Ben Ball Open Game Thread

by Nestor on Nov 9, 2006 4:20 PM PST in Basketball

Well here we go. Here is to Kevin Love and Chase Stanback who sent in their LOI to play for the best coach in America yesterday.

Judging by Love's last visit at Pauley this is going to be ... uhm ... a natural fit:

Love in the Den/Photo Credit: Jack Rosenfeld

Good times.

Oh and I will say it again. While people are dreading over going to a regular season game watching Karl "the Thinker" Dorrell's underachieving football program, the Bruins Nation gets excited about freaking exhibition game. For those Dorrell apologists gushing about a bureaucratic bootlicker at the expense of best college basketball coach in America that should serve as our SCOREBOARD.

Anyways if you are looking to follow the game online (tip off 7:30 pm PST) you can do so by clicking here.

This is our first hoops game day open thread for 2006-07.

Well have at it boys and girls.

Thank you God for Ben Howland.

GO BRUINS.

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Great Pic

Too bad you weren't able to photoshop Singler out of it! Basketball is here at last!

by charnaw on Nov 9, 2006 4:25 PM PST reply actions

I hold no grudges

toward Singler, considering he wasn't even seriously looking our way until Love made his big push to get him here.

I've got a massive lab report to do tonight...but I think I can spare a couple of hours to support our basketball team and distract myself from the Thinker.

by Tydides on Nov 9, 2006 5:07 PM PST reply actions

On call

for my 9am class tomorrow, but I think I can listen while I read and brief.

by bruinhoo on Nov 9, 2006 6:36 PM PST reply actions

Half time numbers

UCLA 41, CSUH 27

AA 16 at half, 3/3 three pointers

JS 10

Roll 6

RW 4

James Keefe injured neck at practice, not expected to play.

6-7K at Pauley

Coach Wooden in the House.

by Ajax on Nov 9, 2006 8:40 PM PST reply actions

Keep it coming...

...the updates, I mean.

by Westwood Wizard on Nov 9, 2006 9:00 PM PST reply actions

63-44 Bruins

Westbrook picked up a quick 9 early in the second half with a 3.

I think AA has 20 now

by Ajax on Nov 9, 2006 9:03 PM PST reply actions

80-53 Bruins

AA2 just took a charge.

JS just sat with 21.

4 minutes to go.

Den is in rare form.

by Ajax on Nov 9, 2006 9:18 PM PST reply actions

Bruins win--87-61

Bruins shot 53% from the field and 53% from 3.

JS: 21 points, 3/3 from 3 and 7/8 from the field

AA: 18 points, 3/3 from 3

Russell Westbrook (aka RW2): 11

RW: 9 (We need more of this!)

Mike Roll: 10, 3/4 from 3

AA2: 7

LRMAM and DC: 5 each

Dragovic: 1

by Ajax on Nov 9, 2006 9:35 PM PST reply actions

my thoughts from watching live

Josh Shipp is a beast. I've thought ever since his freshman year that he was the most underrated player on our team, and that he was better than Aaron Afflalo that year. Russell Westbrook is indeed a happy surprise for the team, he's playing with poise. I'm waiting for LRMAM to explode -- he hasn't really shown that he's made a significant improvement from last year. Ryan Wright made an impressive showing. I dont know what to think of him quite yet.

Dragovic. Dude needs to take some shots. And when he takes those shots, he needs to make them go in. He looks clumsy on the floor and I've seen no sign of his supposed offensive prowess. There were also a number of defensive plays where he would get a hand on the ball, but be too slow/clumsy to take it away. Speaking of defense, our players were kind of scrambling to get to HSU perimeter shooters. Aaron Afflalo got burned from the outside a couple times. All in all, I'm pretty satisfied by our team's performance, we were raining three's at will. I thought for sure we were in the 60%+ range, but 53% is damn good too.

We need these guys to come back next year and play with Kevin Love.

by ranelar on Nov 9, 2006 10:11 PM PST reply actions