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MINNESOTA STATE SCREAMING EAGLES General
Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown
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Anthony Iversen 32 SG Sr* 6-7 234 Yes D+ OK Willmar, MN
Bret Freese 22 SF Sr 6-5 208 Yes D+ OK Afton, OK
Dylan Clough 51 SG Jr* 6-4 200 Yes B- OK Galesburg, IL
Ilari Tverdovsky 50 PF Jr* 6-7 233 Yes F- OK Stavropol, Russia
Brian Bui 11 PF Jr* 6-9 232 Yes C OK New Lisbon, WI
Bill Heller 23 SF Jr 6-3 193 Yes D OK Kealakekua, HI
Zyrell Gregory 5 SG So 6-3 183 Yes C+ Redshirt Pueblo, CO
Shane Bliss 40 PG So 6-3 209 No A- OK Wheeling, IL
Johnny Pollard 12 SF Fr* 6-8 236 Yes D+ OK Royalton, MN
Bret Tyson 45 C Fr* 6-9 226 Yes B+ OK Minneapolis, MN
Blair Baldwin 44 PG Fr* 5-11 184 No C OK Lexington, NE
Ka'jai Phillips 20 PG Fr* 6-1 198 Yes B- OK Harwich, MA
Brandon Trent 31 C Fr* 6-10 243 Yes C OK Trenton, OH
Kristian Jensen 41 SF Fr 6-7 225 Yes D- OK Melrose, MN
Jalek Petty 2 SF Fr 6-4 202 Yes C- Redshirt Ash Grove, MO
Easily the most fun I've had with a dynasty in a while, hence the volume.
Minnesota State was known for years as a top offensive team that eschewed defense. In 2015, that flipped when Corey Wadsworth left for the Michigan State job after two years with the program. Taking his place was former Minnesota State 4-year starter
Brian Lipscomb who joined the program in 2010 as an assistant coach.
Lipscomb wanted a team that was more disciplined defensively and the end result was a top 25 finish nationally in points allowed.
As for the overall performance? The team missed out on the NCAA tournament, but settled for the NIT. In the NIT, we reached the Final Four but lost in the NIT championship to Seton Hall.
We only lose one starter this year -
Anthony Iversen - who I feel like we waited to get good for a long time and he finally paid some dividends this year when we needed someone to be an anchor on this roster after losing (another) head coach and with a young squad.
The most interesting thing about this team to me, is that we're able to get solid regional prospects, but we're just outside of the "two and done" class of guys who declare early for the draft. In the past, I've always had talent that was inflated and too good, so they always left when they could. I think part of our success at this level is very Gonzaga/Butler-esque in that, we're getting guys who are in some cases highly touted, but who aren't elite enough to go pro...so they stay with us and develop and we reap the benefits.
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MINNESOTA STATE SCREAMING EAGLES TEAM INFO
Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 77 Record Vs 1-50: 2-3 Poll Rank: NR
Season Record: 25-13 Record Vs 51-100: 6-3 RPI Rank: #74
Conference Record: 8-8 Record Vs 101-200: 4-4
Home Record: 10-4 Record Vs 200+: 13-3
Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 63.7 6 248 Points 59.1 2 24 Points 4.6 3 70
O.Reb 10.3 6 256 O.Reb 9.5 3 44 O.Reb 0.8 6 121
D.Reb 19.5 3 209 D.Reb 20.2 9 225 D.Reb -0.7 7 236
Rebounds 29.8 2 233 Rebounds 29.7 8 118 Rebounds 0.1 6 190
Assists 11.5 9 310 Assists 12.6 4 34 Assists -1.1 6 236
Steals 7.6 3 70 Steals 6.2 3 143 Steals 1.4 3 72
Blocks 3.2 5 207 Blocks 3.4 6 149 Blocks -0.2 6 185
Turnovers 15.3 3 171 Turnovers 16.8 3 60 Turnovers -1.6 3 78
Fouls 19.7 1 74 Fouls 21.9 3 99 Fouls -2.2 1 47
FG% .445 8 271 FG% .446 2 70 FG% -.001 5 168
FT% .711 6 118 FT% .699 6 199 FT% .012 5 137
3P% .347 2 111 3P% .305 1 60 3P% .042 2 53
PPS 1.36 6 163 PPS 1.29 1 79 PPS .064 4 89
Adj. FG% .499 5 212 Adj. FG% .488 1 65 Adj. FG% .011 5 126
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MINNESOTA STATE SCREAMING EAGLES Schedule
Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record
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11/08/15 vs. #22 George Washington 23-9 47 L 54-51 0-1
11/09/15 vs. Arkansas-Little Rock 22-10 61 L 70-65 0-2
11/10/15 vs. Denver 20-12 62 W 55-47 1-2
11/16/15 Texas Tech 16-17 136 W 66-54 2-2
11/20/15 Wake Forest 15-17 108 W 70-62 3-2
11/23/15 #19 Texas 26-10 11 L 65-52 3-3
11/25/15 at Columbia 12-18 289 W 67-54 4-3
12/03/15 at Jackson State 9-21 360 W 58-49 5-3
12/07/15 at Furman 9-21 344 W 76-73 6-3
12/09/15 at Nicholls State 13-18 276 W 66-50 7-3
12/13/15 at Alabama State 18-14 187 W 50-41 8-3
12/18/15 Tennessee 13-20 98 W 82-70 9-3
12/24/15 at Morehead State 17-14 239 W 69-46 10-3
12/29/15 at Nebraska 18-14 72 W 70-50 11-3
01/01/16 Northern Iowa 11-20 257 W 73-70 12-3
01/05/16 at East Carolina 13-17 240 L 71-70 12-4 (0-1)
01/07/16 at Massachusetts 11-18 315 W 64-62 13-4 (1-1)
01/12/16 South Florida 14-17 182 W 82-56 14-4 (2-1)
01/14/16 at Tulsa 11-22 224 L 64-46 14-5 (2-2)
01/19/16 Army 15-19 140 L 77-61 14-6 (2-3)
01/21/16 Navy 12-19 278 L 65-41 14-7 (2-4)
01/26/16 Illinois State 21-9 53 L 75-61 14-8 (2-5)
01/28/16 at Army 15-19 140 L 77-74 14-9 (2-6)
02/02/16 at Navy 12-19 278 W 70-42 15-9 (3-6)
02/04/16 Massachusetts 11-18 315 W 48-38 16-9 (4-6)
02/09/16 East Carolina 13-17 240 W 58-42 17-9 (5-6)
02/11/16 at South Florida 14-17 182 L 55-52 17-10 (5-7)
02/16/16 UCF 10-21 333 W 56-47 18-10 (6-7)
02/18/16 Tulsa 11-22 224 W 87-61 19-10 (7-7)
02/23/16 at #12 Houston 29-6 39 W 80-60 20-10 (8-7)
02/25/16 at Illinois State 21-9 53 L 65-50 20-11 (8-8)
03/04/16 vs. East Carolina 13-17 240 W 67-66 21-11
03/05/16 vs. Army 15-19 140 L 64-57 21-12
03/17/16 at Stephen F. Austin 22-9 86 W 48-43 22-12
03/21/16 at Weber State 21-13 77 W 68-57 23-12
03/25/16 Georgia State 21-13 49 W 69-68 24-12
03/29/16 vs. New Mexico 22-15 59 W 83-72 25-12
03/31/16 vs. Seton Hall 22-12 25 L 64-58 25-13
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MINNESOTA STATE SCREAMING EAGLES Averages
Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-
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Anthony Iversen SG 38 38 28.6 15.6 1.1 3.0 1.8 1.6 0.1 2.8 2.9 5.8
Bill Heller SF 25 22 27.8 10.8 1.1 4.0 3.7 1.6 0.2 3.1 3.2 4.8
Shane Bliss PG 38 37 30.5 9.0 0.8 3.1 2.4 0.9 0.1 2.6 2.7 3.7
Brian Bui PF 38 38 29.4 8.1 2.7 5.6 1.2 1.1 0.4 1.3 2.9 4.4
Bret Freese SF 38 17 24.6 7.3 2.0 4.8 1.3 0.7 0.1 2.1 2.4 3.9
Bret Tyson C 38 38 30.6 6.5 1.3 4.7 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.5 3.1 4.1
Kristian Jensen SF 18 0 11.5 5.1 0.2 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.0 1.2 1.1 0.6
Dylan Clough SG 34 0 8.9 3.1 0.4 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.9 1.0 -1.1
Ka'jai Phillips PG 23 0 6.3 2.6 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.7 -2.2
Ilari Tverdovsky PF 36 0 14.2 2.0 1.2 3.0 0.4 0.4 1.5 0.7 1.0 1.4
Blair Baldwin PG 11 0 3.1 1.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.3
Brandon Trent C 33 0 6.3 1.1 0.3 1.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.8 -0.6
Johnny Pollard SF 13 0 2.9 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 -0.6
Zyrell Gregory SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jalek Petty SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Worth noting that this year's national title game was CCNY v. Michigan State, the same Michigan State that took our head coach versus the team that beat us in the title game two years ago.
CCNY won again, claiming their 10th title in program history. Their head coach, Ezra Stockton has had that job since 2002 and wins his 4th national championship. He ties Albert Garcia (Oregon - '68, '69, '72, '73) with the most national titles in history.
Meanwhile, Corey Wadsworth our latest former head coach is now 101-16 for his career and I'm super intrigued to see how he does at Michigan State, getting them to the title game in his first year, this was a squad that lost in the 1st round last year and missed the post-season entirely the year before that.