Historical Association #7 1st season 1977-‘78

[Wayne23]

Historical Association #7 1st season 1977-‘78

One of 4 associations. 1: All PGs and SGs, Strong Outside. 2: All PGs and SGs, Favor Outside. 3: All PFs and Cs, Strong Inside. 4: Favor Inside.

All will use the same strategies; we’ll start with the same team each time, and stay at the same school for the entire run; the school MAY change conference.

1st season will not count, next 10 seasons will. At the end we’ll compare to see who did best and worst.

Coach Skills 65 across the board, go to 80-Off, 85 everything else.

We start at Wisconsin-Green Bay, in the Horizon Conf.

No “backstory,” but the historical reports will continue, taking us to 2018.

[Wayne23]

5/1: Stripping the roster of big guys. Changing SFs to SGs, walk ons to SGs. But remember, Year 1 stats will not count.

We buy the National Basic.

6/26: 4 scholarships.

8/4: Department of Energy is created.

8/16: Elvis has left the planet.

8/18: Steven Biko is arrested.

8/21: We offer to 3 PGs and an SG.

9/12: Steven Biko is beaten to death in prison.

9/18: Golden State Classic vs. UCLA.

9/25: We get 1, lose one. We get an SG, #259.

10/2: We get one, lose one. We get a PG, #168.

10/9: We get a PG, #149.

10/26: Smallpox is considered to be eradicated worldwide.

11/6: 8 man rotation:

Junior Bill Scot starts at PG. Soph Lee Quin is at SG. Soph Ray Radd subs at both guard spots.

Senior Ray Trot starts at SF, subs at C. Soph Ward Owen subs at SF.

Frosh Dave Mead starts at PF with soph Cris Flik backing up.

Soph Sean Gold is at C.

There will be changes.

[Wayne23]

11/20: 1-1 start. Rebounding very poorly (#319), but only -0.5.

All 3 recruits sign. Still chasing the 4th.

Sadat visits Israel.

11/27: 1-3. We make a couple of changes. Flik has been playing much better than Mead so he’ll start in Mead’s place.

12/4: 2-3. I expected a poor inside game but I am NOT happy with our ball handling, 14.0 TOs per game, and -4.0 assists.

One more game and then what will likely be a brief appearance at the Golden ST Classic. We are NOT ready for #16 UCLA, our first opponent! They’re the #1 seed.

12/9: 77-89. My guys played very well but UCLA had too much talent. SG Lee Quin had 26. 13, 9 for SF Ray Trot. 11, 8, 4 for C Sean Gold.

12/25: 4-5 heading for Horizon League play. RPI #257. -5.0 PPG, -0.7 RBs, -0.6 TOs.

[Wayne23]

1/1/1978: 5-6, 1-1. Won the one we should have lost and vice versa.

1/15: 7-8, 3-3. RPI #292. We’re losing games we could win.

1/29: 9-10, 5-5. RPI #257. -4.5 PPG, -0.9 RBs, -0.2 TOs. Tied for 5th, 1 back of 3rd. SF Ray Trot and SG Bill Quin lead us with 15.3, and 15.0. C Sean Gold and Trot are our best rebounders.

2/5: 11-10, 7-5, RPI #228. Tied for 3rd. PG Bill Scot had 47 vs. Youngstown ST.

2/12: 12-11, 8-6, RPI #231.

We were picked 9th in the 10 team Horizon. Our GM set 3rd as our goal. We’re tied for 3rd with 4 to play.

2/26: We end the regular season at 14-14, 10-8, RPI #239. Tied for 3rd in conf. -3.2 PPG, -0.6 RBs, +0.2 TOs. -2.5 assists.

[Wayne23]

3/3: We play #5 seed Valparaiso, 10-17, 9-9, in the quarter finals. Split with them in the regular season.

3/4: 73-60. We led almost all the way. 20, 12 for SF Ray Trot, 8, 15 for C Sean Gold, 12 each for guards Lee Quin and Bill Scot, 11, 6 for PF Dave Mead. +22 RBs.

#8 seed Detroit, 11-18, 7-11, upset #1 so we play them in the semis. We split with them in the regular season.

3/5: 61-84. We were awful. 21 for Trot, 14 for Scot, and no one else did much of anything.

We end our season at 15-15, RPI #241.

4/3: #6 North Carolina wins the title.

4/4: Awards: Ray Trot makes 1st team.

4/23: I ask for a budget increase. No.

15-15, .500.

[Wayne23]

5/1: We buy the National Basic.

6/5: 2 transfers we like.

6/12: We get one of them.

6/26: 3 scholarships.

8/21: We offer to 3 PGs.

9/17: Camp David peace agreement between Egypt and Israel.

9/25: No one has committed yet.

10/2: Still no commitments.

1st day of practice. We’re picked #6 in conf.

10/16: We get a PG, #448.

11/6: 8 man rotation:

Junior Ray Radd is at the Point.

Frosh Gilo Deni starts at SF, subs at PG. Junior Lee Quin subs at SG.

Junior Cris Flik starts at SF, subs at PF and C.

Soph Dave Mead and junior Ward Owen sub at SF.

Frosh Reg Raff starts at PF. Junior Sean Gold is back at C.

[Wayne23]

11/18: At Jonestown they drink the Kool Aid.

11/20: 2-0 start. SG Gilo Deni is lighting it up.

11/27: 3-1. Mead is starting at SF for Flik.

12/11: 6-1. RPI #93. Deni is getting 19.4 PPG. Gold gets 11.1 and 11.0. the rest is team effort with 6 players having similar stats.

12/25: 8-1, RPI #68. +7.5 PPG, +1.6 RBs, +2.5 TOs, +2.0 assists, +0.9 steals. Deni is getting 20.1 PPG.

[Wayne23]

1/1/1979: 10-1, 2-0. Great start, beating two of the top teams in conf., one on the road.

1/15: 5-1, RPI #27. We’re alone in 1st place but it’s early. Deni is averaging 19.3.

The Shah escapes from Iran.

1/29: 16-3, 8-2, RPI #24. Alone in 1st. +6.0 PPG, +0.4 RBs, +2.9 TOs, +1.6 assists, +0.8 steals. Deni is getting 19.8 PPG.

2/12: 19-4, 11-3, #28. 1 up on Milwaukee in conf. 3 of our last 4 are at home.

2/26: We end the regular season at 23-4, 15-3, RPI . We win the conf. by 2 games over Milwaukee, 4 or more over the rest. +6.0 PPG, +0.2 RBs, +3.5 TOs, +1.6 assists, +1.7 steals. Deni averages 20.7 PPG.

[Wayne23]

3/3: We play #9 seed UIC, 10-18, 5-13, in the quarters.

3/4: 91-86. We led all the way. They scored the last 5, and the win was never in danger, but they were tough. 22 each for starting guards Deni and Quin, 20 and 6 for PF Reg Raff. 11, 8, 6, 4, 2 for C Sean Gold. We didn’t rebound well.

#5 seed Oakland, 15-13, 9-9, in the semis. We beat them by 21 and by 20.

3/5: 70-68. Again, we led almost all the way, and a three at the buzzer by their SG made it a 2 point game. But again, they hung in all the way. 23 for Deni, and 7 others had between 4 and 9; a real team effort. Too many TOs, too many fouls, but we’ll play for the title.

#7 seed Wright ST, 14-16, 8-10, in the title game. We split the season games, and they are tougher than their record indicates.

3/6: 87-73. An easy one! 26, 5, 3, 3 for Deni, 27, 4 for PG Lee Quin, 12, 8 for Gold. The question is whether to move up to a more challenging conference next season.

26-4, 15-3. Ranked!!! #20. RPI #17.

3/12: #5 West. We play #12 UNLV, 20-11. Tough 1st round matchup.

3/17: 82-77. 17 lead changes, 9 ties. Down 7 at the half. 16, 10 for Gold. 13 each for Deni and Flik. We won it at the line. 8 TOs helped.

#4 seed, #16 ranked LSU, 24-8, in the 2nd round. They’re a good team, but we think we have a chance.

3/19: 63-84. We were overmatched. 27 for Deni.

3/28: Three Mile Island does what all nuclear plants will do sooner or later.

4/3: #2 UCLA wins it all.

4/4: Awards: Gilo Dani is Horizon Frosh OY and 1st team. Sean Gold makes 2nd team. I get Conf. COY.

4/23: We need money!!! We get $9,000. I’ll take it!

[Wayne23]

5/1: We move to the Missouri Valley conference.

National Basic.

5/4: Douche canoe Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister of England. Along with Ronald Rayguns she will destroy the world’s economy for generations to come.

6/5: At least one transfer we’d like to get.

6/12: And we get 2.

6/26: 5 scholarships.

6/30: President Carter’s approval rate falls to 25%, lower than Nixon’s at the height of Watergate.

7/16: Saddam Hussein becomes President of Iraq.

8/21: We offer to 5 PGs.

9/18: Hoops for Troops vs. Fresno ST.

9/25: Got 2, #137 and #540.

10/2: 1st day of practice. We’re picked 2nd in our new conf.

10/9: We get 2 more, #79 and #341.

10/16: We get the last one, #392.

11/4: The Iran hostage crisis begins.

11/6: 8 man rotation:

Senior Ray Radd starts at PG. Juco junior Cal Mara is at SG.

Senior Lee Quin backs up at both guard spots.

Soph Gilo Deni is at SF, backed by senior Ward Owen.

Soph Reg Raff starts at PF, subs at C. Senior Sean Gold subs at PF.

Junior Kel Poly, a transfer from Gonzaga, starts at C.