Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8)

[pats_rule]

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

Glad to see this still going! Wow, nice draw though the A-10 can really play, especially when they become a de facto power conference late in legacy

[superjames1992]

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

Would you consider yourself the strongest or weakest of the 2 seeds? Congrats on the tournament title as well. How far do think your team will go as they have shown they can beat anyone, but also play bad and lose early.


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By overall rating, we have the best team in the country (which is why our struggles earlier this season were pretty frustrating). I would say our body of work is probably the weakest, though. We have the lowest RPI by a good amount.

I hope you and Duquesne meet off in the Elite 8. Can't believe they got a one seed. Could be some great matchups hope you make a great run.

Yeah, I believe I played them in the Elite Eight a few years ago, too. It would be fun.

As far as the road ahead, these are our likely opponents and their overall ratings (my team has a 97 OVR rating):
2nd Round: #7 Missouri (84 OVR)
Regional Semifinal: #3 South Carolina (87 OVR) or #6 Texas A&M (89 OVR)
Regional Final: #1 Duquesne (91 OVR)

So, I should definitely be favored to come out of this region.

The #1 seeds by OVR rating are:
East: #1 Kentucky (90 OVR)
West: #1 Duquesne (91 OVR)
South: #1 Wake Forest (95 OVR)
Midwest: #1 Georgia Tech (91 OVR)

The best teams in the tournament by OVR rating are:
West Virginia (97 OVR)
Wake Forest (95 OVR)
Florida State (95 OVR)
Boston College (94 OVR)
Charlotte (94 OVR)
Duke (93 OVR)
Connecticut (93 OVR)
Marquette (92 OVR)
Virginia Tech (92 OVR)
Stanford (92 OVR)

Don't mess with the ACC, basically!

Glad to see this still going! Wow, nice draw though the A-10 can really play, especially when they become a de facto power conference late in legacy

Yeah, the Atlantic 10 has been stronger than the Big Ten in recent years in this legacy. The SEC had a surprisingly strong year this season. The ACC has consistently been the best conference for awhile now, as well.

The Atlantic 10's rise has definitely been interesting. I've read some other people say that they've seen the A-10 become a de facto power conference later in their legacies, as well.

[superjames1992]

vs.
(15) Arkansas-Pine Bluff (18-11) vs. (2) West Virginia (27-7)
Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
Spokane, WA
March 18th, 2032
NCAA Tournament - First Round

Willie Gomes scored 29 points and grabbed 18 rebounds to lead West Virginia (27-7) past the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Lions 92-53.

Myron DeLeon also had a great game as he scored 26 points, tying a career-high, and grabbed four rebounds. Skip Bradford also notched a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Gerrod Fuller led Arkansas-Pine Bluff (18-11) in scoring with 12 points, though he missed all four of his attempts from three-point range.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff kept the game close until early in the second half. The Lions only trailed by 10 points at halftime and cut the lead to as few as six points early in the second half before the Mountaineers' depth of talent began to show and they pulled away for good.

West Virginia will advance to the second round, where they will face the No. 7-seeded Missouri Tigers, who defeated San Diego State 86-57 earlier today to advance.

Arkansas Pine-Bluff Golden Lions vs. West Virginia Mountaineers
Mar 18, 2032	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#15 Arkansas Pine-Bluff (18-11)	34	19	53
#2 West Virginia (27-7)	44	48	92

Arkansas Pine-Bluff Golden Lions
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
R. Slaughter	31	4-11	1-7	0-0	2	3	2	1	1	9
V. Gale	31	1-4	1-2	3-4	2	4	2	0	2	6
G. Fuller	26	5-13	0-4	2-3	0	0	0	0	2	12
W. Mark	13	2-3	0-1	2-2	1	0	0	0	1	6
M. Jeffries	25	2-7	0-1	0-0	6	1	1	1	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
F. Fox	17	2-6	0-0	2-2	6	0	0	1	2	6
L. Malesa	22	0-3	0-0	0-0	4	2	2	0	1	0
E. Pippen	16	2-6	1-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	5
A. Sargent	7	1-7	1-6	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	3
D. Jeffries	9	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
R. Hobson	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
M. Benzel	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		20-61	4-24	9-11	22	11	7	3	10	53

West Virginia Mountaineers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T. Dux	29	0-2	0-1	2-2	4	8	1	1	4	2
P. Gabler	30	3-6	2-5	1-2	4	2	2	0	0	9
M. DeLeon	29	9-16	3-7	5-7	4	2	0	1	2	26
E. Augustin	18	1-5	0-0	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	2
W. Gomes	33	12-16	0-0	5-5	18	1	3	2	1	29
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
S. Bradford	25	4-9	1-2	2-2	10	1	0	0	0	11
M. Blanchard	18	0-3	0-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
I. Przybyszewski	11	2-4	0-2	0-0	0	1	2	0	3	4
D. Packevicius	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
M. Weaver	2	2-2	2-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	6
P. Havens	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
S. Edwards	2	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	3
TEAM TOTALS		34-64	9-23	15-18	43	18	10	4	10	92

[superjames1992]

2032 NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS - FIRST ROUND

EAST REGIONAL
#1 Kentucky 90, #16 Tennessee Tech 40
#8 Pittsburgh 73, #9 Baylor 67
#12 Illinois-Chicago 76, #5 USC 74
#4 Connecticut 88, #13 Ohio 45
#6 Marist 89, #11 Georgia 87
#10 Gonzaga 64, #7 Arizona 63
#15 Furman 56, #2 Oregon 54

WEST REGIONAL
#1 Duquesne 108, #16 Northern Arizona 65
#8 Arizona State 54, #9 New Orleans 51
#5 Texas Tech 89, #12 UTEP 58
#4 Texas 69, #13 South Carolina State 62
#6 Texas A&M 62, #11 New Mexico 57
#3 South Carolina 87, #14 Drexel 77
#7 Missouri 86, #10 San Diego State 57
#2 West Virginia 92, #15 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 53

SOUTH REGIONAL
#1 Wake Forest 108, #16 Southern Utah 47
#9 Purdue 88, #8 Saint Joseph's 57
#5 Duke 80, #12 Holy Cross 41
#4 Ole Miss 68, #13 Drake 59
#11 Santa Clara 67, #6 Pepperdine 53
#3 North Carolina 94, #14 Quinnipiac 37
#10 North Carolina State 68, #7 San Francisco 57
#2 Stanford 95, #15 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 65

MIDWEST REGIONAL
#1 Georgia Tech 98, #16 Long Beach State 54
#9 Iowa 79, #8 Vanderbilt 77
#5 Arkansas 79, #12 Massachusetts 78
#4 Florida State 90, #13 High Point 56
#6 Virginia Tech 70, #11 UL Lafayette 64
#14 Stony Brook 70, #3 Marquette 67
#7 Mississippi State 87, #10 Utah State 71
#2 Charlotte 93, #15 Yale 61

[Knickerbocker91]

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

Someone is already crying as the East Region destroyed their bracket

[whughes]

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

Marquette falls to a lesser opponent yet again. Really a disappointing last few games for them. Good luck the rest of the way coach, solid first round win

[ThreeBallisLife]

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

Holy crap... North Carolina held Quinnipac to 37. Are they really that good or is Quinnipac just that bad?


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[pfeifere1]

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

Why do you think Marquette has fallen so hard, so fast? Did they have injuries to their lineup? Was it just a bad matchup for them?

Good luck with Missouri

[gsutiger]

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

Nice win in the first round. Although you didn't have to beat my brothers from the SWAC so bad. Furman with the huge upset over Oregon. Stony Brook over Marquette I like the story that could be made if they start a run. That UNC game goodness!!!

[superjames1992]

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

Someone is already crying as the East Region destroyed their bracket

Haha, yeah, that was a surprise for sure!

Marquette falls to a lesser opponent yet again. Really a disappointing last few games for them. Good luck the rest of the way coach, solid first round win

Yeah, Marquette really flamed out to close the season to say the least.

Holy crap... North Carolina held Quinnipac to 37. Are they really that good or is Quinnipac just that bad?


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Quinnipiac is pretty bad. They are a 71 OVR team. UNC is really good, though, as well.

Why do you think Marquette has fallen so hard, so fast? Did they have injuries to their lineup? Was it just a bad matchup for them?

Good luck with Missouri

They have some day-to-day injuries, but it doesn't look like anything serious.

This game's sim engine an be pretty streaky with teams. I've seen 90+ OVR teams lose a few games and it snowballs into a huge losing streak which causes them to drop below .500. I think that actually happened with Marquette a few season ago in my legacy.

It's always frustrating to lose to a sub-.500 team that has a 90+ OVR rating!

Nice win in the first round. Although you didn't have to beat my brothers from the SWAC so bad. Furman with the huge upset over Oregon. Stony Brook over Marquette I like the story that could be made if they start a run. That UNC game goodness!!!

Thanks. We played well in the second half, but the first 20-25 minutes of the game were a bit worrying.

There were definitely some intriguing upsets in the first round!

[superjames1992]

vs.
(2) West Virginia (27-8) vs. (7) Missouri (25-11)
Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
Spokane, WA
March 20th, 2032
NCAA Tournament - Second Round

Senior guard Cedric Erwin scored 31 points and tallied five steals to lead No. 7-seeded Missouri (25-11) past No. 2-seeded West Virginia (27-8) this evening 81-77. The Tigers' upset snapped the Mountaineers' 17-game winning streak coming into tonight's game.

West Virginia led 44-39 at halftime and led by as many as nine points in the second half, but the Mountaineers were trigger-happy from three-point range and the Tigers clawed ahead in the closing minutes of the game and hit free throws in the final minute to seal the game.

Geary Appleby scored 14 points and Cassiano Vega just missed out on a double-double for Missouri with 13 points and nine rebounds. Jean Henson went scoreless and 0/4 from the field, but hauled in a team-high 17 rebounds for the Tigers.

The Mountaineers shot a season-high 82 field goal attempts, including a season-high 44 attempts from beyond the arc, but shot just 35% (29/82) from the field and 32% (14/44) from three-point range.

The Mountaineers dominated the offensive boards, which allowed them to maintain possession of the ball even when missing from the field, but in the end it didn't prove to be enough.

Willie Gomes started hot, but missed some key shots down the stretch for West Virginia and ended with 16 points and 18 rebounds in what many figure will be the redshirt sophomore's final collegiate game. Predrag Gabler scored 18 points and grabbed five rebounds, but shot just 6/18 from the field. Myron DeLeon also scored 18 points.

"We were too willing to settle for jump shots and didn't attack enough," said a subdued West Virginia head coach James Frizzell in the postgame press conference. "They packed the paint and played a deep zone, daring us to make some threes and we just couldn't make enough of them to make them pay. I can't really complain about the attempts. We had a lot of open looks out there, but just couldn't hit any of them. It was really frustrating."

The Tigers baited the Mountaineers into three-point attempt after three-point attempt and largely held their own against West Virginia's dominant frontline. Gomes had a nice performance, but Ethan Augustin and Skip Bradford struggled, and even Gomes missed his final five shot attempts of the game.

Missouri shot just 40% (23/57) from the field and turned the basketball over 18 times, but they got to the foul line early and often and made 27 of their 29 (93%) of their free throw attempts. In comparison, the Mountaineers attempted just six free throws all game.

"We were careless defensively and picked up some cheap fouls early in the second half that put them in the bonus for the rest of the game," said West Virginia senior guard Predrag Gabler. "It sucks to go out like this. It really does. There's no way to sugarcoat this."

This year's second round exit is the earliest the Mountaineers have bailed out of the NCAA Tournament since 2024, when the Mountaineers lost to Indiana in the second round as a No. 5 seed.

The Mountaineers finish the season with a record of 27-8 and will look to reload going into next season. Predrag Gabler, Ethan Augustin, and Matt Blanchard will graduate, and it is likely that junior Theron Dux and redshirt sophomore Willie Gomes will declare to for the NBA Draft, as well, so the Mountaineers will be sporting a new-look lineup next season with Myron DeLeon as the likely leading returning scorer.

Missouri will advance to face No. 3-seeded South Carolina in the Regional Semifinal next week at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. South Carolina edged Texas A&M 63-62 to advance to the Regional Semifinals.

West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Missouri Tigers
Mar 20, 2032	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#2 West Virginia (27-8)	44	33	77
#7 Missouri (25-11)	39	42	81

West Virginia Mountaineers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T. Dux	30	2-4	1-3	0-0	1	10	4	0	1	5
P. Gabler	31	6-18	4-13	2-2	5	1	2	0	2	18
M. DeLeon	30	6-16	6-15	0-0	3	3	3	1	1	18
E. Augustin	22	2-5	0-0	0-0	7	0	1	1	2	4
W. Gomes	35	7-16	0-0	2-2	18	1	3	1	2	16
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
S. Bradford	22	1-7	0-3	1-2	5	1	1	0	0	3
M. Blanchard	12	2-8	2-5	0-0	0	1	2	0	0	6
I. Przybyszewski	10	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	2	0	0	1	2
M. Weaver	7	2-6	1-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	5
D. Packevicius	-- DID NOT PLAY --
P. Havens	-- DID NOT PLAY --
S. Edwards	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		29-82	14-44	5-6	43	19	16	3	10	77

Missouri Tigers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
L. Tripplett	31	1-6	0-2	6-6	2	7	0	0	3	8
G. Erwin	29	8-14	4-7	11-11	2	1	5	0	5	31
G. Appleby	31	4-9	1-3	5-6	3	2	1	1	4	14
C. Vega	33	5-10	1-3	2-2	9	0	1	0	3	13
J. Henson	35	0-4	0-0	0-0	17	3	1	1	2	0
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
W. Archibald	18	1-4	0-1	2-2	4	4	0	0	0	4
R. Eaton	13	2-7	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	6
R. Muhammad	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I. Guzman	9	2-3	0-0	1-2	2	0	0	0	0	5
K. Largent	-- DID NOT PLAY --
V. Fletcher	-- DID NOT PLAY --
M. Engle	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		23-57	8-19	27-29	39	17	8	2	18	81

[superjames1992]

2032 NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS - SECOND ROUND

EAST REGIONAL
#8 Pittsburgh 70, #1 Kentucky 69
#4 Connecticut 97, #12 Illinois-Chicago 59
#3 Boston College 78, #6 Marist 54
#10 Gonzaga 54, #15 Furman 52

WEST REGIONAL
#1 Duquesne 77, #8 Arizona State 58
#4 Texas 61, #5 Texas Tech 51
#3 South Carolina 73, #6 Texas A&M 63
#7 Missouri 81, #2 West Virginia 77

SOUTH REGIONAL
#1 Wake Forest 97, #9 Purdue 68
#5 Duke 86, #4 Ole Miss 79
#3 North Carolina 83, #11 Santa Clara 61
#2 Stanford 65, #10 North Carolina State 63

MIDWEST REGIONAL
#1 Georgia Tech 70, #9 Iowa 65
#5 Arkansas 71, #4 Florida State 65
#6 Virginia Tech 75, #14 Stony Brook 56
#2 Charlotte 67, #7 Mississippi State 60

[gsutiger]

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

did not see that coming this season was really not one I'm using to following from Coach Frizzell. I know things will get worked out in the off season

[superjames1992]

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

did not see that coming this season was really not one I'm using to following from Coach Frizzell. I know things will get worked out in the off season

Yeah, I didn't see that coming, either. We're losing a lot of players this offseason, so next season will be interesting. There will be a lot of new faces getting significant playing time.

[MBFranchise]

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

Hate to say this but... most disappointing team of your legacy?

Maybe some new blood in the lineup is just what you need. I predict a bounce back next season!