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randy · May 5, 2015

Career Game #403

Feb 15, 2012: Arizona (14-10, 9-5) @ #15 UCLA (18-5, 13-1)

Scouting Report

Offense: normal pace, balanced, flex
Defense: m2m, rarely press
Key Players: Fr SG Ken Kapono 12.4 ppg, 4.8 rpg
Notes: ARIZ has won 5 of their last 6. We won by only 2 pts at their place

1st Half

Gave significant minutes to our freshman guards, and SG TJ Jones rewarding us with a good performance

Halftime: Up 42-31

Key stat(s)

FG: UCLA 47%, ARIZ 40%
Paint: UCLA 18, ARIZ 10

Key Players

UCLA: SG TJ Jones 12 pts, 2 3s

2nd Half

SG TJ Jones continued to shine in the 2nd half. Fellow freshman PG Troy Cotton also had a good showing

Final Score: Arizona - 58, UCLA - 80

Box Scores

Burton 20, 7, 1, 2 stls (*)

Jones 20, 2, 3, 4 3s

Cotton 10, 5, 4

Lappas 10, 3, 4, 2 blks, 3 tos

Walton 8, 6, 2

Blevins 6, 1, 0

Tucker 2, 4, 5

Williams 2, 4, 0

Fuhs 2, 0, 0

Condill 0, 1, 0

Team Stats

FG: 54-37%

Rebs: +11

TOs: -3

Pts in paint: +26

2nd chance: Even

Fast break: -3

Post game observations

(+): Seldom used players performing well when given the chance

Pac 12 Standings

UCLA, 14-1 (W3)
Oregon, 12-3 (W1)
Stanford, 10-5 (L1)
Arizona, 9-6 (L1)
California, 8-7 (W1)
USC, 7-8 (W2)
Oregon St, 7-8 (L2)
Arizona St, 6-9 (L3)
Colorado, 6-10 (W1)
Washington St, 4-11 (W2)
Washington, 4-11 (L6)
Utah, 3-12 (L1)

randy · May 5, 2015

Career Game #404

Feb 18, 2012: #15 UCLA (19-5, 14-1) @ California (12-12, 8-7)

Scouting Report

Offense: fast pace, inside, 5 out
Defense: m2m, presses on occasions
Key Players: Jr SG Jamahl Abrams 14.0 ppg, 3.6 apg
Notes: Relatively close game in our last meeting, where we won by 8. CAL hit 8 3s in that game

1st Half

At least 3x it happened that just when we are about to build a sizable lead, CAL would come back.

Halftime: Up 39-35

Key stat(s)

Paint: UCLA 34, CAL 10
3PT: UCLA 1-5, CAL 4-6

Key Players

UCLA: PG Eugene Tucker 7 pts, 4, rens, 4 asts

2nd Half

CAL's defense has stepped up

11:07, Down 47-52

We continue to take the ball inside. We came up with 15-5 run, and reclaim the lead. Far from over though

4:57, Up 62-57

Still a 7pt lead with less than a minute left, which was enough to hold on for the win. Great defense in the last 11 mins of the game

Final Score: UCLA - 70, California - 61

Box Scores

Burton 14, 5, 2 (*)

Williams 10, 6, 1

Lappas 10, 6, 0, 2 stls, 2 blks

Blevins 10, 3, 0

Fuhs 9, 2, 1, 2 stls

Tucker 7, 6, 8, 2 blks, 4 tos

Walton 5, 5, 2, 3 tos

Holliway 3, 1, 0

Condill 2, 3, 0

Team Stats

FG: 45-43%

Rebs: +9

TOs: -4

Pts in paint: +26

2nd chance: -2

Fast break: +8

Post game observations

(+): Limited CAL to just 9 points in the last 11 minutes.

Pac 12 Standings

UCLA, 15-1 (W4)
Oregon, 13-3 (W2)
Stanford, 11-5 (W1)
Arizona, 10-6 (W1)
USC, 8-8 (W3)
Oregon St, 8-8 (W1)
California, 8-8 (L1)
Arizona St, 6-10 (L4)
Colorado, 6-10 (L1)
Washington St, 4-12 (L1)
Washington, 4-12 (L7)
Utah, 3-13 (L2)

randy · May 5, 2015

Career Game #405

Feb 22, 2012: Utah (5-20, 3-13) @ #12 UCLA (20-5, 15-1)

Scouting Report

Offense: normal pace, balanced, shuffle
Defense: m2m, press most of the game
Key Players: So SG Kyle Stafford 14.6 ppg
Notes: We won our previous meeting, 64-46; UTAH only had 18 made FGs in that game

1st Half

Raced to an early 21-4 lead, and I don't see UTAH coming back back from this one, esp with the way we are shooting. Our 2 freshman guards started the game, and combine for 15 pts

Halftime: Up 50-23

Key stat(s)

Paint: UCLA 70%, UTAH 42%
Asts: UCLA 13, UTAH 5

Key Players

UCLA: SG Dickey Walton 8 pts, 3 asts

2nd Half

Gave our bench warmers more playing time in the 2nd half

Final Score: Utah - 56, UCLA - 82

Box Scores

Jones 13, 3, 2, 5 tos, 3 3s

Condill 13, 1, 0

Walton 10, 1, 4, 2 stls, 2 3s (*)

Cotton 9, 1, 6

Blevins 8, 2, 0

Lappas 7, 5, 0, 3 stls

Irvin 7, 1, 0

Williams 6, 4, 1

Tucker 2, 3, 2

Burton 2, 3, 1

Milton 2, 1, 1

Holliway 2, 0, 2

Fuhs 1, 1, 3

Team Stats

FG: 66-51%

Rebs: +9

TOs: -4

Pts in paint: +34

2nd chance: +8

Fast break: +6

Post game observations

(+): Shut out UTAH to zero 2nd chance points

Pac 12 Standings

UCLA, 16-1 (W5)
Oregon, 14-3 (W3)
Stanford, 11-6 (L1)
Arizona, 10-7 (L1)
USC, 9-8 (W4)
Oregon St, 9-8 (W2)
California, 8-9 (L2)
Arizona St, 7-10 (W1)
Colorado, 6-11 (L2)
Washington St, 5-12 (W1)
Washington, 4-13 (L8)
Utah, 3-14 (L3)

randy · May 5, 2015

Career Game #406

Feb 25, 2012: Oregon St (14-12, 9-8) @ #12 UCLA (21-5, 16-1)

Scouting Report

Offense: normal pace, balanced, 5 out
Defense: m2m, rarely press
Key Players: Sr PG Stephan Horton 15.3 ppg
Notes: Won by 23 in our last meeting; ORST had 21 turnovers

1st Half

ORST may still have a slim chance of making the NCAA tournament, and they came up with arguably their best performance this season. They are beating us in almost every aspect of the game

Halftime: Down 33-54

Key stat(s)

FG: UCLA 41%, ORST 59%
Bench: UCLA 7, ORST 26

Key Players

UCLA: SG Dickey Walton 10 pts, 2 stls

2nd Half

Either the 2nd half would be one great comeback, or a shocking home loss. Unfortunately it was the latter as we couldn't even break the double digit deficit

Final Score: Oregon St - 79, UCLA - 68

Box Scores

Burton 16, 9, 0

Walton 14, 2, 1, 3 stls

Blevins 12, 5, 0

Lappas 10, 6, 0, 4 tos

Williams 6, 3, 4

Tucker 3, 2, 3

Fuhs 3, 2, 0

Jones 2, 1, 0

Cotton 2, 0, 0

Holliway 0, 0, 1

Condill 0, 0, 0

Team Stats

FG: 43-46%

Rebs: +4

TOs: +5

Pts in paint: +8

2nd chance: +12

Fast break: -4

Post game observations

(-): Game reminded us of our weaknesses that plagued us this season, perimeter defense and turnovers

Pac 12 Final Standings

UCLA, 16-2 (L1)
Oregon, 15-3 (W4)
Stanford, 12-6 (W1)
Oregon St, 10-8 (W3)
Arizona, 10-8 (L2)
USC, 10-8 (W5)
California, 9-9 (W1)
Arizona St, 7-11 (L1)
Colorado, 6-12 (L3)
Washington St, 5-13 (L1)
Washington, 5-13 (W1)
Utah, 3-15 (L4)

randy · May 5, 2015

Bubble watch

We're currently #10, which is most likely equivalent to a (3) seed. That last loss against ORST most likely ended our chances to gain a (1) seed, even if we win the Pac 12 tournament

Oregon and Stanford are almost sure of making the tournament. Arizona, California, and Oregon St are currently outside the bubble

randy · May 5, 2015

Career Game #407

Pac 12 tournament

Mar 10, 2012: (9) Colorado (10-18, 6-12) vs (1) #11 UCLA (21-6, 16-2)

Scouting Report

Offense: slow pace, outside, flex
Defense: 2-3, presses half of the game
Key Players: Sr SF Billy Bell 16.7 ppg, 51% 3PT
Notes: COL handed our 1st loss in the conference, 51-57

1st Half

Our outside shooting not consistent enough to cause problems against COL's zone. We need to figure out a way to make shots

Halftime: Down 26-31

Key stat(s)

FG: UCLA 31%, COL 46%
TOs: UCLA 4, COL 9

Key Players

UCLA: SF Dave Fuhs 8 pts, 2 3s

2nd Half

Finally got a good run. Down by 7 earlier, SG Dickey Walton had 9 pts (all from the outside) as part of a 15-2 run that gave us the lead

12:38, Up 43-37

Our big men have also asserted themselves on offense here in the 2nd half

3:22, Up 57-46

Our tight defense allowed COL to score just 1 basket the rest of the game. It was our power game, plus some outside shooting in the 2nd half, that tilted the match to our favor

Final Score: Colorado - 48, UCLA - 69

Box Scores

Walton 16, 3, 2, 2 3s

Burton 15, 4, 0, 2 stls (*)

Fuhs 10, 7, 2, 2 3s

Lappas 9, 10, 0, 2 blks

Jones 7, 2, 1, 3 tos

Williams 5, 2, 2

Tucker 3, 0, 2

Blevins 2, 5, 2

Cotton 2, 1, 5

Condill 0, 1, 0

Irvin 0, 0, 0

Team Stats

FG: 43-37%

Rebs: +4

TOs: -7

Pts in paint: +16

2nd chance: -1

Fast break: Even

Post game observations

(+): C Aaron Lappas' were very timely; all of his 9 pts came in the 2nd half
(-): COL successful again in stopping our running game; just 8 fast break points today

randy · May 5, 2015

Career Game #408

Pac 12 tournament semifinals

Mar 11, 2012: (4) Oregon St (16-12, 10-8) vs (1) #11 UCLA (22-6, 16-2)

Scouting Report

Offense: normal pace, balanced, 5 out
Defense: m2m, rarely press
Key Players: Sr PG Stephan Horton 15.4 ppg, 3.1 apg
Notes: For the 2nd straight game, we face a team that has dealt us a loss in the conference

1st Half

Battle of inside vs outside. ORST content on putting up 3s, while we continuously attack the rim

Halftime: Up 50-40

Key stat(s)

3PT: UCLA 0-5, ORST 6-11
Paint: UCLA 38, ORST 10

Key Players

UCLA: SG Dickey Walton 14 pts, 2 stls

2nd Half

We increased our lead to 16, but ORST keeps coming back

9:29, Up 70-65

SG Chris Williams has been instrumental in keeping us on top

3:07, Up 83-73

Lead was 14 with 1 min remaining. We slowed down, and advance to the finals

Final Score: Oregon St - 78, UCLA - 95

Box Scores

Williams 23, 5, 2, 2 3s (*)

Walton 14, 2, 2, 4 stls

Fuhs 10, 4, 0

Burton 10, 1, 0

Lappas 9, 5, 1, 2 blks

Blevins 9, 3, 2, 2 stls

Condill 8, 1, 0

Tucker 6, 1, 7, 2 stls, 4 tos

Holliway 4, 3, 4

Jones 2, 0, 1

Team Stats

FG: 63-57%

Rebs: +2

TOs: -9

Pts in paint: +32

2nd chance: +7

Fast break: +10

Post game observations

(+): Very balanced scoring, with 7 players contributing at least 8 points each

randy · May 5, 2015

Career Game #409

Pac 12 tournament finals

Mar 12, 2012: (2) #13 Oregon (24-7, 15-3) vs (1) #11 UCLA (23-6, 16-2)

Scouting Report

Offense: normal pace, balanced, flex
Defense: m2m, rarely press
Key Players: Sr C Greg Bruton 15.1 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 60% FG
Notes: 2-0 against OR this season, including an OT win at their place

1st Half

Our big men putting OR's front line into foul trouble, including 3 on C Greg Bruton. However, we have missed 8 FTs already. We also need to defend against 3 much better in the 2nd half

Halftime: Down 32-36

Key stat(s)

3PT: UCLA 0-6, OR 4-7
FT: UCLA 16-24, OR 8-9

Key Players

UCLA: C Aaron Lappas 9 pts

2nd Half

OR early in the penalty again, but we continue to miss from the line; 13 missed FTs already

11:50, Down 45-47

OR hit back to back 3 s earlier, and they somehow keep themselves in the lead despite all the fouls they have given up

7:25, Down 56-59

The 1st FG by SG Dickey Walton, a 3, finally puts us ahead

4:00, Up 64-61

OR getting their bearings back. We also entered penalty

2:27, Tied at 67

A 3 by PG Eugene Tucker! Up 3. OR hits 2 FTs, Up 1. SG Dickey Walton takes it strong to the hoop, and scores! Up 3. OR hits a jumper. Up 1. What a game we are having. We miss. OR scores on a drive. Timeout

1:13, Down 72-73

SG Dickey Walton scores! Timeout OR

0:56, Up 74-73

OR's SG Terrance Fein scores again! Fein with a game high 20 pts. Timeout

0:41, Down 74-75

SG Dickey Walton drives to the middle, pops up a jumper, and it's good! Timeout OR. Walton started the game 0-9 FG, but has connected on his last 4 shots

0:32, Up 76-75

Our press broke down, and OR scores on transition. I probably should not have press in that situation. Timeout

0:19, Down 76-77

SG Dickey Walton wants the ball. He gets it. Walton drives. Missed. Out of bounds in our favor. 0:10 left. We inbound. Can't get it to Walton. We go C Anthony Burton instead on the post. Single coverage. 0:02 left. Burton makes his move inside. Block by OR! I was asking for a foul. Time expired. A sorry loss. OR celebrates at mid court

Final Score: Oregon - 77, UCLA - 76

Box Scores

Lappas 15, 2, 1, 2 stls

Walton 13, 5, 4, 3 stls, 2 blks, 3 tos

Burton 13, 3, 1

Williams 10, 6, 2, 2 stls

Tucker 8, 2, 4

Cotton 7, 0, 1

Fuhs 4, 4, 1, 2 stls

Blevin 4,1, 0

Jones 2, 0, 2

Condill 0, 0, 0

Team Stats

FG: 45-53%

Rebs: -9

TOs: -13

Pts in paint: +16

2nd chance: -3

Fast break: +4

Post game observations

(-): It may have boiled down to the last play, but I can't help but think about those 16 missed FTs we had

randy · May 5, 2015

2012 Selection Show

Rank: #13, RPI: #10

We're in the Midwest Regionals (Detroit). Matchup:

(3) UCLA vs (14) Bethune-Cookman

Teams in the Midwest Regionals

(1) #1 Iowa
(2) #6 Memphis
(3) #13 UCLA
(4) #17 Auburn
(5) #23 Syracuse
(6) #25 St John's
(7) Duke
(8) Georgia Tech
(9) Bradley
(10) Portland
(11) Creighton
(12) Play In
(13) Georgia St
(14) Bethune-Cookman
(15) Maine
(16) Texas Christian

Other Ranked Teams

East

(1) #2 Kentucky
(2) #9 Oklahoma
(3) #12 Indiana
(4) #11 Oregon
(5) #16 Marshall
(6) #24 Georgia
(7) #15 UNLV

South

(1) #8 Arkansas
(2) #5 New Mexico
(3) #18 Georgetown
(4) #14 Florida
(5) #20 Ohio St

West

(1) #3 Kansas, defending champs
(2) #10 Maryland
(3) #19 Oklahoma St
(4) #21 Villanova
(5) #22 Louisville
(6)
(8)

On Probation

#4 Temple
#7 Pepperdine

Pac 12 Teams in postseason tournaments

NCAA: (3) UCLA, (4) Oregon, (12) Arizona
NIT: (1) Stanford, (4) Oregon St, (5) USC

randy · May 5, 2015

Career Game #410

2012 NCAA Tournament 2nd Round

Mar 16, 2012: (14) Bethune-Cookman (19-11, 10-6) vs (3) #13 UCLA (23-7, 16-2)

Scouting Report

Offense: fast pace, balanced, high post
Defense: msm, presses on occasion
Key Players: Sr SG Bob Foster 14.2 ppg, 40% 3PT
Notes: A good shot blocking team, averaging 3.8 bpg

How they got here

Automatic selection (Champs, MEAC tournament)

1st Half

BETH hitting their 3s early to keep this game close. We were still trailing 22-23, and then we finished the 1st half strongly on 17-4 run, fueled mostly by BETH's turnovers

Halftime: Up 39-27

Key stat(s)

3PT: UCLA 1-7, BETH 4-14
TOs: UCLA 4, BETH 10

Key Players

UCLA: C Anthony Burton 10 pts, 6 rebs

2nd Half

BETH still has no answer against our big men, esp C Anthony Burton. If we're only hitting our outside shots, this game would have been over already; only 1-10 3PT so far

11:10, Up 58-42

Despite our struggles from the outside, we still managed to push our lead to 22 with 5 mins remaining. Form there, it was easy cruising.

Final Score: Bethune-Cookman - 68, UCLA - 83

Box Scores

Burton 18, 6, 0, 7-8 FG (*)

Condill 16, 6, 0, 7-8 FG

Walton 16, 4, 1

Jones 12, 4, 4, 2 3s

Lappas 6, 3, 4, 3 stls, 2 blks

Williams 6, 2, 1

Blevins 3, 1, 1

Fuhs 2, 2, 1

Irvin 2, 2, 0

Cotton 2, 0, 4

Tucker 0, 3, 3, 2 stls

Holliway 0, 0, 0

Milton 0, 0, 0

Team Stats

FG: 47-30%

Rebs: Even

TOs: -12

Pts in paint: +30

2nd chance: Even

Fast break: +5

Post game observations

(+): Efficient execution of our offense when we go inside, resulting in 19 assists and only 6 turnovers
(-): Just 2-13 3PT (15%)

randy · May 5, 2015

Career Game #411

2012 NCAA Tournament 3rd Round

Mar 18, 2012: (11) Creighton (18-14, 12-4) vs (3) #13 UCLA (24-7, 16-2)

Scouting Report

Offense: normal pace, outside, motion
Defense: m2m, presses on occasion
Key Players: Jr SG Kenyatta Mardis 19.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Notes: We beat them earlier in the season, at their place, 74-69, in which we scored 21 fast break pts. CREIGH does not waste too many opportunities from the line, shooting 79.2% FT (#9 Nat'l)

How they got here

Automatic selection (Champs, MVC tournament)
(2nd Rd) Def #25 St John's, 89-68 (Mardis 29 pts, 4, rebs, 4 asts, 5 3s)

1st Half

Calls are very tight at both ends of the floor. But we caught the bigger fish early, when CREIGH's SG Kenyatta Mardis picked up 2 quick fouls. But even without Mardis, CREIGh able to to keep close. Mardis returned at the latter part of the 1st half, but remained scoreless. So if we were able shut down an almost 20 ppg scorer, but our lead is only 4, then it mean s we have to further improve our defense in the 2nd half. A combined 42 FT attempts were taken in the 1st half

Halftime: Up 40-36

Key stat(s)

FT: UCLA 18-22, CREIGH 19-20
TOs: UCLA 5, CREIGH 8

Key Players

UCLA: SG Dickey Walton 10 pts, 2 3s

2nd Half

CREIGH's SG Kenyatta Mardis started the 2nd half with 2 consecutive turnovers, and then picking up his 3rd foul; he remains scoreless, on 0-5 FG. CREIGH already with 8 turnovers in the 2nd half so far

10:48, Up 60-44

Still leading by 21 with 2 mins left. CREIGH's SG Kenyatta Mardis made his only 2 shots (both 3s) when the game has long been settled

Final Score: Creighton - 68, UCLA - 78

Box Scores

Walton 22, 2, 0, 2 3s (*)

Williams 11, 1, 1, 2 3s

Condill 9, 1, 2, 2 stls

Lappas 7, 10, 0, 2 blks

Blevins 7, 6, 0

Jones 7, 2, 3

Burton 6, 3, 0

Fuhs 5, 0, 0

Cotton 2, 2, 1

Tucker 2, 1, 5, 4 tos

Holliway 0, 0, 1

Team Stats

FG: 46-34%

Rebs: -10

TOs: -8

Pts in paint: +8

2nd chance: -5

Fast break: -3

Post game observations

(+): Taking out their leading scorer threw their offensive rhythm off, and forcing them to score on either 1-on-1 or broken plays; CREIGH only dished out a total of 8 assists
(-): Allowed CREIGH to grab 15 offensive rebounds

randy · May 5, 2015

Major Upsets

2nd Round

(15) American def (2) #10 Maryland
(12) Yale def (5) #22 Louisville
(12) Old Dominion def (5) #23 Syracuse
(11) Creighton def (6) #25 St John's

3rd Round

(12) Yale def (4) #21 Villanova
(7) #15 UNLV def (2) #9 Oklahoma
(6) #24 Georgia def (3) #12 Indiana

randy · May 5, 2015

Career Game #412

2012 NCAA Tournament Midwest Regionals Semifinals (Sweet 16)

Mar 23, 2012: (3) #13 UCLA (25-7, 16-2) vs (2) #6 Memphis (26-7, 15-3)

Scouting Report

Offense: fast pace, balanced, motion
Defense: m2m, presses on occasion
Key Players: Sr SG Lucas Ohl 20.3 ppg, 6.4 rpg
Notes: Even if they are playing at a fast pace, they still limit their opponents to just 60.8 ppg (#23 Nat'l). Seldom commits errors, at 11.9 topg (#9)

How they got here

At-large selection (2nd place, CUSA regular season)
(2nd Rd) Def Maine, 62-49 (Ohl 21 pts, 7 rebs)
(3rd Rd) Def Duke, 72-59 (Ohl 18 pts, 7 rebs)

1st Half

I though we got a break when MEM's SG Lucas Ohl picked up 2 quick fouls. MEM had other players who can score from the outside. Our bigger problem though was how to score against the stingy defense of MEM, as we struggled early with our shots. The answer came from the bench, with both C Chris Condill and SG TJ Jones scoring 10 pts each to help kick start our offense. It also helped that we forced MEM to a lot of turnovers during the latter part of the 1st half

Halftime: Up 42-29

Key stat(s)

Bench: UCLA 31, MEM 15
TOs: UCLA 8, MEM 17

Key Players

UCLA: SG TJ Jones 10 pts

2nd Half

C Chris Condill scored the 1st 7 pts of the 2nd half, to push our lead to 20. MEM regrouped, and starting to make their comeback. But as soon as MEM's SG Lucas Ohl hit his 1st 2 baskets of the game, he picked up his 4th foul. I'm starting to get worried though on our turnovers; we already have 6 here in the 2nd half

10:22, Up 54-45

We made some key baskets to keep MEM at bay, but we can feel that they are breathing down our necks, and ready to make one final push

5:49, Up 61-52

PF Justin Blevins, who only had 1 pt prior to his re entry in the game, came up with 5 straight pts. SF David Fuhs, who is scoreless so far, connected on a jumper. A small 7-0 run, but it was enough to give us a commanding 16pt lead, and forcing MEM to a timeout

4:03, Up 68-52

Still a 17pt lead with less than 2 mins remaining, when MEM's SG Lucas Ohl ended his night (and college career) with his 5th foul. We move to the Elite 8!

Final Score: UCLA - 75, Memphis - 57

Box Scores

Condill 17, 2, 1, 8-11 FG (*)

Jones 12, 2, 1, 2 stls

Lappas 11, 9, 1, 2 stls

Walton 10, 1, 1, 2 blks, 4 tos

Blevins 6, 5, 0

Burton 4, 7, 0

Cotton 4, 2, 3, 3 tos

Williams 4, 2, 2, 3 stls

Irvin 3, 0, 0

Fuhs 2, 2, 0

Holliway 2, 1, 4

Tucker 0, 1, 2, 3 tos, fouled out

Team Stats

FG: 48-43%

Rebs: +7

TOs: -6

Pts in paint: +30

2nd chance: +1

Fast break: +2

Post game observations

(+): Pleased to see that every one who played had key contributions to the game, whether on offense or defense.

randy · May 6, 2015

Career Game #413

2012 NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional Finals (Elite 8)

Mar 25, 2012: (3) #13 UCLA (26-7, 16-2) vs (1) #1 Iowa (32-1, 18-0)

Scouting Report

Offense: normal pace, balanced, princeton
Defense: 1-2-2, rarely press
Key Players: Fr C Mack Iversen 21.8 ppg (#7 Nat'l), 13.5 rpg (#1), 3.6 stls (#3), 2.9 blks (#2), #1 recruit this season
Notes: Simply put, IOWA is the #1 team in terms of defensive efficiency, and for good reason; 51.1 opp ppg (#1 Nat'l), 34.2% opp FG (#1), 30.1% opp 3PT (#12). So in other words, we're going up against the #1 ranked team, #1 defensive team, and the #1 player

How they got here

At-large selection (1st place, Big 10 regular season; only loss cae against IND in the Big 10 tournament finals)
(2nd Rd) Def Texas Christian, 75-58 (Iversen 25 pts, 17 rebs, 3 stls)
(3rd Rd) Def Bradley, 64-54 (Iversen 11 pts, 10 rebs, 3 blks)
(Sweet 16) Def #17 Auburn, 76-62 (Iversen 35 pts, 15 rebs, 3 blks)

1st Half

So far, we're executing our defensive game plan against IOWA's C Mack Iversen, forcing him to shoot outside his comfort zone. However, we can't afford to give IOWA 2nd chance opportunities. Our turnovers have also hurt us, giving IOWA plenty of fast break pts

Halftime: Down 26-36

Key stat(s)

2nd chance: UCLA 4, IOWA 14
Fast break: UCLA 2, IOWA 13

Key Players

UCLA: SG Dickey Walton 13 pts, 4 rebs
IOWA: C Mack Iversen 10 pts, 10 rebs, 2 blks

2nd Half

Good start with a 11-2 run. IOWA's C Mack Iversen forced to take outside shots, and is now 4-14 FG

13:25, Down 37-38

IOWA, who were shooting 3-16 3PT earlier, has 3 of their last 4 attempts from downtown. It's a tough decision to make on whether we need to adjust defensively, or continue to clog up the lane. I decided to stick with the zone. We're still very much in this game

8:37, Down 45-47

PG Eugene Tucker with back to back turnovers earlier. IOWA hits another 3. IOWA's C Mack Iversen hits a long 2 for his 1st basket of the 2nd half

5:27, Down 48-54

After IOWA hits another 3, it now forces me to play m2m defense.

3:28, Down 50-57

PG Eugene Tucker hots a jumper. Down 5. IOWA's C Mack Iversen, seeing he has now more room to operate inside, takes it strong and got fouled; Iversen splits. Down 6. SG Dickey Walton missed. We got called on a foul against a jump shooter. Bad foul. IOWA made both FTs. TImeout

1:57, Down 52-60

SG Chris Williams can get it to fall. IOWA turns the ball over. We also turned the ball over. IOWA's C Mack Iversen hits another jump shot. Down 10. We have to start thinking 3s. We hot 1. Down 7. 0:32 left. We started fouling. IOWA missed their FT. Window of opportunity here. But another turn over on our part, our 16th for the game, That ended our chances. Those chances were few and far in between, and we threw away most of them. Great effort by SG Dickey Walton, who played 39 mins today, and was our only consistent scorer

An up and down season. We'll have a strong recruiting class coming in next season. We'll see

Final Score: UCLA - 57, Iowa - 62

Box Scores

Walton 24, 8, 1, 3 tos, 2 3s

Lappas 8, 5, 0

Williams 7, 6, 2, 2 stls

Tucker 7, 1, 0, 5 tos, fouled out

Burton 6, 7, 1

Cotton 3, 1, 1, 3 tos

Blevins 2, 3, 1

Lappas 0, 5, 1

Fuhs 0, 3, 0

Jones 0, 2, 1

Holliway 0, 0, 2

Team Stats

FG: 37-38%

Rebs: +3

TOs: +3

Pts in paint: +10

2nd chance: -2

Fast break: -6

Post game observations

(-): A good comeback in the 2nd half. But those "extra" points (2nd chance, fast break) we have given IOWA in the 1st half proved to be too much to make up

randy · May 6, 2015

Major Upsets

Sweet 16

(12) Yale def (1) #3 Kansas
(7) Gonzaga def (3) #19 Oklahoma St

Elite 8

(6) #24 Georgia def (1) #2 Kentucky

randy · May 6, 2015

NCAA Final 4

East: (6) #24 Georgia
Midwest: (1) #1 Iowa
South: (1) #8 Arkansas
West: (7) Gonzaga

(1) #1 Iowa def (6) #24 Georgia, 72-60

(1) #8 Arkansas def (7) Gonzaga, 61-58

Finals

(1) #1 Iowa def (1) #8 Arkansas, 67-54. Iowa wins their 3rd national title.

randy · May 6, 2015

2012 Awards

Conference

1st Team: So SG Dickey Walton, So C Anthony Burton
2nd Team: Jr C Aaron Lappas

randy · May 6, 2015

2011-12 Individual Stats and Rankings (Nat'l Rank)

Points

SG Dickey Walton - 14.5 ppg
C Anthony Burton - 12.7
PF Justin Blevins - 11.7
C Aaron Lapps - 9.8
SF Chris Williams - 8.8
SF Dave Fuhs - 5.9
PG Eugene Tucker - 5.5
C Chris Condill - 3.5
SG TJ Jones - 3.2
PG Troy Cotton - 3.1
PG Keith Holliway - 1.6

Rebounds

C Aaron Lappas - 6.2 rpg
C Anthony Burton - 6.1
SF Chris Williams - 5.0
PF Justin Blevins - 4.4
SG Dickey Walton - 4.1

Assists

PG Eugene Tucker - 5.2 apg (#10)
PG Keith Holliway - 2.4
SG Dickey Walton - 2.1

Steals

SG Dickey Walton - 1.2 spg
SF Chris Williams - 1.1

Blocks

C Aaron Lappas - 1.3 bpg (#17)

Turn overs

PG Eugene Tucker - 3.2 topg
SF Chris Williams - 2.0

3pt shots made

SG Dickey Walton - 40
SF Chris Williams - 14
SG TJ Jones - 10
PG Eugene Tucker - 6
SF Dave Fuhs - 5
PG Keith Holliway - 2
PG Troy Cotton - 1
C Anthony Burton - 1

FG % (min: 30 FGA)

C Chris Condill - 65.5% (38 of 58)
C Anthony Burton - 65.3
PF Justin Blevins - 61.4
C Aaron Lappas - 53.8
SF Dave Fuhs - 47.1
PG Keith Holliway - 44.4
SF Chris Williams - 42.3
SG Dickey Walton - 41.3
SG TJ Jones - 40.0
PG Troy Cotton - 38.2
PG Eugene Tucker - 36.2

FT% (min: 20 FTA)

C Anthony Burton - 89.5% (68 of 76)
PG Eugene Tucker - 85.0
SG Dickey Walton - 84.7
SF Chris Williams - 77.9
PF Justin Blevins - 73.2
SF Dave Fuhs - 53.7
C Aaron Lappas - 52.5

3PT% (min: 10 3PA)

SG TJ Jones - 58.8% (10 of 17)
SG Dickey Walton - 32.5
SF Chris Williams - 30.4
SF Dave Fuhs - 21.7
PG Eugene Tucker - 14.3
PG Troy Cotton - 10.0

Minutes

SF Chris Williams - 28.2 mpg
SG Dickey Walton - 27.4
C Anthony Burton - 26.2
PF Justin Blevins - 25.3
PG Eugene Tucker - 24.9
C Aaron Lappas - 21.8
SF Dave Fuhs - 17.8
PG Keith Holliway - 13.3
PG Troy Cotton - 9.2
SG TJ Jones - 7.5
C Chris Condill - 6.1
SF Jordan Milton 4.3
PF Julian Irvin - 3.5

randy · May 6, 2015

2011-12 Team Stats, Rankings, +/- from last season

Team

Points: 76.5 (#3), +1.5
Rebounds: 33.6 (#45), -0.8
Assists: 15.6 (#48), +0.5
Steals: 6.9 (#57), +0.6
Blocks: 4.1 (#9), +0.6
TOs: 12.7 (#35), +0.2
FG%: 49.0 (#3), +1.4
3PT%: 28.3 (#332), -8.8
FT%: 73.2 (#158), +0.3

Opposition

Points: 65.9 (#121), +3.7
FG%: 42.2 (#63), +1.4
3PT%: 36.9 (#289), +6.4
TOs: 16.3 (#23), -0.1

Efficiency

Offense: 55.0 (#5), +1.0
Defense: 47.4 (#201), +2.6

randy · May 6, 2015

Graduating Players

1. Sf Chris Williams

Regular season: 100 G, 4.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.0 apg, 27 3s, 43% FG, 77% FT
Post season: 7 G, 4.3 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 1.0 apg, 1.1 spg, 36% FG, 90% FT
GPA: 2.3

2. PF Julian Irvin

Regular season: 96 G, 3,1 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 14 3s, 53% FG, 69% FT
Post season: 5 G, 2.4 ppg, 45% FG
GPA: 3.9

3. PF Justin Blevins

Regular season: 120 G, 8.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 58% FG, 69% FT
Post season: 13 G, 8.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 1.2 spg, 56% FG, 74% FT
GPA: 2.9

4. C Chris Condill

Awards: Pac 12 2nd Team (2011)
Regular season: 88 G, 6.0 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 56% FG, 48% FT
Post season: 11 G, 9.2 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 65% FG, 60% FT
GPA: 3.5

randy · May 6, 2015

Final Set of Recruits

HS Seniors

PF Chris Lucas, 6-8, #15 (SCR: A, REB: A, BLK: A, OVR: A)
SG Mark Pettway, 6-1, #18 (SCR: A, PAS: A, STL: A, OVR: A)
SF Andre Smith, 6-6, #58 (SCR: A, REB: A, DEF: A, OVR: A)
C Bruce McCutcheon, 6-9, #72 (REB: A. DEF: B, INS: A, OVR: A)

randy · May 6, 2015

Coaching Stats as of 2012 (12 years)

Ratings

Offense: 67 (+5)
Defense: 67 (+5)
Recruiting: 52 (+5)
Scouting: 29 (+3)
Development: 67 (+5)
Reputation: 80 (+7)

Record

Overall W-L: 348-65 (0.843)
NCAA App: 12
NCAA Titles: 2
Final 4s: 3
Sweet 16s: 9
NCAA W-L: 32-10
Conf Titles: 6
Nat'l COY: 3
Conf COY: 11
20-Wins: 12

randy · May 6, 2015

2012-13 UCLA Lineup

Starters

1: So PG Troy Cotton, 6-1, 3.5/4.0 (Watkins, CO)
2: Fr SG Mark Pettway, 6-1, 4.5/5.0 (Gaithersburg, MD) (*)
3: Jr SF Dave Fuhs, 6-8, 3.0/4.0 (Tahoe City, NV)
4: Fr PF Chris Lucas, 6-8, 4.0/5.0 (Seattle, WA)
5: Sr C Aaron Lappas, 7-1, 4.5/5.0 (Round Mountain, NV) (*)

Reserves

1/2: Jr SG Dickey Walton, 6-4, 2.0/4.5 (San Jose, CA)
5: Jr C Anthony Burton, 7-1, 4.0/4.0 (Pine Bluff, AR)
1/2: Jr PG Eugene Tucker, 6-0, 2.5/4.0 (Greenwood, SC)
4/5: Fr C Bruce McCutcheon, 6-9, 3.0/4.5 (Sells, AZ)
2/3: Fr SF Andre Smith, 6-6 (Livonia, LA)
1/2: So SG TJ Jones, 6-3, 2.0/3.0 (Whiteriver, AZ)
3/4: Sr SF Jordan Milton, 6-7, 2.0/4.0 (Madill, OK)
1/2: Sr PG Keith Holliway, 6-1, 2.0/3.5 (Detroit, MI)

Walk-ons

1/2: So SG Tyler Frazier, 6-5, 1.5/3.5 (Los Angeles, CA)
3/4: Jr PF Ronald George, 6-7, 2.0/3.5 (San Bruno, CA)

(*) Norton candidate

randy · May 6, 2015

Career Game #414

Start of Season

Nov 15, 2012: #15 UCLA (0-0) @ #14 Seton Hall (0-0)

Scouting Report

Offense: very slow pace, inside, 5 out
Defense: m2m, only press in close and late situations
Key Players: Fr PF Justin Serraville, #8 recruit
Notes:

1st Half

Down early at 2-9. We established our inside game to settle down on offense. We also tightened our defense to lead by as many as 11. However, our penalty situation towards the latter part of the 1st half allowed SH to score a lot of pts from the line

Halftime: Up 34-31

Key stat(s)

FG: UCLA 47%, SH 36%
FT: UCLA 3-4, SH 12-13

Key Players

UCLA: C Aaron Lappas 9 pts, 2 rebs
SH: PF Justin Serraville 10 pts, 6 rebs

2nd Half

Both teams throwing bricks from the outside, with a combined 2-24 3PT. Some transition baskets helped us generate some offense

11:18, Up 45-37

SH came to within 2 pts of our lead. Our 2 freshmen, SG Mark Pettway and PF Chris Lucas hit some key baskets to reestablish our double digit advantage

6:06, Up 57-47

We played good defense the rest of the game. Our two 7-footers played together to make sure we control the boards. SH got into penalty, and we scored some pts from the line to keep our distance from SH

Final Score: UCLA - 66, Seton Hall - 51

Box Scores

Lappas 13, 11, 1, 2 stls (*)

Burton 11, 9, 1, 2 blks

Pettway 11, 3, 2, 3 blks

Lucas 8, 2, 1, 2 stls

Fuhs 7, 1, 0, 2 stls

Tucker 6, 2, 7, 2 stls

Walton 4, 7, 1, 3 tos

Smith 4, 1, 0

Cotton 2, 0, 1, 3 tos, fouled out

McCutcheon 0, 0, 0

Team Stats

FG: 43-31%

Rebs: +6

TOs: -7

Pts in paint: +18

2nd chance: -6

Fast break: +2

Post game observations

(+): Pleased to see that we won the game because of our defense, esp in the perimeter where we limited SH to 1-22 3PT (4%)
(-): Our outside shooting wasn't also on target; just 1-11 3PT (9%)

randy · May 7, 2015

Career Game #415

Nov 15, 2012: #6 Pepperdine (1-0) @ #15 UCLA (1-0)

Scouting Report

Offense: fast pace, heavy inside, flex
Defense: 1-3-1, presses on occasion
Key Players: Jr SG David Howard 22 pts in their 1st game
Notes:

1st Half

We have a more talented front line, and we made sure we take advantage of that.

Halftime: Up 41-24

Key stat(s)

FG: UCLA 47%, PEPP 33%
Paint: UCLA 24, PEPP 8

Key Players

UCLA: C Aaron Lappas 14 pts, 5 rebs

2nd Half

Our big men continued to make a living inside the paint, plus we also got a few outside shots to go in. We led by as many as 26, before PEPP's shooting showed some improvement, but it was too late for them

Final Score: Pepperdine - 57, UCLA - 77

Box Scores

Lappas 21, 14, 1 (*)

Lucas 13, 7, 0, 2 stls

Pettway 12, 7, 2, 2 stls, 2 3s

Walton 11, 2, 0, 2 blks, 2 3s

Burton 8, 5, 0

Tucker 7, 3, 2

Fuhs 5, 2, 4

Cotton 0, 1, 3

Jones 0, 1, 0

McCutcheon 0, 0, 0

Smith 0, 0, 0

Team Stats

FG: 47-32%

Rebs: +8

TOs: -7

Pts in paint: +28

2nd chance: -3

Fast break: +1

Post game observations

(+): Much better outside shooting as compared to our last game, including 5-10 3PT (50%)

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