'Cuse Camp

Wrap-up: Amazing weekend

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:49:08 -0400

Amazing weekend at Cuse. The former cuse players were into it, the schedule was great and we played great games. 12 hours of bball in 48 hours was a grind but pushed everyone to suck it physically and mentally. The competitiveness of the coaches led them to playing the key starters most of the game -35+ minutes of a 40 minute game.

Between playing bball, getting ready to play in the training room/warming up and then winding down with ice baths and more training room stretching, we basically didn’t do anything but eat and sleep other than play bball all weekend. Doesnt get better than that.

Would have loved to win the title but hard to complain about losing title game in a battle, making the all star team and having a great time hanging out playing bball all weekend.

Always good to be back on campus. Excited for next year

Finals: Tough loss

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 18:40:53 -0400

Played the finals in the dome vs Ricky & Feldstein’s team coached by Stevie Thompson, John Wallace & DC. We got down by 10 in the first part of the first half and then went on a big run to take an 8 point lead at the half. We stretched it to 12 then Ricky caught fire, we made a bunch of stupid turnovers against the press and Feldstein made some key buckets to narrow the lead. The kicker is they took the lead on a 3 from some guy named Tomassetti that was a non-factor in the game up to that point which gave them a 1 point lead. We made some dumb mistakes down the stretch and they held on for a 4 point victory. Disappointing. i had 10 pts in the finals against some tough matchups against Ricky and Feldstein.E Bram played amazing defense on Ricky most of the game as he did all camp (he was named all defensive player of the camp) and Elias was a warrior carrying us on his back.

So much so that he need IV after the game to regain his senses. He, Bram and i played most of the semis and finals games.

Congrats to Dan and Ricky on second consecutive Cuse title.

Semi-finals: game winning shot...

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 18:34:00 -0400

We played in the semi-finals this morning against Ferdman’s team coached by Red Autry and L-Moten and it was a nail-biter. We were leading by 4 to 6 points most of the game but they whittled it down to a 2 point lead. Michael hit some big shots and was an uncharacteristic rebounding machine in this game with 9 boards to go with his 16 pts. Bram was rock solid on both sides of the floor and Elias was our go to guy as usual.

We had the lead until Ferdman got an and-1 layup to put them up 1 with one minute to go when he cut to the hole when i doubled AJ. We got fouled and Karim missed the front end of the one on one but somehow got his own rebound and passed it to me. I caught it and drove, hit the layup in traffic and got fouled. Missed the free throw but we held on for the last 40 secs to win the game and advance the finals. I had 15 pts and 13 rebs in semis.

With g-Mac before championship game at dome

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 18:23:00 -0400

With g-Mac before championship game at dome

Game 3 win blowout win 80-46 box score. 20 pts, 11 rebs for BW

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:35:00 -0400

Game 3 win blowout win 80-46 box score. 20 pts, 11 rebs for BW

Game 3 Blow out win...regaining momentum

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:35:00 -0400

We came out on fire and were up 22-2 within the first 5 minutes. Much needed win for the team heading into playoffs tomorrow (#3 seed) and much needed personal showing (20 pts on 9-17 shooting and 11 boards) after two terrible games. Team played super well and unselfishly and shot almost 50% (unheard of at this level).

Playing Ferdman’s team in semifinal round tomorrow at 10am

Coaching staff before legends game. I smartly opted out of...

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:33:00 -0400

Coaching staff before legends game. I smartly opted out of opportunity to play against Cuse legends to preserve the legs for 5pm game. It was more fun to watch. G-Mac can still shoot it incredibly, Hakin Warrick was throwing down windmill dunks and J-Wallace can still play…..of course, they were playing against dinosaurs but….

Game 2 loss (again)

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:32:00 -0400

Played Ferdman’s team coached Red Autry during the 10am game. Michael distributed the ball well and we played from behind the entire game. I laid an egg by missing a half dozen shots around the hoop. 0-2. GMac openly questioning his use of a high draft choice on me. Wasted another workhorse performance from Elias.

DC, Stevie Thompson, Sherman Douglas, Billy Owens and the Pearl

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:26:00 -0400

DC, Stevie Thompson, Sherman Douglas, Billy Owens and the Pearl

DC and BW

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:24:00 -0400

DC and BW

BW and Pearl

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 16:35:00 -0400

BW and Pearl

Lost game 1

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 09:15:49 -0400

On team with gmac as head coach, sherman as asst. lost game 1 to Ricky and Feldstein. Ricky had over 30 as did elias. Lost by 7. Not a good game 1 for bw. More rebounds than points with only three baskets.

Heading up to cuse in style courtesy of MBF (Taken with...

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:54:30 -0400

Heading up to cuse in style courtesy of MBF (Taken with Instagram)

Cuse Camp II Ready to Begin

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:49:00 -0400

Cuse Camp II

A little more than 24 hours until Cuse Camp II starts Friday afternoon. ~40 guys coming to be chosen on four teams to play a scrimmage and 6 full games over 2.5 days hosted by Boeheim with camp ambassador DC (ie roving hazer)

Coaches

Team 1: Head coach Hopkins with Donte Green & Todd Burgan

Team 2: Head coach Red Autry with Lazarus Sims, Lawrence Moten & Roosevelt Bouie

Team 3: Head coach Stevie Thompson with John Wallace, Billy Owens and Pearl Washington

Team 4: Head coach Gerry Mac with Sherman Douglas and Hakim Warrick

Friday

Drills and scrimmage for evaluation

Draft

Game 1

Dinosaur BBQ dinner at Melo center with Boeheim discussing this season and upcoming Olympic team followed by Q&A with Hakim Warrick & Donte Green

Saturday

Three games

Dinner at Melo center with Q&A with DC, Billy Owens and Sherm Douglas followed by GMac hosting a video session

Sunday

Team practice

Playoffs

Championship and Consolation games at Carrier Dome

Derrick Coleman giving BW pointers on lefty post moves

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 06:10:40 -0400

Derrick Coleman giving BW pointers on lefty post moves

Championship Highlights Package with all the big shots down the...

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:47:00 -0400

Championship Highlights Package with all the big shots down the stretch courtesy of Michael Ferdman’s camera work.

Elias goes coast to jewish coast on Ferdman in consolation game

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 05:12:13 -0400

Elias goes coast to jewish coast on Ferdman in consolation game

Consolation game

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:29:27 -0400

Bernie Fine came to his senses and gave Ferdman the reins at point guard.
Ferdman had 10 assists leading his team to its first victory in a double digit blowout. Things might have been different in this tourney if Ferdman had been at point all along. Great video footage of both games will be on the blog in next few days

Title game: "Good is not Good Enough"

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:21:00 -0400

Bryan Wiener Lost in OT on last possession drive and dish after we hit a miraculous 3 (arrik) at the buzzer in regulation and a tough 3 at with 15 seconds to go in OT to set up to game winner. Out of the timeout, Hop called for us to send two guys at schnall to get the ball out of his hands. Schnall got around it and got in the lane. Munson and I stepped up and schnall threw a bounce pass to a cutting Bram for a tough in traffic layup. Bitter loss.

Hop threw his clipboard and G-Mac jumped higher in celebration than he has since the cuse national championship 7 years ago. Everyone really wanted to win.

BW 15 minutes from tip… can you feel the intensity? Think...

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:02:15 -0400

BW 15 minutes from tip… can you feel the intensity? Think they’re 4.5 pt underdogs against the undefeated #1 seed.