Historical Association #11, starts 2011, 2012

[Wayne23]

11/20: 2-0 start. We beat #19 UCLA here. PG Rufe Bott got a triple double vs. UCLA, 18, 10, 10.

Both recruits sign. Hoping to grab one more.

12/4: 5-0, RPI #62. We’re playing well. One more home game then off to the Golden ST Classic.

12/8: 6-0. #4 seed in the GS Classic, which has a strong field. UMass, 4-2, is #5.

12/9: 74-72. Close all the way. Our C, Akin Ture, blocked an 8 footer at the buzzer to give us the win. The UMass coach went crazy, saying it was a foul, but the replay showed it was a clean block. Ture had 19, 10, 21, 9, 7 for Rand, 10, 10 for PF Vic Gate. Gate is a whiner, which drives me nuts, but he’s playing well. +11 RBs, 10 TOs.

#1 seed, #11 ranked Syracuse, 6-1, in the semis. This will be tough. Their Sg is a scoring machine (28.8).

12/10: 78-95. Their SG had 38. Couldn’t stop him, and really couldn’t stop them. 21 for SF Ron Dory.

We’re ranked #22, after the loss.

12/25: 9-1, #20, RPI #18. +11.0 PPG, +10.6 RBs, +0.8 TOs. Akin Ture leads us with 16.9, 8.9. Dory gets 16.5, Rand 15.4 and very good ball handling.

[Wayne23]

1/1/2014: 1-2 start to conf. play, against three very good teams. Tough conf., as always.

ACA goes into effect.

1/15: 13-4, 4-3, #21, RPI #25. NOT happy. We lost to an unranked 9-6 team at home; 21 TOs.

1/29: 15-6, 6-5, #21, RPI #21. We beat #2 Ga Tech here. Can’t figure this team out. +5.3 PPG, +9.0 RBs, -0.9 TOs.

2/12: 18-7, 9-6, #22, RPI #18. Alone in 6th.

2/26: 19-9, 10-8, Out of the top 25, RPI #22. We finish 6th. +4.5 PPG, +7.3 RBs, -0.5 TOs.

[Wayne23]

3/8: Next to last place Virginia, 10-18, 4-14, just beat us in the regular season finale. They won the play in, in an upset, so we get to play them again.

3/9: 96-76. Only up by 4 at the half. I raised the roof and we were MUCH better in the 2nd. 22 for SF Ron Dory. Scoring was not a problem.

#3 seed, #9 ranked Syracuse, 24-5, 14-4, in the 1/4 finals. This won’t be easy.

3/10: 59-76. We tried. They were the better team. I stayed calm. It’s no disgrace to be beaten by a better team when you keep trying, which they did. When they don’t hustle they catch hell, but that wasn’t the case tonight.

20-10, 10-8, RPI #22.

3/12: #7 South. We play #10 Iowa ST., 17-12. Looks like a close game.

3/17: 72-61. 18, 9 for Ture, but we won this one by holding them to 17 1st half points.

#2 seed, #6 ranked Arizona, 29-4, in the 2nd round. Very tough team.

3/19: 62-59. Great win! We played terrific D, holding them to 31.3%, 9-35 on threes. 21, 7 for Ture, 47 RBs, 12 TOs.

Sweet Sixteen vs. #3 seed, #10 ranked Kentucky, 26-6. Another really tough team.

3/24: 70-88. 16, 13 for Ture, 18 for dory. They were the better team.

4/3: #9 Michigan St wins it all.

4/4: Awards: Senior Akin Ture made the ACC 2nd team.

4/9: I’m still one move away from an elite team. Will it come now? … No.

4/23: We need a budget increase. $4,500.

22-11, 10-8, Sweet Sixteen. Overall, 64-35, .646.

[Wayne23]

5/1: National basic.

6/5: We get a good looking PF.

6/26: 5 scholarships. We need 3 guards.

8/7: PG Sid Rand is #46 on the Norton list.

8/21: We offer to 2 PGs, an SG, an SF, a C.

9/18: Got the SG, #56.

Coaches Classic vs. North Indy.

9/25: Got one. Lost one. Got a C, #52.

9/30: 1st case of Ebola in U. S.

10/2: Got a PG, #43. Lost a C.

We’re picked 5th in the ACC.

10/16: Lost 2 recruits. There’s nobody to go after that we’re even mildly interesting, at least for now.

11/6: 7 man rotation:

Senior Rufe Bott starts at PG. Soph Sid Rand starts at SG, subs at PG.

Senior Samy Clay starts at SF, subs at SG. Senior Vic Gate subs at SF.

Jeff Loez starts at PF, subs at C. Frosh Rob Whit subs at PF.

Soph Josh Riva, a transfer from Brigham Young, is at C.

[Wayne23]

11/13: We beat #7 seed North Indy 76-57 in the 1st round of the Coaches Classic. We’re the #10 seed. 18 each for C Josh Riva, SG Sid Rand, and PG Rufe Bott. 51 RBs.

#2 seed, #12 ranked Ga. Tech in the 1/4 final.

11/15: 72-88. D was not what I want. 19, 14 for Riva, 28 for Rand.

11/20: All 3 recruits sign. We’d still like to get 2 more, but it’s doubtful.

12/4: 5-1, #20, RPI #2.

12/25: 8-2, #20, RPI #6. +8.7 PPG, +6.3 RBs, +2.7 TOs. Riva leads us with 17.2, 9.3. Rand also gets 17.2. Samy Clay gets 13.8, 7.2. 12.3 for PG Rufe Bott.

[Wayne23]

1/1/2015: 10-3, 2-1. Beat #5 Ga. Tech there. #19, RPI #8.

1/15: 11-4, 3-2, #24, RPI #8. As always, it’s a tough conference.

1/22: 13-5, 5-3. #23, RPI #4. So many ranked teams; we’re 3-3 against them, which is pretty good! Alone in 5th but it’s early and it’s all bunched up.

1/29: 15-5, 7-3, #22, RPI #5. Alone in 5th, ½ game back of 1st, 1 ½ up on 6th. +7.5 PPG, +6.5 RBs, +1.9 TOs. Riva gets 16.5, 10.7. Rand gets 16.4. Bott gets 14.6. 12.2, 6.8 for Clay.

Rand is #27 on the Norton list.

2/5: 17-5, 9-3, #19, RPI #4. We beat #1 ranked Syracuse by 7 here! Tied for 2nd.

2/12: 18-6, 10-4, #18, RPI #5. Alone in 5th but 3 up on 6th, 1 back of 1st.

2/26: 20-8, 12-6, #19, RPI #5. Alone in 5th. So we’ve met all of our goals. +6.6 PPG, +7.2 RBs, +1.9 TOs. 17.6, 11.2 for Riva. All 5 starters get 10.0 or more PPG.

[Wayne23]

3/8: We play #12 seed Kona, 14-15, 6-12, first. We beat them twice in the regular season.

3/9: 66-50. Great D. 20, 16 for Riva, 15, 7, 5 for Rand.

#4 seed, #17 ranked Pitt, 21-6, 13-5, in the 1/4 finals. They won by 9 there.

3/10: 78-72. Close all the way. 20, 16 for Riva, 16, 10 for Clay, 24, 6, 3 for Rand. 9 TOs.

#1 seed, #9 ranked Duke, 22-6, 15-3, in the semis. Tough, tough team.

3/11: 73-84. 19, 6, 5 for Rand, 18, 7 for Clay, 12, 13 for Riva. We gave it all we had.

22-9, 12-6, #20, RPI #5. Hoping for a #2 or a #3.

3/12: #3 West. We play #14 Jackson ST, 18-12.

3/17: 80-75. Too close. 24, 8, 5 for Rand, 18, 4, 5 for Bott, 13, 9 for Riva. We were flat.

#6 seed, #25 ranked ST Louis, 25-8, in round two.

3/19: 81-68. Better. 28, 4, 8 for Rand, 16, 1, 7 for Bott. 11 TOs (+9).

Back in the Sweet Sixteen! We play #2 seed, #10 ranked GA Tech, 26-7. We split during the regular season. We need to play really well.

3/24: 92-101 in OT. We battled all night, but in the end we couldn’t quite get there. 17, 14 for Riva, 19 for Bott.

4/3: #3 Indiana is the champ.

4/4: Awards: Josh Riva made ACC 1st team.

4/9: No attractive job offers.

4/23: I ask for money again. No.

24-10, 12-6, Sweet Sixteen. Overall, 88-45, .662.

[Wayne23]

5/1: National basic.

6/5: 3 open slots for transfers.

6/12: A few we liked but we didn’t land any of them.

6/26: 3 scholarships. We need guards.

7/20: Full diplomatic relations re-established with Cuba.

8/7: Sid Rand is #26 on the Norton list.

8/21: We offer to 3 PGs.

9/18: We get 2, #21, #34, lose one.

Coaches Classic vs. Cincinnati.

9/25: Got an SG, #24.

10/2: 1st day of practice. We’re picked 5th again.

11/6: 8 man rotation:

Junior Sid Rand is at PG. Juco junior Tom Lati is at SG, subs at PG. Frosh Jay Parq subs at SG.

Senior Ron Dory is at SF, with soph Don Tyne subbing.

Junior Josh Riva starts at PF, subs at C. Soph Rob Whit subs at PF.

Frosh Al Rayn is at C.

[Wayne23]

11/13: We’re #8 in the Coaches Classic. We play #9 Cincy.

88-64. 18, 10 for C Al Rayn, 21 for SF Ron Dory, 17, 3, 6 for PG Sid Rand. +13 RBs, +10 TOs.

#1 seed, #5 ranked UConn next.

11/15: 83-69. 36, 14 for Rayn, a huge game. 16, 16 for Riva. 51 RBs, 11 TOs.

#4 seed, #3 ranked Michigan in the semis.

11/17: 88-74. 23, 9 for Rayn, 5 others with 10 or more. We’re looking REALLY good.

#3 seed, #19 ranked UCLA for the title.

11/19: 85-84 and the title. 26 lead changes, 13 ties. We won it on a back door cut to Riva for a late hoop, then a steal of a pass at the other end. 31, 23 for tourney MOP Al Rayn, who’s averaging 27 and 14. 52 RBs, 13 TOs.

11/20: We’re #2!

All 3 recruits sign.

12/4: 8-0, #2, RPI #2. Rayn is getting 28.5 and 12.4. Riva is getting 13.5, 12.3.

12/25: 11-1, #7, RPI #1. +18.5 PPG, +13.1 RBs, +3.3 TOs. Rayn averages 27.7, 11.5. Our only loss was in OT.

[Wayne23]

1/1/2016: 12-2, 1-1. We lost to #2 ranked Duke there.

1/15: 16-2, 5-1. We beat #2 ranked Duke here, 80-66. We’re in a 3 way tie for 1st. Al Rayn had a 50 point game against FL ST, with 18 RBs. Hell of a game!

1/29: 20-3, 9-2, #5, RPI #1. Tied for 1st with #2 Duke. +14.2 PPG (#3), +11.5 RBs (#1), +1.9 TOs (#15). Rayn is getting 27.7; he had 44, 13 in our last game.

Sid Rand is #23 on the Norton list.

2/12: 22-4, 11-3. #5, RPI #1. Still tied with Duke. Rayn had 40 and 12 in our last game.

2/26: 26-4, 15-3, #4, RPI #1. Alone in 1st, 2 up on Duke. +14.6 PPG (#1), +12.5 RBs (#1), +1.5 TOs (#11). Rayn gets 28.2 PPG, #2 in the country.