"The Time is Now!" The Story of Justin Polley

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Wolfgang Wolverton to Transfer​

Wolfgang Wolverton has been released of his LOI and is searching for schools, the rumor around campus is that Wolfgang will be going where Coach Polley goes. Wolverton was a big piece of last year's team, averaging 8 points and 6 rebounds per game off the bench as a freshman. He would have filled Keister's starting job had he stayed.

 

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Polley to Stay at HC! Two Top 100 Recruits Follow!​

Big news hit campus when Coach Justin Polley announced he would be staying at Holy Cross for at least one more season. "I love Holy Cross, the academics here and everyone on campus is great. Not only is all that great, but our alumni and athletic department are wonderful as well. At the current moment, there is no other place I would rather be coaching college basketball, we are building something here everyone and all the hard work that everyone is putting into the program is paying off. That goes for the coaches, players, alumni and Athletic Department. The commitments of two Top 100 players is proof to how far we have come in only 2 seasons."

Other News​

- Kentucky Wins National Championship

- HC accepts the Old Spice Invitational where they play Siena in the first of three games.

- HC schedules Texas Tech, NC State the Old Spice Tourny, West Virginia, Temple, Seton Hall and George Mason as key OOC games that could get them into the tournament as an at-large bid.

- Freshman PG Jonathan Hartley and Freshman PF Alex Abbot round off the starting line-up. The other three starters are R.J Evans(SR), Morgan Newsom(Soph) and Devin Brown(Senior)

- Coach Justin Polley hires Rush VSN(Cutsizzle) and Matt Devil(56) as his head recruiters.

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

I'm telling u man we got lj rose locked up

 

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???

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

you said im a head recruiter

and lj really likes holy cross lol

 

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oooo i got u.

 

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Crusaders Raid Red Raiders In Season Opener​

Holy Cross won their opener against Texas Tech 74-69, but Alex Abbot stole the show with his 44 point effort in his first ever collegiate game. "It was jaw dropping, first team All-American's don't ever do this, let alone a freshman." Senior Devin Brown also had this to had about his teammate, "Even before the season started, it was obvious Alex was our best over-all player. He would dominate our pre-season inter squad scrimmages." Abbot dropped 30 in regulation and dropped an amazing 14 in the over-time. Usually freshman wear down early in games in the beginning of the season, not this one. "I kept getting stronger as the game went on, so did the rest of the team. Our energy level and conditioning is mainly due to our conditioning coach Big P keeping us in good shape and helping us add much muscle, and also to Coach Polley for making us run all those suicides and end-lines after practices." Now the Crusaders head back to home against the WolfPack of NC State, an out of conference rivalry which is starting to grow each season.

 

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Holy Cross Downs Wolf Pack; Second Year Straight​

Second game of the season, second over-time of the season. For the second time the Crusaders proved what they are made of, when down by 8 with 3:42 senior R.J Evans and Devin Brown Brown drilled three consecutive threes putting Holy Cross up by 1 with 1:20 left in the game. After the time-out by Sydney Lowe, Morgan Newsom stepped into the passing lane on the very next play and stole the ball from Kevin Meeks. The Crusaders held the ball for the 35 seconds on the shot clock ending with a missed jumper by freshman point guard Jonathan Hartley. NC State got to the line on the next possession making one of two. The game remain tied for the final 12 seconds and the game moved on to OT where Holy Cross dominated. In the OT Holy Cross pulled down 11 rebounds, 4 offensive and won the OT 9-4, and the final of 82-77. Morgan Newsom, the teams leading scorer ripped down 12 boards and put up 24 points. Freshman Jonathan Hartley and Alex Abbot added 13 each. R.J Evans and Devin Brown were in foul trouble most of the game and saw minimal action in the first half. Two more games against Colorado State and Richmond, then off to Madison Square Garden for the preseason NIT tournament for the second year in a row where Holy Cross meets Siena in the first round.

 

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Crusaders Win Three More;Opening Game of NIT​

Holy Cross cruised in wins over Colorado State and Richmond by beating Colorado State 71-50 and beating Richmond 73-61. Monday night provided more of a challenge for Holy Cross against Siena. Holy Cross controlled the game throughout but Siena was always within striking distance. At 5 minutes left in the second half, Siena cut the lead down to 2, but got no closer as Holy Cross got a fast break lay-up and some free throws to keep the game in the Crusader's favor. Tomorrow night, Holy Cross will battle out Butler for a spot in the NIT Pre-Season title game.

 

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Butler Blasts Holy Cross​

"It was just one of those nights where we couldn't miss" said Butler Head Coach Brad Stevens. Butler as a team shot 81% from the field and 73% from behind the arc. Butler rode their hot shooting to a 90-71 victory and a spot in the NIT Pre-Season Tournament Finals. Holy Cross will play Vanderbilt in the consolation game tomorrow night at 7.

 

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lol pwned

btw i think i am going quit my dynasty

well at least posting it on here

its getting boring as helll

 

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i may be ending soon, no one is commenting besides you.

 

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Yea

 

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i am trying to find a forum where their main purpose is for franchises. then i would just copy and paste everything here to there.

 

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that seems like a good idea actually

 

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ok run down of the season...we finished 31-3, went undefeated for the second straight season in conference play, won the conference tournament for the second year in a row, lost in the first round of the NCAA to Vandy at the buzzer. signed two 4-star SG's, the nations #4 PG and the #21 PF

 

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coach justin polley was offered jobs from Kentucky and Villanova declines both.

 

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Holy Cross to C-USA!​

Holy Cross is making the transition to Conference USA which boasts one of the nation's top teams in Memphis, and another top program in Tulsa. "It was a deal we couldn't refuse" Carlos Boozer, the school's AD told us this evening. "We will be replacing East Carolina and hope to be up near the top of the conference contending with Memphis and Tulsa. Not only was it good in terms of making the program stronger, but the money profit will be much larger."

 

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ok so now we are going into the new season...we got an invite to the Maui, we accepted...we won our first two games of the season against Texas A&M Chorpus Christi and Western Kentucky.

now we go to Maui to play #14 Florida.

 

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Gator Chomp Not To Advance!

In as an exciting first round match-up you could hope for, the Crusaders came out on top. "Just a great game" said Crusaders Head Coach Justin Polley. "We came out and executed flawlessly and executing to perfection was the only way to beat this Florida team. They are a very, very talented team with Final Four ability. Tonight provided a great win for the program." With Holy Cross up between 5-10 the whole game, Florida made their run with around 6 minutes left, burying a couple of contested threes and cleaning up the offensive glass. At the 2:04 Muyo Cossa nailed a three to put Florida up 1. The lead didn't last very long though, on the next possession sophomore point guard Jonathan Hartley attacked into the middle of the paint, kicked out a pass into the corner where freshman shooting guard Kevin Armstrong caught the pass cleanly, pump-faked and got the step he needed on his defender to get an open look. A step inside the three-point line and Armstrong buried his open look. On the next possession Muyo Cossa hit yet another contested three putting Florida up 66-64. Alex Abott the sophomore sensation of Holy Cross inbounded the ball to Hartley at mid-court who then made a pass into the left corner to freshman SF Abel Spivey who returned the favor by hitting a three of his own. Now with 1 minute exact left, Florida attacked the paint and put up a shot which was blocked by Morgan Newsom but was picked up by Corey Moran who threw down a monster dunk. Down 68-67 Hartley led another blazing quick fast-break but this time he made the pass to the right wing where he found a wide open Kevin Armstrong he buried a three to put the Crusaders up 70-68. With 46 seconds left in the game Florida got the ball down-low to Rick Dobson who was fouled on his shot attempt. Dobson coolly nailed the pair. Hartley had time with 33 seconds left in the game to get the call from Coach Polley and have the team run through it several times. With time winding down Hartley dribbled toward Armstrong on the three-point line, and handed it off to him. Armstrong the three-point specialist pumped and got two Gator guards to collapse on him. Hartley slipped to the baseline and Armstrong got him the ball wide-open to bury the game-winning shot with 1.4 seconds. With the exciting win, the Crusaders need to mount up and get rested for tomorrow. Tomorrow's semi-final opponent is unknown yet.