Week 9: 12.27.82-1.2.83
Missouri fell to 3-7 MIssissippi, then to Oregon State. They dropped from #1 to #10. Washington takes the top spot, while BYU moves up to #2, leapfrogging Rice and Colorado State. You get the feeling that, if this was the top four, college basketball ratings would drop precipitously.
GW picked up a few votes, but they aren't ranked yet.
Code:
Top 25
# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Washington (70) 13-0 1798 2 Pacific-8 Conference
2. Brigham Young 11-1 1675 5 Western Athletic Conference
3. Rice (2) 9-1 1661 3 Southwest Conference
4. Colorado State 13-1 1625 4 Western Athletic Conference
5. North Carolina 12-1 1515 6 Atlantic Coast Conference
6. Princeton 11-1 1394 8 Ivy League
7. UTEP 9-1 1374 9 Western Athletic Conference
8. Maryland 9-1 1328 7 Atlantic Coast Conference
9. Kansas 9-1 1232 11 Big Eight Conference
10. Missouri 11-2 1124 1 Big Eight Conference
11. Nebraska 11-2 984 10 Big Eight Conference
12. Southern California 10-2 978 13 Pacific-8 Conference
13. Wake Forest 9-0 908 12 Atlantic Coast Conference
14. Baylor 9-2 891 14 Southwest Conference
15. Pennsylvania 8-2 792 17 Ivy League
16. Texas A&M 11-1 768 15 Southwest Conference
17. Indiana 12-2 719 19 Big Ten Conference
18. North Carolina State 8-1 593 18 Atlantic Coast Conference
19. New Mexico 8-3 465 23 Western Athletic Conference
20. Lafayette 11-2 349 16 East Coast Conference
21. Duke 10-3 313 21 Atlantic Coast Conference
22. Texas Tech 9-1 295 24 Southwest Conference
23. Arkansas 8-2 260 22 Southwest Conference
24. Kansas State 9-4 189 20 Big Eight Conference
25. Clemson 8-4 115 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
Others Receiving Votes:
Cornell 6-2 24 Ivy League
Arizona State 9-2 22 Western Athletic Conference
Texas-Arlington 8-2 6 Southland Conference
George Washington 10-2 2 Independent
Mississippi State 7-3 1 Southeastern Conference
12.27.82: vs. #20 Lafayette (11-1)
The Leopards' rank is inflated. They own only one win over a team with a winning record, that being a 68-60 win over St. Francis (NY). They have a solid defense, which is their calling card. They've given up 63.2 points per game, 33rd in the nation. They are also ninth in the nation in giving up rebounds, yielding just 30.2 a game. They are not particularly great at offense, but with a defense like that, it isn't necessary.
They are led by three-year starter Brian Jones, who has broken out this year with 21.0 ppg. Frenchman guard Florentin Picavet averages 15.8 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 3.9 assists per game, while forward Cam Null puts up 15.0 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. There is star power, but this roster is all top-heavy. Granted, GW is mostly Jack, but enough pieces fit around him. It seems like these three are what the Leopards have, and if a couple of them aren't clicking, well...
Picavet travels on his first possession, but it's cool. Davis throws it out of bounds. Null scores to open things, and Jack finds Hulett to tie it. Hulett drills a three off a Jack pass, and he has five quick points. Jack hits his first shot at 16:38, and then commits his first foul at 16:27. But GW hits four of their first five shots, and have an 11-7 lead after the first four.
Davis misses two free throws, then sinks a jumpe rfrom the line. Explain that. GW holds an 8-2 advantage on the boards early. Hulett gets his seventh point on a breakaway layup. It's 15-9 with 13:07 left, before uber 80s pompous ass Brady Cory gets a steal and a hoop. Seriously, he should have been the villain in Teen Wolf.
WIth 11:36, it's 22-16. Jack has a 2-3-4 line, and Hulett has 10 points. Cory gets another steal and an assist, and Davis then coaxes a foul on him to get him out of the game. Jack sinks a bucket, and with 10:20 left, it's 24-19. Davis gets fouled shooting a three, and hits two of the three freebies. It's 26-19 with nine left.
Jack is called for a charge, and has to come out with a 26-22 score and eight minutes left. Robert Mulvey comes in and immediately does Robert Mulvey things, which you know are no good. Clark Lewis hits a shot...Clark Lewis? Really, parents of Lewis, Clark? Seriously?
Jack returns despite two fouls, and gets some points. It's up to 30-26. Jack assists Davis, when then fouls Jones. Jones then gets a steal and hits a 3. It's 34-31 with 5:22 left. Jack has a 7-4-5 line, but they could use his scoring. As I say that, Jack finds Davis for a basket. Chapin suffers his second foul, and the free throw makes it 36-32. GW is making only 50% of their foul shots, by the way.
Jack hits a bucket, and it's 40-34. Picavet answers, but Jack finds Chapin. Picavet answers that. Jack answers that with his own bucket. He has 11-5-7, and it's 44-40, GW. Jack draws a foul on Camerlo Kelly, hits both free throws, and comes out. Timmy Foltz hits a three to get it to 46-43, but Patterson hits two free throws. Jack returns, and Jones fouls Sandy. Clark Lewis hits a bucket at the buzzer, and it's 49-45, GW, at the break. GW shot great...68%. But they got lazy on the rebounds (15-11 after a 10-3 advantage) and turnovers (9 Laf, 7 GW). Jack has a 13-5-7 line, with two fouls. Null has 16 quiet points for Lafayette.
Null opens with a turnover, and Davis gets a breakaway layup. Then he hits a three. He has 17, and it's 54-45. Jack hits a jumper. Chapin is collecting boards. Hulett hits a three. GW is shooting 72%. Jack finds Davis for a bucket. This is remarkable. Williams scores to stop the bleeding for Lafayette. But Jack hits a three, and the lead is 64-47. This team is a monster second half squad.
Jack is up to an 18-6-8 line. Jones hits a three, getting it to 64-50. You have a feeling that the Leopards have a run in them, especially since this is in their gym. Then Davis hits a three, and that feeling is fleeing. Jackass Brady Cory misses a three. Jack drains one. He has 21-8-8 now. Cory hits, but it's 70-52. Jack hits again. Then gets a steal, and a layup. Then a rebound. Then another basket. This is remarkable. He now has 27-10-8, and the lead is 76-52 with 7:45 left.
Jack hits again. Honestly, he's ridiculous. He draws a charge on Picavet and comes out. WIth 6:30 left, it's 78-58, and Lafayette appears to be in shock. Orlando Maley and Robert Mulvey are in the post. I feel like, when they are together, there's a tiny rip in the space-time continuum.
Honestly, the final few minutes are nothing but bricks and turnovers. So I'm going to spare you from that. GW marched into an overrated team's gym and showed the world they are overrated. The final, 85-63, felt like it was much bigger. GW fine-tuned everything that was a problem in the first half. Having Jack go nuts, and Davis and Hulett drilling shots, helps things quite a bit, too.
Code:
George Washington 85, Lafayette 63
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George Washington (9-2, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Manuel Chapin C 31 1-6 2-2 3 9 1 3 4
Bruce Woods PF 28 0-1 0-0 0 1 2 1 0
Jack Dawkins SF 32 12-15 3-3 1 10 8 2 29
Richie Hulett SG 31 5-7 1-2 1 1 5 1 14
Dwight Davis PG 28 9-12 2-5 0 3 2 3 22
John Sandy SF 19 1-5 3-4 0 1 0 1 5
Hector Patterson PG 9 3-5 2-4 1 1 0 1 9
Michael King PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Porter Ali SF 8 0-1 0-0 1 3 0 0 0
Robert Mulvey C 8 1-1 0-2 0 2 0 0 2
Orlando Maley PF 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 0 0
Turnovers: 10 (M.Chapin 1, B.Woods 2, J.Dawkins 1,
R.Hulett 1, D.Davis 2, J.Sandy 1, P.Ali 2)
Blocked Shots: 6 (M.Chapin 2, J.Dawkins 2, R.Hulett 1,
P.Ali 1)
Steals: 6 (J.Dawkins 2, H.Patterson 3, O.Maley 1)
3P FGs: 8-12 (J.Dawkins 2-2, R.Hulett 3-4, D.Davis 2-3,
H.Patterson 1-2, P.Ali 0-1)
Lafayette (11-2, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Clark Lewis C 25 2-4 0-0 0 2 0 1 4
Cameron Null PF 31 5-11 6-8 2 7 2 0 16
Carmelo Kiely SF 25 3-7 0-0 1 2 0 4 8
Florentin Picavet SG 36 4-11 0-0 0 4 3 3 10
Brian Jones PG 31 4-11 2-2 1 3 4 3 14
Brady Cory PG 15 2-4 0-0 1 2 3 4 4
Timothy Foltz PG 9 1-1 0-0 1 1 1 2 3
Danny Fuller PG 2 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 1 0
Joesph Williams C 22 1-2 0-0 0 4 1 1 2
Tony Allen PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrol Jim SF 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 2
Turnovers: 18 (C.Lewis 3, C.Null 3, C.Kiely 2,
F.Picavet 6, B.Jones 2, T.Foltz 1, T.Allen 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Lewis 1, J.Williams 3)
Steals: 6 (F.Picavet 1, B.Jones 2, B.Cory 2, C.Jim 1)
3P FGs: 9-23 (C.Lewis 0-1, C.Null 0-1, C.Kiely 2-3,
F.Picavet 2-7, B.Jones 4-8, B.Cory 0-1, T.Foltz 1-1,
D.Fuller 0-1)
Player of Game: SF Jack Dawkins (GW)
12.30.82: vs Seton Hall (8-4)
The Pirates are a team of promise, built off the last two NIT appearances. They have two returning starters from a year ago, Seven-foot-one C John Horton, and PG Frank Barns. Barns is averaging 15.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. Forward Troy Almazan is averaging a team-high 16.6 points, along with six rebounds, a game. He is one of the feelgood stories of this year, being a deep reserve throughout his career under suddenly being fantastic this year. He never averaged more than 1.5 points a game leading into this season. Now, while he's still an O/Y, he's the offensive stalwart of a team succeeding in transition.
The Pirates are another team who are not good at defense, and a horrible rebounding team. GW should be able to see them off reasonably well.
Hulett opens the scoring, and then Davis gets a three off a Jack pass. After four minutes, it's 5-3. Hulett hits a three, off a Jack assist. His line is 0-1-2 right now, but it's 8-3, so that's fine.
Almazan hits a three, and he has all five points. Jack answers that with a monster dunk that caused two fans to have a religious awakening. He got a foul shortly after because he brought too much funk. Barns, meanwhile, ties it up for Seton Hall with 12:26 left. Roddy Liang gives Seton Hall a 15-12 lead on a three, and GW is performing pretty poorly at the moment. Jack gets a three to Sandy, and it's tied again.
With 8:57 left, it's 18-17, GW. Jack has a 4-2-3 line. This game is honestly boring. Jack hits, making it 22-19. Edmond McCutcheon ties it for SH, but Jack answers. He's up to 10 points, and Seton Hall is being to shake a bit. Davis gets hurt and has to come out. Will have to monitor that.
Jack scores four more points...it's 30-23 with five minutes left. Sandy scores, and SH finally calls time. Jack finds Hector for three, and the rout seems like it's on. Porter Ali has four points after a tip, and it's 44-28 at the half. SH is shooting 38%, GW 53%.
Barns opens the scoring in the half, and Jack responds with two free throws. He's at the point, which says a lot about Davis' injury. Jack is up to 18-6-4, as SH hits a three...Chapin responds. His line is 6-5-4. Amazing. Jack scores again, and he has 20. Hulett gets a steal and a layup. Hulett then gets a dunk, and gets charged with a technical for taunting. Idiot. He gets pulled from the floor, and Hector and Sandy are running the backcourt. Didn't think that would ever happen.
The lead is 62-42 with thirteen minutes left. Jack drills a three, and is up to 23-9-4. Barns (10 points) hits again...and Jack suffers his third foul on a player control foul. Jack finds Bruce Woods for a basket, and there's a bow being tied on this game. It's 69-46 with ten minutes left.
Michael King is getting a bunch of time for this one, due to the Davis injury and Hulett stupidity. Artie Jennings has not budged on Hulett. That's good. Jack has a double-double (31-10-6) and he's about to be pulled, with GW up 81-48. Patterson has 15 points...GW is up 92-53 with 2:54 left. Didn't quite expect the game to be this easy. But the Colonials are shooting 62%, and out-rebounding SH 36-22. The final is 97-60.
Code:
George Washington 97, Seton Hall 60
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Seton Hall (8-5, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
John Horton C 32 2-5 0-0 1 4 1 1 4
Troy Almazan PF 32 5-13 2-4 2 6 2 3 12
Roderick Liang SF 23 2-8 0-0 1 4 1 4 5
Hubert Clarke SG 24 1-4 4-4 2 3 0 4 7
Frank Barns PG 34 4-10 2-5 0 1 6 4 10
Henry Ogburn PG 20 2-4 0-0 1 1 2 3 4
Edmond McCutcheon SF 15 3-6 1-3 1 2 1 2 9
Pascual Calvo C 10 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 2 3
Sandy Fears PF 9 2-2 2-2 0 0 0 3 6
Turnovers: 15 (T.Almazan 2, R.Liang 4, H.Clarke 2,
F.Barns 3, H.Ogburn 1, E.McCutcheon 2, S.Fears 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (T.Almazan 1)
Steals: 3 (J.Horton 1, T.Almazan 1, H.Ogburn 1)
3P FGs: 5-18 (T.Almazan 0-1, R.Liang 1-4, H.Clarke 1-3,
F.Barns 0-5, H.Ogburn 0-1, E.McCutcheon 2-3, P.Calvo
1-1)
George Washington (10-2, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Manuel Chapin C 33 3-5 2-2 1 7 4 0 8
Bruce Woods PF 18 2-3 0-0 0 2 2 3 4
Jack Dawkins PF 33 10-13 10-10 3 10 6 3 31
Richie Hulett SG 18 6-8 1-1 1 3 3 4 14
Dwight Davis PG 11 1-5 1-2 0 2 0 0 4
John Sandy SG 31 3-6 3-4 1 5 5 4 11
Hector Patterson PG 26 5-9 6-6 2 3 0 2 17
Michael King PG 5 1-1 0-1 0 0 0 0 2
Porter Ali SF 10 2-4 0-0 1 2 0 1 4
Robert Mulvey C 9 0-1 0-0 0 4 0 1 0
Chris Davis SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Orlando Maley PF 5 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 2
Turnovers: 9 (B.Woods 1, J.Dawkins 2, R.Hulett 2,
J.Sandy 1, H.Patterson 1, P.Ali 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (J.Dawkins 3)
Steals: 6 (J.Dawkins 2, R.Hulett 3, H.Patterson 1)
3P FGs: 6-17 (J.Dawkins 1-4, R.Hulett 1-2, D.Davis 1-4,
J.Sandy 2-4, H.Patterson 1-1, P.Ali 0-2)
Player of Game: SF Jack Dawkins (GW)