In spite of playing a fantastic basketball game for 35 minutes, our boys folded down the stretch and lost 74-69 to the Zags.
(This was a carbon copy of Gonzaga's loss to Michigan State, by the way)
This is one that we are really, really, REALLY going to want back not only tonight, but season's end.
Ah, the perils of youth.
Places for me where the game got away:
10:45 Second Half up 13. Miss on two threes that would have put us up 16--inlcuding a rim out by Moore. Then, after missing on our 3rd attempt to extend the lead, Harris scores on an "and one" and brings the game back to 10
7:02 Second Half up 6. Klay rims out a 3 from the baseline. If we get up 9 there, I don't think we lose.
4:20 Up 62-61. 3 straight turnovers, the last two of which were brutal. With Moore sitting by the scorers table, BONE SHOULD HAVE CALLED A TIMEOUT!
Finally, there's this thing called Free-Throw Shooting....
That said, despite getting bit by the youth factor, you have to love the upside of this team (who'd have thunk that we'd even be close with Klay Shooting 4 for 79?). Scrappy...Scrappy...Scrapy...
It will be great to see how we respond Saturday..
And despite screwing up by not calling a TO, Bone is a helluva coach...
Hey Cougs, if you are watching the WSU-Gonzaga game and want to chat about it, they are doing an in-game deal over at a Few Good Zags. Check it out here.
Our own Sutra will be back after the game to weigh in on tonight's events. GO COUGS!
As we all know, basketball season is really starting to kick into full gear. Tonight, our upstart Cougies take on the vaunted Bullpups of GU at the Kennel. Then, on Saturday, we head on over to Manhattan, Kansas to take on a very talented Kansas State squad. Win either one of those games and we will be well on our way of securing “just” enough of a resume to make the Dance if we can make it through the conference slate with 10-11 wins. Win both of the games and our Cougies will wake up next Monday morning ranked 16th in the country!
Want some keys to tonight's game? Then read on....
Tough news tonight from Paul Wulff's season-ender, per Bud withers of the Times. Safety Eric Block (pictured), and offensive linemen Joe Eppele and Kevin Freitag are all likely out of the Cougars' plans for 2010 and beyond.
Of the three, at least Eppele has his health! He will move on to CFL glory in the spring, and we wish him luck there. He's actually well-regarded in the Canadian football world, but it's too bad it didn't really work out in Pullman.
But very sad about Eric Block. A great kid and a pretty good safety who can deliver a lick. Remember the hit vs. Stanford? Check it out at the 1:02 mark of the clip:
Block ends his career after that horrible ulceratic colitis, a large intestine disease that makes playing football extremely painful.. And too bad about Kevin Freitag, who has shown some promise in his time, but missed most of the year with a toe injury. I guess it isn't officially over yet for Freitag, but it looks pretty grim.
FINALLY, in the tail-end of the story from Withers, there's this:
On the topic of staff stability, Wulff wasn't definitive, saying, "I'm satisfied [with its performance] but at the same time, we're still getting all our ducks in a row. I've got a lot of things to get accomplished in the next week or two before I would make any official change or anything of that nature."
What does that mean? Maybe an assistant or two could be reassigned? Could a new one be added to the mix, maybe a familiar face at that? Not to rumor-monger but we're like anyone else, and there's things here and there that are floating around. I'm sure you've heard some of the chatter, but it's all unconfirmed right now. We'll see what comes out in the days ahead.
Happy Tuesday Cougs. Now, obviously with the season now done, the news is going to slow down quite a bit. Unless something breaks within the team, such as a tweak or two to the coaching staff or some recruiting news, things are going to slow down. Hey, when you have no postseason bowl to look forward to, this is what we're left with, you know? We should have something more on '09 in the coming days, but for now, we move on.
And speaking of moving on, did you all see that Ferris is in the 4A state title game this Saturday? That's good news for Cougs, as WSU commit Connor Halliday will show his skills to the FSN TV audience (Saturday night, 7:30 PM). What's cool is that he'll be taking on Skyline, and none other than Jake Heaps, the greatest QB recruit in Washington State history.....until he committed to BYU. Suddenly he's not that great, and "they" wanted Nick Montana all along.....despite Hugh Breedlove Millen calling Heaps the most important recruit in UW history, and comparing him to a slightly bigger version of Drew Brees. That was all before the BYU commit, and he's CLEARLY not that good now.
Anywho, it might be fun to watch Halliday and Heaps light up the Tacoma Dome Saturday night. It's a rematch of a semifinal game last year, where Skyline beat Ferris. Halliday has been on fire of late, and in their last game vs. Skyview, he threw four TD passes as the Saxons advanced, 46-41. Should be fun to hopefully see a sneak peek at the future! And, at least he can act...sort of.
Moving on, WAY off-topic but have you seen the Grady Sizemore pics?!? The kid from Mill Creek/Everett, now a superstar centerfielder for Cleveland (and former UW QB commit) has been, uh, taking some pictures of himself for "private" viewing.
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