2/4/08
TOP 25
#3 Kansas 79, #19 Missouri 59
#20 Fresno State 68, Louisiana Tech 63
OTHERS
Norfolk State 61, Howard 52
Alabama A&M 70, Texas Southern 51
Villanova 63, Saint Joseph's 44
Winston-Salem State 79, Bethune-Cookman 45
Hey everyone, just wanted to let you all know OS now has an official Discord that you can join right now. We’ve kicked around Discords for individual games in the past, but it felt like the right time to make it more of an official thing.
Steve and I have wanted to get this going for a bit because we obviously still hear from y’all who are unhappy with some stuff on the forums, plus when there are forum outages we still want to have a place for everyone to hang. My overarching goal for the longer term is to have both Discord and the forums ultimately work together. There are some logistical issues with the vBulletin forums that don’t allow things to sync right with Discord so there will be a little maneuvering as we try to get mods and forum members any proper roles/tags they need on the Discord, but we can work through that stuff easily enough as people join.
Our general goal is to give people more options to interact with OS community members, whether that’s Discord, the forums, this newsletter, or improved apps. If people want to stick more to the forums, that’s cool. If people want to stick more to the Discord, that’s also cool. In my perfect world, we do a lot of BSing and day-to-day chatting on the Discord about games and sports, and then more of the “in-depth” discussions or hefty things like long slider breakdowns or analysis of gameplay end up on the forums so that can act as a sort of “best of” area for anything OS community related. That said, you all will ultimately shape how the ecosystem shakes out, I just want to give you spaces you like so you can have a good time with other folks in the community.
The same general rules will apply on the Discord as they do on the forums, and we’ve brought most of the forum categories to the Discord as well so there should not be too much confusion as you navigate around.
With the Operation Sports and Discord announcement now out there, it’s also worth mentioning our OS premium newsletter, which quietly launched a couple of weeks ago. Built off the Not Just Another Roster Update newsletter, it offers a mix of retrospectives, guides, interviews and deeper dives into the sports gaming world—covering both current and classic titles.
1 2 F Radford 29 31 60 VMI 43 42 85 [b]Radford Highlanders Starters MIN FG-A FT-A OFF REB AST PF PTS[/b] A.Johnson 37 3-5 0-0 0 3 3 1 6 K.Thomas 26 5-10 0-0 0 2 0 0 12 J.Jenkins 20 0-6 1-2 1 3 1 2 1 A.Gynes 34 7-16 1-2 3 9 2 2 16 N.McFarlin 28 5-11 2-4 2 6 1 0 12 [b]Bench MIN FG-A FT-A OFF REB AST PF PTS[/b] C.McEachin 9 1-4 0-0 1 1 1 0 2 M.McDuffy 15 1-5 0-0 0 2 0 0 2 E.Hall 17 2-8 1-1 3 7 0 1 5 D.Ricks 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 T.Kleckner 3 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 J.Lynch-Flohr 5 2-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 4 [b]Totals 26-68 5-9 11 37 8 6 60 .382 .556 Turnovers[/b]: 13 (A.Johnson 6, K.Thomas 1, J.Jenkins 1, A.Gynes 2, C.McEachin 1, M.McDuffy 1, E.Hall 1) [b]Blocked Shots[/b]: 1 (E.Hall 1) [b]3-PT FG[/b]: 3-11, .273 (K.Thomas 2-3, J.Jenkins 0-1, A.Gynes 1-2, C.McEachin 0-1, M.McDuffy 0-4) [b]VMI Keydets Starters MIN FG-A FT-A OFF REB AST PF PTS[/b] A.Lonon 26 1-4 0-0 0 1 4 0 2 C.Holmes 25 3-7 1-2 0 1 2 0 10 R.Williams 31 13-19 0-0 3 8 7 0 30 T.Mosley 21 2-3 0-3 0 4 0 1 4 S.Sargent 11 3-5 0-0 2 6 0 3 6 [b]Bench MIN FG-A FT-A OFF REB AST PF PTS[/b] T.Holmes 23 5-12 4-4 0 1 0 1 14 A.Kenon 13 3-7 1-1 0 4 0 0 8 C.Hunter 9 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 H.Houston 12 2-2 0-0 0 0 2 0 5 C.Josey 11 0-3 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 W.Bell 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Q.Brownfield 11 3-4 0-0 4 10 1 0 6 [b]Totals 35-68 6-10 9 40 16 5 85 .515 .600 Turnovers[/b]: 13 (A.Lonon 3, R.Williams 4, T.Mosley 1, A.Kenon 2, C.Hunter 1, H.Houston 1, W.Bell 1) [b]Blocked Shots[/b]: 0 [b]3-PT FG[/b]: 9-24, .375 (C.Holmes 3-6, R.Williams 4-7, T.Holmes 0-2, A.Kenon 1-4, C.Hunter 0-2, H.Houston 1-1, C.Josey 0-2)
1 2 F Coastal Carolina 29 35 64 VMI 29 37 66 [b]Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Starters MIN FG-A FT-A OFF REB AST PF PTS[/b] J.Mack 31 8-13 2-2 3 3 1 1 20 J.Leasure 32 5-15 3-4 0 2 4 3 15 E.Richardson 30 2-6 1-1 1 2 0 1 5 J.Harris 30 3-5 0-0 0 8 0 1 6 J.Pack 22 4-6 0-0 2 7 5 4 8 [b]Bench MIN FG-A FT-A OFF REB AST PF PTS[/b] M.Sisinni 14 0-2 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 S.Sexton 10 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 A.Breeze 12 1-1 0-0 1 3 1 0 2 L.Johnson 13 2-6 0-0 0 1 1 0 4 B.Wallace 3 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 1 0 C.Ferguson 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 M.Brennan 2 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 [b]Total 27-59 6-9 8 29 13 11 64 .458 .667 Turnovers[/b]: 13 (J.Mack 3, J.Leasure 4, J.Harris 2, J.Pack 2, L.Johnson 2) [b]Blocked Shots[/b]: 2 (J.Harris 1, J.Pack 1) [b]3-PT FG[/b]: 4-20, .200 (J.Mack 2-6, J.Leasure 2-9, E.Richardson 0-1, S.Sexton 0-2, L.Johnson 0-2) [b]VMI Keydets Starters MIN FG-A FT-A OFF REB AST PF PTS[/b] A.Lonon 36 2-3 1-3 0 1 5 1 5 C.Holmes 25 5-12 0-0 0 0 2 3 14 R.Williams 36 12-24 2-3 5 9 2 1 27 Q.Brownfield 32 1-6 2-2 3 10 0 1 4 S.Sargent 29 2-7 3-4 2 8 1 0 7 [b]Bench MIN FG-A FT-A OFF REB AST PF PTS[/b] T.Holmes 12 2-5 0-0 1 2 0 0 4 A.Kenon 5 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 C.Hunter 9 1-1 0-0 1 2 0 1 3 T.Mosley 7 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 0 2 H.Houston 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 C.Josey 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 W.Bell 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 [b]Total 26-61 8-12 14 37 11 7 66 .426 .667 Turnovers[/b]: 14 (A.Lonon 1, C.Holmes 1, R.Williams 1, Q.Brownfield 4, T.Holmes 2, A.Kenon 1, C.Hunter 3, H.Houston 1) [b]Blocked Shots[/b]: 2 (Q.Brownfield 1, T.Mosley 1) [b]3-PT FG[/b]: 6-18, .333 (C.Holmes 4-9, R.Williams 1-7, Q.Brownfield 0-1, C.Hunter 1-1)
[b]MEDIA POLL RK LW[/B] 01 01 Tennessee (19-2) 02 02 Michigan State (19-3) 03 03 Kansas (17-5) 04 06 Kentucky (18-5) 05 07 Georgetown (17-5) 06 08 Notre Dame (18-4) 07 04 Arizona (16-6) 08 05 Georgia (12-5) 09 13 Florida State (19-5) 10 11 Arkansas (18-6) [color=orange]11 16 Texas (17-5)[/color] 12 12 George Mason (18-3) [color=orange]13 15 West Virginia (17-5)[/color] 14 09 North Carolina (16-8) 15 10 Stanford (16-7) 16 23 Providence (15-6) 17 22 Memphis (16-7) 18 19 Missouri (15-6) 19 14 Alabama (16-8) 20 24 Indiana (16-6) 21 17 Vanderbilt (17-6) 22 20 Fresno State (17-5) 23 -- UCLA (15-8) 24 21 Baylor (14-5) [color=orange]25 -- Villanova (15-6)[/color] [B]COACHES POLL RK LW[/B] 01 01 Tennessee (19-2) 02 02 Michigan State (19-3) 03 03 Kansas (17-5) 04 06 Georgetown (17-5) 05 07 Kentucky (18-5) 06 09 Notre Dame (18-4) 07 04 Georgia (12-5) 08 05 Arizona (16-6) 09 11 Arkansas (18-6) 10 12 Florida State (19-5) [color=orange]11 15 West Virginia (17-5)[/color] 12 08 North Carolina (16-8) [color=orange]13 16 Texas (17-5)[/color] 14 10 Stanford (16-7) 15 13 George Mason (18-3) 16 17 Memphis (16-7) 17 22 Indiana (16-6) 18 -- Providence (15-6) 19 25 UCLA (15-8) 20 14 Alabama (16-8) [color=orange]21 -- Villanova (15-6)[/color] 22 20 Missouri (15-6) 23 21 Baylor (14-5) 24 19 Vanderbilt (17-6) 25 -- Colorado (16-6) [B]MID-MAJOR POLL RK LW[/B] 01 01 George Mason (18-3) 02 02 Fresno State (17-5) 03 04 Utah State (18-6) 04 06 Bradley (18-7) 05 03 Gonzaga (14-8) 06 05 Yale (13-5) 07 11 Sacred Heart (18-5) 08 12 Nevada (14-9) 09 07 Illinois State (14-8) [color=orange]10 09 Butler (14-7)[/color] 11 13 James Madison (17-7) 12 10 Siena (15-8) 13 08 Western Michigan (14-8) 14 23 Toledo (14-8) 15 14 Missouri State (13-10) 16 15 New Mexico State (14-10) 17 21 East Tennessee State (15-8) 18 -- Oral Roberts (12-8) 19 16 UC Irvine (13-8) 20 -- Montana State (14-7) 21 17 Binghamton (14-9) 22 -- Rider (14-7) 23 -- MD-Baltimore County (14-10) 24 19 UL Lafayette (13-8) [color=orange]25 22 Appalachian State (13-9) [B]AROUND THE NCAA [U]RPI[/U][/B] 97 Appalachian State (13-9, 8-6) -- 3rd, SoCon 85 Butler (14-7, 10-2) -- 1st, Horizon 53 Connecticut (14-8, 6-4) -- 6th, Big East 47 Duke (11-8, 6-3) -- 2nd, ACC 308 Howard (8-12, 5-4) -- 6th, MEAC 115 Illinois (10-14, 2-9) -- 10th, Big Ten 213 Michigan (8-15, 3-8) -- 8th, Big Ten 136 North Florida (12-9, 6-5) -- 5th, Atlantic Sun 56 Oklahoma State (12-8, 3-6) -- 9th, Big 12 326 Tennessee-Martin (3-19, 3-13) -- 11th, Ohio Valley 6 Texas (17-5, 6-2) -- 2nd, Big 12 320 Texas Southern (6-16, 4-6) -- 8th, SWAC 42 UAB (16-7, 6-2) -- 3rd, Conference USA 117 USC (8-13, 3-8) -- 9th, Pacific-10 30 Villanova (15-6, 6-4) -- 6th, Big East 17 West Virginia (17-5, 7-3) -- 5th, Big East 286 Winston-Salem State (7-11, 4-6) -- 9th, MEAC[/color] [b][u]TOP TEN CONFERENCES[/U][/B] 1. Big 12 2. SEC 3. Pacific-10 4. ACC 5. Big East 6. Big Ten 7. WAC 8. Atlantic-10 9. Missouri Valley X. Mountain West Big South Conference RPI: 29 CONF OVERALL W L PCT W L PCT RPI [color=red]VMI 7 1 .875 9 10 .473 248[/color] Liberty 6 3 .667 7 14 .333 230 Charleston Southern 5 3 .625 9 10 .473 303 UNC Asheville 5 3 .625 9 10 .473 220 Coastal Carolina 4 5 .444 11 8 .578 157 [color=orange]Winthrop 3 6 .333 10 11 .476 196 High Point 3 6 .333 8 10 .444 324[/color] Radford 1 7 .125 2 17 .105 335
1 2 F Charleston Southern 30 42 72 VMI 44 35 79 [b]Charleston Southern Buccaneers Starters MIN FG-A FT-A OFF REB AST PF PTS[/b] J.Warren 26 2-7 1-2 0 4 0 4 5 C.Moore 29 6-13 3-4 0 3 1 2 17 O.Carter 27 3-5 0-0 1 3 1 0 6 G.Knysas 24 7-12 2-2 2 6 1 0 16 B.Macklin 27 4-9 0-0 1 11 4 3 8 [b]Bench MIN FG-A FT-A OFF REB AST PF PTS[/b] S.Carter 17 2-5 2-2 1 3 3 0 8 T.Bailey 13 0-0 2-2 1 3 2 1 2 Q.Goods 9 0-2 0-0 1 2 1 1 0 V.Huger 9 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 2 A.Johnson 8 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 T.Grier 4 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 0 2 M.Duvall 7 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 [b]Total 29-63 10-12 8 37 14 12 72 .460 .833 Turnovers[/b]: 18 (J.Warren 4, O.Carter 3, G.Knysas 1, B.Macklin 1, S.Carter 2, T.Bailey 2, V.Huger 2, A.Johnson 3) [b]Blocked Shots[/b]: 1 (G.Knysas 1) [b]3-PT FG[/b]: 4-11, .364 (C.Moore 2-4, O.Carter 0-2, G.Knysas 0-1, S.Carter 2-4) [b]VMI Keydets Starters MIN FG-A FT-A OFF REB AST PF PTS[/b] A.Lonon 25 2-3 4-6 0 0 3 2 8 C.Holmes 29 9-13 3-3 0 0 2 0 24 R.Williams 34 7-17 4-4 0 4 5 1 19 Q.Brownfield 26 3-7 0-1 2 11 1 1 6 S.Sargent 23 2-4 0-0 2 8 1 2 4 [b]Bench MIN FG-A FT-A OFF REB AST PF PTS[/b] T.Holmes 14 3-8 0-0 0 1 1 0 7 A.Kenon 10 2-6 0-0 0 1 1 0 5 C.Hunter 8 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 T.Mosley 11 0-0 0-0 1 3 1 0 0 H.Houston 9 2-4 0-0 0 1 0 1 4 C.Josey 5 0-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 W.Bell 7 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 [b]Total 31-66 11-14 6 32 16 8 79 .470 .786 Turnovers[/b]: 14 (A.Lonon 1, C.Holmes 3, R.Williams 1, Q.Brownfield 4, T.Holmes 2, C.Hunter 1, T.Mosley 1, C.Josey 1) [b]Blocked Shots[/b]: 4 (S.Sargent 2, T.Mosley 1, R.Williams 1) [b]3-PT FG[/b]: 6-17, .353 (C.Holmes 3-4, R.Williams 1-6, T.Holmes 1-2, A.Kenon 1-4, C.Josey 0-1)
1 2 F VMI 35 43 78 UNC Asheville 45 43 88 [b]VMI Keydets Starters MIN FG-A FT-A OFF REB AST PF PTS[/b] A.Lonon 22 1-6 0-0 1 2 5 3 2 C.Holmes 30 7-14 2-3 0 1 2 2 18 R.Williams 13 3-5 0-0 0 1 0 4 7 Q.Brownfield 29 4-12 2-3 0 1 1 0 10 S.Sargent 27 3-5 0-0 3 6 3 1 6 [b]Bench MIN FG-A FT-A OFF REB AST PF PTS[/b] T.Holmes 18 4-8 0-0 1 5 1 0 9 A.Kenon 12 2-4 0-0 0 1 0 0 6 C.Hunter 12 1-1 0-0 0 1 3 0 3 T.Mosley 20 2-4 3-6 0 3 3 0 8 H.Houston 8 3-6 0-0 1 2 1 0 7 C.Josey 7 1-2 0-1 0 1 2 1 2 W.Bell 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 [b]Total 31-67 7-13 6 24 21 11 78 .463 .538 Turnovers[/b]: 10 (A.Lonon 2, C.Holmes 1, R.Williams 1, Q.Brownfield 2, S.Sargent 1, H.Houston 2, C.Josey 1) [b]Blocked Shots[/b]: 4 (S.Sargent 4) [b]3-PT FG[/b]: 9-16, .563 (C.Holmes 2-5, R.Williams 1-1, T.Holmes 1-2, A.Kenon 2-3, C.Hunter 1-1, T.Mosley 1-1, H.Houston 1-3) [b]UNC Asheville Bulldogs Starters MIN FG-A FT-A OFF REB AST PF PTS[/b] B.Smithson 25 6-8 7-7 2 4 8 2 20 K.Garland 32 7-11 1-1 0 0 0 1 16 R.Augst 36 6-11 2-2 2 2 3 1 17 V.James 34 3-7 1-2 2 9 0 1 7 K.George 20 4-14 0-0 2 9 1 2 8 [b]Bench MIN FG-A FT-A OFF REB AST PF PTS[/b] D.Jones 17 0-2 0-0 0 0 4 0 0 M.Kittrell 13 1-3 0-0 1 6 1 1 2 S.Smith 4 4-6 0-0 2 2 1 0 9 B.Davis 6 2-2 0-0 1 3 1 0 5 A.Lomond 3 1-3 0-0 2 2 0 0 2 E.Stubbs 4 0-2 0-0 0 4 1 0 0 G.Moles 3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 [b]Total 35-71 11-12 14 41 20 8 88 .493 .917 Turnovers[/b]: 14 (B.Smithson 4, K.Garland 1, R.Augst 4, D.Jones 3, M.Kittrell 1, B.Davis 1) [b]Blocked Shots[/b]: 6 (K.George 3, M.Kittrell 2, E.Stubbs 1) [b]3-PT FG[/b]: 7-10, .700 (B.Smithson 1-1, K.Garland 1-2, R.Augst 3-4, D.Jones 0-1, S.Smith 1-1, B.Davis 1-1)
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