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03-06-2008, 04:39 AM
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UMass 100, Great Rearrangers 63
Enjoy the Game Steve?  La Salle should give Travis one of those Honorary PhD's so we can call him Dr F.
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Ohio has given birth to 22 Astronauts. What is it about this State that makes people want to flee the Planet?
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03-06-2008, 06:30 AM
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Re: UMass 100, Great Rearrangers 63
Just a pathetic showing from the Explorers. Not much more to say.
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03-06-2008, 07:03 AM
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Re: UMass 100, Great Rearrangers 63
There was no UMass - LaSalle thread last night so I'm double posting here:
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Just looked at the box score for the UMASS game and saw that 16 UMASS players played tonight. I assume that is the entire team. That is a great way to celebrate their final home game this year.
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UMass played one of there best games. It was a wonderful senior night. In years past they would but together a highlight video for the BB Banquet in April. Tonight they played a highlight video on the big screens at the end zones. Some of the players sat on the court and others stood and over a thousand fans stayed to relish the night, the season, and watched the video together.  |
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03-06-2008, 07:04 AM
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Re: UMass 100, Great Rearrangers 63
Quotes from the official UMass site:
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Coach Ford on the team's effort today:
I didn't see that coming. Our guys played hard, really hard, with a lot of energy. We made plays for ourselves tonight, especially during the game with steals and rebounding. We didn't sit back. A lot of times we sit back and hope that a team misses or we don't make enough plays at times. Tonight we made plays and didn't sit back. We had great play out of all of our seniors. These are some amazing stats and there is no explanation other than we just played hard.
Coach Ford on the upcoming George Washington game:
We've got a big game on Saturday. We played well today and I hope this carries over. Every game presents a new challenge and we're happy that we have won some games here lately. Saturday is going to be tough, very tough. George Washington is a tough place to play. We are going to be playing for a lot, and a lot is at stake. They [George Washginton] are playing their best basketball. They have made some adjustments the last couple weeks with their basketball team. We played well today.
Chris Lowe on today's game:
We just tried to play our game. Coach Ford has been really tough on us these past couple of days because he knew LaSalle was a dangerous team. They beat Dayton, Saint Joe's, they played against Rhode Island well and they really had them beat. We didn't want to take any chances so we just came out and put in the extra effort.
Dante Milligan on outrebounding LaSalle:
I was actually quite surprised when Coach Ford came in smiling saying we outrebounded them by 22 because we usually don't outrebound a team by that much. It was definitely accomplished and hopefully we can carry that on to G.W.
Chris Lowe on his triple double:
Coach said I needed two more rebounds and one assist. I got the assist from, I think, Etienne backdoor. I needed two more rebounds and got one then Darnell Harris started hitting jumpers. I told my teammates to tighten up the defense so they wouldn't hit shots and Etienne played good D and I got my final rebound.
La Salle Coach Dr. John Giannini on the game:
We have been playing pretty well and we have played a lot of good teams this year. We have never lost a game like that, and we are not pleased with our effort. UMass was really overwhelming. The way we played I don't even know if we were at our absolute best if we could have had a chance to win the game. They were that good and we were that bad and that was reflected in the score and every statistic. They played like a team that was very good and is trying to make a run into the postseason and really make their senior day something special. So they had it all going today, let's just hope the A-10 does not send us here next year on senior day.
Darnell Harris on the play of UMass:
I don't know if they did anything in particular, we really were not getting a lot of good shots. I really don't like to force shots and I did not have an open look so I was swinging the ball to my teammates when they were open.
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03-06-2008, 07:12 AM
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Re: UMass 100, Great Rearrangers 63
Well the box score doesn't really reflect how close the game was...hell, who am I kidding, we s*cked big time last night. UMass was hitting on all cylinders and we just played brutally. Congrats to the Minutemen.
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03-06-2008, 07:22 AM
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Re: UMass 100, Great Rearrangers 63
Just so LSU fans know - we're busting on Steve here...not the rest of you (Mik?).
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03-06-2008, 07:23 AM
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Re: UMass 100, Great Rearrangers 63
It's the A-10 refs fault  |
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03-06-2008, 08:04 AM
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Re: UMass 100, Great Rearrangers 63
I hope my namesake doesn't get suicidal if next year's schedule comes out and shows LaSalle at UMass Senior Night for the third straight year.
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03-06-2008, 08:07 AM
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Re: UMass 100, Great Rearrangers 63
UMass belongs as an at-large team. I am convinced after finally seeing them in person against us, and now this kind of game. I will be sick if a team like Va. Tech makes it over a team like UMass. Tech hasn't beaten a single top-50 team all year, yet if they finish in the top 4 of the ACC they are virtually "assured' of being in. Why? UMass would kill them. UR beat them earlier. I hope the committee doesn't play ACC favorites again, but I think we all know they will.
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03-06-2008, 08:12 AM
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Re: UMass 100, Great Rearrangers 63
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I hope my namesake doesn't get suicidal if next year's schedule comes out and shows LaSalle at UMass Senior Night for the third straight year.
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This is the second straight year that Ford has the team peaking at the perfect time. Now he just has to make sure they start loading up Vitamin C so they don't all get sick again. Someone was worrying in another thread about avoiding St Joseph's in Atlantic City. Screw that, that's the one team I really want them to meet up with. Rhode Island is the one I'd rather skip for a 3rd time.
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03-06-2008, 08:21 AM
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Re: UMass 100, Great Rearrangers 63
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This is the second straight year that Ford has the team peaking at the perfect time. Now he just has to make sure they start loading up Vitamin C so they don't all get sick again. Someone was worrying in another thread about avoiding St Joseph's in Atlantic City. Screw that, that's the one team I really want them to meet up with. Rhode Island is the one I'd rather skip for a 3rd time.
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Amen to that.
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03-06-2008, 08:31 AM
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Re: UMass 100, Great Rearrangers 63
The author of that article is a UMass grad, but only when it is convenient and/or beneficial for him.
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“Sometimes,” Lowe said, “I stand out on the court during practice, and I look around and say to myself, ‘Man, they used to fill this place for every game. For every game. For like three years in a row.’ Our goal is to play the kind of basketball that will keep filling the Mullins Center.”
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03-06-2008, 08:32 AM
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Re: UMass 100, Great Rearrangers 63
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Just so LSU fans know - we're busting on Steve here...not the rest of you (Mik?).
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I'm sure Steve will be here shortly to put you impertinent UMass fans in your place.  
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