by Wayne23 » Wed Mar 21, 2018 4:46 pm
3/7: We play #9 seed Maryland, 13-16, 7-11, in the quarter finals.
3/8: 84-63. Close for a half. 21, 16 for Edds, 16, 17 for Rido, 16, 7 for Hays. +24 RBs, 10 TOs.
#5 seed Illinois, 18-11. 9-9. Beat them twice.
3/9: 82-60. Never close. 22, 19 for Edds, 19, 8, 4 for Abny, 13, 13 for Rido. +19 RBs, 9 TOs.
#2 seed, #7 ranked Michigan ST, 25-4, 15-3, for the title. Their starting PF is out. We beat them by 23.
3/10: 89-61. We got 56 in the 1st half. 30, 15 for Edds, the tourney MOP, 14, 12 for Rido. +22 RBs, 6 TOs. We had a great tournament. Now on to the big one!
30-1, 18-0, #1, RPI #1.
3/12: #1 East and overall. We play 12-19 South Dakota first.
3/16: 96-58. Ugly. 33, 8 for Edds, 16 for Boxx. +10 RBs, 12 TOs. We took our foot off the gas early.
#9 seed Ohio ST, 21-10, in the 2nd round. We won by only 7 there, on a night when the shots wouldn’t drop.
3/18: 84-64. 50-24 at the half. Again, we emptied the bench early. 12, 12 for Rido, 15 for Abny, 11, 7 for Edds (They doubled him all night.). 6 TOs.
#4 seed, #15 ranked Kansas, 25-6, in the Sweet Sixteen.
3/23: 87-58. 48-26 at the half. 22, 16 for Edds, 18, 7 for Hays. +17 RBs.
#3 seed, #10 ranked Texas, 28-7, in the Elite Eight. They’re very good outside.
3/25: 79-65. It wasn’t that close. 30, 15 for Edds. +11 RBs.
Our 2nd trip to the Final Four. The last time, we weren’t quite strong enough, but we’re the favorite to win it all this year.
We play #2 seed, #4 ranked Arizona, 33-4. I don’t think they can stop our inside game.
4/1: 92-86. We were down 14 early in the 2nd half, twice. Then we finally got it together. 20, 6 for Hays, 18 for Edds, who played only 14 minutes due to foul trouble (and terrible calls). They gave us our first post season challenge.
It’s #3 ranked Kentucky, 33-5, for the title. They’re very good inside. Their PF is a big time scorer and rebounder, and their C is good, too. We think we’re the better team, but our inside players need to be at the top of their game.
4/3: 85-69 and the title!!! We never trailed, and the only tie was at 0-0. 16, 9 for Edds, 20, 5, 4 for Abny, 13, 8 for Rido, 10, 9 for Hays. WOO!!!
4/4: Awards: Ken Edds won the Norton Award, was Final Four MOP, and was 1st team All American. Gonna miss that guy! I got National COY. In Conf., Edds was POY, Frosh OY, Def. POY, and 1st team. Adam Rido made 2nd team, but it should have been 1st.
4/23: I ask for $. We get $23,000.
36-1, National title. Overall, 375-99, .791.
We’re losing some very good players, but the goal is to repeat.