by Wayne23 » Tue Oct 03, 2017 3:24 pm
3/7: We play #8 seed Northwestern, 13-15, 7-11 in the 1/4 finals.
3/8: 85-55. 26,21 for Free, 16, 14 for Bayn, 20, 6 for Tyle. 58 RBs, 5 TOs.
#4 seed, #17 ranked Michigan ST, 23-7, 13-5, in the semis. We beat them by 20 and 14 in the regular season.
3/9: 82-59. 31, 20, 3, 3, 4 for Free, 16, 7 for Jory. 48 RBs, 12 TOs.
#2 seed, #1 ranked Maryland, 29-3, 15-3, for the title. They won by 7 there, then we won by 8 at our place. Let’s see what happens.
3/10: 85-67. 24, 7 for Tyle, 13, 18 for Free, 14, 11 for Bayn, 16, 2, 8 for Ward, 11, 7, 4 for Jory. 50 RBs, 9 TOs. It was close for about 30 minutes. Then we went on an 11-
2 run, and soon after, a 16-3 run.
31-2, 17-1, #1, RPI #1.
3/12: #1 overall. We play 10-21 Mount St Mary first.
3/16: 85-61. 18, 14, 4 for Bayn, 16, 8 for Free, 15, 7 for Tyle, 8, 8, 7 for Ward, 13 for Jory. 47 RBs, 12 TOs.
#8 seed Pitt, 19-11, in Round 2.
3/18: 90-55.29 for Jory, 18, 6, 8 for Ward, 13, 9 for Free, 12, 7 for Tyle. 47 RBs, 7 TOs.
#4 seed, #11 ranked UConn, 27-7, in the Sweet Sixteen. We beat them by 18 in the Coaches Classic, but that was a long time ago.
3/23: 81-73. They were up 14 at the half. We didn’t take the lead until 6:05 remained. 22, 20 for Bayn, 16, 10, 4 for Tyle, 12, 7 for 6th man Ryan Pesk. Free was in foul trouble all night. 52 RBs, but 16 TOs.
#2 overall seed Missouri lost.
#2 seed, #4 ranked Stanford, 33-2, in the Elite Eight. Their Sg is the #2 player in the country.
3/25: 89-71. We took an early lead and were never threatened. 37, 17 for Free, 19, 6, 3 for Tyle. 53 RBs, 12 TOs. Their SG got 31, but it didn’t matter.
We're in the Final Four vs. #7 ranked UCLA, 31-6. We beat them by 20 at our place in November. They have an excellent outside game.
On the other side it’s #19 ranked Purdue vs. #5 Kentucky.
4/1: 82-57. Never a game. 21 for Tyle, 18, 7 for Bayn, 14, 9 for Free, 10, 6, 3, 4 for Jory, 6, 4, 10 for Ward. 47 RBs (+12) but 18 TOs (-3).
It’s #5 Kentucky, 32-4, for the national title. They look stronger outside, we are stronger inside, so we need to play this game close to the hoop.The Rosenbergs are sentenced to death for spying.
War rages on in Korea.
4/3: 89-70 and our first title, my 3rd! 21, 10 for Free, 16, 3, 6 for Ward, 12, 9, 3 for Tyle, but our 6th and 7th men won it for us. #3 guard Alex Book had 14, 5, 5 and Pesk had 12.
4/4: Awards: Kurt Free was FInal Four MOP and 1st team All American. I was national COY. In Conf. Free was POY, Def. POY, and 1st team. Stan Bayn made 2nd team.
4/9: My dream school has always been Michigan ST. They offered, I’m going.
4/16: We need to hire three assistants.
Got 3 good ones!
General MacArthur defies President Truman, and Truman fires him.
4/23: I ask for a facilities upgrade. Got it. We go from C+ to B.
37-2, national title. Overall, I’m 572-170, .771.
One more rebuilding job. This is my last stop.