FBCB: Rutgers, From Rags to Riches? [Archive] - Front Office Football Central

Marmel

10-21-2003, 10:19 PM

Time for a brand new FBCB dynasty. While the joint dynasty with Neuqua and myself crawls along thanks to Neuq’s internet connection problems, I decided to start a new career. I cannot fully immerse myself in these dynasties unless I am writing a lot of stuff down, so I figure I will post it since I had some followers of the Colgate dynasty.

The goals here are a bit different. There is no conference promotions or demotions, although conference prestige wull change based upon how well the teams in the conference do. I have not used this option yet, so we will see how it works out.

I selected one of the bottom feeders in the Big East, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. The goal is not only to bring them up to a high level of national recognition, but we want to become a modern day dynasty, winning multiple NCAA Title. Can it be done with Rutgers? Who knows? Stay tuned to witness my finest effort at it.

Marmel

10-21-2003, 10:38 PM

I am starting out as a 30 year old head coach with no previous head coaching experience. My initial ratings are as follows:

Recruiting: 75
Scouting, Offense and Defense: All 55’s

That is a total of 240, which the ‘Normal’ starting level.

Team prestige is currently at 66, pretty much the bottom of the Big East barrel.

I need to assemble a 3 person coaching staff, and here is who we go out and get:

Brian Maher, 43 years old, rated 80 in Recruiting.

Solomon Ferrara, 42 years old, rated 65 in scouting.

Marcus Black, 44 years old, Rated 76 in Offense and 35 in Defense.

We have to schedule 12 OOC games, 7 of which can be home games, so here are the teams we pick up this year, trying to keep us on the easy side for the most part:

Purdue
Rice
George Washington
Iona
Navy
Towson
Rhode Island
Boston University
Harvard
Army
VMI
Holy Cross

We initially have 3 scholarships to offer this season.

We get one recruit in the early signing period.

PG Keneth Batchelder, from New Orleans, LA, has committed to Rutgers. Ken is a 3 star recruit and #61 overall in the Southeast. He plays a bit more like a SG then a point guard, since he does not make good passes. He does have the ability to drive to the hole and finish though.

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RECRUIT DETAILS

#20 PG Keneth Batchelder
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Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 180
High School: Joseph S. Clark Senior High School
Hometown: New Orleans, LA
GPA: 2.69
Test Score: 1060
Rating: ***

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 37 50 35 40 48 19 26 42 6 42 15 24 30 94 29 70 32
Potential: B C D D C D F D D C F D

Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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13.8 1.3 3.7 2.4 2.3 1.04 0.4 0.8 2.4

Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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6.0 14.4 .420 0.8 2.0 .400 1.0 4.8 .198

Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Committed to Rutgers
Rankings: Southeast Region #61 Overall, Southeast Region #16 PG
High School Awards: All-State
Top 5 Schools: *Rutgers, Ball State, Indiana State, American, St. John's
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General Mike

10-21-2003, 10:50 PM

whoooo! go Rutgers!

Marmel

10-21-2003, 10:58 PM

2003-2004 Rutgers Roster

CENTERS

52 Kevin Ingham C Jr 7' 0" 239 Keyport, NJ

Kevin gets the starting Center job this season. He looks to be a very good player both on offense and on the backboards. His defense is OK, nothing to write home about, but he probably will be able to hold his own.

1 Gerald Rosen C So 7' 4" 245 Woodstown, NJ

Gerald is a very good rebounded right now, and plays about as good of a defensive game as Ingham does. His offense is pretty bad though and does not look like there will be too much improvement in the coming years. He will be the second backup at Center, and not see much time at all.

45 Cedrick Sherer C Fr 6'10" 227 Monroe, LA

Cedrick gets a red shirt this season.

POWER FORWARDS

54 Albert Robin PF So 6' 9" 244 Wallington, NJ

Albert has a promising future here. He has a lot of potential, but he needs time to develop. He will not see much time this year, and is penciled in as the second backup at PF.

30 Hans Dearing PF Fr 6'11" 236 Tucson, AZ

Hans gets a red shirt this season.

SMALL FORWARDS

 12 Bennie Huggins SF Sr 6'10" 253 Moscow, PA

Bennie plays a bit like a PF, and with his 6’10 height, we give him the start at PF. He probably will not be scoring a lot for us this year, but his defense is decent enough and he can help us out on the boards. This seems like a weak spot in our lineup though.

35 Robert McLaughlin SF Jr 6' 9" 224 Soda Creek, Canada

Robert will back up three positions for us: C, PF and SF. He has a nice inside offensive game and can also come out and hit the three pointer with some consistency. His defense is much better on the outside, but he is OK on the inside as well.

SHOOTING GUARDS

5 Joey Kenner SG Jr 6' 6" 217 Linden, NJ

Joey is our three point specialist, but because that is about all he can do, he will be hard pressed to find consistent playing time.

 3 Daniel Sells SG So 6' 6" 210 Passaic, NJ

Daniel gets the start at SF this season. He is a strong 3 point shooter, and can also knock down some shots from the floor and in the paint. He is an excellent passer and can play decent defense inside and out.

14 Dante McGinty SG Fr 6' 7" 227 Phillipsburg, NJ

Dante is already a good three point shooter, and can play some good defense. He won’t see too much time this season, but can become a very good player for us in the future.

POINT GUARDS

25 Kenneth Simmons PG Sr 6' 3" 191 Lyndhurst, NJ

Simmons is going to be the co-star of this team, no doubt about it. He will get the start at SG this season. His shooting is just lights our from anywhere on the floor. He also plays some pretty mean defense.

33 Joshua Bost PG Sr 6' 2" 205 Haddonfield, NJ

The real star of this team is Joshua Bost. He has some of the best shooting skills I have ever seen in this game. His defense is rock solid and His passing skills are incredible. He is finding open guys even when they do not know they are open. Obviously, he starts at PG this year.

0 Kenneth Valente PG Jr 6' 2" 204 Castle Dale, UT

Ken is a very solid player and is our 6th man this year. It will be hard to find him that much time though as our PG and SG should play heavy minutes this season, so I will try to squeeze him in at SF and play small sometimes.. He will get his shot next year as a starter though.

Just looking at our two stars, Simmons and Bost, we are obviously going to be playing an outside oriented game. We will throw up a ton of three pointers and probably live and die by them. We will run a man to man defense with our guards helping out a lot down low.

Whenever I cut any walk-ons and red shirt all my true freshman, the AI must look at the players left and then rank the team. Our program is nowhere near a Top 25 team, but we are ranked preseason #21. Maybe we can have a solid season and get in the tourney, but we have a few starters that are leaving this year, and the program is not in that great of shape after this year.

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Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
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1. Kentucky (53) 0-0 1777 NR
2. Illinois (11) 0-0 1718 NR
3. Stanford (6) 0-0 1650 NR
4. Syracuse (2) 0-0 1591 NR
5. Michigan State 0-0 1519 NR
6. Florida 0-0 1451 NR
7. Texas 0-0 1354 NR
8. UCLA 0-0 1292 NR
9. Kansas 0-0 1194 NR
10. Cincinnati 0-0 1184 NR
11. Oklahoma State 0-0 1073 NR
12. Arizona 0-0 1023 NR
13. Duke 0-0 947 NR
14. Oklahoma 0-0 837 NR
15. Maryland 0-0 820 NR
16. Indiana 0-0 729 NR
17. Fresno State 0-0 593 NR
18. Virginia 0-0 565 NR
19. Connecticut 0-0 504 NR
20. Utah 0-0 433 NR
21. Rutgers 0-0 331 NR
22. St. John's 0-0 274 NR
23. Georgia 0-0 197 NR
24. Boston College 0-0 97 NR
25. Vanderbilt 0-0 61 NR

Others Receiving Votes:
Iowa 0-0 59
Brigham Young 0-0 43
Arkansas 0-0 34
Gonzaga 0-0 29
Missouri 0-0 14
Mississippi 0-0 5
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Marmel

10-21-2003, 11:18 PM

November 16, 2003

Holy Cross (0-0) at #21 Rutgers (0-0)

I designed my OOC schedule to get harder and harder as we went on, so obviously we start with a very poor team. I like to get myself off to a good start, you know? A good start we do get off to, dominating HC, 77-51. Sixth man, Ken Valente was named POTG for his 19 point performance off the bench in just 20 minutes of play. Bost was our leading scorer with 20. He also had 8 assists. McLaughlin and Simmons both scored in double figures as well.

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Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 10 2-3 0-0 1 2 0 5 4
Bennie Huggins PF 29 3-6 0-0 2 8 5 3 6
Daniel Sells SF 27 1-3 0-0 0 1 2 0 3
Kenneth Simmons SG 35 5-13 0-0 1 4 3 4 12
Joshua Bost PG 34 8-19 0-0 1 4 8 0 20
Kenneth Valente SF 20 7-9 0-0 2 2 3 1 19
Robert McLaughlin C 24 4-4 2-3 2 5 1 2 11
Dante McGinty SG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Joey Kenner SG 3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Gerald Rosen C 9 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 0 0
Albert Robin PF 8 1-1 0-0 2 4 1 0 2

Turnovers: 14 (D.Sells 6, K.Simmons 4, J.Bost 4)
Blocked Shots: 1 (G.Rosen 1)
Steals: 8 (D.Sells 2, K.Simmons 2, J.Bost 3, K.Valente
1)
3P FGs: 13-38 (B.Huggins 0-2, D.Sells 1-3, K.Simmons
2-10, J.Bost 4-13, K.Valente 5-7, R.McLaughlin 1-1,
J.Kenner 0-2)
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We move up to #17 in the nation when the new polls come out.

November 21, 2003

#17 Rutgers (1-0) at VMI (0-0)

We hit the road for the fist time, but the competition is still pretty weak. We take care of VPI, 66-50. Four of our starters scored in double figures, led by POTG, Josh Bost with 22. Simmons had 13 and Huggins added 10. Meanwhile, Ingham fell just short of a double, double, scoring 12 points and pulling in 9 rebounds.

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Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 35 5-11 2-4 2 9 3 3 12
Bennie Huggins PF 26 5-5 0-0 2 6 0 1 10
Daniel Sells SF 21 2-7 0-0 0 1 2 4 5
Kenneth Simmons SG 34 4-11 4-4 0 3 5 3 13
Joshua Bost PG 34 7-13 6-6 2 4 2 4 22
Kenneth Valente SF 20 1-5 0-0 1 3 4 0 3
Robert McLaughlin PF 15 0-1 1-2 0 3 1 1 1
Dante McGinty SG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Joey Kenner SF 8 0-2 0-0 2 2 0 1 0
Gerald Rosen C 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Albert Robin PF 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 13 (K.Ingham 3, D.Sells 1, K.Simmons 5,
J.Bost 4)
Blocked Shots: 2 (B.Huggins 1, K.Simmons 1)
Steals: 11 (K.Ingham 1, B.Huggins 2, D.Sells 2,
K.Simmons 1, J.Bost 1, K.Valente 2, R.McLaughlin 2)
3P FGs: 5-23 (D.Sells 1-6, K.Simmons 1-7, J.Bost 2-7,
K.Valente 1-3)
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We slip down to #24 in the polls, as they start to work themselves out.

November 26, 2003

Army (0-2) at #24 Rutgers (2-0)

We have no problems taking care of the Army at home today. The final score was 81-50. Sells and Simmons both scored 20 points today, which was a team high. Bost added a dozen points with 7 assists and Ingham also scored a dozen along with 11 rebounds.

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Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 31 4-6 4-4 2 11 2 1 12
Bennie Huggins PF 18 0-1 0-0 0 1 2 4 0
Daniel Sells SF 28 8-12 0-0 1 3 2 2 20
Kenneth Simmons SG 25 7-12 2-2 0 1 1 4 20
Joshua Bost PG 30 4-9 3-5 0 2 7 1 12
Kenneth Valente SF 23 2-3 2-2 0 3 5 1 7
Robert McLaughlin PF 23 1-3 2-2 1 6 0 4 4
Dante McGinty SG 10 1-3 0-0 0 0 1 1 2
Joey Kenner SG 2 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2
Gerald Rosen C 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Albert Robin PF 6 0-2 2-2 1 3 0 0 2

Turnovers: 7 (K.Ingham 1, B.Huggins 1, K.Simmons 1,
J.Bost 3, R.McLaughlin 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (K.Ingham 1, K.Simmons 1, R.McLaughlin
3)
Steals: 8 (D.Sells 4, K.Simmons 1, K.Valente 1,
R.McLaughlin 2)
3P FGs: 10-20 (D.Sells 4-7, K.Simmons 4-7, J.Bost 1-4,
K.Valente 1-1, D.McGinty 0-1)
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November 30, 2003

Harvard (1-2) at #24 Rutgers (3-0)

We wrap up the first month of the season a perfect 4-0 after beating an Ivy team, 77-59. Simmons was our leading scorer with 18 points today. Bost added 15 points and Ingham had 15 along with 7 boards. Huggins grabbed 9 boards for us and Valente added 11 points off the bench.

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Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 33 6-9 3-4 1 7 1 2 15
Bennie Huggins PF 27 2-3 1-2 1 9 5 1 5
Daniel Sells SF 29 2-4 1-2 0 2 5 0 6
Kenneth Simmons SG 35 6-14 4-4 1 3 6 0 18
Joshua Bost PG 22 4-7 4-4 0 0 1 5 16
Kenneth Valente PG 25 5-7 1-2 0 0 3 2 11
Robert McLaughlin PF 17 2-5 0-0 0 1 0 2 5
Dante McGinty SG 4 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Joey Kenner SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerald Rosen C 5 0-0 1-2 1 3 0 0 1
Albert Robin PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 20 (K.Ingham 2, B.Huggins 1, D.Sells 2,
K.Simmons 1, J.Bost 7, K.Valente 4, D.McGinty 1,
J.Kenner 1, G.Rosen 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (B.Huggins 1)
Steals: 11 (B.Huggins 2, D.Sells 5, K.Simmons 1, J.Bost
1, K.Valente 2)
3P FGs: 8-20 (D.Sells 1-3, K.Simmons 2-8, J.Bost 4-5,
K.Valente 0-2, R.McLaughlin 1-2)
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November Recap

PG Herman Osburn, from Federalsburg, MD, has committed to Rutgers. Herman is a 4 star recruit and ranked #19 in the country! He was the only 4 star guy who would even listen to me, and we eventually landed him. His potential is through the roof.

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RECRUIT DETAILS

#33 PG Herman Osburn
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 177
High School: Colonel Richardson High School
Hometown: Federalsburg, MD
GPA: 2.76
Test Score: 910
Rating: ****

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 10 53 36 56 46 43 40 15 28 45 34 4 88 90 36 59 3
Potential: D A C A C B D C C A D F

Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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16.6 1.8 4.2 3.4 1.7 2.03 1.2 0.0 1.4

Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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7.4 15.4 .477 0.6 1.0 .579 1.4 3.5 .386

Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Committed to Rutgers
Rankings: #19 Overall, #1 PG, East Region #7 Overall, East Region #1 PG
High School Awards: All-State, Mr. Basketball (Maryland), All American
Top 5 Schools: *Rutgers, Kentucky, Iowa State, Kansas, Tennessee
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We have moved up to #19 in the polls.

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2003 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#20 Boston College 0 0 .000 3 0 1.000
St. John's 0 0 .000 3 2 .600
Connecticut 0 0 .000 2 1 .667
Providence 0 0 .000 2 1 .667
Villanova 0 0 .000 2 2 .500
Miami 0 0 .000 2 2 .500
Virginia Tech 0 0 .000 1 2 .333

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#19 Rutgers 0 0 .000 4 0 1.000
Georgetown 0 0 .000 4 0 1.000
Seton Hall 0 0 .000 4 1 .800
West Virginia 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000
Notre Dame 0 0 .000 2 2 .500
#17 Syracuse 0 0 .000 1 2 .333
Pittsburgh 0 0 .000 0 2 .000
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The Big East is not getting much National Recognition early on this season. Syracuse, Pitt and Notre Dame are all early disappointments, and we need to have them step up, as a strong Big East is good for us.

Top 25

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Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
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1. Illinois (66) 3-0 1794 2
2. Florida (6) 4-0 1713 4
3. Kentucky 5-1 1636 1
4. Texas 4-0 1586 6
5. Michigan State 5-1 1456 3
6. Oklahoma State 4-0 1442 8
7. Kansas 5-0 1413 7
8. Stanford 5-1 1306 5
9. Arizona 3-0 1240 10
10. Maryland 3-0 1166 13
11. Duke 4-1 983 9
12. Fresno State 3-0 861 18
13. Georgia 4-0 857 15
14. Arkansas 4-0 848 17
15. Iowa 3-0 768 20
16. Vanderbilt 3-0 706 19
17. Syracuse 1-2 646 11
18. Oklahoma 3-2 580 12
19. Rutgers 4-0 541 24
20. Boston College 3-0 495 25
21. Cincinnati 2-3 323 NR
22. UCLA 1-2 229 21
23. Indiana 2-2 216 NR
24. North Carolina 2-0 189 NR
25. Alabama 2-0 96 NR

Others Receiving Votes:
Minnesota 3-0 95
Connecticut 2-1 63
Virginia 4-2 59
Brigham Young 4-1 55
Wisconsin 3-0 20
Georgetown 4-0 15
Gonzaga 4-1 1
South Carolina 4-1 1
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Marmel

10-21-2003, 11:29 PM

December 5, 2003

#19 Rutgers (4-0) at Boston University (2-1)

We head North to play BU, and leave with a very easy victory, 86-49. Bost had a great night, scoring 22 points, grabbing 6 boards and handing out 6 assists. Ingham was also impressive with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Simmons had 15 points and Valente added 13. Huggins also scored 8 along with 8 boards.

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Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 34 4-10 5-8 3 10 0 0 13
Bennie Huggins PF 31 4-5 0-0 2 8 2 1 8
Daniel Sells SF 18 1-4 0-0 0 1 4 4 3
Kenneth Simmons SG 27 5-10 0-0 1 4 2 3 15
Joshua Bost PG 35 7-14 3-3 2 6 6 2 22
Kenneth Valente SF 27 5-12 0-0 1 3 3 1 13
Robert McLaughlin PF 14 1-2 0-0 1 2 3 1 3
Dante McGinty SG 6 1-2 0-1 1 1 2 0 2
Joey Kenner SF 2 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 3
Gerald Rosen C 2 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Albert Robin PF 3 2-2 0-0 1 1 0 1 4

Turnovers: 10 (K.Ingham 2, D.Sells 1, K.Simmons 1,
J.Bost 6)
Blocked Shots: 1 (B.Huggins 1)
Steals: 11 (B.Huggins 1, D.Sells 2, K.Simmons 1, J.Bost
3, K.Valente 1, R.McLaughlin 3)
3P FGs: 16-33 (B.Huggins 0-1, D.Sells 1-2, K.Simmons
5-8, J.Bost 5-9, K.Valente 3-9, R.McLaughlin 1-1,
J.Kenner 1-2, G.Rosen 0-1)
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We move up to #15 in the polls.

December 10, 2003

Rhode Island (0-4) at #15 Rutgers (5-0)

This was supposed to be the first of some tougher early season contests, but the Rams have been playing terrible, and today is no different as we beat them 68-48. Bost had a tremendous night shooting, pouring in 31 points. Simmons added 13 points and Ingham had 10 points and 8 rebounds.

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Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 33 4-9 2-3 1 8 7 3 10
Bennie Huggins PF 24 1-3 0-0 1 5 0 5 2
Daniel Sells SF 27 1-3 0-0 0 2 0 2 2
Kenneth Simmons SG 33 5-7 0-0 0 1 4 2 13
Joshua Bost PG 32 11-17 4-5 3 7 2 1 31
Kenneth Valente SF 18 1-5 0-0 1 3 2 3 3
Robert McLaughlin PF 16 1-3 2-2 1 3 1 0 5
Dante McGinty SG 5 0-0 2-3 0 0 0 0 2
Joey Kenner SF 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerald Rosen C 5 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0
Albert Robin PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 17 (B.Huggins 1, D.Sells 5, K.Simmons 2,
J.Bost 5, K.Valente 3, D.McGinty 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 8 (K.Ingham 2, D.Sells 1, K.Simmons 2, J.Bost
2, K.Valente 1)
3P FGs: 10-17 (D.Sells 0-1, K.Simmons 3-5, J.Bost 5-8,
K.Valente 1-1, R.McLaughlin 1-2)
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We are inching our way up the polls. We are now ranked #13.

December 15, 2003

#13 Rutgers (6-0) at Towson (2-3)

Our defense was not very good today, but we came through on offense to take home the 83-71 victory. Simmons was the leading scorer today with 24 points. Bost, Sells and Ingham all scored 11 points, and Ingham added 11 rebounds to that total.

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Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 23 3-8 5-8 3 11 1 4 11
Bennie Huggins PF 30 1-1 1-2 1 6 2 2 3
Daniel Sells SF 32 5-9 0-0 1 3 7 3 11
Kenneth Simmons SG 27 10-20 0-1 0 3 4 3 24
Joshua Bost PG 24 5-8 0-0 0 2 3 5 11
Kenneth Valente PG 20 3-10 0-0 1 2 6 2 9
Robert McLaughlin C 19 0-1 0-0 0 3 2 3 0
Dante McGinty SG 9 4-5 0-0 0 0 0 0 9
Joey Kenner SF 6 1-4 0-0 1 2 1 1 3
Gerald Rosen C 6 0-1 0-0 2 5 1 1 0
Albert Robin PF 2 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2

Turnovers: 15 (K.Ingham 2, D.Sells 1, K.Simmons 3,
J.Bost 6, K.Valente 2, A.Robin 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (K.Ingham 1, K.Simmons 1)
Steals: 7 (D.Sells 1, K.Simmons 1, J.Bost 1, K.Valente
3, R.McLaughlin 1)
3P FGs: 11-30 (D.Sells 1-3, K.Simmons 4-11, J.Bost 1-4,
K.Valente 3-9, D.McGinty 1-1, J.Kenner 1-2)
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Mid Month Recap

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2003 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
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Connecticut 0 0 .000 7 2 .778
St. John's 0 0 .000 7 2 .778
Boston College 0 0 .000 7 3 .700
Providence 0 0 .000 6 3 .667
Miami 0 0 .000 5 3 .625
Villanova 0 0 .000 3 3 .500
Virginia Tech 0 0 .000 3 5 .375

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#24 Georgetown 0 0 .000 9 0 1.000
#13 Rutgers 0 0 .000 7 0 1.000
Seton Hall 0 0 .000 6 1 .857
Notre Dame 0 0 .000 5 3 .625
#22 Syracuse 0 0 .000 4 4 .500
Pittsburgh 0 0 .000 3 4 .429
West Virginia 0 0 .000 2 4 .333
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Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine we would be 7-0 and ranked #13 in the country at this point, or at any time in the season.

Top 25

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Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
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1. Illinois (66) 10-0 1794 1
2. Florida (6) 9-1 1734 2
3. Michigan State 8-3 1638 5
4. Arizona 9-0 1553 7
5. Kentucky 8-2 1543 3
6. Stanford 9-2 1359 6
7. Oklahoma State 7-1 1352 9
8. Iowa 6-1 1269 11
9. Georgia 7-2 1207 12
10. Duke 9-3 1110 10
11. Maryland 6-2 1065 14
12. Texas 6-2 1027 4
13. Rutgers 7-0 949 15
14. Arkansas 9-1 842 16
15. Kansas 7-4 750 8
16. Vanderbilt 8-1 658 13
17. Cincinnati 6-4 549 17
18. Alabama 5-0 536 20
19. Minnesota 7-0 456 22
20. Brigham Young 7-3 398 23
21. Virginia 9-2 360 NR
22. Syracuse 4-4 337 18
23. Indiana 5-4 231 NR
24. Georgetown 9-0 191 NR
25. Auburn 7-2 110 NR

Others Receiving Votes:
Connecticut 7-2 103
South Carolina 7-1 95
UCLA 2-5 83
North Carolina State 6-0 34
Oklahoma 5-4 29
Boston College 7-3 22
Xavier 6-0 15
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Marmel

10-21-2003, 11:41 PM

December 20, 2003

Navy (2-5) at #13 Rutgers (7-0)

We just crush this Navy team today, 72-35. Bost led the team in scoring with another 22 point night. Ingham added 17 points along with 9 rebounds. Sells had 16 and Simmons added 10 points.

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Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 31 6-9 5-5 3 9 3 0 17
Bennie Huggins PF 25 0-1 0-0 1 3 1 4 0
Daniel Sells SF 29 6-11 2-2 1 3 2 2 16
Kenneth Simmons SG 29 3-8 2-2 1 4 3 3 10
Joshua Bost PG 35 6-11 6-6 1 5 2 3 22
Kenneth Valente SF 13 1-3 0-0 3 4 3 1 2
Robert McLaughlin PF 19 0-2 2-2 1 4 0 1 2
Dante McGinty SG 7 0-1 2-2 0 0 1 2 2
Joey Kenner SG 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0
Gerald Rosen C 4 0-0 1-2 0 2 0 1 1
Albert Robin PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 13 (K.Ingham 3, D.Sells 3, K.Simmons 3,
J.Bost 1, K.Valente 2, D.McGinty 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (D.Sells 1)
Steals: 5 (K.Ingham 2, D.Sells 2, J.Bost 1)
3P FGs: 8-19 (B.Huggins 0-1, D.Sells 2-5, K.Simmons
2-6, J.Bost 4-7)
</pre>

Ken Valente, our 6th man, will miss 5 weeks of action due to injury.

We have broken into the Top 10, ranked #8 in the country now!

December 24, 2003

#8 Rutgers (8-0) at Iona (1-7)

Our winning streak comes to an end on the road today, and it was not even close. We could not buy a bucket and get crushed, 52-30. Bost was the only guy who could manage a few baskets. He lead the team with 11 points. The rest of our starters either scored 4 or 2 points.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 34 1-8 2-4 0 3 0 2 4
Bennie Huggins PF 30 2-2 0-0 0 2 0 3 4
Daniel Sells SF 28 1-4 0-0 1 4 0 1 2
Kenneth Simmons SG 34 2-10 0-0 0 2 2 1 4
Joshua Bost PG 40 4-21 0-0 2 6 4 3 11
Robert McLaughlin SF 19 0-4 0-0 0 3 1 0 0
Dante McGinty SG 6 1-1 1-1 0 0 0 2 3
Joey Kenner SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Gerald Rosen C 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Albert Robin PF 6 0-1 2-2 0 0 1 0 2

Turnovers: 11 (K.Ingham 2, D.Sells 2, K.Simmons 3,
J.Bost 4)
Blocked Shots: 1 (B.Huggins 1)
Steals: 8 (K.Ingham 1, B.Huggins 1, D.Sells 3, J.Bost
2, R.McLaughlin 1)
3P FGs: 3-24 (D.Sells 0-1, K.Simmons 0-7, J.Bost 3-14,
R.McLaughlin 0-2)
</pre>

We slip to #13 in the polls.

December 29, 2003

George Washington (6-3) at #13 Rutgers (8-1)

We rebound from our loss in the last game with a pretty easy win against a solid competitor. The final score was 80-62. Bost went crazy today, pouring in 36 points to lead all scorers. Simmons added 18 points and Ingham had 11 points and 11 rebounds.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 31 3-5 5-6 2 10 3 2 11
Bennie Huggins PF 27 1-4 0-0 3 8 2 1 2
Daniel Sells SF 28 2-5 2-2 0 2 3 3 7
Kenneth Simmons SG 32 6-17 2-2 1 2 4 4 18
Joshua Bost PG 34 14-24 0-0 0 2 3 2 36
Robert McLaughlin SF 19 2-4 2-3 2 2 1 3 6
Dante McGinty SG 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Joey Kenner SF 6 0-2 0-0 0 1 2 0 0
Gerald Rosen C 7 0-0 0-0 1 3 1 0 0
Albert Robin PF 8 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 12 (K.Ingham 4, D.Sells 1, K.Simmons 2,
J.Bost 4, J.Kenner 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (R.McLaughlin 1)
Steals: 7 (K.Ingham 1, D.Sells 2, K.Simmons 2, J.Bost
1, R.McLaughlin 1)
3P FGs: 13-31 (B.Huggins 0-1, D.Sells 1-2, K.Simmons
4-10, J.Bost 8-15, R.McLaughlin 0-1, J.Kenner 0-2)
</pre>

December Recap

<pre>
2003 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#21 St. John's 0 0 .000 9 2 .818
#17 Connecticut 0 0 .000 9 3 .750
Boston College 0 0 .000 9 4 .692
Miami 0 0 .000 6 6 .500
Villanova 0 0 .000 5 5 .500
Providence 0 0 .000 6 6 .500
Virginia Tech 0 0 .000 3 8 .273

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#13 Rutgers 0 0 .000 9 1 .900
Georgetown 0 0 .000 10 2 .833
Notre Dame 0 0 .000 8 3 .727
Seton Hall 0 0 .000 6 3 .667
#19 Syracuse 0 0 .000 7 4 .636
West Virginia 0 0 .000 6 4 .600
Pittsburgh 0 0 .000 6 6 .500
</pre>

Though we are the highest ranked Big East team, that Iona game showed we maybe are not a top 20 team. Still, the Big East does not look all that strong this year, and we might be able to rack up a lot of league wins.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Illinois (69) 12-1 1797 1
2. Florida (2) 11-2 1706 2
3. Arizona (1) 11-0 1668 3
4. Kentucky 11-2 1597 4
5. Stanford 10-2 1509 6
6. Michigan State 10-3 1424 7
7. Oklahoma State 9-2 1322 5
8. Maryland 10-2 1288 12
9. Duke 11-3 1123 10
10. Arkansas 11-2 1091 15
11. Minnesota 10-0 1032 16
12. Texas 8-3 892 9
13. Rutgers 9-1 863 8
14. Iowa 8-2 809 11
15. Virginia 10-3 773 18
16. Kansas 10-4 708 17
17. Connecticut 9-3 649 19
18. South Carolina 10-1 649 23
19. Syracuse 7-4 548 21
20. Temple 9-1 428 NR
21. St. John's 9-2 423 24
22. North Carolina State 8-0 300 NR
23. Indiana 8-4 191 25
24. Gonzaga 11-2 153 NR
25. Cincinnati 7-5 151 22

Others Receiving Votes:
Vanderbilt 9-3 121
Louisiana State 8-1 92
Mississippi State 7-1 49
Texas Tech 8-1 40
Alabama 7-2 2
</pre>

Marmel

10-21-2003, 11:55 PM

January 1, 2004

#13 Rutgers (9-1) at Rice (3-5)

On the road, we have little trouble picking up win number 10 on the season. The final score was 77-61. Bost continues to shoot the ball very well, going for 28 points today. Huggins had his best game of the year, scoring 15 and pulling in 8 rebounds. Sells had 11 assists from the SF spot and McGinty had 12 points off the bench.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 28 4-7 0-0 4 8 1 4 8
Bennie Huggins PF 30 5-10 4-4 1 8 3 3 15
Daniel Sells SF 31 1-6 0-0 1 4 11 4 2
Kenneth Simmons SG 6 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 2 0
Joshua Bost PG 34 10-16 0-0 3 4 6 2 28
Robert McLaughlin PG 17 2-6 0-0 0 3 0 3 5
Dante McGinty SG 26 5-8 1-1 1 4 2 2 12
Joey Kenner SG 11 3-6 0-0 0 0 0 2 7
Gerald Rosen C 10 0-2 0-0 0 3 1 0 0
Albert Robin PF 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0

Turnovers: 22 (K.Ingham 2, B.Huggins 3, D.Sells 6,
J.Bost 7, R.McLaughlin 1, D.McGinty 1, A.Robin 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (B.Huggins 1, G.Rosen 2)
Steals: 7 (B.Huggins 2, D.Sells 2, R.McLaughlin 1,
D.McGinty 2)
3P FGs: 12-25 (B.Huggins 1-2, D.Sells 0-4, K.Simmons
0-1, J.Bost 8-12, R.McLaughlin 1-2, D.McGinty 1-2,
J.Kenner 1-2)
</pre>

January 4, 2004

Purdue (9-1) at #13 Rutgers (10-1)

I cannot see how Purdue cannot be ranked, but still, we get a win over a very, very good game as we get ready to face tougher competition in the Big East. The final here was 88-74. Ingham was named POTG for his 28 points and 10 boards, but Bost put up a fight for the honors by scoring 26 points and having 7 assists. Simmons chipped in with 11 points.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 33 12-16 4-6 2 10 2 4 28
Bennie Huggins PF 26 2-3 4-6 1 8 3 4 8
Daniel Sells SF 28 0-1 0-0 0 2 5 3 0
Kenneth Simmons SG 30 4-6 0-0 0 6 3 4 11
Joshua Bost PG 34 10-15 1-1 0 0 7 2 26
Robert McLaughlin SF 17 0-1 0-0 0 0 5 3 0
Dante McGinty SG 8 1-2 0-0 1 3 0 1 2
Joey Kenner SF 7 3-5 0-0 0 0 0 0 9
Gerald Rosen C 7 0-0 0-0 0 4 1 0 0
Albert Robin PF 10 1-4 1-2 0 3 2 2 4

Turnovers: 21 (K.Ingham 5, B.Huggins 1, D.Sells 2,
K.Simmons 3, J.Bost 8, G.Rosen 1, A.Robin 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (K.Ingham 1, B.Huggins 2, G.Rosen 1)
Steals: 7 (K.Ingham 1, D.Sells 1, K.Simmons 1, J.Bost
2, D.McGinty 1, A.Robin 1)
3P FGs: 12-20 (D.Sells 0-1, K.Simmons 3-5, J.Bost 5-7,
J.Kenner 3-5, A.Robin 1-2)
</pre>

We move up to #12 in the polls.

January 7, 2004

Notre Dame (8-4) at #12 Rutgers (11-1)

We open up Big East play at home against a solid Notre Dame club, and stumble out of the league gates with a 61-58 loss. Bost did all he could, scoring 21 points and Simmons added 13. Ingham also cleaned up on the boards with 15 of them, but we still fell just short.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 34 3-13 0-0 6 15 2 2 6
Bennie Huggins PF 27 1-6 2-2 1 5 3 1 4
Daniel Sells SF 30 3-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 7
Kenneth Simmons SG 34 5-14 0-0 1 4 3 2 13
Joshua Bost PG 34 8-14 0-0 0 3 4 3 21
Robert McLaughlin PF 17 2-7 0-0 2 4 0 0 5
Dante McGinty SG 6 0-1 0-0 0 1 2 0 0
Joey Kenner SF 6 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 2
Gerald Rosen C 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0
Albert Robin PF 6 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 1 0

Turnovers: 17 (K.Ingham 3, K.Simmons 4, J.Bost 5,
R.McLaughlin 3, J.Kenner 2)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 5 (K.Ingham 1, D.Sells 1, J.Bost 2,
R.McLaughlin 1)
3P FGs: 10-27 (K.Ingham 0-1, B.Huggins 0-3, D.Sells
1-1, K.Simmons 3-9, J.Bost 5-8, R.McLaughlin 1-5)
</pre>

January 10, 2004

West Virginia (7-4) at #12 Rutgers (11-2)

We come back with a 78-67 victory in league play to even up our record early on. Simmons was our leading scorer today with 26 points and Bost added 18. Ingham continues to give us a solid contribution under the basket with 17 points and 12 boards.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 32 7-8 3-5 5 12 2 2 17
Bennie Huggins PF 22 0-2 0-0 0 7 1 5 0
Daniel Sells SF 23 3-6 0-0 0 0 6 4 7
Kenneth Simmons SG 34 9-15 2-2 0 6 4 0 26
Joshua Bost PG 33 6-16 1-2 1 1 7 0 18
Robert McLaughlin PG 19 1-3 0-0 0 5 0 3 3
Dante McGinty SG 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Joey Kenner SF 12 0-3 0-0 1 1 3 1 0
Gerald Rosen C 8 1-1 0-0 2 5 0 0 2
Albert Robin PF 13 2-3 1-1 0 3 0 2 5

Turnovers: 16 (K.Ingham 1, B.Huggins 1, D.Sells 3,
K.Simmons 1, J.Bost 6, D.McGinty 1, A.Robin 3)
Blocked Shots: 2 (R.McLaughlin 1, G.Rosen 1)
Steals: 5 (K.Ingham 2, J.Bost 3)
3P FGs: 13-28 (B.Huggins 0-1, D.Sells 1-2, K.Simmons
6-10, J.Bost 5-9, R.McLaughlin 1-3, J.Kenner 0-3)
</pre>

We are now #16 in the Media Polls.

January 14, 2004

#16 Rutgers (12-2) at #17 Syracuse (9-5)

We didn’t stand much of a chance against the first ranked team we faced this year. The final score was 82-69, and we fall to 1-2 in league play. Simmons led the team in scoring with 27 and Bost added 15. Huggins had 10 boards and Ingham added 9 points in the losing effort.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 34 4-7 0-0 1 5 4 4 9
Bennie Huggins PF 32 1-2 3-4 1 10 1 4 5
Daniel Sells SF 30 2-2 2-2 0 3 1 1 7
Kenneth Simmons SG 34 10-18 1-2 2 2 7 2 27
Joshua Bost PG 32 6-12 0-0 1 2 8 2 15
Robert McLaughlin SF 13 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 3
Dante McGinty SG 6 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Joey Kenner SF 7 1-5 0-0 0 1 1 1 3
Gerald Rosen C 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Albert Robin PF 7 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0

Turnovers: 17 (K.Ingham 2, B.Huggins 2, D.Sells 1,
K.Simmons 3, J.Bost 5, R.McLaughlin 1, D.McGinty 1,
J.Kenner 1, G.Rosen 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (D.Sells 1, R.McLaughlin 1, G.Rosen 1)
Steals: 4 (K.Ingham 2, K.Simmons 1, J.Kenner 1)
3P FGs: 13-25 (K.Ingham 1-1, B.Huggins 0-1, D.Sells
1-1, K.Simmons 6-12, J.Bost 3-6, R.McLaughlin 1-1,
J.Kenner 1-3)
</pre>

January 17, 2004

Providence (6-8) at #15 Rutgers (12-3)

We are once again able to come back after a loss with a solid victory. The final here was 63-55. Bost led the way with 22 points today and Simmons added 11. Ingham was solid with 8 points and 12 rebounds.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 33 2-4 4-4 4 12 2 3 8
Bennie Huggins PF 28 1-4 4-4 1 6 1 2 6
Daniel Sells SF 28 3-4 0-0 0 2 0 1 7
Kenneth Simmons SG 35 4-9 1-1 0 3 7 3 11
Joshua Bost PG 34 5-10 10-10 0 3 4 4 22
Robert McLaughlin PF 17 2-4 2-2 0 3 0 0 6
Dante McGinty SG 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Joey Kenner SF 8 1-2 1-1 0 1 1 1 3
Gerald Rosen C 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 2 0
Albert Robin PF 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0

Turnovers: 19 (K.Ingham 3, D.Sells 6, K.Simmons 2,
J.Bost 4, R.McLaughlin 2, D.McGinty 1, J.Kenner 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (K.Simmons 1, G.Rosen 1)
Steals: 6 (K.Ingham 1, D.Sells 1, K.Simmons 2,
R.McLaughlin 1, J.Kenner 1)
3P FGs: 5-17 (B.Huggins 0-2, D.Sells 1-1, K.Simmons
2-6, J.Bost 2-7, D.McGinty 0-1)
</pre>

Mid Month Recap

We have slipped down to #21 in the Media Polls.

<pre>
2003 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#14 Connecticut 3 0 1.000 13 3 .812
Boston College 2 0 1.000 11 4 .733
#20 St. John's 2 1 .667 12 3 .800
Miami 1 2 .333 9 8 .529
Villanova 1 3 .250 6 9 .400
Providence 0 3 .000 6 9 .400
Virginia Tech 0 3 .000 3 12 .200

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#11 Syracuse 3 0 1.000 11 5 .688
Notre Dame 2 1 .667 12 5 .706
West Virginia 2 1 .667 9 5 .643
#21 Rutgers 2 2 .500 13 3 .812
Georgetown 2 2 .500 12 4 .750
Seton Hall 1 1 .500 8 5 .615
Pittsburgh 1 3 .250 7 9 .438
</pre>

We have not gotten off to a great start in league play, but I think we have a good enough team to finish with a winning record at least.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Arizona (43) 15-0 1751 2
2. Illinois (6) 16-2 1719 1
3. Kentucky (23) 14-2 1714 3
4. Stanford 16-2 1582 5
5. Michigan State 15-3 1508 6
6. Florida 13-3 1443 4
7. Oklahoma State 11-3 1315 7
8. Arkansas 14-2 1289 9
9. Texas 13-4 1230 11
10. Duke 13-4 1078 8
11. Syracuse 11-5 935 17
12. Kansas 13-5 881 10
13. Minnesota 13-1 877 15
14. Connecticut 13-3 841 18
15. Maryland 12-4 820 19
16. South Carolina 13-2 737 22
17. Virginia 13-3 729 24
18. Cincinnati 12-5 722 21
19. Indiana 12-5 569 14
20. St. John's 12-3 486 13
21. Rutgers 13-3 374 16
22. Temple 15-3 268 12
23. Iowa 10-4 219 20
24. Mississippi State 10-2 123 NR
25. Georgia 12-5 102 NR

Others Receiving Votes:
Texas Tech 12-1 46
Boston College 11-4 31
UCLA 8-7 7
Utah 13-5 2
Oklahoma 9-7 1
</pre>

Marmel

10-22-2003, 12:05 AM

January 21, 2004

#21 Rutgers (13-3) at West Virginia (9-5)

We go back on the road and again fail to pick up a victory. The final today was 75-66. Simmons led us in scoring with 25 points and Bost added 18. Sells scored 14 points for us and Ingham had 11 rebounds, but was held to just 2 points.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 33 0-9 2-2 4 11 1 2 2
Bennie Huggins PF 25 0-2 0-0 0 4 1 4 0
Daniel Sells SF 31 6-10 0-0 1 4 4 3 14
Kenneth Simmons SG 35 10-15 0-0 0 6 2 2 25
Joshua Bost PG 32 6-22 3-3 1 2 7 1 18
Kenneth Valente PG 7 0-1 0-0 2 2 3 4 0
Robert McLaughlin PF 10 2-5 0-0 0 0 0 2 5
Dante McGinty SG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Joey Kenner SF 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Gerald Rosen C 7 1-1 0-0 1 2 0 1 2
Albert Robin PF 11 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 3 0

Turnovers: 20 (K.Ingham 2, B.Huggins 1, D.Sells 1,
K.Simmons 6, J.Bost 5, K.Valente 3, G.Rosen 1, A.Robin
1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (D.Sells 1, J.Bost 1, R.McLaughlin 1)
Steals: 7 (K.Ingham 1, B.Huggins 1, D.Sells 1,
K.Simmons 1, J.Bost 1, J.Kenner 1, G.Rosen 1)
3P FGs: 11-31 (B.Huggins 0-1, D.Sells 2-5, K.Simmons
5-8, J.Bost 3-13, R.McLaughlin 1-3, A.Robin 0-1)
</pre>

January 24, 2004

#21 Rutgers (13-4) at #20 St. John’s (12-4)

We remain winless on the road in league play, and also fail to rebound from a loss like we previously have been able to. The final score here was 92-79. Simmons led us with 25 points today and of course, Bost also scored plenty. He had 16. Ingham was solid with 12 points and 15 boards. It is the PF and SF spots we are having trouble getting contributions from.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 38 5-8 2-2 4 15 2 2 12
Bennie Huggins PF 36 1-3 1-2 2 9 2 4 4
Daniel Sells SF 34 2-10 0-0 1 4 1 5 5
Kenneth Simmons SG 36 11-22 1-1 0 5 3 5 25
Joshua Bost PG 39 4-8 6-6 0 1 8 3 16
Kenneth Valente SF 17 3-7 2-2 0 0 4 1 9
Robert McLaughlin PF 14 1-1 0-0 0 2 1 0 3
Dante McGinty SG 4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Gerald Rosen C 4 0-1 0-0 0 2 1 0 0
Albert Robin PF 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3

Turnovers: 27 (K.Ingham 3, D.Sells 6, K.Simmons 5,
J.Bost 10, K.Valente 1, D.McGinty 1, G.Rosen 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (K.Ingham 1)
Steals: 3 (D.Sells 1, J.Bost 1, K.Valente 1)
3P FGs: 9-29 (K.Ingham 0-1, B.Huggins 1-3, D.Sells 1-4,
K.Simmons 2-11, J.Bost 2-5, K.Valente 1-3,
R.McLaughlin 1-1, A.Robin 1-1)
</pre>

We have now dropped out of the top 25 polls.

January 31, 2004

Georgetown (13-5) at Rutgers (13-5)

Ken Valente is at full strength for this one, and just in time. He scored 15 points to help us take a 83-73 victory today. Bost was our leading scorer with 21 points and Simmons added 13. Ingham had 13 rebounds and Huggins had 10.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 31 3-6 3-4 2 12 5 2 9
Bennie Huggins PF 22 1-2 0-0 1 10 0 4 3
Daniel Sells SF 28 4-6 0-0 1 5 6 3 9
Kenneth Simmons SG 19 5-9 2-2 0 2 3 4 13
Joshua Bost PG 32 8-17 2-2 0 3 4 4 21
Kenneth Valente SF 21 6-14 1-2 2 3 1 0 15
Robert McLaughlin PF 19 4-4 0-0 1 6 1 2 9
Dante McGinty SG 13 2-3 0-0 0 1 2 0 4
Joey Kenner PG 5 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Gerald Rosen C 5 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 1 0
Albert Robin PF 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 21 (K.Ingham 2, B.Huggins 2, D.Sells 2,
K.Simmons 3, J.Bost 7, K.Valente 2, R.McLaughlin 1,
J.Kenner 1, G.Rosen 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (K.Ingham 1, K.Valente 1, R.McLaughlin
1)
Steals: 8 (D.Sells 3, J.Bost 1, K.Valente 1, D.McGinty
2, J.Kenner 1)
3P FGs: 9-29 (B.Huggins 1-1, D.Sells 1-2, K.Simmons
1-5, J.Bost 3-9, K.Valente 2-9, R.McLaughlin 1-1,
J.Kenner 0-2)
</pre>

January Recap

<pre>
2003 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#13 Connecticut 6 1 .857 16 4 .800
#22 Boston College 5 0 1.000 14 4 .778
#21 St. John's 4 2 .667 14 4 .778
Villanova 3 3 .500 8 9 .471
Miami 2 4 .333 10 10 .500
Providence 0 7 .000 6 13 .316
Virginia Tech 0 7 .000 3 16 .158

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#10 Syracuse 6 1 .857 14 6 .700
Notre Dame 5 1 .833 15 5 .750
West Virginia 4 3 .571 11 7 .611
Rutgers 3 4 .429 14 5 .737
Georgetown 3 4 .429 13 6 .684
Seton Hall 2 4 .333 9 8 .529
Pittsburgh 2 4 .333 9 10 .474
</pre>

Getting Valente back is going to help, but we need to pick up some road wins.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Kentucky (72) 17-2 1800 3
2. Illinois 19-3 1664 2
3. Arizona 17-2 1654 1
4. Stanford 20-2 1650 4
5. Florida 16-4 1509 6
6. Michigan State 17-5 1394 5
7. Texas 17-4 1373 9
8. Arkansas 17-3 1156 8
9. Duke 16-4 1154 10
10. Syracuse 14-6 1136 11
11. Oklahoma State 13-5 1104 7
12. Kansas 16-6 974 12
13. Connecticut 16-4 961 14
14. Maryland 15-5 940 15
15. Cincinnati 15-5 872 18
16. Minnesota 16-2 650 13
17. Iowa 14-4 599 23
18. Temple 17-4 584 22
19. Virginia 16-5 565 17
20. Indiana 14-7 520 19
21. St. John's 14-4 345 20
22. Boston College 14-4 307 NR
23. Ohio State 12-7 111 NR
24. North Carolina State 15-2 73 NR
25. Gonzaga 16-5 70 NR

Others Receiving Votes:
Utah 15-6 64
Xavier 15-2 58
South Carolina 14-5 55
Auburn 13-5 30
Mississippi State 12-4 10
Rutgers 14-5 10
Oklahoma 11-7 7
</pre>

MrBug708

10-22-2003, 12:17 AM

Reading my gramma's book today, I noticed that Rutgers used to be a religious school that was later named Queens' college....just fyi

Marmel

10-22-2003, 12:18 AM

February 2, 2004

#11 Syracuse (14-6) at #25 Rutgers (14-5)

We get news that we re-entered the polls right before this game, and the excitement carries over onto the court as we pull off the upset, 83-79! Simmons was our leading scorer with 20 points, and Valente was key off the bench, scoring 17. Bost had 15 with 8 assists and Ingham had 11 points and 11 rebounds.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 30 5-7 1-3 0 11 5 4 11
Bennie Huggins PF 28 0-0 0-1 0 4 2 4 0
Daniel Sells SF 19 3-4 0-0 0 2 3 2 7
Kenneth Simmons SG 35 6-8 3-4 0 2 4 2 20
Joshua Bost PG 25 5-10 0-0 0 1 8 3 15
Kenneth Valente SF 25 6-10 2-3 0 0 3 1 17
Robert McLaughlin PF 17 0-4 0-0 0 5 2 1 0
Dante McGinty SG 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Joey Kenner PG 7 3-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 8
Gerald Rosen C 6 0-0 0-0 0 3 2 1 0
Albert Robin PF 6 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 3

Turnovers: 18 (K.Ingham 3, D.Sells 2, K.Simmons 2,
J.Bost 5, K.Valente 3, R.McLaughlin 2, J.Kenner 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (B.Huggins 1)
Steals: 3 (J.Bost 1, R.McLaughlin 1, A.Robin 1)
3P FGs: 17-30 (D.Sells 1-2, K.Simmons 5-6, J.Bost 5-10,
K.Valente 3-5, R.McLaughlin 0-4, J.Kenner 2-2, A.Robin
1-1)
</pre>

We inch up to #24 in the polls.

February 11, 2004

#24 Rutgers (15-5) at Georgetown (16-6)

Again we go on the road and again we cannot pick up a victory. We get smoked by the Hoyas, 105-88. Bost had 28 points and Simmons 22. Valente added 12 off the bench and is in line to get a starting job, maybe even in the next game.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 30 2-3 2-4 1 7 2 3 6
Bennie Huggins PF 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Sells SF 25 0-2 2-2 0 2 5 4 2
Kenneth Simmons SG 35 8-15 1-1 1 6 5 3 22
Joshua Bost PG 26 9-16 4-4 1 3 4 3 28
Kenneth Valente SF 24 5-12 0-1 3 4 2 1 12
Robert McLaughlin PF 25 1-3 2-2 1 4 2 2 4
Dante McGinty SG 3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3
Joey Kenner SF 7 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 3
Gerald Rosen C 6 2-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 4
Albert Robin PF 13 2-3 0-2 2 6 0 2 4

Turnovers: 21 (K.Ingham 1, D.Sells 1, K.Simmons 4,
J.Bost 5, K.Valente 2, R.McLaughlin 2, D.McGinty 1,
J.Kenner 2, A.Robin 3)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 7 (D.Sells 2, K.Simmons 3, J.Bost 2)
3P FGs: 15-35 (D.Sells 0-1, K.Simmons 5-11, J.Bost 6-9,
K.Valente 2-8, R.McLaughlin 0-2, D.McGinty 1-2,
J.Kenner 1-1, A.Robin 0-1)
</pre>

February 14, 2004

Pittsburgh (10-14) at #24 Rutgers (15-6)

Valente gets the start at SF and Sells gets moved to PF. It resulted in a 30 point win, 81-51, but the real test will be to see if we can get a road win or two down the stretch. Bost led the team with 25 points and 9 assists. Valente scored 20 in his first start and Simmons had 14.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 33 1-5 1-6 2 6 3 3 4
Daniel Sells PF 28 2-4 0-0 1 3 3 4 5
Kenneth Valente SF 28 7-15 1-1 1 7 4 2 20
Kenneth Simmons SG 35 6-8 0-0 0 3 3 2 14
Joshua Bost PG 34 10-17 0-0 0 2 9 2 25
Bennie Huggins PF 19 1-1 0-1 1 7 0 4 2
Robert McLaughlin SF 11 3-6 1-1 1 3 0 0 8
Dante McGinty SG 4 1-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 2
Joey Kenner SF 3 0-2 1-2 2 2 1 2 1
Gerald Rosen C 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0
Albert Robin PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 12 (K.Ingham 1, D.Sells 1, K.Valente 1,
K.Simmons 3, J.Bost 4, B.Huggins 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (D.Sells 1)
Steals: 10 (K.Valente 5, K.Simmons 1, J.Bost 2,
D.McGinty 2)
3P FGs: 15-30 (K.Ingham 1-1, D.Sells 1-2, K.Valente
5-11, K.Simmons 2-4, J.Bost 5-8, R.McLaughlin 1-3,
D.McGinty 0-1)
</pre>

Mid Month Recap

<pre>
2003 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#17 Boston College 9 1 .900 18 5 .783
#21 St. John's 8 4 .667 19 6 .760
Connecticut 8 4 .667 18 7 .720
Villanova 7 4 .636 12 10 .545
Miami 5 6 .455 13 12 .520
Providence 2 11 .154 9 17 .346
Virginia Tech 0 11 .000 3 20 .130

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Notre Dame 9 2 .818 20 6 .769
#16 Syracuse 9 3 .750 17 8 .680
Georgetown 7 5 .583 17 7 .708
Rutgers 5 5 .500 16 6 .727
West Virginia 5 7 .417 13 11 .542
Seton Hall 3 8 .273 10 12 .455
Pittsburgh 3 9 .250 10 15 .400
</pre>

We don’t have any shot at the top 2 spots in the West, but I think we can get to third with some good play down the home stretch.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
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1. Stanford (72) 24-2 1800 2
2. Illinois 22-4 1728 1
3. Arizona 20-3 1612 5
4. Michigan State 21-5 1579 6
5. Kentucky 18-5 1535 3
6. Florida 19-5 1460 4
7. Duke 19-5 1323 9
8. Texas 20-5 1321 7
9. Arkansas 20-4 1180 8
10. Oklahoma State 17-5 1136 14
11. Maryland 20-5 1103 13
12. Cincinnati 17-6 995 10
13. Kansas 20-7 886 11
14. Iowa 17-6 843 12
15. Minnesota 19-3 816 17
16. Syracuse 17-8 726 19
17. Boston College 18-5 663 16
18. Virginia 19-6 428 18
19. Temple 20-5 396 22
20. Oklahoma 15-7 336 NR
21. St. John's 19-6 314 21
22. Auburn 17-5 274 23
23. Indiana 16-8 252 20
24. Xavier 20-3 232 NR
25. Gonzaga 20-5 215 NR

Others Receiving Votes:
Connecticut 18-7 161
Utah 19-6 84
Charlotte 17-5 1
</pre>

Marmel

10-22-2003, 12:34 AM

February 18, 2004

Rutgers (16-6) at Villanova (12-10)

Our road woes continue with a 92-81 loss today. Simmons led the team with 20 points scoring and Bost had 19. Valente added 17 points as well.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 39 3-9 1-4 0 4 5 3 7
Daniel Sells PF 36 3-4 2-4 1 5 4 3 8
Kenneth Valente SF 37 6-11 3-3 2 6 2 4 17
Kenneth Simmons SG 37 7-17 2-4 1 4 3 4 20
Joshua Bost PG 37 7-12 0-0 2 4 6 4 19
Bennie Huggins PF 18 1-3 0-0 0 5 2 1 2
Robert McLaughlin PG 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2
Dante McGinty SG 5 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0
Joey Kenner SF 8 0-1 4-4 0 1 0 0 4
Gerald Rosen C 6 1-1 0-2 0 0 0 2 2
Albert Robin PF 1 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0

Turnovers: 14 (K.Ingham 3, D.Sells 1, K.Valente 2,
K.Simmons 3, J.Bost 5)
Blocked Shots: 2 (K.Valente 1, D.McGinty 1)
Steals: 7 (K.Ingham 1, K.Valente 1, K.Simmons 2, J.Bost
3)
3P FGs: 11-25 (D.Sells 0-1, K.Valente 2-5, K.Simmons
4-11, J.Bost 5-8)
</pre>

February 21, 2004

Seton Hall (10-13) at Rutgers (16-7)

We return home and pick up an easy 69-45 victory over the Hall. Ingham broke out with his first good game in a while, scoring 20 points and grabbing 17 boards. Bost had 19 and 7 assists and Simmons added 13.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 33 7-11 6-9 1 17 5 1 20
Daniel Sells SF 29 1-5 0-0 2 4 4 2 2
Kenneth Valente SF 26 2-4 0-0 1 5 1 2 4
Kenneth Simmons SG 26 5-8 1-2 0 3 3 3 13
Joshua Bost PG 35 8-17 1-1 0 2 7 3 19
Bennie Huggins PF 24 1-1 1-2 1 6 1 1 3
Robert McLaughlin SF 11 1-4 0-1 0 1 0 2 2
Dante McGinty SG 7 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
Joey Kenner SG 5 1-3 3-3 0 0 0 0 6
Gerald Rosen C 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Albert Robin PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 10 (K.Valente 2, J.Bost 6, D.McGinty 1,
J.Kenner 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 4 (K.Ingham 1, D.Sells 1, K.Simmons 1, J.Bost 1)
3P FGs: 5-18 (D.Sells 0-3, K.Valente 0-1, K.Simmons
2-2, J.Bost 2-9, R.McLaughlin 0-2, J.Kenner 1-1)
</pre>

February 25, 2004

Rutgers (17-7) at Pittsburgh (10-16)

It took until late February, but we got a road win in conference play. The final was 58-54. Simmons led the way with 19 points while Sells, Valente and Bost all scored in double figures as well.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 17 0-1 0-0 1 4 1 5 0
Daniel Sells PF 28 5-6 0-0 1 4 2 4 12
Kenneth Valente SF 30 5-12 2-2 1 4 2 3 13
Kenneth Simmons SG 30 7-12 0-0 0 4 4 1 19
Joshua Bost PG 31 6-13 0-0 0 1 7 3 12
Bennie Huggins PF 21 0-2 0-0 1 6 2 1 0
Robert McLaughlin C 25 1-7 0-0 0 1 2 2 2
Dante McGinty SG 3 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
Joey Kenner SF 8 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Gerald Rosen C 6 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 1 0
Albert Robin PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 18 (K.Ingham 4, K.Valente 3, K.Simmons 4,
J.Bost 2, B.Huggins 1, R.McLaughlin 1, D.McGinty 1,
G.Rosen 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (R.McLaughlin 1)
Steals: 13 (K.Ingham 3, D.Sells 1, K.Valente 5, J.Bost
1, R.McLaughlin 2, J.Kenner 1)
3P FGs: 8-24 (D.Sells 2-3, K.Valente 1-4, K.Simmons
5-8, J.Bost 0-4, B.Huggins 0-1, R.McLaughlin 0-2,
J.Kenner 0-2)
</pre>

February 28, 2004

Rutgers (18-7) at Seton Hall (11-14)

We now rattle off our second consecutive road win with a 80-60 final score. Sells was our leading scorer today with 18 points, but Ingham was the POTG with 13 points and 14 rebounds. Bost scored 17 and Valente had 15.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 31 5-10 3-4 1 14 4 4 13
Daniel Sells PF 31 7-8 0-0 2 2 3 2 18
Kenneth Valente SF 28 5-6 1-2 0 1 3 1 15
Kenneth Simmons SG 32 2-8 2-2 1 9 4 2 7
Joshua Bost PG 35 5-14 2-2 3 3 6 4 17
Bennie Huggins PF 17 0-0 2-2 0 4 2 2 2
Robert McLaughlin C 10 0-0 1-2 0 1 0 2 1
Dante McGinty SG 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Joey Kenner SF 6 2-3 1-2 0 2 0 1 6
Gerald Rosen C 4 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
Albert Robin PF 4 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1

Turnovers: 18 (D.Sells 1, K.Valente 1, K.Simmons 7,
J.Bost 7, B.Huggins 1, D.McGinty 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (D.Sells 2)
Steals: 5 (D.Sells 2, K.Valente 1, J.Bost 1,
R.McLaughlin 1)
3P FGs: 15-24 (D.Sells 4-4, K.Valente 4-5, K.Simmons
1-4, J.Bost 5-10, J.Kenner 1-1)
</pre>

February Recap

PG Brent Bastian, from Glen Burnie, MD, has committed to Rutgers. Brant is a 3 star recruit and the #45 ranked PG in the country.

<pre>
RECRUIT DETAILS

#51 PG Brant Bastian
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 185
High School: North County High School
Hometown: Glen Burnie, MD
GPA: 2.72
Test Score: 980
Rating: ***

Attributes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 39 22 42 40 44 42 21 19 36 40 31 4 59 91 32 48 22
Potential: C F A C C A C C C C B D

Season Stats:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5.8 1.2 4.0 3.9 1.9 2.05 1.6 0.0 1.8

Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.5 9.4 .265 0.5 1.0 .476 0.3 4.2 .072

Recruiting Notes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Qualified: Yes
Committed to Rutgers
Rankings: #45 PG, East Region #45 Overall, East Region #10 PG
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: *Rutgers, North Carolina State, Dayton, Tulsa, Auburn
</pre>

<pre>
2003 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#18 Boston College 12 2 .857 21 6 .778
#14 St. John's 11 4 .733 22 6 .786
#24 Connecticut 9 5 .643 19 8 .704
Villanova 8 6 .571 14 12 .538
Miami 5 9 .357 13 15 .464
Providence 4 12 .250 11 18 .379
Virginia Tech 0 14 .000 3 23 .115

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#13 Syracuse 11 3 .786 19 8 .704
Notre Dame 10 4 .714 21 8 .724
Georgetown 10 5 .667 20 7 .741
Rutgers 8 6 .571 19 7 .731
West Virginia 7 8 .467 15 12 .556
Seton Hall 3 11 .214 11 15 .423
Pittsburgh 3 12 .200 10 18 .357
</pre>

It looks like 4th place in the West is the best we can do right now.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Stanford (62) 26-3 1790 1
2. Illinois (10) 25-4 1737 2
3. Arizona 24-3 1657 3
4. Michigan State 24-6 1562 5
5. Kentucky 21-6 1530 4
6. Maryland 24-5 1416 8
7. Florida 21-7 1373 6
8. Duke 21-6 1215 11
9. Oklahoma State 19-6 1205 9
10. Arkansas 22-5 1204 7
11. Kansas 22-7 1105 12
12. Texas 21-8 941 10
13. Syracuse 19-8 903 13
14. St. John's 22-6 777 16
15. Oklahoma 19-7 732 17
16. Cincinnati 19-8 675 15
17. Indiana 20-8 606 18
18. Boston College 21-6 592 14
19. Xavier 23-3 570 20
20. Gonzaga 24-5 548 19
21. Utah 22-6 472 21
22. Temple 22-6 297 23
23. Virginia 20-7 228 NR
24. Connecticut 19-8 89 22
25. Iowa 18-8 74 24

Others Receiving Votes:
Charlotte 20-5 61
Minnesota 20-6 34
Rutgers 19-7 4
</pre>

Marmel

10-22-2003, 12:45 AM

March 3, 2004

Rutgers (19-7) at Notre Dame (21-8)

We are denied our 20th win of the season with a 66-50 defeat today. Bost scored 15 to lead us and Simmons added 11, but that was all the scoring we could really muster. Ingham did have 12 rebounds.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 31 1-4 3-6 1 12 1 2 5
Daniel Sells PF 31 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0
Kenneth Valente SF 32 1-6 0-0 1 4 4 3 2
Kenneth Simmons SG 34 4-11 2-2 0 5 5 3 11
Joshua Bost PG 29 4-7 6-7 1 1 3 2 15
Bennie Huggins PF 11 1-2 1-1 1 4 0 2 3
Robert McLaughlin C 15 2-3 2-2 1 4 0 0 6
Dante McGinty SG 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Joey Kenner PG 9 3-3 2-2 0 0 0 0 8
Gerald Rosen C 4 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
Albert Robin PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 23 (K.Ingham 1, D.Sells 4, K.Valente 3,
K.Simmons 3, J.Bost 6, B.Huggins 1, R.McLaughlin 3,
D.McGinty 1, J.Kenner 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (D.Sells 2)
Steals: 3 (K.Ingham 1, D.Sells 1, J.Bost 1)
3P FGs: 2-12 (K.Valente 0-2, K.Simmons 1-7, J.Bost 1-3)
</pre>

March 6, 2004

Virginia Tech (4-23) at Rutgers (19-8)

As expected, we win this game and pick up win number 20 on the year. The score was closer than I would have liked against a 20 plus loss team, but we’ll take it. 60-50 was the final. Ingham led the way with 14 points and 11 rebounds and Bost added 11 points.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 33 5-10 4-8 4 10 0 3 14
Daniel Sells PF 29 1-4 0-0 2 3 2 2 3
Kenneth Valente SF 27 2-6 2-2 1 3 0 1 7
Kenneth Simmons SG 33 2-16 2-2 1 5 3 1 8
Joshua Bost PG 25 4-8 2-2 1 2 2 2 11
Bennie Huggins PF 22 1-4 6-6 2 5 2 1 8
Robert McLaughlin PG 12 1-2 0-0 0 2 1 3 3
Dante McGinty SG 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0
Joey Kenner SF 7 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 6
Gerald Rosen C 5 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 1 0
Albert Robin PF 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0

Turnovers: 10 (K.Ingham 2, K.Simmons 3, J.Bost 3,
J.Kenner 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (B.Huggins 1, R.McLaughlin 1)
Steals: 8 (K.Ingham 2, D.Sells 1, K.Valente 1,
K.Simmons 2, J.Bost 2)
3P FGs: 8-28 (D.Sells 1-2, K.Valente 1-4, K.Simmons
2-13, J.Bost 1-5, R.McLaughlin 1-1, J.Kenner 2-3)
</pre>

Final Big East Standings

<pre>
2003 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#15 St. John's 12 4 .750 23 6 .793
#23 Boston College 12 4 .750 21 8 .724
#25 Connecticut 10 6 .625 20 9 .690
Villanova 9 7 .562 15 13 .536
Miami 6 10 .375 14 16 .467
Providence 4 12 .250 11 18 .379
Virginia Tech 1 15 .062 4 24 .143

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#11 Syracuse 13 3 .812 21 8 .724
Notre Dame 12 4 .750 23 8 .742
Georgetown 10 6 .625 21 8 .724
Rutgers 9 7 .562 20 8 .714
West Virginia 7 9 .438 15 13 .536
Pittsburgh 4 12 .250 11 18 .379
Seton Hall 3 13 .188 11 17 .393
</pre>

We earn the 7 seed in the Big East tournament. Our RPI is 63, so we are going to need a few more wins to get ourselves on the right side of the NCAA bubble.

March 10, 2004

(7) Rutgers (20-8) vs. (10) Miami (14-16)

That sound you heard is our NCAA bubble go pop. We drop this first round game to Miami, 79-64.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 33 4-5 2-3 2 9 0 2 10
Daniel Sells PF 29 4-5 0-0 3 4 4 4 10
Kenneth Valente SF 26 5-6 0-0 0 2 3 1 13
Kenneth Simmons SG 34 2-12 0-0 1 4 5 3 5
Joshua Bost PG 32 4-10 5-5 0 0 5 1 16
Bennie Huggins PF 13 1-1 0-1 0 2 0 3 2
Robert McLaughlin PF 14 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 2 3
Dante McGinty SG 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Joey Kenner SF 6 1-3 0-0 1 2 0 1 3
Gerald Rosen C 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Albert Robin PF 3 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 2

Turnovers: 17 (D.Sells 3, K.Valente 4, K.Simmons 4,
J.Bost 5, R.McLaughlin 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 1 (K.Simmons 1)
3P FGs: 11-24 (D.Sells 2-2, K.Valente 3-3, K.Simmons
1-7, J.Bost 3-8, R.McLaughlin 1-1, J.Kenner 1-2,
A.Robin 0-1)
</pre>

Syracuse beats Notre Dame for the Big East Title.

Final Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Stanford (67) 29-4 1795 1
2. Illinois (5) 28-5 1721 2
3. Arizona 28-4 1668 3
4. Florida 27-7 1561 4
5. Michigan State 26-7 1497 5
6. Maryland 27-5 1478 6
7. Syracuse 24-8 1293 7
8. Oklahoma State 24-7 1292 8
9. Texas 26-8 1236 9
10. Arkansas 26-7 1113 10
11. Kentucky 21-9 1017 11
12. Duke 25-8 1008 12
13. Utah 26-6 918 13
14. Gonzaga 27-5 764 14
15. Kansas 24-9 755 15
16. Indiana 24-9 696 16
17. Xavier 27-4 682 17
18. St. John's 24-7 671 18
19. Cincinnati 22-9 659 19
20. Oklahoma 22-9 413 20
21. Temple 25-7 403 21
22. Minnesota 24-7 294 22
23. Virginia 22-9 160 23
24. Boston College 22-9 97 24
25. Iowa State 23-8 77 25

Others Receiving Votes:
Central Connecticut 27-4 60
Charlotte 23-7 40
</pre>

Marmel

10-22-2003, 12:51 AM

Post-Season

Surprise, surprise! It turns out 20 wins in the Big East was just enough for us to earn an 11 seed in the NCAA tournament! We will face the 6 seeded Iowa State team in the first round.

March 19, 2004

(6) #25 Iowa State (23-8) vs. (11) Rutgers (20-9)

We fought them until the bitter end, but we come up just a bit short and lose 87-83. Simmons led the team with 25 points while both Valente and Ingham each scored 19. Bost added 16 points.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 35 8-11 2-4 3 12 4 2 19
Daniel Sells PF 31 1-5 0-0 0 2 2 5 2
Kenneth Valente SF 32 7-16 0-0 1 2 2 4 19
Kenneth Simmons SG 35 9-14 2-2 0 2 4 3 25
Joshua Bost PG 32 6-10 0-0 1 5 8 1 16
Bennie Huggins PF 14 0-1 0-0 0 3 5 2 0
Robert McLaughlin PG 12 0-3 0-0 0 3 0 1 0
Dante McGinty SG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Joey Kenner SF 4 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 2
Gerald Rosen C 3 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 0
Albert Robin PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 17 (K.Ingham 5, K.Valente 2, K.Simmons 1,
J.Bost 9)
Blocked Shots: 2 (K.Simmons 1, R.McLaughlin 1)
Steals: 4 (K.Valente 1, K.Simmons 1, J.Bost 1, J.Kenner
1)
3P FGs: 15-36 (K.Ingham 1-2, D.Sells 0-2, K.Valente
5-13, K.Simmons 5-7, J.Bost 4-7, B.Huggins 0-1,
R.McLaughlin 0-2, J.Kenner 0-2)
</pre>

Final Four

#4 Oklahoma
#4 Duke
#1 Illinois
#1 Maryland

Oklahoma defeats Maryland for the NCAA Title.

Oregon takes the NIT Title.

AWARDS

Kevin Ingham was named to the Big East 2nd Team.

Season Stats

<pre>
Rutgers Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Joshua Bost PG 30 30 32.2 19.4 0.9 2.7 5.3 1.3 0.0 5.3 2.5
Kenneth Simmons PG 30 30 31.3 15.4 0.4 3.7 3.7 0.9 0.2 2.9 2.6
Kevin Ingham C 30 30 31.2 10.6 2.2 9.5 2.4 0.8 0.2 2.1 2.6
Kenneth Valente PG 22 9 23.9 10.5 1.1 2.9 2.9 1.2 0.1 1.8 1.8
Daniel Sells SG 30 30 28.2 6.7 0.7 2.7 3.2 1.4 0.3 2.1 2.6
Bennie Huggins SF 30 21 23.6 3.6 0.9 5.6 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.6 2.6
Robert McLaughlin SF 30 0 16.1 3.6 0.5 2.6 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.6 1.6
Joey Kenner SG 29 0 5.9 2.7 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.6
Dante McGinty SG 30 0 5.7 1.6 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.5
Albert Robin PF 30 0 4.9 1.1 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.6
Gerald Rosen C 30 0 5.3 0.4 0.3 1.9 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.6
Cedrick Sherer C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hans Dearing PF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
</pre>

Career Stats

<pre>
Rutgers Player Career Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Joshua Bost PG 30 30 32.2 19.4 0.9 2.7 5.3 1.3 0.0 5.3 2.5
Kenneth Simmons PG 30 30 31.3 15.4 0.4 3.7 3.7 0.9 0.2 2.9 2.6
Kevin Ingham C 30 30 31.2 10.6 2.2 9.5 2.4 0.8 0.2 2.1 2.6
Kenneth Valente PG 22 9 23.9 10.5 1.1 2.9 2.9 1.2 0.1 1.8 1.8
Daniel Sells SG 30 30 28.2 6.7 0.7 2.7 3.2 1.4 0.3 2.1 2.6
Bennie Huggins SF 30 21 23.6 3.6 0.9 5.6 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.6 2.6
Robert McLaughlin SF 30 0 16.1 3.6 0.5 2.6 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.6 1.6
Joey Kenner SG 29 0 5.9 2.7 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.6
Dante McGinty SG 30 0 5.7 1.6 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.5
Albert Robin PF 30 0 4.9 1.1 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.6
Gerald Rosen C 30 0 5.3 0.4 0.3 1.9 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.6
Cedrick Sherer C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hans Dearing PF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
</pre>

SENIORS

Bennie Huggins

<pre>
PLAYER DETAILS

#12 SF Bennie Huggins - Rutgers - Senior
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Height: 6'10"
Weight: 253
High School: North Pocono High School
Hometown: Moscow, PA

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 38 31 58 27 82 38 16 77 41 29 9 47 60 73 88 49 47
Potential: C D C D B C D B C D F C

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2003 30 21 23.6 3.6 0.9 5.6 1.7 0.6 2.78 0.3 0.3 2.6
Career 30 21 23.6 3.6 0.9 5.6 1.7 0.6 2.78 0.3 0.3 2.6

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2003 1.2 2.7 .462 1.0 1.3 .750 0.1 0.7 .143 1.34 9.83
Career 1.2 2.7 .462 1.0 1.3 .750 0.1 0.7 .143 1.34 9.83

Stat Totals:
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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
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2003 30 21 707 107 27 169 50 18 9 9 77
Career 30 21 707 107 27 169 50 18 9 9 77

Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 37 80 30 40 3 21 295
Career 37 80 30 40 3 21 295

Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season 15 3 10 5 2 2 3 5 10 6 6 1 2
Career 15 3 10 5 2 2 3 5 10 6 6 1 2

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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No awards.
</pre>

Kenneth Simmons

<pre>
PLAYER DETAILS

#25 PG Kenneth Simmons - Rutgers - Senior
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Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 191
High School: Lyndhurst High School
Hometown: Lyndhurst, NJ

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 40 96 66 79 43 36 10 38 53 64 39 35 45 74 35 46 88
Potential: C A B A D C F D C B C C

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2003 30 30 31.3 15.4 0.4 3.7 3.7 2.9 1.29 0.9 0.2 2.6
Career 30 30 31.3 15.4 0.4 3.7 3.7 2.9 1.29 0.9 0.2 2.6

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2003 5.6 12.0 .469 1.2 1.4 .857 2.9 7.5 .389 1.28 8.10
Career 5.6 12.0 .469 1.2 1.4 .857 2.9 7.5 .389 1.28 8.10

Stat Totals:
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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
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2003 30 30 940 462 13 110 111 86 27 5 78
Career 30 30 940 462 13 110 111 86 27 5 78

Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
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2003 169 360 36 42 88 226 243
Career 169 360 36 42 88 226 243

Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 27 2 9 7 3 1 7 11 22 4 4 6 10
Career 27 2 9 7 3 1 7 11 22 4 4 6 10

Awards & Acheivements:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 5
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Joshua Bost

<pre>
PLAYER DETAILS

#33 PG Joshua Bost - Rutgers - Senior
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Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 205
High School: Haddonfield Memorial High School
Hometown: Haddonfield, NJ

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 54 99 97 95 41 93 15 20 34 86 32 8 1 88 44 54 74
Potential: C A A A D A F D D A D F

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2003 30 30 32.2 19.4 0.9 2.7 5.3 5.3 1.00 1.3 0.0 2.5
Career 30 30 32.2 19.4 0.9 2.7 5.3 5.3 1.00 1.3 0.0 2.5

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2003 6.7 13.6 .494 2.3 2.5 .932 3.7 8.1 .453 1.43 7.23
Career 6.7 13.6 .494 2.3 2.5 .932 3.7 8.1 .453 1.43 7.23

Stat Totals:
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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
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2003 30 30 965 581 26 81 158 158 40 1 75
Career 30 30 965 581 26 81 158 158 40 1 75

Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
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2003 201 407 69 74 110 243 217
Career 201 407 69 74 110 243 217

Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season 36 3 7 9 3 1 10 14 24 10 10 8 13
Career 36 3 7 9 3 1 10 14 24 10 10 8 13

Awards & Acheivements:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 8
</pre>

rjolley

10-22-2003, 08:47 AM

Nice to see you back in the saddle as coach, even if it is at Rutgers. Blech.

Good luck!

John Galt

10-22-2003, 09:44 AM

Good start - hopefully the struggle won't be as long this time until you make the final four.

Marmel

10-23-2003, 12:55 AM

Off Season Recap

Our prestige level stayed at 66 and the AD is still satisfied with my performance. He expects me to appear in the NCAA Tournament again this year. He might be asking a bit much, but we’ll see how our team looks after training camps.

Our recruiting class was ranked #20 in the nation. A good start there. Duke had the #1 ranked class.

Our recruiting coach left us for a better job elsewhere, so we have to replace him. Our new guy is 44 year old Daniel Henderson. He is rated 60 in recruiting. This is his first Collegiate job.

We are invited out to Maui for the Annual Shootout, as the #8 seed, and we accept.

We also have 10 other games to schedule, with up to 6 being home games. Here are the teams we pick up:

Army
Montana
Vermont
McNeese State
Navy
Brown
Hartford
Colgate
Holy Cross
Albany

We will have 4 scholarships to offer this year, and will have to work overtime to fill all of those up.

We get one recruit in the early signing period:

SF Ivan Noriega, from Ridgefield Park, NJ, has committed to Rutgers. Ivan is a 3 star recruit and the #27 ranked SF in the country. He seems like a versatile player, able to score inside and hit the three pointer.

<pre>
RECRUIT DETAILS

#35 SF Ivan Noriega
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 219
High School: Ridgefield Park High School
Hometown: Ridgefield Park, NJ
GPA: 2.59
Test Score: 990
Rating: ***

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 62 25 47 59 31 22 22 21 21 10 54 33 17 41 54 63 0
Potential: B C B C D C C D D D C C

Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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10.2 1.4 4.0 1.6 3.0 0.56 2.1 1.2 3.2

Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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4.2 11.6 .361 1.3 2.0 .667 0.4 4.4 .101

Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Committed to Rutgers
Rankings: #27 SF, East Region #38 Overall, East Region #5 SF
High School Awards: All-State
Top 5 Schools: *Rutgers, Seton Hall, St. Francis-NY, Sacred Heart, Manhattan
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 01:09 AM

2004-2005 Rutgers Roster

CENTERS

52 Kevin Ingham C Sr 7' 0" 240 Keyport, NJ

Kevin is back for his Senior season and he will start at Center again this year. We are hoping for a big year from him. He is an established scorer inside and his rebounding skills are very good. His defense has not improved much, but he is adequate there.

1 Gerald Rosen C Jr 7' 4" 245 Woodstown, NJ

Gerald will be our primary backup at both the C and PF spots. He is decent enough on offense and defense and really brings some solid rebounding skills.

45 Cedrick Sherer C Fr 6'10" 229 Monroe, LA

Sherer is a lock down defender in the post, but his lack of other skills right now will keep his playing time very limited.

POWER FORWARDS

54 Albert Robin PF Jr 6' 9" 244 Wallington, NJ

Albert will see some pretty good backup time at the C and PF spots. He can do a little of everything that we need him to down in the paint.

30 Hans Dearing PF Fr 6'11" 237 Tucson, AZ

Hans is a pretty decent scorer and defender. He is young, but he is our best option at PF, so he gets the start. We hope he learns quick on the job.

SMALL FORWARDS

35 Robert McLaughlin SF Sr 6' 9" 227 Soda Creek, Canada

Robert is a solid all around player, and would normally start on my team. We just have too many talented guards that we need to find a starting spot for. He will be our 6th man though.

SHOOTING GUARDS

5 Joey Kenner SG Sr 6' 6" 223 Linden, NJ

Joey is a really good shooter and will come off the bench to provide a nice spark of offense at either the SF, SG or even PG spots.

3 Daniel Sells SG Jr 6' 6" 211 Passaic, NJ

Sells gets the start at SF this year. His versatility on the floor gives him the job. He can score from anywhere and is a very good 3 point threat. His defense is very good everywhere as well. He has great passing skills and will find the open man if he doesn’t have the shot.

14 Dante McGinty SG So 6' 7" 228 Phillipsburg, NJ

Dante is not a bad player, but just gets buried in the depth chart this year.

POINT GUARDS

 0 Kenneth Valente PG Sr 6' 2" 205 Castle Dale, UT

Ken gets the start at the Point this season. Not only can he handle and dish the ball, he is a very good scoring threat. His defense is solid and he will get us a few steals per game as well.

20 Keneth Batchelder PG Fr 6' 1" 186 New Orleans, LA

Ken gets a red shirt this year.

33 Herman Osburn PG Fr 6' 0" 179 Federalsburg, MD

Herman gets the start at SG as a true freshman this year. I have never had great success with a true frosh, but he comes in as a highly touted recruit and we can use a big name on the court.

51 Brant Bastian PG Fr 6' 0" 191 Glen Burnie, MD

Brant gets a red shirt this year as well.

After further review, we are not really as bad as I thought we might be. We have a solid mix of players and some nice depth on the bench. Dearing is a red shirt freshman and Osburn a true freshman, and those are the big question marks on the team. If they can come through for us, we can have a decent season and possible make the tournament again.

We have enough threats on the floor to run a balanced inside/outside offense this year. We will still throw up a ton of three pointers though. We will run a man to man defense, and help out on the perimeter where are weaker defenders are. Occasionally we will trap and press other teams, but not too much.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
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1. Arizona (71) 0-0 1799 3
2. Illinois 0-0 1712 2
3. Kentucky (1) 0-0 1623 11
4. Oklahoma 0-0 1609 20
5. Michigan State 0-0 1520 5
6. Oklahoma State 0-0 1447 8
7. Indiana 0-0 1361 16
8. UCLA 0-0 1301 NR
9. Florida 0-0 1221 4
10. Duke 0-0 1161 12
11. Cincinnati 0-0 1063 19
12. Maryland 0-0 1023 6
13. Kansas 0-0 910 15
14. Temple 0-0 847 21
15. Syracuse 0-0 751 7
16. Texas 0-0 684 9
17. Utah 0-0 660 13
18. St. John's 0-0 560 18
19. North Carolina 0-0 509 NR
20. Stanford 0-0 462 1
21. Connecticut 0-0 319 NR
22. Brigham Young 0-0 312 NR
23. Ohio State 0-0 230 NR
24. Virginia 0-0 177 23
25. Iowa 0-0 84 NR

Others Receiving Votes:
Georgia 0-0 20
Pittsburgh 0-0 17
Arkansas 0-0 10
Iowa State 0-0 3
Tennessee 0-0 2
Utah State 0-0 2
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 01:25 AM

November 14, 2004

Albany (0-0) at Rutgers (0-0)

We open up the season, traditionally, with a very weak team. We handle them with ease in a 88-48 victory to start the season off right. Valente was our leading scorer with 23 points, but we had a nice spread of offensive scoring. Sells had 18 and Ingham added 13 along with 8 rebounds. Kenner came off the bench to add 10. Our two youngsters in the starting lineup had a combined 16 points.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 33 5-6 3-6 3 8 4 2 13
Hans Dearing PF 28 2-4 2-2 1 2 3 2 7
Daniel Sells SF 31 7-12 0-0 1 4 4 3 18
Herman Osburn SG 31 3-10 0-0 2 5 0 4 9
Kenneth Valente PG 29 7-11 4-4 1 4 6 2 23
Robert McLaughlin PF 18 2-3 0-0 0 0 1 1 5
Joey Kenner PG 18 4-7 1-2 1 1 3 0 11
Gerald Rosen C 4 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 0
Albert Robin C 3 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Dante McGinty SG 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 10 (K.Ingham 2, H.Dearing 2, D.Sells 2,
K.Valente 4)
Blocked Shots: 3 (K.Ingham 2, H.Dearing 1)
Steals: 11 (K.Ingham 2, H.Dearing 1, D.Sells 1,
H.Osburn 2, K.Valente 3, R.McLaughlin 1, J.Kenner 1)
3P FGs: 16-27 (H.Dearing 1-2, D.Sells 4-6, H.Osburn
3-8, K.Valente 5-7, R.McLaughlin 1-1, J.Kenner 2-3)
</pre>

We enter the Polls at #25 this week.

November 18, 2004

#25 Rutgers (1-0) at Holy Cross (0-1)

We schedule a cupcake for our first road game of the year, but we should have scheduled a high school team maybe. We suffer a 78-75 defeat here. Sells was our leading scorer with 14 points. Valente added 12 and Ingham, Kenner and Osburn all added 10, but we didn’t have a hot hand down the stretch today.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 27 4-12 3-6 3 8 1 4 11
Hans Dearing PF 31 1-2 0-0 1 5 1 1 2
Daniel Sells SF 32 5-11 1-2 3 5 1 3 14
Herman Osburn SG 22 3-5 3-4 2 2 1 1 10
Kenneth Valente PG 28 4-7 1-2 1 3 6 1 12
Robert McLaughlin PF 16 3-7 1-1 2 3 1 2 7
Joey Kenner PG 22 5-8 0-1 3 4 1 2 10
Gerald Rosen C 4 1-1 0-1 1 1 0 4 2
Albert Robin C 7 1-2 1-2 1 2 1 2 3
Dante McGinty SG 9 1-4 0-0 1 3 1 2 2
Cedrick Sherer C 4 0-0 2-2 0 1 0 2 2

Turnovers: 12 (H.Dearing 2, D.Sells 2, K.Valente 6,
J.Kenner 1, A.Robin 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (H.Dearing 3)
Steals: 5 (H.Osburn 1, K.Valente 1, R.McLaughlin 1,
A.Robin 2)
3P FGs: 7-21 (H.Dearing 0-1, D.Sells 3-5, H.Osburn 1-2,
K.Valente 3-4, R.McLaughlin 0-4, J.Kenner 0-2,
D.McGinty 0-3)
</pre>

We drop out of the polls after this loss.

November 22, 2004

#16 Cincinnati (0-0) vs. Rutgers (1-1)

We head out to the Pacific Ocean for the opening round of the Maui Shootout. The Bearcats have no problem with our team today and we lose 88-65. I didn’t think we had much chance today anyways. Sells and Kenner each scored 13 points which was a team high and Valente added a dozen.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 19 2-6 0-0 1 7 0 4 4
Hans Dearing PF 30 2-2 1-1 1 8 1 3 6
Daniel Sells SF 32 6-8 0-0 1 2 3 1 13
Herman Osburn SG 28 3-3 2-2 0 1 3 0 9
Kenneth Valente PG 28 4-18 2-5 0 4 6 0 12
Robert McLaughlin PF 10 1-2 1-1 0 1 0 3 3
Joey Kenner PG 24 5-9 0-0 0 2 2 0 13
Gerald Rosen C 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Albert Robin C 20 2-4 0-0 0 5 2 3 4
Dante McGinty SG 6 0-0 1-3 0 1 1 2 1
Cedrick Sherer C 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0

Turnovers: 22 (K.Ingham 2, H.Dearing 5, D.Sells 2,
H.Osburn 2, K.Valente 3, R.McLaughlin 1, J.Kenner 4,
A.Robin 2, C.Sherer 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (R.McLaughlin 1, C.Sherer 1)
Steals: 2 (D.Sells 1, J.Kenner 1)
3P FGs: 8-27 (K.Ingham 0-1, H.Dearing 1-1, D.Sells 1-3,
H.Osburn 1-1, K.Valente 2-14, R.McLaughlin 0-1,
J.Kenner 3-5, A.Robin 0-1)
</pre>

November 23, 2004

Notre Dame (1-1) vs. Rutgers (1-2)

We drop game number two in Maui, but we almost pulled out a win against this Big East team. The final score was 78-76. Valente led the team in scoring with 22, but Ingham was our MVP for his 21 points and 11 rebounds. Sells added 16 points.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 33 10-14 1-3 2 11 4 3 21
Hans Dearing PF 27 0-2 0-0 2 4 0 2 0
Daniel Sells SF 30 5-11 2-2 1 4 1 4 16
Herman Osburn SG 30 3-6 1-2 1 2 5 2 9
Kenneth Valente PG 33 7-15 4-5 1 2 7 4 22
Robert McLaughlin PF 18 1-4 0-2 1 4 1 1 3
Joey Kenner PG 16 1-5 2-2 0 3 3 0 5
Gerald Rosen C 8 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0
Albert Robin C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Dante McGinty SG 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 16 (K.Ingham 3, H.Dearing 1, D.Sells 5,
H.Osburn 1, K.Valente 5, G.Rosen 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (H.Dearing 1, R.McLaughlin 4)
Steals: 5 (D.Sells 1, H.Osburn 1, K.Valente 1,
R.McLaughlin 1, J.Kenner 1)
3P FGs: 12-31 (H.Dearing 0-1, D.Sells 4-9, H.Osburn
2-4, K.Valente 4-10, R.McLaughlin 1-2, J.Kenner 1-4,
D.McGinty 0-1)
</pre>

November 24, 2004

Ball State (1-2) vs. Rutgers (1-3)

We come out of Maui with three losses and not a single win after dropping this 8th place game 63-61. Ingham scored 12 points and had 10 rebounds. Kenner added 11 off the bench. Kenner is in line to break the starting 5 right now.

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Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 33 6-13 0-1 1 10 2 2 12
Hans Dearing PF 27 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 3 2
Daniel Sells SF 16 2-5 0-0 0 1 3 2 4
Herman Osburn SG 31 1-8 0-0 0 4 4 3 2
Kenneth Valente PG 30 3-13 1-2 4 6 5 1 9
Robert McLaughlin SF 20 3-5 1-2 1 3 0 2 9
Joey Kenner PG 18 3-7 2-2 0 2 1 1 11
Gerald Rosen C 8 2-2 2-2 1 2 1 2 6
Albert Robin PF 9 3-5 0-1 1 1 0 1 6
Dante McGinty SG 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Cedrick Sherer C 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0

Turnovers: 12 (K.Ingham 3, H.Dearing 3, D.Sells 1,
H.Osburn 1, K.Valente 2, J.Kenner 1, A.Robin 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (R.McLaughlin 1, A.Robin 1)
Steals: 8 (K.Ingham 4, D.Sells 2, R.McLaughlin 1,
J.Kenner 1)
3P FGs: 7-21 (D.Sells 0-2, H.Osburn 0-4, K.Valente 2-5,
R.McLaughlin 2-3, J.Kenner 3-6, A.Robin 0-1)
</pre>

Sells was injured in this game and will miss about 2 months. Well, that makes getting Kenner into the lineup that much easier.

November 29, 2004

Colgate (0-4) at Rutgers (1-4)

We return home from a miserable trip to Maui and rebound with a nice win, 78-54. Kenner took advantage of his new starting role, at SF and scored 21 points to lead the team and earn POTG honors. Valente added 19 points and Rosen had 10 rebounds off the bench.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 22 3-6 3-6 3 6 4 4 9
Hans Dearing PF 11 2-4 0-0 2 4 1 0 4
Joey Kenner SF 32 8-15 2-2 5 9 4 3 21
Herman Osburn SG 26 4-8 0-1 2 4 1 2 9
Kenneth Valente PG 30 8-17 0-0 4 6 1 2 19
Robert McLaughlin SF 29 2-8 4-4 2 5 2 5 8
Gerald Rosen C 22 0-5 0-0 4 10 2 0 0
Albert Robin PF 14 2-2 0-0 0 3 0 3 5
Dante McGinty SG 14 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 3
Cedrick Sherer C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 15 (K.Ingham 3, J.Kenner 3, H.Osburn 2,
K.Valente 4, R.McLaughlin 1, A.Robin 1, D.McGinty 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (R.McLaughlin 2, G.Rosen 1)
Steals: 8 (H.Dearing 1, J.Kenner 1, H.Osburn 1,
K.Valente 2, R.McLaughlin 2, G.Rosen 1)
3P FGs: 9-26 (J.Kenner 3-7, H.Osburn 1-3, K.Valente
3-10, R.McLaughlin 0-2, G.Rosen 0-1, A.Robin 1-1,
D.McGinty 1-2)
</pre>

November Recap

SG Claude Jacques, from Trenton, NC, has committed to Rutgers. Claude is a 3 star recruit and the #37 ranked SG in the country. Right now, he is nothing special, but his potential may allow him to grow into a productive starter by his junior year.

<pre>
RECRUIT DETAILS

#5 SG Claud Jacques
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 191
High School: Jones Senior High School
Hometown: Trenton, NC
GPA: 2.44
Test Score: 950
Rating: ***

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 28 33 69 62 27 38 23 28 47 31 6 23 82 78 19 94 50
Potential: F C C C A C C C D B F F

Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11.8 1.5 5.4 3.2 3.3 0.95 0.4 0.2 2.0

Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.8 12.1 .397 2.0 2.9 .690 0.2 1.6 .094

Recruiting Notes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Qualified: Yes
Committed to Rutgers
Rankings: #37 SG, Southeast Region #34 Overall, Southeast Region #7 SG
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: *Rutgers, Louisiana-Monroe, Albany, St. Peter's, North Carolina State
</pre>

C Jonathan Johnson, from Toledo, OH, has committed to Rutgers. Jon is clearly the prize of this recruiting class. He is a 4 star recruit and #38 overall. He does everything you want a center to do, except his rebounding is a bit weak.

<pre>
RECRUIT DETAILS

#42 C Jonathan Johnson
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 204
High School: Libbey High School
Hometown: Toledo, OH
GPA: 2.58
Test Score: 980
Rating: ****

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 56 26 33 0 25 21 22 19 45 16 26 53 41 46 54 40 13
Potential: B C B F F C D C A D B C

Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8.8 1.2 4.3 1.2 2.0 0.59 1.0 1.6 3.8

Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.8 7.4 .520 1.1 2.1 .524 0.0 0.0 .000

Recruiting Notes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Qualified: Yes
Committed to Rutgers
Rankings: #38 Overall, #9 C, Midwest Region #12 Overall, Midwest Region #4 C
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: *Rutgers, Ohio State, St. John's, Michigan State, Texas
</pre>

<pre>
2004 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#12 St. John's 0 0 .000 5 0 1.000
Boston College 0 0 .000 3 1 .750
#25 Connecticut 0 0 .000 3 1 .750
Miami 0 0 .000 2 1 .667
Providence 0 0 .000 2 1 .667
Villanova 0 0 .000 2 1 .667
Virginia Tech 0 0 .000 0 2 .000

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Notre Dame 0 0 .000 4 1 .800
Georgetown 0 0 .000 3 1 .750
#20 Syracuse 0 0 .000 3 1 .750
West Virginia 0 0 .000 1 1 .500
Pittsburgh 0 0 .000 2 2 .500
Seton Hall 0 0 .000 2 3 .400
Rutgers 0 0 .000 2 4 .333
</pre>

Clearly, not the start I was looking for, but there is a lot of basketball left to be played.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Oklahoma State (32) 5-0 1760 2
2. Arizona (38) 3-1 1729 1
3. UCLA (1) 3-0 1662 4
4. Duke (1) 3-0 1593 6
5. Cincinnati 3-0 1422 16
6. Maryland 3-0 1408 8
7. Illinois 2-2 1362 7
8. Kansas 4-0 1244 10
9. Michigan State 4-2 1171 9
10. Temple 6-0 1114 12
11. Florida 3-1 1107 3
12. St. John's 5-0 1001 14
13. Kentucky 3-2 961 5
14. Virginia 5-0 856 18
15. Iowa 3-0 745 19
16. Tennessee 5-0 653 20
17. Indiana 1-1 636 11
18. Texas 5-1 578 13
19. Oklahoma 1-2 526 15
20. Syracuse 3-1 453 25
21. Alabama 2-0 424 NR
22. South Carolina 4-0 253 NR
23. Southern California 5-0 177 NR
24. North Carolina 4-2 150 NR
25. Connecticut 3-1 118 24

Others Receiving Votes:
Iowa State 4-1 115
Louisiana State 3-1 107
Brigham Young 3-2 20
Tulsa 3-0 19
Georgia 2-1 14
Minnesota 3-0 13
Pepperdine 4-0 4
Mississippi State 4-0 3
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 01:33 AM

December 4, 2004

Rutgers (2-4) at Hartford (1-3)

We scrape out a much needed win on the road today, 62-59. Valente had a career day, going for 33 points. He refused to let us lose this game. Kenner scored 10 and Ingham had 11 rebounds.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 28 2-5 2-2 4 11 3 3 6
Hans Dearing PF 17 1-1 0-0 1 4 0 4 2
Joey Kenner SF 31 2-10 4-4 0 8 1 2 10
Herman Osburn SG 32 1-2 0-2 2 2 4 2 2
Kenneth Valente PG 31 11-23 3-7 1 3 2 3 33
Robert McLaughlin SF 22 2-8 2-4 1 6 2 4 7
Gerald Rosen C 17 0-3 0-0 1 6 1 1 0
Albert Robin PF 9 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 0 0
Dante McGinty PG 9 0-0 2-2 0 0 2 1 2
Cedrick Sherer C 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 15 (K.Ingham 1, H.Dearing 3, J.Kenner 6,
H.Osburn 2, K.Valente 2, G.Rosen 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (H.Dearing 1, R.McLaughlin 2, C.Sherer
1)
Steals: 1 (K.Valente 1)
3P FGs: 11-24 (J.Kenner 2-7, K.Valente 8-14,
R.McLaughlin 1-3)
</pre>

December 10, 2004

Rutgers (3-4) at Brown (4-2)

Our offense was on fire today and we pull our record to 4-4 on the year after an impressive 112-79 road victory. Valente again led the team in scoring with 27 points today. McLaughlin and Ingham both scored 22. Kenner and Osburn both scored in double figures as well.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 16 8-10 6-8 2 4 1 4 22
Hans Dearing PF 30 1-2 0-0 1 4 1 2 2
Joey Kenner PG 34 4-14 3-3 0 1 7 2 14
Herman Osburn SG 27 4-8 2-2 1 5 5 2 13
Kenneth Valente PG 23 8-11 6-8 0 3 6 4 27
Robert McLaughlin SF 25 8-12 3-4 2 6 2 0 22
Gerald Rosen C 19 2-2 0-1 1 7 1 4 4
Albert Robin PF 11 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 0
Dante McGinty SG 13 2-2 2-2 1 1 1 2 8
Cedrick Sherer C 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 12 (K.Ingham 2, H.Dearing 2, J.Kenner 1,
H.Osburn 3, K.Valente 1, R.McLaughlin 1, G.Rosen 1,
D.McGinty 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (H.Dearing 1, R.McLaughlin 1)
Steals: 10 (K.Ingham 1, H.Dearing 1, J.Kenner 3,
H.Osburn 1, K.Valente 2, R.McLaughlin 2)
3P FGs: 16-28 (J.Kenner 3-9, H.Osburn 3-4, K.Valente
5-6, R.McLaughlin 3-7, D.McGinty 2-2)
</pre>

December 15, 2004

Navy (2-4) at Rutgers (4-4)

We return home after a short road trip and continue to pick up wins. Today’s final was 80-51. Valente led the team with 21 points, but Kenner was right with him, finishing with 20. Osburn had 14 and McLaughlin added 12 off the bench. Rosen came off the bench to grab 10 boards.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 24 3-7 1-3 4 7 2 2 7
Hans Dearing PF 22 0-4 1-4 1 2 1 2 1
Joey Kenner SF 32 6-11 4-4 0 5 3 1 20
Herman Osburn SG 32 5-9 2-2 3 6 3 3 14
Kenneth Valente PG 34 8-17 0-0 1 3 6 4 21
Robert McLaughlin SF 27 5-9 0-3 0 5 2 1 12
Gerald Rosen C 19 2-2 0-0 5 10 2 2 4
Albert Robin PF 6 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 0 1
Dante McGinty SG 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 3 0

Turnovers: 9 (K.Ingham 1, H.Osburn 1, K.Valente 2,
R.McLaughlin 1, G.Rosen 4)
Blocked Shots: 2 (H.Dearing 2)
Steals: 9 (K.Ingham 1, H.Dearing 1, J.Kenner 3,
H.Osburn 3, K.Valente 1)
3P FGs: 13-27 (H.Dearing 0-1, J.Kenner 4-7, H.Osburn
2-3, K.Valente 5-10, R.McLaughlin 2-5, D.McGinty 0-1)
</pre>

Ingham suffered an injury today and will miss a month of games. He has big shoes to fill.

Mid Month Recap

<pre>
2004 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#8 St. John's 0 0 .000 9 1 .900
Miami 0 0 .000 7 2 .778
#16 Connecticut 0 0 .000 7 2 .778
Boston College 0 0 .000 7 3 .700
Villanova 0 0 .000 5 1 .833
Providence 0 0 .000 5 3 .625
Virginia Tech 0 0 .000 4 5 .444

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Georgetown 0 0 .000 6 1 .857
Notre Dame 0 0 .000 7 3 .700
Pittsburgh 0 0 .000 6 3 .667
Syracuse 0 0 .000 7 5 .583
Rutgers 0 0 .000 5 4 .556
West Virginia 0 0 .000 4 4 .500
Seton Hall 0 0 .000 3 6 .333
</pre>

Things are starting to turn around, but we have to tread water until our injuries heal up. Rosen will take over the Center spot for the next month.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Oklahoma State (63) 9-0 1791 1
2. Duke (9) 7-0 1731 2
3. Arizona 7-2 1611 4
4. Indiana 7-1 1581 5
5. UCLA 8-1 1538 6
6. Michigan State 9-2 1399 9
7. Maryland 7-1 1368 10
8. St. John's 9-1 1237 12
9. Oklahoma 5-2 1205 11
10. Cincinnati 6-1 1105 3
11. Temple 9-1 1098 7
12. Virginia 10-1 1041 13
13. Florida 5-2 888 14
14. Kansas 7-2 862 19
15. Iowa State 8-1 848 18
16. Connecticut 7-2 584 24
17. Minnesota 7-0 530 22
18. Alabama 6-1 515 NR
19. Kentucky 5-4 498 8
20. Pepperdine 8-0 371 25
21. Texas 7-3 359 16
22. Mississippi State 8-0 348 23
23. Tennessee 7-2 286 17
24. Louisiana State 7-1 194 NR
25. North Carolina 8-4 178 21

Others Receiving Votes:
Nebraska 7-0 59
Illinois 3-6 51
Mississippi 7-2 48
South Carolina 5-1 41
Georgetown 6-1 17
Syracuse 7-5 7
Oregon 7-2 6
Georgia 4-2 2
Utah 6-4 2
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 01:40 AM

December 20, 2004

McNeese State (3-4) at Rutgers (5-4)

Our little winning streak comes to an end today. We drop this one, 71-62. Valente led us in scoring with 17 and Osburn added 11, but we lost because their SG went for 35 points today. We had no answer for him.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 22 2-4 1-3 3 7 2 4 5
Hans Dearing PF 29 4-6 0-0 1 5 0 4 8
Joey Kenner SG 31 4-11 1-2 1 1 3 2 9
Herman Osburn SG 25 5-8 0-1 1 2 3 0 11
Kenneth Valente PG 30 5-17 4-4 0 2 7 3 17
Robert McLaughlin SF 29 3-7 0-0 0 4 2 4 6
Albert Robin C 19 1-1 1-2 1 6 1 2 3
Dante McGinty SF 10 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 1 3
Cedrick Sherer C 7 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 2 0

Turnovers: 10 (H.Dearing 2, H.Osburn 2, K.Valente 2,
A.Robin 2, D.McGinty 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (G.Rosen 1, H.Dearing 1, R.McLaughlin
1)
Steals: 5 (J.Kenner 2, K.Valente 1, R.McLaughlin 1,
D.McGinty 1)
3P FGs: 5-22 (G.Rosen 0-1, H.Dearing 0-1, J.Kenner 0-5,
H.Osburn 1-3, K.Valente 3-8, R.McLaughlin 0-3,
D.McGinty 1-1)
</pre>

December 26, 2004

Vermont (6-2) at Rutgers (5-5)

We rebound with a close victory today over Vermont, 80-75. We could not afford to lose this one and we came through. Valente was our leading scorer, putting in 23 points. Kenner added 16 and McLaughlin had 14 off the bench.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 21 0-2 2-4 1 7 2 5 2
Hans Dearing PF 29 1-4 2-4 0 3 1 1 4
Joey Kenner PG 31 4-6 6-7 0 2 1 3 16
Herman Osburn SG 31 3-9 2-3 1 4 4 2 8
Kenneth Valente PG 28 9-21 0-0 1 2 2 0 23
Robert McLaughlin SF 26 5-9 2-2 1 5 0 4 14
Albert Robin C 21 3-5 0-1 3 9 2 0 6
Dante McGinty SF 11 2-2 2-2 1 1 3 0 7
Cedrick Sherer C 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 11 (G.Rosen 1, H.Dearing 2, J.Kenner 1,
H.Osburn 2, K.Valente 2, A.Robin 1, D.McGinty 2)
Blocked Shots: 5 (H.Dearing 2, J.Kenner 1, R.McLaughlin
2)
Steals: 7 (H.Dearing 1, H.Osburn 1, K.Valente 2,
R.McLaughlin 2, D.McGinty 1)
3P FGs: 10-25 (H.Dearing 0-1, J.Kenner 2-3, H.Osburn
0-2, K.Valente 5-14, R.McLaughlin 2-3, A.Robin 0-1,
D.McGinty 1-1)
</pre>

December 31, 2004

Montana (6-5) at Rutgers (6-5)

We wrap up the 2004 calendar year with a 88-63 victory. Valente set another career high with 36 points tonight. Kenner added 21 and Rosen had a huge day on the boards, pulling in 18 of them!

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 32 1-2 0-1 4 18 3 4 2
Hans Dearing PF 30 3-6 2-2 2 6 1 2 9
Joey Kenner SG 33 8-20 2-4 2 5 3 3 21
Herman Osburn SG 25 2-7 0-0 3 5 2 1 6
Kenneth Valente PG 35 11-25 6-7 3 3 4 2 36
Robert McLaughlin SF 27 2-7 4-4 3 8 3 0 8
Albert Robin C 7 1-1 0-0 0 2 0 3 2
Dante McGinty SF 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Cedrick Sherer C 6 2-3 0-0 1 1 0 2 4

Turnovers: 11 (G.Rosen 1, H.Dearing 1, J.Kenner 1,
H.Osburn 1, K.Valente 5, R.McLaughlin 1, D.McGinty 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (G.Rosen 1, H.Dearing 1, J.Kenner 1,
R.McLaughlin 1)
Steals: 7 (H.Dearing 3, H.Osburn 2, K.Valente 1,
R.McLaughlin 1)
3P FGs: 14-34 (G.Rosen 0-1, H.Dearing 1-2, J.Kenner
3-9, H.Osburn 2-3, K.Valente 8-15, R.McLaughlin 0-4)
</pre>

December Recap

<pre>
2004 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#12 Connecticut 0 0 .000 11 2 .846
#16 St. John's 0 0 .000 10 3 .769
Villanova 0 0 .000 8 2 .800
Miami 0 0 .000 8 4 .667
Boston College 0 0 .000 8 5 .615
Providence 0 0 .000 5 5 .500
Virginia Tech 0 0 .000 6 6 .500

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Georgetown 0 0 .000 9 1 .900
Notre Dame 0 0 .000 8 5 .615
Rutgers 0 0 .000 7 5 .583
Pittsburgh 0 0 .000 7 5 .583
Syracuse 0 0 .000 8 7 .533
West Virginia 0 0 .000 5 5 .500
Seton Hall 0 0 .000 5 6 .455
</pre>

Our injured players are getting ready to return, just as league play is about to begin.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Oklahoma State (72) 11-0 1800 1
2. Indiana 10-1 1703 4
3. Arizona 9-2 1605 3
4. Duke 9-1 1582 2
5. UCLA 11-1 1550 5
6. Michigan State 12-2 1474 6
7. Cincinnati 10-1 1286 10
8. Oklahoma 8-2 1277 9
9. Virginia 12-1 1191 12
10. Florida 8-3 1182 13
11. Iowa State 11-1 1141 15
12. Connecticut 11-2 926 16
13. Temple 10-2 859 11
14. Minnesota 11-0 797 17
15. Kansas 9-3 672 14
16. St. John's 10-3 555 8
17. Kentucky 8-4 540 19
18. Texas 9-3 526 21
19. Maryland 10-3 514 7
20. Pepperdine 9-0 506 20
21. Louisiana State 10-1 419 24
22. South Carolina 8-1 250 NR
23. Tennessee 9-3 184 23
24. Nebraska 9-1 182 NR
25. Georgia 8-2 153 NR

Others Receiving Votes:
Mississippi State 10-1 133
Georgetown 9-1 108
Mississippi 9-2 93
Illinois 5-6 87
North Carolina 10-5 80
Iowa 8-3 23
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 01:53 AM

January 2, 2005

Rutgers (7-5) at Army (4-7)

We pick up a solid road victory to start off the new year, 66-57. Hopefully it is a good sign of things to come for the rest of the year. Valente led us with 19 points and Keller had 15. Rosen outdid himself today, pulling in 19 boards!

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 34 2-4 0-0 5 19 3 4 4
Hans Dearing PF 30 2-5 2-2 0 1 0 1 6
Joey Kenner PG 18 3-10 6-6 1 3 0 2 15
Herman Osburn SG 33 3-9 1-1 0 0 5 1 8
Kenneth Valente PG 30 6-17 3-4 1 3 4 4 19
Robert McLaughlin SF 20 1-4 4-6 0 3 2 4 6
Albert Robin C 11 1-1 0-0 0 3 0 0 2
Dante McGinty SF 21 2-5 2-2 0 1 1 1 6
Cedrick Sherer C 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 8 (G.Rosen 3, J.Kenner 1, K.Valente 2,
R.McLaughlin 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (G.Rosen 2, H.Dearing 1)
Steals: 6 (J.Kenner 2, H.Osburn 2, K.Valente 2)
3P FGs: 8-23 (J.Kenner 3-6, H.Osburn 1-3, K.Valente
4-10, R.McLaughlin 0-3, D.McGinty 0-1)
</pre>

Kenner was hurt today and will miss three weeks of action.

January 5, 2005

Notre Dame (8-5) at Rutgers (8-5)

We are without 3 players for this game. McLaughlin will fill in at SF for now. Without crazy lineup, we just could not generate any offense, and we drop our Big East opener, 65-48. Valente had 14 points to lead the team. He was our only double digit scorer. Both McLaughlin and Rosen had 13 boards each.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 32 2-6 3-5 6 13 1 3 7
Hans Dearing PF 29 0-2 1-2 1 3 1 3 1
Robert McLaughlin SF 40 3-18 3-5 4 13 4 2 9
Herman Osburn SG 31 3-8 0-0 1 2 1 1 8
Kenneth Valente PG 30 5-16 2-2 2 2 2 3 14
Albert Robin C 13 0-6 0-0 1 1 0 0 0
Dante McGinty PG 19 2-3 2-3 1 3 0 3 7
Cedrick Sherer C 6 1-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 2

Turnovers: 11 (G.Rosen 1, H.Dearing 1, R.McLaughlin 2,
K.Valente 3, A.Robin 1, D.McGinty 2, C.Sherer 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (H.Dearing 1, H.Osburn 1)
Steals: 8 (R.McLaughlin 4, H.Osburn 1, K.Valente 3)
3P FGs: 5-25 (H.Dearing 0-1, R.McLaughlin 0-8, H.Osburn
2-4, K.Valente 2-9, A.Robin 0-1, D.McGinty 1-2)
</pre>

January 8, 2005

Providence (6-6) at Rutgers (8-6)

We could not afford to drop our first two home games in league play, and we come through with a nice 70-54 victory today. Valente had another big game, scoring 33 points. McLaughlin filledin nicely with 16 points and Rosen had 10 boards.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 30 2-2 0-2 0 10 4 4 4
Hans Dearing PF 30 2-5 1-2 2 5 1 3 5
Robert McLaughlin SF 36 6-14 1-2 3 9 2 2 16
Herman Osburn SG 25 3-5 0-0 2 4 2 2 8
Kenneth Valente PG 38 11-30 5-6 4 4 3 3 33
Albert Robin PF 13 0-1 0-0 0 3 1 2 0
Dante McGinty SG 21 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 2
Cedrick Sherer C 8 1-1 0-0 1 3 1 1 2

Turnovers: 11 (G.Rosen 1, H.Dearing 1, R.McLaughlin 1,
K.Valente 8)
Blocked Shots: 2 (H.Dearing 2)
Steals: 7 (G.Rosen 2, H.Dearing 1, R.McLaughlin 1,
K.Valente 1, D.McGinty 2)
3P FGs: 11-32 (R.McLaughlin 3-8, H.Osburn 2-3,
K.Valente 6-19, D.McGinty 0-2)
</pre>

January 12, 2005

Rutgers (9-6) at #10 Connecticut (13-2)

We get Ingham back for this game, and Rosen will take over the starting PF spot since he has done well and Dearing has been very quiet. It didn’t matter much today, as we were totally outclassed and lost 89-76. Valente scored another 34 points to lead us and Rosen had 11 boards. Ingham scored 9 and grabbed 9 boards in his return.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 32 4-5 1-4 1 9 3 4 9
Gerald Rosen PF 32 3-3 0-0 2 11 1 3 6
Robert McLaughlin SF 34 4-14 1-1 0 6 1 5 9
Herman Osburn SG 28 1-6 2-2 0 0 5 1 4
Kenneth Valente PG 34 11-20 5-6 0 3 5 4 34
Hans Dearing PF 12 0-0 2-4 0 0 0 1 2
Albert Robin PF 4 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 0 2
Dante McGinty SG 24 3-7 1-2 0 1 2 1 10

Turnovers: 13 (K.Ingham 3, G.Rosen 2, H.Osburn 2,
K.Valente 4, H.Dearing 1, D.McGinty 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (G.Rosen 1, R.McLaughlin 2)
Steals: 3 (K.Ingham 1, R.McLaughlin 1, K.Valente 1)
3P FGs: 10-27 (R.McLaughlin 0-8, H.Osburn 0-1,
K.Valente 7-12, D.McGinty 3-6)
</pre>

January 15, 2005

Rutgers (9-7) at Pittsburgh (8-7)

Kenner is able to play, but we will let him come off the bench since he is only at 85%. We had just enough to pick up a road win today, 69-67. Valente remains red hot in shooting, going for another 30 points today. McLaughlin added 12 and Rosen had 12 boards.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 33 3-7 3-6 2 6 2 4 9
Gerald Rosen PF 31 3-5 2-2 3 12 3 4 8
Robert McLaughlin SF 23 4-8 1-4 0 3 3 5 12
Herman Osburn SG 27 0-1 3-5 0 1 3 2 3
Kenneth Valente PG 32 10-20 2-4 0 0 3 2 30
Hans Dearing C 13 0-0 2-2 2 6 1 2 2
Joey Kenner SF 26 0-5 0-0 0 2 1 2 0
Albert Robin PF 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Dante McGinty SG 11 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 5

Turnovers: 18 (K.Ingham 2, G.Rosen 2, R.McLaughlin 2,
H.Osburn 1, K.Valente 4, H.Dearing 2, J.Kenner 3,
A.Robin 1, D.McGinty 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (H.Dearing 2)
Steals: 10 (K.Ingham 2, G.Rosen 1, R.McLaughlin 1,
H.Osburn 1, K.Valente 1, J.Kenner 3, D.McGinty 1)
3P FGs: 12-27 (G.Rosen 0-2, R.McLaughlin 3-6, K.Valente
8-15, J.Kenner 0-3, D.McGinty 1-1)
</pre>

Mid Month Recap

<pre>
2004 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#10 Connecticut 5 0 1.000 16 2 .889
Boston College 3 1 .750 11 6 .647
#22 St. John's 3 2 .600 13 5 .722
Villanova 1 2 .333 11 4 .733
Miami 1 2 .333 9 6 .600
Virginia Tech 1 3 .250 7 9 .438
Providence 0 5 .000 6 10 .375

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#21 Georgetown 3 1 .750 14 2 .875
Seton Hall 3 1 .750 9 7 .562
Rutgers 2 2 .500 10 7 .588
Notre Dame 2 2 .500 10 7 .588
West Virginia 2 2 .500 8 7 .533
Syracuse 2 3 .400 10 10 .500
Pittsburgh 1 3 .250 8 9 .471
</pre>

We will be almost at full strength for our next game. Sells is over 90% and he will play. Here is our new and improved starting 5:

C: Ingham
PF: Rosen
SF: Sells
SG: Kenner
PG Valente

Key players off the bench: Osburn, McLaughlin, Dearing

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Oklahoma State (71) 15-1 1799 1
2. UCLA (1) 17-1 1705 2
3. Michigan State 17-2 1665 3
4. Oklahoma 13-2 1594 4
5. Indiana 14-2 1478 5
6. Cincinnati 16-1 1438 6
7. Iowa State 16-1 1313 7
8. Virginia 16-2 1312 8
9. Arizona 12-4 1202 9
10. Connecticut 16-2 1171 10
11. Temple 15-2 1055 14
12. Texas 14-3 970 15
13. Florida 11-5 932 18
14. Pepperdine 15-0 925 16
15. Duke 11-5 754 11
16. Minnesota 14-1 737 12
17. Arkansas 12-5 545 NR
18. Kansas 12-5 509 21
19. Mississippi 12-4 503 19
20. Kentucky 10-6 438 13
21. Georgetown 14-2 431 20
22. St. John's 13-5 320 17
23. Georgia 11-4 190 22
24. Louisiana State 12-3 121 23
25. Iowa 10-5 115 NR

Others Receiving Votes:
Maryland 12-6 85
South Carolina 10-4 55
Ohio State 11-6 34
Alabama 11-4 2
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 02:02 AM

January 22, 2005

Rutgers (10-7) at Notre Dame (10-7)

We get our revenge on the Irish, who already beat us twice this year. We take this one 73-69, and I am pretty excited about this new lineup we have. Kenner comes back to the starting 5 and leads us with 20 points. Sells returns and scores 16. Valente had 14, Ingham 11 and Rosen had 15 rebounds.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 32 5-10 1-2 4 8 0 3 11
Gerald Rosen PF 33 3-8 0-0 5 15 0 2 6
Daniel Sells SF 33 6-9 2-2 2 4 6 2 16
Joey Kenner SG 30 8-19 0-2 3 5 2 1 20
Kenneth Valente PG 30 5-12 1-2 1 4 4 3 14
Robert McLaughlin PG 15 1-6 0-0 1 3 4 2 3
Herman Osburn SG 10 0-0 0-0 2 4 2 0 0
Hans Dearing C 11 1-3 1-1 1 2 1 1 3
Albert Robin PF 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Dante McGinty SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0

Turnovers: 11 (G.Rosen 2, D.Sells 4, J.Kenner 1,
K.Valente 4)
Blocked Shots: 3 (K.Ingham 1, G.Rosen 1, H.Dearing 1)
Steals: 6 (D.Sells 1, J.Kenner 1, K.Valente 3, H.Osburn
1)
3P FGs: 10-29 (D.Sells 2-4, J.Kenner 4-12, K.Valente
3-10, R.McLaughlin 1-3)
</pre>

January 31, 2005

Rutgers (11-7) at West Virginia (8-10)

My excitement wore off in a hurry as we get beaten pretty soundly on the road today, 84-69. Ingham had a huge game with 23 points and 10 boards. Valente added 20 points and Kenner had 12.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 31 9-11 5-7 3 10 1 3 23
Gerald Rosen PF 29 1-2 0-0 3 6 4 4 2
Daniel Sells SF 32 2-7 2-2 1 4 1 2 7
Joey Kenner SG 28 5-11 0-0 2 3 4 3 12
Kenneth Valente PG 34 6-21 4-4 0 3 6 3 20
Robert McLaughlin SF 17 1-7 0-0 0 2 0 1 2
Herman Osburn SG 11 0-1 0-0 0 2 1 2 0
Hans Dearing C 12 1-1 1-1 0 0 0 3 3
Albert Robin PF 3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0
Dante McGinty PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0

Turnovers: 14 (K.Ingham 2, G.Rosen 2, D.Sells 3,
K.Valente 5, R.McLaughlin 1, H.Dearing 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (R.McLaughlin 1)
Steals: 7 (K.Ingham 1, D.Sells 1, J.Kenner 1, K.Valente
3, H.Osburn 1)
3P FGs: 7-24 (D.Sells 1-4, J.Kenner 2-6, K.Valente
4-10, R.McLaughlin 0-3, H.Osburn 0-1)
</pre>

January Recap

<pre>
2004 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#8 Connecticut 8 0 1.000 19 2 .905
Villanova 4 2 .667 14 4 .778
#19 St. John's 4 3 .571 14 6 .700
Boston College 4 4 .500 12 9 .571
Miami 2 5 .286 10 9 .526
Virginia Tech 2 5 .286 8 11 .421
Providence 0 8 .000 6 13 .316

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#17 Georgetown 6 1 .857 17 2 .895
Seton Hall 5 2 .714 11 8 .579
Notre Dame 3 3 .500 12 8 .600
Rutgers 3 3 .500 11 8 .579
Syracuse 4 4 .500 12 11 .522
West Virginia 3 5 .375 9 10 .474
Pittsburgh 1 4 .200 8 10 .444
</pre>

We are going to need to start off February with a winning streak, or things could start getting ugly.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Oklahoma (45) 15-2 1773 3
2. Michigan State (27) 20-2 1754 4
3. Oklahoma State 17-2 1631 1
4. Indiana 17-2 1590 5
5. Cincinnati 18-1 1521 6
6. Arizona 15-4 1343 8
7. UCLA 18-3 1343 2
8. Connecticut 19-2 1339 7
9. Virginia 20-2 1186 10
10. Temple 18-2 1171 9
11. Iowa State 17-2 1104 11
12. Pepperdine 18-0 1029 13
13. Texas 16-4 918 12
14. Florida 13-6 863 14
15. Kansas 15-5 741 15
16. Duke 13-5 722 18
17. Georgetown 17-2 692 17
18. Kentucky 12-6 581 16
19. St. John's 14-6 529 21
20. Georgia 14-5 382 19
21. Minnesota 15-4 354 20
22. Arkansas 15-6 260 22
23. Illinois 10-8 192 NR
24. Louisiana State 13-5 123 NR
25. Utah State 16-4 121 NR

Others Receiving Votes:
Alabama 13-6 57
Maryland 13-8 30
Mississippi State 15-4 25
Utah 14-7 15
Villanova 14-4 8
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 02:12 AM

February 2, 2005

#19 St. John’s (14-6) at Rutgers (11-8)

Our offense goes quiet today and we lose a low scoring affair, 55-43. Valente had 14 points and that is about all the offense we had. Rosen and Ingham did combine for 27 rebounds.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 29 2-8 4-5 6 14 0 2 8
Gerald Rosen PF 31 4-9 0-0 8 13 2 2 8
Daniel Sells SF 31 2-14 2-2 1 4 1 3 7
Joey Kenner SG 31 1-11 0-0 2 5 2 1 3
Kenneth Valente PG 30 5-18 1-1 2 3 0 1 14
Robert McLaughlin SF 19 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Herman Osburn SG 9 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 1 0
Hans Dearing C 13 0-2 1-2 0 1 0 2 1
Albert Robin PF 5 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 0
Dante McGinty SF 1 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 13 (K.Ingham 2, G.Rosen 1, D.Sells 2,
J.Kenner 2, K.Valente 4, R.McLaughlin 1, H.Osburn 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (G.Rosen 1, H.Osburn 1, H.Dearing 2)
Steals: 7 (K.Ingham 1, D.Sells 3, J.Kenner 1, K.Valente
1, R.McLaughlin 1)
3P FGs: 5-33 (G.Rosen 0-1, D.Sells 1-9, J.Kenner 1-8,
K.Valente 3-11, R.McLaughlin 0-3, A.Robin 0-1)
</pre>

February 5, 2005

#17 Georgetown (17-2) at Rutgers (11-9)

We pull off the huge upset today 81-73! This should give us a little kick start for the last few weeks of the regular season. Kenner was our leading scorer with 19 today. Valente and Ingham both added 15 points. Ingham also grabbed 13 boards. Rosen had a dozen.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 32 6-12 3-7 3 13 1 2 15
Gerald Rosen PF 31 1-3 4-4 6 12 5 3 6
Daniel Sells SF 23 2-5 2-2 1 3 2 4 8
Joey Kenner SG 29 7-14 2-2 0 3 1 0 19
Kenneth Valente PG 28 6-11 0-0 1 3 5 3 15
Robert McLaughlin SF 27 2-10 0-0 2 6 1 0 5
Herman Osburn SG 11 3-5 0-0 0 1 0 0 7
Hans Dearing C 12 2-3 0-0 1 2 1 1 4
Albert Robin PF 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Dante McGinty SF 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 14 (G.Rosen 2, D.Sells 1, J.Kenner 3,
K.Valente 6, R.McLaughlin 1, H.Osburn 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (G.Rosen 1)
Steals: 5 (D.Sells 1, J.Kenner 1, K.Valente 2,
R.McLaughlin 1)
3P FGs: 10-22 (D.Sells 2-4, J.Kenner 3-7, K.Valente
3-6, R.McLaughlin 1-3, H.Osburn 1-2)
</pre>

February 7, 2005

Syracuse (13-11) at Rutgers (12-9)

We show how this team has no consistency, and lose this game at home, 92-85. Our defense was just terrible. Kenner led us with 22 points. Valente had 18 with 11 assists. Sells also had 18 points and Ingham had 11 with 9 boards.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 32 4-12 3-4 2 9 3 3 11
Gerald Rosen PF 15 0-2 1-2 0 1 1 5 1
Daniel Sells SF 29 7-8 0-0 1 3 2 3 18
Joey Kenner SG 28 9-14 0-0 1 6 4 5 22
Kenneth Valente PG 31 6-10 4-4 0 2 11 3 18
Robert McLaughlin PF 18 3-6 0-0 2 2 1 4 6
Herman Osburn SG 13 2-5 0-0 1 3 2 0 6
Hans Dearing PF 13 0-2 0-0 1 2 1 4 0
Albert Robin PF 7 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 2
Dante McGinty SF 9 0-2 1-2 0 1 1 0 1
Cedrick Sherer C 4 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0

Turnovers: 17 (K.Ingham 1, G.Rosen 1, D.Sells 2,
J.Kenner 1, K.Valente 7, R.McLaughlin 1, A.Robin 2,
D.McGinty 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (J.Kenner 1, R.McLaughlin 2)
Steals: 2 (K.Valente 1, H.Osburn 1)
3P FGs: 12-27 (K.Ingham 0-1, G.Rosen 0-2, D.Sells 4-5,
J.Kenner 4-7, K.Valente 2-5, R.McLaughlin 0-1,
H.Osburn 2-4, D.McGinty 0-2)
</pre>

February 9, 2005

Pittsburgh (9-12) at Rutgers (12-10)

We rebound with a much needed win. It seems every win is much needed right now. The final here was 72-55. Kenner was our leading scorer with 24 points. Valente had 13, as did McLaughlin off the bench. He also had 11 rebounds. Ingham was huge for us with 14 points and 13 boards.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 30 7-14 0-0 5 13 2 3 14
Gerald Rosen PF 20 0-4 0-2 2 7 0 4 0
Daniel Sells SF 31 2-8 0-0 0 2 0 3 5
Joey Kenner SG 32 8-15 0-0 1 4 4 2 24
Kenneth Valente PG 30 5-16 2-3 1 2 3 3 13
Robert McLaughlin PF 24 4-9 4-4 3 11 3 1 13
Herman Osburn SG 13 0-4 0-0 1 2 2 1 0
Hans Dearing C 8 1-3 0-0 1 1 1 2 3
Albert Robin C 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Dante McGinty SF 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Cedrick Sherer C 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 11 (K.Ingham 1, G.Rosen 1, D.Sells 3,
K.Valente 1, R.McLaughlin 3, H.Dearing 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (G.Rosen 1)
Steals: 14 (K.Ingham 1, D.Sells 3, J.Kenner 1,
K.Valente 7, R.McLaughlin 2)
3P FGs: 12-34 (D.Sells 1-5, J.Kenner 8-13, K.Valente
1-8, R.McLaughlin 1-3, H.Osburn 0-2, H.Dearing 1-2,
D.McGinty 0-1)
</pre>

February 12, 2005

Seton Hall (12-10) at Rutgers (13-10)

I shuffle the lineup a bit again, inserting McLaughlin into the starting PF spot and moving Rosen to the bench. The moves work out fine as we take this one 96-76. All 5 of our starters scored in double figures for the first time this season. Ingham led us with 21. Valente had 16, Kenner 15, Sells 13 and McLaughlin a dozen.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 28 4-6 13-16 2 9 0 5 21
Robert McLaughlin PF 32 5-9 1-5 4 8 2 2 12
Daniel Sells SF 31 5-8 0-0 0 3 7 2 13
Joey Kenner SG 30 5-11 1-2 0 1 2 1 15
Kenneth Valente PG 23 6-10 1-2 0 6 5 4 16
Gerald Rosen SF 13 3-5 0-2 1 3 2 1 6
Herman Osburn PG 18 1-4 0-2 1 5 3 1 3
Hans Dearing C 10 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 3 2
Albert Robin PF 6 0-2 2-2 1 1 0 0 2
Dante McGinty PG 9 0-1 6-6 0 2 1 0 6

Turnovers: 10 (K.Ingham 1, R.McLaughlin 2, D.Sells 1,
J.Kenner 1, K.Valente 2, G.Rosen 1, H.Osburn 2)
Blocked Shots: 4 (R.McLaughlin 3, G.Rosen 1)
Steals: 8 (D.Sells 2, J.Kenner 3, K.Valente 1, H.Osburn
2)
3P FGs: 12-25 (R.McLaughlin 1-2, D.Sells 3-6, J.Kenner
4-7, K.Valente 3-4, G.Rosen 0-2, H.Osburn 1-2, A.Robin
0-1, D.McGinty 0-1)
</pre>

February 16, 2005

West Virginia (9-14) at Rutgers (14-10)

Just when I though we had things going we drop this one, 85-84. Valente did all the scoring for us, putting in 33 points. Kenner added 10.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 13 3-5 1-1 0 5 1 4 7
Robert McLaughlin PF 31 3-9 1-1 1 6 2 1 7
Daniel Sells SF 14 2-4 0-0 0 2 4 2 4
Joey Kenner SG 32 3-9 2-2 3 4 2 2 10
Kenneth Valente PG 27 12-16 2-3 1 3 4 1 33
Gerald Rosen SF 28 3-9 0-0 3 6 5 2 6
Herman Osburn PG 19 2-4 4-5 1 1 4 3 8
Hans Dearing C 24 3-6 0-3 2 7 2 1 7
Albert Robin PF 9 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
Dante McGinty SG 3 0-0 2-2 0 0 1 0 2

Turnovers: 20 (K.Ingham 1, R.McLaughlin 3, J.Kenner 2,
K.Valente 4, G.Rosen 4, H.Osburn 3, H.Dearing 3)
Blocked Shots: 2 (H.Dearing 2)
Steals: 8 (K.Valente 4, G.Rosen 1, H.Osburn 1,
H.Dearing 1, D.McGinty 1)
3P FGs: 10-30 (R.McLaughlin 0-4, D.Sells 0-2, J.Kenner
2-7, K.Valente 7-10, G.Rosen 0-3, H.Osburn 0-1,
H.Dearing 1-3)
</pre>

Sells was injured in this game and will miss 40 days.

Mid Month Recap

<pre>
2004 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#7 Connecticut 12 0 1.000 24 2 .923
Boston College 8 4 .667 16 9 .640
Villanova 7 5 .583 17 7 .708
#20 St. John's 7 5 .583 17 8 .680
Miami 3 8 .273 11 12 .478
Virginia Tech 3 9 .250 9 15 .375
Providence 1 11 .083 7 17 .292

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#18 Georgetown 8 4 .667 19 5 .792
Syracuse 8 4 .667 16 11 .593
Notre Dame 7 4 .636 16 9 .640
Rutgers 6 6 .500 14 11 .560
Seton Hall 6 6 .500 12 12 .500
West Virginia 4 9 .308 10 14 .417
Pittsburgh 3 8 .273 10 14 .417
</pre>

Other than winning the Big East tournament, I don’t see much chance of us making the tournament.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Oklahoma (72) 21-2 1800 1
2. Oklahoma State 22-2 1727 3
3. Indiana 22-2 1656 4
4. Michigan State 23-3 1567 2
5. Arizona 19-4 1469 5
6. Cincinnati 21-3 1449 6
7. Connecticut 24-2 1395 7
8. Virginia 23-2 1283 8
9. Pepperdine 22-0 1184 11
10. Temple 22-3 1127 12
11. UCLA 20-5 1122 9
12. Iowa State 19-4 1050 10
13. Texas 18-6 916 13
14. Kentucky 16-7 865 15
15. Florida 18-7 795 18
16. Kansas 18-7 646 20
17. Duke 16-7 615 14
18. Georgetown 19-5 592 16
19. Utah State 19-4 483 22
20. St. John's 17-8 435 24
21. Georgia 15-7 327 17
22. Illinois 14-9 286 21
23. Brigham Young 18-7 220 NR
24. Maryland 17-8 204 NR
25. Fresno State 19-5 97 NR

Others Receiving Votes:
Iowa 15-8 33
Pennsylvania 18-3 20
Arkansas 16-9 16
North Carolina 16-9 10
Ohio 21-5 8
Utah 16-8 2
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 02:19 AM

February 19, 2005

Rutgers (14-11) at Seton Hall (12-12)

We move McLaughlin to SF and Rosen back in at PF due to Sells’ injury. We still pick up the win today, as these guys are used to a different starting 5 every week. The final was 85-74. Valente had a 34 point night and Ingham added 20.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 19 9-11 2-4 1 5 3 5 20
Gerald Rosen PF 32 4-7 0-1 3 9 1 2 8
Robert McLaughlin SF 33 3-9 2-4 1 7 3 1 8
Joey Kenner SG 20 2-5 0-0 0 1 2 4 5
Kenneth Valente PG 29 9-18 8-10 1 6 3 3 34
Herman Osburn SG 17 1-3 0-0 2 3 2 2 2
Hans Dearing C 27 2-6 2-2 1 5 3 3 6
Albert Robin PF 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Dante McGinty SG 17 1-2 0-2 0 4 2 3 2
Cedrick Sherer C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 12 (K.Ingham 4, K.Valente 4, D.McGinty 4)
Blocked Shots: 5 (R.McLaughlin 1, H.Dearing 3, C.Sherer
1)
Steals: 6 (K.Ingham 1, K.Valente 3, H.Osburn 1,
D.McGinty 1)
3P FGs: 9-21 (G.Rosen 0-1, R.McLaughlin 0-4, J.Kenner
1-3, K.Valente 8-13)
</pre>

February 23, 2005

Rutgers (15-11) at Villanova (18-7)

We drop this road game, 80-70. Kenner and Valente both scored 16 points which was a team high. Ingham added 15 along with 12 boards. Rosen also pulled in 12 rebounds.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 36 7-17 1-2 2 12 2 2 15
Gerald Rosen PF 35 1-2 0-0 4 12 5 5 2
Robert McLaughlin SF 27 3-6 1-2 2 5 1 5 9
Joey Kenner SG 35 6-17 0-0 0 6 3 0 16
Kenneth Valente PG 32 6-11 2-3 0 1 4 2 16
Herman Osburn SG 16 1-2 0-0 0 3 4 0 2
Hans Dearing PF 25 2-7 0-0 1 5 1 3 4
Albert Robin PF 7 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 2
Dante McGinty PG 11 1-4 2-3 0 0 0 0 4
Cedrick Sherer C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0

Turnovers: 19 (K.Ingham 4, G.Rosen 3, R.McLaughlin 2,
K.Valente 6, H.Dearing 1, A.Robin 1, D.McGinty 2)
Blocked Shots: 5 (G.Rosen 1, R.McLaughlin 3, H.Dearing
1)
Steals: 6 (K.Ingham 1, G.Rosen 1, J.Kenner 3, K.Valente
1)
3P FGs: 8-23 (R.McLaughlin 2-3, J.Kenner 4-13,
K.Valente 2-4, H.Osburn 0-1, D.McGinty 0-2)
</pre>

February 26, 2005

Rutgers (15-12) at Syracuse (17-12)

We get blown out again on the road here, 91-68. Valente led the team with 18 points and Ingham had 12 along with 10 boards.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 28 5-10 1-4 3 10 1 4 12
Gerald Rosen SF 29 3-3 2-4 1 4 2 4 8
Robert McLaughlin SF 23 3-8 0-0 1 5 2 4 8
Joey Kenner SG 4 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 5
Kenneth Valente PG 32 6-13 2-2 1 3 7 2 18
Herman Osburn SG 24 1-5 0-0 1 2 0 1 2
Hans Dearing PF 23 1-7 0-0 1 4 1 1 2
Albert Robin PF 14 3-5 0-0 1 4 1 1 6
Dante McGinty SG 20 2-5 1-2 0 1 1 2 7
Cedrick Sherer C 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0

Turnovers: 19 (K.Ingham 3, G.Rosen 1, R.McLaughlin 1,
K.Valente 6, H.Dearing 4, A.Robin 1, D.McGinty 3)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 3 (K.Valente 3)
3P FGs: 10-25 (K.Ingham 1-1, R.McLaughlin 2-4, J.Kenner
1-1, K.Valente 4-9, H.Osburn 0-3, H.Dearing 0-3,
D.McGinty 2-4)
</pre>

Kenner was injured today and will likely miss the rest of the season.

February Recap

SG Solomon Ortiz, from Lake Placid, FL, has committed to Rutgers. Solomon is a 3 star recruit and the #39 ranked SG. I think he is a lot better and will become a real impact SG for us. His shot is beautiful and his defense looks to be very good as well.

<pre>
RECRUIT DETAILS

#30 SG Solomon Ortiz
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 187
High School: Lake Placid Senior High School
Hometown: Lake Placid, FL
GPA: 2.36
Test Score: 1020
Rating: ***

Attributes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 50 76 19 50 11 20 12 22 46 48 39 12 41 64 39 59 45
Potential: C A B D F B F D D B D F

Season Stats:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19.0 1.0 3.8 2.0 3.0 0.67 2.4 0.6 3.1

Shooting Averages:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8.4 17.8 .473 0.7 1.4 .483 1.5 5.7 .263

Recruiting Notes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Qualified: Yes
Committed to Rutgers
Rankings: #39 SG, Southeast Region #37 Overall, Southeast Region #8 SG
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: *Rutgers, Kentucky, Richmond, Oklahoma State, Indiana
</pre>

<pre>
2004 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#6 Connecticut 14 1 .933 26 3 .897
Boston College 10 4 .714 18 9 .667
Villanova 9 6 .600 19 8 .704
St. John's 8 6 .571 18 9 .667
Miami 6 8 .429 14 12 .538
Virginia Tech 3 11 .214 9 17 .346
Providence 1 13 .071 7 19 .269

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#18 Georgetown 10 4 .714 21 5 .808
Syracuse 10 5 .667 18 12 .600
Notre Dame 8 6 .571 17 11 .607
Rutgers 7 8 .467 15 13 .536
Seton Hall 6 8 .429 12 14 .462
Pittsburgh 4 10 .286 11 16 .407
West Virginia 5 11 .312 11 17 .393
</pre>

The goal here is to win a couple more games and get to the NIT.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Oklahoma State (61) 25-2 1789 2
2. Indiana (11) 24-2 1728 3
3. Oklahoma 23-3 1667 1
4. Michigan State 25-3 1584 4
5. Arizona 22-5 1443 5
6. Connecticut 26-3 1390 8
7. Cincinnati 24-3 1388 7
8. Pepperdine 26-0 1315 9
9. Temple 24-3 1238 10
10. Virginia 25-3 1214 6
11. Florida 20-7 1065 11
12. Texas 22-6 1011 13
13. Kansas 21-7 898 15
14. Duke 19-7 893 17
15. UCLA 21-8 791 12
16. Iowa State 20-6 649 14
17. Brigham Young 21-7 589 18
18. Georgetown 21-5 506 19
19. Kentucky 16-9 494 16
20. Utah State 22-5 396 22
21. Fresno State 23-5 371 23
22. Illinois 16-10 323 20
23. Maryland 19-9 217 21
24. Alabama 19-7 205 NR
25. Delaware 22-5 116 NR

Others Receiving Votes:
Ohio 22-6 60
St. John's 18-9 54
Mississippi State 19-7 3
Georgia 17-8 2
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 02:24 AM

March 2, 2005

Rutgers (15-13) at #18 Georgetown (21-5)

We get pummeled again today, 87-60. I really don’t feel like this team is all that bad. Whatever. Valente had 16 points and Dearing added 12 off the bench.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 23 3-6 1-3 0 4 0 4 7
Gerald Rosen PF 21 2-4 1-3 3 7 1 4 6
Robert McLaughlin SF 34 2-8 1-2 0 6 3 2 5
Herman Osburn SG 40 1-6 3-4 0 2 6 2 6
Kenneth Valente PG 10 5-8 2-3 0 1 1 0 16
Hans Dearing PF 22 4-9 2-2 2 4 1 1 12
Albert Robin PF 13 0-3 2-2 0 5 2 0 2
Dante McGinty PG 30 2-7 0-2 1 4 1 3 4
Cedrick Sherer C 7 0-0 2-2 0 2 0 3 2

Turnovers: 20 (K.Ingham 3, G.Rosen 1, H.Osburn 4,
H.Dearing 3, A.Robin 3, D.McGinty 5, C.Sherer 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (G.Rosen 2, H.Dearing 2)
Steals: 7 (K.Ingham 1, G.Rosen 1, R.McLaughlin 2,
H.Dearing 1, D.McGinty 2)
3P FGs: 8-22 (G.Rosen 1-1, R.McLaughlin 0-5, H.Osburn
1-4, K.Valente 4-6, H.Dearing 2-4, D.McGinty 0-2)
</pre>

Final Standings

<pre>
2004 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#9 Connecticut 14 2 .875 26 4 .867
Boston College 12 4 .750 20 9 .690
Villanova 10 6 .625 20 8 .714
St. John's 9 7 .562 19 10 .655
Miami 7 9 .438 15 13 .536
Virginia Tech 3 13 .188 9 19 .321
Providence 2 14 .125 8 20 .286

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#16 Georgetown 12 4 .750 23 5 .821
Syracuse 11 5 .688 19 12 .613
Notre Dame 10 6 .625 19 11 .633
Rutgers 7 9 .438 15 14 .517
Seton Hall 6 10 .375 12 16 .429
West Virginia 5 11 .312 11 18 .379
Pittsburgh 4 12 .250 11 18 .379
</pre>

Pretty disappointing. We earn the 8 seed in the Big East tournament.

March 9, 2005

(8) Rutgers (15-14) vs. (9) Miami (15-13)

Naturally, we finish up the season with a loss, 64-56 and now are on the NIT bubble I would bet.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Ingham C 27 6-12 1-4 2 8 1 3 13
Gerald Rosen PF 28 5-6 0-0 1 9 4 2 10
Robert McLaughlin SF 31 3-11 2-4 0 7 2 3 10
Herman Osburn SG 32 0-3 0-0 2 2 0 2 0
Kenneth Valente PG 28 5-15 2-2 1 4 5 1 16
Hans Dearing PF 22 1-4 0-0 4 7 0 1 2
Albert Robin PF 7 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 0 0
Dante McGinty SG 20 0-3 2-2 0 1 2 2 2
Cedrick Sherer C 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3

Turnovers: 15 (K.Ingham 2, G.Rosen 4, R.McLaughlin 1,
H.Osburn 5, K.Valente 1, H.Dearing 1, D.McGinty 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (G.Rosen 1, R.McLaughlin 1, H.Dearing
3)
Steals: 3 (R.McLaughlin 1, K.Valente 1, H.Dearing 1)
3P FGs: 7-28 (R.McLaughlin 2-7, H.Osburn 0-3, K.Valente
4-11, H.Dearing 0-3, D.McGinty 0-3, C.Sherer 1-1)
</pre>

Syracuse beats Notre Dame for the Big East Title.

Marmel

10-23-2003, 02:24 AM

Final Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Oklahoma State (68) 29-3 1796 1
2. Indiana (4) 29-2 1720 2
3. Oklahoma 28-3 1668 3
4. Michigan State 30-3 1582 4
5. Arizona 27-5 1466 5
6. Cincinnati 29-3 1430 7
7. Pepperdine 31-0 1394 8
8. Temple 27-4 1323 9
9. Connecticut 27-5 1229 6
10. Florida 23-8 1079 11
11. Texas 25-7 1077 12
12. Virginia 27-6 1028 10
13. Kansas 24-8 923 13
14. Duke 24-7 916 14
15. UCLA 23-9 792 15
16. Georgetown 23-6 666 18
17. Iowa State 24-8 606 16
18. Fresno State 26-6 530 21
19. Kentucky 20-11 423 19
20. Maryland 23-9 394 23
21. Alabama 20-9 392 24
22. Utah State 26-6 302 20
23. Illinois 18-12 258 22
24. Brigham Young 24-9 157 17
25. Mississippi State 24-7 93 NR

Others Receiving Votes:
North Carolina 22-11 55
Minnesota 22-8 51
Delaware 24-6 26
Ohio 24-7 12
Utah 22-11 8
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 02:29 AM

Post Season

No Post-Season at all for us. What a tremendous letdown. I have my doubt if we can be a better team next year too.

Final Four

#1 Oklahoma State
#1 Indiana
#2 Michigan State
#3 Connecticut

Oklahoma State wins the NCAA Title, keeping it in the state after Oklahoma won it last year.

Iowa wins the NIT title.

AWARDS

Herman Osburn was named to the Big East Freshman Team.

Season Stats

<pre>
Rutgers Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kenneth Valente PG 30 30 29.6 20.9 1.1 3.1 4.4 1.8 0.0 3.6 2.4
Joey Kenner SG 25 19 26.6 13.1 1.0 3.4 2.4 1.2 0.1 1.3 1.7
Kevin Ingham C 24 24 27.5 12.5 2.5 8.6 1.7 0.7 0.1 1.9 3.3
Daniel Sells SG 13 13 28.1 11.0 0.9 3.2 2.7 1.2 0.0 2.2 2.6
Robert McLaughlin SF 30 11 25.0 8.2 1.2 5.1 1.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 2.4
Herman Osburn PG 30 19 23.9 5.6 1.1 2.7 2.6 0.8 0.1 1.2 1.5
Gerald Rosen C 30 19 22.7 4.1 2.6 8.1 2.0 0.2 0.5 1.4 2.8
Hans Dearing PF 30 15 21.6 3.7 1.1 3.4 0.9 0.4 1.1 1.4 2.1
Dante McGinty SG 30 0 10.8 2.8 0.2 1.0 0.9 0.3 0.0 0.9 1.1
Albert Robin PF 30 0 8.7 1.7 0.3 2.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.9
Cedrick Sherer C 19 0 3.6 0.8 0.2 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.6
Keneth Batchelder PG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Brant Bastian PG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
</pre>

Career Stats

<pre>
Rutgers Player Career Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Kenneth Valente PG 52 39 27.2 16.5 1.1 3.0 3.8 1.5 0.0 2.9 2.1
Kevin Ingham C 54 54 29.6 11.4 2.3 9.1 2.1 0.7 0.1 2.0 2.9
Daniel Sells SG 43 43 28.2 8.0 0.7 2.8 3.0 1.3 0.2 2.1 2.6
Joey Kenner SG 54 19 15.5 7.5 0.6 1.9 1.4 0.6 0.1 0.9 1.1
Robert McLaughlin SF 60 11 20.6 5.9 0.8 3.9 1.3 0.7 0.6 0.8 2.0
Herman Osburn PG 30 19 23.9 5.6 1.1 2.7 2.6 0.8 0.1 1.2 1.5
Hans Dearing PF 30 15 21.6 3.7 1.1 3.4 0.9 0.4 1.1 1.4 2.1
Gerald Rosen C 60 19 14.0 2.2 1.4 5.0 1.2 0.1 0.4 0.8 1.7
Dante McGinty SG 60 0 8.3 2.2 0.2 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.8
Albert Robin PF 60 0 6.8 1.4 0.3 1.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.7
Cedrick Sherer C 19 0 3.6 0.8 0.2 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.6
Keneth Batchelder PG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Brant Bastian PG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
</pre>

SENIORS

Robert McLaughlin

<pre>
PLAYER DETAILS

#35 SF Robert McLaughlin - Rutgers - Senior
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 227
High School:
Hometown: Soda Creek, Canada

Attributes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 53 31 51 53 64 43 31 46 37 61 45 62 4 52 70 68 85
Potential: C D C C B C D C C C C B

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 30 0 16.1 3.6 0.5 2.6 0.8 0.6 1.39 0.6 0.4 1.6
2004 30 11 25.0 8.2 1.2 5.1 1.7 0.9 1.86 0.9 0.9 2.4
Career 60 11 20.6 5.9 0.8 3.9 1.3 0.8 1.86 0.7 0.6 2.0

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 1.2 3.2 .389 0.6 0.8 .792 0.5 1.4 .333 1.13 3.57
2004 3.0 8.0 .369 1.3 2.2 .597 0.9 3.9 .241 1.02 2.77
Career 2.1 5.6 .375 1.0 1.5 .648 0.7 2.6 .266 1.05 3.17

Stat Totals:
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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 30 0 482 107 14 79 25 18 17 11 48
2004 30 11 751 246 37 153 52 28 26 28 71
Career 60 11 1233 353 51 232 77 46 43 39 119

Shooting Totals
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 37 95 19 24 14 42 107
2004 89 241 40 67 28 116 83
Career 126 336 59 91 42 158 190

Career Highs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season 22 4 13 4 4 4 3 8 18 4 6 3 3
Career 22 4 13 5 4 4 3 8 18 4 6 3 3

Awards & Acheivements:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season Award
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All Player of the Game: 1
</pre>

Kevin Ingham

<pre>
PLAYER DETAILS

#52 C Kevin Ingham - Rutgers - Senior
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Height: 7' 0"
Weight: 240
High School: Keyport High School
Hometown: Keyport, NJ

Attributes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 70 26 38 0 43 13 62 80 46 43 41 11 74 34 85 35 74
Potential: B D C F C F B A C C C F

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 30 30 31.2 10.6 2.2 9.5 2.4 2.1 1.15 0.8 0.2 2.6
2004 24 24 27.5 12.5 2.5 8.6 1.7 1.9 0.89 0.7 0.1 3.3
Career 54 54 29.6 11.4 2.3 9.1 2.1 2.0 0.89 0.7 0.1 2.9

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 4.0 7.7 .513 2.5 4.0 .633 0.1 0.2 .500 1.37 6.50
2004 5.0 9.4 .533 2.5 4.3 .567 0.0 0.1 .333 1.33 3.75
Career 4.4 8.5 .523 2.5 4.1 .603 0.1 0.2 .444 1.35 5.28

Stat Totals:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 30 30 936 317 66 286 71 62 23 5 79
2004 24 24 660 300 59 207 41 46 17 3 79
Career 54 54 1596 617 125 493 112 108 40 8 158

Shooting Totals
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 119 232 76 120 3 6 195
2004 120 225 59 104 1 3 90
Career 239 457 135 224 4 9 285

Career Highs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season 23 6 14 4 4 2 4 10 17 13 16 1 1
Career 28 6 17 7 4 2 5 12 17 13 16 1 1

Awards & Acheivements:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season Award
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All Player of the Game: 4
2003 2nd Team All-Conference (Big East)
</pre>

Joey Kenner

<pre>
PLAYER DETAILS

#5 SG Joey Kenner - Rutgers - Senior
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Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 223
High School: Linden High School
Hometown: Linden, NJ

Attributes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 47 37 74 94 66 32 7 21 28 28 38 23 34 68 71 57 58
Potential: C C B A B D F D D D C D

Health: Out 27 Days: Broken Leg
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster

Stat Averages:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 29 0 5.9 2.7 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.5 1.07 0.2 0.0 0.6
2004 25 19 26.6 13.1 1.0 3.4 2.4 1.3 1.84 1.2 0.1 1.7
Career 54 19 15.5 7.5 0.6 1.9 1.4 0.9 1.84 0.6 0.1 1.1

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 0.9 2.2 .391 0.5 0.6 .875 0.5 1.3 .405 1.23 -0.38
2004 4.5 10.6 .425 1.5 1.9 .809 2.5 6.4 .394 1.23 6.24
Career 2.6 6.1 .418 1.0 1.2 .825 1.4 3.6 .396 1.23 2.69

Stat Totals:
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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 29 0 170 79 8 19 15 14 6 0 16
2004 25 19 665 327 25 86 59 32 29 3 43
Career 54 19 835 406 33 105 74 46 35 3 59

Shooting Totals
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 25 64 14 16 15 37 -11
2004 113 266 38 47 63 160 156
Career 138 330 52 63 78 197 145

Career Highs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season 24 5 9 7 3 1 6 9 20 6 7 8 13
Career 24 5 9 7 3 1 6 9 20 6 7 8 13

Awards & Acheivements:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season Award
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All Player of the Game: 3
</pre>

Kenneth Valente

<pre>
PLAYER DETAILS

#0 PG Kenneth Valente - Rutgers - Senior
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 205
High School: Emery County High School
Hometown: Castle Dale, UT

Attributes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 49 79 60 73 50 53 31 20 18 50 70 20 26 83 52 50 35
Potential: C A C B D C D D D C B D

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 22 9 23.9 10.5 1.1 2.9 2.9 1.8 1.58 1.2 0.1 1.8
2004 30 30 29.6 20.9 1.1 3.1 4.4 3.6 1.22 1.8 0.0 2.4
Career 52 39 27.2 16.5 1.1 3.0 3.8 2.9 1.22 1.5 0.0 2.1

Shooting Averages:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 3.9 8.2 .472 0.8 1.0 .773 2.0 4.8 .410 1.28 5.55
2004 7.0 15.9 .440 2.6 3.5 .752 4.3 9.6 .443 1.31 3.97
Career 5.7 12.6 .449 1.8 2.4 .756 3.3 7.6 .434 1.30 4.63

Stat Totals:
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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 22 9 526 230 24 63 63 40 27 2 39
2004 30 30 887 627 33 94 133 109 53 0 71
Career 52 39 1413 857 57 157 196 149 80 2 110

Shooting Totals
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 85 180 17 22 43 105 122
2004 210 477 79 105 128 289 119
Career 295 657 96 127 171 394 241

Career Highs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season 36 4 6 11 7 0 8 12 30 8 10 8 14
Career 36 4 7 11 7 1 8 12 30 8 10 8 14

Awards & Acheivements:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season Award
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All Player of the Game: 9
</pre>

John Galt

10-23-2003, 09:02 AM

Tough break. Better luck next year.

Marmel

10-23-2003, 09:43 PM

Thanks John.

Marmel

10-23-2003, 09:56 PM

Off Season Procedures

Our team prestige is now at 62. The AD is concerned with my performance. Yikes. That was fast. I need a good season here. Can you say cupcake schedule?

Our recruiting class was ranked #10 in the nation. Illinois had the #1 ranked class.

My entire coaching staff remains with me for another season at Rutgers.

We have 12 openings in our schedule, 7 of which can be home games, and here is who we get:

Navy
Hartford
Furman
Rice
Idaho
North Texas
Southern
Columbia
New Hampshire
Holy Cross
Cornell
Army

This recruiting season we have 3 scholarships to offer.

We get 2 early signings.

C Jeffrey Fudge, from Malvern, PA, has committed to Rutgers. Jeff is a 3 star recruit and the #45 ranked Center overall. He is going to provide us a nice scoring threat down low. His rebounding is average and his defense below average.

<pre>
RECRUIT DETAILS

#15 C Jeffrey Fudge
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 223
High School: Great Valley High School
Hometown: Malvern, PA
GPA: 2.12
Test Score: 970
Rating: ***

Attributes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 69 17 56 6 38 13 45 31 27 53 32 54 47 12 60 34 87
Potential: A D A D C F A D F B D B

Season Stats:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11.4 2.2 5.2 0.4 2.4 0.16 0.9 1.8 2.8

Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.6 9.0 .517 2.0 3.0 .667 0.0 0.8 .062

Recruiting Notes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Qualified: Yes
Committed to Rutgers
Rankings: #45 C, East Region #52 Overall, East Region #8 C
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: *Rutgers, St. John's, Hofstra, Pittsburgh, Duke
</pre>

PF Rhett Collins, from Bronx, NY has committed to Rutgers. Rhett is a 3 star recruit and the #27 PF overall. He is a great rebounded and has the potential to be a scoring machine down low.

<pre>
RECRUIT DETAILS

#11 PF Rhett Collins
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Height: 6'11"
Weight: 314
High School: Theodore Roosevelt High School
Hometown: Bronx, NY
GPA: 2.76
Test Score: 1070
Rating: ***

Attributes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 45 15 30 0 8 17 79 73 38 31 14 8 51 38 43 56 3
Potential: A D C F F F B B C C D B

Season Stats:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13.4 3.0 9.6 0.2 2.6 0.08 0.7 1.0 2.6

Shooting Averages:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5.9 10.1 .584 1.6 3.6 .425 0.0 0.0 .000

Recruiting Notes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Qualified: Yes
Committed to Rutgers
Rankings: #27 PF, East Region #33 Overall, East Region #6 PF
High School Awards: All-State
Top 5 Schools: *Rutgers, Yale, Troy State, Savannah State, Iona
</pre>

We are also in the lead for the #14 player in the country, a guard. Landing him would make this a very nice looking class.

Marmel

10-23-2003, 10:11 PM

2005-2006 Rutgers Roster

CENTERS

1 Gerald Rosen C Sr 7' 4" 245 Woodstown, NJ

Gerald was in and out of the starting lineup last year, and as a senior he starts the season off as our starter. He is truly an incredible rebounded, but not much of a scoring threat and an average defender as well. He gets the start because he is a senior, but needs to prove himself to keep the job.

45 Cedrick Sherer C So 6'10" 230 Monroe, LA

Sherer is a great defender. He will shut the opposition down, but unfortunately, that is about all he is good for right now.

42 Jonathan Johnson C Fr 6' 8" 204 Toledo, OH

Jon gets a red shit this season.

POWER FORWARDS

54 Albert Robin PF Sr 6' 9" 244 Wallington, NJ

After being a marginal contributor for most of his career, Albert gets the start in his senior year. He is an above average defender and rebounded and has a bit of an offensive game as well.

30 Hans Dearing PF So 6'11" 238 Tucson, AZ

Hans is the first man off the bench this year and is in line to take over a starting job if either Rosen or Robin disappoint. A very good scorer equally as good at defending. He does not get after the boards though.

SMALL FORWARDS

35 Ivan Noriega SF Fr 6' 7" 220 Ridgefield Park, NJ

Ivan gets a red shirt this year.

SHOOTING GUARDS

 3 Daniel Sells SG Sr 6' 6" 211 Passaic, NJ

Sells is a great three point shooter and has some nice consistency from the floor. He is a pretty decent defender and a great distributor. He gets the start at SF this year.

14 Dante McGinty SG Jr 6' 7" 229 Phillipsburg, NJ

McGinty does two things, but he does them very well. Three point shooting and defending. He gets the start at SG this year.

43 Solomon Ortiz SG Fr 6' 4" 197 Lake Placid, FL

Ortiz is a true frosh, but will not get much playing time this year. He may very well develop into a star for us though.

5 Claud Jacques SG Fr 6' 4" 196 Trenton, NC

Claud gets a red shirt this year.

POINT GUARDS

 33 Herman Osburn PG So 6' 0" 183 Federalsburg, MD

Herman struggled as a freshman but keeps his starting point guard job this year and gets a chance to redeem himself.

20 Keneth Batchelder PG Fr 6' 1" 192 New Orleans, LA

Ken is pretty solid across the board and will see a good amount of time off the bench this year.

51 Brant Bastian PG Fr 6' 0" 193 Glen Burnie, MD

Brant is pretty similar to Batchelder, but will see slightly less time.

Once again we are going to focus our offense on the outside shot and the three pointer. We will switch up to a 2-3 zone to protect our weaker defenders this year. Sells is our ‘go to guy’ this year.

I don’t have high hopes for this team, but we better make some noise and get into the tournament if I want to see this career out any longer.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Arizona (72) 0-0 1800 4
2. Indiana 0-0 1728 1
3. Illinois 0-0 1649 23
4. Duke 0-0 1587 10
5. North Carolina 0-0 1497 25
6. Cincinnati 0-0 1450 7
7. Michigan State 0-0 1358 3
8. Oklahoma 0-0 1269 2
9. Florida 0-0 1258 12
10. Kentucky 0-0 1156 17
11. UCLA 0-0 1018 15
12. Georgia 0-0 910 NR
13. Temple 0-0 884 8
14. Arkansas 0-0 849 NR
15. Stanford 0-0 848 NR
16. Brigham Young 0-0 736 21
17. Oklahoma State 0-0 661 5
18. Syracuse 0-0 631 NR
19. Texas 0-0 563 11
20. Iowa 0-0 403 NR
21. Maryland 0-0 383 20
22. Pittsburgh 0-0 235 NR
23. St. John's 0-0 213 NR
24. Kansas 0-0 133 14
25. Tennessee 0-0 71 NR

Others Receiving Votes:
California 0-0 43
Pepperdine 0-0 25
Wisconsin 0-0 18
Wake Forest 0-0 8
Boston College 0-0 7
Southern California 0-0 4
Fresno State 0-0 2
Oregon 0-0 2
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 10:19 PM

November 13, 2005

Army (0-0) at Rutgers (0-0)

A decent start to the season. We get a win, although it was not very pretty. The final score was 64-53. Sells was our leading scorer with 22 and McGinty had 10. Rosen scored 9 points and had 14 rebounds for us.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 26 4-5 0-0 9 14 5 4 9
Albert Robin PF 29 0-4 0-0 2 8 2 3 0
Daniel Sells SF 31 9-18 0-0 2 6 2 3 22
Dante McGinty SG 32 3-8 2-2 1 4 3 0 10
Herman Osburn PG 26 1-3 0-2 1 3 4 1 3
Hans Dearing C 22 1-4 4-4 1 3 1 1 6
Keneth Batchelder SF 20 3-11 2-2 2 3 0 2 9
Brant Bastian PG 7 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 3
Cedrick Sherer C 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Solomon Ortiz SG 5 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 2

Turnovers: 14 (G.Rosen 3, A.Robin 3, D.Sells 3,
D.McGinty 2, H.Osburn 1, K.Batchelder 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (H.Dearing 3)
Steals: 2 (D.Sells 1, H.Dearing 1)
3P FGs: 10-29 (G.Rosen 1-1, D.Sells 4-9, D.McGinty 2-6,
H.Osburn 1-1, H.Dearing 0-2, K.Batchelder 1-6,
B.Bastian 1-2, S.Ortiz 0-2)
</pre>

November 18, 2005

Cornell (0-0) at Rutgers (1-0)

We have a much easier time today and take care of Cornell, 86-62. Sells was our leading scorer with 25 points, but he had plenty of help. Osburn had 15 points and 5 assists. McGinty had 14 and 6 assists and Dearing came off the bench with 11. Rosen had a dozen rebounds.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 27 1-3 2-2 2 12 1 4 5
Albert Robin PF 21 1-6 5-5 0 5 1 4 7
Daniel Sells SF 32 9-13 1-1 0 6 3 2 24
Dante McGinty SG 31 6-11 0-0 2 6 6 2 14
Herman Osburn PG 32 5-9 3-4 0 1 5 3 15
Hans Dearing PF 23 5-9 1-1 3 6 0 0 11
Keneth Batchelder SF 17 3-8 0-1 3 3 1 2 7
Brant Bastian PG 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 1 0
Cedrick Sherer PF 9 0-1 0-0 2 4 3 2 0
Solomon Ortiz SG 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3

Turnovers: 12 (G.Rosen 2, A.Robin 1, D.Sells 4,
D.McGinty 1, H.Osburn 3, S.Ortiz 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 9 (A.Robin 3, D.Sells 1, D.McGinty 3, B.Bastian
2)
3P FGs: 12-19 (G.Rosen 1-1, D.Sells 5-6, D.McGinty 2-4,
H.Osburn 2-2, H.Dearing 0-1, K.Batchelder 1-3, S.Ortiz
1-2)
</pre>

November 22, 2005

Rutgers (2-0) at Holy Cross (1-0)

We have enough to get by our first road test of the year, 66-54. Sells led us with 24 points and Osburn added 11. McGinty chipped in with 9.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 22 2-2 0-0 2 4 1 5 4
Albert Robin PF 30 1-4 2-2 1 4 3 2 4
Daniel Sells SF 33 8-14 2-4 0 5 3 3 24
Dante McGinty SG 22 4-6 0-0 0 2 2 4 9
Herman Osburn PG 28 4-8 0-0 0 1 4 0 11
Hans Dearing C 22 2-6 0-0 3 4 0 2 5
Keneth Batchelder SG 26 1-4 0-1 1 3 1 0 2
Brant Bastian PG 8 2-3 0-0 2 3 2 0 4
Cedrick Sherer PF 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Solomon Ortiz SG 4 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 3

Turnovers: 16 (G.Rosen 4, A.Robin 2, D.Sells 4,
D.McGinty 1, H.Osburn 1, K.Batchelder 2, B.Bastian 1,
C.Sherer 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (D.Sells 1, H.Dearing 1)
Steals: 4 (A.Robin 1, D.Sells 2, H.Osburn 1)
3P FGs: 12-28 (A.Robin 0-2, D.Sells 6-11, D.McGinty
1-2, H.Osburn 3-7, H.Dearing 1-3, K.Batchelder 0-1,
B.Bastian 0-1, S.Ortiz 1-1)
</pre>

November 27, 2005

New Hampshire (1-1) at Rutgers (3-0)

We return home and our defense just smothers them en route to a nice easy 63-30 victory. Sells led us in scoring with 20 points and Rosen led us with 17 rebounds. Batchelder had 12 points off the bench and Robin and McGinty each scored 10 for us.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 27 2-2 0-0 6 17 3 2 4
Albert Robin PF 30 4-9 2-2 3 9 2 3 10
Daniel Sells SF 32 7-11 2-3 0 2 5 1 20
Dante McGinty SG 28 4-6 0-0 1 1 3 1 10
Herman Osburn PG 28 1-6 4-4 1 3 1 4 7
Hans Dearing C 19 0-3 0-0 1 3 1 1 0
Keneth Batchelder PG 25 4-9 2-2 1 2 2 2 12
Brant Bastian PG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Cedrick Sherer C 4 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0
Solomon Ortiz SG 5 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 0

Turnovers: 11 (G.Rosen 3, A.Robin 2, D.Sells 2,
H.Osburn 1, H.Dearing 1, K.Batchelder 1, S.Ortiz 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (G.Rosen 1, D.Sells 1, H.Dearing 1)
Steals: 3 (D.Sells 1, D.McGinty 2)
3P FGs: 9-25 (D.Sells 4-8, D.McGinty 2-4, H.Osburn 1-4,
H.Dearing 0-1, K.Batchelder 2-7, S.Ortiz 0-1)
</pre>

November Recap

<pre>
2005 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Providence 0 0 .000 4 0 1.000
Virginia Tech 0 0 .000 4 0 1.000
#16 Miami 0 0 .000 3 0 1.000
Connecticut 0 0 .000 2 1 .667
St. John's 0 0 .000 3 2 .600
Boston College 0 0 .000 2 2 .500
Villanova 0 0 .000 2 3 .400

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rutgers 0 0 .000 4 0 1.000
Notre Dame 0 0 .000 4 0 1.000
Seton Hall 0 0 .000 3 0 1.000
#17 Syracuse 0 0 .000 3 2 .600
West Virginia 0 0 .000 2 2 .500
Pittsburgh 0 0 .000 2 2 .500
Georgetown 0 0 .000 1 3 .250
</pre>

We have a very soft schedule, but we have beaten them all, and that is what we have to do this season.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
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1. Arizona (68) 4-0 1796 1
2. Indiana (4) 5-0 1732 2
3. Cincinnati 6-0 1621 5
4. Florida 3-0 1567 6
5. Oklahoma 7-0 1552 7
6. Michigan State 4-0 1433 8
7. Illinois 3-1 1367 3
8. Temple 4-0 1230 10
9. Iowa 4-0 1127 14
10. Tennessee 4-1 1029 15
11. North Carolina 3-2 1027 4
12. Oklahoma State 5-1 920 11
13. Pepperdine 5-0 864 17
14. Kentucky 3-3 840 16
15. Duke 1-3 786 13
16. Miami 3-0 741 23
17. Syracuse 3-2 686 20
18. Alabama 2-0 544 NR
19. Texas 4-1 490 18
20. South Carolina 4-1 424 NR
21. Georgia 3-3 327 9
22. Southern California 4-1 316 NR
23. UCLA 5-2 267 NR
24. Utah 2-1 258 NR
25. Arkansas 2-1 163 21

Others Receiving Votes:
Rutgers 4-0 113
Missouri 4-0 77
Brigham Young 2-2 34
Marquette 3-1 25
Notre Dame 4-0 18
St. John's 3-2 9
Boston College 2-2 8
Iowa State 4-1 3
Providence 4-0 3
Maryland 3-3 2
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 10:39 PM

December 1, 2005

Columbia (1-2) at Rutgers (4-0)

We hardly broke a sweat in this game and won it easily, 77-36. Sells had a career day, going for 35 points. Osburn added 12 and Rosen had 11 rebounds for us.

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Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 26 2-3 0-0 3 11 1 3 4
Albert Robin PF 30 2-4 3-4 1 5 2 3 8
Daniel Sells SF 31 11-18 7-7 1 5 4 3 35
Dante McGinty SG 31 2-3 2-2 0 3 4 2 7
Herman Osburn PG 27 5-6 1-1 1 1 4 3 12
Hans Dearing C 20 2-5 2-5 1 2 2 4 6
Keneth Batchelder SF 22 1-5 0-0 0 3 2 1 3
Brant Bastian PG 5 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Cedrick Sherer PF 4 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
Solomon Ortiz SG 4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2

Turnovers: 11 (D.Sells 1, D.McGinty 4, H.Osburn 1,
H.Dearing 2, K.Batchelder 1, S.Ortiz 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (H.Dearing 1)
Steals: 12 (G.Rosen 2, A.Robin 2, D.Sells 2, D.McGinty
2, H.Osburn 4)
3P FGs: 10-22 (G.Rosen 0-1, A.Robin 1-2, D.Sells 6-11,
D.McGinty 1-2, H.Osburn 1-1, K.Batchelder 1-3,
B.Bastian 0-2)
</pre>

We enter the polls at #19 this week.

December 6, 2005

#19 Rutgers (5-0) at Southern (1-3)

We hit the road and fall on our faces with a 69-53 defeat here today. Sells was our only contributor today. He scored 28 points.

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Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 30 2-3 2-2 2 7 0 3 6
Albert Robin PF 29 0-8 0-0 1 4 0 3 0
Daniel Sells SF 34 11-23 0-0 0 3 0 1 28
Dante McGinty SG 32 1-3 4-4 0 1 3 3 6
Herman Osburn PG 28 1-10 0-0 0 3 4 2 3
Hans Dearing PF 20 0-1 0-0 1 2 2 2 0
Keneth Batchelder PG 10 2-2 0-0 0 0 2 4 5
Brant Bastian PG 8 1-5 1-2 0 1 0 1 3
Cedrick Sherer C 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 2
Solomon Ortiz SG 8 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 0

Turnovers: 11 (G.Rosen 1, A.Robin 3, D.Sells 3,
H.Osburn 4)
Blocked Shots: 1 (D.Sells 1)
Steals: 9 (D.Sells 2, D.McGinty 2, H.Dearing 2,
B.Bastian 2, S.Ortiz 1)
3P FGs: 8-30 (A.Robin 0-4, D.Sells 6-15, H.Osburn 1-5,
H.Dearing 0-1, K.Batchelder 1-1, B.Bastian 0-3,
S.Ortiz 0-1)
</pre>

December 10, 2005

North Texas (1-3) at #19 Rutgers (5-1)

We get back home after that bad road game and respond with an easy victory, 75-49. Sells and Batchelder off the bench both scored 17 points which was a team high. McGinty had 11 and Osburn had 10. Robin and Rosen each had 10 rebounds.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 27 2-3 0-3 2 10 2 2 4
Albert Robin PF 29 2-3 2-2 1 10 1 3 6
Daniel Sells SF 32 6-13 2-2 1 5 7 3 17
Dante McGinty SG 29 4-8 2-2 0 4 3 2 11
Herman Osburn PG 24 4-12 0-0 2 4 4 0 10
Hans Dearing C 22 2-5 0-0 0 2 0 0 4
Keneth Batchelder SG 22 7-13 0-0 0 2 4 2 17
Brant Bastian PG 12 2-7 1-1 0 3 1 0 6
Cedrick Sherer C 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Solomon Ortiz SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 10 (A.Robin 1, D.McGinty 1, H.Osburn 3,
H.Dearing 2, K.Batchelder 1, B.Bastian 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (A.Robin 1, H.Dearing 1)
Steals: 6 (A.Robin 2, D.Sells 1, D.McGinty 1,
K.Batchelder 1, B.Bastian 1)
3P FGs: 10-31 (G.Rosen 0-1, D.Sells 3-8, D.McGinty 1-5,
H.Osburn 2-5, H.Dearing 0-2, K.Batchelder 3-6,
B.Bastian 1-3, C.Sherer 0-1)
</pre>

December 15, 2005

Rutgers (6-1) at Idaho (4-4)

Back on the road, and this time we respond with a big 75-40 victory. Sells led the team with 24 points today. Batchelder added 15 off the bench and Robin had 11 points and 10 boards. Rosen had 12 boards for us.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 31 2-3 1-2 4 12 2 4 5
Albert Robin PF 32 4-8 3-4 2 10 3 1 11
Daniel Sells SF 34 9-15 2-3 0 4 6 2 24
Dante McGinty SG 29 1-4 0-0 0 1 4 1 3
Herman Osburn PG 28 3-7 2-2 0 5 6 1 9
Hans Dearing C 16 2-2 0-1 0 4 0 0 4
Keneth Batchelder SG 23 6-10 0-0 0 3 1 2 15
Brant Bastian PG 6 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 4
Cedrick Sherer PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Solomon Ortiz SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0

Turnovers: 9 (A.Robin 2, D.Sells 3, D.McGinty 1,
K.Batchelder 2, S.Ortiz 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (A.Robin 1, H.Dearing 3)
Steals: 5 (G.Rosen 1, D.Sells 1, H.Dearing 1,
K.Batchelder 2)
3P FGs: 9-25 (A.Robin 0-2, D.Sells 4-8, D.McGinty 1-4,
H.Osburn 1-5, K.Batchelder 3-5, B.Bastian 0-1)
</pre>

Mid Month Recap

We get back into the polls at #22 this week.

<pre>
2005 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#8 Miami 0 0 .000 6 0 1.000
Virginia Tech 0 0 .000 7 1 .875
#25 Boston College 0 0 .000 6 2 .750
Providence 0 0 .000 6 3 .667
Villanova 0 0 .000 5 3 .625
St. John's 0 0 .000 5 3 .625
Connecticut 0 0 .000 4 4 .500

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seton Hall 0 0 .000 7 1 .875
#22 Rutgers 0 0 .000 7 1 .875
#16 Pittsburgh 0 0 .000 7 2 .778
Notre Dame 0 0 .000 6 3 .667
#23 Syracuse 0 0 .000 7 4 .636
West Virginia 0 0 .000 4 4 .500
Georgetown 0 0 .000 4 4 .500
</pre>

We are racking up the wins but learning very little about our team thus far. Still, at this point, the wins are much more important.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Indiana (72) 7-0 1800 1
2. Arizona 6-1 1700 2
3. Oklahoma 11-0 1684 3
4. Florida 8-1 1562 6
5. Michigan State 10-1 1514 7
6. Illinois 8-2 1446 4
7. Cincinnati 8-2 1342 5
8. Miami 6-0 1319 8
9. Oklahoma State 7-2 1146 10
10. Texas 6-2 1052 14
11. Pepperdine 8-1 968 12
12. Duke 6-3 966 13
13. Iowa 7-2 955 9
14. Southern California 7-2 896 20
15. Tennessee 7-2 751 11
16. Pittsburgh 7-2 707 18
17. South Carolina 7-1 696 24
18. Wake Forest 5-1 556 NR
19. Arkansas 6-3 551 NR
20. Kentucky 6-5 275 16
21. Mississippi 6-1 259 NR
22. Rutgers 7-1 174 NR
23. Syracuse 7-4 156 21
24. Utah 8-2 151 15
25. Boston College 6-2 144 NR

Others Receiving Votes:
Wisconsin 7-2 133
UCLA 6-4 93
Nebraska 8-1 81
North Carolina 4-6 73
Missouri 7-1 68
Brigham Young 5-3 57
Oregon 8-3 52
Virginia Tech 7-1 29
Temple 6-3 27
Minnesota 6-1 13
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 10:46 PM

December 20, 2005

Rice (6-1) at #22 Rutgers (7-1)

We take care of a pretty decent Rice team today, 74-50. Sells led the team with 16 points today. Orsurb had 14 along with 6 assists and Batchelder had 13 off the bench. Rosen had 17 rebounds today.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 27 3-3 0-2 3 17 2 3 6
Albert Robin PF 31 2-6 0-1 3 7 5 2 4
Daniel Sells SF 32 5-12 4-4 1 4 5 4 16
Dante McGinty SG 24 3-7 2-2 0 3 2 2 8
Herman Osburn PG 29 5-11 0-0 0 2 6 3 14
Hans Dearing C 19 2-4 0-0 0 0 1 3 5
Keneth Batchelder SG 20 6-13 0-1 1 3 4 4 13
Brant Bastian PG 8 2-4 1-2 0 0 0 0 6
Cedrick Sherer C 3 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Solomon Ortiz SG 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 16 (G.Rosen 3, A.Robin 1, D.McGinty 4,
H.Osburn 5, H.Dearing 1, K.Batchelder 1, C.Sherer 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (G.Rosen 1, D.Sells 1, H.Dearing 2)
Steals: 8 (A.Robin 1, D.Sells 1, D.McGinty 1, H.Osburn
1, H.Dearing 1, K.Batchelder 3)
3P FGs: 9-25 (D.Sells 2-7, D.McGinty 0-4, H.Osburn 4-8,
H.Dearing 1-2, K.Batchelder 1-2, B.Bastian 1-1,
C.Sherer 0-1)
</pre>

December 25, 2005

#22 Rutgers (8-1) at Furman (4-5)

Another easy road win today, 90-46. Sells had another great day, scoring 34. Osburn had 12 along with 5 assists and 5 rebounds. Rosen scored 8 along with 11 boards.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 30 3-5 2-3 1 11 2 3 8
Albert Robin PF 31 3-4 1-2 1 5 3 2 8
Daniel Sells SF 33 12-21 3-6 1 6 2 4 34
Dante McGinty SG 32 2-6 2-2 2 5 5 2 7
Herman Osburn PG 28 3-6 4-4 2 5 5 0 12
Hans Dearing C 17 1-1 4-4 3 5 3 1 6
Keneth Batchelder PG 20 3-7 0-0 2 4 0 0 7
Brant Bastian PG 3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 3
Cedrick Sherer PF 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Solomon Ortiz SG 4 2-4 0-0 0 0 2 1 5

Turnovers: 15 (G.Rosen 3, A.Robin 2, D.Sells 5,
D.McGinty 1, H.Osburn 3, H.Dearing 1)
Blocked Shots: 6 (G.Rosen 3, H.Dearing 3)
Steals: 8 (A.Robin 2, D.Sells 2, D.McGinty 2, H.Osburn
1, H.Dearing 1)
3P FGs: 14-26 (G.Rosen 0-1, A.Robin 1-2, D.Sells 7-12,
D.McGinty 1-3, H.Osburn 2-2, K.Batchelder 1-1,
B.Bastian 1-2, S.Ortiz 1-3)
</pre>

We move up to #18 in the polls.

December 30, 2005

#18 Rutgers (9-1) at Hartford (4-7)

We slip up here on the road again, losing 63-57. Only our 2nd loss of the year though. Sells scored 23 for us and Osburn added 11.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 16 1-3 0-0 2 5 0 5 2
Albert Robin PF 28 2-5 1-1 0 6 2 3 6
Daniel Sells SF 24 9-13 1-2 0 3 3 5 23
Dante McGinty SG 16 1-5 0-0 2 4 1 1 2
Herman Osburn PG 31 4-8 2-2 1 1 3 2 11
Hans Dearing C 15 3-5 0-0 2 5 0 5 6
Keneth Batchelder SG 29 2-12 0-0 2 4 0 0 5
Brant Bastian PG 6 0-3 0-0 0 0 2 0 0
Cedrick Sherer C 21 0-1 0-2 0 4 3 2 0
Solomon Ortiz SG 13 1-5 0-0 1 2 1 5 2

Turnovers: 14 (G.Rosen 2, D.Sells 3, H.Osburn 3,
H.Dearing 1, K.Batchelder 4, C.Sherer 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (G.Rosen 1, H.Dearing 1, C.Sherer 1)
Steals: 5 (D.Sells 1, D.McGinty 1, H.Osburn 1,
K.Batchelder 1, S.Ortiz 1)
3P FGs: 7-28 (A.Robin 1-2, D.Sells 4-6, D.McGinty 0-1,
H.Osburn 1-2, H.Dearing 0-2, K.Batchelder 1-8,
B.Bastian 0-3, S.Ortiz 0-4)
</pre>

December Recap

PG Gregory Lawless, from Evans, GA, has committed to Rutgers. Greg is a 4 star recruit and ranked #14 overall. His only weakness is defense, and he shows enough potential there to be pretty decent.

<pre>
RECRUIT DETAILS

#45 PG Gregory Lawless
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 190
High School: Greenbrier High School
Hometown: Evans, GA
GPA: 2.39
Test Score: 960
Rating: ****

Attributes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 41 42 57 71 41 70 12 14 24 30 19 31 88 83 46 59 7
Potential: A B D A C A F C C D D D

Season Stats:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11.4 0.6 2.3 5.2 2.5 2.08 1.2 1.0 2.2

Shooting Averages:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.3 11.9 .361 1.9 2.4 .776 0.8 4.2 .205

Recruiting Notes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Qualified: Yes
Committed to Rutgers
Rankings: #14 Overall, #5 PG, Southeast Region #4 Overall, Southeast Region #1 PG
High School Awards: All-State, Mr. Basketball (Georgia), All American
Top 5 Schools: *Rutgers, Iowa State, Duke, Xavier, Kansas
</pre>

<pre>
2005 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#7 Miami 0 0 .000 9 0 1.000
Virginia Tech 0 0 .000 8 3 .727
#19 Boston College 0 0 .000 7 3 .700
Providence 0 0 .000 8 4 .667
St. John's 0 0 .000 7 4 .636
Connecticut 0 0 .000 6 5 .545
Villanova 0 0 .000 6 5 .545

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seton Hall 0 0 .000 10 1 .909
#18 Rutgers 0 0 .000 9 2 .818
West Virginia 0 0 .000 7 4 .636
Pittsburgh 0 0 .000 7 5 .583
Notre Dame 0 0 .000 7 6 .538
Syracuse 0 0 .000 7 6 .538
Georgetown 0 0 .000 6 6 .500
</pre>

One more game, and then league play begins.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Indiana (72) 10-0 1800 1
2. Oklahoma 15-0 1726 3
3. Florida 11-1 1633 4
4. Michigan State 12-1 1532 5
5. Arizona 9-2 1524 2
6. Illinois 10-4 1479 6
7. Miami 9-0 1332 8
8. Cincinnati 11-2 1331 7
9. Iowa 10-2 1156 13
10. Texas 9-2 1105 10
11. Duke 8-3 1091 12
12. South Carolina 11-1 1017 17
13. Pepperdine 10-1 1007 11
14. Mississippi 9-1 690 21
15. Oklahoma State 9-3 680 9
16. Tennessee 9-3 637 15
17. Arkansas 8-4 591 19
18. Rutgers 9-2 509 22
19. Boston College 7-3 431 25
20. Louisiana State 7-2 381 NR
21. Missouri 10-1 354 NR
22. Kentucky 8-5 345 20
23. Georgia 8-4 310 NR
24. Minnesota 9-1 195 NR
25. Vanderbilt 9-2 192 NR

Others Receiving Votes:
Oregon 11-3 103
North Carolina 7-7 102
Southern California 8-3 69
Wake Forest 8-2 41
Iowa State 9-2 23
Utah 10-3 11
St. John's 7-4 2
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 10:57 PM

January 3, 2006

Navy (6-4) at Rutgers (9-2)

We pick up our 10th win of the season as we get ready for Big East games. The final here was 73-50. Robin was the leading scorer with 15 points. Sells had 14 and Osburn 11. Rosen scored 9 points and had 12 rebounds.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 27 4-5 0-0 3 12 3 0 9
Albert Robin PF 27 3-5 9-11 0 5 0 1 15
Daniel Sells SF 32 3-8 7-9 1 5 6 3 14
Dante McGinty SG 29 1-4 2-2 1 2 4 5 4
Herman Osburn PG 31 3-7 3-4 1 7 2 3 11
Hans Dearing C 21 3-6 1-2 3 5 0 0 7
Keneth Batchelder SG 16 3-7 1-2 1 4 0 1 8
Brant Bastian PG 5 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 2
Cedrick Sherer PF 5 1-2 0-0 1 3 0 1 3
Solomon Ortiz SF 7 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 11 (D.Sells 1, D.McGinty 2, H.Osburn 3,
H.Dearing 1, K.Batchelder 3, C.Sherer 1)
Blocked Shots: 6 (G.Rosen 3, D.Sells 1, H.Dearing 2)
Steals: 4 (G.Rosen 2, A.Robin 1, H.Dearing 1)
3P FGs: 6-22 (G.Rosen 1-1, A.Robin 0-1, D.Sells 1-5,
D.McGinty 0-2, H.Osburn 2-6, H.Dearing 0-1,
K.Batchelder 1-3, C.Sherer 1-1, S.Ortiz 0-2)
</pre>

January 7, 2006

Rutgers (10-2) at West Virginia (8-4)

We do not get the start we were looking for. A very close game, but we come out on the losing end of a 63-61 final score. Batchelder was our leading scorer, coming off the bench with 14. McGinty had 12 and Sells just 11. Rosen had 12 boards.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 32 1-5 1-3 2 12 2 1 3
Albert Robin PF 27 2-4 5-6 0 5 1 4 9
Daniel Sells SF 34 2-10 5-6 1 4 8 3 11
Dante McGinty SG 32 5-6 0-1 1 1 0 1 12
Herman Osburn PG 23 1-3 1-2 0 1 2 1 3
Hans Dearing C 13 2-5 2-2 0 1 0 3 6
Keneth Batchelder PG 27 5-6 3-6 0 2 2 2 14
Brant Bastian PG 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0
Cedrick Sherer PF 8 1-1 1-1 1 2 0 0 3
Solomon Ortiz SG 3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 12 (G.Rosen 2, A.Robin 3, D.Sells 3,
H.Osburn 2, K.Batchelder 1, S.Ortiz 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (G.Rosen 1)
Steals: 2 (D.Sells 1, H.Osburn 1)
3P FGs: 5-8 (D.Sells 2-4, D.McGinty 2-2, K.Batchelder
1-2)
</pre>

January 11, 2006

Notre Dame (8-7) at Rutgers (10-3)

Now we are in real trouble. We drop a 1 point game to an average Irish team today, 46-45. Sells was our only offense and he scored just 13. Rosen had 13 boards.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 27 0-4 0-0 8 13 2 5 0
Albert Robin PF 28 3-8 1-4 4 9 1 4 7
Daniel Sells SF 32 5-12 0-0 1 6 2 2 13
Dante McGinty SG 29 0-2 0-0 1 4 3 1 0
Herman Osburn PG 27 4-10 0-0 1 1 4 5 9
Hans Dearing C 21 3-8 1-2 2 6 0 2 7
Keneth Batchelder SG 19 3-13 0-1 1 2 0 2 7
Brant Bastian PG 9 0-2 0-0 1 1 1 0 0
Cedrick Sherer PF 5 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 2
Solomon Ortiz SG 5 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 0

Turnovers: 13 (G.Rosen 1, A.Robin 5, D.Sells 2,
D.McGinty 3, K.Batchelder 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (D.McGinty 1, H.Dearing 2)
Steals: 5 (D.Sells 1, H.Osburn 1, K.Batchelder 2,
S.Ortiz 1)
3P FGs: 5-24 (A.Robin 0-1, D.Sells 3-8, H.Osburn 1-5,
H.Dearing 0-2, K.Batchelder 1-8)
</pre>

January 14, 2006

#20 Boston College (10-3) at Rutgers (10-4)

We may be able to look back at this game and say it was the turning point. We take a ranked team down at home, 84-67. Sells carried us to the win with 34 points. Batchlder added 15 off the bench and Mcginty had 13. Rosen had 13 rebounds.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 26 3-5 0-0 4 13 3 3 6
Albert Robin PF 20 3-10 0-1 1 8 1 4 6
Daniel Sells SF 32 13-18 0-0 2 5 5 4 34
Dante McGinty SG 31 2-6 7-8 2 7 3 1 13
Herman Osburn PG 29 2-7 0-0 1 4 6 2 6
Hans Dearing C 25 1-5 0-0 1 5 1 1 2
Keneth Batchelder SF 19 5-11 2-5 1 3 3 2 15
Brant Bastian PG 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Cedrick Sherer PF 9 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 2
Solomon Ortiz SG 5 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 14 (G.Rosen 2, A.Robin 1, D.Sells 2,
H.Osburn 4, H.Dearing 4, C.Sherer 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (D.Sells 2, H.Dearing 2)
Steals: 5 (G.Rosen 1, D.Sells 2, H.Dearing 2)
3P FGs: 15-28 (G.Rosen 0-1, A.Robin 0-2, D.Sells 8-8,
D.McGinty 2-4, H.Osburn 2-3, H.Dearing 0-1,
K.Batchelder 3-6, B.Bastian 0-1, S.Ortiz 0-2)
</pre>

Mid Month Recap

<pre>
2005 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#7 Miami 3 0 1.000 13 0 1.000
#22 Boston College 3 2 .600 11 5 .688
St. John's 2 1 .667 10 5 .667
Connecticut 3 2 .600 9 7 .562
Villanova 1 1 .500 8 7 .533
Virginia Tech 0 2 .000 8 5 .615
Providence 1 3 .250 9 8 .529

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
West Virginia 5 0 1.000 12 4 .750
Syracuse 2 2 .500 10 8 .556
Notre Dame 2 2 .500 9 8 .529
Rutgers 1 2 .333 11 4 .733
Seton Hall 1 3 .250 11 4 .733
Pittsburgh 0 2 .000 8 7 .533
Georgetown 1 3 .250 7 9 .438
</pre>

Not a great start, but the win against BC was huge. It would have been pretty tough starting out at 0-3.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
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1. Indiana (72) 15-0 1800 1
2. Florida 13-2 1664 3
3. Arizona 14-2 1658 4
4. Oklahoma 18-1 1641 2
5. Michigan State 16-2 1463 5
6. Cincinnati 14-2 1422 6
7. Miami 13-0 1411 7
8. Texas 14-2 1324 8
9. Iowa 14-2 1218 9
10. Oklahoma State 14-4 1131 11
11. Duke 11-4 958 12
12. South Carolina 14-2 953 10
13. Pepperdine 15-2 922 14
14. Missouri 14-2 886 15
15. Tennessee 12-3 865 18
16. Iowa State 11-4 599 13
17. Arkansas 10-5 569 16
18. Illinois 11-8 546 17
19. Utah 14-4 537 23
20. Georgia 12-5 441 NR
21. Utah State 15-2 388 NR
22. Boston College 11-5 289 20
23. North Carolina 11-8 178 22
24. Mississippi 11-3 169 21
25. Oregon 13-6 108 24

Others Receiving Votes:
Kentucky 9-7 105
Colorado State 14-2 89
Minnesota 12-3 37
Wake Forest 10-5 25
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 11:04 PM

January 21, 2006

Rutgers (11-4) at Notre Dame (9-8)

The Irish just have our number this year, and really teach us a lesson on their home court. The final score was 83-47. Sells had 20 points, but he had no help and our defense did not so too much.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 31 1-4 0-0 2 5 2 5 2
Albert Robin PF 30 1-2 3-3 1 6 2 2 5
Daniel Sells SF 34 8-23 0-0 1 2 5 2 20
Dante McGinty SG 28 1-4 3-4 0 6 2 0 6
Herman Osburn PG 27 2-9 0-1 3 4 4 1 5
Hans Dearing PF 14 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 2 2
Keneth Batchelder SG 17 2-6 0-1 0 1 0 0 5
Brant Bastian PG 10 1-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Cedrick Sherer C 4 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 0
Solomon Ortiz SF 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0

Turnovers: 16 (G.Rosen 1, A.Robin 3, D.Sells 3,
D.McGinty 3, H.Dearing 2, K.Batchelder 2, B.Bastian 1,
C.Sherer 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (H.Dearing 2)
Steals: 6 (A.Robin 1, D.Sells 1, H.Osburn 1, H.Dearing
1, K.Batchelder 2)
3P FGs: 7-30 (G.Rosen 0-2, A.Robin 0-1, D.Sells 4-15,
D.McGinty 1-3, H.Osburn 1-3, H.Dearing 0-1,
K.Batchelder 1-2, B.Bastian 0-2, S.Ortiz 0-1)
</pre>

January 25, 2006

Syracuse (11-8) at Rutgers (11-5)

We pick up a good win today, 68-56. Batchelder came off the bench to lead us in scoring once again, this time with 16 points. Mcginty had 14 and Sells 13. Rosen had another 11 boards.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 28 2-3 1-2 3 11 3 2 5
Albert Robin PF 26 2-5 2-2 1 9 2 2 6
Daniel Sells SF 29 3-8 6-8 0 7 0 3 13
Dante McGinty SG 31 4-5 4-6 0 7 3 1 14
Herman Osburn PG 29 1-7 2-4 0 2 5 2 4
Hans Dearing C 22 1-5 2-2 2 3 1 3 5
Keneth Batchelder SF 18 6-12 1-1 0 1 1 0 16
Brant Bastian PG 8 1-3 0-0 0 1 3 1 3
Cedrick Sherer PF 4 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0
Solomon Ortiz SG 4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2

Turnovers: 12 (G.Rosen 3, A.Robin 2, D.Sells 2,
D.McGinty 1, H.Osburn 1, H.Dearing 2, S.Ortiz 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (D.Sells 2)
Steals: 2 (A.Robin 1, H.Osburn 1)
3P FGs: 8-25 (G.Rosen 0-1, A.Robin 0-2, D.Sells 1-5,
D.McGinty 2-3, H.Osburn 0-4, H.Dearing 1-2,
K.Batchelder 3-5, B.Bastian 1-3)
</pre>

January 28, 2006

Villanova (9-8) at Rutgers (12-5)

We drop this game at home, which is just devastating to our post season chances. The final score was 74-71. We simply must win every home game here. Sells scored 20 to lead the team. Dearing added 16 off the bench and Osburn had 13. Rosen had 10 boards.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 27 0-4 0-0 4 10 3 4 0
Albert Robin PF 26 3-6 3-4 0 5 0 2 9
Daniel Sells SF 32 4-13 9-10 0 4 4 3 20
Dante McGinty SG 30 1-3 2-2 1 4 2 1 5
Herman Osburn PG 24 5-8 2-7 2 6 4 2 13
Hans Dearing PF 23 7-8 2-4 2 3 2 2 16
Keneth Batchelder PG 26 3-11 0-1 1 3 1 5 6
Brant Bastian PG 3 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2
Cedrick Sherer C 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Solomon Ortiz SG 4 0-2 0-0 1 2 0 0 0

Turnovers: 9 (G.Rosen 1, D.Sells 3, D.McGinty 2,
K.Batchelder 2, C.Sherer 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (H.Dearing 2)
Steals: 5 (D.Sells 1, D.McGinty 2, H.Dearing 1,
K.Batchelder 1)
3P FGs: 5-20 (A.Robin 0-1, D.Sells 3-8, D.McGinty 1-2,
H.Osburn 1-2, K.Batchelder 0-6, S.Ortiz 0-1)
</pre>

January 30, 2006

Rutgers (12-6) at Virginia Tech (9-7)

Another close game, but we drop yet another one to an average team. 62-59 was the final tally. Sells led us with 13 and Batchelder had 11.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 30 3-5 1-2 5 10 2 4 7
Albert Robin PF 27 2-9 3-3 0 4 3 3 7
Daniel Sells SF 31 5-16 1-1 2 5 2 2 13
Dante McGinty SG 31 1-2 0-0 0 3 0 3 2
Herman Osburn PG 27 1-4 0-1 0 1 4 2 3
Hans Dearing C 16 0-1 0-0 1 6 1 2 0
Keneth Batchelder PG 21 5-9 0-0 0 2 3 1 11
Brant Bastian PG 4 2-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 6
Cedrick Sherer PF 7 1-2 1-2 0 0 0 1 3
Solomon Ortiz SG 5 3-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 7

Turnovers: 15 (G.Rosen 1, A.Robin 2, D.Sells 2,
D.McGinty 3, H.Osburn 3, H.Dearing 1, K.Batchelder 2,
S.Ortiz 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (D.Sells 1)
Steals: 5 (G.Rosen 1, A.Robin 1, D.McGinty 1,
K.Batchelder 1, S.Ortiz 1)
3P FGs: 7-23 (G.Rosen 0-1, A.Robin 0-3, D.Sells 2-8,
D.McGinty 0-1, H.Osburn 1-2, K.Batchelder 1-5,
B.Bastian 2-2, S.Ortiz 1-1)
</pre>

January Recap

<pre>
2005 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#5 Miami 7 0 1.000 17 0 1.000
#19 Boston College 6 2 .750 14 5 .737
Connecticut 6 3 .667 12 8 .600
Villanova 3 3 .500 10 9 .526
St. John's 2 4 .333 11 8 .579
Virginia Tech 2 4 .333 10 7 .588
Providence 1 5 .167 9 10 .474

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
West Virginia 7 1 .875 14 5 .737
Syracuse 4 4 .500 12 10 .545
Notre Dame 4 4 .500 11 10 .524
Pittsburgh 2 4 .333 10 9 .526
Georgetown 3 5 .375 9 11 .450
Rutgers 2 5 .286 12 7 .632
Seton Hall 1 6 .143 11 7 .611
</pre>

Big trouble. I better not get too attached to this dynasty.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Indiana (72) 17-1 1800 1
2. Oklahoma 20-2 1712 3
3. Michigan State 19-2 1588 4
4. Cincinnati 17-2 1552 5
5. Miami 17-0 1508 6
6. Arizona 16-4 1488 2
7. Texas 17-2 1440 7
8. Florida 15-4 1289 8
9. Tennessee 15-4 1174 13
10. Oklahoma State 16-4 1148 10
11. Duke 13-5 1039 14
12. Iowa 15-4 1031 9
13. South Carolina 17-3 943 11
14. Pepperdine 17-3 900 12
15. Iowa State 14-4 679 20
16. Georgia 15-6 594 15
17. Utah 17-4 579 19
18. Illinois 13-8 514 18
19. Boston College 14-5 487 25
20. Arkansas 12-7 455 23
21. Utah State 17-3 448 16
22. Oregon 16-6 264 NR
23. Charlotte 16-4 193 NR
24. Missouri 15-4 168 22
25. North Carolina 13-10 163 21

Others Receiving Votes:
Kentucky 12-8 109
Minnesota 14-4 59
Ohio 16-2 46
Xavier 15-5 16
Temple 13-7 11
UCLA 12-8 2
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 11:12 PM

February 4, 2006

Rutgers (12-7) at #5 Miami (18-0)

This is not football, it is basketball! What is going on here? We get blown out 71-54. McGinty had 14 points and Rosen had 13 points and 10 rebounds.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 29 6-6 0-0 4 10 1 2 13
Albert Robin PF 28 1-5 0-0 0 6 0 1 2
Daniel Sells SF 34 1-13 1-2 2 4 7 3 4
Dante McGinty SG 32 6-8 0-0 0 5 2 1 14
Herman Osburn PG 32 2-5 2-2 0 2 4 3 6
Hans Dearing C 18 3-4 1-2 0 0 1 1 7
Keneth Batchelder SG 17 2-7 0-0 0 2 3 0 5
Brant Bastian PG 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3
Cedrick Sherer PF 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Solomon Ortiz SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0

Turnovers: 17 (G.Rosen 4, A.Robin 1, D.Sells 5,
D.McGinty 1, H.Osburn 3, B.Bastian 2, S.Ortiz 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (H.Dearing 1)
Steals: 2 (G.Rosen 1, D.McGinty 1)
3P FGs: 6-22 (G.Rosen 1-1, A.Robin 0-1, D.Sells 1-8,
D.McGinty 2-4, H.Osburn 0-2, K.Batchelder 1-5,
B.Bastian 1-1)
</pre>

February 6, 2006

Rutgers (12-8) at Pittsburgh (10-11)

Another big let down, and things just keep getting worst here. The final was 48-42. I won’t even dignify any of our players with a recap here.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 23 2-3 0-0 1 3 1 5 4
Albert Robin PF 31 3-12 0-0 0 5 0 1 6
Daniel Sells SF 15 3-8 1-2 0 1 1 5 7
Dante McGinty SG 32 3-6 1-1 2 6 1 0 8
Herman Osburn PG 27 0-3 0-0 0 1 3 1 0
Hans Dearing C 21 2-4 2-2 0 2 0 3 6
Keneth Batchelder SF 27 0-7 3-6 1 7 2 2 3
Brant Bastian PG 10 2-2 0-0 0 1 2 1 4
Cedrick Sherer C 5 0-1 0-0 1 3 0 0 0
Solomon Ortiz SG 9 1-3 2-2 0 2 0 1 4

Turnovers: 6 (A.Robin 1, D.Sells 1, D.McGinty 1,
H.Osburn 2, S.Ortiz 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 4 (D.Sells 1, D.McGinty 2, H.Dearing 1)
3P FGs: 1-17 (G.Rosen 0-1, A.Robin 0-1, D.Sells 0-2,
D.McGinty 1-4, H.Osburn 0-2, H.Dearing 0-1,
K.Batchelder 0-5, S.Ortiz 0-1)
</pre>

February 8, 2006

Rutgers (12-9) at Georgetown (10-12)

It has been a long time since we got a W, and we will have to wait even longer. We drop this one 87-80. Batchlder led the team with 16 points, Sells had 15 and McGinty 14.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 28 2-5 1-2 2 6 2 4 5
Albert Robin PF 31 2-4 2-2 1 4 1 4 6
Daniel Sells SF 33 5-6 2-2 0 5 6 5 15
Dante McGinty SG 32 4-7 3-3 0 3 5 0 14
Herman Osburn PG 27 4-9 0-0 0 0 4 3 9
Hans Dearing C 17 2-6 3-4 3 4 0 1 7
Keneth Batchelder SG 16 5-8 3-6 3 3 0 1 16
Brant Bastian PG 8 2-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 5
Cedrick Sherer PF 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Solomon Ortiz SF 4 1-1 0-0 0 3 1 0 3

Turnovers: 19 (G.Rosen 4, A.Robin 4, D.Sells 3,
D.McGinty 1, H.Osburn 4, B.Bastian 2, S.Ortiz 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (G.Rosen 2)
Steals: 5 (A.Robin 1, D.Sells 2, H.Osburn 1, H.Dearing
1)
3P FGs: 12-22 (D.Sells 3-4, D.McGinty 3-4, H.Osburn
1-4, H.Dearing 0-2, K.Batchelder 3-5, B.Bastian 1-2,
S.Ortiz 1-1)
</pre>

February 11, 2006

Pittsburgh (11-12) at Rutgers (12-10)

We finally break the long losing streak with a 59-53 victory today. Mcginty led the team in scoring with 14 points. Batchelder and Sells each scored 10 points and Rosen had 7 with 13 rebounds.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 27 2-5 3-4 4 13 4 3 7
Albert Robin PF 28 3-6 2-2 0 7 1 2 8
Daniel Sells SF 32 2-7 4-4 0 3 5 2 10
Dante McGinty SG 31 5-9 2-2 0 3 1 4 14
Herman Osburn PG 25 3-8 0-0 1 5 2 1 7
Hans Dearing PF 21 0-2 1-2 1 3 2 0 1
Keneth Batchelder PG 25 4-10 1-2 1 3 0 0 10
Brant Bastian PG 4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2
Cedrick Sherer C 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Solomon Ortiz SG 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0

Turnovers: 13 (G.Rosen 3, A.Robin 2, D.Sells 2,
H.Osburn 3, H.Dearing 1, K.Batchelder 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (G.Rosen 1, H.Dearing 1, S.Ortiz 1)
Steals: 2 (D.Sells 1, D.McGinty 1)
3P FGs: 6-21 (G.Rosen 0-1, D.Sells 2-6, D.McGinty 2-4,
H.Osburn 1-5, K.Batchelder 1-5)
</pre>

February 15, 2006

Georgetown (12-13) at Rutgers (13-10)

We show that we have a breathe of life left in us as we take this one 53-46. Sells led the team in scoring with 19 today and Rosen had 11 rebounds.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 28 0-1 1-2 4 11 2 2 1
Albert Robin PF 30 4-8 0-1 1 7 0 1 8
Daniel Sells SF 32 8-16 0-0 0 3 3 3 19
Dante McGinty SG 30 1-3 0-0 0 4 4 2 3
Herman Osburn PG 23 3-4 0-0 0 0 2 1 8
Hans Dearing C 18 1-4 1-2 2 4 1 1 4
Keneth Batchelder PG 24 2-7 1-1 0 1 3 1 5
Brant Bastian PG 6 1-3 0-0 0 1 0 2 2
Cedrick Sherer PF 4 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1
Solomon Ortiz SG 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2

Turnovers: 12 (A.Robin 2, D.Sells 2, D.McGinty 3,
H.Osburn 1, K.Batchelder 1, B.Bastian 2, C.Sherer 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (A.Robin 1, D.Sells 1, H.Dearing 1)
Steals: 5 (A.Robin 1, D.Sells 1, D.McGinty 1,
K.Batchelder 2)
3P FGs: 7-16 (A.Robin 0-1, D.Sells 3-6, D.McGinty 1-2,
H.Osburn 2-2, H.Dearing 1-1, K.Batchelder 0-3,
B.Bastian 0-1)
</pre>

Mid Month Recap

<pre>
2005 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#5 Miami 12 1 .923 22 2 .917
#23 Boston College 9 4 .692 17 7 .708
Connecticut 8 5 .615 15 10 .600
St. John's 6 5 .545 15 9 .625
Villanova 4 7 .364 11 13 .458
Virginia Tech 3 9 .250 11 12 .478
Providence 2 9 .182 10 14 .417

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
West Virginia 9 3 .750 16 8 .667
Syracuse 8 5 .615 17 11 .607
Notre Dame 7 5 .583 14 11 .560
Georgetown 5 8 .385 12 14 .462
Seton Hall 4 8 .333 14 9 .609
Rutgers 4 8 .333 14 10 .583
Pittsburgh 4 8 .333 12 13 .480
</pre>

The answer is pretty simple. Win out.

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Indiana (72) 21-2 1800 1
2. Cincinnati 21-2 1677 3
3. Texas 23-2 1588 6
4. Oklahoma 24-3 1583 7
5. Miami 22-2 1579 5
6. Arizona 19-5 1482 4
7. Michigan State 20-5 1379 2
8. Florida 17-6 1286 9
9. Oklahoma State 21-5 1200 8
10. Pepperdine 22-3 1128 11
11. Duke 17-7 1047 13
12. Iowa 19-5 1027 12
13. South Carolina 20-5 945 10
14. Tennessee 18-5 909 15
15. Utah State 21-3 718 17
16. Oregon 21-6 691 18
17. Georgia 17-7 619 14
18. Utah 20-5 547 16
19. Charlotte 19-4 392 22
20. Iowa State 17-6 358 19
21. North Carolina 18-10 325 23
22. Illinois 16-10 288 20
23. Boston College 17-7 244 21
24. Kentucky 15-9 156 NR
25. Brigham Young 16-7 155 NR

Others Receiving Votes:
Ohio 20-4 103
Xavier 19-6 93
Minnesota 16-6 60
Missouri 18-6 14
Southern California 17-7 5
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 11:18 PM

February 18, 2006

Rutgers (14-10) at Seton Hall (14-9)

Our defense is non-existant today and we get blown out, 100-82 Sells had a fine game with 23 points and Osburn had 19. Robin and Batchlder each score din double figures and Rosen had 11 rebounds.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 30 1-8 1-2 5 11 4 2 3
Albert Robin PF 32 5-8 0-0 1 9 2 3 11
Daniel Sells SF 33 9-18 1-2 3 8 4 3 23
Dante McGinty SG 31 4-5 0-0 0 3 1 3 8
Herman Osburn PG 31 7-10 4-4 1 3 4 4 19
Hans Dearing C 15 1-2 2-4 0 2 1 2 4
Keneth Batchelder SF 16 5-10 1-2 1 1 3 0 13
Brant Bastian PG 5 0-2 1-2 1 2 1 1 1
Cedrick Sherer PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Solomon Ortiz SG 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0

Turnovers: 20 (G.Rosen 1, A.Robin 5, D.Sells 1,
D.McGinty 2, H.Osburn 4, H.Dearing 2, K.Batchelder 2,
B.Bastian 2, S.Ortiz 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (D.Sells 3, H.Dearing 1)
Steals: 6 (G.Rosen 1, D.McGinty 1, H.Osburn 1,
H.Dearing 1, K.Batchelder 1, B.Bastian 1)
3P FGs: 8-22 (G.Rosen 0-1, A.Robin 1-1, D.Sells 4-10,
H.Osburn 1-3, K.Batchelder 2-7)
</pre>

February 22, 2006

Seton Hall (15-9) at Rutgers (14-11)

We get a rare win today, 73-72. A one point win is good enough for us right now. Sells led the team with 29 points. Batchelder also had 14 points off the bench.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 27 2-7 3-6 3 7 3 2 7
Albert Robin PF 30 2-6 0-0 0 6 2 2 4
Daniel Sells SF 31 10-14 3-4 1 5 2 3 29
Dante McGinty SG 31 0-1 2-2 1 4 3 2 2
Herman Osburn PG 29 1-4 4-7 1 2 5 3 6
Hans Dearing C 20 3-5 0-0 1 5 1 2 6
Keneth Batchelder SF 19 5-7 2-3 0 2 1 0 14
Brant Bastian PG 5 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 3
Cedrick Sherer PF 3 0-2 1-2 0 1 0 0 1
Solomon Ortiz SG 4 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1

Turnovers: 18 (G.Rosen 2, A.Robin 3, D.Sells 5,
H.Osburn 2, H.Dearing 1, K.Batchelder 3, S.Ortiz 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (G.Rosen 1, H.Dearing 2)
Steals: 5 (G.Rosen 1, D.Sells 1, D.McGinty 2, H.Osburn
1)
3P FGs: 9-18 (G.Rosen 0-1, A.Robin 0-1, D.Sells 6-9,
D.McGinty 0-1, H.Osburn 0-2, K.Batchelder 2-3,
B.Bastian 1-1)
</pre>

February 25, 2006

Rutgers (15-11) at Syracuse (18-11)

Our offense dries up in this game and we get beat pretty easily, 65-41. Batchelder was our only offensive threat, and barely at that. He had 10 points to lead the team.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 24 1-2 0-0 1 11 0 4 2
Albert Robin PF 18 1-1 0-0 0 3 1 5 2
Daniel Sells SF 32 1-10 2-3 0 2 0 3 5
Dante McGinty SG 32 2-2 4-4 0 4 1 1 9
Herman Osburn PG 28 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 6
Hans Dearing C 25 1-4 2-5 0 1 1 3 4
Keneth Batchelder PG 19 4-7 0-0 1 3 0 2 10
Brant Bastian PG 5 1-2 0-0 1 1 0 1 3
Cedrick Sherer PF 13 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 3 0
Solomon Ortiz SG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 26 (G.Rosen 3, A.Robin 2, D.Sells 3,
D.McGinty 3, H.Osburn 6, H.Dearing 2, K.Batchelder 3,
C.Sherer 2, S.Ortiz 2)
Blocked Shots: 5 (D.Sells 1, H.Dearing 2, C.Sherer 2)
Steals: 1 (D.Sells 1)
3P FGs: 7-20 (D.Sells 1-9, D.McGinty 1-1, H.Osburn 2-3,
H.Dearing 0-2, K.Batchelder 2-3, B.Bastian 1-1,
C.Sherer 0-1)
</pre>

February Recap

I asked the AD before the month of February for more time to reach the goal. He just replied to me that he feels his expectations are more than justified. It has been fun.

<pre>
2005 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#6 Miami 13 1 .929 24 2 .923
#25 Boston College 10 5 .667 18 9 .667
Connecticut 9 5 .643 17 10 .630
St. John's 8 6 .571 17 10 .630
Virginia Tech 5 9 .357 14 12 .538
Villanova 4 10 .286 11 16 .407
Providence 3 11 .214 11 16 .407

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
West Virginia 10 4 .714 17 9 .654
Syracuse 10 5 .667 19 11 .633
Notre Dame 8 6 .571 15 13 .536
Seton Hall 6 9 .400 17 10 .630
Georgetown 6 9 .400 13 15 .464
Rutgers 5 10 .333 15 12 .556
Pittsburgh 4 11 .267 12 17 .414
</pre>

Top 25

<pre>
Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Cincinnati (65) 24-3 1793 2
2. Indiana (7) 22-4 1685 1
3. Oklahoma 28-3 1680 3
4. Texas 25-3 1559 5
5. Arizona 22-5 1552 4
6. Miami 24-2 1449 6
7. Pepperdine 25-3 1317 9
8. Michigan State 22-6 1294 7
9. Iowa 21-5 1245 10
10. Oklahoma State 23-6 1157 8
11. Tennessee 21-5 1094 11
12. Oregon 24-6 935 14
13. Duke 19-8 860 12
14. South Carolina 21-5 818 16
15. Florida 18-8 801 13
16. Utah 22-5 731 17
17. Utah State 23-4 607 15
18. Illinois 19-10 543 20
19. Xavier 22-6 529 22
20. North Carolina 20-10 523 19
21. Iowa State 20-7 316 NR
22. Temple 20-8 312 NR
23. Brigham Young 18-9 177 21
24. Charlotte 21-6 163 18
25. Boston College 18-9 145 NR

Others Receiving Votes:
Ohio 22-4 73
UCLA 18-10 24
Kentucky 16-11 12
Southern California 19-8 5
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 11:24 PM

March 1, 2006

West Virginia (17-9) at Rutgers (15-12)

We pick up a win at home today to maybe get us into the NIT. The final here was 76-59. Osburn led the team with 16 points. Batchelder added 14 off the bench. Robin and Sells each scored in double figures as well.

<pre>
Rutgers Stats:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 25 3-4 2-4 2 9 2 2 9
Albert Robin PF 30 3-5 5-6 0 4 1 3 12
Daniel Sells SF 27 3-9 3-4 1 2 2 2 11
Dante McGinty SG 27 2-5 2-2 0 4 5 2 7
Herman Osburn PG 31 6-8 2-2 2 2 4 2 16
Hans Dearing C 20 0-4 1-2 1 3 2 0 1
Keneth Batchelder SF 26 5-11 0-1 3 5 0 1 14
Brant Bastian PG 5 1-2 2-2 0 1 0 0 4
Cedrick Sherer PF 5 0-0 2-2 0 4 1 0 2
Solomon Ortiz SG 4 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 1 0

Turnovers: 9 (D.Sells 1, D.McGinty 1, H.Osburn 4,
H.Dearing 2, K.Batchelder 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (A.Robin 1)
Steals: 3 (D.McGinty 1, K.Batchelder 2)
3P FGs: 11-28 (G.Rosen 1-2, A.Robin 1-1, D.Sells 2-5,
D.McGinty 1-3, H.Osburn 2-4, H.Dearing 0-2,
K.Batchelder 4-9, B.Bastian 0-1, S.Ortiz 0-1)
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Final Big East Standings

<pre>
2005 Big East Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#6 Miami 14 2 .875 25 3 .893
Boston College 11 5 .688 19 9 .679
Connecticut 11 5 .688 19 10 .655
St. John's 9 7 .562 18 11 .621
Virginia Tech 6 10 .375 15 13 .536
Villanova 5 11 .312 12 17 .414
Providence 3 13 .188 11 18 .379

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
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Syracuse 11 5 .688 20 11 .645
West Virginia 10 6 .625 17 11 .607
Notre Dame 9 7 .562 16 14 .533
Seton Hall 6 10 .375 17 11 .607
Rutgers 6 10 .375 16 12 .571
Georgetown 6 10 .375 13 16 .448
Pittsburgh 5 11 .312 13 17 .433
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We are the 10 seed in the Big East Tournament

March 8, 2006

(7) St. John’s (18-11) vs. (10) Rutgers (16-12)

We pull off the first round upset with a 72-60 victory! Sells led us to the win with 30 points today. McGinty had 11 and Osburn 10.

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Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 30 3-5 0-2 2 8 2 0 6
Albert Robin PF 31 2-4 0-0 1 4 1 1 4
Daniel Sells SF 32 12-19 0-0 0 4 2 3 30
Dante McGinty SG 30 4-10 0-0 1 3 2 1 11
Herman Osburn PG 28 4-5 0-0 0 1 8 1 10
Hans Dearing PF 13 0-1 0-0 1 1 1 3 0
Keneth Batchelder PG 21 3-6 2-2 0 0 1 1 9
Brant Bastian PG 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Cedrick Sherer C 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Solomon Ortiz SG 4 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2

Turnovers: 11 (G.Rosen 1, D.Sells 1, D.McGinty 3,
H.Osburn 1, K.Batchelder 1, C.Sherer 2, S.Ortiz 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (D.Sells 1)
Steals: 5 (G.Rosen 1, A.Robin 1, D.Sells 1, D.McGinty
1, K.Batchelder 1)
3P FGs: 12-22 (G.Rosen 0-1, D.Sells 6-9, D.McGinty 3-7,
H.Osburn 2-3, K.Batchelder 1-2)
</pre>

March 9, 2006

(2) Syracuse (20-11) vs. (10) Rutgers (17-12)

Our run ends at one game, as we drop this one 67-55, and have to hope for an NIT bid, and then hope we can keep our job.

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Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 30 1-4 0-0 1 5 0 2 2
Albert Robin PF 30 2-6 4-4 0 7 1 4 9
Daniel Sells SF 32 3-11 0-0 1 9 4 3 8
Dante McGinty SG 31 1-4 2-2 0 4 1 2 4
Herman Osburn PG 29 4-7 1-2 1 1 2 1 13
Hans Dearing C 15 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0
Keneth Batchelder PG 20 4-10 4-4 0 2 2 1 13
Brant Bastian PG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Cedrick Sherer PF 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Solomon Ortiz SG 5 2-4 0-0 0 1 0 0 6

Turnovers: 16 (G.Rosen 3, A.Robin 1, D.Sells 1,
D.McGinty 2, H.Osburn 6, K.Batchelder 3)
Blocked Shots: 5 (G.Rosen 1, D.Sells 1, D.McGinty 2,
H.Dearing 1)
Steals: 2 (G.Rosen 1, S.Ortiz 1)
3P FGs: 10-24 (G.Rosen 0-2, A.Robin 1-2, D.Sells 2-7,
D.McGinty 0-1, H.Osburn 4-4, K.Batchelder 1-5, S.Ortiz
2-3)
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Connecticut beats Boston College for the Big East Title.

Final Top 25

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Top 25 Poll

# School FPV Record Points Previous
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1. Cincinnati (58) 29-3 1782 1
2. Indiana (14) 26-5 1701 2
3. Oklahoma 29-4 1669 3
4. Arizona 26-6 1573 4
5. Texas 28-4 1551 5
6. Pepperdine 28-3 1425 6
7. Oklahoma State 28-6 1377 7
8. Miami 26-4 1294 8
9. Iowa 26-6 1235 9
10. Tennessee 25-7 1063 10
11. Michigan State 25-9 1009 11
12. Oregon 26-7 975 12
13. Utah State 28-4 972 13
14. Duke 23-9 936 14
15. Utah 25-6 827 15
16. Xavier 26-7 658 16
17. Iowa State 24-8 577 17
18. UCLA 23-10 516 18
19. Illinois 20-11 483 19
20. Temple 24-9 463 20
21. Brigham Young 22-9 350 21
22. South Carolina 22-8 292 22
23. North Carolina 20-11 276 23
24. Florida 19-11 200 24
25. Boston College 21-10 83 25

Others Receiving Votes:
Charlotte 22-8 50
Kentucky 20-12 48
Connecticut 23-10 14
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 11:30 PM

Post Season

We are invited to the NIT tournament as a 6 seed.

March 15, 2006

(6) Rutgers (17-13) vs. (3) Wisconsin (17-15)

We pull off the first round upset with a huge 87-56 victory! Maybe a nice run in the NIT will save my job?

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Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 25 3-5 3-3 2 7 1 4 9
Albert Robin PF 32 3-7 1-2 0 7 2 3 9
Daniel Sells SF 33 11-16 0-2 0 4 5 2 30
Dante McGinty SG 33 3-5 0-0 0 6 5 2 8
Herman Osburn PG 26 4-6 3-3 1 2 4 2 11
Hans Dearing C 14 1-4 0-0 2 2 1 4 2
Keneth Batchelder SF 16 5-8 3-4 0 3 2 3 16
Brant Bastian PG 7 0-3 0-0 0 0 2 0 0
Cedrick Sherer C 9 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 0
Solomon Ortiz SG 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2

Turnovers: 8 (A.Robin 1, D.Sells 3, D.McGinty 1,
H.Osburn 2, C.Sherer 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (G.Rosen 1, D.Sells 2)
Steals: 2 (H.Osburn 1, H.Dearing 1)
3P FGs: 15-27 (A.Robin 2-3, D.Sells 8-12, D.McGinty
2-3, H.Osburn 0-2, H.Dearing 0-1, K.Batchelder 3-4,
B.Bastian 0-2)
</pre>

March 17, 2006

(6) Rutgers (18-13) vs. (2) Wyoming (20-13)

Once again we pick up 1 win and are done in a tournament. The final here was 79-74, and now the long wait begins.

<pre>
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Rosen C 29 2-3 0-2 1 3 2 3 6
Albert Robin PF 31 3-7 3-4 1 3 1 0 10
Daniel Sells SF 33 8-13 5-5 0 2 4 2 28
Dante McGinty SG 30 2-7 2-2 0 1 2 5 7
Herman Osburn PG 29 2-6 0-0 0 1 2 3 5
Hans Dearing C 18 0-2 0-0 0 3 1 1 0
Keneth Batchelder PG 21 4-7 1-2 0 3 3 2 12
Brant Bastian PG 2 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 1 2
Cedrick Sherer C 2 1-1 0-1 0 0 0 0 2
Solomon Ortiz SG 6 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 2

Turnovers: 6 (D.McGinty 1, H.Osburn 2, K.Batchelder 3)
Blocked Shots: 4 (G.Rosen 1, D.Sells 1, H.Dearing 2)
Steals: 4 (G.Rosen 1, D.Sells 1, K.Batchelder 2)
3P FGs: 15-31 (G.Rosen 2-3, A.Robin 1-2, D.Sells 7-11,
D.McGinty 1-5, H.Osburn 1-2, K.Batchelder 3-6,
B.Bastian 0-1, S.Ortiz 0-1)
</pre>

FINAL FOUR:

#2 Arizona
#1 Oklahoma State
#9 Ohio State
#1 Indiana

Arizona beats Indiana for the NCAA Title.

California wins the NIT to bring both titles to the PAC 10.

AWARDS

Daniel Sells was named to the Big East First Team.

Season Stats

<pre>
Rutgers Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Daniel Sells SG 32 32 31.3 19.5 0.7 4.3 3.7 0.9 0.6 2.3 2.9
Keneth Batchelder PG 32 0 20.8 9.9 0.8 2.6 1.5 0.7 0.0 1.4 1.4
Herman Osburn PG 32 32 27.8 8.7 0.7 2.4 3.8 0.5 0.0 2.4 1.9
Dante McGinty SG 32 32 29.7 7.9 0.6 3.7 2.7 0.8 0.1 1.5 1.8
Albert Robin PF 32 32 28.5 6.8 0.8 6.1 1.5 0.6 0.1 1.7 2.5
Gerald Rosen C 32 32 27.2 5.1 3.1 9.7 2.0 0.4 0.5 1.7 3.0
Hans Dearing PF 32 0 18.9 4.4 1.2 3.0 0.9 0.5 1.2 0.8 1.7
Brant Bastian PG 32 0 5.7 2.3 0.2 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.4
Solomon Ortiz SG 32 0 4.8 1.5 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.5
Cedrick Sherer C 32 0 5.3 0.7 0.2 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.6
Jonathan Johnson C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ivan Noriega SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Claud Jacques SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
</pre>

Career Stats

<pre>
Rutgers Player Career Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Daniel Sells SG 75 75 29.5 12.9 0.7 3.5 3.3 1.2 0.4 2.2 2.7
Keneth Batchelder PG 32 0 20.8 9.9 0.8 2.6 1.5 0.7 0.0 1.4 1.4
Herman Osburn PG 62 51 25.9 7.2 0.9 2.5 3.2 0.6 0.0 1.8 1.7
Dante McGinty SG 92 32 15.7 4.2 0.3 1.8 1.4 0.5 0.0 1.0 1.1
Hans Dearing PF 62 15 20.2 4.1 1.1 3.2 0.9 0.4 1.1 1.1 1.9
Albert Robin PF 92 32 14.3 3.3 0.5 3.1 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.9 1.4
Gerald Rosen C 92 51 18.6 3.2 2.0 6.6 1.5 0.2 0.4 1.1 2.2
Brant Bastian PG 32 0 5.7 2.3 0.2 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.4
Solomon Ortiz SG 32 0 4.8 1.5 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.5
Cedrick Sherer C 51 0 4.7 0.7 0.2 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6
Jonathan Johnson C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ivan Noriega SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Claud Jacques SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
</pre>

SENIORS

Gerald Rosen

<pre>
PLAYER DETAILS

#1 C Gerald Rosen - Rutgers - Senior
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Height: 7' 4"
Weight: 245
High School: Woodstown High School
Hometown: Woodstown, NJ

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 35 29 25 15 40 51 99 70 46 25 15 49 1 31 83 32 100
Potential: D D D F C C A B C D F C

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2003 30 0 5.3 0.4 0.3 1.9 0.5 0.3 1.88 0.0 0.2 0.6
2004 30 19 22.7 4.1 2.6 8.1 2.0 1.4 1.44 0.2 0.5 2.8
2005 32 32 27.2 5.1 3.1 9.7 2.0 1.7 1.19 0.4 0.5 3.0
Career 92 51 18.6 3.2 2.0 6.6 1.5 1.1 1.19 0.2 0.4 2.2

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2003 0.2 0.4 .385 0.1 0.2 .333 0.0 0.0 .000 0.92 -0.43
2004 1.7 3.6 .486 0.6 1.3 .462 0.0 0.5 .067 1.15 0.03
2005 2.1 4.0 .516 0.8 1.5 .500 0.2 0.8 .292 1.27 6.19
Career 1.3 2.7 .496 0.5 1.0 .473 0.1 0.4 .200 1.20 2.02

Stat Totals:
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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
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2003 30 0 158 12 8 57 15 8 1 7 19
2004 30 19 681 123 78 242 59 41 7 15 85
2005 32 32 872 163 99 310 63 53 13 17 97
Career 92 51 1711 298 185 609 137 102 21 39 201

Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
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2003 5 13 2 6 0 1 -13
2004 52 107 18 39 1 15 1
2005 66 128 24 48 7 24 198
Career 123 248 44 93 8 40 186

Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 13 9 17 5 2 3 4 6 8 3 6 2 3
Career 13 9 19 5 2 3 4 6 9 4 6 2 3

Awards & Acheivements:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 1
</pre>

Albert Robin

<pre>
PLAYER DETAILS

#54 PF Albert Robin - Rutgers - Senior
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Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 244
High School: Wallington High School
Hometown: Wallington, NJ

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 51 20 46 11 37 14 44 63 64 48 21 27 55 33 72 60 58
Potential: C D C F C F C B B B D D

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2003 30 0 4.9 1.1 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.4 0.73 0.1 0.0 0.6
2004 30 0 8.7 1.7 0.3 2.1 0.5 0.6 0.88 0.1 0.0 0.9
2005 32 32 28.5 6.8 0.8 6.1 1.5 1.7 0.85 0.6 0.1 2.5
Career 92 32 14.3 3.3 0.5 3.1 0.8 0.9 0.85 0.2 0.1 1.4

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2003 0.4 0.7 .524 0.3 0.4 .692 0.1 0.2 .429 1.62 -0.23
2004 0.7 1.6 .438 0.3 0.5 .643 0.0 0.2 .143 1.08 -0.53
2005 2.3 5.9 .392 1.9 2.4 .795 0.3 1.2 .237 1.16 2.50
Career 1.2 2.8 .411 0.9 1.1 .762 0.1 0.6 .250 1.18 0.62

Stat Totals:
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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
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2003 30 0 147 34 8 30 8 11 2 0 17
2004 30 0 260 52 10 63 15 17 2 1 27
2005 32 32 913 219 27 196 47 55 18 4 81
Career 92 32 1320 305 45 289 70 83 22 5 125

Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
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2003 11 21 9 13 3 7 -7
2004 21 48 9 14 1 7 -16
2005 74 189 62 78 9 38 80
Career 106 258 80 105 13 52 57

Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season 15 4 10 5 3 1 5 5 12 9 11 2 2
Career 15 4 10 5 3 1 5 5 12 9 11 2 2

Awards & Acheivements:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season Award
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
No awards.
</pre>

Daniel Sells

<pre>
PLAYER DETAILS

#3 SG Daniel Sells - Rutgers - Senior
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Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 211
High School: Passaic High School
Hometown: Passaic, NJ

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 49 47 56 78 45 84 13 27 63 53 63 62 19 71 68 66 72
Potential: C C C A C A F D B C C B

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2003 30 30 28.2 6.7 0.7 2.7 3.2 2.1 1.55 1.4 0.3 2.6
2004 13 13 28.1 11.0 0.9 3.2 2.7 2.2 1.25 1.2 0.0 2.6
2005 32 32 31.3 19.5 0.7 4.3 3.7 2.3 1.58 0.9 0.6 2.9
Career 75 75 29.5 12.9 0.7 3.5 3.3 2.2 1.58 1.2 0.4 2.7

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2003 2.7 5.3 .506 0.4 0.5 .786 1.0 2.5 .408 1.28 6.50
2004 4.1 8.5 .482 0.8 0.9 .917 2.0 4.9 .406 1.30 0.69
2005 6.7 13.7 .490 2.3 3.0 .771 3.8 8.1 .462 1.42 7.53
Career 4.6 9.4 .492 1.3 1.6 .787 2.4 5.3 .442 1.37 5.93

Stat Totals:
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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
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2003 30 30 846 202 20 80 96 62 42 8 78
2004 13 13 365 143 12 41 35 28 16 0 34
2005 32 32 1003 624 22 139 117 74 30 20 92
Career 75 75 2214 969 54 260 248 164 88 28 204

Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
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2003 80 158 11 14 31 76 195
2004 53 110 11 12 26 64 9
2005 215 439 74 96 120 260 241
Career 348 707 96 122 177 400 445

Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 35 3 9 8 2 3 5 13 23 9 10 8 9
Career 35 3 9 11 5 3 6 13 23 9 10 8 9

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 20
2005 1st Team All-Conference (Big East)
</pre>

Marmel

10-23-2003, 11:32 PM

As expected I was fired. :(