Coaching Career of Bob Knight (No, not THAT Bob Knight) - take #2 - ps2

[doncoryell]

January 28, 2013 - Da Weakly Stuff

[b]MEDIA POLL
RK  LW[/B]
01  01  Michigan State (18-1)
02  02  Villanova (17-2)
03  03  Kansas (15-3)
04  06  Texas (13-2)
05  07  Connecticut (15-3)
06  04  Temple (15-2)
07  08  Stanford (16-3)
08  10  North Carolina (16-4)
[b][color=orange]09  05  Duke (15-3)[/color][/b]
10  09  South Florida (14-3)
11  13  Penn State (15-3)
12  20  Louisville (15-3)
13  18  Florida (16-3)
14  12  Washington State (12-4)
15  16  Iowa (15-6)
16  25  Drexel (17-3)
17  14  Rutgers (14-5)
18  15  Tennessee (16-4)
19  19  San Diego State (15-4)
20  11  Baylor (14-5)
21  22  Virginia (14-5)
22  --  Texas A&M (15-5)
23  --  Clemson (13-5)
[b][color=orange]24  23  Georgetown (13-6)[/color][/b]
25  --  Northwestern (15-5)



[b]COACHES' POLL
RK  LW[/B]
01  01  Michigan State (18-1)
02  02  Villanova (17-2)
03  03  Kansas (15-3)
04  05  Texas (13-2)
05  09  Connecticut (15-3)
06  07  Stanford (16-3)
07  10  North Carolina (16-4)
08  06  Temple (15-2)
[b][color=orange]09  04  Duke (15-3)[/color][/b]
10  08  South Florida (14-3)
11  14  Penn State (15-3)
12  20  Louisville (15-3)
13  13  Tennessee (16-4)
14  21  Florida (16-3)
15  12  Washington State (12-4)
16  15  Iowa (15-6)
17  --  Drexel (17-3)
18  19  Rutgers (14-5)
19  11  Baylor (14-5)
20  18  San Diego State (15-4)
21  17  UCLA (13-6)
22  --  Texas A&M (15-5)
23  24  Virginia (14-5)
24  --  Memphis (10-3)
25  --  Syracuse (13-5)



[b]MID-MAJOR POLL
RK  LW[/B]
01  01  Drexel (17-3)
[b][color=blue]02  02  Boise State (17-4)[/color][/b]
03  03  Ohio (12-5)
04  07  San Francisco (14-5)
05  05  Wisconsin-Green Bay (13-6)
06  10  Chattanooga (15-3)
07  09  Santa Clara (14-6)
08  23  Miami (OH) (10-8)
[b][color=orange]09  06  Western Michigan (12-5)[/color][/b]
10  13  Middle Tennessee State (12-6)
11  24  Western Kentucky (12-6)
12  14  Southern Illinois (13-7)
13  16  Rider (13-8)
[color=green]14  12  Utah State (11-8)[/color]
15  04  Pepperdine (11-6)
16  11  Missouri State (11-6)
17  22  Saint Mary's (9-7)
18  --  Old Dominion (14-5)
19  25  Hofstra (10-7)
20  --  Georgia State (13-6)
21  20  Siena (12-7)
22  --  Bradley (12-6)
23  08  Pacific (11-5)
24  --  Towson (11-8)
25  18  Virginia Commonwealth (11-8)



[b][color=orange]AROUND THE NCAA
[U]RPI[/U]
 29  Duke (15-3, 4-1) -- 2nd, ACC
 25  Georgetown (13-6, 4-3) -- 5th, Big East
288  High Point (6-9, 4-1) -- 1st, Big South
 24  Illinois (15-5, 5-3) -- 3rd, Big Ten
 47  Maryland (15-6, 4-2) -- 3rd, ACC
174  Massachusetts (6-9, 1-4) -- 12th, Atlantic-10
 34  Nebraska (13-5, 3-1) -- 2nd, Big 12
145  Oklahoma State (6-9, 1-3) -- 10th, Big 12
268  Princeton (3-13, 1-1) -- 2nd, Ivy
 22  Southern Cal (14-6, 5-3) -- 3rd, Pacific-10
227  Tennessee-Martin (10-10, 7-5) -- 4th, Ohio Valley
 53  UNLV (16-5, 5-0) -- 1st, Mountain West
254  Valparaiso (5-12, 4-5) -- 6th, Horizon
 86  West Virginia (10-6, 5-1) -- 2nd, Big East
106  Western Michigan (12-5, 4-2) -- 2nd, MAC[/color]



[u]TOP TEN CONFERENCES[/U][/B]
1.  Big East
2.  Pacific-10
3.  ACC
4.  Big Ten
5.  Big 12
6.  Conference USA
7.  SEC
8.  Atlantic-10
9.  West Coast
X.  Mountain West



[b][color=red]Western Athletic Conference[/color]
RPI: 12

                     CONFERENCE    OVERALL
RPI                    W  L   PCT   W  L   PCT[/b]
 49  Boise State       7  0 1.000  17  4  .809
126  San Jose State    4  3  .571   9  9  .500
175  Idaho             4  3  .571  10 10  .500
 93  Utah State        4  3  .571  11  8  .578
143  Fresno State      4  3  .571  11  7  .611
135  Nevada            3  3  .500  10  8  .555
160  Louisiana Tech    3  4  .429  10  8  .555
162  Hawaii            2  4  .333   8  8  .500
250  New Mexico State  0  8  .000   7 11  .388

Boise State's Schedule Next Week
January 31 - @ Louisiana Tech
February 2 - @ San Jose State

[BubbleFour]

Re: Coaching Career of Bob Knight (No, not THAT Bob Knight) - take #2 - ps2

Wow! Is it too early to point out that your magic number to clinch the WAC title is down to 7 ??

[doncoryell]

Re: Coaching Career of Bob Knight (No, not THAT Bob Knight) - take #2 - ps2

Wow! Is it too early to point out that your magic number to clinch the WAC title is down to 7 ??

Yes, it is too early. There is still a whole month to go.

It would also be nice for the teams that I have played, especially the power conference teams (Villanova, Notre Dame, Miami (FL), Missouri), to get on a winning roll because their winning percentage is part of the RPI formula. (That is, if the game uses the same formula as in real life). The more they win, the lower the RPI goes (as long as we keep winning, that is). Villanova is helping my RPI a ton because they are 17-2.

[superjames1992]

Re: Coaching Career of Bob Knight (No, not THAT Bob Knight) - take #2 - ps2

Looks like you're rolling through WAC play. You should be able to snag an NCAA Tournament bid this year, barring a collapse.

Are you done moving now? I see that you're back updating again.

I'm kind of glad that there was no College Hoops 2K9. I am now in my eight legacy season (and about to enter my ninth) and you're in like your sixth or maybe seventh season, I think. Since there was no new game to go out and get, we have been able to keep with our legacies and now are getting deep into legacy mode.

[doncoryell]

Re: Coaching Career of Bob Knight (No, not THAT Bob Knight) - take #2 - ps2

Looks like you're rolling through WAC play. You should be able to snag an NCAA Tournament bid this year, barring a collapse.

Are you done moving now? I see that you're back updating again.

I'm kind of glad that there was no College Hoops 2K9. I am now in my eight legacy season (and about to enter my ninth) and you're in like your sixth or maybe seventh season, I think. Since there was no new game to go out and get, we have been able to keep with our legacies and now are getting deep into legacy mode.

I'm finishing my 6th year of "coaching", 4th at mid-major Boise State.

I just finished moving my things today. Tomorrow I will bring the "trash" to the end of the driveway for Wednesday's pickup. We are not allowed to have loud noises after 10 pm so I have had time to go through some games.

Our RPI and record are strong plus we are in the 12th ranked conference, which means that the WAC is pretty strong for a mid-major conference. Since there are 6 power & 3 major conferences, the WAC has been pretty consistant and is the 3rd best RPI rated mid-major (#1 is West Coast).

[Marino]

Re: Coaching Career of Bob Knight (No, not THAT Bob Knight) - take #2 - ps2

This is amazing...as always Don. I got another team for you to follow, NC State lol.

[doncoryell]

Re: Coaching Career of Bob Knight (No, not THAT Bob Knight) - take #2 - ps2

This is amazing...as always Don. I got another team for you to follow, NC State lol.

Thanks for the kind words. Okay, Jimmy V's school, the North Carolina State Wolfpack, will be included.

BTW, why did you decide to coach at the power level and not start a coaching dynasty at the small conference level?

[Marino]

Re: Coaching Career of Bob Knight (No, not THAT Bob Knight) - take #2 - ps2

Thanks for the kind words. Okay, Jimmy V's school, the North Carolina State Wolfpack, will be included.

BTW, why did you decide to coach at the power level and not start a coaching dynasty at the small conference level?

Because I wanted to take a lesser school in a power conference and have them competing with the big guys. I think it is more of a challenge for me knowing the big teams you have to face night in and night out.

[BubbleFour]

Re: Coaching Career of Bob Knight (No, not THAT Bob Knight) - take #2 - ps2

Because I wanted to take a lesser school in a power conference and have them competing with the big guys. I think it is more of a challenge for me knowing the big teams you have to face night in and night out.

That is a challenge. So, are you starting with the coach rating of the real NC State coach, being an open legacy? In the current gen, taking over Wake Forest as an open legacy would have been a good challenge as well, as the game was not kind with Dino Gaudio's coach ratings. In my dynasty, he was fired after two years and has yet to find a new job through season 7. I believe he was rated a B-, which is deadly in the ACC.

Still, I think the bigger challenge is taking over a Power conference bottom-feeder a few years into the dynasty. For example, Penn State was available for my coach. This was a bad team, with no scholarships available for the first season and eight scholarships available for the second season. Even if you made good use of those scholarships, you still would have to deal with a bad Penn State team for both years of your initial contract before seeing any of your recruits in year 3 (provided you were not fired!).

Not that I am criticizing. I was too big a wimp to take on Penn State for myself, and took over a rated Maryland squad. Good luck with the Wolfpack!

[Marino]

Re: Coaching Career of Bob Knight (No, not THAT Bob Knight) - take #2 - ps2

That is a challenge. So, are you starting with the coach rating of the real NC State coach, being an open legacy? In the current gen, taking over Wake Forest as an open legacy would have been a good challenge as well, as the game was not kind with Dino Gaudio's coach ratings. In my dynasty, he was fired after two years and has yet to find a new job through season 7. I believe he was rated a B-, which is deadly in the ACC.

Still, I think the bigger challenge is taking over a Power conference bottom-feeder a few years into the dynasty. For example, Penn State was available for my coach. This was a bad team, with no scholarships available for the first season and eight scholarships available for the second season. Even if you made good use of those scholarships, you still would have to deal with a bad Penn State team for both years of your initial contract before seeing any of your recruits in year 3 (provided you were not fired!).

Not that I am criticizing. I was too big a wimp to take on Penn State for myself, and took over a rated Maryland squad. Good luck with the Wolfpack!

I, myself picked Baylor because well on the game NC State is really good, its just that they are a bunch of underachievers.

[doncoryell]

Re: Coaching Career of Bob Knight (No, not THAT Bob Knight) - take #2 - ps2

1/28/13

TOP 25

no games scheduled

WAC

Nevada 83, Fresno State 66

OTHERS

Nebraska 52, Oklahoma 43
High Point 66, Virginia Military 44

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1/29/13

TOP 25

Ohio State 53, #1 Michigan State 52
Texas Christian 71, #19 San Diego State 69
#21 Virginia 68, Maryland 44

WAC

San Jose State 75, NJIT 53

OTHERS

Tennessee-Martin 50, Murray State 47

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1/30/13

TOP 25

Seton Hall 68, #2 Villanova 62
Oklahoma State 71, #3 Kansas 69
#4 Texas 64, #22 Texas A&M 58
#12 Louisville 68, #5 Connecticut 58
#6 Temple 64, Rhode Island 49
North Carolina State 67, #9 Duke 66
#10 South Florida 57, #24 Georgetown 50
#15 Iowa 59, Minnesota 46
#16 Drexel 49, Delaware 46
#17 Rutgers 70, Marquette 58

OTHERS

Illinois 70, Michigan 63
Western Michigan 56, Kent State 55
UNLV 84, Wyoming 76

[BubbleFour]

Re: Coaching Career of Bob Knight (No, not THAT Bob Knight) - take #2 - ps2

Don,

Do you know how to edit the words that appear under your name for posts?

For some reason, my saying was changed to 'I didn't pay to be PINK!!', probably as some sort of April Fool's Day joke. Yours reverted back to 'MVP', as appropriate.

I never edited my phrase and can't find the location to do so. Any help on this would be appreciated.

Thx,

[Marino]

Re: Coaching Career of Bob Knight (No, not THAT Bob Knight) - take #2 - ps2

Don,

Do you know how to edit the words that appear under your name for posts?

For some reason, my saying was changed to 'I didn't pay to be PINK!!', probably as some sort of April Fool's Day joke. Yours reverted back to 'MVP', as appropriate.

I never edited my phrase and can't find the location to do so. Any help on this would be appreciated.

Thx,

You have to be a donator to changed that. Don is an MVP because of how many posts he has made.

[doncoryell]

Re: Coaching Career of Bob Knight (No, not THAT Bob Knight) - take #2 - ps2

Don,

Do you know how to edit the words that appear under your name for posts?

For some reason, my saying was changed to 'I didn't pay to be PINK!!', probably as some sort of April Fool's Day joke. Yours reverted back to 'MVP', as appropriate.

I never edited my phrase and can't find the location to do so. Any help on this would be appreciated.

Thx,

Mine was the same way as your's and the name was also in pink. I'm guessing the same as you, just an April Fool's Day thing. Mine reverted back to what it was later on during the day. Actually, I was thinking that it was Breast Cancer Awareness Day but I didn't hear of that being announced either. I also wouldn't mind if they did change the names to pink during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, whenever that occurs. It would be a nice touch to honor those that have, or have had, that type of cancer.

And now, on with the countdown, as Deejay Casey Kasem used to say back in the '70s.

[doncoryell]

January 31, 2013 - Boise State (17-4, 7-0) @ Louisiana Tech (10-8, 3-4)

Broncos Continue Gallop In WAC, Trample La.Tech, 84-61

Thomas Assembly Center
Ruston, LA


First Half
Frederick banks in a jump hook and after Baker tips in a rebound, Bragg puts in a layup on a fast break. House banks in a jumper and Bragg makes two free throws then Massey cans 1 of 2 free throws then after Newsom and House bank in layups, Balkman hits a 3pter. Frederick lays in a rebound and after Kirkland drills two free throws, Hinds drains a short turnaround jumper. O'Hara buries a 3pter then after Hinds knocks down two free throws and Byerson banks in a short jumper, Schultz drops in a hook. Esterkamp sinks two free throws and Bragg banks in a layup on a fast break and after Hinds lays in a rebound, Monserez banks in a layup to pull Louisiana Tech to within 13, 27-14, halfway through the first half. Byerson and Willie trade layups and after Esterkamp banks in a jumper, Schultz makes two free throws. Frederick banks in a couple of jump hooks and Massey cans two free throws then after Willie knocks down 1 of 2 free throws and Baker swishes a short turnaround jumper, Sato and Massey trade 3pters. Newsom puts in a layup on a fast break and Bragg buries two free throws then Sato banks in a layup to pull the Bulldogs to within 18 at the half. Bragg and Frederick each have 8 points to lead Boise State and Sato leads the Bulldogs with 5.
Boise State 44, Louisiana Tech 26

Second Half
Sato and House trade two free throws and after Massey puts in a layup, Willie makes two free throws. Massey banks in a short jumper and cans two free throws then after Schultz buries a hook and converts a 3-point play, Newsom drains a runner. O'Hara and Sato each hit 1 of 2 free throws and after Hinds sinks a hook and Zuzak drops in a layup on a fast break, Duany and Boedckmann trade two free throws. Webber buries a short turnaround jumper then Byerson nails a jump hook and Boeckmann gets 1 of 2 free throws to give Boise State a 23-point lead, 63-40, midway through the second half. Boeckmann makes two free throws then after Baker swishes a short turnaround jumper and drops in a layup, Schultz nails a short turnaround jumper. Hinds sinks a couple of hooks and after Baker cans a short jumper, Boeckmann flips in a layup. Dalgarn makes two free throws then after Balkman and Esterkamp trade layups, Frederick hits a jump hook. Duany and Esterkamp trade one free throw and after Kirkland and Baker lay in rebounds, Frederick buries a short jumper and Byerson flips in a layup as the Broncos cruise to the blow out win.

                           1   2   F
   Boise State            44  40  84
   Louisiana Tech         26  35  61



[b]Boise State Broncos
Starters          min fgm-a  ftm-a off reb ast pf pts[/b]
P.Bragg            22   2-6    404   0   2   3  0   8
D.Newsom           24   3-7    0-0   1   4   0  1   6
D.Massey           14   3-3    5-6   0   0   2  2  12
T.House            18   2-4    2-2   1   2   1  2   6
D.Frederick        22   6-11   0-0   1   3   0  2  12
[b]Bench             min fgm-a  ftm-a off reb ast pf pts[/b]
E.Esterkamp        22   2-5    3-4   0   1   0  1   7
W.Hinds            15   5-11   2-2   2   8   0  1  12
J.Zuzak            14   1-2    0-0   0   0   2  1   2
S.Boeckmann        14   1-3    5-6   0   0   0  2   7
C.Byerson          13   4-7    0-0   2   8   1  1   8
D.Dalgarn          10   1-1    2-2   0   1   2  0   4
N.Cole             12   0-3    0-0   0   0   0  0   0
[b]Totals                 30-63  23-26  7  29  11 13  84
                       
PCT[/b]: .476 FG, .885 FT
[b]3-PT FG[/b]: 1-6, .167 (P.Bragg 0-2, D.Newsom 0-1, D.Massey
1-1, E.Esterkamp 0-1, S.Boeckmann 0-1). [b]Turnovers[/b]: 6 (D.Frederick
2, C.Byerson 2, P.Bragg, N.Cole). [b]Blocks[/b]: 7 (C.Byerson 2, N.Cole 2,
D.Massey, T.House, D.Frederick).




[b]Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
Starters          min fgm-a  ftm-a off reb ast pf pts[/b]
F.Sato             28   2-9    3-4   0   1   1  1   8
S.Willie           18   1-2    2-4   1   1   1  4   4
D.Baker            22   6-10   0-0   2   6   0  1  12
J.Schultz          26   5-9    3-3   0   5   1  3  13
G.Kirkland         17   1-4    2-3   1   3   2  3   4
[b]Bench             min fgm-a  ftm-a off reb ast pf pts[/b]
K.O'Hara           16   1-5    1-2   1   5   0  1   4
J.Duany            16   0-4    3-6   0   5   2  0   3
L.Balkman          20   2-3    0-0   0   0   0  1   5
J.Webber           10   2-5    0-0   2   3   1  2   4
J.Roberts          12   0-1    0-0   0   2   0  0   0
R.Southall          7   0-2    0-0   0   0   0  0   0
J.Monserez          9   2-4    0-0   1   2   1  0   4
[b]Totals                 22-58  14-22  8  33   9 16  61
                       
PCT[/b]: .379 FG, .636 FT
[b]3-PT FG[/b]: 3-15, .200 (F.Sato 1-4, S.Willie 0-1, D.Baker 0-1,
K.O'Hara 1-3, J.Duany 0-2, L.Balkman 1-1, R.Southall 0-2,
J.Monserez 0-1). [b]Turnovers[/b]: 17 (F.Sato 6, D.Baker 4, L.Balkman 3,
S.Willie, G.Kirkland, K.O'Hara, J.Monserez). [b]Blocks[/b]: 2
(G.Kirkland, J.Webber).