Cal Women Basketball vs Virginia Open Thread
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 4:02 PM PDT
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This is the open thread for tonight's game (9:30 PM EST, 6:30 PM PST on ESPN Classic in regional markets, as well as ESPN360.com), but before we get to that, let's talk about the Fresno State game and what Cal did to put on the 70-47 rout.
Enough cannot be said about the Bears's defensive effort Saturday night. After getting torched by USC last Saturday from beyond the arc, the Bears came back with a vengeance and denied the 3 point ball almost the entire way, giving up only four made shots and contesting most of every one. FSU only shot 32 percent and their leading scorer Jaleesa Ross was off most of the night. The Bulldogs were better known for the three ball than the Trojans though, so it was easier for Coach Boyle to play it up straight.
"The game plan was to take away the three," said Cal Coach Joanne Boyle, who was content to let the Bulldogs guards drive and watched them fail to capitalize.
"We just missed layups," Fresno State Coach Adrian Wiggins said. "A missed layup deflates you as much as a three or a dunk inflates you."
And of course we have to talk about Ashley Walker, who dominated both sides of the court. Her statline of 21 points, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 assists, 1 steal doesn't do enough to reflect her dominance. Her presence in the paint actively seemed to bother Fresno State's drive game, which never got in sync with 21 turnovers.
Other notes from the game:
- Devanei Hampton lost track of her game early with the foul trouble, and never really got back into the flow of it. Moreover she seemed to externalize her frustrations late with a foul or two she didn't really need to pick up. Thankfully we didn't need her to step up big against Fresno, but hopefully she'll recover and get back on it tonight.
- Although it felt like we nailed more jumpers than we did against USC, in the end Natasha Vital and Alexis Gray Lawson only combined to shoot a combined 7-23. Gray Lawson is an alarming slump from downtown, only 2-18 from 3 point territory since she sprained her knee in the UCLA game. Cal only shot 5-23 from beyond the arc overall. Lauren Greif was more consistent with the stroke: 3-5, 11 points, 2-3 from downtown.
- Thus, the strategy it seems going forward is to not just get the ball to Walker deep in the post, but to get it to her quickly. Defenses are content to sink in on the paint, throwing in three/four bodies in on Walker. When that happens, the best strategy would be to kick it out to wide open jump shooters, but with Cal's perimeter shooters struggling, Coach Boyle seems content to let Walker and Hampton muscle their way to victory. If Greif and either Gray Lawson or Vital can get going from the outside, then the Bears should be in much better shape going forward.
Look, we all know that Virginia is a great state. It's for lovers. It's for hustlers. And right now, it's for women's basketball.
Because the Cal Women's Basketball team faces off against the Virginia Cavaliers in the NCAA Tournament. Cal was to face off against the Virginia Langoliers originally, but there was some problem with that team's flight. They never quite made it and, for some reason, food had no taste.
(Include this link for the word Langoliers: )
But look, long story short, Virginia beat a school that may or may not exist called Marist. Here is some info on that.
Monica Wright wasn't about to allow an upset.
Virginia's junior guard scored all of her 13 points in the second half- including two key 3-pointers down the stretch-to push the fifth-seeded Cavaliers past No. 12 Marist 68-61 in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday.
Ariana Moorer led the Cavaliers (24-9) with 16 points. Aisha Mohammed had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Lyndra Littles scored 13. Virginia will face California in a second-round game in the Trenton regional on Monday.
Of further note:
The Cavaliers were playing without starter Britnee Millner, who was serving a one-game suspension for violating team rules. Moorer started in her place for Virginia, which was making its 23rd appearance in the tournament.Millner is a game-time decision against California.
I'll be honest. My knowledge of the University of Virginia is not particularily strong. I apologize for being less than perfect! But anytime we need more information on an upcoming team, we can always take a look at the game notes for the game (caution: PDF file). They have information on some main characters on the Virginia team, such as the Head Coach:
Head coach Debbie Ryan has reached the 20-win mark for the 22nd time in her career. The Hall of Fame coach's career record is 699-297, just one win shy of 700.
Some players to look out for are Monica Wright, Aisha Mohammed, and Lyndra Littles:
Virginia continues to be led offensively by national player of the year candidate and first team All-ACC selection Monica Wright, who averages 20.3 points per game, and senior Lyndra Littles, who averages 20.2 points per game and was also named to the All-ACC first team.
Aisha Mohammed, meanwhile, was named an honorable mention All-ACC selection and averages 12.9 points and 10.2 rebounds per game. She led the Cavaliers with 14 double-doubles on the season, and had 10 points and 14 rebounds in the first round against Marist.
Lest you think those blurbs are the sole information available about Virginia's key players, the Game Notes go further into detail:
Monica Wright and Lyndra Littles were named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference first team, while Aisha Mohammed earned honorable mention honors, the conference announced March 2.
• It marks the eighth time in school history that two Cavaliers have been named to the first team in the same year. The last pair was in 1996 (Wendy Palmer and Tora Suber).
• Wright leads the conference and ranks 13th in the nation in scoring at 20.3 points per game and is a finalist for the Wooden Award, the Wade Trophy and Naismith Trophy. The 5-11 junior ranks among the ACC's top-20 leaders in rebounding, assists and free throw
percentage.• Littles missed nine games during the fall semester, but her 21.4 points per game scoring average would have led the conference had she played in the required 75 percent of her team's games. She returned in time to make her presence felt in conference play, averaging 22.7 points in 14 ACC games. The 6-1 senior also contributes 6.4 rebounds per game.
• Mohammed, a 6-3 center from Lagos, Nigeria, was the only league player to average a double-double and ended with 12.9 points and 10.1 rebounds per game. She posted 14 double-doubles throughout the season to make her career total 28.
Cal is a formidable foe for these Cavaliers. How have they done against ranked teams?
Virginia owns a 4-6 record against ranked opponents this season.
• The Cavaliers defeated No. 5 Tennessee on Nov. 17 in Knoxville, Tenn., No. 8 Maryland on Jan. 30 at JPJA and No. 11 FSU Feb. 24 on the road.
• UVa's fourth win over a ranked foe was vs. No. 25 Wake Forest on Jan. 11, 2009 in JPJA.
This is team that was literally in the middle of the pack in the ACC at 8-6. But the ACC, led by a staunch Maryland team, is a good conference and Virginia was 22-8 overall. And Virginia has some solid wins as noted above against teams like Maryland and Tennessee (who just uncharacteristically bowed out of the Tournament in the FIRST ROUND?!?!?).
This is a dangerous team with two powerful players in Wright and Littles. Both average 20 points a game! Our highest is Ashley Walker at 19 points a game. They have 3 players who average more points per game than our #2 player (Alexis Grey-Lawson), who has 12 per game. So, while many fans are anticipating that Cal might not make it past UConn in this bracket, hopefully the team itself isn't looking past the Lady Cavaliers. I have no doubt in my mind that Coach Boyle will keep them focused and if Cal plays at the level we know it can, we'll get that chance to lose to UConn! Go Bears!
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lazy commenters!
wish I was going to be where I could watch the game.
Go Bears Go
Game's not for another hour though
You won’t be able to watch it?
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I just got an e-mail from the Cal Athletic Department saying that in addition to showing the game on ESPN Classic, Comcast will show it on Channel 104 in the Bay Area. Here’s the text of the e-mail:
Cal Women’s Basketball Fans,
Cal’s second-round game of the NCAA Tournament against Virginia will tip off at 6:30 p.m. and can be seen nationally on ESPN Classic.
For those fans in the Bay Area who do not receive ESPN Classic, Comcast has agreed to put the game on Channel 104 (must have a cable box).
In addition, the game will be shown online at ESPN360.com for fans who have a high-speed Internet connection from an affiliated service provider.
Go Bears!
Hydro, Channel 99 must be monitored just in case.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Is anyone else fed up with Pat Summitt?
I know she is one of the greatest coaches in women’s basketball history, with her 1000+ wins and all, but I have been very unimpressed by her behavior this year. Granted, her team has had the poorest performance ever in her many years of coaching at Tennessee. But Summitt’s response has been to bash her players all year as lacking in heart and spirit and motivation. After last night’s loss (the first time EVER that Tennessee has failed to make it to the Sweet 16) the ESPN people were falling all over themselves to praise Summitt for talking to them right after the game. But what did she say? “Some of our players didn’t come to play defense tonight.”
Her team this year is made up mostly of freshmen and sophmores. Maybe they would be more motivated if they had a coach who didn’t keep saying they had the least heart of any team she has ever coached. And who recruited these players, anyway?
Maybe Summitt believes that bashing these players is the best way to motivate them. Or maybe a coach who has never had anything but success is trying to shift the blame for a less than stellar season.
Eh, it's her style
She’s not a hugs-and-kisses coach, she’s a martinet. Judging by her track record, I find it difficult to argue with, though perhaps this particular team didn’t respond especially well to it…
Besides, objectively speaking, this IS the worst team she’s ever had (at least in the NCAA tournament era).
Many years from now, when his name's recalled
Everyone will say, "He should have passed the ball"
-- Al Stewart, "Football Hero"
But having the least successful record doesn’t necessarily mean they have the least heart. They’re very young and inexperienced, after all. I guess I would just like to see the coach accept some of the responsibility for the performance of her team, instead of just dumping on them.
Agreed. I don’t like her anyway.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
That doesn't seem terribly harsh for a college coach
Monty’s been even more frank about his team’s ups and downs. And Tennessee has played up and down all season. Was she snide about it? It just sounds like a frank comment about her team’s play.
I recall more than a couple thousand Cal fans angry at Tedford for being so supportive of Longshore the entire way in comparison to on-the-field results. Do you guys prefer the coach to provide supportive soundbytes like Tedford or franker soundbytes like Montgomery?
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
She’s been pretty brutal all year. Stuff like, “this team has no heart,” “there are non-competitive people on this team,” player Briana Bass " is a liability for us," “we look like a high school team,” etc.
No matter what the motivation, I can’t imagine an appropriate time for a coach to say her team “has no heart”.
by CalBandGreat on Mar 23, 2009 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions
ASU leading by 3 with 30 seconds left… ASU Cheerleaders give usual shocker salute
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I'm watching ESPN Classic in Berkeley right now
I’m watching the 2004 ALCS Game 6. Should be over soon, though.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
game doesn’t start for another 10 minutes. you’ll get it soon on classic.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I tried ESPN 360, but they wouldn’t let me access it. And then I had to request it from my ISP.
by CalBandGreat on Mar 23, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm in So Cal...any Direct TV channels?
I don’t have Classic either.
by CaliforniaCMB on Mar 23, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
DID THEY ANNOUNCE THIS ON THE TV? BECAUSE MY TV IS ON MUTE NOW. AND, NO, I CAN’T STOP YELLING BECAUSE THIS IS HOW I TALK. HAVEN’T YOU SEEN MY MOVIES?
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
On ESPN 360. Wahoo!
Oh snaps, ASU ladies won too.
by CaliforniaCMB on Mar 23, 2009 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions
They're forcing Cal to shoot from outside
Someone’s going to have to nail them.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 6:50 PM PDT reply actions
Big three for Gray Lawson
Needs to get the stroke going from downtown.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 6:56 PM PDT reply actions
Yes. Very impressed.
Much better today. We’re reversing the ball and getting it into the post with good position.
Yup!
Walker is her usual awesome self, Dev is rebounding and passing well and finishing, getting some good effort from Rama.
It also helps that Aisha is sitting down with 2 fouls.
Stanford up 10 as well
And the Stanford men won at Witchita State, now in the CBI semifinals.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
pretty much
they and oregon state are still hanging around there. the final for that tournament could be a rematch of the 8/9 game in the Pac-10 tournament. woo.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Did you ever play basketball?
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
are you sure you’re in the right thread / on the right blog? what sport are you even talking about?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Boxing, which makes this even more perplexing
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
seriously
you watch these bears play like this, and you start to believe that they could beat anybody, even UConn.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Start? They’re a group of 18-23 year old women… you won’t EVER be able to tell me we don’t have a shot. Especially when their post game has been questioned. I BELIEVE. Let’s continue this beatdown, but save some for the FUSKIES
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Beautiful ball movement
If they played like this all season they’d have had a 1/2 seed.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 7:13 PM PDT reply actions
They’re hitting their jumpers. Game becomes way easier for them when they can play inside and outside.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Like Mike Montgomery says, “we’re a good team when we make our shots.”
by CalBandGreat on Mar 23, 2009 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha, but the Bears men don’t have an Ashley Walker you can send inside and give you 20-10.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions
We should put Randle at the 5. THAT’ll mess ’em up!
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
You need to have a fever all the time
if this is what happens to the wbb team!
AIN’T NOBODY GOT THE PRESCRIPTION FOR THIS!
NOBODY’S GONNA BEAT THEM WHEN THEY PLAY LIKE THIS
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
53 points in the first half
In a woman’s game??? How often does that happen?
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 7:24 PM PDT reply actions
Well... Rutgers
had an offensive explosion today in the first half as well.
and this is despite shooting just 3-13 from three!
extremely fast-paced game. bears are 20-29 from two. lots of easy, easy buckets.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Don't need the 3 as long as we've got the inside.
by CaliforniaCMB on Mar 23, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
and, BOY do we got that!
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
well, you still need the threat to open up some space inside. but yeah, we don’t particularly need the points.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Virginia’s defensive rotations have been pretty slow to match the inside. Although Walker and Hampton have been forces.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
here's the stat i love the most
12 assists, 1 turnover in the first half. that’s crazy-efficient!
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
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by CalBandGreat on Mar 23, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Like I said: where has this team been? I think we had 25-30 turnovers in several games late in the season: USC, UCLA, ASU, USC in the Pac-10 tournmanent. This is like a whole different team.
According to the ACC guy on PRD's stream
Virginia doesn’t play great defense.
Hasn’t helped that their main interior defender Aisha sat down a lot of the half.
However, I do believe we’re playing much better and executing fantastically.
Reading comprehension FAIL.
How’d I miss that link above?
by CalBandGreat on Mar 23, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
If we could combine our men’s and women’s teams (Walker, Hampton inside, Randle, P. Chris and Theo outside) and Jahvid Best in the backcourt/field . . .we’d be unstoppable.
I should've gone to the game...
I’m less than a few blocks away.
by CaliforniaCMB on Mar 23, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure you could still get there.
Lots of empty seats. Wouldn’t be expensive.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Possible to break 100 this game?
I’m stuck watching the WBC so I haven’t been able to see what sounds like an offensive masterpiece.
Thanks Avi, but that isn’t the problem.
Slow internet, and heavy korean interested :P
by CaliforniaBone on Mar 23, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Though if I lived a few blocks away from the galen center, I’d be at the Cal game… >.>
by CaliforniaBone on Mar 23, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
If I lived a few blocks from the Galen Center, I might have to kill myself. Think of all that band music!
BAD band music.
I make fun of them any time I see them and YES I should be at the game but totally forgot they A) played today and B) played here. Grrr. I failed.
by CaliforniaCMB on Mar 23, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
They’ll take starters out if it’s in the bag?
by CaliforniaCMB on Mar 23, 2009 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Another offensive board and putback for Walker
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 7:47 PM PDT reply actions
Pleasure to be of service, ma’am.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Just got in
and boy is it great hearing that the women are playing to their potential. I’ve only seen 2 minutes but those 2 minutes looked great.
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She’s a really nice gal. I took my nephew to get her autograph after the game, and she was really sweet to him.
I’ve found women’s basketball players (ASIDE FROM TINA THOMPSON) to be mainly nice people. Even big stars like Cynthia Cooper and Lisa Leslie.
Ashley Walker is Sugar and Spice and … PAIN
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
did the announcer just seriously say “There’s a lot going on in downtown Los Angeles”? seriously?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
After the SC game, we went to a bar on 7th or thereabouts. Downtown seemed to be more happening than when I grew up around there.
by CalBandGreat on Mar 23, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
LA Live is kind of cool.
They’ll have the theaters soon too.
by CaliforniaCMB on Mar 23, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Downtown LA
is the new hip place. People from Silverlake and the environs are moving down there now. A friend of mine now lives in an old factory.
Eat their souls, Cal!
NO MERCY
….are those kind of sentiments appropriate for the women’s game?
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Yeah we're okay
Just get it to 85 points.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 7:58 PM PDT reply actions
Yikes, 4 fouls on Wright
Iffy call. But that’s huge. If she goes, so does VA.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 8:00 PM PDT reply actions
The next person who says “tweet” is going to get a tigerpunch straight to the throat
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm gonna pistol whip the next person who says 'shenanigans!'
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if you’d ever been pistol whipped, you wouldn’t joke about such things.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
The real question is:
am I the only person who quotes ‘supertrooper’ lines
Also:
You’ve been pistol whipped?!?
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Let’s just say I have good reasons for no longer living in Oakland.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Watch out now!
South Central is that great.
by CaliforniaCMB on Mar 23, 2009 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions
traps as in trapezius muscles
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe you’ll get as strong as Monica Wright
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Wikipedia… copy image location
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I heard they have the internet on computers now.
by CalBandGreat on Mar 23, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m going with 34 tonight, they won’t let her play the last few minutes.
by CaliforniaCMB on Mar 23, 2009 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm amazed at her thighs.
That she can crouch so long in those boots!
I’m going to guess CalBear81 doesn’t listen to Flo Rida
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
You are attracted to every women’s coach, aren’t you?
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions
This lavatch guy on the justin.tv chat is the unhappiest dude on earth
“Vital is a complete moron”, “Our team is a bunch of chokers”, “Women’s basketball is unwatchable”, “we can just keep running the chicken with their heads cut off offense”, “these are top 15 teams? you know that sport is the result of title9 rather than talent or fan interest”
T-Bred, please tigerpunch him in the throat.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 8:17 PM PDT reply actions
Actually, no. But that guy always acts like it.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Amy is too pompous to be this guy. This dude’s posted on the BI before under this name, usually bashing everyone and everything.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Man the ladies are passing well tonight
great assist from Grief there
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greif has 9 assists on the night
she might get a double-double too. walker needs one more board to get hers.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
for some freaking reason (freaking internet censors)
I can’t access justin.tv nor is yahoo updating the score.
Can someone tell me how much we’re winning by right now?
As long as it’s nothing else
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
At least we get to the Sweet 16
No upsets ON us this year!
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 8:30 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah!
Bring it on!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 23, 2009 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
If we blow this we will hunt you down.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey Cal started screwing up against MD when I left not when I started...
Cal @ Ariz in football is a different story…
In other words, Go Bears!
NO DOUBT
LET’S LEAVE IT ALL ON THE FLOOR, LADIES
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Um. Have to have a great great game from all our players.. We’ll see. I’ll be rooting for Cal but realistically, it’s going to be a hard, hard battle.
FEED THE POST. FEED THE POST.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
KILL BART!
KILL BART!
KILL BART!
KILL, BART!
KILL, BART!
KILL, BART!
by CalBandGreat on Mar 23, 2009 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions
You better believe it.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 23, 2009 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
What if their bus never makes it to the arena!?
What if they all get food poisoning?
What if the Big East is really horrible?
That’s why they play the games!
They destroyed No. 4 Oklahoma by 28 points, No. 2 North Carolina on the road by 30 points, No. 7 Louisville by 28 points, and No. 19 Pittsburgh by 53 points.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 23, 2009 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
We destroyed Oklahoma in the first half by 26! And Furd beat them last year.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
We can do it!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 23, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
FUCK THAT. WE WANT UCONN. BLOOD!
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Roy, hey, she has nice shoes. We can let it slide.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 23, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Does she have ACLs/MCLs like the rest of us?
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
You really want us to hack the bone???
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
If I had the choice to play a No. 1 seed, I’d want to play Duke.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 23, 2009 8:38 PM PDT reply actions
You can play at home in the first two rounds (last year Stanford did). But you can’t in the third and fourth rounds. Bummer.
I’ve got tix to the 28th and 30th at Haas. I’m torn whether or not to root for stanfurd.
by CalBandGreat on Mar 23, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Much as I hate Stanford the rest of the time, I actually kind of like their women’s team. Their coach, Tara VanDerveer has been really gracious toward Cal. Last year she attended Cal’s tournament games (both schools played down at Stanford), and said she was really rooting for Cal. I find it hard to dislike them, even though I know I should.
It's easy for me this way
I go to Cal. They went to Furd. Cal hates Furd. Therefore, I hate Furd.
So much easier.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Does this begin the open thread for that game?
by CalBandGreat on Mar 23, 2009 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
We’d be too gassed out for the actual thing. We might fall asleep during the game.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Where are they playing that game?
It looks like the size of my high school gym!
by CalBandGreat on Mar 23, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
St. Marys, in Moraga CA?
BOOM – you’ve been Roasted!
side note: I had my Junior High graduation ceremony in that Gym, and it’s pretty high schoolish
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You bring the heat, norcalnick. YOU BRING DA HEAT
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 23, 2009 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Damnit!
I was hoping not to be BOOM Roasted tonight!
by CalBandGreat on Mar 23, 2009 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
no no,
you did the BOOM roasting of St. Marys by correctly pointing out its lameness
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Oh! Awesome.
I didn’t realize how clever I am. That’s how clever I am.
by CalBandGreat on Mar 23, 2009 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone have the final score of the Stanford game? I’m assuming they won, which would mean all three Pac-10 teams in the Sweet 16.
Does anyone know if the post-game interviews are available anywhere on the net? (I want to gloat more.)
Stephen Curry's mom is quite an attractive lady
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 23, 2009 9:17 PM PDT reply actions
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ConquestChronicles: (USC)
HouseOfSparky: (ASU)
Arizona Desert Swarm: (Arizona)
TheRalphieReport: (Colorado)
Block U: (Utah)
Golden Bears Football Schedule
| Fresno St. | Sat 09/03 | W 36 - 21 |
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Colorado
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Sat 09/10 | W 36 - 33 |
| Presbyterian | Sat 09/17 | W 63 - 12 |
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Washington
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Sat 09/24 | L 23 - 31 |
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Oregon
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Thu 10/06 | L 15 - 43 |
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USC
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Thu 10/13 | L 9 - 30 |
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Utah
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Sat 10/22 | W 34 - 10 |
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UCLA
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Sat 10/29 | L 14 - 31 |
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Washington St.
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Sat 11/05 | W 30 - 7 |
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Oregon St.
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Sat 11/12 | W 23 - 6 |
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Stanford
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Sat 11/19 | L 28 - 31 |
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Arizona St.
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Fri 11/25 | W 47 - 38 |
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Texas
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Wed 12/28 | L 10 - 21 |
