San Jose game

[Charleston Pony]

talk about a MUST win. Our guys need a lopsided win tonight and to regain the confidence they had after beating TTech and Purdue, two programs that are looking pretty strong right now. I see we are 13 pt favorites. Let's hope we can beat that spread and then put a streak together to get back into this WAC race.

[LA_Mustang]

Predicted actual attendance: 800

[Pony_Fan]

I think I have finally reached my breakpoint - If people attended on Thursday, they will not want to see the same uninspired crap again.

Apparently Norm H. ripped Dement on the Ticket on Friday - he is the only local media person who even pays attention.

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[PG]

Norm didn't rip Dement at all. He merely said that Dement must be going crazy right now since he has a team capable of beating Tech and Purdue, then loses by 1 to Fresno and Hawaii and 3 to SD and App. St. He said we could very easily be 11-3 right now instead of 7-7.

[Charleston Pony]

just what the doctor ordered for this team...a nice comfortable win. Of course, if you bet this one and were giving those 13-1/2 pts, this was a nail biter right to the end! I love seeing Bhop hitting 50% from the floor and dishing out 6 assists against only one turnover. In fact, the whole team is to be congratulated on our best performance in years from that standpoint...15 assists against only 8 turnovers. I like Devon Pearson's contribution tonight with 4 pts, 4 boards and a blocked shot in his 17 minutes.

Granted, this was San Jose St and they only come around twice each season. Time to move on to Rice. We've fared pretty well against the Owls of late, but they will be intense after their loss at Tulsa today. Sure would be a good time to steal a game in Houston and get on a roll. I still say if we can find a way to go 5-4 in the 1st half of WAC play (with 5 road games), we will be in pretty good shape to make a run into the WAC Tourney. Winning 3 or the next 4 would be quite an accomplishment. We could easily lose 3 of our next 4 games.

Where has Justin Isham gone? We need him to pick it up for this year's team to be successful.

[ALEX LIFESON]

Let me say I am thrilled to have a win, but watching this team is painfull. I must not be the only one that thinks so, because there are thousands of empty seats disguised as fans.

[Sam I Am]

Hey, guys, A WIN IS A WIN! As hungry and critical as we have been aobut the way the team has played, what more could they have done int he SJSU game than they did. Now Rice will be a good test of our middle of the conference abilities.

[Charleston Pony]

Simpson, Castro and Isham have never lost to San Jose. Let's hope they can still say that when their careers are over at SMU. Meanwhile, those guys have never beaten Fresno. That needs to change this year when the Dogs come to Moody.

[Stallion]

don't you mean they have never lost to Rice? I thought we've laid a couple of turds in San Jose on the road. (I checked we've won the last 2 out in San Jose-said turds were 3 and 4 years ago.)

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[Charleston Pony]

you're right. Our Junior class hasn't lost to either Rice or San Jose. This would be a great year to continue that streak against the Owls.