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Hoops History, FBCB2
Hoops History, v2
FBCB2 We begin in the year 1939, the first year of the NCAA tournament, and for the purposes of this dynasty, we'll say that is the first year of existence of college basketball. Every team in the nation will start off at a prestige of 30. Every conference will start with a prestige of 2. Every team and conference will begin on equal footing (besides the randomness of the league creation talent spread of players and coaches). By adjusting prestige before creating the league, all teams will truly start out equal. The NCAA tournament will have 64 teams, none of that silly play in game stuff. It will determine the National Champion. The NIT will exist for the next best 32 teams. No third and fourth BS tournaments here. It is 1939 so there is no 3 point shot. Players stay all 4 year, or even 5 if they redshirt. The NBA doesn't pay very well yet. For now, there is no conference movement, but I think I'll turn that on for a season or two, every 5-10 years and see what happens. I reserve the right to manually make adjustments, but I doubt I ever would. Transfers can play immediately. Why not? Injuries and academic suspension are set to 50%, just because. I don't control a team at this time, but usually after a sufficient history has been created, I do take a team. I just play as the NCAA commissioner. Oh, and the Great West Conference gets an auto bid to the tournament, because they play the same game and its only fair. Hey, it is my universe. Want updates on your favorite teams? Interested in specific information about awards, recruits, etc...? Hell, I'll even put you in the game if you want, but it is not technically one of those dynasty reports.
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04-19-2010, 09:18 PM
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1939
This first season is pretty much a big muddled mess. You got ranked teams at 7-13. You have about 60 teams in the other receiving vote category. The pollsters have no idea what the hell is going on. Most of them are not even paying attention to the sport. Here is the February 1, 1939 poll, for what it is worth. Code:
At one point in the 19-25 spots, they just start ranking teams alphabetically because there are not 25 "top" teams yet.
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04-19-2010, 09:32 PM
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OK, enough screwing around. As commissioner, I've invited the 64 best teams in the nation to the first annual NCAA Tournament, to crown our first champion. Trust me, in 70 years from now people are going to say I was brilliant for designing a 64 team, perfectly balanced bracket, that is one of the most beautiful things in sports, and then they will question why some dumb asses would want to mess with this formula and think that 96 teams would have been a better idea. Nah, nobody would could screw this up, right?
SIXTY FOUR. Perfection. Now, I'm gonna introduce your #1 seeds, but I think it almost certain that a 16 seed wins this year, and probably only 1 of them, at best, actually make the Final Four. Don't get to used to these guys. First, out of the Summit League, with a record of 25-7 (14-4), the #1 seed in the West, North Dakota State! These guys did nothing really great this year. They scored 68.3 per game, good for 33rd in the land. They got their share of steals and blocks, but their scoring defense was nothing special. Next, with a 29-3 (15-1) record out of the Mid-American Conference, Bowling Green! You want a favorite? It might be them. They score 78.5 per game, tops in the nation. Best rebounding team, best assist team. They got a point guard who can ball. Claude Ethridge. 18.1 per game with 5 dimes. In the South Region, we have Arkansas-Pine Bluff, out of the SWAC. 25-8 (12-6). They score 71.7 per game. They get killed on the boards and can't shoot free throws. One and done? Finally, in the East we have Marshall out of Conference USA. 27-6 (14-2). These guys play a very good defense, and in my book, that will get you places. Let the mayhem begin!
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04-19-2010, 09:35 PM
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I'm interested in hearing how Illinois does.
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04-19-2010, 09:51 PM
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Rounds 1 & 2
We have a whole bunch of double digit seeds advancing, but very surprisingly to me (because I've done this a few times in the past and a 16 ALWAYS wins at least once), all 4 of the #1 seeds make it to the Sweet 16. In the West, #1 North Dakota State meets #13 Montana State while #3 Oregon faces off against #10 Citadel In the Midwest, everyone's favorite, #1 Bowling Green gets #4 IPFW while #6 Portland gets #15 Loyola-Il. Down South, #1 Arkansas-Pine Bluff tips off against #13 Eastern Kentucky while #2 Mississippi takes on #14 Bryant University. Finally in the East, #1 Marshall will deal with #13 America and #2 Duquesne takes on #3 Dartmouth. Rounds 3 Results North Dakota State moves on to face the #10 seed Citadel. Citadel was 22-11 (12-6). Nothing really strikes me as interesting about them, but that is the nature of the first couple of seasons here. #1 Bowling Green moves on to face #6 Portland. Portland was also 22-11. They play a respectable defense, but they can't stop our Bowling Greeners! Down South, the top 2 seeds advance in #1 Arkansas PB and Mississippi. Mississippi went 30-6 and look like they might be the real deal. In the East, a #1 seed finally gets slayed! #13 American takes down Might Marshall! They get #3 Dartmouth. Your 1939-1940 Final Four teams: #10 Citdel vs #1 Arkansas Pine Bluff #13 American vs #1 Bowling Green We interrupt this tournament to inform you that Jacksonville State has won the NIT tournament. Final Four Results: Did you enjoy watching Butler play basketball this season? No? Me neither. But for those of you who did, you'll love this final 4. Not much talent, lots of missed shots and chippy defense. Citadel 69 – Arkansas Pine Bluff 60 Bowling Green 64 – American 55 In the Title game, nobody turns out to watch it, but those few who are there...save your ticket stubs. They will be worth a fortune! Every sport has its defining moment. The one that breaks that sport out in the public's eye. In another basketball universe you might get guys with weird names like Bird and Magic. Bird and Magic? But here, in this dynasty, you get Monte Downing. Bowling Green trailed at the half, 41-34 and then by that same margin most of the second half. But late in the game, they began chipping away at that lead. With 10 seconds it is tied. Bowling Green's Alonzo Marx shoots with the clock winding down. It is off the rim. Downing with the tap back....it goes in! Bowling Green wins 68-66! Thank god there is no instant replay because I really think he didn't get that shot off. Doesn't matter. BG's young coach, 45 year old, Chris Etter tells the 1,243 fans in attendance that this game of “Basketsball” is a great sport and his team just gave you one shining moment to cherish. Hey, that sounds pretty catchy....
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04-19-2010, 09:53 PM
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The Big 10 didn't have a single ranked team to end the season. Illinois went 16-17 (7-11). Maybe they will get some good recruits?
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04-19-2010, 09:57 PM
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1939-1940 Quick Wrap
I was going to skip this because it is tough to read anything into this first season, but as I pulled up the awards, I had to tell you that the National Player of the Year was Monte Dowling! If I could rename the award, there you have it. Wait, I am the commish. I can rename it! Bowling Green's coach won the Coach of the Year Award. There is not much else to say, so I'll throw this random, but meaningful screen shot at you. A List of the regular season conference champs. Code:
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04-19-2010, 10:08 PM
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1940 Offseason
Usually, I'll give you my “Most Prestigious Teams in College Basketball” List here, but I think based on last year and all teams starting at 30 prestige, you can figure it out for now. No conference prestige changed yet. I guess that'll take a little while to shake out. By the way, Monte Dowling was drafted #16 overall. The best part of these dynasties is to see who gets the early leg up in recruiting these first few years. By class, here is the top 20: Code:
Illinois ended up at #83, not too bad really. If you go by top players, you get something a bit more cryptic. Code:
It seems like a bunch of these recruits thought they were too good to commit to a 30 prestige team? Their loss, and it will all work out in the end. Check out the #1 recruit in the land, David Tims. This guy could set some long held scoring records! Code:
Alright, we are going to keep things moving, even though I can spend a long time pouring through stats. Like I said, it is all pretty meaningless for a few seasons.
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." Last edited by Marmel : 04-19-2010 at 10:10 PM. |
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04-19-2010, 10:10 PM
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You know I love this type of dynasty. Although I'm curious what made you choose 30 prestige instead of zeroing it out.
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04-19-2010, 10:12 PM
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Izulde, The only thing that came to mind was, I don't want the talent to be so bad that every game is 34-30. Also, this way teams have a little room to go down. There was not much thought put into it.
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04-19-2010, 10:16 PM
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Interesting stuff, I'll follow along. No requests yet, but perhaps in time. Tell
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04-19-2010, 10:19 PM
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this very interesting
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04-19-2010, 10:26 PM
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oh yeah any chance you can follow Santa Barbara and Riverside for me
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04-19-2010, 10:31 PM
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1940-1941
Each new season brings hope to 347 basketball teams, and this year is no exception. One good recruit can take you from first to last in the infancy of this league. We'll skip the meaningless preseaon polls and fast forward right to March. Trust me, you still have about 50 teams in the Other receiving vote categories and nobody is doing anything spectacular yet, even in the final regular season polls, which look like this: Code:
The great thing is, I think World Wide Wes had a vote because Memphis, at 4-28, was in the others receiving votes. And hey, Illinois won the Big 10 regular season at 12-6 and finished 19-13 overall. They also won the B10 conference tournament, so get your dance shoes on hoopsguy! David Tims, last years #1 ranked recruit, started all 30 games for Florida and averaged 17.6 ppg. He led Florida to a 12-18 record. It is tournament time and here are your #1 seeds, region by region. Out West we have Southern Utah, out of the Summit League with a 25-7 (14-4) record. They don't score much, but they hold teams to 56.1 per game. Illinois grabbed the 15 seed in this region and will play Penn in round 1. In the Midwest, out of the Summit League as well, is South Dakota State, 24-10 (14-4). They don't do anything well other than play decent defense. 16 over 1, I'm calling it. Down South you have Tennessee Tech, from the Ohio Valley Conference with a 28-5 (15-3) record. They are the #2 scoring defense in the country. In the East, Iowa State out of the Big12 grabs the final #1 seed. They were 25-7 (13-3). By far the best offensive team of the top 4 seeds.
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04-19-2010, 10:34 PM
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Added. This year SB went 13-19 (7-9) and Riverside went 8-21 (3-13), last place. Neither were any better in Season 1. Sorry. 
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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04-19-2010, 10:38 PM
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I wholeheartedly approve of the Illini winning the Big Ten. I threw up a little in my mouth seeing scUM win the initial conference title.
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04-19-2010, 10:42 PM
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How did you change every team to 30 prestige? Tell me you didn't do it team-by-team (I want to replicate this idea).
edit- nevermind, figured it out pretty easily! Last edited by korme : 04-19-2010 at 10:45 PM. |
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04-19-2010, 10:43 PM
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1940-1941 Tournament Time Baby!
Rounds 1 & 2 In the West Bracket, things were almost chalk. #1 Southern Utah will battle #13 Drake in the Sweet 16 and in the other half of the bracket, the 2 and 3 seeds advanced in Penn and UMBC. This also means Illinois was bounced in round 1, 66-62. More chalk in the Midwest with #1 South Dakota State meeting #4 Sam Houston State while #3 San Diego takes on #7 Oral Roberts. Things went haywire in the South. #1 Tenn Tech matches up with #13 Hartford while #10 Mississippi State tips off against #11 Eastern Kentucky. In the East, we get back to the higher seeds with #1 Iowa State and #5 Northeastern on one side along with #2 Binghampton and #6 Mercer. Sweet 16 results Our Regional Finals are set. Out West #1 Southern Utah gets #2 Penn. Penn was 27-5 and one of the highest scoring team in the nation. The Midwest will have #1 SD State vs. #3 San Diego. San Diego was the 6th best scoring defense. In the South #1 Tenn Tech draws #11 Eastern Kentucky. EK was 24-12. The one thing that stands out is their efficient offense, scoring 1.21 per shot, good for 17th best. The East shows us that all four #1 seeds have advanced this far, with #1 Iowa State facing #6 Mercer. Mercer was the highest scoring team in the country at 76.6. Do you have a favorite? I'll take the BCS team in Iowa State. I also like the way the Summit league plays, so you can't go wrong with Southern Utah.
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04-19-2010, 10:44 PM
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In docs and settings/all users//shared docs/gds/fb2010: backup teams, tourneys and conf CSV files. Then open them in a spreadsheet program and change prestige to whatever you want, copycat. 
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04-19-2010, 10:51 PM
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Welcome to Saturday night on CBS where we will host the NCAA tournament for the next 70 years and inexplicably never give you split screen coverage of two games coming down to the wire!
For those that care, Montana beat NC State for the NIT title. Heh, even in an alternate reality, the Wolfpack can't win anything! Did you make your predictions yet? Mine were all wrong! Here are the riveting final 4 matchups: #2 Penn vs. #11 Eastern Kentucky. Penn's coach, Rick Flores said before the game that this final 4 should be a breeze. His team's toughest game came in round one where they squeaked by Illinois. Everything has been easy since. #1 South Dakota State vs. #6 Mercer. Penn keeps on marching with a 66-58 victory. South Dakota State took the win as well, 74-69. Both were pretty tightly contested games. In the Title game, the Quaker's run comes to an end and the mecca of college hoops now resides in South Dakota! They win 69-64. Penn was never really in the game. CYA next season!
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04-19-2010, 10:59 PM
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1940-1941 Quick Wrap
The winner of the Monte Dowling Award was Sr. PG Alvin Langford out of Dartmouth. Penn's 41 year old coach, Rick Flores was National Coach of the Year. California's SG Corey Mowry was the Freshman of the Year. He was the 13th ranked recruit last year. This year's random screen shot is last year's Conference Tournament winners. Code:
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04-19-2010, 11:09 PM
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1941 offseason
I know you have all been waiting for my famous Most Prestigious List. Wait no longer! 1)South Dakota State (Summit) – NCAA Champs and 2 time NCAA participant 2)Bowling Green (MAC) – NCAA Champs and NIT participant 3)American University (Patriot) - 4)Eastern Kentucky (Ohio Valley) - 5)Mercer (A-Sun) - 6)San Diego (WCC) 7)Arkansas Pine Bluff (SWAC) 8)Iowa State (Big12) 9)Mississippi (SEC) 10)Tennesee Tech (Ohio Valley) Illinois: 33 prestige UC SB: 28 UC Riverside: 25 Top Recruiting Classes of the year: Code:
Bowling Green really capitalized on their National Title and landed the #2 ranked class. Illinois checked in at #88 Santa Barbara at #157 Riverside at #230 By player: Code:
I am particularly impressed with the #2 guy, Efrain Graziano. Code:
And on we go to the third season...
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04-20-2010, 10:30 PM
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1941-1942 Season
Preseason Polls. I won't bother you with them, but things are just starting to get a bit of consistency near the top. South Dakota State started this season where they ended last season, at #1. North Dakota State is #5. Who knew the Dakota's were basketball hotbeds?? Bowling Green cracks the top 10, coming in at #9. A bunch of the final 8 teams from the last two seasons pepper the rest of the top 25. We are starting to see a few teams that we are familiar with put together good seasons and stay ranked on a consistent basis. Let's head to March.... Your #1 seed in the West is Ball State, out of the MAC with a 26-7 (13-3) record. This team prides itself on defense this year. They are #2 in scoring defense and #5 in opponents shooting percentage. In the Midwest, it is everyone's favorite team, Bowling Green! They represent the MAC as well and went 27-5 (13-3). Top 20 in both scoring and opponent scoring defense. Third in rebounds. They look primed to make a real run at their second title. The South Region has Sam Houston State from the Southland Conference as the #1 seed. They went 30-4 (15-1). They were tops in the nation in scoring defense and shooting percentage defense. In the East we have Arkansas Pine-Bluff, out of the SWAC at 27-5 (14-4). To counter all the defensive minded #1 seeds, they come into the tournament with the 4th ranked offense. Will offense or defense prevail? Or will a low seed crash the party? I'm officially on the Bowling Green wagon.
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04-20-2010, 10:32 PM
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Illinois finished 3rd in the Big10 at 11-7 and 16-15 overall. the NIT snubbed them after they dropped the conference title game to Michigan State.
Riverside and Santa Barbara both finished 6-10 in conference, tied for next to last and both flamed out early in the Big West tournament.
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04-20-2010, 10:46 PM
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Round 1 & 2
The West bracket was not friendly to the top seeds. In fact, it wasn't friendly to single digit seeds. #16 Eastern Illinois pulls the big upset over Ball State 65-61. Also the 10, 11, 12 and 14 seeds all win. They would be Central Michigan, Texas Pan-Am, Lafayette and New Mexico. Your Sweet 16 matchups in the West will be #16 Eastern Illinois vs. #4 Air Force and #10 Central Michigan vs. #14 New Mexico. In the Midwest we had one major upset as #14 Boise State crashed the Sweet 16 party. They will meet #7 Akron. #1 Bowling Green had 2 easy wins to advance and they will meet #4 Towson. The South looks just like the West. Everyone's brackets are destroyed as #16 Denver beat the #1, Sam Houston and makes it to the Sweet 16. They face #5 Maryland East Shore. The #2 seed, Jackson State bites it against #15 American, a familiar name. American advances to the round of 16 to face #11 St Francis-PA. In this region the only single digit seeds to win in the first round were #9 James Madison and Maryland ES. Normalicy returns to the brackets in the East as 3 of the top seeds advance. #1 Arkansas PB goes against #4 Central Florida. #3 Mercer battles #7 Southeastern. Sweet 16 #16 Eastern Illinois is on a wild ride as they advance to the Regional Finals to take on #10 Central Michigan! Eastern Illinois was just 18-17 on the year and advanced as the 7 seed in the 8 team Ohio Valley tournament. Central Michigan does a decent job scoring points, but their defense has been terrible for most of the year. The Midwest sees #1 and tournament favorite, Bowling Green advance to play #7 Akron. Akron is from the MAC and was 22-12. They are better on the defensive end of the court. Down South, the #16 seed Denver fails to advance, but the 15 seed, American lives to see another day. They will play #5 Maryland East-Shore. The East has #1 Arkansas Pine Bluff taking on #3 Mercer. Mercer tries to make back to back Final 4 apearances. Pine Bluff tries to make their 2nd in three seasons. Final Four matchups #16 Eastern Illinois vs #5 Maryland East Shore #1 Bowling Green vs #1 Arkansas Pine Bluff Remember in 1996 when Syracuse and Miss. State were one final four matchup and Kentucky and Umass were the other? Everyone said that the Kentucky/Umass game was the real title game. Same deal here. Syracuse actually gave Kentucky about all they could handle that year, but everyone was right. I'd love to see a Bowling Green Eastern Illinois finals. How can you not root for the 16 seed?
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04-20-2010, 10:54 PM
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NIT Champion:
Tennessee State Welcome to the Final Four! In the first game of the night, we see the huge underdog, the Cinderella story, final come to an end. They lose by 9 to Maryland ES, 71-62. In the nightcap, Pine Bluff puts up a very valiant effort, but Bowling Green is just too much. They take it 58-50. It just seems like a team of destiny. And on Monday night, Bowling Green caps off their run, which really never seemed in doubt from the tip off of the tournament. They take care of East Shore, 71-66. We officially have our first dynasty, as Bowling Green wins 2 of the first 3 National Titles. Season Wrap The Monte Dowling Award goes to Cal Poly's PF Clinton Averill. 16.9 ppg, 11.0 rpg Coach of the year is East Shore's Don Kimble. The 36 year old coach has a bright future. Cal State Fullerton has the Freshman of the Year in PG Nolan Byrd. He was the #15 ranked recruit. All of you crazy Rutgers fans will love this year's screenshot of conference tournament winners. Code:
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04-20-2010, 11:06 PM
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1942 Off Season
Most prestigious teams in college basketball: Bowling Green 65 Mercer 54 American 53 Pine Bluff 53 South Dakota State 53 Central Florida 45 Mississippi 45 Tennessee Tech 45 Citadel 45 Illinois 36 Santa Barbara 26 Riverside 25 Conference Prestige has worked itself out and now there is clear separation: Top rated conferences (5*) America East Big South MAC Mountain West Patriot Southland SWAC (4*) ACC Great West Southern West Coast ...and score one for the little guys, down with the BCS, etc. etc. (1*) Big12 Big East Big10 Pac10 Conf USA Sun Belt Big Sky Independants The surprise to me was the Summit League being 2*. With the 2 Dakota teams being national players I thought they would be 4 or 5 stars. Coaching Notes: Pine Bluff's coach has retired. Recruit Rankings, by Class: Code:
American and Mercer making good use of their tournament runs to lure some top recruits. Illinois recruiting took a hit this year. They were ranked #179. Santa Barbara was ranked #115 UC riverside was #168. Here are the top 20 recruits and were they went: Code:
So the BCS conferences score some nice recruiting points, landing the top 2 players and 3 of the top 10. Christopherson from Marquette will be a scoring machine! Code:
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*bookmarks this tip for his next Zeroed Out dynasty* In FBCB1, I had to do every team by hand and it took forever.
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04-21-2010, 09:23 PM
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1942 Preseason
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We still have quite a few other teams receiving votes, so the dust has not quite settled yet. Bowling Green returns 4 players who have started at least 30 games in the careers. The clear #1 and favorites once again this year. Last year's #1 recruit and now a sophomore, Leif Rue, is going to lead this team in 1942. He scored 14.6 a game last year and looks to be even better this year. South Dakota, Central Michigan, Pine Bluff and American should all be pretty familiar sounding teams by now. They have all shown they can win games in the tournament. Of course, there will be teams that come out of nowhere this year.
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04-21-2010, 09:36 PM
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1942-1943 Regular Season
Before we get to selection Sunday, here is the final Top 25 of the year. Code:
There is still some weirdness going on at the bottom of the Top 25 poll, but most of the teams' prestige numbers are still clumped together within a relatively small range. Is it clear that Bowling Green is the top team in the nation year in and year out, as they finish the season ranked #1. Pine Bluff and East Shore both had excellent seasons and should be in contention to knock off the defending champs. Here are the regular season conference champs: Code:
Notice UC Riverside won the Big West Conference. Santa Barbara finished 8-8, right in the middle of the pack. Riverside lost the conference tournament title game to Cal State Fullerton. Riverside finished the season 16-15 and did not receive a post season tournament invite. Illinois finished 4th in the Big10 at 10-8, but only 14-17 overall. They lost in the semis of the Big10 tourney. Fill out your Brackets! A look at each region, starting in the West.... Southern Methodist, out of Conference USA takes the #1 seed. They were 31-2 and finished a perfect 16-0 in conference play. They had the top defense in the nation, holding teams to 54.0 ppg. Air Force is the #2 seed in the West. In the Midwest, Bowling Green has the #1 seed and will try to defend their title. They are out of the MAC and went 30-3 (14-2). Leif Rue led the team in scoring with 14.8 per game. They are top 15 in offense and defense, scoring wise. Grambling State is the #2 seed. In the South, Texas A&M CC grabs the #1 seed. They play in the Southland Conference and finished 26-6 (13-3). They are a top 10 defensive team. Pine Bluff is the #2 seed. Finally, in the East we have Stony Brook with the final top seed. Stony brook plays in the American East Conference where they went 28-5 (13-3). Defense will get you top seeds in the tournament in this universe. They were the 4th best scoring defense. Maryland East-Shore is the #2 seed. Will Bowling Green pull off the repeat? I wouldn't bet against it.
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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04-21-2010, 09:44 PM
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Round 1 & 2
In the West, #1 Southern Meth advances to the Sweet 16 with ease. There they will face #5 Alabama. Also advancing was #7 VCU and #14 Chicago State The top 2 seeds in the Midwest advance in #1 Bowling Green and #2 Grambling State. #2 South Dakota State, who has proven they can win any game should give Bowling Green a stiff challenge. #11 New Mexico State also advances. Down South, the top 2 seeds also advance. #1 Texas A&M CC will meet up with #5 Radford while #2 Pine Bluff gets the cinderella team, #14 Campbell. In the East, the fourth #1 seed also advance in Stony Brook. They will meet #4 McNeese State. On the other side of the bracket are a couple of higher seeds, #7 Winthrop and #14 Fairfield. Sweet 16 West: Southern Meth advances to meet #7 VCU. VCU was 25-8 this year. Their one strength is on the boards, limiting opponents to few second chance points. Midwest: Bowling Green wins by 9 to move on and face #11 New Mexico State. NM's top scorer is injured for the upcoming game, making matters worse for them. South: A real heavyweight matchup in tis region as #1 Texas A&M CC will battle #2 Arkansas Pine Bluff. East: The only region where the top seed has lost sees #4 McNeese State go up against #14 Fairfield. This is your classic offense (Fairfield) vs defense( McNeese) matchup. The difference will probably be McNeese's PF Frank Hargett who will be the best player on the court and score over 18 per game.
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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04-21-2010, 09:51 PM
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Welcome to the Final Four. Here are your matchups for Saturday night:
#1 Southern Methodist vs #2 Arkansas Pine Bluff Pine Bluff is making its third Final Four appearance, but still searching for that first title. This is Southern Methodists's first trip to the tournament and what a ride it has been. #1 Bowling Green vs #4 McNeese State Bowling Green will try to win back to back titles and their 3rd in four seasons. This is McNeese's first trip to the tournament, though they did make the NIT 2 years ago. Odds would say that Bowling Green will beat Pine Bluff for the title, but anything can happen at this point. First, just wanted to let you know that Binghampton won the NIT title. Results: In game 1, Pine Bluff were the slight favorites, but they forgot to show up and got blown off the court by Southern Meth, 79-64. Southern Meth was led by Jeremiah Hawk, off the bench with 26 points. In game 2, Bowling Green systematically shut down McNeese and dominated in a 63-44 blowout. Monday night: Unless you are a big Bowling Green fan (and who isn't??) this game was a yawner. Bowling Green completely dominated play and even got their walk ons in for a good chunk of the second half. Final score: 74-48. An amazing 3 titles in 4 season for Bowling Green!
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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04-21-2010, 10:03 PM
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1942-1943 Season Wrap-up and 1943 Offseason
The Monte Dowling Award goes to McNeese States PF Frank Hargett. Coach of the Year is Texas A&M CC's Cecil Hesse. Freshman of the year was Kansas' John McGuigan, last year's #1 recruit. Most prestigious teams: Bowling Green 79 Pine Bluff 65 American 60 South Dakota State 56 Binghamton 52 Grambling State 52 Mercer 52 Air Force, BYU, Central Michigan, Citadel: all 51 Illinois 34 Riverside and Santa Barbara 28 Southern Methodist's coach retired in the offseason. Recruit Rankings, by class: Code:
Bowling Green is going to be good for a long, long time! Illinois was ranked #137 UC SB was #176 Riverside was #248 Top recruits: Code:
Check out the scoring ability of #2 recruit, Elton Holley! Code:
Before we move on, let's go back and take a look at a couple of the recruits from the 1st two classes. Florida's David Tims was the #1 overall recruit in the first year of this dynasty. He has lived up to the hype, averaging just over 20 ppg for his career! Last year he was up to 23.5. He will be a senior this year, but Florida has yet to play in the post season. The following year I highlighted the #2 recruit, Efrain Graziano (Santa Clara). He scored 11.7 as a freshman and 15.9 last year. The top recruit that season was Leif Rue (Bowling Green). We know how that turned out!
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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04-21-2010, 10:17 PM
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UNLV with the #18 class makes me smile.
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04-21-2010, 10:25 PM
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Welcome to the 1943-1944 season
I'm going to start stream lining this a bit more. Preseason Polls Final regular season conference champs Top 2 seeds from each bracket Round 1&2 results Sweet 16 results Elite 8 results Final Four weekend results Awards Prestige changes Recruiting The meat of this dynasty has been and really strives to focus on the tournament results and the different teams that build dynasties. So, here we go with the 43-44 season and the preseason top 25 Code:
Bowling Green just gets inked in at #1 to start each season and usually finishes there as well. Binghamton comes off an NIT title and expectations are running sky high this year. Pine Bluff always in the top 10. Southern Methodist now has higher expectations to live up to. Regular Season Conference Champs: Code:
Illinois finished 2nd in the Big10, but was bounced in their first game of the Big 10 tournament. A 20-10 record got them an at large big to the big dance as an 11 seed. They will face #6 Oregon. Riverside finished 8-8 while SB finished 6-10, neither did anything in their conference tournament. Final Top 25 Code:
Brackets Bowling Green once again takes a top seed, this time out West. Leif Rue led the team in scoring with 16.3 per game. Once again this team is balanced on both sides of the court, but they are particularly great on offense, scoring 78.7 per game, 2nd best in the land. The #2 seed is Fairleigh Dickinson. In the Midwest, Northern Illinois gets the top seed out of the MAC at 27-6 (14-2). They are led by a senior who was ranked #23 in the 1939 recruiting class, Herb Wyatt. Their defense is lacking but they score 75.5 per game. The #2 seed is Central Florida. The South has Sam Houston State out of the Southland conference with a 27-6 (11-6) record. They have a top 10 defense. The #2 seed is Eastern Michigan. Finally, in the East, the top seed is Holy Cross from the Patriot League with a 29-4 (14-0) record. They are led by a diaper dandy (god, did I just use that term?), #2 recruit Elton Holley. Remember him from the last post? He scored 15.9 per game as a freshman! The #2 seed is Toledo. The only question is, who can stop Bowling Green??
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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04-21-2010, 10:38 PM
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Round 1 & 2
West: A 21 point and a 31 point win puts Bowling Green in the Sweet 16. Very little surprise there. They will face a Big10 team in #5 Purdue. Also, #15 Cal-Poly is the West bracket's Cinderella team. They will try to extend their dream season against #3 Southern Methodist, who is trying to wrap up some unfinished business from last year. Midwest: #1 Northern Illinois squeaks past #8 BYU in the second round to advance and will face #4 Drake. Also, #2 Central Florida advances to take on #14 Chicago State. Chicago State played like a top seed, blowing out their 2 opponents by an average margin of 21 points! South: Another #1 advances to the round of 16 in Sam Houston State. There they will face #12 Binghamton. Binghamton was preseason #2 and won the NIT last year. Their regular season was a disappointment, but they are making up for it when it counts. East: The East, lately, seems to be bad luck for top seeds. Holy Cross was defeated in the first round by #16 Rider, who was then beaten by #8 Alabama. 'Bama will meet #5 Duquesne. Also, #3 San Diego State will tip off against #7 Army. Sweet 16 West: The margin of victory gets bigger each round for Bowling Green. A 38 point victory this time. #15 Cal Poly continues their wild ride. Can they pull the ultimate upset though? Midwest: Another #1 seed goes down as #4 Drake advances over Northern Illinois. Also, #2 Central Florida advances. They are led by senior SF Nicholas Huth and his 16.4 ppg. South: Another #1 seed bites the dust when #12 Binghamton beat Sam Houston State. Binghamton is finally living up to the preseasn hype and is one game from the Final Four. They have to get through #3 Jacksonville State first. East: #8 Alabama doing the BCS conferences proud and advancing to the Elite 8 where they will face #3 San Diego State. Alabama has a top 20 offense. San Diego has a top 5 offense, but their defense is near the bottom in the nation, giving up 71.4 per game. Alabama could put up 100 this weekend! Final Four matchups #1 Bowling Green vs #12 Binghamton Could Bowling Green win 3 in a row? They will have to face preseason #2 Binghamton who seems to have peaked at the perfect time. #2 Central Florida vs #8 Alabama Alabama will try to score one for the down and out BCS conferences.
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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04-21-2010, 10:45 PM
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NIT Champs: Canisius
It is time for the Final 4. we have 2 great match ups this Saturday night, so let's get right to it! Game 1: This was an all time classic. This dynasty might go for 100 years and not see a game this good. Binghamton led 33-32 at the half and from there it just got crazier. There were about 20 lead changes down the stretch. One team just matching the next, shot for shot. When it come down to it, Binghamton had the ball on the final possession. They got it inside to their stud Center, Tanner Perrone and he made the tough baseline fadeaway for the game winner and Binghamton dethroned the champions, 69-67!!! Game 2: For all the excitement in game 1, game 2 was the exact opposite. Alabama jumped out to a 17 point halftime lead and ended up winning by 30, 86-56. Finals Like there was any possible way Binghamton was not winning this game? Alabama gave them all they could handle, even leading by 6 at the half, but this was just binghamton's year obviously and they cut down the nets with a 60-56 victory and their first National Title, to go along with their NIT title.
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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04-21-2010, 10:53 PM
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1943-1944 Wrap up and 1944 Offseason
Maryland East Shore's PF Charles Shelton won the Monte Dowling Award. Holy Cross' Jason Egbert was Coach of the Year, despite the 16 over 1 tournament upset. Lehigh's Casey Sanders, a point guard and ranked #10 overall in the recruit rankings last year, was named freshman of the year. Prestige Rankings Bowling Green 87 Pine Bluff 72 Binghamton 68 American 67 Air Force, Eastern Michigan, Grambling State: 60 BYU, Sam Houston State, 59 Army, McNeese State 57 Illinois 36 Riverside 29 SB 26 Recruit rankings, by class Code:
Wow, looks like the Partiot League is getting primed to dominate in the coming years. Bowling Green of course pulls in a great class. Illinois was rated #135 Santa Barbara #295 Riverside #246 By recruit: Code:
A bit of a weak class, at least up on top, but #5 recruit Cortez Shippy might have a very nice career. 6 of the top 20 recruits are going to the Patriot.
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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04-22-2010, 07:11 PM
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1944-1945 Season
The preseason polls are out. Code:
Despite the head to head victory and the national title last year, the pollsters still think Bowling Green is the team to beat. Binghamton can stake their claim as equals to BG if they can cut down the nets this year. Holy Cross, despite the big upset in last year's tournament, is still getting at on of respect. Pine Bluff is a fixture in the preseason top 10, even with the double digit seed and first round exit last year. Regular Season Conference Champs Code:
Illinois finished 3rd in the Big10, and was beaten in the conference title game by Purdue. Santa Barbara and Riverside both finished near the bottom of the league standings and neither did much in the BigWest tournament. Final Top 25 Poll Code:
The top 3 teams from the start of the year finish in the exact same order at the top to finish the year. Arkansas seems to be the most consistent of the few BCS teams that are players in college hoops. Brackets West: The #1 seed is Ball State out of the MAC, with a 26-6 (12-4) record. They are a top 10 scoring team and 2nd in the nation in rebounding, but their defense is near the bottom of the nation. The only thing they do good on defense is block shots. That doesn't bode well for their tournament chances. The #2 seed is Liberty. Mid-West: Bowling, as usual, takes a #1 seed. Leif Rue continues to lead the nation's best team. As a senior now, he scored 17.2 per game to lead the team. Sophomore Ted Tanaka looks to be next in line as a great scorer for Bowling Green. He added 14.3 per game. The #2 seed is Tulsa. They have 2 17 point scorers and can almost match Bowling Green in scoring and scoring defense. That could be a great matchup. South: St. Mary's from the WCC grabs the #1 seed with a 26-5 (11-5) record. Their offense is average, but they play a very stingy defense, giving up 58.5 per game, top 10. Lafayette takes the #2 seed. East: Defending champion Binghamton is the final #1 seed. Their defense was top 5 this year. Their offense, while not a top one, was still quite productive. Holy Cross is the #2 seed. I thought they were a legit #1 seed, so an Elite 8 matchup between them and Binghamton could be a classic.
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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04-22-2010, 07:53 PM
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Round 1 & 2
West: #1 Ball State puts a pair of 10 point victories to advance to the Sweet 16. They will face #13 Loyola-IL. #3 Southern Methodist, a familiar team, also advances and will meet the 7 seed, Fordham. Mid-West: Bowling Green barely breaks a sweat in the first two round, a pair of 20+ point victories puts them in the Sweet 16 where they will face #4 Citadel. #2 Tulsa gets bounced in the first round by #15 Purdue. They go down in round 2 and we see #10 Missouri and #14 Northern Iowa in the other half of the bracket. South: #1 St. Mary's advances in a couple of blowouts and they will get #4 Radford. #2 Lafayette also advances and ges a tough #11 seed in Arkansas Pine Bluff. East: #1 Binghampton rounds out the four number one seeds, all advancing to the Sweet 16. There they will face #4 VMI. Also, the other top seeds advance with #2 Holy Cross getting #3 Jacksonville State. This is a loaded bracket. Sweet 16 West: The two higher seeds will meet up in the Elite 8, #1 Ball State and #3 Southern Meth, who got by in a 1 point victory over Fordham. Midwest: Bowling Green continues to stream roll every team in their way as they advance to meet #10 Missouri. South: Another #1 advances in St. Mary's and they get #11 Arkansas Pine Bluff. Don't let the #11 fool you, this is a traditionally great team. East: Binghamton's quest for a repeat falls a bit short as they lose to #4 VMI, 72-55. VMI will face #2 Holy Cross, who is doing great after last year's monumental upset. Final Four Matchups: #3 Southern Methodist vs #1 St. Mary's The last 2 seasons has seen Southern Methodist make a name for themselves with a title game loss to Bowling Green and a Sweet 16 appearance. Now they return to the Final 4 for the second time and will try to close the deal. St. Mary's has been in the big dance every year, but until now, they have failed to make it out of the first weekend. #1 Bowling Green vs #2 Holy Cross You know Bowling Green is a Final 4 fixture and will be the big favorites to win it for the 4th time, but Holy Cross is a formidable opponent.
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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04-22-2010, 07:58 PM
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NIT Champion: Fairleigh Dickinson
Saturday night games Game 1 saw St. Mary's lead by 3 at the half, but they couldn't hold the lead. It was a tight game throughout, but in the end, Southern Meth took the 76-74 victory. In Game 2, Bowling Green showed why they are the favorites. They blew out Holy Cross 86-68. Bowling Green hasn't been challenged yet in this tournament and everyone expects another 20 point win on Monday night. Title Game The game looked like it was heading for a blowout by halftime, when Bowling Green led 39-25. Southern Methodist made a valiant comeback and got within 5 late, but Bowling Green is just too good. They take home the title, their 4th, with a 74-67 victory. 6 seasons, 5 Final Fours and 4 Championships. Amazing.
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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04-22-2010, 08:07 PM
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1945 Off Season
Awards Monte Dowling Award: Senior Center Aubrey Daniels, VMI. 22.4 ppg, 8.8 rpg Coach: Jason Egbert, Holy Cross (2nd COTY award) Freshman: C Hans Hierl, Chaleston Southern - #46 recruit Most prestigious teams Bowling Green 99 Pine Bluff 81 Binghamton 77 American 69 Eastern Michigan 67 Air Force, Grambling State, Sam Houston State 66 Radford 65 Ball State 64 St. Mary's 63 Illinois 34 Riverside 30 Santa Barbara 25 Iowa 13 Oklahoma State 13 Southern Miss 13 Washington State 12 Troy 11 Top Recruiting Classes Code:
Eastern Michigan lands three 5 star players, and although Army has a bit more depth in their class, that haul by Eastern Michigan is pretty amazing. Pine Bluff also picked up two 5 star players. Bowling Green only had 2 scholarships to use, but did a fine job. Illinois only had the #213 class. SB was #342 Riverside #272 By player: Code:
The MAC is going to continue to be loaded with talent, as is Pine Bluff with 2 top 6 recruits. Bowling Green's top recruit: Code:
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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04-22-2010, 08:36 PM
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1945-1946 Regular Season
Pre-Season Polls Code:
Obviously there is no surprise on top. There are a few teams who might take that next step and knock Bowling Green off of their perch. Binghamton, St. Mary's, American and Pine Bluff are probably the top candidates by name at this point. Regular Season Conference Champs Code:
Illinois finished 5th in the Big10 and lost their first game in the conference tournament. A 16-14 record does not get them an NIT bid. Santa Barbara won the Big West regular season. Riverside finished 8th, but they are the ones who went on to win the conference title and earn the automatic bid. Santa Barbara did grab a 7 seed in the NIT. Riverside is the #15 seed in the West and will play #2 Akron. Final Top 25 poll Code:
Brackets West: St. Mary's from the WCC earns their second consecutive #1 seed with a 24-6 (11-3) record. They are pretty average on offense but they hold teams to 59.7 per game. They are also a great rebounding team and don't give up many second chance points. The #2 seed is Akron. Mid-West: Bowling Green goes 32-2 this year and once again is a #1 seed. Ted Tanaka, now just a junior, led the team with 20.2 per game. They are the #1 offense with 85.0 ppg and the #4 defense at 56.9 per game. I don't know how they even lost 2 games. The #2 seed is Air Force. South: Alabama State out of the SWAC earns a #1 seed with a 26-6 (13-5) record. They have a senior and a sophomore both averaging over 17 a game, so a nice mix of young and old. They have a high scoring offense, but struggle on defense. The #2 seed is Ball State. East: Binhamton grabs another #1 seed with a 25-6 (14-2) record. They are top 25 in both offense and defense. The #2 is Radford Other seeding: American: 9 seed Sam Houston State: 7 seed Citadel: 3 seed Southern Methodist: 9 seed Pine Bluff: 7 seed Holy Cross: 4 seed Eastern Michigan: 3 seed
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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04-23-2010, 06:47 PM
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Round 1 & 2
West: Lately, the #1 seeds have been advancing, at least to the Sweet 16, almost all of the time. This year, the first region we review sees the #1 seed St. Mary's lose to the #8, American. American will meet #5 Texas State. #2 Akron will go against a Cinderella team in #11 Cleveland State. Midwest: The #1 seed is not going to lose in this bracket. Bowling Green had a scare with only a 3 point win over Loyola-IL in the second round, but they did advance and will face #4 Lamar. In fact, all 4 top seeds advance as #2 Air Force will play #3 Portland. South: #1 Alabama State advances to play the highest seed left in the tournament, #13 Coastal Carolina. #2 Ball State and #3 Stony Brook both advance as well. East: Another #1 seed goes down, this time it is Binghamton. Since winning the title two years ago, they have not advanced past the Sweet 16. #8 Southern knocked them off this year and will play #4 Holy Cross. #2 Radford and #3 Eastern Michigan also advance. Sweet 16 West: #8 American cannot build on the win over the #1 seed and they fall by 5 to the 5 seed, Texas State. They will play the #11 seed Cleveland State who pulls off their third upset with a win over #2 Akron. Mid-West: The top 2 seeds advance in this region, setting up a heavyweight battle between #1 Bowling Green and #2 Air Force. Air Force has been consistently good, making the tournament 6 of the 7 seasons and usually being highly ranked, but this is the first time they have advanced past the sweet 16. A major test awaits to see if they can make that next step. South: #1 Alabama State makes easy work of the #13 seed Coastal Carolina, 84-66. they will battle #2 Ball State for a trip to the final four. This is Alabama State's second trip to the tournament. This is Ball State's 5th trip, making the Elite 8 last season. East: #4 Holy Cross was in the Final Four last year and they are 1 game away from a return trip. To get there they will have to beat #2 Radford and their superstar junior SF Steven Sanders. Sanders was a #3 ranked recruit and scored 21.1 per game, including a 41 point outting this year. Final Four matchups #5 Texas State vs #2 Ball State Not to take anything away from Texas State, but their road to the Final Four went through the following seeds: 12, 13, 9, 11. Survive and advance is the name of the game though. This is only their second trip to the tournament. They lost in the first round last year. Ball State beat Alabama State 81-73. These guys are a high flying offense, scoring 76.7 per game. They are only ranked #276 on defense though. #2 Air Force vs #2 Radford That's right. Air Force, a good team that never was able to break through, did it in a big way this year. This team is not particularly great at any one thing, but just a solid, deep squad. It took everything they had to hold on to a 1 point victory over the 4 time champion Bowling Green squad! That makes Radford almost an afterthough, but don't overlook the way they easily handled Holy Cross in a 70-46 blowout.
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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04-23-2010, 06:53 PM
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NIT Champ: Savannah State (Weren't they a favorite to play as in the original FBCB?)
Welcome to the Final Four, it is Saturday Night and we have some new faces that have worked hard over the past few years to get here. Let's go right to the games! Game 1: I questioned the schedule Texas State played to get this far, but there is no more questions about this team. They are legit. They led just seconds into the game and never looked back. The game was over at halftime en route to a 76-46 performance. Game 2: I told you not to overlook Radford. They have played and won a lot of close games this year, plus they have Steven Sanders, who went off for 31 points. Radford needed just about everyone of those points to get away with the 80-77 victory. Monday Night Texas State's Noel Vasquez outplayed Sanders from Radford. He scored 29 to Sanders 23. But it was Radford's 6-4 senior point guard, Joseph Wheeler who stole the show with a 10 point, 11 assist performance. The kid was making some of the most amazing no look passes that led to many easy buckets and the way he led the break was a thing of beauty. Radford wins their first National Title with a 78-71 victory.
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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04-23-2010, 07:01 PM
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1946, Offseason
Awards Monte Dowling Award: Sophomore Center Benito Ashcraft, Colorado State. 12.1 ppg, 12.7 rpg, 3.2 blocks per game. Coach: Citadel's Brian Feinberg. Feinberg had been the Air Force coach since 1939, but took the position with Citadel when their coach retired. Freshman: SG Don Sheldon, Army. He was the #1 ranked recruit last year Prestige: Bowling Green 100 Binghamton 82 Pine Bluff 80 Radford 80 American 76 Ball State 74 Eastern Michigan 74 Air Force 73 St. Mary's 72 Stony Brook 70 Illinois 35 Riverside 35 Santa Barbara 34 Depaul 13 Eastern Washington 13 Washington State 9 Top Recruiting Classes Code:
The MAC is going to be absolutely loaded in the coming years. 6 of the top 10 recruiting teams, including 3 of the top 4 are all MAC teams! Illinois was ranked just #299 Santa Barbara was #123 Riverside was #228 By player Code:
The best player could be the #2 guy, Fred Malcom Code:
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04-23-2010, 07:27 PM
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1946-1947
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Most of the usual suspects up in the top 10. I thought Radford would get a bit more respect, especially with their star player returning. Bowling Green has guys that were ranked #1, 2, 3 and 10 in their recruiting classes, including senior star Ted Tanaka, who scored 19.7 per game last year. End of Regular Season Bowling Green holds the top spot in the polls, going 30-2 and also winning their conference tournament. Defending champion Radford finished #4 with a 26-6 record. Eastern Michigan, always a top team, but never able to advance past the Sweet 16 is the #2 ranked team. Here are the automatic bids to the Big Dance: Code:
Illinois finished 6th in the Big 10 and was beaten in the quarterfinals of their conference tournament. UC Riverside tied for first in the Big West, while Santa Barbara was next to last. However, the 2 teams met in the Big West Conference Championship game. Riverside won in a blowout and gets a 12 seed where they will face a very tough Ball State team in the first round. Here is a look at the rest of the brackets. West: The #1 seed is Portland, out of the WCC with a 27-4 (12-2) record. This is a top5 team in scoring, rebounding and assists. Their downfall could be their defense, which is only ranked #273. The #2 seed is Texas State. Mid-West: Big surprise, Bowling Green is the top seed in the midwest. Tanaka is scoring 20.7 per game this year. They have 3 other players with at least 11 per game. They are by far the #1 ranked offense in the country. They also have the #5 defense. No surprise that they are the most complete team in the land. The #2 seed in their bracket is St. Mary's. South: Akron, also out of the MAC with a 26-5 (14-2) record is the top seed. They are one of the two teams to beat Bowling Green this year. They are a better offensive team than defense, but can clearly hold their own. He #2 seed is the defending champs, Radford. East: Eastern Michigan, the third MAC team this year to earn a #1 seed finished with a 28-5 (12-4) record. They are a very similar team to Akron by the numbers. They are set up this year to final advance past the Sweet 16. The #2 seed is Pine Bluff. After 3 final fours in 4 years, Pine Bluff has struggled to get out of the first weekend more recently.
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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04-23-2010, 07:45 PM
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Round 1 & 2
West: The top 2 seeds in the West both bomb out in the second round. #8 Eastern Kentucky pulled off the 79-71 upset over Portland while #7 Grambling State knocked off #2 Texas State. Eastern Kentucky will meet #5 Lamar while Grambling gets #3 Charleston southern. Mid-West: This bracket was all chalk with #1 Bowling Green set to face #4 UNC Asheville and #2 St. Mary's going up against #3 Air Force. This is really a stacked bracket from 1-4. South: It has been a few years now, but finally another #16 seed has won a tournament game. #16 Creighton has pulled the upset over #1 Akron, 72-57. they didn't just eek one out either. Creighton couldn't get by #8 Northwestern State in the second round though. NW State will face #12 Florida State. Also, #2 Radford will go up against #3 Army. East: It is almost chalk here in the east as #1 Eastern Michigan advances to play the 5 seed Colorado State. #2 Pine Bluff will tip off against #3 Liberty. Sweet 16 West: This bracket is now totally busted. The 5th seeded Lamar team moves on to the next round by beating #8 Eastern Kentucky. They will face #7 Grambling State. This is Grambling's first trip back to the dance in 3 years. Mid-West: Bowling Green cruises past Asheville 63-47 to set up an Elite Eight re-match with #3 Air Force. If you remember, it was Air Force that took down big bad Bowling Green in the Elite 8 last year. Does Air Force have their number, or was it a fluke? South: #2 Radford should have an easy time getting back to the Final Four and defending their title. They draw #12 Florida State, who is one of the few BCS representatives to make it this far in recent years. East: In the East, Eastern Michigan finally takes another step forward by winning 71-64. they get #2 Pine Bluff, who is trying to get back to the Final Four, which used to be familiar territory for them. Final Four Matchups #5 Lamar vs #2 Radford Lamar won in a shootout on a last minute basket. The final score was 87-85. Lamar has a tough team to defend. They have 5 players who average at least 10 points a game, so their go to guy is whoever is open. Radford had a much tougher time that expected against the 12 seed, but pulled off the 1 point victory. #1 Bowling Green vs #2 Pine Bluff These two teams had some good battles in the first first years of the league, and here they are meeting up again in the Final Four. Bowling Green are huge favorites to win 2 more games and claim their 5th title, but if they have to go through 2 very good teams to get it, and possibly beat the defending champs in the process.
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04-23-2010, 07:53 PM
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NIT Champs: Coastal Carolina
Welcome to the Final Four! I don't know about you guys, but this really seems like one of the better Final Fours in recent history. Sure, Bowling Green could just blow everyone out and walk to the title, but I am not convinced that will happen. Both Pine Bluff and especially Radford are quality teams that are very capable of getting it done. Game 1 Both teams had their offenses in high gear tonight. Radford had all 5 starters in double figures. Lamar also had 5 double digit scorers and they had an amazing performance from their PG, David Stumpf, who handed out an amazing 16 assists! Still, Radford's George Raad, just a sophomore SG, saved his best game for tonight, going off for 29 points and leading Radford to a 91-85 victory and just 1 game away from a repeat. Game 2 Pine Bluff showed up to the game, but I think they were scared of the name Bowling Green because they played timid throughout. Bowling Green was just way too much for the 7th ranked team in the nation. They rolled 71-52 and that doesn't bode well for Radford on Monday night. Title Game Radford looked ready to go in the first half and jumped out to a 35-28 lead at the break. Bowling Green got their act together in the second half. They wouldn't let Geroge Raad, or Radford beat them tonight. They held Raad to 4 of 10 from the field and denied him the ball all second half. Steven Sanders, last year's hero, had a quiet tournament. He did manage 18 points but the rest of the team struggled and Bowling Green cuts down the nets for an amazing 5th time with a 69-61 victory.
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04-23-2010, 08:04 PM
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Awards Monte Dowling Award: Junior Center Benito Ashcraft, Colorado State - 2nd time winner, 15.4 ppg, 13.1 rpg, 3.2 blocks per game Coach: Stanley Roberts, Portland Freshman: SF Wallace Hernandez, Akron. He was the #9 recruit. Last year's guy that I highlighted, Fred Malcolm from Central Florida scored 18.6 per game. Prestige Bowling Green 100 Radford 90 Binghamton 85 Pine Bluff 84 Eastern Michigan 81 American 80 Ball State 78 Air Force, St. Mary's 77 Illinois 35 UC Riverside 42! UC Santa Barbara 37 Top Recruiting Classes Code:
Lots of balance among the top conferences, who, by the way are: America East Big South MAC Patriot Ohio Valley Southern WCC Illinois rebounds with the #106 ranked class. Riverside #126 SB #181 By player Code:
Not the greatest class ever. The top couple of guys are good of course, but I think this guy might be the best of the bunch, a JUCO who chose BYU (especially if he was able to develop any kind of jump shot from 10 feet away) Code:
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