Coaching Legacy Of Coach Craig

[coachcraig]

THE FLORIDA GULF COAST TIMES
The Offical News Paper Of The Florida Gulf Coast University



HOT NEWS: FLORIDA GULF COAST HIRES A NEW MENS COACH


Today its been anounced FGCU has hired a new coach. Coach Mark Craig from Newark Ohio is the new man. Coach Craig brings 11 years of expereance to the program. He started out as a AAU girls coach. He then got hired as a middle school coach. His next stop was at Philo high school in Duncan Falls Ohio were he got the Varsity boys job. He was there 3 years and lead them to back to back sectional titles. Up next was Morehead State. He was there for 4 years. He had two great seasons and lead them to the big dance twice. Next he was offered a job at VMI. He was there 4 years. He had some great wins why he was there. He beat Ohio State, Duke, and Florida State. He has ran the same offense thru out it all. He loves the Princeton offense. His teams will back cut their butts off. He also is big on deffense. He belives deffense wins games and he drives that into his players heads. I got a chance to talk to coach after he signed his contract. This is what he had to say. " Man about time I get me a job were it don't snow. I can't wait to meet this team and get the season started. We have alot of tallent here. My first goal is to win our confrence. Than we will am for the big dance. I will be doing a weekly paper article on how are season is going." So as you see he is glad to be here. We will just have to stay tuned to see what happens.

[coachcraig]

2007/2008 FGCU MENS BASKETBALL TEAMS ROSTER


HEAD COACH: MARK CRAIG
ASST: MARK LANE
ASST:BRENT GLASS


00/55 Harris Gelin G 6-3 175 Fr. Deerfield Beach, Fla./Grandview Prep
3 Reed Baker G 6-1 175 So. Naples, Fla/Michigan
4 Adam Liddell F 6-7 215 Sr. Auburn, Ind./Purdue
5 Rob Quaintance G 6-4 185 Sr. Glendale, Ariz./Yavapai CC
13/11 Chad Lutkenhaus G 6-5 180 Fr. Labelle, Fla./Labelle HS
20 Delvin Franklin G 6-2 190 Jr. Houston, Tex./Lamar CC
21 Landon Adler F 6-9 230 Jr. Decatur, Ind./Ball State
22 Ed Rolax F 6-6 205 Fr. St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg Catholic HS
23 Casey Wohlleb G/F 6-7 200 Sr. Boca Raton, Fla./Marshall HS
25 Casey Pond G 6-1 185 Sr. Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township HS
31 Mbainai Narmbaye C 6-10 240 Sr. Chad, Africa/LaSalle
32 Yavney Neptune G 6-0 185 Sr. Port Charlotte, Fla./Port Charlotte
33 Tyler Rodriguez C 6-7 225 So. Colleyville, Tex./Case Western
34 Kyle Marks F 6-7 230 Jr. Riviera Beach, Fla./Nebraska
40/10 Kyle Matheny G 6-0 180 So. Winter Park, Fla./Miami Dade CC
42/24 Justin Stokes C 6-7 180 Fr. Jacksonville, Fla./Fleming Island HS
50 Terike Barrowes F 6-7 230 Sr. Pompano Beach, Fla./Broward CC

[coachcraig]

THE 2007/2008 FGCU MENS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

11/12/2007 7:00PM Bethune-Cookman Daytona Beach, Fla. W 60-50 (1-0)
11/14/2007 7:00PM Drexel Alico Arena W 80-60 (2-0)
11/18/2007 1:00PM Iowa (South Padre Island Invitational) Iowa City, Iowa
11/20/2007 7:05PM Bradley (South Padre Island Invitational) Peoria, Ill.
11/23/2007 2:00PM Austin Peay (South Padre Island Invitational) South Padre Island, Texas
11/24/2007 12:00PM Maryland-Eastern Shore (South Padre Island Invitational) South Padre Island, Texas
11/28/2007 9:00PM Arizona State Tempe, Ariz.
12/2/2007 3:00PM Florida International Miami, Fla.
12/8/2007 7:00PM Florida Atlantic Boca Raton, Fla.
12/13/2007 7:00PM Army West Point, N.Y.
12/17/2007 7:00PM IUPUI Indianapolis, Ind.
12/22/2007 7:00PM Butler Alico Arena
12/29/2007 7:00PM Penn Alico Arena
1/3/2008 7:00PM *UNF Jacksonville, Fla.
1/5/2008 3:30PM *Jacksonville Jacksonville, Fla.
1/11/2008 7:30PM *Stetson (CSS) Alico Arena
1/17/2008 7:00PM *Mercer Alico Arena
1/19/2008 7:15PM *Kennesaw State Alico Arena
1/21/2008 8:30PM DePaul Chicago, Ill.
1/24/2008 7:00PM *Campbell Buies Creek, N.C.
1/26/2008 8:00PM *Gardner-Webb Boiling Springs, N.C.
1/31/2008 7:00PM *Lipscomb Alico Arena
2/2/2008 8:00PM *Belmont Nashville, Tenn.
2/8/2008 7:00PM *ETSU Alico Arena
2/10/2008 2:00PM *USC Upstate Alico Arena
2/14/2008 7:00PM *Mercer Macon, Ga.
2/16/2008 7:30PM *Kennesaw State Kennesaw, Ga.
2/23/2008 4:30PM *Stetson DeLand, Fla.
2/28/2008 7:15PM *Jacksonville Alico Arena Promotion
3/1/2008 7:15PM *UNF Alico Arena Promotion
3/4/2008 8:00PM Marquette Milwaukee, Wis.

[coachcraig]

THE FLORIDA GULF COAST TIMES
The Offical Newspaper Of The Florida Gul Coast University



HOT NEWS: COACH CRAIG ANOUNCHES WHO HIS ASSISTANT COACHES ARE

Today Coach Craig made in known wh his assistant coaches are. First is coach Mark Lane from Dresden Ohio. Coach Craig and Coach Lane are great friends. Coach Lane got Coach Craig his first coaching job. Coach Lane is a hard noised coach. He will help out with the offense. Coach Lane is a big fan of Jay Wright's offense. A little background on coach Lane. He helped start a awsome girls AAU basketball club in Ohio. He than move to a middle school boys job. From there he got a freshman boys job at Philo high school. His next stop was the JV boys team at Philo with Coach Craig. Here is Coach Craig's comments on coach Lane. "Coach Lane is a great coach. He has taught me so much during my coaching career. Hell he should be the head coach. He is a great offense coach and will be a big part of our sucess." Next Coach Craig introduced his next assistant. Coach Brent Glass from Maysville Ohio. Coach Glass will be in charge of the deffense. Coach Glass has a background in coaching many years of youth leauge basketball. He with the help of Coach Lane founded the Ohio Express girls basketball club. The Ohio Express is a AAU powerhouse in Ohio. This is were all three of these coaches meet. Here is Coach Craigs comments on Coach Glass. "Coach Glass is a great man. He gave me my first coaching break by letting me coach a AAU 12U team. He is big on deffense. He can teach a shell drill better than anyone. If our players dont get to the mid line. Coach Glass will have them on the pine." So lets give our coaching staff a warm welcome.

[CincyFan]

tough loss. At least your know your team has the comeback mentality in them. Good luck against Iowa, and hopefully you won't have a cold start against them or it will be ugly quickly.

[Neb84]

Tough tough start!!!! Hope you can get things turned arround

[romo234]

dude you copied this all from real-life.

[boomosby50]

dude you copied this all from real-life.

Where;s your proof? Got a link? Or a game report from it or something?

[desmin123]

I dont no if he copied the articles but all of the scores are the exact same from real life
http://hawkeyesports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/iowa-m-baskbl-sched.html
That is the Iowa game, look fo FGCU
Drexel Game-http://www.drexeldragons.com/schedules.asp?path=mbball

[romo234]

http://www.fgcuathletics.com/mbasketball/news/64/517/

exact same words and everything...there's your proof

its the army game and it has the same words as the regular one

[boomosby50]

Fake Legacy Alert!!!!!!!! There"s Proof!!!!!!! Start A New One!!!!!!!!!!

[romo234]

don't mean to be mean or anything but if your gonna do a legacy, then just the game and play the game with them instead of just getting the stuff rom the exact website.

do the same thing with Florida Gulf Coast but just use College Hoops 2K8

[boomosby50]

yeah, thats a good idea. I came on a bit strong with my post didn't I?

[coachcraig]

Hey guys sorry for the misunderstanding. I started this legacy before I left out of town for a couple months. My nephew was suppose to up date it for me. It look like he did that alright straight from the FGCU website. I have deleted all the post and am starting this over.

[coachcraig]

MIDNIGHT MADNESS 2008



Tonight is the kickoff of the 2008 basketball season. We are having our Midnight madness at Alico arena tonight.


EVENT SCHEDULE

12AM-1AM The lady eagles scrimage game.

1AM-2AM The mens team plays their scrimage.

2AM-3AM The battle of the sexes 3 point shootout.

3AM-4AM The high flying dunk contest.

At halftime of both scrimage games we will have the half court shot for the 54" flat screen TV.

Cost is free with your student ID.

We hope to see you all there!

[coachcraig]

MIDNIGHT MADNESS 2008





Last night at Alico Arena the mens and womens basketball season got kicked off. The Midnight Madness was a real sucess. The night started off with the lady eagles hitting the floor first. This game was a great one to watch. It came down to the wire with the Blue team pulling it off 85-83. Leading the blue team was Senior Amanda Kroft (Thornville,Oh.) with 25 points and 12 assist. The white team was lead by Freshman stand out Julie Stump (Tampa,Fl.) with 30 points and 14 rebounds.

Next it was the mens turn. Coach Craig divided his squad into two teams Fresh and Soph on one team and Jr and Sr on the other. Coach Craig coached the underclassmen while Coaches Lane and Glass coached the upperclassmen. This game went back and forth. But the underclassmen came out on top 90-85. The underclassmen were lead by Freshman Justin Stokes (Jacksonville,Fla) with 28 points 12 rebounds and 6 blocked shots. The uppercalssmen were lead by Casey Pond (Gurnee,Ill) with 25 points and 16 assist.

Next was the battle of the sexes 3 point shootout. It came down to senior Jessica Mckenzie (Dresden,OH) and Delvin Franklin (Houston,Tex). When the smoke cleared Jessica Mckenzie came out on top. She shot 100%. Delvin shot 90%.


Next was the high flying dunk contest. With the winner Reed Baker (Naples,Fla) he is the Michigan transfer. He did a blind folded between the legs dunk to bring home the crown.

Coach Craig had these comments after the event. "Man was that fun or what? All and all I think it was a very sucessful night. It would have been better if Delvin would have beat Jessica. But she is a great shooter. She will be hard to beat this season."

Jessica Mckenzie had this to say. " I can't help but feel bad for Delvin he shot well. But I just could not miss. I hope that is a sign on how my season will be this year."


Casey Pond had these comments." Its the start of my last season here at FGCU. Its been a up and down time here. But Coaches Craig,Lane and Glass are great. They are the hardest nosed coaches I have ever played for. Coach Craig has drilled into our heads that we are way better than last years record shows. This year we will be the Atlantic Sun shockers."

[coachcraig]

RECRUITMENT NEWS






Coach Mark Craig has hit the recruitment trail early this season. He has been in contact with a 5-10 point guard named Reggie Chambers. Here is some stats on Reggie.
Chambers helped lead Monsignor Pace the 4A state championships and a 22-9 record as a senior. Chambers was named third team All-Dade County by the Miami Herald after averaging 8.1 points per game and 7.2 assists per game where he played for coach Mark Leiberman.Chambers transferred to Pace prior to his senior season. As a junior, he averaged 14.5 points and 4.5 assists per game at West High School in Salt Lake City, Utah. Chambers was selected as a 2007 Salt Lake Tribune 4A Second Team All-State selection and named third team All-State by the Deseret Morning News as well. Chambers was also named best playmaker at the Five-Star Basketball Camp in the Florida State Session NBA division.


Coach Craig had this to say after returning from a visit with Reggie Chambers. "Reggie is a great player. I have had a chance to see a few of his games. In the State championship game he was a leader. He did not get one bit shook up. He is a big reason his team went 22-9 this season. Lets just hope we can land this big fish. Florida University is really after this kid as well. I guess its all up to Reggie on were he wants to go to school at. Lets just hope he comes to us."

We will keep you informed on Reggie as soon as we hear any news.

[coachcraig]

FGCU EAGLES START SEASON OFF WITH A WIN!!



Daytona Beach, Fla. Last night the FGCU Eagles came to town to take on a strong Bethune-Cookman team. At the tip Bethune took off on a 7-0 run. This made Coach Craig use a timeout. Coach Craig was very verbal in the huddle during the time out. After the time out FGCU responded with a run of their own lead by back to back threes from Delvin Franklin (Houston ,Tex). At half time the score was 30 to 25 with Bethune holding the lead. Bethune was lead by solid post play the first half. Coach Craig had this to say as the headed to the locker room. "They are kicking our butts on the boards! If we box out we will be ok. If not we are going to lose. They feed in to their 7" post player and we just watch him score. We don't even try to contest his shot. This will all change in the second half."


FGCU HALFTIME STATS

#20 Jr. Delvin Franklin 15 points 6 assist 3 for 3 from the three point line

#22 Fr. Ed Rolax 10 points 5 rebounds 82% from the charity stripe.


FGCU started the second half with a bang. They went on a 15-0 run to start off. Leading the run was the Michigan transfer Reed Baker (Naples, Fla). He had two quick steals and went coast to coast for a dunk and a easy layup. He had 8 points in the run. The second half was a different story for Bethune's post player. The FGCU deffense doubled down on him so he could not get the ball. This set Bethune out of their game. With the final horn sounding FGCU wins 60 to 50. Here is Coach Craigs comments after the game." Its feels great to win your first game. But this win was not pretty. If we play the first half as well as we did the second we win this game easy. At half time I had to lose my cool a little. Me and my assistant's layed down a challenge for the second half and they responded. Reed Baker was a spark off the bench that we needed."

FGCU FINAL STATS

#20 Jr. Delvin Franklin 25 points 12 assist 80% from beyond the arc.

#22 Fr. Ed Rolax 20 points 14 rebounds 85% from the charity stripe.

#3 So. Reed Baker 15 points 10 steals 100% from the charity stripe.


FGCU MEDIA PLAYER PF THE GAME

#20 Jr. Delvin Franklin

[coachcraig]

FGCU START SEASON 2-0 WITH HOME WIN




Fort Meyers Fla. Last night at Alico arena FGCU hosted Drexel. FGCU dominated this game from the opening tip. The Guard play of Reed Baker (Naples,Fla) and Delvin Franklin (Houston,Tex) was to much for Drexel in the first half. Baker had three quick steals and found a wide open Franklin that hit three three pointers in a row. FGCU also stepped up on the D. Mbainai Narmaye (Chad,Africa) was a monster inside with 5 first half blocks. This gave FGCU the lead 35-20 going into the locker room at half time. Coach Craig had this to say about the first half." We are starting off good. Lets hope we can keep this up in the second half. If Mbainai keeps throwing his weight around inside we will be fine. The guards are doing great finding the open cutters in or Princeton offense. Lets just hope we can keep this intensity in the second half."


FGCU FIRST HALF STATS

#3 So. Reed Baker 10 points 7 assist.

#20 Jr. Delvin Franklin 15 points 3 for 3 from beyond the arch.

#31 Sr. Mbainai Narbaye 10 points 10 rebounds and 5 blocked shots.


The second half started just like the first half. FGCU never looked back. Narmaye became the senior leader and took this team on his shoulders. He could not be stopped inside. He was just way to strong for Drexel. Off the bench senior Rob Quaintance (Glendale,Ariz) was a big spark. He was a leader while Franklin was on the bench. He had 10 points off the bench. FGCU wins this on big. 80-60. Here is Coach Craig's comments." See what we can do if we put two halves together. I am very pleased on how we played tonight. Our inside play was unstoppable. Our seniors really stepped up. We have a big test with Big Ten power house Iowa next. This win will be a big boost going into that game."


FGCU FINAL STATS

#31 Sr. Mbainai Narbaye 25 points 15 rebounds and 10 blocked shots.

#3 So. Reed Baker 20 points 15 assist.

#20 Jr. Delvin Franklin 19 points.

#5 Sr. Rob Quaintance 15 points 10 assist.



MEDIA PLAYER OF THE GAME

#31 Sr. Mbaimai Narbaye