VU Record Watch

[talksalot]

Hey, I remember a few years ago we played the Capital (ELCA) University from Bexley, Ohio... those purple Crusaders... 4 months later, my daughter enrolled there...

[LaPorteAveApostle]

Thru latest HL road win 1/9/13

Points: 
14.  Milo Stovall 1,345
15.  RB 1,337

Rebounds:
4.  Lubos Barton 753
5.  RB 732

3-pointers:
2. Lubos Barton 244
3. RB 209

Blocked Shots:
6.  Antti Nikkila 84
7.  RB 80
Rowdy hasn't blocked a shot since IUPUI.  Needs to throw hisself a block party

Steals:
10. Tracy Gipson 138
EB 126
RB 112

FT%, career:
6.  Rob Cavanaugh 82.5%
7.  RB 249/307 81.1%

FT%, Single-season (min. 75 att):
1.   Casey Schmidt '93/94, 92.6%
RB 55 for 60 91.7%

Assists: MK now #16!
8. Jamie Sykes 359
9. EB 358
...
15. Tim Hostetler 284
16. MK 282
...
20.  Mike Jones 217
RB 201

Free throws made, career
10.  Milo Stovall 324
KVW 260

3-pt %, career:   RB now #8 again!
7.  Casey Schmidt 41.0%
8.  RB 209/510 40.98%
9. Mike Jones 175/428 40.88%
10. Brandon McPherson 40.7%
WB 81/206 39.3%

[talksalot]

More Macro Fun... on a Micro Level.

Valpo in the HL.   This is our 6th season.  We've played 93 Regular Season games.... 52-41 record in those games.  We are 31-16 at home and 21-25 on the road.

We have scored 6,251 points, opponents have scored 6,177 points, a difference of 74 total points.

OK now for the eerie number:  1,209
That is the exact number of points scored in the 2007-08 Horlzon League Regular Season Games by VU
That is the exact number of points scored in the 2007-08 Horlzon League Regular Season Games by VU Opponents
That is the exact number of points scored in the 2009-10 Horizon League Regular Season Games by VU Opponents

the D-1 Record is now 527-529... UWM, UDM and then Wright State to go over the .500 mark.

[valpotx]

I like these stats you are coming up with.  Good to see that we have proven a lot of the naysayers incorrect when some thought we would not be able to compete in this league.  We have shown from the start that we could go toe-to-toe with anyone in the HL, barring the one season where two key cogs (Bouchie and Haanpaa) left without much notice.

[Smj]

Ryan had a block in the UIC game - it was obvious but missed in the stats....

(I will just know the official number is one short.)

[LaPorteAveApostle]

Their official scorer probably went to HS with Harry Bell back in the day

[Smj]

Maybe we should check to see if there is any connection between the stats person and any of these players.....

Raitis Grafs
Zoran Viskovic
Joaquim Gomes
Harry Bell
Morris Smith
Antti Nikkila

When a stat is obviously missed in a game can a player or someone else do anything to have it reviewed?

[LaPorteAveApostle]

Thru latest HL road win 1/12/13

Points:  RB now #14!
13.  Mike Jones 1,378
14.  RB 1,363

Rebounds:
4.  Lubos Barton 753
5.  RB 742

3-pointers:
2. Lubos Barton 244
3. RB 216

Blocked Shots:
6.  Antti Nikkila 84
7.  RB 83

Steals:
10. Tracy Gipson 138
EB 129
RB 112

FT%, career:
6.  Rob Cavanaugh 82.5%
7.  RB 250/309 80.9%

FT%, Single-season (min. 75 att):
1.   Casey Schmidt '93/94, 92.6%
RB 56 for 62 90.3%

Assists: EB UP 3, now #6!  MK now #15!
5. Todd Smith 368
6. EB 362
...
14. Jared Nuness 290
15. MK 285
...
20.  Mike Jones 217
RB 205

Free throws made, career
10.  Milo Stovall 324
KVW 260

3-pt %, career:   RB now #7!
6.  Rob Cavanaugh 42.3%
7.  RB 216/519 41.62%
8.  Casey Schmidt 41.0%
9. Mike Jones 40.88%
10. Brandon McPherson 158/388 40.72%
WB 83/212 39.1%
If his average keeps dropping, he's gonna drop off the list...

[agibson]

Ryan's percentage may well come down, but, at the moment, he's 47/100 from 3PT range on the season.  That would be good for #5 all time - better than any of Bryce's season.

[LaPorteAveApostle]

good point.  please keep on me about season statistics...mostly been fixated on career because those are easier to see coming, but this is the time of year where we can start to look at the season ones...

[LaPorteAveApostle]

Thru THE COMEBACK 1/17/13

Points:  RB now #13!
12.  Jeff Simmons 1,395
13.  RB 1,381

Rebounds:
4.  Lubos Barton 753
5.  RB 751

3-pointers:
2. Lubos Barton 244
3. RB 218

Blocked Shots: RB now #6!
5.  Morris Smith 90
6.  RB 85

Steals:
10. Tracy Gipson 138
EB 131
RB 115

FT%, career:
6.  Rob Cavanaugh 82.5%
7.  RB 258/317 81.3%

FT%, Single-season (min. 75 att):
1.   Casey Schmidt '93/94, 92.6%
RB 64 for 70 91.4%

Assists: EB now #5!  MK now #15!
t5. Todd Smith 368
t5. EB 368
...
14. Jared Nuness 290
15. MK 289
...
20.  Mike Jones 217
RB 210

Free throws made, career
10.  Milo Stovall 324
KVW 265

3-pt %, career:   RB now #7!
6.  Rob Cavanaugh 42.3%
7.  RB 218/522 41.76%
8.  Casey Schmidt 41.0%
9. Mike Jones 40.88%
10. Brandon McPherson 158/388 40.72%
WB 84/215 39.0%
If his average keeps dropping, he's gonna drop off the list...

3-pt%, season
4. Casey Schmidt 92-93 47.7%
5. RB 49/103 47.57%

Games, career
T7.  A bunch of good dudes   124
EB 123
RB 119
MK 116

[oklahomamick]

"Grafs became the youngest Latvian National Team member. Unfortunately, during four years at Valparaiso University (NCAA), Grafs did not improve his skills much and so far his first three seasons after returning to Europe have been less than impressive."  This comes from wiki 

[LaPorteAveApostle]

So fix it!

[bbtds]

"Grafs became the youngest Latvian National Team member. Unfortunately, during four years at Valparaiso University (NCAA), Grafs did not improve his skills much and so far his first three seasons after returning to Europe have been less than impressive."  This comes from wiki 

You have to read that whole paragraph. It is purely an assessment of Raitis by one man. It's also poorly written and extremely subjective.

More than 20 years ago now in kindergarten, a tall boy named Raitis met a smaller one named Kristaps and they became fast friends.[citation needed] Since then, the two (Raitis Grafs and Kristaps Valters) have grown to be best friends and teammates on the Latvia national basketball team. As a teenager, Grafs was regarded as one of the best prospects in Europe averaging 13.8 points and 10.5 rebounds at the 1998 U18 European Championship. He posted similar numbers (11.9 ppg and11.0 rpg) at the 1999 World Junior Championship during which he was voted a First Team All-Star. At 16 years 5 months, Grafs became the youngest Latvian National Team member. Unfortunately, during four years at Valparaiso University (NCAA), Grafs did not improve his skills much and so far his first three seasons after returning to Europe have been less than impressive. This year, as he returned to his hometown club ASK Riga, he performed well (10.1 ppg and 5.6 rpg in Baltic league). Grafs is not athletic enough to become a star but he can be a solid back-up center and give his team a good 10–15 minutes per game.

You can rewrite that wikipedia paragraph on Raitis yourself by clicking on the [edit] button next to the paragraph.

[bbtds]

By following the references in the wikipedia article on Grafs I found this picture and the teams he has played for since he left Valpo. For a 31 year old Raitis is looking rather young. I guess he always did look younger than his age.

During his career, Graf played in Riga "Broceni", Valparaiso University (NCAA), Ostende 'Telindus' (Belgium) Wroclaw "Slaski" (Poland), BK "Ventspils" ASK Riga, "Šiauliai" (Lithuania), Riga VEF, "Nitra" (Slovakia) and Limassol "Apollon" (Cyprus).

http://sportacentrs.com/basketbols/legionari/09082012-grafs_speles_igaunija

[talksalot]

Just a reminder for those who lost too many brain cells last night...drinking to forget the first half and drinking to celebrate the second half... anyway... a few tidbits

Our D-1 Record:   529 wins and 529 losses.  We have never been above 500 since we began as a D-1 Program in 1977... our opponents have still out-scored us, 74,043 to 73,809 (diff:  -234)

Before last night, we were holding our opponents to under 60 points per game.   We have not done that for a full season since 1948-49!  If we can hold Wright State to 46 points or fewer, we will once again be below the 60PPG defense point.

Last night we picked up our 6th Road win of the year.  Going back to the opening of the ARC, we have never won more than 9 Road games in a single season, and we did that once.... 97-98 we went 9-3 on the road.  We have 5 more road games on the regular season schedule.

Since the ARC opened, we have played 382 (70.2% W) games at home, 383 (36.3% W) games on the road and 107 (57% W) neutral sites.

and perhaps the most fun little statistic... The Wright State game will be our 20th game of the year.... going back to 1984, we are 19-7 in the 20th game of the year, including an astounding 12-3 at home.

see y'all tomorrow... bring a friend!

[valpotx]

Awesome, our first chance in 36 years to be above 0.500 as a program!  We can then say that we are a winning program overall 

[talksalot]

Blast from the past... Chris Ensminger... still playing ... and starring... in Germany

http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=GER&PlayerID=19279&AmNotSure=1#Player%20Stats

VERY impressive stat line; played in Euro Challenge Cup on the 15th, 10 pts, 7 rebs in 15 minutes... he was born in 1973...not bad for a 40-Year old!... I still remember his 24-rebound game from '96

[bbtds]

How about a weight training workout video with 40 year old Chris Ensminger which includes his brother, Mike.

"ENSE" Chris Ensminger Basketball Training at The Workout at Covington ASAP

[LaPorteAveApostle]

Thru THE COMEBACK ^(Mini-Jr.) 1/19/13  um whoops i accidentally wrote over the previous post instead of starting a new one.  i blame billy donlon, who blamed the refs, who blamed our androgynous mascot, who was unavailable for comment since S/HE DON'T HAVE A FACE

Points:  RB now #12!
11.  John Wolfenberg 1,430
12.  RB 1,399

Rebounds: RB now #4!
3.  Dan Oppland 782
4.  RB 761

3-pointers:
2. Lubos Barton 244
3. RB 221

Blocked Shots:
5.  Morris Smith 90
6.  RB 85

Steals:
10. Tracy Gipson 138
EB 133
RB 115

FT%, career:
6.  Rob Cavanaugh 82.5%
7.  RB 263/323 81.4%

FT%, Single-season (min. 75 att):
1.   Casey Schmidt '93/94, 92.6%
2.  RB 64 for 70 90.8%

Assists: EB now #5! (alone)! MK up 2 to #13!! 
4. Jared Loyd 405
5. EB 370
...
13. Milo Stovall 295
t13. MK 295
...
20.  Mike Jones 217
RB 214

Free throws made, career
10.  Milo Stovall 324
KVW 271

3-pt %, career:   
6.  Rob Cavanaugh 42.3%
7.  RB 221/529 41.78%
8.  Casey Schmidt 41.0%
9. Mike Jones 40.88%
10. Brandon McPherson 158/388 40.72%
WB 87/221 39.3%...but seriously dude those ones you hit tonight were YOOGE kthx

3-pt%, season
4. Casey Schmidt 92-93 47.7%
5. RB 52/110 47.27%

Games, career:  EB now #7![/u]
T7.  EB & a bunch of good dudes   124  (Barton-Berdiel-Gomes-Stovall-Sykes)
RB 120
MK 117

[talksalot]

For those not at the game, we recognized the 1972-73 Team as winners of the conference championship (to the NCAA college division, win over Capital's Crusaders in round 1)... one of the guys on that time....  John Wolfenberg, who is the next person Rowdy passes on the career points list.  and a big thanks to the Vu Archives staff for getting all of those great shots of action from Hilltop.

[vu72]

For those not at the game, we recognized the 1972-73 Team as winners of the conference championship (to the NCAA college division, win over Capital's Crusaders in round 1)... one of the guys on that time....  John Wolfenberg, who is the next person Rowdy passes on the career points list.  and a big thanks to the Vu Archives staff for getting all of those great shots of action from Hilltop.

I was a classmate of John's and I'm sure  Bruce was recognized as well.  A great team!

[agibson]

Thru THE COMEBACK (Mini-Jr.) 1/19/13  um whoops i accidentally wrote over the previous post instead of starting a new one.  i blame billy donlon, who blamed the refs, who blamed our androgynous mascot, who was unavailable for comment since S/HE DON'T HAVE A FACE

I'm confused.  You overwrote the _title_ of the previous post, and made this one, but did you update any of the numbers?  At least some of them look like the numbers after the Detroit game.

Maybe it's still a post in progress?

(Yeah, I guess some of them are up to date... but at least Rowdy's single season FT's are the numbers from after Detroit?  He now has the 75 min required for the record book.)

[historyman]

who was unavailable for comment since S/HE DON'T HAVE A FACE

Well, let's face it (him/her). That's it. Just get it a face.

[agibson]

And here's another single season record in progress.

I suppose he's been in the top ten for a while.  But, after tonight, I think KVW's 93 for 148 field goal attempts on the season.  Passing... last year's version of himself for #3 on the all-time chart.  Just a tenth behind Zoran Viskovic.