Thank you espn.com
UNCW is in the finals. So is Hofstra. GMU is a lock for the tourney and out. I have a hard time believing the selection committee will give us 3 bids so we need to pull this out. Delaware really hurt our RPI.
But all is not lost. I get on espn.com this moring on the CAA is on the front page of the collge basketball webpage. They are saying we deserve 3. Let's Craig Littlepaige feels the same way.
Stories the on to Richmond:
Barea gets frustrated by Goldsberry again. Elbows him in the chin. Talks junk. Doesn't get tossed. He's not the Player of the Year for nothing.
Tony Skinn punches Loren Stokes below the belt (suprise, suprise). Skinn gone for next game on coaches orders instead of CAA or NCAA orders. I gain more respect for Jim Larranaga.
Espn.com
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Pat Forde:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=2355875
And also a story about Skinn's cheap shot:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2355822
Also this from espn.com page 2:
"PHYS. ED.
Redick and Morrison will both be starring in NBA video games soon. John Goldsberry will not be. All he wants is to get back to where he was three years ago. This is his last chance.
Goldsberry is a gutty player on both ends of the floor. (AP Photo/Scott K. Brown)On Friday night, March 21, 2003, the 11th-seeded UNC Wilmington Seahawks faced sixth-seeded Maryland, the defending national champions, in an NCAA first-round game in Nashville. I was there to cover it -- it was my first NCAA Tournament. And Wilmington was expected to give the Terps a good challenge, led by their star perimeter scorer, Brett Blizzard.
Well, Wilmington gave Maryland more than that. But Blizzard wasn't the star. Freshman guard John Goldsberry, who averaged 4.9 points per game that season, had the night of his life. He took eight 3-point shots. And he sank every last one of them -- an NCAA Tournament record. Thanks in large part to him, with five seconds left in the game, Wilmington led by one, 73-72.
Maryland had the ball -- the Terps had to go the length of the court. Drew Nicholas received the inbounds pass, started flying up court, and at the buzzer threw up a one-legged prayer from about 30 feet away. The shot went in, a miracle that made Maryland a winner, and Goldsberry's performance a footnote.
"I've thought about that game so many times," says Goldsberry. "It seems like yesterday."
Unfortunately, Goldsberry and his Seahawks have never been able to get back to the Dance. But this year, they have a good chance. UNC Wilmington is 22-7, and its 15-3 record in the Colonial Athletic Association gave the Seahawks a share of the CAA regular-season title along with George Mason. The Seahawks got the top seed in the CAA tournament via tiebreaker, so they'll play a quarterfinal game Saturday afternoon vs. either Delaware or Drexel. And they should receive strong at-large consideration if they lose in the conference tournament.
Unlike three years ago, Goldsberry comes in as the star of this team. The 6-foot-3 senior is the Seahawks' second-leading scorer at 11.4 points per game, while also averaging 4.9 assists and 4.0 rebounds. He also was last season's CAA defensive player of the year and will likely retain that title this year.
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"He doesn't wow you with his stats, but he's the toughest player I've ever coached," says UNC Wilmington coach Brad Brownell. "Floor burns, face burns, dislocated shoulders, beat-up ankles, bruised knees, broken fingers ... he plays every day like it's his last."
As a freshman, Goldsberry never dreamed that his first NCAA Tournament game might be his last. "I didn't know how hard it would be to get back," says Goldsberry. "It would mean a whole lot to get back there."
So if you're looking for an underdog to root for this Championship Week and beyond, then John Goldsberry just might be your man. He's already proven he can put on a good show in the Big Dance.
Maybe this time, he'll be the one to pull off a miracle."
Thank you once again.
But all is not lost. I get on espn.com this moring on the CAA is on the front page of the collge basketball webpage. They are saying we deserve 3. Let's Craig Littlepaige feels the same way.
Stories the on to Richmond:
Barea gets frustrated by Goldsberry again. Elbows him in the chin. Talks junk. Doesn't get tossed. He's not the Player of the Year for nothing.
Tony Skinn punches Loren Stokes below the belt (suprise, suprise). Skinn gone for next game on coaches orders instead of CAA or NCAA orders. I gain more respect for Jim Larranaga.
Espn.com
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Pat Forde:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=2355875
And also a story about Skinn's cheap shot:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2355822
Also this from espn.com page 2:
"PHYS. ED.
Redick and Morrison will both be starring in NBA video games soon. John Goldsberry will not be. All he wants is to get back to where he was three years ago. This is his last chance.
Goldsberry is a gutty player on both ends of the floor. (AP Photo/Scott K. Brown)On Friday night, March 21, 2003, the 11th-seeded UNC Wilmington Seahawks faced sixth-seeded Maryland, the defending national champions, in an NCAA first-round game in Nashville. I was there to cover it -- it was my first NCAA Tournament. And Wilmington was expected to give the Terps a good challenge, led by their star perimeter scorer, Brett Blizzard.
Well, Wilmington gave Maryland more than that. But Blizzard wasn't the star. Freshman guard John Goldsberry, who averaged 4.9 points per game that season, had the night of his life. He took eight 3-point shots. And he sank every last one of them -- an NCAA Tournament record. Thanks in large part to him, with five seconds left in the game, Wilmington led by one, 73-72.
Maryland had the ball -- the Terps had to go the length of the court. Drew Nicholas received the inbounds pass, started flying up court, and at the buzzer threw up a one-legged prayer from about 30 feet away. The shot went in, a miracle that made Maryland a winner, and Goldsberry's performance a footnote.
"I've thought about that game so many times," says Goldsberry. "It seems like yesterday."
Unfortunately, Goldsberry and his Seahawks have never been able to get back to the Dance. But this year, they have a good chance. UNC Wilmington is 22-7, and its 15-3 record in the Colonial Athletic Association gave the Seahawks a share of the CAA regular-season title along with George Mason. The Seahawks got the top seed in the CAA tournament via tiebreaker, so they'll play a quarterfinal game Saturday afternoon vs. either Delaware or Drexel. And they should receive strong at-large consideration if they lose in the conference tournament.
Unlike three years ago, Goldsberry comes in as the star of this team. The 6-foot-3 senior is the Seahawks' second-leading scorer at 11.4 points per game, while also averaging 4.9 assists and 4.0 rebounds. He also was last season's CAA defensive player of the year and will likely retain that title this year.
Hey, College Hoops Fans...
Want to contribute to the College Hoops Report Card? Send your questions, and nominations for the subject categories, here.
"He doesn't wow you with his stats, but he's the toughest player I've ever coached," says UNC Wilmington coach Brad Brownell. "Floor burns, face burns, dislocated shoulders, beat-up ankles, bruised knees, broken fingers ... he plays every day like it's his last."
As a freshman, Goldsberry never dreamed that his first NCAA Tournament game might be his last. "I didn't know how hard it would be to get back," says Goldsberry. "It would mean a whole lot to get back there."
So if you're looking for an underdog to root for this Championship Week and beyond, then John Goldsberry just might be your man. He's already proven he can put on a good show in the Big Dance.
Maybe this time, he'll be the one to pull off a miracle."
Thank you once again.
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