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Center Court: Ben Ball (VCU) Madness Pre-GameThread
The afternoon round of games are over which means it's time to get started with the pre game thread taking in the first games in the evening session. Hope by now everyone has been able to erase all the negative vibes coming at our our team from all direction coast-to-cast. And to make that a...
Center Court: Ben Ball (VCU) Madness Pre-Game Early Thread
Well the Madness gets started in a matter of mins. We thought it would be a good idea to start it off with this: UCLA Where Amazing Happens (via 805Bruin) BTW in case you missed it our official site posted the entire Q&A featuring Coach Howland and DC &JS from yesterday's...
Ben Ball Gameday Roundup: Playing Our Game
The negativity from the outside world has pretty much reached a crescendo in last 48 hrs. And it sounds like the reporters and writers from Southern California are just chomping at the opportunity to pounce on the UCLA basketball program in Philadelphia. Coaches and our players can sense...
Must See TV: Ben Ball Warriors In March Madness
We have just about 24 hours left till the UCLA tips off against VCU and what feels like rest of the nation. There are not going to be that many people rooting for JS, DC, PAA and rest of our Ben Ball warriors except for those who bleed blue and gold: Photo Credit: telemachus We know there will be...
Ben Ball Roundup: Role of Emotion/Focus/Experience In March "Madness"
Let me share a story from few years ago. I just finished law school and was getting ready to start the dreaded Bar Bri courses to prep for the Bar exam. I will never forget what I heard from the Bar Bri instructor in our very first day of the class. I remember guy telling us the how getting ready...
4-Shadowing: Pre-Tournament Analysis
Back in October, I posted a way-too-early, "On the Horizon" view of what I thought a problem area for us might be, focusing mainly on our ability to cover the perimeter. (We've already discussed our recent concerns over our ability to consistently cover and rotate out to shooters, ever since...
Ben Ball Roundup: Preparations
Right now the traditional media in LA can't seem to get enough of Eric Maynor. David Wharton from the LAT profiles Maynor, who opposing coaches refer to as a "magician": Last-second heroics aside, the senior point guard has matured into a player who can do more than just hit the clutch shot. He...
Proving Doubters Wrong ...
It's not just Seth Davis who is dismissing Ben Howland's Bruins: Over at Sportsline.com only 1 of our their 4 "experts" is picking UCLA to go beyond the second round. Otherwise everyone else thinks Bruins will be done by this weekend if not Thursday night. Luke Winn from SI.com is "not buying"...
Ben Ball Roundup: Focusing On Thursday Night
Sounds like we all own Seth Davis some thank you notes this week for helping set the mindset of UCLA basketball team. From Dan Webber in the Press Enterprise (emphasis added throughout): Adding insult to injury, of all 65 NCAA teams named Sunday, UCLA was singled out as CBS college basketball...
Off to Philadelphia: Hello Virginia Commonwealth
So the Bruins will have to pack their bags for Philadelphia to meet the Rams from Virginia Commonwealth Rams, champions of the Colonial Athletic Conference (they crushed George Mason in their conference finals): Photo Credit: AP Photo/Scott k. Brown Our first round opponent in 2009 March...
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