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Season Preview Part I: 2008-9 and the Offseason

The Governor on October 23, 2009 — Leave a Comment

This is the first part of our four part series previewing the 2009-2010 Men’s Basketball Season. We will start by recapping what happened last season and this offseason up until the Reigning Red event. Over the next several weeks we will post Parts II, III, and IV in time for the regular season opener at Tennessee on November 13.

Part I: Recapping Last Season and the Offseason

Part II: Frontcourt Players

Part III: Backcourt Players

Part IV: Season Outlook/Predictions

2008-2009 SEASON

The 2008-9 season was another successful campaign for the Austin Peay State University Governors.  APSU finished second in the OVC, going 19-14 overall and 13-5 in conference, and reached the championship game of the OVC Conference Tournament for the third consecutive season.  The team finished the season losing in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com Post Season Tournament to Bradley University.



2008-9 Season Final Statistics

GP

GS

Min

FG%

3FG%

FT%

Reb

Ass

TO

Blk

Stl

Avg
D. Reed

33

33

36.7

.565

.370

.746

7.5

78

83

19

24

21.9
W. Channels

33

33

32.9

.420

.389

.776

3.8

103

100

2

42

16.5
K. Duncan

33

31

28.3

.441

.388

.571

3.6

48

38

11

36

8.7
A. Campbell

33

4

20.7

.500

.376

.727

2.8

34

39

5

20

7.8
C. Brown

33

21

21.5

.330

.319

.600

1.8

86

46

4

32

5.1
E. Fields

28

19

18.6

.505

.250

.574

3.8

20

24

20

27

4.5
T. Caldwell

33

10

15.9

.444

.406

.745

1.5

84

40

2

13

4.0
M. Williams

33

12

15.2

.600

.000

.471

3.1

18

33

29

13

3.3
J. Fraley

23

2

10.2

.610

.000

.560

2.7

3

16

7

8

2.8
D. Roberson

27

0

6.9

.396

.100

.611

1.7

7

15

6

0

1.9
J. Harris

16

0

4.6

.250

.214

.750

0.2

2

6

0

5

1.1
C. Stepp

12

0

3.1

.250

.000

.600

0.3

3

1

0

4

0.6


Game Results

Date Opponent Result Record
Nov. 15 @Evansville L 62-70 0-1
Nov. 17 @Belmont W 86-84 1-1
Nov. 22 Ohio L 68-79 1-2
Nov. 25 Lambuth W 79-63 2-2
Nov. 29 @Georgia Southern W 77-66 3-2
Dec. 4 @SEMO W 91-67 4-2 (1-0)
Dec. 6 @Eastern Illinois W 81-73 5-2 (2-0)
Dec. 13 @Louisville L 75-94 5-3 (2-0)

Jim Thorpe Classic in Fayetteville Arkansas
Dec. 17 Arkansas L 80-89 5-4 (2-0)
Dec. 19 Stephen F. Austin L 54-93 5-5 (2-0)
Dec. 22 Belmont L 62-72 5-6 (2-0)
Dec. 29 Oakland City W 97-61 6-6 (2-0)
Jan. 3 Morehead St. L 74-84 6-7 (2-1)
Jan. 5 Eastern Kentucky W 82-79 7-7 (3-1)
Jan. 8 @UT-Martin W 85-76 8-7 (4-1)
Jan. 10 @Murray State W 58-57 9-7 (5-1)
Jan. 17 @Tennessee St. W 91-87 10-7 (6-1)
Jan. 22 Tennessee Tech W 87-71 11-7 (7-1)
Jan. 24 Jacksonville St. W 86-80 12-7 (8-1)
Jan. 27 @Eastern Kentucky L 70-73 12-8 (8-2)
Jan. 31 @Morehead St. L 63-81 12-9 (8-3)
Feb. 5 UT-Martin L 82-87 (OT) 12-10 (8-4)
Feb. 7 Murray State W 83-80 13-10 (9-4)
Feb. 9 @Tennessee Tech W 86-80 14-10 (10-4)
Feb. 14 Tennessee St. L 80-88 14-11 (10-5)
Feb. 17 @Jacksonville St. W 72-60 15-11 (11-5)
Feb. 21 @Drake L 54-71 15-12 (11-5)
Feb. 26 Eastern Illinois W 69-54 16-12 (12-5)
Feb. 28 SEMO W 88-78 17-12 (13-5)

OVC Conference Tournament
Mar. 3 Eastern Illinois W 57-54 18-12 (13-5)
Mar. 6 Murray State W 67-50 19-12 (13-5)
Mar. 7 Morehead St. L 65-67 (2OT) 19-13 (13-5)

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Mar. 18 Bradley L 74-81 19-14 (13-5)


Notable Events

Accolades/Awards

Drake Reed

  • All OVC First Team for the third straight season
  • Four-time OVC Player of the Week
  • OVC Conference All-Tournament Team
  • CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major All-American
  • Preseason All OVC Team (OVC Coaches, Blue Ribbon Yearbook, Sporting News, Athlon Sports)
  • All-Undrafted.com All-Undrafted Team Honorable Mention
  • Austin Peay State University Most Outstanding Male Athlete
  • Played in the Music City All Star Classic, Nashville, TN
  • Eight double-doubles
  • Seven 30-point games
  • 14th highest scoring player in the nation
  • 29th highest field goal percentage in the nation
  • Only player in APSU history to score over 1900 points and grab over 750 rebounds

Wes Channels

  • All OVC Second Team
  • OVC Conference All-Tournament Team
  • Two-time OVC Player of the Week
  • Exceeded 1,000 career points

Kyle Duncan

  • Played in the Music City All Star Classic, Nashville, TN

Anthony Campbell

  • Dec. 15 Freshman of the Week

John Fraley

  • Nominated for Final Freshman of the Week Award

Ernest Fields

  • OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll (at least 3.25 GPa)

James Ross

  • OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll (at least 3.25 GPa)

Clark Stepp

  • OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll (at least 3.25 GPa)


OFFSEASON

It has been a pretty active offseason for the Govs.  Drake Reed and Kyle Duncan successfully fulfilled their obligations to themselves and the school by graduating in May.  Both are playing professional basketball now.  Clark Stepp transferred out, and James Harris was dismissed for violating athletic department policies.  Coach Loos and his staff signed a high scoring guard, Eric Mosley, out of Louisville to compliment an already deep backcourt.  Mosley was the high scorer at the Reigning Red event with 15 points.

The coaching staff has also been hard at work on the 2010 recruiting class.  They have verbal commitment three players, Joe Harms, Will Triggs, and Thomas Greer.  Harms and Triggs are post players who will bring toughness to this year’s thin frontcourt.  Greer is a combo guard, who is a nominee for the McDonald’s High School All American game.

The bad news is the Govs found out they will be without senior Ernest Fields for at least 3 months and possibly the entire season.  The good news is the Govs had very strong performances from freshmen Justin Blake, Eric Mosley, Chris Reaves, and sophomore John Fraley at the Reigning Red event.  Hopefully it is predictive of what they will be able to contribute during the regular season.  The Govs will need all the help than can get from Fraley and Reaves due to the loss of Fields.

Timeline


Check back soon when the series continues with Part II Frontcourt Players.


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