The Coaching Career of Jon McGurk(CH2K7-360)

[Coach_McGurk]

February 27, 2007

Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles(12-14, 11-9) @ Eastern Illinois Panthers(20-8, 13-7)

Headline
"Nightmare" Game Knocks Panthers Out Of OVC Tourney

        1st    2nd    OT   Final
EIU     29     33     -    62
TNT     28     51     -    79 

Starting Line-ups

TNT                          EIU
PG Will Barnes, FR(62)       PG Mike Robinson, SO(68)
SG Belton Rivers, SR(72)     SG Romain Martin, FR(61)
SF Antjuan Koger, SR(61)     SG Julio Anthony, JR(67)
PF Amadi McKenzie, JR(66)    PF Justin Brock, FR(55)
PF Daniel Northern, SO(64)    C Jake Byrne, FR(55)
Notable Reserves             Notable Reserves
PG Frank Davis, FR(62)       SG Bobby Catchings, JR(31% 3PFG)

Game Leaders

         TNT                 EIU
POINTS   A. Koger     19     J. Brock     11
REB      A. McKenzie   9     J. Byrne      7
AST      B. Rivers     7     B. Catchings  3

Team Stats

     EIU         TNT            
FGM   22    |     33   
FGA   62    |     58
FG% .354    |   .569
3PM    3    |      4
3PA   17    |     13
3P% .176    |   .308
FTM   15    |      9
FTA   18    |     19
FT% .833    |   .474
REB   30    |     38
AST   11    |     24

Coach's Notes

• I am extremely upset with the way my guys played tonight. Romain Martin(1-12) and Julio Anthony(3-13) really dropped the ball.

• The game was actually a little bit closer than the score implies, but I gave up on my guys with about 3 minutes left down by 11. They just were not showing me that they wanted to win the game.

• Bobby Jolliff is probably going to transfer. I don't blame him, but he really didn't show me much when he had the opportunity to play more.

OVC Tournament Results

First Round
(1)Tennessee St. 67
(8)Murray St.    49

(4)Tennessee-Martin 76
(5)Samford          69

(2)Jacksonville St. 72
(7)Morehead St.     44

(3)E. Illinois    62
(6)Tennessee Tech 79

Quarter Finals
(1)Tennesse St.     58
(4)Tennessee-Martin 63

(2)Jacksonville St. 77
(7)Tennessee Tech   65

Championship Game
(4)Tennessee-Martin 53
(2)Jacksonville St. 87

Coach's Notes

• Tennessee-Martin's bench made the difference in the quite surprising upset against Tennessee St. in the quarter finals.

[Coach_McGurk]

They're In!

Charleston, Ill- The Eastern Illinois University campus exploded in cheers Sunday night when it found out they would be facing #6 seeded Hawaii as a #11 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Noted atop the Bubble Watch list throughout the entire night, they had to wait well into the ESPN broadcast to find out their fate. "I really had no idea the committee was even considering us until I got a phone call from our A.D" Coach McGurk said. "It really came as a big surprise, and I am extremely happy we made it in. I guess we'll have to throw away our NIT preparation plans out." Also making it into the NCAA tournament with an automatic bid was Jacksonville State as a #13 seed who will face #4 seed Arizona in the same San Antonio Regional.

[tmacfan12]

sweet. nice job

[Coach_McGurk]

March 15, 2007

NCAA Tournament Round 1

#11 Eastern Illinois Panthers vs. #6 Hawaii Warriors

Headline
Panthers Play Inspired Ball, Fall Just Short

        1st    2nd    OT   Final
EIU     55     33     -    88
HAW     47     44     -    91

HAW                          EIU
SG Matt Gibson, JR(77)       PG Mike Robinson, SO(68)
SG Matt Lojeski, SR(77)      SG Julio Anthony, JR(67)
SF Riley Luettgerodt,JR(72)  SG Bobby Catchings, JR(66)
PF Ahmet Gueye, SR(80)       PF Justin Brock, FR(56)
PF P.J. Owsley, JR(67)        C Jake Byrne, FR(55)
Notable Reserves             Notable Reserves
SG Bobby Nash, JR(70)        SG Romain Martin, FR(62)

Game Leaders

         HAW                 EIU
POINTS   M. Gibson    20     R. Martin    20
REB      A. Gueye      9     J. Byrne      9
AST      R. Luettgerodt5     B. Parrish    4

Team Stats

     EIU         HAW            
FGM   35    |     36   
FGA   73    |     71
FG% .479    |   .507
3PM    3    |      5
3PA   17    |     20
3P% .176    |   .250
FTM   15    |     14
FTA   18    |     15
FT% .833    |   .933
REB   30    |     42
AST   11    |     19

Coach's Notes

• Despite the loss, I think we ended our season on a high note. I am proud of the way my guys handled this tension filled exciting game. We did what we needed to do to win this game, we just fell a little short.
• Romain Martin and Julio Anthony made it interesting until the very end. Down by 5 with 23 seconds to go, Anthony drove to the bucket scored and was fouled and proceeded to make the foul shot. We immediately fouled and they sank both free throws to go up by 4. Back down the floor, Martin drained a three with 6 seconds to go to get within 1. We immediately foul and they sink both free throws. Mike Robinson's game ending three was deflected.

[Coach_McGurk]

NCAA First Round Scores

San Antonio

(1)Florida 75
(16)Brown  74

(8)Oregon 63
(9)Rider  77

(4)Arizona           95
(13)Jacksonville St. 41

(5)Boston College 70
(12)Lehigh        52

(2)South Carolina 63
(15)Georgia Tech  65

(7)Syracuse 66
(10)Nevada  58

(3)Illinois        67
(14)Long Beach St. 46

(6)Hawaii       91
(11)E. Illinois 88

St. Louis

(1)North Carolina 74
(16)Colorado      58

(8)Coll. of Charl. 75
(9)Louisville      74

(4)Ohio St.   63
(13)San Diego 48

(5)USC           78
(12)Delaware St. 55

(2)Old Dominion      78
(15)Illinois-Chicago 51

(7)Tennessee      51
(10)E. Washington 59

(3)Texas Tech        72
(14)Jacksonville St. 63

(6)S. John's      61
(11)Massachusetts 80

San Jose

(1)Michigan 66
(16)DePaul  48

(8)Iona     61
(9)Ball St. 59

(4)Xavier 90
(13)Ohio  61

(5)LSU           85
(12)Northwestern 59

(2)Villanova 90
(15)Winthrop 67

(7)Utah        60
(10)Morgan St. 42

(3)Missouri St. 68
(14)New Orleans 58

(6)Siena         75
(11)F. ****inson 57

Worcester

(1)Wisconsin     55
(16) Saint Louis 42

(8)Memphis        68
(9)Sacramento St. 64

(4)Vermont          58
(13)Appalachian St. 61

(5)Marist    88
(12)Monmouth 74

(2)Texas A&M 85
(15)Maine    62

(7)Gonzaga       55
(10)Northeastern 65

(3)Air Force      39
(14)Kenneswaw St. 51

(6)Pittsburgh  82
(11)Fresno St. 70

Scores in red are upsets.

NCAA Second Round Scores

San Antonio

(1)Florida 72
(9)Rider   53

(4)Arizona        69
(5)Boston College 77

(15)Georgia Tech 56
(7)Syracuse      80

(3)Illinois 74
(6)Hawaii   61

St. Louis

(1)North Carolina    74
(8)College of Charl. 64

(4)Ohio St. 52
(5)USC      68

(2)Old Dominion   67
(10)E. Washington 63

(3)Texas Tech     70
(11)Massachusetts 68

San Jose

(1)Michigan 78
(8)Iona     45

(4)Xavier 82
(5)LSU    68

(2)Villanova 73
(7)Utah      56

(3)Missouri St. 83
(6)Siena        64

Worcester

(1)Wisconsin 86
(8)Memphis   67

(13)Appalachian St. 60
(5)Marist           62

(2)Texas A&M     95
(10)Northeastern 59

(14)Kennesaw St. 65
(6)Pittsburgh    56

Sweet 16

San Antonio

(1)Florida        70
(5)Boston College 69

(7)Syracuse 80
(3)Illinois 75

St. Louis

(1)North Carolina 84
(5)USC            68

(2)Old Dominion 40
(3)Texas Tech   55

San Jose

(1)Michigan 54
(4)Xavier   56

(2)Villanova    74
(3)Missouri St. 76

Worcester

(1)Wisconsin 73
(5)Marist    51

(2)Texas A&M     93
(14)Kennesaw St. 59

Elite 8

(1)Wisconsin 52
(2)Texas A&M 72

(1)Florida  64
(7)Syracuse 72

(1)North Carolina 75
(3)Texas Tech     64

(4)Xavier       62
(3)Missouri St. 53

Final Four

(2)Texas A&M 71
(4)Xavier    49

(7)Syracuse       59
(1)North Carolina 77

Championship Game

(2)Texas A&M 65
(1)North Carolina 71

[BubbleFour]

Quote: Originally Posted by Coach_McGurk

. . . Despite the loss, I think we ended our season on a high note. I am proud of the way my guys handled this tension filled exciting game. We did what we needed to do to win this game, we just fell a little short. . . .

Definitely!! Congrats on the great season.

[BubbleFour]

Quote: Originally Posted by Coach_McGurk

They're In! Charleston, Ill- The Eastern Illinois University campus exploded in cheers Sunday night when it found out they would be facing #6 seeded Hawaii as a #11 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Noted atop the Bubble Watch list throughout the entire night, they had to wait well into the ESPN broadcast to find out their fate. "I really had no idea the committee was even considering us until I got a phone call from our A.D" Coach McGurk said. "It really came as a big surprise, and I am extremely happy we made it in. I guess we'll have to throw away our NIT preparation plans out." Also making it into the NCAA tournament with an automatic bid was Jacksonville State as a #13 seed who will face #4 seed Arizona in the same San Antonio Regional.

Do you follow the bracketology panels? They show up in the last couple of weeks in the bottom of the stats section, I believe. You can watch your projected NCAA seeding change as the season progresses. It seemed to change after every day for TSU in my legacy. Given that EIU was an #11 seed, I'll bet EIU showed up in bracketology throughout.

[NoleFan]

congrats coach!!!