In bigger news from the Augie/Wheaton game: Grey kept the jacket on for 15+ minutes.

The German media has a video feed that focuses solely on Joachim Löw during the World Cup matches.

I really think we need one for Grey.

The entire game.

Alma's primary lineup can be viewed as 4 guards, 1 big.  Hope put Ray on Stevens, either Granger or Towns on Gamble/Rake which left one of them to guard Harvey.  I don't think Hope liked that match-up and Dennis was kicking tail and taking names all night so Preston sat on the bench.

Against Alma's zone having both on the floor and neither being capable 3-point shooters is kind of tying your own hands behind your back (remember my kingdom for a 6-5 or taller 3-point threat).  So Hope used Hackert and D. Beckman more  and basically gave them the green light.   Now, their minutes might have diminished if they missed some of those shots and Hope may have just tried something, it worked, and they stuck with it.

The risk of course was on the defensive end, but Hope held their own particularly in rebounding where Alma struggles anyway and for the most part were trading 3 points for 2 most of the night.  On a night Alma's hitting 3's this might not of have looked like such a great idea.  The biggest "surprise" to me was the job Beckman and Lewis did on their defensive assignments against two very good perimeter players in Woodruff and Kleiver.   Had it not been for the great effort of Amari Hudson this could have been ugly, conversely had it not been for the great efforts of D. Beckman and Hackert this could have been ugly.  Basketball!!!


Saturday's zone from Olivet is the same 2-3 yet so very very different due to personnel differences, a small lineup might not workout as well for them.  You can call this Hope's zone examination week.  Part I and Part II

Watch for Olivet to pull an old zone Hope used to use a lot back when Ryan Klein played and was the point man in a 3-2 or 1-2-2 look.  Olivet's using Trevor Manuel there and usually plays hyper aggressive for a few possessions, they'll also press the heck out of you sometimes.

He still has four seasons of football eligibility remaining. The distinction here (and I didn't realize that he'd spent three semesters at Dayton; I thought that he entered college this past fall) is that his calendar is not favorable for getting in those four seasons. In D3 you get ten semesters as a full-time student within which to use up your four seasons of eligibility in any given sport. Anthony will now have six semesters of eligibility remaining when he checks into preseason camp this coming summer. That's not conducive to playing four seasons of football; he'd have to either forego school altogether or reduce his status to part-time for a couple of spring semesters over the next four school years. That can be tricky in terms of coursework, and it would extend his undergraduate education to six years, which a lot of people aren't willing to do. Plus, it would screw up his ability to play basketball.

Hasa

Tigers are down and I believe they will struggle to win another game this year. Getting beat (8 losses in a row) and getting beat badly most every time out.
No idea whats going on but whatever that may be, it is painful to watch.

None-the-less I will enjoy watching the ODAC battles.

Give'm hell

tfa2, I went to the Ferrum game last night to see FC's venue, to honor former GC great Sanborn and, frankly, because the Quakers are a fun team to watch.   I'm looking forward to seeing the Tigers when they visit Guilford on Feb. 2.  One of the first things I do when I return from a game is check all the ODAC scores … it's definitely interesting to see how things are shaking out in a very competitive ODAC race.

Hasa

Tigers are down and I believe they will struggle to win another game this year. Getting beat (8 losses in a row) and getting beat badly most every time out.
No idea whats going on but whatever that may be, it is painful to watch.

None-the-less I will enjoy watching the ODAC battles.

Give'm hell