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.

[cubsfan203]

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

[cubsfan203]

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

[cubsfan203]

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]

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

[cubsfan203]

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

[rhs_rizzo]

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.

[cubsfan203]

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by rhs_rizzo

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.