The Coaching 'Legacy' of John Shell (College Hoops 2K8)

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North Florida Ospreys at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Dec 31, 2007	1ST	2ND	SCORE
North Florida (4-5)	33	24	57
Notre Dame (7-4)	44	40	84

South Bend, IN. --- Embarrassing. No other word to describe the North Florida Ospreys game today versus the University of Notre Dame.

It has been a rollercoaster season so far for UNF which saw its biggest moment so far defeating the Hurricanes in Miami to now not being able to beat Royal Oak Middle School.

Notre Dame was simply too much for the Opsreys today. It can not be left out that UNF did not help itself with 23 turnovers. "We had butter fingers today and it was embarrassing." That was Coach Shell on the turnovers after the game.

Junior Irish guard Kyle McAlarney scored 27 with 7 assists. Also leading the way for the Irish was forward Ryan Ayers and Sophomore center Luke Harangody. Harangody grabbed 10 rebounds and scored 7. Ayers had 7 steals and put up 15.

The lone bright spot for the Opsrey's was Tom Hammonds. Hammonds 8-14 from the field for 22 points. Freshman phenom Justin Cecil has hit a very slow stretch, he only managed 8 points on 2-5 shooting with 6 turnovers against the Irish.

If you look at the Irish's stats, especially its team stats, there were dominant in every category. This game was probably over before it even started.

Many questions after the game were directed towards Shell about his teams chemistry and how it appeared as if there were too many "I's" on the court during the game. "Let's not take anything away from Notre Dame. They suffocated us, they just downright beat us. I think it is unfair to speculate on the attitude in our locker-room just because we get beat."

UNF was 7-20 from deep while the Irish were a solid 7-10, yes that is 70%. "Once again we ran into a team that was hot from deep. Our 6-16 from the FT line hurt again," said Shell.

With this loss, the Osprey's now pack up their suitcases with a record of 4 wins and 6 losses and head back to Jacksonville and will get ready for the start of conference play welcoming Florida Gulf Coast on Thursday.

North Florida Ospreys at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Dec 31, 2007	1ST	2ND	SCORE
North Florida (4-5)	33	24	57
Notre Dame (7-4)	44	40	84

North Florida Ospreys
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
C. Timberlake	22	2-7	1-5	0-0	0	4	0	0	4	5
T. Hammonds	20	8-14	6-10	0-0	3	2	3	0	2	22
S. Januska	24	2-5	0-3	1-2	1	0	0	0	2	5
J. Cecil	19	2-5	0-0	4-8	5	1	1	0	6	8
J. Grimball	21	1-6	0-0	0-2	8	0	1	1	6	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
K. Groothuis	9	4-7	0-0	0-2	2	0	1	0	1	8
D. Jones	11	2-2	0-0	0-0	4	2	2	1	1	4
G. Sparkes	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	2	1	0	1	2
A. Jones	14	0-2	0-1	1-2	2	2	0	0	0	1
I. Gibson	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0
B. Wood	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C. Riley	---	---	---	DNP	---	---	---
TEAM TOTALS		22-51	7-20	6-16	27	14	9	3	23	57

Notre Dame Fighting Irish
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
K. McAlarney	28	10-15	3-4	4-4	1	7	3	0	2	27
T. Jackson	26	3-6	0-0	2-2	4	7	2	0	3	8
R. Ayers	23	5-15	3-4	2-2	1	1	7	1	1	15
R. Kurz	7	0-3	0-0	2-2	1	1	0	1	1	2
L. Harangody	16	3-5	0-0	1-2	10	1	2	0	1	7
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J. Peoples	9	5-5	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	10
L. Zeller	12	3-8	1-2	0-0	6	0	3	0	0	7
Z. Hillesland	20	2-4	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	2	4
T. Nash	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	2
T. Proffitt	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	1	0	0	1	2
T. Abromaitis	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	2	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		32-62	7-10	13-14	30	19	21	2	11	84

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Florida Gulf Coast Eagles at North Florida Ospreys
Jan 3, 2008	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Florida Gulf Coast (5-9)	33	36	69
North Florida (4-6)	28	32	60

Jacksonville, FL. --- The North Florida Ospreys are hurting and hurting bad.

With this loss tonight, the Osprey's now could be put into panic mode. "When Tommy and CT struggle, we most likely are not going to be successful." Those were just some of the words that came out of Coach Shell's mouth after his teams 69-60 loss in its conference opener to Florida Gulf Coast.

Senior guard Chris Timberlake was 0-1 from the floor in 20 minutes for zero points. Not sure why he did not take more shots. Coach Shell did not elaborate on that. His counterpart, Junior guard Tom Hammonds had a bad night shooting. Hammonds was 3-16 from the floor and 1-12 from beyond the arc. Ouch.

"Well obviously you never want to put up a dud during the opening conference match-up, especially when you are at home but we did. We just need to learn from this and move on," said Coach Shell.

It needs to be pointed out again that a major emphasis of failure for the Osprey's was the free-throw shooting. 4-20 from the stripe just isn't going to cut it.

Now mind you, Osprey Senior center James Grimball was a large part of that, 2-12. When asked about the free-throw shooting, coach Shell lashed out at the press. "You guys want to teach these friggin' kids? I am doing the best I can. My staff is doing the best we can." Grimball did finish the game with 18 points and 9 rebounds on 8-13 shooting from the floor.

Kyle Groothuis for the Osprey's was pivotal off the bench, shooting 4-4 and notching 9 points.

It was an even game really as the stats across the board were not lopsided one way or the other, except for free-throws.

For the Eagles, Senior Adam Liddell and Junior Landon Adler were enough to shut down North Florida Thursday. The two big-men raked in 27 rebounds while scoring 23 points combined.

With this loss, the Ospreys fall to 4-7 and are in search of their identity. It doesn't get any easier however, as the Ospreys welcome in Stetson on Saturday for another conference match-up.

Florida Gulf Coast Eagles at North Florida Ospreys
Jan 3, 2008	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Florida Gulf Coast (5-9)	33	36	69
North Florida (4-6)	28	32	60

Florida Gulf Coast Eagles
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
R. Quaintance	25	3-9	1-2	0-0	0	7	0	1	4	7
D. Franklin	25	1-12	0-8	0-0	3	2	0	0	2	2
C. Wohlleb	21	7-13	2-3	0-0	1	3	4	0	1	16
A. Liddell	20	3-5	0-0	2-2	12	1	0	2	2	8
L. Adler	20	6-9	0-0	3-5	15	1	1	1	2	15
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T. Barrowes	14	4-5	0-0	0-0	7	1	3	0	0	8
Y. Neptune	15	3-5	0-0	1-1	1	3	0	0	0	7
E. Rolax	6	2-2	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	6
C. Lutkenhaus	3	0-0	0-0	0-4	0	0	0	0	0	0
H. Gelin	---	---	---	DNP	---	---	---
M. Narmbaye	---	---	---	DNP	---	---	---
T. Rodriguez	---	---	---	DNP	---	---	---
TEAM TOTALS		29-60	3-13	8-14	41	18	8	4	11	69
TEAM TOTALS		29-60	3-13	8-14	41	18	8	4	11	69

North Florida Ospreys
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
C. Timberlake	20	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	8	0	0	1	0
T. Hammonds	25	3-16	1-12	0-2	3	0	1	0	1	7
S. Januska	23	5-10	0-3	0-1	5	5	1	1	3	10
J. Cecil	19	3-10	0-0	0-0	8	0	1	1	0	6
J. Grimball	24	8-13	0-0	2-12	9	0	3	1	3	18
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
K. Groothuis	4	4-4	0-0	1-1	0	1	1	0	1	9
B. Wood	6	3-7	1-4	0-2	1	1	0	0	0	7
G. Sparkes	5	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2
D. Jones	10	0-1	0-0	1-2	2	0	0	0	0	1
A. Jones	15	0-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	0
I. Gibson	---	---	---	DNP	---	---	---
C. Riley	---	---	---	DNP	---	---	---
TEAM TOTALS		27-67	2-20	4-20	35	15	8	3	9	60