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Post by Nutt House on Apr 1, 2009 6:13:42 GMT -5
Wanted: A team that knows Scottie Wilson's skillsBy Marc Katz Wednesday, April 01, 2009 During the short time he was in the Ukraine playing for the Kryvbas basketball team, Scottie Wilson said he walked around town in his sweats or something that had his team name on it. "They didn't speak any English where I was," said the former Wright State player. "But they'd see I played for Kryv Basket and they'd say that, and that's all I understood." If he needed an American fix, a McDonald's was right down the street. Otherwise, "the food was good, but I didn't get to the malls. I wasn't there long enough." Wilson, a 6-foot-7, 220-pound small forward, is an acquired taste. Just when you think he doesn't add much to a game, he has a pile of points and rebounds. He started at Middletown High School, spent a year at Cincinnati State and enrolled at WSU, where he played three seasons ending in 2008. He was at his best as a senior, averaging nearly 10 points on a team that won 21 games. Wilson took his time finding an agent, who finally placed him in the Ukraine last November. It was already midseason, and Wilson was the only rookie. "I started three games and played in four," Wilson said. "My coach liked me and the other players thought I did well, but the (team) president has to like you. You have to wow him. I didn't." In the only game the president saw, Wilson scored 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds, but the team lost. He said the president was looking for showmanship and athleticism, which Wilson seems to have, but not enough. He was there a month, sent home with his final paycheck before Christmas. "I was playing a limited number of minutes, but I did score about seven points a game with four rebounds," Wilson said. "That's good for only 12-15 minutes a game." Wilson soon latched on with the Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball League, a team that made the championship round of the playoffs before losing. But the CBL was on its way out. The season was shortened, then folded. "I'm back in Middletown with my family and looking to play in a summer league," Wilson said. "I work out at Wright State three days a week, lifting weights and shooting. I've learned a lot." Now, he needs a team that has learned he can play. www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/wsu/2009/04/01/ddn040109spinside.html
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Post by Nutt House on Apr 1, 2009 6:14:59 GMT -5
It’s easy to miss a rule while recruitingBy Marc Katz Tuesday, March 31, 2009 FAIRBORN — Wright State basketball coach Brad Brownell only knows what he reads about Connecticut’s recruiting woes, but he knows it’s easy to make a mistake here and there. “There’s 800 million rules,” Brownell said while trying to take a few vacation days. “There are so many rules, people are going to make mistakes. That’s why we’re always asking our compliance officers questions.” Brownell said he’s not out recruiting against UConn, so he doesn’t know what that school is doing, and he said he isn’t likely to turn in a coach he thinks might be dirty, anyway. “You may think somebody is doing something wrong, but usually, you just go to that guy instead of turn him in,” Brownell said. “I will say there are a lot of rules because coaches are always looking for loopholes, so sometimes, we bring these rules on ourselves.” As a coach of a mid-major school, Brownell said he doesn’t run into some of the problems schools in the Big East (UConn) or the Big Ten (Ohio State) face. He doesn’t have to deal with people who act as agents for players. However, some of the rules do impact his school. Summer camps had to be moved this year because the time WSU had scheduled for 7-8 graders is now a dead period for recruiting. “We don’t get kids in the 7th and 8th grade who are being recruited,” Brownell said. “But since some of the bigger schools are recruiting kids in those grades, they can’t have camps during that dead period.” That’s a little ridiculous, but as Brownell said, the coaches have brought it upon themselves. www.daytondailynews.com/o/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wrightstatesports/entries/2009/03/31/its_easy_to_miss_a_rule_while.html
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Post by Nutt House on Apr 1, 2009 6:16:40 GMT -5
WSU Trustees approve semester switch for 2012 NIKKI FERRELL 3/28/2009 FAIRBORN — As the University System of Ohio, which provides part of Wright State University’s funding, has recommended, WSU’s Board of Trustees approved a plan to switch from quarters to semesters yesterday. “The earliest we can expect to make the conversion is Fall 2012,” said Thomas Sudkamp, professor and chair of computer science and engineering and president of Wright State’s faculty. “An important part of our process is to guarantee that the calendar conversion does not adversely affect either the time to graduation or the cost for students who entered Wright State on the quarter system.” Wright State’s Faculty Senate authorized an Exploratory Committee on the Transition from Quarters to Semesters to identify the tasks involved in undertaking such a transition. The committee, made up of faculty, staff, students, and administrators, recommended the semester calendar for consideration by the Board of Trustees. With the board’s approval, it will produce a transition plan and timeline for completing the steps of the plan. The committee will work with representatives from Sinclair and Clark State Community Colleges to create a unified regional approach to the transition. Of the three other Ohio public universities still on the quarter system, trustees at both the University of Cincinnati and Ohio University recently voted to adopt the semester calendar. Trustees at The Ohio State University will be asked to vote on the issue next month. “The common calendar will facilitate shared academic programs and ease of transfer between institutions, resulting in increased quality and cost savings,” said Lillie P. Howard, Wright State’s senior vice president for curriculum and instruction, who co-chairs the committee with Sudkamp. “The committee received input from faculty, staff, students and the WSU branch of the American Association of University Professors,” said Sudkamp. Among the advantages identified for converting to semesters were increased time to learn course material and better synchronization with textbooks that are typically written for semesters; improved scheduling of internships, student teaching and clinicals; registration and financial aid activity is reduced from three times to two times per academic year, resulting in cost savings; and academics and activities between institutions are more easily accommodated when everyone is on the same system. xeniagazette.1upmonitor.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=163547&TM=11395.71
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Post by riceownz2 on Apr 1, 2009 11:38:26 GMT -5
I read that they were changing to Semesters.... I dont really like the change. I guess I understand cuz its nice to be on similar schedules with the other universities but quarters to me is much better. You get a long winter break and if a class is comprehensive, you have less to remember at the end. I hope Scottie can play somewhere. Yea he is not the showtime type of player but he is very solid.
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Post by vernardhollins on Apr 1, 2009 13:53:29 GMT -5
I'm suprised they didn't go the other way and make all state institutions move to the quarter system. I mean you have the Big Four of OSU, OU, UC and WSU on quarters, they should have made CSU, YSU, UT, UA, BGSU, KSU and MU move to quarters.
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Post by OG Raiderfan on Apr 2, 2009 21:47:42 GMT -5
Going to semesters should really help our attendance at basketball games. None of our games in December currently have good student turnouts due to us being on quarter system. With students in class until the end of December in a semester system, it should really help.
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Post by Sixth Man on Apr 2, 2009 21:51:41 GMT -5
I thought UC changed a while ago to semesters. I thought it was just down to OSU, OU and WSU. Not positive about that though. UC is still on the quarter system. They change over in 2010-11.
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Post by riceownz2 on Apr 3, 2009 12:41:12 GMT -5
Yes attendance may be better in december but it also would be finals time and what not so i dont think its going to increase THAT much. We dont have a good enough student body who cares about raider roundball. Half the kids that go to games have no clue what they are talking about.
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Post by Raider Rowdies on Apr 3, 2009 20:31:27 GMT -5
You are crazy if you don't think going to semesters is going to help attendance in December. Our current quarter system has final exams during the second week of November. When we go to semesters, they will be during the second week of December. We played 9 games in that timespan last year. We averaged 700 student tickets scanned per game last year. That's pretty impressive when you consider we played 2-3 games when students weren't on campus. That number will go up to over 1000 when we go to semesters and students are on campus for another month.
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Post by OG Raiderfan on Apr 3, 2009 20:34:58 GMT -5
Men's Basketball Helps at Bowl-A-Thon April 2, 2009 During the first week of the spring quarter, the Wright State men's basketball team took some time to help at the United Rehabilitation Services VIP Bowl-a-Thon at Poelking Center in Huber Heights. On Tuesday, March 31, players Scott Grote and Ronnie Thomas along with Administrative Assistant Lucas McKay helped raise funds for children and adults with disabilities and other special needs. March is National Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities Awareness Month. www.wsuraiders.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040209aaa.html
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Post by OG Raiderfan on Apr 4, 2009 12:50:31 GMT -5
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Post by theleewmowen on Apr 4, 2009 17:01:40 GMT -5
Katz wrote an article on the upcoming football team in early March. www.daytondailynews.com/story/content/oh/story/sports/college/wsu/2009/03/04/ddn030409spinside.htmlClub football team eager for spring action By Marc Katz Staff Writer Wednesday, March 04, 2009 FAIRBORN — Wright State football coach Ryan Evans is looking for a running backs coach. That's right, Evans is WSU's football coach, a guy who already has 40 players and a schedule that begins in the fall. Okay, slow down. This isn't to be confused with what's going on at, say, Ohio State. Wright State is beginning a club team that will operate outside the athletic department, and Evans has a salary that can live inside the current economy: zero. Evans, a 29-year-old Central State graduate who coached there and at Cincinnati Winton Woods and Xenia high schools, said he was approached by Mohammad "Moody" Kassem, a WSU junior and director of student affairs, to coach the team. "He's president of the club," Evans said. "We had more than 150 students sign up to play, and on Jan. 12, we cut it to 40. We'll have spring practice, and on April 25, our spring game." Where that game will be has yet to be determined. Wright State has no football stadium, but has used two of the school's soccer fields for outdoor drills, as well as the weight room in the Nutter Center. Negotiations are ongoing to play games at a local high school facility. "This is a huge, huge project," said Kassem, who admits the long-term goal would be to have a varsity team. "It's also a way to increase enrollment. I've already had students call me about transferring from Sinclair (Community College) because they want to play football." Other schools in the Mid-Western Club Football Conference include Xavier, Marquette, New Orleans, Miami, Michigan-Flint (2 teams) and Ohio State (two teams). Wilmington College also has a junior varsity team. So far, the university isn't kicking in any money, but Kassem and Evans are looking for sponsors (they estimate it will take about $55,000 to get started), and already have a few. They need more and, of course, that running backs coach.
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Post by riceownz2 on Apr 5, 2009 10:22:01 GMT -5
Increasing student attendance to me is not really increasing attendance. We want more paid attendance to come to games.
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Post by Sixth Man on Apr 5, 2009 10:44:17 GMT -5
Increasing student attendance to me is not really increasing attendance. We want more paid attendance to come to games. You are not really looking at the big picture if you really believe that comment. Having a good student turnout helps bring in paying fans. Casual fans want to see a college game in a good college environment. Playing in a large arena with a large student turnout helps promote that idea. Having an energetic and loud student section helps that. The best part is, those students will someday be alumni and they are all potential paying customers. I got hooked on WSU basketball as a student and became a season ticket holder this year. Having a large student section also helps recruiting. No one wants to play at a school with no fan following. You want a passionate fan following. Our student section has steadily increased the last few years. I hope we get to the point where we have to make a decision on limiting the number seats we have available for students because we are filling up the Nutter Center. FYI, just because students get into games for free doesn't mean they don't contribute to the bottom line. They get charged an activity fee in their tuition that goes towards tickets. They also spend money at the concession stands. They buy WSU clothing to wear to the games. It's not the same as bringing in paying customers, but it helps.
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Post by riceownz2 on Apr 5, 2009 23:32:53 GMT -5
Increasing student attendance to me is not really increasing attendance. We want more paid attendance to come to games. You are not really looking at the big picture if you really believe that comment. Having a good student turnout helps bring in paying fans. Casual fans want to see a college game in a good college environment. Playing in a large arena with a large student turnout helps promote that idea. Having an energetic and loud student section helps that. The best part is, those students will someday be alumni and they are all potential paying customers. I got hooked on WSU basketball as a student and became a season ticket holder this year. Having a large student section also helps recruiting. No one wants to play at a school with no fan following. You want a passionate fan following. Our student section has steadily increased the last few years. I hope we get to the point where we have to make a decision on limiting the number seats we have available for students because we are filling up the Nutter Center. FYI, just because students get into games for free doesn't mean they don't contribute to the bottom line. They get charged an activity fee in their tuition that goes towards tickets. They also spend money at the concession stands. They buy WSU clothing to wear to the games. It's not the same as bringing in paying customers, but it helps. I understand your point. And it is true. Just i really hated going to games where only students show up. I mean its nice and everything but to me it doesnt show our true attendance figures. But i do agree, having more students helps overall
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