I like reading the other tracking threads, and I'm thinking this may force me to be a more active owner... so here we go.

I moved up to DII by accident, I liked my knox team, but i've decided to embrase the Shepard team as my own.

Here is the current roster.

Terrance Sullivan	So.	PG	54	63	11	51	2	3	61	54	50	54	82	71	C+	556
David Alley	Jr.	SG	62	66	28	48	10	27	46	87	62	82	78	91	B	687
Larry Munsch	Sr.	SF	47	59	68	50	59	34	48	41	42	38	74	72	C+	632
Barry Apel	Jr.	SF	69	40	29	67	12	57	57	48	52	51	63	81	C+	626
Allen Adams	Sr.	PF	71	63	69	62	57	80	30	47	50	84	71	94	B-	778
Marcus Arrington	Jr.	PF	45	35	72	40	62	69	21	39	55	51	49	48	B	586
Leslie Hazzard	Sr.	C	50	36	76	34	94	86	36	31	41	69	78	65	C	696
Robert Basnight	Jr.	C	65	17	68	54	49	63	3	16	39	61	67	65	A-	567
Victor Beamon	So.	C	49	24	78	68	61	47	36	33	21	38	54	73	C	582
Averages	-	-	57	45	55	53	45	52	38	44	46	59	68	73	-	634

Just know I dropped a SG who was OK allaround, but not great at anything. He was 532 overall as a sophomore, and I decided I'd rather recruit guys I know that go with the last owner. So I've got 12k to fill 3 spots.

I'm looking for 2 SGs... a juco or transfer to add depth, and a freshmen with really high potential.
I'm also obviously looking for a PG. I'm looking for one who can do it all, but mostly passing, ballhandling and defense.
If I have a chance I'm going to drop basnight for a PF/C with high potential I can call my own. basnight is not a bad player, but i want to have a little youth in the frontcourt and even out the classes some. Might be hard to do with only 12K.

When it comes to the current team I can tell my strengths are at PF and SF. I also have a pretty good C. I like my Junior SG too. my weakness is obviously at PG. But I don't expect much from there except not to turn it over.

The team went 14-14 last year, but I'm thinking it could have been the old coach and bad luck. I'm seeing some sort of tourney experience for this team this season, hoping for NT, expect PI. Gonna be playing a lot of inside out ball, lots of inside shots, hopefully lots of drawn fouls as well. The team runs a triangle/zone. I've never run either. I'm a motion press fan. I'm gonna give the triangle/zone a chance and see how it goes. But if I can't get a handle on the distro/defense i may make a midseason switch because I see season 2 with shepard to be a rebuilding year due to gradauations.

How do you accidentally move up to D2...that's what I find most intriguing lol.

i applied for a job and had second thoughts. I thought I had removed the application, but alas, i login one day and boom, i'm at DII..

so recruiting is over. I was able to get 3 guards, but did not get the big man I wanted. I also had to go to my second option at PG. I think I'd give myself a b- or a c+ for the year. neither of my recruits were dropdowns, which is bad as well. 

so here we go. At PG, 5 foot 9, 165 pound ronald baker. He will never be the fastest on the court, but he should be able to shoot and pass pretty well. He's going to be a backup most of his career behind sullivan. That is of course assuming sullivan has any sort of potential. If baker gains quickly and sullivan doesn't he might take over. But if he does become a starter, it says something bad about the PG position on my team.




Athleticism 49 Low      Perimeter 68 Average
Speed 60 Low             Ball Handling 62 Low
Rebounding 1 Low     Passing 54 High
Defense 35 High        Stamina 73 High
Shot Blocking 1          Low Durability 64 High
Low-post 1 Low          FT Shooting High

My second freshmen this year, 6 foot 189 pound Joe Hatch. With a WE of almost 70 i expect him to develop quickly, and be ready to get meaningful minutes by his sophomore year. He has HIGH pot in all the good places. give him 2 years and he could become a very good outside shooter. Won't ever do much inside, but he doesn't need to be. 

Athleticism 20 High       Perimeter 44 High
Speed 52 High              Ball Handling 52 High
Rebounding 11 Low    Passing 67 Average
Defense 32 Average    Stamina 67 Average
Shot Blocking 1 Low    Durability 66 High
Low-post 1 High           FT     Shooting High

The reason Hatch will have plenty of time to develop this season - Charles Talbot. He's a senior transfer from a DI program. Potential doesn't matter much, seeing he's a senior. He should play a good backup this year, and give me a scholly next year to play with next offseason. He's got decent defense and shooting and BH/P attributes. He'll play 10 minutes a game, maybe 15. Alley will start, talbot will be the backup. Hatch will simply develop and learn.

Athleticism 43
Speed 57
Rebounding 5
Defense 63
Shot Blocking 7
Low-post 0
Perimeter 73
Ball Handling 48
Passing 61
Work Ethic 51
Stamina 78
Durability 38

I won my first two exhibition games as expected.... Here is my full roster as the regular season begins. I'm ranked 7th preseason. I've never been that high before, so it will be new. Luckily during the preseason I should have an easy enough schedule to figure out the team.

Name	Yr.	Pos.	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
Terrance Sullivan	So.	PG	54	63	11	51	2	3	61	54	50	54	82	72	C+	557
Ronald Baker	Fr.	PG	49	60	1	35	1	1	68	62	54	29	73	64	C	497
Charles Talbot	Sr.	SG	43	57	5	63	7	1	73	48	61	51	79	38	A	526
David Alley	Jr.	SG	62	66	28	48	11	27	46	87	63	82	78	91	B	689
Joe Hatch	Fr.	SG	20	52	11	32	1	1	45	52	67	68	67	66	C-	482
Larry Munsch	Sr.	SF	47	59	68	51	59	34	48	41	42	38	74	72	C+	633
Barry Apel	Jr.	SF	69	40	29	67	12	57	57	48	52	51	63	81	C+	626
Allen Adams	Sr.	PF	71	63	69	62	57	80	30	47	50	84	71	94	B-	778
Marcus Arrington	Jr.	PF	45	36	72	40	62	69	21	39	55	51	50	49	B	589
Leslie Hazzard	Sr.	C	51	36	76	34	94	86	36	31	41	69	78	65	C	697
Robert Basnight	Jr.	C	65	17	68	54	49	64	3	16	39	61	67	65	A	568
Victor Beamon	So.	C	49	25	79	68	61	47	36	33	22	38	55	74	C	587
Averages	-	-	52	48	43	50	35	39	44	46	50	56	70	69	-	602

One game down - 1 win. I'm actually a little amazed i only won by 10. Not going to argue though. Favorite thing i saw was rebounding. Harman is a beast, but we still got ours as a team.


Shepherd (1-0)

Shepard has just finished the non-con schedule. I'm pretty happy.

Name	Yr.	Pos	GP	GS	MIN	FG%	FG3%	FT%	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
D. Alley	Jr.	SG	10	10	29.0	.543	.500	.774	0.3	1.8	2.8	1.6	1.3	0.0	2.3	14.7
A. Adams	Sr.	PF	10	10	26.4	.610		.705	2.0	5.9	0.8	1.4	1.6	1.6	2.0	18.7
L. Hazzard	Sr.	C	10	10	26.1	.534	.000	.717	2.3	7.7	2.0	1.3	0.4	1.1	2.5	12.7
T. Sullivan	So.	PG	10	10	25.1	.458	.375	.762	0.4	1.4	3.1	1.4	1.3	0.0	1.7	4.4
B. Apel	Jr.	SF	10	10	24.7	.537	.432	.759	0.7	2.8	1.4	1.3	0.7	0.2	1.7	14.0
L. Munsch	Sr.	SF	10	0	15.7	.447	.267	.550	0.8	3.0	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.7	4.9
C. Talbot	Sr.	SG	10	0	15.2	.469	.464	.833	0.1	0.8	2.2	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.8	5.3
M. Arrington	Jr.	PF	10	0	12.3	.486	.000	.867	1.0	3.6	1.0	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	4.7
V. Beamon	So.	C	10	0	11.1	.636		.857	1.1	3.8	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.8	2.0
R. Baker	Fr.	PG	10	0	10.6	.400	.500	.800	0.1	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.3
R. Basnight	Jr.	C	10	0	6.3	.833		1.000	1.1	2.5	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.2	2.8
J. Hatch	Fr.	SG	3	0	1.7				0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT	FG	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
10/06	@St. Leo	W 70-60	22	52	42.3	5	13	38.5	21	29	72.4	10	32	12	8	8	1	15	70
10/06	Florida Southern	W 60-89	31	52	59.6	4	12	33.3	23	33	69.7	10	36	17	10	8	4	9	89
10/07	Queens U. (NC)	L 69-67	25	49	51.0	3	8	37.5	14	22	63.6	9	30	10	12	6	3	17	67
10/07	Goldey-Beacom	W 77-86	25	52	48.1	4	12	33.3	32	40	80.0	10	36	15	18	5	5	14	86
10/08	Bemidji St.	W 80-89	33	54	61.1	5	12	41.7	18	23	78.3	9	34	18	14	5	4	17	89
10/08	@St. Mary's (TX)	W 90-65	33	55	60.0	7	14	50.0	17	25	68.0	13	35	19	7	8	5	11	90
10/09	@N.W. Nazarene	W 96-87	34	58	58.6	4	7	57.1	24	29	82.8	10	33	14	13	8	8	17	96
10/09	Alaska Fairbanks	W 60-99	36	59	61.0	7	14	50.0	20	26	76.9	9	39	23	6	7	7	13	99
10/10	@Philadelphia	L 81-91	29	59	49.2	3	9	33.3	20	28	71.4	10	33	15	18	8	3	25	81
10/10	LeMoyne-Owen	W 77-88	31	60	51.7	4	12	33.3	22	27	81.5	9	28	15	8	8	8	11	88

Name	Yr.	Pos.	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
Terrance Sullivan	So.	PG	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	4	1	5	-	14
Ronald Baker	Fr.	PG	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	-	9
Charles Talbot	Sr.	SG	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	-	5
David Alley	Jr.	SG	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	3	2	1	2	-	14
Joe Hatch	Fr.	SG	2	2	0	1	0	1	5	3	1	0	1	2	-	18
Larry Munsch	Sr.	SF	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	-	8
Barry Apel	Jr.	SF	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	4	1	0	-	13
Allen Adams	Sr.	PF	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	3	2	0	0	-	11
Marcus Arrington	Jr.	PF	0	1	2	0	1	3	0	2	0	-1	4	4	-	16
Leslie Hazzard	Sr.	C	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	-	10
Robert Basnight	Jr.	C	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	-4	1	2	-	4
Victor Beamon	So.	C	1	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	3	3	-	17
Averages	-	-	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	-	12

just  finished the conference tourney, lost in the second round.... so far most of my goals have been realized. I won the division (the game called it a conference championship - but i'm pretty sure teams in the north beat me).

Anyway - here's the update.

10/06	@St. Leo	W 70-60	22	52	42.3	5	13	38.5	21	29	72.4	10	32	12	8	8	1	15	70
10/06	Florida Southern	W 60-89	31	52	59.6	4	12	33.3	23	33	69.7	10	36	17	10	8	4	9	89
10/07	Queens U. (NC)	L 69-67	25	49	51.0	3	8	37.5	14	22	63.6	9	30	10	12	6	3	17	67
10/07	Goldey-Beacom	W 77-86	25	52	48.1	4	12	33.3	32	40	80.0	10	36	15	18	5	5	14	86
10/08	Bemidji St.	W 80-89	33	54	61.1	5	12	41.7	18	23	78.3	9	34	18	14	5	4	17	89
10/08	@St. Mary's (TX)	W 90-65	33	55	60.0	7	14	50.0	17	25	68.0	13	35	19	7	8	5	11	90
10/09	@N.W. Nazarene	W 96-87	34	58	58.6	4	7	57.1	24	29	82.8	10	33	14	13	8	8	17	96
10/09	Alaska Fairbanks	W 60-99	36	59	61.0	7	14	50.0	20	26	76.9	9	39	23	6	7	7	13	99
10/10	@Philadelphia	L 81-91	29	59	49.2	3	9	33.3	20	28	71.4	10	33	15	18	8	3	25	81
10/10	LeMoyne-Owen	W 77-88	31	60	51.7	4	12	33.3	22	27	81.5	9	28	15	8	8	8	11	88
10/12	W. Virginia St.	W 80-85	27	53	50.9	2	5	40.0	29	38	76.3	9	33	16	16	10	5	19	85
10/12	@Bluefield St.	W 83-55	30	60	50.0	6	14	42.9	17	24	70.8	16	45	18	11	10	6	14	83
10/13	@Ohio Valley	W 90-76	35	60	58.3	4	11	36.4	16	23	69.6	10	36	16	16	10	6	14	90
10/13	Alderson-Broaddus	W 61-81	31	55	56.4	5	14	35.7	14	21	66.7	10	36	14	10	5	9	10	81
10/14	Charleston	L 77-67	23	45	51.1	2	9	22.2	19	28	67.9	8	31	15	16	4	4	21	67
10/15	Davis and Elkins	W 76-93	33	52	63.5	6	14	42.9	21	29	72.4	8	31	20	8	4	2	16	93
10/15	@W. Virginia St.	W 88-83	31	62	50.0	6	15	40.0	20	25	80.0	11	42	17	12	6	7	12	88
10/16	Fairmont St.	L 81-71	30	60	50.0	6	16	37.5	5	9	55.6	14	34	20	16	6	1	17	71
10/16	@Salem International	W 81-78	28	55	50.9	4	10	40.0	21	27	77.8	11	32	13	16	7	2	16	81
10/17	@Charleston	W 80-63	31	55	56.4	4	10	40.0	14	21	66.7	9	30	17	13	7	1	16	80
10/17	Salem International	L 92-79	30	57	52.6	2	9	22.2	17	24	70.8	10	35	16	23	6	2	19	79
10/18	@Concord	W 83-64	28	52	53.8	3	9	33.3	24	33	72.7	11	42	13	14	5	6	13	83
10/19	Ohio Valley	W 78-80	25	53	47.2	5	8	62.5	25	33	75.8	13	32	14	16	10	1	18	80
10/19	W. Liberty St.	W 62-86	31	54	57.4	8	14	57.1	16	25	64.0	14	39	16	10	5	7	14	86
10/20	@Glenville St.	L 85-88	31	54	57.4	7	17	41.2	16	24	66.7	7	29	19	15	3	1	19	85
10/20	@W. Liberty St.	W 79-65	29	50	58.0	2	6	33.3	19	29	65.5	10	35	17	13	8	7	16	79
10/21	Concord	W 55-76	28	55	50.9	4	9	44.4	16	21	76.2	8	39	18	16	7	5	13	76
10/22	Glenville St.	L 77-64	24	46	52.2	4	11	36.4	12	19	63.2	9	29	16	23	6	4	21	64

Terrance Sullivan	So.	PG	54	63	11	59	5	3	61	55	51	63	84	84	B-	593
Ronald Baker	Fr.	PG	49	61	1	39	1	1	71	63	61	30	77	68	C-	522
Charles Talbot	Sr.	SG	45	57	4	63	10	1	73	48	61	55	81	38	A	536
David Alley	Jr.	SG	63	67	29	53	13	30	46	90	67	87	79	95	B+	719
Joe Hatch	Fr.	SG	24	57	11	35	2	3	57	59	69	68	68	70	C	523
Larry Munsch	Sr.	SF	50	63	69	52	61	37	49	41	42	41	77	72	B-	654
Barry Apel	Jr.	SF	69	46	34	71	12	60	58	51	53	60	65	82	B-	661
Allen Adams	Sr.	PF	71	63	69	67	58	86	32	47	56	88	72	95	B-	804
Marcus Arrington	Jr.	PF	45	36	77	40	64	78	21	44	55	52	58	57	B	627
Leslie Hazzard	Sr.	C	52	37	76	35	96	91	39	31	41	76	82	66	C	722
Robert Basnight	Jr.	C	68	17	68	57	49	68	3	17	39	52	69	69	A	576
Victor Beamon	So.	C	51	29	84	70	62	47	41	34	25	39	61	79	C	622
Averages	-	-	53	50	44	53	36	42	46	48	52	59	73	73	-	630
Key: A=Athleticism, BH=Ball Handling, P=Passing, SPD=Speed, DE=Defense, REB=Rebounding, BLK=Shot Blocking, PE=Perimeter, LP=Low Post, ST=Stamina, DU=Durability, WE=Work Ethic

an addition to the last update. I do not expect to make the NT. I simply lost 2-3 games i should have won, and that's the difference.

But I should make the PI, and if I can get past the first round there i'll be very happy.

As for my players. Happy with the progress of Baker and hatch. Looks like sullivan is maxed out in the important stats, i was worried about that. Arrington improved nicely, as did Beamon. Both will start next year (barring a promise to someone). Apel looks like he can handle being the starter as well.

Basnight said he's going to leave because of a lack of PT. He's only getting about 5 mins a game, so I can't say i blame him. but that means I'm going to have 5 spots to fill next year. I'll go SG, SF, PF, C and a best available (redshirt hopefully).

So i was going to post an update with my 4 recruits and their potential - but I waited too long.
I got 3 of the 4 guys I wanted (the 4th was taken by a DI team).

here is my team as it starts the season. Obisouly losing Hazzard and Adams is a big, but I think I can get enough scoring out of Apel and Alley to win games.
 

I am redshirting grier - he's high potential in everything except for Speed and Athleticism. I'm getting a redshirt year can add 30-40 points to his overall. He'ss be a decent 4 next year when he's pressed to play a lot of minutes. He'll be a very good player by his RSsophomore and junior years.

Cespedes has either high or average potential in every category except for passing. I see him as a 3-4 type player. He's going to backup at the 3 and 4 this year, and should be starting at one of the positions next year. By his senior year he should be a beast.

Lanier is taking over for hatch as the primary backup at SG. he doesn't have a ton of potential, but he can score. I expect him to make gains at passing, defense, BH and speed. He's going to be a damn good scorer and #2 guard by his senior year.

Harris is the last freshmen. he's backup up at the 5 this year. He could take over as early as next year (depends if I play Beamon at the 4 or 5). He's a stereotypical 5. he's got high potential in rebounding, defense, and LP, and BH. I expect him to do 5-10 minutes this year, rebound, pound the paint. He'll be a good scorer and rebounder later in his career, as long i keep my expectations in check i'll be very happy.

I'm giving this recruiting class a B. I got the positions I needed if you count cespedes or grier as a SF (which i do, just won't be able to decide which one until a year of growth). Next year it going to be another 4 man class, 1 of which will be redshirted. Next year's class will be a PG, SF, and 2 bigmen (at least 1 pure center).

Baker is taking over for sullivan at the starting spot. He's better in every core category except Ath and Speed. With all the scoring I lost I need the primary ballhandler to be able to score as well, Baker does that. Sullivan will backup.

Not much needs to be said about arrington, alley, apel, beamon and basnight. They are who they are, they're not going to improve a ton, but should be solid. Alley and Apel could both by first or second team players if used right. Alley was last year as the 3rd option on the team.

Name	Yr.	Pos.	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
Terrance Sullivan	Jr.	PG	55	62	11	60	6	3	62	56	53	63	81	87	B-	599
Ronald Baker	So.	PG	51	59	2	38	1	1	73	64	63	30	76	67	C	525
David Alley	Sr.	SG	63	67	31	55	14	31	47	91	67	87	78	98	B+	729
Joe Hatch	So.	SG	25	61	11	37	2	3	58	58	68	68	70	76	C	537
Jeffrey Lanier	Fr.	SG	32	61	8	17	1	16	89	53	73	29	80	60	C-	519
Barry Apel	Sr.	SF	69	46	33	71	13	61	60	53	54	60	62	83	B	665
Marcus Arrington	Sr.	PF	44	37	81	42	65	79	21	44	55	52	59	58	B	637
Charles Cespedes	Fr.	PF	43	38	47	32	30	26	51	39	47	51	58	51	D	513
William Grier	Fr.	PF	50	38	51	41	42	49	15	24	11	54	54	62	C+	491
Robert Basnight	Sr.	C	68	18	69	57	49	68	3	18	40	52	70	72	A	584
Victor Beamon	Jr.	C	53	29	84	69	63	49	42	36	25	39	61	83	C	633
James Harris	Fr.	C	47	17	71	29	61	73	4	20	18	37	57	58	D+	492
Averages	-	-	50	44	42	46	29	38	44	46	48	52	67	71	-	577

Expectations for the year. We added some new human coaches (yay) to the conference. My OOC schedule is easier than the year before though. I'm expecting another PI appearance, and I don't see why that isn't possible. I want 7-8 wins in OOC, and 10 more in conference. that's 18. If I win 1-2 in the conference tourney i'm at 19-20 and should make the PI. I have obvious weaknesses inside (especially with scoring), but I should have enough to compliment alley, apel, and baker. We'll see how I do.

Wish me luck.