Portland Pilot Legacy II

[Leakfan]

Just some information for those reading this I am in my third year with Portland. The first year I went 26-6 lost in the WCC championship but got an at large bid and lost in thte first round to Purdue. Second year I went 23-8 and won the WCC, I upset #7 seed LSU in the first round but fell to #2 seed Clemson (who was ranked 6th in the country) in OT. I am still with Portland in my third year and I have already played 2 games.

The legacy will begin shortly :!:

[Leakfan]

Potland Appeal Nov. 28


After two years of covering the Portland Jailblazers the Portland appeal will begin to cover the legacy of the Portland Pilots.

The Pilots had never been heard of untill two years ago when Thomas Espy accepted the job of turning the franchise around. Since then Espy has led the team to two consecutive NCAA Tournament berths, a conferene tournamet championship, and a 49-14 record. The Pilots have started out the season strong winning their first two games by a combined total of 34 points. They have a extemely tough schedule this year though as they will play 4 teams in the top 25 and 7 teams in the top 50.

Stay tuned for more Pilot action coming soon!

[squidpants]

Cool man, good start! I'll be reading it.

[Leakfan]

Portland Appeal -November 29

Pilots 2005-2006 Men's Basketball Schedule

Rodger Mason-W:57-52
Jacksonville State-w:53-24
Oregon State
@TCU
Ole Miss
@ #17 UCONN
@ South Carolina
@ #13 Clemson
@ #5 Louisville
@ #11 Arkansas
@ Loyola Marymount
@ Pepperdine
Saint Mary's
San Francisco
Gonzaga
@San Diego
@Santa Clara
Loyola Marymount
Pepperdine
@Saint Mary's
@San Francisco
@Gonzaga
Santa Clara
San Diego

Games in italics are conference games.

[Leakfan]

Cool man, good start! I'll be reading it.

Thanks man, I thought it was my turn to do one.

[Leakfan]

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Top 25 week 3


1. Illinois
2. Providence
3. Arizona
4. Oklahoma
5. Louisville
6. Florida
7. Texas
8. Colorado State
9. Marquette
10. Memphis
11. Arkansas
12. California
13. Clemson
14. Siena
15. Syracuse
16. Michigan State
17. Portland
18. UCONN
19. Wisconsin
20. Oklahoma State
21. Auburn
22. Loyola (IL)
23. Vermont
24. Lamar
25. Wichita State

[Leakfan]

Portland Appeal -Nov. 30

Portland Pilots 05-06 Roster

Starters

Carlton Jameson 6'0" 182 SR
Jameson is the heart and soul of this Portland team his accomplishments are: 04-05 NCAA scoring leader, 04-05 WCC player of the year, and 04-05 WCC all-conference first team.

Craig Harper 6'4" 182 FR
New addtion to teh team this year. He was an offensvive threat in high school in California.

Alan Mitchell 6'7" 214 SR
Solid rebounder and defender who averaged around five a game last year.

Bracy Newsom 6'8" 228 SR
The best scorer on this team not named Carlton

Brandon Holmes 6'11" 251 SO
An absolute beast on the boards, Holmes is often refered to as "Baby Ben".

Bench

Bradley Black SG SR
Pete Hinrich PF SO
Austen Marshall PF FR
Ross Tucker PF SR
Barney Nicholson SF FR
Leonard Hutchinson PG FR
Philip Bronson PG SO

Coaches

Thomas Espy

Bill Watson
Gary Butler

[Riceman 4K]

Damn yo, Portland? That team is horrible. In my legacy, they are like 3 -13 but it looks like you turned that school around so kudos to you.

Just make sure you lose to my S.F Dons. :D

[Anonymous]

hey great legacy. Also I didnt see Duke on the top 25 list. They must be having a bad year.

[Leakfan]

hey great legacy. Also I didnt see Duke on the top 25 list. They must be having a bad year.


Ya, they didn't make the tourney last year.

[Leakfan]

I'll have the first two games up in about an hour.

[Leakfan]

hey great legacy. Also I didnt see Duke on the top 25 list. They must be having a bad year.

I am 5-0 against the Dons all time :D

[Leakfan]

Pilots soar above Beavers thanks to RED-HOT shooting

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The game started out with a both teams shooting lights-out from the field. The Pilots went on a 6-0 run to go up 16-9 with 4:29 left in the first half, but the beavers would take advantage of Portland turnovers and Dannt Kruger's three-point shooting to cut it to one point with 2:17 left in the half. But the Pilots went on a 9 point run to end the half capped by a Jameson desperation three from half-court at the buzzer.

The Pilots shot an astonishing 63.2% from the field the only reason the Beavers were even remotely close was the fact they were shooting 75% from three point land. The score at the half was 35-25 in favor of the Pilots.

Portland eventually pulled away closing out the game on a 9-2 run to win.

Portland: 64
Oregon State: 46

Player of the game
Brandon Holmes 10pts, 13rebs, & 2ast.

X-factor
Portland points in the paint- 50

[Martin Dihigo]

Nice start. You have some big games ahead-

@ #17 UCONN :!:
@ South Carolina
@ #13 Clemson
@ #5 Louisville
@ #11 Arkansas

[Leakfan]

Nailbiter in Frog-land

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The first half was a back and forth drag neither team getting anything going and the teams went to the break with TCU up 28-25.

The Horned Frogs came out like they had a dose of Michael's secret stuff and by the 7:52 mark they had a 31-38 lead. The Pilots would not be denied though as they battled back to tie the game at 44 with 5:11 to play.

The game went back and forth untill Don Garnett ( Kevin's littlest brother) hit a 12 footer to put TCU up 2, 56-54, with 40.7 seconds to play. The Pilots brought the ball down and worked it around untill Carlton Jameson spotted up for an UNCONTESTED three. The shot went up and....... clanged off the rim. TCU rebounded and Potland was forced to foul. Trace Webber went to the line and calmly made both free-throws. The Pilots inbounded and broke the press, Jameson got a WIDE OPEN layup but MISSED but Bracy Newsom was right there for the put back to bring the Pilots within 2. The Horned Frogs inbounded to Webber and he was fouled with 9.8 seconds remaining, he stepped to the line, a 87% free throw shooter on the year, and MISSED the front end of the one-and-one. Portland grabbed the rebound and pushed it up the floor to Jameson. Jameson spun around a defender and shot a fade away 9-footer over Garnett with time running out. The shot went up and IN. The desperation prayer was no good and we go to overtime with the score 58-58.

In overtime the Pilots proved to expierienced and strong for the Frogs, outscorring them 13-6 in the overtime period.

Final Score
Potland: 71
TCU: 64

Player of the Game
Carlton Jameson 19pts, 7asts, 1blk, 1stl

X-factor
Portland turnovers: 21

[Leakfan]

For both of you who are reading this I am using Roleplay sliders.

[Anonymous]

more proof that elprez/hotshot sliders are rediculous...i just read your first season with ure pilot's legacy dude...beating duke? cmon buddy. this is the most un-realisitic pile of crap i've ever read, and you do not do the game justice beating up on top teams with the pilots, a team full of low 70's-high 60's players. its just not fun to read.

dude. ive been doin a pilots legacy also, 7-3 so far...got mauled-i mean MAULED by duke...LIKE A TEAM LIKE PORTLAND SHOULD. I also got whalluped by oregon. ive been using my own set of sliders...emphasis on the three ball and drives to the lane....none of this 1 pass and shoot crap from the computer.

if you want a real challenge, and realistic stats for a legacy, talk to me about sliders. your portland legacy is total BS.

[Martin Dihigo]

more proof that elprez/hotshot sliders are rediculous...i just read your first season with ure pilot's legacy dude...beating duke? cmon buddy. this is the most un-realisitic pile of [***]
i've ever read, and you do not do the game justice beating up on top teams with the pilots, a team full of low 70's-high 60's players. its just not fun to read.

dude. ive been doin a pilots legacy also, 7-3 so far...got mauled-i mean MAULED by duke...LIKE A TEAM LIKE PORTLAND SHOULD. I also got whalluped by oregon. ive been using my own set of sliders...emphasis on the three ball and drives to the lane....none of this 1 pass and shoot [***]
from the computer.

if you want a real challenge, and realistic stats for a legacy, talk to me about sliders. your portland legacy is total BS.

Nice that you go online and bash somebody's sliders and somebody's legacy in the same paragraph - all without logging in your username.
Duke didn't do to great in Leakfan's legacy and now they aren't even in the top 25 by season 3. That'ts not the point tho. Different people like different challenge levels. In my first legacy season I was 7-20 with Columbia(who in real life went 2-25, 0-14 in Ivyleague in 2002-2003) . Some people want to go 20-7. Right now you happen to be 7-3 with portland. Thats a good part of ESPNCollegeHoops - there are tons of ways to tweak the difficulty with sliders and the level of difficulty you choose to play at. In reality, teams like Portland or Columbia will never be a top powerhouse school. This is a video game. Maybe you have some great ideas about sliders and ways to get realistic stats , but how about offering your ideas in a pro way instead of a like disgruntled pirate? If you look in the roleplay sliders thread there are some alternative slider Tendencies that i use http://www.espnvideogames.com/community/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10908&start=15 (bottom of page) , there are also like 3 + slider threads you could contribute to, or make your own thread up. Come on man , we are all gamers here , Hoops is a pretty good game , and you sound like you have insight to offer - cut the attitude
thats all


BTW nice way to squeeze out an overtime win Leak , haha i think that TCU kid Garnett has potential.

[nickm]

Umm, If you haven't noticed, he is in his 3rd season and has obviously gotten better recruits. Also in most legacy's Duke seems to fade away, and this is true in his, as you noticed they weren't even in the Top 25. His Portland team was ranked #17 in the nation.

Plus have you ever heard of something called an upset?

In my legacy it's like year 5, and Duke is near the bottom of the ACC.

And if your record is 7-3, obviously your team is a little better then what you stated. Even more proof lies in the fact that you got a game scheduled with Duke and Wisconsin. Usually if your team is in 60's to 70's, they would refuse to schedule your game, unless your team was better then that. I think that is true in leakfan's and your dynasty.

And also to comment on what Martin said, it's a game, and who would want to read a dynasty that went 0-25 either? He is trying to have fun and at least have a winning record. It's just a game and leakfan is trying to have fun with it. Don't just go around bashing sliders/dynasties without even showing your name.

BTW nice way to squeeze out an overtime win Leak , haha i think that TCU kid Garnett has potential.

That name Garnett seems familar, I just can't seem to think of where I've heard it before... :lol: :P

P.S. Let's see your sliders guest

[Anonymous]

upset's like portland over duke in season one flat out don't happen with quality sliders. and if im not mistaken leakfan is one of the many faithful people who in this board who strive for realism in their games, and get ****ed when career legacy teams start beating up on top 25's. thats not what this videogame is about, im sorry. if thats what ure into, then go to another freakin board. and dont even try to tell me that duke "isnt that great of a team" because they are out of the AP polls in leakfan's 3rd year. duke is ****ing duke. year one portland pilots will never NEVER beat the dukies. all realism is lost if the ****ing pilots are goin anywhere near 20 wins in season one.

if anyone including leakfan wants some quality sliders that will not only give u realistic stats in all categories but also give u realistic gamesplay and scores against top 25 teams, average teams, and below average teams...let me know. but i still stand by the fact that leakfan's legacy is a waste, winning 20 games in season one is not the way the game is meant to be played. elprez and hotshot recieve my utmost respect for working on sliders and making this board what it is, but unfortunately, their sliders fall well short of what hotshot calls "realism."

[Leakfan]

upset's like portland over duke in season one flat out don't happen with quality sliders. and if im not mistaken leakfan is one of the many faithful people who in this board who strive for realism in their games, and get [***]
when career legacy teams start beating up on top 25's. thats not what this videogame is about, im sorry. if thats what ure into, then go to another freakin board. and dont even try to tell me that duke "isnt that great of a team" because they are out of the AP polls in leakfan's 3rd year. duke is [***]
duke. year one portland pilots will never NEVER beat the dukies. all realism is lost if the [***]
pilots are goin anywhere near 20 wins in season one.

if anyone including leakfan wants some quality sliders that will not only give u realistic stats in all categories but also give u realistic gamesplay and scores against top 25 teams, average teams, and below average teams...let me know. but i still stand by the fact that leakfan's legacy is a waste, winning 20 games in season one is not the way the game is meant to be played. elprez and hotshot recieve my utmost respect for working on sliders and making this board what it is, but unfortunately, their sliders fall well short of what hotshot calls "realism."


Look man I'm going to try to say this without getting angry. I lost to Duke my first year by 31 the other Portland legacy isn't mine it is Larrylegends.


Also the Roleplay sliders are extremely realistic. And I have to agree with you, the realism sliders aren't that great but the Roleplay sliders are excellent.

[Leakfan]

Rebels run over by faster Pilots

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Tonights game was never really close the Pilots took a 32-21 lead to the break and never looked back. They really came out and ran the ball like another batch of Rebels used to.

In the second half when the running slowed a little bit, but Bracy Newsom was there with 17 huge points in the SECOND HALF.

Final Score
Portland- 69
Ole Miss- 54

Player of the Game
Bracy Newsom 27pts, 13rebs

X-factor
Portland points in transition: 32


Will travel to Connecticut to ake on the Huskies next. This should be a really good game as the Huskies were preason ranked #3 in the nation. They have fallen out of the top 25, however, because their first 3 games were against top 15 teams and their record is now a dismal 1-2.

[Leakfan]

Dog fight in Huskie land

#9 http://espn.starwave.com/i/teamlogos/ncaa/sml/trans/2501.gif 5-0 (0-0) at http://espn.starwave.com/i/teamlogos/ncaa/sml/trans/41.gif 1-2 (0-0)

The Huskies came out of the gates like a pack of wolves on a scent of blood. They grabbed a 21-10 lead with 7:27 left in the first half. It was then that Coach Espy decided to try to mix up the lineup and put in the reserves. The strategy worked and the subs fought their way back into the game to find themselves down only 1 point at the break, 31-30.


The second half was very closely fought utill 3:21 left in the game when Portland went on a 6-0 run to take a 5 point lead, but it was then the Pilots would go on a very long drought not scorring again untill 1:25 left in the game. The drought proved fatefull and the Pilots could not make up for it as they lost 77-74.

Final Score
Portland-74
UCONN-77

Player of the Game
Carlton Jameson 29pts, 4asts, 4blks

X-factor
UCONN off. rebounds: 12

[Riceman 4K]

Damn, #9 in the nation with Portland? You continue to surprise me with your skills. Just wondering, do you think you deserve the seeding you got in the tourney? I was playing with my Dons legacy one time and ended the season 23-1 and won the conference tourney and ended up ranked around 10 in the nation. But when the tourney came through, I got a #9 seed. To move up, do I need to show consistency year after year or is it just messed up like that?

[Leakfan]

[***]
, #9 in the nation with Portland? You continue to surprise me with your skills. Just wondering, do you think you deserve the seeding you got in the tourney? I was playing with my Dons legacy one time and ended the season 23-1 and won the conference tourney and ended up ranked around 10 in the nation. But when the tourney came through, I got a #9 seed. To move up, do I need to show consistency year after year or is it just messed up like that?

Unfortunately I have to say that the seeding is based more on the conference than the team.

I'm not that good, I am in my third year and my SR PG is incredible I won't last this long in the top 20 though cause if you saw my schedule you know I have some TOUGH games coming up. Also I have only been ranked in the top 25 7 weeks in all three years and only in the top 10 2 weeks (this year) but that will soon change cause UCONN beat me. We are overated though cause we have yet to beat anyone in the top 25.

[Leakfan]

Unfortuantley (sp) I am grounded untill Friday and I am going on a trip on Fri. so I will not have any more updates untill Tuesday :(