College Hoops 2k8: 2009 Edition - Page 17

Tellistto · 05-05-2009, 10:56 AM

Tough loss to Maryland, was a good team effort and falling short hurts. Injuries aren't treating you well right now, either. Good luck in the final two games!

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Radii · 05-05-2009, 09:11 PM

February 27, 2021

Boston College (17-13, 5-9 ACC) at Florida State (18-8, 10-4 ACC)

A win here would clinch a first round bye in the ACC Tournament for us. We beat BC by 12 on the road and seemed to have a good handle on them.

TEAM: FSU|BC
OVR: 88|87
OFF: 87|88
DEF: 88|87
SHT: 87|92
REB: 93|86
COA: 86|92

Today's lineup with Barrett and Ozier drops us to 88 OVR and the drop in shooting to 87 highlights my main concern... Forte is the only shooter on the court. Barrett and Ozier are both good near the basket, driving, and shooting from mid-range, but Forte is the only guy that can make
the 3.

We get some good luck, as BC has an 85 rated SF that is out for this game with a broken ankle. Also, their 89 rated stud Davor Morris has a broken tailbone. I have no idea how that impacts him in game, but there you go.

Scouting

PG Andy Garner – SO – 84 OVR – 89 speed/84 quickness. 86 defense/81 steals. Solid. 88 hands/84 passing, a good natural PG. 84 close/76 med/85 3/83 off the dribble/80 in traffic. He's just a soph so he probably doesn't have a great scoring instinct yet but he looks like a guy that can score from all over. 10.2 ppg. Oh, this is BC's 5* JC transfer they brought in last year, this is his first year.

SG Davor Morris – SR – 89 OVR – 87 speed/92 quickness. B vert/B+ str/A- hustle, a great athlete overall. Solid awareness. 84 defense/94 steals(A, very good). Great ball handler (88/A-). 91 close/79 med/87 3/82 off the dribble/85 in traffic. Somehow he just averages 9 points/game so far, he looks like an elite scorer.

SF Hilton Hart – SO – 74 OVR – A 6'7” natural SF – 83 speed is alright but 74 quickness is terrible. 76 defense, 84 close/70 med/65 3/78 in traffic. Terrible post ratings if he goes inside. 1.9 ppg, he's not intended to be out their but their injury to their star SF forces it.

PF Izik Dawson – SO – 79 OVR – 76 orb/81 drb – 6'9” PF – 72 post off/73 post def. 90 close/88 in traffic, good for 8 points/game.

C Sidiki Sarchet – SO – 78 OVR – 6'8” natural PF. 85 orb/82 drb. 78 post off/74 post def. 90 close/85 in traffic. Not strong at all(64/C+). 10.3 ppg/4.9 rpg. Very undersized.

We beat them the first time around by going inside. Sneed scored 22, McCants 8, 30 of our 73 points. Without a coach on the floor the team unity is about even, 51-47 in their favor

Half	Time	FSU	BC	Notes
1	15:20	6	12	A poor start, tied at 6 but we let BC get a 6-0 run thanks to two steals and easy buckets. We've gone inside with success so far but are giving up open shots that they're not missing right now. Just a couple misses/empty trips on our end lets BC get out to an early lead. I call a timeout.
1	12:55	6	19	Two more turnovers, a couple more missed shots and this just sucks. I get a timeout to get my backups in. I don't like that starting lineup at all.
1	8:05	12	26	Backup PF Sanders tears a hamstring going up to the basket... Sneed is in for him for now, we'll likely be seeing some minutes from our 5^th big man, Delic.
1	7:05	13	26	Starters are back in, except for McCants who needs another minute to rest. We just have no consistent scoring and for whatever reason the defense isn't playing well either. We are at present 5/16 from the floor and 2/4 from the line. Day hit a 3, 1/5 from 3.
1	5:30	20	28	Ahh some life. They go up 28-13 and we run off 7 straight. Sneed with a nice post move, Forte creates his own 3 with a pump fake, and Slater hits a short jumper inside. BC calls a timeout and we get McCants back in at center.
1	2:45	29	33	They hit a 3 and an open 2 after their starting guards come back in, their star rated guard Morris has 9 points already. We keep the pressure on though, Forte hits a 2^nd 3, Barrett and Ozier get out on the break together a couple times, and its a 4 point game with another TO from BC.
	HALF	38	38	Sneed with a turnaround from the left block to tie the game in the final seconds of the half. And though Sneed doesn't feel as dominant as he did in our first meeting(where he had 22 points), he does lead us with 9 at the half, going 4/5 inside. McCants has 6 and is 3-4 inside. So we are sticking to the game plan of pounding it inside fairly well, Barrett has 7 but its all from fast breaks, while Forte has 6 w/ 2 3's. In the half court set, the inside game is working well for our starters. Their star, Morris, has 11. SF Hart has 7, and two bakcups guards, Clarke and Bowden have 6 each. Everythign is fairly even right now, FG/FT shooting, fouls, turnovers, rebounds..our defense improved later in the 2^nd half and we were able to run a little bit more to catch up. Now to pull away in the 2^nd half.
2	14:00	50	44	A steal and monster dunk by McCants give us a 4 point lead, our biggest at the time, and a 6^th man boost. A rebound and break by Barrett lets us go up by 6, forcing a BC timeout. Barrett leads everyone with 13 now. Sneed is off to a slow start with a couple easy misses, he's up to 11 though.
2	12:30	55	44	A 3 point play for Barrett and a layin for Sneed(assist Barrett) and we're up 11, another timeout BC.
2	10:35	61	46	They finally end our big run, and our backups come in. Sanders is ok to go with his injury but will likely be slowed. As depleted and hobbled as the backups are right now the goal is to slow it down and not give up the lead. Anything we can get inside, or of Day hits another couple 3's, gravy.
2	6:15	66	52	I get a timeout to get my starters back in. We should have things in hand but I just feel out of sync with those backups... Gunn at PG, I really did that on purpose?
2	1:50	74	65	We've let them cut the lead down under 10 but with under 2 to go I still feel pretty solid about this one. It'd be nice to get a bucket this next trip to be safe though.

Well we don't score our next time down but we do stop them from scoring their next trip which is even better.

Florida State 76
Boston College 67

A solid way to end a 3 game losing streak. BC puts 4 guys in double figures, 12 from PF Dawson, 11 from Garner, Morris and Hart, their PG/SG/Sf. We do a great job of limiting their best player, Davon Morris, to 11 points, actually scoreless in the 2^nd half, no foul trouble there.

Forte: 6 points
Barrett: 16 points/4 assists
Ozier: 2 poitns/5 assists
Sneed: 23 points/11 boards
McCants: 16 points/9 boards

Day: 8 points

Sneed quietly has a very solid day. He shoots 10-15, McCants 7-12, very little forced by either, but they did shoot most every time they were able to get 1 on 1 with a defender, since they had an edge in the post over anyone that would be guarding them. They both got some 2^nd chance points and secondary break baskets in transition as well.

Moye was 1-5 for 2 points. Cannot wait to have him back full strength. I am not really fond of this lineup at all, which is quite noteworthy as it is my most likely natural/AI suggested starting lineup next year with Moye graduating.

Radii · 05-05-2009, 09:36 PM

With a 3rd injury (Sanders hamstring) added to the list, I just have no desire to go play this next game in the dean dome. We've clinched a first round bye in the ACC Tournament, so i am thrilled.

March 6, 2021

at #2 North Carolina 88
Florida State 70

Heh, 25 from their stud PF Konate, 19 from stud SG Haigler. We get 13 from Sneed, 11 from Day, 10 from Moye.

And thus ends the ACC Regular season.

Final ACC Standings

1. North Carolina 14-2
2. Clemson 12-4
3. Florida State 11-5
4. Maryland 10-6
5. NC State 10-6
6. Virginia Tech 9-7
7. Wake Forest 9-7
8. Georgia Tech 9-7
9. Boston College 6-10
10. Miami 4-12
11. Duke 1-15
12. Virginia 1-15

Media Poll going into tournament week:

1. Florida
2. North Carolina
3. Seton Hall
4. Xavier
5. Arizona
...
7. Clemson
18. Virginia Tech
23. Maryland
24. Ohio

Ohio is 24-6.

Bracketology going into tournament week:

1. UNC
2. Clemson
5. Va Tech
6. Maryland
6. Ohio
9. Florida State
10. Georgia Tech
11. Wake Forest
12. NC State

Wake Forest, NC State, and Georgia Tech are all listed as bubble teams. I'm disappointed to see us as a 9 seed right now. We could really use a good tournament run.

Radii · 05-05-2009, 09:45 PM

ACC First Round

8. Georgia Tech 95
9. Boston college 73

5. NC State 106
12. Virginia 69

6. Virginia Tech 70
11. Duke 56

7. Wake Forest 101
10. Miami 57

All of the bubble teams win in a big way.

ACC Quarterfinals

1. North Carolina
8. Georgia Tech

4. Maryland
5. NC State

3. Florida State
6. Virginia Tech

2. Clemson
7. Wake Forest

We won a close game at home over Virginia Tech on Jan 24th, 64-60. The trip up to Blacksburgh was not kind to us, Moye was hobbled but that day it likely wouldn't have mattered, they crushed us 89-56.

Moye is back to full strength now. We'll start Forte, Moye, Barrett, Sneed and McCants. The bench is Gunn, Day, Ozier, Sanders and Slater. Its not pretty on the bench, and we'll be relying on Day and Ozier with Alloway out, Sanders hurting and Slater just not that strong a post scorer.

Radii · 05-05-2009, 11:34 PM

March 12, 2021 - ACC Quarterfinals

(3) Florida State (19-9, 11-5 ACC) vs (6) #17 Virginia Tech (20-9, 9-7 ACC)

TEAM: FSU|VT
OVR: 89|92
OFF: 89|92
DEF: 90|90
SHT: 89|95
REB: 93|88
COA: 86|93

We won at home, they won big at their place, now we meet up on a neutral court. Big news going into the day is that Va Tech SF Denham Caskill has a pulled hamstring and will not be full strength. He was such strong scorer in the first two meetings, if his shot is off, or he's slowed a lot with this injury it could have a big impact on the Hokies.

Scouting

PG JB Matsui – SR – 89 OVR – Elite speed: 93 spd/91 qck. Great defender (91/A-). Outstanding PG skills (94 hands/88 passing (A/B+)). 93 close/65 med/83 3. 90 off the dribble. Also 86 defensive awareness (A-) and offensive awareness of 80 makes him a coach on the floor. 15.4 ppg/5.2 apg

SG Jarred Warzynski – JR – 84 OVR – 93 speed but just 83 quickness. 80 defense/79 steals. 84 close/74 med/75 3. 81 off the dribble/80 in traffic. Great hustle(93/A) and very consistent. 82 defensive awareness... Just 7.5 ppg, overshadowed big time by Matsui and Harmon.

SF Denham Caskill – SR – 79 OVR – 6'5” SF – 87 speed/84 quickness. 78 defense/80 steals. 87 close/75 med/77 3/85 in traffic. Not a bad player, speedy though a little light on the defense. Completely overshadowed by the stars on the team. 5.8 ppg/4.5 rpg

PF Etienne Harmon – SR – 86 OVR – 6'7” PF – 87 orb/85 drb. 94 post off/85 pst def. 86 blocks (A-). 80 steals... as good as a guard. 90 close/80 med/91 in traffic. 18.1 ppg/5.8 rpg

C Tommie Graves – FR – 80 OVR – 6'10” natural center. 87 orb/77 drb. 84 post off/86 post def. 88 close/84 in traffic. Hell of a freshman... Just 5.4 ppg/4.1 rpg.

Moye and Forte led us in our win, Barrett and Alloway in our loss. We didn't have a strong post presence either game, they have two very strong post defenders. As usual, coach on the floor designation decides the unity issue. 84-48 edge Va Tech.

Half	Time	FSU	VT	Notes
1	15:55	13	4	Outstanding start! Forte is on fire, 2 3's and a drive to the basket, he has 8 points. McCants just got a 3 point play to put us up 9. Moye hasn't taken a shot yet. Timeout Hokies.
1	13:40	22	8	We are scoring with deadly efficiency. Forte has missed 2 3's but we got the offensive board and putback on each. Barrett just got a 3 point play driving to the hoop. We're 7/11 from the field and 6/6 at the line. Timeout #2 from Va Tech.
1	11:10	22	13	We've allowed 5 in a row and are tiring, backups are in.
1	8:50	28	18	Two three's by Day and we're doing fine with the backup squad so far. Va Tech forced to call another timeout.
1	6:15	35	20	Starters back in... what an awesome run. Day ties a career high, scoring 11 of the 13 that our backups put up in this stretch.
	HALF	43	31	We lead by 12 after a very solid first half. Virginia Tech is a bit over 50% from the field, 14-27, 3-8 from 3 but they didn't make it to the line at all. We drew 8 fouls, and are 13-14 at the line, a huge difference in the half. We're shooting a solid 13-28 from the field, 4-11 from 3. Day scores 11 to lead us, while Forte scores 10. I got a little overzealous with him after his hot start, and he is now 2-7 from 3 after starting out 2-3. Sneed has 8, mostly garbage points, stupid reach in fouls sending him to the line and an offensive board, but he did have one solid post bucket. Barrett with 7. Moye is 0-2, both from 3, he does have two free throws though. Warzynski leads Va Tech with 7. Caskill has only taken 2 shots, whether its luck or his injury he is totally not in the game. Backup PF Ravello has 7 as well for them. Avoding an early Hokie run is the main goal here...
2	19:15	43	36	In an effort to avoid a quick Hokie run, I call a timeout as they score 5 points pretty much right away...
2	16:30	52	38	Moye is back! He's scored our last 7 in a row, stroking a 3, driving to the basket for a great looking layup in traffic, and drawing a foul and sinking two free throws. He's got 9 now.
2	15:20	54	38	Sneed with a hook in the post, he's got 10, timeout Hokies!
2	12:45	60	43	Backups are in to hang on to a 17 point lead.
2	9:30	62	47	Day with a free throw, Ozier with a free throw, that's it so far. But we're not giving up a lot.
2	7:20	62	52	Well another 5 in a row and its a 10 point game now. I get a timeout and get the starters back in. Not quite the same effort we got out of the backups in the first half.
2	2:40	73	56	A nice 11-4 run, mostly fueled by a quick spurt around the 4 minute mark(Moye layup, Forte 3, Barrett layup in quick succession) pretty much put the game away for us.

After that run we do easily seal the win.

Florida State 82
#17 Virginia Tech 61

Really, really strong win to open the ACC Tournament. Caskill being hurt for them changed their offense drastsically compared to our other meetings. He still scores 9 but is just 1-4 from 3. Backup PF Ravello leads them with 11, Warzynski 10, Matsui 7.

On our end... we welcome a healthy Moye back into the rotation with open arms:

Forte: 19 points
Moye: 20 points
Barrett: 15 points
Sneed: 10 points/6 boards
McCants: 3 points/15 boards

Day: 12 points

Moye had 2 at the half, so that's a strong 18 point 2nd half there.

Also, Moye's line is a bit unusual. 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks, 0 turnovers. In 30 minutes, you'd usually have a rebound fall into your hands accidentally, pick up a loose ball, something. But nope! After an 0-2 first half, Moye ends up 5-9 from the floor, 3-5 from 3, 7-9 at the line. I'm getting quite comfortable with Forte from 3 as well, pump-fake, sidestep, stroke the 3 feels real natural with him now.

Radii · 05-05-2009, 11:38 PM

That win over Virginia Tech was our 20th of the season and almost certainly secures us a tournament bid. wow, major break incoming here.

ACC Quarterfinals

1. North Carolina 94
8. Georgia Tech 76

5. NC State 73
4. Maryland 65

3. Florida State 82
6. Virginia Tech 61

7. Wake Forest 85
2. Clemson 82

ACC Semifinals

1. North Carolina
5. NC State

3. Florida State
7. Wake Forest

down goes Clemson! And I assure you, I am not looking for unnecessary challenges, I'm looking for titles, I'd be just as pleased to see NC State take down UNC in the other semi and allow me the chance to get an ACC Championship without facing either of the top 5 teams.

Radii · 05-06-2009, 12:54 AM

March 13, 2021 – ACC Semifinals

(3) Florida State (20-9, 11-5 ACC) vs (7) Wake Forest (23-12, 9-7 ACC)

TEAM: FSU|WFU
OVR: 89|86
OFF: 89|86
DEF: 90|85
SHT: 89|90
REB: 93|92
COA: 86|77

We played an exciting fast paced game against Wake in our only meeting of the season. We beat them 94-90. Moye scored 31 in that game, with Forte adding 15 more. Oh, re-reading I remember this game. They gave us open 3 time and time again in their 2-3 zone and I just launched them all game, no matter how many I missed.

They are clearly led by SF Radziejewski and SG Bland. They are real weak in the post, at least on their defensive end, so if we take the time to get it inside we should do well. This is a game where Barrett starting should help our defense a lot, as they have two great shooters and Barrett on one of them can limit them a good deal.

Scouting

PG Kris Bosley – JR – 77 OVR – 91 speed/84 quickness. 84 defense/83 steals. 84 close/83 med/77 3/80 off the dribble. Awful awareness and not a great athlete. A poor natural PG really, 81 hands/72 passing... both C ratings. 8.1 ppg.

SG Prosper Bland – JR – 82 OVR - 92 speed/85 quickness. Great vert and hustle(92 hustle/A-). 82 defense/76 steals. 88 close/77 med/85 3/82 off the dribble. 10.2 ppg/5.2 rpg so far this year.

SF Roosevelt Radziejewski – SR – 85 OVR – 6'6” natural SF – 86 speed/82 quickness. 82 defense/69 steals. 87 close/77 med/63 3/86 in traffic. Great awareness... 81 off/83 def, he was a coach on the floor as a junior, and has obviously just improved. 18.5 ppg/5.4 rpg, by far the star of the team.

PF Tomas Prancilauskas – SR – 78 OVR – A natural SF, just 6'5”, not a good rebounder or post man at all. 65 post off/65 post def. 86 close/81 in traffic. 78 orb/78 drb. He's fast and a decent midrange shooter, but just 6.5 ppg/5.2 rpg. Hopefully a good sign for our post players again today.

C Jeffrey Eldridge – SO – 77 OVR – 81 orb/88 drb. 79 post off/68 post def. 6'11” PF. 88 close/86 in traffic. Poor awareness. Good athletic skills, 76 STR/75 hustle. Just 6 ppg, but he looks like a fairly solid offensive player. He's got size but his defense is seriously lacking.

Our team unity is 50 for the first time! Wake's is 79 heh.

Half	Time	FSU	WFU	Notes
1	12:00	17	12	A slow start, it was 9-7 with about 14:00 left, and things have since exploded. Moye has hit back to back jumpers, including a 3, and has 10. Sneed has 4, Forte 3. We got a 6^th man boost after a recent board that has allowed the starters to stay in. Wake just took a timeout. Backups aren't in quite yet, but soon.
1	11:15	17	12	Backups are in now.
1	9:10	21	16	Ozier with two buckets, both backing down their SF and hitting a hook in the post. Mainly we're just slowing it down though. Timeout Wake.
1	5:45	24	23	Timeout to get the starters back in. Day hit a 3 in that last stretch and that's all we got.
	HALF	32	34	Wake shoots real well, 13-23, 4-6 from 3 to lead at the half. They're led by two bench players, backup SG Diakite and backup PG Hall. The starters are all way more cold. Bland is 0-4, Radziejewski 2-5, they have 6 points between the two of them. We're 14-31, 3-10 from 3. Wake has 6 turnovers to account for the number of shots taken. Moye has 12, he's 5-9 but just 1-5 from 3. Sneed, McCants and Ozier off the bench all have 4. Forte is cold today, 1-5, 1-4 from 3. One of them needs to hit some 3's over their zone in the second half. Sneed is an ugly 2-6 inside.
2	17:10	42	41	Wake opens the half with a 3 and after a steal has a quick 6^th man boost. We turn the tables right back though. Anyone surprised to learn that Moye has all 10 of our 2^nd half points hasn't been following this team too closely this season. He's got two 3's and two buckets in transition, hasn't missed yet. We take the lead and earn a 6^th man boost ourselves.
2	14:35	48	45	Moye has 25 now, 13 on the half already. Forte has drained a 3 as well to finish off our scoring.
2	13:10	52	45	As Moye cools off and tires out, we get Barrett and McCants on the board in the 2^nd half as well, and build a 7 point lead. Wake calls a timeout, and we get our backups in.
2	8:35	52	53	They score 5 immediately, after that its back and forth for 4 trips or so each, before they hit another 3 and take the lead. We just have no offense, Day is cold, Ozier can't get going and there's nothing else. I call a timeout, the starters will be ready in another trip for each team.
2	7:45	52	53	Empty trips on both ends, I get another timeout and the starters are back.
2	5:00	59	53	The starters immediately establish dominance again. Barrett has 4 more, Moye a trey.
2	4:05	62	55	Timeout Wake.
2	3:00	62	59	They score on two straight trips while we get an ugly miss by Sneed.
2	1:50	62	59	Wake with a timeout, empty trips on both ends. Their ball down 3 now.
2	1:37	62	61	They get a dunk by their PF Prancilauskas. It triggers a 6^th man boost and I get a timeout.
2	0:56	62	63	Moye with two misses on our end(rebound/kickout). Eldridge draws a foul on theirs and makes two free throws. I get another timeout. I have 1 left.
2	0:42	62	63	Moye with another miss, McCants with the rebound, new shot clock.
2	0:02.6	62	63	I struggle to get a shot I like, work an inside out with McCants and Forte, really wanting McCants to shoot but they double too fast.. Forte gets a good look from the right wing but its no good. They rebound with about 7 seconds left, and unfortunately we'd only committed 3 fouls all half. By the time we get to 7 there's just 2.6 on the clock.

They make both free throws and press. I try to make a pass up near half court to use my last timeout, its a little risky and Barret throws a pretty shitty lob that they intercept. Ball game.

Wake Forest 65
Florida State 62

I'm not surprised to play the close game, this is how our first game went just with 30 more points on each side. What surprised me was that we got Moye 3 great looks and Forte another in the final minute and none of them went in.

They get 12 from PF Prancilauskas, 11 from Radziejewski and PG Bosely, 7 from SG Bland.

Forte: 6 points/4 assists/2 steals
Moye: 28 points/2 steals
Barrett: 8 points/4 assists/3 steals
Sneed: 5 points/11 boards
McCants: 8 points/16 boards

Sneed has a horrible 2-9 day from the field. Forte was a lot colder than usual as well. It just wasn't our day.

Radii · 05-06-2009, 12:55 AM

ACC Semifinals

5. NC State 85
1. North Carolina 79

7. Wake Forest 65
3. Florida State 62

ACC Finals

7. Wake Forest 75
5. NC State 70

Two bubble teams making damn sure that they make it into the tournament, and Wake Forest wins 4 games to win the ACC Tournament Championship.

Radii · 05-06-2009, 01:06 AM

NCAA Tournament Selection

We're hoping to be higher than a 9 seed with our win over Virginia Tech.

Georgia Tech is the only ACC Team left on the bubble. They're 20-12. The bubble is almost entirely power conference schools, but I do note a 22-9 Miami OH squad from the MAC.

1 seeds

EAST: North Carolina (#1 Overall)
SOUTH: Xavier
MIDWEST: Arizona
WEST: Seton Hall

EAST REGION

1. North Carolina

HEH.

Florida State is the 8 seed in the East Region

We get the 9 seed, Saint Josephs.

Ohio is the 6 seed in the East!!! Ohhhh, nice matchup, they play Ohio State in round 1.

Clemson is the 3 seed in the East.

NC State is the 10 seed in the East.

South

1. Xavier

Georgia Tech is IN. 11 seed in the South, playing Texas Tech.

Maryland is the 7 seed in the South.

Pitt is the 2 seed here.

MIDWEST

1. Arizona

2. Florida

no ACC teams here

WEST

1. Seton Hall

8. Wake Forest! They'll play Nevada

Virginia Tech is the 5 seed here, they'll play Saint Mary's.

the ACC gets 8 teams, Big 12 7, Pac 10 5. Miami OH must have made it, as the MAC has 2 teams in.

A summary of the seeds for the ACC:

1. North Carolina
3. Clemson
5. Virginia Tech
7. Maryland
8. Wake Forest
8. Florida State
10. NC State
11. Georgia Tech

St Joes is 21-7, they went 12-4 in the A-10, losing in the A-10 semis to Richmond(a 5 seed). It looks like they only ranked team they played all year was Xavier, a 1 seed, they played them tough, losing just 71-70.

They're rated 86 OVR and it looks like they are led by their post players, with weak guard play. This should bode well for us, I hope.

Radii · 05-06-2009, 02:28 AM

There are no changes to our injury situation going into the NCAA Tournament. Sanders has 4 days left on his day to day injury, and Alloway is still OUT 3 more days. I'm unclear on the timing with that, he will either be available on Sunday or Monday... if its Sunday, he could play against North Carolina should we win in round 1. If its Monday, he wouldn't be available for that.

March 19, 2021 – NCAA First Round

(8) Florida State (20-10) vs (9) Saint Joseph's (21-7)

TEAM: FSU|SJU
OVR: 89|86
OFF: 89|87
DEF: 90|86
SHT: 89|90
REB: 93|88
COA: 86|95

Martelli is still at St Joes, he's got a 510-308 lifetime record now. I've got 277 lifetime wins now, FWIW. 300 maybe next season. 300 isn't worth anything but pride though.

Scouting

PG Duriel Len Bullicer – SR – 77 OVR - 91 speed/85 quickness. 88 defense/81 steals. 88 hands/80 passing, a solid all around PG. 88 close/76 med/79 3/82 off the dribble. 9.4 ppg/7.3 apg, incredibly high assist number.

SG Kennedy Kelley – JR – 73 OVR – 87 speed but a terrible 77 quickness. 81 defense/89 steals(A-!). 82 close/76 med/67 3. He has horrible awareness, poor athletic numbers, and looks like he needs to get in fairly close to score. 3.6 ppg.

SF Comerlee Stanley – SR – 82 OVR - 6'8 natural PF – 89 orb/84 drb. 83 post off/83 post def. 92 close/88 in traffic. He plays surprisingly good on ball defense as well, 77(a-), 79 Steals (A-). 66 med/59 3, so hopefully he won't be scoring much. He does have 11.7 ppg this year and is a monster rebounder.

PF Darrell Boeckmann – JR – 85 OVR – 88 orb/84 drb. 80 post off/74 post def. 92 close/92 in traffic. Great athlete, 79 vert/81 str/86 hustle (A-/A-/B+). Coach on the floor, 83 off awareness/78 defensive. A great dunker and good clutch player. 15 ppg/5.6 rpg.

C Nate Lindeman – SO – 82 OVR – 6'5” natural PF – 80 orb/88 drb. 85 post off/71 post def. 93 close/90 in traffic. A 4* recruit with A- potential who is turning into an extremely good player. 9.5 ppg/4.5 rpg.

Saint Joes has a severe lackof guard play. They have 9 players rated 70+ and outside of Boeckmann look more like a mid-major. But they are obviously 21-7... against a pretty poor schedule, I'm hopefully we walk all over these guys.

With the coach on the floor they do get a 79-51 unity edge.

Half	Time	FSU	SJU	Notes
1	17:25	4	5	Barrett hits a layup inside in transition and the game is stopped, Ozier comes in, Barrett is down with an injury.
1	12:20	13	13	Backups are in. We're definitely struggling to score inside qute a bit, and not shooting well outside. Barrett is available. He has a sore knee, hopefully not a big deal. They get 7 from Stanley, their PF playing SF. Obviously, he's 1-1 from 3 with his 59 3 point rating.
1	8:05	18	18	Decent job by the backups so far keeping it even. I get a timeout to get Barrett in for an exhausted Ozier. The rest of the starters sit for a bit more.
1	6:30	24	22	Starters are back in. Day gets hot from 3, making 2 in a row, 3 total for 9 points.
1	3:30	33	26	A couple misses on their end, and they come out of their zone for a little while, and all of a sudden we're up 7. Moye with our last 5 and he has 10. Sneed and McCants are a combined 0-6 inside.
1	2:00	39	29	Some bad mismatches out there for St joes, they get a timeout as we run the lead up to 10.
	HALF	46	29	Forte drains a 3 as time expires and we are all of a sudden up 17. We are 7-11 from 3, after an early cold start we cannot miss it seems. 15-27 from the floor, 7-11 from 3, 9-13 at the line. They are 13-32, 1-9 from 3. SF Stanley leads them with 9, Boeckman has 4, and the rest is spread around with a shot here/shot there by their entire team. Moye leads us with 13, 2-4 from 3. Day has 9.McCants and Forte both have 6. They went small for about 3 minutes late in the half and we took advantage bigtime, driving to the basket and finding McCants and Sneed. At the 3:30 mark I mentioned that they were 0-6 combined for 2 points. Now they're 3-9 for 10 points... McCants 6/Sneed 4. Solid ending to the half, now to put them away.
2	14:10	56	39	We were up as much as 21, its 17 now and they're showing no signs of coming back. Backups are in.
2	11:55	56	45	A 6-0 run and its down to 11, I take a timeout and ask someone to please score for the backups, Day seems to have one half in him and he's done.
2	10:20	58	47	We get two at the line from Day and they call a timeout. The starters are rested and back in. I don't know if they can go the distance but I don't really care, I'm not letting St Joes get any closer than this against the 2^nd string.
2	10:15	58	50	Moye fouls a backup big, koger, as he lays one in... 3 point play, 8 point game.
2	9:35	61	53	Forte with a 3, they get an offensive board and a 3 point play... that's our 7^th foul of the second half, they're shooting the rest of the way.
2	6:30	69	60	There's just no way the starters can finish this game out without 6^th man stuff going our way, and right now its not. I get my backups in, I need another two minutes or so from them.
2	4:37	74	62	Woohoo! Starters are rested and this time through the backups managed to extend the lead. Ozier hit a midrange jumper and Day a 3, they scored on their end once. Starters in to finish it out.
2	2:37	74	67	Bleh, down to 7, and I get a timeout after an offensive board gives them a 6^th man boost.
2	1:45	74	67	Misses on both ends, its our ball with 1:45 to go.
2	0:52	74	69	Forte misses an open baseline jumper, they hit a midrange jumper on their end, our ball up 5. We need to score.
2	0:14	74	71	Sneed misses a shot in low, they miss a 3 but get the tipin. Offensive rebounds galore, dammit. I get a timeout to combat their 6^th man boost.

Moye hits two free throws and they don't have enough time to score twice. They do hit a 3 to make the final a 2 point game.

Florida State 76
Saint Joseph's 74

Saint Joes had 17 offensive rebounds and 25 second chance points. Both of those may be all time highs that I've allowed. They get 16 from their best player, Boekmann, and 12 from Stanley. A couple others with 10.

Forte: 12 points
Moye: 24 points/3 assists
Barrett: 4 points
Sneed: 8 points/5 boards/4 assists
McCants: 8 points/11 boards

Day: 14 points

Another career high for Day as he hits 4 3's and a couple free throws for us today. Moye and Forte carry the offense, Sneed and McCants finish up 6-16 between the two, a very rough day inside for them, between shooting poorly and getting horribly owned on the glass.

No matter though, we have advanced!

Radii · 05-06-2009, 02:33 AM

NCAA First Round Notes:

ACC Results:

1. North Carolina advances
3. Clemson advances
5. Virginia Tech advances
7. Maryland advances
8. Wake Forest loses to Nevada
8. Florida State advances
10. NC State advances
11. Georgia Tech loses to Texas Tech

6. Ohio loses to Ohio State.

6-2 in the first round for the ACC.

Next up, North Carolina.

Radii · 05-06-2009, 03:41 AM

Barrett apparently aggravated his knee injury by continuing to play. He was listed as out for 3 days when I first looked... now he's day to day for 8 days. Alloway may have somehow re-aggravated his injury as well? He's listed as out 8 days now.

March 23, 2021 – NCAA Second Round

(8) Florida State (21-10) vs (1) North Carolina (31-4)

TEAM: FSU|UNC
OVR: 89|94
OFF: 89|94
DEF: 90|94
SHT: 89|97
REB: 93|94
COA: 86|90

I played UNC for about 7 minutes back in early February. They led 24-2 and I conceded defeat. They won by 18 in a simmed game in Chapel Hill to end the regular season. Obviously we want to get to the sweet 16, but its hard to be optimistic. We need to shoot well over their 3-2 zone and play strong inside.

Scouting

PG Holland Freedman – JR – 84 OVR – 89 speed/89 quickness. 88 defense/77 steals. 87 hands/83 passing, both solid B- ratings. 87 close/81 med/86 3, a great shooter. 83 off the dribble. Just 5.3 ppg but I fear he'll do a lot betterthan that against me heh.

SG Russ Haigler – SR – 91 OVR – 89 speed/90 quickness. 83 defense/83 steals. 86 close/87 med/91 3. Just 78 off the dribble. Good but not great athlete, good but not great awareness. Hell of a shooter though. 14.5 ppg/2.5 apg. Lottery pick.

SF Phil Atangana – SO – 88 OVR – 6'7” natural SG – 91 speed/84 quickness. 84 defense/90 steals. 90 close/77 med/74 3/87 off the dribble. Great defensive awareness, not as much on offense. 9.5 ppg/5.6 rpg.

PF Marcel Konate – SR – 92 OVR – 6'6” PF – 83 orb/89 drb. 86 post off/90 post def. 79 blocks(B). 75 steals/A-. 95 close/91 med/74 3/88 in traffic. 95 hustle, coach on the floor... A- speed, the guy can do everything. There are 30 separate ratings that players are rated on. Konate is A- or better in 14 of them. 19.7 ppg/6.7 rpg/2.0 blocks. When we played UNC last year they underused Konate, so we'll see. Possible top pick.

C Quinton Diame - SR – 73 OVR – 7'3” which is all that you need to know. Poor rebounding ratings, poor post ratings. 88 close/83 in traffic. Also, 7'3”.

superstud Marcel Konate is now rated 92 OVR. Konate does have a sprained ankle which hopefully slows him a bit.

Half	Time	FSU	UNC	Notes
1	16:00	5	0	Cold start for UNC, lots of missed jumpers. Forte has a 3 and Moye got fouled once for our points.
1	15:00	5	2	Diame gets a bucket inside and UNC is on the board.
1	12:15	7	3	With the help of UNC's poor free throw shooting(1-4 so far), we get the backups in with a 4 point lead. Please let Day be hot from 3.
1	10:00	7	7	Backup SF Reid hits two jumpers for UNC and its tied up.
1	8:30	7	9	I get a timeout to kill a 6^th man boost, not earned when they took the lead but when they got a steal on the next possession. I stopped them from scoring again, get it up court and get the TO.
1	7:30	7	9	And I get another timeout to get the starters back in. I'm down to 3 more for the game. Also I havn't scored in 5+ minutes now.
1	4:40	12	16	They are starting to score consistently.
	HALF	18	25	UNC shoots 50%, we shoot 30%. We only have 3 different people score. Forte 9, Moye 7, Sneed 2. Theyr'e led by 8 from Atangana, 5 from Freedman and 4 from Haigler. They are 2-7 from 3, which will surely improve. We are 4-12. Moye is 2-10, 1-6 from 3. Forte, on the other hand, 3-3, all from 3. Moye usually gets hot after bad shooting halves like these. If he does anything can happen. We're down less than 10, giving ourselves a shot at least. But they have the momentum and the talent. We need a lot to go our way this half.
2	17:30	18	30	Not going the way we need it to...
2	15:00	23	35	We're scoring a little bit now but they aren't slowing down any. Forte 4-4 from 3, Moye colder than he was in the first half.
2	14:20	23	39	We turn it over against their press... 16 point game, they are 6-7 this half.
2	11:50	28	39	They miss a few shots and Moye gets a layup and finally a 3 to make it an 11 poitn game again. But i've got to get the backups in, starters are exhausted.
2	11:15	30	39	We get a steal, throw a long outlet to Ozier, they go for the steal and whiff, leaving Ozier free for a windmill jam that gets our crowd up for the first time all game, 6^th man boost.
2	9:50	32	41	Sanders with a dunk and UNC takes a timeout. If Day could hit open jumpers we could cut into the lead. But keeping it at 9 for the starters would be acceptable too heh.
2	6:00	37	47	Had it down to 8 til we threw a real stupid pass leading to a dunk by UNC. I get a timeout and get the starters back in. I've got 2 left.
2	4:25	42	49	Moye hits a 3 and its down to 7. UNC timeout.

The sound went out around the 4 minute mark and I stopped pausing to update, fearing a read error to be incoming. We never fell behind by more than 12 but never got closer than 7. Moye and Day(I brought him in for Barrett in the final 2 minutes for 3 point shooting) hit some more 3's for us but we just could not stop them to complete a comeback.

North Carolina 61
Florida State 52

They are led by 17 from Atangana, 13 from Freedman and 10 from Haigler. Konate is scorelessin the first half and ends up with 7 points/8 boards.

Forte: 12 points/5 assists
Moye: 22 points (8-23, 4-16 from 3)
Barrett: 2 points
Sneed: 2 points/6 boards/4 assists
McCants: 2 points/4 boards

Day: 6 points

I would have loved a shot at any of the other 1 seeds, but this one is just too much for us.

Radii · 05-06-2009, 03:51 AM

NCAA Tournament Results

11 seed Ohio State rolls through the East, upsetting North Carolina to advance to the final four.

3 seed Villanova pulls the smaller upset, beating 1 seed Seton Hall to come out of the west.

4 seed Arizona State upsets 2 seed Pitt to come out of the South.

2 seed Florida crushes 4 seed Marquette and there will be no 1 seeds in the final four this year.

Villanova puts down the 11 seed Buckeyes 81-65 in one semifinal. Arizons State wins a close one over Florida, 84-80, in the other.

Villanova wins the national title, stomping Arizona State 80-50 in the championship game.

How did the ACC do?

1. North Carolina - Elite 8 Loss
3. Clemson - 2nd Round Loss
5. Virginia Tech - Sweet 16 Loss
7. Maryland - 2nd Round Loss
8. Florida State - 2nd Round Loss
8. Wake Forest - 1st Round Loss
10. NC State - 2nd Round Loss
11. Georgia Tech - 1st Round Loss

Virginia Tech beats 4 seed Kansas to get to the sweet 16 before falling to 1 seed Seton Hall, while Clemson is run down by the juggernaut that was Ohio State. UNC lost a round before their seed would be expected to, but the rest of the league was mired in 7-11 seeds and not expected to do that much.

Radii · 05-06-2009, 04:03 AM

2021 Graduating Seniors

Just one.

SG JS Moye - 6'4" 197 lbs - 85 OVR

Moye was the one JC Transfer I brought in during that giant 8 man class a couple years ago. A solid starter for two seasons, Moye averaged 12.5 ppg as a junior and 16.5 as a senior. His nagging injury towards the end of his senior season actually hurt his numbers quite a bit, he was over 17 points/game for much of the season.

One of the more explosive streak shooters I've ever had, Moye scored in bunches, big ones. He'd go 1-8 for a half and then score 10-15 points in a 5 minute period with regularity. I like consistency but Moye won many many games for me over these two years, so I cannot complain. Moye was a solid clutch shooter, with a clutch rating of 79 by the time he graduated, always higher in games, which added to his flair in the final minutes of games.

Moye is a Dark Horse for the draft. I don't know if Dark Horses every show up and actually get drafted... i dont' expect it though.

While we have a ton of talent, Moye leaves a huge hole in the roster. We'll have two 5* recruits coming in next year to add to the mix though, a PG coming off a redshirt year, and a lot of options between Barrett/Ozier/Alloway/Day to fill out the lineup.

Radii · 05-06-2009, 04:15 AM

2021 Team Stats

Points

SG Moye - 16.5
PF Sneed - 11.2
PG Forte - 9.0
SG Barrett - 6.3
SF Ozier - 6.2

Sneed has still yet to become a dominant scoring big man, I think the potential is there but he still comes up with awful 3-10 type games against even just above average post defenders. Forte developed as a 3 point threat this year. with Moye leaving there is a lot of slack to pick up here. McCants, at 5.8 ppg and 6th on the team, will hopefully help pick up some as well.

Rebounds

C McCants - 7.1
PF Sneed - 6.0
PF Sanders - 3.1
SF Ozier - 3.0
C Slater - 2.8

7 boards as a freshman, McCants is going to be a force on the boards as he continues to develop.

Assists

PG Forte - 3.6
SG Moye - 1.9
SG Barrett - 1.5
PG Alloway - 1.2

assists remain a category that my play style does not fill well.

3 Point Shooting

PG Forte - 43.2%
PG Alloway - 42.1%
SG Day - 35.8%
SG Moye - 34.0%

not an unusual or unexpected result really, Moye, as the go-to guy, ends up taking more than his fair share of bad 3's for me. Alloway and Forte playing PG end up taking almost entirley quality 3 point shots.

FT %

SG Barrett - 86.0%
PF Sanders - 78.1%
PF Sneed - 76.1%
C McCants - 73.3%
SG Day - 67.4%

This is a good reason to slot Barrett at SG. Too many inbounds plays involve the SF throwing the ball in, which means late in games my best free throw shooter is not taking my free throws.

Radii · 05-06-2009, 04:42 AM

2021 Awards

Nova wins the national title, I think their 2nd in the last few years?

Texas Center Todor Detrick is the national player of the year, 25.3ppg/16.8 rpg for the longhorns.

Jay Wright is coach of the year from Nova.

I rarely mention the award, but North Carolina PF Marcel Konate is the national defensive player of the year.

First Team All-Americans

PG Tahric Rodgers - 86 OVR - Utah - 16.8 ppg/5.2 apg
SG Neil Massey - 91 OVR - Texas Tech - 15.9 ppg/6.6 rpg/3.3 apg
SF Roosevelt Radziejewski - 85 OVR - Wake Forest - 18.7 ppg/5.8 rpg
PF Jerrod Dawn - 89 OVR - Seton Hall - 22.1 ppg/6.5 rpg
C Todor Detrick - 87 OVR - Texas - 25.3 ppg/6.8 rpg

Duke's SF Pedro Gastel is 2nd team all-american with 18.4 ppg/6.3 rpg.

North Carolina's PF Marcel Konate is 2nd team All American with 19.1 ppg/6.5 rpg.

All members of the all american teams are seniors.

I gloss over freshman awards usually, but here's a pretty big one...

Florida State C Florentino McCants is Freshman All American

The 7 boards/game is huge for him, just under 6 points/game.

ACC Awards

UNC coach Billy Taylor is coach of the year in the ACC. Bastard.

UNC PF Marcel Konate is ACC Player of the year - 19.1 ppg/6.5 rpg.

Georgia Tech SG Femi Shavies is the ACC Freshman of the year. 11.9 ppg for him this year.

First Team All-ACC

PG JB Matsui - 89 OVR - Virginia Tech - 14.8 ppg/5.4 apg
SG JS Moye - 85 OVR - Florida State - 16.5 ppg/1.9 apg
SF Roosevelt Radziejewski - 85 OVR - Wake Forest - 18.7 ppg/5.8 rpg
PF Marcel Konate - 92 OVR - North Carolina - 19.1 ppg/6.5 rpg
C Spencer Doyle - 74 OVR - Virginia - 16.1 ppg

All seniors.

Maryland PG Bronson Gatling, rated 84 OVR, is on the 2nd team. I point him out as he's the only non-senior listed.

And McCants is the Center on the ACC Freshman team.

Radii · 05-06-2009, 04:47 AM

ACC Seniors Drafted

PG JB Matsui - Virginia Tech - 89 OVR
SG Davor Morris - Boston College - 89 OVR
SG Devon Tyler - Maryland - 89 OVR
SG Russ Haigler - North Carolina - 91 OVR
PF Marcel Konate - North Carolina - 92 OVR
PF Etienne Harmon - Virginia Tech - 87 OVR

ACC Underclassmen Declaring

SF Leonard Monserez - NC State - 88 OVR

Radii · 05-06-2009, 04:56 AM

Coaching Skill

I have 2 more points to improve my coaching abilities this year. I go one in Offense, one in Discipline.

Offense: B-
Defense: A+
Teaching: A+
Scouting: C-
Charisma: A+
Discipline: B

Overall: A-

The first point raises me up to an A- overall coach!

Coaching Carousel

5 major confeence jobs are open this year, and I am back on the list of hot coaches to go after:

California, Georgia, UConn, Virginia, and Nebraska, in that order, have vacancies.

The Virginia job is mine if I want it. And I would, in a vacuum, rather be at Virginia than Florida State. But its a marginal preference and I am attached to my current players and the hopes that I have for this group developing into a team with final four aspirations.

There are a number of large conference openings too, just listed for information of course, no serious thought to taking any. UNLV, Wyoming and TCU in the Mountain West, UMass, Duqesne, and George Washington in the A-10, and Idaho in the WAC.

At this point we are running out of familier/relevant names here. Jim Larranga retires from George Mason.

Dave Lietao was fired from Virginia. They hired Cal State Fullerton's coach to replace him. The other major jobs open were retirements.

Radii · 05-06-2009, 04:58 AM

As an A- rated coach I now have better overall rated Assistants available to me for the first time, but I do not see any with the overall skillsets that I have currently, and don't replace either of my assistants.

Radii · 05-06-2009, 04:59 AM

Maryland loses an 82 rated SF to Saint Marys, and Virginia a 70 rated PG to Cal State Fullerton(that's backwards, the new coach brings in transfers, not scares them away to his old school).

Radii · 05-06-2009, 05:07 AM

Since I've filled both my scholarships I just call up Juniors for 5 weeks during the recruiting season.

I've got about 9 guys up above 70% going into the new year, and a few of those over 80%.

An overview of the caliber of recruits coming into the ACC next year:

Boston College: #20, #33, #58
Clemson: #7, #8, #11, #52
Duke: #121
Florida State: #14, #19
Georgia Tech: #17
Maryland: #31, #60, #97
Miami: 4* JC
North Carolina: #39, #89, 4* JC
NC State: #2, #15, #41
Virginia: #188
Virginia Tech: #5, #16, #34, #38, #91
Wake Forest: #263

Clemson and Virginia Tech stand out as pulling in incredible classes. Wake/Miami/Virginia continue to be a huge step below everone else. Duke is on the poorer side of things as well.

Radii · 05-06-2009, 05:08 AM

Recruiting Class Rankings

1. Clemson
2. NC State
3. Virginia Tech
4. Arizona
5. Boston College
6. Texas A&M
7. Oregon
8. Maryland
9. North Carolina
10. UCLA
...
26. Florida State

seriously? 6 of the top 10 recruiting classes in the nation are in the ACC? Damn.

Radii · 05-06-2009, 05:23 AM

Just a real quick look now, more details next time I sit down to play.

The ACC is LOADED. A quick scan through the teams shows 5 teams with a roster strength of 90 or better. Ours is 90. Our suggested lineup is indeed Forte, Barrett, Ozier, Sneed and McCants. I was afraid of that.

5 ACC teams are in the preseason top 25. UNC, Clemson and Georgia Tech are top 10, Virginia Tech is #12, and we are #14.

The SG that we recruited hard last year and lost to Clemson is the top ACC Freshman. Clemson SG Darren Bookout comes in as a quality scorer, and a 90 rated defender, he's going to be great. The defense was why I was going so hard after him, decent scoring and great defense... I had dreams of Bookout and Barrett in my starting lineup together, two 90+ rated defenders...

Anyway, my two freshmen:

My 5* PF recruit, Haminn Millar, comes in rated 78 OVR. He looks to be a solid rebounder already, a good post offensive player but needs work on defense. He has an awful close range shot (80) but is good in traffic and a good dunker. I have no idea how that will shake out, but Millar and Sanders will be clear backups for Sneed and McCants. Millar is also a great athlete, good leaper, strong and good hustle. 97 durability(A+) so hopefully injury free.

Our other top recruit is 5* SF Roberto Mayer. Mayer comes in 6'7" and also rated 78 OVR. He's pretty intriguing, 88 close/76 med/78 3, 84 in traffic. He's got decent speed and defense for a SF, he lacks quickness which sucks. Great hustle (96/A+) but not a strong guy or a great leaper. He has A- potential which is quite exciting.

Given my disdain for my starting lineup, and for SF Ozier in general(despite the fact that he comes in as my highest rated player at 84 OVR), I might have some interesting decisions with Mayer. I have no idea what I'm going to do with my lineup yet.

And one thing I've been pondering all season and haven't mentioned yet... I have one last trick I can pull to get next year's graduating class down to a more reasonable number... I can redshirt Alloway. I have my 3rd PG, McClurkin, coming back from a redshirt year this year. Alloway is a potentially great scorer but he's also woefully underused and I see no way around that continuing this year.

I haven't decided yet, he's the most explosive scorer I have, at least out of my known quantities. So sitting him for a year when the ACC is so stacked seems insane. If I don't do it though, I'm looking at 6 or 7 scholarships to fill next year. A redshirt could knock that down to 5.

Anyway, it looks like this next year is going to be really exciting, with so many high quality ACC teams.

hoopsguy · 05-06-2009, 06:19 AM

Quote:

Also, Moye's line is a bit unusual. 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks, 0 turnovers. In 30 minutes, you'd usually have a rebound fall into your hands accidentally, pick up a loose ball, something. But nope! After an 0-2 first half, Moye ends up 5-9 from the floor, 3-5 from 3, 7-9 at the line.

I call this a "Ben Gordon special"

Radii · 05-07-2009, 02:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

I call this a "Ben Gordon special"

Actually getting this reference makes all of the NBA viewing I've had in the playoffs worthwhile, woohoo!

Radii · 05-07-2009, 02:26 AM

Based on initial roster strength

ACC Preview

1. Clemson 93 OVR
2. Georgia Tech 92 OVR
3. North Carolina 91 OVR
4. Maryland 90 OVR
5. Florida State 90 OVR
6. Virginia Tech 90 OVR
7. NC State 87 OVR
8. Boston College 87 OVR
9. Wake Forest 85 OVR
10. Duke 83 OVR
11. Miami 82 OVR
12. Virginia 80 OVR

We get Clemson twice, Georgia Tech twice, North Carolina in Chapel Hill only. Some luck though in that the two teams rated the same as us, Maryland and Virginia Tech... we get both of them at home only.

As for the bottom 3... ugh, brutal. Miami once, Virginia once, Duke once. We almost certainly have the toughest schedule in the ACC, on paper at least.

ACC Accolades

Best Overall Player: SG Phil Atangana - JR - UNC - 89 OVR
Best Freshman: SG Darren Bookout - Clemson - 82 OVR
Best Shooter: SG Eddie Esterkamp - SR - UNC - 87 OVR
Best Playmaker: PG Bronson Gatling - JR - Maryland - 85 OVR
Best Pro Prospect: PF Aly Richards - JR - Georgia Tech - 86 OVR
Best Defender: SF Jibran Grizzard - JR - Georgia Tech - 87 OVR

Well the good news is that I'm already familiar with all these guys. with the exception of Bookout, who I know from recruiting him, I remeber playing all these guys last year, and remember which ones hurt me the most. Esterkamp was backup to 90 rated SG Haigler for UNC last year, they're not dropping off far with their new starter.

Best Pro Prospect Aly Richards has a 99 rated Close range shot, and only 3 of the 30 ratings he has are C+ or below. C+ offensive awareness, C- fouls, F standing dunk. All other ratings are B- or better.

Radii · 05-07-2009, 03:17 AM

2021/22 Florida State Roster

Slightly different presentation this year, as I honestly don't know who I'm going with yet.

Point Guards

PG Damien Forte - JR - 6'2" 202 lbs - 82 OVR (+3)

90 speed/85 quickness. 82 defense/85 steals. 84 hands/91 passing. 86 close/76 med/74 3/86 off the dribble. His awareness is pretty good, 78 offense/73 defense.

ROLE: Starter - no question at all about this one - 9 ppg last year, over 40% from 3, I take open shots with him and he makes them. His defense is fine enough.

PG Damion Alloway - JR - 6'0" 185 lbs - 79 OVR (+3)

94 speed/85 quickness. 83 defense/74 steals. 88 hands/87 passing. 87 close/67 med/80 3/87 off the dribble. 72 off awareness/74 defensive. Good but not spectacular athlete, 81 vert/71 str/73 hustle(B-/B/C+)

ROLE: Unknown - Alloway is harder to fit than anyone else on the roster. There is still a chance he might start at SG. He might play backup SG, there is an off chance at backup PG. And there is a chance I will redshirt him. He's explosive as hell, can score in bunches, can get really hot from 3. His only downside is a ridiculously slow release animation. But his ability to drive and his success when he does get open 3's makes up for it.

PG Pearson McClurkin - SO (RS) - 6'0" 174 lbs - 77 OVR (+4)

87 speed/91 quickness. 81 defense/78 steals. 82 hands/82 passing. 84 close/75 med/75 3/85 off the dribble. C+ athlete in vert/str/hustle all. 72 off awareness/68 def awareness. He developed a ton last year and looks like a fine player now.

ROLE: Backup PG - almost 100% on this. The only way this wouldn't happen is if Alloway plays backup PG and McClurkin is essentially cast aside as the odd man out with all this talent.

Shooting Guards

SG Ike Barrett - JR - 6'4" 203 lbs - 83 OVR (+3)

91 speed/89 quickness. 91 defense/81 steals. 87 close/82 med/66 3/78 off the dribble/81 in traffic. B- vert/B str/C+ hustle. 79 off awareness/78 def awareness.

ROLE: Starter, SG or SF. If Barrett could shoot the 3 he would be the ideal 2 guard. But I am not going to complain too much about it. i love his defense, he is very effective driving to the basket, a great transition scorer. He has a chance to become a coach on the floor next year if his awareness develops. I might change up his training just to make sure this happens. 6.3 ppg last year, undoubtedly will be higher this year.

SG Prosper Day - SO - 6'3" 212 lbs - 76 OVR (+3)

85 speed/80 quickness. 81 defense/80 steals. 87 close/73 med/85 3/83 off the dribble. C+ vert/B str/B+ hustle, quite a good athlete. Terible awareness, 64 off/66 def.

ROLE: Backup SG, possibly odd man out. Day is a solid player, and I cannot believe I'm seriously considering relegating an 85 rated 3 point shooter outside of my 10 man rotation. Day showed the ability to score some last year. If he isn't my backup SG, he can redshirt. There is value here for sure.

SMALL FORWARDS

SF Kueth Ozier - JR - 6'6" 246 lbs - 84 OVR (+4)

86 speed/86 quickness. 80 defense/73 steals. 82 close/83 med/67 3/91 in traffic. Solid inside game, 80 orb/81 drb, both very good for a SF. 81 post off/76 post def. 81 offense in the post is B+ quality for a SF. Average/slightly above average awareness (74 off/76 def). Outstanding Athlete(79 vert/79 str/86 hustle - C+/B+/B+).

ROLE: Starting SF/Backup SF. It seems insane that this guy isn't a clear, dominant starter. He looks great, he's my highest rated player, great numbers in traffic, can play inside or handle the ball well outside. I cannot get the production out of him that the AI seems to. Poor blowby move, I don't like taking 18 foot jumpers so screw his mid-range rating. Barrett and Alloway seem more effective scoring in traffic once they get to the rack despite the ratings... I should love this kid, but he just frustrates me.

SF Roberto Mayer - FR - 6'7" 229 lbs - 78 OVR

82 speed/73 quickness. 80 defense/66 steals. 88 close/76 med/78 3/75 off the dribble/84 in traffic. Average rebounder, nowhere near as good as Ozier. 77 post off/71 post def. Average/below average awareness (68 off/70 def). C+ vert/C+ str, but A+(96) hustle. A- potential.

ROLE: Backup SF/Starting SF - Again it seems insane to consider starting Mayer over Ozier. Ozier is better in every way but the 3 point shot on paper. But if Mayer has a good blowby move, and an effective 3 point shot, he could be a beast. i'm leaning against starting a true freshman, but its an option.

POWER FORWARDS

PF Otis Sneed - JR - 6'10" 229 lbs - 82 OVR (+3)

81 orb/84 drb. 69 blocks (B-). 82 post off/83 post def. 94 close/93 in traffic. 74 vert/74 str/80 hustle (A-/B/B). Sneed also is a good ball handler for a big man (65/B) and fast(76 speed/79 quickness... B/A-).

ROLE: Starter - 100% certain here - 11.2 ppg/6.0 rpg last year. Sneed on paper is the most skilled big man I've ever had, and he's had some great games. I'd really like for him to be a 16-18 ppg scorer. Last year he struggled too much against average defenders for this to happen. He dominates bad/out of position defenders, gets totally shut down against great ones. If he could put up good numbers against average players he'd be all-ACC. But last year he couldn't.

PF Brice Sanders - JR - 7'0" 244 lbs - 82 OVR (+3)

83 orb/82 drb. 77 blocks (B). 77 post off/84 post def. 93 close/85 in traffic. A- vert/B str/C+ hustle. above average awareness (72 off/76 def).

ROLE: Backup Center - I like Sanders a lot, and in the real world he'd probalby have been super super pissed about McCants walking into the starting job last year, I never gave Sanders a shot at it. I did not focus on him enough last year when he was on the court. I need to try to get him the ball more often this year.

PF Haminn Millar - FR - 6'9" 229 lbs - 78 OVR

83 orb/84 drb. 71 blocks (B-). 81 post off/72 post def. 80 close/87 in traffic. A- vert/B+ str/B hustle. 79 off awareness/71 def awareness. B- potential.

ROLE: Backup PF. good post offense, good in traffic, shitty close range shot. Good rebounder though so he has a lot of value even if he isn't a big scorer. I'll have a couple seasons to practice with him on the backups though, there's virtually no chance he can supplant Sneed in the lineup for the next two years.

Centers

C Florentino McCants - SO - 7'0" 228 lbs - 80 OVR (+2)

85 orb/88 drb. 79 blocks(B). 84 post off/81 post def. 86 close/86 in traffic. B- vert/B+ str(77)/C+ hustle. 77 o awareness/79 d awareness.

ROLE: Starting Center - Far and away my best rebounder, a good, big, strong shot blocker, and he really has great post skills. I might do a custom training schedule for McCants too, he has a legit shot at coach on the floor eventually.

C Benjamin Slater - SR - 6'10" 230 lbs - 79 OVR (+3)

81 orb/82 drb. 90 blocks(A-). 81 post off/78 post def. 85 close/89 in traffic. B vert/A- str/C hustle.

ROLE: Odd man out. will come in when I have foul trouble or injury problems. He's got some solid skills, but he's a senior, and he can't break into the starting lineup, and the its time to look to the future in Millar in the post.

Two other players exist on the roster: SG Jose Gunn, 73 OVR senior. Center Oscar Delic - 75 OVR junior.

Radii · 05-07-2009, 03:24 AM

Starting Lineup

PG Forte
SG ??? (barrett/alloway)
SF ??? (ozier/barrett/mayer)
PF Sneed
C McCants

Backups

PG McClurkin (small chance Alloway)
SG ??? (Alloway/Day/Mayer)
SF ??? (Mayer/Ozier)
PF Millar
C Sanders

so here are my thoughts, without having played any yet:

My gut feeling is that my most effective lineup for generating offense is the following:

PG Forte
SG Alloway
SF Barrett
PF Sneed
C McCants

My only problem with this is that my most likely backup squad now has two natural SF's which seems a little off/odd. If I go with my best players, I end up with Ozier and Mayer at SG/SF. That's an odd setup, but maybe it works, and I redshirt Prosper Day. Or I go Day/Ozier and redshirt Mayer, the freshman. I'm more than a bit concerned about how a 78 rated top 15 recruit will react to being redshirt though.

Other reasonable options:

SG Barrett/SF Ozier starting, SG Alloway/SF Mayer backups, redshirt Day (ie just do what the AI says)

SG Barrett/SF Mayer starting, SG Alloway/SF Ozier backups, redshirt Day.

SG Barrett/SF Mayer starting, SG Day/SF Ozier backups, redshirt Alloway.

Here's why I keep coming back to redshirting Alloway, despite his talent... I have 7 juniors on my roster. One is a walkon center in Delic, and I'll probably cut him soon, but still, I have 6 juniors on my roster. I don't really want to recruit monster classes like that anymore. Redshirting Alloway would allow me to only have 5 graduating seniors next year. Decisions! And yea there is no posturing at all in this writeup, I honestly have no clue.

So here's the plan:

Play the midnight madness game. I always sim this, but I'm going to use it to work a couple things out:

White Team:

PG Forte
SG Alloway
SF Mayer
PF Sneed
C McCants

Bench:

SG Gunn
PF Millar

Red Team (or whatever):

PG McClurkin
SG Barrett
SF Ozier
PF Sanders
C Slater

Bench:

SG Day
C Delic

I stress this isn't a starting lineup I am considering, its for testing purposes:

a) I want to play as Mayer
b) I want to play as Millar
c) I want to play against my best defender (Barrett)
d) I want to see how the CPU utilizes Ozier.

off to do that, then we can do some recruiting before bed.

Radii · 05-07-2009, 04:09 AM

White/Not White game notes (10 minute halves/7 man rosters so everyone got tired anyway):

--Barrett's defensive dominance becomes obvious when he's guarding a known quantity of mine such as Alloway. Alloway couldn't get open 3's unless on crosscourt passes, and he absolutely 100% could not drive by Barrett. Alloway has great speed and ok quickness, the perfect blowby move and at times I feel like Alloway can get to the hoop at will in games. Not a single time could he get by Barrett.

--Against anyone but Barrett, Alloway is very very good.

--Mayer is good for a freshman but not ready to start. Basically if he had a similar blowby move as Alloway, he could be a god. But he doesn't, so he isn't. He is a good 3 point shooter for a 6'7 freshman, and he will have some big games for the backups hopefully.

--Ozier's best offensive value seems to be in posting up other SFs or SGs, that's a huge mismatch for him.

--Sanders totally dominated McCants. McCants almost fouled out in 15 minutes.

The final score was 35-30 the "other" team(ie not the one I was controlling).

Alloway scored 11, Mayer 10 for us. Millar was 2-3 inside, both his baskets over backup big man Delic.

Sanders led everyone with 14 points and 5 boards. He was 4-8 and 6-6 at the line. Ozier scored 10. I don't like how the AI uses him, his shooting tendencies are too high, he took 4 3's in 16 minutes, he's a godawful 3 point shooter and went 0-4.

Starting Lineup

PG Forte
SG Alloway
SF Barrett
PF Sneed
C McCants

Backups

PG McClurkin
SG Ozier
SF Mayer
PF Millar
C Sanders

Day gets the redshirt. Delic gets cut (allows for slightly higher recruiting interest among big men, and he was my 6th big man anyway). Gunn stays on the roster as my reserve guard, available so that I can avoid pulling the redshirt on Day in case of injuries.

Radii · 05-07-2009, 04:41 AM

Recruiting Preview

We're losing two players this year, reserve SG Gunn, and reserve big man Slater. We've got two scholarships. But we also have a stacked rotation, and we might have problems drumming up interest when every spot on the roster for next year is already filled.

I take a couple stabs early. I'd like a guard and a big.

5* SG Herman Guiang out of Omaha, Nebraska gets my first offer. #4 in the nation, a sick looking player. A- 3 point shot, good speed, B- defense, A- steals, good ratings in all the right places. Iowa has made him an offer as well. We've got him to 95% before even using up all his visits, we'll have him at 100% along with Iowa and possbly others. "He is not concerned with being close to home" <-- That is the reason I am sticking with him. Well that and an A- 3 point rating.

5* PF Landon Arenas out of Fullerton, CA is the #19 player in the nation, #2 PF. Again, total stud. B orb/B drb/B- blocks/B- post offense/C+ post defense/A- close/C+ in traffic. Looks incredible. Only 6'7", but would grow into 6'8" or if lucky 6'9", acceptable. I've only got him at 72%, seems a long shot but worth the time to find out for sure.

Top backup targets:

4* C Maynard Black - #86 OVR/#2 C. Out of Michigan. Only 6'8", would end up slotted at PF. B+ drb, B- post off/B+ post def, B close/C in traffic. B+ strength. Black is at 87% and it seems very likely i'll drop off Arenas and go after Black before the early signing period.

5* SG Vadim Bryan - #7 OVR out of the Bronx. He prefers Pitt but if Pitt doesn't come calling there's a free for all between about 6 teams, Clemson, Va Tech and Boston College included.

I sim my opening game:

Nov 5, 2021

at #14 Florida State 98
Niagara 74

Sneed 19, Barrett 18, Alloway 17, McCants 10.

With 3 full weeks to go until the early signing period starts, the battle for SG Herman Guiang is like no other I've ever been involved in. Iowa, Kansas, Mizzou, and Florida State have all offered him a scholarship, and all of us have him at 100% already. "He is not concerned with being close to home" ... we'll see.

Game #2 is safe to sim too:

Nov 19th, 2021

at #13 Florida State 74
Delaware State 42

Sneed 21, McCants 15, Alloway 8, Ozier 7.

With one week left in recruiting before the early signing period, I have made no changes to my offers. There are one or two games I want to play this week though, so this is where we stop. There are no 5* players falling into my lap this year, it looks more likely that I'll end up filling my 2 recruiting slots with solid, workmanlike 4* targets who will have roles on the team after my giant recruiting class is gone, which is of course fine, can't always find superstars.

Radii · 05-07-2009, 11:26 PM

After a few of the early weeks simmed, Damion Alloway has amazingly gained 2 points to his overall rating already, he's now an 81 OVR rated player. Barret with an early gain to 84 OVR, Forte up 1 to 83 OVR.

Radii · 05-08-2009, 12:36 AM

November 22, 2021

#11 Florida State (2-0) at Iowa (5-1)

TEAM: FSU|IOWA
OVR: 90|83
OFF: 89|82
DEF: 89|84
SHT: 90|83
REB: 93|86
COA: 88|87

Iowa hasn't made the big dance since 2015, not one of the better big 10 programs these days. They've played no one so far, except for a loss against Mississippi State in their last game.

Scouting

PG Jeffrey Hampton – SR – 83 OVR – 96 speed/86 quickness. 89 defense/80 steals. 87 hands/80 passing. 81 close/71 med/80 3/81 off the dribble. Good awareness, great hustle(94/A). A solid PG, leading the team with 16.3 ppg so far. 5 assists/game too.

SG Demon Abbot – SR – 77 OVR – 86 speed/91 quickness. 85 def/86 steals, a solid defender. 83 close/69 med/77 3/75 off the dribble/78 in traffic. Good leaper and dunker, he's a 6'6” guard. Speed and inside game seem to be his strength, and of course he will make open 3's. 8.7 ppg so far.

SF Timmy Nardi – SR – 71 OVR – 6'7” SF – 80 speed/75 quickness. 72 defense(low even for a SF, C-). 85 close/87 in traffic. 6.3 ppg so far.

PF Moulaye Dixon – JR – 77 OVR – 6'8” natural PF – 91 orb but only 79 drb. 78 post off/73 post def. 85 close/85 in traffic. Decent strength, 70/B. Dixon is averaging 12 ppg and 5.8 boards so far this season.

C Duncan Schaen – FR – 76 OVR – 6'7” natural PF – 79 orb/77 drb. 79 post off/73 post def. 91 close/81 in traffic. 67 str, a little low for a center. Just 6 ppg/5 rpg so far.

They have a couple 72 rated backups but these are 5 of their top 7 players. Other than Hampton they really don't have anyone that should be able to play with us for 40 minutes. Abbot and Dixon are ok though and on the road we'll see, but it would seem we should be way too much for them.

Iowa with a small 53-47 unity lead. How nice is it to see our team unity up near 50 in November after the last two years.

Half	Time	FSU	IOWA	Notes
1	13:30	16	7	Great offense so far. Everyone but Alloway has scored, Forte has 8, including 2 open 3's. They got their first 5 points from SG Abbot, then I stuck Barrett on him and they have only scored 2 total since, on a tipin. Backups are in.
1	11:55	23	9	4 from Ozier, Mayer hits the first shot I ever take with him in a real game, an open 3. Timeout Iowa.
1	10:20	23	17	Heh, collapse there by the backups, Mayer has the ball stripped, layup Iowa, Sanders with a bad pass, layup Iowa. McClurkin bad pass, layup iowa. Timeout Florida State!
1	7:25	29	22	I get a timeout to get the starters back out. Their SG, Abbot, has 14 now, he went nuts the second he came back in. Hopefully Barrett shuts him down again. Ozier with a great run there, 8 points, 6 in transition. Mayer with the other 5, we only tried to get into the post twice and turned it over both times. Alloway has 2 fouls for the starters, BTW. Ozier will get more PT if Alloway picks up a 3^rd.
1	6:10	33	23	Alloway scores 4 straight and they get a timeout. This team is going to have so many ways to score, I know this is a slightly inferior opponent but this might be the most versatile group of scorers I've ever had, with a defensive stopper too...
1	1:30	37	33	They go to a high pressure half court defense and we struggle against it a bit, putting up a few bad shots and they score pretty much every time down for a stretch. Abbot has 17 now heh. I get a timeout to settle down and hopefully make sure we take the lead into the locker room.
	HALF	39	37	Well we didn't play well at all the final 6 minutes of the half or so. Their SG Abbot has an instant release, which is just impossible to defend unless I'm controlling the guy on him, the AI defense just sags too much off the ball, so every single shot he gets is open. Barrett prevented him from driving and creating his own shot which did help a ton. They are 16-28, 2-7 from 3, we are 13-22, 3-3 from 3. We've also taken 10 free throws(and made them all), just 3-4 from Iowa. After their 17 from Abbot there is nothing worth noting. Forte leads our starters with 8, Ozier also put up 8 off the bench. Alloway and Sneed have 6 each. I did not go to my big men often, understandable when I'm doing well in transition, but too many half court possessions ended with alloway or forte instead of a feed into the post.
2	18:05	39	41	They take advantage of a couple very impressive defensive stops and take the lead.
2	13:30	50	49	We get it going and lead by 1 when we call a timeout to get the backups in. Forte hit a 3, Barrett and Alloway get transition baskets and Sneed twice in transition. Forte and Sneed are in double figures now.
2	9:15	60	56	Timeout Iowa, I'm still thrilled with the offense but wish we had held on to the larger lead we had earlier. Ozier and Mayer both having great games off the bench, and Sanders has picked up 4 points in this stretch as well.
2	8:15	60	61	They had Abbot sitting and a couple other starters, a quick 5 gives them the lead after their timeout. I've only got 2 left so I'm not calling one here, but the starters will be back in fairly soon.
2	7:05	60	61	Starters are back in now, its their ball.
2	5:50	64	63	Barret with a big jam in transition and we take the lead back for now.
2	4:10	69	68	We're going back and forth, Iowa with a timeout to get all their starters back in. Forte with our last 5, he has 16 now.
2	2:55	75	68	Big stretch, we get 3 straight buckets as they turn it over once and miss two shots, including an open look from Abbot.
2	1:30	77	72	They just missed what looked like it would be an easy bucket in transition... we've got the ball now with a fresh shot clock.
2	1:05	79	72	McCants kicks it out to Forte for an open jumper.

They turn it over on their next trip and its over.

#11 Florida State 81
Iowa 75

I'd prefer to have blown them out but we get a solid win in a hostile environment early in the season, I'll take that. Abbot with 24 for them, PF Dixon with 10, PG Hampton with 9, that's their 3 talented players.

Forte: 18 points
Alloway: 12 points
Barrett: 9 points
Sneed: 14 points/2 boards
McCants: 5 points/6 boards

Ozier: 10 points
Mayer: 9 points

I'm real happy with that sort of point distribution too... Alloway and Barrett were both strong attacking the basket, Sneed does well down low and Forte scores when we need him to, actually going 4-4 from 3 and 7-9 from the floor, great game for him. Mayer goes 3-5, 1-1 from 3 and 2-2 at the line. Millar, the other new guy out there, is 0-2 and put up two ugly shots, just 1 board for his stat line.

Radii · 05-08-2009, 12:49 AM

We've got two more games this week before we get to recruiting... and yes, that means that I have a schedule with 3 games in the final week before the early signing period starts. That's a huge fuckup on my part, I decided with only two scholarships I didn't feel like pulling out the calendar and making sure I limited my Sunday games, but I didn't think about the 3 games/week thing.

If you schedule 3 games in a week, you have 0 recruiting points available. So I can't even change my scholarship offer if I want. And I want to, heh.

Nov 25, 2021

#11 Florida State 68
at UMass 56

UMass is rated 77 OVR. Alloway 14, Forte 12, Sneed 10 in this one.

Nov 27, 2021

at #11 Florida State 89
Stetson 49

Sneed 17, Barrett 13, McCants 12, Sanders 12, Alloway 10. Stetson is rated in the 60s.

Initial Signing Day

So I've got two offers out. One is to a PF that I have no shot at. I'm ready to cut and run with him, but I can't.

The other is for the #4 player in the nation. I'm competing with Iowa, Kansas, and Mizzou. Iowa got him to 100% first. Maybe the fact that we just beat Iowa helps us(I have no idea if this is true or not). I expect him to sign on day 1, no clue with whom.

My top backup target, a 4* C, has no offers yet, so not being able to change my scholarship hopefully isn't going to hurt me too bad, and I can get the center at the end of the week.

5* SG Herman Guiang signs with IOWA.

No dice, dang.

Three other guys on our target list go elsewhere, but no one that we were pursuing hard.

So I put out two new offers:

4* C Maynard Black - #86 OVR/#2 C. I will easily have him at 100% by the end of the week(98% with a visit coming). Indiana might have a shot if they make an offer this week but I do expect to land him.

5* SG Vadim Bryan - #7 OVR - Interesting note here. He heavily favored Pitt at the start of the year. By Heavily I mean I would have guessed 90% pitt, no one else over 75% on day one. Pitt just landed the #1 recruit in the nation, also a SG, and does not show up on his list anymore. Clemson leads on him, we are second.

We have no shot at Bryan this week. But if Clemson doesn't land him this week, we'll have a good recruiting battle the rest of the way.

I have two good challenges scheduled this week, so I'll be playing them both out before we find the results of recruiting. At Mississippi State (rated 87 OVR) and at Arkansas (rated 83 OVR).

Radii · 05-08-2009, 02:29 AM

December 1, 2021

#11 Florida State (5-0) at Mississippi State (6-1)

TEAM: FSU|MSU
OVR: 90|87
OFF: 89|88
DEF: 89|87
SHT: 90|90
REB: 94|87
COA: 88|97

This is quite a bit different than Iowa. Much better all the way around.

Scouting

PG Kareem Cuffe – FR – 78 OVR – 88 speed/86 quickness. 82 defense/81 steals. 86 hands/83 passing. 84 close/83 med/80 3/79 off th dribble. Not a great athlete, not good awareness, but he has some great skills. 11.3 ppg/5.4 apg, incredible numbers for a true freshman guard.

SG Eric Haigler – JR – 87 OVR – 89 speed/86 quickness. 84 defense/79 steals. A PG level passer, 85 hands/80 passing. 91 close/72 med/87 3/84off the dribble/80 in traffic. Great awareness, clutch, and athletic ratings... this is a bona fide star. 14.7 ppg so far this year.

SF Donny Nabors – JR – 81 OVR – 6'7” natural SF – 80 speed/79 quickness. 86 defense, outstanding for a SF. 91 close/84 med/74 3/86 in traffic. good athlete, 91 vert/69 str/78 hustle (A-/B-/B-). Just 6.9 ppg, but it looks like he could do a lot more inside than that.

PF Berry Rost – SR – 81 OVR – 6'8” natural PF – 85 orb/82 drb. 79 post off/71 post def. 98 close/88 in traffic. 71 str/87 hustle. The close range shot is at an elite level. Hopefully the poorer post defense means we can score on him, but yeah... 15.7 ppg/7.5 rpg so far.

C Kris Bozeman – FR – 73 OVR – 6'7” PF – 80 orb/78 drb. 77 post off/75 post def. 76 blocks. 84 close/79 in traffic. Ok, not a bad freshman but needs work, and is small. 7.3 ppg/5.9 rpg still.

They have 3 solid backup guards, the best being SG Issa Whitarker. Their backup big men are sub 70 rated, if we can get some foul trouble going inside we can develop a big edge. We have a 51-45 team unity edge.

Half	Time	FSU	MSU	Notes
1	15:15	3	6	Weird start. Alloway and Barrett both miss easy looks inside, Sneed 0-2, Forte misses an open 3. We have one bucket, Barrett earned a 3 point play in transition. Haigler has all 6 of their poitns, all in transition. Neither team has a single point in a half court set.
1	13:40	5	9	We turn the ball over out of bounds, and the dead ball allows our backups to come in.
1	11:30	13	13	Ugh. Mayer has 5 of our 8 points for the backups... and on a great drive to the basket earning a 3 point play chance, he comes out injured. Ozier takes the FT and makes it. Gunn is in for Mayer for now.
1	10:40	15	13	I get my first points with Millar on the season on a nice turnaround. Timeout Miss State.
1	9:10	19	15	Another MSU timeout. Sanders has 6 now in the post, he's having a good run here. They had Haigler and Cuffe on the bench, both back in now.
1	7:00	21	20	Haigler with their next 5 points, he has 11. I get a timeout and get our starters back in. Remember the starters only managed 5 points in the first 6 ½ minutes or so, so they have some work to do.
1	3:05	31	26	Alloway scores our first 8, two open 3's and a drive for a layup. Sneed with the other bucket. Haigler has 15 for them now, a steal and drive by himself, and an offensive board and putback... MSU timeout.
	HALF	38	33	Well 38 points is pretty darn good after 5 in the first 6+ minutes. We shoot 55% for the half, they 50%. Haigler is 6-6, 1-1 from 3, 2-2 at the line for 15 points. Alloway is 5-9, 3-4 from 3 for 13 points. They have 7 from Rost, their high scoring PF, but he's only 3-8, he's taking a lot of shots for 7 points. On our end, Sanders with 6, McCants with 4. Forte is scoreless, missing 3 open 3's. Mayer is cleared to come back in, a sprained ankle that will limit him for 6 games. But I'm a little worried about the whole injury aggravation thing I noticed late last year. I don't even know if that's real or if the game messes up with injuries... Anyway, if I don't need him, I am not going use Mayer in the 2^nd half.
2	15:40	43	42	After keeping our lead for the most part, we allow a 5-0 run by Miss State and only lead by 1. I get a timeout. Alloway and Haigler both have 18 now.
2	12:10	55	48	Haigler hits a J to get to 20, then comes out of the game at the next break. Alloway outdoes him and gets to 21 and the rest of the starters get involved a bit more. As our backups come in we're up 7. Haigler is back in for them too to go against our reserves.
2	9:10	57	54	Well we score first to go up 9 then they get 6 straight. An offensive board gets them a 6^th man bonus and Millar's 3^rd foul gives them a 3 point play try. They miss the FT though, we board and call a timeout. I'd hate to give up the lead but I want 2 more minutes from the backups.
2	6:50	61	60	Well we don't lose the lead... Sanders obliges with two straight post buckets for us, then they get two threes in a row to make it 1 again. I get a timeout and get the starters back in.
2	5:20	68	62	Sneed with our next 5, 9 in a row in the post between him and Sanders(3 point play for sneed) before Alloway streaks in for a layup and his 23^rd points.
2	3:50	70	68	Four point play for them(3 point play chance, missed FT/putback), another bucket off an offensive rebound and they've got it down to 2. The last offensive board gives them a 6^th man boost and I call a timeout. I've only got 1 left.
2	2:30	73	73	Forte with a 3, they answer with a 3 point play from Nabors. We turn it over and they miss a 3, get an offensive board, generating another 6^th man boost, and a putback from Rost, who is up to 19 or so now for them. Tie game.
2	1:40	73	75	Alloway misses an open 3, they come down and score an easy bucket inside to take the lead.
2	1:25	76	75	They play a 1-2-2 zone and I get Alloway an open 3 on the wing right away, its good, we're up 1. Timeout Miss State after they get the ball past half court.
2	1:10	76	75	Nabors with a 3 from the left corner, its no good but Rost pulls down yet another offensive board, but he misses his putbakc as well and McCants comes away with the ball.
2	0:48	79	75	Forte gets a screen up high from Sneed, goes by it and drains a 3!!
2	0:32	79	78	Haigler hits a 3 on their end. They'll have to start fouling.
2	0:28	81	78	Sneed takes the ball, first is good, second... GOOD. 3 point game.
2	0:20	83	78	They take a pretty bad 3 right away. Alloway boards. He's good from the line

And that's the ball game, another very solid road win.

#11 Florida State 85
Mississippi State 78

Their man Haigler was huge, 23 points on the day, and PF Rost had a really strong second half to finish with 19 points/12 boards. SF Nabors with 14, that is a very solid core they have.

Alloway outdoes them all though and we get a solid effort after a slow start for the win.

Forte: 9 points/5 assists/2 steals
Alloway: 28 points/2 assists
Barrett: 6 points
Sneed: 13 points/3 boards
McCants: 7 points/13 boards

Sanders: 10 points
Mayer: 5 points
Ozier: 5 points

Radii · 05-08-2009, 03:56 AM

December 4, 2021

#11 Florida State (6-0) at Arkansas (4-1)

TEAM: FSU|ARK
OVR: 90|83
OFF: 89|82
DEF: 89|85
SHT: 90|85
REB: 94|85
COA: 88|82

Arkansas looks similar to Iowa did, except their one good quality player is a SF and not a guard. They have a win over Purdue, a loss to UNC Greensboro and the rest of their opponents are truly awful.

Scouting

PG Henry Ellerbee – JR – 76 OVR – 89 speed/84 quickness. 84 defense/75 steals. 87 hands/82 passing. 78 close/83 med/71 3/81 off the dribble. This is their second best player, a very good sign for us. Nothing wrong with him but this isn't good enough to beat us in theory. 9.2 ppg/4.6 apg.

SG Odartey Brinkley – SR – 73 OVR – 85 speed/80 quickness. 79 defense. 83 close/76 med/68 3. Not good enough anywhere at all. 8 ppg.

SF Carlos Kuhle – SR – 82 OVR – 86 speed/82 quickness. 87 defense, outstanding for a 6'9” SF, truly outstanding. 84 close/78 med/74 3/87 in traffic. C+ vert/A- str/B hustle. 93 dunker, very good if we let him dunk on us. Pretty good awareness as well. 11.4 ppg/7.0 rpg so far this year.

PF Drake Bing – FR – 75 OVR – 6'6” natural SF. 75 orb/76 drb. 71 post off/70 post def. 83 close/71 med/70 3/80 in traffic. Not even a great SF, much less a power forward. Huge edge to us here. 6.8 ppg/7.4 rpg(what? Really? Its early yet).

C Dotun Little – JR – 76 OVR – 6'10” natural center. 86 orb/76 drb. 80 post off/79 post def. 84 blocks(B+, very good). 88 close/82 in traffic. 76 str/B+ there. 16 ppg/5.6 rpg, looks like a pretty good scorer, and not a bad defender at all.

This is their 5 best players. We ought to stomp them. 53-48 unity edge.

Half	Time	FSU	ARK	Notes
1	13:30	9	15	Heh they are playing WAY above their ratings defensively. Or we're just cold as hell I guess. We hit a 3, they scored the next 8. Then we got two buckets to make it 8-7, they scored the next 7 to make it 15-7. Backups are in. No one really stands out for us. Sneed is 1-4 inside against their crappy SF.
1	7:15	13	25	Well it was just 19-13 and we were hanging around until the starters were ready... a basket and two quick turnovers later and we're down 12 against a team I just said I ought to stomp. Isn't that always the way? I get a timeotu and get the starters back in.
1	4:30	14	30	I get another timeout, I have 1 point in the last 5 minutes or so... this is insane. They don't have anyone with more than 6, just everyone is hitting everything. They are 13-22 so far. We are 5-18.
1	3:25	14	33	Sneed is now 1-6 inside against their 6-6 SF with no defense. Alloway just blew by his man in transition and their big man comes up with an incredible block, leading to a 3 point play on their end. This is nuts.
1	3:00	16	33	Forte misses an open 3, but Sneed pulls down the board and goes back up strong. Sneed now leads the team with 4 points.
	HALF	20	33	Well we score the last 6 of the half and only trail by 13, it could have been worse. The problem? We're shooting 29% for the game. Not really much else to say. Forte is 1-7, Sneed 2-7, Alloway 0-3. Sneed and Barrett lead us with 4 each. Kuhle, their talented SF, ends up with 9 on 4-6 shooting. Center Little has 6, Ellerbee 5. They shoot just under 50%. They have a 17-12 edge on the boards, though mainly that's from the shooting discrepency. Sneed is baffling me today, he is mostly guarded by a 6'6” SF with a 70 post defense rating... and he cannot score at all.
2	19:25	20	35	Forte picks up his 3^rd foul. He'll stay in.
2	16:43	24	38	McCants picks up his 3^rd foul... he's staying in too.
2	14:55	32	40	Sanders in for McCants, who still tires long before others. We're on an 8-0 run and have the lead under 10.
2	13:40	36	43	Down to 7 but the backups are all in now, and they had an awful run in the first half, here's hoping for better.
2	12:40	38	46	Timeout Arkansas. Kuhle, their 6'9” SF, just pump faked at the 3 point line, got a lane to the basket and threw down one of those dunks that is so vicious that your first thought is to wonder if anyone got hurt in the process. Two of my guys end up on the ground, one of them apparently fouled the guy. 3 point play heh. One of the more impressive sights in this game.
2	11:20	41	46	A dunk by Sanders and 1 for 2 at the line from Ozier and we're down 5, the closest we've been since the 15 minute mark or so of the first half.
2	8:50	41	51	They get it back up to 8 with a 3 pointer, Sanders gets 3 different tries to score over two possessions for us, fails, and now they're up 10 again. I get a timeot and get the starters back in. All 5 starters have between 5 and 8 points, no one standing out at all.
2	6:47	43	53	Timeout arkansas after sneed scores a bucket. This is one of those games where it feels like we're destined to lose. Alloway just missed a layup that he makes 48 out of 50 times. Their center just made a hook shot from beyond the free throw line. Dunno how that even happened, he posted up Forte at the FT line, I was controlling McCants and go over to cover, then he's posting up McCants at the FT line and turns around and throws up a left handed hook, swish. Anyway, down 10, under 7 to go, we have the firepower to win easily but I dunno about this one.
2	5:15	45	60	They're in the bonus, sneed reach in for our 7^th foul. Timeout FSU down 15 now.
2	4:50	47	60	Heh. Ozier comes in as Forte goes down with an injury driving to the basket. Perfect.
2	3:25	49	62	Timeout arkansas, still a 13 point game.

Well this was our annual “what the hell this team isn't any good why did they blow us out?” non-conference game. It happens, and as long as Forte isn't out long term(I haven't looked yet) its no big deal.

Arkansas 70
#11 Florida State 55

Their talented SF, Kuhle, scores 21 on 7-10 shooting and 6-6 at the line, 1 three. Little with 12 at center.

But this game is much more about us and our shooting.

Forte; 7 points (2-8)
Alloway: 11 points (1-12, 0-8 from 3, 9-10 at the line)
Barrett: 8 points (3-7)
Sneed: 10 points/4 boards (5-13)
McCants: 9 points/12 boards (4-8)

We make 19 field goals in a 20 minute game. Seriously? 19-57. 1-17 from 3. They outrebound us 41-27.

Just one of those games. Excruciatingly frustrating to play, at least it wasn't an ACC contest.

Radii · 05-08-2009, 04:04 AM

Forte is day to day with a sore knee, just 4 days. No problem.

End of In-Season Recruiting

No suspense here, none needed.

4* C Maynard Black signs with FLORIDA STATE.

Our other target, SG Vadim Bryan, does not sign. Clemson and Seton Hall have made him offers along with us, but none are at 100%. Clemson has the lead on him, and I've used up my visits, so I might actually have to drop off him, i'm only at 85%, i don't think i can max him out before the end of recruiting, and Clemson certainly will.

4* C Maynard Black - 6'8" 230 lbs - Livonia, MI - #84 OVR/#2 C

Black did not play in the ABL.

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

C+ orb/B+ drb. B- post off/B+ post def/B blocks. A steals, should be interesting to see. B+ str is real good to see in a big man. B close/C in traffic.

I'm not expecting a stud here, but he does look fairly solid. What I need is someone who will be ready to step in with some minutes his sophomore season after I've graduated everyone out of my giant recruiting class(including Sneed and Sanders). I should be able to get that out of Black.

I'll sim my next two, but need to make some recruiting decisions first, then I have an early ACC game against NC State, and 3 more interesting non-conference matchups, two ranked opponents(Providence and San Diego State) and an 88 rated BYU squad before ACC play starts in earnest.

Radii · 05-08-2009, 04:23 PM

I haven't changed my remaining scholarship offer yet, its still out to 5* SG Bryan. I scout a number of 4* PG/SG types though as its a near certainty that I will need to change it up.

We fall to #14 in the polls after our loss to Arkansas. Two (hopefully) easy games this week to get us back on track:

Dec 6, 2021

at #14 Florida State 79
W. Michigan 58

Sneed 19, McCants 16, Barrett 7.

Dec 12, 2021

at #14 Florida State 74
Bucknell 32

Bucknell is probably the worst team we play all year, rated 65 OVR. Forte 22, Alloway 14.

And we're back up to #11 in the polls after that week.

We're 8-1, other ACC teams in the rankings:

6. North Carolina (10-1)
11. Florida State (8-1)
22. Virginia Tech (10-3)
25. Georgia Tech (8-4)

Ohio is still rolling right along, they got a very solid coach after I left and appear to be fully established as one of the top 2 or 3 mid major programs in the nation. They have 5 starters rated 80 or better, with only one guy left on the team that I recruited, rated 89 OVR and #20 in the nation(8-1).

Big week for us this week, we host #16 Providence (9-0) early in the wee and then on Sunday we open ACC play early, as we host 6-3 NC State.

Radii · 05-08-2009, 05:41 PM

December 15, 2021

#16 Providence (9-0) at #11 Florida State (8-1)

TEAM: FSU|PU
OVR: 90|86
OFF: 90|86
DEF: 90|83
SHT: 91|86
REB: 94|90
COA: 88|90

All of our ratings except our overall rating(and coaching of course) have gone up 1 since our opening game... offense/defense/shooting/rebounding. Providence is a team that I have a hard time reading. They have 3 very very talented players and then a couple filler guys in the lineup that are not good at all. If we can contain their stars we win easy and if we can't we are in big trouble, I never know how these games will go.

They won in Atlanta earlier in the year, beating Georgia Tech 78-74, that definitely worries me.

Scouting

PG Bracey McKinney – SR – 87 OVR – 92 speed/87 quickness. 92 defense/80 steals, an elite defender. 87 hands/91 passing, both incredibly good. 91 close/76 med/77 3/88 off the dribble. Very strong(79/B+) and a solid overall athlete. Great awareness too (77 o/79 d). Confidence boosts in game might get him coach on the floor in the game. 13.1 ppg/4.4 apg so far this year. McKinney is a first round pick.

SG Cyril Burnstein – SR – 85 OVR – natural PG – 92 speed/91 quickness. 85 defense/77 steals. 89 hands/90 passing. 90 close/78 med/87 3/89 of the dribble. Looks like a solid defender and a very very good shooter. 10.5 ppg/5.3 apg so far.

SF Acie Robertson – JR – 74 OVR – natural SG – 84 speed/87 quickness. 76 d/65 steals. 80 close/64 med/72 3/78 off the dribble. Just 5 ppg and not good at all really.

PF Kendrick Murray – FR – 70 OVR – 6'11” - 81 orb/84 drb. 71 post off/75 pos def. 76 close/83 in traffic. Great strength, will be hard to back down in the post (80/A-). He's not terribly talented but his size/strength and rebounding will make him a presence in the post that we have to deal with.

C Lonnie Sherman – SR – 85 OVR – 6'7” PF – 90 orb/85 drb. 86 post off/77 post def/81 blocks/83 steals. 96 close/89 in traffic. Decent athlete, strong (76/B+), good awareness on both ends as well (78 off/80 def). WOW. Sherman has been a beast so far this year, 29.6 points/8.8 rebounds. His close range and drive tendencies are completely maxxed out, this guy is going to shot every time he touches the ball with any sort of opening basically.

This is their entire team... they have a backup PG rated 71 OVR, everyone else is in the 60s. So I don't know what to expect. If we can get some fouls on Sherman and one of their guards they become a pretty bad team, but if we're unable to do that, those guys are so good that it might not matter that they have no one else. Unity is basically even 55-54 in favor of the friars.

Half	Time	FSU	PU	Notes
1	14:30	13	8	Good start, we are shooting extremely well. Sneed has 6 inside. Timeout Providence.
1	13:20	16	12	Backups are in. McCants with 2 fouls early.
1	12:45	18	12	Sanders a putback, timeout Providence.
1	11:15	18	19	That was fast, one turnover from us, and a miss, 3 straight buckets for providence and we trail by 1.
1	8:40	18	26	Holy shit... timeout, starters back early. Just awful. And obviously, 74 rated Acie robertson leads them with 9 points. Their two guards have 6 each. The center scoring 30 a game has 1 point...
1	5:10	24	33	Sneed has 10 and is scoring real well for us, McCants put up two ugly bricks early on though and we trail by 9 now... it was 11 heh. Timeout Providence.
	HALF	33	39	The defense picks up a little and Barrett is effective in transition(with a much worse defender on him than Alloway has) and we have a respectable halftime score. They get 10 from SG Burnstein, 9 from SF Robertson and 6 from PG McKinney. They shoot just over 50%, 15-29. We shoot much better but have 5 turnovers, 14-26, just 2-7 from 3 though and 3-4 at the line. Hoping to draw some fouls on their stars, we end up only drawing 3 fouls total all half. We only commit 5 ourselves, 2 on McCants, the only foul issues at all. Sneed leads us with 10, 5-5 shooting, solid half. Barrett 8, Alloway 6.
2	19:55	33	41	Heh, McCants foul #3 5 seconds into the half.
2	16:10	45	47	Barrett with 2 3 point plays and Sneed has 2 more buckets inside, both of them are well into double figures now as we've gotten the lead down to just 2.
2	13:30	51	53	Backups are in, they would have come in around the 14:45 mark but a steal and dunk for McCants got us a 6^th man boost, starters are gassed though. Barrett and Sneed have 16 each. Their big man Sherman is starting to come on strong, after only 3 in the first half he's up to 9.
2	12:05	55	54	They get a free throw but we get a good shot from Millar and a turnaround in the post from Mayer and take the lead for the first time in what seems like forever.
2	11:15	59	54	They miss a jumper, Millar outlets to Mayer who hits a streaking sanders for a dunk. They throw the ball away on their next trip before getting fully setup, and Sanders is there again! 6^th man boost, timeout Providence, 5 point lead. They were sitting Sherman and Burnstein, both come back in, we'll see how that changes things.
2	9:55	64	54	Up by 10! Another Providence timeout. Sanders with another jam to get another 6^th man boost going.
2	6:30	70	58	Starters are back in. Sanders is dominant in this stretch, he's got 12 total now, either 8 or 10 in the last 6 minutes.
2	3:00	76	66	Sherman is up to 15 for them but it is hopefully too late. Barrett has 22 for us, their SF is just an awful defener and Barrett burns him at every opportunity.
2	1:21	80	71	Still looking good but they did just get a turnover and layup in the backcourt with their press to make it a 9 point game. I get a timeout to emphasize ball handling, go go discipline, eh?

Providence misses their next shot which pretty much seals the game.

#11 Florida State 80
#16 Providence 71

Any win over a ranked team is a very good win. Their 3 stars and their shot happy 74 rated SF did their best but we basically had too much Ike Barrett today. Burnstein and Sherman(SG/C) each score 17 for them, SF Robertson has 11. We end up winning the rebound totals, not allowing offensive boards in the second half helped a lot.

Forte: 5 points/2 assists/2 steals
Alloway: 8 points
Barrett: 24 points/3 assists
Sneed: 16 points/2 boards
McCants: 6 points/12 boards

Sanders: 12 points

Barrett 9-10/6-6 at the line. Sneed 8-14. Sanders 6-8. Very good performances from all 3. Barrett just destroyed Robertson any time he could get 1 on 1.

Radii · 05-09-2009, 01:02 AM

December 19, 2021

NC State (7-3) at #11 Florida State (9-1)

TEAM: FSU|NCSU
OVR: 90|88
OFF: 90|88
DEF: 90|86
SHT: 91|94
REB: 94|89
COA: 88|93

NC State had two freshmen starters last year but isn't using either of them, in fact they have one starter from last year's team starting again. They lost their best player to the draft, a junior SF. Their ratings are similar to last year but we'll see how they play. We destroyed them on the court last season, winning by 26. Again, different lineup now, so we'll see. Center Dixon is the returning starter, btw.

Scouting

PG Jairus Drabyn – JR – 78 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. 7.2 ppg.

SG Danko Walls – FR – 78 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 – 85 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. 11.5 ppg/6.3 rpg.

PF Cassiano Hunter – SO – 77 OVR – 87 orb/77 drb. 87 post off/73 post def. 88 close/83 in traffic. Good athlete (A- vert/B str/B+ hustle). Just 4.3 ppg this year so far, good offensive rebounder which I hate to see since we don't have great rebounders. 6'10” natural PF.

C Donnell Dixon – SR – 80 OVR – 6'6” natural PF – 86 orb/81 drb. 85 post off/71 post def. 87 close/77 med/78 3/85 in traffic. 11.4 ppg/6.0 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 83 rated back up SF behind Cotton named Justino Mihailovic. Last year's starting PG, Garland Munns, is a backup this year, he's a good 3 point shooter too. They are a deep team, with 9 players rated 77 or higher. 4 of them show up as 3 point specialists. With a lot of new starters on the Wolfpack this year, we have a 56-40 team unity edge.

Half	Time	FSU	NCSU	Notes
1	13:15	17	6	We've run off 11 straight after a 6-6 tie early. They're shooting a lot of long jumpers and missing, and we are getting good, efficient looks every time down. Alloway has 6 and seems to beat his man with east, Sneed and McCants with 4 each. Timeout Wolfpack.
1	12:02	25	8	They end our run at 16 straight. Timeout NCSU after alloway starts a new run with a 3. Alloway has our last 8 points and 14 total, backups are in.
1	9:15	34	13	We appear to be a poor matchup for NC State. Timeout Pack.
1	6:45	38	15	Starters are back in. Sanders and Mayer both are solid for the backups, Sanders is a beast of a big man lately.

I don't normally sim games away in the first half but when the score was 48-21, and then the announcers/sound went out, I figured it was a good time to do so. Dumbass me left the xbox on/paused for 6 hours while I was working after the game I played earlier, hopefully that is the reason for the sound problem/having to reset to fix it and not anything else.

#11 Florida State 73
NC State 47

Looks like the backups played pretty much the rest of the game.

Forte: 12 points/3 assists/4 steals
Alloway: 17 points/4 assists (had 16 when I simmed ahead)
Barrett: 6 points/5 boards
Sneed: 6 points/4 boards
McCants: 12 points/9 boards

Sanders: 11 points
Mayers: 5 points

Radii · 05-09-2009, 03:26 AM

We fall a spot to 12^th despite the wins last week.

December 26, 2021

BYU (6-2) at #12 Florida State (10-1)

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

Our Overall roster strength rises to 91 this week. BYU looks impressive. They beat #1 Arizona at Arizona,lost to #1 Texas A&M, and have a loss to Sacramento State, a 9-1 team but still a bit of a WTF team to be losing to.

Scouting

PG Andry Gosley – JR – 84 OVR – 90 speed/89 quickness. 89 speed/87 steals. 82 hands/76 passing. 81 close/73 med/92 3/85 off the dribble. 84 off awareness/78 defensive. He's a coach on the floor. Gosley is leading the team with 17.8 ppg so far this year, a very very talented player.

SG Trent Warner – JR – 84 OVR – 95 speed/88 quickness. 84 defense/76 steals. Better hands/passing than their PG(though Warner is a natural SG). 85 close/73 med/74 3/78 off the dribble/82 in traffic. Just 7.8 ppg, of their 3 guys rated 84 this is the least imposing, still pretty solid though, very fast and quick.

SF Levi Barron – SO – 78 OVR – 83 speed/81 quickness. 84 defense/79 steals, solid for a SF,a big 6'9” guy too. 86 close/77 med/71 3/77 in traffic. 10.1 ppg/5.5 rpg.

PF Wes Givens – JR – 82 OVR – 6'9” natural C – 83 orb/83 drb. 83 post off/84 post def. 83 blocks. 94 close/85 in traffic. 84 strength,A-. Solid B awareness on both ends (75 off/76 def). 13.4 ppg/7.4 rpg.

C Koki Gennie – SR – 84 OVR- 7'0” natural C – 91 orb/91 drb. 78 post off/76 post def. 85 close/92 in traffic. great strength, 84/A-, great hustle (87/B+),very good awareness(79 o/79 d). This guy is a beast. His post ratings a only C+, but look at those rebound numbers, damn. 12.6 ppg/7.1 rpg.

Backup PG Maury Deren scores 7 points/game and looks like a very good scoring threat as well.

This is an extremely strong team. No 89 OVR type superstars but Gosley, Warner, Givens and Gennie are all very very talented players, and Barron isn't bad heh. Barrett will try to stick to Gosley. Even with the coach on the floor for BYU, we are only at a 70-56 unity disadvantage.

Half	Time	FSU	BYU	Notes
1	13:05	8	12	They are definitely better early on. BYU went up 6-0, we scored 4, then they went up 10-4, hopefully we're settling in a bit, but the backups are in now. Their first backup big man off the bench is only rated 70 OVR but he's 7 feet tall too so I don't know if we can exploit him too much, we'll try for sure.
1	11:15	12	14	Buckets from Ozier and Millar and BYU calls the first timeout of the game. They get both big men starters back in, but sit Gosley
1	8:35	16	21	SG Warner has their last 5 and 11 total, on fire. Timeout BYU though, they sit Warner, whew.
1	7:20	18	26	Timeout to get the starters back in. It really feels so far like they are far far superior to us and that we are lucky to only be down 8, their offense seems that smooth right now, while we are fighting for every open shot like crazy.
1	3:50	27	35	We're both scoring at will now but their buckets are just too damn easy. They are going off screens and getting layups, or finding open 3's pretty much every trip, nothing is contested, just way way too easy.
	HALF	39	41	We have a stretch of very solid defense and score pretty much every time we touch the ball the rest of the way. Alloway goes on a tear, drawing fouls or hitting layups every time he touched the ball on the wing. They're led by Warner with 13, SF Barron 7, PG Gosley 6, each of their big men has 4. They are shooting ridiculously well, 17-26, 3-5 from 3. They have 13 assists on their 17 Fgs. We are all about Alloway. 3-5 but he also drew 4 of the 5 fouls BYU committed, all of them shooting fouls going to the rack. 8-8 at the line and he's got 14. Forte 5, Barrett, Sneed, and Mayer off the bench have 4. We shoot pretty well ourselves, 14-25, and 10-10 at the line. First team to play some defense wins.
2	18:05	44	43	Barrett hits 1 of 2 at the line and gives us our first lead of the game.
2	12:40	54	50	We're struggling for stops but Otis Sneed has absolutely taken over the game on our end. He had 4 at the half, he has 16 now, 12 of our 15 second half points so far. 6^th man boost and timeout BYU has the starters out there just a little while longer.
2	11:20	58	51	I have never seen a big man have a stretch like this. I'm not even running plays anymore. I'm letting the offense set up, getting the ball to the wing on Sneed's side, and getting him the ball in the post. That's it. He now has 16 of our 19 points this half. BYU with another timeout, and 20 overall.
2	9:25	62	51	Still going... 24 for Sneed, another 6^th man boost and another BYU timeout.
2	8:15	66	53	Barrett with our next 4, and the backups finally come in. What an awesome run.a huge turnaround from the majority of the first half where I felt like we were clawing just to not get embarrassed.
2	5:15	66	59	Backups struggle to score, Mayer missing a couple open looks from 3(their secondary D is a 2-2-1 zone) and they're scoring consistently again and have it down to 7. timeout FSU.
2	4:15	69	61	Mayer finally gets a 3, they score easily on their end, and I call a timeout to get the starters back in.
2	3:00	69	64	Two poor offensive trips for us, and they hit a 3 the second time around on their end and we've got a 5 point game all of a sudden.
2	1:45	69	64	We just cannot get a shot to fall anymore, Sneed, Barrett and Alloway all coming up empty since the starters came back in. Luckily they've missed their last two as well, and its our ball with 1:45 left, still up two possessions, just one basket from a 3 possession lead which is hard to come back from in the final minute or so.
2	1:20	72	64	Leave it to Forte to find and hit the open 3 when it counts, he's our best clutch shooter and they left him wide freaking open. 8 point game.
2	1:00	72	64	They miss another shot inside and we look to run the clock out now.

#12 Florida State 75
BYU 68

Awesome win. At halftime I was surprised to see that we were shooting so well. The flow of the game while I was playing it made it feel like BYU was getting layups every time down and we were struggling like hell and I was really happy to only be down 8 at the time I started making that point. The second half started similar, at the 12:40 mark we led 54-50 and it felt like we were playing perfect basketball but only up 4. Something clicked there with the defense and we took over for a little while and built up a lead that they couldn't come back from.

Their 3 84-rated players, Warner, Gosley and Gennie scored 15, 14, and 10 respectively. SF Barron with 13 to go with them.

Forte: 8 points
Alloway:14 points
Barrett: 12 points
Sneed: 24 points/8 boards
McCants: 4 points/6 boards

Mayer: 7 points

Career high for Sneed. Alloway didn't score in the second half. At halftime I assumed if we were to win Alloway would need 30+, and he goes scoreless in the second half. That was a very satisfying win.

Radii · 05-09-2009, 03:40 AM

We bump up to 8th in the polls after that win, and we have the final week of 2021 off. And with our week off we rise one more spot.

Media Poll:

1. Texas A&M
2. Kansas
3. Florida
4. Vanderbilt
5. North Carolina
...
7. Florida State
14. Georgia Tech
15. Ohio
18. Virginia Tech
25. Clemson

During the week off, Forte becomes the second player to gain 2 points to OVR rating this year, Alloway being the first. Forte is rated 84 OVR now.

We have one last non conference game left, as 88 rated San Diego State is coming to Tallahassee. After that, its all ACC play the rest of the way. And the ACC season will be heating up immediately, as our second game of the week is in Chapel Hill, at #5 North Carolina, our only meeting with them this year. 4 of our frrst 6 ACC games are on the road, so we are about to be tested big time.

hoopsguy · 05-09-2009, 11:09 AM

Nice schedule this year. So far it looks like you have passed the tests with flying colors. Looking forward to seeing if FSU can keep it going in ACC play.

Radii · 05-09-2009, 08:38 PM

January 4, 2022

San Diego State (11-4) at #7 Florida State (11-1)

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

San Diego State has only played 1 top 25 team, losing to #22 Pepperdine in mid-December. They have some bad losses, to a 2-5 Lamar squad and at home to 6-7 Idaho. They've got some talented players though and will surely be a threat.

Scouting

PG Phil Ager – FR – 78 OVR – A solid freshman, 89 speed but 78 quickness(F, wow). 82 defense/78 steals. 85 hands/86 passing. 78 close/77 med/73 3/82 off the dribble. Raw and young, hopefully we can exploit his lack of quickness with forte at times. 6.3 ppg/4.5 apg.

SG Asten Schiffner – SR – 85 OVR – 91 speed/83 quickness. 86 defense/80 steals. 90 close/83 med/76 3/79 in traffic. A big guard, 6'5”, he looks effective inside, but if we lay off him too much he'll hit the 3. 19.3 ppg, easily the top scorer on the floor. A solid defender, and he can rebound too fwiw.

SF Samba Kowalczuk – SR – 87 OVR – a 6'7” natural SF – 89 speed/82 quickness. 86 defense/76 steals/72 blocks, all extremely good numbers for a SF. 94 close/91 med/71 3/91 in traffic. A very good athlete, B- vert/A- str/B- hustle. 82 strength is very very solid. Decent awareness, and a consistent, clutch performer. Only the #3 scoring option on the team though, 11.4 ppg/5.7 rpg.

PF Cesar Lee – SR – 85 OVR – 6'8” PF – 83 org/92 drb. 81 post off/75 post def. 93 close/89 in traffic. Great leaper and strongman, 82/A vert, 83/A- str. Solid awareness on both ends, just under coach on the floor status. Lee is a strong scorer, 14.7 ppg/7.4 rpg.

C Mikel White – JR – 72 OVR – 6'9” natural C – 79 orb/89 drb. 79 post off/78 pos def. 86 cose/84 in traffic. 79/B+ strength. Just 5.7 ppg/4.9 rpg.

They have great rebounders and great strength, Kowalczuk and Lee are both stronger than anyone we've got. We've got the size edge though which hopefully evens things out. Schiffner looks like a great scoring threat. They're not deep at the same level that we are, only 3 players rated over 80, only 6 total over 75. They have two backup SF's both rated 78 OVR. We look like the better team but they have 3 very talented players that we will have to keep in check to win. We'll put Barrett on Schiffner to start.

Half	Time	FSU	SDSU	Notes
1	12:50	6	6	Defensive start for both teams. We are 1-8 from the field, Barrett and Alloway have each drawn a foul and hit two free throws. They are playing mostly 2-3 zone with some man to man, and we're not able to score against either, 0-4 from 3, 1-4 from 2. Sneed has our only field goal. They aren't much better, 3-9, 0-2 from 3. We've turned it over 4 times, they have a lot of good steals guys and we are making some careless passes. We have 2 steals. Backups are in. this would be an ideal time for Mayer to come out hot from 3.
1	10:05	14	8	The backups do take off a bit for us, Sanders hits two shots in the post, quick hooks before they can double in their zone. Then Mayer gets the ball twice in transition, drawing fouls both times and going 4-4 at the line, we're up 6 as the Aztecs calla timeout.
1	8:55	20	11	We've led by as much as 10 now, 18-8. Sanders leads us with 6, another timeout San Diego State.
1	7:00	24	17	Starters are back in, they were ready a minute or more ago but I decided to keep the reserves in til they cooled off a bit, great job by Sanders and Mayer primarily.
1	4:00	28	24	Forte hits a 3, only the second FG by the starters all day so far. Alloway and Sneed are both struggling bigtime, 1-8 combined from the field I believe for the two. I call a timeout as they cut it to 4.
	HALF	37	31	We find a few ways to score but its not pretty. SDSU at 42% on the game, we're at 41%. We've attacked the basket hard and drawn a lot of fouls, we're 14/15 at the line. They are led by PF Cesar Lee with 9 points, Schittner has 5, just 2-5 shooting. Kowalczuk has only 2 points. Backup SG Koger has 7 for them. On our end Forte and Sanders both have 8, Forte hitting two late 3's and a 10 footer in the final seconds of the half. Alloway is 0-6 from the field but has 3 at the line. Sneed is 2-5 from the field for 4 points, and Barrett has 4 as well. We have a 16-11 edge on the boards and are doing a great job there.
2	17:25	41	36	Well Sanders will sure get his chance today. McCants picks up fouls #3 and 4 in quick succession, Sanders is in.
2	15:00	47	37	Sanders scores 4 in the paint and is really playing well this year. Timeout SDSU. Sanders has 12 now. Alloway has never had a worse game for me I don't think.
2	13:00	49	41	Backups are in, Sanders with 14 now, though we turned it over twice and let them get it back under 10.
2	10:00	54	47	Millar with a putback to make it a 7 point game, they had it down to 5 and were threatening quite a bit. Timeout SDSU.
2	7:50	54	49	I get a timeout and get the starters back in, McCants included, Sanders needs to rest badly.
2	4:40	58	53	I get a timeout, down to 5 again, Sneed and McCants each get buckets but everyone is really struggling right now.
2	4:00	60	53	Sneed becomes the first starter in double figures, he hits a hook shot from the left block and SDSU gets a timeout.
2	3:30	60	56	They miss a shot, we have the chance to extend the lead more, but Barrett turns it over and they hit a 3 on their end. I get a timeout and put Sanders in for McCants, McCants is 1-5, I need the scoring option.
2	1:57	66	58	Well we got Sanders in but its Sneed that gives us the offense we need with 4 straight in the post, then Barrett with a steal and he goes all the way to the rack himself and we lead by 8 all of a sudden.
2	0:51	66	62	Four straight from SDSU, Sneed and Barret with misses for us. Our ball.
2	0:28	69	62	Precicely as planned, I knew going up the court I wanted Forte taking my next shot, he's this year's Mr Clutch, and he comes through, Sneed in the post kicks it out to Forte in the corner and he hits the trey.

They hit a 3 to make it a 4 point game but we ice it at the line.

#7 Florida State 72
San Diego State 65

They are led by PF Lee who has 13, SF Kowalczuk with 11, Schiffner and Ager 7 each. We just had too much balance in the end, even with Alloway being terrible and McCants being foul prone and inconsistent.

Forte: 11 points/6 steals (3-5 from 3)
Alloway: 3 points (0-9, 0-4 from 3, 3-4 at the line)
Barrett: 12 points
Sneed: 15 points/5 boards
McCants: 2 points/8 boards

sanders: 14 points/6 boards
Mayer: 9 points

And we're 12-1 as non-conference play ends. The big showdown with North Carolina is next.

Radii · 05-10-2009, 11:48 PM

Another game where the writeup makes the post too long:

January 8, 2022

#7 Florida State (12-1, 1-0 ACC) at #5 North Carolina (16-1, 1-0 ACC)

TEAM: FSU|UNC
OVR: 91|93
OFF: 90|92
DEF: 90|95
SHT: 91|95
REB: 94|96
COA: 88|91

On paper, North Carolina is the best team in the ACC. This is our only chance during the regular season to show otherwise, up in Chapel Hill. Despite losing two lottery picks to the NBA, they still have 4 players rated higher than anyone on the Florida State roster and seem very imposing.

Their only loss is to a 12-2 LaSalle team. They beat #24 Baylor by 19, beat Pitt(a top 5 team last year, not as good this year), and their early ACC game was a win over Boston College.

Scouting

PG Holland Freedman – SR – 86 OVR – 90 speed/91 quickness. 89 defense/80 steals. 88 hands/85 passing. 89 close/82 med/87 3/84 offthe dribble... can score as well as anyone. 11.3 ppg/3.6 apg so far this year.

SG Phil Atangana – JR – 90 OVR – 92 speed/85 quickness. 85 defense/92 steals. 91 close/77 med/76 3/90 off the dribble/81 in traffic. 85 defensive awareness, outstanding there. B vert/A- str/B+ hustle, a crazy good athlete. 12.5 ppg/7 rpg so far this year. Atangana is 6'7 and is as good a rebounder as most post men.

SF Eddie Esterkamp – SR – 88 OVR – 90 speed/89 quickness. 89 defense/78 steals. 90 close/85 med/86 3/89 in traffic. Esterkamp has been relegated to the bench behind Atangana and Haigler the last couple seasons. Also 6'7”, also a natural SG, not SF. 18.1 ppg this year so far.

PF Rene Reid – SR – 87 OVR – 6'6” SF – 79 orb/80 drb. 70 post off/74 post def. He's an elite level SF though his post skills aren't great. 89 speed/85 quickness. 90 close/78 med/85 3/81 off the dribble/88 in traffic. 10.8 ppg, a tough challenge for Sneed today.

C Shangari Andres – FR – 77 OVR – A 6'7” nautral PF – 80 orb/83 drb. 76 post off/75 post def. 85 close/82 in traffic. 75 strength is pretty good. 7.3 ppg/4.2 apg so far this year.

Backup SG Winston Appleby is rated 84 overall and averages 7 ppg off the bench. Backup PG Dennard Cannon is rated 83 OVR and averages 6 points/game.

The only other big man on the roster is a 74 rated freshman PF. We have an edge inside, but finding a way to use it against their 3-2 zone may be tough. They collapse pretty fast IIRC, forcing a lot of kickouts.

UNC is more talented but this is not an impossible challenge like it was last year.

Radii · 05-10-2009, 11:50 PM

Half	Time	FSU	UNC	Notes
1	12:05	12	13	Solid start, we are going into the post literally every single half court trip. Early on I wasn't trying to push transition at all but I'm starting to look for edges on the break now. McCants has 8, Sneed 4. We have 2 fouls on their PF(really a very talented SF), Reid. Backups are in.
1	8:10	20	22	Timeout UNC as we score 4 straight. Sanders has 6, Millar 2, Mayer missed an open 3 earlier. They have hit two threes to keep the scoring up on their end with backup SG Appleby.
1	6:30	22	29	Starters are back in, they get a 3, a steal and a deuce to go up 7. We are shooting 11/15 and down by 7. They've hit 4 3's and managed to go to the line 9 times already.
1	4:00	24	33	Timeout UNC. We've tried a couple 3's with Forte and Alloway, no luck, and we allow them to go up 11 with misses inside as well, finally a bucket on an offensive board from McCants and its 9 again.
1	2:40	27	35	Alloway draws a foul in transition and hits a free throw. Noteworthy as this is our first point not in the post by a big man all game.
	HALF	31	37	We get the last 4 of the half and only trail by 6, not bad though it feels like we played an excellent offensive half. We need them to miss more in the final 20 minutes, simple enough. UNC shoots 12-23, 4-12 from 3, 9-9 from the line. We are 15-26, 0-5, and just 1-3 at the line. They get 9 from SF Esterkamp, 8 from backup SG Appleby and 5 from PG Freedman. No one seems a greater threat than anyone else for UNC, they're all capable scorers at any time. McCants has one of his best halves ever for us, he's 6-9, 12 points and 7 boards. Sanders scores 6, Sneed 6, Millar 4. Barrett 2 and Alloway 1... Barrett had the only FG for a non-post player, a transition layup in the final 30 seconds. Forte and Alloway both missed 2 open 3's. I'll continue to pound inside obviously as long as it works this often, but we need a little more in transition or from behind the arc if we want to win.
2	19:07	33	39	They score right away, McCants misses a shot inside, gets his own rebound and is fouled by Reid, making both Ft's. That's 3 on Reid, he sits.
2	14:00	41	47	We fall behind by 10 as they hit two open 3's in a row, cut it to 6 on two transition buckets, and it is 6 now as the backups come in. McCants with 16 to lead us, he has 5 offensive boards which has helped the fact that we are still looking for our first 3 pointer to go in. They just do not miss any open shots. Atangana, their star SG, had 4 at the half, he's got 11 now.
2	13:33	44	47	Ahhh, there it is! Mayer with an open 3.
2	12:05	46	49	Mayer with a transition layup and UNC calls a timeout.
2	10:45	51	51	Sanders hits two free throws after being fouled inside to cut it to 1. They get a putback on their end, back up 3, Mayer gets an open 3 from the left corner and drains it!!! Tie game. He has 8 for us in this stretch now, huge minutes from the Freshman. UNC with a timeout after they get it over halfcourt.
2	10:00	53	51	They miss a shot in the post, we board and set up, and Millar makes a little hook shot from the center of the paint, 2 point lead!!
2	9:35	55	51	Huge stretch coming up. McClurkin draws a foul driving on their big man, and during the dead ball UNC gets 4 starters back onto the court that were resting. We still need another 2 to 2 ½ minutes out of the backups, we need to not let them go on a run.
2	7:40	59	54	They hit a 3 but we get 4 more out of Sanders, he has 12 total, and now the starters are ready to come back in. We've put ourselves in a perfect position... starters are in for the duration of the game and we are in a position to win the game. Now to see if we can finish it.
2	5:45	61	60	Two straight 3's by Reid, their 4 who is actually a great shooting 3. The second one we tried to force a transition outlet and they picked it off, setting up an open look, kinda disappointing there, I should have held it up. I get a timeout with the 1 point lead. I actually have 4 timeouts left, UNC just 1.
2	4:00	65	62	Forte and Sneed with buckets and we're up 3 with 4 minutes left.
2	2:45	67	62	We get turnovers on two straight plays, scoring once and lead by 5, with the ball, 2:45 to go!
2	2:00	67	64	Sneed misses a hook from the right block, Reid scores fairly quickly for them, and I get a timeout.
2	1:15	67	66	I go to Sneed again, making sure he gets a left handed shot this time(he's a lefty, his last miss was with his right... I am not sure how much this matters, if any). Anyway, he misses this one too, and Reid again with an open look on their end. Reid is making up for all the minutes on the bench with foul trouble for sure. We need a bucket.
2	0:45	67	68	I get my best Clutch shooter, Forte, an open 3, no good and they have Esterkamp unchallenged out on the break, layup, 6^th man boost for UNC, and the lead. I get a timeout.
2	0:25	67	68	Arrrrgh. Turnover feeding the post. We only have 3 fouls on the half so it takes a few to get them to the line.
2	0:20	67	69	Freedman to the line, first good, second NO good! MCCants rebound.
2	0:11	67	69	Arrrrrrrrgh again. I was going to call a timeout but Barrett seemed in a decent spot, I outlet up to him, he burns his man but his shot attacking the basket is contested pretty well and off the front rim. No good, and we have to foul. He was in a good spot I just didn't expect the help that they got after Barrett beat his man.
2	0:09	67	71	They make both Fts, I get the ball to half court and call a timeout.
2	0:07	70	71	Forte with a catch and shoot, a hole in the 3-2 defense that I admittedly exploited the heck out of (but what else do you do with 9 seconds left heh). We foul.
2	0:04.0	70	73	Freedman at the line again. First good, second good. I call my last timeout after racing up to half court.
	REG	73	73	Forte AGAIN. This one isn't as much of an exploit as the last one(I'm on the left side of the court, their defender on this side is taller and quicker), this shot was contested a bit. CLUTCH. OT. Quick notes at the end of regulation. Esterkamp 15, Reid 12, Freedman 11, Atangana 11 for UNC. Reid's 12 all came in the final 9 minutes of the game. McCants leads us with 18. Sanders 12 off the bench. Sneed/Forte 10. Alloway is 0-4, all open 3's. Barrett has 6, all in transition.
OT	4:30	75	73	We get the ball first, Sneed is fouled, makes both. Sanders comes in for McCants, McCants doesn't have the stamina to finish off the entire OT, he'll sit a minute or so.
OT	4:00	75	73	Sanders with a steal, up ahead to Alloway, he burns his man and Reid comes in with a great block... wasted chance, and Alloway is just completely off.
OT	3:45	75	76	Atangana an open 3. 6^th man boost for them on the make.
OT	2:50	75	78	Sanders has a hook that rolls around the rim and falls out, Atangana another jumper on their end. I get a timeout, get McCants back in and hopefully kill off that 6^th man boost.
OT	2:15	75	81	I know I said Alloway was off... but so so so wide open in the corner. Alas, he misses, Esterkamp with a 3 in transition. Another 6^th man boost for the Heels.
OT	2:00	77	81	A quick dish inside to Sneed who hits a runner over a smaller Reid. Timeout UNC when they get it over midcourt.
OT	1:40	79	81	And Alloway with his first field goal!! They make a bad pass, Sneed picks it up, Alloway is up ahead for a big jam, just down 2!!
OT	1:15	79	83	McCants with a stupid foul with 10 seconds left on the shot clock, a reach in even. We're at 10 fouls so they shoot 2. Both good.
OT	0:50	81	83	Forte breaks down the defense and drives straight up the middle for a layin.
OT	0:28	81	83	Good defense, Atangana with a tough shot in traffic inside that is off the front rim, rebound McCants!!
OT	0:20	81	83	Heh, moron. I try to force a drive with barrett... see, I get away with this because Barrett is brilliant inside and brilliant in traffic, it works if I have half a step on my man usually. But UNC is filled with 85 rated defenders. It doesn't work here. Stupid stupid. They board his miss in traffic, we foul.
OT	0:13	84	85	They make both free throws, we rush it up the court and all of a sudden Alloway is a god, swishing a contested 3!!
OT	0:10	84	86	SIGGGGGGGGGH. Great rebounding all game long, their PG makes 1, misses 1 and their center gets the board over McCants. He misses the first so we'll have a shot. He misses both!!! We get the board this time, down 2, 10 seconds left.

We are out of timeouts and cannot set up a play. I get it to Barrett on the right wing, he beats everyone else up the floor, and I am smart enough to not drive into Reid yet again, pulling up for a mid-range jumper, but its well contested and falls off the right rim. No good.

#5 North Carolina 86
#7 Florida State 84
OT

I am not sure I am capable of playing better with this team, aside from just being hot from 3. But this was a hell of an effort against a superior UNC squad in their house. It sucks not winning given the chances we had, but we can go back to Tallahassee with our heads held high, having played the best team we're going to face this year on the road and traded blows with them for 45 minutes.

Atangana and Esterkamp lead them with 18. Reid 14, Freedman 12 and 10 assists.

Forte: 12 points/3 assists/2 steals
Alloway: 6 points
Barrett: 6 points
Sneed: 14 points/4 boards/3 assists
McCants: 18 points/15 boards/2 blocks

Sanders: 12 points
Mayer: 8 points

Radii · 05-11-2009, 12:00 AM

Going into the next week we fall 5 spots in the polls, too far IMO given we lost to a top 5 team, but whatever.

1. Kansas
2. Vanderbilt
3. North Carolina
4. Florida
5. Texas A&M
...
10. Georgia Tech
12. Florida State
13. Ohio
19. Virginia Tech
22. Maryland

This week: at Boston College(88 OVR/8-4/0-2 ACC), vs #10 Georgia Tech (93 OVR/14-4/2-0 ACC).

Ozier is understandbly pissed about not starting. Millar seems to think because he was a top 15 prospect he deserves more PT. I give them both pep talks, and have been throughout the year, I've only got 5 left with still 8 weeks left in the regular season. Neither is at risk to transfer, just not as effect on court if they're unhappy.

Radii · 05-11-2009, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Nice schedule this year. So far it looks like you have passed the tests with flying colors. Looking forward to seeing if FSU can keep it going in ACC play.

This was totally dumb luck on the schedule. The last two years I've said to myself "I only have two scholarships, I am not about to spend the time it takes to make sure I've got no sunday games" and just skipped scheduling entirely. The ACC is tough enough that if I'm good I'll get in the tournament.

Next year will be different for sure though, as we should be as talented a team as I've ever had by a long shot. I'll make sure I schedule difficult enough to be a clear choice for a 1 seed if we do really well(without scheduling an impossibly difficult schedule of course).

Radii · 05-11-2009, 01:32 AM

January 11, 2022

#12 Florida State (12-2, 1-1 ACC) at Boston College (8-4, 0-2 ACC)

TEAM: FSU|BC
OVR: 91|88
OFF: 90|89
DEF: 90|87
SHT: 91|92
REB: 94|85
COA: 88|92

If we want to break into the top of the ACC this type of game is a must win for us. BC is not bad, but we are better and there are enough teams at our level that we must beat teams like this, or else we will be nothing more than the 4^th or 5^th best team in the middle of the league. Their league losses are to UNC and NC State so far. They have one star level player and then 4 guys that are solid but not spectacular.

They return 3 starters from last year and start 5 juniors.

Scouting

PG Andy Garner – JR – 87 OVR – 92 speed/85 quickness. 90 defense/82 steals. 89 hands/85 passing. 85 close/78 med/87 3/85 off the dribble/81 in traffic. A great all around player, he's fast, a great defender, a very very good scorer from anywhere on the floor... a big challenge. He leads the team with 11.8 ppg.

SG 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. 7.9 ppg.

SF Hilton Hart – JR – 76 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 – 81 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 – 10.9 ppg/5.8 rpg. We have an edge here against his poor post ratings. He is a good shot blocker though(75/B).

C Sidiki Sarchet – JR – 80 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. 10.8 ppg/5.7 rpg.

Backup PG Duane Bowden is rated 79 OVR, can shoot the 3, and averages 8.8 points/game. The rest of their backups are in the 75 range. They only have one true big man on the bench. Their starting big men are good for sure, but they both lack post defense, hopefully this is something we can take advantage of.

Team Unity is even, 58-56 for us.

Half	Time	FSU	BC	Notes
1	18:00	0	7	From the scouting notes on SF Hart above: “2.8 ppg, not a huge threat on either end. This means he's going to score 20 of course.” I'll give the group 1 guess as to who has all 7 of BC's points so far.
1	13:55	10	14	Backups come in a bit early. McCants just picked up foul #2. Hart has their first 12 points. And I do get to take the blame for this, I put Barrett on their stud PG, leaving the 6 foot even Alloway guarding the 6'7” hart. Still, I always throw my arms up when a guy rated under 70 just rains 3's. But at least here there's a reason. I assume even like that he'll go cold eventually. Alloway leads us with 5. And hart will have Mayer on him now.
1	12:00	13	18	Timeout BC after a McClurkin 3. They get two subs in on the TO.
1	8:45	19	24	BC with another timeout,its all we can do to stay within 5. They sub out star PG Garner, not a scoring threat so far but 5 assists.
1	7:50	19	26	Starters are back in. Their ball with a 7 point lead. McCants is in with 2 fouls, we're fine going to Sanders if there is any more foul trouble.
1	3:35	28	39	Hart has 18 now, the last 6 with Barrett on him. I pretty much throw my hands up in the air. He's 6-7 with 2 3's. And some free throws. PF Dawson has 8 and those two guys are dominating for them. We're scoring ok though not with great efficiency. We just cannot stop the worst player on the floor, ever. Sneed and McCants have zero points. The backcourt guys are scoring ok but I probably need to make an effort to go inside the rest of the half a bit more.
	HALF	36	44	We try to go inside a couple times with no luck, Alloway gets our final 8 points instead, including a 3 at the buzzer to make it an 8 point game. Just an immensely frustrating first half. They shoot 16-29, 4-8 from 3, 8-11 at the line. Hart is 6-7 and has 18 points. PF Dawson is 3-4 for 8 points. Garner just has 2 points/5 assists. A couple backups have 4 each. Barrett will stick on Hart in the 2^nd half, he has the quickest trigger which is usually a good thing for me when the other team's worst player takes more shots than anyone. Hopefully in the second half it will be. We shoot well too, 15-28, 5-9 from 3. We dont' draw fouls though, just 2 free throw attempts, making one. Alloway leads us with 15, driving easily a couple times and making 2 three pointers. Forte has 8, also making 2 3's. Sneed is 0-4 inside, McCants just 0-1. they are dominating the boards, 17-11. 5 offensive boards for them, 1 for us. After what felt like a terrible half we're only down 8. Could be worse.
2	16:25	40	51	The second half starts no different than the first, they go up 11 after we turn it over on a bad pass. Hart has another 3 and has 21 now. I get a timeout. Alloway is 0-2 from 3 this half and we are not scoring effectively and playing zero defense.
2	14:15	44	57	I get another timeout and get the backups in early. Alloway and McCants, the only two guys that have scored this half btw, are gassed and the rest of the starters don't deserve to even wear the uniform right now. Backups are in.
2	11:33	48	63	Sanders goes to the hoop and draws a foul... and comes out with an injury. Little used Slater comes in for him.
2	8:40	54	68	We score 6 in a row and get the deficit under 10, before allowing 5 straight. The starters are back in to try to get something sustained going. They are missing more shots now for sure.
2	6:20	60	60	Two Fts by McCants, a layup from Forte and a turnaround from Sneed and we've got it down to 8. Timeout BC.
2	5:30	60	68	Sneed misses two in a row inside... they board, we get a steal and go to McCants inside who misses as well... should have had it down to 6 or 4 here. Can't waste chances like that in the final 5 minutes.
2	3:45	66	72	Down to 6. Their last four are from Hart and he has 27 now. Alloway is keeping up though, rather quietly giving us a 26 point day so far. Timeout BC.
2	3:00	66	76	Well that's just great. Two easy buckets by BC and a bad play by us and its 10 again. I get a timeout.
2	1:48	70	80	We get two solid buckets on our end but they take approximately 5 seconds to get an open 2 footer, and then 5 more seconds for an open 18 foot jumper, both good. At least they aren't stalling I guess?
2	0:46	76	85	Hopeless. Forte hits a 3, they hit a 3 point play. Alloway hits a 3, Garner hits a ... well I guess a 2, foot must have been on the line, I thought it was a 3.

No chance here.

Boston College 86
#12 Florida State 76

This is perhaps the worst defensive game I have ever played. Putting the 6 foot Alloway on the 6'7” Hart was clearly a mistake early but still the guy had to drain those 3's and he is a career 24% three point shooter(4-6 today). But even after I put Barrett back on him he still scored 13 more. If he was out-muscling Barrett out in the post then sure I can just bring in a natural SF to body up on him. But he's shooting jumpers and still going 10-13 over our best defender.

Anyway, Hart had 27. Dawson 12, Garner 13. They shot 36-60.

Forte: 13 points/4 assists
Alloway: 32 points (14-23, 3-10 from 3)
Barrett: 6 points
Sneed: 2 points/10 boards
McCants: 6 points/8 boards

Sanders: 6 points

Sneed was 1-6, McCants 2-5. I was surprised how much they struggled in the post against shorter, poorly rated post defenders. Alloway was brilliant going to the hoop, and struggled a bit from 3. Major, major letdown following the UNC game, though to be fair this was an 88 rated team on the road. They just didn't seem that great. It doesn't get any easier, as we get another top 10 team in Georgia Tech next. This one at least, is at home.

Sanders has a sore knee, he didn't come back into the game, and will be good to go in time for Georgia Tech.

Radii · 05-11-2009, 04:13 AM

January 16, 2022

#10 Georgia Tech (14-5, 2-1 ACC) at #12 Florida State (12-3, 1-2 ACC)

TEAM: FSU|GT
OVR: 91|93
OFF: 90|94
DEF: 90|91
SHT: 91|97
REB: 94|96
COA: 88|96

It may be unfair to the Yellow Jackets for me to continue to refer to UNC as the best team I'm going to play all year as if there's no question about it. Tech was a tournament team last year and returns all 5 starters, and just look at those roster ratings, 97 shooting!

Except.. they just lost to Miami by 20 at home. Maybe this is a hard team to figure out.

Scouting

PG Dainmon Horner – SR – 82 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. 9.2 ppg/4.3 apg.

SG Femi Shavies – SO – 84 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. 17.6 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 6.3 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+. 10.9 ppg/4.9 rpg. Again I dunno how he scores just 11/game.

C Immanuel Bing – JR – 84 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. 9.2 ppg/5.9 rpg.

Backup guard Justin Covington is rated 83 OVR and scores 8.6 ppg. A number of other backups score 5 or so a game. The worst player on their roster is rated 77 OVR. 8 players are 80+. This is a complete team, and will give UNC a hell of a matchup. They only play once, in mid February.

Hopefully we can compete with them at a high level at home. If we're going to lose games like BC on the road, lets hold serve at home no matter who we play.

No coach on the floor before confidence boosts, but the whole “all 5 starters returning” for tech gives them a 70-59 unity edge.

Half	Time	FSU	GT	Notes
1	11:35	19	17	Heh crazy start. We open up 8-2 but their 3 point shooting keeps them in it, it seems like we're defending harder, scoring more often, and are all over the court, but they just rain 3's every so often to keep it close. They had a lead for a bit Barrett has 7, Sneed has 6, though he's only 2-5 inside, two of those misses in transition on the secondary break where I thought he was going to dunk. Richards has him owned pretty good in the paint. They have 7 from Shavies and 5 from backup guard Covington. Backups are in.
1	6:25	25	24	We slow things down as their talent clearly outclasses the backups. Sanders scores 4 and Millar scores 2. Both team's starters are back in now.
1	3:20	30	28	Barrett is having a lot of success driving by people both in half court and transition, he's our first man to 10 points. Sneed has a dunk going off a screen and has 8.
	HALF	34	32	The last 6 minutes or so are basically us going up 4, them cutting it to 2, trading baskets and misses back and forth. Tech is shooting 13-31, just 2-8 from 3. we're shooting better, 13-26, 0-3 from 3 and we have 8 free throws(just 4 for them). We have a small edge on the boards and a small turnover disadvantage. Shavies leads them with 9, about half of his average. Richards 6, Horner 6. SF Grizzard is struggling, 1-5 for just 2 points. Barrett leads us with 14, great half for him. Sneed has 8 though its on 3-8 shooting. Sanders has 4 and a few others have 2. Alloway is only 1-2, I haven't been taking many 3's and Barrett has been the man to get to the rim today. Forte, Mayer have two fouls each. No other foul trouble on either side.
2	18:15	34	40	Georgia Tech opens on an 8-0 run, we cannot get anything to fall and they are scoring inside with great efficiency.
2	17:50	36	40	Alloway drives by his man and gets us on the board in the 2^nd half.
2	13:25	46	50	Backups are in. Its been a 2-4 point game in Tech's favor the last few minutes. I don't think we have stopped them on any of their last 4 or 5 possessions. But we've kept up. It looks like Richards is taking over for them, he's up to 13. Alloway has 6 for us now and started to get going a little.
2	10:30	51	52	Still trading buckets but Ozier got a 3 point play as he was fouled going up for a dunk. Timeout Tech. Shavies 18/Richards 13 for them.
2	9:50	53	54	Ozier drives and draws foul #3 on Richards. Potentially a key foul there.
2	8:30	55	54	Ozier has 7 for us in this run now and we lead by 1! Great stretch for him, a very rare thing for me to say heh.
2	7:15	55	57	They hit a 3, we turn it over and commit a foul. Time for the starters to get back in there. Barrett switches over to Shavies. Grizzard is crazy talented but they seem to ignore him.
2	5:22	57	64	Ugh... a 3 and a transition layup and a 2 point game quickly becomes 7. I get a timeout.
2	3:55	57	68	I get another timeout mostly out of desparation because we are blowing this in a colossal way.
2	3:15	61	68	Barrett with 4 straight and he is up to 22 now, lead down to 7. Barrett is 2 away from a career high.
2	2:15	63	68	McCants picks up a loose ball near the top of the key and goes the length of the floor himself for a dunk. Down to 5.
2	1:10	63	73	Ball game. Layup from Shavies, Forte misses a 3, 3 pointer from Shavies.

We cannot get it closer than 7.

#10 Georgia Tech75
#12 Florida State 66

Shavies scores 23 for them, Richards 17, Horner 11. Shavies is 10-14 on the day(3-6 from 3) and Richards 7-11.

Forte: 2 points
Alloway: 13 points
Barrett: 22 points
Sneed: 8 points/5 boards
McCants: 6 points/5 boards

Ozier: 7 points
Sanders: 6 points

This is why we needed to beat Boston College. Now we're 1-3 in conference play.

Radii · 05-11-2009, 04:23 AM

We fall to #18 in the polls. Just one game this week and its one of the few we'll be simming this year, against the worst 3 teams in the league:

Jan 18, 2021

#18 Florida State 83
at Duke 65

Sneed 18, Forte 12, Sanders 12.

latest poll:

1. North Carolina
2. Vanderbilt
3. Texas A&M
4. California
5. Kansas
...
13. Clemson
16. Georgia Tech
17. Florida State
25. Maryland

Our games this week? vs #25 Maryland (rated 91 OVR), at #13 Clemson(rated 94 OVR).

This conference is just brutal this year.

Current standings:

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

We have a hellish 5 game run, 4 of our next 5 are against teams rated as good or better than us. If we can survive that in tact, we get 5 "easy" games in a row, including games against Virginia and Miami, truly awful teams, and games with BC, Wake Forest and NC State, all teams we are rated better than. that's where we'll need to make our move.

05-06-2009, 01:06 AM	#809
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	NCAA Tournament Selection We're hoping to be higher than a 9 seed with our win over Virginia Tech. Georgia Tech is the only ACC Team left on the bubble. They're 20-12. The bubble is almost entirely power conference schools, but I do note a 22-9 Miami OH squad from the MAC. 1 seeds EAST: North Carolina (#1 Overall) SOUTH: Xavier MIDWEST: Arizona WEST: Seton Hall EAST REGION 1. North Carolina HEH. Florida State is the 8 seed in the East Region We get the 9 seed, Saint Josephs. Ohio is the 6 seed in the East!!! Ohhhh, nice matchup, they play Ohio State in round 1. Clemson is the 3 seed in the East. NC State is the 10 seed in the East. South 1. Xavier Georgia Tech is IN. 11 seed in the South, playing Texas Tech. Maryland is the 7 seed in the South. Pitt is the 2 seed here. MIDWEST 1. Arizona 2. Florida no ACC teams here WEST 1. Seton Hall 8. Wake Forest! They'll play Nevada Virginia Tech is the 5 seed here, they'll play Saint Mary's. the ACC gets 8 teams, Big 12 7, Pac 10 5. Miami OH must have made it, as the MAC has 2 teams in. A summary of the seeds for the ACC: 1. North Carolina 3. Clemson 5. Virginia Tech 7. Maryland 8. Wake Forest 8. Florida State 10. NC State 11. Georgia Tech St Joes is 21-7, they went 12-4 in the A-10, losing in the A-10 semis to Richmond(a 5 seed). It looks like they only ranked team they played all year was Xavier, a 1 seed, they played them tough, losing just 71-70. They're rated 86 OVR and it looks like they are led by their post players, with weak guard play. This should bode well for us, I hope. Last edited by Radii : 05-06-2009 at 01:07 AM.

05-07-2009, 04:09 AM	#829
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	White/Not White game notes (10 minute halves/7 man rosters so everyone got tired anyway): --Barrett's defensive dominance becomes obvious when he's guarding a known quantity of mine such as Alloway. Alloway couldn't get open 3's unless on crosscourt passes, and he absolutely 100% could not drive by Barrett. Alloway has great speed and ok quickness, the perfect blowby move and at times I feel like Alloway can get to the hoop at will in games. Not a single time could he get by Barrett. --Against anyone but Barrett, Alloway is very very good. --Mayer is good for a freshman but not ready to start. Basically if he had a similar blowby move as Alloway, he could be a god. But he doesn't, so he isn't. He is a good 3 point shooter for a 6'7 freshman, and he will have some big games for the backups hopefully. --Ozier's best offensive value seems to be in posting up other SFs or SGs, that's a huge mismatch for him. --Sanders totally dominated McCants. McCants almost fouled out in 15 minutes. The final score was 35-30 the "other" team(ie not the one I was controlling). Alloway scored 11, Mayer 10 for us. Millar was 2-3 inside, both his baskets over backup big man Delic. Sanders led everyone with 14 points and 5 boards. He was 4-8 and 6-6 at the line. Ozier scored 10. I don't like how the AI uses him, his shooting tendencies are too high, he took 4 3's in 16 minutes, he's a godawful 3 point shooter and went 0-4. Starting Lineup PG Forte SG Alloway SF Barrett PF Sneed C McCants Backups PG McClurkin SG Ozier SF Mayer PF Millar C Sanders Day gets the redshirt. Delic gets cut (allows for slightly higher recruiting interest among big men, and he was my 6th big man anyway). Gunn stays on the roster as my reserve guard, available so that I can avoid pulling the redshirt on Day in case of injuries. Last edited by Radii : 05-07-2009 at 04:09 AM.

05-08-2009, 12:49 AM	#833
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	We've got two more games this week before we get to recruiting... and yes, that means that I have a schedule with 3 games in the final week before the early signing period starts. That's a huge fuckup on my part, I decided with only two scholarships I didn't feel like pulling out the calendar and making sure I limited my Sunday games, but I didn't think about the 3 games/week thing. If you schedule 3 games in a week, you have 0 recruiting points available. So I can't even change my scholarship offer if I want. And I want to, heh. Nov 25, 2021 #11 Florida State 68 at UMass 56 UMass is rated 77 OVR. Alloway 14, Forte 12, Sneed 10 in this one. Nov 27, 2021 at #11 Florida State 89 Stetson 49 Sneed 17, Barrett 13, McCants 12, Sanders 12, Alloway 10. Stetson is rated in the 60s. Initial Signing Day So I've got two offers out. One is to a PF that I have no shot at. I'm ready to cut and run with him, but I can't. The other is for the #4 player in the nation. I'm competing with Iowa, Kansas, and Mizzou. Iowa got him to 100% first. Maybe the fact that we just beat Iowa helps us(I have no idea if this is true or not). I expect him to sign on day 1, no clue with whom. My top backup target, a 4* C, has no offers yet, so not being able to change my scholarship hopefully isn't going to hurt me too bad, and I can get the center at the end of the week. 5* SG Herman Guiang signs with IOWA. No dice, dang. Three other guys on our target list go elsewhere, but no one that we were pursuing hard. So I put out two new offers: 4* C Maynard Black - #86 OVR/#2 C. I will easily have him at 100% by the end of the week(98% with a visit coming). Indiana might have a shot if they make an offer this week but I do expect to land him. 5* SG Vadim Bryan - #7 OVR - Interesting note here. He heavily favored Pitt at the start of the year. By Heavily I mean I would have guessed 90% pitt, no one else over 75% on day one. Pitt just landed the #1 recruit in the nation, also a SG, and does not show up on his list anymore. Clemson leads on him, we are second. We have no shot at Bryan this week. But if Clemson doesn't land him this week, we'll have a good recruiting battle the rest of the way. I have two good challenges scheduled this week, so I'll be playing them both out before we find the results of recruiting. At Mississippi State (rated 87 OVR) and at Arkansas (rated 83 OVR). Last edited by Radii : 05-08-2009 at 12:49 AM.

05-08-2009, 04:04 AM	#836
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Forte is day to day with a sore knee, just 4 days. No problem. End of In-Season Recruiting No suspense here, none needed. 4* C Maynard Black signs with FLORIDA STATE. Our other target, SG Vadim Bryan, does not sign. Clemson and Seton Hall have made him offers along with us, but none are at 100%. Clemson has the lead on him, and I've used up my visits, so I might actually have to drop off him, i'm only at 85%, i don't think i can max him out before the end of recruiting, and Clemson certainly will. *4 C Maynard Black - 6'8" 230 lbs - Livonia, MI - #84 OVR/#2 C** Black did not play in the ABL. Shooting: C+ Skills: B Defense: A- Athleticism: B Rebounding: A Intelligence: B Potential A- Size: B+ C+ orb/B+ drb. B- post off/B+ post def/B blocks. A steals, should be interesting to see. B+ str is real good to see in a big man. B close/C in traffic. I'm not expecting a stud here, but he does look fairly solid. What I need is someone who will be ready to step in with some minutes his sophomore season after I've graduated everyone out of my giant recruiting class(including Sneed and Sanders). I should be able to get that out of Black. I'll sim my next two, but need to make some recruiting decisions first, then I have an early ACC game against NC State, and 3 more interesting non-conference matchups, two ranked opponents(Providence and San Diego State) and an 88 rated BYU squad before ACC play starts in earnest. Last edited by Radii : 05-08-2009 at 04:06 AM.

05-10-2009, 11:48 PM	#844
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Another game where the writeup makes the post too long: January 8, 2022 #7 Florida State (12-1, 1-0 ACC) at #5 North Carolina (16-1, 1-0 ACC) TEAM: FSU\|UNC OVR: 91\|93 OFF: 90\|92 DEF: 90\|95 SHT: 91\|95 REB: 94\|96 COA: 88\|91 On paper, North Carolina is the best team in the ACC. This is our only chance during the regular season to show otherwise, up in Chapel Hill. Despite losing two lottery picks to the NBA, they still have 4 players rated higher than anyone on the Florida State roster and seem very imposing. Their only loss is to a 12-2 LaSalle team. They beat #24 Baylor by 19, beat Pitt(a top 5 team last year, not as good this year), and their early ACC game was a win over Boston College. Scouting PG Holland Freedman – SR – 86 OVR – 90 speed/91 quickness. 89 defense/80 steals. 88 hands/85 passing. 89 close/82 med/87 3/84 offthe dribble... can score as well as anyone. 11.3 ppg/3.6 apg so far this year. SG Phil Atangana – JR – 90 OVR – 92 speed/85 quickness. 85 defense/92 steals. 91 close/77 med/76 3/90 off the dribble/81 in traffic. 85 defensive awareness, outstanding there. B vert/A- str/B+ hustle, a crazy good athlete. 12.5 ppg/7 rpg so far this year. Atangana is 6'7 and is as good a rebounder as most post men. SF Eddie Esterkamp – SR – 88 OVR – 90 speed/89 quickness. 89 defense/78 steals. 90 close/85 med/86 3/89 in traffic. Esterkamp has been relegated to the bench behind Atangana and Haigler the last couple seasons. Also 6'7”, also a natural SG, not SF. 18.1 ppg this year so far. PF Rene Reid – SR – 87 OVR – 6'6” SF – 79 orb/80 drb. 70 post off/74 post def. He's an elite level SF though his post skills aren't great. 89 speed/85 quickness. 90 close/78 med/85 3/81 off the dribble/88 in traffic. 10.8 ppg, a tough challenge for Sneed today. C Shangari Andres – FR – 77 OVR – A 6'7” nautral PF – 80 orb/83 drb. 76 post off/75 post def. 85 close/82 in traffic. 75 strength is pretty good. 7.3 ppg/4.2 apg so far this year. Backup SG Winston Appleby is rated 84 overall and averages 7 ppg off the bench. Backup PG Dennard Cannon is rated 83 OVR and averages 6 points/game. The only other big man on the roster is a 74 rated freshman PF. We have an edge inside, but finding a way to use it against their 3-2 zone may be tough. They collapse pretty fast IIRC, forcing a lot of kickouts. UNC is more talented but this is not an impossible challenge like it was last year. Last edited by Radii : 05-10-2009 at 11:49 PM.

05-05-2009, 10:56 AM	#801
Tellistto College Prospect Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Whitman, MA	Tough loss to Maryland, was a good team effort and falling short hurts. Injuries aren't treating you well right now, either. Good luck in the final two games! Tell

05-05-2009, 09:36 PM	#803
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	With a 3rd injury (Sanders hamstring) added to the list, I just have no desire to go play this next game in the dean dome. We've clinched a first round bye in the ACC Tournament, so i am thrilled. March 6, 2021 at #2 North Carolina 88 Florida State 70 Heh, 25 from their stud PF Konate, 19 from stud SG Haigler. We get 13 from Sneed, 11 from Day, 10 from Moye. And thus ends the ACC Regular season. Final ACC Standings 1. North Carolina 14-2 2. Clemson 12-4 3. Florida State 11-5 4. Maryland 10-6 5. NC State 10-6 6. Virginia Tech 9-7 7. Wake Forest 9-7 8. Georgia Tech 9-7 9. Boston College 6-10 10. Miami 4-12 11. Duke 1-15 12. Virginia 1-15 Media Poll going into tournament week: 1. Florida 2. North Carolina 3. Seton Hall 4. Xavier 5. Arizona ... 7. Clemson 18. Virginia Tech 23. Maryland 24. Ohio Ohio is 24-6. Bracketology going into tournament week: 1. UNC 2. Clemson 5. Va Tech 6. Maryland 6. Ohio 9. Florida State 10. Georgia Tech 11. Wake Forest 12. NC State Wake Forest, NC State, and Georgia Tech are all listed as bubble teams. I'm disappointed to see us as a 9 seed right now. We could really use a good tournament run.

05-05-2009, 09:45 PM	#804
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	ACC First Round 8. Georgia Tech 95 9. Boston college 73 5. NC State 106 12. Virginia 69 6. Virginia Tech 70 11. Duke 56 7. Wake Forest 101 10. Miami 57 All of the bubble teams win in a big way. ACC Quarterfinals 1. North Carolina 8. Georgia Tech 4. Maryland 5. NC State 3. Florida State 6. Virginia Tech 2. Clemson 7. Wake Forest We won a close game at home over Virginia Tech on Jan 24th, 64-60. The trip up to Blacksburgh was not kind to us, Moye was hobbled but that day it likely wouldn't have mattered, they crushed us 89-56. Moye is back to full strength now. We'll start Forte, Moye, Barrett, Sneed and McCants. The bench is Gunn, Day, Ozier, Sanders and Slater. Its not pretty on the bench, and we'll be relying on Day and Ozier with Alloway out, Sanders hurting and Slater just not that strong a post scorer.

05-05-2009, 11:38 PM	#806
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	That win over Virginia Tech was our 20th of the season and almost certainly secures us a tournament bid. wow, major break incoming here. ACC Quarterfinals 1. North Carolina 94 8. Georgia Tech 76 5. NC State 73 4. Maryland 65 3. Florida State 82 6. Virginia Tech 61 7. Wake Forest 85 2. Clemson 82 ACC Semifinals 1. North Carolina 5. NC State 3. Florida State 7. Wake Forest down goes Clemson! And I assure you, I am not looking for unnecessary challenges, I'm looking for titles, I'd be just as pleased to see NC State take down UNC in the other semi and allow me the chance to get an ACC Championship without facing either of the top 5 teams.

05-06-2009, 12:55 AM	#808
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	ACC Semifinals 5. NC State 85 1. North Carolina 79 7. Wake Forest 65 3. Florida State 62 ACC Finals 7. Wake Forest 75 5. NC State 70 Two bubble teams making damn sure that they make it into the tournament, and Wake Forest wins 4 games to win the ACC Tournament Championship.

05-06-2009, 02:33 AM	#811
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	NCAA First Round Notes: ACC Results: 1. North Carolina advances 3. Clemson advances 5. Virginia Tech advances 7. Maryland advances 8. Wake Forest loses to Nevada 8. Florida State advances 10. NC State advances 11. Georgia Tech loses to Texas Tech 6. Ohio loses to Ohio State. 6-2 in the first round for the ACC. Next up, North Carolina.

05-06-2009, 03:51 AM	#813
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	NCAA Tournament Results 11 seed Ohio State rolls through the East, upsetting North Carolina to advance to the final four. 3 seed Villanova pulls the smaller upset, beating 1 seed Seton Hall to come out of the west. 4 seed Arizona State upsets 2 seed Pitt to come out of the South. 2 seed Florida crushes 4 seed Marquette and there will be no 1 seeds in the final four this year. Villanova puts down the 11 seed Buckeyes 81-65 in one semifinal. Arizons State wins a close one over Florida, 84-80, in the other. Villanova wins the national title, stomping Arizona State 80-50 in the championship game. How did the ACC do? 1. North Carolina - Elite 8 Loss 3. Clemson - 2nd Round Loss 5. Virginia Tech - Sweet 16 Loss 7. Maryland - 2nd Round Loss 8. Florida State - 2nd Round Loss 8. Wake Forest - 1st Round Loss 10. NC State - 2nd Round Loss 11. Georgia Tech - 1st Round Loss Virginia Tech beats 4 seed Kansas to get to the sweet 16 before falling to 1 seed Seton Hall, while Clemson is run down by the juggernaut that was Ohio State. UNC lost a round before their seed would be expected to, but the rest of the league was mired in 7-11 seeds and not expected to do that much.

05-06-2009, 04:03 AM	#814
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	2021 Graduating Seniors Just one. SG JS Moye - 6'4" 197 lbs - 85 OVR Moye was the one JC Transfer I brought in during that giant 8 man class a couple years ago. A solid starter for two seasons, Moye averaged 12.5 ppg as a junior and 16.5 as a senior. His nagging injury towards the end of his senior season actually hurt his numbers quite a bit, he was over 17 points/game for much of the season. One of the more explosive streak shooters I've ever had, Moye scored in bunches, big ones. He'd go 1-8 for a half and then score 10-15 points in a 5 minute period with regularity. I like consistency but Moye won many many games for me over these two years, so I cannot complain. Moye was a solid clutch shooter, with a clutch rating of 79 by the time he graduated, always higher in games, which added to his flair in the final minutes of games. Moye is a Dark Horse for the draft. I don't know if Dark Horses every show up and actually get drafted... i dont' expect it though. While we have a ton of talent, Moye leaves a huge hole in the roster. We'll have two 5* recruits coming in next year to add to the mix though, a PG coming off a redshirt year, and a lot of options between Barrett/Ozier/Alloway/Day to fill out the lineup.

05-06-2009, 04:15 AM	#815
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	2021 Team Stats Points SG Moye - 16.5 PF Sneed - 11.2 PG Forte - 9.0 SG Barrett - 6.3 SF Ozier - 6.2 Sneed has still yet to become a dominant scoring big man, I think the potential is there but he still comes up with awful 3-10 type games against even just above average post defenders. Forte developed as a 3 point threat this year. with Moye leaving there is a lot of slack to pick up here. McCants, at 5.8 ppg and 6th on the team, will hopefully help pick up some as well. Rebounds C McCants - 7.1 PF Sneed - 6.0 PF Sanders - 3.1 SF Ozier - 3.0 C Slater - 2.8 7 boards as a freshman, McCants is going to be a force on the boards as he continues to develop. Assists PG Forte - 3.6 SG Moye - 1.9 SG Barrett - 1.5 PG Alloway - 1.2 assists remain a category that my play style does not fill well. 3 Point Shooting PG Forte - 43.2% PG Alloway - 42.1% SG Day - 35.8% SG Moye - 34.0% not an unusual or unexpected result really, Moye, as the go-to guy, ends up taking more than his fair share of bad 3's for me. Alloway and Forte playing PG end up taking almost entirley quality 3 point shots. FT % SG Barrett - 86.0% PF Sanders - 78.1% PF Sneed - 76.1% C McCants - 73.3% SG Day - 67.4% This is a good reason to slot Barrett at SG. Too many inbounds plays involve the SF throwing the ball in, which means late in games my best free throw shooter is not taking my free throws.

05-06-2009, 04:42 AM	#816
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	2021 Awards Nova wins the national title, I think their 2nd in the last few years? Texas Center Todor Detrick is the national player of the year, 25.3ppg/16.8 rpg for the longhorns. Jay Wright is coach of the year from Nova. I rarely mention the award, but North Carolina PF Marcel Konate is the national defensive player of the year. First Team All-Americans PG Tahric Rodgers - 86 OVR - Utah - 16.8 ppg/5.2 apg SG Neil Massey - 91 OVR - Texas Tech - 15.9 ppg/6.6 rpg/3.3 apg SF Roosevelt Radziejewski - 85 OVR - Wake Forest - 18.7 ppg/5.8 rpg PF Jerrod Dawn - 89 OVR - Seton Hall - 22.1 ppg/6.5 rpg C Todor Detrick - 87 OVR - Texas - 25.3 ppg/6.8 rpg Duke's SF Pedro Gastel is 2nd team all-american with 18.4 ppg/6.3 rpg. North Carolina's PF Marcel Konate is 2nd team All American with 19.1 ppg/6.5 rpg. All members of the all american teams are seniors. I gloss over freshman awards usually, but here's a pretty big one... Florida State C Florentino McCants is Freshman All American The 7 boards/game is huge for him, just under 6 points/game. ACC Awards UNC coach Billy Taylor is coach of the year in the ACC. Bastard. UNC PF Marcel Konate is ACC Player of the year - 19.1 ppg/6.5 rpg. Georgia Tech SG Femi Shavies is the ACC Freshman of the year. 11.9 ppg for him this year. First Team All-ACC PG JB Matsui - 89 OVR - Virginia Tech - 14.8 ppg/5.4 apg SG JS Moye - 85 OVR - Florida State - 16.5 ppg/1.9 apg SF Roosevelt Radziejewski - 85 OVR - Wake Forest - 18.7 ppg/5.8 rpg PF Marcel Konate - 92 OVR - North Carolina - 19.1 ppg/6.5 rpg C Spencer Doyle - 74 OVR - Virginia - 16.1 ppg All seniors. Maryland PG Bronson Gatling, rated 84 OVR, is on the 2nd team. I point him out as he's the only non-senior listed. And McCants is the Center on the ACC Freshman team.

05-06-2009, 04:47 AM	#817
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	ACC Seniors Drafted PG JB Matsui - Virginia Tech - 89 OVR SG Davor Morris - Boston College - 89 OVR SG Devon Tyler - Maryland - 89 OVR SG Russ Haigler - North Carolina - 91 OVR PF Marcel Konate - North Carolina - 92 OVR PF Etienne Harmon - Virginia Tech - 87 OVR ACC Underclassmen Declaring SF Leonard Monserez - NC State - 88 OVR

05-06-2009, 04:56 AM	#818
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Coaching Skill I have 2 more points to improve my coaching abilities this year. I go one in Offense, one in Discipline. Offense: B- Defense: A+ Teaching: A+ Scouting: C- Charisma: A+ Discipline: B Overall: A- The first point raises me up to an A- overall coach! Coaching Carousel 5 major confeence jobs are open this year, and I am back on the list of hot coaches to go after: California, Georgia, UConn, Virginia, and Nebraska, in that order, have vacancies. The Virginia job is mine if I want it. And I would, in a vacuum, rather be at Virginia than Florida State. But its a marginal preference and I am attached to my current players and the hopes that I have for this group developing into a team with final four aspirations. There are a number of large conference openings too, just listed for information of course, no serious thought to taking any. UNLV, Wyoming and TCU in the Mountain West, UMass, Duqesne, and George Washington in the A-10, and Idaho in the WAC. At this point we are running out of familier/relevant names here. Jim Larranga retires from George Mason. Dave Lietao was fired from Virginia. They hired Cal State Fullerton's coach to replace him. The other major jobs open were retirements.

05-06-2009, 04:58 AM	#819
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	As an A- rated coach I now have better overall rated Assistants available to me for the first time, but I do not see any with the overall skillsets that I have currently, and don't replace either of my assistants.

05-06-2009, 04:59 AM	#820
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Maryland loses an 82 rated SF to Saint Marys, and Virginia a 70 rated PG to Cal State Fullerton(that's backwards, the new coach brings in transfers, not scares them away to his old school).

05-06-2009, 05:07 AM	#821
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Since I've filled both my scholarships I just call up Juniors for 5 weeks during the recruiting season. I've got about 9 guys up above 70% going into the new year, and a few of those over 80%. An overview of the caliber of recruits coming into the ACC next year: Boston College: #20, #33, #58 Clemson: #7, #8, #11, #52 Duke: #121 Florida State: #14, #19 Georgia Tech: #17 Maryland: #31, #60, #97 Miami: 4* JC North Carolina: #39, #89, 4* JC NC State: #2, #15, #41 Virginia: #188 Virginia Tech: #5, #16, #34, #38, #91 Wake Forest: #263 Clemson and Virginia Tech stand out as pulling in incredible classes. Wake/Miami/Virginia continue to be a huge step below everone else. Duke is on the poorer side of things as well.

05-06-2009, 05:08 AM	#822
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Recruiting Class Rankings 1. Clemson 2. NC State 3. Virginia Tech 4. Arizona 5. Boston College 6. Texas A&M 7. Oregon 8. Maryland 9. North Carolina 10. UCLA ... 26. Florida State seriously? 6 of the top 10 recruiting classes in the nation are in the ACC? Damn.

05-06-2009, 05:23 AM	#823
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Just a real quick look now, more details next time I sit down to play. The ACC is LOADED. A quick scan through the teams shows 5 teams with a roster strength of 90 or better. Ours is 90. Our suggested lineup is indeed Forte, Barrett, Ozier, Sneed and McCants. I was afraid of that. 5 ACC teams are in the preseason top 25. UNC, Clemson and Georgia Tech are top 10, Virginia Tech is #12, and we are #14. The SG that we recruited hard last year and lost to Clemson is the top ACC Freshman. Clemson SG Darren Bookout comes in as a quality scorer, and a 90 rated defender, he's going to be great. The defense was why I was going so hard after him, decent scoring and great defense... I had dreams of Bookout and Barrett in my starting lineup together, two 90+ rated defenders... Anyway, my two freshmen: My 5* PF recruit, Haminn Millar, comes in rated 78 OVR. He looks to be a solid rebounder already, a good post offensive player but needs work on defense. He has an awful close range shot (80) but is good in traffic and a good dunker. I have no idea how that will shake out, but Millar and Sanders will be clear backups for Sneed and McCants. Millar is also a great athlete, good leaper, strong and good hustle. 97 durability(A+) so hopefully injury free. Our other top recruit is 5* SF Roberto Mayer. Mayer comes in 6'7" and also rated 78 OVR. He's pretty intriguing, 88 close/76 med/78 3, 84 in traffic. He's got decent speed and defense for a SF, he lacks quickness which sucks. Great hustle (96/A+) but not a strong guy or a great leaper. He has A- potential which is quite exciting. Given my disdain for my starting lineup, and for SF Ozier in general(despite the fact that he comes in as my highest rated player at 84 OVR), I might have some interesting decisions with Mayer. I have no idea what I'm going to do with my lineup yet. And one thing I've been pondering all season and haven't mentioned yet... I have one last trick I can pull to get next year's graduating class down to a more reasonable number... I can redshirt Alloway. I have my 3rd PG, McClurkin, coming back from a redshirt year this year. Alloway is a potentially great scorer but he's also woefully underused and I see no way around that continuing this year. I haven't decided yet, he's the most explosive scorer I have, at least out of my known quantities. So sitting him for a year when the ACC is so stacked seems insane. If I don't do it though, I'm looking at 6 or 7 scholarships to fill next year. A redshirt could knock that down to 5. Anyway, it looks like this next year is going to be really exciting, with so many high quality ACC teams.

05-07-2009, 02:26 AM	#826
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Based on initial roster strength ACC Preview 1. Clemson 93 OVR 2. Georgia Tech 92 OVR 3. North Carolina 91 OVR 4. Maryland 90 OVR 5. Florida State 90 OVR 6. Virginia Tech 90 OVR 7. NC State 87 OVR 8. Boston College 87 OVR 9. Wake Forest 85 OVR 10. Duke 83 OVR 11. Miami 82 OVR 12. Virginia 80 OVR We get Clemson twice, Georgia Tech twice, North Carolina in Chapel Hill only. Some luck though in that the two teams rated the same as us, Maryland and Virginia Tech... we get both of them at home only. As for the bottom 3... ugh, brutal. Miami once, Virginia once, Duke once. We almost certainly have the toughest schedule in the ACC, on paper at least. ACC Accolades Best Overall Player: SG Phil Atangana - JR - UNC - 89 OVR Best Freshman: SG Darren Bookout - Clemson - 82 OVR Best Shooter: SG Eddie Esterkamp - SR - UNC - 87 OVR Best Playmaker: PG Bronson Gatling - JR - Maryland - 85 OVR Best Pro Prospect: PF Aly Richards - JR - Georgia Tech - 86 OVR Best Defender: SF Jibran Grizzard - JR - Georgia Tech - 87 OVR Well the good news is that I'm already familiar with all these guys. with the exception of Bookout, who I know from recruiting him, I remeber playing all these guys last year, and remember which ones hurt me the most. Esterkamp was backup to 90 rated SG Haigler for UNC last year, they're not dropping off far with their new starter. Best Pro Prospect Aly Richards has a 99 rated Close range shot, and only 3 of the 30 ratings he has are C+ or below. C+ offensive awareness, C- fouls, F standing dunk. All other ratings are B- or better.

05-07-2009, 03:17 AM	#827
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	2021/22 Florida State Roster Slightly different presentation this year, as I honestly don't know who I'm going with yet. Point Guards PG Damien Forte - JR - 6'2" 202 lbs - 82 OVR (+3) 90 speed/85 quickness. 82 defense/85 steals. 84 hands/91 passing. 86 close/76 med/74 3/86 off the dribble. His awareness is pretty good, 78 offense/73 defense. ROLE: Starter - no question at all about this one - 9 ppg last year, over 40% from 3, I take open shots with him and he makes them. His defense is fine enough. PG Damion Alloway - JR - 6'0" 185 lbs - 79 OVR (+3) 94 speed/85 quickness. 83 defense/74 steals. 88 hands/87 passing. 87 close/67 med/80 3/87 off the dribble. 72 off awareness/74 defensive. Good but not spectacular athlete, 81 vert/71 str/73 hustle(B-/B/C+) ROLE: Unknown - Alloway is harder to fit than anyone else on the roster. There is still a chance he might start at SG. He might play backup SG, there is an off chance at backup PG. And there is a chance I will redshirt him. He's explosive as hell, can score in bunches, can get really hot from 3. His only downside is a ridiculously slow release animation. But his ability to drive and his success when he does get open 3's makes up for it. PG Pearson McClurkin - SO (RS) - 6'0" 174 lbs - 77 OVR (+4) 87 speed/91 quickness. 81 defense/78 steals. 82 hands/82 passing. 84 close/75 med/75 3/85 off the dribble. C+ athlete in vert/str/hustle all. 72 off awareness/68 def awareness. He developed a ton last year and looks like a fine player now. ROLE: Backup PG - almost 100% on this. The only way this wouldn't happen is if Alloway plays backup PG and McClurkin is essentially cast aside as the odd man out with all this talent. Shooting Guards SG Ike Barrett - JR - 6'4" 203 lbs - 83 OVR (+3) 91 speed/89 quickness. 91 defense/81 steals. 87 close/82 med/66 3/78 off the dribble/81 in traffic. B- vert/B str/C+ hustle. 79 off awareness/78 def awareness. ROLE: Starter, SG or SF. If Barrett could shoot the 3 he would be the ideal 2 guard. But I am not going to complain too much about it. i love his defense, he is very effective driving to the basket, a great transition scorer. He has a chance to become a coach on the floor next year if his awareness develops. I might change up his training just to make sure this happens. 6.3 ppg last year, undoubtedly will be higher this year. SG Prosper Day - SO - 6'3" 212 lbs - 76 OVR (+3) 85 speed/80 quickness. 81 defense/80 steals. 87 close/73 med/85 3/83 off the dribble. C+ vert/B str/B+ hustle, quite a good athlete. Terible awareness, 64 off/66 def. ROLE: Backup SG, possibly odd man out. Day is a solid player, and I cannot believe I'm seriously considering relegating an 85 rated 3 point shooter outside of my 10 man rotation. Day showed the ability to score some last year. If he isn't my backup SG, he can redshirt. There is value here for sure. SMALL FORWARDS SF Kueth Ozier - JR - 6'6" 246 lbs - 84 OVR (+4) 86 speed/86 quickness. 80 defense/73 steals. 82 close/83 med/67 3/91 in traffic. Solid inside game, 80 orb/81 drb, both very good for a SF. 81 post off/76 post def. 81 offense in the post is B+ quality for a SF. Average/slightly above average awareness (74 off/76 def). Outstanding Athlete(79 vert/79 str/86 hustle - C+/B+/B+). ROLE: Starting SF/Backup SF. It seems insane that this guy isn't a clear, dominant starter. He looks great, he's my highest rated player, great numbers in traffic, can play inside or handle the ball well outside. I cannot get the production out of him that the AI seems to. Poor blowby move, I don't like taking 18 foot jumpers so screw his mid-range rating. Barrett and Alloway seem more effective scoring in traffic once they get to the rack despite the ratings... I should love this kid, but he just frustrates me. SF Roberto Mayer - FR - 6'7" 229 lbs - 78 OVR 82 speed/73 quickness. 80 defense/66 steals. 88 close/76 med/78 3/75 off the dribble/84 in traffic. Average rebounder, nowhere near as good as Ozier. 77 post off/71 post def. Average/below average awareness (68 off/70 def). C+ vert/C+ str, but A+(96) hustle. A- potential. ROLE: Backup SF/Starting SF - Again it seems insane to consider starting Mayer over Ozier. Ozier is better in every way but the 3 point shot on paper. But if Mayer has a good blowby move, and an effective 3 point shot, he could be a beast. i'm leaning against starting a true freshman, but its an option. POWER FORWARDS PF Otis Sneed - JR - 6'10" 229 lbs - 82 OVR (+3) 81 orb/84 drb. 69 blocks (B-). 82 post off/83 post def. 94 close/93 in traffic. 74 vert/74 str/80 hustle (A-/B/B). Sneed also is a good ball handler for a big man (65/B) and fast(76 speed/79 quickness... B/A-). ROLE: Starter - 100% certain here - 11.2 ppg/6.0 rpg last year. Sneed on paper is the most skilled big man I've ever had, and he's had some great games. I'd really like for him to be a 16-18 ppg scorer. Last year he struggled too much against average defenders for this to happen. He dominates bad/out of position defenders, gets totally shut down against great ones. If he could put up good numbers against average players he'd be all-ACC. But last year he couldn't. PF Brice Sanders - JR - 7'0" 244 lbs - 82 OVR (+3) 83 orb/82 drb. 77 blocks (B). 77 post off/84 post def. 93 close/85 in traffic. A- vert/B str/C+ hustle. above average awareness (72 off/76 def). ROLE: Backup Center - I like Sanders a lot, and in the real world he'd probalby have been super super pissed about McCants walking into the starting job last year, I never gave Sanders a shot at it. I did not focus on him enough last year when he was on the court. I need to try to get him the ball more often this year. PF Haminn Millar - FR - 6'9" 229 lbs - 78 OVR 83 orb/84 drb. 71 blocks (B-). 81 post off/72 post def. 80 close/87 in traffic. A- vert/B+ str/B hustle. 79 off awareness/71 def awareness. B- potential. ROLE: Backup PF. good post offense, good in traffic, shitty close range shot. Good rebounder though so he has a lot of value even if he isn't a big scorer. I'll have a couple seasons to practice with him on the backups though, there's virtually no chance he can supplant Sneed in the lineup for the next two years. Centers C Florentino McCants - SO - 7'0" 228 lbs - 80 OVR (+2) 85 orb/88 drb. 79 blocks(B). 84 post off/81 post def. 86 close/86 in traffic. B- vert/B+ str(77)/C+ hustle. 77 o awareness/79 d awareness. ROLE: Starting Center - Far and away my best rebounder, a good, big, strong shot blocker, and he really has great post skills. I might do a custom training schedule for McCants too, he has a legit shot at coach on the floor eventually. C Benjamin Slater - SR - 6'10" 230 lbs - 79 OVR (+3) 81 orb/82 drb. 90 blocks(A-). 81 post off/78 post def. 85 close/89 in traffic. B vert/A- str/C hustle. ROLE: Odd man out. will come in when I have foul trouble or injury problems. He's got some solid skills, but he's a senior, and he can't break into the starting lineup, and the its time to look to the future in Millar in the post. Two other players exist on the roster: SG Jose Gunn, 73 OVR senior. Center Oscar Delic - 75 OVR junior.

05-07-2009, 03:24 AM	#828
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Starting Lineup PG Forte SG ??? (barrett/alloway) SF ??? (ozier/barrett/mayer) PF Sneed C McCants Backups PG McClurkin (small chance Alloway) SG ??? (Alloway/Day/Mayer) SF ??? (Mayer/Ozier) PF Millar C Sanders so here are my thoughts, without having played any yet: My gut feeling is that my most effective lineup for generating offense is the following: PG Forte SG Alloway SF Barrett PF Sneed C McCants My only problem with this is that my most likely backup squad now has two natural SF's which seems a little off/odd. If I go with my best players, I end up with Ozier and Mayer at SG/SF. That's an odd setup, but maybe it works, and I redshirt Prosper Day. Or I go Day/Ozier and redshirt Mayer, the freshman. I'm more than a bit concerned about how a 78 rated top 15 recruit will react to being redshirt though. Other reasonable options: SG Barrett/SF Ozier starting, SG Alloway/SF Mayer backups, redshirt Day (ie just do what the AI says) SG Barrett/SF Mayer starting, SG Alloway/SF Ozier backups, redshirt Day. SG Barrett/SF Mayer starting, SG Day/SF Ozier backups, redshirt Alloway. Here's why I keep coming back to redshirting Alloway, despite his talent... I have 7 juniors on my roster. One is a walkon center in Delic, and I'll probably cut him soon, but still, I have 6 juniors on my roster. I don't really want to recruit monster classes like that anymore. Redshirting Alloway would allow me to only have 5 graduating seniors next year. Decisions! And yea there is no posturing at all in this writeup, I honestly have no clue. So here's the plan: Play the midnight madness game. I always sim this, but I'm going to use it to work a couple things out: White Team: PG Forte SG Alloway SF Mayer PF Sneed C McCants Bench: SG Gunn PF Millar Red Team (or whatever): PG McClurkin SG Barrett SF Ozier PF Sanders C Slater Bench: SG Day C Delic I stress this isn't a starting lineup I am considering, its for testing purposes: a) I want to play as Mayer b) I want to play as Millar c) I want to play against my best defender (Barrett) d) I want to see how the CPU utilizes Ozier. off to do that, then we can do some recruiting before bed.

05-07-2009, 04:41 AM	#830
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Recruiting Preview We're losing two players this year, reserve SG Gunn, and reserve big man Slater. We've got two scholarships. But we also have a stacked rotation, and we might have problems drumming up interest when every spot on the roster for next year is already filled. I take a couple stabs early. I'd like a guard and a big. 5* SG Herman Guiang out of Omaha, Nebraska gets my first offer. #4 in the nation, a sick looking player. A- 3 point shot, good speed, B- defense, A- steals, good ratings in all the right places. Iowa has made him an offer as well. We've got him to 95% before even using up all his visits, we'll have him at 100% along with Iowa and possbly others. "He is not concerned with being close to home" <-- That is the reason I am sticking with him. Well that and an A- 3 point rating. 5* PF Landon Arenas out of Fullerton, CA is the #19 player in the nation, #2 PF. Again, total stud. B orb/B drb/B- blocks/B- post offense/C+ post defense/A- close/C+ in traffic. Looks incredible. Only 6'7", but would grow into 6'8" or if lucky 6'9", acceptable. I've only got him at 72%, seems a long shot but worth the time to find out for sure. Top backup targets: 4* C Maynard Black - #86 OVR/#2 C. Out of Michigan. Only 6'8", would end up slotted at PF. B+ drb, B- post off/B+ post def, B close/C in traffic. B+ strength. Black is at 87% and it seems very likely i'll drop off Arenas and go after Black before the early signing period. 5* SG Vadim Bryan - #7 OVR out of the Bronx. He prefers Pitt but if Pitt doesn't come calling there's a free for all between about 6 teams, Clemson, Va Tech and Boston College included. I sim my opening game: Nov 5, 2021 at #14 Florida State 98 Niagara 74 Sneed 19, Barrett 18, Alloway 17, McCants 10. With 3 full weeks to go until the early signing period starts, the battle for SG Herman Guiang is like no other I've ever been involved in. Iowa, Kansas, Mizzou, and Florida State have all offered him a scholarship, and all of us have him at 100% already. "He is not concerned with being close to home" ... we'll see. Game #2 is safe to sim too: Nov 19th, 2021 at #13 Florida State 74 Delaware State 42 Sneed 21, McCants 15, Alloway 8, Ozier 7. With one week left in recruiting before the early signing period, I have made no changes to my offers. There are one or two games I want to play this week though, so this is where we stop. There are no 5* players falling into my lap this year, it looks more likely that I'll end up filling my 2 recruiting slots with solid, workmanlike 4* targets who will have roles on the team after my giant recruiting class is gone, which is of course fine, can't always find superstars.

05-07-2009, 11:26 PM	#831
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	After a few of the early weeks simmed, Damion Alloway has amazingly gained 2 points to his overall rating already, he's now an 81 OVR rated player. Barret with an early gain to 84 OVR, Forte up 1 to 83 OVR.

05-08-2009, 04:23 PM	#837
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	I haven't changed my remaining scholarship offer yet, its still out to 5* SG Bryan. I scout a number of 4* PG/SG types though as its a near certainty that I will need to change it up. We fall to #14 in the polls after our loss to Arkansas. Two (hopefully) easy games this week to get us back on track: Dec 6, 2021 at #14 Florida State 79 W. Michigan 58 Sneed 19, McCants 16, Barrett 7. Dec 12, 2021 at #14 Florida State 74 Bucknell 32 Bucknell is probably the worst team we play all year, rated 65 OVR. Forte 22, Alloway 14. And we're back up to #11 in the polls after that week. We're 8-1, other ACC teams in the rankings: 6. North Carolina (10-1) 11. Florida State (8-1) 22. Virginia Tech (10-3) 25. Georgia Tech (8-4) Ohio is still rolling right along, they got a very solid coach after I left and appear to be fully established as one of the top 2 or 3 mid major programs in the nation. They have 5 starters rated 80 or better, with only one guy left on the team that I recruited, rated 89 OVR and #20 in the nation(8-1). Big week for us this week, we host #16 Providence (9-0) early in the wee and then on Sunday we open ACC play early, as we host 6-3 NC State.

05-09-2009, 03:40 AM	#841
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	We bump up to 8th in the polls after that win, and we have the final week of 2021 off. And with our week off we rise one more spot. Media Poll: 1. Texas A&M 2. Kansas 3. Florida 4. Vanderbilt 5. North Carolina ... 7. Florida State 14. Georgia Tech 15. Ohio 18. Virginia Tech 25. Clemson During the week off, Forte becomes the second player to gain 2 points to OVR rating this year, Alloway being the first. Forte is rated 84 OVR now. We have one last non conference game left, as 88 rated San Diego State is coming to Tallahassee. After that, its all ACC play the rest of the way. And the ACC season will be heating up immediately, as our second game of the week is in Chapel Hill, at #5 North Carolina, our only meeting with them this year. 4 of our frrst 6 ACC games are on the road, so we are about to be tested big time.

05-09-2009, 11:09 AM	#842
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Nice schedule this year. So far it looks like you have passed the tests with flying colors. Looking forward to seeing if FSU can keep it going in ACC play.

05-11-2009, 12:00 AM	#846
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Going into the next week we fall 5 spots in the polls, too far IMO given we lost to a top 5 team, but whatever. 1. Kansas 2. Vanderbilt 3. North Carolina 4. Florida 5. Texas A&M ... 10. Georgia Tech 12. Florida State 13. Ohio 19. Virginia Tech 22. Maryland This week: at Boston College(88 OVR/8-4/0-2 ACC), vs #10 Georgia Tech (93 OVR/14-4/2-0 ACC). Ozier is understandbly pissed about not starting. Millar seems to think because he was a top 15 prospect he deserves more PT. I give them both pep talks, and have been throughout the year, I've only got 5 left with still 8 weeks left in the regular season. Neither is at risk to transfer, just not as effect on court if they're unhappy.

05-11-2009, 04:23 AM	#850
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	We fall to #18 in the polls. Just one game this week and its one of the few we'll be simming this year, against the worst 3 teams in the league: Jan 18, 2021 #18 Florida State 83 at Duke 65 Sneed 18, Forte 12, Sanders 12. latest poll: 1. North Carolina 2. Vanderbilt 3. Texas A&M 4. California 5. Kansas ... 13. Clemson 16. Georgia Tech 17. Florida State 25. Maryland Our games this week? vs #25 Maryland (rated 91 OVR), at #13 Clemson(rated 94 OVR). This conference is just brutal this year. Current standings: 1. North Carolina 5-0 2. Clemson 4-1 3. Georgia Tech 4-2 4. Maryland 3-2 5. NC State 3-3 6. Florida State 2-3 7. Virginia Tech 2-3 8. Miami 2-3 9. Virginia 2-3 10. Duke 2-4 11. Wake Forest 2-4 12. Boston College 1-4 We have a hellish 5 game run, 4 of our next 5 are against teams rated as good or better than us. If we can survive that in tact, we get 5 "easy" games in a row, including games against Virginia and Miami, truly awful teams, and games with BC, Wake Forest and NC State, all teams we are rated better than. that's where we'll need to make our move.

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