03-31-2009, 07:04 PM | #451 |
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Well, not good. C Withers is only at 99%. Maybe I can land him at the end of the week. Our two 4* PG targets are lingering around but won't be signing any time soon. We remain their only offers though. WOOHOOOOOO Maybe the flip to the new week, or the win over Wyoming... something pushed Withers up that last 1%. 3* Darryl Withers signs with OHIO!! As much as anything, I'm happy to have landed a committment to allow me to focus on backup targets, as Really Withers looks average. 3* C Darryl Withers - 7'0" 223 lbs - #397 OVR/#33 C Shooting: C+ Skills: B- Defense: C+ Athleticism: C+ Rebounding: B+ Intelligence: B+ Potential: ?? Size: A B- post offense, B- clutch rating, A- standing dunk. B- off awareness/C+ def awareness. C's for ORB/DRB/Close and a C- in traffic. A- STR and B+ Hustle. Looks very average, looks like a guy who wont' score a lot and may not fundamentally be the best rebounder. But, he also looks like he's 7 feet tall, so I'm happy. One of my backup guard targets signs with VCU. 4* JC PG Isaac Gamble is up to 94% for me and has no other offers. We're now #1 on his list, having recently passed Indiana. 4* PG John McCully is more of a long shot, we only have him at 77%. But, we are #1 for him, Charlotte and Michigan are lagging behind us. They'll leapfrog up if they offer him, and we don't have high expectations here. But for now we'll continue to target him. Backup target 3* SG Sidney Whitted has us up at 81% with only one visit made, and he's coming in for a campus visit this week. He likes Temple, but if Temple doesn't offer we'll have a very good shot. Our next game is at a horrible Liberty team, we'll sim it. December 1 Ohio 76 at Liberty 57 Lamkin scores 15, Lufkin 9, Bright 9, Santiago 7, Grundy 7. I had said somewhere that Arizona State is likely our biggest challenge until the postseason(if we make it). That isn't as obviously true as i'd thought, though ASU is the highest rated team we will play. Next up we host an 85 OVR rated DePaul team and in a couple weeks we'll play a true road contest at an 85 rated Saint Louis team. |
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DePaul (3-2) at Ohio (5-1) DePaul is rated 85 OVR (84 off/87 def/85 sht/83 reb). Again we would appear to have a big edge on the boards, and we actually grade out well in shooting as well. DePaul has a win over the same Wyoming team we beat. Losses to #18 Wisconsin and on the road at Missouri, both by only 1 point. According to our scout, DePaul presses after every basket and uses tight pressure. This is something that can give us a lot of trouble. Scouting PG Rob Franklin SR 82 OVR 93 speed/88 quickness. 89 defense which is spectacular for my level. 86 close/72 med/74 3. 87 off the dribble, one of the highest i've seen. 83 handling/87 passing. 11 ppg/5.4 rpg(!!)/4.4 apg so far. SG Clement Hamilton JR 79 OVR 88 speed/87 quickness/89 defense/85 steals... that's rough. That will be made very rough by the fact that they play tight defense. 83 close/79 med/79 3/82 off the dribble. Hamilton is actually a natural PG and is a great handler and passer too. 8.6 ppg. SF Aloysius Cobb SR 84 OVR 6'5 and talented as hell. 88 speed/87 quickness. 84 defense. 89 close/83 med/72 from 3. 77 off the dribble/80 in traffic, 74 clutch which is quite good. 83 defensive awareness is spectacular. Good rebounder and post player for a SF, good hands and passer for a SF. 10.2 ppg/5.4 rpg so far this year. PF CJ Augustine SR 80 OVR 6'9. 85 orb/80 drb, quite solid though our starters rebound better. 91 post offense/91 close/88 in traffic. 73 off the dribble. Looks like an offensive wizard in the paint. 75 post defense/80 blocked shot rating. Through 5 games he's averaging 22.2 ppg/7.4 rpg. C Hilton Dieng SO 67 OVR 6'10 so he has some decent size to him. 71 orb/83 drb, not bad really. 78 defensive awareness, super high. 73 post off/71 post def. 80 close/78 in traffic. 72 blocked shot rating(C+). Dieng looks like a fair player who isn't a big scorer. 5.2 ppg/4.2 rpg so far this year. Handling their pressure will be the toughest thing for us today. If we can do that we can hang with these guys. They have decent depth. Most of their backups are rated around the same as our backups so there is a big dropoff past those top 4 starters.
I have never picked up offensive rebounds like I did today. And have never shot so poorly. Sad. DePaul 73 Ohio 63 Their SG, Hamilton, killed us. 23 points. Augustine 15 points/11 boards, Cobb and Franklin with 11 each. Their top 4 guys were simply more talented than anyone we have, and it showed in the end. Murphy: 7 points Lamkin: 5 points Lufkin: 8 points Bright: 3 points/11 boards Watson: 10 points/21 boards Santiago: 18 points (7-13 shooting, 3-13 from 3, though 4 of those were in total desparation in the final minute... 3-9 otherwise). Watson was 3-12. Lufkin 4-10. Lamkin 2-9, Murphy 2-5. We shoot 33% from the field as a team. Ouch! Now a big part of this is DePaul's defense, don't get me wrong, I know that. But still, ouch! We had 16 offensive rebounds and 4 second chance points today according to the stat sheet. |
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03-31-2009, 09:01 PM | #454 |
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Well crap. Indiana offers 4* PG (JC) Isaac Gamble during the early signing week and he signs with them as the week closes out.
I move on to 3* SG Sidney Whitted who we have up to 84% without a scholarship offer, and with 2 more home visits to go. He's #192 overall, #50 SG. He has no other offers. Whitted is from the Bronx and appears to has some affinity towards the A-10. He likes Temple and Fordham along with us. We'll be in the lead as soon as we offer him. We only play 1 game during the week of Dec 7, and I sim it. Dec 12 Ohio 75 at SE Missouri 53 Bright with 18, Grundy with 11, Keller 8, Murphy 7 as we beat a 65 rated team badly at their place. That takes us to 6-2, with our only 2 losses to tough major conference opposition, as the week of Dec 14 starts. Mid Major Poll: 1. Nevada 2. Pepperdine 3. VCU 4. Ohio 5. Akron Ball State is 7th, Buffalo is 16th, Miami OH 21st, Kent State 22nd, N. Illinois 23rd, Bowling Green 25th. I have some hopes that this is a multi-bid conference this year as the conference is getting a TON of mid major love. We'll play a game vs a 75 rated Youngstown State next, sim one vs Illinois Chicago, then we'll play our last non-conference game against Saint Louis, giving us one last chance to beat a team rated as high as us. |
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Mendoza and Grundy appear to be unhappy with their minutes. Either that or they are legitimately losing confidence from poor play. I've used 3 pep talks already this year and its mid-december. 2 on Mendoza and now one on Grundy.
December 18, 2015 Youngstown State (4-3) at Ohio (6-2) Youngstown State should be a solid win for us. They're rated 75 OVR (74 off/75 def/77 sht/80 reb). Scouting Their main threat is their PG, 5'11 Todor miles. He's rated 80 OVR, 90 speed/87 quickness, pretty good defending, 80 3 point shot, 80 off the dribbl. 87 passing is outstanding. 15.7 ppg so far this year. Outside of that they have 3 other starters rated in the low 70s and no one else on the team rated over 62. Not a whole lot worth writing about.
Lufkin has the first game for us this year where it feels at all like we have a reliable go to guy. He hits a mid-range jumper with about 15 seconds left to put us up 4 and we win a game where we really played poorly all the way around. Ohio 74 Youngstown State 70 This is kinda the concern I had without House and Cooper. When we really need a basket, I haven't felt like I have a guy who can get me a basket. Last year if the other team went on a 6-0 run, we just run our offense but every step of the way see where House is on the court and if he is in an advantageous position. He killed most runs by our opponents before hey started. And if he couldn't, Cooper could drive by his man and draw a foul, or put up a 3. Santiago will be that for me but he isn't right now and I'm forcing it a bit much. My two best 3 point shooters went 1-14 today from 3(Murphy and Santiago). Murphy: 3 points/2 assists (1-6, 0-5 from 3, 1-4 from the line total suck) Lamkin: 11 points Lufkin: 22 points/6 boards Bright: 6 points/10 boards Watson: 3 points/10 boards (1-6 shooting, 1-3 at the line) Santiago: 11 points Grundy: 7 points/11 boards Garcia: 7 points We win the rebounding battle 43-25. We get 16 offensive boards today. Watson's Offensive rebounding rating is 91. He just can't seem to get the ball in the hole when he gets the board. But it buys us more time. |
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04-01-2009, 02:24 AM | #456 |
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Mid Major Poll (12/21):
1. Nevada (10-0) 2. Pepperdine (10-2) 3. VCU (9-1) 4. Ohio (7-2) 5. Akron (9-2) Ball State #6, Buffalo #15, Miami OH #17, Kent State #19, N. Illinois #24 Nevada, Pepperdine, and VCU are all in the Media top 25. I sim our only game this week vs a bad Illinois-Chicago team. Dec 26 at Ohio 109 Illinois-Chicago 65 Told you they were bad. Bright 20, Lamkin 18, Keller 12, Lufkin 11. Pepperdine loses a game this week and falls out of the media top 25. VCU and Pepperdine switch places in the mid major poll(Nevada 1, VCU 2, Pepperdine 3, Ohio 4 still). Our next game is in the same line as the DePaul and Arizona State games... Saint Louis is rated above us, we're taking them on on the road. |
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Ohio (8-2) at Saint Louis (6-3) Saint Louis is rated 85 OVR (84 off/87 def/86 sht/87 reb). They have a young starting 5, but it is incredibly talented. 4 players rated 80 or above. They lost to Miami OH earlier in the year and have lost 2 straight to Siena and St John's. Scouting PG Dereke Katelynas JR 82 OVR 94 speed/82 quickness. 87 hands/82 passing. 91 defense(ugh), 74 steals. 81 close/73 med/84 3. 84 off the dribble. 11.8 ppg. Incredible on ball defense, decent steals guy and a big offensive threat. Not a good start to the lineup review here. SG Theo Hammond SO 80 OVR 90 speed/86 quickness. 86 defense/85 steals. 89 close/81 med/68 3/81 in traffic. He looks like a slasher who can make things real hard on our defense. 81 defensive awareness to go along with his defense and steals worries me. 9.7 ppg. SF Houston Krager SO 80 OVR natural SG, 6'5. 88 speed/89 quickness, these guys are fast. 83 defensive awreness... real real good. 80 defense, pretty good against SF's. 84 close/70 med/74 3. 81 off the dribble/82 in traffic. 11.2 ppg. PF RC Rios FR 76 OVR 6'6, they're tiny. 80 orb/81 drb. 81 post o/77 psot d. 88 close/86 in traffic. Decent physical abilities, 66 vert/66 str/76 hustle, all B or B-. 9.2 ppg. C Lenny Buscher JR 80 OVR That's better. 6'7 87 orb/82 drb, solid but he's so short. 74 post offense/86 post defense(ugh). 79 blocks. 82 close/87 in traffic. He looks good except for the height. If he was 6'10 he'd be terrifying. Course, he's averaging 15 points a game anyway, leading the team. 5.8 rpg. They have a very very strong, very balanced lineup, and they go 9 deep. Our biggest edge is our size but our starters are not good scorers inside.
We finish running out the clock and get a great road win. Ohio 73 Saint Louis 51 Just a spectacular win for us. Sure Saint Louis is a young team with some falws, they had a real hard time with ball control at times, but this is one of the better wins I've had. Its the highest rated team I've beaten, home or road. With the help of early foul trouble, we hold their PG scoreless. He only has 1 assist in 19 minutes. Their two big men score 12 and 11, while SG Hammond scores 13, but on 5-13 shooting. We outrebound them 31-24 as a team. Murphy: 15 points/2 assists Lamkin: 5 points/6 assists (0-5 from 3) Lufkin: 17 points Bright: 6 points/12 boards Watson: 5 points/8 boards/4 steals Santiago: 10 points Garcia: 7 points Murphy should have been our player of the game probably. 6 of Lufkin's 17 points were deep 3's as the shot clock expired in the final 2 minutes, just killing time and he happened to nail them. We shoot 7-20 today from 3. Santiago was 2-4. Slowing the pace a bit and not launching 3's with Santiago whenever he seemed open probably helped |
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That was our last non-conference game. We're 9-2 going into conference play. Our first game is a good one too, home vs Ball State, they're 11-3, rated 80 OVR and are #6 in the mid-major poll. I'll play that and get the conference season going tomorrow.
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Congrats!! I think that is an awesome achievement, when I took over at Central Michigan their attendance was around 20%. I hated playing home games but after 3 years we were up to 94% and I felt proud. |
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hah nice. I never really thought about it, but does your success and attendence(and stadium size perhaps?) have anything to do with how hard you are to beat at home, in any way other than 6th man stuff? |
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You know, I'm not sure. I wish I knew, but I play with 6th man off. |
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Ah ok, thanks. Why do you turn off 6th man? I love it, it seems to give a great feel for home games and I love how it occurs more often in tournament games, allowing you to use your key players longer, kind of simulating your stars "getting up" for the tournament and giving everything, etc.
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I don't know, I always played on MOP and felt it was overdone. Now I'm playing on AC so I might try it again for a few games and evaluate. |
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Ball State (11-3) at Ohio (9-2) Ball State is the 2nd highest rated team in the conference behind us, so this is a big matchup right at the start. I'm happy to be at home for this one. Its a bit of a revenge game for us as well, as we lost 2 out of 3 times we played them last season, including in the conference tournament. Ball State is rated 80 OVR (80 off/80 def/83 sht/86 reb). They lost two key starters from last year's team, their starting PG and their starting Center. The Center they lost led the league in scoring and the two combined for about 27 ppg last year. They return some serious talent still. Scouting PG Femi Janiszewski FR 68 OVR 88 speed/81 quickness. 84 defense. He's a poor handler and an average passer. 75 close/66 med/73 3. 75 off the dribble. He'll develop into an above average player for sure, espicially with his speed and defense, but for now, he's not there. 7.2 ppg/3.8 apg. SG Gary Edelin SR 84 OVR Edelin is the highest rated player in the league, though he's still listed as undrafted, seems he has no pro future. 88 speed/88 quickness, 84 defense, 88 steals(A-, very very good). 85 close/86 med/85 3. 85 off the dribble, an outstanding shooter and can create his own shot. His tendencies remain low which hurts him, he is up to 12.4 ppg this year so far. SF Fab Minoff JR 78 OVR 6'9 - 83 defense, quite good for a SF, a solid post defender. 86 close/82 med/65 3(thank goodness). 83 in traffic and a good dunker(82). Solid athletic skills, B- vert/B str, B- hustle. 9 ppg this year, he's getting more looks with Kapono gone it would seem. PF Moises Massey SR 75 OVR A 6'6 SF, so they are hurting for big man depth. 79 orb/69 drb, 75 post offense/73 post defense. 87 close/73 med/73 3. 75 off the dribble/81 in traffic. A potentially dangerous scorer if he drags our big men out onto the wing. But he's a godawful rebounder and that's going to hurt them a lot. 9.9 ppg/3.8 rpg. C Herman Wheeler SR 72 OVR 6'9, a PF who would do a lot better with another big man at center. 79/84 on the boards(off/def). 78 post offense/72 defense. Good hustle/vertical/strength so he loks like a pretty good athlete. Only a 78 close range shot/86 in traffic. He doesn't seem like a scoring threat. Not a shot blocker either. But, without Kapono, he's finding room for 10 points/game this year and 6.6 rebounds. They have not done a good job replacing the depth they lost with two starters graduating. They have 7 guys rated 68+, only Wheeler is a true big man in that bunch. We need to drive and pound it inside to get them in foul trouble.
Just no defense. We get hot from 3 in the final 2 and a half, but it doesn't matter. Minoff and Massey both take every open look the second they touch the ball and they just TORCH us today. Ball State 110 Ohio 97 Yeah, they shoot 16-28 from 3. Dear god what the hell do you do about that? Edelin 20 (2-5 from 3), Minoff 29 (6-10 from 3), Massey 20 (4-4 from 3). They also outrebound us 32-27. How I don't know. Murphy: 20 points/7 assists (6-10 from 3) Lamkin: 4 points Lufkin: 16 points Bright: 4 points/8 boards Watson: 9 points/7 boards Grundy: 15 points Santiago: 15 points(5-12 from 3) Mendoza: 12 points Not the start to the conference season we wanted. |
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04-02-2009, 12:10 AM | #465 |
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We stay 4th in the latest mid-major poll:
1. VCU 2. Nevada 3. Pepperdine 4. Ohio 5. Ball State Akron #8, Kent State #12, Miami OH #22. The pretenders in the conference will quickly fall off here. Next up we sim a road game at Northern Illinois: Jan 9 Ohio 76 at N. Illinois 66 David Mendoza strains his back and will miss 12 days after this game. Looks like he'll miss 3 games. Lamkin scores 21, Lufkin 11 today. And that was the only game for the week. Top 5 in the mid-major poll is the same. Akron is 9th, Kent State 18th, Miami OH 21st now. Our next two are at home. Kent State and Central Michigan. We'll play the first. |
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Our simmed win over N. Illinois is a mini-milestone for me, my 150th win. 150-106 lifetime coaching record.
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With Mendoza out I'm going to see how many minutes I can get out of Murphy. I'll let Santiago get more minutes at SG than usual and use Lamkin as a backup PG.
January 14, 2016 Kent State (9-6, 1-1 MAC) at Ohio (10-3, 1-1 MAC) Kent State is the team that stunned us, beating us by 1 at home last year after we'd run off 8 straight conference games. No worries about that kind of upset this year. But we'd like to put some distance between that Ball State beating and our next loss for sure. Kent State is rated 80 OVR after a bump(they were 79 at the start of the year). 80 off/81 def/84 sht/87 reb. We've gained overall too, Ohio is now rated 84 OVR (84 off/82 def/87 sht/88 reb). Watson has a day to day injury which probably explains the lower rebound numbers? Also I had their SF, Montgomery, marked as a senior last year. He was a soph, typo by me. This means they return all 5 starters from a team that beat us. Scouting PG R. Parsons JR 71 OVR 86 speed but only 79 quickness. Outstanding defender(88), not a steals guy so that's good. 78 close/75 med/72 3, not great but can't leave him open. 82 off the dribble. 8.8 ppg. Average ball handler/passer for a PG. SG Theodore Holland JR 74 OVR A 3 point shooting specialist, rated 86 from behind the arc. He doesn't look to do much else. 81 defense. 6.6 ppg. SF :Logan Montgomery JR 81 OVR 83 speed/83 quickness, good for a SF. 84 vertical/81 hustle, both exceptional. 78 defensive awareness, almost unheard of for this level. Good defense for a SF(82), 87 close/75 med/79 3, 79 off the dribble, 89 in traffic. 11 ppg. PF Herman Bro SR 75 OVR 6'9, poor rebounder (77 o/73 d). Average on the blocks (76 post offense/75 post defense). 92 close range and 80 in traffic. 10.1 ppg this year. C Roburt Maye JR 71 OVR 7'1, a good defensive rebounder(86) but terrible on the offensive glass(72). 69 post offense/77 post d. 86 close/84 in traffic. He's improved in close quite a bit, and with B- potential will continue to improve into a solid player. 12 ppg/6 rpg. They go 8 deep with 3 backups rated 69/69/68. it gets thin after that.
With 9 minutes left and a 23 point lead we sim to the end. They cut the lead down to 13 but we win easily. Ohio 94 Kent State 81 Their star, Montgomery, gets 23. Maye, their center, with 12, couple backups in double figures as well. Murphy: 23 points (6-9 from 3) Lamkin: 9 poitns/4 assists Lufkin: 21 points/5 assists Bright: 8 points/9 boards Watson: 3 points/4 boards/5 assists Santiago: 19 points (5-12 from 3 again) Garcia: 7 points |
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at Ohio 81 C Michigan 79 Too close for comfort there. Lamkin 13, Keller 12, Grundy and Watson 10 each. Murphy fouled out in 13 minutes of action. With Mendoza hurt that generates 22 minutes for Northcutt and Snowden combined. That would explain that. For the week of the 18th we fall a spot in the mid-major polls despite 2 wins. 1. VCU (16-1) 2. Pepperdine (15-3) 3. Nevada (15-2) 4. Ball State (15-3) 5. Ohio (12-3) Kent State #18, Akron #21, Buffalo #22. Toledo and Ball State are 4-0 in conference play early on. Ohio and W. Michigan are both 3-1. Akron(#21 in that mid-major poll) is 0-4 and fading fast. Two road games up next, I'll sim the first. Jan 20 Ohio 100 at Bowling Green 58 Bowling Green is the lowest rated team in the league this year I believe. Keller with a career game, 27 points in 14 minutes off the bench. Lamkin 17, Lufkin 16. Bright with 8 and 11 boards. Our next game is on the road at Toledo, now 5-0 in the league. We'll have Mendoza back. Lamkin and Santiago both have day to day injuries, just for this game, both healthy after this. |
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Ohio (13-3, 4-1 MAC) at Toledo (8-7, 5-0 MAC) Toledo is rated 77 OVR (79 off/77 def/81 sht/83 reb). We'd appear to have a substantial edge over them. This is the team last year that House scored 47 against, and this is essentially the same lineup, so we'll probably focus a fair bit on Lufkin and see if he can get anything close to the same kind of results. Scouting PG Phillip Scott SR - 70 OVR 76 defense, 83 close/84 med/70 3. Not a lot else to worry about. 7.5 ppg. Almost zero development since last year. SG Carson Winter JR 69 OVR 87 speed/83 quickness. 80 defense, 79 close/72 med/76 3. 76 off the dribble. 7.1 ppg. SF Tim Krymski SR 79 OVR 6'6. Good speed for a SF (82 spd/83 qck). 78 defender, about average for a SF. 81 close/79 med/69 3, 84 in traffic, only 74 off the dribble. 11.3 ppg/6.5 rpg. PF Levi Lloyd JR 74 OVR 6'8 72 orb/86 drb. 74 post offense/71 defense. A good shot blocker(77). 84 close/86 in traffic. B+ strength for a PF, 78... 8.8 ppg/4.5 rpg C Clent Foust JR 72 OVR 6'9, a natural PF. 74 orb/81 drb, not good enough to compete with us. 81 post offense, which is solid. 69 post defense, which is terrible. 85 close/81 in traffic. 14.7 ppg, leads the team and is 4th or 5th in the league in scoring this year so far. They have a backup SF rated 74 OVR, Carroll. The rest of the team is rated below 60. We should demolish them. They look like a very poor defensive team.
At the 16 minute mark its 66-36. I sim it from there. Ohio 104 Toledo 66 Yeah, I think we're better than (formerly) 5-0 Toledo. Murphy: 14 points/6 assists Lamkin: 13 points Lufkin: 17 points/6 assists Bright: 10 points/9 boards/2 blocks Swatson: 13 points/13 boards Mendoza: 17 points Grundy: 9 points/5 boards Keller: 7 points Santiago scored 1. 0-5 from 3. |
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Nevada and VCU lose this week and shake the top 5 up a bit in the mid-major poll:
1. Pepperdine (17-3) 2. VCU (17-2) 3. Ball State (17-3) 4. Ohio (14-3) 5. Nevada (17-2) Akron is #16, Kent State #19, Western michigan #24. Pepperdine and VCU are both ranked in the media and coaches top 25s. 2 home games this week, first against 80 rated Miami, the second against 73 rated Buffalo(1-5 in the MAC). We'll play Miami. |
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January 27, 2016
Miami OH (11-7, 3-3 MAC) at Ohio (14-3, 5-1 MAC) Miami is rated 80 OVR (80 off/81 def/83 sht/84 reb). They've lost to Toledo, W. michigan and Northern Illinois. Their wins are over Akron, Buffalo and EMU, 3 of the lower rated teams in the league. That looks like a good sign for us but they are rated real highly. Their starting center is out for the game or else they'd be 81 or 82 OVR and a much tougher matchup. This is the team with the 5* JC recruit that came in. It'll be interesting to see how he does. Scouting PG Stan Victor JR 80 OVR 85 speed/81 quickness. 82 defense/83 steals. 86 close/82 med/87 3. 75 off the dribble/83 in traffic. Poor ball handling and passing skills(78/68, both C's). Victor leads the team with 16.5 ppg and is shooting 45% from 3. SG Brian Crandle SR 81 OVR 90 speed/90 quickness, 85 defense, 80 steals. 85 close/77 med/74 3. 83 in traffic/75 off the dribble. Crandle is 6'7 and a good rebounder for a guard. He's only averaging 8.3 ppg so far this year and 3 assists. SF Roosevelt Hess SR 73 OVR 6'7 natural SF. 86 close/79 med/72 from 3, entirely an offensive threat. 78 off the dribble/85 in traffic, both decent but not great numbers.He's an awful defender(75) and is slow. 6.4 ppg. PF Rashad Sharp SO 67 OVR 6'9. 74 org/77 drb. 75 post offense/61 post defense. Awful, awful post defender. 82 close/79 in traffic. A pretty weak link. 3.1 ppg. C Jarrett McCleod JR 75 OVR 6'9, normally their PF, but the center is hurt today. 88 orb/78 drb . 81 shot blocker, 74 post D, good vertical, good strength and great hustle. 84 post offense/89 close/84 in traffic. 10.1 ppg/6.4 rpg. They have a 7 foot backup center rated 71 OVR, not sure why they don't play him instead of sharp. They go 7 deep without their Center as far as decent quality players.
They go up 18 and I dont want to even run the clock out, quick sim. Miami OH 85 Ohio 77 Hess only scores 4 in the second half to finish with 24. But Victor gets 12 and Crandle 14, the rest of their team started picking up. Murphy: 4 points (1-9 from 3) Lamkin: 2 poitns (0-6 from the field) Lufkin: 15 points (3-11 from the field, 0-4 from 3... 9/11 from the line) Bright: 6 points/5 boards Watson: 4 points/7 boards (2-7 from the field) Santiago: 17 points Keller: 7 points So a disturbing pattern is forming where we crush teams worse than us but the ones that can compete are beating us fairly soundly at our house. This does not bode well at all. We need to figure out how to beat these teams before the conference tournament or we're going to be heading back to the NIT again. |
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04-02-2009, 04:11 AM | #472 |
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Buffalo is one of the worst teams in the league so this result is no surprise.
Jan 30 at Ohio 106 Buffalo 70 Lufkin 22, Grundy 15, Bright 14, Lamkin 14. Mid major poll: 1. Pepperdine 2. Ball State 3. Nevada 4. VCU 5. Ohio Kent State 18, Akron 21, Miami OH 22, W. Michigan 23. We're at the halfway point of the MAC season: 1. Toledo 7-1 2. Ball State 7-1 3. Ohio 6-2 4. W. Michigan 5-3 5. Miami OH 5-3 6. E. michigan 5-3 7. Kent State 4-4 8. Bowling Green 3-5 9. akron 2-6 10. C. Michigain 2-6 11. Buffalo 1-7 12. N. Illinois 1-7 Ball State just lost to Western michigan. Their next two are against Miami OH and Toledo so things will shake up a bit next week. I sim our next game: Feb 3 Ohio 97 at E. michigan 71 Lufkin 20, Santiago 17, Lamkin 19, Watson 14. Our next game is against Western Michigan. They're only 1 game behind us for 3rd in the MAC. A win here would give us some separation from the teams below while we chase Toledo and Ball State. We have a fairly easy schedule the rest of the way. We don't play Miami OH or Toledo again. We play Ball State in a couple weeks though. That'll be a key game for us, as Ball State and Ohio appear to be the only two teams with any chance for at large NCAA bids. |
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Ohio (16-4, 7-2 MAC) at Western Michigan (14-7, 6-3 MAC) WMU is rated 76 OVR and we should have a big edge over them in theory. 76 off/74 def/76 sht/80 reb. They have an RPI in the 80s so if they can stay in that top 100 this would be a nice win to get, espicially on the road. I don't think we've played these guys in a couple seasons now(played a game out instead of simming that is), as I don't recognize a single name. WMU is the only team to beat Ball State in league play this year so far, but they have losses to Akron and Central Michigan, neither great teams. Scouting PG Filip Nance SR 73 OVR 91 speed/81 quickness, 87 defense(outstanding), 80 steals(also outstanding). 78 close/74 med/69 from 3, 87 off the dribble, if he's hot he can create his own shot with ease it appears. Above average, but not great, ball handling and passing. 12 ppg so far this year. SG Demetrieus Mayer SO 73 OVR - 84 speed/78 quickness, not that good really, D quickness. 83 defense/77 steals, not bad at all. 88 close/73 med/83 3, 72 off the dribble/72 in traffic. The opposite of Nance, looks like a great shooter but needs to spot up and catch and shoot to be worthwhile. 10.1 ppg. SF Turner Hunter JR 67 OVR 6'6, 77 speed/77 quickness, average. 67 defense, absolutely horrible. So bad i'd assume he was a converted PF, but he isn't, he's a natural SF. 87 close/72 med/66 3. 83 in traffic/71 off the dribble. 4.2 ppg. PF Edwin Christy JR 68 OVR 6'10 so they have some size. 76 orb/76 drb. 76 post off/78 post def. 82 close/81 in traffic. 79 str, very strong. Just 4.6 ppg. C Cornelio Bernard JR 70 OVR 6'11 77 orb/82 drb, 79 post off/75 post def. Not much of a shot blocker. Strong, 75 str (B+). 83 close/84 in traffic, which is about average. 6.5 ppg/4.6 rpg this year. They go 7 deep with guys rated 65+, but Mayer, Nance and Bernard are the only 3 rated over 70. We should have a serious talent edge over them. We also have a 62-47 team unity edge.
I decide to foul instead of letting them take a 3. Its our 7th foul, they make the first, miss the second and Bright secures the game with a rebound. They foul but its only their 6th foul of the half. I get it inbounds and run out the clock before they can wrap me up. Ohio 81 Western Michigan 79 Its hard to win on the road. Mayer scores 18 for them. Nance is scoreless at halftime but ends with 12. Hunters and Bernard with 10 each. They played hard and we struggled to shoot well against them, going 3-17 from 3. But we got to the line 27 times(they ended up going 16 times, so it evened a little in the 2nd half), and were strong inside. We also end up with a 38-33 rebounding edge. Murphy: 4 points/4 assists Lamkin: 10 points Lufkin: 10 points Bright: 12 points/14 boards Watson: 14 points/8 boards Keller: 12 points Garcia: 9 points Grundy: 7 points/6 boards Bright, Watson and Keller all in double figures, Grundy with 7 is great for me with how much I struggle scoring inside at times. Watson has a 92 close/93 traffic rating, he ought to score more, but he seems to struggle a ton against shot blockers. His post offense rating is low too which seems to play out with a lot of missed hooks and such when he backs his man down. Anyway, key win for us, as W. Michigan was 1 game behind us, a loss would have put us 2 games out of first and tied for 3rd. Instead(we're still 3rd) we're just 1 game behind Ball State and Toledo and build a 2 game cushion over 4th. |
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04-03-2009, 12:27 AM | #474 |
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Well, the big news is that for the first time in my career at Ohio, a MAC team is in the top 25. The bad news is that it is Ball State instead of us. Ball State enters the media poll 23rd in the nation. Mid Major Poll:
1. Pepperdine (19-4) 2. Ball State (20-4) 3. Ohio (17-4) 4. Nevada (19-3) 5. Coppin State (21-2) <-- yup, from the MEAC, my old conference. Impressive job for a small conference team. Miami OH is 20th, W. Michigan 21st, Kent State 24th. Ball State is 2-2 vs the top 50 - We are 0-2 Ball STate is 3-1 vs 51-100 - We are 4-1 Ball State's RPI is 21st. Ours is 41st. Our next two are vs Akron and at Central Michigan. both should be easy wins. I'll sim the home game and play the road game. Feb 9 at Ohio 74 Akron 73 JR Keller is hurt and will miss 14 days of action. Ugh! We can probably manage with Watson, Bright and Grundy, but they can be foul prone which is my biggest worry. The win takes us to 18-4, 9-2 in the MAC. Next we travel to a poor Central Michigan team. Assuming we can win there, the next game after that will be on the road at top 25 Ball State. Hah! Well, that game will be for first. And Ball State won't be in the top 25 when we play. They just lost to Eastern Michigan. Anyway, gotta take care of business first. |
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Ohio (18-4, 9-2 MAC) at Central Michigan (9-13, 2-8 MAC) Central Mishigan is rated 75 OVR (77 off/75 def/78 sht/83 reb). Their coach is rated 79, same as me. Most MAC coaches are rated higher. Scouting I'm not going to bother with a full list here. They have 5 players rated over 70. Four of them are PF or C. They have a SF that is rated 71 from 3. No one else on the team is rated over 60 OVR, and no one else on their team is rated over 60 OVR,not a single PG/SG. We're actually going with a 2-3 zone today. I'm going to have to balance my desire to run and build a 30 point lead and sim this ASAP with my need to stay out of foul trouble inside. I might slow this one down some.
We get a stop and another bucket, a steal and another bucket and its pretty much done at that point. They get a 3 in the last 10 seconds to make it a 3 poitn game. Ohio 86 Central Michigan 83 Their talented SF, Dodd, scores 26. Their best big man scores 21. Murphy: 11 points Lamkin: 9 points Lufkin: 14 points/6 boards Bright: 11 points/7 boards Watson: 9 points/9 boards/4 assists Garcia: 11 points Grundy: 7 points/15 boards Kinda embarrassing here, I didn't even properly scout them, just glanced at their roster and assumed we'd waltz to victory. I didn't realize it was possible to look ahead to the next game in a video game, but yeah, that's what this is. I assumed a roster with 4 big men rated 70+, 1 SF rated 73 OVR, and everyone else on the court rated 59 and below, that we'd sleepwalk to victory. And if I'd played my normal game we probably would have. Oh well, we escape with the win, lesson learned. |
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04-03-2009, 02:00 AM | #476 |
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Lamkin's injury in the final 10 minutes vs Central Michigan was a small one, he's day to day and ready in time for Ball State. Keller will still be out though.
Mid Major Poll: 1. Pepperdine (21-4) 2. Nevada (21-3) 3. Ohio (19-4) 4. Ball State (20-6) 5. VCU (20-5) Kent State #20, W. Michigan #22, Miami OH #25 Ball State loses to Northern Illinois and has dropped 2 in a row coming up to the game with us. Bracketology opens for the first time. Our RPI jumps to #35, and we are somehow projected as a 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Ball State is projected as a 9 seed. Their RPI is still 33rd despite the 2 losses in a row. And, as we learned so well last year, we cannot afford to slip up down the stretch. If we go into the conference tournament 22-4, make it to the finals and lose, we're 24-5 and we're probably in. If we lose a couple conference games down the stretch and go in with 6 losses, then we probably have to win the conference tournament. We don't have a win over a top 50 team, still 0-2(Ball State and Arizona State). 5-1 vs 50-100 helps, but beating Ball State here and earning a top 50 win would be *really* nice. I'll play the big game tomorrow. |
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Ohio (19-4, 10-2 MAC) at Ball State (20-6, 9-3 MAC) Rematch. Ball State sits at 81 OVR (80 off/81 def/83 sht/86 reb). Their starting 5 from earlier this year is all active and everyone on their team has gained a point in development. They've lost two in a row, both on the road, but it cost them a top 25 spot and they've lost a little of their luster going into this matchup. Still, Ball State and Ohio are the only two teams with any hope of an at large bid out of the MAC, making this a critical game. More critical for me I believe since they already have a quality win over us. Their SF, Minoff, has a hip injury and is day to day, he'll play though. We're missing Keller which hurts us for rotation purposes but we can live with in general. Scouting PG Femi Janiszewski FR 69 OVR 88 speed/81 quickness. 84 defense. He's a poor handler and an average passer. 75 close/66 med/73 3. 75 off the dribble. He'll develop into an above average player for sure, espicially with his speed and defense, but for now, he's not there. 7.4 ppg/3.5 apg. SG Gary Edelin SR 85 OVR Edelin is the highest rated player in the league, though he's still listed as undrafted, seems he has no pro future. 89 speed/88 quickness, 84 defense, 88 steals(A-, very very good). 85 close/86 med/85 3. 85 off the dribble, an outstanding shooter and can create his own shot. His tendencies remain low which hurts him, he is up to 13.3 ppg this year so far. SF Fab Minoff JR 79 OVR 6'9 - 83 defense, quite good for a SF, a solid post defender. 86 close/82 med/65 3(thank goodness). 84 in traffic and a good dunker(83). Solid athletic skills, B- vert/B str, B- hustle. 8.7 ppg/4.8 rpg. PF Moises Massey SR 76 OVR A 6'6 SF, so they are hurting for big man depth. 79 orb/69 drb, 75 post offense/73 post defense. 87 close/73 med/73 3. 75 off the dribble/81 in traffic. A potentially dangerous scorer if he drags our big men out onto the wing. But he's a godawful rebounder and that's going to hurt them a lot. 9.7 ppg/3.8 rpg. C Herman Wheeler SR 73 OVR 6'9, a PF who would do a lot better with another big man at center. 79/84 on the boards(off/def). 78 post offense/72 defense. Good hustle/vertical/strength so he loks like a pretty good athlete. Only a 78 close range shot/86 in traffic. He doesn't seem like a scoring threat. Not a shot blocker either. 8.8 ppg/6.4 rpg Last time we played, they killed us with Edelin, Minoff, and Massey, all three of them scoring 20+. Massey got out for 3's too often. Minoff just killed Lufkin from everywhere. There isn't a whole lot I can do to change things up, but I'm trying a couple things. Murphy is going to guard Edelin. He's too small to go after Minoff I think, but Murphy is my best defender and he will stick to their best shooter. Also I'm turning off all auto-doubleteams. I like doubling guys in the post most of the time but it seems like we gave up way too many open 3's due to our guys doubling down, getting out of position and leaving 3 point shooters wide open on ball rotations. They shot 16-28 from 3 last time. My goal is to not let that happen again :P
We hit one more 3 but they are big time clutch at the FT line and after 1 miss we are too far gone. Ball State 98 Ohio 88 Despite my bitching above about how the AI was just not going to let us win, there are legitimate factors at work here. We match up terribly against these guys. We have poor on ball defense compared to last year. Murphy is our only legitimate on ball defender. We have two great rebounders but they aren't great scorers. We have all the slkills inside but they're split between 4 guys. And it was on the road. Ball State has 92% attendence this year and I don't know how that impacts the game but I am now 100% convinced that it does impact the game. I was talking with someone today about how this team doesn't have a legit go to guy and how that is one of the big problems with this team against quality opposition. But I also feel that defense is really hurting me. Against good teams we just are not often getting stretches where we stop the other team for even 2 or 3 minutes at a time. We have no spurts in us against good teams because we simply have too many defensive holes. Edelin scored 28. Massey 13, Wheeler 10. Janiszewski, their worst starter, scored 17. Murphy was on him last game and nullified him completely. Today, we learn that murphy can't stop Edelin, he's getting his points regardless. But with Murphy trying to stop Edelin, their other backcourt option got to run wild over our poorer defenders. If we get them again in the MAC Tournament I'll definitely have to remember that. Murphy: 7 points/8 assists Lamkin: 2 points Lufkin: 14 points Bright: 12 points/4 boards Watson: 19 points/6 boards Santiago: 21 points Grundy: 6 points/7 boards Santiago was 4-7 from 3 and 8-14 overall, he did a great job getting to the rim today. Bright did better than it felt during the game, 4-8 and a number of free throws. He missed a couple little clunkers that were embarrassing. Grundy was a real weak link. 3-10 inside. |
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04-03-2009, 08:24 PM | #479 |
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at Ohio 81 N. Illinois 74 Lufkin 15, Murphy and Lamkin 14, Mendoza 10. This takes us to the opening week in march, the last week of the regular season. We travel to Kent State, a team we beat pretty handily earlier in the season, and then host Bowling Green,a team we demolished in a simmed game. I'll play Kent State. Mid Major Poll: 1. Pepperdine (25-4) 2. Ball State (22-6) 3. Ohio (20-5) 4. Nevada (23-4) 5. New Mexico Sate (20-6) Toledo #21, Akron #25. Ball State's RPI is up to #21. They are back in the media top 25. Our RPI is 32nd. The latest bracketology has Ball State as a 7 seed, and Ohio as a 7 seed. Both of us are considered safe, not on the bubble. The top of the conference standings: 1. Ohio 11-3 2. Ball State 11-3 3. Toledo 11-3 4. E. Michigan 8-6 3 way tie for first. Somehow we're awarded the tiebreaker right now. Overall winning % might be it? 20-5 for us(80%), 22-6 for Ball State (78.5%), 14-10 for Toledo (58.3%). Whatever happens, it is critical that Toledo does'nt earn the 1 seed. I don't care if I'm #2. But if Ohio is #2 and Ball State #3, we're in trouble. If we're going to have to play them again, I want it to be in the finals. |
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Will this cause you to recruit players that have better defensive skill sets or change tactics?
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If we get ball state again in the tournament I'm probably going to try to slow the game down, if we try to go full speed against them I think its pretty clear that they are the one that is likely to find a big run somewhere in the middle of the contest. As far as recruiting goes, my primary targets are generally still based on * rating and rank. If a highly rated recruit ends up a poor defensive player he's probably a big enough offensive stud to make up for it. Once I get around to the mid level 3* backup targets, if I have the points available to do so I do plan on paying closer attention to defense for sure. |
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Ohio (20-5, 11-3 MAC) at Kent State (14-13, 6-8 MAC) 77 OVR for Kent State (78 off/79 def/82 sht/85 reb). Their best player, Logan Montgomery, is out for another 2 weeks with a broken Wrist. They aren't the same without him. This is the second time we've played Kent State with him not in the lineup. Two years ago he only played 8 games due to injury. Last year he looks to have missed 2 or 3 games as well. Scouting PG R. Parsons JR 71 OVR 86 speed but only 79 quickness. Outstanding defender(88), not a steals guy so that's good. 78 close/75 med/72 3, not great but can't leave him open. 82 off the dribble. 8.8 ppg. Average ball handler/passer for a PG. SG Theodore Holland JR 74 OVR A 3 point shooting specialist, rated 86 from behind the arc. He doesn't look to do much else. 81 defense. 6.6 ppg. SF Damond Hooper FR 69 OVR 78 speed/72 quickness. 79 defense, a solid C+ for a SF. 83 close/68 med/62 3, 81 in traffic, he looks to only be a danger if he can get in close. But he doesn't seem to have the physical skills to really be a threat. 4.5 ppg. Not a bad freshman but not ready to take over for a guy like Montgomery PF Herman Bro SR 75 OVR 6'9, poor rebounder (77 o/73 d). Average on the blocks (76 post offense/75 post defense). 92 close range and 80 in traffic. 10.1 ppg this year. C Roburt Maye JR 71 OVR 7'1, a good defensive rebounder(86) but terrible on the offensive glass(72). 69 post offense/77 post d. 86 close/84 in traffic. He's improved in close quite a bit, and with B- potential will continue to improve into a solid player. 12 ppg/6 rpg. Without Montgomery we look to have an easy road here. He scored 23 against us in our first meeting and we still won by 13.
We score to make it 74-63. They get a bucket and a foul for a 3 point play chance. They miss the FT, get the rebound, get another bucket and a foul. 5 point play. Game over. I sit on the ball to get this over with. Kent State 81 Ohio 63 We find another way to kill our chances at an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Dreadful. We really shouldn't lose to these guys with Montgomery out. Road games in conference play, eh? Key loss though. We just choked. This is looking a lot like last season, isn't it? We need to buckle down for the conference tourney. Parsons torched us for 21, Maye for 12 in only 16 minutes. Holland had 11, we did a decent job on him. Murphy: 6 points Lamkin: 20 points Lufkin: 9 points/5 boards/4 assists Bright: 0 points/4 boards Watson: 4 points/7 boards Santiago: 9 points Garcia: 7 points They spent most of the game in a 2-3 zone. We did very very poorly against it. We shot 23-60 from the field. 3-18 from 3. Ouch. Time to rebound and win this damn tournament though. |
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04-03-2009, 11:06 PM | #483 |
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Final regular season game is against a very bad Bowling Green team.
March 6 at Ohio 83 Bowling Green 74 Lamkin with 18, Bright 17. final mid major poll going into the postseason: 1. Pepperdine (25-5) 2. Ball State (23-7) 3. New MExico State (22-6) 4. Ohio (21-6) 5. Nevada (24-4) Akron moved way up to 15th, they must have beaten Ball State. Toledo 21st. Final MAC Standings 1. Ohio 12-4 2. Ball State 12-4 3. Toledo 12-4 4. E. Michigan 9-7 5. Miami OH 8-8 6. N. Illinois 8-8 7. Akron 7-9 8. W. Michigan 7-9 9. Kent State 7-9 10. Bowling Green 7-9 11. C. Michigan 4-12 12. Buffalo 3-13 We get our wish, not having to play Ball State til the finals. The tiebreaker does appear to be overall winning %, based on the 12-4 tiebreakers and the 7-9 ones. MAC First Round 9. Kent State 70 8. W. Michigan 79 12. Buffalo 77 5. Miami OH 71 6. N. Illinois 83 11. C. Michigan 69 7. Akron 84 10. Bowling Green 72 love seeing Miami OH go down. They are a major threat. Mixed feelings on KEnt State winning. Sure they just beat us, but damn I want revenge. MAC Quarterfinals 1. Ohio 9. Kent State 4. E. michigan 12. Buffalo 3. Toledo 6. N. Illinois 2. Ball State 7. Akron Lets rock. |
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Ohio (21-6, 12-4 MAC) vs Kent State (16-14, 7-9 MAC) Same info here. REVENGE today. 77 OVR for Kent State (78 off/79 def/82 sht/85 reb). Their best player, Logan Montgomery, is out for another 2 weeks with a broken Wrist. They aren't the same without him. This is the second time we've played Kent State with him not in the lineup. Two years ago he only played 8 games due to injury. Last year he looks to have missed 2 or 3 games as well. Scouting PG R. Parsons – JR – 71 OVR – 86 speed but only 79 quickness. Outstanding defender(88), not a steals guy so that's good. 78 close/75 med/72 3, not great but can't leave him open. 82 off the dribble. 8.8 ppg. Average ball handler/passer for a PG. SG Theodore Holland – JR – 74 OVR – A 3 point shooting specialist, rated 86 from behind the arc. He doesn't look to do much else. 81 defense. 6.6 ppg. SF Damond Hooper – FR – 69 OVR – 78 speed/72 quickness. 79 defense, a solid C+ for a SF. 83 close/68 med/62 3, 81 in traffic, he looks to only be a danger if he can get in close. But he doesn't seem to have the physical skills to really be a threat. 4.5 ppg. Not a bad freshman but not ready to take over for a guy like Montgomery PF Herman Bro – SR – 75 OVR – 6'9”, poor rebounder (77 o/73 d). Average on the blocks (76 post offense/75 post defense). 92 close range and 80 in traffic. 10.1 ppg this year. C Roburt Maye – JR – 71 OVR – 7'1”, a good defensive rebounder(86) but terrible on the offensive glass(72). 69 post offense/77 post d. 86 close/84 in traffic. He's improved in close quite a bit, and with B- potential will continue to improve into a solid player. 12 ppg/6 rpg.
We run out the clock from there. Ohio 92 Kent State 71 REVENGE IS MINE. We were more successful in transition today and really shot the 3 well in the 2nd half. We were 15-31 from 3. Murphy: 14 points/7 assists Lamkin: 16 points Lufkin: 15 points Bright: 4 points/9 boards Watson: 8 points/6 boards Santiago: 25 points (8-12 FG, 5-8 3, 4-4 FT) Great game for Santiago today. Last edited by Radii : 04-04-2009 at 03:44 AM. |
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MAC Quarterfinals
1. Ohio 92 9. Kent State 71 4. E. michigan 81 12. Buffalo 79 6. N. Illinois 82 3. Toledo 69 2. Ball State 65 7. Akron 64 MAC Semifinals 1. Ohio 4. E. Michigan 6. N. Illinois 2. Ball State |
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March 11, 2016 MAC Semifinals
(1) Ohio (22-6, 12-4 MAC) vs (4) Eastern Michigan (15-14, 9-7 MAC) This is where we've fallen the last two years in the conference tourney. Two years ago we were the 2 seed and lost to 3 seed EMU in the semis. Last year we were the 1 seed and lost to Ball State in the semifinals. EMU is rated 77 OVR (76 off/77 def/77 sht/86 reb). We haven't played a game out against them since that tourney game 2 seasons ago. Their roster has almost completely turned over since then. Scouting PG Jeremee Alleyne JR 67 OVR 86 speed/83 quickness. 74 defense, godawful. 77 close/67 med/71 3. 79 off the dribble. 81 hands/84 passing... much better passing (C hands/B passing). 8.1 ppg/4.9 apg. SG Woody Karis JR 74 OVR 6'5, big for a SG for whatever its worth. 86 speed/84 quickness, 78 defense(very low). 80 close/78 med/76 3. 78 off the dribble/79 in traffic. 81 steals which his solid. Hopefully Lamkin and Santiago can abuse the poor defense all game. 8.3 ppg/5.2 rpg/3.7 apg. 76 drb rating is great for a guard. SF Kirby Summers SR 73 OVR 78 speed/74 quickness. 80 defense, B- for a SF, not bad, not great. 79 close/74 med/64 3. 77 off the dribble/75 in traffic. 75 defensive awareness is pretty solid too FWIW. 9.2 ppg/4.3 rpg. PF Kentrell Warner JR 72 OVR 6'10, 81 orb/79 drb, 74 post offense/74 post defense. 82 close/84 in traffic. Good leaper for a big guy(76) and strong (72). But hopefully the poor post play and rebounding gives us an edge here. 10.6 ppg/5.7 rpg. Warner will have a height edge over Bright. C Dameon Archibong JR 71 OVR 6'11 - 76 orb/78 drb, fairly poor(C), 77 post offense/74 post defense. 83 close/81 in traffic. Looks pretty average. He does lead the team with 12.8 ppg this year. Everyone in their lineup has 4 bars or more of experience. Its a balanced, experienced starting 5. They appear to be fairly awful defensively. They also don't run very deep, 7 guys rated 60+ (actually 8 but a bakcup PF is hurt). Seems like we ought to have an edge here. Our team unity is up to 67. Theirs is 61.
I make one more free throw and its enough. Ohio 91 Eastern Michigan 87 All 5 of their starters end up in double figures. Karis leads them with 24 points and 5 assists. Summers scores 14, both their big men score 12, and PG with 10. They shot over 50% for the game, 36-66. We shoot even better, 33-54, also 21-26 from the line. We outrebound them 24-19 as well. Murphy: 6 points/4 assists Lamkin: 19 points Lufkin: 12 points Bright: 7 points/10 boards Watson: 14 points Grundy: 10 points/5 boards Garcia: 8 points Santiago: 8 points |
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04-04-2009, 05:04 AM | #487 |
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MAC Semifinals
1. Ohio 91 4. E. Michigan 87 2. Ball State 79 6. N. Illinois 78 Finals 1. Ohio 2. Ball State Our RPI is #35 right now. Ball State's is #25. In Bracketology both of us are projected as 7 seeds. At 23-6 I hope we've done enough to get in regardless, but it sure would be nice to beat them once... |
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March 12, 2016 MAC Finals
(1) Ohio (22-6, 12-4 MAC) vs (2) Ball State (25-7, 12-4 MAC) They beat us handily in the first two meetings and left us feeling completely helpless in multiple situations. I tried putting my best defender on Edelin last game and it backfired, he got his points and their other guards scored a lot more too. This time I'll just have Murphy shut down Janiszewski and realize that Edelin is going to score and I can't do anything about it. The plan is to slow the game down. I don't think it will work, but running with them is just not working at all. Scouting PG Femi Janiszewski FR 69 OVR 88 speed/81 quickness. 84 defense. He's a poor handler and an average passer. 75 close/66 med/73 3. 75 off the dribble. He'll develop into an above average player for sure, espicially with his speed and defense, but for now, he's not there. 7.4 ppg/3.5 apg. SG Gary Edelin SR 85 OVR Edelin is the highest rated player in the league, though he's still listed as undrafted, seems he has no pro future. 89 speed/88 quickness, 84 defense, 88 steals(A-, very very good). 85 close/86 med/85 3. 85 off the dribble, an outstanding shooter and can create his own shot. His tendencies remain low which hurts him, he is up to 13.3 ppg this year so far. SF Fab Minoff JR 79 OVR 6'9 - 83 defense, quite good for a SF, a solid post defender. 86 close/82 med/65 3(thank goodness). 84 in traffic and a good dunker(83). Solid athletic skills, B- vert/B str, B- hustle. 8.7 ppg/4.8 rpg. PF Moises Massey SR 76 OVR A 6'6 SF, so they are hurting for big man depth. 79 orb/69 drb, 75 post offense/73 post defense. 87 close/73 med/73 3. 75 off the dribble/81 in traffic. A potentially dangerous scorer if he drags our big men out onto the wing. But he's a godawful rebounder and that's going to hurt them a lot. 9.7 ppg/3.8 rpg. C Herman Wheeler SR 73 OVR 6'9, a PF who would do a lot better with another big man at center. 79/84 on the boards(off/def). 78 post offense/72 defense. Good hustle/vertical/strength so he loks like a pretty good athlete. Only a 78 close range shot/86 in traffic. He doesn't seem like a scoring threat. Not a shot blocker either. 8.8 ppg/6.4 rpg
Ball State is clutch. We are not. Good effort but no. Ball State 71 Ohio 61 And for the 3rd year in a row, we sit at home on selection sunday wondering if we have a shot to get into the tournament with a 20+ win season as the highest rated team in the conference, unable to win the conference tournament. Murphy: 6 points/5 assists Lamkin: 19 points Lufkin: 5 points Bright: 12 points/9 boards Watson: 9 points/5 boards Keller: 4 points/6 boards We end up shooting 40% for the game. They shoot 58%. I said at halftime: Edelin only has 2 so far. Minoff 0. In past games that has been a terrible sign, meaning they're going to go off for thousands of second half points The two combined for 23 second half points, exactly half of Ball State's second half total. Massey finishes with 16 and was also big in the second half. |
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04-04-2009, 06:29 AM | #489 |
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In the final bracketology before selection sunday we are still in as an 8 seed. Our RPI is 36th, and we are 23-7 overall. We are 0-4 vs top 50 teams, 6-1 vs 51-100. 12-2 vs 101-200, and 5-0 vs 200+.
Ball State is still projected a 6 seed. NCAA Tournament Selection Ok, we are not on the final bubble watch, I have to assume that means we're in. Bubble Teams: Georgetown, Kansas State, Iowa, BYU, Wisconsin, LSU, Xavier, Providence, Purdue, San Diego State. 1 Seeds EAST: North Carolina - top seed, they've been #1 all season long. SOUTH: Texas Tech MIDWEST: Rhode Island WEST: Marquette East Region New Mexico State/Ole Miss is the 8/9 game. Ball State is the 7 seed in the East, they'll face Wisconsin, a power team the last few years, down a bit this year. Kentucky is the 2 seed here. South HAH! Ohio is the 9 seed in the south Regional!!! Our opponent? Coach K and the Duke Blue Devils. If we get a win there we'd play Texas Tech in round 2. Arizona State is a 5 seed here. I skip ahead after seeing my name. Pepperdine earns a 3 seed, easily the top mid major. Duke had a down year, finishing only 16-12, 9-7 in ACC play. But holy crap check out their roster strength. COACH: Ohio 79 - Duke 100 REBOUNDING: Ohio 91 - Duke 93 SHOOTING: Ohio 87 - Duke 92 DEFENSE: Ohio 83 - Duke 94 OFFENSE: Ohio 84 - Duke 91 OVERALL: Ohio 84 - Duke 93 woo boy. Regardless, I'm thrilled to earn an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. We can worry about choking down the stretch and beating Ball Freaking State next season. For now its big dance time! I'll play this later today, hopefully before the final four starts. |
04-04-2009, 07:01 AM | #490 |
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Awesome, congrats!
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04-04-2009, 09:24 AM | #491 |
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Sorry about Ball State, welcome to the tourney!
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04-04-2009, 12:32 PM | #492 |
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Man, those weasels from Ball State squeaked by with a pair of one point wins to get the chance to beat you three straight. I have to imagine that you pretty much despise that team at this point.
Congrats on getting in the dance. I'm guessing that is worth a coaching point? |
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Nah, my first season at Ohio(I think...1st or 2nd) I won the conference tournament and made the tournament. My next postseason related coaching point would involve making the sweet 16. That seems... unlikely this season |
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March 18, 2016 NCAA Tournament First Round
(8) Duke (16-12) vs (9) Ohio (23-7) Duke is the last of 7 ACC teams to make the tournament. Coach K is still there and actually earned his 1000th win in February. They have a huge amount of talent. I have been mentioning Duke pretty frequently in the top 5(usually the top 2) of the recruiting class rankings recently. It shows here as 6 of their top 8 players are 5* top 20 recruits in their class. Duke is rated 93 OVR (91 off/94 def/92 sht/93 reb). Hah, we're playing at Ford Field, seems a little big for a first weekend site, but whatever. This video game is the only chance anyone gets to see Duke uniforms at Ford Field this weekend The lighter shade of blue playing there later tonight really does look a lot better anyway. Scouting PG Jarrid Delic JR 90 OVR 95 speed/94 quickness, wow. 94 defense. Wow again. 97 steals. Double wow. 95 handling/87 passing. 86 close/78 med/80 3. 91 off the dribble. WOW. This is the best point guard we've ever played against, without question. 15.7 ppg/5.1 apg. SG Terence Torres JR 86 OVR 92 speed/87 quickness. 87 defense. 87 close/77 med/84 3. 84 off the dribble/82 in traffic. 75 dunk with solid but not spectacular athletic abilities (C+ vert/B+ str/B- hustle). Just 4.9 ppg. SF Zack Hudson JR 90 OVR 89 speed/82 quickness. 81 defense. 93 close/87 med/83 3. 84 off the dribble/89 in traffic. He's 6'6 and as good a rebounder as Bright or Watson overall. 81 orb/87 drb. 92 vert/73 str/75 hustle, Hudson looks like a crazy athletic guy. 10.2 ppg/5.1 rpg. PF Ransom McClinton JR 88 OVR 6'7, a natural SF. Duke seems to have continued the trend of ignoring the inside game. 82 orb/85 drb. 85 speed/88 quickness. 80 post offense/68 post defense. 83 close/87 med/79 3. 83 off the dribble/92 in traffic. 88 dunk rating, an outstanding dunker. 11.1 ppg/5.1 rpg. C Jeb Bouma JR 71 OVR Starting due to an injury. 71 orb/86 drb. 74 post offense/68 post defense. 84 close/82 in traffic. Just 2 ppg. behind these guys is an 88 rated PG that looks incredible, and a freshman SF who was the #4 recruit in the country last year rated 87 OVR(A+ Potential with a 100 rated coach, wonder how much he developed so far this year). Our basic plan is to slow the game down and pray. While they don't have strong post defenders, our most likely chance to hang with them is to shoot 3 pointers well. But we will be trying to use our size and skilled big men best we can in deep. It seems like we ought to have a nice rebounding edge against these guys with their lack of big men.
They get the lead down to 11 but as it did the entire 2nd half, Offensive Rebounding wins the day for us. We run it down to under a minute before they get the ball back. They get it down to 9 with about 55 seconds to go but its too late. Ohio 65 Duke 53 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Duke shoots 52% for the day, but we shoot 51%. We go 8/17 from 3. Total Rebounds: Ohio 28 Duke 14 We pull down 13 offensive rebounds, only leading to 8 second chance points but the amount of time we ran off the clock with the lead in the second half due to having the edge on the boards... Hudson ends up with 17 for them. Murphy: 3 Lamkin: 18 (4-9 from 3) Lufkin: 13 Bright: 2 points/8 boards Watson: 8 points/4 boards Santiago: 12 points |
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04-04-2009, 04:40 PM | #495 |
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It doesn't get much sweeter than winning my first NCAA Tournament game over Duke!! Texas Tech doesn't get upset by the 16 seed, so we've got them next. Hopefully i'll play them tonight.
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04-04-2009, 08:55 PM | #496 |
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I'm not sure why you are not working on this game right this moment. I mean, UNC is up 15 on Villanova
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March 20, 2016 NCAA Tournament Second Round
(1) Texas Tech (29-4) vs (9) Ohio (24-7) Texas Tech is rated 91 OVR (91 off/93 def/95 sht/93 reb/88 coach). Lower than Duke, but obviously there are other things that go into a matchup besides pure ratings here, so lets see what we're looking at. Texas Tech lost their opener vs Utah(now a 10 seed in the tournament). They beat UNLV and Washington State who are both tournament bound before entering Big 12 play. They went 13-3 in the conference, losing to Texas(a 4 seed in the tourney), Kansas State (11 seed), and Missouri in OT. They've won 10 games in a row including sweeping through the big 12 tournament. They beat 16 seed Texas Southern 109-58. Texas Tech has the #2 RPI in the country, only behind UNC. They have the #10 most efficient offense in the nation, #11 defense, averaging 80 points/game with a victory margin of 16.8 points. Scouting PG Brayden Bazin SR 85 OVR 92 speed/92 quickness. 85 vertical/77 hustle... this is an athletic hard working team. 89 defense/80 steals. 88 handling(B-), 78 passing(C+). 87 close/74 med/85 3. 84 off the dribble. 13.8 ppg/2.5 apg. Looks like he can shoot the 3 or drive real well. SG D'Jamal Adkins SR 91 OVR 92 speed/90 quickness. Great athlete, 89 vertical/76 hustle. 81 oawareness/88 dawareness. 85 defense, 89 close/88 med/85 3. 82 off the dribble. Adkins averages 18.8 ppg and is 6'7, a big guard. The Pro Buzz on him projects him to be the top pick in the NBA Draft. SF Stevan Heard JR 86 OVR 89 speed/83 quickness. 85 vertical/90 hustle. 84 defense, B+ for a SF. 84 steals. 87 close/85 med/72 3. 86 in traffic, poor off the dribble. 95 dunker. Heard is the #2 option with 15 points/game. PF Michael Toole JR 84 OVR A 6'6 SG. Again WTF. 87 speed/90 quickness. 83 defense/80 steals. Terrible on the boards, terrible rebounder. 84 close/72 med/79 3. 81 off the dribble/85 in traffic. C noel Troutman JR 85 OVR A 6'5 SF. WTF! 87 speed/75 quickness. No post ability or rebounding to speak of. 85 close/82 med/75 3. 85 in traffic, 90 dunker... very athletic. 8.1 ppg/4.8 rpg. Adkins is a coach on the floor with an average awareness of 84. their PG/SG/SF all have full 6 bars of experience, Troutman has 5 and Toole 4... they're an experienced bunch. They dont' have a center or power forward on the roster. I don't know what this means for our matchup, is it possible we'll kill them on the glass like we did Duke and have a shot here? This may be one of the most experienced teams in the nation. 91 team unity. Mine is 68.
Strange game. Despite the size difference, we had zero inside game, just nothing. And then Lamkin could blow by his man but couldn't finish, he had a number of shots blocked or altered going to the basket. Lufkin can finish, but he couldn't get by his man. I will say though, this game and the last 3 or 4 that I played, I think we're starting to see what Santiago is going to become as he develops. He can blow by a lot of people, he can finish in transition, and he has a sweet 3 point shot. I don't know if it will happen next year, but I think he'll average 20 points a game for me at least one season before he's done. Texas Tech 67 Ohio 41 Texas Tech ends up shooting 47%. We shoot 27%. They outrebound us 36-25 and grab 9 offensive boards. Their scoring is balanced and really I didn't focus on any one player. They just seemed like a team with 10 guards, all of them better than anyone we had on the court. It wasn't like the Duke game at all where they had one guy that was killing us but no one else, despite the ratings, was able to have any success. Murphy: 3 points (1-8 shooting) Lamkin: 0 points (0-7 shooting, only 0-1 from three... that's the can drive but can't finish thing I was talking about) Lufkin: 4 points Bright: 1 points/8 boards (0-7 from the field) Watson: points/8 boards (2-9 from the field) Santiago: 17 points (7-12/3-7 from 3) None of my other backups scored more than 3 points. |
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04-05-2009, 12:41 AM | #498 |
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hahaha. This is awesome.
NCAA Tournament Ball State loses to Wisconsin in the first round. EAST: 1 seed North Carolina kills 2 seed Kentucky 107-69 to make the final four West: 4 seed NC State beats 2 seed Florida to make the final four South: 3 seed Michigan State beats 5 seed Arizona State 79-75 (Arizona State beat Texas Tech in the sweet 16) Midwest: 1 seed Rhode Island beats 10 seed Louisvilla 76-69 Final Four 1 seed North Carolina beats 4 seed NC State 116-81 3 seed Michigan State beats 1 seed Rhode Island 79-72 In the finals, 1 seed North Carolina beats 3 seed Michigan State 92-79. That is awesome. |
04-05-2009, 12:48 AM | #499 |
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Graduating Seniors
SF Kaylen Lufkin - 6'8" 218 lbs - 80 OVR Lufkin turned out pretty good and maybe could have been better if House wasn't the starter in front of him for 3 seasons. Lufkin was a solid backup for 3 years, averaging about 6 points/game in each of his first 3 seasons. His senior year he scored 13.3 points per game to lead the team. PF Curtis Watson - 6'10" 252 lbs - 79 OVR Watson was a good rebounder and good defender, but never enough of a scorer to make a lot of noise. He played 117 games in his career, starting 82 of them. As a senior he averaged 7.5 ppg and 6.7 rpg. For his career he averaged 5 points/game and 6.2 rebounds/game. SG Chuck Lamkin - 6'4" 209 lbs - 74 OVR Lamkin was the 2nd leading scorer his senior season, and his career followed Lufkin's almost exactly. Lamkin backed up Cooper for 3 seasons, finally earning the starting spot his senior year. He averaged 11.3 points/game as a senior and ended up with a 7.3 ppg average over his career. Santiago is ready to step in and fill the shoes at either SF or SG, but its unclear as of yet who will fill the other role. Its possible that Murphy and Mendoza will both start, or maybe Garcia will start at SF, he does have a bit of size to him. And there's also a chance that a new recruit will step in. While neither Grundy or Keller are the rebounder that Watson was, both would be effective starting at center next year. I am not sure which one will win the job. |
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2015/16 Team Stats
Lufkin was my 6th leading scorer last year and moves way up to the top of the list this year. Lamkin was 8th in scoring last year and moves up to 2nd. Last year House and Cooper were a much bigger part of our scoring than anyone this year. Its interesting to see where the extra points fell. Murphy for example I thought might become a double digit scorer, but I think he's pretty much maxxed out as far as what he can accomplish, there was no good way to get him more good looks. Mendoza was just no longer a go to guy on the bench in any way. If I wanted a drive to the hoop Garcia is actually quite good at that. Santiago was my scorer on the bench if I wasn't looking inside. Mendoza was just totally relegated to defender and distributor.
We're graduating 40% of our points and 36% of our rebounds per game this year in Lamkin, Lufkin and Watson. The difference between this year and last, is that I am fairly confident that we will be able to fill in the holes with relative ease. |
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