#1 East, as expected. We play #16 Purdue-Fort Wayne, 17-16.
3/16: 100-54. A wipe out. 28, 19, 5 for Hamp, 15, 3, 11 for Coon, 19, 6, 6 for Jenk. +34 RBs, 7 TOs.
#9 seed Dayton, 24-10, in the 2nd round.
Still hundreds of missing persons. At this point all are presumed dead.
3/18: 96-59. 28, 13, 4 for Hamp, 17, 2, 8 for Coon, 15, 4, 3 for Jenk. +19 RBs, 8 TOs.
#5 seed, #17 ranked Villanova, 24-11, in the Sweet Sixteen. We won by 39 at our place in November.
3/21: A petition, with more than the required 3,500 signatures, was presented to the Council tonight. It requested that we move back to the hub and go back into space in search of a safer planet. That came as a shock to most of us. A committee was formed to investigate. It reports back on 4/21.
3/23: 81-64. They did better this time than last time. 25, 10 for Hamp, who is averaging more than 26 a game in the big dance so far. +19 RBs, 10 TOs.
#11 seed NC ST, 23-14, in the Elite Eight. Beat them by 31 at our place.
3/25: 96-55 and back to the Final Four. 17, 6, 4 for Hamp, 18, 4, 3 for Jenk. +27 RBs, 10 TOs.
#1 seed, #2 ranked Florida, 34-5, in the national semifinal. This is a very good team. We'll need to earn it.
4/1: 87-91. They led by as many as 16 in the 2nd half and we just were not able to close the gap. They shot 57.7% and beat our D in ways no one else did all season. -13 RBs, worst of the season. 27, 3, 6 for Jenk. Last game for Felt, Kinz, and three subs who never played much, and for Robb, of course. Most of our main weapons are back along with some really impressive looking recruits and transfers. But we should not have lost this game. We simply didn't play well.
4/3: #9 UCLA stuns Florida for the title.
4/4: Awards: Bart Hamp is 1st team All American and I win National COY. In the ACC, Hamp is MOP and 1st team. Guards Ward Coon and Ron Jenk make the 2nd team.
4/9: I'm not going anywhere. I want to stay with Hamp until he graduates next year.
4/21: LONG, HEATED discussion on staying or leaving. There was considerably more support for leaving than I would have thought. People talked about 4 months of horrible weather every year, blizzards, hurricanes, now earthquakes, the bugs...
There was enough sentiment to leave that the Council, after many people demanded it, scheduled a referendum. The date is June 27.
4/23: I ask for $. I spent a lot to extend some contracts.
We got $20,000.
37-2, Final Four, but no title. After 18 seasons I'm 559-103, .844.
Let's get that title back!