Author Archive - Rob Carpentier

Arizona Wildcats

KEY WINS: Texas A&M; @ Houston; @ UNLV; swept Washington State
KEY LOSSES: swept by: Oregon, Stanford, Arizona State, UCLA; @ Kansas; @ Memphis
KEY STAT: 3 Point Shooting Percentage: 39%
BIGGEST STRENGTHS:
This team knows how to score and they are loaded with individual talent. The biggest thing about the Wildcats’ ability to score is that they […]

Team Profile: Arizona State Sun Devils

KEY WINS: Arizona; @ Arizona; Xavier; USC; Stanford
KEY LOSSES: N-Illinois; @ Nebraska; @ Washington; @ California; @ Oregon
KEY STAT: Field Goal % Defense is 41%
BIGGEST STRENGTHS:
There are two of these; first, Coach Herb Sendek is a weapon himself, and second, this team is very good from the charity stripe.
The Sun Devils are clearly greater than […]

Team Profile: UCLA Bruins

KEY WINS: @Washington State, @Stanford, Stanford, @USC, @Arizona, @Oregon, N-Michigan State, N-Maryland
KEY LOSSES: @Washington, Texas, USC
KEY STAT: Field Goal % Defense is 42%
BIGGEST STRENGTHS: The Bruins are clearly one of the best defensive teams in the country. With that comes the reputation that the Bruins have earned regarding their collective toughness; UCLA is one […]

Team Profile: USC Trojans

KEY WINS: @UCLA; @Arizona; @Oregon; S. Illinois; Oklahoma, Stanford
KEY LOSSES: Mercer; @Memphis; @Kansas; UCLA
KEY STAT: Field Goal % Defense is 39%
BIGGEST STRENGTHS: The Trojans are extremely athletic. Much has been made of super-frosh O.J. Mayo, but fellow freshman Davon Jefferson has been equally as important. Both are athletic, but Jefferson can be a […]

2008 BracketBuster Recap: Drake 71, Butler 64

When Drake played Butler on Saturday at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, there was little drama regarding whether either of these teams was facing “Bubble” issues with the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee. This game was clearly about seeding. The marquee game of BracketBuster weekend lived up to the hype.
In a game that made virtually every […]

2008 Bracket Buster Preview: Butler vs. Drake

Probable Starters:
Drake:
Leonard Houston - Sr. 6’3” 14.2 PPG 4 RPG
Josh Young […]

2007-2008 USC Trojans Preview

2006-2007 Record: 25-12 (11-7) T-3rd in Pac-10 Postseason Games:
03/08/07 vs. Stanford W OT 83-79 OT (Pac-10 Tourney)
03/09/07 vs. Washington State W 70-61 (Pac-10 Tourney)
03/10/07 vs. Oregon L 81-57 (Pac-10 Tourney Title Game)
03/16/07 vs. Arkansas W 77-60
03/18/07 vs. Texas W 87-68
03/23/07 vs. North Carolina L 74-64
2007-2008 Returning Statistical Leaders:
12.2 PPG- Taj Gibson
8.7 RPG- Taj […]

2007-2008 UCLA Bruins Preview

2006-2007 Record: 30-6 (15-3) 1st in the Pac-10
Postseason Games:
03/08/07 vs California (Pac-10 Tournament) L OT 69-76
03/15/07 vs Weber State […]

Texas/UCLA Review

Last night the Texas Longhorns did something that no team has done since January of 2006; they beat the UCLA Bruins on the floor of Pauley Pavilion. Since the Bruins had lost to the Washington Huskies, they had run off 25 straight at the vaunted arena. The game was very entertaining, if not […]

UCLA/Texas Preview

The Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series begins tonight with Oregon traveling to take on talented freshman Michael Beasley and Kansas State. While that game is appealing to many if for nothing else than a chance to see Beasley play against solid competition, the series really kicks into high gear on Sunday, December 2, when there […]

Meet Rob

Rob Carpentier is a history teacher in the Minneapolis - St. Paul area, where he also coaches high school basketball and soccer. Rob was born and raised in New Jersey, but concentrates primarily on the PAC-10 and West Coast basketball for Bracketography.

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