FBCB: Learning the System

[Radii]

So nearly 20 seasons into our online league, I'm finally taking the time to learn how to dominate this game in single player mode so that I'll have the knowledge to be able to consistantly build a winner in our multiplayer league. I've had some success in single player over the past week but want to give myself a good challenge here to see what else I can learn.


I'm going to start at a small school in a prestige 1 conference, using the old, default conference alignments that existed when the game came out. I'll create a level 0 coach and try to claw my way up.

Human coach firing will be turned on, and conference movement is turned off. The goal for this career is to work my way up to the top as a coach, not to take a specific team up to the top. Coach firing is on b/c, if I suck at implementing the system, I want to get kicked back down to the bottom until I get it right.


House Rules


I only have two rules that I'm going to use to limit my play in any way. One is that I will space out my scheduling. We know there is no fatigue in between games, and there are some advantages to playing all your non conference games in the first 2 weeks of November, I'm going to avoid that and force myself to schedule at least two days between games, preferably three.

The other rule is with recruiting. I will not take advantage of the ease of recruiting foreign players. I will not offer any blind scholarships to foreign players in the hopes of landing players that the CPU fails to recruit properly that I would normally not have a chance at. If I find foreign talent through the 'normal' methods I use to search for players(searching based on stats primarily), I must spend money on them every month if I wish to recruit them.



The System


I want to play a pressing/trapping system, to force as many turnovers as possible. My teams may not otherwise have the best talent in the world, but if I can force 30 turnovers a game and take 15-20 more shots than my opponent, I can negate the talent disadvantage. I can also minimize much of the randomness in the game, if I'm taking that many more shots than my opponent, I can survive 'off nights' when my team inexplicably shoots 35% from the field.


Recruiting

Big Men: I favor traditionally good big men. INS, Rebounding, and PSD are the primary traits I care about. I would prefer to get guys that can block shots, and guys whose hands are not made of stone as well, but those concerns are secondary.


Perimeter Players: Steals and Ball Handling are the primary traits I require. At higher level schools I refuse to touch anyone who isn't 'C' or higher in handling, and 'B' or higher in steals. I may have to relax that at a level 1 school. For SF, rebounding and scoring and defense are all secondary skills I worry about. For SG/PG, PRD and scoring are the secondary traits I'm looking for.

I'm generally looking for guys that can shoot free throws, and guys that aren't dumb. The disadvantages of 60% FT shooters, and guys that require tons of academic training are very noticible.


Scheduling

I don't ever want to have a losing season. Keeping the prestige going up is the most important thing. I will not schedule a single non conference opponent with a prestige above 10 until I am 100% sure my team can handle it. I don't care about my RPI until I'm ready to compete for at large NCAA bids. One exception is that as I improve I will find a bigger team to pick on, most likely Duke if they remain a top program, that I try to schedule every year.


Redshirting

Unless my job is on the line and I have a stud freshman coming in, I will redshirt everyone.


Gameplanning

I will rely on the recommend button a lot early in my career, and wlil eventually force my depth chart to support my system. I will always play man to man defense. I know the CPU usually recommends 3P shooting too high for my liking, and pressing/trapping lower than my liking. I'll be hitting the recommend button and making minimal adjustments here, until I have the system in place to force a 10 press/10 trap setting all the time.




I have a history of starting dynasties and not finishing them. In part that's because I've always preferred to play games slightly slower and focus on more detalis. This dynasty will have less details, my goal is to get through a large number of seasons relatively quickly here.

[Radii]

Initial Team

I'm taking over Chicago State in the Mid-Continent Conference. Chicago State's prestige is 7, there are worse teams out there, but this one seems like one of the tougher challenges. The reason is that the rest of the MCC seems pretty stacked, as far as prestige 1 conferences go. Valparaiso has a starting prestige over 50, two teams have prestige over 40, and 2 more over 30. Only Western Illinois, with a prestige of 13, is anywhere close to Chicago State's sorry level. So this seems like a good place to start for a tough challenge.


The Coach


COACH DETAILS

Richard Dixon - Head Coach - Chicago State
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Age: 20
High School: Wake Forest Rolesville HS
Hometown: Wake Froest, NC
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Current Level: 0
Career Record: 0 - 0

Recruiting: 30
Scouting: 0
Offense: 10
Defense: 60



I actually like having good scouting, but with a level 0 coach, there's just no way. Getting 3* players that have the stats I am looking for should be enough to get me started.

[Radii]

2003/04 Season

We have $100,500 to spend on coaches, so we're picking 30k guys from the bottom of the food chain. I get a scout, recruiter, and assistant that all have skills in the 30-35 range for their relevant positions.


The initial roster is bad. I have a guard who has an A in steals and another guard who can handle and defend, but this season will be awful. I don't redshirt any of these guys, lets get them out and start funneling my guys in ASAP instead.


I have 9 road games, 5 home games to schedule. The highlight of my schedule is a road trip to Liberty, whose prestige of 7 dwarfs that of the other teams i look to schedule.



Recruiting

I have four scholarships to fill this year. Going into this if I can get two guys that look like they'll fit my system, I'll be thrilled. With $7,750 to spend each month in recruiting, I have to stay local. As long as a player is a 3* guy, I'm wliling to look at him(while I don't care greatly about ratings, there are things I try to avoid later on down the road... guys who aren't in the top 50 at their position, etc, but not at this point).

My initial contacts consist of the players with high and up interest in me, who are all local and thus cheap. After that I sort by high school stats/steals and contact anyone near the top of the list who is local to Chicago State. I only manage 12 total contacts.

I quickly fall behind on a couple of my targets, and only end up landing two players. It looks like its going to be a big struggle, even staying local. It may be 3-4 seasons before I can field a full starting squad of my system guys, so lets hope our AD understands how shitty a 7 prestige school is supposed to be.


So who is coming in? Two steals guys




#3 PG David Sanders
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Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 195
High School: Becker High School
Hometown: Becker, MN
GPA: 2.35
Test Score: 930
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: 20 51 73 45 49 22 19 50 20 14 27 6 54 100 33 55 43
Potential: F C B B C C F C D D B D



This guy has a good A/T ratio(I generally try to pull in guys who have more assists than turnovers in high school, espicially for PG's. I don't do this religously but i do shy away from guys with absurdly low ratios). He had 2.3 steals/game in high school, and scouts solidly in handling and steals. My scout sucks so I cna't wait to see how he comes in. If its anywhere close to this, the guy will be a 4 year starter after a redshirt season.




RECRUIT DETAILS

#2 PG Ned Finger
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Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 175
High School: New Lothrop High School
Hometown: New Lothrop, MI
GPA: 2.25
Test Score: 930
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: 4 70 54 74 53 47 6 13 27 17 45 7 72 64 55 40 59
Potential: D A A A C C D C D F C F



Another obvious 4 year starter if he comes in anywhere close to this. I don't expect it though. He did average 3.2 steals/game in HS so I'm optimistic for that, and hope he's just half the scorer my scout suggests he could be.




My season actually is pretty darn good for my first year. Just some stat dumps here, as there isn't much worth discussing since I just hit recommend and let it ride.




2003 Mid-Continent Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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Southern Utah 13 1 .929 25 7 .781
UMKC 10 4 .714 16 14 .533
Valparaiso 9 5 .643 16 16 .500
Chicago State 7 7 .500 15 14 .517
Oral Roberts 7 7 .500 11 19 .367
Western Illinois 4 10 .286 10 19 .345
Oakland 4 10 .286 7 22 .241
IUPUI 2 12 .143 5 24 .172



I lose in the first round of the conference tourney to Oral Roberts. Valparaiso upsets Southern Utah to win the conference tournament. Valpo earns a 16 seed and loses to Cincinnati in the big dance. Kentucky beats Iowa State to win the national title. Kentucky goes 40-1. I'm not sure I've ever seen a 40 win season before.


Chicago State 2003 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 7 Record Vs 1-50: 0-0
Season Record: 15-14 Record Vs 51-100: 0-0
Conference Record: 7-7 Record Vs 101-200: 1-4
Home Record: 8-4 Record Vs 200+: 14-10
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 287

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 60.2 National Rank: 233 Conference Rank: 5
Points Allowed: 60.5 National Rank: 51 Conference Rank: 2
Rebounds: 30.9 National Rank: 292 Conference Rank: 6
Assists: 11.7 National Rank: 257 Conference Rank: 7
Steals: 7.7 National Rank: 130 Conference Rank: 3
Blocks: 0.9 National Rank: 317 Conference Rank: 6
Turnovers: 18.2 National Rank: 193 Conference Rank: 5
Fouls: 18.0 National Rank: 78 Conference Rank: 1
FG%: .442 National Rank: 81 Conference Rank: 2
FT%: .676 National Rank: 156 Conference Rank: 2
3P%: .345 National Rank: 93 Conference Rank: 2





Chicago State 2003 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/16/03 Savannah State (4-25) W 69-53 1-0
11/20/03 Lipscomb (7-21) W 77-70 2-0
11/24/03 Morgan State (18-11) L 79-53 2-1
11/28/03 Morris Brown (3-25) W 68-49 3-1
12/02/03 Gardner Webb (1-27) W 82-46 4-1
12/06/03 at IPFW (14-14) W 66-47 5-1
12/10/03 at UC Riverside (4-24) W 51-36 6-1
12/14/03 at Birmingham Southern (13-16) L 58-48 6-2
12/18/03 at Binghamton (6-22) L 64-53 6-3
12/22/03 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (12-16) L 57-42 6-4
12/25/03 at Prairie View A&M (7-22) W 53-51 7-4
12/28/03 at Albany (8-21) L 68-46 7-5
01/01/04 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11-18) L 64-44 7-6
01/04/04 at Liberty (12-17) W 62-55 8-6
01/08/04 at UMKC (16-14) W 65-62 9-6 (1-0)
01/10/04 Valparaiso (16-16) W 81-67 10-6 (2-0)
01/15/04 UMKC (16-14) L 72-55 10-7 (2-1)
01/17/04 Southern Utah (25-7) L 74-69 10-8 (2-2)
01/24/04 at Valparaiso (16-16) L 79-55 10-9 (2-3)
01/29/04 at IUPUI (5-24) W 60-45 11-9 (3-3)
01/31/04 at Western Illinois (10-19) L 59-58 11-10 (3-4)
02/07/04 at Oakland (7-22) W 57-45 12-10 (4-4)
02/12/04 Western Illinois (10-19) W 83-54 13-10 (5-4)
02/14/04 Oral Roberts (11-19) L 77-50 13-11 (5-5)
02/19/04 Oakland (7-22) W 71-53 14-11 (6-5)
02/21/04 IUPUI (5-24) W 84-57 15-11 (7-5)
02/26/04 at Southern Utah (25-7) L 65-39 15-12 (7-6)
02/28/04 at Oral Roberts (11-19) L 79-58 15-13 (7-7)
03/07/04 vs. Oral Roberts (11-19) L 69-46 15-14

[Radii]

2004 Offseason

My prestige goes up from 7 to 8 after my 15-14 season last year. My goals are to finish .500 in conference play, and my AD is "delighted" with me.


Roster Overview

I have 4 scholarship seniors on the roster this year. So I only filled 2 out of 4 scholarships last season and am losing 4 guys this year, I'm going to be behind the 8 ball for awhile in terms of scholarship numbers. I'm only returning one starter from last year's team, and am planning on redshirting my freshmen, so expect a lot of crap this year.

Incoming Recruits

We have the 70th ranked recruiting class. Sounds good to me.



#2 PG Ned Finger - Chicago State - Freshman
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Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 175
High School: New Lothrop High School
Hometown: New Lothrop, MI

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: 5 64 41 74 43 37 15 27 28 17 49 13 72 77 46 40 60
Potential: F B C A B C D C C D B F

Academics: 11


Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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2003 High School: Rated *** and #196 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2003 High School: All-State (Michigan)



I'm *thrilled* with this. This guy is going to be a stud at a prestige one conference. The 11 academics rating is a problem, he'll lose some training b/c he'll need a lot of training in academics every year to try to avoid suspensions, but this guy will win me some games.




#3 PG David Sanders - Chicago State - Freshman
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Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 195
High School: Becker High School
Hometown: Becker, MN

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: 27 31 64 54 49 29 6 40 20 27 28 17 54 90 33 43 45
Potential: C C B A B C F C D C C D

Academics: 22



Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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2003 High School: Rated *** and #145 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2003 High School: All-State (Minnesota)
2003 High School: Mr. Basketball (Minnesota)



Bringing in two top 200 guys is a major coup for Chicago State. Good ball handling, acceptable defense and steals if we can get those raw ratings up towards his potentials.



Coaching

I lose my scout and recruiter to other schools. My new recruiter has a 29 recruiting rating, and my new scout has 33 scouting.


Scheduling

Scheduling is the same as last year. I picked up a couple 6 prestige schools for non conference play, that's as challenging as it goes for us this year.

[Radii]

2004/05 Season


Recruiting

We again have 4 scholarsihps to fill. I need to get a big man this year for sure. 2 big men and a SF type would be ideal. 2 very high/2 high interest players going into this season. I land one very solid big man in the initial signing period, and I thought I was in great shape to land a second, but one of the bigger schools swooped in and grabbed my #2 guy from me. I similarly took the lead on a couple good steals PGs in November and December and lost them in January to bigger schools swooping in after losing their own recruits.

At the very end of the year I land a guy from Alaska, towards the end the guys I'm trying to evaluate are gone by the time the next month rolls around, this guy was a last ditch grab in March.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#1 PF Harley Evans
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Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 235
High School: Jimtown High School
Hometown: Elkhart, IN
GPA: 2.41
Test Score: 1020
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: 48 7 29 19 7 27 35 36 55 29 21 35 79 41 62 33 19
Potential: C F D F F D D B A B C C


An acceptable scorer, good rebounder and defender. He'll be good vs the crap I want to play hopefully.




RECRUIT DETAILS

#11 PG Ross Sanders
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 178
High School: Wasilla High School
Hometown: Wasilla, AK
GPA: 2.89
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: 32 16 12 58 62 59 3 10 15 40 25 6 28 92 32 69 70
Potential: D C F A B A D F D B D F



I don't like the D in steals, but if he comes in as scouted I'll be happy, espicially given that he was such a late grab. His stats(2.3 steals/game) have me hoping i've underscouted him there, but if he can defend and handle the ball he'll have a place on my team.



Results

This season was what I expected from my early teams. We struggled against the awful non conference teams we scheduled and got worked over badly by the better conference teams.



2004 Mid-Continent Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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Valparaiso 11 3 .786 19 14 .576
Southern Utah 10 4 .714 19 12 .613
UMKC 10 4 .714 16 13 .552
Oral Roberts 7 7 .500 15 16 .484
Oakland 6 8 .429 11 18 .379
Chicago State 4 10 .286 11 19 .367
Western Illinois 4 10 .286 8 21 .276
IUPUI 4 10 .286 8 22 .267



We actually pull the upset in the first round of the conference tournament, upsetting UMKC before falling to Southern Utah in the semifinals. Valparaiso wins its 2nd straight conference tournament, earning another 16 seed, and this time losing to Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Wake Forest defeats Oklahoma State to win the NCAA Tournament. Cincinnati and St John's also make the final four.




Chicago State 2004 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 8 Record Vs 1-50: 0-0
Season Record: 11-19 Record Vs 51-100: 0-0
Conference Record: 4-10 Record Vs 101-200: 1-4
Home Record: 7-5 Record Vs 200+: 10-15
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 320

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 53.0 National Rank: 319 Conference Rank: 8
Points Allowed: 59.8 National Rank: 26 Conference Rank: 1
Rebounds: 29.6 National Rank: 319 Conference Rank: 8
Assists: 9.4 National Rank: 322 Conference Rank: 8
Steals: 5.7 National Rank: 302 Conference Rank: 8
Blocks: 0.9 National Rank: 322 Conference Rank: 8
Turnovers: 18.5 National Rank: 195 Conference Rank: 6
Fouls: 19.0 National Rank: 168 Conference Rank: 4
FG%: .405 National Rank: 289 Conference Rank: 7
FT%: .716 National Rank: 56 Conference Rank: 1
3P%: .265 National Rank: 288 Conference Rank: 7


Ugly, ugly, ugly.




Chicago State 2004 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/14/04 Savannah State (3-26) W 74-55 1-0
11/18/04 Grambling (6-22) L 53-52 1-1
11/22/04 Morris Brown (4-24) W 69-61 2-1
11/26/04 Mount St. Mary's (11-18) W 58-47 3-1
11/30/04 Birmingham Southern (15-14) W 67-61 4-1
12/03/04 at William & Mary (7-22) W 54-53 5-1
12/07/04 at Gardner Webb (4-24) L 47-44 5-2
12/11/04 at UC Riverside (5-23) W 50-49 6-2
12/15/04 at Prairie View A&M (7-21) L 54-41 6-3
12/19/04 at Binghamton (9-20) L 61-47 6-4
12/22/04 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (10-19) L 49-42 6-5
12/25/04 at Lipscomb (11-17) L 46-42 6-6
12/28/04 at Southeastern Louisiana (6-22) L 64-54 6-7
12/31/04 at IPFW (9-19) L 58-34 6-8
01/08/05 at IUPUI (8-22) L 61-47 6-9 (0-1)
01/13/05 Oral Roberts (15-16) L 66-63 6-10 (0-2)
01/15/05 UMKC (16-13) L 62-52 6-11 (0-3)
01/20/05 Valparaiso (19-14) L 76-68 6-12 (0-4)
01/22/05 at Valparaiso (19-14) L 89-50 6-13 (0-5)
01/27/05 at Oakland (11-18) W 46-45 7-13 (1-5)
01/29/05 at Western Illinois (8-21) L 68-57 7-14 (1-6)
02/03/05 at Oral Roberts (15-16) L 73-55 7-15 (1-7)
02/10/05 at Southern Utah (19-12) L 78-39 7-16 (1-8)
02/12/05 IUPUI (8-22) W 56-48 8-16 (2-8)
02/17/05 Western Illinois (8-21) W 48-38 9-16 (3-8)
02/19/05 Oakland (11-18) L 79-64 9-17 (3-9)
02/24/05 Southern Utah (19-12) W 70-67 10-17 (4-9)
02/26/05 at UMKC (16-13) L 67-50 10-18 (4-10)
03/06/05 vs. UMKC (16-13) W 58-57 11-18
03/07/05 vs. Southern Utah (19-12) L 61-39 11-19



There was a nice 11 game losing streak from December 15th to January 27th.

[Radii]

2005 Offseason


My prestige rises from 8 to 9. I guess it doesn't take much when you're this terrible. My goal remains a .500 Conference finish, and my AD is now simply satisfied with me.


Roster Overview


Again there are 4 seniors on the way out here. Two of them were starters last year, though that isn't saying much right now. My first two recruits, Ned Finger and David Sanders, will be out on the floor for me this season, a lot I would imagine.


Incoming Recruits

This recruiting class is ranked 155th in the country, not all that good.



PLAYER DETAILS

#20 PF Harley Evans - Chicago State - Freshman
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Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 235
High School: Jimtown High School
Hometown: Elkhart, IN

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 14 33 7 7 27 35 36 55 38 27 35 87 24 62 33 6
Potential: C F C F F D C B B B C C

Academics: 39

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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2004 High School: Rated *** and #345 overall by the FBCB scouting service.



Consistant defense and rebounding will be enough for Evans to start after a redshirt season for sure.




PLAYER DETAILS

#11 PG Ross Sanders - Chicago State - Freshman
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 178
High School: Wasilla High School
Hometown: Wasilla, AK

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: 32 30 18 44 44 48 16 17 15 23 31 11 15 92 25 69 70
Potential: C C D C C A D D D D C F

Academics: 79

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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2004 High School: Rated *** and #337 overall by the FBCB scouting service.



Sanders isn't nearly as good as scouted, which doesn't suprise me, but it is nice to see that his potential in steals is a C instead of the D that I scouted him as. But I really need to do better than this to fully implement a pressing/trapping system, even at this level.



I make it through the offseason without losing any of my coaches, and there is no change in the scheduling of course.

[Radii]

2005/06 Season


Recruiting

Again there are 4 scholarships to fill. The ideal here is 1 big man and 2 steals guys, but since we get to contact so few people most of this is dictated by our initial evaluations. Only one recruit has high interest in me initially this year.

My budget has increased slightly, up to $7,819/mo now to go after recruits. I find 3 good system guys in my initial scouting. One of them I drop off of early on as UNC Greensboro swoops in, and I don't land anyone in the initial signing period, which always scares me.

I get my two remaining targets in December, and a 3rd decent looking guy in January. I go after some leftover big men but I'm extremely happy with my results this season regardless of the big man.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#41 SG Antwan Hogan
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Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 194
High School: Mcfarland High School
Hometown: Mc Farland, WI
GPA: 2.40
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: 34 31 38 61 40 7 23 13 26 18 61 25 53 81 49 48 74
Potential: D B C B B F D D D C A D


Hogan could be a star recruit if he can score and comes in with B or better HND and STL ratings. I'm confidant in the steal number, he averaged 4 per game in high school, not so much in the scoring, we shall see.




RECRUIT DETAILS

#13 PG Merle Lewis
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Height: 5'11"
Weight: 154
High School: Caney Valley High School
Hometown: Caney, KS
GPA: 2.41
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
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Current: 27 32 49 51 37 22 6 48 33 42 70 34 57 96 37 51 43
Potential: D D B B C D C C B C A C


Again i'm confidant in the steals rating, 3.6 per game in HS, and hopefully he can shoot the 3 as advertised and is acceptably average elsewhere(defense/handles).



RECRUIT DETAILS

#21 PG Booker Silvia
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Height: 5'11"
Weight: 159
High School: Walt Whitman High School
Hometown: Bethesda, MD
GPA: 2.36
Test Score: 900
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: 22 18 31 32 71 45 29 24 49 49 59 35 40 65 42 58 36
Potential: C F C C A A C D C C C B


Silvia was my secondary recruit, one that i found and went after after the initial recruit signing period. 3.1 steals per game in HS and 5.3 Assists so hopefully those numbers are legit as well.


I really hoped to to land a big man but just whiffed completely on my initial contacts. With only $7,500/mo to recruit its proving really hard to get two differnt types of players. There just isn't that much money to go around to contact enough big men AND steals guys to guarentee good targets in both areas. Next season the focus will turn back to big men.




Results

I'm highly optimistic as I go through the non conference schedule, I have a record of 11-3 on Jan 1, as my best inherited player is putting together an All Conference type season early on, and Ned Finger is a productive starter. That kind of wild success doesn't exactly continue, but an 8-6 conference mark is a great success for me.


2005 Mid-Continent Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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Southern Utah 10 4 .714 16 14 .533
Valparaiso 9 5 .643 15 18 .455
Chicago State 8 6 .571 19 10 .655
Oral Roberts 8 6 .571 18 13 .581
UMKC 7 7 .500 14 15 .483
IUPUI 7 7 .500 14 16 .467
Oakland 4 10 .286 6 23 .207
Western Illinois 3 11 .214 8 21 .276



Unfortunately, we are beaten by IUPUI in the first round of our conference tournament. Valpo is the 2 seed this year and wins their 3rd straight conference tournament, beating Oral Roberts in the conference finals. They earn another 16 seed and lose to #1 seed Cincinnati for the 2nd time in 3 years.


Wake Forest repeats as National Champions, beating Iowa in the finals. Duke and Kentucky also make the final four.





Chicago State 2005 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 9 Record Vs 1-50: 0-0
Season Record: 19-10 Record Vs 51-100: 0-0
Conference Record: 8-6 Record Vs 101-200: 5-3
Home Record: 11-1 Record Vs 200+: 14-7
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 198

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 60.8 National Rank: 257 Conference Rank: 7
Points Allowed: 57.9 National Rank: 4 Conference Rank: 1
Rebounds: 29.4 National Rank: 322 Conference Rank: 8
Assists: 11.0 National Rank: 299 Conference Rank: 7
Steals: 8.9 National Rank: 54 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 0.7 National Rank: 327 Conference Rank: 8
Turnovers: 19.0 National Rank: 256 Conference Rank: 7
Fouls: 20.7 National Rank: 293 Conference Rank: 8
FG%: .451 National Rank: 45 Conference Rank: 2
FT%: .675 National Rank: 144 Conference Rank: 3
3P%: .377 National Rank: 27 Conference Rank: 1



Some drastic improvements over last year. The RPI is up from 320 to 198. Though I'm not forcing any sort of pressure yet, our 8.9 steals was 54th in the nation and 1st in the MCC, we were last in the conference last year here. We also had a very good 3 point shooting team.




Chicago State 2005 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/13/05 Savannah State (10-19) W 72-62 1-0
11/17/05 at Gardner Webb (3-25) W 51-37 2-0
11/20/05 at Prairie View A&M (7-22) W 67-55 3-0
11/24/05 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (13-17) W 67-60 4-0
11/28/05 at Mount St. Mary's (11-17) L 72-44 4-1
12/01/05 at Morris Brown (5-23) L 68-51 4-2
12/04/05 Grambling (12-18) W 53-46 5-2
12/08/05 at Southeastern Louisiana (6-22) W 61-49 6-2
12/12/05 at UC Riverside (9-19) L 73-59 6-3
12/15/05 at Florida A&M (16-14) W 70-41 7-3
12/19/05 Birmingham Southern (14-19) W 68-65 8-3
12/22/05 at Charleston Southern (16-14) W 66-63 9-3
12/25/05 Binghamton (9-20) W 61-54 10-3
12/29/05 at VMI (5-24) W 68-60 11-3
01/05/06 Oakland (6-23) W 54-44 12-3 (1-0)
01/07/06 at IUPUI (14-16) L 65-62 12-4 (1-1)
01/12/06 IUPUI (14-16) W 71-54 13-4 (2-1)
01/14/06 at Valparaiso (15-18) L 72-54 13-5 (2-2)
01/19/06 at Oakland (6-23) L 64-62 13-6 (2-3)
01/21/06 at Oral Roberts (18-13) W 62-53 14-6 (3-3)
01/26/06 at Western Illinois (8-21) L 52-45 14-7 (3-4)
02/02/06 Valparaiso (15-18) L 64-47 14-8 (3-5)
02/04/06 UMKC (14-15) W 76-72 15-8 (4-5)
02/09/06 Southern Utah (16-14) W 64-61 16-8 (5-5)
02/11/06 Oral Roberts (18-13) W 63-44 17-8 (6-5)
02/16/06 at Southern Utah (16-14) L 54-49 17-9 (6-6)
02/23/06 at UMKC (14-15) W 58-50 18-9 (7-6)
02/25/06 Western Illinois (8-21) W 74-58 19-9 (8-6)
03/05/06 vs. IUPUI (14-16) L 67-65 19-10




Awards

I am the Mid-Continent Coach of the year.

PG Ned Finger is MCC All Conference.

PG Nicholas Maya is 2nd team All Conference.


Player Review


PLAYER DETAILS

#23 PG Nicholas Maya - Chicago State - Senior
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Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 174
High School: Mount Pulaski High School
Hometown: Mount Pulaski, IL

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: 28 55 79 82 48 44 27 8 12 30 79 8 71 88 25 48 88
2004: 27 52 78 78 48 41 26 8 12 28 70 8 65 87 24 47 82
2003: 26 48 73 73 48 39 25 8 12 25 60 8 59 87 23 46 76
2002: 25 45 69 69 48 37 24 8 12 23 53 8 53 86 22 45 70
Potential: C B B A D C D F D D A F

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 18

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 29 29 29.6 12.3 0.6 1.8 2.4 3.2 0.74 1.8 0.1 3.1
2004 21 21 28.6 12.0 0.6 1.3 2.0 3.5 0.58 1.2 0.1 2.4
2005 29 29 30.0 16.7 0.8 2.1 2.0 4.0 0.50 2.5 0.0 3.1
Career 79 79 29.4 13.8 0.6 1.8 2.1 3.6 0.50 1.9 0.1 2.9

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2003 3.7 8.6 .434 3.0 3.6 .854 1.8 4.9 .376 1.43 1.03
2004 3.6 9.2 .387 3.2 3.3 .957 1.7 5.0 .333 1.30 -4.33
2005 5.2 11.4 .459 3.6 4.1 .858 2.7 6.3 .429 1.47 3.34
Career 4.2 9.8 .433 3.3 3.7 .881 2.1 5.4 .388 1.41 0.46

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 20
2005 2nd Team All-Conference (Mid-Continent Conference)




Maya was an inherited player, far and away the best player on the team in my first 3 seasons. His 2.5 steals per game and 16.7 ppg were highs for Chicago State this year, and he shot 43% from 3. We may be worse next year because there's no one else on the roster like this.


My first two recruits, Ned Finger and David Sanders, are the #2 and #3 scorers on the team. Finger started every game, scoring 9.3 ppg and rackig up 1.9 steals. Sanders was my 6th man, scoring 7.6 ppg and averaging over 1 steal. The two guys i have coming off redshirt next season are nothing exceptional, so I expect a bit of a drop off from last year.


Totals: 19-10 (8-6) - no postseason - RPI 198

[Radii]

2006 Offseason


My prestige rises from 9 to 11. I'm slowly increasing my recruiting budget, but I need a big season to make a big leap here. I'm certainly pleased with slow and steady for now. The board remains satisfied in me, and my goals are still to finish with a .500 conference record.


Incoming Recruits

This recruiting class is ranked 62nd in the country. To compare, Valparaiso has the 2nd best incoming class in the conference, they are ranked ~145th



PLAYER DETAILS

#21 PG Booker Silvia - Chicago State - Freshman
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Height: 5'11"
Weight: 159
High School: Walt Whitman High School
Hometown: Bethesda, MD

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: 22 31 20 33 71 50 18 31 33 29 47 24 54 73 42 43 22
Potential: C D D C A B D C C C B C

Academics: 25

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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2005 High School: Rated *** and #311 overall by the FBCB scouting service.



Silva came in almost exactly as advertised. In fact, his steals potential is better than scouted. This guy will almost certainly be a 4 year starter for me after a redshirt year.



PLAYER DETAILS

#55 SG Antwan Hogan - Chicago State - Freshman
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Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 194
High School: Mcfarland High School
Hometown: Mc Farland, WI

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: 34 37 33 61 35 7 23 13 32 30 70 31 35 81 49 51 61
Potential: C C C A C F C D C C A C

Academics: 38

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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2005 High School: Rated *** and #139 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2005 High School: All-State (Wisconsin)


Hogan's Jump Shot is a bit worse than scouted, and his handling is a C instead of a B, but you're not going to see me complain about any of that. He can shoot the 3 big time, will be an adequate defender at this level, and will likely be a 4 year starter as well with that steal rating.



PLAYER DETAILS

#13 PG Merle Lewis - Chicago State - Freshman
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Height: 5'11"
Weight: 154
High School: Caney Valley High School
Hometown: Caney, KS

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: 34 22 55 51 44 15 20 41 33 28 54 34 68 96 37 42 38
Potential: C C C B C D D B C C A C

Academics: 35

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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2005 High School: Rated *** and #203 overall by the FBCB scouting service.



Oh yeah, this recruiting class is exactly what I need to implemnt my system. I cannot wait to get these 3 guys on the court. This is the perfect recruiting class for what I'm trying to do. I am concerned about the academic ratings, suspensions at a bad time will be a serious threat to derail these guys in February/March.



I make it through another offseason without losing any of my coaches, and there is no change in the scheduling of course.


Training!

I make requests to improve the training facilities and the budget every season. For the first time, I had something approved. My training facilities will be improved next season. Chicago State's Training Facilities currently sit at a 5(out of 100) and are of course worst in the conference.


Roster Overview


Chicago State Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Andrew Knowlton C 6' 9" 251 43 44 19 18 32 47 14 77 35 97
Harley Evans PF 6' 9" 236 44 14 7 7 29 39 27 72 34 22
Jeff Bushman SF 6' 8" 252 8 24 42 44 34 55 60 78 59 48
David Sanders SG 6' 1" 199 30 35 69 64 34 6 93 39 46 62
Ned Finger PG 6' 3" 178 5 78 88 59 47 18 80 49 42 76

Ross Sanders PG 6' 0" 179 34 34 52 46 60 18 93 27 70 96
Zachariah Rodriguez PF 6' 7" 245 34 7 0 39 6 62 22 76 38 33
Matthew Battista SF 6' 6" 240 10 27 17 14 32 20 62 60 49 100





Chicago State Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Andrew Knowlton C 6' 9" 251 45 4 35 26 30 82 14 77 35 97
Harley Evans PF 6' 9" 236 66 42 29 42 47 100 27 72 34 22
Jeff Bushman SF 6' 8" 252 24 23 15 33 19 40 60 78 59 48
David Sanders SG 6' 1" 199 23 33 34 20 46 75 93 39 46 62
Ned Finger PG 6' 3" 178 31 24 68 13 30 92 80 49 42 76

Ross Sanders PG 6' 0" 179 17 27 35 11 19 34 93 27 70 96
Zachariah Rodriguez PF 6' 7" 245 60 25 21 42 32 100 22 76 38 33
Matthew Battista SF 6' 6" 240 9 23 47 30 35 34 62 60 49 100



These guys are sorted in order of the depth chart, 5 starters/top guys off the bench. Of the 8 guys on the depth chart, only Battista is a senior. All of the starters but Bushman are guys I recruited, sophs and freshmen. This is a young team with lots of development ahead of them. Ned Finger is clearly the star of the team.

[Radii]

2006/07 Season


Recruiting

My recruiting budget skyrockets to $8,306/mo, up $500/mo or so from last year. Things are slowly moving in the right direction.


I have only 3 scholarships to fill this year. One player thinks highly of me going into the recruiting season, he's a Center from Illinois, it'd be nice to grab one easily and have some time to focus on secondary guys. I spend my entire initial contact period on big men. Once I get my prestige up into the 20s hopefully I'll have the money to diversify a bit, but with the backcourt players I've recruited over the last 3 seasons, I need to bring in an inside prescence or two this year.

Well, I lose my top target to Binghamton, and my #3 target gets blitzed by mid-majors. I'm throwing all my money at big men and it looks like I'll be lucky to land one going into November. Heading into December I'm still without a signing, I lead on the two guys I'm targeting but could be in trouble if a higher ranked team comes in.

UGGGGH, in January I lose both my targets to bigger schools, so the top 4 big men I shoot for, none of which really seemed all that special, all go to bigger schools. I make an entirely new set of contacts, looking over guys who no one has offered yet, hoping some of them are stlil around next month. A few guys end up on my target list, and finally, in February, someone decides to come to Chicago State.





RECRUIT DETAILS

RECRUIT DETAILS

#1 C Henry Rutan
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 237
High School: Warren High School
Hometown: Downey, CA
GPA: 2.59
Test Score: 920
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: 65 0 13 10 25 12 35 50 24 14 0 20 48 11 75 5 58
Potential: A D D F C F D B B C F D


Another guy who isn't a genius, but at this point my options were extremely limited. I seriously doubt his Post Offense is as good as scouted, but hopefully its a B. His rebounding and defense I'm hopeful for.


I'm pretty disappointed with this. I was hoping to land one guy early and have some money to go after some secondary targets, but every guy I found ended up elsewhere.



Results

Bad news as starting SG David Sanders goes down for 50 days in mid November. Ned Finger suffers a shorter injury, ironically enough a dislocated finger and my backcourt is a mess. I go 6-8 in non conference play this year, and that's the good news. Chicago State loses its first 8 conference games in a row before finally getting a win in early February over Southern Utah. It never really got better.


2006 Mid-Continent Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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Oral Roberts 14 0 1.000 31 4 .886
Southern Utah 8 6 .571 19 13 .594
UMKC 8 6 .571 15 15 .500
Valparaiso 7 7 .500 14 15 .483
Western Illinois 7 7 .500 14 17 .452
Oakland 6 8 .429 14 15 .483
IUPUI 4 10 .286 11 18 .379
Chicago State 2 12 .143 8 21 .276



We lose to Oral Roberts in the first round of the conference tournament. Oral Roberts is upset in the Conference Semis, and 2 seed Southern Utah ends up winning the tournament. In a good sign for the conference overall, Southern Utah earns a 15 seed instead of the usual 16 seed. They lose to Oklahoma in round 1 of the big dance.

Oral Roberts is actually quite a story here. They end up with a 1 seed in the NIT beating UNC Greensboro, UNC Wilmington, SMU, and North Carolina on the way to the NIT Finals, before finally losing to Wisconsin.

Southern Cal wins the national title over Cincinnati. St John's and Kentucky are the other two final four participants. Two time defending champion Wake Forest earned a 1 seed but was upset in the 2nd round.



Chicago State 2006 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 11 Record Vs 1-50: 0-3
Season Record: 8-21 Record Vs 51-100: 0-0
Conference Record: 2-12 Record Vs 101-200: 1-10
Home Record: 3-9 Record Vs 200+: 7-8
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 316

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 59.8 National Rank: 282 Conference Rank: 8
Points Allowed: 65.6 National Rank: 116 Conference Rank: 3
Rebounds: 32.7 National Rank: 264 Conference Rank: 7
Assists: 13.0 National Rank: 196 Conference Rank: 7
Steals: 6.7 National Rank: 223 Conference Rank: 5
Blocks: 1.2 National Rank: 304 Conference Rank: 6
Turnovers: 17.3 National Rank: 149 Conference Rank: 8
Fouls: 18.7 National Rank: 108 Conference Rank: 3
FG%: .429 National Rank: 166 Conference Rank: 4
FT%: .645 National Rank: 227 Conference Rank: 5
3P%: .290 National Rank: 275 Conference Rank: 5



There's just nothing good at all here. Oral Roberts is the top 50 team that I lost to 3 times. I expect a big turnaround next year, all my starters will be back and some may be displaced with the defensive specialists that are redshirting right now.




Chicago State 2006 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/12/06 Gardner Webb (1-27) W 72-47 1-0
11/15/06 at Savannah State (5-23) W 81-66 2-0
11/19/06 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (16-16) L 49-38 2-1
11/23/06 at Southeastern Louisiana (12-16) L 67-48 2-2
11/26/06 at Prairie View A&M (9-21) W 76-51 3-2
11/30/06 Morris Brown (8-21) L 71-64 3-3
12/03/06 UC Riverside (14-16) L 69-45 3-4
12/07/06 at Mount St. Mary's (12-17) L 68-58 3-5
12/10/06 at IPFW (4-24) W 60-48 4-5
12/13/06 at Stephen F. Austin (11-17) L 71-50 4-6
12/17/06 North Carolina A&T (7-22) L 76-67 4-7
12/21/06 at Lehigh (17-18) W 65-51 5-7
12/25/06 VMI (6-23) W 53-50 6-7
12/29/06 at Coastal Carolina (13-16) L 53-51 6-8
01/04/07 UMKC (15-15) L 98-64 6-9 (0-1)
01/06/07 Oral Roberts (31-4) L 80-65 6-10 (0-2)
01/11/07 at Valparaiso (14-15) L 77-65 6-11 (0-3)
01/13/07 at Western Illinois (14-17) L 61-53 6-12 (0-4)
01/18/07 at IUPUI (11-18) L 60-52 6-13 (0-5)
01/25/07 Western Illinois (14-17) L 75-50 6-14 (0-6)
01/27/07 at Oakland (14-15) L 91-67 6-15 (0-7)
02/03/07 at Oral Roberts (31-4) L 73-69 6-16 (0-8)
02/08/07 at Southern Utah (19-13) W 91-79 7-16 (1-8)
02/10/07 IUPUI (11-18) W 57-45 8-16 (2-8)
02/15/07 at UMKC (15-15) L 67-56 8-17 (2-9)
02/17/07 Oakland (14-15) L 72-68 8-18 (2-10)
02/22/07 Southern Utah (19-13) L 70-44 8-19 (2-11)
02/24/07 Valparaiso (14-15) L 54-51 8-20 (2-12)
03/04/07 vs. Oral Roberts (31-4) L 62-55 8-21




Awards

6th man Ross Sanders is named to the Freshman All Conference team. He started 17 games when David Sanders was hurt. Sanders scored 7 ppg, had 2.4 apg and 1.2 spg. He's a very average player whose role will be limited next year.

Player Review

No seniors to review really.

Ned Finger and David Sanders are really all that's worth mentioning here, my first two recruits, they are the only two guys to average in double figure scoring. Finger also had 1.8 steals per game.

Totals: 8-21 (2-12) - no postseason - RPI 316

[Radii]

2007 Offseason

Prestige falls from 11->9, my goals remain the same, finish .500 in conference play, and the board remains satisfied, which is good, I'm not in serious danger if another debacle occurs hopefully. The training facilities double from 5 up to 11, not last in the conference anymore, but nothing to write home about either.

Incoming Recruits

This recruiting class is ranked 180th in the country this year. Not suprising given that we only landed one guy late in the recruiting season.



PLAYER DETAILS

#32 C Henry Rutan - Chicago State - Freshman
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 237
High School: Warren High School
Hometown: Downey, CA

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: 68 13 27 0 33 21 28 59 33 14 6 27 48 11 89 20 44
Potential: A F D F C D D B C F F C

Academics: 55

2006 High School: Rated *** and #288 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Damn, I am stunned that Rutan came in with an 'A' in INS, and he's a solid defensive rebounder. I'm still not pleased with only being able to land one player last year, but this is a guy that can play, I'm very pleased with this result.



I make it through yet another offseason without losing any of my coaches, and there is no change in the scheduling of course.


Training!

For the second year in a row the board agrees to improve the training facilities. I can't seem to get any more recruiting money but that's ok.


Roster Overview


Chicago State Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Andrew Knowlton C 6' 9" 253 46 47 20 19 33 52 15 79 36 100
Harley Evans PF 6' 9" 237 48 14 7 7 30 41 29 77 35 30
Antwan Hogan SG 6' 5" 202 40 39 71 41 9 26 82 53 52 69
Merle Lewis PG 5'11" 160 36 24 59 50 19 22 97 39 42 62
Ned Finger PG 6' 3" 180 5 83 93 63 50 19 81 50 43 81

David Sanders SG 6' 1" 199 32 36 73 65 35 7 93 41 47 67
Booker Silvia PG 5'11" 166 24 33 35 82 59 20 73 44 45 47
Ross Sanders PG 6' 0" 181 35 36 56 46 68 19 93 28 71 100
Zachariah Rodriguez PF 6' 7" 245 36 7 0 42 7 71 24 80 39 43
Jeff Bushman SF 6' 8" 252 8 26 45 46 35 60 61 81 60 56





Chicago State Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Andrew Knowlton C 6' 9" 253 50 4 36 29 33 91 15 79 36 100
Harley Evans PF 6' 9" 237 72 45 30 46 53 100 29 77 35 30
Antwan Hogan SG 6' 5" 202 36 37 84 35 15 46 82 53 52 69
Merle Lewis PG 5'11" 160 35 36 69 37 45 83 97 39 42 62
Ned Finger PG 6' 3" 180 32 27 76 13 31 98 81 50 43 81

David Sanders SG 6' 1" 199 24 35 36 21 50 79 93 41 47 67
Booker Silvia PG 5'11" 166 35 33 57 27 33 64 73 44 45 47
Ross Sanders PG 6' 0" 181 18 30 38 11 20 42 93 28 71 100
Zachariah Rodriguez PF 6' 7" 245 67 26 22 46 34 100 24 80 39 43
Jeff Bushman SF 6' 8" 252 25 25 16 34 20 47 61 81 60 56



With Silva's ball handling ability I seriously considered starting him, but Finger is still my only good half court scorer, and will generate mroe steals, so he's in. I'm going much deeper this year but expect the starters to get the vast majority of the playing time. With 3 very good steals guys starting and one more pretty good one coming off the bench, I'm bumped the pressing/trapping up to 10 to see how it goes at this level.

[Radii]

2007/08 Season


Recruiting

My recruiting budget is back down to $7,819/mo with the slight dip in prestige. I have two scholarships to fill this year. Again in an ideal world i'd grab a big man and a steals type SF, but that's hard to plan at this level.

I land my first target on Dec 1, leaving me the rest of the season to try to find someone else worth bringing in.

Our second recruit signs on Feb 1, and for the first time ever we use all the scholarships we have available to us.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#0 C Albert King
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Height: 6'11"
Weight: 241
High School: Pembroke High School
Hometown: Corfu, NY
GPA: 2.90
Test Score: 920
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: 38 21 16 0 4 41 21 69 15 0 53 27 12 45 100 28 11
Potential: C D C F F C B A F F C A


I'm taking a bit of a chance on King, given his horrible post defense. The reason? His stats really stand out, 2 blocks per game, and 20 points/11 rebounds and 52% FG Shooting. I'm hoping his inside ability is better than scouted as a result of that.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#21 SF Joel Shotwell
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 238
High School: San Marino High School
Hometown: San Marino, CA
GPA: 2.24
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: 28 35 48 69 16 14 34 32 26 9 65 18 55 53 67 83 35
Potential: B D C B C D D C C D B F


You can look at my current lineup and see that I'm playing PGs at SG, and SGs at SF. If I can find a bigger guy that fits my system, a 6'5" + guy that can handle the ball ok, and can steal, I'm going to try to go get him. I'm a bit concerned about the HND rating, 16, but it'll be ok if his steals come in well and he can score.


Results

The results are immediate. 12-2 in non conference play, with a number of 15-25 point wins as we overwhelm bad teams with our pressure defense. Here's a good example when everything goes right, we shoot well and play the posession game well at the same time:

Chicago State 90, North Carolina A&T 50

Game Summary:

Game Stats NC AT CH ST
Halftime Score 37 48
FGM-FGA 16-41 27-53
FG% .390 .509
FTM-FTA 11-14 28-41
FT% .786 .683
3PM-3PA 7-19 8-17
3P% .368 .471
Rebounds 25 33
Assists 9 14
Steals 4 19
Blocks 1 0
Turnovers 26 9
Team Fouls 30 17



But much, much more importantly are games like this one:

Chicago State 75, Prairie View A&M 51

Game Summary:

Game Stats CH ST PV AM
Halftime Score 43 23
FGM-FGA 28-58 21-35
FG% .483 .600
FTM-FTA 13-18 5-8
FT% .722 .625
3PM-3PA 6-22 4-10
3P% .273 .400
Rebounds 25 23
Assists 18 11
Steals 17 5
Blocks 0 2
Turnovers 13 31
Team Fouls 12 16


We take 23 more shots from the field, and have teh edge on the boards which won't happen very often. USually we take, and thus miss, a ton more shots than our opponents, so we expect to be outrebounded on the defenseive glass. But here Prairie View shoots 60% from the floor yet we blow them out of the water. This is really the crux of this system. We can survive the 30-40% shooting nights a lot more often than other teams if we're racking up steals like crazy and taking so many more shots than our opponents.

We run away with the division as well, going 11-3, and putting up some 20+ point wins over the likes of Southern Utah and Oral Roberts, teams that had been at the top of the league pretty consistantly in the early years.

2007 Mid-Continent Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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Chicago State 11 3 .786 26 6 .813
IUPUI 9 5 .643 17 12 .586
Valparaiso 9 5 .643 17 13 .567
Oakland 7 7 .500 18 12 .600
Oral Roberts 7 7 .500 11 18 .379
Western Illinois 6 8 .429 13 16 .448
Southern Utah 5 9 .357 22 12 .647
UMKC 2 12 .143 8 21 .276



Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (1) Chicago State 74, (8 )UMKC 59 - we take the steals battle 21-6, forcing 30 turnovers. Its hard to lose when you force 30 turnovers. Antwan Hogan puts up 25 points in the win.

Semifinals: (1) Chicago State 70, (4) Oakland 53 - Both teams shoot poorly, 37% for both of us. We only get 12 steals today, compared to 6 for Oakland. The turnover battle is 21/13, which is a big enough edge for us to come out on top nicely. Antwan Hogan leads us with 19 points today.

Finals: (1) Chicago State 78, (7) Southern Utah 61 - Again the steals battle is close, 14 for us to 9 for S. Utah, we force 24 turnovers, only giving it up 14 times ourselves, and we shoot 16-22 from the FT line to pull away in this one. Ned Finger puts up 18 points in the win. We earn our first automatic bid to the NCAA tournament!!


NCAA Tournament

We go into the NCAA Tournament with a 26-5 record and easily put up the best seed seen by the MCC to date. We earn a 13 seed in the Midwest Region and will play 4 seed Illinois.

I watch the play by play, which I like to do in big games. I really don't expect to win but I know we can with a good shooting performance. We come out hot, taking a 5-0 lead and leading for the first 7 minutes of the game. Illinois takes their first lead with 13 minutes to go. We're just outplaying them really, we dont' get a steal for the first 11 minutes of the game and are actually at a disadvantage most of the first half. A little flurry near the end of the half though has us in it. Illinois 34, Chicago State 33 at the half. We're outshooting them 52%-46%, each team has 5 steals and the turnover totals are about the same. We're hanging in there with the big boys, at least for a half.

We hang in there for another 12 minutes or so, but the magic goes away with about 10 minutes left in the game. We lead 42-41 with about 10 minutes left and very quickly Illinois goes on a 13-0 run, leading 54-42 with 8 minutes to go. We hang in there and come back a bit, only trailing by 5 with 2 minutes left, but we're not quite there yet.


Illinois 65, Chicago State 58

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Chicago State (26-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Andrew Knowlton C 17 1-2 0-0 2 3 0 5 2
Harley Evans PF 28 1-2 0-0 0 6 1 3 2
Antwan Hogan SF 28 4-10 4-5 1 4 1 2 15
Merle Lewis SG 32 6-9 1-2 0 7 3 1 15
Ned Finger PG 32 3-8 0-2 0 1 5 4 6
Booker Silvia PG 8 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 3
Ross Sanders SF 17 3-3 1-2 0 0 1 2 9
Z. Rodriguez PF 25 2-3 2-4 1 6 1 1 6
Jeff Bushman PF 14 0-3 0-1 0 1 0 1 0

Turnovers: 24 (H.Evans 4, A.Hogan 7, M.Lewis 5,
N.Finger 4, B.Silvia 1, R.Sanders 1, Z.Rodriguez 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (H.Evans 1)
Steals: 13 (A.Hogan 4, M.Lewis 6, N.Finger 2, R.Sanders
1)
3P FGs: 8-19 (A.Hogan 3-6, M.Lewis 2-4, N.Finger 0-4,
B.Silvia 1-1, R.Sanders 2-2, J.Bushman 0-2)

Illinois (21-11):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Ronald Hashimoto C 32 3-5 4-5 2 6 0 3 10
Robin Hernandez PF 28 1-4 0-2 0 2 0 3 2
Elbert Lafontaine SF 33 6-17 3-3 1 5 1 4 18
Daniel Puckett SG 26 5-9 6-9 2 5 1 4 19
Alonzo Smith PG 25 2-4 0-0 0 1 6 0 4
Burl Hurlburt PG 15 0-1 0-0 0 2 6 3 0
Michael Archuleta PF 25 4-7 2-4 3 7 0 1 10
Paul Stevens SG 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Henry SG 9 1-2 0-0 1 1 1 0 2
Rhett Manus SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 17 (R.Hernandez 3, E.Lafontaine 5, D.Puckett
1, A.Smith 5, B.Hurlburt 3)
Blocked Shots: 3 (A.Smith 1, M.Archuleta 2)
Steals: 13 (R.Hashimoto 3, E.Lafontaine 2, D.Puckett 2,
A.Smith 1, B.Hurlburt 2, M.Archuleta 1, M.Henry 2)
3P FGs: 6-14 (E.Lafontaine 3-5, D.Puckett 3-6, A.Smith
0-2, B.Hurlburt 0-1)

Player of Game: SG Daniel Puckett (IL)

Game Summary:

Game Stats CH ST IL
Halftime Score 33 34
FGM-FGA 21-41 22-50
FG% .512 .440
FTM-FTA 8-16 15-23
FT% .500 .652
3PM-3PA 8-19 6-14
3P% .421 .429
Rebounds 29 30
Assists 13 15
Steals 13 13
Blocks 1 3
Turnovers 24 17
Team Fouls 19 18








Chicago State 2007 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 9 Record Vs 1-50: 0-1
Season Record: 26-6 Record Vs 51-100: 6-2
Conference Record: 11-3 Record Vs 101-200: 3-1
Home Record: 11-1 Record Vs 200+: 17-2
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 72

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 72.3 National Rank: 78 Conference Rank: 4
Points Allowed: 58.6 National Rank: 4 Conference Rank: 1
Rebounds: 33.0 National Rank: 278 Conference Rank: 8
Assists: 14.3 National Rank: 137 Conference Rank: 4
Steals: 13.8 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 1.4 National Rank: 296 Conference Rank: 7
Turnovers: 15.8 National Rank: 42 Conference Rank: 2
Fouls: 18.6 National Rank: 87 Conference Rank: 2
FG%: .459 National Rank: 26 Conference Rank: 1
FT%: .614 National Rank: 298 Conference Rank: 6
3P%: .379 National Rank: 26 Conference Rank: 1


This is the trend that I expect to become more pronounced as we go on. Our point production went up dramatically, we led the nation in steals and were 26th in FG %. Those are the numbers that really skyrocket when i have the right players in place, with better half court players i'd expect to lead the nation in all 3 categories. Right now we have a team that forces a lot of turnovers, creates more posessions, but if they don't get a breakaway, they really aren't that good in a half court set. As I get better and can recruit better players that will change.



Chicago State 2007 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/18/07 Gardner Webb (2-27) W 72-46 1-0
11/21/07 at Prairie View A&M (0-29) W 75-51 2-0
11/24/07 at Mount St. Mary's (11-18) L 80-67 2-1
11/27/07 Savannah State (7-21) W 58-45 3-1
11/30/07 at Southeastern Louisiana (5-24) W 77-56 4-1
12/04/07 at Southern (12-20) W 84-73 5-1
12/07/07 at Morris Brown (8-20) W 75-63 6-1
12/11/07 at Texas State (10-20) W 84-66 7-1
12/14/07 Sacred Heart (13-16) W 67-54 8-1
12/17/07 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (12-17) W 67-48 9-1
12/20/07 Stephen F. Austin (10-21) W 75-59 10-1
12/23/07 North Carolina A&T (13-18) W 90-50 11-1
12/26/07 at IPFW (5-23) L 61-53 11-2
12/30/07 at Elon (17-15) W 78-66 12-2
01/10/08 Oakland (18-12) W 78-49 13-2 (1-0)
01/12/08 at Valparaiso (17-13) L 74-58 13-3 (1-1)
01/17/08 at IUPUI (17-12) L 83-55 13-4 (1-2)
01/19/08 at Western Illinois (13-16) W 66-46 14-4 (2-2)
01/24/08 at Oakland (18-12) W 85-65 15-4 (3-2)
01/31/08 Western Illinois (13-16) W 64-51 16-4 (4-2)
02/02/08 at Oral Roberts (11-18) W 86-61 17-4 (5-2)
02/07/08 Valparaiso (17-13) L 65-63 17-5 (5-3)
02/09/08 at Southern Utah (22-12) W 75-51 18-5 (6-3)
02/14/08 Southern Utah (22-12) W 71-44 19-5 (7-3)
02/16/08 Oral Roberts (11-18) W 78-55 20-5 (8-3)
02/21/08 at UMKC (8-21) W 77-60 21-5 (9-3)
02/23/08 UMKC (8-21) W 83-57 22-5 (10-3)
03/01/08 IUPUI (17-12) W 73-57 23-5 (11-3)
03/09/08 vs. UMKC (8-21) W 74-59 24-5
03/10/08 vs. Oakland (18-12) W 70-53 25-5
03/11/08 vs. Southern Utah (22-12) W 78-61 26-5
03/21/08 vs. Illinois (22-12) L 65-58 26-6





Awards

Oh yes, there are awards to be had:

I am the MCC Coach of the year.

SG Antwan Hogan is the National Freshman of the year, Freshman All-American, Conference Freshman of the year, freshman all conference, and 2nd team all conference

PG Ned Finger is the Conference Player of the year, 1st team all-conference

PG Merle Lewis is a Freshman All-American, and Freshman All-Conference

Player Review

All 5 starters will be returning next year. We lose basically nothing.


Chicago State Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Spencer Murphy C 1 0 6.0 3.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Andrew Knowlton C 32 32 30.8 8.5 2.2 6.7 1.3 0.9 0.2 2.8 3.0
Henry Rutan C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Zachariah Rodriguez PF 32 0 17.4 4.5 1.3 3.8 0.9 0.5 0.3 1.1 1.6
Harley Evans PF 32 32 25.1 5.9 1.4 6.0 1.3 0.6 0.4 2.3 2.1
Agustin Spence PF 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Jeff Bushman SF 32 0 9.7 2.6 0.5 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.0
Brian Long SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Stewart Balcom SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
David Sanders SG 27 0 10.4 4.5 0.3 2.1 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.6 1.5
Antwan Hogan SG 32 32 28.0 17.0 1.3 3.2 1.5 3.3 0.1 2.8 2.7
Ned Finger PG 32 32 30.1 12.3 0.8 3.1 4.8 3.1 0.1 2.4 2.5
Ross Sanders PG 31 0 13.1 4.4 0.5 1.5 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.7 1.2
Booker Silvia PG 32 0 9.7 2.7 0.3 1.5 1.3 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.7
Merle Lewis PG 32 32 27.5 10.6 0.7 4.1 1.6 2.8 0.1 2.2 2.7


Totals: 26-6 (11-3) - MCC Tournament Champion, NCAA 1st Round - RPI 72

[Radii]

2008 Offseason

Our prestige has doubled. Its up to 18. The training Facilities are up to 17, triple what they were 2 years ago. Our AD is still just 'satisfied' wtih me, but their expectations haven't gone up either, I still just need to finish .500 in conference play.


Coaching Skill

I am now a level 1 coach. 10 points into offense, 10 more into defense:


COACH DETAILS

Richard Dixon - Head Coach - Chicago State
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Age: 25
High School: Wake Forest Rolesville HS
Hometown: Wake Froest, NC
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Current Level: 1
Career Record: 79 - 70

Recruiting: 30
Scouting: 0
Offense: 20
Defense: 70


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2007 Chicago State Head Coach 26 6 11 3 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2006 Chicago State Head Coach 8 21 2 12 No Postseason
2005 Chicago State Head Coach 19 10 8 6 No Postseason
2004 Chicago State Head Coach 11 19 4 10 No Postseason
2003 Chicago State Head Coach 15 14 7 7 No Postseason



Incoming Recruits

Our recruiting class is ranked 152nd in the country this year.



PLAYER DETAILS

#52 SF Joel Shotwell - Chicago State - Freshman
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 238
High School: San Marino High School
Hometown: San Marino, CA

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: 28 24 37 56 25 21 23 19 28 23 65 9 60 59 60 72 35
Potential: C D C C C D C D C D A F

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 12

2007 High School: Rated *** and #320 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Well, Shotwell will get some playing time as I lose some of my initial recruits, but I was hoping to see better scoring. The steals are awesome and with Hogan as a scoring SG Shotwell might be able to start at SF, it just depends on what else is out there. At this point i'm starting to expect some other abilities in addition to being able to steal the ball.



PLAYER DETAILS

#0 C Albert King - Chicago State - Freshman
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Height: 6'11"
Weight: 241
High School: Pembroke High School
Hometown: Corfu, NY

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: 29 21 29 0 4 25 34 61 24 5 36 32 12 30 82 35 11
Potential: C C C F F C B B D F C B

Academics: 78



The rebounding is nice, but not a scorer, or a defender, and he'll be a turnover machine. The blocked shots are intriguing and he'll certainly spend some time on the court, but I'd hope for a little bit more out of a starter.

Coaches

My budget is starting to increase, and i lose my coaching assistant. I choose to stay cheap though, hiring another 30k assistant with 35 offense/31 defense instead of trying to spend more.


Scheduling

I'm making a very, very slight boost in the scheduling that i'm doing. I'm looking for teams with prestige between 5-12 or so, instead of simply as low as humanly possible.


Training

The board is annoyed with me as i request training upgrades this season. "Their opinion of me has dropped." Hey, don't worry guys, my goal isn't to win a national title at Chicago State. By the time this first round of recruits is gone I may be at a prestige 2 or 3 conference.

Roster Overview


Chicago State Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Henry Rutan C 6' 8" 241 82 13 0 37 23 32 15 97 20 60
Harley Evans PF 6' 9" 238 52 15 8 8 31 43 31 82 35 38
Antwan Hogan SG 6' 5" 203 44 41 78 45 10 28 82 55 53 73
Merle Lewis PG 6' 0" 165 38 26 65 54 21 23 98 40 43 73
Ned Finger PG 6' 4" 184 6 84 94 64 51 21 81 51 43 86

Booker Silvia PG 5'11" 168 25 35 37 88 64 21 73 45 46 58
David Sanders SG 6' 1" 203 34 37 78 66 36 8 94 42 48 72
Ross Sanders PG 6' 0" 181 36 38 57 46 75 20 93 30 72 100
Zachariah Rodriguez PF 6' 7" 246 38 7 0 45 8 80 24 84 42 53
Andrew Knowlton C 6' 9" 253 47 52 21 21 35 53 15 81 36 100






Chicago State Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Henry Rutan C 6' 8" 241 41 14 6 35 74 66 15 97 20 60
Harley Evans PF 6' 9" 238 73 48 31 50 58 100 31 82 35 38
Antwan Hogan SG 6' 5" 203 38 41 92 37 16 51 82 55 53 73
Merle Lewis PG 6' 0" 165 36 41 79 39 48 90 98 40 43 73
Ned Finger PG 6' 4" 184 33 30 78 14 33 100 81 51 43 86

Booker Silvia PG 5'11" 168 36 35 63 29 34 69 73 45 46 58
David Sanders SG 6' 1" 203 25 37 38 22 54 85 94 42 48 72
Ross Sanders PG 6' 0" 181 19 33 41 11 21 50 93 30 72 100
Andrew Knowlton C 6' 9" 253 51 5 37 29 36 93 15 81 36 100
Zachariah Rodriguez PF 6' 7" 246 69 27 23 50 36 100 24 84 42 53



4 of my starters are the same as last year. Rutan wlil start as a freshman, obviously, with his 82 INS and decent defense. My offense is better as a whole, I should generate more steals than last year, and I expect to be at least as good as last season. Ned Finger is graduating after this year, as is David Sanders

[Radii]

2008/09 Season


Recruiting

I'm losing my own recruits for the first time after this season. We have a much improved budget to play with, $10,988/mo to spend. I try to diversify a bit, spending half my budget evalutaing big me, and half evaluating steals guys.

I go after 2 big men and 2 steals guys but that stretches me a little thin. I do land a center in the first signing period in November which helps immensely.

OOF. All three of my other targets go elsewhere in December. Where? North Carolina, NC State, Mississippi. Ok, so maybe I was aiming a little high there.

Secondary targets start coming in later in the season, I land a PG in February, and we close out the recruiting season with another PG from out west in March.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#23 C Matthew Sellers
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 267
High School: West High School
Hometown: West Seneca, NY
GPA: 2.32
Test Score: 1080
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: 26 22 53 0 40 26 44 85 33 19 18 20 63 15 73 49 12
Potential: B D B F D D B A D F F C


I expect this guy to come in as a good rebounder, but he didn't put up a lot of points in high school so i'm a little wary of his INS potential, but as usual, I am hopeful.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#43 PG Charles Slusher
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Height: 5'11"
Weight: 152
High School: Elgin High School
Hometown: Elgin, MN
GPA: 2.06
Test Score: 1030
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: 27 16 35 56 41 36 47 19 24 25 56 34 68 98 28 81 32
Potential: B F D C B A B F D B A D


This is someone to get excited about if his actual ratings come in anywhere near his scouted ratings. Handling, Defense, Steals, some inside scoring ability? His stats give me some hope that his handling/steals are accurate, the INS/PRD would be major bonuses if they come through.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#4 PG Carmelo Lorenzo
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 175
High School: Paso Robles High School
Hometown: Paso Robles, CA
GPA: 2.36
Test Score: 1010
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: 13 60 16 26 65 49 21 54 25 12 79 11 39 77 42 64 56
Potential: F A C D A C D B C F A C



A handles, A steals, A jump shot is basically a wet dream for me. We'll see how accurate it is, this guy is ranked really lowly, but his steals and Assists stats are really solid.


Results

The non conference schedule goes as expected, we're 13-1, dropping only a game on the road where we just couldn't force any turnovers, only 8 steals. 30 point+ wins over Savannah State, Texas State, Ark-Pine Bluff, IPFW make me feel pretty good though.

We lose two conference games in early January but go crazy the rest of the year, finishing 12-2 and on top of the conference again. We go 25-3 in the regular season.

Our final regular season matchup is just a soul crushing dominating performand vs Southern Utah, a team that finished 7-7 in conference play and 15-11 overall. We beat them 104-38, 24 steals, we force 40 turnovers(40!), shoot 58% and only allow Southern Utah to shoot 29%. A nice way to enter the conference tournament.



Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (1) Chicago State 85, (8 )Western Illinois 43 - This just isn't fair. We're 25-3, they're 4-24. Freshman center Henry Rutan puts up 20 points and 15 rebounds in this one.

Semifinals: (1) Chicago State 65, (4) Southern Utah 63 - I guess they weren't going to let us win by 66 again. We get 14 steals here but allow 10. We actually have more turnovers, 24 for us, 21 for them. Rutan saves us with a double double and helping us get a 40-31 edge on the boards as we escape into the conference finals.

Finals: (1) Chicago State 70, (7) IUPUI 47 - For the second season in a row we face the 7 seed in the finals, and for the second year in a row we put them down to earn the automatic bid to the big dance! Only 9 steals today, and looking at the box score SG stud Merle Lewis only played 3 minutes, its injury time.


Yup. SG Merle Lewis is out for the rest of the season, 38 days. Lewis has started every game for me, putting up 11 points and picking up 3.3 steals per game, 101 of them on the season. We have some depth in the steals department and will actually be putting a better ball handler on the court in Booker Silvia.



NCAA Tournament

We earn our second straight 13 seed, taking our 28-3 record up against Utah, 4th seed out West.

We come out strong, simply outplaying Utah early. We have some worries as Rutan and Evans, my starting C and PF both have 2 fouls in th efirst 3 minutes of the game, but we are just starting this game on fire. We make our first 9 field goals and have a 25-14 lead 9 minutes into the game. We cool off though and Utah makes a comeback, taking the lead for the first time in the last minute of the first half. Utah leads 49-44 at the half, we have serious foul trouble across the board, 3 fouls on 3 of our starters. We're shooting 61%, Utah 62%. Utah has 5 steals and we only have 4, we know against better teams we're going to get a couple flurries of steals but we don't expect to roll off 20 steals against a 4 seed very often in the NCAA Tournament... we need to outplay them.

In the second half we come back and only trail 60-58 with about 14 minutes to go, but both our big men pick up their 4th fouls and miss a signifgant percentage of the 2nd half. Without the big men to rebound and without Rutan to score in the half court set, we quickly fall behind by 10 and don't have it in us to come back.



Utah 92, Chicago State 79

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Chicago State (28-4):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Henry Rutan C 11 5-7 1-3 0 2 0 4 11
Harley Evans PF 25 0-0 3-6 0 7 0 4 3
Antwan Hogan SF 29 4-10 0-0 0 1 3 4 9
Booker Silvia SG 30 5-7 0-3 1 2 4 1 11
Ned Finger PG 35 8-10 8-12 0 1 5 1 26
David Sanders SG 12 2-4 1-2 1 2 0 4 7
Ross Sanders PG 7 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 2
Z. Rodriguez C 10 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 4 0
Andrew Knowlton C 27 2-5 4-6 2 8 1 3 8
Agustin Spence PF 7 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Long SF 7 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 2

Turnovers: 15 (H.Rutan 1, H.Evans 3, B.Silvia 1,
N.Finger 5, D.Sanders 1, R.Sanders 1, Z.Rodriguez 1,
A.Spence 1, B.Long 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (A.Hogan 1)
Steals: 15 (H.Rutan 1, H.Evans 1, A.Hogan 4, B.Silvia
3, N.Finger 3, R.Sanders 1, Z.Rodriguez 1, B.Long 1)
3P FGs: 6-16 (H.Rutan 0-1, A.Hogan 1-6, B.Silvia 1-2,
N.Finger 2-3, D.Sanders 2-3, B.Long 0-1)

Utah (27-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Duncan Unger C 26 4-6 6-8 2 9 3 3 14
Daniel Hamilton PF 10 0-1 4-6 0 2 1 4 4
Antione Helton SF 16 0-3 0-0 0 2 3 4 0
Andrew Moreau SG 25 7-13 3-8 1 2 0 0 19
Doyle Small PG 35 2-3 2-2 1 6 6 3 7
Chris Michaels PF 33 7-9 6-7 3 8 0 2 20
Hippolyte Dupretz SG 24 4-7 4-5 1 3 2 3 16
Domenic Christie PG 5 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Darnell Hardwick SF 15 3-3 0-1 1 2 2 4 7
Craig Crook PF 10 1-2 0-0 1 3 1 2 3

Turnovers: 23 (D.Unger 2, D.Hamilton 1, A.Helton 2,
A.Moreau 4, D.Small 7, C.Michaels 1, H.Dupretz 3,
D.Christie 1, D.Hardwick 1, C.Crook 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 11 (D.Unger 1, A.Helton 3, A.Moreau 1, D.Small
4, D.Hardwick 1, C.Crook 1)
3P FGs: 9-16 (A.Moreau 2-5, D.Small 1-1, H.Dupretz 4-5,
D.Christie 0-3, D.Hardwick 1-1, C.Crook 1-1)

Player of Game: C Chris Michaels (UTAH)

Game Summary:

Game Stats CH ST UTAH
Halftime Score 44 49
FGM-FGA 28-52 29-51
FG% .538 .569
FTM-FTA 17-32 25-37
FT% .531 .676
3PM-3PA 6-16 9-16
3P% .375 .563
Rebounds 24 38
Assists 15 18
Steals 15 11
Blocks 1 0
Turnovers 15 23
Team Fouls 26 25








Chicago State 2008 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 18 Record Vs 1-50: 0-1
Season Record: 28-4 Record Vs 51-100: 3-0
Conference Record: 12-2 Record Vs 101-200: 8-2
Home Record: 10-2 Record Vs 200+: 17-1
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 51

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 75.8 National Rank: 31 Conference Rank: 1
Points Allowed: 58.3 National Rank: 3 Conference Rank: 1
Rebounds: 34.7 National Rank: 215 Conference Rank: 5
Assists: 15.0 National Rank: 95 Conference Rank: 2
Steals: 14.5 National Rank: 2 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 1.5 National Rank: 294 Conference Rank: 7
Turnovers: 15.4 National Rank: 34 Conference Rank: 1
Fouls: 20.0 National Rank: 228 Conference Rank: 6
FG%: .462 National Rank: 19 Conference Rank: 1
FT%: .604 National Rank: 306 Conference Rank: 8
3P%: .365 National Rank: 52 Conference Rank: 1


A solid continuation from last year. Shooting improves a bit, we're #2 in steals but we have more steals per game this year than last.



Chicago State 2008 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/16/08 Savannah State (4-25) W 85-65 1-0
11/20/08 at Texas State (6-22) W 73-40 2-0
11/24/08 at Coastal Carolina (9-20) L 66-58 2-1
11/27/08 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (15-15) W 97-59 3-1
11/30/08 IPFW (3-25) W 79-44 4-1
12/04/08 at VMI (11-21) W 53-45 5-1
12/08/08 at Nicholls State (10-19) W 64-63 6-1
12/12/08 at Southern (18-14) W 67-65 7-1
12/15/08 Bethune-Cookman (13-16) W 73-52 8-1
12/18/08 at Robert Morris (8-20) W 84-57 9-1
12/22/08 at Long Island (10-19) W 68-59 10-1
12/26/08 at Birmingham Southern (16-14) W 78-62 11-1
12/29/08 Army (11-22) W 67-54 12-1
12/31/08 South Carolina State (13-16) W 88-61 13-1
01/08/09 at IUPUI (17-14) W 86-64 14-1 (1-0)
01/10/09 Oakland (15-14) L 63-54 14-2 (1-1)
01/15/09 Western Illinois (4-25) W 86-40 15-2 (2-1)
01/17/09 at Oakland (15-14) W 78-44 16-2 (3-1)
01/22/09 at Oral Roberts (14-15) W 77-57 17-2 (4-1)
01/24/09 Valparaiso (16-13) L 79-75 17-3 (4-2)
01/29/09 UMKC (9-21) W 59-56 18-3 (5-2)
01/31/09 at Southern Utah (18-13) W 86-82 19-3 (6-2)
02/05/09 Oral Roberts (14-15) W 81-78 20-3 (7-2)
02/07/09 at Valparaiso (16-13) W 59-42 21-3 (8-2)
02/12/09 IUPUI (17-14) W 72-57 22-3 (9-2)
02/14/09 at UMKC (9-21) W 83-59 23-3 (10-2)
02/19/09 at Western Illinois (4-25) W 91-71 24-3 (11-2)
02/28/09 Southern Utah (18-13) W 104-38 25-3 (12-2)
03/08/09 vs. Western Illinois (4-25) W 85-43 26-3
03/09/09 vs. Southern Utah (18-13) W 65-63 27-3
03/10/09 vs. IUPUI (17-14) W 70-47 28-3
03/19/09 vs. Utah (28-11) L 92-79 28-4





Awards

Its time to soak up some more awards.

I am the MCC Coach of the year again.

C Henry Rutan is Conference Freshman of the year and of course on the freshman all conference team.

SG Antwan Hogan is 2nd team all conference

PG Ned Finger is the Conference Player of the year, 1st team all-conference


Player Review


Its time to say goodbye to some of my first recruits.


PLAYER DETAILS

#3 SG David Sanders - Chicago State - Senior
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Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 203
High School: Becker High School
Hometown: Becker, MN

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: 34 37 77 78 66 36 8 54 25 37 38 22 85 94 42 48 72
2007: 32 36 76 73 65 35 7 50 24 35 36 21 79 93 41 47 67
2006: 30 35 75 69 64 34 6 46 23 33 34 20 75 93 39 46 62
2005: 29 34 71 64 60 33 6 44 22 31 32 19 68 92 37 45 56
2004: 28 33 68 60 55 31 6 42 21 29 30 18 61 91 35 44 51
2003: 27 31 64 54 49 29 6 40 20 27 28 17 54 90 33 43 45
Potential: C C B A B C F C D C C D

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2005 29 0 20.8 7.6 0.2 3.0 1.6 1.7 0.98 1.1 0.1 2.2
2006 18 12 22.3 11.4 0.1 3.6 1.3 1.0 1.33 0.6 0.1 1.3
2007 27 0 10.4 4.5 0.3 2.1 0.7 0.6 1.19 0.8 0.1 1.5
2008 32 0 11.6 5.7 0.3 1.8 0.8 0.6 1.26 1.0 0.0 1.2
Career 106 12 15.6 6.9 0.2 2.5 1.1 1.0 1.26 0.9 0.1 1.5

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2005 2.4 5.7 .428 1.6 2.1 .758 1.1 3.0 .364 1.33 1.10
2006 3.7 7.6 .482 2.3 2.6 .894 1.8 4.3 .410 1.50 1.78
2007 1.5 3.3 .466 0.7 1.0 .667 0.8 2.0 .396 1.38 3.56
2008 1.8 3.7 .479 1.2 1.4 .822 1.1 2.3 .453 1.56 6.03
Career 2.2 4.8 .461 1.4 1.7 .796 1.1 2.8 .405 1.44 3.33


Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 5
2003 High School: Rated *** and #145 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2003 High School: All-State (Minnesota)
2003 High School: Mr. Basketball (Minnesota)



Sanders was a decent backup for me for 4 years, starting some in 2006 after injuries elsewhere.




PLAYER DETAILS

#2 PG Ned Finger - Chicago State - Senior
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Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 184
High School: New Lothrop High School
Hometown: New Lothrop, MI

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: 6 84 53 94 64 51 21 33 33 30 78 14 100 81 51 43 86
2007: 5 83 51 93 63 50 19 31 32 27 76 13 98 81 50 43 81
2006: 5 78 48 88 59 47 18 30 31 24 68 13 92 80 49 42 76
2005: 5 73 46 83 54 44 17 29 30 21 61 13 84 79 48 42 71
2004: 5 69 44 79 49 41 16 28 29 19 55 13 78 78 47 41 66
2003: 5 64 41 74 43 37 15 27 28 17 49 13 72 77 46 40 60
Potential: F B C A B C D C C D B F

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2005 29 29 26.7 9.3 0.2 2.6 1.3 2.0 0.64 1.9 0.2 2.3
2006 29 29 29.7 11.6 1.0 3.4 3.2 3.7 0.87 1.8 0.1 2.6
2007 32 32 30.1 12.3 0.8 3.1 4.8 2.4 2.01 3.1 0.1 2.5
2008 32 32 29.3 11.5 0.8 3.3 4.6 2.7 1.74 3.6 0.1 3.1
Career 122 122 29.0 11.2 0.7 3.1 3.5 2.7 1.74 2.6 0.1 2.6

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2005 3.2 6.6 .492 1.2 2.2 .554 1.6 3.7 .417 1.41 2.93
2006 3.9 8.7 .447 2.1 3.0 .682 1.7 4.7 .358 1.32 -4.10
2007 4.1 8.5 .484 2.3 3.2 .743 1.7 4.3 .388 1.44 11.28
2008 3.9 7.7 .504 2.1 2.9 .720 1.7 4.1 .409 1.50 14.25
Career 3.8 7.9 .481 2.0 2.8 .686 1.7 4.2 .391 1.42 6.42

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 31
2003 High School: Rated *** and #196 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2003 High School: All-State (Michigan)
2005 Freshman All-Conference (Mid-Continent Conference)
2007 1st Team All-Conference (Mid-Continent Conference)
2007 Conference Player of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)
2008 1st Team All-Conference (Mid-Continent Conference)
2008 Conference Player of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)



Finger is a solid 4 year starter, setting the bar for some of the guys to come after him. I rarely have superstars scoring 20 a game, double figures is solid, and he really turned it on with 3.6 steals per game in his senior season. Some of Finger's records won't last long at all, but Finger sets the initial bar for career scoring(1366 points), assists(432), and steals(321). There is no one close to his assist mark just yet, steals and scoring will only last for another season or two at best.


Totals: 28-4 (12-2) - MCC Tournament Champion, NCAA 1st Round - RPI 51

[Radii]

2009 Offseason

Another huge prestige jump, from 18->25. We're expected to compete for the conference championship, and the board is satisfied with me.


Coaching Skill

I am now a level 2 coach. 10 more points into offense, 10 more into defense. 2 coaching improvements in two seasons is pretty awesome.


Incoming Recruits

Our recruiting class is ranked 108th in the country this year.



PLAYER DETAILS

#23 C Matthew Sellers - Chicago State - Freshman
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 267
High School: West High School
Hometown: West Seneca, NY

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: 36 32 43 0 44 14 50 68 33 12 18 27 74 15 73 30 12
Potential: C D C F C F B A C F D C

Academics: 21

2008 High School: Rated *** and #251 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Sellers scouted as a B INS, but i'm not going to complain about this one much at all. C in ball handling means he won't be giving it away in the half court set, he's an average scorer and defender and a very good rebounder. This guy will start for me, possibly for 4 years in a row, after a redshirt year.


PLAYER DETAILS

#43 PG Charles Slusher - Chicago State - Freshman
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Height: 5'11"
Weight: 152
High School: Elgin High School
Hometown: Elgin, MN

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: 30 24 23 56 45 45 35 25 26 27 44 23 68 84 36 70 32
Potential: C D D B C B C C C D C D

Academics: 3

2008 High School: Rated *** and #336 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2008 High School: All-State (Minnesota)


Slusher is a *massive* disappointment. Everything is worse than scouted, steals was an A, comes in a C, and he's a terrible student. Keeping him on the floor will be nearly impossible.



PLAYER DETAILS

#4 PG Carmelo Lorenzo - Chicago State - Freshman
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 175
High School: Paso Robles High School
Hometown: Paso Robles, CA

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: 22 46 22 18 65 49 21 36 39 21 68 20 31 77 48 67 56
Potential: D C D D A B D C C D A D

Academics: 24

2008 High School: Rated *** and #329 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Lorenzo is a very nice suprise. A handles/A steals, this guy has a chance at breaking whatever steals records are set before him.


Coaches

My budget is up to $130,000 for coaches. I spend $60,000 on an assistant after losing my previous guy. He's a defensive specialist, 16 ofense/54 defense. My scout/recruiter remain 30k cheap guys.


Scheduling

I'm not changing anything right now. Silvia should be able to come in and be a quality PG after losing Ned Finger, but my offense may be weaker, and my depth isn't as good as far as bringing in steals guys to keep the pressure on from the bench.


Training

For the 3rd time in 4 years, we get a training facility upgrade approved. With the prestige and the training facilities soon to be up over 20, we're turning into quite a respectable level 1 program.

Roster Overview


Chicago State Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Henry Rutan C 6' 8" 241 83 14 0 40 25 33 15 100 21 68
Harley Evans PF 6' 9" 238 53 16 9 9 32 44 33 88 35 47
Antwan Hogan SG 6' 5" 203 48 43 85 49 10 30 83 56 53 76
Merle Lewis PG 6' 0" 169 40 28 72 55 23 24 99 41 43 82
Booker Silvia PG 5'11" 168 26 37 39 93 65 22 74 46 47 69

Joel Shotwell SF 6' 8" 240 33 26 60 28 24 26 60 65 74 49
Ross Sanders PG 6' 0" 181 37 40 58 46 81 21 95 32 73 100
Albert King C 6'11" 250 37 23 0 4 29 46 30 82 37 25






Chicago State Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Henry Rutan C 6' 8" 241 47 15 7 41 79 75 15 100 21 68
Harley Evans PF 6' 9" 238 74 51 32 54 62 100 33 88 35 47
Antwan Hogan SG 6' 5" 203 41 45 94 40 17 55 83 56 53 76
Merle Lewis PG 6' 0" 169 37 46 88 41 52 95 99 41 43 82
Booker Silvia PG 5'11" 168 37 37 65 31 35 76 74 46 47 69

Joel Shotwell SF 6' 8" 240 32 27 78 11 22 69 60 65 74 49
Ross Sanders PG 6' 0" 181 20 35 42 12 22 60 95 32 73 100
Albert King C 6'11" 250 28 6 40 46 77 33 30 82 37 25



The depth just isn't there this year, so I'm curious to see how this team will hold up.

Early Departure??

Antwan Hogan and Merle Lewis BOTH declare early for the pros. Surely they'll re-think and return.

[Radii]

2009/10 Season


Recruiting

Because we spent more on coaching this year, our recruiting budget acually decreases, $9,781/mo this year.

We're losing our starting PF this year, but the big hit is coming after next season, when we'll be losing Hogan, Lewis, and Silvia, the first two being guys that will be 4 year starters and near perfect steals guys out of our best recruiting class. I feel some pressure to replace them, as I don't have a full stock of players at their caliber coming up behind them.

I land a SF in November, as always, landing someone in the first signing period is a huge relief. two more guards follow in December and January and I pull in a full recruiting class.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#44 SF Kevin Kennedy
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Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 229
High School: North Ridgeville High School
Hometown: N Ridgeville, OH
GPA: 2.75
Test Score: 1100
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: 33 16 65 74 37 43 29 44 37 0 64 4 52 42 57 55 18
Potential: D C B B C B D A C C B F


I have no clue what to make of this. 0/C PRD is not something I've ever seen before, but he has good rebounding, 3 point, steals, and acceptable ball handling, so I'm curious to see how this one comes in.




RECRUIT DETAILS

#52 PG William Gatlin
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Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 165
High School: Buhl High School
Hometown: Buhl, ID
GPA: 2.42
Test Score: 890
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: 14 39 36 77 62 32 27 32 18 41 48 23 45 81 58 74 0
Potential: C B D A B C B B D B A D


Gatlin is someone I'm very excited about. His stats pretty much back up his ratings, he was a very good scorer, assist man and steals man in high school. The 0 stamina will take some work, but if he comes in as scouted, clearly he'll be worth it.




RECRUIT DETAILS

#13 SG Curt Vanhoose
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Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 186
High School: Johnstown High School
Hometown: Johnstown, OH
GPA: 2.43
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: 10 68 42 52 32 1 21 29 25 34 57 0 91 89 54 98 44
Potential: C A C C D F D D D D C F


This isn't someone I'd normally recruit. D handles/C steals, but I'm taking a flier on him for a few reasons. One is that his 3.2 steals per game and the scouting showing a raw steals number of 57 has me hoping that he's better than a C. The other is that he put up 28.2 ppg in high school and if he does come in as a decent steals guy he could be a dominant scorer for me.


Results

We're still good in non conference play, but not as dominant. There is a noticible lack of giant blowouts, and I don't expect us to be *as* dominant in conference play. I still expect us to win the league though.

We lose our first conference game, at Southern Utah, before going on a roll and winning our remaining 7 games in January. We lose a couple more games but roll to another 1st place conference finish but we don't come through unscathed.

Antwan Hogan and Merle Lewis both come into the conference tournament injured. Hogan is out altogether, while Lewis isn't 100%. This situation is made worse by the fact that backup SF Joel Shotwell is out for 30+ days with an injury. Given all that I don't expect us to win the conference tournament this year.



2009 Mid-Continent Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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Chicago State 11 3 .786 23 7 .767
Southern Utah 11 3 .786 21 11 .656
Oakland 9 5 .643 17 12 .586
UMKC 8 6 .571 12 18 .400
Oral Roberts 5 9 .357 9 20 .310
IUPUI 4 10 .286 12 18 .400
Western Illinois 4 10 .286 12 20 .375
Valparaiso 4 10 .286 10 19 .345


Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (8 ) Western Illinois 79, (1) Chicago State 71 - Wow. I didn't expect to win but this is just bad. On top of 3 of our top 8 being injured, we run into signifgant foul trouble and struggle to stay close in this one.

Thanks to our dominant 23-6 overall record, we earn a bid to the NIT as a 7 seed. Hogan and Lewis are both back for the NIt, though we're short a backup.

Western Illinois comes out of the 8 seed in the conference to win the tournament, and not suprisingly, plays in the play-in game, losing to Southern.


NIT First Round


We have a home game vs 10 seed Tulane, but we fall way, way short.

(10) Tulane 81, (7) Chicago State 64

We shoot 29% from the floor, Tulane shoots 55%. We only have a 13-7 steals edge and 18-23 turnover edge, not nearly enough to overcome a sub-30% shooting night.





Chicago State 2009 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 25 Record Vs 1-50: 0-0
Season Record: 23-7 Record Vs 51-100: 2-2
Conference Record: 11-3 Record Vs 101-200: 2-0
Home Record: 9-4 Record Vs 200+: 19-5
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 113

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 76.2 National Rank: 38 Conference Rank: 1
Points Allowed: 60.8 National Rank: 8 Conference Rank: 1
Rebounds: 34.4 National Rank: 232 Conference Rank: 7
Assists: 14.7 National Rank: 121 Conference Rank: 3
Steals: 15.3 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 1.7 National Rank: 272 Conference Rank: 5
Turnovers: 14.4 National Rank: 7 Conference Rank: 1
Fouls: 20.3 National Rank: 251 Conference Rank: 5
FG%: .446 National Rank: 73 Conference Rank: 1
FT%: .592 National Rank: 318 Conference Rank: 7
3P%: .324 National Rank: 192 Conference Rank: 4


Our team shooting % comes down a bit, but the points and steals continue to work their way up. We need to shoot 2 to 3 % better. Our RPI took a big hit compared to previous seasons as well. Still, 23-7, we should see another prestige jump even without the automatic bid.


Chicago State 2009 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/15/09 at Savannah State (11-17) W 88-64 1-0
11/18/09 at Robert Morris (10-19) W 104-65 2-0
11/22/09 Nicholls State (12-17) W 94-56 3-0
11/25/09 at IPFW (10-18) W 54-40 4-0
11/28/09 Sacred Heart (10-18) W 68-49 5-0
12/01/09 at Morris Brown (7-21) W 82-44 6-0
12/04/09 at Bethune-Cookman (10-19) L 59-56 6-1
12/08/09 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9-20) W 77-44 7-1
12/12/09 at VMI (8-24) W 68-55 8-1
12/16/09 at Maryland-East Shore (15-15) W 59-39 9-1
12/19/09 Alcorn State (24-8) W 83-70 10-1
12/22/09 at Quinnipiac (7-21) W 88-70 11-1
12/26/09 at Texas State (9-20) W 82-71 12-1
12/29/09 Lafayette (9-20) L 70-66 12-2
01/07/10 at Southern Utah (21-11) L 81-78 12-3 (0-1)
01/09/10 at UMKC (12-18) W 87-58 13-3 (1-1)
01/14/10 at Western Illinois (12-20) W 70-59 14-3 (2-1)
01/16/10 at IUPUI (12-18) W 62-49 15-3 (3-1)
01/21/10 Southern Utah (21-11) W 86-60 16-3 (4-1)
01/23/10 Western Illinois (12-20) W 91-48 17-3 (5-1)
01/28/10 at Oakland (17-12) W 82-57 18-3 (6-1)
01/30/10 at Valparaiso (10-19) W 84-81 19-3 (7-1)
02/06/10 Oakland (17-12) W 96-65 20-3 (8-1)
02/11/10 UMKC (12-18) L 56-53 20-4 (8-2)
02/13/10 at Oral Roberts (9-20) W 81-67 21-4 (9-2)
02/20/10 IUPUI (12-18) W 66-43 22-4 (10-2)
02/25/10 Valparaiso (10-19) W 86-75 23-4 (11-2)
02/27/10 Oral Roberts (9-20) L 69-60 23-5 (11-3)
03/07/10 vs. Western Illinois (12-20) L 79-71 23-6
03/16/10 Tulane (19-14) L 81-64 23-7





Awards

I'm the MCC Coach of the year for the 3rd year in a row.

PG Merle Lewis is 1st team All-Conference.

C Henry Rutan 2nd team all conference.

SG Antwan Hogan is 1st team all conference


Draft Update

Merle Lewis and Antwan Hogan both quickly find out that they just arne't NBA ready, and decide to return to college for their senior season's.


Player Review



PLAYER DETAILS

#20 PF Harley Evans - Chicago State - Senior
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Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 238
High School: Jimtown High School
Hometown: Elkhart, IN

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: 53 16 45 9 9 32 44 62 74 51 32 54 100 33 88 35 47
2008: 52 15 42 8 8 31 43 58 73 48 31 50 100 31 82 35 38
2007: 48 14 39 7 7 30 41 53 72 45 30 46 100 29 77 35 30
2006: 44 14 37 7 7 29 39 47 66 42 29 42 100 27 72 34 22
2005: 41 14 35 7 7 28 37 42 61 40 28 39 94 26 67 34 14
2004: 37 14 33 7 7 27 35 36 55 38 27 35 87 24 62 33 6
Potential: C F C F F D C B B B C C

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2006 29 29 26.3 6.0 0.7 6.5 1.4 2.5 0.55 0.6 0.2 2.7
2007 32 32 25.1 5.9 1.4 6.0 1.3 2.3 0.59 0.6 0.4 2.1
2008 32 32 26.6 7.0 1.9 6.8 1.0 2.6 0.39 0.7 0.5 2.2
2009 30 30 28.7 8.0 1.7 6.8 1.2 2.5 0.46 0.7 0.7 2.4
Career 123 123 26.7 6.7 1.4 6.5 1.2 2.5 0.46 0.6 0.4 2.3

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2006 2.3 4.9 .476 1.3 2.2 .587 0.1 0.3 .200 1.22 -3.38
2007 2.2 4.6 .473 1.6 2.6 .610 0.0 0.2 .000 1.28 8.75
2008 2.5 5.3 .479 1.9 2.9 .660 0.0 0.2 .000 1.33 13.78
2009 2.9 6.7 .428 2.2 3.6 .620 0.1 0.5 .143 1.20 12.33
Career 2.5 5.4 .461 1.8 2.8 .622 0.0 0.3 .114 1.26 8.07

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 1
2004 High School: Rated *** and #345 overall by the FBCB scouting service.



Evans isn't the type of guy that you get really excited about, but he was a good, consistant rebounder and defender for 4 years for me. I have some very good young big men coming up, but Evans was just what I needed in my early years with Chicago State.



PLAYER DETAILS

#11 PG Ross Sanders - Chicago State - Senior
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 181
High School: Wasilla High School
Hometown: Wasilla, AK

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 40 26 58 46 81 21 22 20 35 42 12 60 95 32 73 100
2008: 36 38 26 57 46 75 20 21 19 33 41 11 50 93 30 72 100
2007: 35 36 24 56 46 68 19 20 18 30 38 11 42 93 28 71 100
2006: 34 34 22 52 46 60 18 19 17 27 35 11 34 93 27 70 96
2005: 33 32 20 48 46 54 17 18 16 25 33 11 25 92 26 69 83
2004: 32 30 18 44 44 48 16 17 15 23 31 11 15 92 25 69 70
Potential: C C D C C A D D D D C F

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2006 29 17 27.0 7.0 0.6 2.7 2.4 1.7 1.41 1.2 0.0 2.4
2007 31 0 13.1 4.4 0.5 1.5 0.7 0.7 1.00 0.6 0.1 1.2
2008 11 0 4.1 1.2 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.4 2.25 0.2 0.0 0.5
2009 30 2 14.3 4.3 0.3 1.4 2.1 1.2 1.77 0.9 0.0 1.5
Career 101 19 16.5 4.8 0.5 1.7 1.6 1.1 1.77 0.8 0.0 1.6

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2006 2.6 7.3 .354 0.8 1.5 .523 1.0 3.7 .278 0.96 -4.86
2007 1.6 3.7 .426 0.6 1.3 .513 0.6 1.5 .404 1.19 3.61
2008 0.5 1.0 .545 0.1 0.2 .500 0.0 0.3 .000 1.18 0.18
2009 1.4 3.5 .387 1.2 2.2 .538 0.4 1.7 .260 1.23 3.97
Career 1.7 4.4 .385 0.8 1.5 .527 0.6 2.1 .298 1.09 0.91

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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2004 High School: Rated *** and #337 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2006 Freshman All-Conference (Mid-Continent Conference)



There really isn't anything to say about Ross Sanders. He was a good passer!

Totals: 23-7 (11-3) - MCC Quarterfinals, NIT 1st Round - RPI 113

[hoosierdude]

Keep it up. This is great read. I like the ideas you are trying, and you are going to make me fire up my FBCB again. :P

[Radii]

2010 Offseason

We get a smaller prestige jump this year, from 25->28. Our AD is finally delighted with my perforamnce, and i'm expected to compete for the conference title. My training facilities are up to 21, 6th in the conference.


Coaching Skill

I am now a level 3 coach. I decide to put 5 points into every category this year. Here's what we're looking at now:


COACH DETAILS

Richard Dixon - Head Coach - Chicago State
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Age: 27
High School: Wake Forest Rolesville HS
Hometown: Wake Froest, NC
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Current Level: 3
Career Record: 130 - 81

Recruiting: 35
Scouting: 5
Offense: 35
Defense: 85


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2009 Chicago State Head Coach 23 7 11 3 Loss in FBIT Preliminary Round
2008 Chicago State Head Coach 28 4 12 2 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2007 Chicago State Head Coach 26 6 11 3 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2006 Chicago State Head Coach 8 21 2 12 No Postseason
2005 Chicago State Head Coach 19 10 8 6 No Postseason
2004 Chicago State Head Coach 11 19 4 10 No Postseason
2003 Chicago State Head Coach 15 14 7 7 No Postseason



Incoming Recruits

Our recruiting class is ranked 95th in the country this year.



PLAYER DETAILS

#45 SG Curt Vanhoose - Chicago State - Freshman
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Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 186
High School: Johnstown High School
Hometown: Johnstown, OH

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: 21 68 42 41 21 4 5 21 13 26 46 6 75 81 54 91 45
Potential: C B C C C F F D F C B F

Academics: 43


I feel exceptionally good about Vanhoose. He scouted as a D in handling and C in steals, and I brought him in anyway based on his stats, and the fact that he was a big time scorer. I got pretty much exactly what I was hoping to get.



PLAYER DETAILS

#44 SF Kevin Kennedy - Chicago State - Freshman
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Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 229
High School: North Ridgeville High School
Hometown: N Ridgeville, OH

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 19 49 56 46 30 29 49 40 13 52 4 40 42 57 42 24
Potential: C D C B B C C A C F B F

Academics: 61

2009 High School: Rated *** and #249 overall by the FBCB scouting service.



Kennedy scouted as 0/C in PRD. Apparently that translates to F, really shitty at defense. But its ok, he can handle the ball, rebound, and steal, plus has the added benefit of being able to shoot the 3. He's a pretty ideal SF.



PLAYER DETAILS

#5 PG William Gatlin - Chicago State - Freshman
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Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 165
High School: Buhl High School
Hometown: Buhl, ID

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: 19 39 49 89 47 32 27 25 23 29 52 23 45 82 41 62 14
Potential: D C C A D C C C D C B D

Academics: 41

2009 High School: Rated *** and #191 overall by the FBCB scouting service.



Gatlin is an interesting player. His ball handling potential is awful in a D, but, his actual number is a 49, which really isn't that terrible for a prestige 1 school. It'll probably be bad enough to prevent him from being a starter, but this guy could be the type that really adds depth and pressure off the bench.

Coaches

All my coaches stay. I should also point out that I have never received a job offer from another team, despite 3 dominant years in a row at a lower school.

Scheduling

We see a change this year for the first time. I still have 14 total non conference games available, but I now have 6 home games instead of just 5. I feel like I have an incredibly good team this year, and bump the scheduling up a bit. All teams this year are between 10-20 prestige.



Training

4 training approvals in 5 years. No more money for recruiting though.

Roster Overview


Chicago State Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Henry Rutan C 6' 8" 242 84 15 0 44 27 34 15 100 21 75
Matthew Sellers C 6' 8" 269 43 34 0 48 14 61 16 84 33 25
Antwan Hogan SG 6' 5" 205 52 45 86 52 10 32 84 57 54 79
Merle Lewis PG 6' 0" 172 42 31 74 56 25 25 100 42 44 91
Carmelo Lorenzo PG 6' 0" 178 24 53 22 79 59 23 78 50 67 73

Joel Shotwell SF 6' 8" 240 36 27 61 30 26 28 60 67 74 55
Booker Silvia PG 5'11" 168 28 39 41 97 66 24 74 47 47 79
Albert King C 6'11" 256 41 24 0 4 31 53 31 82 37 33






Chicago State Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Henry Rutan C 6' 8" 242 48 16 8 47 80 83 15 100 21 75
Matthew Sellers C 6' 8" 269 42 14 20 36 83 88 16 84 33 25
Antwan Hogan SG 6' 5" 205 43 49 96 42 18 60 84 57 54 79
Merle Lewis PG 6' 0" 172 38 49 94 43 56 98 100 42 44 91
Carmelo Lorenzo PG 6' 0" 178 43 25 84 22 40 44 78 50 67 73

Booker Silvia PG 5'11" 168 38 40 67 33 37 85 74 47 47 79
Joel Shotwell SF 6' 8" 240 34 29 84 12 24 72 60 67 74 55
Albert King C 6'11" 256 31 7 42 53 86 42 31 82 37 33


Silvia started at PG last year but Lorenzo is just too perfect at the point, A/A in HND and STL. Rutan and Sellers are both great defensive rebounders, as is backup King. Rutan is a great inside scorer, Hogan, Lewis, Lorenzo, Shotwell are all studs when it comes to stealing the ball, and Silvia is going to be a great backup. This team should be unstoppable.

[Radii]

Keep it up. This is great read. I like the ideas you are trying, and you are going to make me fire up my FBCB again. :P


Thanks for the comments :) I should point out that none of the ideas here are mine, I'm just making sure I really know how to implement them myself.

[st.cronin]

Radii, one of the things I found in sp fbcb is that it if you can find a way to make sure you have 2 good point guards on the floor at all times, you will win a lot of games. I often had 2 natural points in my starting rotation, and sometimes even had 3.

[Radii]

2009/10 Season


Recruiting

We're losing a lot this year and have four scholarships available. We must get a big man, two would be ok with the high quality steals recruits we've pulled in the past two years. Our budget hops back up over $10k/mo, to $10,550.

I go all out after big men. I offer 4 big men scholarships and try to find ones that seem likely to come my way. By November and the initial signing period though, I'm not making a lot of progress. A couple of my targets fall to the wayside in Decmember and I'm really hoping to land someone soon.

We finally do land a big man in January, and the slate is clean as we go make some new contacts trying to find a secondary big man or a steals guy to pull in to add to the class... but we have no luck. A second round of contacts doesn't pan out at all and this is a 1 man recruiting class.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#41 C Grover Sumrall
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Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 221
High School: William Henry Harrison High School
Hometown: Evansville, IN
GPA: 2.60
Test Score: 1240
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: 22 1 28 0 0 51 69 52 49 46 24 23 69 40 84 47 78
Potential: C C B D F B A B C B C B


I finally land a center, another big rebounder who may not be much of a scorer. This guy has a great SAT score and hopefully will be able to maximize his training, and has the intriguing blocked shot stat. F/0 HND is going to be intersting though.




Results

I sufffer a couple unexpected losses in non conference play but overall things look extremely good. My steals and scoring numbers should be at excellent high's, I'm easily leading the nation in both in non-conference play, but both of those numbers usually come down a little in January.

We come out on fire, 8-0 in conference play in January, but we actually have a bit of a race here. Valpo is 7-1, and Oral Roberts 6-2 at the halfway point.

We continue to roll and in mid february enter the top 25 for the first time! We're ranked 23rd for 2 weeks in a row, before being upset by Western Illinois and falling back out of the top 25. That loss ends up being our only conference loss, and we go into the conference tornament 25-3, 13-1 in conference play.


2010 Mid-Continent Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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Chicago State 13 1 .929 30 4 .882
Valparaiso 9 5 .643 20 10 .667
Oral Roberts 8 6 .571 18 11 .621
UMKC 8 6 .571 15 14 .517
Southern Utah 7 7 .500 14 16 .467
Oakland 4 10 .286 11 21 .344
Western Illinois 4 10 .286 7 22 .241
IUPUI 3 11 .214 10 19 .345


Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (1) Chicago State 86, (8 ) IUPUI 45 - 25 steals, we force 33 turnovers. Antwan Hogan scores 36, Merle Lewis scores 20. These guys want to go out on top.

Semifinals: (1) Chicago State 66, (4) Southern Utah 62 - another close matchup vs Southern Utah. We get 17 steals to their 2, but we don't shoot well at all and they keep it close, and we're lucky to be in the finals.

Finals: (1) Chicago State 96, (6) Oakland 65 - This is our 3rd Conference Tournament Championship, and for the 3rd time, we face a heavy underdog in the finals, we've never had the 2 or 3 seed make it all the way to us. We get 20 steals, they turn it over 36 times total, and this is just a blowout. Henry Rutan owns the game in the half court set, putting up 31 points and 7 rebounds. Hogan scores 19, Lewis 14. Hogan has 7 steals too for quite a finals.



NCAA Tournament

Our RPI is in the 40s and its good enough to earn us a 10 seed in the NCAA Tournament. We're going to be taking on 7 seed Missouri.

We start off cold vs Missouri, trailing 10-2 after 5 minutes. A couple steals/easy buckets gets us going a bit, and we go on a tear, taking a 16-15 lead at the 12 minute mark. Its back and forth til about 5 minutes left in the first half when Missouri goes on a big run and takes a 12 point lead. A 3 point play by Henry Rutan on our last posession gives us a little momentum, but we trail 45-36 at the half.

We have 9 steals, Missouri 5, but the turnover battle is even, 13 each, and Missouri is outshooting us and outrebounding us.

We also have signifigant foul issues, I'm pretty sure I saw two technical fouls in that half which couldn't have helped.

In the second half we get a few steals and get hot from 3, taking a 50-49 lead with about 14 minutes to play. We stay hot, keep pushing the steals, and lead by 12 with 8 minutes left in the game. We end up playing a great second half and win by 11, our first NCAA Tournament win!



Chicago State 84, Missouri 73

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Chicago State (29-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Henry Rutan PF 35 8-14 7-9 0 5 0 2 23
Matthew Sellers C 27 2-5 0-0 3 9 4 4 4
Antwan Hogan SF 35 9-17 1-1 0 1 5 1 23
Merle Lewis SG 28 6-9 0-0 0 4 1 4 14
Carmelo Lorenzo PG 14 1-2 1-2 0 0 2 4 4
Joel Shotwell SF 8 0-2 2-3 0 1 0 1 2
Booker Silvia PG 21 3-4 0-2 1 4 7 3 7
Albert King C 18 0-0 2-2 0 5 1 3 2
Charles Slusher SG 13 2-2 0-0 0 2 1 1 5

Turnovers: 20 (H.Rutan 6, M.Sellers 1, A.Hogan 4,
M.Lewis 3, C.Lorenzo 1, J.Shotwell 1, A.King 3,
C.Slusher 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (H.Rutan 1, A.Hogan 1)
Steals: 17 (H.Rutan 1, A.Hogan 4, M.Lewis 6, C.Lorenzo
3, B.Silvia 1, A.King 1, C.Slusher 1)
3P FGs: 9-15 (A.Hogan 4-6, M.Lewis 2-3, C.Lorenzo 1-2,
J.Shotwell 0-2, B.Silvia 1-1, C.Slusher 1-1)

Missouri (22-8):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
John Smith C 33 7-14 4-6 1 9 1 2 19
Cary Richbell PF 31 4-7 0-0 2 6 2 2 8
John Rangel SF 22 2-5 1-3 0 5 2 4 5
Grant Clewley SG 29 2-5 3-4 0 2 2 2 9
Daniel Naranjo PG 28 3-10 5-6 0 1 4 0 11
Rudy Fernandez PF 16 2-2 1-2 0 3 3 3 5
Michael Ring PG 12 1-5 2-4 0 0 1 1 4
Eliseo Binion SF 15 2-2 1-1 1 1 0 1 5
Ulysses Christy SG 15 1-1 4-6 0 0 0 4 7

Turnovers: 23 (J.Smith 1, C.Richbell 3, J.Rangel 2,
G.Clewley 2, D.Naranjo 8, M.Ring 1, E.Binion 2,
U.Christy 4)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Richbell 2, J.Rangel 1, E.Binion 1)
Steals: 9 (J.Smith 1, G.Clewley 2, D.Naranjo 2,
R.Fernandez 2, E.Binion 1, U.Christy 1)
3P FGs: 4-13 (J.Smith 1-1, J.Rangel 0-1, G.Clewley 2-4,
D.Naranjo 0-3, M.Ring 0-3, U.Christy 1-1)

Player of Game: SG Antwan Hogan (CH ST)

Game Summary:

Game Stats CH ST MO
Halftime Score 36 45
FGM-FGA 31-55 24-51
FG% .564 .471
FTM-FTA 13-19 21-32
FT% .684 .656
3PM-3PA 9-15 4-13
3P% .600 .308
Rebounds 31 27
Assists 21 15
Steals 17 9
Blocks 2 4
Turnovers 20 23
Team Fouls 23 19




NCAA Second Round (2) #6 California vs (10) Chicago State


Wow, I'm shocked, we absolutely hang with Cal for the first half. Its entirely the shooting % though, if Cal recovers they'll crush us. Chicago State 46, Cal 44 at the half. We haev 8 steals to their 3, which has given us some easy buckets, but we're making unforced errors and actually have more turnovers overall. The difference? We're shooting 53%, Cal 40%.

The second half remains close. We're really pressing them hard, and around the 5 minute mark we pull ahead with a few 3 pointers and fast break opportunities, and in the end we hang on and beat the #6 team in the nation!!!


Chicago State 99, California 91

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Chicago State (30-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Henry Rutan PF 33 7-12 6-11 2 8 1 4 20
Matthew Sellers C 20 1-2 1-1 2 5 2 4 3
Antwan Hogan SF 32 4-14 0-5 1 3 2 2 9
Merle Lewis SG 30 7-13 8-12 1 5 2 2 26
Carmelo Lorenzo PG 31 5-7 5-6 0 1 5 0 15
Joel Shotwell SF 14 3-4 7-8 2 2 0 1 13
Booker Silvia PG 9 0-1 0-0 0 1 6 1 0
Albert King PF 19 2-3 1-1 1 8 0 3 5
Charles Slusher SG 10 2-4 2-4 0 0 1 0 8

Turnovers: 17 (H.Rutan 2, A.Hogan 4, M.Lewis 5,
C.Lorenzo 2, J.Shotwell 3, A.King 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (H.Rutan 1, B.Silvia 1)
Steals: 21 (M.Sellers 1, A.Hogan 6, M.Lewis 4,
C.Lorenzo 6, J.Shotwell 3, B.Silvia 1)
3P FGs: 7-20 (A.Hogan 1-7, M.Lewis 4-7, C.Lorenzo 0-1,
J.Shotwell 0-1, C.Slusher 2-4)

California (26-9):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Matthew Rockwood C 10 3-5 1-1 1 3 0 5 7
Ralph Troupe PF 36 3-9 4-5 4 16 3 2 12
Merrill Barbosa SF 31 7-17 2-2 0 3 3 5 17
Charles Gibb SG 23 4-7 0-0 1 2 3 4 10
Jason Castro PG 31 6-9 0-0 2 5 9 4 14
Jose Hobby C 18 2-5 2-4 3 6 3 4 6
Andrew Brooks PG 9 1-4 4-4 0 0 1 1 7
James Caton SG 17 3-7 0-0 0 1 0 2 7
Kenneth Phillips SF 9 2-3 0-0 1 1 0 4 4
Thomas Browning C 15 2-3 3-3 1 6 1 2 7

Turnovers: 27 (M.Rockwood 1, R.Troupe 2, M.Barbosa 5,
C.Gibb 5, J.Castro 9, A.Brooks 2, J.Caton 2,
T.Browning 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (C.Gibb 1)
Steals: 3 (C.Gibb 1, J.Castro 1, J.Caton 1)
3P FGs: 9-18 (R.Troupe 2-4, M.Barbosa 1-1, C.Gibb 2-5,
J.Castro 2-3, A.Brooks 1-2, J.Caton 1-3)

Player of Game: PG Merle Lewis (CH ST)

Game Summary:

Game Stats CH ST CAL
Halftime Score 46 44
FGM-FGA 31-60 33-69
FG% .517 .478
FTM-FTA 30-48 16-19
FT% .625 .842
3PM-3PA 7-20 9-18
3P% .350 .500
Rebounds 33 43
Assists 19 23
Steals 21 3
Blocks 2 1
Turnovers 17 27
Team Fouls 17 33



NCAA Sweet Sixteen (10) Chicago State vs (3) #13 Illinois

Illinois knocked us out last year, and we get another chance at it.

We play great for 14 minutes or so, but fall apart at the end of the half. Illinois scores the last 16 poitns of the half, and takes a 45-31 lead into the locker room. Rutan picked up 3 fouls and was a non factor and we're very cold. Steals are even at 4, Illinois has better ball handlers than Cal and we cna't exploit them.

The second half is the same and we're blown out, ending a magical season.



Illinois 85, Chicago State 63

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Illinois (25-12):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Chris Villareal C 32 11-19 5-8 1 10 1 3 29
Robin Hernandez PF 31 5-8 6-8 1 12 4 1 16
Andrew Franzen SF 28 6-15 1-2 3 8 4 2 14
Grant Smart SG 30 0-5 0-0 1 5 3 3 0
John Breeden PG 32 5-9 0-0 0 3 7 2 13
Landon Daggett PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Ronald Hashimoto C 14 2-4 0-0 0 4 1 0 4
Booker Romeo SF 22 3-7 1-2 1 3 5 1 9
Darius Macaluso PG 8 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0

Turnovers: 17 (C.Villareal 1, R.Hernandez 1, A.Franzen
4, G.Smart 2, J.Breeden 6, R.Hashimoto 1, B.Romeo 2)
Blocked Shots: 7 (C.Villareal 4, R.Hernandez 2,
R.Hashimoto 1)
Steals: 10 (R.Hernandez 1, A.Franzen 3, G.Smart 2,
J.Breeden 1, B.Romeo 3)
3P FGs: 8-25 (C.Villareal 2-3, A.Franzen 1-7, G.Smart
0-5, J.Breeden 3-6, B.Romeo 2-4)

Chicago State (30-4):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Henry Rutan C 27 3-13 1-1 0 11 1 3 7
Matthew Sellers PF 16 1-3 0-0 0 5 2 5 2
Antwan Hogan SF 31 7-18 1-3 2 5 4 2 18
Merle Lewis SG 29 3-7 4-4 0 2 2 1 12
Carmelo Lorenzo PG 31 2-8 2-2 2 4 2 2 7
Joel Shotwell SF 17 2-8 2-2 0 2 0 1 7
Booker Silvia PG 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Albert King PF 28 3-5 1-2 0 8 0 3 7
Charles Slusher SG 11 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 3
Agustin Spence PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 19 (H.Rutan 3, M.Sellers 4, A.Hogan 4,
M.Lewis 2, C.Lorenzo 2, J.Shotwell 2, A.King 1,
C.Slusher 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (H.Rutan 1, A.Hogan 3)
Steals: 10 (A.Hogan 4, M.Lewis 1, C.Lorenzo 2,
J.Shotwell 2, A.King 1)
3P FGs: 8-21 (A.Hogan 3-7, M.Lewis 2-4, C.Lorenzo 1-4,
J.Shotwell 1-4, C.Slusher 1-2)

Player of Game: C Chris Villareal (IL)

Game Summary:

Game Stats IL CH ST
Halftime Score 45 31
FGM-FGA 32-67 22-64
FG% .478 .344
FTM-FTA 13-20 11-14
FT% .650 .786
3PM-3PA 8-25 8-21
3P% .320 .381
Rebounds 46 38
Assists 25 11
Steals 10 10
Blocks 7 4
Turnovers 17 19
Team Fouls 14 17




Illinois ends up making the final four, losing to UCLA, who wins the national title over Wake Forest.

Just a stellar season.



Chicago State 2010 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 28 Record Vs 1-50: 2-1
Season Record: 30-4 Record Vs 51-100: 0-0
Conference Record: 13-1 Record Vs 101-200: 13-0
Home Record: 12-1 Record Vs 200+: 15-3
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 42

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 86.9 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Points Allowed: 66.3 National Rank: 103 Conference Rank: 1
Rebounds: 34.7 National Rank: 213 Conference Rank: 5
Assists: 17.6 National Rank: 9 Conference Rank: 1
Steals: 17.9 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 1.9 National Rank: 265 Conference Rank: 7
Turnovers: 14.9 National Rank: 11 Conference Rank: 1
Fouls: 19.7 National Rank: 197 Conference Rank: 3
FG%: .477 National Rank: 2 Conference Rank: 1
FT%: .606 National Rank: 312 Conference Rank: 8
3P%: .369 National Rank: 46 Conference Rank: 2


This is the type of numbers I expect to see at higher levels, I'm suprised it worked so well here. Leading the nation in scoring, steals, and 2nd in FG %.



Chicago State 2010 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/14/10 VMI (7-22) W 87-48 1-0
11/17/10 at Texas-Arlington (13-15) W 77-46 2-0
11/20/10 at Morris Brown (10-18) W 90-70 3-0
11/23/10 at Loyola-Maryland (10-20) W 85-68 4-0
11/27/10 Maryland-East Shore (11-19) L 76-74 4-1
11/30/10 at Alabama State (21-9) W 107-80 5-1
12/04/10 at Lehigh (14-15) W 80-69 6-1
12/07/10 at Idaho (3-25) W 94-77 7-1
12/10/10 Southern (11-18) W 99-61 8-1
12/14/10 at Centenary (12-18) W 90-73 9-1
12/17/10 at Binghamton (13-17) L 69-68 9-2
12/20/10 Norfolk State (20-10) W 78-52 10-2
12/24/10 Canisius (10-20) W 81-63 11-2
12/27/10 Yale (17-12) W 107-67 12-2
01/06/11 at Oral Roberts (18-11) W 108-56 13-2 (1-0)
01/08/11 Oakland (11-21) W 95-48 14-2 (2-0)
01/13/11 IUPUI (10-19) W 82-40 15-2 (3-0)
01/15/11 at Southern Utah (14-16) W 88-62 16-2 (4-0)
01/20/11 UMKC (15-14) W 88-71 17-2 (5-0)
01/22/11 at UMKC (15-14) W 100-88 18-2 (6-0)
01/27/11 Western Illinois (7-22) W 75-50 19-2 (7-0)
01/29/11 Southern Utah (14-16) W 90-75 20-2 (8-0)
02/03/11 at Valparaiso (20-10) W 88-84 21-2 (9-0)
02/10/11 at IUPUI (10-19) W 83-50 22-2 (10-0)
02/17/11 Oral Roberts (18-11) W 94-81 23-2 (11-0)
02/19/11 at Oakland (11-21) W 67-56 24-2 (12-0)
02/24/11 Valparaiso (20-10) W 115-78 25-2 (13-0)
02/26/11 at Western Illinois (7-22) L 75-72 25-3 (13-1)
03/06/11 vs. IUPUI (10-19) W 86-45 26-3
03/07/11 vs. Southern Utah (14-16) W 66-62 27-3
03/08/11 vs. Oakland (11-21) W 96-65 28-3
03/18/11 vs. Missouri (22-8) W 84-73 29-3
03/20/11 vs. California (26-9) W 99-91 30-3
03/24/11 vs. Illinois (26-13) L 85-63 30-4





Awards

I'm the MCC Coach of the year for the 4rd year in a row.

PG Carmelo Lorenzo is a National Freshamn of the year, Freshman All-American, MCC Freshman of the year, and on the MCC

Freshamn team, 2nd team all conference

PG Merle Lewis is 2nd team All-American!! and 1st team All-Conference.

SG Antwan Hogan 1st team All American!! MCC Player of the year, 1st team all conference

C Matthew Sellers is Freshamn all MCC

C Henry Rutan 2nd team all conference.

What a season!


Player Review


So a season like this has its downside. Its full of senior leadership that has to be replaced.


PLAYER DETAILS

#21 PG Booker Silvia - Chicago State - Senior
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Height: 5'11"
Weight: 168
High School: Walt Whitman High School
Hometown: Bethesda, MD

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: 28 39 28 41 97 66 24 37 38 40 67 33 85 74 47 47 79
2009: 26 37 26 39 93 65 22 35 37 37 65 31 76 74 46 47 69
2008: 25 35 24 37 88 64 21 34 36 35 63 29 69 73 45 46 58
2007: 24 33 22 35 82 59 20 33 35 33 57 27 64 73 44 45 47
2006: 23 32 21 34 77 55 19 32 34 31 52 25 58 73 43 44 34
2005: 22 31 20 33 71 50 18 31 33 29 47 24 54 73 42 43 22
Potential: C D D C A B D C C C B C

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 25

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2007 32 0 9.7 2.7 0.3 1.5 1.3 0.5 2.47 1.0 0.0 0.7
2008 32 1 12.4 3.9 0.4 1.4 2.1 0.4 4.86 1.2 0.0 1.4
2009 30 30 30.0 8.3 0.7 2.7 4.2 0.9 4.88 2.7 0.1 3.0
2010 34 0 13.1 3.9 0.2 1.1 2.9 0.4 7.00 1.6 0.1 1.1
Career 128 31 16.0 4.6 0.4 1.7 2.6 0.6 7.00 1.6 0.1 1.5

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2007 1.0 2.3 .427 0.5 1.0 .485 0.2 0.9 .200 1.15 2.91
2008 1.4 2.8 .500 0.8 1.6 .520 0.4 1.2 .324 1.43 4.06
2009 2.8 6.4 .435 1.9 3.4 .553 0.8 2.6 .304 1.29 12.70
2010 1.4 3.0 .476 0.7 1.4 .489 0.4 1.3 .279 1.29 8.68
Career 1.6 3.6 .455 1.0 1.8 .524 0.4 1.5 .286 1.29 7.02

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 5
2005 High School: Rated *** and #311 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


If Silvia was a little better scorer, or A in steals, he'd have been a force for 4 years. As it is, he was an exceptionally important backup, and an argument could be made that we'd have been better with him starting, but I'm forcing the STL rating and I had better.


PLAYER DETAILS

#55 SG Antwan Hogan - Chicago State - Senior
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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 205
High School: Mcfarland High School
Hometown: Mc Farland, WI

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: 52 45 41 86 52 10 32 18 43 49 96 42 60 84 57 54 79
2009: 48 43 39 85 49 10 30 17 41 45 94 40 55 83 56 53 76
2008: 44 41 37 78 45 10 28 16 38 41 92 37 51 82 55 53 73
2007: 40 39 35 71 41 9 26 15 36 37 84 35 46 82 53 52 69
2006: 37 38 34 66 38 8 25 14 34 33 77 33 40 81 51 52 65
2005: 34 37 33 61 35 7 23 13 32 30 70 31 35 81 49 51 61
Potential: C C C A C F C D C C A C

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 38

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2007 32 32 28.0 17.0 1.3 3.2 1.5 2.8 0.53 3.3 0.1 2.7
2008 32 32 34.1 15.5 1.4 3.7 1.5 2.6 0.59 3.6 0.2 3.4
2009 27 27 27.8 16.2 1.3 3.5 1.4 2.0 0.69 4.0 0.3 3.0
2010 34 34 28.3 20.9 1.4 3.7 2.2 2.4 0.89 4.3 0.2 3.2
Career 125 125 29.6 17.5 1.4 3.5 1.7 2.5 0.89 3.8 0.2 3.1

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2007 6.1 12.3 .495 2.3 4.1 .562 2.6 5.7 .453 1.39 10.25
2008 5.7 13.6 .421 2.0 3.3 .600 2.1 6.3 .332 1.14 18.34
2009 5.7 12.4 .461 2.3 3.8 .592 2.6 6.1 .421 1.31 11.74
2010 7.4 15.3 .482 2.9 4.8 .610 3.2 7.7 .418 1.37 16.21
Career 6.3 13.5 .465 2.4 4.0 .592 2.6 6.5 .405 1.30 14.26

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 39
2005 High School: Rated *** and #139 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2005 High School: All-State (Wisconsin)
2007 National Freshman of the Year
2007 Freshman All-American
2007 2nd Team All-Conference (Mid-Continent Conference)
2007 Freshman All-Conference (Mid-Continent Conference)
2007 Conference Freshman of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)
2008 2nd Team All-Conference (Mid-Continent Conference)
2009 1st Team All-Conference (Mid-Continent Conference)
2010 1st Team All-American
2010 1st Team All-Conference (Mid-Continent Conference)
2010 Conference Player of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)



Hogan was a 4 year starter with a slew of awards, including 1st team all american as a senior, when he proved to be a dominant scorer. Hogan wlil be sorely missed.



PLAYER DETAILS

#13 PG Merle Lewis - Chicago State - Senior
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 172
High School: Caney Valley High School
Hometown: Caney, KS

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: 42 31 64 74 56 25 25 56 38 49 94 43 98 100 42 44 91
2009: 40 28 63 72 55 23 24 52 37 46 88 41 95 99 41 43 82
2008: 38 26 62 65 54 21 23 48 36 41 79 39 90 98 40 43 73
2007: 36 24 61 59 50 19 22 45 35 36 69 37 83 97 39 42 62
2006: 35 23 58 55 47 17 21 43 34 32 61 35 75 96 38 42 50
2005: 34 22 55 51 44 15 20 41 33 28 54 34 68 96 37 42 38
Potential: C C C B C D D B C C A C

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 35

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2007 32 32 27.5 10.6 0.7 4.1 1.6 2.2 0.72 2.8 0.1 2.7
2008 31 31 28.4 11.8 0.6 3.5 1.6 1.9 0.85 3.3 0.1 2.6
2009 28 28 31.8 14.6 1.1 4.5 2.0 1.7 1.17 3.9 0.0 2.8
2010 34 34 29.9 14.9 1.1 4.5 2.4 1.8 1.32 4.8 0.2 2.3
Career 125 125 29.3 13.0 0.9 4.1 1.9 1.9 1.32 3.7 0.1 2.6

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2007 3.4 8.7 .394 2.2 3.0 .732 1.5 4.6 .324 1.22 10.66
2008 4.1 9.1 .447 1.9 2.6 .738 1.7 4.7 .367 1.29 13.16
2009 5.2 11.5 .452 2.3 2.8 .818 2.0 6.4 .306 1.27 11.79
2010 4.9 10.1 .485 3.1 4.3 .712 2.1 5.2 .403 1.48 18.74
Career 4.4 9.8 .447 2.4 3.2 .743 1.8 5.2 .350 1.32 13.73

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 25
2005 High School: Rated *** and #203 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2007 Freshman All-American
2007 Freshman All-Conference (Mid-Continent Conference)
2009 1st Team All-Conference (Mid-Continent Conference)
2010 2nd Team All-American
2010 1st Team All-Conference (Mid-Continent Conference)



Another hard to replace 4 year starter, Hogan and Lewis were a powerful backcourt combo that took this program to heights it might not see again.


Hogan leaves as the all time Chicago State steals leader with 475. Lewis is 2nd with 462. Silvia is 4th with 204, though that won't last. Hogan and Lewis also leave 1/2 in Chicago State history in points. They also lead the nation in career steals, Hogan 1st, Lewis second, the first two guys to play for me in what will become a long line of dominant steals men.

Totals: 30-4 (13-1) - Conference Champion, NCAA Sweet 16 - RPI 42

[Swaggs]

I'm enjoying this one, as well.

I was going to mention something similar to what st.cronin was saying, basically that you can always switch players around to other positions, like he does by making PGs into SGs. I was going to suggest making Kennedy into a PF, as he is probably strong enough and beefy enough to defend inside and then create mismatches with his shooting on offense.

Also, keep on eye on the athleticism numbers (quickness, strength, jump, stamina) with the type of pressure defense you are running.

[Radii]

2011 Offseason - Jumping Ship

Big prestige jump this year, as expected. 28->36. We're now the top prestige team in the conference. Southern Utah has fallen to 33, and Valpo to 32. Western Illinois has fallen below where we started, they're down to 4.

My best recruiting class just graduated, and I've basically taken Chicago state to the top of the conference. This would be the perfect time to jump ship and move up to a bigger conference... lets see if any offers come in.


Job Offers

I get 8 job offers. Weber State, Vermont, Rider, Montana, Jacksonville State, Furman, Davidson, and Austin Peay.


I considered staying, and holding out for a prestige 3 conference, but Vermont seems like too good a situation. Their budget is $292,000/yr, giving me $15,000/mo, give or take depending on how much I spend on my coaches. Their prestige is 34, and here's the big thing... their training facilities are rated 66, tops in the America East Conference. Combine that with a reasonable job expectation, finishing .500 in conference, and this looks like a situation that can be turned around very quickly with some decent recruiting.


Before I take the job, here's a quick look back:


Chicago State Historical Performances

Season W L CW CL Rank RPI Prs Result
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2010 30 4 13 1 33 34 36 Loss in FBCA Sweet Sixteen
2009 23 7 11 3 81 118 28 Loss in FBIT Preliminary Round
2008 28 4 12 2 56 57 25 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2007 26 6 11 3 65 75 18 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2006 8 21 2 12 314 313 9 No Postseason
2005 19 10 8 6 143 197 11 No Postseason
2004 11 19 4 10 321 320 9 No Postseason
2003 15 14 7 7 246 288 8 No Postseason





Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2011 Hired by Vermont (Head Coach)
2011 Quit job with Chicago State to pursue another position.
2003 Hired by Chicago State (Head Coach)



Onward and upward!



Coaches

My coaches follow me to Vermont, but they won't stay long I dont' think. We have a recommended salary total of $180,000, I was only spending $120,000. Its time to upgrade. I pick up a new assistant, offense 61/defense 58, for $90,000/yr. My recruiting coordinator only has a 47 in recruiting but he's still a 30k coach so I leave it for now.


Scheduling

Since I don't know a lot about this team, I'm just going to schedule the worst teams around, all under 10 prestige, and worry about that sort of thing once I bring in my own recruits.

We have total games to schedule, 6 of them get to be at home.


Training

Despite having the best training facilities in the conference, and way better than i'd expect out of a level 2 conference team(66), I get approval for training improvements for next year, hooray!



Roster Overview

I leave everything on auto this year. There are some decent players on the team but nothing special.

[Radii]

I'm enjoying this one, as well.

I was going to mention something similar to what st.cronin was saying, basically that you can always switch players around to other positions, like he does by making PGs into SGs. I was going to suggest making Kennedy into a PF, as he is probably strong enough and beefy enough to defend inside and then create mismatches with his shooting on offense.

Also, keep on eye on the athleticism numbers (quickness, strength, jump, stamina) with the type of pressure defense you are running.


I've done a little position switching, a couple PG->SG and one SG->SF, and of course guys play out of position all the time. I haven't paid much attention to the physical numbers, I notice when a guy has low stamina and adjust their playing time accordingly, now that you mention it though I'm curious if there's a signifigant correlation with quickness and steals.

[Radii]

2010/11 Season


Recruiting

We have 5 scholarships available in year one. Our budget is $12,212/mo. Of course, I'm not going to try to land 5 players this year, but i'm hoping for 3.

Whew, this just isn't going well. I missed some targets by aiming too high, and my initial targets for steals weren't anywhere near the type of guys I want for my system. I did land a SF early, and a PF in January, and another big man in February. I'm not thrilled with any of these guys though.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#54 SF Justin Wagner
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 255
High School: Fairhaven High School
Hometown: Fairhaven, MA
GPA: 2.43
Test Score: 1050
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: 68 3 37 39 17 37 42 10 44 4 31 46 39 68 26 39 3
Potential: B F D D D B A D B F B C



I'm not thrilled with Wagner, mainly because of his handling rating, but I'm struggling to find good players that I have a shot at here, and I'm basically hoping that the fact that he has good A/T stats means that his handling is better than scouted.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#52 PF John Padgett
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 244
High School: Croswell-Lexington High School
Hometown: Croswell, MI
GPA: 2.65
Test Score: 1170
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: 20 36 59 0 19 23 63 19 32 27 46 64 91 40 67 59 53
Potential: D C C F D D A B C B A B


Hopefully a good rebounding and defensive PF. He may be a better scorer than scouted, his FG % is 53% which is usually a solid sign.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#32 PF Jack Landry
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 247
High School: Hazlewood High School
Hometown: Town Creek, AL
GPA: 2.44
Test Score: 930
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: 51 30 14 34 5 11 33 52 41 25 22 31 31 19 45 47 98
Potential: C A D D D F B A B C D D


Landry looks like another solid defensive PF, perhaps a decent scorer as well.


Results

2-2 in November vs the worst teams in the nation. December is better and we go into conference play with an 8-3 record.

Wow, we actually end up decent, going 9-7 in conference play and finishing 4th.


2011 America East Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#22 Northeastern 13 3 .813 26 7 .788
Hartford 10 6 .625 18 12 .600
Boston University 10 6 .625 15 14 .517
Vermont 9 7 .563 18 12 .600
Albany 8 8 .500 13 16 .448
Maine 7 9 .438 16 15 .516
New Hampshire 7 9 .438 12 17 .414
Binghamton 4 12 .250 10 19 .345
Stony Brook 4 12 .250 9 20 .310


Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (4) Vermont 94, (5) Albany 64

Semifinals: (1) Northeastern 93, (4) Vermont 86


Northeastern wins the conference, earning a 10 seed, beating 7 seed Marshall before losing to St John's.

Kentucky beats Arizona for the national title. Alabama and St John's also make the final four.


Vermont 2011 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 34 Record Vs 1-50: 1-2
Season Record: 18-12 Record Vs 51-100: 0-0
Conference Record: 9-7 Record Vs 101-200: 1-5
Home Record: 9-6 Record Vs 200+: 16-5
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 173

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 72.4 National Rank: 82 Conference Rank: 2
Points Allowed: 67.9 National Rank: 152 Conference Rank: 4
Rebounds: 36.7 National Rank: 99 Conference Rank: 3
Assists: 13.6 National Rank: 181 Conference Rank: 5
Steals: 7.8 National Rank: 145 Conference Rank: 5
Blocks: 1.9 National Rank: 264 Conference Rank: 7
Turnovers: 15.4 National Rank: 26 Conference Rank: 2
Fouls: 19.4 National Rank: 189 Conference Rank: 6
FG%: .425 National Rank: 211 Conference Rank: 9
FT%: .701 National Rank: 101 Conference Rank: 1
3P%: .341 National Rank: 147 Conference Rank: 4


Not a bad starting point.


Vermont 2011 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/13/11 at Southeastern Louisiana (2-26) W 80-50 1-0
11/16/11 at Army (9-21) L 64-60 1-1
11/19/11 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11-17) L 73-57 1-2
11/27/11 Stephen F. Austin (11-17) W 63-55 2-2
12/01/11 Coastal Carolina (9-20) W 81-65 3-2
12/05/11 at IPFW (8-20) W 76-52 4-2
12/09/11 at Fairleigh Dickinson (12-17) W 80-62 5-2
12/13/11 at Western Illinois (14-16) W 85-56 6-2
12/17/11 South Carolina State (9-22) W 63-56 7-2
12/21/11 Alcorn State (9-20) W 82-70 8-2
12/25/11 Long Island (11-18) L 86-80 8-3
01/04/12 Binghamton (10-19) W 87-75 9-3 (1-0)
01/08/12 at Hartford (18-12) L 80-65 9-4 (1-1)
01/11/12 Boston University (15-14) L 78-50 9-5 (1-2)
01/15/12 Northeastern (25-6) W 83-72 10-5 (2-2)
01/18/12 at Maine (16-15) W 83-77 11-5 (3-2)
01/22/12 at New Hampshire (12-17) W 74-67 12-5 (4-2)
01/29/12 at Northeastern (25-6) L 74-51 12-6 (4-3)
02/01/12 at Stony Brook (9-20) W 69-61 13-6 (5-3)
02/03/12 New Hampshire (12-17) W 74-60 14-6 (6-3)
02/05/12 Maine (16-15) L 80-75 14-7 (6-4)
02/08/12 Stony Brook (9-20) W 72-59 15-7 (7-4)
02/12/12 Hartford (18-12) L 61-47 15-8 (7-5)
02/15/12 at Binghamton (10-19) W 89-62 16-8 (8-5)
02/17/12 at Albany (13-16) L 84-68 16-9 (8-6)
02/19/12 Albany (13-16) W 79-52 17-9 (9-6)
02/26/12 at Boston University (15-14) L 74-53 17-10 (9-7)
02/28/12 Appalachian State (12-17) L 74-65 17-11
03/03/12 vs. Albany (13-16) W 94-64 18-11
03/04/12 vs. Northeastern (25-6) L 93-86 18-12




Totals: 18-12 (9-7) - America East Semifinals - RPI 173

[Groundhog]

now that you mention it though I'm curious if there's a signifigant correlation with quickness and steals.

I don't believe there is. I play on the 1-10 rating scale, and I had a PG who averaged 4.7spg with a quickness rating of 8 (which is probably between 65-75 in the 100 rating scale).

The only noticeable affects of quickness to me have been that quick PGs break the press for easy baskets more frequently, break away for fastbreaks from steals more frequently, and seem to drive to the basket more frequently as well.

No doubt it affects other things as well, but these have been the most noticeable after watching the pbp for hundreds of games.

[Izulde]

How'd Chicago State do the year after their greatest coach and graduating class ever left?

[Bee]

Great read, makes me want to fire the game up again.

[st.cronin]

I've done a little position switching, a couple PG->SG and one SG->SF, and of course guys play out of position all the time. I haven't paid much attention to the physical numbers, I notice when a guy has low stamina and adjust their playing time accordingly, now that you mention it though I'm curious if there's a signifigant correlation with quickness and steals.

I think the physical stuff mostly correlates to fouls.

[Radii]

How'd Chicago State do the year after their greatest coach and graduating class ever left?


Chicago State went 23-8, 12-2 in conference, but got upset in the MCC Finals so didn't make the big dance. Their prestige continues to rise, to 39.

[Radii]

2012 Offseason

Vermont's Prestige is stagnant at 34. That's ok by me, not dropping is all I hope for the first few seasons.

My AD is Delighted with me, and wants a .500 conference record. The training facilities are up to 73, well above anyone else in this conference.


Coaching Skill

I'm moving up the food chain faster than expected, getting another coaching skill increase. I dump 5 more poitns into each category. Here's my current coaching profile.


COACH DETAILS

Richard Dixon - Head Coach - Vermont
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Age: 29
High School: Wake Forest Rolesville HS
Hometown: Wake Froest, NC
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Current Level: 4
Career Record: 178 - 97

Recruiting: 40
Scouting: 10
Offense: 40
Defense: 90


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2011 Vermont Head Coach 18 12 9 7 No Postseason
2010 Chicago State Head Coach 30 4 13 1 Loss in FBCA Sweet Sixteen
2009 Chicago State Head Coach 23 7 11 3 Loss in FBIT Preliminary Round
2008 Chicago State Head Coach 28 4 12 2 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2007 Chicago State Head Coach 26 6 11 3 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2006 Chicago State Head Coach 8 21 2 12 No Postseason
2005 Chicago State Head Coach 19 10 8 6 No Postseason
2004 Chicago State Head Coach 11 19 4 10 No Postseason
2003 Chicago State Head Coach 15 14 7 7 No Postseason

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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2010 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)
2010 Mid-Continent Conference Champion
2009 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)
2008 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)
2008 Mid-Continent Conference Champion
2007 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)
2007 Mid-Continent Conference Champion
2005 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2011 Hired by Vermont (Head Coach)
2011 Quit job with Chicago State to pursue another position.
2003 Hired by Chicago State (Head Coach)



Incoming Recruits

My first Vermont Recruiting Class is ranked 106th in the nation.


PLAYER DETAILS

#54 SF Justin Wagner - Vermont - Freshman
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 255
High School: Fairhaven High School
Hometown: Fairhaven, MA

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: 68 11 37 39 17 37 42 21 44 4 39 32 39 68 40 45 3
Potential: B F D C D C C D B F B C

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 34

2011 High School: Rated *** and #275 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2011 High School: All-State (Massachusetts)



He comes in similar to how he was scouted, not as good a rebounder, but the scoring/handling/steals all match what i scouted him at. The handling is scary, and having Wagner + two big men coming in this year will delay the pressing/trapping system for a season for sure.




PLAYER DETAILS

#52 PF John Padgett - Vermont - Freshman
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 244
High School: Croswell-Lexington High School
Hometown: Croswell, MI

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: 22 26 48 0 31 23 63 29 33 37 46 48 94 40 67 44 57
Potential: D C C F C D B C C C A A

Academics: 63

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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2011 High School: Rated *** and #247 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2011 High School: All-State (Michigan)
2011 High School: Mr. Basketball (Michigan)


gaaaaaah. Disappointing.




PLAYER DETAILS

#32 PF Jack Landry - Vermont - Freshman
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 247
High School: Hazlewood High School
Hometown: Town Creek, AL

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: 43 30 20 34 19 20 33 61 31 25 29 21 36 31 52 56 83
Potential: B C D C D D C B C D C D

Academics: 43

2011 High School: Rated *** and #315 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2011 High School: All-State (Alabama)



Here's a guy that can play, and he will, believe me. This is a very, very disappointing class, and it'll hold me up a bit, I really need to bring in some quality players this year.



Coaches

I lose my recruiting coordinator, and fire my assistant. I had a $90,000 assistant, which I can't afford now that I've lost my $30K recruiter. I end up with a $50K recruiter and $55K assistant. The recruiter has a skill of 43, assistant 34 offense/50 defense.

Scheduling

There are a lot of teams who have fallen to prestige 0 or 1. They're all playing Vermont this year.

Training/Budget

We get a request for more money approved! $24,000 more for the season to spend on recruiting. This is huge.


Roster Overview

I redshirt the freshmen but other than that i leave everything on auto.

[hoosierdude]

Thanks radii. I spent 4 hours playing this game last night. :P I even took another job and trying your "gameplan" to see how it works. I used to only redshirt great players with low stats their first season.

Please continue. I love it.

[Radii]

2011/12 Season


Recruiting

We have 5 scholarships available again this year, and a budget of $15,908/mo, which is much bigger than last year. We go hard after steals/handles guys, that's all I care about this year. We land our first guy in the initial signing month, a huge win for us. In December we add two more guys and fill out a hopefully solid class.

I spend the rest of the season scouting and trying to land a big man, but have no luck.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#25 SG Dwight Torres
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Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 190
High School: Las Cruces High School
Hometown: Las Cruces, NM
GPA: 2.57
Test Score: 890
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: 28 47 66 46 19 7 31 19 20 29 41 0 75 91 29 83 59
Potential: D A B C A D C F C B B F


The academics may be an issue, but i need this, badly. the jumper, FT's, ball handling, defense, and steals. Now, we've seen 0/C ratings turn out to actually be 'F', so hopefully 19/A doesn't end up being a D. He has good stats which has me hopeful.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#53 SG Brian Rodriguez
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Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 176
High School: Shiprock High School
Hometown: Shiprock, NM
GPA: 2.36
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: 1 80 52 95 20 33 7 41 27 17 69 27 54 58 52 99 29
Potential: F A C A C C F C C F A D


A pretty ideal SG if he comes in as scouted, the defense is a weakness but not one that I'm going hold someone off the court because of.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#10 PG Emory Perlman
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Height: 5'11"
Weight: 162
High School: Doherty Memorial High School
Hometown: Worcester, MA
GPA: 2.36
Test Score: 1000
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: 18 34 52 59 49 39 15 15 28 49 65 0 45 99 27 70 41
Potential: C C A C C C F F C B B F


Perlman looks like the worst of the 3 recruits, but really, if these 3 guys have the handling/steals that i'm scouting them at, I'm in great shape.



Results

This team is so, so bad. All those teams with 0 and 1 prestige, the worst teams in the nation? Some of them are beating us. We go 6-6 in our non conference schedule. We manage to go 3-3 in January to open up conference play, and end up 7-9, which is perfectly alright by me.


2012 America East Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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Binghamton 11 5 .688 19 9 .679
Boston University 9 7 .563 17 11 .607
Hartford 9 7 .563 15 13 .536
Maine 9 7 .563 14 14 .500
Northeastern 9 7 .563 15 15 .500
New Hampshire 7 9 .438 14 15 .483
Vermont 7 9 .438 13 15 .464
Stony Brook 7 9 .438 11 18 .379
Albany 4 12 .250 9 19 .321



NOTE: The standings I'm posting now are as of the end of the regular season, just to show the seeding for the conference tourney. I always forget to come back and update the standings after the tournaments, plus the overall record can give stuff away.

Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (2) Boston University 70, (7) Vermont 50

Binghamton wins the conference tournament, earning a 13 seed, and losing to 4 seed Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Illinois beats Kentucky to win the national title. Wake Forest and Stanford also make the final four.



Vermont 2012 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 34 Record Vs 1-50: 0-0
Season Record: 13-16 Record Vs 51-100: 0-2
Conference Record: 7-9 Record Vs 101-200: 5-8
Home Record: 7-7 Record Vs 200+: 8-6
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 257

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 64.0 National Rank: 247 Conference Rank: 7
Points Allowed: 67.1 National Rank: 124 Conference Rank: 5
Rebounds: 34.7 National Rank: 200 Conference Rank: 5
Assists: 11.4 National Rank: 306 Conference Rank: 9
Steals: 8.2 National Rank: 102 Conference Rank: 2
Blocks: 2.4 National Rank: 207 Conference Rank: 5
Turnovers: 15.3 National Rank: 24 Conference Rank: 1
Fouls: 19.8 National Rank: 224 Conference Rank: 4
FG%: .413 National Rank: 278 Conference Rank: 9
FT%: .680 National Rank: 159 Conference Rank: 1
3P%: .278 National Rank: 310 Conference Rank: 9


bad bad bad. Expect a prestige drop next year.


Vermont 2012 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/18/12 Southeastern Louisiana (9-19) W 76-68 1-0
11/21/12 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (17-13) L 81-56 1-1
11/24/12 Army (10-19) L 87-74 1-2
11/27/12 at Alcorn State (13-16) L 85-63 1-3
12/01/12 at Prairie View A&M (7-23) W 62-51 2-3
12/05/12 Texas State (16-12) L 64-63 2-4
12/08/12 at Robert Morris (9-20) L 73-52 2-5
12/11/12 at Coastal Carolina (13-16) L 80-73 2-6
12/15/12 Mount St. Mary's (6-22) W 63-53 3-6
12/19/12 Gardner Webb (2-27) W 74-64 4-6
12/22/12 Stephen F. Austin (13-16) W 71-63 5-6
12/25/12 at South Carolina State (11-21) W 71-66 6-6
01/02/13 Northeastern (15-16) L 53-40 6-7 (0-1)
01/06/13 at New Hampshire (15-16) W 69-65 7-7 (1-1)
01/09/13 at Northeastern (15-16) W 77-52 8-7 (2-1)
01/13/13 at Stony Brook (11-19) L 63-61 8-8 (2-2)
01/20/13 Albany (9-19) L 70-66 8-9 (2-3)
01/30/13 at Albany (9-19) W 63-58 9-9 (3-3)
02/03/13 Maine (15-15) W 76-65 10-9 (4-3)
02/06/13 Boston University (19-12) L 89-67 10-10 (4-4)
02/08/13 at Binghamton (22-10) L 69-61 10-11 (4-5)
02/10/13 at Boston University (19-12) L 85-59 10-12 (4-6)
02/13/13 New Hampshire (15-16) L 62-49 10-13 (4-7)
02/17/13 Binghamton (22-10) L 59-48 10-14 (4-8)
02/22/13 at Hartford (15-14) L 72-51 10-15 (4-9)
02/24/13 Hartford (15-14) W 72-40 11-15 (5-9)
02/27/13 Stony Brook (11-19) W 68-67 12-15 (6-9)
03/03/13 at Maine (15-15) W 82-73 13-15 (7-9)
03/09/13 vs. Boston University (19-12) L 70-50 13-16




Totals: 13-16 (7-9) - America East Quarterfinals - RPI 257

[Radii]

2013 Offseason

The prestige does indeed drop, from 34->31. We might see another drop this year, but hopefully not too far and next season is when we should start to turn around. My goals remain the same(finish .500 in conference) and my AD is now just satisfied in me. If he'll hold on for this season, which I expect to be pretty poor, we'll get things fixed up.



Incoming Recruits

This strikes of similarities to my big stud filled recruit class at Chicago State in my second season. We pull in the 54th best recruiting class in the nation.



PLAYER DETAILS

#1 SG Dwight Torres - Vermont - Freshman
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Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 190
High School: Las Cruces High School
Hometown: Las Cruces, NM

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: 28 47 54 32 31 20 31 19 8 34 50 3 65 79 38 71 68
Potential: D A B C C D C D F C B F

Academics: 44

2012 High School: Rated *** and #176 overall by the FBCB scouting service.



Torres is solid. This is the guy that was 19/A in handling when I scouted him. I'm not going to complain about the 31/C actual rating after that. The jump shot and steals is going to make this guy a serious threat for me.



PLAYER DETAILS

#55 PG Emory Perlman - Vermont - Freshman
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Height: 5'11"
Weight: 162
High School: Doherty Memorial High School
Hometown: Worcester, MA

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: 24 37 37 46 49 46 15 17 28 30 45 7 45 86 33 73 33
Potential: C C C C C B D D C C C F

Academics: 25

2012 High School: Rated *** and #223 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2012 High School: All-State (Massachusetts)
2012 High School: Mr. Basketball (Massachusetts)


Perlman is a disappoitment, his defense and steals both come in lower than scouted. Perlman will probalby play given the state of the team currently but not much.




PLAYER DETAILS

#31 SG Brian Rodriguez - Vermont - Freshman
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Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 176
High School: Shiprock High School
Hometown: Shiprock, NM

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: 6 68 52 84 30 33 14 29 42 10 57 27 42 64 33 87 35
Potential: F A C A C C D C C F A C

Academics: 27

2012 High School: Rated *** and #206 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2012 High School: All-State (New Mexico)
2012 High School: Mr. Basketball (New Mexico)


Rodriguez is another solid system player for me. I need to pull in a guy at some point who has handling better than a C, but for my initial push to force more turnovers, I'm well on my way now with Rodriguez and Torres.


Coaches

There are no coaching changes this year.

Scheduling

We have no reason to schedule good teams yet, or really, even teams that are less than 'absolutely horrid'


Roster Overview

The freshmen redshirt. I put everything on auto with minimal changes. Two of my recruits will be starting. PF Padgett and SF Wagner will start, while PF Landry is the top big man off the bench.

[Radii]

2012/13 Season


Recruiting

We only have two scholarships to worry about this year. The budget to fill those two slots is $12,600/mo. I make my initial contacts hoping to pull one big man and one steals guy, but it doesn't work out that way. I don't really find any big men anywhere close to what I want, and go hard after some solid looking steals guys instead.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#1 SG Merle Lajoie
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Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 181
High School: Wade Hampton High School
Hometown: Hampton, SC
GPA: 2.45
Test Score: 1110
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: 18 64 39 48 42 14 35 22 17 28 60 18 58 53 48 40 33
Potential: F A D A B D C C C B A F


Please, please please come into Vermont with B handling and A steals! This guy was a good scorer and shooter in high school, so hopefully the shooting ratings are accurate as well.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#13 SG Felix Vereen
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Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 191
High School: Granville High School
Hometown: Granville, NY
GPA: 2.41
Test Score: 1090
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: 28 19 31 38 36 13 17 17 43 73 49 48 26 75 52 95 54
Potential: C D C B C D F D C A A B


Its very likely that no one will be able to bring the ball all the way up the court against me with some of these guys that are coming in. Vereen isnt' much of a scorer but the fact that some of the other guards are has me not so concerned about the big men, I have rebounders and defenders in the post, but next year i'll have to start bringing in some more for sure.


Results

Things are a little better this year, and we do technically meet our goals, .500 in conference play!


2013 America East Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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Boston University 14 2 .875 23 5 .821
Northeastern 10 6 .625 16 13 .552
Hartford 9 7 .563 12 16 .429
Binghamton 8 8 .500 18 10 .643
Vermont 8 8 .500 16 12 .571
Stony Brook 8 8 .500 14 14 .500
Maine 8 8 .500 12 16 .429
New Hampshire 5 11 .313 10 18 .357
Albany 2 14 .125 7 21 .250


Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (4) Binghamton 88, (5) Vermont 80

Binghamton goes on to win their 2nd straight conference tournament.

This is actually a pretty big NCAA Tournament for the America East! Binghamton is a 14 seed, they upset Oklahoma State in round one before falling to 6 seed Mississippi. Additionally, Boston University earns an at large bid, an 11 seed. Boston U upsets the 6 seed UConn, before falling to Cincinnati.


Chicago State goes 24-8 and I see them in the big dance too, a 14 seed, losing to UCLA.



Stanford wins the national title over Notre Dame. Duke and Cincinnati also make the final four.


Awards

SF Justin Wagner is America East Freshman of the year, and also makes the 1st team All Conference!

PF Jack Landry is freshman all conference as well.

Wagner averages 13.7 ppg, 4.7 rebounds, and 1 steal a game.

Landry has 5.2 ppg/6.3 rpg

My other freshman, John Padgett had 5.9 ppg/7.6 rpg before getting hurt 16 games into the season.


Vermont 2013 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 31 Record Vs 1-50: 1-1
Season Record: 16-13 Record Vs 51-100: 2-1
Conference Record: 8-8 Record Vs 101-200: 2-6
Home Record: 11-3 Record Vs 200+: 11-5
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 219

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 68.0 National Rank: 175 Conference Rank: 5
Points Allowed: 67.8 National Rank: 144 Conference Rank: 5
Rebounds: 36.9 National Rank: 104 Conference Rank: 3
Assists: 12.3 National Rank: 265 Conference Rank: 7
Steals: 6.4 National Rank: 260 Conference Rank: 6
Blocks: 2.5 National Rank: 209 Conference Rank: 6
Turnovers: 17.0 National Rank: 106 Conference Rank: 6
Fouls: 18.1 National Rank: 50 Conference Rank: 1
FG%: .428 National Rank: 180 Conference Rank: 4
FT%: .735 National Rank: 32 Conference Rank: 1
3P%: .266 National Rank: 320 Conference Rank: 9



Better than last year at least?


Vermont 2013 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/17/13 Southeastern Louisiana (1-28) W 71-69 1-0
11/20/13 Texas-Arlington (10-18) W 72-61 2-0
11/24/13 at Mount St. Mary's (15-14) L 69-68 2-1
11/27/13 at Gardner Webb (5-23) W 75-70 3-1
11/30/13 Texas State (6-22) W 70-57 4-1
12/03/13 at Coastal Carolina (7-22) L 69-60 4-2
12/06/13 at Robert Morris (11-18) L 74-59 4-3
12/09/13 at Prairie View A&M (7-22) W 72-63 5-3
12/12/13 IPFW (2-26) W 71-68 6-3
12/16/13 at Stephen F. Austin (13-17) L 76-65 6-4
12/20/13 Nicholls State (14-15) W 86-60 7-4
12/24/13 St. Francis-PA (15-14) W 65-48 8-4
01/01/14 Maine (12-17) W 53-52 9-4 (1-0)
01/05/14 New Hampshire (11-19) W 69-57 10-4 (2-0)
01/12/14 at Albany (7-21) W 65-57 11-4 (3-0)
01/15/14 at Binghamton (22-11) W 83-69 12-4 (4-0)
01/22/14 at Boston University (24-7) L 71-69 12-5 (4-1)
01/26/14 at Hartford (12-17) L 77-69 12-6 (4-2)
01/29/14 at Maine (12-17) L 74-61 12-7 (4-3)
01/31/14 Albany (7-21) W 59-54 13-7 (5-3)
02/05/14 at New Hampshire (11-19) W 70-49 14-7 (6-3)
02/07/14 Stony Brook (15-15) L 85-60 14-8 (6-4)
02/12/14 at Northeastern (18-14) L 72-66 14-9 (6-5)
02/16/14 Hartford (12-17) L 67-51 14-10 (6-6)
02/19/14 Boston University (24-7) W 62-54 15-10 (7-6)
02/21/14 Binghamton (22-11) W 92-85 16-10 (8-6)
02/23/14 at Stony Brook (15-15) L 93-58 16-11 (8-7)
03/02/14 Northeastern (18-14) L 79-70 16-12 (8-8)
03/08/14 vs. Binghamton (22-11) L 88-80 16-13





Totals: 16-13 (8-8) - America East Quarterfinals - RPI 219

[RPI-Fan]

Great read and great work. I would focus way more on the physical attributes, especially when you're looking for a scorer. Stamina and fouls probably aren't important for you since you run such a deep rotation. But quickness and jumping can make a huge difference in a high-pressure defense.

[Radii]

Great read and great work. I would focus way more on the physical attributes, especially when you're looking for a scorer. Stamina and fouls probably aren't important for you since you run such a deep rotation. But quickness and jumping can make a huge difference in a high-pressure defense.


Thanks for the comments :) My budget is slowly increasing, right now i pretty much can get the handling and steals that I care the most about, and for the most part i have to ignore the secondary traits that I'm interested in(defense/scoring) b/c I just don't have that many guys to choose from yet. I'm going to start making a note of how the guys with exceptional quickness/jumping do vs other guys with similar ratings as I find them though.

[Radii]

2014 Offseason

We have another small prestige drop, from 31->29. We expect this number to start going up this year. Our AD remains satisfied with me, and our goals remain .500 in conference play.


Incoming Recruits

We have the 93rd rated recruiting class in the nation. That's 2nd in the conference, Maine pulled in the #57 class.



PLAYER DETAILS

#13 SG Felix Vereen - Vermont - Freshman
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Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 191
High School: Granville High School
Hometown: Granville, NY

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: 29 19 37 47 42 6 22 17 43 73 49 38 30 62 58 95 46
Potential: D D C B C F D D C A A C

Academics: 31

2013 High School: Rated *** and #245 overall by the FBCB scouting service.



My scouting on Vereen was fairly accurate, C HND/A PRD/A STL is great for me. He'll be ok at the line and good from 3, this guy will be a big player for me.



PLAYER DETAILS

#51 SG Merle Lajoie - Vermont - Freshman
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Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 181
High School: Wade Hampton High School
Hometown: Hampton, SC

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: 18 71 47 48 44 14 19 22 17 42 52 19 63 61 33 54 16
Potential: D A C C C D D C D B A D

Academics: 48

2013 High School: Rated *** and #167 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


And Lajoie is going to be good for me as well, another jump shooter, with defense and steals. I'm veyr pleased with the steals guys in the last two classes, I am a bit disappointed that *all* my guys have a C handling rating, I'd like to pull in someone better than that to run the point, but this will be good enough to get me going.

Coaches

We lose our assistant, the new one we bring in has a 30 offense/49 defense rating, for $55,000. Nothing great at all.

Scheduling

Though I expect us to be better, I'm more interested in winning games now, and worrying about pumping up the schedule for an improved RPI later. Everyone is below 10 prestige on the schedule this season.

Training/Budget

Both requests are denied, and as I request a higher budget the AD's opinion of me lowers.


Roster Overview


I convert Lajoie, one of my freshman who is getting redshirted, to a PG for training camps.


Vermont Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Jack Landry PF 6' 7" 251 63 38 38 22 23 46 34 59 58 98
John Padgett PF 6' 8" 246 28 34 0 34 26 83 43 77 47 69
Justin Wagner SF 6' 9" 259 77 14 47 22 47 48 70 56 47 41
Brian Rodriguez SG 6' 3" 178 7 77 93 34 40 16 66 37 91 69
Dwight Torres SG 6' 6" 201 32 63 40 39 24 37 80 42 72 84

Lester Ange PG 6' 0" 188 48 66 39 49 46 28 82 50 50 82
Michael Riedel C 7' 0" 248 48 42 46 48 10 24 28 83 26 56
Emory Perlman PG 5'11" 182 26 40 53 55 56 17 87 35 77 50




Vermont Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Jack Landry PF 6' 7" 251 47 28 32 30 82 62 34 59 58 98
John Padgett PF 6' 8" 246 42 43 56 79 43 100 43 77 47 69
Justin Wagner SF 6' 9" 259 54 7 57 35 24 56 70 56 47 41
Brian Rodriguez SG 6' 3" 178 46 12 75 31 32 56 66 37 91 69
Dwight Torres SG 6' 6" 201 10 42 62 5 23 77 80 42 72 84

Lester Ange PG 6' 0" 188 33 34 17 28 31 82 82 50 50 82
Michael Riedel C 7' 0" 248 31 50 18 34 25 70 28 83 26 56
Emory Perlman PG 5'11" 182 30 35 54 9 19 60 87 35 77 50



We're not quite there yet. We'll be better this year, but this is a team full of freshmen and sophomores, and the ball handling and even the steals aren't up to snuff quite yet. We'll see how it goes though!

[Radii]

2014/15 Season


Recruiting

Two scholarships, and we need at least one big guy, prefereably two. We go crazy contacting big men in our initial evaluation period. I haven't landed anyone in the first signing period, but I haven't lost any guys either, I have the lead on two good rebounders that I hope will pan out.

The first recruit I land looks like a good scorer and rebounder who can't play a lick of defense. We try to find another big man but nothing pans out over the next couple months and we end up leaving a scholarship on the table.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#3 PF John Xiong
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 237
High School: Potomac High School
Hometown: Oxon Hill, MD
GPA: 2.71
Test Score: 1140
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: 57 16 41 0 34 6 72 43 8 32 18 33 94 12 64 59 65
Potential: A C C F D C B A D D F D


That'll work out just fine if the scouting is accurate. The defending is horrid of course but A good scorer and rebounder will fit in just fine.


Results

We're not rolling over people, but we do a lot better this year vs the crap non conference teams we scheduled, 10-2 going into conference play. We're tied for first place in the conference at the halfway mark, and we end up tying Boston U for first in the conference.


2014 America East Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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Vermont 11 5 .688 21 7 .750
Boston University 11 5 .688 19 9 .679
Maine 10 6 .625 16 12 .571
Stony Brook 8 8 .500 15 13 .536
Albany 8 8 .500 14 14 .500
Binghamton 8 8 .500 14 14 .500
Northeastern 8 8 .500 14 14 .500
Hartford 5 11 .313 11 17 .393
New Hampshire 3 13 .188 7 21 .250


Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (1) Vermont 77, (8) Hartford 36 - 18 steals, but mainly Hartford shot 27% from the field. We haven't really been blowing teams out like this, so this is a nice suprise. All 5 of our starters are in double figures.

Semifinals: (1) Vermont 69, (4) Stony Brook 44 - Steals and turnovers are even, but again, Stony Brook barely shoots 30% giving us an easy win.

Finals: (1) Vermont 73, (2) Boston University 65 - WOOHOO. 12 steals for us, 5 for them, we have 8 less turnovers and win a sloppy game where we shoot 35% and Boston U shoots 39%.


We earn the 13 seed in the East Region. We'll play Alabama, 21-11 SEC power.


NCAA Tournament

Alabama tears out to a big lead, 30-13, but we get extremely hot and only trail 40-39 at the half. Its a very close second half, but we fall behind 80-74 with just 50 seconds left. Alabama presses us and fouls, we make two free throws. We get a steal right after the inbounds pass is made and get a breakaway dunk to make it a 2 point game with 41 seconds left. Alabama throws the ball out of bounds. We tie the game up. Alabama scores with 8 seconds left to go up 82-80, but they foul us with no time left on the clock as we try to get off a game tying shot. We make both free throws and its OVERTIME.


A sloppy overtime has us trailing 88-87 with 10 seconds left. We have to foul Bama, they make both FTs, and we get the ball with 5 seconds left on the clock. Dwight Torres takes a 3 pointer, but misses, and we can't force a second OT. But hey, this team isn't nearly as good as I expect to have here, so this is a great first step for Vermont.



Alabama 90, Vermont 87

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Vermont (24-8):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jack Landry C 38 5-11 0-1 0 10 2 4 10
John Padgett PF 36 1-5 2-2 0 6 3 3 4
Justin Wagner SF 33 7-18 9-10 1 4 1 1 24
Brian Rodriguez SG 15 3-4 0-0 0 1 0 5 6
Dwight Torres PG 37 2-6 4-6 0 3 4 1 9
Lester Ange SG 26 6-14 7-7 2 3 1 3 20
Emory Perlman SG 23 2-4 0-0 2 7 2 3 5
Michael Riedel PF 11 1-2 3-4 1 2 3 2 5
Bo Rudd PF 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Jonas Gaines PG 1 1-1 2-2 0 0 0 1 4

Turnovers: 17 (J.Landry 1, J.Padgett 1, D.Torres 6,
L.Ange 2, E.Perlman 3, M.Riedel 2, B.Rudd 2)
Blocked Shots: 4 (J.Padgett 4)
Steals: 10 (J.Landry 1, J.Wagner 4, D.Torres 2,
E.Perlman 1, B.Rudd 1, J.Gaines 1)
3P FGs: 4-20 (J.Landry 0-1, J.Wagner 1-8, B.Rodriguez
0-1, D.Torres 1-4, L.Ange 1-5, E.Perlman 1-1)

Alabama (22-11):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Nolin C 36 7-12 9-12 1 10 0 0 23
Brady Bode PF 38 3-6 1-2 2 10 2 2 8
Matthew Brown SF 26 3-12 2-2 1 5 1 4 8
Noah Love SG 16 1-2 4-4 0 7 1 5 6
Harold Ward PG 37 4-12 4-7 1 3 4 3 15
Andy Raper PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Edward McClure PF 5 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0
Hilton Daye C 9 4-4 0-0 1 1 0 3 8
Harold Marshall PG 8 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 2 2
Wilbur Rahman SF 19 3-6 3-4 1 1 0 3 11
Tyrone Essex SG 29 3-7 2-2 1 4 6 3 9

Turnovers: 19 (W.Nolin 1, B.Bode 2, N.Love 2, H.Ward 6,
H.Daye 2, H.Marshall 3, T.Essex 3)
Blocked Shots: 3 (M.Brown 1, H.Daye 1, T.Essex 1)
Steals: 10 (W.Nolin 2, B.Bode 2, H.Ward 2, W.Rahman 1,
T.Essex 3)
3P FGs: 7-22 (B.Bode 1-3, M.Brown 0-3, N.Love 0-1,
H.Ward 3-10, W.Rahman 2-3, T.Essex 1-2)

Player of Game: C William Nolin (AL)

Game Summary:

Game Stats VRMT AL
Halftime Score 39 40
FGM-FGA 28-65 29-64
FG% .431 .453
FTM-FTA 27-32 25-33
FT% .844 .758
3PM-3PA 4-20 7-22
3P% .200 .318
Rebounds 37 43
Assists 16 15
Steals 10 10
Blocks 4 3
Turnovers 17 19
Team Fouls 24 27



Awards

I am the America East Coach of the year.

SG Torres is America East Freshman of the year

PG Perlman is on the Freshman all conference team

SF Justin Wagner is America East First Teamer

PF Jack Landry is America East Second Teamer

PF Josh Padgett is America East First Teamer



Vermont 2014 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 29 Record Vs 1-50: 0-1
Season Record: 24-8 Record Vs 51-100: 2-3
Conference Record: 11-5 Record Vs 101-200: 8-1
Home Record: 11-3 Record Vs 200+: 14-3
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 97

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 74.9 National Rank: 34 Conference Rank: 1
Points Allowed: 63.7 National Rank: 36 Conference Rank: 4
Rebounds: 38.7 National Rank: 44 Conference Rank: 1
Assists: 14.3 National Rank: 138 Conference Rank: 2
Steals: 11.1 National Rank: 11 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 3.0 National Rank: 157 Conference Rank: 4
Turnovers: 17.3 National Rank: 136 Conference Rank: 5
Fouls: 20.7 National Rank: 286 Conference Rank: 8
FG%: .443 National Rank: 71 Conference Rank: 1
FT%: .725 National Rank: 37 Conference Rank: 1
3P%: .301 National Rank: 265 Conference Rank: 7


We commit a ton of fouls, which will decrease as we improve. The other stats begin trending in the right direction, we score pretty well, get 11 steals a game, and have a baseline FG % to improve from.



Vermont 2014 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/16/14 at North Carolina A&T (1-29) W 67-45 1-0
11/19/14 at Alcorn State (6-22) W 67-59 2-0
11/22/14 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (14-15) W 62-60 3-0
11/25/14 IPFW (4-25) W 80-51 4-0
11/28/14 at Western Illinois (9-20) L 76-71 4-1
12/01/14 Sacred Heart (4-24) W 64-54 5-1
12/04/14 Coastal Carolina (12-18) W 93-63 6-1
12/07/14 UMKC (10-21) W 84-51 7-1
12/10/14 at Prairie View A&M (14-15) W 70-67 8-1
12/14/14 at South Carolina State (16-15) W 92-78 9-1
12/17/14 Gardner Webb (5-23) W 92-61 10-1
12/20/14 Maryland-East Shore (12-18) L 74-73 10-2
12/31/14 Maine (17-13) L 86-76 10-3 (0-1)
01/04/15 at New Hampshire (7-21) W 77-67 11-3 (1-1)
01/07/15 at Northeastern (14-15) W 84-60 12-3 (2-1)
01/11/15 New Hampshire (7-21) W 62-46 13-3 (3-1)
01/14/15 Albany (14-15) L 71-53 13-4 (3-2)
01/18/15 Boston University (21-11) W 62-50 14-4 (4-2)
01/21/15 at Albany (14-15) W 73-58 15-4 (5-2)
01/25/15 at Binghamton (14-15) W 86-76 16-4 (6-2)
01/28/15 at Stony Brook (16-14) W 72-68 17-4 (7-2)
02/01/15 at Boston University (21-11) L 67-56 17-5 (7-3)
02/04/15 Hartford (11-18) W 78-68 18-5 (8-3)
02/08/15 Stony Brook (16-14) W 85-69 19-5 (9-3)
02/11/15 Binghamton (14-15) W 82-70 20-5 (10-3)
02/18/15 Northeastern (14-15) W 103-79 21-5 (11-3)
02/20/15 at Hartford (11-18) L 70-69 21-6 (11-4)
03/01/15 at Maine (17-13) L 60-58 21-7 (11-5)
03/07/15 vs. Hartford (11-18) W 77-36 22-7
03/08/15 vs. Stony Brook (16-14) W 69-44 23-7
03/14/15 vs. Boston University (21-11) W 73-65 24-7
03/20/15 vs. Alabama (22-12) L 90-87 24-8




Vermont Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Jack Landry PF 32 32 29.4 8.9 1.7 9.5 1.3 0.8 0.2 2.6 3.1
John Padgett PF 32 32 30.4 6.7 3.5 9.3 1.7 1.1 1.8 2.2 2.7
Justin Wagner SF 32 32 28.7 15.4 2.1 4.7 1.9 2.2 0.3 2.5 2.7
Brian Rodriguez SG 32 32 25.3 9.8 0.5 3.2 2.2 1.9 0.2 2.4 2.6
Dwight Torres SG 32 32 29.8 13.5 1.0 3.2 3.0 2.5 0.1 3.5 3.0
Lester Ange PG 32 0 17.0 9.2 0.9 2.3 1.4 0.3 0.1 1.3 1.9
Emory Perlman PG 28 0 19.3 5.8 0.5 1.8 1.6 1.8 0.1 1.6 2.2
Michael Riedel C 32 0 18.0 4.8 0.8 4.0 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.9 2.2
Sean Carter C 2 0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bo Rudd SF 14 0 6.4 1.1 0.3 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.8
Jonas Gaines SG 11 0 5.4 2.5 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.6
Gerald Coen C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Andrew York PG 2 0 4.5 2.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0
Felix Vereen SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Merle Lajoie PG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0



My top 8 players all return next year, and we'll have Vereen and Lajoie added into the mix.



Totals: 24-8 (11-5) - America East Champion, NCAA First Round - RPI 97

[Radii]

2015 Offseason

The prestige takes a nice jump, from 29->34, back where it was when I took over the vermont job. Our AD is satisfied, and our .500 Conference record goal is the same.


Job Offers

I get four job offers, all from level 3 conference schools, LA Lafayette, Loyola-Chicago, Drexel, and Denver. I think, though, that I am going to hold out for a bit longer and establish some dominance at Vermont before moving on. If I can get a steady stream of good talent coming in I might hold out for a level 4 school, we'll see. But I definitely want to accomplish a little more here first.


Incoming Recruits

Our recruiting class is rated 182nd. Not suprising given that we only brought in one recruit.


PLAYER DETAILS

#3 PF John Xiong - Vermont - Freshman
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 237
High School: Potomac High School
Hometown: Oxon Hill, MD

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: 46 16 48 0 37 6 72 52 22 27 6 42 82 22 56 48 52
Potential: B D C F B F A B D C F C

Academics: 59

2014 High School: Rated *** and #318 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


And I do get what I was hoping for out of Xiong, he can score and rebound. This will work out fine for me.

Coaches

We lose our scout, and bring in one for $60,000 who is about the same talent level, 46 in scouting.

Scheduling

I up the scheduling a little, going after teams in the prestige 8-15 range this season.

Training/Budget

We don't get a training improvement but we do get $22,840 added to our budget for recruiting, which is excellent.


Roster Overview


Vermont Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Jack Landry PF 6' 7" 252 67 43 40 24 25 49 35 62 58 100
John Padgett PF 6' 8" 247 29 39 0 36 28 85 44 81 47 73
Dwight Torres SG 6' 6" 202 34 72 45 44 27 41 81 44 72 92
Brian Rodriguez SG 6' 3" 179 7 81 94 36 45 17 68 39 92 81
Merle Lajoie PG 6' 3" 192 20 79 52 53 18 21 63 39 57 41

Justin Wagner SF 6' 9" 260 78 15 50 24 48 50 72 61 49 54
Emory Perlman PG 5'11" 184 27 42 56 56 60 18 88 36 78 59
Felix Vereen SG 6' 3" 211 33 23 58 49 8 26 63 61 95 65
Michael Riedel C 7' 0" 251 54 43 48 52 11 27 29 88 27 69




Vermont Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Jack Landry PF 6' 7" 252 53 29 33 33 84 73 35 62 58 100
John Padgett PF 6' 8" 247 45 45 61 88 47 100 44 81 47 73
Dwight Torres SG 6' 6" 202 11 46 68 5 25 82 81 44 72 92
Brian Rodriguez SG 6' 3" 179 48 13 86 33 34 65 68 39 92 81
Merle Lajoie PG 6' 3" 192 19 56 71 21 24 80 63 39 57 41

Justin Wagner SF 6' 9" 260 59 7 61 37 25 59 72 61 49 54
Emory Perlman PG 5'11" 184 31 38 59 10 20 68 88 36 78 59
Felix Vereen SG 6' 3" 211 47 88 64 42 21 41 63 61 95 65
Michael Riedel C 7' 0" 251 34 52 19 35 28 80 29 88 27 69



We make a couple changes here from last season. I bring Lajoie in to play the point, his stamina is an issue and his playing time is set a bit lower than the rest of the starters. Wagner, who is a great scorer, sits in favor of guys who can handle the ball and steal a bit better than him. The bench backcourt of Wagner, Perlman and Vereen is a great second string.

[Radii]

2015/16 Season


Recruiting

We have 3 scholarships available this year and really just want the best players we can find. I'm still looking for a B or beter handler to run the point. In an interesting twist, a top 100 player has high interest in me initially. I expect it to drop but i'm checking him out anyway.

Well, I find the PG I want, A handling/B Steals, not terribly highly ranked, but in October Auburn finds him too and I have to drop off. I do land a SF in the initial recruit signing period and hopefully can land a couple more players before we're done. I land an oddity of a Center in December.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#44 SF David Baskerville
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 211
High School: Spring Hill High School
Hometown: Hope, AR
GPA: 2.62
Test Score: 1080
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: 20 26 47 30 37 21 13 43 41 13 50 70 29 59 38 37 44
Potential: F B C D C D B A A F A A


Baskerville looks like a pretty good SF target, he has the average hands I'm accustomed too and is a good steals guy, his rebounds will be a big help from the SF position and he can shoot a bit too.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#1 C Olen Musselman
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Height: 6'11"
Weight: 234
High School: Bolton High School
Hometown: Bolton, CT
GPA: 2.64
Test Score: 1170
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: 43 52 41 50 16 14 33 55 37 48 24 48 55 28 72 31 1
Potential: C C A B C D C C C C C B



So Musselman doesn't scout all that great, but I'm extremely curious about him. He averaged 24 points and 7.3 rebounds per game in high school, and shot 52%, all of the stats I look for, so I'm hopeful that my scouting is off and he comes in better. If not, he'll be a backup.

Results

We open going 5-0 in November, our best start yet. We're 11-1 finishing up non-conference play, but suffer a couple injuries and lose our first three conference games. We're 4-4 at the halfway point in the conference season, but we recover very nicely, going 10-6 in conference and finishing 2nd to Boston U.


2015 America East Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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Boston University 11 5 .688 17 11 .607
Vermont 10 6 .625 21 7 .750
Maine 9 7 .563 15 13 .536
Albany 9 7 .563 15 13 .536
Binghamton 8 8 .500 16 12 .571
Northeastern 8 8 .500 13 15 .464
New Hampshire 7 9 .438 13 15 .464
Hartford 6 10 .375 13 15 .464
Stony Brook 4 12 .250 12 16 .429


Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (2) Vermont 74, (7) New Hampshire 58 - 15 steals, forcing 26 turnovers, and winning the rebounding battle gets us a good win here. C Jack Landry gives us 13 points and 12 boards for the game MVP.

Semifinals: (2) Vermont 75, (3) Maine 61 - This one feels good. Maine embarrassed us 86-60 at their place and beat us 91-90 at home, avoiding a 3rd loss to them is excellent. Steals are even, 7/8 for us/them, and we actually turn it over more than they do, we only forced 13 turnovers total. But we shoot 75% from the line and have a big 41-30 rebounding edge in the win. Landry gives us 12 poitns/16 boards, while Torres gives us 26 points.

Finals: (1) Boston U 79, (2) Vermont 72 - Boston U shoots 53%, including 9-19 from 3, which is enough to offset 24 turnovers, including 17 steals that we picked up today. A disappointing loss, but there is a postseason in our future!

Our RPI is 49 this year, good enough to qualify for a NIT bid. We're a 2 seed in the NIT

NIT First Round: (7) Georgia Tech 89, (2) Vermont 70

Ga Tech shoots 55% against us and I lose to my alma mater to end our season.



Awards

I am the America East Coach of the year for the second season in a row.

PG Merle Lajoie: Conference Freshman of the Year

PF Josh Padgett: 1st Team All-conference

SG Dwight Torres: 1st Team All-Conference

SG Brian Rodriguez: 2nd Team All-Conference

PF Jack Landry: 2nd Team All Conference




Vermont 2015 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 34 Record Vs 1-50: 0-0
Season Record: 23-9 Record Vs 51-100: 2-2
Conference Record: 10-6 Record Vs 101-200: 9-6
Home Record: 12-3 Record Vs 200+: 12-1
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 49

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 76.7 National Rank: 18 Conference Rank: 1
Points Allowed: 65.6 National Rank: 77 Conference Rank: 2
Rebounds: 34.8 National Rank: 206 Conference Rank: 7
Assists: 15.0 National Rank: 91 Conference Rank: 2
Steals: 14.0 National Rank: 2 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 3.6 National Rank: 96 Conference Rank: 1
Turnovers: 19.0 National Rank: 256 Conference Rank: 7
Fouls: 18.8 National Rank: 108 Conference Rank: 1
FG%: .458 National Rank: 14 Conference Rank: 1
FT%: .705 National Rank: 94 Conference Rank: 3
3P%: .357 National Rank: 64 Conference Rank: 2


We're turning the ball over way too much. Looking at our best Chicago State teams we were around 14.5-15.5 turnovers a game. 19 is just way too much, and we have got to find a ball handling PG. The other numbers are looking good, our scoring, steals, and FG% are all looking solid.





Vermont 2015 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/15/15 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11-18) W 69-42 1-0
11/18/15 Lafayette (10-19) W 93-69 2-0
11/21/15 at Stetson (14-18) W 64-54 3-0
11/24/15 at St. Francis-PA (7-21) W 76-59 4-0
11/27/15 at Quinnipiac (10-19) W 67-42 5-0
12/01/15 at Lehigh (13-16) W 69-59 6-0
12/04/15 at Radford (14-16) L 90-86 6-1
12/07/15 Savannah State (7-21) W 77-56 7-1
12/10/15 IUPUI (10-20) W 67-57 8-1
12/14/15 Fairleigh Dickinson (16-14) W 83-56 9-1
12/18/15 Liberty (20-12) W 85-61 10-1
12/22/15 at McNeese State (14-16) W 72-61 11-1
01/03/16 at New Hampshire (13-16) L 82-67 11-2 (0-1)
01/06/16 at Northeastern (13-16) L 93-77 11-3 (0-2)
01/17/16 Albany (15-14) L 74-66 11-4 (0-3)
01/24/16 New Hampshire (13-16) W 88-62 12-4 (1-3)
01/27/16 at Stony Brook (12-16) W 70-55 13-4 (2-3)
01/29/16 at Albany (15-14) W 82-60 14-4 (3-3)
01/31/16 at Binghamton (17-13) L 62-57 14-5 (3-4)
02/03/16 at Boston University (20-12) W 73-72 15-5 (4-4)
02/05/16 Stony Brook (12-16) W 83-43 16-5 (5-4)
02/07/16 at Hartford (13-16) W 85-80 17-5 (6-4)
02/10/16 Hartford (13-16) W 84-54 18-5 (7-4)
02/14/16 Boston University (20-12) W 87-39 19-5 (8-4)
02/17/16 Binghamton (17-13) W 91-70 20-5 (9-4)
02/19/16 at Maine (16-14) L 86-60 20-6 (9-5)
02/21/16 Northeastern (13-16) W 94-82 21-6 (10-5)
02/24/16 Maine (16-14) L 91-90 21-7 (10-6)
03/05/16 vs. New Hampshire (13-16) W 74-58 22-7
03/06/16 vs. Maine (16-14) W 75-61 23-7
03/12/16 vs. Boston University (20-12) L 79-72 23-8
03/16/16 Georgia Tech (19-15) L 89-70 23-9




Vermont Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Jack Landry PF 32 32 30.8 10.9 1.6 9.1 1.9 1.0 0.4 3.7 3.2
John Padgett PF 32 32 30.1 6.7 3.1 7.8 1.7 1.0 2.4 2.3 2.1
Dwight Torres SG 32 32 27.9 14.3 1.4 3.8 1.8 2.4 0.1 2.5 3.2
Brian Rodriguez SG 32 32 29.4 12.1 0.8 3.8 2.5 3.0 0.3 3.3 2.5
Merle Lajoie PG 31 31 24.8 9.1 0.5 2.1 2.4 2.6 0.0 2.4 2.4
Justin Wagner SF 32 0 13.4 7.5 0.9 2.3 1.2 1.0 0.1 1.5 0.9
Emory Perlman PG 32 1 15.4 5.8 0.3 1.2 2.1 1.6 0.1 1.5 1.8
Felix Vereen SG 32 0 10.5 4.1 0.3 1.3 0.7 0.9 0.1 0.6 0.9
Michael Riedel C 32 0 17.0 6.0 1.0 3.4 0.8 0.6 0.2 1.1 1.6
Jonas Gaines SG 9 0 2.9 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4
Wayne Queen SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Andrew York PG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gerald Coen C 5 0 3.4 1.0 0.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.4
Sean Carter C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
John Xiong PF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Center Michael Riedel is the only guy in the top 9 of our rotation that graduates.


Totals: 23-9 (10-6) - America East Runner Up, NIT First Round - RPI 49

[whomario]

good read :) I´ve long read in the forums about various FBCB dynasties and the strategy topics (it´s crazy that a FOFC forum offers more than the original FBCB forums ever did) . I´ve also done your approach to the game multiple times, basically i allways do with small exceptions follow 1 rule : Can´t score without the ball. So basically i had my biggest success not with teams with polished star players all arround but with "possession players" (good ball handlers, steals guys, rebounders and shot blockers) with a couple exception players thrown in (mostly a great shooter, an inside scoring big or a versatile Small Forward)
In fact, my favourite players allways have been Small Forwards that can steal and rebound. Just currently i am at Long Island (7th season) started 10-1 with a 6´8 SF who averages 11 points but also 8+ rebounds, 3,5 steals and 3 assists (on 2,4 TOs) .

[Icy]

Great dynasty Radii, you made me wanted to start to play FBCB in solo mode again. This game is really great, i wish Heavyreign were working in a new version instead of in the pro game.

[Radii]

2016 Offseason

Prestige is up from 34->38 this year, up 9 points in the last two seasons, and Vermont is moving in the right direction for sure now. Our goals have risen, we now are expected to compete for the conference championship, and the board is delighted in me.


Job Offers

Job offers come from Toledo, Akron, Kent State and Arkansas State, out of the MAC and Sun Belt. We decline both.


Incoming Recruits

Our recruiting class is rated 101st, tops in the America East.


PLAYER DETAILS

#45 SF David Baskerville - Vermont - Freshman
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 211
High School: Spring Hill High School
Hometown: Hope, AR

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: 27 32 47 38 37 13 16 43 41 13 50 55 37 59 40 47 57
Potential: D D B C B D D A C F A B

Academics: 47

2015 High School: Rated *** and #243 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2015 High School: All-State (Arkansas)



Well this is an interesting development. I finally have someone with a 'B' in ball handling. He's a 6'7" SF though, and he can't defend the perimeter. i'll have to debate whether to try to turn him into Magic Johnson or not next year.



PLAYER DETAILS

#53 C Olen Musselman - Vermont - Freshman
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Height: 6'11"
Weight: 234
High School: Bolton High School
Hometown: Bolton, CT

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: 43 38 48 50 20 20 43 48 19 42 24 48 63 28 72 22 2
Potential: B C C B D D A B D C D B

Academics: 57

2015 High School: Rated *** and #132 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2015 High School: All-State (Connecticut)
2015 High School: Mr. Basketball (Connecticut)
2015 High School: All-American



Our first High School all-American, rated so low b/c of the defense I suppose. He'll need some work on his stamina, but he can score and rebound, so we have a use for him in the paint for sure.


Coaches

No coaching changes this year.

Scheduling

I bump up the scheduling again, scheduling teams in the 15-25 prestige range, this should be a banner year for us and its worth it to have a slightly more consistant non-conference schdeule.

Training/Budget

The board is pissed when I ask for training upgrade, and they deny a budget increase as well. I have 5 scholarships to fill, I need more money!

Roster Overview


Vermont Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Jack Landry PF 6' 7" 253 68 48 42 26 27 52 36 65 58 100
John Padgett PF 6' 8" 249 29 45 0 39 31 87 45 84 47 77
Dwight Torres SG 6' 6" 203 37 78 48 49 30 46 81 46 73 100
Brian Rodriguez SG 6' 3" 180 7 85 95 38 50 18 69 40 92 92
Merle Lajoie PG 6' 3" 194 21 83 54 58 21 22 64 42 58 52

Justin Wagner SF 6' 9" 261 79 16 53 26 49 52 72 66 50 67
Emory Perlman PG 5'11" 187 28 44 57 57 64 19 88 37 78 68
Felix Vereen SG 6' 3" 212 35 25 63 53 9 28 64 63 96 74
John Xiong PF 6' 7" 239 59 18 0 45 8 89 23 62 49 76





Vermont Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Jack Landry PF 6' 7" 253 54 30 34 36 84 83 36 65 58 100
John Padgett PF 6' 8" 249 45 47 66 90 51 100 45 84 47 77
Dwight Torres SG 6' 6" 203 12 50 73 5 28 86 81 46 73 100
Brian Rodriguez SG 6' 3" 180 51 14 98 36 36 75 69 40 92 92
Merle Lajoie PG 6' 3" 194 20 64 82 22 25 90 64 42 58 52

Justin Wagner SF 6' 9" 261 63 7 65 38 26 61 72 66 50 67
Emory Perlman PG 5'11" 187 32 40 60 11 22 75 88 37 78 68
Felix Vereen SG 6' 3" 212 49 94 70 44 23 45 64 63 96 74
John Xiong PF 6' 7" 239 28 31 8 52 65 100 23 62 49 76



Padgett, Landry, and Wagner graduate after this season. Lajoie's ball handling is slowly increasing and the steals these guys can generate should be really impressive this year.


Early Departure

SG Dwight Torres plans on leaving early. I'd hate to see him go, and hopefully he's not quite good enough yet to get drafted.

[Radii]

2016/17 Season


Recruiting

Our budget is up to $13,738/mo (without getting any extra money), and we have 5 scholarships available. That's quite a bit obviously, and I hope to just fill 3 of them. A pure PG is the top goal this year. arrrgggh. I make 5 scholarship ofers, 5 local guys that look like solid fits, focusing on two guards that I scout as A and B handles, they get everything thrown at them that i am allowed... and by October, I have to drop off. B handles is just hard to find and land here it seems.

I land a SG in November that looks like a very good fit for me. I pick up a PF who had very high interest in me that scouted well, and a PG in December, but i don't land the top handles guy that I wanted.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#11 SG Tuan Whittle
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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 181
High School: John F. Kennedy High School
Hometown: Silver Spring, MD
GPA: 2.90
Test Score: 1070
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: 32 44 62 77 30 24 45 33 22 14 31 19 27 70 41 64 44
Potential: C A B A C C C D D C B D


A good shooter, average ball handler, and a good steals guy. Assuming the steals comes in alright, he'll be set to be a good scorer for me. I am a little worried about that, 31/B seems like one of those ratings that might end up being 30/C once it comes in, but I'm not confidant enough in that judgement yet to lay off him, so we'll see how he comes in next year.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#12 PF Gabriel Beck
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 245
High School: Rice Memorial
Hometown: Burlington, VT
GPA: 2.76
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
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Current: 59 6 44 0 17 12 24 44 26 22 24 34 36 32 56 29 40
Potential: A D B F C D C B D C C A



A good inside game, rebounding and blocked shots, not someone i would have gone real hard after normally, but when he showed up at my doorstep with very high interest, he's certainly good enough to open the door and let him in.


EDIT: Oops, pasted the wrong guy for our 3rd recruit. See the next offseason for the final recruit, another average handler/good steals guy.


Results

We win our first game and earn the #21 ranking in the nation, and immediately lose our next two games. We're 3-3 through November and 8-4 after non conference play, I actually expected to do better. We come on strong in conference play, 7-1 halfway through the conference season. We go 7-1 in the 2nd half as well and end quite nicely.


2016 America East Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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Vermont 14 2 .875 22 6 .786
Boston University 11 5 .688 18 10 .643
New Hampshire 9 7 .563 17 12 .586
Northeastern 9 7 .563 16 12 .571
Stony Brook 9 7 .563 16 12 .571
Maine 8 8 .500 12 16 .429
Binghamton 6 10 .375 8 20 .286
Albany 4 12 .250 13 15 .464
Hartford 2 14 .125 10 18 .357


Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (1) Vermont 91, (8) Albany 62 - We get 17 steals, but we allow 11. Torres and Rodriguez both put up 20 points, and Landry and Padgett both get 10 boards in this win.

Semifinals: (1) Vermont 77, (5) New Hampshire 62 - 18 steals for us, but again, they get 9 steals. Torres puts up a double double, 17 points, 11 rebounds, from the SF spot, and we're 1 game away from the big dance.


Starting PF John Padgett suffers an injury in the semifinals that will have him out for 41 games, the end of his college career. Freshman John Xiong comes in to hold down the fort.


Finals: (1) Vermont 52, (6) Maine 43 - Its an ugly game. We shoot 33%, Maine shoots 27%. We take 23 3 poitners(WHY), going 1-23 from 3. We only get 4 steals which is just horrible, but, shooting as poorly as we did and being unable to score, we didn't get the chance to put on the press enough. But hey, we win, and we're in the NCAA Tournament!


NCAA Tournament

Whoa, we have a solid RPI of 41, and we earn a 9 seed in the big dance! We get St Louis in the first round. Stanford(27-7) is the 1 seed in our region. We actually earn a ranking, #21, with the tournament win.


We know we can't shoot 33% and win here, so here's hoping for a stronger offensive performance. Ugh... 10 minutes into the game we're trailing 20-6, and shooting 20% from the floor. Boy, this is ugly. We trail 33-18 at the half. St Louis has 7 steals, we have 5. We're shooting 30%, St Louis 45%... it'll take quite a run to get back into this.

I'll let the box score speak for itself.


Saint Louis 85, Vermont 49

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Vermont (25-7):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jack Landry PF 34 4-10 2-7 2 6 2 3 10
John Xiong C 32 6-10 0-2 1 4 0 3 12
Dwight Torres SF 34 5-13 2-2 2 4 2 3 12
Brian Rodriguez SG 33 1-5 0-0 1 2 3 2 2
Merle Lajoie PG 28 2-3 0-0 1 2 3 3 5
Justin Wagner SF 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Emory Perlman PG 12 1-4 1-2 0 0 1 2 4
Felix Vereen SG 7 1-5 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Gerald Coen C 13 0-1 2-2 0 4 0 0 2

Turnovers: 17 (J.Landry 5, D.Torres 2, B.Rodriguez 4,
M.Lajoie 4, J.Wagner 1, F.Vereen 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (J.Landry 1, J.Xiong 1)
Steals: 10 (J.Landry 1, J.Xiong 1, D.Torres 2,
B.Rodriguez 1, M.Lajoie 2, E.Perlman 1, F.Vereen 2)
3P FGs: 2-12 (D.Torres 0-3, B.Rodriguez 0-4, M.Lajoie
1-1, E.Perlman 1-2, F.Vereen 0-2)

Saint Louis (21-14):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Emmitt Atwater C 24 3-6 1-2 2 7 2 5 7
Bruce Brockway PF 31 8-9 2-2 2 6 1 1 18
Devin Hollinger SF 28 4-13 4-6 3 8 5 1 14
Daniel Ford SG 26 1-4 0-0 0 2 3 1 2
Brent Tennyson PG 21 5-6 2-2 1 1 2 0 16
Ivory Green PG 19 1-3 0-0 0 2 3 2 2
J. Killingsworth PF 9 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 1 0
John Groce SG 14 4-7 0-0 1 2 1 1 10
Kevin Rennie C 16 2-3 0-0 2 6 1 4 4
Danny Storey SF 12 4-7 3-4 1 5 0 0 12

Turnovers: 13 (E.Atwater 1, D.Hollinger 1, B.Tennyson
3, I.Green 2, J.Groce 1, K.Rennie 2, D.Storey 3)
Blocked Shots: 1 (D.Hollinger 1)
Steals: 11 (E.Atwater 2, B.Brockway 1, D.Ford 2,
B.Tennyson 3, I.Green 1, J.Groce 1, K.Rennie 1)
3P FGs: 9-27 (D.Hollinger 2-10, D.Ford 0-2, B.Tennyson
4-5, I.Green 0-2, J.Groce 2-5, D.Storey 1-3)

Player of Game: PF Bruce Brockway (STL)

Game Summary:

Game Stats VRMT STL
Halftime Score 18 33
FGM-FGA 20-51 32-59
FG% .392 .542
FTM-FTA 7-15 12-16
FT% .467 .750
3PM-3PA 2-12 9-27
3P% .167 .333
Rebounds 23 42
Assists 11 21
Steals 10 11
Blocks 2 1
Turnovers 17 13
Team Fouls 17 16



Sad, sad sad. But, its a stepping stone, we need to be in the NCAA Tournament consistantly.


Awards

I am the America East Coach of the year for the third season in a row.


SG Dwight Torres: Conference Player of the Year

SG Brian Rodriguez: 2nd Team All-Conference

PF Josh Padgett: 2nd Team All-conference



Vermont 2016 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 38 Record Vs 1-50: 0-1
Season Record: 25-7 Record Vs 51-100: 1-2
Conference Record: 14-2 Record Vs 101-200: 10-1
Home Record: 11-3 Record Vs 200+: 14-3
Current Poll Rank: 21 Current RPI Rank: 41

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 75.6 National Rank: 38 Conference Rank: 1
Points Allowed: 63.6 National Rank: 43 Conference Rank: 2
Rebounds: 38.3 National Rank: 56 Conference Rank: 1
Assists: 14.9 National Rank: 108 Conference Rank: 3
Steals: 13.7 National Rank: 2 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 3.3 National Rank: 125 Conference Rank: 4
Turnovers: 17.9 National Rank: 186 Conference Rank: 6
Fouls: 20.0 National Rank: 242 Conference Rank: 7
FG%: .435 National Rank: 124 Conference Rank: 4
FT%: .747 National Rank: 17 Conference Rank: 1
3P%: .309 National Rank: 263 Conference Rank: 7


I love the RPI, 25-7 is great, but 13.7 steals is less than I expect, and 43.5% shooting is horrible. They probalby correlate, shooting poorly means we couldn't put on the full court press as often. This needs to improve, and I believe it wlil, as we'll start to improve in the half court set with the inside scorers we've recruited recently. Its entirley personal preference, but I really prefer to be able to pound the ball inside when I'm playing a half court game.

Vermont 2016 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/13/16 Fairleigh Dickinson (14-16) W 66-57 1-0
11/16/16 St. Peter's (12-18) L 75-73 1-1
11/19/16 at Furman (21-11) L 77-76 1-2
11/22/16 at Alabama State (9-19) W 71-63 2-2
11/26/16 at Lipscomb (12-16) L 64-61 2-3
11/30/16 at UNC Asheville (13-17) W 85-48 3-3
12/04/16 Holy Cross (18-13) W 83-59 4-3
12/07/16 Tennessee-Martin (10-20) L 83-77 4-4
12/11/16 at UC Irvine (4-24) W 77-50 5-4
12/15/16 at Buffalo (13-17) W 73-48 6-4
12/18/16 Appalachian State (13-17) W 91-38 7-4
12/22/16 Texas-Pan American (8-20) W 69-50 8-4
12/28/16 at Hartford (10-18) W 91-77 9-4 (1-0)
01/01/17 at Stony Brook (16-13) W 77-76 10-4 (2-0)
01/04/17 at Maine (14-17) W 81-78 11-4 (3-0)
01/08/17 Northeastern (16-13) L 82-73 11-5 (3-1)
01/11/17 Stony Brook (16-13) W 112-57 12-5 (4-1)
01/15/17 at New Hampshire (18-13) W 84-67 13-5 (5-1)
01/22/17 New Hampshire (18-13) W 72-53 14-5 (6-1)
01/25/17 at Northeastern (16-13) W 69-66 15-5 (7-1)
01/29/17 Albany (13-16) W 88-79 16-5 (8-1)
02/01/17 Boston University (19-12) W 83-55 17-5 (9-1)
02/03/17 Binghamton (8-21) W 68-59 18-5 (10-1)
02/12/17 at Albany (13-16) W 65-64 19-5 (11-1)
02/15/17 at Binghamton (8-21) W 63-55 20-5 (12-1)
02/19/17 at Boston University (19-12) L 73-67 20-6 (12-2)
02/22/17 Maine (14-17) W 96-75 21-6 (13-2)
02/26/17 Hartford (10-18) W 60-53 22-6 (14-2)
03/04/17 vs. Albany (13-16) W 91-64 23-6
03/05/17 vs. New Hampshire (18-13) W 77-62 24-6
03/11/17 vs. Maine (14-17) W 52-43 25-6
03/17/17 vs. Saint Louis (21-15) L 85-49 25-7




Vermont Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Jack Landry PF 29 29 29.8 11.4 2.0 8.9 1.7 0.6 0.3 2.9 3.1
John Xiong PF 32 5 19.7 6.3 1.6 5.8 0.6 0.3 0.6 1.1 2.3
Dwight Torres SG 32 32 30.5 14.4 2.1 5.1 1.6 2.8 0.0 2.4 3.3
Brian Rodriguez SG 32 32 31.9 11.4 0.9 3.8 3.0 3.3 0.0 3.6 2.9
Merle Lajoie PG 32 32 28.2 11.3 0.6 2.2 3.1 2.6 0.1 3.2 2.2
Justin Wagner SF 32 0 11.6 6.3 0.8 2.1 0.7 0.8 0.1 1.2 1.5
Emory Perlman PG 32 0 11.6 5.2 0.2 0.9 1.8 1.0 0.0 0.9 1.4
Felix Vereen SG 32 0 8.8 3.3 0.3 1.2 0.8 1.2 0.1 0.5 0.7
Gerald Coen C 14 0 7.4 1.1 0.7 2.5 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.5
Andrew York PG 3 0 4.0 2.3 0.0 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
Wayne Queen SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
John Padgett PF 30 30 29.0 6.9 3.4 8.4 1.5 1.2 2.2 2.5 2.8
Olen Musselman C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
David Baskerville SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Landry, Padgett, and Wagner graduate, so we'll be relying on youth in the post next year.

Early Departure

SG Dwight Torres will return for his senior season, he wouldn't be drafted.


Player Review



PLAYER DETAILS

#32 PF Jack Landry - Vermont - Senior
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 253
High School: Hazlewood High School
Hometown: Town Creek, AL

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: 68 48 28 42 26 27 52 84 54 30 34 36 83 36 65 58 100
2015: 67 43 26 40 24 25 49 84 53 29 33 33 73 35 62 58 100
2014: 63 38 24 38 22 23 46 82 47 28 32 30 62 34 59 58 98
2013: 57 35 22 36 21 22 42 80 41 27 31 27 53 33 56 58 93
2012: 50 33 21 35 20 21 38 71 36 26 30 24 45 32 54 57 88
2011: 43 30 20 34 19 20 33 61 31 25 29 21 36 31 52 56 83
Potential: B C D C D D C B C D C D

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 43

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2013 29 13 19.6 5.2 1.3 6.3 1.1 1.3 0.89 0.3 0.2 2.2
2014 32 32 29.4 8.9 1.7 9.5 1.3 2.6 0.50 0.8 0.2 3.1
2015 32 32 30.8 10.9 1.6 9.1 1.9 3.7 0.51 1.0 0.4 3.2
2016 29 29 29.8 11.4 2.0 8.9 1.7 2.9 0.57 0.6 0.3 3.1
Career 122 106 27.5 9.1 1.6 8.5 1.5 2.6 0.57 0.7 0.3 2.9

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2013 1.9 4.3 .444 1.3 2.1 .607 0.0 0.2 .167 1.19 0.72
2014 3.3 7.9 .409 2.3 3.7 .627 0.1 0.8 .111 1.12 9.63
2015 3.8 8.6 .449 3.0 5.6 .534 0.3 0.8 .296 1.27 9.03
2016 4.4 10.1 .442 2.3 4.2 .562 0.1 0.8 .174 1.13 8.48
Career 3.4 7.8 .436 2.2 3.9 .573 0.1 0.7 .193 1.18 7.08

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 8
2011 High School: Rated *** and #315 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2011 High School: All-State (Alabama)
2013 Freshman All-Conference (America East)
2014 2nd Team All-Conference (America East)
2015 2nd Team All-Conference (America East)


Never quite a double double guy, he came close, and was a valuable player for me out of my first recruiting class.



PLAYER DETAILS

#52 PF John Padgett - Vermont - Senior
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 249
High School: Croswell-Lexington High School
Hometown: Croswell, MI

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: 29 45 58 0 39 31 87 51 45 47 66 90 100 45 84 47 77
2015: 29 39 57 0 36 28 85 47 45 45 61 88 100 44 81 47 73
2014: 28 34 56 0 34 26 83 43 42 43 56 79 100 43 77 47 69
2013: 26 31 53 0 33 25 81 39 39 41 52 68 100 42 73 46 65
2012: 24 29 51 0 32 24 72 34 36 39 49 58 100 42 70 45 61
2011: 22 26 48 0 31 23 63 29 33 37 46 48 94 40 67 44 57
Potential: D C C F C D B C C C A A

Academics: 63

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2013 16 16 28.7 5.9 3.0 7.6 1.6 2.3 0.70 0.8 0.9 2.2
2014 32 32 30.4 6.7 3.5 9.3 1.7 2.2 0.77 1.1 1.8 2.7
2015 32 32 30.1 6.7 3.1 7.8 1.7 2.3 0.73 1.0 2.4 2.1
2016 30 30 29.0 6.9 3.4 8.4 1.5 2.5 0.61 1.2 2.2 2.8
Career 110 110 29.7 6.6 3.3 8.4 1.6 2.3 0.61 1.0 2.0 2.5

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2013 2.3 5.1 .439 1.4 2.0 .719 0.0 0.0 .000 1.16 0.25
2014 2.8 6.2 .457 1.0 1.3 .721 0.0 0.0 .000 1.07 9.41
2015 2.4 4.7 .510 2.0 2.6 .768 0.0 0.0 .000 1.44 8.53
2016 2.5 4.7 .539 1.9 2.3 .824 0.0 0.0 .000 1.48 10.00
Career 2.5 5.2 .489 1.6 2.0 .769 0.0 0.0 .000 1.28 7.98

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 12
2011 High School: Rated *** and #247 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2011 High School: All-State (Michigan)
2011 High School: Mr. Basketball (Michigan)
2014 1st Team All-Conference (America East)
2015 1st Team All-Conference (America East)
2016 2nd Team All-Conference (America East)


Another solid big man out of my first recruiting class, he couldn't score much, but he did shoot over 50% and was a good rebounder down low.


PLAYER DETAILS

#54 SF Justin Wagner - Vermont - Senior
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Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 261
High School: Fairhaven High School
Hometown: Fairhaven, MA

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: 79 16 41 53 26 49 52 26 63 7 65 38 61 72 66 50 67
2015: 78 15 41 50 24 48 50 25 59 7 61 37 59 72 61 49 54
2014: 77 14 41 47 22 47 48 24 54 7 57 35 56 70 56 47 41
2013: 76 13 39 44 20 43 46 23 50 6 52 34 52 70 51 45 29
2012: 72 12 38 42 19 40 44 22 47 5 46 33 47 69 46 45 17
2011: 68 11 37 39 17 37 42 21 44 4 39 32 39 68 40 45 3
Potential: B F D C D C C D B F B C

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 34

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2013 29 29 26.9 13.7 1.3 4.7 1.6 3.4 0.46 1.0 0.1 2.5
2014 32 32 28.7 15.4 2.1 4.7 1.9 2.5 0.74 2.2 0.3 2.7
2015 32 0 13.4 7.5 0.9 2.3 1.2 1.5 0.79 1.0 0.1 0.9
2016 32 0 11.6 6.3 0.8 2.1 0.7 1.2 0.61 0.8 0.1 1.5
Career 125 61 20.0 10.7 1.3 3.4 1.3 2.1 0.61 1.3 0.1 1.9

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2013 5.0 11.8 .420 3.3 4.9 .681 0.4 1.9 .236 1.16 -0.83
2014 6.1 12.3 .494 2.5 3.8 .656 0.8 3.1 .265 1.26 7.72
2015 2.8 5.4 .517 1.3 2.1 .636 0.6 1.3 .475 1.39 3.00
2016 2.2 4.8 .467 1.6 2.2 .704 0.3 1.0 .290 1.32 6.19
Career 4.0 8.5 .470 2.1 3.2 .670 0.5 1.8 .299 1.26 4.14

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 14
2011 High School: Rated *** and #275 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2011 High School: All-State (Massachusetts)
2013 1st Team All-Conference (America East)
2013 Freshman All-Conference (America East)
2013 Conference Freshman of the Year (America East)
2014 1st Team All-Conference (America East)


An offensive stud, he lost his starting job because of his ball handling and because i had better steals guys. I have to wonder if I would have been better with him in the lineup those last two years, but not too much, as my results were really very good.

Totals: 25-7 (14-2) - America East Champion, NCAA First Round - RPI 41, Final Poll Ranking #21

[Radii]

2017 Offseason

We get another big prestige jump, from 38->43. Nothing else changes, we need to compete for the conference championship, and the board is delighted with us.

Coaching Skill

I'm now a level 5 coach, and I keep with my pattern of putting 5 poitns into each stat. 45 recruiting/15 scouting/45 offense/95 defense.


Job Offers

Looots of job offers:

Youngstown State, Townson, Old Dominion, Jacksonville, George Mason, Eastern Michigan, Cleveland State. They're all from level 3 schools and I continue to hold out for a bigger jump. In a later round I get offered William & Mary, Western Michigan, Virginia Commonwealth, Pepperdine and Ohio... no thanks!

In round 3 I get a very interesting offer... Gonzaga. Training facilities 96, prestige 66, one of the best teams in a prestige 3 conference in the country. I'd have huge advantages coaching them vs the West Coast Conference, but I really want to take Vermont a bit further unless I get a jump to a prestige 4 conference, so no dice.


Incoming Recruits

Our recruiting class is rated 74th, tops in the America East.


PLAYER DETAILS

#11 SG Tuan Whittle - Vermont - Freshman
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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 181
High School: John F. Kennedy High School
Hometown: Silver Spring, MD

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: 32 48 43 63 30 24 29 33 22 21 39 5 36 63 41 72 44
Potential: C A C B C C C C D D B F

Academics: 87

2016 High School: Rated *** and #183 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2016 High School: All-State (Maryland)


His physical skills are a little better than scouted, and his handling/stelas came in as scouted, so I'm pleased. A good jump shooter who will be a nice SG for me.


PLAYER DETAILS

#12 PF Gabriel Beck - Vermont - Freshman
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 245
High School: Rice Memorial
Hometown: Burlington, VT

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: 59 12 44 0 28 17 32 44 26 31 24 34 38 24 56 41 28
Potential: A D C F D D C B C C D C

Academics: 70

2016 High School: Rated *** and #185 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2016 High School: All-State (Vermont)
2016 High School: Mr. Basketball (Vermont)


Back looks as good as advertised as well. In fact his defense has better potential than scouted, which is a great result. His strength could be an issue perhaps?


PLAYER DETAILS

#32 PG Jerome Sanders - Vermont - Freshman
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Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 180
High School: Burley Senior High School
Hometown: Burley, ID

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: 14 38 70 30 40 36 26 25 32 44 43 17 4 73 36 58 59
Potential: D C B C C C C C C B B D

Academics: 42

2016 High School: Rated *** and #310 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2016 High School: All-State (Idaho)


Given the lack of ball handling on this team, this guy might be my point guard for a few seasons. He can shoot free throws and defend, both talents that I value a bit more from my PG than my other backcourt players.

Coaches

All three of my coaches want a raise. My recruiter and assistant have both shown some skill improvement and I go ahead and give them their raises. All my coaches end up staying, including the scout I didn't give a raise to.


Scheduling

I keep the scheduling range where it was last year. We weren't the dominant force I expected to be at times, and we lost our Center and Power Forward, so I'm going to be a little conservative here.

Training/Budget

No training or budget help this year.

Roster Overview


Vermont Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Olen Musselman C 6'11" 240 57 40 56 22 22 62 32 72 24 37
John Xiong PF 6' 7" 240 65 20 0 50 9 98 24 64 49 86
Dwight Torres SG 6' 6" 205 39 83 51 55 33 50 82 49 74 100
Brian Rodriguez SG 6' 3" 180 7 89 96 40 55 20 70 42 93 100
Merle Lajoie PG 6' 3" 196 22 84 56 59 23 23 66 45 58 64

Felix Vereen SG 6' 3" 212 37 27 68 57 10 30 64 64 96 81
Emory Perlman PG 5'11" 187 30 44 58 58 67 21 89 38 78 77
David Baskerville SF 6' 8" 215 31 34 43 49 15 20 59 44 48 78
Louis Hearne C 6' 8" 249 35 14 36 7 4 34 27 65 44 13




Vermont Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Olen Musselman C 6'11" 240 24 46 26 62 62 82 32 72 24 37
John Xiong PF 6' 7" 240 31 33 9 58 72 100 24 64 49 86
Dwight Torres SG 6' 6" 205 13 51 77 5 30 90 82 49 74 100
Brian Rodriguez SG 6' 3" 180 54 15 100 39 38 82 70 42 93 100
Merle Lajoie PG 6' 3" 196 21 72 93 23 27 97 66 45 58 64

Felix Vereen SG 6' 3" 212 51 95 75 46 25 48 64 64 96 81
Emory Perlman PG 5'11" 187 33 42 61 12 24 80 89 38 78 77
David Baskerville SF 6' 8" 215 45 15 67 61 57 54 59 44 48 78
Louis Hearne C 6' 8" 249 16 18 31 25 65 9 27 65 44 13



Everyone on the floor can shoot, this is actually quite the offensive team if I can get them open jump shots, and Rodriguez/Lajoie should be a serious force in the press.

[Radii]

2017/18 Season


Recruiting

I gave out a couple raises to my coaches this year and despite the prestige jump my budget is way down, $11k/mo to recruit with. I have four scholarships available, but I need to concentrate on landing two guys really.

I land a recruit in the first signing period, a good ball handler who may or may not fit my system with the steals. A SF signs in December, and we close out recruiting in February with a solid looking big guy.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#30 PG Charles Puryear
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Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 175
High School: Westmar High School
Hometown: Lonaconing, MD
GPA: 2.85
Test Score: 1240
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: 20 32 66 38 61 42 0 23 47 17 42 32 0 100 45 73 14
Potential: C C B D B C D D B C C D


Puryear has a lot of steals in HS and a reasonably solid actual rating, and I'm taking a chance that he comes in better than scouted in the steals department. I can land C handling/B steals guys at will, so I feel like I can take a little risk here.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#21 SF Dennis Tiller
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Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 251
High School: Cardozo High School
Hometown: Washington, DC
GPA: 2.69
Test Score: 1100
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: 55 16 49 47 34 31 7 3 29 32 36 11 35 44 44 35 32
Potential: B C C C C C F F C B B C


I like the INS at the SF position, and he can defend the perimeter and steal the ball. His rebounding has me thinking he might make a better SG, but then I look at his quickness and wonder if he'll really fit there or not...

RECRUIT DETAILS
#10 C Matthew McCrory
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Height: 6'11"
Weight: 238
High School: Fort Carson High School
Hometown: Fountain, CO
GPA: 2.77
Test Score: 1100
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: 55 16 44 0 35 10 34 56 19 13 34 61 52 14 92 32 21
Potential: C F C F D D B B B C D B


I'm pretty excited about McCroy. This guy is ranked a little low(280 overall, 82nd in his region/60th ranked Center), but his stats are awesome. 25 points, 10 rebounds, 2.5 blocks, and a 57.5% shooter from the field. He scouts excellently as well, and I hope to have pulled a gem towards the end of the recruiting season.

Results

We're 5-1 after November and appear to be putting up better numbers overall. We jump into the top 25 in mid-december, actually earning the #17 ranking in the country. We're 11-1 going into conference play and things are looking good. We do well in conference play, going 11-5 and taking 1st place, but the dominance is just a little off still. We suffer a 19 point loss to Albany and while we do get some solid blowout wins, we just don't get as many, or as consistantly, as I was expecting by now.


2017 America East Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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Vermont 11 5 .688 22 6 .786
Northeastern 11 5 .688 16 12 .571
Maine 9 7 .563 18 11 .621
Binghamton 9 7 .563 14 14 .500
Albany 7 9 .438 17 11 .607
Boston University 7 9 .438 13 15 .464
Stony Brook 7 9 .438 11 17 .393
Hartford 6 10 .375 12 16 .429
New Hampshire 5 11 .313 8 20 .286


Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (1) Vermont 71, (8) Hartford 39 - See, this is why I complain about not having as many dominant wins, I didn't do anything like this in the regular season, but here we go. We get 19 steals, hartford actually gets 10, we turn it over too much, but we shoot well from 3, board well and just shut down Hartford.

Semifinals: (1) Vermont 84, (4) Binghamton 33 - WHOA. We definitely didn't do anything close to this in the regular season. 51 poitns, really? We get 23 steals(we stlil allow 11 steals... TOO MANY), binghamton turns it over 34 times overall, shoots terribly, and wow... Halftime Score: Vermont 35, Binghamton 9. Dwight Torres has one of the best games I've ever seen. 16-23 from the field, 7-8 from the line, 5-7 from 3 point land. 44 points, 6 rebounds, 8 steals.

Finals: (1) Vermont 88, (2) Northeastern 68 - This is what I expected in the regular season.. if I lose, its close, and I can beat my closest competition by 20+. Its a turnover fest. I get 21 steals and force 38 turnovers. Unfortunately N'eastern gets 16 steals and forces us into 32 turnovers. Embarrassing. We dominate the boards and shoot well from 3(12-28) in the win. Merle Lajoie comes close to a triple-double with 11 points, 9 assists, and 7 steals in this one.


NCAA Tournament

Our RPI is lower this year and we get a 13 seed in the big dance. We're taking on Wake Forest, in a down year for them. They're 24-7 this year, and their RPI of 19 is their 'worst' ever. They have 2 NCAA Championships, have made the finals and lost 3 times and have one additional final four. Clearly, I'm a little in awe of the Demon Deacons.

We come out on fire, getting 4 early steals on the way to a 12-0 lead 3 minutes into the game. Wake calls a timeout and their offense warms up, tkaing a 20-19 lead with 14 minutes left in the first half, this is going to be quite a game at this rate. We cool off and Wake threatens to run away with the game. A flurry of steals(3 in the final 45 seconds of the half) has us cut the lead under 10. Wake Forest 52, Vermont 45 at the half. We have 9 steals, Wake has 6. We have 9 turnovers, Wake 13. The big problem? Wake is shooting 66% from the floor... we can't win that way.

Yeah, Wake Forest is just too good for us. they push the lead up over 10 right away and just run away with it.


Wake Forest 89, Vermont 61

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Vermont (25-7):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Olen Musselman PF 30 1-3 0-2 2 7 0 1 2
John Xiong C 32 2-3 2-2 1 7 1 5 6
Dwight Torres SF 35 8-24 4-6 4 6 3 3 24
Brian Rodriguez SG 35 6-10 2-2 0 3 3 3 15
Merle Lajoie PG 13 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 4 2
Felix Vereen PG 20 1-7 0-0 0 0 1 2 2
Emory Perlman PG 18 2-5 3-4 0 0 1 4 7
David Baskerville PF 14 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 5 3
Louis Hearne PF 4 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 3 0

Turnovers: 22 (O.Musselman 2, J.Xiong 4, D.Torres 5,
B.Rodriguez 1, M.Lajoie 2, F.Vereen 1, E.Perlman 6,
D.Baskerville 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (J.Xiong 1, B.Rodriguez 1,
D.Baskerville 2)
Steals: 14 (O.Musselman 1, D.Torres 4, B.Rodriguez 5,
M.Lajoie 3, L.Hearne 1)
3P FGs: 6-23 (O.Musselman 0-1, D.Torres 4-12,
B.Rodriguez 1-4, F.Vereen 0-2, E.Perlman 0-2,
D.Baskerville 1-2)

Wake Forest (25-7):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Chris Harrington C 29 2-3 9-12 1 8 2 1 13
Leonard Wheeler PF 33 8-13 3-7 2 12 1 1 21
Gaylord Nero SF 25 4-5 2-2 2 2 4 4 11
Cameron Noah SG 28 4-9 0-0 1 5 3 3 10
Gary Trottier PG 34 3-9 3-4 0 1 4 3 9
Earle Norton SG 4 3-3 1-1 1 1 0 3 7
Charles Vassallo PF 7 1-2 5-6 0 0 0 2 7
Trevor McIver C 11 1-3 0-0 0 4 0 0 2
Chris Healy SF 15 2-3 1-2 2 4 0 0 5
Chris Tullis PG 9 0-0 4-6 0 1 2 1 4
Warren Dumas SG 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 20 (L.Wheeler 2, G.Nero 2, G.Trottier 11,
C.Vassallo 1, T.McIver 1, C.Healy 1, C.Tullis 2)
Blocked Shots: 6 (C.Harrington 1, L.Wheeler 1, G.Nero
2, C.Healy 2)
Steals: 14 (L.Wheeler 1, G.Nero 1, C.Noah 5, G.Trottier
2, C.Healy 3, C.Tullis 2)
3P FGs: 5-12 (C.Harrington 0-1, L.Wheeler 2-2, G.Nero
1-2, C.Noah 2-4, G.Trottier 0-3)

Player of Game: PF Leonard Wheeler (WAKE)

Game Summary:

Game Stats VRMT WAKE
Halftime Score 45 52
FGM-FGA 22-56 28-50
FG% .393 .560
FTM-FTA 11-16 28-40
FT% .688 .700
3PM-3PA 6-23 5-12
3P% .261 .417
Rebounds 27 38
Assists 10 16
Steals 14 14
Blocks 4 6
Turnovers 22 20
Team Fouls 30 18


Another good season, another NCAA Tournament Bid. Wake Forest wins theird 3rd national title, beating UCLA in the finals, while Illinois and Stanford make the Final four.


Awards

I am the America East Coach of the year for the fourth season in a row.

C Olen Mussleman: Conference Freshman of the Year

SG Dwight Torres: Conference Player of the Year, 2nd Team All-American

PG Merle Lajoie: 2nd Team All-Conference

SG Brian Rodriguez: 2nd Team All-Conference

SF David Baskerville: Freshman All-Conference


Vermont 2017 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 43 Record Vs 1-50: 0-1
Season Record: 25-7 Record Vs 51-100: 0-0
Conference Record: 11-5 Record Vs 101-200: 10-4
Home Record: 12-2 Record Vs 200+: 15-2
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 64

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 75.3 National Rank: 45 Conference Rank: 2
Points Allowed: 60.6 National Rank: 16 Conference Rank: 1
Rebounds: 34.9 National Rank: 194 Conference Rank: 7
Assists: 14.8 National Rank: 115 Conference Rank: 4
Steals: 15.8 National Rank: 2 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 3.4 National Rank: 113 Conference Rank: 3
Turnovers: 18.6 National Rank: 220 Conference Rank: 5
Fouls: 20.2 National Rank: 249 Conference Rank: 6
FG%: .454 National Rank: 39 Conference Rank: 2
FT%: .733 National Rank: 33 Conference Rank: 3
3P%: .349 National Rank: 108 Conference Rank: 2



This is a drastic improvement over last year. The steals are up, the FG% is up 2%, we're decent from 3 and good from the line. We need to improve on tihs, but its going to be pretty damn difficult.



Vermont 2017 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/12/17 Bucknell (11-18) W 76-42 1-0
11/15/17 at Morris Brown (12-17) W 74-53 2-0
11/18/17 at Bethune-Cookman (14-15) L 70-67 2-1
11/21/17 at Jacksonville State (10-20) W 78-66 3-1
11/24/17 Army (17-14) W 84-81 4-1
11/28/17 Loyola-Maryland (9-21) W 89-41 5-1
12/02/17 at Texas-Pan American (13-15) W 89-75 6-1
12/05/17 Harvard (8-20) W 73-41 7-1
12/08/17 at Cornell (5-23) W 65-56 8-1
12/11/17 at Old Dominion (11-19) W 84-61 9-1
12/15/17 Tennessee-Martin (11-19) W 69-58 10-1
12/19/17 Buffalo (15-16) W 97-64 11-1
01/03/18 Albany (17-12) W 86-68 12-1 (1-0)
01/07/18 at Northeastern (18-13) W 83-82 13-1 (2-0)
01/14/18 at Stony Brook (11-18) W 83-53 14-1 (3-0)
01/17/18 Maine (19-13) W 80-59 15-1 (4-0)
01/21/18 at Albany (17-12) L 68-49 15-2 (4-1)
01/24/18 New Hampshire (8-20) W 77-48 16-2 (5-1)
01/26/18 at Binghamton (15-15) W 67-66 17-2 (6-1)
01/28/18 at Boston University (13-16) L 75-70 17-3 (6-2)
01/31/18 Binghamton (15-15) L 58-55 17-4 (6-3)
02/02/18 Northeastern (18-13) L 72-63 17-5 (6-4)
02/04/18 at Hartford (12-17) W 63-44 18-5 (7-4)
02/07/18 Boston University (13-16) W 86-53 19-5 (8-4)
02/11/18 Hartford (12-17) W 76-62 20-5 (9-4)
02/16/18 at Maine (19-13) L 74-62 20-6 (9-5)
02/18/18 Stony Brook (11-18) W 88-65 21-6 (10-5)
02/21/18 at New Hampshire (8-20) W 72-54 22-6 (11-5)
03/03/18 vs. Hartford (12-17) W 71-39 23-6
03/04/18 vs. Binghamton (15-15) W 84-33 24-6
03/10/18 vs. Northeastern (18-13) W 88-68 25-6
03/15/18 vs. Wake Forest (30-7) L 89-61 25-7




Vermont Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Olen Musselman C 32 32 27.4 6.8 2.0 7.4 1.3 0.8 1.0 2.3 2.7
John Xiong PF 32 32 30.2 8.7 3.2 8.6 1.0 0.6 0.8 1.8 3.0
Dwight Torres SG 32 32 32.7 21.7 2.1 5.0 2.6 3.3 0.0 3.2 2.8
Brian Rodriguez SG 32 32 31.7 12.9 0.5 3.6 3.2 3.8 0.3 3.4 2.8
Merle Lajoie PG 32 32 28.3 11.4 0.5 2.2 3.1 3.8 0.1 3.3 3.0
Felix Vereen SG 32 0 14.0 6.2 0.6 1.9 1.0 1.6 0.2 1.0 1.4
Emory Perlman PG 32 0 11.5 3.5 0.2 0.9 1.7 1.1 0.0 1.5 1.2
David Baskerville SF 32 0 16.6 3.3 0.4 3.5 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.2 2.2
Louis Hearne C 32 0 7.7 0.8 0.4 1.6 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.8 1.2
Morris Jordan PF 1 0 4.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Three guys average over 3 steals a game, Rodriguez and Lajoie almost hit 4 steals a game, Torres is a scoring machine and the big men are off to a decent start given that they were the young guys in the lineup. Replacing the stars will be the challenge here.


Player Review


PLAYER DETAILS

#55 PG Emory Perlman - Vermont - Senior
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Height: 5'11"
Weight: 187
High School: Doherty Memorial High School
Hometown: Worcester, MA

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: 30 44 53 58 58 67 21 24 33 42 61 12 80 89 38 78 77
2016: 28 44 50 57 57 64 19 22 32 40 60 11 75 88 37 78 68
2015: 27 42 47 56 56 60 18 20 31 38 59 10 68 88 36 78 59
2014: 26 40 44 53 55 56 17 19 30 35 54 9 60 87 35 77 50
2013: 25 39 41 50 53 52 16 18 29 33 50 8 53 86 34 75 42
2012: 24 37 37 46 49 46 15 17 28 30 45 7 45 86 33 73 33
Potential: C C C C C B D D C C C F

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2014 28 0 19.3 5.8 0.5 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.00 1.8 0.1 2.2
2015 32 1 15.4 5.8 0.3 1.2 2.1 1.5 1.39 1.6 0.1 1.8
2016 32 0 11.6 5.2 0.2 0.9 1.8 0.9 2.11 1.0 0.0 1.4
2017 32 0 11.5 3.5 0.2 0.9 1.7 1.5 1.15 1.1 0.0 1.2
Career 124 1 14.3 5.0 0.3 1.2 1.8 1.4 1.15 1.4 0.0 1.6

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2014 2.2 5.0 .446 0.8 1.3 .595 0.6 1.8 .340 1.17 5.18
2015 2.0 4.6 .432 1.1 1.6 .680 0.8 2.0 .381 1.26 3.06
2016 1.8 3.2 .544 1.0 1.3 .786 0.6 1.3 .488 1.60 5.34
2017 1.2 3.0 .411 0.8 1.0 .750 0.3 1.2 .237 1.17 4.50
Career 1.8 3.9 .455 0.9 1.3 .702 0.6 1.5 .365 1.29 4.50

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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2012 High School: Rated *** and #223 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2012 High School: All-State (Massachusetts)
2012 High School: Mr. Basketball (Massachusetts)
2014 Freshman All-Conference (America East)


A solid backup, I was disappoited in how Perlman came in not really good at anything, but he was a good backup PG.



PLAYER DETAILS

#31 SG Brian Rodriguez - Vermont - Senior
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Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 180
High School: Shiprock High School
Hometown: Shiprock, NM

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: 7 89 59 96 40 55 20 38 54 15 100 39 82 70 42 93 100
2016: 7 85 58 95 38 50 18 36 51 14 98 36 75 69 40 92 92
2015: 7 81 57 94 36 45 17 34 48 13 86 33 65 68 39 92 81
2014: 7 77 56 93 34 40 16 32 46 12 75 31 56 66 37 91 69
2013: 7 73 54 89 32 37 15 31 44 11 66 29 49 66 35 90 54
2012: 6 68 52 84 30 33 14 29 42 10 57 27 42 64 33 87 35
Potential: F A C A C C D C C F A C

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2014 32 32 25.3 9.8 0.5 3.2 2.2 2.4 0.90 1.9 0.2 2.6
2015 32 32 29.4 12.1 0.8 3.8 2.5 3.3 0.74 3.0 0.3 2.5
2016 32 32 31.9 11.4 0.9 3.8 3.0 3.6 0.83 3.3 0.0 2.9
2017 32 32 31.7 12.9 0.5 3.6 3.2 3.4 0.92 3.8 0.3 2.8
Career 128 128 29.6 11.6 0.7 3.6 2.7 3.2 0.92 3.0 0.2 2.7

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2014 3.3 7.2 .467 1.5 2.1 .727 1.6 3.9 .413 1.37 7.50
2015 4.0 8.9 .448 1.9 2.5 .753 2.2 5.4 .407 1.35 5.69
2016 3.9 9.5 .413 1.8 2.4 .756 1.7 5.4 .320 1.20 7.19
2017 4.8 9.0 .526 1.4 2.1 .662 2.0 4.8 .413 1.43 11.13
Career 4.0 8.7 .463 1.7 2.3 .727 1.9 4.9 .386 1.33 7.88

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 20
2012 High School: Rated *** and #206 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2012 High School: All-State (New Mexico)
2012 High School: Mr. Basketball (New Mexico)
2015 2nd Team All-Conference (America East)
2016 2nd Team All-Conference (America East)
2017 2nd Team All-Conference (America East)



Rodriguez really came through as a senior, shooting 52.6%, he was part of the turnover problem but he more than made up for it with the steals and pressure on D.



PLAYER DETAILS

#1 SG Dwight Torres - Vermont - Senior
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Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 205
High School: Las Cruces High School
Hometown: Las Cruces, NM

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: 39 83 86 51 55 33 50 30 13 51 77 5 90 82 49 74 100
2016: 37 78 85 48 49 30 46 28 12 50 73 5 86 81 46 73 100
2015: 34 72 79 45 44 27 41 25 11 46 68 5 82 81 44 72 92
2014: 32 63 70 40 39 24 37 23 10 42 62 5 77 80 42 72 84
2013: 30 56 63 36 35 22 34 21 9 38 56 4 71 79 40 71 77
2012: 28 47 54 32 31 20 31 19 8 34 50 3 65 79 38 71 68
Potential: D A B C C D C D F C B F

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2014 32 32 29.8 13.5 1.0 3.2 3.0 3.5 0.87 2.5 0.1 3.0
2015 32 32 27.9 14.3 1.4 3.8 1.8 2.5 0.75 2.4 0.1 3.2
2016 32 32 30.5 14.4 2.1 5.1 1.6 2.4 0.66 2.8 0.0 3.3
2017 32 32 32.7 21.7 2.1 5.0 2.6 3.2 0.82 3.3 0.0 2.8
Career 128 128 30.2 16.0 1.6 4.3 2.3 2.9 0.82 2.7 0.0 3.1

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2014 4.5 11.4 .393 3.3 4.1 .823 1.2 4.6 .265 1.19 9.34
2015 4.5 10.7 .425 3.7 4.1 .900 1.6 4.7 .336 1.34 8.66
2016 4.6 11.4 .405 3.8 4.1 .924 1.4 4.6 .297 1.26 7.31
2017 7.8 17.3 .447 3.6 4.0 .884 2.6 7.8 .333 1.25 11.34
Career 5.3 12.7 .421 3.6 4.1 .883 1.7 5.4 .312 1.26 9.16

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 27
2012 High School: Rated *** and #176 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2014 Freshman All-Conference (America East)
2014 Conference Freshman of the Year (America East)
2015 1st Team All-Conference (America East)
2016 1st Team All-Conference (America East)
2016 Conference Player of the Year (America East)
2017 2nd Team All-American
2017 1st Team All-Conference (America East)
2017 Conference Player of the Year (America East)



Torres will be very difficult to replace. A solid steals guy, great scoring, a decent rebounder(he played most of his career at SF).


Torres and Rodriguez are record breakers for me. Torres leaves college with 2043 points, far and away more than anyone else in Vermont history. In fact, Rodriguez is 2nd with 1480.

Rodriguez leaves with 381 steals, Torres leaves with 349, first and second in school history. Lajoie should eclipse that next year.

Rodriguez is 7th all time in the NCAA in steals, Torres is 18th. 3 of my Chicago State players are in the top 10.

Totals: 25-7 (11-5) - America East Champion, NCAA First Round - RPI 64

[Radii]

2018 Offseason

Prestige goes from 43->48, despite the fact that i haven't gotten out of the first round yet,we are flying upwards still. Our goal is now "Win the conference championship." instead of just 'competing for' the title. Our AD is of course delighted.


Job Offers

Its time to leave Vermont. I get tons of job offers, but two offers for level 4 conference teams. Fordham from the A-10, and Nevada from the WAC.

Fordham has a prestige of 43, and a team budget of $400,969. Fordham has a very mediocre history. Their prestige was 50 at one point but never went below 41. They've only been to the NCAA tournament twice. The A-10 is a strong conference. Temple has a prestige of 79, Dayton 84, George Washington 82, St Bonaventure is in the 70s, and a couple teams in the 60s. Fordham would be a legitimate challenge to take to the top of the A-10.


Nevada has a prestige of 41, and a budget of $403,750. They've never made the postseason, and have been very static, prestige ranging from 38-41 over the last 14 seasons. Boise State and San Jose State both have prestige's in the 80s, and Nevada has the lowest prestige at 41, but many more teams are in the 50-60 range here.



I decide to take the Fordham job. The reason is that I expect to be here for awhile, and I like the idea of being able to compete with some top teams assuming I can succeed at Fordham. So why do I expect this stop to be a long one? When I start getting level 5 offers, I'm going to hold out for a team in the bottom half of the ACC. Right now the only level 5 jobs I would take are NC State, Georgia Tech, Florida State, or Clemson. I would love to see Georgia Tech struggle while I'm at Fordham, taking over my Alma Mater would be kinda nice :)


So as I join Fordham, lets review the my coaching career to this point:


COACH DETAILS

Richard Dixon - Head Coach - Fordham
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Age: 35
High School: Wake Forest Rolesville HS
Hometown: Wake Froest, NC
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Current Level: 5
Career Record: 304 - 157

Recruiting: 45
Scouting: 15
Offense: 45
Defense: 95


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2017 Vermont Head Coach 25 7 11 5 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2016 Vermont Head Coach 25 7 14 2 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2015 Vermont Head Coach 23 9 10 6 Loss in FBIT Round 1
2014 Vermont Head Coach 24 8 11 5 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2013 Vermont Head Coach 16 13 8 8 No Postseason
2012 Vermont Head Coach 13 16 7 9 No Postseason
2011 Vermont Head Coach 18 12 9 7 No Postseason
2010 Chicago State Head Coach 30 4 13 1 Loss in FBCA Sweet Sixteen
2009 Chicago State Head Coach 23 7 11 3 Loss in FBIT Preliminary Round
2008 Chicago State Head Coach 28 4 12 2 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2007 Chicago State Head Coach 26 6 11 3 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2006 Chicago State Head Coach 8 21 2 12 No Postseason
2005 Chicago State Head Coach 19 10 8 6 No Postseason
2004 Chicago State Head Coach 11 19 4 10 No Postseason
2003 Chicago State Head Coach 15 14 7 7 No Postseason

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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2017 Conference Coach of the Year (America East)
2017 America East Champion
2016 Conference Coach of the Year (America East)
2016 America East Champion
2015 Conference Coach of the Year (America East)
2014 Conference Coach of the Year (America East)
2010 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)
2010 Mid-Continent Conference Champion
2009 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)
2008 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)
2008 Mid-Continent Conference Champion
2007 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)
2007 Mid-Continent Conference Champion
2005 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2018 Hired by Fordham (Head Coach)
2018 Quit job with Vermont to pursue another position.
2011 Hired by Vermont (Head Coach)
2011 Quit job with Chicago State to pursue another position.
2003 Hired by Chicago State (Head Coach)



I've only won two postseason games ever. This needs to be a place where I build up to legitimate postseason success. I will jump ship for the ACC if I get an early offer, but I'm ready to stay here 10+ seasons if I need to.


Incoming Recruits

Nothing to see here on a new team.

Coaches

My coaches follow me from Vermont, but my recruiter and assistant leave for head coaching jobs. My coaching budget is $260,630. I'd like to skimp a bit on scouting and get good assistants and recruiters. The assistant is the most important.

I pull in a 71 skill recruiter for 90,000, and an assistant with 36 offense/73 defense for 95,000. the assistant was difficult to land, it took 4 rounds to get one for a price I could afford.

Scheduling

We have 12 games, 7 of them at home. As is my standard at a new team, no one over 10 prestige, yes, even at a level 4 school. I'll do it in the ACC too until I'm sure I'll win. Just all my Jim John Thompson Boheim Calhoun ;)

Training/Budget

This is interesting. Fordham's training facilities are rated 37, 11th in the A-10. That's about half the training facilities that Vermont had available to them. We do get a training improvement approved.

Roster Overview

We're not worried about this at Fordham either.

[Buccaneer]

Still the best sports text sim out there. Your dynasty reads exactly why this game was designed nearly perfectly, flowing from one stage to another without getting bogged down in any one aspect. Nice work

[Radii]

Thanks Bucc. I still love this game, obviously. FM is the only sports sim to hold my attention as strongly, but that was for a much shorter period of time.

[Radii]

2018/19 Season


Recruiting

We have 4 scholarships this year. Unlike my stint at Vermont, I'm going to make sure I get steals guys in year one(at Vermont i ended up with big men and a SF initially).

I find 4 guys I like, one of them an international recruit, who I now have enough money to legitimately go after. I also find TWO A handles/A steals guy, but mississippi finds one of them too and I have to drop off. I don't land anyone by November but I am confidant in my remaining targets.

In December we grab our first recruit, and in January we land our A HND/A STL guy! In February the hits keep coming as our international recruit signs as well. I scout big men as I can afford to but nothing pans out.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#3 PG Morris Warren
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Height: 5'10"
Weight: 175
High School: Perryville High School
Hometown: Perryville, MD
GPA: 2.44
Test Score: 1050
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: 23 64 44 48 36 21 4 12 26 43 72 22 68 79 36 49 61
Potential: D B C C B D F D D C B A


Warren is ranked a bit low and I'll probably stop scouting guys who aren't in the top 50 at their position fairly soon. I chose to go after Warren anyway because he had more steals in HS than any other recruit in the nation. If his handles are a B as well he'll be a godsend.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#10 PG Daron Armbruster
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 176
High School: Northeast Dubois High School
Hometown: Dubois, IN
GPA: 2.87
Test Score: 1180
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: 55 47 39 22 42 49 34 12 13 34 55 26 19 62 26 76 20
Potential: C B D D A C C F C D A D



Please please please be as good as scouted.


RECRUIT DETAILS
RECRUIT DETAILS

#10 PG Ken Brown
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 189
High School:
Hometown: Saint Austell, UK
GPA: 2.39
Test Score: 1030
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: 59 58 24 31 62 42 35 29 11 30 70 27 44 59 25 61 55
Potential: A C C C B C C D C D B C


More ball handling and stealing. This guy is a potential scorer as well. If these 3 guys come in as scouted we're going to be very good very fast.

Results

We go undefeated in non conference play, but then again, we're a level 4 school playing 12 of the worst teams in the nation. We also beat a ranked Temple team in January, and we actually go 4-1 in January, 2nd in the Eastern half of the A10. We actually turn out fairly decent. Its a nice advantage for me, not having to recover from an early drop in prestige, but I'm not really proud of this team or anything, none of the players are mine.


2018 Atlantic 10 Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#15 Saint Joseph's 11 5 .688 22 6 .786
St. Bonaventure 11 5 .688 20 10 .667
Fordham 9 7 .563 21 7 .750
Rhode Island 8 8 .500 15 14 .517
Temple 7 9 .438 20 10 .667
Massachusetts 6 10 .375 13 15 .464

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
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George Washington 12 4 .750 19 10 .655
Dayton 9 7 .563 17 13 .567
Richmond 9 7 .563 14 14 .500
Xavier 7 9 .438 10 20 .333
La Salle 5 11 .313 12 18 .400
Duquesne 2 14 .125 7 21 .250


Conference Tournament

First Round: (E3) Fordham 64, (W6) Duquesne 58

Quarterfinals: (W2) Dayton 81, (E3) Fordham 70


NIT

We earn a 4 seed in the NIT

NIT First Round: (5) Southern Cal 90, (4) Fordham 85


Awards

Oh good. I put my team on complete auto, finish in the middle of the A-10, schedule literally the worst teams I can find for every single non conference game, and go to the NIT. So clearly:

I am the National coach of the year. I am, however, not the conference coach of the year.



Fordham 2018 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 43 Record Vs 1-50: 3-4
Season Record: 22-9 Record Vs 51-100: 2-3
Conference Record: 9-7 Record Vs 101-200: 3-2
Home Record: 13-3 Record Vs 200+: 14-0
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 77

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 73.5 National Rank: 59 Conference Rank: 3
Points Allowed: 60.9 National Rank: 14 Conference Rank: 2
Rebounds: 34.3 National Rank: 218 Conference Rank: 8
Assists: 14.1 National Rank: 153 Conference Rank: 10
Steals: 11.2 National Rank: 3 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 4.1 National Rank: 67 Conference Rank: 4
Turnovers: 16.4 National Rank: 89 Conference Rank: 5
Fouls: 18.6 National Rank: 112 Conference Rank: 6
FG%: .460 National Rank: 20 Conference Rank: 1
FT%: .658 National Rank: 212 Conference Rank: 9
3P%: .405 National Rank: 6 Conference Rank: 1



We had a great steals guy as a senior leader on the team that helped push those numbers in this direction. Expect a dropoff next year as we lose our senior PG and redshirt our freshmen.



Fordham 2018 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/18/18 Texas State (11-18) W 70-49 1-0
11/21/18 Robert Morris (13-17) W 64-56 2-0
11/24/18 at Long Island (8-21) W 84-51 3-0
11/27/18 Southeastern Louisiana (10-18) W 85-26 4-0
12/01/18 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (13-17) W 80-75 5-0
12/05/18 at Western Illinois (5-25) W 78-55 6-0
12/09/18 Prairie View A&M (7-22) W 87-61 7-0
12/13/18 Coastal Carolina (13-16) W 70-52 8-0
12/16/18 at IPFW (3-26) W 69-63 9-0
12/19/18 Gardner Webb (3-25) W 86-38 10-0
12/22/18 at North Carolina A&T (6-24) W 82-54 11-0
12/26/18 St. Francis-PA (10-18) W 82-56 12-0
01/14/19 Massachusetts (15-16) W 83-48 13-0 (1-0)
01/16/19 Temple (20-12) W 77-59 14-0 (2-0)
01/19/19 at Rhode Island (16-15) W 78-67 15-0 (3-0)
01/23/19 at Dayton (21-15) L 63-53 15-1 (3-1)
01/30/19 La Salle (12-19) W 89-62 16-1 (4-1)
02/02/19 Rhode Island (16-15) L 79-69 16-2 (4-2)
02/06/19 at St. Bonaventure (21-12) L 54-49 16-3 (4-3)
02/09/19 Saint Joseph's (24-8) W 66-61 17-3 (5-3)
02/13/19 St. Bonaventure (21-12) W 75-43 18-3 (6-3)
02/16/19 at Duquesne (7-22) W 74-59 19-3 (7-3)
02/18/19 Xavier (11-21) W 86-61 20-3 (8-3)
02/20/19 at Saint Joseph's (24-8) W 72-71 21-3 (9-3)
02/23/19 at Temple (20-12) L 79-77 21-4 (9-4)
02/27/19 at Richmond (14-15) L 81-67 21-5 (9-5)
03/02/19 at Massachusetts (15-16) L 81-53 21-6 (9-6)
03/06/19 George Washington (24-11) L 56-55 21-7 (9-7)
03/13/19 vs. Duquesne (7-22) W 64-58 22-7
03/14/19 vs. Dayton (21-15) L 81-70 22-8
03/20/19 Southern California (22-13) L 90-85 22-9




Totals: 22-9 (9-7) - Atlantic 10 Quarterfinals, NIT First Round - RPI 77

[Radii]

2019 Offseason

Prestige goes from 43->46, a great start. Our AD apparently will be patient early with his demands, we just need to avoid last place this year, and the board is delighted with the results so far. the training facilities get a nice jump from 37->43, still 11th place in the 12 team conference.

Job Offers

Damn, it migth not take too terribly long to get that ACC job, just need it to open up. This year we get offers all over the place... Missouri, Minnesota, UGA, Depaul, Baylor, Arizona State, Oklahoma. We turn them all down

Incoming Recruits

Our recruiting class is 69th in the nation. That's good for 4th in the A-10, with Dayton/George Washington and St Joseph's pulling in better classes.



PLAYER DETAILS

#3 PG Morris Warren - Fordham - Freshman
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Height: 5'10"
Weight: 175
High School: Perryville High School
Hometown: Perryville, MD

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: 23 64 44 31 46 21 15 5 20 43 56 30 68 85 29 44 61
Potential: D B C D C D F F D C B C

Academics: 39

2018 High School: Rated *** and #282 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2018 High School: All-State (Maryland)
2018 High School: Mr. Basketball (Maryland)


Warren doesn't come in quite as good as scouted in the ball handling department, but he'll be a good fit in our system nonetheless.



PLAYER DETAILS

#10 PG Daron Armbruster - Fordham - Freshman
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 176
High School: Northeast Dubois High School
Hometown: Dubois, IN

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 47 46 36 42 53 26 12 13 23 55 26 8 77 39 80 20
Potential: C C C C C B C F F C A D

Academics: 86

2018 High School: Rated *** and #178 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Oh geeze. Dropping from an A to a C in handling? Well, he'll get a lot of steals and will surely start as a freshman but he'll likely be a bench player by the time he graduates. I need guys better than this to win in the A-10.



PLAYER DETAILS

#15 PG Ken Brown - Fordham - Freshman
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 189
High School:
Hometown: Saint Austell, UK

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: 39 43 35 40 48 45 27 19 18 30 59 27 44 73 25 70 40
Potential: C C C C C C D D D C A C

Academics: 29

2018 High School: Rated *** and #149 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Riiight, another recruit drops in handling from hwo he was scouted. Brown and Armbruster look almost exactly alike. A major disappointment.


Coaches

We lose our recruiter and assistant. We get a more balanced assistant, 61 defense/50 offense for 100K, and a 60 skill recruiter for 90K.

Scheduling

No change in the scheduling. Lets keep that prestige from dropping if we struggle in conference play.


Training/Budget

no training improvements this year, unfortunately. Getting our training facilities up to par to compete in this league is going to take time.

Roster Overview

Nothing to report here yet.

[Radii]

2019/20 Season


Recruiting

We have 3 scholarships avaliable this year, and $15,194/mo to spend. We have a number of Very High/High interest players and we contact many of them. I'd like to land one good big man and one good steals guy and one wild card(whatever I can find).

I'm fairly concerned going into November because some of my targets only have 'Average' interest. I'm worried about losing everyone to higher schools, and end up shocked to find that all three sign in november and my job is essentially done for the season.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#55 PF Clifford Lawyer
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Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 207
High School: Freehold Borough High School
Hometown: Freehold, NJ
GPA: 2.58
Test Score: 1100
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: 44 6 52 22 17 36 32 35 34 54 5 46 23 10 61 55 26
Potential: A D C D D C C A A B F A


Lawyer scouts extremely well. I don't think he'll be this good because of his stats, he doesn't have a ton of rebounds and isn't the best shooter. Hopefully he'll at least show up with B's in most of the areas.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#44 SG Paul Trudeau
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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 181
High School: North Judson-San Pierre High School
Hometown: North Judson, IN
GPA: 2.65
Test Score: 830
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: 41 17 20 41 45 35 39 8 29 56 46 43 85 70 31 96 74
Potential: C C C B C C C C B A B C



Trudeau won't be much of a scorer but I wouldn't be opposed at all to a defensive specialist in the backcourt.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#51 PG Tony Falkner
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Height: 5'11"
Weight: 158
High School: Lawrence High School
Hometown: Cedarhurst, NY
GPA: 2.33
Test Score: 1050
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: 36 46 26 34 41 24 42 15 42 50 63 46 28 79 17 64 26
Potential: C C D D C C C F A A A C



Falkner is a bit better shooter than Trudeau, and in addition a defensive specialist. My tradition of bringing in average-at-best ball handlers continues, but these two guys in the backcourt for Fordham will be very hard to score on.



Results

We are not nealry as good this year. We go 9-3 out of conference and are clearly not very good this year. Our conference season goes terribly, and we fail to meet our goal, we finish in last place in the A-10.


2019 Atlantic 10 Standings

East CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#17 St. Bonaventure 12 4 .750 23 6 .793
#20 Saint Joseph's 12 4 .750 23 7 .767
Temple 10 6 .625 17 14 .548
Massachusetts 7 9 .438 17 11 .607
Rhode Island 4 12 .250 14 14 .500
Fordham 3 13 .188 12 16 .429

West CW CL Pct W L Pct
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Xavier 12 4 .750 21 7 .750
Dayton 10 6 .625 17 13 .567
#23 George Washington 9 7 .563 20 10 .667
Richmond 7 9 .438 13 16 .448
Duquesne 5 11 .313 13 15 .464
La Salle 5 11 .313 8 20 .286


Conference Tournament

First Round: (E6) Fordham 72, (W3) George Washington 62 - We pull a big upset in the first round.

Quarterfinals: (E2) St Joseph's 70, (E6) Fordham 50


Awards

None. Not even coach of the year.


Fordham 2019 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 46 Record Vs 1-50: 1-9
Season Record: 13-17 Record Vs 51-100: 2-3
Conference Record: 3-13 Record Vs 101-200: 2-2
Home Record: 7-8 Record Vs 200+: 8-3
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 182

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 64.1 National Rank: 238 Conference Rank: 11
Points Allowed: 65.1 National Rank: 96 Conference Rank: 5
Rebounds: 32.5 National Rank: 296 Conference Rank: 11
Assists: 12.0 National Rank: 279 Conference Rank: 12
Steals: 7.4 National Rank: 173 Conference Rank: 8
Blocks: 3.0 National Rank: 156 Conference Rank: 6
Turnovers: 19.1 National Rank: 246 Conference Rank: 10
Fouls: 18.8 National Rank: 129 Conference Rank: 6
FG%: .429 National Rank: 174 Conference Rank: 9
FT%: .715 National Rank: 58 Conference Rank: 5
3P%: .350 National Rank: 105 Conference Rank: 9


And now we have a rebuilding effort in place.


Fordham 2019 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/17/19 Long Island (15-15) L 63-59 0-1
11/20/19 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (19-12) W 74-67 1-1
11/23/19 at Southeastern Louisiana (9-20) W 65-39 2-1
11/26/19 at Robert Morris (12-17) W 66-54 3-1
11/29/19 at Western Illinois (9-20) W 80-55 4-1
12/03/19 Texas State (12-18) W 81-68 5-1
12/06/19 IPFW (2-26) W 69-42 6-1
12/10/19 Stephen F. Austin (8-20) W 62-41 7-1
12/14/19 at Gardner Webb (3-25) W 67-50 8-1
12/17/19 North Carolina A&T (13-18) W 74-61 9-1
12/21/19 South Carolina State (11-19) L 63-52 9-2
12/25/19 Prairie View A&M (9-20) L 74-70 9-3
01/11/20 Temple (21-15) L 74-63 9-4 (0-1)
01/15/20 at Massachusetts (20-13) L 82-74 9-5 (0-2)
01/18/20 at Duquesne (13-16) L 64-56 9-6 (0-3)
01/22/20 at Rhode Island (14-15) L 88-67 9-7 (0-4)
01/25/20 at Temple (21-15) L 78-54 9-8 (0-5)
01/27/20 St. Bonaventure (24-8) L 72-49 9-9 (0-6)
02/01/20 La Salle (8-21) W 68-64 10-9 (1-6)
02/05/20 George Washington (21-12) L 83-52 10-10 (1-7)
02/08/20 at Richmond (14-17) L 76-63 10-11 (1-8)
02/12/20 at St. Bonaventure (24-8) L 87-83 10-12 (1-9)
02/15/20 at Saint Joseph's (27-9) L 77-71 10-13 (1-10)
02/17/20 Dayton (21-15) W 73-64 11-13 (2-10)
02/26/20 at Xavier (22-9) L 70-63 11-14 (2-11)
02/29/20 Massachusetts (20-13) L 61-56 11-15 (2-12)
03/04/20 Rhode Island (14-15) W 51-49 12-15 (3-12)
03/07/20 Saint Joseph's (27-9) L 54-38 12-16 (3-13)
03/11/20 vs. George Washington (21-12) W 72-62 13-16
03/12/20 vs. Saint Joseph's (27-9) L 70-50 13-17




Totals: 13-17 (3-13) - Atlantic 10 Quarterfinals - RPI 182

[Radii]

2020 Offseason

We take a slight drop in prestige from 46->44, still up from when I took the team over. Our AD remains delighted with us and we just need to avoid last place. Maybe we can do that w/ our freshmen this year?

Job Offers

Well.


We have been following your progress and have decided it is time to offer you the chance to return to your alma mater as the head coach. Our prestige is currently 58. Last season our team budget was $556,062. We are a member of the Atlantic coast conference. Last season our record was 14-18. Our last recruiting class was ranked #16. Will you lead us to greatness?


I'm a level 5 coach. 45 recruiting, 15 scouting, 45 offense, 95 defense. That's really my only concern here. Georgia Tech has the second lowest prestige in the ACC. They have a top recruiting class and some solid young post players. I look through the rest of the coaches in the ACC... 3 jobs are open(Clemson, Virginia, Georgia Tech). I'd be the worst coach in the conference but mainly because of scouting. My 45 in recruiting is a bit low compared to the lower teams in the conference, but not by a ton, and 45 offense/95 defense is actually pretty solid.

Well, I said at the beginning of this dynasty that I planned on working my way to the top. Coach firing is on b/c if I fail I want to be forced to work my way back up again. Just call me Matt Doherty. What up and coming coach turns down an offer from his alma mater in a premier conference?



COACH DETAILS

Richard Dixon - Head Coach - Georgia Tech
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Age: 37
High School: Wake Forest Rolesville HS
Hometown: Wake Froest, NC
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Current Level: 5
Career Record: 339 - 183

Recruiting: 45
Scouting: 15
Offense: 45
Defense: 95


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2019 Fordham Head Coach 13 17 3 13 No Postseason
2018 Fordham Head Coach 22 9 9 7 Loss in FBIT Round 1
2017 Vermont Head Coach 25 7 11 5 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2016 Vermont Head Coach 25 7 14 2 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2015 Vermont Head Coach 23 9 10 6 Loss in FBIT Round 1
2014 Vermont Head Coach 24 8 11 5 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2013 Vermont Head Coach 16 13 8 8 No Postseason
2012 Vermont Head Coach 13 16 7 9 No Postseason
2011 Vermont Head Coach 18 12 9 7 No Postseason
2010 Chicago State Head Coach 30 4 13 1 Loss in FBCA Sweet Sixteen
2009 Chicago State Head Coach 23 7 11 3 Loss in FBIT Preliminary Round
2008 Chicago State Head Coach 28 4 12 2 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2007 Chicago State Head Coach 26 6 11 3 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2006 Chicago State Head Coach 8 21 2 12 No Postseason
2005 Chicago State Head Coach 19 10 8 6 No Postseason
2004 Chicago State Head Coach 11 19 4 10 No Postseason
2003 Chicago State Head Coach 15 14 7 7 No Postseason

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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2018 National Coach of the Year
2017 Conference Coach of the Year (America East)
2017 America East Champion
2016 Conference Coach of the Year (America East)
2016 America East Champion
2015 Conference Coach of the Year (America East)
2014 Conference Coach of the Year (America East)
2010 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)
2010 Mid-Continent Conference Champion
2009 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)
2008 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)
2008 Mid-Continent Conference Champion
2007 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)
2007 Mid-Continent Conference Champion
2005 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2020 Hired by Georgia Tech (Head Coach)
2020 Quit job with Fordham to pursue another position.
2018 Hired by Fordham (Head Coach)
2018 Quit job with Vermont to pursue another position.
2011 Hired by Vermont (Head Coach)
2011 Quit job with Chicago State to pursue another position.
2003 Hired by Chicago State (Head Coach)




Another reason I take this job now is that I really haven't gotten to follow the careers and progression of a signifigant group of players yet. I've really had one good recruiting class at each school and that's been enough to push me up to the next level. This is the school I stay at, the school I take to 100 prestige and national titles.


Incoming Recruits

Usually I put this on Auto completely but Ga Tech had a top 20 recruiting class... lets see what we've got.



PLAYER DETAILS

#15 PG Robert Sharp - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 5'11"
Weight: 160
High School: Moody High School
Hometown: Corpus Christi, TX

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 45 51 42 42 50 33 17 13 18 55 33 43 35 89 48 41 34
Potential: C C C B D C D F D B C C

Academics: 5

2019 High School: Rated *** and #69 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Sharp isn't very exciting, but he isn't terible either. He can defend and will make an acceptable bakcup steals guy late in his career hopefully.


PLAYER DETAILS

#52 PF Thomas Tong - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 246
High School: Buckeye High School
Hometown: Medina, OH

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 53 21 45 0 40 33 19 53 45 26 30 21 65 45 74 37 3
Potential: C D C F B C D B C C C D

Academics: 72

2019 High School: Rated *** and #92 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2019 High School: All-State (Ohio)


Tong will be a backup his entire career most likely. I have two redshirt freshman that are B INS/B or better DRB that will be starting in the paint for me.


PLAYER DETAILS

#35 SF Lorenzo Colella - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 229
High School: Philadelphia High School
Hometown: Philadelphia, MS

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 50 40 73 34 18 51 34 15 33 19 13 86 60 62 55 46
Potential: C B C B C D A C D C D F

Academics: 26

2019 High School: Rated *** and #55 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2019 High School: All-State (Missisippi)


Colella can score some and will be nice to have while I work my own players into the lineup. I do like his rebounding for a SF.

Coaches

I keep all my coaches for this year.

Scheduling

I'm starting with crap scheduling, even at Georgia Tech. Winning seasons are key.

Training/Budget

Our training facilities are dead last in the conference, rated 60. We request better but get denied.

Roster Overview

Nothing to report here yet. We're ok but not really a ton better than the team i left in Vermont a few seasons ago.

[Radii]

2020/21 Season


Recruiting

We have 3 scholarships available this year and we're in the perfect situation with 3 young big men to put steals guys around them. Because I didn't upgrade my coaches(a mistake I'm sure now, wasn't thikning about it at the time), we have $29,600/mo to spend on recruits.

We land one guy in the initial signing period, ranked #229 overall and somewhat of a risk. Our last two recruits are in the low 100s range and sign with me in December.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#25 PG John Hunsaker
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Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 185
High School: Beaumont Senior High School
Hometown: Beaumont, CA
GPA: 2.79
Test Score: 1210
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: 20 72 51 24 53 22 13 25 20 34 52 21 53 78 14 58 81
Potential: F B C B A D C B C D A C


If he comes in as scouted he'll be a great early find for me. But we all know my ability to find ball handlers.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#3 SF Beau Angell
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 225
High School: Hot Springs High School
Hometown: Hot Springs, SD
GPA: 2.43
Test Score: 1180
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: 31 64 27 42 34 4 2 32 34 33 45 40 52 64 58 72 37
Potential: D B D C C F F A A C A C


Angell is a solid looking player, a shooter, rebounder and defender in addition to handling and steals.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#12 PG Jason Starkey
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 183
High School: Deer Valley High School
Hometown: Antioch, CA
GPA: 2.35
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: 52 45 30 69 55 50 31 19 7 34 44 12 31 80 30 39 75
Potential: C C C A C B C D F C B D


Starkey has a very good A/T ratio and good steals, scouts as an average scorer and defender, i'm not overwhelmed by this guy but I'm curious about him.


Results

We lose early games to IPFW and Stephen F Austin... ouch, but do go 9-3 in non-conference play. We get a few wins, and play the top conference teams, Wake Forest and Duke, fairly closely, and have a respectable first season.


2020 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#12 Duke 13 3 .813 21 9 .700
#18 Wake Forest 11 5 .688 23 8 .742
Clemson 9 7 .563 17 14 .548
Virginia 8 8 .500 15 15 .500
Florida State 7 9 .438 12 16 .429
Maryland 7 9 .438 11 19 .367
Georgia Tech 6 10 .375 15 13 .536
North Carolina State 6 10 .375 12 16 .429
North Carolina 5 11 .313 13 15 .464


Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (2) Wake Forest 77, (7) Georgia Tech 60


Wake Forest makes yet another final four. Wake makes the finals and loses to Syracuse.


Awards

Nothing this year.


Georgia Tech 2020 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 58 Record Vs 1-50: 0-5
Season Record: 15-14 Record Vs 51-100: 2-4
Conference Record: 6-10 Record Vs 101-200: 5-2
Home Record: 10-5 Record Vs 200+: 8-3
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 201

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 71.7 National Rank: 69 Conference Rank: 4
Points Allowed: 67.5 National Rank: 148 Conference Rank: 4
Rebounds: 36.6 National Rank: 106 Conference Rank: 5
Assists: 15.2 National Rank: 76 Conference Rank: 5
Steals: 8.4 National Rank: 79 Conference Rank: 5
Blocks: 2.1 National Rank: 243 Conference Rank: 8
Turnovers: 17.6 National Rank: 162 Conference Rank: 6
Fouls: 20.0 National Rank: 245 Conference Rank: 8
FG%: .447 National Rank: 56 Conference Rank: 3
FT%: .689 National Rank: 136 Conference Rank: 4
3P%: .364 National Rank: 53 Conference Rank: 2


We get a couple wins vs top 100 teams but lose all our games to the RPI top 50, which was just Duke and Wake this year.

Georgia Tech 2020 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/15/20 Southeastern Louisiana (7-21) W 63-61 1-0
11/19/20 North Carolina A&T (11-19) W 78-44 2-0
11/22/20 at IPFW (5-23) L 70-59 2-1
11/25/20 at Western Illinois (6-23) W 74-51 3-1
11/29/20 at Stephen F. Austin (10-19) L 82-75 3-2
12/03/20 St. Francis-PA (7-21) W 90-74 4-2
12/07/20 at Prairie View A&M (10-19) L 65-63 4-3
12/10/20 at Robert Morris (12-19) W 77-42 5-3
12/13/20 Long Island (9-20) W 72-71 6-3
12/16/20 South Carolina State (9-21) W 73-42 7-3
12/20/20 Gardner Webb (6-22) W 81-69 8-3
12/23/20 Texas State (16-15) W 87-67 9-3
01/09/21 Clemson (18-16) L 92-82 9-4 (0-1)
01/13/21 at Wake Forest (30-10) L 73-64 9-5 (0-2)
01/16/21 at Clemson (18-16) W 88-79 10-5 (1-2)
01/27/21 at Duke (24-10) L 87-47 10-6 (1-3)
01/30/21 at Florida State (12-17) L 77-69 10-7 (1-4)
02/03/21 Wake Forest (30-10) L 79-64 10-8 (1-5)
02/06/21 at Maryland (12-20) W 61-50 11-8 (2-5)
02/13/21 Duke (24-10) L 72-64 11-9 (2-6)
02/15/21 Florida State (12-17) W 80-56 12-9 (3-6)
02/17/21 North Carolina State (13-17) W 66-55 13-9 (4-6)
02/20/21 at North Carolina (13-16) W 88-64 14-9 (5-6)
02/22/21 at North Carolina State (13-17) L 80-76 14-10 (5-7)
02/27/21 North Carolina (13-16) W 78-62 15-10 (6-7)
03/03/21 Maryland (12-20) L 64-58 15-11 (6-8)
03/06/21 Virginia (16-16) L 66-65 15-12 (6-9)
03/10/21 at Virginia (16-16) L 86-77 15-13 (6-10)
03/12/21 vs. Wake Forest (30-10) L 77-60 15-14




Totals: 15-14 (6-10) - ACC Quarterfinals - RPI 201

[Radii]

2021/22 Season


Recruiting

We've got two scholarships this year and we need to bring in some better recruits than we got this year. Our budget is only $21,500/mo this year since we're actually paying our assistants now. We aim high with the #30 recruit but Syracuse comes in over us and we instead focus on a few 3* guys that look good to us. We land two players in December and are done with recruiting.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#10 SF Lance Tyler
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 220
High School: Carthage High School
Hometown: Carthage, TX
GPA: 2.38
Test Score: 1030
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: 34 28 58 65 50 28 32 46 19 28 46 23 0 51 77 70 43
Potential: D C B B C D C C F B A D


Tyler has 3.5 steals per game in HS, and is a solid rebounding SF.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#52 PG Douglas Armijo
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Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 182
High School: Bonanza High School
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
GPA: 2.76
Test Score: 920
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: 38 34 66 39 53 18 15 26 17 27 50 20 50 80 31 70 28
Potential: C A B B A D D D C C A F


Another 'A' Handles/A steals guy to crush my dreams.

Results

We're 4-1 after November. We beat Chicago State by 10 but lose to a ranked Fordham and an even more highly ranked Vermont. Lucky for us the ACC is down this year. Wake Forest is good but there are no other 20 game winners in the league. We go 10-6 which earns us a 4 way tie for second.



2021 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#8 Wake Forest 12 4 .750 25 5 .833
Georgia Tech 10 6 .625 18 10 .643
Maryland 10 6 .625 18 11 .621
Duke 10 6 .625 18 12 .600
Clemson 10 6 .625 16 14 .533
Virginia 7 9 .438 16 12 .571
North Carolina State 5 11 .313 12 16 .429
Florida State 5 11 .313 12 18 .400
North Carolina 3 13 .188 11 19 .367


Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (2) Georgia Tech 67, (7) NC State 50

Semifinals: (3) Maryland 104, (2) Georgia Tech 68

We are clearly tournament worthy this year, but, thanks to our terrible schedule we have a low RPI and only get an NIT bid. Tihs is ok of course, if we played a tougher schedule its highly likely we wouldn't have gone 18-10...

NIT

First Round: (4) Georgia Tech 92, (5) South Carolina 79

Second Round: (4) Georgia Tech 92, (1) Richmond 91

Quarterfinals: (2) Clemson 72, (4) Georgia Tech 63

We have a good run here with our mostly auto-team.



Wake Forest is a 2 seed in the NCAA, losing in the elite 8 to Oregon. Oregon wins the national title over cincinnati. Kentucky and Syracuse also make the final four.



Awards

I'm the ACC Coach of the year. There are a lot of other awards but not for guys I recruited so its not worth mentioning :)


Georgia Tech 2021 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 57 Record Vs 1-50: 5-8
Season Record: 21-12 Record Vs 51-100: 4-1
Conference Record: 10-6 Record Vs 101-200: 5-1
Home Record: 15-2 Record Vs 200+: 7-2
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 87

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 74.6 National Rank: 46 Conference Rank: 4
Points Allowed: 71.0 National Rank: 246 Conference Rank: 8
Rebounds: 38.3 National Rank: 47 Conference Rank: 3
Assists: 14.5 National Rank: 122 Conference Rank: 7
Steals: 7.1 National Rank: 193 Conference Rank: 8
Blocks: 2.8 National Rank: 184 Conference Rank: 7
Turnovers: 17.5 National Rank: 161 Conference Rank: 5
Fouls: 20.0 National Rank: 240 Conference Rank: 8
FG%: .451 National Rank: 44 Conference Rank: 2
FT%: .641 National Rank: 259 Conference Rank: 9
3P%: .365 National Rank: 51 Conference Rank: 1


We're able to beat some top 50 teams this year which is nice.


Georgia Tech 2021 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/14/21 Southeastern Louisiana (7-21) W 65-48 1-0
11/17/21 IPFW (4-25) W 79-51 2-0
11/21/21 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (5-23) W 69-50 3-0
11/24/21 at Robert Morris (9-19) L 76-71 3-1
11/28/21 at Western Illinois (8-21) W 67-66 4-1
12/02/21 St. Francis-PA (6-23) W 106-99 5-1
12/06/21 at Stephen F. Austin (10-18) L 70-68 5-2
12/10/21 Chicago State (22-10) W 68-58 6-2
12/13/21 at Fordham (22-9) L 65-59 6-3
12/17/21 Vermont (32-2) L 89-81 6-4
12/21/21 Long Island (8-20) W 60-51 7-4
12/25/21 at South Carolina State (9-22) W 88-66 8-4
01/05/22 Clemson (20-16) W 71-61 9-4 (1-0)
01/08/22 at Maryland (21-13) L 85-78 9-5 (1-1)
01/15/22 North Carolina (11-20) W 76-75 10-5 (2-1)
01/19/22 at North Carolina (11-20) W 72-59 11-5 (3-1)
01/26/22 North Carolina State (12-17) W 60-51 12-5 (4-1)
02/02/22 at North Carolina State (12-17) L 68-63 12-6 (4-2)
02/05/22 Virginia (17-14) W 88-78 13-6 (5-2)
02/09/22 at Virginia (17-14) L 83-66 13-7 (5-3)
02/14/22 Maryland (21-13) W 84-61 14-7 (6-3)
02/16/22 Wake Forest (31-6) W 87-73 15-7 (7-3)
02/19/22 Florida State (13-19) W 88-51 16-7 (8-3)
02/21/22 at Clemson (20-16) L 82-62 16-8 (8-4)
02/26/22 at Duke (20-14) L 89-66 16-9 (8-5)
03/02/22 at Florida State (13-19) W 82-70 17-9 (9-5)
03/05/22 Duke (20-14) W 80-76 18-9 (10-5)
03/09/22 at Wake Forest (31-6) L 97-77 18-10 (10-6)
03/11/22 vs. North Carolina State (12-17) W 67-50 19-10
03/12/22 vs. Maryland (21-13) L 104-68 19-11
03/16/22 South Carolina (17-14) W 92-79 20-11
03/18/22 at Richmond (19-12) W 92-91 21-11
03/24/22 Clemson (20-16) L 72-63 21-12



All three of my former teams are 20 game winners and Vermont is a juggernaut. Vermont was a 4 seed in the NCAA Tourney, and made the sweet 16. Oddly enough, in the second round, they beat Fordham, the 5 seed. Isn't it ironic?

Totals: 21-12 (10-6) - ACC Semifinals, NIT Final 8 - RPI 87

[Radii]

Before we go on, lets take a look at the teams I led to/towards the top of their conferences:



Chicago State Historical Performances

Season W L CW CL Rank RPI Prs Result
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2021 22 10 10 4 108 153 40 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2020 13 17 6 8 289 291 38 No Postseason
2019 15 15 9 5 252 250 43 No Postseason
2018 23 9 12 2 71 71 47 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2017 21 10 12 2 115 185 45 No Postseason
2016 17 14 10 4 149 186 46 No Postseason
2015 13 16 10 4 255 256 47 No Postseason
2014 23 9 11 3 91 114 49 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2013 24 8 10 4 80 102 46 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2012 26 5 13 1 73 97 42 Loss in FBIT Round 1
2011 23 8 12 2 108 155 39 No Postseason
2010 30 4 13 1 33 34 36 Loss in FBCA Sweet Sixteen
2009 23 7 11 3 81 118 28 Loss in FBIT Preliminary Round
2008 28 4 12 2 56 57 25 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2007 26 6 11 3 65 75 18 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2006 8 21 2 12 314 313 9 No Postseason
2005 19 10 8 6 143 197 11 No Postseason
2004 11 19 4 10 321 320 9 No Postseason
2003 15 14 7 7 246 288 8 No Postseason



I left Chicago State after the 2010 season, that 30-4 season by far the best in my coaching career by any measure(wins, RPI, Tournament Results). The next 4 years, with my recruits, they were solid every year and earned two more NCAA Tournament bids. They've fallen some since then but theyr'e still a 40 prestige school in a level 1 conference.






Vermont Historical Performances

Season W L CW CL Rank RPI Prs Result
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2021 32 2 16 0 15 14 63 Loss in FBCA Sweet Sixteen
2020 31 3 14 2 22 14 59 Loss in FBCA Sweet Sixteen
2019 25 8 11 5 41 50 55 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 2
2018 20 12 11 5 76 88 51 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2017 25 7 11 5 57 64 48 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2016 25 7 14 2 43 54 43 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2015 23 9 10 6 64 66 38 Loss in FBIT Round 1
2014 24 8 11 5 71 105 34 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2013 16 13 8 8 150 215 29 No Postseason
2012 13 16 7 9 257 255 31 No Postseason
2011 18 12 9 7 130 174 34 No Postseason
2010 6 23 4 12 308 310 34 No Postseason
2009 17 12 8 8 113 119 39 No Postseason
2008 20 12 11 5 78 98 40 Loss in FBIT Round 1
2007 15 15 9 7 218 202 39 No Postseason
2006 11 18 9 7 267 267 41 No Postseason
2005 13 17 7 9 210 206 43 No Postseason
2004 16 14 9 7 155 177 46 No Postseason
2003 17 12 12 4 148 197 48 No Postseason



I spent 7 years at Vermont, from 2011 to 2017. I took their prestige from 34->48 over that time, and the new coach has picked up right where I left off. Vermont is quite the powerhouse.



Fordham Historical Performances

Season W L CW CL Rank RPI Prs Result
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2021 22 9 12 4 18 18 54 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 2
2020 18 14 8 8 75 65 46 Loss in FBIT Round 1
2019 13 17 3 13 187 179 44 No Postseason
2018 22 9 9 7 62 83 46 Loss in FBIT Round 1
2017 13 16 7 9 159 132 43 No Postseason
2016 17 13 6 10 103 104 43 No Postseason
2015 14 16 6 10 171 149 43 No Postseason
2014 7 22 3 13 231 239 43 No Postseason
2013 16 14 8 8 98 94 45 No Postseason
2012 16 17 5 11 157 111 44 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2011 12 17 5 11 201 189 41 No Postseason
2010 15 14 5 11 114 102 41 No Postseason
2009 18 13 9 7 57 49 44 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2008 14 15 6 10 182 153 41 No Postseason
2007 14 17 6 10 173 137 42 No Postseason
2006 12 18 6 10 168 142 42 No Postseason
2005 10 19 4 12 174 164 43 No Postseason
2004 10 19 3 13 199 200 46 No Postseason
2003 12 17 6 10 192 179 50 No Postseason


I only brought two recruiting classes into Fordham, but they did have their best season ever last year, by far.

[Radii]

2022 Offseason

We get a small increase in prestige from 57->59. Our AD wants us to play in a postseason tournament, and is delighted with us.

Coaching Skill

I'm now a level 6 coach. I go with my standard 5 poitns in each skill improvement.

I now have 50 recruiting, 20 scouting, 50 offense, 100 defense.

Job Offer

I get the single, only job offer that I would consider taking from here. My favorite team, North Carolina, offers me a job. Their prestige is down to 60, but I'm committed to Georgia Tech now. Perhaps down the road if I take Georgia Tech way up to to the top I might move to UNC and try to have UNC overtake Tech, but whatever, I'm at Tech for the long haul.

Incoming Recruits

Georgia Tech has the #73 recruiting class in the nation this year. This is 8th in the ACC, ouch. Wake and Duke bring in the 3rd and 4th classes nationally, Maryland 14th and everyone else but Florida State is better. If our guys came in as good system guys, I really don't care.


PLAYER DETAILS

#24 PG Douglas Armijo - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 182
High School: Bonanza High School
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV

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 34 68 39 42 26 15 14 17 27 50 20 55 90 31 57 37
Potential: C B B C B D D D D C A D

Academics: 69

2021 High School: Rated *** and #146 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2021 High School: All-State (Nevada)


This is an incredible system guy. Handling and Steals are great, a good shooter, good from the line, average PRD.


PLAYER DETAILS

#10 SF Lance Tyler - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 220
High School: Carthage High School
Hometown: Carthage, TX

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: 16 28 58 53 30 28 25 39 19 41 56 23 3 51 62 70 43
Potential: D C B B C C C C D B A D

Academics: 35

2021 High School: Rated *** and #199 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2021 High School: All-State (Texas)


Now we're talking. A decent enough system SF, steals, acceptable handling, a fair rebounder, fair ball handler, I'd rather have a bit better scoring, a bit better rebounding but this is pretty damn solid.



Coaches

My assistant retires, and my recruiter leaves for another school. I pull in a 69 recruiter and a 32 offense/88 defense assistant.


Scheduling

We've got Vermont/Chicago State/Fordham on the schedule, but the rest of the games i schedule the bottom of the barrell.


Training/Budget

Training request is denied, and the board is pissed when I ask for more recruiting money. they're stlil delighted though.

Roster Overview


Georgia Tech Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Andrew Sturgeon PF 6'10" 231 67 31 44 45 30 32 35 90 44 39
Thomas Tong PF 6' 9" 261 62 25 0 51 41 25 51 95 39 40
Lorenzo Colella SF 6' 7" 232 34 67 81 47 25 71 62 68 56 70
John Hunsaker PG 6' 3" 187 34 67 43 80 27 15 79 32 61 100
Robert Sharp PG 6' 0" 168 51 60 59 50 45 18 91 52 46 55

Marlin Barr C 6'10" 236 77 19 10 24 21 34 36 80 27 78
Allen Dunning SF 6' 6" 229 65 33 38 71 45 54 54 54 67 82
Jason Starkey PG 6' 0" 190 41 33 71 45 65 33 82 33 43 74




Georgia Tech Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Andrew Sturgeon PF 6'10" 231 35 25 40 84 57 59 35 90 44 39
Thomas Tong PF 6' 9" 261 60 29 36 30 80 91 51 95 39 40
Lorenzo Colella SF 6' 7" 232 21 46 25 16 45 100 62 68 56 70
John Hunsaker PG 6' 3" 187 28 25 75 23 22 55 79 32 61 100
Robert Sharp PG 6' 0" 168 21 76 46 49 16 52 91 52 46 55

Marlin Barr C 6'10" 236 59 21 15 31 87 83 36 80 27 78
Allen Dunning SF 6' 6" 229 30 38 68 57 31 50 54 54 67 82
Jason Starkey PG 6' 0" 190 10 28 39 21 31 44 82 33 43 74



Not a great team, and I let the recommend button do most of my work here, including putting Hunsaker at SG instead of PG(presumably for defensive reasons). Next year I'll have the rest of my initial steals guys in place and will take a little more control.

[Radii]

2022/23 Season


Recruiting

Three scholarships to fill this year, and $24,999/mo to do it. I want one big man, one steals guy and one wildcard. i've actually got the money to do what I want now.

The big man comes in early, in the first signing period in November. A good steals SF signs in December. An Australian PG fills out our class in January.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#25 C Charles Keller
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Height: 6'11"
Weight: 232
High School: Maypearl High School
Hometown: Maypearl, TX
GPA: 2.43
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: 66 20 28 27 18 7 38 48 44 16 30 33 39 21 71 36 13
Potential: B F D D D F C A C D B C


Keller looks like a solid big man who can score and rebound and play adequate defense.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#41 SF Mack Martinez
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 236
High School: Overbrook Regional Senior High School
Hometown: Pine Hill, NJ
GPA: 2.63
Test Score: 1080
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: 72 14 23 14 41 43 28 13 15 38 65 24 93 49 53 47 32
Potential: B F C D C B D D B B A C


Not much of a rebounder, but an average handler, good defender, good steals guy and the inside game is pretty nice.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#10 PG Bill Ludwig
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Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 191
High School:
Hometown: Townsville, Australia
GPA: 2.67
Test Score: 1210
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: 42 21 53 25 41 24 18 2 33 41 61 52 81 96 49 52 54
Potential: B C C D C D C F D B B C


Ludwig would be another good addition, possibly a backup behind some of the top guys I've recruited the last two years, but i really like his defense to go with the average handles/good steals.


Results

We start 5-0 and earn a ranking, #25 in the nation. As we continue beating up on terrible teams we go up to #20, and eventually #12 as we're 10-0 going into January. We quickly lose our ranking, and our ability to win games, as we open ACC play. Late in January we pick up a marquee win over #6 Maryland. We end up with a fairly solid season, we go 8-8, behind the usual Duke/Wake Forest and upstart Maryland.


2022 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#11 Duke 13 3 .813 23 7 .767
#9 Maryland 11 5 .688 25 6 .806
#17 Wake Forest 11 5 .688 21 11 .656
Georgia Tech 8 8 .500 19 9 .679
Virginia 8 8 .500 16 12 .571
North Carolina State 7 9 .438 17 11 .607
Clemson 7 9 .438 11 18 .379
Florida State 5 11 .313 9 21 .300
North Carolina 2 14 .125 9 21 .300



Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (4) Georgia Tech 89, (5) Virginia 87

Semifinals: (4) Georgia Tech 84, (1) Duke 64 - TEEHEE. Down goes duke!

Finals: (2) Maryland 71, (4) Georgia Tech 60

A solid ACC Tournament pushes us to 21-10, enough to get us into the big dance?


NIT

No big dance with our shitty schedule. We do get a 1 seed in the NIT Tournament, one of the first four teams left out of the big dance?

First Round: (1) Georgia Tech 82, (9) Fairleigh Dickinson 72

Second Round: (1) Georgia Tech 74, (4) Providence 62

Quarterfinals: (10) Wright State 71, (1) Georgia Tech 69

Another good run, falling one game short of Madison Square Garden and the final four in the NIT.



Illinois beats Syracuse for the national title, while New Mexico and Stanford also make the final four.


Awards

PG John Hunsaker: National Freshman of the year, Conference Freshman of the Year, 2nd Team All-Conference

Georgia Tech 2022 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 59 Record Vs 1-50: 3-5
Season Record: 23-11 Record Vs 51-100: 4-4
Conference Record: 8-8 Record Vs 101-200: 8-2
Home Record: 16-3 Record Vs 200+: 8-0
Current Poll Rank: NR Current RPI Rank: 66

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 79.0 National Rank: 12 Conference Rank: 2
Points Allowed: 71.9 National Rank: 257 Conference Rank: 6
Rebounds: 39.7 National Rank: 20 Conference Rank: 3
Assists: 16.5 National Rank: 32 Conference Rank: 4
Steals: 9.3 National Rank: 45 Conference Rank: 5
Blocks: 3.9 National Rank: 91 Conference Rank: 7
Turnovers: 17.2 National Rank: 130 Conference Rank: 3
Fouls: 20.1 National Rank: 256 Conference Rank: 7
FG%: .444 National Rank: 73 Conference Rank: 3
FT%: .684 National Rank: 149 Conference Rank: 3
3P%: .351 National Rank: 96 Conference Rank: 4



We score lots!

Georgia Tech 2022 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/13/22 Western Illinois (14-15) W 103-82 1-0
11/16/22 Stephen F. Austin (18-11) W 107-77 2-0
11/20/22 Southeastern Louisiana (7-21) W 78-70 3-0
11/24/22 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (8-21) W 75-54 4-0
11/28/22 Robert Morris (6-22) W 81-67 5-0
12/02/22 at IPFW (2-26) W 58-40 6-0
12/06/22 at Long Island (5-23) W 83-63 7-0
12/10/22 South Carolina State (7-22) W 79-49 8-0
12/14/22 North Carolina A&T (8-24) W 78-52 9-0
12/27/22 at Chicago State (16-13) W 94-82 10-0
01/04/23 Wake Forest (22-13) W 72-62 11-0 (1-0)
01/07/23 at North Carolina State (17-13) L 85-64 11-1 (1-1)
01/11/23 at Virginia (16-14) L 100-95 11-2 (1-2)
01/18/23 Clemson (11-19) W 98-90 12-2 (2-2)
01/20/23 Fordham (15-14) W 71-68 13-2
01/25/23 Maryland (31-7) W 71-61 14-2 (3-2)
01/28/23 at Clemson (11-19) L 76-75 14-3 (3-3)
02/01/23 Florida State (9-22) W 83-81 15-3 (4-3)
02/04/23 at Wake Forest (22-13) L 78-68 15-4 (4-4)
02/08/23 at Duke (26-9) L 70-62 15-5 (4-5)
02/11/23 at Florida State (9-22) W 93-80 16-5 (5-5)
02/15/23 North Carolina State (17-13) L 88-74 16-6 (5-6)
02/18/23 at Maryland (31-7) L 74-73 16-7 (5-7)
02/20/23 at North Carolina (10-22) W 81-56 17-7 (6-7)
02/24/23 at Vermont (16-15) L 89-70 17-8
03/01/23 North Carolina (10-22) W 79-75 18-8 (7-7)
03/04/23 Duke (26-9) L 70-66 18-9 (7-8)
03/08/23 Virginia (16-14) W 97-78 19-9 (8-8)
03/10/23 vs. Virginia (16-14) W 89-87 20-9
03/11/23 vs. Duke (26-9) W 84-64 21-9
03/12/23 vs. Maryland (31-7) L 71-60 21-10
03/16/23 Fairleigh Dickinson (22-11) W 82-72 22-10
03/19/23 Providence (20-13) W 74-62 23-10
03/25/23 Wright State (25-12) L 71-69 23-11



Chicago State: 16-13
Vermont: 16-15
Fordham: 15-14

not a great year for my old teams.



Georgia Tech Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Andrew Sturgeon PF 34 34 27.3 10.0 1.2 7.1 1.6 0.7 2.6 1.7 2.9
Thomas Tong PF 29 29 25.9 6.4 1.2 7.0 1.6 0.7 0.3 1.6 2.7
Lorenzo Colella SF 34 34 27.9 13.8 2.5 6.5 2.4 0.8 0.1 2.9 2.9
John Hunsaker PG 34 34 33.7 14.7 0.9 3.3 2.9 3.1 0.2 1.5 2.4
Robert Sharp PG 29 29 27.6 11.9 0.4 2.2 3.7 1.6 0.2 4.1 2.9
Marlin Barr C 34 5 24.5 9.1 1.5 7.6 1.3 0.3 0.1 2.7 3.0
Allen Dunning SF 34 0 13.8 6.3 1.3 3.0 0.9 1.1 0.3 0.7 1.2
Jason Starkey PG 34 5 20.6 6.9 1.1 2.5 2.6 1.1 0.1 2.3 2.3
Jordan Bollinger C 15 0 3.4 0.9 0.1 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.3
Jason Hart PF 26 0 7.7 2.7 0.3 1.8 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.8
Beau Angell SF 3 0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.7
Justin Williams C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tracy Santiago SG 4 0 2.8 1.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lance Tyler SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Douglas Armijo PG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Hunsaker scores 14.7 poitns a game, gets 3.1 steals for a very solid freshman season. Starkey gets 6.9 ppg as the backup PG, my other recruit seeing playing time early on.

Totals: 23-11 (8-8) - ACC Finals, NIT Final 8 - RPI 66

[Radii]

2023 Offseason

Another prestige bump has us up from 59->62. We're on our way, slowly but surely. Our goals remain to play in a postseason tournament, and the board remains delighted.

Incoming Recruits

Georgia Tech has the #52 recruiting class in the nation this year. Maryland pulls in the #8 class, and our class is 6th in the conference this year.


PLAYER DETAILS

#43 PG Bill Ludwig - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 191
High School:
Hometown: Townsville, Australia

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: 42 29 43 33 46 24 33 9 21 41 61 35 85 96 34 41 44
Potential: C C C C D D C F D C A C

Academics: 63

2022 High School: Rated *** and #160 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Ludwig is a disappointment, but the D handling is kinda ok since his actual rating starts at a 46, an acceptable number for now. I can't see Ludwig starting for me at any point.



PLAYER DETAILS

#33 C Charles Keller - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6'11"
Weight: 232
High School: Maypearl High School
Hometown: Maypearl, TX

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: 51 20 34 27 18 7 38 48 30 16 40 33 39 21 76 44 23
Potential: B D D D D F C A C D C C

Academics: 43

2022 High School: Rated *** and #244 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2022 High School: All-State (Texas)


Keller will be a good replacement for the big men that are graduating this year. The post play and rebounding is very good for me.



PLAYER DETAILS

#41 SF Mack Martinez - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 236
High School: Overbrook Regional Senior High School
Hometown: Pine Hill, 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: 77 24 23 7 31 43 28 13 22 38 65 24 75 49 57 47 32
Potential: A C D F D C C D C B A D

Academics: 57

2022 High School: Rated *** and #125 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2022 High School: All-State (New Jersey)


Agggh, D handling? Martinez is otherwise intriguing though.

Coaches

We lose our assitant and the guy I bring in is a bit of a downgrade, 39 offense/73 defense.


Scheduling

Time to up the scheduling slightly, we'll go after prestige 10-20 teams this year.

Training/Budget

Still no luck with the training or budget requests.

Roster Overview


Georgia Tech Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Marlin Barr C 6'10" 239 79 20 10 27 24 37 37 83 27 87
Thomas Tong PF 6' 9" 263 63 27 0 56 45 27 51 100 39 53
Lance Tyler SF 6' 8" 228 20 31 61 36 32 29 53 68 72 66
John Hunsaker PG 6' 3" 188 36 68 47 93 30 17 80 34 62 100
Douglas Armijo PG 6' 5" 183 40 45 46 58 32 15 91 37 57 59

Lorenzo Colella SF 6' 7" 234 37 72 82 52 28 81 63 70 56 76
Beau Angell SF 6' 7" 239 37 59 49 40 8 13 45 53 64 72
Robert Sharp PG 6' 0" 168 53 61 63 50 50 19 92 55 48 64
Jason Starkey PG 6' 0" 191 42 35 73 45 72 34 82 34 44 79
Jason Hart PF 6' 7" 204 70 48 0 38 38 34 32 91 54 73




Georgia Tech Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Marlin Barr C 6'10" 239 62 22 16 31 90 85 37 83 27 87
Thomas Tong PF 6' 9" 263 61 30 39 32 82 95 51 100 39 53
Lance Tyler SF 6' 8" 228 22 54 73 26 47 16 53 68 72 66
John Hunsaker PG 6' 3" 188 30 28 85 25 24 61 80 34 62 100
Douglas Armijo PG 6' 5" 183 19 33 68 22 16 72 91 37 57 59

Lorenzo Colella SF 6' 7" 234 23 49 27 17 50 100 63 70 56 76
Beau Angell SF 6' 7" 239 64 52 57 55 42 60 45 53 64 72
Robert Sharp PG 6' 0" 168 22 77 48 51 17 52 92 55 48 64
Jason Starkey PG 6' 0" 191 11 31 45 22 34 53 82 34 44 79
Jason Hart PF 6' 7" 204 34 34 39 33 84 95 32 91 54 73




I may be premature here, but I am putting my handles/steals guys out there and forcing my system out there.

Early Departures

SF Lorenzo Colella and PG John Hunsaker are going to test the waters about going pro. I really, relaly don't want to lose Hunsaker, but its a possibility, the ugy is just good.

[Radii]

2022/23 Season


Recruiting

We have two scholarshisp this year and again really need a big man, and will go after a steals guy for our second scholarship. We have $28,144/mo to recruit with.

We land the steals guy in November and have the lead on a top 100 big man that we can hopefully pull in. The top 100 guy disses us for Utah, and we pull in a secondary recruit in January.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#23 PG Jaime Ginder
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Height: 5'11"
Weight: 150
High School: Oxon Hill High School
Hometown: Oxon Hill, MD
GPA: 2.39
Test Score: 1080
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: 15 49 46 25 62 45 20 23 3 47 68 24 61 89 12 88 45
Potential: F C C D B B D C F B A B


His steals, assists, and A/T stats in high school are extremely good so i'm hoping these ratings hold up past my shitty scouting.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#21 C Howard Falkner
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Height: 6'11"
Weight: 231
High School: West Grand High School
Hometown: Kremmling, CO
GPA: 2.89
Test Score: 1420
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: 46 37 29 6 30 28 39 58 54 25 6 21 100 0 66 41 49
Potential: B D C F D B C B B B F D


0 quickness is interesting, but does it matter for a center at all? Check out the SAT scores, he's a genius too.


Results

We play some solid games early but lose our last game in November to chicago State... doh! One of our steals guys, SF Tyler gets an academic suspension for December, and Vermont, ranked 15th, beats us by 20. We continue to struggle with manpower as we get Tyler bakc in January but lose PG Armijo and backup Starkey for 45+ days each to injuries...

We get off to a great start in ACC play, sweeping Duke and starting 6-0, earning the #11 ranking before losing to #6 Wake Forest. Wake sweeps us but we are very, very good vs the rest of the conference. We rack up lots of big time wins, only losing to ranked Virginia on the way to the #2 spot in the ACC.


2023 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#3 Wake Forest 14 2 .875 26 5 .839
#19 Georgia Tech 13 3 .813 23 5 .821
#24 Virginia 11 5 .688 20 8 .714
#16 Duke 11 5 .688 19 11 .633
#13 Maryland 8 8 .500 21 11 .656
Clemson 7 9 .438 11 17 .393
North Carolina State 6 10 .375 12 16 .429
Florida State 2 14 .125 13 15 .464
North Carolina 0 16 .000 7 21 .250


North Carolina was clearly crushed that I turned them down. It saddens me seeing them at the bottom of the ACC, even in a fake world.

Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (7) NC State 72, (2) Georgia Tech 61 - Oh dear. We don't do well in the steals department, 8 for us, 7 for the Pack, and shoot poorly, 37%, and are upset ealry.


We earn a 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament as an at large team with the #24 RPI in the land.


NCAA First Round

(5) Georgia Tech (23-6) vs (12) Utah State (24-7)

Hopefully we don't get upset again!

Its a high scoring fast paced half, we both shoot over 50%, but Tech gets 10 steals in the half to only 2 from Utah State, and we use that to our advantage taking a 52-42 halftime lead. Utah State keeps it around 10 points the rest of the way but never gets closer than 6.


Georgia Tech 104, Utah State 96

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Utah State (24-8):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
David Rice C 12 1-1 0-0 1 3 0 4 2
Joseph King PF 28 2-4 0-0 0 3 2 5 5
James Fix SF 28 6-11 7-9 2 7 0 4 22
Cristobal Hyde SG 30 6-12 4-8 0 3 3 1 18
John Pfister PG 24 4-5 0-0 0 1 4 4 11
John Kennedy PG 16 5-7 5-7 0 3 3 0 16
Andrew Steck C 17 1-4 5-6 2 8 0 4 7
Greg Tennison SG 15 0-2 2-2 0 1 1 2 2
Stephen Meissner C 18 1-1 0-0 0 3 1 1 2
F. Tetreault SF 12 3-7 3-3 0 1 1 1 11

Turnovers: 23 (D.Rice 3, J.Fix 5, C.Hyde 1, J.Pfister
5, J.Kennedy 5, A.Steck 3, G.Tennison 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (J.Fix 1, A.Steck 1, F.Tetreault 1)
Steals: 6 (C.Hyde 2, J.Kennedy 1, A.Steck 2, S.Meissner
1)
3P FGs: 12-20 (J.King 1-2, J.Fix 3-5, C.Hyde 2-6,
J.Pfister 3-3, J.Kennedy 1-2, F.Tetreault 2-2)

Georgia Tech (24-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Marlin Barr PF 34 11-19 10-12 5 13 2 1 32
Thomas Tong C 16 2-2 3-4 1 7 1 5 7
Lorenzo Colella SF 27 6-11 2-2 4 5 1 3 17
Lance Tyler SG 10 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 5 2
John Hunsaker PG 25 4-15 4-4 0 1 4 4 12
Douglas Armijo SG 28 5-7 2-2 0 2 2 2 14
Robert Sharp PG 15 2-3 0-0 0 1 2 1 5
Jason Hart PF 30 4-12 5-5 1 7 4 2 13
Jason Starkey SG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Beau Angell SF 12 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 2

Turnovers: 15 (M.Barr 1, T.Tong 1, L.Colella 1, L.Tyler
1, R.Sharp 4, J.Hart 4, B.Angell 3)
Blocked Shots: 2 (D.Armijo 1, B.Angell 1)
Steals: 16 (M.Barr 1, L.Colella 1, L.Tyler 1,
J.Hunsaker 3, D.Armijo 5, R.Sharp 1, J.Hart 2,
B.Angell 2)
3P FGs: 6-19 (L.Colella 3-6, L.Tyler 0-1, J.Hunsaker
0-7, D.Armijo 2-3, R.Sharp 1-1, B.Angell 0-1)

Player of Game: C Marlin Barr (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats UTST GATC
Halftime Score 42 52
FGM-FGA 29-54 36-73
FG% .537 .493
FTM-FTA 26-35 26-29
FT% .743 .897
3PM-3PA 12-20 6-19
3P% .600 .316
Rebounds 33 37
Assists 15 17
Steals 6 16
Blocks 3 2
Turnovers 23 15
Team Fouls 26 25


a huge game from our Center Marlin Barr in the win.


NCAA Second Round

(13) Murray State (24-8) vs (5) Georgia Tech (24-6)

Murray State upset Oklahoma in the first round. Murray State gets off to a fast start, taking a 9-2 lead early, we close the gap and its close for awhile before we pull ahead and take a double digit lead ourselves. At the half its 52-44, Georgia Tech leads. We've got 8 steals to Murray State's 1. in fact we only have 2 total turnovers. Marlin Barr has 16 points at the half, our star from the first round.

We blow the game open and lead by 20+ most of the second half.


Georgia Tech 90, Murray State 65

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Georgia Tech (25-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Marlin Barr C 21 6-10 6-7 1 9 0 5 18
Thomas Tong PF 32 0-4 2-7 1 6 4 2 2
Lorenzo Colella SF 20 4-6 0-1 1 3 1 4 10
Lance Tyler SF 32 2-6 5-6 3 4 1 3 9
John Hunsaker PG 33 4-15 7-8 0 2 4 1 15
Douglas Armijo SG 25 7-13 3-3 0 2 0 2 20
Robert Sharp PG 7 1-2 2-2 0 2 2 1 5
Jason Hart C 20 3-3 3-4 1 4 1 4 9
Jason Starkey SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Beau Angell C 7 1-2 0-0 1 1 0 1 2
Justin Williams C 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0

Turnovers: 9 (M.Barr 2, T.Tong 2, L.Colella 2, L.Tyler
1, J.Hunsaker 1, J.Hart 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (T.Tong 1, J.Hunsaker 1, J.Hart 2,
B.Angell 1)
Steals: 14 (M.Barr 1, T.Tong 2, L.Tyler 3, J.Hunsaker
4, D.Armijo 3, J.Hart 1)
3P FGs: 6-18 (L.Colella 2-3, L.Tyler 0-3, J.Hunsaker
0-7, D.Armijo 3-3, R.Sharp 1-1, B.Angell 0-1)

Murray State (24-9):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Donnell Strait C 31 3-6 4-6 1 6 2 5 10
David Ridge PF 22 2-7 4-6 4 9 2 4 8
Arthur Ocasio SF 22 3-14 1-4 0 5 1 2 7
Albert Murry SG 22 3-4 0-2 1 3 1 2 7
Gabriel Bastian PG 22 2-4 4-4 0 2 0 2 8
Scott Fawcett PF 13 0-1 0-0 1 3 1 5 0
Thomas Patty PG 9 1-2 2-2 0 1 0 1 5
Tony Torres SG 19 0-0 5-6 0 2 5 1 5
Johnie Owensby SF 21 5-5 2-2 0 2 1 1 15
Jarrod Golding SG 10 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 3 0
Ali Mickelson PF 10 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0

Turnovers: 25 (D.Strait 3, D.Ridge 5, A.Ocasio 4,
A.Murry 1, G.Bastian 4, S.Fawcett 1, T.Patty 3,
T.Torres 3, J.Golding 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 4 (D.Strait 1, S.Fawcett 1, J.Owensby 1,
A.Mickelson 1)
3P FGs: 5-13 (D.Ridge 0-2, A.Ocasio 0-2, A.Murry 1-2,
G.Bastian 0-1, T.Patty 1-1, J.Owensby 3-3, J.Golding
0-2)

Player of Game: PG Douglas Armijo (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats GATC MRYST
Halftime Score 52 44
FGM-FGA 28-61 19-45
FG% .459 .422
FTM-FTA 28-38 22-32
FT% .737 .688
3PM-3PA 6-18 5-13
3P% .333 .385
Rebounds 34 36
Assists 13 13
Steals 14 4
Blocks 5 0
Turnovers 9 25
Team Fouls 24 26


The turnover difference is huge here, and we're into the sweet 16, equalling my best tournament result ever.


NCAA Sweet 16

We get another break as 9 seed UTEP upsets the top seed St John's.

(9) UTEP (21-10) vs (5) Georgia Tech (25-6)


We trail early and for most of the half, unlike the first couple games this half is dominated by poor shooting, we shoot under 30% for most of the half before heating up a bit. Its tied at 30 at the half. 7 steals for us, 5 for UTEP. We have the edge in the turnover battle, 7 for us/12 for them.

We score first to open the second half adn slowly build up a 10 point lead, 53-43 halfway through the 2nd half, but UTEP closes the gap and with 6 minutes to go its a 2 poitn game, 60-58 Georgia Tech in the lead. We don't have a steal in the 2nd half yet at this point, and have turned it over a ton, we seem to be winning thanks to the reboudning edge and by shooting better. With 1 minute left, we cling to a 3 point lead, push the lead up to 4 on a free throw, and UTEP comes down and misses a 3 pointer with about 30 seconds left, ending their chances. We survive a close one here.


Georgia Tech 73, UTEP 67

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Georgia Tech (26-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Marlin Barr PF 33 7-11 9-13 1 14 0 4 23
Thomas Tong C 29 2-8 3-3 2 5 3 2 7
Lorenzo Colella SF 31 5-10 4-5 4 7 5 4 17
Lance Tyler SG 29 1-1 1-1 0 2 0 4 3
John Hunsaker PG 33 5-17 4-4 1 4 2 0 14
Douglas Armijo SG 12 1-1 0-0 0 4 0 2 2
Robert Sharp PG 7 1-1 2-2 0 0 0 1 4
Jason Hart C 17 1-2 1-1 0 3 5 1 3
Jason Starkey SG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Beau Angell SF 7 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 2 0

Turnovers: 21 (M.Barr 7, T.Tong 2, L.Colella 3, L.Tyler
2, J.Hunsaker 3, R.Sharp 1, J.Hart 2, B.Angell 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (T.Tong 2, R.Sharp 1)
Steals: 9 (M.Barr 2, L.Colella 3, L.Tyler 1, J.Hunsaker
2, D.Armijo 1)
3P FGs: 3-14 (L.Colella 3-5, J.Hunsaker 0-9)

UTEP (21-11):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Cary Oxendine C 26 2-3 0-0 4 11 3 1 4
Vaughn Hall PF 24 3-5 4-4 0 4 0 5 10
Ron Kangas SF 29 4-7 1-1 2 2 1 3 10
Joseph McKenna SG 33 8-20 3-4 0 4 1 5 23
Robbie Ennis PG 32 2-9 1-2 2 2 4 4 5
R. Armstrong PF 29 3-7 2-4 1 8 1 2 8
Loren McLaurin PG 8 2-5 1-4 0 1 2 0 5
Jerry Brush SF 18 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 3 2

Turnovers: 16 (C.Oxendine 1, V.Hall 2, R.Kangas 3,
R.Ennis 6, R.Armstrong 1, L.McLaurin 1, J.Brush 2)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Oxendine 1, V.Hall 1, R.Armstrong 2)
Steals: 11 (C.Oxendine 1, R.Kangas 3, J.McKenna 2,
R.Ennis 1, L.McLaurin 1, J.Brush 3)
3P FGs: 5-15 (R.Kangas 1-2, J.McKenna 4-8, R.Ennis 0-2,
L.McLaurin 0-1, J.Brush 0-2)

Player of Game: SF Lorenzo Colella (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats GATC UTEP
Halftime Score 30 30
FGM-FGA 23-53 25-60
FG% .434 .417
FTM-FTA 24-29 12-19
FT% .828 .632
3PM-3PA 3-14 5-15
3P% .214 .333
Rebounds 40 33
Assists 15 12
Steals 9 11
Blocks 3 4
Turnovers 21 16
Team Fouls 20 23



NCAA Elite 8

We don't get a break here... Wake Forest beat us twice in the regular season, and they've advanced to the elite 8 in the South.

(5) Georgia Tech(26-6) vs (2) Wake Forest (30-6)

Its close early but midway through the half we pull out to an 8 point lead, hanging on to it for most of the half. We have a slight turnover and steals edge, and are holding Wake to under 40% from the field. Barr has 10 points for us at the half to lead the way. Georgia Tech 36, Wake Forest 30 - Halftime.

We lead for most of the second half, but Wake doesn't let us pull away. With about 7 minutes left Wake takes the lead, 54-53, their first lead for the second half. We don't ever re-take the lead. Wake holds us down, 10 steals for us, 8 for them, we only shoot 37% from the field for the game, as wake ups their shooting in the 2nd half, and we fall in a tight one, 68-61.


Wake Forest 68, Georgia Tech 61

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Wake Forest (31-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Hernandez C 29 2-4 0-0 0 6 2 2 4
Brad Felder PF 26 6-11 5-13 1 7 2 4 17
Hugh Abernathy SF 26 1-7 2-2 2 10 3 4 4
Joseph Seay SG 29 3-7 0-1 1 2 1 1 6
Ahmad Kuehl PG 30 2-6 4-4 0 2 4 3 9
A. Pendergrass PF 24 1-4 2-2 0 7 1 1 4
Saul Lyons SF 24 6-9 3-5 0 1 0 2 16
John Getz SG 11 3-4 1-1 0 0 0 1 8

Turnovers: 18 (K.Hernandez 1, B.Felder 1, H.Abernathy
1, J.Seay 1, A.Kuehl 3, A.Pendergrass 4, S.Lyons 4,
J.Getz 3)
Blocked Shots: 15 (B.Felder 3, H.Abernathy 1, A.Kuehl
1, A.Pendergrass 10)
Steals: 8 (B.Felder 1, J.Seay 3, A.Kuehl 1,
A.Pendergrass 1, S.Lyons 1, J.Getz 1)
3P FGs: 3-11 (H.Abernathy 0-2, J.Seay 0-2, A.Kuehl 1-4,
S.Lyons 1-2, J.Getz 1-1)

Georgia Tech (26-7):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Marlin Barr PF 22 6-8 2-2 2 5 2 5 14
Thomas Tong PF 26 0-6 2-4 1 7 0 4 2
Lorenzo Colella SF 32 5-15 1-2 3 8 2 3 11
Lance Tyler SG 31 2-5 0-0 1 5 0 2 5
John Hunsaker PG 33 2-7 4-5 0 1 2 2 9
Douglas Armijo SG 16 1-3 0-0 0 2 0 0 2
Robert Sharp PG 7 3-4 0-0 0 0 2 0 8
Jason Hart C 28 3-11 4-5 0 10 1 3 10
Beau Angell PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 18 (M.Barr 3, L.Colella 3, L.Tyler 3,
J.Hunsaker 3, D.Armijo 3, R.Sharp 1, J.Hart 1,
B.Angell 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (L.Colella 1, J.Hart 1)
Steals: 10 (L.Tyler 4, J.Hunsaker 2, D.Armijo 2,
R.Sharp 1, J.Hart 1)
3P FGs: 4-12 (T.Tong 0-1, L.Colella 0-6, L.Tyler 1-2,
J.Hunsaker 1-1, R.Sharp 2-2)

Player of Game: PF Brad Felder (WAKE)

Game Summary:

Game Stats WAKE GATC
Halftime Score 30 36
FGM-FGA 24-52 22-59
FG% .462 .373
FTM-FTA 17-28 13-18
FT% .607 .722
3PM-3PA 3-11 4-12
3P% .273 .333
Rebounds 35 38
Assists 13 9
Steals 8 10
Blocks 15 2
Turnovers 18 18
Team Fouls 18 19



Wake Forest makes the finals, but loses to New Mexico. Hofstra and Memphis are the other two final four teams.


Awards

I am the National Coach of the Year, and the ACC Coach of the year

PG John Hunsaker: 1st Team All-American, ACC Player of the Year

SF Lance Tyler: ACC All Freshman Team


Georgia Tech 2023 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 62 Record Vs 1-50: 7-5
Season Record: 26-7 Record Vs 51-100: 3-0
Conference Record: 13-3 Record Vs 101-200: 5-2
Home Record: 13-2 Record Vs 200+: 11-0
Current Poll Rank: 25 Current RPI Rank: 24

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 83.1 National Rank: 4 Conference Rank: 1
Points Allowed: 69.2 National Rank: 193 Conference Rank: 3
Rebounds: 36.8 National Rank: 103 Conference Rank: 4
Assists: 15.2 National Rank: 81 Conference Rank: 4
Steals: 14.2 National Rank: 2 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 1.8 National Rank: 273 Conference Rank: 7
Turnovers: 16.3 National Rank: 64 Conference Rank: 2
Fouls: 20.0 National Rank: 243 Conference Rank: 6
FG%: .456 National Rank: 28 Conference Rank: 3
FT%: .734 National Rank: 31 Conference Rank: 3
3P%: .345 National Rank: 124 Conference Rank: 6


Pretty solid, 14.2 steals has us going in the right direction, I expect better though. the scoring, margin of victory, and shooting percentage are all good as well.


Georgia Tech 2023 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/12/23 Howard (11-19) W 91-66 1-0
11/16/23 at Lehigh (8-21) W 75-66 2-0
11/19/23 at Florida A&M (7-22) W 85-63 3-0
11/23/23 VMI (10-19) W 101-65 4-0
11/27/23 Alabama State (9-19) W 104-57 5-0
11/30/23 Chicago State (19-13) L 73-67 5-1
12/04/23 at Fordham (24-10) W 86-77 6-1
12/08/23 at Vermont (24-10) L 75-55 6-2
12/11/23 Lafayette (13-19) W 93-55 7-2
12/16/23 Eastern Kentucky (12-17) W 85-65 8-2
12/20/23 at Mount St. Mary's (15-14) W 78-66 9-2
12/25/23 UC Irvine (9-20) W 81-55 10-2
01/03/24 at Duke (24-12) W 72-71 11-2 (1-0)
01/06/24 Duke (24-12) W 95-74 12-2 (2-0)
01/10/24 at Florida State (13-16) W 59-50 13-2 (3-0)
01/13/24 at Maryland (22-13) W 76-65 14-2 (4-0)
01/20/24 at North Carolina (8-22) W 96-72 15-2 (5-0)
01/27/24 at North Carolina State (14-17) W 80-71 16-2 (6-0)
01/31/24 at Wake Forest (32-7) L 96-76 16-3 (6-1)
02/03/24 Wake Forest (32-7) L 72-56 16-4 (6-2)
02/07/24 Virginia (23-10) W 78-53 17-4 (7-2)
02/10/24 Maryland (22-13) W 108-70 18-4 (8-2)
02/14/24 Florida State (13-16) W 96-55 19-4 (9-2)
02/17/24 at Virginia (23-10) L 88-70 19-5 (9-3)
02/19/24 North Carolina State (14-17) W 98-94 20-5 (10-3)
02/24/24 Clemson (12-18) W 119-72 21-5 (11-3)
03/02/24 at Clemson (12-18) W 102-74 22-5 (12-3)
03/06/24 North Carolina (8-22) W 70-55 23-5 (13-3)
03/08/24 vs. North Carolina State (14-17) L 72-61 23-6
03/14/24 vs. Utah State (24-8) W 104-96 24-6
03/16/24 vs. Murray State (24-9) W 90-65 25-6
03/21/24 vs. UTEP (21-11) W 73-67 26-6
03/23/24 vs. Wake Forest (32-7) L 68-61 26-7



The thing i noticed here was that we really took it to a lot of the ACC teams. 20+ point wins vs Duke, UNC, Virginia, Maryland, FSU, Clemson and UNC again... I didn't expect so many blowout wins early on, but, in part this is due to the big men I had, I had two solid big men, one of them graduating this year.


Chicago State: 19-13
Vermont: 24-10
Fordham: 24-10


Georgia Tech Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Marlin Barr C 33 33 29.7 15.0 2.1 8.7 1.7 0.6 0.2 2.5 2.8
Thomas Tong PF 33 33 27.5 8.1 1.3 7.5 2.0 1.1 0.4 2.1 2.6
Lorenzo Colella SF 33 27 27.4 13.1 2.8 6.0 1.6 1.3 0.1 2.4 2.8
Lance Tyler SF 27 27 27.9 6.3 1.0 4.0 1.7 2.8 0.1 2.4 3.3
John Hunsaker PG 33 33 31.8 19.2 0.7 2.2 3.6 3.9 0.2 1.9 3.0
Douglas Armijo PG 21 8 21.4 7.9 0.3 1.4 1.3 3.1 0.1 1.3 2.2
Robert Sharp PG 33 0 10.2 4.8 0.2 1.0 1.6 0.9 0.2 1.3 1.2
Jason Hart PF 33 0 20.9 8.0 0.9 5.3 1.4 0.6 0.3 1.6 2.2
Jason Starkey PG 19 1 8.8 2.5 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.7 0.8
Beau Angell SF 32 3 11.8 3.3 0.4 1.6 0.6 1.3 0.3 1.2 0.9
Justin Williams C 7 0 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Tracy Santiago SG 3 0 5.7 2.0 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.7
Charles Keller C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mack Martinez SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bill Ludwig PG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Hunsaker is the man. 3.9 steals, 19.2 points per game. Armijo and Tyler were good steals guys as well, as was Angell coming deep off the bench.

Early Departures

Both Tyler and Hunsaker decide to come back for another year. Hunsaker may well leave as a junior, seeing as how he was a 1st team All American this year.

Barr and Hart(my top big man off the bench) are graduating this year. I'll have Tong back for one more year and my first big man recruit, Charles Kellar, starting for me next year, and my steals guys will be more experienced.

Totals: 26-7 (13-3) - ACC Quarterfinals, NCAA Elite 8 - RPI 24

[Radii]

Some League history

Now that I'm at least an outside threat to make the final four if I can put together great seasons, lets look at the college landscape a little to see what i'm up against.

Wake Forest, Illinois, Syracuse, Oregon, and Cincinnati have prestige ratings of 100. Duke is at 93, Maryland 89 to top the ACC.



Team Conference Prestige
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Wake Forest Atlantic Coast Conference 100
Illinois Big Ten 100
Syracuse Big East 100
Oregon Pacific-10 100
Cincinnati Conference USA 100
Iowa State Big 12 97
St. John's Big East 97
Brigham Young Mountain West Conference 95
Indiana Big Ten 93
Duke Atlantic Coast Conference 93
Memphis Conference USA 93
Oklahoma State Big 12 93
Iowa Big Ten 91
Texas Big 12 90


Here are all the teams at 90 or above.


National Champions


FBCA Tournament Champions

Season Team Score Record
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2023 New Mexico 65-57 35-5
2022 Illinois 74-69 33-6
2021 Oregon 78-77 27-11
2020 Syracuse 99-97 31-7
2019 Brigham Young 88-63 31-8
2018 Maryland 73-68 31-8
2017 Wake Forest 86-80 30-7
2016 Syracuse 70-60 36-4
2015 Indiana 71-70 30-10
2014 Stanford 93-85 36-3
2013 Stanford 102-96 32-7
2012 Illinois 90-60 33-6
2011 Kentucky 60-59 37-1
2010 UCLA 59-53 26-15
2009 Texas 93-79 30-9
2008 Oklahoma 88-78 27-12
2007 Kentucky 87-62 34-7
2006 Southern California 71-55 35-4
2005 Wake Forest 78-71 33-8
2004 Wake Forest 94-85 33-7
2003 Kentucky 69-67 40-1



Total Wins


Total Wins Leaders

# Team Value
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1. Wake Forest 639
2. Kentucky 610
3. Illinois 595
4. Cincinnati 594
5. Syracuse 568
6. St. John's 560
7. Oklahoma State 553
8. Stanford 548
9. Duke 537
10. Iowa State 532


Georgia Tech is 147th with 318 wins.


There's no stat counting # of final fours that i can find, so i go through and count ACC Final Fours only:

Wake Forest 10
Duke 2
North Carolina 1
Maryland 1

Wake Forest is the most successful team in the nation over the last 20 years.


ACC Regular Season Titles

Wake Forest 12
Duke 9

... That's it.


ACC Tournament Championships

Wake Forest 12
Duke 5
Maryland 2
Clemson 1
North Carolina 1

[Bisbo]

Great thread - I really enjoy it, and it has inspired me to fire this game up again. Good luick winning the NCAA Championship - I feel it coming.

[cubboyroy1826]

Great stuff Raddii. It is amazing how much an older game is able to maintain your interest without all the bells and whistles. If only an updated college game was being worked on instead of the pro game. Ah well.

[Radii]

2023 Offseason

We know our Elite Eight run last year was heavily assisted by upsets in my bracket, but I'll take the prestige bump any way I can get it! We go from 62->69, which leapfrogs us past Clemson and Virginia in the ACC. Wake is at 100, Duke 93, Maryland 89, and we're 4th at 69.

Our AD is delighted, and we are now expected to compete for the ACC Championship.



Incoming Recruits

Georgia Tech has the #105 recruiting class in the nation this year. This is the next to last class in the ACC. Duke has the #1 class, Maryland #3, Wake #20. Only UNC has a worse class than us.


PLAYER DETAILS

#21 C Howard Falkner - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6'11"
Weight: 231
High School: West Grand High School
Hometown: Kremmling, CO

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: 41 27 29 0 30 28 29 58 54 25 14 21 97 11 66 44 51
Potential: C D C F C D C A B C D D

Academics: 86

2023 High School: Rated *** and #229 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Falkner isn't the scorer I hoped, but, we have a guy that can rebound and play defense in the post. He'll had some depth to the front court.


PLAYER DETAILS

#23 PG Jaime Ginder - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 5'11"
Weight: 150
High School: Oxon Hill High School
Hometown: Oxon Hill, MD

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: 5 30 54 25 48 46 20 23 3 47 68 24 43 89 20 71 45
Potential: F C B D D B D D F B A C

Academics: 32

2023 High School: Rated *** and #231 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Ginder's handling is a major disappointment, but at least 48 is servicable, and he'll come in as a good defender and steals guy. His jump shooting might not be horrid either.

Coaches

My scout wants a raise, and his scouting skill has risen up to 70 which is definitely worth a raise to me, I bump him from 70K to 90K. My recruiter leaves, and I steal Marquette's recruiter, skill 84, for $140,000.

Scheduling

I am disappoitned that I don't get a preseason tournament offer this year. I up the scheduling a bit, going for prestige teams between 20 and 30.


Training/Budget

Still no luck with the training or budget requests.

Roster Overview


Georgia Tech Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Charles Keller C 6'11" 247 64 20 29 20 9 47 23 76 47 55
Thomas Tong PF 6' 9" 263 64 30 0 61 49 30 51 100 41 66
Lance Tyler SF 6' 8" 229 22 33 66 40 34 31 53 70 73 74
Douglas Armijo PG 6' 5" 186 41 51 50 66 35 16 93 40 57 70
John Hunsaker PG 6' 3" 188 38 69 51 96 33 19 83 37 64 100

Bill Ludwig PG 6' 3" 200 46 39 39 46 28 37 97 38 43 66
Jason Starkey PG 6' 0" 192 43 37 75 45 77 35 83 35 44 84
Lorenzo Colella SF 6' 7" 235 40 77 83 58 31 92 63 72 57 82
Mack Martinez SF 6' 8" 238 86 28 9 33 49 30 52 64 47 59
Beau Angell SF 6' 7" 240 39 63 50 42 9 14 45 56 65 79




Georgia Tech Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Charles Keller C 6'11" 247 40 18 44 39 66 60 23 76 47 55
Thomas Tong PF 6' 9" 263 62 31 42 34 85 97 51 100 41 66
Lance Tyler SF 6' 8" 229 24 61 82 28 51 21 53 70 73 74
Douglas Armijo PG 6' 5" 186 20 36 78 23 17 83 93 40 57 70
John Hunsaker PG 6' 3" 188 31 28 91 26 26 64 83 37 64 100

Bill Ludwig PG 6' 3" 200 23 51 80 39 11 100 97 38 43 66
Jason Starkey PG 6' 0" 192 12 34 50 23 36 63 83 35 44 84
Lorenzo Colella SF 6' 7" 235 25 50 27 17 56 100 63 72 57 82
Mack Martinez SF 6' 8" 238 26 53 84 28 15 94 52 64 47 59
Beau Angell SF 6' 7" 240 73 56 58 62 45 67 45 56 65 79



I'm really not sure about a lot of my decisions here. I went for the best combination of handling and steals. Ludwig and Martinez are great steals guys off the bench but Martinez with his size and inside scoring ability is actually slated to back up the big men with my lack of size. Colella is a senior but a worthless steals guy... we'll see what happens, i'm worried about mismanaging this lineup.

Early Departures

PG John Hunsaker once again declares for the NBA. This year I can see him leaving.

[Radii]

2023/24 Season


Recruiting

We've got 3 scholarships this year, we're losing a PG/PF/SF this year, 1 1/2 starters(SF Colella starts sometimes, PF Tong is a starter), and next year we'll be losing my first 3 recruits, all steals guys. I thikn my ideal class would again include a big and two steals guys, but right now the steals guys are pretty critical to replace all the backcourt players graduating soon.

I have $22,916/mo to spend this year on recruits. We get two sigings in November, and one of them might be a big one for us, we land the #28 recruit in the nation, a power foward, in addition to a steals guy.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#5 PF John Goble
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 203
High School: Huguenot High School
Hometown: Richmond, VA
GPA: 2.61
Test Score: 870
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: 43 41 27 0 12 26 17 28 44 28 12 40 100 25 61 41 56
Potential: A C C D D C F C B C F C


A scorer and a defender, and hopefully a bit better rebounder than scouted, we'll find out! Not so bright a guy either, hopefully I didn't get too blinded by rankings here.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#52 SF Dannie Wiegand
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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 203
High School: Clay High School
Hometown: South Bend, IN
GPA: 2.73
Test Score: 920
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: 5 51 29 38 42 7 42 36 55 35 58 41 38 29 55 73 63
Potential: F A D D A D C D B A A C


Handling, defense, steals and jump shooting, hopefully the scouting is at least a little close here.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#2 SG Eldridge Baker
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Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 211
High School: Wolcott High School
Hometown: Wolcott, NY
GPA: 2.63
Test Score: 820
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: 25 26 74 50 66 24 27 30 19 35 44 19 7 99 48 57 47
Potential: C C B C A B D C C A A C



Three 'intellectually challenged' ball players coming to Atlanta. Baker looks like a great player, his stats aren't overwhelmingly good so we'll see how he actually comes in.


Results

We start out with 4 blowouts and have a #9 ranking going into December. 9-1 Entering January and ACC play, we are again getting some good blowout wins. The likes of UNC and Clemson are no match for us. Feb 1st is a marquee matchup. #1 Wake Forest, 19-1, 6-0 in the ACC, vs #8 Georgia Tech, 16-1, 6-0 in the ACC. And Wake Forest continues their dominance of us, 106-92. We also lose to top 10 Duke, twice, and again to Wake Forest later in the month. We beat everyone else and end up 12-4 in the conference. Wake Forest is putting up a banner year, check it out.


2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#1 Wake Forest 16 0 1.000 30 1 .968
#12 Georgia Tech 12 4 .750 23 5 .821
#3 Duke 12 4 .750 23 7 .767
Clemson 8 8 .500 18 12 .600
North Carolina State 8 8 .500 16 12 .571
Virginia 6 10 .375 16 14 .533
Maryland 5 11 .313 18 15 .545
Florida State 4 12 .250 11 18 .379
North Carolina 1 15 .063 6 23 .207


UNC is 1 game better than last year, and Wake Forest has one of the best regular seasons of all time.

Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (2) Georgia Tech 96, (7) Maryland 70 - Classic domination, 17 steals for us, 4 for Maryland, the turnover difference is +13 in our favor. Douglas Armijo scores 32 in the win, including 12-14 from the FT line.

Semifinals: (2) Georgia Tech 80, (3) Duke 79 - We avoid getting beat 3 times by Duke in the same season. We get 17 steals, Duke gets 10, and we have a +5 turnover edge. We have some foul trouble in this game and Duke shoots 23-27 from the line which keeps it close. Our star John Hunsaker has 26 points and 7 steals in the win for us.

Finals: (1) Wake Forest 84, (2) Georgia Tech 63 - Wake is just too good. Holy shit... we get 21 steals. Wake gets 6. We have a +15 turnover edge.... but Wake shoots 12-20 from the 3 point line, 50% overall, they outrebound us 49-24... its really, relaly rare that we'll get 21 steals in a game and we still lose.


We earn a 3 seed in the West, the highest seed we've received. Wake Forest is a 1 seed i the South, and Duke is a 2 seed in the East.

NCAA First Round

(3) #14 Georgia Tech (25-6) vs (14) Radford (24-8)

Hunsaker picks up two early fouls which hurts us some, but we build up a 9-1 steals edge and are +9 in the turnover department, giving us a 10 point halftime lead. Hunsaker picks up his 4th foul very early in the 2nd half, something tha tmight kill us vs a stronger opponent, but not here.


Georgia Tech 81, Radford 54

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Radford (24-9):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Louis Obrien C 30 1-7 0-1 2 9 2 2 2
Bruce McGee PF 30 3-4 3-5 0 7 1 1 9
Lee Gehrke SF 22 2-5 1-2 1 2 1 0 5
Joe Almeida SG 30 2-9 0-0 1 8 2 3 4
Joseph Necaise PG 28 2-5 3-4 0 1 2 5 7
Cory Avila PF 6 1-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 2
Larry Hammel C 10 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
James Aponte PF 4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
J. Hollifield PG 16 5-6 3-5 0 1 1 1 15
Abe Holmes SF 18 2-4 2-2 1 2 1 3 6
John Stoltzfus SF 6 1-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 2

Turnovers: 29 (B.McGee 2, L.Gehrke 3, J.Almeida 6,
J.Necaise 6, L.Hammel 3, J.Hollifield 3, A.Holmes 5,
J.Stoltzfus 1)
Blocked Shots: 8 (L.Obrien 5, B.McGee 1, L.Hammel 2)
Steals: 6 (L.Obrien 2, B.McGee 3, J.Almeida 1)
3P FGs: 2-11 (L.Obrien 0-1, L.Gehrke 0-2, J.Almeida
0-1, J.Necaise 0-1, L.Hammel 0-1, J.Hollifield 2-3,
A.Holmes 0-1, J.Stoltzfus 0-1)

Georgia Tech (26-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Keller C 32 3-11 2-2 7 12 2 1 8
Thomas Tong PF 31 3-9 0-0 0 6 2 4 6
Lance Tyler SF 21 2-2 1-1 0 1 1 4 5
Douglas Armijo SG 17 5-8 0-0 1 2 3 4 13
John Hunsaker PG 9 2-3 5-6 0 1 0 4 10
Lorenzo Colella SF 19 2-3 2-2 1 8 3 2 7
Bill Ludwig SG 31 5-12 1-2 1 2 0 2 13
Mack Martinez C 13 2-6 0-0 1 3 0 0 4
Beau Angell PF 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert Sharp PG 23 7-17 0-2 1 2 1 1 15

Turnovers: 14 (C.Keller 2, T.Tong 2, L.Tyler 4,
D.Armijo 2, L.Colella 1, B.Ludwig 3)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Keller 2, B.Ludwig 2)
Steals: 18 (C.Keller 1, T.Tong 1, L.Tyler 3, D.Armijo
3, J.Hunsaker 1, B.Ludwig 4, M.Martinez 2, R.Sharp 3)
3P FGs: 8-20 (D.Armijo 3-4, J.Hunsaker 1-2, L.Colella
1-1, B.Ludwig 2-7, R.Sharp 1-6)

Player of Game: PG Douglas Armijo (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats RDFD GATC
Halftime Score 30 40
FGM-FGA 20-46 31-71
FG% .435 .437
FTM-FTA 12-19 11-15
FT% .632 .733
3PM-3PA 2-11 8-20
3P% .182 .400
Rebounds 35 37
Assists 10 12
Steals 6 18
Blocks 8 4
Turnovers 29 14
Team Fouls 15 22




NCAA Second Round

(3) #14 Georgia Tech (26-6) vs (6) #20 Southern Cal (24-9)

We know vs better teams we can't just overwhelm them with turnovers... usually. A 6 seed might be around the cutoff where we expect to win a vast majority of the time. USC has a good handling PG which will create some problems for us.

Its close for most of the first half, but USC leads most of the way and leads 38-34 at the half. We get 7 steals to their 3, but only force 9 turnovers overall. USC shoots better than us and it feels like we should be behind by more than just 4...

This is a hell of a game. Neither team leads by more than 5 the entire second half. USC leads for awhile, we take a 62-60 lead with about 10 minutes to go and its back and forth for there. With 1 minute left we're tied up at 82, and Thomas Tong gets an offensive rebound after a missed shot, we run off a bunch of time and Tong gets an old fashioned 3 point play with 17 seconds left. That gives us the final score, 85-82.

Georgia Tech 85, Southern California 82

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Southern California (24-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jeremy Bellinger C 28 4-4 0-1 0 7 3 3 8
Ignacio Santos PF 27 4-10 1-2 1 7 1 1 9
Michael Cano SF 31 7-12 1-1 3 9 2 2 16
Leoncio Moreno SG 29 5-15 1-1 0 1 2 2 15
Elton Gilliam PG 31 4-8 0-0 1 5 9 3 10
Edwin Tillotson C 16 4-5 0-0 1 3 0 3 8
Bryce Liles PF 12 2-2 0-0 0 3 0 1 4
Stephen Brown PG 3 1-4 0-0 0 0 2 3 3
Randal Derouen PG 6 2-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 4
Hans Ball SG 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Matt Gutierrez SG 4 2-2 1-1 0 1 1 1 5
Tony Smith SF 6 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 22 (J.Bellinger 3, I.Santos 1, M.Cano 2,
L.Moreno 4, E.Gilliam 8, E.Tillotson 2, S.Brown 1,
R.Derouen 1)
Blocked Shots: 9 (J.Bellinger 6, I.Santos 1,
E.Tillotson 1, T.Smith 1)
Steals: 6 (M.Cano 1, L.Moreno 1, E.Gilliam 1,
E.Tillotson 1, B.Liles 1, T.Smith 1)
3P FGs: 8-21 (M.Cano 1-3, L.Moreno 4-9, E.Gilliam 2-4,
S.Brown 1-3, H.Ball 0-1, T.Smith 0-1)

Georgia Tech (27-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Keller C 25 1-6 2-4 1 10 2 2 4
Thomas Tong PF 32 7-11 2-2 5 12 1 1 16
Lance Tyler SF 31 4-7 3-4 0 4 5 1 12
Douglas Armijo SG 27 4-8 1-2 1 4 2 4 12
John Hunsaker PG 32 3-9 5-7 0 2 3 1 11
Lorenzo Colella SF 9 4-8 0-0 3 4 0 0 12
Bill Ludwig SG 22 5-15 2-3 2 2 2 1 14
Mack Martinez C 15 1-6 2-2 0 1 1 1 4
Beau Angell PF 9 0-2 0-0 1 2 0 1 0

Turnovers: 14 (C.Keller 3, L.Tyler 2, D.Armijo 1,
J.Hunsaker 1, B.Ludwig 2, M.Martinez 3, B.Angell 2)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 14 (L.Tyler 3, D.Armijo 1, J.Hunsaker 4,
B.Ludwig 3, M.Martinez 3)
3P FGs: 10-23 (C.Keller 0-1, L.Tyler 1-3, D.Armijo 3-6,
J.Hunsaker 0-3, L.Colella 4-4, B.Ludwig 2-6)

Player of Game: PF Thomas Tong (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats USC GATC
Halftime Score 38 34
FGM-FGA 35-67 29-72
FG% .522 .403
FTM-FTA 4-6 17-24
FT% .667 .708
3PM-3PA 8-21 10-23
3P% .381 .435
Rebounds 39 41
Assists 22 16
Steals 6 14
Blocks 9 0
Turnovers 22 14
Team Fouls 20 12


Gilliam was their decent ball handler, to get 8 turnovers out of him was a big win for us. The 8 turnover difference gives us the edge we need to overcome the poor shooting night.


NCAA Sweet 16

We're not getting any favors at all this year.

(2) #3 Temple (29-6) vs (3) #14 Georgia Tech (27-6)


We come out cold as ice here, and we can't stop Temple... It's 20-8, then 28-12, the lead eventually goes over 20 and we are completely outclassed here.


Temple 87, Georgia Tech 62

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Georgia Tech (27-7):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Keller C 29 4-12 0-2 3 11 1 3 8
Thomas Tong PF 32 1-8 0-0 2 4 1 2 2
Lance Tyler SF 26 1-6 0-0 2 5 0 5 2
Douglas Armijo SG 31 1-8 2-2 0 1 4 2 4
John Hunsaker PG 32 9-17 4-4 1 5 1 3 23
Lorenzo Colella SF 14 3-5 3-3 1 2 2 2 9
Bill Ludwig SG 16 3-8 0-0 0 0 0 1 6
Jason Starkey PG 1 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 2 2
Mack Martinez C 13 2-2 0-1 0 1 0 1 4
Beau Angell PF 6 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2

Turnovers: 22 (C.Keller 3, T.Tong 6, L.Tyler 3,
D.Armijo 1, J.Hunsaker 3, B.Ludwig 4, M.Martinez 1,
B.Angell 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 21 (T.Tong 2, L.Tyler 3, D.Armijo 1, J.Hunsaker
8, L.Colella 2, B.Ludwig 5)
3P FGs: 1-17 (L.Tyler 0-2, D.Armijo 0-3, J.Hunsaker
1-5, L.Colella 0-2, B.Ludwig 0-4, B.Angell 0-1)

Temple (30-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Zachery Terry C 21 1-3 0-0 0 5 2 4 2
David Herbert PF 32 3-7 1-2 1 5 3 2 7
Walter Ranby SF 25 2-10 10-10 1 7 2 2 14
Neal Dart SG 30 5-9 0-0 0 4 4 1 13
Winford Campbell PG 34 6-9 7-8 2 5 5 3 21
Dirk Reiter PF 8 2-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 4
Timothy Wilburn C 19 2-4 2-3 2 11 0 1 6
Ian Roche SF 25 5-7 3-3 1 5 1 0 14
Norris Kuhlmann PG 6 3-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 6

Turnovers: 28 (Z.Terry 1, D.Herbert 2, W.Ranby 5,
N.Dart 7, W.Campbell 6, D.Reiter 2, T.Wilburn 2,
I.Roche 2, N.Kuhlmann 1)
Blocked Shots: 8 (D.Herbert 3, N.Dart 1, T.Wilburn 4)
Steals: 11 (Z.Terry 2, D.Herbert 2, N.Dart 2,
W.Campbell 2, I.Roche 1, N.Kuhlmann 2)
3P FGs: 6-12 (W.Ranby 0-1, N.Dart 3-6, W.Campbell 2-4,
I.Roche 1-1)

Player of Game: PG Winford Campbell (TMPL)

Game Summary:

Game Stats GATC TMPL
Halftime Score 28 46
FGM-FGA 26-69 29-55
FG% .377 .527
FTM-FTA 9-12 23-26
FT% .750 .885
3PM-3PA 1-17 6-12
3P% .059 .500
Rebounds 30 43
Assists 9 17
Steals 21 11
Blocks 0 8
Turnovers 22 28
Team Fouls 21 15



We get 21 steals but can't shoot the ball and the overall turnover edge is only +6 on the game.



It's a very good season for us, we know we're not ready to make the final four every year yet, but we're establishing ourselves as a threat.

3 number 1 seeds lose in the sweet 16, including Wake Forest. The only #1 seed to make the final four wins it all. Syracuse beats Tennessee in the finals, while Cincinnat and Alabama are our other two final four teams. Wake Forest finishes their season 35-2.

Awards

PG John Hunsaker: 1st Team All-American, ACC Player of the Year

SF Lance Tyler: 1st Team All-ACC

PF Thomas Tong: 2nd Team All-ACC

C Charles Keller: ACC All Freshman Team

SF Mack Martinez: ACC All Freshman Team

Georgia Tech 2024 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 69 Record Vs 1-50: 12-6
Season Record: 27-7 Record Vs 51-100: 1-0
Conference Record: 12-4 Record Vs 101-200: 5-1
Home Record: 14-3 Record Vs 200+: 9-0
Current Poll Rank: 14 Current RPI Rank: 11

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 81.5 National Rank: 4 Conference Rank: 2
Points Allowed: 65.6 National Rank: 83 Conference Rank: 3
Rebounds: 34.0 National Rank: 242 Conference Rank: 6
Assists: 15.5 National Rank: 73 Conference Rank: 5
Steals: 17.6 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 2.1 National Rank: 260 Conference Rank: 8
Turnovers: 14.8 National Rank: 16 Conference Rank: 2
Fouls: 19.2 National Rank: 160 Conference Rank: 6
FG%: .447 National Rank: 58 Conference Rank: 5
FT%: .712 National Rank: 68 Conference Rank: 5
3P%: .337 National Rank: 156 Conference Rank: 7


17.6 steals leads the nation, we score a lot, we have a good scoring margin, we'd like to shoot a little better but this is a solid looking line. 12-6 vs the RPI top 50 and an RPI of 11 are highs for us.

Georgia Tech 2024 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/17/24 Eastern Michigan (12-17) W 96-43 1-0
11/20/24 Weber State (12-17) W 96-50 2-0
11/24/24 Texas-San Antonio (15-14) W 66-54 3-0
11/27/24 Alabama A&M (15-15) W 96-50 4-0
12/01/24 at George Mason (13-17) W 76-51 5-0
12/05/24 Morris Brown (12-16) W 106-47 6-0
12/09/24 Buffalo (14-16) L 69-48 6-1
12/13/24 Tennessee State (19-12) W 80-57 7-1
12/17/24 Vermont (28-6) W 93-56 8-1
12/21/24 at Alcorn State (13-17) W 72-53 9-1
01/08/25 at Maryland (19-17) W 89-76 10-1 (1-0)
01/10/25 Fordham (13-17) W 100-74 11-1
01/15/25 Virginia (17-16) W 89-79 12-1 (2-0)
01/18/25 Maryland (19-17) W 83-65 13-1 (3-0)
01/22/25 North Carolina (6-23) W 87-58 14-1 (4-0)
01/25/25 Clemson (20-14) W 87-61 15-1 (5-0)
01/29/25 at North Carolina (6-23) W 86-63 16-1 (6-0)
02/01/25 at Wake Forest (35-2) L 106-92 16-2 (6-1)
02/05/25 at Clemson (20-14) W 92-65 17-2 (7-1)
02/08/25 Duke (25-9) L 79-71 17-3 (7-2)
02/12/25 at Duke (25-9) L 90-70 17-4 (7-3)
02/15/25 at Florida State (11-19) W 76-59 18-4 (8-3)
02/17/25 at North Carolina State (19-14) W 82-73 19-4 (9-3)
02/19/25 North Carolina State (19-14) W 71-47 20-4 (10-3)
02/22/25 Wake Forest (35-2) L 83-68 20-5 (10-4)
02/26/25 at Virginia (17-16) W 65-62 21-5 (11-4)
03/05/25 Florida State (11-19) W 87-38 22-5 (12-4)
03/07/25 at Chicago State (15-15) W 81-67 23-5
03/14/25 vs. Maryland (19-17) W 96-70 24-5
03/15/25 vs. Duke (25-9) W 80-79 25-5
03/16/25 vs. Wake Forest (35-2) L 84-63 25-6
03/20/25 vs. Radford (24-9) W 81-54 26-6
03/22/25 vs. Southern California (24-10) W 85-82 27-6
03/28/25 vs. Temple (30-7) L 87-62 27-7




Georgia Tech Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Charles Keller C 34 34 28.1 9.4 2.3 7.9 1.4 0.9 0.3 2.5 3.0
Thomas Tong PF 28 28 28.9 9.4 1.5 7.4 1.6 1.1 0.2 1.8 2.5
Lance Tyler SF 34 34 29.1 9.8 1.2 4.8 2.2 2.7 0.2 2.2 2.7
Douglas Armijo PG 28 28 26.2 11.3 0.5 2.3 1.5 2.9 0.1 1.9 3.1
John Hunsaker PG 34 34 29.3 16.5 0.9 2.7 3.7 4.4 0.1 1.4 2.8
Lorenzo Colella SF 34 0 11.1 6.9 1.5 3.4 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.6 1.1
Bill Ludwig PG 34 6 19.4 8.1 0.8 1.9 1.6 3.6 0.3 1.8 1.6
Jason Starkey PG 32 0 9.6 4.8 0.5 1.4 1.7 0.9 0.1 1.3 1.1
Mack Martinez SF 34 6 16.7 6.9 0.6 2.1 1.0 0.8 0.1 1.4 1.6
Beau Angell SF 34 0 11.1 1.8 0.4 2.0 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7
Justin Williams C 2 0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tracy Santiago SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Robert Sharp PG 2 0 13.5 8.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 1.0
Howard Falkner C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jaime Ginder PG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Hunsaker is again the man. 4.4 steals per game is just absurd. Ludwig was a monster off the bench with 3.6 spg, while Armijo and Tyler are good also. Tong and Colella graduate and will need to be replaced.

Hunsaker's season is the 9th most steals in a season ever. Going into his senior season, Hunsaker is 11th all time in steals, 100 steals would put him in 2nd(he has 382 in 3 seasons, 100 should be automatic). He'll need 149 to become the all time steals leader. That's exactly how many he got this year.

Early Departures

Hunsaker decides to withdraw from the draft again. I consider myself very, very lucky. He's been a 1st team all american twice.

Totals: 27-7 (12-4) - ACC Finals, NCAA Sweet 16 - RPI 11

[Radii]

2025 Offseason

Another good postseason run, another nice prestige jump. Our prestige went from 69->74.

Our AD is delighted, and we are now expected to compete for the ACC Championship.



Incoming Recruits

Georgia Tech has the #21 recruiting class in the nation this year. This is the best class i've ever pulled in, as far as rankings go. Wake Forest pulls in the #2 class, Duke the #22 class, Maryland #27. Eveyrone else is far behind.



PLAYER DETAILS

#5 PF John Goble - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 203
High School: Huguenot High School
Hometown: Richmond, VA

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: 49 31 41 0 21 30 25 28 52 28 19 46 94 25 64 41 39
Potential: A C C F D C D C B C D C
Academics: 46

2024 High School: Rated **** and #28 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2024 High School: All-State (Virginia)
2024 High School: Mr. Basketball (Virginia)


Goble is a solid recruit for us, a big time inside scorer and good defender. I'm happy with his academics, given how poorly I feared he might be.


PLAYER DETAILS

#52 SF Dannie Wiegand - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 203
High School: Clay High School
Hometown: South Bend, IN

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: 9 58 37 29 42 7 29 36 47 35 58 28 38 40 45 53 57
Potential: F A C C B F D C C C A C

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 56

2024 High School: Rated *** and #191 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2024 High School: All-State (Indiana)


Another very solid find, a jump shooter who can handle the ball and will get a lot of steals. Average defense and average rebounding out of my SF is great as well.



PLAYER DETAILS

#2 SG Eldridge Baker - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 211
High School: Wolcott High School
Hometown: Wolcott, NY

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: 25 26 57 50 51 32 27 30 19 35 44 19 7 85 48 57 54
Potential: C C B C B C D C D C B D

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

2024 High School: Rated *** and #148 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Another elusive handles guy. B handles/B steals, good quickness, average defense, and a free throw shooter, this is a guy i could see playing the point perhaps.

Coaches

My scout and recruiter leave, the scout to become a head coach, the assistant ditches us for Stanford. We pull in a scout with a 78 skill for 120K, and an assistant for 100K, 37 offense/70 defense.

Scheduling

No preseason offers this year either, but, we get another home game. 12 total games, 8 of them at home. I make another slight increase to my scheduling, looking now for teams with prestige in the 25-35 range.


Training/Budget

It's a damn miracle. We get a training facility upgrade approved. Our training facilities rank last in the ACC at 59. Its about time. We get some help with the budget too, giving us more recruiting money.

Roster Overview


Georgia Tech Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Charles Keller C 6'11" 258 71 21 29 22 10 52 24 76 49 69
Howard Falkner C 6'11" 248 51 29 0 35 30 39 11 66 44 67
Lance Tyler SF 6' 8" 232 25 35 67 44 36 34 54 72 74 82
Douglas Armijo PG 6' 5" 186 42 58 55 75 38 17 93 43 58 80
John Hunsaker PG 6' 3" 189 40 70 52 96 36 21 84 40 67 100

Bill Ludwig PG 6' 3" 202 48 45 42 46 30 39 98 40 44 76
Mack Martinez SF 6' 9" 240 87 30 9 35 52 31 52 67 48 70
Jason Starkey PG 6' 0" 194 44 39 75 45 82 36 84 37 45 89
Justin Williams C 7' 0" 286 53 38 20 43 22 29 16 85 25 72





Georgia Tech Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Charles Keller C 6'11" 258 47 19 46 42 76 71 24 76 49 69
Howard Falkner C 6'11" 248 74 29 16 27 78 100 11 66 44 67
Lance Tyler SF 6' 8" 232 26 68 91 30 56 26 54 72 74 82
Douglas Armijo PG 6' 5" 186 21 39 89 24 18 91 93 43 58 80
John Hunsaker PG 6' 3" 189 33 28 96 28 28 65 84 40 67 100

Bill Ludwig PG 6' 3" 202 24 56 89 41 12 100 98 40 44 76
Mack Martinez SF 6' 9" 240 28 61 94 30 16 100 52 67 48 70
Jason Starkey PG 6' 0" 194 13 37 56 24 38 70 84 37 45 89
Justin Williams C 7' 0" 286 39 57 27 27 25 74 16 85 25 72


Keller is starting to become an offensive threat inside after training this year, he's one of the better big men i've brougnt in. Tyler, Armijo, Hunsaker, Ludwig, and Martinez give me one of the best high pressure lineups I'll be able to field. Ludwig and Martinez will crush other team's backup players.

Early Departures

PG Douglas Armijo declares for the NBA. If Hunsaker didn't leave early i can't fathom that Armijo would go.

[Radii]

2025/26 Season


Recruiting

Three scholarships this year. We're losing Hunsaker and two backups out of my first recruiting class at Georgia Tech. As always 1 big and 2 steals guys would be ideal.

Thanks to the budget increase that our AD approved this year we have $29,769/mo to spend on recruiting.

There's a noticible change this year to the guys interested in us. 5* recruits start out with "average" interest instead of low, and a large number of 4* guys have average interest in us.

I go after one 5* guy but have to drop off when Cincinnati hops in. I land two targets in November, and one in December. No top 100 guys but 3 solid system guys that should keep me going I think.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#15 C William Vargo
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Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 250
High School: R.B. Glenn High School
Hometown: Kernersville, NC
GPA: 3.55
Test Score: 1340
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 8 42 0 41 8 48 65 34 29 26 50 100 19 63 46 10
Potential: B F C F B D A A C D C C


Scoring and rebounding I hope! He's not a terribly highly ranked guy but I like what I see here.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#0 PG Carl Fritts
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Height: 5'11"
Weight: 157
High School: Blacksburg High School
Hometown: Blacksburg, SC
GPA: 2.68
Test Score: 1050
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: 64 18 32 48 39 37 8 24 24 42 55 22 46 79 39 70 66
Potential: A F C C B B D C C C A B


I'm a bit wary of the INS rating because he isn't much of a scorer, maybe the jump shooting explains that? I'll take a ball handler/steals guy with decent PRD though if those ratings hold up!

RECRUIT DETAILS

#2 SG Quincy Schwab
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Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 196
High School: Colton High School
Hometown: Colton, CA
GPA: 2.63
Test Score: 1110
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: 11 65 37 82 45 0 32 41 8 14 56 5 8 82 60 71 31
Potential: D B C A C F C C D C A D


Schwab has excellent stats, 22 points, 7 boards, 3.4 steals, shooting 45%, so I'm hoping tihs guy comes in with that C handles and great scoring and steals. The defense, C/14 has me expecting him to come in as a very poor defender, possibly poor enough that he'll lose some playing time as a result, given the quality of some of my other recruits.

Results

We expect to be frighteningly good this year, a legitimate threat to win the national title. We work our way through November and December with a number of 25 point wins, and nothing really close. We start conference play 12-0, #9 in the nation. Armijo and Hunsaker average 5+ steals per game each, and the chase for the all time steals record is on in full force for John Hunsaker, 12 games into the season he needs 89 steals to tie for the all time steals lead.

We make a serious statement on January 24th, beating #2 Wake Forest by 18. 4 days later, We travel to Duke and they beat us by 30, giving us our first loss of the season. Duke sweeps us, again beating us by 30 at our place. At the end of February we struggle a little, losing 3 straight road games, at NC State, at Wake Forest, and at Virginia. We finish off with an easy win over UNC and go into the ACC Tournament as the 3 seed.



2025 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#2 Duke 14 2 .875 22 9 .710
#9 Wake Forest 11 5 .688 25 7 .781
Georgia Tech 11 5 .688 23 5 .821
Virginia 9 7 .563 17 11 .607
Clemson 8 8 .500 17 12 .586
Maryland 7 9 .438 18 13 .581
North Carolina State 6 10 .375 14 16 .467
North Carolina 3 13 .188 12 17 .414
Florida State 3 13 .188 10 19 .345


Going into the ACC Tournament, Hunsaker needs 13 steals to tie for the all time Steals lead, 14 to become the leader.

Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (6) Maryland 79, (3) Georgia Tech 71 - Wow. I'm stunned to lose this game. 2 steals for Hunsaker, so he'd need a huge NCAA Tournament now to break that record.

Duke wins the ACC title. We're a 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament, out West. Duke is a 1 seed, Wake a 3 in the tourney this year.


NCAA First Round

(4) #23 Georgia Tech (23-6) vs (13) South Carolina (19-12)

Holy shit what's wrong with this team. We get 10 steals in the first half, USC only gets 4, but we turn it over a lot and only have a +1 turnover edge. We're shooting poorly and getting outrebounded 22-15... South Carolina has a 37-27 halftime lead and we're in danger of first round ACC and NCAA Tournament exits.

We come out on fire in the 2nd half and take a 43-42 lead around the 13 minute mark, but, we don't get another steal or force another turnover after around the 10 minute mark of the 2nd half. We just play like shit in general, and go down hard vs South Carolina.


South Carolina 74, Georgia Tech 64

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South Carolina (20-12):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Ronald Legrand C 31 4-8 3-4 5 24 1 1 11
Andrew Keeler PF 28 6-15 9-10 1 3 0 2 21
Ernest Root SF 29 2-11 2-4 1 4 2 3 7
Sammy Haynie SG 30 1-4 3-4 1 1 3 2 5
Dwayne Tiller PG 25 2-5 5-6 1 2 2 4 9
Paul Wilhite C 14 0-2 1-2 0 3 0 1 1
Daniel Ware PF 7 0-2 2-4 0 2 1 1 2
David Lin SF 21 2-2 2-4 0 2 0 3 7
Roger Hughes PG 15 4-4 2-2 0 1 1 1 11

Turnovers: 17 (R.Legrand 2, A.Keeler 3, E.Root 1,
S.Haynie 1, D.Tiller 4, D.Lin 1, R.Hughes 5)
Blocked Shots: 7 (R.Legrand 5, S.Haynie 2)
Steals: 8 (R.Legrand 3, E.Root 1, D.Tiller 3, R.Hughes
1)
3P FGs: 3-11 (E.Root 1-5, S.Haynie 0-2, D.Tiller 0-2,
D.Lin 1-1, R.Hughes 1-1)

Georgia Tech (23-7):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Keller C 34 4-11 4-7 5 19 3 1 12
Howard Falkner C 7 2-4 1-2 1 2 0 5 5
Lance Tyler SF 25 1-3 2-2 1 5 3 5 4
Douglas Armijo SG 31 6-13 2-2 1 3 1 3 15
John Hunsaker PG 35 4-14 2-2 0 2 3 4 12
Bill Ludwig PG 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Mack Martinez SF 19 3-10 0-1 0 0 0 1 6
Jaime Ginder SG 17 1-2 6-6 1 6 1 4 8
Justin Williams PF 9 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 4 0
Beau Angell PF 18 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 5 2

Turnovers: 18 (C.Keller 4, H.Falkner 2, L.Tyler 2,
D.Armijo 3, J.Hunsaker 3, B.Ludwig 1, J.Ginder 2,
J.Williams 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Keller 1, B.Angell 1)
Steals: 14 (C.Keller 1, L.Tyler 2, D.Armijo 4,
J.Hunsaker 2, M.Martinez 1, J.Ginder 2, B.Angell 2)
3P FGs: 3-12 (C.Keller 0-1, L.Tyler 0-2, D.Armijo 1-3,
J.Hunsaker 2-5, J.Ginder 0-1)

Player of Game: C Ronald Legrand (SC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats SC GATC
Halftime Score 37 27
FGM-FGA 21-53 22-61
FG% .396 .361
FTM-FTA 29-40 17-22
FT% .725 .773
3PM-3PA 3-11 3-12
3P% .273 .250
Rebounds 42 38
Assists 10 13
Steals 8 14
Blocks 7 2
Turnovers 17 18
Team Fouls 18 32



Their center got 24 rebounds against us. After the success of the last couple seasons this is a crushing defeat.


Cincinnati beats Duke to win the national title, with St Johns and Oregon also in the final four this year.



Awards

PG John Hunsaker: 1st Team All-American, ACC Player of the Year

SF Lance Tyler: 1st Team All-ACC

PG Douglas Armijo: 3rd team All-American, 2nd team All-ACC


Georgia Tech 2025 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 74 Record Vs 1-50: 6-6
Season Record: 23-7 Record Vs 51-100: 2-1
Conference Record: 11-5 Record Vs 101-200: 7-0
Home Record: 15-1 Record Vs 200+: 8-0
Current Poll Rank: 23 Current RPI Rank: 18

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 79.3 National Rank: 11 Conference Rank: 3
Points Allowed: 65.2 National Rank: 74 Conference Rank: 3
Rebounds: 33.2 National Rank: 283 Conference Rank: 9
Assists: 14.1 National Rank: 160 Conference Rank: 8
Steals: 18.8 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 2.4 National Rank: 216 Conference Rank: 7
Turnovers: 16.3 National Rank: 67 Conference Rank: 2
Fouls: 19.6 National Rank: 198 Conference Rank: 9
FG%: .456 National Rank: 25 Conference Rank: 2
FT%: .712 National Rank: 60 Conference Rank: 4
3P%: .328 National Rank: 193 Conference Rank: 7


18.8 steals surpasses last year, we shoot better in every facet, don't turn it over too much, all around we look great, but suffered some bad defeats towards the end of the year to derail a great season.


Georgia Tech 2025 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/16/25 George Mason (13-16) W 78-50 1-0
11/20/25 Alabama A&M (23-9) W 87-52 2-0
11/24/25 Albany (10-18) W 108-87 3-0
11/28/25 Alcorn State (10-19) W 93-48 4-0
12/03/25 at Youngstown State (11-18) W 87-54 5-0
12/07/25 at Hartford (10-19) W 92-61 6-0
12/11/25 Tennessee-Martin (10-19) W 77-39 7-0
12/15/25 at Idaho (9-20) W 75-57 8-0
12/18/25 at Massachusetts (8-21) W 62-44 9-0
12/21/25 Montana State (17-13) W 87-63 10-0
12/24/25 Boston University (16-16) W 80-56 11-0
12/27/25 Cornell (14-14) W 96-65 12-0
01/14/26 Florida State (10-19) W 84-60 13-0 (1-0)
01/21/26 at Clemson (17-14) W 67-44 14-0 (2-0)
01/24/26 Wake Forest (26-9) W 84-66 15-0 (3-0)
01/26/26 at Florida State (10-19) W 83-52 16-0 (4-0)
01/28/26 at Duke (30-10) L 91-61 16-1 (4-1)
01/31/26 North Carolina State (16-17) W 78-74 17-1 (5-1)
02/04/26 at Maryland (23-15) W 95-93 18-1 (6-1)
02/07/26 Duke (30-10) L 88-58 18-2 (6-2)
02/11/26 at North Carolina (12-18) W 81-73 19-2 (7-2)
02/14/26 Clemson (17-14) W 74-73 20-2 (8-2)
02/16/26 Maryland (23-15) W 81-64 21-2 (9-2)
02/18/26 Virginia (18-13) W 90-60 22-2 (10-2)
02/21/26 at North Carolina State (16-17) L 81-71 22-3 (10-3)
02/25/26 at Wake Forest (26-9) L 63-62 22-4 (10-4)
02/28/26 at Virginia (18-13) L 85-70 22-5 (10-5)
03/11/26 North Carolina (12-18) W 82-61 23-5 (11-5)
03/13/26 vs. Maryland (23-15) L 79-71 23-6
03/20/26 vs. South Carolina (22-13) L 74-64 23-7




Georgia Tech Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Charles Keller C 30 30 30.3 11.2 2.1 9.1 1.7 0.8 0.6 3.8 3.1
Howard Falkner C 30 30 22.4 4.4 1.1 5.2 1.0 0.5 0.4 1.6 1.8
Lance Tyler SF 30 30 29.6 9.3 1.5 6.0 1.8 3.2 0.2 2.7 2.8
Douglas Armijo PG 30 30 32.0 16.5 0.7 2.5 2.1 5.0 0.3 1.8 2.7
John Hunsaker PG 30 30 32.6 19.6 0.6 2.8 4.1 4.7 0.1 1.8 2.4
Bill Ludwig PG 30 0 8.3 4.1 0.4 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.9 0.8
Mack Martinez SF 30 0 11.7 5.2 0.5 1.1 0.7 1.3 0.0 1.1 1.1
Jaime Ginder PG 18 0 8.9 2.8 0.2 1.1 0.6 1.4 0.0 0.7 1.3
Justin Williams C 24 0 18.7 4.3 1.0 3.4 1.0 0.2 0.2 1.3 3.0
Beau Angell SF 30 0 10.5 2.3 0.5 1.9 0.4 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.4
Tracy Santiago SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jason Starkey PG 8 0 8.1 5.8 0.1 1.0 0.6 1.5 0.0 0.3 0.9
John Goble PF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dannie Wiegand SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Eldridge Baker SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Keller almost gives us a double double, Armijo and Hunsaker are simply amazing defensive players, 5.0 and 4.7 steals per game.


Early Departures

Armijo will return to school for one more year.


Player Review

I graduate my first 3 recruits to Georgia Tech:


PLAYER DETAILS

#31 PG Jason Starkey - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 194
High School: Deer Valley High School
Hometown: Antioch, CA

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: 44 39 40 75 45 82 36 38 13 37 56 24 70 84 37 45 89
2024: 43 37 38 75 45 77 35 36 12 34 50 23 63 83 35 44 84
2023: 42 35 36 73 45 72 34 34 11 31 45 22 53 82 34 44 79
2022: 41 33 34 71 45 65 33 31 10 28 39 21 44 82 33 43 74
2021: 40 31 32 66 45 59 32 29 9 25 34 20 35 81 32 43 69
2020: 39 29 30 60 44 50 31 26 8 23 30 19 31 80 30 41 63
Potential: C C C B C A C C F C C D

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2022 34 5 20.6 6.9 1.1 2.5 2.6 2.3 1.13 1.1 0.1 2.3
2023 19 1 8.8 2.5 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.7 1.14 0.6 0.0 0.8
2024 32 0 9.6 4.8 0.5 1.4 1.7 1.3 1.33 0.9 0.1 1.1
2025 8 0 8.1 5.8 0.1 1.0 0.6 0.3 2.50 1.5 0.0 0.9
Career 93 6 13.3 5.2 0.7 1.6 1.7 1.4 2.50 1.0 0.1 1.5

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2022 2.4 5.7 .418 1.0 1.6 .589 1.2 3.0 .392 1.21 6.29
2023 0.9 2.2 .415 0.4 0.7 .615 0.3 1.1 .286 1.17 0.68
2024 1.7 3.4 .505 0.5 0.9 .586 0.8 2.0 .397 1.39 2.72
2025 1.6 2.8 .591 1.6 2.5 .650 0.9 1.5 .583 2.09 6.13
Career 1.8 3.9 .454 0.8 1.3 .602 0.8 2.1 .394 1.31 3.90

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 3
2020 High School: Rated *** and #197 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Starkey came in worse than scouted and was a career backup.



PLAYER DETAILS

#3 SF Beau Angell - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 243
High School: Hot Springs High School
Hometown: Hot Springs, SD

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: 41 66 37 51 43 9 14 48 83 60 59 70 76 45 59 66 88
2024: 39 63 37 50 42 9 14 45 73 56 58 62 67 45 56 65 79
2023: 37 59 37 49 40 8 13 42 64 52 57 55 60 45 53 64 72
2022: 35 56 37 47 38 7 12 39 57 48 53 50 53 45 50 63 65
2021: 33 53 36 45 36 6 11 36 50 44 49 45 46 45 47 62 58
2020: 31 48 34 42 34 5 10 32 43 40 45 40 41 45 44 60 49
Potential: D B D C C F F C A C C B

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2022 3 0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.00 0.0 0.3 0.7
2023 32 3 11.8 3.3 0.4 1.6 0.6 1.2 0.54 1.3 0.3 0.9
2024 34 0 11.1 1.8 0.4 2.0 0.4 0.7 0.65 0.5 0.5 0.7
2025 30 0 10.5 2.3 0.5 1.9 0.4 1.0 0.43 0.3 0.6 1.4
Career 99 3 10.9 2.4 0.4 1.8 0.5 0.9 0.43 0.7 0.5 1.0

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2022 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.00 -2.00
2023 1.3 2.8 .449 0.5 0.9 .552 0.3 1.0 .313 1.19 2.44
2024 0.7 2.3 .321 0.2 0.4 .615 0.1 0.5 .167 0.78 4.03
2025 0.9 2.2 .409 0.4 0.8 .480 0.1 0.7 .182 1.06 3.30
Career 0.9 2.4 .393 0.4 0.7 .537 0.2 0.7 .236 1.01 3.11


Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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2020 High School: Rated *** and #177 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2020 High School: All-State (South Dakota)
2020 High School: Mr. Basketball (South Dakota)


Another guy who was worse than sscouted, and a career backup.



PLAYER DETAILS

#25 PG John Hunsaker - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 189
High School: Beaumont Senior High School
Hometown: Beaumont, CA

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 70 59 52 96 36 21 28 33 28 96 28 65 84 40 67 100
2024: 38 69 58 51 96 33 19 26 31 28 91 26 64 83 37 64 100
2023: 36 68 57 47 93 30 17 24 30 28 85 25 61 80 34 62 100
2022: 34 67 56 43 80 27 15 22 28 25 75 23 55 79 32 61 100
2021: 33 63 55 40 70 24 14 21 27 22 65 22 47 79 30 61 97
2020: 32 57 51 36 61 22 13 19 26 20 57 21 42 78 28 60 81
Potential: C B C C A D D D C D A D

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2022 34 34 33.7 14.7 0.9 3.3 2.9 1.5 1.90 3.1 0.2 2.4
2023 33 33 31.8 19.2 0.7 2.2 3.6 1.9 1.84 3.9 0.2 3.0
2024 34 34 29.3 16.5 0.9 2.7 3.7 1.4 2.65 4.4 0.1 2.8
2025 30 30 32.6 19.6 0.6 2.8 4.1 1.8 2.24 4.7 0.1 2.4
Career 131 131 31.8 17.4 0.8 2.8 3.6 1.7 2.24 4.0 0.1 2.6

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2022 5.1 11.6 .438 3.0 4.1 .734 1.6 4.8 .329 1.27 8.26
2023 6.4 14.2 .453 4.2 5.8 .720 2.2 6.2 .348 1.35 10.45
2024 5.9 14.1 .418 2.9 4.0 .723 1.7 6.0 .288 1.16 12.94
2025 6.9 17.4 .395 3.9 5.3 .730 2.0 7.0 .280 1.13 11.20
Career 6.0 14.2 .425 3.5 4.8 .726 1.9 6.0 .310 1.22 10.70

Stat Totals:
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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
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2022 34 34 1147 500 30 112 99 52 104 7 82
2023 33 33 1049 634 24 72 118 64 129 5 98
2024 34 34 996 560 31 92 127 48 149 3 94
2025 30 30 977 587 17 85 123 55 140 3 72
Career 131 131 4169 2281 102 361 467 219 522 18 346

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 50
2020 High School: Rated *** and #229 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2022 National Freshman of the Year
2022 Freshman All-American
2022 2nd Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2022 Freshman All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2022 Conference Freshman of the Year (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2023 1st Team All-American
2023 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2023 Conference Player of the Year (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2024 1st Team All-American
2024 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2024 Conference Player of the Year (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2025 1st Team All-American
2025 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2025 Conference Player of the Year (Atlantic Coast Conference)


Player of the game: 50. National Freshman of the year, 3 time 1st team All-American, 3 time ACC Player of the year. It might be a long, long time before we see another guy win these kinds of awards.

These are school career recodrs:


Georgia Tech Player Career Points Records

# Pos Player Season Record
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1 PG John Hunsaker 2025 2281
2 PG Judson Nation 2012 1659



No active players are in the top 10.


Georgia Tech Player Career Assists Records

# Pos Player Season Record
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1 PG John Hunsaker 2025 467
2 PG Freddie Marshall 2016 431


No active players are in the top 10.



Georgia Tech Player Career Steals Records

# Pos Player Season Record
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1 PG John Hunsaker 2025 522
2 PG Douglas Armijo 2025 296
3 SF Lance Tyler 2025 263


Armijo and Tyler are Juniors. They won't be getting 500 career steals. No other current players are in the top 10.


All-Time Records


Player Career Steal Records

# Player Team Date Record
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1 William Llanes Brigham Young 2015 531
2 John Hunsaker Georgia Tech 2025 522
3 David Graham Illinois 2017 479
4 Antwan Hogan Chicago State 2010 475
5 Merle Lewis Chicago State 2010 462



so yeah, anyway, I like looking through the record books when a 4 year starter graduates. Hunsaker will be missed, a lot.

Totals: 23-7 (11-5) - ACC Quarterfinals, NCAA First Round - RPI 18

[Radii]

2026 Offseason

Despite a lack of postseason success, we still get a nice prestige jump from 74->78. Our AD still expects us to compete for the conference championship and is still delighted with us.

Also we get a message that the school has decided to upgrade the training facilities for us. Two years in a row, that'll be very nice. The improvement we got last year takes our trianing facilities up to 66, rated 6th in the ACC.

Coaching Skill Increase

I get another bump and am now a level 7 coach. I put 5 points in recruiting, 10 in scouting, and 5 in offense. My talents are now 55 offense/30 recruiting/55 offense/100 defense.


Incoming Recruits

Georgia Tech has the #71 recruiting class in the nation this year. This is 6th in the ACC. Wake has the #2 class, FSU 12, Duke #14.



PLAYER DETAILS

#15 SG Quincy Schwab - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 196
High School: Colton High School
Hometown: Colton, CA

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: 11 53 45 82 45 6 44 35 8 14 66 5 8 82 60 71 38
Potential: F A C A C F C C F D A F

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 56

2025 High School: Rated *** and #185 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2025 High School: All-State (California)


This is about what we expected based on scouting, I was hoping the PRD would stay a C, but, you can't have everything.


PLAYER DETAILS

#0 PG Carl Fritts - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 5'11"
Weight: 157
High School: Blacksburg High School
Hometown: Blacksburg, SC

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: 64 18 32 48 42 37 8 34 24 28 55 22 35 79 40 70 76
Potential: A D D C C C F C C C B C

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 58

2025 High School: Rated *** and #181 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2025 High School: All-State (South Carolina)


Fritts also comes in about the same as recruited. A likely backup for most of his career with some better defenders that i've pulled in lately.


PLAYER DETAILS

#40 C William Vargo - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 250
High School: R.B. Glenn High School
Hometown: Kernersville, NC

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 17 49 0 41 17 48 65 23 12 32 50 97 11 63 46 10
Potential: C D C F C D A A C F C B

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 92

2025 High School: Rated *** and #236 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2025 High School: All-State (North Carolina)


I'm a bit disappoitned that Vargo comes in with a C in INS, but he's still a great rebounder and good shot blocker.


Overall this is a decent class but these guys will probably come off the bench more than they start.


Coaches

We lose our recruiter and scout this year. We pull in an 84 recruiter for $130,000 and a 70 skill scout for $120,000.

Scheduling

We get our first preseason tourney invite, we'll be the 5 seed in the Great Alaska Classic. I consider dropping my scheduling a bit, fearing a dropoff after losing Hunsaker, but decide to keep it the same instead, prestige 25-35 teams.


Training/Budget

We already got an unsolicited training upgrade, and our request for a bigger budget is approved.

Roster Overview


Georgia Tech Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Charles Keller C 6'11" 266 72 22 29 24 11 56 26 76 50 81
Howard Falkner C 6'11" 253 56 31 0 38 32 44 11 66 45 74
Lance Tyler SF 6' 8" 234 28 37 68 49 39 37 55 74 74 89
Bill Ludwig PG 6' 3" 204 51 50 43 46 33 42 98 42 45 85
Douglas Armijo PG 6' 5" 187 44 65 56 76 40 18 95 47 58 93

Mack Martinez SF 6' 9" 240 88 32 9 37 55 32 53 69 49 79
Jaime Ginder PG 5'11" 165 6 44 31 48 56 23 92 23 75 80
John Goble PF 6' 8" 204 69 37 0 23 35 31 26 71 42 67
Eldridge Baker SG 6' 4" 221 29 33 57 61 39 31 87 52 58 69
Dannie Wiegand SF 6' 5" 222 11 72 33 52 9 33 42 50 54 72





Georgia Tech Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Charles Keller C 6'11" 266 53 20 48 45 83 82 26 76 50 81
Howard Falkner C 6'11" 253 86 31 17 30 88 100 11 66 45 74
Lance Tyler SF 6' 8" 234 28 74 91 32 61 30 55 74 74 89
Bill Ludwig PG 6' 3" 204 25 57 90 43 13 100 98 42 45 85
Douglas Armijo PG 6' 5" 187 22 42 89 25 19 100 95 47 58 93

Mack Martinez SF 6' 9" 240 30 68 96 32 17 100 53 69 49 79
Jaime Ginder PG 5'11" 165 5 74 95 27 26 64 92 23 75 80
John Goble PF 6' 8" 204 69 32 21 55 38 100 26 71 42 67
Eldridge Baker SG 6' 4" 221 21 45 58 21 40 24 87 52 58 69
Dannie Wiegand SF 6' 5" 222 51 44 75 32 45 50 42 50 54 72



How nice is it to be able to choose between Lance Tyler and Mack Martinez to start at SF? I ended up leaning towards tyler b/c he is stronger, quicker, and a better defensive rebounder.


Armijo and Tyler are my only two seniors this year.

[Radii]

2025/26 Season


Recruiting

We only have two scholarships this year to hand out. We've got a ton of money to find the right two guys, $32,483/mo after the budget increase we got.

We have the lead on a 4* PF up until November, but St John's comes in and wins him over us, and we are unable to land anyone early. Ugh, I lose two other top 100 targets in December, one of which I had a big lead on the entire preseason. In January we quickly fill out or recruiting class, one of our recruits is fairly shaky but one is quite a steal, we swoop in on St Joseph's on a top 100 recruit and land him the second we offer him a scholarship.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#12 SG Frank Williams
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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 184
High School: Morrisville Ms High School
Hometown: Morrisville, NY
GPA: 2.77
Test Score: 1050
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: 43 15 35 62 39 4 11 34 23 49 39 22 51 81 34 71 59
Potential: B D D A C F F B D C B C


Wiliams is an average handler, average defender, average-above average steals guy who can hopefully score a little for us.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#40 PG Jeffrey Ruffin
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Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 189
High School: Westlake High School
Hometown: Waldorf, MD
GPA: 2.79
Test Score: 920
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: 25 29 38 39 34 36 6 36 44 19 47 26 84 85 25 45 32
Potential: C C D B B B F D B C B A


Ruffin ends up being quite a steal for us. He's ranked #81 in the nation and is a top 20 PG. The handling and steals I suspect are accuate, and I assume the defense is going to be pretty poor(that 19/C that I expect to end up being 25/D when he comes in).


Results

We get off to a great start. Our first game is a 67 point victory over Georgia Southern(114-47), and we win the Great Alaska Shootout beating Stanford, NC State, and South Carolina, 3 major conference teams. We're 14-0 going into January and hope to be able to compete with Duke and Wake this year. We're 19-0 after January but haven't played any of the big boys yet... and Wake Forest puts a 21 point beating on us in early February, we return the favor with a 25 point beating the next week. Duke is way, way down this year and we beat them twice, badly. We lose at Maryland, and those two losses(Maryland/Wake) are our only two regular season defeats.


2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#14 Georgia Tech 14 2 .875 28 2 .933
#11 Maryland 12 4 .750 23 8 .742
#21 Wake Forest 12 4 .750 17 13 .567
Virginia 9 7 .563 16 12 .571
Clemson 7 9 .438 15 13 .536
North Carolina 6 10 .375 14 14 .500
Florida State 5 11 .313 13 17 .433
Duke 4 12 .250 14 18 .438
North Carolina State 3 13 .188 14 18 .438


A down year for Wake and Duke, or a changing of the guard in the ACC with Maryland and Georgia Tech becoming the teams to beat? this is the first time in 24 seasons that someone other than Wake or Duke has won the ACC Regular Season title.


Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (8) Duke 78, (1) Georgia Tech 69 - Fuck Duke. We shoot 31% from the field while duke shoots 53%, that's pretty much it. We get 18 steals, 8 more than Duke and have a +11 turnover margin, usually enough for a win, but not when we shoot 31%.

ACC 5 seed Clemson beats Maryland in the ACC Finals.

We earn the 4 seed in the West in the NCAA Tournament. Maryland is a 3 seed, and Wake Forest a 9 seed, both in the East.

NCAA First Round

(4) #15 Georgia Tech (28-3) vs (13) Louisiana-Monroe (23-7)

We just can't go down in the first round again, can we? Naaaah, we're fine, we easily overwhelm LA-Monroe.



Georgia Tech 80, Louisiana-Monroe 57

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Louisiana-Monroe (23-8):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Riley Fellows C 26 0-3 1-4 0 6 1 5 1
David Vaughan PF 14 2-5 4-4 0 1 1 4 9
Jerry Tso SF 27 4-6 0-0 2 5 1 3 10
James Boyd SG 27 3-9 1-2 0 3 3 2 9
Stuart Short PG 33 1-11 0-0 0 5 2 1 2
Broderick Maier PF 26 0-6 0-0 0 4 1 5 0
Troy Tamayo PG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamaal Spraggins SG 19 4-6 3-3 1 3 0 3 13
Gregg Reis SF 16 1-2 4-8 0 3 2 1 6
Edison Annis C 10 3-3 1-1 1 2 0 2 7

Turnovers: 25 (R.Fellows 1, D.Vaughan 3, J.Tso 3,
J.Boyd 2, S.Short 5, B.Maier 2, T.Tamayo 1,
J.Spraggins 3, G.Reis 4, E.Annis 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (R.Fellows 1, B.Maier 1)
Steals: 10 (R.Fellows 2, J.Tso 3, J.Boyd 2, S.Short 1,
G.Reis 2)
3P FGs: 7-13 (D.Vaughan 1-1, J.Tso 2-2, J.Boyd 2-3,
S.Short 0-4, J.Spraggins 2-3)

Georgia Tech (29-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Keller C 32 4-11 6-6 4 11 3 3 14
Howard Falkner PF 30 2-3 0-0 1 6 1 4 4
Lance Tyler SF 32 5-8 6-7 1 10 1 4 18
Bill Ludwig SG 25 4-11 2-3 0 4 4 4 10
Douglas Armijo PG 17 2-10 0-0 1 1 3 2 6
Mack Martinez SF 8 1-3 2-4 0 2 0 0 4
Jaime Ginder PG 21 1-3 2-2 0 1 2 2 5
John Goble PF 19 3-5 4-8 2 4 2 3 10
Eldridge Baker SG 13 3-5 0-0 1 4 2 0 7
Dannie Wiegand PG 4 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2

Turnovers: 17 (C.Keller 8, L.Tyler 1, D.Armijo 1,
M.Martinez 1, J.Ginder 3, J.Goble 1, E.Baker 1,
D.Wiegand 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (C.Keller 2, H.Falkner 1, L.Tyler 1,
B.Ludwig 1, D.Armijo 1, J.Goble 1)
Steals: 16 (C.Keller 1, L.Tyler 2, B.Ludwig 2, D.Armijo
4, M.Martinez 2, J.Ginder 1, J.Goble 1, E.Baker 3)
3P FGs: 6-17 (L.Tyler 2-4, B.Ludwig 0-3, D.Armijo 2-6,
J.Ginder 1-2, E.Baker 1-2)

Player of Game: SF Lance Tyler (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats LAMNR GATC
Halftime Score 23 47
FGM-FGA 18-51 25-59
FG% .353 .424
FTM-FTA 14-22 24-32
FT% .636 .750
3PM-3PA 7-13 6-17
3P% .538 .353
Rebounds 32 43
Assists 11 18
Steals 10 16
Blocks 2 7
Turnovers 25 17
Team Fouls 26 22



Double Double's from Keller and Tyler, a solid game for us. We do have a problem here, we lose our PG Douglas Armijo for 19 days, he'd be gone until the final four, if we could make it that far.


NCAA Second Round

(4) #15 Georgia Tech (29-3) vs (5) #20 Memphis (24-12)

We should be able to overwhelm Memphis, we're underseeded. If we had made the ACC Finals we'd likely have been a 2 seed.

We score the first 7 points of the half and Memphis spends the rest of the half trying to keep it close, they tie the game up at 38, then we score the last 9 points of the half, taking a 47-38 lead into the locker room. We get 10 steals to their 4 in the half but only have a +2 turnover edge.

In the second half we score the first 6 points to push the lead out to 15 and Memphis can never recover.



Georgia Tech 102, Memphis 77

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Memphis (24-13):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Daniel Macaluso C 10 2-5 0-2 0 1 0 5 4
Rudolph King PF 30 2-4 0-0 2 5 3 4 4
Arnold Hume SF 21 3-9 0-0 2 4 0 4 8
Dexter Lambert SG 32 2-5 7-9 1 3 2 4 11
Joseph Strawn PG 23 2-5 6-9 1 5 6 3 11
David Chaparro PG 25 1-5 4-4 0 2 4 2 7
Hayden Jaco C 28 3-5 2-4 0 4 0 4 8
Raymond Williams SF 19 10-13 2-3 0 4 0 3 23
Leonard Janes PF 11 0-1 1-2 0 3 1 1 1
Dallas Garrard C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 27 (D.Macaluso 3, R.King 1, A.Hume 1,
D.Lambert 2, J.Strawn 9, D.Chaparro 7, H.Jaco 2,
R.Williams 1, L.Janes 1)
Blocked Shots: 8 (D.Macaluso 1, R.King 5, A.Hume 1,
D.Lambert 1)
Steals: 12 (R.King 4, D.Lambert 1, D.Chaparro 4,
R.Williams 1, L.Janes 2)
3P FGs: 5-15 (R.King 0-1, A.Hume 2-4, J.Strawn 1-4,
D.Chaparro 1-3, R.Williams 1-3)

Georgia Tech (30-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Keller C 37 9-16 7-10 5 17 1 2 25
Howard Falkner C 13 2-4 0-1 2 6 1 4 4
Lance Tyler SF 27 4-9 4-4 2 8 3 4 13
Bill Ludwig SG 33 6-17 4-6 3 3 2 3 19
Mack Martinez SF 13 3-6 3-4 1 1 1 2 9
Jaime Ginder PG 24 5-7 3-3 2 2 11 5 13
John Goble PF 30 5-8 4-6 2 4 2 2 14
Eldridge Baker SG 7 0-3 1-2 0 1 0 1 1
Dannie Wiegand PG 16 2-2 0-0 1 2 2 4 4

Turnovers: 23 (C.Keller 4, H.Falkner 3, L.Tyler 3,
B.Ludwig 2, M.Martinez 2, J.Ginder 3, J.Goble 2,
E.Baker 2, D.Wiegand 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (C.Keller 1)
Steals: 18 (L.Tyler 4, B.Ludwig 5, J.Ginder 7,
D.Wiegand 2)
3P FGs: 4-9 (L.Tyler 1-2, B.Ludwig 3-5, J.Ginder 0-1,
E.Baker 0-1)

Player of Game: PG Jaime Ginder (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats MMPHS GATC
Halftime Score 38 47
FGM-FGA 25-52 36-72
FG% .481 .500
FTM-FTA 22-33 26-36
FT% .667 .722
3PM-3PA 5-15 4-9
3P% .333 .444
Rebounds 31 44
Assists 16 23
Steals 12 18
Blocks 8 1
Turnovers 27 23
Team Fouls 30 27



A stellar 25 point/17 rebound performance by Keller, 4 others in double figures, 2 guys with 5+ steals and we're just too much for Memphis.



NCAA Sweet 16

(1) #1 Oregon (31-4) vs (4) #15 Georgia Tech (30-3)

A matchup we'd rather have had in the final four, or at least in the elite 8. The saving grace here is that Oregon is a very poor ball handling team, they average 18 turnovers a game and their starting PG/SG/SF have handling abilities of 55/33/31. We hope to run over them with our defense.

We get steals on Oregon's first 3 posessions, and Oregon doesn't score until the 15:30 mark, unfortunately, we're not scoring either and its 4-2 at that point. Oregon continues to struggle and with 10 minutes left in the first half its 20-8 Yellow Jackets. With 5 minutes left in the half we go up by 20, 36-16.

At the half Oregon is shooting 22% from the floor. We have 12 steals, they have 4, and we're +7 in turnovers. We're completely destroying the #1 team in the nation, 51-28. Oregon never gets the lead back under 20 points




Georgia Tech 81, Oregon 58

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Georgia Tech (31-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Keller PF 31 2-10 3-4 2 10 3 5 7
Howard Falkner C 32 2-6 4-4 1 8 0 3 8
Lance Tyler SF 20 4-6 4-4 1 6 0 4 12
Bill Ludwig SG 32 4-13 4-4 2 2 1 2 13
Mack Martinez SF 20 5-6 3-4 2 3 4 1 13
Jaime Ginder PG 30 4-8 10-10 0 4 1 1 18
John Goble PF 17 2-8 0-0 3 5 1 3 4
Eldridge Baker SG 8 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 2
Dannie Wiegand PG 10 2-4 0-0 0 1 0 2 4

Turnovers: 18 (C.Keller 5, H.Falkner 3, L.Tyler 1,
B.Ludwig 2, J.Ginder 2, J.Goble 1, E.Baker 1,
D.Wiegand 3)
Blocked Shots: 4 (J.Goble 4)
Steals: 19 (C.Keller 3, H.Falkner 1, L.Tyler 4,
B.Ludwig 3, M.Martinez 2, J.Ginder 2, D.Wiegand 4)
3P FGs: 1-8 (C.Keller 0-1, L.Tyler 0-1, B.Ludwig 1-5,
J.Ginder 0-1)

Oregon (31-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Manuel Wright C 29 0-11 2-2 0 3 0 2 2
Chris Fleury PF 24 2-5 0-1 1 5 1 4 4
Maynard Keller SF 19 2-4 2-2 0 3 1 5 7
Bill Favors SG 29 6-13 4-4 0 7 0 1 18
Jeffrey Stearns PG 25 1-4 3-5 1 2 5 3 5
Jason Hartwell PF 27 3-5 4-4 3 7 0 1 10
Willy Gilroy PG 16 1-4 0-0 0 0 1 3 2
Reid Rupert SF 15 0-0 3-4 0 3 1 1 3
Gary Hellman SF 9 1-2 1-2 0 1 1 2 3
Shawn McNulty PG 7 0-0 4-4 0 0 0 2 4

Turnovers: 27 (M.Wright 3, C.Fleury 3, M.Keller 2,
B.Favors 3, J.Stearns 9, W.Gilroy 4, G.Hellman 2,
S.McNulty 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (M.Wright 3, C.Fleury 1, M.Keller 1,
J.Stearns 2)
Steals: 6 (C.Fleury 2, B.Favors 1, J.Stearns 1,
G.Hellman 2)
3P FGs: 3-12 (M.Wright 0-2, M.Keller 1-1, B.Favors 2-6,
J.Stearns 0-2, G.Hellman 0-1)

Player of Game: SF Mack Martinez (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats GATC OR
Halftime Score 51 28
FGM-FGA 26-62 16-48
FG% .419 .333
FTM-FTA 28-30 23-28
FT% .933 .821
3PM-3PA 1-8 3-12
3P% .125 .250
Rebounds 40 31
Assists 10 10
Steals 19 6
Blocks 4 7
Turnovers 18 27
Team Fouls 22 24


Just a great performance. Gotta love the 28-30 from the Free Throw line. Everything went right here.


NCAA Elite 8

(4) #15 Georgia Tech (31-3) vs (6) Cal (25-11)

Cal upset 2 seed Kentucky to make the elite 8. Cal has a very good handling PG and very weak SG/SF ball handlers. Hopefully we can get it out of their PG's hands and force those turnovers to push us to victory.

the first 10 minutes are low scoring as neither team cna make a basket(both teams shooting under 30%). Both teams heat up a bit and its 28-25 Georgia Tech at the half. Its been very close, 3 points is the biggest lead either team has seen. We have 5 steals, they have 3. We have 10 turnovers, they hae 12. We're shooting 38.2%, they're shooting 36.0%. Its wide open for whoever can play a better second half.


We slowly begin to extend the lead, and get a steal/3 poitn play to give us an 11 point lead at the 12 minute mark, the first double digit lead of the game. A flurry of steals allow us to push the lead up to 15 with about 8 minutes to go, and we're just too good for Cal at that point, they don't give up but they can't come bakc.



Georgia Tech 68, California 59

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California (25-12):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
John Reitz C 31 1-3 4-6 1 7 2 4 6
Richard Thrasher PF 30 4-7 3-6 0 3 1 3 11
James Havard SF 27 4-9 2-2 1 1 2 3 11
Jeromy Freeze SG 27 2-3 2-2 1 4 1 0 7
Dusty Diep PG 30 3-9 0-0 1 4 4 0 6
Jack Seaton C 9 1-5 2-2 0 1 0 0 4
Vicente Soto PF 10 0-0 1-2 0 3 0 0 1
Stan Armour SF 26 4-8 1-2 1 5 2 2 11
Gerald Torres PG 10 0-3 2-2 1 2 0 0 2

Turnovers: 25 (J.Reitz 3, R.Thrasher 4, J.Havard 2,
J.Freeze 5, D.Diep 6, J.Seaton 1, S.Armour 1, G.Torres
3)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 7 (J.Reitz 2, R.Thrasher 2, D.Diep 1, V.Soto 1,
S.Armour 1)
3P FGs: 4-18 (J.Havard 1-6, J.Freeze 1-2, D.Diep 0-3,
S.Armour 2-5, G.Torres 0-2)

Georgia Tech (32-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Keller PF 31 3-7 2-3 0 8 0 3 8
Howard Falkner C 23 3-5 0-0 4 10 0 4 6
Lance Tyler SF 31 6-12 0-0 5 8 3 3 13
Bill Ludwig SG 33 7-14 1-1 4 6 6 1 16
Mack Martinez SF 17 6-11 1-2 0 2 1 1 13
Jaime Ginder PG 32 2-6 0-0 0 2 6 2 4
John Goble PF 17 3-7 2-2 0 1 0 4 8
Eldridge Baker SG 7 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0
Dannie Wiegand PG 8 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0

Turnovers: 24 (C.Keller 7, H.Falkner 2, L.Tyler 2,
B.Ludwig 7, J.Ginder 2, J.Goble 2, E.Baker 1,
D.Wiegand 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Keller 1, H.Falkner 1, J.Ginder 2)
Steals: 15 (C.Keller 1, L.Tyler 6, B.Ludwig 5, J.Ginder
2, D.Wiegand 1)
3P FGs: 2-12 (L.Tyler 1-3, B.Ludwig 1-4, J.Ginder 0-2,
E.Baker 0-1, D.Wiegand 0-2)

Player of Game: SF Lance Tyler (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats CAL GATC
Halftime Score 25 28
FGM-FGA 19-47 30-65
FG% .404 .462
FTM-FTA 17-24 6-8
FT% .708 .750
3PM-3PA 4-18 2-12
3P% .222 .167
Rebounds 30 39
Assists 12 18
Steals 7 15
Blocks 0 4
Turnovers 25 24
Team Fouls 12 19



The turnover battle is even, which is not good for us, but the 15 steals netted some easy baskets which helped, and the rebounding edge was nice for us too. We've made our first ever final four, without our point guard, things are looking good!!



NCAA Final Four

The final four this year doesn't have any one seeds. 2 seeds Illinois and Oklahoma State play in one matchup, while on our side of the bracket, we get upstart Charlotte, a 9 seed who took out 1 seed Vandy, 4 seed UConn, and 2 seed Texas to get here.

Charlotte has an ok PG(67 handles) and terrible SG/SF(20s for both) and we hope to be able to run them over on our way to the finals.



We're worried about this one with 5 minutes left in the first half. Charlotte has a 30-29 lead, they're shooting lights out from 3 poitn land and we're not looking so hot... then, it begins. Over the next 5 minutes we go on a 24-7 run. We get 8 steals, 5 breakaway dunks/layups, Charlotte uses 2 timeouts to try to stop us, we force 5 second violations, 3 second violations, bad passes... Charlotte just falls apart.

At the half, we lead 53-37. We have 15 steals. Charlotte has 0. We have +14 turnover edge. Charlotte is as close as they are becuase they're shooting 57% from 3.

The second half is a different story. They crawl back into it. We continue getting the steals but we're turning it over some too, we start committing fouls left and right, and Charlotte is awesome from the line. We go 17-29 from the line ourselves, giving up lots of free points... We miss layups, we miss 3's, and somehow with 7 minutes to go its 68-68. With 3:30 left we trail 75-73. We miss 2 free throws that could have tied it. We get a steal and come down and miss a 3. We commit a foul and its 77-73 Charlotte. A quick basket, a steal right after the inbounds pass, and a layup and its 77-77. Finally here we get some things going our way, another steal, and we get two offensive rebounds and hold the ball for over a minute before scoring. Another miss by Charlotte and we come down with a minute left and go up by 3. We win a close one and are in the finals.


Georgia Tech 82, Charlotte 79

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Charlotte (26-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
George Diamond C 32 7-15 3-4 1 6 1 2 17
Justin Brown PF 23 2-3 0-1 1 7 2 5 4
C. Aragon SF 20 4-7 7-7 1 2 0 4 17
Joseph Greene SG 31 2-9 2-2 0 1 3 5 8
Isandro Hernandez PG 27 2-3 8-8 1 3 2 5 13
Jonathan Ezell PF 24 2-5 0-2 1 8 0 1 4
Tyrell Carlisle PG 13 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 0 0
Arnulfo Shoemaker SF 22 3-8 4-5 4 10 4 1 11
Joseph Garrido SG 8 2-3 0-0 0 2 0 0 5

Turnovers: 31 (G.Diamond 2, C.Aragon 4, J.Greene 9,
I.Hernandez 10, J.Ezell 2, T.Carlisle 3, A.Shoemaker 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (G.Diamond 2, J.Greene 1, I.Hernandez
1, A.Shoemaker 1)
Steals: 4 (G.Diamond 1, C.Aragon 1, I.Hernandez 1,
J.Garrido 1)
3P FGs: 7-16 (C.Aragon 2-5, J.Greene 2-5, I.Hernandez
1-2, A.Shoemaker 1-3, J.Garrido 1-1)

Georgia Tech (33-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Keller C 15 1-3 0-0 1 5 0 4 2
Howard Falkner PF 32 2-2 1-2 2 9 0 3 5
Lance Tyler SF 25 7-10 2-2 3 3 3 4 17
Bill Ludwig SG 33 8-17 6-7 0 1 4 3 24
Douglas Armijo PG 35 6-16 5-10 2 5 2 2 18
Mack Martinez SF 9 1-2 1-4 0 1 0 2 3
Jaime Ginder PG 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 0 2
John Goble C 28 2-6 2-4 1 5 2 4 6
Eldridge Baker SG 7 2-5 0-0 0 0 0 2 5
Dannie Wiegand SF 7 0-3 0-0 2 5 0 0 0
Thomas Roberts PF 5 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 16 (H.Falkner 1, B.Ludwig 1, D.Armijo 5,
J.Ginder 1, J.Goble 6, E.Baker 1, T.Roberts 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 26 (C.Keller 4, L.Tyler 5, B.Ludwig 6, D.Armijo
5, M.Martinez 1, J.Ginder 3, J.Goble 1, E.Baker 1)
3P FGs: 5-16 (L.Tyler 1-2, B.Ludwig 2-6, D.Armijo 1-4,
E.Baker 1-3, D.Wiegand 0-1)

Player of Game: PG Bill Ludwig (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats CHRLT GATC
Halftime Score 37 53
FGM-FGA 24-53 30-67
FG% .453 .448
FTM-FTA 24-29 17-29
FT% .828 .586
3PM-3PA 7-16 5-16
3P% .438 .313
Rebounds 40 35
Assists 15 14
Steals 4 26
Blocks 5 0
Turnovers 31 16
Team Fouls 23 24


26-4 steals edge. 16-31 turnover edge. You'd think we'd win by 40. Keller's foul trouble had to have hurt, but damn, this was scary.



NCAA Finals

No matter how we got here, we're now playing for our first national title!

(4) #15 Georgia Tech (33-3) vs (2) #7 Oklahoma State (35-5)

Oklahoma State is good. They have scorers at 4 positions, ball handlers everywhere, a couple great defenders... this is not an easy team to beat.

The half starts off even, both teams are on fire, and OSU stays hotter for longer, taking a 6 point lead, shooting 70% for most of the first half. They cool off big time, and we get a lot more steals than I thought we'd be able to, and go on a nice run to end the half, Ludwig has 17 points at the half and is on a tear.

Halftime: Georgia Tech 48, Oklahoma State 38

We shoot 56% to their 48%. We have 10 steals, they have 2. We commit 10 turnovers to their 12, but we're getting lots of layups/dunks off the TO's we're forcing.

Ludwig is gettig steal after steal, and we push the lead up to 20 points with about 15 minutes left in the game. We know these guys can score but we keep the pressure on. With 10 minutes left we lead 66-52. The run happens though, and OSU has the lead down to 6 with 5 miutes to go. It's 72-66 Ga Tech. 72-68 with 4 minutes left, we've gone ice cold and aren't forcing turnovers anymore. With 3 minutes to go its 74-70, we're clinking to the lead, barely. A 3 pointer by OSU and then a blocked shot has OSU ready to take the lead.. they do, on a 3 point play chance with 1:45 left. They miss the FT and lead 75-74.

OSU has the ball with 30 seconds left, up 75-74. We trap them, and Bill Ludwig gets a steal. We can't get a fast break out of it, but Ludwig gets it up to senior Douglas Armijo, who takes a shot as time expires.... and misses. We lose a heartbreaker.



Oklahoma State 75, Georgia Tech 74

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Oklahoma State (36-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Damien Neri C 28 1-4 0-0 1 7 1 1 2
Douglass Asher PF 29 2-5 4-6 1 9 4 1 8
Udo Diezinger SF 28 5-7 3-3 3 5 5 1 14
J. Mayerhofer SG 28 8-12 2-2 1 7 4 1 19
Tory Duffy PG 28 4-6 0-0 0 1 1 2 9
John Pouliot C 22 6-14 2-2 2 6 3 2 14
Fredrick Hector PG 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Jere Foster SF 12 1-5 1-2 0 2 0 2 4
Travis Newlin SG 17 2-7 0-0 0 1 1 1 5

Turnovers: 28 (D.Neri 2, D.Asher 3, J.Mayerhofer 3,
T.Duffy 11, J.Pouliot 2, J.Foster 4, T.Newlin 3)
Blocked Shots: 9 (D.Neri 4, D.Asher 2, U.Diezinger 1,
T.Duffy 1, J.Pouliot 1)
Steals: 7 (U.Diezinger 2, J.Mayerhofer 1, T.Duffy 4)
3P FGs: 5-12 (D.Neri 0-2, D.Asher 0-1, U.Diezinger 1-2,
J.Mayerhofer 1-2, T.Duffy 1-1, J.Pouliot 0-1, J.Foster
1-2, T.Newlin 1-1)

Georgia Tech (33-4):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Keller C 32 2-7 1-3 3 11 1 4 5
Howard Falkner PF 33 2-5 0-0 2 3 2 2 4
Lance Tyler SF 19 5-10 2-2 1 5 3 4 15
Bill Ludwig SG 32 12-19 0-1 1 4 1 2 28
Douglas Armijo PG 33 4-10 2-2 0 1 3 2 10
Mack Martinez SF 21 3-7 0-0 1 1 2 2 6
Jaime Ginder PG 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
John Goble C 15 2-3 0-0 0 8 2 1 4
Eldridge Baker SG 6 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Dannie Wiegand SG 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0

Turnovers: 23 (C.Keller 4, H.Falkner 1, B.Ludwig 3,
D.Armijo 8, M.Martinez 1, J.Ginder 1, J.Goble 2,
E.Baker 3)
Blocked Shots: 1 (J.Goble 1)
Steals: 20 (C.Keller 2, L.Tyler 1, B.Ludwig 7, D.Armijo
5, M.Martinez 1, J.Ginder 1, J.Goble 2, E.Baker 1)
3P FGs: 7-15 (L.Tyler 3-5, B.Ludwig 4-7, D.Armijo 0-2,
E.Baker 0-1)

Player of Game: PF Udo Diezinger (OK ST)

Game Summary:

Game Stats OK ST GATC
Halftime Score 38 48
FGM-FGA 29-60 31-67
FG% .483 .463
FTM-FTA 12-15 5-8
FT% .800 .625
3PM-3PA 5-12 7-15
3P% .417 .467
Rebounds 38 33
Assists 19 14
Steals 7 20
Blocks 9 1
Turnovers 28 23
Team Fouls 12 18


So, So close. Our first final four run is a damn exciting one, and we'll be back.





Awards

I am the ACC Coach of the year.


PG Douglas Armijo: National Player of the Year, ACC Player of the Year

SF Lance Tyler: 1st Team All-ACC


Georgia Tech 2026 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 78 Record Vs 1-50: 7-3
Season Record: 33-4 Record Vs 51-100: 10-1
Conference Record: 14-2 Record Vs 101-200: 11-0
Home Record: 15-0 Record Vs 200+: 5-0
Current Poll Rank: 15 Current RPI Rank: 8

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 84.8 National Rank: 2 Conference Rank: 1
Points Allowed: 66.8 National Rank: 99 Conference Rank: 1
Rebounds: 34.6 National Rank: 227 Conference Rank: 8
Assists: 15.9 National Rank: 70 Conference Rank: 3
Steals: 18.9 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 2.3 National Rank: 218 Conference Rank: 9
Turnovers: 15.8 National Rank: 56 Conference Rank: 2
Fouls: 20.7 National Rank: 280 Conference Rank: 9
FG%: .466 National Rank: 14 Conference Rank: 2
FT%: .730 National Rank: 32 Conference Rank: 2
3P%: .323 National Rank: 213 Conference Rank: 7


We were good this year, damn good. We're getting closer to where we can get some better secondary skills, more consistant offense, more consistant defense to go along with the handles/steals that we're getting pretty easily now, and that is what we need in these situations. We should hardly ever lose a game that we get 20 steals in, but right now its happening a bit.

Still, we only had one loss that we can't accept... Duke was just so far down. At Wake? At Maryland? Oklahoma State? You can't really complain about losing to those teams.



Georgia Tech 2026 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/15/26 Georgia Southern (9-21) W 114-47 1-0
11/19/26 Alcorn State (15-15) W 95-61 2-0
11/23/26 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (15-13) W 77-66 3-0
11/25/26 vs. Stanford (26-11) W 89-79 4-0
11/27/26 vs. North Carolina State (14-18) W 93-84 5-0
11/28/26 vs. South Carolina (20-15) W 82-73 6-0
12/02/26 at Tennessee-Martin (13-16) W 95-67 7-0
12/06/26 Cal State Fullerton (9-19) W 78-59 8-0
12/10/26 Pacific (14-15) W 102-65 9-0
12/13/26 Eastern Washington (12-18) W 97-50 10-0
12/17/26 at Toledo (14-15) W 76-57 11-0
12/21/26 at Hartford (11-18) W 84-65 12-0
12/25/26 Alabama A&M (19-13) W 82-60 13-0
12/29/26 Arkansas-Little Rock (12-17) W 73-39 14-0
01/06/27 at North Carolina (14-15) W 89-77 15-0 (1-0)
01/13/27 at North Carolina State (14-18) W 70-53 16-0 (2-0)
01/23/27 North Carolina (14-15) W 91-76 17-0 (3-0)
01/27/27 Florida State (13-18) W 92-81 18-0 (4-0)
01/30/27 Clemson (18-14) W 86-78 19-0 (5-0)
02/03/27 at Virginia (16-14) W 70-65 20-0 (6-0)
02/06/27 at Wake Forest (18-15) L 96-75 20-1 (6-1)
02/10/27 Wake Forest (18-15) W 97-62 21-1 (7-1)
02/13/27 at Clemson (18-14) W 85-68 22-1 (8-1)
02/15/27 at Duke (15-19) W 97-65 23-1 (9-1)
02/20/27 North Carolina State (14-18) W 80-55 24-1 (10-1)
02/22/27 at Florida State (13-18) W 86-77 25-1 (11-1)
02/24/27 Maryland (27-10) W 81-80 26-1 (12-1)
02/27/27 at Maryland (27-10) L 77-61 26-2 (12-2)
03/06/27 Duke (15-19) W 77-52 27-2 (13-2)
03/10/27 Virginia (16-14) W 107-56 28-2 (14-2)
03/12/27 vs. Duke (15-19) L 78-69 28-3
03/18/27 vs. Louisiana-Monroe (23-8) W 80-57 29-3
03/20/27 vs. Memphis (24-13) W 102-77 30-3
03/26/27 vs. Oregon (31-5) W 81-58 31-3
03/28/27 vs. California (25-12) W 68-59 32-3
04/03/27 vs. Charlotte (26-10) W 82-79 33-3
04/05/27 vs. Oklahoma State (36-5) L 75-74 33-4




Georgia Tech Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Charles Keller C 37 37 30.2 12.8 1.9 7.9 1.2 1.2 0.6 2.9 3.5
Howard Falkner C 31 31 27.9 5.9 1.6 7.4 1.0 0.5 0.2 1.5 2.5
Lance Tyler SF 37 37 27.9 10.5 1.5 5.5 2.0 3.2 0.1 1.8 3.5
Bill Ludwig PG 37 37 31.3 15.5 2.1 3.7 2.8 4.5 0.2 2.3 2.8
Douglas Armijo PG 34 34 30.1 21.0 0.6 2.4 3.9 4.7 0.2 2.3 2.9
Mack Martinez SF 37 0 14.4 7.1 1.0 2.2 1.5 1.4 0.1 1.2 1.5
Jaime Ginder PG 37 3 10.9 3.8 0.1 0.8 1.8 2.0 0.1 1.3 1.1
John Goble PF 37 6 21.5 6.4 1.2 4.2 1.2 0.5 0.9 2.2 2.2
Eldridge Baker SG 37 0 8.1 3.5 0.2 1.2 0.6 0.9 0.0 0.4 0.9
Dannie Wiegand SF 26 0 3.8 1.2 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.4 0.4
Thomas Roberts PF 14 0 4.4 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.6
William Vargo C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Quincy Schwab SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Carl Fritts PG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


I love Keller inside, and Armijo has an amazing season, 21 points, 4.7 steals per game. Ludwig is damn good too. We're losing Armijo and Tyler this year, but Martinez and Ginder should be all set to take their places.



Player Review



PLAYER DETAILS

#10 SF Lance Tyler - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 234
High School: Carthage High School
Hometown: Carthage, TX

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: 28 37 73 68 49 39 37 61 28 74 91 32 30 55 74 74 89
2025: 25 35 72 67 44 36 34 56 26 68 91 30 26 54 72 74 82
2024: 22 33 71 66 40 34 31 51 24 61 82 28 21 53 70 73 74
2023: 20 31 66 61 36 32 29 47 22 54 73 26 16 53 68 72 66
2022: 18 30 62 57 33 30 27 43 21 48 65 25 11 52 65 72 55
2021: 16 28 58 53 30 28 25 39 19 41 56 23 3 51 62 70 43
Potential: D C B B C C C C D B A D

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 35

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2023 27 27 27.9 6.3 1.0 4.0 1.7 2.4 0.72 2.8 0.1 3.3
2024 34 34 29.1 9.8 1.2 4.8 2.2 2.2 1.00 2.7 0.2 2.7
2025 30 30 29.6 9.3 1.5 6.0 1.8 2.7 0.69 3.2 0.2 2.8
2026 37 37 27.9 10.5 1.5 5.5 2.0 1.8 1.10 3.2 0.1 3.5
Career 128 128 28.6 9.2 1.3 5.1 2.0 2.3 1.10 3.0 0.2 3.1

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2023 2.1 4.9 .429 1.7 2.3 .730 0.4 2.0 .200 1.29 9.33
2024 3.2 6.0 .539 2.1 2.5 .835 1.2 2.6 .461 1.63 12.97
2025 3.2 6.2 .511 2.1 2.5 .865 0.8 2.4 .347 1.50 10.47
2026 3.8 7.1 .542 1.9 2.5 .766 0.9 2.4 .378 1.49 16.35
Career 3.2 6.1 .515 2.0 2.5 .801 0.9 2.4 .363 1.49 12.59

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 9
2021 High School: Rated *** and #199 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2021 High School: All-State (Texas)
2023 Freshman All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2024 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2025 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2026 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)


Tyler was solid for us, a pretty good rebounding SF, a very good steals guy for 4 years from the SF slot, he was a good shooter(50%+ his last 3 years, 54.2% as a senior), we're not going to have a lot of 4 year starters, but here you go.

Tyler leaves 3rd in Ga Tech history in steals(he'll fall to 4th next year, Ludwig is breathing down his neck).



PLAYER DETAILS

#24 PG Douglas Armijo - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 187
High School: Bonanza High School
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV

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: 44 65 85 56 76 40 18 19 22 42 89 25 100 95 47 58 93
2025: 42 58 85 55 75 38 17 18 21 39 89 24 91 93 43 58 80
2024: 41 51 85 50 66 35 16 17 20 36 78 23 83 93 40 57 70
2023: 40 45 83 46 58 32 15 16 19 33 68 22 72 91 37 57 59
2022: 39 40 76 43 50 29 15 15 18 30 59 21 64 91 34 57 48
2021: 38 34 68 39 42 26 15 14 17 27 50 20 55 90 31 57 37
Potential: C B B C B D D D D C A D

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 69

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2023 21 8 21.4 7.9 0.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.00 3.1 0.1 2.2
2024 28 28 26.2 11.3 0.5 2.3 1.5 1.9 0.80 2.9 0.1 3.1
2025 30 30 32.0 16.5 0.7 2.5 2.1 1.8 1.13 5.0 0.3 2.7
2026 34 34 30.1 21.0 0.6 2.4 3.9 2.3 1.73 4.7 0.2 2.9
Career 113 100 28.0 15.0 0.5 2.2 2.4 1.9 1.73 4.0 0.2 2.8

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2023 2.9 5.6 .521 1.2 1.4 .867 0.8 2.1 .378 1.41 12.10
2024 3.8 8.3 .461 2.4 2.7 .882 1.3 3.5 .367 1.37 8.96
2025 5.5 11.4 .481 4.0 4.3 .915 1.6 4.1 .398 1.45 13.33
2026 6.9 15.6 .444 5.0 5.6 .891 2.1 6.1 .335 1.34 15.94
Career 5.0 10.8 .465 3.4 3.8 .895 1.5 4.2 .362 1.38 12.81

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 34
2021 High School: Rated *** and #146 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2021 High School: All-State (Nevada)
2025 3rd Team All-American
2025 2nd Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2026 National Player of the Year
2026 1st Team All-American
2026 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2026 Conference Player of the Year (Atlantic Coast Conference)


Armijo put up some great numbers his last two years, becoming my first national player of the year as a senior. He finishes with 456 steals, 2nd in Georgia Tech history for now, and also 2nd in points scored, both behind Hunsaker. He leaves with the 6th most steals in NCAA History.

Totals: 33-4 (14-2) - ACC Quarterfinals, NCAA Runner-Up - RPI 8

[Radii]

2027 Offseason

After our run to the finals, we're starting to play with the big boys. Georgia Tech's prestige is now 86, up 8 from last year. Our training facilities jump up 10 points to 76, 5th in the ACC.

I'm still expected to compete for the conference championship, and "my performance is the stuff of legends"

Job Offer

I get a very intriguing job. Not one I seriously consider taking, but one that made me think for 2 seconds. Wake Forest's head coach has retired and they must find someone new. After going 18-15 last year Wake no longer has a prestige of 100, its down to 98.


Incoming Recruits

Georgia Tech has the #53 recruiting class in the nation this year. This is 4th in the ACC behind Duke, Maryland, and Wake Forest.



PLAYER DETAILS

#4 PG Jeffrey Ruffin - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 189
High School: Westlake High School
Hometown: Waldorf, MD

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: 39 36 38 49 43 36 13 18 44 27 47 26 90 73 20 45 32
Potential: C C C B B B D D B C A C

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

2026 High School: Rated *** and #81 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2026 High School: All-State (Maryland)



Ruffin is a good find for us, this is a guy that can run the point for us.



PLAYER DETAILS

#12 SG Frank Williams - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 184
High School: Morrisville Ms High School
Hometown: Morrisville, NY

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: 43 26 39 62 25 4 11 34 31 36 39 22 51 68 34 74 59
Potential: B D C B C F F C C C B D

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 72

2026 High School: Rated *** and #209 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Not a bad find in Williams either, no superstar but someone who can play for me.


Coaches

My recruiter leaves to coach American, and my assistant leaves to coach Cal-State Fullerton. We now have a top flight coaching staff for the first time ever.

Recruiter: Skill 87, $120,000/yr
Scout: Skill 70, $120,000/yr
Assistant: Offense 100, Defense 90, $200,000/yr

Scheduling

We'll be playing in the Great Alaska Classic this year as the #3 seed. The #1 seed? Oklahoma State, a potential national title rematch.

We've got 3 seniors starting this year, but I know our ball handling is a slightly limiting factor, we need to start bringing in better ball handlers. We have a badass rebounding team, our steals guys are incredible this year, but I worry about the ball handling and a litle about the defense. I up the scheduling a little, prestige 30-40 teams. If I had better ball handlers I'd be going a lot higher than that(45-55 range or so)


Training/Budget

No luck wtih the requests for this season.

Roster Overview


Georgia Tech Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Charles Keller C 6'11" 269 73 23 29 28 12 57 26 76 52 93
Howard Falkner C 6'11" 258 57 34 0 43 34 47 12 66 46 83
Mack Martinez SF 6' 9" 242 90 35 9 39 58 34 53 71 49 87
Bill Ludwig PG 6' 4" 206 54 57 44 46 37 45 99 45 46 96
Jaime Ginder PG 5'11" 166 7 50 34 48 60 25 93 24 75 91

Quincy Schwab SG 6' 4" 207 13 68 92 53 8 50 84 66 74 61
Eldridge Baker SG 6' 4" 222 32 37 61 67 43 34 87 55 59 77
Dannie Wiegand SF 6' 5" 222 12 80 35 58 10 35 42 52 55 78
John Goble PF 6' 8" 204 82 41 0 25 38 35 27 74 43 78




Georgia Tech Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Charles Keller C 6'11" 269 59 22 51 46 88 88 26 76 52 93
Howard Falkner C 6'11" 258 86 34 18 34 89 100 12 66 46 83
Mack Martinez SF 6' 9" 242 33 74 96 35 18 100 53 71 49 87
Bill Ludwig PG 6' 4" 206 27 58 92 46 14 100 99 45 46 96
Jaime Ginder PG 5'11" 166 5 81 97 28 28 69 93 24 75 91

Quincy Schwab SG 6' 4" 207 10 16 85 7 41 23 84 66 74 61
Eldridge Baker SG 6' 4" 222 22 50 65 22 46 31 87 55 59 77
Dannie Wiegand SF 6' 5" 222 54 49 84 35 50 57 42 52 55 78
John Goble PF 6' 8" 204 78 35 22 60 45 100 27 74 43 78


This is a big year for us, Ludwig, Keller, and Martinez are all graduating this year. Ginder and Falkner are juniors. We have a lot of experience to lead this team, and, while our young guys have talent, its just not quite as good as what i've got now, so I'm hoping this year we cna run over most of our compeition and make another final four run.

[Radii]

2026/27 Season


Recruiting

We've got 3 scholarships this year, and we need a good big and a steals guy with some ball handling and either scoring or defense, and a wild card that can do whatever. I end up with an unusual batch of contacts. Out of my initial list I don't find a single backcourt player with ball handling of B or A, not even one to go after... I find a big man I like and a backcourt guy who I go after despite average at best handling, and set off to find more players.

I land two guys in November and am feeling pretty good about things.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#30 C Ted Barrett
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 226
High School: Blooming Grove High School
Hometown: Blooming Grove, TX
GPA: 2.72
Test Score: 1010
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: 32 34 37 22 31 11 53 59 46 15 20 17 60 29 48 24 11
Potential: C A D D B F B B B D B C


Barrett isn't a top 100 guy but he's damn close. For someone labelled a center he's pretty small and needs to build up some strength though.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#11 SF Parker Ortiz
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Height: 6'10"
Weight: 221
High School: Lake Brantley High School
Hometown: Altamonte Springs, FL
GPA: 2.44
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: 39 60 49 31 62 22 7 7 41 62 31 0 18 69 61 46 73
Potential: D C A C B D D F C B B D


Ortiz is a testament to where my program has come, he's the #32 ranked player in the nation, I don't scout him in the initial period, don't offer him a scholarship until October, and he comes running my way in November, in the first signing period.

On second thought, that may be a testament to how big a bust he's going to be. We'll find out.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#52 SG Micah Germany
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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 200
High School: Godwin High School
Hometown: Richmond, VA
GPA: 2.58
Test Score: 870
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: 21 41 35 65 39 20 16 28 30 38 68 10 54 76 57 76 17
Potential: B B C A D D D B D C B D


Our last recruit is the #100 ranked recruit in the nation. I'm worried about this one, but hopeful. 39/D handles... maybe that's actually 39/C??? If I catch a break there, this guy is a scorer. A good shooter in high school, if he has the ball handling skills to get him out on the court, he'll be dangerous.

Results

We run through November without a loss, but unfortunately that doesn't mean a win over Oklahoma State... we get George Washington in the Great Alaska Shootout finals, and we take them down. We work our way up to #2 in the polls in early December. At the end of December we play one of those games where you just fill bad for the other team...


Georgia Tech 110
Idaho State 34

Game Stats IDST GATC
Halftime Score 19 63
FGM-FGA 14-40 40-67
FG% .350 .597
FTM-FTA 5-7 26-35
FT% .714 .743
3PM-3PA 1-12 4-12
3P% .083 .333
Rebounds 22 39
Assists 6 17
Steals 3 29
Blocks 2 2
Turnovers 38 14
Team Fouls 26 14

Those poor kids.

Anyway, we're undefeated rolling into conference play. We open up ACC play at Maryland, and pull out a big 3 point win. We blow out Duke before suffering a loss to North Carolina. We sweep a ranked Wake Forest and roll into February 20-1, 6-1 in ACC play. We get revenge on UNC in February, beating them by about 35 in our house, and we seem to be running away with the ACC regular season title.

At the beginning of March we get the #1 ranking I think for the first time in my history as a head coach, and we cruise into the ACC Tournament as the best team in the country.



2027 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#1 Georgia Tech 15 1 .938 29 1 .967
#17 Wake Forest 13 3 .813 21 9 .700
#24 Maryland 8 8 .500 20 10 .667
Virginia 8 8 .500 16 12 .571
Clemson 8 8 .500 14 16 .467
North Carolina 6 10 .375 15 14 .517
North Carolina State 5 11 .313 13 16 .448
Duke 5 11 .313 12 20 .375
Florida State 4 12 .250 15 14 .517


We're winning games like never before. We are averaging 21.3 steals a game, and have an average margin of victory of almost 38(85.2-58.2). Now, can we make it out of the first round of the ACC Tournament for the first time in 3 years??


Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (8) Duke 62, (1) #1 Georgia Tech 51 - Are you kididng? I really dont' believe what I'm seeing. We have no injuries. We're beating teams by 28 points per game. We're the unanimous #1 team in the nation. We beat Duke by 21 at home, and by 44 at Cameron. What the hell is happening to this team in the ACC Tournament.

Maryland beats Duke in the ACC Final. We fall to #10 with the loss and earn a 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Maryland is a 3 seed in the east, Wake Forest is a 6 seed in the South. We're in the midwest.



NCAA First Round

Nothing to see here.


Georgia Tech 91, Drake 50

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Drake (18-17):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Tristan Pina C 27 5-8 2-6 1 4 0 4 12
Caron Hollander PF 30 2-3 1-3 1 4 1 1 5
Kenneth Batton SF 17 0-5 1-2 1 4 0 5 1
Rocky Hicks SG 29 1-4 1-2 0 1 0 1 4
Cole Harper PG 28 4-9 4-4 0 1 4 3 13
Gary Arrington C 17 0-1 1-2 0 3 0 0 1
Eric Cave SF 23 2-3 0-0 2 4 2 3 4
Thomas Bachman PF 6 1-1 0-0 0 2 1 1 2
Robert Louis PG 12 3-6 2-3 1 1 1 1 8
Scott Shupe SG 11 0-3 0-0 0 0 1 0 0

Turnovers: 28 (T.Pina 1, C.Hollander 2, K.Batton 1,
R.Hicks 5, C.Harper 12, E.Cave 4, R.Louis 1, S.Shupe 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (E.Cave 1)
Steals: 5 (K.Batton 1, C.Harper 2, E.Cave 1, T.Bachman
1)
3P FGs: 2-12 (T.Pina 0-2, K.Batton 0-2, R.Hicks 1-3,
C.Harper 1-2, R.Louis 0-1, S.Shupe 0-2)

Georgia Tech (30-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Keller C 29 6-12 5-10 2 8 3 5 18
Howard Falkner PF 28 3-4 2-2 2 7 2 3 8
Mack Martinez SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Ludwig SG 33 12-17 0-3 5 11 1 3 27
Jaime Ginder PG 32 3-5 3-4 0 2 4 0 10
Quincy Schwab PG 12 2-4 2-2 1 3 0 1 6
Eldridge Baker SF 35 2-8 4-4 1 1 3 2 10
Dannie Wiegand SG 7 0-1 2-2 1 1 0 0 2
John Goble C 17 4-6 2-3 1 6 1 2 10
William Vargo PF 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0

Turnovers: 14 (C.Keller 2, H.Falkner 1, B.Ludwig 2,
J.Ginder 4, E.Baker 1, J.Goble 3, W.Vargo 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (B.Ludwig 2)
Steals: 19 (C.Keller 2, M.Martinez 2, B.Ludwig 5,
J.Ginder 3, Q.Schwab 3, E.Baker 4)
3P FGs: 7-17 (C.Keller 1-2, B.Ludwig 3-5, J.Ginder 1-1,
Q.Schwab 0-2, E.Baker 2-6, D.Wiegand 0-1)

Player of Game: PG Bill Ludwig (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats DRAKE GATC
Halftime Score 28 40
FGM-FGA 18-43 32-57
FG% .419 .561
FTM-FTA 12-22 20-30
FT% .545 .667
3PM-3PA 2-12 7-17
3P% .167 .412
Rebounds 24 39
Assists 10 14
Steals 5 19
Blocks 1 2
Turnovers 28 14
Team Fouls 19 17



Starting SF Mack Martinez is injured and will miss the rest of the season...


NCAA Second Round

(2) #10 Georgia Tech (30-2) vs (10) Nevada (20-10)

We don't expect a challenge here, even with the injury to one of our stars. We score 60 in the first half and this one was as easy as expected.


Georgia Tech 117, Nevada 58

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Nevada (20-11):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
David Davis C 28 0-2 1-2 0 2 1 2 1
Maxwell Avina PF 24 3-5 1-2 0 4 2 2 7
James Heil SF 35 7-19 3-4 0 7 1 4 21
Lemuel Boudreaux SG 32 5-9 1-1 0 7 2 3 12
Willie Bullen PG 23 1-3 0-0 0 0 2 3 2
Quintin Parker PG 21 2-2 2-3 0 0 4 3 7
Armando Clayton PF 28 2-5 0-0 0 2 3 0 4
Michael Gilliam SG 10 2-2 0-0 0 0 2 4 4

Turnovers: 36 (D.Davis 4, M.Avina 2, J.Heil 3,
L.Boudreaux 3, W.Bullen 6, Q.Parker 15, A.Clayton 3)
Blocked Shots: 5 (D.Davis 1, A.Clayton 4)
Steals: 8 (J.Heil 1, L.Boudreaux 4, M.Gilliam 3)
3P FGs: 6-11 (J.Heil 4-6, L.Boudreaux 1-2, W.Bullen
0-2, Q.Parker 1-1)

Georgia Tech (31-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Keller PF 33 8-14 2-2 1 6 1 1 20
Howard Falkner C 30 4-9 2-2 1 9 1 2 10
Eldridge Baker SF 29 5-11 5-6 2 4 6 3 16
Bill Ludwig SG 19 7-9 1-2 1 4 4 4 18
Jaime Ginder PG 34 9-10 2-2 2 4 9 1 21
Quincy Schwab PG 6 0-1 0-0 1 1 1 2 0
Carl Fritts SG 21 2-7 4-6 2 3 4 2 8
Dannie Wiegand SF 11 6-7 2-2 1 4 1 0 14
John Goble C 16 5-8 0-0 1 3 1 0 10

Turnovers: 13 (C.Keller 1, E.Baker 1, B.Ludwig 3,
J.Ginder 4, Q.Schwab 1, C.Fritts 2, D.Wiegand 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Keller 3, J.Goble 1)
Steals: 27 (C.Keller 2, E.Baker 4, B.Ludwig 3, J.Ginder
11, C.Fritts 5, D.Wiegand 2)
3P FGs: 7-13 (C.Keller 2-2, E.Baker 1-3, B.Ludwig 3-3,
J.Ginder 1-2, Q.Schwab 0-1, C.Fritts 0-1, D.Wiegand
0-1)

Player of Game: PG Jaime Ginder (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats NV GATC
Halftime Score 34 60
FGM-FGA 22-47 46-76
FG% .468 .605
FTM-FTA 8-12 18-22
FT% .667 .818
3PM-3PA 6-11 7-13
3P% .545 .538
Rebounds 22 38
Assists 17 28
Steals 8 27
Blocks 5 4
Turnovers 36 13
Team Fouls 21 15


Ginder is 1 assist away from a triple-double. 21 points, 11 steals, 9 assists!


NCAA Sweet 16

(2) #10 Georgia Tech (31-2) vs (6) Saint Louis (24-9)

Unless play like shit we really don't expect a challenge even here. Well, we are challenged, sort of. We break out to a 10 point lead about 5 minutes into the game, and Saint Louis is pesky, they keep cutting it under 10, and we keep pushing it back up. We push the lead as high as 17 in the 2nd half, but Saint Louis digs away. The final score is closer than it looks, as St Louis ends the game with 2 three pointers after it was already too late.


Georgia Tech 77, Saint Louis 73

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Saint Louis (24-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Fletcher Clemons C 26 2-7 0-2 3 11 2 3 4
Alec Bulger PF 32 6-16 10-13 2 8 2 3 22
Chet Graham SF 31 1-6 0-0 1 6 1 4 3
Xander Duffey SG 27 3-7 4-4 1 6 1 3 11
Stacey Mason PG 25 3-6 2-2 0 1 4 2 8
Stephan Julius C 17 3-6 5-7 0 2 1 2 11
James Shepherd PF 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Jonah Tasker PG 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Félix Dubar SG 4 2-2 2-2 0 0 0 4 7
Dominic Aiello PG 9 0-1 2-4 0 0 2 0 2
Brian Edmondson SG 9 0-2 2-2 0 2 0 0 2
Monty Koopman SF 9 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 3

Turnovers: 13 (C.Graham 2, X.Duffey 1, S.Mason 3,
S.Julius 1, J.Tasker 3, D.Aiello 1, B.Edmondson 2)
Blocked Shots: 6 (A.Bulger 1, S.Mason 1, S.Julius 4)
Steals: 7 (A.Bulger 2, S.Mason 3, F.Dubar 2)
3P FGs: 4-15 (C.Graham 1-5, X.Duffey 1-3, S.Mason 0-3,
F.Dubar 1-1, B.Edmondson 0-2, M.Koopman 1-1)

Georgia Tech (32-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Keller PF 24 8-13 1-4 4 12 2 5 18
Howard Falkner C 32 1-5 4-6 0 6 1 4 6
Eldridge Baker SF 31 2-7 4-5 1 8 3 1 8
Bill Ludwig SG 34 11-14 4-4 2 4 3 4 29
Jaime Ginder PG 27 0-4 4-6 0 4 4 4 4
Quincy Schwab PG 13 0-7 0-0 0 0 1 1 0
Carl Fritts SG 6 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Dannie Wiegand SF 9 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
John Goble PF 20 3-6 4-4 0 0 0 5 10
William Vargo PF 4 0-1 2-2 2 3 0 1 2

Turnovers: 17 (C.Keller 2, H.Falkner 4, B.Ludwig 1,
J.Ginder 7, Q.Schwab 1, J.Goble 1, W.Vargo 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Keller 1, E.Baker 1, J.Goble 2)
Steals: 9 (H.Falkner 1, E.Baker 3, B.Ludwig 2, J.Ginder
2, Q.Schwab 1)
3P FGs: 4-14 (C.Keller 1-2, E.Baker 0-3, B.Ludwig 3-5,
J.Ginder 0-1, Q.Schwab 0-3)

Player of Game: PG Bill Ludwig (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats STL GATC
Halftime Score 40 47
FGM-FGA 21-54 25-59
FG% .389 .424
FTM-FTA 27-36 23-31
FT% .750 .742
3PM-3PA 4-15 4-14
3P% .267 .286
Rebounds 37 38
Assists 13 14
Steals 7 9
Blocks 6 4
Turnovers 13 17
Team Fouls 24 26


We can't force the steals in this one, but we shoot well enough and are just more talented than Saint Louis and are into the elite 8.


NCAA Elite 8

We catch a break in the Elite 8.

(9) UNLV (25-10) vs (2) #10 Georgia Tech (32-2)

The 1 seed in our region was Illinois, who held the #1 ranking for much of the season.

Again, maybe its arrogance, maybe its confidence, but with the team we've built, with the defense we should be able to play, we really are very, very difficult to upset. We expect to beat UNLV by 20. But, for the first time in the tournament, we fall behind early. We shoot poorly and turn it over a bit much, but we do finally take the lead with about 2 minutes left in the half. Halftime Score: Georgia Tech 33, UNLV 30. We've got 11 steals, UNLV only has 4. We're +3 in turnovers(11/14). Bill Ludwig has 3 fouls and didn't get on the court much in the first half, our backups are good enough that we should be able to beat a 9 seed without him, but it does hurt us.

The second half is close the whole way, with 5 minutes to go we're tied up at 54. With 4 minutes left it's 58-54 Yellow Jackets. A couple long posessions later and its still 58-54 with just 2 minutes to go. We go up 6 before UNLV hits a 3 to make it 60-57. UNLV gets the ball back with a chance to tie with 30 seconds to go, but Jamie Ginder comes up with a key steal and seals the win at the line.



Georgia Tech 62, UNLV 57

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Georgia Tech (33-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Keller C 33 5-12 2-4 1 7 1 2 12
Howard Falkner PF 31 4-9 1-2 0 5 2 3 9
Eldridge Baker SF 31 0-7 8-8 1 8 3 2 8
Bill Ludwig SG 30 4-9 6-7 2 5 1 3 15
Jaime Ginder PG 35 1-1 1-2 0 2 1 1 3
Quincy Schwab PG 6 2-3 0-0 0 2 0 3 4
Carl Fritts SG 10 1-3 2-2 0 2 0 1 5
Dannie Wiegand SF 8 1-3 1-2 0 1 0 3 3
John Goble C 16 0-3 3-4 0 1 0 2 3

Turnovers: 18 (C.Keller 3, H.Falkner 4, B.Ludwig 2,
J.Ginder 5, C.Fritts 1, D.Wiegand 2, J.Goble 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 21 (C.Keller 2, H.Falkner 4, E.Baker 2,
J.Ginder 6, Q.Schwab 1, C.Fritts 1, D.Wiegand 3,
J.Goble 2)
3P FGs: 2-5 (E.Baker 0-1, B.Ludwig 1-2, Q.Schwab 0-1,
C.Fritts 1-1)

UNLV (25-11):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Marcus Bradley C 29 2-6 1-2 0 9 1 4 5
Albert Brown PF 32 4-8 2-6 1 7 1 2 10
Placido Montero SF 31 4-12 3-6 1 10 4 3 14
Joseph Peloquin SG 33 1-5 0-0 1 4 1 0 2
Charles Talavera PG 23 1-1 4-4 0 0 1 5 7
Ross Boozer PF 8 0-1 0-0 1 1 1 1 0
Levi Garvey C 11 2-4 0-0 1 4 0 4 4
Gavin Lehmann PG 17 3-4 1-2 0 0 2 2 8
Jerry Warner SG 7 1-2 4-4 0 1 0 1 7
John Barnes SF 9 0-3 0-0 1 2 0 0 0

Turnovers: 28 (M.Bradley 2, A.Brown 5, P.Montero 3,
J.Peloquin 2, C.Talavera 7, L.Garvey 1, G.Lehmann 7,
J.Barnes 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (M.Bradley 2, P.Montero 4, J.Peloquin
1)
Steals: 7 (A.Brown 1, P.Montero 2, J.Peloquin 2,
R.Boozer 1, G.Lehmann 1)
3P FGs: 6-20 (M.Bradley 0-2, P.Montero 3-8, J.Peloquin
0-2, C.Talavera 1-1, G.Lehmann 1-2, J.Warner 1-2,
J.Barnes 0-3)

Player of Game: PG Bill Ludwig (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats GATC UNLV
Halftime Score 33 30
FGM-FGA 18-50 18-46
FG% .360 .391
FTM-FTA 24-31 15-24
FT% .774 .625
3PM-3PA 2-5 6-20
3P% .400 .300
Rebounds 33 38
Assists 8 11
Steals 21 7
Blocks 0 7
Turnovers 18 28
Team Fouls 20 22



We have our bad game and pull through it with a win, and we're in the final four for the 2nd year in a row!








NCAA Final Four

This year's final four:

(1) #1 Cincinnati (31-5) vs (3) #6 Purdue (32-6)
(2) #10 Georgia Tech (33-2) vs (1) #2 Oregon (29-9)

Maryland made the elite 8 and lost to Oregon, we were close to an ACC final four matchup. We blew out Oregon last year when they were #1 in the nation, can we do it again?


7 minutes into the game we haven't made a field goal. Oregon 5, Georgia Tech 1... At the 12 minute mark we finally sink a field goal and its 9-4 Oregon. 8 minutes to go and it's 16-6 Oregon. We've got 8 steals and 8 turnovers and are shooting 15%... Oregon goes up 23-8 before we finally get a few easy baskets, cutting the lead down to 8. Its back and fort from there and its a 10 point game at the half.

Oregon 35, Georgia Tech 25

We're shooting 30%, we've got 13 turnovers. It completely negates the edge in steals, we've got 13 to 2 from Oregon. This is my worst nightmare with a team that is weak handling the ball, we're giving up our posession advantage by throwing the ball out of bounds half the time we see it.

We open the 2nd half with 3 straight steals and get 2 points out of it, but, we continue to force Oregon to struggle and score the first 7 poitns of the 2nd half... 35-32 before Oregon finally scores. Its enough to make a game of it... Oregon 42-40 with 12 minutes to go in the game. Ludwig gets steals on two straight posessions and we take a 43-42 lead.

With 6 minutes left in the game its 47-47, we seem to have the momentum but its tight. We go on a 5-0 run and lead 52-47 with 4 minutes left in the game, but Oregon gets it right back, 52-52 with 3:30 to go. 3 minutes left and its 54-52 Georgia Tech. The defense is stiff here, and we get a few nice stops, taking a 58-52 lead. It's 58-54 with 1 minute to go, and oregon just isn't able to score until its too late.


Georgia Tech 61, Oregon 57

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Oregon (29-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Manuel Wright C 28 2-5 0-0 1 6 1 5 4
Chris Fleury PF 22 3-5 1-1 2 8 0 4 7
Reid Rupert SF 30 8-14 2-4 1 2 2 1 22
Maynard Keller SG 31 4-7 0-0 0 1 5 1 10
Jeffrey Stearns PG 28 1-7 2-2 1 7 2 2 4
Jason Hartwell C 21 0-1 1-2 0 8 1 1 1
Jae Amerson PF 12 0-1 0-0 1 3 1 3 0
Willy Gilroy PG 12 1-2 0-1 1 2 3 1 2
Toby Beaman SG 16 3-7 0-0 1 2 1 1 7

Turnovers: 36 (M.Wright 6, C.Fleury 6, R.Rupert 3,
M.Keller 5, J.Stearns 12, J.Amerson 1, W.Gilroy 2,
T.Beaman 1)
Blocked Shots: 8 (M.Wright 4, C.Fleury 2, J.Amerson 2)
Steals: 7 (C.Fleury 1, R.Rupert 2, M.Keller 1,
J.Stearns 1, J.Amerson 1, T.Beaman 1)
3P FGs: 7-19 (M.Wright 0-1, R.Rupert 4-7, M.Keller 2-3,
J.Stearns 0-3, W.Gilroy 0-1, T.Beaman 1-4)

Georgia Tech (34-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Keller PF 35 4-12 7-8 5 12 2 2 15
Howard Falkner C 32 3-8 1-3 4 8 0 1 7
Eldridge Baker SF 31 3-12 2-3 2 4 1 3 9
Bill Ludwig SG 34 7-17 3-4 3 6 1 0 17
Jaime Ginder PG 33 4-7 1-3 2 2 4 4 9
Quincy Schwab PG 7 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Carl Fritts SG 6 0-3 0-0 1 1 0 1 0
Dannie Wiegand SF 9 1-4 0-0 1 2 1 1 2
John Goble C 12 1-2 0-0 1 4 1 0 2

Turnovers: 21 (C.Keller 4, H.Falkner 3, E.Baker 1,
B.Ludwig 3, J.Ginder 5, Q.Schwab 1, D.Wiegand 2,
J.Goble 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (H.Falkner 1, J.Goble 1)
Steals: 25 (C.Keller 3, H.Falkner 2, E.Baker 2,
B.Ludwig 6, J.Ginder 10, D.Wiegand 2)
3P FGs: 1-14 (E.Baker 1-4, B.Ludwig 0-4, J.Ginder 0-2,
Q.Schwab 0-1, C.Fritts 0-1, D.Wiegand 0-2)

Player of Game: PG Bill Ludwig (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats OR GATC
Halftime Score 35 25
FGM-FGA 22-49 23-67
FG% .449 .343
FTM-FTA 6-10 14-21
FT% .600 .667
3PM-3PA 7-19 1-14
3P% .368 .071
Rebounds 39 40
Assists 16 10
Steals 7 25
Blocks 8 2
Turnovers 36 21
Team Fouls 19 13



We weathered a big storm here. We finally slowed down the flow of turnovers in the 2nd half, incresed our shooting % up to 34%, and were able to pull out the win thanks to 25 steals. We'll play for the national title for the second year in a row!


NCAA Finals

(3) #6 Purdue (33-6) vs (2) #10 Georgia Tech (34-2)

Purdue is a team that will be very hard for us to beat. Their PG and SG are both very good ball handlers(67 and 78 HND ratings). We have the talent to play with them, their big men are their best scorers and we have good post players ourselves, but I don't know if we're going to be able to generate a big turnover edge here.

They're a better team with us. We're good, but we turn it over too much and we struggle to keep it close early. At the 10 minute mark Purdue goes up 26-14 and we're really struggling. A couple key steals and blocked shots allow us to make a run to cut the lead down to 5, and that's what this is going to take it seems. We can't hang with them unless we can force them to turn the ball over. And we can't force them to turn it over enough. Purdue begins to blow us out, they shoot 66% for the first half, including 45% from 3, while we shoot poorly and turn it over 5 more times than Purdue.

Purdue 57, Georgia Tech 34 at the half, and I don't see this turning itself around.

We manage to score the first 7 points of the 2nd half, cutting the lead to 16. From there we play fairly even for awhile, and with 12 minutes to go its 59-45 Purdue, we're way back but we can see single digits. Unfortunatley, we basically play an even game from there. Purdue can't take over and push the lead back up over 20, but it takes the rest of the game for us to cut it under 10. We lose by 9, runner up for the second year in a row.



Purdue 76, Georgia Tech 67

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Georgia Tech (34-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Keller PF 35 3-6 4-6 1 4 2 3 10
Howard Falkner C 32 1-6 2-2 1 9 1 3 4
Eldridge Baker SF 23 4-7 0-0 0 5 0 4 10
Bill Ludwig SG 35 5-12 6-7 0 0 3 3 17
Jaime Ginder PG 30 3-3 2-2 0 0 4 2 8
Quincy Schwab PG 10 1-2 1-2 0 0 0 0 3
Carl Fritts SG 5 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 2
Dannie Wiegand SF 17 2-5 0-0 0 1 2 1 4
John Goble C 13 3-7 3-3 1 2 1 1 9

Turnovers: 22 (C.Keller 8, E.Baker 1, B.Ludwig 1,
J.Ginder 9, Q.Schwab 1, D.Wiegand 1, J.Goble 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Keller 1, J.Goble 3)
Steals: 19 (C.Keller 1, E.Baker 4, B.Ludwig 5, J.Ginder
4, Q.Schwab 2, D.Wiegand 3)
3P FGs: 3-14 (E.Baker 2-4, B.Ludwig 1-5, Q.Schwab 0-1,
C.Fritts 0-1, D.Wiegand 0-3)

Purdue (34-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Mark Lorenzo C 30 5-11 0-0 1 6 2 4 10
Angel Hunter PF 19 9-13 0-0 4 4 0 3 18
Cecil Legault SF 27 4-9 3-3 1 5 2 1 13
Byron Largent SG 32 2-6 1-2 2 5 4 1 5
Stephen Simon PG 32 3-6 0-0 2 9 6 2 8
Ollie Purser PF 28 6-11 0-2 1 8 3 4 13
Darius Reuter SF 13 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 2
Daron Mancini PG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
James Izaguirre SG 13 1-2 0-0 1 1 3 1 3
Clint Moorefield PF 3 2-2 0-0 0 2 0 2 4

Turnovers: 26 (M.Lorenzo 1, A.Hunter 1, C.Legault 6,
B.Largent 2, S.Simon 11, O.Purser 2, D.Reuter 2,
D.Mancini 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (O.Purser 1)
Steals: 11 (A.Hunter 1, C.Legault 3, B.Largent 2,
S.Simon 5)
3P FGs: 6-17 (C.Legault 2-6, B.Largent 0-4, S.Simon
2-3, O.Purser 1-3, J.Izaguirre 1-1)

Player of Game: PF Angel Hunter (PRDUE)

Game Summary:

Game Stats GATC PRDUE
Halftime Score 34 57
FGM-FGA 23-50 33-61
FG% .460 .541
FTM-FTA 18-22 4-7
FT% .818 .571
3PM-3PA 3-14 6-17
3P% .214 .353
Rebounds 22 40
Assists 13 21
Steals 19 11
Blocks 4 1
Turnovers 22 26
Team Fouls 18 18



We've made two straight runs to the national title game and come up empty. It's been a really great couple of seasons, but I look at my last few seasons of recruits and there are a lot of guys where I said "this guy is a likely backup for me" .. We'll be good, but we may need a couple more top recruiting classes to get back to this level again.



Awards

I am the ACC Coach of the year for the second time in a row.

PG Bill Ludwig: 1st Team All-American, 1st Team All-ACC

SF Mack Martinez: 1st Team All-American, 1st Team All ACC

C Charles Keller: 2nd Team All-ACC

SG Quincy Schwab: Freshman all ACC

I've been pounding out the All American's pretty good lately.


Georgia Tech 2027 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 86 Record Vs 1-50: 11-1
Season Record: 34-3 Record Vs 51-100: 6-2
Conference Record: 15-1 Record Vs 101-200: 10-0
Home Record: 16-0 Record Vs 200+: 7-0
Current Poll Rank: 10 Current RPI Rank: 7

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 83.3 National Rank: 4 Conference Rank: 2
Points Allowed: 58.9 National Rank: 6 Conference Rank: 1
Rebounds: 36.2 National Rank: 140 Conference Rank: 8
Assists: 17.1 National Rank: 28 Conference Rank: 4
Steals: 20.9 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 3.0 National Rank: 145 Conference Rank: 8
Turnovers: 16.7 National Rank: 93 Conference Rank: 2
Fouls: 18.4 National Rank: 68 Conference Rank: 4
FG%: .477 National Rank: 5 Conference Rank: 1
FT%: .695 National Rank: 97 Conference Rank: 4
3P%: .324 National Rank: 207 Conference Rank: 8



I don't think I've ever had a team with more than 20 steals per game, or with a 25 point average margin of victory.


Georgia Tech 2027 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/14/27 Tennessee State (8-21) W 103-77 1-0
11/18/27 Arkansas-Little Rock (7-22) W 64-44 2-0
11/22/27 Massachusetts (7-23) W 104-64 3-0
11/24/27 vs. Duquesne (21-11) W 73-41 4-0
11/26/27 vs. Iowa (22-15) W 83-73 5-0
11/27/27 vs. George Washington (29-7) W 95-80 6-0
11/30/27 at Evansville (15-14) W 87-41 7-0
12/04/27 at Western Kentucky (17-13) W 87-45 8-0
12/08/27 Cornell (15-13) W 80-40 9-0
12/12/27 at Alabama A&M (21-11) W 84-53 10-0
12/16/27 Morehead State (13-17) W 96-61 11-0
12/19/27 William & Mary (6-24) W 95-36 12-0
12/23/27 Princeton (5-23) W 79-55 13-0
12/27/27 Idaho State (6-23) W 110-34 14-0
01/05/28 at Maryland (26-11) W 85-82 15-0 (1-0)
01/08/28 Duke (14-21) W 83-62 16-0 (2-0)
01/12/28 at North Carolina (15-15) L 71-65 16-1 (2-1)
01/15/28 at North Carolina State (13-17) W 82-64 17-1 (3-1)
01/22/28 Wake Forest (23-11) W 84-75 18-1 (4-1)
01/26/28 at Virginia (19-14) W 89-63 19-1 (5-1)
01/29/28 at Wake Forest (23-11) W 75-65 20-1 (6-1)
02/02/28 North Carolina State (13-17) W 80-57 21-1 (7-1)
02/05/28 Maryland (26-11) W 77-75 22-1 (8-1)
02/09/28 North Carolina (15-15) W 104-69 23-1 (9-1)
02/12/28 Clemson (14-17) W 85-70 24-1 (10-1)
02/14/28 at Clemson (14-17) W 70-49 25-1 (11-1)
02/21/28 at Duke (14-21) W 86-42 26-1 (12-1)
02/23/28 Virginia (19-14) W 82-54 27-1 (13-1)
03/01/28 at Florida State (15-14) W 85-51 28-1 (14-1)
03/08/28 Florida State (15-14) W 83-52 29-1 (15-1)
03/10/28 vs. Duke (14-21) L 62-51 29-2
03/16/28 vs. Drake (18-17) W 91-50 30-2
03/18/28 vs. Nevada (20-11) W 117-58 31-2
03/24/28 vs. Saint Louis (24-10) W 77-73 32-2
03/26/28 vs. UNLV (25-11) W 62-57 33-2
04/01/28 vs. Oregon (29-10) W 61-57 34-2
04/03/28 vs. Purdue (34-6) L 76-67 34-3




Georgia Tech Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Charles Keller C 37 37 30.5 13.5 2.3 8.7 1.7 1.2 0.6 2.9 2.9
Howard Falkner C 37 37 30.3 7.1 2.2 8.5 1.3 0.7 0.4 1.9 2.7
Mack Martinez SF 32 32 29.4 15.3 1.5 4.0 3.1 4.2 0.2 2.3 2.5
Bill Ludwig PG 37 37 31.5 18.0 1.7 3.6 2.1 5.2 0.4 2.2 2.7
Jaime Ginder PG 30 30 29.0 8.3 0.6 2.5 4.6 5.5 0.1 3.7 2.7
Eldridge Baker SG 37 5 14.1 5.3 0.7 2.4 1.4 1.6 0.1 0.5 1.3
Quincy Schwab SG 37 7 14.3 7.4 0.9 2.0 2.1 1.9 0.1 1.8 1.6
Carl Fritts PG 13 0 6.8 3.3 0.5 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.6 0.5
Dannie Wiegand SF 37 0 8.8 2.8 0.3 1.5 0.7 1.2 0.0 0.5 0.8
John Goble PF 37 0 17.7 7.8 0.9 3.4 1.1 0.6 1.1 1.6 1.7
William Vargo C 11 0 3.5 1.2 0.5 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4
Thomas Roberts PF 3 0 2.7 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.0
Frank Williams SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


And that's how you get 20+ steals a game, you have two starters average over 5 and another over 4. Everyone off the bench averaging over 1, just a total force.


Player Review



PLAYER DETAILS

#41 SF Mack Martinez - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 242
High School: Overbrook Regional Senior High School
Hometown: Pine Hill, 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: 90 35 34 9 39 58 34 18 33 74 96 35 100 53 71 49 87
2026: 88 32 31 9 37 55 32 17 30 68 96 32 100 53 69 49 79
2025: 87 30 29 9 35 52 31 16 28 61 94 30 100 52 67 48 70
2024: 86 28 27 9 33 49 30 15 26 53 84 28 94 52 64 47 59
2023: 82 26 25 8 32 46 29 14 24 46 75 26 84 51 61 47 47
2022: 77 24 23 7 31 43 28 13 22 38 65 24 75 49 57 47 32
Potential: A C D F D C C D C B A D

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2024 34 6 16.7 6.9 0.6 2.1 1.0 1.4 0.71 0.8 0.1 1.6
2025 30 0 11.7 5.2 0.5 1.1 0.7 1.1 0.64 1.3 0.0 1.1
2026 37 0 14.4 7.1 1.0 2.2 1.5 1.2 1.17 1.4 0.1 1.5
2027 32 32 29.4 15.3 1.5 4.0 3.1 2.3 1.37 4.2 0.2 2.5
Career 133 38 18.0 8.6 0.9 2.3 1.6 1.5 1.37 1.9 0.1 1.7

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2024 2.6 5.9 .443 1.7 2.6 .652 0.0 0.0 .000 1.17 7.68
2025 2.3 4.7 .486 0.6 1.3 .487 0.0 0.0 .000 1.11 2.80
2026 3.0 5.8 .514 1.2 2.2 .538 0.0 0.0 .000 1.23 2.54
2027 6.2 11.7 .534 2.8 4.6 .612 0.0 0.1 .000 1.31 20.19
Career 3.5 7.0 .502 1.6 2.7 .592 0.0 0.0 .000 1.23 8.16

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 11
2022 High School: Rated *** and #125 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2022 High School: All-State (New Jersey)
2024 Freshman All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2027 1st Team All-American
2027 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)


Martinez sat behind Lance Tyler most of his career, and was really, really good when he finally got the chance to show his stuff.


PLAYER DETAILS

#33 C Charles Keller - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6'11"
Weight: 269
High School: Maypearl High School
Hometown: Maypearl, TX

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: 73 23 36 29 28 12 57 88 59 22 51 46 88 26 76 52 93
2026: 72 22 36 29 24 11 56 83 53 20 48 45 82 26 76 50 81
2025: 71 21 36 29 22 10 52 76 47 19 46 42 71 24 76 49 69
2024: 64 20 36 29 20 9 47 66 40 18 44 39 60 23 76 47 55
2023: 58 20 35 28 19 8 43 58 35 17 42 36 49 22 76 45 41
2022: 51 20 34 27 18 7 38 48 30 16 40 33 39 21 76 44 23
Potential: B D D D D F C A C D C C

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2024 34 34 28.1 9.4 2.3 7.9 1.4 2.5 0.57 0.9 0.3 3.0
2025 30 30 30.3 11.2 2.1 9.1 1.7 3.8 0.46 0.8 0.6 3.1
2026 37 37 30.2 12.8 1.9 7.9 1.2 2.9 0.43 1.2 0.6 3.5
2027 37 37 30.5 13.5 2.3 8.7 1.7 2.9 0.59 1.2 0.6 2.9
Career 138 138 29.8 11.8 2.2 8.3 1.5 3.0 0.59 1.0 0.5 3.1

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2024 3.3 8.0 .410 2.7 4.3 .626 0.1 0.8 .154 1.17 11.56
2025 4.0 7.7 .519 3.0 5.1 .582 0.2 0.4 .545 1.45 10.13
2026 4.5 9.8 .460 3.6 5.6 .632 0.2 0.5 .412 1.30 15.76
2027 5.2 10.6 .490 2.9 4.6 .629 0.2 0.4 .375 1.27 18.41
Career 4.3 9.1 .469 3.0 4.9 .619 0.2 0.5 .329 1.29 14.21

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 6
2022 High School: Rated *** and #244 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2022 High School: All-State (Texas)
2024 Freshman All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2027 2nd Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)


My big men aren't major award winners, but Keller was a good one for me and he will be missed. Keller will actually leave as the 2nd leading scorer behind Hunsaker in Georgia Tech history.



PLAYER DETAILS

#43 PG Bill Ludwig - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 206
High School:
Hometown: Townsville, Australia

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: 54 57 62 44 46 37 45 14 27 58 92 46 100 99 45 46 96
2026: 51 50 60 43 46 33 42 13 25 57 90 43 100 98 42 45 85
2025: 48 45 59 42 46 30 39 12 24 56 89 41 100 98 40 44 76
2024: 46 39 53 39 46 28 37 11 23 51 80 39 100 97 38 43 66
2023: 44 34 48 36 46 26 35 10 22 46 71 37 96 97 36 42 56
2022: 42 29 43 33 46 24 33 9 21 41 61 35 85 96 34 41 44
Potential: C C C C D D C F D C A C

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2024 34 6 19.4 8.1 0.8 1.9 1.6 1.8 0.87 3.6 0.3 1.6
2025 30 0 8.3 4.1 0.4 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.04 1.5 0.0 0.8
2026 37 37 31.3 15.5 2.1 3.7 2.8 2.3 1.21 4.5 0.2 2.8
2027 37 37 31.5 18.0 1.7 3.6 2.1 2.2 0.94 5.2 0.4 2.7
Career 138 80 23.4 11.9 1.3 2.6 1.9 1.9 0.94 3.8 0.3 2.1

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2024 2.8 6.6 .422 1.8 2.5 .729 0.7 2.8 .260 1.23 8.76
2025 1.4 3.6 .402 0.8 1.0 .833 0.4 1.4 .286 1.15 2.73
2026 5.7 12.8 .444 2.7 3.6 .733 1.5 4.9 .300 1.21 15.30
2027 6.5 14.6 .447 3.2 4.1 .783 1.7 5.1 .328 1.23 21.84
Career 4.3 9.8 .438 2.2 2.9 .759 1.1 3.7 .302 1.22 12.71

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 20
2022 High School: Rated *** and #160 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2027 1st Team All-American
2027 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)


Ludwig gets the advantage of the extra games played that come with a run to the NCAA Tournament Finals to really push up his steals numbers. As incredible as Hunsaker was at the time, check out Ludwig:


Player Career Steal Records

# Player Team Date Record
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1 William Llanes Brigham Young 2015 531
2 Bill Ludwig Georgia Tech 2027 526
3 John Hunsaker Georgia Tech 2025 522
4 David Graham Illinois 2017 479
5 Antwan Hogan Chicago State 2010 475
6 Merle Lewis Chicago State 2010 462
7 Douglas Armijo Georgia Tech 2026 456
8 Tony Kunz Kansas 2020 430
9 Ronald Seay Illinois 2021 430
10 Aaron Gagliardi Georgetown 2027 421

Ludwig almost broke that pesky record, and the dude didn't even start until he was a junior.



We've had two hugely successful seasons in a row, disappointed to come away with no championship, but we're breaking into the top echelon of college basketball and we're going to be very hard to stop from here on out. Sweet Sixteen seasons might be disappointments and 'down years' soon.

Goal for next year? Reach the ACC Semifinals.

Totals: 34-3 (15-1) - ACC Quarterfinals, NCAA Runner-Up - RPI 7

[Radii]

2028 Offseason

Its been two final four runs in a row, and the prestige doesn't have much more to go to get up to the stratosphere. We gain 7 points from last year, 86->93. Our goals are now to reach the sweet 16, and my performance is the stuff of legends.

So lets look at the national scene, Duke is falling fast, Wake is probably on the way down after losing their all-world coach, and Maryland is fighting to rise up into the 90s along with us.


Team List

Team Conference Prestige
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Syracuse Big East 100
Illinois Big Ten 100
Cincinnati Conference USA 100
Oklahoma State Big 12 100
Oregon Pacific-10 100
St. John's Big East 96
Wake Forest Atlantic Coast Conference 95
Memphis Conference USA 95
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast Conference 93
Alabama Southeastern Conference 92
Purdue Big Ten 91
Texas Big 12 90
Boise State Western Athletic Conference 90
Iowa State Big 12 90


We have the 9th best prestige in the nation.


Coaching Skill Increase

We're up to level 8, and I put 5 more in recruiting, 10 scouting, 5 offense.


COACH DETAILS

Richard Dixon - Head Coach - Georgia Tech
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Age: 45
High School: Wake Forest Rolesville HS
Hometown: Wake Froest, NC
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Current Level: 8
Career Record: 541 - 248

Recruiting: 60
Scouting: 40
Offense: 60
Defense: 100


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2027 Georgia Tech Head Coach 34 3 15 1 Loss in FBCA Championship Game
2026 Georgia Tech Head Coach 33 4 14 2 Loss in FBCA Championship Game
2025 Georgia Tech Head Coach 23 7 11 5 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2024 Georgia Tech Head Coach 27 7 12 4 Loss in FBCA Sweet Sixteen
2023 Georgia Tech Head Coach 26 7 13 3 Loss in FBCA Elite Eight
2022 Georgia Tech Head Coach 23 11 8 8 Loss in FBIT Round 3
2021 Georgia Tech Head Coach 21 12 10 6 Loss in FBIT Round 3
2020 Georgia Tech Head Coach 15 14 6 10 No Postseason
2019 Fordham Head Coach 13 17 3 13 No Postseason
2018 Fordham Head Coach 22 9 9 7 Loss in FBIT Round 1
2017 Vermont Head Coach 25 7 11 5 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2016 Vermont Head Coach 25 7 14 2 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2015 Vermont Head Coach 23 9 10 6 Loss in FBIT Round 1
2014 Vermont Head Coach 24 8 11 5 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2013 Vermont Head Coach 16 13 8 8 No Postseason
2012 Vermont Head Coach 13 16 7 9 No Postseason
2011 Vermont Head Coach 18 12 9 7 No Postseason
2010 Chicago State Head Coach 30 4 13 1 Loss in FBCA Sweet Sixteen
2009 Chicago State Head Coach 23 7 11 3 Loss in FBIT Preliminary Round
2008 Chicago State Head Coach 28 4 12 2 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2007 Chicago State Head Coach 26 6 11 3 Loss in FBCA Tourney Round 1
2006 Chicago State Head Coach 8 21 2 12 No Postseason
2005 Chicago State Head Coach 19 10 8 6 No Postseason
2004 Chicago State Head Coach 11 19 4 10 No Postseason
2003 Chicago State Head Coach 15 14 7 7 No Postseason

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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2027 Conference Coach of the Year (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2027 Atlantic Coast Conference Champion
2026 Conference Coach of the Year (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Champion
2023 Conference Coach of the Year (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2023 National Coach of the Year
2021 Conference Coach of the Year (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2018 National Coach of the Year
2017 Conference Coach of the Year (America East)
2017 America East Champion
2016 Conference Coach of the Year (America East)
2016 America East Champion
2015 Conference Coach of the Year (America East)
2014 Conference Coach of the Year (America East)
2010 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)
2010 Mid-Continent Conference Champion
2009 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)
2008 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)
2008 Mid-Continent Conference Champion
2007 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)
2007 Mid-Continent Conference Champion
2005 Conference Coach of the Year (Mid-Continent Conference)

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2020 Hired by Georgia Tech (Head Coach)
2020 Quit job with Fordham to pursue another position.
2018 Hired by Fordham (Head Coach)
2018 Quit job with Vermont to pursue another position.
2011 Hired by Vermont (Head Coach)
2011 Quit job with Chicago State to pursue another position.
2003 Hired by Chicago State (Head Coach)



Its quite a legacy that I'm buliding, and I'm thrilled to have final fours to add to the resume, now its time to win a title!

Incoming Recruits

Georgia Tech has the #19 recruiting class in the nation this year. Maryland is 8th, Wake 24th, Duke 32nd, so we've got the #2 class in the conference.



PLAYER DETAILS

#30 C Ted Barrett - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 226
High School: Blooming Grove High School
Hometown: Blooming Grove, TX

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: 32 39 25 11 31 11 45 59 46 22 27 23 54 18 60 24 20
Potential: C C D F D F B A B D C D

Academics: 65

2027 High School: Rated *** and #116 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Not bad at all. The size/strength is still his issue, but the rebounding and post D is something I'm really happy about.


PLAYER DETAILS

#11 SF Parker Ortiz - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6'10"
Weight: 221
High School: Lake Brantley High School
Hometown: Altamonte Springs, FL

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: 51 48 49 31 50 22 7 8 27 62 45 4 25 55 47 46 55
Potential: B C B C B D F F C A B F

Academics: 38

2027 High School: Rated **** and #32 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2027 High School: All-State (Florida)


I really couldn't be any happier about Ortiz. He can handle the ball and pick up some steals. With his size and lack of quickness, I don't think I can make him a SG or PG, but this is a guy who is going to score a lot and do really well for me I think.


PLAYER DETAILS

#25 SG Micah Germany - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 200
High School: Godwin High School
Hometown: Richmond, VA

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: 21 41 35 80 25 20 25 28 22 38 52 16 61 76 57 81 21
Potential: D B C A D D D C D B B D

Academics: 52

2027 High School: Rated *** and #100 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2027 High School: All-State (Virginia)
2027 High School: Mr. Basketball (Virginia)


I took a chance on Germany, and it didn't work out. D ball handling is going to negate a lot of positives elsewhere. This is someone who might be a star for another school and wlil probalby bomb totally at Georgia Tech.


Coaches

My entire coaching staff leaves to take head coaching jobs elsewhere. I had a solid, balanced staff and it'll be tough to replace them.

Here's what we got

Recruiter: Skill 83, $120,000/yr
Scout: Skill 73, $120,000/yr
Assistant: Offense 59, Defense 80, $190,000/yr

The assistant is a big step down, but, we poached him from Duke, so there's the intangible factor there(not that he'll be better b/c he came from there, but i'm out to screw over Duke, so this brings me great joy).

Scheduling

We're the #1 seed in the Top of the World Invitational this year. Some interesting opponents, Alabama is the 2 seed, Boise State the 3(Boise State's prestige is up to 90, they were a 1 seed last year in the big dance).

Its time to bump up the scheduling. I'll be looking for teams between 45-55 prestige, with two exceptions. I want one home game, and one road game, vs teams with 100 prestige... or how about 96 prestige and 100 prestige. Purdue and Oklahoma State are both coming to Atlanta this year, the two teams that beat me in the national championship game the last two seasons.

Training/Budget

No luck with the training request, and I really want to get this up there, we're still 6th in the ACC here with 74 training, good to be sure, but not good enough for a top 10 national program.

Roster Overview


Georgia Tech Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Howard Falkner C 6'11" 266 58 37 0 47 36 48 13 66 46 93
John Goble PF 6' 8" 205 95 45 0 27 42 36 28 76 43 88
Eldridge Baker SG 6' 4" 224 35 41 62 73 47 35 88 57 60 83
Quincy Schwab SG 6' 4" 210 13 77 94 58 9 52 84 69 74 71
Jaime Ginder PG 5'11" 166 8 56 37 48 64 27 93 25 78 100

Dannie Wiegand SF 6' 6" 226 13 87 37 63 10 38 43 54 56 84
Carl Fritts PG 5'11" 165 78 25 61 55 50 11 82 43 72 100
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 6' 2" 199 43 44 60 59 52 15 77 25 48 48
William Vargo C 6' 9" 262 51 20 0 48 20 74 16 83 49 35





Georgia Tech Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Howard Falkner C 6'11" 266 86 37 19 38 91 100 13 66 46 93
John Goble PF 6' 8" 205 84 38 23 61 51 100 28 76 43 88
Eldridge Baker SG 6' 4" 224 23 54 71 23 52 37 88 57 60 83
Quincy Schwab SG 6' 4" 210 11 17 97 8 44 33 84 69 74 71
Jaime Ginder PG 5'11" 166 5 82 97 29 30 70 93 25 78 100

Dannie Wiegand SF 6' 6" 226 57 53 92 38 56 63 43 54 56 84
Carl Fritts PG 5'11" 165 27 45 87 25 42 67 82 43 72 100
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 6' 2" 199 50 37 68 30 20 100 77 25 48 48
William Vargo C 6' 9" 262 32 15 38 74 91 100 16 83 49 35



This is a team with a lot of good numbers, but I'm really not sure if I'm using them in an ideal fashion at all. Knowing that my pressing/trapping strategy leads to a lot of fouls, I'm worried about Baker and Schwab's PF ratings. I'm worried that I'm not making the most out of Baker's good HND by putting him at SF. Should Wiegand be starting over someone? Schwab has the big PRD hole but is otherwise good... so many questions.

[Radii]

2028/29 Season


Recruiting

Just two scholarships this year, and we're going to just grab the best players we can find. Thanks to a successful budget request this year, we've got $36,998/mo to find two players.

We now have 4* talent starting out with HIGH interest in us. We're not in their top 5 lists just yet, but we're on the cusp. We land two highly ranked players in the initial signing period and we're done.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#41 C Juste Battaille
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Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 217
High School:
Hometown: Willow River, Canada
GPA: 2.62
Test Score: 850
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: 33 9 42 0 27 18 42 42 61 35 37 56 83 36 86 44 29
Potential: D C C F D D C A A D C B


Barret is ranked #22 overall. His offense is obviously poor but I am a bit suspicious... dude averaged 13 points a game and shot 54% in high school, is he really rated that badly? And if he is, if he has an A for defensive rebounding and post D and is a shot blocker, I'll live with it anyway.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#20 PG William Geter
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 178
High School: Vinton High School
Hometown: Vinton, LA
GPA: 2.44
Test Score: 890
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: 51 43 37 51 50 58 16 21 38 67 54 40 16 87 31 74 40
Potential: C C B C C A D C C B B C


A good defender, good steals, very quick, a High C handles, an average shooter and good from the FT line. This guy is rated #42 in the nation.


Results

Well, we look good in November. We face Alabama in the top of the world classic finals, a team with a prestige of 92, and we beat them by 54, so I'm fairly content with my lineup after worrying about it quite a bit early on. We beat Oklahoma State by 45, and Purdue by 15 on our way to a 14-0 non conference record and a #3 ranking going into January.

Duke is ranked again the first time we play them, and we beat them by 9. Wake Forest is ranked when we beat them by 37 at their place. Duke is a challenge the second time around, we pull out a 73-72 win there.

Our first loss of the season comes on February 21st in College Park, MD. The Terps beat us 82-69. We come back later in the week and beat them 115-85 in Atlanta. The blemish against Maryland is our only loss of the year. Maryland appears to be the 2nd best team in the league by far.


2028 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#5 Georgia Tech 15 1 .938 29 1 .967
#9 Maryland 12 4 .750 24 6 .800
Virginia 10 6 .625 21 9 .700
#17 Duke 10 6 .625 19 11 .633
#24 Wake Forest 9 7 .563 18 13 .581
North Carolina State 7 9 .438 14 15 .483
Florida State 5 11 .313 15 13 .536
Clemson 3 13 .188 12 19 .387
North Carolina 1 15 .063 5 25 .167


Can we advance past the Quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament? This year, luckily, we don't face Duke.

Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (1) Georgia Tech 75, (8) Clemson 64 - We get 16 steals to their 7 and have a +6 turnover edge. We shoot well, including and espicially 24-28 from the FT line. Its as close as it is because Clemson makes 10 three poitners.

Semifinals: (1) Georgia Tech 74, (4) Duke 69 - Our nemisis, this time we see them in the semifinals, and this time we get the win. We only get 10 steals here, Duke has 8, and we commit more turnovers. We beat them on the boards today, our 45-32 rebounding edge helps us get 9 more shots from the field, and we win despite shooting 37% from the floor.

Finals: (1) Georgia Tech 84, (2) Maryland 68 - Now this is what I expected the last couple years. Again we only get 12 steals, Maryland gets 8, we end up with a +9 turnover edge and dominate at the FT line, 28-32 on the game. PF John Goble scores 20+ points in all 3 ACC Tournament Games, he gives us 10-11 from the FT Line today as we wrap up the ACC Tournament.


We earn our first #1 seed ever in the NCAA Tournament. We're the 1 seed in the south. Duke is the 6 seed in our region, while Maryland is the 3 seed in the East.


NCAA First Round

We outclass Army in round 1.


Georgia Tech 94, Army 46

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Army (19-13):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Andrew Ellis C 25 0-3 2-4 1 3 0 3 2
Harold Vanhoose PF 27 0-1 1-2 1 7 1 3 1
Franklyn Hill SF 26 3-7 4-6 0 5 0 3 10
Eric Leuridan SG 25 2-7 2-2 2 6 0 2 7
Jeremy Jimenez PG 22 0-9 4-4 1 3 2 1 4
Stacey Cepeda C 9 1-2 0-0 1 1 0 4 2
Brandon Peters PF 18 2-3 0-0 1 2 0 2 4
Clinton August SF 14 2-4 0-0 0 2 0 1 5
Doyle Finkelstein PG 11 1-2 3-4 0 0 1 2 6
David Luke PG 7 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 2
Steve Bott SG 15 1-3 0-0 0 0 2 2 3

Turnovers: 31 (A.Ellis 1, H.Vanhoose 3, F.Hill 2,
E.Leuridan 3, J.Jimenez 9, S.Cepeda 2, B.Peters 2,
C.August 1, D.Finkelstein 6, D.Luke 2)
Blocked Shots: 8 (H.Vanhoose 1, F.Hill 2, E.Leuridan 2,
S.Cepeda 1, C.August 2)
Steals: 6 (A.Ellis 2, J.Jimenez 1, S.Bott 3)
3P FGs: 4-18 (A.Ellis 0-1, F.Hill 0-2, E.Leuridan 1-2,
J.Jimenez 0-7, C.August 1-3, D.Finkelstein 1-1, D.Luke
0-1, S.Bott 1-1)

Georgia Tech (33-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Howard Falkner PF 35 5-9 2-4 5 15 1 3 12
John Goble C 33 6-12 6-6 3 9 2 2 18
Eldridge Baker SF 27 5-8 7-8 3 3 0 5 18
Quincy Schwab SG 32 6-18 6-7 1 6 3 4 19
Jaime Ginder PG 33 2-6 3-4 0 1 8 3 7
Dannie Wiegand SF 13 4-7 0-0 2 3 1 1 10
Carl Fritts SG 8 2-4 0-0 1 1 0 2 5
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 7 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 0
William Vargo C 12 2-3 1-2 1 5 3 0 5

Turnovers: 14 (H.Falkner 2, J.Goble 4, Q.Schwab 3,
J.Ginder 4, D.Wiegand 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (J.Goble 1, E.Baker 1, Q.Schwab 1)
Steals: 21 (J.Goble 2, E.Baker 4, Q.Schwab 3, J.Ginder
10, C.Fritts 2)
3P FGs: 5-17 (E.Baker 1-2, Q.Schwab 1-9, J.Ginder 0-1,
D.Wiegand 2-3, C.Fritts 1-2)

Player of Game: SG Eldridge Baker (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats ARMY GATC
Halftime Score 29 43
FGM-FGA 13-43 32-68
FG% .302 .471
FTM-FTA 16-22 25-31
FT% .727 .806
3PM-3PA 4-18 5-17
3P% .222 .294
Rebounds 29 44
Assists 6 19
Steals 6 21
Blocks 8 3
Turnovers 31 14
Team Fouls 25 22




NCAA Second Round


Round 2 is closer than it should have been.


Georgia Tech 65, George Washington 58

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George Washington (21-13):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Brendan Guajardo C 30 2-6 2-4 1 9 0 0 6
Forrest Whitney PF 31 5-7 2-2 1 10 2 1 12
Brian Smith SF 31 4-17 2-2 0 2 0 2 10
Remigio Iacobucci SG 25 3-4 0-0 1 2 0 2 6
Ronald Khoury PG 35 3-9 2-2 1 6 7 2 8
Albert Clarke C 19 2-3 0-1 0 3 1 0 4
Jorge Gullett SF 22 3-5 2-3 3 6 1 5 8
Agustin Brehm SG 6 0-0 4-6 0 0 0 3 4

Turnovers: 28 (B.Guajardo 3, F.Whitney 2, B.Smith 4,
R.Iacobucci 3, R.Khoury 10, A.Clarke 2, J.Gullett 2,
A.Brehm 2)
Blocked Shots: 7 (F.Whitney 2, A.Clarke 5)
Steals: 10 (F.Whitney 2, B.Smith 4, R.Iacobucci 1,
R.Khoury 1, A.Clarke 1, J.Gullett 1)
3P FGs: 0-10 (B.Smith 0-6, R.Iacobucci 0-1, R.Khoury
0-3)

Georgia Tech (34-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Howard Falkner PF 22 3-8 0-0 0 4 0 5 6
John Goble C 32 2-4 0-0 1 8 2 3 4
Eldridge Baker SF 32 3-10 0-2 1 3 2 1 7
Quincy Schwab SG 31 4-14 0-1 2 6 2 3 11
Jaime Ginder PG 32 2-5 3-4 2 4 5 3 7
Dannie Wiegand SF 8 2-5 0-0 0 1 0 2 5
Carl Fritts SG 9 2-5 2-2 0 1 1 0 6
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 8 3-3 0-0 0 0 1 0 7
William Vargo C 24 4-8 2-2 3 8 0 1 10
Thomas Roberts PF 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2

Turnovers: 20 (H.Falkner 2, J.Goble 4, Q.Schwab 4,
J.Ginder 5, C.Fritts 2, J.Ruffin 2, W.Vargo 1)
Blocked Shots: 6 (E.Baker 1, W.Vargo 5)
Steals: 15 (J.Goble 3, E.Baker 2, Q.Schwab 2, J.Ginder
3, D.Wiegand 2, C.Fritts 2, T.Roberts 1)
3P FGs: 6-19 (E.Baker 1-6, Q.Schwab 3-8, J.Ginder 0-1,
D.Wiegand 1-1, C.Fritts 0-2, J.Ruffin 1-1)

Player of Game: C William Vargo (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats GGWA GATC
Halftime Score 27 24
FGM-FGA 22-51 26-63
FG% .431 .413
FTM-FTA 14-20 7-11
FT% .700 .636
3PM-3PA 0-10 6-19
3P% .000 .316
Rebounds 38 35
Assists 11 13
Steals 10 15
Blocks 7 6
Turnovers 28 20
Team Fouls 15 18




NCAA Sweet 16

(1) #5 Georgia Tech (34-1) vs (4) #15 Memphis (25-9)


Memphis comes out firing, they shoot 43% from 3 and 85% from the line in the first half, while we miss a number of free throws and turn it over more than we'd like. We've got an 8-4 steals edge, but the turnover margin is only +2 (9/11).

We only lead 39-38 at the half here, and Memphis is staying closer than I'm comfortable with here, we need to put them away. We take a 10 point lead but Memphis just isn't missing 3 pointers... they come back quickly and actually pull ahead, with 5 minutes to go its 80-74 Memphis. With 4 minutes left Memphis leads by 8, 84-76. We get a quick 4 points and its 84-80 with 3:30 to go. A breakaway dunk after a steal cuts the lead to 2, and another steal ties the game up. An illegal screen on the next posession allows us to go ahead by 2, its 90-88 with 1:30 left in the game. Memphis gets a free throw to make it 90-89. We use up the shot clock but miss a jumper with 16 seconds left, leaving us with:



2nd Half Time Remaining: 0:16 Georgia Tech 90, Memphis 89
Memphis ball: Defense: Man

Arnold Hume passes the ball to Joseph Strawn (Left wing).
Joseph Strawn drives to the left baseline.
Joseph Strawn drives to the left wing.
Joseph Strawn passes the ball to Raymond Williams (Inside).
Raymond Williams passes the ball to David Chaparro (Left corner).
David Chaparro shoots a three-pointer from the left corner.
It's Good.
Raymond Williams gets the assist.


Final Score - Memphis 92, Georgia Tech 90


A 3 pointer as time expires, and we fall in the Sweet 16.



Memphis 92, Georgia Tech 90

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Memphis (26-9):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Hayden Jaco C 21 1-1 0-0 1 2 2 4 2
Lonnie Durst PF 33 6-13 9-11 0 5 2 5 21
Arnold Hume SF 29 5-10 7-9 0 2 1 4 19
Joseph Strawn SG 16 4-5 2-2 0 1 1 4 11
David Chaparro PG 34 5-11 5-5 3 5 7 4 17
Woodrow Parsons SG 18 2-3 1-1 0 5 1 4 5
Raymond Williams SF 14 4-7 0-1 0 1 3 2 10
Herschel Torres PF 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Leonard Janes C 21 1-4 0-0 1 2 0 2 2
Edward Porter SG 11 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 3

Turnovers: 21 (H.Jaco 1, L.Durst 5, A.Hume 3,
D.Chaparro 4, W.Parsons 4, R.Williams 3, L.Janes 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (L.Durst 1, A.Hume 1)
Steals: 7 (H.Jaco 1, L.Durst 1, J.Strawn 1, D.Chaparro
2, L.Janes 2)
3P FGs: 8-15 (A.Hume 2-3, J.Strawn 1-2, D.Chaparro 2-4,
W.Parsons 0-1, R.Williams 2-3, L.Janes 0-1, E.Porter
1-1)

Georgia Tech (34-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Howard Falkner PF 17 3-5 4-4 2 2 0 4 10
John Goble C 34 8-17 4-6 2 6 2 1 20
Eldridge Baker SF 20 5-5 0-0 4 6 1 5 10
Quincy Schwab SG 32 4-7 9-12 3 7 1 1 20
Jaime Ginder PG 33 3-9 8-8 1 4 5 4 15
Dannie Wiegand SF 20 2-6 2-5 1 4 0 1 7
Carl Fritts SG 8 0-2 2-3 1 2 0 0 2
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 7 0-1 0-1 0 0 1 0 0
William Vargo PF 25 3-4 0-0 0 6 1 4 6
Thomas Roberts PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 19 (H.Falkner 1, J.Goble 4, E.Baker 1,
Q.Schwab 3, J.Ginder 5, D.Wiegand 2, C.Fritts 2,
W.Vargo 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (J.Goble 2, J.Ginder 2)
Steals: 14 (J.Goble 1, E.Baker 2, Q.Schwab 5, J.Ginder
3, D.Wiegand 3)
3P FGs: 5-11 (Q.Schwab 3-4, J.Ginder 1-4, D.Wiegand
1-2, C.Fritts 0-1)

Player of Game: PG David Chaparro (MMPHS)

Game Summary:

Game Stats MMPHS GATC
Halftime Score 38 39
FGM-FGA 30-56 28-56
FG% .536 .500
FTM-FTA 24-29 29-39
FT% .828 .744
3PM-3PA 8-15 5-11
3P% .533 .455
Rebounds 24 38
Assists 18 11
Steals 7 14
Blocks 2 4
Turnovers 21 19
Team Fouls 30 20



We should have won that game. We missed 10 free throws which is just a killer.



Boise State wins the national title over St John's. Oregon and Kentucky also make the final four this year.


Awards

I am the ACC Coach of the year for the third time in a row.


SG Quincy Schwab: 1st Team All-American, ACC Player of the Year

PG Jaime Ginder: 1st Team All-American, 1st Team All-ACC

PF John Goble: 1st Team All-ACC

SG Eldridge Baker: 2nd Team All-ACC

We have 3 1st team all conference performers, and both members of our starting back court are 1st team all americans.


Georgia Tech 2028 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 93 Record Vs 1-50: 13-2
Season Record: 34-2 Record Vs 51-100: 3-0
Conference Record: 15-1 Record Vs 101-200: 11-0
Home Record: 17-0 Record Vs 200+: 7-0
Current Poll Rank: 5 Current RPI Rank: 3

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 86.5 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Points Allowed: 62.5 National Rank: 29 Conference Rank: 1
Rebounds: 36.1 National Rank: 121 Conference Rank: 8
Assists: 18.1 National Rank: 9 Conference Rank: 1
Steals: 18.3 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 3.8 National Rank: 73 Conference Rank: 5
Turnovers: 16.3 National Rank: 74 Conference Rank: 3
Fouls: 18.4 National Rank: 79 Conference Rank: 2
FG%: .486 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
FT%: .752 National Rank: 13 Conference Rank: 3
3P%: .390 National Rank: 13 Conference Rank: 3



Perfect. We lead the nation in poits, steals, and field goal %. We shoot FTs well, shoot the 3 well, we're starting to see more blocked shots, we're just solid all over here.


Georgia Tech 2028 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/12/28 Northwestern (6-24) W 112-56 1-0
11/16/28 vs. Eastern Illinois (20-14) W 87-68 2-0
11/18/28 vs. Saint Louis (18-17) W 74-43 3-0
11/19/28 vs. Alabama (21-13) W 106-52 4-0
11/22/28 Air Force (6-23) W 82-55 5-0
11/25/28 at Northern Iowa (18-13) W 80-69 6-0
11/29/28 Marquette (14-15) W 90-63 7-0
12/03/28 at Wyoming (7-22) W 77-64 8-0
12/06/28 Cleveland State (9-21) W 90-49 9-0
12/09/28 Detroit (9-20) W 90-58 10-0
12/12/28 Akron (18-11) W 99-37 11-0
12/15/28 San Jose State (12-18) W 81-72 12-0
12/19/28 Oklahoma State (18-17) W 96-51 13-0
12/23/28 Purdue (21-14) W 81-66 14-0
01/03/29 Duke (20-13) W 90-81 15-0 (1-0)
01/06/29 at North Carolina State (15-16) W 78-66 16-0 (2-0)
01/17/29 Clemson (12-20) W 109-72 17-0 (3-0)
01/20/29 at Virginia (23-11) W 100-61 18-0 (4-0)
01/24/29 at Wake Forest (19-15) W 93-56 19-0 (5-0)
01/27/29 at Clemson (12-20) W 71-48 20-0 (6-0)
01/31/29 North Carolina State (15-16) W 85-55 21-0 (7-0)
02/03/29 North Carolina (5-25) W 106-55 22-0 (8-0)
02/07/29 at Duke (20-13) W 73-72 23-0 (9-0)
02/14/29 at Florida State (15-14) W 71-58 24-0 (10-0)
02/17/29 Florida State (15-14) W 70-56 25-0 (11-0)
02/19/29 Virginia (23-11) W 83-72 26-0 (12-0)
02/21/29 at Maryland (28-8) L 82-69 26-1 (12-1)
02/24/29 Maryland (28-8) W 115-85 27-1 (13-1)
02/28/29 at North Carolina (5-25) W 79-52 28-1 (14-1)
03/03/29 Wake Forest (19-15) W 94-78 29-1 (15-1)
03/09/29 vs. Clemson (12-20) W 75-64 30-1
03/10/29 vs. Duke (20-13) W 74-69 31-1
03/11/29 vs. Maryland (28-8) W 84-68 32-1
03/15/29 vs. Army (19-13) W 94-46 33-1
03/17/29 vs. George Washington (21-13) W 65-58 34-1
03/23/29 vs. Memphis (26-10) L 92-90 34-2




Georgia Tech Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Howard Falkner C 36 36 30.6 8.6 1.7 8.9 1.8 0.7 0.7 1.9 2.8
John Goble PF 36 36 30.8 18.5 1.4 5.8 2.3 0.8 1.4 3.6 2.7
Eldridge Baker SG 36 36 30.1 12.5 1.4 4.9 2.7 3.1 0.2 1.2 3.0
Quincy Schwab SG 36 36 29.5 17.9 1.6 4.6 2.4 4.1 0.1 2.5 3.1
Jaime Ginder PG 33 33 30.6 9.8 0.9 2.7 5.3 5.0 0.3 3.2 2.6
Dannie Wiegand SF 34 0 10.4 3.9 0.6 1.9 0.8 1.4 0.1 0.7 0.7
Carl Fritts PG 36 0 11.0 6.9 0.4 1.1 0.8 2.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 36 3 11.4 3.8 0.1 0.3 1.4 1.0 0.1 1.2 0.9
William Vargo C 36 0 17.2 4.9 1.4 5.7 0.9 0.5 1.0 1.1 1.8
Frank Williams SG 7 0 3.3 2.4 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.9 0.3
Thomas Roberts PF 16 0 3.6 0.9 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2
Ted Barrett C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Parker Ortiz SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Micah Germany SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Goble is a big time scorer with one more year left, and Schwab is damn impressive as a sophomore. Ginder puts up another 5 steal season on his way out.

Player Review



PLAYER DETAILS

#21 C Howard Falkner - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6'11"
Weight: 266
High School: West Grand High School
Hometown: Kremmling, CO

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: 58 37 39 0 47 36 48 91 86 37 19 38 100 13 66 46 93
2027: 57 34 36 0 43 34 47 89 86 34 18 34 100 12 66 46 83
2026: 56 31 33 0 38 32 44 88 86 31 17 30 100 11 66 45 74
2025: 51 29 31 0 35 30 39 78 74 29 16 27 100 11 66 44 67
2024: 46 28 30 0 32 29 34 68 64 27 15 24 100 11 66 44 60
2023: 41 27 29 0 30 28 29 58 54 25 14 21 97 11 66 44 51
Potential: C D C F C D C A B C D D

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 86

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2025 30 30 22.4 4.4 1.1 5.2 1.0 1.6 0.59 0.5 0.4 1.8
2026 31 31 27.9 5.9 1.6 7.4 1.0 1.5 0.70 0.5 0.2 2.5
2027 37 37 30.3 7.1 2.2 8.5 1.3 1.9 0.67 0.7 0.4 2.7
2028 36 36 30.6 8.6 1.7 8.9 1.8 1.9 0.94 0.7 0.7 2.8
Career 134 134 28.1 6.6 1.7 7.6 1.3 1.7 0.94 0.6 0.4 2.5

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2025 1.6 3.7 .441 1.1 1.7 .680 0.0 0.1 .500 1.20 8.20
2026 2.2 4.8 .463 1.4 2.1 .688 0.0 0.0 .000 1.22 12.87
2027 2.7 5.9 .465 1.6 2.7 .590 0.0 0.0 .000 1.20 20.14
2028 3.0 6.2 .484 2.6 3.6 .708 0.0 0.0 .000 1.38 19.06
Career 2.4 5.2 .467 1.7 2.6 .666 0.0 0.0 .500 1.26 15.49

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 2
2023 High School: Rated *** and #229 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Falkner wasn't going to win a ton of awards but he was a pretty solid big man for me. A good rebounder and good defender inside.



PLAYER DETAILS

#23 PG Jaime Ginder - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 5'11"
Weight: 166
High School: Oxon Hill High School
Hometown: Oxon Hill, MD

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: 8 56 69 37 48 64 27 30 5 82 97 29 70 93 25 78 100
2027: 7 50 69 34 48 60 25 28 5 81 97 28 69 93 24 75 91
2026: 6 44 69 31 48 56 23 26 5 74 95 27 64 92 23 75 80
2025: 5 39 67 29 48 53 22 25 5 66 87 26 58 91 22 75 69
2024: 5 35 61 27 48 50 21 24 4 57 78 25 52 89 21 73 58
2023: 5 30 54 25 48 46 20 23 3 47 68 24 43 89 20 71 45
Potential: F C B D D B D D F B A C

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2025 18 0 8.9 2.8 0.2 1.1 0.6 0.7 0.83 1.4 0.0 1.3
2026 37 3 10.9 3.8 0.1 0.8 1.8 1.3 1.43 2.0 0.1 1.1
2027 30 30 29.0 8.3 0.6 2.5 4.6 3.7 1.25 5.5 0.1 2.7
2028 33 33 30.6 9.8 0.9 2.7 5.3 3.2 1.64 5.0 0.3 2.6
Career 118 66 20.7 6.5 0.5 1.8 3.3 2.3 1.64 3.6 0.1 2.0

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2025 0.9 2.0 .444 0.8 1.1 .750 0.2 0.4 .429 1.39 -1.56
2026 1.3 2.5 .533 1.0 1.1 .878 0.2 0.7 .296 1.54 2.86
2027 2.7 5.1 .539 2.4 3.1 .774 0.4 1.5 .273 1.63 18.80
2028 3.5 6.1 .572 2.1 2.5 .831 0.8 1.7 .446 1.61 23.12
Career 2.2 4.1 .545 1.6 2.0 .810 0.4 1.1 .358 1.59 11.91

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 12
2023 High School: Rated *** and #231 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2028 1st Team All-American
2028 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)


Ginder was a better ball handling rating away from being an all time great. As it is, he got 164 steals two seasons in a row and was the point guard on a team that is 68-5 over two seasons.


I do believe we have now reached the point where Only reaching the Sweet 16 is a disappointment. And there is still improvements to be made. Most of the guys on these last three teams have significant holes in their game, offense, defense, ball handling, etc. With what will be a 100 prestige rating soon enough we can continue to close some of those holes.


Totals: 34-2 (15-1) - ACC Champion, NCAA Sweet 16 - RPI 3

[Radii]

2029 Offseason

We get another nice sized prestige jump and we're almost there, 93->97. This puts Georgia Tech at 8th in the nation and tops in the ACC. Oklahoma State's prestige fell from 100->98 last year, leaving syracuse, Illinois, Cincinnati and Oregon as the only 100 prestige teams.

We get an automatic training facility upgrade for next year, which is very good, I want 100 training to go with my soon to be 100 prestige.



Incoming Recruits

Georgia Tech has the #18 recruiting class in the nation this year. This is the top class in the ACC, a first for me. Duke is 22nd, Virginia 24, Wake Forest 34.



PLAYER DETAILS

#41 C Juste Battaille - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 217
High School:
Hometown: Willow River, Canada

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: 33 24 42 0 17 24 42 42 55 35 37 56 67 25 71 44 24
Potential: C C C F D C C B A C C A

Academics: 56

2028 High School: Rated **** and #22 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Battaille comes in as a better scorer but worse rebounder than scouted. Still, B DRB/A PSD/A BLK is going to be nice to have on the team.


PLAYER DETAILS

#20 PG William Geter - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 178
High School: Vinton High School
Hometown: Vinton, LA

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 38 22 41 50 58 25 21 46 59 54 40 26 72 31 74 41
Potential: C C D C C A D C C B B C

Academics: 46

2028 High School: Rated **** and #42 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2028 High School: All-State (Louisiana)
2028 High School: Mr. Basketball (Louisiana)


Geter comes in about as scouted, he's a worse free throw shooter but his defense/steals/handling are all about what I expected from him.


Coaches

My assistant retires and my recruiter heads elsewhere. We miss a couple assistants and end up settling quite a bit there.


Here's what we got

Recruiter: Skill 100, $160,000/yr
Scout: Skill 73, $120,000/yr
Assistant: Offense 61, Defense 70, $180,000/yr


Scheduling

We're the #2 seed in the Great Alaska Shootout this year. Illinois is the top seed and would make for a high profile final if we both make it there.

We basically expect to be a top 20 team consistantly now and ramp up the scheduling to teams in the 50-60 prestige range, plus adding in two 100 prestige teams, Cincinnati will come to Atlanta and we'll go to Syracuse. That'll probably be the scheduling that i stick with permanently as long as the ACC always has good teams in it.

Roster Overview


Georgia Tech Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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William Vargo C 6' 9" 262 55 22 0 51 22 82 18 90 51 44
John Goble PF 6' 8" 205 97 52 0 30 49 37 28 78 43 96
Dannie Wiegand SF 6' 6" 227 14 88 39 68 10 41 44 57 57 91
Quincy Schwab SG 6' 4" 211 13 86 96 63 10 55 85 71 74 79
Eldridge Baker SG 6' 4" 226 39 47 64 78 51 36 88 59 61 90

Carl Fritts PG 5'11" 166 84 28 63 56 51 11 83 44 74 100
Parker Ortiz SF 6'10" 227 61 55 38 60 26 9 56 53 47 70
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 6' 2" 200 45 49 67 67 60 16 79 28 48 57
Frank Williams SG 6' 5" 189 69 32 76 37 6 14 70 40 75 96
Ted Barrett C 6' 8" 232 42 43 13 33 13 61 20 69 26 42




Georgia Tech Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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William Vargo C 6' 9" 262 35 16 40 76 91 100 18 90 51 44
John Goble PF 6' 8" 205 86 41 25 62 56 100 28 78 43 96
Dannie Wiegand SF 6' 6" 227 60 57 92 41 58 67 44 57 57 91
Quincy Schwab SG 6' 4" 211 12 18 97 9 47 42 85 71 74 79
Eldridge Baker SG 6' 4" 226 25 58 72 25 59 40 88 59 61 90

Carl Fritts PG 5'11" 166 28 51 87 26 45 75 83 44 74 100
Parker Ortiz SF 6'10" 227 34 79 58 6 10 37 56 53 47 70
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 6' 2" 200 53 43 80 32 21 100 79 28 48 57
Frank Williams SG 6' 5" 189 34 51 63 25 48 77 70 40 75 96
Ted Barrett C 6' 8" 232 62 24 29 29 81 76 20 69 26 42



We run extremely deep this year, and we seem to have a well balanced offense as well. I start baker at PG instead of Fritts, I usually want a 90+ steals guy at PG but Baker is my best ball handler by quite a bit and turnovers against better teams have hurt me.

[Radii]

2029/30 Season


Recruiting

We've got 3 scholarships this year and we continue to need to add front court depth. I've got a senior/junior/redshirt freshman/true freshman on the roster now. I need to land another big now to insert when the two upperclassmen are gone.

I land two guys in the initial recruiting period, missing out only on the #12 recruit in the nation, both St John's and Syracuse were able to leapfrog me for him. Our final recruit signs in December and we look to have another solid class.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#5 C Michael Frith
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Height: 6'10"
Weight: 235
High School: Pell City High School
Hometown: Pell City, AL
GPA: 2.76
Test Score: 1090
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: 45 0 36 45 26 49 29 33 54 23 23 60 28 11 68 37 54
Potential: B C C C D C A B B D C B


And it looks like i've landed a solid big man here, Frith is the #77 overall recruit.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#15 SG Robert Hirsch
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Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 187
High School: Dennis-Yarmouth High School
Hometown: South Yarmouth, MA
GPA: 2.63
Test Score: 1140
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: 56 56 53 34 17 25 30 44 15 48 80 21 47 70 49 64 72
Potential: B B C C B C D C C A A C


Hirsh is the #17 overall recruit. There's one big glaring worry here... 17/B HND rating. I'm very anxious about that. I pull him in anyway b/c of his scoring, defense, steals, and in part ranking.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#41 PG Doug Pearcy
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 189
High School: Clarksville Senior High School
Hometown: Clarksville, IN
GPA: 2.99
Test Score: 1230
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: 41 24 23 23 45 42 25 23 33 44 54 34 37 83 29 73 45
Potential: C D D C A B D D D B B D


Pearcy is ranked #142 overall and looks like a graet system player, someone who comes in with A handles/B steals and decent numbers probably starts for 4 years for me at PG

Results

We get our first big test on Dec 1, and we beat Illinois 107-94. We get a great game from Baker and that seals him as our PG for the season. Fritts is an incredible backup, he could start anywhere(including here), and he's destroying other team's backups for 2 steals a game in only 8 minutes a game. We take down Illinois, Cincinnati and Syracuse on the way to a 14-0 record going into conference play.

Wake Forest drops us in our first ACC game, they're ranked 3rd and they beat us 85-69. We come right back and take out Duke in our second game. We roll through the rest of January, including beating North Carolina by 64(116-52).

We have a rought schedule in February with a game vs Wake Forest then 5 straight road games. We get our revenge on Wake, but we lose at Duke for our 2nd loss of the season. We crush ranked Florida State and Virginia on the road, actually knocking both out of the top 25 i think.


2029 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#1 Georgia Tech 14 2 .875 28 2 .933
Florida State 10 6 .625 21 7 .750
Virginia 9 7 .563 20 8 .714
#24 Maryland 9 7 .563 20 11 .645
Clemson 8 8 .500 18 10 .643
#16 Duke 8 8 .500 15 13 .536
#14 Wake Forest 7 9 .438 19 12 .613
North Carolina State 6 10 .375 15 14 .517
North Carolina 1 15 .063 8 21 .276


The ACC is having one of its better years in awhile, lots of parity outside of us and UNC. Any season where we lose at Duke, at Wake Forest, and nowhere else is a good one. We go into the ACC Tournament as the unanimous #1 team in the country.


Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (1) Georgia Tech 91, (9) North Carolina 47 - John Goble puts up 33 points, and we have a 19-4 steals edge today and just work over UNC for the 3rd time.

Semifinals: (1) Georgia Tech 85, (5) Clemson 72 - Goble is our player of the game again, 21 points/6 boards. We have a 13-6 steals edge

Finals: (1) Georgia Tech 78, (3) Virginia 73 - The final is close, we have an 11-6 steals edge but turnovers are even at 21, not one of our better performances really. A 47-32 rebounding edge gets us the ACC Title though! Quincy Schwab is the MVP of the game.


We have the #1 RPI in the nation and earn the 1 seed in the south.


NCAA First Round

The first round goes as expected.


Georgia Tech 101, Jackson State 54

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Jackson State (16-17):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Robert Lovstad C 26 1-4 2-2 1 4 2 3 4
Lorenzo Davis PF 26 3-4 0-0 1 4 0 2 6
Cody Marchant SF 24 2-7 0-0 1 4 1 4 4
Mckinley Gonzalez SG 30 3-5 2-2 0 1 3 0 9
Curtis Jaime PG 26 5-12 2-2 0 2 2 1 13
Dwight Hasson C 27 1-3 0-0 0 4 1 4 3
Marcos Lloyd PG 14 3-4 2-2 0 0 3 0 10
Shannon Horgan SG 10 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0
Chris Royer SF 7 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 0
Stanley Hendricks SF 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Dean Harris SF 7 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 3

Turnovers: 31 (R.Lovstad 3, L.Davis 2, C.Marchant 2,
M.Gonzalez 4, C.Jaime 6, D.Hasson 3, M.Lloyd 7,
S.Horgan 2, D.Harris 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (R.Lovstad 1, M.Gonzalez 1)
Steals: 8 (L.Davis 1, C.Marchant 1, M.Gonzalez 1,
D.Hasson 3, M.Lloyd 1, C.Royer 1)
3P FGs: 6-14 (C.Marchant 0-4, M.Gonzalez 1-2, C.Jaime
1-3, D.Hasson 1-2, M.Lloyd 2-2, D.Harris 1-1)

Georgia Tech (32-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Vargo PF 31 3-3 0-0 3 6 4 2 6
John Goble C 33 8-17 9-10 2 7 1 2 25
Dannie Wiegand SF 33 4-9 0-0 5 7 3 2 9
Quincy Schwab SG 24 4-7 4-4 1 4 3 4 15
Eldridge Baker PG 32 6-13 6-6 2 4 5 0 21
Carl Fritts PG 8 3-4 0-0 0 1 0 2 6
Parker Ortiz SF 7 1-3 3-5 0 0 1 0 5
Jeffrey Ruffin SG 16 4-9 0-0 3 3 0 1 10
Ted Barrett PF 15 1-1 2-2 0 2 1 1 4

Turnovers: 13 (W.Vargo 2, J.Goble 6, D.Wiegand 3,
J.Ruffin 1, T.Barrett 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (J.Goble 1, P.Ortiz 1, J.Ruffin 1)
Steals: 19 (W.Vargo 1, D.Wiegand 2, Q.Schwab 7, E.Baker
4, C.Fritts 2, P.Ortiz 1, J.Ruffin 2)
3P FGs: 9-16 (D.Wiegand 1-4, Q.Schwab 3-4, E.Baker 3-6,
J.Ruffin 2-2)

Player of Game: SG Eldridge Baker (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats JKNST GATC
Halftime Score 34 58
FGM-FGA 20-42 34-66
FG% .476 .515
FTM-FTA 8-8 24-27
FT% 1.000 .889
3PM-3PA 6-14 9-16
3P% .429 .563
Rebounds 21 34
Assists 15 18
Steals 8 19
Blocks 2 3
Turnovers 31 13
Team Fouls 18 14



We take 24 more field goals and 19 more free throws than these guys.


NCAA Second Round

(1) #1 Georgia Tech (32-2) vs (8 ) #22 Alabama (21-14)

We expect an easy win here but we know better than to overlook them. Ugggh, one of these games... 10 minutes into the game its 17-11 Alabama. They're shooting 29%, we're shooting 17%. We go on an amazing run the rest of the half and end up shooting 43% for the half and lead 47-32. Alabama can't hang in there with us, they get it down to 12 but that's it.


Georgia Tech 81, Alabama 69

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Alabama (21-15):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
James Schulz C 33 0-2 1-2 3 12 3 4 1
Theo Garrett PF 33 7-16 3-5 2 10 3 1 17
Jame Singleton SF 25 1-3 0-2 1 6 0 1 3
Darin Baker SG 22 1-9 3-4 1 4 2 1 6
Scott Castillo PG 32 4-11 2-2 1 5 6 2 13
Kieth Matthews PG 8 1-2 0-0 1 2 2 1 2
Danny Child PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Lyle Asher C 12 0-3 0-0 0 6 1 2 0
Johnathan Bates SG 18 10-14 0-0 1 2 1 0 21
Albert Vega SF 15 3-8 0-1 1 4 0 2 6

Turnovers: 22 (J.Schulz 2, T.Garrett 4, J.Singleton 3,
D.Baker 1, S.Castillo 11, J.Bates 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (J.Bates 1)
Steals: 8 (J.Schulz 1, J.Singleton 1, D.Baker 4,
K.Matthews 1, L.Asher 1)
3P FGs: 6-20 (T.Garrett 0-1, J.Singleton 1-2, D.Baker
1-3, S.Castillo 3-8, J.Bates 1-3, A.Vega 0-3)

Georgia Tech (33-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Vargo PF 31 0-7 0-0 2 12 2 2 0
John Goble C 22 5-10 5-5 1 1 2 4 15
Dannie Wiegand SF 33 8-14 0-0 2 8 2 3 17
Quincy Schwab SG 27 7-17 2-2 1 6 2 4 20
Eldridge Baker PG 32 10-19 0-0 3 6 7 2 24
Carl Fritts PG 8 1-2 1-2 0 1 0 0 3
Parker Ortiz SF 7 0-4 0-0 1 1 1 0 0
Jeffrey Ruffin SG 13 0-4 0-0 1 1 0 1 0
Ted Barrett C 25 1-4 0-1 0 9 0 1 2
Thomas Roberts PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 14 (W.Vargo 1, J.Goble 2, D.Wiegand 2,
Q.Schwab 3, E.Baker 2, J.Ruffin 2, T.Barrett 2)
Blocked Shots: 5 (W.Vargo 4, J.Goble 1)
Steals: 17 (D.Wiegand 6, Q.Schwab 5, E.Baker 6)
3P FGs: 9-27 (D.Wiegand 1-4, Q.Schwab 4-9, E.Baker 4-9,
P.Ortiz 0-3, J.Ruffin 0-2)

Player of Game: SG Eldridge Baker (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats AL GATC
Halftime Score 32 47
FGM-FGA 27-68 32-81
FG% .397 .395
FTM-FTA 9-16 8-10
FT% .563 .800
3PM-3PA 6-20 9-27
3P% .300 .333
Rebounds 51 45
Assists 18 16
Steals 8 17
Blocks 1 5
Turnovers 22 14
Team Fouls 14 17




NCAA Sweet 16

(1) #1 Georgia Tech (33-2) vs (5) #20 Louisville (24-11)

This one is close the entire first half. We shoot 38% to their 36%, they actually have more steals than us, 8-5, and they have a 3 turnover edge(10/13), and we go into the half trailing by 1, Lousiville 41, Georgia Tech 40.

The second half begins as close as the first, its 60-59 Louisville with 10 minutes to go. We take the lead shortly but its tied again, 71-71 with 6 minutes to go. With 4:00 to go its 78-77 Georgia Tech. 2 minutes left, its 82-81 Georgia Tech. We burn some clock, get an offensive board, but can't score, louisville has the ball now with 55 seconds left, trailling by 1. We get a big, big steal, and Baker hits a jumper with 8 seconds to go. We lead 84-81 and Louisville will need a 3 to tie. Unlike last year where a 3 at the buzzer ends our season, this one doesn't go in and Georgia Tech survives.




Georgia Tech 84, Louisville 81

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Louisville (24-12):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Edmundo Johnson C 25 3-3 5-6 1 4 4 2 11
Scott Marshall PF 26 1-1 0-0 0 5 3 1 2
Ruben Powell SF 19 1-6 2-2 0 2 2 4 5
Elliott Bustos SG 31 7-12 4-4 1 7 1 1 21
Russ Davis PG 31 7-20 5-8 0 4 5 3 20
Rich Boston C 16 3-4 0-0 1 3 0 4 6
Carl Begley PF 14 4-8 3-3 1 1 0 0 11
Harold Cancel SF 21 1-2 0-0 0 8 0 2 3
Shannon Jahnke SG 11 1-4 0-1 0 1 2 0 2
Brian Todd PG 7 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 0

Turnovers: 25 (E.Johnson 3, S.Marshall 4, R.Powell 1,
E.Bustos 4, R.Davis 5, R.Boston 1, H.Cancel 4, B.Todd
3)
Blocked Shots: 6 (E.Johnson 3, S.Marshall 3)
Steals: 12 (E.Johnson 1, S.Marshall 1, E.Bustos 2,
R.Davis 4, R.Boston 1, C.Begley 1, H.Cancel 2)
3P FGs: 6-21 (R.Powell 1-3, E.Bustos 3-6, R.Davis 1-8,
H.Cancel 1-2, S.Jahnke 0-2)

Georgia Tech (34-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Vargo PF 30 2-8 0-1 5 11 2 4 4
John Goble C 35 7-20 0-0 2 10 2 3 14
Dannie Wiegand SF 34 5-13 2-2 3 6 3 3 14
Quincy Schwab SG 31 10-15 0-0 4 11 3 2 23
Eldridge Baker PG 35 6-12 2-3 1 3 5 4 16
Carl Fritts PG 5 1-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Parker Ortiz SF 6 1-6 2-4 1 2 0 0 4
Jeffrey Ruffin SG 9 1-3 0-0 0 0 1 0 3
Ted Barrett PF 16 2-4 0-0 2 7 0 3 4

Turnovers: 21 (W.Vargo 2, J.Goble 3, D.Wiegand 5,
Q.Schwab 3, E.Baker 5, C.Fritts 1, T.Barrett 2)
Blocked Shots: 7 (W.Vargo 2, J.Goble 5)
Steals: 15 (W.Vargo 1, J.Goble 1, D.Wiegand 1, Q.Schwab
3, E.Baker 4, P.Ortiz 2, J.Ruffin 3)
3P FGs: 8-21 (D.Wiegand 2-5, Q.Schwab 3-6, E.Baker 2-5,
P.Ortiz 0-3, J.Ruffin 1-2)

Player of Game: SG Quincy Schwab (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats LSVLE GATC
Halftime Score 41 40
FGM-FGA 28-62 35-84
FG% .452 .417
FTM-FTA 19-24 6-10
FT% .792 .600
3PM-3PA 6-21 8-21
3P% .286 .381
Rebounds 37 51
Assists 17 16
Steals 12 15
Blocks 6 7
Turnovers 25 21
Team Fouls 17 19



Three guys get 10+ boards, and we have 51 as a team. We end up with more steals and fewer turnovers, a nice switch from the first half of this one.


NCAA Elite 8

Looks like we get a break here:

(1) #1 Georgia Tech (34-2) vs (10) Oklahoma (26-10)

We expect OU to be a big dropoff from Louisville, and hope for an easier time making the final four. OU keeps it close for a bit, but we take a 10 point lead midway through the half and this one is never close again.


Georgia Tech 80, Oklahoma 62

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Oklahoma (26-11):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Morley C 28 2-5 1-2 0 6 0 4 5
Dewey Engel PF 35 6-13 1-4 3 6 1 3 14
Jeremy Uhl SF 30 2-10 2-2 3 7 3 1 6
Nicodème Spriet SG 20 2-6 3-4 0 6 1 4 8
Jeffrey Yarber PG 27 2-7 3-4 1 3 4 2 8
Dewayne Wessel SG 20 4-7 3-6 1 1 1 1 12
Justin Horton PG 13 1-7 2-2 1 2 2 2 5
Quique Medina C 11 2-4 0-0 0 3 0 1 4
Thanh Coen C 6 0-2 0-2 0 2 0 0 0
Wilmer Kushner SF 10 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 1 0

Turnovers: 24 (W.Morley 3, D.Engel 1, J.Uhl 5, N.Spriet
4, J.Yarber 3, D.Wessel 1, J.Horton 4, Q.Medina 1,
T.Coen 2)
Blocked Shots: 7 (W.Morley 3, D.Engel 4)
Steals: 11 (D.Engel 1, J.Uhl 2, N.Spriet 1, J.Yarber 2,
D.Wessel 3, J.Horton 1, W.Kushner 1)
3P FGs: 5-19 (D.Engel 1-3, J.Uhl 0-4, N.Spriet 1-3,
J.Yarber 1-4, D.Wessel 1-2, J.Horton 1-3)

Georgia Tech (35-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Vargo PF 31 1-9 5-5 3 14 3 3 7
John Goble C 34 9-20 1-4 3 13 2 2 19
Dannie Wiegand SF 34 4-8 2-2 1 7 3 2 12
Quincy Schwab SG 33 3-11 5-5 1 4 5 3 12
Eldridge Baker PG 34 2-7 2-2 1 4 6 3 7
Carl Fritts PG 3 2-2 0-0 1 1 0 3 4
Parker Ortiz SF 6 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Jeffrey Ruffin SG 7 2-3 2-2 0 0 0 2 7
Frank Williams PG 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Ted Barrett PF 15 5-7 0-0 3 9 0 2 10

Turnovers: 22 (W.Vargo 4, J.Goble 3, D.Wiegand 4,
Q.Schwab 3, E.Baker 6, C.Fritts 1, F.Williams 1)
Blocked Shots: 8 (W.Vargo 4, J.Goble 2, D.Wiegand 2)
Steals: 13 (W.Vargo 1, D.Wiegand 1, Q.Schwab 5, E.Baker
1, J.Ruffin 3, F.Williams 1, T.Barrett 1)
3P FGs: 5-18 (D.Wiegand 2-4, Q.Schwab 1-7, E.Baker 1-5,
P.Ortiz 0-1, J.Ruffin 1-1)

Player of Game: PF John Goble (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats OK GATC
Halftime Score 26 39
FGM-FGA 21-61 29-70
FG% .344 .414
FTM-FTA 15-26 17-20
FT% .577 .850
3PM-3PA 5-19 5-18
3P% .263 .278
Rebounds 39 52
Assists 12 19
Steals 11 13
Blocks 7 8
Turnovers 24 22
Team Fouls 19 22


Another 50 rebound game, these poor shooting games will do that, eh? Goble is the man with 19 poitns/13 boards.


NCAA Final Four

We make our 3rd final four in four years. We were close to having 3 ACC teams in the final four, but Wake Forest got upset in the Elite 8. We'll have to settle for 2...

(7) Saint Louis (26-10) vs (1) #2 St john's (33-4)
(4) #17 Florida State (26-8) vs (1) #1 Georgia Tech (35-2)


So we play an ACC Rival in the final four, and of course everyone in the country wants to see #1 vs #2 in the finals. We played FSU twice, winning 93-66 in Tallahassee and 93-55 at home. They do better in tihs one, but we are up 20 in the first half and survive a few runs in the second half to win by 16.


Georgia Tech 91, Florida State 75

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Georgia Tech (36-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Vargo PF 28 3-7 4-5 2 8 3 4 10
John Goble C 31 10-13 5-5 0 7 2 5 25
Dannie Wiegand SF 32 2-6 0-1 1 3 1 1 6
Quincy Schwab SG 31 3-13 5-6 1 4 6 0 12
Eldridge Baker PG 23 4-9 8-8 2 4 1 4 18
Carl Fritts PG 17 5-11 0-0 0 6 1 0 11
Parker Ortiz SF 10 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 2 0
Jeffrey Ruffin SG 9 2-4 1-2 0 0 1 1 6
Ted Barrett C 11 1-3 1-2 1 6 0 0 3
Thomas Roberts PF 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 17 (W.Vargo 4, J.Goble 5, D.Wiegand 2,
E.Baker 1, C.Fritts 3, T.Barrett 1, T.Roberts 1)
Blocked Shots: 6 (W.Vargo 3, J.Goble 2, D.Wiegand 1)
Steals: 20 (W.Vargo 1, J.Goble 3, D.Wiegand 5, Q.Schwab
7, C.Fritts 2, P.Ortiz 1, J.Ruffin 1)
3P FGs: 7-24 (D.Wiegand 2-5, Q.Schwab 1-7, E.Baker 2-5,
C.Fritts 1-3, P.Ortiz 0-1, J.Ruffin 1-3)

Florida State (26-9):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Lloyd Terry C 26 5-8 1-2 0 9 3 5 11
D. Rittenhouse PF 30 3-7 2-2 1 2 3 1 8
Kenneth Gelinas SF 30 9-15 7-7 1 6 3 4 26
Stanton Dupuis SG 31 2-8 4-5 0 3 2 1 9
Dillon Hildreth PG 12 1-4 0-0 0 0 1 5 3
William Lesko SF 9 2-5 2-2 2 3 0 0 6
Richard Billman SG 12 1-4 0-0 0 2 1 3 3
Aubrey Williams C 23 0-3 0-0 1 11 1 2 0
Daniel Fair PG 14 1-3 1-2 1 2 1 1 4
Pierre Clem PG 15 2-3 0-0 0 2 1 0 5

Turnovers: 28 (L.Terry 6, D.Rittenhouse 2, K.Gelinas 3,
S.Dupuis 3, D.Hildreth 3, R.Billman 4, A.Williams 1,
D.Fair 3, P.Clem 3)
Blocked Shots: 7 (D.Rittenhouse 5, K.Gelinas 1,
S.Dupuis 1)
Steals: 4 (K.Gelinas 1, S.Dupuis 2, P.Clem 1)
3P FGs: 6-19 (D.Rittenhouse 0-1, K.Gelinas 1-3,
S.Dupuis 1-4, D.Hildreth 1-4, W.Lesko 0-3, R.Billman
1-1, D.Fair 1-1, P.Clem 1-2)

Player of Game: PF John Goble (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats GATC FLST
Halftime Score 48 26
FGM-FGA 30-67 26-60
FG% .448 .433
FTM-FTA 24-29 17-20
FT% .828 .850
3PM-3PA 7-24 6-19
3P% .292 .316
Rebounds 38 40
Assists 16 16
Steals 20 4
Blocks 6 7
Turnovers 17 28
Team Fouls 17 22




NCAA Finals

(1) #1 Georgia Tech (36-2) vs (1) #2 St John's (34-4)

For the 3rd time in 4 years we are in the national title game. We hope to get our first victory in this one!

This will be a tough one, obviously. St John's is led by PG James Lowe, 88/A HND, 76/B STL. Their SG gilbert Eldridge is 67/B HND and 96/A STL. Both are good scorers as well.

Eldridge, their SG, gets 2 early fouls and has to sit out for awhile. We lose our center, Vargo, to foul trouble early too. We lead early, but its close, a 2-5 point lead for the early part of the first half. With 2:21 in the first half we lead 38-36. We score 9 straight to end the half and have an 11 point lead going into the locker room.

With 15 minutes to go in the game we lead by 10, 58-48. Still playing well, we lead 66-57 with 10 minutes to go. With 5 minutes to go we're still up by 9, and things are looking really good, its been a nice, steady even half for us.

With 3 minutes to go St John's cuts it to 7, 77-70, and that's the closest they're going to get. Georgia Tech has won the national championship!!!!!


Georgia Tech 85, St. John's 76

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St. John's (34-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Peter Holman C 17 1-2 3-4 1 2 3 4 6
D. Householder PF 35 4-8 0-0 0 11 4 3 8
Carl Stephens SF 33 4-11 5-6 4 12 2 2 13
Gilbert Eldridge SG 29 5-14 1-2 0 2 4 3 14
James Lowe PG 33 5-16 1-3 3 9 4 3 14
James Snavely C 14 0-1 0-0 2 6 2 4 0
Chris Gusman PG 2 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Kevin Millner PG 5 1-3 0-1 0 0 1 1 2
Jose Eaton SG 21 5-11 3-4 0 3 0 2 15
Aron Vining C 11 0-2 2-2 0 1 1 0 2

Turnovers: 19 (P.Holman 1, D.Householder 3, C.Stephens
4, G.Eldridge 3, J.Lowe 3, J.Snavely 1, C.Gusman 2,
K.Millner 1, A.Vining 1)
Blocked Shots: 9 (P.Holman 1, D.Householder 6,
C.Stephens 1, J.Snavely 1)
Steals: 9 (D.Householder 1, C.Stephens 2, G.Eldridge 3,
J.Lowe 2, C.Gusman 1)
3P FGs: 9-26 (P.Holman 1-2, D.Householder 0-1,
C.Stephens 0-1, G.Eldridge 3-7, J.Lowe 3-9, K.Millner
0-1, J.Eaton 2-5)

Georgia Tech (37-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Vargo C 21 0-1 3-4 0 5 3 4 3
John Goble PF 35 6-17 12-13 1 10 3 3 24
Dannie Wiegand SF 28 4-7 0-0 0 7 1 4 11
Quincy Schwab SG 29 4-9 2-2 0 4 3 2 12
Eldridge Baker PG 32 6-13 1-2 2 5 6 1 16
Carl Fritts PG 8 1-2 4-6 0 0 0 2 7
Parker Ortiz SF 12 1-7 2-2 0 1 1 0 5
Jeffrey Ruffin SG 11 2-3 0-0 0 2 0 1 5
Ted Barrett PF 24 1-3 0-0 1 8 2 0 2

Turnovers: 18 (W.Vargo 2, J.Goble 3, D.Wiegand 1,
Q.Schwab 3, E.Baker 6, C.Fritts 1, P.Ortiz 1,
T.Barrett 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (W.Vargo 4, J.Goble 1)
Steals: 11 (J.Goble 2, Q.Schwab 5, E.Baker 2, J.Ruffin
2)
3P FGs: 11-21 (D.Wiegand 3-4, Q.Schwab 2-3, E.Baker
3-7, C.Fritts 1-1, P.Ortiz 1-4, J.Ruffin 1-2)

Player of Game: PF John Goble (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats STJN GATC
Halftime Score 36 47
FGM-FGA 26-69 25-62
FG% .377 .403
FTM-FTA 15-22 24-29
FT% .682 .828
3PM-3PA 9-26 11-21
3P% .346 .524
Rebounds 47 42
Assists 21 19
Steals 9 11
Blocks 9 5
Turnovers 19 18
Team Fouls 22 17



We shoot 52% from 3, senior PF John Goble goes out on top with 24 points/10 rebounds.

WOOHOO!!! We finally break through with a natioanal title.



Awards


SG Eldridge Baker: National Player of the Year, ACC Player of the Year

PF John Goble: 1st Team All-ACC

SG Quincy Schwab: 3rd Team All-Americna, 2nd Team All-ACC

SF Dannie Wiegand: 2nd Team All-ACC

SF Parker Ortiz: Freshman All-ACC

C Ted Barrett: Freshman All-ACC


Another 1st team all american, another ACC Player of the Year.

Georgia Tech 2029 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 97 Record Vs 1-50: 21-2
Season Record: 37-2 Record Vs 51-100: 7-0
Conference Record: 14-2 Record Vs 101-200: 8-0
Home Record: 17-0 Record Vs 200+: 1-0
Current Poll Rank: 1 Current RPI Rank: 1

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 89.6 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Points Allowed: 67.6 National Rank: 140 Conference Rank: 2
Rebounds: 41.8 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Assists: 18.1 National Rank: 8 Conference Rank: 1
Steals: 16.9 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 4.5 National Rank: 50 Conference Rank: 3
Turnovers: 16.1 National Rank: 65 Conference Rank: 1
Fouls: 19.5 National Rank: 199 Conference Rank: 6
FG%: .461 National Rank: 22 Conference Rank: 2
FT%: .734 National Rank: 32 Conference Rank: 3
3P%: .360 National Rank: 70 Conference Rank: 2


We shoot well, lead the nation in steals and scoring, and this year. The rebounding I'm not really sure means anything other than the fact that we ran at a much higher pace this year than ever before. We have 4.5 blocked shots this year too, something we've never had before.



Georgia Tech 2029 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/18/29 La Salle (12-17) W 89-58 1-0
11/22/29 at Air Force (11-18) W 99-63 2-0
11/26/29 Akron (17-13) W 92-53 3-0
11/28/29 vs. Colorado State (8-26) W 96-57 4-0
11/30/29 vs. California (14-17) W 95-91 5-0
12/01/29 vs. Illinois (28-5) W 107-94 6-0
12/04/29 Pittsburgh (18-16) W 101-65 7-0
12/08/29 Fordham (15-16) W 98-84 8-0
12/11/29 Nevada (16-15) W 97-71 9-0
12/15/29 Washington (14-14) W 79-75 10-0
12/19/29 Detroit (19-14) W 100-47 11-0
12/22/29 Wyoming (11-19) W 101-67 12-0
12/26/29 Cincinnati (23-12) W 103-81 13-0
12/30/29 at Syracuse (20-14) W 80-71 14-0
01/09/30 at Wake Forest (22-14) L 85-69 14-1 (0-1)
01/12/30 Duke (17-15) W 95-79 15-1 (1-1)
01/19/30 Virginia (23-10) W 95-65 16-1 (2-1)
01/23/30 North Carolina (8-22) W 81-56 17-1 (3-1)
01/26/30 North Carolina State (16-15) W 81-62 18-1 (4-1)
01/28/30 at North Carolina (8-22) W 116-52 19-1 (5-1)
02/06/30 Wake Forest (22-14) W 92-64 20-1 (6-1)
02/09/30 at Clemson (19-12) W 99-78 21-1 (7-1)
02/13/30 at Duke (17-15) L 81-65 21-2 (7-2)
02/16/30 at North Carolina State (16-15) W 88-64 22-2 (8-2)
02/23/30 at Florida State (26-9) W 93-66 23-2 (9-2)
02/25/30 at Virginia (23-10) W 70-58 24-2 (10-2)
02/27/30 Maryland (20-13) W 87-69 25-2 (11-2)
03/02/30 Florida State (26-9) W 93-55 26-2 (12-2)
03/06/30 Clemson (19-12) W 89-59 27-2 (13-2)
03/09/30 at Maryland (20-13) W 69-57 28-2 (14-2)
03/15/30 vs. North Carolina (8-22) W 91-47 29-2
03/16/30 vs. Clemson (19-12) W 85-72 30-2
03/17/30 vs. Virginia (23-10) W 78-73 31-2
03/22/30 vs. Jackson State (16-17) W 101-54 32-2
03/24/30 vs. Alabama (21-15) W 81-69 33-2
03/28/30 vs. Louisville (24-12) W 84-81 34-2
03/30/30 vs. Oklahoma (26-11) W 80-62 35-2
04/06/30 vs. Florida State (26-9) W 91-75 36-2
04/08/30 vs. St. John's (34-5) W 85-76 37-2




Georgia Tech Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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William Vargo C 39 39 27.7 6.6 2.6 9.3 1.7 0.8 2.0 2.1 2.7
John Goble PF 39 39 32.0 18.0 1.8 7.0 2.8 0.8 1.5 4.1 3.0
Dannie Wiegand SF 39 39 30.4 11.1 1.4 5.7 2.2 3.5 0.3 2.0 2.8
Quincy Schwab SG 39 39 28.8 16.8 2.0 5.2 2.6 3.8 0.1 1.7 2.7
Eldridge Baker SG 39 39 31.0 16.1 1.1 4.6 4.9 3.4 0.2 2.3 2.9
Carl Fritts PG 39 0 8.7 5.7 0.2 0.9 1.4 1.5 0.1 0.9 1.1
Parker Ortiz SF 39 0 9.8 5.1 0.3 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.1 0.6 1.1
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 39 0 11.3 5.7 0.4 1.1 1.0 1.7 0.1 0.7 0.9
Frank Williams SG 7 0 4.3 2.4 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.4
Ted Barrett C 39 0 17.7 3.5 1.6 6.2 0.6 0.3 0.1 1.4 2.0
Micah Germany SG 3 0 1.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
Thomas Roberts PF 16 0 6.0 1.2 0.7 1.8 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.6
Juste Battaille C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
William Geter PG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


A great, injury free season. We don't have any guys that go nuts with 5 steals a game, but we had a good ball handling PG, 4 guys that could score, backups that could overwhelm other team's reserves, just a spectacular season.

Goble, Baker, and Wiegand are graduating this year. Schwab and Vargo will be seniors next year.

Player Review



PLAYER DETAILS

#5 PF John Goble - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 205
High School: Huguenot High School
Hometown: Richmond, VA

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: 97 52 57 0 30 49 37 56 86 41 25 62 100 28 78 43 96
2028: 95 45 55 0 27 42 36 51 84 38 23 61 100 28 76 43 88
2027: 82 41 51 0 25 38 35 45 78 35 22 60 100 27 74 43 78
2026: 69 37 47 0 23 35 31 38 69 32 21 55 100 26 71 42 67
2025: 59 34 44 0 22 33 28 33 61 30 20 51 100 25 68 42 54
2024: 49 31 41 0 21 30 25 28 52 28 19 46 94 25 64 41 39
Potential: A C C F D C D C B C D C

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2026 37 6 21.5 6.4 1.2 4.2 1.2 2.2 0.56 0.5 0.9 2.2
2027 37 0 17.7 7.8 0.9 3.4 1.1 1.6 0.68 0.6 1.1 1.7
2028 36 36 30.8 18.5 1.4 5.8 2.3 3.6 0.65 0.8 1.4 2.7
2029 39 39 32.0 18.0 1.8 7.0 2.8 4.1 0.70 0.8 1.5 3.0
Career 149 81 25.6 12.7 1.3 5.1 1.9 2.9 0.70 0.7 1.2 2.4

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2026 2.2 4.9 .437 2.1 3.1 .672 0.0 0.0 .000 1.30 8.14
2027 2.6 5.5 .473 2.6 3.7 .696 0.0 0.0 .000 1.42 10.11
2028 6.6 13.0 .505 5.3 7.0 .755 0.0 0.0 .000 1.42 19.31
2029 6.1 14.0 .437 5.7 7.7 .740 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.28 17.54
Career 4.4 9.4 .465 3.9 5.4 .727 0.0 0.0 .500 1.35 13.79

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 14
2024 High School: Rated **** and #28 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2024 High School: All-State (Virginia)
2024 High School: Mr. Basketball (Virginia)
2028 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2029 FBCA Champion
2029 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)


goble was a solid backup for two years and a very good starter, one of the first inside scorers we've brought in.


PLAYER DETAILS

#52 SF Dannie Wiegand - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 227
High School: Clay High School
Hometown: South Bend, IN

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK PFS QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 14 88 54 39 68 10 41 58 60 57 92 41 67 44 57 57 91
2028: 13 87 51 37 63 10 38 56 57 53 92 38 63 43 54 56 84
2027: 12 80 48 35 58 10 35 50 54 49 84 35 57 42 52 55 78
2026: 11 72 44 33 52 9 33 45 51 44 75 32 50 42 50 54 72
2025: 10 65 41 31 47 8 31 41 49 40 67 30 44 41 48 54 65
2024: 9 58 37 29 42 7 29 36 47 35 58 28 38 40 45 53 57
Potential: F A C C B F D C C C A C

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2026 26 0 3.8 1.2 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.70 0.6 0.0 0.4
2027 37 0 8.8 2.8 0.3 1.5 0.7 0.5 1.37 1.2 0.0 0.8
2028 34 0 10.4 3.9 0.6 1.9 0.8 0.7 1.17 1.4 0.1 0.7
2029 39 39 30.4 11.1 1.4 5.7 2.2 2.0 1.09 3.5 0.3 2.8
Career 136 39 14.4 5.2 0.7 2.6 1.1 1.0 1.09 1.8 0.1 1.2

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2026 0.5 0.9 .542 0.2 0.2 .800 0.0 0.2 .200 1.29 0.35
2027 1.1 2.6 .427 0.5 0.8 .679 0.1 0.8 .129 1.09 2.86
2028 1.3 3.3 .405 0.9 1.4 .674 0.3 1.1 .278 1.18 2.74
2029 4.3 9.3 .462 1.5 2.2 .679 1.1 3.6 .291 1.19 16.64
Career 2.0 4.4 .449 0.8 1.2 .681 0.4 1.6 .263 1.18 6.30

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 4
2024 High School: Rated *** and #191 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2024 High School: All-State (Indiana)
2029 FBCA Champion
2029 2nd Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)


Wiegand has great ratings, but we've also had some outstanding small forwards come before him. I was always wary of having him play guard because of his quickness.



PLAYER DETAILS

#2 SG Eldridge Baker - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 226
High School: Wolcott High School
Hometown: Wolcott, NY

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: 39 47 73 64 78 51 36 59 25 58 72 25 40 88 59 61 90
2028: 35 41 71 62 73 47 35 52 23 54 71 23 37 88 57 60 83
2027: 32 37 69 61 67 43 34 46 22 50 65 22 31 87 55 59 77
2026: 29 33 68 57 61 39 31 40 21 45 58 21 24 87 52 58 69
2025: 27 30 63 54 56 36 29 35 20 40 51 20 16 86 50 58 62
2024: 25 26 57 50 51 32 27 30 19 35 44 19 7 85 48 57 54
Potential: C C B C B C D C D C B D

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

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2026 37 0 8.1 3.5 0.2 1.2 0.6 0.4 1.31 0.9 0.0 0.9
2027 37 5 14.1 5.3 0.7 2.4 1.4 0.5 2.50 1.6 0.1 1.3
2028 36 36 30.1 12.5 1.4 4.9 2.7 1.2 2.28 3.1 0.2 3.0
2029 39 39 31.0 16.1 1.1 4.6 4.9 2.3 2.10 3.4 0.2 2.9
Career 149 80 20.9 9.4 0.9 3.3 2.4 1.1 2.10 2.3 0.1 2.0

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2026 1.2 3.0 .396 0.8 0.9 .879 0.3 1.1 .262 1.15 2.76
2027 1.7 4.1 .414 1.4 1.6 .847 0.5 1.6 .339 1.29 7.57
2028 4.5 9.5 .472 2.2 2.8 .772 1.4 4.1 .347 1.32 22.44
2029 5.6 11.5 .488 3.1 3.6 .865 1.8 4.9 .368 1.40 18.00
Career 3.3 7.1 .462 1.9 2.2 .835 1.0 2.9 .347 1.33 12.70

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 16
2024 High School: Rated *** and #148 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2028 2nd Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2029 FBCA Champion
2029 National Player of the Year
2029 1st Team All-American
2029 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2029 Conference Player of the Year (Atlantic Coast Conference)


The auto depth chart didn't even have Baker starting as a senior. We even went into training camp with him slotted as a backup. It wasn't until I looked at the roster as I was cutting and pasting it into my writeup for the offseason that I decided I wanted his ball handling on the floor, and what happens? National Player of the year/National Title. I wonder what would have happened if I'd had him coming off the bench.



Totals: 37-2 (14-2) - ACC Champion, NCAA Champion - RPI 1

[Izulde]

Congrats on finally winning the championship!

[Cap Ologist]

Congrats!

[Radii]

2030 Offseason

Of course, our prestige is now 100 after winning the national title. Other teams at 100 are Syracuse, Illinois, Cincinnati, Oregon, and St john's, who was in the upper 90s as well and lost in the national title game to us last year.

Our training facilities get a massive bump, up from 76->92, i'm not sure how that worked, but we now have training abilities that almost match our prestige.


Coaching Skill Increase

I'm now a level 9 coach... 65 recruiting/45 scouting/70 offense/100 defense.

Incoming Recruits

Georgia Tech has the #15 recruiting class in the nation this year. This is only 4th best in the ACC this year... Duke #3, Maryland #8, Virginia #12, wow.



PLAYER DETAILS

#54 PG Doug Pearcy - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 189
High School: Clarksville Senior High School
Hometown: Clarksville, IN

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: 30 24 23 23 45 42 11 23 33 57 54 34 26 91 38 73 45
Potential: C D D D C B F D C B A C

Academics: 83

2029 High School: Rated *** and #142 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2029 High School: All-State (Indiana)


Scouted 45/A HND, comes in 45/C. The steals are upgraded to an A from a B where it was scouted, which is nice, but why oh why do we struggle so bad with ball handling.


PLAYER DETAILS

#1 SG Robert Hirsch - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 187
High School: Dennis-Yarmouth High School
Hometown: South Yarmouth, MA

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 41 36 34 29 29 30 30 15 56 62 21 47 78 49 64 82
Potential: B B C C C C C C F A A D

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 49

2029 High School: Rated **** and #17 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2029 High School: All-State (Massachusetts)
2029 High School: Mr. Basketball (Massachusetts)


More C HND action. I'm not suprised by this one, as I scouted him 17/B and am just glad he came in as a C and not a D. If we can get him up to his potential soon he'll be a superstar with us. He can defend, steal and score.



PLAYER DETAILS

#5 C Michael Frith - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6'10"
Weight: 235
High School: Pell City High School
Hometown: Pell City, AL

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: 45 14 36 31 26 35 29 42 54 23 23 60 40 11 68 37 47
Potential: B D C C D C C B B D C A

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 72

2029 High School: Rated *** and #77 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2029 High School: All-State (Alabama)
2029 High School: Mr. Basketball (Alabama)



I'm thrilled with Frith. I'll take B's in scoring/rebounding/defense any day, and the A in blocked shots is just a bonus.


Coaches

i think when you win a national title all your coaches always leave. They do here at least.

It takes like 5 rounds to find a scout... sheesh.

Recruiter: Skill 99, $160,000/yr
Scout: Skill 80, $135,000/yr
Assistant: Offense 58, Defense 83, $180,000/yr


Scheduling

We're the 1 seed in the Rainbow Invitational this year.

We schedule 3 100 prestige teams, Syracuse, Oregon and Cincinnat, we'll travel to Oregon tihs year, the rest of our opponents are in the 50-60 prestige range.

Roster Overview


Georgia Tech Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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William Vargo C 6' 9" 263 56 24 0 55 24 89 20 97 52 53
Ted Barrett C 6' 8" 233 49 46 13 35 14 71 22 74 26 54
Quincy Schwab SG 6' 4" 213 13 94 96 64 11 58 86 73 75 88
Carl Fritts PG 5'11" 166 90 31 65 57 52 11 83 45 76 100
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 6' 2" 201 47 53 73 75 68 17 80 31 48 68

Parker Ortiz SF 6'10" 228 66 56 42 66 28 10 57 56 47 77
Micah Germany SG 6' 6" 213 27 56 91 31 26 31 78 69 84 46
William Geter PG 6' 0" 181 44 48 47 50 73 27 74 36 78 65
Frank Williams SG 6' 5" 189 77 35 78 42 6 14 71 42 76 100
Juste Battaille C 6' 9" 226 38 27 0 21 28 52 29 81 48 43




Georgia Tech Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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William Vargo C 6' 9" 263 39 17 43 79 91 100 20 97 52 53
Ted Barrett C 6' 8" 233 71 25 30 32 94 86 22 74 26 54
Quincy Schwab SG 6' 4" 213 12 20 97 9 48 52 86 73 75 88
Carl Fritts PG 5'11" 166 29 52 87 27 48 79 83 45 76 100
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 6' 2" 201 56 49 92 34 22 100 80 31 48 68

Parker Ortiz SF 6'10" 228 38 88 64 7 11 41 57 56 47 77
Micah Germany SG 6' 6" 213 25 58 72 19 41 80 78 69 84 46
William Geter PG 6' 0" 181 50 72 67 44 23 37 74 36 78 65
Frank Williams SG 6' 5" 189 36 56 70 27 49 86 71 42 76 100
Juste Battaille C 6' 9" 226 77 37 41 78 57 89 29 81 48 43



We go with a 10 man rotation again this year. We look to be an extremely strong rebounding team, we don't have as many scorers this year but we've got decent ball handling and the steals are there as always.

[Radii]

Thanks Izulde and Cap, I know people have done it faster but I'm pretty pleased with making it all the way up from a level 0 coach at a shit school to 100 prestige and a national title as quickly as I did, definitely the most successful I've ever been personally.

[Radii]

2030/31 Season


Recruiting

We've got 3 scholarships this year and we're basically reloading at this point, 3 top 20 recruiting classes in a row, we're just shuffling in our upperclassmen into the lineup every year and winning. We just need to keep that going.

We lose a recruit to LSU, which kinda suprises me, but we land two others in the initial signing period. We struggle to grab a 3rd target and end up pulling in another steals guy late in the recruiting season.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#50 SF Alex Brochu
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 222
High School: Moorhead High School
Hometown: Moorhead, MN
GPA: 2.77
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: 29 44 13 32 22 25 24 53 22 44 66 14 11 71 58 40 9
Potential: B C F B B D B C C C A D


Similar to the SG Hirsch that i ladned last year... This guy probably comes in as a C or a D handles guy and maybe I learn my lesson, but even if he does, he's got talent elsewhere, I really like rebounders at SF and this guy can rebound.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#55 PG Jacob Todd
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Height: 5'10"
Weight: 151
High School: Choctaw County High School
Hometown: Butler, AL
GPA: 2.97
Test Score: 1300
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: 47 27 40 64 44 36 5 8 21 51 65 17 56 74 38 81 7
Potential: B D C B C A F F D C A F


A fair defender, ball handler, a fair free throw shooter, plus the steals, another guy who will fit in nicely with me once he trains up a bit.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#43 SG Damien Delescluse
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Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 189
High School:
Hometown: Paris, France
GPA: 2.93
Test Score: 970
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: 26 53 30 75 32 0 0 17 23 24 73 1 30 92 68 52 100
Potential: C A C A B F F D C D B C


I'm really not sure what to make of this guy. I love his quickness and stamina and maybe he can score and handle the ball? But maybe not, and he can't pass and defend... I debated holding onto my last scholarship but decided to go after the Frechman in the end, if for no other reason to see if I can learn anything about scouting given this guy's odd ratings.

Results

We start out ranked #3 and earn the #1 ranking in the 2nd week of November. We crush Oregon, beat St john's by 18, and Cincinnati by 16. We face another top ten team in Tennessee in the Rainbow Classic, and have no trouble disposing of them either, in fact our biggest struggle is Wright State. We're 14-0 again entering ACC play, having played 3 100 prestige teams and another top 10 team. Our stats look a ton stronger than last year(margin of victory, steals, assists, shooting, etc). We beat Wake by 8 in January, Duke falls by 24.
Somehow despite being undefeated we fall to #2 in the nation in early February(polls are stupid). We finish the regular season undefeated. We beat Wake Forest by 8 on January 15th. 3/12 We beat Maryland 74-63. 12/26 we beat Wright State 65-64. 12/22 Michigan 87-85. Cincinnati 82-66. St John's 88-70. Why do I mention those games? Those 6 games are the only 5 we won by less than 20. We won as many games by 40 or more, as we won by less than 20(6 each).



2030 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#1 Georgia Tech 16 0 1.000 30 0 1.000
#22 Virginia 10 6 .625 21 9 .700
Duke 10 6 .625 20 10 .667
Wake Forest 9 7 .563 15 17 .469
Clemson 8 8 .500 17 13 .567
Maryland 7 9 .438 17 15 .531
Florida State 7 9 .438 16 14 .533
North Carolina State 3 13 .188 12 17 .414
North Carolina 2 14 .125 8 21 .276




Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (1) Georgia Tech 111, (9) North Carolina State 50 - 61 points... 36 from Schwab, 28 from Fritts, we have 25 steals, we force 41 turnovers.

Semifinals: (5) Clemson 98, (1) Georgia Tech 91 - Ahhh, the upset. Schwab scored 37 in the loss, we got 20 steals but clemson got 16 and we had lots of foul trouble, sending Clemson to the line 35 times. The big thing though, Clemson shot 60% from the field... 35-59 from 2, 7-13 from 3, oof!


Duke beats Clemson to win the ACC Tournament. Our ranking falls to #4, but we still earn a 1 seed in the South for the big dance.

NCAA First Round

The first round goes as expected.


Georgia Tech 90, James Madison 53

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James Madison (15-19):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Milford Proffitt C 32 4-10 0-0 1 6 1 4 8
Jason Dorsett PF 31 2-7 0-0 2 9 2 3 5
Daniel Funke SF 24 2-4 2-3 0 3 1 1 8
Cliff Partridge SG 9 4-10 0-0 1 1 1 4 12
Hal Correia PG 30 4-6 0-0 0 0 2 2 9
Damien Reese PF 17 1-3 0-0 0 5 0 1 2
Derek Gard PG 10 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 1 2
Elroy Black SF 16 0-5 0-2 0 2 1 2 0
Jonathan Smith SG 31 3-6 0-0 0 2 1 2 7

Turnovers: 26 (M.Proffitt 6, D.Funke 1, H.Correia 8,
D.Reese 1, D.Gard 2, E.Black 2, J.Smith 6)
Blocked Shots: 5 (J.Dorsett 1, D.Reese 2, D.Gard 1,
J.Smith 1)
Steals: 7 (J.Dorsett 1, D.Funke 1, H.Correia 3, J.Smith
2)
3P FGs: 9-19 (M.Proffitt 0-1, J.Dorsett 1-3, D.Funke
2-2, C.Partridge 4-6, H.Correia 1-1, D.Gard 0-1,
E.Black 0-3, J.Smith 1-2)

Georgia Tech (32-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Vargo PF 31 1-6 0-0 3 16 4 3 2
Ted Barrett C 27 9-9 1-1 4 10 1 0 19
Quincy Schwab SF 31 9-20 0-2 2 4 4 2 21
Carl Fritts SG 32 7-13 1-4 2 5 5 0 16
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 28 6-10 0-0 1 3 7 1 15
Parker Ortiz SF 9 1-7 3-3 2 2 0 1 6
Micah Germany SG 4 0-1 0-0 1 1 1 2 0
William Geter PG 12 0-3 2-2 0 1 1 2 2
Frank Williams SG 3 1-4 2-2 2 3 0 0 4
Juste Battaille C 22 2-3 1-3 3 6 0 2 5

Turnovers: 13 (W.Vargo 3, T.Barrett 1, Q.Schwab 1,
C.Fritts 4, J.Ruffin 3, J.Battaille 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (W.Vargo 5, F.Williams 1, J.Battaille
1)
Steals: 18 (Q.Schwab 4, C.Fritts 8, J.Ruffin 3,
M.Germany 1, W.Geter 1, J.Battaille 1)
3P FGs: 8-21 (Q.Schwab 3-12, C.Fritts 1-1, J.Ruffin
3-4, P.Ortiz 1-3, M.Germany 0-1)

Player of Game: C Ted Barrett (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats JMMAD GATC
Halftime Score 28 43
FGM-FGA 21-55 36-76
FG% .382 .474
FTM-FTA 2-5 10-17
FT% .400 .588
3PM-3PA 9-19 8-21
3P% .474 .381
Rebounds 29 51
Assists 9 23
Steals 7 18
Blocks 5 7
Turnovers 26 13
Team Fouls 20 13



Barrett goes 9-9 and has a double double in the win. Schwab and Fritts are both putting up player of the year numbers this year, and both have good games today. Fritts has 8 steals, he may well set some single season records if we can make a deep tourney run.

NCAA Second Round

We get the 9 seed, Illinois State in round 2, and we embarrass them.


Georgia Tech 85, Illinois State 43

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Illinois State (23-12):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Donnie Coats C 33 2-12 0-0 1 7 1 4 4
Jason Goodwin PF 29 3-8 0-4 1 7 1 1 6
Johnie Hunter SF 25 3-8 0-0 1 3 0 4 9
Jacob Malik SG 27 4-10 0-0 0 3 5 1 9
Chas Parks PG 27 0-3 0-0 0 3 2 3 0
C. Oliphant PF 18 0-0 0-0 0 4 1 1 0
Albert Hassler SF 14 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 3
Charles Kelly SG 13 3-5 0-0 1 2 2 1 8
Alfredo Eisenberg PG 13 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 2
Donato Fuentes SF 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 2

Turnovers: 26 (D.Coats 1, J.Goodwin 2, J.Hunter 3,
J.Malik 5, C.Parks 7, A.Hassler 4, C.Kelly 2,
A.Eisenberg 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Oliphant 2)
Steals: 5 (J.Goodwin 1, J.Malik 2, A.Hassler 1, C.Kelly
1)
3P FGs: 7-18 (J.Hunter 3-6, J.Malik 1-4, C.Parks 0-2,
A.Hassler 1-2, C.Kelly 2-4)

Georgia Tech (33-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Vargo PF 30 0-2 2-2 4 18 1 3 2
Ted Barrett C 28 7-11 3-3 5 12 1 1 17
Quincy Schwab SF 33 6-16 4-4 3 5 4 1 21
Carl Fritts SG 35 8-19 1-2 1 5 4 2 18
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 29 6-11 0-0 0 1 8 1 15
Parker Ortiz SF 7 0-2 2-2 0 0 1 2 2
Micah Germany SG 5 3-4 0-0 0 0 1 0 7
William Geter PG 11 0-2 0-0 0 0 3 1 0
Juste Battaille PF 22 1-4 1-3 2 5 0 0 3

Turnovers: 13 (W.Vargo 5, T.Barrett 1, Q.Schwab 2,
C.Fritts 2, J.Ruffin 1, W.Geter 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (W.Vargo 1)
Steals: 16 (Q.Schwab 2, C.Fritts 5, J.Ruffin 5, P.Ortiz
1, M.Germany 1, W.Geter 2)
3P FGs: 10-24 (Q.Schwab 5-10, C.Fritts 1-3, J.Ruffin
3-8, P.Ortiz 0-1, M.Germany 1-1, W.Geter 0-1)

Player of Game: PG Jeffrey Ruffin (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats ILST GATC
Halftime Score 28 38
FGM-FGA 18-51 31-71
FG% .353 .437
FTM-FTA 0-4 13-16
FT% .000 .813
3PM-3PA 7-18 10-24
3P% .389 .417
Rebounds 31 46
Assists 12 23
Steals 5 16
Blocks 2 1
Turnovers 26 13
Team Fouls 18 11


Only 16 steals? :) The single season Steals record is 211. Frits now has 197.



NCAA Sweet 16

(1) #4 Georgia Tech (33-1) vs (5) #14 Purdue (24-9)

Purdue beat us for a national title 3 years ago now. 10 minutes into the game Purdue is 6 for 6 from 3 point land, allowing them to keep it close. We start to run over them in the latter part of the half, breaking a 22-22 tie and scoring 41 points in the final 10 minutes of the half... At the half we have a 63-41 lead. Schwab has 20 points. Ruffin has 8 assists, we're just rocking on offense. We only have 8 steals, purdue has 5, we're crushing them on the boards(28-17) and we're shooting well and just smothering Purdue.

Purdue briefly cuts it to 15, but yeah, we're just too good for them.



Georgia Tech 90, Purdue 71

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Purdue (24-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Bret Piazza C 24 1-2 0-0 1 10 1 4 2
Erasmo Adair PF 20 3-6 2-3 1 6 1 4 9
Jess Warren SF 29 4-5 0-0 0 5 1 4 10
Bill Crossley SG 30 8-18 4-4 0 4 1 2 23
Kim Conerty PG 29 3-11 6-7 0 0 4 4 14
Justin McDaniels PF 23 2-5 1-2 2 6 1 3 5
Allan Cannady PG 21 1-9 2-2 0 5 4 1 4
Ian Jacinto SF 10 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 0
Angel Daniel PF 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Johnny Dustin C 10 1-1 0-2 0 1 0 1 2
John Mondragon SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0

Turnovers: 26 (B.Piazza 2, J.Warren 2, B.Crossley 3,
K.Conerty 13, J.McDaniels 1, A.Cannady 3, I.Jacinto 1,
J.Dustin 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (E.Adair 2, J.Warren 1, J.McDaniels 2)
Steals: 11 (J.Warren 1, B.Crossley 2, K.Conerty 5,
A.Cannady 2, I.Jacinto 1)
3P FGs: 8-20 (E.Adair 1-2, J.Warren 2-2, B.Crossley
3-6, K.Conerty 2-6, A.Cannady 0-4)

Georgia Tech (34-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Vargo PF 33 3-5 6-9 3 18 2 1 12
Ted Barrett C 22 2-5 0-2 1 2 0 3 4
Quincy Schwab SF 32 8-17 5-7 3 7 1 2 25
Carl Fritts SG 35 8-16 2-8 1 6 2 3 22
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 25 3-10 2-2 1 5 11 4 11
Parker Ortiz SF 8 2-4 4-4 1 2 0 1 8
Micah Germany SG 5 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0
William Geter PG 15 1-4 2-4 2 3 3 3 5
Juste Battaille PF 26 1-5 1-2 0 3 0 3 3

Turnovers: 20 (W.Vargo 2, T.Barrett 2, Q.Schwab 3,
C.Fritts 3, J.Ruffin 4, W.Geter 2, J.Battaille 4)
Blocked Shots: 8 (W.Vargo 1, C.Fritts 2, J.Ruffin 1,
J.Battaille 4)
Steals: 17 (T.Barrett 2, Q.Schwab 3, C.Fritts 4,
J.Ruffin 3, P.Ortiz 1, W.Geter 4)
3P FGs: 12-23 (Q.Schwab 4-7, C.Fritts 4-7, J.Ruffin
3-7, P.Ortiz 0-1, W.Geter 1-1)

Player of Game: SG Quincy Schwab (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats PRDUE GATC
Halftime Score 41 63
FGM-FGA 24-59 28-66
FG% .407 .424
FTM-FTA 15-20 22-38
FT% .750 .579
3PM-3PA 8-20 12-23
3P% .400 .522
Rebounds 39 47
Assists 14 19
Steals 11 17
Blocks 5 8
Turnovers 26 20
Team Fouls 26 20



25 for Schwab, 22 for Fritts, 18 rebounds for Vargo, a double double with points/assists for our PG Ruffin...

NCAA Elite 8

Its rematch time.

(1) #4 Georgia Tech (34-1) vs (2) #5 St John's (27-10)

St John's has risen to the top in similar fashion to us, and they've lost the last two national title games(just as we had done with the two before them).

We score the first 8 poitns of the game, lead 18-3, 36-16, WOW.... this is a top 5 team. This is a team with 100 prestige, a team that has made two straight final fours, and they are hopeless against us.


Georgia Tech 92, St. John's 53

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St. John's (27-11):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Dale Lefler C 29 4-6 3-3 2 9 2 3 11
Carl Stephens PF 31 7-12 0-0 1 6 0 3 14
Aron Vining SF 28 0-2 1-2 1 6 0 4 1
Jose Eaton SG 30 3-11 3-3 0 2 2 3 10
Dennis Wayman PG 30 3-9 2-2 1 5 2 1 9
Paul Pilcher SF 20 1-5 0-0 0 4 4 1 3
James Pastore C 11 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 1 0
Matthew Harriman SG 10 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Morris Wheeler PG 10 2-5 1-2 0 1 1 1 5

Turnovers: 21 (D.Lefler 1, C.Stephens 4, A.Vining 1,
J.Eaton 3, D.Wayman 7, J.Pastore 1, M.Wheeler 4)
Blocked Shots: 1 (P.Pilcher 1)
Steals: 7 (C.Stephens 1, A.Vining 3, J.Eaton 2,
D.Wayman 1)
3P FGs: 3-15 (A.Vining 0-1, J.Eaton 1-3, D.Wayman 1-4,
P.Pilcher 1-4, M.Harriman 0-2, M.Wheeler 0-1)

Georgia Tech (35-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Vargo PF 31 3-4 4-4 0 6 4 1 10
Ted Barrett C 29 1-4 0-0 1 5 0 2 2
Quincy Schwab SF 32 5-8 5-8 4 8 1 1 17
Carl Fritts SG 35 9-26 1-2 2 8 2 2 26
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 32 6-11 0-0 2 3 5 1 15
Parker Ortiz SF 6 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 2 3
Micah Germany SG 5 2-4 0-0 0 0 1 1 6
William Geter PG 8 2-2 2-2 0 0 2 2 7
Frank Williams SF 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0
Juste Battaille C 20 2-4 2-2 0 5 1 0 6

Turnovers: 11 (W.Vargo 1, Q.Schwab 4, C.Fritts 2,
J.Ruffin 3, W.Geter 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (W.Vargo 2, C.Fritts 1, J.Battaille 2)
Steals: 13 (W.Vargo 1, Q.Schwab 3, C.Fritts 1, J.Ruffin
6, W.Geter 1, F.Williams 1)
3P FGs: 16-26 (Q.Schwab 2-3, C.Fritts 7-13, J.Ruffin
3-5, P.Ortiz 1-1, M.Germany 2-3, W.Geter 1-1)

Player of Game: PG Jeffrey Ruffin (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats STJN GATC
Halftime Score 24 60
FGM-FGA 20-54 31-65
FG% .370 .477
FTM-FTA 10-12 14-18
FT% .833 .778
3PM-3PA 3-15 16-26
3P% .200 .615
Rebounds 35 37
Assists 11 17
Steals 7 13
Blocks 1 5
Turnovers 21 11
Team Fouls 17 12



We just beat one of the top 6 programs in the nation by 39. We took a 31 point lead BEFORE halftime. We led 55-24 with 1:20 to go in the first half. We went up by 40 with 11 minutes left in the game.



NCAA Final Four

4 final fours in 5 years, and we are the defending national champs.

(1) #2 Oregon (29-8 ) vs (8 ) #20 Uconn (21-13)
(5) #17 Arizona (25-9) vs (1) #4 Georgia Tech (35-1)

It'd just be unfair if we don't get Oregon in the title game. And yeah, I'm over-confidant, Arizona could pull the stunner I guess :)


We score the first 9 points of the game. Arizona isn't going away so easily though, it takes until the 6 minute mark of the first half before we can go ahead by 10, when we take an 18-7 lead. The scoring on both sides picks up to end the half, but it looks like we're well on our way. Halftime: Georgia Tech 36, Arizona 22. We get 9 steals, Arizona 1. The turnover difference is 9/14 in our favor. The big thing though is that Arizona is shooting 30% from the floor, they can't buy a bucket.

We quickly push the lead over 20, and around the 8 minute mark push the lead over 30, where it lingers for the rest of the game.


Georgia Tech 80, Arizona 52

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Georgia Tech (36-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Vargo PF 30 5-9 1-1 0 4 3 1 11
Ted Barrett C 26 1-3 3-3 2 11 1 4 5
Quincy Schwab SF 35 9-16 5-7 2 7 4 4 25
Carl Fritts SG 24 8-16 0-2 0 1 2 4 18
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 32 2-8 3-4 1 3 2 1 8
Parker Ortiz SF 8 0-4 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Micah Germany SG 15 3-5 1-2 0 4 0 2 9
William Geter PG 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 2 0
Frank Williams SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Juste Battaille C 21 2-2 0-0 0 3 1 4 4

Turnovers: 20 (T.Barrett 1, Q.Schwab 5, C.Fritts 3,
J.Ruffin 3, P.Ortiz 1, M.Germany 1, W.Geter 2,
J.Battaille 4)
Blocked Shots: 1 (W.Vargo 1)
Steals: 18 (W.Vargo 2, Q.Schwab 3, C.Fritts 4, J.Ruffin
3, M.Germany 2, W.Geter 2, J.Battaille 2)
3P FGs: 7-18 (Q.Schwab 2-6, C.Fritts 2-3, J.Ruffin 1-3,
P.Ortiz 0-2, M.Germany 2-4)

Arizona (25-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Daniel Benson C 29 2-10 6-11 0 8 1 3 10
Paul Cruce PF 29 3-4 2-3 2 3 1 3 8
Judson Troutman SF 27 1-6 3-4 1 6 1 3 6
Brian Gingras SG 25 1-3 1-3 0 4 1 4 4
Chris Kerley PG 22 3-4 2-2 0 1 1 1 9
George Martin PG 19 1-2 1-2 0 4 2 2 4
Jeromy Dewberry SF 17 3-6 0-0 1 2 0 1 7
Milton Reyes SG 14 1-4 2-3 2 6 0 2 4
Branden Tice C 11 0-3 0-0 1 5 0 0 0
Matthew Rankin PF 7 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 33 (D.Benson 4, P.Cruce 3, J.Troutman 5,
B.Gingras 3, C.Kerley 6, G.Martin 5, J.Dewberry 2,
M.Reyes 3, B.Tice 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (D.Benson 1, P.Cruce 1)
Steals: 7 (P.Cruce 1, J.Troutman 3, B.Gingras 2,
J.Dewberry 1)
3P FGs: 5-17 (J.Troutman 1-4, B.Gingras 1-3, C.Kerley
1-1, G.Martin 1-2, J.Dewberry 1-3, M.Reyes 0-2, B.Tice
0-1, M.Rankin 0-1)

Player of Game: SG Quincy Schwab (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats GATC AZ
Halftime Score 36 22
FGM-FGA 30-63 15-44
FG% .476 .341
FTM-FTA 13-19 17-28
FT% .684 .607
3PM-3PA 7-18 5-17
3P% .389 .294
Rebounds 33 40
Assists 16 7
Steals 18 7
Blocks 1 2
Turnovers 20 33
Team Fouls 24 19


We're just too much for anyone.

NCAA Finals

(1) #4 Georgia Tech (36-1) vs (8 ) #20 Connecticut (22-13)

Oregon goes down in the semifinals, and this seems like it'd be a foregone conclusion. Don't forget Clemson, boys! Don't let up!

We get steals leading to dunks on the first two posessions of the game. We lead 6-0 30 seconds in. 9-2 two minutes in. 5 minutes in its 20-5. We push the lead over 20, 28-7, at the 11:25 mark. We lead by as much as 25, but UConn goes on a run to end the half and we only lead by 16.

Georgia Tech 46, UConn 30 at the half. Uconn actually has 8 steals, we have 9. The turnover battle is even at 10. We're just outshooting them and crushing them on the boards. 51% shooting to 35%, 25-16 rebound edge.

We push the lead back over 20 almost immediately, then 30... the 40... we fail to break 100, i think that's the only thing i can say about this. BACK TO BACK BAY-BEE


Georgia Tech 98, Connecticut 55

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Connecticut (22-14):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Aubrey Simpson C 29 1-7 2-2 2 6 3 1 4
Jerry Woosley PF 29 2-3 2-2 0 4 1 3 7
George Webb SF 30 5-16 0-0 1 1 1 1 11
Luigi Tsosie SG 26 9-15 0-0 1 4 1 2 21
Rufus Halford PG 19 0-3 0-0 0 0 1 4 0
Steven Hoffman C 22 0-2 3-4 0 6 0 1 3
Danilo Rone PG 20 1-6 0-0 0 2 1 2 3
Grady Dugan SG 15 0-1 0-0 1 2 4 0 0
Luis Turner SF 10 3-4 0-0 0 0 0 2 6

Turnovers: 26 (A.Simpson 3, J.Woosley 4, G.Webb 1,
L.Tsosie 4, R.Halford 3, S.Hoffman 1, D.Rone 3,
G.Dugan 5, L.Turner 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (J.Woosley 1, L.Tsosie 1)
Steals: 15 (A.Simpson 1, J.Woosley 2, G.Webb 5,
L.Tsosie 2, R.Halford 1, S.Hoffman 2, D.Rone 1,
G.Dugan 1)
3P FGs: 6-17 (J.Woosley 1-1, G.Webb 1-6, L.Tsosie 3-6,
R.Halford 0-1, D.Rone 1-3)

Georgia Tech (37-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Vargo PF 31 7-7 2-3 1 8 1 2 16
Ted Barrett C 28 2-3 0-0 2 15 2 3 4
Quincy Schwab SF 30 7-19 0-0 4 5 5 2 18
Carl Fritts SG 30 10-14 1-2 0 4 4 1 25
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 29 4-8 1-2 0 1 5 1 9
Parker Ortiz SF 10 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 3 0
Micah Germany SG 10 3-6 0-0 1 5 1 0 7
William Geter PG 11 2-3 2-2 0 0 3 1 8
Juste Battaille C 22 5-6 1-2 2 4 1 1 11

Turnovers: 19 (W.Vargo 1, T.Barrett 4, Q.Schwab 4,
C.Fritts 4, J.Ruffin 1, P.Ortiz 1, W.Geter 3,
J.Battaille 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (J.Battaille 4)
Steals: 19 (W.Vargo 2, T.Barrett 1, Q.Schwab 2,
C.Fritts 3, J.Ruffin 4, P.Ortiz 3, M.Germany 1,
W.Geter 1, J.Battaille 2)
3P FGs: 11-26 (Q.Schwab 4-13, C.Fritts 4-6, J.Ruffin
0-1, P.Ortiz 0-1, M.Germany 1-2, W.Geter 2-3)

Player of Game: PG Carl Fritts (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats UCONN GATC
Halftime Score 30 46
FGM-FGA 21-57 40-67
FG% .368 .597
FTM-FTA 7-8 7-11
FT% .875 .636
3PM-3PA 6-17 11-26
3P% .353 .423
Rebounds 25 42
Assists 12 23
Steals 15 19
Blocks 2 4
Turnovers 26 19
Team Fouls 16 14



We shoot 59.7% and hold our opponent to 36.8% in the national title game. It doesn't get much better than that.

Carl Fritts ends up with 209 steals on the season, falling just short of the all time single season record.

Awards

I am the ACC Coach of the Year.


SG Quincy Schwab: National Player of the Year, ACC Player of the Year

PF Carl Fritts: 1st Team All-American, 1st Team All-ACC

PG Jeffrey Ruffin: 2nd Team All-American, 2nd Team All-ACC

C William Vargo: 2nd Team All-ACC

PG William Geter: Freshman All-ACC


What is there to say? We're an All-American Factory. I don't see a stat by All-Americans per team, but there is a stat for All-American's generated by coach. It only counts 1st Teamers.


Coach Records: All-Americans

# Name Last Season Record
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1. Richard Dixon 2030 12
2. Charles Arellano 2026 5
3. Harold Richter 2030 5
4. Douglas Ryder 2030 5
5. Caleb Beckett 2026 4
6. Gordon McAndrew 2030 4

Georgia Tech 2030 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 100 Record Vs 1-50: 19-1
Season Record: 37-1 Record Vs 51-100: 6-0
Conference Record: 16-0 Record Vs 101-200: 10-0
Home Record: 17-0 Record Vs 200+: 2-0
Current Poll Rank: 4 Current RPI Rank: 1

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 91.7 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Points Allowed: 61.8 National Rank: 26 Conference Rank: 1
Rebounds: 39.8 National Rank: 15 Conference Rank: 2
Assists: 19.7 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Steals: 19.7 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 4.9 National Rank: 26 Conference Rank: 1
Turnovers: 15.8 National Rank: 37 Conference Rank: 1
Fouls: 19.1 National Rank: 146 Conference Rank: 3
FG%: .483 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
FT%: .679 National Rank: 147 Conference Rank: 6
3P%: .388 National Rank: 9 Conference Rank: 1


Jesus. 1st in the nation in poitns, assists, steals, FG %. top 10 from 3. 26th in both defense and blocks, 37th in turnovers. Tops in the ACC in every one of those categories. Just amazing.

Our average margin of victory is 29.9.


Georgia Tech 2030 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/17/30 Delaware (13-17) W 118-66 1-0
11/21/30 New Mexico State (14-17) W 114-50 2-0
11/25/30 Bradley (19-15) W 68-40 3-0
11/29/30 at Air Force (15-15) W 93-62 4-0
12/03/30 Wisconsin (20-13) W 97-56 5-0
12/06/30 at Oregon (29-9) W 86-63 6-0
12/10/30 Rutgers (13-16) W 88-59 7-0
12/14/30 St. John's (27-11) W 88-70 8-0
12/18/30 Cincinnati (24-11) W 82-66 9-0
12/22/30 Michigan (17-16) W 87-85 10-0
12/26/30 vs. Wright State (14-17) W 65-64 11-0
12/28/30 vs. Tennessee (23-12) W 79-57 12-0
12/29/30 vs. Houston (22-12) W 113-68 13-0
01/02/31 Akron (15-14) W 90-51 14-0
01/08/31 Virginia (22-11) W 97-70 15-0 (1-0)
01/11/31 at North Carolina (8-21) W 69-41 16-0 (2-0)
01/15/31 Wake Forest (15-18) W 89-81 17-0 (3-0)
01/18/31 at North Carolina State (12-18) W 114-74 18-0 (4-0)
01/25/31 Clemson (20-15) W 91-57 19-0 (5-0)
01/29/31 Duke (23-11) W 96-72 20-0 (6-0)
02/01/31 North Carolina (8-21) W 107-67 21-0 (7-0)
02/05/31 Maryland (20-18) W 98-60 22-0 (8-0)
02/08/31 at Virginia (22-11) W 100-79 23-0 (9-0)
02/17/31 at Duke (23-11) W 94-60 24-0 (10-0)
02/19/31 at Clemson (20-15) W 76-56 25-0 (11-0)
02/22/31 North Carolina State (12-18) W 119-60 26-0 (12-0)
02/24/31 at Florida State (18-16) W 87-60 27-0 (13-0)
03/05/31 at Wake Forest (15-18) W 94-64 28-0 (14-0)
03/08/31 Florida State (18-16) W 74-52 29-0 (15-0)
03/12/31 at Maryland (20-18) W 74-63 30-0 (16-0)
03/14/31 vs. North Carolina State (12-18) W 111-50 31-0
03/15/31 vs. Clemson (20-15) L 98-91 31-1
03/20/31 vs. James Madison (15-19) W 90-53 32-1
03/22/31 vs. Illinois State (23-12) W 85-43 33-1
03/28/31 vs. Purdue (24-10) W 90-71 34-1
03/30/31 vs. St. John's (27-11) W 92-53 35-1
04/05/31 vs. Arizona (25-10) W 80-52 36-1
04/07/31 vs. Connecticut (22-14) W 98-55 37-1




Georgia Tech Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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William Vargo C 38 38 29.8 9.5 3.2 10.7 2.0 0.9 2.1 2.1 2.7
Ted Barrett C 38 38 27.2 6.8 2.2 8.7 1.4 0.5 0.2 2.0 2.6
Quincy Schwab SG 38 38 30.4 22.6 2.3 5.4 2.8 3.9 0.1 2.6 3.1
Carl Fritts PG 38 38 31.7 20.1 0.6 3.9 3.7 5.5 0.2 2.7 2.6
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 31 31 29.3 12.7 0.9 2.7 5.7 4.6 0.1 2.1 2.3
Parker Ortiz SF 38 0 10.3 6.2 0.4 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.0 0.4 1.4
Micah Germany SG 38 0 8.5 4.6 0.5 1.6 0.6 1.0 0.1 0.7 0.8
William Geter PG 38 7 13.2 4.9 0.5 1.1 2.6 1.8 0.1 1.4 1.6
Frank Williams SG 27 0 5.9 3.5 0.1 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.1 0.6 0.6
Juste Battaille C 38 0 20.8 4.1 1.2 4.5 1.1 0.9 1.9 1.7 2.1
Paul Burse SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Thomas Burger SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Michael Frith C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Robert Hirsch SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Doug Pearcy PG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Ruffin suffered an injury but otherwise we remained healthy again this year. Fritts 5.5 steals per game over 38 games... so so good. Geter gets 1.8 steals a game in only 13 minutes. Schwab and Fritts are rare 20+ ppg averages for us. Vargo *almost* averages a double double for us, so so close.


Player Review



PLAYER DETAILS

#15 SG Quincy Schwab - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 213
High School: Colton High School
Hometown: Colton, CA

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: 13 94 60 96 64 11 58 48 12 20 97 9 52 86 73 75 88
2029: 13 86 59 96 63 10 55 47 12 18 97 9 42 85 71 74 79
2028: 13 77 58 94 58 9 52 44 11 17 97 8 33 84 69 74 71
2027: 13 68 53 92 53 8 50 41 10 16 85 7 23 84 66 74 61
2026: 12 61 49 90 49 7 47 38 9 15 75 6 16 84 63 72 49
2025: 11 53 45 82 45 6 44 35 8 14 66 5 8 82 60 71 38
Potential: F A C A C F C C F D A F

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2027 37 7 14.3 7.4 0.9 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.16 1.9 0.1 1.6
2028 36 36 29.5 17.9 1.6 4.6 2.4 2.5 0.98 4.1 0.1 3.1
2029 39 39 28.8 16.8 2.0 5.2 2.6 1.7 1.49 3.8 0.1 2.7
2030 38 38 30.4 22.6 2.3 5.4 2.8 2.6 1.06 3.9 0.1 3.1
Career 150 120 25.8 16.2 1.7 4.3 2.5 2.2 1.06 3.5 0.1 2.6

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2027 2.6 5.4 .475 1.3 1.8 .723 1.0 2.5 .383 1.37 8.97
2028 5.9 12.6 .473 3.0 3.8 .788 3.0 6.8 .437 1.42 19.61
2029 5.7 12.2 .470 2.6 3.4 .769 2.7 6.4 .416 1.37 17.33
2030 7.9 16.6 .479 3.2 4.3 .741 3.5 8.7 .402 1.36 24.89
Career 5.6 11.7 .475 2.5 3.3 .759 2.5 6.1 .413 1.38 17.73

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 45
2025 High School: Rated *** and #185 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2025 High School: All-State (California)
2027 Freshman All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2028 1st Team All-American
2028 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2028 Conference Player of the Year (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2029 FBCA Champion
2029 3rd Team All-American
2029 2nd Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2030 FBCA Champion
2030 National Player of the Year
2030 1st Team All-American
2030 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2030 Conference Player of the Year (Atlantic Coast Conference)


Schwab leaves as the all time leading scorer at Georgia Tech. He's also 3rd all time in steals at Ga Tech, a 3 year starter on a team where most of my guys are only starting as upperclassmen lately. Imagine what will happen with us playing 35+ games a year now if we can find a 4 year steals guy. He'll get 600 steals in a career(the NCAA Record is 532 right now).

Schwab also pulled down 5 rebounds per game his final two seasons, great for a backcourt player.

PLAYER DETAILS

#0 PG Carl Fritts - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 5'11"
Weight: 166
High School: Blacksburg High School
Hometown: Blacksburg, SC

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: 90 31 41 65 57 52 11 48 29 52 87 27 79 83 45 76 100
2029: 84 28 40 63 56 51 11 45 28 51 87 26 75 83 44 74 100
2028: 78 25 39 61 55 50 11 42 27 45 87 25 67 82 43 72 100
2027: 73 22 36 56 52 47 10 39 26 39 76 24 59 81 42 71 95
2026: 68 20 34 52 47 42 9 36 25 33 65 23 47 80 41 71 85
2025: 64 18 32 48 42 37 8 34 24 28 55 22 35 79 40 70 76
Potential: A D D C C C F C C C B C

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2027 13 0 6.8 3.3 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.6 1.25 1.0 0.0 0.5
2028 36 0 11.0 6.9 0.4 1.1 0.8 1.0 0.83 2.0 0.0 1.0
2029 39 0 8.7 5.7 0.2 0.9 1.4 0.9 1.51 1.5 0.1 1.1
2030 38 38 31.7 20.1 0.6 3.9 3.7 2.7 1.36 5.5 0.2 2.6
Career 126 38 16.1 10.2 0.4 1.9 1.8 1.4 1.36 2.8 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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2027 1.0 2.5 .406 1.0 1.2 .813 0.3 0.7 .444 1.34 2.62
2028 2.5 4.9 .511 1.4 2.0 .718 0.5 1.3 .400 1.41 4.92
2029 2.1 4.7 .454 1.1 1.8 .611 0.4 1.3 .286 1.22 3.85
2030 7.9 16.8 .469 2.6 4.5 .588 1.7 4.4 .381 1.20 24.42
Career 3.9 8.2 .472 1.7 2.6 .632 0.8 2.2 .369 1.24 10.23

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 10
2025 High School: Rated *** and #181 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2025 High School: All-State (South Carolina)
2029 FBCA Champion
2030 FBCA Champion
2030 1st Team All-American
2030 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)


I like Fritts, and he could have likely started and played well for me before his senior season, but we've just been so loaded he had to wait his turn. He had a great senior season and leaves with two championship rings.


PLAYER DETAILS

#40 C William Vargo - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 263
High School: R.B. Glenn High School
Hometown: Kernersville, NC

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: 56 24 58 0 55 24 89 91 39 17 43 79 100 20 97 52 53
2029: 55 22 57 0 51 22 82 91 35 16 40 76 100 18 90 51 44
2028: 51 20 56 0 48 20 74 91 32 15 38 74 100 16 83 49 35
2027: 47 19 54 0 46 19 66 83 29 14 36 66 100 15 76 47 26
2026: 42 18 51 0 43 18 57 74 26 13 34 58 100 13 69 47 18
2025: 37 17 49 0 41 17 48 65 23 12 32 50 97 11 63 46 10
Potential: C D C F C D A A C F C B

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2027 11 0 3.5 1.2 0.5 1.0 0.1 0.4 0.25 0.2 0.2 0.4
2028 36 0 17.2 4.9 1.4 5.7 0.9 1.1 0.78 0.5 1.0 1.8
2029 39 39 27.7 6.6 2.6 9.3 1.7 2.1 0.80 0.8 2.0 2.7
2030 38 38 29.8 9.5 3.2 10.7 2.0 2.1 0.96 0.9 2.1 2.7
Career 124 77 23.2 6.5 2.3 7.9 1.4 1.7 0.96 0.7 1.6 2.2

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2027 0.5 1.0 .455 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.0 0.0 .000 1.18 2.55
2028 1.7 3.9 .443 1.4 2.1 .693 0.0 0.1 .000 1.26 10.72
2029 2.4 5.4 .440 1.9 2.5 .737 0.0 0.0 .000 1.23 15.15
2030 3.4 7.0 .489 2.7 3.2 .835 0.0 0.0 .000 1.36 22.39
Career 2.3 5.0 .462 1.8 2.4 .768 0.0 0.0 .000 1.29 14.97

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 3
2025 High School: Rated *** and #236 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2025 High School: All-State (North Carolina)
2029 FBCA Champion
2030 FBCA Champion
2030 2nd Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)


Another nice anchor in the post. Vargo is a good shot blocker who leaves as Georgia Tech's all time leading shot blocker, with 199 in his career. There are guys with 400+ over a career though, so its just something we don't end up wtih a ton of.




In 2004 and 2005, Wake Forest won the national title. In 2013-2014 Stanford repeated as National Champs. No one has ever 3-peat.

Wake, Kentucky, and Syracuse have all won 3 national titles. Illinois, Stanford, and Georgia Tech have 2.

Totals: 37-1 (16-0) - ACC Semifinals, NCAA Champion - RPI 1

[Radii]

2031 Offseason

Can we 3-peat?

Coaching Skill Increase

Level 10! I put 5 more poitns into recruiting, 10 into scouting, 5 into offense. I'm up to 70 recruiting/55 scouting/75 offense/100 defense.

I have 649 career wins.


Coach Records: Wins

# Name Last Season Record
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1. Nelson Kinser 2031 769
2. Joseph Kissel 2031 742
3. Caleb Beckett 2026 718
4. Douglas Ryder 2031 713
5. Rocky Derosier 2027 707
6. Christoper Timmons 2031 681
7. Gordon McAndrew 2031 676
8. Dylan Charest 2031 654
9. Richard Dixon 2031 649
10. Carson Glasper 2028 647


Coaches in bold are active, so the next 3 ahead of me are all active coaches, at Duke(Timmons), Oregon(McAndrew), and Oklahoma State(Charest). The top 2 coaches are at St John's and Syracuse.

Incoming Recruits

Georgia Tech has the #23 recruiting class in the nation this year. This is again 4th in the ACC. Clemson has the 8th class, NC State 19th, Duke 22nd. Virginia is one behind us at 24th.



PLAYER DETAILS

#55 PG Jacob Todd - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 5'10"
Weight: 151
High School: Choctaw County High School
Hometown: Butler, AL

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: 52 38 40 64 44 44 5 8 21 33 65 17 56 74 41 69 13
Potential: C B C B C B F F D C A D

Academics: 96

2030 High School: Rated *** and #55 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Todd looks good, another C Handles guy, he'll be a good scroer and good steals guy for us for sure.


PLAYER DETAILS

#50 SF Alex Brochu - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 222
High School: Moorhead High School
Hometown: Moorhead, MN

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: 29 35 22 47 22 27 32 43 22 44 66 14 11 63 58 43 20
Potential: C C D B C D C C C C A D

Academics: 64

2030 High School: Rated *** and #83 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2030 High School: All-State (Minnesota)
2030 High School: Mr. Basketball (Minnesota)


Hey look, C handles/A Steals! This is great for a SF though. C's on the boards and both post and perimeter defense, good quickness for a SF, I like what I see here a lot.


PLAYER DETAILS

#43 SG Damien Delescluse - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 189
High School:
Hometown: Paris, France

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: 34 61 37 75 32 4 10 18 23 5 73 14 19 81 52 52 88
Potential: C A C A C F F D D F A D

Academics: 74

2030 High School: Rated *** and #140 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Damn, i'm not sure what to do here. Delescluse looks like a great scorer but he can't defend at all. I don't usually worry too much about defense but I'm not usually looking at guys who will never get over 10 out of 100 on the scale either...

Coaches

All of our coaches leave again this year.

Recruiter: Skill 86, $145,000/yr
Scout: Skill 82, $135,000/yr
Assistant: Offense 53, Defense 90, $210,000/yr


Scheduling

We're the 1 seed in the Great Alaska Shootout this year.

We schedule a brutal schedule this year. We're going to visit Oklahoma State and St John's, and Syracuse, illinois, and Cincinnati will all be coming to Atlanta.

Roster Overview


Georgia Tech Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Juste Battaille C 6'10" 226 41 29 0 23 30 58 29 86 50 53
Ted Barrett C 6' 8" 234 55 49 13 37 15 73 22 80 27 69
Parker Ortiz SF 6'10" 228 71 57 46 68 30 10 57 59 48 84
Doug Pearcy PG 6' 0" 193 35 28 27 57 59 13 92 42 74 60
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 6' 2" 202 48 59 75 76 69 18 81 34 51 79

Micah Germany SG 6' 6" 217 30 61 93 33 28 34 79 73 87 55
Frank Williams SG 6' 6" 190 81 38 80 47 6 14 73 46 79 100
William Geter PG 6' 0" 182 47 54 48 50 83 29 76 38 79 77
Robert Hirsch SG 6' 5" 202 53 54 43 38 38 40 78 53 66 98
Michael Frith C 6'10" 249 63 18 35 29 41 41 14 78 39 69




Georgia Tech Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Juste Battaille C 6'10" 226 88 38 44 89 66 95 29 86 50 53
Ted Barrett C 6' 8" 234 80 27 32 35 100 95 22 80 27 69
Parker Ortiz SF 6'10" 228 43 90 69 8 12 48 57 59 48 84
Doug Pearcy PG 6' 0" 193 37 72 74 36 26 49 92 42 74 60
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 6' 2" 202 60 55 92 37 23 100 81 34 51 79

Micah Germany SG 6' 6" 217 26 63 77 20 46 84 79 73 87 55
Frank Williams SG 6' 6" 190 38 57 71 29 50 93 73 46 79 100
William Geter PG 6' 0" 182 52 76 71 46 25 39 76 38 79 77
Robert Hirsch SG 6' 5" 202 17 74 80 23 40 60 78 53 66 98
Michael Frith C 6'10" 249 70 25 25 81 60 60 14 78 39 69



I'm really not sure the starting lineup has enough scoring in it. Micah Germany may replace Doug Pearcy if I struggle, but I want the better ball handling and quickness out of Pearcy. I don't think this is a final four team.

[Radii]

2031/32 Season


Recruiting

We've only got two scholarships available this year, and this is going to be one of our "Must land a big man" recruiting seasons.

The top recruits in the nation are not quite ready to fall all over me. The initial top 5 schools for the top 10-15 recruits generally include Cinci, Illinois, Syracuse, St John's, Oklahoma State, Oregon, I even see Duke a couple times.

Oh boy. I'm very concerned about recruiting. I lose my top 4 targets in November, two big men and two steals guys. I don't think I've ever lost all my scholarship guys and all their backup targets all at once. One of them was a top 20 recruit but I wans't aiming any higher than I have in the past.

We're able to swoop in on a steals guy in December and land a good handler/steals guy, but the big men we're still searching for. We land a lower ranked big man in January, and hopefully we've pulled in two guys to keep our dominance going.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#10 SG Brian Finney
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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 181
High School: Barron Collier High School
Hometown: Naples, FL
GPA: 2.83
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: 28 47 65 81 57 4 34 7 0 27 52 35 54 64 20 70 49
Potential: C C B A B F B F F C B C


An average scorer, deadly from 3, a ball handler and steals guy. He's a little slow for a SG, and though I really have no evidence to let that worry me, it does a little anyway. I've been using quickness to help make lineup decisions when handling/steals/defense are similar.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#50 C Donny Milliken
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 237
High School: Brooklyn High School
Hometown: Brooklyn, OH
GPA: 2.75
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
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Current: 35 19 32 5 25 13 41 53 27 15 27 32 40 16 70 20 34
Potential: C F D F C F B B B F C D


I'm wary of the 27/B PSD, but I think he'll be a good rebounder and i hope he's a better scorer than indicated, as a 56% FG shooter in high school.

Results

We lose a game in November for the first time in years. Kansas takes us down, 71-63. We get good wins elsewhere though, including winning the Great Alaska Shootout with big wins over Virginia and Memphis. We work our way back up into the top 5 as we start our gauntlet of top teams... we lose to Oklahoma State by 1. Beat Syracuse, Crush Illinois by 30, beat Cincinnati by 25, and beat St John's by 24. Maybe I was worried about nothing, that's a hell of a run.

We enter ACC Play 12-2. Our first big game is a win over #14 Maryland, followed by a win over #25 Virginia, another over #10 Duke, as we beat 3 ranked opponents in January, getting us off to a 6-0 start in the ACC. We lose our first game Feb 11th to Wake Forest, 59-49. This is a pretty bad loss as Wake appears to have fallen badly. That's our only ACC loss and we appear to be as dangerous as ever going into the ACC Tournament.


2031 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#3 Georgia Tech 15 1 .938 27 3 .900
#23 Maryland 11 5 .688 23 7 .767
#13 Duke 11 5 .688 20 10 .667
Virginia 8 8 .500 18 12 .600
Wake Forest 8 8 .500 17 13 .567
North Carolina 5 11 .313 12 16 .429
Clemson 5 11 .313 11 17 .393
Florida State 5 11 .313 12 19 .387
North Carolina State 4 12 .250 10 20 .333


Wake Forest got off to a 1-5 ACC Start, I guess they aren't as bad as i thought after all.

We run into an issue as starting PG Jeffrey Ruffin suffers a bad injury and will miss the entire postseason. I adjust the lineups but Ruffin is by far our best ball handler and i'm worried.

Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (1) Georgia Tech 67, (9) North Carolina State 43 - We get 24 steals and hold the Wolfpack to 30% shooting in this easy victory.

Semifinals: (1) Georgia Tech 100, (4) Virginia 52 - Back into the ACC Finals, backup SF Frank williams gives us 33 points, we again get 24 steals and have a +20 turnover margin in this one.

Finals: (1) Georgia Tech 77, (2) Maryland 49 - The ACC Tournament is ours again! We get 23 steals, Maryland 10, and we have a +12 turnover margin, allowing us to win easily.

We earn our standard 1 seed in the South in the NCAA Tournament. Duke is the 4 seed in the West, and Maryland is the 4 seed in the East.

NCAA First Round

The first round goes as expected.


Georgia Tech 76, Pacific 49

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Pacific (14-18):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Scott Vanhouten C 34 3-5 1-2 1 9 0 2 7
Andrew Carter PF 28 5-11 3-5 1 3 1 4 13
Corey Rayburn SF 31 5-10 1-2 2 4 2 3 12
Jefferson Grau SG 22 1-6 0-0 1 5 1 4 3
Tony Caudill PG 27 1-4 2-4 1 2 4 0 4
Joshua Dagostino PF 19 1-5 1-4 0 1 0 1 3
Roy Pugliese PG 13 0-1 2-3 2 2 2 1 2
Joe Brown SF 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Charles Crochet SF 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Richie Smoot SG 18 1-3 2-4 0 0 0 0 5

Turnovers: 30 (S.Vanhouten 4, C.Rayburn 6, J.Grau 1,
T.Caudill 8, J.Dagostino 3, R.Pugliese 5, C.Crochet 2,
R.Smoot 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (C.Rayburn 1)
Steals: 12 (S.Vanhouten 2, A.Carter 1, C.Rayburn 4,
T.Caudill 1, R.Pugliese 2, R.Smoot 2)
3P FGs: 3-11 (C.Rayburn 1-4, J.Grau 1-3, T.Caudill 0-1,
J.Brown 0-1, R.Smoot 1-2)

Georgia Tech (31-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Juste Battaille PF 28 0-1 2-2 4 9 1 3 2
Ted Barrett C 30 4-11 0-0 7 15 2 2 8
Parker Ortiz SF 31 6-13 1-1 2 5 2 1 14
Micah Germany SG 30 5-11 3-6 0 3 2 2 15
Doug Pearcy PG 30 5-11 1-1 1 1 3 4 11
Frank Williams SF 15 6-9 0-2 0 6 3 0 13
William Geter PG 10 2-2 0-0 0 0 3 2 4
Robert Hirsch SG 10 1-2 0-0 2 4 0 1 2
Michael Frith C 17 1-2 5-5 0 2 0 4 7

Turnovers: 24 (J.Battaille 5, T.Barrett 1, P.Ortiz 5,
M.Germany 4, D.Pearcy 1, F.Williams 1, W.Geter 2,
R.Hirsch 3, M.Frith 2)
Blocked Shots: 4 (T.Barrett 1, M.Frith 3)
Steals: 15 (T.Barrett 2, P.Ortiz 1, D.Pearcy 5,
F.Williams 3, W.Geter 1, R.Hirsch 3)
3P FGs: 4-15 (P.Ortiz 1-4, M.Germany 2-6, D.Pearcy 0-2,
F.Williams 1-1, R.Hirsch 0-1, M.Frith 0-1)

Player of Game: SG Frank Williams (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats PCFC GATC
Halftime Score 26 52
FGM-FGA 17-46 30-62
FG% .370 .484
FTM-FTA 12-24 12-17
FT% .500 .706
3PM-3PA 3-11 4-15
3P% .273 .267
Rebounds 26 45
Assists 10 16
Steals 12 15
Blocks 1 4
Turnovers 30 24
Team Fouls 17 19



NCAA Second Round

We get the 8 seed, Arizona, a rematch of last year's final four.


Georgia Tech 77, Arizona 62

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Arizona (19-13):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Daniel Benson C 30 8-15 2-8 1 6 2 4 18
Paul Cruce PF 32 1-3 0-0 1 6 1 1 2
Jeromy Dewberry SF 32 5-13 4-5 1 3 1 4 18
Brian Gingras SG 30 3-6 1-2 1 2 2 3 8
George Martin PG 35 2-5 0-0 0 2 5 2 4
John Dupre PF 8 1-3 0-0 1 6 0 0 2
Branden Tice C 10 1-2 0-1 0 1 0 0 2
Milton Reyes SG 17 3-7 0-0 3 6 1 0 6
Marion Niemi PG 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 2

Turnovers: 24 (D.Benson 3, P.Cruce 2, J.Dewberry 3,
B.Gingras 2, G.Martin 12, B.Tice 1, M.Niemi 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (D.Benson 1, J.Dewberry 1)
Steals: 9 (P.Cruce 1, J.Dewberry 3, B.Gingras 2,
G.Martin 1, M.Reyes 1, M.Niemi 1)
3P FGs: 5-14 (P.Cruce 0-1, J.Dewberry 4-7, B.Gingras
1-1, G.Martin 0-2, M.Reyes 0-3)

Georgia Tech (32-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Juste Battaille PF 31 4-6 0-0 2 10 2 1 8
Ted Barrett C 32 4-7 0-2 3 14 0 2 8
Parker Ortiz SF 26 3-10 3-4 2 2 3 5 9
Micah Germany SG 31 9-15 0-0 2 6 1 0 23
Doug Pearcy PG 31 9-15 3-4 1 2 5 2 22
Frank Williams SF 14 2-7 0-0 0 2 1 1 4
William Geter PG 9 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 2 0
Robert Hirsch SG 9 0-1 0-1 0 1 0 2 0
Michael Frith PF 17 1-2 1-1 0 3 0 2 3

Turnovers: 18 (T.Barrett 2, P.Ortiz 3, M.Germany 2,
D.Pearcy 5, F.Williams 4, W.Geter 1, R.Hirsch 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (J.Battaille 3, M.Germany 1, M.Frith 1)
Steals: 17 (J.Battaille 1, P.Ortiz 4, M.Germany 3,
D.Pearcy 6, W.Geter 1, R.Hirsch 2)
3P FGs: 6-22 (P.Ortiz 0-5, M.Germany 5-10, D.Pearcy
1-3, F.Williams 0-1, W.Geter 0-2, R.Hirsch 0-1)

Player of Game: SG Micah Germany (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats AZ GATC
Halftime Score 26 35
FGM-FGA 25-56 32-65
FG% .446 .492
FTM-FTA 7-16 7-12
FT% .438 .583
3PM-3PA 5-14 6-22
3P% .357 .273
Rebounds 32 40
Assists 13 13
Steals 9 17
Blocks 2 5
Turnovers 24 18
Team Fouls 14 17



We roll into another sweet 16, but we're not nealry as dominant as the last couple years it seems.


NCAA Sweet 16

(1) #2 Georgia Tech (32-3) vs (4) #14 Iowa (23-10)

Iowa scores for the first time with 13:35 left in the first half. We had scored the first 11 points of the game. By halftime its obvious where this one is going... 40-19 Georgia Tech, Iowa is shooting 26% from the floor. We end up winning by 19 easily.



Georgia Tech 71, Iowa 52

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Iowa (23-11):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Olen Squires C 29 5-11 4-9 0 8 0 4 14
Daniel Elliot PF 27 2-7 2-3 1 9 1 2 6
Parker Pitcher SF 23 1-1 2-2 1 1 1 5 4
Jeromy Garza SG 26 3-7 4-4 0 3 2 1 11
David Mitchell PG 29 0-2 2-4 0 2 3 4 2
John Petro PF 15 4-10 2-6 2 2 1 0 10
J. Dombrowski C 10 0-1 0-0 0 3 0 0 0
Terence McCallum SF 14 0-2 0-3 1 2 2 0 0
Samuel Jackson SG 14 1-3 0-0 0 1 0 3 3
Jonathan Sisk SF 3 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 2 0
Bryant Broomfield PG 11 1-3 0-0 1 2 1 0 2

Turnovers: 26 (O.Squires 3, D.Elliot 2, P.Pitcher 5,
J.Garza 2, D.Mitchell 3, J.Petro 2, J.Dombrowski 2,
B.Broomfield 7)
Blocked Shots: 4 (O.Squires 2, D.Elliot 1, J.Petro 1)
Steals: 9 (P.Pitcher 2, J.Garza 3, D.Mitchell 2,
T.McCallum 1, S.Jackson 1)
3P FGs: 2-8 (J.Garza 1-4, T.McCallum 0-1, S.Jackson
1-2, B.Broomfield 0-1)

Georgia Tech (33-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Juste Battaille PF 33 0-4 4-4 3 8 3 1 4
Ted Barrett C 17 1-4 4-4 0 5 0 5 6
Parker Ortiz SF 33 5-11 3-5 1 4 0 2 14
Micah Germany SG 30 5-7 5-7 3 8 3 3 18
Doug Pearcy PG 26 2-4 2-2 0 2 3 3 6
Frank Williams C 24 6-15 3-4 1 7 2 2 15
William Geter PG 9 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 4 2
Robert Hirsch SG 14 0-4 0-0 1 3 4 3 0
Michael Frith C 15 3-6 0-0 1 5 2 5 6

Turnovers: 22 (J.Battaille 1, T.Barrett 2, P.Ortiz 3,
M.Germany 4, D.Pearcy 5, F.Williams 3, W.Geter 1,
R.Hirsch 2, M.Frith 1)
Blocked Shots: 6 (J.Battaille 3, D.Pearcy 1, M.Frith 2)
Steals: 16 (J.Battaille 3, T.Barrett 1, P.Ortiz 2,
M.Germany 3, D.Pearcy 2, F.Williams 4, M.Frith 1)
3P FGs: 4-15 (P.Ortiz 1-3, M.Germany 3-5, D.Pearcy 0-1,
F.Williams 0-3, W.Geter 0-1, R.Hirsch 0-2)

Player of Game: SG Micah Germany (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats IOWA GATC
Halftime Score 19 40
FGM-FGA 17-48 23-57
FG% .354 .404
FTM-FTA 16-31 21-26
FT% .516 .808
3PM-3PA 2-8 4-15
3P% .250 .267
Rebounds 35 42
Assists 11 18
Steals 9 16
Blocks 4 6
Turnovers 26 22
Team Fouls 21 28



NCAA Elite 8


(1) #2 Georgia Tech (33-3) vs (6) Georgia (26-9)

Its really more of a football rivalry, but it would sting a bit more than usual if Georgia were to knock us out of the tournament.


The first half is close, we shoot poorly, turn it over too much and are actually trailing by 7 points at the half. UGA 35, Georgia Tech 28. We shoot 32% while UGA shoots 40. We haev 8 steals to their 4, but we have 13 turnovers and they only have 10... Time to turn this thing around.

The second half is even for the first 10 minutes... 47-44 UGA with about 9 minutes to go, we're trying to claw back but can't seem to push ahead into the lead. With 4 minutes to go, UGA has a 5 poitn lead, 57-52. At the 3 minute mark it's 59-56 UGA. We get the lead down to 2 after a steal and a free throw. Another steal with 1:45 to go leads to a breakaway and we tie the game, 59-59. With 1 minute left to play, its 63-61 UGA, we stlil haven't actually had the lead. We tie it at 63 with 40 seconds left. UGA turns it over with 16 seconds to go and we can play for the final shot. Micah Germany gets a shot from the free throw line and misses...

OVERTIME.

We score first in OT and lead for the first time since early in the first half. With 3 minutes left in the OT we lead 69-65. UGA has gone cold, we lead 70-65 at the 2 minute mark, and push the lead up to 7 and finally seal the win to advance to the final four!




Georgia Tech 78, Georgia 67 (1 OT)

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Georgia (26-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
James McGuire C 28 3-6 2-3 3 11 0 5 8
John Dawes PF 33 3-7 5-6 3 12 0 2 11
Michael Baker SF 35 4-8 3-5 0 1 3 5 12
Orel Cherry SG 35 2-12 3-6 0 5 2 2 9
James Swaim PG 33 3-9 4-4 0 2 2 2 10
Romeo McCourt PF 16 0-7 0-0 1 1 0 1 0
Christian Demars PG 22 3-9 6-6 0 3 0 3 13
Deangelo Rose C 17 1-1 2-2 2 3 0 1 4
Rusty Allen SF 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0

Turnovers: 22 (J.McGuire 2, J.Dawes 2, M.Baker 2,
O.Cherry 6, J.Swaim 7, C.Demars 3)
Blocked Shots: 7 (J.McGuire 4, O.Cherry 1, D.Rose 2)
Steals: 8 (J.McGuire 1, M.Baker 1, O.Cherry 1, J.Swaim
3, C.Demars 1, R.Allen 1)
3P FGs: 4-15 (J.Dawes 0-1, M.Baker 1-2, O.Cherry 2-4,
J.Swaim 0-2, R.McCourt 0-2, C.Demars 1-4)

Georgia Tech (34-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Juste Battaille PF 35 6-9 2-2 5 11 0 4 14
Ted Barrett C 20 4-8 1-2 4 9 2 5 9
Parker Ortiz SF 36 6-13 4-6 1 4 1 3 17
Micah Germany SG 32 3-8 4-4 2 8 2 2 12
Doug Pearcy PG 33 3-14 0-0 0 2 3 2 6
Frank Williams SF 13 3-6 2-2 2 3 0 3 8
William Geter PG 12 0-1 0-0 0 1 4 2 0
Robert Hirsch SG 15 1-3 5-6 0 4 0 1 7
Michael Frith C 29 1-7 3-4 1 8 0 2 5

Turnovers: 22 (J.Battaille 4, T.Barrett 2, P.Ortiz 3,
M.Germany 3, D.Pearcy 4, F.Williams 5, M.Frith 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (J.Battaille 3, T.Barrett 1, M.Frith 3)
Steals: 17 (P.Ortiz 4, M.Germany 4, D.Pearcy 4,
F.Williams 2, W.Geter 1, R.Hirsch 2)
3P FGs: 3-17 (P.Ortiz 1-4, M.Germany 2-3, D.Pearcy 0-8,
F.Williams 0-1, R.Hirsch 0-1)

Player of Game: SG Micah Germany (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats GA GATC
Halftime Score 35 28
FGM-FGA 19-59 27-69
FG% .322 .391
FTM-FTA 25-32 21-26
FT% .781 .808
3PM-3PA 4-15 3-17
3P% .267 .176
Rebounds 39 50
Assists 8 12
Steals 8 17
Blocks 7 7
Turnovers 22 22
Team Fouls 22 24



The 17-8 steals edge is nice but the turnovers are even overall at 22, just a poor game by our backcourt(Pearcy 3-14, ouch!)


NCAA Final Four

To 3-peat first you have to make the final four... we've now done that.

(1) #1 Oregon (25-3) vs (2) #10 Oklahoma State (30-7)
(5) #12 Pepperdine (29-9) vs (1) #2 Georgia Tech (34-3)


Pepperdine beat UConn in the elite 8, we were close to a rematch of the title game from last year. The other game will be a good one, and this final four has 3 of the 6 teams in the nation with 100 prestige in it.

We score the first 5 poitns, and 4 minutes in have a 15-4 lead in this one. 8 minutes in it's 27-7. With 2 minutes to go in the half we take a 30 point lead, poor pepperdine.


Georgia Tech 79, Pepperdine 51

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Georgia Tech (35-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Juste Battaille PF 31 3-3 4-5 2 12 1 2 10
Ted Barrett C 31 5-9 0-1 2 7 1 0 10
Parker Ortiz SF 32 6-12 2-3 1 2 1 3 15
Micah Germany SG 30 4-6 4-5 0 6 3 3 15
Doug Pearcy PG 30 4-5 5-7 0 1 4 1 13
Frank Williams SF 8 1-5 1-1 0 2 0 1 3
William Geter PG 10 2-2 3-4 0 1 2 0 8
Robert Hirsch SG 10 0-2 1-2 0 0 0 1 1
Michael Frith C 19 1-2 2-3 1 5 3 0 4

Turnovers: 16 (J.Battaille 1, P.Ortiz 1, M.Germany 7,
D.Pearcy 3, F.Williams 1, W.Geter 1, R.Hirsch 2)
Blocked Shots: 7 (J.Battaille 5, W.Geter 1, M.Frith 1)
Steals: 10 (P.Ortiz 2, D.Pearcy 4, F.Williams 1,
R.Hirsch 2, M.Frith 1)
3P FGs: 5-11 (P.Ortiz 1-3, M.Germany 3-4, D.Pearcy 0-1,
F.Williams 0-1, W.Geter 1-1, R.Hirsch 0-1)

Pepperdine (29-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
C. Mitteldorf C 20 2-6 0-0 2 4 1 4 4
Tyrell Jordan PF 33 3-7 0-0 1 7 0 1 6
A. Decottignies SF 31 3-6 1-2 2 3 0 2 8
Curro Alvarez SG 23 2-6 0-0 0 2 1 4 5
Jon Salcedo PG 27 5-10 1-2 1 5 3 5 13
Mac Broderick PG 10 2-6 0-0 0 1 0 2 5
Jimmy Lineberry C 25 0-8 0-0 1 3 0 3 0
Jaime Crittenden SG 21 4-10 0-0 2 3 2 0 10
Vernon Leclerc SF 9 0-1 0-0 1 3 1 1 0
Zachary Perkins C 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 17 (C.Mitteldorf 3, T.Jordan 1,
A.Decottignies 2, C.Alvarez 3, J.Salcedo 4,
M.Broderick 1, J.Lineberry 2, J.Crittenden 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 10 (A.Decottignies 3, J.Salcedo 1, M.Broderick
3, J.Crittenden 2, V.Leclerc 1)
3P FGs: 7-18 (C.Mitteldorf 0-1, A.Decottignies 1-2,
C.Alvarez 1-4, J.Salcedo 2-4, M.Broderick 1-3,
J.Crittenden 2-4)

Player of Game: C Juste Battaille (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats GATC PPRDN
Halftime Score 57 21
FGM-FGA 26-46 21-60
FG% .565 .350
FTM-FTA 22-31 2-4
FT% .710 .500
3PM-3PA 5-11 7-18
3P% .455 .389
Rebounds 36 32
Assists 15 8
Steals 10 10
Blocks 7 0
Turnovers 16 17
Team Fouls 11 22


We head into the finals after a nice 28 point win.

NCAA Finals

(1) #2 Georgia Tech (35-3) vs (1) #1 Oregon (36-3)

Oregon is the only 100 prestige team we didn't play this year. We played all the others, losing only to Oklahoma State. Oregon's best ball handler is their SF, their SG is awful and their PG has only a 50 handles rating. We hope to exploit this badly.

We score the first 8 points but Oregon uses the 3 pointer to keep it close early. Halfway through the first half we have a 6 point lead, 19-13. Oregon has 10 turnovers in 10 minutes which is killing them. Oregon goes on a run and takes a 26-25 lead with about 4 minutes left in the half, the turnovers are now really the only reason its close. We score the last 4 points in the half and lead.

Halftime: Georgia Tech 29, Oregon 28. We have 7 steals, Oregon 3. We have 5 turnovers, Oregon 19. NINETEEN. They're crushing us on the boards which has to be helping them, as we are only shooting 35% from the field. If we can shoot a bit better we'll run away with this, but if Oregon can limit the turnovers they can win easily as well.

With 15 minutes to go in the game its 35-33 Georgia Tech. We go on a bit of a run here and take a 46-37 lead with 10 minutes to go in the game. At the 5 minute mark its 55-48 Georgia Tech and it looks like we're likely to hold on here. We push the lead further ahead and Oregon isn't going to be able to make a late run on us.



Georgia Tech 63, Oregon 53

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Oregon (36-4):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Stephen Smith C 35 6-10 2-6 2 10 0 3 14
Joshua Newell PF 19 1-3 0-0 3 5 1 4 2
Jamie Kapp SF 31 2-4 0-0 1 10 2 4 5
Jonathan Hagler SG 33 3-10 1-2 1 1 2 4 7
Alton Gerlach PG 31 2-5 8-10 0 4 2 3 13
James Seymore PF 26 2-6 2-4 1 6 0 3 7
Normand Jinks SF 16 1-2 2-6 0 2 3 0 5
Chung Sullivan PG 9 0-2 0-0 0 2 1 0 0

Turnovers: 28 (S.Smith 4, J.Newell 2, J.Kapp 1,
J.Hagler 2, A.Gerlach 10, J.Seymore 3, N.Jinks 5,
C.Sullivan 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (S.Smith 2, J.Kapp 1)
Steals: 7 (S.Smith 1, J.Hagler 1, A.Gerlach 3, N.Jinks
2)
3P FGs: 4-13 (S.Smith 0-1, J.Kapp 1-1, J.Hagler 0-6,
A.Gerlach 1-3, J.Seymore 1-1, N.Jinks 1-1)

Georgia Tech (36-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Juste Battaille PF 32 2-4 1-2 0 5 0 3 5
Ted Barrett C 18 2-6 3-3 4 9 1 5 7
Parker Ortiz SF 32 3-6 5-7 0 1 1 1 12
Micah Germany SG 28 4-12 0-2 1 4 4 4 11
Doug Pearcy PG 27 3-11 0-3 1 4 1 4 6
Frank Williams SF 11 2-4 3-5 0 3 0 0 8
William Geter PG 13 0-2 4-4 0 0 5 3 4
Robert Hirsch SG 6 0-2 0-0 1 2 1 4 0
Michael Frith C 27 3-10 0-0 5 11 0 2 7
Paul Burse SG 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3

Turnovers: 13 (J.Battaille 1, T.Barrett 1, P.Ortiz 1,
M.Germany 3, D.Pearcy 2, F.Williams 1, W.Geter 1,
M.Frith 2, P.Burse 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (J.Battaille 2, M.Frith 1)
Steals: 12 (J.Battaille 1, P.Ortiz 3, M.Germany 2,
D.Pearcy 3, F.Williams 1, W.Geter 2)
3P FGs: 7-23 (P.Ortiz 1-2, M.Germany 3-8, D.Pearcy 0-5,
F.Williams 1-1, W.Geter 0-1, R.Hirsch 0-1, M.Frith
1-4, P.Burse 1-1)

Player of Game: SF Parker Ortiz (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats OR GATC
Halftime Score 28 29
FGM-FGA 17-42 20-59
FG% .405 .339
FTM-FTA 15-28 16-26
FT% .536 .615
3PM-3PA 4-13 7-23
3P% .308 .304
Rebounds 40 39
Assists 11 13
Steals 7 12
Blocks 3 3
Turnovers 28 13
Team Fouls 21 26


Check out the turnover margin, 13 for us/28 for them.

We win our 3rd straight national title!!!


Awards

I am the ACC Coach of the Year for the 2nd year in a row.


PG Jeffrey Ruffin: National Player of the Year, ACC Player of the Year

SF Parker Ortiz: 1st Team All-ACC

C Juste Battaille: 2nd Team All-ACC

PG Doug Pearcy: National Freshman of the Year, ACC Freshman of the year

SG Robert Hirsch: Freshman All-ACC

C Michael Frith: Freshman All-ACC


Every year we've won the title we've had the national player of the year. Ruffin had great numbers but he only played 21 games before getting hurt and missing the rest of the year. Pearcy started as a freshman and will be a 4 year starter for me most likely, the first I've had in awhile.



Georgia Tech 2031 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 100 Record Vs 1-50: 19-2
Season Record: 36-3 Record Vs 51-100: 1-1
Conference Record: 15-1 Record Vs 101-200: 12-0
Home Record: 16-1 Record Vs 200+: 4-0
Current Poll Rank: 2 Current RPI Rank: 5

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 78.8 National Rank: 11 Conference Rank: 1
Points Allowed: 54.9 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Rebounds: 38.4 National Rank: 31 Conference Rank: 4
Assists: 16.3 National Rank: 42 Conference Rank: 3
Steals: 17.2 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 5.5 National Rank: 13 Conference Rank: 3
Turnovers: 16.2 National Rank: 61 Conference Rank: 2
Fouls: 18.0 National Rank: 50 Conference Rank: 6
FG%: .445 National Rank: 75 Conference Rank: 1
FT%: .681 National Rank: 142 Conference Rank: 6
3P%: .327 National Rank: 190 Conference Rank: 7


I had commented that I didn't know if I had enough scorers out on the floor this year, and my scoring is down quite a bit from some of my better offensive teams, but the defense is awesome. 54.9 points allowed will be the 8th best defensive season in NCAA History. The blocks were good this year too, better than last year.

Georgia Tech 2031 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/16/31 Arizona State (10-18) W 71-44 1-0
11/20/31 Kansas (18-13) L 71-63 1-1
11/24/31 Air Force (7-22) W 87-46 2-1
11/26/31 vs. Duquesne (17-15) W 100-51 3-1
11/28/31 vs. Virginia (20-14) W 69-45 4-1
11/29/31 vs. Memphis (11-21) W 96-58 5-1
12/03/31 Drexel (10-22) W 74-50 6-1
12/07/31 San Diego State (10-22) W 86-61 7-1
12/11/31 Northern Iowa (10-21) W 97-41 8-1
12/15/31 at Oklahoma State (30-8) L 81-80 8-2
12/19/31 Syracuse (21-13) W 64-51 9-2
12/23/31 Illinois (29-8) W 84-53 10-2
12/27/31 Cincinnati (18-15) W 82-57 11-2
12/31/31 at St. John's (28-7) W 77-53 12-2
01/10/32 North Carolina State (10-21) W 105-61 13-2 (1-0)
01/14/32 Clemson (11-18) W 75-49 14-2 (2-0)
01/17/32 Maryland (27-9) W 83-70 15-2 (3-0)
01/21/32 Virginia (20-14) W 87-58 16-2 (4-0)
01/24/32 Duke (22-12) W 67-45 17-2 (5-0)
01/26/32 at North Carolina State (10-21) W 94-68 18-2 (6-0)
02/04/32 at Virginia (20-14) W 73-64 19-2 (7-0)
02/07/32 at Clemson (11-18) W 75-58 20-2 (8-0)
02/11/32 at Wake Forest (18-15) L 59-49 20-3 (8-1)
02/16/32 at Florida State (12-19) W 68-51 21-3 (9-1)
02/18/32 at Duke (22-12) W 79-46 22-3 (10-1)
02/21/32 at Maryland (27-9) W 75-64 23-3 (11-1)
02/25/32 Wake Forest (18-15) W 84-54 24-3 (12-1)
02/28/32 at North Carolina (12-17) W 71-49 25-3 (13-1)
03/03/32 North Carolina (12-17) W 100-45 26-3 (14-1)
03/10/32 Florida State (12-19) W 71-62 27-3 (15-1)
03/12/32 vs. North Carolina State (10-21) W 67-43 28-3
03/13/32 vs. Virginia (20-14) W 100-52 29-3
03/14/32 vs. Maryland (27-9) W 77-49 30-3
03/19/32 vs. Pacific (14-18) W 76-49 31-3
03/21/32 vs. Arizona (19-13) W 77-62 32-3
03/25/32 vs. Iowa (23-11) W 71-52 33-3
03/27/32 vs. Georgia (26-10) W 78-67 34-3
04/03/32 vs. Pepperdine (29-10) W 79-51 35-3
04/05/32 vs. Oregon (36-4) W 63-53 36-3




Georgia Tech Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Juste Battaille C 39 39 30.1 6.3 2.3 7.2 1.1 1.2 2.7 2.5 2.3
Ted Barrett C 39 39 28.2 6.9 2.7 9.7 1.5 0.8 0.3 1.8 2.7
Parker Ortiz SF 39 39 30.0 18.1 1.3 3.3 1.7 3.5 0.1 1.7 2.7
Micah Germany SG 39 9 15.8 8.5 0.9 3.2 1.4 1.6 0.1 1.6 1.2
Doug Pearcy PG 39 39 28.9 8.6 1.0 3.2 2.8 3.6 0.2 1.9 2.7
Frank Williams SG 39 0 12.2 8.3 0.3 2.3 0.8 1.5 0.2 1.3 1.0
William Geter PG 39 9 14.2 5.4 0.3 1.3 2.5 1.7 0.1 1.4 1.7
Robert Hirsch SG 30 0 8.1 3.2 0.4 1.3 0.6 1.2 0.0 1.1 1.0
Michael Frith C 39 0 19.4 5.2 1.3 5.6 0.9 0.3 1.8 1.7 1.8
Paul Burse SF 1 0 5.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
Thomas Burger SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jeffrey Ruffin PG 21 21 28.9 16.7 0.7 3.0 5.8 3.9 0.2 2.7 2.1
Alex Brochu SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Damien Delescluse SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jacob Todd PG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


1.2 steals from our center, and 1+ steal per game for 4 guys that weren't featured heavily in the rotation. Pearcy nets 140 steals as a freshman, and I expect that to improve. Since I forced him into the lineup and he played well, I now actively want to push him into being the all time steals leader when he's done, i've had a number of guys come just 1-3 games short of breaking that record. Pearcy will need injuries to miss it IMO.


Player Review



PLAYER DETAILS

#4 PG Jeffrey Ruffin - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 202
High School: Westlake High School
Hometown: Waldorf, MD

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: 48 59 57 75 76 69 18 23 60 55 92 37 100 81 34 51 79
2030: 47 53 55 73 75 68 17 22 56 49 92 34 100 80 31 48 68
2029: 45 49 51 67 67 60 16 21 53 43 80 32 100 79 28 48 57
2028: 43 44 46 60 59 52 15 20 50 37 68 30 100 77 25 48 48
2027: 41 40 42 55 51 44 14 19 47 32 58 28 98 75 22 45 39
2026: 39 36 38 49 43 36 13 18 44 27 47 26 90 73 20 45 32
Potential: C C C B B B D D B C A C

Health: Out 21 Days: Broken Skull
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 66

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2028 36 3 11.4 3.8 0.1 0.3 1.4 1.2 1.16 1.0 0.1 0.9
2029 39 0 11.3 5.7 0.4 1.1 1.0 0.7 1.54 1.7 0.1 0.9
2030 31 31 29.3 12.7 0.9 2.7 5.7 2.1 2.72 4.6 0.1 2.3
2031 21 21 28.9 16.7 0.7 3.0 5.8 2.7 2.14 3.9 0.2 2.1
Career 127 55 18.6 8.7 0.5 1.6 3.1 1.5 2.14 2.6 0.1 1.5

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2028 1.4 3.1 .438 0.6 0.8 .767 0.4 1.2 .333 1.21 3.28
2029 2.2 4.3 .500 0.8 1.1 .762 0.6 1.7 .369 1.33 4.77
2030 4.7 10.1 .463 1.5 2.3 .639 1.9 4.9 .379 1.26 22.52
2031 6.0 12.9 .461 2.4 3.0 .797 2.4 6.2 .382 1.30 17.52
Career 3.2 6.8 .466 1.2 1.6 .731 1.1 3.1 .373 1.28 10.79

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 18
2026 High School: Rated *** and #81 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2026 High School: All-State (Maryland)
2029 FBCA Champion
2030 FBCA Champion
2030 2nd Team All-American
2030 2nd Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2031 FBCA Champion
2031 National Player of the Year
2031 1st Team All-American
2031 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2031 Conference Player of the Year (Atlantic Coast Conference)


Ruffin wins national player of the year as a senior in only 21 games. A great PG for two seasons, he ended up with 76 HND/69 PAS/92 STL

PLAYER DETAILS

#12 SG Frank Williams - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 190
High School: Morrisville Ms High School
Hometown: Morrisville, NY

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: 81 38 57 80 47 6 14 50 38 57 71 29 93 73 46 79 100
2030: 77 35 56 78 42 6 14 49 36 56 70 27 86 71 42 76 100
2029: 69 32 51 76 37 6 14 48 34 51 63 25 77 70 40 75 96
2028: 61 30 47 74 33 6 13 44 33 46 55 24 68 69 38 75 83
2027: 52 28 43 68 29 5 12 39 32 41 47 23 59 68 36 74 72
2026: 43 26 39 62 25 4 11 34 31 36 39 22 51 68 34 74 59
Potential: B D C B C F F C C C B D

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 72

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2028 7 0 3.3 2.4 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.9 0.17 0.3 0.0 0.3
2029 7 0 4.3 2.4 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.50 0.6 0.3 0.4
2030 27 0 5.9 3.5 0.1 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.80 0.7 0.1 0.6
2031 39 0 12.2 8.3 0.3 2.3 0.8 1.3 0.59 1.5 0.2 1.0
Career 80 0 8.6 5.6 0.2 1.5 0.6 0.9 0.59 1.0 0.1 0.8

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2028 0.7 1.4 .500 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 0.6 .000 1.70 -1.14
2029 0.9 1.7 .500 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.4 0.7 .600 1.42 2.29
2030 1.3 2.8 .474 0.6 0.7 .833 0.3 0.9 .348 1.25 2.41
2031 3.0 7.1 .417 1.6 2.4 .667 0.7 1.9 .384 1.16 6.23
Career 2.0 4.7 .434 1.1 1.5 .717 0.5 1.3 .371 1.20 3.95

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 4
2026 High School: Rated *** and #209 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2029 FBCA Champion
2030 FBCA Champion
2031 FBCA Champion


Williams ratings are really pretty damn good. He had some spectacular games, scoring 33 in a game this season, but he could never work his way off the bench. I always had slightly better ball handlers, slightly better steals guys, and quicker guys. Still, the guy leaves college with 3 national championships, so I see no room for him to complain.




We are now the only team to ever win three national championships in a row, and are in a 4 way tie for most titles ever:


NCAA Championship Leaders

# Team Value
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1. Wake Forest 3
2. Kentucky 3
3. Syracuse 3
4. Georgia Tech 3
5. Illinois 2
6. Stanford 2
7. Cincinnati 1
8. Oklahoma State 1
9. Oregon 1
10. Texas 1
11. Brigham Young 1
12. Oklahoma 1
13. Indiana 1
14. Boise State 1
15. Maryland 1
16. Southern California 1
17. Purdue 1
18. New Mexico 1
19. UCLA 1



So I haven't really set an "end" for this dynasty. There are some superficial goals I could go for, I'd like to retire as the winningest coach in history. Perhaps get to 1000 wins? There's a lot of random teams that Georgia Tech has never beaten, i could go through and try to build a winning record against every non-conference team, beat everyone in the nation at least once. I'm not ready to quit this one just yet, I at least want to finish Pearcy's career and have the best steals guy ever, and I want to win at least 5 or 6 titles total, but clearly there isn't much challenge to building a top team every year and just hoping I can win 6 in a row in March at this point.

Totals: 36-3 (15-1) - ACC Champion, NCAA Champion - RPI 5

[Cap Ologist]

Congrats on the 3peat.

[hoosierdude]

Very VERY nice run... even with the minor drop in recruits this season.. Love this dynasty, and the write up. keep it up.

[Radii]

2032 Offseason

What can you do after 3 in a row? Go for four, obviously. Each season I feel like my team isn't quite as good as the last year, but so far we havne't let up at all.



Coach Records: Wins

# Name Last Season Record
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1. Nelson Kinser 2031 797
2. Joseph Kissel 2032 763
3. Douglas Ryder 2031 731
4. Caleb Beckett 2026 718
5. Gordon McAndrew 2032 712
6. Rocky Derosier 2027 707
7. Christoper Timmons 2032 703
8. Richard Dixon 2032 685
9. Dylan Charest 2031 684
10. Leroy Hileman 2032 658


Bold coaches are active, I moved up to 8th(up from 9th), and a couple coaches ahead of me retire. Nelson Kinser retires from St John's, and Douglas Ryder retires from Cincinnati. I'll get my 700th win this year and gain a spot or two depending on how many wins we can rack up this year.

Incoming Recruits

Georgia Tech has the #56 recruiting class in the nation this year. This is only 6th in the ACC, without any top recruits and only 2 guys coming in this is to be expected. Maryland, FSU, Wake, and Duke have top 20 classes and Virginia is better too by a bit.



PLAYER DETAILS

#4 C Donny Milliken - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 237
High School: Brooklyn High School
Hometown: Brooklyn, OH

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 19 32 15 25 13 47 53 35 15 32 21 40 30 70 30 28
Potential: C D D F C F B B B D C D

Academics: 68

2031 High School: Rated *** and #171 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Given how much I struggled to pull in a big man I'm thrilled with this, I'd like to focus more on blocked shots and inside scoring but there's nothing wrong with this at all.


PLAYER DETAILS

#10 SG Brian Finney - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 181
High School: Barron Collier High School
Hometown: Naples, FL

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: 28 47 65 81 43 5 34 10 9 35 55 35 54 64 32 70 49
Potential: C C A A B F B F F C A C

Academics: 87

2031 High School: Rated *** and #92 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2031 High School: All-State (Florida)


Oh Finney is awesome. B handles/A steals, A FT/3 Pointers, average defender, average jump shot, this guy will be great for me once he gets some training.

Coaches

All of our coaches leave again this year.

Recruiter: Skill 97, $180,000/yr
Scout: Skill 91, $170,000/yr
Assistant: Offense 42, Defense 74, $180,000/yr


Scheduling

We're the 1 seed in the Great Alaska Shootout again this year.

We schedule only 3 100 prestige opponents this year, Illinois, Oklahoma State, and Oregon.

Roster Overview


Georgia Tech Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Juste Battaille C 6'10" 229 43 32 0 26 33 59 30 92 51 65
Ted Barrett C 6' 8" 234 61 53 13 40 16 75 23 84 27 80
Parker Ortiz SF 6'10" 232 72 58 47 71 34 10 59 62 50 93
Robert Hirsch SG 6' 5" 204 61 59 47 44 44 45 78 55 66 100
Doug Pearcy PG 6' 1" 195 39 32 31 62 66 14 92 45 76 70

Micah Germany SG 6' 7" 225 33 66 93 35 30 35 80 78 88 66
William Geter PG 6' 0" 184 50 60 49 50 92 31 77 41 80 90
Jacob Todd PG 5'10" 155 56 50 71 55 60 7 79 43 69 47
Damien Delescluse SG 6' 5" 189 42 79 86 42 6 12 82 56 54 100
Michael Frith C 6'11" 250 73 21 38 31 46 48 16 78 39 79




Georgia Tech Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Juste Battaille C 6'10" 229 89 40 47 90 67 96 30 92 51 65
Ted Barrett C 6' 8" 234 80 29 34 38 100 100 23 84 27 80
Parker Ortiz SF 6'10" 232 48 92 75 8 13 54 59 62 50 93
Robert Hirsch SG 6' 5" 204 18 81 87 24 45 64 78 55 66 100
Doug Pearcy PG 6' 1" 195 40 80 84 38 28 56 92 45 76 70

Micah Germany SG 6' 7" 225 28 68 78 21 51 87 80 78 88 66
William Geter PG 6' 0" 184 54 77 72 48 27 41 77 41 80 90
Jacob Todd PG 5'10" 155 23 38 84 19 10 74 79 43 69 47
Damien Delescluse SG 6' 5" 189 25 7 93 16 22 39 82 56 54 100
Michael Frith C 6'11" 250 72 27 27 89 70 65 16 78 39 79



Micah Germany started last year during our championship run(After Ruffin got hurt) but this year I'm going with Robert Hirsch at SG. Better handles, better steals, better PRD. We are a seriously good defensive team this year.

[Radii]

2032/33 Season


Recruiting

We have 3 scholarshps this year to hand out, and the standard 1 big/2 backcourt players is what we're looking for. We're now in the top 5 off the bat for a number of top 100 players. We go after two top 10 recruits, something I don't normally intend or plan on doing(I don't want a ton of guys who are going to leave early on me), and lose them both, to Illinois and UConn. I land two guys in November though and am off to a good start this year.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#5 PF Bill Erickson
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 221
High School:
Hometown: Bundaberg, Australia
GPA: 2.65
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
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Current: 29 38 65 0 29 10 27 68 56 23 36 42 48 32 57 35 71
Potential: B D B F D F C A C D D C


The #30 overall recruit, this Aussie hopefully comes in as scouted, 29/B INS worries me some as does the strength, but we'll see what we get here.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#42 PG Micah Gustin
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Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 173
High School: Forestview High School
Hometown: Gastonia, NC
GPA: 2.98
Test Score: 1000
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: 25 58 58 38 47 56 17 24 27 27 60 10 64 90 36 45 47
Potential: C C B C B C D D D B A F


Gustin is one of the lower ranked guys we've gone after in awhile, but he looks really great for our system if he comes in as scouted, and i see nothing in his stats to really scare me off.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#42 PG Don Giles
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Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 171
High School: Ramsay High School
Hometown: Birmingham, AL
GPA: 2.96
Test Score: 1230
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: 41 20 45 46 55 46 30 34 29 63 46 11 16 75 39 51 8
Potential: C D B B C C C B C A A F


Giles is the 45th overall recruit this year and looks solid, high C HND, A PRD, A STL, good free throws, he'll need some conditioning training for sure.

Results

We fail to win the Great Alaska Shootout. Vanderbilt beats us in the semifinals, we come back to beat Alabama for 3rd place. We get a close win over Oregon, then we crush Oklahoma State and Illinois, both by over 30.

We're upset in our first ACC game, at unranked Clemson. We come back to beat Duke, run off a few wins and beat Clemson by 45 the next time we see them. Wake Fores is ranked the first time we see them, and we beat them by 42. We lose a 2nd ACC game to ranked Virginia by 10, and go into the ACC Tournament with 3 overall losses, 2 in the conference.


2032 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#5 Georgia Tech 14 2 .875 27 3 .900
#19 Virginia 13 3 .813 22 9 .710
#20 Duke 11 5 .688 20 10 .667
#24 Wake Forest 8 8 .500 20 10 .667
Maryland 8 8 .500 19 13 .594
Florida State 6 10 .375 14 14 .500
Clemson 5 11 .313 12 17 .414
North Carolina State 5 11 .313 13 18 .419
North Carolina 2 14 .125 9 20 .310


The ACC is better overall this year than in awhile. Virginia came pretty close to us at the top.

Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (1) Georgia Tech 85, (8) North Carolina State 59 - We get 25 steals here, but NC State gets 15. We are +9 in turnovers and win easy.

Semifinals: (1) Georgia Tech 69, (3) Maryland 66 - Whew, thta was a close one. We get 17 steals but Maryland gets 12. We are +10 in turnovers overall(21/31). Parker Ortiz gets 34 poitns for us, we have tons of foul trouble and Ortiz has almost half our points. No one else can manage more than 6 points in the game... Hirsch and Percey shoot 4-24 combined.

Finals: (1) Georgia Tech 78, (3) Duke - The final is a lot easier than the semifinal. Ortiz gets us 31 points, and again no one else puts up double figures... Hirsh and Pearcy go 6-20 combined. We get 23 steals, Duke only has 3, and the turnover difference is 17 for us, 40 for Duke. That seals an easy win for the Yellow Jackets.


This year we are a 1 seed out West. Powerhouse Syracuse is the 2 seed in our region. Duke and Virginia earn 5 seeds this year, Wake a 6, Maryland a 7 in the NCAA Tourney.

NCAA First Round

The first round goes as expected.


Georgia Tech 93, Holy Cross 45

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Holy Cross (16-16):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Q. Strickland C 20 0-3 2-2 0 4 0 5 2
Richard Caceres PF 20 2-3 0-0 0 7 0 4 4
Dennis Collins SF 30 3-6 2-4 1 3 0 2 10
Andrew Fassett SG 29 2-5 2-3 0 2 0 1 6
Steve Howe PG 27 0-5 7-8 0 1 3 2 7
Elijah Cahoon C 23 2-3 0-0 0 1 0 1 4
Dirk Harman PF 21 1-5 2-2 1 4 1 3 4
James Schneider PG 8 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 0
Jeffrey Murdoch SG 11 2-3 2-2 0 3 0 1 6
Dale Marshall SF 12 1-4 0-1 0 1 2 1 2

Turnovers: 29 (Q.Strickland 5, D.Collins 4, A.Fassett
3, S.Howe 8, E.Cahoon 2, D.Harman 1, J.Schneider 1,
J.Murdoch 3, D.Marshall 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (E.Cahoon 1, D.Marshall 1)
Steals: 4 (Q.Strickland 1, D.Collins 1, A.Fassett 1,
S.Howe 1)
3P FGs: 2-15 (Q.Strickland 0-1, D.Collins 2-3,
A.Fassett 0-1, S.Howe 0-4, D.Harman 0-1, J.Schneider
0-2, J.Murdoch 0-1, D.Marshall 0-2)

Georgia Tech (31-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Juste Battaille PF 23 8-10 0-0 7 9 0 4 16
Ted Barrett C 30 3-6 3-4 2 13 2 0 9
Parker Ortiz SF 35 6-23 2-4 2 5 3 4 15
Robert Hirsch SG 33 6-14 2-2 2 3 3 4 18
Doug Pearcy PG 28 1-6 4-8 0 1 4 2 7
Micah Germany SF 8 3-5 2-2 2 2 2 2 10
William Geter PG 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 3 0
Jacob Todd SG 7 1-2 0-0 1 3 1 1 2
Damien Delescluse PG 7 3-4 0-0 0 1 2 1 7
Michael Frith C 24 4-6 0-3 5 12 3 1 9

Turnovers: 13 (J.Battaille 3, T.Barrett 2, P.Ortiz 1,
R.Hirsch 2, M.Germany 1, J.Todd 1, M.Frith 3)
Blocked Shots: 3 (M.Frith 3)
Steals: 19 (J.Battaille 1, P.Ortiz 5, R.Hirsch 5,
D.Pearcy 3, M.Germany 1, W.Geter 2, M.Frith 2)
3P FGs: 10-26 (P.Ortiz 1-8, R.Hirsch 4-9, D.Pearcy 1-3,
M.Germany 2-3, W.Geter 0-1, D.Delescluse 1-1, M.Frith
1-1)

Player of Game: SG Robert Hirsch (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats HLYCR GATC
Halftime Score 25 52
FGM-FGA 13-40 35-77
FG% .325 .455
FTM-FTA 17-22 13-23
FT% .773 .565
3PM-3PA 2-15 10-26
3P% .133 .385
Rebounds 28 49
Assists 8 21
Steals 4 19
Blocks 2 3
Turnovers 29 13
Team Fouls 21 22


We get points from people not named Ortiz, which is nice.


NCAA Second Round

We get the 8 seed, Kansas State.


Georgia Tech 77, Kansas State 33

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Kansas State (23-8):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Eric Blackmon C 35 0-6 1-2 6 14 0 0 1
Hayden Smith PF 31 3-13 5-10 1 3 1 1 11
Homer Look SF 31 1-3 2-4 0 2 1 2 4
Jacques Rundell SG 28 2-3 1-2 2 12 0 1 5
David Armour PG 25 1-6 0-0 0 0 1 1 2
Guillermo Bravo PF 7 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 1 0
Percy Conde PF 7 2-6 1-1 2 4 0 1 5
Archie Luce SF 9 0-2 1-2 0 3 0 0 1
Carl Lutz PG 15 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 1 0
Brant Millan SG 5 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 1 2
Joseph Chapple SG 7 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 0 2

Turnovers: 30 (E.Blackmon 3, H.Smith 2, H.Look 2,
J.Rundell 3, D.Armour 9, G.Bravo 1, A.Luce 2, C.Lutz
6, B.Millan 1, J.Chapple 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (E.Blackmon 2, H.Smith 1, P.Conde 1)
Steals: 6 (E.Blackmon 1, H.Look 1, J.Rundell 1,
D.Armour 1, P.Conde 1, J.Chapple 1)
3P FGs: 0-8 (E.Blackmon 0-1, H.Look 0-1, J.Rundell 0-1,
D.Armour 0-2, A.Luce 0-2, C.Lutz 0-1)

Georgia Tech (32-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Juste Battaille PF 33 2-4 0-0 4 10 1 3 4
Ted Barrett C 29 4-9 0-1 3 11 1 3 8
Parker Ortiz SF 21 5-15 2-2 0 1 3 4 12
Robert Hirsch SG 34 11-17 3-3 0 1 2 0 28
Doug Pearcy PG 32 5-9 0-0 0 2 5 4 10
Micah Germany SF 19 5-11 0-0 2 6 3 2 11
William Geter PG 8 1-3 0-0 0 1 2 1 2
Jacob Todd SG 6 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Michael Frith C 18 1-2 0-0 1 9 2 2 2

Turnovers: 11 (J.Battaille 3, T.Barrett 3, P.Ortiz 1,
R.Hirsch 1, M.Germany 2, M.Frith 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (J.Battaille 5, T.Barrett 1, M.Germany
1)
Steals: 21 (J.Battaille 1, P.Ortiz 4, R.Hirsch 7,
D.Pearcy 3, M.Germany 3, W.Geter 2, M.Frith 1)
3P FGs: 4-20 (P.Ortiz 0-4, R.Hirsch 3-7, D.Pearcy 0-2,
M.Germany 1-4, W.Geter 0-2, J.Todd 0-1)

Player of Game: SG Robert Hirsch (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats KS ST GATC
Halftime Score 24 38
FGM-FGA 10-44 34-71
FG% .227 .479
FTM-FTA 13-24 5-6
FT% .542 .833
3PM-3PA 0-8 4-20
3P% .000 .200
Rebounds 39 41
Assists 5 20
Steals 6 21
Blocks 4 7
Turnovers 30 11
Team Fouls 9 19


K State shoots 22%, we put up 27 more FG's than them.


NCAA Sweet 16

(1) #2 Georgia Tech (32-3) vs (5) #25 Tennessee (26-6)

Its close for about 6 minutes before we bust out a 15 point lead, and don't let up.


Georgia Tech 91, Tennessee 71

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Tennessee (26-7):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Charles Sigmon C 32 1-2 0-0 0 5 0 2 2
Jason Fordham PF 30 4-12 2-3 3 7 1 1 10
Paul Kerns SF 25 6-14 5-7 1 4 4 4 18
Zachariah Woods SG 27 5-5 1-3 1 2 2 2 11
Eric Lavergne PG 25 1-3 1-3 0 4 2 1 3
Randal Foster PF 18 1-8 0-0 3 6 2 0 2
Thomas Persons SF 15 3-8 1-2 1 2 2 0 8
Myron Buchanan PG 18 4-6 1-1 0 1 2 2 9
David McCraw SG 10 3-5 0-2 2 2 0 0 8

Turnovers: 23 (J.Fordham 3, P.Kerns 2, Z.Woods 5,
E.Lavergne 9, M.Buchanan 3, D.McCraw 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (J.Fordham 2)
Steals: 14 (C.Sigmon 1, J.Fordham 1, P.Kerns 5, Z.Woods
2, E.Lavergne 1, T.Persons 2, M.Buchanan 2)
3P FGs: 4-14 (P.Kerns 1-5, E.Lavergne 0-2, T.Persons
1-2, M.Buchanan 0-2, D.McCraw 2-3)

Georgia Tech (33-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Juste Battaille PF 31 3-4 2-2 3 9 1 1 8
Ted Barrett C 31 2-4 1-4 1 9 3 3 5
Parker Ortiz SF 17 3-6 2-2 0 2 1 4 8
Robert Hirsch SG 26 3-10 1-3 2 3 2 2 7
Doug Pearcy PG 31 4-7 0-0 1 2 5 1 9
Micah Germany SF 18 11-14 0-0 0 2 3 4 28
William Geter PG 9 0-0 0-0 1 2 4 3 0
Jacob Todd SG 11 1-3 0-1 0 1 2 3 2
Damien Delescluse SF 8 5-8 0-0 0 2 2 1 12
Michael Frith C 17 6-10 0-0 1 5 1 1 12

Turnovers: 22 (J.Battaille 2, T.Barrett 4, P.Ortiz 1,
R.Hirsch 2, D.Pearcy 5, M.Germany 2, W.Geter 3,
D.Delescluse 3)
Blocked Shots: 7 (J.Battaille 4, M.Frith 3)
Steals: 14 (P.Ortiz 1, R.Hirsch 5, D.Pearcy 3,
M.Germany 3, D.Delescluse 2)
3P FGs: 9-18 (P.Ortiz 0-1, R.Hirsch 0-2, D.Pearcy 1-3,
M.Germany 6-8, J.Todd 0-1, D.Delescluse 2-3)

Player of Game: SG Micah Germany (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats TENN GATC
Halftime Score 26 50
FGM-FGA 28-63 38-66
FG% .444 .576
FTM-FTA 11-21 6-12
FT% .524 .500
3PM-3PA 4-14 9-18
3P% .286 .500
Rebounds 33 37
Assists 15 24
Steals 14 14
Blocks 2 7
Turnovers 23 22
Team Fouls 12 23



We're even in steals and turnovers, we just outplay them and outshoot them.



NCAA Elite 8


(1) #2 Georgia Tech (33-3) vs (2) #7 Syracuse (31-6)


Syracuse is one of the better teams in league history.

Syracuse takes an early 3-2 lead, then we score 10 straight. We're getting steals and holding Syracuse to under 25% from the field as we consistantly build the lead up, and there isn't really much to talk about... Georgia Tech 50, Syracuse 18 at the half.



Georgia Tech 82, Syracuse 44

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Syracuse (31-7):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Dorsey Tedder C 31 1-9 0-0 0 9 2 1 2
Douglas Vogt PF 31 1-7 4-8 1 6 0 3 6
Harold Frame SF 19 3-6 3-3 1 2 0 4 10
Don Hubbard SG 30 4-5 1-3 0 3 1 2 10
Charles Nunn PG 32 1-4 3-4 0 2 4 2 5
Claude Cory PF 9 0-0 1-2 0 2 0 1 1
Gary Winkelman C 9 1-3 0-0 0 2 0 1 2
Daryl Folk PG 8 1-2 0-0 1 1 1 0 2
Michael Elson SF 13 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 2
Otto Davis SF 8 2-3 0-0 0 1 0 3 4
Casey Welch SG 10 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0

Turnovers: 32 (D.Tedder 3, D.Vogt 3, H.Frame 3,
D.Hubbard 4, C.Nunn 12, D.Folk 4, M.Elson 1, O.Davis 2)
Blocked Shots: 5 (D.Tedder 3, D.Vogt 1, C.Cory 1)
Steals: 9 (H.Frame 2, D.Hubbard 3, C.Nunn 1, C.Cory 1,
M.Elson 1, O.Davis 1)
3P FGs: 2-8 (D.Tedder 0-1, H.Frame 1-2, D.Hubbard 1-1,
C.Nunn 0-1, O.Davis 0-1, C.Welch 0-2)

Georgia Tech (34-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Juste Battaille PF 30 1-5 1-4 1 7 1 1 3
Ted Barrett C 23 3-4 0-1 3 11 3 4 6
Parker Ortiz SF 23 4-8 6-8 0 2 2 5 15
Robert Hirsch SG 34 7-13 4-5 3 8 3 2 20
Doug Pearcy PG 23 3-7 0-0 1 2 2 4 6
Micah Germany SF 26 5-13 5-6 0 1 4 0 15
William Geter PG 17 3-5 2-3 0 0 4 2 8
Jacob Todd SG 6 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 2
Michael Frith PF 17 3-4 1-1 1 7 1 2 7
Alex Brochu PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 18 (J.Battaille 1, T.Barrett 1, P.Ortiz 3,
R.Hirsch 4, D.Pearcy 4, W.Geter 3, M.Frith 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (M.Frith 3)
Steals: 23 (J.Battaille 2, P.Ortiz 3, R.Hirsch 1,
D.Pearcy 6, M.Germany 7, W.Geter 3, M.Frith 1)
3P FGs: 3-15 (P.Ortiz 1-2, R.Hirsch 2-5, D.Pearcy 0-3,
M.Germany 0-3, W.Geter 0-2)

Player of Game: SG Micah Germany (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats SYR GATC
Halftime Score 18 50
FGM-FGA 15-42 30-60
FG% .357 .500
FTM-FTA 12-20 19-28
FT% .600 .679
3PM-3PA 2-8 3-15
3P% .250 .200
Rebounds 29 38
Assists 9 21
Steals 9 23
Blocks 5 3
Turnovers 32 18
Team Fouls 19 20



We get 23 steals, are +14 in turnovers, and we just tear Syracuse apart.

NCAA Final Four

(1) #2 Oregon (34-3) vs (1) #4 St John's (29-9)
(5) #15 Illinois (25-11) vs (12) Saint Mary's (25-12)


A 12 seed in the final four!! Too bad we have to play the 1 seed instead :D

St John's is outplaying us early. They lead 12-5 early on before we get a few steals and cut it to 1, 12-11 with 14 minutes to go. We take our first lead 16-15 with 13:25 to go in the half. With 10 minutes to go we lead 26-20. Things are mostly even but we're shooting better from the floor. We build the lead to 10 with 7 minutes to go in the half, 30-20, but St John's scores 5 straight to keep us from blowing it open. We get 12 steals in the first half to just 5 for St John's. We shoot 50% to their 38%, and we lead by 9, 43-34 at the half.

We score the first 8 points of the second half and finally do blow the game open. come on Saint Mary's!!!



Georgia Tech 89, St. John's 61

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St. John's (29-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Dale Lefler C 23 7-15 3-6 3 6 2 4 18
Paul Pilcher PF 28 6-10 2-2 2 4 0 3 15
Aron Vining SF 35 2-5 0-0 3 7 5 2 4
Matthew Harriman SG 33 2-8 1-3 1 5 2 3 7
Morris Wheeler PG 25 1-8 0-1 2 6 4 3 3
James Pastore PF 13 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 5 0
Roderick Tu PG 15 5-7 2-4 0 0 0 2 14
James Deangelo SF 5 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
Brent Sena SG 7 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Belle PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Will McQuade C 13 0-3 0-0 1 7 0 3 0

Turnovers: 28 (D.Lefler 2, P.Pilcher 4, A.Vining 3,
M.Harriman 4, M.Wheeler 5, J.Pastore 1, R.Tu 7,
W.McQuade 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (P.Pilcher 3)
Steals: 7 (A.Vining 1, M.Harriman 1, M.Wheeler 1, R.Tu
1, B.Sena 1, R.Belle 1, W.McQuade 1)
3P FGs: 7-17 (D.Lefler 1-1, P.Pilcher 1-3, M.Harriman
2-6, M.Wheeler 1-3, R.Tu 2-4)

Georgia Tech (35-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Juste Battaille PF 32 8-10 2-2 3 9 1 2 18
Ted Barrett C 21 2-3 3-8 2 6 0 1 7
Parker Ortiz SF 33 4-9 4-4 0 3 1 2 12
Robert Hirsch SG 35 12-24 10-11 2 6 6 3 35
Doug Pearcy PG 31 1-6 1-2 1 3 4 3 3
Micah Germany SF 9 2-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 4
William Geter PG 9 0-0 2-2 0 0 3 2 2
Jacob Todd SG 5 2-3 0-0 0 0 2 0 5
Michael Frith C 24 1-5 1-4 1 9 1 3 3
Alex Brochu PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 15 (J.Battaille 4, T.Barrett 2, P.Ortiz 2,
R.Hirsch 2, D.Pearcy 2, M.Germany 1, J.Todd 1, M.Frith
1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (J.Battaille 2, M.Frith 3)
Steals: 20 (J.Battaille 1, T.Barrett 1, P.Ortiz 3,
R.Hirsch 8, D.Pearcy 6, W.Geter 1)
3P FGs: 2-18 (P.Ortiz 0-3, R.Hirsch 1-8, D.Pearcy 0-4,
J.Todd 1-2, M.Frith 0-1)

Player of Game: SG Robert Hirsch (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats STJN GATC
Halftime Score 34 43
FGM-FGA 23-59 32-63
FG% .390 .508
FTM-FTA 8-17 23-33
FT% .471 .697
3PM-3PA 7-17 2-18
3P% .412 .111
Rebounds 39 37
Assists 13 18
Steals 7 20
Blocks 3 5
Turnovers 28 15
Team Fouls 25 16




NCAA Finals

(1) #2 Georgia Tech (35-3) vs (5) #15 Illinois (26-11)


Well we havne't gotten any favors this tournament, Syracuse, St John's and Illinois are 3 of the best programs in college basketball. Illinois looks to be a little down this year though and perhaps we can run them over.

Well, we're in for a challenge in the finals. We both shoot around 30% for most of the half, but Illinois heats up. They have 10 steals to our 7, and they have a +3 turnover edge. We trail, 42-33 at the half.

We get a great start to the 2nd half, scoring 9 straight to tie it up at 42. Illinois isn't rolling over though. With 15 minutes left in the game its 53-53. We go on a little run and take a 62-55 lead with about 12 minutes to go. We get hot from 3 and push out to a 14 point lead, 75-61 with 10 minutes to go in the game.

At the 6 minute mark Illinois cuts the lead back down to under 10, but we pull back away and Illinois isn't going to make it a game at the end. FOUR IN A ROW!



Georgia Tech 92, Illinois 85

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Illinois (26-12):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Simon Gasaway C 32 2-5 0-3 1 4 1 2 4
Sydney Dunlop PF 29 6-8 5-8 1 9 2 3 18
Camilo Suarez SF 30 5-13 4-4 2 4 1 0 14
Daniel Lock SG 26 3-8 2-2 2 8 3 2 10
Garfield Davis PG 27 5-8 3-4 1 2 7 2 16
Kendall Swallow C 7 1-1 0-0 0 2 0 1 2
Octavio Poland PG 13 4-7 2-3 0 0 2 0 10
Stefan Hopkins PF 12 1-2 0-0 2 6 1 3 2
Douglas Tong SG 23 4-7 0-0 0 1 3 3 9

Turnovers: 25 (S.Gasaway 3, S.Dunlop 1, C.Suarez 3,
D.Lock 4, G.Davis 5, O.Poland 6, D.Tong 3)
Blocked Shots: 2 (C.Suarez 1, K.Swallow 1)
Steals: 16 (S.Gasaway 2, S.Dunlop 1, C.Suarez 1, D.Lock
1, G.Davis 4, O.Poland 4, D.Tong 3)
3P FGs: 7-16 (S.Dunlop 1-1, C.Suarez 0-2, D.Lock 2-3,
G.Davis 3-6, D.Tong 1-4)

Georgia Tech (36-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Juste Battaille C 37 1-2 2-3 2 11 3 3 4
Parker Ortiz SF 13 1-6 1-2 1 3 1 4 3
Robert Hirsch SG 16 6-11 1-1 3 4 0 4 13
Doug Pearcy PG 31 9-14 4-4 2 3 2 2 23
Micah Germany SF 28 5-14 1-2 2 4 3 1 14
William Geter PG 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 2 0
Jacob Todd SG 22 6-10 0-0 0 0 1 1 17
Damien Delescluse PG 10 2-7 0-0 0 1 1 0 4
Michael Frith PF 36 5-7 2-3 3 12 3 4 12
Alex Brochu PF 3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2

Turnovers: 23 (J.Battaille 5, R.Hirsch 3, D.Pearcy 4,
M.Germany 3, W.Geter 1, D.Delescluse 3, M.Frith 4)
Blocked Shots: 4 (J.Battaille 3, M.Frith 1)
Steals: 16 (J.Battaille 2, P.Ortiz 1, R.Hirsch 2,
D.Pearcy 2, M.Germany 5, W.Geter 1, J.Todd 1,
D.Delescluse 2)
3P FGs: 9-27 (P.Ortiz 0-1, R.Hirsch 0-2, D.Pearcy 1-3,
M.Germany 3-9, J.Todd 5-8, D.Delescluse 0-3, M.Frith
0-1)

Player of Game: PG Doug Pearcy (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats IL GATC
Halftime Score 42 33
FGM-FGA 31-59 36-73
FG% .525 .493
FTM-FTA 16-24 11-15
FT% .667 .733
3PM-3PA 7-16 9-27
3P% .438 .333
Rebounds 36 38
Assists 20 15
Steals 16 16
Blocks 2 4
Turnovers 25 23
Team Fouls 16 21



A tough game, Ortiz and Hirsch, our two best scorers, both suffer from serious foul trouble, but our backups and Pearcy come up huge for us in the win!

Four national titles in a row, holy cow!


Awards


SG Robert Hirsch: 1st Team All-American, ACC Player of the Year

SF Parker Ortiz: 1st Team All-ACC

PG Doug Pearcy: 1st Team All-ACC

SG Damien Delescluse: Freshman All-ACC


Not as award heavy as in some other years, but we got the national title so we're all good!


Georgia Tech 2032 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 100 Record Vs 1-50: 18-2
Season Record: 36-3 Record Vs 51-100: 6-1
Conference Record: 14-2 Record Vs 101-200: 8-0
Home Record: 17-0 Record Vs 200+: 4-0
Current Poll Rank: 2 Current RPI Rank: 5

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 81.8 National Rank: 5 Conference Rank: 1
Points Allowed: 54.8 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Rebounds: 36.6 National Rank: 113 Conference Rank: 6
Assists: 17.5 National Rank: 20 Conference Rank: 1
Steals: 20.1 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 4.9 National Rank: 35 Conference Rank: 4
Turnovers: 16.4 National Rank: 59 Conference Rank: 3
Fouls: 19.4 National Rank: 172 Conference Rank: 6
FG%: .463 National Rank: 17 Conference Rank: 1
FT%: .682 National Rank: 140 Conference Rank: 4
3P%: .321 National Rank: 216 Conference Rank: 8


Another great defensive team, and over 20 stals which doesn't happen very often.


Georgia Tech 2032 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/14/32 Akron (13-17) W 78-55 1-0
11/18/32 Air Force (8-21) W 79-34 2-0
11/22/32 Drexel (5-24) W 91-52 3-0
11/24/32 vs. Duquesne (13-19) W 62-49 4-0
11/26/32 vs. Vanderbilt (27-9) L 70-61 4-1
11/27/32 vs. Alabama (23-10) W 82-61 5-1
12/01/32 Louisville (19-15) W 77-34 6-1
12/06/32 at Belmont (13-16) W 99-58 7-1
12/10/32 Fordham (15-14) W 88-61 8-1
12/13/32 at San Diego State (13-17) W 77-53 9-1
12/17/32 Kansas (9-20) W 84-38 10-1
12/21/32 Oregon (22-12) W 89-87 11-1
12/25/32 Oklahoma State (25-9) W 90-49 12-1
12/28/32 Illinois (26-12) W 85-46 13-1
01/05/33 at Clemson (12-18) L 73-64 13-2 (0-1)
01/08/33 at Duke (23-12) W 83-55 14-2 (1-1)
01/12/33 Florida State (14-15) W 78-47 15-2 (2-1)
01/19/33 at Florida State (14-15) W 77-37 16-2 (3-1)
02/02/33 at Maryland (21-15) W 77-47 17-2 (4-1)
02/05/33 Clemson (12-18) W 93-47 18-2 (5-1)
02/09/33 Virginia (23-11) W 92-57 19-2 (6-1)
02/12/33 at North Carolina (9-20) W 90-51 20-2 (7-1)
02/14/33 North Carolina (9-20) W 93-51 21-2 (8-1)
02/16/33 Maryland (21-15) W 67-58 22-2 (9-1)
02/19/33 North Carolina State (13-19) W 78-46 23-2 (10-1)
02/21/33 at North Carolina State (13-19) W 87-62 24-2 (11-1)
02/23/33 Wake Forest (23-12) W 83-42 25-2 (12-1)
02/26/33 at Virginia (23-11) L 88-76 25-3 (12-2)
03/02/33 Duke (23-12) W 84-53 26-3 (13-2)
03/09/33 at Wake Forest (23-12) W 70-55 27-3 (14-2)
03/11/33 vs. North Carolina State (13-19) W 85-59 28-3
03/12/33 vs. Maryland (21-15) W 69-66 29-3
03/13/33 vs. Duke (23-12) W 78-56 30-3
03/18/33 vs. Holy Cross (16-16) W 93-45 31-3
03/20/33 vs. Kansas State (23-8) W 77-33 32-3
03/25/33 vs. Tennessee (26-7) W 91-71 33-3
03/27/33 vs. Syracuse (31-7) W 82-44 34-3
04/02/33 vs. St. John's (29-10) W 89-61 35-3
04/04/33 vs. Illinois (26-12) W 92-85 36-3




Georgia Tech Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Juste Battaille C 39 39 31.0 6.2 2.5 7.8 1.5 1.3 2.2 2.6 2.2
Ted Barrett C 34 34 28.6 6.8 2.4 8.9 2.0 0.8 0.5 2.3 2.4
Parker Ortiz SF 39 39 27.6 18.1 0.8 2.3 1.8 3.2 0.1 1.5 3.3
Robert Hirsch SG 39 39 30.2 14.6 1.9 4.9 2.9 4.6 0.1 2.5 3.2
Doug Pearcy PG 39 39 27.9 9.1 0.9 2.8 3.6 4.6 0.1 2.4 2.9
Micah Germany SG 39 0 13.0 8.7 0.8 2.6 1.0 1.8 0.0 1.3 1.3
William Geter PG 39 0 11.1 4.8 0.4 1.1 2.5 1.7 0.2 1.3 1.4
Jacob Todd PG 39 0 9.3 5.3 0.3 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.0 0.4 0.8
Damien Delescluse SG 22 0 5.4 3.8 0.2 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.0 0.6 0.6
Michael Frith C 39 5 21.3 6.8 1.2 5.8 1.3 0.5 1.9 1.9 1.5
Alex Brochu SF 15 0 3.0 0.6 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.5
Paul Burse SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Thomas Burger SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Donny Milliken C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Brian Finney SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Pearcy and Hirsch are both sophomores, we've got a good backcourt set up for the next two years! We're losing Barrett and Ortiz out of the starting lineup, and 6th man Micah Germany. Frith will be great starting in Barrett's place and I'm sure we can find someone to work in as the SF, hirsch is a bigger guard and can probably slide to the SF slot and run a 3 guard offense.


Player Review



PLAYER DETAILS

#30 C Ted Barrett - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 234
High School: Blooming Grove High School
Hometown: Blooming Grove, TX

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: 61 53 30 13 40 16 75 100 80 29 34 38 100 23 84 27 80
2031: 55 49 29 13 37 15 73 100 80 27 32 35 95 22 80 27 69
2030: 49 46 29 13 35 14 71 94 71 25 30 32 86 22 74 26 54
2029: 42 43 27 13 33 13 61 81 62 24 29 29 76 20 69 26 42
2028: 37 41 26 12 32 12 53 70 54 23 28 26 67 18 65 24 32
2027: 32 39 25 11 31 11 45 59 46 22 27 23 54 18 60 24 20
Potential: C C D F D F B A B D C D

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2029 39 0 17.7 3.5 1.6 6.2 0.6 1.4 0.42 0.3 0.1 2.0
2030 38 38 27.2 6.8 2.2 8.7 1.4 2.0 0.70 0.5 0.2 2.6
2031 39 39 28.2 6.9 2.7 9.7 1.5 1.8 0.83 0.8 0.3 2.7
2032 34 34 28.6 6.8 2.4 8.9 2.0 2.3 0.87 0.8 0.5 2.4
Career 150 111 25.3 6.0 2.2 8.4 1.3 1.9 0.87 0.6 0.3 2.4

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2029 1.4 3.0 .474 0.7 1.3 .520 0.0 0.1 .000 1.17 9.49
2030 2.8 5.2 .548 1.2 2.3 .512 0.0 0.0 .000 1.32 21.84
2031 2.6 6.3 .411 1.7 2.7 .617 0.0 0.1 .000 1.09 18.36
2032 2.6 6.0 .438 1.6 2.7 .582 0.0 0.0 .000 1.14 17.53
Career 2.4 5.1 .463 1.3 2.2 .566 0.0 0.0 .000 1.17 16.75

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 4
2027 High School: Rated *** and #116 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2029 FBCA Champion
2029 Freshman All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2030 FBCA Champion
2031 FBCA Champion
2032 FBCA Champion


Barrett held down the middle well, starting for 3 years, he never scored a ton but he was a solid rebounder and defender.

PLAYER DETAILS

#11 SF Parker Ortiz - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6'10"
Weight: 232
High School: Lake Brantley High School
Hometown: Altamonte Springs, FL

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: 72 58 74 47 71 34 10 13 48 92 75 8 54 59 62 50 93
2031: 71 57 69 46 68 30 10 12 43 90 69 8 48 57 59 48 84
2030: 66 56 64 42 66 28 10 11 38 88 64 7 41 57 56 47 77
2029: 61 55 59 38 60 26 9 10 34 79 58 6 37 56 53 47 70
2028: 56 52 54 35 55 24 8 9 31 71 52 5 30 56 50 47 63
2027: 51 48 49 31 50 22 7 8 27 62 45 4 25 55 47 46 55
Potential: B C B C B D F F C A B F

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2029 39 0 9.8 5.1 0.3 1.1 0.6 0.6 1.09 0.8 0.1 1.1
2030 38 0 10.3 6.2 0.4 1.1 0.6 0.4 1.47 0.9 0.0 1.4
2031 39 39 30.0 18.1 1.3 3.3 1.7 1.7 0.96 3.5 0.1 2.7
2032 39 39 27.6 18.1 0.8 2.3 1.8 1.5 1.20 3.2 0.1 3.3
Career 155 78 19.5 11.9 0.7 2.0 1.2 1.1 1.20 2.1 0.1 2.1

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2029 1.7 4.1 .425 1.0 1.5 .690 0.6 1.8 .314 1.24 6.00
2030 2.1 4.6 .468 1.4 1.7 .846 0.4 1.4 .315 1.35 5.47
2031 6.7 15.1 .448 3.3 4.3 .772 1.3 5.0 .267 1.20 17.79
2032 6.6 15.5 .430 3.3 3.9 .844 1.5 4.5 .328 1.17 17.56
Career 4.3 9.8 .441 2.3 2.9 .797 1.0 3.2 .300 1.21 11.75

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 26
2027 High School: Rated **** and #32 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2027 High School: All-State (Florida)
2029 FBCA Champion
2029 Freshman All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2030 FBCA Champion
2031 FBCA Champion
2031 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2032 FBCA Champion
2032 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)


One of a number of 2 year starters i've run through recently, Ortiz was a very good scorer his final two seasons, and picked up a good number of steals for me.



PLAYER DETAILS

#25 SG Micah Germany - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 225
High School: Godwin High School
Hometown: Richmond, VA

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: 33 66 50 93 35 30 35 51 28 68 78 21 87 80 78 88 66
2031: 30 61 49 93 33 28 34 46 26 63 77 20 84 79 73 87 55
2030: 27 56 45 91 31 26 31 41 25 58 72 19 80 78 69 84 46
2029: 25 51 42 89 29 24 29 36 24 52 66 18 75 77 65 83 37
2028: 23 46 39 87 27 22 27 32 23 46 60 17 68 77 61 81 29
2027: 21 41 35 80 25 20 25 28 22 38 52 16 61 76 57 81 21
Potential: D B C A D D D C D B B D

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2029 3 0 1.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.3
2030 38 0 8.5 4.6 0.5 1.6 0.6 0.7 0.88 1.0 0.1 0.8
2031 39 9 15.8 8.5 0.9 3.2 1.4 1.6 0.89 1.6 0.1 1.2
2032 39 0 13.0 8.7 0.8 2.6 1.0 1.3 0.76 1.8 0.0 1.3
Career 119 9 12.2 7.1 0.7 2.4 1.0 1.2 0.76 1.4 0.1 1.1

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2029 0.3 0.7 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.3 .000 1.00 -1.00
2030 1.8 3.6 .507 0.2 0.5 .350 0.8 1.9 .423 1.29 5.79
2031 2.9 6.4 .452 1.1 1.7 .642 1.7 3.7 .451 1.34 7.28
2032 3.3 6.6 .496 1.0 1.3 .780 1.1 2.8 .404 1.31 9.41
Career 2.6 5.4 .481 0.7 1.2 .650 1.2 2.7 .428 1.32 7.29

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 7
2027 High School: Rated *** and #100 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2027 High School: All-State (Virginia)
2027 High School: Mr. Basketball (Virginia)
2029 FBCA Champion
2030 FBCA Champion
2031 FBCA Champion
2032 FBCA Champion


Ball handling and ball handling alone kept Germany out of the starting lineup. He was valuable though, a good scorer and steals guy off the bench, and he filled in during our 2031 National Title run when our PG got hurt during the postseason.



Four in a row! What else is there to say? We're losing a good scorer, but I think its possible that we'll be better next year than this year.

Totals: 36-3 (14-2) - ACC Champion, NCAA Champion - RPI 5

[cubboyroy1826]

Radii i think it is time to do some pro-bono work for some loveable loser team.

[Radii]

2033 Offseason

I'm still not sure when to define the end of this dynasty, but I have a hard time quitting without the #1 steals guy in NCAA History, and without being the winningest coach in history. Those things will keep me around for a little while longer, even if the updates are sporadic(NCAA08 and other stuff has my attention right now).


Coaching Skill Increase

I'm now a level 11 coach. 5 points into recruiting, 5 more into scouting, 10 into offense.


Recruiting: 75
Scouting: 60
Offense: 85
Defense: 100





Coach Records: Wins

# Name Last Season Record
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1. Nelson Kinser 2031 797
2. Joseph Kissel 2032 794
3. Gordon McAndrew 2033 734
4. Douglas Ryder 2031 731
5. Christoper Timmons 2032 726
6. Richard Dixon 2033 721
7. Caleb Beckett 2026 718
8. Rocky Derosier 2027 707


I jump up from 8th to 6th in all time wins, passing two retired coaches. McAndrew is still going strong at Oregon, but even if Oregon wins 20 this season I could pass him and move into 3rd all time this year.



Incoming Recruits

Georgia Tech has the #14 recruiting class in the nation this year. Virginia has the #6 class, Duke #8, Maryland and Clemson in the top 30.


PLAYER DETAILS

#42 PG Don Giles - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 171
High School: Ramsay High School
Hometown: Birmingham, AL

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: 28 20 45 46 47 46 30 34 29 63 55 11 16 75 39 51 8
Potential: C D B C C B C B C A A F

Academics: 74

2032 High School: Rated *** and #45 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Giles comes in basically as he was scouted, which is pretty decent. He'll need some serious conditioning work, and his handling will be a little low to be a PG, but A PRD/A STL is pretty damn nice and I'll find a spot to get that on the court.



PLAYER DETAILS

#14 PF Bill Erickson - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 221
High School:
Hometown: Bundaberg, Australia

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 38 53 0 16 10 27 68 42 23 36 42 29 32 67 47 54
Potential: C B C F D F C A B D C C

Academics: 62

2032 High School: Rated **** and #30 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


I'm a bit disappointed that Erickson isn't a better post scorer, but I can't say I'm suprised after going back and looking at how I scouted him. Still, he can rebound and defend and there will be a spot for him on the court for sure as well.


PLAYER DETAILS

#40 PG Micah Gustin - Georgia Tech - Freshman
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Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 173
High School: Forestview High School
Hometown: Gastonia, NC

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: 25 39 58 42 47 37 17 24 27 27 62 10 65 90 36 45 47
Potential: C C B C C C D D D D B F

Academics: 92

2032 High School: Rated *** and #205 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


Gustin was scouted as a B ball handler, B defender, and A steals guy. Whoops.


Coaches

Our scout remains with us and gets a boost to 100 skill. We fill in the other two spots and dont' do a great job of it really.

Recruiter: Skill 87, $180,000/yr
Scout: Skill 100, $170,000/yr
Assistant: Offense 24, Defense 83, $120,000/yr


Scheduling

We're the 1 seed in the Great Alaska Shootout again this year.

We schedule 3 100 prestige opponents this year, Illinois, Oklahoma State, and St John's.

Roster Overview


Georgia Tech Player Offense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt Ins Jps 3ps Hnd Pas Reb Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Juste Battaille C 6'11" 237 43 36 0 30 37 60 33 92 52 75
Michael Frith C 6'11" 257 75 25 42 34 52 53 17 78 41 87
Damien Delescluse SG 6' 5" 190 47 88 88 48 6 13 82 58 54 100
Robert Hirsch SG 6' 5" 206 69 67 48 51 51 50 79 57 66 100
Doug Pearcy PG 6' 1" 198 46 33 32 63 72 14 95 48 78 80

William Geter PG 6' 0" 186 53 61 49 50 94 33 80 44 81 100
Jacob Todd PG 5'10" 156 59 57 73 59 66 8 81 44 70 65
Alex Brochu SF 6' 7" 224 35 41 63 28 33 42 64 67 48 44
Brian Finney SG 6' 7" 193 38 53 94 57 7 49 67 38 73 75
Donny Milliken C 6'10" 246 47 21 16 27 15 69 33 80 30 52




Georgia Tech Player Defense Attributes

Name Pos Ht Wt PsD PrD Stl Blk Reb PFs Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Juste Battaille C 6'11" 237 91 42 50 92 68 99 33 92 52 75
Michael Frith C 6'11" 257 73 29 29 91 70 68 17 78 41 87
Damien Delescluse SG 6' 5" 190 27 8 100 18 25 47 82 58 54 100
Robert Hirsch SG 6' 5" 206 19 88 94 26 50 66 79 57 66 100
Doug Pearcy PG 6' 1" 198 43 80 93 40 32 61 95 48 78 80

William Geter PG 6' 0" 186 56 78 73 50 29 45 80 44 81 100
Jacob Todd PG 5'10" 156 24 41 95 20 11 83 81 44 70 65
Alex Brochu SF 6' 7" 224 28 54 87 20 54 28 64 67 48 44
Brian Finney SG 6' 7" 193 11 45 75 39 12 73 67 38 73 75
Donny Milliken C 6'10" 246 53 17 36 27 76 63 33 80 30 52


This team will almost certainly challenge for another national title. The big men can rebound, defend, and hot damn can they block shots. The SG/PG can both defend and steal the ball extremely well, and there are some scorers out there.

Early Departure

Junior Robert Hirsch has announced that he intends to leave college after his junior season. Hirsch and Pearcy are both juniors and I'd love to have them both in the backcourt next year, but we could stomach the loss if it ends up happening.

[Radii]

2033/34 Season


Recruiting

Just two scholarships this year. One big/One steals guy, a handling PG type and a scoring big man would really help here. And I think this is the first time that I've ever gotten my first choice at both scholarship spots in the initial signing period.


RECRUIT DETAILS

#51 C Fred Turnbull
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Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 216
High School:
Hometown: Albany, Australia
GPA: 2.78
Test Score: 1280
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: 63 56 15 13 43 40 27 54 53 24 25 21 55 21 86 35 8
Potential: A A D F C B C C B D C D


The big is the #26 overall recruit. With two rebounder/defenders in the program right now I'm willing to take the C DRB(but a high C, maybe I luck into better?) to get a big time scorer, and I think that's what I've got here.



RECRUIT DETAILS

#12 PG Brendon Oller
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 172
High School: Anson High School
Hometown: Wadesboro, NC
GPA: 2.34
Test Score: 920
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: 26 27 69 62 52 41 18 13 37 36 56 23 46 85 40 71 53
Potential: D C B B B C D C C D A D


#60 overall, please please please come in B handles/A steals! The defense sucks a bit but I'll give it up to get the handles/steals, and the FT Shooting is nice too.


Results

We open the season as the unanimous #1 team in the polls, but we get upset by St Joseph's to open the Great Alaska Shootout, and a couple days later get taken out by powerhouse Cincinnati who also had suffered an early defeat. Tech/Cinci was supposed to be the finals, doh! We recover nicely and destroy Illinois(81-36!), St johns(80-57), and Oklahoma State(86-69) to end the month back on top of the polls, 12-2.

ACC play opens with 3 straight road games which we handle fine. We close out January with a 50 point win, on the road, at a ranked Virginia team(82-32). We've beaten ranked Duke, Wake Forest and Maryland teams too. Virginia is ranked again when they come to Atlanta, final score: 105-53.

We end up undefeated in ACC play(have we ever done that before, that might be a first!). So Feb 1 we beat Maryland 86-65 on the road, a 21 point win. We follow that up with margins of victory of 39, 43, 53, 48, 37, 59, and 52 to close out the regular season.




2033 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

CW CL Pct W L Pct
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#1 Georgia Tech 16 0 1.000 28 2 .933
#7 Duke 12 4 .750 22 8 .733
#9 Maryland 10 6 .625 22 9 .710
North Carolina State 8 8 .500 16 13 .552
#22 Wake Forest 6 10 .375 18 12 .600
Virginia 6 10 .375 17 13 .567
Florida State 5 11 .313 16 15 .516
North Carolina 5 11 .313 14 16 .467
Clemson 4 12 .250 10 19 .345


Duke and Maryland are good, and we just embarrassed them this year.


Conference Tournament

Quarterfinals: (1) Georgia Tech 80, (9) Clemson 48 - We bet 19 steals, force 27 turnovers, and get 30 points from NBA bound Robert Hirsch in the opener.

Semifinals: (1) Georgia Tech 83, (5) Wake Forest 48 - 19 poitns from PF Michael Frith, 20 steals, 10 blocks, another blowout.

Finals: (1) Georgia Tech 77, (3) Maryland 55 - 24 poitns from Hirsch, 14 steals, 4 blocks, we're just too good, hopefully there's no letdown in the NCAA Tournament.


We're the 1 seed in the south and get the play-in winner. Maryland is the 3 seed in the East, Duke is the 3 seed in the west.

NCAA First Round

The first round goes as expected.


Georgia Tech 87, Southern Utah 48

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Southern Utah (16-17):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Willy Whitlock C 28 1-4 5-6 1 5 0 3 7
Enoch Segura PF 7 2-2 2-3 0 0 0 1 6
John Maynard SF 29 0-10 2-2 1 8 2 2 2
Maximino Menendez SG 30 4-12 0-0 1 5 1 2 8
Timothy Pierce PG 26 4-5 0-0 1 5 0 0 11
Trevor Overstreet PG 25 2-6 0-1 0 0 1 0 4
Jonathan Harmon PF 30 3-7 2-3 1 4 3 1 8
Everett Toliver C 13 1-3 0-0 0 3 0 0 2
Steven Nelson SF 13 0-1 0-0 0 4 0 0 0

Turnovers: 21 (W.Whitlock 2, J.Maynard 2, M.Menendez 8,
T.Pierce 2, T.Overstreet 2, J.Harmon 3, S.Nelson 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (E.Toliver 1)
Steals: 2 (W.Whitlock 2)
3P FGs: 3-14 (J.Maynard 0-6, M.Menendez 0-4, T.Pierce
3-3, T.Overstreet 0-1)

Georgia Tech (32-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Juste Battaille C 37 0-0 5-6 2 14 0 4 5
Damien Delescluse SF 34 10-19 2-2 1 3 2 1 27
Robert Hirsch PF 37 9-16 1-2 0 11 5 3 20
Doug Pearcy PG 15 1-4 0-0 0 2 7 0 3
William Geter PG 24 4-8 0-0 1 2 3 2 11
Jacob Todd SG 30 3-10 0-0 1 2 6 1 8
Alex Brochu PF 7 2-5 0-0 2 3 0 2 5
Brian Finney SG 11 2-3 0-0 0 1 2 0 5
Paul Burse PF 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 3

Turnovers: 8 (J.Battaille 2, D.Delescluse 2, R.Hirsch
2, W.Geter 2)
Blocked Shots: 8 (J.Battaille 6, D.Pearcy 1, J.Todd 1)
Steals: 11 (J.Battaille 2, D.Delescluse 1, R.Hirsch 1,
D.Pearcy 2, W.Geter 2, J.Todd 1, A.Brochu 1, B.Finney
1)
3P FGs: 15-37 (D.Delescluse 5-13, R.Hirsch 1-3,
D.Pearcy 1-4, W.Geter 3-6, J.Todd 2-7, A.Brochu 1-1,
B.Finney 1-2, P.Burse 1-1)

Player of Game: SG Damien Delescluse (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats SUTH GATC
Halftime Score 35 50
FGM-FGA 17-50 32-67
FG% .340 .478
FTM-FTA 11-15 8-10
FT% .733 .800
3PM-3PA 3-14 15-37
3P% .214 .405
Rebounds 34 38
Assists 7 25
Steals 2 11
Blocks 1 8
Turnovers 21 8
Team Fouls 9 14


Doug Pearcy only got 15 minutes in this game... why? He's hurt, 64 days with a broken leg. Also out, starting PF Michael Frith, backup big man Donny Milliken... Milliken and Pearcy will miss the entire tournament. Frith will play in the Sweet 16 if we avoid upset.

NCAA Second Round

We get the 8 seed, Notre Dame.


Georgia Tech 87, Notre Dame 81

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Notre Dame (20-12):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jermaine Brauer C 30 7-15 13-14 1 7 1 0 27
Ronald Clayton PF 30 0-2 1-2 1 9 2 3 1
Jerrod Lockard SF 28 2-7 2-2 1 5 1 4 6
Alexander Faught SG 25 3-6 0-0 0 0 1 2 7
Cliff Simon PG 31 5-6 9-13 0 2 4 4 20
Joseph Frank C 12 1-3 1-1 0 2 1 1 3
Trevor Morales SF 12 2-4 1-2 0 1 1 1 6
Douglas Theobald SG 17 2-4 0-0 0 4 0 1 5
Kevin Mount PG 7 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 4
Houston Calderon PF 8 1-3 0-0 0 3 0 1 2

Turnovers: 26 (J.Brauer 3, R.Clayton 3, J.Lockard 1,
C.Simon 11, T.Morales 2, D.Theobald 3, K.Mount 1,
H.Calderon 2)
Blocked Shots: 4 (R.Clayton 3, J.Lockard 1)
Steals: 11 (J.Brauer 1, R.Clayton 1, J.Lockard 4,
A.Faught 1, C.Simon 2, J.Frank 1, D.Theobald 1)
3P FGs: 4-11 (J.Brauer 0-1, A.Faught 1-3, C.Simon 1-2,
T.Morales 1-3, D.Theobald 1-2)

Georgia Tech (33-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Juste Battaille PF 32 4-8 3-4 4 11 1 4 11
Paul Burse C 27 3-3 0-0 0 0 1 4 6
Damien Delescluse SF 29 7-18 8-8 0 7 2 3 25
Robert Hirsch SG 31 6-11 6-7 0 1 5 5 21
William Geter PG 33 4-8 0-1 1 4 7 3 8
Jacob Todd SG 9 3-5 0-0 0 1 0 0 8
Alex Brochu SF 11 1-5 0-0 0 3 2 2 2
Brian Finney PG 7 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 4
Thomas Burger C 22 1-7 0-0 2 9 2 1 2

Turnovers: 22 (J.Battaille 2, P.Burse 3, D.Delescluse
2, R.Hirsch 5, W.Geter 8, A.Brochu 1, T.Burger 1)
Blocked Shots: 9 (J.Battaille 5, P.Burse 1, T.Burger 3)
Steals: 19 (J.Battaille 2, P.Burse 1, D.Delescluse 4,
R.Hirsch 4, W.Geter 3, A.Brochu 2, B.Finney 3)
3P FGs: 8-19 (D.Delescluse 3-9, R.Hirsch 3-4, J.Todd
2-4, A.Brochu 0-2)

Player of Game: SG Damien Delescluse (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats ND GATC
Halftime Score 33 39
FGM-FGA 25-52 31-67
FG% .481 .463
FTM-FTA 27-34 17-20
FT% .794 .850
3PM-3PA 4-11 8-19
3P% .364 .421
Rebounds 33 36
Assists 11 20
Steals 11 19
Blocks 4 9
Turnovers 26 22
Team Fouls 17 22


We get 19 steals and lead the turnover battle, but we're now upset prone with 3 important players hurt.

NCAA Sweet 16

(1) #1 Georgia Tech (33-2) vs (4) #18 San Diego (28-5)

We've got Frith back but he's still just day to day and not full strength. I'm putting him out there anyway.

Its close early in the half but its really just close because San Diego shoots 80% for the first 13 minutes or so. We pull away late in the half with 9 first half steals(only allowing 2), and have a 45-29 halftime lead. We go on a run to start the second half and push the lead up over 20 and never look back.



Georgia Tech 75, San Diego 58

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San Diego (28-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Myron Jacobson C 32 2-2 0-0 2 9 2 1 4
Didier Lorfeuve PF 26 1-1 3-4 0 10 2 3 5
Casey Ridenhour SF 26 7-15 1-2 1 4 2 1 18
Granville Thomson SG 31 4-6 3-3 1 1 3 1 12
Manuel Shepherd PG 31 3-8 2-5 0 1 7 2 8
Jimmy Thompson PF 22 0-0 4-4 2 6 0 2 4
Garrett Petree SF 14 1-4 0-0 1 1 0 1 2
Tobias Davis PG 4 1-3 2-2 0 0 0 0 5
Thomas Pack PG 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Bennett Gilchrist SG 4 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
William Fenske SG 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 2 0

Turnovers: 25 (M.Jacobson 3, D.Lorfeuve 2, C.Ridenhour
4, G.Thomson 2, M.Shepherd 6, J.Thompson 3, G.Petree
1, T.Davis 1, T.Pack 3)
Blocked Shots: 4 (M.Jacobson 2, D.Lorfeuve 1, G.Thomson
1)
Steals: 6 (D.Lorfeuve 2, C.Ridenhour 1, G.Thomson 1,
M.Shepherd 2)
3P FGs: 5-17 (C.Ridenhour 3-8, G.Thomson 1-2,
M.Shepherd 0-2, G.Petree 0-2, T.Davis 1-3)

Georgia Tech (34-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Juste Battaille PF 33 5-10 0-0 13 21 1 2 10
Michael Frith C 28 1-6 0-0 0 4 3 2 2
Damien Delescluse SF 35 10-22 3-4 2 5 0 2 26
Robert Hirsch SG 31 4-14 1-3 3 6 3 5 11
William Geter PG 18 0-7 0-0 1 2 5 5 0
Jacob Todd SG 9 2-4 0-0 0 0 2 0 4
Alex Brochu SF 6 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 3
Brian Finney PG 21 4-5 2-2 1 1 0 0 14
Paul Burse PF 19 2-3 0-0 1 2 4 2 5

Turnovers: 13 (M.Frith 2, D.Delescluse 7, R.Hirsch 1,
W.Geter 1, B.Finney 1, P.Burse 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (M.Frith 3, B.Finney 1)
Steals: 16 (J.Battaille 2, M.Frith 1, D.Delescluse 3,
R.Hirsch 3, W.Geter 3, J.Todd 2, A.Brochu 1, P.Burse 1)
3P FGs: 11-31 (M.Frith 0-1, D.Delescluse 3-11, R.Hirsch
2-4, W.Geter 0-4, J.Todd 0-1, A.Brochu 1-3, B.Finney
4-5, P.Burse 1-2)

Player of Game: C Juste Battaille (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats SNDGO GATC
Halftime Score 29 45
FGM-FGA 19-41 29-74
FG% .463 .392
FTM-FTA 15-20 6-9
FT% .750 .667
3PM-3PA 5-17 11-31
3P% .294 .355
Rebounds 32 42
Assists 17 18
Steals 6 16
Blocks 4 4
Turnovers 25 13
Team Fouls 15 18


Geter(now our starting PG) fouls out after just playing 18 minutes but we have more than enough to compensate. 10 points/21 boards from Battaille is really impressive.

In the game, however, Brian Finney, our 9th man off the bench, now our backup PG, breaks his cheekbone and is out the rest of the season... going into the elite 8 we have 4 players listed as injured, 3 of them OUT, all of them players that are important on the depth chart.

NCAA Elite 8


(1) #1 Georgia Tech (34-2) vs (6) #21 Wake Forest (22-13)


Wake Forest will certainly be after revenge here... we've beaten them 3 times this season, badly each time, and surely they will be out to keep it from being 4 victories.

The first half is crazy. We shoot 10-21 from 3 in the first half and get 8 steals, scoring 59 points, so we're crushing Wake right? Wake has 6 steals, getting breakaways on most of them, and wake is shooting 8-11 from 3.. 72.7%!

Halftime: Georgia Tech 59, Wake Forest 55.

We start out hot, pushing the lead up over 10. Wake isn't completely going away though, but it looks like our lead will hang around 10 points for most of the second half. Wake is never quite able to get back in it, and we're through to the final four... again!




Georgia Tech 108, Wake Forest 91

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Wake Forest (22-14):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
John Herr C 32 9-18 3-6 2 11 1 2 22
Kendrick Lee PF 33 1-5 1-2 0 8 2 2 3
Chris Norton SF 8 3-5 0-1 0 2 0 5 8
Thomas Dubois SG 28 3-4 0-0 0 5 2 2 8
Blair Vinson PG 32 4-6 2-2 1 1 9 3 12
John Rojo C 15 2-6 1-2 0 2 1 1 5
Merle Dill SG 19 6-7 0-0 0 3 0 4 15
Shayne Mason SF 24 7-11 0-0 3 4 4 2 16
Mark Morton PG 8 1-2 0-0 0 0 3 0 2

Turnovers: 24 (K.Lee 3, T.Dubois 2, B.Vinson 13, J.Rojo
1, M.Dill 2, S.Mason 2, M.Morton 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (J.Herr 1, S.Mason 1)
Steals: 9 (J.Herr 1, C.Norton 1, T.Dubois 3, M.Dill 2,
M.Morton 2)
3P FGs: 12-17 (J.Herr 1-3, K.Lee 0-1, C.Norton 2-2,
T.Dubois 2-3, B.Vinson 2-2, M.Dill 3-3, S.Mason 2-3)

Georgia Tech (35-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Juste Battaille PF 33 3-7 3-4 2 8 2 2 9
Michael Frith C 20 4-8 4-4 3 4 2 5 13
Damien Delescluse SF 32 11-24 6-8 3 4 1 1 33
Robert Hirsch SG 34 7-14 4-4 3 5 3 1 21
William Geter PG 35 6-11 1-4 0 5 10 2 17
Jacob Todd SG 11 2-3 0-0 0 1 3 1 5
Alex Brochu SF 9 1-1 4-4 0 5 0 1 6
Paul Burse C 26 1-5 2-2 2 5 3 1 4

Turnovers: 14 (J.Battaille 1, M.Frith 2, D.Delescluse
2, R.Hirsch 1, W.Geter 3, J.Todd 3, A.Brochu 1,
P.Burse 1)
Blocked Shots: 8 (J.Battaille 2, M.Frith 4,
D.Delescluse 1, P.Burse 1)
Steals: 16 (M.Frith 1, D.Delescluse 5, R.Hirsch 4,
W.Geter 6)
3P FGs: 14-31 (M.Frith 1-2, D.Delescluse 5-13, R.Hirsch
3-5, W.Geter 4-6, J.Todd 1-2, P.Burse 0-3)

Player of Game: SG Damien Delescluse (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats WAKE GATC
Halftime Score 55 59
FGM-FGA 36-64 35-73
FG% .563 .479
FTM-FTA 7-13 24-30
FT% .538 .800
3PM-3PA 12-17 14-31
3P% .706 .452
Rebounds 36 37
Assists 22 24
Steals 9 16
Blocks 2 8
Turnovers 24 14
Team Fouls 21 14


17 points, 10 assists, 6 steals from Geter, and Delescluse is a scoring machine at SF.


NCAA Final Four

(2) #7 Cincinnati (29-8) vs (2) #3 Oklahoma (33-4)
(2) #6 Stanford (32-6) vs (1) #1 Georgia Tech (35-2)

A high quality final four. I would love to get Cincinnati in the finals. They were the last team to beat us. But first, we have to handle Stanford.

Stanford scores the first four points of the game, and that's about it for them I believe. We slowly build a lead, taking it over 10 points with about 8 minutes to go in the half, 15 points with about 4 minutes to go, and up to 20 at halftime.

Georgia Tech 49, Stanford 29. Delescluse has 21 points at the half. We have 13 steals to their 5. 6 blocked shots to their 1.

The second half is just not close...


Georgia Tech 96, Stanford 64

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Georgia Tech (36-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Juste Battaille PF 34 0-3 2-2 2 7 2 2 2
Michael Frith C 27 3-7 2-3 1 7 2 4 8
Damien Delescluse SF 21 11-16 0-0 0 3 2 5 26
Robert Hirsch SG 26 10-14 1-1 2 7 1 5 22
William Geter PG 35 6-13 2-6 0 6 13 1 14
Jacob Todd SG 19 2-6 0-0 0 1 1 0 4
Alex Brochu SF 19 7-11 2-4 2 3 0 1 17
Paul Burse C 18 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 4 3
Thomas Burger C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 22 (J.Battaille 3, M.Frith 2, D.Delescluse
1, R.Hirsch 5, W.Geter 7, A.Brochu 3, P.Burse 1)
Blocked Shots: 10 (J.Battaille 6, M.Frith 2, A.Brochu
1, P.Burse 1)
Steals: 25 (J.Battaille 1, D.Delescluse 4, R.Hirsch 3,
W.Geter 5, J.Todd 5, A.Brochu 6, P.Burse 1)
3P FGs: 7-17 (D.Delescluse 4-7, R.Hirsch 1-3, W.Geter
0-3, J.Todd 0-1, A.Brochu 1-2, P.Burse 1-1)

Stanford (32-7):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Brian Harris C 35 0-7 1-2 2 6 1 3 1
James Holler PF 33 4-8 3-4 1 8 0 3 11
David Feldman SF 40 9-14 0-2 1 5 2 2 22
James Edwards SG 35 3-11 1-2 0 4 3 4 8
Mickey Singleton PG 35 4-7 6-8 0 2 8 2 14
Gerald Crabb PF 3 1-2 3-3 2 4 0 0 5
Douglass Wolter PF 5 1-1 1-2 0 1 0 0 3
Ty Kimball PG 10 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 2 0
Robert Porch C 5 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0

Turnovers: 38 (B.Harris 4, J.Holler 3, D.Feldman 9,
J.Edwards 4, M.Singleton 14, D.Wolter 2, T.Kimball 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (B.Harris 1, J.Holler 2)
Steals: 11 (D.Feldman 3, J.Edwards 4, M.Singleton 2,
D.Wolter 1, T.Kimball 1)
3P FGs: 5-15 (B.Harris 0-1, D.Feldman 4-7, J.Edwards
1-6, M.Singleton 0-1)

Player of Game: SG Damien Delescluse (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats GATC STAN
Halftime Score 49 29
FGM-FGA 40-71 22-51
FG% .563 .431
FTM-FTA 9-16 15-23
FT% .563 .652
3PM-3PA 7-17 5-15
3P% .412 .333
Rebounds 34 34
Assists 21 14
Steals 25 11
Blocks 10 3
Turnovers 22 38
Team Fouls 22 16




NCAA Finals

(1) #1 Georgia Tech (36-2) vs (2) #3 Oklahoma (34-4)

Oklahoma keeps us from the rematch we wanted in the finals, and we'll have to punish them for it.

Oklahoma pulls out to a 6-2 lead early, and has the lead with 11 minutes to go, 12-11. They keep it close and its tied, 27-27 with 5 minutes left in the first half. Unfortunatley for them, Oklahoma fails to score for the last 5 minutes, and we get a few nice shots, and take the lead into the half.

HALFTIME: Georgia Tech 37, Oklahoma 27

We have a 7-3 steals edge, 4/10 turnover edge, and have no foul trouble. Delescluse has 14 points at the half.

Two threes to open the second half gives us a 43-27 lead before Oklahoma finally scores to end the run. We keep on it though and its 48-29 with 15 minutes to go i nthe game, and Oklahoma just won't be coming back from this after we go on a 21-2 run.

There's antoher run later on... With 8:14 to go in the game, Oklahoma makes a 3 pointer, making the score Georgia Tech 68, Oklahoma 47, we only lead by 21 here. Oklahoma gets 4 more points in the final 8 minutes, and we close the game on a 24-4 run.



Georgia Tech 92, Oklahoma 51

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Oklahoma (34-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
R. Evangelista C 33 2-6 0-0 0 7 0 3 4
Scott Fellers PF 26 5-8 0-1 2 5 1 3 11
James Stpierre SF 23 1-6 2-2 2 4 4 1 4
Kyle Butts SG 30 0-7 0-0 3 4 2 1 0
Brooks Burden PG 32 5-14 2-2 0 1 2 0 17
Garry Moore PF 18 2-7 1-2 0 7 4 3 5
Ira Ely SF 11 1-1 0-0 2 4 0 1 2
Justin Brimmer SG 16 3-3 0-0 0 1 0 4 8
Arthur Moon SF 9 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 26 (R.Evangelista 2, S.Fellers 3, J.Stpierre
5, K.Butts 3, B.Burden 6, G.Moore 2, J.Brimmer 4,
A.Moon 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (S.Fellers 2, G.Moore 1)
Steals: 4 (R.Evangelista 1, S.Fellers 1, B.Burden 1,
J.Brimmer 1)
3P FGs: 8-24 (R.Evangelista 0-1, S.Fellers 1-2,
J.Stpierre 0-3, K.Butts 0-5, B.Burden 5-11, J.Brimmer
2-2)

Georgia Tech (37-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Juste Battaille PF 33 2-6 2-2 5 11 2 2 6
Michael Frith C 32 2-8 2-2 0 7 2 1 6
Damien Delescluse SF 35 10-20 4-4 2 7 5 4 30
Robert Hirsch SG 35 9-16 0-2 6 9 3 3 19
William Geter PG 35 9-13 1-2 2 6 8 2 20
Jacob Todd SG 10 2-8 1-1 0 0 1 0 5
Alex Brochu SF 5 2-5 0-0 3 3 0 0 4
Paul Burse C 15 0-0 2-2 0 2 0 0 2

Turnovers: 11 (J.Battaille 3, D.Delescluse 4, R.Hirsch
1, W.Geter 2, P.Burse 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (M.Frith 4)
Steals: 15 (J.Battaille 1, D.Delescluse 6, R.Hirsch 3,
W.Geter 3, A.Brochu 1, P.Burse 1)
3P FGs: 8-21 (D.Delescluse 6-10, R.Hirsch 1-5, W.Geter
1-3, J.Todd 0-3)

Player of Game: SG Damien Delescluse (GATC)

Game Summary:

Game Stats OK GATC
Halftime Score 27 37
FGM-FGA 19-54 36-76
FG% .352 .474
FTM-FTA 5-7 12-15
FT% .714 .800
3PM-3PA 8-24 8-21
3P% .333 .381
Rebounds 33 45
Assists 13 21
Steals 4 15
Blocks 3 4
Turnovers 26 11
Team Fouls 16 12



Delescluse finishes an incredible tournament with 30 poitns and 7 boards as we pick up our FIFTH national title in a row.


Awards

I am the ACC Coach of the year.

SG Damien Delescluse: National Player of the Year, ACC Player of the Year

PG Doug Pearcy: 1st Team All-ACC

SG Robert Hirsch: 2nd Team All-American, 2nd team All-ACC

C Juste Battaille: 1st Team All-ACC


Another national player of the year. After seeing Delecluse in action, its nto hard to see why. Delecluse, by the way, is a sophomore.

Georgia Tech 2033 Season Info

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 100 Record Vs 1-50: 23-1
Season Record: 37-2 Record Vs 51-100: 6-1
Conference Record: 16-0 Record Vs 101-200: 5-0
Home Record: 17-0 Record Vs 200+: 3-0
Current Poll Rank: 1 Current RPI Rank: 1

Stat Rankings:
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Points: 86.3 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Points Allowed: 57.1 National Rank: 4 Conference Rank: 1
Rebounds: 38.6 National Rank: 32 Conference Rank: 3
Assists: 19.2 National Rank: 6 Conference Rank: 1
Steals: 19.4 National Rank: 1 Conference Rank: 1
Blocks: 6.1 National Rank: 6 Conference Rank: 2
Turnovers: 16.9 National Rank: 102 Conference Rank: 3
Fouls: 18.1 National Rank: 54 Conference Rank: 5
FG%: .475 National Rank: 4 Conference Rank: 1
FT%: .666 National Rank: 193 Conference Rank: 5
3P%: .388 National Rank: 14 Conference Rank: 1


Top 10 in the nation in scoring, poitns allowed, assists, steals, blocks, and FG %, 14th in 3 point shooting and 32nd in rebounding, just absolutely sick.


Georgia Tech 2033 Season Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record
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11/13/33 Wyoming (23-12) W 79-47 1-0
11/16/33 Towson (10-20) W 94-58 2-0
11/20/33 Notre Dame (20-12) W 91-61 3-0
11/23/33 vs. Saint Joseph's (23-11) L 92-86 3-1
11/25/33 vs. Pepperdine (16-16) W 86-70 4-1
11/26/33 vs. Cincinnati (29-9) L 75-59 4-2
11/30/33 Air Force (17-15) W 63-52 5-2
12/04/33 at Northern Iowa (7-22) W 80-51 6-2
12/07/33 at Loyola-Chicago (10-19) W 70-42 7-2
12/11/33 Eastern Illinois (18-14) W 94-57 8-2
12/15/33 Akron (16-15) W 90-58 9-2
12/19/33 Illinois (24-13) W 81-36 10-2
12/22/33 St. John's (32-7) W 80-57 11-2
12/25/33 Oklahoma State (19-15) W 86-69 12-2
01/04/34 at Clemson (10-20) W 93-69 13-2 (1-0)
01/07/34 at Duke (23-10) W 89-72 14-2 (2-0)
01/11/34 at Florida State (17-17) W 89-62 15-2 (3-0)
01/14/34 North Carolina (14-16) W 105-61 16-2 (4-0)
01/18/34 Duke (23-10) W 84-63 17-2 (5-0)
01/21/34 at North Carolina State (18-15) W 87-63 18-2 (6-0)
01/25/34 at Virginia (22-14) W 82-32 19-2 (7-0)
01/28/34 at Wake Forest (22-14) W 67-50 20-2 (8-0)
02/01/34 at Maryland (24-11) W 86-65 21-2 (9-0)
02/08/34 Maryland (24-11) W 88-49 22-2 (10-0)
02/13/34 Florida State (17-17) W 98-45 23-2 (11-0)
02/18/34 Virginia (22-14) W 105-52 24-2 (12-0)
02/22/34 at North Carolina (14-16) W 79-31 25-2 (13-0)
02/25/34 Wake Forest (22-14) W 92-55 26-2 (14-0)
03/01/34 North Carolina State (18-15) W 111-52 27-2 (15-0)
03/04/34 Clemson (10-20) W 87-35 28-2 (16-0)
03/10/34 vs. Clemson (10-20) W 80-48 29-2
03/11/34 vs. Wake Forest (22-14) W 83-48 30-2
03/12/34 vs. Maryland (24-11) W 77-55 31-2
03/17/34 vs. Southern Utah (16-17) W 87-48 32-2
03/19/34 vs. Notre Dame (20-12) W 87-81 33-2
03/23/34 vs. San Diego (28-6) W 75-58 34-2
03/25/34 vs. Wake Forest (22-14) W 108-91 35-2
04/01/34 vs. Stanford (32-7) W 96-64 36-2
04/03/34 vs. Oklahoma (34-5) W 92-51 37-2




Georgia Tech Player Averages

Name Pos G GS Min Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Fl
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Juste Battaille C 39 39 31.1 6.7 3.1 9.0 1.5 0.9 2.8 2.1 2.6
Michael Frith C 37 37 29.3 8.2 2.0 8.1 2.0 0.6 2.4 2.5 2.5
Damien Delescluse SG 39 39 30.0 24.4 1.1 3.8 2.3 4.3 0.1 2.6 2.8
Robert Hirsch SG 39 39 31.5 17.0 1.9 5.7 3.1 4.2 0.2 2.9 2.7
Doug Pearcy PG 34 34 27.8 9.3 0.7 2.4 4.4 4.4 0.1 2.6 3.0
William Geter PG 39 5 13.9 6.6 0.4 1.4 3.5 1.9 0.1 1.4 1.3
Jacob Todd PG 39 0 9.3 5.0 0.1 0.6 1.1 1.7 0.1 0.6 0.8
Alex Brochu SF 39 1 9.1 4.4 0.8 1.9 0.4 1.1 0.1 0.7 1.0
Brian Finney SG 33 0 4.3 2.5 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.2
Donny Milliken C 33 0 17.9 3.9 1.7 6.4 1.0 0.6 0.2 1.4 1.5
Paul Burse SF 10 1 13.5 2.9 0.4 1.4 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.4
Thomas Burger SF 2 0 11.5 1.0 1.0 4.5 1.0 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.5
Bill Erickson PF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Don Giles PG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Micah Gustin PG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Battaille, Geter, and Hirsch are gone after this year, so we have some work to do to replace them. We have 3 guys average over 4 steals a game, and 3 backups averaging over 1 steal a game, very impressive.

Player Review



PLAYER DETAILS

#41 C Juste Battaille - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6'11"
Weight: 237
High School:
Hometown: Willow River, Canada

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: 43 36 54 0 30 37 60 68 91 42 50 92 99 33 92 52 75
2032: 43 32 52 0 26 33 59 67 89 40 47 90 96 30 92 51 65
2031: 41 29 51 0 23 30 58 66 88 38 44 89 95 29 86 50 53
2030: 38 27 47 0 21 28 52 57 77 37 41 78 89 29 81 48 43
2029: 36 25 44 0 19 26 47 50 66 36 39 67 79 28 76 46 34
2028: 33 24 42 0 17 24 42 42 55 35 37 56 67 25 71 44 24
Potential: C C C F D C C B A C C A

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2030 38 0 20.8 4.1 1.2 4.5 1.1 1.7 0.64 0.9 1.9 2.1
2031 39 39 30.1 6.3 2.3 7.2 1.1 2.5 0.45 1.2 2.7 2.3
2032 39 39 31.0 6.2 2.5 7.8 1.5 2.6 0.57 1.3 2.2 2.2
2033 39 39 31.1 6.7 3.1 9.0 1.5 2.1 0.70 0.9 2.8 2.6
Career 155 117 28.3 5.8 2.3 7.1 1.3 2.2 0.70 1.1 2.4 2.3

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2030 1.7 3.6 .481 0.7 1.1 .650 0.0 0.0 .000 1.16 14.76
2031 2.5 4.8 .508 1.4 1.8 .736 0.0 0.1 .000 1.30 17.54
2032 2.5 5.2 .478 1.2 2.0 .582 0.0 0.0 .000 1.18 20.92
2033 2.7 4.8 .561 1.4 2.0 .688 0.0 0.0 .000 1.41 24.90
Career 2.3 4.6 .508 1.1 1.7 .664 0.0 0.0 .000 1.27 19.56

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 4
2028 High School: Rated **** and #22 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2029 FBCA Champion
2030 FBCA Champion
2031 FBCA Champion
2031 2nd Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2032 FBCA Champion
2033 FBCA Champion
2033 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)


Battaille fits the mold of lots of players we've had in the post over the years, good rebounder, defender, and he had the added bonus of being a great shot blocker. He shot 56% from the floor this year, a very impressive performance.

PLAYER DETAILS

#20 PG William Geter - Georgia Tech - Senior
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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 186
High School: Vinton High School
Hometown: Vinton, LA

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: 53 61 34 49 50 94 33 29 56 78 73 50 45 80 44 81 100
2032: 50 60 34 49 50 92 31 27 54 77 72 48 41 77 41 80 90
2031: 47 54 31 48 50 83 29 25 52 76 71 46 39 76 38 79 77
2030: 44 48 28 47 50 73 27 23 50 72 67 44 37 74 36 78 65
2029: 42 43 25 44 50 65 26 22 48 66 61 42 33 73 34 77 53
2028: 40 38 22 41 50 58 25 21 46 59 54 40 26 72 31 74 41
Potential: C C D C C A D C C B B C

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2030 38 7 13.2 4.9 0.5 1.1 2.6 1.4 1.76 1.8 0.1 1.6
2031 39 9 14.2 5.4 0.3 1.3 2.5 1.4 1.83 1.7 0.1 1.7
2032 39 0 11.1 4.8 0.4 1.1 2.5 1.3 1.92 1.7 0.2 1.4
2033 39 5 13.9 6.6 0.4 1.4 3.5 1.4 2.49 1.9 0.1 1.3
Career 155 21 13.1 5.4 0.4 1.2 2.8 1.4 2.49 1.8 0.1 1.5

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2030 1.8 3.5 .500 0.8 1.3 .633 0.6 1.5 .411 1.40 9.82
2031 2.1 4.7 .443 0.7 1.4 .482 0.5 1.7 .309 1.15 9.74
2032 1.8 3.5 .500 0.8 1.1 .732 0.5 1.3 .346 1.35 7.79
2033 2.7 5.3 .510 0.4 0.8 .500 0.8 1.9 .419 1.25 11.21
Career 2.1 4.3 .487 0.7 1.1 .584 0.6 1.6 .372 1.27 9.64

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 2
2028 High School: Rated **** and #42 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2028 High School: All-State (Louisiana)
2028 High School: Mr. Basketball (Louisiana)
2029 FBCA Champion
2030 FBCA Champion
2030 Freshman All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2031 FBCA Champion
2032 FBCA Champion
2033 FBCA Champion


Not much dropoff at all from Pearcy to Geter, which was key to us winning the title this year. An excellent defense and steals guy. Geter was never a consistant starter but still got 275 steals for his career, pretty amazing.


PLAYER DETAILS

#1 SG Robert Hirsch - Georgia Tech - Junior
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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 206
High School: Dennis-Yarmouth High School
Hometown: South Yarmouth, MA

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: 69 67 43 48 51 51 50 50 19 88 94 26 66 79 57 66 100
2032: 61 59 42 47 44 44 45 45 18 81 87 24 64 78 55 66 100
2031: 53 54 40 43 38 38 40 40 17 74 80 23 60 78 53 66 98
2030: 46 48 38 39 34 34 35 35 16 66 72 22 55 78 51 65 90
2029: 38 41 36 34 29 29 30 30 15 56 62 21 47 78 49 64 82
Potential: B B C C C C C C F A A D

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2031 30 0 8.1 3.2 0.4 1.3 0.6 1.1 0.59 1.2 0.0 1.0
2032 39 39 30.2 14.6 1.9 4.9 2.9 2.5 1.16 4.6 0.1 3.2
2033 39 39 31.5 17.0 1.9 5.7 3.1 2.9 1.06 4.2 0.2 2.7
Career 108 78 24.5 12.3 1.5 4.2 2.4 2.3 1.06 3.5 0.1 2.4

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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2031 1.2 2.9 .398 0.6 0.8 .708 0.3 1.1 .294 1.10 5.33
2032 5.8 12.5 .462 1.7 2.6 .667 1.3 4.6 .271 1.16 20.62
2033 6.6 15.0 .442 2.2 3.3 .659 1.6 5.0 .311 1.13 23.59
Career 4.8 10.8 .447 1.6 2.4 .667 1.1 3.8 .292 1.14 17.44

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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All Player of the Game: 20
2029 High School: Rated **** and #17 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2029 High School: All-State (Massachusetts)
2029 High School: Mr. Basketball (Massachusetts)
2030 FBCA Champion
2031 FBCA Champion
2031 Freshman All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2032 FBCA Champion
2032 1st Team All-American
2032 1st Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2032 Conference Player of the Year (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2033 FBCA Champion
2033 2nd Team All-American
2033 2nd Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)



Aww, to have one more year with Delescluse, Hirsch and Pearcy in the backcourt. Hirsch is an awesome player and we'll miss him, but someone will be ready to step in next year.


I said in my initial post that one of my goals was to get a guy to the top steals all time spot. That should be fairly trivial, barring injury.


Player Career Steal Records

# Player Team Date Record
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1 William Llanes Brigham Young 2015 531
2 Bill Ludwig Georgia Tech 2027 526
3 John Hunsaker Georgia Tech 2025 522
4 Quincy Schwab Georgia Tech 2030 519
5 David Graham Illinois 2017 479
6 Antwan Hogan Chicago State 2010 475
7 Doug Pearcy Georgia Tech 2033 467
8 Merle Lewis Chicago State 2010 462
9 Douglas Armijo Georgia Tech 2026 456
10 Tony Kunz Kansas 2020 430
11 Ronald Seay Illinois 2021 430
12 Jaime Ginder Georgia Tech 2028 428


Pearcy has another year of eligibility left. Had he not gotten hurt, he had an outside shot at breaking 500 steals as a junior.


We won't be *this* talented next year, but does it matter at this point? The national titles are really coming with a lot of luck. We've got great depth and a great dynasty going here, but to go 5 seasons in a row without a loss in the NCAA tournament is *insane*. To have never been upset is unfathomable.

Totals: 37-2 (16-0) - ACC Champion, NCAA Champion - RPI 1