by Wayne23 » Wed May 20, 2015 4:39 pm
Feb. 5: 73-55 with Duquesne. 18, 11 for Jam, 15, 2, 7 for Jeff. 6 and 36.
75-39 at E. Car. 17, 13 for Jam, big games all around. 12, 45. So much for the #2 team in A10.
Ty Padd hurt his arm and Mel Shep his back. Both day to day.
We have a week off. Then 3 games the following week. Here with #16 Dayton, 19-5, 9-4, at Fordham, 10-10, 7-4, at URI, 14-7, 9-3.
Feb. 12: Jam is #4, Jeff #13, Mel #19 on the Norton list.
Evidently Dave and Beth are together. They aren’t living together but everything else. Good. I wish them both happiness.
People ask me why Dave is so much less grumpy. Well, that’s not too hard. Two straight national titles, we win almost every game. He can still be tough on the guys and on the refs, but he has less occasion to be.
Feb. 19: 82-44 with #16 Dayton. 19, 11 for Jam. 10, 43.
79-68 at Fordham. 16, 12, 2, 3 for Mel, 14, 10, 4, 2, 2 for Jam, 17, 4, 3 for Quin. 10, 39.
86-65 at URI. 25, 7, 2, 5 for Ram, 15, 12 for Jam, 16, 3, 9 for Jeff. 8, 34.
We’re 4 up with 2 to play. Still #1, RPI #1.
15-12, 7-9 GW is here, then we’re at 10-14, 5-10 Davidson to end the reg. season.
Feb. 26: 85-55 with GW. 6 in doubles, 3 others had good games. 6 and 34.
72-46 at Davidson. Lots of good games. 5 and 41.
Heading into the post season we’re 29-1, 18-0. +22.4 PPG, +10.4 RBs, +7.3 TOs, +5.7 assists. 1st in the nation in RBs and blocks, 2nd in scoring and assists. Jam is #1 in RBs, #2 in blocks. Jeff is #1 in assists.
March 5: We lose Jam Bard and Ram May to the NBA. Surprised it was only two!
Jam is #2, Jeff #9 on the Norton list.
March 6: We’ll play #9 seed Fordham, 12-16.
2 season ending injuries at this time last year. If we stay healthy I don’t think we can lose. But then we did once.
March 7: 71-49 over Fordham. 16, 10, 3, 2, 3 for Jam. 11, 35.
#4 seed East Carolina, 18-10, in the semis.
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March 8: 64-40 over E. Car.[/B] 22, 14 for Jam. 5, 36.
#3 seed LaSalle, 16-14 for the title.
March 9: 73-36 over LaSalle and another A10 title. 25, 8, 4 for Quin, 9 and 47.
March 12: Can’t imagine we won’t be #1 overall.
NOT #1 in the East! #1 in the polls and in RPI all year long. This makes no sense.
“We’ll beat ‘em anyway.
NOT #1 in the Midwest! Even more unbelievable.
#1 South.
“I said it before but the selection committee is brain dead.”
Every TV, radio and newspaper sports personality in the world seems to agree.
We’ll play 16-15 Campbell.
“Hell, in a way it’s easier. The #1s ahead of us gotta play each other in the semifinal.”
March 17: 81-54 over Campbell. 20, 14 for Jam, 12, 11, 2, 4, 2 for mel, 6 in doubles. 12 and 39.
#9 seed Michigan, 20-10 is next.
March 19: 89-52 over Michigan. 28, 13 for Jam, 17, 9 for Mel. 5 and 42.
It’s #8 ranked, #5 seed (How does that HAPPEN!) New Mexico ST, 27-5, in the Sweet 16. We beat them by 16 to open the season.
March 24: 76-49 over #8 NM ST. 11 and 34. No standout performances but lots of guys played well and the D was great.
#10 seed Albany, 22-10, knocked off #7 and #2 so we play them in the Elite 8.
March 26: 83-56 over Albany and back to the Final Four. 22, 17 for Jam. 5 and 45.
We haven’t come close to being challenged yet.
It’s a rematch with #4 ranked Louisville, 31-6, in the round of 4. We won by 15 in the title game of the NIT.
April 1: 82-65 over #4 Louisville. 18, 15, 3, 2, 3 for Jam, 12, 13 for mel, good games by 7 guys. 14 and 53. We’ll play for the title against #1 overall, #2 ranked Ohio ST, 35-2. We beat them by 13 in the NIT. We’ve not been seriously challenged, or at all challenged in the 2nd half for the entire tourney. With Ohio ST we can’t let their PG do what he likes to do. It’s really that simple- to say…
April 3: Threepeat! 90-69 over #2 Ohio ST. 23 each for Jeff and Ram, 22, 13 for jam. They took an early 8 point lead but we turned it around and went into the locker room up 6. We started the 2nd with an 18-5 run and that was that.
April 4: Awards: Jam got the Final Four MOP, Mel Shep got Def. POY. Jam made 1st team All American, Jeff Andt made 2nd team. Dave got the national COY. In conf., Jam was POY, Jeff was frosh POY,
Mel was Def. POY. All 3 plus Quin Aka made 1st team.
April 9: “Give me somethin’ interestin’ an’ we’ll go.”
(Author’s note: Something interesting is the game getting stuck exiting Awards. This happened a few years ago and I barely saved it. Stay tuned... Saved it!)
Bobby is the new head coach at Dartmouth. I’m thrilled!
Then in a MAJOR shock Dave announced that he is taking a new coaching job.
“I’m the new head coach at Cranston Middle School. My family is moving back there in June and I plan to Coach Davey’s team. I signed a contract to do that for his 6th, 7th and 8th grade years an’ then to coach him at Cranston High.
UMass offered me the head coaching job. With Bobby and Dave both gone I’m not sure. I got calls from schools all over the country. I always got some but folks knew I was sticking with Dave. When he made his announcement I said I was open to becoming a head coach. I traveled to visit Arizona ST, Berkeley, Florida, Iowa, Oklahoma ST, Wisconsin, and Wake Forest. I then accepted the head coaching job at… UMass! Sandy loves it here, and so do I. We’re losing all our big men except one, and a couple of guards, so a fourpeat won’t be easy, but let’s see what happens- esp. to my 25-5 lifetime record! I signed a 5 year contract. I expect I’ll retire when the contract is up. I’ll be 67. Never know, of course.
Jeffy also went with Dave so I’m hiring a whole new staff.
April 23: I ask for a facilities upgrade. Nope.
We end up 38-1 again, with our 3rd title in a row.
Dave retires at 650-224, .744. Not bad! I’m at 25-5 unofficially.
(Author's Note: I'll keep this going under the same name.)