Pilots vs. LMU

Its good to see us finally beat a team that we are supposed to beat. I think that the lineup changes are going to be good in the long term to help Ito get his confidence back, because i think with his poor play, the pressure was mounting on his shoulders. This should releive some of that pressure and he should be more relaxed when coming into the game now.

"Sparrow" has been playing since his insertion to the starting lineup.

Four players in double digits, is that a first for the season? Sikma and Knutson almost getting there. A trend I'd like to see continue.

At least Ito is relaxed at the FT.

I think calling Jared the sparrow may be putting him into a descriptive cage he doesn't deserve. Calling him Passerine totally ignores his skills at dribblerene. It can't be ignored that his shooterene is near the top of the conference.

Last night he even had a 3-1 assisterene to turnoverene ratio.

He may be many things - he's certainly not plump, And I don't think any of us have any idea what his diet is.

Ah!! I remember the famous raw bacon served in the Commons, lo those many years ago. Maybe Stohl is a sparrowhawk!

Ah the Commons!

As for the game - it felt so good to see the team play well. They weathered the early hot-shooting storm and overcame the early second-half dry spell to put it away. Nik was great, Jared was great, Ethan stepped up, Robin showed some nice moves in the paint, Sikma looked showed some signs of his old self, and I LOVED Kramer's hustle and aggressiveness. He was battling hard all night and really gave a spark.

One thing that I figured I would just point out - if you noticed that the student section was pretty weak, it's because there was a big school dance at the Crystal Ballroom last night. Maybe it was unavoidable, but I really wish Student Activities would NOT schedule events like this the same night as a game.

I suspect the timing of the dance had something to do with Valentine's Day. I guess us old sportsaholics wouldn't have much understanding about that type of stuff. Too many games, and definitely too much time on the internet!!

I think you need to give student activities a break. The Crystal Ballroom surely doesn't have a whole lot of weekend nights available. Furthermore, there are so many schedules that need to work out to get this dance to happen its inevitable that some events are going to conflict.

Last nights game got me excited for the future! We were able to control the tempo of the game and for the most part only the Frosh and Soph's played. The box score did show Watson playing 16 minutes, but was never in the game for more than a 2-3 minute stretch. (Carter and Thompson did not play.)

We still struggled against the press which will be interesting to see Monday against Pepperdine.