SWC75
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- I hate seeing leads slip away. I was rooting for the Broncos last night against the Patriots and seeing them lose in a game where they had a 24-0 lead put me in a sour mood. So going from 12-2 to 14-17 and later from 33-27 to 33-34 and still later from 52-38 to 56-52 and finally from 63-56 to 67-65 made me a bit dyspeptic.
- In the last minute of play, we twice got the ball with a 6 point lead and charged right to the basket and got fouled. Ennis missed the front end of a one and open and Grant scored two free throws after Christmas had missed a dunk. The idea in that situation is to milk the clock. We didn’t need more points. I hate milking the clock with 4-5 minutes left but it is certainly the thing to do in the final minute.
- Tyler Ennis had a good game overall but was 1 for 9 from the field.
- CJ. Fair followed up his 2 for 13 game against St. Francis with a 2 for 8 first half. I think the pressure actually helped him in the second half as he got more open shots when we broke the press and he wound up 7 for 15. He also had 5 more turnovers, giving him 23 in five games. He had 63 in 40 games last year.
- Malik Smith hit four threes from the top of Mt. Haleakala but what can you do?
- That was a rough game, beyond the basketball concept of “physical”. CJ Fair looked like he’d gone a couple of rounds with Mike Tyson.
- We’ve been dealing with that snotty little kid Rick Pitino for 30 years now. We’re probably going to be dealing with his even snottier little kid, Richard Pitino for another 30.
- In the last minute of play, we twice got the ball with a 6 point lead and charged right to the basket and got fouled. Ennis missed the front end of a one and open and Grant scored two free throws after Christmas had missed a dunk. The idea in that situation is to milk the clock. We didn’t need more points. I hate milking the clock with 4-5 minutes left but it is certainly the thing to do in the final minute.
- Tyler Ennis had a good game overall but was 1 for 9 from the field.
- CJ. Fair followed up his 2 for 13 game against St. Francis with a 2 for 8 first half. I think the pressure actually helped him in the second half as he got more open shots when we broke the press and he wound up 7 for 15. He also had 5 more turnovers, giving him 23 in five games. He had 63 in 40 games last year.
- Malik Smith hit four threes from the top of Mt. Haleakala but what can you do?
- That was a rough game, beyond the basketball concept of “physical”. CJ Fair looked like he’d gone a couple of rounds with Mike Tyson.
- We’ve been dealing with that snotty little kid Rick Pitino for 30 years now. We’re probably going to be dealing with his even snottier little kid, Richard Pitino for another 30.
