Top 10 Cougar Plays: #7
February 21st: Taylor Rochestie makes a one-handed putback against UCLA
Play in question occurs at the 1:37 mark of the video:
We will have more from this game later, so allow me to drop in some random thoughts:
- Bonus points to Taylor for (sort of) beating Darren Collison off the dribble. That's something I will never be able to do in my lifetime.
- That shot is truly ridiculous. The view from the floor helps me appreciate it even more than when I originally saw it on FSN.
- Hat tip to KXLY, the ABC affiliate in Spokane, for the video. But if you watch the whole video.... waaaaay too much hyperbole in this highlight reel. Alfred Aboya "eats the whole wheel of cheese?" C'mon, KXLY, just because you can't have Bud Nameck do both the play-by-play and the highlights doesn't mean you can phone in your metaphors. I fully expected a "boom goes the dynamite", but it never came.
- The more you know: The fine folks at KXLY did remind me that despite 15 in the first half, Klay Thompson never scored in the second. And we still won.
- Let's take a minute to reflect on how incredibly insane this game was. First off, it was a game in the Tony Bennett era that ended 82-81. That alone would be enough, but then Rochestie had to go ahead and score a career-high 33. Against UCLA. On the road.
- The Cougs shot 58.8% in this game. They eFG'd 66.7%. Against UCLA. On the road.
My goodness. We may never see another game as improbable as this one.
And I loved it.
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Aboya eats the "Whole Wheel of Cheese"?
Taylor gets the “Bunny to fall”?
Who is this guy and where did he get his book of Analogies…. I want it…
by GoCougs on Apr 29, 2009 7:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And I had to listen to the whole thing on the radio
For bonus points, though, I got to listed to Bud fight with the fan who called Baynes a d-bag. So I’ve got that going for me. Which is nice.
by Jeff Nusser on Apr 29, 2009 8:34 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This season was heading straight for the category of "forgettable"
Until this game happened.
This is where per game statistics go to die.
CougCenter
by Dancing Football on Apr 29, 2009 9:24 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Amen
As a matter of fact, my wife and I were watching the game together and when our guys finally pulled it out of the fire, I had to give her the obligatory Ricky Bobby, “THAT just happened!”
by '03CouveCoug on Apr 29, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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