Historical Association #9 1st season 1999-2000

[Wayne23]

11/20: 2-0 start. Home games against crappy teams, and one was in OT, but I’ll take it. Des Pett was our go to in both games. We’re playing 6 guards. The only one who is standing out right now is PG Deek Brad.

All 4 recruits sign. Still looking for an inside player.

Another home game then at #7 OK ST. That should be a tough one.

11/27: 3-1. We only lost to #7 OK ST by 10. I’m happy with that at this point in the season.

12/4: Lost to a crappy team there. We played well but shot horribly, 28.8%.

12/8: 4-2 going to the Sunshine Shootout. We’re the #4 seed. Indiana ST is #5.

12/9: 75-71. We were down 11 early in the 2nd. 20 for Scot Robi, who now starts at SG. 3 others with 10 or more. Only 10 TOs. +10 RBs.

#1 seed California, 5-2, in the semis. Could be a tough one.

12/10: 67-70. Their outside shooting, especially threes (14), did us in but we played well. 16, 17 for PF Marc Dark, 11, 11 for C Des Pett, 15 for SF Tim Hail.

12/25: 6-4 heading for conf. play. RPI #47. +1.8 PPG, +3.7 RBs, +1.9 TOs.

Dark- 11.7, 9.4, and Pett- 11.6, 8.1, lead the way.

[Wayne23]

1/1/2002: 7-5, 1-1, RPI #44. I don’t think we’ll do as well as we did last year in conf. We’ll see.

1/15: 11-5, 5-1. RPI #39. To be fair, we haven’t played the tough conf. teams yet. Still, I’m pleased!

1/29: 14-6, 8-2. RPI #32. Tied for 1st with Gonzaga. +3.9 PPG, +3.0 RBs, +1.7 TOs.

2/12: 18-8, 12-4, RPI #. Alone in 1st. 2 teams one back.

2/26: We end up 19-10, 13-5, in a three way tie for 1st, the #3 seed, RPI #29. +3.6 PPG, +3.5 RBs, +0.9 TOs. We faded late in the season, losing 3 of our last 4, 4 of our last 6. That happened last year and we were 0-2 in the post season. Hoping to do better this year.

[Wayne23]

3/6: We play #6 seed Pacific, 14-14, 8-10, in the quarters. We beat them twice, but both were close.

3/7: 66-65. Des Pett had 12 and 12, and he had the winner, a back door layup. 21 lead changes, 12 ties. Great win!

#2 seed Gonzaga, 19-10, 13-5, in the semis. They beat us twice, once in OT.

3/8: 54-57. We played good D, but we couldn’t generate any offense. The final score was as close as we got in the 2nd half.

20-11, 13-5, RPI #26.

3/12: #12 play in vs. St. Bonnies, 21-10. #26 RPI and we’re a #12 seed? Ridiculous!

3/14: 57-74. Another post season fade this season. 18 for Dark.

4/3: #5 Kansas wins it all.

4/4: Awards: Des Pett makes WCC 1st team. Marc Dark makes 2nd team.

4/9: Going to UNLV in the Mountain West.

4/23: I ask for $. I get $5000.

20-12. Overall, 60-33, .645.

[Wayne23]

5/1: National basic.

6/5: Looking at transfers.

6/12: We get an SG. We need guards and this guy looks like a good one!

6/26: 4 scholarships. We need guards.

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

8/26: The “weapons of mass destruction” bullshit begins.

9/18: We get an SG, #36, and a PG, #37.

Coaches Classic vs. #8 Indiana. It’s too soon for this tough a match up. I need time to build this team.

9/25: Got the other 2, both PG, #41, 44.

10/2: 1st day of practice. We’re picked to finish 2nd to New Mexico.

11/6: 8 man rotation:

Junior Tim Orry is at PG, subbing at SG. Junior Eron Kart subs at the point.

Soph Will Rich is at SG.

Frosh Ted Davy starts at SF, backed by senior walk on Fred Fier.

Frosh Art Cuye starts at PF, subs at C.

Soph Ben Robb is at C.

[Wayne23]

11/13: We drew #2 seed, #8 ranked Indiana in the first round of the Coaches Classic and we damn near beat them, losing 64-67. Our starters were not all that impressive on O, but our bench got 39 points, led by Eron Kart and Ato Anda with 15 each. Wes Loer had 7.

11/20: All 4 recruits signed.

12/4: 4-1, RPI #13, which is a little too high. We’re playing well against decent teams.

12/25: 7-2, RPI #11. +9.7 PPG, +9.4 RBs, -1.7 TOs. Center Ben Robb gets 15.1, 9.7.

[Wayne23]

1/1/2003: 8-2, 1-0.

1/15: 12-3, 5-1, #25, RPI #17.

1/29: 15-5, 8-3, RPI #16. 2nd place, 1 back of 1st. +6.6 PPG, +8.3 RBs, -0.3 TOs. Robb leads us with 13.8, 9.3.

2/1: Space shuttle Columbia explodes on re-entry. All 7 astronauts are killed.

2/12: 18-5,11-3, #24, RPI #14. Tied for 1st, 1 up on 3rd, everyone else is out of it.

2/26: We end the regular season 20-7, 13-5, tied for 2nd, #3 seed. +5.9 PPG, +7.2 RBs, -0.4 TOs. #24, RPI #15.

[Wayne23]

3/6: We play #6 seed New Mexico, 16-12, 9-9, in the quarters. They won by 20 there.

3/7: 68-66. We didn’t win, we escaped! SF Ted Davy hit a 1`6 footer with a hand in his face at the buzzer. +9 RBs but 20 TOs (-7). 25, 14 for Ben Robb.

#2 seed Wyoming, 21-9, 13-5, in the semis. They beat us by 10 and 7.

3/8: 65-61. Another close one. We had a great 2nd half. 19, 7 for Robb, 13, 5 for PF Art Cuye.

We play #1 seed San Diego ST, 22-8, 14-4, for the title. We split during the regular season.

3/9: 63-68. We faded late and had 3 TOs in the last 90 seconds.14, 5 for Cuye. 8, 11 for Robb.

22-8, 13-5, #21, RPI #17.

3/12: #5 South. We play #12 Syracuse, 16-14.

3/17: 56-69. Tough night. Our D was awful (51.2%).

Good first season at UNLV!

3/19: The U. S. illegal invasion of Iraq begins. The complete destruction of the country and the destabilization of the entire region will be the
eventual outcome.

4/3: #2 Florida wins the title.

4/4: Awards: Soph PF/C Ben Robb is Mountain West POY and 1st team. PF Art Cuye is Frosh OY and 1st team.

4/23: I ask for a facilities upgrade. No.

22-9, 13-5. Overall, I’m 82-42, .661.

We have some terrific recruits coming in.

[Wayne23]

5/1: National basic.

6/5: No spots for transfers.

6/26: 3 scholarships. We’ll go 2 and 1 either way.

8/21: We offer to 2 PGs and a C.

9/18: We get a PG, #56, and a C, #57.

No in season tournament this season.

10/2: Got a PF, #44.

1st day of practice. We’re picked 2nd to New Mexico.

11/6: 8 man rotation that looks pretty solid:

Frosh Tag Alan starts at PG with senior Tim Orry backing him.

Soph Diga Sill, a transfer from Gonzaga, is at SG. Frosh Sam Lind subs.

Juco junior Mo Mack starts at SF, subs at PF. Senior Wes Loer subs at SF.

Soph Art Cuye is at OF, subs at C. Junior Ben Robb is at C.

[Wayne23]

11/20: 1-1 start. A 1 point loss in San Diego; in that game 27 fouls were called on us, 11 on them.

All 3 recruits sign.

12/4: 4-2. We’ve beaten 3 ranked teams and lost close games to 2 nothing teams on the road. You don’t want to be in my locker room these days.

12/11: Will Rich, who started both last season and the season before, has been getting zero minutes, due to the solid new recruits I brought in.
As a result he has been nothing but trouble. After giving him a two week suspension nothing changed. I just kicked him off the team.

12/13: Saddam Hussein is captured.

12/25: We go to conf. play 7-2, RPI #50. +14.7 PPG, +4.5 RBs, +4.2 TOs (huge improvement over last season). We’re #1 in PPG allowed, and #1 in assists allowed. Robb leads us with 15.4 and 10.4.

[Wayne23]

1/1/2004: #13 New Mexico, picked to win the conf., beat us by 17 there. We play them at our place later in the season.

1/15: 11-3, 4-1, RPI #18. We beat some good teams in the past 2 weeks.

1/29: 16-4, 9-2, #24, RPI #23. 1 up on Fresno ST and New Mexico. +10.1 PPG, +5.8 RBs, +0.8 TOs. New Mexico is here next.

1/31: 87-71 over #14 New Mexico. 21, 11 for Robb, 23 for SG Diga Sill, 12, 6 for Art Cuye at PF. +8 TOs. We really had it going tonight! 2nd place Fresno ST, there, next.

2/3: 66-61! We built a 21 point lead. They never got it any closer than the final score. 18 for Sill, 11, 13 for Mack. 10 TOs. 2 game lead with 5 to play.

CIA admits that “Weapons of mass destruction” was a crock of ****.

2/12: 19-4, 12-2, #16, RPI #14. 2 up in conf.

2/26: 21-6, 14-4. We did not finish strong, and I am kicking butts in practice. #16, RPI #21. We won the conf. by only 1 over Fresno ST, 3 or more
over the rest. +8.6 PPG, +6.2 RBs, +0.6 TOs.