Spartans Head to Spain

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

--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.

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.

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.

Western Carolina Post Game

David Williams had 18 rebounds !?!?!?!




WFMY has extended highlights on its DigTriad website.

UNCG-App State Highlights

From UNCG's YouTube channel ...



WFMY News 2 also has a good extended highlight clip on their DigTraid website.

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.

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.