Sunday, January 20, 2008

First 10 Improvement

McDermott's team emphasises href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080119/SPORTS020604/801190346/1094/cyclone_insider">the
first 10possessions of each half to set the tone for that half. If i am reading
the href="http://www.cyclones.com//pdf4/105103.pdf?SPSID=46661&SPID=4252&DB_OEM_ID=10700">play-by-play
correctly,ISU won both halves, especially in the 2nd.

My tally had ISU with 6 scores in 10 possessions in the 1st and 5 of 10 in the second. OSU only had 4 in the first, but it's 10th possession was the beginning of their 10 point run. Where they lost the game was in the 2nd: only 1 score in their first 10 possessions, while ISU had 5. Tie ballgame, ISU has momentum, and they were soon cooked.

An interesting philosophy, and judging by Saturday, it works.

Now a roadie to Lawrence. Ugh. Too bad KU isn't playing well or anything.

If there was any sports justice, KU hoops would be bad this year to make up for their football success. By bad I don't mean bad by KU
standards (10-6 in league), I mean style="font-style:italic;">bad by all standards, like
4-12 bad, losing both games to Mizzou, KSU and ISU bad. Having to play
on Thursday in the B12 tourney bad. Being turned down by the NIT bad.
Bad. But when all
12 players are McD AA's, the chances are slim.

As usual, the question shouldn't be "Why can't ISU beat KU?"; it should be "Why won't KU win the NCAA title this year?" They really have no excuse.

PT

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