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Miami
Dec 15, 2007 22:56:50 GMT -5
Post by Fastbreak on Dec 15, 2007 22:56:50 GMT -5
What a comeback! I was so PO'd at half time I almost left the game early. I am glad I stuck it out. That was one heck of a defensive display. Only giving up 13 second half points. Are you kidding me!
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Miami
Dec 15, 2007 22:59:33 GMT -5
Post by Glory Days on Dec 15, 2007 22:59:33 GMT -5
Any word on how Scottie is doing and when he will be back?
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Miami
Dec 15, 2007 23:09:00 GMT -5
Post by Big D on Dec 15, 2007 23:09:00 GMT -5
Scottie's injury might be a blessing in disguise. Troy and Cooper were forced to play important minutes against a very good Miami team. That experience will only make them more confident and better down the road. Get well soon Scottie. We miss you.
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Miami
Dec 15, 2007 23:24:36 GMT -5
Post by Raiderfan on Dec 15, 2007 23:24:36 GMT -5
Wow, I don't know where to start. I'm exhausted...........but happy ;D ;D.
To be honest with you I didn't think their was any way we would come back against Miami after being down 16 at the half. I'm still trying to figure out how Miami only scored 13 2nd half pts??
This is the type of come form behind win over a good team that can have a lasting effect on a young team and really propel them in a positive direction.
Up until Todd hit the 3 pointer to win the game I was very dissappointed with his over all game tonight. I.m just glad he hit the shot........... Interesting that Vaughn said on the post game with Scott Leo that the 1st option was him ( going to the hole ) and that Troy was the 2nd option but Vaughn had the presence to find Todd open in the corner.
Jordan by far had his best game of the year. 13 hard fought pts & 6 rbs and some SERIOUS defense on Pollitz. JAP played 31 minutes tonight and in my opinion that is how much he should play most nights.
The freshman were AMAZING tonight!!! Troy lead the team in scoring with 14 pts and the "kid" ran the point the last 7 minutes of the game. Even when JDG was in the game Troy ran the point. Tabler is fearless! BB found himself a player!!
The "other" freshman had his coming out party tonight! Cooper, for the first time in my opinion, didn't play "scared" tonight. He played with confidence and boy oh boy did he hit a HUGE 3 in the 2nd half. As the season progress I see Cooper's minutes and production increasing.
Vaughn had a nice looking stat line. 8 pts, 6 rbs, & 6 assist. Vaughn did and EXCELLENT defensive job on Bramos. VD held him to 9 pts before he got hurt ( 34 minutes of serious "D").
It was nice to see JDG starting at the point. I realize Will was injured but I like Gardner running the show. Will is the "jack of all trades" and will garner his minutes playing multiple positions. It's to bad Will is hurting because he gives BB many options.
Nice job boys!
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Miami
Dec 15, 2007 23:49:13 GMT -5
Post by rock70 on Dec 15, 2007 23:49:13 GMT -5
On the last play I look out on the floor and see two freshman and 3 sophmores and I am think we are in trouble. Tabler was on his game tonight and when Cooper Land hit a little bank shot over Tim Pollitz I was smiling from ear to ear. How in the world did Troy's three pointer not go in at the end? That ball was going down in the cylinder and somehow spins out.
I thought our free throws, or lack their of, was going to cost us the game. We only made 11 for 21 and still manage to win the game. When I found out Scottie was out and Will would be limited I thought we were in trouble.
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Miami
Dec 16, 2007 0:12:46 GMT -5
Post by rock70 on Dec 16, 2007 0:12:46 GMT -5
www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/wsu/2007/12/15/ddn121607wsunotes.htmlMiami failed on Duggins By Marc Katz Staff Writer Sunday, December 16, 2007 FAIRBORN — It wasn't the way Miami coach Charlie Coles wanted his players to defend Vaughn Duggins Saturday night. With five seconds to go, Miami leading by a point and Duggins charging up court with the ball, Coles wanted his guys to guard Duggins, not try to mug him at half court. He wanted Duggins to have to go around his players. Instead, they moved up on him, slapped at the ball and Duggins went right through, passed to Todd Brown in the right corner and Brown made the 3-point shot that gave WSU a 58-57 victory, the second straight last-seconds victory for the Raiders over the RedHawks. Last year, at Miami, DaShaun Wood made a driving basket with time running out to beat Miami, 57-56. "My goal was just to get up the floor as fast as I could," Duggins said. Now, instead of absorbing a fourth loss in five games, the Raiders have won two of their last three (including a 43-42 victory over then No. 13 Butler) and are 4-3 on the season. Miami center Tyler Dierkers dressed, but did not play since he was sick, and Michael Bramos went out with six minutes to play with a foot injury. He returned about 3 1/2 minutes later. Coles passed on Duggins Miami coach Charlie Coles rolls his eyes and berates himself for not giving Duggins a closer look when Duggins was being recruited out of Pendleton Heights, Ind. "I took a look at him," Coles said, "but he wasn't playing on one of the better AAU teams and I wasn't sure about him. I didn't have enough information on what he could do." By Duggins' senior year, Coles realized he made a mistake, but it was too late. Duggins was developing a relationship with WSU coach Brad Brownell, eventually signing with the Raiders. Not always an overnight stay In conjunction with the times, the Miami basketball team drove the hour to Dayton on Friday and stayed overnight in a hotel before playing its game. Even for short trips, teams tend to stay overnight. Such was not the case about 30 years ago. "We had a tournament game at UD Arena," said Joe Barry, a former player who was an assistant coach then and is now a radio commentator. "We had our pregame meal in Oxford, then drove over for the game." As Barry remembers it, the then-Redskins also lost the game.
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Miami
Dec 16, 2007 0:13:22 GMT -5
Post by Raider Country on Dec 16, 2007 0:13:22 GMT -5
Brown wins it at buzzer for RaidersBy Marc Katz Staff Writer Sunday, December 16, 2007 FAIRBORN — Think of how treacherous it was outside Saturday night with sleet slicking the roadways and sidewalks. Now take it inside the Nutter Center, where the game slip-slided both ways and ended with one of the greatest comebacks in Wright State history. Trailing by 16 at halftime, the Raiders chipped away until Todd Brown's 3-point shot from the right baseline fell through at the buzzer for an improbable 58-57 victory over Miami University in front of 3,813. "We had something, and they took it away from us," said an exasperated Miami coach Charlie Coles. The RedHawks led 44-28 at the break, shooting nearly 74 percent as WSU played without starter Scottie Wilson (broken bone under his right eye) and with limited time for starter Will Graham (bruised tailbone). Miami was playing without starting center Tyler Dierkers (sick) and, late in the game, lost high-scoring Michael Bramos to an ankle injury. Then Northmont High School grad Kenny Hayes gave Miami a 57-56 lead on a spin move in the lane with five seconds left after officials added 0.7 seconds to the scoreboard. That set up a John David Gardner in-bound to Vaughn Duggins, who split two defenders at midcourt, found an open Brown in the corner and completed an incredible four-game split for the Raiders. "We've not gotten a stop to win a game," WSU coach Brad Brownell said, "made a bucket and won a game, not got a stop and lost a game, and not made a bucket and lost a game. So we've run the gamut in this four-game stretch." www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/wsu/2007/12/15/ddn121607wsubb.html
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Miami
Dec 16, 2007 0:16:01 GMT -5
Post by Raider Country on Dec 16, 2007 0:16:01 GMT -5
Tom Archdeacon: Brown helps Miami meet 'Virginia'By Tom Archdeacon Staff Writer Sunday, December 16, 2007 FAIRBORN — With apologies to aging slugger Frank Thomas, Todd Brown is now "The Big Hurt." By the time he was done Saturday, players from both teams were hurting, thanks to him. During a live defensive drill at Wright State's mid-day shoot-around — a final prep for the Miami RedHawks that evening — the Raiders lanky sophomore guard saw a loose ball and lunged for it at the same time teammate Scottie Wilson was trying to scoop it up. "My shoulder caught him in the (right) eye," Brown said. "At first it wasn't swollen, but then he came in the dressing room, blew his nose and his eye just blew up. He's got a small fracture of the orbital wall." With his right eye nearly swollen shut, Wilson didn't play Saturday and junior guard Will Graham played only 13 minutes because of a bruised tailbone. With two starters sidelined, added pressure fell on the team's two scorers, Vaughn Duggins and Brown, who had a rough shooting night until just before the final buzzer. After breaking his teammate's eye socket, he then broke Miami's heart, hitting a 3-pointer from the baseline as time expired to give Wright State the 58-57 victory. That was the only time Wright State led Saturday, and it was eerily similar to Brian Roberts' 3 at the buzzer to give Dayton its 63-62 victory over Miami just 18 days ago. Saturday night it looked like Miami might hang on when RedHawks' guard Kenny Hayes, a Northmont High School grad, hit a turn-around jumper in the lane to put Miami up 57-55 with what the referees determined was 5 seconds left. During that officials' confab — as 0.7 seconds were added to the clock — WSU coach Brad Brownell dusted off a play he calls "Virginia." "We've run that play a couple times during shoot-arounds," Duggins said. Brown laughed: "We practice the cheers afterward, too. If someone hits the shot, everyone runs around crazy. So all that (celebrating) was rehearsed, too." Everything worked according to the plan, Duggins said: "With five seconds left, my goal is to split their defenders. I told Todd, 'If the lane's open, I'm gonna take it, but if they collapse on me, the ball's coming to you.' " Brown — who had been bottled up much of the game by Miami's Michael Bramos — had made only two of nine shots all night and missed both of his 3s. He never thought about the misses as he set up on the base line: "I just kind of cleared my mind and kept telling myself, 'If it comes, you shoot it!' And then Vaughn looked my way and our eyes met and I knew. "I looked at the hoop and let it go. I was like, 'Please go in, please!' and it hit nothing but net and I just went 'Yes! '" After losing three of their last four games — including the Bradley and Valparaiso games that went down to the wire — this victory was monumental. "I think we grew up tonight," Brown said. As the players celebrated on the court, Brown said Wilson came up to him and said: "You better have hit that shot, after hurtin' me." But on this night, there was no doubt, start to finish, Todd Brown was "The Big Hurt." www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/wsu/2007/12/15/ddn121607arch.html
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Miami
Dec 16, 2007 9:18:01 GMT -5
Post by rock70 on Dec 16, 2007 9:18:01 GMT -5
Talk about a total team win. If you would have told me that our top three scorer would combine for 16 points and we still would win I would have said you are nuts. Between Brown, Duggins, and Wilson they average right at forty points per game. Obviously Wilson was out with and injury and Brown and Duggins scored eight points each but the rest of the team scored forty-two points. Our leading scorers last night, Tabler and Jordan, came into the game averaging right around ten points combined a game and between them they scored twenty-seven points last night. It is nice to see others step up and pick up the team when your stars are not scoring.
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Miami
Dec 16, 2007 10:02:31 GMT -5
Post by raiderrunt on Dec 16, 2007 10:02:31 GMT -5
'Hawks fall on WSU buzzer-beater Brown's 3-pointer caps a second-half Raider rally; MU's Bramos injures ankle. Click-2-Listen By John Bombatch Staff Writer Sunday, December 16, 2007 FAIRBORN — "Virginia" spoiled Miami University's holiday. Virginia is a play that Wright State guard Todd Brown said his basketball team goofs around with every once in a while during practice, but it was a play that worked to perfection in the final seconds of Saturday night's game with Miami. Brown took a pass from Vaughn Duggins and launched a game-winning 3-pointer from the right corner at the buzzer to give the Raiders a dramatic 58-57 win in front of a sparse crowd of 3,813 at the Ervin J. Nutter Center. "We do that play maybe two times in shoot-arounds. We even include the celebration after it," joked Vaughn, "and it never works then." With 5 seconds left in the game, John David Gardner inbounded the ball to Vaughn, who dribbled down court, split two Miami defenders, penetrated and dished off a pass to Brown, who was camped out in the right corner behind the 3-point arc. "One guy was trailing me; another was coming over from the side. I just did what I could to push the ball through to Todd," Vaughn said. Brown, who finished with eight points for the game, said he'd missed that shot in games before. "Coaches told me in practice just to take my time and just shoot the ball, just let it go," Brown said. "And that's what happened today." Brown's shot gave Wright State (4-3) the only lead it ever held, in a game that saw the visiting RedHawks up by 16 points, 44-28, at halftime. "It was a tale of two halves and a terrific win for our program," WSU coach Brad Brownell said. "We just talked about doing a better job of chipping away tonight." Wright State outscored Miami 30-13 in the second half. Miami coach Charlie Coles said he saw the turnaround coming at halftime. "I'd say the turning point of the game was that we had to play a second half," Coles said. "We were literally begging our players to play defense. (Wright State) was tough. When you beat Butler, that's pretty impressive. "First half, we scored, but that turned into fool's gold," he said. "We had guys scoring that had people saying, "Whoa! How'd that funny lookin' shot go in?' "I hated that we lost that ballgame, but I've gotta give them credit. They did a wonderful job of coming out in the second half and being very patient." Adding further insult to Miami's misery, leading scorer Michael Bramos went down with what appeared to be an ankle injury with six minutes left to play. He later returned to action, but limped noticeably the rest of the way. Coles said he didn't know how serious the injury was at this time. www.journal-news.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/miami/2007/12/16/hjn121607miamibb.html
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Miami
Dec 16, 2007 11:22:19 GMT -5
Post by Raiderdog on Dec 16, 2007 11:22:19 GMT -5
Man, was that fun! I'm with Fastbreak....I almost left at the half. They couldn't miss and we couldn't hit squat. I figured that would at least start to even out. Glad I stayed!! Guys just getting after it. Cooper played great I thought and Tabler, nothing else needs to be said. This season should be fun, but the next few we should be really good. Oh, and gotta give some love to Charlie Coles......man I love that guy! He'll play anyone anywhere and never makes excuses.
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Miami
Dec 16, 2007 12:01:01 GMT -5
Post by Raider Fanatic on Dec 16, 2007 12:01:01 GMT -5
Oh, and gotta give some love to Charlie Coles......man I love that guy! He'll play anyone anywhere and never makes excuses. You gotta love Coles--first class all the way. Best of luck to Miami the rest of the season. They deserve it.
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Miami
Dec 16, 2007 12:44:23 GMT -5
Post by raiderrunt on Dec 16, 2007 12:44:23 GMT -5
Shot at buzzer sinks Miami RedHawks fall after leading by 16 BY MARK SCHMETZER | ENQUIRER CONTRIBUTOR FAIRBORN - The officials were checking the replay, but the players were exchanging hugs as if they already knew the outcome. For the second time in less than three weeks, Miami blew a double-digit lead and lost to a Dayton-area team on its last shot of the game. The RedHawks led Dayton by 21 points in the first half on Nov. 28 before losing 63-62. Saturday night at Wright State, Miami (4-4) went into halftime with a 16-point lead, but the Raiders chipped away and pulled out a 58-57 win over the RedHawks on Todd Brown's 3-pointer at the buzzer. In both games, the edge at the end was the winners' only lead of the game. The final shot was so close that the officials checked the replay to make sure Brown beat the buzzer. "Wright State twice now has beaten us on last-second shots," Miami coach Charlie Coles said. "I'd say the turning point was we had to play the second half." Wright State (4-3) beat the RedHawks by one at Miami last season on DaShaun Woods' layup with 0.2 seconds left in the game. Saturday night, Miami junior Kenny Hayes snapped a 55-55 tie on a 15-foot fallaway jumper from the free-throw line with about five seconds left. The clock showed 4.3 seconds when Wright State was awarded a timeout, but the officials added .07 seconds after looking at the replay. "(The officials) did that on their own," Wright State coach Brad Brownell said. "They do that every time now in the last minute." "We went to the NCAA Tournament last season and some people questioned the clock," Coles said, referring to Doug Penno's buzzer-beating 3-pointer that beat Akron in the Mid-American Conference Tournament championship game. "We've won some and lost some like that." Vaughn Duggins took the inbounds pass, dribbled upcourt and split two defenders before finding Brown in the right corner for the game-winning shot. "That's a play we did in practice a couple of times," Brown said. "Vaughn split the defenders, and I hit the shot." Tim Pollitz was the only Miami player to reach double figures. The senior led both teams with 15 points while playing all 40 minutes. Junior Tyler Dierkers wasn't available due to an illness. Wright State was missing its third-leading scorer, Middletown's Scott Wilson, who suffered an injury to his eye socket during a shootaround Saturday afternoon. Miami junior forward Michael Bramos was helped off the floor with a left ankle injury with six minutes left in the game. He returned to the lineup with 2:24 left. Wright State freshman Troy Tabler, who played on Moeller's Division I state championship team last season, came off the bench to lead the Raiders with a career-high 14 points - 11 in the first half. The RedHawks went on a shooting binge in the first half to break open a close game. They sank six consecutive shots, starting with back-to-back 3-pointers by Eric Pollitz, during a 16-3 run on their way to a 44-28 halftime lead. news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071216/SPT0103/712160429/1096/SPT
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Miami
Dec 16, 2007 23:12:15 GMT -5
Post by raiderrunt on Dec 16, 2007 23:12:15 GMT -5
Check out the headline. **************************************************** www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/miami_beats_wright_state_buzzer41457Miami Beats Wright State at the Buzzer December 16th, 2007 Game Recaps, Miami OH, Wright St By Bill Kintner DAYTON – For the second time this season Miami lost to a basketball team from Dayton that overcame a big point deficit to win on a 3-point buzzer-beater as Wright State’s Todd Brown hit a 3-pointer from the corner to beat the visiting RedHawks 58-57. Earlier this year Dayton’s Brian Roberts sunk a 3-pointer as time expired to lift the Flyers over Miami 63-62. To make it more bizarre Wright State (4-3) also beat Miami last year 58-56 on a last second 3-pointer by DeShaun Wood. In a game where Wright State never led until Brown’s winning shot Wright State battled back to finally tie it on two foul shots by Vaughn Duggins to make it 55-55 with 1:47 left. After a missed shot by both teams Miami’s Kenny Hayes finally hit a jumper with 4.3 seconds left to put Miami up 57-55. After a review by the officials they added .7 of a second to the clock, so Wright State had five seconds to get the final play off. After back to back timeouts Wright State threw it in under Miami’s basket and put the ball into Duggins’ hands just a few feet past the foul line. He dribbled past half court and split two RedHawk defenders and went streaking toward the basket when he got in the lane two defenders closed in on him and he kicked the ball out to Brown for the winning basket. “We went to the guy who was going to score two points and the guy out in the corner was saying ‘whoa I can’t believe this,’ it was thank you, Merry Christmas,“ explained an exasperated Miami coach Charlie Coles. Duggins was going for the shot until the RedHawk defender closed in on him. “They collapsed on me so I just kicked it out to Todd,” said a happy Duggins. It was a play they practiced a few times before, but not extensively. Brown jokingly said they practiced the entire play that they call “Virginia” including how they would celebrate when they won. In the first half the RedHawks were on fire and the Raiders looked a little tired. The fans in attendance may have witnessed Miami (4-4) play the best half of basketball they will see all year. The Redhawks shot 73.9 percent (17-23) and 66.7 percent (6-9) from 3-point land as they took a 44-28 point lead into the locker room. Coles was glad the RedHawks were hot but he knew it would not last. “We were scoring but that turned into fool’s gold. We had guys scoring that even you (pointing to a person in the back of the room) had to say ‘whoa how did that go in.’ You were not as motivated in the second half as you were in the first half because you think you have a big lead and I knew this team would fight back.” Wright State’s coach Brad Brownell told his player’s to just keep chipping away at the score. “We talked about doing a better job at chipping away and giving ourselves a chance here at home. They (Raiders) went through adversity in the second half in terms of missing free throws and losing opportunities to continue to cut the lead,” said Brownell. “Then to just continue to keep getting stops and getting stops to give ourselves a chance, then obviously Miami made a big shot to take the lead, then our guys executed a nice play at the end to win.” In the second half Wright State out-scored Miami 33-13 and didn’t get the deficit to single digits until the 11:13 mark when Todd Brown hit a jumper to make the score 50-41. After Wright State’s Jordan Pleiman hit a jumper to close the deficit to four points making it 53-49 Miami leading scorer Michael Bramos hurt his knee and was taken to the trainer’s room. Miami’s Tim Pollitz led all scorers with 15 points. Troy Tabler led the Raiders with 14 points. Notes: -Wright State’s Scottie Wilson was out tonight after colliding with Todd Brown in practice today when they practiced some live post trapping. -Miami was without center Tyler Dierkers who was sick. -When asked what the turning point in the game was Coles said, “It was when we had to play the second half. They were so much tougher than us. We were literally begging our players to play.” -Coles on the playing Wright State……”They beat Butler and that is pretty impressive. Nobody beats Butler except Wright State. So we knew we were going to be in for a tough game.” -Brownell pointed out that his Raiders have been on the receiving end and giving end of key baskets and stops. “We have gotten a stop when we needed one and we have not gotten a stop to win a game.. We have had a chance to make a bucket to win a game and haven’t made it and now we have made a bucket to win a game. It was good for our kids, we needed that to happen.” That was all in the last four game stretch. -Busy Redhawks….tonight’s game is the start of a four game in eight day stretch. The RedHawks are home on 12/18 against Chicago State. Then on 12/20 they play Illinois and on 12/22 at Kansas. -Tired Raiders….Wright State is playing their fourth game of a five games in 12 days stretch. -Hang on what? For some unexplained reason Wright State plays Ohio State’s signature song, “Hang on Sloopy” and there are even some OSU fans at the Nutter Center that shout out O-H-I-O during the song. I asked the band director Ryan Taranyi why they would play that song at a WSU home game. He said they just always have but that come the January the WSU pep band will no longer play that Ohio State song. I think they have gotten a few complaints. -Miami leads the series 15-8. -Wright State’s next home game is Tuesday night at home against St. Bonaventure at 7 pm. -Miami’s next game is Tuesday night at home against Chicago State at 7:30 pm.
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Miami
Dec 16, 2007 23:25:45 GMT -5
Post by nybuckeye on Dec 16, 2007 23:25:45 GMT -5
To make it more bizarre Wright State (4-3) also beat Miami last year 58-56 on a last second 3-pointer by DeShaun Wood. No reason to print the truth when making up stuff fits the story better. This guy is qualified to work for the NY Times. What a joke.
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