Friday, January 28, 2005
SAG' DEINER MAMA ICH BEZAHLE SIE SPATER
Bucknell makes a trip down to our nation's capital today, where they will find an AU team that is sorely in need of an upset win. This game is as much of a "must win" as one can find in AU's shrot PL history. Dropping to .500 in league play would be a signal that they're ready to take third place and go home.
I've been brushing up on my German (you don't want to know what the above says) in hopes of insulting Chris McNaughton poorly in his native tounge. Saugen mein shwanse, McNaughton! Wer hat gefurzt? McNaughton ought to match up against AU's Raimondas Petrauskas, who is big and likes to pummel people in his spare time. That's right, I'll be watching a Lithuanian battle a German at American tonight. What a cosmopolitan evening! Petrauskas (as well as PG Linas Lekavicius and friendly bench player Arvydas Esomething) should keep in mind the brutal occupation of their homeland by those warmongering German bastards during both world wars. Do it for Vilnius, boys! This concludes the history portion of the blog.
Here's what needs to happen for AU to get a victory tonight:
1) Put some bodies on McNaughton. AU's post guys go four deep, so it doesn't hurt to work them hard and sub them in and out as need be.
2) Don't let BU get to the line. The Bison are a good free throw shooting team, particularly Bettencourt (92%), and Lee (74%).
3) Linas Lekavicius has to play lots of quality minutes, at least 30+. The team is not the same without the Lituanian Devil on the court.
4) Matej Cresnik needs to hit his 3pt shots, freeing up the post.
5) They need to pray.
On the balance, I don't see AU coming away with this one. Bucknell is good, scary good, and right now, at this moment, is probably the best team the league has seen. Whether that will remain true, I don't know.
OTHER ACTION
Holy Cross fans will be rooting for the Eagles today as well, hoping that an AU win and an away victory at Lafayette can put them in a tie for first place. This one isn't a lock by any means, but HC ought to win by a comfortable margin. Let's say HC by eight points.
Colgate is in Annapolis, for the first game of their mid-atlantic trip. They may be confused and disoriented by the lack of snow and icy roads in Maryland's capital city, and I think Navy will break through here and get their first victory. Navy is a great rebounding team, and Colgate is a lousy one. I think that's going to push this game in Navy's favor, as they will get a lot of second chance buckets.
Army travels to Lehigh with a one game winning streak on the line. My prediction: they will not have a two game winning streak.
If you are an AU fan, stop by the Tavern before the game and have a beer with me. I will be there signing autographs and waxing poetic about how terrible the Tavern looks now and how it was better back in my day.
Also, check out Hoop Time today, as Chris has about 2 dozen entries about a lot of interesting stuff, including Kermit Washington finally getting a coaching job.. in the NBDL. @ 10:21 AM
Bucknell makes a trip down to our nation's capital today, where they will find an AU team that is sorely in need of an upset win. This game is as much of a "must win" as one can find in AU's shrot PL history. Dropping to .500 in league play would be a signal that they're ready to take third place and go home.
I've been brushing up on my German (you don't want to know what the above says) in hopes of insulting Chris McNaughton poorly in his native tounge. Saugen mein shwanse, McNaughton! Wer hat gefurzt? McNaughton ought to match up against AU's Raimondas Petrauskas, who is big and likes to pummel people in his spare time. That's right, I'll be watching a Lithuanian battle a German at American tonight. What a cosmopolitan evening! Petrauskas (as well as PG Linas Lekavicius and friendly bench player Arvydas Esomething) should keep in mind the brutal occupation of their homeland by those warmongering German bastards during both world wars. Do it for Vilnius, boys! This concludes the history portion of the blog.
Here's what needs to happen for AU to get a victory tonight:
1) Put some bodies on McNaughton. AU's post guys go four deep, so it doesn't hurt to work them hard and sub them in and out as need be.
2) Don't let BU get to the line. The Bison are a good free throw shooting team, particularly Bettencourt (92%), and Lee (74%).
3) Linas Lekavicius has to play lots of quality minutes, at least 30+. The team is not the same without the Lituanian Devil on the court.
4) Matej Cresnik needs to hit his 3pt shots, freeing up the post.
5) They need to pray.
On the balance, I don't see AU coming away with this one. Bucknell is good, scary good, and right now, at this moment, is probably the best team the league has seen. Whether that will remain true, I don't know.
OTHER ACTION
Holy Cross fans will be rooting for the Eagles today as well, hoping that an AU win and an away victory at Lafayette can put them in a tie for first place. This one isn't a lock by any means, but HC ought to win by a comfortable margin. Let's say HC by eight points.
Colgate is in Annapolis, for the first game of their mid-atlantic trip. They may be confused and disoriented by the lack of snow and icy roads in Maryland's capital city, and I think Navy will break through here and get their first victory. Navy is a great rebounding team, and Colgate is a lousy one. I think that's going to push this game in Navy's favor, as they will get a lot of second chance buckets.
Army travels to Lehigh with a one game winning streak on the line. My prediction: they will not have a two game winning streak.
If you are an AU fan, stop by the Tavern before the game and have a beer with me. I will be there signing autographs and waxing poetic about how terrible the Tavern looks now and how it was better back in my day.
Also, check out Hoop Time today, as Chris has about 2 dozen entries about a lot of interesting stuff, including Kermit Washington finally getting a coaching job.. in the NBDL. @ 10:21 AM
