Testing Offenses in 2019

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[Wayne23]

3/7: We face #9 seed GW, 16-13, in the quarters of the A10 tourney. We won by 19 there.

3/8: 87-76. They led by 8 early and by 6 at the half but we woke up after the break. 19, 13 for C Art Tigg. 4 others with 12 or more. 10 TOs.

#4 seed ST Louis, 17-13, 10-8, in the semis. Beat them by 10 at our place.

3/9: 86-65. An easy win. 23, 7 for SF Kal Coff, 18, 11 for Tigg. 11 TOs.

#6 seed St Bonnie, 16-15, 10-8, shocked #2 seed, #17 ranked Duquesne. We play them for the title.

3/10: 96-85. A breeze. We led by 24 at the half. 30, 7 for Coff, 22, 8 for Mamm, 12, 10 for 6th man Luke Bord. 8 TOs.

#8 ranked, #4 RPI. I can see a #3 seed and a #2 is not out of the question.

3/12: #4 East. I’m livid. A #4 in the hardest bracket. I unloaded at the press conference which was probably not wise, but this is outrageous! We play #13 CCSU, 24-6.

3/16: 91-82. They led by as many as 8, and by 3 at the half. We finally started playing with about 12 minutes left. 16, 6 for Coff, 12, 10 for Tigg, but -11 RBs. I am not happy.

#12 seed GA ST, 23-9, shocked #5 Arkansas. We play them in round 2 and the door is open to our first Sweet Sixteen! Overconfidence is my biggest worry.

3/18: 81-54. A walk in the park. 16, 12 for Coff, 15, 10 for Hugg, 13, 10 for Tigg, 13 for Bord. +15 RBs, 9 TOs, and our first Sweet Sixteen.

We face #1 seed, #1 ranked Kentucky, 30-3, the best team we’ve faced in my 5 years at RI. We don’t match up badly inside, but they have a huge edge outside.

3/23: 62-86. We never had a chance. 20, 13 for Mamm, 19, 10 for Tigg, but as expected they killed us outside. Great season!

4/3: We lost to the national champs.

Final stats for the Flex offense: 82.3 PPG (#28), 31-4. Overall, 134-37, .784. On to the Princeton offense (I’m skipping High Post and Shuffle for now.).

[Wayne23]

5/1: Princeton offense. We buy East Gold.

6/26: 4 scholarships.

8/21: We offer to 2 PGs, a PF, and a C. The C is a long shot.

9/18: Got 2 PGs, #113, 120, and a PF, #274. Still want that C.

Hoops Tourney vs. Iowa ST.

10/2: 1st day of practice. Still trying to land a big guy.

11/6: 8 man rotation:

Senior Cory Patt is at PG. Frosh Ben Hoge starts at SG, subs at PG. Junior Nya Mill subs at SG.

Soph Rick Coop starts at SF, subs at PF. Soph Paul Robb and frosh Vic Walk sub at SF.

Soph Jon Hays starts at PF, subs at C. Junior Joe Henk is at C.

[Wayne23]

11/20: 2-0. All 3 recruits sign. Still chasing a big guy. We’re picked to finish 5th in the A10.

12/4: 4-1, RPI #103. We’re playing a weak schedule but we are 3-1 on the road. Henk leads us with 24.4 and 10.4. We’re still tweaking the lineup.

12/22: 7-1, RPI #66. Headed for the Hoops tourney. We play #3 seed Iowa ST, 8-0. We’re the #6 seed. They’re good!

12/23: 81-88. We blew a 21 point lead, just fell apart in the 2nd half.

12/25: 7-2, RPI #70. +8.6 PPG (#37), +5.7 RBs, +1.6 TOs. Henk is getting 24.1 and 9.9.

[Wayne23]

1/1/2020: 8-3, 1-1, RPI #73. The A10 looks tough from the films we’re looking at.

1/29: 12-7, 5-5, RPI #74. Tied for 6th.

2/26: We got hot in the 2nd half of A10 play, 18-10, 11-7. RPI #63. We finish tied for 3rd, the #4 seed. +4.8 PPG (#35), +4.5 RBs, +0.7 TOs.

[Wayne23]

3/7: We play #5 seed ST Louis, 17-11, 10-8 in the quarters. We beat them by 20 at our place but they’re favored by 2 ½.

3/8: 87-82. Great win in a close game. 36, 13 for C Joe Henk. +9 RBs.

#9 seed Duquesne, 18-12, 9-9, knocked off the #1 seed. We play them in the semis. Beat them by only 3 at our place then lost by 20 there. They’re favored by 1 ½.

3/9: 74-65. Henk is on fire, 35 and 12 tonight. 16 for SG Ben Hoge, 11, 10 for PF Jon Hays. 46 RBs.

We play #3 seed ST Bonnie, 18-12, 11-7, for the title. They won by 19 there then we won by 17 at our place. They’re favored by half a point.

3/10: 76-71 and the title! Tourney MOP Joe Henk had 38 and 8. He had an amazing tourney! We’re in the big dance. Hoping for a decent seed.

3/12: #11 Midwest. We play #6 seed, #16 ranked Nevada, 25-5. They have a terrific backcourt. Our bigs need to take control and our guards need to step up.

3/16: 68-84. We kept it close for 25 minutes, then they went on a 12-3 run and that was that. 26, 9 for Henk. Great first season!

4/3: #21 ranked Temple wins it all!

4/4: Awards: Joe Henk is A10 POY and 1st team. That’s our only award.

4/23: I ask for a budget increase. No.

21-11, 81.8 PPG (#41)

[Wayne23]

5/1: #31 recruiting class.

6/5: 2 slots for transfers. We’re looking.

6/19: We try for a few but we strike out.

6/26: 4 scholarships.

8/21: We offer to 2 PGs, 2 Cs.

9/18: Got a C, #75, and a PG, #77. Lost two.

Preseason NIT vs. Western KY.

9/25: Got a PG, #307, but he’s better than that. Lost another big. Still chasing a big.

10/2: Got the 4th recruit, a C, #138.

1st day of practice. We’re picked 5th in the A10. I think we can win it again.

11/6: 8 man rotation:

Frosh Cal Buck starts at PG, subs at SG. Soph Ben Hoge starts at SG, subs at PG.

Senior Nya Mill subs at SG.

Junior Paul Robb is at SF with junior Rick Coop backing up.

Junior Jon Hays starts at PF, subs at C. Soph Vic Walk subs at PF.

Senior Joe Hank is at C.

We start the season at the NIT vs. #8 seed Western KY. We’re #9.

[Wayne23]

11/14: 93-69. We were on fire! 32, 10 for Henk, 17 each for PF Jon Hays and SG Ben Hoge. +14 RBs, +7 TOs.

#1 in the nation Duke in the quarter finals. Yikes!

11/16: 89-81. Biggest win EVER!!! 38, 8 for Henk. Great bench play, 42 RBs, 9 TOs. WOW!!!

#5 seed, #11 ranked Michigan in the semis. Tough team, especially inside, and with a great SG.

11/18: 69-84. Henk remains hot with 27, 12, but they had too many weapons. Great tourney for us though.

11/20: 2-1. Not ranked. I really thought we should have been after knocking off the #1 team in the country.

All 4 recruits sign.

12/4: 6-1, RPI #36. Henk is playing terrific basketball, 29 and 8.0. SG Ben Hoge gets 14 PPG. Jon Hays gets 10 and 6.7.

12/25: 9-2, RPI #12. +9.2 PPG (#27), +5.7 RBs, +2.0 TOs. Henk gets 24.2, 8.1. Hoge gets 14.2, Hays gets 10.5, 7.8. Walk will start at SF for Robb.

[Wayne23]

1/1/2021: 10-3, 1-1. Bad loss at ST Joe. We simply played awful.

1/29: 16-5, 7-3, RPI #24. In a 3 way tie for 1st in the A10 with 3 teams one game back. +7.7 PPG (#14, +7.1 RBs, +2.0 TOs. Henk gets 22.6, 9.5.

2/26: 21-9, 12-6. RPI #32. We finish in a 3 way tie for 2nd, #2 seed. +6.0 PPG (#19), +6.7 RBs, +2.1 TOs. Henk leads us with 22.8, 9.4. Sorry he’s a senior!

[Wayne23]

3/7: We play #7 seed Davidson, 11-17, 9-9, in the quarters. We won by 18 there.

3/8: 93-96 in OT. They jumped out to a 16 point lead and held it throughout the first half. We came all the way back, even took the lead a few times, but then we missed an open 15 footer at the buzzer in regulation, and we lost it in OT. Not good! 26, 15, 5 for Henk. Great bench play.

We’ll be lucky to get a #8 seed.

3/11: Davidson stayed hot and won the A10 tourney.

3/12: #11 West. We play #6 Colorado, 19-12. No complaints. When you lose in the first round of the conf. tourney this is what you get. If we play our game we can beat these guys.

3/17: 77-74. Whew! They were up by 16 early, 6 at the half. We didn’t quit, finally took the lead with 5:22 left, and it was back and forth after that. . Our bench won this one. They doubled Henk all the way and we found the open man, at least in the 2nd half. Bench had 30, 12, 4.

#3 seed Marshall, 30-4, in round 2. All 5 of their starters average in double figures but we think we can beat them.

3/19: 77-74- same score as last game, and same type of game in lots of ways. +14 RBs. 13, 17 for Henk, 13, 12 for Hays.

We’re in the Sweet Sixteen! We’ll play #15 seed Alabama A & M, 20-12, who knocked off #2 and #7. They’ve been winning by hitting threes. If we can contain their SG and SF we can move on. LOTS of upsets in 3 of the 4 brackets.

3/24: 102-96 in a real slugfest. An unbelievable 32 lead changes, and 10 ties. We got hot in the final minute, hitting a three by Hoge, getting a steal, hitting two free throws from Henk, forcing a TO, hitting a lay up by Henk. Henk led us with 28, 9. Hoge had 19, 2, 8. 6th man Paul Robb had 13 and 12. +15 RBs.

We’re in the Elite Eight vs. #4 seed, #23 ranked Virginia, 24-7. We need to contain their very good guards, but we have a shot. There is 1 #1 seed left, 1 #2, no #3 seeds.

What a tourney!

3/26: 73-91. It was a great ride but we were in over our heads in this one. 27, 10 for Joe Henk in his last game.

4/3: We lost to the national champs. VA won it all.

4/4: Awards: Joe Henk repeats as A10 POY and 1st team. Soph Ben Hoge and junior Jon Hays make the 2nd team. I get A10 COY.

4/23: We ask for a budget increase. Didn’t get it last year but it would be nice. We get $10,450!

24-11, 83.4 PPG, #16. Overall, 45-22, .672.