AsUdUdE

Here we go... The devils take the court looking to make it 11 in a row... LETS GO DEVILS!!!!

Should be exciting....

AsUdUdE

UofA won... That was seriously a must win for them... if they had lost that game.. Their Tournament chances would have been SLIM....

Brian in Mesa

Up 24-13 and playing really well...

AsUdUdE

First Half thoughts

Things Good

Our Defense has been VERY good... our rebounding has been impressive, we seem to just want it more than Standford so far which is GREAT....

Our FT is on target so far

Things not so good

Boteng kind of sucks.... He is raw, and has made about 5 bone head plays in the 1st half alone....

Our shooting has been below average (just 41%)


Things to do in the 2nd half:

1st- We HAVE to make sure Pendergraph doesn't pick up his 3rd foul until atleast the 10 minute mark of the 2nd half

2nd- We need to continue to get to the line, drive the lane, and be aggressive

3rd- Keep up the defense.. I pointed this out in an earlier thread, I don't think that Stanford has the shooters to be able to beat us, as long as we keep pressure on the perimiter, and deny the entry pass, we will be looking good!

GO DEVILS!

Skkorpion

10 point lead at the half. Just stay aggressive.

ajcardfan

The best thing about the first half is that none of the Devils are in foul trouble. They should be able to be very aggressive in the second half.

Right now, everyone who gets in the game is contributing in some way. It seems that all the players know their roles and accept them. What's more, the schemes on offense and defense rarely have players doing things they aren't comfortable with. That's good coaching.

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Brian in Mesa

UGH.

4 on Pendy.

devilalum

No way that was a foul. Everybody in the gym knew he had 3 fouls and the ref hangs him with THAT.

Pathetic.

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Brian in Mesa

Wow - they called THAT a foul?

Pendy lowered his shoulder and attempted to drive to the bucket with a defender playing him tight (hands up - good "D") and they blew the whistle and said Pendy hooked him with his elbow?



The defender had good position and was playing him straight up. Pendy probably would have passed the ball out. No call to make in that situation. UGH.

ajcardfan

That was a crappy call.

Oh well, if we win now, it's even better. If we lose, it's still a game that nobody thought we'd win.

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Brian in Mesa

UGH - we can't catch a break...

Brian in Mesa

Stanford 38
ASU 36

Brian in Mesa

If things keep going like this ... just put Pendy back in and let him play until he fouls out...

Arizona's Finest

Game Over.

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Brian in Mesa

I'm always torn when a guy gets his 4th foul. Pull him and sit him on the bench, but if your team can't keep it close - put him back in. If you can't keep up without the player in foul trouble you might as well let him play until he gets called for his last foul, if he does. Otherwise you might be losing by too much before you go back to him and he can't help you at all. Sucks.

Still a great season so far. Still tied for 1st in the Pac-10.