Path to the Hall of Fame (DDSCB2)

randy · May 3, 2015

Norton update

SG Jim McFadden is currently #8 in the list of Norton semifinalists

randy · May 3, 2015

Career Game #368

Feb 13, 2011: #8 UCLA (21-4, 13-1) @ Arizona (16-9, 9-5)

Scouting Report

Offense: normal pace, balanced, high post
Defense: m2m, rarely press
Key Players: Sr SG Mac Henderson (walk on) 15.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 3.98 apg
Notes: We had a good defensive game against ARIZ in our last meeting, winning 69-58. ARIZ shot just 32% in that game

1st Half

ARIZ once again is having trouble against our defense, making only 6 made FGs the entire 1st half. They did however, scored 15 pts from the line. Great scoring balance with SG Jim McFadden hitting his outside shots, and our big men pounding the paint

Halftime: Up 46-30

Key stat(s)

FG: UCLA 56%, ARIZ 26%
Paint: UCLA 22, OR 6

Key Players

UCLA: SG Jim McFadden 14 pts

2nd Half

ARIZ not making enough stops in the 2nd half to make a significant run. A couple of 3s towards the end were a little too late

Final Score: UCLA - 86, Arizona - 74

Box Scores

McFadden 27, 5, 2, 3 3s (*)

Blevins 15, 8, 0, 3 tos

Condill 9, 5, 0

Williams 9, 4, 4, 2 stls

Dixon 6, 2, 4

Roberts 6, 2, 1

Irvin 4, 5, 0

Tucker 4, 3, 3

Burton 4, 3, 0, 3 tos

Fuhs 2, 2, 1

Walton 0, 1, 0, fouled out

Team Stats

FG: 51-36%

Rebs: +21

TOs: -1

Pts in paint: +32

2nd chance: +5

Fast break: +9

Post game observations

(+): We're getting more and more comfortable scoring inside the paint (46 points today)
(-): Gave up 42 FT attempts to ARIZ

Pac 12 Standings

UCLA, 14-1 (W12)
Oregon, 11-4 (W1)
Stanford, 11-4 (W3)
Arizona, 9-6 (L2)
Washington, 9-6 (L1)
California, 7-8 (L1)
Washington St, 6-9 (L2)
USC, 5-10 (W1)
Arizona St, 5-10 (L1)
Oregon St, 5-10 (L1)
Colorado, 4-11 (W1)
Utah, 4-11 (W1)

randy · May 3, 2015

Career Game #369

Feb 16, 2011: California (10-14, 7-8) @ #8 UCLA (22-4, 14-1)

Scouting Report

Offense: fast pace, inside, motion
Defense: m2m, presses on occasion
Key Players: Jr SG AJ Lindquist 12.5 ppg
Notes: Won by 19 on the road the last time we met. CAL averaging just 27.4 rpg (9th lowest Nat'l)

1st Half

Great ball movement and rebounding allowed us to still put up a lot of pts on the boards, despite our sub par shooting percentage

Halftime: Up 42-21

Key stat(s)

FT: UCLA 13-17, CAL 0-2
2nd chance: UCLA 10, CAL 0

Key Players

UCLA: PG Emeka Dixon 9 pts

2nd Half

We came up with probably our best all-around game this season. Hope we're not peaking too early for the NCAA tournament

Final Score: California - 44, UCLA - 88

Box Scores

Blevins 20, 7, 1 (*)

McFadden 16, 6, 7

Condill 13, 13, 3

Walton 13, 3, 1, 2 3s

Williams 9, 5, 1

Dixon 9, 2, 6

Irvin 4, 1, 0

Burton 2, 5, 2

Tucker 2, 2, 2

Team Stats

FG: 50-35%

Rebs: +18

TOs: -12

Pts in paint: +32

2nd chance: +16

Fast break: +19

Post game observations

(+): Too many to choose. I am most impresses with the disparity in fast break points, 21 to 2

Pac 12 Standings

UCLA, 15-1 (W13)
Oregon, 12-4 (W2)
Stanford, 12-4 (W4)
Arizona, 10-6 (W1)
Washington, 9-7 (L2)
California, 7-9 (L2)
USC, 6-10 (W2)
Oregon St, 6-10 (W1)
Washington St, 6-10 (L3)
Arizona St, 5-11 (L2)
Colorado, 4-12 (L1)
Utah, 4-12 (L1)

randy · May 3, 2015

Career Game #370

Feb 20, 2011: #6 UCLA (23-4, 15-1) @ Utah (7-18, 4-12)

Scouting Report

Offense: normal pace, balanced, shuffle
Defense: m2m, press most of the game
Key Players: Fr SG Kyle Stafford 17.0 ppg
Notes: UTAH lost 6 of their last 7 games, averaging only 58 ppg in that span. We won by 23 in our previous meeting

1st Half

Our turnovers putting us out of synch not just on offense, but also exposing our transition defense

Halftime: Down 27-29

Key stat(s)

TOs: UCLA 10, UTAH 7
Fast break: UCLA 8, UTAH 12

Key Players

UCLA: PF Justin Blevins 7 pts 3 rebs

2nd Half

Ceratinly not one of our better shooting days, so we are turning this game around with our defense and rebounding

11:25, Up 41-33

2 of our key support players, SG Dickey Walton and SF Chris Williams remain scoreless

6:17, Up 45-42

Key baskets by SG Jim McFadden put us up by 7 earlier, before UTAH hits a 3 to get closer.

3:19, Up 52-48

Both teams came up empty on tehir next respective possessions. SG Jim McFaden got fouled on the act of shooting. McFadden hits both FTs. Up 6. UTAH turning the ball over 3 consecutive times. We scored a transition basket on one of those miscues by UTAH

0:56, Up 56-48

UTAH hit a late 3. We were able to waste a lot of clock in the end. A close one.

Final Score: UCLA - 56, Utah - 51

Box Scores

McFadden 17, 3, 4 (*)

Blevins 14, 6, 0

Dixon 8, 7, 1, 3 tos

Condill 6, 2, 3, 3 stls

Burton 5, 4, 0

Irvin 4, 3, 0

Tucker 2, 2, 1

Williams 0, 5, 2

Fuhs 0, 3, 1

Walton 0, 0, 2

Team Stats

FG: 39-39%

Rebs: +4

TOs: -6

Pts in paint: +20

2nd chance: +9

Fast break: +6

Post game observations

(+): Our 12 2nd chance points (as opposed to 3 by UTAH) may have been the main difference that gave us the win

Pac 12 Standings

UCLA, 16-1 (W14)
Stanford, 13-4 (W5)
Oregon, 12-5 (L1)
Arizona, 11-6 (W2)
Washington, 9-8 (L3)
California, 7-10 (L3)
Washington St, 7-10 (W1)
USC, 6-11 (L1)
Arizona St, 6-11 (W1)
Oregon St, 6-11 (L1)
Colorado, 5-12 (W1)
Utah, 4-13 (L2)

randy · May 3, 2015

Career Game #371

Feb 23, 2011: #6 UCLA (24-4, 16-1) @ Oregon St (8-18, 6-11)

Scouting Report

Offense: normal pace, balanced, 5 out
Defense: m2m, rarely press
Key Players: Sr SG Darcel Nelson 14.9 ppg
Notes: We already played at ORST where we won 70-55, and we will go back there again? Scheduling error?

1st Half

Great ball movement, as almost all of our made FGs were as a result of an assist. Also got fast break pts coming off steals

Halftime: Up 39-27

Key stat(s)

FG: UCLA 54%, ORST 36%
Stls: UCLA 8, ORST 2

Key Players

UCLA: SG Jim McFadden 18 pts, 3 asts

2nd Half

Consistent defense; ORST scoring less than 30 pts on both halves. After going scoreless in our last game, SG Dickey Walton played much better today

Final Score: UCLA - 77, Oregon St - 52

Box Scores

McFadden 28, 6, 4, 2 stls, 4 blks, 4 3s (*)

Dixon 16, 3, 6, 5 tos, 2 3s

Walton 14, 4, 1, 3 stls

Burton 7, 3, 0

Condill 4, 5, 0

Irvin 4, 1, 1

Blevins 2, 6, 1, 2 stls

Tucker 2, 1, 4, 2 stls, 3 tos

Fuhs 0, 2, 1

Milton 0, 1, 1

Williams 0, 1, 0

Team Stats

FG: 53-39%

Rebs: +1

TOs: -5

Pts in paint: +10

2nd chance: Even

Fast break: +6

Post game observations

(+): Good effort on defense, coming up with 10 steals and 6 blocks

Pac 12 Final Standings

UCLA, 17-1 (W15)
Stanford, 14-4 (W6)
Oregon, 13-5 (W1)
Arizona, 12-6 (W3)
Washington, 10-8 (W1)
Washington St, 8-10 (W2)
California, 7-11 (L4)
USC, 6-12 (L2)
Arizona St, 6-12 (L1)
Oregon St, 6-12 (L2)
Colorado, 5-13 (L1)
Utah, 4-14 (L3)

randy · May 3, 2015

Bubble watch

We're currently #5, which is most likely equivalent to a (2) seed. We need to win the Pac 12 tournament, to get consideration for a (1) seed

randy · May 3, 2015

Norton watch

SG Jim McFadden is #9 in the list of Norton finalists

randy · May 3, 2015

Career Game #372

Pac 12 tournament

Mar 10, 2011: (9) Arizona St (12-16, 6-12) vs (1) #5 UCLA (25-4, 17-1)

Scouting Report

Offense: normal pace, balanced, princeton
Defense: m2m, rarely press
Key Players: Fr C Jeremy Piper 11.3 ppg, 5.2 rpg
Notes: 2-0 against AZST this season; 2nd game was close though, 74-66

1st Half

Not the kind of defensive start we needed as AZST socred on 7 of its 1st 9 shots. Both our starting and backup PGs have 3 fouls each. We eventually settled down on defense, cashing on AZST's turnovers. Our big men have also made a living inside the paint

Halftime: Up 52-33

Key stat(s)

Paint: UCLA 34, AZST 8
TOs: UCLA 4, AZST 13

Key Players

UCLA: C Anthony Burton 18 pts, 7-8 FG

2nd Half

No let up on defense. 12-1 run to start the 2nd half, and our lead increased to 30. Game is virtually over at that point

Final Score: Arizona St - 62, UCLA - 87

Box Scores

Burton 24, 7, 0, 10-11 FG (*)

McFadden 19, 3, 5, 2 stls, 2 3s

Condill 11, 4, 0

Blevins 9, 3, 1, 2 stls

Walton 8, 2, 5, 2 3s

Williams 4, 6, 0

Tucker 4, 4, 2

Irvin 4, 0, 0

Fuhs 2, 3, 1

Dixon 2, 0, 3

Roberts 0, 1, 0

Holliway 0, 0, 0

Team Stats

FG: 57-47%

Rebs: +12

TOs: -6

Pts in paint: +42

2nd chance: +13

Fast break: +10

Post game observations

(+): A breakout game for C Anthony Burton, career high in points

randy · May 3, 2015

Career Game #373

Pac 12 tournament semifinals

Mar 11, 2011: (5) Washington (19-10, 10-8) vs (1) #5 UCLA (26-4, 17-1)

Scouting Report

Offense: normal pace, balanced, triangle
Defense: 2-3, presses on occasion
Key Players: Sr SF Michael Davis 21.1 ppg, 7.0 rpg
Notes: Davis is slightly injured ut likely to play. Starting PF Joey Petty out for the season. Won by 10 in our only meeting in the regular season

1st Half

We got enough outside shots and transition baskets to break WASH's zone defense

Halftime: Up 39-25

Key stat(s)

FG: UCLA 50%, WASH 33%
Fast break: UCLA 16, WASH 4

Key Players

UCLA: SG Jim McFadden 16 pts

2nd Half

We're hardly making shots, and WASH slowly coming back

10:17, Up 47-39

Both teams FG shooting have dropped to less than 40% FG. We haven't taken advantage much of WASH's turnovers in the 2nd half

4:06, Up 57-49

WASH had 2 turnovers in their next 4 possessions, which we converted to easy pts. Up by 11 with less than 2 mins remaining. We slowed down. A converted 3pt play by C Anthony Burton sealed WASH's fate

Final Score: Washington - 59, UCLA - 66

Box Scores

McFadden 27, 4, 1, 3 stls, 3 tos, 3 3s (*)

Walton 17, 4, 5, 3 stls, 3 3s

Burton 9, 7, 1, 3 stls

Dixon 8, 6, 3, 2 stls, 3 tos

Blevins 2, 3, 2, 2 stls

Condill 2, 3, 0

Tucker 1, 3, 1

Fuhs 0, 1, 0

Team Stats

FG: 40-41%

Rebs: -5

TOs: -11

Pts in paint: +8

2nd chance: +1

Fast break: +10

Post game observations

(+): Forced 22 turnovers on WASH, enough to slow them down during their rally
(-): Only 4 fast break points in the 2nd half

randy · May 3, 2015

Career Game #374

Pac 12 tournament semifinals

Mar 12, 2011: (2) #11 Stanford (23-6, 14-4) vs (1) #5 UCLA (27-4, 17-1)

Scouting Report

Offense: fast pace, balanced, flex
Defense: m2m, presses on occasion
Key Players: Fr PG Mike Fleming 19.2, 6.0 rpg, 5.4 apg, #2 in Norton list
Notes: Seems fitting that the 2 best teams meet in the tournament finals. We beat STAN earlier, 85-68, in a game where SG Dickey Walton got his a=career high of 26 pts

1st Half

Highly entertaining 1st half with plenty of scoring. STAN's offensive rebounds giving us problems early. When C Chris COndill came in for the 1st time, he provided the needed muscle for us to dominate the paint. We built up a 15pt lead, but STAN has too many offensive weapons, and they were able to cut half of our lead before the break

Halftime: Up 47-40

Key stat(s)

Paint: UCLA 30, STAN 14
Fast break: UCLA 14, STAN 8

Key Players

UCLA: C Chris COndill 14 pts, 5-5 FG

2nd Half

STAN's PG Mike Fleming a non factor so far, just 5 pts, and sitting on the bench with 4 fouls. Our defense picking up here in the 2nd half

11:48, Up 65-50

STAN has not done much to close the gap

5:21, Up 78-60

STAN with no answer to our explosive offense today. Pac 12 Champs! We may have a shot at a (1) seed in the NCAA tournament

Final Score: Stanford - 71, UCLA - 88

Box Scores

McFadden 20, 6, 4, 2 stls, 5 tos, 2 3s (*)

Condill 17, 5, 1, 2 stls, 6-6 FG, fouled out

Dixon 16, 2, 3

Blevins 9, 6, 0

Tucker 8, 0, 1

Walton 6, 6, 3

Burton 6, 6, 0, fouled out

Fuhs 6, 3, 1, 2 stls

Williams 0, 0, 0

Irvin 0, 0, 0

Team Stats

FG: 48-44%

Rebs: +4

TOs: -8

Pts in paint: +22

2nd chance: +16

Fast break: +10

Post game observations

(+): 26 2nd chance points off 14 offensive rebounds
(-): Shot just 2-11 3PT (18%)

randy · May 3, 2015

2011 Selection Show

Rank: #4, RPI: #2

We're in the West Regionals (Boise). 1st Round Matchup:

(1) UCLA vs (16) Lehigh or (16) UC San Diego

Teams in the West Regionals

(1) #4 UCLA
(2) #14 Pepperdine
(3) #12 Indiana
(4) #21 Duke
(5) #7 UNLV
(6) Wake Forest
(7) #20 North Dakota St
(8) Washington
(9) East Carolina
(10) La Salle
(11) Minnesota
(12) VMI
(13) Belmont
(14) Chattanooga
(15) Hampton
(16) Lehigh or UC San Diego

Other Ranked Teams

East

(1) #1 Villanova
(2) #9 Pittsburgh
(3) #10 Syracuse
(4) #19 Florida
(5) #25 Georgia
(6) #23 Oklahoma
(8) LSU, defending champs

Midwest

(1) #2 Maryland
(2) #3 Kansas
(3) #13 Arkansas
(4) #11 Stanford
(5) #18 Kentucky
(6) #17 Bradley

South

(1) #6 St John's
(2) #5 Houston
(3) #16 Auburn
(4) #15 Gonzaga
(5) #8 Toledo
(6) #22 Oregon
(8) #24 Fairfield

On Probation

Pac 12 Teams in postseason tournaments

NCAA: (1) UCLA, (4) Stanford, (6) Oregon, (7) Arizona, (8) Washington

randy · May 3, 2015

Career Game #375

2011 NCAA Tournament 2nd Round

Mar 17, 2011: (16) Lehigh (19-13, 7-7) vs (1) #4 UCLA (28-4, 17-1)

Scouting Report

Offense:
Defense:
Key Players: So C John Payne 13.7 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Notes: A decent offensive team, averaging 70.9 ppg

How they got here

Automatic selection (Champs, Patriot tournament)
(1st Rd) Def UC San Diego, 68-60 (Payne 13 pts, 10 rebs)

1st Half

Our defense and rebounding not to the level where I expected us to be. We found ourselves still trailing by 1 midway in the 2nd half. We finally put the clamps down, coming up with a 11-0 run, and took control of the game from there.

Good all around game by SG Jim McFadden, plus we got plenty of scoring from our big men

Halftime: Up 40-28

Key stat(s)

FG: UCLA 55%, LEHIGH 31%
Paint: UCLA 28, LEHIGH 10

Key Players

UCLA: SG Jim McFadden 10 pts, 5 rebs, 3 asts
LEHIGH: C Jay Payne 9 pts, 6 rebs

2nd Half

Starting to pull away. We have dictated this game with our defense

9:04, Up 66-42

Didn't see the need to bring back our starters.

Final Score: Lehigh - 57, UCLA - 84

Box Scores

Walton 20, 1, 1, 2 3s

McFadden 18, 8, 3, 2 stls, 2 blks, 3 tos (*)

Condill 11, 4, 1

Burton 8, 6, 1, 2 stls

Tucker 8, 2, 3

Blevins 6, 4, 3

Milton 6, 0, 0, 2 3s

Fuhs 3, 1, 1

Dixon 2, 0, 4, 3 tos

Irvin 2, 0, 0

Williams 0, 3, 0

Roberts 0, 2, 0

Holliway 0, 0, 2

Team Stats

FG: 54-39%

Rebs: Even

TOs: -10

Pts in paint: +26

2nd chance: +2

Fast break: +4

Post game observations

(+): Our offense may seem to look like "deliberate", and boring to some extent, but it was very efficient today. We were getting the shots we wanted, and seldom wasted possessions

randy · May 3, 2015

Career Game #376

2011 NCAA Tournament 3rd Round

Mar 19, 2011: (9) East Carolina (22-9, 15-3) vs (1) #4 UCLA (29-4, 17-1)

Scouting Report

Offense: fast pace, balanced, shuffle
Defense:1-3-1, presses on occasion
Key Players: Sr PG William Woods 13.8 ppg
Notes: ECAR on a hot streak, winning 8 of their last 10 (both losses came against #5 Houston). ECAR one of the best shooting teams in the country, at 47.3% FG (#14 Nat'l) and 39.6% 3PT. This team is a dangerous opponent

How they got here

At-large selection (2nd place, CUSA regular season)
(2nd Rd) Def Washington, 68-60 (Woods 18 pts; ECAR 9-21 3PT)

1st Half

Perimeter defense will be key for us in this game, and so far, we've done a relatively good job against ECAR's outside shooting. ECAR's PG William Woods scoreless so far. We have to lessen our turnovers though, as ECAR has gotten off a good number of transition baskets out of our errors

Halftime: Up 34-28

Key stat(s)

FG: UCLA 46%, ECAR 30%
Fast break: UCLA 8, ECAR 10

Key Players

UCLA: C Anthony Burton 8 pts, 7 rebs, 2 blks
ECAR: PG William Woods 0 pts, 0-3 FG

2nd Half

A succession of errors by ECAR; 6 turnovers already here in the 2nd half so far. SG Jim McFadden and PG Emeka Dixon also beginning to heat up after a quiet 1st half

10:47, Up 58-44

We are pounding the offensive glass with impunity. to keep ECAR at bay

5:33, Up 69-54

More turnovers for ECAR, but are managing to stay close

1:59, Up 71-58

A 3 by PG William Woods gave ECAR some hope, reducing their lead to 10. But 2 inside baskets, 1 was from an offensive rebound, and the other out of a low post play, gave us an insurmountable 15 pts lead with less than a minute remaining. That should do it

On our way to the Sweet 16!

Final Score: East Carolina - 66, UCLA - 76

Box Scores

Blevins 16, 5, 1, 7-7 FG

Dixon 16, 2, 4, 2 stls, 3 tos, 2 3s (*)

McFadden 14, 4, 3, 2 stls

Condill 10, 12, 2, 2 stls

Burton 10, 12, 0, 2 stls, 2 blks, 3 tos

Watson 8, 4, 2, 2 stls

Fuhs 2, 1, 1, 2 stls

Tucker 0, 2, 1

Team Stats

FG: 43-44%

Rebs: +15

TOs: -3

Pts in paint: +20

2nd chance: +12

Fast break: +11

Post game observations

(+): balanced scoring. Dominating performance on the offensive boards (20), resulting in 23 2nd chance points

randy · May 3, 2015

Major Upsets

2nd Round

(12) VMI def (5) #7 UNLV
(11) Purdue def (6) #17 Bradley
(11) Minnesota def (6) Wake Forest

3rd Round

(10) New Mexico def (3) #10 Syracuse
(11) Minnesota def (3) #12 Indiana

randy · May 3, 2015

Career Game #377

2011 NCAA Tournament West Regional Semifinals (Sweet 16)

Mar 24, 2011: (4) #21 Duke (22-9, 14-4) vs (1) #4 UCLA (30-4, 17-1)

Scouting Report

Offense: normal pace, balanced, triangle
Defense:m2m, presses on occasion
Key Players: Fr SG Ashley Zinn 20.1 ppg; Sr C Joe Holloway 11.5 ppg, 10.0 rpg (#4 Nat'l), 2.5 bpg (#4)
Notes: In 2 tournament games, DUKE has turned the ball over just 9 times per game. DUKE's 3PT defense not that good, 37.8% opp 3PT for the season

How they got here

At-large selection (2nd place, ACC regular season)
(2nd Rd) Def Belmont, 79-69 (Holloway 18 pts, 7 rebs)
(3rd Rd) Def VMI, 65-55 (Holloway 14 pts, 9 rebs, 7 blks)

1st Half

We are running plays for our big men to attack inside early, resulting in 2 quick fouls for DUKE's C Joe Holloway. Without Holloway to man the middle, we had a field day inside the paint, and taking advantage of 2nd chance opportunities. On the other side, DUKE's jump shots have been on target. However, their opportunities have been limited because of turnovers

Halftime: Up 47-37

Key stat(s)

FG: UCLA 49%, DUKE 57%
2nd chance: UCLA 15, DUKE 2
TOs: UCLA 5, DUKE 11

Key Players

UCLA: C Anthony Burton 14 pts, 8 rebs (7 offensive)
DUKE: SG Ashley Zinn 10 pts, 2 3s

2nd Half

We're doing a better job now in contesting shots; DUKE just 5-19 FG in the 2nd half

10:44, Up 62-50

But DUKE has been patient in staying close, and saw the chance to make a run earlier. Despite all the positive things we have done so far, this is still anybody's game

7:26, Up 64-59

PF Julian Irvin, who was just inserted earlier, scored our last 5 pts, and even came up with a steal

5:36, Up 69-59

SG Jim McFadden now taking over our offense. We are in the penalty

3:02, Up 75-63

C Anthony Burton has fouled out. DUKE hits 2 FTs. Up 10. We miss. Another foul on us. DUKE splits. Timeout

2:14, Up 75-66

PF Justin Blevins scores inside. Up 11. We get a steal and scores on the break. Up 13. A turnover by DUKE. We started to slow down, and wasted away precious seconds. DUKE not even bothering to foul in the end.

On to the Elite 8!

Final Score: Duke - 69, UCLA - 83

Box Scores

McFadden 23, 3, 3, 2 stls, 4 tos, 2 3s (*)

Burton 14, 12, 1, fouled out

Condill 13, 5, 0

Blevins 13, 4, 0

Walton 11, 4, 2, 3 tos

Irvin 5, 0, 0

Dixon 4, 4, 4

Fuhs 0, 3, 3

Tucker 0, 1, 0

Team Stats

FG: 47-41%

Rebs: +4

TOs: -7

Pts in paint: +22

2nd chance: +7

Fast break: +3

Post game observations

(+): Collectively, our big men have done a good job neutralizing DUKE's C Joe Holloway who finished with just 6 pts and 4 rebs, and subsequently we won the battle inside the paint. It also helped that we shot 16-19 FT (84%)

randy · May 3, 2015

Career Game #378

2011 NCAA Tournament West Regional Finals (Elite 8)

Mar 26, 2011: (2) #14 Pepperdine (25-6, 13-3) vs (1) #4 UCLA (31-4, 17-1)

Scouting Report

Offense: normal pace, balanced, flex
Defense: m2m, press about half the game
Key Players: Fr PG Titus Moss 14.5 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 7.6 apg (#1 Nat'l), #3 recruit this season; Fr SG David Howard 14.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg
Notes: In 3 tournament games, PEPP has gave up just 51 ppg; it should be noted though that PEPP has yet to face a single-digit seed team until now.

How they got here

At-large selection (1st place, WCC regular season)
(2nd Rd) Def Hampton, 73-66 (Howard 21 pts)
(3rd Rd) Def La Salle, 61-39 (Moss 14 pts, 7 asts, 5 blks)
(Sweet 16) Def Minnesota, 51-49 (Bench 26 pts)

1st Half

Slow start on offense. But eventually our shooting picked up during the latter part of the 1st half, and our big men started contributing as well. Defensively, we made life difficult for PEPP's freshman guards; PG Titus Moss and SG David Howard combined for just 9 pts on 2-13 FG. More importantly, we limited Moss to just 1 ast. Both teams with 9 turnovers each

Halftime: Up 38-25

Key stat(s)

FG: UCLA 56%, PEPP 30%
3PT: UCLA 1-4, PEPP 1-8

Key Players

UCLA: SG Jim McFadden 15 pts, 5 rebs
PEPP: PG Titus Moss 4 pts, 1-5 FG

2nd Half

Managing to keep our double digit advantage. A bigger concern though is the foul trouble on our guards

11:58, Up 50-39

Our 4 main guards in our rotation all have 3 or fouls. If we could somehow hold our fort for a few minutes, we should be ok

7:53, Up 56-44

SG Dickey Walton has fouled out earlier. We are in the penalty

4:21, Up 57-50

SG Jim McFadden missed a shot. 2 FTs made by PEPP's Titus Moss. Up 5. McFadden got blocked on our next play; no foul. McFadden picked up his 4th foul. PEPP splits. Timeout

3:02, Up 57-53

PG Emeka Dixon missing his jumper; Dixon is 0-8 FG today. PEPP's PG Titus Moss missed, rebound by Moss, another miss by Moss. We finally get the ball. We get it inside to C Anthony Burton who powers himself inside and score! We desperately needed that. Up 6. Moss turns it over on the other end! SG Jim McFadden drives, draws the defense, drops off the short pass to Burton, and Burton scores! What a nice play by McFadden. Up 8. PEPP throws the ball away again! PEPP with 18 turnovers

1:28, Up 61-53

PG Emeka Dixon with a bad pass; our 15th turnover. Foul called on us. PEPP splits. Timeout

0:59, Up 61-54

PEPP fouls intentionally, and they entered penalty. PG Emeka Dixon makes 2 FTs, his 1st set of pts today. Up 9. All we need to do now is defend their 3. Their guards can't get a shot, and has to force a 3. Miss. Another foul on PEPP, and Dixon makes 2 more FTs. Up 11. That should do it.

Final 4!

Final Score: Pepperdine - 54, UCLA - 67

Box Scores

McFadden 19, 11, 1, 4 tos (*)

Burton 14, 6, 0

Blevins 14, 4, 1, 4 stls

Walton 7, 1, 2, fouled out

Dixon 6, 2, 4, 5 tos

Fuhs 4, 3, 0

Condill 3, 5, 1

Williams 0, 2, 0

Tucker 0, 0, 0

Team Stats

FG: 42-28%

Rebs: -3

TOs: -3

Pts in paint: +20

2nd chance: -1

Fast break: +8

Post game observations

(+): We kept our discipline on defense, and in the end, the inexperience of PEPP's back court buckled down on the pressure against our veteran guards
(-): We gave up 16 offensive rebounds, resulting in 14 2nd chance points for PEPP

randy · May 3, 2015

Career Game #379

2011 NCAA Tournament National Semifinals (Final 4)

Apr 1, 2011: (1) #4 UCLA (32-4, 17-1) vs (4) #15 Gonzaga (27-9, 11-5)

Scouting Report

Offense: slow pace, outside, princeton
Defense: m2m, presses on occasion
Key Players: Jr SG Vidal Satchell 15.2 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 45% 3PT; Jr SF Troy Harris 12.1 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 45% 3PT
Notes: An efficient offensive team, shooting 46.7% FG, and committing only 12.1 topg. While Satchell and Harris gets most of the attention on offense, PG Damon Collier has been playing well so far in the tournament, averaging 10 pts and 6.5 apg

How they got here

Automatic selection (Champs, WCC tournament)
(2nd Rd) Def Long Beach St, 69-44 (Satchell 14 pts)
(3rd Rd) Def #8 Toledo, 72-61 (Satchell 20 pts)
(Sweet 16) Def #6 St John's, 69-59 (Collier 19 pts, 4 asts)
(Elite 8) Def #5 Houston, 74-65 (Satchell 20 pts, 7-10 FG)

1st Half

ZAGA off to a good start hitting their outside shots. ZAGA's shooting was very consistent the entire 1st half. We never had the chance to get a good run, because of ZAGA's transition defense limiting our fast break opportunities. We need to figure out a way to stop their offense in the 2nd half, and get quick pts ourselves

Halftime: Down 27-36

Key stat(s)

FG: UCLA 56%, ZAGA 59%
Fast break: UCLA 2, ZAGA 4

Key Players

UCLA: SG Jim McFadden 10 pts, 2 asts
PEPP: PG Damon Collier 5 pts, 2 asts

2nd Half

Good news is that we'er making some improvements on defense. Bad news is ZAGA is playing better defense than us

11:56, Down 38-49

ZAGA's SG Vidal Satchell caught fire from the outside, hitting 4 triples. PG Damon Collier added another one from deep. We're in trouble now

7:44, Down 50-67

We just have to do this one stop at a time. We still have a fighting chance here

4:23, Down 60-69

A crucial turnover and a missed FT somehow slowed our momentum. A dagger 3 by ZAGA's SF Troy Harris puts them up by 11 with less than 3 mins remaining. Still down 10 with 2 mins to go. Had several chances to cut our deficit, but we turned the ball over on consecutive possessions

1:20, Down 63-73

ZAGA wasting time. We get a steal and scored. Down 8. But with time winding down, we had to foul. SG Jim McFadden picked up his 5th foul, and perhaps the end of his college career. We had 4 shots on our next possession, and we missed them all. 2 more FTs by ZAGA ended our season. We kept ourselves most of the time, but that explosion by ZAGA's SG Vidal Satchell was just too much to overcome. Satchell finished the game with 20 pts and 4 3s.

Still a good season. Only a few people may have expected us to be this far in only my 2nd year at the program. We still have a shot next year. All of our big men are back. SG Jim McFadden and PG Emeka Dixon are gone, but SG Dickey Walton is ready to take on a bigger role next season.

Final Score: UCLA - 65, Gonzaga - 75

Box Scores

McFadden 19, 2, 3, 2 stls, 2 blks, 6 tos, fouled out

Blevins 17, 4, 0

Walton 14, 5, 2, 2 3s

Burton 4, 5, 2

Fuhs 3, 1, 0

Dixon 2, 3, 2

Condill 2, 1 0

Tucker 2, 0, 2

Williams 2, 0, 1

Irvin 0, 0, 0

Team Stats

FG: 43-53%

Rebs: -5

TOs: -4

Pts in paint: +4

2nd chance: +3

Fast break: Even

Post game observations

(-): ZAGA controlled thetempo and took away our running game; we came up with on;y 10 fast break pts

randy · May 3, 2015

Major Upsets

Elite 8

(10) New Mexico def (4) Florida

randy · May 3, 2015

NCAA Final 4

East: (10) New Mexico
Midwest: (2) #3 Kansas
South: (4) #15 Gonzaga
West: (1) #4 UCLA

(2) #3 Kansas def (10) New Mexico, 77-58

(4) #15 Gonzaga def (1) #4 UCLA

Finals

(2) #3 Kansas def (4) #15 Gonzaga, 61-57. Kansas wins their 2nd national title.

randy · May 3, 2015

2011 Awards

National

1st Team: Sr SG Jim McFadden
I won my 3rd National COY (surprising)

Conference

1st Team: Sr SG Jim McFadden
2nd Team: Jr C Chris Condill
I won my 7th Pac 12 COY

randy · May 3, 2015

2010-11 Individual Stats and Rankings (Nat'l Rank)

Points

SG Jim McFadden - 19.5 ppg (#24)
SG Dickey Walton - 10.7
C Chris Condill - 8.4
PG Emeka Dixon - 8.1
PF Justin Blevins - 8.0
C Anthony Burton - 6.3
PF Julian Irvin - 4.7
SF Dave Fuhs - 3.5
PG Eugene Tucker - 3.4
SF Chris Williams - 2.8
C Larry Robert - 1.5

Rebounds

C Chris Condill - 5.7 rpg
C Anthony Burton - 4.9
SG Jim McFadden - 4.7
PF Justin Blevins - 4.2
SG Dickey Walton - 3.2

Assists

PG Emeka Dixon - 4.1 apg
PG Eugene Tucker - 2.7
SG Jim McFadden - 2.4

Steals

SG Jim McFadden - 1.0 spg

Blocks

C Anthony Burton - 0.6 bpg

Turn overs

PG Emeka Dixon - 2.5 topg
SG Jim McFadden - 2.3

3pt shots made

SG Jim McFadden - 60
SG Dickey Walton - 35
PG Emeka Dixon - 23
SF Dave Fuhs - 7
SF Chris Williams - 5
PF Julian Irvin - 3
PG Eugene Tucker - 1
SF Jordan Milton - 1

FG % (min: 30 FGA)

PF Julian Irvin - 68.3% (56 of 82)
C Chris Condill - 63.9
PF Justin Blevins - 60.7
C Anthony Burton - 55.6
SF Dave Fuhs - 48.5
SG Dickey Walton - 45.3
PG Eugene Tucker - 43.1
PG Emeka Dixon - 42.8
SF Chris Williams - 40.3
SG Jim McFadden - 39.4

FT% (min: 20 FTA)

PG Emeka Dixon - 100.0% (58 of 58)
SG Dickey Walton - 82.1
C Anthony Burton - 80.0
PG Eugene Tucker - 79.2
SF Chris Williams - 75.0
SG Jim McFadden - 73.5
PF Julian Irvin - 73.0
PF Justin Blevins - 59.2
C Chris Condill - 46.6

3PT% (min: 10 3PA)

SG Dickey Walton - 45.5% (35 of 77)
SF Dave Fuhs - 41.2
SG Jim McFadden - 36.6
PG Emeka Dixon - 35.9
SF Chris Williams - 29.4

Minutes

SG Jim McFadden - 30.8 mpg
PG Emeka Dixon - 24.4
SG Dickey Walton - 23.8
C Chris Condill - 22.1
PF Justin Blevins - 22.0
C Anthony Burton - 18.8
PG Eugene Tucker - 14.2
PF Julian Irvin - 13.3
SF Chris Williams - 13.3
SF Dave Fuhs - 10.4
C Larry Roberts - 7.0

randy · May 3, 2015

2010-11 Team Stats, Rankings, +/- from last season

Team

Points: 75.0 (#5), -0.1
Rebounds: 34.4 (#25), +2.6
Assists: 15.1 (#77), -1.3
Steals: 6.3 (#135), -1.3
Blocks: 3.5 (#25), +1.9
TOs: 12.5 (#23), +1.4
FG%: 47.6 (#8), +2.7
3PT%: 36.1 (#126), +0.9
FT%: 72.9 (#144), +0.6

Opposition

Points: 62.2 (#40), -3.8
FG%: 40.8 (#39), -4.5
3PT%: 30.5 (#11), -4.7
TOs: 16.4 (#28), -1.0

Efficiency

Offense: 54.0 (#9), -0.3
Defense: 44.8 (#111), -2.9

randy · May 3, 2015

Graduating Players

1. PG Emeka Dixon

Regular season: 119 G, 8.1 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 3.6 apg, 104 3s, 41% FG, 94% FT
Post season: 12 G, 6.2 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 3.4 apg, 4 3s, 26% FG, 100% FT
GPA: 2.3

2. SG Jim McFadden

Awards: All-American 1st Team (2010, 2011), Pac 12 POY (2010), Pac 12 DPOY (2010), Pac 12 1st Team (2010, 2011)
Regular season: 63 G, 20.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.2 spg, 167 3s, 39% FG, 74% FT
Post season: 7 G, 19.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.7 spg, 9 3s, 41% FG, 73% FT
GPA: 4.0

randy · May 3, 2015

Final Set of Recruits

Junior College

C Aaron Lappas, 7-1, #26 (PAS: A, REB: A, BLK: A, OVR: A

HS Seniors

PG Troy Cotton, 6-1, #96 (PAS: A, HDL: OUT: B, OVR: B
SG TJ Jones, 6-3, #529 (PAS: A, STL: B, OUT: B, OVR: B

randy · May 3, 2015

Coaching Stats as of 2011 (11 years)

Ratings

Offense: 62 (+7)
Defense: 62 (+7)
Recruiting: 47 (+4)
Scouting: 26 (+3)
Development: 62 (+7)
Reputation: 73 (+9)

Record

Overall W-L: 322-57 (0.850)
NCAA App: 11
NCAA Titles: 2
Final 4s: 3
Sweet 16s: 8
NCAA W-L: 29-9
Conf Titles: 6
Nat'l COY: 3
Conf COY: 11
20-Wins: 11

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