Like Father, Like Son: MBFranchise's CH2K8 Legacy

[MBFranchise]

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Stags Drop Peacocks

St. Peters (12-16) 39-47-86
Fairfield (23-7) 51-44-95

Key Stat: Fairfield totaled 12 steals while St. Peters had 6.

POG: (F) Yorel Hawkins 19 PTS 8/14 FG 7 REB 2 AST

St. Peters
N. Leon 25 PTS 8/16 FG 6/13 3PT 1 REB 8 AST
J. Hogga 22 PTS 9/19 FG 4/10 3PT 6 REB 2 AST
A. Stiles 11 PTS 4/7 FG 1/1 3PT 1 REB 2 AST

Fairfield
Jason Kyle 19 PTS 6/11 FG 3/6 3PT 4 REB 4 AST
Deki Joneliunas 12 PTS 4/9 FG 9 REB 2 AST
Brennan Barlow 11 PTS 5/7 FG 1 REB 3 AST

SWEET TWEET
@CoachPBeilein (Patrick Beilein): #goodwin #hardwork #feerthedear

[MBFranchise]

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Stags Start Conference Tourney in Style
MAAC Tournament Quarterfinal

Niagara (12-20) 35-45-80
Fairfield (24-7) 47-52-99

Key Stat: Fast break points finished 28 for Fairfield and 4 for Niagara.

POG: (F) Deki Joneliunas 14 PTS 6/6 FG 2/2 3PT 3 REB 2 AST

Niagara
T. Lewis 25 PTS 10/21 FG 3/9 3PT 1 REB 1 AST
L. Meredith 19 PTS 7/12 FG 3/7 3PT 6 REB 1 AST
H. Bishop 11 PTS 4/4 FG 8 REB 8 REB 2 AST

Fairfield
Yorel Hawkins 14 PTS 5/8 FG 1/1 3PT 1 REB 6 AST
Jamont Traore 14 PTS 6/9 FG 3 REB 1 AST
Jason Kyle 12 PTS 5/8 FG 2/2 3PT 1 REB 1 AST

SWEET TWEET
@YHawkins4 (Yorel Hawkins): we will not disappoint this march #madness #stepup #fearthedeer

[MBFranchise]

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Fairfield Survives Slow Start
MAAC Tournament Semifinals

Loyola MD (15-16) 47-40-87
Fairfield (25-7) 31-58-89

Key Stat: Free Throws finished 17/20 for Fairfield and 2/3 for Loyola MD.

POG: (F) Yorel Hawkins 26 PTS 11/20 FG 6 REB 5 AST

Loyola MD
J. Webber 24 PTS 11/16 FG 2/3 3PT 3 REB 5 AST
J. McLaughlin 16 PTS 7/18 FG 2/12 3PT 2 REB 2 AST
C. Locklier 15 PTS 6/10 FG 3/6 3PT 1 REB 10 AST

Fairfield
Greg Nero 14 PTS 5/7 FG 3 REB 5 AST
Deki Joneliunas 10 PTS 4/8 FG 7 REB 1 AST
Brennan Barlow 10 PTS 3/7 FG 3 REB 7 AST

SWEET TWEET
@CoachPBeilein (Patrick Beilein): s/o to @YHawkins4 for stuffing the stat sheet #baller #MVP

[MBFranchise]

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Stags Punch Ticket to Dance
MAAC Tournament Title Game

Manhattan (18-13) 31-29-60
Fairfield (26-7) 43-37-80

Key Stat: Fairfield shot 35/62 from the floor.

POG: (F) Yorel Hawkins 15 PTS 7/10 FG 11 REB 3 AST

Manhattan
C. Smith 20 PTS 8/14 FG 4/7 3PT 3 REB 1 AST
P. Bouli 17 PTS 6/14 FG 3/7 3PT 5 REB 4 AST
A. Pearson 12 PTS 6/11 FG 1 REB 10 AST

Fairfield
Greg Nero 13 PTS 6/9 FG 3 REB 1 AST
Lyndon Jordan 11 PTS 5/7 FG 1 REB 3 AST
Bryan Sampson 10 PTS 4/7 FG 3 REB 2 AST

SWEET TWEET
@LJordan11 (Lyndon Jordan): for everyone filling out brackets, its spelled F-A-I-R-F-I-E-L-D. #tourney #marchmadness

[MBFranchise]

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NCAA Tournament Resume

Team: Fairfield Stags
Record: 26-7
MAAC Record: 16-2
Last 10: 9-1
vs Top 25: 0-1
Road/Neutral 14-7
RPI 1-50: 0-4
RPI 51-100: 0-0
RPI 101-200: 13-2
RPI 200+: 13-1
RPI: 60

Our Say: While the Stags gained an automatic bid by winning the MAAC, their body of work does not warrant anything higher than a double-digit seed.

[MBFranchise]

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Selection Sunday

NCAA South Regional

1. DePaul
16. Bowling Green

8. Illinois
9. Southern Illinois

5. Ohio State
12. Liberty

4. Florida
13. Fresno State

6. Kansas State
11. Fairfield

3. Oregon
14. New Orleans

7. Northwestern
10. Arkansas

2. Memphis
15. Bucknell

[MBFranchise]

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Scouting Kansas State

Kansas State 20-9 (11-5) 89 OVR 88 Offense 86 Defense 86 Unity

Fairfield 26-7 (16-2) 75 OVR 80 Offense 75 Defense 62 Unity

KS 81.6 PPG 74.4 PAPG 30.1 RPG 15.9 APG 45.7 FG% 36.5 3PT 72.1 FT
F 83.0 PPG 75.0 PAPG 31.3 RPG 20.4 APG 51.3 FG% 34.8 3PT 72.4 FT

Jamar Samuels JR PF 6-7 233 lbs 81 OVR
19.1 PPG 3.8 RPG 51.7 FG% 81.3 FT%

Denis Clemente SR PG 6-2 192 lbs 88 OVR
16.1 PPG 4.4 RPG 4.1 APG 44.8% FG% 36.5 3PT 85.4 FT

Jacob Pullen SR 6-0 202 lbs 87 OVR
13.9 PPG 3.3 RPG 3.9 APG 38.1 FG% 39.5 3PT 77.3 FT

Dominique Sutton SR SF 6-5 216 lbs 80 OVR
10.0 PPG 4.7 RPG 52.8 FG% 47% 3PT 74.7 FT

What Kansas State wants to do: K State wants to pound the basketball inside early in the game. Once they have established dominance in the paint, they want their senior guards to take over down the stretch.

What Fairfield wants to do: The Stags want to spread the floor with their Chin offense, and hope that their 1-3-1 defense creates long passing lanes for the Wildcats.

Prediction: Looking at the team statistics, these two teams match up very well. This has been a popular bracket upset pick, and if the three pointers fall, Fairfield will win the game.

[Deuce2223]

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Congrats on the 11 seed.. Good luck in your game against K-State.

[superjames1992]

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Looks like a potentially winnable game, though it's going to take a lot of things going right (mainly, the threes going in). Good luck!

[MBFranchise]

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Looks like a potentially winnable game, though it's going to take a lot of things going right (mainly, the threes going in). Good luck!

Congrats on the 11 seed.. Good luck in your game against K-State.

I am very happy with the draw. K State is no doubt talented, but looking at the per game averages for the teams, this is a very winnable game.

Took me three seasons, but excited to get to play in the Big Dance!

[MBFranchise]

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Stags Record School's First NCAA Tournament Win
NCAA Tournament First Round

Fairfield (27-7) 40-44-84
Kansas St (20-10) 48-28-76

Key Stat: The Stags outscored the Wildcats by 16 in second half.

POG: (F) Yorel Hawkins 20 PTS 9/16 FG 8 REB 2 AST

Fairfield
Jason Kyle 17 PTS 6/13 FG 2/9 3PT 5 REB 5 AST
Deki Joneliunas 14 PTS 5/10 FG 2/5 3PT 6 REB 1 AST
Greg Nero 10 PTS 5/7 FG 1 REB 1 AST

Kansas State
J. Pullen 25 PTS 10/19 FG 3/9 3PT 1 REB 8 AST
D. Sutton 22 PTS 8/15 FG 8 REB 1 AST
J. Samuels 0 PTS 0/3 FG 3 REB 1 AST

SWEET TWEET
@CoachPBeilein (Patrick Beilein): if u wanna pull an upset, shutting out their top scorer is a good start! #weplayd #fearthedeer

New Orleans 77 Oregon 76

[MBFranchise]

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Scouting New Orleans

18-14 (7-11) 77 OVR 77 Offense 76 Defense 82 Unity 51

71.4 PPG 70.2 PAPG 31.4 RPG 12.7 APG 42.8 FG% 33.0 3PT 67.8 FT

Justin Archie 68 OVR PG 6-0 176 lb.
13.8 PPG 2.8 RPG 1.6 APG 37.5 FG% 30.0 3PT 68.2 FT

Jeremy Johnson 77 OVR SG 6-0 172 lbs
8.7 PPG 3.4 RPG 1.1 APG 36.7 FG% 35.7 3PT 63.2 FT

Darrell McCleod 76 OVR SG 6-5 220 lbs
7.9 PPG 3.3 RPG 3.5 APG 40.6 FG% 36.2 3PT 66.1 FT

What New Orleans wants to do: The Privateers play what some would consider to be ugly basketball. They want to disrupt the rythym of the Fairfield offense by bumping cutters and slowing the game down.

What Fairfield wants to do: The Stags' plan involves getting their bigs on pick and rolls away from the basket. Spacing the floor should open avenues to drive to the basket as well as open jump shots.

Prediction: Both teams lucked out with this second round match up, and one of these Cinderellas will reach the Sweet Sixteen. Our money is on the Stags.

[MBFranchise]

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Slipper Fits as Fairfield Continues Run to Sweet 16
NCAA Tournament Second Round

New Orleans (18-15) 37-34-71
Fairfield (28-7) 55-25-80

Key Stat: Free Throws finished 13/15 for Fairfield and 1/2 for UNO.

POG: (F) Deki Joneliunas 19 PTS 7/11 FG 3/5 3PT 5 REB 2 AST

New Orleans
J. Johnson 24 PTS 9/14 FG 6/8 3PT 3 REB 4 AST
D. McCleod 14 PTS 6/14 FG 2/7 3PT 3 REB 2 AST
J. Archie 12 PTS 5/9 FG 2/4 3PT 1 REB 4 AST

Fairfield
Yorel Hawkins 17 PTS 6/10 FG 1 REB 3 AST
Jason Kyle 14 PTS 4/9 FG 3/7 3PT 2 REB 5 AST
Brennan Barlow 10 PTS 4/10 FG 1 REB 3 AST

SWEET TWEET
@YHawkins4 (Yorel Hawkins): Only the biggest win in school history. #nbd #sweet16 #rightwherewewanttobe

Jason Kyle sprained ankle out 2 weeks

Memphis 102 Arkansas 64

[MBFranchise]

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Scouting Memphis

30-5 (16-0) OVR 88 OFF 91 DEF 84 Unity 80

88.5 PPG 71.5 PAPG 33.5 RPG 19.4 APG 45.7 FG% 39.1 3PT 75.4 FT

Robert Sallie SG SR 6-5 188 lbs 85 OVR
21.5 PPG 4.6 RPG 1.3 APG 48.9 FG% 43.3 3PT 72.1 FT

Jeff Robinson SF SR 6-5 205 lbs 84 OVR
12.1 PPG 5.4 RPG 1.2 APG 45.8 FG% 30.9 3PT 78.8 FT

Angel Garcia PF JR 6-11 212 lbs 82 OVR
13.8 PPG 6.4 RPG 1.2 APG 50.0 FG% 35.7 3PT 80.4 FT

What Memphis wants to do: Memphis does what Memphis does. The Tigers will pressure the basketball full court and use their athletes to get into a track meet. More often than not, the other team is sucked into playing a Memphis style of basketball. First to 100 wins.

What Fairfield wants to do: Fairfield wants to break the Memphis pressure before settling down to execute their offense. They must make the Tigers defend for more than 5 or 7 seconds at a time. Defensively, Fairfield wants to limit Memphis to one shot per possession.

Prediction: The Stags run ends here as Memphis is too talented, too deep, and too good.

[MBFranchise]

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High-Flying Tigers Send Home Stags
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen

Fairfield (28-8) 51-42-93
Memphis (31-6) 54-52-106

Key Stat: Memphis shot 11/22 from 3, while Fairfield finished 7/26.

POG: (M) R. Dobbins 34 PTS 12/15 FG 5/7 3PT 1 REB 12 AST

Fairfield
Yorel Hawkins 22 PTS 10/17 FG 1/5 3PT 6 REB 3 AST
Deki Joneliunas 15 PTS 6/14 FG 2/6 3PT 8 REB 1 AST
Brennan Barlow 14 PTS 5/10 FG 1/4 3PT 1 REB 10 AST

Memphis
R. Sallie 23 PTS 10/17 FG 3/6 3PT 4 REB 1 AST
J. Robinson 20 PTS 8/13 FG 2/3 3PT 3 REB 7 AST
A. Garcia 10 PTS 5/9 FG 7 REB 2 AST

BITTER TWITTER
@CoachPBeilein (Patrick Beilein): this has been a great season. I'll never forget Fairfield! #stags #weownthemaac #fearthedeer