WSU Vs. UW: Lorenzo Romar Defeats The Cougs 75-65
"Nobody thought I could do it. But I think I proved a lot of doubters wrong today."
On a historic night for college basketball, a head coach was able to win a basketball game on his own, while wearing an oversized suit, without ever taking a single shot.
"OMG IT WAS LIKE SO AMAZING YOU GUYZ. ROMAR IS SO GREAT. DID YOU SEE HOW HE MADE ALL THOSE THREES? MVP FOREVA," said a visibly excited Steve Physioc after the game.
"Technical fouls are the best way to help your team. The best way ever. Giving the other team two points is the perfect way to help your team get closer," added color analyst Ernie Kent.
Romar waited to inject himself into the action until 12:16 left in the second half with the Huskies trailing by eight points. He announced his arrival by handing WSU's best free throw shooter two free throws, extending the deficit to ten.
But it was all Romar from there.
No one is quite sure exactly what he did, but one thing is clear: he did everything. Romar went on a 36-16 run to end the game all by himself. The broadcast crew was so impressed they gave Lorenzo the player of the game.
"I just sat back and watched him do his thing," said UW's Terrence Ross, who chipped in a meaningless 30 points and 14 rebounds in a "secondary role" for the Huskies.
When asked exactly what it was Romar did, Ross wasn't quite sure, but knows that the comeback was "all Coach Romar and nothing any of us did. It sure wasn't that we finally started knocking down outside shots while WSU went completely cold. That didn't have anything to do with it at all."
"We just couldn't stop whatever it was he was doing," answered Brock Motum when questioned of how it was Lorenzo Romar was able to lead the Huskies back, "If we knew exactly what he was doing, we might have been able to stop it, but it was just too hard to figure out."
Motum led the Cougars with 17 points on 7-11 shooting.
When asked by one of his assistants if Washington grabbing 52% of the available offensive rebounds or knocking down 7 of 13 threes in the second half may have had as much of an impact as Lorenzo Romar, Steve Physioc screamed, "YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH. LORENZO ROMAR IS THE MVP. HE LED THE COMEBACK. LOOK I MADE MYSELF THIS ROMAR SHIRT. IT HAS HIS FACE IN A HEART. DO YOU LIKE IT?"
In the midst of Romar's run, Ken Bone attempted to get himself in the game, but his efforts were much less effective.
WSU returns to Friel Court for the first time in more than a month this Thursday when they take on Stanford at 7pm Pacific Time.
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Awesome
This almost made me forget we lost I was laughing so hard.
So glad we get to continue our relationship with Root/Fox Sports and their horrible announcers and broadcasts.
I think Craig could give an interesting eulogy
Around these parts, a man could get hurt for wearing purple.
Since I have started following the Cougs years ago,
FSN/ROOT announcers have been the bane of my existence. I can remember plenty of homer-type announcers for other teams, but none for us over the years. grrrrrrrr
Well done sir.
After listening to the announcers during the game, it would not surprise me if they were to actually say that. I was livid by about the fifth time they mentioned Romar’s Technical sparking the UW run. In other news, I was pleasantly surprised with how good our gray bball jerseys looked on TV.
Bring back Dan Belluomini!
How do ya like it?!
I'm here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all out of bubble gum.
We should have gone box-in-one against Romar.
CougCenter OG since 9/2/2008 | @TheSoCalCoug
by SoCalCoug on Jan 15, 2012 7:23 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
Well done
God I can’t wait for the new TV deal to kick in. Any word on new announcer teams?
by B Money on Jan 15, 2012 7:27 PM PST via Android app reply actions
I think ROOT decides who the announcers are
not the TV deal
Attractive, Intelligent, Smart A**
by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 15, 2012 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
He is referring to the PAC12 network coming later thios year, I believe
Around these parts, a man could get hurt for wearing purple.
Larry Scott is currently working on cloning Gus with SVP in the studio.
"Tonight, we skate with them. Tonight, we stay with them. And we shut them down because we can!" | Herb Brooks
In terms of new announcers, you may not see many
Most play-by-play guys have full-time or part-time jobs and do this as additional or part of their income. Some announcers (typically the ones for ESPN) have contracts that provide them with enough cash to make a living off it. You’ll only really hear about new (new to us anyhow) announcers if they sign a deal with the conference’s TV partners, a la Gus Johnson. Otherwise, most guys work on a game by game basis. You probably won’t hear about any new announcers if we hear about them at all until the network actually gets on the air because it’s pretty low on the totem pole in terms of building the network.
My gut would tell me for a lot of the events on the regional networks, say a men’s or women’s soccer game on PAC-12 Washington, you’ll get a local guy because a) it’s cost effective and b) with 500 live events spread over 6 networks throughout the year, it’s a logical nightmare not to have announcers in each market. So you may still see Physioc and Barry Tompkins and Rich Burke but their may be a lot of unknown faces that get a shot.
Two in the cake, one in the puddin'! -Kevin Calabro, Twitter: MichaelTheCoug
by Michael The Coug on Jan 15, 2012 9:57 PM PST up reply actions
Also, I realize I kind of contradicted myself
To sum up, a lot of the same guys for the bigger-ish events, newer guys for the smaller ones.
Two in the cake, one in the puddin'! -Kevin Calabro, Twitter: MichaelTheCoug
by Michael The Coug on Jan 15, 2012 9:58 PM PST up reply actions
I read that Soooo wrong!
faces that get a shot.
After reading those names I was not thinking of Faces & Shot.

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