OPEN GAME THREAD: WSU vs. San Diego
by Craig Powers on Nov 28, 2009 7:30 PM PST
in WSU Cougar Basketball
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San Diego Toreros at Washington St. Cougars, Nov 28, 2009 8:00 PM PST
The battle for the Great Alaskan Shootout Championship! Remember when this entire tournament used to be on ESPN and the video quality was better than an NES game?
The Starters:
WSU:
Klay Thompson
Reggie Moore
Abe Ludwig
DeAngelo Castro
Marcus Capers
San Diego:
Roberto Mafra
Brandon Johnson
Devin Ginty
De'Jon Jackson
This is the first real test of the season for the Cougs. San Diego is probably the better team, having knocked off several big names so far this season. Brandon Johnson is excellent at point guard. He is a game-changer and they type of guy that take over and carry his team to victory.
The Toreros are very small. The starting guards are all under 6'2", and the frontcourt guys are a slim 6'7" and 6'9". The size is a very good matchup for the Cougs. Klay Thompson and Marcus Capers need to use that advantage to get to the free throw line.
San Diego has been very good defensively. They rank 21st in the nation for adjusted defensive efficiency. The Cougs are 27th in the nation in offensive efficiency. Something has to give! My guess is that the Cougs perform a little bit better than some of San Diego's other opponents because of their ability to draw fouls and earn free throws. The problem is they will give up that advantage on the other end of the court when they are guarding.
This will be a battle and potentially could be a very close game. If Wazzu is able to emerge victorious, they will have a very solid bullet point for the resume.
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If anyone else is around....end of Stanford/ND
Stanford can’t cover downfield, but taking the PI’s is not a bad move.
I think they have weaknesses that can be exploited
They are only a few years from being really bad. BUT WOW WHAT A CATCH
Is anyone listening to the radio?
There was some (drunk?) Husky that called in and said that WSU should drop all their athletics and focus in on Agricultural issues. He said ‘there really should be only one college sports team in the state of Washington.’ Wow!
Husky arrogance knows no bounds.
But not all of them are that bad/stupid. Just the drunk ones.
Cougar Baketball
the cure to Cougar football
On a side note, ND just let Stanford score
It was straight out of a video game. Less then a minute left, let Stanford score a touchdown from the 6 to get the ball back with a chance to tie. Interesting, can’t imagine it will work.
Klay gets the mismatch and takes advantage
Big difference from last year.
I think the mispronunciations are pretty clearly an anti-WSU conspiracy
Funded by a cabal of UW supporters
Is Houston acting like a forward version of Overton?
That is what Nameck seems to be implying on the radio
I love the radio announced
I listened to this guy all last year with FSN on mute
by Couginthepink on Nov 28, 2009 8:28 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I'm not in Seattle
And when I went to their website to stream, it gave me some talk show. I found it on 104.3 (yuck) locally though.
I'm in Pullman and I'm listening to 104.3, too.
I just assumed you were in Seattle and that the 1090 tip was helpful
Oh, is it Jim, as in THE Jim?
Evan from KZUU here.
Yep, It's The Jim. (Sorry, I was taking care of the kid and away from the computer)
You’re listening to KZUU 90.7, a broadcast service of the ASWSU
my DVR is behind about 3 minutes so that is prob. wrong
by spencer peaty on Nov 28, 2009 8:32 PM PST up reply actions
Yes we are playing great early
I had to watch the ending of the Stanford- ND game, thats why I am behind
by spencer peaty on Nov 28, 2009 8:34 PM PST up reply actions
Goodbye Charlie
What a great way to see him go down in flames
by Couginthepink on Nov 28, 2009 8:38 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Thank God
But it is still sad that they will eat 2 mill per year untill 2015 and we could not even think about eating 700K for 3 years
by spencer peaty on Nov 28, 2009 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
by the way,
a serbian V is a US “R”, supposedly
by spencer peaty on Nov 28, 2009 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
We still need to cut down on turnovers.
But our rebounding has been better in this game.
We need to settle down.
Letting this get close before half. Where is our earlier intensity?
Big three by Moore.
Making that kind of shot late in a shot clock is a valuable thing for the team. Take pressure off Klay.
Bothel scored but failed 2 pt conversion
21-19 now.
It will be great if Halliday can win a state title on his way to Pullman.
When talking about the NCAA tournament....
saying a team won the great alaska shootout is helpfull… even if we did not beat Oklahoma…
What about
being able to say we beat a team that beat Oklahoma, will that help?
by crimson coug on Nov 28, 2009 8:55 PM PST up reply actions
who would have thought OK would have lost both games early?
by spencer peaty on Nov 28, 2009 8:58 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know if that is more crazy,
or the fact that UCLA lost by almost 30 to Portland
by spencer peaty on Nov 28, 2009 8:59 PM PST up reply actions
WCC is doing good this year
They have a few wins over quality teams
by crimson coug on Nov 28, 2009 9:02 PM PST up reply actions
Don't get ahead of yourself.
We haven’t won it yet. But yes, saying that a team won the shootout with a field that included Oklahoma sounds good.
Klay for another 3.
Klay is simply better then everyone else.
Off the screen, bang
and boom goes the dynamite.
Klay is incredible.
His game has made a HUGE leap from last year.
His spot-up jumper
is absolutely FILTHY
by crimson coug on Nov 28, 2009 9:22 PM PST up reply actions
And he's not afraid of contact
It’s night and day. There is little that he needed to get better at that he hasn’t shown improvement in.
Tell you what though,
Bud sure sounds like he enjoys the higher scoring games.
Klaymation though? That will get old quick.
How about Klaynation?
That won’t get old. How much time is left?
That would not irritate me.
Kinda cool idea for the ZZU crew shirts.
Klay hits the 30 mark
shooting 50% from 3-point range and 12/19 overall
You know what to do
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/Klay-Thompson/184900912489?ref=ts
I don't think any of our previous 6"1' guards could dunk
Taylor Rochestie anyone?
This is not last years Cougars.
Taylor could dunk easily with two hands.
CougCenter WSU's second main blog
by Craig Powers on Nov 28, 2009 10:03 PM PST up reply actions
This is proof that the Cougs were in a funk against inferior opponents
Their strongest performance against their strongest opponent. They can step up.
It's a sign of youth
But playing well isn’t something you can turn off and on. And when the conference slate comes, we need to play well consistently. But this is a good start
That's the record
And Bone wanted to get it for Klay. That’s a good way to get a young guy to like the new coach.
Which is scary
I want him for one more year. Hope that can happen.
One more is likely
2 on the other hand…
by spencer peaty on Nov 28, 2009 9:52 PM PST up reply actions
Holy Crap
Just got back home and saw the score of the game……is this the same team that played last night?
Maybe the watched the Apple Cup and knew we needed a game like this
Thanks basketball team!!!
by spokanecougar on Nov 28, 2009 9:55 PM PST up reply actions
On Wed we will play for the
non contiguous 48 states championship. Maui champ and the Alaska champ…
by spencer peaty on Nov 28, 2009 9:57 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I was working.
DVR’d it though.
CougCenter WSU's second main blog
by Craig Powers on Nov 28, 2009 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
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But since most people think Washington isn’t connected to the contiguous US, so it’s appropriate that it is WA schools.
Your right,
since we play in south Alaska, we qualify too!
by spencer peaty on Nov 28, 2009 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
And in an interesting tidbit, Bud Nameck made my sick 1 y/o fall asleep.
Don’t know if I’m proud, or frightened.
name game
So Kopraveeeecha, CastRO, Ludwig and Coach Blone won the Great Alaska Shootout? The announcers were comical; In the words of Butch and Sundance… “who are those guys…?”
Nice shooting Klay- Moore can fly and Capers is very good at the proper gaps filled on Ken’s zone press packages. Enquist and Bjornsted will get minutes vs. a very good Zag lineup—
Our young ones need to learn ot burn a little clock once the lead is way up and then fire up the random shot. But so far, even thought they are erratic at times they are fun to watch! Go Coach “Blone”- Go Cougs!
If you can't Go Cougs... don't go.
by hollyweirdcoug on Nov 29, 2009 11:03 AM PST reply actions
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