CH 2K8 "The Rebirth of a Legend" Coach BJ Derozan

[Deuce2223]

1ST ROUND


#13 (20-13) VS #4 (21-12)

GAME PREVIEW

Going into the game, Coach Derozan knew that his team would have to play it's best basketball off the season for a chance to win. For Boise State there was almost as much pressure on the idea of going to the 2nd Round which has never been done in school history as there was for the football program winning it's first BCS Bowl game.


GAME RECAP

The Broncos came out cold as Paul Noonon missed his first 5 3pt attempts as BSU fell behind early 16-4. Noonon would finally knock down a few shots as leading BSU with 8 pts on 3/13 (2-11 3pt) in the 1st half, but the damage was done as BSU trailed 44-26.

Arizona shot 52% from the field in the 1st half and was led by SO Center Kryl Natvyacho with 10 pts and 10 reb.


In the 2nd half Noonon would catch fire hitting 3/3 from 3pt and 6 straight baskets to help BSU cut the lead to 10 with 8 minutes to play. Then with 1:32 to play Noonon again hit back to back 3's to to cut the lead to 4 pts. After back to back trips to the line, BSU got the ball with 18.7 seconds to play down by 3pts (86-89). Anderson would take the inbound and look to get it into the hot hands of Paul Noonon, but the pass was picked off forcing Arizona to the line yet again. The Wildcats would knock down both FT's to secure the win leaving BSU wondering what if??

FINAL SCORE BSU-86 ARIZONA-91

KEY PLAYERS
SR SG P. Noonon-33 pts 13/29 6/19 3pt
SR PF D. Montreal-16 pts 11 reb
FR C S. Hicks-11 pts 6 reb 5 asst
FR I Oetjen-9 pts 6 reb (Bench)

K. Fogg-12 pts 4/6 FG 2/2 3pt
S. Hill-10pts 6 reb
D. Williams-18 pts 6 reb
K. Natyahahko-18 pts 13 reb

POST GAME COMMENTS BY COACH "D"

"Of Course we are disappointed but I am still very excited about what we did this year and how we can build off of this. Granted we lose 5 players (4 starters) but I am excited about how Hicks played this year and how Ojeten improved toward the end of the year and we have the makings of a very good incoming class (Which you read about soon) "

[Deuce2223]

NCAA TOURNEY RECAP


1ST ROUND UPSETS

#11 Tennessee-85 #6 Viriginia Tech-57
#10 W. Virginia-67 #7 Arizona State-62
#14 Portland-62 #3 Miami FL-46
#15 Oakland-79 #2 UConn-78
#12 N. Colorado-63 #5 Ole Miss-60
(Would of been BSU next opponent)
#14 Princeton-68 #3 LSU-67


(I am not going to post 2nd Round stuff and just go straight to the Sweet 16 games if you want to know about a certian team let me know and I will get you the info on what happened)


SWEET SIXTEEN RESULTS

#1 Louisville-87 #5 Arkansas-68
#3 Oregon-94 #15 Oakland-58 (Cindy story is over)
#1 Georgetown-69 #4 Arizona-72
(Don't feel so bad about losing now)
#6 UCLA-76 #7 Nebraska-67
#1 WSU-67 #5 Xaiver-71
#11 Tennesse-63 #10 West Virginia-73
#1 Kansas-96 #5 Indiana-67
#14 Porland-70 #2 UNC-107


ELITE 8 SCORES

#5 Xavier-54 #10 W. Virginia-71
#1 Kansas-65 #2 UNC-107
#1 Louisville-61 #3 Oregon-76
#4 Arizona-84 #6 UCLA-66


FINAL 4 SCORES

#10 West Virginia-90 #2 UNC-67
#2 Oregon-72 #4 Arizona-65


NATIONAL CHAMPS

#10 West Virginia-89 #3 Oregon-65
(John Flowers was POG with 17 pts 10 reb)


NIT RESULTS

FINAL 4

Bucknell-82 South Florida-66
Missouri-75 N. Iowa-64


NIT CHAMPS

Bucknell-81 Missouri-64
(SR PG D. Shaizer scored 27 pts on 8/14 from 3pt)






NCAA AWARDS

PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND BIGMAN OF THE YEAR
SR PF J. Leur (Wisconsin) Stats-22.6 PPG 8.6 RPG 1.7 APG .7 SPG 2.0 BPG

MID MAJOR OF THE YEAR AND DEFENSIVE POY

JR SF M. Glove (Iona) Stats-17.8 PPG 12.7 RPG 1.0 BPG

Coach of the Year-Roy Williams (UNC)

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
SF Harrison Barnes (UNC) Stats-21.0 PPG 6.2 RPG 2.0 APG 1.4 SPG 1.5 BPG 37% 3PT

1ST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
PG-J. Pullen (Kansas State)
SG-T. Abbott (Arizona State)
SF-FR H. Barnes (UNC)
PF-J. Leuer (Wisconsin)
C-J. Johnson (Purdue)

2ND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
PG J. Fredette (BYU)
SG SO M. Jordan (UCF)
SF K. Singler (Duke)
PF J. Allen (V.T)
C JR A. Almeda (Nebraska)

FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN
PG J. Selby (Kansas)
SG B. Knight (Kentucky)
SF H. Barnes (UNC)
PF J. Sullinger (Ohio State)
C Fab Melo (Syracuse)






WAC AWARDS

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
JR PG A. Oliver (San Jose State)
Stats-21.9 PPG 5.2 RPG 4.1 APG 2.1 SPG

COACH OF THE YEAR
Steve Morrill (Utah State)
"Not sure how he wins. The Aggies were PreSeason fav's to win the WAC and they end up 6th and go 14-18. Can we say Coach Derozon got screwed!!!"

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Sam Hicks (Boise State)
Stats-12.4 PPG 7.2 RPG .5 APG .8 SPG 45% FG

1ST TEAM ALL-WAC
PG- JR A. Oliver (San Jose State)
SG-JR Z. Johnson (Hawaii)
SF SR W. McKines (New Mexico State)
PF SR T. Wesley (Utah State)
C SO G. Smith (Fresno State)

2ND TEAM ALL-WAC
PG SR D. Brown (La Tech)
SG SR A. Castillo (New Mexico State)
SF FR J. Burris (Nevada)
PF SR D. Montreal (BSU)
C JR H. Rahman (New Mexico State)

FRESHMAN ALL-WAC
PG D. Burton (Nevada)
SG C. Kobango (New Mexico State)
SF J. Burris (Nevada)
PF S. Hicks (BSU)
C J. Johnson (La Tech)

[ThirtySix]

Definitely snubbed for WAC Coach of the Year. As great as this game is there are some weird decisions made every now and again.

Tough luck against Arizona.

[Deuce2223]

Quote: Originally Posted by ThirtySix

Definitely snubbed for WAC Coach of the Year. As great as this game is there are some weird decisions made every now and again. Tough luck against Arizona.

Thanks. I felt slighted.. If anyone else should of got it then it should've gone to the Fresno State Coach being how they won the WAC or even Hawaii being how they made it to the WAC Tourney Championship Game after being the #5 seed.



By the way I am going to try and get up the Recruiting Recap tomorrow. I did update Page 1 with Season Ending Info as well.

[MarvellousOne]

Man tough loss against Arizona, but your guys played very well to comeback like that just fell a bit short. You definitely got screwed out of the WAC Coach of the Year award

[matt314hew]

Tough loss. even tougher for me is seeing that WVU won it all. Now if only i had a college hoops game.

[TheKT]

Tough loss man, I hate to see games ended on mistakes. (It happens to me quite a bit) But you made it to the dance, it's a good building block for next year. In a year or two I can see the Broncos making a nice run. Good luck this off season.

[Deuce2223]

Quote: Originally Posted by matt314hew

What did Pitt finish at in this year of your game? Surprised to see they missed the dance too.

Forgot to tell you earlier. Pitt finished with 14-16. Same as Duke. Weird year for some teams.

There were teams making the tourney I have never seen before and to see Bucknell pull out the NIT Championship made my day.

I was very surprised to see West Virginia win the NCAA Tourney as a #10 seed. I thought they might when a few games, but never thought they would beat Kansas or UNC..

It was tough seeing Arizona in the Final 4 knowing I had the ability to beat them and even more disappointing when I saw that N. Colorado had beat #5 Ole Miss in Round 1. Had I pulled out the win, I could've at least made a Sweet 16 appearence.