what will all the morons have to say tonight.

Beautiful game.

GO BRUINS.

I can’t decide who I want to win this game. Washington has the better record, but we get them at home next time and have to travel to Tempe.

unranked Kansas State beat Texas in Austen. Given our lack of “marquee” wins (so says SI) it would be nice if they and Michigan (who also lost today) finished well

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep trying to play up tempo and defend us man to man; and PLEASE keep criticizing our offense; we’re just a hapless bunch that was just plain lucky we didn’t get run out of our own building today…

Thank you 83 — and just what is that red cake you make?

Just finished watching the DVR. Jen and her Wintergaurd had a performance in College station so I went there to photograph it. Snuck a peek at the thread from my iPhone and then watched the game when I got home — reading the game thread as I watched.

It amazes me that people who should know better know so little about this team. The lizard kept talking about all of the experience on this team. Actually, as we know, it is a very inexperienced team. We start 3 players who have not played much in their UCLA careers. We lost 3 underclassmen who are either starting in the NBA or playing key roles on their teams.

We aren’t playing well because we are “experienced”. We are playing well because we have a coach with a system and proven record of developing talent to play within that system.

Like the morons, the lizard just doesn’t get why we are so strong and why we win. If they would read along here they’d know about our offensive efficiency rating. And, they’d know that when we play our lock down D, we really are unbeatable — because our D keys our O. I can understand the lizard overlooking this — after all, he really couldn’t tell the difference between when we were being manned or zoned.

And, I cannot tell you how tired I am of hearing how intolerant we are of not winning championships.

We are so far from that. We are realistic and part of that realism is that we know when our coaches suck, are not developing our talent and are throwing away our future; when that happens, we are intolerant.

Yes, I know, I should have turned the lizard off — it grates at me that he is the “expert” commentator. But, in a way it is funny to see the lengths he will go to aggrandize his terrible term in Westwood. I agree with the posters — when they rolled out the 12 year thing, and showed all the pictures of him with Harrick and tried to create the impression that he was an integral part of the banner year — I just laughed because it was so pathetic.

I truly hope that when Kent loses his job, and he will this year, they hire Lavin so that we can pay him back for what he did to us and continues to do to us with his self serving commentary. But, of course Ore won’t hire him — he’s not fooling anyone.

Great job in the thread brothers and sisters.

The wife and I were at the game today. I turned her into an honorary Bruin because she graduated from a different school without much of a sports tradition, and it was her first time seeing a game in Pauley.

1. DC and Aboya played lights out. These guys are leaders. They may not be highly vocal leaders in the traditional sense—but their energy and effort are obvious. It was a pleasure watching them both.

2. My guess is that Lee is going to be something special. He’s got the confidence and unbelievable quickness.

3. Gordon is looking great, too.

4. Alas, as many others have noted, the crowd is so, so quiet. I guess that will never change. And, while I love the Den, the blitzkrieg 8-clap and the speeded up chants which die out in 10 seconds or less just don’t cut it. It just doesn’t work and with a little improvement, the chants and cheers could be so much better. On the positive side, at least the students can be noisy—the rest of the crowd appears to be half-asleep. For shame. If you are going to sleep in your seats, watch the game at home and let someone who wants to cheer take your place.

5. We could easily have scored 120 points. But remember—Howland-coached teams are incapable of playing offense. Will the “Howland doesn’t know offense” bashers please step forward to take their medicine?

6. When our defense is on, it is freaking on. Our offense and rebounding can be a little iffy at times, but when we play D like we did on numerous possessions, it is suffocating and beautiful.

7. The SPTR phenomenon is real. It is not a myth. While the officiating did not matter in blowout of this magnitude, there were a few calls which had everyone in the stands scratching their heads. Overall, the officiating was not horrendous today. But it was not great, either.

8. I know it’s easy for the players to have fun when you blow out a pretty decent squad by 30, but it was obvious: This team had a great time today. It was fun for me to watch them enjoying themselves.