Hey LarryD

For your friends at FSU

 

If that wasnt mechanical failure someone should be fired.

Did it look like to anyone else at the end of regulation when FSU had the breakaway dunk that the SC player tried to slide to undercut him?

 

yeah, i was at the game.

horrid. that's two games in a row.

refs were no better than the time guy -- dumb and dumberer.

oh, well. just wait till we get our hotshot pointguard in next season. i'm thinking acc title.

 

he gonna play football too?

 

Yea, one of the announcers mention him. Said it would be UNC and FSU for the ACC championship next year. Of course, that guy may have been an idiot, so.........

 

this is from last june

Toney Douglas, a freshman All-American at Auburn this past season, transferred to Florida State and is enrolled in summer school classes.

Douglas began taking classes on Monday in the Summer 'C' session, according to the Florida State University registrar's office. According to NCAA rules, Douglas will have to sit out this season and will become eligible at the start of the 2006-07 season.

Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton, in a statement released by the school, said he was happy to add Douglas to the program.

"We are very excited to have a player with Toney's talent in our program." Hamilton said. "He is a player with proven scoring abilities and an unselfish spirit who enjoys getting his teammates involved in running the offense. On top of that, he quickly showed our staff and players that he has great character and will fit into our program nicely."

As a freshman at Auburn, Douglas ranked fourth in the SEC in scoring with 16.9 points per game. He also averaged 5.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game last season.

He declared for the NBA Draft but withdrew his name. At that point, he was given his release by Auburn.

In comments published after his son declared for the draft, Douglas' father, Harry, said his son had hoped to play point guard at Auburn. Under first-year coach Jeff Lebo, Douglas played mostly shooting guard and averaged more than 35 minutes a game.

A 6-foot-1, 173-pound guard, Douglas tied an Auburn freshman record with 38 points to go along with 10 rebounds against Nicholls State. He had 33 points against then-No. 24 Virginia and 32 points against Florida where he sent the game into overtime with a 25-foot three-pointer at the buzzer.

He was also the MVP of the San Juan Shootout, averaging 18 points and 4.7 rebounds per game, and he scored 20 or more points 12 times this past season, including a 23-point, 10 rebound effort in Auburn's 77-73 SEC Tournament upset of Vanderbilt.

After leading the conference in scoring for most of the season, Douglas earned third-team All-SEC honors.

As a senior at Jonesboro (Ga.) High, Douglas was named the Class AAAAA Player of the Year. He averaged 27.6 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game as a senior and was credited with six triple-doubles in 28 games. He shot 52 percent from three-point range.

Douglas originally committed to former Auburn coach Cliff Ellis but stayed with his commitment to the school when Lebo took the job.

 

this is from 2 days ago

Transfer point guard Toney Douglas hasn't been allowed to talk to the media while sitting out this season at Florida State. He's been mumbling to everybody else this week after having his wisdom teeth removed.

''What we're going to do is give him a chance to grow and adjust out of the limelight as much as possible,'' FSU coach Leonard Hamilton said.

But Douglas doesn't need to talk to generate hype. A season's worth of practice has ratcheted up the anticipation for next season.

''He'll be the best lead guard in our league next year - hands down,'' sixth-year senior Andrew Wilson said. ''People have something to be excited about when they see him on the court next year.''

Douglas averaged 16.9 points per game as a freshman last season at Auburn but declared for the NBA draft and then decided to transfer.

NCAA transfer rules required Douglas to sit out this season.

Douglas signed with Auburn expecting to play for Cliff Ellis but instead started his career under Jeff Lebo, who played him at both point guard and shooting guard. The dual role led to a stormy relationship between Lebo and Harry Douglas, who coached his son at the AAU level and wanted him to be able to concentrate on point guard.

Auburn gave Douglas a release from his scholarship in June but didn't grant a waiver that would have allowed him to transfer within the Southeastern Conference. Douglas appealed the restriction but was denied.

FSU (20-9) will take on South Carolina (19-15) at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the Civic Center in the second round of the NIT. The Seminoles will have much higher expectations next season with four starters, including Al Thornton and Alexander Johnson, scheduled to return and the high-scoring Douglas set to replace senior Todd Galloway at point guard.

Douglas earned third-team All-SEC honors at Auburn while ranking as the nation's second-leading freshman scorer. He made 62 3-pointers and shot 37.3 percent from beyond the arc. He also averaged 5.3 rebounds with 57 assists and 79 turnovers.

Although he has been off-limits to the media, Douglas was allowed to take part in a Q&A for FSU's Web site in the fall.

''With my team last year at Auburn, I had to score a lot,'' Douglas said. ''It was kind of hard for me, coming out of high school, it was a big transition.''

Douglas scored 2,404 points in his stellar career at Jonesboro (Ga.) High School. He was named the Class 5A player of the year in Georgia as a junior and led the state in scoring with 34 points per game in 2003-04.

Douglas was born in Tampa but raised in the Atlanta area. He has relatives throughout Florida, including Tallahassee. So that was a plus for the Seminoles when Hamilton and assistant coach Tony Sheals began pursuing the 6-foot-1 guard.

Douglas, 20, has three years of eligibility remaining at FSU.

''He has worked very hard in practice,'' Hamilton said. ''I think he has earned the respect of all his teammates. He has shown that he's more than capable of being a major contributor to our team. I think our players look forward to playing with him.''

That might be an understatement.

''He's going to make a lot of guys better,'' Johnson said. ''He's working hard, and that's just letting me know that he's going to be ready to play next year. He wants to win.''