Saturday, February 23, 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Come on already
We are quickly approaching March and my Wolfpack are running out of games. Sitting at 4-5 in conference and 15-8 overall. This is not at all where I thought we would be at this point. The team was picked to finish third in the conference. Losses to New Orleans and ECU? What? This team has the most talent I've seen on a State team since the last glory days of Corchiani and Monroe. We seemed to kind of turn a corner when we established Gonzalez at point. 2 excellent first halves at Duke and Maryland, but then really faded in both games losing by 20 and 14.
So now we need to go 5-2 in the final seven to have a winning record in the ACC. Probably win a game or two in the ACC tourney and hope for a NCAA tournament bid. Here is the schedule:
2/14 @ BC 7:00 PM
2/16 CLEM 3:00 PM
2/20 UNC 7:00 PM
2/24 @ UVA 4:30 PM
2/27 FSU 7:00 PM
3/01 DUKE 12:00 PM
3/08 @ WFU 12:00 PM
Duke and Carolina at home jump out. Maybe a 10% chance of victory in those games. These are the most likely losses making all other games must wins. The road games are against the bottom of the conference, but they are still road games. I give us a about 60% chance of winning those games. The most difficult test outside of Duke and Carolina is Clempson. It wasn't even a game at their place. 23 to 10 turnovers pretty much tells the story. But since then, we found a point guard. So I don't know, maybe flip a coin. This game is already huge with my hatred of Clempson and the potential to really hurt their tournament hopes.
It is just so frustrating to watch us play. You never really know you're going get. Sometimes we play really hard, other times we are asleep, sometimes smart, other times stupid and many times seem to forget about the game and want to fight. All these versions can also show up during one game.
Anyway, it is now the best time to play their best basketball, so I'll hope for the best. Go Pack
So now we need to go 5-2 in the final seven to have a winning record in the ACC. Probably win a game or two in the ACC tourney and hope for a NCAA tournament bid. Here is the schedule:
2/14 @ BC 7:00 PM
2/16 CLEM 3:00 PM
2/20 UNC 7:00 PM
2/24 @ UVA 4:30 PM
2/27 FSU 7:00 PM
3/01 DUKE 12:00 PM
3/08 @ WFU 12:00 PM
Duke and Carolina at home jump out. Maybe a 10% chance of victory in those games. These are the most likely losses making all other games must wins. The road games are against the bottom of the conference, but they are still road games. I give us a about 60% chance of winning those games. The most difficult test outside of Duke and Carolina is Clempson. It wasn't even a game at their place. 23 to 10 turnovers pretty much tells the story. But since then, we found a point guard. So I don't know, maybe flip a coin. This game is already huge with my hatred of Clempson and the potential to really hurt their tournament hopes.
It is just so frustrating to watch us play. You never really know you're going get. Sometimes we play really hard, other times we are asleep, sometimes smart, other times stupid and many times seem to forget about the game and want to fight. All these versions can also show up during one game.
Anyway, it is now the best time to play their best basketball, so I'll hope for the best. Go Pack
Friday, February 1, 2008
Snow in Boise
When I moved to Boise, I sold my RX-7 and bought a Nissan Xterra. I thought I would need 4WD to drive from December to February to deal with all the snow. The last 5 winters has probably had a total of 6 inches snow fall in Boise. And most of that snow would be melted by the afternoon. There has been more snow back home than here.
That has all changed this winter. There has been snow on the ground since December 15th. And January has brought about 3 inches every three days. If you add up the amount of snow I've seen this winter, it is probably more than all the snow I've seen in my life.
A lot of the people at work are sick of it and ready for it to go away. Not me. I've been conditioned my whole life to love snow. Sledding, snow ball fights, but most importantly no school. I'm loving every part of this. The Xterra is so much fun. Watching the beagle trudge along and get snow on her nose. Hilde still hasn't figured out how to stop, or maybe she likes sliding. I even enjoy shoveling snow off the driveway.
That has all changed this winter. There has been snow on the ground since December 15th. And January has brought about 3 inches every three days. If you add up the amount of snow I've seen this winter, it is probably more than all the snow I've seen in my life.
A lot of the people at work are sick of it and ready for it to go away. Not me. I've been conditioned my whole life to love snow. Sledding, snow ball fights, but most importantly no school. I'm loving every part of this. The Xterra is so much fun. Watching the beagle trudge along and get snow on her nose. Hilde still hasn't figured out how to stop, or maybe she likes sliding. I even enjoy shoveling snow off the driveway.
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