Hello Everybody,
Earlier this week, during self-isolation, I picked up DDSCB and immediately fell in love with it, putting in multiple hours a day, recruiting, scouting, etc.. I did not know until a couple of days later that there was a Dynasty Reports page on these forums after I already started, so I figured I’d wait to start mine until I got to the NCAA Tournament. I don’t have the best grammar, but hopefully, you enjoy the read! I would love any advice you have to help make your experience while reading this more enjoyable. For the first few, I am going to switch between first and third person, quickly summarizing all that has happened this season.
Breaking News! Leonard Hamilton will retire immediately from Florida State University, and young and upcoming assistant, Coach Otis will take over on an interim tag. Coach Otis takes over the preseason 23rd ranked Seminoles. He will have at his disposal a well-balanced team filled with promising youth and strong veterans. The team is led by Sophomore point guard Marlin Morrison from Jamestown, Tennessee and Junior center Johnny McQuay from Hinesville, Georgia. The rest of the roster is listed below:
PG - 5’11 SO Marlon Morrison 4.5/5 *
PG - 6’0 SO Tom Powell 4/4.5 *
SG - 6’1 SO Ryan Gardner 2/2 *
SG - 6’0 SO Michael Kelly 3.5/5 *
SG - 6’1 SR Elton Trombloy 3.5/3.5 *
SF - 6’3 JR Clark Diamond 1.5/3 *
SF - 6’6 JR Brad Woollum 2/4 *
SF - 6’8 FR Lee Punt 2/2.5 *
PF - 6’8 SO Michael Higgins 1/4 * (Redshirt)
PF - 6’7 SR Mark Welch 3/4 *
PF - 6’8 SR Ken Holland 2.5/3.5 *
C - 7’1 JR Johnny McQuay 4.5/5 *
C - 6’8 SR Jim Lay 1.5/3
C - 6’10 SR Troy Small 3.5/3.5 *
C - 6’10 FR Andre Mason .5/3.5 *
Coach Otis’ Noles started the 2020 season 7-0 playing only one ranked team during that span. They then lost their next two games to top 5 ranked UCONN and Florida, by 20 and 4 points respectively. They won the next 5 after that and then lost an ACC road game to Louisville. That loss seemed to spark the Noles, only losing 2 of their remaining games leading them to a 25-5 (17-3) record and a #2 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated the Undefeated #1 seed Syracuse Orange 64-57. Ironically, the Noles earned a 2 seed in the NCAA tournament in the Boston Region where the Orange are the 1 seed. Below is listed the starting 5 and their averages:
Marlon Morrison - 15.2 ppg, 4.5 apg, 3.2 rpg
Michael Kelly - 12.8 ppg, 1.7 apg, 3.8 ppg
Michael Welch - 15.1 ppg, 1.2 apg, 6.4 rpg
Ken Holland - 6.0 ppg, 1.1 apg, 4.3 rpg
Johnny McQuay - 5.8 ppg, 1.9 apg, 7.3 rpg
The Noles will open up the 2020 NCAA Tournament against the 15th seeded Montana Grizzlies from the Big Sky Conference. Montana finished up the year 18-14 (13-7). This is their first ranked opponent of the year. They are led by SG Stephen Hughes who averaged 12.5 ppg. Stay tuned for a report on this game...