fresno state/wake forest - first fresno loses returning point guard tito maddox before the season, now replacement chris sandy finds out he can't go through college on correspondence courses. what's fresno's answer - just turned 18 frosh matt mitchell, not even being recruited by fresno before august, steps in and lays in 17 against powerful so cal. why does the prospect seem doubtful that this kid can fly across the country and duplicate this performance in the big apple limelight against a quick veteran deacon point guard?
will the bulldogs be focused in the big apple? last time fresno visited an exotic location was february of last year. i remember seeing shots of smiling bulldogs romping around honolulu on scooters right before hawaii handed them their ass with an 18 point spanking. truth is, tark's adolescent bulldogs often evidence symptoms of attention deficit disorder when faaced with distraction.
meanwhile veteran deacons start four seniors and a junior who've seen it all. six current deacs were on the team for the nit championship game last year. new coach skip prosser led his xavier team to the 1999 nit semis, losing to clemson and beating oregon. got to give the experience edge the seacons.
also, wake is the only nit team in the tournament to win a game on the road, at arkansas to boot. really think the one point win against a tough unc-w team has operated to benefit this team. they have the big bodies to match up inside with the bulldogs, and speed out front to negate fresno's quick guard play. got to think, for a lot of reasons, including california recruiting, fresno's big win at so cal was the big game of this tourney for them. with the line at 2- and falling, i'm going to hold off and wait to catch the deacons right before game time at the smallest possible number.
more later.
will the bulldogs be focused in the big apple? last time fresno visited an exotic location was february of last year. i remember seeing shots of smiling bulldogs romping around honolulu on scooters right before hawaii handed them their ass with an 18 point spanking. truth is, tark's adolescent bulldogs often evidence symptoms of attention deficit disorder when faaced with distraction.
meanwhile veteran deacons start four seniors and a junior who've seen it all. six current deacs were on the team for the nit championship game last year. new coach skip prosser led his xavier team to the 1999 nit semis, losing to clemson and beating oregon. got to give the experience edge the seacons.
also, wake is the only nit team in the tournament to win a game on the road, at arkansas to boot. really think the one point win against a tough unc-w team has operated to benefit this team. they have the big bodies to match up inside with the bulldogs, and speed out front to negate fresno's quick guard play. got to think, for a lot of reasons, including california recruiting, fresno's big win at so cal was the big game of this tourney for them. with the line at 2- and falling, i'm going to hold off and wait to catch the deacons right before game time at the smallest possible number.
more later.
