A Dual Career Coaching Legacy

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NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Feb 16, 2009
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	Duke	18-5
2	Baylor	20-4
3	Maryland	20-6
4	Florida State	18-5
5	Louisville	19-6
6	Texas	18-5
7	Kansas	16-6
8	Tennessee	17-5
9	UConn	20-6
10	Marquette	18-6
11	Oklahoma State	16-4
12	Pittsburgh	18-6
13	Xavier	21-3
14	South Carolina	20-4
15	Memphis	15-4
16	Washington State	19-6
17	UCLA	18-6
18	Kentucky	18-8
19	West Virginia	18-7
20	Saint Louis	20-5
21	Georgia Tech	19-7
22	Iowa State	19-5
23	Minnesota	19-7
24	Notre Dame	16-8
25	Purdue	17-6

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MID-MAJOR TOP 25

1. Murray State (20-2)
2. Saint Mary's (18-5)
3. Wichita State (19-8)
4. Southern Illinois (17-8)
5. UMBC (19-5)
6. Boston U (20-6)
7. Old Dominion (18-8)
8. Florida Atlantic (17-6)
9. College of Charleston (18-7)
10. Northern Iowa (15-9)
11. Hofstra (18-8)
12. Fresno State (15-7)
13. Cleveland State (16-7)
14. Creighton (15-9)
15. Bradley (15-10)
16. Evansville (17-9)
17. Albany (19-9)
18. Austin Peay (17-8)
19. Gonzaga (14-13)
20. Ball State (17-7)
21. Belmont (16-8)
22. Troy (15-9)
23. CS Fullerton (14-7)
24. Oral Roberts (15-8)
25. Lehigh (17-8)

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Alabama A&M (6-15)vs Texas Southern (16-7)
February 16, 2009

Houston, Texas - After handily beating Alabama A&M earlier in the year, The Texas Southern Tigers were expecting a closer contest in the second meeting. A&M has underachieved all season, as they were projected to win the SWAC considering their talent level.

This game was a slugfest as neither side could hit much from the outside (A&M was 1-19 from 3 and Texas Southern was 4-17) and were forced to score most of their points in the paint.

The Tigers would take a 40-28 lead into the half, but they could not hit the broad side of a barn in the second. Luckily for them, the defense came to play and got enough stops to hold on to the win, despite the offense at one point failing to score for a 7 minute stretch during the second half.

Texas Southern 64 Alabama A&M 54

Martinez Minute: We definitely didn't play our best game today, but I'm proud of the guys for gutting out the win despite our outside shots not falling. Danner-Johnson and (C Laurence) Garza helped score just enough for us to hold on to the win. I think our 37-26 rebounding advantage was the biggest factor in this game as we didn't allow them to get very many second shots after misses, which happened a lot for both sides tonight.

Stats:

Texas Southern
FG: 27/59
3PT: 4/17
FT: 6/13

SG Lawrence Danner-Johnson - 19 pts, 2 rebs, 3 asts
C Laurence Garza - 14 pts, 11 rebs

Alabama A&M
FG: 23/58
3PT: 1/19
FT: 7/8

PF Casey Cantey - 10 pts, 4 rebs, 2 stls
C Uka Winter - 13 pts, 8 rebs

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1. Arkansas Pine-Bluff (12-14, 9-3)
2. Texas Southern (17-7, 10-4)
3. Alabama State (8-11, 7-5)
4. Alcorn State (7-12, 6-5)
5. Grambling (8-14, 5-6)
6. Jackson State (7-13, 5-7)
7. Mississippi Valley State (6-16, 5-7)
8. Alabama A&M (6-16, 5-8)
9. Southern (8-16, 4-7)
10. Prairie View (9-15, 4-8)

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Quote: Originally Posted by xlegendkillax

SF Seamus Burns, 6’7’’ 228 pounds; OVR: #101, POS: #16 PG Chauncey Trammell, 6’0’’ 171 pounds; OVR: #170 POS: #52 C Stanley Melvin, 7’0”” 255 pounds; OVR: #316 POS: #21

Martinez Adds New Recruit to Target List

Coach Logan Martinez had 5 available scholarships to begin the year, and has put 3 of them to good use thus far. Though they have not signed a LOI, Seamus Burns has verbally committed to Texas Southern, while it is believed Trammell and Melvin are close to doing so as well.

Burns looks to be the star of the class, as the do-it-all forward from Houston, Texas, will give be instant contributor for his hometown team.

Martinez is now seriously pursuing Karim Freeman, a 6'9'' 235 pound Center from Mission Viejo, California. Freeman is ranked #238 according to Rivals.com and is the #15 Center prospect.

Martinez wants to add front-court depth to go alongside potential signee C Stan Melvin as Texas Southern loses 2 big men in the rotation (including starter Keithtrick Denson) to graduation this off-season.

Martinez wants to develop a recruiting pipeline to California to go alongside the talent in Texas to help the Tigers' program prosper in the future.

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Increased workload and upcoming finals have slowed this thing down a bit, but we'll post more regularly starting in about a week or two. Stay with us guys!

[Roggie]

We will be resuming this in a week or two.

Actually will be about two weeks. Legend will be able to play again starting Sunday, but I'll be in Florida for a week starting Tuesday.

[HarkTheSound]

Alright, we're back to updating this on, hopefully, a more regular basis.

We've almost finished up the regular season. Short recaps from the last 3 games since I updated.

Texas Southern 88 Jackson State 66
L. Danner-Johnson - 20 pts, 5 asts
K. Denson - 21 pts, 4 rebs
L. Garza - 21 pts, 12 rebs


Texas Southern 73 Mississippi Valley State 43
K Denson - 15 pts
L. Garza - 17 pts, 12 rebs


Texas Southern 64 Prairie View 53
L. Danner-Johnson 19 pts
K. Denson 13 pts
L. Garza 10 pts, 11 rebs

Coach Logan Martinez has won his first regular season conference championship! With one game remaining on the schedule, the Tigers have, at the very least, secured an NIT bid.

With a 13-4 record in SWAC play, Texas Southern sits comfortably atop the standings as the closest competitors (Arkansas Pine-Bluff (11-5), Alabama State (10-6) and Alcorn State (11-7) are officially eliminated from contention.

The Tigers last game of the season will be this Saturday on Senior Day vs Grambling. The Tigers will look to avenge an early season loss against a team that has a 2-1 record against Martinez since he took over the Texas Southern program.