Center Court: Ben Ball (Southern Illinois) Open Thread
by Nestor on Nov 21, 2008 1:45 PM PST
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PrintUCLA Bruins at Southern Illinois Salukis, Nov 21, 2008 2:00 PM PST
Let me echo godblesstyus95 (emphasis added):
Let’s remember that they [our Ben Ball warriors] are still amateurs learning this game and developing both physically and mentally. Let’s also remember that a couple of players decided to return this year for a last shot at a championship… how ’bout a little more love for those playing for the 4 letters, and a little less for those playing for the 3 (NBA)?
I am with him and with DC, JS, JK, AA2, JH and all of our boys:
Photo Credit: Nick Laham/Getty Images (via Yahoo!)
Last night in someway might have been a necessary lesson which will give everyone a jarring sense of reality. But that doesn’t mean we get to mope around. Bruins are back in action this afternoon against
The tipoff is scheduled for 2:00 pm PST. It will be on ESPN2. You can also track it on our official site.
I do know that Coach Howland had our guys practicing early this am to get ready for the Salukis. He went right back to work to get our guys ready not just for this afternoon but for the long run. We will be with him and our warriors every step of the way.
So let’s buckle up and get started.
Fire away.
GO BRUINS.
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Where is all that experience they keep talking about?
We start 1 freshman, I guy who didn’t play much last year, and AA2 who may have played about 1/3 of a game.
Behind them, freshmen, and Drago and Roll. Not a lot of experience.
What am I missing here?
sjh
I'm liking AA2 so far
one easy bucket off a great pass by Jrue, then drew the foul on that last play. Nice to see some early offense from our big men.
slow down, look up
Took some good charges last night
playing steady, not too many fouls so far this year. Weak from the line and got beat on the back door last night.
But, he is so solid.
sjh
May I recommend Slingbox for all those at work?
I came home, but could’ve watched on my computer.
sjh
You need a new job.
you can’t work for a place that puts a firewall between you and your bruins. Do you need us to give you updates more often?
Aboya makes his FT’s
sjh
ESPN 360
Anyone know how to work ESPN360? It says the game is on there.
your internet carrier has to allow access to it
then you just have to download a player and youre set
slow down, look up
by Point Guard 08 on Nov 21, 2008 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
dukee v
By the way, did anyone read the review on his new book? It’s a giant middle finger to the entire west coast
Victory or until next year!
keefe has been amazing on the offensive glass this year
and he actually got the putback this time! nice.
slow down, look up
dragovic in for keefe... five on the floor is DC, Roll, Gordon, Drago, shipp
plus, Collison with a NBA range 3!
he's a great color man
question his coaching tactics all you like, but i love him as an announcer. he knows the game and doesn’t talk too much
by bucknellbruin on Nov 21, 2008 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
DC with a sweet NBA range 3.
Man he has such a nice stroke. I do wonder if we could run more sets to free up DC from range.
Did you see lavin last night?
He looked like a reject from dancing with the stars — spray painted orange
sjh
Thanks for all the updates
I was tempted to go lock myself in the car and listen to 570.
Finally tuned in to the game on ESPN,
so thanks to all for the comments thus far.
ucla is shooting a ridiculous 8/11 right now
darren and jrue with 5 each, aboya with 4, keefe/morgan/shipp 2 each
slow down, look up
The Team seems really fired up tonight.
Great focus on both ends of the floor. If they can keep up this intensity for 40 minutes, its gonna be a blow out.
yeah i agree
they just look really really focused
by bucknellbruin on Nov 21, 2008 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
nice jumper by drago
i love the confidence he seems to have over the past couple of games, after looking shaky against miami (oh). could be a great boost off the bench if he keeps it up.
slow down, look up
LoL, terrible terrible TO by Lee ( I think)
CBH seems…..upset :)
Ahhh, come on James.
Gotta keep it under control.
Aboya!!
I am very glad to see Aboya making that shot – he has been practicing it all off-season.
TV TO with 7:59 to go in the half
Focus has certainly come down a bit from the opening 10 minutes.
The stream
The stream is up at bruinvideos.com now.
Good ball movement
Finding the open man underneath in Aboya
Great hustle and D from Anderson
Good to see him work hard.
Did you see Aboya throw/hold up his hands (defensively)
I’m not a bball player, but it seems that he is really holding himself back defensively…
aboya with another great offensive board
but too quick to go up with the followup and misses
slow down, look up
Anyone else bothered that SIU has a Fey on their team?
I had erased that name from my UCLA memory…
slow down, look up
That's really all we should be watching for tonight.
Adjustments from yesterday’s game.
The foul shooting
is horrid. There’s no excuse for the Rolls and Dragovic’s of the world to be missing this many FTs.
my goodness
siu misses both ft’s, grabs the offensive board, and misses the putback
slow down, look up
nice pass inside to aboya
who draws a foul. i love how involved in the offense he is thus far
slow down, look up
second game in a row
we build a fairly big lead in the middle of the first half, and let it slip away. We’re not playing bad per se today. SIU is great from the 3 tonight, which is seemingly keeping them in the game.
slow down, look up
I would have liked to have seen
him shoot the ball to beat the buzzer. Maybe he didn’t see the clock in time.
Poor finish to the half
And some missed FTs. Should be up more than 2.
Frustrating when we can't play the last minutes of a half
we let them stay in the game.
We really need to comeout strong next half.
sjh
anybody know what the rebounding advantage was last night?
i remember us having a huge advantage in the first half ,but never saw the final numbers
slow down, look up
n/m we had a 32-21 adv
slow down, look up
by Point Guard 08 on Nov 21, 2008 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
I don't think that we are playing within
Howland’s system right now (sorry if that is completely obvious). I am very much looking forward to see us employ CH’s offensive and defensive systems.
Where's Collison?
Let me make it clear that I’m not suggesting any long term problems for DC or the team. However, he just doesn’t seem to be all there early in the season. He’s scoring, but that’s never what made him the best point guard in America. I’m used to him playing great defense, creating turnovers, not giving up many turnovers, and racking up the assists. So far this season, all he’s doing is scoring, even against easy opponents. Just interested to hear what everyone else thinks.
Last night
he had 6 assists, about his normal amount for his career. I think what’s hurting him now is the TOs. He had a couple of unforced TOs last night. A little more time in the game and that’ll clear out.
Victory or until next year!
i expect a better 2nd half... probably a tighter rotation in the 2nd half...
good experience for the freshmen, but the players will be able to get into a rhythm in the 2nd half… of course, it depends on who gets the minutes…
We are playing lots of guys and lots of combinations
Neither DC nor anyone else can get into a rhythm this way. But, we need to do it to get our guys experience and start building chemistry.
sjh
something's wrong with Shipp
he just looks out of it. Can’t make a shot and he looked like he didn’t even try on that defensive play. He looked like he didn’t even care. I don’t know if it’s a school thing or a girl thing or what, but something’s up with him
not getting the breaks this week
not giving excuses, but sometimes that just happens. THe SIU guy dribbled it off his knee, collison went for the steal, then it bounced right back to him and he got a layup.
Just go with it now and we’ll get those bounces come March
Are there any complaints about that one?
Where are all the nay-sayers?
48-43, 12:03 to go SI time out
thing is , there is gonna be a tv time out on the next dead ball.
bucknell is right, for two nights, both teams have been very lucky
busted plays and throws scoring.
sjh
Do we have any steals?
That used to be he fuel that drove us last year. Steals and fast breaks. Don’t see many lately. RW is missed.
sjh
off topic, but something to do during a comercial
an article from the Onion about the BCS…and a great dig on SC on the last line: http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/bcs_picture_made_clearer_by
Drew Gordon's hair rocks
Script UCLA etched into the side of his head. The last UCLA #0 with an interesting hairstyle turned out to be a pretty good player for us. An omen?
Nice pair of 3's by DC
I wish we ran more sets for him. He is SUCH a good shooter