Re: Gonzaga - Portland State...WTF?!

by onetouchfutbol on Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:15 pm

Rob's Jacket wrote:Maybe I'm just bitter, but I can't pretend that I'm not happy to see the Zags lose. I'll root for any other team in the conference, but not them.

I can respect that. We'll be lucky to have more than one or two teams from the WCC to make the tourney this year though. Love or hate Gonzaga, their schedule has been by far the toughest in the WCC so far... No way 3 teams make it again IMO. The respect of the conference has to continue to rise if Seattle U is going to come aboard anytime in the near future.

by PurpleGeezer on Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:51 pm

athleticjames wrote:
Rob's Jacket wrote:Maybe I'm just bitter, but I can't pretend that I'm not happy to see the Zags lose. I'll root for any other team in the conference, but not them.

I can respect that. We'll be lucky to have more than one or two teams from the WCC to make the tourney this year though. Love or hate Gonzaga, their schedule has been by far the toughest in the WCC so far... No way 3 teams make it again IMO. The respect of the conference has to continue to rise if Seattle U is going to come aboard anytime in the near future.

Doesn't the conference have a chance of getting more teams into the tourney if Gonzaga ISN'T on top? They have a better chance of getting into the 64 than other teams, it seems to me.

by **MesaPilot1** on Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:56 am

I think Geezer may be right. Looks like just 2 teams from WCC this year in NCAA's. The only way we could make it is if Ravio's older brother came to play for us or Nik kept scoring 30 a game , Sikma played like his dad at that little college in Ilinois,TJ averaged 10 assists a game, Stohl 15 pts. (3 treys), Robin POW of WCC a couple more times. And Kramer and Ethan kept doing the "little" things that don't show up on Stat chart, basically the "enforcers'.

Maybe a few of those things could happen each game, but I think a realistic goal would be the NIT. Winning record,few good upsets. The liability would be the tiny attendance and lack of student support.Oh well, they could always play an "away" game in the NIT.

I shudder to think of the first WCC game in the Kennel. I just hope the young men can get a quick start,, and keep it competive so they have a chance. Otherwise us Pilot fans will be in for a long,agonizing game Embarassed