The Accidental Career of Guy West (CH2k8)

[Deuce2223]

Solid win. Curious what do you have the FT slider set at because I have never seen a computer opponent of mine miss so many shots from the stripe.

Looking foward to seeing if you can become a Cinderella story.

[waytofailself]

Norfolk State Stats and Selection Sunday Update

With Norfolk State closing out the regular season and conference tournament, now's as good of a time as any to look at the stats for the whole season.

Norfolk State Stats - 2011
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FPG
K. O'Quinn	32	22.4	21.1	9.7	1.2	0.4	1.7	1.6	2.7
A. Pauline	31	22.1	11.2	1.5	1.5	0.8	0.0	1.7	1.4
P. Williams	29	21.8	8.1	2.6	1.7	0.4	0.1	1.5	1.7
R. Hampton	32	24.3	7.8	1.8	4.2	1.6	0.2	1.8	1.6
R. McCauley	30	14.6	6.2	10.	2.2	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.7
T. Zephyr	32	21.3	5.7	10.0	0.8	0.5	1.2	0.9	2.0
M. Tamares	26	12.3	4.5	4.1	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.1
R. Revels	9	5.4	3.0	0.9	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.9	0.5
K. Brown	32	7.8	2.8	0.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.5
J. Weathers	30	6.7	2.8	1.9	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5
B. Good	29	6.8	2.7	2.5	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.5
B. Wheeless	15	5.2	2.7	1.2	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5
M. Johnson	29	8.2	2.5	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.9
C. McEachin	6	3.3	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3
R. Maye	2	3.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5

Not much has changed -- O'Quinn still dominates the scoring and rebounding. There hasn't been a consistent 6th man, though the Spartans usually tend to get a good contribution from their bench game in and game out anyway. It will be interesting to see whether the replacements for Hampton and Pauline come from within the roster or are new recruits -- they've been key contributors as seniors.

As for the rest of the NCAA, a few of the names in the final AP Top 25 Poll might surprise people:

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Mar 15, 2011
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	Ohio State	25-6
2	Alabama	26-7
3	Kansas	23-10
4	Oregon	24-8
5	UNC	23-10
6	Purdue	25-9
7	Missouri	22-9
8	Kentucky	23-10
9	Washington	24-9
10	Arizona	20-11
11	Florida	22-10
12	Ole Miss	23-10
13	Baylor	21-9
14	Arizona State	23-10
15	Georgetown	22-10
16	Washington State	23-10
17	Louisville	20-13
18	Oklahoma	22-10
19	Dunquesne	23-7
20	Xavier	21-11
21	UCLA	21-13
22	Mississippi State	21-10
23	LSU	20-12
24	Oregon State	24-9
25	Marquette	24-10

And with that update, it's time for

Selection Sunday 2011
(now that's an anti-climactic heading)

*Ed Note: Edited because of save fail -- I had to redo tournament selection)
First, the four #1 seeds:

Ohio State
Alabama
Kansas
Purdue

A lot of people seem to be scratching their head at the Purdue pick, but they finished their season strong and won their conference tournament, thus leapfrogging other teams like Oregon and UNC.

Meanwhile, the following teams are sitting squarely on the bubble:

Connecticut
Fairfield
Florida State
Fordham
Gonzaga
Illinois State
Michigan State
Pittsburgh
U. of. Arkansas LR

Whose dreams will be crushed? Who's going to benefit from an easy bracket? And where oh where will Norfolk State be seeded?

East Region

1 Ohio State
16 Manhattan/Alabama A&M

8 Texas
9 Marquette

5 Baylor
12 College of Charleston

4 Georgetown
13 Norfolk State

6 Xavier
11 Pittsburgh

3 Airzona
14 American

7 Texas A&M
10 Gonazga

2 Kentucky
15 UC Riverside

South Region

1 Alabama
16 Stony Brook

8 Creighton
9 Duke

5 UCLA
12 UNC Asheville

4 Oklahoma
13 Wichita State

6 Georgia Tech
11 VCA

3 Missouri
14 Jacksonville State

7 LSU
10 Fairfield

2 Airzona State
15 Akron

Midwest Region

1 Purdue
16 Cleveland State

8 Temple
9 San Fransisco

5 Dunquesne
12 Harvard

4 Florida
13 Weber State

6 Oregon State
11 Utah

3 North Carolina
14 Stephen F. Austin

7 Richmond
10 Fordham

2 Washington
15 Fresno State

West Region

1 Kansas
16 North Dakota State

8 Clemson
9 Missouri State

5 Mississippi State
12 Florida Atlantic

4 Washington State
13 UTEP

6 Louisville
11 Tennessee

3 Ole Miss
14 Quinnipiac

7 Indiana
10 Connecticut

2 Oregon
15 East Tennessee State

Fun fact: Norfolk State is the lowest OVR rated team to make the field of 65 not facing a play-in game. Georgetown is going to be a TOUGH test (ed note: though I don't know if it's as tough as Florida, the Hoyas are still the strongest team the Spartans have faced), but Norfolk State can be proud with earning a 13 seed for sure.

[waytofailself]

Quote: Originally Posted by Deuce2223

Solid win. Curious what do you have the FT slider set at because I have never seen a computer opponent of mine miss so many shots from the stripe. Looking foward to seeing if you can become a Cinderella story.

I forget whose sliders I'm using on here but they're from these forums. I had to enter them myself because I didn't load them with my legacy (need to build my own playbooks too actually). I've never seen the computer take so many free throws, much less miss that many. Then again, Morgan State literally turned into a different team after O'Quinn got some strong baskets after picking up two fouls. I wonder if that would have something to do with it?

Thanks for the encouragement and support -- I made it way farther than I expected, but I have a feeling my story is about to come crashing to a halt this season.

[waytofailself]

***ATTENTION***

The Florida-Norfolk State has garnered some interesting national attention, as fans across the nation are curious to learn more about the Spartan's new/"where the heck did he come from" coach.

I'm opening up press questions to the forum. If you would like to ask Coach West a question, please post it in a reply or PM. Remember, this is the national media pre-NCAA Tournament. You might be writing for your local sports section, or you might be writing a human interest piece. There are many different kinds of "acceptable" questions.

[delija66]

Hate to say it but I think you'll get killed against Florida ... prediction 88-62 Gators and I got Baylor to win it all

[Knickerbocker91]

Good luck in the NCAA Tourney. Florida is definitely going to be tough.

[VandyRedskins21]

Hey Coach: How in the world are you going to try to stop the backcourt of Walker and Boynton and at the same time contain Macklin, Parsons, and Tyus?

EDIT: Nevermind...

[pjmoore 28]

Hey coach: how will your players manage to stay focused with this tournament experience and playing in front of multiple thousands of fans and also on national television?? Also Many schools send their females around in order to distract key players. How will O'quinn and Zephyr fair?? Will u make them room with you and watch their eating habits in order to prevent distractions and prevent harm to their bodies??