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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: Sustaining Momentum
Timmeh and his Trojies are coming into Pauley tonight. Unlike previous years we haven't had to deal with lot of the nonsense of "gap closing" between these two programs. Yet we have had to hear how the Trojies might be the "hottest" team in the conference. Following their last meeting in Pauley...
Did The Officials T Up Aboya For His "African Accent"?
The LA Times has this report on AA2 getting his first techincal of his entire freaking career (emphasis added) The Bruins were leading by three points and had stopped Washington on defense. But then Aboya leaned over fallen Huskies guard Venoy Overton. "I told him to stop flopping because he...
More Thoughts From The Oregon Trail
Let’s build on 66’s game notes from yesterday afternoon’s victory, which following the entire first weekend of Pac-10 action is looking even better. Bruins pulled out a huge win thanks to steady and clutch leadership from their nucleus of seniors. They came through in a tough...
More Micro/Macro End Of Season Thoughts
So BlueReign and silverlakebruin have already put up two excellent posts re. big pictures thoughts on the current state of our program and the need for culture change beyond the field. Let me try to add some more micro/macro perspectives after the last game of the season. Let’s starts with...
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