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collegesportsfanms · 11-19-2016, 06:41 PM

March 14, 2016

NCAA Tournament First Four

Oregon State (19-15) vs. Eastern Washington (18-13)

We're playing a team we should not be playing in the First Four, and I had my big rant about it in an earlier post. We'll just go out and do the best we can. The Beavers have 3 players in their starting lineup that we need to really worry about, but if we can get them in foul trouble, we have a great shot to get into their bench, which isn't too spectacular. We'll see. And if we could have just played the second half like we played the first half, we'd have won an NCAA Tournament game. We led 34-22 at halftime, but went ice cold in the second half, hitting just 4 shots and scoring just 14 points. On the other hand, one of their studs lit us up for 23 points. We contain him and make some shots in the second half, and we win. As it stands, we ended up losing 51-48. A total letdown as we had it in the bag, but still a great season for us.

2017 Offseason

Postseason Recap- Southland Conference

Weber State was one and done in the NIT Tournament, losing their First Round Game in the Midwest Region to top seed Syracuse, 77-59.

Idaho State also went one and done, losing big time in the CIT, as they travelled to 2nd seed Radford in the First Round and lost 77-39.

Sacramento State hosted 10th seed Hawaii in the First Round of the CIT and lost 76-69.

Montana was our 3rd and final conference representative in the CIT, and was the only school to win a postseason game. They hosted 9th seed UAB in the First Round and won 58-41, then hosted 16th seeded Hampton in the Quarterfinals, winning that one 66-60. Their run ended in the Semifinals as they travelled to 4th seed Wofford and lost 71-58.

Season Awards

Only 1 award for our players, as SR Laurence Torrey made the Big Sky 2nd Team.

Departing Players

PF Tony Espinosa- graduating
SF Laurence Torrey- graduating
SG Bret Bascom- graduating

Obviously losing Torrey is a huge blow, since he was 2nd team all-conference. In fact, let's be honest, we are going to be replacing a huge chunk of our scoring next season, as all 3 of these players were in our top 5 scoring leaders for the team, pitching in 28.6 PPG. Torrey and Espinosa also were good for a combined 11.2 RPG. It's going to be tough to replace this, and I'm hoping our recruiting class was at least decent as far as the Big Sky goes.

Final Recruiting Class

HS PG Clyde Sawicki (***, #323 overall).
JC transfer SG Philibert Ducoulombier (**, #597 overall).
HS PF Timothy Davis (*, #940 overall).

Obviously Sawicki is the star of this recruiting class, but he actually may not start next season. In fact, there's a good chance he may get redshirted as we'll already have 4 point guards on the roster. Ducoulombier will be our starting SG barring a major improvement in our other shooting guards, of which we only have 1 on the roster. Davis is a definite redshirt candidate. What I like about this class, if they all live up to their potential, which is green (which means they are projected to be very good), then we could be really good in a few years.

Our class was ranked 171st in the nation, not bad at all for a low prestige conference school. Unfortunately, 2 schools in the Big Sky were pegged to have better recruiting classes than us, but that's only because their best player was rated higher overall than Sawicki.

None of our players got drafted, no big surprise there, but I'm hearing that Torrey has already gotten a D-League offer. Unfortunately, our prestige took a huge hit, as it was 41 last season, now it's down to 38. Ouch! You would think a trip to the NCAA Tournament would have meant something, but I guess not.

Conference Movement

No changes in the Big Sky, no surprise there.

Job Offers

Not surprisingly, no offers came my way. No big surprise at all, as this was only my first year on the job.

We have been invited to participate in the 2017 Paradise Jam as the #1 seed. If we are going to be the #1 seed, then I can only imagine what kind of competition we will have. Offer accepted!

11-19-2016, 06:41 PM	#12
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	March 14, 2016 NCAA Tournament First Four Oregon State (19-15) vs. Eastern Washington (18-13) We're playing a team we should not be playing in the First Four, and I had my big rant about it in an earlier post. We'll just go out and do the best we can. The Beavers have 3 players in their starting lineup that we need to really worry about, but if we can get them in foul trouble, we have a great shot to get into their bench, which isn't too spectacular. We'll see. And if we could have just played the second half like we played the first half, we'd have won an NCAA Tournament game. We led 34-22 at halftime, but went ice cold in the second half, hitting just 4 shots and scoring just 14 points. On the other hand, one of their studs lit us up for 23 points. We contain him and make some shots in the second half, and we win. As it stands, we ended up losing 51-48. A total letdown as we had it in the bag, but still a great season for us. 2017 Offseason Postseason Recap- Southland Conference Weber State was one and done in the NIT Tournament, losing their First Round Game in the Midwest Region to top seed Syracuse, 77-59. Idaho State also went one and done, losing big time in the CIT, as they travelled to 2nd seed Radford in the First Round and lost 77-39. Sacramento State hosted 10th seed Hawaii in the First Round of the CIT and lost 76-69. Montana was our 3rd and final conference representative in the CIT, and was the only school to win a postseason game. They hosted 9th seed UAB in the First Round and won 58-41, then hosted 16th seeded Hampton in the Quarterfinals, winning that one 66-60. Their run ended in the Semifinals as they travelled to 4th seed Wofford and lost 71-58. Season Awards Only 1 award for our players, as SR Laurence Torrey made the Big Sky 2nd Team. Departing Players PF Tony Espinosa- graduating SF Laurence Torrey- graduating SG Bret Bascom- graduating Obviously losing Torrey is a huge blow, since he was 2nd team all-conference. In fact, let's be honest, we are going to be replacing a huge chunk of our scoring next season, as all 3 of these players were in our top 5 scoring leaders for the team, pitching in 28.6 PPG. Torrey and Espinosa also were good for a combined 11.2 RPG. It's going to be tough to replace this, and I'm hoping our recruiting class was at least decent as far as the Big Sky goes. Final Recruiting Class HS PG Clyde Sawicki (*, #323 overall). JC transfer SG Philibert Ducoulombier (, #597 overall). HS PF Timothy Davis (*, #940 overall). Obviously Sawicki is the star of this recruiting class, but he actually may not start next season. In fact, there's a good chance he may get redshirted as we'll already have 4 point guards on the roster. Ducoulombier will be our starting SG barring a major improvement in our other shooting guards, of which we only have 1 on the roster. Davis is a definite redshirt candidate. What I like about this class, if they all live up to their potential, which is green (which means they are projected to be very good), then we could be really good in a few years. Our class was ranked 171st in the nation, not bad at all for a low prestige conference school. Unfortunately, 2 schools in the Big Sky were pegged to have better recruiting classes than us, but that's only because their best player was rated higher overall than Sawicki. None of our players got drafted, no big surprise there, but I'm hearing that Torrey has already gotten a D-League offer. Unfortunately, our prestige took a huge hit, as it was 41 last season, now it's down to 38. Ouch! You would think a trip to the NCAA Tournament would have meant something, but I guess not. Conference Movement No changes in the Big Sky, no surprise there. Job Offers Not surprisingly, no offers came my way. No big surprise at all, as this was only my first year on the job. We have been invited to participate in the 2017 Paradise Jam as the #1 seed. If we are going to be the #1 seed, then I can only imagine what kind of competition we will have. Offer accepted!