Brown:

Jgsolari3 has put together a very young but capable team. 13 straight NT appearances show that Brown will always have the cupboard stacked. Lead by Mark Grau and Mark Deweese, both coming off steller campaigns, Brown has 6 players who can hang with anyone in the nation. However, with 4 high potential Freshmen and a couple more developing players, depth could be a concern against better teams. Legendary coach jgsolari has built this team well however, many of his stars have great stamina and the team ranks T21 in the nation in stamina. Liang Xaimoungkhoun definitely has the best name in the tournament, but no one knows how much that will help the team.

Brown Schedule-
August 2 @ #24 Weber State
August 3 vs Maine
August 7 @ #10 Fordham

Brown Returning Leaders-
Mark Deweese: 19 Points, 3 Assists, 3 Rebounds
Mark Grau: 10 Points, 6 Rebounds, 1 Steal, 1 Block


#10 Fordham:

Trentonjoe has far and away the best team in the Mid-Major Invitational. Led by veterans, Fordham is incredibly balanced. Fordham is athletic, fast, and can score in the post or on the perimeter. Only losing 3 players from a Sweet 16 team and adding a star recruit, Fordham is ranked 10th to start the year. The only possible flaw in Fordham is a frontcourt with only one player with above 82 REB and one player with above 83 SB. Ricky Beauchamp is one of the 5 players in Wooden with 95 or over Speed, Athleticism, and Defense. Averaging 16, 3, and 3, Cubcub is also worried that he will be embarrassed by him in the debut of his own tournament. No other returning player is a proven scorer but Kermit Loveland should be able to step in that role flawlessly.

Fordham Schedule:
August 2 @ Maine
August 3 vs Weber State
August 7 vs Brown

Fordham Returning Leaders:
Ricky Beauchamp 16 Pts, 3 Ast, 3 Reb


Maine:
Jaymc2007 has had a relatively successful but slow rebuild so far, living in the Ivy League and Big East's shadow. He has recruited many high potential players and the average player on his team has improved 8 points, more than anyone else in the tournament. Although the next couple years may be hard for Maine, the future looks very bright. This year, they are lead by the frontcourt duo of Howard Duncan and David Golden who are both nearly averaging 10 and 7. A serious problem for this team could be a lack of perimeter shooting, with no one over 80 PER. After losing 4 seniors last year. only Howard Duncan is coming off of a season averaging double digits.

Maine Schedule:
August 1 vs Weber St
August 2 vs Fordham
August 3 @ Brown

Maine Returning Leaders:
Howards Duncan 10 Pts, 7 Reb, 2 Blks
Alan Eckhoff 7 Pts, 2 Reb, 1 Stl, 1 Ast

August 1st Game Preview

# 11 Weber St (-44) @ Maine
The first ever Mid-Major Invitational Game will kick off on August 1st between Maine and Weber St. This game will future two very similarly built teams playing a similar style. Both teams have one all-around star center anchoring the offense and defense (William Larkins and Howard Duncan) will many role players around them. So far, this has resulted in a very balanced attack for both teams.
Prediction: Weber St. 66 -- Maine 56
Important Players Weber St: Can the four big men defensive specialists (Carlos Young, Troy Herbert, Daniel Sharp, Albert Joseph) hold the powerful scoring bigs of Maine in check?
Important Players Maine: Shooting just 13 for 44 (29%) this year, will anyone be able to make threes for Maine?

Weber St. 74 Maine 53

Maine kept the game close through halftime, when Weber St's lead was only 6 points but the balanced attack proved too much in the second.

Player of the Game:
Many players on Weber St. scored but Scott Lewis had 8 points, 6 assists, and 6 rebounds while playing stellar defense and fouling out John Moore.
Plays of the Game:
Maine cut the lead to 5 early in the second half but Williams Larkins and Frank Foster made floaters sandwiching a stop to balloon the lead to 9 for the rest of the game.

August 2nd Games Preview

# 20 Brown (PK) @ # 13 Weber St
Weber State will try to put a stranglehold on the Mid Major Invintational with a win against #20 Brown. This game will be a clash between the depth of Weber State and the star-power of Brown. Brown had three star guards averaging 45 points a game. So far, this has resulted in a very balanced attack for both teams. Weber State has 4 players in double digits with 6 averaging 6 or more points. The game should be close down to the wire and cubcub predicts Home Court will play a deciding factor in this matchup.
Prediction: Weber St. 63-- Brown 61
Important Players Weber St: Weber St. has shot 50% from three so far this year (12 for 24). Can they keep that up in the toughest challenge yet?
Important Players Brown: The three guards can score consistently but can Mark Grau keep up his double digit scoring against the defensive minded frontcourt of Weber St?

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August 3rd Games Result:
Weber St. 74 Brown 71

Brown led at halftime but Weber State's guards surprsied the world and held Valentine and Deweese to 8 for 29 (28%) shooting for the game and Brown to 13-34 shooting in the second half to take the W and a lead in the Invintational.

Player of the Game:
John O'Doherty shot 5-9 with 12 points, 3 assists, and 2 offensive rebounds while holding Tim Valentine to 5-17 shooting.
Plays of the Game:
Clinging to a 1 point lead with 15 seconds left, Williams Larkins blocked a jump hook by Tim Valentine and Albert Joseph grabbed the rebound.

Invintational Standings
Weber St. 2-0 PD: 24
Fordham 1-0 PD: 21
Brown 0-1 PD: -3
Maine 0-2 PD: -42

August 3rd Games Result:
Fordham 71 Weber St. 57

With Kermit Loveland starring, Fordham routed Weber State to put the Invintational in their hands.

Player of the Game:
Kermit Loveland scored 2 threes and 15 points, 6 assists, and 5 rebounds.
Plays of the Game:
After Frank Foster made a 3 to cut the Fordham lead to 8 with 15 left, Kermit Loveland buried a 3 to stretch the lead to double digits for good.

Invintational Standings
Fordham 2-0 PD: 29
Weber St. 2-1 PD: 10
Brown 1-1 PD: 8
Maine 0-3 PD: -47

If...

Fordham wins against Brown on August 7th:

Fordham 1st
Weber St 2nd

If Brown beats Fordham by 1 point:
Fordham 1st
Weber St 2nd

If Brown beats Fordham by 2-10 points
Fordham 1st
Brown 2nd

If Brown beats Fordham by 11-19 points
Brown 1st
Fordham 2nd

If Brown beats Fordham by 20+ points
Brown 1st
Weber St 2nd

Deciding Game tommorow morning.

Prediction:
Fordham 66
Brown 60

Fordham wins the Invintational and will be invited back for Season 99!

Player of the Tournament
Ricky Beauchamp (Fordham)- 19 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assist

All Tornament Team
G-Ricky Beauchamp
G-Kermit Loveland (Fordham) 15 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists
G-Mark Deweese (Brown) 15 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists
G- John O'Doherty (Weber St) 14 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists
F/C- Mark Grau (Brown) 11 points, 9 rebounds
F/C- William Larkins (Weber St) 9 points, 6 rebounds

Mid-Major Tournament Season 98 Wooden is ready to kick off!

August 2nd Games Preview

# 12 Weber St (-11) @ Yale
After a poor start to the season for Weber State, fans remain hopeful Cubcub's poor scheduling is to blame and not the team. This game will feature a matchup between stud big men, William Larkins and Norman Alexander.
Prediction: Weber St. 75-- Yale 69
Important Players Weber St: Weber St. only has one main three-point shooter, Frank Foster. Can he hit enough threes to keep Weber afloat?
Important Players Brown: Can Yale's big keep their scoring up against Weber State's, daunting defensive frontcourt?

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Weber State fans are getting a little restless with the 60 RPI start.

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Weber State fans are getting a little restless with the 60 RPI start.

Everyone knows they have one of the most rabid fan bases after Duke and UK

Homecourt is A+. 15,000 Mormons clad in purple show up for each game.