Name	Yr.	Pos.	Flex	Motion	Triangle	Fastbreak	Man	Zone	Press
Gregory Lukas	Sr.	PG	A	D-	C	D-	A	A-	A-
Roy Strong	Fr.	PG	C+	C-	F	F	C+	C+	C+
Gregory Cole	Sr.	SG	A-	C-	D-	D-	B+	A-	B
Joseph Hall	So.	SG	B	C	D-	D-	B	B+	B-
Maurice Shadle	So.	SG	B	D-	D-	C-	B	B+	B-
Earl Young	So.	SF	B	D-	C-	D-	B	B	B
Stephen Brown	Fr.	SF	C+	D+	F	F	C+	C+	B-
Wayne Duong	Sr.	PF	A	D-	D-	D-	A-	A-	A-
Michael Mead	Fr.	PF	B	F	F	F	B	B-	B-
John Hooks	Fr.	PF	B-	F	F	F	C+	B-	C
Danny Bunnell	Sr.	C	A	D	D-	D-	A	A	A-
Michael Donner	Sr.	C	A-	D-	D-	D+	A-	A-	A-

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tannermcc always gets a lot of production out of limited talent. He also always trains his guys for all three defenses. In my recollection, he mostly plays zone/press, occasionally breaking out the man/press, depending on the matchup.

In reviewing tanner's schedule, he was beaten mostly by teams playing an uptempo with at least a halfcourt press. He was beaten by other teams, too, but something like 6 of the 9 losses were with that formula, and between a -2 and a +2 on defense, on all of them. About a quarter of his shots are from behind the arc, and Baylor sinks 35.8% of those.

The other participants in the Final Four are Nebraska and Wisconsin. Nebraska is a newcomer to the elite, with a coach straight from DII and a four year cycle of program building. Wisconsin, on the other hand, was in the Championship Game last year, and the Elite 8 the year before that. Both are talented, though Maryland is the most talented team in the field.

Maryland 28-6, 13-3
Goddammit! How many times do I have to make it to The Final Four or the Championship Game before I win a DI Championship?!?

From:Pete Bailey To:Coach colorblind79 Subject:Thanks coach Sent:05/19/2010 2:53AM

Coach, even with that Final 4 loss, it was still a heck of a season, one that everyone on campus is proud of! I just hope you're around next season to take us even further. Pete Bailey Athletic Director University of Maryland

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Amazingly, only Hargraves decided to declare for the Draft early. That means that we'll have Jaco and Lyons next year when I wasn't counting on that (but knew it would be a big help). I will be losing only 3 players this year, in Hargraves, Avalos, and Grady.

Hargraves can be ably replaced by Hill, who knows the system perfectly and has only a slight drop-off in athleticism, defense, and ball-handling.

Ernest Bold can step in as the backup SF next year, and improve towards being the #1 SF as a junior.

Grady can't be replaced easily, but we do have Derek Phillips coming off of a redshirt and needing playing time, which will be freed up with Grady's departure.

some perspective:

Season	Coach	Overall W-L	Home W-L	Road W-L	Neutral W-L	Conf W-L	Rank	RPI	Prestige	Notes
38	colorblind79	28-6	12-2	10-2	6-2	13-3	3	2	A+	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (Final Four)
37	colorblind79	25-5	12-1	11-2	2-2	15-1	12	6	A+	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (2nd Round)
36	colorblind79	18-13	10-3	5-8	3-2	10-6		29	A+	NT At-large Bid NT (2nd Round)
35	colorblind79	32-3	14-1	10-1	8-1	14-2	2	1	A+	Conf Champion CT Champion NT (Championship Game)
34	colorblind79	21-9	10-2	9-5	2-2	12-4	15	6	A	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (Sweet 16)
33	colorblind79	17-11	10-3	7-6	0-2	10-6		33	A	NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
32	colorblind79	26-6	11-2	11-2	4-2	13-3	9	3	A	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (Sweet 16)
31	colorblind79	24-9	12-3	6-5	6-1	11-5	9	14	A-	CT Champion NT (Elite 8)
30	colorblind79	12-16	11-4	0-11	1-1	5-11		118	B
29	colorblind79	17-13	8-6	7-5	2-2	9-7		45	B+	NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
28	colorblind79	17-11	10-5	6-5	1-1	9-7		109	B+
27	Sim AI	4-23	4-8	0-14	0-1	1-15		251	A
26	oldresorter	24-8	12-2	7-5	5-1	12-4	11	8	A+	CT Champion NT (Sweet 16)
25	oldresorter	25-10	10-1	7-8	8-1	10-6	2	9	A+	Conf Champion CT Champion NT (Championship Game)
24	oldresorter	23-10	10-2	8-6	5-2	10-6	11	13	A	NT At-large Bid NT (Final Four)
23	oldresorter	16-13	8-5	7-6	1-2	8-8		57	A	NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
22	oldresorter	19-10	11-2	7-6	1-2	10-6		15	A	NT At-large Bid NT (2nd Round)
21	oldresorter	19-11	10-3	7-6	2-2	11-5		28	A	NT At-large Bid NT (2nd Round)
20	oldresorter	27-3	12-0	13-1	2-2	15-1	24	5	A-	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (2nd Round)
19	oldresorter	25-7	9-4	12-1	4-2	13-3	14	13	A-	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (Elite 8)
18	oldresorter	11-16	5-5	6-10	0-1	5-11		119	A-
17	oldresorter	10-17	8-7	2-9	0-1	4-12		224	-
16	Sim AI	10-17	6-8	4-8	0-1	8-8		238	-

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I have surpassed oldresorter in overall wins with the program, and in postseason wins with the program. While the base that he created proved useful in the beginning of my tenure, here, I think that I can safely say that the program is fully mine at this juncture.

Quote: Originally Posted By colorblind79 on 11/08/2009

Brent Grady
PF|6'11"|233 lbs.|2.6 GPA
Perry Hall HS|Baltimore, MD

PF

648

Athleticism 55 Speed 60 Rebounding 70 Defense 66 Shot Blocking 78 Low-post 78 Perimeter 26 Ball Handling 30 Passing 29 Work Ethic 60 Stamina 54 Durability 42 Previous Season Stats GP MPG PPG RPG FG% FG3% FT% APG SPG BPG 23 20 16.3 7.8 65.1 27.4 65.6 0.5 0.2 1.9 Current Rating Potential Current Rating Potential Athleticism 55 High Perimeter 26 Average Speed 60 Low Ball Handling 30 Low Rebounding 70 High Passing 29 Average Defense 66 High Stamina 54 High Shot Blocking 78 High Durability 42 Average Low-post 78 High FT Shooting Average #15 PF, #53 Overall, ****; no promises. Another high ceiling guy who isn't ready to contribute at a high level, Brent Grady will be riding the pine pretty hard his first year, but should become a very, very good player with some practice time and perhaps a bit of time on the floor. I deeply hope that his stamina tops out in the 90s (though the 80s would be fine) and not at the lower end of "high." This one has the chance to be amazing, though his FT shooting will never be great.

Grady eventually became a star for me, though on a defense-first team (all of my recent teams seem to be defense-first), he never had great offensive stats. Nonetheless, his contributions were significant in three successful years, and he helped spell our more experienced players as a freshman...a year we went to the Championship. He will be hard to replace.

Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG3	FG3	FTM	FTA	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
38	34	34	792	131	288	0	0	64	90	69	203	13	54	55	32	53	326
37	30	30	669	92	220	0	1	51	83	50	156	6	33	39	30	52	235
36	31	31	662	78	168	0	0	45	66	39	124	11	41	22	21	44	201
35	35	0	377	16	45	0	0	5	12	22	68	4	18	16	11	34	37
Totals	130	95	2500	317	721	0	1	165	251	180	551	34	146	132	94	183	799

Conference Awards
2nd Team All-Conference once 3rd Team All-Conference once Team Records: 13th in blocks, 9th in steals

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10.

Atlanta Hawks

Brent Grady 6'11, 233 PF - University of Maryland / Senior

Quote: Originally Posted By colorblind79 on 12/29/2009

Millard Hargraves
PG|6'1"|197 lbs.|2.7 GPA
Rappahannock County HS|Washington, VA

PG

651

Athleticism 88 Speed 92 Rebounding 18 Defense 80 Shot Blocking 2 Low-post 2 Perimeter 54 Ball Handling 90 Passing 92 Work Ethic 27 Stamina 69 Durability 37 Previous Season Stats GP MPG PPG RPG FG% FG3% FT% APG SPG BPG 19 24 8.0 1.4 34.5 52.5 68.2 6.3 2.3 0.3 Current Rating Potential Current Rating Potential Athleticism 88 Average Perimeter 54 High Speed 92 Average Ball Handling 90 Average Rebounding 18 Low Passing 92 Average Defense 80 Average Stamina 69 High Shot Blocking 2 Average Durability 37 Average Low-post 2 Average FT Shooting Average

#7 PG, #33 overall, *****; promised the start, promised 15 minutes. While he hasn't technically signed yet, Millard Hargraves will be joining the team officially within a few hours - I pulled ahead maybe $20k ago and decided that since I wasn't looking to fill the last scholarship, it'd be a waste not to just use the remaining funds...and I know that UVA is already out of resources, so I figured I'd get him up now, since I have a free moment. Hargraves is already an outstanding pass-first point guard. He will become an outstanding all-around point guard...though I suppose he could top out in terms of his perimeter rating somewhere in the 70s, that's still just fine...look at James Bourget, who school early and was drafted with less athleticism than Hargraves. If, somehow, this player stays for 4 years, I predict that he will be the assists leader of all time for UMD.

Millard Hargraves was a good, but not great guard for the Terps. For some reason, his assist-to-turnover ratio was consistently mediocre. I think once we go to the new engine, a guy like this would probably have many more assists, but in his three years with me, he never was anything more than an average PG. He was pretty decent as a scorer in his sophomore season. This year, he was less efficient with the ball, there. Anyways, he was a good component but I don't think I'll be saying to myself, "if only I still had Millard Hargraves."

Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG3M	FG3A	FTM	FTA	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
38	34	34	681	68	165	14	62	25	38	17	61	82	68	48	1	45	175
37	30	30	630	71	149	26	73	23	45	15	43	66	59	42	0	39	191
36	31	31	623	63	140	17	53	22	30	12	51	67	70	28	0	40	165
Totals	95	95	1934	202	454	57	188	70	113	44	155	215	197	118	1	124	531

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No awards.

15th in steals.

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50.

New York Knicks

Millard Hargraves 6'2", 197 PG - University of Maryland / Junior

Quote: Originally Posted By colorblind79 on 2/16/2010

Jack Avalos
SF|6'4"|190 lbs.|3.2 GPA
Chesapeake College|Wye Mills, MD

SF

715

Athleticism 64 Speed 66 Rebounding 55 Defense 94 Shot Blocking 38 Low-post 59 Perimeter 57 Ball Handling 58 Passing 57 Work Ethic 47 Stamina 75 Durability 45 Previous Season Stats GP MPG PPG RPG FG% FG3% FT% APG SPG BPG 27 25 9.1 3.9 41.7 23.0 64.6 0.5 0.1 2.1 Current Rating Potential Current Rating Potential Athleticism 64 High Perimeter 57 High Speed 66 High Ball Handling 58 Average Rebounding 55 Average Passing 57 High Defense 94 Low Stamina 75 High Shot Blocking 38 Average Durability 45 Average Low-post 59 Low FT Shooting Low #6 SF, #42 Overall, *****; JuCo Junior, no promises. Jack Avalos would be fantastic if he were a freshman, but he also would have been much, much more expensive to recruit. I didn't like any of the freshman SFs I saw and I needed a good backup for Lyons. Avalos will be that, and depending on how quickly he develops, he could conceivably get up to NBA level before graduating in two years. I will be practicing conditioning with him very heavily.

Avalos was the best JuCo Jr. I have ever had. He played well and developed well, and might even sneak into the NBA Draft's 2nd round, though I doubt it. Considering that Lyons is staying, Avalos has afforded my team some real quailty depth and I am very pleased with my decision to sign him.

Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG3M	FG3A	FTM	FTA	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
38	34	0	559	74	160	12	30	39	63	15	91	25	44	28	9	36	199
37	30	0	571	64	137	12	27	34	50	30	81	24	47	17	7	37	174
Totals	64	0	1130	138	297	24	57	73	113	45	172	49	91	45	16	73	373

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No records or awards.

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35.

Los Angeles Lakers

Jack Avalos 6'4", 190 SF - University of Maryland / Senior

The Maryland Terrapins, pre-recruiting, Season 39:

Name	Yr.	Pos.	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
Brian Hill	Sr.	PG	99	91	10	81	13	12	69	80	92	70	93	87	C	797
Bobby Jaco	Sr.	PG	86	99	45	88	16	5	99	99	99	75	98	99	B-	908
Roger Forbush	Jr.	SG	85	87	11	96	19	23	98	95	94	65	77	92	D	842
Nolan Lyons	Sr.	SF	94	78	75	99	59	85	91	64	91	56	86	50	B-	928
Ernest Bold	So.	SF	95	68	33	96	21	68	78	57	67	59	83	68	B+	793
Brice Diehl	Jr.	C	77	31	97	95	97	95	23	10	26	40	81	64	B	736
Jason Basinger	Jr.	C	82	45	99	94	90	93	9	2	49	30	82	66	C-	741
John McMahon	So.	C	70	47	90	89	90	96	15	6	52	33	78	86	D	752
Derek Phillips	Fr.	C	61	55	93	81	92	94	1	1	56	68	67	80	B	749
Averages	-	-	83	67	61	91	55	63	54	46	70	55	83	77	-	805

g/l on the recruiting trail, it will be a change not having to bump heads w/ you annually.

Quote: Originally Posted By taz21 on 5/24/2010g/l on the recruiting trail, it will be a change not having to bump heads w/ you annually

yeah UMD is in the process of taking a top tier recruit from Georgetown right now. I was shocked to see you go, taz. It looks like you've got a decent replacement, but so far he doesn't know how to pick his battles.

	Current Rating	Potential			Current Rating	Potential
Athleticism	82	Average		Perimeter	40	Average
Speed	60	Average		Ball Handling	25	Low
Rebounding	80	Average		Passing	53	Average
Defense	94	Low		Stamina	64	High
Shot Blocking	80	Average		Durability	36	Average
Low-post	80	Average		FT Shooting		Average

#2 PF, #2 Overall, *****; promised 10 minutes. Kevin Williams, in contrast to Gaertner, was highly targeted by Georgetown. We won the battle in spite of having two fewer scholarships (there was a 2/3 grade or better prestige advantage for us). Anyways, he looks like a fantastic Press PF, other than his stamina, which will improve, and his FT shooting, which won't. In general, he should be a force on defense and offense.

after two lost exhibitions under the new engine, I'm thinking that the Fullcourt Press is not a great option, anymore. I'll probably shift over to a halfcourt Press/Man for now.

Game 1 of the regular season:

St. Joseph s PA 0-1

I admit, this does look good, but my Michigan State team is losing pretty badly, with a young group, and the two lost exhibitions here are a concern. At least one of them is a concern, anyways...the other was against #1 Stanford (we were ranked 3rd and are now ranked 2nd), but they did demolish us.