Coaching Career of Chris Matthews (CH2k8)

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No Grimball, No Problem
”Ospreys fly past the camels."
February 2, 2008

                 1st 2nd   Total
Campbell	  31  38     68
North Florida	  44  43     84

Coach Matthews’ Minute
“Maybe they should just be called the Camels, because they sure haven’t been putting up much of a fight. HAHAHAHAHA! We played really well today, and it was a pleasant surprise. Here most of you media goons were saying that we didn’t stand a chance without big boy Grimball, but I think we just proved you mutha buzzas wrong! It’s been fun guys, same time next week!”


North Florida Ospreys Player Stats
Brent Wood – 17 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl
Tom Hammonds – 15 pts, 3 reb
Justin Cecil – 12 pts, 7 reb, 5 ast, 1 stl



Campbell Fighting Camels Player Stats
Jonathan Rodriguez – 17 pts, 6 reb
Ruell Pringle – 15 pts, 4 reb, 3 stl
Kyle Vejeraska – 8 pts, 8 reb


Record: 12-9 (7-2)
Up Next: at Lipscomb_8-13 (3-5)

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Top 25 Media Poll
Week of February 4, 2008

1. Memphis (21-0)
2. Kansas (20-1)
3. Louisville (22-1)
4. Duke (16-3)
5. Pittsburgh (20-1)
6. UCLA (18-3)
7. Arkansas (20-1)
8. North Carolina (17-5)
9. Marquette (17-4)
10. Fordham (16-2)
11. Arizona (15-6)
12. Georgetown (16-5)
13. Gonzaga (17-6)
14. Stanford (16-5)
15. Saint Louis (15-5)
16. Butler (17-4)
17. Texas A&M (14-6)
18. Tennessee (14-6)
19. Michigan St. (15-6)
20. Mississippi St. (15-6)
21. Oregon (15-6)
22. UT-Arlington (14-2)
23. Clemson (13-6)
24. Connecticut (13-8)
25. Rhode Island (18-5)

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North Florida’s Comeback Falls Short
”Lipscomb holds on for the win."
February 7, 2008

                 1st 2nd   Total
North Florida	  24  43     67
Lipscomb	  33  40     73

Coach Matthews’ Minute
“………………………………WTF mate? I don’t understand what happened there at all. I still can’t believe that we even had a chance in that game as poorly as we played in the 1st half. 24 points? Seriously? We’ve scored 102 points this year and we can only get 24 in a half? That’s pathetic. I need to recruit me some people that can shoot or I’m going to be in trouble real soon.”


North Florida Ospreys Player Stats
Brent Wood – 21 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast
Stan Januska – 10 pts, 7 reb, 1 ast
Chris Timberlake – 8 pts, 9 ast, 1 reb, 1 stl



Lipscomb Bisons Camels Player Stats
Michael Lusk – 20 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast, 2 stl
Eddie Ard – 17 pts, 6 ast, 3 reb, 1 stl
Thomas Pfaff – 8 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 1 blk


Record: 12-10 (7-3)
Up Next: at Belmont / 15-7 (8-1)

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Bruins Dominate
”Show everyone who the king of the A-Sun is."
February 9, 2008

                 1st 2nd   Total
North Florida	  24  35     59
Belmont	          44  50     94

Nothing went right for North Florida in this game. Their scorers couldn't hit anything, the Bruins shot 34 free throws, and the Bruins couldn't miss. Belmont shot 53%.....from 3-point range that is.

Coach Matthews’ Minute
“I’m speechless. I really am.”


North Florida Ospreys Player Stats
Brent Wood – 13 pts, (5-15 FG, 2-10 3pt)
Tom Hammonds – 11 pts, 3 reb, 3 ast (5-16 FG)
Justin Cecil – 12 pts, 6 reb



Belmont Bruins Camels Player Stats
Keaton Belcher – 18 pts, 10 reb, 2 ast
Jordan Campbell – 14 pts, 6 reb, 2 stl
Matthew Dotson – 9 pts, 9 reb, 3 ast


Record: 12-11 (7-4)
Up Next: vs. Savannah St. / 9-14

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Ospreys Get a Much Needed Win
”Beat Savannah St. for 2nd time this year."
February 12, 2008

                 1st 2nd   Total
Savannah St.      27  22     49
North Florida	  40  37     77

In a rematch of a game played earlier this year, nothing was different. The outcome was the same, and the game played pretty much the same way. Savannah St. was again no match for North Florida, even without James Grimball.

Coach Matthews’ Minute
“It’s nice to finally go out there and get a win. The guys needed to go out there and get a game to boost the morale back up, and I hope that this game did it for them. The only thing I wish that was different about this game was that I wish it was a conference game. We could really use a conference victory right now because we have been falling pretty hard..”


North Florida Ospreys Player Stats
Tom Hammonds – 17 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast, 3 stl
Chris Timberlake – 11 pts, 6 ast
Brent Wood – 11 pts, 2 reb


Savannah State Tigers Player Stats
Lazarius Coleman – 8 pts, 3 reb, 3 blk, 1 ast, 1 stl
Joseph Flegler – 20 pts, 1 ast



Record: 13-11 (7-4)
Up Next: at Jacksonville / 11-11 (5-6)

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Hardy Goes Osprey Hunting
”Jacksonville avenges earlier loss to UNF."
February 15, 2008

                 1st 2nd   Total
North Florida     38  40     78
Jacksonville	  50  41     91

Coach Matthews’ Minute
“This isn’t good at all. We started out 6-0 in conference play, and now we are 7-5. That makes me look really bad, and I don’t like looking bad. We really need to win at least one of our two games next week. If we can manage to do that I think we can win our final two games once we get Grimball back. If not, we’re going to be in trouble in the conference tournament, and will probably have to play Belmont in the 2nd round.”


North Florida Ospreys Player Stats
Chris Timberlake – 12 pts, 11 ast, 3 reb
Brent Wood – 17 pts, 2 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl
Tom Hammonds – 11 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast


Jacksonville Dolphins Player Stats
Ayron Hardy – 30 pts, 6 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl
Ben Smith – 11 pts, 8 ast, 5 reb, 6 stl
Marcus Allen – 9 pts, 6 reb, 6 ast



Record: 13-12 (7-5)
Up Next: vs. Kennesaw St. / 10-15 (3-9)

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Another Great Game Between Ospreys and Owls
”UNF wins battle of the birds."
February 21, 2008

                 1st 2nd   Total
Kennesaw St.      37  39     76
North Florida	  40  39     79

For the 2nd time this year, the game between North Florida and Kennesaw St. went down to the wire. Last time the Owls had a chance to win it at the buzzer, this time they had a chance to tie the game. Ronell Wooten couldn’t hit the 3, giving the Ospreys the “W.” Both teams were missing their best players, James Grimball for North Florida and Shaun Stegall for Kennesaw St. who scored 22 pts the last time these two teams met.

Coach Matthews’ Minute
“Whew! Man we needed that win B.A.D. I don’t know about you guys, but I want to get the 3 seed for the conference tournament. After what Belmont did to us a couple weeks ago I DO NOT want to have to play them in the 2nd round. Hopefully we can win these last 3 games….hopfully.”


North Florida Ospreys Player Stats
Justin Cecil – 17 pts, 9 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl
Tom Hammonds – 17 pts, 6 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl
Brent Wood – 17 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl
Chris Timberlake – 13 pts, 8 ast, 2 reb


Kennesaw State Owls Player Stats
Zach Berry – 0 pts, 2 reb, 11 ast
Ryan Daugherty – 16 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast
Ronell Wooten – 19 pts, 2 reb, 2 ast


Record: 14-12 (8-5)
Up Next: vs. Mercer / 13-13 (6-8)