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WSU Recruiting 2010-11 There isn't a whole lot to talk about during the Summer for Weber State basketball and the fans forum has pretty much died. Take a look at the recruiting page, 4 new players have been added to the list that recruiting sites say Weber is interested in. Wes Eikmeier, an Iowa State transfer that was reported to be making a visit to Weber ended up signing with Colorado State. Also, 6'10" high school center Ben Mills has now topped 7 feet. Rivals.com shows that Weber has offerred the Wisconsin big man a scholarship but he has been attracting more and more attention lately. 6/5/09 2009 Weber State Basketball Camp Boys ages 8 through high school seniors are invited to sign up. The camp runs from June 8-25. WSU Head Coach Randy Rahe along with his assistants and players will be running the camp at the Dee Events Center. Session I: June 8-11, 9AM to 1PM Session II: June 22-25, 9AM to 1PM For further details and to sign up click here 5/25/09 Lance Allred's Book Nominated for Award Lance's book has been nominated for the 2010 PNBA (Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association) book of the year. List of nominees: www.pnba.org/images/2010AwardNom.pdf Lance Allred launches official website and Twitter page: LanceAllred41.com & Twitter.com/LanceAllred41
WeberStateSports.com Eric Duft Named Associate Head Men's Basketball Coach at Weber State University Source: Weber State Athletics WeberStateSports.com article 4/28/09 BigSkyConf.com Weber State Men, NAU Women Lead All-Sports Trophy Races by Jon Kasper BigSkyConf.com article 4/16/09 Mid-Major Top 25 - 'Cats Finish 20th The 2009 Wildcat basketball team finished the season ranked No. 20 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25. Portland State finished just outside the top 25 with 19 votes. The last week of the regular season the Wildcats had 5 votes to be in the AP Top 25 before falling to Montana State in the Big Sky Semifinals. The last WSU team to finish in the AP Top 25 was the 1980 team which finished 17th. The CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 is now in its tenth season of existence. Weber finished the 2007 season ranked 25th. In 2003, WSU finished the season in the top 10 (No. 30 in the AP Poll). Voting Panel: Mike Adras (Northern Arizona), Randy Bennett (St. Mary's), Will Brown (Albany), Dave Calloway (Monmouth), Kermit Davis (Middle Tennessee), Steve Donahue (Cornell), James Fox (Davidson), Steve Hawkins (Western Michigan), Brad Holland (UC Santa Barbara), Kerry Keating (Santa Clara), Billy Kennedy (Murray State), Tod Kowalczyk (UW-Green Bay), Jim Larranaga (George Mason), Jim Les (Bradley), Mike Lonergan (Vermont), Bart Lundy (High Point), Bob Marlin (Sam Houston State), Gregg Marshall (Wichita State), Ritchie McKay (Liberty), Tom Moore (Quinnipiac), Jimmy Patsos (Loyola MD), Tom Pecora (Hofstra), Vann Pettaway (Alabama A&M), Charles Ramsey (Eastern Michigan), John Shulman (Chattanooga), Brad Stevens (Butler), Gary Stewart (UC Davis), Scott Sutton (Oral Roberts), Scott Wagers (East Tennessee State), James Wilhelmi (Howard), Ralph Willard (Holy Cross). The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit League, Sun Belt, West Coast. 4/6/09 Lillard named to Freshmen All-America Team WSU true freshman Damian Lillard was named to the collegeinsider.com Freshmen Mid-Major All-America team. Twenty-one players were selected for the honors by the collegeinsider.com staff, Division I coaches and NBA scouts. Lillard was the Big Sky Freshman of the Year and first ever Big Sky first-team All-Conference player as a true freshman. The 18 year old started 26 of the 31 game season, averaged 11.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.9 apg, .84 FT% and .374 3P%. The collegeinsider.com Freshmen All-America team is one team consisting of 21 players. Larry Anderson G 6-6 Long Beach State Ivan Aska F 6-7 Murray State Keion Bell G 6-3 Pepperdine Julian Boyd F 6-6 Long Island Jamar Briscoe G 5-10 North Carolina Central John Brown G 6-4 The Citadel Kevin Dillard G 5-11 Southern Illinois Novar Gadson G 6-7 Rider Anthony Hitchens G 5-9 Akron R.J. Evans G 6-3 Holy Cross Samme Givens F 6-5 Drexel Jarrod Jones F 6-8 Ball State Damian Lillard G 6-2 Weber State Shelvin Mack G 6-3 Butler Dominique Morrison F 6-5 Oral Roberts Harouna Mutombo G 6-4 Western Carolina Clifford J. Reed G 6-3 Bethune Cookman Kevin Thompson F 6-8 Morgan State Julius Wells F 6-5 James Madison Eric Wise F 6-5 UC Irvine Alex Young F 6-5 IUPUI 4/4/09 Kellen McCoy, AP All-American Kellen McCoy, 2009 Big Sky MVP and Weber State senior was named to the Associated Press men's basketball All-America Team. McCoy is the second WSU player to make all-american in the past 3 seasons and the only Big Sky player named to the list this year. David Patten, the 2007 Big Sky MVP and former Wildcat was also an AP All-American. During his 2 year career at Weber, McCoy was part of a Big Sky championship and a 3rd place finish. This season McCoy was named the Big Sky Conference MVP, and was an unanimous selection to the all-league first team. McCoy averaged 14.1 ppg, 2.74 apg and 1.32 spg. He shot 81% from the free-throw line and 44% from 3-point range. McCoy and the 'Cats won the regular-season title finishing with a 15-1 league record. No Big Sky team has ever finished the regular season with more than 15 wins. WSU's season ended with a loss to San Diego State in the NIT. AP ALL-AMERICA TEAM FIRST TEAM Blake Griffin, F, Oklahoma Tyler Hansbrough, F, North Carolina DeJuan Blair, F, Pittsburgh James Harden, G, Arizona State Stephen Curry, G, Davidson SECOND TEAM Hasheem Thabeet, C, Connecticut Ty Lawson, G, North Carolina Luke Harangody, F, Notre Dame Jodie Meeks, G, Kentucky Jarel McNeal, G, Marquette THIRD TEAM Terrence Williams, F, Louisville Sherron Collins, G, Kansas Toney Douglas, G, Florida State Sam Young, F, Pittsburgh Gerald Henderson, G, Duke HONORABLE MENTION Jeff Adrien, Connecticut; Josh Akognon, Cal State Fullerton; Cole Aldrich, Kansas; Alex Barnett, Dartmouth; Marqus Blakely, Vermont; Craig Brackins, Iowa State; Michael Bramos, Miami (Ohio); Jon Brockman, Washington; Brandon Brooks, Alabama State; John Bryant, Santa Clara; Chase Budinger, Arizona; DeMarre Carroll, Missouri; Jeremy Chappell, Robert Morris; Dionte Christmas, Temple; Earl Clark, Louisville; Darren Collison, UCLA; Dante Cunningham, Villanova; Devan Downey, South Carolina; Tyreke Evans, Memphis; Levance Fields, Pittsburgh; Jonny Flynn, Syracuse; Kenny Hasbrouck, Siena; Jordan Hill, Arizona; Matt Howard, Butler; Lester Hudson, Tennessee-Martin; Matt Kingsley, Stephen F. Austin; Kalin Lucas, Michigan State; Eric Maynor, Virginia Commonwealth; Kellen McCoy, Weber State; Tywain McKee, Coppin State; Orlando Mendez-Valdez, Western Kentucky; Derrick Mercer, American; Luke Nevill, Utah; Ahmad Nivins, Saint Joseph's; Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford; A.J. Price, Connecticut; Alex Renfroe, Belmont; Tyrese Rice, Boston College; Kyle Singler, Duke; Jermaine Taylor, Central Florida; Jeff Teague, Wake Forest; Marcus Thornton, LSU; Evan Turner, Ohio State; Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State; Gary Wilkinson, Utah State; Booker Woodfox, Creighton; Ben Woodside, North Dakota State. 3/24/09 Stadium in Italy Named After Weber Basketball Star Willie Sojourner The Pala Sojourner was built in 1974 and has a capacity of 3,500. It was updated in 2007 and is planned to be upgraded to a capacity of 5,800. Pala Sojourner is home to the Nuova Sebastiani Basket Rieti. Italian Wikipedia info translated to English: It is named after Willie Sojourner, Rieti icon of basketball to the highest levels. Pala Sojourner it.wikipedia.org/wiki/PalaSojourner Pala Sojourner Arena pic upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/PalaSojournerRIETI-NSB-MPS0003.jpg Sojourner mentioned as Sebastiani notable player (played 6 seasons) wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuova_AMG_Sebastiani_Basket_Rieti 3rd place Sebastiani team pic - 1978 (Sojourner on the right end) upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/b/b0/Althea_Rieti.jpg Photo of Sojourner playing in Italy in 1980 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/f/f9/Una_stoppata_di_Zio_Willie.jpg Willie Sojourner page in Italian (more info than English page) it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Sojourner Translated to English from Italian page: In September of 2005, Sojourner back in Rieti accepted as a living legend by the fans, but unfortunately, just a month later lost his life in a road accident. He has headed the sports hall of Rieti, the Pala Sojourner. Trophies & Awards 1969: Big Sky Championship 1970: Big Sky Championship 1971: Big Sky Championship 1974: ABA Championship 1976: CBA Playoff MVP 1980: Korac Cup victory 1990: Weber State hall of fame To this day, Sojourner is #1 in Big Sky history for career rebounds average (14.1) and #2 for career rebounds (1,143). He is #2 in Big Sky history for single season rebounds (411). In the WSU record books he has too many records to even mention. His last season at Weber was 38 years ago. Sojourner was the 6th player in WSU history to go to the NBA and is 1 of 17 overall to make it. He was selected in the second round of the 1971 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls and by the Virginia Squires in the 1971 ABA Draft. WSU player records weberhoops.com/stats/records.pdf 3/19/09 Standard.net Rahe tabbed as Coach of the Year By Jasen Asay standard.net/live/sports/167082 This marks the second time Coach Rahe has received coach of the year honors in his 3 seasons at Weber State. 3/18/09 NIT: San Diego St 65, Weber St 49 Box Score | NIT Bracket Wade's double-double lets San Diego St. win in NIT Associated Press SAN DIEGO -- Lorrenzo Wade had 20 points and 10 rebounds as San Diego State beat Weber State 65-49 in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday. San Diego State (24-9) coasted to the win after a 22-4 run in the first half helped the Aztecs take a 39-17 halftime lead. The Aztecs will play the winner of Wednesday's Kansas State-Illinois State game Friday night. Wade was 9 of 14 shots from the floor, posting his third double-double of the season and second in his last four games. Kyle Spain scored eight of his 11 points during the Aztecs' key first-half run, including a pair of 3s. San Diego State extended its lead to 25 with 5:52 left in the game before the Wildcats finished their season on a 12-1 run. Kellen McCoy scored 14 points for Weber State (21-10), the Big Sky Conference regular season champion. San Diego State, which finished second in the Mountain West Conference, matched the school record for most wins in a season. The Aztecs are 14-2 at home this season and 50-8 in their last 58 home contests. Weber State was 3-for-21 from beyond the arc, while San Diego State was 5-for-21. 3/16/09 NIT: WSU at San Diego St NIT Website | NIT Bracket | WSU Fans Forum The 2008-09 Weber State men's basketball team has an automatic bid to this year's NIT. The Wildcats will take on the Aztecs of San Diego State at 8 PM in San Diego on Tuesday, March 17th. All games will take place at campus sites through the quarterfinals. The semifinals and finals will be hosted at Madison Square Garden in New York. Tournament Schedule 1st Rd: Tues, March 17 and Wed, March 18 2nd Rd: Thurs, March 19, Fri, March 20, Sat, March, 21 and Mon, March 23 Quarterfinal Rd: Tues, March 24 and Wed, March 25 Semifinals: Tues, March 31 Championship: Thurs, April 2 Weber State in the Postseason NIT (1-1) WSU's NIT record is 1-1 with it's only appearance being 1984. WSU beat Fordham 75-63 and then lost in the 2nd round to SW Louisiana 74-72 in double overtime. Weber State in the Preseason NIT (1-2) Weber has also competed in the preseason NIT twice. In 1987-88 the 'Cats lost to New Mexico 88-72. In 1995-96 WSU beat Fresno State 102-86 and then lost to Michigan 80-62. 3/15/09 Standard.net Conference tourneys a big waste By Jim Burton standard.net/live/sports/167082 3/13/09 Standard.net Wildcats are more than just one game By Jasen Asay standard.net/live/sports/166903 3/11/09 NIT Bound 'Cats Get Upset In Semifinal Montana St. 70, Weber St. 61 Box Score Associated Press OGDEN, Utah -- Branden Johnson made four 3-pointers while scoring 16 points as Montana State upset top-seeded Weber State 70-61 in the Big Sky Conference tournament semifinals on Tuesday night. The Bobcats (14-16) were the only conference team to beat Weber State (21-9) during the regular season and did it again on the Wildcats' home court to advance to the Big Sky championship game for the first time since 1999. Montana State plays defending champion Portland State on Wednesday for the conference's automatic NCAA tournament berth. Divaldo Mbunga added 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Bobcats, who lost the last five games of the regular season but have won two in a row in the conference tournament. Kellen McCoy led Weber State with 16 points. The Wildcats shot 33 percent in the game and were just 4-for-26 from 3-point range. 3/10/09 Big Sky Semifinals on the Altitude Final: WSU L 70-61 Big Sky Scoreboard   
3/9/09 Weber State in the AP Top 25 Weber State receives votes for AP Top 25 and ESPN/USA Today Top 25 for week 17. In the AP Poll Weber received 5 votes, 10 spots back from No. 25 BYU. Just ahead of Weber is Utah State and Utah. In the ESPN/USA Today, the 'Cats are 11 spots back from No. 25 Illinois with 1 vote.This marks the first time for the Wildcats to receive ranking votes since 2003. The 2003 WSU team finished with the 5th most votes outside of the AP Top 25 that year. The last season for a Big Sky team to finish in the Top 25 was the No. 8 Idaho Vandals in 1982. Weber State is the only other team in the Big Sky to be in the Top 25 in Big Sky history. WSU in the Top 25: 17th in 1969, 20th in 1971, 19th in 1972, 18th in 1973, 17th in 1980. AP & ESPN/USA Today Polls AP Top 25 1. North Carolina (35) 27-3 1,734 2. Pittsburgh (33) 28-3 1,731 3. Connecticut 27-3 1,592 4. Memphis (2) 28-3 1,544 5. Louisville (1) 25-5 1,513 6. Oklahoma 27-4 1,399 7. Michigan State 25-5 1,349 8. Wake Forest 24-5 1,246 9. Duke 25-6 1,237 10. Villanova 25-6 1,108 11. Kansas 25-6 1,038 12. Gonzaga 25-5 978 13. Washington 24-7 910 14. Missouri 25-6 779 15. UCLA 24-7 752 16. Butler 26-4 536 17. Clemson 23-7 528 18. Syracuse 23-8 518 19. Xavier 24-6 465 20. LSU 25-6 461 21. Marquette 23-8 453 22. Florida State 23-8 333 23. Arizona State 22-8 199 24. Purdue 22-9 169 25. Brigham Young 24-6 158 Others Receiving Votes Illinois 131, Texas A&M 63, Saint Mary's 56, Utah 21, West Virginia 17, Auburn 9, Dayton 7, Utah State 6, Virginia Commonwealth 6, Weber State 5, Creighton 4, Northern Iowa 3, Siena 3, Oklahoma State 3, Penn State 2, New Mexico 2, California 2, Texas 2, American University 1, Ohio State 1, Tennessee 1. 3/8/09 Weber's Big Sky Tournament History Tuesday night's semifinal games will be Idaho State vs Portland State at 5:00 pm and Weber State vs Montana State at 7:30 pm. Below are the all-time wins and losses in the Big Sky Tournament which started in 1976. Weber is 13-6 between Montana State, Idaho State, and Portland State. The 'Cats have never lost in the tournament to Portland State. Big Sky Tournament Win/Loss Records Boise State 11-10 Cal State Northridge 7-4 Eastern Washington 7-9 Gonzaga 0-1 Idaho 15-13 Idaho State 16-19 Montana 25-23 Montana State 14-21 Nevada 11-9 Northern Arizona 13-17 Northern Colorado 0-1 Portland State 4-6 Sacramento State 2-4 Weber State 34-23 Weber State's Tournament Record vs Current Members (26-12) Eastern Washington 1-3 Idaho State 5-3 Montana 5-3 Montana State 5-2 Northern Arizona 4-1 Northern Colorado 0-0 Portland State 3-0 Sacramento State 3-0 Weber State's Tournament Record vs Former Members (8-11) Boise State 2-4 Cal State Northridge 0-2 Gonzaga 1-0 Idaho 1-2 Nevada 4-3 Big Sky Tournament Championships Weber State 7 Boise State 4 Idaho 4 Montana 4 Idaho State 2 Montana State 2 Nevada 2 Northern Arizona 2 Cal State Northridge 1 Eastern Washington 1 Portland State 1 Gonzaga 0 Northern Colorado 0 Sacramento State 0 Year-by-Year Results | Year-by-Year Champions 3/7/09 Semifinal: WSU vs MSU - PSU vs ISU Big Sky Scoreboard Montana St. 56, Montana 54 Associated Press MISSOULA, Mont. -- Will Bynum scored 15 points, including a decisive three-point play with seven seconds left, to lift Montana State to a 56-54 win over Montana in the first round of the Big Sky Conference Tournament on Saturday night. Divaldo Mbunga added nine points and 11 rebounds for the sixth-seeded Bobcats (13-16, 6-10 Big Sky), who avenged two losses to the Grizzlies earlier this season and won their first league tournament game since 1999. Montana State trailed 30-29 at halftime, but used a 12-0 run in the middle of the second half to take a 50-42 lead. Trailing 53-52 with 22 seconds left, the Grizzlies (17-12, 11-5) held on for the last shot. But Bynum stole an Anthony Johnson pass and converted a three-point play with seven seconds remaining to seal the win. Johnson led the Grizzlies with 19 points, followed by Jordan Hasquet with 12. The Bobcats shot 38 percent from the field and outrebounded the Grizzlies 40-29, including 18 offensive rebounds. Idaho St. 67, N. Colorado 60 Associated Press POCATELLO, Idaho -- Matt Stucki scored 20 points as Idaho State overcame a 6-point halftime deficit and beat Northern Colorado 67-60 in a Big Sky Conference Tournament quarterfinal game on Saturday night. Idaho State (13-18, 10-7 Big Sky) goes on to play Portland State in the tournament semifinals on Tuesday at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. With the game tied at 55 with 2:20 remaining, the Bengals outscored Northern Colorado 12-5, getting all of their points at the foul line. The game featured 10 tie scores and 10 lead changes. Donnie Carson added 12 points and six rebounds for the Bengals and forward Austin Kilpatrick had 10 points and seven boards. Will Figures and John Pena led Northern Colorado (14-18, 8-9) with 14 points apiece. Northern Colorado led 36-30 at halftime. ISU outrebounded Northern Colorado just 36-35, but NCU had 17 turnovers to Idaho State?s 12. 3/7/09 Gameday, Big Sky Quarterfinals Watch Live (free) | Big Sky Scoreboard Tonight at 7:05 PM the quarterfinal games will take place. (5) Nothern Colorado will play at (4) Idaho State and (6) Montana State will play at (3) Montana. (1) Weber State and (2) Portland State will await tonight's games to see who they will play on Tuesday in the Big Sky Semifinals live on the Altitude Sports Network. Both of tonight's games can be seen live on Big Sky TV for free. Earlier this season UNC lost by 1 in overtime in Pocatello, MSU lost by 14 in Missoula. 3/6/09 Interview With The Big Sky WeberHoops.com's Wildcat Wall, is our WSU fan blog with weekly/bi-weekly articles by Rod Eyre and Mark Berger. Under Links in the left pane of this page you will see the link to Wildcat Wall. Mark had the opportunity to do a very interesting interview with the Big Sky's Jon Kasper, Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations. Wildcat Wall interview 3/5/09 The Big Sky Awards - 4 WSU Players Honored Today the Big Sky Conference announced the selections for all-conference awards. From 1963 (the inaugural year of the Big Sky) until 1990, the conference named a 1st & 2nd team. From 1991 to 2006 they only named a 1st team. In 2007 the 2nd team award was re-instated as well as adding the honorable mention list. The panel of voters are the 9 head coaches.
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