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Izulde · 05-11-2023, 11:48 PM

Almost forgot before the switchover.

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2021 Big West Conference Standings

 TEAM                             CW  CL   Pct   W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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 Cal State Fullerton Titans       17   1  .944  27   7  .794   24        37
 UC Davis Aggies                  14   4  .778  29   8  .784   41        50
 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors          12   6  .667  19  12  .613  150        26
 Cal Poly Mustangs                11   7  .611  17  14  .548  153        42
 Cal State Northridge Matadors    10   8  .556  14  16  .467  269        27
 UC Riverside Highlanders          9   9  .500  12  18  .400  272        53
 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos          8  10  .444  10  20  .333  258        42
 Long Beach State 49ers            6  12  .333   8  22  .267  268        23
 UC Irvine Anteaters               2  16  .111   5  24  .172  328        32
 Pacific Tigers                    1  17  .056   2  27  .069  338        20

Decent showing.

As a result of having lasted 9 years, I suppose, my coaching level is officially upgraded to 1. Where we've succeeded is my ability not to recruit studs, but in coaching up players' defensive skills, and bar one really bad recruiting season when I completely whiffed on what I thought a bunch of 1* bigs would be, we've been successful at scouting.

But I want to win. All 20 points go into defense. Making me a 50/10/10/50 coach.

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2021 Recruiting Rankings

      # Team                    Conference           Best Player  Rtg  5*  4*  3*  2*  1*
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    94. Pacific                   Big West        PF Don Manning  ***   0   0   3   0   1
   102. Cal Poly                  Big West  PG Mauricio Iglesias  ***   0   0   2   1   0
   106. Cal State Fullerton       Big West     SG James Melville  ***   0   0   2   1   1
   166. UC Riverside              Big West     SG Shelton Leland  ***   0   0   2   1   0
   167. Long Beach State          Big West        PG Teddy Ruben  ***   0   0   2   2   0
   170. UC Santa Barbara          Big West     SG Virgil Hudgins  ***   0   0   1   1   1
   182. UC Davis                  Big West     SF Adrian Johnson  ***   0   0   1   1   1
   199. Hawaii                    Big West       PF George Grant  ***   0   0   1   1   1
   239. UC Irvine                 Big West        C  John Carman  ***   0   0   1   0   0
   255. Cal State Northridge      Big West       PG Paul Mattson   **   0   0   0   3   0

In a normal year, three 2* would be cause for some excitement. Not this season. Teams are bringing in 3* by the truckload now, though ask four-time Big West recruiting champion CSU-Fullerton what that has meant outside of last year's dream season.

Portland State moves to the WCC, while Portland moves to the Big Sky in a neat swap of schools in the same city.

There's a lot of coaching movement in the Big West this year. I'm not one of them, of course.

Cal Poly
We see Terry Heywood retire and Eusbio Lo, a 38 year old Laotian-American who traveled with his mentor to a lot of places - most recently Stanford, before getting the call. Great recruiter, great scout, good defensive coach. Strong hire.

UC-Riverside
Gerald Yarbrough was given the Retire or Be Fired option after last year's abysmal year with the Highlanders and he chose the former. 41 year old Ulysses Dunne is the first head coach to be snapped up. In 9 years at Southern, the Xs and Os-minded coach (86 Offense, 62 Defense) has 3 NIT appearances and 2 Big Dance tickets, the most recent advancing to the second round last season which finally got him the call. His teams won the SWAC titles in 2013, 2017, and 2020. Can't recruit, though. Just coaches guys up.

UC-Davis
Three years is all the longer the Coaching God Carl Robertson lasted. Two NIT titles and he's taking his Xs and Os expertise to Florida Atlantic, a mid-tier Sun Belt team whose only postseason appearance has been a 2017 NIT 2nd round exit despite two 20+ win seasons. To replace him, the Aggies tapped 58 year old Lloyd Hernandez, who is a master-class defensive coach (100), decent offensively (56), but can't scout or recruit. Hernandez has spent the last 9 years coaching at Berkeley, so it's another Cali assistant tap.

I'm not thrilled to see all this actual coaching talent come into the league. Especially on the defensive side of the ball, which is where I'm trying to make my own bones.

So our prestige inched up to 30 after staying static a year. Weirdly enough, despite two blanks on NCAA tournament aspirations, the AD isn't even beginning to talk about replacing me.

Fantastic camp by Muhammed Owen and once again I over-ruled the assistants by starting a freshman over Brian Lowry. I think Tim Grey looks a lot better than the colors suggest.

Our post defense is going to rely heavily on Owen, but our perimeter defense is looking pretty good. We're switching to a 2-3 zone this year and it's the first time in many years we're not going full press (7).

We're definitely weaker at point guard and center, but I feel like Bogdan Gonchar will be great at SF. Our offense is focused solely on the Butterfly Man.

@ McNeese State
From 2015-18 the Cowboys had a streak of four seasons where they were one and done in the NCAA Tournament and the NIT. They've fallen off to a mid-table Southland side since. I think they're beatable.

We don't score for the last 3:30 of the first half and our huge lead gets slashed to 4. Not a great feeling but hopefully we've gotten the ice out of the way and are ready to heat up again.

21 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 steals by the Butterfly Man as we do just enough to stay in front and come out 72-64 winners in a game far closer than the score appears. Supporting our French PotG is Bogdan Gonchar (16 points), Muhammed Owen (17 rebounds and a steal), Tim Grey (10 boards, a block, and a steal in his collegiate debut), and 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals by Kevin McKenzie off the bench.

@ Morgan State
In 2015 and 2016, the Bears had first round exits in the Big Dance and NIT. But since those great days, they've had a couple sitting home 20 win seasons and won just 5 games last year. They look lousy - probably the worst team I've ever seen around this prestige level (23).

And of course we play right down to their level, actually going into the locker room down by 2 because we can't make our fing FTs and they're hitting treys at an absurd rate.

44-6 FTA deficit. Yeah if that's not bullshit I don't know what is. That's the sole reason we lose this one. Serious, serious homecooking and bias by the refs.

Unbelievable. We play that game 10 times, we win 9 of them. So, so stupid. And the Butterfly Man was ruled out after 11 minutes. He'll be playable for the gauntlet, but such bullroar.

05-11-2023, 11:48 PM	#63
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	Almost forgot before the switchover. Code: 2021 Big West Conference Standings TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cal State Fullerton Titans 17 1 .944 27 7 .794 24 37 UC Davis Aggies 14 4 .778 29 8 .784 41 50 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 12 6 .667 19 12 .613 150 26 Cal Poly Mustangs 11 7 .611 17 14 .548 153 42 Cal State Northridge Matadors 10 8 .556 14 16 .467 269 27 UC Riverside Highlanders 9 9 .500 12 18 .400 272 53 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 8 10 .444 10 20 .333 258 42 Long Beach State 49ers 6 12 .333 8 22 .267 268 23 UC Irvine Anteaters 2 16 .111 5 24 .172 328 32 Pacific Tigers 1 17 .056 2 27 .069 338 20 Decent showing. As a result of having lasted 9 years, I suppose, my coaching level is officially upgraded to 1. Where we've succeeded is my ability not to recruit studs, but in coaching up players' defensive skills, and bar one really bad recruiting season when I completely whiffed on what I thought a bunch of 1* bigs would be, we've been successful at scouting. But I want to win. All 20 points go into defense. Making me a 50/10/10/50 coach. Code: 2021 Recruiting Rankings # Team Conference Best Player Rtg 5* 4* 3* 2* 1* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 94. Pacific Big West PF Don Manning * 0 0 3 0 1 102. Cal Poly Big West PG Mauricio Iglesias * 0 0 2 1 0 106. Cal State Fullerton Big West SG James Melville * 0 0 2 1 1 166. UC Riverside Big West SG Shelton Leland * 0 0 2 1 0 167. Long Beach State Big West PG Teddy Ruben * 0 0 2 2 0 170. UC Santa Barbara Big West SG Virgil Hudgins * 0 0 1 1 1 182. UC Davis Big West SF Adrian Johnson * 0 0 1 1 1 199. Hawaii Big West PF George Grant * 0 0 1 1 1 239. UC Irvine Big West C John Carman * 0 0 1 0 0 255. Cal State Northridge Big West PG Paul Mattson 0 0 0 3 0 In a normal year, three 2* would be cause for some excitement. Not this season. Teams are bringing in 3* by the truckload now, though ask four-time Big West recruiting champion CSU-Fullerton what that has meant outside of last year's dream season. Portland State moves to the WCC, while Portland moves to the Big Sky in a neat swap of schools in the same city. There's a lot of coaching movement in the Big West this year. I'm not one of them, of course. Cal Poly We see Terry Heywood retire and Eusbio Lo, a 38 year old Laotian-American who traveled with his mentor to a lot of places - most recently Stanford, before getting the call. Great recruiter, great scout, good defensive coach. Strong hire. UC-Riverside Gerald Yarbrough was given the Retire or Be Fired option after last year's abysmal year with the Highlanders and he chose the former. 41 year old Ulysses Dunne is the first head coach to be snapped up. In 9 years at Southern, the Xs and Os-minded coach (86 Offense, 62 Defense) has 3 NIT appearances and 2 Big Dance tickets, the most recent advancing to the second round last season which finally got him the call. His teams won the SWAC titles in 2013, 2017, and 2020. Can't recruit, though. Just coaches guys up. UC-Davis Three years is all the longer the Coaching God Carl Robertson lasted. Two NIT titles and he's taking his Xs and Os expertise to Florida Atlantic, a mid-tier Sun Belt team whose only postseason appearance has been a 2017 NIT 2nd round exit despite two 20+ win seasons. To replace him, the Aggies tapped 58 year old Lloyd Hernandez, who is a master-class defensive coach (100), decent offensively (56), but can't scout or recruit. Hernandez has spent the last 9 years coaching at Berkeley, so it's another Cali assistant tap. I'm not thrilled to see all this actual coaching talent come into the league. Especially on the defensive side of the ball, which is where I'm trying to make my own bones. So our prestige inched up to 30 after staying static a year. Weirdly enough, despite two blanks on NCAA tournament aspirations, the AD isn't even beginning to talk about replacing me. Fantastic camp by Muhammed Owen and once again I over-ruled the assistants by starting a freshman over Brian Lowry. I think Tim Grey looks a lot better than the colors suggest. Our post defense is going to rely heavily on Owen, but our perimeter defense is looking pretty good. We're switching to a 2-3 zone this year and it's the first time in many years we're not going full press (7). We're definitely weaker at point guard and center, but I feel like Bogdan Gonchar will be great at SF. Our offense is focused solely on the Butterfly Man. @ McNeese State From 2015-18 the Cowboys had a streak of four seasons where they were one and done in the NCAA Tournament and the NIT. They've fallen off to a mid-table Southland side since. I think they're beatable. We don't score for the last 3:30 of the first half and our huge lead gets slashed to 4. Not a great feeling but hopefully we've gotten the ice out of the way and are ready to heat up again. 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 steals by the Butterfly Man as we do just enough to stay in front and come out 72-64 winners in a game far closer than the score appears. Supporting our French PotG is Bogdan Gonchar (16 points), Muhammed Owen (17 rebounds and a steal), Tim Grey (10 boards, a block, and a steal in his collegiate debut), and 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals by Kevin McKenzie off the bench. @ Morgan State In 2015 and 2016, the Bears had first round exits in the Big Dance and NIT. But since those great days, they've had a couple sitting home 20 win seasons and won just 5 games last year. They look lousy - probably the worst team I've ever seen around this prestige level (23). And of course we play right down to their level, actually going into the locker room down by 2 because we can't make our fing FTs and they're hitting treys at an absurd rate. 44-6 FTA deficit. Yeah if that's not bullshit I don't know what is. That's the sole reason we lose this one. Serious, serious homecooking and bias by the refs. Unbelievable. We play that game 10 times, we win 9 of them. So, so stupid. And the Butterfly Man was ruled out after 11 minutes. He'll be playable for the gauntlet, but such bullroar. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)