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austin10splayer · March 30, 2018

NIT, CBI, and CIT

First up is the NIT:

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Congratulations to Saint Joseph's for beating Purdue in the NIT! NC State and Old Dominion rounded out the Final Four!

Next the CBI:

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Congratulations to Memphis for beating Vanderbilt in the CBI!

Last the CIT:

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Congrats to Belmont for beating UMBC in the CIT!

austin10splayer · March 30, 2018

1939-1940 Senior Appreciation Day

Our second annual Senior Appreciation Day!

Our first Senior is Center Ike Dendy! Dendy is a 2 year starter from Lakeside, Arizona who was solid but unspectacular. He didn't bring much of an offensive threat and couldn't do too much on defense but was much better than what we had on the bench. He averaged 5.5 PPG and 5.0 RPG in 61 career games (all starts). He was twice named the player of the game and his career highs were 14 points and 10 rebounds.

<pre class="ipsCode">#11 C Ike Dendy - Grand Canyon - Senior

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Height: 6-11

Weight: 244

High School: Blue Ridge High School

Hometown: Lakeside, AZ

Attributes:

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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA

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Current: 29 57 28 15 49 38 29 24 44 13 4 33 32 77 34 55

1938: 27 54 27 14 47 37 27 22 40 13 4 31 31 77 34 48

1937: 26 53 26 14 46 36 26 21 38 13 4 30 31 77 33 41

Potential: D B D D C C D D C D F D

Health: Good

Scholarship: Yes

Status: Active Roster

Academics: 21

Stat Averages:

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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF

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1938 31 31 31.0 5.4 1.5 5.1 1.3 1.4 0.93 0.2 0.5 2.8

1939 30 30 30.5 5.7 1.4 5.0 1.0 1.2 0.86 0.2 0.4 2.5

Career 61 61 30.8 5.5 1.5 5.0 1.1 1.3 0.86 0.2 0.5 2.6

Shooting Averages:

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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-

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1938 2.1 4.1 .508 1.2 1.8 .691 0.1 0.4 .182 1.33 1.10

1939 2.2 5.1 .435 1.1 1.9 .596 0.1 0.5 .133 1.10 -0.80

Career 2.1 4.6 .468 1.2 1.8 .643 0.1 0.4 .154 1.21 0.16

Stat Totals:

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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF

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1938 31 31 961 168 47 159 39 42 7 17 87

1939 30 30 915 170 42 149 31 36 6 12 74

Career 61 61 1876 338 89 308 70 78 13 29 161

Shooting Totals

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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-

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1938 64 126 38 55 2 11 34

1939 67 154 34 57 2 15 -24

Career 131 280 72 112 4 26 10

Career Highs:

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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA

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Season 14 4 10 4 1 2 4 6 9 6 8 1 3

Career 14 5 10 4 2 2 4 6 11 6 8 1 3

Awards & Acheivements:

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Season Award

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All Player of the Game: 2

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Next up is SF/PF Rodney Hills. Hills was a 2 year starter from Phoenix, Arizona who averaged 12.9 PPG and 6.5 RPG in 61 career games (all starts). He was named player of the game 12 times and was named to the 1938 1st team All-WAC and in 1939 the 2nd team All-WAC. His career highs were 30 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists.

<pre class="ipsCode"> #54 PF Rodney Hills - Grand Canyon - Senior

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Height: 6-5

Weight: 208

High School: Desert Vista High School

Hometown: Phoenix, AZ

Attributes:

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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA

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Current: 50 53 67 10 26 39 53 38 5 26 35 15 60 72 65 65

1938: 46 49 66 10 24 36 49 34 5 24 33 15 59 69 64 53

1937: 45 47 66 10 23 35 48 33 5 23 32 15 57 66 62 37

Potential: C B B F D C C C F D D D

Health: Good

Scholarship: Yes

Status: Active Roster

Academics: 82

Stat Averages:

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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF

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1938 31 31 31.4 13.8 2.3 6.1 1.5 2.4 0.64 0.6 0.1 3.1

1939 30 30 28.1 11.9 2.2 7.0 0.7 1.7 0.42 0.3 0.2 3.2

Career 61 61 29.8 12.9 2.2 6.5 1.1 2.0 0.42 0.4 0.1 3.1

Shooting Averages:

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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-

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1938 5.2 10.5 .495 3.3 4.0 .815 0.1 0.3 .375 1.31 -0.45

1939 4.2 8.9 .468 3.5 4.2 .825 0.1 0.3 .250 1.33 0.57

Career 4.7 9.7 .483 3.4 4.1 .820 0.1 0.3 .313 1.32 0.05

Stat Totals:

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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF

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1938 31 31 974 428 70 188 47 73 18 2 96

1939 30 30 842 356 66 211 21 50 9 7 96

Career 61 61 1816 784 136 399 68 123 27 9 192

Shooting Totals

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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-

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1938 162 327 101 124 3 8 -14

1939 125 267 104 126 2 8 17

Career 287 594 205 250 5 16 3

Career Highs:

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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA

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Season 30 12 13 4 2 1 5 12 17 7 9 1 3

Career 30 12 13 5 2 1 8 12 17 11 16 2 3

Awards & Acheivements:

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Season Award

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All Player of the Game: 12

1938 1st Team All-Conference (Western Athletic Conference)

1939 2nd Team All-Conference (Western Athletic Conference)</pre><div></div>

Our 3rd Senior is PF Charles Odaniel from Phoenix, Arizona. Odaniel appeared in 37 career games (7 starts) and averaged 2.7 PPG and 2.2 RPG. His career highs were 11 points and 6 rebounds. Odaniel played an important role off the bench and although he was never amazing he played an important role as the backup C/PF.

<pre class="ipsCode"> #22 PF Charles Odaniel - Grand Canyon - Senior

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Height: 6-7

Weight: 239

High School: Carl Hayden High School

Hometown: Phoenix, AZ

Attributes:

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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA

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Current: 19 38 18 13 29 9 24 27 27 6 17 11 34 84 45 76

1938: 18 37 18 13 28 9 23 26 26 6 17 11 34 82 44 69

1937: 17 36 18 13 27 9 22 25 25 6 17 11 34 80 44 62

Potential: D C F F D F D D D F D F

Health: Good

Scholarship: No

Status: Active Roster

Academics: 17

Stat Averages:

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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF

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1938 9 0 1.6 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.1 0.1

1939 28 7 18.1 3.4 0.9 2.9 0.5 0.8 0.57 0.4 0.2 1.7

Career 37 7 14.1 2.7 0.7 2.2 0.4 0.6 0.57 0.3 0.2 1.3

Shooting Averages:

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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-

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1938 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.2 0.3 .667 0.0 0.0 .000 3.00 -1.00

1939 1.1 2.9 .378 1.1 2.2 .500 0.0 0.4 .100 1.15 -3.25

Career 0.9 2.3 .393 0.9 1.8 .508 0.0 0.3 .100 1.19 -2.70

Stat Totals:

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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF

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1938 9 0 14 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 1

1939 28 7 508 94 26 80 13 23 10 5 48

Career 37 7 522 100 26 83 13 23 10 6 49

Shooting Totals

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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-

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1938 2 2 2 3 0 0 -9

1939 31 82 31 62 1 10 -91

Career 33 84 33 65 1 10 -100

Career Highs:

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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA

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Season 11 3 6 2 2 2 4 4 8 6 12 1 2

Career 11 3 6 2 2 2 4 4 8 6 12 1 2

Awards & Acheivements:

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Season Award

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No awards.</pre><div></div>

Our final Senior is PF Cortez Puryear from Portland, Oregon. Puryear appeared in 59 career games off the bench and averaged 2.2 points and 1.4 rebounds in 6.7 minutes. His career highs were 9 points and 5 rebounds. Puryear always worried me when he would come in the game for any more than 5-7 minutes.

austin10splayer · March 30, 2018

1939-1940 Season Recap

<pre class="ipsCode"> Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record

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11/10/39 North Dakota 7-23 343 W 63-38 1-0

11/14/39 at Richmond 23-9 27 L 80-45 1-1

11/18/39 Abilene Christian 7-22 289 L 52-44 1-2

11/22/39 at Northern Kentucky 7-25 273 L 64-46 1-3

11/25/39 at Northern Arizona 15-16 328 L 68-60 1-4

11/27/39 at Western Illinois 6-23 320 L 65-57 1-5

12/07/39 at SIU-Edwardsville 3-26 341 W 52-41 2-5

12/12/39 at Florida Atlantic 14-17 188 W 66-65 3-5

12/16/39 at Loyola Marymount 10-21 235 W 54-44 4-5

12/20/39 UMass Lowell 6-23 297 L 82-74 4-6

12/23/39 at Fordham 5-26 216 W 83-70 5-6

12/27/39 at North Carolina Central 10-23 330 W 69-49 6-6

01/01/40 Incarnate Word 9-20 321 L 63-61 6-7

01/04/40 at Evansville 3-27 327 L 64-61 6-8

01/08/40 Omaha 3-28 304 W 67-54 7-8

01/13/40 Chicago State 12-18 222 W 70-60 8-8 (1-0)

01/18/40 UMKC 14-18 217 L 67-64 8-9 (1-1)

01/20/40 Cal State Bakersfield 13-18 283 W 86-79 9-9 (2-1)

01/25/40 at Seattle 12-18 291 L 75-70 9-10 (2-2)

01/27/40 at UT-Rio Grande Valley 8-22 249 W 51-48 10-10 (3-2)

02/01/40 Utah Valley 10-21 311 L 61-45 10-11 (3-3)

02/03/40 #23 New Mexico State 30-4 88 L 77-71 10-12 (3-4)

02/10/40 at Chicago State 12-18 222 L 80-56 10-13 (3-5)

02/15/40 at Cal State Bakersfield 13-18 283 L 59-52 10-14 (3-6)

02/17/40 at UMKC 14-18 217 L 63-48 10-15 (3-7)

02/22/40 UT-Rio Grande Valley 8-22 249 L 57-49 10-16 (3-8)

02/24/40 Seattle 12-18 291 W 66-57 11-16 (4-8)

02/29/40 at Utah Valley 10-21 311 W 65-45 12-16 (5-8)

03/02/40 at #23 New Mexico State 30-4 88 L 55-47 12-17 (5-9)

03/07/40 vs. UMKC 14-18 217 L 76-73 12-18</pre><div></div>

We went 12-18 this year and 5-9 in conference play which was a downgrade from last season. We had some really disappointing losses but I always assumed that last season we just got lucky which was evident by all of our close wins. I could definitely see the improvements this year but the lack of depth at C/PF definitely cost us and our defense at those positions was severely lacking.

Here is how the season went for us:

<pre class="ipsCode">Current Performance

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Team Prestige: 1 Record Vs 1-50: 0-1 Poll Rank: NR

Season Record: 12-18 Record Vs 51-100: 0-2 RPI Rank: #348

Conference Record: 5-9 Record Vs 101-200: 1-0

Home Record: 5-7 Record Vs 200+: 11-15

Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR

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Points 60.5 7 286 Points 61.9 2 32 Points -1.4 3 194

O.Reb 9.0 6 296 O.Reb 11.1 4 210 O.Reb -2.1 5 280

D.Reb 21.4 8 346 D.Reb 22.6 2 20 D.Reb -1.2 4 236

Rebounds 30.3 7 341 Rebounds 33.7 3 54 Rebounds -3.3 4 273

Assists 9.9 7 319 Assists 10.7 2 2 Assists -0.8 4 205

Steals 4.6 7 270 Steals 4.5 2 20 Steals 0.1 5 159

Blocks 1.7 6 314 Blocks 2.5 2 47 Blocks -0.8 4 243

Turnovers 12.7 3 70 Turnovers 12.8 6 242 Turnovers -0.1 4 177

Fouls 19.2 3 178 Fouls 19.8 7 97 Fouls -0.6 2 126

FG% .423 5 196 FG% .438 5 245 FG% -.016 4 228

FT% .697 1 102 FT% .651 2 33 FT% .046 2 45

3P% .347 1 101 3P% .302 5 48 3P% .044 1 41

PPS 1.26 2 64 PPS 1.24 5 239 PPS .018 2 139

Adj. FG% .483 3 140 Adj. FG% .481 5 196 Adj. FG% .002 3 153</pre><div></div>

As you can see our RPI ended up 348 so we avoided being the worst team in basketball this season! We were best at limiting opponents assists at #2 in the nation but as you can see we were 2nd in the conference. This is most likely because of the inferior opponents we played as well as the low scoring games we were involved in. We were first in the conference in free throw percentage and 3 point percentage which I hope I can build on moving forward.

Here are our season stats:

<pre class="ipsCode"> Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-

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Timothy Swart SF 30 30 30.9 9.3 1.7 4.9 1.6 1.1 0.4 2.6 3.1 0.2

Ike Dendy C 30 30 30.5 5.7 1.4 5.0 1.0 0.2 0.4 1.2 2.5 -0.8

Enoch Scull SG 30 30 28.7 9.3 0.6 2.8 1.8 1.3 0.2 1.8 2.4 0.6

Rodney Hills PF 30 30 28.1 11.9 2.2 7.0 0.7 0.3 0.2 1.7 3.2 0.6

Odis Deck PG 30 23 26.9 7.0 0.5 2.8 2.0 0.5 0.1 1.7 2.5 -0.5

Charles Odaniel PF 28 7 18.1 3.4 0.9 2.9 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.7 -3.3

Lamar Smith SG 30 0 16.7 5.9 0.8 1.9 1.3 0.3 0.0 1.3 1.6 -1.8

Horace Williams SF 30 0 11.0 5.2 0.4 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.1 1.0 0.9 -1.7

Cortez Puryear PF 30 0 7.8 1.9 0.2 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.0 -0.3

James McLeod PG 23 0 3.7 1.1 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 -0.6

Tony Veliz SF 12 0 3.4 0.9 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 -0.8

Augusto Pastor PF 6 0 2.5 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.7

Tracey Marrs SG 2 0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.5

Omar Backman SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Marvin Davis SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0</pre><div></div>

Departing Players

C Ike Dendy - Graduating

PF Rodney Hills - Graduating

PF Charles Odaniel - Graduating

PF Cortez Puryear - Graduating

SG Omar Backman - Transfer

SG Marvin Davis - Transfer

Incoming Class

FR C Adolph Gentry (*, #1,189 overall)

FR C Corey Duncan (*, #1,345 overall)

FR PG Luther Reid (*, #1,035 overall)

FR C Michael Jackson - Transfer from Villanova

FR PF Joseph Goodrich - Walked On

FR PF Sid Troutman - Walked On

ALSO

Big news! The school has decided to upgrade our practice facilities. Our current facilities have a 0 rating so it will definitely help current players and with recruiting, even if they are only upgraded to a 1. Also, our prestige rose to 2. It is a long road but at least we are improving!

austin10splayer · April 1, 2018

1940 Offseason

There was no conference movement this year. I think in the next few years though New Mexico State may be leaving to join a bigger conference and we will receive a bottom tier team in return. Part of me hopes this doesn't happen because then we lose our only good team every year but part of me does because it means a much easier path to the NCAA tournament.

Here is our roster for the upcoming season:

<pre class="ipsCode"> Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown

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Tony Veliz 50 SF Sr 6-9 243 Yes 29 OK San Lorenzo, CA

Tracey Marrs 42 SG Sr 6-3 208 Yes 70 Unhappy Bullhead City, AZ

Odis Deck 35 PG Sr 5-10 183 Yes 66 OK Senatobia, MS

James McLeod 0 PG Sr 6-4 205 Yes 55 OK Mohave Valley, AZ

Horace Williams 23 SF Jr* 6-4 193 Yes 59 OK Tucson, AZ

Lamar Smith 12 SG So 6-1 178 Yes 62 OK Fountain Hills, AZ

Enoch Scull 13 SG So 6-0 194 Yes 1 OK Corrigan, TX

Timothy Swart 31 SF So 6-3 199 Yes 76 OK Crane, TX

Augusto Pastor 5 PF So 6-9 251 No 17 OK Seville, Spain

Michael Jackson 2 C Fr* 7-0 266 Yes 47 OK Nashville, IL

Adolph Gentry 30 C Fr 6-8 229 Yes 35 OK Odessa, TX

Corey Duncan 44 C Fr 6-10 224 Yes 25 OK Cloverdale, CA

Luther Reid 51 PG Fr 6-0 197 Yes 23 OK Sacramento, CA

Joseph Goodrich 40 PF Fr 6-9 220 No 42 OK San Diego, CA

Sid Troutman 15 PF Fr 6-9 241 No 77 OK Arcadia, CA

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You can see that our team is very young this year with 6 freshmen! Of our 4 seniors only one (Odis Deck) plays serious minutes for us. All 4 are on scholarship which means we are going to be able to bring in a lot of talent next year. On top of those 4 scholarships we also have 1 currently unused scholarship. With the 2 players who transferred out I decided to only use one of the remaining scholarships on a transfer since I only saw one player worthy of having for 4 years. Our freshman class feature one PG and five big men, so these freshmen could see a lot of playtime and be part of a rotation this season.

I never gave much of a preview on any of the players who came in besides Adolph Gentry, since the other 2 recruited players signed the last month of the season.

Corey Duncan has the potential to be a great rebounder and someone who won't turn the ball over in the post. He also could develop a solid inside game.

Luther Reid is a pass first point guard which is something we may badly need with how low our assist numbers have been the first two years. He won't shoot much but his passing should open up tons of opportunities for others and he is also good at limiting turnovers.

Michael Jackson is a transfer from Villanova who has is a defensive specialist. He has absolutely no offensive game but is a monster on the glass. He'll probably never be anything more than a man off the bench but he should be able to haul in plenty of rebounds in his limited minutes.

The first walkon is Joseph Goodrich who has a strong inside game but is limited defensively besides shot blocking. He should be able to limit turnovers while scoring on the inside.

The final walkon and new player is Sid Troutman. Troutman is a very poor defender who has no offensive game to speak of. I'm not sure if he'll spend all four years on the team but he projects to be our last man right now.

News: We have decided to cut Sid Troutman in order to free up another scholarship for next year. No idea if we will use this scholarship yet but it is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

This means we have 5 scholarships to use this offseason.

Here is our call list going into the season:

<pre class="ipsCode"> Name Pos Ht Wt Rating Interest State

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John Lai SF 6-7 228 ** Very High Arizona

Terry Clegg SF 6-6 243 *** High Australia

Sebastian Stone SG 6-0 188 ** High California

Gary Rodarte PG 6-1 177 ** High Texas

Jackie Miller C 6-9 235 ** High Nevada

Charles Shade PG 6-4 194 *** Average Arizona

John Wiser SG 6-3 174 *** Average Washington

Timothy Selby SG 6-3 176 *** Average California

Charles Guardado C 6-7 213 *** Average California

Clayton Gittens C 6-8 228 *** Average California

Gordon Clyburn SG 6-0 200 *** Average Texas

Frederick Macleod SF 6-4 240 *** Average Texas

Pierre McGrath SF 6-4 228 *** Average California

Jim Montero SF 6-7 227 *** Average Arizona

Chris Hellman SF 6-5 231 *** Average California

Venceslás Rubio PG 6-3 191 *** Average California

Douglass Comfort C 6-8 238 *** Average Texas

Earl Wigfall C 6-11 253 *** Average California

Bobby Sumner PF 6-10 201 *** Average California

Tommy Smith C 6-8 227 *** Average California

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I decided to try the "Go big or go home" strategy. I might as well try to make a run at some of these guys early instead of just using up time on mediocre players who only have interest in Grand Canyon. The biggest downside to our small budget is that we can't do as much scouting as bigger schools so it takes us longer to gain information on players.

austin10splayer · April 1, 2018

1940-1941 Season Preview

This is the preview for the upcoming season. I already wrote this up once but it all deleted so it will be much shorter this time. Schedule is again an easy one with low prestige teams. New Mexico State starts out the season ranked #23 in the poll. Not the mid-major poll but the actual top 25 poll.

Athletic Director Goal

The goal is to avoid last place in the conference. Hopefully we can meet this goal for a 3rd straight season. Last season it was enough to improve our prestige from 1 to 2.

Team Schedule

<pre class="ipsCode"> Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record

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11/15/40 Omaha 0-0 304

11/18/40 at Abilene Christian 0-0 289

11/23/40 at Dartmouth 0-0 262

11/25/40 Incarnate Word 0-0 321

12/01/40 at North Carolina Central 0-0 330

12/06/40 at Northern Kentucky 0-0 273

12/10/40 UMass Lowell 0-0 297

12/14/40 at Howard 0-0 346

12/18/40 at The Citadel 0-0 347

12/23/40 SIU-Edwardsville 0-0 341

12/27/40 at Fordham 0-0 216

12/31/40 at Florida Intl 0-0 276

01/04/41 North Dakota 0-0 343

01/07/41 at North Florida 0-0 326

01/11/41 at UC Riverside 0-0 272

01/16/41 at Chicago State 0-0 222

01/18/41 at UT-Rio Grande Valley 0-0 249

01/23/41 Seattle 0-0 291

01/25/41 UMKC 0-0 217

01/30/41 at #23 New Mexico State 0-0 88

02/06/41 at Cal State Bakersfield 0-0 283

02/08/41 at Utah Valley 0-0 311

02/13/41 UT-Rio Grande Valley 0-0 249

02/15/41 Chicago State 0-0 222

02/20/41 at Seattle 0-0 291

02/22/41 at UMKC 0-0 217

02/27/41 #23 New Mexico State 0-0 88

03/06/41 Cal State Bakersfield 0-0 283

03/08/41 Utah Valley 0-0 311 </pre><div></div>

Starting Lineup

PG - Odis Deck (JR)

SG - Enoch Scull (SO)

SF - Timothy Swart (SO)

PF - Adolph Gentry (FR)

C - Joseph Goodrich (FR)

6th - SG/PG Lamar Smith (SO). Smith looks to improve on a great freshman season that saw him shoot 42% from 3.

7th - PG/SG Luther Reid (FR). I thought about redshirting Reid but I don't want to have him sit out a year because his passing will be too valuable. Him and Smith will see a lot of minutes.

8th - SF/SG Horace Williams (JR*). Williams improved last season coming off the bench instead of starting so we hope he can do the same this year.

9th - C Michael Jackson (FR*). I thought Jackson would have to sit out a year but apparently in FBCB any player who has redshirted at any point in their career can transfer and be immediately eligible.

This is really as deep as I hope we ever go and I don't have much faith in anybody else to come in and be able to do anything. Even Jackson I don't have much faith in but I need to at least include the big man who will come in off the bench.

austin10splayer · April 1, 2018

November 1940

November 1940

<pre class="ipsCode"> Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record

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11/15/40 Omaha 0-3 211 W 63-59 1-0

11/18/40 at Abilene Christian 1-3 282 W 72-64 2-0

11/23/40 at Dartmouth 1-3 38 W 81-63 3-0

11/25/40 Incarnate Word 1-2 98 L 65-57 3-1</pre><div></div>

Edit: I was mistaken in my last post saying that New Mexico State started the year in the top 25. They finished last season at #23 and it went unnoticed by me. They are not ranked to start the season.

November 15, 1940

Omaha (0-0) vs. Grand Canyon (0-0)

Final Score: Omaha - 59, Grand Canyon - 63. We came back from down 9 to win this one and it was an absolute team effort. Adolph Gentry had a dreadful debut as he picked up 4 fouls and recorded 0 points and only 1 rebound in 11 minutes. Enoch Scull had 17 points and Odis Deck had 13. Joseph Goodrich's debut went ok with 6 points and 5 rebounds. Luther Reid only played 1 minute in his debut and had 2 points. Michael Jackson played 21 minutes off the bench and had 4 points and 4 rebounds. Corey Duncan had 15 minutes off the bench with 6 points. The bench accounted for 21 points in this one as the foul trouble by Gentry forced us into an early big man rotation. We also won the turnover battle committing 11 to their 18. We almost blew it by missing free throws as we went 21-31 from the line. I'm going to adjust minutes to try and get Smith and Reid some more minutes.

November 18, 1940

Grand Canyon (1-0) vs. Abilene Christian (0-0)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 72, Abilene Christian - 64. This was another one where the bench came up huge and was a true team win. The bench had 22 points and we had 15 assists to their 5. Odis Deck had 15 points and 6 rebounds while Adolph Gentry had 11 points and 6 rebounds in limited minutes due to foul trouble. Our free throw shooting was atrocious in this one as we went 24-40 from the line. Luckily Abilene Christian was also terrible as they shot 28-44.

November 23, 1940

Grand Canyon (2-0) vs. Dartmouth (0-1)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 81, Dartmouth - 63. This one was over early and our lead at one point swelled to 30 points. We shot 10-16 from 3 which is how we got out to a big lead early. Enoch Scull had 20 points, Timothy Swart had 19, and Odis Deck had 18. Only 15 points from the bench this game but they played more minutes than usual with the big lead. One thing I've noticed so far is our blocks are way up this season and we had 5 in this game. We had never had more than 4 blocks in a game our first two seasons and this year we have had 2 five block games and a 6 block game.

November 25, 1940

Incarnate Word (0-2) vs. Grand Canyon (3-0)

Final Score: Incarnate Word - 65, Grand Canyon - 57. This was such an ugly game as both teams blew 10 point leads but again our free throw shooting killed us. This time we "only" missed 7 going 8-15 but our 5-24 from 3 sank us. We lost due to Horace Williams being in at the end of the game and shooting 3 after 3 and committing turnover after turnover despite our best player being on the bench and rested. Odis Deck had 18 points and Enoch Scull was an atrocious 1-12 from the field. We couldn't buy a bucket late in this one and unfortunately took a hard loss.

Season Stats

PPG

PG Odis Deck - 16.0

SG Enoch Scull - 12.8

SF Timothy Swart - 9.0

RPG

SF Timothy Swart - 5.8

C Michael Jackson - 5.3

PF Adolph Gentry - 4.5

APG

SF Timothy Swart - 2.8

SG Enoch Scull - 2.3

PG Odis Deck - 1.8

Recruiting News

We have been very active already with 5 scholarships available to offer. With that being said we have already heard back from 3 potential student-athletes before the first game of the season.

PG Charles Shade from New Mexico has declined our scholarship and will instead attend the University of New Mexico.

PG Venceslas Rubio from California has declined our scholarship offer and will instead attend Pepperdine University.

With those two out of the way I do have some good news!

SF John Lai from Scottsdale, Arizona has committed to Grand Canyon University next season! John Lai is a 2 star recruit who made All-State in highschool and is the #619 overall recruit. The only other team interested in him was New Mexico but they did not offer him a scholarship. Lai is a pure shooter who has the potential to be deadly from 3 point range and he also is a great free throw shooter. On top of that he also has a well developed inside game and he can score from the inside or outside. Of course though he is a 2 star prospect for a reason and that is because his defense is really lacking and he isn't a great ballhandler. He's somebody who could really thrive with a pass first PG and luckily we have one of those!

austin10splayer · April 2, 2018

December 1940

December 1940

<pre class="ipsCode"> Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record

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11/15/40 Omaha 0-13 188 W 63-59 1-0

11/18/40 at Abilene Christian 1-9 131 W 72-64 2-0

11/23/40 at Dartmouth 1-12 128 W 81-63 3-0

11/25/40 Incarnate Word 1-10 120 L 65-57 3-1

12/01/40 at North Carolina Central 1-13 236 L 71-63 3-2

12/06/40 at Northern Kentucky 4-8 108 W 65-61 4-2

12/10/40 UMass Lowell 1-10 213 W 71-56 5-2

12/14/40 at Howard 3-8 193 L 64-45 5-3

12/18/40 at The Citadel 1-10 308 L 80-63 5-4

12/23/40 SIU-Edwardsville 1-10 82 L 80-75 5-5

12/27/40 at Fordham 7-4 63 W 72-52 6-5

12/31/40 at Florida Intl 2-9 323 W 86-75 7-5</pre><div></div>

December 1, 1940

Grand Canyon (3-1) vs. North Carolina Central (0-6)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 63, North Carolina Central - 71. This one is a really bad loss. Looking at the rosters this was the easiest matchup we have ever had as North Carolina Central doesn't have a single player who would make our bench. We had 18 defensive rebounds and they had 10 offensive rebounds so we gave them every chance to follow up their misses. The biggest problem with this team is there is no consistency and a guy can have 20 points one day and then 3 points the next. Timothy Swart had 18 points and both Adolph Gentry and Michael Jackson had 11.

December 6, 1940

Grand Canyon (3-2) vs. Northern Kentucky (1-3)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 65, Northern Kentucky - 61. We almost blew this one by missing free throws but we were able to sneak out with a win. Odis Deck had 20 points and the bench came up big again with 20 points of their own. Right now the biggest concern for the team in my opinion is our inability to rebound and how our big men barely pull any down. At the end of the day though we were able to get the win and that is what matters! I need to remember that this team is still young and will get better as our freshmen and sophomores age. I get a little too excited after good starts and forget that I need to stay realistic with my expectations.

December 10, 1940

UMass Lowell (0-5) vs. Grand Canyon (4-2)

Final Score: UMass Lowell - 56, Grand Canyon - 71. We got out to a double digit lead early and the lead never dropped to single digits in the second half. Timothy Swart had 14 points and both Adolph Gentry and Enoch Scull had 10 points. The bench scored 20 points and played well in this one and this was a nice win to keep momentum moving.

December 14, 1940

Grand Canyon (5-2) vs. Howard (1-4)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 45, Howard - 63. The score was tied 43 all but Howard ended the game on a 20-2 run to win the game and we only made one bucket the final 13 minutes. Another very poor game from us as Howard had 18 offensive rebounds to our 16 defensive rebounds. That isn't a typo. We actually played pretty well but Howard got way too many second chance points and it is actually embarrassing how this team can't rebound.

December 18, 1940

Grand Canyon (5-3) vs. The Citadel (0-7)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 63, The Citadel - 80. Embarrassing. We are the team you play when you need a win on your schedule.

December 23, 1940

SIU-Edwardsville (0-9) vs. Grand Canyon (5-4)

Final Score: SIU-Edwardsville - 80, Grand Canyon - 75 in TRIPLE OT. In the first two overtimes we blew 5 point leads with under 30 seconds to go and committed 17 turnovers while going 11-24 from the free throw line. An absolute disgrace not just to the school anymore but we are disgracing basketball and the NCAA.

December 27, 1940

Grand Canyon (5-5) vs. Fordham (7-2)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 72, Fordham - 52. I can't believe we won this one after losing 3 straight games to pitiful opponents. I changed up our playstyle from the slowest setting to the fastest setting and it looks like it worked. Horace Williams had 16 points and Michael Jackson had 10 while the bench as the bench outscored the starters 37-35. We went 11-18 from 3 which was a big part of our success. Even in the win we still only went 15-26 from the free throw line.

December 31, 1940

Grand Canyon (6-5) vs. Florida International (2-8)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 86, Florida International - 75. Timothy Swart had 19 points and Enoch Scull had 16 to go with 4 assists. Luther Reid had the best game of his career with 13 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and Michael Jackson had 10 rebounds. The pace was pretty crazy in this one and it caused both teams to commit 29 fouls. Florida International attempted 52 free throws and we attempted 36!

Overall Record: 7-5

Home Record: 2-2

Away Record: 5-3

Ranking: NR

RPI: 351

Season Stats

PPG

PG Odis Deck - 11.5

SF Timothy Swart - 11.3

SG Enoch Scull - 11.2

RPG

C Michael Jackson - 5.1

PF Adolph Gentry - 4.8

SF Timothy Swart - 4.6

APG

SF Timothy Swart - 2.0

SG Enoch Scull - 1.9

PG Odis Deck - 1.8

Recruiting News

C Tommy Smith, our top target, declined our scholarship offer and is instead attending UC Riverside.

Team News

PF Corey Duncan has been deemed academically ineligible and will miss the remainder of the season. Duncan has appeared in all 12 games averaging 2.3 points and 2.8 rebounds in 9.6 minutes. His absence will push Augusto Pastor into playing more minutes.

austin10splayer · April 7, 2018

Januaary 1941

January 1941

  Date        Opponent                     Record  RPI  Result  Score      Record
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 11/15/40    Omaha                          2-19  274       W  63-59         1-0
 11/18/40    at Abilene Christian           4-14  270       W  72-64         2-0
 11/23/40    at Dartmouth                   1-18  290       W  81-63         3-0
 11/25/40    Incarnate Word                 4-15  317       L  65-57         3-1
 12/01/40    at North Carolina Central      3-17  285       L  71-63         3-2
 12/06/40    at Northern Kentucky           4-17  177       W  65-61         4-2
 12/10/40    UMass Lowell                   4-16  315       W  71-56         5-2
 12/14/40    at Howard                      4-15  324       L  64-45         5-3
 12/18/40    at The Citadel                 2-17  339       L  80-63         5-4
 12/23/40    SIU-Edwardsville               5-15  157       L  80-75         5-5
 12/27/40    at Fordham                     8-10  119       W  72-52         6-5
 12/31/40    at Florida Intl                3-15  298       W  86-75         7-5
 01/04/41    North Dakota                   6-12  174       L  63-60         7-6
 01/07/41    at North Florida               4-17  236       W  72-70         8-6
 01/11/41    at UC Riverside                4-14  327       W  76-73         9-6
 01/16/41    at Chicago State               5-13  146       L  99-91   9-7 (0-1)
 01/18/41    at UT-Rio Grande Valley         9-9  225       L  70-68   9-8 (0-2)
 01/23/41    Seattle                        5-13  295       L  85-79   9-9 (0-3)
 01/25/41    UMKC                           8-11  121       W  72-61  10-9 (1-3)
 01/30/41    at New Mexico State           10-10  141       W  74-73  11-9 (2-3)

 TEAM                                 CW  CL   Pct   W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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New Mexico State Aggies               4   1  .800  10  10  .500  141        56
UT-Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros         3   1  .750   9   9  .500  225         8
Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners     3   1  .750   6  12  .333  156         9
UMKC Kangaroos                        2   2  .500   8  11  .421  121        29
Chicago State Cougars                 2   2  .500   5  13  .278  146        19
Grand Canyon Antelopes                2   3  .400  11   9  .550  351         2
Seattle Redhawks                      1   3  .250   5  13  .278  295        33
Utah Valley Wolverines                0   4  .000   3  16  .158  249        20

Update

Just a fun little update but of our 5 losses, 4 of them have been to teams who have no other wins (as of January 1st)!

January 4, 1941

North Dakota (2-8) vs. Grand Canyon (7-5)

Final Score: North Dakota - 63, Grand Canyon - 60. This one can't be blamed on the coaching as we committed 2 turnovers with under a minute to play and missed 13 free throws. They really ought to change that name because they aren't free for us. We shot under 29% in this game from the field. Timothy Swart and Enoch Scull had 11 points and Luther Reid had 7 off the bench.

January 7, 1941

Grand Canyon (7-6) vs. North Florida (2-11)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 72, North Florida - 70. This one wasn't as close as the final score dictated since the final 4 possessions we missed all 8 free throws and they made three 3's. Luckily there wasn't enough time for them to get a shot off to end the game. We went 29-44 from the free throw line which just isn't good enough. This one was a great team effort though as four of the starters scored in double digits and the only one who didn't scored 8 points and had 11 rebounds (Adolph Gentry). Odis Deck and Enoch Scull both had 15 points, Timothy Swart had 13, and Joseph Goodrich had 10. We only had 11 points off the bench but they weren't asked to do all that much.

January 11, 1941

Grand Canyon (8-6) vs. UC Riverside (4-8)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 76, UC Riverside - 73. This is another one where the game wasn't as close as the score indicates. We missed 5 of our final 66 free throws to let a big lead get much smaller. We had 3 turnovers in the first half and 8 in the first 5 minutes of the second half which let us go from a double digit lead to a big deficit. The bench had 19 in this one headlined by Michael Jackson's 11 to go along with 7 rebounds. Enoch Scull had 23 points and Timothy Swart had 14. Our free throw shooting improved a little as we went 31-44. I've realized that our fast paced offense seems to get our opponent in foul trouble early which definitely helps, but the one problem is that it makes us less efficient when we shoot free throws vs. normal shots. This was the last tuneup before conference play and we are amazingly the only team in the conference with a winning record.

January 16, 1941

Grand Canyon (9-6) vs. Chicago State (3-11)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 91, Chicago State - 99. This was by far the best game we have ever played but we lost because we absolutely cannot rebound. They had 15 offensive rebounds to our 19 defensive rebounds and they shot 37-42 from the free throw line compared to our 22-32. All 5 starters scored in double digits and if we could rebound we'd have won this one by 20. Timothy Swart had a game with 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Joseph Goodrich had 17 points, Adolph Gentry had 12, Enoch Scull had 14, and Odis Deck had 13. The bench had 24 points and played well.

January 18, 1941

Grand Canyon (9-7) vs. UT Rio Grande Valley (5-9)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 68, UT Rio Grande Valley - 70. We were called for 11 fouls before UT Rio Grande Valley was called for one. We had to fight from a 17 points deficit after only 7 minutes. We somehow went into half only down 9 since we were outplaying them but it didn't matter since fouls were being called on almost every shot they attempted. Everytime we went on a run in the second half the refs would bail them out with fouls or we would go on stretches of committing 2-3 straight turnovers. I wish I could make it so the offseason training was strictly defensive rebounding and free throw shooting. I don't care about these players developing anything else at this point. Even the guys I bring in who are strictly defensive players can't rebound. Well over half of their points came off second chance points and points from turnovers. If only we could rebound or make free throws. They had 16 offensive rebounds to our 20 defensive rebounds. Another game where we absolutely outplayed the other team but our Achilles heel is so glaring that no matter how well we play or how bad the other team plays we cannot get past it. Our opponent only made 4 field goals this game that were on the first attempt of the drive. We could have held them to under 30 points. Ok I ranted in this recap as well as the next game. In this game Enoch Scull had 16 points and Odis Deck had 11. Deck had 4 assists and Scull had 3.

January 23, 1941

Seattle (4-11) vs. Grand Canyon (9-8)

Final Score: Seattle - 85, Grand Canyon - 79 in OVERTIME. We lost this game by missing two free throws with 10 seconds left to seal it. We are truly the worst team in basketball. 22 turnovers and 22-36 from the free throw line. It is absolutely embarrassing that we should easily be 3-0 in conference play but have thrown away the lead in every single game right at the end. I have no idea what to do with a team with a roster this good that cannot beat anybody, it truly makes no sense. Enoch Scull had 21 points and Odis Deck had 17. Joseph Goodrich had 10 points and 9 rebounds. Deck also had 5 assists.

January 25, 1941

UMKC (7-10) vs. Grand Canyon (9-9)

I know I have complained a lot and it isn't fair to do so. Yes, we have some holes but I have to live with the team I recruited. A lot of the teams that we play that have awful records have those record because they play good teams in Non-conference play. We play cupcake games and can still barely come out with a winning record which shows that while we see them as easy wins they also see us as the same. We have a long way to go until the program reaches a point where we can reach any level of postseason play but we are moving in the right direction evidenced by how many freshmen play minutes for us each year. I do like our fast paced offense as it reminds me of how UNLV played in their heyday and how Nevada played this past year. I think it will be easier to build around offense in this conference and I will be recruiting a lot of players who can shoot you out of the building. Hopefully as we improve we can get a few more recruits who are great on both sides of the ball. I have to remember that we are on the bottom of the totem pole for a reason and that we have a long ways to go. Sometimes it is hard to remember that since it feels like we play awful teams but as I mentioned earlier that is deceiving.

There is a reason our goal right now is only to avoid last place in the conference since that is seen as an achievement. I need to keep that in mind when I get frustrated with the team.

Final Score: UMKC - 61, Grand Canyon - 72. This one was all about the bench! We went out to an early deficit but fought back as our offense was too much for them to handle. A 1-3 isn't what we envisioned but it is a lot better than 0-4. 25 bench points lifted us up when we needed it as Lamar Smith had 10 and Michael Jackson had 9 with 10 rebounds in 23 minutes. Jackson was brought in as a transfer simply because I needed a body to play maybe 5-6 minutes in replacement of our big men and wow he has exceeded expectations and he leads the team in rebounds. He also has forced himself into the rotation so much that he averages as many minutes as Joseph Goodrich. Part of the reason for this though is that Goodrich has low stamina and can only handle around 25-28 minutes a game. Odis Deck had 14 points and 6 rebounds! Enoch Scull had 11 points and Adolph Gentry had 10. We were a bit improved from the line at 27-38 but still a bit disappointing. I have not looked at free throw shooting much when recruiting since we have normally not shot many from the charity stripe but since shifting to our fast paced offense we have been regularly attempting 30+ from the line.

January 30, 1941

Grand Canyon (10-9) vs. New Mexico State (10-9)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 74, New Mexico State - 73. Timothy Swart hits a buzzer beater to win the game! We made this one stressful though as we blew a 10 point lead with 4 minutes left and didn't make any free throws the final 4 minutes of the game. Swart had a stellar game with 20 points and 9 rebounds! I could tell early we had a chance in this one with how poorly New Mexico State was playing and they weren't taking advantage of our mistakes. We went 24-38 from the line but luckily overcame the struggles. They made 10 threes (they shot 40%) and were led by Matthew Royce who had 15 points and 9 assists. Odis Deck had 19 points and Enoch Scull had 10 points. We got them into early foul trouble in the first half and were were in the double bonus only 7 minutes into the game. Unfortunately it probably hurt us more than it helped with how many free throws we missed. This is the biggest win in the history of our program as we were able to take down the giant! We have had some bad games and even blew the 10 point lead in this one but I am really seeing the potential this team has.

Overall Record: 11-9

Home Record: 3-4

Away Record: 8-5

Conference Record: 2-3

Ranking: NR

RPI: 351

We are currently 1st in the country in points per shot at 1.45. The problem is we're 320th in the country in defending that as our opponents average 1.31. We are also 20th in the country in 3 point percentage (38.6%) and 39th in adjusted field goal percentage (52.2%). Our fast paced offense also is drawing the most fouls per game in the country with our opponents averaging 24.4! These are definite positives and make me feel very good about the program. Part of this is definitely the weak competition we have played but it is good to see these numbers nonetheless.

Season Stats

PPG

SG Enoch Scull - 12.8

PG Odis Deck - 12.2

SF Timothy Swart - 11.5

RPG

C Michael Jackson - 5.8

PF Adolph Gentry - 5.2

SF Timothy Swart - 3.4

APG

SF Timothy Swart - 2.1

SG Enoch Scull - 2.0

PG Odis Deck - 2.0

Recruiting News

We have some big recruiting news to conclude the month! Malcolm Bufford and Terry Clegg have committed to play for Grand Canyon next season!

Bufford is a SG from Phoenix, Arizona who is a 2 star prospect and the #650 overall prospect. He averaged 23.1 points per game and already has a well refined jump shot and has the potential to be deadly from the outside while also being a threat to drive to the hoop. He's a solid defender but not anything special. He also drew interest from Northern Arizona, New Mexico State, Montana State, and San Diego.

Our second recruit is Terry Clegg who is a SF from Adelaide, Australia! Clegg is a 3 star prospect, the #382 overall prospect, and the #3 prospect from Australia! I really don't think we would have been able to get him if he wasn't international. He was only on my radar because he had interest in Grand Canyon early on and no other schools. We were the only one that offered him but he eventually drew interest from Syracuse, Florida, Vanderbilt, and Illinois. He has the potential to contribute from 3 but his value will be his inside game where he has the potential to be a stud. He is a solid defender but is allergic to rebounding.

We were also turned down by C Clayton Gittens who has decided to attend Utah State. Gittens was a JC transfer.

austin10splayer · April 8, 2018

February 1941

February 1941

  Date        Opponent                     Record  RPI  Result  Score       Record
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 11/15/40    Omaha                          3-25  316       W  63-59          1-0
 11/18/40    at Abilene Christian           5-21  312       W  72-64          2-0
 11/23/40    at Dartmouth                   6-20  255       W  81-63          3-0
 11/25/40    Incarnate Word                 9-17  300       L  65-57          3-1
 12/01/40    at North Carolina Central      5-22  332       L  71-63          3-2
 12/06/40    at Northern Kentucky           5-24  290       W  65-61          4-2
 12/10/40    UMass Lowell                   4-24  334       W  71-56          5-2
 12/14/40    at Howard                      7-20  321       L  64-45          5-3
 12/18/40    at The Citadel                 6-21  325       L  80-63          5-4
 12/23/40    SIU-Edwardsville               7-21  270       L  80-75          5-5
 12/27/40    at Fordham                    12-14  128       W  72-52          6-5
 12/31/40    at Florida Intl                4-22  338       W  86-75          7-5
 01/04/41    North Dakota                   8-18  280       L  63-60          7-6
 01/07/41    at North Florida               8-21  286       W  72-70          8-6
 01/11/41    at UC Riverside                8-18  278       W  76-73          9-6
 01/16/41    at Chicago State               8-18  205       L  99-91    9-7 (0-1)
 01/18/41    at UT-Rio Grande Valley       12-14  267       L  70-68    9-8 (0-2)
 01/23/41    Seattle                        9-17  302       L  85-79    9-9 (0-3)
 01/25/41    UMKC                          12-14  151       W  72-61   10-9 (1-3)
 01/30/41    at New Mexico State           17-11  127       W  74-73   11-9 (2-3)
 02/06/41    at Cal State Bakersfield      11-15  167       L  71-61  11-10 (2-4)
 02/08/41    at Utah Valley                 5-21  279       W  85-77  12-10 (3-4)
 02/13/41    UT-Rio Grande Valley          12-14  267       L  66-63  12-11 (3-5)
 02/15/41    Chicago State                  8-18  205       W  77-71  13-11 (4-5)
 02/20/41    at Seattle                     9-17  302       W  73-71  14-11 (5-5)
 02/22/41    at UMKC                       12-14  151       L  98-63  14-12 (5-6)
 02/24/41    Jacksonville                  19-11  216       W  82-76        15-12
 02/27/41    New Mexico State              17-11  127       L  91-55  15-13 (5-7)

 TEAM                                 CW  CL   Pct   W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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New Mexico State Aggies              10   2  .833  17  11  .607  127        56
Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners     8   3  .727  11  15  .423  167         9
UMKC Kangaroos                        6   5  .545  12  14  .462  151        29
Chicago State Cougars                 5   6  .455   8  18  .308  205        19
UT-Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros         5   6  .455  12  14  .462  267         8
Grand Canyon Antelopes                5   7  .417  15  13  .536  348         2
Seattle Redhawks                      4   7  .364   9  17  .346  302        33
Utah Valley Wolverines                2   9  .182   5  21  .192  279        20

February 6, 1941

Grand Canyon (11-9) vs. Cal State Bakersfield (6-13)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 61, Cal State Bakersfield - 71. After scoring 20 points in the first half Cal State Bakersfield scored 51 in the second half. They did not miss a shot from the 11 minute mark until the 4 minute mark. They shot 18% in the first half and at the end of the game shot 52%. That shows you what we dealt with the second half. The absolute luckiest thing I have ever seen in this game. Michael Jackson had 8 points and 11 rebounds off the bench and was our best player. Timothy Swart had 11 points with 5 rebounds and 4 assists and nobody else reached double digits. It is a shame we couldn't win this one but credit Bakersfield for their 51 point second half.

February 8, 1941

Grand Canyon (11-10) vs. Utah Valley (3-18)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 85, Utah Valley - 77. We made it a close one at the end but we had a comfortable double digit lead all game. Timothy Swart tied a career high with 26 points and went 6-10 from the 3 point line. He also only played 28 minutes because of foul trouble! We went 28-41 from the line but luckily Utah Valley went 33-51. We racked up 30 fouls in this one (they had 27) and had one player foul out and four others have 4 fouls. Enoch Scull had all zeroes at halftime but ended the game with 9 rebounds, 2 assists, and one rebound. Odis Deck was the only other player to score in double digits with 10.

February 13, 1941

UT-Rio Grande Valley (10-11) vs. Grand Canyon (12-10)

Final Score: UT-Rio Grande Valley - 66, Grand Canyon - 63. Once again we shot ourselves in the foot as a 6 points lead with 2 minutes left evaporated after back-to-back turnovers and a night where we went 7-28 from the 3 point line. I really wish we could close out games. We play amazing for 38 minutes and then blow any lead we had in the final 2. Timothy Swart had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 assists while Odis Deck had 14 points. Unfortunately Deck went 3-10 from 3 and Enoch Scull went 1-9. If they had stopped being selfish and passed the ball or taken 2's this game would have been easily won. We seem to play every game close as we have had 7 games that came down to the final possession.

February 15, 1941

Chicago State (8-14) vs. Grand Canyon (12-11)

Final Score: Chicago State - 71, Grand Canyon - 77. This was actually interesting as we didn't make our first 2 point bucket until 1:36 left in the first half. Before it we had 29 points, 24 off 6 3's and 5 from the free throw line. Despite that we only trailed 35-29. I didn't think we deserved to win this one but we did enough to end up getting the victory! Enoch Scull and Lamar Smith led the team with 14 points while Odis Deck had 12 and Joseph Goodrich had 10. Timothy Swart only had 6 points but pulled down 10 rebounds and dished 4 assists.

February 20, 1941

Grand Canyon (13-11) vs. Seattle (8-15)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 73, Seattle - 71. We blew another double digit lead, this one by 6 straight turnovers once the 9 minute mark hit. We didn't attempt a shot for a 4 minute 23 second span. Once the two minute mark hit we never attempted another shot due to turnovers (they never fouled us when we had the lead because we continued to turn it over). Luckily they couldn't take advantage. Timothy Swart had 16 points and Lamar Smith had 12 off the bench (in only 16 minutes). Michael Jackson was huge again with 8 points and 9 rebounds. This one was a huge win as it took us to 5-5 in conference play. We went 5-9 each of our first 2 seasons in conference play so if we can manage one more win we'll have a program record.

Important: The next two games I originally lost to UMKC and won against Jacksonville but my computer died and I forgot to save. Out of fairness I simmed them until I lost the UMKC one and won the Jacksonville one.

February 22, 1941

Grand Canyon (14-11) vs. UMKC (11-13)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 63, UMKC - 98. We originally lost this one by blowing a 10 point lead with 2 minutes left so this is a lot easier to take. Joseph Goodrich had 12 points and Enoch Scull had 10.

February 24, 1941

Jacksonville (19-10) vs. Grand Canyon (14-12)

Final Score: Jacksonville - 76, Grand Canyon - 82. This one is a huge win as we beat a team that is 19-10 and 3rd in their conference. Odis Deck and Timothy Swart had 16 points and Swart had 8 rebounds and 6 assists to go along with it. Enoch Scull recorded a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. The writeups for these are a little shorter since instead of watching the play-by-play I just simmed through the games.

February 27, 1941

New Mexico State (16-11) vs. Grand Canyon (15-12)

Final Score: New Mexico State - 91, Grand Canyon - 55. New Mexico State came out looking for revenge and they got it! After we beat them on their court they came out and destroyed us on ours! The story of this game was our 20 turnovers to their 5. We also couldn't stop their offense as they shot 56% and make 11 threes while we shot 41%. I was hoping we could hang with them here but it is definitely a bit disappointing to see our last two conference games be huge blowouts.

Overall Record: 15-13

Home Record: 5-6

Away Record: 10-7

Conference Record: 5-7

Ranking: NR

RPI: 348

Season Stats

PPG

SF Timothy Swart - 12.0

PG Odis Deck - 12.0

SG Enoch Scull - 11.7

RPG

C Michael Jackson - 5.7

PF Adolph Gentry - 5.3

SF Timothy Swart - 5.1

APG

SF Timothy Swart - 2.3

PG Odis Deck - 1.9

SG Enoch Scull - 1.9

No recruiting news this month as we are still deciding what to do with our 2 remaining scholarships.

austin10splayer · April 9, 2018

March 1941

March 1941

  Date        Opponent                     Record  RPI  Result  Score       Record
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 11/15/40    Omaha                          3-26  324       W  63-59          1-0
 11/18/40    at Abilene Christian           7-22  308       W  72-64          2-0
 11/23/40    at Dartmouth                   8-21  241       W  81-63          3-0
 11/25/40    Incarnate Word                10-20  319       L  65-57          3-1
 12/01/40    at North Carolina Central      8-25  310       L  71-63          3-2
 12/06/40    at Northern Kentucky           5-25  301       W  65-61          4-2
 12/10/40    UMass Lowell                   4-25  345       W  71-56          5-2
 12/14/40    at Howard                      7-23  341       L  64-45          5-3
 12/18/40    at The Citadel                 8-23  327       L  80-63          5-4
 12/23/40    SIU-Edwardsville               7-22  277       L  80-75          5-5
 12/27/40    at Fordham                    14-17  148       W  72-52          6-5
 12/31/40    at Florida Intl                4-25  328       W  86-75          7-5
 01/04/41    North Dakota                   9-22  270       L  63-60          7-6
 01/07/41    at North Florida               8-22  296       W  72-70          8-6
 01/11/41    at UC Riverside                8-21  300       W  76-73          9-6
 01/16/41    at Chicago State              10-21  210       L  99-91    9-7 (0-1)
 01/18/41    at UT-Rio Grande Valley       13-17  294       L  70-68    9-8 (0-2)
 01/23/41    Seattle                       10-20  315       L  85-79    9-9 (0-3)
 01/25/41    UMKC                          17-15  161       W  72-61   10-9 (1-3)
 01/30/41    at New Mexico State           21-12  137       W  74-73   11-9 (2-3)
 02/06/41    at Cal State Bakersfield      13-18  165       L  71-61  11-10 (2-4)
 02/08/41    at Utah Valley                 7-23  246       W  85-77  12-10 (3-4)
 02/13/41    UT-Rio Grande Valley          13-17  294       L  66-63  12-11 (3-5)
 02/15/41    Chicago State                 10-21  210       W  77-71  13-11 (4-5)
 02/20/41    at Seattle                    10-20  315       W  73-71  14-11 (5-5)
 02/22/41    at UMKC                       17-15  161       L  98-63  14-12 (5-6)
 02/24/41    Jacksonville                  20-12  233       W  82-76        15-12
 02/27/41    New Mexico State              21-12  137       L  91-55  15-13 (5-7)
 03/06/41    Cal State Bakersfield         13-18  165       W  78-71  16-13 (6-7)
 03/08/41    Utah Valley                    7-23  246       L  76-58  16-14 (6-8)
 03/13/41    vs. UMKC                      17-15  161       L  79-67        16-15

March 6, 1941

Cal State Bakersfield (12-15) vs. Grand Canyon (15-13)

Final Score: Cal State Bakersfield - 71, Grand Canyon - 78. We got into foul trouble early and the bench was forced to play a total of 105 minutes. Enoch Scull fouled out and only played 12 minutes but had 17 points. Timothy Swart only played 19 minutes and had only 5 points but racked up 5 assists. Odis Deck had 13 points and Joseph Goodrich had 12 points. Michael Jackson had 6 points and 10 rebounds off the bench. Adolph Gentry was injured in this game and will miss 25 days with a broken cheekbone which will end his season.

Team News

With the injury to Gentry we will have Michael Jackson starting at Center and Goodrich will be moved to PF.

March 8, 1941

Utah Valley (6-22) vs. Grand Canyon (16-13)

Final Score: Utah Valley - 76, Grand Canyon - 58. In the first half we had 24 points, 17 fouls, and 13 turnovers. They had 4 fouls and 2 turnovers. It is amazing we were only down 13 and not 30. This game was just so boring and ridiculous as we committed 22 turnovers and 32 fouls. Awful that we lost the game due to that, no idea where all these fouls are coming from. We made 19 shots in the game so that means more possessions ended in a turnover than a made shot. Horrid. Enoch Scull had 14 points and nobody else topped 7. Really disappointing loss.

Here are the final standings for the WAC this season!

 TEAM                                 CW  CL   Pct   W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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New Mexico State Aggies              12   2  .857  19  11  .633  134        56
Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners     9   5  .643  12  17  .414  162         9
UMKC Kangaroos                        8   6  .571  14  15  .483  173        29
Chicago State Cougars                 6   8  .429   9  20  .310  201        19
UT-Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros         6   8  .429  13  16  .448  266         8
Grand Canyon Antelopes                6   8  .429  16  14  .533  348         2
Seattle Redhawks                      5   9  .357  10  19  .345  307        33
Utah Valley Wolverines                4  10  .286   7  22  .241  260        20

We are the 6 seed in the conference tournament and play 3 seed UMKC in the first round.

WAC First Round

Grand Canyon (16-14) vs. UMKC (14-15)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 67, UMKC - 79. We went 7-19 from the free throw line and it cost us our chance to win the game. Enoch Scull had 24 points and Odis Deck had 15 in his final career game. Along with those missed free throws we also allowed 15 offensive rebounds and those second chance points hurt us badly.

Here is the rest of the WAC tournament. Things went just about as planned besides the final when UMKC upset 1 seed New Mexico State by 21 points.

Season Stats

PPG

SG Enoch Scull - 12.3

PG Odis Deck - 11.9

SF Timothy Swart - 11.4

RPG

C Michael Jackson - 5.9

PF Adolph Gentry - 5.1

SF Timothy Swart - 4.9

APG

SF Timothy Swart - 2.4

PG Odis Deck - 2.0

SG Enoch Scull - 1.8

Overall Record: 16-15

Home Record: 6-7

Away Record: 10-7

Neutral Record: 0-1

Conference Record: 6-8

Ranking: NR

RPI: 349

austin10splayer · April 9, 2018

Season Wrapup

Here is how the NCAA season went! In a HUGE surprise I was named the Coach of the Year in the WAC! We also had Timothy Swart named to the first team All-WAC conference team. The player of the year was Matthew Royce from New Mexico State.

Here is the end of season Top 25

    #  Team                      FPV  Record  Points  Prv  Conference                          
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  1.  North Carolina           (72)    34-5    1800    1  Atlantic Coast Conference                                   
  2.  Louisville                       33-5    1721    2  Atlantic Coast Conference                                   
  3.  Ohio State                       28-6    1662    3  Big Ten Conference                                          
  4.  Duke                             24-9    1557    5  Atlantic Coast Conference                                   
  5.  Connecticut                      27-7    1483    4  American Athletic Conference                                
  6.  Arizona                          27-8    1422    7  Pac-12 Conference                                           
  7.  Illinois                         26-7    1352   11  Big Ten Conference                                          
  8.  Kansas                           26-8    1348    9  Big 12 Conference                                           
  9.  Kentucky                         25-8    1199    6  Southeastern Conference                                     
 10.  Xavier                           28-9    1124    8  Big East Conference                                         
 11.  UNLV                             27-8    1038   18  Mountain West Conference                                    
 12.  Oklahoma State                   27-9    1018   13  Big 12 Conference                                           
 13.  Tulsa                            28-7     904   15  American Athletic Conference                                
 14.  BYU                              28-5     843   14  West Coast Conference                                       
 15.  UTEP                             27-5     809   10  Conference USA                                              
 16.  Butler                           28-9     760   12  Big East Conference                                         
 17.  Michigan State                  25-10     711   23  Big Ten Conference                                          
 18.  Oklahoma                         24-9     574   17  Big 12 Conference                                           
 19.  Stanford                         23-9     502   16  Pac-12 Conference                                           
 20.  Texas Tech                       27-8     355   19  Big 12 Conference                                           
 21.  Saint Joseph's                   28-8     316   22  Atlantic 10 Conference                                      
 22.  Houston                          25-7     309   21  American Athletic Conference                                
 23.  Wisconsin                       23-10     240   20  Big Ten Conference                                          
 24.  Southern Illinois                28-7     151   24  Missouri Valley Conference                                  
 25.  San Diego State                  28-8     101   NR  Mountain West Conference                                    

    Others Receiving Votes:                                                                                           
      Washington                      26-10      33       Pac-12 Conference                                           
      LSU                              24-9      22       Southeastern Conference                                     
      Texas                           22-10      17       Big 12 Conference                                           
      Manhattan                        26-7      10       Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference                          
      Saint Mary's                     25-8      10       West Coast Conference                                       
      Villanova                       22-12       8       Big East Conference                                         
      Richmond                         25-8       1       Atlantic 10 Conference

And here is the mid-major Top 25!

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. UNLV (71) 27-8 1799 1 Mountain West Conference
2. UTEP (1) 27-5 1690 2 Conference USA
3. BYU 28-5 1647 3 West Coast Conference
4. Saint Joseph's 28-8 1618 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. Southern Illinois 28-7 1481 5 Missouri Valley Conference
6. San Diego State 28-8 1464 6 Mountain West Conference
7. Richmond 25-8 1346 8 Atlantic 10 Conference
8. Manhattan 26-7 1216 11 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
9. UAB 26-8 1197 10 Conference USA
10. Saint Mary's 25-8 1183 7 West Coast Conference
11. Utah State 24-10 1182 9 Mountain West Conference
12. IUPUI 26-7 956 12 The Summit League
13. Siena 23-10 856 14 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
14. Louisiana Tech 26-9 847 16 Conference USA
15. Illinois State 21-10 759 15 Missouri Valley Conference
16. VCU 23-11 749 17 Atlantic 10 Conference
17. Louisiana-Lafayette 24-8 631 13 Sun Belt Conference
18. Loyola Marymount 23-10 532 NR West Coast Conference
19. Oakland 22-10 441 20 Horizon League
20. Western Kentucky 24-10 393 23 Conference USA
21. Charlotte 21-12 301 18 Conference USA
22. Dayton 23-12 225 19 Atlantic 10 Conference
23. Winthrop 23-8 184 24 Big South Conference
24. Cal State Northridge 25-9 181 NR Big West Conference
25. Northern Iowa 22-11 167 25 Missouri Valley Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Fairfield 25-11 103 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Fairleigh Dickinson 24-9 59 Northeast Conference
Wichita St 20-12 54 Missouri Valley Conference
Nevada 19-13 37 Mountain West Conference
Portland State 24-11 32 Big Sky Conference
East Tenn. State 23-11 27 Southern Conference
Western Michigan 22-12 20 Mid-American Conference
IPFW 24-10 10 The Summit League
UIC 20-12 6 Horizon League
Murray State 25-12 4 Ohio Valley Conference
UMBC 24-9 3 America East Conference

austin10splayer · April 9, 2018

March Madness

Time for the NCAA tournament for the 1940-1941 season!

First is the West region!

UMKC was at least able to win the play-in game to give the first ever tournament win for the WAC! The biggest upset in the first round was 10 seed Arizona State beating 7 seed LSU. The big upsets came in the 2nd round though as 9 seed San Diego State took down 1 seed Arizona, 10 seed Arizona State took down 2 seed Duke, and 6 seed Memphis beat 3 seed Texas. 5 seed Texas Tech and Arizona State matched up in the Elite 8 to set up a 5 vs. 10 matchup which the 5 seed Texas Tech won to punch their ticket to the Final Four!

Next up is the Midwest region!

We had a HUGE upset in this one as 15 seed James Madison topped 2 seed Kansas by 1 point! Then 14 seed Sam Houston State took notice and beat 3 seed Stanford as well! Even 11 seed Fairfield beat 6 seed Houston (by 22 points!). This is already the 2nd time in history a 15 seed has beaten a 2 seed! In the 2nd round 8 seed Washington topped 1 seed Ohio State, 7 seed Saint Joseph's beat James Madison and Fairfield beat Sam Houston State. In the Sweet 16 4 seed Butler topped Washington and Saint Joseph's beat Fairfield. This set up a 4 seed vs. 7 seed and the 4 seed Butler won to make the Final Four!

Next we have the South region!

ANOTHER 2 seed goes down as 15 seed Davidson beat the 2 seed Illinois!!! This region also saw 12 seed IPFW beat 5 seed Oklahoma in the first round. The region was pretty cut and dry after that as 1 seed North Carolina topped 3 seed Oklahoma State to advance to the Final Four!

Last we have the East Region!

This region did see the 2 seed win but had 12 seed Portland State top 5 seed BYU and my alma mater, 10 seed Richmond, beat 7 seed Cincinnati. The only upset in the round of 32 was 6 seed West Virginia beating 3 seed Kentucky. 1 seed Louisville beat 2 seed Xavier to advance to the Final Four!

Now it is time for the Final Four!

In the first semifinal 1 seed North Carolina took down 5 seed Texas Tech by 22 points. In the second semifinal 1 seed Louisville topped 4 seed Butler by 38 points. The national championship was a thriller but Louisville won it by 7 points! Congratulations to the Cardinals!

austin10splayer · April 9, 2018

NIT, CBI, and CIT

First up is the NIT!

Congrats to 2 seed Seton Hall for beating 7 seed Murray State and winning the NIT! 3 seed Mississippi State and 2 seed Providence rounded out the Final Four!

The CBI is next!

Congrats to 8 seed Dayton on beating 6 seed Hawaii and winning the CBI!

Lastly the CIT!

Congratulations to 1 seed Idaho State on beating 11 seed Central Michigan and winning the CIT!

austin10splayer · April 9, 2018

1940-1941 Senior Appreciation Day!

Here is our 3rd annual senior appreciation day!

Our first Senior is PG Odis Deck who started 85 games and came off the bench for an additional 7. He average 9.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.2 assists during his career. He was 7 times named the player of the game and his career highs were 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Deck was not an amazing player but was a key player given that he was better than what else we had on the roster, especially in that he was developed and could play while the young players developed on the bench.

#35 PG Odis Deck - Grand Canyon - Senior
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Height:       5-10
Weight:       184
High School:  Senatobia Senior High School
Hometown:     Senatobia, MS

Attributes:
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Type       INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA    
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Current:    22  24  79  58  74  32   4  39  22  37  11  32  94  26  46  75    
   1939:    20  22  78  53  66  30   4  36  21  35  10  31  93  25  46  70    
   1938:    19  20  72  47  57  27   4  34  20  33   9  30  92  24  45  65    
   1937:    18  19  70  45  53  26   4  33  19  32   9  29  91  23  44  59    
Potential:   D   D   B   B   B   D   F   C   D   C   F   C                

Health:      Good                                           
Scholarship: Yes
Status:      Active Roster                                  
Academics:   66

Stat Averages:
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Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS  ORE  REB  AST   TO   A/T  STL  BLK   PF
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  1938  31  31 33.8  9.9  0.5  3.5  2.5  2.2  1.14  0.4  0.1  2.5
  1939  30  23 26.9  7.0  0.5  2.8  2.0  1.7  1.20  0.5  0.1  2.5
  1940  31  31 29.5 11.9  0.5  3.1  2.0  1.9  1.02  0.7  0.1  2.0
Career  92  85 30.1  9.6  0.5  3.1  2.2  1.9  1.02  0.5  0.1  2.3

Shooting Averages:
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Season  FGM  FGA   FG%  FTM  FTA   FT%  3PM  3PA   3P%  PPS   +/-
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  1938  2.9  6.4  .452  3.4  4.1  .813  0.8  2.1  .385 1.56  0.03
  1939  2.1  5.5  .373  2.1  2.5  .840  0.7  2.6  .282 1.26 -0.53
  1940  3.3  7.5  .437  3.8  4.6  .818  1.6  4.3  .366 1.59  0.16
Career  2.7  6.5  .424  3.1  3.8  .821  1.0  3.0  .347 1.49 -0.11

Stat Totals:
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Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS OREB  REB  AST   TO  STL  BLK   PF
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  1938  31  31 1048  307   14  109   79   69   12    2   76
  1939  30  23  806  209   16   83   60   50   14    3   76
  1940  31  31  913  368   14   97   61   60   22    2   63
Career  92  85 2767  884   44  289  200  179   48    7  215

Shooting Totals
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Season  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA  +/-
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  1938   89  197  104  128   25   65    1
  1939   62  166   63   75   22   78  -16
  1940  101  231  117  143   49  134    5
Career  252  594  284  346   96  277  -10

Career Highs:
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Type      Pts OReb  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk   TO  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA
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Season     20    2    6    5    3    1    6    7   16    9   11    4   10
Career     20    3    8    6    3    1    7    8   16   11   13    4   10

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season   Award
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All      Player of the Game: 7

Our next senior is SG Tracey Marrs. He appeared in 37 games, all off the bench, during his career and outside of our inaugural season when he played in 25 and averaged 15.5 minutes a game he never averaged over 2 minutes. He averaged 3.4 points per game and his career high was 17 points.

#42 SG Tracey Marrs - Grand Canyon - Senior
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Height:       6-3
Weight:       210
High School:  Mohave High School
Hometown:     Bullhead City, AZ

Attributes:
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Type       INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA    
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Current:    20  26  29  49  20   7  13  15  18  23  44  11  66  37  70  77    
   1939:    20  25  29  48  20   7  13  15  17  22  42  11  65  36  69  69    
   1938:    19  24  29  46  19   6  12  15  16  21  39  11  64  34  68  60    
   1937:    19  23  29  45  19   6  12  15  15  20  37  11  64  32  67  49    
Potential:   D   D   D   C   D   F   F   F   D   D   C   F                

Health:      Good                                           
Scholarship: Yes
Status:      Active Roster                                  
Academics:   70

Stat Averages:
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Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS  ORE  REB  AST   TO   A/T  STL  BLK   PF
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  1938  25   0 15.5  4.9  0.4  1.4  0.7  1.6  0.45  0.8  0.1  1.9
  1939   2   0  1.5  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.00  0.0  0.0  0.0
  1940  10   0  1.9  0.3  0.1  0.2  0.0  0.4  0.00  0.0  0.0  0.4
Career  37   0 11.1  3.4  0.3  1.0  0.5  1.2  0.00  0.5  0.1  1.4

Shooting Averages:
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Season  FGM  FGA   FG%  FTM  FTA   FT%  3PM  3PA   3P%  PPS   +/-
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  1938  1.8  3.8  .484  0.6  0.8  .737  0.7  1.5  .459 1.29 -1.40
  1939  0.0  0.0  .000  0.0  0.0  .000  0.0  0.0  .000 0.00 -1.50
  1940  0.1  0.1 1.000  0.1  0.3  .333  0.0  0.0  .000 3.00  0.90
Career  1.3  2.6  .490  0.4  0.6  .682  0.5  1.0  .459 1.31 -0.78

Stat Totals:
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Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS OREB  REB  AST   TO  STL  BLK   PF
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  1938  25   0  387  123   10   34   18   40   19    2   48
  1939   2   0    3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
  1940  10   0   19    3    1    2    0    4    0    0    4
Career  37   0  409  126   11   36   18   44   19    2   52

Shooting Totals
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Season  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA  +/-
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  1938   46   95   14   19   17   37  -35
  1939    0    0    0    0    0    0   -3
  1940    1    1    1    3    0    0    9
Career   47   96   15   22   17   37  -29

Career Highs:
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Type      Pts OReb  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk   TO  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA
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Season      2    1    2    0    0    0    2    1    1    1    2    0    0
Career     17    2    5    3    3    1    6    7   10    2    4    3    4

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season   Award
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         No awards.

Our 3rd senior is PG James McLeod. McLeod was never very good and even in our first year when we had no depth he only averaged 6.4 minutes a game. He averaged 1.1 points, 0.4 rebounds, and 0.3 assists in his 65 career games. His career highs were 5 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists.

 #0 PG James McLeod - Grand Canyon - Senior
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Height:       6-4
Weight:       206
High School:  River Valley High School
Hometown:     Mohave Valley, AZ

Attributes:
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Type       INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA    
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Current:    17  36  30   9  47  33  10  14  12  21  21   5  82  49  56  62    
   1939:    17  35  29   8  45  32  10  14  12  20  21   5  81  47  54  50    
   1938:    17  34  28   7  43  31  10  14  12  19  21   5  80  45  54  36    
   1937:    17  33  27   6  42  30  10  14  12  18  21   5  78  43  54  18    
Potential:   D   C   D   F   C   C   F   D   D   D   D   F                

Health:      Good                                           
Scholarship: Yes
Status:      Active Roster                                  
Academics:   55

Stat Averages:
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Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS  ORE  REB  AST   TO   A/T  STL  BLK   PF
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  1938  31   0  6.4  1.1  0.1  0.4  0.5  0.4  1.36  0.0  0.0  0.4
  1939  23   0  3.7  1.1  0.1  0.4  0.2  0.2  1.00  0.0  0.0  0.2
  1940  11   0  2.8  1.1  0.1  0.4  0.3  0.1  3.00  0.2  0.0  0.4
Career  65   0  4.9  1.1  0.1  0.4  0.3  0.2  3.00  0.0  0.0  0.3

Shooting Averages:
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Season  FGM  FGA   FG%  FTM  FTA   FT%  3PM  3PA   3P%  PPS   +/-
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  1938  0.5  1.5  .298  0.2  0.5  .400  0.0  0.0  .000 0.72 -1.61
  1939  0.3  0.6  .538  0.5  0.6  .857  0.0  0.0  .000 2.00 -0.61
  1940  0.3  0.7  .375  0.5  1.0  .545  0.0  0.0  .000 1.50 -0.91
Career  0.4  1.0  .353  0.4  0.6  .600  0.0  0.0  .000 1.06 -1.14

Stat Totals:
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Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS OREB  REB  AST   TO  STL  BLK   PF
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  1938  31   0  199   34    4   11   15   11    1    0   12
  1939  23   0   86   26    2   10    4    4    0    0    5
  1940  11   0   31   12    1    4    3    1    2    0    4
Career  65   0  316   72    7   25   22   16    3    0   21

Shooting Totals
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Season  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA  +/-
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  1938   14   47    6   15    0    1  -50
  1939    7   13   12   14    0    1  -14
  1940    3    8    6   11    0    0  -10
Career   24   68   24   40    0    2  -74

Career Highs:
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Type      Pts OReb  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk   TO  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA
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Season      3    1    1    3    1    0    1    1    2    2    4    0    0
Career      5    1    3    3    1    0    3    2    6    3    4    0    1

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season   Award
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         No awards.

Our last senior is the worst of the bunch, SF Tony Veliz. Veliz appeared in a total of 21 games and averaged 1.0 points per game. His career highs were 6 points and 3 rebounds.

#50 SF Tony Veliz - Grand Canyon - Senior
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Height:       6-9
Weight:       243
High School:  San Lorenzo High School
Hometown:     San Lorenzo, CA

Attributes:
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Type       INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA    
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Current:    27  11  29  18  56   7  19  17  20   7  15  40  54  51  47  82    
   1939:    26  11  29  18  54   7  19  17  19   7  15  39  53  49  47  76    
   1938:    25  11  29  18  53   7  19  17  18   7  15  38  52  47  47  70    
   1937:    24  11  29  18  51   7  19  17  17   7  15  37  52  45  46  63    
Potential:   D   F   D   D   B   F   D   D   D   F   F   C                

Health:      Good                                           
Scholarship: Yes
Status:      Active Roster                                  
Academics:   29

Stat Averages:
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Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS  ORE  REB  AST   TO   A/T  STL  BLK   PF
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  1938   1   0  1.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.00  0.0  0.0  0.0
  1939  12   0  3.4  0.9  0.2  0.5  0.2  0.3  0.67  0.0  0.0  0.4
  1940   8   0  4.6  1.1  0.5  0.8  0.1  0.3  0.50  0.3  0.0  0.6
Career  21   0  3.8  1.0  0.3  0.6  0.1  0.2  0.50  0.1  0.0  0.5

Shooting Averages:
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Season  FGM  FGA   FG%  FTM  FTA   FT%  3PM  3PA   3P%  PPS   +/-
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  1938  0.0  0.0  .000  0.0  0.0  .000  0.0  0.0  .000 0.00 -1.00
  1939  0.3  0.7  .500  0.2  0.3  .667  0.1  0.2  .500 1.38 -0.75
  1940  0.5  0.8  .667  0.1  0.3  .500  0.0  0.1  .000 1.50  0.25
Career  0.4  0.7  .571  0.1  0.2  .600  0.0  0.1  .333 1.43 -0.38

Stat Totals:
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Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS OREB  REB  AST   TO  STL  BLK   PF
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  1938   1   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
  1939  12   0   41   11    2    6    2    3    0    0    5
  1940   8   0   37    9    4    6    1    2    2    0    5
Career  21   0   79   20    6   12    3    5    2    0   10

Shooting Totals
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Season  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA  +/-
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  1938    0    0    0    0    0    0   -1
  1939    4    8    2    3    1    2   -9
  1940    4    6    1    2    0    1    2
Career    8   14    3    5    1    3   -8

Career Highs:
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Type      Pts OReb  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk   TO  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA
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Season      4    2    3    1    1    0    1    2    3    1    2    0    1
Career      6    2    3    1    1    0    2    3    3    2    2    1    1

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season   Award
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         No awards.

austin10splayer · April 9, 2018

1940-1941 Season Recap

Date        Opponent                     Record  RPI  Result  Score       Record
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 11/15/40    Omaha                          3-26  325       W  63-59          1-0
 11/18/40    at Abilene Christian           7-22  308       W  72-64          2-0
 11/23/40    at Dartmouth                   8-21  248       W  81-63          3-0
 11/25/40    Incarnate Word                10-20  318       L  65-57          3-1
 12/01/40    at North Carolina Central      8-25  310       L  71-63          3-2
 12/06/40    at Northern Kentucky           5-25  304       W  65-61          4-2
 12/10/40    UMass Lowell                   4-25  345       W  71-56          5-2
 12/14/40    at Howard                      7-23  341       L  64-45          5-3
 12/18/40    at The Citadel                 8-23  329       L  80-63          5-4
 12/23/40    SIU-Edwardsville               7-22  273       L  80-75          5-5
 12/27/40    at Fordham                    14-17  147       W  72-52          6-5
 12/31/40    at Florida Intl                4-25  327       W  86-75          7-5
 01/04/41    North Dakota                   9-22  265       L  63-60          7-6
 01/07/41    at North Florida               8-22  299       W  72-70          8-6
 01/11/41    at UC Riverside                8-21  301       W  76-73          9-6
 01/16/41    at Chicago State              10-21  213       L  99-91    9-7 (0-1)
 01/18/41    at UT-Rio Grande Valley       13-17  295       L  70-68    9-8 (0-2)
 01/23/41    Seattle                       10-20  315       L  85-79    9-9 (0-3)
 01/25/41    UMKC                          18-16  146       W  72-61   10-9 (1-3)
 01/30/41    at New Mexico State           21-13  140       W  74-73   11-9 (2-3)
 02/06/41    at Cal State Bakersfield      13-18  167       L  71-61  11-10 (2-4)
 02/08/41    at Utah Valley                 7-23  244       W  85-77  12-10 (3-4)
 02/13/41    UT-Rio Grande Valley          13-17  295       L  66-63  12-11 (3-5)
 02/15/41    Chicago State                 10-21  213       W  77-71  13-11 (4-5)
 02/20/41    at Seattle                    10-20  315       W  73-71  14-11 (5-5)
 02/22/41    at UMKC                       18-16  146       L  98-63  14-12 (5-6)
 02/24/41    Jacksonville                  20-13  239       W  82-76        15-12
 02/27/41    New Mexico State              21-13  140       L  91-55  15-13 (5-7)
 03/06/41    Cal State Bakersfield         13-18  167       W  78-71  16-13 (6-7)
 03/08/41    Utah Valley                    7-23  244       L  76-58  16-14 (6-8)
 03/13/41    vs. UMKC                      18-16  146       L  79-67        16-15

We definitely improved from last season as our overall record was 16-15 but our conference record was 6-8 which is an improvement on our 5-9 record the past two seasons. We are still looking for that first winning season in conference play but we must be patient as we only had one person playing major minutes who wasn't a freshman or sophomore. Hopefully these guys can continue developing and we can bring in more players who can provide depth or even redshirt.

Here is some more info on the season:

Current Performance
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Team Prestige:         2   Record Vs 1-50:      0-0   Poll Rank:            NR   
Season Record:     16-15   Record Vs 51-100:    0-0   RPI Rank:           #349   
Conference Record:   6-8   Record Vs 101-200:   4-4 
Home Record:         6-7   Record Vs 200+:    12-11 


Team Stats         CR  NR  Opp. Stats         CR  NR  Margin             CR  NR  
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Points       69.9   4 150  Points       72.0   6 282  Points       -2.1   3 217  
O.Reb         8.5   8 345  O.Reb        11.2   5 205  O.Reb        -2.8   8 323  
D.Reb        23.9   7 275  D.Reb        25.2   3 151  D.Reb        -1.2   5 254  
Rebounds     32.4   8 330  Rebounds     36.4   4 175  Rebounds     -4.0   8 315  
Assists      11.4   6 283  Assists      12.1   2  29  Assists      -0.6   4 191  
Steals        4.9   6 234  Steals        5.6   2 155  Steals       -0.7   4 219  
Blocks        2.5   4 228  Blocks        2.3   2  23  Blocks        0.2   3 138  
Turnovers    13.7   2 164  Turnovers    12.9   7 239  Turnovers     0.8   4 227  
Fouls        21.6   4 334  Fouls        22.8   1   2  Fouls        -1.1   2  89  
FG%          .443   1  81  FG%          .449   7 302  FG%         -.006   3 189  
FT%          .660   4 224  FT%          .671   7 153  FT%         -.011   4 218  
3P%          .374   1  28  3P%          .311   2  54  3P%          .063   1  21  
PPS          1.38   1   3  PPS          1.33   8 337  PPS          .057   2  90  
Adj. FG%     .514   1  44  Adj. FG%     .497   7 261  Adj. FG%     .018   2  98

As you can see we were 3rd in the nation in points per shot and 28th in 3 point percentage. We were also 2nd in the nation in fouls drawn but 334th in fouls committed. Our defense needs a lot of work and was a big theme of the season and it is something we are really working on and will look towards fixing in the near future. Our season ending RPI was 349 which shows, like I always say, that while our record may look good it is because we always schedule the worst of the worst. This is an attempt to make the program look better and not go something like 7-23 every year.

Here are our season stats:

 Player             Pos  GP  GS   Min   Pts  Orb  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk   To  Fls   +/-
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Timothy Swart       SF  31  31  30.3  11.4  1.8  4.9  2.4  1.4  0.5  2.6  3.1  -1.5
Odis Deck           PG  31  31  29.5  11.9  0.5  3.1  2.0  0.7  0.1  1.9  2.0   0.2
Enoch Scull         SG  31  31  29.1  12.3  0.7  3.2  1.8  1.3  0.3  2.3  2.2  -2.0
Adolph Gentry       PF  29  29  27.0   6.8  1.0  5.1  0.8  0.3  0.4  0.7  3.5   0.2
Joseph Goodrich      C  31  31  22.1   7.8  1.5  3.5  0.5  0.2  0.5  0.9  3.0  -1.1
Michael Jackson      C  31   2  22.1   5.1  1.2  5.9  0.7  0.3  0.5  1.0  2.8  -2.9
Lamar Smith         SG  31   0  14.3   5.0  0.8  2.0  1.1  0.4  0.1  1.6  1.3   0.3
Luther Reid         PG  31   0  11.3   3.2  0.2  1.3  1.4  0.1  0.0  0.9  1.5  -1.5
Corey Duncan        PF  12   0   9.6   2.3  0.5  2.8  0.6  0.1  0.2  0.9  1.5  -1.2
Augusto Pastor      PF  24   0   8.6   2.9  0.3  1.7  0.3  0.1  0.2  1.0  1.0   0.0
Horace Williams     SF  30   0   5.9   3.1  0.1  0.8  0.4  0.1  0.0  0.4  0.7  -2.0
Tony Veliz          SF   8   0   4.6   1.1  0.5  0.8  0.1  0.3  0.0  0.3  0.6   0.3
James McLeod        PG  11   0   2.8   1.1  0.1  0.4  0.3  0.2  0.0  0.1  0.4  -0.9
Tracey Marrs        SG  10   0   1.9   0.3  0.1  0.2  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.4  0.4   0.9

Departing Players

PG Odis Deck - Graduating

SF Tony Veliz - Graduating

SG Tracey Marrs - Graduating

PG James McLeod - Graduating

Incoming Class

FR SF Terry Clegg (***, #382 Overall)

FR SF John Lai (**, #619 Overall)

FR SG Malcolm Bufford (**, #650 Overall)

FR PG David Harmon (*, #980 Overall)

FR C Jerry Munos (*, #1,708 Overall)

Also!

Just like last offseason the Athletic Director has notified me that he will be upgrading the training facilities. They started out 0 and after last season are up to 6 now! I thought this was a minor upgrade but it moves us from 8th in the conference to 6th so hopefully this can help in recruiting even if it is just against other low quality programs.

Also, our prestige rose up to 4! So after seeing it go from 0 to 1 and 1 to 2 it now doubled from 2 to 4. These are baby steps but good steps to take.

Recruiting News

You may notice that there are two names that I had not mentioned in our incoming players section. They were commits the last sim of the season and I'll introduce them here.

Jerry Munos is a 1 star Center from Delta, Utah who has the potential to be a defensive rebounding stud. He is lacking everywhere else on defense but we need a guy who can just grab down every rebound and stop the second chance opportunities. He also has a decent offensive game and should be able to score decently from the inside and may even be able to jack up some 3s with confidence. He is a strong candidate to redshirt his freshman year as he will be behind 4 other big men.

David Harmon is a 1 star Point Guard from San Francisco, California. Harmon is a great free throw shooter and passer who should be able to limit turnovers but plays mediocre defense. He is also a candidate to redshirt and will depend on what our lineup looks like heading into next season.

austin10splayer · April 9, 2018

1941 Offseason

The only conference movement we had seen before this season was Gonzaga and Oregon State switching conferences. This offseason though saw BYU leave the WCC for the Mountain West while San Jose State drops from the MWC to the WCC. Rought for the WCC to lose Gonzaga and BYU. Also on a much mroe minor note East Tennessee State left the Southern for the Horizon League and Northern Kentucky made the opposite swap.

Here is our roster for the upcoming season:

 Player               #  Pos   Yr    Ht   Wt  Sch  Acd  Status              Hometown
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Horace Williams     23   SF  Sr*   6-4  194  Yes   59      OK            Tucson, AZ
Lamar Smith         12   SG   Jr   6-1  179  Yes   62      OK    Fountain Hills, AZ
Enoch Scull         13   SG   Jr   6-0  197  Yes    1      OK          Corrigan, TX
Timothy Swart       31   SF   Jr   6-3  201  Yes   76      OK             Crane, TX
Augusto Pastor       5   PF   Jr   6-9  252   No   17      OK        Seville, Spain
Michael Jackson      2    C  So*   7-0  269  Yes   47      OK         Nashville, IL
Adolph Gentry       30   PF   So   6-8  232  Yes   35      OK            Odessa, TX
Corey Duncan        44   PF   So  6-10  234  Yes   25      OK        Cloverdale, CA
Luther Reid         51   PG   So   6-0  201  Yes   23      OK        Sacramento, CA
Joseph Goodrich     40    C   So   6-9  226   No   42      OK         San Diego, CA
John Lai            33   SF   Fr   6-7  228  Yes   31      OK        Scottsdale, AZ
Terry Clegg          0   SF   Fr   6-6  243  Yes   78      OK   Adelaide, Australia
David Harmon        53   PG   Fr   5-9  152  Yes   54      OK     San Francisco, CA
Jerry Munos         34    C   Fr   6-7  203  Yes   69      OK             Delta, UT
Malcolm Bufford     45   SG   Fr   6-4  193  Yes   21      OK           Phoenix, AZ

This team is still insanely young as we only have on senior on the roster but we hope we can take a step forward with Scull, Swart, and Smith all juniors. This is our second straight year with 5 freshmen but I don't think this year's class is as good as the one we brought in last season.

Here is our Call List for the season:

 Name                Pos    Ht   Wt  Rating   Interest       State
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Arthur Sullivan      SF   6-4  239     ***  Very High     Arizona
Douglas Congdon      SF   6-7  224      **  Very High     Arizona
Larry Weese          PG   6-0  189      **  Very High     Arizona
David Tinney         PF   6-7  244     ***       High  New Mexico
Quinn Hales          PF  6-10  266      **       High     Arizona
James Potter          C   6-9  247      **       High        Utah
William Edwards       C  6-11  228      **       High  New Mexico
Eric Bee              C   6-9  220     ***    Average    Colorado
Antoine Pullen        C   6-7  224     ***    Average    Colorado
Henry Davis           C   6-8  232     ***    Average  California
Gordon Harris         C   6-9  249     ***    Average   Australia
James Nelson          C   6-8  217     ***    Average  California
Timothy Hibbler       C  6-11  221     ***    Average  California
Jared Hussey         SG   6-5  200     ***    Average    Colorado
Harold Schroeder      C  6-10  208      **    Average       Texas
Dion Pineda           C  6-10  222      **    Average  California
Edward Rodriguez     PF   6-8  207       *    Average       Texas
Charles Penney        C  6-10  235       *    Average       Texas
Chris Hillman        PG   6-2  186       *    Average      Kansas
Samuel Bullins       PG   6-1  173       *    Average  California

Remember, we only have one scholarship to offer for next season so I'm going to go after as many highly rated players I can since I know I only need one commitment and not 4-5. So I can spend a lot of money on recruiting and visits knowing I only need to spend money to get one player here. I'm looking forward to this aggressive recruiting and while the top of my wish list is a big man I still won't turn down a top talent at a position of depth if it is available.

austin10splayer · April 9, 2018

1941-1942 Season Preview

Here is the preview for our upcoming season which is one I am very excited for! Replacing Odis Deck in the starting lineup will not be an easy task but we bring in multiple players who can play and contribute.

Athletic Director Goal

For the fourth season in a row our goal is to avoid last place in the conference which we hopefully can accomplish again!

News

We found out just before games started that Enoch Scull has been deemed academically ineligible for the first semester and cannot play until January 1st. I haven't even gotten to the depth chart portion yet but it is going to make a huge change in what we do this season.

Team Schedule

  Date        Opponent                    Record  RPI  Result  Score  Record
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 11/14/41    Southeast Missouri State       0-0  240                       
 11/18/41    at Little Rock                 0-0   14                       
 11/22/41    at Colorado State              0-0   55                       
 11/26/41    at Army                        0-0   16                       
 11/30/41    at Florida Intl                0-0   86                       
 12/04/41    New Orleans                    0-0  350                       
 12/08/41    at Florida Gulf Coast          0-0  325                       
 12/11/41    at Omaha                       0-0  345                       
 12/14/41    UMass Lowell                   0-0  347                       
 12/20/41    at George Washington           0-0   93                       
 12/24/41    at Howard                      0-0  109                       
 12/27/41    at Long Beach State            0-0  136                       
 01/02/42    North Carolina Central         0-0  335                       
 01/05/42    at McNeese                     0-0  153                       
 01/10/42    at Columbia                    0-0   56                       
 01/15/42    UT-Rio Grande Valley           0-0  272                       
 01/17/42    New Mexico State               0-0  179                       
 01/22/42    at Seattle                     0-0  332                       
 01/24/42    at Cal State Bakersfield       0-0  341                       
 01/31/42    at Chicago State               0-0   47                       
 02/05/42    Utah Valley                    0-0   24                       
 02/07/42    UMKC                           0-0  287                       
 02/12/42    at New Mexico State            0-0  179                       
 02/14/42    at UT-Rio Grande Valley        0-0  272                       
 02/19/42    Cal State Bakersfield          0-0  341                       
 02/21/42    Seattle                        0-0  332                       
 02/28/42    Chicago State                  0-0   47                       
 03/05/42    at Utah Valley                 0-0   24                       
 03/07/42    at UMKC                        0-0  287

Starting Lineup

PG Luther Reid (SO)

SG Timothy Swart (JR)

SF Terry Clegg (FR)

PF Adolph Gentry (SO)

C Joseph Goodrich (SO)

6th - SG Malcolm Bufford (FR). Bufford will be the first man off the bench and will play SG and SF. He's a great 3 point shooter and has a nice mid-range shot as well.

7th - PG Lamar Smith (JR). Smith has been a great player off the bench and we will ask him to continue that role this season.

8th - C Michael Jackson (SO*). Jackson will look to build on a strong freshman season and hopefully he can continue to build on that.

9th - SF Horace Williams (SR*). Williams is our first true SF off the bench but when Clegg comes out Swart will move over or Bufford will come in before Williams plays.

10th - PF Corey Duncan (SO). Duncan had academic issues last season but he should play solid minutes this season and can hopefully be a rebounding machine in the future.

Originally Enoch Scull was our starting PG but things changed with his suspension. Him and Swart shift to the smaller positions they are more suited for with Deck graduating and us bringing in a true SF this year.

austin10splayer · April 17, 2018

November 1941

November 1941

 Date        Opponent                    Record  RPI  Result  Score  Record
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 11/14/41    Southeast Missouri State       1-3   25       W  80-65     1-0
 11/18/41    at Little Rock                 1-1  291       W  93-81     2-0
 11/22/41    at Colorado State              3-1  285       W  69-66     3-0
 11/26/41    at Army                        1-3  110       L  72-65     3-1
 11/30/41    at Florida Intl                0-4  239       W  80-77     4-1

November 14, 1941

Southeast Missouri State (0-0) vs. Grand Canyon (0-0)

Final Score: Southeast Missouri State - 65, Grand Canyon - 80. Once again my laptop battery died but we had won the game originally and when I re-simmed we also won. Joseph Goodrich had a coming out party with 20 points and Adolph Gentry had 8 points while hauling in 9 rebounds. In his debut Terry Clegg had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists. In Luther Reid's first career start he had 8 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists. Malcolm Bufford had a hell of a debut as well with 15 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 assists.

November 18, 1941

Grand Canyon (1-0) vs. Little Rock (0-0)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 93, Little Rock - 81. Malcolm Bufford had 15 points and 6 rebounds off the bench in a huge performance while Terry Clegg scored 16 and Adolph Gentry had a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Timothy Swart only had 9 points but had 7 rebounds to go along with 7 assists which is the most in a game in school history!

November 22, 1941

Grand Canyon (2-0) vs. Colorado State (1-0)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 69, Colorado State - 66. This one was an absolute thriller that went back and forth! Adolph Gentry made two free throws to give us the lead and then Timothy Swart clinched it with 2 more. This is the best nonconference win in program history to the best of my knowledge as I believe Colorado State is the highest profile team we have beaten. No one player really carried the team in this one as Timothy Swart led with 15 points but Terry Clegg had 11 and Malcolm Bufford had 12 off the bench. Adolph Gentry had another double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds and the team picked up Joseph Goodrich who shot 2-10 from the floor. The team made free throws when they needed to and went 17-21 from the line. We allowed 16 offensive rebounds but were somehow able to get the victory while only pulling down 8 of our own. A really big win and I'm really proud of the team, they are playing very well so far this season and I can tell just how much of an improvement there has been.

Update

When the new mid-major Top 25 poll came out we were ranked number 22! Also on the day of the Army game (before the game) our RPI was 20. I know it is early and it fluctuates a lot early on but normally at this point in the season our RPI is already 351. I'm just glad to see the boys getting some recognition for the hard work they have put in!

November 26, 1941

Grand Canyon (3-0) vs. Army (0-2)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 65, Army - 72. This game was rough as we committed 18 fouls in the first half to their 9. We had no chance after that but still made it a close game despite them shooting 38 free throws. We outplayed them in every aspect of the game but the zebras were too much to overcome. Terry Clegg had 12 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and Timothy Swart had 13 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists. The key player in this one though was Lamar Smith who had 21 points off the bench. We're going to try to forget about this game as quickly as possible and move on to the next one where, hopefully, we don't get boned by refs. I'm still proud of the guys because, despite the loss, they played well and it wasn't us beating ourselves like happens often.

November 30, 1941

Grand Canyon (3-1) vs. Florida International (0-3)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 80, Florida International - 77. This one was close throughout. Malcolm Bufford had 17 big points off the bench to go with 7 rebounds and Michael Jackson had 5 points and 11 rebounds off the bench as well. Terry Clegg had 17 points as well and Timothy Swart had 14 points and 7 rebounds.

Overall Record: 4-1

Home Record: 1-0

Road Record: 3-1

Ranking: NR

RPI: 105

Season Stats

PPG

SF Terry Clegg - 13.6

SG Malcolm Bufford - 12.2

SG Timothy Swart - 11.2

RPG

PF Adolph Gentry - 8.4

C Michael Jackson - 5.2

SG Timothy Swart - 4.4

APG

SG Timothy Swart - 3.2

PG Luther Reid - 3.2

SF Terry Clegg - 2.6

austin10splayer · April 17, 2018

December 1941

As of now series is on hold and over. Can't get into the game right now.

Thanks for reading. This is my 3rd attempt and all 3 times I've realized the game is just completely random and ratings have no bearing on skill.

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