Final Four and More: An Interactive DDS:CB/DDS:PB Dynasty

[MacroGuru]

Alright, I will be running a dynasty but I want to make it interactive.

My plan, I will attempt to recruit the FOFC talent to the school I select, but for the ones I am not able to sign, I will be keeping track of them.

Everyone will be starting out as Recruits, and tracked for their time in the college ranks, and if they move beyond, into the pros.

Please Provide the Following:

Player Name:
Position:
State:
Height: (If you want to, I will find the closest recruit to match)

That should be it for now...it's all about fun....

[Johnny93g]

Player Name: John Williams
Position: Power Forward
State: Indiana
Height: 6'9, 255

[DeToxRox]

Player Name: Dan Wilson
Position: PG
State: MI
Height: 6'3

[Travis]

Player Name: Jace Hunter
Position: SG
State: Doesn't matter
Height: 6'6

[st.cronin]

Sean Treacy
Small Forward
New Mexico
6'7"

[rjolley]

Player Name: Sam Jolley
Position: PF/C
State: Indiana
Height: 6'9

[Nugget699]

Player Name: Heikki Javonen
Position: PF
State: Arizona
Height: 6'7

[law90026]

Name: Dayne Ho
Position: SG
State: Doesn't matter
Height: 6'2

[MacroGuru]

I will wait until tomorrow morning, and then I will begin the dynasty.

[MacroGuru]

Actually, locking it out, I am starting it tonight...I want to write, and this is going to be the place.

I will ask for next season recruits at the end of this season.

[MacroGuru]

Utah Valley State College hires Church Ball coach to take over.

AP Orem, Utah - A university much maligned the past few seasons just went and shocked the NCAA basketball community by hiring someone with very little basketball coaching experience. Dennis Thomas, the 34 year old former high school football coach was picked by the school board to lead this team.

"Anyone that knows anything about church ball can attest to the fact it is a rough game, and even worse than the high school arena, in fact I have heard some of the NBA players want nothing to do with that game, it's to rough for them." Dennis was quoted as saying.

Is this the right move for Utah Valley State? So far season ticket sales are starting to speed up, as people are curious as to what is going to happen. Whether or not Coach Thomas' no nonsense football approach will work with a basketball setting has yet to be seen.

[MacroGuru]

Alright, my coaching setup:

Ambition: Very High
Academics: High
Discipline: Average
Integrity: High
Temper: 7

I have my skill settings set on Randomize.

Player Rotation: 6
Defense Intensity: 10
Player Preference: 6
Defense Crash Boards: 8
Offense Crash Boards: 8
Full Court Press: 2
Offensive Pace: 2
Zone Defense: 5

Pretty much a slow it down, beat them up kind of style. Just what I like.

[MacroGuru]

May 1, 2008

I arrive in my office, the rush of interviews with the local and national press has been painful. They joy of taking this position has drained me of any life right now.

I slump down behind my desk and boot up my computer. Several loud dings emit from my computer, "Email, wouldn't you know" I say to myself. Clicking open my outlook, I notice 2 from the AD and one from Scouting services

The first email is my budget for the season. I knew I wouldn't get much, but damn, $143,000 for everything does not help matters. I am going to have to hunt for my recruits a touch closer to home.

The second one was about scheduling and setting it up. I know RPI is king, but I am thinking I might want to schedule some patsies, but I am not 100% sure there yet, I have until the end of August to let him know.

And the last one is the email from the scouting services asking me to place my orders for the recruit reports they put out.

Looking over the roster, I notice I will have to hunt for 3 new players. I definitely need to pick up a PG and a SF, the third player can be from anywhere, and I will take the best player that fits for us there.

[MacroGuru]

May 1, 2008 (cont)

Needing to work out and clear my head, I take a few laps around the track, and I begin thinking, where can I go, to bring in talent besides the west, and then it hit me, the Midwest. They have a lot of talent and a lot of schools. I know we will be competing, but it will be different with us. We are that one unique star out of many.

I hurry back to my office and pick up the phone and punch in the number for Scouting Services, and I purchase the following reports:

Midwest Scouting Report - Basic
Western Scouting Report - Basic

[MacroGuru]

June 25, 2008

The daily grind hasn't been to bad, and the 100K a year salary in Utah isn't to bad either. I haven't done much with it though. The wife has managed to buy herself a new car, but I am still driving my old beat up Jeep to the campus.

Walking into the office and booting up the computer, I notice an email from the AD, he wants me to let him know which summer camps I am going to attend.

I quickly pull up my list, I have been planning this out for a while, but I have narrowed it down to the following camps:

Indy Elite Camp
Las Vegas Revue
Chicago Prep Revue

Now I almost know, that none of the players at the Indy Elite will come to us, but I am going to get us out there, and let people know we are serious about becoming a contender.

Speaking of becoming serious, I also let the AD know about the scheduling....I want some good teams, but I want to play at home. I need the incoming recruits and the current guys to see support from the community. Once that happens, it will be a better draw.

[MacroGuru]

June 26, 2008

Ahh, sitting back at my desk and pouring through my files, I have picked the kids I want to target:

Player Name: John Williams
Position: Power Forward
State: Indiana

JUCO kid from Indiana, my initial phone call, he wants to play close to home. He came right out and told us he isn't interested, but I think with enough of a push we can get him that way. I place one of the assistants in charge of watching his game tape. He has a little bit of interest in us.



Player Name: Dan Wilson
Position: PG
State: MI

Dan is a 17 year old HS senior that also has zero interest in us, but in the phone call, he let me know that location was key and he wasn't to concerned with prestige. I will watch his game tape.



Player Name: Jace Hunter
Position: SG
State: Utah

Another JUCO player in is SO year, told me up front, not interested and wouldn't give me 5 minutes of phone time...I might have to strike him off, but I hand his tape off to the assistant.



Sean Treacy
Small Forward
New Mexico


The only SF coming from NM this year. He gave me five minutes of time, told me about his parents, but when I tried to ask him about some of the different areas that he prefers, he got quiet, and then our calls dropped. He wouldn't answer me. One of the assistants will watch his tape and let me know.





Player Name: Sam Jolley
Position: PF/C
State: Indiana

18 year old senior out of Indiana, slightly concerned about his graded, but he can play ball.



Player Name: Heikki Javonen
Position: PF
State: Arizona

Another 18 year old senior, I am out of talk time for the recruits, will have to touch base next week.



Name: Dayne Ho
Position: SG
State: Utah


One of the true excited kids to want to see us. I am watching his game tape and he has been invited on a campus visit. We will see how the visit goes, but I think I have my first scholarship offer.

[MacroGuru]

July 4, 2008

Received an email from Dayne Ho:

Coach - I just wanted to let you know that I didn't think the visit was worthwhile. Nothing personal but I think I'll look around some more before I make a decision.

That hurts, I need to work him a bit harder, we need him. I will place a call to him this week.

In the meantime, we need to map some things out before we head to the Summer Camps.

John Williams
I am not going to worry about calling him this week. We will just watch some game tape right now.


Dan Wilson
We are going to watch his game tape, plus scout a live game.


Jace Hunter
He is one we really need to try and swing our way. We will be watching his game tape, scouting a live game, although he still won't give me 5 minutes.


Sean Treacy

We will just watch a game tape this week.


Sam Jolley
Again, another game tape watching session. I was able to find out he has some overbearing parents, they are wealthy, but location and PT are key for him right now.



Heikki Javonen
Grew up in a single family home, is concerned about location and PT, I think we can provide both.


Dayne Ho
Parents don't have a lot of money, he is concerned about playing close to home, pt and academics aren't that important to him. I am watching him live this week, plus we are going to extend a scholarship offer to him immediately.

[MacroGuru]

July 9, 2008

None of our recruits were in the Indy Camp, but it was a blast. I actually got more media attention than some of the other big name coaches, I think it rubbed them a little, but hell who cares.

Heikki attended the Las Vegas Revue and was ranked in the top 10 there. That will play to his advantage compared to ours.

[MacroGuru]

July 16, 2008

With the way Heikki played at the revue we have to offer him and hope that helps a lot.

Jace Hunter finally decided to talk to me, and he gave me a ton of info...main important ones are...he wants some PT and wants to be close to home.

Sam Jolley attended the Chicago Prep Revue and did not stand out.

I am hoping some of these boys are getting knocked off their pedastal a bit as we push harder into recruiting.

After this week, we roll into a dead period for recruiting.

[law90026]

oops >.>

Throw some my cash my way :P

[Johnny93g]

Not many showing you the love coach, start getting out the cheque book!!!!

[MacroGuru]

Originally Posted by Johnny93g

Not many showing you the love coach, start getting out the cheque book!!!!

Something about that high integrity won't let me do it...we will see what it's like towards the end.

I will be doing more tonight.

[MacroGuru]

Dola,

When I say it won't let me do it, it's a personal thing, not the game. If I have to, think of Nick Nolte from Blue Chips....

[MacroGuru]

July 17, 2008

A dead period for recruiting, all we can do is watch game film and call recruits, based upon how things are going with my current targets I might have to branch out and find some others. I will do some searching this week.

I had to call Dayne, let him know we are still interested and see if we can boost his interest to us.

Also, we are watching some game film.

Heikki is another one I am calling, and letting him know we are extending a scholarship offer to him. I am hoping the early commitment will help out.

Looking at some of the current recruits, I pick two others to target...

SF Derek Kimbrough, Jordan High School, Sandy, UT 6'6" 207 14 PPG

Derek has been added to the watch/call list, and I placed a call finding out the following information:

His parents are alumni, and are very supportive, that is a plus for us. But also, Location is a major factor and he wants PT as well. Prestige to him is the last thing on his list. The one thing is, there are some other teams ahead of us. We are going to watch some game film on him.

PF Jason Medley, Cottonwood High School, SLC, UT 6'8" 198 11 PPG / 9 RPG

Jason has been added to the watch/call list, and I placed a call finding out the following information:

His parents are alumni, and are very supportive, that is a plus for us. But also, Location is a major factor and he isn't to concerned with PT and prestige. The one thing is, there are some other teams ahead of us. We are going to watch some game film on him.

With the two new recruits on our list, it allows us some leeway.

We also choose to watch Game Tapes on all the other recruits.

[MacroGuru]

July 25, 2008

Eval Recruiting...time to see if we can get some others to trip to campus.

Derek and Jason both get campus invites, plus we are scouting their live games this week.
Dayne is getting another live scouting opportunity.

Heikki also agreed to trip to campus which is a big win for us.

[MacroGuru]

July 31, 2008

Coach - I just wanted to let you know that I didn't think the visit was worthwhile. Nothing personal but I think I'll look around some more before I make a decision.

4 visits, 4 emails all practically telling me they aren't happy with our campus. That is going to kill us.

So I had to dig into it, and found that our 3rd Assistant Coach was basically a poison to us and was let go. My search wasn't for to long, as I was able to bring in Brad Wyatt, a solid 3rd all the way around.

Heikki completely removed us from consideration, we informed him today we are revoking the scholarship offer. No sense in wasting it there.

We are going to invite some of the other guys out....

Sean Treacy and Jace hunter both accepted a trip out.

[MacroGuru]

August 7, 2008

Jace enjoyed the trip, but had a few others. We offered a scholarship to him and hope he accepts.

Dayne has lowered us on his list.

I am going to have to hit the national lists again and bring in some others, this talent pool is rejecting me left and right.

PG Earl Dyer from Az gets a call as well. Earl accepted a campus trip
SF Vernard Hancock from UT gets a call, Showed interest but told me we were not on the list.
SF David Toxey from UT gets a call, David Accepts a campus trip
C Jon Morris from UT gets a call, Jon accepts a campus trip

If we do not get a positive vibe from these guys, I might have to take drastic measures.

[MacroGuru]

August 14, 2008

A slight surprise, I login to the email this morning, and I see 3 emails from my past 3 visits..
PG Dyer tells me it was a waste of time and SF Toxey says the same.

I then click on John Morris, expecting to see the same, instead I see "Coach - I just wanted to let you know that it was a cool visit. I like the campus and the people - it will be tough for me to make up my mind but I'll let you know when I do."

C John Morris will get an offer from us.

We also will call and have SF Hancock come take a visit.

Dan Wilson still refuses to visit as does Sam Jolley and John Williams. As of this time, I am pulling them off of our call and watch list, it looks like they will be going to another school.

So I have 2 more visits to offer out this week, and I pull up the recruits on the phone....

SG Jerald Smith from WY, and accepts the visit
PF Adrian Merfeld from UT, and accepts the visit. We luck out as one of his parents are alumni.

I also call John Morris to let him know we plan to offer. I have been touching base with Dayne Ho and Jace, and if it doesn't look like one of them will swing our way, so I might be forced to pull their offer, especially if Adrian likes us enough.

[MacroGuru]

And the game just crashed when I offered a bribe...not cool...I will deal with it tomorrow, I might have to roll back the clock to the Aug 1 aspect.

[Travis]

Originally Posted by MacroGuru

August 7, 2008

Jace enjoyed the trip, but had a few others. We offered a scholarship to him and hope he accepts.

Excellent, here's hoping he accepts without issue.

[MacroGuru]

Alright, I am having to roll back to the 7th of August. So I will be editing the last few posts.

[MacroGuru]

August 21, 2008

Again, no one liked the visit, not even Adrian..we will still keep in touch with him though.

Time to search for more talent, see if I can get people to bite..

PG Ian Wembley from NM received a call but declined a visit.
SG Victor Newby from UT received a call and accepted the visit.
SF Alvin Walcott a JC player from UT received a call and accepted the visit.
C Ron Bracey from UT received a call and accepted the visit.

[MacroGuru]

Another crash...Time to talk with Gary.

[st.cronin]

What, I don't get a bribe? wtf

[MacroGuru]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

What, I don't get a bribe? wtf

Sean Tracey told me to basically Foff....he has zero interest in me, which based upon my prior playing, even if I do bribe he won't change.

I have these 3 that have at least some interest, I want to secure them.

Sorry man..

[MacroGuru]

Alright, sorry about the delay, Gary got the patch out and I was side tracked running my MP league draft and getting the offseason taken care of...

Back to this. I am going to be modifying some of the posts above as I had to revert back to 8/7

[MacroGuru]

August 28, 2008

Another week of we hated your campus emails from potential recruits. I hate Utah County, I have to tell you, the lack of fun here is what is killing us.

Back to the recruiting board..

PF Kelley Oquin from HI received a call and accepts the trip, dang this one costs me.
PF Jacob Daniels from UT received a call and accepts the trip
C Brooks Bryson from HI received a call and accepts the trip, I was hoping to get a two for one deal with the airlines and they laughed at me.

I am back in Dayne's good graces, we might be able to land him eventually.

[MacroGuru]

September 4, 2008

PF Kelly Oquin from HI loved the visit and right now, we are sitting at #5 on his list. We need to move ourselves up.

So for now, we are still trying to find those diamonds in the rough...


All the PG/SG that have interest in us we have contacted, we might have to try a long shot or two.

SF Mike Cook from CA receives a call and accepts the trip.
SF Glenn Cornell from UT receives a call and accepts the trip
C Donald Winter a JC from UT receives a call and accepts the trip. Also, one of his parents is an alumni of the school.

[MacroGuru]

September 11, 2008

SF Glenn Cornell liked his visit

And it's recruiting time, I hate the phone. I like to talk with kids face to face, sell the school and our philosphy to them.

Right now I am able to take 4 trips, so I am definitely hitting our 3 recruits with our offers, if after my visit does not persuade them towards us, then I will move revoke the offer.

Jace Hunter is going to get a visit from me and while I am there, I will be pitching location as he constantly told me he wants his parents and younger brother to be able to see him play.

Dayne Ho is also going to get a visit and as he also said location is a major factor because of his girlfriend, that 20 minute drive from his/her house down to campus should be nice.

John Morris gets a visit and we are pushing location on him as well. He wants to have his ailing grandfather see him play college ball, and we are able to provide that.

My next trip, consider it a vacation, I am heading to Hawaii to visit Kelley Oquin, however I can't use location on this one so I will talk a bit about PT with him.

Cornell has us as #2 on his list and will be on my trip list next week.

As for new recruit contacts, we are going nationwide and seeing if we can get those that haven't shown not interested or interested.

SG Steve Crawford from NY gets a call and rejects the visit.
SG Damon Jack from OR gets a call and tells me from the get go there is no interest.
PF Hayden Boykin from AZ gets a call and accepts a visit.

So this week with the coach out visiting 4 recruits we have one coming in, lord I hope they use the hot blonde cheerleader for the tour..

[MacroGuru]

September 18, 2008

Wow, I am tired, Hawaii was nice but jet lag has set in. I was just happy the 3 prior visits were all in state and close to each other.

Getting back into the office, I log on to the computer and check emails.

Jace Hunter - Coach - I just wanted to let you know that both my family and I thought your visit went really well. We like you and the school and I'm definitely going to be giving you some consideration. Talk to you soon.

With luck, he attached his list to the mail, and we are sitting at #1! Please do not let me screw this one up.

Dayne Ho - Coach - Thanks for coming to visit but my parents weren't too impressed. They think there are better options for me and I'll be meeting some other coaches. Thanks anyways though and good luck.

Dang, there goes the offer, I am off Daynes list and I now have a scholarship to move around.

John Morris - Coach - I just wanted to let you know that you really impressed us when you came to visit. You'll definitely be hearing from me soon. Hope to be on the court with you next season!

And I look even farther through my email and I have a second one from him...Coach - I just wanted to let you know that I've made my decision and I've chosen your school. I look forward to playing for you in the near future.

My first Recruit! Awesome news!

Kelley Oquin - Coach - I just wanted to let you know that both my family and I thought your visit went really well. We like you and the school and I'm definitely going to be giving you some consideration. Talk to you soon.

I have to admit, I do know that we are battling with Hawaii for this guy, they are #1 due to location and we are #2, but I do not know if I want to use my last scholarship on him.

Travel time as I hit the trails again...

SF Glenn Cornell is in Utah, and I am going to pay hima visit, he lives with his mother who is a Utah State alumni, they do not think we exist in basketball..we will see. I am going to pitch the playing time angle with him as location is a bit of a stretch with a 4.5 hour drive.

John Williams will be my long flight as we head into Indiana, I need to see if I can convince him to come and play in Utah. From all of our conversations he was big into PT and I think we can get him in a lot this next season.

PG Earl Dryer is someone we have to meet with and focus on PT as well. Losing Dayne was big as he was our one PG recruit I was hoping to convince.

PG Victor Newby is another I will visit and see if we can land him.

We will also have to invite a couple of new PG's and SGs to campus.

PG Virgirl Simpson of UT came off a little standoffish at first but he accepted a visit.

One other email that was important came in, our schedule:

@ Tulane
@ Austin Peay
Wisconsin (How the hell we got them to come here is shocking)
@ Jackson St.
Nebraskas (Another Shocker)
SC Upstate
Norfolk State
Columbia
UTEP
CSU Bakersfield
@ Chicago St
North Carolina Central
@ TX Pan American
NJIT
@ Winston Salem St
@ Presbytyerian
Savannah St
@ Longwood
@ CSU Bakersfield
Chicago St
@ North Carolina Central
TX Pan American
@ NJIT
Winston Salem St
Presbyterian
@ Savannah St
Longwood

I am happy with the schedule and shocked we were able to get Wisconsin, Nebraska and UTEP at home. The McKay Events center better be pumped....

[MacroGuru]

September 25, 2008

Another weary week on the road, I login to check email in the morning..

First thing I notice is our recruit that visited.

Virgil Simpson - Coach - I just wanted to let you know that I appreciate the time your staff gave me on my visit. I've got some more schools to check out before I make my decision though.

Thats a definite plus.

Then move on to how my visits went.

Glenn Cornell - Coach - I just wanted to let you know that both my family and I thought your visit went really well. We like you and the school and I'm definitely going to be giving you some consideration. Talk to you soon.

John Williams - Coach - I just wanted to let you know that both my family and I thought your visit went really well. We like you and the school and I'm definitely going to be giving you some consideration. Talk to you soon.

Victor Newby - Coach - Thanks for coming to visit but I just can't see myself playing for you. Nothing personal but this is a big decision and I want to spend the next four years at the right place for me. Thanks anyways.

Earl Dryer - Coach - Thanks for coming to visit but I just can't see myself playing for you. Nothing personal but this is a big decision and I want to spend the next four years at the right place for me. Thanks anyways.

Glenn is a definite if we want him. John has us at #9 on his list, but he has yet to visit us or receive an offer. I will offer John, and see if I can get him out to visit. I pick up the phone to call him, and he just tells me the time isn't right to come out. "Ok" I say, and let him know we are offering him the scholarship.

If i can't move us up on Johns list, I will turn the offer towards Glenn.

I am a little intrigued as to why he won't come out to the campus.

[MacroGuru]

Oct 2, 2008

Well, the email I received this morning answered why John wouldn't come to visit- Coach - I just wanted to let you know that I've made my decision and I've decided to go to IUPUI next season. Thanks for your interest. I'm sure you will be able to use the scholarship for another great player.

Oh well, however I did visit a few others, Dan Wilson being one and he was happy with the visit. He refuses to visit, so I hate to say it, but I am not going to waste the scholarship.

So I take the offer and roll it to SF Gary Cornell.

Meanwhile, I am going to visit a few others to line them up just in case we are turned down.

We are also starting practices this week. So while I am gone this first week, the assistants will run it.

Our offense we will practice the Flex, Princeton and Triangle and on defense we will work on Man to Man and the 1-2-2

[MacroGuru]

October 23, 2008

Well, at practice this week, I was speaking to Coach Forman and he mentioned that a few of the players caused some minor conflicts this week. I told him to outline them in an email and get it to me.

Well he did

Coach, I know you have so much to do in running the team that sometimes you're not aware of the little things. I thought I would take a few minutes to bring to your attention some things from this week of practices.

Mike Moseley had one or two minor conflicts this week. Nothing to be overly concerned about though.

Ron Williams had one or two minor conflicts this week. Nothing to be overly concerned about though.

Our backup PG and our talented Freshman SG...not to much to worry about, but I know who to keep my eye on.

As far as our recruits go, I wish they would verbal or sign, We hit Jace's #2 spot and I am concerned now he might not sign. We are still Gary's #1

And for everyone participating:

John Williams verbaled to IUIPI
Dan Wilson verbaled to Valprasio
Jace Hunter no decision
Sean Treacy no decision
Sam Jolley we just found out that we are #1 on his list despite him telling us different, if we lose Jace, I think we need to move here.
Heikki Javonen no decision
Dayne Ho no decision

[MacroGuru]

October 30, 2008

I'm sitting at my desk scouring through some of our scouting material of our future opponents when I hear a knock on the door, looking up, I spot Coach Forman.

"Hey Coach, do you have a minute?"

"Sure thing, what can I do for you?"

He slowly moves himself around the chair and takes a seat, letting out a long sigh. This man is tired and frustrated, and he is showing it.

"Listen Coach, I just wanted to bring this to your attention but I was told by one of our players that Chris Lee and Travis McMillian got into a bit of an argument after practice one day this week. I don't know how serious it was but I figured it was best to bring it to your attention. You may want to see how the team relationship stands with our players based on this incident."

"They what?" I was flabergasted, that was one of the first rules I laid down when I got here. No fighting.

"Yeah, I am getting tired of this. We are coaches not baby sitters, these parents....ah nevermind, it's been a long week coach."

With that said, I start calling the players, we are going to start with the two in question.

I was able to get a hold of Chris Lee and he told me he would work on changing and stop getting into fights. Travis McMillan says the same, they know I am serious. Both of them were informed, one more fight will equal a week long suspension.

[MacroGuru]

November 6, 2008

Not only is it my birthday, but I get to celebrate it in the office, trying to figure out if I want to redshirt anyone.

I decide to redshirt:

SG Daniel Rivers - With our talented Freshman Ron Williams starting and 2 other upperclasman ahead of him, what better way than to sit him for a season and let him get better.

C Calvin Drew - He is a Freshamn, and we have PF and C that are all around the same height, so this is the best deal for him.

I also receive scouting reports for Tulane and Austin Peay, I will look them over here soon.

[MacroGuru]

November 13, 2008

This is a busy week for us, as it is Early LOI signing week, and then we also play Tulane and Austin Peay.

We are rated equal with Tulan at every position except for PF. Their best player is their SF.
They play a princeton style offense. For defense they are a pure man-to-man team.

I am all about Freedom on the offense and we have the talent to allow it, I am going to give the guys about 30% offensive sets for this game against Tulane. I want to favor a balanced attack.

Our main offensive set will be the Triangle, while defensively we will work on the 1/2 court man.

[MacroGuru]

November 16, 2008 - Gameday.

I have never been so nervous in my life. We are playing against Tulane at their house, the plane flight here was good. The bus ride over to the hotel good. The crazy atmosphere, not so good.

I wasn't expecting it, it sent my nerves for a loop. The only way to do this, is get out there right?

And we do.

It was an amazing back and forth game that we took into OT. If we could pull this out, I would be excited.

Unfortunately we don't and lose in OT 74-72. I can't be upset at these guys. They played their hearts out. But Tulane has a player in their SG, Waitari Rush who racked up 22 points on us. They also launched 17 3PT attempts to our 4. Statistically, we shot better, they just forced us to turn it over a few times more.

The only thing I am upset with. We should have won this game.

On the flight back home, I look at the Austin Peay report. They are a zone team that looks to be able to dominate us on the inside.

I am going to keep the amount of offensive sets at 30, with us running the triangle and still keeping the 1/2 court man on defense.

[MacroGuru]

I have decided I will sim a week at a time, and report it back.

[Travis]

Good to see this back and rolling.

[MacroGuru]

Originally Posted by Travis

Good to see this back and rolling.

Yeah, but right now, Jace has me as number 2 on his list and am now done spending money on recruiting.