Pennsylvania 4-1
Didn't expect to lose this game, but I am shorthanded, and Brent Grady got injured here. When it rains, it pours, right?

I'm trying to go with a slowdown at this point, hoping that the team will figure out the system before long.

Still ranked, but that won't last.

From:Joe Kent To:Coach colorblind79 Subject:Brent Grady Injury Sent:01/06/2010 3:36AM

Coach, Grady won't miss any time due to his hyper-extended knee. I'd say he's around 80% right now. I'd recommend resting him for at least a couple of days if possible. If you try to hurry him back too soon, he has a greater chance of sustaining another injury. It's really your call though. Joe Kent Head Trainer University of Maryland

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My impression is that my team is really pretty bad right now. I think we might be missing the postseason altogether. I may have to ramp up team practice time so we get up to speed on our system, a little bit quicker, but I'm not sure from where the minutes will come.

Maryland 2-4
I expected to lose this game, and we did so, badly.

I think we're playing for next year, in all honesty.

unranked.

College Sports Network
1/8/2010 5:43:00 AM
WCAA begin investigation of possible rules violations at Syracuse

Really!?!

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E. Michigan 2-5

STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Jamie Griffen, c	29	3-6	0-1	1-3	0	4	0	3	0	0	4	7
David Becton, pf	27	4-7	0-1	4-4	4	10	0	1	0	0	4	12
James Johnson, sf	24	1-5	0-4	4-4	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	6
Brian Jarrett, sg	26	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	3	7	0	0	2	0
Stewart Smith, pg	25	1-2	1-1	1-3	0	0	4	4	2	0	1	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Steve Gibson, pf	24	1-6	0-1	0-0	2	4	0	1	1	3	3	2
Thomas Anderson, sf	16	3-3	3-3	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9
Jeremy Post, sg	13	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	4
Patrick Bowen, pg	13	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	2
Robert Potts, pg	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peter Holloway, c	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	200	16-37	4-14	10-14	8	27	11	21	4	3	18	46
Percentages		.432	.286	.714

Maryland 3-4

STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Adam Gill, c	26	3-5	0-0	3-4	1	6	0	0	1	0	2	9
Brent Grady, pf	17	0-0	0-0	2-4	1	5	0	0	0	0	4	2
Scott Blakey, sf	31	2-4	0-2	3-4	0	1	1	1	2	0	4	7
Bobby Jaco, pg	26	4-8	2-5	1-2	0	2	4	0	2	0	1	11
Millard Hargraves, pg	23	4-5	2-2	2-2	0	1	1	4	1	0	1	12
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Harrison Parsons, sg	26	2-8	1-3	0-0	1	1	4	2	1	0	0	5
Jonathan Knipp, c	20	2-5	0-0	3-4	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	7
Brian Hill, pg	19	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	2	3	2	1	0	1	2
Wilbur Teed, c	12	0-3	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
Totals	200	18-40	5-13	14-20	5	20	13	11	11	1	14	55
Percentages		.450	.385	.700

Some small signs of hope, and Nolan is slowly recovering.

From:Nicholas Park To:Coach colorblind79 Subject:Mid-term Grade Report Sent:01/08/2010 3:15AM

Mid-term grades just came out. I tried to attach it to this email, but if it doesn't come through, let me know - I have a paper copy on my desk. o Student Name Yr. Mid-Term GPA Cumulative GPA o o Hill, Brian Fr. 2.8 3.6 o o Jaco, Bobby Fr. 2.5 0.0 o o Hargraves, Millard Fr. 3.2 0.0 o o Parsons, Harrison So. 3.0 3.5 o o Blakey, Scott Sr. 3.4 3.0 o o Lyons, Nolan Fr. 2.9 0.0 o o Grady, Brent So. 2.5 3.8 o o Knipp, Jonathan Sr. 3.6 3.2 o o Teed, Wilbur Jr. 3.0 2.7 o o Gill, Adam So. 2.9 3.4 o o Diehl, Brice Fr. 2.5 0.0 o o Milligan, Russell Fr. 3.6 0.0 o Nicholas Park Head Assistant Coach University of Maryland

[edit, 2/2/10:]

Syracuse is on probation through 3/2/10 and had their prestige drop down to a B+. They've also gone 15-13 and are on the bubble for the PIT. If they go from a regional power to a regional consideration, that's a big difference for recruiting the NYC area for me.

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Maryland 4-4
Every win is a big positive, even if it is against a bad, sim-coached team. We need every win. Our losses have been bad in the sense of the magnitude of them but they've been against good teams. We just need to keep plugging away. Lyons is almost healed up enough to rejoin the team...that'll probably wait until conference play.

RPI 155, SOS 143, ranked 25th

Winthrop 4-5
Winning ugly is better than losing, no matter what. I would like to see better 3 point shooting from my guys, though. Parsons, in particular, has beeen underperforming.

I'm brining Nolans back next game. Hopefully he will not get re-injured. He's around 80% right now.

RPI 123, SOS 120, ranked 25th

Maryland 5-5
This was an important game - if we had won, I'd have thought we'd have a decent chance for the postseason. We didn't, and I'm thinking that we're probably not going to pull it together in time. Rutgers is an alright team, but not amazing or anything, and their homecourt advantage was a B-minus. A winnable game. Well, we didn't win, and we didn't compete.

RPI 152, SOS 148, unranked

Name	Yr.	Pos	GP	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG3M	FG3A	FTM	FTA	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
S. Blakey	Sr.	SF	10	5	274	23	56	5	17	14	22	13	40	9	21	18	6	17	65
A. Gill	So.	C	10	10	244	30	75	0	0	16	24	22	63	2	11	9	6	24	76
H. Parsons	So.	SG	10	3	231	17	67	4	31	8	12	5	19	16	22	11	0	20	46
B. Jaco	Fr.	PG	10	7	221	23	68	6	35	9	15	6	21	25	13	13	0	10	61
M. Hargraves	Fr.	PG	10	10	208	23	48	6	15	6	10	5	22	18	32	15	0	10	58
J. Knipp	Sr.	C	10	0	193	22	50	0	0	15	18	12	36	5	14	8	10	19	59
B. Hill	Fr.	PG	10	0	189	17	36	6	22	7	10	5	15	17	19	8	1	13	47
B. Grady	So.	PF	10	10	188	14	28	0	0	13	21	7	38	1	9	11	3	16	41
W. Teed	Jr.	C	10	0	140	7	38	0	0	7	12	19	42	4	8	4	2	14	21
N. Lyons	Fr.	SF	5	5	91	7	30	2	8	10	13	5	13	3	7	8	1	7	26
R. Milligan	Fr.	PF	8	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0
Totals						183	496	29	128	105	157	99	309	101	157	106	29	152	500
Opp. Totals						196	467	44	127	115	151	81	320	103	173	91	45	142	551

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Teed has been truly, truly awful. Lyons has been hampered by that injury but he hasn't been doing anything good with the time he has had so far. Hargraves is performing pretty well (ignoring the assist-to-turnover ratio for a PG) but Parsons and Jaco are both absolute trainwrecks. Gill and Grady are respectable at this point. Blakey belongs as a backup, and it shows. Knipp is at least arguably my best player at this point.

I'm not sure if I have to play with distributions or if I just have to ride this out as the team gets more experienced.

We beat winless Clemson, then

Maryland 6-6, 1-1

This was one of the few road games in the conference that we should have had a chance to win. Instead, we completely, and I mean completely suck.

RPI doesn't matter. I'll just put occasional updates - this is another one of the "not our year" years.

[edit:]

close win at NC State, RPI 120ish, 7-6 record

Duke 7-6, 1-2
This is the first significant win of the new era. It's particularly sweet because it's against Duke. Maybe we can build on this.

RPI 111, SOS 128

Florida St. 9-6, 1-4
A nice, convincing victory. We'll be losing the next one, though, against Boston College, a team that should be challenging for the National Championship this year.

RPI 99, SOS 105

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Ball St. 979, Washington St. 977, Alabama 975, Georgia Southern 975, Cincinnati 973, Duke 971, Maryland 970, Samford 970, UCLA 968, Fresno St. 968, Minnesota 967, Washington 966, UMass 965, Kentucky 965, Colorado 963

Miami FL 11-5, 3-3
We're starting to get up to the PIT level of respectability.

RPI 76, SOS 42

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Michigan St. 993, Fresno St. 992, UMass 992, S. Carolina 988, Kentucky 988, UCLA 983, Washington 982, Maryland 975, Georgia Southern 973, Duke 973, Cincinnati 972, Miami (FL) 971, Minnesota 970, Colorado 970, Pacific 967

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