Ball goes up and one blue jersey is near the rim, everyone else has started running to the other end of the floor. If we aren't great shooters we have to try and create more chances.

Nothing to lose by crashing the glass!

I like Les going to the weave. If we don't want to drive on our own, we'll run an offense that forces us to do it!

Defense is struggling mightily.

Now we're pressing.

I'm impressed by Henn, we play better when he is on the floor.

We are getting killed on the glass. Don't have the stats but we can't have that many offensive rebounds.

Haven't seen the trapping defense we used to start the game. Can't stop Weber!

Uh oh, Weber has dialed it up. Ags are settling for jumpers and are getting out hustled on the glass. Not a good combo.

You have an hour until tip, you might still be able to add it your cable line up, just call it an early Christmas present!

Every now and then I need a fire under my...thank you IA! No more tin foil, at least until I have to do the dishes!

SochorField and I were talking about how this tournament used to be a HUGE deal and now, not so much. hard to compete with those warm weather tournaments. Maybe I'll take Mrs 6th and she'll want to move there!

Welcome to the party!

Nevada went wild in the second half and dialed up the intensity. There was one point where Nevada got a dead ball technical after a shooting foul with Oakland up 4 points. Oakland missed all four foul shot and then turned the ball over. OUCH!

Weber is shooting over 50% from the field and 40% from behind the arc. We're going to need to step up our defense and rebound the heck out of the ball. If you force a good shooting team into bad shots it is great defense, until you give up the offensive rebound and a layup!

USD plays non-scholly football because there are 7,509 students and it costs more than $50,000 per scholarship. If you fully fund just the scholarship side of the football program it will cost more than $3 million. No way they can generate that cash when they are competing with the Aztecs, Chargers, beach, weather, and general Tom-foolery.

Blue has a game plan and so far it is going well. I know we're having these discussions because we are coming off our sixth straight losing season and we have a lot of work to do. Let's give it some time before we start freaking out.

You have to go out and get a few things, then blame traffic on your two hour adventure. ;)

I'm sure a local watering hole, or neighbor's house, will have the game on tomorrow. Bring some leftovers and you're set!

I watched Anchorage vs Buffalo and am watching Nevada vs Oakland and I'm glad we are in the other bracket. Oakland and Nevada aren't the most talented teams but they both crash the boards, are big and athletic.

The talent level is definitely higher in this tournament than the one in Santa Clara!

We looked into moving everything over and Yuku makes it impossible to do so.

We are not shutting down the Yuku boards, they will remain open. Think of them now as the Smithsonian Museum of AST.com material. The info is all there, you just have to do a little digging to find it.

Anyone catch at the end of Ol' Brucey's "article" that the buyout came via donations? Says a lot that a group who felt as though they were left out in the rain would pony up the buyout. Also, another clue that this was in the making for a while. Can't imagine an AD who has been on the job for a few months would pick up the phone and ask for $100k to buyout the coach's contract.

When is Ol' Brucey going to write and article on the search process?

Ok, full disclosure, I put on my tin foil hat. Anyone else feel like these "articles" are trying to sway Blue's opinion? It seems like Brucey had this one in the bag and was going to drop it on Monday, before Blue he thought Blue was going to fire Gould.

Tugging at our heart strings, attempting make us feel like Gould should stay one more year, these articles are fluff pieces. Then Monday morning happened and Ol' Brucey's game plan went up in smoke. I can't think of anyone who thinks that Gould is not a genuine, upstanding individual. But those qualities alone don't make you a great, or good, head coach. We've all played for a "nice guy" coach who was not cut out to be the one calling the shots.

This article gives me even more hope in Blue. He was three steps ahead of the situation, assembling his advisery staff, making the announcement the day after the banquet, and making his case for what he is looking for in the next head football coach.

Voted. Shared the link as well.

Freshman? Really? Maybe I'm just an old curmudgeon but that seems strange to me. Freshman (especially boys) are squirrelly at best during the school day, how could you possibly know what kind of player he is going to be in four years?