Michigan St. 6-14, 1-9

A win!

RPI 144, SOS 10

From:John Wilson To:Coach colorblind79 Subject:Mid-term Report Sent:05/19/2008 3:47AM

Mid-term grades just came out. I've attached the report to this email (should be below, but you know how I hate computers so I'm not sure if I did it right). o Student Name Yr. Mid-Term GPA Cumulative GPA o o Lumpkin, Parker Sr. 4.0 3.5 o o Osowski, Marijan Fr. 3.0 3.9 o o Weaver, Floyd So. 2.6 3.0 o o Diaz, Gilberto Fr. 3.3 3.7 o o Mireles, Matthew Jr. 3.3 3.7 o o Freeman, James So. 3.6 3.4 o o Webb, Fred So. 3.7 4.0 o o Bicknell, Russell Sr. 3.4 3.2 o o Triplett, Micheal Sr. 3.6 3.2 o o Brown, Jimmy So. 3.8 3.4 o o Haines, Ervin Fr. 3.7 3.2 o o Cox, Jason Fr. 3.2 2.8 o John Wilson Head Assistant Coach Michigan State University

Notre Dame 11-11, 5-7

Conference wins are rare this year, so worth celebrating. This one went into OT.

RPI 156, SOS 17

Minnesota 16-5, 6-5

Holy crap! Minnesota had the #1 RPI before this! We might actually be turning the corner a little!

RPI 144, SOS 11

Great win cb!

Quote: Originally Posted By horsefan3277 on 5/22/2008
Great win cb!

thanks. We had a loss yesterday at Iowa but now I get to post another win:

Ohio St. 13-12, 5-10


Michigan St. 9-15, 4-10

Mireles had a fantastic game here, but really overall it was a team effort, with a bunch of solid performances.

RPI 134, SOS 6

I bet that if I were in an easier conference, I could be contending for the NT at this point. That Strength of Schedule is killing me, in the sense that I have dogfights any time I don't have a one-sided slaughter against me.

Michigan St. 10-15, 5-10

Awesome. It sure seems like we're turning a corner here.

RPI 120, SOS 6

From:John Wilson To:Coach colorblind79 Subject:Grades Posted Sent:05/26/2008 5:03AM

The final grades for this term have just been posted. Here are the final grades for everyone: o Student Name Yr. Term GPA Cumulative GPA o o Lumpkin, Parker Sr. 4.0 3.5 o o Osowski, Marijan Fr. 3.1 3.5 o o Weaver, Floyd So. 2.9 3.0 o o Diaz, Gilberto Fr. 4.0 3.9 o o Mireles, Matthew Jr. 2.9 3.5 o o Freeman, James So. 3.3 3.4 o o Webb, Fred So. 3.8 4.0 o o Bicknell, Russell Sr. 3.4 3.2 o o Triplett, Micheal Sr. 3.5 3.2 o o Brown, Jimmy So. 3.9 3.5 o o Haines, Ervin Fr. 3.7 3.2 o o Cox, Jason Fr. 3.1 3.0 o John Wilson Head Assistant Coach Michigan State University

Michigan St. 10-17, 5-11

Oh well, end of the year. After improvements stop in a day or two, I'll post some stuff about the outgoing seniors.

Quote: Originally Posted By colorblind79 on 4/27/2008

beginning of season 29:

Name	Yr.	Pos.	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
Parker Lumpkin	Sr.	PG	97	97	11	62	1	23	78	97	97	62	80	62	C-	767
Marijan Osowski	Fr.	PG	47	91	29	43	1	16	36	82	74	67	77	32	C+	595
Floyd Weaver	So.	SG	94	82	23	39	1	22	83	83	87	69	73	47	B	703
Gilberto Diaz	Fr.	SG	53	77	25	67	1	25	72	60	76	36	77	74	B	643
Matthew Mireles	Jr.	SF	88	76	67	77	42	69	85	54	61	26	78	57	C-	780
James Freeman	So.	SF	83	77	47	63	23	75	86	41	57	60	79	39	D-	730
Fred Webb	So.	PF	60	47	78	95	74	77	19	17	39	64	65	51	A-	686
Russell Bicknell	Sr.	C	62	39	90	58	87	79	15	16	40	51	67	82	D+	686
Micheal Triplett	Sr.	C	32	53	84	51	85	91	11	1	54	70	76	32	C+	640
Jimmy Brown	So.	C	60	45	86	62	82	94	20	14	44	43	62	61	C+	673
Ervin Haines	Fr.	C	54	32	83	58	74	67	1	16	31	46	67	61	B-	590
Jason Cox	Fr.	PF	27	35	13	29	17	37	19	30	28	48	75	54	C	412
Averages	-	-	63	63	53	59	41	56	44	43	57	54	73	54	-	659

Name	Yr.	Pos.	Flex	Motion	Triangle	Fastbreak	Man	Zone	Press
Parker Lumpkin	Sr.	PG	F	A-	F	C-	B+	F	B-
Marijan Osowski	Fr.	PG	C-	F	F	F	D+	F	F
Floyd Weaver	So.	SG	C	B-	F	F	F	F	B
Gilberto Diaz	Fr.	SG	F	F	C+	F	D	F	F
Matthew Mireles	Jr.	SF	F	B+	F	F	B-	F	B-
James Freeman	So.	SF	F	B-	C-	F	D+	F	B-
Fred Webb	So.	PF	F	B	F	F	C-	F	B
Russell Bicknell	Sr.	C	F	B-	F	C+	B-	F	B+
Micheal Triplett	Sr.	C	F	B-	F	B-	F	B	B-
Jimmy Brown	So.	C	F	B-	C-	F	C-	F	B
Ervin Haines	Fr.	C	F	B-	F	C-	C-	F	B-
Jason Cox	Fr.	PF	F	F	F	C-	F	F	C-

improvement/change:

Lumpkin - +20 points
Osowski - +19 points, + 1/3 FT
Weaver - +26 points
Diaz - +38 points
Mireles - +26 points, - 1/3 FT
Freeman - +45 points
Webb - +45 points, + 1/3 FT
Bicknell - +24 points, + 1/3 FT
Triplett - +28 points
Brown - +40 points
Haines - +37 points, + 1/3 FT

end of improvements, Season 29:

Name	Yr.	Pos.	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
Parker Lumpkin	Sr.	PG	97	97	11	66	1	22	83	97	97	70	82	64	C-	787
Marijan Osowski	Fr.	PG	48	91	31	44	1	15	45	83	77	67	79	33	B-	614
Floyd Weaver	So.	SG	94	84	23	41	1	21	86	87	89	73	79	51	B	729
Gilberto Diaz	Fr.	SG	55	79	28	68	1	24	77	67	81	45	80	76	B	681
Matthew Mireles	Jr.	SF	89	77	70	77	42	72	86	58	65	30	81	59	D+	806
James Freeman	So.	SF	85	79	54	65	23	79	88	47	62	68	83	42	D-	775
Fred Webb	So.	PF	64	51	83	96	76	82	18	17	43	72	73	56	A	731
Russell Bicknell	Sr.	C	66	43	90	61	88	84	14	16	40	51	73	84	C-	710
Micheal Triplett	Sr.	C	36	57	88	53	86	92	10	1	57	72	81	35	C+	668
Jimmy Brown	So.	C	64	50	89	64	83	95	20	14	48	51	70	65	C+	713
Ervin Haines	Fr.	C	58	36	86	59	76	75	1	16	33	49	73	65	B	627
Jason Cox	Fr.	PF	28	36	15	31	18	41	21	34	32	48	77	55	C+	436
Averages	-	-	65	65	56	60	41	58	46	45	60	58	78	57	-	690

Name	Yr.	Pos.	Flex	Motion	Triangle	Fastbreak	Man	Zone	Press
Parker Lumpkin	Sr.	PG	F	A	F	C-	B+	F	B+
Marijan Osowski	Fr.	PG	C-	B-	F	F	D+	F	B-
Floyd Weaver	So.	SG	C	B+	D-	D-	D-	D-	A-
Gilberto Diaz	Fr.	SG	F	B-	C+	F	D+	F	B-
Matthew Mireles	Jr.	SF	F	A-	F	F	B-	F	B+
James Freeman	So.	SF	D-	A-	C-	D-	C-	D-	A-
Fred Webb	So.	PF	D-	A-	D-	D-	C-	D-	A-
Russell Bicknell	Sr.	C	D-	B+	D-	B-	B-	D-	A-
Micheal Triplett	Sr.	C	D-	B+	D-	B-	D-	B	B+
Jimmy Brown	So.	C	D-	B+	C-	D-	C-	D-	A-
Ervin Haines	Fr.	C	D-	B+	D-	C-	C-	D-	B+
Jason Cox	Fr.	PF	F	B-	F	C-	F	F	B

Quote: Originally Posted By colorblind79 on 3/05/2008

Micheal Triplett
C|6'9"|236 lbs.|2.9 GPA
Northern Essex Community College|Eaton Rapids, MI

C

584

Athleticism 27 Speed 47 Rebounding 77 Defense 47 Shot Blocking 78 Low-post 82 Perimeter 11 Ball Handling 1 Passing 50 Work Ethic 65 Stamina 72 Durability 27 Previous Season Stats GP MPG PPG RPG FG% FG3% FT% APG SPG BPG 14 21 7.4 6.0 55.0 25.0 66.9 1.8 1.1 2.5

#66 C, #278 Overall, ***, JuCo Junior; promised 15 minutes. I signed Triplett for $110, along with another JuCo Junior for the same price, Russell Bicknell. Neither of them is great, by any means, but they'll help me round out my classes. Bicknell will have a greater impact unless Triplett knows the Motion offense and Bicknell doesn't.

Triplett was pretty decent and served an important function of fixing the classes here. He was a role player, nothing more, and he won't be missed much, but I'm glad I signed him.

Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FG%	FG3%	FT%	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
29	27	0	14.7	.476		.743	1.1	2.8	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.7	1.3	3.9
28	29	0	20.4	.400		.727	1.4	4.7	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.7	5.1
Averages				.427		.734	1.2	3.8	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.9	1.5	4.5

This player has not won any awards.

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Team Records:

None.

Quote: Originally Posted By colorblind79 on 3/05/2008

Russell Bicknell
C|7'2"|253 lbs.|3.0 GPA
Southwestern Christian College|San Antonio, TX

C

629

Athleticism 55 Speed 35 Rebounding 90 Defense 53 Shot Blocking 80 Low-post 68 Perimeter 15 Ball Handling 16 Passing 38 Work Ethic 47 Stamina 59 Durability 73 Previous Season Stats GP MPG PPG RPG FG% FG3% FT% APG SPG BPG 32 19 12.9 6.1 59.7 8.4 60.5 1.2 0.1 1.7

#54 C, #244 Overall, ***, JuCo Junior; promised 15 minutes. Bicknell is huge, which is kinda fun to bring onto my team. He's only going to be with us for two seasons, and I signed him for a cheap reserve who'd help me round out my classes. I think he'll do pretty well in his time here, though I suppose that depends partially on if he knows the motion. I don't know at all whether he or Triplett does, because I didn't scout them.

Russell Bicknell was a little more effective/impressive than Triplett, but he was still a role player and space filler. He might be a little missed, but I don't love that FT% of his.