I handed the keys to the team over to a very distinguished coach mid-recruiting.  We pulled in the #1 player, a SF, and a few scrubby guards (Champ, Clay, and Hicks, who is starting).  Here is what the team looks like after 20 games:

Name	Yr.	Pos.	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
Dale Hicks	Jr.	PG	43	89	1	58	11	15	75	93	60	37	85	35	C	602
Charles Gaertner	So.	PG	80	85	37	89	12	1	66	93	94	59	84	63	B+	763
Steve Champ	Fr.	PG	71	88	4	71	2	1	53	74	65	59	85	34	B+	607
Samuel Clay	Fr.	PG	57	84	6	47	1	1	67	70	88	54	73	72	B	620
Ernest Bold	Jr.	SF	99	75	38	99	23	77	91	63	77	65	88	78	A	873
Jesse Besaw	Fr.	SF	95	65	63	89	55	78	78	75	81	97	66	72	C	914
Kevin Williams	So.	PF	92	67	93	99	89	86	44	25	58	52	78	44	D	827
Jason Basinger	Sr.	C	90	45	98	97	95	96	8	1	51	43	88	71	C	783
Brice Diehl	Sr.	C	82	31	99	99	99	97	24	10	27	53	91	65	B	777
John McMahon	Jr.	C	75	52	92	93	98	96	13	3	54	38	85	96	D+	795
Derek Phillips	So.	C	68	64	97	93	96	100	1	1	67	70	77	92	B	826
Peter Miller	Fr.	SG	32	35	23	14	10	1	46	21	28	63	81	57	C+	411
Averages	-	-	74	65	54	79	49	54	47	44	62	58	82	65	-	733

right now the record is 13-7, with the 77th RPI, 93rd SOS and unranked.  If the team manages to pull it together enough to make the NT, that will be impressive.  I do wonder whether it will be Bold or Besaw starting next year, but right now Besaw is the starter and Bold is the spark off of the bench guy.  The team is dominated by inside scoring, with only about 1/9th of the shots coming from behind the arc.  Unfortunately, while they shoot a fair number of FTs, they miss more than their share (particularly Basinger and McMahon).  Diehl is starting and doing a good job.  Phillips may be better suited to starting than Basinger just due to FT shooting, but he's doing a good job on the bench, too, and his athleticism isn't the greatest.  The team would obviously be much better with Forbush than with Hicks, but Hicks is doing a reasonably admirable job considering his rather limited skill set.

Name	Yr.	Pos	GP	GS	MIN	FG%	FG3%	FT%	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
B. Diehl	Sr.	C	20	20	25.7	.462	.000	.775	1.7	5.0	0.4	1.5	0.7	1.3	1.6	13.2
J. Basinger	Sr.	C	20	20	24.4	.475	.000	.539	1.8	5.5	0.8	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.3	11.9
D. Hicks	Jr.	PG	20	20	24.1	.625	.400	.600	0.3	0.7	1.6	0.7	1.0	0.0	1.8	1.8
C. Gaertner	So.	PG	20	20	23.6	.365	.240	.727	0.9	2.2	2.1	1.3	0.8	0.0	1.4	5.3
J. Besaw	Fr.	SF	20	20	19.3	.480	.333	.500	1.2	2.7	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.2	1.3	3.2
E. Bold	Jr.	SF	20	0	17.9	.583	.515	.795	1.0	2.9	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	8.0
S. Champ	Fr.	PG	20	0	16.5	.667	.333	.667	0.5	1.0	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.2
S. Clay	Fr.	PG	20	0	15.6	.533	.286	.938	0.2	0.6	1.4	0.5	0.4	0.0	1.5	1.7
J. McMahon	Jr.	C	20	0	14.4	.568		.592	1.0	3.2	0.6	0.8	0.4	0.8	0.7	6.5
D. Phillips	So.	C	20	0	14.2	.511		.792	1.0	2.9	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.6	5.8
K. Williams	So.	PF	19	0	7.2	.486		.700	0.5	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	2.6
Averages						.493	.339	.678	9.8	28.1	11.0	9.7	5.5	4.8	13.3	60.8
Opp. Averages						.444	.397	.704	9.3	26.3	10.5	12.7	4.0	3.5	17.1	54.3

Name	Yr.	Pos	GP	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG3M	FG3A	FTM	FTA	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
B. Diehl	Sr.	C	20	20	514	104	225	0	1	55	71	33	100	8	29	14	25	32	263
J. Basinger	Sr.	C	20	20	488	95	200	0	1	48	89	36	109	16	27	9	29	46	238
D. Hicks	Jr.	PG	20	20	482	15	24	2	5	3	5	6	13	32	14	19	0	36	35
C. Gaertner	So.	PG	20	20	472	35	96	12	50	24	33	17	44	41	26	16	0	28	106
J. Besaw	Fr.	SF	20	20	385	24	50	6	18	9	18	23	54	25	14	7	4	25	63
E. Bold	Jr.	SF	20	0	358	56	96	17	33	31	39	19	58	19	16	9	6	15	160
S. Champ	Fr.	PG	20	0	329	10	15	1	3	2	3	9	19	21	25	7	0	22	23
S. Clay	Fr.	PG	20	0	312	8	15	2	7	15	16	3	11	28	10	8	0	30	33
J. McMahon	Jr.	C	20	0	288	50	88	0	0	29	49	20	64	11	15	7	16	13	129
D. Phillips	So.	C	20	0	284	48	94	0	0	19	24	19	57	13	14	8	11	12	115
K. Williams	So.	PF	19	0	137	18	37	0	0	14	20	10	32	6	3	6	5	7	50
Totals						463	940	40	118	249	367	195	561	220	193	110	96	266	1215
Opp. Totals						413	931	91	229	169	240	185	526	210	254	80	69	342	1086

08/11/10 am	at Florida St.	16-10	80	71	easona	47-24	-2	45-56	l
08/12/10 am	N. Carolina St.	10-17	196	88	bjb2378	56-17	-8	43-49	w
08/13/10 am	at #2 Georgia Tech	22-4	1	11	apeofwrath	23-17	+9	57-65	l
08/14/10 am	Off Day
08/15/10 am	Wake Forest	8-19	181	23	Sim AI	49-25	-9	61-85	w
08/16/10 am	Off Day
08/17/10 am	at Duke	18-9	66	80	dedhed1959	23-20	+1	65-57	w
08/18/10 am	at #1 Boston College	24-2	3	49	lwbraun	36-40	+11	66-76	l

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maybe a PIT invite?

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so far, not bad.

Maryland (20-11, 11-5)
Only one more game in the PIT, and Maryland would get to end the year with a win.

Boise St. (24-10, 11-5)

From:  Pete Bailey    To:  Coach colorblind79    Subject:  1 Shining Moment    Sent:       08/27/2010 2:37AM

Hey Coach, what a run - capped with a PIT CHAMPIONSHIP! Suffice it to say, you know how to back up a promise. I though you were nuts, but you walked your talk! Pete Bailey Athletic Director University of Maryland

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Well, that's Maryland's first Championship...even if it's not the right one, no complaints from me.  It's still fun to win the PIT.

Posted by colorblind79 on 2/18/2010 5:20:00 AM (view original):

Jason Basinger
C|6'8"|210 lbs.|3.0 GPA
Preston HS|Kingwood, WV

C

661

Athleticism 66 Speed 41 Rebounding 90 Defense 94 Shot Blocking 80 Low-post 90 Perimeter 11 Ball Handling 3 Passing 50 Work Ethic 23 Stamina 68 Durability 45 Previous Season Stats GP MPG PPG RPG FG% FG3% FT% APG SPG BPG 27 23 16.1 9.9 59.9 0.0 63.2 0.5 0.1 2.1 Current Rating Potential Current Rating Potential Athleticism 66 High Perimeter 11 Low Speed 41 Low Ball Handling 3 Average Rebounding 90 Average Passing 50 Low Defense 94 Low Stamina 68 High Shot Blocking 80 Average Durability 45 High Low-post 90 Average FT Shooting Average

#3 C, #12 Overall, *****; no promises. Jason Basinger will be my fourth big man this year, playing ahead of Diehl, and waaaay ahead of Teed. That should help his WE rise a bit and help him grow into himself. If I have an early entry from one of my two starters, he'll be starting next year. If not, he'll be the primary backup before starting as a junior. He's good already but can get better.

Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FG%	FG3%	FT%	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
40	32	32	24.1	.472	.000	.597	1.6	5.7	0.8	1.4	0.4	1.3	2.0	12.0
39	32	32	19.3	.544		.788	1.5	3.9	0.6	1.1	0.4	0.8	1.9	7.1
38	34	34	19.6	.432	.000	.550	1.7	4.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.2	1.6	5.7
37	30	0	12.3	.553		.600	1.2	3.6	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.6
Averages				.482	.000	.631	1.5	4.5	0.5	0.9	0.6	0.9	1.6	6.7

Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG3M	FG3A	FTM	FTA	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
40	32	32	771	151	320	0	1	83	139	51	182	27	45	14	43	63	385
39	32	32	618	93	171	0	0	41	52	47	126	20	34	13	27	61	227
38	34	34	668	86	199	0	1	22	40	58	160	10	23	35	41	54	194
37	30	0	369	21	38	0	0	6	10	36	109	13	7	11	9	29	48
Totals	128	98	2426	351	728	0	2	152	241	192	577	70	109	73	120	207	854

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No awards; 15th in rebounds, 5th in blocks

Posted by colorblind79 on 12/29/2009 1:08:00 PM (view original):

Brice Diehl
C|7'2"|269 lbs.|2.7 GPA
Perryville HS|Perryville, MD

C

599

Athleticism 58 Speed 28 Rebounding 75 Defense 74 Shot Blocking 79 Low-post 82 Perimeter 21 Ball Handling 11 Passing 29 Work Ethic 36 Stamina 62 Durability 44 Previous Season Stats GP MPG PPG RPG FG% FG3% FT% APG SPG BPG 25 23 16.2 6.3 49.4 27.0 73.9 1.4 0.6 2.1 Current Rating Potential Current Rating Potential Athleticism 58 High Perimeter 21 Low Speed 28 Low Ball Handling 11 Low Rebounding 75 High Passing 29 Low Defense 74 High Stamina 62 High Shot Blocking 79 High Durability 44 High Low-post 82 Average FT Shooting Average

#56 C, #252 overall, **; redshirting. I stole Brice Diehl from Virginia at the last minute because VandyDave was being impertinent by actually giving me a battle for Millard Hargraves (a PG who will be signing soon). I kind of wanted a big man to redshirt and have as a 4-year backup, and had lost a battle to St. John's when I wasn't willing to spend more than my initial investment in Eric Johnson, and Diehl suited my needs. He'll be slow for the Press, unfortunately, but otherwise he's a nice player (kind of a more athletic Mike Mardesich type). I don't expect that he'll ever be anything outstanding but I wanted to show VD that in the DC area, I am the Big Bad Wolf and UVA's house is made of straw. He whined a bit about it and I reminded him of Raymond Kovac, who I still wish I had signed, and who is now a junior. As far as I'm concerned, UVA shouldn't be pursuing any five-star recruits that are within 200 miles of me, let alone signing them. He should probably step lightly around the four-star players, too, and not commit too hard.

Also, 7'2" and 269 pounds? What a beast!

http://www.terrapinstats.com/bb/profile.cfm?playerid=329 (Mardesich profile...I sat next to Big Mike in one of my classes, junior year)

I might have taken Diehl out of spite, but he was a pretty good player for me

Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FG%	FG3%	FT%	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
40	32	32	25.5	.468	.000	.717	1.9	5.7	0.3	1.5	0.7	1.3	1.7	13.3
39	32	32	18.4	.438	.000	.722	1.6	4.2	0.4	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.8	7.2
38	34	0	17.0	.468		.765	1.5	4.4	0.1	0.9	0.7	0.9	1.3	5.5
37	30	0	8.2	.410		.526	0.7	1.9	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.4
36	Redshirt
Averages				.457	.000	.714	1.5	4.1	0.2	0.9	0.5	0.8	1.4	6.9

Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG3M	FG3A	FTM	FTA	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
40	32	32	815	167	357	0	1	91	127	60	183	10	47	21	42	54	425
39	32	32	590	89	203	0	2	52	72	52	133	14	31	11	24	57	230
38	34	0	579	74	158	0	0	39	51	52	150	4	32	24	29	43	187
37	30	0	247	16	39	0	0	10	19	22	57	0	9	6	11	19	42
36	Redshirt

Conference Awards
2nd Team All-Conference once

Records:

10th in blocks

Bold and Williams left school early and got drafted 24th and 29th, respectively.

The next season, so far:

ranked 24th, RPI 24, SOS 21

This is how the team looks right now:

Name	Yr.	Pos.	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
Dale Hicks	Sr.	PG	47	90	1	61	11	16	81	98	62	43	87	38	C	635
Charles Gaertner	Jr.	PG	89	91	39	95	15	1	70	94	97	64	85	70	B+	810
Steve Champ	So.	PG	73	95	3	79	5	1	67	82	70	62	87	45	B+	669
Samuel Clay	So.	PG	59	86	6	58	2	1	79	80	94	56	77	75	B	673
Jesse Besaw	So.	SF	96	72	65	95	58	89	86	77	82	97	74	87	C+	978
James Troxell	Fr.	SF	68	64	50	45	33	33	62	51	41	46	70	86	C-	649
Willis Warren	Fr.	SF	91	68	53	93	45	69	78	63	77	33	75	79	C	824
Glenn Fickes	Fr.	PF	93	45	79	76	85	73	71	63	42	53	62	55	C+	797
John McMahon	Sr.	C	78	53	97	93	100	97	12	3	57	42	88	97	D	817
Derek Phillips	Jr.	C	73	65	99	97	99	99	1	1	71	74	79	93	B+	851
Richard Hines	Fr.	SG	17	36	1	5	7	15	42	37	38	100	77	46	C	421
Randy Jordan	Fr.	PF	25	25	20	5	17	32	7	34	28	69	77	73	C+	412
Averages	-	-	67	66	43	67	40	44	55	57	63	62	78	70	-	711

09/24/10 am	at Florida St.	21-9	62	96	easona	48-25	+1	92-73	w
09/25/10 am	Miami (FL)	15-14	65	24	nickjyd	30-17	-1	80-84 (OT)	w
09/26/10 am	at N. Carolina St.	12-16	140	48	bjb2378	58-17	-6	70-56	w
09/27/10 am	Wake Forest	6-21	182	30	cbriese	51-25	-15	59-75	w
09/28/10 am	#9 Boston College	27-4	3	29	lwbraun	37-41	+1	69-53	l
09/29/10 am	at Clemson	9-18	156	43	goldcrest	42-31	-10	84-69	w
09/30/10 am	at #17 Virginia Tech	22-8	23	32	cburton23	24-19	even	82-91	l
10/01/10 am	Florida St.	21-9	62	96	easona	48-25	-1	71-68	l
10/02/10 am	Virginia	12-15	157	67	vandyduke	28-19	-4	81-82 (OT)	w
10/03/10 am	at #25 Georgia Tech	20-10	19	13	apeofwrath	23-18	-1	55-63	l
10/04/10 am	at Wake Forest	6-21	182	30	cbriese	51-25	-14	80-65	w
10/05/10 am	#6 Duke	25-6	12	26	dedhed1959	23-22	+5	82-78	l
10/06/10 am	at UNC	21-9	30	31	liamsar	15-33	-1	55-74	l
10/07/10 am	N. Carolina St.	12-16	140	48	bjb2378	58-17	-5	63-75	w
10/08/10 am	Off Day
10/09/10 am	Off Day
10/10/10 am	at #6 Boston College	27-4	3	29	lwbraun	37-41	+6	83-71	w

Name	Yr.	Pos.	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
Dale Hicks	Sr.	PG	48	91	1	61	12	16	83	98	63	47	91	38	C+	649
Charles Gaertner	Jr.	PG	90	92	39	96	17	1	72	95	97	68	88	70	B+	825
Steve Champ	So.	PG	73	96	3	82	8	1	75	85	73	64	88	49	B+	697
Samuel Clay	So.	PG	59	86	5	63	3	1	84	84	95	58	80	75	B	693
Jesse Besaw	So.	SF	96	75	65	96	58	92	89	77	82	98	75	91	C+	994
James Troxell	Fr.	SF	68	65	52	51	36	37	63	52	42	48	72	88	C	674
Willis Warren	Fr.	SF	92	69	54	94	47	69	81	65	77	35	76	80	C	839
Glenn Fickes	Fr.	PF	93	45	82	79	87	73	71	63	45	56	70	55	C+	819
John McMahon	Sr.	C	79	54	97	95	100	97	12	2	57	47	91	98	D+	829
Derek Phillips	Jr.	C	74	66	99	97	100	99	1	1	72	77	80	94	B+	860
Richard Hines	Fr.	SG	17	36	1	5	7	15	45	40	38	100	77	46	C	427
Randy Jordan	Fr.	PF	24	25	19	4	17	32	6	36	28	69	75	72	C	407
Averages	-	-	68	67	43	69	41	44	57	58	64	64	80	71	-	726

Name	Yr.	Pos.	Flex	Motion	Triangle	Fastbreak	Man	Zone	Press
Dale Hicks	Sr.	PG	B+	B	D-	C-	A	D-	C-
Charles Gaertner	Jr.	PG	A	D-	D-	D+	A	C-	C-
Steve Champ	So.	PG	A-	D-	D-	D-	A-	D-	C-
Samuel Clay	So.	PG	A-	D-	D-	D-	A-	D-	C
Jesse Besaw	So.	SF	A-	C-	D-	D-	A-	D-	C-
James Troxell	Fr.	SF	B-	F	F	C	B-	C-	F
Willis Warren	Fr.	SF	B-	F	F	F	B-	C	F
Glenn Fickes	Fr.	PF	B	F	F	F	B	F	C-
John McMahon	Sr.	C	A+	C-	D-	D-	A	D-	B-
Derek Phillips	Jr.	C	A+	D-	D	D-	A	D-	B
Richard Hines	Fr.	SG	B	F	F	C-	B	F	D-
Randy Jordan	Fr.	PF	B-	F	F	C-	B	F	D-

Georgetown (21-11, 10-6)

Maryland's 26th NT berth does not lead to a Championship.  When you run out of boxes, it just keeps going with putting the year down as if you had another row.  I had often wondered about that.

The preseason #1 ranked Maryland Terrapins, Season 42 (recruiting class ranked 5th):

Name	Yr.	Pos.	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
Charles Gaertner	Sr.	PG	91	93	42	95	17	2	77	99	99	68	86	70	B+	839
Steve Champ	Jr.	PG	73	96	3	85	8	1	79	89	77	64	84	54	B+	713
Samuel Clay	Jr.	PG	59	86	5	64	3	2	83	86	96	58	82	76	B	700
Harry Newlin	Fr.	PG	94	81	28	72	22	44	45	76	69	37	88	58	C-	714
Jesse Besaw	Jr.	SF	96	78	64	99	58	93	98	77	82	98	77	95	C+	1015
James Troxell	So.	SF	69	67	55	52	36	39	62	51	43	48	69	95	C	686
Willis Warren	So.	SF	93	69	55	95	47	70	79	65	78	35	75	83	C+	844
Glenn Fickes	So.	PF	92	45	87	83	92	76	71	66	47	56	71	58	C+	844
Theodore Mizer	Fr.	PF	94	47	72	87	74	90	56	52	37	54	72	71	C	806
Derek Phillips	Sr.	C	73	65	99	96	99	99	1	1	72	77	81	93	B+	856
Antonio Olsen	Jr.	C	84	37	88	74	72	69	9	35	43	66	65	65	C	707
Richard Badillo	Fr.	C	91	46	92	80	89	44	52	45	44	21	64	49	C-	717
Averages	-	-	84	68	58	82	51	52	59	62	66	57	76	72	-	787

Name	Yr.	Pos.	Flex	Motion	Triangle	Fastbreak	Man	Zone	Press
Charles Gaertner	Sr.	PG	A	D-	D-	D+	A	C-	C-
Steve Champ	Jr.	PG	A-	D-	D-	D-	A-	D-	C-
Samuel Clay	Jr.	PG	A-	D-	D-	D-	A-	D-	C
Harry Newlin	Fr.	PG	D-	C	F	F	D-	C	F
Jesse Besaw	Jr.	SF	A-	C-	D-	D-	A-	D-	C-
James Troxell	So.	SF	B-	F	F	C	B-	C-	F
Willis Warren	So.	SF	B-	F	F	F	B-	C	F
Glenn Fickes	So.	PF	B+	F	F	F	B	F	C-
Theodore Mizer	Fr.	PF	D-	D+	F	F	C	F	F
Derek Phillips	Sr.	C	A+	D-	D	D-	A	D-	B
Antonio Olsen	Jr.	C	D-	B	F	F	B-	F	F
Richard Badillo	Fr.	C	D-	C-	F	F	D-	D+	F