College Hoops 2k8: 2009 Edition - Page 18

hoopsguy · 05-11-2009, 06:50 AM

Bright side, I guess, is that UNC looks to be graduating a lot of talent next year. But Georgia Tech should still be loaded, barring early entry.

Radii · 05-11-2009, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Bright side, I guess, is that UNC looks to be graduating a lot of talent next year. But Georgia Tech should still be loaded, barring early entry.

yeah UNC is due for a couple down years. For Tech their PF, Richards, is looking like a lottery pick and should be leaving soon enough, but they still have a lot of talent that will be back. I don't remember if the SF is likely to bolt early or not.

Radii · 05-11-2009, 11:20 PM

January 24, 2022

#25 Maryland (13-4, 3-2 ACC) at #17 Florida State (13-4, 2-3 ACC)

TEAM: FSU|UMD
OVR: 91|91
OFF: 90|91
DEF: 90|90
SHT: 91|94
REB: 94|92
COA: 88|92

Maryland beat us towards the end of last season in a fairly memorable game, neither team led by more than 7 the entire second half, it was 4 or closer most of the final 10 minutes, tied with 1 minute left when we turn it over and allow them to score, Forte misses two free throws that could have tied it and we gave away a game that we could have won.

Its a different Maryland team as two of their best 3 players graduated, but they are still damn good, and this could be a great matchup.Their ACC losses came to UNC and Clemson, with wins over the lesser teams in the league in Wake/UVA/Duke.

Scouting

PG Bronsen Gatling – JR – 87 OVR – 97 speed/86 quickness. 91 defense/76 steals. 95 hands/91 passing. 83 close/73 med/82 3/86 off the dribble. A fast, great ball handling PG who can defend anyone and can shoot. 11.6 ppg/4.0 apg so far. A first round pick if he leaves early.

SG Bradley Fanning – JR – 85 OVR – A backup to an 88 rated stud last year. 86 speed/88 quickness. 88 defense/77 steals. 85 close/74 med/83 3/87 off the dribble. Great defensive awareness(83/A-), just average offensive. 9.2 ppg so far this year.

SF Warren Cain – SR – 82 OVR – 6'9” SF – 84 speed/81 quickness. 79 defense/79 blocks/74 steals, pretty good all around. 86 close/79 med/57 3/93in traffic. A good scorer inside but isn't going to hit a lot of 3's. 10 ppg/6.9 rpg.

PF Adama Sogdazi – SO – 82 OVR – 6'8” PF – 80 orb/86 drb. 74 post off/77 post def. 90 close/87 in traffic. He can shoot from anywhere, 80 med/75 3 point shot. Very good athlete, 88 hustle to go with 76 strength and a solid vertical for a big man. 75 off awareness/86 def awareness. Not enough experience for coach on the floor delegation yet but he'll be there soon. Still a late option in the offense, 6.7 ppg/5.5 rpg.

C Corey Hudson – SR – 83 OVR – 6'11” PF – 92 orb/82 drb. 85 post off/80 post def. 92 close/88 in traffic. Good athlete, strong, good awareness. The top option so far this year, 19.6 ppg/5.5 rpg.

Loaded at guard, backup SG Marko Hancock is rated 84 OVR and scores 11/game off the bench.

They have other backups guards rated around 80 who all have decent skills. They have a 6'7” SF but no big men options inside. We need to hurt them inside when Hudson is on the bench. And if we can get Hudson in foul trouble and kill their inside game we could have a big edge.

Half	Time	FSU	UMD	Notes
1	15:00	10	10	Even start, we have two offensive putbacks ,they have 2 threes. Fanning scored their first 5.
1	12:15	12	19	We allow them to score 7 straight thanks to two very poor offensive trips. Fanning was the beneficiary as well, he's got 12 now. Backups are in. Barrett and Sneed with 4 each for us. They sit Hudson and Fanning for now.
1	10:00	17	20	Ozier with 5 straight for us, including a 3 point play, and we've got it down to 3. They bring Hudson back in and go with 3 backup guards.
1	7:30	23	25	Sanders again making the case to start, he has 6 points now, with Hudson guarding him every time, 2-3 from the field and drawing Hudson's 1^st foul for 2 free throws. Timeout Maryland in a 2 point game. They get some starters in the backcourt back in but sit cain and hudson.
1	5:55	27	27	Sanders embarrasses Sogdazi(their starting PF) twice, dunking on him both times. They manage one bucket, and when Sanders misses his next shot, its time to recognize that he's a bit tired and we'll be better served with the starters back on the floor.
1	4:22	31	31	We let them score 4 straight before getting McCants a big dunk, forcing a steal and hitting Sneed on the secondary break, earning us a 6^th man boost and tying the game back up.
1	2:10	35	31	8-0 run for us now, great defense, Barrett gets a bucket in transition and Forte with a solid drive and dish gets Sneed an easy look inside. Sneed has 8 (7 boards!) and is having a fine game on his own, not to overhype Sanders here as my only post player Maryland timeout
	HALF	37	37	They come out strong after that final timeout with all their starters on the floor after a bunch of odd rotations. Alloway misses a 3 as time expires that could have given us the lead at the break. They shoot 15-27, 4-9 from 3, each team even in turnovers but we have a MASSIVE edge on the boards. 17-7 rebound edge for us, thanks to Sneed mainly. We're 17-34 from the floor, taking 7 more shots from the field while being even at the line. Fanning leads them with 14, but only 2 in the final 7 or 8 minutes. Hudson has 8. Gatling is scoreless, pass first tonight with 6 assists. On our end Sneed is 5-9 and has 10 points/7 boards. Sanders is 4-7 with 2 at the line, also 10 points. Barrett has been our only success in transition, he has 6. Forte with 2 and Alloway 0, Alloway has been very inconsistent lately, though I guess either Alloway or Barrett seem to be on most nights, and tonight its Barrett. Alloway is 0-2 from 3, we haven't made one yet.
2	15:40	48	42	They score first in the 2^nd half but we pull ahead by 6, Barrett our main focus. Alloway is terribly off, Fanning is effecting him greatly on the fast break, two blocks and another just bad miss. I decide to mix it up a little, the couple times Alloway has been this cold he's not ever warmed up, and I bring Ozier in to play SF, Barrett at his natural SG position. Oh yeah, timeout Maryland.
2	13:05	54	47	They score 5 straight to cut it to 1, we score 6 straight to take our biggest lead, Ozier gets a 3 point play inside after a nice interior pass from Barrett, some nice benefit there on a move I wouldn't have tried inside with Alloway. UMD with another timeout. With the timeouts and a 6^th man boost the starters are good for now.
2	9:55	56	57	The runs continue, this one a 10-2 run for Maryland, they take the lead after Sneed loses the ball in the post and they get a fast break dunk. I get a timeout and get the backups in.
2	9:05	56	62	Wow... a 3 point play for Hudson, who has 17 now for them, and a steal/breakaway dunk and we seem to be falling apart a bit here. I call a timeout.
2	6:15	64	67	Starters are back in. Mayer hit a big 3, McClurkin got a 3 point play going to the rack and Alloway finally got on the board with a layup. Hudson has taken over for them, he has 22 now I believe and was making up for any problems he had vs Sanders in the first half...
2	5:25	66	71	We're all the way up to 10 fouls now, two stupid reach in fouls outside the 3 point line the last two trips give them a free 4 points.
2	4:55	66	73	McCants misses a shot inside, we just cannot afford to lose this game, but we are not playing well at all down the stretch. We must get some stops. I call a timeout.
2	3:25	70	77	We can't stop Hudson. We got 4 straight to cut it to 3, they get a stop though and Hudson with two post moves in a row, he has 26. I get a timeout. I make sure Sneed is on Hudson, slightly better defender than McCants, and I make sure he's always doubled down low.
2	2:20	70	81	Sneed misses a fairly easy look inside, they get an open jumper, then Fanning picks Barrett and goes all the way himself... ugh.

They go up 13 with 1 minute to go and we cannot do anything.

#25 Maryland 85
#17 Florida State 70

Without the transition game completely disappearing in the final 7 minutes or so, we just fell apart. We were unable to make jumpers, and any early success we had inside just completely faded. They outscore us 48-33 in the second half, totally embarassing us our on home floor. They shoot 58% for the game, our defense just doesn't seem to exist in this bad stretch we're having.

Hudson shoots 10-12 and scores 26. Fanning 18, all three other starters have 9 each.

Forte: 13 points/3 assists
Alloway: 2 points (1-9 shooting/0-3 from 3)
Barrett: 12 points
Sneed: 10 points/10 boards
McCants: 7 points/5 boards

Ozier: 10 points
Sanders: 10 points

Sanders and Sneed both go scoreless in the second half. We are now 2-4 in league play, with a road game against a 93 rated Clemson team coming up next. A road contest still remains against Georgia Tech and a return matchup with Clemson, I'm starting to wonder if we can make the NCAA Tournament if we end up 8-8, and if its possible that we're not good enough to finish better than that... we need a win, bad.

Radii · 05-12-2009, 01:26 AM

January 30, 2022

#17 Florida State (13-5, 2-4 ACC) at #13 Clemson (13-4, 5-1 ACC)

TEAM: FSU|CU
OVR: 91|94
OFF: 90|93
DEF: 90|92
SHT: 91|96
REB: 94|92
COA: 88|93

Oh, Clemson is rated 94 OVR,not 93. Clemson is very much for real. They have non conference wins over #12 Michigan at michigan, #18 seton hall, a 3 point loss to #8 Louisville,and wins over #25 Maryland and #16 Georgia Tech, two teams we couldn't hang with ourselves. They've struggled at times too though, beating Wake Forest by just 1 in OT, and losing at Virginia by 7. They've got some crazy talent on the floor.

Scouting

PG Lewis Gamble – SR – 86 OVR – 92 speed/89 quickness. 92 defense/73 steals. 92 hands/87 passing, a solid PG, solid defender, very fast. 89 close/79 med/81 from 3/87 off the dribble. 80 defensive awareness. 14.9 ppg, 2^nd only to lalugba in scoring.

SG Darren Bookout – FR – 83 OVR – 89 speed/85 quickness. 91 defense/83 steals, amazing for a freshman. 89 close/80 med/79 3/89 in traffic. His shooting tendencies are weak so he won't shoot unless wide open most likely. Just 5 ppg so far this year. This is the recruit Clemson beat us out for last year, bastards!

SF WM Lalugba – SR – 89 OVR – 6'5” SF – 86 speed/89 quickness. 81 defense/82 steals. 88 close/89 med/76 3/87 in traffic. Solid awareness, 80 on offense/72 defense. 96(A+) vertical, 92 rated dunker. 15.4 ppg/5.8 rpg so far this year.

PF Jim Vitelli – JR – 88 OVR – 6'9” PF – 92 orb/87 drb. 83 post off/85 post def. 82 blocks (B+), 80 steals(A-). 85 close/78 med/72 3/93 in traffic...84 off the dribble heh. Coach on the floor, 83 off/80 def awareness. 83 vert/81 str/78 hustle, a solid athlete. Just 9.6 ppg but this guy is a beast, he's going to give us a lot of trouble inside.

C Joaquim Tchuisi – SR – 82 OVR – 6'10” PF – 91 orb/85 drb. 78 post off/76 post def. 94 close/92 in traffic. Just 3.5 ppg, not much of a scorer but a big body and good rebounder.

Backup SF Vidal Dalida is 6'7” and rated 86 OVR, better than anyone on our team, and he doesn't even Start for clemson. He can score from anywhere, has the speed of a guard and scores more than 9 a game.

After Dalida they are still loaded, with 2 backup guards and a 3^rd string SF rated 82 and 83 OVR, a 4^th SF at 81 OVR... they lack big man depth but don't seem to need it. We're incredibly outclassed here on paper. They have a 76-61 unity edge.

Half	Time	FSU	CLEM	Notes
1	16:15	12	4	Well we couldn't have asked for a better start. Lalugba has a quick trigger and is cold early, 1-4 shooting mostly midrange jumpers. They started in a 2-3 zone and Alloway hits 2 early 3's and gets two more buckets in transition, a great start for him, 10 already. McCants with an offensive board and putback for our other bucket.
1	15:30	14	4	Bookout misses an open 3, Alloway gets a dunk on the other end and Clemson takes a timeout.
1	12:40	14	11	Ugh, I was worried about runs but that was fast, I was hoping I could hold on to a big lead for awhile. Timeout, backups in.
1	6:15	22	21	Once again we pull out to a lead and lose it. We get a solid look to Sanders, two good shots from Mayer and lead 22-13, defense and rebounding both looking good, etc. A quick 8-0 run and its down to 1 again. I get a timeout to get the starters back in.
1	4:45	28	21	Barrett gets on the board but Alloway is still the big time main option here, he's up to 16 now. An Alloway breakaway leads to their PG, Gamble, picking up his 2^nd foul. They miss another shot and we go to Barrett on the break and he's fouled by PF Vitelli, his 2^nd foul. We've drawn 7 total on them.
1	2:45	32	21	They go with a 4 guard lineup with the foul trouble and miss a few more shots, we dominate on the boards and go strong to the rim, drawing more fouls with a lot more ease with their big guys out of the game. Clemson timeout.
	HALF	36	28	Dalida hits a 3 for Clemson as time expires to get the lead under 10, a great half for us. We've had great first halves before though, its really hard on the road against good teams, but we need to find a way to carry this into the second half. Clemson shoots 35% while we shoot 50%, clearly the reason we're ahead. Clemson commits 10 fouls, just Vitelli and Gamble with two though. We have no foul trouble at all, they aren't driving really, lots and lots of jump shots. Dalida leads them with 9, 3-5 from 3. Bookout has 5, Lalugba only 4 and Gamble 2. Alloway is the star of the game so far with 17, as they got into foul trouble late we had a lot of success with McCants and he has 7 now. Mayer 5, Sanders 3, a couple guys with 2 and that's it. We know we cannot count on Alloway to stay hot and score, we need someone else to step up in case Alloway goes cold. We need to stay aggressive as well, we drew those fouls by attacking the rim hard.
2	18:30	36	34	Ugh, I was afraid of this. They start out on a 6-0 run, Alloway going inside and getting blocked, Sneed missing a good look... I get a timeout quickly, they already got a 6^th man boost here.
2	15:50	38	41	And it takes 4 minutes 10 seconds to lose the lead. They get a monstrous block, PF coming from the weakside after Barrett beat his man. Bookout has 8 points this half, benefitting from bad defense and wide open shots, he doesn't miss those, he just doesn't shoot unless he's open.
2	15:05	38	44	Alloway misses an open 3, Lalugba hits one on their end, and they get their 3^rd 6^th man boost of the half... ugh ugh ugh ugh.
2	13:10	40	47	They hit another 3 to go up 9, we finally get another FG as Barrett hits one inside for us.
2	12:45	40	49	21-4 run for Clemson this half so far. They have taken over the boards, they just got their 8^th second chance point of the half. Freaking Bookout has 18 now, 13 this half, unbelievable.
2	11:50	40	51	They pick sneed's pocket and Lalugba goes full court for a dunk by himself. I get a timeout and get my backups in. This is terrible, a total disaster. Big, big sinking feeling heh. Just a couple missed shots and we can get right back in it but this is totally overwhelming.
2	10:20	45	56	Unfreakingbelievable. We get a dunk from Sanders and a 3 from McClurkin, maybe we can do something... Bookout just hit another 3, 21 for him, his confidence must be at an all time high, he launched that one the second he touched the ball, with a defender close by, swish. He's 5-6 from 3 now.
2	6:45	53	62	Mayer hits a couple 3s and our offense settles in a bit. We had just scored a quick 5 to cut it to 7, but they answered on their end. As the starters return, we are down 9 with the ball... just a couple stops and we are right there.
2	6:15	53	62	Alloway misses a wide open 3 and McCants misses a layup in transition and that sinking feeling returns real fast. Defense!!
2	4:50	58	69	Alloway hits his first shot of the 2^nd half, a wide open 3. Maybe that will trigger something for us.
2	3:55	60	71	Well we get a block on defense but they recover the ball for an easy layup, McCants scores for us, timeout clemson to get all their startesr back in.

We never get closer than 8.

#13 Clemson 83
#17 Florida State 73

I'm not surprised that Clemson won, even with the first half we played, this kind of 2^nd half is not too unusual on the road against more talented players. But the... intensity with which they dominated the first 5-7 minutes of the 2^nd half was just completely overwhelming. It felt like we were a 16 seed that had hung in there for 20 minutes and the 1 seed was laughing us off to end the game. Of course we kept it around 10 and had a few shots to try to close, but Clemson was just too much.

Bookout was just amazing. 5-7 from 3, 8-11 overall. He hit a couple open shots in the first half, was left wide open on offensive boards and in transition early in the 2^nd half and from there just started launching, and draining, everything in sight. 23 points for him. 17 from Lalugba and 14 from backup SF Dalida.

Center Tchuisi pulled down 16 boards, the other big change from first half to second. We got a few offensive boards in the first half and completely cleaned the defensive boards. Clemson got 15 second chance points, all in the second half.

Forte: 6 points
Alloway: 24 points
Barrett: 6 points
Sneed: 6 points/8 boards
McCants: 10 points/11 boards

Mayer: 11 points
Sanders: 7 points

Alloway was 6-10 in the first half... 8-22 for the game. His second half was a nightmare.

Radii · 05-12-2009, 01:32 AM

There's no way to sugar coat our current situation. We've lost 5 of 6 and are in big trouble.

Polls:

1. North Carolina
2. Vanderbilt
3. Texas A&M
4. Kansas
5. Louisville
...
11. Clemson
14. Georgia Tech
19. Maryland

We drop out of the polls.

ACC Standings:

1. North Carolina 7-0
2. Clemson 6-1
3. Georgia Tech 6-2
4. Maryland 5-2
5. NC State 4-4
6. Wake Forest 3-4
7. Virginia Tech 2-5
8. Florida State 2-5
9. Boston College 2-5
10. Duke 2-5
11. Miami 2-5
12. Virginia 2-5

Yep, there is a 6 way tie for dead last in the ACC.

It does get easier. We have two games at home this week.

vs Wake Forest (11-8, 3-4 ACC)
vs Virginia Tech (16-8, 2-5 ACC)

Virginia Tech is in a similar spot as us, in the top 25 for awhile, a highly rated team(91 OVR/same as us last I checked) that has had a terrible terrible start. We only have two more ranked opponents on our schedule.. at Ga Tech, vs Clemson.

The turnaround *must* start this upcoming game. We host a Wake Forest team that is just a giant, clear step behind us, two players rated above 80, nearly everyone in our 10 man rotation would start for Wake.

Radii · 05-12-2009, 03:17 AM

February 2, 2022

Wake Forest (11-8, 3-4 ACC) at Florida State (13-6, 2-5 ACC)

TEAM: FSU|WFU
OVR: 91|86
OFF: 90|86
DEF: 90|84
SHT: 91|91
REB: 94|92
COA: 88|78

Wake Forest won the ACC Tournament last year, coming out of nowhere to do so as the 7 seed. They beat us in the ACC Semis. They graduated two starters though and their returning players are really not much improved over last year.

Scouting

PG Kris Bosley – SR – 79 OVR – 92 speed/84 quickness. 84 defense/85 steals. 83 hands/73 passing, both C rated, not much of a ball handler or distributor. 85 clsoe/85 med/79 3/82 off the dribble. Bosley is their leading scorer, 15.2 ppg this year.

SG Prosper Bland – SR – 84 OVR – 93 speed/86 quickness. 84 defense/77 steals. 88 close/78 med/87 3, a lights out 3 point shooter. 84 off the dribble/83 in traffic. Great leaper and hustler, terrible strength which will hopefully hurt his driving ability. 10.6 ppg this year

SF Lazare Hall – SR – 84 OVR – a 6'3” SG – 92 speed/82 quickness. 80 defense/68 steals. 82 close/87 med/79 3/87 off the dribble/83 in traffic. A good scorer from anywhere, can create his own shot and take it inside. His ball handling is weak and his defense is poor for a SG at this level. 12.1 ppg.

PF Floyd Callans – SO – 76 OVR – a 6'7” SF – 62 orb/73 drb. 71 post off/77 post def. 84 close/81 in traffic. Not much of an athlete or a shooter in general. Callans can play some defense but that seems his only ability. 6.8 ppg/2.8 rpg.

C Jeffrey Eldridge – JR – 78 OVR – 82 orb/88 drb. 80 post off/70 post def. 90 close/86 in traffic. Good athlete, 78 str to go with A- vert/B- hustle. 11.9 ppg/5.4 rpg, his post defense looks like a big weakness. He is 6'11” though.

This is Wake's 5 best players, they have 3 backup guards that can shoot, they are filled with 3 point shooters, but we should be able to run when they miss and expect to have a lot of success.

Half	Time	FSU	WFU	Notes
1	15:35	17	10	After a fast back and forth start we're on an 8-0 run. Not too many fouls yet but their leading scorer, PG Bosley just picked up foul #2 on the half and sits.
1	15:10	19	10	Timeout Wake. Alloway 8, Forte 2 3's early. The offense is clicking big time.
1	13:25	23	13	Another timeout Wake.
1	10:50	31	17	After a 6^th man boost we get our backups in. We actually led by 18, they're on a 4-0 run.
1	9:30	33	19	Timeout Wake, Sanders gets the backups on the board.
1	6:20	41	27	Starters are back, except Sanders still in at Center, McCants needs another minute.
1	4:10	45	29	McCants back in
	HALF	50	37	They hit two 3's and we cool off a little towards the end of the half,still taking a 13 point lead into the locker room. They are led by C Eldridge with 8, and a backup post guy, Boddie, who also put up 8. They shoot 16-38 from the field, 5-12 from 3. We're nicely over 50%, 20-35 from the floor. Alloway leads us with 15, though he's just 6-12 overall, taking 7 3's over their 2-3 zone andonly hitting 2 of them. Forte has 9, McCants 8, and Sanders 8. good half, we just cannot let up and let them back into it.
2	17:45	55	47	Yeah they hit two heavily contested 3's to open the half, Hall and Bosley each with 1, and they get a quick 10 points. I get a timeout and settle things down.
2	15:30	61	50	We establish a bit of control back and Wake takes a timeout. McCants is up to 12, they're playing a 2-3 zone full time now and we're not shooting over it well, we are starting to force it inside a bit more.
2	11:25	75	59	We go on a tear and score 7 straight, getting the lead nicely back up over 15 again. Alloway heats up, hitting two threes in a row and scoring 8 in a row for us, he's got 24. A 6^th man boost keeps the starters in the game a bit longer.
2	10:10	75	61	Backups in now.
2	8:50	78	65	They score 4 straight and get it down to 10, McClurkin drains a 3 from the wing to answer.
2	6:30	80	70	They cut it down to 10 again. Forte, Barrett and Sneed are back in. Alloway/McCants are still tired.
2	5:00	80	70	Starters are all back in now.

They get it down to 9 with 45 seconds left but its way too late

Florida State 89
Wake Forest 80

We weren't ever really able to completely put them away but after the first few minutes of the 2^nd half they never seriously threatened either. A good win to get us (hopefully) back on track.

Forte: 11 points/5 assists
Alloway: 29 points
Barrett: 4 points/8 assists
Sneed: 10 points/15 boards
McCants: 20 points/11 boards/4 assists

Sanders: 8 points/5 boards

Alloway just launched a ton of shots, McCants was really the one with the special game. 10-13 from the field and a double double. Alloway was 11-26 heh. But that is not uncommon for my 3 point shooters when a team sits in a 2-3 zone all game.

Radii · 05-13-2009, 12:35 AM

February 5, 2022

Virginia Tech (17-8, 3-5 ACC) at Florida State (14-6, 3-5 ACC)

TEAM: FSU|VT
OVR: 91|91
OFF: 90|93
DEF: 90|88
SHT: 91|95
REB: 94|89
COA: 88|93

On paper this is similar to the Maryland game last week, a home game against an evenly rated team fighting to get up there in the class with UNC, Clemson and Georgia Tech. Maryland seems to clearly be winning that battle amongst the 3 of us so far. This is a key game if for no other reason than 4-5 looks a whole hell of a lot better than 3-6 in league play. 4-5 looks like recovery from our awful start and a solid chance at a winning league record. 3-6 looks like a team that needs to overcome some obstacles just to get on the NCAA Bubble.

We played the Hokies 3 times last year, winning at home and in the ACC Tournament, losing in Blacksburg. They lost 3 starters from that team but reloaded quite nicely. Warzynski and Graves are the two returning starters below.

Scouting

PG Melvin Bright – JR – 85 OVR – 91 speed/89 quickness. 83 defense/72 steals. 86 hands/91 passing, a solid PG. 84 close/82 med/88 3/82 off the dribble, a great shooter from all over. Good awareness, decent athlete. Bright was a backup to the best rated PG in the league the last two years. Just 5.8 ppg/2.8 apg now that he's starting.

SG Jarred Warzynski – SR – 86 OVR – 93 speed/84 quickness. 82 defense/80 steals. 87 close/75 med/76 3/82 off the dribble. 94/A hustle. Good but not great for these key ratings, a fine overall player though. Coach on the floor helps him, 78 off awareness/84 defensive awareness. He is putting up 14.2 ppg this year, I probably am too quick to say “this looks good but not that great”

SF Cameron Aguko – FR – 77 OVR – 6'8” natural SF – 85 speed/84 quickness, incredible for a SF. 82 defense/72 steals/68 blocks, quite good. 87 close/74 med/69 3/79 in traffic. 9 ppg, looks great for a true freshman, he was the #91 recruit last year and looks like he'll be very very good.

PF Lex Beeler – JR – 84 OVR – 6'9” PF – 82 orb/77 drb. 89 post off/72 post def. 96 close/85 in traffic. Also coach on the floor level numbers, 81 off/84 def awareness. He looks like a beast on offense but his defense leaves a little to be desired. 13.1 ppg/4.1 rpg.

C Tommie Graves – SO – 80 OVR – 6'10” natural center. 89 orb/80 drb. 87 post off/89 post def. 90 close/86 in traffic. He has incredible post skills, very impressive. B+ strength(77) and good awareness. 8.4 ppg/5.2 rpg.

Va Tech's top backup, another 84 rated PF, Sam Ravello, is out with a broken ankle. He was good off the bench last year, I'm happy he's not going to be facing us this time around..

Backup PG Robin Vega is rated 83 OVR and is their best defender, worth noting as their 6^th man for sure. They have 3 more backup guards that can all shoot, and one big man with 85+ post offense... they are a deep solid team. 73-63 unity edge with their coach on the floor.

Half	Time	FSU	VT	Notes
1	15:00	10	9	Even game so far, McCants with 6 inside, thanks in part to 3 offensive boards.
1	14:30	12	11	Bright picks up foul #2 for Va Tech. They have 3 other starter quality guards but still its nice to get his shooting off the floor.
1	12:30	15	15	They've got 6 fouls already. Backups are in for me. Warzynski leads them with 7, I'm going to put Barrett on him the rest of the way once the starters come back in, he is clearly their best player attacking the basket.
1	8:15	25	21	Timeout Hokies as we take the biggest lead either team has had today. They have 8 fouls, two of their Pgs with two now.
1	7:35	27	24	Starters, excpet McCants are back in. McCants was way more tired than anyone else, Sanders is still in.
1	6:35	31	26	Their Center, Graves, has 8 now. They get a timeout though as Sneed scores 4 straight in the post for us.
1	5:50	34	26	McCants back in, we go up 8 on an acrobatic 3 point play by Barrett in transition.
1	2:15	36	34	They score 6 straight as we go inside to Sneed and McCants with no success 3 straight trips. I get a timeout.
	HALF	41	39	We lead going into the locker room, in large part due to the fact that Va Tech committed a foul every time they breathed on us. We are currently 13-20 from the line after drawing 12 fouls. Warzynski leads them with 11, Graves 8 and Beeler 7, their two big men. We're led by our big men as well, 8 from McCants, 7 from Sneed with 7 from Barrett as well. Alloway only has 3 while Forte has 4. Sanders struggled inside in the first half, going just 1-4 for 2 points, McClurkin led the backups with 6 though. Assuming we don't get 20 more free throws, we'll need to play defense and shoot well in the 2^nd half, as the FT shooting carried us this half.
2	14:10	47	53	Bright came out to play in the second half, he has 9, they hit a couple open 3's and we turn it over two trips in a row to let them go ahead by 6. I get a timeout to cool things back down.
2	13:00	49	56	Things are reversed in the 2^nd half, we've committed 5 fouls to zero for them. Backups are in.
2	11:25	56	56	Great start for the backups. Sanders with 4 and McClurkin with 3 to tie the game back up for us, great defense.
2	11:10	58	56	McClurkin with 2 more and we take the lead. He has 11 to lead us, I think 8 of them are at the line. Timeout Va Tech.
2	9:35	63	59	A putback from Millar and a dunk in transition from Sanders and we get a 6^th man boost and the Hokies burn another timeout.
2	8:00	70	62	They hit a timely 3 to make it a 1 point game before we explode for 7 straight. I was ready to put the starters back in but really the backups have given us the lead back and McClurkin and Sanders are playing great, so I'll leave them in a bit longer. Yet another timeout Va Tech. They have 1 left.
2	5:15	75	68	We stretch the lead out to 13 before they sink two threes in a row, down to 7. I get a timeout and get the starters back in immediately.
2	3:45	77	72	Alloway picks up foul #4. 5 point game.
2	2:00	80	74	6 point game, our ball, at the 2 minute mark, Sneed with a 3 point play for our last 3 points.
2	1:00	83	74	Forte misses a 3 but we rebound, run the clock and Forte drains a 3 the 2^nd time around.

9 points is too much to overcome.

Florida State 83
Virginia Tech 77

They get a big day from Warzynski, 25 points on 10-16 shooting, Beeler and Bright put up 13 but they don't quite have enough. We end up with a big 34-25 edge on the glass, with McCants pulling down 12 boards.

Forte: 9 points
Alloway: 5 points
Barrett: 9 points
Sneed: 12 points/3 boards/3 assists
McCants: 10 points/12 boards

McClurkin: 16 points
Sanders: 11 points

That's a new career high for McClurkin, averaging a whole 2.5 points/game this year.

Radii · 05-13-2009, 12:43 AM

The 2 wins last week bring us back into the top 25.

Media Poll:
1. North Carolina (24-1)
2. Vanderbilt
3. Texas A&M
4. Kansas
5. California
...
9. Georgia Tech
12. Clemson
19. Maryland
21. Florida State
22. Ohio

Ohio had fallen out for awhile too, they are 22-2 and back in the rankings now though.

updated ACC Standings, we start to look like a top half of the league team at least:

1. North Carolina 9-0
2. Georgia Tech 7-2
3. Clemson 7-2
4. Maryland 6-3
5. NC State 5-5
6. Florida State 4-5
7. Virginia Tech 4-6
8. Wake Forest 3-5
9. Duke 3-6
10. Miami 3-7
11. Virginia 3-7
12. Boston College

We go to Atlanta for our next game,to visit #9 Georgia Tech.

After that we hit the easy part of our schedule, miami, virginia, boston college, wake forest, nc state being our next 5 games.

Radii · 05-13-2009, 11:48 PM

February 10, 2022

#21 Florida State (15-6, 4-5 ACC) at #9 Georgia Tech (19-6, 7-2 ACC)

TEAM: FSU|GT
OVR: 91|93
OFF: 90|94
DEF: 90|92
SHT: 91|98
REB: 94|96
COA: 88|96

A big reason we needed to win our last couple so much, is that we knew we had this trip to Atlanta coming up. The first meeting we led at the half but they got off to a good second half start and took the lead for good. It was just a 2-3 point game most of the way but they got out on a small run around the 6 minute mark, going up by 9 and we couldn't come back.

We can hang with them, but I'm wary of our chances in Atlanta.

Scouting

PG Dainmon Horner – SR – 83 OVR – 95 speed/86 quickness. 83 defense/87 steals. 85 hands/87 passing. 82 close/76 med/80 3/78 off the dribble/83 in traffic. 8.8 ppg/3.8 apg.

SG Femi Shavies – SO – 85 OVR – Shavies has a fully matured shooting tendency chart, a surprise for a soph. 87 speed/86 quickness. 80 defense/8 steals. 89 close/78 med/84 3/81 off the dribble. He's going to shoot any time he's open. 17.5 ppg so far this year.

SF Jibran Grizzard – JR – 89 OVR – 6'7” SF – 87 speed/80 quickness – 84 defense/81 steals. 92 close/84 med/78 3/82 off the dribble/92 in traffic. A great ball handler, very good awareness. Somehow he only averages 6.9 per game this year so far.

PF Aly Richards – JR – 88 OVR – 6'8” PF, an elite big man. 88 orb/88 drb. 87 post off/82 post def. 99 close/93 in traffic. Yup, 99. A+. 10.5 ppg/5.0 rpg. Again I dunno how he scores just 11/game.

C Immanuel Bing – JR – 85 OVR – 6'10” PF – 85 orb/85 drb. 84 post off/78 post def. 95 close/89 in traffic. 81 strength, great awareness and athleticism. 9.1 ppg/5.6 rpg.

Shavies killed us the last time we played, scoring 23. Richards and Horner were their other big scorers. Barrett put up big numbers for us, having a ton of success attacking the rim. Our inside game was not very strong with two very good post players down low for the Yellow Jackets.

Half	Time	FSU	GT	Notes
1	12:15	16	14	Barrett with 7 early, he appears to be on his way to another solid day against the Yellow Jackets. They benefit from 3 different players getting 3 point plays in the lane. We have 4 fouls, Tech has 5, no one has 2 fouls yet I don't think on either side. Backups are in.
1	7:00	22	23	Their center, Bing, has 10, including a 3 and a sweet drive to the basket for a 3 point play. Sanders has all 6 of our backups points.
1	5:20	28	25	Starters are back in. I don't think either team has used a timeout yet so some more rest than usual was required. We just drew foul #2 on their stud PF Richards, he sits.
1	2:40	32	27	First timeout of the game goes to Tech as we get out to the biggest lead either side has seen yet.
	HALF	38	34	Solid first half, now to not let them explode in the second half. Also, I stalled at every opportunity here so scores near 40 indicate lots of offense. Tech is shooting 56% and we are shooting 81%. Yes, 81%. We are 13-16, drawing 11 fouls and going 10-14 at the line. Bing leads them with 10, Horner with 8. Shavies only has 3 points, I expect him to go nuts in the 2^nd half. I will put Barrett on him pre-emptively but don't expect it to matter. Richards with 3 as well thanks to his foul trouble. Those two will go nuts this half. Barrett leads us with 13, getting to the line 8 times, making 7. Sanders has 6, a few guys have 4.
2	19:05	38	39	Heh... I get my first timeout. Shavies hits a 3 to open the half, Alloway drives but misses a bad acrobatic shot in traffic, and Horner scores in transition to give them the lead.
2	18:50	38	41	I get my second timeout. We throw the ball away against their press around halfcourt. They hit Richards for a layup. That's two 6^th man boosts for Tech in the last 15 seconds.
2	18:25	40	41	Alloway with a midrange jumper and hopefully that settles this back down into a normal game.
2	17:45	42	41	Ooo, Shavies with his 3^rd foul, he sits. He picked up #2 late in the first half, in the final two minutes. That changes quite a bit.
2	15:25	50	44	Barrett and Alloway both get to the rim with some success, drawing foul #3 on Richards as well in the process. We pull ahead by 6 and Tech calls a timeout.
2	11:45	56	53	We lead by 3 as the backups come in. Barrett continues his strong play and has 19 points now.
2	6:30	62	60	They take the lead by 1 briefly but Sanders scores 4 straight to put us back ahead. I get a timeout at the 6:30 mark to get my starters back in.
2	5:35	67	60	Just like Tech went on a little run to turn a 2 point game into a 7-10 point game at our house... Barrett scores 5 straight including a 3 point play to put us up 7 at their house. Tech calls a timeout.
2	4:00	71	64	Still up 7,barrett and alloway each with layups.
2	3:00	71	67	Down to 4, we miss a shot and Shavies drains a 3.
2	2:30	73	67	Barrett with another bucket, he just owns Georgia Tech. Timeout Tech.
2	1:45	73	67	They are unable to score, we burn the clock and get Alloway an open look but he misses. Tech ball.
2	1:30	73	67	They rotate it quickly to shavies and he misses a 3, our rebound!
2	1:05	75	67	Sneed hits a little turnaround in the paint and we lead by 8.
2	0:40	75	69	They score inside, and foul Forte on the inbounds. Forte misses the front end and they have the ball back again.
2	0:35	75	72	Oh boy. Horner hits an open 3. I set Barrett as my SG, Alloway as my SF, to make sure Barrett isn't making inbounds passes. He is by far my best free throw shooter.
2	0:33	75	72	WOW. Barrett misses the front end as well... their ball.
2	0:23	77	72	They go inside quickly and Richards misses a little shot off the rim. Sneed boards, is fouled and shows our guards how to put away a game.

They do hit a 2 but Barrett isn't going to be missing any more free throws, he ices it for us in the final seconds at the line.

#21 Florida State 79
#9 Georgia Tech 74

Now this is the team I expected to see in those early games when we were losing to what felt like everyone we played!! Great road win.

They end up with 14 from Bing and 14 from Horner. With the foul problems Shavies and Richards cannot get in a rhythm, both still score 9 but neither is as dominant as in our first meeting.

Forte: 5 points
Alloway: 14 points
Barrett: 30 points
Sneed: 6 points/7 boards
McCants: 6 points/6 boards

Sanders: 10 points

Barrett's first 30 point game!

Radii · 05-13-2009, 11:59 PM

Our next two are games that we sim out:

Feb 13, 2022

#21 Florida State 69
Miami 45

Forte with 10 assists, McCants 16, Sneed 14 in the win over our in state rival at home.

We move up to #16 after those two wins, and only play one game this week, our last simmed game:

Feb 20,2022

#16 Florida State 80
at Virginia 58

Sneed 16, Barrett 11, Forte and Mayer 10.

We recover from a stretch where we lost 5 out of 6 in league play and have now won 5 in a row.

There are now 4 games and two weeks left in the regular season.

Media Poll:

1. North Carolina
2. Texas A&M
3. Louisville
4. Nevada (!!!)
5. Kansas
...
10. Georgia Tech
15. Florida State
18. Clemson

Ohio is 24-2 now but somehow not in the poll.

ACC Standings with 4 games left:

1. North Carolina 10-2
2. Georgia Tech 9-4
3. Clemson 8-5
4. Florida State 7-5
5. Maryland 7-5
6. Wake Forest 7-5
7. Virginia Tech 6-7
8. NC State 5-8
9. Boston College 5-8
10. Duke 4-8
11. Virginia 4-9
12. Miami 3-9

So we are now in a tie for 4th! And only a half-game behind Clemson in the standings for 3rd!

Our last 4 games are all winnable:

vs Boston College
at Wake Forest
at NC State
vs #18 Clemson

I expect us to win the first 3, though road games in Winston Salem and Raleigh won't likely be runaways. The final game vs Clemson could be quite interesting.

And lastly, bracketology is out. ACC Projections:

1. North Carolina
3. Georgia Tech
4. Florida State
5. Clemson
8. Ohio
9. Wake Forest
9. Maryland
10. Virginia Tech

Our winning streak and solid win over a highly ranked Yellow Jacket squad has done wonders for us.

Virginia Tech is on the bubble(and Wake has us and UNC left, I would not be surprised to see them fall).

hoopsguy · 05-14-2009, 09:36 AM

Very nice win. I saw that you were only up a couple of points in first half, on the road, while shooting 80% and said, "FSU is fooked in 2nd half". But your guys took care of business, reversing the earlier trend of getting worked in the back half of games.

I'm hoping to see your guys start establishing team unity advantages, given that most of your team have been together three years now. I don't think there has been all that much fluctuation in your starting lineups over the past two years, nor with the way minutes are allocated. Do you have anyone close to "coach on the floor" yet, as it sounds like that makes a big difference?

Radii · 05-14-2009, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

I'm hoping to see your guys start establishing team unity advantages, given that most of your team have been together three years now. I don't think there has been all that much fluctuation in your starting lineups over the past two years, nor with the way minutes are allocated. Do you have anyone close to "coach on the floor" yet, as it sounds like that makes a big difference?

At this point we're only potentially disadvantaged against teams that have a ton of experience and a coach on the floor. The team unity effects are turned *way* down with these sliders, at something like 15/100, so I think there is still an effect but its a small one. When we had a team unity of like 20-40 in the last couple years, and teams with a coach on the floor were getting their unity boosted up into the 90s, it was probably hurting us a bit, but as long as its reasonably close its really hard to say it has any effect.

We actually have two guys that get coach on the floor status with the in-game increases from confidence and such about half the time... my starting PG Forte and Ozier off the bench.

Barrett and McCants probably have it now too with confidence boosts, but I think it only shows it for the most experienced player on the court. My understanding is that you need an average awareness of 80 and 4 bars of experience. McCants(only a soph) and Barrett(not a full time starter until this year) only recently reached that level of experience.

Forte: 79 off/74 def (I was real surprised the first time I saw he had it, he must get a lot to defense in games)

Ozier: 75 off/77 def

Barrett: 80 off/79 def
McCants: 78 off/80 def

PF Millar is only a freshman so he wouldn't have the experience for awhile anyway, but he has 80 off/72 def, for an average of 76 already as a freshman. By his junior year he'll likely be starting and will likely be close enough that the in game boosts give him the same status.

Radii · 05-15-2009, 12:04 AM

our starting SG, Damion Alloway, has now gained 3 points to his OVR rating, he's up to 82 OVR. Barrett(85), Forte (84), McCants(82), McClurkin (79), and the redshirting SG Day(78) have all gained 2 points to their OVR ratings this season now.

Everyone else on the roster except for backup PF Millar have gained one point. Millar hasn't gained anything yet.

We now have 8 guys on the roster rated 80 OVR or better. Only one of them(reserve center Slater) is graduating. Mayer(79), McClurkin(79), Millar(78) and Day (78) all have a good chance to hit 80 OVR before next season starts.

Ozier and Barrett are both rated 85 OVR. Ozier is actually listed as a potential 2nd round draft pick if he came out early, but I am sure he won't, I believe we've kept him happy enough even though he's not starting. It seems unlikely we'll be able to progress anyone to 90 OVR before graduating next season, but we're going to have a lot of guys with very very good ratings next year.

Enough looking ahead though, we're good enough to make a run at the ACC Finals and Final Four this year if we catch a break or two.

Radii · 05-15-2009, 12:14 AM

We're in the last week of in-season recruiting. I finally pull the scholarship on top 10 SG Vadim Bryan. It looks like we have lost another top 10 recruit to Clemson.

However, it looks like we could be on the verge of stealing a top 100 recruit away from Duke.

I offer our scholarship to SG Theo Porter out of Washington, DC. We've been working on him throughout the season and had him up to 97% before making the offer this week, so we're just barely getting him to 100% in time. Duke and Seton Hall have him at 100% but have not offered him yet. Hopefully they are aiming for other recruits and won't be dropping an offer on him at the last minute. He has favored both of those schools for most of the year so I assume either could have him over us.

Anyway, Porter looks like a pure offensive machine. A- close/B- med/B+ 3/C+ off the dribble. B- speed/B quickness/A vertical/B- str/C+ hustle.

His downside is C defense and C- ball handling. He's also got low stamina and might be injury prone(C durability). To compare though, Prosper Day on our roster is currently a SG. He has 88(A-) close/74(C) med/85(B) 3 point ratings. Given that, we could expect Porter to come in with a 3 point rating of at least 86, with better speed/quickness than Day. With our top 10 players all returning next year its seeming impossible to land a complete player willing to wait a year to see the court. Porter seems like a perfect option to sit out a year and then come in as a huge 3 point threat off the bench after we graduate so many players next year.

We'll know after our next two games if Duke or Seton Hall comes in with an offer. If they don't, he is a lock to come to FSU.

Radii · 05-15-2009, 02:16 AM

February 24, 2022

Boston College (13-10, 5-8 ACC) at #15 Florida State (18-6, 7-5 ACC)

TEAM: FSU|BC
OVR: 91|88
OFF: 90|88
DEF: 90|87
SHT: 91|91
REB: 94|85
COA: 88|92

It was less than a month ago that we lost on the road to Boston College, starting a bad slide that took us the rest of the month to recover from. With the big downswing and recent huge recovery, it seems like the BC game was way longer ago than that.

This is a revenge game, pure and simple. They opened the last game on a 7-0 run and led all 40 minutes, the closest we ever got it was 6. This was one of those games where I ended up annoyed that the worst player on the floor(SF hilton Hart) scored 27 points and dominated everyone all game. Hopefully we can prevent that today. Alloway put up a career high in the first meeting, 32 points, but had no help at all.

Scouting

PG Regis Clarke – JR – 81 OVR – a natural PG – 89 speed/83 quickness. 84 defense/79 steals. 88 close/74 med/77 3/79 off the dribble. A good scorer who becomes great if he can get near the rim. He's only 6'0” though so that's going to be tough hopefully. 7.4 ppg.

SG Duane Bowden – SO – 80 OVR – 93 speed/81 quickness, a natural PG. 86 defense/85 steals. 81 close/76 med/81 3/78 off the dribble. Not bad at all but not much else to go with it. Average leaping/hustle, average awareness, and he's only 5'11”. 8.8 ppg.

SF Hilton Hart – JR – 77 OVR – A 6'7” natural SF – 83 speed/75 quickness. 77 defense. 85 close/72 med/66 3/81 in traffic. With his quickness and defense, Barrett should have a pretty big edge over him if he can get one on one on the wing. 2.8 ppg, not a huge threat on either end. This means he's going to score 20 of course.

PF Izik Dawson – JR – 82 OVR – 77 orb/83 drb. 72 post off/74 post def. 91 close/89 in trafic. 72 str is good but not great. Very good awareness, 82 on defense/74 offense. Not quite coach on the floor but good. 6'9” PF – 10.8 ppg/6.0 rpg. We have an edge here against his poor post ratings. He is a good shot blocker though(75/B).

C Sidiki Sarchet – JR – 81 OVR – 6'8” natural PF. 86 orb/83 drb. 79 post off/75 post def. 91 close/87 in traffic. 65 str, low for a big man. He can step out and shoot the 3, 76 3 point rating. 9.8 ppg/5.8 rpg

Big news here is that 87 rated PG Andy Garner, by far BC's higest rated player, has a strained achilles and is OUT for the game. Clarke moves to PG and Bowden starts at SG in his place.

Half	Time	FSU	BC	Notes
1	17:28	7	2	We call an early timeout to avoid a held ball situation. Good start today though, no falling behind 7-0 like the first meeting. Also, Hart missed his first 3, good sign for us.
1	13:55	9	6	Sanders in for McCants, the other starters are good for another minute or more.
1	10:18	16	12	A little longer than I intended to keep the starters in for, but without the clock stopping we end up having to call a timeout to get the backups in. Forte leads us with 5, balanced scoring for the most part. Sarchet has 7 for them including a 3, he's got a good 3 point shot for a big man.
1	9:40	18	12	We've drawn 7 fouls now, shooting fTs the rest of the half. Only a backup guard has 2 for htem so far.
1	5:00	23	23	The backups build a 7 point lead and then blow it, allowing BC to come tie it back up. Mayer and Sanders are the only backups able to score that time around. I get my 3^rd timeout to get the starters back in.
1	2:30	33	26	We're on a 7-0 run and looking pretty good. We've drawn 11 fouls on the half now and a couple of their guys are sitting with 2, Sarchet, their leading scorer being most noteworthy.
	HALF	33	29	They hit a 3 and we cannot score in the final 2 ½ minutes. Its mainly our success attacking the rim and getting fouls that is giving us our lead. Defense is good too, we're shooting only 40% from the field, BC just 35%. They're led by SG Bowden with 9, all 3 pointers, all wide open off a screen or just with sloppy defense really. Sarchet has 7. McCants leads us with 8, Sneed 6. Sanders also has 6. In our last meeting with these guys, Sneed had 2 and McCants 6 the entire game,so its real nice to see our big men more involved. Sarchet is their only starter with 2 fouls, two backups also have 2. Every other starter has 1.
2	14:50	43	37	Sneed has 12 now and seems to be heating up for us. He's our only player in double figures, Alloway is 1-5 and Barrett just 1-1, we have no transition game against these guys today, they are doing an outstanding job getting back, its all half court. Sarchet 13, Bowden 11 for them.
2	12:15	45	39	Backups are in. Sneed and McCants both have double doubles already, but we're struggling to score in the half court set often enough with our guards struggling to score.
2	8:00	49	44	We are struggling mightily to score, but luckily so are they We have baskets from Ozier and Sanders, but Sanders has missed a couple good looks as well, and Mayer misses a wide open 3. I'm thrilled to still have a 5 point lead.
2	6:25	55	44	Hah, seconds after unpausing after talking about how much we're struggling, McClurkin hits an open 3 from the right corner. Two trips later Mayer drains a 3 and we lead by 11. Timeout BC. Starters back in soon.
2	6:15	55	46	Heh, sooner than I figured, the starters are back in now.
2	3:30	59	53	We each score on our first two trips, 59-50 lead, our ball, McCants misses a shot on our end, Hart hits a 3 on their end and its a 6 point game. McCants and Sneed each have a bucket, Alloway and Forte both have missed open looks and are just having godawful days.
2	2:15	59	53	We're quite lucky to be up 6 still, Alloway with a turnover, they miss a wide open 3. Forte misses a 3 on our end, they miss a... mildly contested(at best) 3. Our ball.
2	1:30	59	53	Sneed misses a turnaround real close to the rim, they miss another 3.
2	0:50	59	53	Heh. Alloway misses a mid-range jumper, they rush a 3 again, and miss. If we were behind this would be really embarrassing, but since we're ahead, we're going to call it a great job running out the clock and playing defense.
2	0:25	62	53	There we go, Forte comes up with the shot that ices it(although a 6 point lead the way we'd been scoring it felt over already).

They break their long scoreless streak as well but its way too late.

#15 Florida State 62
Boston College 55

They are led with 15 from Sarchet and 11 from Bowden, but its defense(and poor shooting) that rules the day. Hart, after putting up 27 on us the first game, only scores 7, going 1-9 from 3. They shoot 20-56 as a team. We aren't a whole lot better, 22-55 from the field, only getting 1 point from the line in the 2^nd half after 12 in the first.

Forte: 8 points
Alloway: 3 points
Barrett: 6 points
Sneed: 14 points/12 boards
McCants: 12 points/12 boards

Sanders: 8 points/9 boards

With all those missed shots there were lots of rebounds to be had.

Radii · 05-15-2009, 04:02 AM

February 26, 2022

#15 Florida State (19-6, 8-5 ACC) at Wake Forest (17-9, 8-5 ACC)

TEAM: FSU|WF
OVR: 91|86
OFF: 90|86
DEF: 90|85
SHT: 91|92
REB: 94|92
COA: 88|78

This game has a lot more meaning than I would have thought looking at the ratings earlier in the year. Of the top 7 teams in the ACC right now, Wake is the only one with an OVR team roster strength under 90. Their 86 rating is worse than NC State and Boston College who have turned out to be squarely in the bottom half of the league, so Wake is definitely the surprise team this year.

We could still mathematically finish anywhere from 1^st to 8^th, so beating a team that we're tied with in Wake is important. In our first meeting in early February, we got out to an early 10 point lead and led by 10-15 basically the entire way, winning 89-80.

Scouting

PG Kris Bosley – SR – 80 OVR – 92 speed/84 quickness. 84 defense/85 steals. 83 hands/73 passing, both C rated, not much of a ball handler or distributor. 85 clsoe/85 med/79 3/82 off the dribble. Bosley is their leading scorer, 14.5 ppg this year.

SG Prosper Bland – SR – 84 OVR – 93 speed/86 quickness. 84 defense/77 steals. 88 close/78 med/87 3, a lights out 3 point shooter. 84 off the dribble/83 in traffic. Great leaper and hustler, terrible strength which will hopefully hurt his driving ability. 11.4 ppg this year

SF Lazare Hall – SR – 84 OVR – a 6'3” SG – 92 speed/82 quickness. 80 defense/68 steals. 82 close/87 med/79 3/87 off the dribble/83 in traffic. A good scorer from anywhere, can create his own shot and take it inside. His ball handling is weak and his defense is poor for a SG at this level. 12.1 ppg.

PF Floyd Callans – SO – 76 OVR – a 6'7” SF – 62 orb/73 drb. 71 post off/77 post def. 84 close/81 in traffic. Not much of an athlete or a shooter in general. Callans can play some defense but that seems his only ability. 6.5 ppg/2.5 rpg.

C Jeffrey Eldridge – JR – 78 OVR – 82 orb/88 drb. 80 post off/70 post def. 90 close/86 in traffic. Good athlete, 78 str to go with A- vert/B- hustle. 13.4 ppg/5.4 rpg, his post defense looks like a big weakness. He is 6'11” though.

In the first meeting Alloway scored 29, McCants 20. Wake played a 2-3 zone all day and we launched a ton of 3's over it. Eldrige always plays well against us inside.

Half	Time	FSU	WFU	Notes
1	11:15	16	14	The starters stay in a bit too long here, the game was flowing well and I just didn't think to call a timeout. Their PF, Callans, has 9 to lead everyone, a 3 and two dunks on stick mistakes by me helping him out. We have a few guys with 4. Backups in.
1	8:50	20	19	Wake with a timeout, looks like another high scoring game with Wake but we're not looking to run away with this one, at least so far. Their SF, Hall, has 8 to go with 9 from Callans.
1	5:45	24	23	If Mayer could hit open 3's today we'd be up 10, but he can't. Starters are back in.
1	4:20	24	25	Well, they've taken the lead and Sneed has 2 fouls now, but Eldridge just went down with an injury for Wake. Its just an ankle sprain so he'll likely be back, but slowed.
	HALF	35	33	Alloway with a shot at the buzzer and we go into the locker room with a small lead. This is a game that feels like its going to be decided in the last 2 or 3 minutes. They get 9 from Callans and 8 from Hall, backup big man Boddie has 6(he scored a bunch in the first meeting this year). They're shooting about 55% from the floor, 3-7 from 3. We're at 50%, and we have slight foul trouble with Barrett and Sneed 2 fouls each. Forte and Alloway both have 9, Forte 3 3's, Alloway mainly from driving to the hoop, but he does have 1 three as well. We're 5-12 from 3, Mayer is 0-4 heh.
2	17:50	39	36	Barrett with his 3^rd, he isn't doing a lot this game except play defense, we'll take our chances with him, if he gets his 4^th he'll sit til the last 5 minutes.
2	15:30	45	38	Back to back 3's by Alloway and Forte and all of a sudden we turn a 1 point game into a 7 point game.
2	15:15	45	41	Heh, 3 point play Wake,and McCants picks up his 3^rd foul as well.
2	14:45	45	41	I go ahead and sit my 3 foul guys, Mayer in for Barrett and Sanders in for McCants. Mayer instead of Ozier since Mayer can shoot the 3. Ozier is going to be totally worthless on offense against a 2-3 zone.
2	12:05	52	45	Backups are in. They'd cut it back down to 2, we get 5 straight to push the lead back up a bit again.
2	9:45	58	47	Timeout Wake. I think Sanders has our last 9 in a row,starting with a 3 point play, then 6 straight in the paint. He's got 13 total, 2^nd only to Alloway's 14.
2	8:10	63	53	Mayer with our next 5, including his 1^st three of the game(keep shooting every time you touch the ball and eventually one will fall!). Starters are ready to go and are back in to finish the game off.
2	6:10	67	60	I get a timeout, mainly to rest my guys so they'll be ok going 8+ minutes to close the game. Alloway up to 16 to lead us now.
2	4:55	67	64	And this timeout is to kill the 6^th man boost they got from making a 3, getting a stop and getting an offensive board(drawing a foul/making 1-2 from the line for 4 points).
2	4:00	70	64	Forte hits a huge 3 to push the lead back up and end their little run. Timeout Wake.
2	2:50	73	67	Timeout Wake. Sneed hits 1 of 2 at the line and Forte a drive to the basket for an easy 2. They got a 3. Its only 6 but we feel like we're solidly in control here. That could obviously change but our last few offensive trips have been smooth.
2	2:45	73	69	Well alloway picks up his 4^th foul which gives them 2 free points and doesn't help any.
2	2:25	75	69	They commit a stupid reach in on McCants, their 7^th. We're already over 10 fouls this half, so both teams are at the line any foul the rest of the way.
2	1:35	79	69	We force a miss, Alloway with a layup on the other end. We force another miss, Barrett is fouled going to the hoop and hits two free throws and it appears that we're about to put it away.
2	0:55	81	71	They manage a basket, but we run 25 seconds or so off the clock and get a 15 footer from Sneed.

We put it away easily in the final minute.

#15 Florida State 84
Wake Forest 71

A strong second half and a very strong finish on the road gets us to 20 wins on the season and to 9-5 in ACC play, guaranteeing us a winning conference record. Though we hope not to find out, this probably clinches us a tournament bid even if we lose out the rest of the way.

They get 14 from SG Bland, 14 from SF Hall and 10 from PF Callans. No one was really hot for them at any point, they had balanced scoring and no real go to guy.

Forte: 17 points/7 assists (6-10, 5-8 from 3)
Alloway: 18 points (7-9, 2-3 from 3)
Barrett: 12 points/3 assists
Sneed: 9 points/6 boards
McCants: 4 points/8 boards

Sanders: 13 points
Mayer: 7 points (3-10, 1-8 from 3)

Mayer was horrible and McCants struggled the few times he got the ball(1-4 from the field) but the rest of our offense was very solid and efficient. We end up shooting about 57% from the field on the game, including 10-22 from 3.

Radii · 05-15-2009, 04:13 AM

We are the only team to offer SG Theo Porter a scholarship as the recruiting window closes until the offseason. We have him at 100%, though we're only 2nd on his list, Duke is first. Still, 100% with the only scholarship offer I think means we are a lock to land him. He is the #67 OVR recruit/#21 SG. Though he will almost certainly redshirt next year, I am excited about him nonetheless, I love sharpshooting guards.

Heading into the last week of the regular season, we jump up 2 spots in the polls:

1. North Carolina
2. Louisville
3. Kansas
4. Texas A&M
5. Vanderbilt
...
10. Georgia Tech
13. Florida State
21. Ohio
22. Maryland
23. Clemson

Clemson is struggling a lot given the amount of talent they have. Updated ACC Standings:

1. North Carolina 11-3
2. Georgia Tech 10-4
3. Florida State 9-5
4. Maryland 9-5
5. Clemson 9-6
6. Wake Forest 8-6
7. Virginia Tech 6-8
8. NC State 6-8
9. Duke 5-9
10. Boston College 5-10
11. Virginia 4-10
12. Miami 3-11

3rd is ours to lose, and we would win a tiebreaker over Tech if we both finished with the same record. We can't earn the 1 seed, even if UNC loses its last two they'll have the better overall record. And UNC probably isn't losing their last two anyway.

Wow, after losing to us, Georgia Tech went and lost to Boston college. They've recovered, beating #1 UNC 112-86, and then barely beating Clemson at Littlejohn. Solid stretch for them.

We have moved up to a 3 seed in the latest Bracketology. Georgia Tech is a 3 as well. UNC still a 1 obviously. Clemson is all the way down to a 7.

Our final two games:

at NC State - we blew them out 73-47 in Tallahassee back in December in the early conference game. But they are rated 89 OVR and have some talent. They're also 15-13 and not even on the bubble, they need a hell of a run to make the tournament.

vs #23 Clemson - We played them great for a half in littlejohn, then they destroyed us in the 2nd half. I'm looking forward to a rematch at home. With all the teams bunched up in the standings, there will almost certainly be ACC Tournament seeding on the line for both teams in this game.

Radii · 05-15-2009, 07:25 PM

March 1, 2022

#13 Florida State (20-6, 9-5 ACC) at NC State (15-13, 6-8 ACC)

TEAM: FSU|NCSU
OVR: 91|89
OFF: 90|89
DEF: 90|87
SHT: 91|95
REB: 94|90
COA: 88|93

We destroyed the Wolfpack in our fist meeting, winning by 27 and simming the rest of the game before halftime. They've beena higlhly talented team that has underachieved in recent years. They're rebuilding a little this year but still seem to be playing a bit below their ratings.

Scouting

PG Jairus Drabyn – JR – 79 OVR – 91 speed/88 quickness. 84 defense/72 steals. 84 hands/86 passing. 79 close/73 med/82 3/80 off the dribble. Poor awareness, a good but not great player. 7.8 ppg.

SG Danko Walls – FR – 79 OVR – 83 speed/81 quickness. 83 defense/68 steals. 84 close/81 med/82 3/79 off the dibble. Average athlete at best. He's scoring quite a bit for a freshman, 13.1 ppg. Walls was the #15 recruit in the land last year.

SF Kabir Cotton – SR – 86 OVR – Heh I remember this guy last year, he scored 22 against us off the bench and was a nightmare matchup. Cotton is a 6'10” natural SF with guard speed and ball handling... 87 speed/90 quickness. 84 handling. 83 defense/73 steals. 89 close/68 med/85 3/88 in traffic. 10.9 ppg/5.4 rpg

PF Cassiano Hunter – SO – 79 OVR – 87 orb/77 drb. 87 post off/73 post def. 88 close/83 in traffic. Good athlete (A- vert/B str/B+ hustle). 3.9 ppg for this 6'10” PF

C Donnell Dixon – SR – 82 OVR – 6'6” natural PF – 86 orb/81 drb. 85 post off/71 post def. 87 close/77 med/78 3/85 in traffic. 11.6 ppg/5.2 rpg. Small but can score. He's a pretty poor defender though so hopefully that works nicely for us. Good athlete, 75 vert/77 str/92 hustle (A-/B+/A-).

They have an 85 rated SF that comes off the bench behind Cotton, otherwise they have a bunch of guys that are all slightly worse than the level of talent we put on the floor. Hopefully we can have the same success in Raleigh that we did earlier at home. Alloway was on his way to a great game(16 first half points) when I simmed it out.

Half	Time	FSU	NCSU	Notes
1	15:25	10	7	We go to sneed out first two trips, he's got a 6'10 defender behind him and misses his first two shots. NC State scores the first 7 of the game as a result. We have since corrected this problem. McCants has a massive edge over his 6'6” defender, hitting two shots in the post, and getting 3 rebounds and feeding barrett/alloway with outlet passes leading to fast break buckets. NC State Timeout.
1	13:20	16	9	Barrett continues to attack in transition and draws the 2^nd foul on the larger, less agile Cotton. NC State calls another timeout, we're on a 16-2 run now after the first 2 ½ minutes.
1	11:10	18	16	Ahh, its kryptonite. I'm so glad other teams don't actively scout and say “hey when Florida State faces a 2-3 zone, they suck” NC State switches to a 2-3 zone for a bit and we begin to suck. The backups are in.
1	7:55	24	21	McClurkin hits two threes for our only backup points so far. Sanders is 0-3, doing very poorly inside. NC State calls their third timeout after the latest 3.
1	5:35	27	27	Starters are back in. Looks like this won't be that easy after all. NC State led 25-24 before Mayer hit a 3. I get a timeout to get McCants fully rested as he returns.
1	3:15	29	34	Sneed and McCants get multiple looks inside and are just totally bricking everything. I get a timeout as they take a 5 point lead.
	HALF	36	41	Well this is a much different Wolfpack team than came to Tallahassee back in December. They shoot 50% and hold us to an abysmal 35%. Backup PG Munns score 11 for them, and PG Drabyn scores 8. Cotton only plays 5 minutes w/ his two fouls and has yet to score. McCants leads us with 8, Barrett and Alloway have 7 each, McClurkin 6. Alloway is 1-4 from 3 and 3-7 overall. Barrett is 1-3 but has taken 5 free throws.
2	15:45	40	46	McCants picks up fouls 2 and 3, and is tiring faster than everyone, so he sits, Sanders is in.
2	13:00	46	50	Backups are in. Not a single starter is shooting 50% or better from the floor. Alloway at 4/10 is as close as it gets.
2	11:55	46	56	Two threes in a row by the wolfpack and they get a 6^th man boost, we get a timeout, trailing by double figures.
2	7:40	55	63	Well we get hot from 3, McClurkin hits 2 more and Mayer hits 1 more. In fact, that's all the backup scoring we get in both halfs. 4 3's from McClurkin, 2 from Mayer. Sanders is a terrible 0-6 from the floor. And NC State answers with 3's any time we hit one here to keep an 8 point lead. I get a timeout and get the starters back in. We need to make a run.
2	4:50	63	65	There's a run, Barrett and Alloway get us going quickly and our defense pulls off a few stops. NC State calls a timeout and we're just down a possession now.
2	4:03	65	65	We get two straight steals, Barrett can't tie it up the first time, but McCants with a layup to tie it after the second steal.
2	3:40	67	65	A miss by the pack and a drive by Barrett and we take the lead!
2	2:15	67	71	The Pack aren't folding, they hit two straight 3's, get a 6^th man boost and are back up 4 with just over 2 minutes left. I get a timeout.
2	2:00	70	71	Forte goes off a screen and hits a 3 and we're just down 1!
2	1:30	72	71	A miss by the pack, and Sneed with a layin coming through the lane on the secondary break. Back in front!
2	1:05	72	73	And NC State goes into the post and takes the lead back.
2	0:45	72	73	Sneed kicks it out to Forte and he misses an open 3.
2	0:25	72	75	They go inside to their giant SF Cotton and he hits a hook shot. I call a timeout, we trail by 3 with 25 seconds left. We have two fouls to give which comes into play if we can't tie it up, it'll take a few seconds to foul.
2	0:13	74	75	Alloway drives to the rim, hes too well covered for a 3, he gets by his man and hits a layup.
2	0:11.6	74	76	We foul their rookie SG, Walls with our 7^th foul. He makes the first... misses the second! We can tie with a two, win with a 3.
2	0:04.5	76	76	Barrett gets the ball one on one against Cotton, drives and hits a runner over him.
	OT	76	76	They throw a long pass towards the paint, we tip it and it falls to the ground, Dixon picks it up and gets off a shot that goes in, but its just after the buzzer. OVERTIME! I get my backups in, starters are tired going into the OT. We had used all our timeouts so we just have one so we'll stall out until the 3 minute mark and get the starters back in.
OT	3:40	78	76	We stall our first possession and Sanders is up to 0/7 from the floor. We force a miss, run the clock down again, Sanders hits a really tough turnaround from about 14 feet out for his first points of the game.
OT	3:00	78	79	They hit a 3, we get it over half court and call our timeout to get the starters back in.
OT	2:30	80	81	McCants with a putback after a Barrett miss, but we committ a foul and they make two free throws and take the lead right back.
OT	1:45	80	83	A miss by Barrett going to the basket on our end and a jumper by PF Hunter on their end... 3 point deficit, 6^th man boost for NC State and we're out of timeouts.
OT	0:50	83	85	Forte misses an open 3 and they go inside to go up 5 and it feels like its slipping away. Alloway gives us a chance with an open 3. Down 2, their ball.
OT	0:22	83	85	We get what we need, a solid defensive possession, forcing a really tough shot and boarding the miss. We've got the ball, shot clock off, down 2.
OT	0:10	83	87	Well, they set up in their zone so I just get Forte a good look at a 3. He misses, we foul and they make two free throws.

Forte hits a 3 but its too late.

NC State 90
#13 Florida State 86
OT

Well, definitely a different NC State team, and a tough road contest that we weren't able to stop them when it counted.

Their PG Drabyn leads them with 18 points, 5-7 from the floor and 7-8 at the line. Backup SF Mihailovic(the 85 rated guy that probably should start somewhere) with 14.

Forte: 13 points
Alloway: 18 points
Barrett: 15 points
Sneed: 6 points/8 boards
McCants: 14 points/15 boards

McClurkin: 12 points
Mayer: 6 points

McCants was good for us, 7-10 but it was in large part loose balls and putbacks. Forte went 4-14, Alloway 7-16, Barrett 3-8, Sneed 3-9. Sanders off the bench was 1-7, he's been so consistent, that was just way off for him.

Radii · 05-15-2009, 07:45 PM

This loss gives a lot of added meaning to our finale hosting Clemson.

1. Georgia Tech 12-4
2. North Carolina 11-4
3. Maryland 10-6
4. Florida State 9-6
5. Clemson 9-6
6. Wake Forest 8-7

We win all tiebreakers based on our overall record. If we beat Clemson, we're the 3 seed, Maryland 4, Clemson 5, Wake Forest 6 (or worse, Wake could finish 8-8 and potentially drop to 7th).

if Clemson beats us, Maryland is the 3 seed, Clemson 4, Florida State 5.

A huge game for sure. A win gets us a first round bye in the ACC Tournament and a likely quarterfinal matchup against Wake Forest or Virginia Tech, two teams we have played well this year.

A loss and we have to play in the first round, and would have to face a 94 rated Clemson team that would have swept us in the quarterfinals. Big big distinction. If we'd beaten NC State we'd have locked up the 3 seed no matter what.

Radii · 05-15-2009, 09:48 PM

March 5, 2022

#23 Clemson (17-9, 9-6 ACC) at #13 Florida State (20-7, 9-6 ACC)

TEAM: FSU|CU
OVR: 91|94
OFF: 90|93
DEF: 90|93
SHT: 91|97
REB: 94|92
COA: 88|93

Maybe this can be a reverse of the NC State situation. We killed NC State at home but lost at their place. Clemson embarrassed us in Littlejohn but perhaps we can get a win on our home court. Freshman Darren Bookout hurt us badly in the first meeting, going 5-7 from 3 and scoring 23. But he's not their first option and hopefully we keep him cooled off today.

Scouting

PG Lewis Gamble – SR – 86 OVR – 92 speed/89 quickness. 92 defense/73 steals. 92 hands/87 passing, a solid PG, solid defender, very fast. 89 close/79 med/81 from 3/87 off the dribble. 80 defensive awareness. 14.2 ppg/4.2 apg

SG Darren Bookout – FR – 83 OVR – 89 speed/85 quickness. 91 defense/83 steals, amazing for a freshman. 89 close/80 med/79 3/89 in traffic. His shooting tendencies are weak so he won't shoot unless wide open most likely. 5.7 ppg but killed us in the first meeting.

SF WM Lalugba – SR – 89 OVR – 6'5” SF – 86 speed/89 quickness. 81 defense/82 steals. 88 close/89 med/76 3/87 in traffic. Solid awareness, 80 on offense/72 defense. 96(A+) vertical, 92 rated dunker. 15.7 ppg/6.2 rpg

PF Jim Vitelli – JR – 89 OVR – 6'9” PF – 92 orb/87 drb. 83 post off/85 post def. 82 blocks (B+), 80 steals(A-). 85 close/78 med/72 3/93 in traffic...84 off the dribble heh. Coach on the floor, 83 off/80 def awareness. 83 vert/81 str/78 hustle, a solid athlete. 9.1 ppg/4.9 rpg

C Joaquim Tchuisi – SR – 82 OVR – 6'10” PF – 91 orb/85 drb. 78 post off/76 post def. 94 close/92 in traffic. 4.1 ppg/4.1 rpg

Backup SF Vidal Dalida is 6'7” and rated 86 OVR, better than anyone on our team, and he doesn't even Start for clemson. He can score from anywhere, has the speed of a guard and scores more than 9 a game.

Half	Time	FSU	CU	Notes
1	14:00	5	10	Its worse than it looks. We have forced two turnovers, and Barrett has a 3 point play and a layup off those two turnovers. We don't have a single point out of our half court offense yet. Alloway is 0-4 from 3, Forte 0-2, Barrett with a turnover, Sneed and McCants are having trouble setitng up and scoring inside against Clemson's 2-3 zone.
1	11:30	9	14	McCants hits two straight turnarounds in the half court set to salvage a little offense, we trail by 5 as we call a timeout to get our backups in the game.
1	10:30	12	14	Ozier draws a foul but comes down injured. Reserve SG Gunn comes in for him.
1	9:15	17	16	McClurkin and Mayer both hit 3 pointers while Gunn gets two at the line after coming in for Ozier, why aren't Alloway and Forte doing this for the starters!? Clemson with a timeout as they lose the lead.
1	7:00	22	16	McClurkin has really become a strong 3 point shooter of late, he hits another and we take a 6 point lead. Clemson timeout, starters come back in, hopefully they are capable of scoring now.
1	5:20	28	16	We are just tearing it up at the moment, Alloway gets a layup and Sneed two good looks inside, we get a 6^th man boost going and clemson calls another timeout. We're on a 16-2 run here.
1	2:15	28	24	We go cold after that last timeout and Clemson slowly puts up 8 points straight to cut it to 4.
	HALF	30	30	Ugh, Clemson ends the half on a 14-2 run and ties it right back up. We shoot 12-31 on the half, 3-14 from 3, trying to shoot over their zone with normally solid 3 point shooters, Alloway is a ridiculously bad 0-7 from 3. Forte is 0-3. McClurkin is 2-3, Mayer 1-1 off the bench. McClurkin and McCants lead us with 6, Barrett 5, Sneed 4. We need our guards to hit shots to win. Clemson is 14-28, 0-4 from 3. Their big men, Vitelli and Tchuisi both have 6, and a number of others have 4 for them. Shoot better and we win.
2	12:20	41	41	Still tied up as its time to get the backups in. Neither team has led by more than 2 this half so far.
2	7:15	43	45	Neither team scores til the 8:30 mark, they get 4 straight and we get Millar out on a breakaway for a dunk. Timeout Clemson. Starters aren't quite ready yet.
2	6:40	44	45	A defensive block and then rebound of a miss give us a 6^th man bonus. Mayer draws a foul in transition and hits one of two. We get the offensive board, kick it out and call a timeout to get the starters back in.
2	4:00	51	50	Alloway hits a 3 and is up to 10 points but can't seem to catch fire here, unable to make 2 in a row. We have a 1 point lead with 4 left though.
2	3:35	54	50	Barrett with a rare 3 and we go up 4, timeout Clemson.
2	3:00	54	53	Bookout hits a 3 for Clemson, back to 1, he just has 9 today though.
2	2:00	56	53	Each team misses once then Barrett gets out on the break for a layup. Clemson with another missed jumper and we have the ball up 3.
2	1:10	56	55	Alloway misses a jumper. They go inside for a bucket in the post, 1 point game.
2	0:40	56	55	UGH. Turnover trying to feed the post, its Clemson's ball. There's a small difference in the shot clock and game clock.
2	0:29	58	55	Bookout misses a jumper, Sneed with the board! They foul, their 7^th. Sneed hits the first, and the second! Clemson ball down 3.
2	0:17	60	55	Gamble misses a 3 for them, McCants rebound! They foul, and he sinks the big first free throw. Second is good as well!
2	0:04	62	57	They miss a 3 but get the board and putback. I get the ball inbounds to Sneed, my best free throw shooter who isn't Barrett. He ices the game at the line.

BIG big big win!

#13 Florida State 62
#23 Clemson 57

They get 10 from PG Gamble and 10 from their center Tchuisi. But Bookout shoots 4-15, 1-6 from 3 and their backup guards are pretty awful from the field as well. Alloway was horrible for us too but we had stronger production inside.

Forte: 0 points
Alloway: 10 points/3 assists/2 steals
Barrett: 12 points
Sneed: 12 points/7 boards
McCants: 12 points/13 boards

McClurkin: 6 points

We weren't great by any stretch, poor shooting in many places. Sneed only hit double figures icing the game from the line, Barrett was good when he could get on the break which was rare. Such a critical game against a good team though, a great win to close out the regular season.

Radii · 05-15-2009, 10:18 PM

Final regular season poll:

1. North Carolina
2. Vanderbilt
3. Nevada
4. Kansas
5. California
...
8. Georgia Tech
15. Florida State
25. Maryland

Clemson falls out of the poll with a weak finish.

Final ACC Standings

1. North Carolina 12-4 (27-5)
2. Georgia Tech 12-4 (24-8)
3. Florida State 10-6 (21-7)
4. Maryland 10-6 (20-8)
5. Clemson 9-7 (17-10)
6. Virginia Tech 8-8 (22-11)
7. Wake Forest 8-8 (17-12)
8. NC State 8-8 (17-13)
9. Duke 6-10 (15-13)
10. Boston College 5-11 (13-13)
11. Virginia 5-11 (15-18)
12. Miami 3-13 (12-18)

A very solid 3rd place finish given the talent that exists in this league. There are only two teams in the league we haven't beaten this year... UNC and Maryland and we wouldn't see either of them til the ACC Finals.

Bracketology going into tournament week:

1. UNC
2. Georgia Tech
4. Florida State
6. Maryland
8. Clemson
9. Ohio
10. Virginia Tech
12. NC State

Wake Forest, Virginia Tech and NC State are on the bubble. Wake Forest had been in until the last couple games, and NC State has won their last 3 games, including wins over us, and UNC, to push their way into the tournament picture.

Radii · 05-15-2009, 10:21 PM

ACC First Round

9. Duke 73
8. NC State 68

5. Clemson 91
12. Miami 65

6. Virginia Tech 93
11. Virginia 71

10. Boston College 77
7. Wake Forest 57

ACC Quarterfinals

1. North Carolina
9. Duke

4. Maryland
5. Clemson

3. Florida State
6. Virginia Tech

2. Georgia Tech
10. Boston College

And Wake and NC State may have just played their way right into the NIT. The seeds don't change in bracketology for any of the teams that won, but NC State is still on the bubble but not in the tournament anymore according to the latest projection.

Radii · 05-15-2009, 11:43 PM

March 11, 2022 – ACC Quarterfinals

(3) #15 Florida State (21-7, 10-6 ACC) vs (6) Virginia Tech (23-11, 8-8 ACC)

TEAM: FSU|VT
OVR: 92|92
OFF: 91|93
DEF: 91|90
SHT: 92|96
REB: 94|90
COA: 88|93

We gain a point to our overall roster strength, up to 92 OVR. Va Tech is up to 92 OVR as well, a gain since we last played them. We beat the hokies at home earlier in the year 83-77 in a game that neither team ever led by double digits in, each of us had 8 point leads at one time or another.

Scouting

PG Melvin Bright – JR – 85 OVR – 91 speed/89 quickness. 83 defense/72 steals. 86 hands/91 passing, a solid PG. 84 close/82 med/88 3/82 off the dribble, a great shooter from all over. Good awareness, decent athlete. Bright was a backup to the best rated PG in the league the last two years. Just 6.3 ppg/3.1 apg.

SG Jarred Warzynski – SR – 87 OVR – 93 speed/84 quickness. 82 defense/80 steals. 87 close/75 med/76 3/82 off the dribble. 94/A hustle. Good but not great for these key ratings, a fine overall player though. Coach on the floor helps him, 78 off awareness/84 defensive awareness. He is putting up 15.3 ppg this year, I probably am too quick to say “this looks good but not that great”

SF Cameron Aguko – FR – 78 OVR – 6'8” natural SF – 85 speed/84 quickness, incredible for a SF. 82 defense/72 steals/68 blocks, quite good. 87 close/74 med/69 3/79 in traffic. 9.1 ppg, looks great for a true freshman, he was the #91 recruit last year and looks like he'll be very very good.

PF Lex Beeler – JR – 85 OVR – 6'9” PF – 82 orb/77 drb. 89 post off/72 post def. 96 close/85 in traffic. Also coach on the floor level numbers, 81 off/84 def awareness. He looks like a beast on offense but his defense leaves a little to be desired. 13.2 ppg/4.0 rpg

C Tommie Graves – SO – 84 OVR – 6'10” natural center. 89 orb/80 drb. 87 post off/89 post def. 90 close/86 in traffic. He has incredible post skills, very impressive. B+ strength(77) and good awareness. 8.1 ppg/5.3 rpg.

In our first meeting Warzynski put up 25 points and had a great day from all over Bright and Beeler had double figures. We had very balanced scoring all over, actually led by 16 from McClurkin, Alloway was cold in this one.

Half	Time	FSU	VT	Notes
1	13:15	10	11	Back and forth so far, we get the backups in as the clock has rarely stopped and no one has called any timeouts yet. McCants has 5 for us, just 1-3 from the field though, 3 at the the line.
1	7:55	20	18	They went up as much as 4, 2 is our biggest lead so far. The starters are back in. McClurkin led the backups with 5.
1	5:45	23	20	We get a 6^th man boost from a 3 pointer in the corner by Alloway, and Va Tech takes a timeout.
1	4:30	29	22	We get out on the break a little, Barrett now leads us with 7, and we go ahead by 7, timeout Hokies.
1	3:30	31	26	McCants and Forte both have 2 fouls now, and we've got 9 as a team, have to be careful there. Va Tech has also committed 9 fouls.
1	0:57	38	30	McCants with a stupid reach in for his 3^rd. Sanders gets some extra PT today.
1	0:43	40	30	Barrett draws a foul and comes down hard, picking up an injury. Ozier, who is injured already, comes in for him. We'll check the injury at the half.
	HALF	44	30	A spectacular finish to the half, they turn the ball over, Sneed goes in for a dunk and gets fouled. He misses the 3 point play try but we get the board and Ozier draws a foul with just a few seconds left in the half, hitting two more to put us up 14! Beeler leads them with 6, Bright and Ravello(backup PF) have 5. Warzynski is 0-6, 0-4 from 3 and is scoreless in 15 minutes of action. They shoot a horrible 10-29 from the floor, making up for it a little with 7 free throws in 12 tries there. Alloway leads us with 10, 2-4 from 3 which is nice to see. Barrett has 9, Ozier 7 off the bench, Sneed 6, McCants 5. We're in great shape to advance. Barrett has a knee injury, 8 days, I'm not sure its going to keep him out or just slow him down. He's not available to come back in right now though so Ozier starts the 2^nd half.
2	15:45	56	37	Great start to the 2^nd half. Alloway gets out on the break after some missed 3s, he's up to 17 now and is playing great. Timeout Hokies as we run our lead up to 19!
2	14:15	61	39	A forte 3 puts us up 21 and Va Tech gets another timeout.
2	11:40	63	44	Backups are in. Barrett is available now but we'll let him rest and not aggravate his injury. Gunn is in at backup SG.

We lead by 20 with 9 minutes to go and we're done here.

#15 Florida State 79
Virginia Tech 63

Forte: 9 points
Alloway: 20 points
Barrett: 11 points
Sneed: 8 points/10 boards
McCants: 7 points/10 boards

Ozier: 9 points
McClurkin: 9 points

We shoot 39 free throws today, making 32. Va Tech shoots 29 but only makes 17. Solid win in the quarters!

Radii · 05-15-2009, 11:53 PM

ACC Quarterfinals

1. North Carolina 79
9. Duke 69

4. Maryland 73
5. Clemson 59

3. Florida state 79
6. Virginia Tech 63

2. Georgia Tech 89
10. Boston College 71

ACC Semifinals

1. North Carolina
4. Maryland

2. Georgia Tech
3. Florida State

Georgia Tech beat us by 9 at our house and we won by 5 at their place. This should bean exciting semifinal matchup.

Barret shows up as uninjured, I have no idea how that works, the in game reports often don't match what is seen on the main injury screen elsewhere. Ozier has a pulled quad and is slowed for 8 days.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 01:28 PM

woohoo, milestone. I didn't notice at the time, and its not a coaching point milestone, but the ACC Quarterfinal win over Virginia Tech was the 300th win of my college career. I have a 300-164 record now.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 02:18 PM

March 12, 2022 – ACC Semifinals

(3) #15 Florida State (22-7, 10-6 ACC) vs (2) #8 Georgia Tech (25-8, 12-4 ACC)

TEAM: FSU|GT
OVR: 92|94
OFF: 91|94
DEF: 91|92
SHT: 92|98
REB: 94|97
COA: 88|96

I'm sure that a UNC/Georgia Tech ACC Final is the matchup most ACC fans want to see, but we played two outstanding games against Georgia Tech and this is a pretty exciting matchup in the semifinals. The latest bracketology still lists the Seminoles as a 4 seed, but we believe we can play our way up into a 3 seed if we have a good showing here.

January 16 – We play a great first half in Tallahassee, leading 34-32, Tech immediately goes ahead to start the second half, its a 1 point game around the 10 minute mark and we actually lead with 8:30 to go, but Tech pulls ahead and leads by 10 with 4 left and we cannot come back. Final 75-66 Yellow Jackets. SG Shavies with 23, PF Richards 17. We get 22 from Barrett, 13 from Alloway.

February 10^th – In Atlanta, the first half is similar, we lead 38-34 at halftime. They take the lead early in the second half but we go right back ahead, leading 56-53 at the 11:45 mark, 62-60 at the 6:30 mark and with 4 minutes to go we stretch the lead to 7. They get it down to 1 possession in the final minute but we come through in the clutch and win. 79-74 Seminoles. Their two stars, Shavies and Richards, end up in foul trouble. Barrett gives us a career high 30 and Alloway 14.

Georgia Tech has made a key lineup change since we last played. Junior PG Justin Covington has replaced Senior PG Dainmon Horner in the lineup. Horner isn't injured, Covington has A potential and appears to have simply outdeveloped Horner throughout the year to earn the job.

Scouting

PG Justin Covington – JR – 84 OVR – 94 speed/93 quickness. 88 defense/74 steals. 90 hands/83 passing, an outstanding ball handler. 87 close/80 med/79 3/84 off the dribble. 90 hustle, not a great leaper, average strength. 9.5 ppg/3.3 apg, covington recently took over the starting job.

SG Femi Shavies – SO – 85 OVR – Shavies has a fully matured shooting tendency chart, a surprise for a soph. 87 speed/86 quickness. 80 defense/8 steals. 89 close/78 med/84 3/81 off the dribble. He's going to shoot any time he's open. 17.5 ppg so far this year.

SF Jibran Grizzard – JR – 89 OVR – 6'7” SF – 87 speed/80 quickness – 84 defense/81 steals. 92 close/84 med/78 3/82 off the dribble/92 in traffic. A great ball handler, very good awareness. Somehow he only averages 6.9 per game this year so far.

PF Aly Richards – JR – 88 OVR – 6'8” PF, an elite big man. 88 orb/88 drb. 87 post off/82 post def. 99 close/93 in traffic. Yup, 99. A+. 10.5 ppg/5.0 rpg. Again I dunno how he scores just 11/game.

C Immanuel Bing – JR – 85 OVR – 6'10” PF – 85 orb/85 drb. 84 post off/78 post def. 95 close/89 in traffic. 81 strength, great awareness and athleticism. 9.1 ppg/5.6 rpg.

Tech has 11 guys rated 80+, they are good and deep. PG Horner is rated 83 OVR off the bench, as is SF Louie Costello. Also, they have a freak of nature sitting on the bench in 7'4” Dalron Axton, rated 79 OVR, he'll back up Bing at center. He doesn't score much but its pretty obvious when he's in the game as he's the only guy we ever play that just towers over the 7 foot McCants.

The big mismatch for us is Barrett against their SF Grizzard. Grizzard is fast, and his quickness is nice for a big SF, but Barrett is a natural guard and seems to be able to blow by Grizzard at will, based on his point production in our first two meetings. Look for another 20+ point game from Barrett hopefully.

Half	Time	FSU	GT	Notes
1	15:00	7	10	Sneed with 5, McCants with 2 on a putback. They're having success inside as well. We've thrown two bad passes leading to layups for the Yellow Jackets early.
1	12:20	11	15	A little scare as Tech goes up 15-7 on an offensive putback by Richards and a 3 by Shavies. We score 4 straight though(alloway burns his man for a layup, Barrett in transition) and only trail 4. Backups are in, and Sneed just picked up his 2^nd foul inside.
1	11:40	11	22	Oof. They hit two free throws on their next possession... McClurkin loses the ball against their press, then throws a bad pass upcourt against their press, leading to a layup and a 3. I call my first timeout down 11. Shavies has 6, Richards 8 for them already.
1	6:30	16	29	Starters are back in. We get 3 out of Sanders and 2 from Ozier but we are really struggling to score here. Also, turnovers are becoming too big a factor in this game. We have 6 turnovers already, they only have 2. Remember turnovers are low in general in this game, 6 turnovers is 8 or 10 free points for them and totally unacceptable.
1	5:10	16	33	Their 7'4 giant comes up with two big blocks and they've doubled us up... I get a timeout to kill off their 6^th man.
	HALF	25	45	Well we score on 4 straight possessions to get up to 25 points, but they match us, scoring 4 straight times as well. Then, we turn the ball over on our final 3 trips of the half, they score on two of those as well, and we trail by 20 going into the locker room. They are shooting 18-26 on the game, and 7-8 at the line. Just not missing. 10 from Shavies, 8 from Covington, Richards and Bing. 6 from Grizzard. All of their starters are involved and none of them are missing much of anything. We have 7 from Alloway, 7 from Sneed, 4 from McCants. Barrett only has 2 points, after scoring 24 and 30 in our previous two meetings against Tech. I've been trying to feed him on the wing and he can't seem to get free often. The couple times he did a big man was right behind ready to stop him. Turnovers are the big story. We have 10, they have 2. That is completely unacceptable. If we want to have a prayer of coming back we have to stop turning the ball over and force them to miss some shots so we can get out on the break ourselves.
2	18:33	25	52	HAH. Covington hits a 3 to open the half. Richards blocks Sneed and they're on the run. They run a play, missing a 3, but getting the offensive board and drawing a foul on the putback. First free throw good, second no good. Offensive board, putback attempt is no good, offensive board, putback is good and the foul. 3 point play. WOW what a start. Georgia Tech has brought their 2^nd string in considering the game to be a blowout. We'll make an effort at a comeback against the 2^nd stringers before we give up but remember their 2^nd string is all rated 79+ too heh.

At the 14 minute mark the lead is still 25, we can't get their reserve squad off the court, and this one is over.

#8 Georgia Tech 90
#15 Florida State 61

Georgia Tech gets revenge in a big, big way for our upset win in Atlanta. Shavies 21, Bing 17, Richards 17, Covington 16.

Forte: 4 points
Alloway: 11 points
Barrett: 7 points
Sneed: 9 points/3 boards
McCants: 10 points/4 boards

Sanders: 7 points

After playing two close games I was surprised to get blown out. It was the early turnovers that did it, giving away way too many free points and digging a big hole.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 02:20 PM

ACC Semifinals

4. Maryland 98
1. North Carolina 93

2. Georgia Tech 90
3. Florida State 61

ACC Finals

2. Georgia Tech 95
4. Maryland 61

Georgia Tech beats Maryland even worse than they beat us to win the ACC Tournament.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 02:33 PM

NCAA Selection

We know we're in, which is always comforting. Now its just about seeding, we're likely a 4 or a 5 seed, hopefully a 4. And about matchups, hopefully we get an upstart mid-major in round 2 or something instead of a team like a Clemson who is rated better than us but had a few setbacks.

Wake Forest, NC State and Virginia Tech are all on the bubble.

Vanderbilt is the new #1, UNC falls to #3. Georgia Tech is #5. We are #14.

#1 seeds

EAST: Georgia Tech (!!!) <-- #1 overall.
SOUTH: Vanderbilt
MIDWEST: North Carolina
WEST: Kansas

EAST REGION

1. Georgia Tech

9. Clemson will play 8. Northern Iowa.

The 2 seed here is Texas. Huge ACC Clash in round two potentially between Georgia Tech and Clemson.

SOUTH

1. Vanderbilt

11. Virginia Tech is IN, they'll play the 6 seed Oklahoma State.

2 seed here is Louisville.

3 ACC teams, no Ohio so far in these two regions.

MIDWEST

1. North Carolina

Florida State is the 4 seed in the MIDWEST

We get 13 seeded Memphis. If we win, we get the winner of (5) West Virginia and (12) UNLV.

Clark informs the audience that Florida State does the one thing that all NCAA Champions do, play great team defense.

7. Maryland
10. Ohio

Ohio is 29-3 and rated 90 OVR last I looked.

Cal is the 2 seed here.

WEST

1. Kansas

Nevada has one of the best mid major seasons in history, going 30-1 and earning a 2 seed.

The Big East gets 8 teams in, 6 from the ACC and Big 12. SEC 5, 4 PAC 10. The Big 10 is way down with just 3 teams.

NC State and Wake Forest, as expected, play their way out of the tournament by losing in the first round of the ACC Tournament.

There are a couple interesting storylines with Florida State's draw. West Virginia was the other top school I could have considered coaching when I decided to leave Ohio, they were a top team when Huggins retired and they wanted me. Memphis is one of the teams I find myself rooting against every year in the real world, so it's cool to be playing them. And finally, I cannot seem to distance myself from UNC. Last year we play in the 8/9 game and had to play North Carolina in round 2. If we can manage to win two games this year, we're looking at a likely Sweet 16 matchup with North Carolina.

Finally, ACC Seeding Summary:

1. UNC
1. Georgia Tech
4. Florida State
7. Maryland
9. Clemson
11. Virginia Tech

and of course Ohio is a 10 seed out of the MAC.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 03:49 PM

Alloway picked up a knock in the simmed part of the game against Georgia Tech. He has a sprained knee and is hobbled for this game. He just shows as hurt for 1 more day so hopefully he will be full strength for our second round game, assuming we win. Ozier is still slowed for two more days as well.

March 18, 2022 – NCAA First Round

(4) Florida State (22-8) vs (13) Memphis (20-11)

TEAM: FSU|UM
OVR: 92|83
OFF: 91|83
DEF: 91|84
SHT: 92|87
REB: 94|85
COA: 88|97

Calipari is still coaching at Memphis, but other than that we look to have a big edge here. Memphis is a team with 1 star and a number of average players. They finished 4^th in CUSA and had to win their conference tournament to get into the dance.

Memphis played a game at Virginia Tech back in november, losing 78-74, and beat a 3 seeded Texas A&M squad 75-47 in January, so they're capable of playing with good teams, we know we can't sleep on them.

Scouting

PG Fred McLeod – FR – 75 OVR – natural SG – 86 speed/79 quickness. 81 defense/84 steals. 80 hands/67 passing, very poor for a PG, just average for a SG. 88 close/72 med/79 3/80 off the dribble. 7.9 ppg/4.3 apg.

SG Osei Akingbade – SR - 78 OVR – Akingbade is a natural SF, also 6'7”. 86 speed/79 quickness. 76 defense/73 steals. 85 close/76 med/67 3/88 in traffic. He only scores 5.9 ppg. Horrible defender. This is an interesting matchup for Alloway.

SF Neill Smith – SR – 85 OVR – Smith is a 6'9” natural SF. 85 speed/83 quickness. 80 defense/71 steals. 89 close/79 med/73 3/89 in traffic. Good awareness, 76 off/83 def, and a good athlete, B vert/B str/B hustle. He's leading Memphis as expected, with 16.6 ppg, also pulling in 6.4 rebounds/game.

PF Vernon West – SR – 75 OVR – 6'8” PF – 75 orb/76 drb. 81 post off/77 post def. 91 close/88 in traffic. Just 69 str so hopefully we can push him around a little. 2^nd leading scorer with 13.1 ppg/5.0 rpg.

C Rhett Valsin – SO – 77 OVR – 6'9” PF – 87 orb/77 drb. 74 post off/71 post def. A good shot blocker, 87 blocks. 89 close/84 in traffic. 79 strength, solid. He averages 11.1 ppg/4.6 rebounds.

The only PG's on the roster are rated 58 and 57 OVR. This is a team we should handle easily. The one great equalizer could be their press. They run a very tight man to man defense after baskets. If they get on a roll we might struggle against that.

Half	Time	FSU	MEM	Notes
1	16:20	7	10	Memphis with a ridiculously hot start. They're taking terrible shots, every shot has been from 18-20 feet out, taken by a SF or PF. They've all gone in, 5-5. This won't continue. Alloway, even slowed with his knee hurting, drives right by his man at will, he's done it twice for layups so far, and Forte has a 3 point play.
1	13:00	13	20	I'm going to be annoyed this whole game, I can tell already. They have 3 offensive boards, and two steals with their press. Barrett and Alloway pretty much burn by their men at will, they have 10 of our 13 points. They are shooting 8-12 and have a 6-1 rebound edge. I get at timeout and get my backups in. I emphasize ball control to them.
1	12:45	13	20	Their star, 85 rated SF Smith, just picked up a stupid reach in foul, his 2^nd, and he sits.
1	10:15	19	25	After their backup SF Smalls hits an open 3 to put them up 10, I score 4 straight and Memphis calls a timeout.
1	8:30	19	35	Memphis brings in their game changer, 58 rated PG Darrall Burks. With his 77 rated defense McClurkin cannot handle the ball, just falling over against him, Burks goes in for a layup. After a couple more misses, Burks fires off 3 straight assists for open 3's by guys with 65 rated 3 point shots, and layups by SF's with close range shooting under 80 going up over Sanders. I call a timeout as Memphis gets a 6^th man boost and remind my guys that the game has started and that we're supposed to actually be out there trying.
1	7:55	19	35	McClurkin drives by their PG but loses control of the ball trying to go up amongst their trees. We commit a foul and the starters return to the game.
2	3:30	29	48	Basically the game has decided we aren't winning this one. Their two big men are getting every offensive rebound over our 7 footers, their last 10 points have been layups. Barrett has 10 and Alloway 8, both scoring easily every time they isolate their defenders.
2	1:05	37	52	Alloway and Forte each hit open 3's and we get the leaddown to 15. Timeout Memphis.
2	0:58	37	52	Alloway picks up his 3^rd foul. I bring Mayer in.
	HALF	37	58	We turn it over twice in a row to end the half and Memphis takes a 21 point lead into the locker room. Memphis is shooting 24-30. They are 2-7 from 3, so they're 22-23 from inside the 3 point line. Their 58 rated PG has 3 steals and we have 7 turnovers to their 2. Center Valsin has 10 points on 4-4 shooting. Backup SF Smalls has 9 points on 3-3 shooting, 1 3. PF West is 3-3 for 6 points. SG Akinbade is the big story though. He's 1-4 from 3 and 7-7 from 2. 8-11 for 18 points. Mayer is going to be starting the 2^nd half, maybe having a natural SF on Akinbade will make a difference. We get 12 from Barrett and 11 from Alloway, both driving nearly at will. Alloway has 3 fouls though and I am worried that the mismatch between Alloway and Akibade is working out in their favor. We'll see if Mayer can slow him down just by being bigger. And we'll basically hope the computer decides that Memphis only got one half to do this and we will be allowed to have a shot in the 2^nd half.
2	18:00	37	62	Memphis scores the first four of the half and brings out their “reserve squad”. This is unbelievable.
2	16:38	37	64	Mayer draws a foul attacking the basket but misses both free throws.. McCants gets the offensive board and lays the ball off the front rim. they only have one STARTER good enough to play for us, and we can't even score against their reserves, fuck that.

Memphis 103
Florida State 58

I guess John Calipari is just a freaking genius, eh?

Forte 11, Alloway 11, Barrett 20. Memphis shoots 68% on the game, we shoot 41%. We end up committing 21 turnovers to their 6 after its simmed out. I had 7 at the half. They outrebound us 41-24. The only player on their roster that would play for us, 85 rated SF smith, played 20 minutes, was in foul trouble in the first half, went 2-6 from the floor and scored 7 total points.

I really don't know what else to say about this one.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 06:02 PM

I'll finish up the season later on tonight after dinner and after some work. Some more on that game though. We've seen the underdog team come out and play well in games like this before, it happens in the real world as 13 and 14 seeds challenge and occasionally upset higher seeds. Without a true superstar its easy to make the case that we could be a team that is vulnerable at times. There are games where the worst player on the opposition will come up huge through what seems to be just the AI deciding this player is going to play way above his ratings on this day. There is a consistency rating that seems likely to be a factor there as well.

And once it was obvious that Memphis was just ON, I didn't adjust well. The biggest thing that hurt me during play was that i couldn't slow the game down. A team that presses and plays "very tight" pressure, like Memphis did, means that they are dictating the pace of the game all the time. I got called for two 5 second closely guarded violations simply waiting for plays to start, because there was nothing I could do to generate space. So that took me out of my element offensively, but we still scored at will at times. It was just a struggle to start plays and get the offense to flow like I wanted, because with their pressure you're constantly at risk of 5 second calls, constantly having to pass to avoid them, which kills the play that you're trying to get into position for, etc.

Defense, however, I feel like I should try to do more to adjust next time something like this looks like it might happen. They had two big SF's at the 2 and the 3, we had two guards at those spots. Bringing in Ozier and Mayer and trying to force a defensive game might have helped, or at least bringing in Ozier to defend their guy that went off for 18 in the first half. I considered switching to a 2-3 zone but i hate the zone in this game. It was probably warranted here though against a team that didn't have guards.

Anyway, there was definitely some bullshit going on in that game to turn it into the stupid blowout that it became, but it wasn't an impossibility to think that we would be beaten on a neutral court by a well-coached, pressing team if they get hot.

Motivation for all these guys that are going to be seniors for next season.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 09:08 PM

NCAA Tournament wrapup:

EAST: 11 seeded Arizona beats 5 seed LaSalle to makethe final four
WEST: 2 seed Nevada beats 1 seed Kansas to make the final four
MIDWEST: 1 seed North Carolina beats 3 seed South Carolina to make the final four
SOUTH: 1 seed Vanderbilt beats 6 seed Oklahoma State to make the final four

Arizona beats Nevada 76-69 and we have an 11 seed in the title game.

North Carolina beats Vanderbilt 92-76.

North Carolina puts an end to the cinderella hopes of Arizona, 87-82.

North Carolina wins the national championship.

ACC Results:

1. UNC - National Champions
1. Georgia Tech - Sweet 16
4. Florida State - First round
7. Maryland - First round
9. Clemson - Second Round
11. Virginia Tech - First Round

Underachieving as a league as Georgia Tech and Florida State go out way early based on their seedings, but the ACC brings home the national title,so its a good year for the league as a whole nonetheless.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 09:11 PM

2022 Graduating Seniors

This is the last group of players leaving that I did not bring to Florida State myself.

C Benjamin Slater - 6'10" 230 lbs - 81 OVR

Slater started 3 games his sophomore year. He was a backup the other 3 years. He played in only 14 games this year as we had 4 big men that I brought in that I preferred.

He averaged 2.3 ppg over his career, his peak being 3.2 ppg as a soph.

SG Jose Gunn - 6'4" 222 lbs - 74 OVR

Gunn played 28 games as a freshman and never more than that. He got some time when I had injuries or foul troubles, and he seemed to always find 5 minutes in simmed games. 1.4 ppg for his career, 1.9 as a freshman was his peak.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 09:37 PM

2022 Team Stats

Points

SG Damion Alloway - 12.7 ppg
PF Otis Sneed - 11.6 ppg
SG Ike Barrett - 10.7 ppg
PG Damien Forte - 9.1 ppg
C Florentino McCants - 9.0

backup PF Sanders with 7.4 points. 5* freshman SF Roberto Mayer scored 4.7 points. Our other freshman this year, PF Millar, 2.3 ppg/2.5 rpg. Sanders was so good this year I forced it to him a *lot*, Millar will be fine but he was not as ready.

Rebounds

C McCants 8.1
PF Sneed 6.3
PF Sanders 3.0
PF Millar 2.5
SG Barrett 2.3

McCants with 9 points/8.1 boards this year.

Assists

PG Forte 2.9
PG Alloway 2.3
SG Barrett 1.9
PG McClurkin 1.1
PF Sneed 0.9

yea

Field Goal %

SG Barrett 57.6%
C McCants 52.2%
PF Sneed 50.0%
PF Sanders 49.7%
SF Ozier 48.4%

Millar shot 56% as well but didn't even take 2 shots per game so I excluded him. Barrett almost never took jump shots, he drove hard to the basket with great effectiveness, and when he couldn't beat his man passed.

3-point shooting %

PG Forte 36.8%
PG McClurkin 35.7%
SF Mayer 32.8%
PG Alloway 30.8%

Definitely a disappointing drop from last year. Forte and Alloway both shot over 40% from three last year, but both were asked to take a lot more 3's and to shoulder a bigger load on offense with Moye graduating.

Free Throw Shooting %

SG Barrett - 87.4%
PG McClurkin - 83.0%
PF Sanders - 81.3%
SF Ozier - 80.0%
C McCants - 76.6%

Sneed is a 74% free throw shooter, Alloway 73%, Forte 65%. I don't like that my starting PG is my worst free throw shooter, but that's how it is. In late game situations I tried to go to Barrett or Sneed.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 09:41 PM

I skipped over the awards by accident, I hope I can go back to that(I think I can).

We only lose our two graduating players.

ACC Seniors Drafted

SF WM Lalugba - Clemson - 89 OVR
SG Jerry Colter - Duke - 87 OVR
PG Holland Freedman - UNC - 88 OVR
PF Rene Reid - UNC - 88 OVR
SG Winston Appleby - UNC - 86 OVR
SG Jarred Warzynski - Virginia Tech - 87 OVR

ACC Underclassmen Leaving Early

JR PF Aly Richards - Georgia Tech - 88 OVR
JR SG Phil Atangana - UNC - 91 OVR

UNC loses 4 players to the NBA and 7 total, this was clearly their year.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 09:46 PM

Coaching Carousel

This is finally the year that Dino Gaudio is let go at Wake Forest. They offer me the job, and I'm maybe *slightly* tempted to go coach in my home state, but I can't leave this team after this result in the ACC and NCAA Tournament, and I cannot leave the chance to coach this senior class next season.

Wisconsin is also available. Those ar ethe only two major conference jobs.

huh, Ohio is available. That's disappointing, did their coach retire? They made the second round of the tournament as a mid-major so surely he didn't get fired.

hah, Dino Gaudio retired. They hire the coach from Long Island. Wisconsin picks up Valparaiso's head coach, and Ohio pulls in the head coach from Mississippi Valley State.

I make no changes to my assistant coaching staff.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 09:55 PM

2022 Awards

Providence PF Lonnie Sherman is the player of the year, 24.7 ppg/6.7 rpg.

North Carolina's Billy Taylor is coach of the year.

NC State Freshman Danko Walls, SG, 12.8 ppg, is the national freshman of the year.

First Team All-American

PG Aleksandar Wade - Auburn - 87 OVR - 19.9 ppg/4.1 rpg/4.1 apg
SG Demario Famutimi - Ole Miss - 88 OVR - 23.1 ppg/5.2 rg/2.0 apg
SF Bennett Corrigan - Indiana - 92 OVR - 15.2 ppg/8.9 rpg
PF Lonnie Sherman - Providence - 86 OVR - 24.7 ppg/6.7 rpg
C Johnnie Marshall - West Virginia - 90 OVR - 22.9 ppg/7.8 rpg

SG Famutimi is a junior, the rest seniors.

ACC Awards

UNC's Billy Taylor is the ACC Coach of the Year.

Maryland PF Corey Hudson is the player of the year, 20.3 ppg/6.2 rpg

NC State SG Danko Walls is of course ACC Freshman of the year

First Team All-ACC

PG Lewis Gamble - clemson - 87 OVR - 13.4 ppg/2.4 rpg/4.2 apg
SG Eddie Esterkamp - UNC - 89 OVR - 17.5 ppg/3.5 rpg/2.8 apg
SF WM Lalugba - Clemson - 89 OVR - 15.1 ppg/6.3 rpg
PF Corey Hudson - Maryland - 83 OVR - 20.3 ppg/6.2 rpg
C Rex Newman - Miami - 82 OVR - 15.7 ppg/5.2 rpg

Newman is a junior, the rest are seniors.

Second Team All-ACC

PG Holland Freeman - UNC - 88 OVR - 11.3 ppg/4.1 rpg/4.2 apg
SG Jerry Colter - Duke - 87 OVR - 16.2 ppg/6.3 rpg
SF Reid Luz - Duke - 84 OVR - 9.3 ppg/8.4 rpg
PF Jeffrey Eldridge - Wake Forest - 78 OVR - 13.4 ppg/5.7 rpg
C Florentino McCants - Florida State - 82 OVR - 9.0 ppg/8.1 rpg

Luz and Eldridge are Juniors, McCants a soph of course.

Freshman All-ACC

PG Cori Songcaucy - Duke - 72 OVR - 9.5 ppg/3.8 apg
SG Danko Walls - NC State - 80 OVR - 12.8 ppg
SF Cameron Aguko - Virginia Tech - 78 OVR - 9.2 ppg/3.6 rpg
PF Shagari Andres - UNC - 78 OVR - 7.0 ppg/3.8 rpg
C Bracey Boddie - Wake Forest - 73 OVR - 6.1 ppg/4.2 rpg

We're light on awards this year but we had a lot of scoring balance so that isn't really a surprise. More of the same is expected next year.

DeToxRox · 05-16-2009, 09:57 PM

Tough loss to Memphis. I fucking hate them.

How's Michigan fared in your game? I say you take them over damnit.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 10:02 PM

Offseason recruiting

We've already signed 4* Center Maynard Black, ranked #86 OVR/#2 Center (6'8", a bit small).

We have SG Theo Porter, 4* SG out of Washington DC, #67 OVR/#21 SG, at 100% with no other offers. That's our only other scholarship.

initial signing day

SG Theo Porter signs with FLORIDA STATE

A little anti-climatic but we are still happy to see it!

4* SG Theo Porter - 6'5" 217 lbs - Washington, DC - #67 OVR/#21 SG

Shooting: A
Skills: B
Defense: B
Athleticism: A+
Rebounding: C+
Intelligence: B
Potential: B+
Size: B

Porter was a star in the ABL, scoring 17.4 points/game, with 4.3 boards and 4.8 assists. He shot 48% from the floor and 47% from 3 (23-49).

Noteworthy Ratings:

Close A-, Med B-, 3 pointer B+, Off the Dribble C+
Defense C, Steals C+
Speed B-, Quickness B, Vertical A-, Strength B-, Hustle C+
Off Awareness C-, Def Awareness B-

How useful Porter will be depends on how big an offensive threat he is, and whether he is a big enough offensive threat to offset average defense. I've mentioned before that I expect B+ 3 point shooting to at minimum mean 86 3 point rating. Alloway is rated 81, Forte in the mid 70s, redshirting SG Day is 85.

I spend the rest of the offseason recruiting session working on juniors, something I need to do since we're going to have a good number of scholarships open next year.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

Tough loss to Memphis. I fucking hate them.

I hate them a lot more now than I did before today, that's for sure

Quote:

How's Michigan fared in your game? I say you take them over damnit.

I don't ever remember seeing them in a final four or anywhere noteworthy. They were 22-11 this year and appear to have a fine team. Unless I'm missing it somewhere, long term league history is something that's sorely lacking in this game. They went 15-16 last year before having a team with 4 seniors and a junior starting carry them to a 7 seed (and first round loss) in the tournament this year.

They're currently coached by Jim Les, who in the real took Bradley to the Sweet 16 in 2006, to the NIT in 2007 and to those new "not even good enough to make the NIT lol" tournaments the last two years.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

How's Michigan fared in your game? I say you take them over damnit.

I'll consider taking over a big ten team as soon as the big 10 proves itself worthy of my attention by beating the ACC in the ACC-Big 10 Challenge. 0-10 so far, not so hot!

Radii · 05-16-2009, 10:20 PM

ACC Recruiting Overview

For the past few years i've been highlighting top 100 players that have been coming to ACC teams. for teams not recruiting any top 100 players I've been listing the top recruit the school was able to land.

Boston College: None (as in no recruits, all players returning)
Clemson: #7 (5* AA), #52
Duke: #122
Florida State: #67, #86
Georgia Tech: #57
Maryland: #109
Miami: #169
North Carolina: #12 (5* AA), #13 (5* AA), #50, #64
NC State: #131
Virginia: 2* JC... holy crap Virginia is dying
Virginia Tech: #20 (5* AA), #31, #56
Wake Forest: #41, #42, #95

4 5* recruits coming into the ACC next year. Duke continues to recruit way below what you'd expec the Duke name to land. Virginia and Miami seem to have no hope of recovery, Wake Forest brought in a solid class though. Maryland struggled which did surprise me.

hoopsguy · 05-16-2009, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radii

I'll consider taking over a big ten team as soon as the big 10 proves itself worthy of my attention by beating the ACC in the ACC-Big 10 Challenge. 0-10 so far, not so hot!

Don't piss on your readers

Radii · 05-16-2009, 10:23 PM

Incoming Recruiting Class Rankings

1. Arizona
2. Indiana
3. North Carolina
4. Seton Hall
5. California
6. Kansas
7. Iowa
8. Virginia Tech
9. Auburn
10. Texas A&M
...
14. Clemson
17. Wake Forest
34. NC State (with 4 3* recruits...)
40. Duke (with 5 3* recruits)
69. Miami (3* recruits)
105. Florida State

I'll take two 4* recruits over a ton of 3* guys almost any day.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Don't piss on your readers

oops, was only aiming for detox! (hmmm, that doesn't sound right at all).

hoopsguy · 05-16-2009, 10:26 PM

In all seriousness, if you are going to take a look at other programs I wouldn't mind hearing how Illini are doing. I know they won an early title but I have not been seeing their name in the NCAA recaps much over the last decade or so.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 10:35 PM

I haven't focused much on scheduling over the last few years, mostly because I find it to be a fairly annoying part of the game, what with the tediousness of having to pull up the calendar and to go nuts to avoid sunday games. But we need to take the time this year to put together a strong schedule, and to make sure its recruiting friendly.

And, as the game has been known to do over the years, the auto-schedule generates like 8 November games but then nothing from Dec 1-16. In honor of my Big 10 Brothers, I schedule road games at Michigan and Illinois in November.

I hope to have the best schedule i've ever played set up here:

vs Chattanooga
at Michigan
at Illinois
vs Kansas
vs UCLA
at Ohio
vs Army
vs Campbell
vs Kentucky
vs E. Kentucky
at Arkansas
vs Richmond

There are some easy ones in there. Michigan is a little down this year having graduated 4 starters but not terrible, and Illinois, Kansas, UCLA, Ohio and Kentucky all look like very solid opposition. All winnable, I didn't go looking for a top 5 team here, but lots of teams that we will have to play well to beat.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

In all seriousness, if you are going to take a look at other programs I wouldn't mind hearing how Illini are doing. I know they won an early title but I have not been seeing their name in the NCAA recaps much over the last decade or so.

Yeah, rjolley is a penn state fan too so there is a lot of Big 10 interest from the guys i know that follow closely.

I don't think a full history exists anywhere, I have been wanting to go back and piece together a final four history since I've written that down every year, but finding stuff on an individual team is impossible(unless someone knows of a screen i don't).

BUT, we do have the list of regular season champs/tournament champs in the conference screen. Huh, that even only seems to keep 10 years of history.

2012-13: Michigan 28-8, Regular season champ, tournament champ
2013-14: Illinois wins the tournament
2014-15: Wisconsin beats Illinois in the tournament final
2017-18: Michigan wins the regular season (28-6), does not make the tournament fina.
2020-21: Penn State loses to Indiana in the conference tournament final
2021-22: Penn State loses to Indiana in the conference tournament final.

Over the last 10 seasons:

Regular Season Titles

Indiana 4
Wisconsin 2
Michigan 2
Minnesota 1
Michigan State 1

Tournament Titles:

Indiana 3
Purdue 2
Wisconsin 2
Michigan 1
Illinois 1
Minnesota 1

hoopsguy · 05-16-2009, 10:46 PM

Ugh - please tell me that is not Kelvin Sampson Indiana.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 10:53 PM

WHOA. I haven't looked at anything else yet but when the team overview screen pops up, one number stands out like a sore thumb. Or maybe a giant burgundy foam finger.

Preseason Media Poll

1. Georgia Tech
2. Florida State
3. Louisville
4. Oregon
5. Vanderbilt
6. Virginia Tech
...
8. clemson
13. Boston College
14. Maryland
23. NC State

And to go along with that, the roster strength of the schools in the conference:

ACC Preseason Predictions

1. Georgia Tech: 94 OVR
2. Florida State: 93 OVR
3. Virginia Tech: 93 OVR
4Clemson: 92 OVR
5. Maryland: 91 OVR
6. Boston College: 91 OVR
7. North Carolina: 87 OVR
8. NC State: 88 OVR
9. Wake Forest: 85 OVR
10. Miami: 83 OVR
11. Duke: 83 OVR
12. Virginia: 82 OVR

ACC Preseason Accolades

Best Overall Player: SF Jibran Grizzard - Georgia Tech - 90 OVR
Best Freshman: SG Vadim Bryan - Clemson - 79 OVR
Best Shooter: PG Melvin Bright - Virginia Tech - 86 OVR
Best Playmaker: PG Bronson Gatling - Maryland - 89 OVR
Best Pro Prospect: PF Jim Vitelli - Clemson - 90 OVR
Best Defender: PF Jim Vitelli - Clemson - 90 OVR

Vitelli is expected to receive consderation for the top pick in the NBA Draft. For the second year in a row, the best freshman in the league is a shooting guard at Clemson. For the second year in a row, that best freshman is a guard that Clemson beat Florida State out for in a recruiting battle.

Radii · 05-16-2009, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Ugh - please tell me that is not Kelvin Sampson Indiana.

743 career wins for sampson now, an A+ rated coach at IU, ugh heh.

Illinois is coached now by "Jermery Weisse" who does not appear in google, game generated coach on the rise, perhaps? He's 134-115, 42 years old and in his 3rd year with Illinois. 23-12 last year.

05-15-2009, 12:14 AM	#864
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	We're in the last week of in-season recruiting. I finally pull the scholarship on top 10 SG Vadim Bryan. It looks like we have lost another top 10 recruit to Clemson. However, it looks like we could be on the verge of stealing a top 100 recruit away from Duke. I offer our scholarship to SG Theo Porter out of Washington, DC. We've been working on him throughout the season and had him up to 97% before making the offer this week, so we're just barely getting him to 100% in time. Duke and Seton Hall have him at 100% but have not offered him yet. Hopefully they are aiming for other recruits and won't be dropping an offer on him at the last minute. He has favored both of those schools for most of the year so I assume either could have him over us. Anyway, Porter looks like a pure offensive machine. A- close/B- med/B+ 3/C+ off the dribble. B- speed/B quickness/A vertical/B- str/C+ hustle. His downside is C defense and C- ball handling. He's also got low stamina and might be injury prone(C durability). To compare though, Prosper Day on our roster is currently a SG. He has 88(A-) close/74(C) med/85(B) 3 point ratings. Given that, we could expect Porter to come in with a 3 point rating of at least 86, with better speed/quickness than Day. With our top 10 players all returning next year its seeming impossible to land a complete player willing to wait a year to see the court. Porter seems like a perfect option to sit out a year and then come in as a huge 3 point threat off the bench after we graduate so many players next year. We'll know after our next two games if Duke or Seton Hall comes in with an offer. If they don't, he is a lock to come to FSU. Last edited by Radii : 05-15-2009 at 12:16 AM.

05-15-2009, 04:13 AM	#867
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	We are the only team to offer SG Theo Porter a scholarship as the recruiting window closes until the offseason. We have him at 100%, though we're only 2nd on his list, Duke is first. Still, 100% with the only scholarship offer I think means we are a lock to land him. He is the #67 OVR recruit/#21 SG. Though he will almost certainly redshirt next year, I am excited about him nonetheless, I love sharpshooting guards. Heading into the last week of the regular season, we jump up 2 spots in the polls: 1. North Carolina 2. Louisville 3. Kansas 4. Texas A&M 5. Vanderbilt ... 10. Georgia Tech 13. Florida State 21. Ohio 22. Maryland 23. Clemson Clemson is struggling a lot given the amount of talent they have. Updated ACC Standings: 1. North Carolina 11-3 2. Georgia Tech 10-4 3. Florida State 9-5 4. Maryland 9-5 5. Clemson 9-6 6. Wake Forest 8-6 7. Virginia Tech 6-8 8. NC State 6-8 9. Duke 5-9 10. Boston College 5-10 11. Virginia 4-10 12. Miami 3-11 3rd is ours to lose, and we would win a tiebreaker over Tech if we both finished with the same record. We can't earn the 1 seed, even if UNC loses its last two they'll have the better overall record. And UNC probably isn't losing their last two anyway. Wow, after losing to us, Georgia Tech went and lost to Boston college. They've recovered, beating #1 UNC 112-86, and then barely beating Clemson at Littlejohn. Solid stretch for them. We have moved up to a 3 seed in the latest Bracketology. Georgia Tech is a 3 as well. UNC still a 1 obviously. Clemson is all the way down to a 7. Our final two games: at NC State - we blew them out 73-47 in Tallahassee back in December in the early conference game. But they are rated 89 OVR and have some talent. They're also 15-13 and not even on the bubble, they need a hell of a run to make the tournament. vs #23 Clemson - We played them great for a half in littlejohn, then they destroyed us in the 2nd half. I'm looking forward to a rematch at home. With all the teams bunched up in the standings, there will almost certainly be ACC Tournament seeding on the line for both teams in this game. Last edited by Radii : 05-15-2009 at 07:40 PM.

05-16-2009, 02:33 PM	#878
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	NCAA Selection We know we're in, which is always comforting. Now its just about seeding, we're likely a 4 or a 5 seed, hopefully a 4. And about matchups, hopefully we get an upstart mid-major in round 2 or something instead of a team like a Clemson who is rated better than us but had a few setbacks. Wake Forest, NC State and Virginia Tech are all on the bubble. Vanderbilt is the new #1, UNC falls to #3. Georgia Tech is #5. We are #14. #1 seeds EAST: Georgia Tech (!!!) <-- #1 overall. SOUTH: Vanderbilt MIDWEST: North Carolina WEST: Kansas EAST REGION 1. Georgia Tech 9. Clemson will play 8. Northern Iowa. The 2 seed here is Texas. Huge ACC Clash in round two potentially between Georgia Tech and Clemson. SOUTH 1. Vanderbilt 11. Virginia Tech is IN, they'll play the 6 seed Oklahoma State. 2 seed here is Louisville. 3 ACC teams, no Ohio so far in these two regions. MIDWEST 1. North Carolina Florida State is the 4 seed in the MIDWEST We get 13 seeded Memphis. If we win, we get the winner of (5) West Virginia and (12) UNLV. Clark informs the audience that Florida State does the one thing that all NCAA Champions do, play great team defense. 7. Maryland 10. Ohio Ohio is 29-3 and rated 90 OVR last I looked. Cal is the 2 seed here. WEST 1. Kansas Nevada has one of the best mid major seasons in history, going 30-1 and earning a 2 seed. The Big East gets 8 teams in, 6 from the ACC and Big 12. SEC 5, 4 PAC 10. The Big 10 is way down with just 3 teams. NC State and Wake Forest, as expected, play their way out of the tournament by losing in the first round of the ACC Tournament. There are a couple interesting storylines with Florida State's draw. West Virginia was the other top school I could have considered coaching when I decided to leave Ohio, they were a top team when Huggins retired and they wanted me. Memphis is one of the teams I find myself rooting against every year in the real world, so it's cool to be playing them. And finally, I cannot seem to distance myself from UNC. Last year we play in the 8/9 game and had to play North Carolina in round 2. If we can manage to win two games this year, we're looking at a likely Sweet 16 matchup with North Carolina. Finally, ACC Seeding Summary: 1. UNC 1. Georgia Tech 4. Florida State 7. Maryland 9. Clemson 11. Virginia Tech and of course Ohio is a 10 seed out of the MAC. Last edited by Radii : 05-16-2009 at 02:34 PM.

05-16-2009, 09:55 PM	#886
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	2022 Awards Providence PF Lonnie Sherman is the player of the year, 24.7 ppg/6.7 rpg. North Carolina's Billy Taylor is coach of the year. NC State Freshman Danko Walls, SG, 12.8 ppg, is the national freshman of the year. First Team All-American PG Aleksandar Wade - Auburn - 87 OVR - 19.9 ppg/4.1 rpg/4.1 apg SG Demario Famutimi - Ole Miss - 88 OVR - 23.1 ppg/5.2 rg/2.0 apg SF Bennett Corrigan - Indiana - 92 OVR - 15.2 ppg/8.9 rpg PF Lonnie Sherman - Providence - 86 OVR - 24.7 ppg/6.7 rpg C Johnnie Marshall - West Virginia - 90 OVR - 22.9 ppg/7.8 rpg SG Famutimi is a junior, the rest seniors. ACC Awards UNC's Billy Taylor is the ACC Coach of the Year. Maryland PF Corey Hudson is the player of the year, 20.3 ppg/6.2 rpg NC State SG Danko Walls is of course ACC Freshman of the year First Team All-ACC PG Lewis Gamble - clemson - 87 OVR - 13.4 ppg/2.4 rpg/4.2 apg SG Eddie Esterkamp - UNC - 89 OVR - 17.5 ppg/3.5 rpg/2.8 apg SF WM Lalugba - Clemson - 89 OVR - 15.1 ppg/6.3 rpg PF Corey Hudson - Maryland - 83 OVR - 20.3 ppg/6.2 rpg C Rex Newman - Miami - 82 OVR - 15.7 ppg/5.2 rpg Newman is a junior, the rest are seniors. Second Team All-ACC PG Holland Freeman - UNC - 88 OVR - 11.3 ppg/4.1 rpg/4.2 apg SG Jerry Colter - Duke - 87 OVR - 16.2 ppg/6.3 rpg SF Reid Luz - Duke - 84 OVR - 9.3 ppg/8.4 rpg PF Jeffrey Eldridge - Wake Forest - 78 OVR - 13.4 ppg/5.7 rpg C Florentino McCants - Florida State - 82 OVR - 9.0 ppg/8.1 rpg Luz and Eldridge are Juniors, McCants a soph of course. Freshman All-ACC PG Cori Songcaucy - Duke - 72 OVR - 9.5 ppg/3.8 apg SG Danko Walls - NC State - 80 OVR - 12.8 ppg SF Cameron Aguko - Virginia Tech - 78 OVR - 9.2 ppg/3.6 rpg PF Shagari Andres - UNC - 78 OVR - 7.0 ppg/3.8 rpg C Bracey Boddie - Wake Forest - 73 OVR - 6.1 ppg/4.2 rpg We're light on awards this year but we had a lot of scoring balance so that isn't really a surprise. More of the same is expected next year. Last edited by Radii : 05-16-2009 at 09:55 PM.

05-11-2009, 06:50 AM	#851
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Bright side, I guess, is that UNC looks to be graduating a lot of talent next year. But Georgia Tech should still be loaded, barring early entry.

05-12-2009, 01:32 AM	#855
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	There's no way to sugar coat our current situation. We've lost 5 of 6 and are in big trouble. Polls: 1. North Carolina 2. Vanderbilt 3. Texas A&M 4. Kansas 5. Louisville ... 11. Clemson 14. Georgia Tech 19. Maryland We drop out of the polls. ACC Standings: 1. North Carolina 7-0 2. Clemson 6-1 3. Georgia Tech 6-2 4. Maryland 5-2 5. NC State 4-4 6. Wake Forest 3-4 7. Virginia Tech 2-5 8. Florida State 2-5 9. Boston College 2-5 10. Duke 2-5 11. Miami 2-5 12. Virginia 2-5 Yep, there is a 6 way tie for dead last in the ACC. It does get easier. We have two games at home this week. vs Wake Forest (11-8, 3-4 ACC) vs Virginia Tech (16-8, 2-5 ACC) Virginia Tech is in a similar spot as us, in the top 25 for awhile, a highly rated team(91 OVR/same as us last I checked) that has had a terrible terrible start. We only have two more ranked opponents on our schedule.. at Ga Tech, vs Clemson. The turnaround must start this upcoming game. We host a Wake Forest team that is just a giant, clear step behind us, two players rated above 80, nearly everyone in our 10 man rotation would start for Wake.

05-13-2009, 12:43 AM	#858
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	The 2 wins last week bring us back into the top 25. Media Poll: 1. North Carolina (24-1) 2. Vanderbilt 3. Texas A&M 4. Kansas 5. California ... 9. Georgia Tech 12. Clemson 19. Maryland 21. Florida State 22. Ohio Ohio had fallen out for awhile too, they are 22-2 and back in the rankings now though. updated ACC Standings, we start to look like a top half of the league team at least: 1. North Carolina 9-0 2. Georgia Tech 7-2 3. Clemson 7-2 4. Maryland 6-3 5. NC State 5-5 6. Florida State 4-5 7. Virginia Tech 4-6 8. Wake Forest 3-5 9. Duke 3-6 10. Miami 3-7 11. Virginia 3-7 12. Boston College We go to Atlanta for our next game,to visit #9 Georgia Tech. After that we hit the easy part of our schedule, miami, virginia, boston college, wake forest, nc state being our next 5 games.

05-13-2009, 11:59 PM	#860
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Our next two are games that we sim out: Feb 13, 2022 #21 Florida State 69 Miami 45 Forte with 10 assists, McCants 16, Sneed 14 in the win over our in state rival at home. We move up to #16 after those two wins, and only play one game this week, our last simmed game: Feb 20,2022 #16 Florida State 80 at Virginia 58 Sneed 16, Barrett 11, Forte and Mayer 10. We recover from a stretch where we lost 5 out of 6 in league play and have now won 5 in a row. There are now 4 games and two weeks left in the regular season. Media Poll: 1. North Carolina 2. Texas A&M 3. Louisville 4. Nevada (!!!) 5. Kansas ... 10. Georgia Tech 15. Florida State 18. Clemson Ohio is 24-2 now but somehow not in the poll. ACC Standings with 4 games left: 1. North Carolina 10-2 2. Georgia Tech 9-4 3. Clemson 8-5 4. Florida State 7-5 5. Maryland 7-5 6. Wake Forest 7-5 7. Virginia Tech 6-7 8. NC State 5-8 9. Boston College 5-8 10. Duke 4-8 11. Virginia 4-9 12. Miami 3-9 So we are now in a tie for 4th! And only a half-game behind Clemson in the standings for 3rd! Our last 4 games are all winnable: vs Boston College at Wake Forest at NC State vs #18 Clemson I expect us to win the first 3, though road games in Winston Salem and Raleigh won't likely be runaways. The final game vs Clemson could be quite interesting. And lastly, bracketology is out. ACC Projections: 1. North Carolina 3. Georgia Tech 4. Florida State 5. Clemson 8. Ohio 9. Wake Forest 9. Maryland 10. Virginia Tech Our winning streak and solid win over a highly ranked Yellow Jacket squad has done wonders for us. Virginia Tech is on the bubble(and Wake has us and UNC left, I would not be surprised to see them fall).

05-14-2009, 09:36 AM	#861
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Very nice win. I saw that you were only up a couple of points in first half, on the road, while shooting 80% and said, "FSU is fooked in 2nd half". But your guys took care of business, reversing the earlier trend of getting worked in the back half of games. I'm hoping to see your guys start establishing team unity advantages, given that most of your team have been together three years now. I don't think there has been all that much fluctuation in your starting lineups over the past two years, nor with the way minutes are allocated. Do you have anyone close to "coach on the floor" yet, as it sounds like that makes a big difference?

05-15-2009, 12:04 AM	#863
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	our starting SG, Damion Alloway, has now gained 3 points to his OVR rating, he's up to 82 OVR. Barrett(85), Forte (84), McCants(82), McClurkin (79), and the redshirting SG Day(78) have all gained 2 points to their OVR ratings this season now. Everyone else on the roster except for backup PF Millar have gained one point. Millar hasn't gained anything yet. We now have 8 guys on the roster rated 80 OVR or better. Only one of them(reserve center Slater) is graduating. Mayer(79), McClurkin(79), Millar(78) and Day (78) all have a good chance to hit 80 OVR before next season starts. Ozier and Barrett are both rated 85 OVR. Ozier is actually listed as a potential 2nd round draft pick if he came out early, but I am sure he won't, I believe we've kept him happy enough even though he's not starting. It seems unlikely we'll be able to progress anyone to 90 OVR before graduating next season, but we're going to have a lot of guys with very very good ratings next year. Enough looking ahead though, we're good enough to make a run at the ACC Finals and Final Four this year if we catch a break or two.

05-15-2009, 07:45 PM	#869
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	This loss gives a lot of added meaning to our finale hosting Clemson. 1. Georgia Tech 12-4 2. North Carolina 11-4 3. Maryland 10-6 4. Florida State 9-6 5. Clemson 9-6 6. Wake Forest 8-7 We win all tiebreakers based on our overall record. If we beat Clemson, we're the 3 seed, Maryland 4, Clemson 5, Wake Forest 6 (or worse, Wake could finish 8-8 and potentially drop to 7th). if Clemson beats us, Maryland is the 3 seed, Clemson 4, Florida State 5. A huge game for sure. A win gets us a first round bye in the ACC Tournament and a likely quarterfinal matchup against Wake Forest or Virginia Tech, two teams we have played well this year. A loss and we have to play in the first round, and would have to face a 94 rated Clemson team that would have swept us in the quarterfinals. Big big distinction. If we'd beaten NC State we'd have locked up the 3 seed no matter what.

05-15-2009, 10:18 PM	#871
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Final regular season poll: 1. North Carolina 2. Vanderbilt 3. Nevada 4. Kansas 5. California ... 8. Georgia Tech 15. Florida State 25. Maryland Clemson falls out of the poll with a weak finish. Final ACC Standings 1. North Carolina 12-4 (27-5) 2. Georgia Tech 12-4 (24-8) 3. Florida State 10-6 (21-7) 4. Maryland 10-6 (20-8) 5. Clemson 9-7 (17-10) 6. Virginia Tech 8-8 (22-11) 7. Wake Forest 8-8 (17-12) 8. NC State 8-8 (17-13) 9. Duke 6-10 (15-13) 10. Boston College 5-11 (13-13) 11. Virginia 5-11 (15-18) 12. Miami 3-13 (12-18) A very solid 3rd place finish given the talent that exists in this league. There are only two teams in the league we haven't beaten this year... UNC and Maryland and we wouldn't see either of them til the ACC Finals. Bracketology going into tournament week: 1. UNC 2. Georgia Tech 4. Florida State 6. Maryland 8. Clemson 9. Ohio 10. Virginia Tech 12. NC State Wake Forest, Virginia Tech and NC State are on the bubble. Wake Forest had been in until the last couple games, and NC State has won their last 3 games, including wins over us, and UNC, to push their way into the tournament picture.

05-15-2009, 10:21 PM	#872
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	ACC First Round 9. Duke 73 8. NC State 68 5. Clemson 91 12. Miami 65 6. Virginia Tech 93 11. Virginia 71 10. Boston College 77 7. Wake Forest 57 ACC Quarterfinals 1. North Carolina 9. Duke 4. Maryland 5. Clemson 3. Florida State 6. Virginia Tech 2. Georgia Tech 10. Boston College And Wake and NC State may have just played their way right into the NIT. The seeds don't change in bracketology for any of the teams that won, but NC State is still on the bubble but not in the tournament anymore according to the latest projection.

05-15-2009, 11:53 PM	#874
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	ACC Quarterfinals 1. North Carolina 79 9. Duke 69 4. Maryland 73 5. Clemson 59 3. Florida state 79 6. Virginia Tech 63 2. Georgia Tech 89 10. Boston College 71 ACC Semifinals 1. North Carolina 4. Maryland 2. Georgia Tech 3. Florida State Georgia Tech beat us by 9 at our house and we won by 5 at their place. This should bean exciting semifinal matchup. Barret shows up as uninjured, I have no idea how that works, the in game reports often don't match what is seen on the main injury screen elsewhere. Ozier has a pulled quad and is slowed for 8 days.

05-16-2009, 01:28 PM	#875
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	woohoo, milestone. I didn't notice at the time, and its not a coaching point milestone, but the ACC Quarterfinal win over Virginia Tech was the 300th win of my college career. I have a 300-164 record now.

05-16-2009, 02:20 PM	#877
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	ACC Semifinals 4. Maryland 98 1. North Carolina 93 2. Georgia Tech 90 3. Florida State 61 ACC Finals 2. Georgia Tech 95 4. Maryland 61 Georgia Tech beats Maryland even worse than they beat us to win the ACC Tournament.

05-16-2009, 06:02 PM	#880
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	I'll finish up the season later on tonight after dinner and after some work. Some more on that game though. We've seen the underdog team come out and play well in games like this before, it happens in the real world as 13 and 14 seeds challenge and occasionally upset higher seeds. Without a true superstar its easy to make the case that we could be a team that is vulnerable at times. There are games where the worst player on the opposition will come up huge through what seems to be just the AI deciding this player is going to play way above his ratings on this day. There is a consistency rating that seems likely to be a factor there as well. And once it was obvious that Memphis was just ON, I didn't adjust well. The biggest thing that hurt me during play was that i couldn't slow the game down. A team that presses and plays "very tight" pressure, like Memphis did, means that they are dictating the pace of the game all the time. I got called for two 5 second closely guarded violations simply waiting for plays to start, because there was nothing I could do to generate space. So that took me out of my element offensively, but we still scored at will at times. It was just a struggle to start plays and get the offense to flow like I wanted, because with their pressure you're constantly at risk of 5 second calls, constantly having to pass to avoid them, which kills the play that you're trying to get into position for, etc. Defense, however, I feel like I should try to do more to adjust next time something like this looks like it might happen. They had two big SF's at the 2 and the 3, we had two guards at those spots. Bringing in Ozier and Mayer and trying to force a defensive game might have helped, or at least bringing in Ozier to defend their guy that went off for 18 in the first half. I considered switching to a 2-3 zone but i hate the zone in this game. It was probably warranted here though against a team that didn't have guards. Anyway, there was definitely some bullshit going on in that game to turn it into the stupid blowout that it became, but it wasn't an impossibility to think that we would be beaten on a neutral court by a well-coached, pressing team if they get hot. Motivation for all these guys that are going to be seniors for next season.

05-16-2009, 09:08 PM	#881
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	NCAA Tournament wrapup: EAST: 11 seeded Arizona beats 5 seed LaSalle to makethe final four WEST: 2 seed Nevada beats 1 seed Kansas to make the final four MIDWEST: 1 seed North Carolina beats 3 seed South Carolina to make the final four SOUTH: 1 seed Vanderbilt beats 6 seed Oklahoma State to make the final four Arizona beats Nevada 76-69 and we have an 11 seed in the title game. North Carolina beats Vanderbilt 92-76. North Carolina puts an end to the cinderella hopes of Arizona, 87-82. North Carolina wins the national championship. ACC Results: 1. UNC - National Champions 1. Georgia Tech - Sweet 16 4. Florida State - First round 7. Maryland - First round 9. Clemson - Second Round 11. Virginia Tech - First Round Underachieving as a league as Georgia Tech and Florida State go out way early based on their seedings, but the ACC brings home the national title,so its a good year for the league as a whole nonetheless.

05-16-2009, 09:11 PM	#882
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	2022 Graduating Seniors This is the last group of players leaving that I did not bring to Florida State myself. C Benjamin Slater - 6'10" 230 lbs - 81 OVR Slater started 3 games his sophomore year. He was a backup the other 3 years. He played in only 14 games this year as we had 4 big men that I brought in that I preferred. He averaged 2.3 ppg over his career, his peak being 3.2 ppg as a soph. SG Jose Gunn - 6'4" 222 lbs - 74 OVR Gunn played 28 games as a freshman and never more than that. He got some time when I had injuries or foul troubles, and he seemed to always find 5 minutes in simmed games. 1.4 ppg for his career, 1.9 as a freshman was his peak.

05-16-2009, 09:37 PM	#883
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	2022 Team Stats Points SG Damion Alloway - 12.7 ppg PF Otis Sneed - 11.6 ppg SG Ike Barrett - 10.7 ppg PG Damien Forte - 9.1 ppg C Florentino McCants - 9.0 backup PF Sanders with 7.4 points. 5* freshman SF Roberto Mayer scored 4.7 points. Our other freshman this year, PF Millar, 2.3 ppg/2.5 rpg. Sanders was so good this year I forced it to him a lot, Millar will be fine but he was not as ready. Rebounds C McCants 8.1 PF Sneed 6.3 PF Sanders 3.0 PF Millar 2.5 SG Barrett 2.3 McCants with 9 points/8.1 boards this year. Assists PG Forte 2.9 PG Alloway 2.3 SG Barrett 1.9 PG McClurkin 1.1 PF Sneed 0.9 yea Field Goal % SG Barrett 57.6% C McCants 52.2% PF Sneed 50.0% PF Sanders 49.7% SF Ozier 48.4% Millar shot 56% as well but didn't even take 2 shots per game so I excluded him. Barrett almost never took jump shots, he drove hard to the basket with great effectiveness, and when he couldn't beat his man passed. 3-point shooting % PG Forte 36.8% PG McClurkin 35.7% SF Mayer 32.8% PG Alloway 30.8% Definitely a disappointing drop from last year. Forte and Alloway both shot over 40% from three last year, but both were asked to take a lot more 3's and to shoulder a bigger load on offense with Moye graduating. Free Throw Shooting % SG Barrett - 87.4% PG McClurkin - 83.0% PF Sanders - 81.3% SF Ozier - 80.0% C McCants - 76.6% Sneed is a 74% free throw shooter, Alloway 73%, Forte 65%. I don't like that my starting PG is my worst free throw shooter, but that's how it is. In late game situations I tried to go to Barrett or Sneed.

05-16-2009, 09:41 PM	#884
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	I skipped over the awards by accident, I hope I can go back to that(I think I can). We only lose our two graduating players. ACC Seniors Drafted SF WM Lalugba - Clemson - 89 OVR SG Jerry Colter - Duke - 87 OVR PG Holland Freedman - UNC - 88 OVR PF Rene Reid - UNC - 88 OVR SG Winston Appleby - UNC - 86 OVR SG Jarred Warzynski - Virginia Tech - 87 OVR ACC Underclassmen Leaving Early JR PF Aly Richards - Georgia Tech - 88 OVR JR SG Phil Atangana - UNC - 91 OVR UNC loses 4 players to the NBA and 7 total, this was clearly their year.

05-16-2009, 09:46 PM	#885
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Coaching Carousel This is finally the year that Dino Gaudio is let go at Wake Forest. They offer me the job, and I'm maybe slightly tempted to go coach in my home state, but I can't leave this team after this result in the ACC and NCAA Tournament, and I cannot leave the chance to coach this senior class next season. Wisconsin is also available. Those ar ethe only two major conference jobs. huh, Ohio is available. That's disappointing, did their coach retire? They made the second round of the tournament as a mid-major so surely he didn't get fired. hah, Dino Gaudio retired. They hire the coach from Long Island. Wisconsin picks up Valparaiso's head coach, and Ohio pulls in the head coach from Mississippi Valley State. I make no changes to my assistant coaching staff.

05-16-2009, 09:57 PM	#887
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	Tough loss to Memphis. I fucking hate them. How's Michigan fared in your game? I say you take them over damnit.

05-16-2009, 10:02 PM	#888
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Offseason recruiting We've already signed 4* Center Maynard Black, ranked #86 OVR/#2 Center (6'8", a bit small). We have SG Theo Porter, 4* SG out of Washington DC, #67 OVR/#21 SG, at 100% with no other offers. That's our only other scholarship. initial signing day SG Theo Porter signs with FLORIDA STATE A little anti-climatic but we are still happy to see it! *4 SG Theo Porter - 6'5" 217 lbs - Washington, DC - #67 OVR/#21 SG** Shooting: A Skills: B Defense: B Athleticism: A+ Rebounding: C+ Intelligence: B Potential: B+ Size: B Porter was a star in the ABL, scoring 17.4 points/game, with 4.3 boards and 4.8 assists. He shot 48% from the floor and 47% from 3 (23-49). Noteworthy Ratings: Close A-, Med B-, 3 pointer B+, Off the Dribble C+ Defense C, Steals C+ Speed B-, Quickness B, Vertical A-, Strength B-, Hustle C+ Off Awareness C-, Def Awareness B- How useful Porter will be depends on how big an offensive threat he is, and whether he is a big enough offensive threat to offset average defense. I've mentioned before that I expect B+ 3 point shooting to at minimum mean 86 3 point rating. Alloway is rated 81, Forte in the mid 70s, redshirting SG Day is 85. I spend the rest of the offseason recruiting session working on juniors, something I need to do since we're going to have a good number of scholarships open next year.

05-16-2009, 10:20 PM	#891
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	ACC Recruiting Overview For the past few years i've been highlighting top 100 players that have been coming to ACC teams. for teams not recruiting any top 100 players I've been listing the top recruit the school was able to land. Boston College: None (as in no recruits, all players returning) Clemson: #7 (5* AA), #52 Duke: #122 Florida State: #67, #86 Georgia Tech: #57 Maryland: #109 Miami: #169 North Carolina: #12 (5* AA), #13 (5* AA), #50, #64 NC State: #131 Virginia: 2* JC... holy crap Virginia is dying Virginia Tech: #20 (5* AA), #31, #56 Wake Forest: #41, #42, #95 4 5* recruits coming into the ACC next year. Duke continues to recruit way below what you'd expec the Duke name to land. Virginia and Miami seem to have no hope of recovery, Wake Forest brought in a solid class though. Maryland struggled which did surprise me.

05-16-2009, 10:23 PM	#893
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Incoming Recruiting Class Rankings 1. Arizona 2. Indiana 3. North Carolina 4. Seton Hall 5. California 6. Kansas 7. Iowa 8. Virginia Tech 9. Auburn 10. Texas A&M ... 14. Clemson 17. Wake Forest 34. NC State (with 4 3* recruits...) 40. Duke (with 5 3* recruits) 69. Miami (3* recruits) 105. Florida State I'll take two 4* recruits over a ton of 3* guys almost any day.

05-16-2009, 10:26 PM	#895
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	In all seriousness, if you are going to take a look at other programs I wouldn't mind hearing how Illini are doing. I know they won an early title but I have not been seeing their name in the NCAA recaps much over the last decade or so.

05-16-2009, 10:35 PM	#896
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	I haven't focused much on scheduling over the last few years, mostly because I find it to be a fairly annoying part of the game, what with the tediousness of having to pull up the calendar and to go nuts to avoid sunday games. But we need to take the time this year to put together a strong schedule, and to make sure its recruiting friendly. And, as the game has been known to do over the years, the auto-schedule generates like 8 November games but then nothing from Dec 1-16. In honor of my Big 10 Brothers, I schedule road games at Michigan and Illinois in November. I hope to have the best schedule i've ever played set up here: vs Chattanooga at Michigan at Illinois vs Kansas vs UCLA at Ohio vs Army vs Campbell vs Kentucky vs E. Kentucky at Arkansas vs Richmond There are some easy ones in there. Michigan is a little down this year having graduated 4 starters but not terrible, and Illinois, Kansas, UCLA, Ohio and Kentucky all look like very solid opposition. All winnable, I didn't go looking for a top 5 team here, but lots of teams that we will have to play well to beat.

05-16-2009, 10:46 PM	#898
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Ugh - please tell me that is not Kelvin Sampson Indiana.

05-16-2009, 10:53 PM	#899
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	WHOA. I haven't looked at anything else yet but when the team overview screen pops up, one number stands out like a sore thumb. Or maybe a giant burgundy foam finger. Preseason Media Poll 1. Georgia Tech 2. Florida State 3. Louisville 4. Oregon 5. Vanderbilt 6. Virginia Tech ... 8. clemson 13. Boston College 14. Maryland 23. NC State And to go along with that, the roster strength of the schools in the conference: ACC Preseason Predictions 1. Georgia Tech: 94 OVR 2. Florida State: 93 OVR 3. Virginia Tech: 93 OVR 4Clemson: 92 OVR 5. Maryland: 91 OVR 6. Boston College: 91 OVR 7. North Carolina: 87 OVR 8. NC State: 88 OVR 9. Wake Forest: 85 OVR 10. Miami: 83 OVR 11. Duke: 83 OVR 12. Virginia: 82 OVR ACC Preseason Accolades Best Overall Player: SF Jibran Grizzard - Georgia Tech - 90 OVR Best Freshman: SG Vadim Bryan - Clemson - 79 OVR Best Shooter: PG Melvin Bright - Virginia Tech - 86 OVR Best Playmaker: PG Bronson Gatling - Maryland - 89 OVR Best Pro Prospect: PF Jim Vitelli - Clemson - 90 OVR Best Defender: PF Jim Vitelli - Clemson - 90 OVR Vitelli is expected to receive consderation for the top pick in the NBA Draft. For the second year in a row, the best freshman in the league is a shooting guard at Clemson. For the second year in a row, that best freshman is a guard that Clemson beat Florida State out for in a recruiting battle.

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