Damned walked away to get ready for dinner and we’re down 36-35? What happened?

Very impressive first half. Joe Mooney has really turned into a solid player. Very impressive growth from when I first saw him play. Lack of scoreboard on ESPN3 is annoying. Have to flip my phone so I can see the stats and see the current score. This would be a HUGE early season win

i kind of like his line vs. Indiana:

Minutes 34
FG 5-10
3PT 4-9
Pts 14

11 point underdogs tonight. that's a pretty big spread, but warranted based on preseason.

'incredible' might be a stretch, but 3 Big West Titles (two regular season, one tournament) is, at the very least, elevates you a bit above the Stewart level. guiding last year's team to a 6-2 finish and a conference championshiyp after Moneke's departure was pretty remarkable in my opinion. toss out that first season, and he's 54% and 57% in BWC. Not incredible numbers, but pretty solid especially with the 3 championships thrown in.

out of curiousity (slow day at work) i went back to see where we got our scoring last year. i just looked at the last 3 games on the regular season, all wins. leading scorers were:

Riverside (64-62) : Shorts 16, John 13, Onyebalu 11, Schneider 10, Mooney 8
Hawaii (70-59) : Shorts 21, Schneider 16, John 11, Mooney 14
Irvine (90-83 3OT) : Shorts 21, John 20, Goode 16, Schneider 16, Mooney 8

I forgot Mooney played such a big role down the stretch. We've shown, when healthy, that John and Mooney can contribute 20+ a game, to go with Shorts/Schneider's 30+. Gonzalez, Fuller, Squre, Nuefield seem able to get 20+ (the Onyebalu/Hennings points). The key is shooting. last year we finished .465/.372/.716 (FG, 3's, FT); this year, we're at .424/.296/.689. That's a BIG dropoff, especially in 3-pointers. we did lose Onyebalu's 45.1% and Hennings 42.7 from the arc; but the returners are down. Silar 32% -> 27%, John 38.5 -> 21%, Mooney 38% -> 30%, Printup 35%-> 20%. Shorts has been consistent at 35%. Fuller (44%) and Squire (45%) have been the bright points.

I think shooting is contagious; hopefully we catch a hot streak soon and start the BW off on the right note.

good eye, ML. i like that change....softens the industrial (prison?) look that we had before

John was really good vs Indiana, and we were really good on offense. that's been his only contribution this year. He really got better last season, and if 'that guy' comes back for the Big West, it will open up the offense for others.

We’ve recently added beach volleyball and equestrian to the women’s side for Title IX. What could we add to match the extra 20 FBS scholarships?

I’m picturing Holy Names defense looking a little like this


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y9k3L1NC2mE

We went 6-2 in BWC without Chima last season with basically the same players ( Michael O was a bigger loss than I first thought), so this group was shown they can win

I thought they put up those bleachers for the ‘canadian’ football team they had (gold miners?). They were there in the early 90’s!

I’ll be up for the poly game (doubleheader) on the 18th. Hope we’re off to a good conference start by then

Skipping today; don’t want to deal with weather after the game. Drive home after Dominican game was no fun at all

Big 12 loses Texas and Oklahoma to whom? i can't imagine any conference wants to go to 14 teams

if he plays, that would be ridiculous.

The Big West is adding Bakersfield and UC-San Diego to scheduleing in 2020, CSB as a full member, UCSD as a full member in 2024. that brings the conference up to 11. That's a pretty large number without anyone else.

Seems like we didn’t get a decent shot in the last 8 minutes, and they got hot from the arc. The ball movement was good in the first half and agsinst their zone, but disappeared at the end. Really need a healthy John to stretch the defense. Gonzalez had a few nice threes, but a few that had no chance.

Hope we can regroup for conference play and find a way to end in the top half

Offense is frazzled; hard time getting good looks and rushing when it’s inside. 44-48 13 to go

Nuefield and Goode look much better offensively. We’ll need to shoot better to stay in this; 40% won’t do it