Testing Offenses in 2019

[Wayne23]

1/1/2024: 8-3, 1-1, RPI #42,

1/29: 12-7, 5-5. Tied for 6th. RPI #119. PPG is #115. Not good. Still tweaking the lineup but we’ve yet to find an effective lineup.

2/26: 18-10, 10-8, RPI #61, tied for 6th, #7 seed. +3.7 PPG (#149), +7.5 RBs, +2.0 TOs.

[Wayne23]

3/6: We play #10 seed ST Louis, 12-15, 8-10, in the play in.

3/7: 87-86. C Jon Hawk blocked a shot with less than a second to play. He led us with 17 and 11. We survived 21 TOs.

#2 seed ST Joe, 20-9, 13-5, in the quarters.

3/8: 78-81. A three at the buzzer did us in. 18, 9 for Thop.

3/12: NIT, #2 Midwest. We play #7 McNeese ST, 20-8.

3/13: 80-68. 22, 15 for Hawk.

#3 seed Mercer, 22-9, in the 2nd round.

3/15: 81-70. 22, 5 for SF Cris Guid.

#8 seed Mississippi, 17-13, in the round of 8.

3/20: 71-60. 27 for PG Jon Akae.

#2 seed ST Joe, 24-10, in the round of 4. They beat us by 9 there and by 3 in the A10 tourney.

3/28: 74-54. 15, 6, 6 for Akae, 14, 8 for Thop.

After a disappointing season we find ourselves in the NIT title game. We play #8 seed Cal ST Northridge, 22-11 for the title.

3/30: 88-70 and the NIT title. Hard to believe. 22 for SG Andy Arms, 18 for sub SF Lou Jens, 16, 5, 6 for Akae.

4/3: #1 Duke wins it all.

Final stats for the Triangle offense: 77.5 PPG (#131), 24-11. Overall, 127-49, .722.

[Wayne23]

On to the High Post offense.

5/1: We buy East Gold.

6/26: 4 scholarships. We want 2 and 2.

8/21: We offer to 2 PGs, 2 PFs.

9/18: Got a PG, #186. Lost a PF.

Alaskan Classic. We play Miami-Ohio.

9/25: Got 2, a PF, #137, a PG, #518. Lost one. One more to get.

10/2: We get the last recruit, a PF, #508.

1st day of practice. We’re picked 5th in the A10.

11/6: 9 man rotation:

Senior Cory Patt starts at PG. Frosh Ben Hoge starts at SG, subs at PG. Junior Nya Neil subs at SG.

Soph Paul Robb starts at SF with soph Rick Coop subbing there.

Senior Dal Well starts at PF, subs at C. Soph Jon Hays and frosh Vic Walk sub at PF. Junior Joe Hend, our best player, is at C.

[Perfekt]

Hey, are you using 0% offensive freedom? or default 50/50

[Wayne23]

50/50. Good question! Never thought about that but if I had I would have used 50/50. Gotta adjust to zone D vs. non-zone.

[Wayne23]

1/1/2020: 10-2, 1-1. RPI #51.

1/29: 15-5, 6-4, RPI #83. In a 4 way tie for 4th, 1 back of 1st. #12 in PPG.

2/26: 21-8, 12-6, tied for 2nd in the A10 but the #4 seed going to the post season. RPI #50. +6.7 PPG (#13), +3.7 RBs, +1.1 TOs. Joe Hend leads us with
18.0; Ben Hoge gets 16.0. Dal Well leads in RBs with 7.8.

[Wayne23]

3/7: We play #5 seed ST Louis, 17-13, 10-8, in the quarters. Beat them by 10 at our place. But they’re favored by 1 ½ points. We’ll see.

3/8: 77-67. 22, 14 for Walk, 20, 12 for Hend. +11 RBs.

#1 seed Davidson, 20-9, 14-4, in the semis. Beat them by 1 at their place. This one looks like a toss up.

3/9: 86-96. They led most of the way. 27, 8 for Hend, 22, 9 for Well.

22-9, RPI #52. Probably NIT.

3/12: NIT, #1 Midwest. We play #8 Lipscomb, 23-6. They’re scrappy.

3/13: 79-66. 24 for Walk, 14, 13 for Hend. 7 TOs.

#4 seed Ohio, 23-9. They could challenge us.

3/15: 97-92 in OT. 25, 7 for Vic Walk, 28 for Ben Hoge. -8 RBs, but +8 TOs.

#3 seed Oregon ST, 16-14, in the round of 8. They’re the favorite in this one.

3/20: 66-83. We kept it close for about 25 minutes. 19, 10 for Hend, 14 for Walk.

4/3: #2 Indiana is the national champ.

4/4: Awards: Junior Joe Hend is A10 POY and 1st team. Frosh Ben Hoge makes 2nd team. I am Conf. COY.

4/23: I ask for a budget increase. We get $10,500.

24-10, PPG 84.3 (#14).

[Perfekt]

What offenses were they running before you started implementing your offenses?

[Wayne23]

I started the different associations all at the same point with the same team. I saved that original team. They were running Flex 68%, Princeton 12%, Triangle 20 %, all Balanced, 50/50.

[Wayne23]

5/1: #30 recruiting class. East Gold.

6/5: We go after a C.

6/12: Got him.

6/26: 3 scholarships. We probably want 2 guards.

8/21: We offer to a PG, a PF, and a C.

9/18: Got a C, #92. Lost 2.

Coaches Classic vs. Cincinnati.

9/25: Got a PG, #64. Lost a big.

10/2: Got a PF, #87.

1st day of practice. We’re picked 3rd in the A10.

11/6: 7 man rotation:

Soph Ben Hoge is at PG. Frosh Cal Buck starts at SG, subs at PG. Senior Nya Neil subs at SG.

Soph Vic Walk starts at SF, subs at PF. Junior Jon Hays starts at PF, subs at C.

Senior Joe Hend is at C.

We start the season at the Coaches Classic vs. #6 seed, #20 ranked Cincinnati. We’re the #11 seed.