The Legacy of Jai Morris(CH 2k8)

**smidger9** · 05-23-2009, 05:38 PM

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Full Name: Jai Eric Morris
Birth Date: May 15, 1975
Birth Place: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Wife: Jessica
Children: son; Joshua (born March 2006)
College: Wake Forest University University (1998)
Degree: Business Administration - Marketing

Playing Career:
1995-98 -- Wake Forest University
1993-94 -- University of Delaware

Coaching History:
2005-09 -- Assistant Coach, Syracuse
2002-04 -- Director of Basketball Operations, Wyoming
1998-2001 -- Assistant Coach, Miami Heat

Morris Bio:
One of the top young assistant coaches in college basketball, Jai Morris coached eight seasons before being named as the head coach at Clemson University. Morris left the program in Syracuse on April 13th of 2009 to be the head coach at Clemson University.

Morris Stats:
311- 183 in the NCAA(Syracuse and Wyoming)
Offense: B
Defense: B+
Scouting: D
Charisma: A+
Discipline: B

**smidger9** · 05-23-2009, 05:47 PM

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Clemson gets their man!

Clemson, SC

Jai Morris a Winston-Salem, NC native has been brought in to lead the Tigers after former coach Oliver Purnell retired following another disappointing season for the Tigers. Morris has been one of the brightest young stars in the assistant coaching pool for 8 years now. He was the guards specialist for the Miami Heat for 2 years and then the Director of Basketball Operations in Wyoming for 2 years where he scouted talent and recruited local players.

During his time at Syracuse University Jai was responsible for the guards and recruiting. Most recently he is priased for his work with Eric Devendorth and Johnny Flynn, two rising stars with high NBA potential.

Morris has been a vital recruiter in the mid west and the north east and now he has his chance to recruit and coach in his backyard as the North Carolina native is very accustomed to the high energy and explosive game of basketball in the ACC and the Carolinas. He is now faced with the biggest challenge of all, taking the Tigers to ACC glory.

Starters and bench for 2008-09
PG Demontez Stitt (77 ovr, 6'2, SO)
SG KC Rivers (85 ovr, 6'5, SR)
SF Tanner Smith (79 ovr, 6'6, FR)
PF Trevor Booker (84 ovr, 6' 10, JR)
C Catalin Baciu (67 ovr, 7', FR)

Bench:
1 SG Terrense Oglesby (79 ovr, 6'3, So)
2 SF David Potter (70 ovr, 6'6, JR)
2 PF Jeri Grant (70 ovr, 6'8, So)

**smidger9** · 05-23-2009, 06:05 PM

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Clemson's Jai Morris

JM- Thank you guys from coming out today to the press conference.I would like to start off by saying thank you, thank you to the school and the loyal fans for choosing me to lead the program to the head of the ACC. I will no let you down. I would also like to say thank you to my family for supporting me in everything I do. I have spent the past few years in the harsh cold of NY and now I am glad to be in the golfing capital of the world where I can relax and enjoy my off time, while still being competitive and in control of one of the most prestigious teams in the south east.
Any questions?

Reporter: Coach, whats your outlook for this year?

JM- We have a young team with a tremendous amount of talent, I think the sky is the limit on where we can go with this year. I think the team will ride on the senior leadership of K.C. Rivers and by the dog days of February we will be in a great spot to take the ACC and an NCAA bid.

Reporter: You have been invited into 2 preseason tournaments and have scheduled many new games, what kind of record do you except to have by January and ACC time?

JM- We have a rough schedule. I have a lot of connections so I wanted to call a few favors for this year, we have many big time teams coming into the Little John Coliseum early in the year and I think we will leave with some Ws.

Reporter: Tell us more about you're two assistant coaches.

Jm- Well first we have a guy who has been with me during my time in Syracuse. He is a great scout for talent and a wonderful guy to have around. My assistant head coach Orlando Diaz. He is a young guy, only 26 and has been with me for the past 4 years. My other man is my guru, mister Isaac Nahara, he has been around basketball for a long time. We met when I was working with the Heat. He has bounced around the pro game for 20 years now and at his age of 57 he should be a head coach somewhere, but since he is a dear friend he has decided to help me get this team off on the right foot. We will be running a stack offensive which is vert up tempo and we look to run over our competition with athletic shooters like K.C. Rivers.

**smidger9** · 05-23-2009, 06:56 PM

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Scout.com
Clemson off to a fast start with big time prospects.

**** Pg Olli Pugh Atlanta, GA
Olli is a tall(6'3) Pg, with interest from every SEC and ACC team, the #7 Pg in the 2009 HS class is being recruited hard by top notch schools. The leading scorer for his AAU team with 18 ppgs, and the leading assist man in the ABL, Olli is expecting lots of offers soon.

Top 5 Schools:
Duke
UGA
Clemson
Wake
Florida

**** C Alexis Raji Lakewood =, CO
Raji is the #3 C in the 2009 class, he is one of the highest scorers with 21 ppg in ABL play and the leading rebounder. He has interest from ACC, SEc and Pac 10 schools.
Top 5:
USC
Clemson
UNC
Syracuse
Washington

**** PF Michael Beckley Charlotte, NC
MB is one of the brightest NBA prospects and have a long list of NCAA teams gunning for his services. The 6'10 wingman grew 4 inches since his freshman year and thats not all the growing he has left. MB is a dynamic scorer from deep as well as a great finisher at the basket.
Top 5:
UNC
Clemson
Duke
Syracuse
Georgetown

**smidger9** · 05-23-2009, 07:08 PM

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Events for Novemeber:
8 U of San Fransico
12 Siena

Coach Morris has left November wide open so his team can play in the NIT tip off and his staff can focus on recruiting.

December:
2 #2 Lousiville comes to Clemson
8 Clemson travels to play Army
14 Clemson goes to play #16 Texas
19 Boise St. comes to SC
22 Ole Miss in Little John
25 Long Beach St.
29 Clemson brings in Samford
30 Stetson comes to Little John

**smidger9** · 05-24-2009, 12:44 AM

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The Pre-Season top 25 Announced!

UNC
Louisville
Duke
Syracuse
UCLA
Marquette
Michigan St.
Memphis
Kansas
Georgetown
UConn
Villanova
CLEMSON
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Texas
Ohio St.
Arizona
Alabama
Florida
Maryland
Pitt
Providence
Florida St.
Kentucky

**smidger9** · 05-24-2009, 12:55 AM

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Clemson wins the first 2 games of the NIT Tip-Off!

Clemson beats San Francisco 86 - 73.
Trevor Booker has 22 and 13 to lead the Tigers past an undersized Dons team.

Clemson holds off Grambling 87-86.
Oglesby and Stitt hit late 3s to keep the Tigers unbeaten.

Press Conference regarding the first 2 games:
Jai Morris- We played terribly, but this team is young and are struggling to learn this new system. The first game we beat the Dons by throwing it down low and letting Trevor walk all over their bigs. When we played Grambling, we faced a team that was as tall and as fast as we were, and we almost left with out heads hung. I have to give it to those boys they played tremendously and without the great play of Demontez Stitt down the wire they would have walked out with a upset.

I think we can come back hard against Siena on Monday.

**smidger9** · 05-24-2009, 04:33 PM

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Siena 78,

Clemson 89

	1	2	OT	T	Final
SIEN (0-1)	40	38		78
CLEM (4-0)	43	46		89

8:00 PM
November 12, 2009
Little John
Clemson, SC

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05-24-2009, 04:40 PM

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Can someone tell me how to fix that ^^^^

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05-24-2009, 07:23 PM

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Clemson beats Saint Joseph's

Clemson runs over Saint Joseph's 90 to 69 in a game where every starter had at least 12 points. Coach Jai Morris has been pleased with his teams performance over the past two weeks.

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05-24-2009, 07:39 PM

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Rivals.com
Clemson recruiting update

Clemson has three new targets on their radar, coach Jai Morris is looking to retool and upgrade their guard play. Clemson has dropped out of the Olli Pugh sweepstakes as he is a full Georgia lean.

***** PG Bernie Myles
The #8 player in the nation Bernie Myles has been a force in Maryland. Clemson has been perusing him and his teammate Michael Beckley, both NBA prospects.
Top 5:
Duke
Villanova
UNC
Clemson
Pitt

***** SG Wes Maki-Tulokas
The #7 SG in the 2009 class, Wes is a baller. A Bit undersized at 6' 3, the Utah guard has been impressing coaches with his 3point shooting ability(43% in ABL play) and his 22 ppg. Arguably the best guard in the midwest Wes will likely be an ACC player next year.
Top 3:
Clemson
UNLV
Arizona

**** PF Greg Schwartz
The best forward in California. Think about that, the best forward in California will end up on the east coast next year. The 6'9 PF from Fresno has major offers from Clemson and Duke.
Top 5:
Clemson
Duke
Cal
Washington
Florida

Clemson hopes to land 2 of these 3 to go along with heavy leans Michael Beckley and Alexis Raji.

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05-25-2009, 08:04 AM

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I had the same problems as you with that kind of box score. Unfortunately, it has to be done by hand. Just paste the code into the posting box like normal, then hit preview post, and it will explode like you see it now. Then just go back into the posting back and delete the spaces in between to make it neat. Its a little tiring, but it comes out looking really nice. Nice job with this so far.

2009-2010 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (12-0)
Overall Coaching Record (33-10)

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05-25-2009, 03:29 PM

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Originally posted by Ithacus

I had the same problems as you with that kind of box score. Unfortunately, it has to be done by hand. Just paste the code into the posting box like normal, then hit preview post, and it will explode like you see it now. Then just go back into the posting back and delete the spaces in between to make it neat. Its a little tiring, but it comes out looking really nice. Nice job with this so far.

Thanks man

What am I looking for to delete, like what signifies a space in HTML?
Is it the ?

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05-25-2009, 04:41 PM

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Clemson advances to the NIT Tip-Off Final, Remains Unbeaten.

Behind the hot hands of K.C. Rivers(24 points) and Oglesby (21 points), the Tigers run over Richmond 102 - 76. It was a lopsided game where both teams shot over 70 shots and at halftimes it was Clemson 59 to the Spiders 27.

Coach Jai Morris was unhappy about the teams second half performance, "I think we played smart and hard the first half, but in the second half we played sloppy and inconsistent. Out bigs didn't play defense and our guards didn't hustle. If we keep up like this we will have a lot of trouble in conference play.

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