Go Dawgs; Why Kansas WHY?!
March 21st, 2010 by nwsportsguy
Happy 26th birthday to Stuart Faris, fellow roommate, fraternity brother and Husky alumni. The Dawgs felt like giving him a present yesterday, gift wrapping an 18 point ass whooping over New Mexico. They even got to light the human victory cigar, Brendan Sherrer.
It must be nice to be Sherrer – think about it. He will go his entire UW career without playing in a game that they lose. It’s quite impressive.
Though close early, the Huskies’ pace was simply too much for Los Lobos to keep up with. They dominated in every category, as evidenced below:
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The key here is depth. We kept up the pace and ran los lobos ragged, even with our bench players. Most notably, the play of Elston Turner has been clutch in the past two games. He’s stepped up and given us a boost off the bench when we really need it, keeping the intensity in the game.
Here are a few other thoughts:
- If we play like this consistently, we can beat any team in the nation. It’s a tall order, but it’s possible. Just sayin’.
- The game also demonstrates how badly the NCAA messed up the seedings for this tournament. An 11 seed beating a 3 by 18?! Give me a break. UW is obviously better and New Mexico is worse.
- Similarly, it shows how underrated the Pac 10 Conference is. Both Cal and UW have had dominating performances over their opponents, despite. Where’s the love?
- Abdul Gaddy is technically a starter, which is a joke. Romar obviously guaranteed him a starting position when he committted to UW, but the true 5th man should be either Overton, Turner or Suggs. He’s got talent, but he’s not a starting caliber player, as evidenced by his minutes.
In other news, Kansas absolutely screwed my bracket with their lost to 9 seed N. Iowa. Though I liked to see the corn fed white boys take down the Kansas power house (the spirit of March Madness), I did have them winning it all. Luckily, so did just about everyone else.
Tags: Gaddy, Huskies Basketball, IT, March Madness, MBA, Pondexter, Romar, UW
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March 21st, 2010 at 2:43 pm
The Mid-West Bracket is wide open now that Kansas and Georgetown are knocked out. Many would think the Buckeyes can now coast through the Mid-West and onto the final four but they’ll have to get past Tennessee first, who has already beaten Kansas and Kentucky this year. Clearly Northern Iowa is not a team to take lightly even if they don’t move on, watch out. Any team can win on any given day.
Don’t know who go take? Check out these in depth predictions for every NCAA sweet sixteen game @ http://www.lionsdenu.com/march-madness-2010-sweet-16-midwest-bracket-uni-vs-msu-tenn-vs-osu/
Who do you got moving onto the Final Four from the Mid-west? I got Ohio State, and not because I am running with the favourite, but due to the fact that Evan Turner has three other players in Diebler, Buford and Lauderdale.
March 21st, 2010 at 3:53 pm
I like your post, but I disagree with this part of your last thought:
>>> Abdul Gaddy is technically a starter, which is a joke. Romar obviously guaranteed him a starting position when he committted to UW.
There is no way that Romar would do that. He just isn’t that kind of coach. Romar tried different line-ups (including starting Overton) but this one just works better. Overton is a good defender against a strong player, but he is a great defender against a weak one. Gaddy is there to soften up the other team until Overton can go in for the kill. If Gaddy gives you five, or better yet, 10 good minutes, then Overton can come off fresh and take advantage of the tired defender (or weaker bench player). In that sense, you are right. Overton deverves “credit” for being a starter (he is a much more valuable player).
Oh, and Gaddy is taller, which makes it a bit harder for teams to back down our guards (most don’t have two tall ones). So if a team decides to take advantage of our two short guards (Overton and Thomas) they have to wait a while (which complicates things considerably).