Big Purple Growl
Boston University 60
Albany 71
14-8, 9-2 AE
2/4/06
Apologies for not updating this sooner-- its been a busy week starting the semester and a new internship @ the Capitol to go along with my job.
I have a lot of mixed feelings about the BPG. Don't get me wrong, its a great event for the University and the team deserves to play in front of this type of atmosphere every game. However, it seems as if the basketball team really is not the focus of the event and that is something with which I have a problem.
A friend of mine didn't think the game was really that close. I disagree, though maybe its simply a matter of perspective. He hasn't seen another game all year. On the other hand, I stress out about every possession. I'm also aware that Albany is prone to napping at times and that BU is a dangerous team, so that might skew my perception of the game. Either way, the cool thing is, he, as well as my other friends in town for BPG-- 2 Albany alums, 1 Richmond alum who follows the A10 religiously-- were all impressed with the team's performance. They liked the way the team played and also liked all of the players on an individual level.
True, Albany led for the entire game, but BU closed the lead to 5 with 4 minutes left, at which point anything could have happened. Ultimately, however, tonight we had an answer primarily in the form of Jason Siggers to respond to every BU run. Jason finished the night with 19 points in 19 minutes, once again making the most of every minute he gets on the court. Mr. Siggers nailed all 4 3-point shots he took tonight, all of them huge. Another Kobe-esque performance from Mr. Siggers.
Kirsten and Lucious accounted for 18 of our 26 first-half points, scoring 7 and 11 first-half points, respectively. Over the last two games, Zo has really looked more comfortable around the basket. Despite his second-half meltdown, Lucious played excellent defense and has played excellent defense this year. Right now, Sweet Lou is 14th in the conference in steals, averaging 1.18 steals per game while averaging 25 minutes per game in the process. Seems like a pretty good steals-to-minutes ratio, to me, at least.
Jamar was Jamar, leading the way with 23 points and 7 assists. 8 of those points came in the first 3 minutes of the second half, helping the Danes build an early 12-point second half lead. UAlbany would extend their lead to 21, before BU mounted a run, thanks to the play of Corey Hassan and Kevin Gardner.
The team is starting to hit their stride and play their best basketball at a crucial time of the season. Hopefully, the team will be able to takers its solid play on the road, where we will play 5 of our last 6 games. However, one area of constant concern for me is their carelessness with the basketball. The team collectively makes a lot of lazy and haphazard passes when bringing the ball up the court that result in steals.
Next stop is Hartford on Wednesday. This is a big, big game against a Hawks team, who, after losing to Longwood (huh, huh, Beavis), one of the worst teams in all of DI, seems to have actually turned a corner and smoked Vermont.
A lof has been made regarding the Albany fans (or lack thereof) at the BPG. The "lack thereof" is supposed to be tongue-in-cheek, simply because, frankly, the majority of the students don't really know what they're watching. Ultimately, the majority of the students are at the game for the party atmosphere, not because they ultimately care so much about the game.
That's all right-- hopefully that type of atmosphere can be created on a continual basis which will hopefully and eventually draw in more students to the program and to the team. It really gets me, however, to see the pep band bring in ringers and for the "Spirit Brigade" to show up for an event that already has so much built-in energy to start. Where are the pep-band ringers and the Spirit Brigade at the Saturday night Utah Valley State games?
One more official home game for the year. Kudos to the main RACC Rowdy trying to build off the momentum created at the BPG by sending out an e-mail re: the Vermont game. Keep 'em coming! Gotta' admit, I'm pretty bummed out that the next home game is in 2 weeks. Ugh.
Signs we will make for the next game:
1. CONTRACT EXTENSION
1A. Four More Years
2. Something for the Seniors-- not sure what yet.
3. One More Home Game! I will also be chanting that one all night!
Albany 71
14-8, 9-2 AE
2/4/06
Apologies for not updating this sooner-- its been a busy week starting the semester and a new internship @ the Capitol to go along with my job.
I have a lot of mixed feelings about the BPG. Don't get me wrong, its a great event for the University and the team deserves to play in front of this type of atmosphere every game. However, it seems as if the basketball team really is not the focus of the event and that is something with which I have a problem.
A friend of mine didn't think the game was really that close. I disagree, though maybe its simply a matter of perspective. He hasn't seen another game all year. On the other hand, I stress out about every possession. I'm also aware that Albany is prone to napping at times and that BU is a dangerous team, so that might skew my perception of the game. Either way, the cool thing is, he, as well as my other friends in town for BPG-- 2 Albany alums, 1 Richmond alum who follows the A10 religiously-- were all impressed with the team's performance. They liked the way the team played and also liked all of the players on an individual level.
True, Albany led for the entire game, but BU closed the lead to 5 with 4 minutes left, at which point anything could have happened. Ultimately, however, tonight we had an answer primarily in the form of Jason Siggers to respond to every BU run. Jason finished the night with 19 points in 19 minutes, once again making the most of every minute he gets on the court. Mr. Siggers nailed all 4 3-point shots he took tonight, all of them huge. Another Kobe-esque performance from Mr. Siggers.
Kirsten and Lucious accounted for 18 of our 26 first-half points, scoring 7 and 11 first-half points, respectively. Over the last two games, Zo has really looked more comfortable around the basket. Despite his second-half meltdown, Lucious played excellent defense and has played excellent defense this year. Right now, Sweet Lou is 14th in the conference in steals, averaging 1.18 steals per game while averaging 25 minutes per game in the process. Seems like a pretty good steals-to-minutes ratio, to me, at least.
Jamar was Jamar, leading the way with 23 points and 7 assists. 8 of those points came in the first 3 minutes of the second half, helping the Danes build an early 12-point second half lead. UAlbany would extend their lead to 21, before BU mounted a run, thanks to the play of Corey Hassan and Kevin Gardner.
The team is starting to hit their stride and play their best basketball at a crucial time of the season. Hopefully, the team will be able to takers its solid play on the road, where we will play 5 of our last 6 games. However, one area of constant concern for me is their carelessness with the basketball. The team collectively makes a lot of lazy and haphazard passes when bringing the ball up the court that result in steals.
Next stop is Hartford on Wednesday. This is a big, big game against a Hawks team, who, after losing to Longwood (huh, huh, Beavis), one of the worst teams in all of DI, seems to have actually turned a corner and smoked Vermont.
A lof has been made regarding the Albany fans (or lack thereof) at the BPG. The "lack thereof" is supposed to be tongue-in-cheek, simply because, frankly, the majority of the students don't really know what they're watching. Ultimately, the majority of the students are at the game for the party atmosphere, not because they ultimately care so much about the game.
That's all right-- hopefully that type of atmosphere can be created on a continual basis which will hopefully and eventually draw in more students to the program and to the team. It really gets me, however, to see the pep band bring in ringers and for the "Spirit Brigade" to show up for an event that already has so much built-in energy to start. Where are the pep-band ringers and the Spirit Brigade at the Saturday night Utah Valley State games?
One more official home game for the year. Kudos to the main RACC Rowdy trying to build off the momentum created at the BPG by sending out an e-mail re: the Vermont game. Keep 'em coming! Gotta' admit, I'm pretty bummed out that the next home game is in 2 weeks. Ugh.
Signs we will make for the next game:
1. CONTRACT EXTENSION
1A. Four More Years
2. Something for the Seniors-- not sure what yet.
3. One More Home Game! I will also be chanting that one all night!
posted by L3K at 7:21 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home