West Virginia 59, Syracuse 68

March 12, 2005

Conference Tournament

American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Madison Square Garden (New York, New York) - Neutral Site

Attendance: 19,528

Officials: Ed Corbett, John Higgins, Jim Burr

Team Rebounds: West Virginia (2) Syracuse (0)

Technicals: West Virginia (0) Syracuse (0)

  1 2 Final
WVU (21-10) 31 28 59
SYRA (27-6) 41 27 68

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
WVU 61 97.1 111.9
SYRA 61 111.9 97.1

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
WVU .443 0.115 0.333 0.226
SYRA .531 0.230 0.293 0.327

West Virginia Mountaineers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Mike Gansey Starter SG 27:00 5-8 1-3 0-0 7.2 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 11
- Frank Young Starter SF 20:00 3-9 2-6 0-0 1.2 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 0 8
- Kevin Pittsnogle Starter C 23:00 1-8 0-4 0-0 -1.5 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 2
- Johannes Herber Starter PF 34:00 4-8 3-5 0-0 9.0 0 4 4 3 4 0 0 0 11
- J.D. Collins Starter PG 28:00 1-3 0-2 0-0 5.0 0 1 1 5 1 1 1 0 2
- Patrick Beilein Bench SG 19:00 1-4 1-4 0-2 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
- D'or Fischer Bench C 16:00 1-2 0-0 4-4 7.5 3 2 5 0 2 1 1 1 6
- Tyrone Sally Bench SF 19:00 3-10 2-4 5-6 5.5 3 1 4 0 1 1 2 0 13
- Darris Nichols Bench SG 11:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 0.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Luke Bonner Bench C 01:00 0-0 0-0 3-3 2.6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
- Brad Byerson Bench SF 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Duriel Price Bench PG 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   2            
        200 19-53 9-29 12-15 37.6 7 14 23 14 15 6 7 1 59
          35.8% 31.0% 80.0%                    

Syracuse Orange

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Terrence Roberts Starter PF 32:00 4-7 0-0 0-0 10.0 3 5 8 0 3 2 1 1 8
- Hakim Warrick Starter SF 38:00 6-13 0-0 8-11 13.4 4 9 13 0 1 0 3 0 20
- Gerry McNamara Starter PG 38:00 4-12 3-10 5-5 8.9 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 0 16
- Josh Pace Starter SG 37:00 6-9 0-0 1-4 13.0 2 5 7 6 3 1 3 0 13
- Darryl Watkins Starter C 23:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 6.2 1 5 6 1 2 0 0 1 2
- Craig Forth Bench C 09:00 0-0 0-0 2-2 2.8 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2
- Louie McCroskey Bench SG 14:00 1-3 0-0 0-0 -1.5 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2
- Demetris Nichols Bench PF 08:00 2-3 1-2 0-0 2.5 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5
- Josh Wright Bench PG 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                                
        200 24-49 4-12 16-22 55.2 12 29 41 12 13 5 14 2 68
          49.0% 33.3% 72.7%                    

West Virginia Mountaineers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J.D. Collins
3.3p, 1.3r, 3a		 Mike Gansey
11.5p, 5.3r, 2.9a		 Frank Young
3.3p, 1.3r, 0.6a		 Johannes Herber
8.7p, 4.3r, 3.2a		 Kevin Pittsnogle
11.2p, 3.5r, 0.5a
Rotation  
 		 Patrick Beilein
8.4p, 2r, 1.6a		 Tyrone Sally
12.4p, 3.9r, 1.8a		  
 		 D'or Fischer
8p, 4.1r, 0.5a
Rotation  
 		 Darris Nichols
3.1p, 1.3r, 1.9a		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT Duriel Price
1.1p, 0.1r, 0a		  
 		 Brad Byerson
0.5p, 0.8r, 0.2a		  
 		 Luke Bonner
1p, 1r, 0.2a

Syracuse Orange Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Gerry McNamara
16p, 2.4r, 5a		 Josh Pace
10.9p, 5r, 3.8a		 Hakim Warrick
21.4p, 8.5r, 1.5a		 Terrence Roberts
7.2p, 3.8r, 0.6a		 Darryl Watkins
3.8p, 3.4r, 0.4a
Rotation  
 		 Louie McCroskey
5.7p, 2.9r, 1.2a		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT Josh Wright
1.4p, 0.6r, 1.7a		  
 		  
 		 Demetris Nichols
3.8p, 2r, 0.5a		 Craig Forth
4.7p, 5.2r, 0.5a

Today's Games

(1) Illinois 64
Minnesota 56
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(2) North Carolina 75
(25) Georgia Tech 78
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(3) Duke 76
NC State 69
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(4) Louisville 75
Memphis 74
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(12) Kansas 75
(6) Oklahoma State 78
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(7) Kentucky 79
LSU 78
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(9) Arizona 72
(8) Washington 81
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(11) Syracuse 68
West Virginia 59
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(21) Alabama 62
(16) Florida 68
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(17) Oklahoma 63
(24) Texas Tech 69
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(18) Utah 56
New Mexico 60
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(20) Wisconsin 59
Iowa 56
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