Game Thread: #9 Butler @ La Salle (Wednesday 1/23/13)

[vcurams05]

I heard Galloway and Dureen gave Butler's guards a lot of trouble with their quickness and that played a major factor in the game.

[BrownIndians85]

What, no graceful congratulations from Title_BU?? Shocking.

Nice win, LaSalle.

[Bona84]

Originally Posted by BrownIndians85

What, no graceful congratulations from Title_BU?? Shocking.

Nice win, LaSalle.

Where did he go?

Congrats Explorers!

[ExplorerSteve]

Originally Posted by Bona84

Where did he go?

Congrats Explorers!

He's watching the movie Hoosiers.

[ExplorerFan17]

It has been a while for the explorers beating a top 10 team. Long before I was born. I will say the atmosphere in the crowed from the opening tip was just amazing. It was pure joy when the game was over, for a small arena, and a group of fans that I have been critical of before they showed up last night. The entire crowd stood the final 5 or so minutes and really kept the energy up. I was part of the group that stormed the court, and even though there were plenty out there who had only been to a few games prior, they were still jumping with joy. This is the type of win a program like La Salle needed. They cant rest on this though, but this is the type of win that can help boost a program that has struggled the way they have. On a side note, Ramon Galloway is dealing with some very heavy family issues( why he didnt start, and presumably why he has struggled lately) and the way he showed up on the last play after struggling all game shows how valuable he is and how he is always a game changer.

[paulxu]

Originally Posted by BrownIndians85

What, no graceful congratulations from Title_BU?? Shocking.

Nice win, LaSalle.

He may be like the Bandwidth Champ. Sore loser/excuser.
Probably be back the same way after the next Butler win.

[xudash]

Congratulations to the Explorers. That was a great win. Give credit where credit is due, especially given that it also sounds like you put together a strong home environment for the game last night.

[LaSalle08]

Without Clark, La Salle's gaurds definitely took advantage of Aldridge out there. Duren owned him.
I really like Kellen Dunham's game, smooth player.

I got to the game early enough to watch Rotnei take warmups alone, man oh man that kid can shoot. It seemed like he shot about 95% from 3 in the 5-10 minutes he was doing drills.

I'll take La Salle over any A10 team at home for the rest of the schedule. The road games are a different story.

[duq81]

Originally Posted by Bona84

Where did he go?

Congrats Explorers!

He's the worst type of poster, mouthy, but can't take it when it doesn't go his way. He disappeared after the Xavier loss too. For all the abuse that Steve, and Muddy get, they show up win or lose.

[SpiderInTheMixingBowl]

I remember Title_BU thinking back in October that there was a reasonable chance that Butler would go 16-0 in conference play. Guess not.

[paulxu]

Originally Posted by duq81

and Muddy get, they show up win or lose.

You can't be serious.

[njlsufan]

Dunham's only a freshman I believe. He's going to be insanely good by his senior year.

Jones was absolutely killing us. He scored at will in the first half and his touch was soft.

[Bona84]

Originally Posted by duq81

He's the worst type of poster, mouthy, but can't take it when it doesn't go his way. He disappeared after the Xavier loss too. For all the abuse that Steve, and Muddy get, they show up win or lose.

Originally Posted by paulxu

You can't be serious.

I could be wrong, but I don't think Muddy posted at all while Dayton opened conference play 0-3. He's back now though after the big win over Fordham.

[agoo101284]

Originally Posted by jkdem85

Huge win for us...Kind of pissed that it didnt even get mentioned on Sports Center until the 1am show (EST). Typical LaSalle, we finally have a huge dramatic win, and it has to be on the same night that Duke gets crushed, and 3 other Top 25 teams fall.

There was a comment on the 1 am edition about the production crew working hard to get highlights from places they normally don't get highlights from. I could only assume that La Salle was one of those places and they must have been inundated with requests. I wouldn't take it as a slight against La Salle.

And great win...really awkward court-storming as the first people out had to run halfway down the sideline to the end of the bench to get on the floor.

[bdance]

I admit I was a little disappointed in the outcome. One of my simple pleasures is visiting the A10's Number 1 unofficial website and watching Steve vent after the refs steal yet another victory from the Explorers. He's a very handsome man when he's angry. And yet even after a win he still comes up with gems like this "The Explorers built a 4-3 lead".

He's our Yogi Berra. And I guess Title would be our Bill Belichick.