Center Court: Ben Ball (Stanford) Open Thread

I can't say I am really nervous about the game.  I know we could lose, but don't really care if we do.  What is most important to me is that we get experience against a big team with shot blockers.  That will happen today, and it is a good thing for our team.  Win or lose, we gain experience, and experience and learning will get us back to the title game.

All that said, I expect to win--It's Ben Howland, how can I expect any different.

Go Bruins!

Two years later, when UCLA came back thanks to JaRon Rush (sad) and beat #1 Stanford at Maples, with that ass Billy Packer saying the game was over, I drove out to SFO to congratulate the team. This was when you could go thru security even if you weren't flying.  

I found a flight going to LA, and sure enough, Lavs and the boys eventually show up.  I introduced myself, mentioned our chocolate factory meeting two years ago, and asked if it was OK to thank the fellas.  Sure, he said. All I remeber was Moiso was kind enough to take off his headphones.  

Lavin could somehow coach those games, which made his coaching tenure so frustrating.

I was also going to school at Georgetown when UCLA came in and stopped its losing streak, meeting Ray Young on the street, and getting to mock GU students in their own student section.  The life of a traveling alumnus, sorry about the long post,  but the memories . . . and its late on Sun night.   Go Bruins!

Come on Bruins -- win this one for Dad!!!

He taught at the sc music school for more than 30 years -- but has always been a Bruin fan -- much to the befuddlement of my brother who is a Stanford grad.

Fuck.

And also pissing me off ... are the guys who came in during the game thread at the half and declared this game all but over.

fuck

D up Bruins. Comeon.

Fuck.

You need some god damn lasik surgery.

Actually don't ever post here during a game thread.

and how crappy they are.
is it juust not crappy enough that there's nothing solid to write about or is it crappy enough to be writing about? somebody needs to get on this crappy ref crap.

We had to play in deep foul trouble all game long.

Many were BS.

The refs converted our tough D into a liability.

We also had great shots that just didn't go down. We could have won at the end -- if we had gotten any good bounces. They got them tonight. We didn't. Shit.

All combined for a loss.

There is nothing good about losing. Nothing.

But, it is one game in a season.