CH2k8-- The coaching Legacy of Dan Baker

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Man tough loss right there. 114 points hurts.

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Comeback Kids strike again!

(AP) – Despite dealing with extreme foul trouble for the entire game the South Dakota State Jacks took a different approach. Instead of trying to over power the much taller and bigger Thunderbirds they took a large number of shots from the outside, 27 to be exact. Today it paid off when Vandrell Smith hit a wide open 3 while the team was down 1 with less than 30 seconds to go. The Thunderbirds put up a three for the win which missed and despite getting the rebound were unable to hit from the wing. Game to the Jacks!

Coaches Corner: I always look for the open shot, it just so happens that when your down by one the other team expects you to drive to the hoop. The last few games they leave our best shooters alone outside and well the plan is to kick them the ball. Today it paid off as we won by the skin of our teeth, but I would prefer leading some games at half time every now and then.

Next Game: @ 12-12 UMKC whom the Jacks beat 88-80 in their last meeting.

Feb 14, 2008 - SDST at SUT
TEAM	1ST	2ND	SCORE
South Dakota State (10-13)	35	63	98
Southern Utah (6-15)	44	52	96

South Dakota State
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J. Zuzak	17	5-8	4-5	1-2	2	8	0	0	1	15
V. Smith	27	7-15	5-10	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	19
T. Kinloch	28	4-9	2-3	0-0	5	2	0	0	2	10
P. Alford	24	3-8	0-0	1-3	7	0	1	1	0	7
M. Diarra	14	2-3	0-0	2-2	4	1	1	2	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
S. Dunnington	21	4-5	0-0	2-2	4	1	5	0	0	10
O. Whitworth	15	0-5	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0
G. Corner	19	4-9	2-5	2-3	4	2	0	0	2	12
L. Sheppard	16	2-4	0-1	5-5	1	5	3	0	3	9
B. Montrimas	6	2-4	0-0	4-4	5	1	1	0	0	8
O. Winans	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
D. Goode	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	2
TEAM TOTALS		34-71	13-27	17-21	33	22	11	4	11	98

Southern Utah
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
S. Estrada	23	3-6	0-1	1-2	1	8	3	0	4	7
K. Keeler	34	8-19	0-4	1-6	1	5	0	0	0	17
A. Dieng	29	9-22	2-8	4-5	9	2	2	0	4	24
J. Vaughn	20	2-4	0-0	2-2	3	3	1	0	1	6
P. Callahan	30	3-8	0-0	8-10	14	2	0	3	0	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
H. Allen	17	3-6	0-0	2-3	6	1	1	0	1	8
W. Starkey	7	1-1	0-0	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	6
R. Hawkins	21	5-7	0-0	2-5	5	0	3	0	1	12
L. Hellenga (DNP)	-- DID NOT PLAY --
M. Phillips	14	0-1	0-0	2-2	5	1	0	0	1	2
D. Perry	5	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
M. Markovic (DNP)	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		34-76	2-14	26-39	46	24	10	3	12	96

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Jacks take season series from Roos, 1 game away from .500

(AP) – Today the Jacks took a play out of the Southern Utah playbook. Instead of allowing their bigs to be put into foul trouble earlier the Jacks attacked the bigs of the Kangaroo team, starting center Sead Boyce was only on the court for a total of 13 minutes. The Jacks also got big games from Vandrell Smith who had 24 points, Troy Kinloch who had 15 points and was 4-4 from 3pt land.

Coaches Corner: We came out so hot I had to check the settings, we didn’t miss any of our first 10 shots, and 4 of those were from 3 point land. We should have won by much more but gave away a decent number of opportunities at the free throw line. Now that we are one game away from .500 I am getting the feeling that if we can stay hot we might have a shot at the conference tournament.

Next Game: vs 9-14 ND ST who beat the Jacks 86-82 in the previous meeting.

Feb 16, 2008 - SDST at UMKC
TEAM	1ST	2ND	SCORE
South Dakota State (11-13)	49	35	84
UMKC (12-12)	42	35	77

South Dakota State
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J. Zuzak	27	0-4	0-2	0-0	2	3	2	0	4	0
V. Smith	25	8-13	6-9	2-2	4	2	1	0	0	24
T. Kinloch	26	5-6	4-4	1-2	1	1	0	0	1	15
P. Alford	26	4-6	0-1	10-15	9	0	4	1	3	18
M. Diarra	25	3-6	0-0	0-0	7	3	2	2	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
S. Dunnington	17	2-5	0-0	3-4	5	2	1	0	1	7
O. Whitworth	11	1-3	0-1	1-2	0	1	0	0	0	3
G. Corner	10	0-2	0-1	1-4	0	0	0	0	1	1
L. Sheppard	21	0-3	0-2	7-10	2	4	1	0	0	7
B. Montrimas (DNP)	-- DID NOT PLAY --
O. Winans	12	0-5	0-1	3-4	2	1	2	0	0	3
D. Goode (DNP)	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		23-53	10-21	28-43	32	17	13	3	10	84

UMKC
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
I. Shropshire	31	6-12	0-1	0-0	3	4	3	0	4	12
M. Dumbliauskas	33	4-11	1-1	0-0	4	3	2	0	0	9
D. Woodard	24	7-18	2-10	0-0	2	0	2	0	4	16
C. Torres	25	3-12	0-3	3-3	7	0	0	0	2	9
S. Boyce	13	4-4	0-0	0-0	7	1	1	0	1	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
H. Gibson	13	1-6	0-4	0-0	2	1	0	0	2	2
D. McCroskey	19	2-4	0-0	5-6	12	3	0	0	0	9
C. McFadden	20	3-5	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	1	0	6
C. Ruffin	16	2-10	1-3	1-2	8	1	0	0	1	6
D. Peterson	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0
F. Novakovic	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		32-82	4-22	9-11	53	14	9	1	14	77

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Jacks have another buzzer beater waved off?!

(AP) – Somehow the Jacks blew a 12 point halftime lead to the rival Bison in the most attended game in the history of coach Baker. Not only that but it appears the refs of the Summit conference are against the Jacks. For the 2nd time this season a buzzer beater from Vandrell Smith was waved off! On an even more somber note Forward Odie WInans basically ended his season today unless the Jacks make it to the 2nd weekend of the NCAA tournament with a broken ankle. It is expected that sophomore Julio Perry will be upgraded from the reserves list as his redshirt has already been used.

Coaches Corner: Wow, one bad call in a season is one thing, but twice? This is getting ridiculous. Either way it shouldn’t have been that close of a game with a 12 point lead at the half. Now we are aiming to finish the regular season at .500 and close out the final two games with wins. Losing Odie really hurts, you could tell when he went down our second line wasn’t the same; that is when they made their big run in the 2nd half. This should make things interesting.

Next Game: vs 13-12 Oral Roberts whom the Jacks lost to 98-93

Feb 22, 2008 - NDST at SDST
TEAM	1ST	2ND	SCORE
North Dakota State (9-14)	45	54	99
South Dakota State (12-13)	57	39	96

North Dakota State
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
R. Stefanov	31	7-11	3-4	18-18	4	12	3	0	4	35
W. Largent	31	9-19	2-4	3-4	0	2	4	0	2	23
E. Homan	25	3-11	1-2	2-2	3	2	1	1	6	9
P. Jacobsen	25	2-5	0-0	0-0	12	4	2	0	0	4
J. Parada	30	6-7	0-0	1-2	9	0	0	1	0	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
V. Doss	17	1-3	0-2	1-3	1	3	0	0	2	3
V. Bing	10	2-3	0-1	0-2	0	0	0	1	1	4
D. Leadbetter	14	0-1	0-0	3-4	3	1	0	2	1	3
A. Randle	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C. Logie (DNP)	-- DID NOT PLAY --
J. Toppert	17	2-4	0-0	1-1	6	1	2	2	1	5
TEAM TOTALS		32-64	6-13	29-36	38	25	12	7	17	99

South Dakota State
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J. Zuzak	24	2-6	1-1	1-2	1	1	1	1	3	6
V. Smith	20	8-17	4-11	0-0	0	1	0	0	3	20
T. Kinloch	31	1-4	1-3	0-0	5	3	2	0	1	3
P. Alford	30	10-18	0-0	6-7	9	3	5	1	2	26
M. Diarra	18	4-7	0-0	2-4	3	3	0	0	0	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
S. Dunnington	17	3-5	0-0	3-3	2	0	1	0	1	9
O. Whitworth	9	1-3	0-0	1-2	5	1	0	0	2	3
G. Corner	13	4-8	0-3	1-2	4	0	1	0	0	9
L. Sheppard	11	0-2	0-1	2-2	2	2	0	0	2	2
B. Montrimas	11	2-4	0-1	0-0	4	4	1	0	0	4
O. Winans	6	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	1	3	0	0	4
D. Goode	10	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		37-78	6-20	16-22	35	21	15	2	14	96

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Jacks blow right by Golden Eagles!

(AP) – The Jacks heard what coach Baker said about coming out and handling a game from the get go, they did just that. The Jacks took the lead and with some help of Louis Sheppard who scored a career high at 20 points and was 8-10 from the field, 4-5 from 3pt range. The 2nd half was a more or less slow half as the Golden Eagles did their best to come back but the Jacks continued to hold onto the lead.

Coaches Corner: That game was a fun one to watch. We had the lead and never lost it, Sheppard had a huge game and with the end of his career around the corner it is the kind of game he deserved. He was lights out, didn’t miss until the last 2 minutes of the game when we were just stalling the game clock until about 2 seconds on the shot clock. One more game in the regular season and then we get to see the conference tournament layout.

Next Game: vs 8-21 UL-Calcutta whom the Jacks lost to 111-108 for senior night and the final game of the regular season. The Jacks are going for .500 with a win.

Feb 28, 2008 - ORU at SDST
TEAM	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Oral Roberts (13-12)	31	40	71
South Dakota State (12-14)	47	33	80

Oral Roberts
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
A. Connolly	30	8-11	0-0	0-0	4	10	1	0	1	16
W. Bowden	28	4-9	0-0	1-2	3	2	4	0	0	9
D. Fullove	28	2-10	1-6	0-2	1	0	0	1	0	5
J. Snyder	24	3-6	0-0	1-5	0	2	3	0	1	7
P. Jordan	25	2-3	0-0	1-2	4	3	0	1	0	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
L. Daigarn	14	4-6	1-2	0-0	0	2	1	0	1	9
M. Alleyne	15	2-4	0-1	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	4
S. Warren	7	0-5	0-4	4-4	0	0	0	0	0	4
C. Fitzgerald	6	1-2	0-0	1-2	1	0	2	0	1	3
J. Gonzalez	3	0-1	0-0	1-2	1	1	0	0	1	1
R. Villanueva	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
V. Slater	17	4-4	0-0	0-0	6	0	0	0	0	8
TEAM TOTALS		30-61	2-13	9-20	25	20	11	2	5	71

South Dakota State
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J. Zuzak	27	4-7	2-2	4-4	2	3	1	0	2	14
V. Smith	27	7-12	2-5	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	16
T. Kinloch	23	1-4	0-1	0-0	6	3	0	0	0	2
P. Alford	28	1-3	0-0	8-10	9	10	2	0	2	10
M. Diarra	17	1-3	0-0	3-4	8	1	1	0	1	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
S. Dunnington	19	2-3	0-0	2-2	6	0	0	1	1	6
O. Whitworth	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
G. Corner	13	2-6	1-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	5
L. Sheppard	16	8-10	4-5	0-0	1	1	1	0	3	20
B. Montrimas	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
D. Goode	11	0-4	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	0
J. Perry	10	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		27-53	9-19	17-20	36	22	5	1	14	80

[Deuce2223]

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Tough loss to the Bison. but a couple of wins here late in the season and you will finish over .500 which is always a solid season when playing at a small school like SDSU.

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Man tough loss right there. 114 points hurts.

Tough loss to the Bison. but a couple of wins here late in the season and you will finish over .500 which is always a solid season when playing at a small school like SDSU.

Thanks for checking in guys. I'm hoping to get a good number of updates done tomorrow. The Final Game, End of the Season Stats and records, February Wrap show and then Conference Tournament Preview and games. So either tomorrow or sometime next week as I am taking a few days off during easter to sleep.

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Go for .500! Yeah (well, why wouldn't you?). And conference tourney games count too.

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Jacks rock Calcutta (Not India)!

(AP) – In a game in which the Jacks just seemed to bide their time the Jacks came out victorious. In the first half it was apparent the lack of Odie Winans really hurt the Jacks on the second line. The Jacks went into the locker room down by 7. In the locker room coach Baker reportedly threw some water bottles around to stir things up. Whatever he did it worked, the Jacks outscored the UL-Calcutta team 51-24 in the second half with only Jari Zuzak scoring over 15 points in the game.

Coaches Corner: I went in there and told the guys that they should believe in themselves. I might have gotten a bit heated with the team and called out a few guys but it worked didn’t it? Giving up 46 in the first half and only 24 in the second shows that when we play our defense the way we can we can stop just about anyone from scoring. Overall the 3 ball was huge for us, we were getting open looks because of their 2-3 zone and I told the guys to keep shooting. 34 of the 75 shots were 3s and 13 of the 32 field goals were also 3s.

Next Up: End of the Month Wrap, Special Interview of Coach Baker by Erin Andrews.

Mar 1, 2008 - ULCA at SDST
TEAM	1ST	2ND	SCORE
UL-Calcutta (8-21)	46	24	70
South Dakota State (13-14)	39	51	90

UL-Calcutta
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
P. Moye	30	1-10	0-6	10-10	6	4	3	0	1	12
B. Hendry	34	4-11	0-4	3-5	1	2	1	0	3	11
B. Burton	31	6-16	0-4	3-6	5	1	1	2	7	15
R. Goode	31	4-12	0-1	4-6	10	0	1	1	1	12
M. Cuffie	27	3-5	0-0	2-2	9	0	0	1	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
A. Bills	7	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	2	0
B. Lavender	6	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	2	1	0	0	2
R. Konare	19	3-7	0-0	2-6	11	1	2	0	0	8
Z. Zwikker	5	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
G. O'Hara	10	1-4	0-0	0-0	5	2	0	0	0	2
A. Thomas(DNP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TEAM TOTALS		22-68	0-16	26-37	47	13	10	4	14	70

South Dakota State
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J. Zuzak	26	5-11	3-5	3-6	5	7	3	0	5	16
V. Smith	10	4-9	3-7	1-1	1	0	1	0	1	12
T. Kinloch	25	4-13	2-9	3-4	3	1	4	1	1	13
P. Alford	12	1-1	0-0	0-0	6	1	1	0	0	2
M. Diarra	22	2-5	0-0	0-0	9	3	0	1	1	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
S. Dunnington	22	2-5	0-0	0-1	8	1	1	0	1	4
O. Whitworth	7	1-3	1-3	0-0	1	0	0	1	1	3
G. Corner	14	5-8	1-3	1-1	6	2	1	0	2	12
L. Sheppard	19	2-8	1-3	2-2	2	2	0	0	0	7
B. Montrimas	14	2-6	0-1	3-6	3	1	3	0	0	7
D. Goode	13	2-3	2-3	0-0	1	4	0	0	0	6
J. Perry	17	2-3	0-0	0-2	3	3	0	0	2	4
TEAM TOTALS		32-75	13-34	13-23	48	25	14	3	14	90

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Go for .500! Yeah (well, why wouldn't you?). And conference tourney games count too.

Got to .500 Not bad considering the way this season has gone. Now lets hope I can win round 1 in the tourney and finish with no worse than .500 on the year. Would be huge if that happened.

Thanks for following.

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February Wrap Show!
Erin Andrews (EA): Welcome back to our final wrap show of the regular season. We have had some exciting basketball this year and we are sure there is more to come in the conference tournaments. With that here is a look at the top 25 to finish the regular season.

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Mar 1, 2008
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	Kansas	24-3
2	North Carolina	22-7
3	Marquette	23-5
4	Clemson	22-4
5	Michigan State	23-5
6	Memphis	24-5
7	Georgia	21-4
8	UCLA	23-5
9	Rhode Island	27-4
10	Tennessee	20-8
11	Louisville	21-9
12	Georgia Tech	18-9
13	Oregon	21-7
14	Georgetown	20-8
15	Pittsburgh	21-7
16	Baylor	21-6
17	Duke	19-8
18	Arkansas	21-7
19	Virginia	21-6
20	California	21-6
21	Auburn	19-7
22	Saint Joseph's	20-7
23	Penn State	21-6
24	Alabama	20-9
25	Kentucky	19-10

Dick Vitale (DV): THAT’S AWESOME BABY WITH A CAPITAL”A”! THE MOST UNDERRATED TEAM ON THAT LIST HAS GOT TO BE THE DUKE BLUE DEVILS, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT! THE MOST OVERRATED TEAM IS WITHOUT ANY QUESTION RHODE ISLAND WHO HAS SUFFERED NOT ONE, NOT TWO, BUT THREE EMBARRASSING LOSSES TO TEAMS THAT ARE UNDER .500!
EA: With that said here is a look at how some of the Mid Majors are looking heading into conference play.

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Mar 1, 2008
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	George Mason	21-7
2	New Orleans	24-3
3	Tennessee State	23-5
4	Old Dominion	21-9
5	Columbia	21-5
6	Davidson	20-6
7	Western Kentucky	20-7
8	UT-Arlington	20-4
9	Rider	22-5
10	Gonzaga	17-12
11	UNC Greensboro	21-7
12	Western Michigan	19-7
13	Santa Clara	20-6
14	UC Irvine	18-7
15	Tennessee Tech	20-7
16	Lafayette	21-8
17	Butler	20-9
18	UC Santa Barbara	18-8
19	Yale	15-9
20	Kent State	19-9
21	Montana	20-6
22	Missouri State	16-13
23	Townson	17-11
24	Fresno State	18-8
25	Austin Peay	19-11

DV: SOMETHING THAT SHOCKS ME AND I’M SURE MOST EVERYONE WATCHING IS THAT GONZAGA IS 17-12 AND ONLY 8-5 IN CONFERENCE. THE GOOD THING FOR GONZAGA IS THAT OF THOSE 12 LOSSES 8 OF THEM COME AGAINST TEAMS THAT ARE RANKED OR WERE RANKED DURING THE SEASON. ANOTHER TEAM THAT STANDS OUT IS DAVIDSON, THEY HAVE PLAYED A LOT OF RANKED OPPONENTS AND HAVE PLAYED THEM TOUGH, LOOK FOR THEIR SHOOTER STEPHEN CURRY TO BECOME A DARLING OF THIS TOURNAMENT!
EA: Thanks Dick, now for the segment that I have been looking forward too, I will have a brief chat with South Dakota State coach Dan Baker, the Jacks finished the season at exactly .500 in conference and non-league play which is quite a feat for a 1st year coach. Here is a quick breakdown of the Summit League Conference.

Summit League Conference Standings - Updated: Mar 1, 2008
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
IUPUI	16-11	.592	12-6
IPFW	15-12	.555	10-8
North Dakota State	11-15	.423	10-8
Oakland	13-13	.500	10-8
Western Illinois	14-12	.538	9-9
Missouri-Kansas City	14-15	.482	9-9
South Dakota State	14-14	.500	9-9
Oral Roberts	14-13	.518	8-10
S. Utah	10-18	.357	8-10
UL-Calcutta	8-22	.266	5-13

EA: Well coach it’s nice to see you again, how do you feel about your first regular season coaching basketball?
Coach Dan Baker (DB): It’s good to see you too Erin, we should have more visits, maybe you can come work for me again? Anyways, I feel great about our season, ya we had some losses that we shouldn’t have had, but that happens all of the time.
EA: (Blushing) How do you feel about the team going into the conference tournament?
DB: I feel confident, I haven’t seen the seedings yet and am not sure how they are going to place those of us with the 9-9 record in the conference. All I know is when we play our best we can beat anyone in this conference, we have beaten the conference leader both times we played them and beat the #2 team in the conference once as well.
EA: Rumor is you will have another look at Oakland here soon, what are your thoughts on that seeing as the team has beaten you twice this year?
DB: Well, if that is who we play we will have to take care not to get into early foul trouble and we will have to play some tight defense. It is tough to beat a team 3 times in a season so we have that going for us. If that is the case though look for a hard fought game as both teams are trying to get above .500 on the season as well as fight for their lives in the season.
EA: Well it has been great talking with you, hopefully we will do this again after conference tournament play.

Up Next: Conference Tournament Preview

[Getty51]

Re: CH2k8-- The coaching Legacy of Dan Baker

Here is a look into the Road to the Final Four!
Today we preview the Summit Conference Tournament

It appears that not all teams get a shot in the conference tournament in the Summit, looks as though only the top 8 get to play. That means Southern Utah and UL-Calcutta get the perverbial shaft and are done for the year.

#1 IUPUI 16-11 (12-6)
66.5 PPG
Biggest Threat: Taliek Werner, Junior, Shooting Guard, 16.4 PPG
Big Man On Campus: Philip Sylla, Junior, Power Forward, 6.9 RPG
Injuries:
Richie Owen, Junior, Small Forward, Day to Day, Shin Splints, 12 Days
Philip Sylla, Junior, Power Forward, Out, Broken Toe, 36 Days
Branduinn Dewitt, Freshman, Point Guard, Out, Broken Toe, 6 Days

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#8 Oral Roberts 14-13 (8-10)
69.5 PPG
Biggest Threat: Lawerence Dalgarn, Junior, Shooting Guard, 12.3 PPG
Big Man On Campus: Patrick Jordan, Senior, Center, 7.0 RPG
Injuries:
Patrick Jordan, Senior, Center, Day to Day, Pulled Hamstring, 24 Days
Julian Snyder, Junior, Power Forward, Out, Lower Back Strain, 23 Days

This Season: Split the Season 1-1 with both teams losing at home.
Writer's Prediction: IUPUI just has more guns than Oral Roberts, the Injuries to Sylla and Jordan could play a major role but I think IUPUI takes this one easily.
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#4 North Dakota State 11-15 (10-8)
67.3 PPG
Biggest Threat: Rand Stefanov, Junior, Point Guard, 14.6 PPG
Big Man On Campus: Judson Parada, Junior, Center, 7.4 RPG
Injuries:
None


vs
#5 Western Illinois 14-12 (9-9)
65.1 PPG
Biggest Threat: Walter Boythe, Senior, Shooting Guard, 10.5 PPG
Big Man On Campus: Walter Boythe, Senior, Shooting Guard, 6.4 RPG
Injuries:
None

This Season: 1-1 Split this season, both teams lost at home.
Writer's Prediction: Neither team has any injuries so it will be best on best, North Dakota State has burned me twice with all of their shooters but I think Western Illinois continues their late surge and sneaks past them.

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#3 Oakland 13-13 (10-8)
64.3 PPG
Biggest Threat: Alvaidas Collison, Junior, Shooting Guard, 13.2 PPG
Big Man On Campus: Shawan Akins, Junior, Small Forward, 9.7 RPG
Injuries:
Cherokee Delgado, Junior, Center, Day to Day, Sprained Ankle, 10 Days
Ian Day, Freshman, Shooting Guard, Day to Day, Sprained Ankle, 12 Days
Blake Andrews, Senior, Power Forward, Out, Strained Achilles, 32 Days


vs
#6 South Dakota State 14-14 (9-9)
88.5 PPG
Biggest Threat: Vandrell Smith, Freshman, Shooting Guard, 17.6 PPG
Big Man On Campus: Martin Diarra, Senior, Power Forward, 7.9 RPG
Injuries:
Porter Alford, Senior, Power Forward, Day to Day, Sore Knee, 6 Days
Julio Perry, Sophomore, Power Forward, Day to Day, Sore Knee, 7 Days
Odie Winans, Freshman, Power Forward, Out, Broken Ankle, 45 Days

This Season: Oakland has won both games
Writer's Prediction: Despite the Jacks losing both games this season I think the injuries to the Grizzlies big men come into play here especially if the Jacks can limit the two shooters that the Grizz have ans I predict the Jacks win.

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#2 IPFW 15-12 (10-8)
70.3 PPG
Biggest Threat: Lamar Chavis, Senior, Small Forward, 13.1 PPG
Big Man On Campus: Jorge Zwikker, Senior, Power Forward, 6.6 PPG
Injuries:
Artie Birley, Senior, Shooting Guard, Out, Broken Ankle, 3 Days
Jorge Zwikker, Senior, Power Forward, Day To Day, Sprained Knee, 11 Days
Mire Bolton, Junior, Small Forward, Day to Day, Pulled Hamstring, 13 Days
Vytautas Urbutis, Senior, Power Forward, Out, Strained Achilles, 30 Days

vs
#7 UMKC 14-15 (9-9)
67.0 PPG
Biggest Threat: Dayshawn Woodard, Junior, Shooting Guard, 13.2 PPG
Big Man On Campus: Sead Boyce, Junior, Center, 8.7 RPG
Injuries:
Lester Ariza, Junior, Center, Medical Redshirt, Ruptured Achilles, Season

This Season: 1-1 Split, Both teams won at home
Writer's Prediction: IPFW has been on a huge losing trend since the majority of their starting lineup went down despite winning 5 of their last ten I think they will lose to UMKC who is able to put the same line up out their that they have had all year.

Note: I haven't played or simmed any games yet, wanted to be unbiased with my picks.

Feel free to pick some yourself, if you would like any info on other teams, other tournaments, or even more info about the teams in the Summitt feel free to ask.

[delija66]

Re: CH2k8-- The coaching Legacy of Dan Baker

Tennessee St. is 23-5 yes yes yes... thats the first time the Tigers did good in someone elses legacy

Go TSU!

[Knickerbocker91]

Re: CH2k8-- The coaching Legacy of Dan Baker

Good luck in the conference tournament. Predication is a South Dakota State-Western Illinois matchup in the conference finals.

[delija66]

Re: CH2k8-- The coaching Legacy of Dan Baker

Good luck in the conference tournament. Predication is a San Diego State-Western Illinois matchup in the conference finals.

South Dakota State

Ill say #8 Oral Roberts 58 - #3 Oakland 72