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Old 12-25-2015, 07:41 PM   #86
collegesportsfanms
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13 of our FOFC teams are playing ball, and amazingly through all of that, there is only 2 feature games. Only 2 games between FOFC players in the entire postseason. Let's get to it:

3/27/20- NCAA Midwest Region Semifinal- (5) Duke (Ralph King, Cameron Blodgett) vs. (1) Michigan State (Jaybard Riley) -- What.. a... classic. Duke led by 8 at halftime, but the Spartans wouldn't be denied. They kept the game close throughout, sent the game to OT, and staved off a last second shot from the Dukies to advance to the Elite Eight!

Final Score: (1) Michigan State- 90, (5) Duke- 88 (OT)

Ralph King (Duke)- came off bench, 14 mins played, 6 points, 4 rebounds.
Cameron Blodgett (Duke)- started game, 31 mins played, 8 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists, 1 steal, (Fouled Out).
Jaybard Riley (Michigan State)- started game, 35 mins played, 26 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, (Fouled Out), (POTG).

4/4/20- NCAA Final Four, (1E) Pittsburgh (Qwikshot Collins) vs. (1MW) Michigan State (Jaybard Riley) -- So we are guaranteed to have 1 of our FOFC players playing for a national championship, but which one? The answer wasn't definitive until the last minute of the game, as the last 6 points came on free throws. By who, you ask?

Final Score: (1MW) Michigan State- 83, (1E) Pittsburgh- 73

Now to the rest of the postseason recap, where I will only cover the 12 teams that have games.

RS SR C Jace Hunter (Xavier)

3/19/20- NCAA South Region First Round vs. (13) Tulsa (W 64-47), started game, 36 mins played, 9 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.
3/21/20- NCAA South Region Second Round vs. (5) Georgia Tech (W 101-92, OT), started game, 41 mins played, 18 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, (Double-double).
3/26/20- NCAA South Region Semifinal vs. (1) North Carolina (W 84-83), started game, 36 mins played, 25 points, 18 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 blocks, (Double-double), (POTG).
3/28/20- NCAA South Region Final vs. (3) Tennessee (L 68-64), started game, 26 mins played, 8 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks.

A little disappointing of a finish for Jace, who didn't have a great game against Tennessee after 2 double-doubles, but he finishes a great career, and will no doubt be playing pro ball (if I can figure out how to import the draft classes and get it to work right). Nice run to the Elite Eight for Xavier as well.

RS SR PG Randy Rodgers (Auburn)

3/19/20- NCAA Midwest Region First Round vs. (15) Vermont (W 87-72), started game, 26 mins played, 8 points, 2 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal.
3/21/20- NCAA Midwest Region Second Round vs. (10) BYU (W 107-88), started game, 28 mins played, 24 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, (POTG).
3/27/20- NCAA Midwest Region Semifinal vs. (6) George Washington (L 84-76), started game, 31 mins played, 8 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal.

Tough end to the season for Randy, but he also should have a chance to play pro ball, even if it means starting in the developmental league.

RS JR SF Chester Smith (Maryland)

3/19/20- NCAA East Region First Round vs. (13) Robert Morris (W 94-57), came off bench, 17 mins played, 9 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals.
3/21/20- NCAA East Region Second Round vs. (5) Ole Miss (L 73-71), came off bench, 10 mins played, 4 rebounds, 1 assist.

At times, Chester is showing he has what it takes to be a dominant senior next year, but at other times, he doesn't. Maryland is going home earlier than expected.

RS JR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV)

3/20/20- NCAA West Region First Round vs. (4) UConn (W 78-59), started game, 31 mins played, 25 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal, (POTG).
3/22/20- NCAA West Region Second Round vs. (12) Buffalo (L 88-77), started game, 36 mins played, 14 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals.

What a tournament for Ricardo, who was just a few rebounds and assists away from a triple double in an upset win over UConn, then did have a double double in an upset loss to Buffalo. Craziness. The question is, with Ricardo being a junior, and juniors eligible to declare, will he come back? The game shall decide his fate as I have no control over that.

RS SO SF Jack Dawkins (Syracuse)

3/20/20- NCAA South Region First Round vs. (15) Radford (W 73-64), started game, 35 mins played, 23 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block.
3/22/20- NCAA South Region Second Round vs. (10) Clemson (W 57-46), started game, 33 mins played, 5 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist.
3/26/20- NCAA South Region Semifinal vs. (3) Tennessee (L 78-67), started game, 21 mins played, 4 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist.

Foul trouble hampered Jack against Tennessee, but he was a big time rebounder for this team in the postseason. It's a shame he couldn't find the hoop after the Radford game. Tennessee is 1 of 2 schools to knock out multiple FOFC teams in the postseason.

RS SO C Ralph King (Duke)

3/20/20- NCAA Midwest Region First Round vs. (12) Davidson (W 92-72), came off bench, 21 mins played, 7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.
3/22/20- NCAA Midwest Region Second Round vs. (4) Stanford (W 96-80), came off bench, 16 mins played, 2 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal.
3/27/20- NCAA Midwest Region Semifinal vs. (1) Michigan State- feature game, highlighted above.

I'm really not sure why Ralph lost his starting job in the NCAA Tournament, but whatever. I'm sure he'll be back in that role next year. Tough break for the Dukies, who just had to run into the defending champs, but they battled, big time.

RS SO PF Bam Jamison (Grambling)

3/17/20- NCAA First Four vs. Oakland (L 67-52), came off bench, 22 mins played, 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks, 1 steal.

Nice defense off the bench for Bam, and he and Grambling were just happy to be here after the way their regular season went. You can bet they will be looking for bigger and better things next season.

SO C Ariel Ginsberg (Georgetown)- academic suspension

3/19/20- NCAA West Region First Round vs. (7) Oklahoma (L 85-51)

You definitely don't expect a 7/10 game in the NCAA Tournament be that lopsided, but this one was. Georgetown didn't play like they wanted to be here. Would it have made a difference if Ariel was in the lineup? Who knows, but hopefully this will be a lesson to this young man to keep them grades up!!

SO SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall)

3/19/20- NIT West Region First Round at (1) Kennesaw State (W 71-68), started game, 36 mins played, 18 points, 9 rebound, 3 assists.
3/22/20- NIT West Region Second Round at vs. (4) Cleveland State (W 85-73), started game, 27 mins played, 24 points, 7 rebounds, 1 block.
3/28/20- NIT West Region Finals vs. (3) Iowa (W 74-73, OT), started game, 23 mins played, 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, (Fouled Out).
3/31/20- NIT Semifinals vs. (2W) Liberty (L 71-62), started game, 34 mins played, 25 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist.
4/2/20- NIT 3rd Place Game vs. (4MW) San Diego State (W 69-60), started game, 30 mins played, 14 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Couple things, first, I'm not sure how to differentiate between home games and neutral site games in the postseason. Obviously, every NCAA tournament game is a neutral site game, while the NIT has teams hosting, them becomes neutral site for the Final Four. CIT and CBI are all hosted games. In Marshall's case, the games against Cleveland State and Iowa were home games. Although, I was under the impression that higher seed always hosted, but apparently not so in FBCB.

Also, it didn't show up on the bracket, but apparently the NIT is coded to have a 3rd place game. Why, I have no idea, and if anybody knows how to get rid of it, let me know. I hate not reporting on it if one of our teams is in it, but since real life has done away with it, I'd do away with it here if I could. Ah well, still a nice run for Marshall.

SO SG Jaybard Riley (Michigan State)

3/19/20- NCAA Midwest Region First Round vs. (16) Oakland (W 75-64), started game, 37 mins played, 15 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.
3/21/20- NCAA Midwest Region Second Round vs. (9) Northern Iowa (W 81-69), started game, 28 mins played, 8 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.
3/27/20- NCAA Midwest Region Semifinal vs. (5) Duke- feature game, highlighted above.
3/29/20- NCAA Midwest Region Final vs. (6) George Washington (W 90-63), started game, 22 mins played, 2 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal.
4/4/20- NCAA Final Four vs. (1E) Pittsburgh- feature game, highlighted above.
4/6/20- NCAA Championship vs. (8W) Kansas (W 76-69), started game, 31 mins played, 16 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

So the Spartans go back to back, they took out 2 of our FOFC teams, and this time Jaybard got to be a part of it. Unfortunately, foul trouble hampered him in pretty much every game, so we didn't see his best. But, he'll be back next season to try and help lead Sparty to a three peat!

RS FR SG Qwikshot Collins (Pittsburgh)

3/20/20- NCAA East Region First Round vs. (16) Murray State (W 79-60), came off bench, 8 mins played, 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist.
3/22/20- NCAA East Region Second Round vs. (9) Richmond (W 65-55), came off bench, 4 mins played, 5 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal.
3/27/20- NCAA East Region Semifinal vs. (5) Ole Miss (W 69-67), came off bench, 3 mins played, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 block.
3/29/20- NCAA East Region Final vs. (3) Florida (W 73-62), came off bench, 1 min played.
4/4/20- NCAA Final Four vs. (1MW) Michigan State- feature game, highlighted above.

Tough for Pitt to also run into the defending champs. Not sure what is going on with Qwikshot, his minutes declined each game, and his stats weren't bad at all for the minutes he got. Guess we'll see what happens next season.

FR SG Cameron Blodgett (Duke)

3/20/20- NCAA Midwest Region First Round vs. (12) Davidson (W 92-72), started game, 28 mins played, 5 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal.
3/22/20- NCAA Midwest Region Second Round vs. (4) Stanford (W 96-80), started game, 28 mins played, 11 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals.
3/27/20- NCAA Midwest Region Semifinal vs. (1) Michigan State- feature game, highlighted above.

So Cameron gets a taste of the NCAA Tourney and did ok, but had a few too many turnovers. He's a freshman though, and I expect both him and Ralph to be in the starting lineup dominating next season.

FR PG Jackson Pace (Purdue)

3/18/20- NIT Midwest Region First Round vs. (6) Boston University (W 70-67), came off bench, 16 mins played, 12 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, (POTG).
3/20/20- NIT Midwest Region Second Round at (2) New Mexico (W 65-56), came off bench, 13 mins played, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.
3/25/20- NIT Midwest Region Final at (4) Western Kentucky (L 70-61), came off bench, 25 mins played, 7 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.

Again, not sure why Purdue was playing on the road against Western Kentucky when they were the higher seed, but whatever. They have something to build on next season.

FR PF Jawouk Bafou (Georgetown)

3/19/20- NCAA West Region First Round vs. (7) Oklahoma (L 85-51), came off bench, 29 mins played, 2 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist.

Nice rebounding game for Jawouk off the bench, about the only bright spot for Georgetown. Hopefully they'll be better next season.

FR PF Erik Flamebeard (UCLA)- redshirting

3/20/20- NCAA West Region First Round vs. (12) Buffalo (L 74-70).

Not the way the Bruins wanted to end their season, and Buffalo is the 2nd team to knock out more than 1 FOFC team this postseason.

That concludes the 2019-2020 FOFC Player Season. I will get the season wrap-up done this weekend, then take some time to get FBPB going and make sure I can figure out how to import draft classes and such. Hopefully, within the next coupld weeks I will be starting the 2020-2021 season. Hope you all are enjoying.
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