Path to the Hall of Fame (v2)

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@North Florida, Won 71-62

• FG: 55-46%; REB: +7; TO: +2
• POG: SG Cory Mastern 28 pts, 4 asts

@Texas Christian, Won 66-63

• FG: 50-47%; REB: -8; TO: -4
• POG: C Dan Dickel 19 pts, 8 rebs

@Harvard, Lost 57-71

• FG: 36-40%; REB: -10; TO: -2

Colgate, Won 75-56

• FG: 44-36%; REB: Even; TO: -7

@Penn St, Lost 63-77

• FG: 39-47%; REB: +3; TO: +7

Sunshine Shootout Round 1
Wagner, Won 73-59

• FG: 46-38%; REB: +2; TO: -2
• POG: SG Cory Mastern 23 pts, 8 rebs

Sunshine Shootout Semi Finals
Wisconsin, Won 82-70

• FG: 48-40%; REB: Even; TO: +4
• POG: SG Cory Mastern 19 pts, 3 rebs

Sunshine Shootout Finals
#22 Massachusetts, Won 81-60

• FG: 50-46%; REB: -6; TO: -5
• POG: SG Cory Mastern 21 pts, 5 rebs

@Vanderbilt, Won 80-56

• FG: 52-43%; REB: +9; TO: -1
• POG: C Dan Dickel 21 pts, 6 rebs

@South Carolina, Lost 61-74

• FG: 42-48%; REB: +1; TO: +3

Central Florida, Won 85-63

• FG: 62-46%; REB: +14; TO: Even
• POG: SG Cory Mastern 29 pts, 5 asts

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@Florida St, Lost 78-79

• FG: 43-51%; REB: +3; TO: +2

@North Carolina, Lost 62-83

• FG: 41-46%; REB: -11; TO: +5

#12 Virginia, Won 68-55

• FG: 46-34%; REB: +22; TO: +11
• POG: SG Cory Mastern 18 pts, 3 rebs

#5 Georgia Tech, Lost 57-73

• FG: 43-44%; REB: +10; TO: +14

@Boston College, Won 88-79

• FG: 58-47%; REB: +7; TO: -1
• POG: SG Cory Mastern 28 pts, 8 rebs

Duke, Won 64-55

• FG: 44-31%; REB: +4; TO: -3
• POG: SF Chad Askins 11 pts, 3 rebs

ACC Conference Standings

1. #25 North Carolina, 6-0
2. #6 Georgia Tech, 5-1
3. Florida St, 5-1
4. Clemson, 3-3
5. Duke, 3-3
6. Virginia Tech, 3-3
7. Maryland, 2-4
8. Miami (FL), 2-4
9. Wake Forest, 2-4
10. North Carolina St, 2-4
11. #23 Virginia, 2-4
12. Boston College, 1-5

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@Virginia Tech, Won 94-72

• FG: 54-50%; REB: +22; TO: -2
• POG: C Dan Dickel 27 pts, 11 rebs

@Wake Forest, Lost 74-83

• FG: 48-47%; REB: +6; TO: +8

Florida St, Won 75-56

• FG: 48-39%; REB: +14; TO: -2
• POG: SF Chad Akins 19 pts, 6 rebs

Maryland, Won 74-53

• FG: 42-38%; REB: +16; TO: +2
• POG: SF Chad Akins 18 pts, 12 rebs

Miami (FL), Won 63-44

• FG: 42-33%; REB: +5; TO: -4
• POG: SF Chad Akins 20 pts, 6 rebs

@North Carolina St, Lost 49-68

• FG: 43-41%; REB: -2; TO: +10

ACC Conference Standings

1. #17 North Carolina, 11-1
2. #6 Georgia Tech, 10-2
3. Clemson, 7-5
4. #23 Virginia, 7-5
5. Florida St, 7-5
6. North Carolina St, 6-6
7. Miami (FL), 5-7
8. Duke, 5-7
9. Wake Forest, 5-7
10. Virginia Tech, 3-9
11. Maryland, 3-9
12. Boston College, 3-9

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#17 North Carolina, Won 90-71

• FG: 58-48%; REB: -1; TO: -2
• POG: SF Chad Akins 26 pts, 8 rebs

@#23 Virginia, Won 63-61

• FG: 42-44%; REB: -4; TO: -7
• POG: C Dan Dickel 22 pts, 4 rebs

@#7 Georgia Tech, Lost 57-62

• FG: 35-37%; REB: +6; TO: +2

Boston College, Lost 77-91

• FG: 42-50%; REB: +2; TO: +1

@Duke, Won 75-59

• FG: 51-32%; REB: +8; TO: +3
• POG: SF Chad Akins 13 pts, 7 rebs

Virginia Tech, Won 82-46

• FG: 52-37%; REB: +11; TO: -11
• POG: SG Cory Mastern 26 pts, 5 rebs

ACC Conference Final Standings

1. #7 Georgia Tech, 15-3
2. #20 North Carolina, 14-4
3. North Carolina St, 11-7
4. Clemson, 11-7
5. Florida St, 10-8
6. Virginia, 9-9
7. Duke, 8-10
8. Wake Forest, 8-10
9. Miami (FL), 7-11
10. Maryland, 6-12
11. Boston College, 5-13
12. Virginia Tech, 4-14

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Quarter Finals
(5) Florida St, Won 72-67

• FG: 48-44%; REB: +17; TO: +9
• POG: C Dan Dickel 27 pts, 11 rebs

Semi Finals
(1) #7 Georgia Tech, Lost 49-64

• FG: 34-40%; REB: +5; TO: +5

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Rank (Media/Coaches): NR/NR; RPI: #45

We're in the South Regionals (Austin)

1st round matchup:
(7) Clemson vs (10) Colorado

Teams in the South Regionals

• (1) #1 New Mexico - 2 National Titles, 11 Final Fours
• (2) #12 Syracuse - 1 National Title, 2 Final Fours
• (3) #14 Michigan St - 1 National Title, 4 Final Fours
• (4) #17 Memphis - 1 National Title, 3 Final Fours
• (5) #25 Kansas - 2 National Titles, 9 Final Fours
• (6) LSU - 2 National Titles, 7 Final Fours
• (7) Clemson
• (8) Oregon - 1 National Title, 4 Final Fours
• (9) Duquesne
• (10) Colorado
• (11) Wagner
• (12) Play-In
• (13) Charleston Southern
• (14) Grand Valley St
• (15) San Diego St
• (16) Army

Other Ranked Teams

East

• (1) #3 St John's
• (2) #7 Georgia Tech
• (3) #10 Arizona
• (4) #19 Xavier
• (5) #13 Toledo
• (6) #24 Bradley

Midwest

• (1) #5 Seton Hall
• (2) #8 Indiana
• (3) #20 Louisville
• (4) #18 Massachusetts
• (5) #9 UNLV
• (6) #22 Gonzaga

West

• (1) #4 Iowa
• (2) #6 Houston
• (3) #16 Creighton
• (4) #23 UCLA
• (5) #15 Arkansas-Little Rock

On Probation

• #2 Georgia
• #11 Auburn
• #21 North Carolina

ACC teams appearing on post-season tournaments

NCAA

• East: (15) Middle Tennessee St vs (2) #7 Georgia Tech
• East: (9) Kansas St vs (8) Virginia
• Midwest: (9) St Bonaventure vs (8) Florida St
• South: (10) Colorado vs (7) Clemson
• West: (10) Iowa St vs (7) North Carolina St

NIT

• Midwest: (7) Purdue vs (2) Wake Forest

[randy]

Mar 17, 2007: (10) Colorado (17-14, 10-8) vs (7) Clemson (20-11, 11-7)

Scouting Report

1. Primary defense: 2-3 zone
2. Offense focus: Balanced (fast)
3. Key players:
   
   • Sr SF Mike Leib (11.4 ppg, 6.3 rpg)
   • So(R) PF Dan May (13.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg)
4. Strengths:
   
   • Rebounding: 35.2 rpg (#21)
5. Weaknesses:
   
   • Offense: 44.0% FG (#186), 32.7% 3PT (#267)
   • Ball Handling: 15.9 topg (#310)
   • Defense: 68.0 opp ppg (#202), 36.4% opp 3PT (#258), 12.8 opp topg (#307)
6. How they got here:
   
   • Finished 5th Pac 12; Lost Conference Tournament Finals

Strategies

1. Use 2-3 zone; balanced offense

Start of 1st half

Good defense so far, as COL can't knock down their perimeter shots. Up 10-0, 14:34. COL scored their 1st FG at the 8:57 mark. Up 20-9, 7:35. Despite COL's struggles on offense, we're not out of the woods yet in this game, as we're not shooting the ball well either. Halftime, Up 30-15.

Key stats / Notes (Halftime)

• FG shooting: COL 13%, CLEM 41%
• Rebounds: COL 16, CLEM 24
• We need to sustain our defensive intensity. Aside from SG Cory Mastern (14 pts, 6-10 FG), other players need to step up on offense

Start of 2nd half

SG Cory Mastern scoreless in the 2nd half, but our other players have indeed stepped up, contributing to increase our lead. Up 41-22, 13:29. COL scored on back-to-back 3s to cut our lead to 13, but that was the closest they have gone, as we also connected on some of our outside shots. SG Matt Hein excellent off the bench with 12 pts, 4-7 3PT. Up 55-34, 7:26. Much better shooting performance for COL in the 2nd half, but our lead was safe enough.


Final Score: Colorado - 42, Clemson - 67


Box Scores
[INDENT]Mastern 19, 6, 2, 3-3 3PT (*)
Hein 15, 1, 1, 5-10 3PT
Harvey 10, 8, 2
Dickel 8, 6, 1
Akins 5, 9, 2, 2 stls, 6 tos
Davis 5, 2, 1
Howard 3, 1, 1
Lewis 2, 2, 2
Jones 0, 4, 0
Walker 0, 3, 1
Lee 0, 2, 4
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Stats Comparison
[INDENT]FG: 45-24%
REB: +18 (+5 off)
TO: +2
Pts in paint: +22
2nd chance: +7
Fast break: +11 (11-0)
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Notes

• Aside from good perimeter defense in the 1st half, another contributing factor to our win was we did not allow a single fast break point

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Mar 19, 2007: (7) Clemson (21-11, 11-7) vs (2) #12 Syracuse (25-8, 11-5)

Scouting Report

1. Primary defense: M2M
2. Offense focus: Balanced (fast)
3. Key players:
   
   • Fr SF Brad Coursey (17.0 ppg, 6.3 rpg, #3 class rank)
   • Sr SG Danny Pride (11.6 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 3.2 apg, 2-time All Conf, #30 class rank)
4. Strengths:
   
   • Perimeter Defense: 29.0% opp 3PT (#3), 16.9 opp topg (#18)
5. Weaknesses:
   
   • Ball Handling: 16.2 topg (#325)
6. How they got here:
   
   • Finished 5th Big East; Lost Conference Tournament Semi Finals
   • (Round 64) Def San Diego St, 67-48 (Coursey 18 pts, 9 rebs)

Strategies

1. Syracuse likes to play fast, helter-skelter basket ball. If we can safely get the ball down to our post players, we should be able to control the pace
2. On defense, we need to double on Coursey

Start of 1st half

After a slow start, we scored 10 straight pts. Up 12-6, 14:46. We got into turn over problems, and has allowed SYR to have more chances on offense. Down 19-24, 7:31. We continued to go on a downward path the rest of the 1st half, as we keep on giving the ball away. Out penalty situation compounded our problems. Halftime, Down 27-45.

Key stats / Notes (Halftime)

• FT shooting: CLEM 4-7, SYR 15-16
• Turn overs: CLEM 11, SYR 5
• We were playing well early in the 1st half, as we had some success pressuring SYR's ball handlers; somehow, that energy was gone. We'll press all the time in the 2nd half, play harder on defense. Our inside plays not working, so we'll try to shoot more from the outside.

Start of 2nd half

We're playing with more energy on defense, but we can't generate enough offense to significantly cut their lead. Down 37-54, 13:47. Still no improvements, and time is running out. We have already increased our offensive pace. Down 44-64, 7:17. Got it down to 13, but with only 2+ mins left. Gallant effort in winning the 2nd half, but not enough time to completely erase their lead.


Final Score: Clemson - 63, Syracuse - 73


Box Scores
[INDENT]Akins 19, 2, 2
Dickel 10, 7, 1
Harvey 10, 3, 1, 2 stls
Mastern 9, 10, 2, 3 stls
Davis 6, 2, 0
Jones 5, 0, 0
Lewis 4, 1, 1
Hein 0, 2, 4
Lee 0, 2, 0, 4 tos
Walker 0, 0, 1, 2 stls
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Stats Comparison
[INDENT]FG: 41-45%
REB: -1
TO: -1
Pts in paint: +16
2nd chance: Even
Fast break: +12 (16-4)
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Notes

• We played SYR on even terms on most categories. SYR had 13 more FTMs, which made the difference
• For upcoming seasons, we need to focus more on playing (and improving) our m2m defense. We'll have bad days on offense, but if we want to become contenders, it will be our defense that would give us wins even if we're playing below par
• On offense, we'll increase our pace, hoping that it will lessen our turn overs

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Final 4

• #5 Seton Hall def #3 St John's, 56-55
• #1 New Mexico def #6 Houston, 78-67

Championship

• #1 New Mexico def #5 Seton Hall, 92-86 OT
• New Mexico wins their 3rd national title

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ACC 1st Team All-Conference

• So SG Cory Mastern
• Fr C Dan Dickel