We do secure the two guys we were waiting on, and it's a magical result...
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2029 Recruiting Rankings
# Team Conference Best Player Rtg 5* 4* 3* 2* 1*
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91. Portland Big Sky SF Maxwell Malyon *** 0 0 3 0 1
154. Northern Colorado Big Sky C Daniel Johnson *** 0 0 1 1 4
209. Sacramento State Big Sky PF Elliott Fassett ** 0 0 0 1 4
210. Northern Arizona Big Sky C Freddie Ortiz *** 0 0 1 0 2
238. Weber State Big Sky C Christophe Deguermaupret ** 0 0 0 2 3
245. North Dakota Big Sky PG Bradley Orange *** 0 0 1 0 0
247. Southern Utah Big Sky C David Middleton ** 0 0 0 1 2
263. Montana Big Sky C Anton Stevens ** 0 0 0 1 2
274. Montana State Big Sky PF Charles Peterson ** 0 0 0 1 1
319. Eastern Washington Big Sky PF Thomas Crochet * 0 0 0 0 3
340. Colorado State Big Sky 0 0 0 0 0
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#24 PG Michael Martin - Portland - Freshman
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Height: 6-1
Weight: 172
High School:
Hometown: Cooktown, Australia
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 9 26 50 37 42 61 15 29 42 32 18 29 89 25 48 51
Potential: F C C C B B D C B C D C
Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 37
Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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Career 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 A/T 0.0 0.0 0.0
Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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Career 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.00 0.00
Stat Totals:
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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
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Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
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Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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2029 High School: Rated *** and #291 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
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PLAYER DETAILS
#41 C Paris Hoy - Portland - Freshman
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Height: 6-8
Weight: 223
High School: Service High School
Hometown: Anchorage, AK
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 32 20 33 6 18 14 44 32 37 16 30 22 11 76 36 54
Potential: C D C F D D B C C D C D
Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 53
Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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Career 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 A/T 0.0 0.0 0.0
Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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Career 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.00 0.00
Stat Totals:
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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
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Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
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Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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2029 High School: Rated * and #1154 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2029 High School: All-State (Alaska)
2029 High School: Mr. Basketball (Alaska)
It's the greatest recruiting class in Pilots' universe history and it's not even close. First Top 100 class.
Cal State-Northridge pulls in the 103rd ranked recruiting class.
Chicago State hauls in the 193rd. The Matadors (who finished 16-15, 11-7) have the best in the Big West. The Cougars (16-15, 3-5) were 2nd in the Great West.
Our prestige crashes to 42. I fire two of my coaches, elevating
Andrew Morgan to the recruiting coordinator.
Colorado State moves back to the
Mountain West,
Idaho State coming back down.
UC-Riverside joins the
WAC, with
Utah State downshifting to the
Big West.
Eastern Washington,
Northern Arizona, and
Weber State all end up with coaching vacancies, and all of them hire defensive-minded coaches. Great. There goes my differentiation.
We find a couple cheap coaches to replace my fired ones. Our recruiting will still be better next year, though we've experienced some slight downgrades as a result of having to take budget options.
Recruiting is tough again - the good players of my initial targets all go elsewhere, and the one guy we land I'm not exactly thrilled about...
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#54 PG Carl Cress
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Height: 6-0
Weight: 185
High School: Kelso High School
Hometown: Kelso, WA
GPA: 2.82
Test Score: 870
Rating: **
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 49 54 36 53 36 17 7 19 20 17 25 8 64 44 57 35
Potential: A B C B D F D F C F C D
Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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14.3 1.3 3.6 1.8 3.1 0.56 0.6 0.3 3.0
Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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6.6 11.6 .571 0.5 0.9 .588 0.6 1.6 .344
Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Committed to Portland
Rankings: None
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: *Portland, Washington, Oregon, Washington State
Shooting was a real weakness for us last year, so I grabbed him anyway despite my heavy reservations about his lack of defense.
Well isn't that just hunky-dory.
Campos was intended to be a starter at SG, but he gets suspended for grades. My coaching staff wanted
Dowell at SF, which, lolno.
Hine was their pick for PG, but I liked true freshman
Martin better.
Still, I kinda like this year's lineup. We're running a lot slower pace, but our perimeter defense is going to be A+, and we should have good rebounding.
We get off to a roaring start with a 63-49 win over
Louisiana-Monroe. It's
Heath Wagstaff as PotG with 15 points, 8 rebounds, though it's
Arthur Rodriguez who leads in scoring with 21 points and a steal.
Michael Martin, our Australian pickup, dishes 10 assists with a steal, and
Gary Hine scores 10 to lead our 3-man bench.
Arthur Rodriguez plays hero ball with 33 points and we clamp down on
Western Carolina, 66-55.
Maxwell Malyon rewards my faith in him with 12 points, a block, and a steal.
Good way to begin the year before we hit the gauntlet.