Day of the Game

[bubbrubbhoya]

Caution: Cliches Ahead

OK folks, it's officially the day of the game. Time for the Hoyas to go out there and get it done. Tonight's games make it clear...no one wants to go home at this point, no one. The Salukis gave Kansas all they could handle; no team can be taken lightly. Tennessee buried OSU in the first half, but the Oden-gang pulled a Kill Bill 2 and broke out of the coffin to take it with a big 2nd half. No team can be taken lightly; this is more true right now than at any other point in the season.

*Defense is key. UCLA proved this (even though Pitt scored more than they did against the Hoyas in the BET Chamionship ), as they continued winning even with their terrible oaf-fense. SIU almost caught Kansas with great D. Tennessee decided not to show up on D in the second half and lost.
*Fouls. We were hurt a lot by this in the first half of the BC game, and OSU almost got caught with their pants down once Oden got in trouble. Obviously we have to play our game; but if the refs get frisky with Roy and Jeff, the rest of the team must step up.
*Foul shots. Make them. UCLA might have lost had they kept to their season percentage on foul shooting instead of going 23-26 from the line. Tennessee kept clunking towards the end, and lost by 1. Kansas almost lost because they couldn't make a free throw to save their lives.
*Play to the end! (As much as I hate to compliment OSU...) OSU could have given up at the half, but they kept fighting and won. A&M ran out of gas at the end, missing shots and rebounds; Memphis kept playing hard, got the rebounds when the shots weren't going down, and won.

Man, I'm nervous right now. See you all in Lot 22, where my presence will be announced by the shrill whine of whistle-tip equipped hoopdie. Woo-wooo!

GO HOYAS!!! SINK THE COMMODORES!!!

[ExcitableBoy]

I mean I'm not sure whether your computron was affected by Daylight Saving Time, but you started this thread "Yesterday at 11:42pm"--which is clearly not today, the day of the game.

That said, t-minus 4ish hours until departure for Lot 22!!

[seaweed]

Ah, excitableboy, you will get there well ahead of me and my damn noon meeting in midtown (i don't even have a job, but i still get meeting conflicts? go figure)

both pumped and nervous for day of, a lot of faith in the group of young men who wear our uniforms though. Best of luck guys, and as silly as it seems, why not go ahead, humor Lic and have a banana for breakfast

[lichoya68]

WE ARE LEAVING AT 9AM TO GET TO JERSEY ON TIME FROM DC. SOOOOO GET OUTAA THE WAY YOU CARS NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE SWEET SIXTEEN AND WE NEED 75 TO WIN OR AT LEASTONE MOR POINT THAN THEM GREAT ARTICLE ON JON WALLACE IN THE POST I QUEST HADDA PUT US ONTHE FRONT PAGE SINCE BOTH MARYLAND TEAMS GONE GO HOYAS BEAT VANDY AND DONT FORGET TO EAT THE BANANNA YES YES YES GO HOYAS ;D ;D ;D

[bubbrubbhoya]

excitableboy said:

I mean I'm not sure whether your computron was affected by Daylight Saving Time, but you started this thread "Yesterday at 11:42pm"--which is clearly not today, the day of the game.

That said, t-minus 4ish hours until departure for Lot 22!!

It's not my fault that the Proboards clock moderator is apparently based in Arizona. All I know is that my post was at 12:42 EST, well within the realm of the Day of the Game. See you in Lot 22.

GO HOYAS!

[HoyaLingus]

To the excitable/bubb braintrust:

You can set your date and time options (like time zone, and observing daylight savings time) within the 'edit my profile' portions of the board.

Amateurs.