College Hoops 2k8: A New Challenge

[Radii]

There was a 40 year game limitation on dynasty length wasn't there? It is really cool to see this still going after so long :)

[Eaglesfan27]

14:35 - We've started off with a much better effort at both ends of the floor. 9-2 lead. Guys are really flying around on defense.

12:27 - We finish a 13-0 run before they score on a FT. We are up 15-3.

11:50 - Troy with a really nice fadeaway jumper from 12 feet. 17-3 lead as they call a timeout.

10:22 - Vega picks up his 2nd foul. We lead 20-5 as I bring in Abdul-Rahim.

9:45 - McDade is very tired. He's been the catalyst at both ends today. Dawson in for him and Farrell in for a tired Dillard.

7:40 - They are on a 7-0 run so I call a timeout. We lead 23-12. Kabba and Fuller come into the game.

3:38 - Our 2nd unit, especially Farrell, are very disappointing so far. I bring back my starters except for Vega. We are up 28-22.


Halftime: We lead 36-27.

McDade is on fire from the arc! He's the player of the half with 5 3 pointers for all 15 of his points. He also has 3 assists and a steal. When he gets a good pick at the top of the circle, he is deadly. He's 5 of 6 from the arc.

Dillard with 7 points. Troy with 5.

15:39 - Our first wow moment of the game. Vega with a block that starts a 2-on-1 fastbreak.. McDade threw a laser of an alley-oop pass which Stevens caught and dunked with a spectacular double pump. Our portion of the fans are going crazy. We lead 46-32.

14:47 - Vega picks up his 3rd foul trying to help with a weakside block.

10:13 - All of my starters are tired. McDade has missed all of his 3's this half, but he is doing everything else right (including hitting midrange shots) to help us win. We lead 53-38.

9:55 - Abdur-Rahim picks up his 4th foul..

5:50 - The 2nd unit disappoints again. I bring back my starters. We lead 56-49.

2:03 - We still haven't stopped their run. Our defense is playing good, but with no offense, they are closing the gap. We lead 56-54.

McDade gets a great screen but misses another 3. He hasn't made one this half. Stevens with the offensive board.

52 seconds - McDade gets an open look from the corner and drills the 3! 59-54 lead.

48 seconds - They have an unforced errant pass that sails out of bounds.

McDade hits 7 FT's as they keep intentionally fouling.


We win the game 66-56.

McDade is the player of the game with 30 points, 7 assists, 3 steals, 1 board, and 2 turnovers. He shot 8 of 17, 6 of 12, and 8 of 10.

Dillard with 9 points, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 4 of 8.

Troy with 7 points, 4 boars, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 3 of 8.

Stevens with 6 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 3 of 4.

Vega with 7 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 3 of 4.


Kabba led the bench with 4 points. Dawson with 3 points. Abdur-Rahim had 3 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

There was a 40 year game limitation on dynasty length wasn't there? It is really cool to see this still going after so long :)

I can't remember the length of the limit. I thought it was 45 or 50? I seem to remember figuring out it wouldn't hit until my coach was somewhere in his 70's.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our next game in the Tourney is against North Texas. They are 3-0 with a roster rating of 82, however, they don't have any starter rated over 75.

We win the sim 76-67.

McDade with 17 points and 7 assists. He shot 6 of 12.

Farrell with 12 points off the bench as he shot 4 of 4 from the arc. Maybe that will get him going.

Kabba with 12 points on 4 of 8 shooting.

Dillard put up an 0 for 8 night.

Troy with a 2 for 8 night.


We'll play Cal Poly in the Tourney Final as they beat Wichita State 75-50.

Cal Poly is 4-1 with a roster rating of 80.

They are led by RS JR PG Beau Jordan. He is 6'6 225 and is rated 82 overall. He is a solid 3 point shooter who transferred to the school last year from Syracuse. He's averaging 9.8 ppg and 5.5 apg.

SR PF Darrell Knox is 6'7 225 and is rated 77 overall. He's averaging 15 ppg and 5.4 rpg.

SR SG Pearson Guzman is 6'5 216 and is rated 75 overall. He's averaging 7.4 ppg.

SO PF/C Damir Eaton is 6'8 244 and is rated 70 overall. He's averaging 8.2 ppg and 5.2 rpg.

SO SF Kenneth Nicholson is 6'7 222 and is rated 70 overall. He's averaging 4.5 ppg.

The bench is all rated in the low to mid 60's. I'll play them tomorrow.

[Eaglesfan27]

17:54 - Stevens has drawn 2 fouls on Knox. We lead 5-0. Very good effort early.

15:00 - We are up 8-4.

11:26 - The effort has dropped off the last 2 minutes as guys are tired. We are tied at 13. We bring in the entire second unit.

10:00 - Farrell has a much smaller man on him, he shoots over him twice for midrange baskets. We lead 17-13.

8:01 - Farrell hits his next 2 as well, a 14 footer and a 3. We are up 22-17.

And another 3 by Farrell! He's got it going now!

6:18 - Farrell is giving up some baskets, but his offense is making up for it. We lead 28-21. I bring back all of my other starters except for Dillard.

4:30 - Farrell's man beats him and gets a 2nd foul on Vega. I'm leaving him in for now.

3:07 - Farrell's man gets a 3rd foul on Vega. I rest Vega. We lead 36-26.

1:24 - Farrell is so tired that he isn't giving any effort on defense now, even though he hit his last 3 shots, I pull him for the half. We lead 38-32.


Halftime: We lead 40-34.


Farrell is the player of the half with 17 points. He shot 7 of 10, 3 of 4 from the arc in the first half.

Stevens with 8 points in a pleasant surprise. McDade with 5 points and 3 assists. He is shooting 1 of 7.



17:05 - Jordan just hammered McDade to the floor.. I hold my breath, but he gets up fine. We lead 46-41.

15:03 - Jordan's length is really messing with McDade's shot. Now, he just got blocked. We are tied at 48.

11:55 - We need more offense. I bring in Farrell. We are down 54-52.

10:54 - Abdur-Rahim is tired. I bring in Vega. We are tied at 54.

10:35 - Stevens picks up his 3rd foul. We bring in Fuller.

8:47 - Vega picks up his 4th foul as Troy's man beats him. I bring in the rest of the 2nd unit except for Vega. We lead 60-58.

5:44 - Fuller gets a 4th foul on Knox. We are down 63-62.

5:14 - Farrell only hits 1 of 2 FT's to tie the game at 63.

4:00 - Jordan gets open in the corner and drills a 3 to put them back ahead, 66-65. We call a timeout to get our starters back into the game. I'm giving Farrell 2 minutes to rest and if we aren't ahead comfortably, he'll come back in the game.

3:05 - McDade has had a bad night, but he hits a critical 3 to tie it at 68.

2:03 - I call a timeout to get Farrell back in. Tied at 68.

1:42 - Farrell sets McDade up for a wide open shot as they double team him, McDade gets the ball, pump fakes, dodges the man flying at him and drives into the lane for a foul. He hits the first FT.. and the 2nd!

1:14 - Guzman misses a 3. Stevens with the rebound.

1:01 - McDade with a nasty crossover, beats Beau, and hits a teardrop in the lane for the basket!

41 seconds - Knox misses a 8 footer. Steven with the board and he is fouled. He makes both FT's. 74-68 lead.

They miss a quick 3 and Stevens gets the board and is fouled. He misses the first FT but makes the 2nd.

They miss another quick 3 and Stevens gets the board again and is fouled again. He hits the pair of FT's to finish it.

Vega fouls out with 15 seconds left.


We win the game 80-69.


Farrell is the player of the game with 28 points and 1 assist. He shot 9 of 15, 4 of 8, and 6 of 8.

McDade with a rough night - 14 points, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 turnovers. He shot 3 of 14, 2 of 10, and 6 of 8.

Dillard with 5 points and 1 board in 19 minutes. I feel bad for him, but it looks like Farrell is going to get more minutes despite being one of our most one dimensional players right now, assuming that this is the start of a breakout for him and he can keep shooting like he does in practice.

Troy with 9 points, 4 boards, and 3 steals. He shot 3 of 8 which is another disappointing night.

Stevens with his first breakout game? 15 points, 7 boards, 2 steals. He showed some nice moves in the post that I didn't know he had including one move that I've never seen from any of my post players and that is hard to describe, but looks nasty and came after a drop step.

Vega with 0 points, 6 boards, and 1 block.

Dawson with 3 points, 3 assists, and 2 turnovers.

Abdur-Rahim with 4 points and 7 boards in 18 minutes.

Fuller with 2 points and 4 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

We are now 5-1 and ranked 17th in the media poll.

Only 1 game until the early signing period, so I decide to sim it despite intending to play it earlier. I believe we are going to get Badu...

Nov 24, 2034 -

Oklahoma is 4-1 with a roster rating of 85. We are hosting them.


We beat them 69-62! McDade with 16 points, 4 boards, 7 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 4 of 10, 3 of 6, and 5 of 5.

Dillard with 8 points.

Troy with 10 points. Stevens with 7 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks.

Vega with 12 points. Kabba with 8 points. Dawson with 3 points and 7 assists. Farrell was held scoreless in 16 minutes.


Now, let's hear some good recruiting news....

[Eaglesfan27]

Yes! We got the Mr. Basketball for California, Marcellus Badu! It came down to USC and UCLA and we took him away from them :)

Badu is a 6'4 198 pound PG from Pomona, CA. Besides being Mr. Basketball for California, he is an All-American 5 star player. He is ranked 21st overall and 10th among PG's. He averaged 17.3 ppg, 8.6 apg, 5.6 rpg, and 3.1 spg in the ABL. He did jack up a lot of shots, shooting only 39% from the field and 38% from the arc. Our staff grades him out as follows: Shooting A-, Skills A, Defense A, Athleticism A, Rebounding C+, IQ B, Potential A, Size B- (I don't get that - do they take points off for being too big as a PG? I love his height.) They believe his strengths when he first gets on campus will be his midrange shot, his stealing, his passing, and his shot blocking (which he didn't much of in the ABL.) Dawson will have to improve to hold off this kid when he gets on campus if my staff is right about him..

SF Devon Kilgore also signed with us as expected. He is 6'7 199 and is from Los Angeles. He is a 4 star player who is ranked 67th overall. He averaged 11 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 2.6 apg, and 2.6 spg in the ABL. Our staff grades him as follows: Shooting B+, Skills B, Defense B+, Athleticism A, Rebounding B+, IQ B+, Potential B+, Size B+. They believe his speed and lateral mobility will be his biggest asset when he arrives.


Interesting, I wonder how some of these schools sign so many 5 stars at the same position, like Georgia Tech did several years ago at G. McBridle was close to signing with me this weekend, but once Badu announced, he dropped his interest way down.. Oh well, my staff thinks his potential is only a B+ anyway and I'd much rather take one away from UCLA than Pitt who is now his leader.

Stanford signed the top C in the nation today, 6'8 232 pound Deng Lennon from California.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our next game is at Marshall. They are 2-2 with a roster rating of 80. They are led by a pair of talented PF's:

SR PF Randolph Mccully is 6'7 215 and is rated 81 overall. He is a good midrange shooter and a very athletic player. He's averaging 14.5 ppg, 7.3 rpg, and 1.8 spg.

SR PF Michal Burke is 6'6 230 and is rated 80 overall. He is the better post player where he has a wide variety of moves. He is averaging 17.3 ppg and 5.8 rpg.

The rest of their starters are all in the high 60's. Their bench is in the low 60's.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - Tied at 6. Dillard has all 6 of our points.

11:32 - Stevens picks up his 2nd foul in a hard collision with Burke. Burke is injured and has to be helped off the court. All of our starters are tired. I bring in the entire 2nd unit. We are down 9-8.

9:19 - Word just came back that Burke broke his ankle and is done for a long time. I feel bad for the kid. Meanwhile, his team is playing tough. We are down 13-12.

5:11 - Farrell is absolutely terrible at defense, but if guys set him up for an open shot he is usually going to nail it. He already has 9 points. We lead 24-20.

2:30 - Farrell has missed his last 2 shots. He is tired as are most of the guys on the floor. We go back to our starters. We are down 29-26.



Halftime: We are down 33-30.

Legge, their SG, has 14 points. He got going against Farrell and kept it going.


17:10 - Troy picks up his 3rd foul. I put in Kabba. We are down 38-35.

15:30 - Stevens picks up his 3rd foul. I put in Fuller. We are down 41-37.

12:20 - Dillard misses a wide open 3 to tie the game and instead they get a breakaway dunk. We are down 51-46.

11:34 - They steal it from McDade and get a breakaway dunk. Down 53-46 as I call a timeout and bring in the 2nd unit..

7:09 - A horrible stretch. Dawson with a bad pass, Dawson has it stolen, Dawson with another bad pass. They get a 8-0 run after we had closed the gap. Down 61-51.

6:45 - Farrell with a 3.

6:24 - Farrell with a breakaway layup. 61-56.

5:45 - Farrell is fouled shooting a midrange shot. He hits the first FT, but misses the 2nd. Abdur-Rahim with the offensive board and we reset.

4:11 - All of our 2nd unit guys are tired. I bring back my starters. We are down 66-61.

2:53 - McDade with a breakaway dunk. We are down 68-65.

Legge shoots a 3 over Dillard. They steal a pass by McDade and get a breakaway dunk. Down 73-65 with just over 2 minutes left.

Troy has a shot blocked, but he gets down to the other end, steals it and has a breakaway dunk.

Vega with a block, but they get the carom. Time is running out. They miss a shot, but they get the offensive board. We have to foul.

46 seconds - Down 75-67.

McDade hits a quick 3. We foul. They make the FT's. McDade hits another quick 3. Where was this accuracy earlier? 77-73.

We foul. They make the first, miss the 2nd, but Mccully gets another offensive board. Down 80-73.

McDade hits another quick 3! They only make 1 of 2 and Vega gets the board.

7 seconds - McDade misses a 3, Vega gets the board, kicks it out and McDade hits another 3! We are down 81-79.

6 seconds - Brock, their PG, hits the first FT.. and misses the 2nd! Vega gets the board.. throws it up the court to Dillard.. he passes to McDade who catches it in stride... he shoots an off balance 3 at the buzzer.. and it is good!!!! We are going to OT!

Troy fouled out on that last intentional foul. Kabba is in the game.


4:09 - They strike first with 2 FT's by Mccully who got a 4th foul on Stevens.

Vega misses a wide open dunk, but makes up for it with a block at the other end. He has 4 blocks.

McDade with a 3 to give us the lead. 85-84.

2:50 - McCully steals it from Stevens. They get a fastbreak which we foul to stop the dunk by Mccully. He misses the first FT.. and makes the 2nd. Tied at 85.

2:09 - Kabba misses a wide open 3. I'm going to bring in Farrell to see if he can play better defensively at SF. He has the size..

1:36 - Dillard misses an open 3, but Vega gets the offensive board and we reset.

1:13 - Dillard beats his man, drives into the paint, and kicks it out to a wide open Farrell for a long 2. 87-85.

41 seconds - Farrell blocks a 3 attempt by their SF!!

12 seconds - Dillard beats his man, gets into the paint and kicks it out to Farrell for a 3! 90-85.

4 seconds - Farrell steals it from their SF! He is fouled. He makes both FT's.


We win 92-85. Even though it was a meaningless OOC game, that was one of the most thrilling wins since the National Championship game.


McDade is the player of the game with 32 points, 3 assists, 5 steals, 1 block, and 3 turnovers. He shot 10 of 17, 6 of 11 (almost all down the stretch after a cold start), and 6 of 6 from the line.


Farrell with 24 points, 1 assist, 2 steals, and his first career block. He shot 8 of 13, 3 of 8, and 5 of 6.

Dillard with 6 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 3 turnovers. He shot 2 of 7.

Troy with 4 points and 1 assist. He shot 2 of 6.

Stevens with 3 points, 2 boards, and a block. He shot 1 of 8 as their veteran PF's schooled him. Mccully had 22 points and 11 boads against him and Fuller.

Vega with 4 points, 10 boards, and 4 blocks.

Kabba with 6 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 2 of 6.

Dawson with 5 points nad 3 assists.

Fuller with 8 points and 2 boards. Abdur-Rahim with 7 boards and a block.

[Eaglesfan27]

Now, it is time to end the early signing period. I don't expect any more signings as I'm still pursuing McBridle as he still has a fairly high level of interest and no one else really excites me in this group..

McBridle is still trying to decide between us and Pitt. He said he should know in a few weeks where he wants to go, but he isn't signing early. I'll continue to pursue him and see what happens.


Washington signed Ron Laws, a very good PG from Missoula, MT who is ranked 37th overall and 19th among PG's.


Our next game is hosting Duke at the Galen Center! We are both 7-1. Their roster rating is 88. We are both completely healthy now. They are led by a star PG and have complimentary players around him:

SR PG Zack Mason is 6'3 187 and is rated 87 overall. He's a very fast player who was 26th in his class. He's from Durham, NC. He's an excellent passer and a decent shooter. He's averaging 11.1 ppg and 6.5 apg.

SO SG Alejandro Cooley is 6'3 204 and is rated 78 overall. He's a guy with no real strengths of weaknesses. He's averaging 8.3 ppg and 1.8 apg.

JR SF Elijah Scheer is 6'7 229 and is rated 82 overall. He's an excellent midrange shooter and a slightly above average 3 point shooter. He's averaging 9.9 ppg and 5.5 rpg.

JR PF Louie Lopez is 6'9 227 and is rated 80 overall. He's an excellent midrange shooter and a solid 3 point shooter. He's averaging 12.5 ppg and 4.5 rpg.

JR C A.J Matela is 6'8 199 and is rated 79 overall. He's a good midrange shooter who doesn't have any inside game at all. He's averaging 4.9 ppg and 3.8 rpg.


The bench is led by a few forwards. SO SF Mick Ngounou will play some 3, 4, and 5 for them. He's 6'10 240 and has the skill set to be effective all 3 positions. He's an excellent midrange shooter, he has some post skills, and he is a good shot blocker. He's rated 79 overall. He's from Greenville, NC and was the 52nd ranked player in his class. He's averaging 11 ppg and 3.8 rpg.

SR PF Eugene Anderer is 6'6 233 and is rated 79 overall. He's their best post scorer. He's averaging 10.9 ppg and 5.1 rpg.

SO SF Eugene Borges is 6'6 225 and is rated 77 overall. He's their most explosive dunker. He's averaging 7 ppg and 1 rpg.

FR SG Jeremy Sanders is their top freshman and is a 3 point specialist (not nearly as good as Farrell.) He's averaging 5 ppg.


The rest of the bench is rated in the low 70's.


I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

Home sick today. Hopefully, it doesn't affect my gameplay.

19:55 - Vega has already drawn a foul on Matela. Our plan is to pound them inside today.

16:55 - Scheer with a drive picks up a 2nd foul on Vega. We bring in Abdur-Rahim. We are down 8-5.

13:36 - Mason gets a 2nd foul on McDade. We are down 13-8.

12:34 - Dawson with a great move to get into the paint, hit the layup and get a 2nd foul on Matela. We are down 16-11.

Stevens with a pair of 12 footers!

9:00 - I go to the entire 2nd unit. We are down 21-17.

5:06 - I bring McDade and Vega. We are down 27-21.

2:35 - We go with McDade, Dillard, Farrell, Stevens, and Vega to end the half. We are down 33-30.

Halftime: Lopez with a 12 footer at the buzzer. We are down 39-34.

Lopez is the player of the half with 12 points and 4 boards. Mason has 12 points and 3 assists for them.


McDade with 8 points and 3 assists for us. Stevens with 6 points and 3 boards. Farrell with 7 points and 4 boards. Farrell is going to start the half at SF and play for a few minutes before getting a breather.



18:32 - Vega picks up his 3rd foul when Lopez beats Stevens off the dribble.

16:44 - McDade picks up his 3rd foul. I slide Dillard over to PG, Farrell to SG, and bring back Troy at SF. We are down 44-36.

The tempo has picked up a bunch as they are trying to full court trap Dillard.


12:30 - We are down 57-45. I bring back McDade and rest Farrell. I also rest Vega.

10:30 - Abdur-Rahim gets a 3rd foul on Lopez. We are down 57-48.

Mason gets a pair of steals against McDade for 4 easy points.

9:35 - McDade picks up his 4th foul. I bring in Dawson. I also bring in Fuller for a tired Stevens. We are down 63-48.

6:40 - Scheer with a pair of 3's. We are in deep trouble. Down 69-51. I bring back Farrell and McDade.

6:09 - McDade hits a 3 and then picks up his 5th foul on a stupid reach-in. No late game heroics from him this time. Dawson into the game.

3:54 - Farrell with a pair of 3's. Troy with a 12 footer. We are down 71-59. Stevens and Vega back into the game.

3:14 - Troy with a pair of drives (2nd one after a steal by him) into the apint. We are down 71-63.

3:01 - Dawson with a steal and he sets up a dunk attempt by Vega who is fouled and misses it. He makes 1 of 2.

2:45 - Scheer hits a 3 when Farrell is late getting there.

2:30 - Farrell with a quick 3 in response. We are down 74-67.

Scheer hits a 3 off a screen that Troy couldn't get through.

Mason steals it twice from Dawson and sets up a pair of fastbreak dunks.

We put together one last quick charge, but Lopez hits a 18 footer to take the final air out of our sail.


We lose the game 83-73.

Lopez was the player of the game with 22 points, 10 boards, and 3 assists.

Mason with 14 points, 11 assists, and 5 steals against us.

Cooley with 16 points on 5 of 10 shooting.

Scheer with 22 points and 2 boards. He shot 7 of 14.


Farrell led our team with 22 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 7 of 17, 3 of 8, and 5 of 7.

McDade only with 20 minutes due to foul trouble. He had 11 points, 3 assists, and 3 turnovers.

Dawson with 17 minutes had 6 points, 6 assists, and 3 turnovers.

Dillard with 0 points and 5 boards. He shot 0 of 8.

Troy with 8 points and 3 boards. He shot 2 of 7 (least he's consistent.)

Steens with 8 points, 6 boards, 1 assist, 2 steals, and a block.

Vega with 8 points, 3 boards, and 2 blocks. I limited his time too much due to his early foul trouble. He played 20 minutes but never got a 4th foul.

Abdur-Rahim with a productive 20 minutes off the bench. He had 10 points, 6 boards, and a block. He shot 4 of 7.

Fuller with 0 points and 3 boards in 12 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 11, 2034 -

Our next game is hosting 2-7 Norfolk State. They have a roster rating of 66.


We don't blow them out, but we do win 83-67. That is kind of concerning...

McDade with 11 points, 7 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 3 of 11.

Dillard with 8 points and 4 boards.

Troy with 9 points and 5 boards. Stevens with 9 points and 2 boards.

Vega with 13 points, 3 boards, and 2 blocks. Kabba with 13 points off the bench. Farrell shot 2 of 6 and had 5 points.


We are now 8-2 and ranked 19th in the media poll.


Our next game is at Ohio State. They are 6-2 with a roster rating of 87. They are running a high tempo offense. Their big weakness is at PG. As a result, they are creative with their usage of players.

JR SG Germain Thomassson is starting for them at PG. He's 6'4 209 and rated 82 overall. He isn't the ideal ball handler, nor he is very fast. However, he is a terrific shooter who can post up smaller point guards. He's averaging 11.6 ppg and 3.8 apg.


SF Jamual Andrews is starting for them at SG. He is 6'8 194 and is rated 83 overall. He has elite speed at SF but not SG, but it is sufficient for the position. He's an excellent midrange shooter. He's averaging 14.4 ppg and 6.1 rpg.

SF Darell Watkins is 6'7 224 and is rated 82 overall. He's averaging 9.9 ppg and 3.0 rpg. He's a very good defender.

SO PF Lou Clinton is 6'7 230 and is rated 80 overall. He's an excellent shot blocker but a subpar rebounder. He's a good midrange shooter. He's averaging 9.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg, and 1.9 bpg.

FR C Hendrik Laurelin is 7'0 238 and is rated 77 overall. He is a great shot blocker, a decent post player, and a decent passer. He's averaging 8.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg, and 3.1 bpg.


SO PF Tyquawn Revallo is their best bench player. He's 6'9 250 and is rated 74 overall. He's averaging 6.9 ppg and 3.1 rpg.

SO SG Laurie Mendez is a solid 3 point shooter who is weak in every other area. He's 6'1 179 and is rated 71 overall. He's averaging 5.4 ppg.

SO PG Jackie Blackett is their best PG on the roster. He's 5'9 174 and is rated 71 overall. He's slow, doesn't defend well, but he is a good passer and shooter. He's averaging 4.1 ppg and 1.5 apg.

I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

14:59 - Nothing is going right for us. Their defense is smothering and ours isn't playing well. Down 11-2.

14:20 - Dillard with a nice layup and the foul to get us back on the scoreboard after a 4 minute draught.

11:06 - Vega picks up his 2nd foul going for a block. We are down 13-7. I bring on the entire 2nd unit.

7:55 - Farrell who has missed his first 2 three point attempts, does a great job of creating contact on this 3 point attempt. He hits all 3 FT's. Down 18-10.

4:30 - We're playing a slow pace to try to take their crowd out of it, but this is ridiculous. I know things aren't going my way as Abdur-Rahim misses a wide open breakaway dunk. Down 22-10. I call a timeout and bring in McDade, Dillard, slide Farrell to SF, Stevens, and keep Abdur-Rahim in despite that miss.

2:20 - McDade gets to the line and ends another very long draught. We are down 26-12.

Stevens with 3 big baskets to end the half, but our jump shooters are look terrible tonight.

Halftime: Down 32-20.

Andrews is the player of the half with 10 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists.


McDade is 0 of 6. Farrell is 0 of 6. Dillard is 1 of 4. Ugly. As a team, we are shooting 22% tonight.


19:44 - Troy gets a 3rd foul on Watkins. They go small and bring in Blackett at PG.

18:48 - McDade blows by Blackett and gets a 3rd foul on Laurelin. Time to push the tempo. We are down 36-23.

18:14 - Vega with a dunk and the foul. We need him to come up big..

16:06 - McDade gets a 3rd foul Revallo. He is getting inside at will against Blackett, but we are still down 41-30.

15:01 - Vega picks up his 3rd foul. We are down 46-30 as Andrews has scored 5 quick points.

13:58 - Troy gets a 3rd foul on Andrews. Down 50-32.

13:34 - Vega picks up his 4th foul. We bring in Abdur-Rahim for him.

11:55 - They are on a 7-0 run now. Down 55-32. I call a timeout, give me a team a kick in the pants, and bring in the 2nd unit.

Abdur-Rahim with a nice post move to end the run, but Blackett answers with a 3.


Our 2nd unit just can't get it turned around. A terrible loss.


We lose the game 83-61.

Andrews led them with 17 points.

Troy was our leading scorer with 14 as he attacked the basket more this game. He finished 5 of 13.

Mcdade with 5 points and 4 assists. He shot 0 of 10 from the field. What a streaky shooter..

Dillard with 8 points.

Stevens with 4 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 2 of 6.

Vega only 25 minutes due to his foul trouble. He finished with 8 points, 4 boards, and a block. He shot 3 of 8.

Farrell with 7 points on 1 of 9 shooting. He was 4 of 6 from the line.

Abdur-Rahim with 6 points and 4 boards.


This team needs a lot more seasoning and isn't as strong as our roster rating suggests.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 25, 2034 -

Tonight, we host Kansas State for Christmas. This is our last game before we start Pac-10 play, and we need a big game to shake off the malaise after that last loss. They have a team rating of 86 and they have a 8-2 record.


We lose 85-75 despite a career game from Vega.

Vega with career highs in points and rebounds with 17 and 10. He also had 2 blocks. He shot 5 of 8 and was 7 of 9 from the line.

McDade shot 1 of 7. He had 3 points and 5 assists.

Farrell with 4 points on 1 of 4 shooting.

Dillard with 12 points and 4 assists. Troy with 6 points and 5 boards.

Stevens with 4 points and 3 boards. Dawson led the bench with 11 points and 3 assists.


Now, for the Pac-10 Preview.

[Eaglesfan27]

1. Washington is 10-2 and they have a roster rating of 95. They are the only Pac-10 team currently in the top 25 with a media ranking of 6th. They have stars at every position. They are starting 2 SR's and 3 JR's. Their entire rotation consists of almost all upperclassmen.

2. USC - The Pac-10 is slightly weaker this year than it has been in the past and that gives me some hope that we can do very well in conference play. WE need McDade to be more consistent or we won't go far. We now have a roster rating of 92.

3. Cal has been on the uptick with recruiting. They are 10-3 with a rating of 90. They are led by JR SG Roscoe Hoskin who has been on a tear. They don't start any SR's and they could be a real force next year.

4. Stanford is young and will be scary next year. They are 10-2 with a rating of 89. Their best player if JR PF Cam Moran who is currently rated 86. No real weaknesses on their team.

5. UCLA is 7-3 with a roster rating of 89 as well. They are led by SR PG Franklin Howel who is now rated 86 overall. They also have SR PF Lloyd Diallo. They are young at SF and C with FR SF Matt Caskill being a weak link to the team.

6. Oregon is 8-2 with a roster rating of 88. They are starting 2 Freshman at guard and it will cost them some this year. They are also somewhat weak at C with JR PF Earnest Saunders getting the start as they lack any true centers on the roster.

7. Arizona is 5-5 with a roster rating of 88. They are starting FR at PF and C and are young at SF. Senior PG J.S Randall is their only really talented player.

8. Arizona State's star SO PG Hensley Walton has been out for most of the year and will miss 4 more weeks with a sever ankle break. That makes their 8-2 record surprising and impressive. Without him their roster rating is 83, but I'm sure it is higher once he returns so I put them up a few spots. Right now, they are led by JR C Levi Cortez who is rated 80 overall.

9. WSU is completely healthy and is ready to compete more effectively this year. They have a roster rating of 84 with all of their players. They are 6-4. They are led by JR SF Ross Taylor who is rated 80 overall. PF and C are their weak positions, but they have 3 freshman C, at least 1 of whom looks like he will be a good player down the road.

10. Oregon State is at the bottom of the pile this year in talent despite a 8-3 OOC record against weak opponents. Their best win is against Eastern Washington. They have 3 SR's as well, so it could get worse down the road. Thei rbest player is SR SG Channing Vukusic who is rated 81 overall.


Team Leaders:

Washington 83 ppg
Oregon 32.7 rpg
Arizona State 15.1 apg
Washington 9.9 spg
Washington 5.5 bpg

Individual leaders:

C Levi Cortez, ASU 22.8 ppg
C Cortez, ASU 9.8 rpg
PG R. Luna, Oregon 5.8 apg
C Cortez 2.3 spg
C Cortez 2.3 bpg

According to the pro scouts:

Best Overall Player: McDade, USC!
Best Freshman, SG Swanson, Oregon - rated 80 overall.
Best Shooter - PG C. Bailey, Washington
Best Playmaker - McDade
Best Pro Prospect - PG Mencio, Washington
Best Defender - PF Moran, Stanford

[Eaglesfan27]

Our first game is at Oregon. They are led by their SF's:

SR SF Guilherme Keita is 6'6 219 and is rated 85 overall. He is athletic, can shoot well, and is a solid defender. He's averaging 12.2 ppg and 5.6 rpg.

SR SF Mick Mayer is 6'5 231 and is rated 83 overall. He's the best 3 point shooter on their team and is averaging 10.5 ppg in relatively limited time.

SR SF Rodrick Camara is 6'8 250 and is rated 82 overall. He is very fast, is a strong defender, and is a good post up player. He's averaging 12.4 ppg, 4.8 rpg.

JR SF Brennan Forney is 6'7 195 and is rated 81 overall. He's their 2nd best 3 point shooter on the team, but is the worst defender of the group. He's averaging 5.5 ppg in limited time.

FR SG Bob Swanson is the most impressive freshman in the conference. He's 6'5 190 and is rated 80 overall. He's almost as good at shooting the 3 as Farrell (but Farrell is still rated 3 points better in the category), and he is a much better defender, athlete, and ball ahdnler. He's averaging 8.9 ppg and 2.1 rpg.

JR PF Earnest Saunders is their best big man. He's 6'9 240 and is rated 78 overall. He's averaging 8 ppg and 4.1 rpg.

FR PF Alton Lloyd was doing very well until he broke his ankle. He'll be out for 4 more weeks. He was averaging 9.9 ppg before his injury.

SO SG Isaac Stapleton plays a lot of point for this team. He's 6'5 180 and is rated 77 overall. He's averaging 8.2 ppg and 3 apg.

FR PG Randall Luna is their top PG. The freshman is 5'10 165 and is rated 76 overall. He was ranked 26th overall in this last class. He's fast, passes well, and shoots above average. He's averaging 7.7 ppg and 5.5 apg.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - Defense showing up well early. Tied at 5.

9:29 - Odd game. I've never seen either side miss so many shots. There is some good defense being played, but there is also some poor shooting being demonstrated. I rest all of my starters. We lead 9-5. They haven't scored for almost 7 minutes now.

Forney with a contested 12 footer.

4:18 - Farrell gets fouled by Swanson while he is shooting a 3. We lead 19-14 after he makes all 3 FT's. I bring back all of my starters except Troy. Farrell is sliding to SF.


Halftime: We lead 25-21.


Farrell is the player of the half with 8 points. McDade with 7 points.


14:31 - The pace is picking up and both offenses are more efficient. We are tied at 30.

8:11 - I bring in the 2nd unit. We are tied at 38. I still can't decide if this is great defense or bad offense..

4:06 - They block a 3 by Farrell and get a fastbreak basket going the other way. We are down 46-41. I call a timeout and bring back all of my starters.

2:50 - Troy with a nice 12 footer and then McDade with a 3 to tie it at 46.

2:30 - Camara gets an offensive board and Troy fouls him to prevent a dunk.

1:29 - McDade misses a 3 and Swanson hits a 12 footer at the other end. We are down 50-46.

Troy misses a 14 footer and they Keita gets a fastbreak dunk.

McDade misses a 3. We have to intentionally foul.

Vega misses a wide open dunk. We are done.


We lose the game 55-46. Tough road loss.

Luna was the player of the game with 11 points and 4 assists against us.

McDade led our team with 13 points, 2 assists, and 1 board. He shot 4 of 12, 4 of 10, and 1 of 2.

Dillard with 4 points and 3 assists. He shot 0 of 6. Without Galbreath to set him up, he's having trouble hitting the 3's he made last year.

Troy with 10 points and 3 boards. He shot 3 of 8.

Stevens with 5 boards and 0 points. He shot 0 of 4.

Vega with 4 points, 11 boards, and 1 block. He shot 2 of 7.


Farrell led the bench with 8 points. He shot 1 of 7 and was 6 of 7 from the line. He missed every shot in the 2nd half.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 30, 2034 -

Our next game is at Oregon State. They are 9-3. We beat them 69-60.

McDade with 8 points and 4 assists.

Dillard with 8 points. Troy with 10 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks.

Stevens with 10 points. Vega with 4 points, 8 boards, and 4 blocks.


Kabba led the bench with 10 points and 4 boards.



Our next game is hosting 10-2 ASU. They are rated 86 overall.

Their top two players are injured. PG Hensley Walton is out for another 3-4 weeks. C Levi Cortez is just slowed by his plantar fascitis.

JR C Cortez is 6'8 228 and is rated 80 overall. He's averaging 20.8 ppg, 8.4 rpg, and 2.5 bpg. Monster season for him.

SR PG Chadd Drabyn is 5'9 175 and is rated 79 overall. He's a good 3 point shooter who is averaging 10.4 ppg and 3.3 apg.

FR PG Charles Sessoms was one of the top PG's in the nation in HS last year. He's 6'5 188 and is rated 79 overall. He's a great 3 point shooter with good speed, good passing, and ok defense. He's averaging 7.3 ppg and 3.0 apg.

SR PF Floyd Hackstadt is 6'10 255 and is rated 78 overall. He's averaging 7.4 ppg and 3.8 rpg.

JR C Clifton Collucci is a valuable bench member. He's 6'10 240 and is rated 76 overall. He's averaging 5.4 ppg and 2.5 rpg.

SO SG Booker Stockman has seen a hit to his PT this year, but he's still averaging 6.3 ppg and 1 apg. He's 6'3 180 and is ranked 76 overall.

The rest of the bench is in the low 70's.

[Eaglesfan27]

16:55 - McDade gets a 2nd foul on Drabyn. They bring in Mason, a SG and slide Sessoms to PG. We are up 5-2 and McDade is playing well early with 2 assists.

15:00 - We lead 7-5 after McDade hits a 14 footer.

12:06 - Dillard gets a 2nd foul on Stockman. Dillard best's game in a long time. We lead 10-9.

10:55 - Vega picks up his 2nd foul. I bring in Abdur-Rahim. We are up 12-9. Dillard with 7 points now.

10:24 - Dillard with a 3. Dillard with a steal and fastbreak dunk! We lead 17-9 as they call a timeout.

7:25 - They are on a 10-0 run, mainly led by Sessoms, and my crowd is booing.. I call a timeout and sub in the 2nd unit.

6:21 - Kabba finally ends the 13-0 run by driving the hoop and getting a foul on Sessons, his 2nd. We are down 22-19.

4:34 - Kabba is out and running.. a dunk and the foul gives us a 24-23 lead.

2:45 - I bring back all of my starters except Troy. Kabba is remaining in the game. We lead 27-25.

2:15 - Another I've never seen that moment.. McDade and Kabba with a 2-on-1 fastbreak and McDade threw the alley-oop off the backboard. I didn't know that was in the game as I've never done it before. Kabba with a crowd pleasing catch and the dunk to finish it. We lead 29-25.


Halftime: We have a quick scoring burst. We lead 36-27.


Dillard is the player of the half with 14 points and 2 steals.

Kabba with 13 points. McDade with 6 assists.



Kabba is starting the 2nd half.


13:33 - We are up 49-38 as Vega picks up his 3rd foul. He'll remain in the game for now.

8:59 - I rest my starters. We are up 54-44.

7:12 - Troy ends a mini-run by them with a great drive, pull-up J, and the foul. We are up 57-50.

3:53 - Troy driving and getting to the FT has been my offense the last 4 minutes. We lead 63-54. I bring back my starters and leave Troy in to finish this.


We win the game 75-60.

Kabba is the player of the game with 20 points, 1 block, and 1 steal. He shot 6 of 8 from the field and 8 of 10 from the line. Can this be the start of something more for him?

Dillard with a career high 16 points. He also had 2 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 6 of 10, 2 of 5, and 2 of 2.

McDade with 11 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 3 of 8.

Troy with 12 points (mostly when playing with the 2nd string in the 2nd half), 1 board, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 4 of 8 and 3 of 5 from the line.

Stevens with 4 points and 7 boards.

Vega with 8 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks.

Farrell with 2 points on 0 of 5 shooting.

Abdur-Rahim with 2 points and 7 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 6, 2035 -

Our next game is hosting 10-4 Cal.


We win the game 64-62. Troy led the team with 19 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 7 of 15, 3 of 6, and 2 of 2.

McDade with 3 points and 3 assists. He shot 1 of 9.

Dillard with 7 points, 6 boards, 5 assists, and 3 steals.

Stevens and Vega each with 7 points. Vega had 7 blocks!!!


Kabba with 8 points led the bench.



Our next game is at UCLA which is struggling at 7-7 (0-4.)

They have a few guys hurt which is obviously hurting them, but their start is still surprising.

SR PG Franklin Howel leads their squad. He is 6'8 215 and is rated 87 overall now. He is averaging 10.1 ppg but only 3.4 apg (down almost 2 per game.)

SR PF Lloyd Diallo is their main scoring threat. The 6'11 265 pound player has a nice shooting touch. He's averaging 11.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg, and 2 bpg.

SR PG Loren Burrowes is playing both PG and SG for them. He is 6'4 178 and is rated 83 overall. He's averaging 6.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg, and 2.9 apg.

SO SG Lowell Filipovic plays some SF as well as SG for them. He's 6'4 206 and is rated 81 overall. He's averaging 10.4 ppg and 2.0 rpg.

Their next top guard and their top backup SF are out injured for another week or 2.

SO C Jalen Cassler is also out injured, and his absence hurts them the most. Without him, they have no interior size besides Diallo.

The rest of their bench is in the low 70's.

I'll play them tomorrow.

[Eaglesfan27]

13:25 - Troy gets a 2nd foul on their SF, Caskel. We are down 7-4.

Howel with a 12 footer. Howel with a steal and breakaway dunk. We are down 11-4.

12:25 - Troy with a drive gets a 2nd foul on Diallo. We are down 11-6.

11:00 - We are down 14-9 as I turn to my 2nd unit.

8:06 - Howel with a pair of steals that lead to easy baskets. We are down 20-12.

7:10 - Howel with another pair of steals. He is owning Dawson with the aid of the full court trap.

6:05 - Abdur-Rahim gets a 2nd foul on their center. Tempo is picking up both ways now. We are down 24-16.

4:30 - Dawson has had a horrible game. I get all of my starters back into the game. We are down 25-18.


We got to the line frequently in the last 4:30 to close the gap.


Half time: We are down 31-29.


Howel is the player of the half with 6 points, 3 assists, and 4 steals.

McDade leads our team with 10 points, 1 board, and 1 steal.

Troy with 5 points. Farrell with 5 points.



17:17 - Dillard with a drive to get a 3rd foul on Diallo. We are down 35-33.

13:03 - They are on a 12-0 run. We are down 47-35. I call a timeout and put in our 2nd team..

Farrell with a pair of 3's and a pair of assists to get us back in the game.

5:53 - Farrell has kept us in this game, but he is very tired. He'll get a short break as I bring back all of my starters. We are down 60-53.

Diallo blocks a shot by McDade in the lane and they get a fastbreak the other way. Down 62-53.

McDade gets into the lane and gets fouled. They bring Howel back into the game.

Dillard turns it over twice and he is shooting terribly. He just allowed a pair of 3's by Filipovic. I bring back Farrell. We are down 69-57 with 3 minutes left.


Farrell gets us down to 8 once, but we can't get any closer.


We lose the game 76-66.

Howel was the player of the game with 14 points, 8 assists, and 6 steals.


I thought McDade was going to have a Player of the Year type of year and carry this team, but he just isn't getting it done to that level. Tonight, he finished with 16 points, 2 assists, 3 steals, and 3 turnovers. He shot 3 of 9, 0 of 4, and 10 of 12.

Dillard with 1 point on 0 of 7 shooting. He is my biggest disappointment. Some scouts project him to leave early, but I don't know how with this lack of production..

Troy with 5 points and 2 steals. Whatever happened to that shooting potential when I was recruiting him? He ended up 0 of 8 tonight.

Stevens with 8 points, 5 boards. At least he is looking like he could be a solid contributor.

Vega with 5 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks.


Farrell with 23 points and 2 assists. He shot 7 of 13, 5 of 8, and 4 of 4.

Abdur-Rahim with 6 points, 3 boards, and 2 blocks.

Kabba with 2 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 18, 2035 -

We lost at Stanford 69-55. We fall to 11-7. They are now 13-6.

Troy had 21 points and 5 boards, but no one else broke double digits. Dillard with 2 points and 5 assists on 1 of 8 shooting. McDade with 9 points and 5 assists on 3 of 12 shooting.


Time to make a change. We are promoting Farrell to the starting SG spot. Dillard hopefully can do better as the 6th man.




Our next game is at Arizona. They are 8-9. They are a guard heavy team with 6 of their top 7 players being guards:



SR PG J.S. Randall leads the team. He is 6'1 197 and is rated 86 overall. He is their best perimeter defender and their best scorer. He's averaging 15.6 ppg, 4.3 apg, and 2.2 spg.

SR PG Adam Del Rosario is 6'2 193 and is rated 82 overall. He is their best slasher and has terrific handles. He is averaging 10.4 ppg and 2.2 apg.

JR PG Stefan Pardon is 6'0 197 and is rated 82 overall. He has explosive speed and a very good 3 point shot. He is averaging 9.2 ppg and 2.8 apg.

JR PG Kasey Pasco is 6'1 185 and is rated 80 overall. He is a very good 3 point shooter. He is averaging 6.7 ppg in relatively limited minutes.

SO SG Harrison Wofford is 6'3 188 and is rated 80 overall. He is a strong 3 point shooter. He is averaging 10.7 ppg and 3.9 rpg.

FR C Juan Beverett is the only player with size on their team. He is 6'10 222 and is rated 77 overall. He is a subpar offensive player but a good defender. He is averaging 3.9 ppg and 5.6 rpg.

SO SG Gavin Boatner is 6'0 169 and is rated 76 overall. He is a good slasher but doesn't play much. He is averaging 1 ppg.

FR PF Lyle Cole is the only PF on their roster. He is 6'6 216 and is rated 73 overall. He has a nice midrange shot. He's averaging 4 ppg and 3.3 rpg.

[Eaglesfan27]

19:00 - New life for the team? Farrell with 2 early 3's to get us going quickly on the road.

17:02 - Farrell gets his 2nd foul on Wofford. We are up 10-2.

9:28 - Maybe it is just Arizona is small and bad defensively, but our offense is the most explosive it has been all year. We lead 26-14 as they call a timeout. McDade is getting much better looks with Farrell drawing attention in the corners. I rest all of my starters and go with my new second unit.

6:19 - Kabba with a drive gets a 2nd foul on their center, Neverett. We lead 32-20.

3:30 - Their defense is just bad. We are up 41-22. Our coaches want me to keep Kabba in which I do. I go with McDade, Farrell, Kabba, Troy, and Vega.

3:19 - On a switch, Troy gets a 2nd foul on Randall.

Bad finish to the half.


Halftime: We lead 44-30.

McDade is the player of the half with 12 points and 2 assists.

Farrell and Kabba each have 9.


9:46 - I turn to my 2nd unit to get my starters a rest. We are up 59-45. McDade and Farrell aren't shooting as well this 2nd half, but they are providing just enough along with a bit of contributions from the other starters.

3:30 - I get my starters back into to finish this. We lead 66-58.

1:17 - Randall with a 3 and then a steal and breakaway layup. We are up 66-63.

47 seconds - Farrell sets up McDade with a wide open 3 at one of his favored spots.. he shoots.. and misses.

31 seconds - Vega with a block.. McDade dives to the floor to get the carom. They foul him. He misses the front end of the 1 and 1.

18 seconds - They miss a quick 3 by Wofford. Stevens gets the board and they foul him. He hits the first but misses the 2nd.

9 seconds - They get a quick 2 from Neverett. They foul McDade.. he makes both FT's. 69-65 lead.

Randall misses a 3 and it is over.


We win the game 69-65.

McDade is the player of the game with 19 points, 4 assists, 2 steals, and a board. He shot 5 of 14, 4 of 12, and 5 of 7.

Farrell with 15 points and 1 assist. He shot 5 of 13, 4 of 10, and 1 of 2.

Troy with 4 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 1 of 5.

Stevens with 3 points and 7 boards. He shot 1 of 2.

Vega with 6 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 3 of 7.


Kabba with 13 points on 4 of 8 shooting.

Abdur-Rahim with 4 points and 4 boards.

Dawson with 2 points and 4 assists.

[Eaglesfan27]

McBridle has decided that he is definitely going to Pittsburgh. I retract my scholarship offer from him.

The more I've looked at Kody Hehn, the more I like him. He is a 6'8 210 pound SF from Los Angeles who is ranked 45th overall and 6th among SF's. I offer him our last scholarship and get right into the mix along with Arizona and Stanford who have also offered. Are we too late?



Jan 25, 2035 -

Our next game is hosting WSU. They are 8-9.


The new lineup gets it done in style with a 83-50 win.

McDade with 22 points and 3 assists. He shot 7 of 13.

Farrell with 12 points. Troy with 10 points.

Stevens with 10 points. Vega with 6 points and 6 boards. Dillard and Kabba each had 10 off the bench.






The next game is going to be ugly I fear, unless McDade and Farrell both have huge nights. We are hosting Washington. They are 17-3 and 4th in the media poll. However, their top player is slowed by shin splints..

SR PG Piotr Mencio is 6'3 202 and is rated 89 overall now. He has it all, speed, handles, passing, shooting, and defense. His only weakness is his stamina and strength. He is averaging 15.9 ppg, 5.4 apg, and 1.8 spg.

JR PF Damian Snowden is 6'9 228 and is rated 88 overall. He is an unselfish player or he'd be scoring a lot more. He can score every way possible, but he is also a very accomplished passer. He's averaging 10.6 ppg, 5.9 rpg, and 3.4 apg.

JR SG Stewart Simon is 6'5 230 and is rated 87 overall. He is incredibly fast for a SG of his size and he has great handles. He is a good shooter. He is an explosive dunker. Yet, he is also unselfish. He is averaging 7.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg, and 3.2 apg.

JR PF Vytautas Hornsby plays C for them. He is 6'9 260 and he can stretch the floor and hit from almost anywhere. He is also comfortable working in the post now. He is averaging 17.3 ppg, 6.2 rpg, and 1.9 bpg. He is rated 87 overall.

JR PG Cal Bailey is their leading option off the bench. He is 6'1 206 and is rated 86 overall. He loves to shoot when he comes into the game. He is averaging 13.6 ppg (7 point increase from last year) and 2.6 apg.

SR SF Bryce Henning is their lowest rated starter, but he is still a star. He is 6'7 245 and is rated 86 overall. He is a very good offensive player who doesn't shoot much at all. Defensively, he is above average. He is averaging 4.7 ppg, 3.9 rpg, and 1.1 bpg.

SO SG Cornell Hooks is 6'4 200 and is rated 82 overall. He is well above average in most areas except defense where he is below average. He is averaging 5.4 ppg.

SO PF Dane Challed is their #1 big man off the bench. He is 6'7 230 and is rated 81 overall. He is averaging 3.3 ppg and 2.7 rpg.

FR C Devon Wise is going to be a beast in the future. He is 6'10 255 and he has 3 point ability and good post up ability. His weaknesses are slow foot speed and stamina. Right now he is only playing 3-5 minutes per night and averaging 2 ppg. He is rated 78 overall.

The rest of the bench is rated in the high 70's as well including 2 players who are rated 79.

I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - Considering our opposition, this is some of our best offense of the year. Great ball movement.. good shots, some of them falling. We are tied at 8.

12:26 - Vega picks up his 2nd foul going for a block. We are up 15-11. I bring in Abdur-Rahim.

11:52 - McDade on the fastbreak gets a 2nd foul on Hornsby. We are up 18-11 after he makes the "And 1."

9:15 - I rest my starters. We are up 22-17.

5:05 - Abdur-Rahim picks up his 2nd foul. We are up 26-23. I'm pleasantly surprised by my team's play tonight.

3:13 - Back to my starters. We are up 30-26.

1:11 - Wise, who has only been in for 2 minutes this half, gets a 3rd foul on Vega. We are up 34-31.

As the half is about to expire, McDade steals it and throws a great bounce pass for a nice dunk by Stevens.


Halftime: We lead 38-31.

Farrell is the player of the half. His defense is getting much better than the beginning of the year (I've had him concentrate on defense in practices.) He has 8 points, 2 assists, and a steal. He has shot 2 of 4 and 4 of 4 from the line.

McDade with 6 points and 4 assists. Stevens and Vega each have 6 points. Troy with 4.



15:00 - Our offense is really clicking now with Troy hitting a pair of 3's, McDade hitting a 3, McDade hitting a 12 footer, and McDade getting a steal and breakaway dunk among other plays. We are up 54-38.

10:10 - Vega with a 12 footer gets a 3rd foul on Hornsby. We are up 62-47. McDade is having a great game, the type of game I expect from him every night.

7:21 - I'm blown away. McDade is doing it at both ends. Steals, good defense, great passes, great shots. He's doing it all tonight. Usually, I get steals from my full court trap, but I've abandoned that this year (but maybe should reinstate it with Farrell's height.) McDade is just getting straight up steals from guarding Mencio who seems slowed by his injury. We lead 72-49.

3:59 - Things seem secure enough to finally rest my starters. We are up 79-57.


We win the game 82-62. Very happy and surprised. I was considering just simming this season out if we got our butt whipped, but now I see some real potential for this team to surprise some teams in the tourney if I can make it.

McDade is the player of the game with 22 points, 8 assists, 6 steals, and 3 turnovers. He shot 8 of 10, 3 of 4, and 3 of 4.

Farrell with 14 points, 3 boards, and 4 assists. His presence on the floor really causes things to space out as they crowd him to stop him from shooting the 3. He shot 3 of 7, 0 of 3, and 8 of 8.

Troy with 14 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 5 of 9, 2 of 4, and 2 of 2.

Stevens with 7 points, 6 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block.

Vega with 14 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, and 3 blocks. He shot 5 of 8 and 4 of 4 from the line.


Dillard led the bench with 5 points on 2 of 4 shooting.

Dawson with 4 points and 3 assists.



We held Mencio to 1 of 10 shooting. We held Simon to a 1 of 6 shooting. Henning torched Troy for 21 points. Snowden had 21 points as well. We held Hornsby to 2 of 9 shooting.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 1, 2035 -

Today we play at #10 Cal. They are 16-6.

Bye bye good feeling. They smoke us 94-56. All 5 of their starters had at least 13 points.

Farrell led our team with 11 points on 4 of 6 shooting. McDade shot 3 of 10. Troy shot 1 of 8. Vega was 2 of 12.


Our next game is at ASU. They are 13-7. We beat them earlier in the year 75-62. Their center, Cortez is injured again but will play. He has Patellar Tendonitis. Their star PG's are all healthy. I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

I just lost my first half summary due to a mishit button. We started off falling into a 9-0 hole. We battled back to being tied at 23. Then, they went on a 9-0 run towards the end of the half. But we responded with a 8-0 run including a 3 by McDade at the buzzer.


Halftime: We are down 34-33.

Gale, who was hurt the first game, had 10 points to be the player of the half. The SF had 3 3's in a row on one of their runs.

McDade leads our team with 8. Troy and Vega with 6. Farrell with 5.


19:13 - McDade with a drive into the lane gets a 3rd foul on Cortez!

15:02 - Down 44-42. McDade is starting to really play well.

9:22 - Farrell misses a layup that would have given us the lead. Down 51-50.

8:41 - Farrell hits a FT to tie it at 51.

8:15 - Cortez with an offensive putback dunk. I rest my tired starters.

6:45 - Kabba with a fastbreak dunk. We are up 56-55.

6:02 - Kabba with a 3! 59-55 lead.

5:00 - Cortez with a pair of quick baskets. We are tied at 59.

4:10 - Fuller with a basket and Cortez responds quickly. Tied at 61.

3:20 - Kabba with a 3 and Sessoms misses a 3. Fuller with the board.

OH NO! Walton steals it from Dawson, then hits a 3 and gets fouled at the other end. He makes the 4 point play. Down 65-64.

2:55 - I call a timeout and bring back all of my starters except Troy. Kabba is playing too well right this second to take him out..

2:31 - McDade beats Walton and takes it all the way for a layup.

1:55 - Cortez with a beautiful move in the post. He has 20. We are down 67-66.

1:28 - Kabba misses a wide open 3.

1:15 - McDade tips a pass and Stevens steals it. I call a timeout and bring back Troy.

43: Farrell drives and gets fouled. He makes the first FT to tie it up! He misses the 2nd.. Cortez gets the board.

They shoot a quick 14 footer and miss.. Cortez gets the board again.

They hold for last shot.. Farrell with good defense on Sessoms, he passes to Walton.. McDade with good defense on him.. he passes to Gale in the corner for a decent look at a 3 at the buzzer.. it is a bit long. We are going to OT! Tied at 67.

4:13 - Vega with a post move for 2. Walton finds Sessoms for a long 2. That is his 10th assist.

3:43 - McDade with a screen gets open, drives, a crossover to beat Sessoms, floats towards the rim and draws contact with Cortez and makes the layup! He hits the FT! He has 21 points. Cortez has 20.

3:14 - Walton finds Gale for a 15 footer. 72-71, we lead.

2:46 - McDade shooting a 3 when Walton fouls him. He makes 2 of 3.

2:30 - Cortez is called for 3 seconds in the lane!

1:58 - McDade hits a long 2 where his foot was just on the line. We lead 76-71.

1:37 - Vega with good defense as Cortez misses a shot in the post.

1:09 - Vega with a good screen that frees up McDade who buries the 3.

:53 - Sessoms misses a 3. Troy with the board. They foul him. He makes 1 of 2.

They miss a quick 3 and that ends it.


We win the game 80-71.

McDade is the player of the game with 28 points, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 1 board. He also turned it over once. He shot 8 of 13, 3 of 6, and 9 of 12.

Farrell with 9 points, 1 board, and 1 steal. He shot 2 of 10, 1 of 7, and 4 of 6.

Troy with 11 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 3 of 4 and 5 of 6 from the line.

Stevens with 3 points, 3 boards, and 1 block. He shot 1 of 5.

Vega with 9 points, 7 boards, 3 assists, and a block. He shot 3 of 4.


Kabba with 9 off the bench.



Cortez finished with 20 against us. Gale with 15 and Sessoms with 13. Walton had 8 points, 11 assists, 4 steals, and 4 turnovers.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 11, 2035 -

Today, we are hosting UCLA. I hope McDade comes up big...


Yes! We beat them 77-66.

McDade with 20 points, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 4 turnovers. He shot 7 of 14, 2 of 6, and 4 of 6. Howel had 11 points and 7 assists against him.

Farrell with 3 points on 1 of 5 shooting.

Troy with 14 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 19.

Stevens with 7 and 7.

Vega with 7 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks. Dillard with 15 points off the bench in only 20 minutes.


We are now 16-8. UCLA drops to 10-12 as they inexplicably struggle.

Our next game is vs 9-14 Arizona. We beat them at their place 69-65. If we can contain Randall, we should be able to do it again at home.

[Eaglesfan27]

17:40 - McDade got hit with a charge on our first possession and now Randall just got a 2nd foul on him. I'm keeping him in anyway.. We are up 6-4.

15:20 - SOB! McDade got hit with a 2nd charge call on a bad call where Neverett's feet were shuffling. I can't believe it. I pull him for Dillard who is going to get the chance to play the point. We are up 12-4.

14:00 - Two turnovers by Farrell lead to 4 easy points. We lead 12-8.

Dillard is looking very good running the point. He's the fastest/quickest player on my team and he is getting inside much better right now than he did earlier in the year. 3 good passes for assists to Vega once he got inside including the last alley-oop that just led to them calling a T.O. We lead 18-8.

9:10 - Dillard is going to get more PT at PG after this performance. We lead 27-16 as I rest all of my starters except Dillard who will stay at PG. As a result, I need another SG/SF to come into the game.. Annen will finally get the chance to play.. at SG.

2:12 - Dillard keeps it up. He is making great pass after great pass, including setting up Abdur-Rahim for a wide open 14 footer that he swished. We lead 39-29 as I bring back my starters (except for McDade who will come back to start the 2nd half.)


Halftime: We lead 42-29. McDade getting into foul trouble may have been the best thing ever, although I was toying with the idea of Dillard at PG for a while now..

Troy is the player of the half with 13 points, 3 boards, and a block. He has really benefited from great kickout passes from Dillard.

Dillard with 8 points, 7 assists, and 2 steals.

Farrell with 6 points. Vega with 7. McDade with 4 points and 2 assists from before he was in foul trouble. McDade and Dillard held Randall to 4 points and 0 assists.


16:40 - Stevens picks up his 3rd foul. We lead 51-36. Troy with a pair of 3's to start the half.

9:06 - I put in Dillard at PG, Annen, Kabba, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim to see if they can finish this out. We lead 63-44.

5:02 - Dillard to Annen for an alley-oop dunk on the fastbreak. His first points in a long time. Dillard's 10th assist. We lead 72-52.


We win the game 80-55. Dillard will get much more PT at PG.

Troy wins player of the game with 20 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 9, 4 of 6, and 4 of 4. Dillard really got him going early.

Dillard with 12 points, 12 assists, 2 boards, 2 steals, and 2 turnovers. He shot 4 of 8, 2 of 5, and 2 of 2. He played 24 minutes.

McDade only played 16 minutes due the foul trouble and the blowout. He finished with 6 points, 5 assists, 4 turnovers, and a block. He shot 1 of 2.

Farrell with 14 points and 1 block (his first?) He shot 5 of 10, 4 of 6, and 0 of 0.

Stevens with 4 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Vega with 7 points, 7 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 3 of 6.

Kabba with 11 points and 2 boards. He also really benefited from some great passes from Dillard for easy dunks. He shot 5 of 9.

Abrud Rahim with 2 points and 4 boards.

Annen with 2 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, and a steal in his first major time of the year. He played 16 minutes. He shot 1 of 5.

Fullar with 2 points, 2 boards, and a block.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 17, 2035 -

Will Dillard's more minutes lead to some tough wins? Next up is Stanford at our place. They are 15-10 but they are talented.


They beat us 68-66.

Dillard did good in 23 minutes with 4 points, 8 assists, and 4 boards, but it wasn't enough.

McDade led the team in scoring with 15 points on 5 of 10 shooting. He also had 5 assists.

Farrell with 6 points as he shot 2 of 4. We need to get him to take more shots consistently.

Troy with 11 points on 4 of 11 shooting.

Stevens and Vega each had 5 points and 3 boards. Vega also had 2 blocks.

Annen with 6 points. Kabba with 5.



We are now 17-9 and we have 4 regular season games left. Our RPI is 32 and we are 3rd in the Pac-10. Should be enough to get into the Big Dance as long as we win a few of these last few games.

Next up is a very winnable game at WSU. They are 9-15 (3-11.) They have 3 good players:

JR SG Niemer Halsch is small at 6'1 180, but he is a good 3 point shooter who is rated 81 overall. He's averaging 11.4 ppg and 2.9 apg.

JR SF Ross Taylor will play the 3, 4, and 5 for them. He is 6'10 230 and is rated 81 overall. He doesn't excel in any area, but he doesn't have any weaknesses either. He's averaging 7.5 ppg and 4.5 rpg.

JR SF Lonnie Callahan is 6'6 213 and he is their best midrange shooter. He's rated 80 overall. He's averaging 11.3 ppg and 4.4 rpg.

JR PF Brennon Braxton is their best rebounder. He's 6'9 222 and is rated 77 overall. He's averaging 2.6 ppg and 3.3 rpg in limited minutes (due to Taylor playing mostly at PF.)

SR SF Nik Leadbetter is 6'5 190 and is the lone senior on the team. He's rated 76 overall. He's averaging 4.8 ppg.

FR C Akil McCants is their hope for the future. He's a good young center at 6'9 230 and rated 76 overall. He's averaging 6.2 ppg and 5.3 rpg.

FR PG Percy Paschel is their only true PG on the roster. He's 6'0 176 and is rated 69 overall. He's averaging 3.7 ppg and 1.5 apg.

Their bench is rated in the high 60's to low 70's.

[Eaglesfan27]

16:39 - WSU jumps to a 9-0 lead before McDade finds Vega for a dunk and the foul. He finishes the 3 point play.

13:45 - Wow, Ross Taylor has 11 points against us already. We are down 13-6 as he is destroying Stevens.

10:46 - Farrell with a pair of 3's to tie it at 15.

8:52 - I rest my starters and go with Dillard, Annen, Kabba, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim. We are tied at 19.

Ross Taylor with 3 offensive boards before he finally puts it back in..

5:40 - Holy cow. Taylor hits a pair of 3's. He has 22 of their 26 points! We are down 26-22.

2:03 - I bring back my starters. We are down 33-25.


Halftime: We are down 33-27.

Taylor played 18 minutes of the 1st ahlf and is the player of the half with 22 points, 5 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. Where did that come from?

Vega leads our team with 7 points. McDade with 4 points and 3 assists. Farrell with 6 points.



Wow. Taylor is starting the 2nd half at SG in their very big lineup...


They start the half with a 9-0 run before we start making some good adjustments including running more..


15:00 - Down 44-31.

10:00 - I'm trying to get Taylor into foul trouble, but I just can't get him to bite. Meanwhile, we are resorting to double teams and his teammates are hitting open shots. We are down 55-41. This is an embarassing effort/loss from the team.

8:23 - My starters are tired. Let's see if the 2nd unit can close the gap at all. Down 59-43.

We close the gap, but time is running out. Down 68-57 with 2:30 to go as I bring in my starters to see if they can make one last charge.


We lose the game 70-61. I have to resist the urge to just sim the rest of the season, since that loss was so frustrating.

Taylor finished with 35 points, 12 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He played a game high 35 minutes. He shot 13 of 17, 3 of 3, and 6 of 6. I sure didn't see that coming..

Braxton with 14 points and 10 boards.

Callahan with 13 points.


McDade finished with 6 points, 7 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 3 of 13.

Farrell with 9 points. He shot 3 of 10.

Troy with 7 points. He shot 3 of 7.

Stevens with 8 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 3 of 3.

Vega with 15 points, 5 boards, and a block. He shot 5 of 10.


Kabba led the bench with 7 points. Dillard with 2 points and 2 assists as he just couldn't handle their size and physicality.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 24, 2035 -

Things don't get any easier as we travel to play Washington. They are #3 in the media poll with a 23-4 record.


They pound us 100-69. Mencio with 21 points and 11 assists against us. Bailey with 26 points. Simon with 20 points.

McDade was held to 2 of 10 shooting. He's been a huge disappointment.

Farrell with 5 points on 1 of 6 shooting.

Dillard with 1 point and 3 assists on 0 of 6 shooting.

Stevens was our leading scorer with 11 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.

Vega with 9 points and 6 boards. Fuller with 9 points and 3 boards. Kabba with 8 points.


We are now 17-11 and our RPI has dropped to 47. We are now on the bubble and experts are projecting we won't make it into the tourney..


I'll decide tomorrow where or not to just sim out the rest of the regular season. Our last 2 games are hosting Oregon State and Oregon.

[Eaglesfan27]

Some stats so far:

McDade, who is now rated 90: 14.4 ppg, 4.3 apg, and 1.8 spg. He is shooting a career low 40% from the field, 33% from the arc (also a career low.) He is averaging 9 ppg more than his previous career high.

Jerald Dillard, is now rated 89 (and will be our starting PG next year if he doesn't go pro) is averaging a career high 5.9 ppg and 2.1 apg.

Troy is now rated 88 and is averaging a career high 9.8 ppg and 2.5 rpg. He is shooting 39% from the field, 8% lower than last year. He is shooting 32% from the arc, 6% lower than last year.

SO Olu Vega is now rated 80. He is averaging 7.8 ppg and 6.6 rpg, both career highs by a huge margin. He is shooting 46% from the field. He shot 60% last year.

FR SG Arzelle Farrell is averaging 9.1 ppg and 1.4 apg. He is shooting 40% overall and 37% from the arc.

[Eaglesfan27]

I'm over my frustration. I'll play out the season. This team has too much talent to give up on them. If we can win 1 of these last 2 and have a good showing in the Pac-10 Tourney, this is a team that should make the Big Dance and could do some damage if our scorers get hot.

[Eaglesfan27]

17:25 - We are down 6-0 when McDade drives into the paint and gets hammered by their center. He is down on the ground and has to be helped off the court. He can't put any weight on his leg at all..

Dillard in at PG to shoot the FT's and he makes them both.

Dillard with a steal and fast break layup..

Vega with a board initiating a fastbreak layup by Dillard.


15:02 - I just got the report that it looks like McDade has a broken leg and is done for the year :( (It is worth noting that the only slider I changed between this year and last was to bump up injury frequency and severity to 90 as it seemed like it had been many years since I had an in game injury of any severity.)

11:44 - Vega picks up his 2nd foul. We are down 18-12. I bring in my entire second unit with Dillard staying at PG for a few more minutes.

10:06 - Dillard to Annen for a tremendous dunk on the fastbreak. We are down 18-17.

8:34 - Dillard with a 3. Dillard with a steal, breakaway layup and the foul. He hits the FT to convert the 3 point play. We lead 23-20.

They hit a pair of 3's to take the lead back.

6:03 - They hit another pair of 3's before Dillard makes a 12 footer to end the run. We are down 32-25.


3:15 - They are killing us with ball movement and 3's. We are down 40-32. I call a timeout and bring back all of my starters with Dillard staying in at PG.


Halftime: I can't believe we are down 47-40 to Oregon State at our place.


Dillard is the player of the half despite us being down. He has 20 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Their SF and SG are lighting us up. McDade, their SF, has 15 points.


17:41 - Stevens picks up his 3rd foul. We are trying to slow it down and they are trying to run. We are down 51-44.

15:00 - Vega picks up his 3rd foul but will remain a few minutes. We are down 55-50.

9:34 - Dillard is as exhausted as I've ever pushed a player, but he kept playing well so I couldn't pull him.. until now. He has nothing left. Hopefully, he can get back in with 4 minutes if it is close. We are down 64-59 as our slowed down tempo has worked very well. We've been pounding it inside. I rest all of the starters.

4:30 - Annen defies gravity with a tremendous double pump dunk as he gets our crowd going. Great pass from Dawson. We are down 76-67.

4:21 - Dawson with a steal... passes it to Annen, who is on the break.. he fakes to his right goes to his left and dunks over a defender and gets the foul. 76-70.

3:55 - Abdur-Rahim with a rebound.. quick pass to Dawson, who passes to Annen.. he is 1-on-1.. he fakes to left.. goes to his right.. and loses the ball.. it rolls out of bounds.

3:31 - They get a 12 footer from Phisher.

3:20 - Kabba uses a screen to get free and drives into the lane where he is fouled.. he misses the first FT.. and the 2nd.. Abdur Rahim with the board. We reset and call a timeout. I'm bringing back my starters.

2:45 - Farrell gets fouled as he is shooting a 14 footer. He makes both FT's. Down 78-72.

2:21 - McDade with a 3 over Troy.

2:02 - Troy gets a 3rd foul on McDade. He makes both FT's. Down 81-74.

1:47 - Farrell gets fouled on a 3 point attempt after Dillard stole the ball! He makes all 3!

1:43 - We try our full court trap and Farrell gets the steal! He is fouled shooting a long 2. He makes both FT's. 81-79.

1:12 - They miss a 3 by McDade.

1:05 - Farrell has an open 3.. he takes it.. and misses it.

:45 - Phisher takes an open 14 footer and misses it.

12 seconds - Dillard sets up Troy for a wide open 3.. and he misses it. They get the board and pass it to Phisher.. We foul him. He makes the 1st.. and misses the 2nd. Vega with the board. Farrell bringing it up the court.. he calls timeout to set up a play. 6 seconds left..

Farrell catches the inbounds.. gets a perfect screen from Vega.. and swishes the 3! We are going to OT!!!


4:20 - Troy starts off overtime with a 12 footer. Phisher answers with one of his own. Tied at 84.

3:51 - Dillard is so tired, but he manages to beat his man using a screen and drives to the lane where he is fouled. He makes both FT's.

3:20 - McDade with a 14 footer on the wing. He is so good coming off those screens. He has 26.

2:50 - Troy misses a 3.

2:43 - McDade misses a pullup 3 on a breakaway.

2:19 - Stevens gets a 5th foul on McDade!! He also makes the pair of FT's. :)

2:02 - Troy picks up his 4th foul, but their SG/SF Vukusic misses the first FT. He makes the 2nd. We lead 88-87.

1:20 - Dillard with a careless pass that is stolen, but they miss the breakaway basket.

57 seconds - Dillard drives into the lane, kicks it out to Farrell for an open shot.. It's a long 2. We lead 90-87.

42 seconds - Phisher misses the 3. Vega with the board.

8 seconds - Dillard misses a 14 footer that was well contested.

They get the board and run.. set up a good look for Phisher.. he shoots the 3.. and it is long!


We win the game 90-87 in OT.

Dillard is the player of the game. He finished with 23 points, 10 assists, and 6 steals. He shot 5 of 10, 1 of 3, and 12 of 13.

Farrell with 19 points, 2 boards, 1 assist, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 13, 2 of 7 (including the big 3 to get us to OT and keep our at large bid hopes alive), and 7 of 7.

Troy with 15 points, 3 boards, and 1 steal. He shot 3 of 10, 1 of 4, and 8 of 8.

Stevens with 4 points and 9 boards.

Vega with 10 points, 12 boards, and a block. He shot 2 of 6.


Annen led the bench with 9 points. He is showing some real explosion out there.

Dawson with 4 points and 1 assist. He is going to have to step up as I fear the injury to McDade is serious. Time to get the news..

[Eaglesfan27]

Good news.. sort of. McDade's injury isn't a broken leg, but it is severe shin splints. He is out for 3-4 weeks, but if we can manage a deep tourney run without him, he could be back for the end of it.. I don't want his season to end like this. Will the team rally with Dillard starting at PG?


Our last game of the year is at home vs 16-10 Oregon.

We beat them with one of our best efforts of the year! 88-58.

Dillard with 11 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 4 of 7.

Farrell with 9 points on 2 of 5 shooting.

Troy with 14 points, 8 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 11.

Vega with a team high 17 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 11.

Stevens with 7 points and 5 boards.

Annen led the bench with 9 points. He is the player that our staff says has shown the most growth this year.

Abdur-Rahim with 7 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks.


We finish the regular season with a 19-11 record, 11-7 in Pac-10 Play. We are 3rd in the conference. Here are the full standings as we prepare for the Pac-10 Tourney:

1. Washington (#3 in the media poll) 26-4 (16-2)
2. #16 Cal 22-9 (12-6)
3. USC 19-11 (11-7)
4. ASU 18-10 (10-8)
5. Oregon 17-11 (9-9)
6. Oregon State 16-13 (8-10)
7. Stanford 18-12 (8-10)
8. UCLA 13-15 (6-12) - Franklin Howel should have been a Trojan
9. Arizona 10-18 (5-13)
10. WSU 11-17 (5-13)


Our first opponent will be Stanford. They beat us 69-55 at their place and 68-66 at our place this year. A look at their starting lineup:

JR PG Edward Stephens has a broken finger that will mess up his shooting. He is 6'2 209 and is rated 82 overall. He is a very smart player who is an exellent ball handler and he has good athleticism. Should be able to stay in front of Dillard. He is averaging 7 ppg and 3.4 apg.

SO SG Moshood Ballard is 6'3 213 and is rated 83 overall. He is an excellent 3 point shooter who is faster than Farrell but Farrell is stronger and has 3 inches on him. He is averaging 11 ppg.

JR SF Frederick Barlett is 6'9 220 and is the guy on their team I worry about the most. He is quick, he can post up well, and he can shoot the midrange shot. He is averaging 11 ppg, but he could explode this game if Troy can't get into his chest. He is rated 85 overall.

JR PF Cam Moran is 6'9 231 and is rated 87 overall. He is their best post up player, their best defender, and their best shot blocker. He's averaging 14.1 ppg, 7.8 rpg, and 2.1 bpg.

SO PF Jerrio Challed will play center for them. He is 6'10 255 and is rated 81 overall. He is a strong player with an excellent first step for his size. He's averaging 9.4 ppg, 6.3 rpg, and 1.9 bpg.

SO PG Terrence Wade leads their bench. He is 5'10 180 and is rated 80 overall. He is their fastest player on the team. He is averaging 6.3 ppg and 2.9 apg.

SO SG Johnnie Blackett gave us major problems last time we played. He is 6'5 200 and is a good outside shooter. He's rated 73 overall.

The rest of their bench is rated in the high 60's to low 70's. I'll play them later this week.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - We lead 8-7. Farrell and Troy each with a 3 for us early.

12:45 - We are on a 8-0 run, Stanford calls a timeout. We lead 13-7. Dillard is making great decisions early..

Barlett who just came back from a 2 minute break is starting to take over. He ends the run with 8 straight points of his own.

6:40 - Troy with a pair of baskets to end their run. Our guys are all tired. I bring in the 2nd unit for a few minutes. We lead 24-19.

3:37 - Annen with a very athletic dunk attempt gets a 2nd foul on Moran. We lead 27-22.

Annen at the other end with a great block.

1:17 - Challed and Fuller with a nasty collision.. Challed is down and has to be helped off the court. He looks like he hurt his ankle. We lead 27-25.


Halftime: We lead 29-28.

Troy is the player of the half with 10 points. He has shot 4 of 5. Farrell has 5 points. Dillard has 4 points and 4 assists.

Barlett has 12 points.


17:56 - Challed was just cleared to return to the game and has done so. It's just a mild sprained ankle. We lead 32-28.

14:31 - We lead 37-32. Farrell with a 3 and Troy with a long 2.

8:39 - Vega picks up his 4th foul trying to help Troy with Barlett. We lead 45-40 as I rest all of my starters for a few minutes..

7:01 - Kabba with a pair of 3's! We lead 51-40.

3:36 - I bring back my starters. Strong play from the 2nd unit allowed me to rest them back to full energy. We lead 56-46.


We win the game 61-49.

Farrell is the player of the game with 15 points, 1 board, and 1 assist. He shot 5 of 10, 4 of 7, and 1 of 2.

Dillard did a great job getting him the ball at his favorite spots. He finsihed with 8 points, 8 assists, 2 steals, and 1 turnover. He shot 4 of 6.

Troy with 13 points, 2 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 9, 3 of 5, and 0 of 0. He held Barlett to 14 points on 6 of 12 shooting.

Stevens with 3 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, and 1 block.

Vega with 6 points, 8 boards, and a block. He shot 2 of 6.

Kabba led the bench with 9 points on 3 of 4 shooting (3 of 3 from the arc.)

Dawson with 4 points and 2 assists.



We are now 20-11.

Our next game is against #13 Cal (23-9.) We beat them 64-60 at our place and lost at their place 90-56. We need to contain SG Roscoe Hoskin and SF Kalu Stevenson.

Experts say we are still on the bubble despite a RPI of 36 now.. we need this win.

[Eaglesfan27]

I've had several requests in the last month for my most recent sliders. I've been answering in PM's, but no reason not to post the updated set here as well. The only thing that has changed in the last season or two is the injury setting which I bumped up this year:

Play Mode: Simulation
Difficulty: All-American
Half Length: 20
Simmed Half: 20
Game Speed: 55
Player Speed: 40
FT Difficulty: 65
Real FT %: On
Fatigue: On
Injuries: On
Team Unity: On
Sixth Man: On
Clutch Factor: On

All of the rules are at default. Fouls are as follows (may need to be toned down, because I set them with a perimeter based offense.)

Charging: 100
Blocking: 78
Reaching: 65
Shooting: 83
Loose Ball: 100

Shooting Sliders (All sliders are same for User and CPU except for the tendencies which are only for the CPU):

Inside Success: 46
Mid Range: 48
3 point: 48
Dunk success and layup success: 47
Close Shot Tendency: 36
Midrange shot tendency: 36
3pt shot tendency: 36
Drive tendency: 36

Attributes (again these adjustments are for both human and CPU):

All Attribute sliders at default except for:

Defensive Awareness: 70
Ball Handling: 38
Block: 55
Offensive rebounding: 44
Speed is my only slider that is different for user/cpu. 50 for human, 47 for CPU. Otherwise, CPU seems to get a slight speed cheat.

Gameplay adjustments (same for both sides):

Team Unity is at 15
Dunks in traffic: 100
Screen Success: 100
Screen Strength: 80
Steal success: 53 (most steals come from playing the passing lane, still not enough clean steals at this setting, but it is a fair compromise.)
Help Defense: 25
Help Recovery: 0


Fitness (same for both sides):

Energy Fatigue Rate: 53
Energy Recovery: 48
Injury Frequency: 90
Injury Effects at 90

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - We are up 8-4. Dillard has 3 assists already. Great job setting guys up.

8:15 - Our guys have played with tremendous intensity, but they are exhausted. We bring in the 2nd unit. We lead 16-12.

7:32 - Hoskin gets fouled by Annen and makes a 3 point shot. He converts the 4 point play to tie it at 16.

Hoskin with 2 more back to back 3's. We are down 22-16.


Annen led our offense among the 2nd unit, but he gave up a lot of points to Hoskin who had 14 quick points.


Halftime: We are down 33-23.


Hoskin is the player of the half with 14 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, and 1 steal.


Farrell and Troy each have 7 points for us. Dillard with 5 assists.


16:40 - Attempting to run and press doesn't work well. We are down 41-27.

13:45 - Trying to rotate guys out in shifts to always keep one of my best scorers on the floor. Kabba and Abdur-Rahim in to give Troy and Vega a rest. We are down 43-34.

12:03 - Farrell with a 3rd foul on Garrity! He converts the 3 point play. We are down 43-39.

Stevenson hits a 3 over Kabba to end our run.

Stevenson beats Kabba off a screen, drives, and unks it.

Gruber dunks it on a pick and roll. We are in trouble.

Kabba responds by getting to the line and hitting a pair of FT's. We are down 50-41.

9:11 - We are now down 52-41 as I call a timeout and rest Dillard and Farrell. I go with Dawson, Kabba, Troy, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega in our big lineup. Let's see if we can create some defensive stops and quick points..

5:20 - Hoskins with a pair of 3's to end our closing the gap. We are now down 60-47. I call a timeout and get the rest of my starters back into the game.

Troy misses an open 3 and then allows Stevenson to score on the other end.

Farrell hits a 3, but misses a subsequent wide open 3 (thanks to a great setup by Dillard.)

3:45 - We are down 63-50.

Troy with a 14 footer. Stevenson with a 3 to shut the door on us?

Yes. Our offense is getting shut down now..

Ouch.. ugly incident to end the game. They keep bombing quick 3's in the last 2 minutes and our guys didn't like it. Troy hammers Stevenson to the ground and it looks like Stevenson is hurt..

I'll have to watch the news tomorrow for the report, but his season might be done. Is ours done?

We lost the game 78-56 as they scored 12 in the last 2 minutes.


Hoskin with 28 points. Stevenson with 18.

Troy led our team with 17 points, 2 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 13, 1 of 4, and 6 of 6.

Dillard with 7 points, 9 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 0 of 5.

Farrell with 12 points, 3 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 4 of 11.

Stevens with 2 points and 4 boards.

Vega with 8 points, 8 boards, and a block.


Annen with 5 points to lead the bench.

[Eaglesfan27]

Stevenson just has a strained muscle in his back and will be able to play through it. He'll be less than 100% for 4-5 weeks though.



#13 Cal goes on to beat #2 Washington 85-70 in the Pac-10 Final. Will that be enough to help us get in?

Time to watch the tourney selection show... we are on the bubble.

They announce the bubble and we are near the top. That has to be a good sign right?

First we have the announcement of the 4 #1 seeds:

Alabama (East), UConn (South), Siena (Midwest - they are 30-0), and Saint Joseph's (West.)


Interesting East Matchups:

#8 George Washington (20-11) vs #9 Northwestern (24-8)
#5 Texas Tech (22-8) vs #12 Oral Roberts (28-4)
#6 Rhode Island (20-9) vs #11 Michigan (22-11)
#3 Kansas (23-7) vs NC A&T (23-8)
#7 Wake Forest (21-9) vs #10 St. Johns (21-11)

South Matchups:

#8 Rutgers (19-11) vs #9 Clemson (16-11)
#5 Dayton (24-9) vs #12 Colgate (25-7)
#6 Iowa (25-9) vs #11 Iowa State (19-10)
#3 Cal (25-9) vs #14 North Texas (18-13)
#7 North Carolina (21-11) vs #10 Pitt (22-12)
#2 Washington (28-5) vs #15 Tulsa (18-15)

Starting to sweat a bit..

Midwest:

#1 Siena (30-0) vs #16 Texas State (17-12)
#8 Temple (23-10) vs #9 Maryland (21-10)
#5 Nebraska (21-9) vs #12 Memphis (23-7)

We are in!! #6 BYU (23-7) vs #11 USC (20-12)

#3 Xavier (25-7) vs #14 Yale (17-11)
#7 SDSU (21-9) vs #10 Syracuse (23-10)
#2 Florida (26-5) vs UC Riverside (16-12)

West:

#8 Duke (23-10) vs #9 Idaho State (26-5)
#5 Fordham (23-8) vs #12 Illinois-Chicago (24-7)
#7 San Diego (25-9) vs #10 Kansas State (19-12)

Only 3 Pac-10 Teams made it this year.

A-10 got 7 teams in. Big 12, ACC, and Big East each got 6 in. SEC got 5 in. Big Ten and MWC got 4 in. C-USA got 2 in.

We are listed as the last bubble team to get in. Tennessee (19-11) was the first team out.

[Eaglesfan27]

Despite being the higher seed, BYU is slightly lower ranked in team rating at 89. They finished the year 23-7 (13-3.) One of their top players, starting JR SG Taquan Schafer is out with a strained abdomen. Their 2nd best player, SR PG Vernon Shiloh has a sore knee that might slow him down. Here is a look at their starting 5 and key bench players:

SR PG Vernon Shiloh is slowed by a knee injury but is still dangerous. He is 6'3 175 and is rated 87 overall with excellent shooting ability, strong ball handling, passing, and good defense. He's averaging 15.4 ppg and 5.4 apg.

FR SG Marko Summers moves into the lineup at SG with the injuries. He is 6'5 200 and is rated 78 overall. He was ranked 33rd in his class. He is a subpar shooter but a strong defender and decent slasher. He is averaging 4 ppg.

FR SG/SF Benjamin Chen starts at SF. He is 6'5 193 and is rated 77 overall. He's a good 3 point shooter. He's averaging 5 ppg.

SR PF Brennon Fitzgerald is one of the best offensive forwards in the nation. He has great size at 6'10 240 and he has a wide variety of post moves and he is an elite rebounder. He is rated 89 overall. He is averaging 14.9 ppg and 8.2 rpg.

SO C Reece Cohen is 6'10 255 and is rated 76 overall. He is an excellent shot blocker and defender. He's averaging 6.4 ppg, 6.3 rpg, and 2.1 bpg.


SR PG Leonard Maldonado leads the bench. He is 5'11 211 and is rated 82 overall. He's the best 3 point shooter on their team. He's averaging 14.6 ppg and 2.3 apg.

SO C Erik Merchant is 6'10 240 and is rated 76 overall. He only plays a few minutes a night and as a result he is averaging 1.2 ppg and 1.1 rpg.

FR C Grant Fitch is 6'9 201 and plays some 3 and 4 for them. He's averaging 3.1 ppg and 1.9 rpg. He rated 75 overall.

The rest of the bench is in the low 70's.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - We lead 7-6. Vega with 4 points early.

12:40 - I rest Troy, Stevens, and Vega. We lead 12-9.

7:28 - Farrell with a trio of threes. We are tied at 23 as I rest a very tired Dillard and Farrell. Troy, Stevens, and Vega return. Kabba will play SG.

3:25 - I get my starters back in. We lead 29-28.


Halftime: We lead 36-30.


Farrell is having the type of game I envisioned when I was salivating over his impending signature. He has 15 points and 2 boards. He has shot 5 of 10, all 3 point attempts.

Vega with 10 points in a huge night. He's had several offensive putback dunks. Troy with 6 points. Dillard with 5 assists.


12:00 - Farrell is having a great night scoring, but he needs a break. I bring in Dawson and Kabba, resting Dillard and Farrell. We lead 48-42.

7:20 - We are on a 10-0 run before they answer with a 3. We lead 55-45. We call a timeout and bring back Dillard and Farrell resting our other starters.

4:00 - Farrell gets a perfect screen from Abdur-Rahim and hits another 3. He has 28 points. We lead 62-50.

2:14 - I bring back all of my starters to make sure we finish it out. We lead 65-54.


We win the game 70-54!

Farrell is the player of the game with 31 points, 2 boards, and a steal. He shot 12 of 21, 7 of 14, and 0 of 0.


Dillard with 7 points, 7 assists, 1 steal, and 3 turnovers. He shot 3 of 3.

Troy with 8 points, 3 boards, 4 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 3 of 7.

Stevens with 4 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, and a steal. He shot 1 of 3.

Vega with 14 points, 7 boards, and a block. He shot 5 of 8.


Dawson led the bench with 6 points and 1 assist.


Stevens helped hold Fitzgerald to 12 points and 9 boards. We held Maldonado to 2 points on 1 of 10 shooting. We held Shiloh to 2 points and 8 assists.

Who is our next opponent?

[Eaglesfan27]

#3 Seed Xavier beat Yale 82-58 to advance to face us. Xavier finished the year 26-7 (12-4.) They are rated slightly higher than us with a team strength of 92 (ours is down to a 91 since McDade was injured.)

One of their top SG's is out for the year with a torn ACl. Two of their top young players are playing through calf and ankle injuries respectively.

They are led by SR SG Taylor Schifino who is healthy and very dangerous. He's 6'3 225 and is rated 88 overall. He is a dynamic slasher who can finish well, shoot the midrange shot, and occasionally hit a 3. He is also an above average defender. He's averaging 14.1 ppg and 3.2 apg.

SO C Fernandez Skeeter is a 6'11 235 pound player from Farmington Hills, MI. He is already rated 87 overall, one of the highest rated Sophomores I've ever seen. He was the 3rd overall player in his class in H.S. He is expected to be a lottery pick in the upcoming draft. He is a tremendous athlete who can jump out of the building. He is a capable passer for a big man and he can shoot the midrange shot well. He is also an excellent rebounder and defender. He is averaging 14.6 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 1.4 spg, and 1.3 bpg.

SR SF Kentrell Bogans is 6'8 243 and he is rated 84 overall. He's their 2nd best 3 point shooter on the team. He's also a very good defender. He's averaging 12.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.1 spg, and 1.1 bpg.

SR PF Hans Warren is 6'7 220 and is rated 84 overall as well. He's their most accomplished post player with a variety of moves. He's averaging 9.9 ppg and 6.1 rpg.

FR SG Trace Sandoval is playing a lot of PG for them due to injuries to their normal starting PG who is still available. Trace is 6'9 220 (I thought Howel was a monster) and is rated 83 overall. He's from Cincinnati, OH. He was the #1 player in H.S. last year. He is expected to be a 1st round pick if he comes out this year. He is extremely fast and quick, with great ball handling ability, good passing, good post up ability, and good dunking ability. His shooting and defense both need some work. He's averaging 8.3 ppg, 3.3 apg, 1.8 rpg, 1.7 spg, and 0.5 bpg.

SO SG Kalah Dearmon is 6'4 204 and is rated 83 overall. He is the best 3 point shooter on their team and rivals Farrell for ability to do so. He is averaging 12.7 ppg.

JR PG Wilbur Cole who was starting is available but is battling a partial tear of his calf muscle. He is 6'2 183 and is rated 82 overall. He has a nasty first step, he can also pull up and drill the jumper from almost anywhere on the court. He is averaging 11.5 ppg and 4.4 apg.

JR SG Christian Duggins is 6'3 199 and is rated 81 overall. He is an extremely fast player who suffered the torn ACL. He was averaging 5.6 ppg before the injury.

SO PG Moe Clement is battling an ankle injury. He is averaging 3.4 ppg. He is 6'5 195 and is rated 79 overall.

The rest of their bench is in the mid to high 70's.


I'll play them tomorrow.

[Eaglesfan27]

18:40 - Farrell has drawn 2 quick fouls on Schifino! They slide Sandoval to SG and bring in Wilbur Cole at PG! Still a scoreless game.

15:00 - Both defenses playing very tough. We are down 3-2.

12:30 - We are playing a much slower tempo than we used to, but this is wild. We lead 4-3.

Farrell hits a 3.

Bogans hits a quick 14 footer. It's a scoring explosion ;)

Actually, we do have some quick scoring now.. Troy with a drive and the foul. Dearmon dunking over Troy, making the shot and the FT.

11:00 - We lead 9-8. I rest Farrell and Vega, bringing in Kabba and Abdur-Rahim.

10:37 - Dillard with a drive, collides with Skeeter.. Dillard is down and holding his knee.. That is very bad news for us. Dawson is in for him.

10:24 - We are in the double bonus. 2nd foul on Dearmon thanks to a nice move by Dawson.

7:03 - Abdur-Rahim gets a 2nd foul on Skeeter. We lead 21-14.

6:00 - We lead 22-15. I go with Dawson, Farrell, Kabba, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega resting Troy and Stevens.

Farrell gets fouled by Sandoval while shooting a 3 at the buzzer! He makes all 3 FT's to end the half.


Halftime: We lead 31-23. Farrell, Dawson, and Troy all playing well.

Farrell is the player of the half with 9 points, 1 rebound, and 1 assist.

Dawson with 7 points and an assist. Dillard has been cleared to return, but Dawson will start the 2nd half as Dillard is clearly slowed by his sprained knee. Dillard will play some minutes though.

Troy with 7 points and a block.


Bogans is their leading scorer with 7. We've held Sandoval to 0 points on 0 of 4 shooting.

Schifino's foul trouble has limited him to 2 minutes on the court in the entire half.


15:00 - Our offense is clicking now. Vega hitting an open 12 footer. Troy and Farrell hitting a 3. We are up 39-27.

14:33 - Skeeter picks up his 3rd foul trying to stop Troy from driving inside.

12:57 - Farrell gets a 3rd foul on Schifino. We lead 42-30.

12:26 - I rest Vega and Dawson. Dillard and Abdur-Rahim into the game. Still 42-30.

Dillard is moving much slower. No speed at all.

11:24 - After Dillard missed a 3, Troy got the rebound, we reset and Farrell drew a 3rd foul on Clement by posting him up. Farrell makes both FT's.

Dillard is beat easily by their PG, but Abdur-Rahim blocks his shot!

9:50 - Sandoval beats Dillard easily, dunks it and gets the foul for his first points of the night. I have no choice but to pull Dillard, he can't play like this. Dawson seems rested from the short break, so I put him back in. 44-33.

9:30 - Stevens gets a 3rd foul on Bogans. He makes both FT's.

9:22 - Dawson with a steal, takes it up for a dunk.. and gets hammered by Bogans from behind! That is Bogan's 4th foul.. Dawson gets up and brushes it off. He misses both FT's.

8:00 - Farrell with a pair of 3's. We lead 52-33!

7:15 - Dawson gets a 3rd foul on Cole. He makes both FT's.

Skeeter with a nice post move to end our run. We lead 54-35.


3:40 - We are emptying our bench! Andrisevic, the walk-on SR SG will get to finish the game at PG. Annen at SG, Kabba at SF, Fuller, and FR Walk-on C Duane English will get into the game. We lead 66-37.


We win the game 66-44.


Farrell is the player of the game with 27 points, 2 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal. Finally, a SG who can really shoot the rock. He shot 7 of 12, 6 of 10, and 7 of 7.

Dillard with 0 points and 2 assists in 12 minutes.

Troy with 12 points, 3 boards, 1 assist, 2 steals, and 1 block. He shot 3 of 7.

Stevens with 4 points and 6 boards.

Vega with 6 points and 8 boards.

Dawson led the bench with 12 points and 10 assists in 26 minutes. I guess he might be ready to take over the starting PG job next year after all, even with Badu coming in to challenge him as well as Dillard's move to PG..

Abdur-Rahim with 5 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks.


Bogans was their leading scorer with 12 points on 4 of 12 shooting. We held Schifino to 0 of 8 shooting in 18 minutes. Sandoval was 1 of 9 from the floor.

Who will our next opponent be?

[Eaglesfan27]

We are playing San Diego State! Hopefully, we can beat them and convince guys to stop picking them over us ;) They are even with us in roster strength at 91. They finished the year 23-9 (11-5) They are a bit PG guard heavy:

SR SG Allen Sanderson is their top player. The 6'4 200 pound guard is from Compton, CA. He is one of the players who chose them over USC a few years ago. He was ranked 16th in his class. He is now ranked 88 overall. His strengths are his defense, rebounding, and midrange shooting. His 3 point shooting is just average. He is averaging 10.6 ppg and 6.3 rpg.

SR PF Jarron Wade is from Long Beach, CA. He is 6'10 265 and is rated 86 overall. He is an excellent shot blocker who is has some nice post moves and amazing speed for his size. He could easily play SF if they didn't need him at PF and C. He is averaging 16.4 ppg, 8.6 rpg, and 2.5 bpg.

JR PG Danko Nystrom is 6'0 183 and is from Phoenix. He is a superb midrange shooter, an ok 3 point shooter, a great ball ahndler, and a top notch defender. His biggest issue is stamina. He is rated 86 overall. He is averaging 12.3 ppg, 3.9 apg, and 2.0 spg.

SO C Alexander Shimokawa is the only true center on the team. He is 7'4 270 and is rated 79 overall. He is from Escondido, CA. He doesn't have very good post moves, but his pure strength/size allows him to score in bunches. He also has a surprisingly nice midrange shot. He is slow and plodding which is his big weakness. He is averaging 14.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg, and 0.8 bpg.

FR SF Kingsley Fazekas is from San Bernadino, CA. He is 6'7 205 and is rated 76 overall. He isn't a very good shoote, but is a solid defender and good finisher when he gets an open lane. He's averaging 5.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.2 apg, and 1.2 spg.


The bench is led by 2 JR PG's. Percy Matela is from Fresno, CA and he snubbed us as well. He is 5'10 175 and is rated 85 overall. He's the best 3 point shooter on the team. He was ranked 12th in his class. He's averaging 7.7 ppg and 1.6 apg.

JR PG Valdas Riddle is the 2nd best 3 point shooter on the team. He is 5'11 175 and is rated 84 overall. He is from Las Vegas. He's averaging 4.5 ppg and 1.7 apg.

The rest of the bench is rated in the low 70's.

Before I play, a quick look at the rest of the Sweet 16..

[Eaglesfan27]

East:

#1 Alabama vs #5 Texas Tech
#2 DePaul vs #3 Kansas

West:

#1 Saint Joseph's vs #4 Arkansas
#2 Texas A&M vs #3 Aubrun

South:

#1 UConn vs #5 Dayton
#2 Washington vs #3 Cal

MidWest:

YES!! #5 Nebraska vs #8 Temple (which beat #1 Siena last round.)
#7 San Diego State (beat #2 Florida 99-60) vs #11 USC.

If we can beat San Diego State, I like our chances against Nebraska and Temple on a quick first look..

[Eaglesfan27]

Dillard is starting, but if he doesn't look right early, Dawson will be in very quickly.

17:52 - On a switch, Stevens draws a foul against their massive center. He makes both FT's. We lead 5-2.

17:13 - Farrell with a drive gets a 2nd foul on their center! We lead 7-4.

16:54 - Dillard gets a 2nd foul on Nystrom who gambled for a steal!

15:00 - Dillard with a drive gets a 2nd foul on Wade! We are up 9-7.

12:45 - They are going with a 4 guard offense that is really pushing the pace. We are tied at 15 as I call a T.O. I rest Dillard and Vega.

9:18 - Farrell draws a 2nd foul on Matela to end their 10-0 run. He makes 1 of 2. We are down 22-16.

7:12 - We are down 26-17 as I rest Farrell and Stevens. Dillard, Kabba, Troy, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega in now.

I kept wanting to make a switch in the last 3 minutes, but we never got any stoppage of play.


Halftime: We are down 34-29.

Fazekas is the player of the half with 6 points and 2 steals. Sanderson and Matela each have 5 points for them. Riddle with 4.


Troy leads our team with 6 points. Dillard, Stevens, Vegga, and Kabba each have 5. Farrell with 3. He needs to have a much better 2nd half. He only shot 0 of 4 in the first half.


19:31 - Troy with a drive gets a 3rd foul on Wade.

17:31 - Troy, who is our leading scorer with 10 points, picks up his 3rd foul on a drive by Fazekas. I put in Kabba for Troy. We are tied at 36.

16:38 - Vega draws a 3rd foul on Shimokawa. We are still tied at 36.

14:34 - Farrell gets fouled hard and hits a 12 footer... he is down and holding his ankle. We have to assist him off the court. :(

My staff recommends going small with Dawson at PG and Dillard at SG. I do it since they are going small. We lead 42-40.

Sanderson with a 3 over Dillard.

Holy cow. Bradford, their backup PF, just CRUSHED Dawson after he drove inside. Dawson shakes it off and hits the FT's.

11:30 - Riddle with a fade away 3 to tie it at 46.

Dawson uses a screen and drives inside and gets hammered again. He misses the first FT.. and makes the 2nd.

10:44 - Kabba gets a 3rd foul on Fazekas.

10:20- Stevens with a steal that starts a fastbreak which is finished with a great pass by Dillard to Dawson who dunks it and gets fouled! He misses the FT. We are up 50-46.

8:50 - Farrell has been cleared to play. We'll see how well he can move on that anke. Sanderson has just hit another 3 over Dillard. We go with Dawson, Farrell, Troy, Stevens, and Abdur-Rahim. We lead 53-50. They bring their starters back.

Farrell fakes the 3 and feed a nice pass inside for a Troy dunk.

Shimokawa with a huge dunk over Abdur-Rahim.

Farrell misses a pair of 3's, but he is moving alright out there.

Troy with a 3, a steal, and a block in the space of a minute.

5:15 - Troy drives inside and gets a 4th foul on Shimokawa. He misses the first, but makes the 2nd. We are up 59-52.

4:55 - They try to post up Farrell and he blocks the smaller SG's shot! That starts a fastbreak which Dawson fails to finish as he misses a dunk.

4:25 - Sanderson with a 14 footer. We are up 59-54.

3:52 : Farrell hits Troy for a open 16 footer which he drills. They call a timeout. Dawson is tired, I go with Dillard to finish it. I also bring back Vega.

3:25 - Wade tries a wide open 3, but misses it badly.

2:30 - Farrell misses a 3, Sanderson hits a quick 3 at the other end. 61-57.

2:00 - Nystrom steals it from Dillard and has a breakaway layup.

1:27 - Farrell posts up his man.. kicks it out to Troy who hits a 3 despite being guarded fairly well. 64-59.

1:08 - Wade misses a 12 footer. Vega with the board. They are playing for the stop..

39 seconds - Troy misses an open 14 footer.

26 seconds - Sanderson misses a 3. Vega is fouled. He misses the 1st FT but makes the 2nd.

17 seconds - Sanderson hits a quick 3. They foul Dillard quickly. He hits the first FT.. and misses the 2nd, but Troy gets the offensive board! They foul Troy. He makes both FT's.

9 seconds - Wade takes another open 3.. he misses it again. Farrell gets the board and is fouled. He makes 1 of 2. We lead 69-62.

Sanderson makes a 3 at the buzzer, but it is too late.


We win the game 69-65.

Troy is the player of the game with 23 points, 6 boards, and 2 steals. Finally, he shows the shooting potential that our staff thought he had as a freshman. He shot 7 of 8, 5 of 5, and 4 of 6.


Dillard with 8 points, 7 assists, 2 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 1 of 5.

Dawson with 7 points and a steal.

Stevens with 5 points, 5 boards, and 2 steals.

Vega with 9 points, 12 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 2 of 7 but 5 of 7 from the line.

Farrell with 12 points on 3 of 10 shooting. Kabba with 5 points.


Who will we face in the Elite 8?

[Eaglesfan27]

East:

#1 Alabama beat #5 Texas Tech 93-92.

#2 DePaul beat #3 Kansas 78-68.


West:

#1 Saint Joseph's beat #4 Arkansas 82-80.

#3 Auburn beat #2 Texas A&M 81-69.


South: #1 UConn beat #5 Dayton 89-76.

#3 Cal beat #2 Washington 77-50.


Midwest:

#5 Nebraska beat #8 Temple 76-69.


We'll be playing Nebraska in the Elite 8.


Nebraska finished the year 24-9 (9-7) They are rated 91 in overall rating. They are completely healthy.

They have very good depth at SG and SF and a very good balanced starting 5:

So SG Neal Drayton is their leading player. He is 6'6 205 and is rated 86 overall. He is from New Mexico. He was the #2 player in his class in H.S. and is expected to go pro after this year. He is one of the top 3 point shooters in the country. He is also a great post up player for a guard. He is a gifted passer and has excellent court awareness. Defensively, he is almost a sieve. He is averaging 16.2 ppg, 3.0 rpg, and 4.2 apg.

JR PF Dexter Emerson is an effective offensive weapon inside. He is 6'6 227 and is rated 85 overall. He has a good assortment of post moves and is a good rebounder. He's averaging 12.3 ppg and 5.9 rpg.

SO SF Virgil Jorgusen is from St. Louis. He is 6'6 200 and is rated 82 overall. He is an atheltic slasher who shoots the 3 well, but he tends to defer to all of the players around him. As a result, he is averaging 4.2 ppg.

SR C Monty Bogart is the veteran leader of the group. He is 7'0 240 and is rated 81 overall. He is a terror inside with a great hook shot and a good footwork. He is averaging 20.7 ppg and 8.2 rpg.

FR PG Ellis Gunn is from Memphis, TN. He was the 12th ranked player in his class. He is 6'0 180 and is rated 80 overall now. He os a well balanced player who doesn't excel in any area yet, but doesn't have any real weaknesses either. He is averaging 8.8 ppg and 5.2 apg.

SO SG Domanic Bremer leads their bench. He is 6'6 220 and is rated 83 overall. He is very quick and is an effective slasher but is not that good at finishing. He is above average defensively. He is averaging 4.6 ppg and 2.1 apg.

SO SF Xavier Huff is one of 3 wing players with tremendous length that they have coming off the bench. He is 6'9 225 and is rated 82 overall. He is from Stillwater, OK. He is a spectacular dunker but doesn't set himself up well. He is a good defender. He is averaging 5.0 ppg and 2.3 rpg.

JR SF Jud Coulter is the quickest of the 3 bench players. He is 6'8 230 and is rated 82 overall. He is averaging 4.8 ppg and 3.0 rpg.

SO SF Akin Okpalobi is 6'9 215 and he is the best shot blocker of the 3. He is also the best midrange shooter of the 3. He's averaging 8.1 ppg and 4.7 rpg and gets the most minutes off the bench.

FR PF Jasper O'Connor was ranked 22nd in his class. He is a fast athletic big man who can shoot the midrange shot. He's getting very limited minutes this year, but is still averaging 3.3 ppg.

The rest of the bench is rated in the mid to high 70's.


I'll play them later tonight.

[Eaglesfan27]

I forgot to mention the big news: McDade has been cleared to return to action. I'll have to debate on whether or not to start him. Right now, I'm leaning towards starting Dillard and having McDade play backup at PG and SG.

[hoopsguy]

It looks like you've done a really nice job of finding lineups that gel towards the end of the year, despite having to play through injuries.

That, plus a sweetheart draw, could give the Trojans a hugely improbable Final Four trip.

[Eaglesfan27]

17:13 - Dillard picks up his 2nd foul as Gunn is muscling by him. We are up 4-3 as McDade comes in for Dillard.

14:40 - We are tied at 6.

Gunn steals it from McDade and has a breakaway dunk.

13:00 - Troy with a nice move in the post to get the basket and the foul on Akin. He misses the FT, but Stevens gets the board. We reset. We are tied at 8.

11:30 - Vega gets a dunk and the foul. He misses the FT, but Stevens gets another offensive board. We are up 11-10.

10:30 - Vega picks up his 2nd foul on a block attempt. I bring in Dawson, Kabba, and Abdur-Rahim. Troy and Stevens remain in the game for now. We are tied at 11.

Jorguson hits a 3 and then aided by their full court trap gets a steal and a dunk. We are down 16-11.

Emerson with a strong move in the paint draws a foul by Stevens. We are down 18-11.

Kabba hits an open 3 to end their run.

They are going big with Drayton at PG, and two of their SF's at the other positions, Emerson at PF, and Bogart at C.

Bogart with a putback dunk and the foul. He makes the FT.

Emerson with an offensive board and we foul him on the putback attempt. He makes both FT's. We are down 23-14.

6:39 - Troy with a strong move, beats his man and gets fouled by Emerson. That is the 2nd foul on Emerson. They move one of the SF's over to PF and bring back Jorguson.

Akin with a 3. I call a timeout. Time to get some scoring punch back into the game. We go with McDade, Farrell, Kabba, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega. We are down 26-16.

McDade helps Abdur-Rahim get position and he draws a foul, but he misses both FT's.

Farrell with a 3. Jorgusen with a long 2.

Abdur-Rahim with a pair of FT's. McDade draws a foul inside and hits a pair of FT's.

2:00 - We are down 30-25.

Vega hits a pair of FT's.

1:04 - Fastbreak.. Kabba 1-on-1 with Huff.. he dunks and gets fouled! He makes the FT. We are tied at 30 and our portion of the crowd is going wild!

Gunn hits a 3 to quiet them a bit.

They try to full court trap, but McDade breaks it and throws it to Vega for an easy dunk which is stopped by a player running into him from behind and fouling hard. Should have been a technical. He hits both FT's. 33-32.

Our own full court trap forces an errant pass and we get the ball back with 30 seconds to go in the half. McDade sets up Farrell with a good look.. he misses the 3.


Halftime: We are down 33-32.

Gunn is the player of the half with 8 points and 4 assists. Jorguson with 7 for them. Drayton with 5.

Troy has 9 points for us. Vega with 8. Kabba with 6. McDade with 2 points and 1 assist in 13 minutes. Dillard will return to the lineup to start the 2nd half.


18:54 - Dillard draws a 3rd foul on Emerson. We are tied at 36. They have hit a quick 3 and we hit a quick 12 footer from Dillard before this play.

16:48 - Dillard with a drive to get a 3rd foul on O'Connor. We lead 41-38.

15:24 - Vega gets a 3rd foul on Bogart. They are going with one of their SF's at C.

Vega backing Akin down easily. He gets an easy hook shot from 2 feet. We lead 45-38.

Dillard on the fastbreak gets fouled by Dooley. That is Dooley's 3rd foul. We lead 47-40.

Vega gets fouled by Huff who is now playing C. He makes both FT's.

13:00 - Huff with a pair of quick baskets. Farrell has missed his last 4 shots. I bring in McDade at SG. We are up 49-44.

12:30 - McDade is shooting a 3 when he is fouled by Huff who rushed out to try to block it.

McDade with a steal. McDade with a 3 on an open corner shot.

11:23 - We are up 57-46 after Troy hits a 10 footer. They call a time out.

Troy with a 3. We trap and get a steal by Troy. He throws a lob to Vega who dunks it!

They jack up a quick 3. Vega gets the board.. passes it to Dillard who passes to McDade.. who passes to Troy who dunks it home!

9:00 - We lead 64-51.

7:00 - We lead 68-53. I rest Vega for a few minutes.

5:20 - Akin with a breakaway dunk. We are up 68-58. I rest Dillard for a few. Lineup now: McDade, Farrell, Troy, Stevens, and Abdur-Rahim.

3:55 - Troy hits a big 3 to end our drought. 71-58. He has 22 points.

3:20 - Troy with a breakaway big tomahawk dunk to put the exclamation point on this game.

1:04 - I empty the bench. We lead 78-66.

Hmm. That might have been a bit premature. They force a backcourt turnover and dunk it. They force another turnover and hit a 3 by Akin.

I get Dillard and McDade in for the ball handling.


We miss our FT's, but they miss their shots.

We win the game 78-71! We are going to the Final Four!


Troy is the player of the game with 24 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 12, 3 of 5, and 7 of 9. Scouts are now talking about him as a Lottery pick. I doubt he will be back for his senior year, but hopefully he can out a champion.

Dillard with 8 points, 3 assists, and 1 steal. He also had 1 turnover. He shot 1 of 2 and 6 of 6 from the line.

Farrell with 5 points and 2 boards on 2 of 8 shooting.

Stevens with 3 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 1 of 2.

Vega with 15 points, 7 boards, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 7 and 7 of 9 from the line.


Kabba with 6 points. Abdur-Rahim with 4 points and 6 boards.

McDade with 13 points and 4 assists in his first game back. He shot 1 of 8 from the field but 10 of 11 from the line. He also had 4 turnovers.

Who will we be facing in the Final 4? Will it be UConn or Cal?

[Eaglesfan27]

It looks like you've done a really nice job of finding lineups that gel towards the end of the year, despite having to play through injuries.

That, plus a sweetheart draw, could give the Trojans a hugely improbable Final Four trip.


Yeah, the draw was huge. I think last year we faced the team with the best chance to beat us in the Elite 8. This time, we got a very good draw. Also, this team has really improved over the course of the year. Here is an updated look at the overall ratings of my players:

McDade 90
Dillard 89
Troy 89
Kabba 85
Dawson 85
Annen 81
Vega 81
Abdur-Rahim 79
Stevens 79
Farrell 79
Fuller 78
English 74 (nice walk-on)

[Eaglesfan27]

Elite 8 Results:

#1 Alabama beat #2 DePaul 80-76.

#1 Saint Joseph's beat Auburn 102-101.

#1 UConn beat #3 Cal 76-65.

So, 3 #1's and an 11 seed in the Final Four ;)


UConn is a very strong team. They have a team rating of 94. They finished the year 34-3 (15-3.) They have a RPI of 4. They are completely healthy and are talented. Their only weakness is their young PG:

FR PG Ashley Henning is starting but only playing 15-20 minutes per night. He 6'2 188 and is from Boston. He is rated 76 overall. He was the 11th ranked player in his class. His shot needs a lot of work. He is a bit of a disappointment to them I imagine as he isn't as athletic or good defensively as one would imagine from his rankings. He isn't a particularly good passer either. He is averaging 4 ppg and 3 apg.

FR SG Damien Howel isn't starting, but he'll play a fair bit of point guard for them. He is 6'6 224 and is rated 81 overall. He was the 13th ranked player in H.S. last year. He is more athletic than Henning, he is a better passer, and a better shooter. Defensively, he is worse. He is averaging 8.1 ppg and 3.3 apg in 20-25 mpg.

SR SG Andrew Macura starts at SG. He is a 6'7 240 and is very quick for his size. He has the ability to power through defenders and the speed to go around them. He is a good defender. His shot needs work. He is averaging 9 ppg, 5 rpg, and 3.2 apg.

JR SF Rashon Ogunride is a beast. He's 6'8 253 and is rated 92 overall. He is from Reading, PA. He was the #2 player in his H.S. class and is expected to be the top pick in the draft this upcoming year. He is an explosive slasher who can do a huge variety of power dunks. He can shoot the 3 well. He can shoot the midrange shot well. He can post up very well. Offensively, he is practically unstoppable. His defense is just average. He is averaging 18.2 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 2.4 apg, and 1.4 spg.

Jason Burton is a 6'11 200 pound PF from the Bronx. While he is painfully thin, he is a silky smooth shooter from any distance who creates huge matchup issues. He's averaging 16.2 ppg, 4.7 rpg, and 1.2 spg. He is rated 86 overall.

JR C Brandon Soson from Philly, PA provides the muscle. He's 6'11" 260 pounds and is rated 87 overall. He has a tremendous post game. He is a great rebounder and he is a good defender. He is averaging 14.3 ppg, 8.3 rpg, and 1 bpg.


JR SF Virgil Buggs leads the bench. He is a 6'6 212 pound player from Portland, ME. He is a very athletic slashing wing player who relies on his dunking to score. He is averaging 7.1 ppg and 2.3 rpg.

JR C Domanic Watson is a 6'9 250 pound C from Bristol, CT. He is rated 81 overall. He is a strong rebounder and good defender. He is averaging 5.0 ppg and 3.9 rpg in limited minutes.

SO PF Moises Dawn from Philly is a 6'8 215 pound player who is rated 81 overall. He is extremely athletic. He is only playing a few minutes a night, but he is averaging 3.4 ppg.

SO PF Stephon Millage is from NYC. He is 6'9 212 and is rated 80 overall. He's the second best 3 point shooter on their team. In limited minutes, he is averaging 4 ppg.

FR SG Stanislav Villanueva is from Somerville, MA. He is 6'6 193 and he could challenge Farrell as the best shooting freshman in the nation. He's a great 3 point shooter who is a very poor defender. He is rated 79 overall. He's averaging 6.4 ppg in limited minutes.

The rest of the bench is all rated in the high 70's. This is a very talented deep team.

[Eaglesfan27]

19:16 - Ogunride with a breakaway dunk. He just pulled away from Troy.

16:00 - Burton has already hit a 3 on us, but they are pulling him for Watson now. We are down 10-2 early. Ogunride with 2 assists and 2 baskets. Their full court trap is tough when they use it.

15:01 - Stevens picks up his 2nd foul. Farrell has missed his first 4 shots and Troy has missed his first 2. This isn't helping matters at all. I put Abdur-Rahim in for Stevens and McDade in at SG.

14:04 - Soson dunks for the 2nd time today on Vega. We are down 14-2.

12:43 - Ogunride with a breakaway dunk over Dillard's head! We are down 17-2. Vega missed a putback dunk just a few seconds before that.

McDade finally hits a 3, his 3rd shot of the night, to break the run.

11:14 - Burton hits a 16 footer off a screen.

Troy makes a 3. Ogunride draws a foul on Troy. He makes a pair of FT's. We are down 21-8.

9:45 - Villanueva with a fastbreak dunk on Dillard and he draws a 2nd foul on him. Troy and Vega are already exhausted. I go with McDade, Farrell, Kabba, Stevens, and Abdur-Rahim. We need to try to slow this down..

Farrell with a 3. Kabba with a block of a shot by Buggs.

Dawn comes flying out of nowhere for a spectacular offensive putback dunk.

Villanueva with a 3. Howel with a 14 footer from the corner. We are down 29-11. I call a T.O. I bring back Troy and slide Kabba to SG. Farrell is giving me nothing so far tonight except for brick after brick. I also bring back Vega.

They are bringing back Ogunride and most of their starters..

Ogunride draws a double team down low and kicks it out to Watson for a 3. If he is going to be hitting 3's, it just doesn't seem fair..

Troy with a pair of drives to get to the FT line.

Kabba with a block and Troy with a 3 at the other end. We are down 32-17 now.

Ogunride gets a 2nd foul on Troy. I'm leaving him in.

Soson with a 14 footer. Nasty.

44 seconds - Vega draws a 2nd foul on Soson, but he misses front end of a 1 and 1.

5.3 seconds - Troy with a drive gets a 2nd foul on Ogunride.


Halftime: We are down 37-20. This is going to be a tough tough road.

Ogunride is the player of the half with 11 points and 3 assists. Soson with 10 points and 6 boards for them. Burton with 6 points.

Troy has 10 points for us on 2 of 6 shooting. Farrell has 3 points on 1 of 8 shooting. McDade is 1 of 5. Vega is 1 of 4.

I go back to my starters, including Farrell to start the 2nd half. He'll have a short leash if he doesn't warm up quickly.

Troy with a tip in. Troy with a 12 footer. Troy with a steal, a 14 footer. Troy with a 3 after a defensive stop. Troy with good defense on Ogunride, forcing a pair of misses. We are back in it. Down 37-29.

Macura misses a 3. Troy with a breakaway dunk.

Troy with a block that starts a fastbreak.. Dillard to Farrell for a dunk and the foul! He misses the FT.

Stevens steals it from Dawn. He passes it ahead to Dillard on the break.. he drives.. kicks it out to Farrell who hits the open 3! We are down 37-36. What a run! 16-0 run to start the half. They call a timeout.

Macura with a 15 footer to end the run.

Troy hits a 3 to tie it at 39! He has 22 points.

Ogunride with a huge dunk.


11:49 - Dillard gets called for his 3rd foul. I'm leaving him in. This group is playing with electricity and I don't want to disrupt that. None of them appear tired right now.

Dillard with a steal and breakaway dunk. Tied at 41.

10:00 - Farrell hits a 3! 44-41. They call a T.O.

Howel with a long 2. Ogunride with a steal that starts a fastbreak. Howel finishes it with a dunk and the foul.

8:52 - Dillard beats Howel and gets inside where Watson pounds him. Dillard is hurt. My staff wants me to go big with Farrell at the point, but I'm not doing that. I bring in McDade. We are down 46-45.

Vega with a pair of FT's. Soson with a 14 footer.

Defensive stops at both ends before we get out on the fastbreak. Troy is fouled before he can dunk it. He hits a pair of FT's.

Macura misses a 3 and we get out on the break again.. 3-on-1.. McDade to Farrell who lobs it to Troy for the alley-oop dunk! 51-48.

Burton misses a 3.

Farrell misses a 3. Burton misses a 3 but Soson with a putback dunk.

Farrell swishes a 3. We lead 54-50.

Macura misses a 3. Stupid for him to keep jacking up these 3's.

Farrell hits another 3! We lead 57-50 with 4:30 to go.

They are bringing Ogunride back.

Burton with a 14 footer.

3:46 - Troy with a drive and draws the foul. He makes both FT's.

Ogunride misses a 12 footer from the right wing.

They foul McDade during a steal attempt. He makes both FT's. 61-52.

Ogunride with a long 2, his foot was just on the line.

Henning steals it from McDade and Macura pulls up for a 3 on the fastbreak.. he swishes it. 61-57.

Troy misses a 12 footer.

1:24 - Henning uses a screen and drills a 3! 61-60.

51 seconds - Troy with a drive and he is fouled by Soson. He makes the first FT and the 2nd.

We run our full court trap and Farrell tips the ball and falls on it. He passes it to McDade. We run the shot clock down to 2 seconds.. Farrell shoots the 3 off the screen.. and misses.

7.9 seconds left - They set up Ogunride for a 3.. he shoots.. and misses!! Stevens with the rebound. They foul him. He makes the first FT! And the 2nd! We lead 65-60.

3.7 seconds - Burton hits a 3.

2.4 seconds They foul McDade. He makes the first. 66-63 now... he makes the 2nd!

Macura hits a 3 at the buzzer, but it doesn't matter!

We win 67-66. I can't believe we won after that horrid start. Two amazing runs to start each half.

Troy is the player of the game with 30 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 8 of 16, 4 of 8, and 10 of 12. He played 35 minutes tonight.

Dillard with 4 points, 7 assists, 2 steals, and 2 turnovers. He shot 1 of 5.

Farrell with 18 points, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 6 of 16, 5 of 13, and 1 of 3. A nice second half for him.

Stevens with 4 points, 10 boards, and 1 steal.

Vega with 4 points, 11 boards, 3 assists, and 1 block. He shot 1 of 6.


McDade with 7 points and 2 assists. He shot 1 of 4.


Troy played the entire second half and did a great job defending Ogunride in the 2nd half. He hald him to 5 of 14 shooting and 11 points. Farrell helped hold Macura to 3 of 15 shooting. If they fed the ball more to Soson, we would have been in trouble. He shot 5 of 7 and finished with 14 points.


Who we are playing in the National Championship Game? Will it be Alabama or Saint Joseph's?

[Eaglesfan27]

Bad news. Dillard is definitely out for the NC game with a strained achilles.

Alabama pounded Saint Joseph's 76-52. Alabama has the most talented roster in the nation with a 96 rating. Their record is 34-5 (14-2.) They are a fast paced offense and a suffocating defense. They are averaging 84.2 ppg while allowing only 64 ppg. 2 of their top players are slowed with a sprained ankle, but both will play. They have a supremely talented starting 5 with no weaknesses:

JR SF Kelenna Soson leads their team. He is 6'8 250 and he is battling a sore ankle. He was the 6th player in his class and he does a bit of everything for them. He is their best defender, he can post up well, he can shoot the midrange shot, he can pass and set up other guys. His only weakness is he doesn't have an explosive dribble. He is averaging 11 ppg, 7.9 rpg, and 2.9 apg.

SR PG Jim Cage is 6'1 193 and is rated 88 overall. He has elite speed and quickness. He is good ball handler and passer but not great at either. He is a great midrange shooter and a good 3 point shooter. He is an above average defender. He is averaging 12.6 ppg and 4.4 apg.

JR SG Douglas Robins is 6'3 199 and is rated 88 overall. He is a tremendous slasher who can finish very well. He is also a shut down defender. He is also the best passer on their team and best ball handler. He is averaging 12.2 ppg, 3.6 apg, and 2.1 spg.

JR PF Evan Slaughter is 6'9 200 and is rated 87 overall. He was the 8th ranked player in his class. He can shoot from anywhere on the court and has SF type speed. He is also an excellent rebounder, particularly for his size. He is averaging 18.5 ppg, 6.8 rpg, and 1 bpg.

JR PF Oliver Lagana is 6'10 250 and plays center for them. He is also slowed by an ankle injury. He has a nice post game, a good midrange shot, and he is a great passer for a big man. His defense is solid as is his rebounding. He is rated 85 overall. He is averaging 11.6 ppg, 6.5 rpg, and 1.2 bpg.

SO SF Marty Reyes leads their bench. He is 6'8 212 and is rated 85 overall. He was the #2 player in his class. He has SG type speed, great ball handling ability, and he can shoot the midrange shot. His defense needs work as does his rebounding. His dunking is among the best in the nation. He is averaging 12.8 ppg, 5.7 rpg, and 1.3 apg.

SR PG Edgar Hornsby is 6'6 225 and is rated 84 overall. He is a shut down defender who is also a very good slashing guard. He is averaging 6.6 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.1 apg, and 1.9 spg.

SO SG Kevin Samuels is 6'3 215 and is rated 83 overall. He is a very good 3 point shooter and a solid defender. He is averaging 3.1 ppg in limited minutes.

The rest of their bench is rated in the mid to high 70's.


I'll play them tomorrow.

[bbgunn]

I would be cheering for USC to win, but you're playing my alma mater and all... Well, I hope you make it close!

[hoopsguy]

Holy crap, what a win against UConn!

The Trojans earlier in the year would not have come back against Nebraska, let alone against UConn.

From the sounds of it you came really close to simming out the year earlier. Glad you did not; this almost certainly does not happen under CPU control.

[Eaglesfan27]

I would be cheering for USC to win, but you're playing my alma mater and all... Well, I hope you make it close!

Thanks, I think ;)



Holy crap, what a win against UConn!

The Trojans earlier in the year would not have come back against Nebraska, let alone against UConn.

From the sounds of it you came really close to simming out the year earlier. Glad you did not; this almost certainly does not happen under CPU control.

That was the most thrilling win I've had in this career. Agreed that no way does this run happen if I turned it over to the CPU. Heck, at one point I was so disgusted in the UConn game that I almost simmed that game out. Glad I stuck with the team in both situations. I can't believe we pulled that comeback off. Troy is suddenly on fire. He is now being talked about as a possible #1 pick in the draft (mainly because of his potential I suspect.)

[Eaglesfan27]

Our Starting Lineup:

McDade, Farrell, Troy, Stevens, and Vega.


19:00 - Vega gets 2 quick fouls on Lagana who tried to stop him from dunking the 2nd time and had a ticky tack call on the first. We are up 2-0.

Cage with an assist to Slaughter on the interior for their first basket.

Stevens with a 8 footer. Slaughter with a 15 footer. Tied at 4.

Slaughter misses a 16 footer. Vega misses a post shot.

Cage turns it over and Farrell misses a 3. Stevens with the offensive board. Troy misses his first shot.

15:00 - Tied at 4.

Cage gets by McDade and draws a foul on Vega. He makes 1 of 2. Stevens with the board.

Troy with a 12 footer, Stevens and Troy force a quick steal with a full court trap. Troy drives and gets fouled. He makes both FT's.

Cage misses a quick 3.

Farrell with a long 2 on a pass out of a double team by Vega. Hornsby with a quick 3. We lead 10-8.

Farrell with a 3. Troy with a steal (playing the passing lane in the half court.)

Troy hits a 3 at the end of the shot block over his man. Great elevation.

12:17 - They call a T.O. We lead 16-8.

Hornsby misses a long 2.

Wainwright, a backup PF with an offensive putback and the foul. He completes the 3 point play.

Farrell with a 3 and then a steal on the full court trap.

A few misses by both sides.

8:44 - We lead 19-11. McDade gets hit with his 2nd foul. I put in Dawson. I also rest Vega with Abdur-Rahim.

Slaughter draws a foul on Stevens. He makes both FT's.

Both sides with a few more missed shots. Slaughter with an offensive putback. 19-15.

5:51 - I bring in Kabba at SG and Vega back at C with Abdur-Rahim sliding to PF to give Stevens a rest. We lead 19-15.

Kabba with a drive gets a foul on Wainwright. He misses both FT's.

Slaughter with a nice pass to set up Wainwright for an easy dunk.

Troy with a dunk attempt and he is fouled hard by Wainwright. He makes both FT's.

Slaughter hits a 12 footer.

Cage steals it from Dawson and passes it to Robins for a dunk. Tied at 21.


Cage blocks a shot by Dawson and throws an alley-oop dunk to Robins. McDade fouls Robins on the play and he makes the 3 point play.

2:10 - Hornsby slashes to the rim for a layup. We are down 26-21. I call a T.O. Time to rest Troy. I bring back Farrell and slide Kabba to SF.


Dawson to Farrell on the backdoor cut, he lays it in. Robins at the other end shoots a 3 as Farrell is a step late getting to him.

Vega draws a foul in the paint. He makes both FT's.

Robins with his foot on the line, hits a long 2.

We hold for last shot of the half... Farrell gets a good look.. and misses the 3.


Halftime: We are down 31-25.

We are shooting 34% from the floor. They are shooting 41%.


Robins is the player of the half as he took over the last 3-4 minutes. He has 10 points and 2 boards.

Slaughter also has 10 points and 3 boards.

Hornsby with 5 points for them. Cage with 5 assists.


Farrell has 10 points for us on 4 of 8 shooting. Troy with 9 points. Both need a big 2nd half.. McDade is 0 of 4 so far.

[Eaglesfan27]

19:44 - Slaughter with a drive gets a 2nd foul on Vega. He makes both FT's. 33-25.

18:16 - Farrell has a breakaway layup blocked by Lagana.

Farrell has missed his first 3 shots of the half.

17:04 - Cage with a 3.

Lagana with another block, this time of a shot by Stevens. That leads to a Robins fastbreak dunk. Down 38-25.

Troy drives inside and gets a 3rd foul on Lagana. He makes both FT's.

Slaughter gets fouled by Stevens on a drive. He makes both FT's.

Troy drives inside and gets a 3rd foul on Wainwright. He makes 1 of 2. They are going small.

Soson gets fouled by Stevens. He makes both FT's.

Farrell has a 3 go half way down and then it rolls out.

Cage finds Hornsby on a backdoor cut, he makes the reverse layup. Down 44-28.

Troy hits a 12 footer. Hornsby hits a corner 3.

Farrell with a much needed 3. Hornsby with another backdoor cut on Farrell.. Farrell fouls him but he still makes the layup. He finishes the 3 point play. Down 50-33 with 12 minutes to go..


McDade with a 3. McDade with a pass inside to Vega for a dunk.

Reyes gets fouled by Farrell. He makes both FT's.

11:00 - I call a timeout. I rest Farrell and Vega. Kabba and Abdur-Rahim into the game. Down 52-38.

Kabba misses a wide open 3. Robins with a backdoor cut beats Kabba. Kabba ends up fouling him. He makes both FT's.

McDade misses a 3, but Kabba gets the offensive board, kicks it out to McDade for a wide open 3 and he makes it. 54-41.

Cage gets fouled by McDade. He makes both FT's.

9:36 - McDade drives into the paint.. he is fouled hard by Lagana. That is the 4th foul on Lagana. McDade is hurt! :(

Dawson into the game. Dawson makes 1 of 2.

Slaughter hits a 14 footer.

Troy misses a 12 footer. Cage hits a long 2. Troy misses a 14 footer. Cage misses a long 2.

7:20 - I call a T.O. Troy needs some rest. We go with Dawson, Farrell, Kabba, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega. Down 60-42.

Farrell with a trio of 3's! 60-51.

They bring Robins back into the game. He quickly drills his own 3.

Dawson uses a screen to get to the hoop for the layup and the foul!

Slaughter misses a 12 footer but he flies in for the offensive putback dunk. Down 65-54, 4 minutes left.

I call a T.O and get Troy back into the game. McDade has also been cleared to return, and I bring him in for his shooting and veteran leadership.

Troy misses a wide open 3. Slaughter misses a 14 footer. Soson misses the putback attempt.

Troy misses a 3. Abdur-Rahim with the putback basket.

We get a stop on a missed shot by Slaughter. Troy misses an open 14 footer. Farrell fouls Soson on a steal attempt. That is Farrell's 4th. Soson makes both FT's.

McDade with a long 2 as his foot was on the line. Cage answers with a 3 after getting a screen from Soson. Down 70-58 with 1:30 to go.

Troy hits a quick 3. Soson gets a basket and the foul. He makes the FT.

Farrell misses a 3. Cage hits a 3. Troy misses a 3. Robins hits a 3.



We lose 79-61.

I'm disappointed, but I'm proud of my team for getting this far.

Robins is the player of the game with 20 points, 4 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 7 of 9, 3 of 5, and 3 of 3.

Cage finished with 14 points, 11 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, and 4 turnovers. He shot 4 of 10.

Soson finished with 7 points, 9 boards, and 4 assists.

Slaughter finished with 18 points, 12 boards, 4 assists, and a block.

Lagana with 0 points and 2 boards in 9 minutes.

Hornsby led their bench with 13 points and 1 steal.



McDade finished with 8 points and 6 assists. He shot 3 of 9.

Farrell with 22 points, 3 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 8 of 18, 6 of 13, and 0 of 0.

Troy with 17 points, 3 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 4 of 13.

Stevens with 2 points and 9 boards.

Vega with 6 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 2 of 8.


Abdur Rahim with 2 points and 4 boards.

Dawson with 4 points and 4 assists.

Kabba with 0 points and 1 board in 14 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

Player of the Year: SR C Rex Bullock, George Washington. He averaged 25.5 ppg, 9.3 rpg, and 2.4 bpg.

Mid Major Player of the Year: SR C Antwan Nualitia. He averaged 21 ppg, 6.2 rpg, and 2.0 bpg.

Coach of the Year: Thomas Yeager, Alabama.

Defensive Player of the Year: SR PF Erwin Defares, Florida. He averaged 9.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 2.1 spg, and 2.5 bpg.

Big Man of the Year: Rex Bullock.

Freshman of the Year: PF Alton Lloyd, Oregon. He averaged 9.4, 5.6 rpg. Darn, I was hoping Farrell might win this.

Farrell didn't make the Freshman All-American Team either as Maryland's SG Othello Hairston averaged 9.2 ppg, 2.3 rpg, and 2.0 apg to make the team.


Washington won the Pac-10 Title and the Coach of the Year for the Pac-10. His career record is now 588-398. He is 67. Time to retire soon?

JR C Levi Cortez, ASU, won player of the Year. He averaged 19.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg, and 2.0 bpg.

Lloyd won the Freshman of the Year in the conference of course.


All Pac-10 First Team:

SR PG Menico, Washington 12.8 ppg and 5.8 apg.
JR SG Roscoe Hoskin, Cal 17.2 ppg, 3.6 rpg, and 2.4 apg.
JR SF Kalu Stevenson, CAl 10.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg, and 1.6 apg.
SR PF Lloyd Diallo, UCLA 14.6 ppg, 7.5 rpg, and 1.4 bpg.
JR C Cortez

Vega made the 2nd team All Pac-10. He finished with 8.2 ppg, 6.6 rpg.

Farrell made all-freshman Pac-10. He finished with a 11.1 ppg, 0.9 rpg, and 1.2 apg average.

[Eaglesfan27]

USC has offered me a 7 year contract extension!


McDade gets drafted in the 1st round. Troy goes pro early and gets drafted in the lottery. Sorry to see him go, but wish him well in the league. Those are the only 2 contributors we lost. We also had 2 walk-on SG's graduate.


I've never looked at a retrospective of my career. Time to do so:

I'm 56 years old now. My record is 642-286 with 1 championship. Here is a breakdown of the years:

2007-08 - Nicholls State - 16-15 (no postseason)
08-09 - Nicholls State - 17-14 ""
09-10 - Nicholls State - 13-13 ""
10-11 " " - 17-12 ""
11-12 - Niagara - 26-9 - NIT
12-13 - " " - 28-5 - Sweet 16
13-14 - " " - 11-18
14-15 - " " - 23-10 - First Round
15-16 - " " - 29-6 - Second Round
16-17 - " " - 23-7 - First Round
17-18 - " " - 25-10 - Second Round
18-19 - Wake Forest - 22-12 - NIT
19-20 - Wake Forest - 14-16
20-21 - " " - 21-14 - NIT
21-22 - " " - 24-10 - Sweet 16
22-23 - " " - 28-9 - Final Four
23-24 - " " - 22-9 - Second Round
24-25 - " " - 15-16
25-26 - USC - 30-5 - Elite 8
26-27 - USC - 18-13
27-28 - USC - 24-8 - Sweet 16
28-29 - USC - 33-4 - National Champions
29-30 - USC - 23-13 - Second Round
30-31 - USC - 33-3 - Final Four
31-32 - USC - 15-16
32-33 - USC - 35-3 - Final Four
33-34 - USC - 32-3 - Elite 8
34-35 - USC - 25-13 - Championship Game

[Eaglesfan27]

I get offered a bunch of jobs including FSU, Rutgers, WSU, and Siena (retired coach.) I turn them all down.

Some more Retrospective Numbers:

10 Regular Season Championships. 7 Conference Tourney championships. 16 NCAA appearances. 10 Sweet 16's. 5 Final 4's. 1 Preseason #1 ranking. 19 20 win seasons. 9 Conference Coach of the Year Awards. 2 National Coach of the Year Awards. 37 All-Conference Players. 10 All-American Players. 2 National Players of the Year. 22 Pro Draftees.

[Eaglesfan27]

Hannan, Niagara, is still my leading scorer. He averaged 20.3 ppg over his career and finished with 2684 points. He made 995 baskets over 4 years. I think if Farrell stays 4 years, he might challenge that record. Hannan also made the most 3 pointers, 263.

Galbreath set my career high for number of assists in a career, but Niagara's PG has the highest per game at 6.2.

Nelke has made the most FT's of any player for me with 550 over his career.

Peterson and Sockwell have my rebounding and blocking records from their years at Wake Forest.

Let's see if the new group can challenge any of those.

[Eaglesfan27]

As expected, SF Kody Hehn signs with USC on the first day possible. Even though Troy left early, it won't let me use his scholarship until next year. No idea if that is correct to how it should be done in real life or not. Regardless, I'm done recruiting this class. A review of the class:

All-American SG Marcellus Badu is the gem of this class for us. He is 6'4 198 and is Mr. Basketball for California. He is from Pomona. He is a 5 star player who is ranked 21st overall. Our staff grades him as: Shooting A-, Skills A, Defense A-, Athleticism A-. Rebounding C+, IQ B, Potential A, Size B- (which I still don't get - is tall bad?) He averaged 15.3 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 7.6 apg, and 2.9 spg in the ABL while shooting 39% from the floor. I expect him to push Dillard for PT even though Dillard is a great player, unless he comes to camp much different than my projections. Our staff thinks his defense will be his strongest aspect early.

SF Kody Hehn is a 6'8 210 pound SF from Los Angeles who is a 4 star player ranked 45th overall. He chose us over ASU, UCLA, and Stanford. He averaged 14 ppg, 6 rpg, and 2.6 spg in the ABL while shooting 49% from the floor. He grades out as: Shooting B+, Skills C+, Defense B+, Athleticism A-, Rebounding B+, IQ A-, Potential A-, Size B+. Our staff thinks his midrange shot should be good right away.

SR SF Devon Kilgore is a 4 star player who was ranked 67th overall. He chose us over UCLA. He averaged 11 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 2.6 apg, and 2.6 spg in the ABL while shooting 33% from the floor. He grades out as: Shooting B+, Skills B-, Defense B+, Athleticism A-, Rebounding B+, IQ B+, Potential B+, Size B+. Our staff believes his speed and stealing ability will be his biggest asset early.

The rest of the recruiting period will be spent working on juniors.

[Eaglesfan27]

Oh yeah, McBridle ended up signing with Pitt.

A look at the top classes:

1. Washington (ouch!) - 3 Mr. Basketballs, 2 5 star All-Americans, 1 4 star.
2. Xavier - 2 5 stars and a 4 star
3. Texas A&M - 2 5 stars and a 4 star.
4. Villanova - 1 5 star, 2 4 stars, and a 3 star.
5. North Carolina State - 4 4 stars
6. Kansas - 1 5 star All-American, 2 4 stars.
7. Georgia Tech - 1 5 star All-American, 3 4 stars.
8. USC!
9. Oregon - 1 5 star All-American, 1 4 star, and 1 3 star.
10. BYU - 3 4 stars, and a 3 star.

[Eaglesfan27]

October 2035 -

We are ranked 16th this year and teams and media experts are predicting bigger things from Vega to balance our perimeter scoring. Let's look at the roster:

Dillard is officially a SG, but will start at PG as Badu was overhyped :( Dillard is a RS SR who is 6'2 190 and is rated 90 overall. His biggest strengths are speed, quickness, ball handling, and passing. He averaged 6.5 ppg and 3.0 apg last year.

RS JR PG Antone Dawson is also ahead of Badu who will have to work hard to earn PT. Dawson is 6'1 193 and is rated 86 overall. His biggest strengths are his midrange shot, his defense, and his passing. He averaged 3.7 ppg and 2.6 apg last year.

FR PG Marcellus Badu arrives at 6'5 204 and rated 75 overall. The good news is that our staff thinks he has unlimited potential. His biggest strengths right now are his defense and passing. Everything else needs a bunch of work.

Wow. SO SG Arzelle Farrell had a 2 inch growth spurt! He is now 6'7 214. He is one of the best 3 point shooters in the nation with a rating of 92. He has done major conditioning work and has much better quickness and speed and is a better defender (but still just average in that department.) He is rated 81 overall.

Dillard might play some SG as he is our only other true SG. I also expect several of the SF's to help out at SG when we go big.


With Troy's early departure, Kabba becomes the man at SF. Kabba is a JR and is now 6'7 233. He is rated 86 overall. His strengths are his first step, his slashing ability, and his dunking ability. He and Annen are both electric dunkers. Defensively, he is solid. He averaged 5.9 ppg last year in limited minutes.

RS SO Leo Annen has worked on his footwork and his midrange shot. Add that to electric dunking ability and I'm excited to see what he will do this year. Defensively, he is still weak. He is rated 83 overall. He averaged 3.2 ppg in very limited minutes last year. He'll mostly work at SF with some SG.

FR SF Kody Hehn has had a nice growth spurt and is now 6'9 217. He's rated 75 overall. His strengths are his speed, dunking, and stealing. He needs a lot of work everywhere else.

FR SF Devon Kilgore is 6'7 207 and is also rated 75 overall. He's the faster player with better passing and fundamentals. He doesn't have the same level of finishing ability or shooting as Kody does.

SO PF A.C. Fuller has worked on his midrange game and is now a good shooter in that area. As a result, he is in contention to start, but it's neck and neck between him and Stevens. He's 6'8 215 and is rated 80 overall.

SO PF Desmond Stevens is 6'8 223 and also is rated 80 overall. He's the better rebounder and defender between him and Fuller. As I look at it, I think he'll start. I need rebounding and defense the most from this position in my offense.

JR C Olu Vega has added some muscle to his frame and i think he is ready for a big year. He is now 7'1 260 and is rated 82 overall. He still doesn't have a very good post game, but he has a lot of bulk to throw around and is one of the strongest players in the nation. His midrange shot has showed nice improvement as well. He averaged 8.2 ppg and 6.5 rpg last year.

SO C Jeromy Abdur-Rahim had a nice growth spurt as well! He's now 6'10 240 and is rated 81 overall. He's got the best post game of my big men and I expect him to play many more minutes this year, despite my plan to really tighten my rotations. He is also the best passer of my big men. He averaged 3.0 ppg and 2.9 rpg in limited minutes last year.

SO Walk-on C Duane English is a viable option if we have injuries. He is 6'11 243 and is rated 75 overall. His strengths are his rebounding and passing.


With the tighter rotations I plan on using, I decide to ask Kilgore and Hehn to redshirt.

[Eaglesfan27]

With Dillard scheduled to graduate this year and Troy leaving early last year, we have 2 scholarships to offer this year. Top priorities:

1. Another true SG.
2. Either a PG or C. I have a feeling Vega may leave early, so C may be the top priority.

That being said, their is a player right down the road who wants to be a Trojan and I'm probably going to pursue him. PF Allan Wolfe actually might grow into a C. He is a 5 star player who is ranked 25th overall. He's 6'8 255 and has 15 teams interested in him but has us at the top. He has excellent leaping ability for his size and is a strong player.

Wow. There are 2 Top 10 PG's right in my back yard. I guess I have to try to get one of them.

There are also several SG's who fascinate me including a 6'9 240 pound SG from North Carolina who is interested in my system.

So many decisions..

[Eaglesfan27]

While I'm very tempted by that SG, he is only a 3 star SG and he appears slow for a SG. I decide to go with the top rated talent and offer them scholarships:

PG Jermaine Hollins is 5'11 169 and he is a 5 star All-American PG from Los Angeles, CA. He is ranked 8th overall and 4th among PG's. He wants good coaching. We are on his list along with Stanford, UCLA, and Oregon. It's neck and neck for him. The only sure thing is he seems determined to sign very early. He averaged 14.3 ppg, 7.1 apg, and 5.3 rpg in the ABL while shooting 44% from the field.

I also offer 5 star PF Allan Wolfe who I think is going to grow into a 6'10-6'11 bruising PF. Cal, UCLA, and BYU are also on his list. His priority is playing time..

SOB! With only 3 weeks to go until the signing period, Hollins let me know that he is going to Oregon over USC. He wants early PT and he doesn't think he will get it with Badu and company at USC.

What the heck, not the usual ranking of a player I'd take, but I think I can do things with Connally Moss, the 6'9 SG who our staff believes is a good shooter. Wake Forest is his other top choice and our delay in going after him might cost us..



Our first game is against Longwood in the NIt Season Tip-Off Tourney. They are rated 64 overall and this should be a cakewalk - hopefully allowing me to allow Badu and others time to play once it is out of hand.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:33 - Vega and their center collide and Vega is hurt. Hmm, maybe I bumped up injuries just a tad too much last year? We are up 11-6.

12:40 - That made us mad. We run off a 9-0 quick run. 20-6. They call a T.O. I rest Dillard and bring in Dawson.

10:50 - We are up 24-12. I rest Farrell and Kabba. We bring in Dillard at SG and Annen at SF.

5:46 - Annen has had a great 5 minutes. However, he just got hit for a charge when he actually dunked over a defender on the fastbreak. Oh well. We lead 38-14. I bring back Vega who has been cleared with just a minor hamstring injury.

5:02 - Dawson picks up his 3rd foul. I go with Dillard, Farrell, Annen, Kabba, and Vega.

2:59 - Back to my starters as Annen is tired. We lead 40-15.


Halftime: We lead 45-17.

We are shooting 55% while holding them to 18% shooting.


Kabba is the player of the half with 16 points. He has shot 6 of 8, 2 of 3, and 2 of 2.

Dillard with 7 points and 3 assists. Farrell with 7 points. Stevens with 7 boards and 2 blocks. Annen with 8 points.

15:21 - We lead 56-22. They call a timeout. I decide to pull Dillard who is tired and has had a nice game. I'm going to let Badu run the show with the starters for a few minutes.

Badu's first career assist was on a pick and roll with Vega. His next 2 were on jump shots by Farrell.

9:44 - They call a timeout and I decide it is time to pull the starters. We lead 67-28.

I go with Badu, Cox (A walk-on PG who will rarely play), Annen, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim.

Badu with a drive and kick to Fuller for an open 14 footer at the top of the key. He swishes it.

Badu misses 2 layups and a breakaway dunk. He also misses 2 FT's. Hmm. Nerves or not the scorer I thought he could be?

3:18 - Badu finally scores on a FT. We are up 74-37.


We win the game 82-41. Very nice start to the season.

Kabba is the player of the game with 20 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, and a steal. He shot 7 of 11, 2 of 5, and 4 of 4.

Farrell with 19 points, 1 board, and a career high 5 assists. Awesome to see him moving the ball well. He shot 7 of 15, 4 of 9, and 1 of 2.

Dillard with 7 points, 5 assists, 3 steals, and a turnover. He shot 2 of 6. He only played 22 minutes.

Stevens with 4 points, 13 boards, 2 assists, and 3 blocks in 27 minutes. I think he just secured his role as starting PF.

Vega with 4 points, 9 boards, and a block in 20 minutes. He shot 2 of 4. I really wanted to get him the ball more, but they collapsed in the paint and played a lot of zone.

Dawson with 3 points and 1 assist in 8 minutes.

Abdur-Rahim with 4 points, 8 boards, and 1 assist in 21 minutes.

Annen with 10 point,s 5 boards, and 1 assist in 18 minutes. He shot 3 of 8.

Fuller with 4 points and 3 boards in 10 minutes.

Badu with 5 points, 3 boards, and 7 assists in 15 minutes. He also had 3 turnovers. I love his height and he is very smooth dribbling the ball. I think he's going to contribute quickly and grow quickly.

Cox with 2 points on 1 of 2 shooting.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 14, 2035 -

The second game of the tourney is against TCU. They are 2-0 with a roster rating of 79. Ours is now 93 as guys are improving quickly this year.

We lose the game 75-70 as Farrell put up a 2 of 9 night and Kabba put up a 1 for 8 night.

Annen led our team with 16 points and 6 boards. Dillard with 11 points and 5 assists.

Vega with 9 points, 8 boards, and 3 blocks. Stevens with 9 points, 3 boards, and 2 blocks.

That loss drops us out of the top 25.




Our next game is against Massachusetts. They are 2-2 with a roster rating of 84.

They are led by star SG Korrel Grady who is 6'9 230 and is rated 86 overall. He is a great post up player who can shoot the 3 well. He is averaging 18.8 ppg and 5.0 rpg.

They have no talented big men and are otherwise a very small team. Their next best player is PF Scooter Koger who is 6'5 200 and is rated 82 overall. He's averaging 15.4 ppg and 6.8 rpg. He can shoot well from anywhere on the court.


I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

14:30 - Dillard picks up his 2nd foul and Vega is tired (I guess the injury is fatiguing him faster?) We are up 8-7 as I bring in Dawson and Abdur-Rahim.

10:02 - Farrell and Kabba are tired. I bring in Dillard at SG and Annen at SF. I also bring back Vega giving Stevens a break. We are tied at 16.

5:25 - Crud. Dillard picks up his 3rd foul. Also, Dawson is getting tired. I put in Badu, Kabba, Annen, Stevens, and Vega. We are down 24-21.

3:41 - They are on a 9-0 run. Time to get Farrell back in for some scoring punch. We are down 31-21. Kabba back to SF.


Halftime: We are down 36-29.

Grady is the player of the half with 8 points, 5 boards, and 1 assist. He's also bothering Farrell's shooting.


Dillard with 5 points, 1 assist, and 1 steal. Farrell with 6 points, but he is shooting 1 of 5. Kabba is 1 of 5. Vega with 6 points.

15:12 - Stevens becomes entangled with their center on a dunk. His ankle is twisted. The tempo of this game has become very fast. We are down 47-41. I bring in Abdur-Rahim for him.

12:55 - Vega and Kabba are tired. I rest them both for Annen and Fuller. We are down 54-45.

12:28 - Abdur-Rahim gets called for his 3rd foul.

12:00 - Their center with a nice move to get a 4th foul on Abdur-Rahim. We are down 55-47.


9:55 - Dillard picks up his 4th foul. I bring in Dawson for him. We are down 60-53.

Farrell misses a wide open 3. He's had a poor shooting night with most of his scoring coming on layups and shorter shots.


7:30 - Need some scoring but Farrell is tired. Decide to go with this lineup out there: Dawson, Badu, Kabba, Stevens, and Vega. With two slashing guards that can pass, hopefully we can get up the big men for some easy dunks. We are down 68-58.

Dawson with a steal and fastbreak dunk.

4:40 - We are down 80-70. They are running a higher pace offense and attacking the basket more than any team we've played in a while.

We call a timeout and get Farrell back in. He needs to hit some shots to help us now..

Vega has it stolen from him as he goes up to dunk it. That happens far too often to him.

Farrell hits a 3 but Grady answers with his own 3.

Grady has made their full court trap very effective. I now want that 6'9 SG on my team very much..


We lose the game 94-84. A tough home loss.

Grady was the player of the game with 22 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, and 4 steals. He shot 9 of 18, 1 of 5, and 3 of 4.

They also got 10 points and 7 assists from their PG, 18 points from their SF, and 16 points from Koger.

Dillard finished with 5 points, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 4 turnovers in 19 minutes.

Farrell with 22 points, 3 boards, 4 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 13, 1 of 7, and 11 of 14.

Kabba with 13 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 4 of 11.

Stevens with 3 points, 6 boards, and 1 block.

Vega with 12 points and 5 boards. He shot 5 of 9.

Dawson led the bench with 10 points and 2 assists in 19 minutes.

Badu with 5 points and 1 board in 9 minutes.

Annen with 7 points, 3 boards, and 1 assist in 11 minutes.

Abdur-Rahim with 5 points and 5 boards in 17 minuites.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 26, 2035 -

Today, we have one of the few easy games on our OOC schedule, a game at home vs 2-2 UC Davis.

We beat them 80-68.

Vega with a breakout game of 23 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 9 of 15.

Dillard with 5 points, 5 boards, and 8 assists.

Farrell with 14 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 4 of 10.

Kabba with 13 points, 9 boards, and 4 blocks. He shot 4 of 10.

Stevens with 4 points and 8 boards.

Annen led the bench with 11 points. Dawson with 6 points and 1 assist in 19 minutes. Badu with 4 points, 1 board, and 1 assist in 5 minutes.


Now, it is time for the early signing period to begin. Will we get any of our targets at the beginning?

[Eaglesfan27]

No early signees for us today.

UConn got the #1 player in the country, a 6'9 230 pound SF from Charlotte, NC.

Oregon got Hollins. That hurts.

UCLA got a very good passing 3 star center who I looked at as a possible target.

San Diego got a 4 star SG who I looked at as a possible target.

Texas Tech got the #2 player in the nation, a 6'4 PG from Phoenix.

Nebraska got the #3 player in the country, a 6'0 SG from Columbus, OH.

Mississippi State got the #4 player, a 6'1 SG from Wisconsin.

Texas A&M got a 6'5 SF from Dallas who is the number 6 player.

UConn got the #12 player, a 6'6" SF from Camden, NJ.

Karl Murray, a 6'5 SG ranked #9 from Phoenix signed with BYU.



Our next game is a rematch from the tourney as we play Nebraska. They are 4-1 and are 16th in the media rankings. Their roster rating is a 93.

Holy Cow. They have a FR SG who is rated 86 overall!?! He was the 15th ranked player in his class. He is from Wichita, KS and he is 6'3 194. Stuart Billings seems like the hands on favorite to win Freshman of the Year. He is crazy fast with a 92 3 point shooting rating. He is a great ball handler and great passer. His defense is even top notch. He is averaging 12.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg, and 2.2 apg. He is playing a lot of PG for them because JR SG Neal Drayton decided to stick around for another year.

JR SG Neal Drayton is 6'6 203 and is rated 88 overall. He's averaging 14.4 ppg and 3.6 apg.

SR PF Dexter Emerson is now 6'6 232 and is rated 88 overall. He's averaging 12.4 ppg and 5.8 rpg.

JR SF Akin Okpalobi is now starting for them. He is 6'9 215 and he's become an excellent midrange shooter. He's averaging 12 ppg, 4.5 rpg, and 1.0 spg. He rated 85 overall.

SO C Donta Dooley is 6'10 235 and is now their starter. He's only playing about 20 mpg. He's averaging 4.6 ppg and 3.6 rpg.

SF is their position of strength on the bench still:

JR SF Virgil Jorgusen is an excellent 3 point shooter. He's 6'6 201 and he is averaging 6 ppg. He is rated 85 overall.

JR SF Xavier Huff is 6'9 229 and he is rated 85 overall. He's averaging 6 ppg.

JR SG Domanic Bremer is 6'7 221 and is rated 85 overall. He's averaging 4 ppg.

SO PF Jasper O'Connor is now 6'7 215 and is rated 81 overall. H's averaging 3.4 ppg.


I'll play them tomorrow.

[Eaglesfan27]

19:15 - Kabba on the fastbreak gets the first foul on Billings. We lead 2-0.

Billings moves so smoothly. Fortunately, he and his teammates are missing shots right now.


15:00 - We lead 10-3.

13:04 - Dillard gets a 2nd foul on Billings. We lead 10-5.

12:00 - Drayton with a pair of steals off Dillard and a pair of fastbreak baskets as a result. We lead 10-9.

9:24 - Tied at 15. Drayton is taking over the game. I call a T.O and put in Dawson and Abdur-Rahim.

6:14 - I bring in Badu at SG and Annen at SF. Vega returns to the game giving Stevens a rest. Lineup is Dawson, Badu, Annen, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega. We are tied at 20.

2:04 - I bring back all of my starters to finish the half. We are down 27-24. Good rugged defense from my guys today.

Farrell hits a 3, his 4th of the game. Drayton answers back with a quick 3.




Halftime: We are down 32-27.

We are each shooting 43%. FT's are the difference as they have been to the line 7 more times and hit 5 more.

Drayton is the player of the half with 13 points, 2 boards, and a steal. He has shot 5 of 5.

Akin with 10 points.

We held Billings in check.


Farrell is our leading scorer with 12 points on 4 of 5 shooting. He is doing a great job of picking his shots here. Kabba with 7 and Abdur-Rahim with 4.


19:38 - Kabba on the break after he blocked a shot.. he gets a 3rd foul on Billings.

17:20 - Dillard fouled on the fastbreak. He gives us a 36-34 lead with 2 FT's.

14:51 - Vega is tired. I bring in Abdur-Rahim. We are tied at 40.

9:27 - Farrell is playing the best game I've seen from him, but he is very tired. I bring in Dawson and Badu. We are down 53-51.

Billings sets up Drayton for a pair of 3's and we are down 59-51.

6:00 - I bring in Annen, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim. I rest a very tired Kabba and Stevens. We are down 65-55.

Akin with a pair of 3's to put us in deep trouble. Down 71-58. I bring back Farrell.


We lose the game 79-65. Akin, Huff, and Dayton shot too well down the stretch.

Akin Okpalobi is the player of the game with 21 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 13, 4 of 8, and 5 of 6.

Billings ended up with 0 points and 4 assists in 16 minutes. He shot 0 of 4.

Drayton with 16 points and 5 assists. He shot 7 of 9.

Emerson with 15 points and 6 boards. He shot 7 of 11.

Dooley with 6 points and 6 boards. Huff with 11 points and 1 board.



Farrell led our team with 19 points, 2 assists, 1 board, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 7, 4 of 5, and 5 of 6.

Kabba with 16 points, 2 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 8, 2 of 2, and 6 of 6.

Dillard with 5 points and 2 assists.

Stevens with 4 points and 4 boards. Vega with 6 points, 7 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 3 of 8.


Abdur-Rahim with 10 points, 4 boards, and a block. He shot 5 of 9.

Badu with 1 point and 1 board in 10 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

The early signing period is over. PF Allan Wolfe is going to wait until the end of the signing period to decide. Right now, it is between USC and Cal. Will anyone else get into the picture?

Connally Moss is heavily favoring us, but didn't want to pull the trigger yet. Wake Forest and Georgia Tech are in the picture. I'm afraid Georgia Tech will eventually convince him unless they drop him..


Our next game is at home but against a tough ND team that is 6-0.

We give them their first loss, as we beat them 78-68 :)


Kabba with 19 points, 5 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 14.

Vega with 10 points. Abdur-Rahim with 11. Fuller with 8. Farrell only took 5 shots. He finished with 6 points.


Dec 18, 2035 -

Our next game is what should be an easy game vs Northern Colorado. I decide to sim it.

Balanced scoring as we win the game 80-60.

Vega led the scoring with 18 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 16. Stevens with 11 points and 5 boards.

Kabba with 14 points, 5 boards, and 3 steals. Farrell with 11 points and 3 assists. He shot 4 of 8. Dillard with 5 points, 5 assists, 3 boards, and 5 steals.

Abdur-Rahim with 12 points. Dawson with 7 points and 3 assists.



We are now 4-3. Our next game is at Memphis. They are 2-6 with a team rating of 83. They are led by a huge star FR SF and a huge veteran JR C. However, there isn't much other talent in the starting 5:

FR SF Dermie Polakovic is 6'9 270! (Are players getting bigger in this game universe or is this just a fluke of big players lately?) He is rated 78 overall. He's slow for a SF but has tremdnous strength. He has a nice midrange shot, a decent 3 pointer. He's a good ball handler and decent passer. He's averaging 5.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg, and 1.2 apg.

JR C Kody Stafford is 7'3 270 and is rated 81 overall. He's the only bona fide scoring threat on this team and as a result he gets a ton of touches. He's a good post player who relies on strength rather than moves. He is also an excellent shot blocker. He's averaging 19.5 ppg, 12.5 rpg, and 1.5 bpg.

FR PG Calum Byerson is the next best player on the team. He's 6'3 192 and is rated 71 overall. He's averaging 3 ppg and 2.4 apg.

The rest of their players are rated in the low to mid 60's. Their backup SF is 6'9 240. I guess their coach values tall players.

[Eaglesfan27]

14:41 - Their full court trap giave us trouble early. We are down 9-4.

12:16 - Farrell with a 3. Vega with a block that starts a fastbreak that Kabba finishes with a dunk. Dillard with a steal and breakaway dunk. We are up 11-9. They call a time out. I rest Dillard and Vega who are both tiring.

Dawson with a foul almost immediately after he comes into the game.

They steal it from Dawson with a full court trap and get a breakaway basket. They are up 13-11.

Stafford with a steal and gets fouled on the breakaway. Down 15-11.

Stafford with an offensive board and the putback jumper from 8 feet.

Dawson has a pass stolen and Stafford with the breakaway dunk.

Kabba with a 12 footer, a steal, and a breakaway dunk to end their run.


9:00 - We are down 20-16. Stafford just got a 2nd foul on Abdur-Rahim. I go with Dillard, Annen, Kabba, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega. Stafford takes a break.

2:30 - Planned on getting Farrell back in sooner, but that unit was playing very well together. We lead 30-25. Dillard, Farrell, Annen, Stevens, and Vega will finish the half. Stafford comes back into the game.

1:37 - Stafford with another offensive board. He misses the putback, but gets another offensive board. He puts it back in and gets fouled. Stevens 2nd.




Halftime: We lead 34-31.

Dillard is the player of the half with 15 points, 3 assists, 2 boards, and a steal.

Kabba with 7. Abdur-Rahim with 4.

Stafford leads them with 13 points and 7 boards. Byerson has 5.





15:00 - They are on a 10-0 run fueled by their full court trap. We are down 43-36. I call a timeout. Dillard is tired. I bring in Badu.

Stafford gets a 3rd foul on Vega with an aggressive move to the basket.

Seconds later, Stafford gets 4th on Vega.


Badu is doing no better against their trap.

12:35 - I call a timeout to end another 6-0 run. We are down 60-45. We go with Dillard, Annen, Kabba, Stevens, and Abdur-Rahim to try to get back into the game.

6:11 - We were making a run until Polakovic hit a pair of 3's We are down 73-59. I bring Farrell back. He's going to need to start shooting well.

4:25 - Farrell with 6 straight points and he gets a 4th foul on Stafford, but we aren't stopping them enough. Down 77-66.

3:57 - Dillard with a steal and a nice assist to Farrell.

3:08 - Farrell gets a 5th foul on Staffford! We are down 79-72.

2:29 - Vega with a block that starts a fastbreak by Dillard. He is fouled. He makes both FT's.

2:06 - After Turner, their SG hit a 12 footer, Dillard has an unforced errant pass that costs us a turnover.

1:33 - We get a defensive stop. Dillard with a pass to Farrell in the corner for the quick 3! 81-77. They call a T.O. Dillard is very tired. I bring in Badu for a defensive possession. I also bring in Annen for the defensive possession. I bring Stevens back to finish the game.

1:01 - Byerson hits a long 2. Annen was a second late getting there. We call a T.O and get Dillard and Farrell back in the game.

:41 - Farrell misses a 3, but Vega with the putback basket. We intentionally foul after failing to get the quick steal.

28 seconds - Farrell with a 3! 85-82.

Turner makes the FT's. :(

Farrell misses a 3 and it's all over.



We lose the game 90-82.

Turner, their SG, had 24 points and 4 assists to win player of the game. That clearly demonstrates Farrell's defensive liabilities that still exist.

Stafford finished with 22 points, 13 boards, 3 assists, and 2 blocks.

Polakovic finished with 12 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists.


Dilalrd led our team with 24 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. He shot 9 of 12, 1 of 2, and 5 of 6.

Farrell with 26 points, 1 board, and 1 steal. He shot 6 of 14, 3 of 9, and 11 of 12.

Kabba with 8 points and 2 blocks. He shot 3 of 7.

Stevens with 2 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 1 of 5.

Vega with 8 points, 14 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 9.

Abdur-Rahim with 9 points, 2 boards, and a block. Annen with 5 points and 2 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our next game is against Saint Mary's. They are 6-6 with a roster rating of 82.

JR C Emmet Cruz is 7'1 242 and is rated 78 overall. He's suffering from Plantar Fascitis but will play. He's averaging 11.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg, and 1 bpg.

RS JR F Jibrahn Callans provides size inside. He is 6'9 300 and is rated 77 overall. He has some nice range on shot and he likes to pound inside. He's averaging 12.8 ppg and 5.8 rpg.

JR SF Jeremy Irvin is 6'6 215. He is a poor shooter but is a decent defender. He's rated 76 overall. He's averaging 3.4 ppg and 5.3 rpg.

FR SG Kris Soson is 6'6 205 and is rated 72 overall. He has a nice midrange shot when he gets open. He's averaging 5.2 ppg, 5.1 rpg, and 2.7 apg.

FR PG Vince Villaneuva is 6'2 190 and is rated 71 overall. He's got a nice first step. He's averaging 5.7 ppg and 3.6 apg.

JR C Derrick Leonard leads the bench. He's 6'9 229 and is rated 77 overall. He's averaging 11.9 ppg and 4.2 rpg.

FR PF Torin Ike is another nice bench player. He's 6'7 225 and is rated 75 overall. He's averaging 2.5 ppg and 2.8 rpg.

The rest of the bench is rated in the mid 60's. I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:05 - A concerted effort to get Vega more touches is paying off early. We lead 8-4. I rest Vega and bring in Abdur-Rahim.

13:10 - Farrell draws a 2nd foul on callans. We are up 13-7. We bring in Annen for Farrell.

11:20 - Vega back in. Stevens gets a break. We are up 16-11.

8:06 - Dawson, Farrell, Annen, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega are my lineup now. We lead 20-18.

5:30 - Farrell gets a 2nd foul on Soson. We lead 24-18.

4:23 - Farrell picks up his 2nd foul. We lead 26-20.

3:33 - Kabba and Stevens back into the game. We lead 28-20.



Halftime: We lead 35-26. Good team defense today. Guys have talent and just need to gel more.

Farrell is the player of the half with 17 points and 1 board.

Kabba and Vega with 6 points each. Vega also has 7 boards, 4 assists, and 2 blocks. He is thriving with more touches.



17:13 - Kabba picks up his 3rd foul. I leave him in for now. We lead 39-29.

13:52 - Vega and Farrell are tired. I bring in Annen and Abdur-Rahim. We lead 41-34.

4:55 - We were up by 12, but our guys are tiring. Up 52-45 as I bring back a well rested Farrell and Vega. Dawson in for a tired Dillard. Annen to SF to rest Kabba and Abdur-Rahim in for Stevens.

2:22 - Vega with a kickout to Farrell who drills a 3 to give us some breathing room. We lead 56-47.


We win the game 60-51. Best defense I've seen from this team in a while.

Farrell is the player of the game with 24 points and 2 boards. He shot 6 of 16, 3 of 9, and 9 of 10.

Dillard with 6 points, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 3 turnovers. He shot 2 of 5.

Kabba with 15 points, 6 boards, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 5 of 12.

Stevens with 2 points and 2 boards. He shot 1 of 3.

Vega with 9 points, 9 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks. He shot 3 of 6 but had a ton of touches.

Dawson with 0 points and 2 assists.

Annen with 4 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist.

Abdur-Rahim with 0 points, 6 boards, and 1 assist.

[Eaglesfan27]

Watching more basketball over the last few weeks, I've decided to slightly bump up defensive awareness for both sides. Looking forward to playing my next game after the Kentucky-WVU game is over.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 27, 2035 -

Next up is hosting a 4-6 Michigan State team that has a rating of 80.

We win 71-58.

Farrell leads our team with 15 points and 3 assists on 5 of 7 shooting (3-4 from the arc.)

Dillard with 8 points and 3 assists.

Kabba with 3 points on 0 of 5 shooting. Annen and Dawson each had 12 points off the bench. Vega with 9 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks.

(I typed this up hours ago, but forgot to hit enter apparently.)

[Eaglesfan27]

Our next game is hosting Eastern Washington. They are 3-6 with a roster rating of 74. Their best player is SO PF Gus Smith who is 6'8 226 and is rated 74 overall. With the slight adjustment to defensive awareness and our slower pace, I'm hoping to hold them to around 40 points.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - Not the start I was expecting, we went down 9-2. Now it is 9-6.

14:06 - Dillard picks up his 2nd foul. I bring in Dawson and Abdur-Rahim (for Vega.)

10:04 - We are playing lazy, slow defense. I call a timeout and yell at the guys to start pressuring their men. We are down 18-13. I go with Dawson, Dillard, Annen, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega.

5:35 - Dillard to Dawson for a 3. They call a T.O. That put us up 23-22.

3:05 - We are up 28-26 and our crowd is going crazy after a Vega dunk. He's dominating inside against their 6'7 center. I go with Dillard, Farrell, Kabba, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega to finish the half.

2:15 - Dillard picks up his 3rd foul. Dawson back into the game. We are up 31-30.


Halftime: Not at all what I was expecting. We are up 35-32.

We are allowing them to shoot 50%. Ridiculous.

Vega is the player of the half with 12 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks. He has shot 4 of 7.

Dawson with 9. Farrell with 5.

16:18 - Dawson picks up his 3rd foul. Badu will come in to run the show. We are up 40-38.

11:12 - Badu's length helps his defense and helps us que up a big run. We now lead 55-40 as they finally end the run.

5:44 - After another run, we are finally fatigued. Guys are slow getting to their men and they have hit a few 3's. I call a T.O to switch guys out. We lead 72-49. We had a 14-0 run before they hit the 1st 3. I'm emptying the bench and going with Badu, Annen, Fuller, English, and Abdur-Rahim.


Annen went off in garbage time. Hitting 3's, long 2's, fastbreak dunks, etc.


We win the game 91-57.

Farrell is the player of the game with 28 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 10 of 17, 4 of 10, and 4 of 4.

Dillard with 2 points, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block in 15 minutes.

Kabba with 9 points, 5 assists, 2 steals, and a board. He shot 3 of 9.

Stevens with 0 points, 5 boards, and 1 assist.

Vega with 20 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks. He shot 8 of 12 and 4 of 4 from the line.

Annen with 19 points, 1 assist, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 8 of 8, 3 of 3 from the arc.

Dawson with 9 points and 2 assists in 17 minutes.

Badu with 0 points, 8 assists, 2 steals, and 0 turnovers in 16 minutes.

Abdur-Rahim with 2 points and 6 boards. Fuller with 2 points and 1 board.

[Eaglesfan27]

Recruiting News:

PF Allan Wolfe appears to be all set to come to USC. I hope he doesn't have any last second change of heart.

Connally Moss is still leaning towards USC, but Wake Forest is definitely in the picture.


Time for Conference Play and the Pac-10 Preview:

Power Ratings:

1. Cal is #1 in the media poll and 10-0 with a roster rating of 94. They have a very good freshman C surrounded by 2 talented juniors and 2 better Seniors. The group is led by SR SG Roscoe Hoskin who I thought was going to go the NBA last year.

2. Washington is #2 in the media poll and is also 10-0 with a roster rating of 94. They have 3 talented SR's starting including star PG Cal Bailey who is finally in the starting role. SR PG/SG Stewart Simon is an explosive scorer for them. They have one of the most dangerous backcourts in the nation with that duo.

3. We are 7-4 with a roster rating of 93. If it gels, I think we can hang with anyone. Dillard may be the highest rated player in the conference. Vega is starting to show signs of massive improvement.

4. Stanford is 10-2 and 24th in the media poll with a roster rating of 92. They have the best freshman in the conference in C Deng Lennon who is rated 80 overall right now. They have 3 talented SR's around him including PF Cam Moran.

5. Oregon is 9-2 with a roster rating of 89. Their are young at PG and C. Their best player is SO SF Bob Swanson who can score in bunches.

6. Arizona is 9-1 with a roster rating of 88. They are led by SR PG Stefan Pardon. Their front court is young but filled with potential.

7. UCLA is missing Diallo. Their FR PF Taurance Diallo, the younger brother of Lloyd, isn't as good of a player as his older brother was, but he is the best starter they have at the position. Their strength is JR SG Lowell Filipovic. They are 7-5 with a roster rating of 88.

8. Arizona State is 6-5 with a roster rating of 88. They are starting two FR at SF and PF who will be very good down the line but aren't quite ready yet. SR C Levi Cortez is their most dangerous player and a favorite to win player of the year. JR PG Hensley Walton is also very talented.

9. WSU is 12-0 off a cream puff schedule. Yet, they are 22nd in the media poll. Their best player is SR SF Ross Taylor. They start 3 SR's. Their rating is a 86.

10. Oregon State is 8-4 with a rating of 82. Their best player is SR PG Wilson Wisniewski and he isn't up to the level of the other Pac-10 PG's.


Team Leaders so far:

PPG: WSU 85.8
RPG: WSU 36.2
APG: WSU 17.3
SPG: USC 10.1
BPG: Washington 6.1

Individual Leaders:

PPG: Levi Cortez, ASU 26.5
RPG: J. Neverett, Arizona 9.3
APG: PG T. Garrity, Cal 6.4
SPG: SG Simon, Washington 2.5
BPG: PF Hornsby, Washington 2.1


Scouts Views:

Best Overall Player: Dillard, USC 91
Best Freshman: C Lennon, Stanford 80
Best Shooter: PG Bailey, Washington
Best Playmaker: PG Garrity, Cal
Best Pro Prospect: Dillard, USC
Best Defender: Cam Moran, Stanford


We open up Pac-10 play with the best team in the nation, #1 Cal. A closer look at their roster:

SR SG Roscoe Hoskin is 6'4 211 and is rated 89 overall. He is an excellent shooter from anywhere on the floor. He's averaging 20.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg, and 2.1 apg.

SR SF Kalu Stevenson is 6'7 229 and is rated 87 overall. He's a great midrange shooter and a very good defender. He's averaging 12 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.1 apg, 2.0 spg, and 1.5 bpg.

JR PF Brooks Parham is 6'9 223 and is rated 85 overall. He's a very effective interior scorer. He's averaging 14.3 ppg, 5.2 rpg, and 1.0 apg.

JR PF T.R. Garrity is 6'3 189 and is rated 85 overall. He's great ball ahndler and very good passer. His shooting is average. He's averaging 8.5 ppg, 6.4 apg, and 4.4 rpg.

FR C Jibran Delgado is 7'2 243 and is rated 77 overall. He's an excellent shot blocker. The rest of his game needs work, but he has great potential. He's only playing about 20 mpg. He's averaging 5.9 ppg, 4.0 rpg, and 1.9 bpg.

SR SG Damon Thomasson leads the bench. He is 6'3 190 and is rated 84 overall. He's a very good 3 point shooter. He's averaging 9 ppg, 2.1 rpg, and 1.3 apg.

SR SG Hiram Starks is 6'2 183 and is rated 83 overall. He's a very quick slashing guard. He's averaging 4.0 ppg and 1.2 apg.

JR PG Lodrick Lyons is 6'1 195 and is rated 82 overall. He's only playing 5 mpg and is averaging 1.4 ppg and 1.3 apg.

SR PF Sidiki Giddens is their top option for size off the bench. He's 6'9 270 and is rated 80 overall. He's got a nice touch out to 12-14 feet. He's averaging 3.1 ppg and 2.9 rpg in a reduced role this year.

JR SF Kelly McCurry is 6'5 210 and is rated 80 overall. He's averaging 1.6 ppg in limited minutes.

The rest of their bench is rated in the high 70's.

I'll play them tomorrow.

[Eaglesfan27]

17:31 - Vega gets a 2nd foul on Delgado. We are tied at 4. Giddens comes into the game.

Giddens hits a 3 on his first touch.

15:42 - Vega gets a 2nd foul on Parham. We are down 10-7.

14:20 - I bring in Dawson and Abdur-Rahim. We are down 12-10.

9:50 - Down 20-16. I go with Dawson, Annen, Kabba, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega.

3:53 - Annen is playing GREAT! He's showing a level of defense and athleticism that I haven't seen in a while. Some great finishing when we get out on the break and he uses screens to create penetration opportunities. We are tied at 30. They call a T.O after another Annen dunk. I bring back Dillard but leave the rest of the group out there, they are playing too well to pull them now.



Halftime: We lead 40-36.


Vega is the player of the half with 10 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block.

Annen with 12 points. Kabba with 7 points. Farrell with 0 points on 0 of 4 shooting.

Garrity is leading them with 8 points and 3 assists. Stevenson and Thomasson with 5 each.


We bring back our starters for the beginning of the 2nd half.


15:08 - Kabba with a fastbreak drive gets a 3rd foul on Parham. We lead 48-41.

13:39 - Vega picks up his 3rd foul. I rest him and Kabba. Annen and Abdur-Rahim into the game. We lead 48-46.

10:24 - Annen misses a 3, but Abdur-Rahim with the thunderous putback dunk. We lead 52-50. They call time. I put in Dawson for Dillard.

Farrell finally makes a basket, a 3. 30 seconds later, he steals it and takes it all the way for the dunk.

After scoring nothing most of the game, Farrell has 6 quick points. Stevenson hits a 2 to end our run. We lead 58-52.

5:31 - Farrell hits another 3 to give us more room. I bring back Vega and rest Stevens.

4:45 - I haven't seen that in a long time. Hoskin with a non-contact injury as he made a cut. He's holding his knee. Farrell and Annen have been shutting him down today.

2:02 - Vega picks up his 4th foul. We are up 65-59. I go with Dillard, Annen, Kabba, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega to finish it out.

Annen misses a shot, but Abdur-Rahim gets the offensive board. That is his 4th offensive board of the night. Our rebounding has been the key to our lead. We've outrebounded them 32-23.

They make a 4 point play at the buzzer as Annen fouled Hoskin who is ok, but we win the game.


We win the game 67-63. Great home win!

Vega is the player of the game with 16 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 7 of 10 and 2 of 2 from the line.

Dillard with 4 points, 2 assists, 1 board, and 3 turnovers in 22 minutes.

Dawson with 2 points, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 2 turnovers in 18 minutes.

Farrell with 9 points, 1 board, and 1 assist. He shot 3 of 10, 2 of 7, and 1 of 2.

Kabba with 12 points and 2 boards. He shot 3 of 8.

Stevens with 4 points, 7 boards, and 2 assists.

Annen with 12 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist. At one point he was 4 of 4. He finished 4 of 12.

Abdur-Rahim with 8 points, 11 boards, and 1 assist.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 10, 2036 -

Today we travel to play Oregon State. They are 8-6 (0-2.)

We beat them 70-66. Farrell led our team with 17 points, 4 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 4 of 12, 3 of 6, and 6 of 7.

Dillard with 9 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Vega with 13 points, 9 boards, and 3 assists.

Kabba, Stevens, and Annen each had 7 points.


Our next game is at UCLA. They are 7-8 (0-3.) A look at their roster:

JR PG Kellen Delic is from Las Vegas. He is 6'3 187 and is rated 81 overall. He's a solid 3 point shooter. He's playing 25 mpg and averaging 4.7 ppg and 3 apg.

JR SG Lowell Filipovic is from Santa Clarita, CA. He is 6'4 210 and is rated 85 overall. He's averaging 30 mpg and shooting very well. He's averaging 16.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg, and 2.5 apg.

SO SF Matt Caskill is 6'7 211 and is from Huntington Beach, CA. He's rated 79 overall. He playing 28 mpg and averaging 7.5 ppg and 6.4 rpg.

FR PF Taurance Diallo is 6'7 218 and is rated 75 overall. He's from Rancho Cucamonga, CA. He playing 24 mpg and averaging 5.2 ppg and 2.6 rpg.

JR C Jalen Cassler is 6'11 274 and is from Los Angeles. He is rated 80 overall. He's a much better defender than offensive player. He's averaging 9.5 ppg, 5.9 rpg, and 0.8 bpg in 22 mpg.

JR SG Arturo Pittman leads their bench. He's 6'4 201 and is rated 81 overall. He's averaging 5.9 ppg and 2.4 apg in 17 mpg.

SR SF Dominique McKreith is 6'7 207 and is rated 79 overall. He's averaging 4.7 ppg and 3.3 rpg in 17 mpg.

The rest of their bench is getting 5 or less minutes per game, but they are all rated in the mid to high 70's.


I'll play them later today.

[bbgunn]

We lose 79-61.

I'm disappointed, but I'm proud of my team for getting this far.


Roll Tide! :)

[Eaglesfan27]

Roll Tide! :)

:rant::D

I'll get them next time.

[Eaglesfan27]

14:50 - We are down 9-7. Filipovic has hit 2 3's off of screens.

13:49 - I rest Dillard and Vega. We are tied at 11.

9:51 - Farrell gets a 2nd foul on Filipovic. We are tied at 22. He has 12 of their points. Glad to see him take a break. We go with Dawson, Dillard, Annen, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega.

Full blown track meet now.. both teams running a lot..

4:30 - We are down 36-35. Annen and Dawson are tired. I bring back all of my starters. I call time and tell my guys to focus on defense these last few minutes and slow down the pace.

Dillard gets fouled on a 3. He makes the first 2, but misses the 3rd. Vega with the rebound and the putback.

They ignored what I said about pace, but they are playing better defense, including a pair of steals that lead to easy fastbreak baskets and a block that does the same.



Halftime: We lead 55-38. The team is starting to gel and find each other in their favored spots now.

Dillard is the player of the half with 12 points, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He has shot 3 of 5.

Vega with 12 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks.

Farrell with 8 points. Kabba with 9. Abdur-Rahim with 6.



18:59 - Dillard picks up his 3rd foul. He'll remain in the game for now.

17:58 - Kabba is fouled really hard on a leaner in the lane.. he gets up and brushes himself off and then makes both FT's. We lead 60-45.

16:00 - Dillard gets a 3rd foul on Filipovic. We lead 64-49.

15:00 - Great ball movement from our guys right now. Great shooting as well. We lead 69-52.

14:00 - Their home crowd is booing as we are on a 10-0 run. We lead 74-52.

After the timeout, Pittman hits a 3 to end our run.

10:02 - A bit overdue, but I finally pull my starters after Stevens hits a basket to give him 10 points and ensure that all 5 starters were in double digits today. I go with Dawson, Badu, Annen, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim. We'll empty the end of the bench in a few as well. We lead 89-58. Very satisfying. :)

5:44 - Abdur-Rahim hits a 16 footer to give us 100 points. He has hit 2 long jumpers today. If he can do that in crunch time, he'll add another dimension to our offense. We are up 100-64.

2:40 - Meant to do this earlier, but I was just fascinated with how Abdur-Rahim was shooting that outside shot. Anyway, I bring in Cox and English for Dawson and Abdur-Rahim. We are up 106-66.


We win the game 111-72! Great road win.


Farrell is the player of the game with 19 points, 4 assists, and 3 boards. He shot 5 of 8, 3 of 5, and 6 of 8.

Dillard with 17 points, 10 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, and 0 turnovers. He shot 4 of 6, 3 of 3, and 6 of 7.

Kabba with 18 points, 4 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 8, 4 of 6, and 4 of 4.

Stevens with 10 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 4 of 8 and 2 of 3 from the line.

Vega with 14 points, 8 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 5 blocks (tying his career high.) He shot 6 of 9.

Annen with 1 2points, 2 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 2 of 4, 2 of 3, and 6 of 7.

Abdur-Rahim with 10 points, 6 boards, and 1 assist. H ehsot 4 of 6 and 2 of 2 from the line.

Dawson with 5 points and 1 assist in 17 minutes.

Badu with 4 points, 3 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block in 10 minutes.

English with 2 points.

We outrebounded them 31-14. Our rebounding is key as we are getting 7 to offensive boards each game lately..

[Eaglesfan27]

At 10-4, we haven't cracked either poll yet.

Next up is 14-0 Washington who are #1 in the polls. I'm going to go ahead and sim it as scheduled. If they beat me, they deserved it. Their shooting is rated a perfect 100 as a team..


They beat us 80-64. Bailey with 22 points and 5 assists. Hornsby with 22 points. We held Simon to 4 points and 2 assists. We held their SF Hooks to 4 points as well. Vega held Wise scoreless.


Vega led our team with 15 points, 9 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block.

Dillard with 2 points and 4 assists. Farrell with 9 points and 3 assists. He shot 4 of 10.

Kabba with 9 points on 2 of 9 shooting. Stevens with 4 points and 3 boards. Annen with 10 points to lead the bench.


Our next game is hosting #17 Stanford (14-3/4-1.) They have a very balanced starting 5:

SR PG Edward Stephens is a real leader on the floor. He's 6'2 218 and rated 85 overall. Great awareness. He's also a very good passer and a solid shooter. He's averaging 7.7 ppg and 4.5 apg.

JR SG Moshood Ballard is 6'3 218 and is rated 86 overall. He is a very quick SG and I might put Dillard on him if he gets going early. He's also a very good 3 point shooter. He's averaging 11.1 ppg and 1.5 apg.

SR SF Frederick Barlett has torched us in past years. He's 6'9 225 and is rated 85 overall. He is a very good scorer in the paint. He's also a very good defender. He's averaging 8.6 ppg, 4.2 rpg.

SR PF Cam Moran has been the best defender in the conference for all 4 years. He's 6'9 238 and is rated 88 overall. His post defense has always been great. He's also an excellent defender on the perimeter who can block and has quick hands to get the steals. His wing span is tremendous. He has really developed his offensive repertoire as well and is being projected to go in the lottery. He's averaging 17.1 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.8 spg, and 1.6 bpg.

FR C Deng Lennon is 6'10 245 and is rated 81 overall. He's a decent midrange shooter but doesn't play well with his back to the basket. Defensively, he is a very fundamentally sound player already. He's going to be their next great defender. He's averaging 5.5 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 1.2 bpg, and 26.5 mpg.

JR PG Terrence Wade leads the bench. He's 5'10 185 and is rated 83 overall. He's the fastest player on their team with elite speed. He's also a solid 3 point shooter. He's averaging 10.1 ppg, 2.1 apg, and 1.8 spg.

JR PF Jerrio Challed is 6'10 270 and is rated 83 overall. He has tremendous speed for a big man and is very quick on his feet. He's a very good rebounder, defender, and post player. He's averaging 10.4 ppg, 7.4 rpg, and 1.1 bpg. He just needs to work on stamina.

FR SG Steve Roy Matheus is 6'5 192 and is from San Jose, CA. He's going to be a great player one day, but he isn't there yet. Very raw offensively. Solid defensively. He's averaging 1.3 ppg in 7.6 mpg.

The rest of the bench is rated in the low 70's. I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

16:11 - Kabba on the fast break gets a 2nd foul on Ballard. Stevens has had 2 offensive putbacks already. We lead 10-5.

16:03 - Dillard picks up his 2nd foul. Dawson into the game.

12:45 - Dawson with a drive into the lane gets a 2nd foul on Moran. We lead 12-8. Farrell is having a bad night shooting early, but the rest of our guys are getting it done.

11:00 - Farrell made one early 3, but is killing us now. We are tied at 14 as I call time. I rest Farrell and Vega. We bring in Annen and Abdur-Rahim.

9:44 - Stevens with his most productive half in a long time. Kabba picks up a loose ball foul, his 2nd of the game. We bring in Badu at SG and Annen moves to SF. We are tied at 17.

6:55 - Annen with a drive into the lane gets a 2nd foul on Lennon. We are down 26-23.

6:30 - Stevens picks up his 2nd foul. Phenomenal half for him. He'll sit down and rest. Vega back into the game.

3:10 - Dawson is tired. We go with Badu, Farrell, Annen, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega. We are down 35-30.

2:34 - Vega picks up his 2nd foul. He'll remain in the game for now.


Halftime: We are down 41-36.

Our FT shooting is keeping us in the game. That and Stevens offensive rebounding.

Bartlett is the player of the half with 10 points and 3 boards.

Stevens also has 10 points and 4 boards. Annen with 7. Farrell with 5 but he is shooting 25% this game so far.


16:55 - Stevens gets a 3rd foul on Moran. We are down 48-41.

14:33 - Kabba gets a 3rd foul on Bartlett. We are up 50-48! 10-0 run.

14:02 - Vega with a block that leads to a fastbreak which ends in a dunk by Dillard and the foul! We lead 53-48. They call time.

13:54 - Kabba picks up his 3rd foul. I put in Annen for him.

Dukes hits a 3 to end our run.

10:50 - They keep calling time and we keep our guys rested and playing well. We lead 62-53. Stevens just picked up his 3rd.

6:45 - I rest Vega and Annen. We bring in Kabba and Abdur-Rahim. We lead 69-64.

4:26 - We lead 76-68. Good plays by Stevens down the stretch..

2:58 - We go iwth Dillard, Annen, Kabba, Stevens, and Vega to finish it. We lead 80-71.


We win the game 86-77. A great home win.

Stevens, going against the best defender in the conference, wins player of the game! 16 points, 10 boards, 2 assist, 2 steals. He shot 5 of 8, and 6 of 10 from the line.

Dillard with 16 points, 5 assists, 2 steals, and 1 turnover. He shot 4 of 4 from the field and 8 of 11 from the line.

Farrell with 7 points, 2 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 2 of 11. Great to see us win even with him having an off night.

Kabba with 7 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 2 of 6.

Vega with 13 points, 12 boards, 1 assist, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 8 and 5 of 7 from the line.

Annen with 18 points and 4 boards. He shot 5 of 9, 3 of 6, and 5 of 6.

Abdur-Rahim with 5 points and 2 boards. Dawson with 2 points and 3 assists in 13 minutes. Badu with 2 points and 2 assists in 10 minutes.

Barlett was their leading scorer with 19. Stephens and Ballard each had 11. We held Moran to 0 points and 4 boards. We held Lennon to 6 points and 3 boards.

We outrebounded them 36-29. Love how this team is starting to play..

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 24, 2036 -

Our next game is at WSU which is at 14-3 (2-3.) They are 20th in the media poll.

They beat us 87-77. :(

They got 24 points from their star, Ross Taylor. They goy 18 and 6 assists from their SG, Halsch and 14 from their center McCants.

We were led by Dillards 13 points and 7 assists.

Farrell had 11 points but shot 3 of 12. Kabba with 11 points on 3 of 6 shooting.

Stevens with 11 points, 4 boards, and a block. Vega with 5 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks as foul trouble limited his minutes. Vega shot 2 of 8.

Annen and Abdur-Rahim with 6 points each. Fuller with 6 as well.

Also, Dillard suffered a minor injury in the game and will have a sore knee for about a week.


We are now 11-6. Our next game is at Arizona (10-6/1-5.) Arizona's starting C is out for 2-3 more weeks with a separated shoulder. Their starting PG is slowed by a severe ankle sprain and their SF has a broken finger.


SR PG Kasey Pasco is starting in place of Pardon due to Pardon's injury. Pasco is 6'1 192 and rated 85 overall. He is an excellent 3 point shooter. He's averaging 11.8 ppg and 1.6 apg.

JR SG Harrison Wofford is 6'3 195 and is rated 82 overall. His best strength is his outside shooting. He's averaging 10.6 ppg and 1.9 apg.

JR SG Marty Gray is starting at SF. He is 6'4 207 and is rated 81 overall. His strengths are his defense and midrange shooting. He's averaging 7.3 ppg, 2.3 apg, and 1.7 spg.

SO PF Lyle Cole is 6'6 227 and is rated 76 overall. He's averaging 5.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg, and 1.5 bpg.

FR PF Michael Castillo is starting at C due to the injury to Neverett. He's 6'10 244 and is rated 71 overall. He's averaging 2.3 ppg and 1.6 rpg.

They have absolutely zero size on the bench. No one over 6'5.

SR PG Stefan Pardon is 6'0 199 and is rated 85 overall. He was starting before this recent ankle injury. He's averaging 11.6 ppg and 3.5 apg.

JR SG Gavin Boatner is 6'0 170 and is rated 79 overall. His strength is his quickness. He's averaging 6.7 ppg and 1.1 apg.

FR PG Jeff Yates is 6'3 192 and is rated76 overall. He's averaging 2.9 ppg and 1.2 apg.

The rest of their bench is rated in the low 70's.

[hoopsguy]

Seems like this team is playing better for you than the CPU ... might need to sneak in a couple of extra games to make sure you are not sweating the invites at the end of the season.

[Eaglesfan27]

Seems like this team is playing better for you than the CPU ... might need to sneak in a couple of extra games to make sure you are not sweating the invites at the end of the season.

I'll consider it, although I like the challenge of half of my games being computer simmed. Then again, I've already decided that if I get a super-freshman, one rated in the mid 80's who might be a 1 and done player that I'm going to play out every single game of their career until they leave.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - They have started out shooting very well and we have not. We are down 15-5.

14:44 - Stevens picks up his 2nd foul. Abdur-Rahim into the game.

13:13 - Vega picks up his 2nd foul on a quick drive by Pasco. I bring in Fullar at PF and Abdur-Rahim at C. We are down 18-5.

9:49 - Farrell is heating up but they are shooting lights out. We are down 28-14.

9:12 - Fuller picks up his 2nd foul. Farrell is very tired. I go smallish. Dillard, Badu, Kabba, Annen, and Abdur-Rahim. Down 30-16.


8:10 - Badu with a 3. Badu gets our secondary fastbreak going.. 2 on 1.. he draws the defender.. throws the perfect lob.. Kabba dunks it with style! 30-21.

4:40 - Guys are tired. I bring in Dawson, Badu, Annen, Stevens, and Vega. We are down 40-28.

1:54 - Farrell is back in to finish the half. Him and Badu are the main reasons we are in the game still. 42-32.


Halftime: We are down 47-32. Unexpected, even on the road.


Pasco has 14 points and 4 assists for them and is the player of the half. Wofford with 13 points.

Farrell and Badu each have 10 for us. Badu also has 3 assists.


18:28 - Stevens picks up his 3rd foul. He'll remain in the game for now. We are down 50-33.

15:44 - Dillard picks up his 3rd foul and he is bothered by his injury. I bring in Badu. We are down 54-42.

8:55 - Vega is taking over the last few minutes. How long can he keep it up before he tires? We are down 66-58.

8:44 - Stevens picks up his 4th foul. I go with Dawson, Annen, Kabba, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega. Vega is tired but still playing well..

Dawson misses a 3 that starts a fastbreak. Vega picks up his 3rd trying to stop it. He's really huffing and puffing. I go with the following: Dawson, Dillard, Kabba, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim. We are going to be trying to feed it into Abdur-Rahim primarily as Kabba is tiring as well. Down 69-58.

6:00 - Annen in for Kabba. We are down 72-62.

Fuller makes up for a turnover by generating 2 turnovers as part of our full court trap. 72-66 with 4:44 to go..

4:00 - We are down 74-66. I go with Badu, Farrell, Annen, Stevens, and Abdur-Rahim. Vega is still tired. I'll bring him back for the final 2 minutes.

Badu hits his 2nd 3 of the night! 74-69.

Badu with a steal! He feeds Stevens in the lane where he is fouled.

3:00 - We are down 74-71. They call time.

They get an interior basket, but Badu with a 3 at the other end. He is feeling it! 76-74. They call time. We bring back Vega.


Farrell with a block! They get the carom. Vega tries to block the 2nd shot.. and gets charged with a foul, his 4th. Cole misses the FT. He misses the 2nd.. but Castillo with the offensive board and putback! I can't believe Vega let him get the board.

1:50 - Badu with a drive inside.. he kicks it out to Annen who swishes the 3! 78-77.

Pasco with a 12 footer off the screen. Badu misses a 3, but Stevens gets the board and is fouled. He makes both FT's.

Annen is called for a quick foul on a steal attempt. They miss the FT's. Vega with the board.

Vega gets position quickly. Badu with a nice feed.. Vega backs down his man and hits the little hook shot. We lead 81-80 with 44 seconds left!

Stevens with a steal off our full court trap!

22 seconds left - They foul Annen. He makes both FT's.

Pasco misses a quick 3. Stevens gets the board. He is fouled with 15 seconds left. He makes both FT's.

6 seconds - They hit a tip in 2. They foul Badu. He makes 1 of 2. We lead 86-82.

1.5 seconds - Badu fouls on a 3 point attempt! Fortunately, he blocked the shot on the foul attempt. Pasco misses the first FT.. and makes the next 2.

They steal it the inbound pass! Pasco shoots.. and misses.


Wow. What a wild game. We win 86-84.

Badu was named player of the game with 19 points, 5 assists, and 2 steals in 19 minutes. The points surpass his old career high of 5.

Dillard with 1 point and 3 assists in 24 minutes. He also had 3 turnovers.

Farrell with 13 points and 4 assists. He shot 3 of 9.

Kabba with 10 points and 5 boards. He shot 4 of 8.

Stevens with 8 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 1 of 4.

Vega with 16 points, 6 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He had 10 points during a key stretch in the 2nd half.

Annen with 11 points and 5 boards.

Abdur-Rahim with 4 points and 6 boards.

Fuller with 4 points and 2 boards.


Pasco had 22 points and 10 assists against us. Gray had 16. Castillo with 11 points and 10 boards which was disappointing. Wofford with 16 points.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 31, 2036 -

Today we host Oregon. They are also 12-6.


We beat them 82-61! Dawson with 16 points and 5 assists off the bench led the way. Kabba and Farrell each with 15 points. Both shot around 50%.

Dillard with 11 points and 4 assists in 28 minutes. Vega with 9 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, and 5 blocks! He shot 3 of 11. Stevens with 0 points and 6 boards. Abdur-Rahim with 10 points and 3 boards.


We are now 13-6. Our next game is hosting 13-6 ASU.

ASU is led by star JR PG Hensley Walton. He is 5'11 167 and is now rated 85 overall. He's an excellent 3 point shooter, a great ball distributor, and a solid defensive player. His only weakness is that he lacks elite speed/quickness. He's averaging 10 ppg, 3.9 apg, and 2.3 rpg.

SR C Levi Cortez is 6'8 233 and is rated 83 overall. He loves to score in the post and he does so very effectively. He also has a reliable midrange shot. He's averaging 24.3 ppg, 5.8 rpg, and 1.4 bpg.

SO PG Charles Sessoms is playing a lot of SF for them and starting most games at the position. He's 6'5 195 and is rated 82 overall. He's the best 3 point shooter on the team and one of the best in the conference. He's averaging 9.3 ppg and 5.3 apg.

JR SG Booker Stockman is 6'3 180 and is rated 79 overall. He's a slashing guard who has the best quickness on the team. He's averaging 9.8 ppg.

FR PF Douglas Hackstadt is getting force fed minutes. He's 6'7 205 and is rated 75 overall. He's averaging 4.9 ppg and 5.2 rpg. He playing 24 mpg.

SR C Clifton Collucci should be playing more for them, but he is not. He's 6'10 240 and is rated 79 overall. He's only averaging 5 mpg and is only averaging 1.3 ppg.

SO SG Karl Mason is another player who should be getting a bit more minutes. He's 6'3 209 and is rated 79 overall as well. He's a good slashing guard. He's averaging 3.6 ppg in 8 mpg.

That is all they really rely on as they run very heavy minutes for their starters. The rest of their bench is rated in the low to mid 70's.

I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

16:31 - Vega gets a 2nd foul on Cortez. They lead 12-6. Collucci into the game.

12:45 - Dillard hits a pair of FT's to tie it at 18. They call time. I rest Vega for a few.

11:12 - Dillard picks up his 2nd foul. Dawson in for him.

9:41 - We are up 23-20. I bring in Annen to give Farrell a rest.

6:00 - I bring in Farrell and Vega resting Kabba and Stevens. We lead 30-28.

We end the half with a 9-0 run, all the points by Farrell.


Halftime: We lead 48-36.


Farrell is the player of the half with 19 points, 2 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He has shot 7 of 9.

Vega with 14 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and a block. He has shot 5 of 7. No one else with more than 5.


Sessoms leads their team with 11. Walton has 5 points and 5 assists.



18:28 - Dillard picks up his 3rd foul. Badu into the game.

15:00 - Guys are flying around on defense now. Much more lively. We lead 60-39.

8:27 - Farrell and Vega sit, possibly for the rest of the game. We lead 72-48.

4:00 - They are on a 11-0 run. 72-59 as I bring in Dillard, Farrell, Annen, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega.

Vega ends the run with another good post move and the foul.. he's down.. he's holding his knee. Abdur-Rahim in for him and Fuller into the game.


We win the game 81-67, but I'm just anxious to get the MRI results and see if Vega has any ligament damage.

Farrell is the player of the game with 32 points, 4 assists, 2 boards, 3 steals, and 1 block. He shot 11 of 16, 5 of 10, and 5 of 6.

Dullard with 2 points and 1 assist in 14 minutes as he was limited by foul trouble.

Dawson with 0 points and 2 assists in 12 minutes. Badu with 0 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals in 14 minutes.

Kabab with 9 points, 3 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 3 of 8.

Stevens with 6 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists.

Vega with 24 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, and 2 blocks. He shot 10 of 13.

Annen led the bench with 4 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, and a block.



Sessoms led them with 21 points on 8 of 9 shooting. Walton with 11 points and 7 assists.

Time to check in on Vega's knee...

[Eaglesfan27]

Good news! No ligament damage. Vega has been cleared to play and should be 100% in 1-2 weeks.

At 14-6 (7-2), we've jumped into 16th in the media poll. Our next game is hosting UCLA. They are 9-12 (2-7.) I can't pass up a chance to pound them again. I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:33 - Kabba twists his ankle on a dunk attempt. We are tied at 10. We bring in Annen.

11:45 - We bring in Dawson, Badu, Annen, Stevens, and Abdur-Rahim. We are down 18-14.

11:04 - Badu with a drive into the lane gets a 2nd foul on Cassler.

6:00 - Bad stretch of defense. We are down 32-25. I get Dillard, Farrell, Kabba (who has been cleared), Abdur-Rahim, and Vega into the game.

2:21 - Vega picks up his 2nd foul. I decide to rest him. We are down 40-36.


Halftime: We are tied at 44.

Farrell is the player of the half with 16 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist. Vega with 8. Abdur-Rahim with 7.

Filipovic and McKreith have 15 for them.



16:26 - Farrell gets a 3rd foul on Filipovic. We are tied at 50.

16:02 - They get a 3rd foul on Vega. I rest him for a few.

10:39 - Abdur-Rahim picks up his 3rd foul. I bring back Vega. I also bring in Annen for Farrell who is tired. We lead 58-57.


6:31 - Vega picks up his 4th foul. We are tied at 65. I bring Farrell back into the game. He's my leading scorer.

6:20 - Farrell gets a 4th foul on Cassler.

5:49 - Vega gets called with a cheap foul (should have been a charge) and he has fouled out. We are tied at 67. Fuller into the game for a minute or two.

4:14 - I bring back Stevens. We are down 71-69. We also bring back Dillard.

3:12 - Farrell misses a dunk and they get a dunk the other way. We are down 75-71.

2:34 - Dillard is fouled while shooting a 3. He makes all 3 FT's. Down 75-74.

2:14 - Abdur-Rahim blocks a shot by Cassler.

Farrell misses a 3. Fliipovic misses a breakaway layup. Abdur-Rahim bothered the shot.

1:22 - Farrell with a 12 footer. We lead by 1.

Filipovic misses a 3. Farrell finishes the fastbreak with a layup.

They break our full court trap and get an easy look for Cassler. Abdur-Rahim fouls him to prevent the dunk. He makes 1 of 2.

31 seconds - Dillard draws a foul in the lane. He makes both FT's. We lead 80-76.

17 seconds - Filipovic hits a long 3.

11 seconds - They foul Annen. He makes both FT's.

7 seconds - Dillard with a steal of the pass to Filipovic! They foul him almost immediately. He makes both FT's.


Not the stomping I wanted, but a win is a win. We win the game 84-79.


Farrell is the player of the game with 29 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block. He shot 9 of 18, 3 of 7, and 8 of 8.

Dillard with 12 points, 5 assists, 2 boards, 2 steals, and a block.

Kabba with 6 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 2 of 6.

Stevens with 0 points, 10 boards, and 2 assists.

Vega with 10 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist.

Abdur-Rahim with 13 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, and 1 block.

Anne with 7 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 3 steals. Badu with 6 points and 2 assists in just 8 minutes.


Filipovic led them with 20 points on 7 of 14 shooting. McKreith with 18.

[Eaglesfan27]

I'm going to start Kabba as he battles a sprained ankle, but we will cut his minutes.

Feb 10, 2036 -

Next up is 11-10 (3-6) Oregon State.


We beat them 83-60 despite a sub par shooting night from Farrell. Dillard lives up to his hype with 24 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists to lead our team.

Farrell shot 2 of 10 and finished with 7 points and 3 boards. He is so streaky.

Kabba with 13 points and 3 boards despite the limited minutes. He shot 5 of 11.

Stevens with 9 points, 11 boards, and 3 blocks. Vega fouled out in 12 minutes. He's getting too aggressive. He finished with 5 points and 3 boards.

Dawson with 8 points and 5 assists to lead the bench. Annen and Abdur-Rahim each had 9 points as well. Badu scored 6 points in just 4 minutes of playing time.


Despite the 2 wins this week, we drop to 18th in the media poll. We are now 16-6 (9-2) as we prepare for the last 3rd of conference play. Our next game is our toughest. We'll face #2 Washington that is 20-1. Their only loss is to Oregon which pulled off the major upset at their place 77-75.

They beat us 80-59 in a simmed game at their place. Can we get revenge at our place? They have a fearsome lineup, but two of their top 8 players are injured:


SR PG Cal Bailey is battling a sore hamstring. He's 6'1 202 and is rated 89 overall. He is the best shooter in the conference. He can hit from anywhere when healthy. He's averaging 15.7 ppg, 3.8 apg, and 3.4 rpg.

SR SG Stewart Simon is 6'5 235 and is rated 89 overall. He is a very good shooter, but a much better slasher and finisher around the rim. He has tremendous speed. He's averaging 14.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.2 apg, 1.9 spg, and 1 bpg.

SR PF Hornsby is 6'9 260 and is rated 89 overall. He has superior range and is the 2nd best shooter on the team. He can hit from 3 reliably. He is a rugged rebounder and an above average defender. He's averaging 17.2 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 1.6 bpg, and 1.3 spg.

JR SG Cornell Hooks is 6'5 202 and is rated 85 overall and he's starting at SF. He's a reliable shooter and an above average defender. He's averaging 9.4 ppg, 3.1 rpg, and 3.0 apg.

SO C Devon Vise is the only "weak" link in their starting lineup, but he's still a solid player. He's 6'11 265 and is rated 81 overall. He's slow and plods down the court. His post game needs work, but he is a good banger on the boards. He is averaging 4.6 ppg, 3.9 rpg, and 15.6 mpg as they often move Hornsby to center.


JR PF Dane Challed is 6'7 238 and he is rated 85 overall. He plays a lot of PF when Hornsby moves to C. He's an excellent midrange shooter who can score in the paint as well. He's averaging 6.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg, and 1.2 bpg.

JR PG Bert Brempong is battling a sore wrist. He's 6'7 216 and is rated 83 overall. He's averaging 6.8 ppg, 4.7 rpg, and 1.2 bpg.

FR PG Lynn Lenzly would be starting on just about any other team in the conference. He's 6'2 192 and is rated 82 overall. He was the #1 player in the nation in H.S. last year. He's from Utah. Despite the lack of PT, he's still projected as a 1st round pick in the upcoming draft. I wonder if he will declare? He has tremendous athleticism and he's an above average midrange shooter. He's averaging 2.5 ppg, 1.9 apg, and 7.7 mpg. What a waste. I would get him major minutes.

SO SG Alexis Boggan is 6'5 205 and is rated 81 overall. He's another great athlete but not much of a shooter. He's averaging 1.4 ppg in 4 mpg.

FR PF Marvin Mance is 6'7 220 and is rated 80 overall. He's a better 3 point shooter than most guards. He was the #13 player overall last year and #3 PF. He is from Tacoma, WA. He's going to be a load in the future. He's averaging 1.1 ppg in 3.2 mpg.

The rest of their bench is rated in the high 70's.


I'll play them tomorrow.

[Eaglesfan27]

14:07 - We are focused on playing a very slow, methodical tempo and rugged defense to try to beat Washington. So far, we are down 9-6.

12:59 - Dillard gets a 2nd foul on Bailey. We are down 11-6. They are going big.

11:03 - Vega gets hit with a BS second foul. That is huge as he has been big on both ends of the court. I bring in Abdur-Rahim. We are down 14-12.

8:45 - While we are slowing things down, we are running when it presents itself.. absolutely beautiful fast break with Abdur-Rahim getting the rebound, passing it to Farrell who passes it to Dillard who passes it to Dillard who takes a step and dunks it. Never touched the floor. We lead 20-16. They call time after the play. Farrell is very tired. I bring in Annen for him.

5:50 - We are on a 11-0 run and we've sucked all of the energy out of this building. We lead 27-16.

5:05 - They call time. We bring back Farrell and rest Kabba. We lead 29-16.

2:50 - Simon with a drive into the paint draws contact and gets the foul. He hits a FT to end the very long drought. We lead 32-18. We bring in Dawson, Farrell, Annen, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim.

That wakes up their offense. They rattle off 6 quick points before Farrell makes a 3 to end their run.


Best defensive half of basketball that we have played all year. Great positioning every single time down the floor. I finally feel like they are playing up to their defensive ratings (98 defense as a team.)


Halftime: We lead 37-24.

Farrell is the player of the half with 14 points. He has shot 4 of 8, 4 of 7, and 2 of 2.

Dillard with 2 points, 4 assists, and great defense on Bailey.

Kabba with 5 points.

Stevens with 0 points and 5 boards. He is constantly harassing Hornsby (who still has 8 points to lead their team.)

Vega and Annen each have 6 points.



17:00 - Simon has hit a pair of 3's using screens and his quickness. He's their leading scorer with 13 now. We lead 39-30.

16:03 - Vega with his 3rd block of the day, starts the fastbreak, Farrell is fouled by Bailey. That is Bailey's 3rd foul. We lead 40-30.

13:08 - Vega picks up his 3rd foul. Farrell is tired. I bring in Annen and Abdur-Rahim. We lead 43-34.

9:05 - Hornsby draws a 3rd on Abdur-Rahim. We lead 46-41.

8:24 - Hornsby with another strong move. If he was a better FT shooter, they would be leading. As it is, we lead 46-42.

6:12 - Abdur-Rahim picks up his 4th foul on a strong move by Wise, who only has 2 points. I bring in Dawson, Farrell, Annen, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega. We lead 48-44.

4:02 - Dawson with a drive, kicks it out to Abdur-Rahim who swishes the 14 foot baseline shot! We lead 53-47.

Simon with a quick 3. He has 16 points.

Vega with a nice move in the paint to get 2. Abdur-Rahim with a steal to start the fastbreak by Annen. He is caught from behind and fouled by Simon. He makes 1 of 2 FT's. We lead 56-50 with 3 minutes to go.

Annen with good defense and Simon misses the quick 3.

Annen misses a 12 footer.

Simon off the screen.. Farrell helps out Annen and Farrell blocks the 3 point attempt!

1:30 - Vega gets an open look from 10 feet and makes it. We lead 58-50.

Bailey hits his first shot of the day, a quick 3.

Dawson has his shot at the buzzer blocked. We rush back on defense. Vega with his 4th block of the day on an interior basket by Hornsby. Annen collects the ball and is fouled.


We win the game 62-53! Best win of the year by a mile.

Farrell is the player of the game with 18 points, 2 boards, and a block. He shot 5 of 12, 5 of 9, and 3 of 4. He helped hold Simon to 5 of 14 shooting and 16 points.

Dillard with 5 points, 6 assists, and 2 turnovers. He helped hold Bailey to 3 points and 6 assists.

Kabba with 9 points and 2 steals. He held Hooks to 2 of 7 shooting.

Stevens with 0 points, 8 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 0 of 4. He held Hornsby to 6 of 14 shooting and 13 points. Hornsby was 1 of 8 from the line.

Vega with 10 points, 10 boards, 1 assist, and 4 blocks. He shot 5 of 9. He held Wise to 4 points.

Annen led the bench with 12 points, 2 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 3 of 9.

Abdur-Rahim with 6 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, and a block.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 16, 2036 -

Our next game is at 18-6 (8-4) #16 Stanford.


Great road win! We beat them 90-63! Vega led the way with 24 points, 8 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks.

Farrell with 12 points and 2 boards. He shot 3 of 7.

Dawson with 11 points and 6 assists off the bench. Annen with 10 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks.

Kabba with 8 points. Dillard with 0 points and 3 assists. He's such an anomaly. He has the ability but doesn't produce consistently.

Badu with 4 points in just 3 minutes. Abdur-Rahim with 10 points and 6 boards.


We are now 18-6 (11-2) and we jump to #11 in the media poll and #5 in the Coaches' poll! I feel momentum building.


Our next game is hosting 14-8 (5-7) Arizona. We beat them 86-84 in a thriller at their place earlier in the year. Here is a repost of the summary of their lineup:


SR PG Kasey Pasco is starting in place of Pardon due to Pardon's injury. Pasco is 6'1 192 and rated 85 overall. He is an excellent 3 point shooter. He's averaging 11.8 ppg and 1.6 apg.

JR SG Harrison Wofford is 6'3 195 and is rated 82 overall. His best strength is his outside shooting. He's averaging 10.6 ppg and 1.9 apg.

JR SG Marty Gray is starting at SF. He is 6'4 207 and is rated 81 overall. His strengths are his defense and midrange shooting. He's averaging 7.3 ppg, 2.3 apg, and 1.7 spg.

SO PF Lyle Cole is 6'6 227 and is rated 76 overall. He's averaging 5.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg, and 1.5 bpg.

FR PF Michael Castillo is starting at C due to the injury to Neverett. He's 6'10 244 and is rated 71 overall. He's averaging 2.3 ppg and 1.6 rpg.

They have absolutely zero size on the bench. No one over 6'5.

SR PG Stefan Pardon is 6'0 199 and is rated 85 overall. He was starting before this recent ankle injury. He's averaging 11.6 ppg and 3.5 apg.

JR SG Gavin Boatner is 6'0 170 and is rated 79 overall. His strength is his quickness. He's averaging 6.7 ppg and 1.1 apg.

FR PG Jeff Yates is 6'3 192 and is rated76 overall. He's averaging 2.9 ppg and 1.2 apg.

The rest of their bench is rated in the low 70's.


The only difference is that Pardon is healthy but he is still coming off the bench. Both teams are 100% healthy. I'll play them later today.

Edit: The other difference is that Neveritt is back to 100% healthy and starting. My brand new TV just got delivered and it's only fitting this be the first game played on it.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:23 - Kabba has started off very well with 8 points and a block of a 3 attempt. We lead 12-4.

14:50 - Vega gets a 2nd foul on Neverett. They bring in Castillo.

11:25 - Kabba with a long 3. They call time out. We lead 22-10.

9:00 - Everything is clicking. We lead 29-10. They call another T.O. Our crowd is going nuts.

Pasco hits a 3 to end our run.

5:00 - We lead 40-16. I decide to rest all of my starters. We bring in Dawson, Badu, Annen, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim.


Halftime: We lead 55-28.


Farrell is the player of the half with 18 points, 1 board, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 7 of 10 in the ifrst half.

Kabba with 15 points. Annen with 12.


Pasco leads them with 6.

15:00 - I tell my guys to slow down the attacking pace. We are up 68-33.

9:49 - Time to go the bench. We lead 74-38.


We win the game 92-60.


Kabba is the player of the game with 19 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 8 of 10, 1 of 2, and 2 of 2.

Farrell with 20 points, 3 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 8 of 13, 4 of 8, and 0 of 0.

Dillard with 3 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, and 3 steals. 0 Turnovers. He shot 1 of 2.

Stevens with 4 points, 9 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 1 of 5.

Vega with 10 points, 11 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 11.


Annen led the bench with 20 points, 3 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 7 of 12.

Dawson with 3 points and 4 assists in 14 minutes.

Fuller with 7 points, 6 boards, and 3 assists. A very productive 14 minutes off the bench for him that will lead to more PT in the future.

Badu with 6 points, 3 assists, and 1 board in 14 minutes.

Abdur-Rahim with 0 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks in his 14 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

Next up, we host WSU. They are 17-7 (5-7.) They upset us 87-77 at their place in an earlier simmed game. Will they sweep us?

Nope! Our team is clicking in every game now. We beat them 112-60 (highest score my team has ever scored in a simmed game.. maybe the highest in any game?)

Annen led the team with 16 points, 8 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. hE shot 4 of 9.

Every starter in double digits: Dillard with 11 points and 9 assists. Farrell with 11 points and 5 assists. He shot 4 of 8.

Kabba with 14 points, 8 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 4 of 6.

Stevens with 11 points, 7 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 2 of 5, but 7 of 10 from the line. Vega with 14 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 o f 10.

Dawson with 9 points and 6 assists off the bench. Abdur-Rahim with 13 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks.




We are now 20-6 (13-2) and we are 6th in the media poll and and 3rd in the coaches' poll. The Coaches' poll seems to play more emphasis on team talent ratings. Let's look at their top 10 with talent ratings:

1. DePaul (26-1), 95 overall rating.
2. Washington 22-3, 95 overall rating.
3. USC 20-6, 95 overall rating
4. Providence 23-4, 91
5. Texas A&M 19-5, 94
6. Fordham 23-3, 91
7. Cal 19-6, 94
8. Kansas 21-3, 92
9. Texas Tech 17-6, 93
10. Florida 23-3, 94





We have just 3 regular season games left. Next up is a game at Oregon. They are 14-11 (5-9.) They have 4 guys who are playing with minor injuries. We beat them 82-61 at our place earlier in the year.


SO PG Randall Luna is 5'10 172 and is rated 79 overall. He's a very good 3 point shooter and a reliable passer. He's averaging 13.9 ppg, 5.2 apg, and 1.8 spg.

SO SG Bob Swanson is 6'6 191 and is rated 84 overall. He's one of the top 5 3 point shooters in the country but that is his only great offensive weapon. He has no real weaknesses. He's averaging 8.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg, and 2.7 apg.

SR SF Brennan Forney has a broken finger. He's 6'7 194 and is rated 83 overall. He's normally a very good shooter, but his offense has been bothered all year by injuries. He's averaging 7.4 ppg.

SR PF Earnest Saunders is their only physical presence on the team. He'll play center for them mostly. He's 6'9 252 and is rated 81 overall. He's averaging 12.9 ppg, 5.5 rpg, and 1.4 bpg.

SO PF Alton Lloyd will play most of the time at PF for them. He's 6'8 206 and is rated 81 overall. He's averaging 8.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg, and 1.9 bpg. He has great hops and blocking instincts.


The bench is led by JR SG Ian Stapleton who is 6'5 187 and is rated 81 overall. He's a good slashing guard who provides some solid perimeter defense. He's averaging 7.2 ppg and 3.8 rpg.

SO SG Perry Jansen plays a lot of 3 and even some 4 for them. He's 6'7 240 and is rated 79 overall. He has excellent speed and quickness for his size. His shooting is supect, but his defense is rock solid. He's averaging 5.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg, and 1.2 bpg.

The rest of their bench is all banged up with minor injuries. Most of them are rated in the low to mid 70's.


I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

14:02 - We are up 14-10. Swanson has all 10 of their points.

Farrell misses a 3 and then Swanson shoots a 3 over Farrell despite good defense.

11:40 - Swanson with another 3 to tie it at 16.

10:20 - Dillard gets a 2nd foul on Luna. We lead 20-16. I bring in Abdur-Rahim for Stevens.

8:15 - Dawson and Annen in for Dillard and Farrell. We lead 25-19.

4:15 - Vega is tiring, but he keeps hitting all of his shots. I keep him in. I bring back Farrell and rest Kabba with Annen at SF. We lead 29-21 as Vega has our last 6 points.


Farrell hits a 3 as the half expires.


Halftime: We lead 40-29.


Swanson is keeping them in it with 20 and he is the player of the half in my opinion.

Farrell with 10 points, 1 board, and 2 assists. He has shot 4 of 8.

Vega with 10 points, 3 boards, and 1 assist. Dillard and Annen each have 6 points.



16:00 - Playing the entire first half has drained Vega. I rest him and bring in Abdur-Rahim. We lead 44-34.


8:44 - We lead 54-40. Great defense from that group. I bring in Dawson, Annen, and Vega. We keep Kabba and Abdur-Rahim in the game.

6:02 - They finally end our 18-0 run when Saunders draws a foul inside. . We lead 62-42.

2:00 - I call time to get the end of my bench into the game. We lead 66-46. Cox, Badu, Annen, Fuller, and English into the game.

17 seconds - Cox goes down from non-contact. It looks like his knee is hurt badly. :( Poor kid.


We win the game 66-51.

Vega was the player of the game with 14 points, 9 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 6 of 10, 0 of 1 (what was he thinking?) and 2 of 3.

Dillard with 8 points, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 0 turnovers. He shot 3 of 7.

Farrell with 13 points, 2 boards, 3 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 5 of 10, 3 of 6, and 0 of 0.

Kabba with 11 points, 5 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 4 of 7.

Stevens with 4 points, 2 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 2 of 5.

Abdur-Rahim with 8 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks in 25 minutes.

Dawson with 0 points, 7 assists, and 1 steal in 15 minutes.

Annen with 8 points, 2 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block in 19 minutes.



Swanson finished with 21 points as Farrell did a better job in the 2nd half and Annen really shut him down.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 1, 2036 -

Next up is a game at ASU. They are 12-13. We beat them 92-77 earlier in the year.

Dillard shuts down Walton and Farrell shuts down Sessoms as we win 82-60.

Annen was our leading scorer with 20 points, 8 boards, 4 assists, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 8 in 24 minutes.

Dillard with 7 points and 4 assists. Dillard was hurt in the game with a strained groin muscle. He'll be available but far less than 100% for 2-3 weeks.

Farrell with 15 points and 2 assists. he shot 4 of 7.

Kabba with 9 points. Stevens with 4 points. Vega with 6 points, 8 boards, and 4 blocks.

Dawson with 7 points and 4 assists off the bench. Badu with 4 points in 4 minutes.


We are now 22-6 and still 6th in the media poll. I've played out 1 extra game due to UCLA and with no need to sim 1 extra game to make the tourney, I'll sim out this last game of the regular season (but play all of my tourney games.)


Mar 8, 2036 -

Our last game of the regular season is at #5 Cal. They are 21-6. I'm starting Dawson due to Dillard's injury.

We beat them 94-89!

Dawson thrives in his first start of his career with 20 points, 2 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 7 of 11.

Vega with 16 points, 9 boards, 3 blocks. He shot 6 of 9.

Farrell with 10 points and 3 assists. Kabba with 11 points and 5 assists. Stevens with 7 points and 4 boards.

Annen led the bench with 9 points. Abdur-Rahim with 6 points and 3 boards. Badu with 7 points and 2 assists in just 6 minutes. Next year, he'll be ready to explode I think.



We are now 23-6 and 4th in the media poll. We are 3rd in the coaches' poll. Washington is #2 in both polls.

In the Mid-Major poll, Siena is #1. Niagara has fallen off the landscape for now. :(

We've won the Pac-10 Regular Season Title again! Here are the final standings:

1. USC 23-6 (16-2)
2. Washington 24-4 (14-4)
3. Cal 21-7 (11-7)
4. Oregon State 17-13 (9-9)
5. Stanford 19-11 (9-9)
6. ASU 13-15 (7-11)
7. Arizona 16-12 (7-11)
8. Oregon 15-14 (6-12)
9. WSU 18-12 (6-12)
10. UCLA 12-18 (5-13)


Our first game in the Pac-10 Tourney is against Oregon. We just beat them 66-51 (but it displays as a 71-63 win on the screen - uh-oh, I read about this bug just the other day in a College Hoops thread. I hope it's not going to keep reappearing and is just a 1 time thing.) We also beat them earlier in the year 82-61.

I'll play them again later today.

[Eaglesfan27]

A look at our roster now that the season has progressed:

SR PG Jerald Dillard is up to a 93 rating. He'll be slowed for another 1-2 weeks. He should have every skill to dominate in the tourney. He's one of the fastest guards in the country when healthy. He's a very good ball handler, a good passer, and a good shooter. His stealing ability is elite. Despite all of these abilities, he's only averaging 7.6 ppg, 3.7 apg, 2.5 rpg, and 1.6 spg this year.

JR SF Lucious Kabba is now rated 88 overall. His midrange game is his most lethal weapon followed by his dunking. Defensively, he is very good and he has great quickness and speed as well as nice strength for his position. He's averaging 11.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg, and 1.3 spg. There is talk among NBA scouts that he could come out early and be a 1st round pick.

JR PG Antone Dawson is 6'1 193 and is now up to a 88 rating. His passing is at an elite level and he is clearly the best passer on our team. His defense is top notch as well now. His midrange game is incredible even though he rarely uses it. He's averaging 5.0 ppg, 2.7 apg, and 16.9 mpg. Despite his limited minutes and production, scouts are talking about him being a mid 1st round pick if he comes out now.

SO SF Leo Annen is up to a 86 rating. Tremendous quickness and speed for his size. He's the most electric finisher on the team. His defense is his most improved attribute. He's averaging 9.9 ppg, 3.2 rpg, and 0.7 bpg.

JR C Olu Vega is 7'1 259 and is rated 84 overall. His rebounding is his most improved rating. He's also developed his left hand in the post. As a result, he has career highs in almost every category: 12.6 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 1.6 apg, and 1.6 bpg.

SO C Abdur-Rahim has improved in so many important areas. He's now rated 84 overall as well. He's faster than Vega and is much better at putting it on the floor. His post game is also better. If Vega leaves, I don't think we'll miss a beat at C next year. He's averaging 6.4 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 0.4 bpg, and 17.9 mpg.

SO PF Desmond Stevens is now rated 83 overall. While he isn't shooting consistently, when he is on, we are almost unstoppable. He's averaging 5.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 1.7 spg, and 0.7 bpg. His strength is his leaping ability and his quick hands.

SO PF A.C. Fuller is now rated 83 overall as well. He has the most refined post game of any player on our team, but his post defense is the weakest of our big men. Still, if we are struggling offensively, I need to remember to put him into the game. He's averaging 2.4 ppg, 1.3 rpg, and 5.4 mpg.

SO SG Arzelle Farrell is now rated 82 overall. He's really rounding out his game nicely. His 3 point shooting is up to a 93 rating. His defense is now a very respectable 85. His length helps add to that. His post up ratings have improved considerably. He's also very quick. He's averaging 15.6 ppg, 2.3 apg, and 1.2 rpg.

FR PG Marcellus Badu has shown the most growth of any player on my team. He is now 6'5 204 and is rated 79 overall, a 4 point increase from when he arrived on campus. His biggest improvements are in awareness, but he has improved every facet of his game considerably. His defense is going to be one of the best ever among my players when he is done, I suspect. He's averaging 3.3 ppg, 1.4 apg, 6.4 mpg.

RS FR Kody Hehn is also doing a great job growing during his redshirt year. He is now rated 78 overall.

RS FR Devon Kilgore is now rated 77 overall.

Walk-on RS SO PG Domonic Cox is now rated 74 overall. We have two other walk-ons who are in the 50's and will never see the court.

[RPI-Fan]

We are now 20-6 (13-2) and we are 6th in the media poll and and 3rd in the coaches' poll. The Coaches' poll seems to play more emphasis on team talent ratings. Let's look at their top 10 with talent ratings:

1. DePaul (26-1), 95 overall rating.
2. Washington 22-3, 95 overall rating.
3. USC 20-6, 95 overall rating
4. Providence 23-4, 91
5. Texas A&M 19-5, 94
6. Fordham 23-3, 91
7. Cal 19-6, 94
8. Kansas 21-3, 92
9. Texas Tech 17-6, 93
10. Florida 23-3, 94

This is definitely the case in real life as well.

[Eaglesfan27]

This is definitely the case in real life as well.

Agreed. It also explains why I had so much trouble breaking into the Coaches' poll way back in the early days when I was at Niagara.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:46 - Kabba gets a 2nd foul on Lloyd. We lead 8-5.

11:23 - Kabba and Vega are the only scorers so far. They are feeding off each other. Kabba with 11 and Vega with 8. We lead 19-13.

Interesting, I just noticed I have 3 Coaches on the Floor now (4 if Dillard was in there) including my young COF ever, Desmond Stevens. He's such an intelligent player out there who really does a great job of positioning for rebounds.

Swanson is being a distributor this half.

6:40 - We lead 27-18. All of my starters are tired. I rest them all going with Dillard, Badu, Annen, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim.

5:04 - Badu gets a 2nd foul on Swanson. We lead 29-20.

Dillard is moving very slow with his injury. Definitely the right move not to start him.

Abdur-Rahim with a rebound, long pass to Badu who lobs it to Annen for a dunk just before the half.

Halftime: We lead 39-25.


Kabba is the player of the half with 13 points and 2 assists.

Vega with 12 points, 6 boards, and 2 assists. Annen with 6.

Forney is their leading scorer with 5. Swanson has 4 assists to lead their team.


15:00 - We lead 50-32. The Trojan component of this crowd at the Staples Center is going crazy.

6:30 - I pull my starters with the game in hand. We lead 73-48. Dawson had a brilliant half. He did a great job of setting up Kabba in his favorite spots over and over again. Maybe, I've underestimated how important a high pass rating is?

We go with Badu, Cox, Annen, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim. I'll them to slow the tempo down.

We win the game 89-58 as my guys just couldn't resist a few running opportunities in the last few minutes.


Kabba with a career high 33 points. He also had 2 boards and 1 assist. He shot 10 of 15, 6 of 8 (mostly wide open looks thanks to great drive and dishes by Dawson), and 7 of 8.

Dawson with 2 points and a career high 11 assists.

Farrell with 6 points and 2 assists. He shot 3 of 9 and 0 of 5 from the arc. Dawson got him good looks and he just wasn't hitting them tonight.

Stevens with 2 points, 10 boards, 1 assist, and 2 blocks.

Vega with 18 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 5 of 12 and 8 of 10 from the line.

Annen with 14 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists.

Fuller with 6 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists in 13 minutes.

Badu with 6 points, 2 assists, and 1 steal in 13 minutes.

Dillard with no stats collected in 7 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our next game will be against Oregon State. They beat Stanford 63-57 to advance to play us. We beat them 83-68 at our place and 70-66 at their place. We are now on a 13 game winning streak.

Oregon State's starting PF and backup SG are both less than 100%. They rely heavily on their SR PG:

SR PG Mitch Hipsher is the only star on the team. He's 6'2 188 and is rated 87 overall. He's electric with the ball. Great passer, great speed, and a good shooter. If he had more weapons around him, he would be all-conference. He's averaging 15 ppg and 4.1 apg despite the lack of great weapons around him.

SR PG/SG Wilson Wisniewski is starting at SG tonight. He's 6'3 204 and is rated 79 overall. He's averaging 7.2 ppg and 3.0 apg. His strength is his midrange game.

JR SG Artur Soto is battling a hamstring injury but will start at SF. He's their only real option on the team for that position. He's 6'6 210 and is rated 75 overall. His best attribute is his post up play. He's averaging 7.1 ppg.

SO PF Ernesto Nutter is 6'8 225 and is rated 72 overall. He's battling a sprained ankle but will start. He is a very weak defender. Offensively, he isn't terrible. He's averaging 7.8 ppg and 6.4 rpg.

JR C Jacoby Salazar has size going for him at 7'2 279. He's rated 72 overall. He's a slow plodding center who can muscle guys around in the paint, but has a very raw offensive game. He's averaging 5.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.1 bpg, and 15.9 mpg as he tends to get in foul trouble.

The bench is led by JR PG Dawan Millage who is 6'1 187 and is rated 78 overall. He's a good 3 point shooter. He's averaging 9 ppg and 1.4 apg.

FR C Nehemiah Carney is their only other talented bench player. He's 6'10 234 and is rated 73 overall. He's a bit quicker than their starter and has a better post game. Defensively, he is very weak. He's averaging 6.5 ppg and 5.2 rpg.

JR C Boyd Allen is the only other player worth discussing in detail. He's 7'1 229 and is rated 67 overall. He's actually the most athletic of their 3 centers, but he has horrible hands, can't shoot, and can't defend well. He's averaging 3.3 ppg, 1.4 rpg, and 8.6 mpg.

The rest of their bench is rated in the low 60's.

[Eaglesfan27]

16:30 - Vega gets a 2nd foul on Salazar. We are down 8-5.

15:33 - Vega gets a 2nd foul on Carney. We are down 10-9.

13:17 - Hipsher with a drive to get a 2nd foul on Vega. We are tied at 14. Abdur-Rahim into the game.

8:29 - Dawson gets a 2nd foul on Hipsher. We are up 23-21.

8:09 - Abdur-Rahim gets a 2nd foul on Allen.

6:18 - I get the entire 2nd unit out there to rest the starters. We are up 29-25.

Dillard hits a quick jumper on a good pass by Badu. Then, Dillard gets beat easily by their PG for an easy 2.

4:43 - Abdur-Rahim picks up his 2nd foul. I bring in the walk-on Daune English (who is rated 77 overall and is by far my best walk-on in a while.) We lead 31-29.



Halftime: We lead 38-35. I didn't expect such a close game.


Kabba is the player of the game with 11 points and 3 boards. He's not shooting as well from the arc as he did last game, but he's still making some things happen.

Dawson with 5 assists. Farrell and Stevens with 5 points each.


Hipsher leads them with 11 points. Millage has 9 points for them. Wisniewski with 7.



19:34 - Dawson drives into the lane (with the help of a screen) and gets a 3rd foul on Salazar.

17:40 - Farrell drives and draws a 3rd foul on Carney. We lead 44-38.

16:30 - Vega with a board.. passes to halfcourt to Dawson.. 3-on-1 fastbreak.. Dawson fakes right and throws a perfect lob to Kabba who dunks it home with style. We lead 48-38.

14:09 - Wisniewski ends our run with a FT. We lead 48-39.

8:46 - Lots of time outs are allowing my guys to stay rested and in the game. We lead 64-46. Much better defense this half.

8:27 - Vega gets a 4th foul on Salazar.

6:18 - A perfect 2:30 minute 12-0 run as we got out on the fast break 3 times and hit a pair of 3's. Vega and Farrell each with a block during the run. I pull my starters with a 76-46 lead.

2:32 - Ouch. Soto collides with Abdur-Rahim and it felt like I could hear the crack of Soto's bones in his leg. He has to be carried off the court. We lead 80-61.


We win the game 83-65.


Kabba is the player of the game with 22 points, 4 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 7 of 15, 2 of 6, and 6 of 7.

Dawson with a new career high 14 assists! If he keeps playing like this, he's going to hold the job even when Dillard is back to full health. He also had 5 points, 1 board, 1 steal, and 1 turnover. He shot 1 of 4.

Farrell with 15 points, 2 boards, 1 assist, 4 steals (his length was great on the full court trap), and 2 blocks. He shot 5 of 12, 3 of 6, and 2 of 2.

Stevens with 10 points, 11 boards, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 4 and 2 of 5 from the line.

Vega with 13 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 8 and 5 of 8 from the line.


Annen led the bench with 8 points. Dilllard with 2 points, 1 assist, and 4 turnovers in 13 minutes. His hampered mobility is really hurting him.

Fuller with 3 points, 5 boards, and a block.

[Eaglesfan27]

Soto suffered a fracture in his leg, but did not tear any ligaments. He'll be able to play next year for Oregon state.


At 25-6, we are #4 in the media and #3 in the Coaches' poll. We'll be facing Cal in the Pac-10 Tourney Final. They are #6 in the Media poll and #4 in the Coaches' poll. They beat UCLA 78-49 in the other Semi-Final game.


While we have Dillard hurt, they are in worse shape with Stevenson being out for 2-3 more weeks with a separated shoulder. Hiram Starks also is hurt with a broken finger.

A look at their top players' ratings now:

SR SG Roscoe Hoskin is 6'4 211 and is rated 90 overall. He's averaging 16.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg, and 2.5 apg.

SR SF Kalu Stevenson is 6'7 229 and is rated 90 overall as well. He was averaging 10.2 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.6 spg, and 1.5 bpg. They will definitely miss his presence.

JR PF Brooks Parham is 6'9 223 and is rated 86 overall. He's averaging 14.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg, and 1.3 apg.

SR SG Damon Thomasson is 6'3 198 and is rated 85 overall. He's averaging 9.8 ppg.

JR PG T.R. Garrity is 6'3 198 and is rated 85 overall. He's averaging 8.0 ppg and 6.3 apg.

SR SG Hiram Starks is 6'2 183 and is rated 84 overall. He's averaging 5 ppg and 11.7 mpg.

JR PG Lodrick Lyons is 6'1 195 and is rated 82 overall. He's only playing a few minutes per game and is averaging 1.7 ppg and 1.7 apg.

SR PF Sidiki Giddens has seen his time cut way down this year. He's 6'9 270 and is rated 81 overall but he is only playing 8 mpg. He's averaging 2.9 ppg and 2.0 rpg.

JR SF Kelly McCurry is 6'5 210 and is rated 81 overall. He's averaging 8 mpg and 3 ppg.

The rest of their bench is rated in the high 70's including stud freshman C Jibran Delgado who is 7'2 243 and is rated 79 overall. He's averaging 5.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.6 bpg in only 23 mpg.


I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:19 - Both teams come out tight offensively and with some good defense. We are tied at 2 as Vega draws a 2nd foul on Delgado. They bring in Giddens.

12:00 - I can't believe this. We are down 4-2. Never seen this bad of offense or this good of defense... I rest Farrell and put in Annen.

8:33 - Dawson and Vega are tired and both defenses are breaking down more now. We are down 12-9 as I bring in Badu and Abdur-Rahim.

6:00 - Annen with a strong drive gets a 2nd foul on Garrity. He hits a FT to end their run. We are down 18-10.

3:21 - We are down 22-12. I go with Dawson, Farrell, Annen, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega to finish the half.

Some great defense from my team and we get a few transition baskets off it.


Halftime: We are down 24-20.

We are shooting 25% from the field. They are shooting 34%.


Thomasson is the player of the half with 5 points and 3 assists off the bench.

Kabba and Annen lead us with 5 points. Abdur-Rahim with 4 points and 7 boards. Vega with 4 points and 4 boards.


17:21 - Farrell fouls Hoskin on a 3 point attempt. Dawson is doing a better job of getting the ball into the paint to Vega. We are down 28-24 after he makes 2 of the 3 FT's.

16:29 - Dawson gets a 3rd foul on Garrity. We are down 28-26.

16:01 - Dawson with a steal and breakaway dunk to tie it at 28.

12:57 - McCurry with a pair of 3's to give them a 38-31 lead.

10:12 - We are down 42-33 as I bring in Badu and Annen for Dawson and Kabba.

6:56 - We need offense now. I put in Badu, Annen, Kabba, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim. We are down 46-39.

Starks hits a 3 over Kabba.

Abdur-Rahim with a tough interior basket and the foul. Giddens goes down from the collision and appears to be hurt. Abdur-Rahim completes the 3 point play.

Kabba with a block that starts our fastbreak.. Badu is fouled from behind. He makes the pair of FT's. 49-44.

5:03 - Annen with a drive gets a 4th foul on Parham. We are down 51-46.

Annen hits a 3, but gets beat badly by Hoskin who hits a 3 at the other end.

3:36 - We are down 56-51. I bring back Dawson. Vega and Stevens will be back in a minute.

Parham with a hook shot for 2.

Kabba has it stolen and Hoskin hits a pull-up 3. Down 61-51.

Abdur-Rahim draws a foul and makes a pair of FT's. 2:15 left.


2:11 - They call time. We bring back Vega and Stevens. Down 61-53.

We get a defensive stop. Kabba with a wild out of control layup attempt on the secondary fastbreak.. he misses it.

Starks draws a foul on Kabba.

Vega with a quick 2. We are down 62-55. We try to trap.. we have them.. they call time.

Thomasson with a beautiful pass to Parham on the backdoor cut. That should finish us off. So ends our winning streak..


We lose the game 66-57.


Hoskin is the palyer of the game with 10 points, 9 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 3 of 11. Parham also had 10 points for them on 5 of 10 shooting.


Dawson with 5 points, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 3 turnovers. He shot 2 of 7.

Farrell with 0 points, 1 board, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 0 of 9.

Kabba with 7 points, 4 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 2 blocks. He shot 2 of 8.

Stevens with 4 points, 7 boards, and 1 steal. He shot 1 of 6.

Vega with 10 points, 8 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 4 of 9.

Annen with 18 points, 3 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal in 22 minutes. He shot 4 of 9, 2 of 4, and 8 of 10.

Abdur-Rahim with 9 points, 7 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 3 of 5.

Badu with 4 points, 3 assist, and 1 turnover in 12 minutes.



Time for the tourney selection show. I imagine that loss cost us our #1 seed..

[Eaglesfan27]

First the 4 #1's are announced:

DePaul, Providence, Washington, and ... USC! I can't believe we got it over Cal. We are in the Mid-West.


Interesting East Matchups:

#8 Temple (24-9) vs #9 LSU (19-11)
#6 North Carolina (20-10) vs #11 Syracuse (18-12)


Interesting West Matchups:

#7 Minnesota (24-10) vs #10 UConn (21-11)

Cal is a 2 seed in the West


Interesting South Matchups:

#8 Pepperdine (24-6) vs #9 UTEP (21-8)
#6 Rutgers (21-10) vs #11 Wake Forest (18-11)
#7 Ohio State (22-9) vs #10 Rhode Island (22-13)

Interesting Mid-West Matchups:

#8 Cincinnati (22-10) vs #9 Siena (25-8). Both teams with a rating of 89. Assuming we handle business in the first game, I'll be playing one of them next.

#7 Iowa (24-10) vs #10 Mississippi State (19-11.) I think Mississippi State will win this game.

Saint Joseph's is the #2 seed in this bracket. They aren't as scary as they have been in past years with a team rating of 90.

#4 Kansas is probably the most talented team in this region besides us.


Only 3 Pac-10 Teams made it this year. Definitely, a down year for Stanford and Oregon.

I'll play later today if I'm feeling any better.

[Eaglesfan27]

I forgot to mention our first game is against UT-Arlington. They finished the year with a 14-14 record. They have a 70 overall team rating. Their top 3 players are somewhat concerning:

SR PF Teddy Spooner is 6'9 236 and is rated 73 overall. He's averaging 12.5 ppg and 7.9 rpg.

SO C Paul Duhon is 7'2 256 and is rated 72 overall. He's averaging 12.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg, and 1.9 bpg.

SR SF Lubor Bouma is 6'6 250 and is rated 71 overall. He's averaging 6.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg, and 2.9 apg.

The rest of their team is rated in the 50's. I expect to beat them by at least 30..

[Eaglesfan27]

15:04 - Disgusting start to the game. We allow them to jump to a 15-9 lead in the first 5 minutes. I call time and tell my guys to start playing defense or I'll put in players who will.

12:13 - We are tied at 18 after a Vega block leads to a 2-on-1 fast break with Dawson completing the alley-oop dunk to Kabba. They call time.

7:45 - After building a 24-20 lead, we've gotten sloppy again. I call time and rest my starters. I go with the entire 2nd unit of Dillard, Badu, Annen, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim. We are down 25-24.

1:50 - Annen just had one of the most spectacular blocks I've ever seen in this game.. he chased down their SG on the breakaway coming from the other side of the court and swatted his layup out of bounds. We lead 34-29. That was his 2nd block of the day.


Badu with a 3 at the buzzer.


Halftime: We lead 40-33. I can't believe we've given up 33 points to this team. At least, the defense has been decent after that horrible start.


Farrell is the player of the half with 10 points and a steal. He has shot 2 of 3, 2 of 3, and 4 of 6. Vega with 8 points and 3 boards. Abdur-Rahim with 7 points and 3 boards. Badu with 7 points and 1 assist.


12:00 - We lead 52-42. Better defense the last few minutes.


9:45 - Badu in for Dawson, Annen in for Kabba, and Abdur-Rahim in for Vega. We lead 59-46. With this lineup in there, we'll run our full court trap more often..

6:05 - I go with Badu, Annen, Kabba, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega. We lead 68-50.

Badu, Annen, and Kabba wreck havok with the full court trap. 10 quick points off turnovers and this game is over.

2:44 - We are up 85-53. I get in the entire bench: Badu, Cox, Annen, Fuller, and English.

We win the game 90-53. Great finish thanks to our full court trap after not trapping most of the game. I need to remember to use it earlier next game, particularly when Badu is on the floor. His height and quickness makes it work very well. Of course, our remaining opponents should have much better ball handlers.


Abdur-Rahim is the player of the game with 20 points, 7 boarrds, and 1 block. He had most of those points during those turnovers generated by our fastbreak but he had 10 before that.

Dawson with 2 points, 7 assists, 1 steal, and 3 turnovers. He shot 1 of 6.

Farrell with 18 points, 2 boards, and 1 steal. He was highly efficient as he shot 4 of 6, 4 of 6, and 6 of 8.

Kabba with 13 points, 5 boards, 1 assist, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 9.

Stevens with 2 points, 8 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. he shot 0 of 3.

Vega with 12 points, 9 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 7.


Badu with 9 points, 5 assists, and 4 steals in 18 minutes.

Annen with 9 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 1 of 7, but was 6 of 6 from the line.


Dillard with 0 points, 1 board, 2 assists, and 1 steal in 8 minutes.

Fuller with 2 points and a board.

[Eaglesfan27]

#8 Cincinnati beat #9 Siena 100-77 to advance to play us.


Cincinnatti is 23-10 (11-7) this year. They are rated 90 overall. They have a long time coach there who has done very well over the last 30 years. Their RPI is 22nd. However, they have been hammered by injuries and they have 2 of their top players out completely and 2 more who are slowed with minor injuries:

Starting SR SF Treg Werner is 6'9 240 and is rated 83 overall. He's out with a back injury and will miss the rest of the season.

Back-up JR PF Benjamin Krager is 6'10 255 and is rated 82 overall. He's out with a torn ACL for the year.

Starting SR PG Amien Cassler is 6'1 202 and is rated 84 overall. He's slowed by a sprained knee but will play. He's averaging 7 ppg and 4.8 apg. He has no real big strengths but no weaknesses either.

Backup SR PG Taurean Obasohan is suffering with a broken big toe but will also play. He's 5'11 169 and is rated 83 overall. Normally, he is a great slashing guard who can get penetration and fill it up from midrange. He's averaging 14.1 ppg and 4 apg. His defense is below average.

SR C Andrew Darden is the star of this team. He's 6'10 221 and is rated 87 overall. He's got tremendous post moves, good hands, and is a good passer. He has superior mobility. He's averaging 20.7 ppg, 6.0 rpg, and 1.2 apg.

JR PF Ricardo McFarlin is a 6'9 232 pound player from Cincinnati. He loves to shoot the outside shot and can hit the 3 better than a lot of guards. In fact, he is their best 3 point shooter on the team. He's averaging 17.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg, and 0.9 bpg. He is rated 83 overall.

FR SG Floyd Davenport is starting for them at SF due to the injuries. He's 6'7 220 and is rated 76 overall. He's very mobile with good strength. He's averaging 2.9 ppg in limited minutes this year.


SO PG Dramane Stephenson leads the bench. He's 6'1 208 and is rated 81 overall. He's averaging 6.4 ppg and 3.5 apg.

JR PF Dane Dillon is 6'9 227 and is rated 79 overall. He's averaging 3.0 ppg and 2.8 rpg.

The rest of their bench is rated in the high 60's. With their injuries and resultant lack of depth, I hope to run them out of the game and wear them out. I'll play them later this week.


Edit to add: I was curious how they scored so many against Siena. They apparently had a big mismatch inside - Darden put up 40 points last game! McFarlin added 22. Obsohan had 14. Dillon and Cassler each had 10.

[Eaglesfan27]

14:45 - Kabba hits a 3 to tie the game at 8.

12:35 - Kabba is on a personal 7-0 run.

12:17 - Kabba with a steal.. lead pass to Farrell who dunks it home. We lead 14-8.

11:53 - Cassler with a 3 to end our run.

10:00 - We lead 18-13. Kabba with an excellent 1st half so far.

9:40 - Farrell with a drive gets a 2nd foul on McFarlin.

8:42 - Farrell with a block that starts a 3-on-1 fastbreak.. Dawson to Stevens for the dunk. We lead 22-13.

8:02 - They call time again. We lead 24-14 after Vega gets an easy 2. I bring in Badu, Annen, and Abdur-Rahim for Dawson, Farrell, and Vega. We'll run the full court trap more and try to put this out of reach early.


Our trap doesn't do anything special, but our M2M defense does. They go scoreless for another 4 minutes. We lead 32-16.


We finish the half with that group since they are playing so well.


Halftime: We lead 44-19.

Kabba is the player of the game with 17 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He played the entire half.

Dawson with 4 assists. Farrell with 9 points. Stevens with 8 points. Annen with 8 points and 2 steals.



14:41 - We lead 54-24.

14:23 - Vega on a dunk attempt lands awkwardly. He is limping off the court. Abdur-Rahim into the game.

14:10 - Abdur-Rahim picks up his 3rd foul.

9:55 - That injury fired up our guys and we turn up the intensity. A 20-0 run finally ends. I pull my starters. We lead 74-26. The lineup for the next few minutes will be: Badu, Cox, Annen, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim with English coming into the game in a few minutes.


We win the game 87-40.


Kabba was the player of the game with 26 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 10 of 14, 5 of 7, and 1 of 2.

Dawson with 2 points, 9 assists, 2 steals, and 2 turnovers in 22 minutes.

Farrell with 15 points, 2 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block in 22 minutes. He shot 5 of 10.

Stevens with 14 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block in 30 minutes. He shot 5 of 8.

Vega with 6 points, 5 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. Early word is that his injury isn't serious...


Annen led the bench with 14 points, 3 boards, 2 asssists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 5 of 8.

Abdur-Rahim with 6 points, 9 boards, and 1 assist.

Badu with 2 points, 8 assists, and 2 steals in 18 minutes. He also had 3 turnovers.


Who else is in the Sweet 16? Who will be our next opponent? Dillard will be healthy next week, but should he start?


These and other questions to be answered..

[Eaglesfan27]

In the rest of our bracket, #12 Boise state upset #5 Southern Miss. Even more shocking #13 Dartmouth upset #4 Kansas in the first round!

Boise State beat Dartmouth 78-72 and will be our next opponent. Dartmouth is a team with great team unity, but not nearly the talent of us, with an overall rating of 81. I'll preview them more in a minute. First, a look at the rest of the bracket:

#3 San Diego State beat #6 Dayton 72-67 to advance to the Sweet 16.

#7 Iowa crushed #15 Mississipi Valley State (who upset Saint Joseph's in the first round 66-64.)

I'll be playing either San Diego State or Iowa in the Elite 8 if I can win this game. Either team is a very winnable game. Things appear to be breaking very favorably for us..


East Matchups:

#1 DePaul vs #4 Florida
#2 Maryland vs #14 Southern Illinois (the year of the lower seeds apparently.)


West:

#5 Pitt vs #9 Texas
#6 Texas Tech vs #10 UConn

South:

#1 Washington vs #5 Tulane
#3 Texas A&M vs #7 Ohio State


I just can't see sitting Dillard who is projected as a top 5 pick in the draft. I'll start him now that he is healthy. Dawson will get in quickly though if Dillard appears too rusty and we fall behind.


A closer look at Boise State's Lineup:

JR SG Nelson Fox is their only player rated 80 or higher. He's 6'3 210 and is rated 80 overall. He was the 55th player in his class. He's a good 3 point shooter. He's their leading scorer at 16.3 ppg. He's also averaging 3.0 rpg, 2.4 apg, and 1.5 spg.

JR SF Freddie Guerrero is 6'8 200 and is rated 78 overall. He's averaging 8.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg, and 1.9 apg.

JR PG is usually their starter, but he is out with a torn ACL. Toree Nunez is 6'0 167 and is rated 74 overall. He's averaging 9.5 ppg and 3.7 apg.

Instead, SR PG Abraham Diener is starting. He is 5'9 180 and is a very smart player. He's rated 72 overall. He's averaging 7.1 ppg and 3.2 apg.

SR PF V.J. Batte starts at C for them. He's 6'10 230 and is rated 72 overall. He's averaging 8.5 ppg, 5.7 rpg, and 2.3 bpg.

JR PF Torey Matela is starting at PF. He's 6'7 215 and is rated 68 overall. He's averaging 4.8 ppg and 2.3 rpg.

Their best player on the bench is JR SG Irving Hopkins who is rated 72 overall. He's 6'2 185. Most of their bench players are rated in the low 60's with 1 other in the mid 60's.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:53 - Dillard with a drive into the lane to get a 2nd foul on Matela. We lead 7-4.

9:47 - Dillard gets a 2nd foul on Batte. We lead 13-11. Dillard's shooting is very rusty, including his FT shooting. I bring in Dawson, Annen, and Abdur-Rahim for Dillard, Farrell, and Vega.

7:14 - Dawson has already matched Dillard's assist numbers. We lead 24-11..

Fox with a 3 to end our run.

Fox with another 3.. and another!


1:00 - Kabba and Stevens are very tired. I put in Farrell and Vega. We lead 37-26.



Halftime: We lead 39-26.

We are dominating at the line with our physical play.

Kabba is the player of the half with 16 points, 4 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block.

Dillard with 2 points and 2 assists in 11 minutes. Dawson with 4 points and 4 assists in 9 minutes. Both had 1 turnover.

Annen with 8 points. Farrell is 0 of 5 so far.



18:51 - Dillard gets a 3rd foul on Batte.

15:30 - I bring in what appears to be our best trapping lineup: Badu, Annen, Kabba, Stevens, and Abdur-Rahim. We lead 42-34.

We take until the 12:29 mark to make a basket to help us set up our trap.

12:02 - Kabba picks up his 3rd foul and is tired. I bring in Farrell. We lead 45-37.

10:02 - I go with Dawson, Farrell, Annen, Stevens, and Vega. We lead 50-37.

4:19 - We put together a 26-0 run! They finally score on a shot by Diener. We lead 76-39. I call time and pull my starters and empty the bench. Dillard will play the last 4 minutes as he tries to shake more rust off. The lineup that will finish the game is Dillard, Cox, Annen, Fuller, and Vega.


We win the game 82-40.

Annen is the player of the game with 17 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, 2 blocks, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 11, 1 of 4, and 6 of 6. He played 25 minutes.

Kabba with 16 points, 4 boards, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 6 of 11. He played 27 minutes.

Dillard with 4 points, 4 assists, and 3 turnovers. He shot 0 of 2 and was 4 of 9 from the line. He played 19 minutes.

Dawson with 4 points, 7 assists, 2 steals, and 1 turnover. He played 15 minutes.

Badu with 0 points, 1 assist, and 1 steal in 5 minutes.


Farrrell finished with 14 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 4 of 10.

Stevens with 6 points, 7 boards, and a block.

Vega with 13 points, 12 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 3 of 4 and was 7 of 7 from the line.


Abdur-Rahim with 4 points, 8 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Fuller and Cox with 2 points.


Who will we face in the Elite 8?

[Eaglesfan27]

Iowa continues the run of upsets as they beat #3 San Diego State 68-62.

Iowa is 27-10 (we are now 28-7.) They have a roster rating of 87. Ours is now 96.

Their starting SG is out with a broken ankle. Their top freshman is playing through a knee sprain.

A look at their starting lineup:

SR PG Cliff Linebaugh is the main focus of their offense. The 6'3 208 pound player from Colorado Springs is rated 88 overall. He was the 19th player in his class back in H.S. and he is a very fast guard with out of the world leaping ability, excellent passing, and good shooting. His defense is above average. He's averaging 16.6 ppg, 4.4 apg, and 3.4 rpg.

JR SG/PG Renato French usually starts for them at SG but the injury will keep him out. He averaging 10.7 ppg and 3.5 apg.

SR PG Austin Slater is starting at SG for them with the injury. Austin is 6'2 199 and is rated 79 overall. He is a very quick player. His defense is subpar. He is averaging 8.3 ppg and 2.8 apg.

FR SF Muhamed Maldonado is starting despite his injury. He's 6'6 202 and is rated 77 overall. He's averaging 8 ppg and 3.9 rpg. He was the 29th player in his class. His strengths are his midrange shooting and his strength.

SR PF Rhett Jennings is 6'7 242 and is rated 78 overall. He'll play a lot of center as they like to go small at times as well. He's a very good post player and a good 3 point shooter for a big man. He's averaging 12.3 ppg, 5.4 rpg, and 0.9 bpg.

SO C D.C. Parsons is 7'0 258 and is rated 67 overall. He'll start but they don't play him many minutes at all. As a result, he is only averaging 1.4 ppg and 2.1 rpg.

SR SG Andres Seymour leads their bench. He's 6'3 210 and he is a tough minded defender. He's averaging 4.4 ppg. He's rated 78 overall.

SO PG Vladimaras Helms is a quick slashing guard who is rated 77 overall. He's 6'2 190. He's averaging 7.2 ppg and 1.7 apg.

JR SG Toby Sidney is a good shooter. He's 6'6 219 and is rated 77 overall. His defense is subpar. He's averaging 8.3 ppg.

SR PG Shane Castillo provides some size and 3 point shooting ability. He's 6'5 240 and is rated 76 overall but he is the best 3 point shooter on the team with a 85 rating. He's averaging 7.7 ppg in limited minutes.


The rest of the bench is rated in the 60's. I'll play them tomorrow. Here is a look at the rest of the Sweet 16 results and Elite 8 matchups:

East:

#1 DePaul beat #4 Florida 94-80.
#2 Maryland beat #14 S. Illinois 100-72.

West:

#9 Texas beat #5 Pitt 75-69.
#10 UConn beat #6 Texas Tech 86-70.

South:

#1 Washington beat #5 Tulane 75-70.
#7 Ohio State beat #3 Texas A&M 90-79.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - We lead 10-4. Kabba with 7 points.

12:04 - I get my trapping lineup in the game. We are up 10-6.

Not off the trap, but Badu gets a steal and breakaway dunk.

8:59 - They end our run with a drive by Seymour for the foul and FT's. We lead 16-8.

5:35 - I bring back Farrell and Vega, resting Kabba and Stevens. We lead 18-10. Terrific defense from our group.

3:00 - I bring back Dillard. We lead 23-14. Badu with a nice stretch there.


Halftime: We lead 26-21. Linebaugh scored all 7 of their points in the last 3 minutes as he finally broke out of his shooting slump.


Kabba is the player of the game with 7 points, 1 board, and 2 steals.

Annen also has 7 points, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. Badu with 5 points, 3 assists, and 2 steals.


15:44 - Linebaugh with a 3 (after coming off a screen) to put them ahead 32-31.

12:03 - Dillard gets a 3rd foul on Linebaugh who is their main source of scoring. We are tied at 37.

9:25 - We are up 42-39. I feel bad not playing Dawson, but I think our defensive/trapping lineup is the best option right now. I put in Badu, Annen, and Abdur-Rahim.

6:11 - The trapping isn't working. They are getting some easy baskets and Linebaugh has just hit a pair of 3's to give them a 50-46 lead. I call time. We go with Badu, Farrell, Annen, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega.

Farrell misses a wide open 3. Linebaugh with a 3 at the other end.

Vega turns it over. Badu with a block that starts a fastbreak.. he is fouled. He makes both FT's. Badu with a steal from the full court trap.

He finds Abdur-Rahim who is fouled. 53-50.

The trap forces an errant out of bounds pass. Farrell misses a 3 but Abdur-Rahim with the tip-in.

Vega forces a missed shot by Jennings. Vega is fouled at the other end. He makes both FT's! We lead 54-53. 4 minutes left.

Jennings with a 14 footer. He has 14 points.

Badu hits a wide open 3. He has 8 points.

Maldonado gets inside and Vega fouls him on a block attempt. He misses both FT's. Sidney with the board and he is fouled on a block attempt by Abdur-Rahim. He makes both FT's. Tied at 57. 3 minutes to go.

2:39 - Farrell hits a long 2 with his foot just on the line. We lead 59-57.

Badu with good defense forces an awkward shot by Linebaugh that misses. Jennings with the board. Vega blocks the put-back attempt. Farrell hits a corner 3! We lead 62-57.

Seymour hits a long 3 off a screen. 1 minute left.

Farrell misses a 12 footer.

6.9 seconds left - Vega comes out with the center who sets a screen for Linebaugh to take a 3.. Vega leaps.. and barely tips the shot.. what a block! Annen gets the carom and is fouled. He makes the first FT... and the 2nd. I take out Farrell and bring in Kabba for the defense.

1.6 seconds - Badu steals a pass. He is fouled and makes both FT's. That is the final margin!


We win the game 66-60. We are going to the Final Four!


Vega is the player of the game with 13 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, 2 blocks, and a steal.

Dillard with 2 points, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 turnover in 21 minutes.

Badu with 10 points, 2 boards, 4 assists, 4 steals, 2 blocks, and 2 turnovers in 19 minutes.

Farrell with 10 points and 2 steals. He shot 4 of 12.

Kabba with 10 points, 2 boards, 1 assist, and 2 steals. He shot 3 of 9.

Stevens with 0 points, 9 boards, and 2 assists.


Annen led the bench with 11 points, 1 board, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 8.

Abdur-Rahim with 10 points, 4 boards, and a block.


Time to find out who else is in the Final Four..

[Eaglesfan27]

#2 Maryland beat #1 DePaul 83-66 to advance.

#10 UConn beat #9 Texas 67-64 to advance.

Maryland and UConn are veyr evenly matched in my opinion. UConn had injuries earlier in the year and are actually a very talented team who fought through those injuries.

Will we be playing #1 seed Washington?

Nope, 7 seed Ohio State beat them 74-70 to advance.

Ohio State is a very talented team as well. They finished the year 26-9 (11-7) and have a team rating of 91. Their coaching is rated at 100. Thad Matta is still there and has a lifetime record of 804-408. Both teams are completely healthy. They rely on a pair of dynamic wingmen:

SR SG Germain Thomasson is 6'4 215 and is rated 89 overall. He is a great slashing guard who can also hit the outside shot well. Defensively, he is also very good. His only weakness is his stamina. He is averaging 10.1 ppg, 4.9 apg, and 1.5 spg.

SR SF Darell Watkins is 6'7 233 and is rated 87 overall. He is another dynamic dunker who can also shoot the outside shot. His defense is outstanding. His weakness is his ball handling and passing. He is averaging 10.8 ppg, 5.2 rpg.

JR PF Lou Clinton is 6'7 235 and is rated 85 overall. He is a great shot blocker and a very good post player. He's averaging 14.1 ppg, 7.4 rpg, and 2.4 bpg.

SO C Hendrik Laurelin is a big man with a ton of potential, but he isn't quite there yet. His defense is solid but his post game needs work. Des[ote that he is averaging 12.5 ppg, 6.8 rpg, and 1.8 bpg. He is rated 80 overall.

JR PG Jackie Blackett is the weakest link on the team. He's 5'10 181 and is rated 77 overall. He isn't a very good ball handler or passer and is more of a tweener guard whose best attribute is his outside shooting. He's averaging 5.6 ppg and 2.2 apg in 20 mpg.

SR SG Juan Chiles plays a lot of point for them. He isn't a very good ball handler either. Actually, Thomasson is their best ball handler and passer on their team. Juan is averaging 7.8 ppg and 2.3 apg in 22 mpg. He is 6'3 186 and is rated 79 overall.

JR SG Laurie Mendez is 6'0 185 and is rated 77 overall. He's a pure 3 point specialist and is the best shooter on their team. However, his defense is so bad he only plays 2-3 minutes per game. He's averaging 2.6 ppg despite this.

They have no size on their bench. Their tallest bench player is SO SF Dee Challed who is 6'8 215 and is rated 73 overall.

Most of their bench is rated in the low 70's.

[Eaglesfan27]

19:00 - Dillard is back! Dillard with the nice move to get into the lane and hit a tear-drop. Dillard with a steal and breakaway dunk.

18:24 - Kabba picks up 2 quick cheap fouls.. Annen into the game.

15:00 - We are up 10-8. Laurelin is giving Vega some trouble early.

10:20 - Vega with a rebound, passes to Dillard, who passes to Farrell for a breakaway dunk. We lead 19-13. They call time. I bring in Dawson at PG, Badu at SG, and Abdur-Rahim at C.

5:15 - Annen is tired. I'm going with Dawson, Badu, Farrell, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega. We lead 30-24 as the tempo has picked up (we are attempting to push it.)

4:00 - Dawson picks up his 2nd foul. Dillard back into the game. We lead 35-27.

1:00 - They go on a 9-0 run before Dillard gets fouled and ends the run. We are up 37-36.

Halftime: We lead 39-36.

Laurelin leads them with 12 points as his speed is giving Vega trouble.

Farrell is the player of the half with 8 points, 2 boards, and 3 steals.

Dillard has 7 points and 4 assists. Annen with 8 points. Vega with 6 points.



17:02 - Kabba is caught in a bad situation on a 3-on-2 break.. he fouls on a block attempt. I bring in Annen. We are tied at 43.

Dillard turns it over to the full court trap.

Dillard steals it back. Great play.


16:20 - Annen with a drive gets a 3rd foul on Laurelin.

14:02 - Thomasson with a steal from Farrell and a breakaway layup. We are down 49-47.

Dillard with a pair of fastbreak baskets. We are up 51-49. His explosiveness is back.

9:10 - I call time. We are tied at 57. We rest everyone except Stevens. Dawson, Badu, Kabba, and Abdur-Rahim into the game.

7:49 - Kabba with a strong move into the paint.. he draws contact.. makes the shot and the FT. That gives us a 60-59 lead.

6:55 - Chiles hita a long 3 to tie it at 62.

5:30 - Stevens with a 12 footer. Abdur-Rahim with a 14 footer. We lead 66-62 and they call time. We bring in Dillard, Farrell, Kabba, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega.

Clinton with a strong move for the interior basket. Thomasson with a pair of baskets. They take a 68-66 lead.

Dillard blows by Blackett and gets the foul. He goes to the line.. and ties the game with a pair of FT's. Tied at 68.

Farrell forces a miss by Thomasson. 3 minutes left.

Farrell misses a wide open 3. Thomasson with a breakaway basket on the long rebound.

They steal it from Dillard. Thomasson with a breakaway dunk and the foul! We are down 73-68. 2 minutes left.

Dillard and Vega with a perfect pick and roll.. Dillard throws it up high and Vega grabs it and dunks it. That is Dillard's 10th assist of the night. 73-70. They call time. I put in Badu and Annen. We are going to press...

Not off the trap, but Kabba gets the steal. He throws it to Annen.. who passes it to Badu in stride.. Badu dunks it home. They call time again.

They miss a quick 3 by Chiles. Vega with the board... he passes it to Badu.. he is running... he beats one defender.. draws another and lays it off for Kabba who is fouled before he can dunk it. Kabba misses the first FT! He makes the 2nd. Tied at 73. 1:10 left.


52 seconds - Thomasson goes for the 3.. Kabba is there to bother him.. it misses. Annen with the board. Vega gets position.. Badu throws it to him. Vega gets a 5th foul on Laurelin. He makes 1 of 2. Kabba with the offensive board.. but Kabba is stripped by Watkins before he can do anything with it.

Watkins with a coast-to-coast move and he draws the foul. He makes the first FT to tie it and the 2nd to give them the lead. 37.5 seconds left..

We call time and bring back Dillard and Farrell. The plan is to get it inside to Vega with about 5-6 seconds to go..

With 4.6 seconds left, Vega hits the hook shot to put us ahead!

They are out of T.O's. They inbound it.. we get a bit of pressure on them.. they get it midcourt.. Thomasson shoots.. it's on line... it's long! It bounces off the backboard and is no good!


We win the game 76-75! On to the National Championship Game!

Vega is the player of the game with 19 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 11, 0 of 0, and 5 of 7.

Dillard with 12 points, 10 assists, 4 steals, 3 turnovers. He shot 3 of 9.

Farrell with 13 points, 1 board, and 4 steals. He shot 4 of 9.

Kabba with 7 points, 1 board, 1 assist, and 1 steal in just 14 minutes due to his foul trouble.

Stevems with 2 points, 3 boards, and 1 block.

Badu led the bench with 10 points, 2 assists, and 1 turnover. He shot 4 of 7.

Annen with 9 points, 6 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block.

Dawson with 2 points and 1 assist. Abdur-Rahim with 2 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists.

Who will be facing?

[hoopsguy]

Nice work again, EF27. This sure did not feel like a title caliber team after 15-20 games, but once again it seems like you found the switch in the back half of the season. The first three rounds of the tourney were basically a warm-up act for your guys and you've gutted out the last two.

Good luck bringing home another title in the final.

[Eaglesfan27]

#2 Maryland handles #10 UConn 99-75. Maryland is a very talented team with a rating of 93. They are 34-6 (12-4.) They are averaging 84 ppg, one of the higher outputs in the country this year.

They have a backup SO PG, Oliver Haigler, who is out with a broken ankle. Hmm, I think that is a player I looked at recruiting at one point. They are led by a very talented PF:

SR PF Reginald Gillingham is 6'8 245 and is rated 90 overall. He is a player who can do it all - post up, shoot midrange shots, shoot the 3, play defense, rebound, pass well. His only weakness is his tendency to get into foul trouble. He is averaging 13.0 ppg, 7.7 rpg, and 1.1 spg in only 21.8 mpg (due to foul trouble I'm sure.) He averages 4.5 fouls per game. We'll certainly be looking to attack him early..

JR PG Cameron Tate is a dynamic penetrating guard who can shoot the midrange shot extremely well. He's expected to be a lottery pick in the upcoming draft. He's 5'11 180 and rated 88 overall. He's averaging 14.4 ppg, 3.9 apg.

JR PG Francisco Njila is 5'11 184 and is rated 85 overall. He's a lightning quick penetrating guard. He's averaging 11.9 ppg and 3.0 apg.

JR SG Tadas Peterson is 6'1 184 and is rated 84 overall. He's one of the best 3 point shooters in the country when he's open but he has trouble creating his own shot. He's averaging 10.7 ppg.

SO SG Othello Hairston is 6'4 213 and is also a very good 3 point shooter. He's rated 82 overall. His defense is below average. He's averaging 8.9 ppg.

SR PF Jay Vargas starts at C for them. He's 6'8 236 and is rated 81 overall. He is a very good post player, but he also tends to get into foul trouble. He's averaging 11.0 ppg, 4.6 rpg, and 1 bpg in 18.3 mpg.


Other key bench players:

SR PG Miles Ames is 5'9 178 and is rated 81 overall. Great dribbler with very good speed. He's averaging 4.9 ppg, 2.0 apg, and 16 mpg.

SO SG D.C. Horton is 6'4 208 and is rated 80 overall. Very good 3 point shooter. He's averaging 3.5 ppg and 8 mpg.

SO SF Ben Luber is 6'5 200 and is rated 76 overall. His best attribute is his 3 point shooting. He's averaging 2 ppg and 3 mpg.

The rest of the bench is rated in the mid 70's.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nice work again, EF27. This sure did not feel like a title caliber team after 15-20 games, but once again it seems like you found the switch in the back half of the season. The first three rounds of the tourney were basically a warm-up act for your guys and you've gutted out the last two.

Good luck bringing home another title in the final.

Thanks. Guys are developing MUCH better since I hired a 2nd assistant coach who excels at teaching. Also, our cohesion has gone way up since early in the year. In fact, before I start the game let's take one last detailed look at my team:

SR PG Jerald Dillard is up to a 93 rating. He's one of the fastest guards in the country with a 96 speed and 95 quickness. He's a very good ball handler (90), a good passer (82), and a good shooter. His stealing ability is elite (95). Despite all of these abilities, he's only averaging 6.8 ppg, 3.7 apg, 2.2 rpg, and 1.6 spg this year. He was the 27th player overall in his class. He is projected to be a top 5 draft pick after he graduates.

JR SF Lucious Kabba is now rated 89 overall. His midrange game is his most lethal weapon followed by his dunking. Defensively, he is very good and he has great quickness and speed (88 in each) as well as nice strength for his position (79). He's averaging 12.6 ppg, 3.6 rpg, and 1.4 spg. He has really picked it up in the tourney except for the last game. There is talk among NBA scouts that he could come out early and be a 1st round pick. He was the 79th player in his class.

JR PG Antone Dawson is 6'1 193 and is now up to a 88 rating. His passing is at an elite level (95) and he is clearly the best passer on our team. His defense is top notch as well now. His midrange game is incredible even though he rarely uses it. He's averaging 4.7 ppg, 3.6 apg, and 17.9 mpg. Despite his limited minutes and production, scouts are talking about him being a mid 1st round pick if he comes out now. He was the 56th player in his class.

SO SF Leo Annen is up to a 86 rating. Tremendous quickness and speed for his size (87 for both.) He's the most electric finisher on the team (93 dunking.) His defense is his most improved attribute. He's averaging 10.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg, and 0.7 bpg. He was the 77th player in his class.

JR C Olu Vega is 7'1 259 and is rated 85 overall. His rebounding is his most improved rating followed closely by his post offense and close range shooting. He's developed his left hand in the post. As a result, he has career highs in almost every category: 12.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 1.6 apg, and 1.6 bpg. He was the 146th player in his class. There is talk he could come out early and be a 1st round pick..

SO C Abdur-Rahim has improved in so many important areas. He's now rated 85 overall as well. He's faster than Vega (78 speed, 72 quickness) and is much better at putting it on the floor. His post game is also better. If Vega leaves, I don't think we'll miss a beat at C next year. He's averaging 6.5 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 0.4 bpg, and 17.8 mpg. He was the 96th player in his class.

SO PF Desmond Stevens is now rated 84 overall. While he isn't shooting consistently, when he is on, we are almost unstoppable. He's averaging 5.1 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 1.7 spg, and 0.7 bpg. His strength is his leaping ability and his quick hands. He was the 37th player in his class.

SO PF A.C. Fuller is now rated 84 overall as well. He has the most refined post game of any player on our team, but his post defense is the weakest of our big men. Still, if we are struggling offensively, I need to remember to put him into the game. He's averaging 2.4 ppg, 1.3 rpg, and 5.4 mpg. He was the 99th player in his class.

SO SG Arzelle Farrell is now rated 83 overall. He's really rounding out his game nicely. His 3 point shooting is up to a 93 rating. His defense is now a very respectable 85. His length helps add to that. His post up ratings have improved considerably. He's also very quick. He's averaging 14.6 ppg, 2.0 apg, and 1.2 rpg. We've relied on him less in the tourney and his scoring has been down a bit. He was the 78th player in his class.

FR PG Marcellus Badu is tied for most growth on the team with a 4 point gain. He is now 6'5 204 and is rated 79 overall. His biggest improvements are in awareness, but he has improved every facet of his game considerably. His defense is going to be one of the best ever among my players when he is done, I suspect. This is magnified by his size. He's a great trapping guard. If I get that 6'9 guard, Moss, next year and he can trap as well, I think we could be absolutely devastating with the full cour trap. He's averaging 3.6 ppg, 1.8 apg, 8.9 mpg. All of those numbers are trending up over the last few weeks. He was the 21st player in his class.

RS FR Kody Hehn is also doing a great job growing during his redshirt year. He is now rated 79 overall, a 4 point growth. I just hope he doesn't get mad about being redshirted..

RS FR Devon Kilgore is now rated 77 overall.

Walk-on RS SO PG Domonic Cox is now rated 75 overall. We have two other walk-ons who are in the 50's and will never see the court.

[Eaglesfan27]

18:44 - Stevens draws the 1st foul on Gillingham.

18:06 - Tate scores the first basket of the game, a 3.

17:44 - Kabba hits a 3 to answer.

17:12 - Gillingham with a 12 footer.

16:06 - Dillard drives into the lane and gets a 2nd foul on Peterson. He hits a pair of FT's to tie it at 5. They go small with 3 guards on the floor.

15:34 - Gillingham with a 14 footer.

15:00 - Dillard with a drive gets a 2nd foul on Gillingham. They bring in Luber.

Kabba hits a 3. Hairston hits a 3. Kabba hits another 3.

Dillard with a drive and kick out to Kabba for another 3. Hairston is no where close to guarding him..

12:57 - Kabba fakes a 3.. passes it inside to a wide open Vega for a dunk. 16-10. They call time.

Horton with a long 2.


Dillard with a drive and kick for Farrell who hits the 3.

Luber with an offensive putback. Dillard to Vega who dunks it over the smaller defender on a nice move in the post. We lead 21-14.

Tate with a steal and breakaway dunk.

9:13 - Vega gets called for a loose ball foul when going for a defensive board. That is his 2nd. I bring in Abdur-Rahim. We lead 21-16.

Tate uses a screen and then just beats all of my defenders off the dribble for a layup.

8:10 - We bring in Badu and Annen. Time to try to run the full court trap. We lead 23-18.

Ames with a 3.

Ames with a 12 footer to tie it at 23.

Badu with a drive and kick to Kabba for a 3 to end their run. Kabba with a block at the other end.

3:30 - Kabba his hit another 3. We lead 31-28. The trap isn't working. Only 1 turnover and they are breaking it too often..

1:46 - Kabba is tired and his shooting is suffering, but he is playing too well to pull right now.. He's doing it all. Nice rebound and putback that draws the foul.


Halftime: We are tied at 32.

We are shooting a season high number of 3's. I need to get it inside more. Then again, Kabba is the player of the half with 19 points, 18 of them from 3's. Still, we need more balance.

Vega is our 2nd leading scorer with 4 points.

Hairston leads them with 10 points. Ames has 7. Tate has 7.

[Eaglesfan27]

19:38 - Vega with a block that starts a fastbreak. Farrell finishes it with a layup and the foul. 34-32, as he misses the FT.

17:51 - Ames with a pair of 3's. Vega gets called for a basket interference when he attempts to dunk it.. misses it.. and somehow that is basket interference.. odd.

16:30 - Dillard picks up his 3rd foul. Kabba and Stevens are both tired. I bring in Dawson, Annen, and Abdur-Rahim. We are down 43-37.

16:10 - Dawson with a drive gets a 3rd on Gillingham.

Farrell with a 3. Hairston with a 3. Vega has missed 3 close shots.

Farrell with another 3.


12:55 - Vega picks up his 3rd. He's staying in for now. We are down 48-43.

Farrell with a drive and he is fouled by Luber.

12:20 - Vega picks up his 4th. Stevens back into the game and Vega will sit for a while. Luber hurt his knee in the collision.

Stevens with a big 12 footer.

10:08 - We are down 53-49. I bring in Badu, Annen, Kabba, Stevens, and Abdur-Rahim.

Badu gets a defensive rebound and he has us running.. he feeds Abdur-Rahim in the paint.. they foul him before he can dunk it.

Aimes with a 3. Tate with a 3. Kabba has gone ice cold on his outside shooting now..

8:00 - We are down 63-52.

Kabba with a steal and breakaway dunk.

Badu steals it due to the pressure in the backcourt.. he passes to Kabba for a 12 footer. They call time. I sit Stevens and bring back Vega.

7:34 - Seconds after coming in.. Gillingham gets the 5th on Vega. We need offense, I bring in Fuller.

Badu hits a huge 3 for us from the top of the key.

Badu with a steal.. pick and roll with Abdur-Rahim.. he passes to Abdur-Rahim who drills the 14 footer. Kabba with a steal.. he passes to Badu for a breakaway dunk.


5:00 - We are down 66-65 and we are on a run now..

We are down 67-65. Badu with a drive gets hammered.... he has a chance to tie it at the line... he misses the 1st, but makes the 2nd.

Tate misses a quick 3.

Badu turns it over with an errant pass. I bring back Dillard. I also bring in Farrell for Annen and Stevens for Fuller.

Gillingham with a 12 footer.

Abdur-Rahim misses a shot in the paint. Gillingham is fouled on a 14 footer. He misses the shot but makes both FT's. We are down 71-66.

Kabba with a drive.. he makes the layup and is fouled. He misses the FT.

Njila with a drive for 2. Dillard with a drive and hits the pull-up in the paint.

Dillard with a steal.. we set up our offense.. Dillard drives.. kicks out to a wide open Stevens who hits the 16 footer! We are down 73-72. 3 minutes left.

Abdur-Rahim picks up his 4th foul on a quick drive by Njila. He misses the first FT, but makes the 2nd.


Dillard with a quick screen.. drives and makes a layup. Tied at 74.

Tate hits a 3. Farrell hits a 3.

Vargas hits a post shot and gets fouled. He misses the FT. Abdur-Rahim gets the board.

Kabba has a wide open 3.. he looks at it.. squares.. and misses... too long. They get the board.

Vargas with another hook shot and he gets fouled again. He makes the FT. Down 82-77 with under a minute left..

Dillard is open for a 3... he takes it.. and misses.

33 seconds - Dillard with a steal. He finds Kabba on the fastbreak and he is fouled.

The trap fails to get a turnover, so we have to foul. We foul Tate. I put in Badu for Dillard and Annen for Kabba who is tired. He makes both FT's.


Annen misses the quick 3, but Abdur-Rahim has a huge putback dunk. Down 84-81.

Abdur-Rahim fouls out as we intentionally foul Njila. He makes both FT's.

Badu misses a quick 3 as it almost goes down but rims out.


So close, but so far. We lose 88-81.

We should have won this game. I just didn't make good adjustments in the 2nd half.

Vargas was the player of the game with 16 points, 14 boards, and a block.

Gillingham with 12 points, 6 boards, and 2 assists. Ames with 13 points. Hairston with 11 points. Tate with 12 points.

Kabba led us with 25 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, 4 steals, and a block. He shot 8 of 17, 6 of 12, and 3 of 5. All of his 3 pointers were made in the first half.

Dillard with 6 points, 7 assists and 1 steal. I wish I had played Dawson more. He only got 6 minutes but he had 2 assists and 2 boards. Badu with 10 points, 4 assists, 2 boards, and 2 steals in 14 minutes.

Farrell with 19 points and 1 assist. He shot 6 of 11, 5 of 9, and 2 of 3.

Stevens with 4 points, 4 boards, and 1 assist. Vega with 4 points, 7 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 2 of 6.

Abdur-Rahim with 11 points, 2 boards, and 2 blocks.

[Eaglesfan27]

Maryland finished the year 35-6.

Emmett Nielsen of Florida won Player of the Year. The 6'10 255 pound PF who is rated 90 overall averaged 25.8 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 1.7 bpg, and 1.5 spg.

Ilian Prince, Missouri State, won Mid-Major Player of the Year. The 6'9 240 pound SR PF is rated 82 overall. He averaged 22.8 ppg, 8.4 rpg, and 1.7 bpg.

Maryland's coach won Coach of the Year.

Nielsen won Big Man of the Year.

Stalin Herman, a 5'10 170 pound PG on Vanderbilt won Freshman of the Year. He is rated 78 overall and he averaged 11.8 ppg and 3.6 apg.

The All-American Team:

SR PG Danko Nystrom, SDSU 18.9 ppg, 6.1 apg.
SR SG Reyshawn Admundson, DePaul, 19.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg.
SR SF Steve Challed, Syracuse, 23.3 ppg, 6.9 rpg.
SR PF Nielsen
SR C Mat Drake, St. Bonaventure, 23.2 ppg, 8.1 rpg.


No USC players on any of the teams, including the All-Freshman team.


I won Pac-10 Coach of the Year.

SR C Levi Cortez won Pac-10 Player of the Year. He averaged 22.8 ppg, 6.6 rpg, and 1.7 bpg.

Oregon State's C Nehemiah Carney won Freshman of the Year in the Pac-10. He averaged 6.5 ppg, 5.2 rpg, and 1.8 bpg.

Kabba made All Pac-10 First Team.

The rest of the team:

SR PG Cal Bailey, Washington 15.4 ppg, 4.5 apg.
SR SG Niemer Halsch, WSU 16.6 ppg, 4.7 rpg.
SR PF Vytautas Hornsby, Wash 17.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg.
SR C Cortez

Vega made the 2nd team.

Badu made the Freshman All-Conference team.

[Eaglesfan27]

We do get one bit of good news. I guess losing that game wasn't how Kabba wanted to go out. He's returning for his senior year!

The only player's leaving are Dillard who was drafted high in the 1st round and a walkon SF. No transfers either. :)


I get a bunch of jobs including DePaul, Minnesota, and Ohio State (Thad finally retired.)

ASU got hit hard losing 2 of their players to transfers. SO SG Karl Mason went to Northern Iowa. JR SF Wilson Gale went to Hawaii.

Time to see if Allan Wolfe still wants to be a Trojan..

[Eaglesfan27]

Allan Wolfe is now a Trojan! He's a 5 star PF who is 6'8 255. If he grows an inch or two as I expect, he could get some PT next year. He is rated 25th overall and is a 5 star player from Santa Ana, CA. He averaged 10.5 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 2.6 bpg in the ABL. Our staff believes his defense is his biggest strength and that he has "A" potential. He grades out as: Shooting B-, Skills B, Defense B+, Athleticism B+, Rebounding A-, IQ A, Potential A, and Size B+.

Washington had a very good day getting a 5 star PG who I liked, W.B. Henry. He is the 7th ranked player in the country. If I didn't have Badu, I think we would have been a big player for him. He's from Modesto, CA. They also got Max McDade, who is the #1 C in the country and is from Glendale, CA. He's 6'11 230 and is ranked 42nd overall. I would have gone after him as my primary target if Wolfe didn't want to be a Trojan so obviously.


Now, to see if we can close the deal on Connally Moss..


1 week later, Moss signs with USC turning down Wake Forest! Connally is a 6'9 234 pound SG. He's a 3 star player who is ranked 163rd overall and 43rd among SG's. He grades out as: Shooting B, Skills A-, Defense B+, Athleticism A-, Rebounding B-, IQ B-, Potential B-, and Size A-. He averaged 10.1 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 6.3 apg, 3.9 spg, and 2.1 bpg in the ABL. Our staff believes he is a terrific passer, has excellent speed for his size, and is an instinctive shot blocker. I hope they are right. His weakness is his outside shooting.

That fills this class. Time to start weeding through the Juniors more to see which 1 I'm going to target for next year.

[Ironhead]

Tough way to end it as it sounded like this was going to be your year. Then again that is why this game is so great. Even with a great team and great regular season success it is still difficult to win the tourney.

[Eaglesfan27]

Tough way to end it as it sounded like this was going to be your year. Then again that is why this game is so great. Even with a great team and great regular season success it is still difficult to win the tourney.

True. I'd be bored with it if I could go 35-0 and win the title every year.

Looking forward to seeing this team perform this upcoming year. I think we're going to have a special year. I got too locked into the idea of working Dillard in where Dawson was performing very well while Dillard was out. I think the team is going to play much better with Dawson at PG. I think the passing attribute matters more than I gave it credit for in the pass.

Time to see what the team looks like before Midnight Madness.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our class is ranked 78th. Not surprising with only 2 players, although I guess I thought the 1 5 star would push it up a bit higher than that.


The top 10:

1. UConn - 2 5 star All-Americans, 2 3 stars.
2. Texas A&M - 3 5 star players.
3. Nebraska - 2 5 star players and 1 4 star player.
4. FSU - 2 5 stars and 2 4 stars.
5. Maryland - 2 5 starts and 2 3 stars.
6. Washington 1 5 star, and 4 4 stars.
7. Colorado 1 5 star, 3 4 stars.
8. Pitt - 1 5 star, 1 4 star, and 2 3 stars.
9. Arkansas - 4 4 stars.
10. UNLV - 2 4 stars and 2 3 stars.


Now, it is time to look at what the team looks like.

We are #1 in the Pre-season polls!


PG - I love both options.

RS SR Antone Dawson could have gone to the NBA but he is ready to be a superstar in college. He's 6'1 197 and is rated 89 overall now. Nothing new to say. Great passer, great midrange shooter in theory, excellent defender.

SO PG Marcellus Badu is 6'5 206 and rated 81 overall now. His hsot blocking and stealing are better than Dawson but he isn't as fundamentally sound on defense. He is the better 3 point shooter and the stronger player. He's a better ball handler as well but a worse passer.

RS JR Walk-on Domonic Cox may not even make the 12 man roster to start the year. However, if there is an injury, he'd be a viable player. He's 6'3 203 and is rated 76 overall. He's actually the best 3 point shooter of the group.


SG - Farrell is still one of my favorite players. Moss might be a disappointment (but I need to remember overall rating isn't everything and might not be that important for his role.)

JR SG Arzelle Farrell is now 6'7 214. He's rated 84 overall. His 3 point shooting has leveled off, but his athleticism, defense, and passing are all improving. Great quickness. With his shooting and ability to move, he should put up 20 a game.

My staff is recommending I redshirt Moss, but I don't think I will despite a disappointing overall of 73. Then again, back in the day, I would kill for that kind of overall in my freshmen. The fact is that Moss has what I expected: Size - He's now 6'9 236. He has legit SG speed and quickness which should make his size very disruptive on defense. The downside is that his potential is worse than advertised. Also, his shooting is worse than advertised. He's going to strictly a defensive stopper and dunker when he is on the floor. He is a good passer as advertised. I definitely think he'll have a key role when we run our full court trap and need increased defensive presence. Not to mention, he certainly has the size to play the 3, 4, or even 5 in a pinch..

SF - An embarassment of riches.

SR Lucious Kabba is now rated 89 overall. He's 6'7 233. His shooting is unbelievable when he is on, but he is a very streaky shooter which is my only knock on him. Great athleticism for the position, great dunker, strong defense, decent passer. Great leaping ability.

RS JR Leo Annen is 6'8 205 and is rated 87 overall. He is the best shot blocker outside of my PF's and C's. He has tremendous midrange shooting ability. He's got nice post up ability. He's still the best dunker on the team. He's also one of the best hustle players on the team.

RS FR Kody Hehn had a growth spurt! He's now 6'10 225 and rated 80 overall. :) He's a good midrange shooter, a good dunker, a strong player, and his defense is good, particularly his stealing ability. On the downside, he is a bit slow with some lateral movement issues as well. He's significantly slower than Moss for example. That being said, I need to find a few minutes a night at least for him. He may play some PF for us as he is a good rebounder.

RS FR Devon Kilgore is another player who deserves some PT, but he might get lost in the numbers. He's 6'8 211 and is rated 78 overall. His potential isn't as high as the other guys on the team. However, he is a solid player without too many weaknesses. He is much quicker and faster than Kody.


PF - I'm not happy with Stevens production and remembering that overall's aren't the end all, I might give the Freshman a shot at winning the job...

JR PF Desmond Stevens should be able to win the starting job. He's gained an inch and is now 6'9 235. He's the best rebounder at the position. He has a decent midrange shot. He's a good dunker. He's a solid defender. He's got adequate speed and mobility. His only weakness is his post offense.

JR PF A.C. Fuller is also a contender to start. Particularly, if I decide I need more offensive options. He's the best post player on the team. I need to remember to get him minutes regardless of whether or not he starts. He's faster and quicker than Stevens. He's not as good of a rebounder or a defender.

FR PF Allan Wolfe didn't have a growth spurt, but I still like what I see. My staff wants us to redshirt him, but I think I'd like to get him some PT this year. He's 6'8 258. His post game is better than either of his teammates were at this point. He is the best passer of the 3. His rebounding needs work as does his defense. Looking at him, I doubt he will win the starting job, but I don't think I should redshirt him. He'll get some minutes.


C is another position where I feel we have 2 great options and a solid 3rd option:

SR C Olu Vega's return really surprised me. He's 7'1 267 now and rated 86 overall. His post game needs work still, and I guess this is why he returned, but he's become much better over the years. His midrange game is also improving and he has a legit 12 footer now. Defensively, he should be getting a ton of swats. He is also the best passer of our big men and is really an excellent passer for a big man. He's also one of the strongest players I've ever had. Definitely need to get him the ball more this year.

JR C Jeromy Abdur-Rahim is 6'10 253 and also rated 86 overall now. He has some legitimate 3 point ability. He's a solid post scorer. He's a great offensive rebounder. He's also a very strong player.

Walk-on R C Duane English is 7'0 249 now. He's rated 78 overall. He's a very good rebounder and a solid post defender. I wouldn't feel bad at all if I had to use him.


This team is loaded. Easy to see why we are #1 in the pre-season poll. I really want to take them for a spin now, but I'm tired. I'll start the recruiting process and play our first game which is against Montana tomorrow.

Oh yeah, don't know why I thought I only had 1 scholarship to sign a player with. I have 3 and the #3 player in the nation, a PG from Colorado, has a lot of interest in USC...

[Eaglesfan27]

As I was going to bed last night, I realized I have a problem. I have 15 players who I'd like to be on my 12 man roster (and use.) Cox is easy to exclude even though I like him. Ditto for English. Should I follow through with the staff suggestion and redshirt Moss? I thought about it as I was falling asleep. While it is tempting to do so, I think Moss can help us win a championship this year even if he only plays a few minutes a game. So, I hate to do it, but Kilgore is out of the 12 man roster to start the year.

Our Starting 5: Dawson, Farrell, Kabba, Stevens, and Vega. I decided Stevens' defense and rebounding is what I need at PF for now. It's already going to be hard to find enough opportunities for Farrell, Kabba, and Vega who are all 1a, 1b, and 1c scoring options.

Annen will be the first player off the bench. Abdur-Rahim 1st big off the bench. Badu will be primary PG off the bench and everyone else will get rotated in depending upon the situation.


Recruiting needs:

No overwhelming needs but the top preferences would be:

1. PG - I don't want Badu to be the only legit ball handler next year.
2. C - I don't want Abdur-Rahim to be our only true C. I want to get another 7 footer if I can to replace Vega.
3. Best available player


Looking at the top players in California:

1. SG J.W. Reese from San Diego. He is the 6th player overall in the country. Darn, playing time is his #1 priority and his interest in USC is very low. He is heavily favoring UCLA :(

2. Leland Graham is the 20th player in the nation and 2nd best in the state. He is a 5 star SG from Los Angeles. He is also heavily favoring UCLA as they have huge playing time available.

I'm going to pursue Reese and hope I can somehow convince him..


3. C Rylan Prillman is the 4th rated player in California and is 77th in the nation. He's a 4 star C who did very well in the ABL. He's 6'9 228, but has everything else I'd like in a center including an outside shot. I'm pursuing him.

4. Jasper Stevers is the #3 player in the nation and #2 PG. He's from Colorado and he has USC in his top 3 along with Texas A&M and Kansas. I'm going after him hard. He's 6'1 181 and averaged 18.6 ppg, 6.9 apg, 5.6 rpg, and 1.4 spg in the ABL. Our staff thinks he could be an immediate starter, he's that talented.



2 weeks later: Reese has made it clear he is going to either UCLA or UNLV. I decide to go after Graham and I offer him my last scholarship (I also offered Stivers and Prillman.)


Our first game is at home vs Montana. They have a roster rating of 75. Their best player is JR PG T.J. Cochran who is rated 73 overall and 5'10 170. They do have a big SG who, Jerod Bush, who is 6'6 227 and is a good 3 point shooter. Their SR PF is also rated 72 overall. Alec Holland is 6'9 270 and is a decent post scorer.

Should be a nice warm-up in which I should be able to empty my bench.

[Eaglesfan27]

Wow. I've never had this before. Our overall team rating to start the year is 96. I wonder if we can reach 100 before the end of the year...


19:08 - The first basket of the season is scored by Stevens on an open 12 footer.

Bush with a pair of 3's. They are up 6-4 early.

14:20 - We are down 9-7. Farrell with 4 points. Kabba has missed his first 3 shots.

12:27 - We are down 14-11. Badu in at PG, Annen in at SG, and Abdur-Rahim in at C. Time to turn up the pressure in the backcourt.

8:40 - They are handling our trap most of the time and are shooting very impressively. If they get an open look, they are making the shot. We are down 22-18.

6:59 - My lineup now will be Badu, Farrell, Annen, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim. We are down 25-21.

6:31 - Fuller with a great double move in the post, gets the basket and the foul.

Fuller with the steal in the backcourt. He finds Abdur-Rahim for the basket and the foul. We are up 27-25.

5:33 - Farrell gets his 2nd foul as he fouls Bush on a 3 point attempt. I bring in Moss for the first time.

We run a play for Moss who posts up the much smaller defender.. he hits a hook shot for his first basket as a Trojan. :)

Moss tips a pass in the backcourt and Badu gets the steal. He is fouled as he goes up for a dunk.

Moss is fouled on a fastbreak after he gets the outlet pass from Abdur-Rahim. He makes both FT's although the 2nd rattled around a lot.

Moss tips another pass that Badu collects.

1:20 - Moss with a drive to draw the defender and he throws it up for Abdur-Rahim to dunk. We lead 42-34. They call time. We go with all of our starters except Annen at SG.


Their shooting is keeping them in it.


Halftime: We lead 42-39.


Abdur-Rahim is the player of the half with 11 points, 5 boards, and 1 assist.

Farrell and Annen with 6 each. A few players with 4 including Moss.


I'm telling my guys during halftime that they need to clamp down much better on their shooters..


15:00 - Our defense isn't getting the job done, but our offense is becoming very efficient. We lead 59-49.

14:33 - Farrell picks up his 3rd foul. I bring in Moss at SG and Abdur-Rahim at C. We lead 59-51.

13:34 - Dawson picks up his 3rd foul. Badu into the game.

13:05 - I scream "no.. no.. yes!" as Moss takes and makes a wide open 3. We lead 64-51.

Moss steals it in the backcourt and gets fouled on a dunk attempt. He makes 1 of 2.

11:23 - They finally end our run as they break the trap and get an easy basket. We lead 71-53.

Our full court pressure is wrecking havok now.

8:59 - We lead 81-57. They call time. Time to get some of the freshman some PT. I bring back Farrell for some leadership - We go with Badu, Farrell, Hehn, Wolfe, and Vega.

8:33 - Vega with a board.. throws it to Badu.. who passes to Farrell who passes to Wolfe for the dunk. Hardly touched the floor.

7:32 - Hehn with a 2 boards already including an offensive board in which he was just fouled on the putback attempt. He makes both FT's for his first career points.

5:30 - We lead 92-64. I call time and empty my bench. We'll go with Badu, Moss, Hehn, Fuller, and Wolfe.


We win the game 109-79.


Wow. Moss won player of the game. I love the kid already and can't figure out why he wasn't ranked higher. Moss with 19 points, 6 assists, 2 boards, and 1 steal (but his tipped passes led to countless more, mostly for Badu.) He shot 5 of 6, 1 of 1, and 8 of 10. Only question is if he can do this against higher level competition. Despite that, I'm very glad I didn't redshirt him. Although he did give up a lot of points. Bush had 29 points to lead their team. Their SF Reynolds, who is also a good 3 point shooter, had 28 points.

Dawson with a quiet start. He only played 15 minutes due to the blowout. He finished with 3 points, 2 assists, and 2 steals. I know he'll come up bigger down the road.

Badu with 6 points, 8 assists, 6 steals, and 4 turnovers in 25 minutes.

Farrell with 10 points, 4 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 2 of 7. He only played 18 minutes tonight.

Kabba with 14 points, 3 boards, and 1 steal. He played 24 mintues and shot 5 of 10.

Stevens with 7 points, 5 boards, and 1 assist in 24 minutes.

Vega with 12 points, 9 boards, and a block in 18 minutes.

Annen with 6 points, 1 board, 1 assist, and 2 steals in 12 minutes.

Abdur-Rahim with 15 points, 7 boards, and 2 assists in 17 minutes.

Fuller with 11 points, 2 boards, and 2 steals in 12 minutes.

Hehen with 3 points, 2 boards, 1 block, and 2 turnovers in 10 minutes.

Wolfe with 4 points and 2 boards in 10 minutes.


I'm elated with how the team looks right now.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our next game is against South Dakota State. They are 0-2 with a rating of 72.

We beat them 109-51. Dawson with another quiet night as he only played 9 minutes due to foul trouble. He had 0 points and 3 assists.

Badu stepped up with 13 points, 7 assists, and 1 turnover.

Farrell with 14 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 5 of 10.

Kabba with 14 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 6.

Stevens with 5 points, 8 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks.

Vega with 18 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, and 2 blocks.

Annen with 14 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 3 blocks. He shot 5 of 10.

Abdur-Rahim with 12 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, and 3 blocks. He shot 3 of 6.

Hehn with 7 points, 3 boards, 1 assist in 6 minutes (the sim engine doesn't change substitution minutes in blowouts usually)

Moss with 0 points, 2 boards, and 3 assists in 6 minutes. Love his passing.

Wolfe with 2 points, 1 board, and 1 steal in 6 minutes.

Fuller with 8 points and 1 board in 13 minutes.


Dawson broke his nose in the game but will play through it.


Recruiting news:

C Rylan Prillman had Stanford as his #1 before we started recruiting him. We are now his clear #1. He should be signing early with us.

Our next game is against CS Fullerton. They are 1-1 with a rating of 76. Their best player is 6'2 173 pound SG Isaac Staple who is rated 75 overall. JR PG Marlon Fray is 6'4 210 and is rated 73 overall. FR SF Ije Bojang is 6'6 205 and is rated 69 overall. They have good size at C, but both of them are rated in the low 60's.

[MrBug708]

Have the sanctions hit yet :)

[Eaglesfan27]

One other thing worth mentioning is that our team already has a unity rating of 83. One of my highest ever this early in the year. These guys have grown together.

14:26 - Vega picks up his 2nd foul - a cheap one. Abdur-Rahim into the game. We lead 15-9.

11:59 - We lead 19-14. I bring in Badu and Moss and turn up the pressure.

Badu with a 3. Badu with a steal and breakaway.. He is fouled. He misses both FT's, but Abdur-Rahim with the offensive board.

Badu with a steal and a pull-up 3.

9:21 - Kabba with a steal, finds Moss for an easy dunk. We lead 29-14.

So much length and quickness. Our defense is swarming and playing switch-up defense very well.

5:59 - We bring back Dawson, Farrell and Vega. We go with Annen and Abdur-Rahim as well. We are up 35-19.

4:54 - Annen hurts his ankle on a dunk attempt in which he was fouled. We bring in Hehn.

:44 - I have to laugh as Vega is left open so he takes a 3 and makes it. We lead 49-25.


Halftime: We lead 49-28.

Farrell is the player of the half with 18 points, 2 assists, and 2 steals.

Vega with 8 points. Kabba with 5 points.


19:20 - Vega picks up his 3rd foul. I'm leaving him in for now.

15:11 - We lead 61-31. Great defense right now.

15:02 - Vega picks up his 4th foul. I bring in Abdur-Rahim.

8:45 - I empty our bench with a 75-40 lead. We bring in Badu, Moss, Hehn, Fuller, and Wolfe.


We win the game 106-56 as I called off the full court trap, but never told the guys they had to milk the clock.


Farrell was the player of the game with 28 points, 5 assists, 3 boards, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 7 of 18, 4 of 11, and 10 of 12.

Dawson with 3 points, 6 assists, and 1 steal.

Kabba with 15 points, 5 boards, 1 assist, and 4 steals. He shot 6 of 8.

Stevens with 6 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, and 2 blocks.

Vega with 10 points, 6 boards, and a block in only 16 minutes.


Badu led the bench with 23 points, 3 assists, 4 steals, and 2 turnovers. His steals were mostly straight up as well with only 1 come from the trap. He shot 9 of 10, 3 of 4, and 2 of 4. He did all of that in only 16 minutes.

Abdur-Rahim with 5 points, 5 boards, and a block in 21 minutes.

Fuller with 2 points and 3 boards in 9 minutes.

Kody Hehn with 6 points, 5 boards, and 2 steals in 14 minutes.

Wolfe with 0 points, 1 board, and 1 assist in 9 minutes.

Moss with 8 points, 6 assists, 4 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block in 15 minutes. He shot 1 of 3, 0 of 1, and 6 of 6.


Time to see who is signing early..

[Eaglesfan27]

Have the sanctions hit yet :)

ROFL.. Nope, but UCLA is about to buy themselves the best player in California ;)

[Eaglesfan27]

And it happens. UCLA gets J.W. Reese. The 6th player in the nation and #1 SG in the nation, and #1 player in California chooses UCLA. They must have written a big check.

The 6'5 guard averaged 16.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, and 4.4 apg in the ABL. The only plus is that he is a bit of a ball hog and only shot 29% from the arc. Still, I'm not looking forward to playing against him down the road.

We switched to Graham too late. He decided to go out of state and chose BYU. Oh well, SG isn't really a need right now anyway.


As expected, Rylan Prillman signs with USC right away. A closer look at him. He's 6'9 228 and is rated 77th overall and 4th among C's. He's a 4 star player and was the #1 C in California, 4th overall. Our staff grades him as follows: Shooting B-, Skills B-, Defense B+, Athleticism B-, Rebounding A, IQ A, Potential A, and Size A-. He averaged 12.6 ppg, 9.3 rpg, and 2.9 bpg in the ABL while shooting 48% from the field and 40% from the arc. Despite our staff believing his shooting as a whole is weak, we think he is a reasonably good 3 point shooter. His other strength is he shows great hustle.

Great news. Stivers didn't sign with us, but he seems on the cusp of doing so. If he signs, he'll be the highest ranked player I've ever signed (in this version of the game.) I just hope he doesn't have a last second change of heart for Texas A&M. Stivers is rated as follows by our staff: Shooting A, Skills A+, Defense B+, Athleticism A-, Rebounding B-, IQ A, Potential A, and Size C+.

We also have a 6'5 PG from San Bernadino who is a 4 star player who wants to sign with us. I don't want to scare away Stivers and I don't need 2 PG's unless Badu goes pro early. I hold off on offering Geoffrey Russell.


Our next game is at NC State. They are 4-2 with a roster rating of 90. Can we win on the road in our first real test?


Farrell with a huge game to lift us over NC State on the road! We win 69-65. Farrell with 19 points, 11 boards, 6 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 15.

Dawson fouled out in 20 minutes. He finished with 3 points and 2 assists. Kabba with 12 points, 8 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks. He shot 5 of 9.

Stevens with 5 points, 6 boards, and 3 blocks. Vega with 13 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.

Abdur-Rahim with 4 points, 4 boards, and 1 assist in 18 minutes. Annen with 6 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist in 17 minutes.

Badu with 2 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists in 13 minutes.


SOB! Stivers switches to Texas A&M at the last minute. That hurts.

Meanwhile, Geoffrey Russell decides that he doesn't want to wait any longer for a USC offer. He signs with BYU. Ouch.


I think the bug with scoring is when you start to sim a game and then cancel out, so I sim the game on Monday after signing day. We are playing Georgia who are 4-2 with a 84 rating.


We beat them 83-63 to remain perfect. We are now 5-0.

Dawson with his best game of the season as he finished with 15 points, 10 assists, and 3 steals in 28 minutes.

Farrell with 12 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 4 of 8, 4 of 5, and 0 of 1.

Kabba with an 0 for 8 shooting night. He finished with 0 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.

Stevens with 9 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, and 1 block.

Vega with 19 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, and a block.

Abdur-Rahim with 11 points, 3 boards, and 1 assist. Badu with 10 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists in just 14 minutes. Fuller with 6 points and 2 boards in 12 minutes.


Now, I need to re-group and see if there are any recruiting targets worth my 2 scholarships..

Looking at all of the 5 stars, they've all signed early and Texas A&M got 3 of them. Why are they getting so many great players from across the country? They got Stivers from Colorado, Cameron Sutton a 5 star PF (who is short) from Fort Worth, TX, and and a 5'10 PG from San Antonio, TX who is ranked 5th in the nation overall.


I don't see any great targets out there, but I'll scout a bunch of 3 and 4 star players over the next few weeks to see if any look like they might fit my system.

Meanwhile, we have our next game at Marquette. They are 4-1 with a roster rating of 85.

Their best player is SR SG Deshaun Watson who is 6'3 216 and is rated 80 overall. He's a quick slashing guard who is averaging 14.6 ppg and 4.2 apg.

SR C Leighton Modica is 6'11 240 and is rated 78 overall. He's averaging 16.6 ppg and 2.4 bpg.

SR SG Whitney Avery is 6'2 233 and is rated 75 overall. He's averaging 9.6 ppg.

SR SF Devin Norton is 6'9 213 and is rated 73 overall. He's averaging 8.3 ppg and 3.6 rpg.

JR PG Fredrick Burnstein is 6'2 179 and is rated 73 overall. He's averaging 12.4 ppg and 3.8 apg.

The bench is all in the low 70's with one player in the high 60's.

I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - We lead 12-8. Farrell with 8 points.

9:18 - They are shooting very well from the arc now. We are tied at 24. I bring in Moss, Annen, and Abdur-Rahim.

6:34 - Entire 2nd unit in the game now. We are tied at 32.

3:20 - Farrell and Kabba back into the game. We are up 40-38. Moss with a nice 6 minutes.



Halftime: A brilliant final 3 minutes. We lead 53-38.

Farrell is the player of the half with 10 points, 7 assists, 2 boards, and 2 steals. He's shooting 3 of 4.


18:54 - Farrell draws another double team.. he finds Stevens in stride for a huge monster dunk. Oh crud. Stevens lands very awkwardly after the dunk. He has to be helped off the court.

Fuller into the game.


15:02 - We lead 63-43. Farrell doing everything we need tonight.

8:55 - I go to my 2nd unit. We lead 72-49.

4:45 - Moss with 4 straight points on post up moves. Moss and Abdur-Rahim with a 2-on-1 fastbreak.. Moss with a nice lob and Abdur-Rahim finishes the alley-oop. Huge response from the crowd. We lead 85-58.

3:45 - They double Moss in the post.. he makes a great behind the back pass to Wolfe for the dunk.


We win the game 100-60.

Farrell is the player of the game with 18 points, 10 assists, 2 boards, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 5 of 9, 2 of 3, and 6 of 7. Their SG had 19 points against him but on 6 of 15 shooting.

Dawson with 3 points, 3 assists, and 1 steal. However, his assists numbers are down in part because we are letting other people initiate the offense more now.

Kabba with 12 points, 2 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 8.

Stevens with 9 points, 7 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 3 of 6.

Vega with 7 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, and 3 blocks. He shot 3 of 9.

Annen with 14 points, 2 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 7.

Badu with 10 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, and 2 turnovers in 15 minutes.

Moss with 11 points, 6 assists, 2 boards, 2 steals, and 1 block in 15 minutes. He shot 3 of 5, 0 of 1, and 5 of 6. He missed both shots that he took out of the paint.

Abdur-Rahim with 7 points, 7 boards, and 1 steal in 18 minutes. Wolfe with 5 points, 3 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal in 9 minutes.

Fuller with 4 points, 7 boards, and a block in 17 minutes.

This team is so much fun to play with.

[Eaglesfan27]

Stevens suffered a sprained ACL. He'll be resting for the next week or two, although he could play in a pinch, but I see no reason to push it at this point.

We are now 6-0. Our next game is against Idaho. They are 6-2 with a roster rating of 75.

Their starting 5:

SR SG Drake Esparza is 6'2 205 and is rated 73 overall. He is a nice outside shooter. He's averaging 8.6 ppg.

SR SF Ontario Lindeman is 6'6 213 and is rated 72 overall. He's a decent defender and has some dribbling ability. He's averaging 7.6 ppg and 4.5 rpg.

SO PF Jean Rios is 6'7 225 and is rated 71 overall. He's averaging 10 ppg and 4.6 rpg.

SO C Renato Schafer is 6'11 250 and is rated 68 overall. He's averaging 8.1 ppg and 5.6 rpg.

JR PG Shema Kirkland is 6'2 196 and is rated 66 overall. He's averaging 7.1 ppg and 3.3 apg.

Their entire bench is rated in the mid 50's.

I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

14:41 - Slow start for our offense. Kabba picks up his 2nd foul. We are tied at 5. Annen into the game.

12:08 - We lead 11-7. Abdur-Rahim in for Vega. Farrell has 6 points and Dawson has 3 assists.

8:00 - Annen with a trio of treys. We lead 17-11. I bring in Badu, Moss, and Hehn at PF.

1:40 - Kilgore sees his first game action as Annen is tired. We lead 26-20. This team has done a good job of slowing down our offense. Vega back into the game as well.


Halftime: We lead 31-20. Brilliant defense from our guys.

We've held them to 33% shooting.


Annen is the player of the half with 11 points and 1 board. He has shot 3 of 4, 3 of 4, and 2 of 2.

Dawson with 4 assists. Farrell with 6 points. Hehn with 6 points, playing for 8 minutes at PF where his speed just overwhelmed his opponent.


We are going inside to Vega more this half.



14:45 - We lead 38-33. Dawson and Vega doing the most of our scoring this half so far.

11:52 - We lead 48-38. Kabba starting to pick up his game, but he is getting tired. Vega will take a seat to Abdur-Rahim.

8:20 - We lead 57-44. I bring in Badu, Moss, Annen, Hehn, and keep in Abdur-Rahim.


Moss with back to back spectacular plays. First a very flashy dunk on a great feed by Badu on the backdoor cut. Then, a block at the other end where he flew out of nowhere to get his hands on it. That led to a fastbreak 3 by Annen.


The 2nd unit plays so well, they finish it out.


We win the game 76-56.

Annen is the player of the game with 20 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 10, 6 of 8, and 2 of 2.


Dawson with 2 points and 11 assists.

Farrell with 15 points, 1 board, and 1 assist. He shot 5 of 9, 4 of 5, 1 of 1.

Kabba with 6 points, 1 assist, and 1 steal.

Fuller with 0 points and 5 boards.

Vega with 11 points, 6 boards, and a block. He shot 5 of 10.

Badu with 6 points, 6 assists, and 2 steals in 16 minutes.

Hehn with 6 points, 2 boards, and 2 steals in 16 minutes.

Moss with 6 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block in 16 minutes.

Abdur-Rahim with 4 points, 7 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block in 23 minutes.


I somehow completely forgot about getting Wolfe into the game as the primary back-up PF. Oops.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 17, 2036 -

Our next game is at 1-7 Air Force. They are rated 80 overall.


We won the game easily but Vega suffered a broken bone in his hand. :( He'll be out 4-5 weeks. We get the win 92-68.


Farrell with 24 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 9 of 12, 4 of 4, and 2 of 2.

Dawson with 9 points, 8 boards, 9 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 3 of 7.

Kabba with 8 points, 4 boards, and 2 steals.

Abdur-Rahim stepped up with the big minutes - he finished with 20 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 12 and 6 of 7 from the line. His outside shooting ability is better than Vega and he'll give us a new dimension. Question is who will be the backup C? I'm considering giving Hehn a shot at it.

Kabba with 8 points and 5 boards.

Fuller with 3 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks.

Annen with 6 points and 5 boards. He shot 2 of 8.

Badu with 11 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals in 18 minutes. He's growing at a rapid rate.

Hehn with 4 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist in 14 minutes.

Moss had a 0 stat line night in 6 minutes.

Our next game is hosting 5-4 Wyoming. They have a team rating of 79.

They are led by SO SF Julian Cleveland who is 6'7 212 and is rated 77 overall. He's averaging 7 ppg, 5.5 rpg, and 1.2 spg.

JR PF Samba Francis is 6'8 246 and is rated 73 overall. He's averaging 14.3 ppg and 6.3 rpg.

JR PF/C Jud Mills is 6'10 215 and is rated 73 overall. He's averaging 14.1 ppg and 6.8 rpg.

JR PG Al Waters is 6'1 192 and is rated 71 overall. He's averaging 5.6 ppg and 5.2 apg.

JR SG Bronski Wysocki is 6'4 210 and is rated 60 overall. He's averaging 2.1 ppg.

FR SF Markus Joiner leads the bench. He is 6'5 218 and is rated 73 overall. He's starting at SG and is averaging 6.8 ppg and 3.8 rpg.

The rest of the bench is rated in the high 50's to low 60's.

I'll play them tomorrow or Friday.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - Offense is flowing nicely with Abdur-Rahim. The defense isn't as tough as I'd like. We are up 11-8.

12:50 - They go on a 6-0 run that Abdur-Rahim ends with a strong move down low that draws a foul. He makes 1 of 2 FT's.

12:33 - Dawson picks up his 2nd foul. We bring in Badu. I also bring in Hehn at C. We are down 14-12.

8:32 - Moss, Annen, and Wolfe into the game. We'll turn up the full-court trap now. We are down 21-18.

5:29 - We lead 24-18 as they call time. Hehn is a huge speed mismatch in our favor at C, although he is giving up some offensive rebounds to them.

Annen with a pair of 3's and a traditional 3 point play as he is fouled on a pull-up jumper. We lead 33-21.

4:01 - Abdur-Rahim back into the game.

3:44 - Abdur-Rahim picks up his 2nd foul. Hehn back into the game.

Waters gets to the line to end our run.



Halftime: We lead 36-27.


Annen is the player of the half with 15 points, 1 board, and 1 assist. He shot 6 of 10, 2 of 4, and 1 of 1.

Farrell with 7 points. Hehn with 6 points and 3 boards.



18:02 - Dawson picks up his 3rd foul. Badu back into the game. We lead 38-32.


17:20 - Stevens with his 3rd foul. Wolfe into the game. We are up 38-34.

15:10 - Kabba gets a 3rd foul on Mills. We lead 43-37.

14:24 - Kabba gets a 3rd on Cleveland who has been their main scorer. We lead 46-37.

9:35 - We are on a 6 minute, 16-0 run. They call time. We lead 55-37. Everyone playing well.

9:13 - Cleveland hits a 3 to end our run.

6:38 - Abdur-Rahim picks up his 4th foul. We lead 62-44. I bring in Dawson, Moss, Annen, Fuller, and Hehn.


Halftime: We win the game 83-55.


Annen is the player of the game with 20 points, 1 board, 1 assist, and 3 steals. He shot 7 of 14, 2 of 4, and 4 of 5.


Dawson with 4 points, 5 assists, 2 boards, 1 steal, and 3 turnovers.

Farrell with 12 points, 1 board, and 2 steals. He shot 4 of 11.

Kabba with 8 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 1 of 6.

Stevens with 2 points, 3 boards, and 1 steal.

Abdur-Rahim with 11 points, 3 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 8.

Fuller with 2 points and 5 boards in just 7 minutes.

Badu with 2 points, 4 boards, 7 assists, and 5 steals in 23 minutes. He also had 2 turnovers.

Hehn with 7 points and 7 boards. He shot 3 of 4.

Wolfe with 5 points, 4 boards, a steal, and a block.

Moss with another great game - 10 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block in 16 minutes. He shot 4 of 4, 0 of 0, and 2 of 3. All of his baskets were either dunks or short hook shots.

[Eaglesfan27]

Recruiting newss: I wouldn't normally look outside our borders, but this is word of a phenom in Mexico City named Renaldo Rodriguez. I'm flying down today to watch a game of his in person and talk to him. Other schools that he is interested in include Miami and Texas.


After seeing Rodriguez in person, I believe he is overhyped. He has great potential but he is too raw to be useful to our program despite being ranked as the 28th recruit in this year's class. I'm going to keep looking for worthier recruits.



Dec 29, 2036 -

Our next game is at UTEP. They are 3-5 with a roster rating of 78.

NO!! Farrell breaks his wrist. He is out 5-6 weeks. Injuries is the only thing that I thought could lead this team to lose and now 2 of our starters are out.

We win the game anyway 79-56. Farrell only played 6 minutes and finished with 4 points. Annen led the team with 16 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist.

Dawson with 10 points and 7 asssists. Kabba with 8 points. Stevens with 8. Abdur-Rahim with 13 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks.

Hehn led the bench with 7 points and 2 boards. Badu with 5 points, 4 assists, and 2 boards in 16 minutes. Fuller with 6 points and 6 boards in 23 minutes.


We are just about to enter Pac-10 play now as well. We are going to try Annen starting at SG with Kilgore playing minutes at backup SF. With these injuries, English gets bumped up to the active 12 man squad and will get a few minutes at least at center, particularly when we need rebounding and defense.

Time for the Pac-10 Preview..

[Eaglesfan27]

1. USC - #1 ranking in both polls. 10-0. Even with the 2 injuries, we have a team rating of 95. Could this be the team that I finally manage to guide to an undefeated season? I think so, if we can avoid more injuries..

2. Washington - Ranked 17th in the media poll, but I expect them to climb. 8-2 record. 93 overall rating. They have 3 SR's, a JR C, and SO PG and they are all true star players. Besides us, they have the most star power on their roster. SO PG Lynn Lenzly is improving rapidly and if he stays for his Jr year, he'll have a monster season.

3. Oregon - #9 ranking in the media poll. 10-0 record. Team rating of 91. JR SG Bob Swanson is the star of their team. They are veteran laden with 4 key juniors off the bench.

4. UCLA - #22 in the media poll. 10-2 record. Rated 91 overall. SO PF Taurance Diallo is their only weak link in the starting 5. SR SG Lowell Filipovic has become a complete player.

5. Cal - #16 in the media poll. 8-2 record. Rated 91 overall. Led by SR PF Brooks Harham. 4 SR's starting with SO C Jibran Delgado who is improving rapidly.

6. Stanford - 9-2 record. 90 rating. They have a hole at C, but are otherwise very good. SR SG Moshood Ballard may be the best player in the conference.

7. Arizona - 6-6 record. 89 rating. They are weak at PF. SR SG Harrison Wofford is their best player. SO PG Jeff Yates is going to be a good player down the road.

8. ASU - 9-3 record. 83 rating. Their phenom PG (should have gone pro last year) has a torn ACL (and played too many games to get a medical redshirt) and now they are going young with 4 sophomores and a freshman starting. SO SF Eulis Gomes looks like he is their best player now and will be next year as well unless they hit the recruiting jackpot. I expect them to fade quickly. Part of why they are going young is the SR SG Booker Stockman is also out with a torn ACL. He got a medical redshirt. Sessoms is also out for the next 3 weeks.

9. Oregon State - 5-5 record. 83 rating. SR PG Dawan Millage is a talented player, but he doesn't have much help around him.

10. WSU - 5-6, 79 rating. They are starting a SO PF Martin Hunt who is only rated 66 overall. That is due to injury, but still, this is the Pac-10. Pathetic. They do have 2 good players in SR SG Kashien Bey and JR C Donald Nwoke.


Team Leaders:

Scoring: USC, 90.4 ppg.
Rebounding: Cal, 33.3 rpg
Assists: USC, 20.8 apg.
SPG: USC 12.2
BPG: Washington, 6.7

Individual leaders:

Scoring: PF Parham, Cal 22.1
RPG: PF Parham, Cal 10.4
APG: PG Garrity, Cal 6.5
SPG: PG Luna, Oregon 2.1
BPG: PF Lloyd, Oregon 3.1

Best Overall Player: Kabba, USC
Best Freshman: Hehn, USC (didn't know redshirts counted in this category, I wonder if he can win Freshman of the year)
Shooters: Sessoms, ASU
Playmaker: Walton, ASU
Best Pro Prospect: SR Ballard, Stanford
Best Defender: Desmond Stevens, USC


We open up with a home game against Arizona. A more detailed look at their lineup is coming

[Eaglesfan27]

Forgot to mention in the preview that there are lots of injuries this year: ASU has 2 (as I edited to mention), Stanford has their starting C out for the year with a torn ACL, UCLA has a quality JR SG out for the year with a ruptured achilles, WSU has a quality C out for the year with a shattered patellar.

Arizona is one of the few completely healthy teams in the conference.

Arizona's starting 5:

SO PG Jeff Yates is 6'4 193 and he is lighnting quick. However, his ball handling is below average for a PG and his passing is as well. If he improved in those areas, he'd be very dangerous as he is a good shooter. As it is, he is only averaging 3.2 ppg, 1.8 apg, and 12.4 mpg as he is starting but not playing much. He is rated 80 overall.

SR SG Harrison Wofford is a quality 3 point shooter with good athleticism. His scoring average has dropped over 4 ppg this year to 8.4 ppg. He's also averaging 3.2 apg and 1.6 spg as he is helping out at PG some. He is 6'3 198 and is rated 84 overall.

SR SF Marty Gray is 6'4 215 and is rated 83 overall. He's a solid outside shooter and is a good passer. He's averaging 6.7 ppg and 2.2 apg.

JR PF Lyle Cole is 6'6 236 and is rated 78 overall. He's averaging 5.7 ppg and 4.3 rpg. He is just average in most areas.

JR C Juan Neverett is 7'0 240 and is rated 82 overall. He's got decent speed, good post moves, and he can hit the midrange shot. He's averaging 11.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, and 0.9 bpg.


SR SG Gavin Boatner is playing a lot of PG for them off the bench. He's 6'0 170 and is rated 81 overall. He's their best ball handler. He's averaging 11.7 ppg and 2.1 apg.

SR SG Ronni Langford is 6'4 208 and is rated 79 overall. He's averaging 5 ppg in 12 mpg.

JR PG Harold Defares is 6'3 192 and is rated 77 overall. He's averaging 3.7 ppg and 1.4 apg in 11 mpg.

The rest of the bench is rated in the low 70's. They have one bench player with size - SO PF Michael Castillo who had a nice game against us last year. He's 6'11 244 with some good athleticism but he is very raw and is only rated 74 overall.

I'll play them later today.

[Eaglesfan27]

16:50 - Abdur-Rahim picks up his 2nd foul. We are tied at 5. I bring in English.

14:30 - We lead 9-8. English with 2 boards already.


11:50 - We are in the bonus already. Tied at 16.

9:50 - We lead 22-20. I bring in Badu, Moss, Hehn, and Fuller. We keep in English who has given up some plays but is rebounding well and has a few put backs.

7:24 - English hurts his ankle on a dunk. It looks bad, he has to be carried off the floor. We bring in Wolfe. We are tied at 26. That is a shame, he was having a nice game in his first significant action of his career.

6:16 - Badu with a drive to get a 2nd foul on Neverett who is their leading scorer with 10 points.

2:48 - We lead 37-33 as I bring back all of my starters.


Halftime: We lead 44-33.


Annen is the player of the half with 11 points and 1 assist.

Stevens with 6 points. Kabba with 5. Hehn with 5. Moss has 3 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists.


19:22 - Annen on the fastbreak gets a 3rd foul on Yates who hit him hard.

14:59 - Abdur-Rahim gets a 3rd on Neverett. We are on a 11-0 run to start the half (after they scored on their first possession.) We lead 55-35.

9:30 - My guys are tired and the defense has gotten very sloppy. We lead 61-45 as I bring in Badu, Moss, Kilgore, Wolfe, and Hehn.


That group finishes it out as they never get closer than 12.


We win the game 79-67 (we got sloppy late defensively.)

Annen is the player of the game with 21 points, 3 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 12, 2 of 6, and 11 of 12.

Dawson with 2 points and 3 assists.

Kabba with 6 points, 1 board, 1 assist, and 2 steals. He shot 2 of 9.

Stevens with 10 points, 8 boards, 4 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 5 of 10.

Abdur-Rahim with 2 points and 5 boards.


Moss led the bench with 10 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 4 of 6, 0 of 1, and 2 of 3.

Wolfe with 5 points, 5 boards, and a block.

Badu with 8 points, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 1 of 6.

Hehn with 8 points, 1 board, 1 assist, and 1 block.

English with 7 points, 4 boards, and a block in just 9 minutes. I feel bad for him. Time to see how severe his injury is..

[Eaglesfan27]

English is out 6-8 weeks with a broken ankle.

Our amazing depth is now getting stretched a bit.


Our next game is at home against 11-0 Oregon (9th in the media poll.) I'm going to sim it as scheduled. Let's see if this team is really as good as I think..

We are :) We win the game 75-59.

Abdur-Rahim led the team with 17 points, 8 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 8 of 14.

Dawson with 11 points, 6 assists, 2 boards, and 3 turnovers.

Annen with 14 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 12.

Kabba with 1 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 0 of 8.

Stevens with 10 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.


Fuller led the bench with 9 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals. Moss with 6 points, 1 assist, and 1 steal in 6 minutes.

Hehn with 4 points and 3 boards in 12 minutes. Wolfe with 2 points in 6 minutes.


Our next game is at 11-3 UCLA. I'm looking forward to pounding them. A look at their starting 5:

SR PG Kellen Delic is 6'3 196 and is from Las Vegas. He is rated 84 overall. He's a very quick player with good shooting but poor ball handling and passing. He's averaging 7.8 ppg and 4.4 apg.

SR SG Lowell Filipovic is one of the top 3 point shooters in the conference. He is fast, he is a solid defender, and he is the best ball handler on their team. He is averaging 14.4 ppg, 4.7 rpg, and 3.4 apg. He is 6'4 220 and is rated 88 overall. He is from Santa Clarita, CA.

JR SF Matt Caskill is 6'7 217 and is rated 82 overall. He is from Huntington Beach, CA. He is a solid midrange shooter. His minutes are way down this year and he is only averaged 4.1 ppg, 2.0 rpg, and 13 mpg.

SO PF Taurance Diallo is the future of this team. He is a solid midrange shooter, but his defense needs work. He is 6'8 229 and is rated 79 overall. He's averaging 9.1 ppg and 6 rpg.

SR C Jalen Cassler is 6'11 285 and is rated 83 overall. He's got very good post moves now and he can hit from about 8 feet out. He's got excellent hands for a big man. He's averaging 20.3 ppg, 6.9 rpg, and 1.5 bpg.

SR SG Arturo Pittman leads the bench and plays a ton of minutes at SF. He is 6'4 207 and is rated 84 overall. He's fast, can shoot the midrange shot, and he's a solid defender. He's averaging 8.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg, and 2.6 apg.

Their next best player, Stewart Jack, is out for the year with a ruptured achilles tendon.

SO SF Jerrad Leach is a future star for them. He's 6'7 224 and is rated 80 overall. He's from Hawaii. He's an excellent midrange shooter. He's averaging 4.4 ppg in only 9 mpg.

FR C Reggie Brickens gives them size on the bench. He's 6'11 246 and is rated 77 overall. He's from Redondo Beach, CA. He was a 3 star player who was rated 112th overall last year. He's a great passing big man who needs to work on the rest of the his game. He's averaging 1.2 ppg, 0.9 apg in just 4 mpg.

The rest of their bench is rated in the mid 70's.


I'll play them later today.

[Eaglesfan27]

18:14 - Stevens gets a 2nd foul on Diallo. We lead 2-1.

14:00 - Our outside shots are falling today. We lead 14-6.

12:44 - Brickens and Abdur-Rahim collide. Abdur-Rahim is called for the foul. Brickens appears to be down and out.


10:40 - Brickens has been cleared to return apparently. We lead 24-10.


9:40 - Abdur-Rahim picks up his 2nd foul. I bring in Kilgore at SF and Hehn at C.

7:32 - We are on a 11-0 run. I bring in Badu, Moss, and Fuller. We lead 34-13.

1:48 - We are up 39-24. I bring back all of my starters except Abdur-Rahim.

50 seconds - Stevens with a nice move to get a 2nd foul on Cassler. Stevens has had a great 1st half.


Halftime: We lead 43-26.


Stevens is the player of the half with 10 points, 7 boards, and 1 assist. He has shot 3 of 3 and 4 of 4 from the line.

Kabba with 12 points. Annen with 8. Moss with 6. Cassler is their leading scorer with 8.


13:56 - Stevens draws a 3rd foul on Cassler. We had a bad start this half, but the last 3 minutes have been great and Stevens has been driving us. His best offensive game of his career I suspect. We lead 54-40.

Stevens with a block that starts a fastbreak that is finished with a dunk by Annen.

8:55 - We were up by 20, but they got a few steals (including 2 by full court trap) and they cut it to 12 before we had 2 big defensive plays to make it 69-53. They call time. We are going to bring in Badu, Moss, Hehn, Fuller, and Wolfe.

4:23 - Not the pounding I was hoping for. They do a good job against our 2nd unit. I bring back my starters. We lead 74-66.

Stevens with another nice basket in the paint to end their run. Kabba follows that with a 3.. and another 3.

2:02 - We lead 82-70.

They hit a pair of 3's. They foul. Annen and Dawson make their FT's.


We win the game 89-79.


Stevens is the player of the game. He finished with 20 points, 12 boards, 2 assists, steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 9 from the floor and 8 of 10 from the line. He held Diallo to 0 of 7 shooting and 0 points.


Dawson with 9 points, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers.

Annen with 20 points, 3 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 6 of 9, 4 of 5, and 4 of 4.

Kabba with 20 points, 1 boards, 3 steals, and a block. He shot 7 of 9, 5 of 6, and 1 of 3.

Abdur-Rahim with 8 points, 6 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block. He shot 3 of 8.


Badu with 0 points, 2 assists, and 2 steals in 11 minutes.

Hehn with 3 points and 2 boards in 15 minutes. Kilgore with 0 points and 3 boards in 9 minutes. He shot 0 of 4.

Wolfe with 0 points and 1 board in 5 minutes. Moss with 9 points and 3 boards in 11 minutes. Moss is just relying on good (well great for his size - good for a small SG) speed , quickness, and strength right now. Imagine how good he will be when he develops his shooting and other abilities.


Cassler with 18 points. Filipovic with 16 points. Delic with 16 points for them.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 15, 2037 -

Our next game is at Stanford. They are 12-3 and 25th in the media poll.

We win 74-62. Ballard had 20 against us, but Abdur-Rahim put in 25. Annen with 12 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, and 4 blocks! Badu with 4 points and 4 assists in 17 minutes.





We are now 14-0. Our next game is at Washington. They are 11-4 and 16th in the media poll. They also have 3 guys injured but they are all minor injuries that they can play through. Their talented starting 5:

SO PG Lynn Lenzly is 6'3 196 and he is from Utah. He is rated 87 overall already. He's extremely fast. He can shoot the midrange shot. He's a solid ball handler and passer. His defense is top notch. He's battling a sore ankle. He's averaging 8.6 ppg and 4.9 apg.

SR SG Cornell Hooks is 6'4 208 and is rated 87 overall. He's an electric slasher who can shoot at least slightly above average. He's averaging 15.4 ppg, 5.6 rpg, and 3.4 apg in 33 mpg. He is from Boise, ID.

SR SF Bert Brempong is 6'7 227 and is rated 85 overall. He's a converted PF who is a bit slow for the position, but he's a great shooter and is a solid defender. He's averaging 12.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg, and 0.8 spg.

SR PF Dane Challed is 6'7 240 and is rated 87 overall. He's got good post moves and can shoot from 12 feet with comfort. He's averaging 12.5 ppg and 4 rpg.

JR C Devon Wise is 6'11 275 and is rated 84 overall. He's a ferocious shot blocker who has good post moves. He's averaging 11.3 ppg, 5.9 rpg, and 2.4 bpg.


JR SG Alexis Boggan leads the bench. He is battling a sore knee. He's 6'5 209. He's rated 84 overall. He's averaging 5.9 ppg, 2.9 rpg, and 2.7 apg in 20 mpg.

SO PF Marvin Mance is a very good 3 point shooter. He's 6'6 221 and is rated 82 overall. He's averaging 4.4 ppg and 2.4 rpg in 14 mpg.

SO PG Ron Laws is 6'2 181 and is rated 81 overall. He's averaging 4.8 ppg and 2.0 apg in 10 mpg. He's an explosive dribbler.

FR PG W.B. Henry is 6'0 170 and is rated 79 overall. He's even more explosive but his defense isn't as good as Laws. He is averaging 1.3 ppg and 1.1 apg in just 3 mpg.


The rest of the bench is rated in the mid 70's with the exception of a freshman C that I pursued but ultimately didn't make my top priority -

FR C Max McDade is 7'0 240 and is rated 77 overall. He's quicker than I thought he was and is a much better post player than I expected. I wish I had made him more of a priority last year. Then again if I had, I probably wouldn't have signed Moss. McDade is averaging 1.5 ppg and 1.1 rpg in 2 mpg.

I'll play them tomorrow.

[Eaglesfan27]

16:42 - Slow start as they jumped out to a 8-0 lead before Annen found Abdur-Rahim for a dunk.

16:20 - Abdur-Rahim with a rebound that starts a fastbreak.. Dawson to Annen to Kabba who dunks over Lenzly Lenzly fouls him on the play. That is Lenzly's 2nd. 8-5 game.

15:59 - Kabba with a steal, he passes to Dawson who dunks it home on the fastbreak.

14:55 - We lead 12-10.

11:35 - Abdur-Rahim gets a 2nd foul on Wise. We are leading 24-16.

9:35 - We lead 29-20. Stevens with another very nice game. We bring in Badu, Moss, Kilgore, Wolfe, and Hehn.

6:30 - We just burned off 2 minutes thanks to 4 offensive boards before they finally got a defensive board. We lead 32-20.

4:00 - Kabba back into the game. We lead 36-24.

2:00 - We lead 44-26. I bring back the rest of my starters.


Halftime: We lead 48-26.


We've forced 12 turnovers while only having 1 turnover.


Kabba is the player of the half with 13 points, 1 assist, and 2 steals. He has shot 4 of 6.

Stevens with 7 points and 6 boards. The last few games, Stevens has discussed a fade-away in the paint.

Dawson with 4 points and 3 assists.



15:00 - Annen with a LONG 3. We lead 60-28.


9:06 - Great game from the starting 5. A definitive statement on the road against our biggest competition in the conference. We lead 81-40 as I turn to the bench to finish this out. Badu, Moss, Kilgore, Fuller, and Hehn into the game.

3:00 - Wolfe in for Fuller. We lead 92-52.


We win the game 100-59.

Kabba is named player of the game but all 5 starters got the job done today. Kabba with 19 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, 4 steals, and a block. He shot 6 of 10, 3 of 4, and 4 of 5.


Dawson with 9 points, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 0 turnovers.

Annen with 13 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 8, 3 of 4, and 2 of 2.

Stevens with 11 points, 10 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 6.

Abdur-Rahim with 13 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 5 of 11.


Hehn led the bench with 11 points, 6 boards, and a block. He shot 4 of 8.

Badu with 4 points and 3 assists in 17 minutes.

Fuller with 2 points, 6 boards, and 1 steal in 9 minutes.

Kilgore with his best game - 5 points, 5 boards, and 2 steals in 14 minutes.

Wolfe with 4 points and 2 boards.

Moss with 9 points, 2 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block in 17 minutes. He shot 2 of 6, 0 of 2, and 5 of 7.

[Eaglesfan27]

Good news! Vega has been cleared to return to action. He'll get the start in our next game.


Our next game is hosting 11-4 Cal.

We crush them 93-64.

Vega with 19 points, 7 boards, and 4 blocks in his return.

Annen with 20 points, 4 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 7 of 10.

Dawson with 2 point, 3 boards, 10 assists, and 4 steals.

Kabba with 13 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 3 of 5.

Stevens with 5 points, 5 boards, and 3 blocks.


Abdur-Rahim with 16 points, 5 boards, and a block in 20 minutes off the bench.

Fuller with 11 points. Badu with 7 points and 7 assists in 14 minutes off the bench. He's showing astronomical growth and looks like he will live up to his great potential that our staff predicted.


Our next game is hosting 5-12 WSU. They are 0-6 in Pac-10 play.

Due in part to injuries, they are starting 3 guys who are rated in the 60's...

JR PG Percy Paschel is 6'0 180 and is rated 69 overall. He's slow, a bad defender, and he can't shoot well. He is a good passer. He's averaging 4.1 ppg and 4.9 apg.

SR SG Kashien Bey is 6'3 206 and he is rated 81 overall. He is their best shooter, their best handler, and their best perimeter defender. He's averaging 11.3 ppg, 2.9 rpg, and 1 apg.

SO SF Maleye Demanby is 6'6 230 and is rated 67 overall. He's a very poor offensive player but an ok defender. He's averaging 2.2 ppg.

SO PF Martin Hunt is 6'9 250 and is rated 67 overall. He's very slow, he can't shoot well, and he's a subpar defender. His best attribute is his strength and rebounding. He's averaging 3.9 ppg and 4.9 rpg.

JR C Donald Nwoke is their best post player. He's battling a dislocated finger. He's 6'10 255 and is rated 81 overall. He has very good post moves but no range outside 4 feet. He's a solid rebounder. He's a subpar defender. He's averaging 13.1 ppg and 6.0 rpg.

The entire bench is rated in the mid 60's. The most notable player is FR PF Stephan Hendriks who is 6'10 244 and is rated 66 overall. He's using his size to average 2.4 ppg and 2.1 rpg in just 7 mpg.

I'll play them later.


Their normal starting PF is out 2-3 more weeks with a broken ankle. Their normal starting SF is out 3 more weeks with a separated shoulder.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:07 - They call time. We are up 13-0. Balanced scoring early.

13:30 - Nwoke with a nice move inside for their first points. We lead 17-2.

9:59 - The defense is tiring. I bring in Badu, Moss, Hehn, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim. We lead 23-8.

2:28 - I bring back our starters to finish the half. We lead 42-21.


Halftime: We lead 46-24. We didn't run any full court trap today, just hard nosed half court defense.


Hehn is the player of the half with 9 points and 1 board.

Abdur Rahim with 7 points and 3 boards. Dawson with 4 points and 5 assists.

Annen with 6 points, 2 assists, and 2 steals. Kabba with 5 points and 2 boards. Stevens with 6 points and 3 boards. Love the balanced scoring that half.



They don't score for the first 4 minutes of the 2nd half. We lead 54-26.


9:11 - We are up 79-38 as I call time to pull my starters. Great job taking care of an inferior opponent. Wolfe comes in along with the rest of the earlier 2nd team.


We win the game 97-57.

Dawson is the player of the game with 11 points, 10 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 3 of 6, 2 of 3, and 3 of 4.

Annen with 14 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Kabba with 11 points, 3 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal.

Stevens with 10 points, 4 boards, and 2 steals.

Vega with 14 points, 11 boards, 1 assist, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 9.


Badu led the bench with 12 points, 4 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 4 of 7, 2 of 4, and 2 of 2.

Abdur-Rahim with 9 points, 5 boards, and a block.

Fuller with 0 points and 5 boards. Hehn finished with 9 points and the board.

Wolfe with 2 points and 2 boards in 9 minutes. Moss with 5 points, 1 board, 1 assist, and 1 steal in 16 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 29, 2037 -

our next game is at ASU. They are 12-7.

We win the game 75-60 but lose Marcellus Badu for 2-3 weeks to a shoulder injury.

Dawson with a career high 19 points. He also had 5 assists, 3 boards, and 4 steals. He shot 7 of 11, 5 of 8, and 0 of 0.

Annen was 1 of 8. Kabba was 0 of 9 but still had 4 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and a block.

Stevens with 12 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. Vega with 12 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.

Fuller led the bench with 9 points, 7 boards, and an assist.

Abdur-Rahim with 8 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks.

Badu with 4 points and 4 assists in 10 minutes before he was hurt.


Our next game is at Oregon State which is 7-11. I'm going to sim that game as well and play the next game which is against UCLA..

Jan 31, 2037 -

We crush Oregon State 101-70 but lose Abdur-Rahim to a back injury. He'll be out 3-4 weeks. We now have 3 key contributors completely out with injuries. I can't remember that many being out ever before. Fortunately, Farrell should be cleared to play by our next game. Vega also suffered a sprained wrist in the game. He'll play but it could bother him for a few weeks.

Annen led the team in the win with 24 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 7 of 16.

Dawson with 14 points and 11 assists.

Kabba with 11 points and 5 boards. Stevens with 2 points and 9 boards.

Vega with 16 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. Abdur-Rahim led the bench with 16 points and 5 boards before he was hurt.

Fuller with 14 points and 4 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 1, 2037 -

Farrell has been cleared to return and will slide back into the starting role. Annen will return to 6th man extraordinaire.

With Badu out, he'll get plenty of minutes. I'm going to experiment with both him and Moss at the point.


Our next game is hosting UCLA. They are 16-5 and 20th in the media poll. They also continue to battle injuries. JR SG Stewart Jack of course is still out and SO PF Taurance Diallo is also out with a strained achilles.


Here is the preview of their team copied and changed to reflect their temporary starting PF:


SR PG Kellen Delic is 6'3 196 and is from Las Vegas. He is rated 84 overall. He's a very quick player with good shooting but poor ball handling and passing. He's averaging 7.8 ppg and 4.4 apg.

SR SG Lowell Filipovic is one of the top 3 point shooters in the conference. He is fast, he is a solid defender, and he is the best ball handler on their team. He is averaging 14.4 ppg, 4.7 rpg, and 3.4 apg. He is 6'4 220 and is rated 88 overall. He is from Santa Clarita, CA.

JR SF Matt Caskill is 6'7 217 and is rated 82 overall. He is from Huntington Beach, CA. He is a solid midrange shooter. His minutes are way down this year and he is only averaged 4.1 ppg, 2.0 rpg, and 13 mpg.

SR C Jalen Cassler is 6'11 285 and is rated 83 overall. He's got very good post moves now and he can hit from about 8 feet out. He's got excellent hands for a big man. He's averaging 20.3 ppg, 6.9 rpg, and 1.5 bpg.

JR PF Jaret Santos has been starting for them at PF. He is 6'10 250 and is rated 77 overall. He is a decent midrange shooter. He's averaging 1.7 ppg, 1.4 rpg, and 4.2 mpg but all of those have increased in the last 2 games.


SR SG Arturo Pittman leads the bench and plays a ton of minutes at SF. He is 6'4 207 and is rated 84 overall. He's fast, can shoot the midrange shot, and he's a solid defender. He's averaging 8.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg, and 2.6 apg.

SO SF Jerrad Leach is a future star for them. He's 6'7 224 and is rated 80 overall. He's from Hawaii. He's an excellent midrange shooter. He's averaging 4.4 ppg in only 9 mpg.

FR C Reggie Brickens gives them size on the bench. He's 6'11 246 and is rated 77 overall. He's from Redondo Beach, CA. He was a 3 star player who was rated 112th overall last year. He's a great passing big man who needs to work on the rest of the his game. He's averaging 1.2 ppg, 0.9 apg in just 4 mpg.

The rest of their bench is rated in the mid 70's.


I'll play them later today.

[Eaglesfan27]

18:40 - Farrell on the fastbreak.. dunks over Filipovic who undercuts him and flips him into the air! Farrell is hurt. We are up 4-1. That is Filipovic's 2nd foul as Farrell posted him up the previous possession. Annen into the game.

16:20 - Farrell is just sore. No big injury. He has been cleared to return but will stay on the bench for a few. Vega has just picked up his 2nd foul. Ouch.. going to have to go with Hehn and Wolfe for some extended minutes at C. Maybe Moss a bit as well. First up is Hehn into the game.

14:00 - We lead 13-9. Balanced scoring early.

11:30 - Hehn is spreading the floor with his jumper. Cassler isn't closing out on him nearly quick enough. We lead 20-11.

6:54 - I have guys getting tired. Moss in at PG, Fuller in at PF, and Farrell back in at SG. We lead 27-18.

Moss with a steal and breakaway dunk. Moss posts up the much smaller PG, drawing a double team, and he passes it to Hehn for a wide open dunk.

3:00 - They try to trap Moss in the backcourt, but he throws it over the defender to Farrell. We lead 39-24.

Moss with a beautiful drive and kickout to Farrell for a 3.

Fuller fouls on a 3 point attempt that goes in.

1:55 - Kabba and Hehn are tired. Annen in at SF and Wolfe in at C. We lead 44-30.

1:16 - Fuller picks up his 3rd foul. We leave him in anyway. 3 point play for them.


Halftime: We lead 47-33.

Kabba is the player of the half with 12 points, 3 boards, and 2 steals.

Hehn with 12 points. He is a force to be reckoned with now that his outside shot is starting to fall.

Farrell with 8 points. Dawson with 2 points and 2 assists in 13 minutes. Moss with 2 points and 7 assists in 7 minutes at PG!

Moss is the hot hand and I'm letting him start the 2nd half at PG with all of the rest of my starters.


19:04 - Moss with a block. The Carom bounces to their SF who collides with Kabba. Kabba is called for the loose ball foul. That is his 3rd. Annen into the game.

16:40 - Vega picks up his 3rd but will remain in the game for now. We lead 54-42.

13:00 - We've been playing poorly the last 3-4 minutes. We are up 58-52. Dawson back into the game at PG and Hehn in at C.

7:00 - Guys are tired. I bring in Dawson, Moss, Kabba, Fuller, and Hehn. We lead 68-60.

2:00 - I bring back Vega and Stevens for defense. We lead 75-65. Hehen has had a great game.


We win the game 80-70.

Hehn wins player of the game with 17 points, 9 boards, 2 assists, and 1 block. He shot 8 of 12 on mostly 12 to 14 footers. He held his own against Cassler, a good offensive center, but Cassler did finish with 18 points and 9 boards.

Farrell with a triumphant return - 21 points, 1 board, and 1 steal in 22 minutes. He shot 7 of 12.

Dawson with 5 points, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnover in 26 minutes.

Moss with 3 points, 2 boards, a career high 11 assists, 1 steal, and 4 turnovers in 21 minutes.

Kabba with 16 points, 4 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 10.

Annen with 8 points and 3 boards in 25 minutes.

Stevens with 2 points, 11 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals.

Vega with 3 points and 2 boards in 13 foul plagued minutes. He finished the game with 4 fouls.

Fuller with 5 points and 4 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

Darn. I decided to watch the weekly wrap-up show, something I haven't done for many months of real life and the game froze when talking about my big upcoming game vs Washington. I don't think I saved before it froze, so I probably just lost the UCLA result..

Yep, I lost it. I'll replay it tomorrow.

[Eaglesfan27]

Time for the replay game:

18:02 - Vega picks up his 2nd foul. We are tied at 4. I bring in Hehn.

14:42 - We are up 10-6. Dawson with a good start.

12:13 - I bring in Moss and Annen. We are up 12-9.

8:40 - We are up 22-16. Stevens with a nice game.

6:05 - Moss is struggling this game. I bring back Dawson. We are up 26-22.

3:09 - Hehn is tired, I bring back Vega. He has 4 quick points. We are up 36-28.


Halftime: We are up 41-34.


Dawson is the player of the half with 8 points, 2 boards, and 4 assists.

Farrell with 8 points. Kabba with 6. Hehn with 2.



15:04 - Vega picks up his 3rd foul. Hehn back into the game. We lead 50-40.

12:04 - Dawson is tired. Moss back into the game along with Annen. We lead 54-44.

8:30 - Kabba with a pair of nice dunks. We lead 62-50. We bring back Farrell and Dawson.

5:00 - We are holding the lead, 70-55. Farrell just hit a pair of 3's. He's finally warming up from outside.


We win the game 85-74.

Dawson was the player of the game with 17 points, 4 boards, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 1 turnover.

Moss with 0 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 2 turnovers. I wish I was able to duplicate what I did last night, but guys just weren't hitting shots when he got them the ball.

Farrell with 14 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 5 of 10.

Kabba with 13 points and 4 boards.

Stevens with 12 points and 5 boards.

Vega with 11 points, 4 boards, and a block in just 14 minutes.


Annen with 7 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists.

Fuller with 4 points, 3 boards, and 2 blocks.

Hehn with 6 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist.


Cassler finished with 22 against us. Pittman finished with 16.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our next game is against #23 Washington (14-7.)

They are completely healthy and are going to be difficult. Here is a review of their starting lineup again:


SO PG Lynn Lenzly is 6'3 196 and he is from Utah. He is rated 87 overall already. He's extremely fast. He can shoot the midrange shot. He's a solid ball handler and passer. His defense is top notch. He's battling a sore ankle. He's averaging 8.6 ppg and 4.9 apg.

SR SG Cornell Hooks is 6'4 208 and is rated 88 overall. He's an electric slasher who can shoot at least slightly above average. He's averaging 17.2 ppg, 4.8 rpg, and 3.2 apg in 33 mpg. He is from Boise, ID.

SR SF Bert Brempong is 6'7 227 and is rated 85 overall. He's a converted PF who is a bit slow for the position, but he's a great shooter and is a solid defender. He's averaging 11.1 ppg, 6.6 rpg, and 0.8 spg.

SR PF Dane Challed is 6'7 240 and is rated 88 overall. He's got good post moves and can shoot from 12 feet with comfort. He's averaging 12.7 ppg and 4 rpg.

JR C Devon Wise is 6'11 275 and is rated 84 overall. He's a ferocious shot blocker who has good post moves. He's averaging 11.6 ppg, 6.3 rpg, and 2.2 bpg.


JR SG Alexis Boggan leads the bench. He is battling a sore knee. He's 6'5 209. He's rated 84 overall. He's averaging 5.9 ppg, 2.9 rpg, and 2.7 apg in 20 mpg.

SO PF Marvin Mance is a very good 3 point shooter. He's 6'6 221 and is rated 82 overall. He's averaging 4.4 ppg and 2.4 rpg in 14 mpg.

SO PG Ron Laws is 6'2 181 and is rated 81 overall. He's averaging 4.8 ppg and 2.0 apg in 10 mpg. He's an explosive dribbler.

FR PG W.B. Henry is 6'0 170 and is rated 79 overall. He's even more explosive but his defense isn't as good as Laws. He is averaging 1.3 ppg and 1.1 apg in just 3 mpg.


The rest of the bench is rated in the mid 70's with the exception of a freshman C that I pursued but ultimately didn't make my top priority -

FR C Max McDade is 7'0 240 and is rated 77 overall. He's quicker than I thought he was and is a much better post player than I expected. I wish I had made him more of a priority last year. Then again if I had, I probably wouldn't have signed Moss. McDade is averaging 1.5 ppg and 1.1 rpg in 2 mpg.

[Eaglesfan27]

18:22 - Dawson gets a 2nd foul on Lenzly. We are down 4-2.

14:56 - Wise and Vega going right at each other. We are tied at 10.

12:20 - Tied at 15. I bring in Annen for Farrell and Hehn for Vega.

10:00 - Tied at 20. Back and forth every single possession. At least 5 lead changes already.

8:00 - We are tied at 24. The lineup now is going to be Moss, Farrell, Annen, Hehn, and Vega.

3:00 - Moss and Vega with a beautiful pick and roll for a dunk by Vega. We lead 37-35 as they call time.

Moss doing a great job to distributing to all of the weapons around him. Hehn with a 3 just before the half. Farrell with a pair of 3's for us in the last 3 minutes. Vega with an interior basket.

Halftime: Their 3's are keeping them in the game. We lead 48-40.


Farrell is the player of the half with 14 points, 2 assists, and 1 steal. He has shot 4 of 8, 3 of 6, and 3 of 4.

Vega with 11 points. Moss with 3 points and 6 assists. Dawson only has 2 points and 1 assist, but hopefully will turn it up in the 2nd half.


15:32 - We are taking over now. We lead 59-45. Farrell is playing some great basketball with drives, good passes, and smart decisions. Stevens is also having a very good 2nd half.

9:33 - They end a 14-0 run with a nice drive by Hooks. We lead 73-50.

9:02 - I rest my starters. We bring in Moss, Annen, Kilgore, Wolfe, and Hehn.


That group continues our run of dominance in the 2nd half. Great teamwork on defense and awesome offensive execution to finish out the game.


We win the game 96-56.

Farrell is the player of the game with 21 points, 3 boards, 4 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 6 of 12, 4 of 7, and 5 of 6.


Dawson with 2 points, 3 boards, 5 assists, and 1 turnover in 23 minutes.

Moss with 4 points, 4 boards, a career high 12 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks in 17 minutes. Best 3 star player ever for me?

Kabba with 16 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks in 23 minutes.

Annen with 11 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and a block in 21 minutes.

Stevens with 9 points, 7 boards, and 1 block in 23 minutes.

Vega with 13 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, and 3 blocks in 27 minutes.

Hehn with 10 points and 7 boards in 21 minutes.

Kilgore with 8 points in 9 minutes.

Wolfe with 2 points and 2 boards in 9 minutes.

[hoopsguy]

EF27, this group is scary good. Hopefully you work out the injuries in the regular season. If you do, then the field should be very, very afraid.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 14, 2037 -

Our next game is hosting #14 Stanford (18-5.) I'll sim it as scheduled.


We win the game 90-75!

Dawson with 13 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 6 of 9.

Farrell with 11 points and 7 assists. He shot 3 of 9.

Kabba with 9 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks.
Stevens with 4 points, 10 boards, and 1 block.

Vega with 17 points, 3 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 11.


Moss in his best simmed game - he had 7 points and 4 assists in 11 minutes.

Annen with 12 points, 6 boards, and 2 assists.

Fuller with 9 points.



We are now 22-0 with 6 regular season games left. Badu has just been cleared to return to action. I feel bad for Moss, but Badu has definitely earned the right to keep his backup PG spot.


In recruiting news, the only player who I wanted to sign to a scholarship has told me he is going to Stanford instead. C.B. Brower is a 4 star 6'8 216 pound SF from Los Angeles but he wants playing time right away. Looks like I may not use 2 scholarships this year.

Our next game is at 6-18 WSU. I'll be disappointed in my team if we don't win by at least 25. I'll play that after work tonight if I don't get home too late.

[Eaglesfan27]

EF27, this group is scary good. Hopefully you work out the injuries in the regular season. If you do, then the field should be very, very afraid.


Yeah, I think I focused on roles and specific skills in the last few classes rather than just getting stuck on the highest rated guys and it has made a huge difference. Moss is a guy I never would have looked at as a primary guy before, but his speed/quickness, passing, and height make him a dangerous bench player despite his weaknesses.

Farrell is another guy who I didn't look for in the past because I got too caught up in trying to get the highest ranked recruits, but his shooting is so good when he is on.


This is definitely my most talented top 12 that I've ever had.

Speaking of which, here is a look at the draft projections right now:

SR PG Antone Dawson is expected to be a lottery pick.

SR SF Lucious Kabba is in contention to be the top pick.

RS JR Leo Annen is projected to be a 1st round pick if he leaves early.

JR C Abdur-Rahim is projected to go in the lottery if he leaves early.

JR PF Desmond Stevens projects as a 2nd rounder right now.

JR A.C. Fuller projects as a 2nd rounder.

SR C Olu Vega projects as a lottery pick.

JR Arzelle Farrell is a 2nd rounder right now.

SO PG Marcellus Badu is projected as a 1st rounder (I hope he doesn't leave this early, but suddenly I'm scared he might.)


The only guys who are currently projected to go undrafted are my 4 freshman: Moss, Wolfe, Kilgore, and Hehn.

[Eaglesfan27]

14:39 - Vega has picked up his 2nd foul. We lead 14-8. Hehn into the game.

8:31 - Our offense is out of this world right now, but our defense has let down in a major way since Vega went out. We lead 30-24 as I bring in Badu, Moss, Annen, Fuller, and keep Hehn in. Time to turn up the full court trap. Dawson was getting into the paint at will and dishing out a ton of assists. Let's see if Badu can do the same.

Badu explodes by his man and is fouled before he can dunk it.


Halftime: I'm very happy with our offense. I'm very disappointed in our defense. We aren't closing out on their perimeter shooters and they are killing us from behind the arc. We lead 56-46.


Kabba is the player of the half with 13 points and 2 boards.

Dawson with 7 assists. Badu with 8 points and 4 assists in just 8 minutes.

Moss with 9 points and 2 assists. Hehn with 11 points.



Much much better 2nd half. The guys are playing so well that I leave them in a bit longer than I should have.

7:34 - We lead 85-60. I pull my starters and put in Badu, Moss, Annen, Fuller, and Hehn. Kilgore and Wolfe will go in a few minutes.

4:01 - Kilgore and Wolfe into the game. We lead 92-68.


We win the game 97-80.


Stevens is the player of the game with 14 points, 10 boards, 3 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 4 of 5 from the field and 6 of 6 from the line.

Dawson with 2 points, 2 boards, 13 assists, and 4 turnovers in 25 minutes. He shot 1 of 5.

Farrell with 13 points and 1 steal. He shot 4 of 10.

Kabba with 15 points, 6 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 4 of 9.

Vega with 13 points and 6 boards. He shot 5 of 7.

Hehn with 13 points and 4 boards. He shot 4 of 7.

Moss with 12 points, 3 assists, 1 board, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 5 (all in the paint.)

Badu with 11 points, 6 assists, and 3 turnovers. He shot 4 of 8.

Wolfe with 3 boards and a block in just 4 minutes. Kilgore with 2 points and a block in 4 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 21, 2037 -

Next up is a game at Cal. They are 15-9.

We beat them 81-66.

Dawson with 8 points, 6 boards, and 10 assists.

Farrell with 20 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 7 of 12, 4 of 7, and 2 of 4.

Vega with 21 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 15.

Kabba with 13 points and 6 boards. Stevens with 0 points, 8 boards, and a block.

Annen led the bench with 11 points, 5 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block.


We are now 24-0 and Abdur-Rahim has been cleared to return as has English. We are 100% healthy again. Hopefully, we can stay so over the last 4 regular season games.


Next up, we take on a 12-14 ASU team. They are missing star PG Hensley Walton and star SG Booker Stockman due to season ending injuries.

They are relying heavily on JR PG Charles Sessoms who is 6'5 198 and is rated 85 overall. He is a very good 3 point shooter. He's averaging 13.9 ppg and 4.1 apg.

SO SF Eulis Gomes is 6'6 244 and is rated 80 overall. He's averaging 11 ppg and 4.5 rpg.

SO PF Mohamed Hudson is 6'8 207 and is rated 78 overall. He's averaging 7.8 ppg and 5.4 rpg.

FR SG Jerrel Ravello is 6'3 184 and is rated 75 overall. He's averaging 3.3 ppg and 1.1 spg.

Most of the bench is rated in the low 70's.

I'll play them later this week.

[Eaglesfan27]

Now that everyone is healthy, our overall rating is the highest I've ever seen at 98. Our team unity is 94. Wow.


15:00 - We are tied at 8.

10:52 - Dawson picks up his 2nd foul. I bring in the entire second unit: Badu, Moss, Annen, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim. I need to work Hehn into that as well. We lead 20-16.

3:47 - Not a good stretch. We are tied at 27. I bring in Hehn for Fuller.


Halftime: We are tied at 36.


Kabba is the player of the half with 9 points, 2 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block.

Dawson with 4 assists. Annen with 9 points.



18:58 - Dawson picks up his 3rd foul. Badu into the game. We are tied at 38.

16:28 - Badu gets his 3rd foul trying to stop Sessoms. Moss into the game at PG. We are tied at 40.

10:00 - We lead 60-45. Love it when we "turn it on." Moss is dominating the ball in the post passing out to guys for a variety of easy baskets.

7:40 - I rest my starters. We lead 63-50. I bring in Badu, Annen, Hehen, Fuller, and leave in Vega who is on a roll.

6:20 - Our team explodes for a quick 10-0 run in which we hit 2 quick 3's, had 2 steals, a block, and 2 breakaway dunks. We lead 73-50.

Sessoms hits a corner 3 to end our run.

5:00 - We lead 77-56. I sit Vega and bring in Abdur-Rahim. Our bench is going to finish this out.


We win the game 90-60.


Vega is the player of the game with 21 points, 10 boards, 3 blocks, and 1 assist. He shot 8 of 11 and 5 of 5 from the line.

Dawson only ended up playing 11 minutes. 0 points and 4 assists.

Farrell with 13 points and 3 assists in 22 minutes.

Kabba with 17 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks in 22 minutes.

Stevens with 3 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals in 22 minutes.

Annen led the bench with 21 points, 2 steals, and a block in 18 minutes.

Abdur-Rahim with 4 points and 6 boards in 16 minutes.

Miss with 3 points, 8 assists, 2 steals, and a block in 20 minutes.

Badu with 6 points, 4 assists, 3 boards, and 1 steal in 21 minutes.

Hehn with 2 points, 2 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks in 12 minutes.

Fuller with 0 points and 3 boards in 14 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 1st, 2037 -

Today we host 9-16 Oregon state.


We crush them 108-65. Annen led the way with 33 points, 11 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block off the bench in 32 minutes.

Vega with 32 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, and 2 blocks.

Dawson with 0 points and 12 assists vs 0 turnovers.

Farrell with 14 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. Kabba with 6 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists.

Stevens with 12 points, 8 boards, and 1 block. Abdur-Rahim with 6 points and 3 boards.


We are now 26-0.


Our next game is at 15-13 Arizona. They are rated 88 overall. If I beat them, this will be win #699 of my career. Arizona's center is out with a broken ankle. He'll miss 2-3 more weeks.

SR SG Harrison Wofford is now rated 85 overall. He's leading their team in scoring at 12.2 ppg and 5.3 rpg.

SR SG Marty Gray is 6'4 215 and is rated 84 overall. He's averaging 9.1 ppg and 2.7 apg.

SR SG Gavin Boatner is 6'0 171 and is rated 82 overall. He's averaging 11.8 ppg and 2.3 apg.

SO PG Jeff Yates is 6'4 198 and is rated 81 overall. He's averaging 4.6 ppg and 1.8 apg.

SO PF Michael Castillo is their only big with their center out. He's 6'11 244 and is averaging 3.1 ppg and 2.4 rpg. He's rated 75 overall.


I'll play them tomorrow.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - We are tied at 8. Balanced offense from us so far.

12:53 - Kabba with a dunk attempt.. he collides with Yates.. Yates with his 2nd foul. Kabba hurt some part of his foot. Annen into the game. We are up 12-11.

9:54 - Kabba has been cleared to play but will rest for now. We are tied at 16. I bring in the rest of our 2nd team: Badu, Moss, Annen, Hehn, and Abdur-Rahim.

5:30 - Annen has scored our last 10 points. Meanwhile, Wofford is doing most of their scoring. We are tied at 22.

3:30 - Dawson, Farrell, Stevens, and Vega back into the game. Moss will play a bit of SF. We are tied at 25.

3:08 - Dawson picks up his 2nd foul. Badu back into the game.


Halftime: We lead 36-28. Our outside shooting is off today, but we are physically dominating them. Their 3 point shooting is all that is keeping them in the game.


Annen is the player of the half with 10 points, 3 boards, and 1 steal.

Vega with 6 points, 7 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block.

Badu with 3 assists leads the team.



Annen will start the 2nd half at SF. I'm not going to use Kabba unless it is necessary.


14:39 - Vega is punishing them down low. We lead 50-36.

10:20 - Their 3 point shooting is keeping them alive. We are up 58-50. I bring in Badu, Moss, and Abdur-Rahim. Boatner has been hurting us the last few minutes. Let's see how he handles Badu's size.

7:10 - They took out Boatner and brought in Langford at the point. Meanwhile Wofford is killing us with 3's again. We are tied at 62. I bring in Hehn and Fuller to rest my tired players. I also call time and talk to my guys about the need to up the defensive intensity..

Moss posts up their center and gets a 4th foul on him.

Castillo at the other end with a 3 point play against Abdur-Rahim. We are down 66-63.

Castillo with another basket against Abdur-Rahim. We are down 68-65 with 4:30 to go. I bring back all of the starters with Annen at SF.

Annen misses a wide open 3 and they get a fastbreak basket the other way. We are down 71-65.

Vega with a dunk at the other end. Our most reliable play of the night.

Gray hits another 3. Farrell misses a 3. We are down 74-67 with 2 minutes to go..

Vega with a post basket and the foul. He misses the FT but Stevens gets the board and passes to Vega who dunks it home. 74-71.

Wofford hits a 3. Farrell misses an open 3. Under a minute left. We foul. They make their FT's.

Vega with a quick dunk. They make their FT's. Farrell with a quick 3. Down 81-76.

They make 1 of 2. We are still barely alive.

Annen misses an open 3. We are done. So much for the dream of the perfect season. Now, we just need to focus on winning a Championship.


We lose the game 89-79. A bitter road loss.

Wofford with 26 points on 8 of 11 shooting, 6 of 7 from the arc.

Boatner with 22 points on 6 of 9 shooting, 6 of 7 from the arc.

Gray with 14 points. Castillo with 12 points and 10 boards against us. Yates with 6 points and 6 assists.



Vega led our team with 24 points, 13 boards, 2 assists, and 3 blocks. He shot 10 of 12 and 4 of 5 from the line.

Dawson with 11 assists. Farrell with 19 points on 7 of 15 shooting.

Kabba with 2 points on 0 of 8 shooting.

Annen shot 6 of 19. He finished with 15 points, 9 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and a block.

Stevens with 7 points, 9 boards, and 1 block on 2 of 5 shooting.

Badu had 2 points and 7 assists in 16 minutes.

Abdur-Rahim with 5 points and 3 boards in 12 minutes.

Moss with 3 points and 1 assist in 15 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 7, 2037 -

Today we play at Oregon. They are 21-6 and are 9th in the media poll.


We beat them 92-90.

Vega led the team with 16 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, and a block.

Kabba with 16 points. Farrell was in foul trouble and only played 17 minutes but still had 10 points. Stevens with 13 points and 11 boards.

Annen led the bench with 13 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks in 23 minutes. He shot 4 of 8.


Despite the loss this week, we remain #1 in both polls.



Our first game in the Pac-10 Tourney is vs Oregon State which I decide to sim.

We crush them 97-60.

Dawson led the team with 17 points and 6 assists. Farrell with 8 piints nad 7 assists in 19 minutes (foul trouble again)

Abdur-Rahim led the bench with 15 points and 5 boards. Moss had 2 points and 5 assists in 12 minutes. Badu had 5 points and 4 assists in 13 minutes.


We are now 28-1 and will be facing Stanford (20-10) in the Pac-10 Semi-Final. The other Semi-Final has #10 Oregon vs Cal.

Stanford is rated 92 overall. They have a good starting 5, but are missing their star SO C due to a torn ACL. Instead, they will start another SO C who is talented but is a big step down:

SR PG Terrence Wade is 5'10 190 and is rated 86 overall. He is extremely fast and has great ball handling. He is an average passer though. He is a good shooter. He's averaging 11.8 ppg, 3.7 apg.

SR SG Moshood Ballard is 6'3 219 and is rated 90 overall. He's a terrific shooter from anywhere on the floor. He has plus athleticism and he is a good defender. He's averaging 16 ppg, 5.2 rpg, and 1.3 spg.

SO SG/SF Steveroy Matheus is a 6'6 192 pound SG who is starting at SF for them. He is rated 83 overall. He can shoot the 3 very well and he has superior athleticism. He's averaging 11.0 ppg and 2.9 rpg.

SR PF Jerrid Challed is a 6'10 276 pound bruising PF who loves to mix it up down low. He is rated 85 overall. He doesn't have good post moves but his size and strength get him plenty of dunks. He is averaging 12.2 ppg and 7.1 rpg.

SO C Alfred Jeanpierre is starting for the injured Lennon. He is 6'9 245 and is rated 79 overall. Unlike Lennon who is a true post up big man with talent, Alfred loves to spread the floor and can shoot the 3 with skill. In fact, he is one of the 3 best outside shooters on their team. He is averaging 9.2 ppg and 2.9 rpg.

JR PG Raoul Dukes leads their bench. He is 6'0 170 and is rated 83 overall. He is a good 3 point shooter. He's averaging 9 ppg and 2.5 apg.

SR SG Johnnie Blackett is battling a sore ankle but will play. He is 6'5 214 and is rated 79 overall. He's averaging 6.1 ppg and 2.6 rpg.

FR SF Dusty Conroy is a 6'9 230 pound player who is primarily a paint player. He is rated 77 overall and his weaknesses are his speed and outside shooting. He is averaging 2.9 ppg and 2.2 rpg.

I'll play them later today.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:10 - We lead 11-8.

All 5 starters are now considered a "coach on the floor."

14:00 - We are now up 15-8.

13:35 - Vega already has 3 blocks. His play is improving every game.

9:50 - Kabba picks up his 2nd foul. Annen into the game. We lead 25-13.

7:59 - Stevens picks up his 2nd foul. I rest Stevens and Vega. Hehn and Abdur-Rahim into the game. We lead 28-16.

I play that group much longer than I planned.


Halftime: We lead 45-26.


Farrell played the entire half and is the player of the half with 18 points, 2 boards, and 1 steal. He has shot 6 of 10.

Dawson with 5 points and 5 assists. Vega with 12 points, 3 boards, and 4 blocks.


15:00 - We lead 50-34.

10:00 - We are leading 65-48.

7:58 - Sloppy play as we allow a 10-0 run. I call time and bring in some reserves - Badu, Moss, and Annen.

5:30 - They hit a 3 to tie it at 65!

Badu to Vega for a dunk on the pick and roll.

Matheus hits a 3 and gets fouled by Moss!

Annen misses a 3, but Vega with the offensive board and the putback dunk.


3:00 - I call time. We are down 75-73. Time to get Farrell and Dawson back into the game. Vega is tired. Abdur-Rahim into the game. Kabba also returns.

Kabba continues his bad night and misses two shots.

They get an offensive putback from Conroy for a 4 point lead with 90 seconds left.. I call time and bring back Vega but we keep Abdur-Rahim in at PF for the tired Stevens.

Dawson gets it to Vega in the paint where he makes a nice hook shot and is fouled. He completes the 3 point play.

Jeanpierre hits a 14 footer.

Vega is triple teamed down low.. he kicks it out to Kabba who finally makes his first basket of the night, a 3 to tie it at 79. 44 seconds left.


Ballard off a screen hits a shot from 18 feet. 81-79. 24 seconds..


5 seconds - Abdur-Rahim is fouled as he shoots in the paint. The shot barely clangs out. He makes the first FT... and the 2nd.

They get a look at the buzzer, but Farrell with good defense and they miss the 3.

We are going to OT..

4:08 - Farrell with the first basket of OT and then Vega gets his 7th block of the night!

Dawson to Abdur-Rahim for a 12 footer on a pick and roll. Abdur-Rahim is fouled on the play as well. He makes the 3 point play.

Dawson passes it to Vega in the paint and he is fouled on a hook shot which he makes. We are up 89-83 with 3 minutes left.

Abdur-Rahim draws fouls on back to back plays. We lead 93-83 with 1 minute left.

Abdur-Rahim even hits a 3 at the buzzer.


We win the game 100-86.

Vega is the player of the game with a huge monster output: 34 points, 14 boards, 7 blocks (a new career high), and 2 assists. He shot 14 of 20, and 6 of 6 from the line.

Dawson with 5 points and 11 assists vs 4 turnovers. He also had 1 steal.

Farrell with 26 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 7 of 16, 3 of 8, and 9 of 10.

Kabba with 5 points and 4 boards. He shot 2 of 10.

Stevens with 10 points, 10 boards, and 1 steal.


Abdur-Rahim led the bench with 14 points and 3 boards.

Annen with 6 points and 4 boards on 1 of 7 shooting.

Badu with 0 points and 1 assist in 8 minutes. Moss with 0 stats in 6 minutes. Hehn with 0 points and 1 board in 8 minutes.

Dawson and Farrell played 40 minutes each today, new career highs for them both. Vega played 35 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Pac-10 Championship will be against Oregon. They are 23-7 and 10th in the media poll. They are completely healthy like we are.

JR SG Bob Swanson is a 6'6 193 pound silky smooth shooter. He's rated 87 overall. His offense is great. His defense is just average. He's averaging 13.2 ppg, 3.7 rpg, and 1.4 spg.

JR PF Alton Lloyd is 6'8 206 and is rated 84 overall. While he lacks ideal size, he has tremendous shooting touch from 18 feet in. He's averaging 13.1 ppg and 6.7 rpg.

SR SG Isaac Stapleton plays a lot of SF for them. He is 6'5 191 and is rated 83 overall. He's a fast slashing plaeyer who has a good shot. He's averaging 12.5 ppg.

JR PG Randall Luna starts at PG for them now. He's 5'10 174 and is a good 3 point shooter who can penetrate fairly well. He's averaging 13.3 ppg and 3.9 apg.

FR C Dedric Wingate is the weak point of their starting lineup. He's 6'11 236 and is rated 76 overall. He only plays a few minutes a night. He's averaging 1.5 ppg.


JR SG Perry Jensen leads their bench. He is 6'7 244 and is actually the biggest player on their bench. He'll play some 2, 3, and 4 for them. He's averaging 6.5 ppg and 3.9 rpg. He is rated 83 overall.

JR SG Deon Grizzard is 6'4 190 and is rated 83 overall. He's primarily a spot up shooter. He's averaging 6.3 ppg.

FR PG Jermaine Hollins is their top freshman. He's 5'11 171 and is rated 82 overall. He's averaging 6.1 ppg and 3.1 apg.


The rest of the bench is rated in the high 70's. I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

14:49 - Good defense early, but Stapleton is making some very tough 3's. We are down 10-7.

10:00 - Farrell has been our entire offense the last 5 minutes. He has hit 4 3's in a row. We lead 20-19.

7:50 - Dawson picks up his 2nd foul. Badu into the game. We lead 24-21.

7:30 - I get the rest of the 2nd team in: Badu, Moss, Annen, Hehn, and Abdur-Rahim. We lead 24-23.

2:00 - Defense is slacking bad the last 5 minutes. I bring back my starters. We lead 37-35.

Farrell with another scoring outburst.


Halftime: We lead 46-35.


Farrell is the player of the half with 21 points and 1 assist.

Dawson with 7 assists. Vega with 8 points and 4 boards.


15:01 - We lead 59-45. Farrell is picking up right where he left off in the 1st half.

9:30 - Farrell and Vega get a breather. We are up 70-55.

3:55 - I rest the tired Dawson, Kabba, and Stevens. Our lineup to finish it out is Badu, Farrell, Annen, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega. We lead 74-63.


We win the game 87-69. Conference Champions again.


Farrell is the player of the game with a career high 41 points (previous high of 32.) He also had 2 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 14 of 23, 10 of 16, and 3 of 4.

Dawson with 4 points, 13 assists, 3 steals, and 4 turnovers.

Kabba with 11 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists.

Stevens with 2 points, 10 boards, and 1 block.

Vega with 14 points, 9 boards, and a block.


Abdur-Rahim led the bench with 6 points, 5 boards, and 1 block.

Annen with 4 points, 1 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal.

Badu with 3 points and 1 assist. Hehn with 0 points and 2 boards. Moss with 2 points and 1 assist in 5 minutes.

Now, it is time to see who we will be facing..

[Eaglesfan27]

UCLA and Stanford are both on the bubble. Will the Pac-10 get love?


We are the top #1 seed and are in the East. Other #1 seeds: Connecticut (28-3 South), Nebraska (25-6 Midwest), and Fordham (32-1 West.)

We'll play the Play-in Winner - Either VMI or Coppin State.


Other East Matchups:

#8 Kansas State (20-11) vs #9 Cal (19-12)
#6 LSU (25-7) vs #11 Illinois (22-11)
#3 Xavier (28-5) vs #14 Miami (OH) (20-11)
#7 Michigan (24-8) vs #10 Ole Miss (18-10)
#2 FSU (28-5) vs #15 Davidson (21-8)

Interesting South Matchups:

#8 Northwestern (24-9) vs #9 Georgia (23-9)
#5 Washington (20-9) vs #12 Robert Morris (26-6)
#3 Oregon (23-8) vs #14 Penn (19-10)

Interesting Midwest:

#1 Nebraska (26-6) vs #16 SC Upstate (20-11 first appearance ever.)
#6 San Diego State (26-8) vs #11 Fairfiled (24-8)
#7 Colorado (18-12) vs #10 Stanford (20-11)

West:

#8 Seton Hall (21-12) vs #9 UCLA (20-11)
#4 Texas Tech (20-9) vs #13 Fresno State (22-11)
#3 North Carolina (24-7) vs #14 Detroit (20-10)
#2 DePaul (28-5) vs #15 SE Missouri (19-10)


Big 12 has 9 teams in! Big East with 7. Pac-10 with 6. A-10 with 5. ACC and SEC with 4. MWC and Big Ten with 3. C-USA with 2.


Top Bubble teams that didn't make it:

Maryland (21-11) and Arkansas (20-12)

[Eaglesfan27]

We now have a team rating of 98 with a unity of 95. Here is a look at our complete roster's height/weight, ratings, and stats this year:

SR SF Lucious Kabba is 6'7 233, 91, and is averaging 10.4 ppg (down almost 3 ppg), 3.0 rpg, 1.1 apg, and 1.2 spg.

SR PG Antone Dawson is 6'1 197, 91, and is averaging a career high 6.8 ppg, 6.9 apg, 1.4 spg, and 2.0 rpg.

RS JR SF Leo Annen is 6'8 205, 90, and is averaging a career high 12.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg, and 1.5 apg.

SR C Olu Vega is 7'1 267, 88, and is averaging a career high 15.9 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 1.8 bpg, and 1.3 apg.

JR C Jeromy Abdur-Rahim is 6'10 253, 88, and is averaging a career high 10.5 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 0.9 apg.

JR PF Desmond Stevens is 6'9 234, 87, and is averaging a career high 7.9 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 1.3 apg, and 1.0 bpg.

JR PF A.C. Fuller is 6'9 218, 87, and is averaging a career high 4.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg, and 1.0 spg.

JR SG Arzelle Farrell is 6'7 214, 87, and is averaging a career high 16.5 ppg, 2.9 apg, and 2.0 rpg.

SO Marcellus Badu is 6'5 206, 85, and is averaging a career high 5.8 ppg, 3.3 apg, and 1.1 spg in only 14 mpg.

RS FR SF Kody Hehn is 6'10 225, 83, and is averaging 4.2 ppg and 1.9 rpg.

RS FR SF Devin Kilgore is 6'8 211, 82, and is averaging 1.9 ppg.

JR Walk-on C Duane English is 7'0 249, 80, and is averaging 3.7 ppg and 2.0 rpg.

FR PF Allan Wolfe is 6'8 257, 80, and is averaging 1.7 ppg and 1.2 rpg.

JR Walk-on PG Domonic Cox is 6'3 203, 79, and is averaging 2.0 ppg.

FR SG Connally Moss is 6'9 236, 75, and he is averaging 4.1 ppg and 2.2 apg in only 8 mpg.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our first game of the tourney is against Coppin State. They are 16-19 with a rating of 70. Their top 3 players are all playing hurt:

SO PG C.C. Sullivan is 6'4 176 and is rated 72 overall. He has a sore ankle. He's averaging 8.4 ppg and 4.0 apg.

SO SG Ken Traylor is 6'6 227 and is rated 71 overall. He has a bad wrist. He's averaging 9.8 ppg and 7.5 rpg.

FR PG Phillip Packey is 5'10 175 and is rated 70 overall. He has a foot injury. He's averaging 8.6 ppg and 3.4 apg.


The rest of their team is all rated in the 50's. FR C Bobby Jacobson is the only size on their team. He's 6'9 246 and is rated 53 overall.

[Eaglesfan27]

14:40 - Our shooters seem tight early, but the defense is solid. We lead 7-2.

12:00 - Farrell is tired. I bring in Annen. We lead 15-6.

9:00 - Dawson with a drive and he collides Jacobson.. this doesn't look good. Dawson has to be carried off the court.. We are up 22-8. Badu into the game for him. We also bring in Abdur-Rahim for Vega.

4:30 - We lead 33-14 as I bring in the rest of my 2nd unit - Moss and Fuller.


Halftime: We lead 41-20.

Vega is the player of the half with 6 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks.

Farrell, Kabba, Stevens, and Annen each have 6 points as well. Dawson had 3 assists before he got hurt. Badu with 4 assists in just 9 minutes. Dawson is done for today at least, it is up to Badu now.


15:00 - The defense has slacked off but the offense is flowing well. We lead 53-28.

9:56 - Much better last 5 minutes. We lead 73-30 as I pull my starters. I put in Moss, Annen, Kilgore, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim.


We win the game 96-44.


Vega is the player of the game with 19 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 8 of 9 from the field and 3 of 3 from the line.

Badu finished with 8 points, 9 assists, 7 steals, and 2 turnovers in 19 minutes.

Farrell with 12 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists in 18 minutes.

Kabba with 8 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Stevens with 13 points, 10 boards, 4 steals, and 2 blocks.


Annen with 9 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, and 4 steals in 22 minutes.

Fuller with 6 points and 3 boards. Abdur-Rahim with 4 points, 3 boards, and 2 blocks in 19 minutes. Kilgore with 7 points and 5 boards in 10 minutes.

Moss with 10 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals in 14 minutes.

Who will we play next? Will Dawson be available?

[Eaglesfan27]

Dawson with a broken ankle. His career as a Trojan is over. :( Badu will be our starting PG the rest of the tourney. Will he continue that role next year?


#8 Kansas State (20-11) beat #9 Cal 71-63 to advance to face us in the 2nd round.

Kansas State has a very athletic starting 5, but they lack depth on their team:

SR PG Jevon Fernandez is very quick. He's 5'11 160 and is rated 85 overall. He's an excellent 3 point shooter and a very good passer. His defense is subpar. He's averaging 15.9 ppg and 5.1 apg.

SR SG Danny Engle is 6'1 191 and is rated 82 overall. He's also an extremely fast and quick guard who relies on great ball handling to get into the lane. He can also shoot well from the outside. His defense is also his weak point. He's averaging 15.7 ppg and 3.1 apg.

SO SF Percy Luz is 6'6 235 and is rated 82 overall. He's a sharp shooter who is weak defensively. He's averaging 13.2 ppg and 3.4 rpg. He's suffering from back spasms but will play today.

SO PF Lonny McFadgon is very athletic but very raw. He's 6'8 218 and is rated 75 overall. He has very little shooting touch and is weak defensively. He's also a bad passer. He's averaging 5.6 ppg and 4.1 rpg.

JR C Kirby Crawford is also athletic but raw. He's 6'10 245 and is rated 76 overall. He's a terrible shooter who has no touch even in the paint. He's averaging 5.2 ppg and 4.9 rpg.

The entire bench is made up of freshmen and sophomores and none of them are rated higher than 70. Most of them are in the high 60's.


I'll play them tomorrow.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - Badu with a hot start passing the ball. We lead 10-2.

11:00 - Moss in for Badu who is tired and Abdur-Rahim in for Vega. We lead 16-8.

9:45 - Annen in for Farrell who has had a very good start. We lead 20-13.

7:40 - I put in the rest of my bench - Hehn and Kilgore. We lead 24-18.

2:00 - My starters all return. We lead 36-30.


Halftime: We lead 42-36.

Farrell is the player of the half with 10 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists.


15:00 - We turned up the defensive intensity this half. We lead 54-36. Badu is dominating their PG.

10:00 - I pull my starters, possibly for the game. We lead 68-44. Balanced scoring from my guys.


They never get closer than 20. Moss with a great finish operating both on the perimeter and out of the post.


We win the game 91-66.

Farrell is the player of the game with 18 points, 6 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 6 of 12.

Badu with 5 points and 9 assists. Kabba with 10 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals.

Stevens with 11 points, 8 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and a block.
Vega with 16 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks.

Annen with 12 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists. Abdur-Rahim with 10 points. Moss with 8 assists, 3 steals, and a block.

[Eaglesfan27]

A look at the Sweet 16:

In the East:

We'll be facing #5 seed Missippi State which beat #4 Providence 74-60.

#3 Xavier will face #10 Ole Miss.


In the West:

#1 Fordham will face #4 Texas Tech

#2 DePaul will face #3 North Carolina


In the South:

#1 UConn will face #4 Miami(FL)

#3 Oregon will face #15 Albany! Albany beat #2 LaSalle 78-56 and then beat #10 Baylor 74-64. Albany doesn't have any star players but they start 5 seniors with great team chemistry.

In the Midwest:

#1 Nebraska will face #12 UL Lafayette. The Ragin Cajuns actually have a pair of very good guards who lead their team.

#2 BYU will face #6 San Diego State.



Our next opponent, Mississippi State is 27-7 and have a talented roster with a rating of 93. They are completely healthy and they have a very talented starting 5 and have some very good bigs coming off the bench:

JR SF Jake Morkeliunas leads their team. He is a 6'6 213 pound player from Georgia who is rated 88 overall. He's extremely fast, he can shoot well, and he's a good passer. His defense is above average but his offensive skills are his real strength. He's averaging 15.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg, and 2.8 apg. He was the 19th player in his class.

SO SG Dave Mance from Arkansas is a star in the making. He's 6'5 192 and is rated 85 overall. He was the 12th player in his class. He is one of the top 3 outside shooters in the country. He's averaging 16.3 ppg and 2.1 apg.

SR C Ellis Shields is 6'10 290 and is rated 85 overall. He's got a devastating post game using his strength/size to manuever inside, but he can also make the 10-12 foot shot fairly reliably. His defense is below average. He's averaging 14.4 ppg and 8.0 rpg.

JR PF Roger Farrell is 6'10 150 and is rated 83 overall. He was the 36th player in his class. He is a very good midrange shooter who can defend well also. He's averaging 12 ppg and 5 rpg.

SO PG Alexander Muhammed runs this high powered offense with precision. He's a great passer and a very good 3 point shooter. He has tremendous ball handling skills. He's averaging 6.9 ppg and 6.6 apg.

FR PF Ellis Zimmerman leads their bench. He's 6'9 240 and is rated 81 overall. He's averaging 3.6 ppg and 4.4 rpg in 15 mpg.

SO F Cruz Prince also plays a lot for them. He's 6'8 230 and is a solid midrange shooter. He's averaging 7.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg and 19 mpg.

FR PG Deron Mbyirukira is a superstar of the future. He's 6'2 171 and is rated 81 overall. He has elite speed, very good ball handling, and an excellent 3 point shot. He was the 3rd player in his class this past year. He's averaging 6 ppg and 1.7 apg in just 9 mpg.

The rest of the bench are all sophomores and juniors who are all rated in the very high 70's with the exception of one PF who is rated 73 overall.

This should be an interesting match-up.

[Eaglesfan27]

19:23 - Farrell has drawn 2 quick fouls on Mance.

13:33 - We lead 17-7 as they finally call time. Kabba with a huge start. Farrell also with a very good start.

10:30 - I bring in Moss, Annen, Hehn, and Abdur-Rahim. Stevens will remain in the game. We lead 18-13.

6:11 - We lead 26-13. Our guys are smothering them on defense.

5:45 - Abdur-Rahim picks up his 2nd foul. He'll remain in the game for now.

2:00 - A sudden burst of run and gun from both sides and we get the worst of it as Jake lights us up. We lead 37-30 as I bring back our starters with Abdur-Rahim remaining in at PF to rest Stevens.


Halftime: We lead 42-33.


Kabba is the player of the half with 14 points, 1 board, and 1 assist. Annen with 9 points. Farrell with 8.

17:25 - Shields picks up his 3rd foul trying to stop Vega. We lead 47-36.

15:22 - We lead 54-36 as they call time. Vega and Kabba doing most of the damage.

12:00 - We lead 60-40 as I bring in Wolfe for a tired Stevens.

8:30 - We lead 68-49. I bring in th erest of my reserves - Moss, Annen, Kilgore, and Abdur-Rahim.


We win the game 81-64.


Kabba is the player of the game with 22 points, 4 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block. He shot 8 of 12, 4 of 4, and 2 of 3.

Badu with 3 points, 10 assists, 1 steal, and 1 turnover. Farrell with 8 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 3 of 6.

Stevens with 6 points, 4 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 3 of 6.

Vega with 14 points, 9 boards, 1 assist, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 12.

Annen with 13 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 6 of 11.

Moss with 2 points, 3 boards, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He also had 4 turnovers.

Abdur-Rahim with 6 points and 5 boards. Hehn with 2 points and 2 boards. Kilgore with 5 points and 3 boards. Wolfe with 0 points and 3 boards.


Who will we face in the Elite 8, Xavier or Ole Miss?

[Eaglesfan27]

Ole Miss upset Xavier 69-65!

A look at the other Sweet 16 results:

In the West:

#4 Texas Tech upset #1 Fordham 76-68.

#3 North Carolina pounded #2 DePaul 99-69.


In the South:

#1 UConn beat #4 Miami (FL) 92-75.

#3 Oregon crushed #15 Albany 101-48.


In the Midwest:

#1 Nebraska handled #12 UL Lafayette 96-80.

#2 BYU beat #6 San Diego State 79-73.

[Eaglesfan27]

#10 seed Ole Miss is 21-10. They went 8-8 in conference play. They have a roster rating of 88. They are missing their starting PF who has a broken bone in his foot and is done in the tourney. They rely heavily on their guards who are very good players:

SR PG Alex Owensworth is 6'1 165 and is rated 85 overall. He is a very good outside shooter and a good ball handler. His defense is top notch. He is averaging 13.4 ppg, 4.5 rpg, and 4.1 apg.

SR SG Ridley Joseph is 6'4 218 and is rated 85 overall. He is a dynamic scorer who can slash or shoot well. His defense is just average. He's averaging 17 ppg, 5.5 rpg, and 2.5 apg.

SO SF Jay Grafs is 6'7 200 and is rated 80 overall. He is an excellent 3 point shooter but is not good in many other areas. He is averaging 8 ppg and 1.2 rpg in 19 mpg.

FR PF/C C.C. Park moves into the starting lineup at PF for them. He is 6'8 238 and is rated 75 overall. He is averaging 2.7 ppg and 2.1 rpg.

FR C D'Or McDonald has been starting at C for them all year long. He's 6'10 250 and is rated 75 overall. He's averaging 3.9 ppg and 3.3 rpg and only playing 15 mpg as they often go small.

The bench is led by JR PG Jeremiah Porter who is 6'1 170 and is rated 83 overall. Hes averaging 9.4 ppg and 3.0 apg.

JR PG Larry Bird is 5'10 168 and is rated 81 overall. He's averaging 4.2 ppg and 1.8 apg.

JR PG Lincoln Koffi is 6'4 215 and is rated 80 overall. He's averaging 5 ppg and 1.2 apg.

The rest of the bench is rated in the low 70's.

There is no size on the bench. The only two guys over 6'8 are starting.

SO PF Larson who is injured is 6'11 240 and was averaging 11.7 ppg and 7.1 rpg.

I'll play them later today.

[Eaglesfan27]

12:45 - Defensive battle early. We lead 10-5.

11:30 - Moss, Annen, and Abdur-Rahim into the game. We lead 13-5.

7:12 - Kabba just picked up his 2nd foul. Farrell returns to the game and Annen slides to SF. I also bring in Fuller for Stevens. We lead 20-12.

2:01 - They call time. We are up 32-20. I bring back everyone but Kabba.


Halftime: We lead 38-23.


Farrell is the player of the half with 12 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist.

Annen with 10. Vega with 8.


13:00 - Badu is running our offense at an incredible level. We lead 62-32.

10:45 - Wow. Farrell just fouled out of the game, but it hardly matters. We lead 69-34.

9:19 - I pull my starters. We lead 72-36. I'm going to play Moss, Annen, Kilgore, Wolfe, and Hehn to finish this out.


We win the game 103-54.

Annen is the player of the game with 23 points, 2 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 7 of 10, 4 of 5, and 5 of 5.

Badu with 2 points, 5 boards, 12 assists, 2 steals, and 4 turnovers.

Farrell with 16 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 9.

Kabba with 18 points and 3 boards. He shot 7 of 11.

Stevens with 4 points, 14 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks. He shot 1 of 4.

Vega with 18 points, 6 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 7 of 13.

Moss with 7 points, 4 boards, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks in 19 minutes.

Abdur-Rahim with 4 points and 3 boards. Kilgore with 5 points. Hehn with 4 points. Wolfe with 2 points. Fuller with 3 boards.


Who will we face in the Final Four?

[Eaglesfan27]

#3 North Carolina beat #4 Texas Tech 82-62 to advance from the West. They will be our opponent.

#3 Oregon beat #1 UConn 76-74 to advance from the South. They will play #2 seed BYU which upset #1 Nebraska 71-69.


North Carolina finished the year 28-7 (13-3.) They are a talented team with a rating of 92. PF is their only relative weakness in the starting 5:

JR SF Adam McNamara is the most talented player on the roster. He is 6'5 239 and is rated 87 overall. He is an excellent athlete who is a good shooter. His defense is at a very high level. He is averaging 11.9 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.1 spg, and 1.0 bpg.

SR PG Atwan Pearson has a high court IQ. He is 6'3 214 and is rated 85 overall. His ball handling is excellent. His shooting is just average. He is averaging 9.1 ppg, 3.4 apg.

SR SG Ian Novakovic is 6'4 211 and is rated 83 overall. He is a very good slashing guard who is just an ok shooter. Defensively, he is solid. He is averaging 6.3 ppg and 4.5 rpg.

SO PF J.D. Adingono has great size at 7'0 240 but he is a bit slow at PF and has very little offensive ability. He does provide solid rebounding and decent defense. He's averaging 3.7 ppg, 5.2 rpg, and 1.4 bpg in just 16 mpg.

SR C Alton Barrett is 6'8 260 and is rated 86 overall. He's got killer post moves and some touch from 8-10 feet. He''s averaging 21.1 ppg, 6.4 rpg, and 1.7 bpg.

The bench is led by SR PG Damion Knox who gets a lot of PT at both PG and SG. He is 6'4 220 and is rated 85 overall. He's averaging 6.5 ppg and 3.1 apg in 15 mpg.

The rest of the bench is rated in the mid to high 70's.


I'll play them tomorrow.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:50 - We come out playing our best basketball of the year! Great team defense, great offensive execution. We are up 14-0 before McNamara beats Kabba on a backdoor cut and Vega fouls him.

13:54 - Kabba with a drive gets a 2nd foul on Pearson. We lead 19-5.

8:14 - They are on a run. We are up 22-14. I bring in the entire 2nd unit: Moss, Annen, Kilgore, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim.


Halftime: We lead 43-24.


Kabba is the player of the half with 10 points.

Annen with 8. Farrell with 6. Badu with 5 assists. Moss with 4 assists.


12:28 - NO! Farrell hurts his ankle on a block attempt. He limps off the court. We are up 50-32 as defense has dominated this half.


9:52 - That injury seems to have fired up my team. We up the intensity and run off a quick 10-0 run before they call time. We lead 60-32.

8:30 - Time to pull my starters. We lead 64-32. I may need Annen to start next game, so the lineup to finish it will be Moss, Kilgore, Hehn, Wolfe, and Abdur-Rahim.


We win the game 77-47. Best defense I've seen from my team all year long.


Kabba is the player of the game with 15 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 9.

Badu with 4 points, 9 assists, 3 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Farrell with 10 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks.

Stevens with 7 points, 6 boards, 2 steals, and a block.

Vega with a quiet night - 6 points, 8 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block.


Annen led the bench with 13 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist.

Abdur-Rahim with 6 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists.

Moss with 2 points, 9 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Kilgore with 7 points, 3 boards, and 1 steal. Wolfe with a career high 7 points and 3 boards in just 8 minutes.


Now to get the injury report on Farrell and find out who we are playing in the National Championship Game.

[Eaglesfan27]

Farrell suffered a severe high ankle sprain that will keep him out. Annen will start for us at SG. The walk-on Cox may actually get some playing time..


BYU beat Oregon 71-65 to advance to play us. BYU has a 34-4 (13-3) record. They have a 91 team rating. They are completely healthy and they have a strong 9 man rotation:

JR PG Keith Went is the weakest of their starting 5. He is a 6'2 190 pound PG from Arizona. He is rated 80 overall. He is averaging 3.7 ppg and 1.3 apg in 12 mpg. They will go mostly with their top 2 SG/PG off the bench.

JR Marko Summers is their best player and one of 3 very good SG's on their roster. He is 6'7 200 and is from Washington. He is rated 86 overall. He is averaging 5.8 ppg and 2.6 rpg in just 19 mpg as he tends to get into foul trouble.

FR SG Karl Summers is their top guard off the bench and one of the best freshmen I've ever seen. He is 6'6 200 and is rated 86 overall as well. He is averaging 9.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg, and 3.9 apg in 28 mpg. He was the 14th ranked player last year.

JR SG Benjamin Chen is their other top guard off the bench. He's 6'6 205 nad is rated 84 overall. He is a very good 3 point shooter. He's averaging 9.3 ppg in just 16 mpg.

SR SF Nik Ziri starts despite these talented guards. He is a 6'7 226 pound wingman from Colorado. He is a good midrange shooter and is just slightly above average in every other area. He is rated 80 overall. He is averaging 9.9 ppg and 2.5 rpg.

JR PF Ugonna Sato is 6'7 222 and is rated 82 overall. He is a rugged defender for his size. He's averaging 6.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg, and 1.7 bpg. He is from Provo, UT.

SR C Erik Merchant is also from Provo. He is 6'10 249 and is rated 82 overall. He's a very good defender. He's averaging 8.6 ppg, 4.8 rpg, and 1.6 bpg.

The next two top bench players are both C's.

JR Grant Fitch is 6'10 210 and is rated 80 overall. He gets pushed around easily. He is averaging 4.2 ppg and 2.4 rpg in 10 mpg.

SR C Reece Cohen is 6'10 270 and is rated 80 overall as well. He is from Santa Clarita, CA. He is a good shot blocker and has nice post moves. He's averaging 8.7 ppg, 5.2 rpg, and 1.5 bpg in 20 mpg.

The rest of their bench is rated in the high 70's.


I'll play them later today.

[Eaglesfan27]

Will we be partying on Bourbon Street (Final Four is in New Orleans this year) tonight? Our guys think so.


19:17 - I wouldn't have put money on Stevens being the first to score, but he gets an offensive rebound and putback for the first points of the game.

18:02 - Ziri with an offensive rebound and putback for their first points. We lead 5-2.

Annen is missing the open shots early.

15:40 - Every one of my players now has 1 foul. We are tied at 7. Vega with 4 points early.

15:20 - Vega picks up a stupid 2nd foul. Abdur-Rahim into the game. We lead 10-7.

12:30 - Kabba making up for last year with the game of his career so far.. We lead 20-10 but Badu just picked up his 2nd foul. Moss into the game at PG.

9:30 - Annen picks up his 2nd foul. Kilgore in for Annen. Fuller in for a tired Stevens. We lead 26-17.

7:20 - Their ability to get to the FT line and convert are keeping them in it. We lead 30-22. After doing everything early, Kabba is scoring like crazy with Annen, Vega, and Farrell all out.

4:30 - Fuller picks up his 2nd foul. Stevens back into the game. We lead 40-26 as Kabba continues to score at a career high pace. He's doing it with every type of play - drives, post-up moves, and 3's. He's also continued to play great defense.


The last 4 minutes their 3 point shooters heated up. Kilgore hit a 3 at the buzzer for us to end the half.


Halftime: We lead 51-39.


Kabba is the unquestioned player of the half - 23 points, 4, boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 14, 3 of 7, and 6 of 7.

Stevens and Vega with 6. Abdur-Rahim with 5. Annen with 4 as he shot 1 of 6 in the half.

Will Kabba be able to keep it up in the second half? Can we put them away?

[Eaglesfan27]

19:14 - Annen picks up a cheap 3rd foul. He'll remain in the game for now.

16:02 - Badu picks up his 3rd foul but will also remain in the game for now. We lead 58-47.

Kabba with a block and then a breakaway dunk. Kabba with a 3. Amazing night for him.

12:00 - We lead 70-50.

Kabba with a steal and breakaway dunk. Tremendous endurance from him but he is clearly tiring.

9:30 - We lead 79-54. I decide to rest Kabba. Kilgore into the game.

5:00 - Time to empty the bench. We lead 89-60. Vega and Stevens did very well down the stretch and Annen hit a few shots as well. The lineup for the next 2-3 minutes will be: Moss, Kilgore, Hehn, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim. After that, I'll get Cox and Wolfe into the game as well.

3:22 - Moss and Hehn with a 2-on-1 fastbreak.. Moss draws the defender.. quick lob to Hehn for a huge alley-oop! We lead 96-60.

1:50 - Time to get Cox and Wolfe into the game.


We win the National Championship! 100-63.

Kabba is the player of the game with 37 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, 4 steals, and 3 blocks. He shot 12 of 20, 4 of 8, and 9 of 10.

Badu finished with 0 points, 9 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Annen with 13 points, 4 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal.

Stevens with 11 points, 5 boards, 1 assist, and 3 steals.

Vega with 12 points, 5 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block.

Abdur-Rahim with 9 points and 9 boards. Kilgore with 11 points and 2 boards.

Moss with 0 points, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. Fuller with 2 points and 5 boards. Hehn with 5 points and 1 board. Wolfe with a board.

Very happy to have my 2nd championship at USC. This team was the team that had to do it, as I have a feeling next year we'll be very thin if all of the guys I suspect are going early actually do so.

[Eaglesfan27]

We finish the year 36-1.

SR C Jack Toppert of North Texas wins player of the year by averaging 31 ppg, 8.7 rpg, and 2.3 bpg. He also wins Mid-Major Player of the Year and Big Man of the Year.


I win Coach of the Year. I now have 708 career wins.

Rans Welch of Colorado wins Defensive Player of the Year. The PF averaged 11.4 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 1.4 spg, and 2.5 bpg.

Maryland's FR PF Nile Dye wins Freshman of the Year. The 87 overall rated player averaged 11.8 ppg, 7.7 rpg, and 1.3 bpg.


Cal gets Parham on the All-American 1st team, but no Trojans make it. Washington has Hooks on the 2nd team, but no Trojans there either. None on the Freshman All-American team either.


Cal's Brooks Parham wins Pac-10 Player of the Year. He averaged 20.7 ppg, 8.6 rpg, and 0.7 bpg.

Oregon's PG Jermaine Hollins wins Freshman of the Year in the Pac-10. He averaged 5.9 ppg and 3.1 apg.

Interesting, Annen wins First Team All-Pac 10. The rest of the Pac-10 Team:

Oregon's Luna at PG - 13.3 ppg, 4.9 apg.
Waashington's Hooks at SG - 17 ppg, 3.2 apg.
Annen - 12.6 ppg, 2.9 rpg.
Cal's Parham
UCLA's Cassler - 18.3 ppg, 5.5 rpg.

Kabba and Vega make 2nd team along with Staford's PG and SG and Oregon's PF Lloyd.

3 players make the Pac-10 All-Freshman Team - Moss, Hehn, and Wolfe.

The All-Freshman Team:

PG Hollns, Oregon - 5.9 ppg, 3.1 apg.
SG Moss 4.0 ppg, 3.0 apg.
SF Hehn - 4.0 ppg, 1.9 rpg.
PF Wolfe 1.9 ppg, 1.3 rpg.
C Garza, Cal - 5.6 ppg, 2.9 rpg.


Time to see who is declaring early...

[Eaglesfan27]

Wow. Only 1 player left early, Jeromy Abdur-Rahim. Everyone else is returning for another run at it!

Kabba is selected 1st overall. Dawson, Vega, and Abdur-Rahim all go in the lottery.

No one else leaves the team via the draft. Is anyone going to transfer?

No. :) Everyone is happy to stay despite some of them being unhappy about their playing time last year.


Time for recruiting. I hadn't seriously pursued any centers but with Abdur-Rahim declaring early, I try to make a late run at Armando Muhammed, the #2 Center in the nation. He's a 4 star from Bloomington, IN. He's leaning towards DePaul or Indiana.

We are too late on him. He signs with DePaul.

The one guy I had been going after all year, SF C.B. Brower isn't that impressed with our championship - he wants PT and he is going to Stanford.

DePaul has put together an amazing class. They have signed the #1, #15, #24, and now #69 player in the nation.

Washington also has another very impressive class with the #13 player and #18 player highlighting it.

I had to remind myself that I did sign Rylan Prillman, the #4 Center in the nation earlier in the year. He has a good shot to start and English should provide depth (and may even start.)


No other recruits seem worth a scholarship. I hold the rest of my scholarships and plan on getting a big haul this upcoming year when PT should look a bit more attractive.

[Eaglesfan27]

DePaul with the #1 Class. They signed 3 5 stars and 2 4 stars.

Others in the top 10:

UConn, Texas A&M, Washington, Fordham (!?!), FSU, Rutgers, Syracuse, Alabama, and Texas.


Time to take a look at the returning team! We are the Pre-season #1 team and I can see why. The team looks very good again.

PG is strong thanks to the slightly surprising decision by Marcellus Badu to return for his JR year. Badu had a strong offseason and is now 6'5 216 and rated 88 overall. His combination of size, speed, strength, quickness, and vision makes me think he has a legit shot at making the All-American team, especially since he has really improved his shooting this offseason.

Walk-on PG Domonic Cox is the only other "PG" on the roster, but Moss will likely get 1st crack at backing up Badu. Cox could do it if needed though. He is 6'3 209 and is rated 81 overall. His best attribute is his speed.


At SG, we have my favorite player in a while and my favorite freak of nature:

SR SG Arzelle Farrell has a legitimate shot to put up 20 plus points and be on the All-American team. He's rounded out his defense and his 3 point shooting is now up to 96. He also has developed much better quickness and is a real threat to take it the hoop. Also, his passing has become much improved. He's rated 88 overall now. He's still 6'7 214.

Connally Moss is the only returning player who didn't improve his overall at all during the offseason. That is concerning. However, he has put on 10 pounds of muscle and is now 6'9 247 and still has amazing quickness/speed and passing for his size. His shot is still worthless, but he should be a reliable post presence and passer. He'll be the primary back-up at both PG and SG at least early in the year.


SF is undoubtedly our strongest position. Annen's return was truly the most surprising of the group:

RS SR Leo Annen comes back to the team rated 92 overall. He's 6'8 207. He's got a tremendous first step. He can block shots well. He can defend well. He can shoot the outside shot well. No real weaknesses. He'll start at SF.

RS SO SF Kody Hehn is now 6'11 232. He's rated 85 overall. He can play the 3, 4 or 5 as he has proved. He'll get plenty of PT this year. His best improved attribute is his shooting.

RS SO SF Devon Kilgore is now 6'9 219 and is rated 83 overall. He's improved in every area of the game and has become a more dangerous scoring threat.

We also have a walk-on SF from Mali who is interesting. Ibrahim Sylla is 6'5 197 and is rated only 69 overall but he has tremendous speed. We'll redshirt him and see if we can mold him into a contributor over the years.


PF is another position of great strength:

SR PF Desmond Steves is now 6'9 240 and is ready to have another great year. He's rated 88 overall and his defense will keep him the #1 option. However, he has also developed some nice post moves and a midrange shot.

SR A.C. Fuller is now 6'9 225 and is rated 88 overall as well. I've felt bad for him as he has never got the PT that he deserves. I'll try to get him more this year. His post game should make him a real scoring threat this year.

SO PF Allan Wolfe is 6'8 260 and is rated 82 overall. He's slower than the other guys and has been a bit of disappointment. His best attribute is his rebounding.


C is our weakest position and the only one where I have a tough choice about who to start:

Walk-on SR C Duane English has developed into a very good option. He's 7'0 250 and he's rated 81 overall. In his one extended game last year, he had some very nice stats. He is the best rebounder on the team. He is a good passer for a big man. He can dunk well.

FR C Rylan Prillman is now 6'10 230 and is rated 76 overall. His ceiling is much higher. He's also a very good rebounder. His defense is solid and he's also a good passer for a big man. He's slower than English.

I think that with so many surprise returnees, I owe it to them to start the walk-on who is more ready to play this year.

We also got 2 walk-on FR C in the mix for the future:

Jeffrey Blankenship is from Richmond, CA. He's a 6'9 230 pound C who is rated 68 overall. He actually has the best post game of any center on my roster.

FR C Uche Adeife is from Nigeria. He's 7'1 250 and is rated 66 overall. He's a slow plodding center who has a ton of weaknesses.


I have 7 scholarships to fill this year. There are tons of great options out there. I'll look at them later today.

[hoopsguy]

Congrats on the great season. It was really impressive how you chewed up teams along the way while continuing to play through injuries.

Do you expect this years team to be as good as last year, given the surprise returnees?

Have there been repeat champions yet in your NCAA universe?

Where do you rank on career victories at this point?

[Eaglesfan27]

Congrats on the great season. It was really impressive how you chewed up teams along the way while continuing to play through injuries.

Do you expect this years team to be as good as last year, given the surprise returnees?

Have there been repeat champions yet in your NCAA universe?

Where do you rank on career victories at this point?

Thanks. All of those are good questions. Unfortunately, I don't believe the game has a career victories tracker for CPU coaches or a list of past NCAA champions. I can see all of the conference champions, but not NCAA champions as far as I can tell. I did find a cool screen that I didn't know about where I can see my career records with player's names which is cool (there is another screen where it gives just numbers.)


One thing I did realize from my own history sheet is that I've been to the NCAA Championship game 3 times in a row now. I think this team has a good chance to make it 4. We have very good team unity, 96 overall rating, and a bunch of great players. C is the only position I'm worried about, but I think I have enough options there even if we have injuries. We won't be rolling over teams as easily, but I think we can beat anyone at any time.

[Eaglesfan27]

The early recruiting has not been going well. I thought more star type players would be interested, but none of them seem to have us in their top 2. Most of the best players have us as their 3 or 4th choice.

Our first game of the year is in the Polar Bear Tip Off Classic. Our first opponent is TCU. They are 1-0 with a roster rating of 82. Their top player is SR C Lonnie Pippen who is 7'0 270 and is rated 78 overall. Their PG, Michael Baskauskas is a good 3 point shooter who is 5'10 166 and is rated 77 overall. The rest of their starting 5 is in the mid 70's. The bench is all rated in the 60's. I'll play them tomorrow.

[Eaglesfan27]

Speaking of my career record's screen. Here is a list of my top single game record holders:

Scoring: T.J. Hannan with 43 points against Fairfield.
FG Made: Sockwell with 19
3 Pointers Made: Farrell with 10 against Oregon last season.
FT's Made: Shiloh with 16
Rebounds: Sockwell with 23
Assists: Huffman, Niagara with 18
Blocks: Vega with 7 last season
Steals: Huffman with 8 in game against Fairfield

Team Records:

Points Scored: 111 against UCLA last year
Point Differential: 53 by my Niagara team against Toledo
Points in a half: USC 65 against Montana
FG's Percentage: Niagara shot 68% against Toledo
3 Pointers Made: Niagara with 17 in a game against MRST
Assists: USC with 31 against Oregon 2 seasons ago
Blocks: Niagara had 11 against Oregon
Steals: My USC team had 23 in a game a few seasons ago

I haven't broken any of the historic records with any of my players in a game, season, or career.

[Eaglesfan27]

The season starts with Stevens hitting a wide open 3! If he can make that shot with any type of consistency, this team could be just as dominant as last year.

They dare Stevens to shoot another 3.. and he misses badly.


14:41 - Our defense is missing Vega early. They are taking it inside much more effective than we allowed any team last year. Annen picks up his 2nd foul trying to help out down low. We are tied at 11. Hehn in for Annen.

14:12 - English picks up his 2nd foul. Prillman into the game. We are down 13-11.

11:00 - No unity on our team right now and we are playing some bad defense. However, Badu is tearing up their defense. Down 20-18.

7:53 - We lead 33-24. Wow, our offense is explosive. Hehn and Farrell each with a pair of quick 3's.

Hehn is showing himself to be NASTY. He's drilling 3's, posting up his man, and providing great defense with his length at the other end.



I didn't plan on playing that lineup the rest of the half, but they hypnotized me with their play. Loved how that group worked together the last 8 minutes.


Halftime: We lead 58-34.

Hehn is the surprise player of the half with 19 points, 4 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 2 blocks.

Badu with 8 points and 9 assists.

Farrell with 15 points. Stevens with 9 points and 3 boards.

English has a 0 stat line in 6 minutes. Prillman with 2 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists in 14 minutes.


I turn back to the starters for the 2nd half.


19:40 - Farrell picks up his 2nd and 3rd foul in quick succession. He's remaining in the game for now.

15:30 - Farrell picks up his 4th foul. I decide to rest him. Hehn into the game with Annen sliding to SG. We lead 69-49.

10:30 - Wow. This team is going to be special too I think. We lead 86-54. I bring in Moss, Wolfe, and Prillman. Annen will only play a few more minutes.

7:04 - Kilgore into the game for Annen. We lead 91-63.


Hehn gets hot again down the stretch.


We win the game 113-77. Good start to the season.

Hehn is the player of the game with 31 points, 5 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 2 blocks. He shot 12 of 20, 5 of 10, and 2 of 2.


Badu wioth 11 points, 13 assists, 3 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 5.

Farrell with 24 points. He shot 10 of 14, 4 of 6, and 0 of 0.

Annen with 16 points, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 6 of 8.

Stevens with 15 points, 4 boards, 2 assist, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 7 of 11.

English with 2 points, 5 boards, and a block in 15 minutes.

Prillman with 2 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, and a block in 25 minutes.

Kilgore with 10 points. Wolfe with 3 boards. Moss with 2 points, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block in 11 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our next game in the Pre-season tourney is against Hampton. They are 2-1 with a rating of 66 (ours is 96 to start the year.)

We beat them 92-61.

Badu led the way with 21 points, 4 boards, 6 assists, and 2 steals.

Annen with 21 points and 3 boards. Farrell with 15 points. English with 11 points. Stevens with 9 points, 8 boards, and 3 blocks.

Hehn led the bench with 7 points and 4 boards in 15 minutes.


Our opponent in the Polar Bear Tip-Off Final is Northern Arizona. They have a roster rating of 68. Their top player is C Tariq Gansey who is 6'11 240 and is rated 68 overall. All of their other starters are rated in the mid 60's. The entire bench is rated in the low to mid 50's.

I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - A slow start for our offense. We are missing shots we normally make. We lead 4-2.

14:41 - English picks up his 2nd foul. Hehn into the game.

12:31 - Farrell and Annen on the fastbreak.. Farrell with a beautiful bounce pass that leads to an Annen dunk. We lead 10-4.

12:01 - Annen picks up his 2nd foul. Prillman into the game and Hehn slides to SF.

10:00 - Our offense is clicking now. We lead 18-8.

6:15 - We lead 24-12. I bring in Moss, Kilgore, and Fuller resting all of our starters.

3:50 - Moss and Hehn on a 2-on-1 fastbreak.. Moss with the perfect lob.. Hehn catches it, double pumps and slams it home. Beautiful alley-oop. We lead 28-12.


Halftime: We lead 33-20. Our shooting has been terrible tonight with a few exceptions.


Farrell is the player of the half with 9 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists.

Stevens with 6 points. Hehn with 5 points and 5 boards.



18:55 - English picks up his 3rd foul but will remain in the game for now.

17:50 - English picks up his 4th foul. Hehn in at C. We lead 36-26.

15:00 - We lead 44-30. Not happy with our defense this half. I call time and tell the guys to up the intensity.

8:30 - This is embarassing. They are on a 9-0 run. We are up 55-48. I go with some guys who might play with some heart - Cox, Moss, Kilgore, Wolfe, and English.

3:50 - I bring back my starters. We lead 64-59.

1:00 - Willis, their SG who is torching us, hits a pair of 3's to make it a 1 point game. 68-67, we lead. Farrrell has had our last 4 points.

44 seconds - Farrell swishes a 3.

33 seconds - Willis hits a 3 over good defense from Farrell.

Badu is fouled. He makes the 1st FT. He makes the 2nd. We lead 73-70.

Willis misses a quick 3. Stevens with the board. He gets it to Annen who is fouled.

Our full court trap forces an errant pass out of bounds.

Badu is fouled and makes a pair of FT's.


We win the game 80-70, but we came perilously close to our most embarrassing loss in a very long time.

Farrell is the player of the game with 26 points, 6 boards, 3 assists. He shot 11 of 19, 2 of 6, and 2 of 3.

Badu with 8 points, 4 boards, 5 assists, and 3 steals.

Annen with 11 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists.

Stevens with 8 points, 8 boards, and 3 steals.

English with 4 points, 3 boards, and 1 assist.

Hehn led the bench with 11 points, 8 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 4 of 10.

Prillman with 1 points and 6 boards.

Moss with 8 points, 4 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our next game is at home vs 2-1 Montana. They have a roster rating of 76.

WOW. Stevens had a huge game against them, one of the biggest rebounding games I've ever seen in a simulated game. We win 89-47. Stevens with 23 points, 21 boards, 4 blocks, and 2 steals. He shot 7 of 9, 2 of 3, and 7 of 8. I do think he's becoming a major weapon for us if I go to him more..

Badu with 14 points and 6 assists. Farrell with 13 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and a block.

Annen with 9 points, 6 boards, and 3 assists. English with 0 points, 2 boards, and 1 block.


Fuller led the bench with 10 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks. Hehn with a quiet 16 minutes - 1 point and 3 boards.

Kilgore with 7 points and 3 boards. Prillman with 3 points and 3 boards in just 8 minutes (compared to 20 for English.)


Our next game is against a talented San Diego team that is 1-2. They have a roster rating of 85. Their best player is SO SG Josiah Plavich who is 6'4 220 and is rated 82 overall with a high 3 point ability. I'll play them tomorrow.

[Eaglesfan27]

14:30 - We are up 13-11.

9:30 - Our offense is clicking but the defense isn't playing well. We lead 25-19. I bring in Moss, Kilgore, Hehn, Wolfe, and Prillman.

6:30 - Our 2nd unit has a 6-0 run going. We lead 31-19 as they call time. Hehn already has 2 blocks. Moss with a block as well.

2:36 - We lead 44-28. I bring back all of my starters except English. Hehn slides to center.


Halftime: We lead 56-28. Great last 3 minutes of defense.


Stevens is the player of the half. He might be our best offensive option as well as our best defender. He's developed a nice fadeaway in the post, plus he is a good face up shooter from 10-12 feet out. Stevens with 14 points, 6 boards, and 2 steals. He has shot 6 of 10.


Badu with 4 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block.

Farrell with 10 points. Annen with 8 points. English with 3 boards and a block.

Hehn with 9 points, 5 boards, and 3 blocks. Wolfe on pace for a career high game with 7 points so far.


I'm leaving Hehn in at C, he's earned it. Time to finish this game off in the first few minutes of the half.


9:46 - Time to pull the starters. We lead 86-42. Every starter except English had a good game today. I'm bringing in Cox, Moss, Kilgore, Wolfe, and Prillman to finish the game.


We win the game 114-60. Wow. This was a good team and we just destroyed them. Feeling very good about this team now.

Hehn was the player of the game with 23 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 4 blocks. He shot 9 of 15.

Stevens with 18 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 12.

Annen with 14 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, and a block. He shot 3 of 7.

Farrell with 12 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists. he shot 4 of 6.

Badu with 11 points, 8 assists, 4 boards, 4 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 3 of 5.

English didn't play in the 2nd half and is close to getting demoted. He had 0 points, 3 boards, and 1 block. He shot 0 of 4.

Wolfe with a career high 8 points, 5 boards, and 1 steal.

Kilgore with 7 points. Prillman with 7 points, 6 boards, and a block in 15 minutes.

Cox, the walk-on, with 4 points and 5 assists in 10 minutes.

Moss with 10 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks in 15 minutes.


Edit to add: In fact, I got a new Xbox achievement this game for beating a team rated 85+ by 50 or more points.

[Eaglesfan27]

Recruiting news:

After looking bad early, we are looking very good for 5 star PG Dainmon Matthews from Orange County, CA. He is a 6'1 195 pound PG who is rated 10th overall in the country. He averaged 16.1 ppg, 6.9 rpg, and 7.6 apg in the ABL. Our staff thinks he already has elite speed and quickness and he could be a huge player right away for us if Badu leaves early. I hope he doesn't have a last minute change of heart...

We also look good for J.S. Grundy from Taylor, MI. He is a 4 star C who is rated 88th overall and 5th among all C's. He is 6'9 255 and is a very athletic player who can shoot from midrange very well. He averaged 14 ppg and 9 rpg in the ABL. Michigan is our main competition for him..

It looks like we are going to lose out on 5 star SF Cal Payne from Nevada as he is leaning towards Washington over USC..

Only 1 simmed game to go before we get the initial recruiting results..


Nov 27, 2037 -


Tonight we host Iowa State. They are 3-1 with a rating of 88.


Wow. We beat them 100-86. Annen with a huge night - 42 points, 8 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 16 of 24, 3 of 6, and 7 of 7.

Badu with 2 points and 7 assists. Farrell with 14 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists.

Stevens with 11 points, 8 boards, 2 steals, and 3 blocks.

English with a solid 20 minutes - 0 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, and 2 blocks.


Hehn led the bench with 10 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists in 17 minutes.

Fuller with 9 points. Cox with 7. Wolfe with 6. Moss with 4 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists in 8 minutes.


Now, it is time for the recruits to start signing...

[Eaglesfan27]

We missed out on a lot of big targets that I went after including:

The #1 Center in the country, a 5 star player, stayed close to his home in Dallas and will play for Texas.

The #2 C in the country, another 5 star player, wasn't willing to come all the way from Florida to USC. He is going to Auburn.

5 star SF Cal Payne, a 6'7 215 pound very athletic player, chose Washington over USC.

5 star SG Maynard Whithers, a 6'3 215 pound guard from Compton CA, wanted to get out of the city and chose Washington over USC.

Ugonna Bailey, the #1 player in the country, was interested in us, but we never got above his 3rd choice. He is from Philly and he wanted to stay on the East Coast. The 6'6 210 pound SG is going to UConn.


However, we got 3 of our 4 top realistic targets to sign today!


Dainmon Matthews is ready to be the next great PG at USC! The 5 star player is the 10th rated player overall and 4th among PG's. Our staff grades him as follows (see above post for his ABL stats): Shooting A, Skills A+, Defense A, Athleticism A+, Rebounding B-, IQ B, Potential B+, and Size C+. In particular, they think his speed and quickness are off the charts with A+ rating already. They also think he is already a A- passer. If he lives up to those ratings, he'll be ready to step in right away if Badu leaves next year..

We also got our next great shooter for when Farrell graduates (or so I hope.) Edmund Grant is a 4 star SG from Los Angeles who is rated 56th overall and 17th among SG's. He is 6'3 174 and he averaged 13.9 ppg, 8.5 rpg, and 3.9 apg in the ABL while shooting 42% from the arc. Our staff grades him as follows: Shooting A, Skills B, Defense A-. Athleticism A-, Rebounding C+, IQ B+, Potential B+, and Size B-.

We also got J.S. Grundy from Michigan! He is ranked 88th overall and 5th among C's. He is 6'9 255 and is graded as follows: Shooting B+, Skills B-, Defense B, Athleticism B, Rebounding A, IQ A, Potential A+, Size A-. If he lives up that potential, he could be our next great C. Very excited about these 3. Our staff thinks he has a legit 3 point shoot and a very good midrange shot.

We aren't going to get any more early signees, but there are two players I'm hopeful will wait until the end of the year and I'm hopeful we might be able to win them away from their early leanings. I still have 4 more scholarships to give and I'm very unlikely to give them all out.


Our next game is at 5-3 UC-Santa Barbara. They have a rating of 74. None of their players are rated higher then 73. Should be an easy win if we play like we have the last 2 games. I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

14:30 - We lead 11-6. English with his best start to a game this season.

Badu and Stevens with a 2-on-1 fastbreak.. Badu with a beautiful behind the back bounce pass to Stevens who dunks it home.

12:25 - We are on a 8-0 run. We lead 18-6.

8:30 - I bring in Moss, Kilgore, Hehn, Fuller, and Prillman. We lead 22-8.


Other than the last 2 minutes where we gave up 4 points, the second unit played phenomenal defense.


Halftime: We lead 39-15. Perhaps, our most balanced half ever. So many guys contributing.

Annen is the player of the half with 6 points and 3 boards.

Fuller also has 6 points. Farrell with 5. Stevens, English, Prillman, Moss, and Badu all have 4 points.


19:11 - English picks up his 3rd foul. He'll remain in the game for now. We lead 42-16.

17:30 - Badu picks up his 3rd but will remain in the game for now. We lead 45-19.

7:30 - Starters played a bit longer than I wanted because they finished off with a strong run. Defense was sloppy this half, but the offense was run and gun and highly efficient. I pull my starters with a 77-40 lead. Moss, Kilgore, Hehn, Fuller, and Prillman into the game again.


We win the game 94-52.

Annen is the player of the game with 22 points, 6 boards, and 2 assists. He did most of his damage on midrange jumpers but also had a few impressive dunks. He shot 9 of 15.

Badu with 9 points, 7 assists, 4 steals, 2 boards, and 4 turnovers. He scored mostly on drives into the paint. He shot 2 of 4.

Farrell with 12 points, 3 boards, and 3 steals. He shot 5 of 10. He scored mostly on midrange shots. He was 1 of 3 from the arc.

Stevens with 8 points, 11 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 6. Most of his points came in the paint using his fadeaway shot.

English with 9 points, 6 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block. He shot 3 of 6. He mostly scored in the paint.


Hehn led the bench with 9 points, 5 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 4 of 8 and was 1 of 1 from the arc. The rest of his points came in the paint on post moves.

Fuller with 8 points and 4 boards. He scored exclusively in the paint.

Prillman with a big game for him - 8 points, 7 boards, and 3 blocks. He hit multiple 12-14 foot jumpers usually wide open shots created by Moss working in the post.

Kilgore with 4 points and 2 boards.

Moss with 5 points, 8 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 2 of 3. Both shots were in the paint.

[Eaglesfan27]

End of early recruiting:

UCLA gets a good 4 star SG who I was considering as an option - Laron Miller is 6'3 179 and is a very good shooter from San Diego.

WSU gets a good PG in Mr. Basketball from Hawaii Rashid McDade a 6'0 165 pound 4 star PG.

Neither of the two kids who I offered this past week signed early. One is the #3 player in the country and he is a long shot to leave the East Coast. The other is a 4 star VERY athletic SF from Oregon. I'm fighting Washington and Oregon for him.


Our next game is at Longwood!?! What was the AD thinking? They are 0-11 with a roster rating of 64. Their head coach has a 2-35 record there.

We beat them 88-42.

Badu with 11 points and 6 assists. Farrell with 19 points.

Stevens with 16 points and 11 boards. Annen with 15 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks.

English with 4 points, 2 boards, and a block. Fuller led the bench with 7 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks.


Our next game is hosting 1-6 Morehead State. They have a roster rating of 68. I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - Annen with his most dominant 5 minute stretch that I've ever seen. We lead 15-0. He's doing everything I could want - rebounding, stealing, blocking, assists, shooting, and dunking. His stats so far - 9 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block.

10:09 - Annen is exhausted. Tremendous first 10 minutes but he slowed down about 4 minutes ago. I bring in Hehn for Annen. We lead 25-14.

7:45 - Prillman in for English. We lead 29-19.

6:00 - We switch it up with Moss, Annen, Hehn, Fuller, and Prillman. We lead 33-24.

Annen hits a 3 and gets fouled at the buzzer. He's had an amazing half. He's finally playing like the best player in college basketball which is what the media was calling him before the year began.

Halftime: We lead 57-30.

Annen is the player of the half with 19 points, 6 boards, 9 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block. I don't believe I've ever had a player get a triple double. If I have, it has been a long time ago.

Badu with 7 points and 3 assists. Stevens with 11 points and 3 boards. Hehn and Fuller with 8 points each.



9:00 - I left Annen and the guys in a few minutes extra trying to get him his 10 boards, but Stevens and others just kept eating up all the rebounds. Oh well, Annen still had an incredible game. I pull all of my starters as we lead 86-40.


We win the game 101-51.

Annen is the player of the game with 32 points, 8 boards, 13 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He made shots all over the court. He shot 9 of 15, 1 of 3, and 13 of 16.

Badu with 9 points, 3 boards, and 4 assists. Farrell with 12 points.

Stevens with 15 points, 9 boards, and a block. English with 0 points, 4 boards, and 1 block.

Hehn led the bench with 12 points, 6 boards, and 1 steal.

Prillman with 4 points, 8 boards, and 1 block despite playing 8 less minutes than English.

Fuller with 8 points and 2 boards. Kilgore with 5 points and 5 boards. Moss with 2 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 16, 2037 -

Today we host 2-6 Montana State. They have a roster rating of 74.

We beat them 97-56. Annen with 20 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and a block.

Badu with 17 points, 8 assists, 3 boards, 2 steals, and a block. Farrell with 15 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists.

Stevens with 15 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks.

English with 6 points and 8 boards.


Hehn led the bench with 10 points and 3 boards.


We are now 10-0 and continue to be #1 in both polls. Our next game is at Arkansas. They are 7-1 with a roster rating of 88. They have a talented starting 5 and some depth on the bench:

SO PF Russell Victoriano is their best player. He's 6'8 200 and is rated 82 overall. His biggest asset is his jumper. He's averaging 12.4 ppg and 3.1 rpg.

JR C Ty Okpwae gives them toughness inside. He is 6'11 240 and is rated 81 overall. He has very good post moves. He's averaging 18.4 ppg, 6.2 rpg, and 1.4 bpg.

SR SG Anil Douby is their best perimeter defender. He's 6'5 212 and is rated 80 overall. His strength is clearly his defense as his offense is raw. He's averaging 6.9 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.1 apg, and 1.9 spg.

SR PG Barry Sanchez is their best perimeter shooter. He's 5'11 180 and he is rated 80 overall. He's an excellent 3 point shooter. He's averaging 9.5 ppg and 3.4 apg.

JR SF Devon Warsaw is 6'7 195 and is rated 79 overall. He's a defensive specialist. He's averaging 3.4 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.4 spg, and 1.3 bpg.


SR SG Kabir Castro leads the bench. He is 6'2 180 and he is a 3 point specialist who is rated 77 overall. He's averaging 6.1 ppg in just 9 mpg.

JR SF Tony Washburn is 6'6 217 and is also rated 77 overall. He's averaging 6.4 ppg and 4.0 rpg with a quick slashing style.

JR PF Deron Huff is 6'6 230 and is rated 77 overall. He's averaging 5.1 ppg and 6.3 rpg in 22 mpg as their top big man off the bench.

SR PG Oscar Cook is 6'3 230 and is rated 77 overall as well. He's averaging 5.1 ppg and 2.0 apg.

The rest of the bench is rated in the low to mid 70's.


I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

18:58 - Sanchez goes down with a non-contact knee injury. :(

Annen is taking over early again. I think I finally have a legit superstar player who is playing up to his rep.

14:55 - We jumped to a 5-0 lead, but Douby has brought them back into the game. We are tied at 11. He has all 11 of their points as his shooting has been unbelievable tonight.

10:00 - All of my starters are tired. We are tied at 18. I bring in Moss, Kilgore, Hehn, Fuller, and Prillman.

3:15 - I bring back my starters. We are down 34-29.


Halftime: We are down 43-41.


Annen is the player of the half anyway with 19 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block.

Stevens with 9 points and 3 boards. Kilgore with 6 points.


Douby leads them with 16. Washburn has 9.



14:00 - We lead 57-52. Annen and Stevens taking over these last 6 minutes.

10:50 - We are on a 14-0 run. We lead 68-52. Farrell is finally getting in the act.

9:14 - A steal and breakaway finally ends the run. We lead 71-54.

7:20 - I rest my starters, likely for the rest of the game. We lead 76-58.


We win the game 95-75.


Annen is the player of the game with 29 points, 6 boards, 6 assists, 4 steals, and a block. He shot 7 of 13, 1 of 4, and 14 of 15.

Badu with 4 points, 4 assists, 3 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Farrell with 17 points on 6 of 9 shooting.

Stevens with 16 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 9.

English with 0 points, 4 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 0 of 4.


Kilgore led the bench with 12 points. Hehn with 9 points, 3 boards, and 1 block. Prillman with 4 points, 4 boards, 2 assist, and 1 block in 14 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our last non-conference game is hosting Eastern Washington. They are 4-6 with a roster rating of 77.


They are surprisingly tough for us but we win the game 68-53.

Annen had a very bad night with 2 of 12 shooting.

Farrell led the team with 19 points on 6 of 10 shooting. Badu with 14 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists.

Stevens with 14 points, 10 boards, and 1 block. English with 2 points and 1 board. It's time to give Prillman a shot to start.

Wolfe led the bench with 5 points.



Time for the Pac-10 Preview:

The overall rankings:

1. USC - We are 12-0. We are #1 in both polls. We have the best player and the best starting 5 despite our weakness at C. Overall rating of 96.

2. Oregon - They are 10-0. They are #2 in both polls. They have a well balanced starting 5. They have the 2nd best player in the conference in SR SG Bob Swanson. Overall rating of 93.

3. Washington. They are 9-3. They are 24th in the media poll. They have a balanced starting 5 with no real weaknesses. SR C Devon Wise is the best big man in the conference. Overall rating of 92.

4. UCLA. They are 7-5. They have a balanced starting 5 with no seniors. Next year, they could be the dominant team in the conference if all 4 of their JR starters come back. Rating of 91.

5. Stanford. They are 8-2. They are rated 23rd in the media poll. They are weak at SF but have the 2nd best big man in the conference and he is only a sophomore (Deng Lennon.) Overall rating of 90.

6. ASU has their best lineup in years. They are 8-2 and have a good balanced starting 5 led by star SR PG Charles Sessoms. Rating of 89.

7. Arizona is starting a sophomore at SF who isn't ready yet. Despite that they are 9-2 as they have a ton of veteran leadership around him. Their best player is SR C Juan Neverett. They are rated 88 overall.

8. Cal is young with 2 freshmen starting at PG and SF. The FR PG Clinton Atangana is a star of the future. Their best player is JR C Jibran Delgado. Overall rating of 87.

9. Oregon State has 3 SR's, but they still aren't as good as the other teams. In fact, most of their starters won't start for any of the other 8 teams above them. Rating of 81. They are 6-4.

10. Washington State - They are 5-6. They are starting a SO SG and FR SF who are rated in the mid 60's. Their SR PG is a liability as well. They have talent in SR PF Donald Nwoke and SR C Akil McCants. Overall rating of 81.


Statistical Leaders:

Scoring - USC 93.6 ppg.
Rebounds - Oregon 35.7 rpg.
Assists: USC 18.8 apg
Steals: USC 11.3 spg
Blocks: Oregon 6.3 bpg.

Individual leaders:

Scoring C Devon Wise, Washington 25.4 ppg.
Rebounding: Stevens, USC 8.3 rpg.
Assists: Badu, USC 5.5 apg.
Steals: Stevens, 2.2 spg.
Blocks: Delgado, Cal 2.7 bpg.

Best Overall Player: Leo Annen, USC. Rating of 93.
Best Freshman: Dilligard, Washington. Rating of 81.
Best Shooter: Arzelle Farrell, USC. Rating of 89.
Best Playmaker: Marcellus Badu, USC. Rating of 89.
Best Pro Prospect: Leo Annen, USC.
Best Defender: Stevens, USC, Rating of 90.

We've won the Regular Season Title 3 of the last 4 years. We've won the conference tourney 2 of the last 4. Cal has won the tourney both years that we failed to do so. Washington won the regular season title 3 years ago. Can we win both once again? Can we go undefeated? If we can stay healthy, I think we can do both.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our next game is at Oregon State. JR Nehemiah Carney will give Prillman a tough challenge. He's 7'0 235 and is rated 78 overall. We have to watch out for the 3 point shooting of their PG. Otherwise, this should be an easy starting game in conference play.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - Down 10-8. Not very good on either end so far.

They are doubling Annen and he's making them pay. Prillman has hit two midrange jumpers off Annen passes.

7:30 - All of my starters are tired. I bring in Moss, Kilgore, Hehn, Wolfe, and English. We lead 34-18 as our starters really had the offense humming.

2:46 - A bad 4 minutes for my bench. I put my starters back in. We lead 38-28.

Annen with a steal. Annen with a drive into the lane and kickout to Farrell for a 3. Annen with another steal and breakaway dunk. Annen with a 14 footer.

Halftime: We lead 48-28.

Annen is the player of the half with 11 points, 2 boards, 7 assists, and 4 steals.

Badu with 10 points and 3 assists. Farrell with 9 points. Stevens and Prillman each with 7 points.


12:13 - Annen with a drive, the defense collapses on him, he kicks it out to Prillman for an open 3.. Prillman makes his first 3 point shot as a Trojan. We lead 66-40.


7:15 - I pull my starters. We lead 81-46.


We win the game 94-56.

Annen is the player of the game with 24 points, 11 assists, 3 boards, 6 steals, 2 blocks, and 1 turnover. He shot 4 of 10, 1 of 3, and 15 of 16.

Badu with 10 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Farrell with 20 points, 2 boards, 3 assists, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 15.

Stevens with 13 points, 10 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Prillman with 10 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. Nicve debut. He shot 4 of 9 including 1 of 1 from the arc.

Hehn led the bench with 8 points. English with 4 points and 3 boards in 10 minutes off the bench.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our next game is at Cal (9-4.)


We beat them 84-69. Stevens led the team with 14 points, 14 boards, and 2 blocks.

Annen with 13 points, 10 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks.

Badu with 7 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists. Farrell with 12 points.

Prillman with 5 points, 5 boards, and 1 steal.

Hehn led the bench with 10 points. Fuller with 8 points. Wolfe with 4 points.


We are now 14-0 and #1 in both polls. The rest of the top 10 in the media poll:

1. USC 14-0
2. Oregon 11-0
3. La Salle 13-0
4. Vanderbilt 13-0
5. Nebraska 11-1
6. BYU 12-1
7. Mississippi State 12-2
8. DePaul 11-0
9. San Diego State 14-1
10. UConn 13-2


Our next opponent is Arizona. They are 9-4 (0-2.) A look at their starting 5:

JR PG Jeff Yates is their best player. He's 6'4 204 and is rated 84 overall. He's fast and can set up his teammates. He's averaging 4.9 ppg, 3.9 apg in 20 mpg.

SR G Harold Defares is 6'3 202 and is rated 80 overall. He's averaging 7.7 ppg and 3.1 apg. His best attribute is his quickness.

SO SF Sherman Blevins is 6'4 207 and is rated 76 overall. He is averaging 3.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, and 1.6 apg in 20 mpg.

SR PF Lyle Cole is 6'6 240 and is rated 81 overall. He's averaging 10.8 ppg and 4.5 rpg.

SR Juan Neverett is 7'0 247 and is rated 83 overall. He's averaging 19.8 ppg and 7.8 rpg. He's got a wide array of post moves.

The bench has 4 FR who are rated in the mid 70's.

I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

13:45 - We lead 9-8. Annen with 5 so far.

11:20 - We lead 16-10. Annen and Prillman need a breather. Hehn and English into the game.

7:11 - Badu, Farrell, and Stevens get a breather. Our lineup now: Moss, Annen, Hehn, Fuller, and English. We lead 22-21.

2:42 - Annen is heating up now from the arc. We lead 34-24. He also had a block and a steal in the last 3 minutes.


Halftime: We lead 37-32.

Annen is the player of the half with 13 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Stevens with 8 points and 5 boards. Badu with 3 points and 3 assists.


15:00 - We are tied at 44.

11:00 - We are tied at 51. Farrell is having a bad night shooting. Annen and Prillman get a breather.

9:00 - Yates with a 3 to give them a 56-55 lead. Yates has 18 for them tonight.

8:19 - Badu drives into the lane.. goes for a dunk... and collides hard with Neverett.. Badu is hurt.

7:20 - Moss and Hehn with a 2-on-1 fast break.. Moss with a perfect lob for a nasty dunk by Hehn. Hehn then steals it and hits a pull-up 3.

5:30 - Quick 9-0 run. We lead 65-56. I bring Annen back into the game. We are going to play Farrell at the point with Annen being the primary ball handler at SG.

Annen and Farrell both get it going and make this an easy win after sweating it out most of the way.

We win 86-65.

Annen is the player of the game with 26 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 9 of 18, 4 of 8, and 4 of 6.

Badu with 5 points and 6 assists before he got hurt.

Farrell with 17 points, 3 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 5 of 15.

Stevens with a very efficient 17 points, 12 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 10.

Prillman with 3 points and 4 boards.


Hehn led the bench with 12 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists.

English with 6 points, 2 boards, and a block.

Moss with 0 points and 3 assists.


Time to see how bad Badu is hurt...

[Eaglesfan27]

Good news! It's just a mild sprain of the knee. He won't miss any time.


Our next game is hosting 10-3 ASU.


We beat them 85-71. Annen led the way with 23 points and 8 boards. He shot 6 of 14.

Farrell with 21 points, 6 assists, 3 boards, and 3 steals. Badu with 8 points, 6 assists, 5 steals, and a block.

Stevens only had 8 points and 2 boards as he got hurt midway through the 2nd half. Hehn led the bench with 6 points and 4 boards.

Steven's injury wasn't serious and he'll be 100% before our next game.

Our next game is at Oregon. They are 12-1 and 3rd in the media poll. They just lost their game which was at UCLA, 83-80.

They have a very efficient offense that is averaging 85 ppg. They play a lot of zone defense and are holding opponents to 70 ppg. They have a very talented starting 5:

SR PG Randall Luna is rated 85 overall and is 5'10 183. He's averaging 16.4 ppg and 5.6 apg. He is an elite 3 point shooter.

SR SG Bob Swanson is rated 90 overall, but he is battling a dislocated finger that has messed with his shooting touch. He is still averaging 14 ppg. He is 6'6 199 and his biggest relative weakness is his strength and defense.

JR SF Marko Rost is rated 82 overall and is their best defender. He's raw offensively. He's averaging 4.5 ppg and 3.9 rpg. He is 6'5 207.

SR PF Alton Lloyd is rated 86 overall and is 6'8 206. He is their leading scorer at 16.9 ppg. He can score from anywhere on the floor. He is also their leading rebounder at 7 rpg.

JR C Austen Tinsley is rated 84 overall but is only 6'7 225. He's got great range for a center and will draw our guys out to the arc. He's averaging 6.8 ppg and 4.4 rpg.

SR SG Deon Gizzard leads the bench. He is 6'4 194 and is rated 86 overall. He's averaging 8.6 ppg.

SO PG Jermaine Hollins is going to be a superstar. He's 5'11 178 and is rated 85 overall. He's averaging 7.4 ppg and 5.0 apg in just 20 mpg off the bench. He was the 8th best player in his class.

SO C Dedric Wingate is 6'11 236 and is rated 79 overall. He's averaging 3.6 ppg and 1.9 rpg 5 mpg.

The rest of the bench is also in the high 70's.

I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

16:17 - Prillman with a board, passes it up to Badu.. he sees Annen streaking ahead.. long lob for a huge alley-oop. We lead 10-2. GREAT intensity to start the game. Annen has 7 already.

14:44 - We are up 12-4 as they take their first TO.

9:44 - Prillman picks up his 2nd foul. Anenn is going against a very good defender but he's still had an amazing game. Now, he is tired though. I rest everyone but Stevens. I bring in Moss, Kilgore, Hehn, and English. We lead 19-11.

4:00 - Badu and Farrell back into the game. Fuller in for Stevens. Annen will get 1 more minute to rest. He really pushed himself and exhausted himself earlier. We lead 32-17.

2:14 - Annen back into the game. We lead 32-19.


Halftime: We lead 36-22. Our defense has been out of this world against a very good offensive team. We've held them to 20% shooting!

Annen is the player of the half with 12 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block.

Badu with 4 assists. Farrell with 5 points and 3 boards.


16:53 - Badu picks up his 3rd foul on a charge. Moss into the game. We lead 41-27.

15:00 - We lead 46-27. Moss playing very well.

13:00 - Moss in the post, gets a 3rd foul on Luna. We lead 56-27.

10:00 - We lead 60-35. I rest Annen who is exhausted. Maybe, he'll sit out the rest of this one. Badu back into the game to give Moss a few minutes of rest.

4:00 - I put in the rest of the bench. We lead 74-52.


We win the game 87-53. Great statement game against the #2 team in the nation at their place.

Annen is the player of the game with 17 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. He shot 7 of 14, 2 of 6, and 1 of 1. He held Rost to 0 points 0 of 9 shooting.

Badu with 4 points and 9 assists. He helped forced 9 turnovers by Luna who was held to 9 points and 2 assists.

Farrell with 16 points, 5 boards, and 1 steal. He shot 6 of 13, 4 of 7, and 0 of 2. He held Swanson to 1 of 14 shooting!

Stevens with 5 points, 9 boards, and 1 block. He held Diallo to 6 points on 2 of 8 shooting.

Prillman with 5 points and 6 boards.

Hehn led the bench with 17 points, 1 board, 1 assist, and 1 block on 7 of 10, 3 of 3, 0 of 0 shooting.

Moss with 8 points, 6 boards, 6 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block in just 16 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 16, 2038 -

Tonight, we play at WSU. They are 5-10. We are rated 98 overall now. They are rated 81 overall.

We crush them 97-54.

Stevens led the team with 23 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 9 of 16.

Annen with 19 points, 10 boards, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. He shot 5 of 8, 2 of 3, and 7 of 8.

Farrell with 19 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. Badu with 8 points and 8 assists.

Prillman with 2 points and 4 boards.

Hehn led the bench with 11 points and 7 boards.


Jan 21, 2038 -

Next up, we host Washington. They are 12-5 and 20th in the media poll with a rating of 93. We beat them 71-61.

Farrell led the team with 16 points on 6 of 8 shooting. Annen with 14 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 5 of 16.

Badu with 7 points and 7 assists. Stevens with 7 points, 7 boards, and a block. Prillman with 2 points and 5 boards. Fuller with 11 points and 4 boards.


Our next game is hosting UCLA. They are 11-7 with a rating of 91 now.

They have a good starting 5 with 4 quality bench players:

JR PG Rhet O'Hara has excellent size at 6'7 244 and he is rated 82 overall with excellent speed and quickness for his size. He'll match up well with Badu and Moss. He is also a good midrange shooter. He's averaging 7.2 ppg and 3.7 apg.

RS JR SG Stewart Jack is 6'3 201 and is rated 83 overall. He's an athletic player who is a very good 3 point shooter. His defense is suspect. He's averaging 10.9 ppg and 3.9 rpg.

SR SF Mitchell Geason is their best player. He's 6'7 228 and is rated 85 overall. He's averaging 12.9 ppg and 4.9 rpg in 28 mpg.

JR PF Taurance Diallo is 6'8 236 and is rated 82 overall. He's an excellent midrange shooter. He's averaging 13.7 ppg and 4.2 rpg.

SO C Reggie Brickens is 6'11 248 and is rated 80 overall. He's still raw offensively. He's averaging 5.5 ppg and 4.9 rpg in 22 mpg.


JR SF Jerrad Leach is their #1 man off the bench. He's 6'8 230 and is rated 85 overall. He's averaging 9.7 ppg and 3.9 rpg in 23 mpg.

SR SF Matt Caskill is their other best player off the bench. He's 6'7 225 and is rated 84 overall. He's averaging 8 ppg, 4 rpg, and 1.6 bpg in 23 mpg.

SR PF Jaret Santos is their biggest player off the bench. He's 6'10 255 and is rated 81 overall. He's averaging 4.1 ppg and 2.3 rpg in 12 mpg.

FR SG J.W. Reese is their top freshman and a player I wanted. He's 6'6 207 and is rated 77 overall. He was the #6 player in last year's class and he's going to be great before he is done. He's already a very good 3 point shooter. He's averaging 2.3 ppg in just 7 mpg.

The rest of their bench is rated in the 60's.

I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

18:17 - Taurance Diallo goes down with a non-contact knee injury. We are up 6-0 on 2 quick 3's by Annen.

14:40 - We lead 14-6. Annen has all 14 of our points as he is hitting everything right now. Hehn into the game at PF as Stevens has picked up a 2nd cheap foul.

14:00 - Diallo returns to the game.

They are double teaming Annen every time he touches the ball.. and guys (with the exception of Farrell) aren't making open shots to make them pay.

9:00 - We lead 24-14. Their double teaming has stopped Annen from scoring for the last 5 minutes or so. I bring in Kilgore at SF and English at C.

4:00 - We lead 38-16. Great effort from that unit. Badu is having his best game ever of running our offense. I bring back Annen. Kilgore slides to SG.


Halftme: We lead 52-20. Badu with a legendary 1st half.

Badu is the player of the half with 6 points, 14 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block.

Annen has also had a great 1st half - 16 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals. He has shot 5 of 7, 4 of 5, and 2 of 2.

Farrell with 10 points. Hehn with 11 points and 9 boards. English with 7 points as Badu has really set up everyone with some easy baskets.



In the 2nd half, we slowed the tempo way down..

10:30 - I pull my starters. We lead 69-32. I put in the game Cox, Moss, Hehn, Fuller, and English.

3:00 - Time to get Wolfe a bit of PT. We lead 84-42.


We win the game 86-48.


Badu is the player of the game with 10 points, 16 assists (a new career high), 2 steals, 2 boards, and a block. He shot 2 of 3 and 6 of 6 from the line.

Annen took it easy the 2nd half - he finished with 18 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, 4 steals, and a block. He shot 6 of 9, 4 of 6, and 2 of 2.

Farrell with 11 points as he shot 4 of 13 for the game including a bad 2nd half.

Stevens with 2 points and 4 boards.

Prillman with 5 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Hehn led the bench with 14 points, 10 boards, 2 steals, and a block.

English with a very good game, perhaps he'll earn his starting job back, he had 15 points, 3 boards, and a block. He shot 5 of 7 from the field and 5 of 5 from the line.

Kilgore with 5 points and 3 boards. Moss with 4 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our next game is at Stanford. They are 14-4 (6-2) and are 2nd in the Pac-10. They are rated 20th in the media poll. They have a young talented lineup:

SR PG Raoul Dukes is the only senior starting. He's 6'0 177 and is rated 86 overall. He's a well balanced player. He's averaging 16 ppg, 3.6 apg, and 1.2 spg.

JR SG Steveroy Matheus is 6'6 196 and he's rated 85 overall. He's a very athletic player who can shoot well. He's averaging 14.2 ppg, 5.1 rpg, and 3.6 apg.

SO SF Dusty Conroy is 6'10 233 and is rated 79 overall. He's a tough defender whose offense is limited outside the paint. He's averaging 5.0 ppg, 5.2 rpg, and 1.1 spg.

JR PF Alfred Jeanpierre is 6'9 244 and he's rated 81 overall. He's the best 3 point shooter on their team as well as a good rebounder. His post defense is suspect. He's averaging 13.9 ppg, 6.1 rpg, and 1.1 bpg.

RS SO C Deng Lennon is 7'0 260 and he's rated 86 overall. He's an absolute beast in the paint. He's also got a few moves from 6-8 feet out. His post defense is strong and he's a shot blocker. He's averaging 15.7 ppg, 6.2 rpg, and 1.6 bpg.

The bench is young:

FR SF C.B. Brower (who I pursued) is their leading freshman. He's 6'8 222 and is rated 77 overall. He's a good athlete who is averaging 5 ppg and 3 rpg.

SR SG Lewis Claudino is 6'4 207 and is rated 77 overall. He's averaging 2.9 ppg.

FR C Nevil Mason provides their size off the bench. He's 6'10 270 and is rated 75 overall. He's out of shape and has poor stamina, but he has good rebounding abilities. He's averaging 1.1 ppg, 1.7 rpg in just 5 mpg.

The rest of the bench is rated in the low 70's.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - We are tied at 7. Annen with 5 of my points so far.

11:10 - Farrell picks up his 2nd foul on a strong move by Steveroy. We are tied at 11. I bring in Kilgore.

8:00 - We are up 19-13 as they call time.

6:30 - We lead 21-16. I go with this lineup: Badu, Kilgore, Moss, Hehn, and English.

2:30 - Badu picks up his 2nd foul. I slide Moss to PG and bring back Annen. We lead 24-22.


Halftime: We are tied at 24.


Lennon is the player of the half with 10 points and 5 boards.

Annen with 13 points and 2 boards for us. Badu with 3 assists.


14:20 - Annen with a drive to get a 3rd foul on Lennon! We are tied at 31.

12:30 - Hehn in at SF to rest Annen. We are down 36-33.

9:51 - Conroy with a strong move inside for a 3 point play. We are down 41-39. Lennon back into the game.

8:02 - Lennon with a nasty dunk on Prillman. We are down 43-39. I go with Moss, Kilgore, Annen, Stevens, and Hehn.

Annen with a 3 (on a nice assist by Moss from the post.)

Lennon with a block of Annen's next attempt, a post shot.

Conroy with a nice move in the paint to draw a foul. He hits both FT's.

4:55 - Annen with a strong drive.. Lennon blocks it.. looked like contact there but no call. Still down 45-42.

Dukes with a drive gets a 3rd foul on Hehn. He'll shoot 2. He misses the 1st and makes the 2nd.

Moss with a perfect bounce pass to Stevens in the paint but he mishandles it. They get a fastbreak basket by Matheus at the other end.

I call time and bring in Badu, Farrell, Annen, Hehn, and English.

4:04 - Annen misses a 3, but Farrell gets the board and draws a 4th foul on Lennon. He makes both FT's. Down 48-44.

They miss a quick 3.. Annen on the fastbreak.. he misses the dunk. That almost never happens.

Conroy beats him down the floor and dunks it and gets the foul. We are down 51-44.

Hehn and Jeanpierre exchange baskets. Hehn misses a quick shot in the post, but gets a steal and dunks it.

Farrell gets called for a blocking foul on a play by Steveroy that I thought was a charge. He makes 1 of 2 FT's. We are down 54-48 with 2:20 to go.

Badu gets Farrell a wide open look.. he shoots.. it is in.. no it rims out. Lennon with the board. Lennon with a quick hook shot in the paint. 56-48.

Farrell misses another open 3.. Annen with the long board. He takes a 3 and misses. Lennon with another basket down low. Looks like another perfect season is over..


We lose the game 58-48. Still, I take a 1 loss season another championship.

Lennon was the player of the game with 16 points, 12 boards, and 4 blocks.

Jeanpierre added 10 points and 13 boards. Steveroy had 17 points. Dukes had 9 assists.



Badu with 1 point and 6 assists. He shot 0 of 5.

Farrell with 7 points on 2 of 11 shooting.

Annen with 20 points, 4 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 7 of 19, 2 of 7, and 4 of 4.

Stevens with 5 points and 7 boards. He shot 2 of 9.

Prillman with 0 points and 10 boards.

Hehn led the bench with 10 points and 5 boards. He shot 3 of 6 and 4 of 4 from the line.

Moss with 0 points, 1 assist, and 3 turnovers.

Kilgore with 2 points and 2 boards. He shot 1 of 4. English with 2 points and 2 boards. He shot 1 of 3.

Hopefully, we won't have any more horrible shooting games like that in our future.

[Eaglesfan27]

Despite the loss, we remain #1 in both polls with a 20-1 record.

Feb 4, 2039 -

Our next game is at #19 ASU. They are 14-5.

Both teams push the tempo all night long and we win it 99-95. All 5 of their starters were in double digits.

Badu with 23 points and 10 assists. The 23 is a new career high.

Annen with 24 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, 3 blocks, and 2 steals. He shot 8 of 12, 4 of 6, and 4 of 4.

Farrell with 6 points and 5 assists. He shot 4 of 13.

Stevens with 4 points and 5 boards. 4 and 6 for Prillman.


Hehn led the bench with 11 points and 6 boards. Kilgore with 5 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. Moss with 7 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists.


Our next game is at 12-9 Arizona. 4 of their starters are out with injuries! I expect a very easy game as a result. I'll play them later.

[Eaglesfan27]

14:00 - We lead 11-5. Annen is doing a bit of everything so far.

11:00 - Our team is tiring and playing poorly. I rest everyone but Annen. We are up 14-12.

8:50 - English picks up 2 quick fouls. Hehn in at C. We are down 18-16.

7:00 - Annen is tired. I go with Cox, Kilgore, Moss, Fuller, and Hehn. We are down 22-20.

4:00 - I bring back Badu, Farrell, and Stevens. I leave Moss in at SF and Hehn in at C. We are down 30-26.


Disappointing 1st half. We are down 39-36.


Castillo is their leading player with 8 points and 4 boards.

Annen leads us with 8 points. He is 4 of 6. It's time for him to take over the 2nd half.


17:42 - Prillman picks up his 3rd foul. Hehn into the game. We are tied at 42.

15:00 - Annen is rolling now.. We lead 48-42.

11:00 - Annen and Hehn are taking over. We lead 59-46.

8:00 - Annen is exhausted. We are up 66-51. I bring in Kilgore for him.

3:30 - I pull my starters, should have done so a few minutes ago. We lead 84-55.

We win the game 94-60.

Hehn is the player of the game with 17 points, 12 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. As good of a 6th man as he is, he's earned the chance to start at C.

Annen with 19 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, and 4 steals. He shot 9 of 15, 1 of 5, and 0 of 0.

Badu with 9 points, 8 assists, 4 boards, 3 steals, and 4 turnovers.

Farrell with 11 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 4 of 12.

SZtevens with 11 points, 9 boards, and a steal.

Prillman with 2 points, 4 boards, and a block.

English with 4 points.

Kilgore with 12 points, 3 boards, and 2 steals.

Moss with 9 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 3 steals in 14 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 11, 2038 -

We host Oregon. They are 19-2 and #2 in both polls.


We beat them 86-81! Annen was limited to 16 minutes by foul trouble and only had 9 points, but Hehn came through with 12 points, 6 boards, and a block.

Badu with 9 points and 7 assists. Farrell with 13 points. Kilgore and Wolfe each had 10 points off the bench. Prillman with 9 off the bench. Stevens limited to 12 minutes due to foul trouble.


Feb 13, 2039 -

We host 6-17 WSU. We should blow them out..


We win the game 100-64, but Hehn breaks his wrist early in the game. He's out for the rest of the regular season and at least part of the tournament. :(


Annen took over tonight with 30 points, 10 boards, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. He shot 9 of 12, 1 of 3, and 11 of 15.

Badu with 16 points and 4 assists. Farrell with 5 points and 4 assists as he shot 2 of 10.

Stevens with 14 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.


Fuller led the bench with 20 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists in just 16 minutes. He'll become the #1 bench option with Hehn's injury. English will get the starting job back.


Our next game is at UCLA. They are now 15-9. They are injury free. They have the same lineup as in our last game.

[Eaglesfan27]

16:50 - UCLA has surprised us with a high tempo full court trapping defense. They jump to a quick 8-4 lead.

16:00 - Annen with a strong move for a dunk and the 2nd foul on Brickens. We are down 10-7.

12:20 - English picks up his 2nd foul. Farrell and Annen are tired and not playing well. I bring in Moss at SG, Kilgore at SF, and Prillman at C. We are down 22-14.

7:00 - We are down 31-21. I call time and tell my guys to start playing some better defense. I put in Moss, Farrell, Annen, Fuller, and Prillman.


4:59 - Farrell hurts his wrist on a dunk attempt. He's coming out to look at it for a minute. The score is 33-23.

3:00 - He's cleared to return. Looks like a sprained wrist. We are down 38-26.

2:00 - O'Hara with a pair of 3's over Moss! The two big guards going at it. We are down 44-28.


Halftime: We are down 44-33.


Taurance Diallo is the player of the half for them with 12 points and 4 boards.

Annen leads us with 9 but he is shooting poorly today.


17:30 - Farrell's wrist is bothering hin and he can't shoot right. I go to Kilgore.

15:00 - We are down 52-46. Annen having an off night but getting to the line.

11:30 - Annen is tired, but he's gotten us back into the game. We are tied at 58. I put in Kilgore at SF and bring Farrell back at SG. I also bring in Fuller for Stevens.

9:30 - Cox into the game at PG for some offensive burst. We are down 62-58.

Cox hits a pair of jumpers to tie it at 62.

6:00 - We are up 65-64 as I bring back Annen, Badu, Stevens, and English.

3:00 - Annen with a hard drive to get the foul. We are up 70-66.

1:10 - They miss by a 3 by Jack. We lead 73-70.

:39 - Farrell misses a wide open 3.

:20 - Jack misses a 3. English with the key board. He gets fouled. English makes both FT's.

Jack shoots a quick 3, misses it, Diallo with the board. We foul him before he can kick it out. They make 1 of 2.

They foul Badu. He misses both FT's. Leach misses a 3. Diallo with the board. He passes out to Jack who misses a 3. Game over.

Not as easy as I expected, but we get the 75-71 win.


After the game, we find out that Farrell's wrist is definitely sprained. It will take 2-3 weeks for him to recover.


Annen was the player of the game with 19 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 6 of 17, 1 of 7, and 6 of 9.

Badu with 9 points and 4 assists. Farrell with 6 points on 2 of 8 shooting.

Stevens with 10 points and 7 boards. English with 6 points and 5 boards.

Cox with 6 points. Kilgore led the bench with 7.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our next game is at 16-9 Washington. They have a talented starting 5:

JR PG Ron Laws is battling a sprained wrist but will play. He is 6'2 184 and is rated 86 overall. He's a good shooter and a solid playmaker with no weaknesses. He's averaging 6.5 ppg and 3.7 apg.

SR SG Alexis Boggan is 6'5 211 and is rated 87 overall. He's more of a slashing guard who plays great defense. He's averaging 9.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg, and 1.6 spg.

SO SF Dan Boticki is 6'5 211 and is rated 81 overall. He has tremendous athleticism. He's averaging 4.0 ppg, 3.4 rpg, and 2.3 apg.

JR PF Marvin Mance is 6'7 232 and he's rated 85 overall. He's a real good 3 point shooter. He's averaging 10 ppg and 6 rpg.

SR C Devon Wise is 6'11 284 and is rated 87 overall. His stamina is his only weakness. He's averaging 26.6 ppg, 8.5 rpg, and 1.9 bpg. So much for Annen winning player of the conference..

The bench is led by another dominant big man - SO C Max McDade. I almost went after him hard, I wish I had. He's now 7'1 250 and rated 83 overall. He's going to be a beast next year for them. As it is, he is averaging 7.7 ppg and 2.8 rpg in just 14 mpg.

SO PG W.B. Henry is their next best bench player. He's 6'0 180 and rated 82 overall. He's averaging 6.9 ppg and 3.3 apg in 18 mpg.

FR SG Len Dilligard is a strong candidate to win Freshman of the Year. He's a tremendous 3 point shooter and he has size at 6'6 210. He's rated 82 overall. He's averaging 7.2 ppg, 3.6 rpg, and 2.5 apg in 24 mpg.

They have 4 more FR or SO's who are rated 78-81 on the bench. They will be great in a year or two..

[Eaglesfan27]

18:28 - Annen just made a tremendous move to get into the paint and get a 1st foul on Wise. We lead 4-0.

15:40 - Annen and really the entire team have come out with amazing intensity. We lead 11-0. Annen has 7 points. Great team defense. They call time.

15:30 - Wise gets a 2nd foul on English and hits a pair of FT's to get them on the board. I bring in Prillman.

11:56 - They bring in McDade for Wise. We lead 15-4.

McDade with 2 quick dunks.

7:45 - Annen is fouled by Mance who gets his 2nd. We are up 18-12. Guys are tired. I bring in Cox, Moss, Kilgore, Fuller, and English (as Wise just came back and I need a big body on him.)

5:42 - Moss with a steal, a breakaway dunk, and foul. Henry fouled him from behind. We lead 25-15.

We've been double teaming Wise every time he gets the ball in the paint this game and it is working very well..

2:30 - We lead 34-19 as I bring back Badu and Farrell.


Halftime: We lead 37-22. We've held them to 27% shooting.

Annen is the player of the half with 7 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 3 of 7.

We held Wise to 5 points and 5 boards. English has 6 points and 3 boards.


18:25 - Badu gets a 3rd foul on Laws. We lead 40-24.

18:17 - Wise gets a 3rd foul on English. I put in Prillman.

16:23 - Annen with a drive to get a 3rd foul on Mance. We lead 42-29.

14:30 - We are on a 10-0 run. We lead 48-29 as they call time.

14:22 - Badu picks up his 3rd foul. Moss into the game for him.

12:00 - Players are hitting their shots on the passes from Wise out of the post. I might adjust soon. We are up 50-37. Kilgore in for Annen for a few. They bring in McDade for Wise.

10:00 - McDade with 4 quick points again. We are up 50-41.

8:00 - We are up 50-45. Time to get Annen and Badu back into the game. We go with Badu, Kilgore, Annen, Fuller, and English. They bring Wise back.

Annen with a quick 3 to end the run.

4:31 - Annen with a good post move to get a 4th on Boticki. We lead 56-50.

3:20 - Badu fouls out! We lead 57-50. Farrell back into the game. Going to challenge them with size. We go with Farrell, Kilgore, Annen, Stevens, and English.

Stevens with a fadeaway in the paint.

Annen with a spectacular behind the back dribble and drive into the lane for a dunk over Boticki. We lead 61-51.

Wise with a quick dunk. Their full court trap forces a turnover and they hit a 3. It's a 5 point game. 61-56. 1 minute left.

Farrell and Annen manage to break the trap. Annen drives into the lane and kicks it out to Kilgore for a wide open 3.. swish!

That takes the last bit of energy out for them. They miss a quick 3 and foul, but their heart isn't in it anymore.


We win the game 66-56.

Annen is the player of the game with 27 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 9 of 19, 2 of 6, and 7 of 11.

Badu with 7 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists.

Farrell with 3 points on 1 of 8 shooting. The wrist is clearly hurting his shooting touch.

Stevens with 5 points, 4 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 2 of 10. No injury to justify that.

English with 6 points, 5 boards, and 1 assist. He helped hold Wise to 14 points, 11 boards, and 2 blocks.


Kilgore led the bench with 9 points and 5 boards. He shot 3 of 4 from the arc.

Prillman with 2 points and 8 boards.

Moss with 5 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, and 1 steal in 12 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

In recruiting news, 4 star SF Cori Eaton has told us that he is choosing Washington over us.

5 star superstar SG Aras Wilmont looks like he is staying close to his parents in Miami and will play for either FSU or Miami.


Feb 28, 2039 -

Next up, we host Stanford. They are 17-8 and 25th in the media poll.


We beat them 79-73 as Farrell shakes off the injury and any rust and explodes for 40 points and 3 assists! He shot 14 of 24, 8 of 12, and 4 of 5.

Badu with 12 points, 5 boards, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 8.

Annen with a quiet 8 points, 9 board, and 5 assists night.

Stevens with 2 points and 5 boards on 1 of 6 shooting.English with 6 points, 3 boards, and a block.


Wolfe led the bench with 7 points but he suffered a minor injury. Stevens also suffered a minor injury.

Stevens will be sore for a week as he suffered bruised ribs. Wolfe broke a finger and will be 100% in 4-5 weeks.


I decide to sim the next game and play the last regular season game of the year, rather than the other order.

March 4, 2039 -

We host a 11-15 OSU team that we should crush.

We beat them 106-58.

Badu with 22 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, and a block. He shot 7 of 10.

Farrell with 13 points on 4 of 11 shooting.

Annen with 21 points, 9 boards, and 3 assists on 8 of 19 shooting.

Stevens with 11 points and 11 boards.

English with 10 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks.


Fuller with 14 points. Kilgore with 9 poiints. Prillman with 4 points and 2 boards.



Our last game of the year is hosting 13-16 Cal.

One of their best players, SO SG Kabir Kou is out with a separated shoulder. Normally, he would be starting and be their clear #2 option.

They are starting 3 freshman, a SO, and a JR and they are struggling as a result:

FR PG Clinton Atangana is the most talented of the 3. He is 5'11 177 and rated 79 overall. He's a good 3 point shooter. He's averaging 9.2 ppg and 3.7 apg.

FR SG Philip Pratt is 6'3 205 and wasn't playing much before the injury. Now he's starting and averaging 2.5 ppg and 1.3 apg. He's rated 75 overall.

FR SF Gerard Millar is 6'7 213 and is rated 76 overall. He's averaging 5.4 ppg and 4.2 rpg.

SO PF Jerrard Clement is 6'6 226 and is rated 79 overall. He's averaging 4.2 ppg and 3.9 rpg.

JR C Jibran Delgado is their only big time weapon. He's 7'4 268 and he's rated 85 overall. He's averaging 14.2 ppg, 5.8 rpg, and 2.6 bpg.

SO C Dakari Garza is their best bench player and will play a lot of minutes along Delgado. He's 6'10 241 and is rated 82 overall. He's averaging 6.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg, and 1.9 bpg.

The rest of their bench is rated in the low to mid 70's.

I'll play them later today.

[Eaglesfan27]

19:27 - First time I've ever done this. Ran a play where Annen cut to the hoop and Badu threw a perfect alley-oop. Never had one of those off our half-court before now.

17:55 - Badu with a drive gets a 2nd foul on Delgado. We are tied at 7.

11:20 - Both sides are executing extremely well on offense. We are tied at 20.

10:52 - Badu on the fastbreak.. he is hammered from behind by Garza, their backup C, he is hurt. He's holding his knee. :( Cox into the game at PG.

9:00 - We are tied at 24. Cox, Moss, Kilgore, Fuller, and English is the lineup now.

8:00 - Badu was just cleared to return. I'll bring him back in a few.

5:00 - Badu back into the game. Prillman into the game. We are tied at 30.


Halftime: We lead 43-39.

Badu did most of his damage before the injury, but he is still the player of the half with 7 points, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block.

Wierd half. Farrell only took 2 shots. Annen only took 3. I expect us to get them both the ball much more this half.

Kilgore with 7 points. Stevens with 7 points. Fuller with 6.


15:18 - Annen with a drive to get a 3rd foul on Delgado who had 8 straight points. We lead 50-47.

9:44 - Kilgore in for Annen. We lead 63-53.

4:52 - Annen and Prillman into the game. Badu, Kilgore, Annen, Stevens, and Prillman now. We lead 72-63.

Annen with a dunk. Annen with a steal. Annen with an assist. Annen with a 3. He helps us finish it off comfortably.


We win the game 80-65.

Annen is the player of the game with 19 points, 3 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 7 of 16, 3 of 7, and 2 of 4.

Badu with 10 points, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks.

Farrell iwth 11 points, 2 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 13.

Stevens with 13 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals.

English with 3 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.


Kilgore led the bench with 11 points and 6 boards.

Fuller with 6 points and 1 block.

[Eaglesfan27]

A look at the Final Pac-10 Standings:

1. #1 USC 29-1/17-1
2. #3 Oregon 24-4/14-4
3. #19 ASU 20-8/12-6
4. UCLA 17-13/10-8
5. Washington 19-11 /10-8
6. Stanford 18-10/10-8
7. Oregon State 12-16/6-12
8. Arizona 15-14/6-12
9. Cal 13-17/4-14
10. WSU 6-23/1-17.


A look at the Top 10 Coaches' poll:

1. USC 29-1
2. Nebraska 24-4
3. Oregon 24-4
4. BYU 25-3
5. Mississippi State 25-5
6. Texas A&M 28-2
7. Vanderbilt 25-4
8. La Salle 24-5
9. UConn 26-5
10. North Carolina State 21-6

[Eaglesfan27]

An abbreviated updated look at the roster now:

JR PG Marcellus Badu has gone from an 88 overall to a 90 overall. I'll be shocked if he comes back for his senior year. He is projected to be a lottery pick. He is averaging 10.2 ppg, 6.1 apg, 2.3 rpg, and 1.7 spg.

Walk-on PG Domonic Cox has gone from an 81 to an 83. He is averaging 2.0 ppg and 1.0 apg in 5 mpg.

SR SG Arzelle Farrell has gone from an 88 to an 89 in overall rating. He's had a down year as he was bothered by his wrist injury. He's averaging 14.6 ppg (down 1.1), 1.9 rpg, and 2.1 apg (down 0.8)

Connally Moss has gone from a 76 to a 78 in overall rating. He's averaging 2.8 ppg, 1.0 rpg, and 1.8 apg. All of those numbers are down from last year as he is averaging 2 less minutes per game at 7.4 mpg.

RS SR Leo Annen has gone from a 92 to a 94 overall. I believe that is my highest rated player ever. His 19.2 ppg (up 7 ppg from last year) is one of the highest averages I've had from any player at USC. He is also averaging career high 4.7 rpg, 3.2 apg, 1.6 spg, and 1.2 bpg. He's projected to be the #1 pick in the draft.

RS SO SF Kody Hehn has gone from an 85 to a 87 in overall rating. If he comes back next year, he'll be a focal point of our offense as we'll be very bare next year. He's averaging a career high 10.4 ppg, 4.1 rpg, and 1.2 spg. He is projected to be a 1st round pick if he came out now and I wouldn't be surprised if he left early..

RS SO SF Devon Kilgore has gone from a 83 to a 86 overall. He's improved in every area of the game and has become a more dangerous scoring threat. If Hehn leaves, he will be the focal point next year. He's averaging 5.4 ppg, 2.3 rpg, and 0.9 apg in 12 mpg this year.

Walk-on SF Ibrahim Sylla is 6'5 197 went from a 69 to a 70. He's still very raw.

SR PF Desmond Stevens has gone from a 88 to a 91 in overall rating. He's averaging career highs in every major category - 11.2 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.4 apg, 2.1 spg, and 1.1 bpg. He's projected as a lottery pick.

SR A.C. Fuller has gone from an 88 to a 90 and my staff is urging me to let him try some center for us to get him on the floor more. He's averaging 5.4 ppg, 3.1 rpg, and 0.7 bpg in just 13 mpg. He's projected to be a 1st rounder.

SO PF Allan Wolfe is 6'8 260 and has gone from a 82 to a 85. I'm very concerned he might transfer out of here... He's averaging 3.4 ppg, 1.7 rpg, and 0.4 apg in just 9 mpg.

Walk-on SR C Duane English has gone from an 81 overall rating to a 84. He's earned the starting job over this year and he's boosted his averages a bit. He's averaging 4.1 ppg, 3.4 rpg, and 0.8 bpg in just 16 mpg.

FR C Rylan Prillman has gone from a 76 to a 78 rating. He is averaging 3.1 ppg, 4.0 rpg, and 0.5 bpg in 14.9 mpg.

Walk-on C Jeffrey Blankenship has gone from a 68 to 70 overall rating.

FR Walk-on C Uche Adeife has gone from a 66 to 68 overall rating.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our first game in the Pac-10 Tourney will be against Oregon State. They beat Cal 78-50 in the 1st round. I'll play them later. Should be an easy game.

[Eaglesfan27]

My staff has convinced me. We are starting Badu, Farrell, Annen, Fuller, and Stevens.

15:00 - We lead 9-6. Annen with 5.

11:30 - Annen putting on a show with the dunks. We lead 17-10.

9:30 - They call time again. We lead 23-12.

6:30 - Annen has had an epic first half. I rest all of my starters. We lead 31-15 and we are in the double bonus.

2:41 - We go scoreless for almost 4 minutes before Wolfe scores on a FT. We lead 32-22.

1:20 - We lead 32-27 as I bring back our starters.


Halftime: We lead 36-27.

Annen is the player of the half with 20 points, 5 boards, 1 assist, and 4 steals.



16:30 - They have opened with a 10-0 run. We are down 37-36. Time for Annen to take over again.

8 quick points by Annen and Farrell in response.


5:44 - I should have pulled my starters a few minutes ago, but they were on such a run that I just couldn't do it.. not when Annen was so close to 50 points.. We lead 85-49 as I pull all of my starters. Annen has had the highest scoring output in a single game of any player I've ever coached.. I go with my big lineup for defense: Moss, Kilgore, Wolfe, Prillman, and English.


We win the game 91-58.

Amazing game for Annen - 52 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, and 9 steals. He shot 17 of 18, 2 of 2, and 16 of 18.


Badu with 8 points, 11 assists, 2 boards, and 2 steals.

Farrell with 15 points and 3 assists. He shot 7 of 12.

Fuller with 3 points, 9 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block. He shot 1 of 6. So much for great offense.

Stevens with 6 points, 9 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 2 of 5.

English led the bench with 2 points and 4 boards.

Moss with 2 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block in 11 minutes.

Kilgore shot 1 of 6 and had 2 points.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our next game will be against Washington. They are 20-11 and they beat Stanford 68-65.

They are missing Boticki who has a broken ankle. Otherwise, they have the same lineup we played recently when we won 66-57. We also beat them 71-61 at their place earlier in the year.


JR PG Ron Laws is battling a sprained wrist but will play. He is 6'2 184 and is rated 86 overall. He's a good shooter and a solid playmaker with no weaknesses. He's averaging 6.5 ppg and 3.7 apg.

SR SG Alexis Boggan is 6'5 211 and is rated 87 overall. He's more of a slashing guard who plays great defense. He's averaging 9.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg, and 1.6 spg.

With Boticki out, they start FR Len Dilligard at SF. FR SG Len Dilligard is a strong candidate to win Freshman of the Year. He's a tremendous 3 point shooter and he has size at 6'6 210. He's rated 82 overall. He's averaging 7.2 ppg, 3.6 rpg, and 2.5 apg in 24 mpg.

JR PF Marvin Mance is 6'7 232 and he's rated 85 overall. He's a real good 3 point shooter. He's averaging 10 ppg and 6 rpg.

SR C Devon Wise is 6'11 284 and is rated 87 overall. His stamina is his only weakness. He's averaging 26.6 ppg, 8.5 rpg, and 1.9 bpg. So much for Annen winning player of the conference..

The bench is led by another dominant big man - SO C Max McDade. I almost went after him hard, I wish I had. He's now 7'1 250 and rated 83 overall. He's going to be a beast next year for them. As it is, he is averaging 7.7 ppg and 2.8 rpg in just 14 mpg.

SO PG W.B. Henry is their next best bench player. He's 6'0 180 and rated 82 overall. He's averaging 6.9 ppg and 3.3 apg in 18 mpg.

They have 4 more FR or SO's who are rated 78-81 on the bench. They will be great in a year or two..

[hoopsguy]

Wow, those are some crazy number that Annen put in ... 52 points on 18 shots? Boggles the mind!

[Eaglesfan27]

15:34 - Wise is owning Stevens down low. Annen just got a 2nd foul on Dilligard. We are down 7-4.

8:16 - Wise and Stevens with a bad collision down low.. Wise is holding his knee. We are tied at 16. Kilgore in for Annen.

7:05 - English into the game. Stevens to PF as Fuller just picked up his 2nd foul. We lead 20-18.

4:33 - Moss into the game for Farrell. We lead 26-24.

2:23 - We bring back Annen. Badu gets some rest. Still 26-24 lead.


Halftime: We lead 29-28.


Farrell is the player of the half with 10 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists.

Annen with 6 points, 3 boards, and 1 assist. Annen has shot 0 of 6 in the first half.



15:26 - Annen with a 3rd foul on Dilligard. Annen is heating up a bit now. We lead 38-34.

12:30 - Annen exploding now.. We lead 45-34.

8:15 - We lead 47-40 as I rest Annen with Kilgore.

4:30 - Wise has them back in this game. I bring in Prillman at PF and English at C. We are tied at 51.

2:50 - Badu with a pair of steals and breakaway dunks. We lead 57-55. I call time and bring back Annen and Stevens.

Annen with a 14 footer.

Wise with a quick basket down low.

Annen misses a 3. Dilligard misses a 14 footer.

Annen with a drive.. kicks out to Stevens who swishes a 12 footer.

42 seconds - Dilligard with a long 2. We lead 61-59.

11 seconds - English gets called for a 3 second call :(

At the buzzer, Annen blocks a 3 by Dilligard!


We win the game 61-59.


Annen is the player of the game with 26 points, 8 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 5 of 15, 0 of 2, and 16 of 16.

Badu with 8 points, 5 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Farrell with 10 points, 4 assists, 2 boards, and 2 steals.

Fuller with 6 points and 7 boards. Stevens with 5 points, 9 boards, and 3 blocks.

Kilgore led the bench with 4 points and 2 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

Wow, those are some crazy number that Annen put in ... 52 points on 18 shots? Boggles the mind!


Yep. He is so fast that he can get to the line almost at will, particularly if I get him plays that roll him off screens and such. Now, it is just a matter of how bad he wants to drive inside and risk injury. Best player I've ever had I think.

[Eaglesfan27]

Fittingly enough, we'll face Oregon in the Pac-10 Final. They are 26-4 and 3rd in both polls. They are healthy and very talented with Swanson leading the way. A quick repost of their lineup from earlier in the year:

SR PG Randall Luna is rated 85 overall and is 5'10 183. He's averaging 16.4 ppg and 5.6 apg. He is an elite 3 point shooter.

SR SG Bob Swanson is rated 90 overall, but he is battling a dislocated finger that has messed with his shooting touch. He is still averaging 14 ppg. He is 6'6 199 and his biggest relative weakness is his strength and defense.

JR SF Marko Rost is rated 83 overall and is their best defender. He's raw offensively. He's averaging 4.5 ppg and 3.9 rpg. He is 6'5 207.

SR PF Alton Lloyd is rated 87 overall and is 6'8 206. He is their leading scorer at 16.9 ppg. He can score from anywhere on the floor. He is also their leading rebounder at 7 rpg.

JR C Austen Tinsley is rated 85 overall but is only 6'7 225. He's got great range for a center and will draw our guys out to the arc. He's averaging 6.8 ppg and 4.4 rpg.

SR SG Deon Gizzard leads the bench. He is 6'4 194 and is rated 87 overall. He's averaging 8.6 ppg.

SO PG Jermaine Hollins is going to be a superstar. He's 5'11 178 and is rated 85 overall. He's averaging 7.4 ppg and 5.0 apg in just 20 mpg off the bench. He was the 8th best player in his class.

SO C Dedric Wingate is 6'11 236 and is rated 80 overall. He's averaging 3.6 ppg and 1.9 rpg 5 mpg.

The rest of the bench is also in the high 70's.

I'll play them tomorrow.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - We've come out playing our most inspired ball of the year. We lead 11-0. Annen with 8 points and an assist already.

14:12 - Stevens on the fastbreak gets a 2nd foul on Tinsley. We lead 14-0. Stevens is much too fast for any of their centers.

13:01 - Swanson hits a 3 (after missing his first 4 shots.) We lead 18-3.

9:19 - We lead 28-9 as I rest Annen. Farrell and Annen are killing it today. Kilgore into the game.

3:40 - We lead 44-24. I bring back Annen and rest all of the other starters.


Halftime: We lead 51-31.


Annen is the player of the half with 15 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, and 1 steal.

Farrell with 13 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist.

Badu with 7 points and 4 assists.



19:44 - Fuller picks up his 3rd foul. English into the game. Stevens slides to PF.

14:24 - We lead 65-41. Annen with 24 points now.

12:08 - Crap. Badu hurts his ankle on a dunk attempt. We lead 70-46. Kilgore into the game.

10:00 - We are up 78-50 as I pull my starters. Cox, Moss, Kilgore, Wolfe, and Prillman will finish this game.


We win the game 84-62.

Another Pac-10 Championship. :)


Leo Annen is the player of the game with 33 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 12 of 25, 2 of 5, and 7 of 8.


Badu with 7 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals.

Farrell with 22 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block. He shot 8 of 13, 4 of 5, and 2 of 2.

Fuller with 4 points and 5 boards. Stevens with 5 points, 7 boards, and a block.


Kilgore led the bench with 9 points and 4 boards. Wolfe with 5 boards. English with 4 boards and 2 blocks.

[Eaglesfan27]

We finish the year 32-1 and #1 in both polls. Time for the selection show.

The bubble: Syracuse (21-10), Kansas (19-11), Minnesota (19-11), Auburn (19-11), Boston College 20-13) among a few lesser names..


We are #1 in the East. We'll play the Play-in-winner.


The other #1's:

BYU - South, Texas A&M - Midwest, and Oregon (West.)


Our East Bracket:

We'll be playing either #8 Washington or #9 North Carolina in the 2nd round of the tourney.

#5 San Diego State vs #12 Hawaii.

#4 Maryland vs #13 Louisville.

#6 Rutgers vs #11 Minnesota.

#3 Rhode Island vs #14 Indiana State.

#7 Duquesne vs #10 Auburn

#2 North Carolina State vs #15 Ohio.


Notable Teams in the West:

#5 ASU vs #12 Tulane, #4 UConn vs #13 Idaho State, #7 Stanford vs #10 Kansas, #2 Nebraska.


Notable Teams in the South:

#8 Iowa vs #9 Detroit, #4 FSU vs #13 Campbell, #6 Houston vs #11 Villanova, #7 Texas Tech vs #10 North Texas, #2 LaSalle.

Notable Mid-West Teams:

#8 DePaul vs #9 Missouri, #4 Florida vs #13 Columbia, #6 Michigan vs #11 Georgia State, #3 Miami (FL), #2 Mississippi State.

Bubble Teams In: Kansas, Syracuse, Auburn, Minnesota, and Villanova.

Notable Bubble Teams out: Boston College.


Big Ten, Big East, A-10 with 6 teams. Pac-10, ACC, Big 12, and SEC with 5. MWC, C-USA, and Horizon with 2.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our first game is against UT-Arlington. They are 12-16 with a roster rating of 70. Their only player of note is SR C Paul Duhon who is 7'2 280 and is rated 76 overall.

[Eaglesfan27]

Oh yeah, Badu is fine. Just a sore heel. He'll play through it.

14:14 - We are up 15-4. Badu is showing the NBA scouts that he can take a game over as well. 10 points, 1 steal, and 1 block already.

10:03 - We lead 21-9. Kilgore in for Annen.

4:00 - We lead 33-20 as I bring back Annen and rest all of my other starters.


Halftime: We lead 47-23.


Annen is the player of the half with 15 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists.

Badu with 14 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block.


12:00 - I pull my starters. We lead 75-35. I put in Moss, Kilgore, Wolfe, Prillman, and English.


We win the game 101-42.

Annen is the player of the game with 23 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 8 of 16, 3 of 5, and 4 of 4.

Badu with 17 points, 8 assists, 3 boards, 2 steals, and a block.

Farrell with 12 points and 2 assists.

Stevens with 5 points and 6 boards. Fuller with 6 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.


Wolfe led the bench with 17 points and 6 boards. Kilgore with 14 points and 5 boards.

Moss with 7 points, 3 assists, 1 board, 1 steal, and 1 block. English with 5 boards. Prillman with 3 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

Washington handled North Carolina 75-61, so we'll play our old foe one more time. We beat them 61-59 in the conference tourney last week. We also beat them 66-57 at their place and 71-61 at our place.

We get great news as Hehn has been cleared to play in the game! He'll really open things up for us. I'll play them later today.

[Eaglesfan27]

14:40 - We lead 9-7. Wise has all 7 of their points.

10:55 - Down 13-11. Wise is dominating at both ends.

Crud. The doctors didn't clear Hehn after all... he's still unable to go. I thought he was cleared.

Kilgore in for Annen.

8:20 - Kilgore with a hard drive to get a 2nd foul on Wise. We are down 19-16.

5:00 - Fuller picks up his 2nd foul. I rest all of my starters and bring back Annen. We are down 25-22. We are going with Moss, Kilgore, Annen, Wolfe, and English.


Annen and Kilgore playing some nice basketball off each other.


Halftime: We are tied at 35.


Annen is the player of the half with 10 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, and 3 steals. Kilgore with 12 points. Farrell also with 10 points.


14:00 - We are down 46-43. Farrell with a big 3 to get us back within 3.

13:30 - Farrell picks up his 3rd foul. Kilgore in for him.

10:19 - Badu with a 3 to give us our first lead in a while. We lead 53-51. Farrell back into the game.

9:00 - Our run continues. We lead 57-51. They call time again.

Wise with a nice move to end our run. Wise has 15 points now.

7:00 - Wise is keeping them in it. Farrell has been doing the most damage for us this half. We lead 60-57. Wise has 6 straight points.

Farrell fouls Dilligard on a 3 point attempt.. he makes all 3 to tie the game.

6:45 - Annen is getting a 2 minute break. Badu and Stevens also getting breaks. Moss, Kilgore, and English into the game.

5:45 - Moss with a block and breakway dunk! We lead 64-60.

English with a block. Farrell with another 3!

English forces Wise into an awkward shot that he misses. Farrell with 12 footer. We lead 69-60 with just under 5 minutes to go.

Farrell with another 3!

2:35 - Longer break than expected for Annen, but they are making one last run. We lead 72-65 as I bring back Badu, Annen, and Stevens.

2:12 - Annen down low.. they double team him.. he passes it out to Farrell who hits the 3 before they can rotate to him. Farrell with 31 now.

1:07 - Wise with a pair of baskets to make it 75-69.

Farrell misses an open 3 with 12 seconds left on the clock.

Annen steals it in seconds from their SF! They foul Annen.

Annen makes a pair of FT's. They miss a quick 3. Stevens with the board and he is fouled.


We win the game 79-69. Will this be our toughest game? Could be. Washington had a heck of a team.

Farrell is the player of the game with 31 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 2 blocks. He shot 9 of 19, 7 of 12, and 6 of 6.

Badu with 5 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals, and a block.

Annne with 15 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, and 4 steals. He shot 5 of 11, 1 of 4, and 4 of 6.

Stevens with 6 points and 9 boards.

Fuller with 4 points, 6 boards, and 1 block.

Kilgore led the bench with 12 points and 3 boards.

English with 4 points, 2 boards, and a block.

Moss with 2 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block.

[Eaglesfan27]

Hehn is now back healthy! And wow. Our team is rated a 100 overall in rating. I haven't seen that since the patch came out way back in 2008.

Guys current ratings:

Annen is rated 95 overall now! Fuller 91, Stevens 91, Badu 91 (no way he comes back next year), Farrell 89, Hehn 88 (could go early too), Kilgore 86, Wolfe 85, Cox 84, English 84, Moss 78, and Prillman 78.


Our opponent in the Sweet 16 is... Maryland! They are the #4 seed and they beat #5 San Diego State 89-66 in their last game.

A look at the other Sweet 16 Match-ups:

#3 Rhode Island will play #10 Auburn. We'll play the winner if we can beat Maryland.

In the West:

#1 Oregon vs #4 UConn
#3 Vanderbilt vs #7 Stanford

In the Midwest:

#9 Missouri upset #1 Texas A&M to face #5 Northwestern.

#2 Mississippi State vs #3 Miami (FL)


In the South:

#1 BYU vs #4 FSU
#3 Xavier will play #7 Texas Tech which upset #2 La Salle 76-75.


Maryland is currently 25-9 (12-4.) They are rated 92 overall. They have a hole at C, but have a talented top 8 players:

SO PF Nile Dye is their best player. He's 6'7 220 and is rated 89 overall. He was the 9th player in his class. He's strong, fast, and can shoot. He's averaging 14 ppg, 6.2 rpg, and 1.7 bpg.

SR SG Othello Hairston is their top senior player. He's 6'5 230 and is rated 88 overall. He's an assassin from outside. He's averaging 17.5 ppg, 4.4 rpg, and 3.4 apg.

SR PG Oliver Haigler is 5'11 170 and is rated 85 overall. He's a quick athletic player. He's averaging 9.8 ppg and 3.3 apg.

SR SF Ben Luber loses minutes to the two SG's behind him but he starts. He's 6'5 215 and is rated 82 overall. He's a good midrange shooter. He's averaging 6.9 ppg and 3.4 rpg.

SO PF K.J. Bean starts at C. He is 6'9 224 and is rated 76 overall. He's averaging 5.5 ppg and 4.7 rpg.

SR SG D.C. Horton is their top bench player. He is 6'4 220 and is rated 83 overall. He's an excellent 3 point shooter. He's averaging 10.9 ppg and 3.4 rpg.

SR SG Nathan Covington is 6'3 229 and is rated 82 overall. He's an athletic defender. He's averaging 4.4 ppg and 2.3 spg.

FR SG Jamie McCray is their top freshman. The 6'2 200 pound SG is rated 77 overall. He's averaging 3.5 ppg.

FR Sead Zivanovic is their only big man on the bench. He's 7'0 250 but he's only rated 67 overall. He's a slow plodding player who is a subpar defender and he can't do much other than dunk. He's averaging 2.7 ppg and 2.2 rpg in 13 mpg.


I'll play them tomorrow.

[Eaglesfan27]

18:00 - We start out with 2 quick bad shots that allow them to jump to a 5-0 lead, but we bounce back with 5 quick points by Farrell. Tied at 5.

15:30 - Annen showing the NBA scouts that he could play point if they wanted him to. 5 assists already and he just had a nasty behind the back dribble to beat his man on the fastbreak and get a dunk. We lead 13-10.

14:40 - Stevens picks up his 2nd foul. I bring in English at C. We are tied at 13.

13:00 - NO! Their huge back-up center absolutely hammers Badu on a drive inside. He is down and it doesn't look good. We are tied at 17.

Both teams playing at a very high pace..

8:45 - Annen is tired. We're going to wear out their entire team if we keep up this pace. I bring in Hehn for Annen. We lead 30-26.

8:25 - Farrell finds Hehn for a baseline jumper which he swishes. Good to have him back.

7:00 - English picks up his 2nd foul. He had a good stretch on the floor. I bring in Prillman. We lead 33-30.

5:00 - I go with Annen, Kilgore, Hehn, Wolfe, and Prillman. We lead 38-33.

4:10 - Annen picks up his 2nd foul. I'm going to let him try to play through it..

Wolfe is dominating the boards.


Halftime: We lead 48-39.


Badu has a sprained ankle but is going to give it a go in the 2nd half.

Farrell is the player of the half with 16 points, 4 assists, 3 boards, and 1 steal.

Annen with 2 points, 8 assists, and 2 steals. He has shot 1 of 6.

We are going to keep English in for the 2nd half. Badu, Farrell, Annen, Stevens, and English will start the half.


Annen with back-to-back-to-back dunks off great moves. Our portion of the crowd is going crazy. (Annen is my first player ever to get up to a 99 in dunk rating. It's fun seeing some of the crazy dunks he does.)

We start with a 13-0 run before they score in the half.

16:10 - We lead 61-41.

10:00 - I rest my starters, possibly for the rest of the game. We lead 77-54. I put in Cox, Moss, Hehn, Wolfe, and Prillman.

8:20 - Moss hits his first 3 of the year (and I think first shot outside of the paint of this year.)

4:38 - Moss with another 3! We lead 88-71. That 3 ended a 12-0 run.


We win the game 93-83.

Annen is the player of the game. He finished with 23 points, 9 assists, 3 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 11 of 18, 1 of 3, and 0 of 2.

Badu with 5 points, 7 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block.

Farrell with 22 points, 5 assists, 3 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 8 of 11, 2 of 5, and 4 of 4.

Fuller with 4 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists.

Stevens with 5 points, 8 boards, and 2 assists.

The Fuller/Stevens experiment is over. Back to English starting at C and Stevens at PF.


Hehn was rusty. He finished with 7 points and 5 boards on 3 of 10 shooting.

Kilgore with 9 points, 4 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block. Wolfe with 2 points and 6 boards. English with 4 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks in 18 minutes.

Cox with 2 points and 3 assists. Prillman with 2 points and 4 boards. Moss with 8 points and 2 assists as he shot 2 of 4, including 2 of 3 from the arc.

[Eaglesfan27]

Badu has a mild/moderate sprain. He'll be less than 100% for the rest of the season but will play through it.

A look at the Sweet 16 other game results:

UConn upset Oregon 86-80.

Stanford upset Vanderbilt 71-66. The two of them will play in the West regional Elite 8 game.


BYU beat FSU 78-76. They will play Texas Tech which upset Xavier 71-66.


Northwestern crushed Missouri 96-60. They will play Mississippi State which beat Miami 73-70.

Finally, #3 Rhode Island beat #10 Auburn 77-75 to advance to play us.

Rhode Island is 30-5 this year with a 13-3 conference record. They are rated 87 overall, weaker than our last 2 opponents. However, they have excellent team cohesion with 5 upper classmen starting:

SR PG Clarence Muhammad is the star of the team. The 6'0 175 guard is very quick and could be a problem for Badu's gimpy ankle. He's rated 85 overall. He's averaging 14.2 ppg and 4.8 apg.

JR SG Zack Mutombo is 6'4 200 and is rated 82 overall. He is slowed down by a calf injury, but he is normally an explosive dribble-drive player. He is averaging 12.5 ppg and 4.1 rpg.

SR SF Ibrahim Diogu is 6'6 240 and is rated 81 overall. He's an extremely good 3 point shooter. He's averaging 10.9 ppg and 4.7 rpg.

JR C Dotun Boyd is an athletic big man at 6'10 240. He's rated 80 overall. He has some nice post moves to compliment his agility, speed, and strength. He is also a very good shot blocker. He's averaging 15.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, and 2.2 bpg.

SR G/F Landon Hogan is starting at PF. He's 6'8 205 and is rated 74 overall. He doesn't have any strengths. He's averaging 3.4 ppg and 2.9 rpg.

SR Salim Nunez is their only quality bench player. He's 6'2 182 and is rated 78 overall. He's averaging 5.4 ppg and 2.1 apg.

[Eaglesfan27]

13:30 - We are on a 8-0 run. They call time. We lead 18-8.

10:30 - Hehn in for Annen and Prillman in for English. We lead 23-10.

2:30 - They played so well that I waited a bit longer than usual to make a switch. We lead 42-23. Moss, Kilgore, Annen, Hehn, and English will finish the half.


Halftime: We lead 50-25.


Farrell is the player of the half with 17 points on 7 of 8 shooting.

Stevens with 8 points and 5 boards. Annen with 7 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists. He has shot 2 of 7.


12 minutes - We lead 78-39. I pull my starters. Cox, Moss, Hehn, Wolfe, and Prillman will finish this out.

44 seconds - Moss with another 3. Teams are going to stop sagging off him so much on the perimeter which should be a nice improvment.


We win the game 95-68.


Farrell is the player of the game with 23 points, 3 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 9 of 11, 4 of 5, and 1 of 1.

Badu with 10 points, 3 boards, and 7 assists.

Annen with 12 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 4 of 12, 0 of 2, and 4 of 6.

Stevens with 15 points, 10 boards, and 4 assists. He does much better with a true big alongside him.

English with 10 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks in 22 minutes.

Hehn led the bench with 18 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, and 1 block. So glad to have him back.

Prillman with 2 points and 5 boards. Moss with 5 points, 2 assists, and 1 steal.

Who will we be facing in the Final Four?