CSUN NOTEBOOK: CONFIDENT BRASWELL GEARING UP.Byline: Chris Branam Staff Writer There won't be any ``Midnight Madness'' for the Cal State Northridge men's basketball team Friday night. Instead, the Matadors will have their first official practice the next day. That's OK. After the distractions at the end of last season, a low-key approach may be the way to go. ``We had too many little things getting in the way,'' head coach Bobby Braswell Bobby Braswell, an American basketball coach, is currently the head coach for Cal State Northridge. Braswell was named the fourth head coach in Northridge history on April 30, 1996, succeeding the retired Pete Cassidy. said last week after attending the Wooden Basketball Tipoff Luncheon. ``The returning guys learned a lot.'' Especially at the Big Sky Tournament, where the Matadors blew a 21-point lead against Montana State in the first round and lost 91-90. Two weeks before the tournament, Braswell suspended key reserves Greg Minor Greg Magado Minor (born September 18, 1971 in Sandersville, Georgia) is an American former NBA basketball player. Having averaged 12.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game in three seasons at the University of Louisville, Minor was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers as the and Rico Harris for violating team rules. Harris never came back to the team, abruptly ending his one-year stint at CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge . Minor, a junior, returned for the Big Sky Tournament but wasn't a factor. In a curious move, he declared for the NBA draft The NBA Draft is an annual North American event in which the National Basketball Association's (NBA) thirty teams (29 in the United States and one in Toronto, Canada) can select players who wish to join the league. in May and wasn't picked. Even though CSUN went 17-12 last year and had its best finish in the Big Sky (9-7, tied for third), the disappointing early exit was definitely a downer down·er n. A depressant or sedative drug, such as a barbiturate or tranquilizer. . Braswell said the remaining players, including four returning starters, are only remembering the past to make a better future. ``Already, there is a sense that this team cares about Cal State Northridge and cares about making Cal State Northridge a winner,'' he said. ``This is the most talented group and the most unselfish group.'' Braswell could have been one of the most confident of the 10 Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Division I head coaches who spoke at the Wooden luncheon. He said the Matadors ``had a fantastic season last year,'' but later said: ``This is really the first group (of players) that I feel truly cares about each other.``I feel blessed to have an opportunity to coach them.'' CSUN opens the season with two exhibition games at home - on Nov. 6 against Team Prestige and Nov. 13 vs. Basketball Travelers - then plays for real at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. on Nov. 19. The Wizard awaits: Braswell isn't pulling out any stops in starting what he thinks could be the best season in CSUN's short Division I history. John Wooden, the former UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX head coach whose name is synonymous with synonymous with adjective equivalent to, the same as, identical to, similar to, identified with, equal to, tantamount to, interchangeable with, one and the same as winning basketball, will speak at the Matadors' ``Tipoff Banquet'' on Nov. 1. The banquet will be in the grand salon on campus. Delayed vote: The student referendum to raise fees for better athletics facilities has been postponed until Nov. 9-10. The vote was supposed to have taken place this week. If approved, students would pay an additional $27 in 2000 and 2001, increasing to $90 in 2002. The fee increase would pay for the construction of an 8,000-seat stadium to be used for football and soccer, a new baseball stadium, track-and-field bleachers and a $30 million on-campus fitness center. No advantage: Mistakes such as the ones that led to the men's soccer team's 2-1 double-overtime loss to UCLA on Friday night aren't supposed to happen at home. Here's what happened: The timekeeper was slow in starting the clock for the second half, allowing 40 seconds to elapse e·lapse intr.v. e·lapsed, e·laps·ing, e·laps·es To slip by; pass: Weeks elapsed before we could start renovating. n. while play had begun. Then in the last minute of regulation, with CSUN holding a 1-0 lead, the operator had to put 39 more seconds on the clock. Sure enough, sixth-ranked UCLA scored on McKinley Tennyson Jr.'s goal with 46 seconds left. The game should have been over when Tennyson scored. CSUN MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE NOVEMBER 6 Team Prestige 7:05 p.m. 13 Basketball Travelers 7:05 p.m. 19 at USC 7 p.m. 27 Cal State Dominguez Hills 7:05 p.m. 30 at Fresno State 7 p.m. DECEMBER 4 at Cal Poly Cal Poly may refer to:
6 Oral Roberts Noun 1. Oral Roberts - United States evangelist (born 1918) Roberts 7:05 p.m. 11 at Oregon7:05 p.m. 20 at Oral Roberts 5:05 p.m. 22 at Texas-El Paso 5:05 p.m. 28 St. Francis (N.Y.) 7:05 p.m. 30 San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. State 7:05 p.m. JANUARY 2 Cal Poly-SLO 2 p.m. 6 N. Arizona 7:05 p.m. 8 at Idaho State 6:35 p.m. 13 at Portland State 7:05 p.m. 15 at Eastern Washington
20 Montana State 7:05 p.m. 22 Montana 7:05 p.m. 27 at Sacramento State 7:05 p.m. 29 at Weber State 7:05 p.m. FEBRUARY 3 Idaho State 7:05 p.m. 12 at Northern Arizona 6:05 p.m. 17 at Montana 6:05 p.m. 19 at Montana State 6:05 p.m. 24 Eastern Washington 7:05 p.m. 26 Portland State 7:05 p.m. MARCH 2 Weber State 7:05 p.m. 4 Sacramento State 7:05 p.m. 9-11 Big Sky Tournament CAPTION(S): box BOX: CSUN men's basketball schedule (see text) |
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