by Wayne23 » Sat Apr 22, 2017 11:30 am
3/9: #8 seed Texas Tech, 15-13, 7-9, won the play in. We beat them by 10 here, then by 18 there.
3/10: 70-44. Great D but we were sluggish on O. Mart and Will were in foul trouble all night so we got a lot of bench minutes. Brad led us with 18, 7, 5. +15 RBs, +12 TOs. Not our best game, but then #3 seed #13 ranked Wichita ST had an even worse night, losing to Kansas ST.
#4 seed, #10 ranked Kansas, 21-8, 10-6, in the semis. We beat them by only 1 there in a really challenging game. They’re a tough match up for us, and frankly, I don’t know how they lost 8 games.
3/11: This game was so much like our prior game with them. We jumped out to a lead, stretched it to 11 at the half, 14 early in the 2nd, and then fell apart. Last time we had enough to hang on for the win. This time we didn’t. In the last minute of the game they hit a three, fouled us. We hit only one. They hit another thre81-53. e, fouled us. We hit only one. They got the ball with 9.2 left, came down and hit a three at the buzzer for the win. 19, 6 for Brad, 10, 9, 9 for Roll, 13 RBs for Will, but no one else did much of anything. We shot 28.2%, 18.2% on threes. In the second half it was 20%, and about 10% on threes.
This may cost us the #1 overall seed.
3/12: #3 Oklahoma beat #10 Kansas by 6 for the Big 12 title.
We’re 30-2, still #1 and #1.
#1 overall. Everyone else has at least 4 losses. We play 17-15 Drake.
3/16: 81-53. 48-19 at the half. 22, 5, 5 for Roll, 17, 5, 3 for Brad. +17 RBs, 9 TOs.
Wichita ST and Oklahoma both lost on Day 1.
#9 seed Memphis, 18-12, in Round Two. Tough 2nd round matchup. These guys can play.
3/18: 82-57. 29, 6, 5 for Brad, 14 for Roll. +9 RBs. We played well.
#5 seed, #18 ranked Florida, 25-9, in the Sweet Sixteen.
3/23: 84-66. Huge game for Brad, 27, 14, 6. 20 for Roll, 12, 11 for Mart. +18 RBs, +11 TOs.
#2 seed, #4 ranked Seton Hall, 30-4, in the Elite Eight. They’re very good inside and they have a great outside shooter. We need to bring our A game.
3/25: 79-74. We led by as many as 17, and the final score was as close as it got but we worked for this one. 25, 4, 4 for Roll, 17, 4, 3 for Brad. Our inside game isn’t getting us enough points lately. Thank whatever for our outside game!
3/26: We’ll play #15 ranked Temple, 25-9, in the national semifinal.
#5 Maryland, 31-6, vs. #6 UConn, 30-5, on the other side.
4/1: 72-52. 16, 6 for sub big man Greg Hand, but this was a team effort with 7 scoring 6 or more, and 9 scoring altogether. We shot very poorly due to Temple’s aggressive D, but they were often too aggressive, and we ended up on the foul line very often. +12 TOs, +7 Rbs. Our D turned them over 19 times.
We get to play for a title! The opponent is #5 Maryland, 32-6. Their starting Center, and leading rebounder and scorer, tore his ACL in the conf. tourney. That leaves them with only one decent inside player. They are very good outside.
4/3: 75-64! 15 lead changes, 6 ties. We finally took with 5-6 minutes left when a 14-4 run gave us a 14 point lead. Until then it was back and forth. 17, 6 for Roll, 15, 9, 4, 5, 5 for MOP Sam Will, 154, 5, 5 for Brad, 14, 4 for Hart.
My 16th title at 6 different schools!
4/4: Awards: Marc Brad was Final Four MOP, and 1st team All American. I got National COY for the 19th time. In conf., Brad was 1st team, Cay Roll and Sam Will were 2nd. I got Conf. COY for the 23rd time.
BIG meeting at the Final Four. Very hush hush. The NCAA decided to try to get in one more season. It won’t be easy. I’m going to stick around for as long as I can. I’m 12 away from 1500 wins, and I’d love to do 50 years. If it looks too unsafe I’ll just head for the Wyoming boonies. It would be nice to get that 50 years though. I’ll be 78 on May 1, but of course I still look and feel mid 30s.
Lots of schools offered but it’s pointless to move at this point.
4/23: I ask for a facilities upgrade. No.
36-2, 16th national championship. 1488-252, .855 for 49 seasons.