Cal St. Northridge head coach Bobby Braswell is a great guy. Always has been. He has had a really tough year, but has still found a way to get the Matadors into "The Big Dance." Job had it a little tougher than Braswell in the last 8 months....but not by much.
1. Coach Braswell was totaled his car in an auto accident and suffered injuries in the crash.
2. The coach's son Jeffrey will likely stand trial for allegedly scamming the Best Buy in Porter Ranch. In fact, the Braswell family was in court on Monday, hearing evidence. The contention is that the younger Braswell was involved in boosting 2 laptop computers and some video game consoles and movies.
3. CSUN's leading scorer Deon Tresvant is implicated in the alleged crime and has been lost to the team since early January. Also involved was Matadors guard Dallas Rutherford, who has pleaded out to a lesser charge.
4. Matador starting point guard Josh Jenkins was involved in a car accident on Valentine's Day. He required surgery and is gone for the year.
What a run of bad luck. Yet still, Braswell guided his team to the Big West conference tournament for a crack at "The Madness."
Now Thursday morning, the Matadors will face #2-seed Memphis in Kansas City, and they have almost no shot to win against a John Calipari-coached team that has won 25-in-a-row. Plus, Braswell spent all day Monday in court with his son. He left the courtroom at about 4:30p and ran a 5:30p practice, but it must be incredibly hard to focus on the task at hand.
Regardless, Coach Braswell's effort has been heroic, and I hope the guy helps his son out of whatever mess he's in. By the way, the Sacramento Bee reports that Braswell is only the 8th-best paid coach in the UC system, making just $151K per year. For Northridge, he's probably worth his weight in gold. You can listen to our entire Mason & Ireland conversation with Coach Bobby Braswell at this link.
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Posted by: Post Resume | June 10, 2009 at 09:44 PM
wow thats sad i knew their family for a long time nice family i cnt belive dis but people get over this is was a long time ago leave them alone [:0]
Posted by: unknown | August 14, 2009 at 04:50 PM