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aztarheel · 01-17-2007, 09:45 AM

Steve Victory JOURNAL – Wrapping up 2012-13

With only one recruiting spot to fill, coach Steve Victory went after the best prospects in the country. Unfortunately, none of them signed with Alabama. In the final week, the Tide did get a decent SG prospect in Cliff McWilliams out of Tavares, Florida. He’ll be lucky to break into the starting lineup based on early peeks at his ratings, but who knows, stranger things have happened…

Alabama’s hot-shot freshman duo of Michael Bliss and Brett Fischer both earned spots on the SEC all-freshman team. Both were freshman of the week a handful of times during the season.

Victory preached “team” all season, and it reflected in the final stat sheet. Consider this balance:

• Scoring: PF Michael Bliss 11.9 ppg, SG Waitari Condill 11.1, PG Jason Rude 10.9, PF John Jordan 10.1, Erazem Lekivicius 9.7, Brett Fischer 7.6. Nearly the entire starting lineup averaged double figures!
• Rebounds: Bliss 8.5, Jordan 6.6, Fischer 6.4
• Assists: Rude 5.6, Lekivicius 3.7
• Blocks: Bliss 2.4 per game (wow!), C Brody Adams 1.5, John Jordan 1.1, Fischer 1.1. Marv Albert would have had a field day yelling “Rejected!” with this team.

Bliss put his name on a bunch of team records: His 8 blocks vs. Arkansas proved a new Tide mark. His 74 blocks during the course of the season also set a new standard. Plus he made 41.3 percent of his three-pointers – no one had done that at ‘Bama before – and set team records for FT attempted (103) and FT made (120). Fischer set a new team record for FT percentage (89.6 percent). These guys can take over most of the record book if they stay all four years…

For the record:
• UConn drills Florida State for the ACT title 83-59…
• South Carolina offers Victory a job after finishing the season 6-23. Uh, no thanks. While Victory has good memories of the Palmetto State, he’s hoping his days of rebuilding a program in that much disarray are behind him…
• Weird quirk in the game that I just discovered: the Alabama coach that Victory replaced (Michael Williamson) ended up taking Victory’s place at College of Charleston. Would that ever happen in real life? Nope, but it happens every time you change jobs in TDCB (one of the game's drawbacks). Charleston finished 16-14 in 2012-13, giving Williamson his fourth-straight winning season after a truly awful stint at ‘Bama. Strange indeed...

01-17-2007, 09:45 AM	#67
aztarheel High School JV Join Date: Sep 2006	Steve Victory JOURNAL – Wrapping up 2012-13 With only one recruiting spot to fill, coach Steve Victory went after the best prospects in the country. Unfortunately, none of them signed with Alabama. In the final week, the Tide did get a decent SG prospect in Cliff McWilliams out of Tavares, Florida. He’ll be lucky to break into the starting lineup based on early peeks at his ratings, but who knows, stranger things have happened… Alabama’s hot-shot freshman duo of Michael Bliss and Brett Fischer both earned spots on the SEC all-freshman team. Both were freshman of the week a handful of times during the season. Victory preached “team” all season, and it reflected in the final stat sheet. Consider this balance: • Scoring: PF Michael Bliss 11.9 ppg, SG Waitari Condill 11.1, PG Jason Rude 10.9, PF John Jordan 10.1, Erazem Lekivicius 9.7, Brett Fischer 7.6. Nearly the entire starting lineup averaged double figures! • Rebounds: Bliss 8.5, Jordan 6.6, Fischer 6.4 • Assists: Rude 5.6, Lekivicius 3.7 • Blocks: Bliss 2.4 per game (wow!), C Brody Adams 1.5, John Jordan 1.1, Fischer 1.1. Marv Albert would have had a field day yelling “Rejected!” with this team. Bliss put his name on a bunch of team records: His 8 blocks vs. Arkansas proved a new Tide mark. His 74 blocks during the course of the season also set a new standard. Plus he made 41.3 percent of his three-pointers – no one had done that at ‘Bama before – and set team records for FT attempted (103) and FT made (120). Fischer set a new team record for FT percentage (89.6 percent). These guys can take over most of the record book if they stay all four years… For the record: • UConn drills Florida State for the ACT title 83-59… • South Carolina offers Victory a job after finishing the season 6-23. Uh, no thanks. While Victory has good memories of the Palmetto State, he’s hoping his days of rebuilding a program in that much disarray are behind him… • Weird quirk in the game that I just discovered: the Alabama coach that Victory replaced (Michael Williamson) ended up taking Victory’s place at College of Charleston. Would that ever happen in real life? Nope, but it happens every time you change jobs in TDCB (one of the game's drawbacks). Charleston finished 16-14 in 2012-13, giving Williamson his fourth-straight winning season after a truly awful stint at ‘Bama. Strange indeed...