The Coaching Career of Jon McGurk(CH2K7-360)

[Coach_McGurk]

February 22, 2007

Jacksonville St. Gamecocks(12-12, 12-6) @ Eastern Illinois Panthers(19-7, 12-6)

Headline
Buzzerbeater Falls Short, Panthers Lose Important Game

        1st    2nd    OT   Final
EIU     47     51     -    98
JST     38     61     -    99

Starting Line-ups

JAC                          EIU
PG Will Ginn, JR(65)         PG Mike Robinson, SO(68)
SG Erik Adams, JR(67)        SG Romain Martin, FR(61)
SF Harold Crow, SR(63)       SG Julio Anthony, JR(67)
PF Courtney Bradley, SR(71)  PF Justin Brock, FR(55)
PF Dorien Brown, JR(67)       C Jake Byrne, JR(54)
Notable Reserves             Notable Reserves
SG Nick Smith, SR(7.4ppg)    SG Bobby Catchings, JR

Game Leaders

         JST                 EIU
POINTS   E. Adams     31     J. Anthony   37
REB      C. Bradley   14     J. Byrne      8
AST      C. Bradley    6     J. Anthony    9

Team Stats

     EIU         JST         
FGM   41    |     37   
FGA   76    |     67
FG% .539    |   .552
3PM   11    |      5
3PA   26    |      9
3P% .423    |   .483
FTM    5    |     11
FTA    7    |     13
FT% .714    |   .846
REB   29    |     36
AST   26    |     27

Coach's Notes

• You'd think 20 point leads would hold up.
• Romain Martin fouls a power forward taking his first and only three of the game, he makes it, then makes the foul shot. Said power forward has four points total for the game. Martin goes 1-8 from three point land. Martin misses the game winner. Why Julio Anthony didn't take the shot is beyond me.
• I could do nothing to stop Erik Adams or that pesky Nick Smith.

[Coach_McGurk]

February 24, 2007

Eastern Illinois Panthers(19-8, 12-7) @ Samford Bulldogs(14-13, 11-8)

Headline
Coach McGurk Gets 20th Win

        1st    2nd    OT   Final
SAM     30     23     -    53
EIU     47     28     -    75

Starting Line-ups

SAM                          EIU
PG Jerry Smith, SR(73)       PG Mike Robinson, SO(68)
SG Randal Gulina, SR(72)     SG Romain Martin, FR(61)
SF Bryan Frey, FR(57)        SG Julio Anthony, JR(67)
PF Savoy Fraine, FR(62)      PF Justin Brock, FR(55)
 C Travis Peterson, JR(65)    C Jake Byrne, JR(54)
Notable Reserves             Notable Reserves
SG Trey Montgomery, FR(59)   SG Bobby Catchings, JR

Game Leaders

         SAM                EIU
POINTS   S. Fraine    13     M. Robinson  18
REB      S. Fraine     4     J. Byrne      7
AST      J. Smith      4     M. Robinson   7

Team Stats

     EIU         SAM           
FGM   28    |     17   
FGA   54    |     43
FG% .519    |   .395
3PM    7    |      4
3PA   13    |     14
3P% .538    |   .286
FTM   12    |     15
FTA   14    |     24
FT% .857    |   .625
REB   25    |     15
AST   17    |     12

Coach's Notes

• To be honest I simmed after half-time.

[Coach_McGurk]

Final Regular Season Standings

TEAM                 CW    CL    C%     W   L    WIN%
Jacksonville St.     14     6  .700    14  12    .538
Tennessee St.        14     6  .700    18  10    .642
E. Illinois          13     7  .650    20   8    .714
Tennessee-Martin     12     8  .600    17  12    .586
Samford              11     9  .550    14  14    .500
Tennessee Tech       11     9  .550    12  14    .461
Morehead St.          9    11  .450    10  16    .384
Austin Peay           7    13  .350     9  17    .346
Murray St.            7    13  .350    10  16    .384
SE Missouri           7    13  .350     9  18    .333
E. Kentucky           5    15  .250     6  20    .230

Ohio Valley Tournament Bracket

(1)Tennessee St.-------|
vs.                    |___________|
(8)Murray St.----------|           |
                                   |____________|
(4)Tennessee-Martin----|           |            |
vs.                    |___________|            |
(5)Samford-------------|                        |
                                                |_____________
(2)Jacksonville St.----|                        |
vs.                    |___________|            |
(7)Morehead St.--------|           |            |
                                   |____________|
(3)E. Illinois---------|           |
vs.                    |___________|
(6)Tennessee Tech------|

Coach's Notes

• We should get by Tennessee Tech ok, but both Jacksonville and Morehead I am worried about. Morhead might be the 7 seed but we are 0-2 against them in the regular season. That one point loss to Jacksonville is still in the back of my mind.
• I don't want to look too far ahead, but if we don't win the conference tourney this year I fully expect us to be in the NIT.

[NoleFan]

congrats on the 20 win season coach!

[doncoryell]

Winning 20 games with a small school is a great achievement. Congrats and good luck in the OVC tourny.

[BubbleFour]

Quote: Originally Posted by Coach_McGurk

. . . I don't want to look too far ahead, but if we don't win the conference tourney this year I fully expect us to be in the NIT.

Congratulations on the 20 victories! Eastern Illinois didn't give you an abundance of talent to work with.

It's an interesting point you bring up about the NIT. I know that first place teams like Tennessee St would be guaranteed a spot. I'm not sure about a team that ties for first like Jacksonville St, though. Eventhough you finished only one game behind, it may depend heavily on your team's RPI. Do you know what the RPI is?

Regardless, here's hoping you win the conference tourney and make the question moot.

[Coach_McGurk]

Quote: Originally Posted by BubbleFour

Congratulations on the 20 victories! Eastern Illinois didn't give you an abundance of talent to work with. It's an interesting point you bring up about the NIT. I know that first place teams like Tennessee St would be guaranteed a spot. I'm not sure about a team that ties for first like Jacksonville St, though. Eventhough you finished only one game behind, it may depend heavily on your team's RPI. Do you know what the RPI is? Regardless, here's hoping you win the conference tourney and make the question moot.

EIU's RPI is 109.

[NoleFan]

i won 20 games in year 1 with a&t and lost in the conference tourney but was invited to the nit.