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Defensive Thoughts
About two weeks ago we talked about the simple principles of Ben Ball: defense and rebounding. I will get to the last minute call against DC below but I think we all need to acknowledge up front that we did not play up to our usual standard last night Tempe. We also have to credit Arizona State for...
Dealing With The Ebb & Flow: Bruins Lose A Tough Game
Hopefully we will never have to hear from all UCLA haters and whiners about how Bruins get all the call (like we had to deal with last year) after tonight. As expected Bruins had a battle in their hands when they took on the Sun Devils tonight at ASU. ASU threw everything they had and got a little...
Ben Ball Game Day Roundup: Ready For A Road Battle
Everyone around here on BN has been feeling pretty good about basketball during last two weeks as the Ben Ball warriors have put together a dominating stretch we haven't experienced since their run through the Pac-10 tournament in 2006. I have said all week as excited as we have all been during...
Ben Ball Roundup: Focusing On Sun Devils
bruinponcho already fanshotted the news but in case you missed it Ben Ball warriors will have to deal with some nagging injuries heading into what will be the toughest road trip of the season (at least to date). DG and ML are little banged up while ND and DC are dealing with flu. From the reports...
Staying Even Keeled Through Our (Ben Ball) Excitement
Ben Ball warriors now have the attention of the nation. We no longer have to deal with the idiotic bubble talk we had to suffer through just few weeks. Instead UCLA has now rocketed up to no.6 in WWL/USA Today Coach's poll and up to no. 11 in the AP one. BTW I wonder why we are ranked so high in...
A Taste Of Our Medicine ... Sort Of
Now we know what it feels like to be on the other team when we get shut down down the stretch. Well instead of shutting down other team with our man to man defense, it was our guys who were befuddled, throttled and completely shut down with ASU's zone defense in crunch time today. There is not...
Ben Ball Gameday Roundup: Playing Smart
While lot of us have been basking from the afterglow of tremendous effort against the mediocre Stadard, Ben Ball warriors don't have a lot of time to get complacent. They get to come back in action later this afternoon against possibly their toughest challenge in the Pac-10. ASU comes into Pauley...
Arizona State Followups
I don't want to dwell on last night's loss too much. Predictably there is a lot meltdown going on over at message boards where posters still can't deal with the dose of reality of a team playing with a third string quarterback behind a decimated and patchwork offensive line. The 4-7 record at this...
Time To Put This Night Behind Us ...
There is not much to say about tonight's heartbreaker. It's a game we have seen number of times through out this season. Our defense played their hearts out. They controlled the LOS and dominated the Sun Devils. They along with the special teams did everything they could to put our team in a...
PB Unleashed: Arizona State Second Half Thread
Bruins are hanging in on the road down by a score of 6-14. The defense has been DOMINATING. At the end of first half, Bruin defense has held to 61 total yards and 0 rushing yards. They simply have been outstanding with strong pressure up front, stuffing the run game and disrupting Carpenter. The...
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