Valpo vs. Southeastern Fire @ UCF Tourney 5:30PM Central 12/21 Game Thread

[talksalot]

Wow... almost ran out of room for the subject!

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This "Fire" team looks like a decent NAIA team!  (Looking at their point-spreads...and being 8-1)  receiving votes in the NAIA Division II Coaches Poll for the week of 12/3 (not 12/10).

http://www.seufire.com/schedule.asp?sportID=3

Two Exhibition Games, both losses:   Florida State 112-74; Univ of Tampa  78-65

Nov. 7, 2013   Trinity College   Lakeland, Fla.      101-78 W   
Nov. 9, 2013     Pensacola Christian College   Lakeland, Fla.      93-59 W   
Nov. 16, 2013    Clearwater Christian College   Lakeland, Fla.      107-81 W   
Nov. 19, 2013   @ Trinity Baptist College   Jacksonville, Fla.     82-65 W   
Nov. 25, 2013   Franklin College   Lakeland, Fla.      (OT) 107-97 W   
Nov. 29, 2013   at Oregon Technical Institute   Ashland, Ore.   86-76 W   
Nov. 30, 2013   @ #2 Southern Oregon University   Ashland, Ore.      81-91 L   
Dec. 3, 2013   Florida National University   Lakeland, Fla.      103-98 W   
Dec. 7, 2013   @ Thomas University*   Thomasville, Ga.      (OT) 76-74 W
   
Tonight:
Dec. 16, 2013   @ St. Thomas University*   Miami Gardens, Fla.      7 p.m.   

Wednesday... with Video Available:
Dec. 18, 2013   Milligan College   Lakeland, Fla.      7 p.m.   Video
Live Video Broadcast Link: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/southeastern.portal

Here are their leading scorers:

Dwayne Johnson 6-1 SR   21.3 ppg
Timothy Mitchell 6-9 (270lb) JR  18.2 ppg; 14.1 Rebounds per game, and 24 blocks in 9 games
Brandon Moore 6-6 SO   14.7 ppg
Amir Royal  6-7 JR  11.5 ppg (Non-Starter)
Jordan Talley 6-4 SO  10.3 ppg (sometime starter)

NAIA D2 coaches poll...  Bethel #5, Ind Wesleyan #7, Robt Morris (IL) #8.. and a shout-out to Ryan Wronkiewicz' Lourdes is #25.

[classof2014]

They seem to be quite the open minded school...

Anyways.... We should win, for obvious reasons, probably will be similar to the RMU game, as long as somebody doesn't go off for 38 points we win by 20 or so. Excited to see KC play for the first time, if he's the best player on the team we're in for something special after seeing what Alec is capable of.

Valpo 98
Them 79

[Kyle321n]

Man Valpo is going against The Rock?  Well let's hope it's all Pain and no Gain for them.  Maybe we'll be six times faster and more furious.  We should be looking for retaliation against these Joes.  We'll be primed for some transformations. It'll be a race to witch mountain...

Ok I'm done, that last one was meaningless.

[covufan]

I think we'll win easily, but rest key players for stretches, especially in the second half. 

Valpo  -  93
SE Fire - 69

[Kyle321n]

Let's get Keith 20 minutes with the 4 other starters and then rest them the rest of the game.

[vu84v2]

One interesting note.  Southeastern has Mitchell Wiggins Jr, the son of former NBA player Mitchell Wiggins.  He also has a brother that some may have heard of...

[valpotx]

Hopefully we can get some big minutes to Chadwick and Davidson!

Valpo 89
Southeastern 61

[ProudValpoAlum705]

Hello all, long time fan , brand new poster. Graduate from class of 2011.

Question: Has anyone seen anything in regards to a video feed for Saturday's game? I do not think I can wait til the ESPN game sunday for my first look at KC...

Thanks and as always GO VALPO!

[valpotx]

The UCF game is going to be on one of the ESPN channels?

[VU75]

The UCF game is going to be on one of the ESPN channels?

ESPN3

[Valpofan00]

Will the South Eastern Game be available to watch online? or anywhere else?

[talksalot]

Southeastern had a game with Milligan tonight... looks like things got a little chippy..... OK, you talk about crowd.  Let's see, this was a home game for a team that's 9-2.... and they packed them in !!... I hope they made a lot of money on concessions, because they did not raise enough money to pay the refs!

Southeastern (Fla.) (9-2)
                          TOT-FG  3-PT           REBOUNDS 
NO PLAYER               P FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OFF DEF TOT PF TP  A TO BK  S    MIN
21 Moore, Brandon       F  1   3  1   2  0   0   1   1   2  4  3  0  3  1  0  18:46
32 Mitchell, Timothy    C  6  11  0   0  5   6   1   7   8  4 17  1  3  3  0  29:41
3 Thomas, Dana         G  4   7  0   0  4   4   1   6   7  4 12  1  0  0  0  25:26
12 Wilcox, Deshawn      G  5  10  1   2  3   4   1   2   3  1 14  6  5  0  1  30:01
33 Hodges, Jake         G  5   8  0   2  1   2   1   1   2  1 11  1  1  0  1  26:43
5 Talley, Jordan          5  11  3   5  3   3   1   3   4  3 16  0  0  0  0  25:48
10 Royal, Amir             3   9  0   1  7  11   3   5   8  3 13  0  0  2  2  21:39
20 Konieczny, Caleb        3   4  1   2  1   2   2   2   4  2  8  2  1  1  0  18:41
23 Little, Joe             1   1  0   0  0   0   1   1   2  0  2  0  0  0  0   3:15
TEAM REBOUNDS                                    2   1   3           0         
Team Totals               33  64  6  14 24  32  14  29  43 23 96 11 13  7  4    200

Total FG%  - 1st: 16/33  0.485  2nd:  17/31 0.548  Game:  0.516         Deadball
3-PT FG%   - 1st:  3/9   0.333  2nd:   3/5  0.600  Game:  0.429         Rebounds
Total FT%  - 1st:  4/7   0.571  2nd:  20/25 0.800  Game:  0.750           (4,1)

Technical Fouls: MILL (1)  2nd 14:29  2 James Songster,
               : SEU (3)  2nd 14:29  5 Jordan TALLEY, 2nd 12:49 32 Timothy MITCHELL, 2nd 10:48 Coach

OFFICIALS      : Jon Washburn    Tony Vargas   Steve Whittaker
ATTENDANCE     : 85

SCORE BY PERIODS              1st    2nd   TOTAL
            Milligan (Tenn.)   31     58     89 
         Southeastern (Fla.)   39     57     96 

Last FG: Milligan (Tenn.) 2nd- 0:02, Southeastern (Fla.) 2nd- 0:12
Largest lead: Milligan (Tenn.) NONE, Southeastern (Fla.) by 14 2nd- 0:33
Score tied: 0 times, Lead changed: 0 times

[vu72]

I hope they made a lot of money on concessions, because they did not raise enough money to pay the refs!

Yeah, it is interesting how little interest there is at anything other than D1.  I was curious so went to the St. Joes site, which of course used to be part of one the the great mid-major leagues of all time, the ICC.  So St. Joes plays Bethel, the #5 ranked team in the NAIA, at home, and they drew?  298.

[historyman]

I hope they made a lot of money on concessions, because they did not raise enough money to pay the refs!

Yeah, it is interesting how little interest there is at anything other than D1.  I was curious so went to the St. Joes site, which of course used to be part of one the the great mid-major leagues of all time, the ICC.  So St. Joes plays Bethel, the #5 ranked team in the NAIA, at home, and they drew?  298.

The worse part about when they drew only 85 in attendance was when they tried to do the "wave" and the Southeastern bench had to join in so it wouldn't die out.

[gamelord]

Easy win!

Valpo 111
SE 78

[vu72]

I hope they made a lot of money on concessions, because they did not raise enough money to pay the refs!

Yeah, it is interesting how little interest there is at anything other than D1.  I was curious so went to the St. Joes site, which of course used to be part of one the the great mid-major leagues of all time, the ICC.  So St. Joes plays Bethel, the #5 ranked team in the NAIA, at home, and they drew?  298.

The worse part about when they drew only 85 in attendance was when they tried to do the "wave" and the Southeastern bench had to join in so it wouldn't die out.

 

[talksalot]

From the Game Notes for the weekend:... How Valpo ranks in the HL statistical categories.

Scoring Offense 1st 82.3
Scoring Margin 1st +11.7
Field Goal Pct. 1st .492
3-Point Pct. 1st .383
Rebounding Offense 1st 39.7
Rebounding Defense 1st 32.2
Rebounding Margin 1st +7.5
Free Throw Pct. 2nd .751
Field Goal Pct. Defense 2nd .391
3-Point Pct. Defense 3rd .319
Blocked Shots 3rd 4.8
Assists 3rd 14.

[mvandersee]

Will the South Eastern Game be available to watch online? or anywhere else?

It is not listed on the ESPN3.com schedule for Saturday, however I will make sure to post a link if I'm able to find one on another site.

[agibson]

One interesting note.  Southeastern has Mitchell Wiggins Jr, the son of former NBA player Mitchell Wiggins.  He also has a brother that some may have heard of...

Ender?!

[historyman]

Will the South Eastern Game be available to watch online? or anywhere else?

It is not listed on the ESPN3.com schedule for Saturday, however I will make sure to post a link if I'm able to find one on another site.

I think the biggest issue is that someone actually has to have video cameras sending a feed to the internet before a game can be seen on the internet. Unless Valpo or Southeastern have made arrangements only UCF can have cameras at the game and they have made no commitments to have cameras at the Valpo vs Southeastern game.


No cameras=No internet feed

[talksalot]

But Valpo has something better than camera's...we have Chef describing the action.  Sit back and close your eyes...and pretend this is like 1949 and you're listening to the Lone Ranger on the big radio in your living room...There was an old quote somewhere that "those pictures were better"

[valpopal]

The fall semester's final exams ended late yesterday. Therefore, welcome to Keith Carter whose Valparaiso season and career begin today!

[wh]

P-T article capturing Keith Carter's thoughts about finally getting to play:

http://posttrib.suntimes.com/sports/24507590-556/gorches-adding-keith-carter-boosts-valpos-rotation-options.html

I thought Steve Gorches did an especially good job with this article.  I have long wondered what this whole experience has been like for Keith, and we finally learn first-hand.  Nice job by Steve!

[historyman]

Video feed for Southeatern vs Valpo game:

UCF currently has the Rio Grande at UCF game on this pirate feed. That means there are cameras at the venue and they might continue into the Southeastern vs Valpo game. You never know.

http://uxu.tv/livestreaming/3/228837_1/december-21-2013/rio-grande-vs-ucf.html

[StlVUFan]

Video feed for Southeatern vs Valpo game:

UCF currently has the Rio Grande at UCF game on this pirate feed. That means there are cameras at the venue and they might continue into the Southeastern vs Valpo game. You never know.

Nope.