Bruins Get A Much Needed Win
by Nestor on Feb 26, 2009 9:43 PM PST
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PrintIt wasn't pretty but we will take it.
Bruins pull out a much needed road victory against Stanford escaping from Maples with a with a 76-71 win. (Boxscore)
Once again the Bruins came out flat looking slow and lethargic against an inspired Stanford Cardinal which came in and hit their first 7 shots (guess in last few days number of teams have looked "inspired" against the current Bruin defense). Once we fell behind by 14, the team woke up, tighten up on defense and thanks to JS's first half outburst got back in the game finishing the half within half point.
Bruins got the lead against Stanford in second half and held on even though it was a back and forth game for most of the second game. Bruins had number of chances to put the game away but one defensive breakdowns after another and offensive indecisiveness kept the game close.
As mentioned up top, JS got us back in the game and this guy was pretty key down the stretch:
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Paul Sakuma
PAA made number of clutch shots including 4 huge FTs in the last mins to close the game out. He finished the night with 16 points. JS led the team with 24.
Again it wasn't pretty and there are number of issues that are still lingering from previous games. We still look sloppy on defense, indecisive on offense and often times getting beat on hustle points on the road. Still for now we will take this win and hopefully can use some of this momentum to put up a fight on Saturday night.
That's all I have for now, I will let rest of you thread the night away.
GO BRUINS.
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We should have a McLeaner
for the last person to get a comment in on a thread before it closes. I tried to write something and it was closed out, so 66 gets the first McLeaner. heheee…
Wow
dumb foul by Cal. $c down 5, Boykin fouls out and $c get a 3 point play. 2 point game with 16 secs and Gulierrez is going to the line (62% FT shooter)
I'm going to avoid the game thread from now on
I decided to stay away from it tonight and we got the W.
I have some more extensive thoughts on the game tomorrow, but my immediate thoughts are “LET’S GO!” We may not win the conference, but play well, win out and take some momentum into the Pac 10 and NCAA tournaments.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Feb 26, 2009 9:53 PM PST reply actions
Thanks
but I’ll stick with my irrational superstitions :-)
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Feb 26, 2009 9:57 PM PST up reply actions
I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks that way
I came home and the beating started. I was just about to go nuts in the thread and we started playing better. Figured I’d better not jinx it.
Sounds like me and attending postseason games
Between pro baseball (Oakland A’s), UCLA basketball and football, my team has lost every postseason game that I have attended. In the A’s case, they either lost, or went on to lose that series.
I did the same
I really thought those losses were my fault.
Hacket makes a 3
79/78 cal has possession and the lead
Once again
Our defense was slow at the start, and we dug ourselves into a deep hole that we nearly couldnt pull ourselves out of. And we gave up over 50% from the field again.
That said, our defense was great for 20 minutes and we gave our freshmen much needed experience this game.
Now I hope Cal and SUC play 20 OT’s so they’re nice and tired Saturday
Hackett
airball! game over Cal wins 81-78, Wonder who he will shove this time? Anyone else hear these announcers? They are terrible
We want ASU
to beat UW.
and WSU to beat ASU on Saturday
and for us to win our remaining games, we’ll at least share the conference title
by UCLA Championships Made Here on Feb 26, 2009 9:59 PM PST up reply actions
Weekend games
The Bruins are so much better in the first game of the weekend (Thurs.) 40-7 than the second game on Saturday 25-22.
CBH needs the extra time to plan and prepare.
by UCLA Championships Made Here on Feb 26, 2009 9:57 PM PST reply actions
Who does everyone want to win?
Washington only has three games left so if they win tonight, we need them to lose their last two. On the other hand, ASU has the tiebreaker over us.. I’m thinking a ASU would be best for us, but I’ve been going back and forth on it all night.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Feb 26, 2009 10:00 PM PST reply actions
ME TOO!
I dont know. Tie game again at 61. Somehow I feel ASU is better for us, but maybe not. Just went OT!
not a hard schedule
we need them to lose now
sjh
by Class of 66 on Feb 26, 2009 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
We want ASU to beat UW
because UW has easy home games the rest of the way.
ASU needs to play WSU on Saturday, and hope Wazzu beats them.
by UCLA Championships Made Here on Feb 26, 2009 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
Tiebreaker
If two teams end up atop the Pac-10 but one has swept the other, is the title given to the sweeping team? Or is the title split and tiebreaker applied to Pac-10 tournament seeding?
I thought it was the former case, but that would mean we would need ASU to lose two of its last four games and Washington to lose one of its last three. So wasn’t it better that Washington won this one? Or am I missing something?
by gradstudentbruin on Feb 26, 2009 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
wow a great day of Pac-10 bball
We win, SC loses, and games in OT
Hopefully both teams get tired
and that hurts them in their next game.
Lakers blowing out the suns
by UCLA Championships Made Here on Feb 26, 2009 10:06 PM PST reply actions
Harden fouls out
LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT.
Hope Brockman is the next to foul out.
Santa Clara's student section acting up.
Two Technical fouls assessed after students threw crap onto the court, one of which occurred after Coach Keating grabbed a courtside mic and told the crowd to watch themselves.
In a 2 possession game, those T’s would seem to have an impact.
hopefully wash is tired from ot and early game on saturday
and arizona is pumped up cause they need wins to get to the tournament
I wanted to get some feedback from the bruinnation
Does this team deserve a pac-10 championship? I understand why we want them to win the pac-10 championship (trust me…I am all for the bruins dominating the pac-10 year after year). I don’t know if I feel they deserve it this year. Their play has been inconsistent and our D has been non existent. We were swept by asu, lost to washington on the road, lost to AZ on the road, lost to WSU at home, and struggled tonight against furd. I doubt that we can beat cal the way we played tonight. What does the nation think?
If they win it then they deserve it
If they don’t win it then they don’t deserve it. I think it’s as simple as that.
We're home from the game
Voices a little hoarse, plenty of Bruins around us, and the nonstop screaming once Alfred hit those clutch free throws, although you could hear the angst when he missed the dunk.
YAY BRUINS!
New to Bruin Nation
I’m a recent Bruins Nation Convert (Just starting reading it obsessively this season). I love the spirit from everyone on this blog, and all the posts are very well thought out and respectable. Everyone here shows a lot of pride as well as class, so thanks for making this a safe haven for all bruin fans. Trust me when I say that I completely believe in taking one game at a time, and I’m sure that Howland is instilling that mindset into our players as we speak. However, I was curious to know if there were any tiebreak rules for the Pac 10 regular season? If we pull off a tie with either UW or ASU or both, wouldn’t the tiebreak go to UW (they swept ASU and get us in point differential)? Either way, I’m really proud of our guys this season. Despite what everyone was saying preseason, I think that we can all agree that the Pac 10 is not as down as people think we are, and our conference will surprise some people come Tournament time. That said, whoever ends up winning the season championship (finger’s crossed) will absolutely deserve it. We’ve had some tough to swallow losses, but I love the fight in our guys, and I think that we absolutely deserve a Pac 10 championship if we can take it. All four teams at the top deserve it, and it’s going to be a dog fight until the very end.
Congrats Bruins on the win tonight! Get after the Bears and show the Nation what it means to be a Bruin!
If Cal beats ASU
They would end up tied, so UW wouldn’t have the tiebreak over us.
by SuperBruinMan on Feb 26, 2009 11:21 PM PST up reply actions
point differential doesn't matter then?
I heard somewhere that if the series is split, then it would go to whoever won by the most points. If that was the case, then it would go to UW, because of their last second three pointer at the buzzer in Pauley. I’d love it if that weren’t correct. I just wanted to clarify.
Josh Shipp was the player of the game
Most points at 24 (4/5 3FG, 9/12 FG) (Aboya was next highest at 16)
Most rebounds at 7 (Malcolm Lee was next highest at 5)
Most steals at 2 (Dragovic and Holiday had 1 each)
Tied for most assists at 4 (Collison also had 4)
Tied for highest FG% at 75% on 9/12 shooting (Gordon was 3/4 FG)
Second highest 3FG% at 80% on 4/5 shooting (Holiday had 2/2)
Hey freesia
Were you in sec 14? I just got home from the game and my section was rockin! We were doing 8 claps, defense chants, everything! There was a bunch of bruin ladies in front of us! Was that you?!
Nope, we were in section 7
Next to last row, behind the basket. Those were the only tickets we could get.
We were pretty loud up there, screaming DEFENSE, UC clap clap LA clap clap, and so on. When Alfred made his free throws, we moved onto Alfred Aboya clapclapclapclapclap.
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