Historical Association #10 2005-2006 start

[Wayne23]

5/1: National and international basic.

Preseason #24.

6/5: Looking hard at transfers.

6/12: PF Key Herd follows me here from Iowa ST.

6/26: 7 scholarships.

8/21: We offer to 3 PGs, a PF, 3 Cs.

9/18: Got 2, lost 2. Got a PG, #20, a C, #23.

Tip Off in Paradise vs. Chicago.

9/25: We get 3, a C, #31, a C, #41, a PG, #48.

10/2: We lose one.

1st day of practice. We’re picked 6th in the 15 team ACC.

Offering to two more recruits but if we don’t get them we may bank the scholarships. Five great looking recruits coming in already.

11/2: Huge Rethuglican election win.

11/6: 8 man rotation for now:

Senior Jay Ship is at PG. Junior Shon Howe starts at Sg, subs at PG.

Junior Arox Blan subs at SG.

Senior Will Sift starts at SF, subs at PF. Senioirs Will Knox and Mick Gray sub at SF.

Frosh Eric Stag, who looks like a potential superstar, starts at PF, subs at C.

Senior Cris Denn is at C.

[Wayne23]

11/6: 8 man rotation for now:

Senior Jay Ship is at PG. Junior Shon Howe starts at Sg, subs at PG.

Junior Arox Blan subs at SG.

Senior Will Sift starts at SF, subs at PF. Senioirs Will Knox and Mick Gray sub at SF.

Frosh Eric Stag, who looks like a potential superstar, starts at PF, subs at C.

Senior Cris Denn is at C.

11/13: We start with a road game, then off to the Tip Off, where we’re the #2 seed. We play #7 Chicago.

11/18: We won our season opener and today we beat #7 seed Chicago, 68-63 in the Tip Off opener. 15, 13 for PF Eric Stag, 15 more for C Cris Denn, 10 and 10 for SF/PF Will Sift. +12 RBs, but 19 TOs.

#3 seed Iowa, 2-0, in the semifinals. They look good.

11/19: 79-60. 21, 20 for Stag, 10, 11, 5 for Sift, 19, 7 for4 Denn. 52 RBs.

#1 seed, #10 ranked Stanford for the title.

11/20: 63-60. 15, 11 for Stag. We survived 23 TOs.

We were #6 before the game.

All 5 recruits signed.

12/4: 7-1, #6, RPI #39. Arizona crushed us here.

12/25: 9-2, #13, RPI #19. +4.3 PPG, +8.3 RBs, -1.4 TOs.

5 ranked teams in the ACC.

[Wayne23]

1/1/2011: 11-2, 2-0, #11, RPI #12. We beat #3 ranked Louisville here. Cris Denn is WAY exceeding expectations at C.

1/15: 14-3, 5-1. #11, RPI #9. In a 3 way tie for 1st, but it’s early. Eric Stag leads us with 17.2, 11.5. Denn gets 16.5, 8.5.

1/29: 16-6, 7-4, #13, RPI #13. Tied for 5th. We’re not playing that badly, it’s just a tough conf. +3.4 PPG, +8.9 RBs, -2.0 TOs. 7 to play, 4 against ranked teams, but all but one against the ranked teams are at home.

2/12: 18-7, 9-5, #14, RPI #21. In a 4 way tie for 3rd.

2/19: 19-8, 10-6, #16, RPI #23. Tied for 4th with 2 road games left. I’d love a split.

2/26: 19-10, 10-8, #18, RPI #29. Lots of other teams lost too so we end up in a 4 way tie for 5th, with the #5 seed. +2.1 PPG, +8.4 RBs, -1.8 TOs.

3/5: Not as huge surprise but Eric Stag decides to go pro.

[Wayne23]

3/8: We play #11 seed NC ST, 18-12, 8-10, in the 1st round. Won by 9 at our place.

3/9: 78-65. We led all the way. 34, 14 for Stag, 20, 10 for Denn. +15 RBs.

#3 seed Winston-Salem, 21-8, 12-6, in the 1/4 finals. They won by 9 at our place.

3/10: 67-85. Poor O and worse D. Not our night. 23, 11 for Denn, 17, 13 for Stag.

20-11, 10-8, #24, RPI #33. Hoping for a #5 or #6, but not sure we’ll be that lucky.

3/12: #5 East. We play #12 Texas-Arlington, 22-9.

3/16: 74-82. Disappointing post season. 23, 8 for Denn, 17, 11 for Stag.

4/3: #9 Pitt is the champ.

4/4: Awards: Eric Stag is ACC POY, Frosh OY, 1st team. Senior Cris Denn made 2nd team.

Fatal crash. So much for this association. One more historical and then i'll move on to something else.