Coaching Career of Chris Matthews (CH2k8)

[cubsfan203]

Team: North Florida Ospreys
Rosters: Dkrause last updated in June I believe
Difficulty: MOP (coach mode)
Sliders: cad4life (trying them out, will change if I don't have good results)


Like noted this will be all in coach mode. I doubt many remember but the first few posts are basically going to be copied from when I started one with UNF way back when the game came out.

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2007-2008 Season
16-16 (8-8) - Finished 5th in A-Sun
Lost in Conference Championship to E. Tenn St.

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North Florida Ospreys 07-08 Schedule

Red - Tournament
Blue - Conference

November, 2007

11 vs. #25 Maryland
20 at Florida
27 at Savannah St.

December, 2007

7 vs. William & Mary
15 at Florida A&M
18 at Florida Atlantic
20 at Miami (FL)
29 at IPFW
31 at Notre Dame

January, 2008

3 vs. Florida Gulf Coast
5 vs. Stetson
10 at Mercer
12 at Kennesaw St.
19 vs. Jacksonville
25 vs. SC Upstate
31 vs. Gardner - Webb

February, 2008

2 vs. Campbell
7 at Lipscomb
9 at Belmont
12 vs. Savannah St.
16 at Jacksonville
21 vs. Kennesaw St.
23 vs. Mercer
28 at Stetson

March, 2008

1 at Florida Gulf Coast

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Ospreys Escape With a Win Against Terps
”North Florida’s pulls off what could be the upset of the year."
Sunday November 11th, 2007

                 1st 2nd   Total
North Florida     39  32     71
#21 Maryland      33  32     65

Going into the game Maryland didn’t expect any troubles. They were supposed to win this game easily and move on in the tournament. Unfortunately for them, poor play and foul trouble allowed the Ospreys to take a lead into halftime. Maryland didn’t bounce back until it was too late. They cut the lead down to 3 with just under 2:00 left to play, but Tom Hammonds answered with a huge 3-pointer the following possession to seal the deal.

“I can think of maybe 12 people that thought we would win that game, and they were all sitting on the bench beside me. You guys can bash me all you want. Call me inexperienced, say it was beginner’s luck, and predict that this team won’t win 5 games again this year. As long as I have my team believing that we can win we can beat anybody on any day. I didn’t come here intending to rebuild this team, I came here intending on making a winning team right away. Both the players and the people I’m recruiting are believing in my system, and I will tell you now that the North Florida Ospreys will be a team to watch out for as a top contender in this conference within the next 3 years,” Coach Matthews said as he gave a passionate opening statement .


North Florida Ospreys Player Stats
Tom Hammonds – 21 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast, 8-11 FG (3-4 3PT)
Justin Cecil – 10 pts, 8 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl, 1 blk
James Grimball – 12 pts, 10 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 1 blk
Chris Timberlake – 5 pts, 4 reb, 7 ast


Maryland Terrapins Player Stats
Greivis Vasquez – 2 pts, 1 reb, 3 ast, 2 stl, 2 to
James Gist – 12 pts, 2 reb, 4 ast, 2 stl
Bambale Osby – 21 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast


Record: 1-0
Up Next: Championship game vs. Tulsa

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Ospreys Pull Off Another Shocker
”North Florida is 2-0, that is not switching the numbers."
Monday November 12th, 2007

                 1st 2nd   Total
Tulsa              38  26     64
North Florida      34  37     71

Again, an animated coach Matthews had a lot to say after the game.

“Yeah, so pretty much you can call this the best North Florida team EVAR! I mean come on we are obviously extremely good, just nobody gives us no love round here. We’re pretty much the Little Engine That Could ya know? Yeah we pretty much rocked them like a hurricane.

Obviously we took a blow with losing one of our two big time players in Grimballin *insert Jim Jones impression here*, but I don’t think we need him against Florida anyways. We expect to go in there and claim the title of the best basketball team in the state. Oh, and for those that want to know he won't see much of any playing time against either Florida or UCLA.”


North Florida Ospreys Player Stats
Tom Hammonds – 19 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast
Stan Januska – 17 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl
James Grimball – 9 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast (left game early in 2nd half)
Chris Timberlake – 5 pts, 1 reb, 10 ast


Tulsa Golden Hurricanes Player Stats
Jerome Jordan – 21 pts, 12 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl
Ben Uzoh – 15 pts, 2 reb, 3 ast
Calvin Walls – 9 pts, 8 reb, 4 ast


Record: 2-0
Up Next: at Florida

[Deuce2223]

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Well with 2 big wins already under your belt I am not sure how much luck you will need against the Gators, but I do say that would be huge. I always liked the idea of starting with North Florida too. You get good instate recruiting and lots of instate games against bigger schools like Florida, FSU, Miami FL, UCF, plus all the smaller schools.

Good luck.I will be following,especially being how its written by a Cubs fan

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Gators Shut Up Coach Matthews, Hammonds Hurt
”Ok not really, but they destroyed the Ospreys."
Tuesday November 20th, 2007

                 1st 2nd   Total
North Florida     29  30     59
Florida           53  46     99

North Florida played the Gators well up until when Tom Hammonds, the Osprey’s leading scorer went down with an injury. Without their two leading scorers, UNF never stood a chance. Florida pulled away and never looked back. Both Hammonds and Grimball are expected to miss this weeks game against UCLA as well, so it’s going to be an ugly day again.

“Let me put this in a way that you reporters can understand. We are the Little Engine That Could. The Little Engine ran into a rock today…….a VERY big rock. The engine can’t move forward with a big rock blocking it, end of story. But seriously, take Brady and Moss away from the Patriots last year and do they still go 16-0? I don’t think so. Wait until our two big guys are back and we won’t expect to lose another game. Thank you..have a good day,” coach Matthews didn’t wait for questions.


North Florida Ospreys Player Stats
Brent Wood – 16 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl
Stan Januska – 13 pts, 4 reb
Chris Timberlake – 4 pts, 9 ast, 1 stl
Devon Jones – 6 pts, 7 reb, 1 blk


Florida Gators Player Stats
Dan Werner – 19 pts, 10 reb
Alex Tyus – 18 pts, 11 reb
Hudson Fricke – 15 pts, 4 reb
Jonathan Mitchell – 12 pts, 16 reb


Record: 2-1
Up Next: vs. #3 UCLA

[R1zzo23]

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Damn, 2 nice wins to start. Keep it up!

Did Hudson Fricke come in and drop treys on you in garbage time because for him to be in the game long enough to score 15 points has got garbage time written all over it.

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Top 25 Media Poll
Week of November 19, 2007

1. Memphis (4-0)
2. North Carolina (2-0)
3. UCLA (3-0)
4. Kansas (2-0)
5. Duke (2-0)
6. Louisville (2-0)
7. Tennessee (2-0)
8. Pittsburgh (3-0)
9. Michigan St. (2-0)
10. Texas (2-0)
11. Marquette (3-0)
12. Texas A&M (3-0)
13. Georgetown (2-0)
14. Arizona (3-0)
15. Ohio St. (2-0)
16. Washington St. (3-0)
17. Wisconsin (2-2)
18. Indiana (2-0)
19. Clemson (3-0)
20. Arkansas (4-0)
21. Stanford (6-0)
22. West Virginia (1-0)
23. Florida St. (4-2)
24. Oregon (5-0)
25. Xavier (3-0)

[cubsfan203]

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Damn, 2 nice wins to start. Keep it up!

Did Hudson Fricke come in and drop treys on you in garbage time because for him to be in the game long enough to score 15 points has got garbage time written all over it.

They won by 40, there was plenty of "garbage time" haha. I actually played my back-ups most of the 2nd half so I didn't lose anyone else of importance to injury. It's going to be really, really ugly against UCLA.

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UCLA Wins, Moves On to CBE Championship Game
”Bruins defeat depleted North Florida squad."
Friday November 23rd, 2007

                 1st 2nd   Total
#3 UCLA	          45  28     73
North Florida     26  29     55

I don’t think anyone will argue that North Florida played the #3 team in the country extremely well for not having their two big scorers available. Had they shot better than 31% from the floor this could have easily been a very good game. Despite losing, Coach Matthews continued to be optimistic about his team after the game.

“What did I tell you guys after the last game? Both Tom Brady and Randy Moss were injured and couldn’t play today, and we still kept it to less than a 20 point win. Add the 26 points the two of them average combined and we win the game today. This was a good learning experience for our bench, and assuming we have no more injuries this year we expect to win at least 18 games. I also am going to have a word with Chris. He’s almost too unselfish out there. He is a guy that could score 20 pts a game if he tried. I’m going to ask him to take more shots the next game and see what happens.”


North Florida Ospreys Player Stats
Brent Wood – 7 pts, 3 reb, 1 stl
Stan Januska – 20 pts, 4 reb, 4 ast, 3 stl
Chris Timberlake – 8 pts, 5 ast, 1 reb, 1 stl
Devon Jones – 7 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast


UCLA Bruins Player Stats
Kevin Love – 22 pts, 8 reb, 4 ast, 2 stl, 3 blk
Josh Shipp – 9 pts, 3 reb, 2 stl
Michael Roll – 11 pts, 5 reb


Record: 2-2
Up Next: consolation game vs. #9 Michigan St.

*Man talk about a tough string of games. Florida, UCLA, AND Michigan St!? I think I could been competitive had I had my two best players, but of course I don't so I get blown out in all of them. Thanks for following.

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Spartans Beat North Florida With Ease
”Improve to 3-1, rebound after loss to Missouri."
Saturday November 24th, 2007

                 1st 2nd   Total
North Florida     28  17     45
#9 Michigan St.   38  47     85

“We couldn’t score, plain and simple. We also couldn’t rebound, or hold onto the ball. Hell we couldn’t do anything right tonight. Someone has to step up when your best players are out with injuries, and no one did tonight. Good thing we have a stretch of easier games coming up, because we need to rebound and improve before we have to play Miami and Notre Dame," said a disappointed Coach Matthews after today's loss.


North Florida Ospreys Player Stats
Brent Wood – 7 pts, 2 ast (2-12 FG)
Stan Januska – 12 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast
Chris Timberlake – 5 pts, 4 ast, 1 reb, 4 TO
Justin Cecil – 7 pts, 6 reb, 1 blk (fouled out early in 2nd half)


Michigan St. Spartans Player Stats
Drew Neitzel – 21 pts, 1 reb
Marquise Gray – 14 pts, 9 reb, 4 stl
Chris Allen – 12 pts, 1 reb


Record: 2-3
Up Next: at Savannah St.

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Ospreys Win An Ugly Game
”Tigers only score 9 points in the first half."
Tuesday November 27th, 2007

                 1st 2nd   Total
North Florida    29  28     57
Savannah St.      9  33     42

In what is easily the least entertaining game of the year for North Florida, they managed to hold the Tigers to just 9 points in the first half. Savannah St. scored only 2 points in the first 14 minutes of the game. Justin Cecil carried the Ospreys big as no one else could catch fire.

“A win is a win. We are now on a winning streak, and that’s where we want to be. Let’s hope this one doesn’t end,” Coach Matthews said at the news conference.


North Florida Ospreys Player Stats
Justin Cecil – 24 pts, 8 reb, 2 ast, 2 blk
Stan Januska – 10 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl (3-12 FG)
Tom Hammonds – 9 pts, 7 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl


Savannah State Tigers Player Stats
Lazarius Coleman – 16 pts, 9 reb, 1 blk
Joseph Flegler – 5 pts, 2 reb, 2 to, (1-12 fg)
Rod Mitchell – 4 pts, 2 reb, (1-11 FG)

Record: 3-3
Up Next: William & Mary

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Home Sweet….Wait a Minute
”Tribe spoils North Florida’s home opener."

                 1st 2nd   Total
William & Mary    36  39     75
North Florida     29  38     67

North Florida finally got both of their scorers back in the line-up, but that wasn’t enough for them to beat what previously was a winless William & Mary team. The Tribe came in at 0-5, but was leading almost the entire game against a team that knocked off both Maryland and Tulsa already this year.

“First off before I get all negative you have to give Stan Januska credit. The man has really improved the last few games and has given us another scoring option. Chris also had a great game tonight. Both Hammonds and Grimball however, looked a little off. Neither one of them looked very comfortable out there and it showed. Both of them shot really poorly, and was probably the difference in this game. I’m going to have another talk with both of them and hopefully get their confidence back up so that they can play at the level I know that they are capable of,” said a disappointed Coach Matthews.


North Florida Ospreys Player Stats
Chris Timberlake – 11 pts, 7 ast (0 to), 3 stl, 1 reb
Stan Januska – 23 pts, 4 reb, 3 stl, 1 blk
Tom Hammonds – 10 pts, 4 reb, (4-15 FG)


William & Mary Tribe Player Stats
Nathan Mann – 16 pts, 5 ast, 3 reb
Danny Sumner – 11 pts, 13 reb
Marcus Kitts – 10 pts, 7 reb, 2 ast (off of bench)


Record: 3-4
Up Next: Florida A&M

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Top 25 Media Poll
Week of December 10, 2007

1. Kansas (8-0)
2. Memphis (7-0)
3. North Carolina (7-1)
4. Duke (8-0)
5. UCLA (7-1)
6. Louisville (8-0)
7. Pittsburgh (9-0)
8. Clemson (7-0)
9. Marquette (7-1)
10. Texas A&M (7-1)
11. Georgetown (6-1)
12. Arkansas (10-0)
13. Stanford (8-1)
14. UNLV (7-1)
15. Florida St. (9-2)
16. Tennessee (6-2)
17. Washington St. (7-2)
18. Kentucky (8-2)
19. Georgia (6-0)
20. Oregon (8-2)
21. Ohio St. (6-2)
22. St. Louis (9-1)
23. Arizona (5-2)
24. Michigan St. (5-3)
25. BYU (9-2)