Preseason Rankings of the Yarnell Field:
#4 Incarnate Word
#7 New Jersey Tech
#17 Longwood
NR Harding (28th in receiving votes)
NR Bowie State (30th in receiving votes)
NR Bellarmine

Looks like a 3 horse field.

Looking forward to a competitive tournament this year. Yarnell's ice cream for everyone.

Round 1
#10 Longwood (3-1) -2 @ Bowie State (3-1)
#20 Incarnate Word (3-1) -2 @ New Jersey Tech (1-3)
Bellarmine (1-3) +5 @ Harding (2-2)

Yarnell Champions
57 - St Marys TX, mduncanhogs
56 - Harding, hackerhog
42 - Bellarmine, greenhawks

Players to Watch
Arthur Brown, PG, Sr, 5'10" 161 - Longwood - 1st Team All-America (AA)
Ronald Golden, SG, Sr, 6'3" 179 - New Jersey Tech - 1st team AA, Yarnell 57 MVP
Andrew Martini, SF, Sr, 6'7" 212 - Incarnate Word - 1st team AA
Daniel Oakman, C, Sr, 6'9" 222 - New Jersey Tech - 2nd team AA
Neil Todd, PF, Sr, 6'7 211 - Bellarmine - Honorable Mention (HM) AA

Yarnell History

Team	W	L	%	Titles
St Marys TX	4	1	0.800	1
Caldwell	23	12	0.657	3
Gannon	39	21	0.650	4
Longwood	22	18	0.550	1
Incarnate Word	11	9	0.550	1
Bowie St	11	9	0.550	0
Northeastern St	19	16	0.543	2
Pfeiffer	13	12	0.520	0
Concord	10	10	0.500	0
New Jersey Tech	5	5	0.500	0
Harding	38	42	0.475	2
N Florida	16	19	0.457	1
SE Oklahoma St	6	9	0.400	0
Bellarmine	16	29	0.356	1
Goldey-Beacom	3	7	0.300	0
CSU-Chico	2	8	0.200	0
Abilene Christian	1	4	0.200	0
Mercy	1	4	0.200	0
Wisconsin-Parkside	0	5	0.000	0

Won one! At least Bellarmine won't go 0-5 again

Geez bow, I guess extra free-throw practice for Frase and Thompson.  They actually missed.

haha.  in fairness my primary ballhandlers/starters are A-, B+, and B and while Wilkey sucks at them, Oakman is also fluctuating in between the B/B- range.  but yes that was a pretty exceptional performance.

Do yourself a favor and scroll through the second half of the Longwood/Bowie State game. Wow! What a game!

Standings
Bellarmine 1-0
Longwood 1-0
New Jersey Tech 1-0
Bowie St 0-1
Harding 0-1
Incarnate Word 0-1

Round 2
#7 Longwood (4-1) -3 @ New Jersey Tech (2-3)
Harding (2-3) +4 @ Incarnate Word (3-2)
Bowie St (3-2) -3 @ Bellarmine (2-3)

Round 1 Results
Longwood 73, @Bowie St 70
L: A Brown 17 (POG), R Patterson 13, S Gould 13/9R, K Jensen 13
BS: A Carnes 19, L Legrand 12

@New Jersey Tech 94, Incarnate Word 84
NJT: D Oakman 26/11R (POG), R Golden 18, J Nowacki 16, R Crone 13
IW: W McComack 15, A Martini 13, J Bradley 13, S Braud 11, W Sams 10

Bellarmine 61, @Harding 48
BK: J Blasko 11 (POG), N Todd 13, D Burch 10
H: L Dickerson 13, C Rozell 12, D Turnipseed 10/10R

Posted by greenhawks on 6/28/2012 9:02:00 AM (view original):
Won one! At least Bellarmine won't go 0-5 again

HA! The host team is not very good this year. Losing recruiting battles to D1 schools in on key recruits 2 of the last 3 seasons have put a hurt on my team.

I think we'll be decent by the end of the year once a scorer emerges. Right now we're just a defensive unit looking for a scorer.

if it makes you feel better dave we went 1-6 from the line in the first half against longwood and between that and missing 4 tips/layups and 7 more  "short" shots in the first half we pretty much handed longwood the game and could never get back into it.

In Yarnell's game of the night featuring 3 of the 5 players to watch in this season's tournament, Arthur Brown stole the show. After playing the 2 spot all year, he got the call from the 3 spot and scored a season high 36 points where he took 21 shots and made 10. All but 1 were from behind the arc. D Oakman and R Golden didn't disappoint in putting up 18/10 and 16 respectively. The difference was quality vs quantity in that NJT took more shots (58 to 53), but Longwood made more (27 to 23). Longwood forged to a 15 point lead at the half led by A Brown's 17 points. NJ Tech could get no closer than 8 in the 2nd half as A Brown added 19 more.

Except for a one minute span late in the first half, Harding led from start to finish and controlled the entire 2nd half in an upset win on the road at San Antonio. Harding's athleticism and shot-blocking in their Syracuse matchup zone held Incarnate Word to 35% (23-65) shooting from the field and 24% (6-25) from downtown. Facing I-Word's press, Harding made a lineup change in an attempt to cut down on turnovers after averaging 14 turnovers per game and 20 in prior game. This paid off in committing only 12. With both teams pressing, the fouls piled up and it became a game of attrition. 4 players fouled out in all, 3 for I-Word.

In the only competitive game of the evening, Bellarmine used its home court advantage to hang on to a 3 point win over Bowie St. Bellarmine led 74-65 with 4 minutes left and withstood a furious Bowie St rally. A Carnes nailed a 3 with 54 seconds left to cut the margin to 1. Bellarmine worked a play to preseason all-american N Todd and he was fouled with 11 seconds left and nailed 2 FTs. Bellarmine's press forced a turnover but missed 2 clutch FTs with 4 seconds left. Bowie St called a timeout with 2 seconds left, but could only get off a halfcourt shot that missed as time expired. 3 Knight players scored in double figures led by POG J Mattice with 17. 3 Bowie St players also scored in double figures as center J Craig put up a double-double.

Standings
Bellarmine 2-0
Longwood 2-0
Harding 1-1
New Jersey Tech 1-1
Bowie St 0-2
Incarnate Word 0-2

Round 3
Bellarmine (3-3) +12 @ #6 Longwood (5-1)
New Jersey Tech (2-4) PK @ Harding (3-3)
Bowie St (3-3) PK @ Incarnate Word (3-3)

Round 2 Results
Longwood 75, @New Jersey Tech 57
L: A Brown 36 (POG), R Patterson 14
NJT: D Oakman 18/10R, R Golden 16, J Wilkey 10

Harding 70, @Incarnate Word 61
H: C Rozell 22 (POG), D Turnipseed 12, L Dickerson 12
IW: A Martini 16, W McComack 14

@Bellarmine 76, Bowie St 73
BK: J Mattice 17 (POG), R Walsh 14, N Todd 13, R Dresser 10R
BS: J Craig 11/13R, A Carnes 11, L Legrand 10

so greenie... you're a win tonight away from going to the outhouse to the penthouse. what do you think about that?

Posted by bow2dacowz on 6/29/2012 8:59:00 AM (view original):
if it makes you feel better dave we went 1-6 from the line in the first half against longwood and between that and missing 4 tips/layups and 7 more  "short" shots in the first half we pretty much handed longwood the game and could never get back into it.

Not sure that makes me feel better.
A win in the Yarnell?  That would do the trick.

hacker, you get a press team's hopes up when you start a freshman PG. 
Then you pull him out of the lineup.  DAAAAMMMMNNNNIIIITTT!!!!

Posted by davefilby on 6/29/2012 5:57:00 PM (view original):
hacker, you get a press team's hopes up when you start a freshman PG. 
Then you pull him out of the lineup.  DAAAAMMMMNNNNIIIITTT!!!!

after my game with greenhawks, I knew I had to make the change.

The crazy thing is it seems the only time I see press teams is in Yarnell or in the NT. Why everyone isn't running press in HD kills me.