Jan. 17th-18th Games

[COUTEAU]

well done drake

[ACECARD]

well done drake

Just goes to show that if are not ready to play, and take your opponent lightly, you are going to lose on the road in the MVC.

[unifight789]

I think it says more about drake. They've played well their last two games and finally got a win today. Even though it ended in a rout I was impressed by some of the young players they had in the first half of the UNI game. I still have either isub or loyola finishing 3rd.

[TheAsianSensation]

isu 46
BU 31
Half

BU got into bigtime foul trouble early, and with depth/flu being a problem to begin with, BU went zone for about 12 minutes.

Illinois St responded by hitting approximately 743 3-pointers in the half. They can't miss.

[COUTEAU]

Unusual throw backs, with the Globetrotter shorts.
Think I like 'em.

[Championz]

Unusual throw backs, with the Globetrotter shorts.
Think I like 'em.

It's too bad their record really doesn't scream "Globetrotters".

[isumvc1]

Drake shot lights out today and won. Not too surprising to Sycamore fans as we rarely win at Drake (3-8 in last 11 games at Drake). But this was a game we had no business losing. Defense was just awful, gave up way too many 3's, so kudos to Drake for the big win today. We have as much luck at Drake as Illinois State has at Indiana State. Simply can not win in Des Moines, no matter how bad either team may be.

[isumvc1]

Birds all over Bradley, easy win for ILS

[UE-grad]

Definition of insanity - going to the ACES game against a better opponent and hoping Marty does something different.

I was embarrassed to drive 4 hours round trip to see the same thing again.
The team in white was not prepared to play. The game plan was the same as always, dribble round and hit DJ trying to curl in the lane. Have poor spacing so the decision to double is naturally made and there are no lanes to the basket.

Play man on D, with piss poor match-ups. Why wasn't Brzoja or Benzon on Baker? Instead it was Blake (slow) and Gibson/Brown (too small).

Play zone 3-2 to guard against the drive and 3, Mock could handle the boards.

The table was set-up nicely early in the game, FVV picked up 2 quick fouls, Baker picked one up early, yet there was no effort to try and get his second.

Was Boo Gibson hurt (I remember him twisting an ankle/knee late in the 1st) or was it another dose of playing well in the first half gets you pine time in the second?

**** edit, i just looked at the stats, Boo started the 2nd half and played 3:00 before sitting the rest of the game.

This team has the talent to be a solid 3rd place/fight for 2nd, but Thursday here we come.

queue 6th ace and his troll comments. I know they are coming.

[Aargh]

Way to go, Bulldogs. I had picked Drake over InSU as the upset of the week. Made me look like a genius.