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Post by Willie on Apr 8, 2007 6:13:09 GMT -5
An MVP performanceDaShaun Wood is now in company with the likes of Tim Hardaway, Dennis Rodman and Dan Majerle. Wood, a late replacement in the tournament field, was named the Most Valuable Player of the 55th Portsmouth Invitational Tournament. He had 14 points and nine assists in the title game and if there was one play that sealed the deal, it was his three-point play with 52 seconds remaining when he scored on an acrobatic move to the hoop, banking in a running jumper while being fouled. Wood, a 5-foot-11 point guard from Wright State, had 18 points and nine assists in his team's opening game and 15 points and nine assists in the semifinals. Wood said he pulled a Forrest Gump when he learned he was going to play in the event. "I found out I was invited on Monday," Wood said. "I was in the gym lifting weights when my coach came in and gave me the news. I just dropped the two 50-pound dumb bells I had in my hands and took off and haven't stopped going since." Wood said he intends to give the NBA a shot despite his slight build. "People have been telling me I'm too small for as long as I can remember," he said. "But until they tell me I have no place to play, I'm going to play this game." content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=122556&ran=77419
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Post by Willie on Apr 3, 2007 18:41:19 GMT -5
Good luck DaShaun!
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Post by Willie on Apr 3, 2007 18:34:19 GMT -5
Change of heart: Altman staying at Creighton Jeff Goodman / FOXSports.com Posted: 1 hour ago Dana Altman is heading back to Creighton. Altman, who left to take the job at Arkansas on Monday morning, has decided not to go to Fayetteville after all, according to a pair of industry sources close to the situation. Altman, 48, has spent the last 13 years at Creighton and was 260-141 in his tenure. Arkansas missed out on Billy Gillispie and outgoing athletic director Frank Broyles turned his attention to Altman earlier this week. Altman took the job, went to Arkansas yesterday and then changed his mind this morning. Phone calls placed to Altman were not immediately returned. msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/6640996
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Post by Willie on Apr 3, 2007 18:11:53 GMT -5
Lickliter deal: 7 years, $1.2 million per year BY RANDY PETERSON AND ANDREW LOGUE REGISTER STAFF WRITERS April 3, 2007 Iowa City, Ia. — Iowa athletic director Gary Barta said today that new men’s basketball coach Todd Lickliter was the “one and only offer” made to lead the Hawkeyes. Barta introduced Lickliter, the former Butler coach, this afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa officials said an initial group of about 30 possible candidates was narrowed to two by Monday — and Lickliter was the sole coach offered the job. “I’m flattered and excited,” Lickliter said. Barta said Iowa and Lickliter agreed to a “memo of understanding” for seven years at $1.2 million in guaranteed annual income. There are incentives available, too. At Butler, Lickliter reportedly made about $200,000 in guaranteed income last season. Iowa officials met with Lickliter three times on Monday morning, Barta said, but had to learn from interim president Gary Fethke’s wife that Lickliter had just been selected national coach of the year.” “He hadn’t told us,” Barta said. “To me, that was the icing on the cake.” Barta declined to divulge the other finalist considered or any other coaches involved in the search, but said he gathered advice from ex-Iowa coach Lute Olson, ex-Iowa player Don Nelson and others during search. The “confidence (Iowa’s showing) in me, I will work diligently to repay,” Lickliter said. Lickliter led Butler to this season’s Sweet 16 — for the second consecutive season. The final details moved so quickly at the Final Four in Atlanta that Lickliter abandoned his vehicle. “My car’s still in Atlanta,” Lickliter said. “I think it’s in good hands, but I wasn't going to waste any time.” Steve Alford, who left Iowa to coach New Mexico, contended that Iowa is a football-first school. Alford also said he didn't feel a high enough level of support for his program because of that. "If Florida and Ohio State are football schools (both in basketball national title game last night), I'll take that label," Lickliter said. Lickliter said he has not made a determination about assistant coaches for his new staff. Meanwhile, one of the top, unsigned, point guards in the nation continued to play the waiting game today. Jeff Peterson of DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Md., said he wants to speak with Lickliter before deciding what college scholarship to accept. “I saw they just hired the coach from Butler, and it sounds like a great hire,” Peterson said, who has been offered by Iowa and Saint Louis. “I haven’t spoken to him, but would love to see how and if I fit into his plans.” Jarryd Cole, another Iowa basketball recruit, says he is still not sure whether he’ll play for the Hawkeyes next season. Cole, a 6-foot-7 forward from Gladstone, Mo., signed with Iowa last fall, but began having second thoughts when former Hawkeye coach Steve Alford left for New Mexico Peterson, eligible in the fall, said he was near committing to the Hawkeyes before Steve Alford resigned to accept a similar position at New Mexico. “I’d still like to attend Iowa, but it’s a matter of does the new coach want me,” Peterson said. “After I speak with him, I’ll better be able to gauge it better.” Lickliter met with his new players at 3:30 p.m. in their Carver-Hawkeye Arena locker room. “I haven’t gotten to talk to him,” Cole said of Lickliter. “But I thought he sounded like a good coach.” When Cole was asked if he planned to join the Hawkeyes this fall, he responded: “That’s a good question. I’m in a wait-and-see mode.” Cole added that he has not been contacted by anyone from the University of Iowa during the past week. “I wish they would have called,” Cole said. “I don’t think they tried as hard as they could have.” Lickliter said today that he hadn't talked to Iowa recruits because he wanted to wait until the move was official and he had spoke to Butler players and current Iowa players. Cole said he has kept in touch with fellow signees Jake Kelly (6-5 wing from Carmel, Ind.) and Dairese Gary (6-1 guard from Elkhart, Ind.), but is not sure whether they’ll come to Iowa. “I think they’re waiting, too,” Cole said. “I know they were really close to Alford.” www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070403/SPORTS020504/70403045/1003&lead=1
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Post by Willie on Apr 1, 2007 13:52:16 GMT -5
I voted for none of the above because I would rather see us put as much money into keeping our coaching staff as possible. With any luck, an extention and raise are already in the works. I would still like to see our parking improved.
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Post by Willie on Mar 27, 2007 22:09:16 GMT -5
I'm not a Grote fan. He had a very hard time telling Drew and Vaughn apart. He would call Drew, Vaughn all the time, even the last game he called of the season. It doesn't look good when our own radio guys don't know who our players are.
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Post by Willie on Mar 26, 2007 16:55:52 GMT -5
2006-07 AP All-America Basketball Teams CBS SportsLine.com wire reports FIRST TEAM Kevin Durant Texas 6-9 225 Freshman Alando Tucker Wisconsin 6-6 205 Senior Acie Law IV Texas A&M 6-3 195 Senior Arron Afflalo UCLA 6-5 215 Junior Greg Oden Ohio State 7-0 280 Freshman SECOND TEAM Nick Fazekas Nevada 6-11 240 Senior Tyler Hansbrough North Carolina 6-9 245 Sophomore Chris Lofton Tennessee 6-2 200 Junior Jared Dudley Boston College 6-7 225 Senior Joakim Noah Florida 6-11 230 Junior THIRD TEAM Jeff Green Georgetown 6-9 235 Junior Al Horford Florida 6-10 245 Junior Aaron Brooks Oregon 6-0 160 Senior Al Thornton Florida State 6-8 220 Senior Aaron Gray Pittsburgh 7-0 270 Senior HONORABLE MENTION Morris Almond, Rice; D.J. Augustin, Texas; Jahsha Bluntt, Delaware State; Mario Boggan, Oklahoma State; Corey Brewer, Florida; Derrick Byars, Vanderbilt; Jaycee Carroll, Utah State; Darren Collison, UCLA; Mike Conley Jr., Ohio State; Chris Daniels, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Glen Davis, LSU; Sean Denison, Santa Clara; Chris Douglas-Roberts, Memphis; Zabian Dowdell, Virginia Tech; A.J. Graves, Butler; Caleb Green, Oral Roberts; Taurean Green, Florida; Adam Haluska, Iowa; Roy Hibbert, Georgetown; Kyle Hines, UNC Greensboro. Ibrahim Jaaber, Pennsylvania; Jarrius Jackson, Texas Tech; Dominic James, Marquette; Trey Johnson, Jackson State; Jared Jordan, Marist; Stephane Lasme, Massachusetts; Bo McCalebb, New Orleans; Javier Mojica, Central Connecticut State; Drew Neitzel, Michigan State; Demetris Nichols, Syracuse. Aaron Nixon, Long Beach State; David Patten, Weber State; Courtney Pigram, East Tennessee State; Derek Raivio, Gonzaga; Drake Reed, Austin Peay; Arizona Reid, High Point; Brandon Rush, Kansas; Keith Simmons, Holy Cross; Sean Singletary, Virginia; Loren Stokes, Hofstra. Rodney Stuckey, Eastern Washington; Curtis Sumpter, Villanova; Jamaal Tatum, Southern Illinois; Romeo Travis, Akron; Jamar Wilson, Albany, N.Y.; DaShaun Wood, Wright State; Julian Wright, Kansas; Keena Young, BYU. www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/10089218
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Post by Willie on Mar 22, 2007 18:59:30 GMT -5
My take is that the starting point guard position has to be taken from WIll Graham. He developed a lot over the past season and dewerves to start. If JDG or anyone else plays better and takes the position and PT from him that is fine but they will have to win it from him. I guess our recollections of this past season are a little different. I remember that Graham was a starter at the beginning of this past season, but lost that starting position to Todd Brown. I am not impressed with Mr. Grahams development as a player. He isn't a scorer by any means. That alone makes him a liability in our starting lineup. When he is on the court, teams play 5 on 4 against us because you don't have to worry about him offensively. He might start at the beginning of next season, but I wouldn't bet on him remaining a starter beyond when Gardner becomes eligible unless he seriously improves as a player this off-season.
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Pitt
Mar 17, 2007 8:15:43 GMT -5
Post by Willie on Mar 17, 2007 8:15:43 GMT -5
Tom Archdeacon: WSU saves some magic for flight back By Tom Archdeacon Saturday, March 17, 2007 BUFFALO, N.Y. — As the first Wright State basketball players entered the DC-9 for Friday's charter flight back to Dayton, the mood was subdued. They had lost to Pittsburgh some 11 hours earlier. Their NCAA tournament was over; their magical ride was almost done. But not quite. When freshman Vaughn Duggins walked in, someone from among the cheerleaders, pep-band members and other players already seated let out a cheer, and soon each of the last Raiders to board was greeted heartily. The last person to enter was Brad Brownell, and players in the back let out a "Bear ... Bear ... Bear" chant. The nickname comes from Bear Bryant, the hard-bitten, hound's tooth-hat legend of Alabama football. He was tough. The players think Brownell is tough. But as he took his seat in the front row, the Raiders coach was feeling more tired than tough. The WSU game — a 79-58 loss to the Panthers — had ended past midnight. "After that, I saw my family and had a late dinner," he said. Where'd he eat? "Denny's," he said with a shrug. "And when I got back to my room, I tried to unwind, but I kept rehashing the game. I probably fell asleep about 3:30." Pitt had been too big, too deep and too experienced on the prime-time stage for his team, and that may be why he felt differently about this first-round loss than the pair he'd experienced over the previous four years with the North Carolina-Wilmington teams he took to the tournament: "This time I'm disappointed, but the other two I was a little more heartbroken because of the way we lost. We lost on a last-second shot that was a fluke, and the other time we had the lead, then lost in overtime. Here we competed hard, but we were never in position to win the game." In the weeks ahead, he'll turn his attention to next season and the one after, and the recruiting that requires. "The thing is, a tournament bid doesn't solve all your ills. Not to take anything away from our magical year, but all of a sudden you're not gonna have every kid in America wanting to come to Wright State. "We'll still be recruiting from the same pool we were. The key is to differentiate yourself from the other Ohio schools that have good programs. Hopefully, this year's team helped do that." And with that, he did reflect on Thursday night. He talked about the way he thought his two freshmen — Duggins and Todd Brown — stepped up when the pressure was on. "And seeing all our fans — seeing all that green — and hearing them chant, 'We are Wright State,' you realized how long they waited for this and how proud they were of what happened and of these young men," Brownell said. "That was special." And so was the tender scene just before the game when he spotted his wife and two young daughters waiting for him near the tunnel he'd walk through to the HSBC Arena court. "We did our pregame kisses, and then my daughter Abby — the optimist who's been telling me, 'Dad we're gonna win' — goes, 'No Dad, tonight we're REALLY gonna win!' "She's been telling me that the last two months — God bless her, she says it with all her heart — and she's been right most of the time. And I hated to tell her that sometimes it just doesn't work out like that." Put another way: Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes — like Thursday night — the bear eats you. www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/wsu/2007/03/17/ddn031707arch.html
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Pitt
Mar 17, 2007 8:13:26 GMT -5
Post by Willie on Mar 17, 2007 8:13:26 GMT -5
Wood's exit won't leave cupboard bare next seasonBy Marc Katz Staff Writer Saturday, March 17, 2007 FAIRBORN — So it is on to next year, when the sting of Thursday's 79-58 loss to Pittsburgh in the first round of the NCAA tournament will long be washed away. Four seniors will be gone from the team that won dual Horizon League championships — regular season and tournament. Replacements come in larger sizes, and more chairs will be needed for the bench. What handicapped the Raiders early this season — lack of size and bodies of any kind — will be in abundance next fall, but it comes with a price — inexperience. Leadership in the form of graduated DaShaun Wood — the Horizon League's Player of the Year — and Drew Burleson will be missed, as well as the experience of fellow seniors Tyrone Scott and Reinaldo Smith. "It will be a new group of guys," WSU coach Brad Brownell said, "and we'll have to find a way to mold them into a team." At least two of the six recruits have had a head start. Ronnie Thomas, a 6-foot-8 transfer from Duquesne, has been in school all year but could only practice the last month after having a troublesome knee strengthened by operation. John David Gardner, a 6-4 guard, came from North Carolina-Wilmington with a bad foot that also has been repaired. Waiting to graduate from high school are 6-9 Kyle Pressley and 6-8 Cooper Land, while 6-8 Gavin Horne is finishing junior college. There is also 6-4 Troy Tabler to help at the guard position. But the Raiders won't be starting from scratch. These new players will be asked to mesh with holdovers who helped the Raiders to a 23-10 record. Seniors Jordan Pleiman and Scottie Wilson return, along with junior guard William Graham and sophomores Vaughn Duggins, Todd Brown and Eric Stevenson. That's a roster of 12, up two from the 10 players available this season. More importantly, the Raiders will have three starters — Pleiman, Duggins and Brown — returning, plus Graham, who has started several games the past two seasons. Not many Horizon League teams have that kind of returning experience, so the Raiders will be expected to do well, but they will need help from the new guys. Sometimes, though, reaching the goal is easier than staying there. The last time the Raiders made it to the NCAA tourney, in 1993 with a 20-10 record, they followed up with a 12-18 season and did not return to the postseason until this week. www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/wsu/2007/03/17/ddn031707wsubb.html
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Pitt
Mar 16, 2007 19:05:16 GMT -5
Post by Willie on Mar 16, 2007 19:05:16 GMT -5
Thanks for a great season Raiders!
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Post by Willie on Mar 13, 2007 18:57:55 GMT -5
Coaching Scuttlebutt Mar 13, 2007 Binghamton - King Rice is a local high school legend while former College of Charleston coach Tom Herrion has been mentioned as well. However, the word is that it's going to be an assistant coach. Colorado - Air Force coach Jeff Bzdelik was granted permission to speak to Colorado AD Mike Bohn, but it'll have to wait until Air Force is done with the NIT. Old Dominion's Blaine Taylor may also be in play. Colorado State - It just opened yesterday when Dale Layer was fired after seven years. A pair of head coaches are the co-favorites: Weber State's Randy Rahe and former Colorado State assistant Buzz Williams, who finished his first season at New Orleans. Denver - Not a lot coming out here. Denver Nuggets assistant Mike Dunlap has been mentioned. Evansville - Former Aces standout Marty Simmons, who is at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, and Southern Indiana's Rick Herdes are considered the frontrunners. Local product Brad Brownell won't leave Wright State.community.foxsports.com/blogs/goodmanonfox
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Post by Willie on Mar 4, 2007 21:16:45 GMT -5
Big D was referring to the “ Nitty Gritty report."This report is a listing of the top 105 teams in the RPI. Here are the following contents of this report… Division I record; Overall RPI; Non-conference record; Non-conference RPI; Conference record; Conference RPI; Road record; Record in last 10 games; Record against teams ranked 1-50 by RPI; Record against teams ranked 51-100 by RPI; Record against teams ranked 101-200 by RPI; Record against teams ranked below 200 by RPI; Record against other teams that are under consideration ohiostate.scout.com/2/240046.htmlHere is how WSU stacks up with a win over Butler:Overall RPI: 80, should drop into mid 70s with a win Non-conference record: 8-6 Non-conference RPI: 148 Conference record: 15-3 Conference RPI: 12 Road record: 7-8 Record in last 10 games: 9-1 Record against teams ranked 1-50 by RPI: 2-2 (2-1 vs Butler, 0-1 vs Bradley) Record against teams ranked 51-100 by RPI: 4-1 (3-0 vs Loyola, 1-0 vs Marist, 0-1 vs LSU) Record against teams ranked 101-200 by RPI: 11-1 Record against teams ranked below 200 by RPI: 7-4 Record against other teams that are under consideration: To be determined
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Post by Willie on Feb 27, 2007 18:43:40 GMT -5
Congratulations Dashaun, Todd, and Vaughn.
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Post by Willie on Sept 1, 2007 11:31:10 GMT -5
WSU's Hamilton enjoys stint on Team USABy Marc Katz Staff Writer Monday, August 27, 2007 On a day off last week, Wright State baseball standout Jeremy Hamilton was headed to the batting cages in Cincinnati, where he grew up. It was hot and he could have taken it easy. School does not start again for a couple of weeks, and he just returned from a world-wide tour with the U.S. National Team. "I'm getting geared up for the (WSU) season," Hamilton said. "I've been spending time in the hitting cages, and it has helped a lot." Hamilton has a right to be excited. Last season, the first baseman/outfielder hit .374 with nine homers and 62 RBIs in 56 games. He was going to play in a collegiate summer league when he was named to Team USA, which played a 37-game schedule against international competition. Although he made the team too late to be included on the 20-man Pan-American Games roster, Hamilton was in uniform for those games in Brazil and played in 22 games overall. He hit just .209, but WSU coach Rob Cooper — an assistant on the team — says Hamilton gained invaluable experience. "He had a good summer," Cooper said. "He had some big hits. He made the 22-man roster and couldn't play in the Pan-Am games only because that roster had to be in so early." The American team lost 3-1 to Cuba — the same team that won the World Baseball Classic — in the finals of the Pan-American Games. Even though he liked Rio de Janeiro, Hamilton's favorite place was Rotterdam, The Netherlands. "We spent two weeks in Europe and it was great," Hamilton said. "I had never been out of the country. I got to play against international competition and I got to see Europe." The USA team played teams from China, Japan, The Netherlands and Cuba during the tour, as well as a few pro and semi-pro teams. Several of the games were played in the Northeast and in the South. The tour ended Aug. 11. "It was a great experience," Hamilton said. "Now, I've got to get in there (the batting cages) every day and hit the ball hard." www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/wsu/2007/08/26/ddn082707wsubase.html
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