Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Equity in the Patriot League
Holy Cross, a team that went 16-1 in the Patriot League, lost to Colgate in front of a crowd of dozens. Seriously, dozens. The official attendance was 212.
And official attendance numbers are always boosted high. I've played pickup games in front of bigger crowds. High school JV games draw 212. What the hell is going on in Hamilton? CU games are less popular than a trip to Michael Jackson's ranch. But seriously folks....
This is something HC fans are going to have to get used to. The league is much better this year, and they are much worse. Word is Jave Meade was sick tonight, but I'm not sure it matters. HC shot 20% from outside the line, and was outrebounded by a CU front line they used to destroy. HC's success the last 3 years has come with their depth and talent in the frontcourt. This year, it appears they have neither. Nate Lufkin, the guy who was supposed to pull up the slack, played a lousy 22 minutes. Ecch.
In other games, Army mustered up a big 40 spot against Lafayette, giving Lafayette's starters a nice rest, as none of them had to play over 25 minutes. Lehigh beat tough luck Bucknell by 5, and AU slapped around Navy by 22. Navy is just not a good basketball team, with the exception of David Hooper, who is very impressive. These guys look like they walked off the street. It's also sad to see a nice big arena like Alumni Hall so empty. This place seats something like 8000 people, but only 1200 or so are showing up to their games.
Did I mention Andres Rodriguez had NINETEEN ASSISTS tonight? I had our PL blog statisticians look into it, and it's the NCAA high mark this year, and only 3 short of the all time record.
@ 10:23 PM
Holy Cross, a team that went 16-1 in the Patriot League, lost to Colgate in front of a crowd of dozens. Seriously, dozens. The official attendance was 212.
And official attendance numbers are always boosted high. I've played pickup games in front of bigger crowds. High school JV games draw 212. What the hell is going on in Hamilton? CU games are less popular than a trip to Michael Jackson's ranch. But seriously folks....
This is something HC fans are going to have to get used to. The league is much better this year, and they are much worse. Word is Jave Meade was sick tonight, but I'm not sure it matters. HC shot 20% from outside the line, and was outrebounded by a CU front line they used to destroy. HC's success the last 3 years has come with their depth and talent in the frontcourt. This year, it appears they have neither. Nate Lufkin, the guy who was supposed to pull up the slack, played a lousy 22 minutes. Ecch.
In other games, Army mustered up a big 40 spot against Lafayette, giving Lafayette's starters a nice rest, as none of them had to play over 25 minutes. Lehigh beat tough luck Bucknell by 5, and AU slapped around Navy by 22. Navy is just not a good basketball team, with the exception of David Hooper, who is very impressive. These guys look like they walked off the street. It's also sad to see a nice big arena like Alumni Hall so empty. This place seats something like 8000 people, but only 1200 or so are showing up to their games.
Did I mention Andres Rodriguez had NINETEEN ASSISTS tonight? I had our PL blog statisticians look into it, and it's the NCAA high mark this year, and only 3 short of the all time record.
@ 10:23 PM
