Saturday, January 08, 2005
BUCKNELL RUMBLES, AU STUMBLES
The AU game today was maybe the ugliest I have seen in my years as a basketball fan. The stats say it all:
Take it from me, neither team deserved this game. Even the refs sucked. It's better that we jar this one up and pretend it never happened. There was a high school basketball team at the game, and I sincerely hope that they didn't soak too much of this game up. A friend said "I think I may be a worse basketball player having watched that game." Any other team in the league would have beaten these two teams had they switched places today.
Ecch. Enough of that. Let's talk about how smart I am. (We'll get to my good looks in another post)
As I predicted, Bucknell ran over Holy Cross in Lewisburg, in front of the biggest Bison crowd of all time, 3897. From all accounts, it was a poor performance by the Crusaders, shooting 28% in the game and committing 24 fouls. Maybe they thought they were playing in Washington, DC.
What do these two games mean for the rest of the season? Well, not much, really. Bucknell has a head start on everyone else, but there is still a lot of basketball to play. HC, AU, and LU all seemed rusty today, and I'm not sure this performance in indicative of much, other than reinforcing how damn good Bucknell is.
NAVY NEUTERED, ARMY AMPUTATED
Navy got a nice performance from a couple of freshmen, Greg Sprink and Corey Johnson, but couldn't keep up with Lafayette in a 90-80 shootout. Both teams like to play uptempo, so there were no real surprises here.
Army was a layup away from getting their first DI win of the year, but couldn't pull it together. The notable stat in this game: Colgate's reported attendance was 150. Not exactly motivation to play at one's best. @ 7:20 PM
The AU game today was maybe the ugliest I have seen in my years as a basketball fan. The stats say it all:
- Lehigh shot 38% from the field
- AU shot 34%
- Lehigh shot 8-17 at the free throw line, 47%
- The teams had a combined 34 turnovers
- There were 35 combined fouls.
- Joe Knight, Jose Olivero, Jason Thomas, and Andre Ingram, the four highest scorers on each team, had a total of four points, all from Ingram.
Take it from me, neither team deserved this game. Even the refs sucked. It's better that we jar this one up and pretend it never happened. There was a high school basketball team at the game, and I sincerely hope that they didn't soak too much of this game up. A friend said "I think I may be a worse basketball player having watched that game." Any other team in the league would have beaten these two teams had they switched places today.
Ecch. Enough of that. Let's talk about how smart I am. (We'll get to my good looks in another post)
As I predicted, Bucknell ran over Holy Cross in Lewisburg, in front of the biggest Bison crowd of all time, 3897. From all accounts, it was a poor performance by the Crusaders, shooting 28% in the game and committing 24 fouls. Maybe they thought they were playing in Washington, DC.
What do these two games mean for the rest of the season? Well, not much, really. Bucknell has a head start on everyone else, but there is still a lot of basketball to play. HC, AU, and LU all seemed rusty today, and I'm not sure this performance in indicative of much, other than reinforcing how damn good Bucknell is.
NAVY NEUTERED, ARMY AMPUTATED
Navy got a nice performance from a couple of freshmen, Greg Sprink and Corey Johnson, but couldn't keep up with Lafayette in a 90-80 shootout. Both teams like to play uptempo, so there were no real surprises here.
Army was a layup away from getting their first DI win of the year, but couldn't pull it together. The notable stat in this game: Colgate's reported attendance was 150. Not exactly motivation to play at one's best. @ 7:20 PM
