UP vs. SCU 2/28

Okay, turning towards our game tomorrow afternoon.

I REALLY hope the team can re-focus, get back to the basics of tough, hard-nosed defense, crashing the boards, and running our offensive sets (which includes taking care of the ball). If we can come out focused, and play our game, we should be able to beat Santa Clara. Bryant's a tough match-up, but our team has good size too. I trust Rev and Company will have a good game plan drawn out, and I trust the players will come out focused and ready to wrap up conference play on a positive note.

I think the interesting thing will be to see how SCU comes out after a tough loss to GU, and one where which there own fans kinda screwed them. It's always a little wierd being Gonzaga's travel partner.

Rochin54 wrote:
I think the interesting thing will be to see how SCU comes out after a tough loss to GU, and one where which there own fans kinda screwed them. It's always a little wierd being Gonzaga's travel partner.

Yeah... I don't know if it gives us the let down factor, over look factor, revenge factor or what... If Seattle U and Pacific joined the league, who would our travel partner be? I'm assuming SU and GU would travel together, so would we be with Pacific? I suppose they would be closer to SMC, so would that put us with USF?? or SCU?? Just food for thought...

(I'm trying to do anything to forget about the travesty I saw last night, although mattywizz will attest, the halftime entertainment was second to none)

Halftime entertainment was AMAZING.

Indeed... A dance team, some dude in argyle socks trying to break the amount of balls putted in a minute and a race between a cow and a torero... Kudos USD... kudos...

But back the SCU game...

It was a stellar halftime, gotta love the internet feed. That was the best pair of nickers I've seen since...well...ever!

I really think we need to start a halftime microbrew race, kind of like the sausage race in Milwaukee. There are plenty of local business who I'm sure would love to sponsor a mascot that could hang out at their respective restaurants when the Pilot's aren't playing.

So did he break the amount of balls or what??

I was to transfixed by the argyle and knickers to pay any attention to that...

The best halftime shows UP ever had were the sumo wrestling tournaments that happened every year at (I think) the Gonzaga game. For several years, sumo was the only reason my parents kept buying tickets to that game.

Oregonian preview: LINK

Lets win this game, if nothing else, to finish the regular season tied for second place! If you had asked me 2 months ago, I would have been VERY happy with that result!

Hopefully Campbell can shake off the cob webs and get back into it... Will we see some Hegarty vs. Bryant down low??

This season has been great to watch!!! Now the Pilot's need a win to finish the regular season with some momentum.

Besides Bryant, Foster has been progressing by leaps and bounds so TJ will have his hand's full if he guard's him. Their freshman foward has been improving too. He will be a good option if Bryant isn't open. (Or if Bryant want's to dish off of a double team on himself).

I'm hoping the Pilot's bounce back with some enthusiasm,shake that funk off from the USD preformance,and play a good TEAM game.
No one on one,good team offense and D. and passes to Jarred,T.J.,Ethan,or Nic for the three if nothing is available inside.

One bright spot for the Pilot's last game was the play of B.J. Porter. He nailed a three,got some good rebounds ....the Pilot's are going to need him in WCC tourney and Post-Season (NCAA,NIT,or CBI) off the bench since Ethan's ankle injury seems to be a persistant nagging injury. I was hoping it would get better but from talking to his family it seems to still be bothering him. It may not get better until he get's some off season rest,physical therapy,etc.... then we can see that dynamo we saw early on. I hope I'm wrong because I thought he was our most improved player this year. With him 100% and doing the intangible's(defense,hustle,etc) and three ptr's. the Pilot' were really rolling like AthleticJames mention's.

I'd like to see Big John get some touches on offense. What little I've seen of him, he looks to be exceptionally skilled, especially for such a massive human being. He appears to have good feet, soft hands, good low post moves. Maybe the conditioning just isn't there right now for him to play more than a couple minutes. And WOW, is a he a BIG HOMBRE!!

Need I point out that if we hadn't gone 12-23 from the free throw line, this game would NOT have been lost?

Easy stuff like that frustrates the heck out of me!

Welp... 3rd place it is, I really wish I could have watched the game... The GameTracker stick figures don't really tell you anything sadly...

Yeah...3rd place. Man, we've got to work on the free throws: 12-23...52%. Ouuuuuuuuch!

Maybe Rev can start using this drill sometime:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskies/2008670348_umen260.html

There were definitely some postives in the game though. The defensive intensity of the second half was much better. Big John played some quality minutes and there were some memorable plays like when Ito drew the charge. We can't afford to have TJ in foul trouble in the tourney though, and we can't live and die with the 3-point shot either IMO. Pretty good effort to take the team to OT. The teams seemed pretty evenly matched, but, I think we're better when we meet our potential.

It looks like our opening round game on Saturday will be against one of three teams: Pepperdine, USF, or LMU. These are all good matchups for us. We SHOULD win on Saturday, without question.