The Upside

[SWC75]

- The #1 team in the nation took care of business again, and on a court where we have some very bad memories.

- We were 17 for 23 in the first half. That’s not from the line. That’s on two point field goals. 74%. We aren’t going to lose with numbers like that.

- Different game, different stars. Kris Joseph, who had a total washout game vs. Seton Hall with 0 points and 1 rebound, (not that it mattered), came back strong with 22 points and 7 rebounds. Meanwhile CJ Fair, who had kind of disappeared for several games, had the game of his career with 16 points and 5 rebounds while going 6 for 6 from the field and 4 for 4 from the foul line. He also had no turnovers or fouls- thus no negatives at all in 29 minutes of play, a remarkable performance.

- Fab Melo continued his fine play with 12 points, 5 rebounds and 6 blocks on 6 for 7 shooting.
- Brandon Triche had a solid game with 1o points on 4 for 6 shooting while Dion Waiters had 13 on 5 for 8. Both were battling thumb injuries, (Dion’s had a rather large wrap on it.)

- James Southerland made a nice contribution with 8 points and 4 rebounds in 17 minutes, including a nice turn-around jump shot off a quick feed from Joseph, who made a point of congratulating on the bench.

- As I’ve said, 1-2 guys play well, we lose. 3-4 we win. 5-6, we blow your doors off. Joseph, Fair, Melo, Triche, Waiters and Southerland gave us 6 and we won easily. Next game it might be a different 5-6 guys but as long as it’s 5-6, we’ll be fine.

 

[arbitragegls]

SWC...as always good on all 3 posts...the upside for this team is incredible...can 9-10 players continue to play at this level..can JB continue to push the right substitution...if so...when and how do we lose? Expectations are now so very high...Pitt is down, Nova is down, Marquette is so-so...it comes down to CT again and I believe we are better...will wear them down...maybe a magical season in the making...can it be more magical than '03...I believe so...

 

[SBU72]

SWC...as always good on all 3 posts...the upside for this team is incredible...can 9-10 players continue to play at this level..can JB continue to push the right substitution...if so...when and how do we lose? Expectations are now so very high...Pitt is down, Nova is down, Marquette is so-so...it comes down to CT again and I believe we are better...will wear them down...maybe a magical season in the making...can it be more magical than '03...I believe so...

Already 2 games into the BE schedule and there is still a 10 man rotation. And it's 10 in the first HALF not with scrub time. I've watched for many a year and never saw that. I know the 2 games are against perhaps the bottom 2 teams but it still is BE play. It looks like against Marquette it'll be 9 (OK at least 8 plus Xmas' 5 minutes.)