A New Journey (Closed Legacy 2K8)

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2012-2013 HORNETS SCHEDULE



Non Conference

@ CS Fullerton
@ UC Riverside
@ Pepperdine
@ Fresno State
@ San Jose State
vs UC Davis (Rivarly Game)
@ USC
@ #7 San Diego State

Coach Young comments "Obviously what sticks out here is the lack of home games. We only play 1 of our 1st 9 games at home. Because we are a very young team (only 4 returning players and all are Soph's with 6 incoming FR/JC Trans). I want our team to know what it's like to be expected to win in a hostile enviroment. We are building off a NIT Appearence, and this year I see no reason why we can't challenge for the Big Sky yet again and make a appearence in the Big Dance"

BIG SKY PREVIEW




MONTANA PICKED TO FINISH 1ST!!

With Montana (78 Overall) picked as the Big Sky favorites, the Sacremento State Hornets (77 Overall) were happy to just be picked near the top as they go in as the #2 favorite. Eastern Washington (76 Overall) is projected 3rd well Weber State (76 Overall) is projected #4.

Here is the rest of the conference outlook.

N. Arizona (73 Overall)
Idaho State (73 Overall)
N. Colorado (71 Overall)
Montana State (69 Overall)
Portland State (69 Overall)

UCLA transfer SG JR Tyler Lamb (79 Overall) is projected as this year's Best Player as well as the Conference's Best Pro Prospect. EWU has SR PG K. Winford (74) "Best Shooter" and FR SF E. Valentine (76 Overall) "Best Frosh" well Portland State's SO PG D. Novak (67 Overall) is considered the Conference's "Best Playmaker.

Also making the "Best List" was Sac State's SO E. Cooperwood picked as the "Best Defender"

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Hornets start strong winning 1st 6 games!!!!

A young and inexpiernced team didn't stop Coach Young and the Hornets from creating some noise early in the College Basketball season. Here is a recap/highlights of the first 5 games on the road and their rivalary game over UC Davis at home.

Final Score 88-44

Key Players

FR PG R. DaSilva 17 pts 5/10 3pt
SO SF E. Cooperwood 10 pts 9 reb
SO PF J. Legans 11 pts 5 reb 3 asst 4 stls 5 blks
SO F. Burke 16 pts 6 reb (Bench)




Final Score 69-56

KEY PLAYERS

FR C. Freeman-18 pts 3 reb
FR R. DaSilva 8 pts 2/3 3pt
SO F. Burke-9 pts (Bench)





Final Score 79-55

KEY PLAYERS

SO SG I. Newby 10 pts 6 reb 3 stls 3/3 3pt
SO PF J. Legans-11 pts
FR C. Freeman-13 pts 7 reb
SO F. Burke-6 pts 9 reb (Bench)
FR SG P. Batte-8 pts 4 reb 6 asst (Bench)
SO SF C. Brewington-10 pts (Bench)





Final Score 78-47

KEY PLAYERS

FR C. Freeman-26 pts 7 reb 2 blks
SO J. Legans-10 pts 4 reb 2 blks
SO F. Burke-19 pts 9 reb (Bench)
SO SG C. Hipsher- 10 pts 4 reb 2/5 3pt (Bench)





Final Score 92-52

KEY PLAYERS

FR C. Freeman-27 pts 12 reb 2 blks
SO I. Newby-15 pts 3 reb 3 asst 3 stls 2/3 3pt
SO J. Legans-12 pts 3 reb
SO E. Cooperwood-11 pts 3 reb
Bench-26 pts led by FR P. Batte 9 pts on 3/3 3pt




Final Score 82-72

KEY PLAYERS

SO J. Legans-15 pts 8 reb
SO C. Brewington-13 pts 3 reb 1/2 3pt (Bench)
SO F. Burke-12 pts (Bench)
FR C. Freeman-11 pts 3 reb 2 blks
SO I. Newby-9 pts 6 asst 3/4 3pt

Coach Young comments on the games

"I feel like the team is playing well. Our Big 3 (Legans/Freeman/Burke) have all played great and carried the team so far, well other guys have picked a game or 2 to step up. DaSilva has secured the starting PG spot with Newby starting at SG and Copperwood at SF, with Legans and Freeman rounding out the starting rotation. Burke has become our 6th man and gets a few more minutes only because he backs up both PF/C. The other 4 guys are splitting the backup mins pretty equal among the other 3 spots. Right now I just hope I can keep everyone happy with their PT."

COACH YOUNG TARGETS 2 RECRUITS EARLY

Going into the season Coach Young had 2 scholarships to offer. After several phone calls, alot of game tape and even a couple of campus visits, Coach Young picked 2 players he felt would be great fits for the Hornets nest. Well neither player committed during the early signing period both players are close to 100% and have not other current offers.

4* PG 6'0 Devon Meyer-Santa Clara CA
(Rated #62 Overall/#19 PG)
ABL Stats-7.9 PPG 2.6 RPG 4.8 APG 2.1 SPG

Coach Young comments-"Even though Meyer's ABL stats are not eye popping. The fact that both Kansas and Arkansas are currently #2 and #3 on his target list shows me this kid has talent. A true PG he should be a great fit for our team and allow us to play DaSilva at the SG spot when on the court at the same time"

4* PF 6'7 Leslie Bates-Fresno CA
(Rated #88 Overall/#16 PF)
ABL Stats-11.1 PPG 7.9 RPG 1.5 BPG

Coach Young comments-"Bates reminds me alot of current Hornet and last years Big Sky FOY J. Legans. I think he will be a great fit for our team and give us a solid backup at the #4 spot behind Legans for the next 2 years and a solid starter as a JR and SR."



UP NEXT GAME RESULTS AGAINST USC AND #7 SAN DIEGO STATE

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HORNETS DROP 2 IN A ROW

After a hot start that saw Coach Young and his team win their first 6 games, the Hornets were stung with back to back loses to USC (98-68) and San Diego State (92-61).

Coach Young "We played horrible on both sides of the ball. We anytime you give up 90+ to your opponent shows you were not playing good defense and that's going to affect what you can do on offense as well."

(One bright side was FR PG R. DaSilva who scored 19 pts and hit 5/5 3pt in the loss to USC, and SO F. Burke had a double double with 13 pts 11 reb in the loss to the SDSU)

HORENTS WIN THE BIG SKY!!!!

After starting out 6-2 in Non-Conference play Sacremento State went 12-4 in Big Sky play to tie for the Regular Season Title (Weber State and Montana both finished 12-4 as well) but the Horents will enter the tourney with the #1 seed (do to tie breakers I guess)

CSUS will play the winner of the Idaho State vs EWU game. On the other side of the bracket its Montana St vs Weber State with the winner facing Montana.

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HORNETS TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS, WIN THE BIG SKY!!

In just his 3rd year at the helm, Coach Young has guided the Hornets to a Big Sky Championship with wins over EWU (73-69) and a (88-75) win over Montana to earn a trip to the NCAA tourney!!!

(With the wins CSUS finishes 20-6 going into the tourney. This marks the 2nd straight year Coach Young has guided the Horents to post season play and had 20 win seasons)

The wins didn't go without cost though. Freshman C. Freeman who has started all 26 games this season and is the teams leading scorer (15.2 PPG) was lost the rest of the season with a broken foot.

(SO F. Burke (9.6 PPG 5.7 RPG 1.2 BPG) will take Freeman's spot in the starting lineup)

HORNETS GET #12 SEED WILL FACE WISCONSIN

After a 22 win season and spot in the NIT tourney last year, Coach Young had high hopes for this young team this year. So far the road has been smooth for the Hornets as they picked up 20 wins yet again and earned a psot in the East Regional aginst #5 Wisconsin.

The Badgers went 23-10 Overall and 11-7 (4th place) in the Big Ten under Coach Ryan. The Badgers are led by a Trio of Soph's (SG H. Marsh-87, PF K. Dilligard-85 and C E. Anderson-74)

THE REST OF THE FIELD OF 64

EAST

#1 Indiana vs (Winner of Coastal Carolina or Florida A&M)
#8 LSU vs #9 Oklahoma
#5 Wisconsin vs #12 Sacremento State
#4 South Carolina vs #13 Cleveland State
#6 Kansas vs #11 South Florida
#3 Villanova vs #14 North Florida
#7 San Diego State vs #10 Marquette
#2 Iowa State vs #15 Yale

WEST

#1 Louisville vs #16 S. Utah
#8 Providence vs #9 W. Virginia
#5 Arizona State vs #12 Drexel
#4 Georgetown vs #13 Holy Cross
#6 Maryland vs #11 Coll of Charl
#3 Memphis vs #14 Florida Atlantic
#7 Rutgers vs #10 UNC
#2 Pitt vs #15 Rice

SOUTH

#1 Saint Mary's vs #16 Stephen F. Austin
#8 Wake Forest vs #9 Ohio State
#5 NC State vs #12 Auburn
#4 Colorado vs #13 Drake
#6 Syracuse vs #11 Miama FL
#3 Oklahoma State vs #14 Canisius
#7 Saint Joseph vs #10 Texas
#2 Florida vs #15 Jackson State

MIDWEST

#1 Alabama vas #16 Albany
#8 C. Michigan vs #9 Michigan State
#5 Dayton vs #12 Cal State Northridge
#4 UConn vs #13 Saint Francis PA
#6 UNLV vs #11 Murray State
#3 UCLA vs #14 San Diego
#7 Oregon State vs #10 Georgia Tech
#2 Duke vs #15 Hawaii

(Noteable things- UNC and Texas both coming in as #10 seeds. Normally these are 2 teams who are use to having a #1 front of them.)

LEFT OUT LOOKING IN

New Mexico
"Finished with the #38 RPI going 19-9 Overall"

Troy
"Finished 25-9 but just #74 RPI"

Xaiver
"Finished 23-8 (11-5 A-10) and RPI of #43

Nevada
"Finished 23-9 Overall and 14-2 in WAC play but lost WAC Championship and RPI is just #89"

Arizona
"The Defending Champs went just 18-13 (10-8 Pac-10) and had a RPI of #69"

Morgan State
"The Bears won 25 games (25-8/15-3 Conference) but their #68 RPI killed them"

Gonzaga
" Finished 20-8 Overall with a RPI of #49 but went 10-4 in WCC play finishing 2nd to SMC. However it was their 1st round outing by Santa Clara that did them in"

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HORNETS MAKE HISTORY WITH UPSET WIN!!!

ROUND 1


#12 VS #5

Coach Young and the Hornets make school history as they win their 1st ever NCAA appearence. CSUS took a commanding 42-28 lead shocking the nation and the Badgers in the 1st half.

Wisconsin would battle back in the 2nd half and tie the game with less then a minute to play, but Soph Felton Burke starting his 1st game this season would score 6 of his team high 20 pts in the final minute as the Hornets pulled off the upset.

FINAL SCORE SAC STATE-70 WISCONSIN-69

POG- F. Burke 20 pts 12 reb

Key Contributers

J. Legans-12 pts 3 reb 4 blks
C. Hipsher-8 pts 4 reb 2/4 3pt (Bench)

OTHER 1ST ROUND UPSETS

#13 Cleveland St-83 #4 South Carolina-68 (East)
"This will be Sac State's next opponent"

#14 Flordia Atlantic-91 #3 Memphis-74 (West)

#10 Texas-77 #7 Saint Joseph's-66 (South)

#10 Georgia Tech-90 #7 Oregon State-64 (Midwest)

HORNETS SWEET HONEY AS GO TO SWEET-16

ROUND 2

#12 VS #13

One way or another one of these 2 teams was going to the Sweet-16. The Vikings took a 42-41 lead at the end of the 1st half, but a balanced offensive attack which saw 4 players score in double digits kept the Hornets in the game. Soph SG I. Newby came up huge hitting his 3rd 3pt of the night to give CSUS the 1pt lead with 4.2 seconds to play. SR Josh McCoy missed the buzzer beater for the win.

FINAL SCORE SAC STATE-82 CLEVELAND ST-81

POG I. Newby-17 pts 4 reb 3 asst 5 stls 3/6 3pt

Key Players
F. Burke-17 pts 7 reb 4 blks
J. Legans-10 pts 2 blks
R. DaSilva-13 pts 4 asst 3/7 3pt

THE REST OF THE SWEET 16

#8 LSU (upset #1 Indiana 87-78)
"Will face Sac State next"

#3 Villanova vs #2 Iowa State

#9 W. Virginia vs #5 Arizona State
(WVU upset #1 Louisville 65-60 to advance)

#14 FAU vs #2 Pitt
"FAU beat #6 Maryland 91-61 to advance"

#1 Saint Mary's vs #5 NC State

#6 Syracuse vs #10 Texas
"The Longhorns beat #2 Florida to advance"

#1 Alabama vs #4 UConn
"Can Coach Few finally take a team to a Final 4"

#6 UNLV vs #2 Duke
"The rebels beat #3 UCLA in a classic rematch of the 90's"

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Getting lucky with all the high seeds falling for sure

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HORNETS GET STUNG, DREAM IS OVER

SWEET SIXTEEN

#12 VS #8

Their season is over. The Hornets have been stingers run out. No more Sweet Honey.... (Those were the headlines on several local papers today, but Coach Young still had a smile on his face...

The Hornets did something nobody thought was possible. They won 2 games in the NCAA tourney and went to the Sweet-16.


Many thought that Sac State was going to do it upsetting the Tigers after their emotional upset win over #1 Indiana. CSUS took a 34-25 lead into the locker room giving Hornet fans hope.

However the Tigers dominated the 2nd half outscoring CSUS 41-29 to win the game.

FINAL SCORE CSUS-63 LSU-66

KEY PLAYERS
R. DaSilva-12 pts 5 reb 2 asst 3/8 3pt
J. Legans-11 pts 4 reb
F. Burke-12 pts

Coach Young-"Yes I am disappointed we couldn't pull it out, but I am also very proud of these guy's at the same time. We made it to the Sweet 16. We won 22 games back to back seasons and we don't lose anyone off the roster this year and I think have a good shot at landing 2 more pieces to the puzzle that will make this a very dangerous team next season."

HOW THE TOURNEY ENDED




SWEET 16 RESULTS

#3 Villanova-74 #2 Iowa State-70

#5 Arizona State-89 #9 West Virginia-72

#2 Pitt-78 #14 FAU-56

#1 Saint Mary's-76 #5 NC State-68

#6 Texas-74 #10 Texas-73


ELITE 8 RESULTS

#3 Villanova-79 #8 LSU-68
"The Wildcats end the Tigers run"

#5 Arizona State-82 #2 Pitt-71
"The Sun Devils pull of the upset marking the 3rd staight year a team from the Pac-10 is in the Final 4"

#6 Syracuse-90 #1 Saint Mary's-74
"The last of the #1's fall as SMC dreams are over"

#4 UConn-79 #2 Duke-71
"Coach Few will coach in the Final 4 after a huge win over Coach K"


FINAL 4 RESULTS

#3 Villanova-79 #5 Arizona State-69
"For the 1st time in 3 years a Pac-10 team won't play for the title"

#4 UConn-87 #6 Syracuse-80
"Coach Few will lead the Huskies for a chance at a National Title keeping the Championship in a Big East Showdown."



UCONN CROWNED NATIONAL CHAMPS!!!





FINAL SCORE UCONN-78 VILLANOVA-74

After failing to take Gonzaga that next step and play for a National Title. Coach Few does it in his 1st year at the helm for the Huskies and with a roster loaded with Juniors (6) and Sophs (4). Many don't believe this will be a 1 year fluke.

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Quote: Originally Posted by Baysdell23

Getting lucky with all the high seeds falling for sure

Yeah I got lucky.. I am sad it ended but it was a great season..