A West Coast Story - College Hoops 2k8 Legacy

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Box Score: UC Davis Team Comparison Yale

UC Davis wins at the Last Second over Yale
November 29th, 2008

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NEW HAVEN -- The Yale Bulldogs came in after losing their last three games. On paper Yale is a talented team and is expected to compete for the Ivy league crown however. The Aggies had just won their last two games, marking the first time the team had ever won back to back games under Coach Reid.

Straight out the gate, the Aggies were on fire, Vince Oliver hit back-to-back threes. Then after forcing a turnover Todd Lownethaal found Dedrick Watson down low for an easy bucket. Quickly UC Davis found themselves up 15-2 early in the first half. However, the team got sloppy and Yale was about to break out a run of their own led by Senior Travis Pinick's relentless attack of the basket.

With things tied up, Coach Reid called a timeout and went to his bench. UC Davis's bench was able to build the lead back to double digits again. Led by the hot shooting of several players. However, once again Yale crawled their way back into the game. Dedrick Watson had several bad turnovers which Alex Zampier was able to turn into fast-break points for Yale.

This time the Bulldogs weren't content to relinquish the lead back to the Aggies as Yale got on a run of their own. Getting a seven-point lead with two minutes left. A last-second three by Nate Clark was able to knock the Bulldogs lead down to four at halftime.

Coming out of the half, Yale got on a run Chris Andrews the Junior point guard led the way both through his attack of the basket and excellent passing. Andrews finished with eight assists in this game. Yale got the lead to a comfortable ten points.

UC Davis turned to the player they have so many times the past two seasons to get out of a tough spot, Vince Oliver. Oliver cut up the Bulldogs defense hitting shots from all over the floor. He was particularly lethal from deep only missing one three-pointer. Slowly the Aggies began to chop away at the Bulldogs lead. With four minutes left UC Davis had a chance to take the lead when Jimmie Harris missed a layup, the Aggies were able to steal the ball and find Harris open for a layup on the very next possession but again he missed it.

As the game winded down things went back and forth, Jesse Lopez-Low was crucial in grabbing several key rebounds away from Yale's big men. As the game winded down to it's final forty-five seconds things were tied up. However, Zampier shook off Jimmie Harris and got wide open for a three to put Yale up three.

Coming out of a timeout everyone knew who UC Davis was going to, Vince Oliver already had 26 points. UC Davis drew up an isolation for Oliver who drove past Zampier to hit a layup to put UC Davis only down one, With seventeen seconds left UC Davis had to either steal the inbounds pass or foul one of Yale's players to send them to the line. They chose the latter, Todd Lownethaal tipped the inbounds pass it bounced to Jesse Lopez-Low who only had the basket in front of him. Lopez-Low sprinted towards the basket slamming it down with eleven seconds left. The Aggies were able to lockdown Yale on the ensuing forcing a miss and giving UC Davis it's a third straight win.

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What a game! Glad you got the W.

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What a game! Glad you got the W.

Thanks it was a nail-biter, plus it was my first win with this team when I actually controlled them.

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2008-09 UC Davis Basketball Recruiting
Aggies Not Expected to Sign any Recruits in Season

Top 125 Recruit Leaning Towards UC Davis
Donnie Parks 6'6 - Power Forward - Los Angeles, CA - 3 Star

With Jesse Lopez-Low graduating at the end of the year, one of Coach Reid's top priorities has been to find a power forward of the future. Donnie Parks is that, Park's is a three-star recruit and one of the top in the nation being ranked the 120 recruits by ESPN. A bit undersized at 6'6 Park's is believed to have the three-point stroke to fit into coach Reid's ideal offense. Currently, Park's is believed to be heavily leaning towards UC Davis but is not expected to sign in season.

Parks is getting looks from Cal State Bakersfield, UCLA, and UC Riverside aside from UC Davis.

Niemer Jefferson Would Bring a Worldclass shot to UC Davis
Niemer Jefferson 6'3 - Shooting Guard - Los Angeles, CA - 3 Star

Niemer Jefferson is another Los Angeles-based recruit at the top of the Aggie's board. He received a scholarship offer early on from Coach Reid and has visited the school already. Jefferson is one of the best three-point shooters in California and would bring a shooting stroke up north. His defense is lacking and at 6'3, many would prefer a taller guard. Jefferson is believed to be favoring Pepperdine over UC Davis at the moment, however.

He also has offers from San Diego and BYU.

Leroy Youmans Stands Tall Amongst the Rest
Leroy Youmans 6'10 - Center - Berkley, CA - 2 Star

With Jesse-Lopez Low and Michael Boone both graduating the Aggies have a need at backup center. They've looked at a plethora of recruits but it is believed they are settling in on Youmans. Youmans had a great ABL campaign for the Red Alert this year averaging 12 and 8 with two blocks. At 6'10 he'd be competing with Dedrick Watson to be the tallest player on the team.

Youmans only offer currently is from UC Davis.

Reid Looking for Talent in the JUCO Ranks
Cheikh Esterkamp 6'3 - Shooting guard - Kent, WA - 3 Star

The Aggies just extended an offer to Esterkamp this week after one of the assistant coaches went up to Washington to watch a few games. Esterkamp features an all-around skill set that would let him fit easily with the team. With Vince Oliver leaving at the season's end, it's going to be crucial for the Aggies to find his replacement. Could Esterkamp be that guy?

Esterkamp has offers from Eastern Washington and Sacramento State.

Other Scholarship Offers:
Sheldon Neale 6'5 - Shooting guard - San Jose, CA 2 Star
Loren Felder 6'2 - Point Guard - Redding, CA 2 Star
Herbert Matela 6'2 - Point Guard - Rancho, CA 2 Star

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Team Stats:Team Comparison

Watson Shines in win Over Oregon St.
December 5th, 2008

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DAVIS -- Last night's game against Oregon State was big for UC Davis in more ways than one. This would be the first time a school from a power conference would be coming in to play UC Davis. After last years awful season, attendance has been extremely low for the Aggies. Getting a chance to play an opponent with some brand recognition will hopefully help. For Oregon State they've gotten off to a slow start this season and wanted to rebound against UC Davis.

In a game many expected the Aggies to be chomping at the bit to play they started out slow. Looking early in the game at Vince Oliver for points the Aggies quickly found themselves down early as Oliver couldn't convert. Jimmie Harris also struggled early, missing several easy shots. Oregon State presented a well-balanced attack with not one player taking on a major load.

Oregon State found themselves up fourteen, after both of the Tarver brothers converted on shots. UC Davis locked lost and after a timeout put several of their reserves in. Senior Guard Nate Clark found something offensively, hitting a three. Seth Tarver came back down and hit his own three, but Clark responded splashing another from deep. That scoring spurt seemed to give the Aggies some life and they cut the score down to seven after a post shot from Jesse Lopez-Low.

UC Davis Stats:

Oregon State Stats:

The Beavers hit a shot to put themselves up nine going into the half and Coach Reid made some changes for UC Davis tightening up the pressure. In the second half, the Aggies turned to the freshman Dedrick Watson for offense and he delivered. Watson hit shots from all over, mid-range, the post, off a roll, Oregon State didn't have much of an answer for Watson. However, the Beavers did have an answer to the Aggie's run, hitting seemingly able to hit a big shot to prevent it from becoming under a six-point game whenever they needed it.

However, with the game winding down to it's final minutes the Aggies moved to a 2-3 zone. Oregon State responded by launching a plethora of threes, except they couldn't knock them down. Sophmore Clavin Haynes shot 1-9 from deep and the Tarver brothers finished 1-7 from downtown. As a team, the Beavers shot 4-22 from deep.

On the other end, Jimmie Harris started cooking offensively. With the defense focused on Watson Harris was able to drive to the basket several times make a layup or get fouled. Once the Beavers responded Dedrick Watson started killing them in the paint again. However, with the game on the line with thirty seconds left UC Davis went to Vince Oliver to tie the game. Oliver pumped faked getting the Beaver's defender to jump before going into the basket for a layup. Oregon State couldn't respond on the other end sending the game into overtime.

At the start of OT, the momentum clearly felt like it was in the hands of the home team. UC Davis delivered on this momentum dominating Oregon State in overtime defensively forcing several turnovers. Oliver's shot started to fall as well and he scored 6 of his fifteen points in overtime. UC Davis was able to secure the win and coach Reid got his first win against a power opponent.

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I have a question for you guys. Would you like to see any changes in the way I post box scores? I wish the images could be actual in-game screenshots of course but at the moment there isn't a way I know of without a capture card.

However are you fine with the stats posted as a link or would you prefer them posted in the actual post?

[studbucket]

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I have a question for you guys. Would you like to see any changes in the way I post box scores? I wish the images could be actual in-game screenshots of course but at the moment there isn't a way I know of without a capture card.

However are you fine with the stats posted as a link or would you prefer them posted in the actual post?

I must admit I missed that there were links. I read the stories and my eyes just missed those.

I am OK with the links, now that I know there are there, but the fact I missed them means that you should probably either:

1. change how the links show up
2. put the box scores in the post somehow

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I must admit I missed that there were links. I read the stories and my eyes just missed those.

I am OK with the links, now that I know there are there, but the fact I missed them means that you should probably either:

1. change how the links show up
2. put the box scores in the post somehow

Thanks for letting me know, yeah if you didn't even realize they were there then I'm going to start posting them game wrap-ups. I added them to the previous games and think it turned out decent. Photo quality isn't great but I plan to eventually get a capture card.

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Thanks for letting me know, yeah if you didn't even realize they were there then I'm going to start posting them game wrap-ups. I added them to the previous games and think it turned out decent. Photo quality isn't great but I plan to eventually get a capture card.

Totally, and cropping them like you did makes them look better.

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2008-09 NCAA Rankings

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Dec 22, 2008
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	03	UCONN	10-1
2	02	North Carolina	10-1
3	01	Tennessee	11-0
4	05	Georgetown	10-0
5	06	UCLA	10-1
6	07	Washington	10-1
7	04	Memphis	8-2
8	09	California	10-0
9	18	Michigan St.	9-2
10	11	Gonzaga	10-2
11	10	Arizona	10-1
12	14	Alabama	11-1
13	12	Louisville	8-2
14	15	Providence	7-2
15	16	Stanford	8-1
16	08	Villanova	7-2
17	20	Miami	8-2
18	19	Vanderbilt	9-0
19	17	Duke	7-3
20	13	Texas	7-3
21	23	NC State	10-1
22	25	St.Louis	10-1
23	24	San Diego St.	12-0
24	--	Marquette	8-2
25	--	Georgia Tech	7-3

Huskies Move to No 1.

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In a surprise, UCONN was voted the number one team in the country this week. This moves undefeated Tennesse down to number three. The Huskies did pick up a quality win over Wake Forest this week but just two weeks ago they lost to Mississippi State. Tennesse hasn't faltered either they've won their past seven games by double digits.

Tennesse's fall also meant that the reigning champs the North Carolina Tar Heels moved up to number two. The Tar Heels are without Tyler Hansbrough as he left for the draft however, Junior Deon Thompson has stepped up. Thompson averaged just 8ppg last season but this year he is averaging 22ppg.

Further down the rankings, Memphis fell to number seven after a loss to Cincinnati last week. However, they responded with a win over the top ten ranked Villanova. Sophomore Derrick Rose is having another great season alongside Senior guard Chris Douglas-Roberts.

Michigan State's jump to number nine is another puzzling decision. The Spartans lost just last week to Morehead State a Horizon league school with only two wins. This week they barely beat Nebraska who is currently 5-7.

Two new additions popped up in the top 25, Marquette and Georgia Tech. Tech had been ranked early in the season but after losing three of their first four fell down the rankings. Since then they've responded with wins over Auburn and Texas A&M. Marquette Hasn't faced quite the competition other top 25 teams have but they've been blowing gout their opponents this month by an average score of 25.

In the mid-major poll, Gonzaga remained at the top followed by Saint Mary's. VCU moved into third after a win over Maryland. Davidson and Steph Curry faltered with a loss to Creighton sliding out of the top ten.

NCAA Hoops Rankings - Mid Major Poll - Updated: Dec 22,
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	Gonzaga	10-2
2	Saint Mary's	8-2
3	VCU	9-2
4	W.Michigan	9-3
5	Middle Tennessee	7-3
6	W,Kentucky	7-3
7	George Mason	7-3
8	Kent St.	7-4
9	Florida Atlantic	7-3
10	UW-Green Bay	8-3

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Wonder how long it takes for you to jump into the Mid-Major top 10, couple of good wins for you off the bat, especially against Oregon State.

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Wonder how long it takes for you to jump into the Mid-Major top 10, couple of good wins for you off the bat, especially against Oregon State.

Right now we're not even in the top 25 for Mid Majors. However, our RPI is currently 88 which is higher than a decent amount of the top mid-majors. We play Arizona who is ranked #11 this week, if we somehow pull off the upset then I think we'd crack the mid-major top 25.

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Team Stats:Team Comparison

Arizona Dominates UC Davis
December 27th, 2008

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TUCSON -- Arizona is one of the hottest teams in the entire NCAA, with a young roster full of talent. Their sole lose comes against Michigan State. UC Davis is hot on a six game winning streak, they've only played one game the past three weeks and will be very fresh.

Before the tip even started the atmosphere at Arizona was something to behold, featuring 15,00 screaming fans at McKale Memorial Center. The environment didn't get to the Aggies as they went shot for shot with the Wildcats. Vince Oliver led the way with eight early points coming over dribble drives. However, Arizona's full-court press soon started to wreak havoc on UC Davis.

The Aggies struggled against the press, throwing errant passes, several times the team even tossed an inbounds pass to a Wildcat. Freshman Norman Gruber led the way playing relentless defense not allowing Todd Lowenthal to get up the court. Jesse Lopez-Low in particular struggled for UC Davis, turning it over four times in ugly fashion. When they did get it up the court the Aggies were able to find favorable matchups for their big man Dedrick Watson who shot nearly perfect in the game.


UC Davis Stats:

Arizona Stats:

Coming out of the half, the Aggies went to Oliver again who hit a three cutting it to a six-point game. However, UC Davis still hadn't figured out the press and Arizona continued to force turnovers. Jamelle Horne was finding whatever he wanted inside against UC Davis's defenders. Chase Budinger was also finding buckets inside when he struggled in the first half primarily shooting from three.

UC Davis was able to find offense when they got the ball up the court, Joe Harden scored six of his eight points off the bench in the second half. Jimmie Harris also had one of his better shooting nights. However, the sheer number of shots extra shots they were giving the Wildcats was unsustainable.

Arizona got 14 offensive rebounds compared to just one for UC Davis. On offense, all of their starters found themselves in double digits. Freshman Kinzey Berry had his best game with the Wildcats scoring 16. Arizona extended the lead to twenty-five in the final seconds giving them an easy victory.

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Big loss, but I feel OK about scoring 79 points in this one. Arizona is probably going to score more than 104 on somebody else this year.

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Big loss, but I feel OK about scoring 79 points in this one. Arizona is probably going to score more than 104 on somebody else this year.

Yeah, I was expecting a big loss, I mean they're the eleventh-ranked team in the country. I think our offense can hang with just about anyone, it's the defense we got to work on. We currently have a top 30 ranked offense in the NCAA but are ranked in the 300s defensively.