POSTERIZED: Trevis Simpson breaks the rim

UNC-Greensboro played Miami in one of the more entertaining games of Monday night.

To say that UNCG sophomore Trevis Simpson had a "career night" would be a gross understatement. He was 12-20 including 7-11 from behind the arc and finished with a career-high 36 points.

Oh yeah, he also put on a one-man dunk show which caused bolts to fall out of the basket stanchion.



The film sessions is not going to be pretty for Miami. Sure they won the game, but they got flat-out embarrassed by a guy who plays for a 2-13 team.


But was it as good as these?

Orion Outerbridge, Rhode Island vs. Boston College, 1/2
Sam Thompson, Ohio State vs. Indiana, 12/31
DeShon Minnis, Texas Tech vs. Southeastern Louisiana, 12/30
Keith Gabriel, VMI vs. Old Dominion, 12/22
Eric Etherly, Loyola (Md.) vs. Kentucky, 12/22
Chris Evans, Kent State vs. Texas-Arlington, 12/21
P.J. Hairston, North Carolina vs. Texas, 12/21
Robbie Hummel, Purdue vs. IPFW, 12/20
Robert Brown, Virginia Tech vs. North Florida, 12/19
Tony Mitchell, Alabama vs. Kansas State, 12/17
Torye Pelham, Southern Mississippi vs. Ole Miss, 12/17
Quincy Diggs, Akron vs. Florida A&M, 12/17
Anthony Davis, Kentucky vs. Chattanooga, 12/17
Langston Galloway/C.J. Aiken/Ronald Roberts, St. Joseph's vs. Villanova, 12/17
Terrence Ross, Washington vs. UC-Santa Barbara, 12/16
Jared Cunningham, Oregon State vs. Howard, 12/15
Raheem Appleby, Louisiana Tech vs. McNeese State, 12/14
Tony Mitchell, Alabama vs. Detroit, 12/12
Vander Blue, Marquette vs. UW-Green Bay, 12/11
Ronald Roberts, St. Joseph's vs. Creighton, 12/10
Dion Waiters, Syracuse vs. George Washington, 12/10 (DotY Candidate)
Victor Oladipo, Indiana vs. Kentucky, 12/10
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia vs. Georgia Tech, 12/10
Vander Blue, Marquette vs. Washington, 12/6
Terrence Ross, Washington vs. Marquette, 12/6
Deville Smith, Mississippi State vs. West Virginia, 12/3
Terrence Jones, Kentucky vs. North Carolina, 12/3
Tony Mitchell, Alabama vs. Georgetown, 12/1
Anthony Marshall, UNLV vs. UNC, 11/26
Michael Kidd-Glichrist, Kentucky vs. Portland, 11/26/11 (DotY Candidate)
Markel Brown, Oklahoma State vs. Virginia Tech, 11/25
Rodney Williams, Minnesota vs. DePaul, 11/24
Thomas Robinson, Kansas vs. Duke, 11/23
Stan Okoye, VMI vs. Ohio State, 11/23
Kyisean Reed, Utah State vs. Southern Utah, 11/19
Ra'Shad James, Iona vs. Western Michigan, 11/18
Alandise Harris, Houston vs. Arkansas, 11/18
Sam Thompson, Ohio State vs. Jackson State, 11/18
Tony Mitchell, Alabama vs. Wichita State, 11/18
Eric Griffin, Campbell vs. North Carolina A&T, 11/18 (DotY Candidate)
Olek Czyz, Nevada vs. Pacific, 11/17
Chris Watson, Pikeville vs. Mountain State, 11/16
Ray Willis, North Carolina Central vs. Wagner, 11/16
Mike James, Lamar vs. Ohio, 11/15 (DotY Candidate)
Quincy Acy, Baylor vs. San Diego State, 11/15
Deniz Kilicli, West Virginia vs. Kent State, 11/15
Chris Evans, Kent State vs. West Virginia, 11/15
Tony Mitchell, Alabama vs. Oakland, 11/14
Isaiah Brown, East Tennessee State vs. Virginia Tech, 11/12
Michael Lyons, Air Force vs. Army, 11/11
Dezmine Wells, Xavier vs. Morgan State, 11/11
Jeremy Lamb, UConn vs. Columbia, 11/11 (DotY Candidate)
Andre Drummond, UConn vs. CW Post, 11/4
Moe Harkless, St. John's vs. CW Post, 10/26






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And then there was one...

Our Emery Board series is getting smaller seemingly by the day.

On Monday, Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Alcorn State joined the ranks of the, well, non-winless while Duke suffered their first loss of the season on Wednesday night.

On Thursday, it was UNC-Greensboro's turn.

The Spartans were 0-15 on the season and 0-5 in conference play heading into last night's game against Appalachian State, a team that has already knocked off Tulsa this year. They then proceeded to dig themselves a 41-28 hole at the half.

But the Spartans started out the second half with a 15-3 run as a Brian Cole three cut the App State lead to 44-43. With 8:13 left in the game, Brandon Evans scored on a lay in to give the Spartan's their first lead since five minutes into the game. UNCG was able to push that lead to five points with 3:23 left.

In fact, the Mountaineers got close enough that Omar Carter's missed layup with eight seconds left in the game would have given them the lead.

But Carter missed and the Spartans hung on to win.

It was their first win of the season.

It also leaves Centenary as the only school in D-I hoops left without a win, and I feel bad even making light of it. Centenary is going to D-III next season. Their roster is currently made up with a lot of players that were brought in to play at the D-III level, not D-I. I would not be surprised if they did not win a game all season.

I'll tell you this -- I'll be rooting for them. I bleed Centenary Gentlemen Maroon and White.
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