Saturday, March 5, 2011

Day 1: Final Thoughts

Just a release of whatever knowledge I still have after about 12 hours of basketball:
  • Oral Roberts had the best band on Day 1. Their rendition of the "Bed Intruder Song" was the best song of the day. 
  • Their women's squad dominated. Kevi Luper is good and they will probably be in Tuesday's championship.
  • WIU head coach Leslie Crane bit her tongue and took the high road when asked if she had an problem with ORU's style of play at the end. "No" was all we heard and she had a wry look on her face as if she knew that she wasn't going to say anything that could be taken out of context. Probably a good move with all of the cameras rolling.
  • IPFW's Chris Paul is just funny to watch.
  • Headgear - whether it be for boxing or soccer - has caught on in the Summit League. Not really a fashion thing but that might be the route now for basketball head injuries.
  • Don't drink too much pop.
  • Oakland coach Greg Kampe and Southern Utah Roger Reid are each funny in their own ways. Each brings a sense of humor that you can't always suspect.
  • How does UMKC let Reggie Hamilton transfer to Oakland? He's a beast.
  • Both #8 seeds played decent. But those #1's showed the disparity between the teams.
  • Steven Roundtree needs to either make up his mind sooner: Either slam it home or lay it in. Instead, he misses a game-clinching dunk while on a 2 on 0 fastbreak and nearly allows NDSU to steal the game. Just do a layup.
  • Great game by TrayVonn Wright. Even better that it didn't come against SDSU. He was about this close to saving the game for the Bison.
  • Don't sit by the food, you'll eat too much.
That does it. I'm going to snare some sleep and do it again tomorrow. Stay with http://www.sdsucollegian.com/sports/summit-league Sunday for live coverage of both games (Women's coverage starts at 2 pm, Men's coverage kicks off at 5:30 pm) game stories for Sunday's games. My notebook from Saturday's afternoon session can be read here.

P.S: If you haven't seen this yet, it's pretty cool. Self-promotion at it's best.

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