9-5 Road Record: 8-5 Neutral Record: 2-1 Rank: NR in coaches poll, #5 (3 FPV) in mid-major poll. A couple setbacks in February and the first week of March, including a 3 game losing streak in February and a bad loss to Houston. So we don't get 20 wins in the regular season, but we're still in great position to go back to the NCAA Tournament. It'd be nice to win at least 1 in the conference tournament to get to 20 wins though. Recruiting News I'll say once again, I suck at recruiting!! Both of the guys I was looking at declined, but I've still got a bead on Zach Gerkins. We'll see what happens. I may have 3 scholarships open for potential transfers. Player Averages Here are the final regular season stats: Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mario Albertini PG 30 30 30.1 9.9 0.8 2.1 3.7 1.2 0.1 1.9 2.9 5.4 Amos Lusk SG 30 30 29.9 17.5 1.6 4.9 3.3 1.0 0.1 2.5 2.7 3.6 Monte Donofrio PF 30 30 29.7 5.0 1.8 7.4 1.7 0.6 0.7 1.3 3.1 3.7 Antione Cantwell SF 30 30 28.2 14.0 2.8 5.2 3.8 0.8 0.1 2.1 2.9 7.0 Troy Tomblin C 30 30 23.4 13.2 1.5 5.3 1.0 0.5 0.2 1.1 2.9 6.7 Brenton Tweedy C 30 0 17.4 3.0 1.4 5.3 0.6 0.3 1.7 0.6 1.6 0.0 Justin Bouldin SF 30 0 12.3 3.8 0.8 2.1 1.1 0.8 0.2 1.3 1.4 -0.2 Gerald Sena SF 30 0 12.3 4.5 0.8 2.1 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 1.8 0.8 Eldridge Boyd C 30 0 6.2 1.5 0.3 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.7 -0.7 Stan Martin SF 22 0 4.3 1.5 0.3 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.2 -0.7 William Auten PG 28 0 4.3 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 Manuel Abel PF 23 0 3.5 0.8 0.2 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.0 Scottie Harris C 9 0 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 Here's a look at the final Conference USA standings: TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern Mississippi 11 5 .688 21 9 .700 29 44 Memphis 10 6 .625 19 11 .633 36 71 UAB 10 6 .625 19 11 .633 62 73 Tulsa 10 6 .625 21 9 .700 38 68 Houston 9 7 .563 16 13 .552 99 71 Marshall 9 7 .563 19 10 .655 77 46 East Carolina 8 8 .500 17 13 .567 98 49 Rice 8 8 .500 18 12 .600 93 47 UTEP 7 9 .438 12 16 .429 230 58 Central Florida 6 10 .375 10 20 .333 162 53 Southern Methodist 5 11 .313 10 19 .345 200 37 Tulane 3 13 .188 11 19 .367 152 56 We won a 3 way tiebreaker and got the #2 seed in the Conference USA Tournament. Here are the First Round Results: (12) Tulane- 77, (5) Houston- 58 (11) SMU- 82, (6) Marshall- 76 (10) Central Florida- 74, (7) ECU- 60 (8) Rice- 89, (9) UTEP- 85 Wow! This could be a crazy C-USA Tournament as Rice is the only higher seed to win a First Round game. Here's a look at how the Quarterfinals shape up: (8) Rice vs. (1) Southern Miss (12) Tulane vs. (4) Tulsa (11) SMU vs. (3) UAB (10) Central Florida vs. (2) Memphis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted September 11, 2015 Author Share Posted September 11, 2015 <p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">March 10, 2022</span></p><p> </p><p> Conference USA Quarterfinals</p><p> (10) Central Florida (11-20) vs. <strong>(2) Memphis (19-11)</strong></p><p> </p><p> This is a game that we should win easily, even though they did beat us at home in late January. They've got a couple good players, but nothing really scary. Just a matter of not getting over confident and playing our game.</p><p> </p><p> And we do take care of business tonight, in convincing fashion. We led by 16 at halftime and shot 54.4% from the field. 4 guys were in double figures for us, including Amos Lusk who led us with 18. And how about Monte Donofrio, who had 6 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists. What a line. We get to the 20 win plateau for the first time in 3 seasons and advance to the C-USA semifinals with a 75-52 victory!</p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode">Memphis 75, Central Florida 52 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Central Florida (11-21, 6-10): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Joseph Thomson C 32 6-12 2-2 5 9 1 2 14 Johnathan Partida PF 29 2-8 1-2 1 2 2 2 5 Duane Cruz SF 21 2-5 0-1 0 1 0 1 4 Joshua Scruggs SG 30 2-5 2-4 2 5 2 2 6 Chris Walker PG 24 3-5 2-3 2 3 5 1 9 Tobias Waugh PG 16 1-3 0-2 1 1 2 3 2 Jordan Jones PF 15 1-6 0-0 0 3 1 2 2 Bret Munroe SF 16 3-5 2-2 0 1 2 1 10 Alfonzo Brown SG 10 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 2 0 Monty Davis PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 Robin Parsons SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 15 (J.Thomson 6, J.Partida 2, D.Cruz 1, C.Walker 1, T.Waugh 1, J.Jones 1, B.Munroe 1, A.Brown 2) Blocked Shots: 6 (J.Thomson 2, D.Cruz 2, J.Scruggs 1, J.Jones 1) Steals: 5 (J.Thomson 1, J.Scruggs 1, C.Walker 1, T.Waugh 1, B.Munroe 1) 3P FGs: 3-13 (J.Thomson 0-1, D.Cruz 0-1, J.Scruggs 0-2, C.Walker 1-2, T.Waugh 0-2, B.Munroe 2-4, A.Brown 0-1) Memphis (20-11, 10-6): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Troy Tomblin C 27 6-11 2-2 0 4 1 3 14 Monte Donofrio PF 32 2-6 2-4 5 11 7 2 6 Antione Cantwell SF 29 4-6 0-0 1 2 7 3 10 Amos Lusk SG 27 7-13 2-4 4 8 2 3 18 Mario Albertini PG 33 4-9 0-1 1 1 3 2 10 Gerald Sena SF 13 3-4 0-0 1 3 3 2 7 Justin Bouldin SF 11 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 2 2 Brenton Tweedy C 16 2-2 0-0 1 4 0 2 4 Eldridge Boyd C 3 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Manuel Abel PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 William Auten PG 3 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Stan Martin SF 4 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 Turnovers: 14 (T.Tomblin 1, M.Donofrio 4, A.Cantwell 2, A.Lusk 3, M.Albertini 1, J.Bouldin 1, B.Tweedy 1, W.Auten 1) Blocked Shots: 3 (B.Tweedy 3) Steals: 4 (T.Tomblin 2, G.Sena 2) 3P FGs: 7-13 (A.Cantwell 2-3, A.Lusk 2-4, M.Albertini 2-5, G.Sena 1-1) Player of Game: SG Amos Lusk (MMPHS)</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> Other Conference Tournament Games:</p><p> </p><p> (8) Rice- 85, (1) Southern Miss- 66</p><p> (4) Tulsa- 77, (12) Tulane- 68</p><p> (11) SMU- 71, (3) UAB- 59</p><p> </p><p> Semifinal Pairings:</p><p> </p><p> (8) Rice vs. (4) Tulsa</p><p> (11) SMU vs. (2) Memphis</p><p> </p><p> With all the upsets in the quarterfinals, this is now our tournament to win.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">March 11, 2022</span></p><p> </p><p> Conference USA Semifinals</p><p> (11) SMU (12-19) vs. <strong>(2) Memphis (20-11)</strong></p><p> </p><p> We get a gift here by not having to play UAB, but is it really a gift? Or is SMU a Cinderella story in the makings? We only played them once this season, and pounded them by 22 at home. There is absolutely nothing on their roster that makes me think we won't beat these guys.</p><p> </p><p> And beat them we did. Last time we played them was bad enough, but we humiliated them this time. We forced 18 turnovers in route to a 17 point halftime lead, put 5 guys in double figures, and got 14 players in the game. We move on to the C-USA Championship with an easy 93-67 victory!</p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode">Memphis 93, Southern Methodist 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern Methodist (12-20, 5-11): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Silas Corson C 16 1-2 0-0 3 4 0 4 2 Brent Percy PF 29 2-4 1-2 2 4 0 2 5 Mark Elliott SF 27 3-12 4-4 2 6 2 3 10 Alfredo Delgado SG 11 3-3 0-0 0 1 0 4 6 Antione Pine PG 28 2-7 0-0 2 3 5 2 4 Julius Collins PG 11 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 Joseph Bohannan SF 12 4-5 3-4 0 1 0 2 14 Earle Soloman SG 21 2-6 4-6 0 0 4 0 8 Weston Bishop SG 9 1-2 2-4 1 3 2 2 5 Gregory Perryman PF 13 2-2 1-2 0 4 0 3 6 Kirk Chen SF 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Clint Villatoro PF 12 0-2 2-3 0 1 0 0 2 Del Gerald C 10 0-0 3-4 0 0 0 3 3 Turnovers: 18 (S.Corson 2, B.Percy 2, M.Elliott 5, A.Delgado 1, J.Collins 2, J.Bohannan 1, W.Bishop 1, G.Perryman 2, C.Villatoro 1, D.Gerald 1) Blocked Shots: 2 (B.Percy 2) Steals: 2 (S.Corson 1, M.Elliott 1) 3P FGs: 5-15 (M.Elliott 0-3, A.Pine 0-1, J.Collins 0-1, J.Bohannan 3-3, E.Soloman 0-4, W.Bishop 1-1, G.Perryman 1-1, K.Chen 0-1) Memphis (21-11, 10-6): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Troy Tomblin C 22 2-7 1-2 0 2 1 2 5 Monte Donofrio PF 32 3-4 3-4 0 5 1 1 9 Antione Cantwell SF 27 4-10 6-7 3 6 5 2 15 Amos Lusk SG 18 7-9 2-4 4 7 3 4 17 Mario Albertini PG 24 6-10 0-0 1 2 3 4 16 Gerald Sena SF 14 3-4 2-2 0 0 2 3 10 Justin Bouldin SF 17 3-5 4-6 0 0 1 2 11 Brenton Tweedy C 18 2-3 1-2 4 11 2 2 5 Eldridge Boyd C 5 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Manuel Abel PF 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 William Auten PG 12 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 Stan Martin SF 5 0-2 3-4 0 0 0 3 3 Scottie Harris C 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Jerry Robertson SG 2 0-2 2-2 0 0 1 0 2 Turnovers: 11 (T.Tomblin 1, M.Donofrio 1, A.Cantwell 1, A.Lusk 2, J.Bouldin 2, M.Abel 1, S.Martin 3) Blocked Shots: 3 (M.Donofrio 1, B.Tweedy 2) Steals: 7 (T.Tomblin 1, M.Donofrio 1, A.Cantwell 1, M.Albertini 3, G.Sena 1) 3P FGs: 9-16 (A.Cantwell 1-3, A.Lusk 1-1, M.Albertini 4-6, G.Sena 2-3, J.Bouldin 1-1, J.Robertson 0-2) Player of Game: PG Mario Albertini (MMPHS) </pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> Other Conference Tournament Games:</p><p> </p><p> (8) Rice- 83, (4) Tulsa- 57</p><p> </p><p> Could we get any better of a draw in this tournament? Luck has definitely been on our side, but we still have one more game to go before we can punch our ticket back to the big dance.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 <p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">March 12, 2022</span></p><p> </p><p> Conference USA Championship</p><p> (8) Rice (21-12) vs. <strong>(2) Memphis (21-11)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Don't sleep on Rice, they are a good team that won some big games in non-conference, but faltered majorly in C-USA play. We split with them, each winning at home. This is the rubber match, on neutral ground. Their starters in the post are what makes the Owls go, both are green/green guys. We're not taking this game lightly, and we're not assuming that we're a lock for the NCAA Tournament. I'd like to win this game and leave no doubt.</p><p> </p><p> This was not what you would expect from a championship game. We shot less than 26% in the first half but took a 6 point lead into the locker room. They came storming back in the second half, shooting 44.1% for the game. Only a basket from Amos Lusk kept our championship hopes alive. His basket sent the game to OT, where both teams traded baskets. It wasn't until a last second three pointer rimmed in and out that we could finally celebrate again. We are cutting down the nets as the Conference USA champions after a 69-67 overtime victory!!!!!!!</p><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="ipsCode">Memphis 69, Rice 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis (22-11, 10-6): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Troy Tomblin C 23 3-7 5-8 0 3 1 4 11 Monte Donofrio PF 39 5-9 3-4 4 13 1 2 13 Antione Cantwell SF 33 2-10 6-8 2 2 3 2 11 Amos Lusk SG 39 5-16 3-8 3 8 4 3 13 Mario Albertini PG 36 3-7 5-9 1 4 3 2 12 Gerald Sena SG 14 2-4 0-0 2 2 1 1 5 Justin Bouldin SF 11 1-2 0-0 2 3 2 0 2 Brenton Tweedy C 14 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 3 0 Eldridge Boyd C 9 0-1 2-2 0 2 0 1 2 Manuel Abel C 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 William Auten PG 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 Scottie Harris C 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Turnovers: 14 (T.Tomblin 3, M.Donofrio 4, A.Cantwell 1, A.Lusk 3, M.Albertini 2, J.Bouldin 1) Blocked Shots: 1 (B.Tweedy 1) Steals: 6 (T.Tomblin 1, M.Donofrio 1, A.Lusk 1, G.Sena 1, J.Bouldin 2) 3P FGs: 3-12 (A.Cantwell 1-4, A.Lusk 0-1, M.Albertini 1-4, G.Sena 1-2, J.Bouldin 0-1) Rice (21-13, 8-8): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Charles West C 24 3-6 2-3 1 5 2 4 8 Ernie Forsberg PF 33 3-13 1-2 4 7 1 2 7 Paco Prieto SF 15 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 5 0 Greg Henriquez SF 27 4-10 4-4 4 6 5 5 13 Jack Altman PG 36 4-7 0-0 1 3 0 4 9 Domenic Fogel PF 21 3-3 0-0 0 8 1 2 6 Eldon Jones SG 22 5-9 2-3 0 1 0 5 14 William Heard SG 12 1-1 1-2 0 1 0 0 4 Ronald Huber SF 12 1-4 0-1 0 2 0 0 2 Mark Thompson C 10 1-2 0-1 1 5 1 2 2 Harold Hoch PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Logan Killian PG 7 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 Jeffry Washington SF 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 20 (C.West 2, E.Forsberg 1, P.Prieto 1, G.Henriquez 1, J.Altman 4, D.Fogel 2, E.Jones 4, W.Heard 2, R.Huber 1, M.Thompson 1, L.Killian 1) Blocked Shots: 4 (C.West 2, E.Jones 1, M.Thompson 1) Steals: 6 (G.Henriquez 3, D.Fogel 1, E.Jones 1, W.Heard 1) 3P FGs: 5-17 (P.Prieto 0-1, G.Henriquez 1-4, J.Altman 1-4, E.Jones 2-5, W.Heard 1-1, M.Thompson 0-1, L.Killian 0-1) Player of Game: PF Monte Donofrio (MMPHS) </pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p> How big has Donofrio been as a yellow/yellow rated player? Without him, we don't win this tournament.</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">2022 Selection Sunday</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> It feels really good to be able to watch the other championship games on Selection Sunday, knowing we've already punched our ticket back to the big dance. I invited the guys over to my house as we watched undefeated North Carolina play their biggest rivals, the Duke Blue Devils, in the ACC Championship. For those wondering, Carolina stayed undefeated with a 72-70 victory. Now, to the selection show!</p><p> </p><p> Disappointment all around as the selection show ended. Don't get me wrong, we are very happy to be going dancing, but with a 32 RPI, I expected better than a #11 seed. But that's what we got, the 11th seed in the NCAA East Region. We'll be taking on 6th seeded Syracuse.</p><p> </p><p> Other C-USA teams extending their season:</p><p> </p><p> Tulsa got the 10th seed in the NCAA Midwest Region and will open up against 7th seeded Providence. I would have loved us to have that game.</p><p> </p><p> Southern Miss gets the 10th seed in the NCAA South Region and will open up against 7th seed Maryland.</p><p> </p><p> The fact that Tulsa got a 10 seed amazes me. Their RPI was 11 spots lower than ours and we hammered them in the regular season. Ah well, sour grapes I suppose.</p><p> </p><p> UAB gets the 3rd seed in the NIT South Region and will host 6th seed Northern Iowa in a Second Round game.</p><p> </p><p> Rice gets the 2nd seed in the NIT East Region and gets a bye into the Second Round, where they will host the winner between 10th seeded Bryant and 7th seeded Appalachian State. </p><p> </p><p> Marshall gets the 6th seed in the NIT East Region and will travel to 3rd seed Tennessee State in the Second Round.</p><p> </p><p> ECU gets the 2nd seed in the CIT and will open up the First Round by hosting 15th seed Toledo.</p><p> </p><p> And finally, Houston gets the 11th seed in the CIT and will travel to 6th seeded UL-Monroe.</p><p> </p><p> So the C-USA gets 8 of 12 teams into postseason play. Good job!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share Posted September 13, 2015 March 17, 2022 NCAA Tournament- East Region First Round (11) Memphis (22-11) vs. (6) Syracuse (21-11) We have identical records, well almost identical, but on paper Syracuse has a few more current blue and green players than we do. Their entire starting line-up is averaging double digits in scoring, which means if we can get them in foul trouble and get into their bench a little more, we've got a real shot to win this game. Or.. we could just come out and play sparkling, tight defense in the second half, which is what we did. After going into the locker room leading by only 4, we came out and outscored the Orange 37-12 in the second half. Yep, that's right, we held them to 12 second half points on just 11.9% shooting. The result was an easy 77-48 victory as we move on! Memphis 77, Syracuse 48 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis (23-11, 10-6): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Troy Tomblin C 25 2-5 6-8 0 10 2 1 10 Monte Donofrio PF 27 2-2 1-1 2 6 2 2 5 Antione Cantwell SF 28 5-10 2-3 2 5 1 1 14 Amos Lusk SG 33 7-23 5-8 5 9 6 1 19 Mario Albertini PG 31 5-10 0-0 0 2 2 1 13 Gerald Sena SF 13 0-3 3-4 2 4 0 0 3 Justin Bouldin SF 11 1-2 4-4 0 1 0 2 6 Brenton Tweedy C 16 1-1 0-0 2 5 0 1 2 Eldridge Boyd C 10 1-1 3-4 1 4 0 0 5 Manuel Abel PF 2 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 William Auten PG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Stan Martin SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 12 (T.Tomblin 3, A.Cantwell 3, A.Lusk 5, G.Sena 1) Blocked Shots: 5 (A.Cantwell 1, A.Lusk 1, M.Albertini 1, B.Tweedy 2) Steals: 4 (A.Cantwell 1, A.Lusk 2, W.Auten 1) 3P FGs: 5-18 (A.Cantwell 2-2, A.Lusk 0-5, M.Albertini 3-7, G.Sena 0-3, J.Bouldin 0-1) Syracuse (21-12, 13-5): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Carl Medeiros C 20 4-7 1-2 2 5 1 4 9 Darrell Andino PF 30 4-9 0-2 6 9 0 1 8 James Lahr SF 28 1-14 0-2 3 6 4 3 3 Henry Merino SG 26 4-12 0-0 2 3 0 1 10 Shawn Kelly PG 26 3-4 0-0 0 6 3 2 8 Eddie Tedeschi SF 17 1-6 0-0 0 4 2 0 3 Gayle Chambliss PG 14 2-6 0-0 1 1 2 5 5 Richard Dyer PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Alvin Aldridge SG 10 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 3 0 Wade Brock C 12 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 Frank Arredondo PF 17 1-5 0-0 1 4 0 2 2 Turnovers: 15 (C.Medeiros 3, J.Lahr 2, H.Merino 4, S.Kelly 3, G.Chambliss 2, W.Brock 1) Blocked Shots: 4 (D.Andino 2, J.Lahr 1, A.Aldridge 1) Steals: 7 (D.Andino 3, H.Merino 2, S.Kelly 1, E.Tedeschi 1) 3P FGs: 7-26 (J.Lahr 1-6, H.Merino 2-7, S.Kelly 2-3, E.Tedeschi 1-6, G.Chambliss 1-4) Player of Game: SG Amos Lusk (MMPHS) March 19, 2022 NCAA Tournament- East Region Second Round (14) Navy (20-13) vs. (11) Memphis (23-11) This really feels like dejavu to me. Last time we were in the NCAA Tournament we were the 7th seed, won our first round game, and got to play the 15th seed after they upset the 2nd seed. This time around, we get 14th seed Navy who upset 3rd seed Nebraska 67-60. This is a crazy region, with 4 double digit seeds in the Second Round, so if we can get by this game, we've got a real shot to advance far. First, we must beat Navy. They are a scrappy team, with 2 guys averaging double figures. Defensively they are iffy at best, so if we take it right at em, I like our chances. It certainly wasn't the prettiest of second halves this time, but considering we led by 14 at halftime, we cruised a little bit in the last 20 minutes. Again, defense won it for us, as we forced 27 turnovers in route to a 65-52 win and another Sweet Sixteen appearance!! Memphis 65, Navy 52 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis (24-11, 10-6): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Troy Tomblin C 19 1-8 6-8 0 1 0 4 8 Monte Donofrio PF 36 5-7 5-7 1 6 0 3 15 Antione Cantwell SF 29 2-10 1-2 5 9 4 3 5 Amos Lusk SG 36 7-17 2-2 3 5 7 2 18 Mario Albertini PG 34 3-6 2-2 0 4 2 2 8 Gerald Sena SF 11 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 3 2 Justin Bouldin SF 7 1-3 0-0 0 3 0 0 2 Brenton Tweedy C 18 0-1 1-2 2 4 0 1 1 Eldridge Boyd C 5 2-2 0-1 0 0 0 0 4 Manuel Abel PF 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 William Auten PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Stan Martin SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 15 (T.Tomblin 2, A.Cantwell 4, A.Lusk 4, M.Albertini 1, G.Sena 2, J.Bouldin 1, E.Boyd 1) Blocked Shots: 1 (M.Donofrio 1) Steals: 8 (M.Donofrio 1, A.Lusk 2, M.Albertini 2, G.Sena 1, J.Bouldin 1, E.Boyd 1) 3P FGs: 2-10 (A.Cantwell 0-4, A.Lusk 2-2, M.Albertini 0-2, G.Sena 0-1, J.Bouldin 0-1) Navy (20-14, 9-5): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Jose Brito C 25 1-3 0-0 2 8 1 5 2 Abe Long PF 21 1-5 0-0 1 4 1 4 2 Ricky Schofield SF 28 4-9 0-0 1 6 2 2 10 Rosendo Clower SG 33 3-5 1-3 2 8 2 2 9 Jarvis Petrillo PG 26 4-12 3-4 1 3 0 3 11 Larry Swift SF 18 2-7 1-1 3 6 0 1 5 Virgil Templeton PF 22 1-1 0-0 2 2 1 3 2 Edward Haggerty PF 11 2-4 5-6 0 2 0 1 9 Harold Davison C 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Andrew Burmeister PG 12 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 D. Fauvarcque SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Steven Broome PG 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 27 (J.Brito 4, A.Long 2, R.Schofield 5, R.Clower 7, J.Petrillo 4, L.Swift 3, V.Templeton 1, A.Burmeister 1) Blocked Shots: 2 (J.Brito 1, L.Swift 1) Steals: 4 (R.Clower 2, J.Petrillo 2) 3P FGs: 4-15 (R.Schofield 2-6, R.Clower 2-4, J.Petrillo 0-2, L.Swift 0-2, A.Burmeister 0-1) Player of Game: PF Monte Donofrio (MMPHS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfanmas Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share Posted September 13, 2015 March 25, 2022 NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen (11) Memphis (24-11) vs. (7) Georgetown (22-12) We've accomplished the athletic directors season goal of reaching the Sweet Sixteen, anything else we do is just a bonus. This is a very winnable game, as the Hoyas skimmed by their first 2 tournament games, and a look at their roster shows 4 players that we need to really key on. Other than that, it's pretty weak. Unfortunately, the officiating was against us tonight. It started out really well, as we led by 4 at halftime. Then the second half sparked a change, and not a good one. Of our starting lineup, 3 fouled out in the 2nd half, and the other 2 were saddled with 4. This meant the bench saw more action than I would have liked. We were able to hit a buzzer beater to force overtime, but then ran out of gas. The Hoyas dominated the overtime period and ended our season as we lost 90-80. Still though, a fine season. Very fine. Georgetown 90, Memphis 80 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis (24-12, 10-6): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Troy Tomblin C 18 3-8 1-4 1 6 0 5 7 Monte Donofrio PF 27 1-1 6-6 0 5 1 5 8 Antione Cantwell SF 29 5-11 1-2 0 1 0 5 12 Amos Lusk SG 31 6-18 2-2 4 7 5 4 17 Mario Albertini PG 34 4-8 0-0 2 3 4 4 10 Gerald Sena SG 17 3-5 2-3 0 2 2 2 9 Justin Bouldin SF 20 1-4 0-0 1 2 3 0 2 Brenton Tweedy C 22 1-2 1-2 1 6 0 3 3 Eldridge Boyd C 14 3-3 0-0 0 4 0 0 6 Manuel Abel PF 9 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 William Auten PG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Stan Martin SF 3 2-2 0-1 0 2 1 0 4 Scottie Harris C 1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 Turnovers: 20 (T.Tomblin 2, M.Donofrio 1, A.Cantwell 4, A.Lusk 4, M.Albertini 1, J.Bouldin 5, E.Boyd 1, W.Auten 1, S.Martin 1) Blocked Shots: 4 (T.Tomblin 1, J.Bouldin 1, B.Tweedy 1, S.Martin 1) Steals: 6 (A.Cantwell 2, M.Albertini 1, J.Bouldin 1, B.Tweedy 1, E.Boyd 1) 3P FGs: 7-17 (A.Cantwell 1-2, A.Lusk 3-7, M.Albertini 2-4, G.Sena 1-3, J.Bouldin 0-1) Georgetown (23-12, 11-7): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Jerrod Bee C 34 3-7 3-4 4 6 0 2 9 Mark Rash PF 24 2-3 5-6 1 6 1 3 9 Stewart McDowell SF 27 2-14 0-0 3 7 2 3 4 Paul Merritt SG 36 8-17 13-14 1 6 2 1 34 Jose Shaver PG 39 3-10 5-7 5 11 2 0 13 Nicholas Barbee SG 15 1-6 2-4 1 2 1 0 5 Isaiah Zepeda SF 18 3-6 2-2 2 3 0 1 9 Wilson Casper PF 20 2-4 0-0 0 4 2 5 4 Carrol Rae PF 8 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 3 Chung Sayers PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Antonio Leon PF 4 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 0 Turnovers: 15 (J.Bee 1, M.Rash 1, S.McDowell 4, P.Merritt 4, J.Shaver 2, N.Barbee 2, I.Zepeda 1) Blocked Shots: 5 (J.Bee 2, S.McDowell 1, P.Merritt 1, I.Zepeda 1) Steals: 9 (M.Rash 1, S.McDowell 1, P.Merritt 5, J.Shaver 1, I.Zepeda 1) 3P FGs: 10-28 (S.McDowell 0-6, P.Merritt 5-11, J.Shaver 2-5, N.Barbee 1-3, I.Zepeda 1-2, C.Rae 1-1) Player of Game: SG Paul Merritt (GTOWN) The postseason wrap-up will be coming up later in a separate post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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