NEVER WILL NOT ANSWER THE CRITICS AFTER TOUGH DAY - IT'S NICE TO WIN BUT WHEN YOU LOSE LIKE I DID ON SATURDAY YOU GOTTA FACE THE MUSIC...IT SUCKS BUT IT'S GOTTA BE DONE SO HERE'S THE PATHETIC CAPPING CBB HORROR OF SATURDAY FOR KT-
ONE OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS TO DO IN OUR INDUSTRY IS TO GET UP EARLY AND TRY & EXPLAIN THE UNEXPLAINABLE TO OUR CLIENTS WHEN WE GET HIT FROM THE BLINDSIDE-...HERE'S THE SKINNY FROM MY WORST CBB DAY IN 9 YEARS.....
GAVE OUT 2-FOUR PACKS- STARTED OFF WITH WESTERN CAROLINA WHO WON & COVERED ( 1-0 ).....AFTER THAT 7 STRAIGHT LOSSES- SAN FRANCISCO LOSES IN OT AT A MINUS 1 AFTER COMING BACK FROM 14 DOWN AT THE HALF......WEST VIRGINIA NEVER GOT UP THE MOUNTAIN THEY CLIMBED ALL AFTERNOON IN MORGANTOWN AFTER PUTTING THEMSELVES IN A WHOLE AGAINST OKLAHOMA WHO WAS DESPERATE FOR A WIN AFTER TWO STRAIGHT LOSSES & 3 IN 4 GAMES......AFTER LOSING BY ONLY 2 IN NORMAN IN THE FIRST MEETING & HUGGY'S SOLID TRACK RECORD AT HOME I FELT GOOD GOING INTO THAT GAME...& ALABAMA..HOTTER THAN HOT...SITTING ON THE BUBBLE BUT COMING OFFSEVERAL NICE WINS & PLAYING A MISSISSIPPI STATE TEAM THAT STRUGGLES ON THE ROAD....SO THERE IS THE ( 1-3 ) EARLY PACKAGE
LATE PACK- STARTED OUT WITH OKIE STATE, A SITUATIONAL PLAY AGAINST A TEXAS TECH TEAM THAT HAD WON 3 IN A ROW VS. TOP 25 TEAMS FIRST TIME EVER IN THEIR HISTORY...THEY WERE THE BETTER TEAM & TUBBY DESREVES A LOT OF CREDIT...STILLWATER CROWD WAS GREAT BUT COULD NOT GET THE LEAD IN 2ND HALF AFTER BEING TIED AT 29-29 AT INTERMISSION...GOT WITHIN ONE SEVERAL TIMES BUT RED RAIDERS ANSWERED THE BELL- ....OREGON GAME HURT THE MOST..UP 51-28 AT HALFTIME AND BY 24 AT 90-66 WITH 3:57 LEFT I COUNTED THIS ONE IN MY HEAD AS A "W"....STILL UP 19 INSIDE 2 MINUTES & UP 16 INSIDE A MINUTE...2 THREE'S BY THE BEAVERS IN LAST 52 SECONDS THE LAST COMING WITH 8 SECONDS LEFT TO WIN BY 10 AND LAYING 10 1/2 IS THE WORST BEAT I'VE TAKEN THIS SEASON.....
GONZAGA- NEXT UP...REVENGE GAME AT HOME VS. ST. MARY'S TEAM THAT THEY LED IN MORAGA BY 15 IN THE 2ND HALF IN JANUARY ONLY TO LOSE IN DRAMATIC FASHION ...THE KENNEL IN SPOKANE...USUALLY A SOLID PLACE TO EXTRACT REVENGE...NOT THE CASE..ONE OF THE MOST PATHETIC HOME SHOWINGS BY A ZAGS TEAM AT HOME IN THE LAST 15 YEARS...ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE.....THIS TEAM HAS NO CHANCE AT THE BIG DANCE UNLESS THEY WIN THE WCC TOURNAMENT & IF THEY BEAT OUT EITHER ST. MARY'S OR BYU I'LL BE VERY SURPRISED BASED ON THE FEEBLE OFFENSIVE SHOWING I SAW LAST NIGHT......AS MISERABLE AS I WAS FEELING AFETR OREGON FINAL ROLLED IN...I FIGURED I'LL BOTTOM OUT AT ( 1-3 ) IN BOTH 4-PACKS...BUT ONLY TO WATCH UC IRVINE MELT DOWN AND BLOW LEADS OF 8 POINTS TWICE IN THE LAST 6 MINUTES TO LOSE A REVENGE GAME TO THE SURPRISING HAWAII RAINBOW WARRIORS.....THAT'S IT FOLKS...A MISERABLE GUT WRENCHING SATURDAY.....WILL BE PUTTING UP SOME FREE PLAYS TO TRY AND COMPENSATE FOR PEOPLE'S LOSSES....I LOST GOOD MONEY MYSELF AS I BET ALL 8 OF THOSE SUCKERS MYSELF...AT THE END OF THE DAY..I WISH I COULD WIN EVERY GAME FOR MYSELF & CLIENTS..IT'S WHAT WE DO..IT'S OUR PROFESSION....I WAS AT 60% OVER LAST 107 GAMES...SO HOPEFULLY JUST A GLITCH IN THE ROAD....WILL BE AT A FUNERAL TODAY FOR ONE OF MY FRIENDS & A BIG SPONSOR OF MY RADIO SHOW & UNLV HOOPS RICH ABAJIAN WHO MOVED ON AFTER DYING OF A HEART ATTACK IN HIS SLEEP LAST TUESDAY NIGHT.....A GLASS HALF FULL GUY THAT WOULD TELL ME TO GET MY HEAD OUT MY ASS, QUIT SULKING & GET BACK ON THE HORSE AGAIN...LIFE IS FULL OF ADVERSARY....IT'S WHAT YOU DO TO COMBAT IT.....MY APOLOGIES FOR THOSE THAT TOOK IT IN THE SHORTS LIKE ME & I'LL DO MY BEST TO GET THE UNITS BACK BUT WILL NOT FORCE ANYTHING.....THANKS FOR READING!N