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Aimed at enhancing the on-air product and increasing community involvement, WNWO-TV has made changes to its top level management. Five employees, all from Fort Wayne's Granite Broadcasting Corp., recently came to Toledo in a move made by WNWO's owner, Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair purchased WNWO from Barrington Broadcasting Group in 2013.
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4 Steps for Organizing Plot Ideas Into a Novel
Obviously, everyone will have a different process for how they plan out their novels, and there's no wrong or right way of doing it. With that said, I'll share what I do with the hope that maybe you can glean something, even if only inspiration!
1. Establish Set Pieces.
The term set piece is a screenwriting term that means, "The big, audience pleasing scenes that deliver on the genre elements of the movie" (according to screenwriter Doug Eboch in his post Set Pieces Sell Scripts).
In fiction writing, set pieces are the unforgettable, major turning-points or events that happen in our book. So after I finish brainstorming plot ideas and developing my characters (see the free Character Worksheet above), I make a list of set pieces—the biggest and most critical events I want to include in my book.
I usually try to put them in the general order in which they'll appear in the book—particularly into a basic 3-Act structure: a beginning with an inciting incident that pushes my character out of ordinary life; a middle crisis that works toward the black moment; then the final climax that eventually leads to resolution.
2. Develop a Three-Strand Conflict.
I give my stories three distinct strands of conflict. First, I look for an over-arching external conflict—a problem or obstacle that my character must face during the entire length of the novel, and it usually involves an antagonist of some kind.
Second, I give my characters internal conflicts—character weaknesses, flaws they must work through as the story progresses. Of course they won't become perfect, but they need to grow in self-awareness.
And third, I develop relationship conflicts—tension and problems that will keep my main characters emotionally apart for the entire book (which is especially critical in a romance).
My goal is to have all three of my conflict strands relate to each other. The more intertwined they are, the better. It's my job as the story unfolds to braid all of the strands together as smoothly as possible, until by the end, the reader can't easily distinguish where one starts and one stops.
3. Jot Down a Short Chapter-by-Chapter Outline.
Once I have my set pieces organized and my three levels of conflicts outlined, then it's easier for me to think of the overall frame work of where I need to go with the book. I generally determine approximately how many chapters I want and how many words per chapter. (Very roughly, mind you! It's just a guide to help me stay somewhat on track!)
Then in my spiral notebook, I use my set pieces and three-strand conflict outline to make a few notes about what I hope to accomplish in each chapter—no more than a couple sentences.
4. Plan Scenes.
Over the years of writing, I've come to rely more and more upon the technique of writing by scenes. In fact, with the book I most recently finished, the majority of the book cuts from one scene to the next with very few transitional links.
As I've pondered why I like writing this way, I've realized that ultimately writing by scenes is one of the best ways to SHOW our story. We place our characters on the stage, have them act things out. When it's over, we drop the curtain and open it again with the next scene. We're continually showing the action of our story without having an intrusive narrator come out between acts and fill us in on what happens between times—as if we need to know every detail to be entertained.
Before I start the actual writing of each scene, I make notes on the scene including: Time/Date, Setting, POV (looking back to make sure I'm varying these well enough). Then I ask myself these questions: What is the goal of the scene? What am I trying to accomplish? How am I moving the plot forward?
Once I finish the outline of a scene, I write it (on my laptop). I try to end the scene with a Read-On-Prompt. After I'm done, I jot down my outline for my next scene in my notebook, write it, and repeat the process until the book is done. (Incidentally, the scene-by-scene outline later serves as a great tool for organizing rewrites.)
There you have it. That's a quick overview of my process for organizing a novel.
What's your process? Do you follow any of my steps? Is there anything listed above that's new to you? What else helps you in organizing all your plot ideas? Please share! We'd all love to hear!
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Great list and very helpful! Thanks for sharing it so clearly. :O)ReplyDelete
Your organized approach is inspiring. I struggle with outlining...it's an old pain associated with writing term papers...but in my head, I know where I want to go...and scene by scene, I find myself getting there.ReplyDelete
Another helpful post Jody...Thank you.
This is very good Jody. I'm taking a course from Tamy Cang now and she is teaching us almost this same thing although from the reverse as self-editing. But I plan to approach my next novel this way know that I understand better the components I need to work in. So much more to this than I ever thought!ReplyDelete
I've worked off of 1&3 in the past. That's of course after I've spent enough time w/ my characters to know whether I'll be able to stand them for the next few years.ReplyDelete
I'm printing this.
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I write he third draft as it comes. I sit and write. And the next day I sit and write and so on and so forth. I enjoy playing with my words. Once the book is finished I go back and map the book. It is a similar process to yours. I then edited based on that. Even memoir is written according to the three act structure. All stories are stories after all. :) The freeing thing about the novel I am working on at the moment is that events can be changed to suit the needs of my book. not so with memoir.ReplyDelete
Love it! I start with characters. I have this elaborate spread sheet that's all about hero/heroine's GMC and inner beliefs and flaws and all that. Then I start weaving the story, trying to think of major turning point scenes and fill in the middle. I'm a fan of post it notes, because I can move those around. Once I have the story organized, I type the outline out in a separate document and start writing!ReplyDelete
Oh, this is good. Really good. Does anyone still use old-fashioned index cards?ReplyDelete
I plot very similarly to you. And I agree that it's best to start the scene as late as possible and end it as early as possible!ReplyDelete
This is great, Jody, just what I needed. I am a structured writer and this is sorta kinda what I had in mind, but you have laid it out for me.ReplyDelete
You have a very simular style to me. Though, I start with the characters.ReplyDelete
This is a great post, it has made me feel as though I am on the right track. Thank you.
When I get home, I am printing this post. Thanks for the great tips!ReplyDelete
It's interesting to see the different approaches writers take. The idea of using those audience-pleasing scenes is one I'd never heard before. Thanks for providing us with terrific tips!ReplyDelete
So many great ideas! Even though I write fiction short stories, all these apply.ReplyDelete
Going to print this out for reference and use. Thanks!
The first two are what I have to have in order to start a book. Without those first two parts, I won't have any need to finish, either. I haven't yet begun to organize chapters. I generally know what the next scene is going to be every time I sit down to write and keep a map in my head. I'm very averse to writing everything down, but I know I need to discipline myself that way.ReplyDelete
Jody, thanks for sharing this absolutely wonderful post. Its really very informative, its like attending an online writing class on the craft of writing a book.ReplyDelete
I start my book by writing a short synopsis of just one paragraph. Then I write the longer synopsis of one or two pages. A chapter by chapter outline is a must for me.
Then I start writing the book and rewriting it many times.
And I am definitely going to print this out for reference.
Oooh! I appreciate this opportunity to get inside your brain, Jody...even if I don't write fiction. How interesting! You are such a wealth of information.ReplyDelete
(But all this makes me glad I write nonfiction.) LOL
Oh, I needed this! I wasn't very structured with my last book, but I want to be the next go around. I'm bookmarking this post!ReplyDelete
This is an excellent post! VERY HELPFUL! I am having so many difficult in my first novel. It is not jiving. I feel like it is all WRONG. I think that I approached it wrong. I did not do enough planning. I am going to start over and use this technique. I am only 4 chapters in and don't mind starting over. If I had a printer I would print this off. Thanks so much again for a wonderful post!ReplyDelete
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Definitely some great stuff I can incorporate here!ReplyDelete
The gap between plot and first draft for me is usually filled with an outline on spreadsheet. (Much easier to keep updating for one.) It's usually not filled in my the time I start writing, though I've entertained thoughts of going to a structured chapter scene based outline (I. A. B. II. A. 1. 2. B. III., etc)
Usually I mark intended then actual word count (helps with pacing) and the timeline. This novel is 1st person, but I've used POV columns before too.
Amazing! Just what I needed right now. I'm going to use it to edit my current novel so that it's tighter and flows faster. Thank you so much! I'd never thought much about word count per chapter (actually I never thought ANY THING about word count before writing), but I think that might help me in future books and to keep it brief. Thank you so much!ReplyDelete
Great post - this was really helpful!ReplyDelete
#2 had occurred to me, but never so clearly. I'm DEFINITELY going to be using it in writing. Thanks!
I've actually made scene outlines and jotted down Time/Date, Setting, and POV (and I've looked back to make sure they're varied, too!). So I've got something halfway right, and that's encouraging.
Love your process. Mine is similar.ReplyDelete
I'd never heard of set pieces, but it makes sense. I'm going to have to check the book out!
Have a great weekend!
Hi Jody - Great post. I'm following almost the exact same method while writing my current novel. The only differences are, I did not intentionally develop a three-strand conflict and I'm switching the last two steps.ReplyDelete
I had the overall conflict for the story, but the internal and relational conflicts sort of worked themselves in without much effort.
I'm currently in the last stage of creating a scene list in which I'm utilizing a spreadsheet to outline my scenes. After the list is complete, I plan to go back through and figure out where the best places are to fit chapter breaks and plan to write a narrative outline chapter by chapter.
Finally, you asked what other things do we use to help organize our ideas; my one, must-have tool - a whiteboard. I'm lost without it. :)
Again, great post.
Great tips. I do a lot of these things too. I like the idea of starting with the set pieces - I do this at a later stage, when I spend a lot of time asking myself what's missing. I plan by scenes too, always asking myself what the purpose is and how it is keeping the engine of the story ticking over.ReplyDelete
I use any tool I can to examine my story's structure and effectiveness, then I can sit back and really enjoy the telling. And @Sandra, I also use index cards!
I've been doing a little bit of writing lately, though not much because I have pain when sitting (and doing everything else really), thanks to sciatica problems. Anyway, this is a great help and I'll try these ideas! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for this, Jody! Like so many others, I'm printing your tips out to draw inspiration from. With all this help, the second book that is now begging for my attention should go, hopefully, a bit faster than my first one did :-)ReplyDelete
I think I might try this for this one novel I'm trying to revise, since it's main problem is it has no plot (I know, ouch!). Thanks for the insight!ReplyDelete
This post is another wonderful resource, Jody! You are so good at organizing the exact information that we need. I'd like to share this column with my writers' group, if that's okay. I think most of them are seat-of-the-pants writers and would find your steps very helpful.ReplyDelete
My system uses your steps #1 and 2, followed by making a very short list of potential key scenes that will carry the story forward. I write from scene to scene, but like to be free to create them as I go. My imagination gets squelched if I'm too tied into a formal outline for the whole book.
I get so excited that my strategies get thrown out the window, but I'm determined to keep on track on my new WIP to keep the revision process down.ReplyDelete
Hi Jody -ReplyDelete
You make it sound so easy, but my SOTP brain freezes when I try to plot. I do know the beginning, end, and major characters before I start. I guess that's a start. :)
Jody, this is a great launching pad for me. I quickly discovered I am indeed a plotter and the more thoroughly I understand my story, the more I enjoy the writing. Thanks so much for the great tips.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much Jody! I often struggle with plot-- ratcheting up doesn't come naturally to my conflict-averse self, so this is really usefulReplyDelete
Great blog!
Hello Jody,ReplyDelete
#2 is especially good as I'm pondering over the different types of conflict in my main WIP currently. I have given my main character 3 conflicts.
Thanks so much for posting great information for aspiring writers, I always find your posts particularly helpful! - almost like having a mentor along the way! ;)
Have a lovely weekend! ;)
Thanks, Jody, very timely for me. I'm using chapter and scene outline for my revision.ReplyDelete
What sort of goals do you write down for your scenes? Are they like, lower tension before death scene, move romance along...?
Jody, this is excellent. I can see some similarities to your favorite book, Plot & Structure (which I'm reading now). But I also see that you've added so much more to the process, along with detailed organization tips. Thank you, thank you, thank you!ReplyDelete
bibliotraveler asked: "What sort of goals do you write down for your scenes? Are they like, lower tension before death scene, move romance along...?"ReplyDelete
My answer: I get really specific with what I want to do in each scene, things I want my characters to accomplish, the conflict and tension I want to show, specific sensory details I want to try to include, sub plots I need to weave in, minor characters that need to make an appearance.
In other words, the notes I make for each scene are the brainstorm for what I COULD include within the scene. After I write the scene, I go back and circle the things I don't end up using because then maybe I can use them in a later scene.
Hope that helps! :-)
You have listed some great advice here. Plotting is a real problem area for me. I tend to dive in and quickly find myself out of depth. Thanks so much for sharing your clearly written process.ReplyDelete
This is fantastic-ly helpful to me. I have 3 x 5 cards lined up on the floor in a semi circle in my office. It's the timeline of events, but not the timeline.. or not the sequence of the story itself. I was trying to explain that to my husband and he didn't get it. He kept saying (or asking).. but I thot your opening scene was based in the year 1864? ..and your first card is 1770? Arggh. I couldn't explain it. But the thing is, I have to get it all lined up first, then move to the next phase.ReplyDelete
oh well.
Jody I love this explanation of writing your book as a compilation of scenes. Sometimes I get lost in those in between chapters! I am going to put your advice to use:)ReplyDelete
I used to wing it when I wrote, but now I'm finding I have to preplot ahead, following many of the steps you've mentioned. It might be because I'm writing a lot faster than I used to so I don't have time as a luxury. Preplotting keeps me focussed. Or maybe it's just an age thing? ;)ReplyDelete
Wonderful post, Jody. You always have such great advice here, but I so rarely have time to leave a comment. Today, I'm making time!ReplyDelete
I'm so glad to hear you write in scenes, because that's exactly what I do. I find it gives me more freedom to write the most important parts of the story. Any necessary transitions can be added later, but I think some styles of writing don't require them all the time.
Thank you!
Yeah, I kinda do this, but more a la the snowflake method.ReplyDelete
Then I throw in a flurry of seat of pants stuff!!
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Love it!
I love the organized and concise way you've put this together. I think it's going to be a huge help on my next project. Thank you.ReplyDelete
I have printed this off for future reference. I made a decision to plot my next book, properly. I am sure I will find it easier, and not so much of a mountain to climb.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the information. :)
Thank you for this, Jody! I'm printing it out to keep on hand.ReplyDelete
I hope all is well,
Thanks so much for this and the character worksheet, Jody! It's been so long since I've been at the beginning stage of novel-writing, I'd forgotten how much work it was. (The last book took fifteen years to perfect.) This was a great wake up call. ;DReplyDelete
Great advice! I am writing my first novel and I am struggling right now. This post has inspired me to try something new and I like the idea of writing by scenes. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Thank you very much for this great post. Can I ask a question?ReplyDelete
You say 'I try to end the scene with a Read-On-Prompt.'
Do you mean the prompt is for yourself to help with the next scene? Or do you mean the prompt is a 'hook' in the fiction to encourage your reader to keep reading?
Hi Ruth,ReplyDelete
I try to keep readers wanting to turn the page. Ends of scenes or chapters are natural stopping places for readers. So, I try hard to hook them into not being able to put the book down at that natural ending place. Hope that makes sense!
Thank you Jody :)ReplyDelete
This is a fabulously easy-to-understand approach to planning that I'm just itching to try. I particularly love the idea of plotting out your scene first and then writing it BEFORE heading on to the next one. So often I get bogged down in the planning of future scenes that nothing actually gets written!Replies
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Glad you liked the post! Hope this format will help with your planning! :-)


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What Will Paul Wesley Do When The Vampire Diaries Ends?
For someone who admits to making no plans, The Vampire Diaries' Paul Wesley sure has accomplished a lot! He's been working as a professional actor since he was 15 and appeared on a lot of high-profile shows before landing the role of conflicted vampire Stefan Salvatore. We're hoping Stefan has plenty of years left on the small screen, but we can't blame Paul for thinking ahead. So, what will Paul do when he's done with The Vampire Diaries?
"I don't think I've ever had a plan. Do you know what I mean?" Paul told Ology.com. "But I think I'm very excited." He sounds most excited about his work producing and acting in films. "Sometimes it's boring to be an actor and just sit around and wait for something to come around, so you want to create a role. So that's something I've sort of been pursuing as well," he said.
We'll be honest: We don't really want to think about a time when there is no more Vampire Diaries, so we're glad it sounds like Paul is in no serious rush to move on.
"I'm going to take things as they come. I don't have a plan," Paul said of his post-TVD career. "I don't really care about doing something in a timely matter. Just doing things that I really enjoy and not really putting a lot of pressure on myself."
Good idea, Paul, let's all just relax and enjoy The Vampire Diaries for now. What do you think, ten more years? Twenty? We're cool with either.
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"Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales" (Picador), by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder
They are the scenes of ordinary life: a mother stopping by the neighborhood bakery to purchase two strawberry shortcakes for her son's birthday, an aspiring writer toiling over a manuscript in a spare apartment, a young woman preparing dinner for her beau, a woman spying on her husband's mistress.
Yet in Yoko Ogawa's story collection, "Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales," those ordinary exteriors are merely brittle shells that crack open to reveal darkness, death and despair. Woven through the 11 interconnected tales is a thread of the grotesque, the macabre, the mournful.
The mother's errand turns out to be a paean to inconsolable loss. The writer emerges as an unhinged character that evokes both love and pity. The amorous young woman finds herself entwined in both a murder scene and a museum dedicated to torture.
Ogawa, a prolific author whose work has appeared in The New Yorker and Harper's Magazine, laces her stories with gruesome murders, exotic animals and peculiar events. Her language is both spare and searingly precise, crystallizing the details of everyday existence and capturing the unexpected shock of the bizarre.
In "Sewing for the Heart," for example, the narrator is a bag-maker who has been contracted to create a purse for a beating heart. The client is a cabaret singer who was born with the organ outside her chest. The narrator gasps in awe at the sight and utters an oddly erotic ode to the throbbing muscle: "What extraordinary, breathtaking beauty! Would it feel damp if I cupped it in my hands? Would the membrane rupture if I gave it a squeeze? ... I wanted to run my fingertips over each tiny bump and furrow, touch my lips to the veins, soft tissue on soft tissue, the pressure of her pulse against my skin."
Many of Ogawa's characters, including the bag-maker and the cabaret singer, reappear in other stories, as do details and events in ways that are sometimes incidental, sometimes integral to the plots. The effect is, as Ogawa describes the novel written by the unhinged author, an "icy current running under her words."
In these stories, ordinariness is not a mask hiding the morbid and the macabre. In many cases, the ordinary life itself, with its insistent drip of isolation, sameness, sadness and loss, is what pushes the characters to the edge of madness and vengeance.
Ogawa's haunting prose may not be to everyone's taste, but readers willing to explore the murkier edges of the human psyche will not be disappointed.
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Maybe to combat ad blindness or maybe because the new formats are more attractive, Google decided to change some of the ads from Google search results and the content network.
Here are the changes:
* The ads displayed at the top of search results pages for highly competitive keywords have a background (#FFF9DD), instead of a blue background. The new background is so subtle that is almost white and many users might confuse them with the actual search results.
To prevent accidental clicks, "users now need to click on the link in the top line of an ad in order to be taken to an advertiser's site," according to AdWords blog. Until now, you could click anywhere in the ad box, including the blank spaces.
* AdSense ads change the famous "Ads by Gooooogle" branding from a text into an image that contains Google's logo. "After extensive testing and research, we've found that the new formats are not only visually appealing to users, but they also perform even better for publishers and advertisers," explains Leslie Chiang.
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Island Dance Party
OKALOOSA ISLAND – Party and dance with the Dirty Birds while the Emerald Gold Band plays music of the 70s and 80s at 7 p.m. Aug. 4 at the Emerald Coast Convention Center. Must be 21 and over. Proceeds benefit the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. Tickets are $10 and available at www.IslandDanceParty.com. Tickets are $20/door. Call 243-2266.
The LA Lounge
DESTIN –The LA Lounge, 34876 Emerald Coast Parkway, presents Season Ammons Aug. 4. Doors open at 9 p.m. Cover is $5. Call 654-5251.
Rock the Docks
DESTIN – Enjoy the music of Jones & Company from 7-9 p.m. Aug. 4 and 11 on the HarborWalk Village stage.
Groovin' on the Green
CARILLON BEACH – A free concert with 12 Gage & the Deep Blues Band will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Aug. 6 on the Village Green. Call 234-7819.
Magical Mondays
SANDESTIN – Join magician Rick Moore for an evening full of laughs and illusions on the Events Plaza stage at Baytowne Wharf.
Boomin' Tuesdays
SANDESTIN – An evening of fun and merriment with face painting, kid's crafts and live music by Coconut Radio from 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays in the Events Plaza at Baytowne Wharf. Fireworks show begins at 9:15 p.m. over the lagoon.
Art exhibit: Vladimir Dunayev
DESTIN –The Destin Library presents "The Creative Works of Vladimir Dunayev" in the Calhoun room through Labor Day.
Wednesday Night Concert Series
SANDESTIN – The Village of Baytowne Wharf presents a free concert with Lauren St. Jane and the Dead Westerns from 7-9 p.m. Aug. 8 in the Events Plaza. Call 267-8186.
Boat Week
EMERALD COAST – A weeklong celebration of boating includes the following events:
• Aug. 8: Lucky Ladies Night at Helen Back
• Aug. 9: Miss Boat Week Bikini Contest at The Swamp
• Aug. 10: Captain's Party from 7-10 p.m. at AJ's Seafood & Oyster Bar
• Aug. 11: Poker Run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Poker Run Party at 7 p.m. at the Emerald Coast Convention Center. Doors opens at 6 p.m.
• Aug. 12: Tie up at Crab Island for the Chicken Fighting Championship
Red, White and Blue Celebration
DESTIN – Coconut Radio performs at the Red, White, and Blue Celebration from 6-8 p.m. Aug. 9 at HarborWalk Village. Enjoy live entertainment, free kid's crafts and face painting, a WWII replica flyover and fireworks over the harbor. Call 424-0600.
Sunset Cinema
SANDESTIN – Grab a blanket and find a spot on the lawn at 8 p.m. Aug. 9 at The Village of Baytowne Wharf at Sandestin to watch "Winnie the Pooh."
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Storm brings soft hail to Phoenix, snow to north, south
PHOENIX -- Grab a dictionary and look up "graupel."
That's what fell from the skies in the Valley Wednesday -- soft hail -- while other parts of Arizona experienced so much snow that schools were closed and rain brought a golf tournament to a screeching halt.
Flagstaff public schools and Northern Arizona University were closed because of snow. In metro Phoenix, graupel covered cars and bounced off the sidewalk mid- afternoon, catching drivers by surprise.
A National Weather Service forecast predicted up to 6 inches of snow in Flagstaff and Prescott and up to 9 inches of snow in Payson on Wednesday.
The weather service said the winter storm warning for the Flagstaff region will be in effect from until 8 p.m.
US 60 was closed between Superior and Miami because of heavy snowfall. It was reopened about 3:30 p.m. Drivers are required to use chains or four-wheel drive vehicles to travel north of Payson.
In Marana, just outside of Tucson, play in the PGA Tour's Match Play Championship was suspended because of snow and rain.
There was a blizzard warning set for Bisbee, Ariz.
It was also reported that at least three flights were diverted from Tucson to Phoenix.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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(Photo Credit: Dale Rutemeyer/GoMocs.com): Z. Mason scored 26 of his game-high 30 points in the second half key Chattanooga's win.
CHARLESTON, S.C.---The Chattanooga Mocs came back from 12 points down to claim an 82-78 win at The Citadel Monday night in McAlister Fieldhouse. Z. Mason (Nashville, Tenn.) scored 26 of his game-high 30 points in a dominant performance.
"We really challenged Z. coming into tonight," Head Coach Will Wade said. "In the past, his production dropped in the second game of a back-to-back. He really answered that tonight and got us back in it on both ends of the floor. I'm really proud of how dominant he was in the second half."
Mason became the first Moc since Ashley Champion in in 11 years (January 2003) to post back-to-back 20-point/10-rebound games. He had 14 boards tonight to go with his SoCon high of 30 points. His third rebound was the 500th of his two-plus year career.
The Mocs even their record at 8-8 and open SoCon play at 2-0. The Bulldogs fall to 4-12, 0-1 in the league. It's the first SoCon road sweep, the squad topped Furman Saturday, since January of 2008 at Wofford and Furman.
The Citadel led for all but 84 seconds. Matt Van Scyoc's three-pointer with 18:40 to go in the game gave the Bulldogs their largest advantage of 12, 48-36. Chattanooga began to chip away at that margin.
Mason got his squad within two, 48-46, on a three-point play with 17:03 to go. Ashton Moore extended it back to six, 52-46, with a jumper with 16:11 left.
Mason kept the pressure on. He scored 15 straight points before Eric Robertson (Huntsville, Ala.) finally evened the score at 56-all with a three from the left corner at the 11:51 mark.
Chattanooga could not get over the hump. It had several chances to take its first lead of the game either tying or getting within one of its hosts. Mason made it a one-point affair, 65-64, with a layup at 7:13.
The Bulldogs looked in control with a six-point lead, 75-69, with 3:48, at the final media timeout with Marshall Harris III headed to the free throw line looking to complete the three-point play. His free throw was off the mark and the Mocs responded.
With 1:56 to go, Ronrico White (Knoxville, Tenn.) made the first of two free throws to cut the lead to 76-74. The second caromed off but P.J. Horgan could not grasp the board under duress from Lance Stokes (Orlando, Fla.). The Mocs inbounded the ball and worked it to Martynas Bareika (Kedainiai, Lithuania) on the left wing.
Bareika drained the three-pointer for the first lead of the game, 77-76, with 1:40 to play. Moore pumped faked from three with the shot clock dwindling at the other end drawing a foul. He made both to put the Bulldogs back up by one, 78-77.
"We kept our gloves up and kept battling," Wade added. "Every time we got close, The Citadel had an answer. What a big shot from Marty (Bareika) at the end."
Casey Jones (New Orleans, La.) gave the Mocs the lead for good 16 seconds later on a jumper. Greg Pryor's (Memphis, Tenn.) with just over 17 ticks remaining made it a two-point contest. Chattanooga continued to get stops and Mason iced the game with two free throws with 7.5 left to provide the final margin.
"We were down six at the under four media but kept our gloves up," Wade concluded. "It wasn't pretty, but it usually isn't on the road. We had great response all night and pulled this one out."
Jones had 14 points, eight rebounds and two blocks, while White added 13 points, five rebounds and four assists off the bench. Moore led The Citadel with 21 points, nine rebounds and six assists, as Brian White posted 20 points and eight boards.
The Bulldogs led by as many as 10 points in the opening 20. Horgan's layup at 7:28 made it a 30-20 advantage. Ronrico White cut it to five, 39-34, with just 43 seconds to go, but Van Scyoc nailed a three-pointer from the left corner for the 42-34 halftime lead.
It's back home for Chattanooga this weekend hosting Samford and Wofford. The Bulldogs visit McKenzie Arena Thursday night at 7 p.m., while the Terriers invade Saturday, also a 7 p.m., tipoff. Fans bringing three or more canned food items to the Roundhouse receive a free general admission ticket to Thursday's matchup with Samford.
The games can be listened to live on ESPN 105.1 FM the Zone in the Scenic City, or go to the men's basketball schedule page on GoMocs.com for links to video, audio (free) and live stats. You can follow @GoMocsMBB on twitter for live updates as well.
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Apple reportedly working on Siri, Maps, for Mac with OS X 10.9
Apple is reportedly working on bringing Siri and iOS 6 Maps to the Mac in the forthcoming OS X 10.9. If accurate, this would represent part of the 3rd wave of Back to the Mac which have seen hardware and software innovations from iOS devices and iOS brought to Mac laptops and desktops to both improve feature sets and consistency between platforms. Mark Gurman from 9to5Mac reports:
Early builds in testing of the next-generation Mac operating system, OS X 10.9, point to Siri and Maps integration coming to Mac computers next year, according to our reliable sources.
As with the Back to my Mac event itself in 2010, and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion in 2011, it makes a lot of sense for Apple to keep leveraging assets between platforms. It's more efficient for them and more consistent for users.
While a lot of Siri and Maps' value come from being available on mobile devices, both would also provide huge benefits, including accessibility, on the Mac as well.
Plus, since Apple doesn't offer Maps on the web like Google does, and presumably won't any time soon, having Maps on OS X means locations shared from iOS will have a way to resolve on the Mac. Like iMessage, the functionality will become common between both of Apple's platforms. (Though, of course, with no-joy for Windows users.)
Given that Mountain Lion was previewed on February 16 of this year, there's a chance we could see the first real hints of OS X 10.9 in the next few months as well.
Now lets just hope someone at Apple is also working on getting iBooks ported over to the Mac. Because, damn.
Source: 9to5Mac
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Apple reportedly working on Siri, Maps, for Mac with OS X 10.9
"iOS6 Maps is already better than Google ever was on ios" ....... That is purely your opinion and perspective on the current maps. If they meet your needs thats great but some folks myself included hold the Poi, level of detail, as well as street view in higher esteem which apple currently is far off from....
How else do you think Google improved their maps? Usage usage usage....
And the additional transaction volumes would help them both improve from their current states.
I not a big siri fan. I just dont use it too much. I find it very inaccurate and at times slow. Only time I use it is when I driving still sometimes it takes a minute to repond to my request.
Makes total sense. Siri is going to be pretty big and the way to encourage adoption is to make sure that it's not just a mobile device thing. Eventually Apple's going to open up the API and hopefully that'll be across OS X and iOS and come with a more stringent vetting process.
Maps coming to OS X makes total sense. There are many apps that use maps on OS X (iPhoto being one) and having the same API across both platforms is ideal.
I don't have any problem with Siri but then again I speak English with proper diction. YMMV
I'd love to see somebody using their 27" iMac stuck to the windscreen for turn-by-turn directions. (o:
In all seriousness, I don't use Siri that often - she doesn't understand my Aussie accent too well. Maps would be good if Apple and/or Yelp could fix the discrepancies. Many restaurants and nudie bars showing in my area haven't existed since 2008.


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The Return of Ume
Ume delivered a punishing set at LouFest 2011, and now they're coming back to Forest Park for Round 2.
Ume delivered a punishing set at LouFest 2011, and now they're coming back to Forest Park for Round 2.
Moon Taxi may be "Nashville's best-kept secret," but it won't stay that way for long.
From hole-in-the-wall jazz clubs to Madison Square Garden, Lettuce is taking over the world.
With a highly anticipated new album up their sleeve, Delta Spirit's set at LouFest is going to be one to remember.
Venture to the Land of the Avians with Nashville's Dylan McDonald.
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Gossip Girl
Why Chuck Bass Should Die on Gossip Girl
If we could create a perfect man, he would have very few things in common with Gossip Girl's Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick). Sure, he might have the same low growl and devastating stare as the dark-haired romantic lead. He would know how to tie a bow tie and would show his soft side to only the girl he loves, the friends he calls family, and the stray dog he took in.
But there is so much more to Chuck Bass and, over time, he has become less of a person and more of an archetype. He is no longer the flawed and vulnerable character he once was. Although he still holds a torch for Blair (Leighton Meester), and likely will his entire life, he has lost his perspective, and the show has lost its own right alongside him.
Let us start this off by saying we do not think he is going to die when a plane we are to believe has crashed has Chuck on board. But we've thought about it a great deal, and here are some reasons we think he might need to go.
Although petty rivalries and fashion shows have always reigned supreme on Gossip Girl, the thing fans care about most is the relationships. The Chuck-Blair relationship has not been treated with honesty. In the beginning, it was a lopsided lust that fueled their interactions. Chuck wanted to bed, bath, and beyond Blair in order to conquer her purity — and Blair wanted to make Nate jealous in a subconscious way.
Then, there were the abusive times when Chuck was violent or withholding or just plain mean-spirited toward her. We understand that he was struggling with his own demons, but that is not enough of a justification to absolve him of the way he treated her.
In Season 6, there has been a "pact" underlying their inability to be together: Chuck must overcome his father issues before the pair can finally walk down the aisle. This is utter bullshi*. Chuck will always find something he is struggling with and some reason to keep him apart from Blair. This is because he is not a protagonist. He is an antihero. He lacks morality and virtue. His love for Blair is not enough to overcome his deeply-seated flaws. He cannot be happy. The closest he ever came to being good was when he was with Eva, and he allowed Blair to destroy them.
With every frivolous moment, Gossip Girl has sunk further into a hole that cannot be saved. The death of Chuck Bass, arguably the show's most popular character, would add a sense of perspective to everything that has happen and all the wrongs that cannot be undone.
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Mr. Donnie William Parks, age 44 passed away, February 17, 2013 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Mr. Parks was born December 20, 1968 in Surry County to Johnny Allen and Betty Ledford Parks.
Mr. Parks was a member of Cool Springs Baptist Church. Donnie was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Donnie had great faith and love for God.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Walter William and Ruby Cook Parks; maternal grandparents, Josh Luther and Minnie Marie Ledford; aunt, Shelby Jean Parks Carter; cousin, Eloise Carter and nephew, Travis Parks.
Survivors include: his wife, Yolanda Norman Parks of the home; son, William Alexander "Zan" Parks and wife Emily Stone of Jonesville; daughters, Kayla Leann Parks and Amber Dawn Parks of the home; brother, Ronnie Parks of Elkin; sister, Teresa Aston and husband Rob of California; uncle, Donald Parks and wife Linda of Elkin; grandchild, William Cayden Parks and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Elkin Funeral Service Chapel with Rev. David Key and Rev. Russ Nixon officiating. Burial will follow in Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. prior to service.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Cool Springs Baptist Church, 1467 Cool Springs Church Road, Elkin, NC.
Online condolences may be made to www.elkinfuneralservice.com
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1 cup
quick-cooking rolled oats
3/4 cup
milk, or as needed
1/2 cup
canned pumpkin puree
1/4 teaspoon
pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon
cinnamon sugar
YUMMY!!! I have to disagree about the "raw pumpkin" taste other reviewers mentioned. I scaled recipe to 1 serving used 1/2 c. regular rolled oats, 1/2 c. milk, 1/2 c. water. Added pumpkin and spices (didn't have pie spice) and 1/4 c. raisins. My secret ingredient a dash of salt. Never make oatmeal without it-brings out the flavors. Microwaved for 5:30 mins. on high. Added 1 Tbs. maple syrup at end. Omitted cinnamon sugar. This will be in my regular breakfast rotation from now on. Thanks for the recipe!
I think it is a good idea, a healthy way to satisfy my pumpkin craving, but the oatmeal was hard as a rock! next time I will up the milk/water to 1 1/2 cup and add the pumpkin in at the begining to cook it a little more. I also added 2 packets of splenda and increased the pumpkin pie spice a couple of shakes.
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If you make this oatmeal the way it is written, it is very bland and hard. I ended up adding more milk, because the oatmeal was in a big, hard lump. I also added a little salt, which helped bring out the flavors. It was still really bland, so I added extra pumpkin, and doubled the amount of pumpkin pie spice. This helped a lot. I also sprinkled the top of the oatmeal with a generous amount of extra cinnamon sugar. With these alterations, the oatmeal is very, very good. The pumpkin gives it a smooth, almost velvety texture. I will be making this again, but with these changes. Thanks for sharing!
I twekaed this recipe to my taste just a little: I make it one serving at a time the way I normally do: half a cup of oldfashioned oats with one cup of milk, in the microwave. Instead of using pumpkin pie spice, I use the three traditional spices for pumpkin pie: cinnamon, ginger and ground cloves. I don't use cinnamon sugar either, I use crystaline fructose (which I use ion place of sucrose just about everywhere).
Its one of my favorite breakfasts-- I started making it at the beginning of the fall semester when the weather started to turn wintery here in Wisconsin, now it's late June and I still by canned pumpkin regularly just so I can fix it. Thanks for the great idea!
Pumpkin lovers heaven, and healthy, too. With a little experimentation it's perfect for my taste. I use 1 cup of milk for 1/2 cup oatmeal (cook on stovetop) 1/2 cup pumpkin, 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice, 1/2 tsp cinnamon and a dash of cloves. For sweetness I added a Sweet-n-Low. It's like having dessert for breakfast, and I agree with the other reviewer - extremely filling and satisfying!
I love pumpkin oatmeal! I've been putting canned pumpkin in my oats for several weeks now. I was adding 2 tsp. organic brown sugar, but I've switched to sticking half of a frozen banana in the microwave for one minute, 'til it's melted, then adding in the oats/pumpkin/water/spices. That way I'm eating naturally sweetened oatmeal, plus getting veggies AND fruit in my first meal of the day!
Like another reviewer, I liked the idea of pumpkin (my favorite)in my oatmeal (my second favorite?, but didn't like the 'rawness' of the pumpkin flavor. My solution? Make a batch of Libby's pumpkin custard usng the recipe on the back of the can. You make your regular bowl of oatmeal and add 1/2 cup of the custard mixture to it. You get double the amount of pumpkin for breakfast and it is PERFECTION in a bowl... and relatively guilt free.
Wow, this is a real nutritional powerhouse, using the old-fashioned oats instead of quick. I used 1 c. oats, 1 c. milk, dash of salt, generous 1/2 c. pumpkin, 1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice plus a sprinkle of cinnamon, plus Splenda until it tasted sweet enough. I cooked it on top of the stove. Delicious, and I like that it has the cinnamon, which is good to keep blood sugar levels steady.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Pumpkin Oatmeal
Serving Size: 1/2 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 2
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 229
Calories from Fat: 43
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Men plead guilty in fatal meth fire case
CHARLESTON (AP) — Two men charged in connection with a Goose Creek methamphetamine lab explosion that killed three people have pleaded guilty to federal charges.
Gerald McCabe and Shonni Abernathy pleaded guilty in Charleston on Monday to conspiring to manufacture 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and manufacturing methamphetamine.
Three people died in the May 31 fire, including Abernathy's 19-year-old daughter, Morgan, and a cousin she was babysitting, 4-year-old Sammy Garbe. Sixty-nine-year-old military veteran Joseph Raeth, died in a neighboring apartment unit.
Investigators found chemicals and other materials in the rubble. Affidavits say Abernathy and McCabe had been making meth the morning of the fire.
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There was no better fit for the University of Maryland women's basketball program than head coach Brenda Frese. The 2002 Associated Press (AP) National Coach of the Year arrived in College Park with great expectations and has not disappointed. Reviving a once-prominent women's basketball program back to the national stage, her high work rate and positive attitude has resulted in 11-straight top-15 recruiting classes, three Final Fours, five conference titles and a National Championship in 2006. Frese has balanced that strong work ethic with a fun and family-friendly environment, also becoming a wife and a mother of twin boys, giving birth to them in the midst of one of the most successful seasons in the program's history. With the birth of her twins in February of 2008, she becomes one of only six coaches to win a national championship and be a parent.
Since her first season at the helm when the team won just 10 games, Frese has guided Maryland to a National Championship in 2006, 12 winning seasons, 11-straight 20-win seasons, five 30-win campaigns and 11 trips to the NCAA Tournament. In 2006-07, Maryland also received its first-ever No. 1 preseason national ranking, remaining in the top spot in the polls for 10-consecutive weeks.
"This has been an incredible journey and winning the national championship in 2006 was just the beginning," Frese said. "My coaching staff and I had the belief we could win a national championship here at Maryland. With all the administrative support, the first-class facilities - we knew we could build something great. We did not set any timetables, but what we have achieved so far ... it's beyond expectations."
Former Athletics Director Deborah A. Yow courted the 2002 AP National Coach of the Year because of Frese's reputation for making amazing turnarounds and her relentless work ethic in recruiting. Described as dynamic, overachieving, determined and enthusiastic, the 43-year old coach is one of college basketball's rising stars. Standing atop the podium in Boston in 2006, Frese became the fifth-youngest coach (age 35) in NCAA history to win a national title and only the ninth to win in her first trip to the Final Four.
Despite claiming eight Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Tournament titles prior to her arrival, Maryland advanced to new heights when Frese stepped on the scene. In her second season, she led the Terrapins to a tie for third place in the ACC standings - its highest finish since 1996-97. She's led Maryland to nine top-three league finishes in her 13 years.
Frese has built the team's success around recruiting, hard work and a positive atmosphere. The instant she arrived on campus, she determinedly worked the recruiting trails in an effort to reclaim the elite status Maryland once had in the 1980s. Success came quickly and early. Before she even coached a game in the newly-constructed XFINITY Center, she received commitments from a pair of high school All-Americans, including Shay Doron, who went on to become a three-time All-ACC pick and a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Draft selection. In all, 27 high school All-Americans have donned a Maryland uniform under Frese's reign.
Twelve of Frese's recruiting classes have been ranked in the top-15, including 11 rated in the top-10 and five in the top five. The landmark signings of Crystal Langhorne, Laura Harper, Jade Perry and Ashleigh Newman were rated No. 2 in the country, while the class of Marissa Coleman and Kristi Toliver was ranked No. 4 - the core of the Terps' national championship team. Her 2010 batch of Terrapins included four high school All-Americans and a No. 2 national ranking.
Frese's recruiting classes have lived up to their billing and her pupils have earned numerous accolades. The first Terp in 17 years to garner All-American nods in 2006, Langhorne was a three-time AP and United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) All-American, the program's first multiple All-American. She was selected a Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-American in 2007, the first in school history since 1989, and then again received the accolade in 2008. Most recently, Alyssa Thomas earned All-American nods from the WBCA, USBWA and First Team honors from the AP in 2012. Thomas was the first sophomore in school history to be named a WBCA All-American and First Team AP All-American and the first to be a three-time All-American.
Toliver repeated Langhorne's AP, WBCA and USBWA All-American "trifecta" in 2008. The legendary point guard, however, became the first Terp in school history to be named to the AP's All-America First Team as a senior in 2009 - to go along with another set of WBCA and USBWA All-American laurels. Coleman, Toliver's classmate, also earned AP, WBCA and USBWA All-American honors at the conclusion of her illustrious senior campaign in 2009.
Frese's players have also received numerous conference honors. Most recently, Alyssa Thomas became just the second underclassman ever to be named ACC Player of the Year in March 2012. She is the first underclassman in league history to be named Player of the Year and Tournament MVP in the same season. Thomas was just the second player in league history to be named ACC Player of the Year in three straight years (2012, 2013, 2014), following Duke's Alana Beard.. In her final season, Langhorne was selected the ACC's Player of the Year, the first Terp to win the award in nearly 20 years. Toliver followed suit at the end of her senior year, winning the ACC's top-player honor in 2009 - the third Terp ever to win the award. In 2005, Langhorne became the program's first ACC Rookie of the Year since 1991. Coleman followed in her footsteps by nabbing the honor during the Terps' championship campaign in 2006. Center Lynetta Kizer and forward Alyssa Thomas made it four Terps in six years to be named the league's top freshman when they won in 2009 and 2011.
In all, Terps have received 29 All-ACC citations in Frese's 12 years, including a school-record four in 2008 when Langhorne, Coleman, Toliver and Harper were selected and in 2012 when Thomas, Tianna Hawkins, Laurin Mincy and Lynetta Kizer were honored. Eight Terps have been First Team conference selections 13 times in Frese's tenure. Langhorne became Maryland's first three-time, first team all-conference selection and the first to be named All-ACC four times. Thomas followed with both. Coleman joined Langhorne as the lone Terps to ever be selected to an All-ACC team four times, stamping her three second-team honors with a first-team selection in 2009. In fact, of Maryland's five players all-time to be selected All-ACC three times or more, four of them were recruited by Frese (Doron, Langhorne, Coleman, Toliver).
Doron was the first freshman in school history to be named All-ACC in 2004 (third team). Langhorne was the highest-honored freshman in the program, garnering second team honors in 2005. In total, nine of Frese's players have been named to the ACC All-Freshman Team, most recently by Diandra Tchatchouang.
Numerous Terps have also garnered national recognition under Frese. Toliver became the first Terrapin to earn the highest point guard honor in the country, winning the Nancy Leiberman Award in 2008, after being a finalist the previous year. Several have earned spots on national player of the year candidate lists, making history in the fall of 2006. That year, for the first time ever, four players from the same team were selected preseason candidates for the WBCA's prestigious Wade Trophy when Doron, Coleman, Langhorne and Toliver were put on the Watch List. All five starters were tabbed preseason honorees for the Naismith Award, also a first in the history of the award.
Frese has seen success in each of her three stops in 15 seasons as a head coach and has made amazing turnarounds her calling card. She captured her 300th-career victory on the road against Virginia in 2012, boasting a 397-134 overall record (.748) with 15 winning seasons including five 30-win campaigns. Her Maryland squads have posted a 340-104 (.766) mark in 13 years, advancing to at least the second round of the tournament in 11 of the last 12 years, including seven Sweet Sixteens, six Elite Eights and three Final Fours.
She has led her teams to 12 NCAA Tournament appearances, 11 at Maryland. In NCAA play, Frese has posted a record of 30-11 (.732) and made it to at least the second round in each tournament.
Maryland has rewritten several records over the last 10 seasons. In 2014-15, the Terrapins went 18-0 in conference play in their first season in the Big Ten. They were just the third team in history to go undefeated in Big Ten play. They won 28-straight games from Dec. 3, 2014 through March 30, 2015 to set a new school record. In 2007-08, the Terps became the first team in NCAA history to have four active players with at least 1,000 points on the same roster. That year, school records were broken for most home wins (21), which is also believed to be an NCAA record. The team opened the 2006-07 campaign winning 18-straight games, setting the program record for best start to a season. Maryland ended the 2008-09 campaign having won a school-record 36-straight home games, thanks to undefeated home marks in two successive seasons, and 40-consecutive non-conference games at the XFINITY Center. In the 2009-10 season the Terrapins extended that streak to 48, a Maryland basketball record for either program.
In 2005-06, the team's 34 wins set a school record, shattering the previous mark of 29. The championship squad also set new standards for highest road winning percentage (.900), points (3,166), field goal attempts (2,363), 3-point field goals (216), 3-point attempts (540), free throws (690), free throw attempts (924), team free throw percentage (.747), rebounds (1,720) and blocked shots (195).
Numerous individual records have also fallen since her recruits began donning a Terrapin uniform. Among the most notable are the career scoring and rebounding records, which Thomas shattered in her four year career. She is the all-time leading scorer (2,356) and rebounder (1,235). She also broke the school record in double-doubles (66) set by Langhorne, who also previously held the scoring and rebounding records. Frese recruits own five of the top-six career scoring marks in Maryland history, including Nos. 1-3 in Langhorne, Coleman and Toliver - the only three players in Terp annals with 2,000-plus points apiece.
In the last eight years, Maryland has been crowned an NCAA statistical champion seven times. The Terrapins posted the nation's best rebounding margin in 2006 (+11.9) and 2007 (+14.3) and second-best in 2012 (+12.9) and 2013 (+13.7). Also in 2006, the Terps shot 40.0 percent from 3-point range, tops in the country, while winning the most games of any team that year (34). In 2007, the team's 18.3 assists-per-game average was the best in the country, it owned the best shooting accuracy at 49.5 percent in 2008 and, in 2009, it once again claimed the top 3-point shooting mark in the nation (40.1 percent).
Maryland has been one of the most prolific scoring teams in the NCAA over four of the last five years, ranking No. 2 in scoring average in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and No. 3 in 2009. It has also ranked in the top-15 in the nation in scoring margin and field goal percentage during that four-year span (and in blocked shots in three of the last five years). The Terrapins were third in the country in field goal percentage (.471) in 2013.
Maryland's rise into the upper-echelon of, not only the ACC, but in the country, has bolstered the excitement surrounding the team. Over the last 10 years, the program has ranked in the top-25 in the nation in attendance, including top-10 rankings in four of the last seven seasons. In 2007, Maryland recorded the nation's largest one-season improvement in home attendance, averaging 9,533 fans in 16 games, almost double the average from the previous season (4,183) - with more than 150,000 people making their way through the Comcast Center turnstiles, a school-record. By the end of the '07 campaign, the Terps were sixth in the nation in average attendance and fourth in overall attendance, as 241,280 spectators filled the stands at home and on the road to watch the Terps play in 34 games. In 2008, Maryland hosted over 160,000 fans in 21 games and was ranked eighth in the nation in average attendance that year, followed by a No. 6 ranking in 2009 (133,336 in 15 games).
One of the highlights of the 2006-07 campaign was the announcement of two sellout games in XFINITY Center, the first- and second-ever in the young facility. The stands were filled to capacity when the Terps hosted North Carolina on Jan. 28, 2007, breaking the ACC's single-game record, the first women's basketball sellout since 1992. The record was matched in the regular-season finale on Feb. 18, 2007, when Duke came to College Park.
In the classroom, the Terps have also been all-star students. Seventeen of Frese's Terps have been named to the Conference All-Academic Teams, while three, Lori Bjork, Doron and Langhorne have received Academic All-American nods by ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA. In 2015, Malina Howard earned the Elite 89 Award, which is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's championships.
2005-06: A Special Season
Stacked with six former high school All-Americans on the roster, the Terrapins were ranked in the preseason poll for the second-straight year, breaking the top-10 in November for the first time since 1993. Maryland climbed to as high as No. 4 in the national polls until its regular-season meeting with then-No. 1 North Carolina on Feb. 9. Considered the underdogs throughout the season, the Terrapins went into a packed Carmichael Auditorium and stunned the Carolina fans, handing the Tar Heels their first loss of the season in overtime, 98-95.
That evening, Frese uttered, "Our program took a step forward tonight."
It certainly had. Inching up to No. 3 in the polls, the first top-three ranking in 13 years, the Terrapins remained there until winning the national championship and becoming the undisputed No. 1 team in the nation, earning the top spot in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll for the first time in school history.
The Terps overcame numerous hurdles en route to being crowned national champions. Playing in the toughest conference in the nation, Maryland's 12-2 record was good enough to tie for second in the ACC standings, the best finish since 1993 and the most conference wins since that same year. Ranked in the top three and logging wins over five ranked opponents heading into the ACC Tournament, the Terrapins faced a tough Duke squad in the ACC Tournament semifinals while confronting a 14-game losing streak to the Blue Devils. The Terps broke that streak by toppling second-ranked Duke to earn a spot in the championship game for the first time in 13 years.
Maryland earned its highest NCAA seed in 14 years, garnering the No. 2 seed in the Albuquerque Regional, which improved its seeding for the third-straight year. Reaching the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1992, the Terrapins easily knocked off defending champion Baylor. In the Elite Eight, playing for a chance to reach the Final Four for the first time in Frese's career and the program's first since 1989, the team was struck with a stomach flu, which affected nearly half the players and staff. Despite their struggles, Frese, who had also come down with the sickness, rallied her troops. A hard-fought game to the end, the contest was forced into overtime against a well-coached Utah squad. Riding a wave of confidence from its previous overtime experience that season, Maryland went on to punch its ticket to the Final Four in Boston.
Maryland would face familiar foes in Boston. For the first time in the history of the NCAA, three teams from the same conference had reached the Final Four. The Terps had overall top-seed North Carolina as their first challenger in the national semifinals. The Terrapins pulled away from UNC, 81-70, knocking off the nation's No. 1-ranked team for the second time of the season - a first in school history - while handing the Tar Heels their only two losses of the season.
In the championship game, Maryland found itself down 13 points in the second half to another No. 1 seed, Duke, who had upended the Terps in 14 of the previous 15 meetings between the rivals. The young Terrapins, however, charged back in the final 15 minutes to post the second-largest deficit overcome in finals history. Toliver hit one of the biggest shots in tournament annals, a 3-pointer over Duke's 6-foot-7 center Alison Bales to send the game into overtime.
The Terrapins' brimming confidence from previous extra session success catapulted them to the national championship with a 78-75 victory.
Sophomore Laura Harper, who missed two-thirds of the previous season because of an Achilles' tendon tear, was voted the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player, while Toliver was named to the all-tournament team.
Maryland's 34 victories were the most in the country and the most in school history. Its four losses were to teams ranked No. 1 at some point during the season. Playing the season with "seven starters," the second-ranked offense in the nation had numerous weapons as five players on the team averaged double figures. Langhorne was an AP and USBWA All-American, while earning first team All-ACC honors. Coleman, who tied Langhorne's school record of five ACC Rookie of the Week selections, was the conference's Rookie of the Year. She was also the only conference freshman to be named All-ACC, earning a spot on the second team, along with Doron.
One of the most astonishing aspects of the season was the Terrapins' perfect record in a school-record six overtime games, none of which were at home. Maryland rode the mantra "Overtime is Our Time" into the final game of the season, capturing the program's first national title in overtime.
Laying the Foundation
The Terrapins advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second-straight year and were ranked No. 24 in the season's final Coaches poll, the first time the Terps had appeared in the final rankings since 1992-93.
Doron was selected Kodak/WBCA Region II All-American, the first Terrapin to earn the honor since 1993, and was also tabbed a first team All-ACC performer. Langhorne earned the ACC's Rookie of the Year honor - the first for a Terp in 14 years - and was also voted second team All-ACC.
In 2003-04, just her second season at the helm of the Terrapins, Frese took Maryland to an unexpected run to the second round of the NCAA Tournament - collecting the program's first tournament victory in 12 years.
In what was supposed to be the second year of the rebuilding process, Frese instilled confidence into a Maryland squad that went 4-12 in ACC play the season before and was depending on players with limited experience, including two-highly touted recruits in Doron and Kalika France. The Terrapins surprised all prognosticators, placing in a tie for third after being picked eighth in the preseason poll. Maryland went 18-13 for its first winning season in four years. In ACC play, the Terps posted an 8-8 mark, doubling their conference win total from each of the previous two seasons and their best showing in the standings since the 1996-97 campaign. Collecting 18 wins overall, the most since 1996-97, Maryland was rewarded with an NCAA Tournament bid for the first time since 2000-01 and was the only 12th seed to advance to the second round.
The long list of accomplishments that season included reaching the ACC Semifinals for the first time since 1998, averaging a 12.3 margin of victory in conference games and sweeping Wake Forest and Clemson for its first sweep of any ACC squad in three years.
Frese's first season at the Terps' helm was the rebuilding year it was expected to be. With a roster short on depth but high on effort, she led Maryland to a 10-18 record with narrow losses at several junctures. Frese's Terps also tallied multiple positive steps in her first year including: breaking 100 points in a game for the first time since Dec. 28, 1993, winning their first ACC road game since Feb. 19, 2001, drawing a crowd of 5,078 - at the time the largest at a Maryland women's basketball game since Feb. 24, 1996 - and claiming their first win from Florida State since the 1995-96 campaign.
Learning the Ropes
Frese's revitalization of the Minnesota program rocked the Big Ten establishment, with her team's 10-win improvement in conference play marking the biggest one-year improvement in Big Ten history. Moreover, the 11 Big Ten wins were three more than Minnesota totaled in the previous six seasons combined. The Golden Gophers had also achieved their highest ranking in school history to that point when Minnesota was listed 14th in the AP Top-25 Poll in mid-February and a No. 18 national ranking in the final regular season poll. Undoubtedly, Frese had arrived.
Frese started her head coaching career during the 1999-2000 season at Ball State, a program that had gone 66-169 in the nine seasons prior to her arrival. She guided the Cardinals to a 16-13 showing in 2000 and garnered Coach of the Year honors in the Mid-American Conference. Frese led Ball State to a then-school best 19-9 mark in 2000-01 to capture just the school's second back-to-back winning seasons in Ball State history. In her final year at BSU, the 2000-01 team received votes in the AP poll, climbing as high as No. 28 in the country.
Frese's enthusiasm has been contagious for the fans of her teams as evidenced by the significant increase in support at both Minnesota and Ball State under her leadership. Buoyed by the best start (9-1) in school history, the Golden Gophers finished the season ranked 19th nationally in home attendance average (4,360), including an average of 8,828 fans during the second half of the campaign when the team moved to Williams Arena from the Sports Pavilion. The Gophers attracted the top four crowds in school history, including a record attendance of 12,142 vs. Michigan State and a crowd of 11,389 vs. Indiana. Frese's 2000-01 Ball State team posted a 10-2 home record and set a single-season home attendance record.
She launched her Division I coaching career in 1994 as an assistant coach at Kent State University, helping the Golden Flashes to records of 20-8 (1994) and 17-10 (1995) during her two years there. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native then joined Bill Fennelly's staff at Iowa State as the Cyclones' recruiting coordinator, where she assisted in another impressive turnaround, helping ISU to three NCAA Tournament appearances in four years. All told, the Cyclones posted a composite record of 84-38 with Frese as an assistant, including a 17-10 record in 1995-96 when Iowa State recorded the biggest one-season turnaround in school history. In 1997, the Cyclones made their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament, a feat they duplicated in 1998 and 1999 with identical 25-8 records. In 1999, Iowa State was ranked among the nation's Top-25 for the entire season and came within one victory of reaching the Final Four.
During her stay at Iowa State, her 1998-99 recruiting class was ranked among the nation's top-10. The Cyclones also enjoyed tremendous success at the gate, drawing a record crowd of 12,337 vs. Santa Clara in the first round of an NCAA Tournament game played in Ames, Iowa, to help rewrite Iowa State's single-season attendance mark.
Frese is a 1993 graduate of the University of Arizona, where she was a three-year letterwinner for the Wildcats as a guard. When injuries sidelined her during her senior season, she joined the Pima Community College coaching staff in Tucson, Ariz., as an assistant coach in charge of recruiting and scouting. Along with her bachelor's degree in communications from Arizona in 1993, she also earned a master's degree in athletic administration from Kent State in 1995.
Frese has found success in her personal life as well, marrying husband Mark Thomas on August 20, 2005. The couple, who reside in Howard County, Md., welcomed their first children, twin boys Markus and Tyler, on Feb. 17, 2008.
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