February 4, 1985 Poll
Well, the dream got close. But Duke, top dog all year, has finally fallen. The Blue Devils lost at North Carolina State, 94-88, just one game before hosting George Washington. They fell just one spot, as Rice takes over #1. Missouri, Southern Cal, and surging Cornell fill out the top five.
Penn also leapt over GW, who stays at #9. Kansas and Baylor fell...Kansas from #6 to #10, Baylor from #8 to #12. Kansas State (17-5) moved up eight spots, from 21st to 13th.
Code:
Top 25
# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Rice (71) 20-1 1799 2 Southwest Conference
2. Duke (1) 20-1 1720 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
3. Missouri 19-1 1663 3 Big Eight Conference
4. Southern California 21-1 1535 4 Pacific-8 Conference
5. Cornell 17-2 1523 10 Ivy League
6. Texas Christian 18-1 1455 7 Southwest Conference
7. Princeton 14-2 1370 5 Ivy League
8. Pennsylvania 16-4 1233 13 Ivy League
9. George Washington 20-0 1200 9 Independent
10. Kansas 16-4 1170 6 Big Eight Conference
11. Brigham Young 17-3 1101 11 Western Athletic Conference
12. Baylor 14-4 1043 8 Southwest Conference
13. Kansas State 17-5 945 21 Big Eight Conference
14. Maryland 14-5 785 14 Atlantic Coast Conference
15. UTEP 15-5 779 24 Western Athletic Conference
16. Florida 19-2 753 15 Southeastern Conference
17. Clemson 16-6 706 17 Atlantic Coast Conference
18. Yale 16-4 572 12 Ivy League
19. Texas Tech 14-5 478 16 Southwest Conference
20. Colorado State 15-4 433 19 Western Athletic Conference
21. Columbia 13-6 267 NR Ivy League
22. Wake Forest 14-5 221 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
23. Virginia 14-6 177 18 Atlantic Coast Conference
24. Purdue 15-5 165 23 Big Ten Conference
25. Bradley 19-3 136 22 Missouri Valley Conference
Others Receiving Votes:
North Carolina State 15-4 101 Atlantic Coast Conference
New Mexico 16-5 32 Western Athletic Conference
North Carolina 14-6 18 Atlantic Coast Conference
Illinois 16-5 9 Big Ten Conference
Loyola-Illinois 17-4 5 Independent
Alabama 16-4 4 Southeastern Conference
California 14-5 2 Pacific-8 Conference
All eyes will be in Durham this week, as GW heads to Duke. But first...
February 5, 1985: vs Charlotte (11-13)
The 49ers nearly beat North Carolina, though that doesn't look nearly as good as it had before. They also played Duke, back on January 12. Duke beat them, 80-31. Wake Forest, who GW beat earlier in the year, beat the 49ers, 72-48. They are also hurt, missing two of their starters, including leading scorer Gary Avelar.
In other words, this bodes horribly for Charlotte. Jeffrey McMahon, a G/G player, has not lived up to that scouting report. He averages 6.6 points and 6.9 rebounds a game.
Norbert WHitten scores for Charlotte...Armbruster responds. Woods gets a steal...but nothing comes of that. Gerald Davis gets an early technical. Jack hits both free throws. Good warm up for him. It's 4-3...Brian Greene hits a three. Jack gets a steal, and he gets it to Hulett it, who takes 47 dribbles then dunks it. Whitten scores, and Jack hits his first jump shot. Jack gets fouled by Rusty Corture. He hits both the shot and the free throw. He has seven, and it's 13-11 after Greene hits another three.
Hulett hits a jumper, then Jack finds Hulett. Whitten scores, but Woods responds to that. Jack gets a steal, but Kenny misses. Kenny hits a three...it's 22-13, with 11:53 left. Hector comes in, he's got an assist...Whitten hits a three. It's 22-16. Nothing happens for a few minutes. Ali gets a bucket and a foul. He misses the free throw. It's 24-17. How did Alabama drop that pass on third down? Wow.
Sorry, wrong subject.
Hulett gets a steal and a layup. 26-17. Hulett gets to the line, and he hits both. It's 28-19. Ole Miss beats Bama. Jack scores. Denny Perez gets a technical, though he's angrier that Alabama lost a game thirty years in the future. Whitten scores...it's 30-23. Jack has 9-3-1 so far. He hasn't really done much since that early spurt.
Whitten has 13 for Charlotte, but James Evans tips in his miss to get within four. Hulett scores. Then he argues a foul call. Hulett hits a three, he has 15. Grayson scores off a Jack pass. It's 37-26 in the final minute. It ends 37-27. GW got outrebounded, 21-15. This is a team that thinks they can beat Duke? Perhaps Duke is all they're considering right now.
Armbruster gets a breakaway from the press, and he hits a layup. Jack gets a three. Whitten gets a layup for Charlotte. Jack commits his first foul, a rather rough one for Jack. But it may set a tone here. Armbruster is fouled, and he hits both. Jack rebounds his own miss, and he scores. Then he gets a steal, and throws down a dunk in Whitten's face. It's 48-29. James Evans hits, as Whitten sits down for a moment to gain his composure. Jack gets another offensive rebound, and he scores again. He has an 18-7-2 line...clearly words were said between he and Whitten at the half, becuase Jack is on fire. He hits again, and Whitten is clearly pensive right now. Armbruster scores. It's 56-31. I guess this is a Don't Poke The Bear situation. Jack finds Armbruster, then glares at Whitten, who is sitting on the bench. Jack gets fouled, and he makes one of two. It's 59-31 with 12:25 left.
Branden Lathan managed to miss both free throws, get his own rebound, and hit a jump shot. That takes work. Jack finds Woods for his fourth assist. Woods has six points and six assists. Jack finds Hulett. Then he hits a three from NBA range. Davis responds with a three...it's 68-36 with 9:25 left.
McMahon scores. Kenny fouls, and the JVs, sans Woods, come in. Probably only for a minute or so. Yup. Starters back at 7:31, 70-38. Lowell Keaton scores for Charlotte. Armbruster hits a three. He has 15 points. Evans scores on the other end. Whitten scores his first points of the half, with 4:47 left. The JVs are in, and this one's over. The final is 79-59, a mixed bag of results for GW. They crushed them in the second half, but what was that first half?
Something they can't do against Duke. That's what.
Now...two days til Durham.
Code:
George Washington 79, Charlotte 59
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Charlotte (11-14, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Rusty Couture C 12 0-1 1-4 0 1 0 2 1
Jeffrey McMahon SF 31 3-7 0-0 1 8 1 0 7
Gerald Davis SG 20 3-8 2-4 1 1 0 2 10
Norbert Whitten PG 24 6-12 2-4 2 3 2 3 15
James Evans PF 35 4-7 2-2 5 10 1 1 10
Chris Beaty PG 17 1-2 0-0 1 3 2 2 3
Branden Lathan C 24 1-4 0-2 1 7 1 4 2
Brian Greene SG 29 2-9 2-2 1 2 3 2 8
Lowell Keaton C 7 1-1 1-2 0 3 0 0 3
Cory Bova SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 23 (R.Couture 1, J.McMahon 6, G.Davis 2,
N.Whitten 2, J.Evans 3, C.Beaty 1, B.Lathan 3,
B.Greene 5)
Blocked Shots: 1 (B.Lathan 1)
Steals: 5 (J.McMahon 1, N.Whitten 1, B.Greene 3)
3P FGs: 7-21 (J.McMahon 1-3, G.Davis 2-6, N.Whitten
1-2, C.Beaty 1-1, B.Greene 2-9)
George Washington (21-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Brian Armbruster C 29 6-9 2-3 0 4 1 3 15
Bruce Woods PF 24 3-6 2-2 2 7 1 4 8
Jack Dawkins SF 32 9-14 4-5 4 8 5 1 24
Kenneth Frazier SG 25 2-7 0-0 1 2 2 2 5
Richie Hulett PG 32 7-13 2-2 2 6 5 2 17
Hector Patterson PG 18 0-5 0-1 1 2 3 2 0
Glenn Grayson PF 12 1-3 0-0 1 2 0 1 2
Denny Perez C 10 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Porter Ali SF 8 4-5 0-2 0 0 0 1 8
F. Boutwell SG 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
David Echevarria PF 3 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Turnovers: 11 (B.Woods 1, R.Hulett 3, H.Patterson 1,
D.Perez 2, P.Ali 2, F.Boutwell 2)
Blocked Shots: 4 (J.Dawkins 2, K.Frazier 1, D.Perez 1)
Steals: 14 (B.Woods 2, J.Dawkins 4, K.Frazier 1,
R.Hulett 3, H.Patterson 3, P.Ali 1)
3P FGs: 5-18 (B.Armbruster 1-2, J.Dawkins 2-3,
K.Frazier 1-4, R.Hulett 1-3, H.Patterson 0-3, D.Perez
0-2, P.Ali 0-1)
Player of Game: SF Jack Dawkins (GW)