Thursday, November 25, 2004
ROUNDBALL ROCKIN'
Washington 78, Utah 71
Tonight's Utah-Washington game is the best game I've seen so far in the young college basketball season. If there's one word to describe this game, it would be runs, because there were a lot of runs. These are two very good teams that could very well win their respective conferences. Utah, the Mountain West, and Washington, the Pac-10. How strange is it that the Huskies basketball program is in better shape than the football program? Vexing.
Some thoughts on this first-round matchup of the Great Alaska Shootout:
---Thank goodness Nate Robinson decided to stay at Washington for his junior season. He wasn't ready for the NBA after last season. He needs another season to polish his game. So far, so good.
---Utah center Andrew Bogut is ready for the NBA. But new Utah head coach Ray Giacoletti is glad to have him in Salt Lake City, no doubt about it. Bogut is one of the few true centers in college basketball right now, along with Georgia Tech's Luke Schenscher.
---Giacoletti is very deserving of the Utah job. Rick Majerus had a good run in Salt Lake City, but it was time for a change. The Utah basketball program couldn't ask for a better man to take over for Majerus than Giacoletti. While some experts are picking UNLV to win the Mountain West Conference, I'm picking the Utes. I won't bet against Giacoletti. And I sure as hell won't bet against Bogut, who's one of my top 5 players in all of college basketball.
---As far as fun teams go in college basketball, Washington may just have the most "fun" team. I love run-and-gun style teams. The Huskies love to run, especially Robinson. Lorenzo Romar has done a very good job trying to ressurect the Huskies program. The talent is there to win the Pac-10 in 2004-2005. As I said earlier, how strange is it that the basketball program is in better shape than the football program?
---Washington will face the winner of the High Point-Oklahoma game later tonight, most likely the Sooners. Alabama will face Minnesota on the other side of the bracket tomorrow. The Crimson Tide were arguably the biggest surprise of last year's NCAA Tournament, advancing all the way to the Elite Eight before losing to UConn.
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In NBA news, Hubie Brown has retired as Grizzlies head coach. His last game was last night's loss to the Sonics. Brown was the NBA's Coach of the Year last season, leading the Grizzlies to a 50-32 record and their first postseason appearance in their history. Good luck, Hubie. The Grizzlies have more upside now than they did before Hubie came to Memphis. Upside!
Finally, I think Casey Paus could play better than Jonathan Quinn at this point.
Turkey! Turkey!
Tonight's Utah-Washington game is the best game I've seen so far in the young college basketball season. If there's one word to describe this game, it would be runs, because there were a lot of runs. These are two very good teams that could very well win their respective conferences. Utah, the Mountain West, and Washington, the Pac-10. How strange is it that the Huskies basketball program is in better shape than the football program? Vexing.
Some thoughts on this first-round matchup of the Great Alaska Shootout:
---Thank goodness Nate Robinson decided to stay at Washington for his junior season. He wasn't ready for the NBA after last season. He needs another season to polish his game. So far, so good.
---Utah center Andrew Bogut is ready for the NBA. But new Utah head coach Ray Giacoletti is glad to have him in Salt Lake City, no doubt about it. Bogut is one of the few true centers in college basketball right now, along with Georgia Tech's Luke Schenscher.
---Giacoletti is very deserving of the Utah job. Rick Majerus had a good run in Salt Lake City, but it was time for a change. The Utah basketball program couldn't ask for a better man to take over for Majerus than Giacoletti. While some experts are picking UNLV to win the Mountain West Conference, I'm picking the Utes. I won't bet against Giacoletti. And I sure as hell won't bet against Bogut, who's one of my top 5 players in all of college basketball.
---As far as fun teams go in college basketball, Washington may just have the most "fun" team. I love run-and-gun style teams. The Huskies love to run, especially Robinson. Lorenzo Romar has done a very good job trying to ressurect the Huskies program. The talent is there to win the Pac-10 in 2004-2005. As I said earlier, how strange is it that the basketball program is in better shape than the football program?
---Washington will face the winner of the High Point-Oklahoma game later tonight, most likely the Sooners. Alabama will face Minnesota on the other side of the bracket tomorrow. The Crimson Tide were arguably the biggest surprise of last year's NCAA Tournament, advancing all the way to the Elite Eight before losing to UConn.
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In NBA news, Hubie Brown has retired as Grizzlies head coach. His last game was last night's loss to the Sonics. Brown was the NBA's Coach of the Year last season, leading the Grizzlies to a 50-32 record and their first postseason appearance in their history. Good luck, Hubie. The Grizzlies have more upside now than they did before Hubie came to Memphis. Upside!
Finally, I think Casey Paus could play better than Jonathan Quinn at this point.
Turkey! Turkey!
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