Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Big Day in the PL
There are a whole lot of good games today for the PL, all of which should be competitive (a nice change watching us get blown out by major conference schools).
Colgate is at Albany, a young team that ought to lose to the Red Raiders. Look for Howard Blue to get a dozen rebounds easy over the tiny Great Danes. CU by 15.
AU is at Radford, looking for their first win, and they ought to get it. Radford is a good squad, as far as the Big South goes, but AU's tough luck has to stop somewhere...right? AU by 12.
The Pards are at Drexel, a team that beat Colgate in CU's home opener. If LC can hit 4 or more threes, they win, if not, they lose.
Army is playing some high school team or something. Whatever.
The big game of the day is Holy Cross traveling to Boston College. HC knocked off BC last year, and Sader fans can be proud to point out that this may have sent BC to the NIT instead of the NCAA.
BC also lost three players over the summer, including would-be Senior guard Ryan Sidney. So you could be excused for thinking HC might beat BC again.
It's not going to happen. BC has not one, not two, but THREE HUGE MONSTERS waiting in the frontcourt for 7'6"/175 lb Neil Fingleton. First is a sophomore, Craig Smith, who lines up at 6'7"/265, with 20 ppg/8 rpg last year. Then there's Uka Agbai, who checks in at 6-9, 262. Oh, and don't forget 7 foot, 263 lb Nate Doornekamp.
Someone got on me for criticizing Fingleton, since he has only practiced a couple of times this season. The problem is, every time I've seen him (albeit only 5 or so times) he looks like he's only practiced a couple times in his life. Hey BC, want to score on this guy? Run a backscreen and oops, Neil lost his man.
Where HC might have a chance is in the backcourt. They need to shoot a lot of threes tonight. Think about throwing up around 15. Run double screens for KHam.
No one seems to know whether Lufkin is playing tonight, but all signs point to no. If he does, and isn't playing hurt, I see HC keeping it closer, maybe losing by 7 or so if all goes well. If not....
This is not the HC and AU dominated Patriot League of the last couple years. Every team has real vulnerabilities, and whichever team is the best at taking advantage of them will end up in the dance. @ 1:33 PM
There are a whole lot of good games today for the PL, all of which should be competitive (a nice change watching us get blown out by major conference schools).
Colgate is at Albany, a young team that ought to lose to the Red Raiders. Look for Howard Blue to get a dozen rebounds easy over the tiny Great Danes. CU by 15.
AU is at Radford, looking for their first win, and they ought to get it. Radford is a good squad, as far as the Big South goes, but AU's tough luck has to stop somewhere...right? AU by 12.
The Pards are at Drexel, a team that beat Colgate in CU's home opener. If LC can hit 4 or more threes, they win, if not, they lose.
Army is playing some high school team or something. Whatever.
The big game of the day is Holy Cross traveling to Boston College. HC knocked off BC last year, and Sader fans can be proud to point out that this may have sent BC to the NIT instead of the NCAA.
BC also lost three players over the summer, including would-be Senior guard Ryan Sidney. So you could be excused for thinking HC might beat BC again.
It's not going to happen. BC has not one, not two, but THREE HUGE MONSTERS waiting in the frontcourt for 7'6"/175 lb Neil Fingleton. First is a sophomore, Craig Smith, who lines up at 6'7"/265, with 20 ppg/8 rpg last year. Then there's Uka Agbai, who checks in at 6-9, 262. Oh, and don't forget 7 foot, 263 lb Nate Doornekamp.
Someone got on me for criticizing Fingleton, since he has only practiced a couple of times this season. The problem is, every time I've seen him (albeit only 5 or so times) he looks like he's only practiced a couple times in his life. Hey BC, want to score on this guy? Run a backscreen and oops, Neil lost his man.
Where HC might have a chance is in the backcourt. They need to shoot a lot of threes tonight. Think about throwing up around 15. Run double screens for KHam.
No one seems to know whether Lufkin is playing tonight, but all signs point to no. If he does, and isn't playing hurt, I see HC keeping it closer, maybe losing by 7 or so if all goes well. If not....
This is not the HC and AU dominated Patriot League of the last couple years. Every team has real vulnerabilities, and whichever team is the best at taking advantage of them will end up in the dance. @ 1:33 PM
