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Ospreys Hold Off Bisons
North Florida Gets Key Victory


Germaine Sparkes with a tomahawk jam.

2/22/07
Jacksonville, FL(AP) – The Atlantic Sun Tournament is less than a week away and North Florida seems to be rounding into tourney form as they won their second straight with a 73-65 victory over the Lipscomb Bisons on Thursday evening. Freshman Germaine Sparkes had a dominating performance with 16 points, including a couple thunderous dunks, and 6 rebounds.

North Florida (12-13,9-8) moved into fifth place in the A-Sun with just one conference game left, against leader Belmont on Saturday evening at the UNF Arena. Lipscomb, which led the A-Sun early on has fallen to 8th place after dropping its eighth game in their past nine.

The Ospreys led 40-33 at the break and extended the lead to a confortable 57-42 margin and seemed to be in control. Then they went cold from the floor, not scoring a basket for 8 minutes and allowing Lipscomb to climb back into it. Jonson Yousefzadeh, who led the Ospreys for a third straight game in scoring, then hit a couple of big threes to seal it.

Lipscomb commited a season high 21 turnovers on the evening which didn’t help matters even though they outrebounded North Florida 43-39.

“What can I say about Jonson? He has really helped us late in the year with his shooting and it can only help us come tourney time.” Said Coach Janis afterwards.

The Ospreys will close out the regular season on Saturday afternoon as they host Belmont (16-11,11-6).

North Florida 73, Lipscomb 65

Player of the Game: Germaine Sparkes (UNF) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals

North Florida Ospreys:
Jonson Yousefzadeh – 17 points
Germaine Sparkes – 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals
Rashad Williams – 8 points, 9 rebounds
Chris Timberlake – 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists

Lispcomb Bisons:
Brian Fisk – 18 points
Eddie Ard – 15 points, 13 rebounds
Devon Seaford – 8 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, 7 TO’s

Record: (12-13,9-8)

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Bruins Blowout Ospreys
Belmont Pulls Away Late For Blowout 101-72


Andrew Preston had a big first half to lead Belmont.

2/24/07
Jacksonville, FL(AP) – The North Florida Ospreys were on a roll heading into their senior day matinee with conference leader Belmont. For 35 minutes, the Ospreys hung with the Bruins, then things fell apart as Belmont (17-11,12-6) finished the game on a 26-2 run to win goiing away 101-72.

North Florida (12-14,9-9) actually led 35-30 late in the first half but trailed at halftime 41-37. Belmont opened the second half on a 10-0 run, but the Ospreys answered thanks to some big threes by Chris Tiberlake, who finished with 26 points on 5 of nine shooting from downtown, to pull to within 55-54.

It would be nip and tuck from there until there was five minutes left. Leading 76-70, the Bruins took over and made 10 straight shots from the field down the stretch to make this one look alot easier than it was.

Belmont shot 60% from the floor while UNF shot just 35%. The Ospreys made a season high 11 three pointers but were just 11 of 32 from beyond the arc. Belmont dominated on the glass too, outrebounding the Ospreys 49-28. The Bruins also scored an incredible 68 points in the paint!

Up next is the Atlantic Sun Tournament in which Belmont will be the top seed.

Belmont 101, North Florida 72

Player of the Game: Andy Wicke (Belmont) 16 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists

North Florida Ospreys:
Chris Timberlake – 26 points
Jonson Yousefzadeh – 14 points, 3 assists, 5-25 shooting
James Grimball – 11 points, 10 rebounds

Belmont Bruins:
Josh Goodwin – 18 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists
Andy Wicke – 16 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists
Boomer Herndon – 14 points, 9 rebounds, 4 blocks

Record: (12-14,9-9)

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Conference Standings
Through February 27th

[b][u]Team               W   L   PCT   W   L   PCT   RPI[/u][/b][u][/u]
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Belmont            12  6  .666   17  11  .607  147
Mercer             11  7  .611   16  11  .592  225
Kennesaw State     11  7  .611   15  14  .517  231
Campbell           9   9  .500   12  14  .461  277
[b][color=blue]North Florida      9   9  .500   12  14  .461  271[/color][/b][color=blue][/color]
East Tennessee St  9   9  .500   12  15  .444  278
Lipscomb           8   10 .444   12  16  .428  253
Jacksonville       8   10 .444   10  16  .384  286
Gardner-Webb       7   11 .388   9   18  .333  250
Stetson            6   12 .333   9   19  .321  321
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Conference RPI: 29

Atlantic Sun Leaders:

SCORING:
1. Boomer Herndon (Belmont) 20.6
2. Eric Smith (Campbell) 18.7
3. Brian Fisk (Lipscomb) 15.8

REBOUNDS:
1. Oldapo Fagbenle (Campbell) 12.5
2. Boomer Herndon (Belmont) 10.8
3. Brad Nuckles (ETSU) 10.6

ASSISTS:
1. Golden Ingle (Kennesaw State) 7.8
2. James Florence (Mercer) 7.0
3. Ledell Eackles (ETSU) 7.0



Top 25:
1. North Carolina (25-4)
2. Memphis (25-3)
3. Kansas (23-5)
4. Ohio State (23-6)
5. LSU (23-5)
6. Georgia Tech (20-6)
7. Georgia (20-6)
8. UCLA (20-8)
9. Georgetown (20-7)
10. Marquette (19-7)
11. Neveda (20-6)
12. Alabama (19-8)
13. Syracuse (19-9)
14. Michigan (20-9)
15. Virginia Tech (19-8)
16. Pittsburgh (19-10)
17. Villanova (18-9)
18. Oklahoma State (19-9)
19. Florida (18-11)
20. Arizona (16-11)
21. Texas Tech (19-8)
22. Kentucky (17-10)
23. Oklahoma (17-8)
24. Washington (19-9)
25. Missouri State (20-7)

Mid-Major Top 10:
1. Neveda (20-6)
2. Missori State (20-7)
3. San Francisco (19-7)
4. Western Kentucky (22-8)
5. Old Dominion (21-8)
6. CS Fullerton (19-5)
7. Drake (20-8)
8. New Mexico State (15-9)
9. Hawaii (16-9)
10. Central Connecticut (21-8)

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End of Year Summary:

Final Record: 12-14 (9-9)
Conference Rank: 5
Media Poll: NR
Coaches Poll: NR
RPI: 271
vs. Top 25: 0-1
Road/Neutral: 6-8
vs. RPI 1-50: 0-1
vs. RPI 51-100: 0-0
vs. RPI 101-200: 0-5
vs. RPI 201+: 12-8

Statistics (Conference Rank)

Points per game: 67.1 (7)
Rebounds per game: 36.7 (9)
Assists per game: 8.8 (10)
Steals per game: 11.1 (1)
Blocks per game: 1.2 (8)
Turnovers per game: 6.4 (1)
FG%: 38.7 (7)
3PT%: 30.5 (5)
FT%: 59.8 (9)

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2007 Atlantic Sun Tournament
Site: New Orleans Arena

Quarterfinals:
(1) Belmont vs. (8) Jacksonville
(4) Campbell vs. (5) North Florida
(3) Kennesaw State vs. (6) East Tennessee State
(2) Mercer vs. (7) Lipscomb

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Tough season man.
Good louck in the tourny.
And hopefully your team gets bette next season.
I have a problem with gettin past frist round of NCAA tourny.
Maybe its cuz i use and Ivy League school.
But eh
Good luck

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Tough season man.
Good louck in the tourny.
And hopefully your team gets bette next season.
I have a problem with gettin past frist round of NCAA tourny.
Maybe its cuz i use and Ivy League school.
But eh
Good luck

Thanks for checking in! I am hoping to play the tournament tonight.

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Camels Bomb Ospreys
North Florida Ousted in Quarterfinals


Ledell Eackles scores an easy two.

2/28/07
New Orleans, LA(AP) – They say that it is tough to beat a team three times in one season. Campbell defeated North Florida twice in two very tight games in the regular season. On Wednesday evening in the third quarterfinal game of the Atlantic Sun Tournament in New Orleans, the Camels proved that theory wrong as they walloped North Florida, 89-59.

The Ospreys looked very disinterested in this one from the start. They missed layups, played very little defense and couldn’t rebound. A recipe for disaster in the conference tournament as a veteran Campbell squad took advantage of a pretty young North Florida squad.

“When you don’t defend or rebound, you will be in trouble,” said Coach Janis. “When you can’t shoot either, that leads to what you saw tonight. I am not sure what else I could say. We were prepared, but we just did not execute.”

Eric Smith led the romp with 17 points. Reggie Bishop tossed in 15 points and Ledell Eackles had 14 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Chris Timberlake led the Ospreys (12-15) with 15 points on 6 of 22 shooting. Rashad Williams had a forgettable final game. He got into early foul trouble and ended up with just 4 points and 6 rebounds before fouling out.

Campbell moves on to the semifinals to take on the winner of the Belmont-Jacksonville game.

Campbell 89, North Florida 59

Player of the Game: Eric Smith (Campbell) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 3/3 3pt

North Florida Ospreys:
Chris Timberlake – 15 points, 6/22 shooting
Coretz Riley – 13 points
Jonson Yousefzadeh – 9 points, 4/21 shooting
Rashad Williams – 4 points, 6 rebounds

Campbell Fighting Camels:
Eric Smith – 17 points, 4 rebounds
Reggie Bishop – 15 points, 4 rebounds
Ledell Eackles – 14 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists
Jonathan Rodriguez – 6 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists

Record: (12-15)

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2007 Atlantic Sun Tournament
Site: New Orleans Arena

Quarterfinals:
(1) Belmont 65, (8) Jacksonville 63
(4) Campbell 89, (5) North Florida 59
(7) Lipscomb 72, (2) Mercer 53
(6) East Tennessee State 65, (3) Kennesaw State 63

Semifinals:
(1) Belmont 81, (4) Campbell 73
(6) East Tennessee State 74, (7) Lipscomb 73

2007 Atlantic Sun Championship:
(1) Belmont 87, (6) East Tennessee State 57

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National Champions: North Carolina (34-5)
National Player of the Year: Glen Davis (Junior, LSU) 25.4 ppg, 10.5 rpg
2k Sports Player of the Year: Glen Davis (Junior, LSU) 25.4 ppg, 10.5 rpg
Coach of the Year: Roy Williams (North Carolina)

Final Top 25:
1. North Carolina (34-5)
2. Kansas (28-9)
3. Ohio State (29-7)
4. Memphis (29-5)
5. LSU (27-9)
6. Alabama (26-10)
7. Texas Tech (28-10)
8. Syracuse (25-11)
9. Georgia Tech (21-10)
10. Georgetown (23-9)
11. Neveda (24-8)
12. UCLA (23-11)
13. Kentucky (23-12)
14. Marquette (21-9)
15. Tennessee (23-13)
16. Washington (25-11)
17. Michigan (25-12)
18. Virginia Tech (23-12)
19. Duke (25-14)
20. Villanova (21-13)
21. Georgia (21-10)
22. Arizona (20-14)
23. Pittsburgh (21-14)
24. San Diego State (24-10)
25. CS Fullerton (25-6)

Mid-Major Top 10:
1. Neveda (24-8)
2. CS Fullerton (25-6)
3. Missouri State (21-9)
4. San Francisco (22-9)
5. Western Kentucky (22-9)
6. Old Dominion (22-10)
7. New Mexico State (18-11)
8. Drake (20-9)
9. Evansville (22-11)
10. UNC Greenville (21-9)

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A-Sun Coach of the Year: Rick Byrd (Belmont) 20-12
A-Sun Player of the Year: Boomer Herndon (Belmont) 20.0 ppg, 11.0 rpg
A-Sun Freshman of the Year: James Florence (Mercer) 10.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 7.1 apg

Nashville, TN (AP) – Head Coach Rick Byrd, the Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year has decided to leave Belmont and take the head coaching position at Iowa. He is being replaced by R. Dillard.

Other coaching changes of note this offseason: Lute Olsen (Arizona), Bob Knight (Texas Tech), and Tom Davis (Drake) have all retired. Steve Alford, fired at Iowa, has been hired by San Diego.

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2006-07 North Florida Stats:

PLAYER         MPG   FG-FGA  PCT 3FG-3FGA  PCT
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C. Timberlake  22.9 140-386 .362  37-115  .321
G. Sparkes     19.5 107-279 .383  11-40   .274
J. Yousefzadeh  7.4  71-186 .381  42-114  .368
A. Caruthers   19.8  82-263 .311   7-50   .140
R. Williams    22.8  92-182 .505   0-2    .000
J. Grimball    19.1  76-161 .472   0-1    .000
C. Riley       10.3  50-138 .362  20-50   .400
G. Cham        11.0  43-93  .462   0-3    .000
A. Henry       11.6  28-71  .394   1-3    .333
I. Gibson       8.3  22-86  .255   1-19   .052
C. Polite       8.7  21-60  .349   1-4    .250
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PLAYER         OFF DEF TOT AST STL BLK PTS  AVG
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C. Timberlake    4  29  33  49  42   0 368 13.6
G. Sparkes      12  99 111  24  45   2 259  9.6
J. Yousefzadeh   4  18  22  22   9  14 194  7.8
A. Caruthers    13  42  55  19  35   2 199  7.4
R. Williams     55 193 248  28  43   8 197  7.3
J. Grimball     37 134 171  18  40  15 180  6.7
C. Riley         3  15  18  25  17   1 133  4.9
G. Cham         27  90 117  13  17   0 105  3.9
A. Henry        23  86 109  16  18   3  60  2.2
I. Gibson        3  15  18  22  15   0  54  2.1
C. Polite       14  66  80  10  10   1  54  2.0
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Team Leaders:

Top Scorer: Chris Timberlake 13.6 PPG
Most Rebounds: Rashad Williams 9.2 RPG
Most Assists: Chris Timberlake 1.8 APG
Most Steals: Germaine Sparkes 1.7 SPG
Most Blocks: James Grimball 0.6 BPG
Top FT%: James Grimball 71.8%
3pt Leader: Cortez Riley 40.0%

2nd Team All-A-Sun: Rashad Williams

(Note: I cannot seem to figure out how to get the All-American Teams or the All-Conference Teams on the PS2 version. Any help would be greatly appreciated)

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Players Leaving:

Rashad Willaims: Rashad Williams will be sorely missed as he graduates. He was a force on the boards and our only really consistant rebounder. He averaged 7.3 PPG and 9.2 RPG while playing 22.8 minutes pergame.

Recruits:

Nouha Fisher (3*, SF, 6’8” 197 lbs): He is a junior college freshman out of Gainesville, Florida.
Offense: D
Shooting: C+
Rebounding: B
Hustle: B-
Leaping: D
Quickness: C+
Intelligence: B
Potential: AVG

Clarence Schmieder (2*, SF, 6’8” 191lbs): He is a high school senior out of Sarasota, Florida. He is the #147 SF and is #670 Overall.
Offense: C-
Shooting: C+
Rebounding: C-
Hustle: B-
Leaping: F
Quickness: C-
Intelligence: C-
Potential: AVG

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The Down Low on the 2007-08 Ospreys:

2006-07 RECORD: 12-15, 9-9
OVERALL RECORD: 12-15, 9-9
GRADES: Overall: 67(+3), Offense: 71(+2), Defense: 63(+5), Shooting: 74(+2), Rebounding: 69(+8)
ARENA: UNF Arena (5,800)
ATTENDANCE: 23%
STUDENT SECTION: Flock

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Jim Janis starts his second year at North Florida and keeps his two assistants, Bienvenu Esparza and Chip Dunleavy. Esparza, 54, is especially good at scouting opponents and comes to UNF with a B- scouting rating. Dunleavy, 39, is a defensive specialist and really doesn’t contribute too much else. Coach Janis’ charisma rating is now an A+. All of his other attributes are C-.

Let’s meet your Ospreys:
Starting Lineup:

PG – Chris Timberlake – Senior – OVR: 63(+3)
SG – Tom Hammonds – Junior – OVR: 66(+2)
SF – Aaron Caruthers – Junior – OVR: 62(+3)
PF – Nouha Fisher – Sophomore – OVR: 62
C – James Grimball – Senior – OVR: 64(+2)

Bench:

SG – Germaine Sparks – Sophomore – OVR: 57(+2)
PF – Arnold Henry – Senior – OVR: 56(+1)
PF – Gallo Cham – Senior – OVR: 55(+1)
PF – Chip Polite – Sophomore – OVR: 55(+2)
PG – Coretz Riley – Junior – OVR: 55(+2)(+2)
SF – Clarence Schmieder – Freshman – OVR: 55
SF – Stan Januska – Sophomore - 55(+2)
PG – Ian Gibson – Junior – OVR: 54(+3)
SG – Jonson Yousefzadeh – Junior – OVR: 49(+2)