RE: Amazing performance

[Brian Johnson]

Although a very good offensive performance, I think
the 101 points is deceptive, simply due to the amount
of fouls called, and subsequent clock stoppages.  No
complaints here, though :-D

--- ALACOMBE <address@hidden> wrote:
> They had a real test today after the half, they
> needed to answer
> the bell in the second half against a team that is
> in supposedly
> great shape, has tons of players and is a top-5
> team.  Well they 
> did that.  Pitino had pulled his starters in the
> second half as 
> punishment and he was PISSED.  He still looked
> really good in 
> his Chilren's Sized Armani ;-)
>
> This team showed that they understood what it meant
> to suck it 
> up and play.  Yes that should piss you off because
> if their 
> opponent is not in the top-10 they do not show up,
> but...
>
> There is always a but.  What if they make it to the
> NCAA on a 
> roll?  They could be a very dangerous team, because
> if they 
> can roll 101 on UL, stomp Oregon and beat OSU, is
> there a team
> that they can not beat?  It is definitely an "if",
> but I think
> if they get passed that Damned second round, they
> could do 
> some damage.  They have a ton of weapons and
> amazingly their 
> lack of a "center" did not seem to hurt them against
> a UL team
> that started 4 guys taller than 6'6".
>
> Test #2 is against ECU.  If they roll them off the
> floor by 25+,
> then they move on to the next test.  If it is a
> close game or 
> they (let's not go there), then you have to pull
> some more 
> hair out of your head....
>
> Were were lucky enough to have UL fans sitting next
> to us for 
> the whole game (two sets).  The second set was a
> drunken Red 
> Neck that was screaming at the top of her lungs and
> shaking 
> her pom poms.  Everyone around us was laughing,
> because if 
> she cheared like that when they were 34 down, she
> must be 
> something when they have a lead ;-)
>
> Oh yeah, I wore shorts tonight and will wear them to
> the next
> two games.  I also did not tape the game, so that is
> out too ;-)
>
> Andy
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Keith Wedinger
> [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 6:52 PM
> > To: address@hidden
> > Subject: [UC Basketball] Amazing performance
> >
> >
> > That is UC's 3rd win over a top 10 team this
> season.  And that's 
> > 3 convincing wins over top 10 teams.  All I can
> say right now is 
> > WOW!  It is amazing how much better this team is
> offensively 
> > when Bobbitt makes shots.  And the effort today
> was there.  This 
> > cannot be a repeat of the Oklahoma State win where
> UC fell flat 
> > for two games following a big win.  This momentum
> MUST continue 
> > into the rest of the season.


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