A New Career at Abilene Christian

plydogg · February 3, 2019

Normally when I start a new dynasty I use Grand Canyon Univesity but this time wanted to start with a new school and chose Abilene Christian due to them also being new and because they were in a bigger conference which is something I was looking for. It has been probably close to a year since I have played but basketball season has me back and interested.

We are starting in the 1938-1939 season as that was the first season that had a national championship in real life. Instead of replaying that version of history we will start with a modern day setup with all 4 postseason tournaments and the 3 point line turned on for our entire history. Ratings are 1-100 and real coaches should be enabled and I believe I had edited everything for their career wins and losses to be 0 so that we truly are starting from scratch.

Preview:

The Abilene Christian Wildcats are in the Southland Conference. We have a team prestige of 0 and the conference has a total of 13 teams with Stephen F. Austin having the highest prestige at 53. I believe our conference has a prestige of 0 and it will be fun to see if we can turn Abilene Christian into a team that has any level of success.

plydogg · February 3, 2019

Preseason Actions

The first order of business is hiring our assistant coaches! We have a total budget of $150,000 so we will go for $30,000 for each coach and use the rest for recruiting. Our first two coaches signed pretty early but the last one took a while and as a result we got a bargain.

Recruiting Director: Gregory Gullett (Lipscomb University)

Lead Scout: Coleman Johnson (Cornell University)

Coaching Assistant: James Hill (Fairfield University)

Coleman Johnson is an elite scout and is much too good for our program but we got a bargain on him. Gullett and Hill are both mediocre and the type of people I expected to sign.

Next on the agenda is setting up our schedule as well as perusing the roster. The first year will probably be our worst season as the roster will be very poor and hopefully we can see continued and sustained success.

plydogg · February 3, 2019

1938-1939 Roster Preview

Here is the roster for you 1938 Abilene Christian Wildcats! Our team is made up of a lot of local "talent" with 12 players from Texas. The 3 out of state players are from Minnesota, Kansas, and Arizona. We will be trying to tap into the Texas pipeline in recruiting but ultimately will take the best talent no matter where they are from. You can see that we currently have 3 seniors, 4 juniors, 4 sophomores, and 4 freshman. Since the beginning of this post as well I have decided to cut both of our non-scholarship players in Edgar Barrios and Brian Johnson. So we may end up with two walk-ons this year and will keep those spots revolving every year until we are able to find anybody who can potentially help us out at some point.

<pre class="ipsCode">ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS General

Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown

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Michael Martinez 3 C Sr* 6-8 233 Yes 68 OK Oberlin, KS

Michael Rodriquez 40 C Sr 6-8 260 Yes 20 OK Houston, TX

Henry Kozak 42 PF Sr 6-10 243 Yes 48 OK Huntsville, TX

Charles Hurley 13 PF Jr* 6-8 233 Yes 25 OK Kenedy, TX

James Reuter 52 SG Jr 6-3 221 Yes 6 OK Conroe, TX

Ali Morales 12 PG Jr 5-9 170 Yes 22 OK Mineral Wells, TX

Tom Johnson 34 PG Jr 5-9 161 Yes 79 OK Lubbock, TX

John Kirkpatrick 21 SF So 6-10 227 Yes 22 OK Fort Worth, TX

Edgar Barrios 53 SF So 6-6 223 No 54 OK Perham, MN

Jonathan Philip 55 SG So 6-1 190 Yes 38 OK Mayer, AZ

Nickolas Toy 54 PG So 6-4 175 Yes 50 OK Santa Fe, TX

Henry Hughes 4 C Fr 6-10 218 Yes 70 OK Whitewright, TX

Brian Johnson 33 PF Fr 6-8 253 No 52 OK Van Vleck, TX

Willie Seibert 0 SF Fr 6-7 221 Yes 16 OK Alpine, TX

Harland Kerr 15 SG Fr 6-4 208 Yes 30 OK Lubbock, TX

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Next I want to give a preview of our 20 player call list. We don't have any preference as far as position goes as we are just trying to get any type of talent in here. Right now there are three players with high interest that are 3 stars and a few 2 stars with high and very high interest. There also are some 1 star guys on our call list that we will be scouting who put up big numbers in highschool. We will see if those big numbers and low star rating was due to poor competition or due to bad initial scouting. Hopefully we can find a few hidden gems. 12 of the people on our call list are from Texas and 3 are from Oklahoma so 75% of our call list is very local. Only one is international which is a player from Canada which is nice because scouting international players is costly.

<pre class="ipsCode">ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS Recruiting

Name Pos Ht Wt Rating Interest State

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Charles Rowe PG 5-10 153 *** Very High Texas

Brian Smith PG 6-0 187 *** Very High Texas

Patrick Pye PF 6-7 211 *** Very High Texas

Tanner Albin C 6-7 238 ** Very High Texas

Arthur Evans C 6-8 242 ** Very High Texas

Michael Thorton C 6-8 252 ** Very High Texas

Chris Seiler PG 6-0 174 * Very High Oklahoma

David Simmons C 6-8 266 * Very High Oklahoma

Frances Towery SG 6-1 178 * Very High Colorado

Van Eliason PG 6-2 177 ** High Oklahoma

Joseph Walsh SF 6-4 227 ** High Texas

Douglas Arguello PG 6-3 182 ** High Texas

James Kent SF 6-7 215 ** High Texas

James Bent C 7-0 244 * High Texas

David Gallagher C 6-11 285 * High Alabama

John Mountain SG 6-2 183 * High Kansas

Tyree Willis C 6-9 252 * High Missouri

Lewis Simpson SF 6-9 224 * High Texas

Kevin McLaren SG 6-3 189 * High Canada

Christoper Steffens C 6-10 269 * High Texas

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plydogg · February 3, 2019

1938-1939 Schedule

Here is the schedule for the 1938-1939 season. As you can see it is a lot of low level teams as we hope to stack up some wins and inflate our win total this year.

<pre class="ipsCode">ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS Schedule

Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record

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11/11/38 Grand Canyon 0-0 0

11/15/38 at Maryland-Eastern Shore 0-0 0

11/19/38 at SIU-Edwardsville 0-0 0

11/22/38 at North Carolina Central 0-0 0

11/25/38 Omaha 0-0 0

11/29/38 at Northern Kentucky 0-0 0

12/03/38 at NJIT 0-0 0

12/07/38 UMass Lowell 0-0 0

12/12/38 at Bryant 0-0 0

12/17/38 North Dakota 0-0 0

12/21/38 at Nicholls 0-0 0

12/24/38 at Howard 0-0 0

12/28/38 at Stephen F. Austin 0-0 0

12/31/38 New Orleans 0-0 0

01/04/39 Northwestern State 0-0 0

01/07/39 at Sam Houston State 0-0 0

01/14/39 Central Arkansas 0-0 0

01/21/39 Southeastern Louisiana 0-0 0

01/25/39 at McNeese 0-0 0

01/28/39 at Houston Baptist 0-0 0

02/01/39 at New Orleans 0-0 0

02/04/39 Nicholls 0-0 0

02/08/39 Sam Houston State 0-0 0

02/11/39 Stephen F. Austin 0-0 0

02/15/39 at Southeastern Louisiana 0-0 0

02/22/39 at Central Arkansas 0-0 0

02/25/39 Incarnate Word 0-0 0

03/01/39 at TAMU-Corpus Christi 0-0 0

03/04/39 Lamar 0-0 0 </pre><div></div>

Here is our starting 5 to open the season:

C: Michael Martinez (SR*)

PF: Michael Rodriguez (SR)

SF: James Reuter (JR)

SG: Jonathan Philip (SO)

PG: Nickolas Toy (SO)

Nickolas Toy is our player with the most potential and could be a solid player by the end of his career. We don't have any specific go to players here but my guess is that Toy would put up the best numbers on the team this year.

Bench:

6th - PG Tom Johnson (JR)

7th - PF Charles Hurley (JR*)

8th - PF Henry Kozak (SR)

9th - PG Ali Morales (JR)

10th - SF Willie Seibert (FR)

The bench is pretty poor but Tom Johnson is at least a nice 3 point shooter. I don't have high hopes for this season but hoping for the best!

CentreCourt · February 3, 2019

Great to see two dynasties being posted simultaneously on the forum; I'm following both. Like you I still go back to this fabulous game after large time gaps. A shame Brian didn't get to develop some of his ideas to elevate this game even further. Still delighted though with what it offers.

I agree with your initial recruiting strategy to get some talent on the roster regardless of position. Obviously if you don't manage to recruit any big men this year, you will have a challenge next season with three of your four inside men graduating. Of course you will need to address that at some point, but the time to judge is in four years time when your roster consists of all your own recruits.

plydogg · February 5, 2019

November 1938

November 1938

<pre class="ipsCode">ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS Schedule

Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record

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11/11/38 Grand Canyon 1-6 81 L 54-43 0-1

11/15/38 at Maryland-Eastern Shore 1-5 133 L 62-46 0-2

11/19/38 at SIU-Edwardsville 1-3 258 W 43-41 1-2

11/22/38 at North Carolina Central 0-5 251 W 55-45 2-2

11/25/38 Omaha 0-5 193 W 49-42 3-2

11/29/38 at Northern Kentucky 0-5 140 W 56-52 4-2</pre><div></div>

November 11, 1938

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

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 54, Abilene Christian - 43. We were down by 20 in the first half and made it a single digit game late in the 2nd half but couldn't make a full comeback. The fouls hurt us as in the second half we committed 8 and they committed 0. Michael Martinez and Michael Rodriguez both had 8 points and Rodriguez also had 8 rebounds. We didn't play great in this one but after scoring only 2 points in the opening 8 minutes things got a lot better as the game went on.

Injury News:

Michael Martinez broke his finger and will be out for 7 days.

November 15, 1938

Abilene Christian (0-1) vs. Maryland Eastern Shore (0-0)

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 46, Maryland Eastern Shore - 62. We were thoroughly beaten again as we couldn't stop any sustained run by the opponent. So far this season we have made a total of one 3 pointer on 17 attempts and it was by our center (whose 3 point rating is a 4 out of 100). Hopefully we stop taking the 3 as any of those shots have turned into wasted possessions. There were certainly positives from this game but foul trouble did us in again. Michael Martinez had 10 points and 7 rebounds while Michael Rodriguez had 8 points and 10 rebounds. Jonathan Philip tacked on 10 points of his own. Nickolas Toy has been a disappointment through 2 games so far and we need to see more from him.

November 19, 1938

Abilene Christian (0-2) vs. SIU-Edwardsville (0-0)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 43, SIU-Edwardsville - 41. We get our first win in program history! Jonathan Philip was the player of the game with 16 points and 3 rebounds. Nobody else had more than 6 as he carried the team on the offensive side of the ball. Michael Rodriguez helped out with 14 boards including 6 on the offensive glass. Our lead stretched to 14 at one point but we were unable to keep it large but never trailed in the entire game.

November 22, 1938

Abilene Christian (1-2) vs. North Carolina Central (0-2)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 55, North Carolina Central - 45. This team may not be the most skilled but they play with a lot of heart. In this one we committed 14 turnovers while NC Central committed only 6. We out-rebounded them 45-21 though, including an astounding 17 offensive rebounds - and those offensive rebounds were the reason we came back and won this game. Michael Rodriguez recorded the first double-double in program history with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Michael Martinez had 7 points and 11 rebounds while James Reuter and Jonathan Philip both had 10 points. This was a true team effort as it also included 12 points off the bench. We were down throughout most of this game but I was proud of the team because of how hard they played, I didn't expect it to turn into a win but am ecstatic that it did.

November 25, 1938

Omaha (0-3) vs. Abilene Christian (2-2)

Final Score: Omaha - 42, Abilene Christian - 49. James Reuter led the way with 16 points and 6 rebounds and Michael Rodriguez added on 8 points to go along with 8 boards. We didn't play our best game in this one, evidenced by the 17 turnovers but thankfully Omaha committed 17 as well. This one gets us to a winning record and although all our opponents have been awful it at least feels good to get some wins strung together.

November 29, 1938

Abilene Christian (3-2) vs. Northern Kentucky (0-4)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 56, Northern Kentucky - 52. Michael Martinez led the way with 14 points while Jonathan Philip had 12. Michael Rodriguez pulled down 8 rebounds and we were able to secure the win and overcome 14 turnovers. This 4 game win streak has been great for team morale.

Overall Record: 4-2

Home Record: 1-1

Away Record: 3-1

Ranking: NR

RPI: 349

Season Stats

PPG

SG Jonathan Philip - 10.0

SF James Reuter - 8.2

C Michael Martinez - 8.0

RPG

PF Michael Rodriguez - 10.0

C Michael Martinez - 5.3

SF James Reuter - 3.5

APG

SG Jonathan Philip - 2.3

PG Nickolas Toy - 1.8

C Michael Martinez - 1.3

Recruiting News

Our Top two targets spurned us for other schools. Arthur Evans decided to attend Texas Tech and Joseph Walsh decided to attend UTEP. Right now our biggest focus is on PG Douglas Arguello who is a good shooter and even better defender. Getting him would be a huge boost.

plydogg · February 5, 2019

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="CentreCourt" data-cite="CentreCourt" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46351" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Great to see two dynasties being posted simultaneously on the forum; I'm following both. Like you I still go back to this fabulous game after large time gaps. A shame Brian didn't get to develop some of his ideas to elevate this game even further. Still delighted though with what it offers. I agree with your initial recruiting strategy to get some talent on the roster regardless of position. Obviously if you don't manage to recruit any big men this year, you will have a challenge next season with three of your four inside men graduating. Of course you will need to address that at some point, but the time to judge is in four years time when your roster consists of all your own recruits.</div></blockquote> I am looking forward to seeing your insight as my dynasty goes along and will be happy to answer any in-detail questions. Here is to Abilene Christian!

plydogg · February 8, 2019

December 1938

December 1938

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

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11/11/38 Grand Canyon 1-13 136 L 54-43 0-1

11/15/38 at Maryland-Eastern Shore 3-11 194 L 62-46 0-2

11/19/38 at SIU-Edwardsville 2-12 181 W 43-41 1-2

11/22/38 at North Carolina Central 2-12 295 W 55-45 2-2

11/25/38 Omaha 0-14 192 W 49-42 3-2

11/29/38 at Northern Kentucky 0-14 186 W 56-52 4-2

12/03/38 at NJIT 1-13 101 L 61-56 4-3

12/07/38 UMass Lowell 1-13 236 W 64-55 5-3

12/12/38 at Bryant 2-11 257 L 61-51 5-4

12/17/38 North Dakota 3-8 54 L 51-46 5-5

12/21/38 at Nicholls 1-10 275 L 54-43 5-6 (0-1)

12/24/38 at Howard 3-9 154 L 64-38 5-7

12/28/38 at Stephen F. Austin 8-4 107 L 49-44 5-8 (0-2)

12/31/38 New Orleans 2-10 279 W 50-42 6-8 (1-2)</pre><div></div>

<pre class="ipsCode">1938 Southland Conference Standings

TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige

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Sam Houston State Bearkats 1 0 1.000 10 2 .833 239 41

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 2 0 1.000 8 4 .667 107 53

Lamar Cardinals 2 0 1.000 6 6 .500 301 29

Southeastern Louisiana Lions 2 0 1.000 5 7 .417 311 29

TAMU-Corpus Christi Islanders 2 1 .667 6 6 .500 326 34

Northwestern State Demons 1 1 .500 8 4 .667 341 28

McNeese Cowboys 1 1 .500 5 8 .385 324 25

New Orleans Privateers 1 1 .500 2 10 .167 279 4

Nicholls Colonels 1 1 .500 1 10 .091 275 16

Abilene Christian Wildcats 1 2 .333 6 8 .429 351 0

Houston Baptist Huskies 1 2 .333 1 10 .091 291 4

Central Arkansas Bears 0 3 .000 3 10 .231 215 7

Incarnate Word Cardinals 0 3 .000 0 13 .000 334 0</pre><div></div>

December 3, 1938

Abilene Christian (4-2) vs. NJIT (0-5)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 56, NJIT - 61. Our ability to score is not in question but it is the turnovers as we had 19 in this game. This is while playing at a slow pace as well so it isn't as if we are trying to force the ball and turning things over. Recruiting ballhandlers will be a big part of our future. Nickolas Toy had 19 points to set a school record and James Reuter had 8 points and 7 assists. Our little win streak has come to an end and even though we lost it was a close game that came down to a 1 point game in the final minute.

December 7, 1938

UMass Lowell (0-7) vs. Abilene Christian (4-3)

Final Score: UMass Lowell - 55, Abilene Christian - 64. I am so proud of the team after this one! We were down 31-17 at the half and fought back for a huge comeback! Then with 9 minutes in the second half and down 49-35 we went on a 19-0 run to take a 54-49 lead and hold on for the victory. I was absolutely amazed as it looked like we were toast in this one but the boys really fought back. We got into foul trouble early as four of our starters ended the game with four fouls, so the bench saw a lot of minutes and produced with 27 points including a career high 10 for Ali Morales. Jonathan Philip added on 13 points and James Reuter had 10. Michael Rodriguez finished with 8 points to go with 13 rebounds. This one could be a huge momentum builder moving forward and a 19-0 run is one of the biggest runs I have ever witnessed.

December 12, 1938

Abilene Christian (5-3) vs. Bryant (0-7)

Final Score - Abilene Christian - 51, Bryant - 61. The refs were blowing the whistle early and often as this one saw 26 fouls in the first half. The fouls were aplenty but this one came down to turnovers and how we made 17 compared to Bryant's 10. Nickolas Toy and Jonathan Philip both had 11 points and Michael Martinez had 9. This one was disappointing and further reinforces our need to cut down on turnovers next season.

December 17, 1938

North Dakota (1-7) vs. Abilene Christian (5-4)

Final Score: North Dakota - 51, Abilene Christian - 46. Turnovers were big again as we committed 17 to their 12. Free throws were big as well as we shot 7 to their 34. Jonathan Philip had 11 points and Michael Rodriguez had 8. The bench had a solid game with 19 points and had a very solid game.

December 21, 1938

Abilene Christian (5-5) vs. Nicholls (0-8)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 43, Nicholls - 54. We had 17 turnovers again in this game (compared to only 12 made field goals). Nickolas Toy had 11 points and Jonathan Philip had 9. Michael Rodriguez had 12 rebounds including 7 on the offensive side. This was a rough start to conference play but with our turnover total it could have been a lot uglier.

December 24, 1938

Abilene Christian (5-6) vs. Howard (0-9)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 38, Howard - 64. We made 13 field goals and committed 16 turnovers as those again came up big and cost us dearly. Jonathan Phillip had 8 points and Michael Rodriguez had 7 rebounds. This one was a very rough game and we hope we can bounce back soon!

December 28, 1938

Abilene Christian (5-7) vs. Stephen F. Austin (6-4)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 44, Stephen F. Austin - 49. Stephen F. Austin had 5 steals but we committed 19 turnovers. I am actually very excited for the future as we are having a lot of close games and once these turnovers decrease we will be looking very good, and with a lot more talent. Jonathan Philip had 12 points and Nickolas Toy had 10 points. Philip also had 8 rebounds and went 8-8 from the free throw line and we went 16-18 from the free throw line. Our 19 turnovers dwarfed our 14 made shots in this one.

December 31, 1938

New Orleans (2-9) vs. Abilene Christian (5-8)

Final Score: New Orleans - 42, Abilene Christian - 50. We only had 9 turnovers in this game which was a huge contributor to our win! Jonathan Philip had 16 points with 7 rebounds and 2 assists en route to player of the game honors. Michael Rodriguez had 11 points and 6 rebounds. The bench had 10 points in this game and really helped us out.

Overall Record: 6-8

Conference Record: 1-2

Home Record: 3-2

Road Record: 3-6

Ranking: NR

RPI: 351

Season Stats

PPG

SG Jonathan Philip - 10.5

PG Nickolas Toy - 7.1

SF James Reuter - 6.9

RPG

PF Michael Rodriguez - 8.9

C Michael Martinez - 4.3

SG Jonathan Philip - 3.4

APG

SG Jonathan Philip - 1.8

PG Nickolas Toy - 1.5

PF Michael Rodriguez - 1.1

Recruiting News

We have our first recruit! PG Douglas Arguello from Sunray, TX has decided to play for Abilene Christian next year. He is a plus defender with the potential to be a very good jump shooter. His defense is already well developed which will help him see playing time.

We had another scholarship offer out to PG Van Eliason but he declined our scholarship offer and committed to North Texas.

plydogg · February 10, 2019

January 1939

January 1939

  Date        Opponent                     Record  RPI  Result  Score      Record
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 11/11/38    Grand Canyon                   2-19  252       L  54-43         0-1
 11/15/38    at Maryland-Eastern Shore      4-17  253       L  62-46         0-2
 11/19/38    at SIU-Edwardsville            4-18  245       W  43-41         1-2
 11/22/38    at North Carolina Central      4-17  315       W  55-45         2-2
 11/25/38    Omaha                          1-21  322       W  49-42         3-2
 11/29/38    at Northern Kentucky           0-22  313       W  56-52         4-2
 12/03/38    at NJIT                        2-20  272       L  61-56         4-3
 12/07/38    UMass Lowell                   2-20  286       W  64-55         5-3
 12/12/38    at Bryant                      6-15  227       L  61-51         5-4
 12/17/38    North Dakota                   6-13  203       L  51-46         5-5
 12/21/38    at Nicholls                    3-16  294       L  54-43   5-6 (0-1)
 12/24/38    at Howard                      7-14  192       L  64-38         5-7
 12/28/38    at Stephen F. Austin           12-7  179       L  49-44   5-8 (0-2)
 12/31/38    New Orleans                    4-15  325       W  50-42   6-8 (1-2)
 01/04/39    Northwestern State             11-8  314       W  60-49   7-8 (2-2)
 01/07/39    at Sam Houston State           18-2  167       L  60-44   7-9 (2-3)
 01/14/39    Central Arkansas               6-14  275       W  53-43   8-9 (3-3)
 01/21/39    Southeastern Louisiana         8-12  299       L  45-42  8-10 (3-4)
 01/25/39    at McNeese                    10-10  244       L  53-36  8-11 (3-5)
 01/28/39    at Houston Baptist             1-18  338       W  70-47  9-11 (4-5)

 TEAM                             CW  CL    Pct   W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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Sam Houston State Bearkats        8   0  1.000  18   2  .900  167        41
Lamar Cardinals                   8   1   .889  12   8  .600  257        29
TAMU-Corpus Christi Islanders     7   2   .778  13   7  .650  256        34
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks     6   2   .750  12   7  .632  179        53
McNeese Cowboys                   6   3   .667  10  10  .500  244        25
Northwestern State Demons         4   5   .444  11   8  .579  314        28
Abilene Christian Wildcats        4   5   .444   9  11  .450  351         0
Southeastern Louisiana Lions      4   5   .444   8  12  .400  299        29
Central Arkansas Bears            3   6   .333   6  14  .300  275         7
New Orleans Privateers            3   6   .333   4  15  .211  325         4
Nicholls Colonels                 3   6   .333   3  16  .158  294        16
Houston Baptist Huskies           1   8   .111   1  18  .053  338         4
Incarnate Word Cardinals          0   8   .000   0  19  .000  342         0

January 4, 1939

Northwestern State (8-4) vs. Abilene Christian (6-8)

Final Score: Northwestern State - 49, Abilene Christian - 60. We did commit 13 turnovers in this one but Northwestern State committed 15. Michael Rodriguez was the player of the game with 14 points and 11 rebounds for a double-double. Jonathan Phillip had 13 points and Nickolas Toy had 11 points.

January 7, 1939

Abilene Christian (7-8) vs. Sam Houston State (11-2)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 44, Sam Houston State - 60. We were outclassed by a much better team in this one as we committed 16 turnovers to their 8. Nickolas Toy led the way with 8 points and Michael Rodriguez had 11 rebounds but outside of those numbers nobody else had much of a great performance.

January 14, 1939

Central Arkansas (5-11) vs. Abilene Christian (7-9)

Final Score: Central Arkansas - 43, Abilene Christian - 53. We had 18 turnovers in this one but were able to overcome them as Tom Johnson came up huge off the game with 10 points and being perfect from the field en route to player of the game honors. Jonathan Philip also had 11 games and 8 rebounds and Michael Rodriguez had 7 rebounds.

January 21, 1939

Southeastern Louisiana (6-11) vs. Abilene Christian (8-9)

Final Score: Southeastern Louisiana - 45, Abilene Christian - 42. This one was the most frustrating loss of the year. We lost the turnover battle per usual (13 to 9) but we shot 5-13 from the line including 1-6 in the final 2 minutes. They threw the game away with 4 straight turnovers to end the game but we capitalized off those 4 turnovers for a total of 1 points. Michael Martinez had 9 points but nobody else did much worth mentioning. Even with our limited talent this is one that we quite frankly should have won.

January 25, 1939

Abilene Christian (8-10) vs. McNeese (9-9)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 36, McNeese - 53. This was a rough one as we only scored 36 points and committed an ungodly 24 turnovers! The bench actually outscored the starters 22 to 14 and Tom Johnson had a team high 9 points. Michael Martinez led the team with 7 rebounds and we again see that the turnovers were too much to overcome as we had twice as many turnovers as made shots (12).

January 28, 1939

Abilene Christian (8-11) vs. Houston Baptist (1-17)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 70, Houston Baptist - 47. This was our best game of the season so far as we played great as a team. We limited turnovers by only committing 12 (Houston Baptist committed only 9). Jonathan Philip had a game-high 21 points while Michael Rodriguez filled the stat sheet with 7 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. James Reuter and Nickolas Toy both added on 11 points of their own.

Overall Record: 9-11

Conference Record: 4-5

Home Record: 5-3

Road Record: 4-8

Ranking: NR

RPI: 351

Season Stats

PPG

SG Jonathan Philip - 10.6

PG Nickolas Toy - 7.6

PF Michael Rodriguez - 6.6

RPG

PF Michael Rodriguez - 8.6

C Michael Martinez - 4.7

SG Jonathan Philip - 3.5

APG

SG Jonathan Philip - 1.7

PG Nickolas Toy - 1.6

PF Michael Rodriguez - 1.2

Recruiting News

Not much recruiting news right now. We have offers out on two Power Forwards, Michael Mitchell and Virgil Yager. Mitchell is 6'6" and is a JC player. He is not much of an offensive threat but is a defensive specialist who should lock down his defender. He also is a menace on the offensive glass. Virgil Yager is 6'10" and from Oklahoma. He is a triple threat as he is effective from the inside, from behind the arc, and is a terrific passer. He is competent on the defensive side of the ball where his best quality is his ability to block shots at a high rate.

plydogg · February 10, 2019

February 1939

February 1939

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

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11/11/38 Grand Canyon 2-26 332 L 54-43 0-1

11/15/38 at Maryland-Eastern Shore 5-24 334 L 62-46 0-2

11/19/38 at SIU-Edwardsville 4-26 279 W 43-41 1-2

11/22/38 at North Carolina Central 6-23 329 W 55-45 2-2

11/25/38 Omaha 1-28 345 W 49-42 3-2

11/29/38 at Northern Kentucky 0-29 314 W 56-52 4-2

12/03/38 at NJIT 5-25 291 L 61-56 4-3

12/07/38 UMass Lowell 4-25 316 W 64-55 5-3

12/12/38 at Bryant 7-22 255 L 61-51 5-4

12/17/38 North Dakota 7-20 265 L 51-46 5-5

12/21/38 at Nicholls 4-24 305 L 54-43 5-6 (0-1)

12/24/38 at Howard 10-19 220 L 64-38 5-7

12/28/38 at Stephen F. Austin 19-8 139 L 49-44 5-8 (0-2)

12/31/38 New Orleans 6-21 350 W 50-42 6-8 (1-2)

01/04/39 Northwestern State 14-13 312 W 60-49 7-8 (2-2)

01/07/39 at Sam Houston State 26-2 127 L 60-44 7-9 (2-3)

01/14/39 Central Arkansas 9-18 245 W 53-43 8-9 (3-3)

01/21/39 Southeastern Louisiana 12-15 261 L 45-42 8-10 (3-4)

01/25/39 at McNeese 16-11 214 L 53-36 8-11 (3-5)

01/28/39 at Houston Baptist 3-25 335 W 70-47 9-11 (4-5)

02/01/39 at New Orleans 6-21 350 W 61-52 10-11 (5-5)

02/04/39 Nicholls 4-24 305 W 56-53 11-11 (6-5)

02/08/39 Sam Houston State 26-2 127 L 65-51 11-12 (6-6)

02/11/39 Stephen F. Austin 19-8 139 L 77-37 11-13 (6-7)

02/15/39 at Southeastern Louisiana 12-15 261 W 54-50 12-13 (7-7)

02/22/39 at Central Arkansas 9-18 245 L 73-39 12-14 (7-8)

02/25/39 Incarnate Word 2-25 313 L 59-56 12-15 (7-9)</pre><div></div>

<pre class="ipsCode"> TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige

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Sam Houston State Bearkats 16 0 1.000 26 2 .929 127 41

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 13 3 .813 19 8 .704 139 53

Lamar Cardinals 12 4 .750 16 11 .593 218 29

McNeese Cowboys 12 4 .750 16 11 .593 214 25

TAMU-Corpus Christi Islanders 11 5 .688 17 10 .630 276 34

Southeastern Louisiana Lions 8 8 .500 12 15 .444 261 29

Abilene Christian Wildcats 7 9 .438 12 15 .444 351 0

Northwestern State Demons 6 10 .375 14 13 .519 312 28

Central Arkansas Bears 6 10 .375 9 18 .333 245 7

New Orleans Privateers 5 11 .313 6 21 .222 350 4

Nicholls Colonels 4 13 .235 4 24 .143 305 16

Houston Baptist Huskies 3 14 .176 3 25 .107 335 4

Incarnate Word Cardinals 2 14 .125 2 25 .074 313 0</pre><div></div>

February 1, 1939

Abilene Christian (9-11) vs. New Orleans (4-15)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 61, New Orleans - 52. We only committed 7 turnovers in this one and got a huge road win to move us to .500 in conference play this season. So far we have had some rough games but we have exceeded my expectations in conference play! Michael Martinez was the player of the game with 15 points and 7 rebounds. James Reuter had 13 points and we finished strong to end up with the victory.

Team News

Unfortunately Michael Rodriguez was injured in the New Orleans game and suffered a broken foot. He will be out for 56 days which looks like it will be for the remainder of the season. Henry Kozak will replace him in the lineup and that loss is a big blow to the rest of our season.

February 4, 1939

Nicholls (3-17) vs. Abilene Christian (10-11)

Final Score: Nicholls - 53, Abilene Christian - 56 in OVERTIME! Tom Johnson hit a 3 with 16 seconds left to tie this one and send us to overtime at 45 apiece. This one was our first overtime game of the year and was a thriller! We could have secured the win easily in overtime but our free throw shooting really let us down as we went 17-28 in the game from the line. Nickolas Toy had 15 points with 5 rebounds and Michael Martinez had 10 points and 6 rebounds. We only turned the ball over 10 times which is pretty impressive since this game included an overtime. This win gets us back to a .500 overall record on the season and gives us a winning record in conference play! Also the 3 game win streak is a nice look.

February 8, 1939

Sam Houston State (20-2) vs. Abilene Christian (11-11)

Final Score: Sam Houston State - 65, Abilene Christian - 51. We got out to an early 12 point lead which was surprising but we were unable to keep the lead. Until the final 2 minutes we were never down by more than 7 points and this one was a lot closer than the final scoreline shows. Michael Martinez had 12 points and 8 rebounds while James Reuter had 9 points and 5 boards. The bench had 15 points in this one and were huge in keeping us in the game.

February 11, 1939

Stephen F. Austin (15-7) vs. Abilene Christian (11-12)

Final Score: Stephen F. Austin - 77, Abilene Christian - 37. We had 18 turnovers in this one but we were thoroughly outclassed in every aspect of the game. Stephen F. Austin only made 6 more shots than us but attempted 45 free throws. Jonathan Philip had 10 points and Michael Martinez had 8. Hopefully we can right the ship in the second half of the month after these two losses to good teams.

February 15, 1939

Abilene Christian (11-13) vs. Southeastern Louisiana (9-14)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 54, Southeastern Louisiana - 50. Jonathan Philip led the team with 15 points while James Reuter had 11 and Nickolas Toy had 10. Henry Kozak led the team with 9 rebounds. This was the bounceback win we needed!

February 22, 1939

Abilene Christian (12-13) vs. Central Arkansas (8-17)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 39, Central Arkansas - 73. We started out slow in this one as we it took 11 minutes for us to score our first points and make our deficit 16-2 and it never got any better from there. We had 15 turnovers and 17 rebounds to their 34. Jonathan Philip had 10 points and nobody else had more than 6 as we were humbled by a very bad Central Arkansas team. Nickolas Toy also sprained his ankle and is day-to-day for a week.

February 25, 1939

Incarnate Word (1-25) vs. Abilene Christian (12-14)

Final Score: Incarnate Word - 59, Abilene Christian - 56. Man this was brutal. I'm trying to remind myself that this is a throwaway season but taking tough losses to bad teams still hurts. Foul trouble has been what has killed us these past few games as Incarnate Word shot 35 free throws in this one. James Reuter tried to win this one for us with 21 points and Michael Martinez had 10 points and 7 rebounds.

Overall Record: 12-15

Conference Record: 7-9

Home Record: 6-6

Road Record: 6-9

Ranking: NR

RPI: 351

Season Stats

PPG

SG Jonathan Philip - 9.6

SF James Reuter - 7.4

PG Nickolas Toy - 7.1

RPG

PF Michael Rodriguez - 8.3

C Michael Martinez - 5.0

SG Jonathan Philip - 3.6

APG

SG Jonathan Philip - 1.6

PG Nickolas Toy - 1.6

C Michael Martinez - 1.1

Recruiting News

PF Michael Mitchell has committed to play for Abilene Christian next season! Mitchell is a Junior College player from Andrews, TX who will not factor into the offensive gameplan but will be a huge presence on the defensive side of the ball.

plydogg · February 11, 2019

March 1939

March 1939

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

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11/11/38 Grand Canyon 2-27 335 L 54-43 0-1

11/15/38 at Maryland-Eastern Shore 5-24 334 L 62-46 0-2

11/19/38 at SIU-Edwardsville 4-26 284 W 43-41 1-2

11/22/38 at North Carolina Central 6-23 329 W 55-45 2-2

11/25/38 Omaha 1-28 346 W 49-42 3-2

11/29/38 at Northern Kentucky 0-30 313 W 56-52 4-2

12/03/38 at NJIT 5-25 290 L 61-56 4-3

12/07/38 UMass Lowell 4-25 314 W 64-55 5-3

12/12/38 at Bryant 7-22 257 L 61-51 5-4

12/17/38 North Dakota 7-21 274 L 51-46 5-5

12/21/38 at Nicholls 5-24 306 L 54-43 5-6 (0-1)

12/24/38 at Howard 10-19 219 L 64-38 5-7

12/28/38 at Stephen F. Austin 19-9 141 L 49-44 5-8 (0-2)

12/31/38 New Orleans 6-22 347 W 50-42 6-8 (1-2)

01/04/39 Northwestern State 14-14 319 W 60-49 7-8 (2-2)

01/07/39 at Sam Houston State 27-2 125 L 60-44 7-9 (2-3)

01/14/39 Central Arkansas 10-18 235 W 53-43 8-9 (3-3)

01/21/39 Southeastern Louisiana 12-16 240 L 45-42 8-10 (3-4)

01/25/39 at McNeese 17-11 205 L 53-36 8-11 (3-5)

01/28/39 at Houston Baptist 3-25 336 W 70-47 9-11 (4-5)

02/01/39 at New Orleans 6-22 347 W 61-52 10-11 (5-5)

02/04/39 Nicholls 5-24 306 W 56-53 11-11 (6-5)

02/08/39 Sam Houston State 27-2 125 L 65-51 11-12 (6-6)

02/11/39 Stephen F. Austin 19-9 141 L 77-37 11-13 (6-7)

02/15/39 at Southeastern Louisiana 12-16 240 W 54-50 12-13 (7-7)

02/22/39 at Central Arkansas 10-18 235 L 73-39 12-14 (7-8)

02/25/39 Incarnate Word 2-26 333 L 59-56 12-15 (7-9)

03/01/39 at TAMU-Corpus Christi 18-10 260 L 72-41 12-16 (7-10)

03/04/39 Lamar 18-11 221 L 67-50 12-17 (7-11)</pre><div></div>

March 1, 1939

Abilene Christian (12-15) vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi (17-10)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 41, Texas A&M Corpus Christi - 72. We couldn't stop a high powered Corpus Christi team as the only player with a solid statline was Henry Kozak with 10 points and 6 rebounds. The bench came up with 15 points in this one and we have had a rough end to the season.

March 4, 1939

Lamar (17-11) vs. Abilene Christian (12-16)

Final Score: Lamar - 67, Abilene Christian - 50. This one was never really any close as we played a team much better than us. Nickolas Toy had 17 points and James Reuter added 10 of his own. This was a really awful end to the season for us as we gained momentum and then ended it with 3 blowout losses and an embarrassing loss to a team that only won one other game all season long.

<pre class="ipsCode">1938 Southland Conference Standings

TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige

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Sam Houston State Bearkats 17 1 .944 27 3 .900 124 41

McNeese Cowboys 14 4 .778 18 11 .621 204 25

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 14 4 .778 20 9 .690 138 53

Lamar Cardinals 14 4 .778 18 11 .621 221 29

TAMU-Corpus Christi Islanders 12 6 .667 18 11 .621 258 34

Southeastern Louisiana Lions 9 9 .500 13 16 .448 230 29

Central Arkansas Bears 8 10 .444 11 18 .379 235 7

Abilene Christian Wildcats 7 11 .389 12 17 .414 351 0

Northwestern State Demons 7 11 .389 15 14 .517 313 28

Nicholls Colonels 5 13 .278 5 24 .172 309 16

New Orleans Privateers 5 13 .278 6 23 .207 348 4

Houston Baptist Huskies 3 15 .167 3 26 .103 334 4

Incarnate Word Cardinals 2 16 .111 2 27 .069 336 0</pre><div></div>

We finished 8th in the conference which is way better than what I expected at the beginning of the season but ended up being a bit of a disappointment after our strong start to conference play. Also finishing 8th is important as in the Southland conference only 8 teams make the conference tournament.

Conference Tournament

#8 Abilene Christian (12-17) vs. #5 Texas A&M Corpus Christi (18-11)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 32, Texas A&M Corpus Christi - 59. Our slide continues as we end the season on a 5 game losing streak. I still am very pleased that we finished the season with 12 wins and avoided last place in the conference which was the goal of the Athletic Department this season.

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As we can see Sam Houston State won the conference tournament which means their 29-3 season landed them the 14 seed against North Carolina.

plydogg · February 11, 2019

1938-1939 Season Wrapup

1938-1939 Season Wrapup

The end of the regular season has wrapped up and we have the postseason upon us. The player of the year in the Southland Conference is Junior SG Michael Hamner from Stephen F. Austin who averaged 10.7 PPG. The Freshman of the year was PG Thomas Wise from Sam Houston State who averaged 7.9 PPG. Finally the Coach of the Year was Jason Hooten from Sam Houston State!

Here is the season ending Top 25 going into the NCAA Tournament:

<pre class="ipsCode"> # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference

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1. Arizona (65) 28-3 1792 1 Pac-12 Conference

2. Kentucky (7) 27-4 1734 2 Southeastern Conference

3. Michigan State 28-5 1631 5 Big Ten Conference

4. Butler 27-5 1539 7 Big East Conference

5. Louisville 27-5 1505 4 Atlantic Coast Conference

6. Miami (OH) 32-0 1401 9 Mid-American Conference

7. Wisconsin 25-5 1396 3 Big Ten Conference

8. Memphis 26-6 1297 14 American Athletic Conference

9. Syracuse 25-6 1204 6 Atlantic Coast Conference

10. Villanova 27-5 1190 8 Big East Conference

11. BYU 29-4 1110 11 West Coast Conference

12. Duke 26-8 996 13 Atlantic Coast Conference

13. Oklahoma 25-6 895 10 Big 12 Conference

14. Dayton 29-3 882 12 Atlantic 10 Conference

15. North Carolina 25-7 858 17 Atlantic Coast Conference

16. Creighton 23-9 652 19 Big East Conference

17. Connecticut 25-6 601 18 American Athletic Conference

18. Gonzaga 26-7 597 16 West Coast Conference

19. Illinois 24-9 353 25 Big Ten Conference

20. Utah State 25-8 336 20 Mountain West Conference

21. West Virginia 25-8 302 NR Big 12 Conference

22. UCLA 24-7 293 15 Pac-12 Conference

23. Temple 27-6 266 21 American Athletic Conference

24. Illinois State 27-6 188 22 Missouri Valley Conference

25. UNLV 29-4 147 NR Mountain West Conference

Others Receiving Votes:

Old Dominion 27-5 108 Conference USA

Saint Joseph's 27-6 64 Atlantic 10 Conference

Marquette 22-10 44 Big East Conference

Vanderbilt 24-7 10 Southeastern Conference

Florida 22-10 6 Southeastern Conference

Oklahoma State 23-9 3 Big 12 Conference </pre><div></div>

And here is the Mid-Major top 25 going into the NCAA tournament:

<pre class="ipsCode"> # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference

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1. Butler (70) 27-5 1798 1 Big East Conference

2. Villanova (2) 27-5 1697 2 Big East Conference

3. BYU 29-4 1632 3 West Coast Conference

4. Miami (OH) 32-0 1588 5 Mid-American Conference

5. Memphis 26-6 1540 6 American Athletic Conference

6. Dayton 29-3 1447 4 Atlantic 10 Conference

7. Connecticut 25-6 1315 7 American Athletic Conference

8. Utah State 25-8 1312 8 Mountain West Conference

9. Gonzaga 26-7 1164 10 West Coast Conference

10. Creighton 23-9 1129 9 Big East Conference

11. Illinois State 27-6 1080 11 Missouri Valley Conference

12. Temple 27-6 1072 12 American Athletic Conference

13. Old Dominion 27-5 934 16 Conference USA

14. Marquette 22-10 829 14 Big East Conference

15. UNLV 29-4 790 17 Mountain West Conference

16. Kent State 26-5 688 15 Mid-American Conference

17. Georgetown 19-11 684 13 Big East Conference

18. Saint Joseph's 27-6 618 18 Atlantic 10 Conference

19. Xavier 19-11 406 19 Big East Conference

20. Tulsa 24-7 405 20 American Athletic Conference

21. Siena 26-7 364 23 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

22. UAB 25-6 265 22 Conference USA

23. George Mason 26-7 230 NR Atlantic 10 Conference

24. Saint Mary's 25-6 216 21 West Coast Conference

25. Northern Iowa 24-7 103 24 Missouri Valley Conference

Others Receiving Votes:

Sam Houston State 29-3 30 Southland Conference

Iona 27-5 20 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

New Mexico State 29-4 16 Western Athletic Conference

Weber State 27-4 9 Big Sky Conference

Wagner 28-4 7 Northeast Conference

Troy 25-6 5 Sun Belt Conference

UC Santa Barbara 28-5 3 Big West Conference

Western Kentucky 24-9 3 Conference USA

Belmont 25-6 1 Ohio Valley Conference

</pre><div></div>

plydogg · February 11, 2019

March Madness

March Madness!

Here are the screenshots from the inaugural NCAA tournament. Good luck to all of the participants and may the best team win!

First up is the West Region

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This region didn't get too crazy as the biggest upset in the first round was 11 seed Tulsa beating 6 seed Marquette. 4 seed Miami of Ohio was able to add on to their unbeaten season with a win over 13 seed New Mexico State but fell to 5 seed UNLV in the second round. UNLV then followed that with a victory over 1 seed Michigan State to get to the elite eight where they lost to 2 seed Arizona. Congratulations to the 2 seed Arizona Wildcats on making the Final Four!

Next up is the Midwest Region:

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1 seed Butler had some trouble with 16 seed Montana in the first round but was able to come away with a 7 point victory. After that it was no surprise that 8 seed Illinois knocked them out in the second round. Our representative Sam Houston State was knocked out by 4 seed North Carolina in the first round by a score of 102-49 which was definitely not a good look for the conference. There was not a single upset in the first round of this region and even the sweet 16 featured the 2, 3, 4, and 8 seeds. In the elite eight 2 seed Temple took down 4 seed North Carolina to advance to the Final Four!

Next up we have the South Region!

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This one had some first round upsets as 9 seed George Mason took down 8 seed Old Dominion, 12 seed Texas beat 5 seed Memphis, 10 seed Kent State beat 7 seed Illinois State, and 11 seed NC State beat 6 seed Creighton. The 2nd round had some crazy results as well, as 1 seed Kentucky beat George Mason 73-37 and 2 seed Duke beat Kent State 83-37. Texas pulled off the upset of 4 seed UCLA to make it to the sweet sixteen where they eventually fell to Kentucky. 3 seed Oklahoma then toppled Kentucky to advance to the Final Four!

Last we have the East Region!

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This region had our biggest upset to date which was 14 seed Austin Peay beating 3 seed Dayton 59-58! Unfortunately Austin Peay was unable to continue that success as they lost to 6 seed West Virginia by 6 in the next round. The rest of this region was pretty standard and in the end 4 seed Connecticut beat 2 seed Louisville to punch its ticket to the Final Four.

Now for the Final Four!

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3 seed Oklahoma beat 2 seed Arizona in the first game while 4 seed Connecticut beat 2 seed Temple in the second. Oklahoma won a thriller of a championship game by the score of 69-67 and I would like to congratulate the Oklahoma Sooners on winning the inaugural NCAA championship!

plydogg · February 11, 2019

1938-1939 Nit, Cbi, Cit

1938-1939 NIT, CBI, CIT

First up we have the NIT:

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Congratulations to Wake Forest for beating Ohio State and winning the Inaugural NIT tournament!

Next is the CBI:

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Congratulations to Cal State Northridge for topping Rider to win the inaugural CIT!

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Congratulations to Drexel for beating Charlotte and winning the Inaugural CIT! The Southland Conference had three teams that made it. Stephen F. Austin made the tournament as the 1 seed but lost to Lehigh in the first round and Lamar made it as a 8 seed and lost by one to South Carolina State. Our 3rd representative was 10 seed Texas A&M Corpus Christi who lost in the first round to Toledo.

plydogg · February 11, 2019

1938-1939 Senior Appreciation Day

1938-1939 Senior Appreciation Day

We have 3 seniors who will be leaving us after our inaugural season. They are all big men and we will be having a difficult time replacing them next season.

Our first man up is C Michael Martinez from Oberlin, Kansas. Martinez was our starting C all season and averaged 6.4 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game. He was named player of the game 3 times and had career highs of 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 assists.

#3 C Michael Martinez - Abilene Christian - Senior
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Height:       6-8
Weight:       234
High School:  Decatur High School
Hometown:     Oberlin, KS

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:    25  19  51   9   9  14  61   8  56  21  14  29  27  72  45  83    
   1937:    24  19  49   9   9  14  58   8  56  21  14  28  26  70  45  78    
Potential:   D   D   C   F   F   F   B   F   C   D   F   D                

Health:      Good                                           
Scholarship: Yes
Status:      Active Roster                                  
Academics:   68

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  30  30 32.0  6.4  2.8  4.8  1.1  1.7  0.68  0.3  0.2  3.1
Career  30  30 32.0  6.4  2.8  4.8  1.1  1.7  0.68  0.3  0.2  3.1

Shooting Averages:
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Season  FGM  FGA   FG%  FTM  FTA   FT%  3PM  3PA   3P%  PPS   +/-
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  1938  2.3  5.1  .451  1.7  2.4  .722  0.0  0.2  .167 1.25 -5.57
Career  2.3  5.1  .451  1.7  2.4  .722  0.0  0.2  .167 1.25 -5.57

Stat Totals:
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Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS OREB  REB  AST   TO  STL  BLK   PF
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  1938  30  30  959  191   84  145   34   50   10    6   92
Career  30  30  959  191   84  145   34   50   10    6   92

Shooting Totals
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Season  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA  +/-
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  1938   69  153   52   72    1    6 -167
Career   69  153   52   72    1    6 -167

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     15    7   11    4    2    1    3    7   10    6    8    1    2
Career     15    7   11    4    2    1    3    7   10    6    8    1    2

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season   Award
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All      Player of the Game: 3

Next up we have Michael Rodriguez from Houston, Texas who unfortunately lost a third of the season to a brutal foot injury and was greatly missed. He averaged 6.6 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game with career highs of 14 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists. Him and Michael Martinez made up our two starting big men this year and losing both of them will be tough.

 #40 PF Michael Rodriquez - Abilene Christian - Senior
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Height:       6-8
Weight:       261
High School:  George I Sanchez High School
Hometown:     Houston, TX

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   8  28   0  33  10  47  48  41   4  14  11  25  78  35  82    
   1937:    29   8  28   0  32  10  46  48  40   4  14  11  24  76  35  76    
Potential:   D   F   D   F   C   F   C   C   C   F   F   F                

Health:      Good                                           
Scholarship: Yes
Status:      Active Roster                                  
Academics:   20

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  21  21 30.8  6.6  2.4  8.3  1.1  1.8  0.61  0.5  0.2  2.6
Career  21  21 30.8  6.6  2.4  8.3  1.1  1.8  0.61  0.5  0.2  2.6

Shooting Averages:
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Season  FGM  FGA   FG%  FTM  FTA   FT%  3PM  3PA   3P%  PPS   +/-
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  1938  2.4  5.6  .436  1.7  2.8  .621  0.0  0.0  .000 1.18 -3.00
Career  2.4  5.6  .436  1.7  2.8  .621  0.0  0.0  .000 1.18 -3.00

Stat Totals:
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Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS OREB  REB  AST   TO  STL  BLK   PF
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  1938  21  21  646  138   51  174   23   38   11    5   55
Career  21  21  646  138   51  174   23   38   11    5   55

Shooting Totals
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Season  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA  +/-
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  1938   51  117   36   58    0    0  -63
Career   51  117   36   58    0    0  -63

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    7   14    5    2    1    4    5   13    4    6    0    0
Career     14    7   14    5    2    1    4    5   13    4    6    0    0

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season   Award
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All      Player of the Game: 2

Our final senior is PF Henry Kozak from Huntsville, Texas. Kozak started 9 games in place of Rodriguez when he went down injured and played in a total of 28 games this season. He averaged 2.2 points and 2.1 rebounds in 13.6 minutes per game. His career highs were 10 points and 9 rebounds.

#42 C Henry Kozak - Abilene Christian - Senior
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Height:       6-10
Weight:       245
High School:  Huntsville High School
Hometown:     Huntsville, TX

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   7  30   0   8   8  17  31  24  15   7  50  36  82  38  76    
   1937:    27   7  30   0   8   8  17  30  23  15   7  48  36  80  38  73    
Potential:   D   F   D   F   F   F   D   D   D   D   F   C                

Health:      Good                                           
Scholarship: Yes
Status:      Active Roster                                  
Academics:   48

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  28   9 13.6  2.2  0.3  2.1  0.4  0.7  0.53  0.1  0.1  1.4
Career  28   9 13.6  2.2  0.3  2.1  0.4  0.7  0.53  0.1  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  0.8  2.1  .379  0.6  0.9  .708  0.0  0.1  .000 1.05 -4.89
Career  0.8  2.1  .379  0.6  0.9  .708  0.0  0.1  .000 1.05 -4.89

Stat Totals:
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Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS OREB  REB  AST   TO  STL  BLK   PF
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  1938  28   9  380   61    7   58   10   19    3    3   40
Career  28   9  380   61    7   58   10   19    3    3   40

Shooting Totals
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Season  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA  +/-
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  1938   22   58   17   24    0    2 -137
Career   22   58   17   24    0    2 -137

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     10    1    9    2    1    1    3    3    7    4    5    0    1
Career     10    1    9    2    1    1    3    3    7    4    5    0    1

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season   Award
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         No awards.

plydogg · February 11, 2019

1938-1939 Season Recap

1938-1939 Season Recap

ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS Schedule

 Date        Opponent                     Record  RPI  Result  Score        Record
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 11/11/38    Grand Canyon                   2-29  333       L  54-43           0-1
 11/15/38    at Maryland-Eastern Shore      5-25  334       L  62-46           0-2
 11/19/38    at SIU-Edwardsville            4-26  284       W  43-41           1-2
 11/22/38    at North Carolina Central      7-24  315       W  55-45           2-2
 11/25/38    Omaha                          1-28  346       W  49-42           3-2
 11/29/38    at Northern Kentucky           0-30  325       W  56-52           4-2
 12/03/38    at NJIT                        5-25  296       L  61-56           4-3
 12/07/38    UMass Lowell                   4-25  323       W  64-55           5-3
 12/12/38    at Bryant                      7-22  260       L  61-51           5-4
 12/17/38    North Dakota                   8-22  282       L  51-46           5-5
 12/21/38    at Nicholls                    5-24  318       L  54-43     5-6 (0-1)
 12/24/38    at Howard                     10-20  236       L  64-38           5-7
 12/28/38    at Stephen F. Austin          22-11  123       L  49-44     5-8 (0-2)
 12/31/38    New Orleans                    6-23  348       W  50-42     6-8 (1-2)
 01/04/39    Northwestern State            15-14  295       W  60-49     7-8 (2-2)
 01/07/39    at Sam Houston State           29-4   99       L  60-44     7-9 (2-3)
 01/14/39    Central Arkansas              11-19  263       W  53-43     8-9 (3-3)
 01/21/39    Southeastern Louisiana        14-17  234       L  45-42    8-10 (3-4)
 01/25/39    at McNeese                    18-13  204       L  53-36    8-11 (3-5)
 01/28/39    at Houston Baptist             3-26  339       W  70-47    9-11 (4-5)
 02/01/39    at New Orleans                 6-23  348       W  61-52   10-11 (5-5)
 02/04/39    Nicholls                       5-24  318       W  56-53   11-11 (6-5)
 02/08/39    Sam Houston State              29-4   99       L  65-51   11-12 (6-6)
 02/11/39    Stephen F. Austin             22-11  123       L  77-37   11-13 (6-7)
 02/15/39    at Southeastern Louisiana     14-17  234       W  54-50   12-13 (7-7)
 02/22/39    at Central Arkansas           11-19  263       L  73-39   12-14 (7-8)
 02/25/39    Incarnate Word                 2-27  340       L  59-56   12-15 (7-9)
 03/01/39    at TAMU-Corpus Christi        19-13  245       L  72-41  12-16 (7-10)
 03/04/39    Lamar                         19-13  209       L  67-50  12-17 (7-11)
 03/09/39    vs. TAMU-Corpus Christi       19-13  245       L  59-32         12-18

This season we went 12-17 which doesn't sound great but is a lot better than what I expected given the lack of talent on the roster. We were one of the lowest scoring teams in all of basketball so finding some offense for the future is definitely going to be important. Our win total is a bit inflated since we scheduled only the worst of the worst, but right now winning easy games is a lot better for our future than losing hard ones.

ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS TEAM INFO

Current Performance
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Team Prestige:         0   Record Vs 1-50:      0-0   Poll Rank:            NR   
Season Record:     12-18   Record Vs 51-100:    0-2   RPI Rank:           #351   
Conference Record:  7-11   Record Vs 101-200:   0-2 
Home Record:         6-7   Record Vs 200+:    12-14 


Team Stats         CR  NR  Opp. Stats         CR  NR  Margin             CR  NR  
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Points       48.9  12 346  Points       55.2   1   3  Points       -6.4   8 258  
O.Reb         8.4  10 313  O.Reb         9.6   7  68  O.Reb        -1.2   9 236  
D.Reb        21.2  10 335  D.Reb        20.6   1   2  D.Reb         0.7   5 126  
Rebounds     29.6  10 328  Rebounds     30.1   1   5  Rebounds     -0.5   8 201  
Assists       8.1  12 346  Assists       9.6   1   1  Assists      -1.5   8 230  
Steals        3.3  11 339  Steals        4.7   4  45  Steals       -1.4  10 264  
Blocks        1.3  13 338  Blocks        2.2   5  29  Blocks       -0.9  11 245  
Turnovers    14.1   9 204  Turnovers    10.3  12 346  Turnovers     3.8  12 327  
Fouls        19.3   8 223  Fouls        18.3  10 228  Fouls         1.0   8 239  
FG%          .401  10 306  FG%          .410   4  62  FG%         -.010   6 199  
FT%          .701   4  91  FT%          .677   5 149  FT%          .024   5  96  
3P%          .272   8 268  3P%          .256   2   3  3P%          .016   5 127  
PPS          1.15   9 265  PPS          1.23   8 196  PPS         -.078   9 254  
Adj. FG%     .426  10 317  Adj. FG%     .441   3  19  Adj. FG%    -.015   6 211

As you can see here we were 346th in points scored and in the 300's in a lot of other categories as well. The two bright spots were that we were #1 in the country in assists against us and #3 in the country in opponents 3 point percentage. None of these matter much though and are simply due to the fact that we played teams so bad that they couldn't hit 3's or generate many assists.

Here are our stats for the season:

 Player               Pos  GP  GS   Min  Pts  Orb  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk   To  Fls   +/-
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Michael Martinez       C  30  30  32.0  6.4  2.8  4.8  1.1  0.3  0.2  1.7  3.1  -5.6
Jonathan Philip       SG  30  30  31.5  9.1  0.5  3.5  1.5  0.9  0.2  3.2  1.8  -4.9
Michael Rodriquez     PF  21  21  30.8  6.6  2.4  8.3  1.1  0.5  0.2  1.8  2.6  -3.0
Nickolas Toy          PG  30  30  29.4  7.2  0.7  2.8  1.6  0.6  0.2  1.9  3.1  -4.9
James Reuter          SF  30  30  25.7  7.3  0.4  3.1  1.0  0.1  0.2  2.5  3.3  -4.0
Henry Kozak            C  28   9  13.6  2.2  0.3  2.1  0.4  0.1  0.1  0.7  1.4  -4.9
Tom Johnson           SG  30   0  12.1  3.6  0.4  1.0  0.4  0.4  0.1  0.9  1.3  -3.5
Willie Seibert        SF  30   0  11.9  2.2  0.7  2.4  0.6  0.2  0.1  1.0  1.0  -2.2
Charles Hurley        PF  30   0  11.1  2.5  0.6  2.3  0.4  0.2  0.1  0.5  1.4  -0.8
Ali Morales           PG  30   0   5.8  2.1  0.2  0.8  0.2  0.1  0.0  0.1  0.5  -0.1
Henry Hughes           C  17   0   4.8  1.0  0.4  1.1  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.2  0.4   0.2
John Kirkpatrick      SF  22   0   4.1  1.2  0.0  0.8  0.2  0.0  0.0  0.3  0.3   0.3
Harland Kerr          SG  11   0   2.4  1.2  0.0  0.1  0.3  0.0  0.0  0.3  0.4   0.5

Season Stats

PPG

SG Jonathan Philip - 9.1

SF James Reuter - 7.3

PG Nickolas Toy - 7.2

RPG

PF Michael Rodriguez - 8.3

C Michael Martinez - 4.8

SG Jonathan Philip - 3.5

APG

PG Nickolas Toy - 1.6

SG Jonathan Philip - 1.5

C Michael Martinez - 1.1

Departing Players

C Michael Martinez - Graduating

PF Michael Rodriguez - Graduating

PF Henry Kozak - Graduating

Incoming Players

PG Douglas Arguello (**, #734 overall)

PF Virgil Yager (*, #1,161 overall)

PF Michael Mitchell (*, #2,019 overall)

Our recruiting class ranked #327 in the nation and #11 in the conference.

plydogg · February 14, 2019

1939 Offseason

1939 Offseason

Here is our roster for the upcoming season!

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

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Charles Hurley 13 PF Sr* 6-8 235 Yes 25 OK Kenedy, TX

James Reuter 52 SF Sr 6-3 222 Yes 6 OK Conroe, TX

Ali Morales 12 PG Sr 5-9 172 Yes 22 OK Mineral Wells, TX

Tom Johnson 34 SG Sr 5-9 161 Yes 79 OK Lubbock, TX

John Kirkpatrick 21 SF Jr 6-10 235 Yes 22 OK Fort Worth, TX

Jonathan Philip 55 SG Jr 6-1 193 Yes 38 OK Mayer, AZ

Nickolas Toy 54 PG Jr 6-4 191 Yes 50 OK Santa Fe, TX

Michael Mitchell 42 PF Jr 6-8 225 Yes 79 OK Andrews, TX

Henry Hughes 4 C So 6-10 248 Yes 70 OK Whitewright, TX

Willie Seibert 0 SF So 6-7 224 Yes 16 OK Alpine, TX

Harland Kerr 15 SG So 6-4 211 Yes 30 OK Lubbock, TX

Virgil Yager 25 PF Fr 6-10 211 Yes 31 OK Meeker, OK

Douglas Arguello 50 PG Fr 6-3 182 Yes 44 OK Sunray, TX

Celso Sanz 45 C Fr 6-9 230 No 22 OK Bells, TX

Terrance Doud 51 C Fr 6-8 233 No 31 OK Tracy, CA</pre><div></div>

We have 4 seniors this year, and only one of those seniors is someone who will be truly important to us this year in James Reuter. We will be recruiting aggressively as we have 4 scholarship spots to fill. We also have two walk-ons, C Celso Sanz from Bella, Texas and C Terrance Doud from Tracy, California. Both of these guys have the potential to be solid defenders but neither will ever make much of an impact on offense.

Here is our call list going into the season:

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

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Andrew Osborne PG 6-2 182 *** Very High Texas

Carl Stonge SF 6-8 225 *** Very High Texas

Harold Wright SG 6-7 201 *** Very High Texas

Mark Gagne PG 5-10 156 ** Very High Texas

Theron Miller PG 6-0 171 ** Very High Texas

Joe Crooks PG 5-9 162 ** Very High Texas

Jesus Patrick C 6-6 212 ** Very High Texas

Robert Smith SF 6-9 227 ** Very High Texas

Jordon Koopman C 6-7 229 * Very High Texas

Thomas Converse PF 6-9 266 * Very High Texas

Martin Jaco C 6-8 241 * Very High New Mexico

Adalberto Cruz PG 6-1 184 *** High Texas

Jose Sams PG 6-3 187 *** High Colorado

Chung McLin PG 6-1 187 *** High Texas

Daniel Bickford PG 6-2 182 ** High Texas

Roger Taylor C 6-7 242 ** High Australia

Manuel Freeman C 6-11 242 * High Texas

Jamal Millett PG 6-1 185 * High Kansas

Huey Honea PG 6-2 182 * High Colorado

Richard Melchor SG 6-2 172 * High Oklahoma</pre><div></div>

Right now we are still trying to find the best players available and not letting a need at certain positions get in the way. We are excited at the potential of bringing in a few 3 star guys this year!

plydogg · February 14, 2019

1939-1940 Season Preview

1939-1940 Season Preview

Here is our preview for the 1939 season!

Athletic Director Goal

The current goal is still to avoid last place in the conference. Our prestige went up to 2 this year and we are hoping to continue to increase it.

Schedule

Our schedule is not as bad as last year but we still tried to schedule just about the worst teams out there so that we could continue to pick up victories as right now that matters more than having a tough schedule and only winning 4-5 games.

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

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11/10/39 Grand Canyon 0-0 333

11/15/39 at NJIT 0-0 296

11/20/39 Northern Kentucky 0-0 325

11/23/39 at Sacramento State 0-0 337

11/27/39 North Dakota 0-0 282

12/02/39 at UMass Lowell 0-0 323

12/05/39 at Cal State Bakersfield 0-0 326

12/09/39 at Maryland-Eastern Shore 0-0 334

12/15/39 at Bryant 0-0 260

12/19/39 at North Carolina Central 0-0 315

12/23/39 Omaha 0-0 346

12/27/39 Sam Houston State 0-0 99

12/30/39 at Lamar 0-0 209

01/03/40 at Incarnate Word 0-0 340

01/06/40 TAMU-Corpus Christi 0-0 245

01/10/40 at McNeese 0-0 204

01/13/40 Northwestern State 0-0 295

01/20/40 at Southeastern Louisiana 0-0 234

01/24/40 at Houston Baptist 0-0 339

01/27/40 New Orleans 0-0 348

01/31/40 at Sam Houston State 0-0 99

02/03/40 Lamar 0-0 209

02/07/40 at Northwestern State 0-0 295

02/10/40 Stephen F. Austin 0-0 123

02/14/40 McNeese 0-0 204

02/17/40 at TAMU-Corpus Christi 0-0 245

02/21/40 Nicholls 0-0 318

02/28/40 at Central Arkansas 0-0 263

03/02/40 Southeastern Louisiana 0-0 234 </pre><div></div>

Here is our starting lineup for the 1939-1940 Season:

C: Virgil Yager (FR)

PF: Michael Mitchell (JR)

SF: James Reuter (SR)

SG: Douglas Arguello (FR)

PG: Nickolas Toy (JR)

6th - SG Tom Johnson (SR)

7th - SG Jonathan Philip (JR)

8th - C Henry Hughes (SO)

9th - PG Ali Morales (SR)

10th - PF Charles Hurley (SR*)

This roster is probably about the same talent-wise as last year. We have 3 new players (2 freshmen) in the starting lineup but I'm not sure that at their current stage of development Yager and Mitchell will be better than Rodriguez and Martinez were last year.

plydogg · February 14, 2019

November 1939

November 1939

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

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11/10/39 Grand Canyon 1-5 104 W 39-38 1-0

11/15/39 at NJIT 2-4 181 L 57-55 1-1

11/20/39 Northern Kentucky 0-5 237 W 45-43 2-1

11/23/39 at Sacramento State 2-3 91 W 47-33 3-1

11/27/39 North Dakota 0-3 150 W 56-45 4-1</pre><div></div>

Team News:

PF Virgil Yager and PG Douglas Arguello have both been suspended for the first semester of the year due to poor academics. In January they can be re-evaluated. In light of this we have decided to redshirt Arguello. Yager would not accept a redshirt so he will play when he is academically eligible. Tom Johnson and Jonathan Philip will be taking over the SG position and Celso Sanz will replace Yager.

Maryland is the preseason #1. Michigan State and Duke also received first place votes.

November 10, 1939

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

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 38, Abilene Christian - 39. We were down 18-10 at halftime in what was a brutally low scoring game of awful basketball. Nickolas Toy scored to give us the lead with 6 seconds left on a great pass from Ali Morales and we were lucky to get out of this one with a win. We were 10-21 from the free throw line which is why this one was so close. Celso Sanz had 8 points and 7 rebounds in his debut and Michael Mitchell had 6 points and 9 rebounds.

November 15, 1939

Abilene Christian (1-0) vs. NJIT (0-1)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 55, NJIT - 57. Instead of holding for the final shot we missed with 11 seconds left and let NJIT come down and hit a buzzer beater. This one was a bit frustrating as we got out to a double digit lead but then went on a huge scoring drought. The bright side is that this team does look more competent than last season, even if only by a little. James Reuter had 14 points but they weren't enough. The bench came up big in this one for us with 19 points, led by 9 from Henry Hughes.

November 20, 1939

Northern Kentucky (0-2) vs. Abilene Christian (1-1)

Final Score: Northern Kentucky - 43, Abilene Christian - 45. This was another low scoring one as we led 16-13 at the half, and interestingly enough all 5 of our starters had exactly 2 points at halftime. Man these have been some close games to start the season! James Reuter had 14 points and Michael Mitchell had 10 rebounds while Celso Sanz had 6 boards to go with 8 points. The bench had 11 points in this one. Celso Sanz fractured his nose in this one and will be day-to-day for 5 days.

November 23, 1939

Abilene Christian (2-1) vs. Sacramento State (2-1)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 47, Sacramento State - 33. James Reuter had 13 points and Nickolas Toy had 9. Michael Mitchell had 6 rebounds and both Reuter and Jonathan Philip had 5 rebounds. An interesting statline in this one was Russ Kittle of Sacramento State fouled out in only 5 minutes of play!

November 27, 1939

North Dakota (0-2) vs. Abilene Christian (3-1)

Final Score: North Dakota - 45, Abilene Christian - 56. James Reuter had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists in player of the game honors. We were able to comfortable win this one despite committing 19 turnovers to their 9. Jonathan Philip added on 13 points and Celso Sanz had the best game of his young career with 9 points and 13 rebounds. Charles Hurley left this game with a fractured jaw and will miss 17 days.

Overall Record: 4-1

Home Record: 3-0

Road Record: 1-1

Ranking: NR

RPI: 300

Season Stats

PPG

SF James Reuter - 13.6

SG Jonathan Philip - 7.3

C Celso Sanz - 7.0

PPG

C Celso Sanz - 7.4

PF Michael Mitchell - 7.4

SF James Reuter - 4.8

APG

SG Jonathan Philip - 2.3

PG Nickolas Toy - 1.8

SF James Reuter - 1.2

Recruiting News

We have two commitments for next season!

SF Robert Smith from Abilene, Texas is our first recruit! Smith is a polished inside threat with the potential to be elite, as well as be above average beyond the arc, handling the ball, and on defense. He is a 2 star recruit and #615 in the nation.

PG Mark Gagne from Whiteface, Texas is our second recruit! Gagne is a good jump shooter whose value is in his ball handling and distribution skills. Gagne rarely commits turnovers and should be able to rack up a ton of assists. He is a good defender but is elite when it comes to forcing turnovers. He is a 2 star recruit and #725 in the nation.

PG Jose Same has declined our scholarship and has decided to attend Weber State.

plydogg · February 15, 2019

December 1939

December 1939

<pre class="ipsCode"> 11/10/39 Grand Canyon 2-12 80 W 39-38 1-0

11/15/39 at NJIT 3-10 269 L 57-55 1-1

11/20/39 Northern Kentucky 3-11 223 W 45-43 2-1

11/23/39 at Sacramento State 2-9 104 W 47-33 3-1

11/27/39 North Dakota 0-11 140 W 56-45 4-1

12/02/39 at UMass Lowell 1-13 335 L 56-40 4-2

12/05/39 at Cal State Bakersfield 1-12 271 L 55-48 4-3

12/09/39 at Maryland-Eastern Shore 5-8 252 L 63-45 4-4

12/15/39 at Bryant 7-7 201 L 49-46 4-5

12/19/39 at North Carolina Central 4-9 149 L 67-54 4-6

12/23/39 Omaha 4-10 274 L 58-46 4-7

12/27/39 Sam Houston State 10-3 270 L 65-39 4-8 (0-1)

12/30/39 at Lamar 4-7 322 L 56-47 4-9 (0-2)</pre><div></div>

<pre class="ipsCode"> TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige

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Northwestern State Demons 2 0 1.000 6 5 .545 347 26

Lamar Cardinals 2 0 1.000 4 7 .364 322 29

TAMU-Corpus Christi Islanders 2 0 1.000 4 8 .333 164 33

New Orleans Privateers 3 0 1.000 3 11 .214 267 4

Incarnate Word Cardinals 2 1 .667 4 9 .308 143 0

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 1 1 .500 5 8 .385 125 50

Nicholls Colonels 1 1 .500 3 9 .250 333 15

McNeese Cowboys 1 2 .333 6 7 .462 188 26

Sam Houston State Bearkats 1 2 .333 10 3 .769 270 44

Abilene Christian Wildcats 0 2 .000 4 9 .308 351 2

Southeastern Louisiana Lions 0 1 .000 3 9 .250 281 28

Central Arkansas Bears 0 3 .000 3 10 .231 319 9

Houston Baptist Huskies 0 2 .000 2 10 .167 209 4</pre><div></div>

December 2, 1939

Abilene Christian (4-1) vs. UMass Lowell (0-5)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 40, UMass Lowell - 56. We were absolutely awful in this one as we shot 50% from the line and went 1 of 12 from three. We just couldn't make any shots and shot 33% to their 47%. The crazy thing to is we only had 8 turnovers in this one - which is a rarity in one of our losses.

December 5, 1939

Abilene Christian (4-2) vs. Cal State Bakersfield (0-5)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 48, Cal State Bakersfield - 55. We only committed 11 turnovers in this one but our inability to make free throws or many shots in general cost us again. Nickolas Toy had 18 points with 7 rebounds and tried to will the team to victory.

December 9, 1939

Abilene Christian (4-3) vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore (1-6)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 45, Maryland-Eastern Shore - 63. Our inability to go on any scoring spree so far this season has cost us dearly. Any deficit by more than 6 points has usually meant that the game is over for us. James Reuter had 15 points and Michael Mitchell had 6 points with 8 boards.

December 15, 1939

Abilene Christian (4-4) vs. Bryant (2-7)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 46, Bryant - 49. In the second half we went from the 13:34 until the 2:15 mark without making a shot. It is amazing we lost by only 3 with that awful of a stretch, but my initial analysis that this team was improved was a bit premature, but a big part of that is the two scholarship freshmen we brought in have not been able to see the court. James Reuter had 16 points and 6 rebounds and Celso Sanz had 9 rebounds.

December 19, 1939

Abilene Christian (4-5) vs. North Carolina Central (3-6)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 54, North Carolina Central - 67. Another long scoring drought did us in. James Reuter had 20 points and Nickolas Toy had 12 but nobody else could get much going. Celso Sanz had 9 rebounds but it is scary how outmatched we have been by the worst teams in basketball. With the level we are currently playing at I don't see us winning more than 1 or 2 road games the rest of the season.

December 23, 1939

Omaha (2-9) vs. Abilene Christian (4-6)

Final Score: Omaha - 58, Abilene Christian - 46. Earlier I said we may only win 1-2 road games the rest of the season. I don't think we will win another game this season. Philip and Sanz had 10 points each and Mitchell had 10 rebounds. This team is just not good and has regressed instead of developed.

December 27, 1939

Sam Houston State (9-2) vs. Abilene Christian (4-7)

Final Score: Sam Houston State - 65, Abilene Christian - 39. This was the best team we have played all season so the defeat was not a surprise. Henry Hughes was our leading scorer with 10 points and Michael Mitchell had 6 rebounds. We are currently 349th in the country in points per game. An interesting stat for us this year is we are 1-0 against teams 51-100 in RPI. 3-2 against teams in 101-200. And we are a whopping 0-6 against teams 200+. Our RPI is dead last for a second straight year.

December 30, 1939

Abilene Christian (4-8) vs. Lamar (3-7)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 56, Lamar - 47. James Reuter had 20 points but this offense is just so bad that wins are hard to come by. Things started out good for us this season but right now all we can do it hope next season gets here.

Overall Record: 4-9

Conference Record: 0-2

Home Record: 3-2

Road Record: 1-7

Ranking: NR

RPI: 351

Season Stats

PPG

SF James Reuter - 12.1

SG Jonathan Philip - 7.8

PG Nickolas Toy - 6.8

RPG

PF Michael Mitchell - 7.3

C Celso Sanz - 6.8

SF James Reuter - 4.2

APG

SG Jonathan Philip - 1.9

PG Nickolas Toy - 1.3

SF James Reuter - 1.2

Recruiting News

C David Pellerin has declined our scholarship offer and will be attending Missouri State. He was someone I didn't expect to get but would have been a huge pickup.

On the other side of things, PG Chung McLin from San Angelo, Texas has committed to us next season! McLin is an all-around scorer who can drive to the hoop as well as hit the mid-range and 3. He is a good ballhandler but isn't much of a distributor. His defense is solid but unspectacular and he is someone who may fit in best as a SG for us instead of PG.

Team News

With the month ending that means the academic suspensions have been finished! Douglas Arguello will remain redshirting to develop his game but Virgil Yager will be inserted into the starting lineup immediately in place of Celso Sanz.

plydogg · February 15, 2019

January 1940

January 1940

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

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11/10/39 Grand Canyon 3-17 309 W 39-38 1-0

11/15/39 at NJIT 5-16 308 L 57-55 1-1

11/20/39 Northern Kentucky 4-18 286 W 45-43 2-1

11/23/39 at Sacramento State 6-13 204 W 47-33 3-1

11/27/39 North Dakota 1-18 296 W 56-45 4-1

12/02/39 at UMass Lowell 2-21 345 L 56-40 4-2

12/05/39 at Cal State Bakersfield 4-15 336 L 55-48 4-3

12/09/39 at Maryland-Eastern Shore 7-14 264 L 63-45 4-4

12/15/39 at Bryant 9-12 243 L 49-46 4-5

12/19/39 at North Carolina Central 7-14 229 L 67-54 4-6

12/23/39 Omaha 7-16 288 L 58-46 4-7

12/27/39 Sam Houston State 18-3 197 L 65-39 4-8 (0-1)

12/30/39 at Lamar 7-13 326 L 56-47 4-9 (0-2)

01/03/40 at Incarnate Word 7-15 244 W 66-60 5-9 (1-2)

01/06/40 TAMU-Corpus Christi 10-11 211 W 46-37 6-9 (2-2)

01/10/40 at McNeese 12-8 154 L 63-46 6-10 (2-3)

01/13/40 Northwestern State 10-11 346 W 51-42 7-10 (3-3)

01/20/40 at Southeastern Louisiana 6-14 306 W 78-68 8-10 (4-3)

01/24/40 at Houston Baptist 7-13 241 L 67-65 8-11 (4-4)

01/27/40 New Orleans 6-14 254 L 58-48 8-12 (4-5)

01/31/40 at Sam Houston State 18-3 197 L 79-56 8-13 (4-6)</pre><div></div>

<pre class="ipsCode"> TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige

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Sam Houston State Bearkats 8 2 .800 18 3 .857 197 44

TAMU-Corpus Christi Islanders 7 3 .700 10 11 .476 211 33

New Orleans Privateers 6 3 .667 6 14 .300 254 4

McNeese Cowboys 6 3 .667 12 8 .600 154 26

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 6 4 .600 10 12 .455 193 50

Northwestern State Demons 6 4 .600 10 11 .476 346 26

Incarnate Word Cardinals 5 5 .500 7 15 .318 244 0

Houston Baptist Huskies 5 5 .500 7 13 .350 241 4

Abilene Christian Wildcats 4 6 .400 8 13 .381 347 2

Southeastern Louisiana Lions 3 6 .333 6 14 .300 306 28

Lamar Cardinals 3 6 .333 7 13 .350 326 29

Nicholls Colonels 3 7 .300 5 16 .238 335 15

Central Arkansas Bears 1 9 .100 4 17 .190 327 9</pre><div></div>

January 3, 1940

Abilene Christian (4-9) vs. Incarnate Word (4-9)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 66, Incarnate Word - 60 in OVERTIME! Henry Hughes hit a buzzer beater to send us to overtime after Incarnate Word only made one free throw with 9 seconds left to leave us with a chance. Jonathan Philip had 22 points and Celso Sanz played well off the bench with 7 rebounds. Our free throw shooting was huge in this one as we went 22-26 from the line. Michael Mitchell had 8 points and 12 rebounds and in his debut Virgil Yager fouled out with 12 points and 4 rebounds. Eric Newcomer of Incarnate Word had a hell of a game with 29 points as he went 10 of 11 from the field and 7 of 9 from the free throw line. He is a freshman and someone I will dread facing in the future. This is a good start to our "2nd half" of the season with Yager.

January 6, 1940

Texas A&M Corpus Christi (5-8) vs. Abilene Christine (5-9)

Final Score: Texas A&M Corpus Christi - 37, Abilene Christian - 46. James Reuter and Virgil Yager both had 10 points and Michael Mitchell had 10 rebounds. Nickolas Toy and Tom Johnson had 8 points apiece as well. After a terrible stretch of 8 straight losses these past two games have been a breath of fresh air.

January 10, 1940

Abilene Christian (6-9) vs. McNeese (7-8)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 46, McNeese - 63. We only shot 33% from the field and committed 17 turnovers which did us in. Virgil Yager had a big game with 19 points and Nickolas Toy did a bit of everything with 6 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists. Michael Mitchell had 9 rebounds and we had no points from the bench.

January 13, 1940

Northwestern State (8-6) vs. Abilene Christian (6-10)

Final Score: Northwestern State - 42, Abilene Christian - 51. We overcame 19 turnovers in this one thanks to 17 points from James Reuter and 13 rebounds from Michael Mitchell. The bench had 15 points and Celso Sanz even had 4 assists off the bench. This gets us to .500 in conference play and ties us for 6th place. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is first in the conference at 5-1, and their one loss was to us.

January 20, 1940

Abilene Christian (7-10) vs. Southeastern Louisiana (4-12)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 78, Southeastern Louisiana - 68. This was probably the best game we've ever played as we scored an unprecedented (for us) 78 points. James Reuter had 25 points and Nickolas Toy was named player of the game with 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists. With that win we are up to 4th place in the conference.

January 24, 1940

Abilene Christian (8-10) vs. Houston Baptist (5-12)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 65, Houston Baptist - 67. We blew a double digit lead due to 16 turnovers including two in the final minute of play. James Reuter had 17 points and Jonathan Philip had 10 points with 7 rebounds. The bench had 17 points in this one but we shot 38% from the field to Houston Baptist's 49%. This would have been a huge one to win.

January 27, 1940

New Orleans (5-14) vs. Abilene Christian (8-11)

Final Score: New Orleans - 58, Abilene Christian - 48. James Reuter had 23 points and 7 rebounds but we committed 17 turnovers which did us in. That combined with going 17 for 30 from the free throw line. We find ourselves in a lot of winnable games where we aren't getting beat as much as we are simply just losing them. Michael Mitchell had 11 rebounds.

January 31, 1940

Abilene Christian (8-12) vs. Sam Houston State (17-3)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 56, Sam Houston State - 79. Jonathan Philip had 11 points and the bench scored 18. We were thoroughly outplayed as we committed 8 more turnovers than Sam Houston State and they show 9-17 from three.

Overall Record: 8-13

Conference Record: 4-6

Home Record: 5-3

Road Record: 3-10

Ranking: NR

RPI: 347

Season Stats

PPG

SF James Reuter - 13.0

C Virgil Yager - 8.9

SG Jonathan Philip - 7.9

RPG

PF Michael Mitchell - 8.1

C Celso Sanz - 5.8

SF James Reuter - 4.1

APG

SG Jonathan Philip - 2.2

PG Nickolas Toy - 1.9

SF James Reuter - 1.2

Recruiting News

Junior College Center Basile Decourchelle has declined our scholarship offer to attend Mississippi State.

plydogg · February 16, 2019

February 1940

February 1940

  Date        Opponent                     Record  RPI  Result  Score       Record
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 11/10/39    Grand Canyon                   8-21  319       W  39-38          1-0
 11/15/39    at NJIT                        7-23  337       L  57-55          1-1
 11/20/39    Northern Kentucky              5-24  299       W  45-43          2-1
 11/23/39    at Sacramento State            9-19  246       W  47-33          3-1
 11/27/39    North Dakota                   3-25  323       W  56-45          4-1
 12/02/39    at UMass Lowell                2-27  348       L  56-40          4-2
 12/05/39    at Cal State Bakersfield       6-22  346       L  55-48          4-3
 12/09/39    at Maryland-Eastern Shore      9-20  315       L  63-45          4-4
 12/15/39    at Bryant                     11-19  260       L  49-46          4-5
 12/19/39    at North Carolina Central     10-19  263       L  67-54          4-6
 12/23/39    Omaha                          9-20  303       L  58-46          4-7
 12/27/39    Sam Houston State              22-6  194       L  65-39    4-8 (0-1)
 12/30/39    at Lamar                      11-17  288       L  56-47    4-9 (0-2)
 01/03/40    at Incarnate Word             11-18  276       W  66-60    5-9 (1-2)
 01/06/40    TAMU-Corpus Christi           13-15  235       W  46-37    6-9 (2-2)
 01/10/40    at McNeese                     19-9  152       L  63-46   6-10 (2-3)
 01/13/40    Northwestern State            14-14  344       W  51-42   7-10 (3-3)
 01/20/40    at Southeastern Louisiana     12-16  229       W  78-68   8-10 (4-3)
 01/24/40    at Houston Baptist            12-17  247       L  67-65   8-11 (4-4)
 01/27/40    New Orleans                    8-20  274       L  58-48   8-12 (4-5)
 01/31/40    at Sam Houston State           22-6  194       L  79-56   8-13 (4-6)
 02/03/40    Lamar                         11-17  288       L  62-51   8-14 (4-7)
 02/07/40    at Northwestern State         14-14  344       L  75-56   8-15 (4-8)
 02/10/40    Stephen F. Austin             13-16  222       L  70-55   8-16 (4-9)
 02/14/40    McNeese                        19-9  152       L  61-47  8-17 (4-10)
 02/17/40    at TAMU-Corpus Christi        13-15  235       L  66-54  8-18 (4-11)
 02/21/40    Nicholls                       7-21  328       L  54-49  8-19 (4-12)
 02/28/40    at Central Arkansas            7-21  335       W  60-48  9-19 (5-12)

 TEAM                             CW  CL   Pct   W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
McNeese Cowboys                  13   4  .765  19   9  .679  152        26
Sam Houston State Bearkats       12   5  .706  22   6  .786  194        44
TAMU-Corpus Christi Islanders    10   7  .588  13  15  .464  235        33
Northwestern State Demons        10   7  .588  14  14  .500  344        26
Houston Baptist Huskies          10   8  .556  12  17  .414  247         4
Southeastern Louisiana Lions      9   8  .529  12  16  .429  229        28
Incarnate Word Cardinals          9   8  .529  11  18  .379  276         0
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks     9   8  .529  13  16  .448  222        50
New Orleans Privateers            8   9  .471   8  20  .286  274         4
Lamar Cardinals                   7  10  .412  11  17  .393  288        29
Nicholls Colonels                 5  12  .294   7  21  .250  328        15
Abilene Christian Wildcats        5  12  .294   9  19  .321  345         2
Central Arkansas Bears            4  13  .235   7  21  .250  335         9

February 3, 1940

Lamar (7-13) vs. Abilene Christian (8-13)

Final Score: Lamar - 62, Abilene Christian - 51. We were atrocious in this one and did not deserve a win. Tom Johnson had 14 points and Jonathan Philip had 11 points and 7 rebounds.

February 7, 1940

Abilene Christian (8-14) vs. Northwestern State (10-11)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 56, Northwestern State - 75. We were down by double digits almost the entirety of the game. James Reuter had 10 points and Jonathan Philip had 12 points. This loss puts us down to 12th place in the conference.

February 10, 1940

Stephen F. Austin (11-13) vs. Abilene Christian (8-15)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 55, Stephen F. Austin - 70. Virgil Yager had 12 points and Jonathan Philip had 18. The bench came up with 16 points but it wasn't enough to make much of an impact.

February 14, 1940

McNeese (14-9) vs. Abilene Christian (8-16)

Final Score: McNeese - 61, Abilene Christian - 47. Jonathan Philip had 15 points and only one other player topped 6 points. We are on a terrible stretch right now and we are desperately awaiting the end of the season.

February 17, 1940

Abilene Christian (8-17) vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi (11-13)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 54, Texas A&M Corpus Christi - 66. James Reuter had 13 points and Michael Mitchell had 10 rebounds. Our losing streak extends to 8 games and I'm not sure if we'll win another game this season.

February 21, 1940

Nicholls (6-19) vs. Abilene Christian (8-18)

Final Score: Nicholls - 54, Abilene Christian - 49. Jonathan Philip had 12 points, Nickolas Toy had 10, Virgil Yager had 11, and James Reuter had 9. The losing streak has reached nine and puts us to 0-6 this month.

February 28, 1940

Abilene Christian (8-19) vs. Central Arkansas (7-20)

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 60, Central Arkansas - 48. The losing streak comes to an end! James Reuter and Jonathan Philip both had 17 points and Michael Mitchell had 10 rebounds in a game that gives us a one game "lead" over not being last place in the conference. I had much higher hopes for this season but simply avoiding last place is all the Athletic Director wants.

Overall Record: 9-18

Home Record: 5-7

Road Record: 4-12

Conference Record: 5-12

Ranking: NR

RPI: 345

Season Stats

PPG

SF James Reuter - 12.1

SG Jonathan Philip - 9.2

C Virgil Yager - 8.1

RPG

PF Michael Mitchell - 8.0

C Celso Sanz - 5.1

C Virgil Yager - 4.2

APG

SG Jonathan Philip - 2.0

PG Nickolas Toy - 1.9

SF James Reuter - 1.4

plydogg · February 16, 2019

March 1940

March 1940

  Date        Opponent                     Record  RPI  Result  Score       Record
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 11/10/39    Grand Canyon                   8-22  313       W  39-38          1-0
 11/15/39    at NJIT                        7-23  335       L  57-55          1-1
 11/20/39    Northern Kentucky              5-25  317       W  45-43          2-1
 11/23/39    at Sacramento State            9-20  258       W  47-33          3-1
 11/27/39    North Dakota                   3-26  326       W  56-45          4-1
 12/02/39    at UMass Lowell                2-27  349       L  56-40          4-2
 12/05/39    at Cal State Bakersfield       6-23  345       L  55-48          4-3
 12/09/39    at Maryland-Eastern Shore      9-20  318       L  63-45          4-4
 12/15/39    at Bryant                     11-19  262       L  49-46          4-5
 12/19/39    at North Carolina Central     10-19  265       L  67-54          4-6
 12/23/39    Omaha                          9-21  304       L  58-46          4-7
 12/27/39    Sam Houston State              22-7  191       L  65-39    4-8 (0-1)
 12/30/39    at Lamar                      11-18  288       L  56-47    4-9 (0-2)
 01/03/40    at Incarnate Word             12-18  274       W  66-60    5-9 (1-2)
 01/06/40    TAMU-Corpus Christi           13-16  238       W  46-37    6-9 (2-2)
 01/10/40    at McNeese                     20-9  144       L  63-46   6-10 (2-3)
 01/13/40    Northwestern State            15-14  343       W  51-42   7-10 (3-3)
 01/20/40    at Southeastern Louisiana     13-16  221       W  78-68   8-10 (4-3)
 01/24/40    at Houston Baptist            12-17  246       L  67-65   8-11 (4-4)
 01/27/40    New Orleans                    9-20  276       L  58-48   8-12 (4-5)
 01/31/40    at Sam Houston State           22-7  191       L  79-56   8-13 (4-6)
 02/03/40    Lamar                         11-18  288       L  62-51   8-14 (4-7)
 02/07/40    at Northwestern State         15-14  343       L  75-56   8-15 (4-8)
 02/10/40    Stephen F. Austin             13-17  216       L  70-55   8-16 (4-9)
 02/14/40    McNeese                        20-9  144       L  61-47  8-17 (4-10)
 02/17/40    at TAMU-Corpus Christi        13-16  238       L  66-54  8-18 (4-11)
 02/21/40    Nicholls                       8-21  325       L  54-49  8-19 (4-12)
 02/28/40    at Central Arkansas            7-22  332       W  60-48  9-19 (5-12)
 03/02/40    Southeastern Louisiana        13-16  221       L  60-45  9-20 (5-13)

March 2, 1940

Southeastern Louisiana (12-16) vs. Abilene Christian (9-19)

Final Score: Southeastern Louisiana - 60, Abilene Christian - 45. Jonathan Philip had 12 points and James Reuter had 9 rebounds in the game that clinches our 20th loss of the season. Fortunately we were able to avoid last place in the conference.

Here is the final conference standings this season. We did not qualify for the conference tournament.

 TEAM                             CW  CL   Pct   W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
McNeese Cowboys                  14   4  .778  20   9  .690  144        26
Sam Houston State Bearkats       12   6  .667  22   7  .759  191        44
Northwestern State Demons        11   7  .611  15  14  .517  343        26
Incarnate Word Cardinals         10   8  .556  12  18  .400  274         0
TAMU-Corpus Christi Islanders    10   8  .556  13  16  .448  238        33
Southeastern Louisiana Lions     10   8  .556  13  16  .448  221        28
Houston Baptist Huskies          10   8  .556  12  17  .414  246         4
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks     9   9  .500  13  17  .433  216        50
New Orleans Privateers            9   9  .500   9  20  .310  276         4
Lamar Cardinals                   7  11  .389  11  18  .379  288        29
Nicholls Colonels                 6  12  .333   8  21  .276  325        15
Abilene Christian Wildcats        5  13  .278   9  20  .310  347         2
Central Arkansas Bears            4  14  .222   7  22  .241  332         9

McNeese won the conference title and is a 15 seed in the NCAA tournament!

plydogg · February 17, 2019

Season Wrapup

Here is how the 1939-1940 Season wrapped up.

In the Southland Conference the player of the year was sophomore SG Thomas Wise from Sam Houston State who averaged 12.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists. The Freshman of the year was SG Kevin Bentley from New Orleans who averaged 14.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.4 assists. The coach of the year was David Cason who led McNeese to a 22-10 record (10-4 conference record).

Here is the end of season Top 25 going into the NCAA Tournament:

<pre class="ipsCode"> # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference

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1. Kentucky (72) 31-1 1800 1 Southeastern Conference

2. Duke 28-4 1728 2 Atlantic Coast Conference

3. Wake Forest 28-5 1650 3 Atlantic Coast Conference

4. Dayton 30-3 1590 4 Atlantic 10 Conference

5. West Virginia 28-5 1512 5 Big 12 Conference

6. Maryland 24-9 1415 9 Big Ten Conference

7. Illinois 25-7 1313 8 Big Ten Conference

8. Vanderbilt 24-8 1305 6 Southeastern Conference

9. Temple 26-6 1103 7 American Athletic Conference

10. Wisconsin 25-8 1056 21 Big Ten Conference

11. Stanford 26-6 1000 14 Pac-12 Conference

12. Michigan 23-7 993 10 Big Ten Conference

13. Memphis 27-6 935 15 American Athletic Conference

14. Gonzaga 27-6 907 11 West Coast Conference

15. Utah State 25-8 764 20 Mountain West Conference

16. Davidson 25-7 743 13 Atlantic 10 Conference

17. Michigan State 21-10 643 16 Big Ten Conference

18. Florida 22-8 634 12 Southeastern Conference

19. Notre Dame 21-10 570 17 Atlantic Coast Conference

20. BYU 25-7 380 NR West Coast Conference

21. Louisville 22-10 373 19 Atlantic Coast Conference

22. Tulsa 26-6 266 NR American Athletic Conference

23. Creighton 23-8 249 18 Big East Conference

24. Siena 28-5 236 25 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

25. Georgetown 22-10 55 22 Big East Conference

Others Receiving Votes:

Manhattan 27-5 54 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Kansas 21-11 31 Big 12 Conference

Hofstra 27-5 23 Colonial Athletic Association

Oregon 24-7 23 Pac-12 Conference

UAB 26-6 19 Conference USA

UNLV 24-7 19 Mountain West Conference

Arkansas 23-9 3 Southeastern Conference

Missouri 22-11 2 Southeastern Conference

Syracuse 21-10 2 Atlantic Coast Conference

UCLA 22-10 2 Pac-12 Conference

Virginia 21-9 2 Atlantic Coast Conference

</pre><div></div>

And here is the Mid-Major top 25

<pre class="ipsCode"> # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Dayton (72) 30-3 1800 1 Atlantic 10 Conference

2. Temple 26-6 1707 2 American Athletic Conference

3. Utah State 25-8 1655 5 Mountain West Conference

4. Memphis 27-6 1563 4 American Athletic Conference

5. Gonzaga 27-6 1535 3 West Coast Conference

6. Davidson 25-7 1399 6 Atlantic 10 Conference

7. BYU 25-7 1366 8 West Coast Conference

8. Tulsa 26-6 1304 10 American Athletic Conference

9. Siena 28-5 1197 9 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

10. UNLV 24-7 1188 7 Mountain West Conference

11. UAB 26-6 1039 16 Conference USA

12. Saint Joseph's 23-9 975 12 Atlantic 10 Conference

13. Manhattan 27-5 930 11 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

14. Hofstra 27-5 850 15 Colonial Athletic Association

15. Illinois State 23-7 827 14 Missouri Valley Conference

16. Southern Mississippi 24-6 699 13 Conference USA

17. Missouri State 24-8 676 17 Missouri Valley Conference

18. George Mason 22-10 600 18 Atlantic 10 Conference

19. Connecticut 21-10 428 19 American Athletic Conference

20. Rider 24-7 400 20 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

21. Penn 26-5 290 NR Ivy League

22. Old Dominion 20-12 264 23 Conference USA

23. UC Santa Barbara 26-5 244 21 Big West Conference

24. Charlotte 22-10 140 24 Conference USA

25. Chattanooga 26-7 101 NR Southern Conference

Others Receiving Votes:

Green Bay 23-8 83 Horizon League

Saint Mary's 22-8 59 West Coast Conference

Cal State Northridge 26-6 50 Big West Conference

American 24-8 17 Patriot League

Kent State 21-11 10 Mid-American Conference

Oakland 23-10 2 Horizon League

Murray State 22-8 1 Ohio Valley Conference

Wyoming 20-10 1 Mountain West Conference

</pre><div></div>

plydogg · February 17, 2019

March Madness!

1939-1940 March Madness

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First up is the West region! The first round saw our conference representative McNeese lose in the first round as a 15 seed to 2 seed Wisconsin. 12 seed George Mason beat 5 seed Oregon and 10 seed Marquette beat 7 seed Tulsa. The 2nd round saw 2 seed Michigan State beat 1 seed Wake Forest. Michigan State then beat 4 seed Utah State in the Sweet 16. They then lost to 3 seed Vanderbilt who punched their ticket to the Final Four!

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Next up is the Midwest Region. The first round went just about as expected with the only upsets being 11 seed Oklahoma State over 6 seed Memphis and 9 seed Kansas over 8 seed Virginia. Kansas then knocked out 1 seed Dayton in the second round, meaning through the first two regions no 1 seed has advanced to the Sweet 16. Oklahoma State also advanced to the Sweet 16 by beating 3 seed Notre Dame. Kansas was knocked out by 5 seed Michigan but Oklahoma State beat 2 seed Creighton and then beat Michigan to advance to the Final Four as an 11 seed!

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Now on to the South Region. 11 seed Rider beat 6 seed Arkansas, 10 seed Southern Mississippi beat 7 seed USC, and 9 seed Georgetown beat 8 seed UCLA. None of those teams could win in the 2nd round and the Sweet 16 featured the 1, 2, 3, and 4 seeds. 2 seed West Virginia beat 4 seed Davidson in the Elite Eight to punch their ticket to the Final Four!

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Finally we have the East Region. 12 seed Syracuse beat 5 seed UAB, 11 seed NC State beat 6 seed Siena, 10 seed Missouri State beat 7 seed UNLV, and 9 seed Saint Joseph's beat 8 seed Villanova. Only one of those teams could pull off a second round upset as NC State beat 3 seed Maryland. Then they beat 2 seed Florida. Then they beat 1 seed Duke to advance to the Final Four!

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2 seed West Virginia took down 3 seed Vanderbilt and in the battle of the 11 seeds Oklahoma State beat NC State! Amazing to see two 11 seeds make the Final Four. In the championship game Oklahoma State continued their amazing run and beat West Virginia in an absolute thriller winning by the score of 75-73. Congratulations to Oklahoma State!

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