by Wayne23 » Wed May 24, 2017 6:13 pm
3/9: #7 seed Louisville, 18-11, 10-8, in the quarters. Beat them by 25 then lost by 10.
3/10: 78-70. Big 2nd half. 25 for Hawk, 17, 4, 5 for Gram. 45 RBs, 11 TOs.
#3 seed, #16 ranked Duke, 22-9, 13-5, in the semis. They won by 14 there. Their PG is world class, but we match up well otherwise.
3/11: 80-76. Great win! Their terrific PG had 29, but Hawk had 32, 8, 3. 12, 7 for Tigs, 8, 10 for Ware. 10, 13 for sub Jeff Felt. 51 RBs (+10).
1st place, #2 ranked Georgia Tech, 30-2, 18-0, for the title. This is a 5 man team, but oh those 5! They won by 8 there, so we can compete.
3/12: 60-67. We were in it all the way. As happened last time, fouls were the difference. They were 9-12, we were 1-4. Worse was the fact that Hawk was in foul trouble all night and played only 24 minutes before fouling out. He did lead us with 22 and 5 though. 18, 4, 4 for Gram. We played really well both times against this very tough team.
27-5, 14-4, #13, RPI #7. Hoping for a #2 seed, and REALLY hoping to be in either the South or the West.
Well, we got the #2, but in the East, and Ga. Tech is #1. We hope to get to them! We play 20-12 Norfolk ST first.
I’m learning two terrific new upbeat songs: “Hello, Ma Baby,” and “Keep on the Sunny Side.”
3/16: 77-67. 24 for Hawk, 16, 6 for Tigs. +14 TOs.
#7 seed Pitt. We beat them here, then they crushed us here in the regular season final. They have LOTS of very good guards. We need ours to step up big, and we need to control the inside, which we should be able to do.
3/18: 75-68. We led most of the way, but not by a lot. 22, 7 for Gram, 17, 9 for Ware. We did what we needed to do- we contained their guards and had an 18 RB edge.
Sweet Sixteen vs. #3 seed, #8 ranked Oregon, 29-4. Tough team all over, but especially at PF. We need to be at our best.
3/23: 73-82. The referee absolutely killed us- 37-47 vs. 13-22. I got my first ever technical foul. 21 for Hawk, 16, 8 for Ware, 15, 5 for Tigs. There’s talk of going to two referees. It’s time.
Big trouble in the Philippines. They are really fighting us now, and doing too well.
The British and Dutch are having trouble in South Africa with the Boers.
Good news though- Alfred Dreyfus is freed!
4/3: #1 Kansas wins it all.
4/4: Awards: Ban Hawk makes ACC 2nd team. Should have been 1st, and Ware should have made 2nd. I get Conf. COY.
4/9: No decent offers but I wouldn’t have gone anyway. My best 7 or 8 players are back and we have 4 A level recruits coming in.
4/23: We ask for a facilities upgrade. Back to B+. We had slipped to B.
29-6, 14-4. Great season! Overall, I’m 291-133, .686.
Looking for great things next season!