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Post by Flamer on Feb 23, 2006 22:11:13 GMT -5
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Post by Big D on Feb 23, 2006 22:16:41 GMT -5
WSU has bounced back after bad losses this year. I hope we come ready to play Saturday. Our boys need to play like they have something to prove--because they do.
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Post by wsu97 on Feb 24, 2006 9:36:09 GMT -5
Raiders hitting the books while on the road By Marc Katz Dayton Daily News CHICAGO | They brought their sweatsuits and bookbags with them. It isn't all about basketball on this two-game trip to Chicago, where the Raiders played Loyola Wednesday night and are at the University of Illinois-Chicago on Saturday at 4 p.m. Dayton time. The Raiders are practicing and looking at film, too, but also must do academic classwork, something that isn't too difficult for at least three of them. Starting sophomore forward Jordan Pleiman, starting redshirt junior Drew Burleson and starting redshirt freshman William Graham didn't have to attend a study hall session Thursday like most of the rest of their teammates, but that's because each of them has a better than 3.0 grade-point average, and they have learned how to study on their own. "I do have a medical terminology test on Friday (today)," Graham said. "But that's an internet course and I'll take it on the Internet. You have to be disciplined (to study). Basically, on a trip like this, you miss the whole week." The Raiders left Fairborn on Tuesday after practice. Luckily for Graham, he took two tests before he left. His major is biology. "I'll catch up with study buddies when I get back," Graham said. Pleiman is in middle childhood education and someday wants to be a match and science teacher and coach. "I brought my whole book bag with me," Pleiman said. "You develop a system of what you can do to get by and what you can't do. You have friends back at school that take notes for you. I do have to get ready for a final in math on Monday." Pleiman said he was lucky he won't have to miss much class, as most education majors don't have classes on Friday. Burleson is thinking of becoming a dentist like his father, but he has other classes, too. He brought a philosophy text and computer book with him. "You've got to make sure you stay ahead of things and not get too far behind," Burleson said. Following a study session Thursday, the Raiders were taken downtown by bus from their hotel on the UIC campus — just southwest of The Loop. They had some free time to spend at a restaurant and arcade area. Thursday night, they had practice at the UIC Pavilion. Saturday is the game they'll play for third place and a No. 3 seed in the Horizon League tournament. It's a final exam of sorts. Win, and the Raiders get the No. 3 seed and first-round bye. Lose and they could finish anywhere from Nos. 4-7 and not only have to play a first-round game, but on the road if they finish seventh. In only one of the possible 16 scenarios from Saturday's last game of the regular season will the Raiders finish as the No. 7 seed, and guess where they'd play if that happened? That's right, at UIC, Tuesday night. Hope they brought along enough text books. www.daytondailynews.com/sports/content/sports/wsu/daily/0224raiderconnection.html?cxntnid=rc-022406 |
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Post by Halo on Feb 24, 2006 11:56:46 GMT -5
Hopefully Green Bay will win tomorrow.....most likely WSU will lose tomorrow. that will get Green Bay the third spot in the conference.
the big game tomorrow is at Detroit......it will tell where the tournament will be played!!!
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Post by Wolf on Feb 24, 2006 12:08:27 GMT -5
Hopefully Green Bay will win tomorrow.....most likely WSU will lose tomorrow. that will get Green Bay the third spot in the conference. Green Bay is 1-10 on the road and 0-1 vs Cleveland State this year. My money is on CSU. |
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Post by Wolf on Feb 24, 2006 20:12:41 GMT -5
Men's Basketball Welcomes Wright State On Saturday For Regular-Season Finale Feb. 24, 2006 Chicago, Ill. - It's moving day in the Horizon League on Saturday as all nine seeds in next week's tournament are up for grabs. The UIC men's basketball team will look to finish as high as third as the Flames play host to Wright State at 3:00 p.m. at the UIC Pavilion on `Senior Day'. The game will be aired live on ESPN Radio 1000 AM with Mike Kamin and Chris Boden bringing you the action. UIC will honor its three graduating seniors - Justin Bowen, Rocky Collum and Etienne Nelson - in a special ceremony prior to the game. Heading into the final game of the 2005-06 regular season, the Flames (14-14, 7-8) can end up anywhere from the No. 3 to the No. 7 seed in the upcoming Horizon League Tournament. UIC can earn the No. 3 seed, and the coveted first round bye that comes with it, with a win over the Raiders (13-13, 8-7) and a loss by Loyola at Youngstown State Saturday night. Wright State can also secure the third seed with a win over UIC. The Flames just need to win on Saturday to guarantee at least a home game in the opening round of the tournament on Tuesday, Feb. 28th. A loss by UIC could push the team as low as the No. 7 seed, meaning an opening-round road game for the Flames. UIC, which enters the game on the heels of a 72-67 overtime triumph at Cleveland State, is 13-1 all-time versus Wright State at the Pavilion, including wins in the last six encounters in the arena. The Flames won the earlier meeting with the Raiders this season, 62-57, at the Nutter Center on Jan. 25th. Junior Danijel Zoric was impressive for UIC during its recent three-game road trip, averaging 15.3 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. The 6-foot-9 post player scored 15 points in his last meeting with Wright State. Freshman Josh Mayo has also been red hot for the Flames, averaging 16.0 points while shooting 50% from three-point range in his last six games. Wright State is coming in off losses in its last two league games, including a 76-63 setback at Loyola on Wednesday night. The Raiders are paced by junior guard DaShaun Wood, who is totaling 18.1 points and 4.6 rebounds per outing. uicflames.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022406aaa.html |
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Post by wsu97 on Feb 25, 2006 8:23:46 GMT -5
Today's a must-win game for Raiders By Marc Katz Dayton Daily News CHICAGO | During a season marked by exceptional highs and incongruous lows, the Wright State Raiders will add to one of those columns today. Wright State has beaten Milwaukee and Butler — the Horizon League's best two teams — and lost to Cleveland State and the University of Illinois-Chicago (this afternoon's opponent) at home. "What's important is how you bounce back," WSU coach Paul Biancardi said as he prepared for today's final regular-season game after losing at Loyola 76-63 on Wednesday. The Raiders have to win today to secure third place, a No. 3 seed in the league tournament and a first-round bye. Lose, and they could finish as low as a No. 7 seed and have to play a first-round game Tuesday. They cannot lose and take the No. 3 seed. "It's pretty much going to make or break our season," sophomore forward Jordan Pleiman said. "If we win, (the Loyola loss) doesn't matter." That loss was another of WSU's lows on the season. The Raiders had beaten Loyola 77-63 on Jan. 7 and needed only a victory over their final two games to clinch third place. Another big loss was 62-57 to UIC at home on Jan. 25. The Flames had a losing record at the time, were coming off a three-game losing streak and WSU, playing at home, held a 15-point lead in the second half. Raiders notes • Even if the Raiders lose to UIC, "we're going to have another game, regardless," Biancardi said. He was referring to the league tournament. Because of league parity, none of the nine teams has secured a seeded spot. All will be determined on today's final four games. There are 16 different scenarios and the league considered so many complicated possibilities Thursday, it had to send out two corrections to earlier scenarios. • A victory today will assure the Raiders of at least a third straight .500 season. A loss would raise the possibility of the team finishing two games under. Contact Marc Katz at (937) 225-2157. www.daytondailynews.com/sports/content/sports/wsu/daily/0225wsubb.html |
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Post by wsu97 on Feb 25, 2006 8:52:21 GMT -5
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Post by wsu97 on Feb 25, 2006 18:18:12 GMT -5
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Post by Raider Country on Feb 25, 2006 21:11:17 GMT -5
Men's Basketball Wins Overtime Thriller Over Wright State, 69-66 Feb. 25, 2006 Chicago, Ill. - Sophomore Othyus Jeffers' tip-in with :30 seconds left in overtime proved to be the difference on Saturday as the UIC men's basketball team outlasted visiting Wright State in overtime, 69-66, in front of 4,497 at the UIC Pavilion. The Flames, who have now played a school record seven overtime games this year, finished the regular season at 15-14 overall and 8-8 in the Horizon League with the win. The Raiders, meanwhile, dropped to 13-14 and 8-8 in the league with the loss. UIC will now be either the #3 or #6 seed in next week's Horizon League Tournament, depending on the outcome of tonight's Loyola, Youngstown State contest. If the Ramblers win, the Flames will be the #6 seed and host Wright State in the opening round on Tuesday, Feb. 28th, at 7:00 p.m. Should the Ramblers lose, UIC would finish as the #3 seed and earn a first-round bye. On Saturday, junior Jovan Stefanov paced the Flames to victory with a season-high tying 19 points and eight rebounds. Senior Justin Bowen chipped in with 15 while Jeffers added 12 points and seven rebounds. Senior Rocky Collum earned the starting nod in his final regular-season home game and made the most of it with a season-high 12 points and three assists, netting four three-pointers on the day. Junior DaShaun Wood led Wright State with 15 points and seven assists. The Flames and Raiders battled back and forth throughout the contest with seven ties and 14 lead changes in the game. Stefanov's three-pointer with 1:45 left in regulation gave UIC a 59-56 lead, and then after a Wright State miss, Stefanov stepped to the line with :37 left looking to ice the game away. Stefanov missed both charity tosses, though, and Tyrone Scott knocked down a three-pointer to tie the game on the Raiders' next possession. Freshman Josh Mayo (7 points, 3 assists) would miss a heavily contested runner at the horn, sending the game to overtime. In the extra session, the two teams exchanged the lead twice and the score was eventually tied at 66-66, when Jeffers tipped in the eventual game-winner. Mayo netted a free throw in the waning moments for the final three-point margin. uicflames.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/022506aaa.html |
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Post by GBFanJ on Feb 26, 2006 1:34:34 GMT -5
Keep the talking going here....rematch with UIC is on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. CST, 76 hours after the previous game started.
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Post by Raider Country on Feb 26, 2006 9:19:58 GMT -5
Raiders play hard on road, but fall in OT WSU gets two-day rest, then goes back to Chicago for tourney By Marc Katz Dayton Daily News CHICAGO | It didn't make them feel any better on their long bus ride home, but the Wright State Raiders played with the passion to win Saturday night. They just didn't. The University of Illinois-Chicago's Othyus Jeffers tipped in the last of UIC's numerous second-chance points with 30 seconds to go to break a tie and the Raiders did not answer in a 69-66 overtime defeat in front of 4,497 at the UIC Pavilion. With the loss, the Raiders remained tied for third place as the Horizon League's regular season ended, but the No. 3 seed and first-round tournament bye are gone. In fact, the Raiders return here Tuesday to try UIC a third time. Junior co-captain DaShaun Wood, who tied Tyrone Scott for the team lead with 15 points, missed a 3-pointer in the last half-minute that could have given the Raiders the lead before a final UIC free throw. "The good thing is we get another game (in the tournament)," Wood said. He didn't look happy saying it. "It was a terrific game; both teams played hard," WSU coach Paul Biancardi said. "We just couldn't finish it off." Contact Marc Katz at 225-2157. www.daytondailynews.com/sports/content/sports/wsu/daily/0226wsubb.html |
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Post by Raider Country on Feb 26, 2006 9:21:08 GMT -5
WSU NOTES UIC's sweep costs Raiders night off By Marc Katz Dayton Daily News CHICAGO | Wright State beat every team in the Horizon League this season but one, and it was a costly two-loss series. The Raiders finished at 8-8 and tied for third place in the league, but lost the tiebreakers that would have given them a bye in the league tournament when the University of Illinois-Chicago beat them 69-66 in overtime late Saturday afternoon at the UIC Pavilion. Worse, the Raiders lost to UIC 62-57 at the Nutter Center on Jan. 25 after holding a 15-point lead in the second half. "This is the most frustrating game right now," junior co-captain Drew Burleson said. "But when you start thinking of the season, you start thinking about other games. "We've got to grow up as a team. We're maturing, but we win a couple of games and we lose a couple of games." The first WSU loss to UIC was the third in a four-game losing streak. Since that game, the Raiders finished the season 5-6. Chicago had lost six straight the first time it played the Raiders, and finished the season 7-3. "We had some things that could be special if we glued them together," UIC coach Jimmy Collins said. Apparently, he did. • Wright State coach Paul Biancardi scans the scoresheet to find clues to every game his team plays. In his mind, the biggest clue came in the offensive rebound department against the Flames. While each team had 13 offensive boards — five by WSU's Walter Chancellor —UIC collected 11 in the second half and overtime and scored 17 second-chance points for the game to WSU's 11. "In the second half, offensive rebounding was the area where they hurt us," Biancardi said. •Struggling all season to find a spark off the bench, the Raiders found two at UIC — juniors Walter Chancellor and Tyrone Scott — both junior college transfers. Chancellor scored nine points and had six rebounds, including three offensive boards that led to three layups in the first half. Scott scored a season-high 15 points and made 5-of-11 attempts from benind the 3-point line. "I've been working on (rebounding) in practice," Chancellor said. "But UIC had a lot of offensive rebounds in the second half." • With 1.4 seconds to play, Wright State had a sliver of a chance at in-bounding the ball and launching a 3-point shot to tie. William Graham in-bounded the ball from under the UIC basket to Wood just past half-court, but UIC's Josh Mayo ran into him and the ball bounced away. Biancardi ran after the officials asking for a call, but it wouldn't have made any difference. Time ran out and Wood's possible two free throws would have left the Raiders short. Collins nearly cost UIC the game when he charged the court with 2:55 left in overtime after Jeffers was called for charging. Wood made two free throws to give the Raiders a 64-61 lead, but on WSU's possession, they threw the ball away. Contact Marc Katz at 225-2157. www.daytondailynews.com/sports/content/sports/wsu/daily/0226wsunotes.html |
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Post by Raider Country on Feb 26, 2006 9:37:07 GMT -5
February 25, 2006 (News Release/Men's Basketball) Men Drop Overtime Decision at UIC; Face Flames Again on Tuesday The Wright State men's basketball team led by as much as six in the second half and three in overtime, but could not hold on as the UIC Flames outscored the Raiders 8-2 the rest of the way to pull out a 69-66 decision in the regular-season finale for both teams Saturday afternoon at the UIC Pavilion. Trailing 31-30 at the half, Wright State started the second half strong, outscoring UIC 11-5 in the first five minutes to go up 41-35. The Flames, however, came right back to tie the game at 43 and it was tied four more times before Jovan Stefanov connected on a three with 1:45 left in regulation to give UIC a 59-56 advantage. Tyrone Scott missed a three on Wright State's next possession, but the margin was still three as Stefanov missed two foul shots with 37 seconds remaining. That gave Scott one more chance and he took advantage with a three to send the game into overtime. Wright State led 64-61 with 2:55 left after two DaShaun Wood free throws and Drew Burleson tied the game at 66 with a jumper at the 1:38 mark, but UIC would scored the final three points on an Othyus Jeffers layup and a foul shot from Josh Mayo. Overall shooting percentages were nearly the same (41% for UIC, 40% for WSU), but the Flames were 10 of 24 from behind the arc compared to eight of 30 for the Raiders. Three Raiders scored in double figures as Wood and Scott each had 15, Scott's coming off the bench, while Burleson had 11 points and nine rebounds. Jordan Pleiman added eight points and 10 boards. Stefanov had 19 to pace UIC (15-14, 8-8 Horizon) while Justin Bowen had 15, Rocky Collum 12 and Jeffers 12 off the bench. As a result of Saturday's games, Wright State (13-14, 8-8 Horizon) will be the seventh seed in the Horizon League Tournament. The Raiders, ironically, will face the same UIC Flames, again in the UIC Pavilion, on Tuesday, February 28, at 8:00 Eastern. The winner will then take on #3 seed UW-Green Bay Friday at 5:30 Eastern at U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee. www.wsuraiders.com/cgi-bin/athletics/news.cgi?action=features&id=2658 |
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Post by Big D on Feb 26, 2006 11:00:33 GMT -5
I was pleased with the effort yesterday. We played a good game and came up a little short. I can live with yesterday's results. What I am pissed off at is this game shouldn't have mattered to us. If we would have played with this type of effort at home vs UIC and CSU earlier in the year, we would have already locked up 3rd place in the conference.
I like our coaches and I like our team, but if we want to be more than a .500 team next year, we need to put in more work in the off season on fundamentals and our coaches need to work on their decision making as well. We have lost game this year by being out coached, out hustled, and due to poor fundamentals (rebounding, FT shooting, etc). I don't like our 3 guard line-up. I would have liked it if Boyd and Spencer were in our starting line-up like we anticipated going into the year. If our guards don't step it up this summer or some incoming guards don't blow our coaches away, I think we need to go to a 2 guard, 3 forward lineup.
I would like to see us go with Jordan, Walt, Drew, Scott, and DaShaun in our starting lineup. We have much better scoring and rebounding with that lineup. Craft, Munroe, Wilson, and Penick should be able to back up our starting forwards. Graham, Brown, and McCants should be able to back up our guards.
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