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AGGIES FIND INSTANT SUCCESS UNDER COACH YOUNGBLOOD
UC Davis came into the 2011-2012 with a Freshman and 3 Soph's in the starting lineup, but after 3 games, Coach Youngblood made a move inserting
SR PG Tood Lowenthal (64 OVR/80 3PT) into the starting lineup, moving
FR Tyrell Corbin (67 OVR/68 3PT/74 OWAR) to SG, with SO SF H. Dupont (65 OVR) moving to the 6th man spot.
The move worked to perfection as the Aggies knock off
#25 Mississippi State (75-73) in the opening round of the
Orange County Shootout The Aggies then went on to beat
South Illinois (74-69) to move to the Championship game
vs USC In the Championship game, Corbin scores 22 points (3/5 3pt) as
UC Davis beats USC (76-68)
The Aggies then went on to win 3 straight as beating California WCC schools
(Pepperdine,LMU and San Diego) before falling to another WCC school
(USF) just their 2nd loss of the season
(also lost to Santa Clara).
UC Davis then came up 1 basket short of forcing OT as they lose to
#18 UCLA (82-80) at Pauley Pavillion, before beating
CSU Bakersfield (93-81) to
finish non-conference play 9-3.
Coach Youngblood also had success off the court as he signs
2* Center Dominique Clark out of Tracy CA.
Rated the #795 Overall player in the class and #96 C, Clark figures to play major minutes next season as a key backup off the bench behind
SO's A. Tiffin and M. Kurtz
UCD opened Big West play with a huge
(90-68) win over rival UC Riverside, as 4 players score in double digits led by
R. Sypkens off the bench who scores 18 on 5/7 3pt shooting.
The Aggies would go on to finish
10-6 in Big West play finished tied with Long Beach State and CS Fullerton for 2nd place in the Conference behind UCSB who went 12-3.
UCD would close out the regular season with a
(60-49) win over rival Sacramento State to finish with a
20-9 Overall record.
After beating
(8-18) UC Riverside in the opening round of the Big West Tourney, the Aggies took on
(20-8) CS Fullerton in Round 2, defeating the Titians
(75-74) as
Corbin scores 26 pts to lead the team.
With UCSB losing to UC Irvine in the opening round of the tourney, UCD played
Long Beach State in the Finals. With a
#24 Ranking in the Mid Majors Poll, but only a RPI of #73, the Aggies would need to win the Big West Title for a automatic bid into the Field of 65.
Corbin leads the way as he scores 25 points leading UCD to a
(65-53) win.
With the victory,
(23-9) UC Davis is headed to the Big Dance as a #11 seed where will play
#6 Maryland, who finished the year 23-10 Overall and 10-6 in ACC play, with a RPI of #39.
UNC entered the tourney as the #1 Overall seed after finishing the season 30-5 Overall and 15-1 in the ACC (lost 102-91 to Duke).
Kentucky, Purdue and Oklahoma State were the other #1 seeds.
Duke, W. Virginia, Florida and Baylor were the #2 seeds.
AGGIES FALL IN FIRST ROUND
Trailing 47-28 at the half, UCD makes a huge comeback in the 2nd half scoring 46 points as
Corbin pours in 29 points on 4/7 3pt shooting, but it's not enough as Maryland holds on for the (76-74) win.
FINAL 4 FEATURES ALL 4 #2 SEEDS!
#1 UNC fell to #9 Oregon in Round 2, well #1 Kentucky also went down in Round 2 to #8 UCLA, and #1 Purdue lost to #9 Arizona.
#1 OSU made it to the Elite 8 before falling to #2 Baylor.
West Virginia beat
#15 Boise State in Round 1. The Broncos won 20 games after winning the WAC tourney as the #4 seed, but WVU comes up short in the
Final 4 losing to Duke (89-84)
Baylor also falls in the Final 4, to
#2 Florida (84-59) leaving the National Title game to Dukies vs Gators.
GATORS CROWNED CHAMPS
The Gators are crowned National Champs as they beat Duke (79-67). K. Boynton leads UF with 22 points. Duke shoots just 6/22 from 3pt as FR A. Rivers goes 1/6 scoring just 10 points.
UCONN'S J. CALHOUN HANGS THEM UP
Jim Calhoun decides to retire after UConn goes 22-13 Overall. The Huskies hire
Missouri State HC C. Martin who lead the Bears to a (21-11) Overall record and #10 seed in the tourney.
MSU hires former Oral Roberts HC Scott Sutton who had guided the Golden Eagles to a Summitt Conference Title and #16 seed in the NCAA tourney.
Oral Roberts hires former Gonzaga Assistant K. Hunter as it's new HC.
AGGIES SAY GOODBYE TO 3
Starting PG T. Lowenthal, starting SF E. Miller and backup PG E. Silva all graduate leaving Coach Youngblood 7 returning players, incoming recruit D. Clark and 4 scholarships as UCD goes into Off-season recruiting.
AGGIES ADD 4 MORE IN OFF-SEASON
Coming off the most successful season in school history, Coach Youngblood lands 4 more recruits including a pair of 3* recruits, a 7'1 bigman and a 2* JC FR.
3* SF 6'6 J.R. Acasio from Berkely CA comes in as the #368 Overall recruit and #74 SF.
3* SF 6'7 Trevor Azubuike from Oakland CA comes in as the #398 Overall recruit and #82 SF
2* C 7'1 Wilson Outlaw from Sacramento CA comes in as the #478 Overall recruit and #73 C
2* JF FR 6'7 SF Isaiah Paschell is orginally from Fresno CA but played last season at NAIA powerhouse College of Southern Idaho.
Coach Youngblood It's a good thing Coach Young likes his class because the 5 players rank #147 Overall
TEXAS EDGES OUT FLORIDA TIE FOR #1 CLASS
Both schools landed 3 5* McDonald All-Americans, with 2 of the Gators being State Mr Basketball's, but Texas a 3* recruit late to push them to #1. All of Texas's recruits are figured into next year's starting lineup (SF S. Diarra, PF M. Whaley and C. D. Cain), well Florida will likely add 2 (PG R. Barrnett and PF T. Doornekamp)
UNLV lands the 3rd best Class with 1 5* AA Mr BB. The Running Rebels are projected to have 4 FR in next years starting lineup.
LSU finished #5, well Syracuse, UConn, Arizona, Texas A&M and Michigan State round out the Top-10.