Broncos Get Outmuscled, 65-59

[xiaoxue]

That Bakersfield team was just too big and too athletic tonight.
You just can't give that good of a team such a huge lead and expect to come back.

Why?

We could find the basket in the first half. And when you're down 15 to a DI team you must shoot lights out. And we ended up shooting 37 per cent from the field and a pitiful 25 per cent from long range. Compare that to 56 and 60 for the Runners.

They claimed this was an all time record of 1,716. It seemed smaller than a couple of previous games over past years to me.

Anyway, the Coyotes took care of their business, so we fall to fourth place with this sad showing. And that means we gotta win big on the road where it's much tougher.

[jayandbutton]

...and the better competition showed tonight.

their team looked bigger in thickness and muscle, and they seemed to own the offensive glass. they totally dominated our boards.

now we need the runners to win tomorrow night at san bernardino. since they're a DI team they can't win the conference title, and they can't go to the dance.

am listening now to the bakersfield broadcast on the web. this was the first time they beat us on our floor since 2001--and probably the last time we'll see this team at kellogg gym unless we declare for DI, too.

the bronco fans supported the team down to the last seconds, and the team responded. we just were too far back to stage yet another miracle finish.

[xiaoxue]

did anybody hear our webcast?

i tried to tune in from the computer at work and no connection and then from home and still nothing.

did our athletic dept lay an egg too?

[lakdod]

man a bad day for my team. I watch the Lakers play some bad basketball and now coming home I hear the Broncos lose The worst part of this lost it was at pack the gym night. I got to make sure now I attend every home game and at least 2 road games.

[xiaoxue]

dude, are you 6-9 and 260 with great post moves and an awesome shooter's touch? if so, we need you tonight. if you can't make it tonight we have the coyote rematch (where we haven't won in almost a decade), then at humboldt (where the refs are on their payroll), and then at sonoma (the hottest team in the league and defending champions).

even with a win against the eagles we easily could be 8-6 in the league and in the middle of the pack after the brutal road swing.

btw, the contest was a freakin' joke. what student has ANY chance of hitting a layup, a free throw, a trey AND a half court shot in less than 25 seconds? a girl has a ZERO chance and even a semiathletic guy about .0001.
at least in the last big night with the musical chairs game there was a winner for both guys and girls. in this gig everybody goes away a loser. boo. bad decision.

[lakdod]

well that Bs its suppose to be 30 or 35 seconds. I never seen anybody get it done under 25 seconds. I have seen it done with 35 sec.

We will tonight and win atleast at San bernardino. If Bakersfield can end their streak in Kellogg. The Broncos can end there streak in San Bernardino gym.

[Broncochris]

LA's D1 transfer vincent camper looked real good, thin bench is LA's
problem I think coach thompson real have a good team real soon.
thompson had a "cup of coffee" in the nba.

Luis was very aggresive tonight, he can do this every-night if he wanted to.
attack, attack, if nothing their kick-out to the shooters.

we need to play better in the first half, 15 point comebacks are very difficult.
Larry will score 20+ avg next year.
good night all
chris

[jayandbutton]

This could be the most talented league top to bottom in history. There was a time not long ago when our Broncos could count on at least three or four conference patsies. Now, perhaps there's one left in SF State. As a result, you see San Diego, Stanislaus and Dominguez doing damage all over the league. And yes Chris, you are right, now LA is proving much tougher than we would like.

Our destiny still rests in our hands. I like your confidence, LAKDOD, even though I believe it will take an almost superhuman team effort to beat the 'Yotes on their floor. In order to host the tournament we almost need a sweep in the upcoming three brutal road games, an unlikely task. We should throw a party if we go 2-1.

On the other hand, were we to get swept we could fall to the bottom of the regional poll. That's how crucial these upcoming roadies are, beginning with those home cookin' refs at East Gym in Arcata Thursday.

Our men simply let way too many teams hang around too long, and that's a concern. Our lack of a knockout blow suggests that we likely finish third, or possibly even fourth, unless we learn to finish. If the Jacks sweep us and our travel partner they and the Yotes look tough down the stretch.

Xiaoxue, I see your point about the contest. That is an almost zero chance to win and it gives absolutely no chance for the female part of the student body. I'm sure the Athletic Department reads this thread and takes the fan's observations into account when it plans future promotions. Remember, what you see is far better than what we've had until recent years. Let's give our campus time to improve, and give them credit for making this a better place. Who knows? Maybe next time around it will be you doing some crazy task for some free item!

BTW, throw some props to Neon for a career night...31 for our stud. And yet another double-double for double-trouble LG.

[xiaoxue]

yeah, props to dion and larry for a great nite saturday. but the eagles were allowed to hang around way too long like you say.

and double yeah, i'm hoping to see some contests where even the chicks have a fighting chance. make it fair is all i say.

jay, are you a student? or do you work for the athletic department?

[lakdod]

Originally Posted by xiaoxue

yeah, props to dion and larry for a great nite saturday. but the eagles were allowed to hang around way too long like you say.

and double yeah, i'm hoping to see some contests where even the chicks have a fighting chance. make it fair is all i say.

jay, are you a student? or do you work for the athletic department?

The Broncos always keep games close. So I am use to it already.

Xiaoxue I thought you already knew who jay was. I guess I might be one of the select few on this site to meet the great jayandbutton.

Anyways who intersted in going to san bernardino next tuesday feburary 7. Well I will be going and maybe we can set up a carpool to SB.

[xiaoxue]

i think jay is one of the coaches or the SID or something, right?

[lakdod]

Welcome to calpolyonline favorite game who is jayandbutton. Our first contestant is Xiaoxue. Xiaxoue guess is

Originally Posted by xiaoxue

i think jay is one of the coaches or the SID or something, right?

Good guess Xiaxoue, but Jay is neither a coach or SID for Cal Poly Pomona. Please try agian.

[PL28]

my guess hes a former player...

[lakdod]

Our next contestant is PL28. PL28 guess is

Originally Posted by PL28

my guess hes a former player...

Sorry you are incorrect. Please try again.

[jayandbutton]

you guys have really started something.

lakdod, pl28 is correct. i am a former player, was the last man on the end of the bench on my high school team as a player who was both slow and not very sure handed with the ball. the only thing i could do well was shoot free throws, about 85 per cent. good thing i discovered volleyball.

now let's just call me a bronco fan, leave it at that, and how about we talk about bronco basketball?

[Broncochris]

jay I love your knowledge of broncoball along as you are not a
sociopath i dont care who you are. i kinda knew that you knowledge was
sort of like "inside info".

jay do you know anything about next years recruiting class i know d2
is not like d1 where everything can be found at scout.com. im sure
coach k is looking for guards, i think we are in a great positon because our weakness is guards and not big man, d2 "bigs" are really hard to recruit
beacuase lbst cal-fullerton irvine et al also looking for "big man".

chris

[CPP Hall of Fame]

yes, i agree let's leave Jay alone. He has some good insights.

i agree, the shooting conest was way too difficult, a bit ridiculous if you ask me. i'm not sure any of the men's team could have done that, maybe 1 or 2 of them if they got lucky.

On the other hand, props to the athletic department for breaking the record for Pack the Gym Night. No need to hate and speculate on what year u think had more people but the facts, that the record number was broken.

I predict the men's team goes 1-2 on this brutal road trip. lets hope they don't get swept which is a high possibility. Hope the games are webcasted so we can tune in.

Go Broncos!

[jayandbutton]

chris, the big man is always elusive. we had a seven footer some years back and he was tall and that's about it. sometimes the big west will land one, like irvine did, about five years ago, but for the most part the true center is confined to either high DI or the kid is a project like the monster riverside just signed.

coach k. has become successful in recruiting what coach steve wachs calls the "tweener," the player not big enough to play forward in DI but not quick or surehanded enough to play guard. that's what got us jeff bonds, david sybesma, larry gordon and donelle booker--the guys in the 6-5 to 6-7 range--among others. in each of these cases there are many, many DI coaches who would happily trade even a starter for these guys.

my sense (and this is merely conjecture) is that coach has focused heavily on this type of player, given that even a 6-7 sybesma could play point and generate some serious mismatches and scoring opportunities.

rashad is the real deal, just give him time to mature. but time will tell whether we next go to a DI bounceback (like mike ridgway, who was a great add) or the juco route if we need another luis pulido type fireman next year. coach bannon has his eyes on several prospects and huge props to him for landing gordon who could be an all american before he finishes.