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Re: READY FOR PRIME TIME?

Postby PointGuard » Sun Jan 16, 2022 3:47 pm

Dipak Suresh

The 2033-2034 season is about to begin. Here’s my notes based upon my review of the rosters of the 5 teams and my phone conversations with each coach about their team for this season:

Alcorn State Braves, Conf V, Coach Ramon Montez

Previous season records of the coach: 8-7 (Independent, 1st-tie); 14-14 (Conf V, 5th-tie); 14-16 (Conf V, 8th)

My good friend and head coach Ramon Montez hopes to improve on his past two 14-win seasons. The Braves look pretty solid at the 3, 4 and 5 positions with talented players and great depth at those positions. But the team is weak at the guard positions, with the possible exception freshman Todd Young at PG. Ramon said he’s been pleasantly surprised by how Young has performed during the autumn practice period, particularly because he was only ranked #1735 as a recruit.

Anticipated starters: PG Todd Young(6-0, Fr), SG Mike Gallagher(6-0, Sr), SF Virgil Brown(6-6, So), PF Will Friel (6-6, So), C Gabriel Wood (6-8, So)

Western Illinois Leathernecks, Conf V, Coach Terry Morillo

Previous season records of the coach: 4-11, Dixie St. (Independent, 4th); 7-8, Dixie St. (Independent, 2nd); 4-11, Dixie St. (Independent, 5th).

Last Season Western Illinois had a 17-13 record and was tied for 4th in Conf V.

Coach Morillo has said he’s extremely happy to have been hired as the new coach for the Leathernecks. His recruiting success this year is in stark contrast to the difficulties he encountered while coaching at Dixie State. SF Roy Hampton is expected to carry the team this season. But the Leathernecks have two good C’s as well. The other three positions appear to be rather average, although Morillo says he won’t be surprised if any of the three starters at those positions is surprisingly better than expected.

Anticipated starters: PG Earl Cue (6-0, Sr), SG Duany Vaughn (6-2, Jr), SF Roy Hampton (6-3, Jr), PF Guillermo Cabrera (6-11, Jr), C Jamaal Adams (6-10, Jr)

UC-San Diego Tritons, Conf V, Coach Ken Yamoto

Previous season records of the coach: 3-12, Tarleton St. (Independent, 5th); 2-13, Tarleton St. (Independent, 5th); 6-9 Tarleton St. (Independent, 2nd-tie).

Last Season UC-San Diego had a 14-14 record and was tied for 4th in Conf V.

The Tritons have only one true PG on their roster and he’s not ready to be a starter. Brian Thomas came to the Tritons as a SF and subbed at the “3” last season, so there’s a lot of uncertainty as to how well he will handle the Point this season. Donte Madison needs to shoot better than he has the past 2 years…if not it may be wise for Coach Yamoto to try him at PG and move Thomas to SG. “I was really pleased to recruit Kevin White and look forward to his joining the team next season since I believe he will solve our PG deficiency,” said Yamoto. Although Shannon Van Hook was the team’s top scorer last year, Dave Rush wasn’t far behind him and is expected to be the go-to guy this season. Rebounding may well be a deficit that UC-San Diego has a tough time overcoming this year.

Anticipated starters: PG Brian Thomas (6-6 So), SG Donte Madison (6-2 Jr), SF Dave Rush (6-3, Jr), PF Byron Kelley (6-7 Jr), C Shannon Van Hook (6-10 So).

MD-Eastern Shore Hawks, Conf V, Coach Mike McMillan

Previous season records of the coach: 8-7 (Independent, 1st-tie); 6-9 (Independent, 3rd); 12-17 (Conf V, 9th-tie)

Only Junior Sarchet was a starter for the Hawks last season. But he scored well and Coach Mike McMillan is hoping JC transfer Kent Evans will dominate inside. Since both starting guards are very inexperienced, unless they step p and play well, it could be long season for McMilla’s troops. “We’re really short on bodies with 4 transfer players who are ineligible to play this season and you take away the 2 walk-ons, that just leaves us with 9 scholarship players who can play so depth is going to be a real problem for us,” said McMillan. This may just be a building year for the Hawks who look to be much strong next season.

Anticipated starters: PG Omar Briggs (6-2, Sr); SG Tyron Adras (6-4, Sr); SF Junior Sarchet (6-8 So); PF Tony Rueter (6-6 Fr); C Kent Evans (6-9 Jr)

Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions, Conf V, Coach Dontell Spencer

Previous season records of the coach: 6-10 (Independent, 3rd); 9-7 (independent, 1st, NIT 1st Rnd); 11-8 (Independent, 1st, NIT Semifinals)

All 5 starters are not only talented, but experienced. The Golden Lions look to be the cream of the crop when comparing these 5 teams. While the others will be trying to avoid being relegated, Arkansas-Pine Bluff has set their sites on being promoted at the end of this season for the 2nd straight year. “We have 4 transfers players who can’t play for us this season while sitting out their year of ineligibility. So we’ve got a short bench meaning I’ll rely heavily on my starters,” said Coach Spencer. If the Golden Lions can avoid serious injuries, it should be a good season for Arkansas-Pine Bluff and maybe even a better one next year when the transfer players are able to contribute and if the 5 recruits landed this year produce as freshmen.

Anticipated starters: PG Milton Cox (6-0 Sr); SG Dwayne Robinson (6-0 So); SF Dexter Thorne (6-7 Sr); PF Marcus Huld (6-6 Sr); C Imari McDonald (6-10 Sr)
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Re: READY FOR PRIME TIME?

Postby PointGuard » Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:05 pm

November Game Results:

Western Illinois Leathernecks coached by Terry Morillo

Manhattan-74, Western Illinois (0-1)-60 (Earl Cue-16 pts/6 reb in 17 min)
Western Illinois (1-1)-78, UC-Riverside-70 (Roy Hampton-20 pts/10 reb; Duany Vaughn-17 pts/10 ast)
Western Illinois (2-1)-70, Rice-63 (Roy Hampton-20 pts/6 reb/2 ast/4 stl)
Western Illinois (3-1)-70, Radford-69 (Roy Hampton-25 pts/4 reb/4 ast/1 stl)
Western Illinois (4-1)-78, Indiana St.-76 (Roy Hampton-13 pts/10 reb/4 ast/1 stl)

Major INJURY: Western Illinois’ SG Duany Vaughn tore his Achilles tendon and will be out the rest of his senior year.

AWARDS: Roy Hampton-Conf V Player of the Week (11/26/2033)

Comment: 4 game win streak, scoring either 70 or 78 points in each of those games. Hampton hot. Loss of Vaughn creates shallow bench for guards.

MD-Eastern Shore Hawks coached by Mike McMillan

Wright St. 66, MD-Eastern Shore (0-1)-47 (Kent Evans-9 pts/7 reb)
James Madison-84, MD-Eastern Shore (0-2)-72 (Kent Evans-11 pts/6 reb)
MD-Eastern Shore (1-2)-91, Campbell-69 (Junior Sarchet-18 pts)
Incarnate Word-91, MD-Eastern Shore (1-3)-84 (Frank Davis-28 pts)
McNeese St-73, MD-Eastern Shore (1-4)-46 (Frank Davis-15 pts)

Comment: Ouch! Tough start to their season.

Alcorn State Braves coached by Ramon Montez

South Carolina Upstate-71, Alcorn State (0-1)-69 (Gabriel Atwood-22 pts/6 reb)
Wagner-86, Alcorn State (0-2)-71 (Virgil Brown-16 pts)
Alabama A&M-87, Alcorn State (0-3)-78 (Virgil Brown-14 pts/5 reb/2 ast/3 stl)
New Orleans-78, Alcorn State (0-4)-67 (Gabriel Atwood-13 pts/4 reb)
Alcorn St. (1-4)-71, Oregon St.-66 (Will Friel-18 pts/4 reb)

Comment: Nice win over Oregon State.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions coached by Dontell Spencer

Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1-0)-86, Mississippi Valley-78 (Imari McDonald-18 pts/6 reb/6 ast/2 stl/3 blk)
Sam Houston St-80, Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1-1)-59 (Marcus Huld-12 pts/4 reb)
Chattanooga-86, Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1-2)-74 (Marcus Huld-16 pts/9 reb)
Youngstown St.-79, Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1-3)-71 (Dwayne Robinson-23 pts/4 ast)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2-3)-94, Fresno State-77 (Marcus Huld-17 pts/9 reb)

Comment: Rough start for the Golden Lions. Weak defense thus far.

UC-San Diego Tritons coached by Ken Yamoto

Army-85, UC-San Diego-67 (0-1) (Dave Rush-14 pts)
UC-San Diego (1-1)-72, American-49 (Shannon Van Hook-11 pts/13 reb)
Loyola (MD)-80, UC-San Diego (1-2)-72 (Donte Madison-21 pts/6 reb/4 ast/1 stl)
UC-San Diego (2-2)-86, Norfolk St-73 (Brian Thomas-14 pts/4 ast in 12 min of play)
UC-San Diego (3-2)-73, Marist-69 (Dave Rush-21 pts/6 reb/3 Rast/3 stl/1 blk)

Comment: Good start but not the toughest competition.
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Re: READY FOR PRIME TIME?

Postby PointGuard » Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:58 am

December Game Results:

Western Illinois Leathernecks coached by Terry Morillo

Colgate-89, Western Illinois (4-2)-71 (Guillermo Cabrera-23 pts)
Western Illinois (5-2)-88, So. Carolina Upstate-77 (Roy Hampton-26 pts/8 reb/3 ast/4 stl; Guillermo Cabrera-18 pts/12 reb/3ast)
Grand Canyon-78, Western Illinois (5-3)-64 (Roy Hampton-16 pts/7 reb/3 ast/1 stl)
Vermont-78, Western Illinois (5-4)-53 (Guillermo Cabrera-16 pts/2 reb/3 ast)
Western Illinois (6-4)-75, Drake-55 (Roy Hampton-22 pts/7 reb/2 ast/2 stl)
Western Illinois (7-4)-84, Presbyterian-74 (Nate Roland-17 pts/6 reb/1 stl/2 blk)

AWARDS: Roy Hampton-Conf V Player of the Week (12/10/2033)

Comment: Offense sputtered at times.

MD-Eastern Shore Hawks coached by Mike McMillan

MD-Eastern Shore (2-4)-71, Robert Morris-68 (Frank Davis-16 pts/7 reb/4 ast/1 stl)
MD-Eastern Shore (3-4)-65, Oral Roberts-56 (Frank Davis-12 pts/3 reb/2 ast/2 stl)
Mississippi Valley-78, MD-Eastern Shore (3-5)-70 (Landon Newby-19 pts/3 ast)
Furman-93, MD-Eastern Shore (3-6)-77 (Mike Rolle-25 pts/9 reb/1 ast/3 stl)
MD-Eastern Shore (4-6)-75, Tartleton St.-58 (Darius Rychart-14 pts)

Comment: They won when they got their defense together.

Alcorn State Braves coached by Ramon Montez

Alcorn State (2-4)-93, Brown-87 (Gabriel Atwood-21 pts/2 reb/2 ast/4 stl/1 blk)
Coastal Carolina-72, Alcorn State (2-5)-61 (Gabriel Atwood-19 pts/7 reb)
NC-Wilmington-61, Alcorn State (2-6)-47 (Mike Gallagher-12 pts)
Alcorn State (3-6)-72, Columbia-68 (Virgil Brown-25 pts/1 reb/3 ast/4 stl/1 blk)
Alcorn State (4-6)-93, NC-Asheville-75 (Virgil Brown-22 pts/5 reb/2 ast/4 stl)

Comment: Atwood and Brown are becoming a dynamic duo.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions coached by Dontell Spencer

Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3-3)-105, Georgia St-99 [OT] (Dwayne Robinson-32 pts/8 reb)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (4-3)-93, Dartmouth-76 (Danny Logie-21 pts/4 reb)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (5-3)-73, San Francisco-59 (Danny Logie-21 pts/4 reb/2 stl/1 blk)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (6-3)-75, Cornell-69 (Milton Cox-14 pts/2 reb/3 ast/1 blk)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (7-3)-78, Florida Gulf Coast-72 (Milton Cox-18 pts/10 ast; Dwayne Robinson-22 pts)

AWARDS: Dwayne Robinson, Conf V Player of the Week (12/3/2033)

Comment: Now have a 6-game win streak.

UC-San Diego Tritons coached by Ken Yamoto

Richmond-83, UC-San Diego (3-3)-68 (Devon Jackson-20 pts)
Idaho-92, UC-San Diego (3-4)-88 [OT] (Donte Madison-28 pts/6 reb/2 ast/2 stl/1 blk)
Princeton-83, UC-San Diego (3-5)-76 (Chris Ratcllff-21 pts/4 ast/2 stl)
Nicholls St.-78, UC-San Diego(3-6)-68 (Joe Houston-11 pts/10 reb/4 ast/1 stl/2 blk)
UC-San Diego (4-6)-89, Lehigh-84 [OT] (Donte Madison-20 pts/4 ast)

Comment: Defense fell apart.
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Re: READY FOR PRIME TIME?

Postby PointGuard » Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:35 am

January Game Results:

Western Illinois Leathernecks coached by Terry Morillo

Central Arkansas-93, Western Illinois (7-5)-67 (Nate Roland-12 pts/7 reb/2 blk)
Western Illinois (8-5, 1-0)-79, Maine-74 [OT] (Roy Hampton-28 pts/14 reb/2 ast/1 stl)
Western Illinois (9-5, 2-0)-82, Binghamton-50 (Daniel Bair-17 pts/1 reb/5 ast/1 blk)
Seattle-63, Western Illinois (9-6, 2-1)-54 (Roy Hampton-17 pts/5 reb/4 ast/1 stl)
Western Illinois (10-6, 3-1)-74, Coppin St-69 (Gabriel Cabrera-17 pts/5 reb/2 blk)
Western Illinois (11-6, 4-1)-69, MD-Eastern Shore-66 (Nate Roland-16 pts/3 reb/1 ast/2 blk)
Western Illinois (12-6, 5-1)-81, NC Central-77 (Guillermo Cabrera-25 pts/6 reb/2 stl/1 blk)
Western Illinois (13-6, 6-1)-69, UC-San Diego-57 (Nate Roland-16 pts/4 reb/1 ast/3 stl/1 blk)

Comment: 6 wins in 7 last games including 4-game win streak. Tied for 1st place in Conference V.

MD-Eastern Shore Hawks coached by Mike McMillan

Lehigh-72, MD-Eastern Shore (4-7)-67 (Frank Davis-22 pts)
MD-Eastern Shore (5-7, 1-0)-73, Coppin St.-61 (Omar Briggs-18 pts/5 reb/3 ast; Kent Evans-11 pts/12 reb)
MD-Eastern Shore (6-7, 2-0)-83, UC-San Diego-71 (Darius Richart-19 pts/3 reb/2 ast/1 blk; Frank Davis-19 pts/2 reb/3 ast/1 stl)
MD-Eastern Shore (7-7, 3-0)-101, NC Central-79 (Frank Davis-21 pts/3 reb/3 ast/1 stl)
MD-Eastern Shore (8-7, 4-0)-80, Seattle-62 (Frank Davis-18 pts/2 reb/3 ast/1 stl)
Western Illinois-69, MD-Eastern Shore (8-8, 4-1)-66 (Tony Rueter-19 pts/4 reb/1 stl/2 blk)
MD-Eastern Shore (9-8, 5-1)-68, Binghamton-64 (Landon Newby-12 pts/1 reb/3 ast/3 stl/1 blk)
MD-Eastern Shore (10-8, 6-1)-84, Maine-71 (Landon Newby-26 pts/1 reb/2 ast/1 stl/1 blk)

Comments: The Hawks caught fire and now are tied for 1st place in Conference V.

Alcorn State Braves coached by Ramon Montez

Alcorn State (5-6)-85, Middle Tennessee-81 (Virgil Brown-19 pts/4 reb/5 ast/2 stl/1 blk)
Alabama St-79, Alcorn State (5-7, 0-1)-69 (Will Friel-17 pts/3 reb)
Alcorn State (6-7, 1-1)-72, North Alabama-58 (Gabriel Atwood-25 pts/8 reb/2 ast
Alcorn State (7-7, 2-1)-69, SIU Edwardsville-60 (Will Friel-16 pts/9 reb/1 ast/1 blk)
Alcorn State (8-7, 3-1)-86, North Dakota-59 (Jeff Samuel-17 pts/11 reb/2 ast/1 stl/4 blk; Virgil Brown-20 pts/4 reb)
Longwood-63, Alcorn State (8-8, 3-2)-55 (Virgil Brown-17 pts/4 reb/2 ast/2 stl/3 blk)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff-68, Alcorn State (8-9, 3-3)-56 (Virgil Brown-15 pts/3 reb/1 ast/1 blk)
Florida A&M-85, Alcorn State (8-10, 3-4)-71 (Gabriel Atwood-19 pts/8 reb/2 ast/1 stl)

Major INJURY: Alcorn State’s C Bernie Graham-broken hand.

Comment: Beginning to appear to be just a middle of the pack team.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions coached by Dontell Spencer

Arkansas-Pine Bluff (8-3)-71, Portland State-62 (Imari McDonald-12 pts/5 reb/4 ast/1 blk)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9-3, 1-0)-101, Longwood-84 (Imari McDonald-21 pts/5 reb/2 ast/2 stl)
North Dakota-67, Arkansas-Pin-e Bluff (9-4, 1-1)-50 (Dwayne Robinson-10 pts/2 reb/2 ast/1 stl)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (10-4, 2-1)-88, Florida A&M-68 (Imari McDonald-19 pts/6 reb/1 ast/4 stl)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11-4, 3-1)-80, SIU Edwardsville-75 (Imari McDonald-13 pts/5 reb/2 ast/1 stl/2 blk)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (12-4, 4-1)-74, Alabama St-69 (Milton Cox-16 pts/4 reb/8 ast/1 stl); Imari McDonald-13 pts/10 reb/1 stl/2 blk)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (13-4, 5-1)-68, Alcorn State-56 (Imari McDonald-13 pts/11 reb/1 ast/2 blk)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (14-4, 6-1)-83, North Alabama-62 (Marcus Huld-17 pts/12 reb/1 ast/1 stl)

Comment: An 8-game win streak followed by the present 4-game win streak. Tied for 1st place in Conference V.

UC-San Diego Tritons coached by Ken Yamoto

Fairleigh Dickinson-81, UC-San Diego (4-7)-52 (Chris Ratliff-18 pts)
UC-San Diego (5-7, 1-0)-97, NC Central-74 (Joe Houston-24 pts/5 reb/3 ast/1 stl/1 stl)
MD-Eastern Shore-83, UC-San Diego-71 (5-8, 1-1) (Shannon Van Hook-10 pts/8 reb/4 ast/1 blk)
Coppin St-92, UC-San Diego (5-9, 1-2) (Dave Rush-13 pts/6 reb/3 ast/3 stl/1 blk)
Binghamton-96, UC-San Diego (5-10, 1-3)-92 (Donte Madison-18 pts/3 reb/3 ast/1 stl)
Maine-87, UC-San Diego (5-11, 1-4)-60 (Chris Ratliff-11 pts/1 reb/3 ast/2 stl)
Seattle-59, UC-San Diego (5-12, 1-5)-50 (Christ Ratliff-17 pts/1 reb/3 ast/5 stl)
Western Illinois-69, UC-San Diego (5-13, 1-6)-57 (Joe Roland-16 pts/3 reb)

Comment: Defense continues to be weak and when defense shows up, their offense doesn’t. Now in last place in Conference V. Need to start winning to avoid being relegated to the Independents. Coppin State is presently tied for last and that team got relegated from U to V last season.
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Re: READY FOR PRIME TIME?

Postby PointGuard » Thu Jan 20, 2022 9:52 pm

February Game Results:

Western Illinois Leathernecks coached by Terry Morillo

North Dakota-86, Western Illinois (6-2)-76 (Roy Hampton-20 pts/9 reb/3 ast/2 stl)
Longwood-82, Western Illinois (6-3)-64 (Roy Hampton-15 pts/4 reb)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff-89, Western Illinois (6-4)-84 (Roy Hampton-16 pts/8 reb/5 ast/3 stl)
Top Scorers (ppg) thus far for Western Illinois: Roy Hampton 14.8, Guillermo Cabrera-12.4, Duany Vaughn-11.8, Nate Roland-9.9, Earl Cue-8.8
Florida A&M-90, Western Illinois (6-5)-75 (Guillermo Cabrera-21 pts)
Alcorn State-81, Western Illinois (6-6)-79 (Roy Hampton-32 pts/8 reb/2 ast/1 stl)
North Alabama-108, Western Illinois (6-7)-101 [2 OT’s] (Nate Roland-17 pts/7 reb/4 ast/4 stl)
Maine-73, Western Illinois (6-8)-69 (Roy Hampton-19 pts/8 reb/1 stl)
Binghamton-77, Western Illinois (6-9)-69 (Guillermo Cabrera-18 pts/3 reb/3 ast/2 stl/1 blk)

Comment: After winning 6 of their first 7 conference games, the Leathernecks tanked in February, losing all 8 games. That sank Western Illinois from a tie for 1st to the lower half of the conference standings. Their collapse appears to be due to a series of injuries combined by a season-long serious weakness at SG.

MD-Eastern Shore Hawks coached by Mike McMillan

SIU Edwardsville-79, MD-Eastern Shore (6-2)-67 (Landon Newby-19 pts/2 reb/3 ast/1 stl/1 blk)
North Alabama-90, MD-Eastern Shore (6-3)-74 (Darius Rychart-17 pts)
MD-Eastern Shore (7-3)-81, Alcorn State-68 (Frank Davis-21 pts/5 reb)
Top Scorers (ppg) thus far for MD-Eastern Shore: Frank Davis-15.1, Darius Rychart-10.7, Landon Newby-10.0, Tony Rueter-9.0, Omar Briggs-6.8
Alabama St.-72, MD-Eastern Shore (7-4)-62 (Omar Briggs-14 pts/5 reb/3 ast/3 blk)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff-102, MD-Eastern Shore (7-5)-70 (Darius Rychard-18 pts/3 reb)
Florida A&M-83, MD-Eastern Shore (7-6)-81 (Joe Carson-19 pts/6 reb/3 ast/1 stl/1 blk)
Coppin St.-80, MD-Eastern Shore (7-7)-70 (Joe Carson-14 pts/4 reb/1 ast/2 stl/2 blk)
UC-San Diego-80, MD-Eastern Shore-67 (7-8) (Tony Rueter-17 pts/11 reb/2 ast/3 blk)

Major INJURY: MD-Eastern Shore’s Kent Evans broke his ankle.

Comments: Another team with a horrible February, losing 7 of games. After being ties for 1st, the Hawks have slipped to the lower half of the conference standings. MD-Eastern Shore also were bit by the injury bug. But one wonders if more minutes had been given to freshman SG Landon Newby (9.6 ppg while playing just 13.0 mpg), would the Hawks have pulled off a few more victories.

Alcorn State Braves coached by Ramon Montez

UC-San Diego-79, Alcorn State (3-5)-77 (Mike Gallagher-18 pts)
Alcorn State (4-5)-84, Coppin State-60 (Will Friel-18 pts/4 reb/1 stl/3 blk)
MD-Eastern Shore-81, Alcorn State (4-6)-68 (Gabriel Atwood-19 pts/9 reb/3 ast/1 blk)
Top Scorers (ppg) thus far for Alcorn State: Gabriel Atwood-12.6, Mike Gallagher-11.1, Virgil Brown-10.5, Will Friel-10.2, Bernie Graham-7.5
Alcorn State (5-6)-72, NC-Central-68 (Gabriel Atwood-19 pts/7 reb/4 ast)
Alcorn State (6-6)-81, Western Illinois-79 (Will Friel-19 pts/7 reb/2 ast/1 stl/1blk)
Alcorn State (7-6)-83, Binghamton-64 (Mike Gallagher-22 pts/1 reb/2 ast/1 stl/2 blk)
Alcorn State (8-6)-80, Alabama St.-58 (Virgil Brown-21 pts/3 reb/1 stl)
Alcorn State (9-6)-88, North Alabama-85 (Gabriel, Atwood-21 pts/5 reb/2 ast/3 stl/1 blk)

Comment: After a lackluster beginning in conference play, the Braves have caught fire, winning 6 of their last 7 games and now have a 5-game win streak. Different starters step to the fore each game to carry the team. Coach Montez has really stimulated the Brave’s offense which averaged about 79 ppg during this month and having scored 80+ points in their final 4 games this month. With the team tied with 4 other teams for 2nd place, the Braves need to win their final conference game (or win the conference tournament) to give them a chance to be promoted.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions coached by Dontell Spencer

Arkansas-Pine Bluff (7-1)-88, Maine-62 (Imari McDonald-17 pts/9 reb/2 ast/5 stl/1 b
Binghamton-84, Arkansas-Pine Bluff (7-2)-80 (Marcus Huld-18 pts/8 reb/1 ast)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (8-2)-89, Western Illinois-84 (Imari McDonald-14 pts/9 reb/2 ast/3 stl/3 blk)
Top Scorers (ppg) thus farfor Arkansas-Pine Bluff: Imari McDonald-12.9, Marcus Huld-11.7, Dwayne Robinson-11.1, Dexter Thorne-10.4, Danny Logie-10.2
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9-2)-76, Seattle-67 (Dexter Thorne-17 pts/4 reb/1 ast/1 stl)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (10-2)-101, MD-Eastern Shore-70 (Imari McDonald-19 pts/9 reb/2 ast/1 stl/2 blk; Dwayne Robinson-20 pts/5 reb/3 ast/1 stl)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11-2)-77, NC-Central-69 (Imari McDonald-18 pts/7 reb)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (12-2)-88, Longwood-61 (Danny Logie-25 pts/2 reb/2 ast)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (13-2)-76, North Dakota-46 (Imari McDonald-13 pts/12 reb/1 ast/2 stl/3 blk)

Comment: Another exceptionally strong month for the Golden Lions, ending the month with a 6-game win streak. Great offense and strong defense all month. Four starters and a sub are averaging in double figures with their fifth starter knocking on the double-figures door. Arkansas-Pine Bluff is now 4 games ahead of the 5 teams (which includes Alcorn State) that are tied for 2nd place. Imari Mc Donald had a very strong month, regularly leading the team to victory. The Golden Lions have assured themselves of being promoted next season.

UC-San Diego Tritons coached by Ken Yamoto

UC-San Diego (2-6)-79, Alcorn State-77 (Donte Madison-17 pts/5 reb/4 ast/4 stl/1 blk)
UC-San Diego (3-6)-96, Alabama State-73 (Joe Houston-21 pts/4 reb/1 ast/1 stl/1 blk; Chris Ratliff-19 pts/7 reb/8 ast/1 stl)
UC-San Diego (4-6)-85, SIU Edwardsville-79 (Dave Rush-14 pts/3 reb/1 ast/3 stl/1 blk)
Top Scorers (ppg) thus far for UC-San Diego: Donte Madison-12.0, Dave Rush-10.5, Joe Houston-10.2, Chris Ratliff-8.8, Shannon Van Hook-8.4
North Alabama-85, UC-San Diego (4-7)-74 (Joe Houston-14 pts/4 reb/2 ast/3 stl)
UC-San Diego (5-7)-78, Longwood-53 (Joe Houston-15 pts/7 reb/4 ast/2 stl)
North Dakota-102, UC-San Diego (5-8)-76 (Donte Madison-19 pts/5 reb/1 ast/1 blk)
NC-Central-94, UC-San Diego (5-9)-83 (Dave Rush-26 pts/6 reb/1 ast)
UC-San Diego (6-9)-80, MD-Eastern Shore-67 (Donte Madison-18 pts/7 reb/5 ast/1 stl/1 blk)

Comment: Coach Yamoto woke up the team in February, moving the Tritons from last place in the conference to a 3-way tie for 11th place That puts the team 2 games ahead of the last place team, and with just one game left in conference play, out of jeopardy of being relegated. UC-San Diego averaged over 81 ppg this month. 3 injuries (2 of which are to starters) may make it difficult for the team in their final game of the regular season and in the conference tournament.
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Re: READY FOR PRIME TIME?

Postby PointGuard » Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:51 pm

March Results:

Final conference games:

NC-Central-82, MD-Eastern Shore (7-9)-69 (Frank Davis-15 pts/3 reb/3 ast; Landon Newby-17 pts)
Coppin St.-80, UC-San Diego (6-10)-73 (Donte Madison-23 pts/9 reb/3 ast/2 stl/1 blk)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (14-2)-88, Florida A&M-82 (Imari McDonald-21 pts/12 reb/3 ast/1 stl/1 blk)

And the fight for 2nd place between Seattle, Binghamton, North Dakota, SIU-Evansville, and Alcorn State, all tied with 9-6 records. Here are the results of each of their final conference games:

Maine-84, Binghamton-70
Seattle79, Western Illinois (6-10)-65 (Roy Hampton-17 pts/2 reb/2 ast)
Longwood-61, North Dakota-44
And….
Alcorn State (10-6)-70, SIU-Edwardsville-60 (Will Friel-13 pts/6 reb/2 ast/3 stl/1 blk)

Therefore, 3 teams are assured of promotion:

Arkansas Pine-Bluff: 14-2 (1st place)
Alcorn State: 10-6 (2nd place tie)
Seattle: 10-6 (2nd place tie)

The fourth team to be promoted will be either one of the four teams tied for 3rd place or a lower placed team, should one of those win the conference tournament.

Relegation:

Coppin State finished in 16th and last place in Conference V and will be relegated to become an Independent next season. Western Illinois and UC-San Diego were 2 of 5 teams that finished tied for 11th place, one game ahead of Coppin State. MD-Eastern Shore finished in 10th place. Therefore, all 3 of those escaped being relegated to Independent status.
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Re: READY FOR PRIME TIME?

Postby PointGuard » Sun Jan 23, 2022 1:58 am

Conference V Tournament Results (top 12 teams qualify for the tourney):

Round 1

#5 seed Binghamton-81, #12 seed Western Illinois-80 (Nate Roland-13 pts/6 reb/1 stl/2 blk)
#6 seed SIU-Edwardsville-92, #11 seed North Alabama-82
#10 seed MD-Eastern Shore-76, #7 seed NC-Central-72 (Tony Rueter-10 pts/13 reb/3 ast/1 blk)
#9 seed Florida A&M-87, #8 seed Longwood-69

Round 2 (Quarter-finals)

#1 seed Arkansas-Pine Bluff-87, #9 seed Florida A&M-67 (Dexter Thorne-21 pts/7 reb/1 ast/3 blk; Mike Huld-19 pts/11 reb/2 ast/1 stl/1 blk)
#2 seed Alcorn State-89, #10 seed MD-Eastern Shore-67 (Alcorn State’s Virgil Brown-23 pts/3 reb/3 ast/1 stl/1 blk and Gabriel Atwood-20 pts/11 reb/1 stl/1 blk: MD-Eastern Shore’s Frank Davis-21 pts/3 reb/1 stl)
#3 seed Seattle-72, #6 seed SIU-Edwardsville-64
#4 seed North Dakota-83, #5 seed Binghamton-67

Round 3 (Semi-finals)

#1 seed Arkansas-Pine Bluff-84, #4 seed North Dakota-63 (Imari McDonald-20 pts/11 reb/2 ast/2 stl/4 blk)
#2 seed Alcorn State-68, #3 seed Seattle-66 (Todd Young-14 pts/2 reb/6 ast/2 stl)

Round 4 (Championship)

#1 seed Arkansas-Pine Bluff-77, #2 seed Alcorn State-70 (Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s Dwayne Robinson-14 pts/5 reb/2 ast/1 stl; Alcorn State’s Gabriel Atwood-17 pts/8 reb/2 ast/1 stl)
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Re: READY FOR PRIME TIME?

Postby PointGuard » Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:54 pm

Statistics for the 5 teams (Part 1 of 5):

Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions coached by Dontell Spencer

Season record: 25-5; Conference V record: 14-2, 1st place; NET Ranking: 33; Won Conference Tourney

Team PPG: 81.1, Opponent PPG:71.4

Stats for Primary Players (G/GS/MPG--PPG/RPG/APG):

Dexter Thorne (SR): 30/30/26.4--10.7/5.2/1.8
Imari McDonald (SR): 30/27/26.4--12.4/7.0/1.8
Marcus Huld (SR): 30/30/26.2--11.3/6.6/1.4
Dwayne Robinson (SO): 30/30/25.6--11.7/3.0/1.8
Danny Logie (SR): 30/0/18.7--10.9/1.8/1.4
Jaraan Daniels (JR): 30/3/18.3--5.4/4.6/1.7
Damian Carrington (JR) 30/0/10.2--3.3/0.6/1.7
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Re: READY FOR PRIME TIME?

Postby PointGuard » Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:16 pm

Statistics for the 5 teams (Part 2 of 5):

Alcorn State Braves coach by Ramon Montez

Season record: 17-13; Conference V record: 10-6 , 2nd place tie; NET Ranking: 153

Team PPG: 73.9, Opponent PPG: 71.6

Stats for Primary Players (G/GS/MPG--PPG/RPG/APG

Mike Gallagher (SR): 30/30/26.7--11.4/2.9/2.2
Todd Young (FR): 30/29/25.6--7.0/1.9/4.1
Will Friel (FR): 30/30/25.1--9.9/5.5/1.1
Gabriel Atwood (SO): 30/30/24.9--13.2/6.3/1.8
Virgil Brown (SO): 30/24/24.2--11.3/3.5/1.5
Bernie Graham (FR): 11/0/17.6--7.5/4.6/1.5
Dana Turner (JR): 30/1/17.5--4.5/1.4/2.6
Benjamin Delk (SR): 30/6/16.8--4.7/3.2/1.4
Jeff Samuel (SR): 29/0/13.5--5.6/3.1/1.3
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Re: READY FOR PRIME TIME?

Postby PointGuard » Wed Jan 26, 2022 5:03 am

Statistics for the 5 teams (Part 3 of 5):

MD-Eastern Shore Hawks coached by Mike McMillan

Season record-12-17; Conference V record: 7-9, 10th place; NET Ranking: 295

Team PPG: 72.6, Opponent PPG: 75.2

Stats for Primary Players (G/GS/MPG--PPG/RPG/APG

Tony Rueter (FR): 29/29/29.4--9.3/6.0/1.4
Frank Davis (JR): 29/29/28.2--14.1/2.9/1.8
Joe Carson (SO): 29/29/27.8--6.1/4.8/1.3
Omar Briggs (SR): 27/26/26.2--7.0/3.5/4.6
Darius Rychart (FR): 29/29/26.0--10.3/2.1/2.4
Kent Evans (JR): 27/0/19.3--6.2/5.7/1.0
Junior Sarchet (SO): 29/0/13.6--4.4/2.7/1.4
Tyron Adras (SR): 29/1/13.3--5.9/1.1/2.7
Landon Newby (FR): 29/2/12.8--9.8/1.6/1.0
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