DDSCB25: Superstar

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2/11: Sean Clifford Wynn is here. Mother and baby are doing fine.

2/12: At 9-15, 3-11 GA Tech.

Aimo Haki is #11 on the Norton list.

2/13: Early lead. Up 7 after 10. 51-40 at halftime. 16, 10 for Turr, 9, 5 for Haki. 1 TO, +14 in the lane.

Big early lead. Up 16 with 10 to play.

96-80. 32, 17, 3 blocks for Turr, 18, 8 for Haki, 12, 0, 7, 4 for Gill. 6 TOs, +32 inside.

Den Turr gets hurt again. Sprained ankle. Limited playing time for about a week and a half.

2/14: At 16-8, 10-5 Southern Methodist.

2/15: Close early. We go on a run. Up 9 after 10. 45-43 at the half. 12, 5 for Doug.

Big early lead. Up 16 with 10 to go.

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2/19: Turr is back to 100%.

At 18-9, 9-7 Louisville.

2/20: Big early lead. Up 22 after 10. 50-33 at the half. 16, 6 for Turr.

Holding our lead early. Up 31 with 10 to play.

95-59. 23, 12, 3 blocks for Turr, 13, 3, 6, 4 for Gill, 22, 2, 6 for Chap. +22 in the lane.

In a 3 way tie for 1st place with 3 to play.

2/21: 20-8, 12-5 Miami is here. Beat them by 16 there.

2/22: Early lead. Up 11 after 10 minutes. 39-27 at the half. Turr played only 6 minutes due to fouls.

Big early lead. Up 17 with 10 to go.

79-64. 20, 10 for Turr, 15, 12, 3 blocks for Haki, 12, 8, 9 for Gill. +20 inside.

Art Weel bruised a tricep. Out a week and a half.

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2/26: At 12-15, 7-11 Syracuse. We won by 26 at home.

2/27: Close early. Down 3 after 10 minutes. We fall way behind. 34-46. Chap and Gill got in early foul trouble and we were short of guards. 16, 6 for Turr.

Down 10 early. Down only 3 with 10 to go. Then they go on a run.

69-82. They went to the line 43 times to our 24 and I got my first ever technical. 22, 11, 5 blocks for Turr, 13, 12 for Haki, 12,9, 3 for Doug.

2/28: #25 NC ST, 20-10, 10-9, is here. We won by 8 there.

3/1: We trail early. Down 9 after 10. 32-36 at halftime. 10, 3, 4 blocks for Turr, 9, 6 for Haki.

We trail early. Down 8 with 10 to play.

64-72. Bad loss. 26, 9, 5 blocks for Turr.

We end the regular season at 26-6, 15-5, in 3rd place in the ACC. We only lost one game when we were at full strength. Weel is back to 100%.

Turr leads us and the country with 26.2, and 13.2. 13.1, 9.7 for Haki, 11.5, 7.3 for Doug. 10.3 for Gill.

+18.3 PPG, #1. +15.7 RBs, #1 in RBs. -4.6 TOs, 9.7 per game.

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3/5: Nobody declares for the draft. I’m shocked and delighted that Turr is staying.

3/9: We play #6 seed Southern Methodist, 19-11, 12-8, in the quarter finals. We won by 31 there.

3/10: Early lead. Up 7 after 10. 40-37 at halftime. 22, 10 for Turr. +16 in the lane.

Big lead early. Up 20 with 10 to go.

99-67. 39, 16, 4 blocks for Turr, 17, 11, 3, 4 for Haki, 15, 5, 6, 3 blocks for Gill. +38 in the paint.

#5 ranked, #2 seed Virginia, 27-5, 16-4, in the semifinals. We won by 23 at home.

3/11: They lead early. Up 3 after 10. 40-26 at the break. 14, 8 for Turr.

Good lead early. Up 17 with 10 left.

75-54. 28, 18, 4 blocks for Turr.

#1 seed, #1 ranked Duke, 30-4, 17-3, for the title. They won by 17 at their place with Turr sidelined.

3/12: Slow start for both teams. Early lead. Up 10 after 10. 20 point lead late. 46-29 at the half. Chap has 20. +18 for the bench. 2 TOs.

30 point lead early. Up 27 with 10 left.

80-62 and the ACC title. 22, 4 for Chap, 16, 13, 3 blocks for Turr, 9, 13, 3 for Haki. +14 in the paint.

#1 seed overall and in the East. We play #16 Colgate, 19-14.

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3/16: Close early. Up 1 after 10. Late run. 52-35 at halftime. Turr played 6 minutes. 11, 6 for Doug, 10 for Chap.

Big early lead. Up 32 with 10 to play.

96-69. 14, 12 for Turr in 20 minutes. 13, 12 for Doug, 10, 5, 10, 3 blocks for Gill. +26 in the lane.

#8 seed Oregon, 21-12, in the 2nd round.

3/18: Back and forth early. Up 1 after 10. 36-42 at the half. 12, 6 for Turr.

“Do I need to remind you that if you lose the season’s over?”

We trail early. Then we catch up. Tied with 10 to play. We trail late.

79-83 and the season ends WAY too early. 25, 14 for Turr, 13, 14 for Haki, 17, 4, 6, 3 for Gill.

“Dan Fran, EPSN with Coach Wynn. Coach, an early end for the defending champs.”

“I’m very disappointed. We were down only 2 when Den Turr sprained his knee and went out but I knew we were in trouble without him. Injuries are part of the game though.”

“Your only losing your Point Guard Art Weel and sixth man Kam Shin so your prospects for next year are good.”

“We’ll give it all we have.”

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4/3: #4 ranked Wisconsin beats Duke for the title.

I have a lot more free time than I expected to have. The good side to that is I’m spending that time with the kids, which is always great.

Von and I have a terrific relationship, as we have from the start. We rarely disagree but when we do we work it out. We’ve never had a real fight, or a protracted argument. Family life is great.

4/4: Awards: Den Turr is National POY. In the ACC Turr is POY and 1st team. Aimo Haki is Frosh OY and 1st team.

4/9: I’m not going anywhere.

4/23: I ask for a facilities upgrade.

No.

We finish a disappointing season 30-7 and went out in the 2nd round. Overall, for 13 seasons, I’m 363-106, .774.

Von took a month off after Sean was born then went back to work. It was the busy season so she was kept VERY busy. She managed to see the kids most days though. Our nanny is fantastic and she filled the gap.