The NCAA allows programs to make one summer trip to play foreign teams. This summer UNCG is heading to Spain to compete in 5 exhibition games. The team was also allowed 10 practices to prepare for the trip. Considering that there are going to be 8 new faces on the court this fall for the Spartans, this is a great opportunity. However, the competition will be stout. The team will face 2 national teams before moving on to play 3 club games over the 10-day period. UNCGSpartans.com will have live stats and blog posts from Nicholas Paulos about the trip. I'll try to post any game info I get here on the site.
Schedule (times EST)
8/10 Angola National Team 1 pm (@ Madrid)
8/11 Venezuela National Team 1 pm (@ Madrid)
8/13 Aragon Select 1 pm (@ Zaragoza)
8/15 Catalunya Select 1 pm (@ Barcelona)
8/16 CB Viladecavalls 1 pm (@ Barcelona)
WFMY interview of Wes Miller & Kyle Cain.
WFMY video of practice.
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Friday, August 9, 2013
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Interim No More
Wes Miller was named the UNCG men's basketball coach today. He had spent the last 2+ months as the interim coach after Mike Dement was let go. Miller earned an 11-11 record as head coach this season and lead UNCG to it's first outright division title in the Southern Conference. He is the 9th head coach in UNCG history.
Here is the AP story through the News & Record.
WXII also had video from the press conference.
Here is the AP story through the News & Record.
He (Miller) says the program's foundation is in place, and he wants "to take UNCG to the next level as a basketball program."This article is from the News & Record's sports blog.
"The next level is to consistently compete for championships," Miller said. "What does that mean? That means Dancing. We want to Dance."Here is the Winston-Salem Journal's article about the hire.
"Wes Miller is authentic, passionate and makes the people around him better. I feel strongly that not only will Wes have a significant impact on UNCG basketball, but he will make a mark on college basketball as his career develops over time," said UNCG athletics director Kim Record.From WFMY News 2's DigTriad page, here are inteviews with Coach Miller and UNC-Chapel Hill head Coach Roy Williams.
WXII also had video from the press conference.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Charleston Post Game
Post game Press conference from UNCG's YouTube channel.
"I personally wouldn't want to play for any other coach other than the guy right next to me." ---Derrell Armstrong
- WFMY News 2 highlights and post game article on DigTriad.com.
"I personally wouldn't want to play for any other coach other than the guy right next to me." ---Derrell Armstrong
- WFMY News 2 highlights and post game article on DigTriad.com.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Citadel Post Game
Coach Wes Miller gives a lot credit to Citadel's coaches forkeeping their guys fighting. It's a great point he makes. The video is from UNCG's YouTube page.
"The word streak doesn't exist in the UNCG vocabulary." -Wes Miller
- WFMY News 2 (via DigTraid.com) recap & video.
-UNCG Sports Blog recap.
"The word streak doesn't exist in the UNCG vocabulary." -Wes Miller
- WFMY News 2 (via DigTraid.com) recap & video.
-UNCG Sports Blog recap.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
UNCG Press
From WFMY News 2's DigTraid page, here's an interview with UNCG Coach Wes Miller. Also, there are interviews with Trevis Simpson, David Williams and a video of practice.
USA Today posted their weekly SoCon update with some interesting notes about UNCG.
Also, I believe Wes Miller is scheduled to be on WFNZ's (Charlotte, NC) syndicated afternoon sports radio show "The Drive" hosted by Taylor Zarzour and Marc James. The show airs from 3-7 EST. I will post the time he is going to be on the show when I find out. The show can be heard on UNCG's flagship station WCOG 1320 AM in the triad, on ESPN Radio in the triangle and on WFNZ in Charlotte. The show is streamed over the Internet here, here and here.
UPDATE: Wes will be on at 6 pm EST.
UPDATE x2: The interview can be heard here.
USA Today posted their weekly SoCon update with some interesting notes about UNCG.
There was an article this past weekend in the Raleigh News & Observer about Wes Miller and App State coach Jason Capel and their unique relationship as head coaches in the same conference.--The carnage that was the January schedule of games in the Southern Conference has produced plenty of good basketball, but it's come at the majority of the league's expense. Entering the final month of the regular season, only Davidson, Wofford, Furman and College of Charleston will have winning overall records. The best overall win tally in the north division is Elon's 10-10 record.
--The league is about a month away from voting for its top coach, but barring some unforeseen changes, it may very well come down to Davidson's Bob McKillop and UNC-Greensboro interim coach Wes Miller. The latter, who took over for Mike Dement in early December, coached his team to six straight victories to close out January. Miller's team was atop the north division standings entering the final month of regular-season play.
McKillop, who has his team on top of the south division standings, has his team at 9-1 entering February an in line to win the regular-season title.
--As far as the Player of the Year honors go, the decision may be a bit harder for the coaches and media. The Citadel big man Mike Groselle enters the final month of play as the Southern Conference leader in both points (17.3 ppg) and rebounds (9.6 rpg). However, many may not vote for a player on a team that has struggled so much. The Bulldogs won just one of their first one of their first 10 league games. Others to keep an eye on are UNC Greensboro guard Trevis Simpson, College of Charleston senior Antwaine Wiggins and Georgia Southern's Eric Ferguson. Ferguson is the only other player in the league in the top five in both points and rebounds.
Also, I believe Wes Miller is scheduled to be on WFNZ's (Charlotte, NC) syndicated afternoon sports radio show "The Drive" hosted by Taylor Zarzour and Marc James. The show airs from 3-7 EST. I will post the time he is going to be on the show when I find out. The show can be heard on UNCG's flagship station WCOG 1320 AM in the triad, on ESPN Radio in the triangle and on WFNZ in Charlotte. The show is streamed over the Internet here, here and here.
UPDATE: Wes will be on at 6 pm EST.
UPDATE x2: The interview can be heard here.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
UNCG-App State Highlights
From UNCG's YouTube channel ...
WFMY News 2 also has a good extended highlight clip on their DigTraid website.
WFMY News 2 also has a good extended highlight clip on their DigTraid website.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Samford Post Game
Post game press conference with Coach Miller, David Williams and Derrell Armstrong.
Also, WFMY News 2 has highlights of the game, including a replay of the final play here.
Also, WFMY News 2 has highlights of the game, including a replay of the final play here.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Interview With Coach Miller
From WFMY News 2 and DigTriad.com ...
UPDATE: Adding the video to my page has been a pain in the ass. Just use the link and watch it.
UPDATE: Adding the video to my page has been a pain in the ass. Just use the link and watch it.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Floor Unveiling Event
Stories
UNCG Athletics
WFMY/Digtriad.com
WGHP Fox 8
News & Record
Pictures
Greensboro Coliseum - Twitter
Greensboro Coliseum - Facebook
UNCGfans.com - Floor
UNCGfans.com - Locker Rooms
UNCG Athletics
(Thanks to Steven @ UNCGfans.com for taking and posting those pictures)
The first UNCG home game is November 20th against Clemson. I can't wait. Especially after last Thursday's VIP (first time I've been called that) event at the Greensboro Coliseum. Several hundred people turned out to eat catered food, see the new playing surface, look at the new lockers rooms and listen to speeches from Terry Holland, Linda Brady, and Mike Dement. Let me just say that I was quite impressed with the turnout and impressed with the show put on.
I owe everyone an apology for not checking the batteries in my camera before sprinting out of the house. I was very disappointed when I hit the power button Thursday evening, to have it turn on and then right back off again. So I guess I will just have to describe the things I got to see throughout the night.
First off, the food was very good. I did spill my wife's red wine on my yellow polo shirt, which is kind of par for the course for me. Thank god that the basketball team showed up about a minute later handing out blue & gold scarfs.
The staff members walking around selling tickets were very nice and spent time talking to everyone. Apparently, UNCG has already sold double it's normal season tickets, and it's only the end of August! I assume there will be a media blitz in the next few months to really turn up the heat. I also found out the seat selection proccess should start in the next few weeks for those who had already purchased season tickets (that's me).
The speeches were nice, but I was not the target of those speeches. Most of the points were intended to be heard by businesses and community leaders who need to get behind this move to the coliseum in the way of sponsorship and ticket sales. Terry Holland was very entertaining, though. His story about looking like Tom Smith of Food Lion commercial fame brought back some memories. Plus, he made a good point about the "big" guys from the ACC needing schools like UNCG and ECU just as much as we need them.
The light and music production surrounding the actual floor unveiling was cool. I hope this is the type of introductions that take place before every game. Plus, it was great to see the UNCG name and logo on the ribbon going around the coliseum and above the scoreboard.
As for the court and locker rooms, I will just have to let the pictures and stories linked to above here speak for themselves. It was a great touch to let everybody wander through the locker rooms and offices to see what it will be like for the players and coaches on game day.
All-in-all, it was a wonderful event and it left me a little sad that the games won't start for another 2 1/2 months. But it also left me with something to be excited about until then too.
UNCG Athletics
WFMY/Digtriad.com
WGHP Fox 8
News & Record
Pictures
Greensboro Coliseum - Twitter
Greensboro Coliseum - Facebook
UNCGfans.com - Floor
UNCGfans.com - Locker Rooms
UNCG Athletics
(Thanks to Steven @ UNCGfans.com for taking and posting those pictures)
The first UNCG home game is November 20th against Clemson. I can't wait. Especially after last Thursday's VIP (first time I've been called that) event at the Greensboro Coliseum. Several hundred people turned out to eat catered food, see the new playing surface, look at the new lockers rooms and listen to speeches from Terry Holland, Linda Brady, and Mike Dement. Let me just say that I was quite impressed with the turnout and impressed with the show put on.
I owe everyone an apology for not checking the batteries in my camera before sprinting out of the house. I was very disappointed when I hit the power button Thursday evening, to have it turn on and then right back off again. So I guess I will just have to describe the things I got to see throughout the night.
First off, the food was very good. I did spill my wife's red wine on my yellow polo shirt, which is kind of par for the course for me. Thank god that the basketball team showed up about a minute later handing out blue & gold scarfs.
The staff members walking around selling tickets were very nice and spent time talking to everyone. Apparently, UNCG has already sold double it's normal season tickets, and it's only the end of August! I assume there will be a media blitz in the next few months to really turn up the heat. I also found out the seat selection proccess should start in the next few weeks for those who had already purchased season tickets (that's me).
The speeches were nice, but I was not the target of those speeches. Most of the points were intended to be heard by businesses and community leaders who need to get behind this move to the coliseum in the way of sponsorship and ticket sales. Terry Holland was very entertaining, though. His story about looking like Tom Smith of Food Lion commercial fame brought back some memories. Plus, he made a good point about the "big" guys from the ACC needing schools like UNCG and ECU just as much as we need them.
The light and music production surrounding the actual floor unveiling was cool. I hope this is the type of introductions that take place before every game. Plus, it was great to see the UNCG name and logo on the ribbon going around the coliseum and above the scoreboard.
As for the court and locker rooms, I will just have to let the pictures and stories linked to above here speak for themselves. It was a great touch to let everybody wander through the locker rooms and offices to see what it will be like for the players and coaches on game day.
All-in-all, it was a wonderful event and it left me a little sad that the games won't start for another 2 1/2 months. But it also left me with something to be excited about until then too.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
A Throw Away Game
UNCG 56 - Western Carolina 69
News & Record
UNCG Athletics
WCU Athletics
UNCG fell behind 39-20 at halftime with the most uninspired performance this season. Walk-ons Mike Hardiman (6 pts & 3 rebs) and Sean Spooner (3 pts & 4 steals) played the majority of second half minutes, along with Elhanan Bone (4 pts & 2 rebs), DeAngelo Jackson (7 pts & 6 rebs) and Damian Eargle (17 pts & 8 rebs).
UNCG has now dropped 10 straight home games and 23 games total (school record). Next year the team will play its home games in the Greensboro Coliseum. Thus, next Saturday's home game against Elon will be the Spartans last chance to win at Fleming Gym.
Make-A-Wish
The highlight of the day came at halftime, when a 14 year-old boy was told that he was getting his wish granted. UNCG sorority Chi Omega helped raise the money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. You can read the story here.
News & Record
UNCG Athletics
WCU Athletics
UNCG fell behind 39-20 at halftime with the most uninspired performance this season. Walk-ons Mike Hardiman (6 pts & 3 rebs) and Sean Spooner (3 pts & 4 steals) played the majority of second half minutes, along with Elhanan Bone (4 pts & 2 rebs), DeAngelo Jackson (7 pts & 6 rebs) and Damian Eargle (17 pts & 8 rebs).
UNCG has now dropped 10 straight home games and 23 games total (school record). Next year the team will play its home games in the Greensboro Coliseum. Thus, next Saturday's home game against Elon will be the Spartans last chance to win at Fleming Gym.
Make-A-Wish
The highlight of the day came at halftime, when a 14 year-old boy was told that he was getting his wish granted. UNCG sorority Chi Omega helped raise the money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. You can read the story here.
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