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Old 03-27-2009, 02:06 AM   #402
Radii
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Join Date: Jul 2001
December 27, 2014

Ohio (7-2) at Virginia (7-5)

I don't think I've ever beaten a power conference team. Here's my best chance yet. Virginia is rated 79 OVR (80 off/78 def/85 sht/82 reb). Virginia is pretty young, and looks to have one incredible freshman and a lot of average players.

They have losses to New Hampshire and Hofstra which seem like bad losses for an ACC team, plus a couple losses to teams with very good records(Iowa/S Florida/Charlotte). At the same time, they have a road win over #13 Maryland.

Scouting

PG Tre Conley – FR – 78 OVR – Conley was a 5* recruit, #20 in the nation and a high school all american. 91 speed/86 quickness. 84 defense. 89 handling, only 76 passing. 80 steals. 83 close/73 med/82 3. 81 off the dribble. Decent physical skills, 84 hustle. This guy is incredible for a true freshman, if he hangs around for 4 years, wow. He leads UVA with 12.3 ppg so far this year, 4.3 assists and 2.3 steals.

SG Kerwin Turner – SR – 72 OVR – 90 speed/84 quickness, 82 defense(but only 65 steals which is good). 85 close/77 med/72 3, 81 in traffic/78 off the dribble. That makes him look like a slasher more than a shooter. 9.9 ppg.

SF Roman St Fort – SO – 72 OVR – 6'7”, average defense for a SF (75), average speed and quickness. 83 close/84 med/63 3. 83 in traffic. Only 5.8 ppg.

PF Engin Lee – SO – 73 OVR - Only 6'7”, but Bright is 6'7 for us so its even. 82 orb/79 drb. 75 post offense/75 post defense. 84 close/80 in traffic, nothing special but not terrible either. 77 from 3, so he can step out and make the long shot with surprising accuracy. 2nd leading scorer on the team, 11.3 ppg/6.9 rpg.

C Lucian Moss – JR – 69 OVR – 6'9”. 71 orb/80 drb, not really that great. 81 post offense/79 post defense. 75 blocked shot rating. 88 close/87 in traffic. Good but nothing too exceptional. We'll have a size advantage on him all game. 8.1 ppg/5.1 rpg.

It'll be interesting to see how badly Conley can hurt us. They have solid depth like you'd expect a power conference team to. 12 guys rated between 68 and 73, then Conley above everyone. Their team profile says they make LOW usage of their bench though so we'll see how that plays out. If they need it, they have good depth.
Half
Time
OHIO
UVA
Notes
1
12:30
14
13
Close game so far, neither team has led by more than 3. House has 7 to lead us. Turner has 6 for virginia. Conley has been ineffective. Backups are in.
1
7:00
27
25
UVA tied it and then hit two three's in a row to take a 6 point lead. We worked our way back into it and Grundy has 6 or 7 points straight now, and we have pulled back ahead by 2. Virginia timeout.
1
5:50
29
29
We call a timeout to get the starters back in. Grundy with 6 and Mendoza with a big 3 and 4 points total during that run.

HALF
47
39
We go on a tear in the last 3 minutes, blocks, steals, long rebounds, and lots of dunks by Wendell House. House scored our last 8 or 10 points and has 20 total. Unfortunately, he picked up a stupid 3rd foul with 2 seconds left in the half as well.


Turner has 9 for UVA, and backup SG Guasco has 9 as well. Conley has 5 points/4 assists/2 steals, so its not fair to say totally ineffective. But I feared a lot of points out of him. Theyr'e shooting 16-29, quite well, but we are unconscious... 17-24. A big part of this is House getting so many dunks. Another big part is drawing 8 fouls and going to the line 14 times in the half(10-14).


House is 7-9, 1-1 from 3, 5-6 at the line for 20 points. Grundy has 6, Murphy 5.
2
15:10
52
47
We start strong and take a 52-41 lead, but 2 turnovers and just cold shooting has allowed a 6-0 UVA run. I call a timeout. House is 0-4 this half. Murphy has a 3 and we have a bucket inside from Bright and that's it.
2
12:30
54
52
They've knocked 6 points off the lead and only trail by 2 as I call a time out to get my backups in. Murphy with 3, Bright with 4 and that's it over the last 7:30. Conley is up to 10 for UVA and Turner 11.
2
11:30
56
57
Conley with a 2 after we turn it over, then we get a basket by Keller, and Conley hits a 3 on the other end... he has 15 now and we trail for the first time in a long time.
2
8:40
60
65
Conley and Turner each hit a 3 and they get another fast break basket in addition to that. We trail by 5, they sub out Conley, we are happy. I only have 2 timeouts left so I felt obligated to survive this stretch without burning one. They got 2 different 6th man bonuses in the last 2 minutes or so.
2
5:50
62
70
An offensive board and 3 point play get the 6th man going for UVA again. Our last two possessions were a charge on lufkin and a drive to the basket where the defender made an amazing block(ie a foul 90% of the time). This one is slipping away. Starters are back in.
2
5:30
64
70
House with foul #4 on a reach at the top of the key.
2
4:30
64
74
Cooper misses 2 free throws that could have cut the lead down to 4. They score, House turns it over, they score again. Its a 10 point game, and I use my next to last timeout.
2
4:17
66
74
House gets his man in the air and goes by him for a dunk. He now has 22 points. That's great, except he had 20 at the half. Only 2 in the 2nd half.
2
2:10
68
81
We are not meant to win this game. We cut it to 6 again, then they score the next 7 in a row. They get a 3 on a bullshit 2-3 zone call(I guess I need to switch that.. coming out of the press the CPU calls for the 2-3 instead of man to man, my guys just vacate the people they're guarding, wide open 3). Then a 2 after a turnover. Then House draws a foul. His first freethrow goes halfway in and rims around the cylindar and falls out. His second is no good, we get the rebound, kickout to a wide open Murphy, he misses, they fast break and score. We're down 13. Seriously, we are not meant to win here.

We hit a 3. So do they. I call it down 14 with a minute left and run out the clock.

Virginia 87
Ohio 71

Yeah, that final 5 minutes is as close to “CPU Is going to win no matter what you do” as I've ever felt in this game. Of course, we're on the road in a big stadium, its not supposed to be easy. We fell apart like I've never seen before.

Their backcourt just took over the second half. Conley finished with 22 after only 5 in the first half. Turner finished with 21, and SF St. Fort had 15. Conley and Turner combined for 7-13 from 3.

Murphy: 11 points
Cooper: 2 points (0-8 FG, 0-4 3, 2-5 FT)
House: 24 points (4 in the 2nd half only)
Bright: 6 points/5 boards
Watson: 3 points/11 boards

Grundy: 6 points (0 in the 2nd half)
Mendoza: 6
Keller: 5

They outscored me 48-24 in the 2nd half. Ouch! This is probably the worst game I've ever gotten out of Cooper. I tried to actively get him involved multiple times, and he couldn't do squat.
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