Sunday, March 06, 2011

#3bids4caa, Day 3

Tony Shaver got a technical foul yesterday. Tony Shaver. Nicest man in the Quad Cities (Croaker, Toano, Norge, and Lightfoot, if you were wondering). Got a technical. Our sources tell us that Shaver either a) dropped a "Gosh" at an inappropriate moment, or b) couldn't control his mustache, which is admittedly a foul-mouthed beast, though it blushes every time it goes out for drinks with Blaine Taylor's lipjacket.

More importantly, Hofstra had fresh legs and Charles Jenkins. Both of those things took a telling toll on the Wrens in the second half of last night's CAA quarterfinals. W&M took a two-point lead into the break after holding Jenkins to 5 points. (No team in the 8 games played thus far in the tournament has led by more than a pair of points at halftime - the patrons are getting more than their money's worth.) But the Dutchpride dominated the last frame, burying the Wrens by 18 and holding Quinn McDowell to only 6 points on as many shots. As I tweeted last night, this is my favorite 10-22 team ever. With only Marcus Kitts graduating, we're eagerly anticipating the 2011-12 Wrens.

While the Tribe's gone home to feed Tim Rusthoven 4 meals a day for the next 8 months, the top 4 seeds remain in Richmond for what promises to be an awesome weekend. I'm tired of the Pulp Fiction theme, so we'll just pick the games straight up. We're thisclose to making #3bids4caa a reality, needing wins by VCU and Hofstra today. G:TB thinks we'll get halfway there.

Game 9

(4) VCU vs. (1) George Mason

There's every reason to believe that this'll be a dandy. VCU faltered down the stretch, but matched Mason at 12-2 in the conference just a few short weeks ago. The Rams are a terrific defensive team, with multiple options on offense and a seasoned roster. Mason's won 16 in a row, and swamped Georgia State under a 42-9 run yesterday. The Patriots also defend aggressively and have even more diversity on the scoring end. I'd love to pick VCU, but I can't see it. Mason is as good a CAA team as I can remember. One thing I feel comfortable in saying is that the atmosphere in the Coliseum this afternoon will be frenzied.

Game 10
(3) Hofstra vs. (2) ODU

Here's where we're pinning our three-bid hopes. ODU's deeper and stronger than Hofstra, plays better defense, and has a substantial edge in coaching experience. All Hofstra has is the best player on the court. Sometimes a transcendent player makes all the difference. We're saying today is one of those times, as Charles Jenkins finds a way against the physical, formidable Monarchs.

And it's aliiiiiiive.

17 comments:

T.J. said...

I love this getting posted as semifinal game one is half over...

rob said...

it was posted before the game started, donkalope

T.J. said...

Me fail English? Unpossible.

zman said...

This is a remarkably strong three-day jag from rob, producing posts that are, much like their author, informative, witty, short, and sportsy.

rob said...

i got the part about the frenzied atmosphere right

T.J. said...

And he wrote two of them in the passenger seat of a car.

Shlara said...

Any GTBers attending the NCAA tourney at Verizon Center? (March 17 & 19) If so, let's make a plan for beverages in between the day and evening games.

rob said...

our favorite twitter-based douchewhistle makes an appearance. from @midmajority:

I missed it on purpose. I live in reality. RT @burythemfast @midmajority Somehow you must've missed the #3bids4caa hashtag making the rounds

man, do i hope vcu wins tommorrow.

zman said...

Do you think VCU could beat Wake?

rob said...

zman, winning

Mark said...

Man. That fucking guy sucks more than I imagined. Not, Z. Rob's friend. What an asshat.

Last day on Tortola. Spent a large part of it on Jost Van Dyke. Good times. 2.5 days on St. John await.

zman said...

My tiger blood gives me an unfair advantage. I can now find solace in Mason's loss because it provides an opportunity for our dooshmongering friend to be wrong whilst simultaneously promoting G:TB's college hoops acumen.

rob said...

watching our gaels this evening. gonna look really stupid(er) if they don't at least make the wcc final.

rob said...

dellavedova can pass

rob said...

gaels win! gaels win!

Mark said...

I've seriously considered DirecTV for NFL/NBA/CBB purposes. I think I can convince the wife now based on her VH1 Soul experience. Tortola is pretty great.

But I'm kind of tired of this R&B crap. I won't call it what Greg calls it....but I want to.

Mark said...

Credit to the wife. She called some girl from Baltimore "AIDS Face" tonight. I was dying laughing for an hour afterwards. My lady's pretty great.