Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8)

[superjames1992]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8)

Damn another loss, would you account this little slump as you being rusty or do you think it's just the Big East being the Big East?

I really don't know...could be some of both. Cincy and Notre Dame are good teams, but they're still well below my team in OVR (my team is 95 OVR and I believe both of them were in the mid to upper 80s). They're not so low that losing to them is a huge shocker, but at the same time they are games we should be winning.

Defensively, we were out of control in the last game, for sure. The amount of fouls committed was outrageous. Chucking up 30+ threes maybe wasn't the best course of action, either, although we hit them at a good enough percentage, and our best big man O.J. Palmer seemed to have a case of the yips, anyways.

The Big East has lost some of its luster in recent years in this legacy, though it probably has as much to do with my team sucking all the air out of the building as anything. There's a lot of teams in the mid-80s, but not a lot of 90+ OVR teams (I know UConn is this year, and Louisville and Syracuse may be as well, but I can't remember). My guess is that as teams have struggled to compete in the conference, their recruiting has possibly stagnated a little. Only four teams of the 16 made the NCAA Tournament last season, which was disappointing. Maybe it's just cyclical and the conference will strengthen again in the coming years, though. They're certainly giving me a hard enough time this season. I'm not sure I am going to win the regular season conference title at this rate.

[superjames1992]

vs.
Louisville (14-9) vs. #2 West Virginia (18-6)
WVU Coliseum
Morgantown, WV
February 8th, 2031

In these two teams' first rematch since last season's title game, Louisville (14-9, 4-7) took a step towards righting its struggling season with a 69-62 victory at the WVU Coliseum over No. 2 West Virginia (18-6, 7-4), handing the struggling Mountaineers their second consecutive loss, and their fourth loss in their last six games.

Once again, WVU settled for too many jump shots on offense, and committed too many fouls on defense. Both Fred Joiner and Willie Gomes fouled out in the second half, and the Mountaineers were on the wrong end of a 25-5 free throw attempt disparity.

West Virginia head coach James Frizzell modified his team's starting lineup for the first time this season as he took Ethan Augustin out of the starting lineup and inserted Willie Gomes (who has been closing out games at power forward for nearly the whole season, anyways), but it had little effect as the Mountaineers got off to a slow start in both halves.

The Mountaineers led 37-32 at halftime, but were inept on offense in the second half, struggling to just 25 points. Louisville took the lead early in the second half with an early run and never relinquished it from there until the final buzzer.

Kenneth Wells led Louisville in scoring with 17 points and Dee Granger added 13 points. Senior point guard Willie Flowers tallied 14 points and five assists and fellow senior center Hilton Castro closed out the double-figures scoring for the Cardinals with 10 points and six rebounds.

West Virginia's O.J. Palmer scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead all players in both categories, but he only shot an inefficient 8/20 from the field and scored less than a point per shot. Myron DeLeon scored 13 points, but shot just 3/11 from three-point range and turned the basketball over four times. Fred Joiner played well in his limited action, scoring 10 points and shooting 2/2 from three-point range, but he fouled out with five minutes remaining and only accumulated 21 minutes of playing time tonight.

Next up for West Virginia is a home game against 13-12 Seton Hall in a game that should be a good one for WVU to get back on track against weaker competition, though when a team has lost four of their last six games, they can't afford to take anyone for granted.

Louisville Cardinals at West Virginia Mountaineers
Feb 8, 2031	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Louisville (15-9, 4-7)	32	37	69
#2 West Virginia (18-6, 7-4)	37	25	62

Louisville Cardinals
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
W. Flowers	31	3-6	2-2	6-6	3	5	0	0	3	14
K. Wells	30	5-11	3-4	4-5	2	3	1	0	2	17
D. Granger	28	5-18	2-10	1-2	0	2	3	2	2	13
C. Bowden	31	2-2	0-0	3-4	9	2	0	0	0	7
H. Castro	29	4-6	0-0	2-2	6	1	1	2	1	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
A. Swain	19	0-3	0-3	2-2	2	1	0	0	0	2
J. Capel	10	0-2	0-0	0-2	2	0	0	1	0	0
A. Johnsen	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
E. McFadden	8	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	4
C. Garza	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0
B. Pulley	4	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
D. Odugbela	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		21-51	7-19	20-25	27	15	5	6	8	69

West Virginia Mountaineers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
F. Joiner	21	3-6	2-2	2-3	1	3	1	0	1	10
P. Gabler	34	1-7	1-5	0-0	5	0	0	1	1	3
M. DeLeon	26	5-13	3-11	0-0	3	2	2	0	4	13
W. Gomes	30	4-10	0-0	0-0	10	2	1	2	0	8
O. Palmer	31	8-20	0-0	2-2	11	1	1	0	1	18
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T. Dux	24	2-7	1-6	0-0	4	5	1	0	0	5
E. Augustin	19	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	1	1	2
M. Weaver	15	1-6	1-5	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	3
D. Cox	-- DID NOT PLAY --
M. Blanchard	-- DID NOT PLAY --
D. Packevicius	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25-70	8-29	4-5	37	15	7	4	8	62

[LopaKa]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8)

Dang another tough loss bro. It's going to be interesting to see how far you guys drop in the rankings. Hopefully you can rebound next game and take some anger out on Seton Hall.

[superjames1992]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8)

Dang another tough loss bro. It's going to be interesting to see how far you guys drop in the rankings. Hopefully you can rebound next game and take some anger out on Seton Hall.

Yeah, another tough one indeed. We're not losing these games by a lot, but losses are losses. Hopefully, we can right the ship. We've predominantly got games against conference bottom-feeders to close out the regular season, so I think we should be able to turn it around.

Our remaining seven regular season games are against:

Seton Hall (bottom-feeder)
Georgetown (bottom-feeder)
Marquette (mid-level/bottom-feeder)
Syracuse (mid-level team)
St. John's (mid-level team who I trounced earlier this season)
Providence (bottom-feeder)
South Florida (bottom-feeder)

There really should be at a minimum 5-6 wins in there and we probably should win all seven if we're really a top 5-10 team.

[superjames1992]

AROUND THE NCAA - FEBRUARY 10TH, 2031

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Feb 10, 2031
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	1	Clemson	21-2
2	5	Duquesne	22-2
3	4	Memphis	20-1
4	2	West Virginia	18-6
5	6	Washington State	18-5
6	3	Georgia	18-5
7	15	Virginia Tech	16-4
8	7	Florida State	19-5
9	8	Charlotte	19-4
10	12	Baylor	19-3
11	10	Boston College	16-6
12	9	Connecticut	19-5
13	13	Oregon	17-6
14	18	San Diego State	16-4
15	17	Arizona	17-6
16	11	Eastern Michigan	19-3
17	14	Brigham Young	18-3
18	--	Missouri	15-3
19	24	Florida	15-8
20	--	Michigan	15-6
21	16	Oklahoma	18-5
22	--	Wake Forest	18-8
23	--	Tennessee	14-5
24	--	Iowa	17-7
25	25	Pepperdine	18-4

Big East Conference Standings - Updated: Feb 10, 2031
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB	STRK
Notre Dame	18-8	.692	8-3	--	W5
Villanova	14-7	.667	8-4	0.5	L2
#12 Connecticut	19-5	.792	7-4	1.0	L1
#4 West Virginia	18-6	.750	7-4	1.0	L2
Rutgers	14-6	.700	7-4	1.0	W4
St. John's	13-8	.619	6-4	1.5	L3
Pittsburgh	13-9	.591	6-4	1.5	W2
Cincinnati	14-9	.609	6-5	2.0	W2
Syracuse	16-6	.727	5-5	2.5	W2
DePaul	14-10	.583	5-6	3.0	W1
Marquette	13-10	.565	5-6	3.0	L1
Louisville	15-9	.625	4-7	4.0	W2
Seton Hall	13-12	.520	4-7	4.0	L3
South Florida	9-13	.409	3-7	4.5	l1
Providence	10-13	.435	3-8	5.0	W1
Georgetown	6-18	.250	2-8	5.5	L5

[superjames1992]

vs.
Seton Hall (13-13) vs. #4 West Virginia (19-6)
WVU Coliseum
Morgantown, WV
February 18th, 2031

No. 4 West Virginia (19-6, 8-4) got back on track this evening in Morgantown with an 87-55 pummeling of Seton Hall (13-13, 4-8) to end their two-game losing streak. The Mountaineers got off to a blazing start and led 52-27 at halftime as the game was never remotely competitive from the tip-off until the final buzzer.

West Virginia senior point guard Fred Joiner led all scorers with 21 points and 10 rebounds, though he also turned the basketball over seven times (of the Mountaineers' 14 total turnovers). O.J. Palmer had a nice bounce-back game with his own double-double as he totaled 14 points, 12 rebounds, and four blocks. Fellow big man Willie Gomes notched 10 points, five rebounds, and a pair of blocks while Myron DeLeon added 14 points.

The Mountaineers shot 50% (29/58) from the floor and 20/23 (87%) from the free throw stripe. The Mountaineers were much more aggressive offensively than in their past couple games as they got to the free throw line early and often and settled for threes less often. WVU attempted 21 shots from deep and made them at a 43% clip (9/21). The Mountaineers also held a decisive advantage on the glass as they outrebounded the outmatched Pirates 43-20.

Still, the Mountaineers were a little too generous with their fouling on defense as Seton Hall made 31 trips to the free throw line.

Sophomore forward Chris Vianney led all Pirates in scoring with 15 points and Gregg Mobley added 11. However, Vianney only shot 3/14 from the floor (but 9/11 from the free throw line) and Mobley shot a woeful 3/16, so neither were efficient scoring the basketball.

West Virginia has a week off before trying for their 20th win of the season against the Georgetown Hoyas at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. As has become typical in the last decade, the Hoyas are currently last in the Big East with a woeful 6-18 overall record, including a 2-8 record in Big East Conference play.

Seton Hall Pirates at West Virginia Mountaineers
Feb 11, 2031	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Seton Hall (13-13, 4-8)	27	28	55
#4 West Virginia (19-6, 8-4)	52	35	87

Seton Hall Pirates
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
G. Mobley	31	3-16	1-6	4-6	0	2	3	0	2	11
L. Byfield	22	0-8	0-2	3-4	1	1	0	0	2	3
C. Vianney	28	3-14	0-4	9-11	3	2	3	0	3	15
P. Werch	25	1-3	0-0	0-0	3	3	2	2	1	2
M. Meyers	26	2-3	0-0	2-2	5	0	0	2	1	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
V. Petkunas	16	2-4	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	4
S. Slattery	10	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	2
E. Maye	13	1-2	0-0	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	4
D. Jeffries	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
C. Hoffman	18	1-3	0-1	4-6	2	1	3	0	1	6
S. Arline	9	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
F. Page	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		15-58	1-14	24-31	20	11	12	4	11	55

West Virginia Mountaineers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
F. Joiner	29	7-14	3-7	4-4	10	3	3	1	7	21
P. Gabler	30	1-4	1-3	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	3
M. DeLeon	30	5-7	2-4	2-2	2	3	3	0	4	14
W. Gomes	29	2-6	0-0	6-6	5	3	3	2	0	10
O. Palmer	32	7-10	0-0	0-1	12	3	0	4	0	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T. Dux	12	0-2	0-1	2-2	3	3	0	0	1	2
D. Cox	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	2
E. Augustin	12	2-6	0-0	4-6	6	1	0	0	1	8
M. Blanchard	7	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	6
D. Packevicius	5	1-3	0-1	2-2	0	1	0	0	0	4
M. Weaver	7	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3
TEAM TOTALS		29-58	9-21	20-23	43	19	11	7	14	87

[pfeifere1]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8)

A much needed win and hopefully another coming against the Hoyas. Glad to see this back full-time!

[LopaKa]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8)

Now that's what I'm talking about! Nice way to bounce back

[superjames1992]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8)

A much needed win and hopefully another coming against the Hoyas. Glad to see this back full-time!

Yep, definitely. Glad to be back, too!

Now that's what I'm talking about! Nice way to bounce back

Yes, hopefully we can keep it up, unlike when I though we bounced back against St John's a few game back, though!

[gsutiger]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8)

Great way to get back on the winning side of things. Hopefully this means the team is finding their way again (coach shaking off the control rust)

[Careless Whisper]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8)

Crazy to see that this has gone on for over eight years now. I applaud you for sticking with this for so long.

[superjames1992]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8)

Great way to get back on the winning side of things. Hopefully this means the team is finding their way again (coach shaking off the control rust)

Haha, yes, that is my hope as well. At least the schedule gets more favorable so we should be able to get into a rhythm before March.

Crazy to see that this has gone on for over eight years now. I applaud you for sticking with this for so long.

It amazes me, as well. I was so young when I started this, haha.

[superjames1992]

AROUND THE NCAA - FEBRUARY 17TH, 2031

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Sep 17, 2031
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	1	Clemson	22-3
2	2	Duquesne	23-2
3	3	Memphis	21-1
4	8	Florida State	21-5
5	4	West Virginia	19-6
6	6	Georgia	19-5
7	9	Charlotte	20-4
8	12	Connecticut	21-5
9	15	Arizona	19-6
10	7	Virginia Tech	17-5
11	5	Washington State	18-7
12	13	Oregon	18-6
13	14	San Diego State	18-4
14	10	Baylor	20-4
15	11	Boston College	16-8
16	19	Florida	17-8
17	17	Brigham Young	19-4
18	23	Tennessee	16-5
19	25	Pepperdine	20-4
20	--	Villanova	16-7
21	21	Oklahoma	19-6
22	16	Eastern Michigan	20-4
23	--	Texas A&M	18-4
24	22	Wake Forest	19-9
25	24	Iowa	19-7

Big East Conference Standings - Updated: Sep 17, 2031
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB	STRK
Notre Dame	20-8	.769	10-3	--	W7
#20 Villanova	16-7	.696	10-4	0.5	W2
#8 Connecticut	21-5	.808	9-4	1.0	W2
#5 West Virginia	19-6	.760	8-4	1.5	W1
Rutgers	15-7	.682	8-5	2.0	L1
Cincinnati	16-9	.640	8-5	2.0	W4
Pittsburgh	14-10	.583	7-5	2.5	L1
Syracuse	17-7	.708	6-6	3.5	W1
St. John's	13-10	.565	6-6	3.5	L5
DePaul	14-12	.538	5-8	5.0	L2
Marquette	13-12	.520	5-8	5.0	L3
South Florida	10-14	.417	4-8	5.5	W1
Georgetown	8-18	.308	4-8	5.5	W2
Louisville	15-11	.577	4-9	6.0	L2
Seton Hall	13-14	.481	4-9	6.0	L5
Providence	10-14	.417	3-9	6.5	L1

[Daonlyjmo7]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8)

*out of breath* finally... caught... up! For real tho, this has been a great part of my winter break so far. Loving this. Keep it up!

I would love to pick up a copy of this game myself and make a dynasty, however I would only want to do it if there was the original 2008 community named rosters, not any update from a later season. Do you know anywhere to find that download file?

[superjames1992]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8)

*out of breath* finally... caught... up! For real tho, this has been a great part of my winter break so far. Loving this. Keep it up!

I would love to pick up a copy of this game myself and make a dynasty, however I would only want to do it if there was the original 2008 community named rosters, not any update from a later season. Do you know anywhere to find that download file?

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

As far as original named rosters from the 2007-2008 season, it looks like this thread has a link to them on the fourth page:

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...them-here.html