Go Wolves! Yellowstone University Basketball (FBCB) - Page 2

Young Drachma · 12-24-2008, 04:18 PM

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE WELCOMES COLLEGE OF ST. CHARLES

The Southern Conference, home to talented programs such as Davidson, have welcome the College of St. Charles, fresh off their run to the Sweet 16 in this year's NCAA tournament. VMI has opted to become an Independent as a result.

"We're happy to be a member of the prestigious Southern Conference," said the school's athletic director Martha Kipley. "We're appreciative of the opportunities this will give our student-athletes to compete at a high level all year long."

Young Drachma · 12-24-2008, 05:52 PM

YELLOWSTONE UNIVERSITY HIRES CAREY AS HEAD COACH

CODY, WYOMING -- Yellowstone University President D.C. Daly and Athletics Director Bob Driscoll announced today the appointment of Matt Carey as the head basketball coach of the University. Carey, who becomes the 2nd head coach in school history, comes to PC after spending the 2014-15 season as the head coach at the College of St. Charles. Davis, a 2005 graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, was named the 2015 National Coach of the Year by the ESPN the Magazine.

"We are very excited to have Matt Carey leading our men's basketball program," Father Shanley said. "Over the last several weeks, we have conducted a thorough search. During this process, we talked to some of the most knowledgeable members of the college basketball community. It was our task to find a coach who would lead our student-athletes and embrace the University's mission. Keno Davis met all of our selection criteria."

In his first season as a head coach, Carey led the St. Charles Beagles to a 27-4 mark, as an independent. His team advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history, in their first year of eligibility for the tournament as a Division I school. Drake was defeated in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament by Florida, 65-61.

Last season, the Yellowstone Wolves were 25-6 (13-3 in MWC play) and lost in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Young Drachma · 12-24-2008, 05:53 PM

Our assistants at Yellowstone are:

Recruiting Coordinator: David Cooper, 36 Recruiting: C+

Lead Scout: Neil Currie, 57, Scouting: A-

Coaching Assistant: Eddie Nesbitt, 51, Offense: A Defense: C

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 01:03 PM

Here's our schedule for the 2015-16 season. I made it tough intentionally out of conference, because I really wanted to see what these kids are made of. Chances are, we'll get beaten bad, but that's okay.

We join the 2015-16 season in progress.

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 Yellowstone Wolves 2015 Season Schedule

  Date      Opponent                              Result         Record        
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  11/15/15  at Kentucky (9-1)                     L 75-69        0-1           
  11/19/15  at UCLA (11-3)                        L 97-74        0-2           
  11/22/15  College of St. Charles (9-0)          L 70-68        0-3           
  11/25/15  Mississippi (8-4)                     W 84-67        1-3           
  11/27/15  Creighton (5-7)                       L 87-82        1-4           
  12/03/15  Boston University (4-9)               W 76-75        2-4           
  12/09/15  Virginia (9-3)                        L 75-74        2-5           
  12/14/15  Duke (10-1)                           L 78-51        2-6           
  12/19/15  at San Francisco (4-7)                W 87-77        3-6           
  12/26/15  Montana (3-7)                         W 77-46        4-6           
  12/31/15  at Georgetown (7-3)                   L 93-84        4-7           
  01/04/16  Nebraska (8-2)                                                     
  01/09/16  at Tulsa (10-3)                                                    
  01/11/16  at Wyoming (3-7)                                                   
  01/16/16  Boise State (2-8)                                                  
  01/23/16  Wyoming (3-7)                                                      
  01/25/16  at Colorado State (1-8)                                            
  01/30/16  Texas Christian (9-3)                                              
  02/01/16  at Texas Christian (9-3)                                           
  02/06/16  at Utah (9-3)                                                      
  02/13/16  at Air Force (6-5)                                                 
  02/15/16  Colorado State (1-8)                                               
  02/20/16  at Fresno State (8-3)                                              
  02/22/16  Houston (4-7)                                                      
  02/27/16  Air Force (6-5)                                                    
  02/29/16  Tulsa (10-3)                                                       
  03/02/16  Utah (9-3)                                                         
  03/05/16  at Houston (4-7)

Here's our roster:

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Yellowstone Wolves Roster

 #   Name                  Pos  Cl   Ht     Wt   Hometown
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 50  William Moynihan      C    Fr   7' 1"  271  Lakewood, CO
 52  Andrew Kazmbe         C    Fr   7' 0"  246  Lusaka, Zambia
 51  Eric Murillo          PF   So   6' 7"  226  Sheridan, WY
 23  Maurice Kennedy       PG   Sr   6' 0"  189  Aurora, IL
 33  Sandy Ordonez         PG   Fr   5'11"  175  Mayaguez, PR
 22  Eric Abraham          PF   Jr   6'10"  242  Berwick, PA
 0   Bradford Guardado     C    Sr   6' 9"  263  Elizabeth, NJ
 5   Allan Mendes          SG   Jr   6' 2"  177  Mountain View, WY
 32  Barry Dameron         SG   Sr   6' 3"  230  Lander, WY
 40  Andres Mathis         SF   Fr   6' 6"  228  Independence, VA
 1   Matthew Duenas        SF   Jr   6' 6"  233  Dallas, GA
 3   John Strange          PF   Sr   6'11"  267  Greybull, WY
 43  Willis Wilson         SF   Fr   6' 7"  217  Willits, CA
 35  John Litton           SG   So   6' 3"  217  Cheyenne, WY
 13  Ray Garnett           PG   Fr   5'10"  160  San Diego, CA

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 01:04 PM

Here are the team stats, thus far:

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 Yellowstone Wolves Player Averages

 Name                Pos   G GS  Min  Pts OReb  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk   TO   Fl
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 Sandy Ordonez       PG   11 11 31.8 16.8  1.0  3.9  6.2  1.4  0.2  3.6  2.5
 William Moynihan    C    11 11 30.1 15.0  1.1  7.5  2.0  0.8  0.5  1.9  3.5
 Maurice Kennedy     PG   11 11 29.1 12.7  1.1  2.9  1.8  2.1  0.3  1.4  2.6
 Andrew Kazmbe       C    11 11 26.5  6.5  1.2  5.9  1.6  0.3  0.4  1.2  3.5
 Barry Dameron       SG   11  0 12.7  5.9  0.3  1.1  1.6  0.8  0.4  2.1  1.1
 Eric Murillo        PF   11 11 28.5  5.5  1.8  6.0  1.2  1.1  0.1  2.8  2.7
 Allan Mendes        SG   11  0  6.3  3.9  0.1  0.5  0.8  0.8  0.2  0.5  0.7
 Andres Mathis       SF   11  0 11.5  3.5  0.5  2.8  0.5  0.2  0.0  1.6  1.6
 Eric Abraham        PF   11  0 14.5  2.9  1.6  5.5  1.0  0.3  0.2  1.3  1.5
 Bradford Guardado   C    11  0  7.9  2.0  0.4  1.5  0.5  0.0  0.9  0.5  0.7
 Matthew Duenas      SF    1  0  1.0  2.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0
 John Strange        PF    2  0  4.5  0.0  1.0  1.5  0.0  0.5  0.0  0.0  0.5
 John Litton         SG    0  0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0
 Ray Garnett         PG    0  0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0
 Willis Wilson       SF    0  0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 01:07 PM

What I am truly excited about is our recruit class for next year.

We recruited three kids that should help us a lot.

All three are west coast targets, which wasn't my original M.O, but it ended up working out for us I think.

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 Team Recruiting: Offered Players

 Name                 Pos   Ht    Wt Rating  Interest  State                        
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 Bennie Olivarez     PF   6' 9"  238  *****  Committed California          
 Jeremy Rinaldi      PG   6' 0"  173  *****  Committed Arizona             
 Karl Mack           C    6'11"  246    ***  Committed Oregon

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 Team Recruiting: Offered Players

 Name                 Pos   Ht    Wt  Pts   Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk   TO
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 Karl Mack           C    6'11"  246  18.8  7.4  1.3  1.6  2.1  2.2
 Bennie Olivarez     PF   6' 9"  238  24.2  5.8  0.4  1.1  1.3  2.4
 Jeremy Rinaldi      PG   6' 0"  173  10.6  4.2  4.3  1.5  0.5  2.5

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 01:38 PM

Ok, our last non-conference game of the year is against Nebraska.

I think we can beat them, they have a better record than us, but they didn't play a schedule like we did.

I'm simming the game now and at half-time. We led the game 53-35. Sandy Ordonez has sixteen points at the half and Andy Kazmbe has 5 boards and 3 points.

Second half, we just came out and roared, keeping the lead and extending it massively and in the end, we won 101-68.

This was the sort of output I wanted from these guys, because this is the sort of team we're supposed to beat and going into the conference schedule, this is the sort of talent we'll face off against more often than not, except for the upper echelons of the conference.

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 Yellowstone 101, Nebraska 68

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Nebraska (8-3):
Player            Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gregory McBride   C    27   3-4   2-2   2   8   2  5   8
Siegfried Gerneth PF   30   1-2   0-0   0   6   2  4   2
Max Lustecker     SF   31   5-8   2-4   6  15   1  3  12
Hunter Bateman    SG   31 12-29   1-1   2   4   3  4  29
Ellis Goodwin     PG   32   3-8   2-2   0   2   5  2   8
Malcolm Cardwell  C    18   0-1   0-0   2   3   0  0   0
David Bernal      PG    8   2-4   2-3   0   1   0  1   7
Elden Ireland     PF    5   0-2   0-0   1   2   0  2   0
David Dexter      SF   18   1-5   0-0   1   3   0  3   2

Turnovers: 31 (G.McBride 2, S.Gerneth 2, M.Lustecker 7, 
 H.Bateman 5, E.Goodwin 4, M.Cardwell 2, D.Bernal 2, 
 E.Ireland 1, D.Dexter 6)
Blocked Shots: 6 (G.McBride 4, M.Cardwell 2)
Steals: 7 (S.Gerneth 2, M.Lustecker 2, H.Bateman 1, 
 M.Cardwell 1, D.Bernal 1)
3P FGs: 5-21 (S.Gerneth 0-1, H.Bateman 4-13, E.Goodwin 
 0-1, D.Bernal 1-3, D.Dexter 0-3)

Yellowstone (5-7):
Player            Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Moynihan  C    31  5-11   4-7   1   8   3  2  14
Andrew Kazmbe     PF   31   4-7   1-5   1   6   1  2   9
Eric Murillo      SF   30   2-5   0-0   3   6   1  3   4
Maurice Kennedy   SG   30  9-17   8-9   0   1   0  4  30
Sandy Ordonez     PG   34 10-12   6-8   1   1   9  1  30
Eric Abraham      PF   11   1-1   0-0   2   4   0  2   2
Bradford Guardado C     7   0-1   0-0   0   3   0  0   0
Allan Mendes      SG    5   0-0   0-0   0   1   1  0   0
Barry Dameron     PG   12   3-7   2-3   0   0   3  1   9
Andres Mathis     SF   10   0-2   3-4   0   1   1  1   3

Turnovers: 15 (A.Kazmbe 3, E.Murillo 2, M.Kennedy 1, 
 S.Ordonez 4, B.Guardado 1, B.Dameron 3, A.Mathis 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (W.Moynihan 1, A.Kazmbe 2, E.Murillo 
 1, E.Abraham 1)
Steals: 18 (W.Moynihan 4, E.Murillo 2, M.Kennedy 5, 
 S.Ordonez 2, E.Abraham 1, B.Guardado 1, B.Dameron 3)
3P FGs: 9-20 (E.Murillo 0-1, M.Kennedy 4-10, S.Ordonez 
 4-5, B.Dameron 1-3, A.Mathis 0-1)

Player of Game: PG Sandy Ordonez (YSTON)

Game Summary:

Game Stats        NEB  YSTON
Halftime Score     35     53
FGM-FGA         27-63  34-63
FG%              .429   .540
FTM-FTA          9-12  24-36
FT%              .750   .667
3PM-3PA          5-21   9-20
3P%              .238   .450
Rebounds           44     31
Assists            13     19
Steals              7     18
Blocks              6      5
Turnovers          31     15
Team Fouls         24     16

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 01:42 PM

We lost a close one to Tulsa 107-106 on a last-second shot.

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 Tulsa 107, Yellowstone 106

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Yellowstone (5-8):
Player            Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Moynihan  C    36  9-16  7-13   2   8   3  5  25
Andrew Kazmbe     PF   35   3-8   4-5   2  13   2  3  10
Eric Murillo      SF   31  9-11   3-5   0   5   2  3  22
Maurice Kennedy   SG   34  4-11   5-6   1   5   2  4  15
Sandy Ordonez     PG   35   4-9   2-4   0   0   9  1  11
Eric Abraham      PF   12   2-4   3-4   1   5   1  3   9
Bradford Guardado C     7   0-1   2-2   1   2   1  0   2
Allan Mendes      SG    7   1-1   0-0   1   2   0  0   2
Barry Dameron     PG   15   2-3   1-4   0   1   1  0   5
Andres Mathis     SF   14   1-2   2-2   0   0   0  1   5

Turnovers: 16 (W.Moynihan 1, A.Kazmbe 3, E.Murillo 1, 
 S.Ordonez 3, E.Abraham 1, B.Guardado 1, A.Mendes 2, 
 B.Dameron 2, A.Mathis 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (E.Abraham 1)
Steals: 9 (W.Moynihan 1, E.Murillo 3, M.Kennedy 1, 
 S.Ordonez 1, E.Abraham 1, A.Mendes 1, B.Dameron 1)
3P FGs: 7-18 (E.Murillo 1-3, M.Kennedy 2-7, S.Ordonez 
 1-4, E.Abraham 2-2, A.Mathis 1-2)

Tulsa (12-3):
Player            Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Robert Mercer     C    16   3-4   3-4   0   3   0  4   9
Dewey Joplin      PF   21   2-5   1-4   2   6   2  5   5
Noel Rodriquez    SF   36   5-9   1-2   3  11   4  2  13
Clifton Couch     SG   34  9-16   6-6   1   7   2  5  27
Everett Presnell  PG   30  5-12   1-2   1   2   6  2  14
Carl Landin       PF   12   3-4   0-0   1   3   0  5   6
C. Christianson   PG   22  5-10   1-2   0   1   3  0  15
Jerrod Woolfolk   SF   20   1-7   0-0   3   5   6  1   2
Chuck Bartels     SG   17  5-10   2-2   1   3   3  4  16
Joe Reid          C    17   0-1   0-2   0   5   1  2   0

Turnovers: 17 (R.Mercer 2, D.Joplin 3, N.Rodriquez 2, 
 E.Presnell 5, C.Landin 1, J.Woolfolk 2, C.Bartels 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (R.Mercer 1)
Steals: 8 (R.Mercer 1, D.Joplin 1, E.Presnell 2, 
 J.Woolfolk 1, C.Bartels 2, J.Reid 1)
3P FGs: 16-34 (R.Mercer 0-1, N.Rodriquez 2-4, C.Couch 
 3-6, E.Presnell 3-6, C.Christianson 4-7, J.Woolfolk 
 0-2, C.Bartels 4-8)

Player of Game: SG Clifton Couch (TLSA)

Game Summary:

Game Stats      YSTON   TLSA
Halftime Score     49     54
FGM-FGA         35-66  38-78
FG%              .530   .487
FTM-FTA         29-45  15-24
FT%              .644   .625
3PM-3PA          7-18  16-34
3P%              .389   .471
Rebounds           41     46
Assists            21     27
Steals              9      8
Blocks              1      1
Turnovers          16     17
Team Fouls         20     30

I'm proud of the team, again, for how they showed up in this one. Sucks to lose, but I'm confident that this is just the beginning of what ought to be a strong conference year for us, heading into the MWC tourney in two months.

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 01:44 PM

Here's the rest of our regular season schedule. I'm going to do a cursory runthrough, in part because I'm not sure how interesting it is when I go game-by-game, unless we run into something worth sharing.

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 Yellowstone Wolves 2015 Season Schedule

  Date      Opponent                              Result         Record        
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  11/15/15  at Kentucky (11-1)                    L 75-69        0-1           
  11/19/15  at UCLA (13-3)                        L 97-74        0-2           
  11/22/15  College of St. Charles (10-0)         L 70-68        0-3           
  11/25/15  Mississippi (9-4)                     W 84-67        1-3           
  11/27/15  Creighton (5-9)                       L 87-82        1-4           
  12/03/15  Boston University (4-10)              W 76-75        2-4           
  12/09/15  Virginia (12-3)                       L 75-74        2-5           
  12/14/15  Duke (12-1)                           L 78-51        2-6           
  12/19/15  at San Francisco (5-8)                W 87-77        3-6           
  12/26/15  Montana (5-7)                         W 77-46        4-6           
  12/31/15  at Georgetown (8-3)                   L 93-84        4-7           
  01/04/16  Nebraska (8-4)                        W 101-68       5-7           
  01/09/16  at Tulsa (12-3)                       L 107-106      5-8 (0-1)     
  01/11/16  at Wyoming (4-8)                                                   
  01/16/16  Boise State (3-9)                                                  
  01/23/16  Wyoming (4-8)                                                      
  01/25/16  at Colorado State (1-10)                                           
  01/30/16  Texas Christian (11-3)                                             
  02/01/16  at Texas Christian (11-3)                                          
  02/06/16  at Utah (11-3)                                                     
  02/13/16  at Air Force (6-6)                                                 
  02/15/16  Colorado State (1-10)                                              
  02/20/16  at Fresno State (10-3)                                             
  02/22/16  Houston (4-7)                                                      
  02/27/16  Air Force (6-6)                                                    
  02/29/16  Tulsa (12-3)                                                       
  03/02/16  Utah (11-3)                                                        
  03/05/16  at Houston (4-7)

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 01:55 PM

We got a ranked win (2/7/16) by knocking off #20 Utah 82-79. We're 11-9 on the season and 6-2 in the Mountain West.

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 Yellowstone 82, Utah 79

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Yellowstone (11-9):
Player            Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Moynihan  C    35   3-7   4-7   1   8   1  2  10
Andrew Kazmbe     PF   13   1-4   0-0   0   3   0  4   2
Eric Murillo      SF   30   3-5   2-4   2   6   1  2   9
Maurice Kennedy   SG   31  6-11   2-2   0   3   0  1  17
Sandy Ordonez     PG   34  3-17 12-14   0   4   8  1  19
Eric Abraham      PF   15   1-2   0-0   1   5   1  4   2
Bradford Guardado PF   17   3-7   0-0   3   6   2  0   6
Allan Mendes      SG    4   2-2   0-0   0   0   0  1   6
Barry Dameron     PG   10   2-3   4-4   0   0   0  0   9
Andres Mathis     SF   10   1-2   0-0   2   5   1  1   2

Turnovers: 18 (W.Moynihan 1, A.Kazmbe 1, E.Murillo 4, 
 M.Kennedy 1, S.Ordonez 6, E.Abraham 2, B.Dameron 3)
Blocked Shots: 4 (W.Moynihan 1, B.Guardado 3)
Steals: 9 (W.Moynihan 1, E.Murillo 1, M.Kennedy 5, 
 S.Ordonez 1, A.Mathis 1)
3P FGs: 8-21 (E.Murillo 1-3, M.Kennedy 3-7, S.Ordonez 
 1-8, A.Mendes 2-2, B.Dameron 1-1)

Utah (18-5):
Player            Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Dudley Studley    C    32   1-2   4-6   5  17   0  2   6
Patrick Dressler  PF   30  7-14   4-6   4  10   1  2  19
Christian Loeb    SF   31   4-9   2-2   0   6   1  2  10
Art Humble        SG   28  7-18   0-0   1   3   1  1  17
Tony Lawrence     PG   13   2-5   2-2   0   2   2  5   8
Tommy Davis       PG   29   1-3   0-0   0   1   8  3   3
Edward Morello    PF    5   1-4   0-0   1   1   1  1   2
Billie Lyman      SF    9   3-9   0-0   1   3   2  2   7
Douglas Obryan    C    12   1-2   0-0   1   2   1  1   2
Louie Sonnier     SG   10   2-4   0-0   0   0   2  4   5

Turnovers: 19 (D.Studley 5, P.Dressler 2, C.Loeb 1, 
 A.Humble 4, T.Lawrence 1, T.Davis 4, B.Lyman 1, 
 D.Obryan 1)
Blocked Shots: 6 (D.Studley 6)
Steals: 10 (C.Loeb 2, A.Humble 2, T.Lawrence 1, T.Davis 
 3, B.Lyman 1, L.Sonnier 1)
3P FGs: 9-29 (P.Dressler 1-1, C.Loeb 0-2, A.Humble 
 3-10, T.Lawrence 2-5, T.Davis 1-3, B.Lyman 1-5, 
 L.Sonnier 1-3)

Player of Game: PG Maurice Kennedy (YSTON)

Game Summary:

Game Stats      YSTON   UTAH
Halftime Score     39     44
FGM-FGA         25-60  29-70
FG%              .417   .414
FTM-FTA         24-31  12-16
FT%              .774   .750
3PM-3PA          8-21   9-29
3P%              .381   .310
Rebounds           40     45
Assists            14     19
Steals              9     10
Blocks              4      6
Turnovers          18     19
Team Fouls         16     23

The rest of our schedule should yield us 6-8 more wins, which would give us a pretty good record headed into the tournament. That said, I dunno if we're really going to be anywhere close to the tournament unless we can get more wins piled up later on in this season.

Here's the current Bubble Watch as of February 7, 2016.

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 Bubble Watch

  #      Team                                          Record     RPI   Rank
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  1.     Southern California Trojans                    15-10   0.592   (35)
         Quality Wins: Stanford, Wake Forest, Utah
         Projection: In
  2.     Villanova Wildcats                              15-4   0.585   (44)
         Quality Wins: None
         Projection: In
  3.     Notre Dame Fighting Irish                       17-7   0.580   (48)
         Quality Wins: Southern California, Virginia, Iowa State
         Projection: In
  4.     Temple Owls                                    15-10   0.588   (39)
         Quality Wins: Villanova, Massachusetts
         Projection: In
  5.     Stanford Cardinal                               16-9   0.578   (50)
         Quality Wins: Boston College, Southern California, Oklahoma State
         Projection: In
  6.     Boston College Golden Eagles                    13-9   0.587   (40)
         Quality Wins: Massachusetts, North Carolina, St. John's
         Projection: In
  7.     Charlotte 49ers                                 15-8   0.580   (47)
         Quality Wins: Georgetown
         Projection: In
  8.     Louisiana State Tigers                          12-8   0.589   (37)
         Quality Wins: None
         Projection: Out
  9.     Baylor Bears                                    10-9   0.586   (41)
         Quality Wins: Louisiana State, Wichita State, Missouri
         Projection: Out
 10.     La Salle Explorers                              14-9   0.570   (60)
         Quality Wins: Massachusetts, St. Bonaventure (2)
         Projection: Out
 11.     Alabama Crimson Tide                           13-10   0.575   (56)
         Quality Wins: Louisiana State, Ohio State
         Projection: Out
 12.     Georgia Bulldogs                                12-9   0.579   (49)
         Quality Wins: Xavier, Louisiana State, Mississippi
         Projection: Out
 13.     Arizona Wildcats                                12-8   0.575   (55)
         Quality Wins: Stanford (2), Southern California, Maryland
         Projection: Out
 14.     Florida International Golden Panthers           15-6   0.581   (46)
         Quality Wins: None
         Projection: Out
 15.     Dayton Flyers                                   15-8   0.562   (77)
         Quality Wins: Charlotte, Tulsa
         Projection: Out

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 01:59 PM

We're riding a four game win streak that began with our win with Utah. With that, we added wins against Air Force, Colorado State and Fresno State, the latter of which was 16-8 before the game started.

Here are our stats on the season. We're clearly not a team that plays defense, but our run and gun style of play is doing someting right.

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 Yellowstone Wolves 2015 Season Info

 Current Performance
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 Team Prestige: 72                    Record Vs 1-50: 2-7
 Season Record: 14-9                    Record Vs 51-100: 4-1
 Conference Record: 9-2                 Record Vs 101-200: 3-1
 Home Record: 8-4                       Record Vs 200+: 5-0
 Current Poll Rank: NR                  Current RPI Rank: 46

 Stat Rankings:
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 Points:          81.7         National Rank: 6      Conference Rank: 2   
 Points Allowed:  74.2         National Rank: 310    Conference Rank: 12  
 Rebounds:        36.6         National Rank: 91     Conference Rank: 8   
 Assists:         17.7         National Rank: 29     Conference Rank: 5   
 Steals:          9.3          National Rank: 51     Conference Rank: 4   
 Blocks:          3.1          National Rank: 116    Conference Rank: 9   
 Turnovers:       15.0         National Rank: 32     Conference Rank: 2   
 Fouls:           19.2         National Rank: 200    Conference Rank: 10  
 FG%:            .466          National Rank: 17     Conference Rank: 3   
 FT%:            .704          National Rank: 87     Conference Rank: 3   
 3P%:            .403          National Rank: 5      Conference Rank: 2

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 02:42 PM

After late February losses to Air Force and Tulsa, we squeaked out a W against Utah, we head into the conference tournament as the 4th seed.

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 Yellowstone Wolves 2015 Season Schedule

  Date      Opponent                              Result         Record        
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  11/15/15  at Kentucky (23-5)                    L 75-69        0-1           
  11/19/15  at UCLA (27-3)                        L 97-74        0-2           
  11/22/15  College of St. Charles (30-1)         L 70-68        0-3           
  11/25/15  Mississippi (19-11)                   W 84-67        1-3           
  11/27/15  Creighton (9-19)                      L 87-82        1-4           
  12/03/15  Boston University (11-19)             W 76-75        2-4           
  12/09/15  Virginia (20-9)                       L 75-74        2-5           
  12/14/15  Duke (25-4)                           L 78-51        2-6           
  12/19/15  at San Francisco (11-18)              W 87-77        3-6           
  12/26/15  Montana (18-10)                       W 77-46        4-6           
  12/31/15  at Georgetown (17-11)                 L 93-84        4-7           
  01/04/16  Nebraska (12-16)                      W 101-68       5-7           
  01/09/16  at Tulsa (24-6)                       L 107-106      5-8 (0-1)     
  01/11/16  at Wyoming (10-18)                    W 81-59        6-8 (1-1)     
  01/16/16  Boise State (7-21)                    W 87-50        7-8 (2-1)     
  01/23/16  Wyoming (10-18)                       W 90-79        8-8 (3-1)     
  01/25/16  at Colorado State (7-21)              W 90-84        9-8 (4-1)     
  01/30/16  Texas Christian (21-9)                W 94-80        10-8 (5-1)    
  02/01/16  at Texas Christian (21-9)             L 78-68        10-9 (5-2)    
  02/06/16  at Utah (23-9)                        W 82-79        11-9 (6-2)    
  02/13/16  at Air Force (12-16)                  W 77-66        12-9 (7-2)    
  02/15/16  Colorado State (7-21)                 W 103-56       13-9 (8-2)    
  02/20/16  at Fresno State (19-11)               W 73-60        14-9 (9-2)    
  02/22/16  Houston (6-22)                        W 92-60        15-9 (10-2)   
  02/27/16  Air Force (12-16)                     L 90-88        15-10 (10-3)  
  02/29/16  Tulsa (24-6)                          L 80-77        15-11 (10-4)  
  03/02/16  Utah (23-9)                           W 81-80        16-11 (11-4)  
  03/05/16  at Houston (6-22)                     W 87-76        17-11 (12-4)  
  03/10/16  vs. Colorado State (7-21)

Here are the conference standings for this season:

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 2015 Mountain West Conference Standings

 East                           CW  CL   Pct   W   L   Pct
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 Tulsa                          13   3  .813  24   6  .800
 Yellowstone                    12   4  .750  17  11  .607
 Utah                           10   6  .625  23   9  .719
 Texas Christian                10   6  .625  21   9  .700
 Air Force                       6  10  .375  12  16  .429
 Wyoming                         6  10  .375  10  18  .357
 Colorado State                  5  11  .313   7  21  .250
 Houston                         2  14  .125   6  22  .214

 West                           CW  CL   Pct   W   L   Pct
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 #15 Gonzaga                    14   2  .875  24   6  .800
 #24 Brigham Young              13   3  .813  21   7  .750
 UNLV                            9   7  .563  18  10  .643
 Fresno State                    8   8  .500  19  11  .633
 Nevada                          7   9  .438  11  17  .393
 New Mexico                      5  11  .313  15  13  .536
 San Diego State                 4  12  .250   8  20  .286
 Boise State                     4  12  .250   7  21  .250

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 02:48 PM

Conference tournament is all set.

Before I get to that, here's the bubble watch. Notice that Seton Hall, the gig that I spurned to come to Yellowstone, is 20-8, rebounding from last year, by loading up on weak non-conference games and going 9-7 in the Big East to put themselves in good position to make the tourney.

But no matter, if we can notch a few wins, I like our chances.

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 Bubble Watch

  #      Team                                          Record     RPI   Rank
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  1.     Iowa Hawkeyes                                  21-10   0.590   (31)
         Quality Wins: Tulsa, Michigan State
         Projection: In
  2.     Mississippi Rebels                             19-11   0.584   (37)
         Quality Wins: Louisiana State, Wake Forest, Arkansas
         Projection: In
  3.     Seton Hall Pirates                              20-8   0.590   (32)
         Quality Wins: Villanova
         Projection: In
  4.     Boston College Golden Eagles                   18-11   0.587   (33)
         Quality Wins: Massachusetts, Richmond, Virginia
         Projection: In
  5.     Texas Christian Horned Frogs                    21-9   0.582   (38)
         Quality Wins: Utah
         Projection: In
  6.     Charlotte 49ers                                 21-9   0.577   (44)
         Quality Wins: UNC Wilmington, Wake Forest
         Projection: In
  7.     Villanova Wildcats                              20-8   0.578   (43)
         Quality Wins: Seton Hall, Connecticut
         Projection: In
  8.     Stanford Cardinal                              20-11   0.576   (47)
         Quality Wins: Southern California, Boston College, Oklahoma State
         Projection: Out
  9.     Georgetown Hoyas                               17-11   0.568   (52)
         Quality Wins: UNC Wilmington, Seton Hall, Notre Dame
         Projection: Out
 10.     Southern California Trojans                    18-12   0.578   (42)
         Quality Wins: Stanford, Utah, Wake Forest
         Projection: Out
 11.     Massachusetts Minutemen                        18-12   0.577   (46)
         Quality Wins: UNC Wilmington, Charlotte (2), Temple (2)
         Projection: Out
 12.     Alabama Crimson Tide                           18-12   0.570   (51)
         Quality Wins: Louisiana State, Ohio State, Arkansas
         Projection: Out
 13.     Yellowstone Wolves                             17-11   0.567   (53)
         Quality Wins: Utah (2), Texas Christian, Mississippi
         Projection: Out
 14.     Richmond Spiders                               17-12   0.580   (40)
         Quality Wins: Texas Christian, Wake Forest
         Projection: Out
 15.     Saint Louis Billikens                           19-9   0.559   (64)
         Quality Wins: Charlotte, Missouri
         Projection: Out

The tournament seeds:

1. Gonzaga
2. Tulsa
3. BYU
4. Yellowstone
5. Utah
6. TCU
7. UNLV
8. Fresno State
9. Nevada
10. Air Force
11. Wyoming
12. New Mexico
13. Colorado State

We should get past CSU, which would get us a date against the winner of Utah/New Mexico. We've owned Utah this year for some reason, so I like our chances against them. The winner of that matchup would play the Gonzaga v. Fresno State/Nevada winner. Gonzaga would be a tall order, I think, given we simply haven't beaten a team of that caliber all year and so, I dunno. But that'd be the semi-finals and I dunno if two more wins would be enough to get us into the tournament.

It'll be a close one for sure, I think and it's hard to say how it'll pan out.

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 02:51 PM

MWC Tournament 1st round

Yellowstone def. Colorado State 85-66
Fresno State def. Nevada 72-49
Utah def. New Mexico 89-68
Air Force def. UNLV 84-74
Wyoming def. TCU 61-51

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 03:02 PM

MWC TOURNAMENT QUARTER-FINALS

YELLOWSTONE 78, UTAH 70
It seems we've got their number this year. Rebounding was the name of the game, too. We outrebounded them 50-40, with major contributions from freshman Andrew Kazmbe, who logged a double double and William Moynihan, who did the same. We just played aggressive, Wolves basketball and we now have a date with Gonzaga in the next round of the tournament. The #15 Zags are going to be a formidible test.

OTHER MWC GAMES
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Gonzaga 71, Fresno State 55
Tulsa 86, Air Force 58
BYU 87, Wyoming 62

Code:

 Yellowstone 78, Utah 70

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Utah (24-10):
Player            Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Dudley Studley    C    32   3-7   3-4   3  11   1  3   9
Patrick Dressler  PF   30   3-8   4-7   2   9   3  3  10
Christian Loeb    SF   29  5-12   3-4   1   5   1  2  13
Art Humble        SG   27   4-9   4-4   1   6   3  2  14
Tony Lawrence     PG   26   2-8   1-2   0   1   1  5   6
Tommy Davis       PG   21   3-6   2-2   1   5   5  1  10
Edward Morello    PF    5   0-1   1-2   0   1   0  2   1
Billie Lyman      SF   11   2-5   0-0   0   2   1  1   5
Douglas Obryan    C    13   1-1   0-0   0   0   0  0   2
Louie Sonnier     SG    6   0-1   0-0   0   0   0  1   0

Turnovers: 17 (D.Studley 7, P.Dressler 2, C.Loeb 1, 
 A.Humble 3, T.Davis 2, B.Lyman 2)
Blocked Shots: 9 (D.Studley 6, P.Dressler 2, C.Loeb 1)
Steals: 7 (D.Studley 1, C.Loeb 2, A.Humble 2, 
 T.Lawrence 1, T.Davis 1)
3P FGs: 6-20 (D.Studley 0-1, C.Loeb 0-2, A.Humble 2-5, 
 T.Lawrence 1-6, T.Davis 2-3, B.Lyman 1-2, L.Sonnier 
 0-1)

Yellowstone (19-11):
Player            Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Moynihan  C    29  6-14   3-6   2  10   0  4  15
Andrew Kazmbe     PF   27  5-12   4-4   3  10   1  4  14
Eric Murillo      SF   31   2-6   2-2   5   9   4  3   6
Maurice Kennedy   SG   30  4-10   0-0   3   8   4  3  12
Sandy Ordonez     PG   33  6-19   1-2   1   2   5  1  16
Eric Abraham      PF   13   0-1   3-4   1   7   0  1   3
Bradford Guardado C    11   1-2   0-0   0   2   0  1   2
Allan Mendes      SG    4   0-0   0-0   0   0   1  0   0
Barry Dameron     PG   13   2-5   2-4   1   1   2  2   6
Andres Mathis     SF    9   2-2   0-0   1   1   0  2   4

Turnovers: 14 (W.Moynihan 2, A.Kazmbe 1, E.Murillo 5, 
 M.Kennedy 3, S.Ordonez 2, B.Dameron 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (W.Moynihan 1, A.Kazmbe 1, E.Murillo 
 2, B.Guardado 3)
Steals: 7 (W.Moynihan 2, A.Kazmbe 2, E.Murillo 2, 
 S.Ordonez 1)
3P FGs: 7-20 (M.Kennedy 4-6, S.Ordonez 3-10, E.Abraham 
 0-1, B.Guardado 0-1, B.Dameron 0-2)

Player of Game: C Andrew Kazmbe (YSTON)

Game Summary:

Game Stats       UTAH  YSTON
Halftime Score     37     45
FGM-FGA         23-58  28-71
FG%              .397   .394
FTM-FTA         18-25  15-22
FT%              .720   .682
3PM-3PA          6-20   7-20
3P%              .300   .350
Rebounds           40     50
Assists            15     17
Steals              7      7
Blocks              9      7
Turnovers          17     14
Team Fouls         20     21

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 03:18 PM

We just got blown out in this one. We were down 50-26 in the first half. They're just better than us, really.

So I decided to see if I couldn't intervene and help things a bit. Probably not, but...I didn't know what else to do.

I decided to set the Pace to 10, Motion and 3pt usage to 10 as well. I decided not to double team anyone on their side, made Kazmbe a key player along with Moynihan and Ordonez and went with an Auto Defense, because the 3-2 clearly wasn't getting it done.

Sandy Ordonez fouled out with about six minutes to go and I replaced him with Allan Mendes who was like the least worst option we had on the bench anyway.

With about a minute to go, we were down 66-60. I think we put up a valiant effort and maybe if I'd intervened sooner we might have won this one, but it's obvious that we just don't have the horses to compete and run a system like that this year. Next year, maybe. But for now, we'll just have to wonder what might have been.

Final score: Gonzaga 68, Yellowstone 60.

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 Gonzaga 68, Yellowstone 60

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Yellowstone (19-12):
Player            Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Moynihan  C    35  4-12   4-5   2   6   2  4  12
Andrew Kazmbe     PF   34  3-10   2-6   4   8   2  1   8
Eric Murillo      SF   35   3-6   0-0   1   2   4  2   7
Maurice Kennedy   SG   33   3-7   1-1   1   2   0  3   8
Sandy Ordonez     PG   31  5-14   4-4   0   1   2  5  17
Eric Abraham      PF    7   0-1   0-0   1   2   0  1   0
Bradford Guardado C     4   0-0   0-0   0   3   0  0   0
Allan Mendes      PG    7   1-2   0-0   0   0   1  0   2
Barry Dameron     PG    8   3-4   0-0   0   2   0  0   6
Andres Mathis     SF    5   0-0   0-0   0   0   0  1   0

Turnovers: 14 (W.Moynihan 2, A.Kazmbe 1, E.Murillo 2, 
 M.Kennedy 1, S.Ordonez 6, B.Guardado 1, B.Dameron 1)
Blocked Shots: 0 
Steals: 10 (W.Moynihan 1, E.Murillo 1, M.Kennedy 3, 
 S.Ordonez 3, B.Dameron 2)
3P FGs: 5-14 (E.Murillo 1-3, M.Kennedy 1-3, S.Ordonez 
 3-7, A.Mendes 0-1)

Gonzaga (26-6):
Player            Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Rocco Evans       C    21   0-0   1-2   1   5   2  1   1
Michael Webster   PF   27   3-3   0-0   3  10   1  3   6
Mstislav Kamensky SF   21   3-4   2-2   1   1   0  2   9
Brett Bias        SG   31  6-11   0-0   0   1   1  2  15
Francis Woods     PG   31   3-6   3-3   0   3   7  2  10
Jack Broussard    C    23   2-5   4-5   1   9   1  2   8
Gus Spates        PF    9   2-5   0-3   2   3   1  1   4
Dalton Bower      PG    4   1-1   0-0   0   1   0  0   2
Jason Bromley     PG    5   2-2   0-0   1   1   0  0   5
Brooks Milne      SF   12   2-4   0-0   0   1   1  1   5
Michael Cantor    SG   16   1-8   0-0   0   1   0  0   3

Turnovers: 21 (M.Webster 2, M.Kamensky 4, B.Bias 6, 
 F.Woods 1, J.Broussard 1, J.Bromley 1, M.Cantor 6)
Blocked Shots: 5 (M.Webster 3, J.Broussard 1, G.Spates 
 1)
Steals: 6 (R.Evans 1, B.Bias 5)
3P FGs: 8-17 (M.Kamensky 1-1, B.Bias 3-6, F.Woods 1-3, 
 J.Bromley 1-1, B.Milne 1-1, M.Cantor 1-5)

Player of Game: PG Francis Woods (GONZG)

Game Summary:

Game Stats      YSTON  GONZG
Halftime Score     26     50
FGM-FGA         22-56  25-49
FG%              .393   .510
FTM-FTA         11-16  10-15
FT%              .688   .667
3PM-3PA          5-14   8-17
3P%              .357   .471
Rebounds           26     36
Assists            11     14
Steals             10      6
Blocks              0      5
Turnovers          14     21
Team Fouls         17     14

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 03:25 PM

Gonzaga won the Mountain West Conference tournament.

I decide to watch the NCAA Tournament selection show.

Here are the seeds by region:

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WEST
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1. Syracuse 
2. Gonzaga 
3. Oklahoma State 
4. Ohio State
5. North Carolina 
6. Notre Dame
7. Arizona
8. Temple
9. Iowa State
10. Iowa
11. Charlotte
12. Butler
13. Southern Illinois
14. Chicago
15. Oral Roberts
16. Bethune-Cookman

Code:

MIDWEST
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1. Kentucky
2. UCLA
3. Cincinnati
4. Texas
5. Maryland
6. Missouri
7. Indiana
8. Kent State
9. Wichita State
10. Utah
11. Western Kentucky
12. Villanova
13. Montana
14. Wisconsin-Milwaukee
15. UC Santa Barbara
16. Elon

At this point, I'm watching and it looks evident that we're not going to get in. It's hard to say, but I feel like we just don't have the resume, given that I can't see any at-large bids from our league of teams that should be in. Utah hasn't gotten in, neither has Tulsa yet. So, it's hard to say what it looks like for us, but it seems like we'll be dancing in the NIT. Which is fine, we'd probably get a lot further over there anyway.

Let's get to the rest of the brackets.

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 03:35 PM

SOUTH
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Code:

1. Miami
2. Illinois
3. Oklahoma
4. Florida
5. Michigan State
6. Wake Forest
7. Brigham Young
8. Virginia
9. Seton Hall
10. Mississippi
11. Stanford
12. San Diego
13. Bowling Green
14. George Mason
15. Winthrop
16. Cal State Fullerton/Middle Tennessee State

[i]So, one bracket to go. I don't see College of St. Charles and I don't see Tulsa. That's not good. The former, is probably hobbled by their crap conference and an upset loss in the early rounds of their tourney. But I didn't look to see how they did. Seton Hall got in, but they play in the Big East and we'd played a creampuff schedule to start the year, we'd be sitting pretty now too. In retrospect, we probably should have. Our RPI stinks and we lost too many pivotal games.

Seeing BYU get in, is a good sign, because that's two teams from our conference. But that's it. So..I dunno what to expect for this last bracket, but let's just go ahead and get it over with.

EAST
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Code:

1. Duke
2. Kansas
3. Arkansas
4. Connecticut
5. Tennessee
6. St. John's
7. St. Bonaventure
8. College of St. Charles
9. Tulsa
10. Florida International
11. TCU
12. Princeton
13. Manhattan
14. Vermont
15. Alcorn State
16. Fairleigh Dickinson

TCU and Tulsa both get in. There goes CoStC as the 8th seed. They went 30-1 this year. But all of that and we didn't make it, of course. When I saw Tulsa as a #9, I knew we weren't going to get in.

So let's see what the NIT bracket is gonna look like for us, now that we're not in.

NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT

We're the #2 seed in the NIT's south Region bracket.

We get a bye in the first round, then we'll end up playing the winner of the Purdue (16-14) v. Northern Iowa (19-12) matchup. Fresno State is the #3 in this bracket, USC is the #1 seed at 19-13.

I think this is probably the sort of tournament we need to be in and it'll be better for our guys going into next year to win more games here, than going to the NCAA's and getting blown out after one round as a #14 seed or something.

Let's see if we can rebound and be successful here. Right now, you could say that I don't look good. I left St. Charles who are still soaring high, I turned down Seton Hall who are in the tournament and I'm just playing for pennies in the NIT.

But it could be worse, we could've not made the tournament at all. And I think our tough schedule is all about getting our kids mentally tough and about building something long-lasting.

I have the support of the administration and I have a strong recruit class coming in this next year, which will help. We need depth and I think we'll get there and it'll make it all better.

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 03:39 PM

NIT SECOND ROUND

We're hosting a game against Northern Iowa in our first NIT game. We have a common opponent, as we both beat Nebraska.

I'd like to believe we can win this game, because we're battle tested.

Code:

 Northern Iowa 83, Yellowstone 80

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Northern Iowa (21-12):
Player            Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Darrel Chandler   C    33   3-7   2-2   0  10   2  3   8
Gordon Houston    PF   27   4-8   2-2   3  15   2  1  10
Devin Highsmith   SF   22   2-5   2-4   0   2   0  5   6
Claude Atkins     SG   33  8-18  8-10   1   5   2  4  28
Herbert Waltz     PG   29   4-8   5-5   4   9   3  2  14
Arthur Mundy      PF   16   5-8   0-0   1   4   1  4  10
Mitch Green       PG    6   0-2   0-0   0   1   1  0   0
George Moriarty   SG   12   1-3   0-1   0   0   2  5   2
George Donaldson  SF   12   0-2   0-0   0   1   0  0   0
Ferdinand Wilmoth SF    7   2-3   1-1   1   2   2  0   5
Erich Lee         C     4   0-0   0-1   0   0   0  2   0

Turnovers: 22 (D.Chandler 7, G.Houston 3, C.Atkins 3, 
 H.Waltz 6, G.Donaldson 1, F.Wilmoth 1, E.Lee 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (D.Chandler 2, D.Highsmith 2, C.Atkins 
 1)
Steals: 8 (D.Chandler 1, C.Atkins 1, H.Waltz 3, 
 G.Moriarty 1, F.Wilmoth 2)
3P FGs: 5-17 (D.Highsmith 0-1, C.Atkins 4-10, H.Waltz 
 1-2, M.Green 0-2, G.Moriarty 0-1, G.Donaldson 0-1)

Yellowstone (19-13):
Player            Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
William Moynihan  C    24   3-6   1-5   1   8   1  4   7
Andrew Kazmbe     PF   27   1-3   0-2   0   3   2  3   2
Eric Murillo      SF   22   0-4   2-2   1   1   1  4   2
Maurice Kennedy   SG   30  4-14   6-6   0   4   1  3  14
Sandy Ordonez     PG   32  5-19  6-10   0   2   7  1  20
Eric Abraham      PF   19   4-6   2-2   5  13   1  2  10
Bradford Guardado C     9   0-0   2-2   1   4   0  1   2
Allan Mendes      SG    6   1-1   1-2   0   0   0  1   3
Barry Dameron     PG   12   3-7   0-0   0   1   2  1   8
Andres Mathis     SF   18   4-6   4-4   0   1   1  1  12

Turnovers: 15 (W.Moynihan 4, A.Kazmbe 1, E.Murillo 2, 
 S.Ordonez 2, E.Abraham 2, B.Guardado 1, A.Mendes 1, 
 B.Dameron 2)
Blocked Shots: 5 (W.Moynihan 3, E.Abraham 1, B.Dameron 
 1)
Steals: 8 (W.Moynihan 1, M.Kennedy 3, E.Abraham 1, 
 B.Dameron 1, A.Mathis 2)
3P FGs: 6-27 (M.Kennedy 0-6, S.Ordonez 4-13, E.Abraham 
 0-1, B.Dameron 2-5, A.Mathis 0-2)

Player of Game: SG Claude Atkins (NTHIA)

Game Summary:

Game Stats      NTHIA  YSTON
Halftime Score     45     38
FGM-FGA         29-64  25-66
FG%              .453   .379
FTM-FTA         20-26  24-35
FT%              .769   .686
3PM-3PA          5-17   6-27
3P%              .294   .222
Rebounds           49     37
Assists            15     16
Steals              8      8
Blocks              5      5
Turnovers          22     15
Team Fouls         26     21

Instead, we get upset by them 83-80 and our season is over.

This is just a disappointing year and I can't wait to get better assistants and get on the road and get more depth on our bench, because we're getting killed as it is.

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 03:43 PM

Code:

 
2015 Season Awards

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Overall Awards:
Player of the Year:   PG  John Harris             Ohio State              
Freshman of the Year: PG  Sandy Ordonez           Yellowstone             
Coach of the Year:        Bert Northcutt          Miami                   

All-League First Team:
C:  Terrell Stripling       Stanford                
PF: Rodger Long             Cincinnati              
SF: Henry Abel              Wichita State           
SG: Lon Griffin             Missouri                
PG: John Harris             Ohio State              

All-League Second Team:
C:  Harold Young            Temple                  
PF: Chris Clark             Oklahoma                
SF: Ronald Enloe            Oklahoma                
SG: Jason Geiger            Maryland                
PG: Steven Obrian           Arkansas                

All-League Third Team:
C:  Kent Grundy             Illinois                
PF: Henry Hadley            Duke                    
SF: Clinton Jones           Dayton                  
SG: David Fultz             Arizona                 
PG: Wilson Ramirez          Kentucky                

All-Freshman Team:
C:  William Moynihan        Yellowstone             
PF: Malik Romero            Colgate                 
SF: Kieth Mount             Temple                  
SG: Paul Beyer              Oral Roberts            
PG: Sandy Ordonez           Yellowstone

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 2015 Mountain West Conference Awards

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Overall Awards:
Player of the Year:   PG  Sandy Ordonez           Yellowstone             
Freshman of the Year: PG  Sandy Ordonez           Yellowstone             
Coach of the Year:        Chris Fussell           Gonzaga                 

All-League First Team:
C:  William Moynihan        Yellowstone             
PF: Patrick Dressler        Utah                    
SF: Noel Rodriquez          Tulsa                   
SG: Deangelo Fierro         Texas Christian         
PG: Sandy Ordonez           Yellowstone             

All-League Second Team:
C:  Jeffrey Stinnett        Brigham Young           
PF: Dewey Joplin            Tulsa                   
SF: Clark Coley             New Mexico              
SG: Clifton Couch           Tulsa                   
PG: Francis Woods           Gonzaga                 

All-Freshman Team:
C:  William Moynihan        Yellowstone             
PF: Espiridion Lozano       Wyoming                 
SF: Andres Mathis           Yellowstone             
SG: Michael Cantor          Gonzaga                 
PG: Sandy Ordonez           Yellowstone

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 09:28 PM

I got job offers from Arizona State, Fordham, Mississippi State, Louisville, Richmond, USC, St. Joseph's and Vanderbilt.

I won't be accepting any of them.

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 09:33 PM

We've been invited to the Preseason NIT as the 6th seed and we'll be going.

Maybe last year's rough schedule might have helped.

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 10:03 PM

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 Yellowstone Wolves 2016-17 Season Schedule

  Date      Opponent                              Result         Record        
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  11/14/16  Florida International (0-0)                                        
  11/18/16  Hofstra (0-0)                                                      
  11/22/16  vs. Marshall (0-0)                                                 
  12/05/16  Providence (0-0)                                                   
  12/08/16  at Ohio State (0-0)                                                
  12/11/16  at Princeton (0-0)                                                 
  12/14/16  at Butler (0-0)                                                    
  12/17/16  Temple (0-0)                                                       
  12/20/16  Memphis (0-0)                                                      
  12/27/16  Notre Dame (0-0)                                                   
  01/01/17  at College of St. Charles (0-0)                                    
  01/04/17  Seton Hall (0-0)                                                   
  01/07/17  Colorado State (0-0)                                               
  01/09/17  Houston (0-0)                                                      
  01/14/17  at Utah (0-0)                                                      
  01/16/17  Wyoming (0-0)                                                      
  01/21/17  at Wyoming (0-0)                                                   
  01/23/17  Air Force (0-0)                                                    
  02/04/17  at Colorado State (0-0)                                            
  02/06/17  at Fresno State (0-0)                                              
  02/11/17  Utah (0-0)                                                         
  02/13/17  at Air Force (0-0)                                                 
  02/18/17  Texas Christian (0-0)                                              
  02/20/17  Tulsa (0-0)                                                        
  02/25/17  at Houston (0-0)                                                   
  02/27/17  at Texas Christian (0-0)                                           
  03/01/17  New Mexico (0-0)                                                   
  03/04/17  at Tulsa (0-0)

Young Drachma · 12-26-2008, 10:04 PM

2016 Preseason NIT

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Seeds
1. Arizona Wildcats
2. Cincinnati Bearcats
3. Gonzaga Bulldogs
4. Indiana Hoosiers
5. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
6. Yellowstone Wolves
7. Memphis Tigers
8. Fresno State Bulldogs
9. South Carolina Gamecocks
10. UNLV Runnin' Rebels
11. Marshall Thundering Herd
12. Penn State Nittany Lions
13. UTEP Miners
14. Hampton Pirates
15. Northwestern Wildcats
16. Yale Bulldogs

muns · 12-31-2008, 11:39 AM

DC you just get this game?

Young Drachma · 02-22-2009, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by muns

DC you just get this game?

I owned it for years, but had to get my license from elicense, as I'd forgotten it long ago.

12-24-2008, 05:52 PM	#52
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	YELLOWSTONE UNIVERSITY HIRES CAREY AS HEAD COACH CODY, WYOMING -- Yellowstone University President D.C. Daly and Athletics Director Bob Driscoll announced today the appointment of Matt Carey as the head basketball coach of the University. Carey, who becomes the 2nd head coach in school history, comes to PC after spending the 2014-15 season as the head coach at the College of St. Charles. Davis, a 2005 graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, was named the 2015 National Coach of the Year by the ESPN the Magazine. "We are very excited to have Matt Carey leading our men's basketball program," Father Shanley said. "Over the last several weeks, we have conducted a thorough search. During this process, we talked to some of the most knowledgeable members of the college basketball community. It was our task to find a coach who would lead our student-athletes and embrace the University's mission. Keno Davis met all of our selection criteria." In his first season as a head coach, Carey led the St. Charles Beagles to a 27-4 mark, as an independent. His team advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history, in their first year of eligibility for the tournament as a Division I school. Drake was defeated in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament by Florida, 65-61. Last season, the Yellowstone Wolves were 25-6 (13-3 in MWC play) and lost in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Last edited by Young Drachma : 12-24-2008 at 05:52 PM.

12-26-2008, 03:25 PM	#67
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Gonzaga won the Mountain West Conference tournament. I decide to watch the NCAA Tournament selection show. Here are the seeds by region: Code: WEST --- 1. Syracuse 2. Gonzaga 3. Oklahoma State 4. Ohio State 5. North Carolina 6. Notre Dame 7. Arizona 8. Temple 9. Iowa State 10. Iowa 11. Charlotte 12. Butler 13. Southern Illinois 14. Chicago 15. Oral Roberts 16. Bethune-Cookman Code: MIDWEST ---- 1. Kentucky 2. UCLA 3. Cincinnati 4. Texas 5. Maryland 6. Missouri 7. Indiana 8. Kent State 9. Wichita State 10. Utah 11. Western Kentucky 12. Villanova 13. Montana 14. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 15. UC Santa Barbara 16. Elon At this point, I'm watching and it looks evident that we're not going to get in. It's hard to say, but I feel like we just don't have the resume, given that I can't see any at-large bids from our league of teams that should be in. Utah hasn't gotten in, neither has Tulsa yet. So, it's hard to say what it looks like for us, but it seems like we'll be dancing in the NIT. Which is fine, we'd probably get a lot further over there anyway. Let's get to the rest of the brackets. Last edited by Young Drachma : 12-26-2008 at 03:25 PM.

12-24-2008, 05:53 PM	#53
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Our assistants at Yellowstone are: Recruiting Coordinator: David Cooper, 36 Recruiting: C+ Lead Scout: Neil Currie, 57, Scouting: A- Coaching Assistant: Eddie Nesbitt, 51, Offense: A Defense: C

12-26-2008, 02:51 PM	#64
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	MWC Tournament 1st round Yellowstone def. Colorado State 85-66 Fresno State def. Nevada 72-49 Utah def. New Mexico 89-68 Air Force def. UNLV 84-74 Wyoming def. TCU 61-51

12-26-2008, 03:35 PM	#68
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	SOUTH ----- Code: 1. Miami 2. Illinois 3. Oklahoma 4. Florida 5. Michigan State 6. Wake Forest 7. Brigham Young 8. Virginia 9. Seton Hall 10. Mississippi 11. Stanford 12. San Diego 13. Bowling Green 14. George Mason 15. Winthrop 16. Cal State Fullerton/Middle Tennessee State [i]So, one bracket to go. I don't see College of St. Charles and I don't see Tulsa. That's not good. The former, is probably hobbled by their crap conference and an upset loss in the early rounds of their tourney. But I didn't look to see how they did. Seton Hall got in, but they play in the Big East and we'd played a creampuff schedule to start the year, we'd be sitting pretty now too. In retrospect, we probably should have. Our RPI stinks and we lost too many pivotal games. Seeing BYU get in, is a good sign, because that's two teams from our conference. But that's it. So..I dunno what to expect for this last bracket, but let's just go ahead and get it over with. EAST ---- Code: 1. Duke 2. Kansas 3. Arkansas 4. Connecticut 5. Tennessee 6. St. John's 7. St. Bonaventure 8. College of St. Charles 9. Tulsa 10. Florida International 11. TCU 12. Princeton 13. Manhattan 14. Vermont 15. Alcorn State 16. Fairleigh Dickinson TCU and Tulsa both get in. There goes CoStC as the 8th seed. They went 30-1 this year. But all of that and we didn't make it, of course. When I saw Tulsa as a #9, I knew we weren't going to get in. So let's see what the NIT bracket is gonna look like for us, now that we're not in. NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT We're the #2 seed in the NIT's south Region bracket. We get a bye in the first round, then we'll end up playing the winner of the Purdue (16-14) v. Northern Iowa (19-12) matchup. Fresno State is the #3 in this bracket, USC is the #1 seed at 19-13. I think this is probably the sort of tournament we need to be in and it'll be better for our guys going into next year to win more games here, than going to the NCAA's and getting blown out after one round as a #14 seed or something. Let's see if we can rebound and be successful here. Right now, you could say that I don't look good. I left St. Charles who are still soaring high, I turned down Seton Hall who are in the tournament and I'm just playing for pennies in the NIT. But it could be worse, we could've not made the tournament at all. And I think our tough schedule is all about getting our kids mentally tough and about building something long-lasting. I have the support of the administration and I have a strong recruit class coming in this next year, which will help. We need depth and I think we'll get there and it'll make it all better.

12-26-2008, 09:28 PM	#71
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	I got job offers from Arizona State, Fordham, Mississippi State, Louisville, Richmond, USC, St. Joseph's and Vanderbilt. I won't be accepting any of them.

12-26-2008, 09:33 PM	#72
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	We've been invited to the Preseason NIT as the 6th seed and we'll be going. Maybe last year's rough schedule might have helped.

12-31-2008, 11:39 AM	#75
muns Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Baltimore MD	DC you just get this game?

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