Saturday, December 04, 2004
Lehigh Lousy, Eagles Excellent, Lee Lets Loose
So HC and LC got blown out by major conference foes. No surprise there. CU is playing close with Syracuse as I write this, but my guess is that doesn't last. Not much more to say there.
The big victory of the day, even if you're biased like me, was AU knocking off #7 ranked (well, sort of) Vermont. You can read an emphatic recap by the AU SID here.
You may recall this author talking about Jason Thomas playing too much after the AU victory over St. Francis. (scroll down and see for yourself) But now, it looks like I'm an idiot, and Thomas is the man. My apologies to him. He played the game of his life, more or less running things on the offensive end and rebounding like he was named after a green Muppet.
This puts AU in good shape, with the best non-conference victory in the league thus far. If they can beat low-level MAC team Ohio next Saturday, they will be looking real good.
In less encouraging news, Lehigh was the second Patriot League team to lose to Stony Brook. Stony Brook was 10-20 last year, and isn't supposed to be much better this year. Much vaunted newcomer Joe Knight was 1-7 from outside the arch. This isn't too much of an upset, but if Lehigh is a team that's supposed to be in the running for the conference championship, this isn't a game they should lose.
Bucknell won in a thriller in New Haven, as Charles Lee exploded for 22 points and 18 (18!) rebounds. More about Lee tomorrow. I'm off to celebrate the AU victory. @ 8:18 PM
So HC and LC got blown out by major conference foes. No surprise there. CU is playing close with Syracuse as I write this, but my guess is that doesn't last. Not much more to say there.
The big victory of the day, even if you're biased like me, was AU knocking off #7 ranked (well, sort of) Vermont. You can read an emphatic recap by the AU SID here.
You may recall this author talking about Jason Thomas playing too much after the AU victory over St. Francis. (scroll down and see for yourself) But now, it looks like I'm an idiot, and Thomas is the man. My apologies to him. He played the game of his life, more or less running things on the offensive end and rebounding like he was named after a green Muppet.
This puts AU in good shape, with the best non-conference victory in the league thus far. If they can beat low-level MAC team Ohio next Saturday, they will be looking real good.
In less encouraging news, Lehigh was the second Patriot League team to lose to Stony Brook. Stony Brook was 10-20 last year, and isn't supposed to be much better this year. Much vaunted newcomer Joe Knight was 1-7 from outside the arch. This isn't too much of an upset, but if Lehigh is a team that's supposed to be in the running for the conference championship, this isn't a game they should lose.
Bucknell won in a thriller in New Haven, as Charles Lee exploded for 22 points and 18 (18!) rebounds. More about Lee tomorrow. I'm off to celebrate the AU victory. @ 8:18 PM
