Wednesday, January 14, 2004
A short and late
Bucknell-AU game report
Sorry for the delays on my Bucknell/AU notes. Blogging doesn't pay the bills, so sometimes it goes by the wayside.
The short is that neither team looked good, and AU is very lucky to come away with a victory here. The only thing that saved AU was the stepped up performance of Jernavis Draughn in the 2nd half (he stunk in the 1st) and Bucknell not taking advantage of the myriad of opportunities they were given. If this game was played at BU, they would have won, easily.
The most glaring mistakes AU made:
- Andres Rodriguez fouling (at least it was called a foul) Bettencourt with 4 seconds left, letting him shoot three free throws while his team was only down two. A-Rod might have shot himself if Bettencourt hit all three.
- Jason Thomas bitching and playing poorly all game. A sub-par effort, the worst I've seen him play all year. 0-7, 0-2 from the line, with five rebounds and five turnovers in 35 minutes. Also screwed up a critical inbounds pass after a timeout with time running out, who knows why or how.
- Apparently, "Ziegelstein" is German for rock, and not brick. So I kept asking McNaughton why he was throwing up rocks. Even our taunting sucked in this game!
- 6'8", 240 lbs Matej Cresnik letting 6'2", 180 (soaking wet) Kevin Bettencourt get a jumpball out of him with time running out in OT, allowing BU two more chances to tie things up. You're A HALF A FOOT TALLER AND SIXTY POUNDS BIGGER THAN HIM. My little brother is a half foot smaller and sixty pounds lighter than me, and you can bet I would not turn the ball over to him.
Bucknell didn't exactly have a field day either. Bettencourt sucked, going 0-10, and BU's only offense went through Charles Lee, a guy who didn't even play in BU's last 19 games last year because of academic problems. I went in there looking to see Bettencourt and McNaughton as the future of BU, but they ended up combining for 12 pts all day. Donald Brown and Lee looked good, as did Davorin Skornik, who all but shut down AU's inside game.
All in all, an ugly game that both teams should learn from and then forget. Decent crowd for a winter break game.
Previews of tonites games are coming up shortly... @ 12:02 PM
Bucknell-AU game report
Sorry for the delays on my Bucknell/AU notes. Blogging doesn't pay the bills, so sometimes it goes by the wayside.
The short is that neither team looked good, and AU is very lucky to come away with a victory here. The only thing that saved AU was the stepped up performance of Jernavis Draughn in the 2nd half (he stunk in the 1st) and Bucknell not taking advantage of the myriad of opportunities they were given. If this game was played at BU, they would have won, easily.
The most glaring mistakes AU made:
- Andres Rodriguez fouling (at least it was called a foul) Bettencourt with 4 seconds left, letting him shoot three free throws while his team was only down two. A-Rod might have shot himself if Bettencourt hit all three.
- Jason Thomas bitching and playing poorly all game. A sub-par effort, the worst I've seen him play all year. 0-7, 0-2 from the line, with five rebounds and five turnovers in 35 minutes. Also screwed up a critical inbounds pass after a timeout with time running out, who knows why or how.
- Apparently, "Ziegelstein" is German for rock, and not brick. So I kept asking McNaughton why he was throwing up rocks. Even our taunting sucked in this game!
- 6'8", 240 lbs Matej Cresnik letting 6'2", 180 (soaking wet) Kevin Bettencourt get a jumpball out of him with time running out in OT, allowing BU two more chances to tie things up. You're A HALF A FOOT TALLER AND SIXTY POUNDS BIGGER THAN HIM. My little brother is a half foot smaller and sixty pounds lighter than me, and you can bet I would not turn the ball over to him.
Bucknell didn't exactly have a field day either. Bettencourt sucked, going 0-10, and BU's only offense went through Charles Lee, a guy who didn't even play in BU's last 19 games last year because of academic problems. I went in there looking to see Bettencourt and McNaughton as the future of BU, but they ended up combining for 12 pts all day. Donald Brown and Lee looked good, as did Davorin Skornik, who all but shut down AU's inside game.
All in all, an ugly game that both teams should learn from and then forget. Decent crowd for a winter break game.
Previews of tonites games are coming up shortly... @ 12:02 PM
