Friday, February 06, 2004
Quick Weekend Preview
Well, the league is half over already! It seems just yesterday, Holy Cross was invincible and I made fun of some poor Lafayette recruit for saying his team was the one to beat. Shows what we know.
Tonight, on DirecTV (R) (c) TM, the thus far undefeated in league play Pards make the trip to exciting Hamilton, NY to play in front of a crowd of dozens against Colgate. I think Howard Blue is still hurt. This means Colgate could get run off the court by LC. If LC drops more than 70 points, you know they'll win. Kendall Chones is going to have to become an offensive force for CU to stay in this one.
Army is at Holy Cross, in a battle for 5th place. I wouldn't be suprised if the Black Knights pulled off the upset here, but Holy Cross is going to have to have a real lapse for it to happen.
Lehigh is at Navy, in the inaugural game of the Don DeVoe farewell tour. DeVoe will get a nice round of applause from the Navy crowd, and that oughta be the highlight of the night for the USNA. You never know, maybe the Navy kids will be inspired by their coach's departure and play better than usual. Navy fans, watch out for the Jose Olivero and Austen Rowland local contingent that is going to show up. They get excited when either of their boys does anything, but not about the rest of the team. Fun to watch.
I'll be heading up for the day to Lewisberg (Lewisburg?) PA to see AU take on Bucknell in the brand spankin new Sojka Pavillion. These two went to OT in DC last month, but hopefully AU can avoid such a fate and keep this one from getting close. Bucknell is going to be awful good in the next 3 years, as I believe they're now starting 2 Sophomores and 3 Freshmen. Looks like scholarships do make a difference in who you can recruit.
I'll have a full report from PA about the AU game, as well as a few pictures, hopefully.
@ 5:00 PM
Well, the league is half over already! It seems just yesterday, Holy Cross was invincible and I made fun of some poor Lafayette recruit for saying his team was the one to beat. Shows what we know.
Tonight, on DirecTV (R) (c) TM, the thus far undefeated in league play Pards make the trip to exciting Hamilton, NY to play in front of a crowd of dozens against Colgate. I think Howard Blue is still hurt. This means Colgate could get run off the court by LC. If LC drops more than 70 points, you know they'll win. Kendall Chones is going to have to become an offensive force for CU to stay in this one.
Army is at Holy Cross, in a battle for 5th place. I wouldn't be suprised if the Black Knights pulled off the upset here, but Holy Cross is going to have to have a real lapse for it to happen.
Lehigh is at Navy, in the inaugural game of the Don DeVoe farewell tour. DeVoe will get a nice round of applause from the Navy crowd, and that oughta be the highlight of the night for the USNA. You never know, maybe the Navy kids will be inspired by their coach's departure and play better than usual. Navy fans, watch out for the Jose Olivero and Austen Rowland local contingent that is going to show up. They get excited when either of their boys does anything, but not about the rest of the team. Fun to watch.
I'll be heading up for the day to Lewisberg (Lewisburg?) PA to see AU take on Bucknell in the brand spankin new Sojka Pavillion. These two went to OT in DC last month, but hopefully AU can avoid such a fate and keep this one from getting close. Bucknell is going to be awful good in the next 3 years, as I believe they're now starting 2 Sophomores and 3 Freshmen. Looks like scholarships do make a difference in who you can recruit.
I'll have a full report from PA about the AU game, as well as a few pictures, hopefully.
@ 5:00 PM
