division II championship: winona/virginia union ....

[gman2]

small play on the under 142.5

two teams trying to do different things. winona can score points in a hurry, but vuu can really lock teams down. vuu held seattle pacific, a team averaging 52% fg and nearly 86 ppg this year, to 40% shooting and 63 points in the semifinal. winona is coming off a big rally in their own semifinal to get here. looking for vuu to control the tempo and play the game at their pace.

 

[pt1gard]

gl gman2,

my ex HS JV center missed playing in this game losing heartbreaker to VU, after leading by 12 in 2nd half of semis ... the kid was 328 at 16 years old and now holds down middle for spu and is only soph. 6'10 285, a load and a half

im bummed they didnt make it

 

[gman2]

ptgard:

do they play any defense in the northwest? lol. eight of the ten teams in the GNAC average 80+ ppg? :scared this conference makes the pac-10 look pedestrian. the BEST defensive team in the conference allows almost 46% from the floor. yikes. fratello and van gundy would be ashamed :SIB

 

[pt1gard]

ur right, i have been going to spu games for 10 years, my fave kid i prob ever coached was their pg and then coached their ... i will say, they can fill it up .. some games have been 138-132 in past, its amazing ... Mont-billings used to unreal, guys would pop from 25' regularly .. i love the games tho, better than pitt hosting princeton hehe

 

[pt1gard]

oh and let me add, talking about quick whistles and non physical league, i think thats the big diff in D2 and D1 .. robbie will, my kid, played his best games vs the D1 teams they scheduled b/c they let him play ... half the D2 games he played in, hes on bench for being "too rough" etc