Re: Fresno Recap
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 6:44 pm
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by The CPC:
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who would they beat, and what makes you think that?</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
In response to that question I would say Fresno State. I don't see them beating Tulsa at home but I think if we were luck enough to get Fresno in the Semi's then we could get there. And here's why: Last night's game was very even as far as ref's calling the game. Yes we may have been called for a few less fowls but Fresno should have been called for ten more and I acknowledge that they may have missed a few calls in Fresno's favor also but for the most part it was even if not in favor of Fresno in the second half. Tulsa would be a nuetral court. Our team now knows that they could beat Fresno. Knowing this means they probably think they can beat Nevada, Boise, Rice, La Tech who got beat by Nevada last night and others besides Tulsa and Hawaii. Confidence is huge in college basketball. That is why home court advantage is so big. In order to keep the confidence they should have gained from tonight they will need to take care of business against teams other than Hawaii and Tulsa. The point of my comment was if they play like they played last night, and I believe I made that clear by saying the "team I saw tonigth" ,they could get to the WAC Title game. Basically, I'm a believer and I will follow my team no matter what. That's how good teams start...people believe they can win as is...they don't go around talking about changes every time they have a bad season or are not at the level they wish they were at. Next year we will not have much. The leadership on the team will be pretty young...so if you hope to do anything any time soon you better start hoping for this year. I guarantee you bi*ching and moaning is not going to help your team. Give it a rest and just say your team played a good game because that's what happened.
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who would they beat, and what makes you think that?</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
In response to that question I would say Fresno State. I don't see them beating Tulsa at home but I think if we were luck enough to get Fresno in the Semi's then we could get there. And here's why: Last night's game was very even as far as ref's calling the game. Yes we may have been called for a few less fowls but Fresno should have been called for ten more and I acknowledge that they may have missed a few calls in Fresno's favor also but for the most part it was even if not in favor of Fresno in the second half. Tulsa would be a nuetral court. Our team now knows that they could beat Fresno. Knowing this means they probably think they can beat Nevada, Boise, Rice, La Tech who got beat by Nevada last night and others besides Tulsa and Hawaii. Confidence is huge in college basketball. That is why home court advantage is so big. In order to keep the confidence they should have gained from tonight they will need to take care of business against teams other than Hawaii and Tulsa. The point of my comment was if they play like they played last night, and I believe I made that clear by saying the "team I saw tonigth" ,they could get to the WAC Title game. Basically, I'm a believer and I will follow my team no matter what. That's how good teams start...people believe they can win as is...they don't go around talking about changes every time they have a bad season or are not at the level they wish they were at. Next year we will not have much. The leadership on the team will be pretty young...so if you hope to do anything any time soon you better start hoping for this year. I guarantee you bi*ching and moaning is not going to help your team. Give it a rest and just say your team played a good game because that's what happened.