March 4, 1985 Poll
Duke (26-1) is atop the poll again, though they lost two more first-plae votes to Rice (26-2). The rest of the top five remains the same. BYU jumped up three spots, from ninth to sixth. That dropped GW one spot, to eighth.
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Top 25
# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Duke (67) 26-1 1794 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
2. Rice (5) 26-2 1732 2 Southwest Conference
3. Missouri 25-2 1653 3 Big Eight Conference
4. Southern California 27-2 1588 4 Pacific-8 Conference
5. Texas Christian 24-3 1456 5 Southwest Conference
6. Brigham Young 24-4 1453 9 Western Athletic Conference
7. Cornell 22-4 1383 6 Ivy League
8. George Washington 27-1 1312 7 Independent
9. Kansas 21-6 1181 8 Big Eight Conference
10. Florida 27-2 1099 13 Southeastern Conference
11. Pennsylvania 20-7 1055 10 Ivy League
12. Princeton 19-5 1045 12 Ivy League
13. Kansas State 22-7 1022 11 Big Eight Conference
14. Baylor 18-8 818 14 Southwest Conference
15. UTEP 21-7 805 16 Western Athletic Conference
16. Yale 21-6 747 15 Ivy League
17. Maryland 18-8 642 18 Atlantic Coast Conference
18. Colorado State 20-6 542 19 Western Athletic Conference
19. Virginia 20-8 458 17 Atlantic Coast Conference
20. Clemson 19-9 446 20 Atlantic Coast Conference
21. Texas Tech 18-8 384 NR Southwest Conference
22. Illinois 23-6 288 25 Big Ten Conference
23. Texas A&M 18-8 170 24 Southwest Conference
24. Oregon State 22-6 148 23 Pacific-8 Conference
25. Wake Forest 19-8 130 22 Atlantic Coast Conference
Others Receiving Votes:
Purdue 20-8 30 Big Ten Conference
Bradley 23-7 5 Missouri Valley Conference
North Carolina 18-9 4 Atlantic Coast Conference
Columbia 17-10 3 Ivy League
California 19-8 2 Pacific-8 Conference
Davidson 22-7 2 Southern Conference
Nebraska 18-10 2 Big Eight Conference
Michigan State 20-8 1 Big Ten Conference
Here, again, is a bracket prediction:
East: 1) GW 2) Cornell 3) Kansas State 4) Yale
South: 1) Duke 2) Missouri 3) Florida 4) Baylor
Midwest: 1) Rice 2) BYU 3) Penn 4) UTEP
West: 1) Southern Cal 2) TCU 3) Kansas 4) Princeton
March 5, 1985: at East Carolina (21-8)
The Pirates offer a significant challenge, with a RPI of 32, and a resume that considers them a lock for the NCAA Tournament. They own wins over Cornell and at #19 Virginia. They also went to Duke, and lost, 67-51. They are coming off a loss to Davidson in their last game, and a loss at 11-19 Appalachian State a couple of weeks ago.
The Pirates own a top-20 offense (18th), though not a particularly great defense (109th). They rebound well, but allow others to rebound well. They are second, nationally, in defense against the three. For a team that loves to shoot it, this spells disaster for the Colonials. David Ebner needs a veteran team (all five starters returned from last year, and they've grown), averaging 17.1 points and 7.2 rebounds a game. They are diverse on offense, as eight players average at least 6.1 points a game. One of those players, Robert Milligan, is out with an injury.
The point here is, this team is dangerous, and not to be trifled with. This begs the question: Have you ever heard someone trifle with someone? Or someone proclaim, "Well, I've had it with Lance. I'm off to trifle with him." No? Me either.
ECU gets three shots on their first possession. Michael Lingenfelter scores, then Ebner scores. Armbruster gets a free throw. Jack scores, gets fouled by Lingenfelter, and hits the free throw. Tie game with 16:49 left. Ebner scores, gets fouled by Woods, and gets the freebie. Ebner fouls Woods, who hits both. It's 7-6 with five minutes gone.
Grayson comes in for Woods (two fouls) and fouls himself. Ebner gets two free throws, then gets his second foul. Grayson scores two. Milan Orozco scores. It's 11-7. Kenny drills a three off a Hector pass, then gets a steal, but Hector can't drain. RIchard Bloomfield hits a three. Jack finds Hector for three, making it 16-13 with 10:53 left.
Orozco scores again. Nicolas Lindgren fouls Hector, who hits both freebies. Rudinger Haefner hits a three. It's 21-15. Jack is out...Armbruster scores. Haefner hits two free throws. Jack comes in and gets fouled, and he hits two. It's 23-19. Joe Savoie scores. Armbruster gets a steal, and Hector hits a three. 25-22. Hector with a steal and a layup, and it's down to one for ECU. Armbruster tips in his own miss to give GW a lead. Jack fouls...he has only a 5-4-1 line so far. Hulett scores, and Ebner counters. Hulett scores off a Jack pass. GW back up by one.
Ebner scores inside...he leads all with 11. Hulett heads to the line, and hits both. 32-31 GW. Armbruster gets a steal and a dunk. Then Armbruster fouls. Haefner hits one of two. Armbruster gets fouled, and goes one of two, but Jack gets the board...GW gets called for the shot clock. Woods fouls again...Savoie hits two. Jack finds Hulett. Then Hector finds Hulett. It's 39-34. Jack gets fouled by Lingenfelter, gets it, and hits the free throw. It's 42-34...Ebner hits again. Hector hits two free throws. Daniel Cluff gets a tip in...Hector beats the press again, then ECU cracks GW's. Cluff hits a bucket right at the buzzer, and the score is 46-42, in a fantastic affair. Jack has an 8-6-3 line. Hector has 14, Hulett 10, and Armbruster has eight points and six rebounds. Ebner has 13 for ECU.
Jack misses the first shot of the half, but forces a violation on Lingenfelter. Kenny gets a steal, but chucks it away. Ebner opens the scoring, then gets a steal, but Jack counters. Kenny scores off a Jack pass. Jack gets his second foul. Jack finds Woods...it's 50-44. Ebner scores...he has 17, Jack counters with a dunk. He has 10-7-5. Jack gets fouled by Lingenfelter, and hits both free throws.
Hulett hits two free throws, making it 56-46. Woods gets fouled, and he gets one of two. ECU has gone a bit cold. Kenny throws down a dunk off a Jack lob. Kenny has seven points. Jack has a 12-10-6 line, as he sits.
McKinley Cleary scores for ECU. Woods gets fouled, and hits both. Savoie hits two free throws, but Hulett counters. Bloomfield hits two free throws, making it 63-52. Jack gets a steal, but Armbruster cannot connect. He does have eight points and ten boards. Grayson hits two free throws. Savoie scores inside. Woods is fouled by Savoie, and he hits two. Woods then fouls Savoie. It's obvious these two don't like one another. Jack finds Armbruster for a score. Lingenfelter gets to the line, and he hits both. It's 69-58, as Jack is fouled. He gets both...he has 14-10-7, and now four fouls.
Lingenfelter hits both free throws. Hulett beats the press and gets the dunk. Hulett gets a steal and a dunk. It's 75-60, and GW is in control. Hector drills a three, and ECU calls time. This got away from them quick. Jack comes back and gets fouled. He hits both. Ebner scores, making it 80-63. Jack finds Hulett for a bucket. He has 16-12-8, and gets back to the line. He hits both, and the starters come out, up 84-63. The final is 86-67, and this was, very much, a quality team victory.
Hulett had 20, while Hector had 17. Jack only shot eight times, making three...but he went 12-12 from the line. The team had 12 steals. Armbruster had a double-dime (10 points, 10 boards). Ebner led ECU with 19.
George Washington finishes the regular season at 28-1, with their only loss coming, on the road, by three, to the #1 ranked team in the nation. Last year, they had one loss, got into the top ten, and were given a #5-seed. Will they receive such an injustice again this year? Logically, they would gain the #1 seed in the East. A more realistic prediction will place them in the South, as a #4, with Duke.
It won't matter. They already won as a #5 seed, and this team is likely better than that. And, as they play as they did against East Carolina, I'm not sure who can beat them.
Code:
George Washington 86, East Carolina 67
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George Washington (28-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Brian Armbruster C 33 4-8 2-4 5 10 0 4 10
Bruce Woods PF 23 1-2 7-8 0 3 0 4 9
Jack Dawkins SF 32 3-8 12-12 4 12 8 4 18
Kenneth Frazier SG 28 3-4 0-1 1 3 0 2 7
Richie Hulett PG 33 8-13 4-4 2 4 0 2 20
Hector Patterson PG 19 5-10 4-4 2 2 4 1 17
Michael King PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Grayson PF 11 0-1 3-4 0 0 2 2 3
Denny Perez C 11 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Porter Ali SF 6 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 0 1
F. Boutwell SG 4 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1
David Echevarria PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 13 (J.Dawkins 3, K.Frazier 5, R.Hulett 2,
H.Patterson 1, G.Grayson 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (B.Armbruster 1, J.Dawkins 1,
K.Frazier 1)
Steals: 12 (B.Armbruster 4, J.Dawkins 2, K.Frazier 2,
R.Hulett 1, H.Patterson 2, F.Boutwell 1)
3P FGs: 4-12 (B.Armbruster 0-1, J.Dawkins 0-2,
K.Frazier 1-2, R.Hulett 0-3, H.Patterson 3-3, P.Ali
0-1)
East Carolina (21-9, 11-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Daniel Cluff C 28 2-5 0-0 4 8 1 4 4
David Ebner PF 28 8-13 3-3 0 4 1 5 19
M. Lingenfelter SF 28 1-2 4-4 3 4 0 3 6
R. Bloomfield SG 27 1-6 2-3 2 2 5 1 5
Nicolas Lindgren PG 17 0-6 0-0 0 2 2 4 0
Milan Orozco SF 11 3-3 2-2 1 1 2 5 8
Joe Savoie PF 17 2-4 6-6 1 3 0 2 10
Rüdiger Haefner PG 24 3-10 3-4 0 1 1 2 10
Douglas Cork PG 11 1-3 0-0 0 1 2 1 2
Mckinley Cleary C 7 1-1 1-2 1 1 0 0 3
Turnovers: 16 (D.Ebner 3, M.Lingenfelter 3,
R.Bloomfield 2, M.Orozco 1, J.Savoie 1, R.Haefner 4,
D.Cork 1, M.Cleary 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (M.Lingenfelter 1)
Steals: 4 (D.Ebner 2, M.Lingenfelter 1, J.Savoie 1)
3P FGs: 2-11 (R.Bloomfield 1-4, N.Lindgren 0-1,
R.Haefner 1-4, D.Cork 0-2)
Player of Game: SF Jack Dawkins (GW)