Philly Gym Rat (The Perry “QM” McMullin Story)

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A very good year for my old team.

The Roadrunners finished tied for the league championship with Seattle with a 10-4 record. CSU Bakersfield went on to win the Great West Conference Tournament by beating Seattle in the championship game. They finished the year with a 23-7 record, ranked #21 in the Media Poll, and with the 34th best RPI in the nation.

Their scoring was led by SG Brett Holt with 12.1 ppg, PF Terrence Delk with 11.1 ppg, C Jeff Gilbert with 10.5 ppg., and PG Jerry Yearwood with 8.9 ppg. Jeff Gilbert was their top rebounder with 8.0 rpg and Jerry Yearwood was their top in assists with 2.6 apg.

Eight of their 15 players are graduating this year, including starters Jerry Yearwood, Brett Holt, Mitchell Jarmond, and Jeff Gilbert.

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Top Seeds: North Carolina, Syracuse, Utah, Oklahoma State

Albany is the #12 seed in the Syracuse Regionals and will play #5 seed Florida State.

CSU Bakersfield is the #10 seed in the Seattle Regionals and will play #7 seed Minnesota.

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Championship: Kentucky-99, Troy-72

VERY strange to see Kentucky playing in the CBI Tournament.

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Round 1:

# 8 seed Binghamton (19-11) vs #1 seed Penn State (17-14)—[Binghamton jumped out to a lead and held a 46-34 lead at the half. They held Penn State at arm’s length in the 2nd half. They hit 48% of their shots while holding Penn State’s shooting to 36%. Binghamton had just 3 fouls called against them the entire game. They out-rebounded Penn State 46-27. Jamal Weston and Jared Jensen shared scoring honors with 16 points apiece for Binghamton. JaJa Heyward scored 20 points for Penn State. Final Score: Binghamton-79, Penn State-65.]

Round 2:

#5 seed James Madison (20-11) vs #8 seed Binghamton (20-11)—[Binghamton again rode hot shooting (57% for the game) to establish a 36-27 halftime lead and then pull away in the 2nd half to open a 26 point lead and coast to an easy win. Jared Jensen scored 21 to lead Binghamton. Grant Keating tossed in 26 points for James Madison. Final Score: Binghamton-75, James Madison-58.]

Round 3:

#2 seed Fordham (19-11) vs #8 seed Binghamton (21-11)—[Fordham scored first and held the lead throughout the game. At the half, Binghamton trailed 38-23. The big difference in the game was turnovers: Binghamton turned the ball over 24 times, Fordham only 12 times. Robbie Edgerson was Binghamton’s leading scorer with 13 points. Bill Fox scored 21 points and Alonzo Cheney scored 13 points and pulled down 11 rebounds for Fordham. Final Score: Fordham-72, Binghamton-53.]

Semi-Finals:

St. Johns-77, Rice-67
Arkansas Pine Bluff-75, Fordham-41

Championship:

Arkansas Pine Bluff-74, St. Johns-58

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Round 1:

#12 seed Albany (22-8) vs #5 seed, #20 ranked Florida State (20-8)—[Neither team could assert itself in the 1st half as the lead flip-flopped and the half ended with a 35-35 tie. In the 2nd half, Albany pulled away early and established a 14 point lead only to see Florida State come roaring back. Albany hit 53% of their shots while Florida State hit 42% of theirs. Albany won the battle of the boards, 36-27. Todd Holbrook scored 16 points for Albany. Andy Guyton had 16 for Florida State. Final Score: Albany-75, Florida State-72.]

#10 seed, #21 ranked CSU Bakersfield (23-7) vs #7 seed Minnesota (19-11)—[CSU Bakersfield opened a 39-29 halftime lead and then increased their lead to as much as 25 in the 2nd half. The Roadrunners hit 55% of their shots while holding Minnesota to 42% shooting. CSU Bakersfield dominated the boards, 40-24. Terrence Delk scored 20 points and Jeff Gilbert pulled down 14 rebounds for CSU Bakersfield. Kelly Ducharme scored 15 for Minnesota. Final Score: CSU Bakersfield-84, Minnesota-62.]

Round 2:

#12 seed Albany (23-8) vs #4 seed, #18 ranked Louisville (21-10)—[Louisville overwhelmed Albany throughout this game. By the end of the half, Louisville’s lead was 35-25 and pulled steadily further ahead in the 2nd half. Albany hit just 32% of their shots while Louisville connected on 51% of theirs. Albany was out-rebounded 40-27. Brandon Dickenman scored 19 for Albany. Louisville was led by Collin Lewis’ 21 points while Jesse Nathaniel and Jerome Smith both had 10 rebounds. Final Score: Louisville-70, Albany-46.]

#10 seed, #21 ranked CSU Bakersfield (24-7) vs #2 seed, #6 ranked Memphis (26-5)—[CSU Bakersfield dominated the first half pulling away to a 39-25 halftime lead. They held Memphis off in the 2nd half by playing rock-solid defense (Memphis hit just 33% of their shots and turned the ball over 19 times). Jerry Yearwood scored 18 for CSU Bakersfield. Brendan Dudley was Memphis top scorer with 15 points. Final Score: CSU Bakersfield-61, Memphis-51.]

Round 3:

#3 seed, #14 ranked Georgetown (25-9) vs #10 seed, #21 ranked CSU Bakersfield (25-7)—[CSU Bakersfield never was behind in this game. They held a 40-32 halftime lead and expanded their lead to as much as 15 in the 2nd half. The Roadrunners hit 54% of their shots while holding Georgetown’s shooting to 43%. Brett Holt scored 16 points for CSU Bakersfield. Gerald Pleick had 22 points for Georgetown. Final Score: CSU Bakersfield-75, Georgetown-68.]

Round 4:

#10 seed, #21 ranked CSU Bakersfield (26-7) vs #1 seed, #3 ranked Oklahoma State (29-5)—[Oklahoma State took control of this game early and pulled away to a 41-22 halftime advantage. Their lead grew to 30 points in the 2nd half. Both teams hit 49% of their shots, but CSU Bakersfield turned the ball over 21 times to Oklahoma State’s 9 turnovers plus Oklahoma State paraded to the foul line 41 times (scoring on 31 foul shots) while CSU Bakersfield got to the line 20 times (scoring 12 points on free throws). Brett Holt scored 18 points for CSU Bakersfield. Robert Salvi poured in 31 points for Oklahoma State. Final Score: Oklahoma State-87, CSU Bakersfield-61.]

Semi-Finals:

#1 seed Syracuse-73, #3 seed Duke-45
#1 seed Oklahoma State-68, #1 seed Utah-56

Championship:

#1 seed Oklahoma State-70, #1 seed Syracuse-66

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No America East awards for the season for players from New Hampshire, but PG Nate Augustus won 6 Freshman Player of the Week awards and 1 Player of the Week award

Great West Defensive Player of the Year—C Jeff Gilbert, CSU Bakersfield

Great West Coach of the Year—Scott Roberts, CSU Bakersfield

Great West 1st Team All-Conference—PF Terrence Delk, CSU Bakersfield

Great West 1st Team All-Conference—C Jeff Gilbert, CSU Bakersfield

Great West 2nd Team All-Conference—SG Brett Holt, CSU Bakersfield

After the NCAA Tournament, I called Scott Roberts to congratulate him on taking the Roadrunners to the Elite 8 and also winning the Great West Coach of the Year Award. It was great to see my old players going so far and my former assistant coach being so successful.

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10 colleges contacted me about their head coaching jobs, but I want to continue developing the program at New Hampshire.

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The prestige rating for New Hampshire surprisingly fell to 9 (-1) and the prestige for the America East Association dropped to 19 (-1).

My present coaching ratings are now: Offense, 61 (+3), Defense-60 (+3), Recruiting, 36 (no change), Scouting, 30 (+3), Player Development, 65 (+3), Reputation, 25 (+1), Job Security, 100 (no change).

1st assistant: Kelley Charles: Off-20, Def-36, Rec-50 (+3), Sc-21 (+1), PD-20, Rep-9.

2nd assistant: Jerald Runyan: Off-22 (+2), Def-22, Rec-20, Sc-21, PD-63, Rep-9.

3rd assistant: Simon Woodley: Off-20, Def-20, Rec-20, Sc-46 (+1), PD-20, Rep-9.

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We met the only goal for this year (Don’t finish last in the conference). This goal was not changed for the forthcoming year.

I requested an upgrade to our D+ rated facilities but the request was denied...like many of the students, alumni, and local community, the administration obviously isn’t overly interested in basketball at the University of New Hampshire.