[Izulde]

2019 BIG WEST AWARDS

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Player of the Year:

JR C  Hoyt Belisle  UC Riverside  14.0 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 1.5 APG 0.4 SPG, 3.0 BPG

Freshman of the Year:
FR PG Bert Johanson  UC Santa Barbara  7.8 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 2.3 APG 0.9 SPG, 0.0 BPG

Coach of the Year:
Izulde Jestor  Cal State Northridge  19 - 12 (11 - 7) 

All-league 1st Team:
C  JR Hoyt Belisle  UC Riverside  14.0 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 1.5 APG, 0.4 SPG, 3.0 BPG
PF SR Winston Reyes  Cal State Northridge  14.6 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 1.0 APG, 0.4 SPG, 1.0 BPG
SF SR Reinaldo Gonzalez  Cal State Northridge  14.2 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 1.3 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.8 BPG
SG JR Nazario Moreno  Cal Poly  21.4 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG
PG SR Eldridge Roberson  Cal State Fullerton  15.6 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 5.4 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.2 BPG

All-league 2nd Team:
C  SR Thomas Hadden  Cal State Northridge  4.8 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 1.8 APG, 1.2 SPG, 3.1 BPG
PF SR Winston Bennett  UC Riverside  8.8 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 2.2 APG, 0.1 SPG, 1.3 BPG
SF SR Jason Herbst  UC Davis  10.9 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.7 SPG, 0.2 BPG
SG SR Virgil Brown  UC Riverside  11.5 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 2.7 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.4 BPG
PG SR Joseph Velarde  Cal State Northridge  15.0 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 2.6 APG, 1.9 SPG, 0.1 BPG

All-freshman Team:
C  FR Heath Brown  Cal Poly  6.0 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.5 SPG, 1.2 BPG
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SF FR Reggie Reilly  Cal State Fullerton  5.2 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 0.4 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.3 BPG
SG FR John Copeland  Pacific  8.1 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 1.8 APG, 0.2 SPG, 0.2 BPG
PG FR Bert Johanson  UC Santa Barbara  7.8 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 2.3 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.0 BPG

REDEMPTION!!!!! It's the first time we've ever had players on something other than the Big West All-Freshman team and the voters finally recognize I overcame all those injuries to guide the Matadors to their best record in years and best finish in the conference since two years ago. Too bad all my recognized guys are seniors, but what can you do?

2019 Big West Conference Standings

 TEAM                             CW  CL   Pct   W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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 UC Riverside Highlanders         14   4  .778  23  11  .676   63        49
 UC Irvine Anteaters              13   5  .722  16  16  .500  143        25
 Cal State Northridge Matadors    11   7  .611  19  12  .613  159        23
 Cal State Fullerton Titans       11   7  .611  16  15  .516  213        32
 Cal Poly Mustangs                 9   9  .500  11  19  .367  297        40
 UC Davis Aggies                   9   9  .500  12  18  .400  204        49
 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos          8  10  .444  14  16  .467  255        47
 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors           7  11  .389   9  21  .300  321        23
 Pacific Tigers                    5  13  .278   8  21  .276  322        19
 Long Beach State 49ers            3  15  .167   7  22  .241  337        24

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Still a season of what could have been in many respects. Without all the injuries, we probably win those tight games early in the season and capture the regular season title to at least punch an NIT ticket. Man, that upset of #1 Stanford is still the highlight of my career thus far.

CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE MATADORS TEAM INFO

Current Performance
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Team Prestige:        23   Record Vs 1-50:      1-2   Poll Rank:            NR   
Season Record:     19-12   Record Vs 51-100:    2-0   RPI Rank:           #159   
Conference Record:  11-7   Record Vs 101-200:   3-1 
Home Record:        11-2   Record Vs 200+:     13-9 


Team Stats         CR  NR  Opp. Stats         CR  NR  Margin             CR  NR  
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Points       67.4   3 185  Points       65.0   5  69  Points        2.4   2 101  
O.Reb         9.8   3 251  O.Reb        11.6  10 266  O.Reb        -1.8   9 286  
D.Reb        24.7   6 166  D.Reb        26.3   9 288  D.Reb        -1.6   7 267  
Rebounds     34.5   3 208  Rebounds     37.9   9 300  Rebounds     -3.4   9 293  
Assists      12.5   5 194  Assists      13.5  10 230  Assists      -1.0   8 227  
Steals        8.5   1  12  Steals        4.9   2  34  Steals        3.6   1   6  
Blocks        5.3   2  25  Blocks        3.2   9 217  Blocks        2.0   2  31  
Turnovers    13.1   3  88  Turnovers    16.3   1  26  Turnovers    -3.2   1  27  
Fouls        17.7   2  27  Fouls        19.6   2 155  Fouls        -2.0   2  48  
FG%          .448   3  70  FG%          .420   2  82  FG%          .028   1  54  
FT%          .624   9 322  FT%          .670   7 141  FT%         -.047   9 317  
3P%          .343   5 146  3P%          .340   6 195  3P%          .002   4 162  
PPS          1.19   6 280  PPS          1.14   2  23  PPS          .043   3 101  
Adj. FG%     .476   6 236  Adj. FG%     .471   1  63  Adj. FG%     .005   4 141  

We were one of the best teams in the country at generating turnovers, which is exactly how I intended to build this team. That - TO margin is actually +3.2 (for some reason the stats flip). That's precisely the construction I wanted and we were pretty good defensively overall. Our offense was not great, to put it mildly. But that's okay.

A lot of seniors to say goodbye to, which we'll do in a separate post.