The Jim Janis Legacy.....

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Those seats at Belmont look like airplane seats!

That is funny. It looked like they only invited close friends and family too! EMPTY!

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Conference Standings
Through December 1st

[b][u]Team               W   L   PCT   W   L   PCT[/u][/b]
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Belmont            1   0 1.000   3   2  .600
Jacksonville       1   0 1.000   3   2  .600
Kennesaw State     1   0 1.000   2   4  .333
Mercer             1   0 1.000   2   2  .500
Gardner-Webb       0   0  .000   1   3  .250
Campbell           0   0  .000   0   4  .000
Lipscomb           0   1  .000   1   4  .200
[color=blue][i]North Florida      0   1  .000   1   4  .200[/i][/color]
East Tennessee St  0   1  .000   1   5  .166  
Stetson            0   1  .000   0   6  .000
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Atlantic Sun Leaders:

SCORING:
1. Eric Smith (Campbell) 21.5
2. Boomer Herndon (Belmont) 20.2
3. Brian Fisk (Lipscomb) 18.5

REBOUNDS:
1. Boomer Herndon (Belmont) 10.3
2. Oldapo Fagbenie (Campbell) 9.8
3. Brad Nuckles (ETSU) 9.3

ASSISTS:
1. Golden Ingle (Kennesaw State) 9.0
2. James Florence (Mercer) 7.6
3. Ledell Eackles (Campbell) 6.0




Top 25:
Week of December 1st:
1. North Carolina (6-0)
2. Florida (7-1)
3. Ohio State (6-1)
4. Syracuse (7-0)
5. LSU (4-0)
6. Memphis (5-0)
7. Kansas (5-2)
8. Villanova (5-0)
9. Pittsburgh (6-1)
10. Boston College (5-0)
11. Duke (5-2)
12. Texas A&M (6-0)
13. Arizona (4-1)
14. Oklahoma State (7-1)
15. New Mexico State (4-0)
16. Wisconsin (6-1)
17. Virginia Tech (4-1)
18. UCLA (4-1)
19. Michigan (7-1)
20. Texas (5-1)
21. Georgia Tech (4-1)
22. Oregon (5-1)
23. Neveda (4-1)
24. Georgia (4-0)
25. Illionois (6-2)

Mid-Major Top 10:
1. New Mexico State (4-0)
2. Neveda (4-1)
3. Northern Iowa (5-1)
4. Gonzaga (4-1)
5. Akron (4-1)
6. Fresno State (5-1)
7. Southern Illinois (2-2)
8. Western Kentucky (6-1)
9. Old Dominion (6-1)
10. Creighton (3-1)

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Ospreys Fall to Bisons
North Florida Loses a Close One in Nashville


Rashad Williams with a thunderous tomahawk dunk.

12/2/06
Nashville, TN (AP) – The Lipscomb Bisons earned their first Atlantic Sun Conference victory on Saturday afternoon at Allen Arena in front of a sparse crowd with a 66-58 victory over the North Florida Ospreys (1-5,0-2). Brian Fisk led the Bisons with 15 points and 13 rebounds to go along with his game high six assists.

The North Florida Ospreys struggled all night to climb out of an early hole. After falling behind 18-3 early on, the Ospreys scratched and clawed their way back into this one, trailing by just two at the break 35-33.

But the Bisons would open the second half on an 8-0 run to get the lead back to 10. The Ospreys would not go away though and they clawed their way back to tie the game at 57-57 with just 2:37 left. They would not hist another field goal the rest of the way as the Bisons outscored them 9-1 to keep the Ospreys winless in A-Sun action.

True freshman Germain Sparks led the Ospreys with 13 points. Rashad Williams had a season high 16 rebounds. Chris Timberlake, plagued by early foul trouble, was held to a season low three points.

Both teams shot horribly from the field. Lipscomb shot 39% while North Florida shot 34%. The difference may have been at the line where Lipscomb went 12 of 15 from the line and North Florida struggled, hitting just 11 of 19.

Lipscomb outrebounded the Ospreys 45-39.

Up next for the Ospreys is a trip to Williamsburg, Virginia for a non-conference tilt with the College of William and Mary (3-2) out of the Colonial Athletic Conference on Friday evening.

Lipscomb 66, North Florida 58

Player of the Game: Brian Fisk (Lipscomb) 15 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists

North Florida Ospreys:
Germaine Sparks – 13 points, 5 rebounds
Jonson Yousefzadeh – 10 points
Rashad Williams – 4 points, 16 rebounds

Lipscomb Bisons:
Brian Fisk – 15 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists
Eddie Ard – 10 points, 11 rebounds

Record: (1-5,0-2)

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Looks like you got a decent freshman there in Sparks, I'll be following this one, it looks good.

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Ospreys Blowout Tribe
North Florida Gets Second Road Win, 75-58


Chip Polite puts it down late in the second half.

12/8/06
Williamsburg, VA (AP) – The North Florida Ospreys put together their most complete game of the year in a 75-58 blowout win on the road at William & Mary on Friday night. Chris Timberlake led a balanced scoring attack with 12 points in limited action.

The Ospreys led this one throughout building a 36-24 halftime lead. They would extend the lead to 22 midway through the second half and never looked back.

North Florida (2-5,0-2) shot a season high 49% from the floor and went 6 for 12 from beyond the arc. The held William & Mary (3-3) to just 38% shooting but were outrebounded 41-31 by the Tribe.

The Ospreys will have next week off for finals before returning to action at the UNF Arena on Monday, December 18 against Binghamton (2-5) out of the America East Conference.

North Florida 75, William & Mary 58

Player of the Game: Ian Gibson (North Florida) 10 points, 3 assists

North Florida Ospreys:
Chris Timberlake – 12 points, 2 assists
Aaron Caruthers – 10 points
Rashad Williams – 7 rebounds

William & Mary Tribe:
Matt McFadden – 14 points, 3 rebounds
Laimis Kisielius – 10 points , 7 rebounds
Adam Payton – 3 assists

Record: (2-5,0-2)

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Looks like you got a decent freshman there in Sparks, I'll be following this one, it looks good.

Thanks for checking in. Sparks seems to be hot and cold. When he is hot, I try to get him the ball. The offense revolves around Timberlake and his ability to drive to the hoop. If he can drive it opens up everything else.

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Bearcats Edge Ospreys
Poor Shooting Dooms North Florida in Loss


Bearcat players “celebrate” their road victory, sort of.

12/18/06
Jacksonville, FL (AP) – The North Florida Ospreys returned home on Monday evening after a ten day layoff and the rust was evident. The Ospreys played a very sloppy game and dropped a 60-57 decision to the Binghamton Bearcats (4-5).

North Florida was led by James Grimball who scored a season high 13 points. Chris Timberlake chipped in 12 while Rashad Williams was his typical ball hawk on the boards with 13.

Troy Hailey paced the Bearcats with 16, including three long range bombs, all in the second half.

Neither team shot well as Binghamton shot 33% and North Florida shot 38%. The Ospreys led by 10 early in the game but led by just two at the break at 30-28.

Binghamton would open the second half on a 10-2 run and would only trail once more with just 1:15 left at 57-56. After Binghamton hit a free throw to tie it, Germaine Starkes missed a difficult shot on the baseline. The freshman was 2 of 14 from the floor. The Bearcats then hit one of two free throws to take a 58-57 lead with :17 left, but a turnover by Timberlake and subsequent layup by Duane James sealed it.

Up next for the Opsreys is a matchup with Florida A&M (4-4) on Wednesday evening at UNF Arena.

Binghamton 60, North Florida 57

Player of the Game: Troy Hailey (Binghamton) 16 points, 3/6 3pt

North Florida Ospreys:
James Grimball – 13 points, 3 rebounds
Chris Timberlake 12 points, 2 assists
Rashad Williams – 7 points, 13 rebounds

Binghamton Bearcats:
Trot Hailey – 16 points
Duane James – 11 points, 9 rebounds
Ian Milne 6 points, 11 rebounds

Record: (2-6,0-2)

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Rattlers Slither Away From Ospreys
Florida A&M Escapes from Jacksonville With a 78-66 Victory


Leslie Robinson gets ready to throw down a nasty dunk for the Rattlers.

12/20/06
Jacksonville, FL (AP) – The 146th-ranked Florida A&M Rattlers shot the lights out in the first half at UNF Arena on Wednesday evening. Then they pulled away late to beat the 290th-ranked North Florida Ospreys 78-66. Rome Sanders led the way with 16 points and 13 rebounds for the visitors.

The Rattlers (5-4) out of the MEAC opened up a 28-6 lead midway through the first half on 90% shooting yet only led 44-36 at the break thanks to some defensive adjustments by the Ospreys.

UNF actually took the lead at 53-51 with 6:56 left in the game before a 12-2 run sealed it and sent the Ospreys to their second straight loss.

For the game, FAMU shot 58% while UNF was held to 38%. The Rattlers also outrebounded UNF 39-36.

The Ospreys will be off next week for the holidays before resuming Atlantic Sun action on January 2nd when they host Campbell (2-5, 0-0).

Florida A&M 78, North Florida 66

Player of the Game: Rome Sanders (Florida A&M) 16 points, 13 rebounds, 2 blocks

North Florida Ospreys:
Aaron Caruthers 14 points
Germaine Sparkes – 14 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals
James Grimball – 8 points, 8 rebounds

Florida A&M Rattlers:
Rome Sanders – 16 points, 13 rebounds
Leslie Robinson – 13 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists
Brian Greene 11 points, 9 rebounds

Record: (2-7,0-2)

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Conference Standings
Through January 1st

[b][u]Team               W   L   PCT   W   L   PCT[/u][/b]
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Belmont            2   0 1.000   7   5  .583
Kennesaw State     2   0 1.000   6   7  .461
Mercer             1   1  .500   5   5  .500
Lipscomb           1   1  .500   5   7  .416
East Tennesee St   1   1  .500   4   7  .363
Jacksonville       1   1  .500   3   7  .300
Campbell           0   0  .000   2   5  .285
Gardner-Webb       0   0  .000   2   7  .222
[b][color=blue]North Florida      0   2  .000   2   7  .222[/color][/b][color=blue][/color]
Stetson            0   2  .000   2   9  .181
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Conference RPI: 29

Atlantic Sun Leaders:

SCORING:
1. Eric Smith (Campbell) 21.6
2. Boomer Herndon (Belmont) 19.0
3. Brian Fisk (Lipscomb) 17.1

REBOUNDS:
1. Boomer Herndon (Belmont) 10.9
2. Brad Nuckles (ETSU) 9.7
3. Oldapo Fagbenie (Campbell) 9.4


ASSISTS:
1. James Florence (Mercer) 8.7
2. Golden Ingle (Kennesaw State) 8.1
3. Dequan Twilley (ETSU) 5.7



Top 25:

1. LSU (13-0)
2. North Carolina (11-2)
3. Memphis (12-1)
4. Pittsburgh (13-1)
5. Neveda (11-1)
6. Ohio State (11-2)
7. Georgia Tech (10-1)
8. Kansas (10-3)
9. Florida (11-3)
10. New Mexico State (9-1)
11. Syracuse (11-3)
12. Maryland (12-2)
13. UCLA (10-3)
14. Oklahoma State (12-2)
15. Alabama (11-2)
16. Duke (10-3)
17. Clemson (12-2)
18. Mississippi State (11-1)
19. Michigan (12-3)
20. Georgetown (10-3)
21. Villanova (8-3)
22. Marquaette (9-2)
23. Georgia (10-2)
24. Boston College (9-3)
25. Indiana (10-3)

Mid-Major Top 10:
1. Neveda (11-1)
2. New Mexico State (9-1)
3. Drake (11-1)
4. Old Dominion (10-2)
5. South Alabama (9-2)
6. Western Kentucky (12-3)
7. Middle Tennessee State (8-2)
8. Missouri State (8-3)
9. Evansville (12-2)
10. Hawaii (8-3)

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Fighting Camels Bounce Ospreys
Campbell Keeps North Florida Winless in A-Sun


Chip Polite with one of the few UNF highlights on Tuesday.

1/2/07
Jacksonville, FL (AP) – The University of North Florida knew when they hired Jim Janis that they may be in for a long season. They have a young team and they have a couple of transfers that should help immediately, next season.

On Tuesday evening at the UNF Arena, the Ospreys dropped a hard fought 73-69 decision to the Campbell Fighting Camels.

Free throw shooting played a huge role in this one, but neither team could take advantage at the charity stripe. Campbell shot just 41% from the line (7-17) while the Ospreys shot a pedestrian 48% (13-27).

Trailing 41-33 at the break, the Ospreys were able to close it to 52-51 at the 10 minute mark, but could never get over the hump, so to speak. Campbell seemed to answer every bucket with one of their own and they outrebounded the Ospreys 49-41.

Ruell Pringle led the way for Campbell with 14 points and 11 boards.

Chris Timberlake led the Ospreys with 17 points.

Up next for North Florida is the a matchup with Gardner-Webb (2-8,0-1) on Thursday night at the Arena.

Campbell 73, North Florida 69

Player of the Game: Ruell Pringle (Campbell) 14 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists

North Florida Ospreys:
Chris Timberlake – 17 points, 2 assists, 3 steals, 7/13 FTs
Germaine Sparkes – 13 points, 5 rebounds, 1/4 FTs
Rashad Williams – 8 points, 13 rebounds

Campbell Fighting Camels:
Ruell Pringle – 14 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists
Reggie Bishop – 11 points, 2 rebounds
Oldapo Fagbenie – 10 points, 12 rebounds
Ledell Eackles – 7 points, 5 assists, 5 turnovers

Record: (2-8,0-3)

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Ospreys Edge Bulldogs
North Florida Gets First Conference Victory


Chris Timberlake pulls up for a three.

1/4/07
Jacksonville, FL (AP) – The University of North Florida finally notched one in the win column in conference play on Thursday night as they struggled, but pulled out a last minute victory over Gardner-Webb University, 68-64. Chris Timberlake hit two free throws with 36.7 seconds left to give North Florida their first lead, then made a steal with 3.1 seconds left to seal the victory.

The Bulldogs ran out to an early 18-6 lead on red hot shooting. The Ospreys seemed to have trouble with Jake Sims quickness and gave the Bulldogs plenty of layup opportunities in the opening half.

Jonson Yousefzadeh coming off the bench added 9 points, all on three balls to help North Florida tie it up at halftime at 27-27. Despite the fact that UNF was only 3 of 9 from the line in the first half, a disturbing trend as of late.

Gardner-Webb (2-9,0-2) went on a mini-run to open the second half again and opened back up a ten point lead at 45-35 with under ten to play, but a pesky Osprey team kept plugging away and eventually started to play some better defense. (ie. They stopped giving up layups).

The Ospreys cut the lead to one on a Cortez Riley three ball with under two to go, then tied it when Chip Polite (Sophomore, Hollywood HS) hit one of two free throws setting up the dramatic finish by Timberlake.

On the game, the Ospreys shot just 39%, but shot 50% from beyond the arc (6 of 12) and outrebounded Gardner-Webb 40-39.

Up next for North Florida is a home game against cross town rival Jacksonville (4-8,2-2) on Tuesday night.

North Florida 68, Gardner-Webb 64

Player of the Game: Chris Timberlake (North Florida) 17 points

North Florida Ospreys:
Chris Timberlake – 17 points, 5/6 FTs
Jonson Yousefzadeh – 9 points, 3/5 3ptrs
Rashad Williams – 6 points, 13 rebounds

Gardner-Webb Bulldogs:
Jake Sims – 11 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists
Samba Fall – 10 points, 6 rebounds
Chris Gash 6 points, 10 rebounds

Record: (3-8,1-3)

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North Florida in a Romp
Ospreys Blowout Rival Dolphins 80-58


Germaine Sparkes had a breakout game against the Dolphins.

1/9/07
Jacksonville, FL (AP) – On Tuesday night at UNF Arena you could throw the records out the window as two fierce rivals renewed their bitter rivalry. Unfortunately the game didn’t live up to the much anticipated hype as North Florida blew Jacksonville out of the water with an impressive 80-58 victory.

True freshman Germaine Sparkes scored a career high 26 points on 11 of 13 shooting to “spark” the Ospreys. The only weakness in his game was his inability to make free throws. He was just 1 of 7 from the line. Jacksonville (4-9,2-3) did not have a player who could guard Sparkes on this night and he dazzled the sparse home crowd with a few highlight reel dunks.

North Florida (4-8,2-3) was in control of this one from the start and they led 39-22 at the break. The Dolphins opened the second half on a 14-2 run to dut the Osprey lead to 41-36 but they would never get closer and a decisive 19-2 run put this one away.

North Florida struggled again from the line shooting just 44% (8-18) but the key was the fact that UNF outrebounded Jacksonville 47-37.

The Ospreys will next travel to Johnson City on Saturday afternoon for a matchup with East Tennessee State (4-11,1-5).

North Florida 80, Jacksonville 58

Player of the Game: Germaine Sparkes (North Florida) 26 points, 3 rebounds 11/13 shooting, 1/7 FTs

North Florida Ospreys:
Germaine Sparkes – 26 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals
Rashad Williams – 8 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals
James Grimball – 7 points, 9 rebounds
Gallo Cham – 10 rebounds

Jacksonville Dolphins:
Andrew Zimbro – 10 points
Tyrone Curnell – 6 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists
Lehmon Colbert – 6 points, 11 rebounds

Record: (4-8,2-3)

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Conference Standings
Through January 12th

[b][u]Team               W   L   PCT   W   L   PCT[/u][/b]
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Campbell           4   0 1.000   6   5  .545
Kennesaw State     5   1  .833   9   8  .529
Belmont            4   2  .666   9   7  .562
Lipscomb           4   2  .666   8   8  .500
Mercer             3   2  .600   7   6  .538
[b][color=blue]North Florida      2   3  .400   4   8  .333[/color][/b][color=blue][/color]
Jacksonville       2   3  .400   4   9  .307
Gardner-Webb       1   3  .250   3  10  .230
East Tennessee St  1   5  .166   4  11  .266
Stetson            0   5  .000   2  12  .142
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Conference RPI: 30

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Ospreys Down Bucs
UNF Runs Win Streak to Three


Germaine Sparkes on a breakway in the first half.

1/13/07
Johnson City, TN (AP) – The North Florida Ospreys ran their win streak to three games on Saturday afternoon at the Memorial Center as they took out the East Tennesse State Buccaneers 85-76. Chris Timberlake led the way for the Ospreys with 16 points, four assists and three steals.

The Ospreys led just 44-43 at the break but were able to open up a comfortable 62-47 lead with under ten to play. But a stubborn ETSU (4-12,1-6) team would not go away and they pounded the ball inside to not only score but dominate on the boards. The Bucs would close to within 68-62, but woud get no closer as a 10-0 run put the game away.

“I thought that we played our game. We ran the floor and took the ball to the rack. If we do that we can overcome our defensive shortcomings and our rebounding disadvantage,” said a happy Coach Janis in the postgame.

For the game, the Ospreys shot 44% to ETSU’s 45% but were outrebounded 48-31. UNF held a big advantage at the line though, making 17 of 26 while the Bucs attempted just 11 free throws and made eight.

The Ospreys (5-8,3-3) will travel to Kennesaw, Georgia on Monday night for a big showdown with first place Kennesaw State (10-8,6-1).

North Florida 85, East Tennessee State 76

Player of the Game: Chris Timberlake (UNF) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals

North Florida Ospreys:
Chris Timberlake – 16 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals
Germaine Sparkes – 15 points, 3 rebounds
Jonson Yousefzadeh – 10 points
Rashad Williams – 8 points, 11 rebounds

East Tennessee State Buccaneers:
Courtney Pigram – 18 points, 3 assists
Travis Strong – 12 points, 5 rebounds
Brad Nuckles – 10 points, 10 rebounds

Record: (5-8, 3-3)

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Kennesaw State Wins Big
Owls Blowout Ospreys


Ronnell Wooten scores two of his 11 on the night.

1/15/07
Kennesaw, GA (AP) – The North Florida Ospreys saw their three game win streak come to an end on Monday night at the Spec Landrum Center in Kennesaw, Georgia as the Owls of Kennesaw State blew out North Florida 89-67

Golden Ingle led the way with 20 points and six assists for the first place Owls who improved to (11-8,7-1).

Chris Timberlake was the Ospreys leading scorer with 20 while Aaron Caruthers chipped in 18.

Kennesaw State had a huge rebounding edge outrebounding the Ospreys 59-32. “We need to box out better and stop giving up so many second chance points. If we continue to play like we did tonight, we won’t win too many more games,” said a dejected coach Janis following the loss.

Up next for the Ospreys is a home game on Thursday evening with Stetson (4-12,2-5).

Kennesaw State 89, North Florida 67

Player of the Game: Golden Ingle (Kennesaw St.) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists

North Florida Ospreys:
Chris Timberlake – 20 points, 3 turnovers
Aaron Caruthers – 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists
Gallo Cham – 8 points, 7 rebounds

Kennesaw State Owls:
Golden Ingle – 20 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists
Andre Morgan – 17 points, 8 rebounds
Ronell Wooten – 11 points, 13 rebounds
Alex Cornett – 12 rebounds

Record: (5-9,3-4)