USD, Thursday @ 8 / USF, Saturday @ 1:30

The "expert's" crystal balls indicates our Pilots will not win any more games this year.

For today's game the prognosticators are saying it’s going to be USF in a runaway with at least a 70% chance of winning.

UPSET ALERT: after losing to USF 104-70 just last week, this is our game to keep us from the 7/8 play-in game in the tournament. Against all odds and against the predictions of all the pundits, the Pilots will find a way to win by limiting their turnovers and banging inside.

All conditions were right for a win today against USF. Villa Drumsquad showed up in force and made noise, the pom poms were Purple, and a fired up Eric W. started at the point on his 23rd birthday. BUT, Eric was hurt in the 3rd minute, we gave up too many turnovers, and a big USF run in the second half.

Talked to TD after the game; he and the team are resilient, and ready to take on GU.

A better showing by the Pilots tonight, but 20 turnovers and an inability to finish at the rim did us in... Bailey looked brilliant at times, Douglas looked dreadful at times... too bad Nicholas was in foul trouble, we could have used him down the stretch.

If you are a coach, what do you do with Nem? He has obviously been in a slump this year, but he was just horribly invisible today; he had a couple WIDE OPEN looks and didnt even look for a shot... but goes 0-7 from the field, with 1 assist & 2 turnovers.

The lack of offense is killing this team. Giving up a 19 - 2 run after getting a nice lead!? No shooters, and too many bad, forced passes. So frustrating.

The amount of turnovers has just been brutal this weekend. All these good young forwards aren't much use if the passes to them get picked off.

You really have to feel for Eric, earning a start then going to the locker room after two minutes. I thought Rogers had a nice game filling in. Today when he drove to the basket he looked to put up a shot instead of passing like he had been doing and he ended up scoring and drawing fouls.

How did everyone like the alumni game? I loved seeing the guys out there again. Rick Raivio can still run the floor, Casey Frandsen can still hit his shots, Sherrard drove past Raivio and threw down a couple dunks, and Cooper hit one from way downtown at the end. Greg Klosterman and Kasey Flicker brought me back to my first Pilot team and that WCC title.

Frandsen drove for an and-one. During the free throw Pat Galos turned to us and asked, "Did you see that? He took three jump stops in the same move."

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:How did everyone like the alumni game?

I loved it, and as you know, there were a number of PN guys who stayed until the very end. Great to see the former players with their wives and kids, including Casey Frandsen, who's really got game (still).

Spent a lot of time with Donald Wilson (he too was a spectator). Donald looks great and is now done with basketball as of the first of the year to settle down in the States with his beautiful wife (Portland lass) and two young children. He intended for this to be his last year, but a hamstring pull in December accelerated his move to retire from his team in Hungary.

Donald is now with Ardyss International: https://ardysslife.com/Default.aspx?ID=dbounce4