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BRANDON WORF / Hays Daily News Fort Hays senior guard Jake Sims dribbles while being guarded by Central Oklahoma freshman guard Tyler Phillips in Saturday’s South Central Region tournament game in Stephenville, Texas.

Tigers could be better next season

3/17/2008

By CONOR NICHOLL

Hays Daily News

On several occasions in the last week, Fort Hays State University men's basketball coach Mark Johnson labeled his 2007-08 season a "surprise."

The year was certainly a pleasant surprise. By every measure, the Tigers exceeded expectations, enjoyed a superb year and with some improvements set the groundwork for a possible conference championship run in 2008-09.

Picked seventh in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association preseason coaches' poll in the fall, the Tigers returned just three players, one who left the squad before conference play started.

"We really had to start over," Johnson said.

With one senior and multiple transfers seeing critical minutes, Fort Hays won 10 conference games and was one of three MIAA teams to advance to the NCAA Div. II tournament.

"We are a year ahead of where we thought we would be," Johnson said.

The Tigers lost 65-64 to University of Central Oklahoma in the first round of the South Central Region on ...Read Full Story

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Men's Basketball Scores
Date Opponent Location Score
3/15 No. 21 Central Oklahoma Stephenville, Texas L 65-64
3/07 Missouri Southern Kansas City, Mo. W. 69-59
3/01 Northwest Missouri Hays, KS L 73-51
2/27 Washburn Topeka, KS W 69-66
2/20 Southwest Baptist Hays, KS W 78-54
2/18 Newman Hays, KS W 82-50
2/16 Missouri Western Hays, KS W 65-52
2/09 Missouri Southern Joplin, Mo. L 72-61
2/08 Pittsburg State Pittsburg, KS L 67-53
2/02 Emporia State Emporia, KS L 67-60