2008 Woodie Awards
Men's Basketball Team Misses Playoffs Again
A Western State Conference official tells Monarchs the team will miss the post season.
Zabie Mansoory
Issue date: 2/23/05 Section: Sports
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After a 58-52 victory over the West Los Angeles Oilers last week, the Monarchs finished in second place in the Western State Conference. The team announced at game's end that it qualified for a Wednesday playoff game. But a call from WSC representative Sean Williamson scratched the team's plans.
"I feel bad for the guys in the team," said Head Coach Glen Hefferman. "But there is nothing we can do. I can move on, but the players can't."
The Western State Conference is the only league in a 13-league state that has only one team in the playoffs. Some conferences have as many as five teams headed to the playoffs.
"We got played," said sophomore Albert Ingram. "This is the second season this happened to us."
Valley tried to appeal the conference's decision.
"It is what it is, we can blame anyone but it is not going to do us any good," said Athletic Director Chuck Ferrero. "I called everyone all the way to the state commissioner, but it comes back to conference representative."
While the Monarchs got off to a rocky start this season, they still managed to take second place in the conference with a record of 9-3 in the conference and 14-14 over all.
Last year the Monarchs failed to make it to the playoffs because the conference reduced the number of teams that could qualify.
With the new coach and mostly new players, Monarchs ended their season with an outstanding record of 9-3.
"In athletics, it is not how you start, but how you finish," said Ferrero.
"This was the most fun I had with a team," said Hefferman. "They kept getting better and better as we moved along."
"We're 9-3 in the conference, and every other second place team with a record as good as ours has saved themselves as spot," said Hefferman. "I want to better my team next year I want to win all the 28 games next season."
