SCU @ Portland, Saturday, 7pm

WCC play continues... the game will again be televised on Comcast SportsNet NW (and probably in the Bay Area as well) at 7pm.

SCU got completely flattened at Gonzaga, losing 95-53... so they could come out with something to prove... As big man Bryant goes, so goes SCU. If Kramer and Jasonn can keep him under control, and we continue to shoot well, I like our odds...

This is another "must win" game for us in terms of seeding and grabbing a first round bye in the WCC tourney...

GO PORTLAND! BUCK THE BRONCOS!

I seem to remember it being "Buck the Froncos."

I was going for the PG rating...

I've heard of Fuskies, but Froncos??

Unfortunately when you do it for the Zags, the flip is just as, if not more offensive than the original...

Rob's Jacket wrote:I seem to remember it being "Buck the Froncos."

It was on the giant banner the students once unveiled.

Incidentally, it was at an SCU game that the students got the leftover hot dogs from the concession stand one year. Then some hot dogs ended up on the court during a free throw. No more free hot dogs.

DaTruRochin wrote:Unfortunately when you do it for the Zags, the flip is just as, if not more offensive than the original...

Also with the Ducks...

(and we digress...)

So I'll start by saying it's nice that we can come here and say, "boy, that should not have been that close," instead of, "ugh, that one got away." Still, it was a double digit second half lead...

Good play tonight from the guards and smaller forwards. T.J., Nik, and Jared all made some great plays. The big guys all seemed to have problems with their shooting touch around the basket. Probably big John and the other SCU post players had something to do with it.

Another good showing by the students; the postgame desserts and dancing is a good way to keep them there for the whole game. So does the score being closer than it should be.

I can't say too much bad about Libby, since he did compliment the band tonight. That crew does earn the distinction of getting the entire Chiles Center crowd to boo through a timeout, though. I want to get a Libby poster for my wall like I know MesaPilot has!

Libby almost took the game from the players - on both sides. The game becomes about him. I'd like to see him ref a game where nobody knows he was there.

It was nice to win a close one after what seems like several years of losing those kinds of games.. I don't think we managed the middle of the second half of the game. That has to improve. This team looks like it could put together a legitimate winning record after a long drought, but they have to play smarter.

Forgot to add that I got a laugh out of SCU's embarrassing dive at the end of the game. If the Pilots had made some FTs earlier in the game it might not have happened.

Tonights game reminds me of a line I heard on a replay of The West Wing recently:

"There are 2 things that you never want to see how they are made: sausages and laws..."

Well, we can add a 3rd: our win tonight over SCU.

Did anyone notice the look at the TV monitor at the end of the game by the Referee's on the Santa Clara player's 3 ptr.? It was clearly a three.... My sarcastic thought was that Libby and crew hadn't had enough "face time" on Comcast so they had to get a little more......

I am pondering the thought of getting a Libby mask and wear a referee's outfit for my appearence at the LMT,Pepperdine. At least you guy's would recognize me during my Portland visit this spring.

I believe it was a Providence fan that walked on the court yesterday. I am going to be on my best behavior so I don't end up on the Post Office wall and get a lifetime Chile's center ban .


MesaPilot


PS-I am in love with Direct TV

MesaPilot1 wrote:I am pondering the thought of getting a Libby mask and wear a referee's outfit for my appearence at the LMT,Pepperdine. At least you guy's would recognize me during my Portland visit this spring.

YES!!!!

MesaPilot1 wrote:I am pondering the thought of getting a Libby mask and wear a referee's outfit for my appearence at the LMT,Pepperdine. At least you guy's would recognize me during my Portland visit this spring.

Hmmm, you might get mobbed if you do that....

After sleeping on it, I guess I am just happy with yet another gut check win... we do find a way to win the close games this year. In conference play, a W is a W.... and like they said on the post-game radio show, all the Wins count the same...

The Pilot's win counted the same in WCC standings as St Mary's or Gonzaga's large margin of victory on Saturday. IMO possibly more, because Santa Clara was a tougher opponent than their two opponent's. Another win for the Pilot's which they would have lost in the past,yepee.


MesaPilot1